The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-08 00:00:00

tb LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1865. M. DROUYN DE L'HuYs has resigned office ! Thi s fact, announced in our impression of yesterday, is peculiarly significant at the present crisis. He had but returned from Vienna, where he had acted as representative of France during the discussion on the Third Point at the Conferences, which, accord ing to Lord PALMERSTON, have been "suspended, but not broken off." There he exhibited the same truckling to " Germanism," the same deference to the tender susceptibilities of Russia as the British Plenipotentiary. He concurred in propositions which, if accepted, would have led to a disgraceful and hollow truce, and neutralised the many serious sacrifices already made by the Western Powers. But this was not all. Like Lord JOHN RUSSELL, he resolutely closed his eyes to the insincerity and duplicity of Aus tria, and connived at h9r wriggling out of the performance of her solemn obligations. For this he has most properly- received the displeasure of his Imperial Master ; for this he has relinquished his important position in the Cabinet of Paris, where he is replaced by Count WALEWSKI, who, as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, has gained golden opinions among all classes and grades of society in England. This is, indeed, an event of vast importance. It proves that NAPOLEON is resolved that hence forward the War shall be carried on with vigour and energy, and that Austria must forthwith de cide on which side she will array herself, whether she will faithfully and honourably fulfil her en gagements, or abide the inevitable consequences of their violation. It is a fitting conclusion to the Viennese farce, so far as France is concerned, and it remains to be seen whether England will, by a similar proceeding towards her late Plenipotentiary, evince her decided concurrence in the policy and views of her august Ally ? We cannot see how the enceinte cord i ale can possibly be maintained if, after the resignation. of M. DEOUYN DE L'HUYS, Lord Join; RUSSELL continues to hold a seat in the Cabinet, and the British Premier avows that he would entirely violate his duty " if he stated that all hopes of accommodation were at an end." It is for the representatives of the several consti tuencies of England to say whether they will sacrifice the Alliance with France —whether they will disavow the manly and straightforward policy of our magnanimous Ally, for the sake of keeping Lord PA.TMERSTON in office, of retaining the valu able services of Sir G. C.. LEWIS as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir C. WOOD as First Lord of the Admiralty ? These are important interrogations, and much will depend on the answers that may be returned thereto. It is impossible to suppose that we can go on much longer in the course which we have been for some time pursuing. Ministers have had quite sufficient rope—if more b e accorded, they will not merely end, in accord roe with the proverb, by destroying themselves, Will involve the nation in the ruin. Parlia- Meat a dist Wll Speedily be in a position to pronounce The an in ct and ooked- for xioway unequivocal opi n i on on t h e subject. for delivery" protocols will be "ready thi s t y- Thi s announcement was made by the vin minutes after the seereta rd of th e T reasury a f ew unabl.Y e of St a t e f or the Home Department was e answer to the question o f t give a definitivehe M ember for Bucks, and that Ri g h t man had declared that Roue cc u m ra i h n l i e st Gentle- , promise that these papers should b ers Could re P oduced very speedily, he should call on the Rouse press an l opinion on the subject." The intimate e , was sufficient. The country, fur the first tim e , beard of the inopportune, but happily 't temp o _ maid," illness of the gentleman in the Foreig n _ ofe icf; whose indisposition (to work) led to the delays so l ou dl y comp l a i ne d o f. That illness was the o n l y cause of delay." Really the friends of Adraini s t ra • ad ditional and t:ve Reform have received an ad support to their r Ypo werful, because unwilling , viewset from the bead of her 4311 t MAJ's Gov e of the efficiency mome nt. of an * What can be thought dep artment so important , Is that of the Foreign-office when the " temporary illness " of an individual could ,o far disappoint the wishes of the nation r We really think that there ought to be a medical cer :ificate to show that it was not a case of " malin 4ering," of shamming sickness to avoid a disagree- Able duty. On Friday evening nothing was heard of this unfortunate temporary illness. Lord PALMERSTON made a long speech to show that there was no analogy between the case adduced by Mr. DISRAELI and that under discussion. He uttered many pompous platitudes about the propriety of " not shutting the door to the possibility of concluding a just and honourable peace." These rounded periods were all thrown away if the procrastination was not occasioned by high political considera tions, but by the " temporary illness of a person it :he Foreign-office, in whose department it was t( orepare translations of the protocols." There is in this what legal practitioners denominate a mani fest "departure" from the original argument. The Noble Lord has shifted his defence, whit; he can no longer believe to be tenable. We can not repose implicit faith in these convenient " temporary illnesses ;" at all events, the excus' no longer exists. Parliament will now have the requisite data for pronouncing an opinion, and is alike due to our august Ally, and to our own honour and our own interests that they should, even at the eleventh hour, speak out distinctl3 and unequivocally on this all-important topic. Lord ELLENBOROUGH has boldly " taken the bull by the horns"—has undertaken " to bell the cat." The motion of which the Noble Lord has given notice for next Monday evening is not merely one of " want of confidence in the Ministry." It conveys a direct censure on the Cabinet, and dis tinctly and unequivocally calls for the substitution of men better qualified for the discharge of the onerous and important duties that devolve on officials during the existing emergency. It is, in fact, a demand for " Administrative Reform" as peremptory as that which Mr. LAYARD is about to claim from the representative branch of the Legis lature, and as the great City meeting Saturday last inducted. It developer the great principle that will henceforward be asserted by every true-hearted Englishman, we care not to what party he may hitherto have belonged, that "it is, only through the selection of wen for public em ployment, without regard to anything but the public service, that the country can hope to pro secute the War successfully, and to attain its only object—a secure and honourable peace." This sentence deserves to be embroidered in letters of gold on the reform standard—to be adopted as the war-cry of the movement—to he repeated throughout the length and breadth of the land, until it finds an echo in every British heart, and penetrates even to the inmost recesses of Downing street. It will probably lead to a speedy change in the Government. The resignation of M. DROUYN DE L'Huys, in consequence of the disapproval by the EMPEROR of his subserviency to Austria, renders it almost impossible that the English adherents to " Germanism" can retain office. But a new "shuffling of the cards" will not now suffice. The family party has been regarded in all its varied aspects, and been found wanting. The whole pack must bG discarded. The infu sion of new blood, which might