The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

r iolf. biting :0 be ff e a iapei tt ,o4 n e=e , 2th ` ° h o$ , o t Dr ~ ,„r o e, lye v" < ier iv to.- 00 , tIY /4)1 0 10' ba r e it ie fact ' to ord {b et fore, ~0 ' idert ° "rr 0 , 061 00 ati.e urr eft ' 1 10 11919 : 1 ; fter , u pi )P°" h . Pr e t bo I. vice fon. rd ill A o , 1 0 oto ,140 er - w ho ?s et, e 'flow s be et, f°f ab re °' t 00'5 ':0 1 0 of P ort i°° fe ' 0 0 0.30 00 . $ l O 009 M° Nld ------; : ----------- i-'Y NIARiET 4.,i. CUSIAIZRCIAL INT FLU IGEN CM cloyed ta t Til „, e cotton market a t LiverpoolC rr Two yest e ° ;d e a L y ° c c l il o . s . n 2 et :LY, but very firmly, and prices of America Nrat maintain the id, per lb. advance. The f ti le . s Were estimated at 12,200 bales, 10,000 of o were American (3,000 of which were taken . 3008 peculation and 2 ,000 for export)) Egya l L erna m• and Maranham at 6d. to 6M. ; 700 comprising Sid. r"414 at 6d. to 9id. ; 1,000 Surat at 31d. to ita,,,Pe.::113. ; and 250 Sea Islands. The Railway iltes-07arket was dull, closing wa tt on Monday, Th e !i i, at slightly lower '`'` weeks' average price of wheat is 68s. 2d. Per qilarter, and the last week's sales were 92,190 Tiart ers. Th e tva teat i r steamers Cruiser and Falcon have been d 45444140 the Channel to relieve the homeward t the long prevalence of easterly vet,: "" Admiralty cannot be said to have been w. 4,, P o r i e li t l e t P s t f ! r e o this matter. m Spain state that the new loan ??Itliaexpeeted to be for 5 or 6 million of teals. The I ke ice Minister, M. Madoz, had declared in de -4414 44, the Government had never refused pay- At °f it s e°uP°l3B * pitny the Meeting of the Vauxhall Bridge Com te o ' f ill , le day, a dividend for the half-year, at the T he e '. 2 l. per share, was declared. 6, ontraction of our foreign trade, and the -A,. Natitfiiituent falling off in the demand for money A e 'Veiling for its employment, of ( 6! flgland again to reduce its minimum rate has led the per-414 iThe banks per cent., the ch arge now b e i ng on l y lartie a ca utious there Pie are full of cash, an d y e t 1/41,4 til out ar as to feeling that m a k es th em very 4e the securities upon which they Th e s to 4048 havingek Market opens at an advance, the quo d - Ac e% ~ been 88i to 89 for Transfer an ill'h est il % anci b eing now rather buyers . at the i the ~.,,e e' these rates, owing to the reduction in d t he date of discount at the Bank of England, an 2, etivedte 4 ,, r a, ° lint of specie, 839,898 dollars, re r i 14 4,, 3 " 'lle steamer Atrato. The business done, tile'r) has been small. The fall of 2 per cent. ; kpa, th filt ids at Vienna yesterday, consequent 10 Itie p re rill:flour that the Russian Ambassador 6 1 2 lier e bring to leave that capital, has no influence i 50 4 14 1 f a , 'lse anything tending to produce a dec a- f . 9 ifkie4"ollo,2bie War by Austria would be considered . 1 20C1t14, f as ' e leept by those who still cherish ßa t n h k e 2 8 5 t. 4;, e arly and a pacific solution. ... at2s been fi ~q c to 4 and a 21Ii. Exchequer Bills are st. v .) am • The St. ,kii k , India Bonds 12s. premium. the gew.A.4 has is to i an d i premium, and it P 0re, 444 1 ill 16 3-16ths. i- 2 r 4411:11Scurities have been very quiet. Mex 50 te i h ted nO„been dealt in at 201. The amount re- 2C 10"raviafh-` the dividends is stated at 59,000 dollars. s 0 4 ~` ilends have been at 68. Portuguese t 5, qtalker'''r Oeuts. bring 411. Turkish Bonds are : 1)4 4 en , at 173 i . Dutch Four per Cents. have TEliotd (1,, 0 uvt to 91. I ttel t4 . -evring are the nominal prices of foreign . NI) kisiUrenada Deferred Bonds, 6to 6i- ; 2oi ; Peruvian, 67 to 69; ditto Three Alexi- Cents., 4 .)! te I lk ' 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per ,60. ; I tta po; itussia• Five per Cents., 98 to I / -4444 klit'alld-a-Fialf per Cents., 8 7 Three en etl'elt Deferred, 17i to 184; ditto 41; to 89; 0 14 411 , '''.) 36 to 36i ; ditto Certificates, 4to 2 &The 8444 6,1 °e ) at to 4. . 1 / 4 1 %4 4'; 'week's railway receipts ascertained up are in round figures as under 185 . qh,.. V `W eat 1855. £20,5714 g 41? ek ...... £26,738 53.074 ticitt ei% 56 170 1, i1.1(144ti4..... 12 ,5 24,902 q11,t.::•.. .. 25, 9 6 _, 15,414 4,Noee,,_ rn ............... 16 00a eat if4orth"'••..::::::::::::::::::::: 20.473 10:994 1 0 8, 6 0 9 4 4 2 ) 4 (134 1 hi p, e 'n ••• . 4 r.. arid lO,lBl .kutercYorkshire 30,559 ... ' 00140 Z are all r a th e 4 88 , 08 5 7 66 11/I%‘WaY 511;e.a... h .. a " v - e — b - e . e . ... .. v . ery little deal . t e in iu , 1, Caledo %tern are up about Ili ki .1 • North .w r firmer, owing to the rise ot,_ .4, and Midi 11 1111,-; an ti Nacl others in proportion. The Ile % take are " e ar ly all dearer, transactions aed Li, 0. Dlaco in t he Luxembourg, Namur, iih, , and tut e tte:itZei.higi-i,.er. err ' of France. Th Scinde RI 4-titie. ati.d -1, than %hares have suddenly risen to 8 ° to t . rofit s. i l h ' e B'Llee 'ii to 1, owing to realisation d e favolarablea.ce°ll4ta from the Mines are stated 8 g t ulle 441' gbh • r rates, thou .4e Miscellaneous Shares are at 8141,.. ___ 6 4Q t in much demand. '438 /14 / . -----________ 738 T ,40 I D DAY AT ONE O'Cla l e pt q r Sto c k . . r""//e uktat Li, 1 ... Raciness done a Per %tit. Rzi. ....... ... ......... 211 i 14,,30ent. 004,1'1,?,e4 AllOtlitiae.. ....... : ........ 87:1 i Lop, k Per NC: Ahnaities ........ • .......... 88-k f 9 bitt 411ttities E 111111i"e8 ••••• ......... 88 A 8 1 44 !30 y L rlnre sth . 1 / 4n „ . iii. 44 3i 15-16 0 Ditt73°4(l4, steT4txPire sth April, 1885 16 3-16 •04b._, . tuad () •••• L 4 ' et kl OO '''.... ............ itg_ &or A ee __ _. ........................... 12 e ' i ll t! • ..... . ....... loth Vuy ............... gg i i 9 44:4t , _6 (o tt er ii: . 4i.......................... 00 ........... 'lllet.. . , .„........ ........... .... ...... . 4 7 _iibil,: 1 10,,d 8 i ; ,.... .. . . ................... 10 lt e rkz l l , l 13,. 1 ; > !,1• , 3i Per C ent 991 1 it tti i lar t Ror PORE /G. , i. ..... 991 4 , .... h 'ala 3 114 . 5 p e , ''' FUNDS AT ON i , .. 0 CLOCK. t, Nvi all Per Cent Cent. ................. . 99i °Tt z „ tolact • .... .. 205 . —s it , 8. 4 , _ _ ~.. .................... _._ f,i 145 CIO lads . 2 Per kjent. 6B I,bitt c , 4 Per Cent Per Cent. Con 1811 -- .Ark. fo r t• . , • °ltt_ , g h , 0 b e 4. ,_ 0 _ . — , t , i . ll b oar 6 ` ; `: 'lilt 4li l) ;', l ' th e A P Q r cent ....... ttth t iNtndaeoouut... , —733 Di tto !cha,,, 4 ,, (,)T1 t 4 2A abo v ... P.lvial; ;.. Lennon. I Par 0: 4 4 Per Cent. 12 Guil! 62i Ce nt, Cent. ..... Cr 0 ,.. 6 , HALP-PA , S7' bii"t!o:B4 ........................... EB4 ol TWO. zt01.r,,L.....,_,.____„._._y-keeouiat .......................... 88/ 9i ~.ta ''''' $ll-IPPING--(THIS DAY.) 1,4 1 ‘)30 1 ,„ ~ 0..,, 4 1 14a. , -----------,„______— ,:niti,t...y)."--"Virind and weather this day at noon, ,I,lck it i: i ltot. r ; i I. At breeze, and fine clear weather.. _ (,%, t,r,l,l'e \ Dit' , it 4a Y 2 .—Virind, E. to E.N.E. Arrived — "t. fe,',4,l4prn,„„tu, frona London, for the Crimea. I. 1 - Lti. n -"" , Alay 2. - vvi n ' d, E. s a il e d—L a Plats ~,,,, tiotl7ll7, est Indies. tp °l '? P il eiS, I t? ta3 ' 2• -- Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Fleet t Ar o 4 L1r 0 ,-, r°lll Calcutta (41,11obttti,t:'lltdy.aro'.111•—•John Martin, from Bahia, and sailed • ,I,tt. - 3'2. -t-,,-• N.E.. • Re sent, for fro''AN V , mud, N Sailed—Prince a e,k , (ill 40 4, ' 4%Y 2 .