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

Acy r"" ° '/ - i - f ,^ j t,;4- RICK CLOTHS, &c.—The whole of the canvass used for covering the—Psuriliass.erected in front of Guildhaq. on the occasion of the visit of the Emperor of the French, is suitable for rick cloths, and will be sold second-hand. Poles, pallies, and lines complete, if required. An early application to Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, London-bridge, will have immediate attention. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the Estate of ESTHER RAINE, deceased, and of the Trustee Relief Act, 10th and 11 th Victoria. chapter 96, the next of kin of Esther Raffle, late of Etch mond, in the county of York, spinster, who died on or about the sth day of March. 1838,11ving at the time of the death of Samuel Thomp ion, late of Cambridge, Gentleman, who died on or about the 26th day of April, 1854, or the legal personal representatives or represen tative of such of them as have since died ; also, the next of Kin c.f the said Samuel Thompson, living at the time of his death, or the legal personal representatives or representative of such of them as have since died, are by their solicitors, on or before the 11th day of June next, to come in and make out their, his, or her claims or claim as such nest of kin or legal representatives or representative, at the chambers of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Klndersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said order. Tuesday, the 19th day of June next, at 12 o'clock at Noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 2d day of May, 1855. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. under the m anagement of Mr. Blackstone; THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BOEIEMLUT GIRL. Characters by Meson Sims Reeves, Manvers, and Farquhars on; 3f1 33 Gordon, and MTS. SIMS Reeves. After which. a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAT. MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CRAILEs Krum. THIS EVENDTG, win be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's glstorical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (19th time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. TWICATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directresa, Madame Celeste' THIS EVENING, :Will be performed A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. Harry Damon, Mr. Leigh Murray. To be followed by KING O'NEIL. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Garden, Parse J. Bland, L. Murray, &c, ; Mrs. L. Mur ray, Miss Wyndham, gr,a. To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations ASTLET'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 I 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 YEIRNEY, or, the Lakes of Killarney. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE . T iie DAI —Morning 41 min.sfter 3 1 Evening lmin.aft. 4 T 4nnnew—Mcrning 21 min.after 4 1 Evening 42 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHEE.—Bus Oritcrs, May. 5. THEBBIONZTZB, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30. WIND, N.E.—Light breeze, with fine sunshiny weather . The cold was very intense last night. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1855. We are still truckling to Germanism. The star of Austria remains in the ascendant. Who could listen to the pompous platitudes of Lord PALMER sToN last night without indignant disgust at the conduct of the Government, and without shame for the disgrace which it is calculated to bring on the British name. There was a time when it might truly be said of the Premier, that "he VMS not the Minister of Russia, the Minister of Prussia, or the Minister of Austria, but the Minister of England." There was a time when. the cheers with which the House of Commons re ceived the statement would find an echo in every British heart. Need we ask how such an asser tion would now be received, or describe the nature of the derisive and ironical cheers with which it would be greeted ? If Lord PALMERSTON be not the Minister of Austria, he acts as if he were so ; and if he owed allegiance to FRANCIS JOSEPH, he could not display more profound defer ence, more abject subservience than at present. He has, indeed, completely verified his declaration, that he would pursue the course followed by Lord ABERDEEN. There has been a trifling change of men—but not of measures. The same policy which occasioned the War is still perceptible, and should Parliament continue apathetic and indif ferent, will prolong the contest and materially aggravate the evils inseparable therefrom. Lord PALMERSTON -wishes " to leave the ques tion in the state in which it is." He desires " to leave the door of negotiation open." This was the stereotyped answer of his predecessor to every demand for information—every remonstrance at the undue credulity of the Government. The nation was sick of hearing from the travelled Thane the propriety of exhausting all the means of preserving peace before it engaged in war There is every probability that it will be equally disgusted at the repetitions usque ad nauseant of his successor, that he will not be the party " to shut the door to the possibility of con cluding an honourable and satisfactory peace !" " An honourable and satisfactory peace !" Where is there now the prospect of such a result save from the valour and prowess of the Allied troops in the Crimea ? It is not by negotiations that it can be obtained. France and England have already been too much bamboozled by their deceitful colleague. They have had too many examples of the profound contempt of Russia for a n y obligations or pledges, however sacred, and of the pettifogging and despicable duplicity of Austria to be further misled. If they wilfully close their eyes to the real state of affairs they will be come accessories to the fraud at which they connive. They have witnessed the contumelious rejection by Russia of the terms which, with the assent of Austria, they proposed for acceptance. These terms, we repeat, would not have been deemed satisfactory by the nation if a Treaty had been unfortunately concluded in accordance therewith. No peace concluded on such a foundation would have been honourable or permanent. It would be justly regarded as a temporary armistice, to be violated by Russia on the first favourable oppor tunity. And now the Prime Minister of England Justifies the delay in the production of the proto cols, whi ch he promised on Monday last, on the ground that he " wishes to leave the door of ne gotiation °Pen 1 „ It is i inPcsuilsiethatt he can now b e deceived. No man, or body geuce, could b e , 0 Ishmel; of ordinary intern ru-s._ighted. The Minis ters of England are is some sinister i nf i tion _ e " n . g dupes. Th ere u operation that induces them to forget the du t y t country, and widely open isa:tYalOawbae e yei t oo o e wfp t l h hihi e oce ir Austria may slip out of the p erfo r rm Trashe s solemn obligations. Yes, it is t o l eave le for Austria to escape that the farce or negotia tion is still maintained, although the Conferenee,, have been adjourned sine die, and the French a n d English Plenipotentiaries have returned to theirre sPective homes. Austria has proved faithless, as we always anticipated she would do, when the amer g ell eY came. By conniving at her treachery, our Govern men t b ecame participators in the treason. for breaking ever there was just and p ro p er cause negotiations, it has arisen in the present instance, W e must then act vigorously and decidedly. Both b ranches of the Legislature must assert their own di g nity, and insist on the full information to which th ey are justly entitled, but which will not be supplied so long as there is a possibility of withholding it. Lord ABBRDEEN was driven from office at the almost unanimous desire of the