some time since have postponed the crisis, will now be tot , late. The country requires that the right men should be appointed to the right places ; and i will have them, or know the reason why. It is the mismanagement of the War MI has so greatly excited the public indignation, that has filled the "cup of wrath" to over flowing ! But an improvement in that re spect is not all that is required. The en tire system is radically wrong, and there must be a very decided change in every department, before the people, now thoroughly aroused, will rest con tented or abandon their exertions for a decided amelioration. It is not a party movement. It is not put forward by Whig or Tory, Conserva tive or Radical, Protectionist or Free Trader. ,It is a national demonstration—a demand for a peaceful revolution, that must and shall be car ried. We look to measures, not men. We care not who it is that presides over the National Councils, provided the duties of the office are properly discharged, and the efficiency of all the minor departments maintained. There must be responsibility somewhere, some one to answer for any deficiency or mistake, to punish the de faulters, or to bear the odium which their mis- conduct may occasion. This result may not at once be attained. It will require much labour and incessant agitation— " Pal►na non sine pulvere." There is no royal road to such a goal ; we cannot gain the prize without toil. But the amelioration is " looming in the future," and will come, whoever may be the temporary occupants of office, the " warming pans" who may keep the places for better and more effi cient men. Be this as it may, the present duty of the nation is to give efficient support to the motions of the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH in thu Lords, and of Mr. LAYARD in the Couamons, and the labours of the Administrative Reform Asso ciation throughout the entire country. At pre sent let the first step be taken, and half the battle will already be conquered. L 0 NI, 0 AND SOUTH-WESTERN It AIL W y. TENTH CALL.—NEW 50/. AND NEW 401. SHAR P. Norma as HEREBY GIVEN, That the Directors of the LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY CONPANY have made a Call of iiv Pounds on each of the New SC/. -hares. and Four Pounds upon each of the New 40/. Shares in the said Company, created in 1845, an , the holders of such shares are requested to pay the same, in respec of the shares held by them, on or before the 4th day of June next to one of the following Bankers:— Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin•laue, Cornhill; Messrs. Moss and Co Liverpool ; The Manchester and Salford Bank, sfauchester; Messrs. Maddlson and rearse, Southampton; Messrs. Mangles, Brothers, Guildford. Chertsey, and EPsota The National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow ; South Hants Bank, Portsea. Interest at the rate of 5 per Cent. per auburn will be charged on *ll sums remaining unpaid after the said 4th day ofJune, 1855. By order of the Court of Directers. ALFRED MORGA.N, Treasurer. Waterloo-bridge Station, May 7, 1855. THEATRE ROYAL BAYM&UKET. Under the management of 31r. Bucket One. THIS EVENING, IVIII be performed THE BOHEMIAN KIEL. Characters Y,3- 14e,sra. Sims Reeves, Weiss, Mairvers, and Farquhars,n; mho h Gordon, and Mrs. Sims Reeves. After which. a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HA) MARKET SPRING MEETING. 1855. To conclude with POPPING THE QUESTION. ROYAL pnvicE,3,4•A r REATRE, OXFOK D-sTREET. Under the Management of Mr. Camtf.i.s Bake. THIS EVENING. Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST, To he followed by FAINT AND MIROUTRITIII. Principa characters by Messrs. C. Kean, D. Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, am Baker; Mrs. Winstatiey - , Misses C Leetereq, Daly, and K. Terry. To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts, entit!ee TELE MULETEE/Z OF TOt.i:DO; or,. King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPII.I. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the comedy of P &lIL PRY. Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Selry and Wright ; Mios M. Keeley, Airs. L . Murray. and Mies Woolgar. To conclude with ANE EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIT FOR TAT. After which, THE WRLSH mat. Characters by Messrs. Zmery - , Leslie, and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called TUE YELLOW DW4.E,F AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE VI.:,LAGE NIGHTINGALE. After which, RING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Brilliant reception of the Ballet of Kate Kearney. THIS EVENING. The successful Equidrama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, In which Miss Kate Cooke, the Pearl of the Arena, and Miss Emily Cooke, the world's wonder, will appear. Mr. 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, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-oftlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, kr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LON PoN !.• : Tani Dar —Morning 55 min.after 5 J Evening 26 min. aft. 6 Tooitoaaow -Morning 57 min.after 6 I Ev, ning3s min. att. 7 THE WEATHER.—Sus Oman, May. 8. THEEMOMETEB, llt THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 54 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER went down to 29'75, now 29.85. WIND, N.W. to W. N. W. —Moderate, with dull weather, relieved by occasional sunshine. It blew a gale yesterday evening, with heavy gusts and some slight rain. ~ . ,4:... W ~'~ - •» .;(. 4-, 44 It , -, - - 3111, ST. MAI?.TIITS lIALL. Mr. Alfred Mellon gave his second grand concert la.t nivht, at this hall, to a large audience. The vocal per formers were Mr. Sims Reeves and Mdile. Louise Cellini, a young singer of much promise. She sung two songs with much expression and ability. Mr. Sims Reeves was encored in both his performances, the " Adelaide " of Beethoven and an English ballad. One of the chief features of the entertainment was the re-appearance of Signor Bottesini, who has been absent from London for the last three years. He was loudly applauded on his entrance, and was encored in a selection frord%Paganini, in which he displayed his usual skill. The irrgtrumental portion of the concert is deserving of the higfiest praise. Mendelssohn's Symphony in A Minor was rendered with striking effect. Notwithstanding its length the attention of the audience was unremitting, and th'e warmest ap probation was expressed at its termination. We must not omit to mention a brilliant performance on the piano forte by Mr. Edward Bache. The band was conducted by Mr. Alfred Mellon, who may be congratul a t e d on th e s uccess of his entertainment. ADELPHI THEATRE. "Just dropped in—l hope I don't intrude !" Wright intrudes on the scene of his greatest triumph ! The idea was too preposterous. So thought the audience at ---- . the Adelphi last evening, as they hailed the re appear- . ante of this popular comedian, after an absence of two The total of gold reported yesterday from Australia years, with a loud and prolonged burst of welcome. I is 271,1201. ; the re cpective quantities being 37,121 So thought Wright. who was at home in more scenes ounces by the Angles ey, 17,584 ounces and 300 sovs. by than one in an instant, and from the beginning to the the Constance, and 1:1,000 ounc e- by her Majesty's ship termination of the piece (Paul Piy\ severely tasked the Lily---;dl froni Port Philip. The Anne Foster 11;;B risible faculties of all present by his cost-amore represen- arrived from South A th:tralia; but is not believed to have hiikiiant tation of the hero; and rarely have restless, prying, un- brought any gold. :Fr .om New York the Washington abashed:l curiosity, and transparent cunning been more has brought 25,0001., al Id a more considerable suns may young and old_i_li-ro.