—wi n a , B . Arrived—Appleton, k. 1 ,.14 1 tlt .r4l ill tei;t t) . MaY 1 .--Wi ti d , N. Sailed—Brothers, for ,(lift , .elizabeth Ann, Cuba; Laura, Demerara, N tio i . l n t'rgi ts , n 0 I ler t , °4 th e oti,lG, April 22. - The ice in the Neva was in 'lll.i,,i'Abot„`"`"th, and the stream is now free of ice. in q r 44 16 tay.'x.,.A•pril 13 . —The Sarah (brig) was burnt l 'r• °lll 3' fi ' Lar ch 3 0; a few hogsheads and puncheons 11, ) ?1 , 1 Tti olt a ved. di titr i 3 ' t° I ins APril 13 The Rh derick Dhu, from cargo 4, ~,,.' erp oo i • 13,_ The ° the 7th ult. in ve ill repair . 1111),,,. and reload, but about 200 tons of her NI t4ll;iorwarded by another vessel. 11 t4./Aith . (3, ADril 44vel.—The `Waterloo, h ence f or Liver t N rt i 44 hoe ' 3 4 Z: 8 strane ; ab d7ed. on tiro 25th ult. to the enstl-r..treln, i ca rgo, h eollout alf of ti-e mahoany haß " e /4 of u. together with the wreck and remaining ----__ (11. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) At l i, ntc141,04.....,tt.,a5p, fro LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. \-11°,ttim-'rlallanthr Francisco ; lowa, New .., I ; Al .°P ~ win 4 ,s ezandria, Corfu ; Simoda, Marseilles. 1. QUEENSTOWN, May ; Ar t ; ' -,,Q‘I.E. 'llt . ‘"e1(1 -11 • Julianne, Morn' Jo ta,,,, eethoven, from Honduras . 4e1)11, tagedbl)e.vonian, from Alexandria ; Grand St. astian. 4, noti,. ---- ----- yesterday, b.,t th, ..!vaN posted in the Stock-Exchange,t° e k i 'I;4IP receipts for the loan of 16,0.00,0001. will 11..°1'1.%,1/,elo,:celivery at the office of the Chief Cashier of 't f-, 1 '' 1 k;n g la nd on Friday next, the 4th inst., at (p li e ocic. d aY, ,! ~elll. STITUE TO SiR ROBERT PEEL.—Yes ter tile ,v-ryera were ' is d forthe removal of the obelisk at f kidereq end of Ch s e ue p "cl at the point of junctio ‘ n ter. rew Itate.etreet, Sat 41137 :n 1 '5-churchyard, Paternn t ; SP ;114'1(kly. IS'ewgate•street ' that spot having been selected ` 4 ext: - " M lle of the late ' Sir Robert Peel, by Behne . ~. eted•to be up in 14 days, Ikt'"TxtoN, R.. r• 14 . r i , --'t.A.L FROM THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.— 1-'4i6443' •FitWataiY, the s uperintendent of the South-Eastern Pe nci l , " at bover, has just rece . iv ,, ed rn , t a h s r s o iv u e gh a t o ll d e keitt, "tubassador Count Walewsk'' -- Per o , `', presented 'by his Imperial of the Majesty the Em attetatc.'t the Preneh in crracious acknowledgment of his kai. 1" Bhowtt by' M' Nay on the occasion n tb,r''Y ond the E r. through Dover . o on th t i" W aY to visit heTil\lrea7sestPyasthe (2,len, and also s. p e of the e'lellartUre from thi j s port for the opposite and side bears 11Pnn tia:lnfli'l. The box is richly embossed,. kriti c i , 4 41 the letter ‘, N," surrounded with , a wreath, Wbuitl4l,l)l44ted with tit iinptrial diadem u on blue Nttl i i bpi uteri Le4utifully wrought in gold UP f 1 ranee, the SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAY/. Maine Prices yesterday• Mainsail done this day. Paid.l ' .2i(.1 I all 3 all a I 'n,?, r t il all !2 19, 15 all >t. 100 too .0 Oh. >0 1 all O all 16 z 0 13 15 I all it,. 100 Imo %bortleen.. ..... Ambg. Nottng. Bos, and Eastu. Sunct.. .Bolfa.st & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... Birkeuhd. Lanesh. ct Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and 225 Con Do., £20. ... ....... .• 'ti yth & T3rn 3 origina £25 (issd. at £45 riristol and Exeter alodouian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester 4 Holyilea , t and Bandon . 71ork, Black, & Pa-- Cornwall Cried' Junction 1 )riblin&Belfastinnc. 'Dundee Perth&Ab,.. teen Junction . Do. Fast eastern Counties..,. Eastern Union, A Stock ..•• Ds., B Stock Do., Now ..... East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles . Edin. Prtii & Dundei orth & Clyde Jun;_. I Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Weston; t seat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 'it. Sth. &West.are., great Western...... .. f. a. Stour Val. Rai . Stk Irish South-Easter Lancaster & Carlis!e Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds... Lanea.sh.andYorksl‘ Da., Wet. Riding ITn v.Crsby .&South)it London & Black wa! .ond. Bright & S. Cst iiond. and N. West] Do. Fifths . Do .101. Sh., M&B., C Do. Eighths I•ondonandS. Westr, Do., £s' Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col erain, Lndndrry. & Ennisk 3tanch.Shef.k Limb, Do. Shares, No. l Do., Mau. & Lin. Un. Midland ►o. Birmng. &Derb' Midld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un Korth British ..„ North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., : 1 . 2 A Deferred Do., B G uaranteed N. Eastern—BerwieP. to. do. Extension Do.do, Parch, Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New XlO N. &S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westin. Juni. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland snropshire Union South Devon So ath Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dm; no Staines, Wok &Wok Stockton k Darli , i StGAton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale ~ Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No, 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterft & Kilk enial Waterford&Limer , I West Cornwall West End of Londoi, and Crystal Palace 'West London , IWimbledn & Croydon 19 --20 41 - ,4, 84 -- 8 14i -13 i 15 16 9 8d 88 - 90 58i - 59 12 - 13 7 - 9 i - i* N - 6 11 - 15 11 - 11, 30 - 32 20 - 22 71 73 51 56 2d •-- par 18 20 ••• ''.. 67 - 69 88 - 89 72 - 74 23 - I'ls 92 - °4 62i - 63 58 - 60 65 - 70 ' 5- 7 D 5 - 7 75 -75 i, 7J 147 - 9S 96j 97 ld id i id 1 79i 104 9 i 84 22. 23 7 - 8 611 - ABi 40 - 42 11 - 9 li - 2 ii f i'6 27 ... ii 70 71 7 —7/ 4 12 13 47t, 48i 48 50 d par id 5,1 - 4 1 1 6 64 Id— jar ' 24 - 26 93 - 100 63 - 65 44 - 46 12 - 13 59 60 27 - 28 5 - 3 3 - 1 36 - 38 ••• '" ... -- 1.6 i 171 3 t l - . - .. i - 8 51 a l 6-1 FOREIGN. A ntwe rpdzitotterdam Belgian Eastn. Juno Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndi a, Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Ey;ensiou Do. 4i p. e. Bds., pay, '57, convertible...... Do. do. do., '59, do.. Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. Do. St. Lawrence Si Atlantic do. ......... Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran• Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. I►o. New 5 per cent To. Extensions reat Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations I Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. lids., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle ' Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Dc. Nov , Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur at Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of Franco 7 k - 2 - 2 . 3i - D0.20/.Shs.late Char loroi and Erquelines' - 1 p .• .... ••• 9i - 8i 15 - 16 guar. 3 p. c. & red. at 222;/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 201. 3 p. c &b. (fmy.B.&.g.ms.Shs.) Norweg,ianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ...... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen dr Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal S wadi sh Sambre and Pause... Do. 5 p. cent. Prof Scinde Southern of Franca ' St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5? per c. Western of France_ Wee, of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand Au6traiarna ............ British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American jChartd. Bank of A sia IChrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial C ommerc ial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chart Lona. Chars. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County (London Joint Stock 'Lona. & Westminster 3,Noe Nationalw.(NationalNsSouth ohf Provincial of England 'Oriental Bank of Corporation. rrovincial of Ireland Do. New ..•,•„ Royal Austral & Gold Imp C 0.... South Australia .... Union af Australia. . . Do. New Union of London 20 10 20 35 10 22i all all all all 2i 10 ••• 21 is 341 341 6 7 23a 241 i 2i 48 50 88 - 90 it - 2 - iP pzr- iP - 4° 2 :4 2i - 24 13 - 18, 96 - 98 97 - 99 100 - 102 95 - 97 19i -- 20. 99 -- 100 ... die 2i -- 2ip ••• • p ly - ip 2 p 4 - 2i 5.1; - 34 —34 a 12i -- 13 23 -23 f, i; 39 41 —pm 21,i 22 par - 1d 8 ••• - ••• ii - Ipi •.. - pm 3 I 4 4 5 - 6 p ••• ...' . k: m' JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 79 - 81 1... ---- •• d—i•d i id IA —17 i 20 21 [a iI, 33 - 35 38 - 40 ... .... 000 66 68 Ti ••• 4 ni 1.6 f, LQ ;t. 3 R.. 100 i 0 3i ;t. 100 .6 all L 6 all 8 nll 8 all it. 100 !i '2O 15 13 t. lifx) i 0 all [0 all lU 31, l 0 17A 4) aU 10 all 10 00 8 ;t. Lit , it. La! ;t. 100 St. 50 all :20 1 29 7s: '::0 '; 2 25 a it. ry [0 9 it. l 4O 15 21i 0 all !O all .0 I 5 ?,0 all [0 171 a. LO all 5 4 tO 10 .7i all !O 10 n all !,0 10 ?.0 all !,0 10 10 all 5 15 :5 Ml 5c all E 1 1 5 I 2 4 1 all ;o}i all ICI all 10' all K:1 14 r, all n 10 33 1 311 LO 11.1 .?,0 ,t; all !O all o all !O 16 D 1 all KII I all all 0,0 14 16 gib all LO all 20 16 20 16 6 all 20 all THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENJNG, MAY'3, 1855 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) CHESTER RACES. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Justices of Appeal.) (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ETURGE V. THE EASTEEN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. . The arguments in this part heard appeal from the de cision of the Vice-Chancellor Wood were resumed, and occupied their lordships the whole morning. The facts of the case may be thus shortly stated :—ln .December last, the Vice-Chancellor Wood granted an njunction restraining the Eastern Union Railway Com pany from making a dividend among the ordinary share holders until the claims of the plaintiff and the other 6 per cent. preference shareholders should be discharged. In the month of March last, the defendant appealed against that decision, and that appeal motion having been ordered to stand over until the case was ripe fur bearing—the cause and appeal motion now came on for hearing. DEE CUP. Orson Helmet Seven ran. WELTER CUP. Georgium Sidus Dalkeith Three ran. LATEST BETTING. DEE STAKES. sto 4on Corcebus 4to 1 agst Lord Alfred sto 1 agst Claret Mr. Bolt and Mr. Hawkins, who appeared for the plaintiff, were heard yesterday, and The Solicitor-General, with whom was Mr. Selwyn and Mr. Webb, addressed the court to-day. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.) HOLYOAKB V. BATES. DERBY. 9to 2 agst St. Hubert (taken) 6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) Bto 1 ag , t Rifleman (taken) 9 to 1 agst De Clare (taken) 14 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken) 15 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 16• to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken) 16 to 1 agst Kingstown (taken) 25 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rylstune (taken) 50 to 1 agst Benhams (taken) 66 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) This case came before his honour upon motion for an injunction to restrain the defendant from selling needles and wrappers, with the name and similar to those used by the plaintiff. Both parties were needle manufactu rers, carrying on business at Redditch, Worcestershire, and the real defendant, Mrs. Gardner, who, previous to her marriage, was a Miss Hoiyoake, supposing that she had a right to use her maiden name of Holyoake, had sold the needles under that name, and with similar labels to these used by her father. MEETING OF THE BRITISH RESIDENTS IN PARIS. The Court refused to grant the injunction, but gave the plaintiff liberty to bring such action as he might be advised. A numerous meeting of the British residents in ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE.—(THis DAY.) The committee reassembled this morning at the usual hour. Sir Thomas Hastings was recalled, and his examination was resumed by Lord Seymour. He in the first instance stated that he was not pre pared to say whether the requisitions sent to the Ord nance in June last for a supply of warm clothing, to be sent out to the East, were made verbally or in writing. Communications of that description from the War-office were frequently made verbally. When the Duke of Newcastle was in office, all orders were covered by a general sanction. In reply to Mr. Layard, the witness stated that he did not know whether there was any record of the in structions in his office, but there certainly was the record of the execution of these orders. By General Peel—When he did receive a written order for the warm clothing, he acted upon it without delay, as he was fully alive to its importance. By the Chairman--When a requisition of that sort was sent to you, do you think it ought to depend upon your memory when you are asked about its execution ? The witness replied that the record of it if sent would not be in his office but in the office of the Secretary at War. The Chairman—l suppose, therefore, if we sent there for it we can have it ? Witness—Undoubtedly. Examination contiaued—When this requisition ar rived he (witness) was in the country, but he was sent for, as the authorities at home said they were getting into a state of perplexity relative to the warm clothing. There was a difficulty about enforcing a contract—but he informed the Board that it had been entered as a minute of the Board, and that it ought not to be quashed or rescinded. He did not inquire into the cause of this because it might have given rise to an unpleasant feeling. Lurd Seymour—We are not inquiring into questions of unpleasant feeling. We wish to get at the manner in which business was transacted at the Board of Ord nance. Did you inquire why the contract was to be quashed ? Witness—No. The Chairman—Why did you not Witness—All I thought of was to carry out the con ;met, and to insure a speedy and proper supply. Lord Seymour—l wish to ascertain whether or not the contractor had received orders to stop the supply ? Witness—l believe he had. Lord Seymour—Did he tell you so ? Witness—No, he did not inform me himself ; but I inferred that he had bad orders to stop the supply from what Mr. Stacey, the storekeeper, told me. He told me that the contract was stopped. Lord Seymour—Did he tell you on what grounds. Witness—He did not. Lord Seymour—By whose order then was the contract stopped ? Witness—l cannot tell. The Chairman—Do you not, then, see what takes place, or have you to depend merely upon hearsay ? Witness- -Generaily I do not see what occurs under the Board. The contract might have been stopped by Mr. Monsell, or by the united order of the Board. General Peel here