The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-18 00:00:00

yon dble tole . zus• 077 ---- jo.; y AN;; COMM BRO., - A L INT , ?1,,L 1-7 ENC.% ta~ Jar iO l6. -)30. 'tb° i cbo to e A itKET CITY, Two o'CLocK. el The cottol3. market a t Li verpoo l yes t er d ay eh o , s h eci '.IIIIY, and p r i ces of all kinds were un (l-..gett• The sa l es were estimated at 8,000 hales 1,17 1 of which were for export), comprising 200 ZUP . tian at ed, to sic!. ; 1,000 Surat at 3id. to it:. a.3 and 120 Sea Islands at Sid. to ls. Bd. per ( Net libe Railway share market was extremely • , and prices were lower for most of the lead lag docks. ouncese al liP Stat esman from Melbourne brings 18, 337 i ll 4r Y 12. gold, T he dates are not later than Janu- _ ____ ---- - ---- T he ste 1 )5 ,, r , A‘,_ arn er Atlanti c, f rom N ew York, brings 4 'wu dollars i n specie. 4etlee nnt s from th e Baltic ports mention that tte gui eri and Denrnark could not be considered as app re Z ein g in the p o li cy of Russia ; but they were acti ve "' s ive of c onsequences should they take an raw Part against h er, un l ess t h e All i es gua taisevaed the th M against subsequent attack, and pro that ti el3l some i ndemnification for the sacrifices 1,4 tue,Y might make. W eil l h? Stock Exchange there have been various fai r to4tl°ll3 Made as to the price which it would be iie wict e Ter the Chancellor of the Exchequer for his beth.,, an ; and although 12s. to 12s. 61. seems to ...., la ... 4 4'14 "nitrite figure, th e poss ibilit y o f some im ' roate,;,,'„ vent betwee n thi s an d F r id ay next may ye nerci "3' alter the calculations. As we observed 4 %4 ,Ythe Chancellor will have his minimum, and fte c . , b ut w e i 'PGany tender that is considered too low; keY I,_ 14a.ine that the contractors, w loever they i litl vieetstwill not be anxious to drive a hard bar of tryi ' tpi the course should be at once resorted o f „ Pe bion s ball ? Pen loan. There are multitudes o 40118, bas to My nothing of large assurance corpora tlkii,:cibkers, ___ , L juan public companies, that would 14 1 ) tj sub for amounts varying from 5001. a t th ° 2°°)°oo/. or 300,0001., if they could do so 11 a Pkink a ll tri ed . of England; and as . even Austria 4° atte mpt tblB Plan With success, it is singular that follow of the kind has been made here. The , cl avrti ll o g , i3o oe of the calculations that have been Ilvl Per -14 ' alld assumes the value of money to be per cent. :__ 10 1 0 E.. 61 °1 ' with a3O oars' annuity of 11s. 51d., value Cos equal to c Y o 804 with Coo at 90. . 140;1%., i. ua 30 years' annuity of 12s. 01c1., value il l 'ees o i e w 7qtial to Consols at 891. 1 00 :' iecmetil Coo years' annuity of 12s. 71d., value itlioNeiz ito sols at 89. 