--t lu ir. muulrly portrayed. He was ably supported by be expected by the Am erica, now due. trust, Will prove2lso. _r u a7, Miss Wolgar, and Miss Keeley. The TROOPS FROM NEW/0 UNDLAND.—The ship Creamore cee,:ed. and, amusing extravaganza of Mother Goose sue. . arrived in the Mersey o n Sunday, with a number of the to manent re- reruu Wright n.r a t f i o v r e a as li t m o i l t e e a d d a, as usual, afforded uninterrupted amusement Newfoundland Compivai 'es on board. She left St. John's lie remainder of the evening. The on the sth ult. engagernent of engagement - p to er h io is d, re w r e . , curSiontusßt.hlar Sir r S ANT) THE SPEAKER--It is somewhat R. 11.. Inglis should have been the party is to appear, we mi , add,e risin 1 R t he Speaker, in Adelphi farces,” "i'd insouse g essee. e o propose a depute l or substitute for t of the " screalning case of the absence * of the right lion. gentleman. The : proposition aas an . obviously useful as to be readily +..........„,,,..........—._._._ A deputation from El p a ---------- I adopted ; and the ! irst time it has been acted upon was with the President iu ?eta - itioce als o Ind an in terview last night, being 0 hogst meeting of the house after the deputation comprised Messrs. Bo p The same death of the right hart. eon. op, ,h uies, a Vl._ _The i The new plane t lately discovered at Dusseldorf has li Adam- received the name lof Leukothea. Its distinctive sign will be an ancient light tower. I OUNI____LONDONs T172/113.AY BYENINM MAY I, _IXSB qONEY MA RKET AND M E.ROIAL INT : ELL' gElv CB. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed very firmly, and the demand for cotton 3outinues with unabated vigour. The sales were estimated at 18,000 bales, of which 4,000 were taken for export, and 3,000 on speculation, chiefly Surats. The Railway Share Market was steady. The question of this year's food supply becomes more interesting as the season advances, and with yesterday's accounts froin the United States, where prices are unusually high, there is the greater rea son for endeavouring to ascertain what quantity we are likely to ge, nearer home. Notwithstanding the prolonged winter and the absence of rain up to this date the young wheat plant is described as being healthy, and even where the autumn-sown grain has been destroyed by the winter's frost, the 'e-sowing this spring has perfectly succeeded. Upon ill these matters Messrs. Joseph and Charles Sturge, , f Birmingham, give the following interesting de ails " During the whole of the past month we have had, with little exception, cold north-east winds and frosty sights; vegetation is consequently so exti emely hack ward that unless the weather from the present time should be -xceedingly fine and warm we cannot have an early har vest, but with an immediate change to rain and heat the crops may still be ready for the sickle sooner than the sverage of years. The season has, however, been very favourable for sowing all kinds of spring corn : the ground s not so dry as to prevent vegetation, and the blade is senerally coming op with a healthy appearance. This re mark applies also to wheat on land re-sown in , -pring, an operation rendered necessary to a consi lerable extent where the plant was destroyed or -ouch injured by severe frost in winter. The supply of English wheat, although still liberal, has '.seen much less so than during the greater part of the ason that has elapsed since last harvest ; but our prices were barely maintained so long as a confident ex pectation still prevailed that the Conferences at Vienna would end in peace. Since, however, it has been ascer tained that there is little probability of this most desir able result, we have had a sudden advance on wheat of sbcut Bs. per quarter, and not such disposition on the part of the growers to sell even at this advance, as they look forward to still higher prices. There have been some arrivals of Baltic wheat in London and the Eastern worts, and a further quantity is on passage. A consider able number of grain laden-vessels, which have long since passed Gibraltar, are also kept out by the northeast winds. 'They are principally, we believe, from Alexandria, or wien with Egyptian wheat and other inferior qualities of grain, re-shipped from the Mediterranean ports. Prices have not yet materially advanced in France, the supplies in the south, added to a few imports from Bel ium, having so far nearly supplied the deficiency in the north. We hear complaints of the appearance of the French crops on the ground, and it is yet uncertain whe ther France will require an import of wheat. Should this prove to be the case, it is difficult to tell the point the price of wheat may reach. Although in the event of ours being the only European country requiring an import o breadstuffs, we may draw a supply, sufficient with that remaining in farmers' hands to carry us on even if the harvest be late, from the northern p, its not yet closed by the war, Spain and the Mediterranean ; and the case would be alto sether altered if France should co - .vete with us in foreign markets. It is now evident that we shall not receive any considerable supplies from the United States until they have secured another harvest, as by late ac counts the best Genessee white wheats had reached a price almost unprecedented for that country, of 95 to 100 shillings per quarter ; and Canadian, for forward delivery, was held at 88s. for 4801b5., with the stocks on the seaboard so exhausted that it is probable all that will be received from the west on the opening of the canals will be required to supply the wants of the Eastern States, which may also take what we should otherwise have received from Canada. We believe our millers generally hold light stocks, and if the con-umption of bread had not been for some time oast materially ies-ened by the distress of our working dopulation our prices might have been still hither than hey now are. Our present quotations of wheat, are English red, 9-4. Bd. to 10-s 2d ; white, 10s. to 10s. 6d. per 621b8. at Birmingham. The quantity of foreign on our markets is so trifling that the prices may be con sidered nominal. The stock at Gloucester is only 8,400 quarters. The scarcity of green food for cattle ant sheep, caused by the long continuance of cold dry wea `her, has increased the demand for grinding barley, but . it has not yet advanced in price more than about 2s. per quarter on the better descriptions, and there is no ins ;.qovenient in the value of inferior qualities." The accounts from the Baltic state that there was still a good deal of ice along the shores of Finland, but the English fleet was preparing for operations. The Stock market is necessarily heavy from the position which political affairs have assumed, both here and at Paris, the unpopularity of our Govern- ment leading to the impression that there will be a Parliamentary struggle ere long, and the retire ment of M. Drouyn de I'Huys inducing very con • tradictory opinions, because the reason is not understood. If, however, it should be proved that the Emperor is resolute for a more vigorous policy, the resignation of even such an able Minister will excite the less regret. The failure of a large speculator for a rise in the price of the new loan has temporarily deranged the market, and it is found that there is much more of the Om mum delivered than was expected. The current value is but b to i premium, and it seems clear that not only private allottees, but many of the hankers and capitalists who largely participated, have re alised at the premium. Considering the total amount, however, there must be still a large amount held by the original subscribers. Consols have been 88g and are now 88g to The New 3 per Cents. have been 88 and 881, being now 871 to Bank Stock is steady at 209. Exchequer Bills have been ss. to Bs., and India Bonds 17s. premium. Foreign Securities are very dull. The prices, however, remain tolerably firm where transactions have been entered into. Mexican Bonds have been dealt in at 21, Spanish Deferred at 18k, and the Certificates at 4. French 3 per Cents. are 68 75, with the exchange at 25 15. Dutch 2i per Cents. are 63. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 201 to 21 ; Peruvian, 67 to' 69; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., tl to 43 ; P.ussian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 182- ; ditto Three per Cents., 36/ to 361 ; ditto Certificates, 4 to 41; ditto Passive, 31 to 4. Railway Shares have been flatter, and with some pressure of sales as regards the English lines. The East Indian are still in good request, and the Colonial are well supported. The French Shares are weaker. United Mexican Mine Shares are heavy, the Joint-Stock Banks merely nominal, and the South Australian Land very firm. - 11BITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'Crof Ic, Prom the °Pia/ tilt., Bu+iness dons daui Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. . ... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuitieb ......... 88a if New 3 per Ce nt . A nnu i t i ef4 New 2A per Cent. Annuities :;ng Annuities, Expire oth Jan., 180 3,1- 15-16 I .dia Bonds. ka0(10 C or Account, 10th May BBa a CraniumA Pu 2 mactieque r gills, 24d. ilOOO .................. 8 5 ....... ..... •,... 2500 8 5 Small 85 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO FM. 74exicau 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Certt Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lBi Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. '4 ~i vi.tenclf, on tie above payable in London. French Rentes, 4a per C eut. Ditto 3 per Cent 6Bf. 75e.ex 25f. 150. Duten Excbauge, 2a per Cent. 12 (Alit__ 63 HALF-PAST T WO. Consols RBR fi Ditto, May Account LATEST N E S. tatur's) daoghtera, and both of whom he ealLi WI; most devoted friends. In other clauses the Emperor expresses his thanks to a number of other persons whom he names as being his devoted friends and servants ;• arrn.ng them he mentions Prince Paskewitch, Generfns Orloff, Llenicheff, and Menschikuff, M. de Nesselrode,: and thanks them all in the warmest manner for the services they have rendered to him and to the State. In one clause, which is particularly addressed to the Em peror Alexander, the will says :—" I am convinced that my son, the Emperor Alexander, will always remain a tender and affectionate son, as he has always been to his parents ; and this duty will become still more sacred for him when his mother is alone. In his relations with his brothers, my son must unite the indulgence called for by their youth with the neces sary firmness of a father of a family. He must never suffer any family quarrels which may be prejudicial to the service or even to the State, and should such circumstances unhappily arrive, ha must remember that he is Emperor, and that all other mem bers of the family are his subjects." The will concludes by a clause, in which the Emperor begs all those whom he may have unintentionally offended to forgive him, as he forgives all who may have offended him. He expresses his regret that he has not been able to accom plish all the good tI at he could have wished, and begs all his friends to offer up their prayers fur the repose of his soul. • TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH FROM FIELD MARSH AL LORD RAGLAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 7, 2.45 P.M. 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, 6TH MAY, 9 P• The enemy assaulted the advanced trench of our right attack, last night, but were repulsed promptly. Our loss was three killed and twenty wounded. PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. Count Colonna Walewski is appointed the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs in the place of Drouyn de Lhuys, whose resignation has been accepted. Persigny is to be the Ambassador to London, in the place of Walewski. VIENNA, MONDAY AFTERNoorr. The Western Powers have declined the last proposition, but the negotiations are not broken off. The news of M. Drouyn de Lhuys's resignation caused a slight fall at the Bourse. The departure of Baron Hess for the army is again postponed. We have also received the following from our correspondent at Marseilles : MARSEILLES, MONDAY EVENING. The Indus, which left Constantinople on the 30th, bas arrived. Her despatches will leave by the 8 o'clock train. She brings advices from Kamiesh of the 28th ultimo. On the 25th, 26th, and 27th the fire on both sides was suspended, but on the night of the 27th the fire, both of artillery and small arms, was re sumed with great energy. On the 28th there was a sharp fire of musketry before Sebastopol. Two batteries had been esta blished in the 4th parallel. Some engineer officers had gone to reconnoitre Kaffa. Thirty thousand men were preparing to set out from tho camp at Maslak. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 30. The Journal de Constantinople says that ar rangements were in progress for an encampment of 2,500 French artillery and cavalry horses at Varna. From this it was inferred that a strong force would be assembled in Bulgaria. Omer Pacha has arrived at Eupatoria, and made a reconnait4sance. The Russians refused an engagement ; their attack is nevertheless expected. MADRID, MAY 7. To cover the deficit, an extraordinary impost en the goods of the church has been resolved on. The resignation of M. Cuesto is accepted. GENOA, MAY 3. Eight thousand Sardinian troops have to this date left our port for Cons',antinople. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Patrie publishes a "coiTimunicated" article, announcing that the Government has not received the news from the Crimea publislled by the Patric, t'onstitutionnel, and Pays of the 6th and 7th of May ; that the last despatches received by the Minister of War are dated midnight, 6th of May ; and that they simply contain detail's of military service. The Constitutionnel of yesterday says :—" The last hopes of peace which attached themselves to the Couterences of Vienna are rapidly disappearing. The Eastern question is no longer in Vienna ; it is altogether at Sebastopol." The Moniteur announces that the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha arrived at Paris on Satur day, and on the same day dined at the Tuileries. The Emperor paid a visit to his Royal Highness on Sunday, at the hotel of the Prince de Chimay. The Emperor has granted a pension of 4,000 fr. a year to Madame Bizot, the widow of the Gene ral of Engineers, who received his death-wound before Sebastopol. A letter of the 24th ult., from the Camp before Sebastopol, in the Journal de Constantinople, says— " The Flagstaff Battery is completely reduced to silence, and the South Redoubt is in the same situa tion. The Malakhoff Tower only fires occasionally, to show that it is still in existence. - The breach made by our shot, on the first day of the bombardment, in the wall which surrounds the town, has been re paired by the Ru-sians, and they have even mounted a cannon on it, in order to thunder down on such persons as might attempt