suggested that there were surely minutes kept of the proceedings of the Board, to which the witness might have had access. The Chairman—Do I understand that you were not allowed to see the minutes ? Witness— Oh, no ! When any of us leave town the minutes of the board are not forwarded to us. The Chairman—But when you came back you might have seen them ? Witness —Certainly, but I did not. I was satisfied with what Mr. Stacey told me. I had no official infor mation of the fact. _ . Mr. Layard—But minutes are usually kept of all orders, are they not ? Witness—Minutes until lately were kept regularly of all proceedings of the board ; but I will not undertake to say there is a minute relative to the matter now be fore the committee. It being the duty of the clerk of the Ordnance to communicate with the Secretary for War, and he was in the habit of bringing verbal orders from the War-office, which were at once acted upon—a course which was never used antecedent to that time. These orders were binding on the Ordnance although sent by word of mouth. I was there, and am still of opinion that public business of that kind should always be re corded in writing ; and although the ♦erbal order of the Secretary for War wat binding on the board at the same time, I thought it was ,important and essential that a written order ought always to be given, with a view to its being properly recorded, and in case any question should arise, that the original order should be there to verify the execution of its directions by the board. In reply to General Peel, the witness stated that, under a Secretary at War no order of that sort could have been taken except through his positive directions. lie did not think the abolition of that office was any improvement. By Lord Seymour—lt was probable that the whole proceedings connected with the contract being irregular, DO minute was kept. It resembled correspondence rather than an official act. Some further conversation ensued respecting the de tails of management at the Ordnance•ofhce, and the quantities of warm clothing ordered last summer, after which, The Chairman said—l have heard it stated that at tLe hospital at Scutari socks of a size for children were issued to the men. Would that be possible, accord ing to your mode of conducting business ? Witness—lf we had proceeded as we do in ordinary times, that would haw° been impossible ; but in thin case there was great hurry ..nd confusion. The Chairman—Do you think it possible that it occurred? Witness—lt is possible, but Ido not think it is probable. The Chairman—Did you never hear of such an occur- rence ? Witness—l heard that the socks were not of a full size. (Laughter.) Mr. Layard—Did you ever hear also that the shoes issued to the men were not of the full size ? Witness—l think that is very possible. Examination continued—On the 7th August he ap plied to the Admiralty for tonnage fo r a l arge quantity of warm clothing. They did not reply immediately, as it is not the custom to reply until they had tonnage at their disposal. They had no tonnage at disposal until the 16th October. The Chairman—And you remained quiet all that time Witness—l made no less than nine applications, [LEFT SITTING.] OXFORD, May 2.—By the death of Sir Henry Bishop, .Duc. M as., the Professorship of Music in the University, founded by Dr. Heather, has become vacant. Sir Henry was appointed in 1848, on the death of Dr. Crotch. The appointment is vested in the proctors. The price of wheat in England during the first quar ter of the present year has been more than 50 per cent. higher than it was in the quarter of 1853 that ended on the 31st March, but Os. 7d. per quarter lower than it was , in the beginning of 1854. Beef is 25 per cent. dearer than it was in 1853, and 7 per cent. dearer than it was in 1854. Mutton has been cheaper than it was in 1863, and so have been potateee. Paris and its neighbourhood was held yesterday at the English Embassy for the purpose of voting an address of congratulation to the Emperor and Empress on the escape of the former from the hand of the assassin Pianori. Lord Denbigh presided. The proceedings opened about three o'clock, when the Chairman rose and spoke as follows : " Gentlemen,—My own heart tells me that it would be an insult to any assembly of Eng lishmen to suppose it possible that any per suasion could be requisite to elicit an unani mous expression of the utmost abhorrence of a dastardly attempt to assassinate even the humblest individual in this or any other country. Can it therefore be necesssary for me, at such a meeting as this, and on such an occasion as the present, to endeavour to excite feelings which, judging from my own, I am sure must burn in every breast— feelings in the first place of deepest gratitude to wards a beneficent Providence and the Almighty Disposer of all things, for having so mercifully pre served a life of priceless value—feelings of deepest indignation at the atrocious act which has im perilled it, and feelings of congratulation towards the whole of civilised Europe, but more espe cially towards this great country and our own, at the preservation of a life the value of which no estimate can measure and no language adequately express. Need I remind those now enjoying the hospitality of this magnificent city, so embellished by the taste and munificence of the Emperor, and who are dwelling in security in this happy and prosperous country, how lately it has been raised, by the Emperor's energy and wisdom, from a state of almost hopeless anarchy, misery, and danger, to its present high pitch of prosperity and happi ness? Need I remind Englishmen, who have so lately witnessed the unparalleled enthusiasm evinced by all parties and all classes in England towards their Imperial Majesties, what the Emperor has effected in extinguishing, I "trust for ever— that hereditary enmity between France and Eng land, hitherto supposed to be inextinguishable How he has converted a heretofore mere conven tional alliance between the two countries into a hearty brotherhood—an affectionate union hence forth to be deemed indissoluble, as being cemented by the best blood of England and France, shed by our brave armies, fighting side by side in the cause of justice, freedom, and civilisation ? Need I enlarge on the fatal blow which would have been struck at that sacred banner had the assassin succeeded in his distardly attempt ? But we may join the Em peror in his recent noble reply to the French Se nate, and assure him that we, in unison with his own chivalrous feeling, fear no assassin while en gaged as lie is, heart and soul, in accomplishing the glorious mission committed to him by Divine Pro vidence. He has nobly fulfilled the one part in restoring the great country to her present exalted station of world-wide glory and power, as well as of internal peace and prospe rity, and can any one doubt that he will, through God's help, fulfil the other part, and that so righteous a cause as that of establishing an hon ourable and permanent peace throughout Europe must and will continually triumph ? After con gratulating ourselves that this attrocious at tempt did not happen, as might have been the case, in England, we may likewise con gratulate our French brethren that it was no Frenchman who raised his cowardly band against so precious a life. Dear, however, as that