100,4 1 0 i ., j a i th a 30 years' value lis% w equal to Consols ..t 881. annuity of 13s. 2/d., 4 ii e Iti l a3O years' annuity of 13s. 94d., value I.esterciln4l to Consols at 88. n all atg e 4 itY afternoon the rates for bills of ex 11'°btit,ettf."111 here upon the principal cities of the i m4 , ellk,,,,_Were fir mer —Paris, 90 days, 25 45 to 50 ; ' 4 l. • e") 13 81. to 8 3 • Amsterdam, 12 04 to d 4 - , Ail'tila.ll T rieste, 12 45 to 48. )441 '01 1 er° Wi ll be great obstacles to business to -141 • ' Nni to the vast crowds in all the prin tkr eit Y tho 104 oft r°llgbfares, it is hoped the recommen -444101 16 Lord Mayor to abstain from business eehe 1, 4 Possibl e w ill b e carried out. are --ni(111 ach are very fi rm thi s morn i ng, a l t h oug h ' s t o ble at eo a bout the state of affairs at Vienna bleat billeting. Consols have been 904 to 90/ 3 p h Wet' A % . eellt. ' arl ' - ' 90 1 to 904 for account. The New 1 1 to D'' h ave been 894 to 90, and the Reduced seq. vo i , ,h 14044. Exchequer Bills are ss. to 10s., and 4 griti o , ~4 14 s. to 15s. premium. 4 11'4 14 4 4 tec as very buoyant, and has been 4.N 11.,,,hig1734 and 70. Spanish Now De ,,,,llliatl ,_-"'4l have been quoted 181 to 18.1. Sar k lib. ' oo lc h 4 s ha as realised 86/. Portuguese Bonds l'e I) ee le be en at 394. Dutch 4 per Cents. l's 11 at go i. q v e' foli o f foreign ta, :ce • el. " 111 g are the nominal prices o vi _ i _ t ' , 20...%14enada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 61; , ex. me t v 1,0 9,1 7 69 to 71 ; il 011 ts 48 , us • Peruvian, ditto Three i ' R .' to 50 • Portuguese Four per Cents., t . ti •ttc 1- •tt ' Cents., 98 to 100; IL F o b ussian Five per oittli c"and• ll if per Cents., 88 to 90 ; it ° est s -evr Deferred, 17 . - to 181 . ; ditto Three N t? Pe,.,' 3 4 to 36: ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 512; 0 l 'he C v et 4/ to 4. 11li')g. to,IWaY Share Market is rather firmer, k ( tr 4„ 'he improvement in stocks. The princi -I,hll44,Mctiona have been in North-Western, erei tastern Counties, and North-Eastern. Pr, gti sha re s have been steady though quiet. kti v °reig and o at ah,...i Col onial Mines have been in ,•44144 , 4, the previous rates, . s 'll4 have b een the Joint Stock 4 e 4 are mostly fir m, and the Miscellaneous suPPorted. k 41311 puv.,,-----_______ % ''.m TI:116 DAY AT ONE ON:L.) . ( Pro„ L I t el4 t. - - ' l °' °Seta/ Li:. i finvineq. lone L il l* 3 ° at. Itede„ullsoca Annuities BB4 91 9 "I R A Per eent annuities bit ' ll nitt- • annuities I kao ' 1 .44 • kli k ito y ea Ire stl) Jan., i Bri) b it Mt 111, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3/ n ke • tlotio lel',kte r t , ,_--..... A gee "x) ...................... ... 12 'i l 'Ree t . u ut, 10th It. N4O O Ni b. ~ 'ay o ....... ‘-# - p10h14411., ....... ...... ... . " pit..11,,e....... .......... ................. . 5 10 411, 4 14 (1 ?41 ; ......... • 99 I , h ill % , e it p op t , , 3i pe r cent. ° ll. - Nli '''Uls t' - 'I ( IN FUND:3 AT I)'4 E o'4 'l,O '.; 1 k h ,"' l tlu e t tinu t i: P,er C ent B5l Lbiq:An ' ' l 4B 3 -, 0 Per Cent., Con. 18 il — p_tili (4l ) ,,. D-er Cent. 391 Di tto I, t t1;4 , -) Per Cent 861 N I l* lie?, cent ____ ••14,0 Cul% q'ed, 3 per Cent. lm A i , Per Cent _ N IA kNi t utn - Zecotlnt.. Ilittilehkig-- 0 . , th, above payable in Lond") Per 6:; a 2 . i Der Cent. 12 Guil , 63 '• Certificates ... Di tt o 14 HALF-PA ' TWO, . 1 ,,,.. ....... 