nation. As a double portion of his spirit appears to have descended to Lord PALMERSTON, as the expectations of the nation with respect to that Noble Lord have been so frequently disappointed, he must meet with simi lar treatment. The like conduct demands the like punishment. If the Red-tapists will not act, we must find men who will undertake the duties which they have neglected, and will look to the honour and interests of Great Britain rather than to the dictates of a petty German Princi pality. The old proverb says that " the bird which can sin g , and won't sing, must be made to sing." The terms may be considerably extended, and made applicable to every obligation which any man or body of men, any individual or nation may, if he or they think proper, discharge ; but which, not from disability, but sheer roguery, they are unwilling to do. It should at present be seriously pondered over at the Foreign-office, and energetic measures adopted to obtain justice for the defrauded creditors of some practically re pudiating States. There was a time when it was Lord PALMERSTON'S boast that he would cause the name of Great Britain to be respected as highly as was that of Rome in days of yore ; that the Englishman would find the enunciation of his citizenship as effectual a protection for his person and property as that of the ancient Roman, and that it would entitle him to justice, not only at home, but abroad, from every - people, and in every clime. This salutary principle, however, appears to be totally disregarded so far as the English holders of foreign securities are concerned. It is almost needless to say, that in the strictures which we may deem it our duty to put forward we do not in any way allude to nations who have made bond fide efforts to keep faith with creditors, and to the best and utmost of their abilities have endeavoured to meet their liabilities fairly and honestly ; or, if unable to satisfy every claim, have yet taxed their resources to the uttermost, and rateably divided the available assets among the claimants. It is only against those who, dis regarding alike the dictates of honour and honesty, set their creditors at defiance, and too frequently add insult to injury, heaping abuse and contumely on those whom they have scan dalously swindled—we use the term advisedly and deliberately—of their property, against all such unconscientious spoliators we invoke the aid of the Foreign Office. All that would be re quired would be a clear and unequivocal expres sion of a determination on the part of the British Government, to enforce justice to its defrauded citizens. Even " a hint in tender cases " would be enough. We should then see some efforts made to satisfy our fellow-citizens in some more acceptable way than by heaping vituperation and contumely on their heads, and repaying the coin obtained by gross abuse against the beguiled lenders. At present we would especially direct attention to the Buenos Ayres Loan of 1824. Mr. GIRO, the accredited agent and representative of the English Bondholders, has, it appears, given mortal offence to the local authorities by the suggestion that " the loan being contracted at a very high price, every principle of justice, sound policy, and honour (!), make it incumbent on the Buenos Ayres Government to settle the question, espe cially after a delay of nearly thirty years." To enforce and give validity to this proposition he published the terms of one of these bonds in ex tenso. This has rendered the defaulters furious. They lavish abuse not only on GIRO, who has been guilty of telling the truth, but on his clients, the victims of their own dishonesty, asserting that " the Jew usurers of London get 2 per cent. now on their money ;" that is to say, on what they have expected to have beem the money actually advanced, which they declare to have been only 70 per cent., aid not 85 per cent, as stated. Now, on this point it is scarcely necessary to raise an argument. Whatever was actually ad vanced, whether 70 or 85 per cent., it was, as it turns out, far too high a price for what the &sped creditors obtained in return ; for no less than 26 years payment was suspended, and the arrears of interest to no less than 1,750,0001. on bonds for 1,000,0001., or 175 per cent. on the original debt. According to their own admission, they actually received into the Treasury 700,0001., in proof whereof they produce a letter from Messrs. BARING, the agents of the Republic. But if that was all they received, the parties employed and authorised by themselves, and for whose acts they were unquestionably responsible, received 850,0001., and if they pocketed or abstracted so large a sum as 150,0001. in transitu, their prin cipals must themselves sustain the loss, and not the bondholders, who were not bound, and could not possibly look to the application of the funds which they, we regret to say, so improvidently supplied. The creditors paid the stipulated price, which was far higher than that at which a large propor tion of the National Debt of Great Britain was contracted. They received the Bonds in ex change, in accordance with the agreement entered into. No pretence was then or is even now made that they retained any portion of the money in their own hands ; and it is really too bad, at the end of neatly thirty-one years, and with such enormous arrears of interest still due and owing, to question the consideration given, or talk as if " the Jew usurers of London " should be well off at now receiving 2 per cent., not on the sum they advanced, but on what found its way into the treasury of Buenos Ayres ! What renders the fraud worse--for we shall not mince matters, but call things by their right names—is that they have made distinctions in favour of the domestic debt, paying their own citizens, while they are swindling and vituperating the English creditors. This is surely sufficient not merely to warrant, but imperatively demand the intervention of Lord CLARENDON, and to in duce him to adopt measures which will render jus tice to the much-wronged bondholders, and teach a salutary lesson to all nations inclined to deviate from the paths of rectitude, and to save their pockets at the expense of their characters for honour and integrity, AUSTRIA'S PROPOSALS FOR PEACE. Tile Court of Vienna has submitted to the Ames the course which it recommends for con- Chiding peace. It adopts, as a basis, the counter propositions of Russia, with the addition that two frigates of the Western Powers should be allowed to cruise in the Black Sea. The rejection of this proposition by the Allies, though not off ere d as an uon b ultim atum, will be looked py Austria as a con c l us i on of its engage ments under the treaty of December. It is said that the Austrian scheme has b een received with much favour at Paris. --Press of to-day. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1855. LATEST NEWS. SUCCESSFUL ENGAGEMENT BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. WAR DEPARTMENT, May 4, 7 P.M. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in trans mitting the enclosed intelligence. " A sharp engagement took place on the night of the Ist of May in front and left attack. The whole of .the Russian rifle pits were taken, 8 light mortars, and 200 prisoners. The whole glair was brilliant for the Allies." BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, FRIDAY MORNING, AIRY 4. On the night of Wednesday last, May 2, the French under General Pelissier having taken up a position before the Quarantine Bastion, ad vanced briskly upon the Bastion No. 4, attacked the advanced works which the Russians had raised to protect that Bastion, and carried them at the point of the bayonet. In this attack the French took twelve mortars from the enemy. The Engineers immediately occupied the ground, and began to carry on a flying sap. At daybreak they had succeeded in establishing themselves in the conquered works. Last night (Thursday) the Russians made a general sortie, with the object of retaking the lost ground. After a sanguinary combat they were driven back into the place. Our losses have been great, but bear no, prc portion to those of the enemy, nor to the advan tages gained. This (Friday) morning the Russians have neither a man nor a gun outside the regular en closure of the place.