to mount it. The same wall to the right of the first breach, and nearly opposite the old Russian barracks, is completely demolished to a length of forty yards. Two nights ago the English troops took posses-ion of the Russian rifle pits op posite the third bastion, and destroyed all the second company of the regiment of Coasseurs of Vladimir who defended those pits. The batteries of the Careen ing Bay, called by the French the White Batteries, have been at , andoned by the Russians and immediately occupied by the allied troops. Some dismounted guns were found in them, which had been left there by the enemy. These batteries bad been strer.gthened by General Gortschakoff, and were the scene of the sangui nary contests in which the 3,1 Regiment of Zouaves so distinguished themselves. The capture of the Mite Batteries is of the greatest importance, as their guns played on the rear of our works." The Independanee Beige says that Abd-el-Kader has applied to the French Government for permis sion to visit Paris, to see the Great Exhibition, and that the request will doubtless be granted. BOURSE, MAY 7. —CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Mouth. 0 per Cents 93 50 93f. 50c. 3 per Cents 6B 30 68 30 Credit Mobilier 777 80 Roman Credit Fancier 537 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes 37 Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt 3ll RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. ft. c tr. c. ..,.. . 1106 25 Orleans Western 645 Rouen Cette 620 Strasburg Mediterranean 1020 Havre 552 50 Northern ~.... ...... 877 50 Cherburg RUSSIA. A special commission has been instituted at St. Petersburg by the Emperor Alexander to consider all matters relating to the Eastern question. It is composed of the Grand Duke Constantine, M. Nesselrod e Count Orloff, M. Kisseleff, Count Bludoff, andi Prince Dolgorouki. The war party has a majority in the commission. A holograph will of the late Emperor Nicholas, written in 1844, has been published at St. Peters burg. The following are the principal points of the document : The first clause is a kind of address to his family. After enurneratii.g the various kinds of property belong ing to the Empress his wife, the Emperor expresses a wish that her Majesty shall retain for her hfe the use of her apartments in the different palaces, and the clause concludes as follows •—•"rhe legacy which I beqeath to my children is to love and honour their mother, to do everything to promote her tranquillity, to anticipate all her wishes, and to endeavour to ren der her old age happy by their devoted atten tions. Never must they undertake anything. of im portance without first asking her advice and demanding her material benediction." In another clause, the testator bequeaths pensions of 15,000 silver roubles a year (the Klver rouble is sonietbing over 4 franco, in :addition to the pension:4 they already enjoy, to Adjutant- General d'Adlerberg and his daughter Julie Baranow, the latter of whonithas brought up three of his (the tes- THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, May s.—Tne.sllendid fleet left yesterday morning—in all twenty sail. The destina tion of the ships was kept a profound secret up to the last moment. Many officers left word at the post-office to have their letters sent on to " Cronstadt or elsewhere ;" but the general impression in the fleet was that they were going at once to Riga, if the state of the ice permitted it. From the course they steered on leaving Kiel har bour it is impossible t ) guess their real destina tion. Proceeding' as they did outside (or to the northward of) the island of Fehmarn, that track would lead them either to Copenhagen, Gothlaiid, or the Gulf of Finland. Admiral Dundas is very popular in the fleet, and enjoys very much of the confidence of his officers and men. Admiral Seymour is also a general fa vourite. In coming down to Kiel the Lightning grounded between the islands of Lanuaaaid and Omoe, but 6 ot off again in a very short without sustaining any damage. It must be added that a thick fog rendered it impossible to see the land on either side. Fortunately the vessel was going very cautiously, at less than half speed, and when the water shoaled suddenly from nine fathoms to three, her engines were immediately stopped, and she got on the mud bank without any concussion. A hawser was laid out astern, and by means of this and reversing the engines she soon managed to get afloat again. The Aftonb/adet states that some of the shim f the flying squadron were seen off the island of Gothland on the 18th ult. SARDINIA. In the sitting of the 3d of the Piedmontese Se nate, Gen. Durando announced the termination of the Ministerial crisis. He stated that, having ac cepted the duty of forming a new Cabinet, and of examining the opposition of Bishop Callabiana, with a view to ascertain whether it would be possi ble to resume negotiations with the Court of Rome on that basis, consistently with the dignity and rights of the Crown, it soon became apparent that the said proposition was so worded as to imply there , nunciation of a principle which the House of Savoy had always upheld, and which was recognised by the laws of the country. It was therefore not sur prising that none of those who might have com manded a majority in the Chambers thought it expedient to form part of a Cabinet upon such con ditions. He (the General) had endeavoured to in duce the hon. mover of the proposition to modify it in its obnoxious parts, but in vain ; and he had therefore considered it his duty to tender his resig nation to his Majesty. Count Cavour then an nounced to the Senate that the old Cabinet had resumed its functions, and requested the house to appoint an early day for the resumption of the de bate on the Convents' Suppression Bill. [t was ac cordingly decided that the discussion should be resumed on the tith. SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the 2d have arrived. That day being the anniversary of the rising of the po pulation of Madrid against the French in 1808, a rising which was suppressed with much bloodshed, most of theto, as in previous years, appear with black borders. The Espana says that the Queen never positively refused to sanction the law relative to the sale of ecclesiastical property, but merely begged that her sanction might be postponed for a time, inasmuch as the Pope had declared that the law was a violation of the Concordate, and she wished negotiations to be entered into with his Holiness on the subject. The Pope's Nuncio had not yet presented'his protest against the bill, but it was not doubted that he would do so. A MERICA. LI VERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Royal Mail steamer America, Captain Long, arrived at 5.40 a.m., but, owing to the heavy surf in the river, her mails were not landed until nine o'clock. She left Boston on the 25th and Halifax on the 27th ult., and brought 153 passengers and 875,256 dollars in specie. The Nashville steamer from hence arrived at New York on the 22d ult. The news is of little or no importance: The steamer Oregon exploded at Detroit on the 20th ult., killing 10 persons, and severely wounding several others. Advices fromHavannah to the 15th ult. have been received, but contain no facts of importance. The money market at New York continued easy, and the rates for loans wore on the decline. Stocks were depressed, and Low€'r Exchange on London 109 k to 1104. The cotton market closed firmly, with a good' inquiry—breadstuffs tending upwards ; provisions unaltered in value, with a moderate demand ; freights without improvement.. The American theatre at Now