The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-10 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL KAYMARKET. :ruder the management-of Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENLNG. wm be performed FRA DIAVOLO. Characters by Mewl. leas Beeves, W . Num, ra, J. F. I. e l ues , F arqu h arson, an d W rarren:Mrs.Stnts ' Reeves, and Madame Weiss. After which, a new Extravaganza. called TEE NEW HAI MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with A KISS IN THE D,RK. ROYAL PRICE: '3 THEATRE, OXFOK REEL trader the Management of Mr. Csaaus SEAL THIS EVENING, WM be perfbramed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To be folowed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. FrinclPal eltaracter by Mr. C. Bean. To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts, entitled BE MULETEER OF TOI.r.DO ; or, Mug, Queen• and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL AOELYHI, Proprfetar, Mr. B. Webster.—Nrectress, Madam. Celeste. THIS EVE I NG, Will be performed the comedy of P XIIL PRY. Principal• chit. ViCters by Messrs. C. Schy and Wright ; Mite M. Keeley, .ire. L . Marray, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with A NEW -EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALFS OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustration, ROYAL OLYMPIe THEATRE. • Lessee and 3/maser. Mr. A. wi gars . THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIT FOE TAT. After which, THE WFI: 4 11 iaRL. Characters by Messrs. Emory, Leslie, and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called T:IE YELLOW Dw& gie ASD TILE KING OF IHE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca TM^. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE VI :LAGS IGHTING After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE, To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Brilliant reception of the Ballet of Kate Kearney. THIS EVENING. T h e eneneemlill Equidrama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke. the Pearl of the Arena, and Miss Emily Cooke, the world's wonder, will appear. Mr. W. Cooke's sagacious Dwarf Elephants will Perform. To conclude with a Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, KATE KEARNEY, or, the Lakes of Killarney. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wset. Acting Manager, M. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE . 11 113 WZATHEIL—Stat Onms, May. 10, THZJINONZTZB, IN THZ SHAD& 62—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day, at noon. A P y , ,„, I ,•?!•, , T4.p,.sft'i ':::•:-=.'i *l",t N a Tcus bey —Mornm. 17 mtn.alter 8 Eiening Smin.aft. 9 Ta-liosaow —Mortung 45 min.after 9 j Evening 23 min. aft.lo B 41101D:rine 29'51. WIND, W. to N.W.—Light, with dull weather. Last evening it began to rain, and a considerable quantity has fallen in the night. to 4 Ttl C. § LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY.IO, 1855. Last September we drew attention to a remark able "Letter to the Emperor of- the FRENCH on the Eastern Question, and the re-establishment of the Independence of Poland." It was a transla tion from the French, and the author, according to universal and uncontradicted report, is the M. DE PERSIGNY, who is now appointed ambassador to our Court. At the same;time Count WALEWSKI, whose very name must guarantee his sympathy with the cause of the Poles, succeeds M. DROUYN DE L'HETS as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Prance. Concurrently with these official indica tions, we find the services of the Polish prisoners against their oppressor accepted, and a Polish Legion, alas ! too tardily, in course of formation. In the pamphlet we have alluded to, onr readers rimy remember that M. DE PERSIGNY shows with clearness and vigour that an independent Poland is the grand effentive sentiment which would im part to the Allied efforts "a passion" which would be more than a match for the religious fanaticism on which Russia so much relies ; and that its realisation as a fact is the only possible means of depriving Russia of her present offensive power against civilised Europe. We consider, he says, `the recognition by a common declaration, on the part of the Allies, of the legitimate existence .of the Polish nationality" as the masterpiece of Allied policy. Before this he conceives, if accompanied, of course, by suitable military measures, the complications of the case would attain a prompt and ready so lution. We may surely hope, then, that the new French Ambassador and Foreign Minister are indications that Lours NAPOLEON, at least, is favourable to a bold and worthy policy. We may be told, perhaps, that we have with Sebastopol and the Crimea, enough on our hands at present. Perhaps quite enough to do, but cer tainly" not enough to fill our plans and thoughts. " Ever too late" has been the ruin of everything hitherto ; our policy, thanks to that caressed drag-chain Austria, has always as yet been (plite as much behind the occasion as our military and commissariat management. Had PERSIGNY'S advice been adopted the day he gave it, we be lieve that, despite all our administrative short comings, Sebastopol would have fallen ere now. Polish nationality recognised, and the Polish flag floating before Sebastopol, would have disorganised the plans of Russia, have stopped her reinforce ments far away from the Crimea, and have trans ferred her best soldiers from the garrison of Sebastopol to our trenches. If it be now adopted, though too late to recal the past, it will not be too late to give a new, and we believe invincible, vigour to the future. Suppose the Allies to act on M. DE PERSIGNY'S suggestion, what would be the results ? Take the Allies themselves first. In England and France the universal feeling would be one of deep satis faction. It would be a relief to the national conscience of both countries. The burden of half a century—the guilt of c omp li c i ty i n the blood of a murdered kingdom—would be taken off at once. This War is but the visitation of OUT fathers' sin, in tolerating the dismemberment of Poland, upon us their children. We are pain fully conscious of its lying upon us till we avenge the oppressed, and punish`the rampant oppressor ; and we should bear the needful sacrifices of the War with the light-heartedness of one who frankly atones for long-neglected duty. Every soldier, too, and commander employed in the War would feel that he was engaged in a really holy cause. Contrast the spirit with which we should pay, and our soldiers fight, for such a cowardly, we must say such a recreant, peace as Lord JOHN would have accepted at Vienna, and for the res tor at'4l/ of a crushed and noble nation ! A th e te,ti 'up _ whose restoration alone can stave off i vvuee of these cruel wars in which its destroetion has constitut.t.oian,:uvolved us. A resolve to re and fire all the would would di sburden the conscience, and France. i t is sentiments of both England Turkey would hail itsZera, uous to add, th a t curity. uer only effectual se- But how would our, trxiltnirtio affect Austria and Prussia ? pt : worse enemies it could not niakefi hem 2s . F c a se rtaei nc , alliance and treacherous neutrality is all We hav e hitherto gained from them. At ope n war With them we should have known what to do. By heminal peace Prussia has shielded Russia on her weakest. side, and has almost nullified our costly 111°Q44 ( 10 - Austria's villany, in enabling rein 4,'reements to march from the Danube to Tnker nl4l3, can never i tr itt i•-4 therm be forgotten. We do not dread Me w : . i en 'les so much as lying and treacherous 31 tt *hat is their interest ? We answer, it is identical with that, of Poland to the Allies. They would each have to part with their smaller shares of the Polish robbery, but they would have an ample reward. They, as well as Poland, would regain their liberty. They are now both of them tuediatised dependents on Russia. They live iu Slavish fearof their over-grown military neighbour. With consummate folly they have acquired only comparatively small portions of Poland, adding little or nothing