—Daily News. We (Times) have received the following tele graphic despatches from our Constantinople cor respondent, via Vienna : " CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 2. " Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has returned to Constantinople. " Mehemet Ali is recalled from. exile. " Canrobert speaks to his troops of immediate operations. " Orders have been received to prepare trans ports." "VARNA, MAY 3. " A sharp engagement took place on the left attack before Sebastopol on the night of the Ist of May. " All the Russian rifle pits have been taken and 200 prisoners." PARIS, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 7.30 A.M. The Moniteur contains the following : The Minister of War has received the follow ing telegraphic despatches from General Canro ber t BEFORE SEBASTOP OL, MAY 2. We had a successful affair last night. The ene my had strongly conpected his works, and with lodgements in front of the Central Bastion was a work of counter-approach with a double enciente and very solid. We srtormed it, and maintained ourselves there under a very heavy fire, and have definitively established ourselves there. We took from the enemy e ight small port able mortars which were inside. Exact returns of our loss are not made up, but they are below what I had feared. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The enemy suffered considerably. The intrepidity of the troops •was admirable. BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MAY 3. The Patric of this evening has the following : " There is a report current to-day that on the 2d of May the besiegers took possession of some very important Russian works of counter-approach; after a fierce engagement. Yesterday, at 4 p.m., the emnmy made a sortie to attempt to retake the work of counter-approach which we had taken from hint on the preceding night. The troops of the Gurde attacked the Russians at the point of the bayot let, routed them, and drove them back into the town. The enemy's artillery protecto d the departure and the retreat of the sortie by a very violent cannonade, to which our batterbes replied well. " On the folio - wing day, the 3d of May, the Russians are reported to have attempted to retake the positions, which remain in the hands of the Allies." PARIS, SATIT.RDAY, MAY 5. An Imperial decree appoint El M. Thouvenal French Ambassador to the Subli rae Porte, and M. Benedetti, actually at Constanftinople, Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia. The Moniteur announces the reception by the Emperor of °omit de Hatzfeldt, the Prussian En voy, and of Baron de Hubner, the Austrian En voy, who presented autograph letters from their respective Sovereigns relative to the recent attempt upon the life of his Majesty. M. de Hubner also presented to the Emperor a reply from his Goveinment touching the mission of M. Droyn de l'Huys to Vienna. The Journal des Debats publishes the following telegraphic despatches : We have received the following telegraphic de spatch front our correspondent at Marseilles : MARSEILLES, SATURDAY MORNING. Advices from Constantinople of the 23d, via Trieste, announce the arrival on that day at the Golden Horn of the Costituzione with the personnel and inaterisl of the sanitary department of the Sardinian expeditionary force and the officers of the engineering staff. " A few cases of cholera had occurred at Maslak. The Sinai, which left Constsoatinople on the 26th, has arrived. Her despatches have been forwarded by the train at 9 o'clock this morning, " Erzeroum was being fortified. Colonel Walpole arrived on the 12th at Damascus with Ottoman recruits destined to serve under English officers. A number of vlunteers had offered to serve under him. _ " It is said the mission of MM. Murray and Bourrde to the Persian Government is a failure. There was a movement of troops on the Persian frontier. Bajazid is reported to be in the hands of the Russians." According to advices from Ralaklava, of the night of the 23d, a reconuoisance. was to be made the day after in force, in order to ascertain the amount of Russian forces on th , e Belbek and at Baidar, and also to occupy a \ position near Tchorgun. According to advices from Klamiesch, of the 24th, the bombardment was suspended on the night of the 21st. BOURSE, MAY 4.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash, fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 6B 90 69 Credit Mobilier 786 25 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 50 Homo Debt — On the 22d and 23d there wexe sorties, which were repulsed. Omer Pasha had returned to Idupatoria, which it was said was menaced by the R ussians. We (Times) h ave rece i ve d t h e: f o ll ow i ng tele graphic despatch pon dent : from our Vienna corres- VIENNA, SATURDAY, MA.711 5, 10 A.M.. Advices from Constantinople of the 3d inst. state that Mehemet Ali Pasha, laving been re called from exile, Redschid Pasha has resigned. Ali Pasha, now at Vienna, is oppointed Grand Vizier in his stead ; a substitute has been ap pointed, to act for him ad inteirim at Constan tinople. VIENNA, SATURDAY. The terms proposed by Austria for the accept ance of Russia are not satisfactc&ry, but Austria is likely to act on the offensive if they are not accepted. If the Western Powers agree 'to them Russia will hardly do so. THE BALTIC FLEET. BERLIN, SATUR RAY, MAY 5. Admiral Dundas, with 13 sere nir ships-of-the line, five steam frigates, and two Fit ;ei - tin gun-boats, left Kiel harbour on the morning or -.the 3d inst. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last night a new four-act drama, entitled the Actress of Padua, was produced here with most triumphant success. The plot is short, and may be explained as follows-:—Tisbe, an actress, has risen by her talents from a child who sang about the streets to a station of wealth sufficient to entertain the Governor of Padua, Angelo Malapieri, at a grand fete. The Governor is also among the host of lovers of the successful actress— albeit he is married—but his love is not reciprocated ; :n fact, Tisbe doatingly loves another. The Governor, in his attentions to Tighe, neglects his wife, who has been forced into the marriage against her inclination, her heart having been given to another. This person turns out to be none other than the man upon whom Tisbe lavishes all her affections one Rodolpho, a banished lord, whom she passes off as her brother, and he, in his turn, is dying of an early love for Catarina, the wife of the governor of Padua. Omodei, a secret agent of the Council of Ten, who is supposed to be an idiot, overhears the secret of the different parties, and as Rodolpho has saved his life, he procures him an in terview with the governor's wife, and then communi cates to Tisbe where she will find her lover. Driven to desperation by jealousy she enters the secret chamber of Angelo ; but there only discovers his neglected wife, but her suspicions are aroused by discovering a cloak. Her rage knows no bounds, but on discovering that Catarina, when a child, saved the life of her mother, which circumstance is brought to light by a crucifix, which the mother of the actress gave the child, her hate turns to love, and she resolves to sacri fice her own happiness to secure that of Catarina. The circumstance of a stranger having been in the palace hay been communicated to the governor, and as his wife refuses to write or speak the name of