life is to England and France, and precious as it is to the whole of the civilized world, we must not forget that there is one illustrious person age to whom, above all others, it is immeasurably dear—even still more precious—and, however, feeble any language of ours may be to convey to the Empress any adequate expression of our deep sympathy and sincere congratulation, we may hope that her Imperial Majesty will graciously accept an assurance of these coming from the heart,as I am sure that ours will do. There is one other topic of con gratulation as respects ourselves, to which I will briefly refer, and that is, that out of the many millions whose feelings doubtless respond to ours on this occasion, we English residents in Paris are alone graciously permitted to enjoy the highly gra tifying privilege of expressing to their Imperial Majesties those sentiments of veneration, sym pathy, and congratulation which will be embodied in the address now about to be moved for your adoption, and which, I trust, will receive your unanimous approval." The Earl of Donoughmore said that, after the very able address which had just been delivered by the noble chairman, it was unnecessary f or hi m to expatiate on the object for which the meeting had been called. He was perfectly convinced that there was not an English heart here, or in any part of Europe, that did no t f ee l t h e d eepest indignation at the base and dastardly attempt that had been made on the Emp eror N apo l eon ' s lif e, an d which, had it succeeded, would have ruined the cause for which the French an d E ng li s h troops are fighting so gloriously side by side. (Loud cheers.) It had indeed been whispered about previously to the departure of the Emperor for England that from the number of discontent e d re f ugees collected in England from every country, the visit was not a safe one, and some cowardly attempt on his life might be apprehended, and disgrace thereby be thrown on England. He thanked Almighty God that such fears hack proved unfounded, and that the Emperor had returned in safety from the Eng lish soil. It was also a source of great satisfaction that the late base attempt at assassination had not been made b . y a Frenchman--(hear, hear)—a n d the brave allies of the English were no t sta i ned with the reprobation attached to such an act. (Cheers.) He would not dwell longer on the subject, but express what he felt certain was the un an i mous feeling of the meeting, his heartfelt gratitude to Providence for having stretched his shield before the Emperor, and preserved a life of such infinite value, not only to France, but to all Europe. (Cheers.) I now most heartily move that the able address drawn up by Sir Henry Ellis be adopted. (Hear.) Lord Mayo having seconded the motion, the ad dress was read and unanimously adopted by a show of hands. It was afterwards signed by all the per sons present. The following are the names of the deputation to wait o n the Emperor with th e a dd ress, on the proposition of Lord Gray, seconded by Sir H. Bulwer :—Earl of Denbigh, chairman ; Earl of Mayo, seconder of address ; Earl of Donoughmore, Mover of Address ; Lord H enry Lennox, M.P. '- Viscount Fielding ; Lord G ray o f Gray ; Count Testa Ferrata ; Hon. Major Feilding Coldstream Guards ; Honourabl e G eorge Barrington ; Hon. Spencer Cowper ; H o n. S ir Fl eetwood Pellew, Rear-Ad miral ; Sir Joh n H arr i ngton, Bart.; R i g h t Hon. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, G.C.B. ; Right Hon. Sir Henry Ellis, G.C.B. ; Lieut.-General Fox ; Sir Joseph 011iffe, M.D. ; Mr. Lawrence Peel ; Mr. Evan Baillie, of Dochfour ; Rev. Dr. Hale ; Rev. Robert Lovett. The West India mail steamer Atrato has brought 180,0001. in specie. ADDRESS TO THE EMPEROR OE THE FRENCH. —At a Court of Aldermen, held yesterday, Alderman Sidney proposed a resolution indicative of the profound sorrow with which the Court had heard of the recent attempt to assassinate the Emperor of the French , and tendering to his Majesty and the Empress an expression of grati tude to Providence for having frustrated the diabolical design, and preserved Fra nce and Europe from anarchy. Mr. Sidney, in making the proposition, expressed his admiration of the heroic and manly bearing Mr of he Alder dis tinguished monarch in the hour of dang a er. .t '- mn Farebrother, who seconded the proposal mi , said he agreed with Aldermen Sidney in his ad ration of the con duct of the Emperor when the late atrocious attempt ;.made upon his life. The proposal was unanimously agr eed to, and it was determined that the resolution should be presented to the French Ambassador by the Lord Mayor and the mOver and secoAder, as a deputa. tion from the Court of Aldermen. 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CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Fa: the weak ended May 3, 1155, made up frarn the E.3tUr;l3 of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England s,nd Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. BEANS. pail. fiss 4d 31s 6.1 25s 91 , 40s 10d j 41s 61 f 393 2d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 6Ss 21 I 30s 10d 25s Gd 39s lld 40s 10d 38s 5d QUAN - TITIES OF GR kIN SOLO LAST WEEK. Wheat, 92,190; Barley, 36,505 ; Oats, 20.995 ; Rye, 522 ; Beane, 5,476; Peas, quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. — The trade ruled steady, as follows:-- - Beef , from 3s 2d to 4 s 4 d ; Mutton , 3 s 4 d to 48 4,1 ; lamb, 5s 2d to Os (id ; Veal, 3s Bd. to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SoUTHALL, May 2.—We had a steady, though not to say active, demand for most kinds of stock, the prices of which were fairly'supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s (Id; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s Bd, ; Pork. 3s Gd to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offals. 1103IFORD, May 2.—To-day's market was seasonably well supplied with stock, which sold shadily, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od; Lamb, 5s 8d to 7s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 0,1 ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 9d per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 20s to 24s each. RAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5/ Os Ckl ; clover ditto, 31 0.1 to 6' Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate supply and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 21 18s to 51 Os ; cloves ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 18s ; and straw, 16 5s to 1/ 12s per load. Trado firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 158 to 5/ Os; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 6' ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. A letter from Hanover states that M. Andre Luys senaer, who established the submarine electric telegraph between Scheveningen, in Holland, and Orfordness, in England, is about to lay down another line from the coast of Hanover to England, having already obtained an authorisation from the Hanoverian government to that effect. 