to their strength. Russia, on the contrary, has gained her sole military strength against Europe by her vast seizures of Polish ter ritory. Poland independent would be a shield to Austrian and Prussian independence. Poland enslaved is the sole cause of their present slavery. We believe that all honest Germans would soon realise this a. fully as France and England now do. Once France was the only dread of the worthy Teutons. From France, however, they had a civilisation to learn, and they did learn it. Russia has nothing to teach them—her only boon is their political subjugation to the odious tyrants whose tottering thrones she bolsters up. Russia is the nightmare of Germany, the death of her liberties, and the life of her despots. And for all this political infamy she has no compensation to offer. No arts, no science, no literature, no genius, nothing but the beauties of her serfdom and her despotism, and the terrors of her military hordes and fastnesses. Surely all Germans who have a soul in their bodies must long to see their de graded Courts set free from the humiliating fear of the Czar. If the Russians choose to deify their despot, Germans at least believe in the First Commandment. In truth the " god of the Rus sians" is the veritable SATAN of the Germans—of the people we mean—and they would bless the exorcist who should banish the fiend. We have always held that Poland is the true key to the present question ; and of course are gratified with any indication of our leaders being driven to the same conclusion. They have known it, of course, long ; but " drifting" is the states manship, as Lord CLARENDON has told us, of our Cabinet. Happy will it be for all Europe if events carry our rudderless Government to the aid of Poland. The protocols so anxiously looked for, but so unfortunately kept back, in consequence of " the temporary illness of a person in the Foreign-office, in whose department, it was to prepare transla tions," have at length been published. They are indeed important documents, throwing much light on the recent proceedings at Vienna, containing as they do not merely the propositions put for ward by the different parties, but even the views and opinions of the several Plenipotentiaries. Their appearance renders the interesting and im portant question completely ripe for discussion. We know what has been offered on either side, and what rejected, and may therefore consider whether the instructions furnished to the Plenipo tentiaries by the Western Powers are in accord ance with the voice of public opinion in France and England, and likely to lead to a per manent and honourable peace. We may also judge of the spirit .of Russia, as evinced by her rejection of these exceedingly moderate propositions, and of her inflexible determination to persist, at any sacrifices, in the aggressive po licy which she has so long maintained, and for which she has obtained such memorable notoriety. We cannot help thinking that she has been greatly influenced by this undue moderation on the part of her adversaries, which she very naturally as cribes to "timidity" on their part, and an ear nest determination to obtain peace at any price, or on any terms, however humiliating or preg nant with danger to the future tranquillity of Europe. Nothing but such a conviction could induce Prince GORTSCRAXOII to propose such terms, which would, in fact, be cheaply purchased by Russia by her entire expenditure on account of the War up to the present moment ; and the presumptive insolence whereof was en hanced by the cool impertinence with which, even at the last moment, when his suggestions were considered utterly inadmis sible by the other parties, he declared that " the Plenipotentiaries of Russia had amply redeemed their word by proposing several plans of solu tion I" They were, indeed, extraordinary plans, which could not in any respect be considered as based on a limitation of the Russian preponderance in the Euxine ; but, on the contrary, seemed to regard the impending danger to Turkey to be on the side of her present Allies, and which could be averted by the maintenance of a powerful Rus sian fleet ; or, in other words, that in accordance with the old fable, the sheep should accept the protection of the friendly wolves against those dangerous traitors, the watch dogs ! It is unnecessary at present to refer to the pro ceedings at the earlier conferences, before the third and most important point came under discussion. A virtual postponement took place on the 26th March, in order to await instructions from the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, for although meetings took place on the 29th March,and on the 2nd and 9th April, nothing practically was effected beyond the adjournment of the discussion of the Fourth Point, and the intervention of M. DROUYN DE and A.Li PASHA, who showed that they were authorised by their respective Governments to take part in the discussions. On the 17th April the diplomatic , struggle was renewed, and from that moment the specious fallacies put for ward by Prince GORTSCHAKOFF proved, beyond the possibility of doubt, the duplicity of Russia ab initio, and that she had not the slightest in tentions of concluding a binding Treaty on the terms to which she had clearly and unequivocally assented. The Conferences might then and there have been summarily broken off, for we at once declared that " Russia would not consent to the strength of her navy being re stricted to any fixed number, either by Treaty or in any other manner I" This was practically a disavowal of the very foundation of all these ne gotiations ; and it is only to be regretted that Lord Jour; RUSSELL and M. DROUYN DE L'Hinrs, in place of expressing "regret and surprise," and declaring that " the chances of success attending the negotiations for peace were greatly dimi- nished," did not at once protest against the in. sincerity of Russia and the gross deception prac tised by that Power, and at once break off al further negotiation. In place of so doing they, - - - however, took time to consider the p ro p os itions to be submitted, and, at the next meeting, brought forward the propositions which were so contumeliously rejected on the part of Russia. These propositions were of a twofold character. The first related to the admission of the Sublime between th e d i ff erent European Porte to th e a d van t ages o f t h e. * henceforward de claring t h at the Ottoman empire sys s te ca m te3 e , st a a i b l( l i ished form an integral part of that system, with a mutual u n d ertaking to respect its territorial in tegrity and independence. From this just and :sizable " c oncesdion R uss i a b acked out. She to the t o be be prepared to consider any act hostile itorial inte gr i ty as a question of Euro pean interest " , but not to regard it as a case of war. This illusory and ridi culous distinction Was, however, passed over with a simple expres- THE SUN, LONDON, TITIURSDAY F , VENIN'CI-, MA Y 10, 1855 sion of regret by the other Plenipotentiaries, probably because it was already clear that Russia would peremptorily reject the limi tation of her fleet "to four ships of war and four frigates, with a proportionate num ber of light vessels and unarmed vessels, exclu sively adapted to the transport of troops." The SULTAN was to restrict his navy within similar limits, while the other parties were only to be permitted, after a special firman from the SULTAN, each to bring into the Euxine a number of vessels equal to half the naval forces which each of the Powers bordering the sea should maintain there. Subsequently, the Russian propositions were brought forward, which placed no restriction on the Russian naval force, but merely threw open the Dardanelles and Bosphorus to the flags of all nations ; to give, in fact, to Russia the much coveted access to the Mediterranean, at all times and under all circumstances. This was, of course, unhesitatingly rejected by the Allies, and Lord JOHN RussELL, having declared that his instruc tions were exhausted, departed from Vienna. Subsequently, on the 26th April, another