the visi tor, he determines to poison her, and thus avenge his supposed dishonour. Tisbe having given him two potions, one to produce nearly instant death, and the other sound sleep, she so contrives that the sleeping draught is givea to Catarina ; and having promised Angelo to have the corpse secretly conveyed from the palace, he departs to find his male enemy. Tisbe, however, has the sleeping lady conveyed to her own home, and here Rodolpho, who has heard that Catarina has been poisoned by the agency of Tisbe, enters mad with rage as he is about to assassinate her. She seizes his dagger and dies by her own hand. Catarina now revives, and all is explained. A bell is heard to toll, and a messenger enters with the intelli gence that the Governor of Padua has ceased to exist, he having swallowed the contents of the other phial with the hope of getting refreshing sleep. Although the materials are not entirely new, they are worked upon with extraordinary ability. A play is produced that will take its place amongst the best-acting dramas of the day. Miss Cushman, as Tisbe, acted with her usual ability, and hence forward this will be one of her greatest parts. The cha racters in the drama were well sustained by Miss Reynolds, Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, and Mr. Rogers. The scenery was excellent, and the dresses magnificent. The principal performers having received the honour of a "call," the author's name was demanded. Here Mr. Buckstone stepped forward and said :—" The author is a Frenchman—Victor Hugo—part adapter, your humble servant. With your kind permission the Actress of Padua will be repeated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, till further notice." This laconic address was received with the loudest cheers from a house crowded to suffocation. .RUSSIAN REWARD OF MERIT. While we are ready to appreciate the courage exhibited in the advance of this week, under the actual circum stances, and while we cannot but think it promises much more, yet we remember, with a feeling akin to humilia tion, that in this, the eighth month of a siege conducted without stint of life or treasure, we are only just taking up the position we ought to have arrived at by the 17th of last October, if not still earlier. Just at this moment, when we are slowly making up for lost time, and actu ally learning siege operations from a foe we had been taught to despise, an opportunity occurs for comparing the spirit that directs the operations of the besiegers and the besieged. A letter from Sir John F. Bur goyne gives us once more the familiar picture of the veteran military savant, who views a siege principally as a school for teaching the science of fortification. The gallant old general is still of opinion that everything was done right, though it led of necessity to a disastrous conclusion, and that in theory we have achieved a splendid performance, tough in fact we have suffered disaster. Thus far Sir John is ready to exclaim with the stoical republican, " Victric causa Deis placuit, sed victor Catoni." The road he still holds ought not to have been attempted under the circum stances, it being, in his opinion, impossible for an army of seventy or eighty thousand men to make about six ' miles and a-half of road, involving, at the utmost, the collection and laying down of about 40,000 cubic yard; of the loose shingle and stones lying on the whole sur face of the country. Had the Russians gone on the same principle, we might by this time have been in S-- bastopol, and might even have been masters of the whole of the Crimea. But they did not. We believe we can inform our readers whom it was that Sir John bad to contend with. The name of the head engineer at Sebas topol is Todleben. He is 32 years of age. His parents are poor shopkeepers in Riga. When the siege com menced, Prince Menschikoff, it is said, asked the then head engineer how long it would take to put the place into a state of defence. He answered, " Two months." A young captain, named Todleben, stepped forward and -aid be would undertake to do it, if he had as many men as he required, in two weeks. He did it in 12 days, and was made colonel. Since that time he has had the direc tion of everything in the way of building batteries, de fences, &c. The other day the Grand Dukes called upon his wife, who is residing in St. Petersburg, to congratulate her upon her husband's promotion ; for he is now general and aide-de-camp to the Emperor. Is anything more wanted to explain the painful discrepancy between what has been done by the Russians and by the allies ? The former will be bound by no ties of seniority or class ; they take the man that will do his work the best, and they get it the best done.—• Times. ACCIDENT TO THE ENGLISH, FRENOB, AND BELGIAN MAIL PACKET DOTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SDI. SIR,—We regret to inform you that we have received a telegraph despatch from Ostend, to the effect that the steam packet Dover, which left Dover on Thursday night, at 11.30 p.m., with the mails for Belgium, Prus sia, &c., struck on the bar at Ostend and was stranded. The mails and passengers were landed without difficulty and in perfect safety ; but it is feared that, owing to the heavy gales from the north-east, the packet will be too much damaged to be got off.—We are, sir, your obedient servants, CHURCHWARD & CO. 56, Lombard-street, May 4, 1855. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, the Princess of Hohenlobe. Langenbutv, the Princesses Adelaide and Feodore, and the Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, paid a visit to the Crystal Palace yesterday morning. On the arrival of the Royal party they were received by Mr. Grove, the secretary, Mr. Belshaw, and the traffic manager, Mr. Bourner. The party visited every part of the building, and walked for a short time in the terrace-garden. The Hon. Beatrice Byng, Major-General Buckley, and Captain Du Plat were in attendance on her Majesty. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, yesterday. The Ministers present were —Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord John Russell, Lord Pariwure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. V ernon S m ith, Sir William Molesworth, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Har rowby. The Council sat three hours. _ The Countess de Neuilly visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, and also paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, at Glou cester Howe. The Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Charlotte and Dorothy Fitzwilliam, have arrived at Mortimer House from Milton Park. The Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly this evening. The Earl and Countess of Kintore have left the Claren don for Bath. The Count Von der Straten has left the Clarendon for Brussels. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPT ON , May 4.—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Indus, Cap tain Sov, left this afternoon with the India, China, and Mediterranean mails and about ninety passengers, among whom are — Lieutenant-Colonels Cockburn and Durnford, Colonel Braybrook, Captains C. Gribble, Sedley, and Cook, Lieutenants Seagrave, Dumares, and Crowe, Dr. Garden, 300,000/. in specie for India and China, 18,0201. ditto for Alexandria, and a full general cargo. The Indus also takes out to Malta 60,000/. on Government account, and 59 packages, containing ink and stationery of various descriptions, for 13ilaklava. There is also a detachment of Royal Horse Artillery, consisting of 20 men and a serjeant, for convey ance to Gibraltar. The Madrid, Captain Cook, with the homeward portion of the Peninsular mails, is hourly ex pected. The Tagus, Capt. Joy, with the India and China mails„ may be looked for about the Bth or 9th inst. The Iberia, Captain Christian, will probably convey the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar on the 7th inst. The Sultan, Captain Burney, is appointed to take the India and Mediterranean mails of the 20th inst. ; and the Madrid will leave on tho 17th inst. with the Peninsular mails. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Solent, Captain Jellicho, will leave on the 9th inst., with the usual monthly mails for Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Pernambuco, St. Vincent's, Tene rife, Madeira, and Lisbon. The Atrato, Captain Woolley, is appointed to convey the West India and Pacific mails on the 17th inst., and the Tay, with the homeward- portion of the West India mails, and the Avon, with the return mails from the Brazils and River Plato, are due on the 16th inst. The United States' mail steam-ship Washington, Captain Cavendy, is expected to-morrow with the usual Frena, English, and Bremen mails from New York. The Union, Capt, Adams, will leave on Wednesday next, with the English and French mails for New York, RAILWAYS-20R CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans Western 645 Rouen Cette 621 25 Strasburg . Mediterranean 1025 Havre 551 Northern RUSSIA. THE INSURRECTION IN LITTLE RUSSIA. Private letters from St. Petersburg confirm the telegraphic announcement of the insurrection of the peasants in the Ukraine, and state further, that it has already extended to the Governments of Pol tawa, Tchernigoff, and Kharkoff. The names of twenty landed proprietors whom the maddened moujiks have destroyed, together with their wives and children, have reached St. Petersburg. M. Poletien, one of the richest proprietors in the go vernment of Tchernigoff, was burnt alive in his country house at Beletz. Th© same severe pressure caused by the war, which has driven the peasants of Little Russia to insurrection, is stated to be felt at St. Petersburg, where every article of consump tion is at famine price. SPAIN. MADRID, April 29.—We are here in a state of crisis. On reaching Aranjuez yesterday Espartero had a very long audience of the Queen. Senor Luzuriaga, resident at Aranjuez since her Majesty has been there, was present. The Queen refused to sanction the desainortization. Up to our last advices from Aranjuez she is still stubborn in her refusal. 5 o'Cnocx.—The Queen has sanctioned and signed. All kinds of rumours have been flying about this afternoon. The Democrats and Pro gresistas have had a meeting at the Chamber, dis cussing what should be done if the Queen refused her sanction. A deputy said that, in that case, the throne should be declared vacant. (Alter deputies remarking that it was most probable the Queen would end by giving way, the meeting broke up without coming to a resolution. 6 o'Cnocx.—The Queen signed within half an hour of the Ministers' arrival at Aranj uez, and there are reports that she has signed a private pro test. The Ministers have not yet returned to Ma drid. Every sort of manoeuvre and influence had been put in practice to prevent the Queen from giving her sanction. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. By the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid, Captain Cook, we have dates from Gibraltar, April 24 ; Cadiz, 25 ; Lisbon 29 ; Oporto and Vigo, 30. The Madrid brings in all 111 passengers, 12 of whom are from the General Screw Company's wrecked ship Natal. On freight there are 16 packages of specie, value 6,6841., and a full cargo, consisting of oranges, eggs, dates, and potatoes. The grape disease has again appeared in many parts of Portugal, especially in the provinces of Alemtejo, Estremadura, Beira, and Minllo. The orange and lemon trees were also attacked with a grub, which was fast destroying the roots. The potato plant looked remarkably healthy, but other plants showed strong indications of disease. The African Mail Steam-ship Ethiope had put into Lisbon with damaged machinery, and would be detained two or three days to effect repairs. The Lisbon exchanges for three months are quoted for this packet, on London, 541 ; Paris,' 5.25 ; Amsterdam, 43 ; Hamburg, 481 ; Genoa, 522. The very limited supply of London paper was taken at 541, and on other places the transactions were trifling • Three per Cent. Stock, 38 to 39 ; Bank of Portugali shares were in demand, at 62 to 59 milre.is discount; Bank of Oporto shares, 12 to 13 per cent. premium ; Lisbon Bank. notes, 2 per cent. discount. TENANTS' COMPENSATION BILL.—Sir Joseph Paxton paired in favour of this bill with Major Packenham, against it. .APOTHEOABIES HALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the sci ence stnd practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 3d of May, 1855 : Samuel Tregelles Fox, Falmouth ; Walter Sumpter ; Frederick Broad White, Barnet, Herts ; William Greaves Johnson ; William Allingham ; Bernard Chap man Dolm an, Melbourne, Derby ; William Harry Cooke, Wo rdsley, Staffordshire • Thomas Furneaux Jordan, Bilmningham ; and John Henry Aldridge, Christchurch, Hants. SOCIETY or PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, PALL MALL EAST.-I.Ter Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Louisa, honoured the above society with a visit this day. The royal suite consisted of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Major-General Buckley, and Captain, du Mat. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to express her admiration of the high character of the works exbii)ited. The members of the council, Messrs. F. Taylor, J. G. Lewis, H. Gaslinean, W. C. Smith, and Mr. Carl. Hang, had the honour of meeting the Royal Family at the gallery. The weather has been so boisterous during the last few days as to interrupt the steam-boat communication be. tween London and the Isle of Thanet, which service re commenced for the season at the beginning of last month. It has seld out happened that a total interruption to the service has occurred, for although the weather might be too , severe to render it prudent to pro ceed round the North Foreland to Ramsgate, the steamers have succeeded in landing their passengers at Margate, but the present condition of the new landing jetty in course of construction at that place renders it too hazardous to approach it in bad weather, and until the . Margate Pier Company take steps to remedy this state of things, passengers will at times be prevented availing themselves of the usual pleasant and economical mode of travelling to those favourite watering places. DEATH OF ADMIRAL LLOYD.—We regret to record the death of this veteran officer, which took place sud denly at his residence, Priory Cottage, Cheltenham, on Sunday afternoon. Deceased was one of those fine old specimens of :an English sailor bequeathed to us by the last war. To the last the " bluff old admiral" was one whom few could look upon without a feeling of venera tion and respect. Admiral Lloyd was about 70 years of age, He received in reward for his services a naval medal with two clasps, and was also created a Knight of Hanover, and enjoyed for some time a good-service pension of 150/. per annum. THE Crvir. SERVICE.—Audit Office, Somerset House. —Mr. Thos. Denton, temporary clerk, resigned, having been appointed to the Admiralty. Post Office—Mr. J. B, Ellen, late clerk in charge has been appointed sur veyor's clerk in th e western district, vice*H. B. Abbott, superannuated.— Civil Service Gazette. • TIE FIRE AT klin.LwALL.