40 5 St. 25 97} 7 2-k 2i la P 251 SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. PROGRESS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. ( Prom the Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 14. In my letter of this morning I mentioned the sortie on the French last night ; but only as a slight affair. The truth has now transpired, and it turns out to have been a more serious attack than I was at first led to believe. The enemy came down from the Flagstaff Battery in force ; but fortunately our allies were equally well pre pared. There was a long and desperate struggle. Twice the Russians succeeded in entering the parallel in advance of the battery, and twice were they repulsed ; the second time with such loss as to compel an immediate retreat. The French made no attempt at pursuit, as the enemy were within a stone's throw of their own batteries. They were thus able to retire in comparative order, carrying most of their dead and wounded with them. Only 15 bodies—one that of an officer —were left behind. The French suffered a total loss of between 50 and CO killed and wounded. General Bizot (the French General of Engineers), I regret to say, was among the latter. The gallant officer who has conducted the siege operation s of our allies since the commencement, without ever receiving any injury, was in the advance parallel, superintending the progress of a sap towards the Flagstaff, when the sortie took place. At the first symptoms of the enemy's ap proach he brought up his troops, and made such disposi. tions as ultimately contributed to the failure of the attack. When the fight was almost entirely over he was struck in the chest by a chance bullet, which inflicted a most dan gerous, if not a mortal, wound. His loss at this crisis is most deeply regretted by our allies, among whom he was universally regarded as the ablest and most active of their engineering generals. Shortly after the sortie took place, Captain Mitchell- R.A., was killed by a round shot in the trenches. He i: deeply regretted by the officers of his corps as a gallant soldier and a most amiable and accomplished young gentle man. Last night the garrison at lialaklava was edified by the sight of an immense number of the enemy's watch-fires along the Woronzow.road. Though they were spread in all di rections they were nothing but mere shams, after all, as the most minute scrutiny with powerful telescopes failed to detect any signs of a single soldier being around them. At about two in the morning their out-picket, to the num ber of about 30, descended from their post on Canrobert's Hill, and advancing into the plain fired a volley in the direction of our Highland out-picket. It of course did no mischief, as the enemy took good care not to come within a mile or so. It was evidently done for bravado, or to harass us. If for the latter purpose it was in its way suc cessful, as Sir Colin Campbell insisted on turning out the troops under arms. A few minutes sufficed to convince the gallant general that nothing serious was intended, and the Highlanders again returned to their quarters. APRIL 15. The bombardment was continued heavily throughout the night from all the mortars. Our supply of shell had been very low indeed, but the indefatigable Mr. Beattie and his railway remove all our difficulties, and as the bombs have been wanted so they have been sqpplied. Your readers will have some idea of the nature of our bombardment, when I tell them that up to this evening the English trenches alone have fired away between 16,000 and 17,000 32 and 63-pounder shot and shell, 7,80 J 13-inch shell, and 4,500 10-inch shell, making in all about 2,200 tons of shot and 500 tons of powder already expended. The English trenches mount 154 guns and mortars, the French 238 ditto ditto, so that between English and French there has been used during this week's bombardment about 6,000 tons of shot and shell, and some 1,500 or 1,600 tons of powder. Yet, for all we can say to the contrary, we are just as likely as not to have another week of the Same work. During the middle of last night, when the Russians were more than sufficiently occupied by our own and the French guns and mortars, the Gladiator and Valorous, which were steaming guard off Se bastopol, ran in towards the sea forts and fired three broadsides of shot and shell. The enemy seemed quite unprepared for the attack, and it was some two or three minutes before a gun was given in reply- After that time an irregular scattered volley was opened at random, and as the night was intensely dark, and the position of the steam-frigates quite a matter of conjecture, out of about 100 shots only one struck the Valorous. It merely glanced by her paddle box, ripping up a couple of planks, and did no further mischief. For the rest of the night it was easy to see by the lights in the sea forts that the garrison were on the qui rive. They appeared to re main there at their guns all night, but this vigilance was quite thrown away, as none of our vessels again came within range, and were, doubtless, well enough pleased with the effects of their shot in seeing that the garrison were kept on the alert and harassed. To-day the firing has been hot on our side, and sometimes hot on the part of the enemy, though, on the whole, they have not given one gun to our two. The Flagstaff Battery is " nodding to its doom." A 03nsiderable portion of its second tier of guns is quite silenced. The flanking batteries of the second tier, with the upper tier, alcue remain in their former vigour. To do mere justice to the enemy, they seem determined to fight it to the last gun.' The terrible havoc which the French mortars and long guns have produced is now manifest to all. The whole battery is now like a mere pile of earth, into which the shot and shell never cease to pour. Yet the Russians to the last persevere. During the night, in spite of our bombs, they work at repairing the embra sures, and during the day fight their guns until they are dismounted one after another. Since the commencement of the bombardment the French have been quietly driving a sap so as to mine the Flagstaff, and thus settle the question of its existence at one blow. The enemy appears to have entertained no suspicion of the design, so the French have worked away unmolested. By this morning the three mines had been completed, and charged—one of 10001 b. of powder under the centre of the parapet, and one of 6001 b. under each of the two bastions. The hour which—it was privately known—had been fixed for the springing was four o'clock this afternoon, and ao. cordingly at about that hour a large number of officers were on the heights over our batteries to witness the de struction of this great bulwark of Sebastopol. Lord Raglan and the principal French and English officers were looking on, with perhaps hope, perhaps anxiety, for the lofty mound which had made such a gallant defence, and which was then to be levelled with the dust. Four o'clock came, and people grew anxious ; five o'clock, and they desponded ; six o'clock, and they entirely disbelieved, and even the most sanguine straggles a walked away. The fact is, that both at four and at six the French 1 made two attempts to spring the mine, but, owing to acci dents to the fuse, both failed. Fortunately these efforts did not attract the attention of the enemy ; indeed, while they were making them the fire of our allies was so incessant as to leave the Russians no time for attention tq anything else. It is expected even now that the mine will be sprung in the course of an hour or so. To-day our advanced 14-gun battery has