Con ference was held at the express instance of Russia, when a new but equally untenable proposition was put forward by the Russian Plenipotentiary. This was merely to the effect, that the principle of closing the Straits of the Bosphorus should remain in force, but that the SULTAN should be allowed, by way of temporary exception, to open the Straits of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus to the fleets of Foreign Powers, which he should think it necessary to summon when ever he thought his security menaced. This was, of course, deemed inadmissible, and here the matter stands. It is on this latter point, how ever, that Austria justifies her continued hesita tion, and that M. DROUYN DE n'Huys adopted such views as led to his resignation of his position as Minister of France. We trust that the British Parliament may speak out so boldly and explicitly on the subject that there can be no possible excuse for our Cabinet further truckling either to " Mus eovitism" or " Germanism," which seem to have greater importance in their sight than the direct interests of France and England, the security of Turkey, or the peace of Europe. It is probably unknown to the generality that no less than an earnest sen timent of patriotism impelled Mr. THACKERAY, some time since, to retire from his conspicuous position among the collaborateurs engaged in the periodical fun—pictorial and lite rary—productive, by weekly, monthly, and half yearly instalments, of our great comic publication. As the significance of this announcement becomes adequately appreciated, we can picture to our selves the broad grin upon the popular counte nance—that expression of hilarity resulting from reiterated roars of laughter over the pages of our London Charivari—fading away by almost imper ceptible degrees, and the bluff, rubicund visage of JOHN BULL becoming gradually elongated. It will be ill news, indeed, to every one fond of the luxury of a chuckle ever the genuinely ludicrous. An unwelcome intimation to those (and their name is legion) who have shaken their sides with unaffected enjoyment over the lyrics of Policeman X, over the lamentations of Flunkey Jeames, over the remote records of Snobbism, and the recent annals of the Bashi-Bzouks. Nevertheless, the event alluded to is indisputable—Fitzboodl e has deliberately shaken the dust of the familiar office from his sboeleather—Punch has positively, if not permanently, lost his "Fat Contributor." An inci dent sincerely to be regretted, depriving, as it unfortunately does, the blithest, bravest, bitter est, yet also one of the most genial and delightful satirists of our generation of an opportunity as rare in one sense as, in another, it has hitherto, happily, been frequent. For the out pouring of the overflowings of his abundant fancy —the distribution of the waifs and strays of his unstinted good-humour—the diffusion of the jet sam and flotsam of his inexhaustible facetiousness! It is a calamity to the joke-lovers of this joke-lov ing community, for which the perversity of the periodical rather than the petulance of the contri butor must be regarded as responsible. Somewhat as suddenly as Mr. DOYLE withdrew, in 1850, on account of Mr. Punch's disrelish for the Catholic Hierarchy—Mr. THACKERAY with drew, in 1854, on account of that honest, obsti nate old gentleman's ineradicable antipathy for his Imperial Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. Like so many other of our contemporaries, Mr. P. (who, wherever he bears a grudge, is such a thorough " good hater" that he would infallibly, had he existed in the flesh towards the end of the last century, have been a cherished intimate of Dr. JOHNSON), Mr. P., we say, like so many other of our co-literateurs, had from the outset conceived an obdurate and, as few will be disinclined to admit nowadays, a wonderfully mistaken pre judice against the remarkable man especially placed by DIVINE PROVIDENCE, for the happiness of the world, at the supreme head of the French Na tionality. It will be remembered by the British public generally, that from the very commence ment, in the midst of the general chorus of abuse directed against the thrice elect of a great people, WE never hesitated to protest against the folly and injustice of all that blundering animosity and unmerited vituperation. Not so with the rest of the daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly organs of popular opinion. For a considerable time we stood, in regard to this matter, altogether insu lated among the crowd of our contemporaries. We were even spoken of by the Times--(the journal now so courtly in its allusions to the august Monarch who was once so flagrantly pelted through its columns with the foulest words and the vilest ribaldries in the ample vocabulary of a Brummagem-Junius, prosti tuting by his anonymous signature the honourable designation of "An Englishman" —we were branded by the Times, we say, at the period to which we are here alluding—the circumstance can scarcely yet be forgotten —as " The Base Exception." We ans almost tempted to ask of the Times and its then rather numerous sympathisers—How is it now with The sun in this matter ? How is it now in. regard to us as—The Base Exception ? Now wien the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. has been the honoured guest of our beloved SOVEREIGN. Now wt ken his Imperial MAJESTY has been solemnly invesbekl by Queen VICTORIA with the insignia of the Moist Noble Order of the Garter. Now when, after e njoying, together with his beautiful consort, the ro3r; d hospitalities at Windsor—flke Emperor of Fa/ L , ICE has seen welcomed with unexampled enthusiasm by vast multitudes of our "free and eel. ightened" population. Now when the elect, 11 rst of all, of nearly 6,000,000, afterward 's of kleally 7,000,000, and ultimately of nearly 8,000,000 of Adult Frenchmen, has received t he homage of our various municipalities, together T pota Corporation : r i o th i the i conspicuous or o rati onin the felicitations of ou r chief ancient Guildha 'I of the City of London. Somewhat of has, change int , it will be . particular, come over generally overthe sp i a r d i t m o i f t ted, the dream o f I english publicists—bringing them over, one by ( m e, to a remarkable complicity with The 'gun, to 1 a singular coincidence of opinion with The base Pxception--until Cie one schiary voice has become-merged in -the sonorous acclamations of an almost 'unprecedented unanimity. To promote discussion on the Bill for the local administraticn of the Metropolis—of which the all-absorbirg administration of the War and of our general taxation may make us lose sight— and to give a fair hearing to opposing views on the subject, we insert an able and important letter from Lord EBRINGTON, which is in circula tion amongst some of the leaders of his constitu ency upon Sir BENJAMIN HaLes Bill. Un doubtedly we cannot afford to have large mistakes and maladministration of increased local burthsns, as well as maladministration at the same time of the increased general taxation of the country. It is estimated that the expense of the staffs of the thirty-six new local boards which Sir BENJAMIN HALL proposes to create in the metropolis, cannot be less than one hun dred thousand pounds ? Will not fewer suf fice ? One staff ought to be made cheaper and stronger than seven, and Lord EBRINGTON states that " the staff expenses in 1846, under the seven sewer commissions into which the metropolis was then divided, were more £ban 20 per cent. on the works executed. The staff expenses in 1854, under the consolidated commission, were only 11 per cent., and that included systematic mapping and the under-ground surveying items, quite un known in the olden times." Having gained BO much by consolidation has a case been made out, so far as sewerage and drainage works are con cerned, for going back and creating 36 ne w sur veyorships, and as many sub-surveyorships and clerks ? The most important drainage works, the house drainage, are under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan building surveyors, whose