Orleans was de stroyed by fire on the 19th, ono man perishing in tho flames. The Canadian Militia Bill had finally passed, by a vote of 58 to 32. Considerable modifications had been made, making the bill more popular than when first introduced. Havannah advices of the 15th April state that the arming of the inhabitants continua 1, and that 16 new companies of Mulattoes were beir tg organised. Letters from Rio Janeiro, of the 23d March, confirm the statement, previously pub lisped, that the difficulties of the Brazilian Govern went were likely to be amicably settled. The steam-frigate Mississippi, the flag-sl -►f the Japan squadron, arrived at New York on the 20th April. The New York money market remained easy, with a tendency to decline on the rates on l vans. The news from Europe being considered favoura large purchases of stock securities had been nu in anticipation of better prices ruling before ti close of the week. Exchange on London was iin moderate demand at 109,2- to 1104 ; bills on Franck 51r. 11/c. to sfr. 131 c. Holders of cotton evinces more firmness, but prices were unchanged. The price for flour was still on the advance, and it was thought the extreme point had been reached, and some reaccum seemed inevittbute. Wheat was without change, extravagant prices being still the order of the day. In other articles there was no particular alteration. Freight to Liverpool :—Cotton, 3-16th of a ld. to Id. ; flour, ls. nominal ' • grain, 21d. t o 3d. T o L on d on , ls. 9d. To Havre, cotton, g cents. Commercial advices from New Orleans, of the 20th April, report the cotton market to be firm. The receipts, as compared with those of last year, 159,000 bales. Sterling exchange had advanced 91 to 10 per cent. premium. • THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.—We understand that the new screw steamer Oneida, of 2,370 tons, built a t Gree nock, by M. ssrs. Scott Brothers and Co., for the Cana dian Steam Navigation Company, has been charts red by the Government ft,r the conveyance of cavalry t. the Crimea. Sl.e will carry about 220 men and horses. TROOPS FROM NEWFOUNDLAND.—The ship Crean tore arrived in the Mersey on Sunday, with a number of the Newfoundland companies on board. She left St. Joh. on the sth ult. A deputation from the - Vestry and Paving Board c 4 St. James's, Westminster, also had an interview wits the President of the General Board of Health with re spect to the Metropolis Local Management Bill. The• deputation consisted of M€ssrs.' Harrison, Duff, Lid— good, Smith, Rice, Crane, and Watkins, attended by - Mr. Buzzard, vestry-clerk, and Mr. York, clerk t , ,) the' Commissioners for Paving. The Dtiche,s of ParmiLieft her capital on the 3 oth for Venice, with the young duke, her son. Mr. P.owland Hill had an interview with al a Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his !sidence in Dowi:ing-street. GRAY'S-itiN, May 7.—At a pension of the Hai Lourable S,ciety of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Chad 38 Hey wood, Esq., was called to the degree of Bari Aster•at., Law. A deputation from St. Andrew's, Holborn., and St. George-the-Martyr, had an interview on Saturday with the President of the General Board of Heal 9, at his office, Whitehall, with r es p ec t to the Metrop a, 'i s Local Management Bill, attended by Mr. S. Hopwq on:. clerk. THE FOREIGN LEGION.—A party of Polish !iris 9 ners' who are ahwt to Bei., e against Russia, were on s atur day einhai e I on b oard the Dunbar by the Conti,. 9, "" ' steamer. Before embarking they were visited by Aev , k l ral distinguished Polish residents. . ~''',..,•- 11 'z '''' ' ' - ' •- .-':''''''''''''-''''.''''•,'•,''-i.Pi+.''':;•,7:*..";'.',,,g 4,•7."-'.. , •' • • - r; - ' 44 ' -°'" s `'''''' .. ,'" . 44 l‘, - A lla ( ' . 4 1 Althirr BElei )tt r SLTA:42 4 o,Poi, 0u.42% fith , r ii :tA . 1., • ‘ v voN- 0 - 4t or ' Ad. 0 vino $ 1 MITTEE.--- (7'lllS DAV.) i .riANoRI,TIIE 31.-11 V f Thr 6 EMPL,'RUE‘ The committee reassembled this morning at the usual --------- (From, the Second EditionrAn PARIS, , t i‘ h i c 011(5171:14.179 iTrsts:4; SG. ir A E G. 4 I have this day attended the Cour (1' 4 ssizes ot ... Iv o and witnessed the trial of Pianori, the aseasf . a 9 fired_ on the Emperor. No ladies were adeei,ttle or. Court was crowded principally by members or t l tio w ill. About :0 o'clock the judges and jury n i . do i Or nary criminal court took their seats--preml bobs by M. Partairlen Lafosse. The prisoner thewilg elle/ in between two gen,dartnes, and placed i n it of the where the accused generally stand, to the left j l udicial bench.: The wretched man bas 0 0 41 0 /I,IIP face ; regular features ; by no Mailllgoirbot il darkts head presents an intellectual outline. .1".". peci . ; and he wears a beard and moustseni°"; b ' s lir sion and firmness appear the ruling sentiuientg °l.aletolt dividuality. He was dre ssed in a brownigilup fr ble which looked very much like an Re&esident f li °_'' . . ioo garment, with wide sleeves . The pr°' okist cognised the jury, commenced proceedinfr'„ si SO the prisoner his name, to which be replied, ad obor is Giovanni Pianori ; I am a Roman ; lii tr - a n ll/6 maker ; age 32 ; married, and have two chilciiii,poot accused then gave his Paris address, which / hear. • A 0 f st °4 sl4 The act of accusation was next read. ors pper, 3 nill„oliiiiier could follow the contents of this prisoner was in Rome during the revolutiov,o,°oo, be P . ,: under Garibaldi. After-the French occuPo_oo of Rome with a French passport, bearing the i n' h , got; verani, and proceeded to Genoa. E" ntual Y et l est it Marseilles. At the beginning o f the Pretseviog,sl, reached Paris, where he did little work , 1 0 3 ober; would appear, only made one or two P a , r o este His habits did 'of di-play any reinarlto;-/r00:40, he llved humbly, and appeared to hale l e ., b t be,.." .. , acquaintances. He was• deeply imbued vi l ,"_ D o sarvo lutionary spirit of Italy. He went over t o silo ~ few weeks since, and, on his return, wa f f a irt :L. get; more grave in his deportment, and thane:3'l,j, itt);s pwearnotre.dHmiisincelyot,hainndg he evidently procur e m i - ltb ° 4; don, as well as the arms with which he 013° I . - t 1 1 671. ino T s h t e fn p ln ri n so ns n s e . r listened to atAlsot'EheUgaclicsubs'aitniclilbeeni°b7b il l 0 The authorities had beard that be bad riodel°ll tried for killing a gensdarme. Ile 40 was i n 1854. os t to n e ts Upon being interregateg, he said be his dodo „oil to get work. He bad (lobe nothing eiecieo ride, Paris. He had seen the Emperor 00059i1nbeer.0101).'A 01 the Champs Elysees. He had been to a., it 00'4( the scene of the act. Finally, the Presioefootiot?twoc,,,, accused if he had not deliberately left th e rit osee t4 the Jar lin de Fleur, on Saturday 104 ab fa e rl ~ a.nd deliberately fired twice at the DeP,e•:, yes! ~,per `...'11e prisoner, in 2, firm voice, replie e ia r " You had also a poignard and a rAxor session ?.' " I had." " Also 114 f. ?"" Yes." ~ ~eiirl You had a cap as well as bat ?" ow himA"sllelrlitehsif.is"hperhoaveddetshnsepmeda.n's intention to b are " Why carry a razor about ? " " Whyht want to shave." ito eff e ::did you commit this act ?" bt to I I was ruined, and nay family brong or the French expedition to R ome. n d tbil 0 0, 4 ' declared ared he had no accompliCeS, 3 0 o f bio 19. _ ii ir was i entirely a thought an d determioati°or. The prisoner spoke rapi dl y , and in j ,„ French. og °ll .o e l f Witnesses were called after these laterite' 0 0 01 A shoemaker deposed to having OP o il l e ~, ner, but he only made two pair ot sb°e..ig'opg?. biell; good workman, or exact in his engage'•;o,lo °Se; The landlady'and porter of the b au bab 36 ' er received two females, a lived could not throw any wholight on hi% be lain. l o llty pra red '... 