—The fire in the battery is far from being entice/y extinguished, and, owing to the difficulty the firemen experienced in getting to its exact seat, a number of men have been engaged tunnelling under the flat bottom of the ship, so as to enable the brigade men to crawl under the vessel, and distribute the water fron. the different floating engines upon the timbers where the fire most fiercely burns. The strain caused by the ship so suddenly sliding off the stocks, and resting upon the shore and the barge, has completely broken her back, and it is impossible to repair her without taking her to pieces. The loss on the Etna will not exceed 40,0001., and certainly not ex tend beyond 50,000 k Had it not been fop the immense salvage through the exertions of the firemen the loss would have been three times as &eat. The battery was insured in several of the principal London and county fire offices, among which are the Sun, rhos nix I m perial, Globe, Northe rn , L ancas hi re , Manchester, and Royal. Mr. Braidwood's official report describes the damage done as follows :—" A large ship, termed a floating battery, nearly destroyed, and two steam-ships on stocks severely damaged by fire. Cause of fire un kpown." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, ROUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) Their lordships assembled at balf-pnst one o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The LORD CHANCELLOR desired Sir A. Clifford to summon the House of Commons to hear her Majesty's Royal assent given to several bills. The SPEAKER, attendLd by several members, having appeared at the bar, the Royal assent was given by coo, mission to the flowing l ills : The Loan Bill. Brighton Improvement Commissioners Bill. Folkestone Water Bill. Monmouthshire Railway and Canal NIL Sheffield Gas Bill. Bridport Railway Bill. Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway Bill. Ratcliffe Gas Bill. Ossett Gas Bid. Stalybridge Gas Bill. The Commissioners were—the Lnrd Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, awl Lord HiArrowliy. The business having been disposed of, their lordships adjourned a few minutes lief , re two. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair soon after half-past one o'clock this day, the reason of the house meeting being to hear the Royal assent given in the House of Peers to the Loan Bill and several private bills. Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, hav ing appeared at the table to summon the attendance of the house in the Upper Chamber, the Speaker and the members present (about a dozen in ❑umber) proceeded thither. On their re•urn the Speaker announced the name of the bills which had received the Royal assent, for which see Lords' report. The house then adjourned. The orders of the day for Monday ara fixed to come on in the following order : Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill. Spirit Duties. Customs' Duties. Supply. Ways and Means. Lr'',IONEY MARKET AND lIIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was steady, with an upward tendency in prices. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales, making the total for the week 106,790 bales. Fair Uplands brought 5d.; Mobile, Nd. ; and Orleans 6,1 d. per lb. Rail way Shares were quiet, though firm. The necessity for an early cheapening of the value of money by the Bank of England is demon strated further in the weekly return to the 28th ultimo. The bullion, notes unemployed, and de posits were still increasing, while the securities representing discounts and loans were again smaller. The following were the alterations compared with the previous return : Active circulation £20,359,680 Increase Bullion Increase Rest - 76,815 15,499,409 443,909 3,131,759 Increase 3,897 Public Deposits 4,468 013 Increase 17,349 Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease 43,715 Government Securities 14,214,373 Decrease 60,000 Other Securities 12,944.224 Decrease.. Notes unemployed 8,432,105 Increase Yes er‘lay afternoon bills of exchange on Ham burgh and Amsterdam were taken at barely pre vious rates, but in Paris, Frankfort, and Trieste there was no change. Official returns give the following statement of new vessels built anti registered last year in the United Kingdom :—Sailing vessels 3,078, tonnage 625,121 ; steam ditto 173, tonnage 22,488. The number of vessels belonging to the United Kingdom that were wrecked last year was—sailing ships, 721, of 160,038 tons ; and steamers, 17, of 8,8)5 tons. The number of ships broken up was 74, of 9,975 tons. The foreign- built vessels regis tered here were 267, of 97,641 tons, last year. Last year 5,374,551 tons of British, and 3,786,815 tons of foreign shipping were employed in our trade. The tonnage of Canadian ships registered here in 1854 was 15,746, and of New Brunswick, 21,316. There were last year 647,609 tons of ship ping sold and transferred to the United Kingdom. In order to give effect to the arrangement entered into with the Honourable East India Company, a call of 4/. 18s. per share has been made by the Scinde Railway Company, payable on or before the 28th July next, upon which interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annnm, and upon all sums paid in anticipation of calls, will accrue from the date when the same is paid into the Treasury of the East India Company. • The shipments of bullion direct from London during the week to Thursday last were 92,200 ounces of silver, 500 of gold, and two tons of copper, all to the Continent. There are no arrivals to-day with later Colonial news. The very important intelligence from Sebasto pol, dated as late as yesterday morning, has had a beneficial effect upon the value of Public Securities, and the chances now are more in favour of an ad vance prior to the settlement of the account on the 10th inst. owing to the abundance of money and the scarcity of Stock. Consols, which left off yes terday at 88i to 89, have this morning been quoted 89i to both for money and time. Bank Stock has been firm at 211. Exchequer Bills are 6s. to Bs. prom. The Omnium has risen to premium, and the New Annuity to 16,1 5-16ths. The ew 3 per Cents. are 881 to i The meeting-in favour of Administrative Reform absorbs attention in the City this morning, to the exclusion of almost every other object, and there is no possibility of one half the number who desire to obtain admission being able to get in. ' Foreign Securities have been dull, though all rather higher. Turkish Bonds have improved to 73a and 74. Equador Stock is worth 3i, and Grenada 15k. Dutch 2i per Cents. have been at 63g. The Spanish Certificates e,re heavy at 4. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocki :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6to 6 ; Mexi can, 201 to 21 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Port uguese Four per Cents., 11 to 43 ; wissian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to •89; Spanish New Deterred, 18 to 18k ; ditto Thrpe per Cents., 36 to 36i ; ditto Certificates, 4 to 4i ; ditto Passive, 3 1 to 4. Railway shares have been more dealt in, and at fuller quotations for Midland, Caledonian, Great Northern, and Brighton. The Foreign shares are also in greater request, and there is a rise in the Paris and Lyons, Scinde, and some others. United Mexican Mine shares are heavy at yes terday's reaction. Oriental Bank are higher, Crystal ; Palace are steady, and Canada Govern ment Debentures are up to BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE Ovu (Prom £he Of Business done Sank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5... 3 per Cent. Console Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 18140 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16.1 5-16 Consols lor Account, 10th May 894 3 i 3 Omnium exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO Small . 10 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'C,LOCK. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1a per Cent. Grenada Bonds, Deferred Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4 eurkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account Ditto Small Venezuela Bonds, 3* per Cent............. Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent 6 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2* per Cent. 12 sail 62i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ........ TWO O'CLOCK. Consols B9, 3 Ditto, May Account ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.—A private meeting of in fluential gentlemen has been held in Birmingham, with the view to adopt means of co-operation with the move ment in the metropolis for the promotion of the above important object: SEIZORE.—STAROROSS, MAY 3.—The Ackbar (brigan tine), from Venice to Hamburg, with madders and dye stuff, has been seized by the Custom-house and Coast- Guard authorities, and brought into thi s h ar b our on sus picion of being a Russian. MARSEILLES, May I.—An order has b een rece i ve d here by the military authorities to prepare to embark a complete battering train of 280 pieces of heavy artillery and two divisions of infantry. In the meantime the shipping of detachments of infantry, cavalry, and artil !ery for the regiments in the Crirdea proceeds without interruption. As a remarkable example of what may be accomplished by active and efficient agents I may mention that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, which arrived here from the Crimea on the 22d ult., embarked, under the direction of Messrs. Robert Gower and Co., 35 officers, 1,100 men, and 13 horses, and sailed again for Barniesch on the 27th, while other steamers have been lying is the harbour for six weeks. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. . -- , a .-- wiTthheapHpoaruesue (From , the Times of this clay.) to!iiiTizeonnese_tatislobuegehn n ot s t d a real apathy—the threatening state of our affairs ab ad an • of public opinion at home. It has pissed at the ean n : o of the Ministry between eighty and ninety millions of ni 7 w without exacting from there in return any account as yo how t' ,at money is to be spent, or re,-feiving auy assaran° tom" a *ll nc ' t b e ingl-11N1 in the same rortea of wasteful follY It w co e n i t n e saitstoifiolia)eteto riot boundless extravagance as the millions of the past let'''_ . . or has suffered a Ministry to be appointed vrithout exertiag supposedover their selectiou any of the influeneo which it might be ; on °' to possess over a body which only lives while in pO.O- --- , its favour. That it has performed all the duties devo.hdfdin Og the supreme Legislature of this country we are feria ellon to li doubt by our allegiance to the Constitution, and °e n , to thankful that the same allegia nce does not call uPen specify more distinctly wh it those duties are. i ll ation Now, however, we see tome probability that a terra tit. will be put to this listless and discreditab le inactiou.. ,:-.1 tie d itb , Layard has given notice of a series of resolutions any rate, raise the case distinctly beVecn th e P sst define d future, and to the British nation a choice as clearly lorion l as Vat of Hercu'es. On the one side we have the t ha t go, traditions of the purest Whig families ; the fruits of 011 l a vernment by party, according to which Lord John 11 1 ' s- the content to worship the Constitution of this countilL To. family influences, which, as it appears, solely and entire,A gulate the appointment to high political office, and ai t l o g itos , heavily in the scale of preferment to more nerni enen w hile A Cons ; the routine which starves an army to death ther,s is writing out the receipts for its food ; and, on the s os tieer system based upon princip les of e quity an d I A for resting as its foundation on the resolution to ~, Or every place of public trust the fittest occunan: Ta rty, out regard to the ties of family, the claim taroee, or the tangled meshes of electioneering '" of No doubt, an attempt will be made to elude the effectoe these incontrovertible propositions by a reference 0 tb a te, position in which their mover placed himself in a late u`absr.. and to the more serious error which he committed 111 .4 t ce ing to accusaaions clearly shown to he untenable. v n g the s t" apprehe a d that those who argue iu this vray forget 1400- feeling to which Mr. Layard appeals, and tbe „ e su ppor t viction which his resolutions exaress: The cause will osuee, the advocate even should the advocate not support thne ling and the House of Commons ha d no choice betifee tio g ; o ia expression to the deeply felt sentiment of the that sa: making way for some other organ through whi° " or gan 11 *" ment can find articulate expref•sion. Indeed, that to a fthe already presented itself. The most eminent me they so letal city of London meet together this day to record th e ' : a ti nder condemnation of the Government and of the sst!....etropo which we are suffering. These are men, not (Mb' °if we'll' litan, but of national influence. Their gence, their social position, their access to the in°ls to g esl4 wealth, th ei r eliab le sources of intelligence, all give them the best right wil l oot and the most perfect assurance that what theY es l oa erthe w ing, and we have drained it to the very be spoken in vain. The cup haN,been filled to the. -. T OO; If any one who wishes to know what a proud and ‘ai feell oo rited nation has suffered, let him comaare h is ° 1.... 0 3° 1 this time last year with his feelings at this inernen'e bad s• had still some confidence in our public men, an airs are n ir our anairr 0 so, learnt to believe that the system on which tension, was unable to bear the sligldest tension; ors o_uriP dreg/ of its iligb.ol - the most ordinary difficulties. Wh ere .s 0 been dance now I Who is there so sanguine es that, Whej.est ate' his eyes over the pot tion of this paper where the 13'alielf, ligence is contained, does not do so in fear 04 ,L e m oho a the lest the'intelligence of the day should add another long catalogue of mismanagement and diaster ? o n do Who is there that does not thoroughlY uncle•ogbeell-t. causes of these things ? We have failed in everythi t opp o we have jobbed everything In almost all oar recd ments, civil and military w . e have promot ed without reg.-a ference to merit, and refused , to remove themaorte°,,' to failure. Our Commander-in-Chief missed the ° o r t : c bin of taking Sebastopol when almost undefended; °. ll b. bad ifo self to be surpised on a spot the weakness of which eoineti;‘; again and again pointed out to him ; neglected hi s at 0 4 , 0 , riat, disregarded his communications, and sat chl ii . e i s t ia' ! by the while his army was perishing. But he was aPP. ° s it 0 Ito- Whigs and politically connect° i with the Torie % s tart's! mains Commander-in-Chief still. Our Quarter°l;osiveS°bs tel has good interest at the Horse Guards, an d s °, bati°4o retains an appointment for which no one believ.e7..ord of t is , l qualified. Our cavalry is . sacrificed to the (. 11s ' a eashgor noblemen, neither fitted for command, but underbothf u so ° or fluence. Our Transport Service is placed. A aoli" e whom an extraordinary amount of concurring te'' w e eiP o he victs of being utterly incompetent for the dutY• and we ''' ia, man - • anaa an aaa A We hand over one public office—th t , ar mister because he is a l il acs se", another a War Secretary because he is that c wood° „a, Forests—entirely to the connexions of ene n 'a a vere ls ,sl l l and we have learnt to acquiesce in seeing left to be ca a'ilie ° EnAind parcelled out more like an estate no ble — o ftb° o f theme personof divided among the relatives of half a doz en - 10 11- of ° than a great public trust to be exercised for th, i . re 0 . . 