emoluments are some twenty thousand poUnds per annum; indi vidual surveyors, who are private practising archi tects, getting upwards of one thousand pounds per annum each for the performance of duties which three or four persons giving their whole time to the service could perform much more satisfao- torily than a dozen private practitioners. Sir BENJAMIN HALL alleges, and probably truly, that, they have not performed the most important por tions of their duties. Well, should not they be made to perform them, or the emoluments be transferred with the duties to the thirty-six new surveyors ? Why is the Metropolis to be burthened with both sets of offices ? It is stated by Metro politan drivers that you may tell when you leave a ward under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Road Commission, superintended by the late Sir CHARLES MADAM, and get upon a road under a parish or vestry paving board by the jolting you get. Has consolidation, at all events to start with, under that well-working commission, beep thought of ? The mortal remains of the Countess Rossi (Wine. S.mtag) hrrived at Dres.:en on the 29th ult., whence they are to be conveyed into Lusatia, to be deposited in the convent of Marienstern. PERU,—From Peru we learn that the steamer Rimac had been wrecked, and nearly 100 persons on board perished. A TROPHY FOR THE QUEEN.-A Russian eagle, a trophy captured near Balaklava, brought to E ng l an d by her Majesty's ship Vengeance, has been sent by Captain Lord E. Russell to London, as a present to her Majesty. —Plymouth Mail. The celebrated horse, Wild Irish Girl, the property of William Quinn, Esq., of Loloher, Ireland, has been lately sold to the Marquis of Waterford for 200 guineas. Her performances at the April meeting on the short grass prove her to be a "good on." The Czar-has just conferred new orders and insignia, enriched with diamonds, upon Prince Gortschakoff 111. (not the commander-in-chief) and General Khruleff for their services in the Crimea. A government school of art has just been established at Southampton. Its establishment was originated and chiefly supported by a lady of the neighbourhood. Many of the pupils are sappers and miners belonging to the Ordnance survey department in the above-mentioned town. The Countess Flahault and se ite, who proceeded with with Count Walewski en route to Paris, were detained at Folkestone by the tempestuous weather. The countess and party proceeded to Dover on Tuesday, and crossed over to Calais at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, in the mail steam-packet Empress, with Capt. Smithett. THu NAVAL Cnui or 1765 —Last evening, the members of this club celebrated the anniversary of Duncan's victory at Camperdown (1797), by a ban quet' at the Thatched-house Tavern. Capt. Chappell, R.N., occupied the chair. About 30 officers sat down. , The members will have another banquet on the occasion of the anniversary of the Queen's birthday (May 19). The Oster-Zeitung gives the following detail re- pect ing the English army before Sebastopol :--The Light Division, Lieut.-General Sir G. Brown, numbers 3,800 ; First Division, Sir C. Campbell, 3,500 ; Second Divi sion, Major-General Pennelather, 3.600 ; Third Divi• sion, Lieut.-General Sir R. England, 3,500 ; Fourth Division, Sir J. Cimbpell, 3 500. To these must be added the Naval Brigade, 1,000 ; 600 marinee, and 600 cavalry. The number will soon be increa- , ed to 25,000. HOUSE DRAlNAGP.—Yesterday Lord Ebrington's bill was printed, to empower the Commissioners of Sewers to expend on house drainage a certain Plitt] out of the moneys borrowed by them on the security of the rates, and also to give to the Commissioners certain other powers for the carne purpose. The sum is not to exceed 25,0001., and the approaching hot weather is urged as a reason why the powers of t!,e 49th section of t! , e Metro politan Sewers Act should be forthwith actively exer cised for house drainage. NEW BILL ON INFANTS' MARRlAGES.—Yesterday a bill in the House of Commons was printed, to enable infants, with the approbation t-f the Court of Chancery, to make binding settl.ments of their real and personal estate on marriage. The bill has been prepared by Mr. Matins and Mr. Whiteside, the barristers. ASSAULTS ON WOME N AND CHlLDREN.—Yesterday a return to Parliament was issued, showing the number of men charged at or summoned to the different police ellic_•s in Dublin during the past year for assaults en women and children. The number is 1,222 ; of which 15 were sent for trial, 344 were summarily convicted, and 863 discharged. THE NEW BEER BILL.--The petition from the in habitants of this town, praying for a repeal of the New Beer Bill, containing upwards of 25,000 signatures, has been forwarded to T. E. Headl 433. Esq., M.P., for pre sentation to the House of Commons. —Newcastle Guar dian. The birthday of the young Duke of Parma was cele brated at the capital of his States on the 29th ult. A solemn service was performed on the occasion in the cathedral in the presence of the Duchess Regent, the Ducal family, the Ministers, and the members of the Diplomatic Body. In the evening the Duchess and her son showed themselves to the people on the balcony of the palace, and were received with enthusia•im. DESTRUCTION OF A FLOUR MILL AT DEPTFORD.— Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable destruction of property, broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Mr. Featberey, termed the Black Horse Flour Mill, situate at Black Horse Bridge, Deptford. The fire co mmence d from some unex pl a i ne d cau , e in the mill, and owing to the inflammable nature of the contents the flames spread with more than usual rapidity, seizing upon the whole of the valuable stock in trade, and fairly enveloping the entire building. The total loss at the lowest computa tion will exceed 1.0001., and unfortunately the sufferer was not insured for a single penny. The building be longed to Mr. Little, of New-cross, and at present it is unknown whether it was insured or net. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS. Last night the 49th anniversary dinner of this charity was held at the London Tavern. In the absence of Earl Granville, who was prevented by his late accident from presiding, the chair was taken by John Labouchere, mEsoqn.e,y subscribedtheTrea was 1, sureroft 4 h 9. the Society. The amount of HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CIIEST.--The anniversary dinner in aid of the above charity , took place yestereay, at 'Willis's Rooms, St. James's -street. In the absence of the Duke of Rich mond, who had promised to preside, but who wns pre vented by indisposition, the chair was taken by Lord Ravens worth, supported by about 100 gentlemen, friends of the charity. A collection was made, which resulted in an addition to the funds of the hospital of aboutl,sool. The affray between the military and militia in Cork was renewed on Monday night, /and several of the riot ers suffered considerably. They were, however, finally secnred by the Vekets, And placed under re-tiaint. FLAGS OF TRUCE AT SEBASTOPOL. —General Pelisshr has issued the following general order relatk;e to flags' o f truce :—" The Gentra'•in•Chief has decided that the communicat►ons with the eneiry should hereafter take place by sea, and that the fblg-, of truce should meet in boats, off the harbour. Consequently, the general com manding the first corps expressly recommends to the general, major, and superior officers in the trenches, not to admit any Russtan flag of truce, either on the right or centre of the attack of the fitsl corps, or near the cemetery, where it, was hitherto usual to exchange mes sages and communications. Every infraction of the pre sent order will be severely punished. (Signed) PE LISSIER, the General Commanding the First Corps.— Before Sebastopol, April 20.". A line of electric telegraph is about to he ePtablished from Wenenborg, province of Scotia, in Sweden, to the frontier of Norway. It is to run along the western coast of Sweden. A #, - L I „ I -, , -I- 1 17.4 V PARIS, THURSDAY, MAY 10, i A.M. The iVoniteur says that advice from the Cri- men, dated the 9th of May, at 10 o'c!ock announce the arrival there of General della Mar mora, with 4,000 men of the Piedmontese trcops. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Yoniteur contains the following : " The Emperor has received letters of congratu lation from the Grand Duke of Tuscany, on his escape from the late attempt on his life. " In the indictment against the assassin Pianori, it was stated that on the 28th of April the Em peror was attended by only one equerry, whereas Lieut. -Colonel Valabriq ue was on his left hand and Col. Ney on his right. The assassin rushed from the path on the right of the Emperor, but the pre ' sence of Colonel Ney compelled him to place him self in front to fire the first shot. Colonel Ney than having quickly borne down upon him, changed the direction of the second shot, and entirely frus trated the attempt." It is reported that further changes will be made in the Cabinet, in addition to what has already taken place ; that M. Billault, Minister of the Interior, is to succeed Admiral Hamelin as Minister of Marine, whose retirement is certain ; that M. Rouher, Minister of Public Works, will succeed M. Billault in the Home Department ; and that M. Paul de Richemont, one of the directors of the Paris and Orleans Railways, will take the place of M. Rouher as Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : " TRIESTE, Bth.—Accounts from Constantinople of the 30th ult., state that the Piedmontese troops will encamp provisionally at Malack, where they will form the left wing of the French &tiny in the event of the latter marchingon Kaffa and Perekop. Baron de Tecco, the Piedmontese Ambassador, has exchanged the ratifications of the treaty of alliance with tho Porte. Accounts from Asia announce that Mehemet Warsif Pacha had advanced on Kars at the head of his staff. Letters from Trebisond, of the 25th, state that the Khan of Khiva, who had been committing depredations on the Persian territory, had been captured and with 27 of his fol lowers beheaded at Teheran. It is also mentioned that Persia would declare in favour of the Porte immediately after the arrival, at Teheran, of the French and English Envoys." "VIENNA, Bth.—General Crawford, who is ap ted to accompany General Hess, left yesterday with his family for Hitzing." The Emperor yesterday received through the Marquis de Tany de Nerli, Charge-d'Affaires of Tuscany, a letter from the Archduke, his sovereign, on the occasion of the attempt against his Imperial Majesty's life. Count Walewski, who was summoned to Paris by electric telegraph, has taken the oath to the Emperor, and assumed possession of the ministry of Foreign Affairs. The directors of the Exhibition Palace Company had the honour of an audience of their Majesties yesterday, to present the collection of medals which had been struck off for the inauguration of the Exhibition. The Emperor several times expressed his approbation of their execution. A detachment of one hundred naval gunners arrived at Havre yesterday from Toulon, on their way to Cherbourg, where they are to be placed on hoard the floating batteries and gun-boats of the Baltic fleet. A detachment of 500 had previously been sent from Toulon to different ports ; and there still remain 1,000 gunners at Toulon. The Valmy, line- of-battle ship, left Toulon on the Bth for Constantinople, with troops, provisions, and ammunition for the army of the East. A letter from Athens, of the 27th ult., in the Trieste Gazette, says that it was reported in that city that the Anglo-French corps of occupation is about to leave Greece, and that it is to be replaced by a corps of 400 or 500 men to be supplied by a great German Power, of which the name is not stated. BOURSE, MAY 9.—CLOsiNG PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 -- —f. —c. 3 per Cents 6B 50 68 55 Credit Mobilier 7Bl 25 Roman Credit Fonder 530 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes — Piecimontese _ 85 50 Homo Debt 32 RAILWAYS-lON CASE. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans Western 650 Rouen Cette Metliterraneart 1032 50 Havre 550 -- Northern AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the sth, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The news that Russia has ad dressed new propositions to Vienna, and that Aus tria has communicated them to the Western Powers has not revived any hopes of peace. These propositions will no doubt have the same fate as those that preceded them ; Austria herself indeed does not appear to believe that they will be ac cepted by the Western Powers. They arrived here on the Ist, and were brought by Prin e Ser gius Galitzin. The cause of the postponement of Baron Hess's departure for the army is to allow Time for the reply of the 'Western Powers to the Russian propositions to be known." A letter from Vienna states that Riza Bey, who was present at the Conferences before the ar rival of Ali Pacha, had left that city for Paris. The Ambassador of Saxony in Vienna, M. de Konneritz, gage a grand dinner in that city on the 4th, at which were present Prince Gortschakoff, Count Arnim, and Prince G-alitzin. It is stated in a Vienna letter of the sth that it is intended to establish there a Discount Bank on a large scale. The same letter states that the trade in swine has become very considerable in Hungary; in the course of the preceding week the agents of two English houses bargained f or th e purchase of 10,000 pigs to be delivered in May, June, July and August. SWEDEN. A letter from Stockholm, in the Assembles Na tionale, says :—" Several regiments of the Swedish army have received orders to come here as soon as they shall have concluded the exercises which they go through every year in the month of May, in the different military departments of Sweden. It ap pears to be the intention of the Swedish Govern ment to assemble a considerable force this summer, and to form a camp in the neighbourhood of this capital. In addition to the fitting out of several vessels of war, the Swedish Government has just ordered that a squadron of gun-boats shall be armed, and placed under the command of Commo dore Prince Oscar, the second son of the King." A letter from amburg, speaking of the expedi tion of English and French troops to the Baltic, says "A colonel of the French staff lately passed through this city on his way to Stockholm, via Copenhagen. It was said that he was charged by his Government to obtain from Sweden a point of territory, favourable for the landing and provisional encampment of an expeditionary corps of French troops. If this concession cannot be obtained from. the Swedish Government, it was added that Bomar sund and some of the adjacent islands would be fixed on for the landing of the troops and the general depot of warlike stores and ammunition, and the French Government would in that case construct fortified works on these islands, to protect the troops from any coup de main that might be attempted by the Russians." SPAIN. MADRID, Bth.