0 00 1 0 4 go r o o t , They had remained with him in biaroorao, soh , Alexander, a Corsican, and one ° te a tli e , pro Police guards, deposed to 'having' ar f e :ol in bl 'l ll/if fil f when in the act of firing the third P istol sign. led by W th it e ne p s r s i s o a n id er h . e stabbed tbe P r . i i; - 0 fiet ' ...i 07 two places whilst in the act of raising " bet" ins 0 a third time. He swore to the ar- b 00 0 ... i , 0 0 Dr , , A lledt , 100 4 haAvinnginssapveocdtotrhoefapnnonlisceedw,s%e x it: b - - 0 ou t ; p t io ilbg torn to pieces by the indignant 0 1 9 a rio r to e s o , r None of the witnesses were cletagte °g oo ojtOl i o prisoner or his lawyer make an! W eil ,' tbe ° A'lol o The- Crown advocate, M. Roul.c'h be ' I of, , o le the jury in an eloquent speech, in_ i ' i tiles ° I ,, 1 1 el; t h h , e pernicious use which- politicw ow A i t ti ol o :tskiii troeol i ee T Tisir,nr: p si tiii i .:. l lautt , e it: nr attempt ei ypi, l Europerie rer t ,sii, v s.: oi, , ntetohAeeiftern, After tri f aekw o drais r aisugt e l satf i ty g : dvi 1 state eeegfroeyEf rti atdicgri epiodt eus rtg ob ih tries, ior:ee e d ado ; po i 1 0 0 Ei 1: oteio ; i cowl,s and gap er 40 ,-- e,.. .c. ....e political opitooo deo. of odd a ~. chealAt hav t' i ask the jury Inigrieg,i,nliafellsyserdettaoittieh(el,olr)eiriinleg i b li t ' s ,.,,, fae: iii; o o- 0 / 0 t the 1 9 1 . jury to take into c o b t r a l - ef iL a;:iVll°cat illi Court, ' 1 .V ll I i mats rr t . returned ciu Presidentotil w r i i i y l , l : g t a he ' were d n e d r t ,lfgeonnlei political :b e ' iiire.etill:otele:::bici.oo.: afilio ri th . , They were only ab , ent a few ininb Greetolos/i.fig Ifsistoo..marroo..ifoffitiw)teriFinc,a:cooooeortr.LettoN,vd,3;ye,TLDlrnElnesftalotsii:orm,ivn::etnnoysi,colaeniezeevait,ahivseeoenfwriedatehihwceontnfwo. of c. ' h GI 0 i lt I ' i, the ° Pe ' P pi ical co b o e ov,eck_:;:iseadAersber 0 ° e l f o d r ea 4 h, giving him three days to 0)3 with t ho pro l i 1 sla' einents he might think proP er ' ee es The wretched man heard his sevtee e o at c o. c imposure, and left the dock with t he ,be /lid sine that Plan ori was alt)eilveeiclitttili:doif cadloleialibt:11::°1:1PA11"; : t i gi (ai t supportsor ofr L ett o %lil i ie i ne; : t l t o jEci n riti:irislptl si on__a h .reo e ctr r; :ren be ia e lfisec o t.: n s h i. n. r: i n io l d:._,,, i ifr_ti l iiih ri si l loo 'l; o !o ' probably without telling who W ere I , --(TO 11/ O f e l h l um M a l : T. s la ba o t E ;n e n e i B 7 g z : . h —e_ll: t:.. vv la--4----nl: i dll 7n -Pd d_ cl , sl°oN ws 'tld . dG . ::V n Y : b t o -A et ; :rlij l :eb:; : i-l_ 1:: hr f e; :: t i dl: C struck e o rnu n ac d s o ; n , for New York. Sa iled— ' if! ' " IpaensEr snortdui o 33),wn (transport f o r p PORTSMOUTH, May Deptford. , ft; in Col Got be n -I/' Ci d 'i - lo A rli }111 ( 1fr a , PENZANCE, , I f E r L o D I nsR Austin, o t y J an eir o , for Sta / ; eg ° r 0 I, g: v .. I: ,- 6 Or d r FAL HOU i 11, M a y 7.1-Wirui, Vi r •S• p - I .' Ati - i l etr - j t OF k F b la y Hamburg Calcutt v;E.afitre oeoNanuviery H aadly7tios o h.. .el_ n a, d isi u rt r ers a nua I s : , fick, at o w rice, i r a t f, : b Rio 0 o d .t 0 ib ,. eigiAe: a "I d , _0 t o: : l io , 4 r o ') ,:01 of r.ptioo i lArind, S. • .b r irio 6.—The Gorb'o"..d r - dr midnight, and in about an hour t ar "ll o rC crew saved. v t ri A f SWANSEA, Ma y 7 . —Vir in a ' S —. do Beetive, from Cuba; Lady' ' "Ift _ .00 A (PER ELECTRIC TEL50"5,00,101 (me' LIVERYOO/4 a o ,l o °' 6 , Arrived—Paragon from Faro ' sp ar 'Os 00 , Wind, N.W. , . 10 • 0 0 li 01 , Ceara ; Col. Clarke, 'New Orleans 'ads ~,,,00 Arrived—Hesper, from Ma 0 tan,P.: 0' Wind, S.W. :t ie' Dartmouth, Mazagan ; Lady Jae ; 614 'l o%'' O w ( as; el Arrived, M ----- ---- 1,010 0,000, END, VAtil" Wind, GRANO vie bare d ByvirS.U;BitARINE AND 110100 o p 0 , e , Sailed, ayti7d-e,Hfiovfrenhoonuir.sfie_obtobi:mtziole9.6s,:; Barb d May B—Admiral, for 0 Barba d oes. 000 O Cr DOJO :„40,it° • O Sir Thomas Hastings explained a formertatement made by him, to the effect that the Board of Ordnance received no order from the War office with reference to the contract for huts for the Crimea. He had since ascertained Is letter was received from Sir F. Smith on the 18th of November, 1854. Mr. Monsell's examination was then resumed.—He first explained that the work at the laboratory at Wool wich was not executed until after a schedule of prices had been sent in, and the sanction of the board obtained. Since giving his evidence yesterday, he had ascertained from reference to the minutes that the expenditure of 7,0001. by Captain Boxer was not authorised on his own resp.insibility. Some of the minutes of the board were made on loose paper, and others involving great prin ciple on the minute book. It was not to be understood that in placing 7,0001. at the disposal of Captain Boxer, it was not the issuing of money, but the authority of purchasing machinery to that extent, and the bills for the payment passed according to the exact forms of the office. Sir J. Pakington—Were the accounts checked in the cash account office ?—They were certified certainly by Captain Boxer, but he could not say if Colonel Wilson's name was attached. Sir J. Pakington—l wish to know whether in any way whatever the public had any security for the ex penditure of this money imagine that iu every in• Ftauce there were tenders for the machinery Captain Boxer ordered, and before the money was paid he cir- tiled the machinery had been delivered and properly er,cted, but whether Colonel Wilson's name was at tached to the bills he could not say. B 3 Mr. Layard—ls there an auditor connected with the Ordoance-office ?—There is one in the Paymaster's cffice. Every account is minutely scrutinised in the cash account office before being paid. These bills were passed in the ordinary way of the office ?---No question. Can you detect i❑ the office if there be any irregularity in the accounts ? —Yes, if any formal irregularity. In ordinary instances it would be necessary fur Colonel Wilson to sign the bills, but in this case Captain Boxer was personally charged with the work. What ever irregularities might have occurred with respect to the initiation of the work, it was sanctioned by the board almost immediately after the work was com menced. The honourable gentleman was examined at great length with reference to a difference of feeling existing during the progress of the works between Captain B.,xer and Col. Wilson, his superior officer, and the course he pursued with reference thereto, and the appeal 'rade to the Minister of War on the subject. By Colonel Peel—l imagine Captain Boxer has no independent position in the laboratory. He was intro duced there for a special purpose. By Lord. Seymour—There were no cholera belts ordered for: the army in the Crimea before the 24th of November—he found it was the practice for one board officer only to sign the orders for most of the warm clothing and comforts for the troops. By Mr. Layard—Messrs. Hayter and Howell were appointed packers of goods by the Board of Ordnance, from the pressure of business, and he knew no reason for assigning why they were selected fur the work. Mr. Hayter is a brother of Mr. Hayter, Secretary to the Treasury—formerly, all goods were packed at the Tower. The barracks at Aldershott were being erected differently to what was intended when the House of Commons granted him 250,000/. fur that purpose. He was at the Ordnance when the war broke out, and he