9°l S 7 -14. 3; AccOCl;i ................... 1 9°4 DAY.) SIPPING --1, tiot, THIS (4E. -mzb ------- weather this day a ,t.,'.1.12.til 18.---Wind and , weather. . , dry 1,,.: blt/Qn°,,,°R breeze and fine, clear, i' ll 144 1,,(11, Prif 1" Statestnan, ( fr y o sailed for Q1114114_1 fr °re 1,0 7. lbourne, and , Archer, )111444 1: 311 -. April 1 I.— Wind E. to S.El'. •tatt.....eti, sail n i don,. for Melbourne, for Now York, Port Philip. (tipt,ett,4l:titilia, u4eta.uvi.iLiverpool, Lon se Marie, do. N:l 4l ' thelZ°4, April%l7. Wind, S.E.Sailed—Tynevow South it et. .. eat Indies ; Golden - Spring, for " ittit otrili Ar 'ved—Clif- IS ii„tela ,„Alltil 17 —Wind, E.N.E. t n l3B). C" - ~ui w i l / 4 1 1,1: 4 r ta ,P,,10t 0 -1. „ .4 e r - li. o ts S.,tpl l7 , ll. ; t l;:f ii i ..ll, .Tl an i r d t e h o( transpor 4,:;04•1„z.";`-cet le I,:f ratio anti. Calcutta. . GipseY, te es hi s , 4 • AP iii 17 1° °, from. E Arrived -0211,1, %de Sol --Wind, E.N. . Tyne, ee d t 'o. P , o f r o t r sm A o so u e L n h s ' io f n or . 10 si, 011 D A 4, , for Vie ' ' l 4ll 17 Solulia, I ' t . '''"•Wind, N.E. th, , gt , A has been t ill, l / 4 le 1,`1.,1)*1 17....Th0 Fl y of Yarniont and k D A 4ltlaz 1111:41:1714:1.1e043,dIt1401leed, wiili loss of mainmast Itk,f•l4l keeate L4'I),IL 17 - i che J. R. Folsom (AmericantheHen ;eieltena""ntl'i,v l':;71c,- struck yesterday on the after -1 ; et t .- '4octs, hear Lundy Island, and a 1 ; 411 1 4' 1.15" e saved 4 4 iti,P4 Pril I- • 11 1 h 4, Ap:i---alivel—T. FieldinAgr,rif inl)4olltilai 1 16.----Wind, W. iii to ,-;_llhA ',, 1 in proceed , v r , o e d m_C D a 1 4 1 z a o . , zl e e d r . 111iiti?.ealtb• 11---The Rattlesnaken(ao,n, ro p ck, and elited .Jettleraeut, 9th inst., ra (PE$ ... ,- 01 44 4LECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 44,1•tripms kW• LitrzitPOOL, Wednesday Morning. i?thzC'Atl. C4: i ttil e i alltht, fro m New York ; Hollander, from I t inte I s .kste r i It i) qe d Illg a uh, for New Orleans; Bunncoose, Nantes ; etti 0(4,1,4 tore. lk, 4 ut . Apra. ' 4 tile i'2•l4°' bate Mobile has not arrived, as re- Ztl, 4 k, ‘l,„ • iv. QuEENsToWN, April 16 . ' 4l l tk i ' - tt„i h . --4.1411t'. ffreorrastlitnil.nore. (11 , r _ p oillt Itr. g A. --.............. 4, Im —"III% AND RIIIIISII TELEGRAPH.) 1 / 2 .: 111 43,' . title 'll,VirE:i END, Wednesday, 10.2 S a.m. A 1:1i, ADrii 1.,e hours &oil, fine. 'kit 1',:'..1..e. 1--Lson, from Gravelines ; (), Eagle ,q• t;.itid :11elaantress, from Bordeaux. ttc, l N‘ i•hy s DEAL, Wednesday 9.57 a.m. ~ti tlo Nest y , ,;. fresh and tine tk'ie Pluo411"41P the buke of : Wellington, has arrived Nl , l of t ,I,eqell ii,,,' 4r1,1 achrrd. cliessi"_.utie ()1t 1 %f , •h . ..kt . tle ship Austerlitz has arrived I ti t i le ' ioptihe 1711-----If4(l' and anchored. Melbourne ; eti o - .J oi t a q, f or 5v,,, 3 1 , , from Leith, 4. aillia JaCebye,3rfor Barcelona ; Dispatch, for It th S il kt'Al, ---_,......___„,....................... kr,hte 4:4 Tltic )--- ------ 01 ,th' 1., I neeti ll , ' ATNOOTH GRANT.