—The Cortes yesterday voted the third constitutional basis. It. to-day rejected, by a majority of 119 to 18, the vote of censure on the Governor of Madrid, proposed by the democratic deputies. The King of Bavaria arrived at Rome on the 27th, under the incognito of Count of Augsburg, and on the following day paid a visit to the Pope. The late Cardinal Oppizzoni, Archbishop of B o l ogna , has left all his "fortune amounting to 100.000 scudi (5,400,000 fr.), to the Banca de Misericordia, a charitable establishment in that city. The commercial accounts from New York. yesterday describe a tendency to improvement in the stock-mar ket, owing, in a great measure, to the advices from England or the reduction in the Bank rate of discount at the beginning of last month. The shipments of specie and the delay in the receipts from California consequent upon the San Francisco banking difficulties still operated unfavonra lily, and but for these circumstances there wor.id apparently have been more buoyancy, the con traction of business being such as to reduce the de mand for money to a point much below the ordinary supply. Illinois Central Bonds were at 76k, New York ' Central at 92A, and Erie Railroad stock at 51i. Ac cording to a circular of Messrs. Blake, Howe, and Co., of Boston, the most flattering accounts are given of the growing crops in the West. Notice had been published that the Crystal Palace at New York must be cleared of all goods by the 30th of June, and the owners of imported articles were requested therefore to take them away as soon as convenient, the Secretor) , of the Treasury at W as hi ngton having meanwhile issued a liberal letter of instructions for their Custom-house, passa ge at the TLi 110 Y A The 37th annual exhibitio•t of the Royal Acalemy waq opened view on Monday last, and, we need scarcely say, was crowded throughout the morning with the aristocracy, the cite of fashion, of literature, and of the patrons and lovei-g of the fine arts. Indee , l, so great - was the pressure in every part of the rooms to.at it was with the greatest difficulty that one could obtain eye," a brief and passing view of the principal pictures " on the line," but more particularly of those which appeared to form the chief points d'attraction, and of which we shall pre sently speak. I Whilst it cannot for a moment be denied that this year's exhibition is satisfactory a 4 an indication of the present standard of painting in this country, at the same time, we imagine, a feeling akin to disappoint ment will naturally arise in the mind of the careful oh. server from the fact that some of the leading and recog nised maestros in different schools, if the term may be permitted, are by no means so fully or so favonrably re presented as on previous occasions. This arises, how ever, more from the character of the subjects they have chosen as the vehicles of their peculiar talents than from any inferiority in their style or execution, or deli cien.cy in the manner in which they are rendered ; whilst the comparatively narrow compass into which, in some instances, their efforts have been compressed leaves much more to be desired than is actually presented to the eye. There is, besides, speaking in a wide sense, a visible absence of grand historical and scriptural works, and of rare and happy ima ginative conceptions out of the ordinary range, such as we have of late been so accustomed to look for in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy. Nevertheless, we repeat, there is much to gratify as well as to admire amongst the almost endless diversity of compositions which adorn the crowded walls. We will in the first place notice a picture relative to which the greatest curiosity and interest seems to have been excited, not merely from the het of its being the production of a young artist whose name has been hitherto unknown, and who, we believe, is now stulying in Rome, or the circumstance that it has been already purchased for her Majesty for the handsome sum of 6001.—though these are startling enough—but also fr its intrinsic merits. We allude to "The Procession of Cimabue's celebrated Madonna through the streets of Florence," by Mr. F. Leighton (569). It is a composi tion of large dimensions, and bold and daring in concep tion and handling, yet every obvious difficulty is sur mounted in the most complete and triumphant manner. The story is simple enough : "In front of the Ma donna and crowned with laurels walks.Cimabue himself, with his pupil Giotto; behind it Arnolfo di Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafi, Nicola Pi=ano, Buffdtnacco and Simone Memini; in the corner Dante." The procession is equally simple, but it is endowed with so much motion and vitality that the impression of its truthfulness in every detail is irresistible. Detail is, however, one of the most prominent as it is one of the roost remarkable characteristics of the work ; yet the accuracy of drawing, the variety of attitude, the rich and harmonious colouring, and the perfect 'Drier and keep ing of the whole combine and produce an effect, of the most successful description. The work is essentially a novelty; but of so high a class that it stamps the genius aid originality of the artist, as we hope it does his reputation. Passing onwards the eye is at once caught by the ex tended proportions of " Rome" (594) by Mr. D, Roberts. The work is a noble one, and fully equal to any of this master's former productions. The point of view selected is quite fresh, and presents the once-famed aid still intere , ting city i❑ an entirely different aspect to any we have previously seen. The foreground is upon a consi derable elevation, beneath which flows the lazy Tiher in its circuitous course, and Rome with its numberless domes, campaniles, and strada spreads out and around into the distance with a panoramic comprehensiveness. The mantle of the coming twilight is gradually wrapping the scene in its grey and sombre folds—but the setting sun gilds with splendour the summits of its fretted roofs and temples, and exquisitely realises the descrip• tive lines : " Thou bast thy sunset's glow, Rome ! for thy dower, Flushing tall cypress bough, Temple, and tower !" Mr. Maelise is represented by the scene before the Duke's Palace wherein Orlando is about to engage with the Duke's wrestler (78). It is an effort the individuality of which no one can mistake. Though by no means on so large a scale as the subject in such hands might have warranted with advantage, it is replete with the most deep and careful study both of the characters themselves and in the portrayal of the emotions by which each is at the moment animated. The Duke sits anxiously and impatiently on his throne awatinz the coining conflict ; on his left is the slim yet graceful Or lando, who addresses Rosalind in the soft and gentle language attributed to him by the great hard. Rosa lind and Celia, who intervene, clasping each other's hands, beam from, their countenances the kindest hope fsr the issue of the strui!gle—the former speaking more meaningly by looks than words to her modest lover as she says, "The little strength I have, I would it were with you." Perhaps the only remits: ye figure in the whole group is the wrestler, a personification of mere brute strength, elevated by no particle of mind. The sly roguish expression of Touchst np, as he looks upwards from where he is reclining full into the pale and thought ful face of Rosalind, is capital. The subordinate cha racters are cleverly put in ; the colouring is rich, and the execution is of that soft texture and delicate minuteness which this great artist is so deservedly admired. We prefer the style and spirit of Mr. Frith when it is applied to the working out of such charming little studies as his " Maria tricking Malvolin (108) in the Wood," than when displayed in such incidents as "At the Opera " (305), or " The Lovers" (126), though, in the last-mentioned class, lie shone out very conspicimeslf at last year's exhibition. Each of these, however, in their way, will well repay an attentive inspection. Of the three contributions sent by Mr. Egg we think it will be readily admitted that the "Life and Death of Buckingham " (394), which is in reality two pictures, is decidedly the best in many re spects. It illustrates two striking phases in the career Of the pampered but ill fated courtier, and is, we sup pose, intended to inculcate the mural—to use the trite words of Scott—" of the, instability of human greatness, and the transitory value of earthly possessions. ' On the one hand, we find him in the midst of a scene of dis solute debauchery, surrounded by a gay and profligate circle, and all that affluence can command to minister to sensual luxury. On the other, we see him alone and friendless, stretched on a miserable pallet, in, if:possi ble, a more miserable garret, just as the last agonies of death are past. The contrast is striking and effective, and the story is well and plainly told ; but we could have wished that the features of his companions in the first part had been less harsh and disagreeable. "Come, Test in this bosom" (136), by the same artist, is, we think, neither sentimental nor felicitous ; but his • 4 Through the green shade wandering" (127), is very pretty and very Pleasing. The only production shown by the President, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, "Beatrice" (120), is somewhat tame •and mean- ingless ; but is not, nevertheless, wanting in beauty and finish in an artistic sense.