4 tb° people. Never was case more complete. "' a c t, Oe" the cause and there effect--here the raisraanageinect, therfese° calamity—here the disregard of public intereik so of ictoennseeqokusentitiesraeccirtitfinceed—fiseyesdtoemin of fdahoetrieocnl , to id bn : v a . ad e l l vr, . w a,ba e l tnt t tse e :hec t ikae. a h tvnii .t rh e not r afiegti is. find,—we hi lei: ilprivate these waii thinemciwuoa teerieconditions stlr yogrostkf tranoo undertakings, from so far as it fetters the unbridled license or otbdis:e countrylt' 4° tion which Mr. Layard's resolution nu t t° the r Tjueri3 od ° certain conditions which all men find . The simple object of these resolutions is t i c : "-- - rt e a e ' sg ...d e°l our private affairs, invariably employ the „ °st itor a. : 0 ' A actolce, his family nor his connexi e ons. i f - ire lilt° t'l Fill Pri. , el leblie• 2 e ca nee'' ; e i .,:: kingdom, we must do the same t e - s chiea .neet'" b mine labour, by dividing it, by a systera of! o f, oa % t ool° these principles, but to them the y adequate remuneration, and by remota:oi ted bo ll o 4 al eeitvhteel..yrfin°ltc.°s o n ttih t hr an i tei n crsi t l i ieelopt e . a ,isiptibliftcal:ei:::ol:6o:devfespiosfeo:ifus 0 . 1: t i e oo :_ e enie,bbrerooEroci p :jo t i 1 iflo.:::!.. , agement to, merit. There is not a P Wel l re ,..f e adnl inis ,, te 1111 1,4p e s sh ec ou m i s d a' t s he that is not consciously or unconseioust.r.- o f te- i , e° , n eta yet se ru almost es h have e stranger. beeom e I!.ffelliabslisli cop; e i arca: u l c e r : v es i t s oe b iw ii :s 3 7 o6 : o o: prosperity, the first symptoms of adversiti„lcrhellrieati wpnaiNo g )vt i onee - oh i slbd t reel y leddrik , oe.id e hi n onets: e xio r ni g pctiahtia y i:ndab , a re . currence to them, while in our public au lied fo r or; periously the disastrous course of events has i alf b f t,al o e oet l nthte' themselves uam e n n as i t tteir a iyhle l ove , sneasow t ets h 1 tl e araocsli. .asgtenefli, more oeaoaiwsit au. a ct , oucipl ns s arort i gi t le cl aues ti ebfil ° ,l l: o I .,et. vrpn t .i . s to_ebeb e te 5 0i t, :dr ii, it ; ;: i I , 0 e ilit i o, t : o.o e o ° : : it e , the more steadily have our Ministers pre° sed h - o ° 0p t 11 tics as the nation is larger than the parts of Wlllooasfojea tore what acceptance the Ministry, resolutions among reading cla s s e like s cli t d t o , :il l i d i nl i cl i e ll y dt i s , oe td ts h fdi ~, 0 6 :it 1 the opinion of the magsstehsostehewyhwie ldleb:Veceht"ed. r an t l ' " e d lir' " ' a h dissentient voice. Lord Palmerston, like We bs c ll o id ° toave led this movement, and it would havefllo l/ " ieli ie ! honour and to power. He has preferred to S . b oo. , a. be its victim rather than its leader. He sbuill ,4 01 . 9 to it, because it is just, because it is intelligen t ?, la sist i ogoe t hasunanimous, but he has preferred to bravo it .and d fete adi o i now to .learn that l a community of keeiVilia tol)`ost •ommercial men will no longer suffer their o'sosorn°, managed or their patronage misapplied, or tbe g a t ao a great People to be entailed like a heirloora o' of a few of its nobility. _........! GE Yesterday LO RAILWAY Or . -----4.------- vgTEIII4. 10'03. of al° 5 StAt?i f d, " aNspDeOcNialAgeNnDeraNl Ornßeltlin:s7,- pl op 0 .. 0 this company was held at the Buston-sclaare preola consider certain bills now before Parliamen' iist Pr Marquis of Chandos, chairman of the direcrrs, miii,ttiff: • The CHAIRMAN said that of the bills upon th..eesootl'Aier could be then submitted, viz., a bill to e nable ti l l .. or a o ;,sie, fordshire Railway Company to make branches 'Dean tico,°,so bury to Arlaston, and to the Stour 'Valley 1 / 1 1 e , ,„ fo , o iv, Both these branches were, he thought,necessalrJoestiti°l4,l should of the district ; and it was only ' .ani 1 ,0;4 make them. The bill affected their coat' it t small extent, and it was only necessary t ° su reit te° 4 . sl l #, clause which confirmed the contracts and arrav: 0 ,0„,,,,, on previous occasions, and the 34th cla use ,' hi ° re C° tr dc . t d _rent paid to them by the South Stafforus to colO c cFno, With regard to the Canal Bill, which W'r, was l'e 0 ; ...e . tunnel in the neighbourhood of DLdley , " A n 3°61 04 to submit it, b:icause; in 1846, the I,o l, ‘` ° l t ot t V ie Western Comrany had guaranteed, in the e l Lt., tr e ooli eeipts of the canal company not paying 4 Pe r e i - i rea l '4lr o "e would make up the amount. The new twin e ' oi vg . o Ifij „ jab ot g t_ ll' ii, oli o ( them to pass from one line to another numerous looks w:dch they hail to 11F 0 at Pre! t e :i to f w e ipto A don and North-Western Company had ni?, ea of the receetit", were only responsible as before, in the event 0 , 4 pe t , bil i al' the canal company not permitting a dividend t,,ey''..oo.rei, notion sanctioning the Sonth Staffordshire Cerr:oili p rO c i then put, and agreed to without opposition. .Ispio.eil,looOf with respect to the canal company's bill was c 4; be°ol. t ee Of pally on the ground that it would saddle the ,41 ,,,,r 1 l i i North-Western Company with an additional' troin;ito.oo 8,000/ a year, while the advantages expee te i t ot by„„ 0 0 ,e, doubtful, The amendment was, however, '' for i 'L l ii k n i , votes, and a poll gave the following results. . pr oa_ 4o r 0, 0 5, —present 50 persons, representing 275, 08/ ' 93 P i rpe ri f, reB4p3r,e4sle6n/t.inogf 60,6391. paid-up c ; al 2 - dt p a r l o . xie A s g , presenting 567,1881., of paid-up capital; teal,cot 14, p ore consequently agreed to, and 66,9141. ofcapital. Thereotie° 5 big paid-up ineet to oc tio 00 t bill was adjourned to the 28th inst. ____........../ ___--- a6i,u3sot.--1. p;res tia, 1, giallo and t MINING INTEL LIGEIO. t his (1`4;),}1,0A0 P r °' i marketAta large.sa. _al! a T r h e e s . ----.."-- (From the Mining Journal of gi" - ii. =croft, Vale of To . w . b p e r e o u l; sil:l o g ea r°l; :i r r ,ti' o ' ! and a fair demand fordividend stocks h ' as kept up fora .ie r tgriD 63 ' wY, and one or ~,, 9 ' o' rill ic- 4 9 t: shares, we Inderstind, were bona .114/A, so ld, sou th to 0 ," wards of 300 le, byauctiontwoof , 0/. Am tdi 'd nd mines,: , 7 01. ,r, ongs vi e advanced to 3 Bu ller, -. <0 44 , DitP, 801., 4001. ; Wheal 01 • ' tli of' onitifer °,i'lree ' 1 g ,, e 5 11, 1 " , Devon Great Consols, 365/. ; Clifford, 1 1 ,;:.. 5 01 . 1 . 0 t 1 o t) , 191. lOs. to 201. ; West Basset, 281. to 28/. 1" 'as , /A pe 1,0 6/. ; East Tamar, 2s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. ; C..., 1 ' 3 ,` ~i o,' Oe c° 6 6l „l 131. 1 Os. ;West Frances, 171. to 19/. "-- OP 12 ,4 ' le 251. to 271. 10s. Sortridge Consols have hel d. to s to to ur meeting, a 21. 15s. to 31. Wheal Pollard, 7 1; 10;e;tm,0e1,11 Vale of Towy, 17s. 6d. to 1/. ; StraY F ar r6s ; la '''' et ! 15s. in demand • Comford, 51:10s. to 6 1 . ' I:ss. o ° l , 7 200/. to 2101. ; Brewer, 151. ; Nanteos, li. s "O a ! to an improvement has taken lace; a nd ellaj . 7o. 6 to ii. , 1/. 2s. 6d. • Wheal Edwards, n a ,1,11 Zion, 11. ; Tincroft;2l. 10s. to-31. , / 4 ' t _~~ s iro-* -$ TA , 0 0 1 OUTBREAK OF RUSSIAN PRISONRs 04 1 "AC 0 , ' outbreak of a very serious nature occur j as e t beof i prison yesterday morning: The distr.cuwheo erforop; to have originated on Thursday eve uing ' ip ° l n t O Se nio °4 l the prisoners whose dutj it was to Pr , o'r t A'.he ' et euf supply of the prison refused to do t° lo co t o si o rti , was made, as we are informed, t° ,I:thergl red o insubordinate in confinement, but t be ia ocU P ,,;e o „ ~°1 and one of the warders wa 9 . 0 0', el 41, The whole of the guard of Pensl°ith 1 . 1% tb° 19° mediately ordered into the prison 'w l ia 10 I, nets, and partially succeeded in r ivg t ie offi clues t he i° turbance, but were kept under arras au ee rs, 0 pti yr the night. Yesterday morning the Pr i vi s° , o l;. ° le sti'VA came very violent, and still refused to t iy to fti fo , i O, The governor, Lieut. Mann, inau ediALFse colfli, to Brighton ur the assistance of the ' ci ' 3 boo t 0 1 4 4 Militia three companieg o f w hich 'arr ve f jso o gl iptS A DiC: eleven 'by train, and proceeded' to the P" og jete",, • 4 ,,'" bayonets in double quick time. T he i r : - :l 6 u t i lf ,o4 /. .' athilenthspeedily men b captured,ad for making an d the to y 0 1 , 5 v o l. - I: 0 3 r - , , ,--