suffered extremely from the fire of a new small battery which the Russians have thrown up near the Garden works. Some of our guns have been dismounted, and many of our men killed. It will be repaired in the 'course of to-night, in such a manner as to obviate another attack to-morrow. Should it not do so, the serviceable guns will be removed to another position, and the work abandoned. Thia o‘-oo lag, Lotwaan four and fire o'clock, an immense convoy of about 600 waggons entered Sebastopol from the north side. It is presumed to be a convoy of powder, of which it is confidently believed that the enemy are at last short. As well as could be judged, not 20 men attended the convoy on its arrival, so it would seem much more probable that the Russians are at last short of troops. However, these are speculations which we can only solve when we gain possession of the place. This evening, also, one of our large convoys came in— viz., the Himalaya, from Suez, with part of the 10th Hus sars from India. For the first time since he has been out here the Himalaya entered the harbour of Balaklava, which she almost fills. She must be towed out stern foremost, as the harbour is not sufficiently wide to admit of her swinging round. I am sorry to say we lost another officer in the trenches last night, Lieut. H. B. Preston, of the 88th, having been killed by a round shot in the advanced work. He was struck in the chest, and died almost instantly. APRIL IG. Last night was rather an exciting one in consequence of the French at about 9 o'clock making another attempt to spring their mine. This was partially successful, that is to say a 6001 b. charge under one of the bastions was fired, bu t the other two did not take. The one sprung was under the right hand angle of the battery, and seems and is said to have been very badly placed. Most of the charge escaped by the sap or entrance to the mine, without doing much damage to the work. Alarmed at th e explosion the battery opened a heavy fire, which continued for nearly 3 quarters of an hour, and was returned by the French twice a hotly. The enemy, therefore, ceased their cannonade, the belief that the mine which had failed was the only one laid. Our mortars, with those of the French, hcdently under tinned throughout the night throwing shell with their usual destructive effects. The Russia, mortars replied at intervals, but they were few and far between. Some of ou r vessels of war, it i s said, again went in and threw shells onlytun usual hat into the sea forts ; but as yet I have not heard of any, or of the names o f an y , likely to be so engaged. The Cossack Bat ter y , under the Inkerman light, fired of often n ; feature but this, i n t u h l e ) till n ig f h o t u rthis bombardment. morning, was t the about hour the French m ade a last attem pt to spring their tw o ar, as concussion and the Sebastopol b fu y L th a e nd tremenou s allied and camp Were alike st ar tl e d exploded with fearful violence. both charges exploded a wards there was a dead silence, moment or two after smoke and earth hung like a pall the huge cloud of earth works, and then, as the nature of the explosion broke upon about to take place, allthey feared a general assault was Never !ilince the their batteries opened out At once. commencement witnessed ' such a of the siege have wo i lines. From cannonade as broke wra all their batt • from the litnisiat batteries thy run were divollarged ••III• 1 2 almost in volleys until the town seemed surrounded with a circle of fire. The tremendous nature of the cannonade elicited a pro portionate reply from us, and the alarm grew so general 'that the troops were turned out under arms, and remained io for some considerable time, until the fire slackened. Early this morning I was on the heights, anxious to as. certain the precise fate of the Flagstaff, but, much to my disappointment, I found it was still firing occasionally, though only about ten per cent, of its volleys a week ago. In the centre of the work is a gap of about 80 feet long, before which lies a scattered heap of stones and dirt. This ,s the spot under which the centre charge of I,ooolh. of powder was placed, and this is where the greatest amount of damage has been done. At this place the embrasures for 12 guns have been completely blown away, with half the earth from the upper tier of guns. Of the charges under the right and left bastions, that under the right failed, but under the left a considerable degree of mischief appears to have been effected. The embrasures there are rent and damaged, and of course their guns must have been over turned, and their ways injured. The enemy, it is said, have made attempts to repair it since the mine was sprung this morning ; but it would be much easier now to thro w up a new work than repair the old. While I was surveying it the French had about 50 or 80 guns from their different batteries pouring their iron hail full into its remains. From the upper parts of the work some five or six guns were still manned, and attempting in vain to reply effectively. One of these was silenced while I was looking on. Two days more of such work as the last and the Flagstaff Battery will cease to exist among the defences of Sebastopol. Every hour it grows weaker, its defenders more exposed, and its guns fewer in number. During the night the mortars continue the work the long guns began, so that it is utterly impossible to attempt re pairs with anything like hopes of success. If all the other Russian batteries were in the same state now as the Flag staff, the allies would be in Sebastopol before to-morrow. The Barrack Battery still shows a good front, though it is suffering much, and is evidently fast en route after the during to-day it h as b een s i lent enough, Flagstaff. The R e d an i s reported as silenced and untenable, and most cert a i n l y f barely s m fi r i o rneg like d o a z en ridge g u nosf. ru l b t b s is f h ron th t a s n eem a s ro m w u o ch f c o u ni t b , ra in . sures. The injuries to the batteries round the Malakhoff Tower have, of course, been considerably augmented since our advanced battery was opened. The centre of the semi circular earthwork is almost cut in two, but the flanking batteries are yet serviceable, and return some of our guns, though not to any extent. It can hardly be said that this work is fit for storming, as no amount of breaching will ever fill up the deep ditches in its front, and as these haves to be crossed somehow, it would hardly be safe to sto rm while they have a gun left to serve. A shot from a flanking battery near this tower entered our advanced work, and blew up one of our small mag tines. I have not yet ascertained the casualties canoed by this accident, but am informed that they were slight, and no injury was done to the work. The guns in it fired away w usual two minutes after the explosion. The Mamelon, in spite of the incessant efforts which the enemy have made to repair it, is almost useless. It ap. pears to mount only one gun, and daring the whole of this day it has only fired that one three times. This would appear to bear out the suspicion that tho Russians are short of ammunition, as if this gun could be fired once it could have been fired 100 times to-day, but for some reason or other the enemy appear either not to work their ord. nance, or not to have the