—M. E. M. Ward has also contented himself with simply sending a portrait of Lieut.-General Hearsey, in the dress of the Native Irregular Cavalry, H.E.I. C.S." (137) "Lear recovering his reason at the sight of Cordelia" (149), by Mr. J. R. Herbert, is a very fine conception. The dawn of re turning intellect in the grey-haired and grief-stricken old monarch, and the faint struggle of mental energy, as be slowly recalls the beloved image of his sweet en dearing daughter, and exclaims—" Methinks I shOuld know you. Yet I am doubtful. Do not laugh at me. For as I am a man, I think this lady to be my child, Cor delia"—is marvellously rendered ; whilst the agitation 'twixt brightening hope and anxious fear, lest her joy should be pre nature, is eloquently expressed in the face of the beautiful Cordelia.—Mr. S. A. Hart has two pietures. The larger one (225) is descriptive of the " Captivity of Eccelino, the tyrant of Padua," who, when taken prisoner to Soncino, rejected all medical and spiritual aid, tore the bandages from his wounds, and refused food, until death put an end to his obs.ieate resistance. The tyrant is depicted in the act of thrusting from him, with a scornful gesture, the refreshment proffered to him by a sweet girl. The other (327) drawn from Sbakspere's Othello—where the cunning and deceitful lago first attempts to un lermine the affec tion of the Moor. In this the attitudes are excellent ; the countenance of Othello, especially, is ekceedingly felicitous, as indicating the birth of that suspicion which so soon cankers 'into jealousy and hate. Mr. Millais, in "The Rescue" (282), has again favoured us with a display of some extraordinary eccentricity ; which trait is exemplified, in the first place, by the title of the pic ture, which is very vague. The subject too is ordinary and common-place enough ; yet there is an attraction about the work, fromits very singularity, which impels one towards, and to look into, it ; and it is only upon a elose examination that the meaning and purpose of the artist becomes evident. The scene embodies one of those stirring incidents in every-day life--a house on fire —and the moment selected by Mr. Millais is whey, the upper part of the dwellingbeing enveloped in a m a s s o f lurid flame, a sturdy fireman has succeeded in re cuing a couple of fine children from destruction, and is descend ing the stairs safely with them. At the foot, the over joyed mother, clad in her night drew, stretches out her eager arms to receive them. The two boys are well drawn, the frightened aspect of the one on their deliverer's back, bei o naimal and truth ful ; whilst the firm step and cool c,urageoue mien of the fireman are capitally rendrred. Terror, mingled with gratitude for the hairbreadth esc.pe, of the children is the feeling sought to be inspired by these leading features and thee- accessories. In the Litter the artist has lost no opportunity of enhancing the horror of the scene. The burnt night gown of the elder boy, the perfect torrent of conflagration through which the party apparently had to pass, and the curling flame thathas begun to eat its destructive way through the stair on which the fireman is treading—all speak plainly to the peril of the moment. In these, as in other parts of the picture, there appears, at first sight, something akin to exaggeration ; but the impression gives way to a feel ing of an opposite kind as the picture is attentively in . v 01 , 00 spect..d. Al r. F. a P ,ek ► ,..,,gin i,, r-- prc,ent•! o ot do ,. , et• y good spekaniens of his cheracieri-tic style .. is ~ netofee', jig and colouring. Perhaps ' they best f on)SPell"r unarming," (16) illustrative of the pag age r Favy Queene -- " With that her glistening be me she tilli 4ced % Whie:l doll her goldeu locks that were upbaar Still iu a knot, unto her heeler down traced. o_,lctal The second is I Find-rice cen eositiou, "Chri-tuere:' to by Caari , y, , Piety, awl Discretion j i L o u ltt • Valley of Hueliliateon " „ ri d is imbue,,,, TO spirit o f meen purity and originality of cancer. of be third is a Scripture subject (341), "The seutiolsoei disciples by John to Our Lord." Mr. Webst?rile befes s i delights us with some of his quiet, end gelda f .o ing 0 our delineations of juvenile life, the inostgooyer; which is (182) " A race." The competition ls, dd n y, g el between _bipeds, in the shape tvto 11 0 , 0 0 a the humoured-lookingsteeds, eaeh lads a iwho,n o n ba n ds ers!„ r ider. " casualty, however, is occurrinagy—outhlelriineeiluticatstlokrtl is toppling to a fall, and the 801•4.1/__ o f lud ic ,. he rides is looking round with an express!,coidelt, roils curiosity to ascertain the nature of the :_'..3 wit: The oth e r, however, pushes triumphantly forr'-opea s his burden towards the goal, victory being e f t . 3 ,, a. tch S , every lineament of his chubby " Christabel" (181), of Mr. Dyce, WO 0 7; 0 01, b n e ot u ice a d oci ft o l lolll o f, displaYs_. der b e site drawing, but we scarcely think be ~b; jai led the inspiration of the poet from whowme subject. The only compoeition easel of Mr. Frost was (396), "Bacchante ~.,p cj ant e_ a ftWn dancing," which, though it furnishes ar sr i o g 5,,. deuces of the artist's subtle felicity of en!" t ege t ; beauty of outline, is hardly one of his b a r il t h e e s lle cis , t ai Mr. A. F. Poole, in his " Seventh dal °I strs orib r 'r ron" (457), has succeeded in producing ar'!„ ncl, c° o 4 picture, full of skilful and elegant groull°lo rennedil, siderable animation ; hut its general effec t ro ses s ero l very curious by a most fanciful, yet by n° ere ° o e' agreeable, play of light and shade. There peainstias battle pieces, illustrative of incidents ilir's't, Sebestiios and Crimean strugeles. Tee siege °I 9 ere toting (545) at the point where the British to O P O i 0 ia . ,,t possession of the heights of St. Bartolotne it l ; Stanfield's best and most vivo one tnaSr,ftbe A. 0 the latter Mr. G. Jones sends " The 13attihsnit 010 (249), as a design for a large picture , / 1; 1- 0 °I el very vivid idea of the difficulties sod d° f ribu ti oo / , 0 9 , never-to-be forgotten action. Tbe c : t n of S t , 0' Mr. F. Goodall (402), the "Al l ' - t o St, of smt Royalist—Brittany," displalf, ~,,tist, e s , iil vantage the vigorous conception of this i 'ithe otostl titedes are striking, and well chosen, 2° , 0 0 10 '''' ofir animated and natural. The colcuringr 'l.ml:fudge I), prai.e. The only scriptural piece which l ess ' 1, i g Oil rp i' observation of any pretensions in sio a't fors iril 0 . Mr. T. Brigstocke (540), "The PraYe r Re o pt. illustrative of the battle between the Isra,9„r of r' % 0 0 Arnalekitem, as described in the 17th chapt er o r; The figure of Moses seated on a rock is - w ho °Pier well drawn, as also are Aaron arel of of pro , jo g his hands. The upturned face of the I , ta cle o r f t he t of ie loe presses very finely a prayerful invocaticc.