at tributed the difficulties that had occurred, and which had been complained of, from their being an insufficiency of stores,. the means of purchasing, and the manufacture of fusees, for which Parliament and the Government were to blame. The Board of Ordnance worked har moniously together until the beginning of November. At that time strong differences arose between Sir Tho mas Hastings on the one hand and himself and Sir H. Ross on the other, and in consequence of the unfortu nate difference between Col. Wilson and Capt. Boxer, he and Sir H. Ross did not work so harmoniously together as they had done before. He was the sole communica tion between the Ordnance and the War-office and Horse Guards. In the mouth of April he was the only officer attending the office. The public service bad not suffered from it, because " we" executed all the orders forwarded to us. Mr. Layar,l—You do not mean "we," you mean "L" (Laughter.) [LEFT SITTING.] CENTRAL CRIMI "AL Co URT (THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (&fore the Recorder.) On the motion of Mr. Bodkin, the trial of Mr. Charles Win. Winchilsea Bevan, charged with embezzling money hElonging to the 'Deposit, Life Jusurance Company, was postponed until next sessions. George Trenzoi, 13, labourer, was charged with misde• meanour, in having I,v:fuliy and maliciously placed an obstruction upon the S', , uV , .Western Railway, and thereby endangered the safel of the passengers tra velling upon the line. Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution. It appeared that on the evening of the 27th of April, shortly after the down Windsor train bad passed the Lethatn station, the driver of the engine observed an iron chair upon the up•line in such a position that the coming up train must have passed over it, and would in all probability have been thrown off the line and serious mischief have resulted. The obstruction was removed, and subsequent inquiries that were made led to one of the officers of the railway going ►n search of the prisoner, who was in the service of a farmer in the neighbourhood, and who was at the time employed in scaring birds. He taxed him with having placed the chair upon the railway, and he-at once admitted lie had done so, and said be was very sorry, and cried, and begged to be forgiven. The prisoner, it appeared, was a very ignorant lad, and could neither read nor write, but it was stated that he was al ways looked upon as a good-tempered, well-disposed lac, and there did not appear to be any assignable motive for the act he bad committed. The Recorder, in summing up the case, called, the attention of the jury to the Act of Parliament under which the indictment was framed, and said it had been laid down that, before a conviction could take place, the jury must be satisfied that when the obstruction was placed upon the railway the person placing it must do so wilfully and with a knowledge of the probable con sequences ; and he left them to say whether the evi dence made out these facts in the present case. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict of not guilty. The Recorder told the prisoner that he bad been very lucky in escaping a conviction, and he hoped•he would never do such an act again. He was then ordered to be discharged. Wind, N.W. ; moderate. 17.00‘; PAs sed—Amazon from New for London. 10 le RACING FINTU B ' /.? DIA.Y. • 0 00 8 p so . ch ited dit ter Cardiff Newmarket S 5...........• 8 Lothians and Edinboro' Ply mouth 5pring......... 9 Shrewsbury ............... 10 Bath ........................ 15 Liverpool Hunt C1ub...16 Ascot ........................ 5 Hampton ...... ...... 13 Newton ..................... 13 Beverley ................... 20 8ibury..................... 2 JUI Newmarket ...........•• • 4 , Carlisle ................... Worcester ............••••• • Lancaster ... .......... - Liverpool .................. 11 13 Odiliain ..................... 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Sottingl)oo •',,,„.,,,,„.1 Abingdoo ••,',°' „.,,..i gitabotolW ...,,,,..,,„, Cbelosfora • ~.,,,,,,,,??, Ludloitt ".••••'..„.../ Koutsford••••• d ••• ii Goodgioo •• ~,,, ii UST. ,,0. ~,,, LoWeo. .. • ..,, ~,,, 1, l'oubrle ' 000' ~, ..1; Gre at Itatlcliff'd • •/ . :11 Lari at a e 1 ivisirol t 1 i ° :I:bay. ~....,,,i;,,,,,,,,,,,11.4 I WalEall •••:; ~,•• ,1 1 , ~i).l3lNi3vioaoilcrt.ivrot3.tiliocouler":t,,,tii.,,o,,,,i:o::::,,,:i.,:,::" '' le j I`,Tevvolarl‘ev,,,,,,, Worcester •• , ,0 ' I sbreftabal 41 NEW COURT. The Common Sergeant sat during the morning in this Court trying prisoners for passing bad money. The cases were all of the usual character, not possessing any feature of public importance. NLW , ti-,Ttil►h DAY, HAY MARKETS. SMITHIPTELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5! 0. Od ; clove, ditto, 3 , 33 to 6 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1 , 10 s per load. Both hay and straw were steady, at full prices. UUMI3ERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ [Bs to 5/ Os ; clove , ditto. 3' Os to 5' IRs ; and straw. I' 5s to 1/ 12s per load, A. fair average supply and a steady demand. WHITROHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ I6s to 5' Os; cloves ditto, 3/ Os to 6' Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1 108 per load. Trade steady, on former terms. COLONI AL. SUGAR.— Foreign of most descriptions has been in fair request for home consumption and shipment, and with a moderate quantity on offer. Unclayed Manilla, has been sold at 30s 6d to 31s. Colonial has been dearer, and the low kinds aro most in request. Refined has been firm for home-made goods and with several buyers. Browii lumps 46s to 46s 6d, and low to fine grocery 47s per cwt. The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 24 hhds; .there were taken for home use 1,215 hhds, 102 tics, 243 brls, and the stock is 6,720 hhds, 639 trcs. and 1,255 brls. COFFEE.—There have been only small parcels of planta tion Ceylon on sale, and the demand being; satisfactory previous rates are obtained. For Mocha the re has been a good sale, and fine is held for fuller rates. Foreign is wanted, and keeps up inNalue. Rtat.—There has been less activity. There was landed last week at the above-named docks 50 puns ; there were taken for home consumption 235 puns, 19 hhds, and ex ported 196 puns, 190 hhds. The stock is 7,497 puns, 565 hhds. TEA. —The market is dull, and low cong ou is nominally 8d per lb. COTTON.—The demand is steady, at very full prices. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 5s 34 per cwt on tb.e spot. The departures from London for - The Australian colonies during the week have c,mprisecl. four vessels ; 2 for Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 2,004 togs ; 1 for Sydney, cf . 919 tons ; and 1 for Launceston, or. 495. Their total capacity wa, 3,4'L 8 tons. The rates of freight exhibit a tendency to improvement. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, 114 (thday.--The Penin sular and Oriental Company's ster,m•ship Iberia, Capt. Christian, left this day, with the outward Peninsular mail. The Iberia takes out 18 fire.t and 10 second-class passengers, at.d a full cargo ; also specie to the amount of 41,5001.—viz., for Cadiz, 18,5701. ;. fur Lisbon, 22,9301. r ibs weekly reviews from the Amsterdam alnd Rotter dam produce markets state that there had be en greater activity in business, and that quotations generally showed an appearance of firinne,4s. The prneipal operations had been in sugar, coffee, and riee. The let tern from Rouen speak of the demand for manulacturts having slightly diminished, but no material change . ,bad occurred in price 3. hour.