means of doing so. Beyond the Mamelon the Russian works at the head of the harbour and the French works at Inkerman keep up a smart fire, in which the French most certainly gain no ad vantage ; on the contrary, I am informed their batteries are much hurt, and, if the contest lasts much longer, will be almost silenced. Fort Constantine and the forts north of the harbour for the first time took part in the contest to-day, firing clear across the harbour and town into our own and the French lines. Their shot appeared to be of an immense weight, and their guns of considerable range, as no undue elevation apparently was given. About 100 rounds were fired front this side of the harbour. Our officers take it as a gentle hint that even after storming the south side will be un tenable while the north remains in their hands. Part of the 10th Hussars landed and joined the cavalry camp near Kadekoi. Both men and horses seem in fine condition. The latter are the small, high-spirited Asiatic stallions, which among our other horses are likely to give a deal of trouble. Fever still prevails to a considerable extent among the troops round Balaklava, especially the Highlanderit. The 79th have been burying three men per day for the last month, and now only muster 350 effective men. APRIL 17. The bombardment was rather slack last night, in con. sequence of the want of shell. In place of them an im mense number of rockets were thrown. The fire was re. Ruined this morning, and continues with unabated vigour. The fire of the enemy is even less than last night. The assault is now pretty sure to take place in a few days. M. SOIER AT SCUTARI. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Barrack Hospital, Scutari, April 14. Sir,—l beg to inform you that I had the honour of opening my large kitchen on Easter Monday, in the Barrack Hospital of Scutari, under the immediate pa tronage of Brigadier-General Lord Wm. Paulet, and a numerous staff of military officers, besides a select com pany of ladies and gentlemen, forming a jury for the purpose of testing the condiments prepare 3, composing my new diet for the patients. Among the number of my visitors were all the eminent medical officials from the different hospitals now established on the banks of the Bosphorus, of which there are no less than six. I must say that the success which I met with bas far exceeded my highest anticipations, though, prior to my departure from England, I felt assured that I should be enabled to effect some good in the shape of ameliorating the diet which, as I have described in my works upon cookery, is of the most paramount importance, though, I regret to say, is but too often disregarded and in many cases totally ne glected. The plan of my course of action to ensure suc cess may probably interest some of your readers. On my atrival here, I first visited, in company with Miss Nightingale and the Medical Superintendent of this Hospital, alt the bt ire-rooms, cook-houses, small kit chens, and provision departments, to glean an idea of the rules, regulations, and allowances mad e by th e authorities. Having been initiated upon these points, at trifling expense I at once organised to my own fancy one of the Turkishkitchensbelonging to the barracks,and which I consider one of the finest in the world. Instead of there being no appropriate kitchen, as was represented to me by several of the Government employes prior to my embarkation for the East, I found ample room and space adapted for culinary purposes, even upon the most elaborate and extensive scale. I then prepared my bill of fare, according to the provisions allowed, which at all times are of an inferior quality, and carefully made my experiments by means of weights and mea sures, and produced samples of the different prepara tions forming the new diet ; and finally submitted the same, together with specimens of the original diet ad ministered, for public inspection on Monday last, as ' stated above. The result of a comparison of the two systems, by tasting each article, caused his lordship to write and present me with a testimonial signed by all the medical authorities, a copy of which I herewith enclose you. .l. cannot conclude wunout returning my sincere thanks to the authorities and officials here, who have each and all rendered me the utmost assistance in my undertaking, and most especially have I to ex press my gratitude to Miss Nightingale, who, from her extraordinary intelligence, and the good organisation in her kitchen, procured me every material for making a beginning, and thus saved me at least one week's sheer loss of time, as my new model kitchen did not arrive till Saturday last. I have commenced the supply of several wards to the satisfaction of my new guests, and purpose ne in a few days introducing the system at the__Ct? _ I'm u Hospital e ; e thence f Ladyin t he Stratford, three i n s t i w t u h t o i o k n m ha e d a t n he in h t o e n rv o i u e r w of w v it i h ait m ia y g L w o ith rd S h t e ra r t i f ad ordA ig h an i afd y tetl as y t r h ji.p o w li ur sk oh e us e ci e c w u : hredee' ita . s : blishments. I would add that her ladyshi p h as paid me several diet the above mentioned esta out the system, which in nica at modal anxiousetol once c atsimplethatr camp ep e r left behind me to carry as soon as po s . persons economical. I will, t f s u , ll3 : bld d sP°i co taPtedi Mp abe et t e ian n li t and from there pro. Bible, start for Balakj p I . a m now only waiting for my new With the highest consideration, I have the honour to to m urh y v. a ondewvisits at should o bth o les i ht barracke e ree,ewhhoiucrhs.is capable of cooking for 200 ' most obedient servant, A. Som . b e d soldiers ear si every r,y ot (Copy.) Scutari Barrac ks Hospital Kitchen, April 9, 1855. fully I approve of th e good things he has cannot leave the k itchen With ou t expressing to M. so ;e l 'u °w de f the usual provi s i ons i ssued for the patients imua o ut of hospital ; and I could not have believed that dif ference could have been produced by only arrangement and a really simple act of cooking, and a proper organi sation of proportions. (Signed) W. PAURT, B rigadier-General Commanding Troops. ST. MART'S H OSPlTAL.—Yesterday evening the an. nual festival of this institution was held at the London Tavern. The Earl of Cardigan was announced to act as cha;rman ' but in con sequence o f hi s icdisposition the chair was taken by Viscount Ebrington, M.P., who wa s supported by abo u t 170 gen tl em en, principally i f not i t altogether from the locality in which the hospi 1 s situated. Tuesday a special messenger from the F rench 14 IMPERIAL PRESENT TO THE MAYOR OF F lV ren r c. s E o m m b ; s o sy n package and Windsor (Mr. John Clode), with Excelleney the French Am. in London arrived at the residenseesmallthe Mayor of the following letter from his vrii, 1855. Monsieur le , Empereur, mon auguste bassador :—" Londres, le 3 0 A par 1 Maire,—Je suis charge iffre de sa Majestd Imperiale„ tenant une tabathre article leurs Majestes 4 Windsor, et en, souvenir du ! ejotl e e 4 gratitude pour tous lee soine Souverain, de VOUS faircebparvenir l'ecrin ci-joint, con. comma un tem OP °l f,i e j i youlu prendre en cette occasion. quo voug A ve* ,i e y , lME,34ll, I:asrran'te de ma consider. 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