„o oel pale of Heaven in the struggle, and the cens cl " by , 9 6 joet - 0 0 much its issue depends upon his OP Pd o rio t ' I once. We enu , t ,ay, however, that we 110 the tone of the background./0 Oi l s ea Of sea pieces there are apparently few l el (1 69 'ee s Mr. E. W. Cooke has been very succeotni• wbieb'iti• North Sea Breeze—on the Dutch C°A-_,lt'VbanLeingtel Scheveling fishermen are busily engag e ' eatingls ho'" 0 10; huge smack out of the surf. which 11 13 as on oir the shore. Mr. J. W. Carmichen alel sess i, „ o t or b y rable picture View of ffeligolannef, boseee " ../lr n where the Foreign Legion will embark. is p re- ,es) r fore called atteetion in our columns t° t bt, vi 'a sr and feel great pleasure in again noticing lit o ' f as ij n " add, that it is hung far too high to O ICIt eV. indeed preciation being formed of its intrinsic.o ; be Or - 0d There are several excellent picture, I n r be oginiollf Room, which are well deserving (03fgbsettbsbt,0(16:40111;I: more prominent situations. AM noticed Mr. F. Wyburd's " Lalla I:Onisbig crfe il t . Or gorgeous and really meritorious wor k ' 11°2 '0 0°11° 6 r° to the manipulative skill and fervid irtstisotol.,o/0 artist. The'gorgeous incidentals of en to Ol e gO are rendered with exceeding ea`° * cci e fi t 'l l e e befa ll ° ° lol l' two female figures, especially that t't ' of the P perfect types of the ioluptUoue l Ou t° a lso I ° ll o oo "The London Gazette of 1854" ( I ' 4°s)'l u ncli g re Se 9°°' turn into which Mr. Barwell has inful_ d t Bodo pathos, and a sentiment which cannot but 1 00 sive chord in every feeling heart. the 61 1 i s Portraits form a prominent feature il° f. Ofon i !tir' this year, and in this department d,beeee', e b liO f q prolific contributor. An excellent il' 31. V., ^ t or Richmond, of the late Sir R. a• ing li9 ' deal , ° ob i° so long a time was antiquary to the 9Cti ftrae t ni a% r from the fact of his so recent decease t° at of bs / e s on e 0 , terest and attention. Mr. Lance se - i d „ o n )- 0 geous fruit pieces—such as be ony 0 0 ~ *ender a somewhat eccentr ic title 4432). „ olisr4og penee,, pee di p Coming round to landscapes, '-'-` ' s een es bee. if with one of his mellow-goldan snas, et fi, it' A ja& • (287), in the rosy time of year' AL r • lf n )1 P r° Ye • b b a se , 00 .6 o a, adriwhnubdtcnihtktaismrneser.veTr.alsp.icctu,orees,r.exeTchuetetdivbolbest, 0i 0 b 9 10 ,1 1. cl 6 ' 0, 14 Flu ring conjunction s aofiaafrahe h s w w u hm s a i l i c P r n h. bright, er e aolTaw sunny Ir e r a 12 1 e : e s: h oa. : e g s i le o n ,:b u r ti c e i e tl, l B 7 o :t e s 7 i, r i;: ; i t : l ; r, ) li iiog i iwsßviiite,ve River." excellent . ~ i‘ p f l re. t a c r e e 0 p ( n th pieces, of largess also ls cattlerich i i w . i n e i it o lo b n. n s a e r t: v hili z e: d r . iatti 'l 7l, t de .C s G ici : va r , e p i : I 13 i 0 : 1) , , P i g e :e t'. i i t a ; : 11 : r t , t : ;_ r i b iC i r i r t el tie I 0.0 1 1 :0; /31 : ° :i to our a tfte o r a n t o n o xce. led himself ' inr"Th eat en * 0 'Die J 0 . mer Time" ( 440 ) , which he h Mr. R. .keelell, A. fine team of her e s t uff' Mr. e j ointe d c '&0'4001 heavily-laden timber wegeon, are ,n ru e n ind ri ho j o B ,o l4 amidst a scene teeming with rural an° s e-- 0 et " t ar We imagine Mr. Ansdell, however , i s. f rt ° e . .s), ci e silv himself in his "Seetch Gamekeeper ll e o siO n iecel minds us of some of his best delineations e n ate r o o ' male. Mr. Red zrave shines out in 34) 511Ablei "The Sylvan. Spring " (83), an d 047) dells anag'ooo4° the Stream " two of the sweete-t leafy, tie`,,,,aties.,fr• Mr. J. M. 'Carrick, a youn and protuisic„4 ses7 0 , 0 0 Mr. T. Carrick, exhibits two mountailo.lo7:oe; the neighbourhood of B yedale Cu lp *, le i "? ' (606) is a lonely orro , , ;ile a 09 0 _ . OO pathway on the "` an d 0 1 /. 4 er 0 4 deepest silence and seclusion brood , „,,„, e blv, re d, So, nentl v ad. seenery . epted to e, meditative m ind. ~,,"- e oo rt'o s tS , .l if his of . that romantic sot is hal ) P 4J d of S ; o ‘l l° ' „ _ a received ample justice at the hail 5 0, , 0 re agstrath" (1,363) is no less sue° e11,,0 possible, the better pieture of the terot_aa w t e ll The c. ii.tente of the South Room " I . 0 0 r , . V ; 0 11 abl e ta' carefa' study filings as it is with gal , °' ° el '. o ge - 10 less I • ' a iI. with theptalio, p. ,asing, _Leger. ; red the ot . I) ion. emnPe her department , . Portraits Prix aroerirl: t o e to , I . O'4P ra,cteri. ' tic, i atu• am engst these we wer e - gr, ' , g 1; ',J find o ne of Miss E iz 1, Cook (759). bY, a han'te.dir In this Mr. Carrick has not contenl: s of ° Are simply achieving a true likenees--thoug"abt to ot; • 00 . .been singularly felicitous —but he has e c no e nii l4 clisral 10 the oven and expressive c minted!, is betos; intellectual warmth and animation wilic'ited l l l Ol b b teristic of the amiable and highlriiikese.o„o P. 4 l'n fact, this is the only genui ne hither'to c'rtr°/Itio yet appeared, for all that have t pB ll . O >d r• lished were mere vulgar atteroPt4 , t a/ A re the delicate " poetess of the peoole• e aceli" yet 0 t bas ale° contributed several o ther e lest' a ild t ! s e tAr mite, remarkable not only for their o°' ' ife e prl e tt manipulation, but also for their fideli t l, r 'ited cf, 51 0 (813) " Herbert Ingram Bag ," the,,"',. i " 0' VP t lir of the Illustrated 'London News. ,Ta't \ 5 0%100 with" (851), and "Mrs. Beckwith lgy v ai wh in 0 01c 1 a ° e particular, for the evident care an d „Vet the plays. co- 0 vo So far , it w i ll PO A tt o 00 1 0 be obvious, We, foe' et remarks almost exclus;vely to tee ID s:, r artistic world, and that °nil g e o - 1 te e convenience attending our visit w"-fable tbnite this. There are, however, ion rae• 00060,A, ft ! oh eyery variety by gentlemen w hose lz „ 1 / 4 , o j $B ll O O not di7nified by the degrees of iis„ 11 00 1 are fain liar to us "as household ° l ' d ea° possess attractions of no ordinary 160 ' 40 repay a careful examination. ~ yo „ I v Of ATTEMPTED ASSASSIPTAT,- i NAPO LEO . 0 9° ______.•------.,g. or f ; , 000 A TO THE EDITOR 01 SI PI b !.00 1 1 i . it r er Sin)—Suppose some vehement ii:. oo bir o elP t ho of the railway system were to e ta ;i i r iver c lsib le 'r eil l bridge, and deliberately shoot at the eared pre il et r sit train, as it passed, and that it aPPeacir that l)r e i tts ° lll ° this was done " upon principle, Wi tt° 'P a r e d c b° _r " way association existed with the M C , 0 h „ is ° a ° Stokers and Pokers." Well, see, it beta us eb"life 6 ' o l° John Brown should just be shot at are tbe th e st c ,s t 4l rate driver of an express train• Bu t are t° be ° , es orn , i io to to foe whole train full of people to be monomania of Anti-Rail llf not, W" % Oh l V!?, prevent the repot tion of the c rime ! k eg, l l° it c ,„ sa ttr w e P D° s • Sir, if be possible, for our ow- ro os Alignr A the right • •thing We r er' lie and justice of the , ho t i v:4 ir, Louis NAPOLEON on the line, a s the 00 0 AeW q sg trg i° •fig ° f ah roil sees of the We great European orPre .b o otte leee b tie a object, in the abstract, t° '_ do, boo' . 0 0 - 1 differ in opinion with ,us. Write themdoo,, e jap e . . down, and reason them down but t he s b olo s , 0 0 Wh if ' fer Tele .0 , 0 0 Why, ever man gave good cause vaeerort. ow 0 extreme measures it was the late N 4 -, l n d vo' c ' t tit ° don't think there is 'a gIIg III-- tb °- a man i be rri have reprobated anattempt to de wi ll { ~ p o y a llrlfis a, despot. if P ° ' 0 1 i feo e The Emperor of the French uist,iobtoeetored 01 served_ from assassins. Let the pi,,l. n na il et feteiTilioe, he made studiously iennminious• 1 linttaahojee!i it y r I regard only the interests of tb e o f the° tiere, If ,t_ peace and happiness of Europe, atil 3 d d ro o er to jet?. world. Take the life of the 'rite°. e a roaaereinelo, pro thought best ; but, take that life 1"01 the 14 . 0 ve le 1 1 0 diserace on the nerne and mernorY. ,_ for bi !t oe ~ t e, ‘ prit. Louis Napoleon le reiparkanle..eir cr,,, thlP •it ier his personal enemies, however greet td_ po pe a sien; c oo: his duty to himself and to the world tuwitAr ~no,fieo' c u. 81 Jols frev in the manner most likelY tO ene, like 0 .. a,. 1, If not banged, let him be scourged ,' __Sou' a t wee. demned to a life of penal sery servant, Pf lti ..---------------.,3 clelPheil:l/0 The markets for Russian Produce bluld o u tv bed the decline in tallo off 'l3 the point rObepee.hori Conferfo che°P • of the breaking up 'tore Vienna equal to 4s. or 5s per cwt. lieuT 110. _nitiftr well as linseed, linseed oil, and other arty el ore" in o r The Eastern Archipelago Con3POY :ooti°°„' a-01' fleet . of screw steamers, of peculiar 0 10 or d ove l e '' d o nec.tion with their coal mines at Llibut‘l3,.3 froillAero reit posits coast of Borneo, where their gr ii : e otol'of° tan au ncexhteedn at ts Liverpooll 5 O on, The o firs t l ;f t it h p e a ° b 0 0 ° of 1,000 too. ,