—Yesterday, an tl,, l ti k rs4All, Gr eat 1 Protestants was held in the Free -1,(1.!etrii,..41.14t_r Queen-street, for the purpose of liti o, %f t° tut t_u f is u. fo r Promoting the united action of all 0 . g !o r th u ..--rotestants, without regard to party 144 rt.:41411o: repeal "f the Maynooth rant of 1845. Ntili: ace o , 11 , a. oo • . 1 44 81 "iatie e .. t occupied the chair. y ag rees wth the object of the meeting were t. 20 20 10 10 ~t. UE ~t. LO 20 20 4 20:2 20J 100 20 20 2~`► 6 20 50 laq iLou 20 50 20 25 S H ARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. IPl , l.onr friceP yesterday. •sine«s done yesterday. FOREIGN. RAILWAY/. 25 St. St. 25 4[ Zs all 1.00 all 3 IF .'ll 1710. all all 14 al) North London ...., Do. New £lO.. Ige.ottisli Central I Sc ()dish Midland , „ ;:;ropshire Union South Devou So atL Eastern ,South Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dur 'Do _ _ _ Staines, Wok. &Wol Stockton k, Darli StA,lktou & Hartlep' rraff Vale Do. £lO -hares... Do. Pref., No. I_ TOTNT-STO I 10 22 all all ,31 411 2.+( herd nen abg. Nottng and Easter. Junot.. Rall3rmena Binning. Wolverh. Atour Valley B rkenhd. Lanesh. Theshire June' )o. Cheep. & Birk.. £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... I ytli & Tyn,origina £25 (issd. at EC , Bristol and Exeter... !alcdonian Caimarthen and Cal digan , :l)ester & Holyhea ,, :ork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas Cornwall (Irieff Junction 'lublili&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth&Abe , teen Junction Do. New... East Anglian.... r;astern Counties.. . ' , astern Jnion, A Stock ..... B Stock Do., New A East Lancashire sldinburgb & Glaszo , !Mint). and Peebles PAin. PAL & Dunde« orth & Clyde Jll Furness . Do. Extension ( - flaw° w &S. A , esr ;rest Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Sth. &West.are. Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai! Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern rAneaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Laneash. and York.: ) 7, [st. Riding UT, Li v. Cr shy. &South pt. London & Black ws) .ond. i3r gl & S.Cst ion& and N. West,, . [ )o. Fifths . 1 )0.10/. Sh., 5145r8,„ C )o. Eighths ,ondou and S. W6Btll [Do., .£54 Do.; £49.. Luandrry& Colerain & Funisk kr. Lineli Do. Shares, No. I Mau. & Lin. Un Midland 06 ,o. ltirmng. &Dub, al , G. West. (1 re, 223 ' l O. Half Shares kll \Teweastle & 213 '1 wpt..kberg & ffrf 8 ciewry &Enniskille , .11 'cowry Warrenpoin Rostrevor ",6 ,lorfolk INortlin.Conuties fji t • worth British North Devon, No. , io., No. 2 , 0., A A Deferred B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick. )o. do. Extension .„ Do.do. U.N.E. Purci, Do. Leods Do. York N . &S. W , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western., N. & S. Westrn. Jun( Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester, & cVolverhampton Portsmouth _ . 1, names Haven Doe , and ftAlway Vale » Neath \Vaterf 1. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeri West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. Wimbledu & Croydov Antwerp& B ottordam Peigis.n Eastn. June Bezi ers to Graissessat! Bombay, Baroda, Central I ndia,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara f)otcb Rhenish ... Eastern of France ► O . New East India!, g. 5 p. c. Do. Er;en,,io" . Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Cana,l AA is Do. .-3t. Lawrence tc.: Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till 'e3 Du. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Contral of F' au.: it, i ntliat , Penin.it guar. 5 per cent. , Yew 5 per cent. i)o. Extensions..... Great lauxeinbour,: Constituted Shares Do, Obligations Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bds. , payabl e's' , 1 with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Dn. do., '73, without option Hamilton St Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca di Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons di Mediterran. Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur dr Liege (witl , nterest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 30 p. c. & red. at 22A/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Rdp (fray. B. & Ams. She. Nor weaianTrunkPref P sris and Lyons I)itto Bonds ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rown... l'arisCaeu Si Cherhrg. Rouen and Havre '..oval Danish Royal Swedis ;1 Sambre and Meuse_ no. 54 p. cent. Pref. Sciud ...... Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and] Quebec (A) . West Flanders Do 5A per c. Pref ', Western of France Woe.. of Switzerland, Wl J shaden Zealand ..... British Colonial Rank and Loan Company i•witiJi. N. American °hand, Bank of Asia hrtd. link. of Australia, & !olonial Co.mmercial of Loud iioottigr: aid Au,Ora!ian Chart. . ; „owl. Chart. bk. oi A ustralia itto New Loudon ,tud County Loudon Joint Stock Lund. & Wertminste; National Provineia' of England IDo. New 'N a tional of Ireland.. New South Wales.... 'Oriental Bank of Corporation rrovincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & (lola Imp C 0.., South Australia , Union Jf 00. New Un;;:in of Lowlou 20 --21 43 - 84 - 8i 14 - 13 15 -- 16 8j - 70 88 - 591 - 54 12i - 7 - 9 ... - .. 4 - 3 5i - 6 14 15 11 - 1 31 c 3 21 23 1 54 56 2d - par 18 - 20 67 -- 69 88 - 89 72 - 74 23 - 25 91 `►3 63 - 64 59 - 61 65 - 70 5 - 7 5 - 7 75i - 7 8 100 981 ad d 1 d 82 8:3 9 Bil 8 7 23i -- 24 74 - Sii 68f - 10 - 42 •r• 11 -- 9 li - 2 47 - 49 31 . 1 28 29 704 - 716 74 - 7 12 i i - 134 471 481 3 d par 4 4 6i -- 1 d ar 25 - 27 97 - 99 g 3 - E 5 45 47 2i '3 54 6O 27t: 28: 1 2 5 - 3 2 - 1 38 .•• """ 6i 17 4 - 5 . - .. 5 - 6. - 7 .. - 6 2i - 2 8 R 2i - 2$ par i p 2 —14 d R 44 35 74 23 1 -23 i -- 2 p 9 - 8 15 141 981 98i i 6 81 i 71 701 9i 8i 48 50. 83 -- 90 -- 2 --- fin par 4P -- 119 2 2i 21 171 —17 i 96 —• 98 96 98 100 102 17i i 95 -• 97 191 -- 20 98 - -- 100 2 -3 p pox ip 1 lip 4 6 - 2i 6 - Gi 3.4 12i -- 131 - - 9 221 - 23 pi 45 47 39 41 • - Pro 2i 221 par —id i 8 -- 84 a' " - I- 4 d 6 * 7 p iii -= j*6 BANWS 80 82 id= ca gd 17 17 20 21 d ip 33 = 35 39 - 41 66 - 68 71 - 8 ••• 241 1 1 10& 20 40 5 St. 25 r~,~_~a. 13.5 1 ail 15 Agua Fria Ave Maria . British Iron. United Mexican . Waller West Mariposa.... 'Y~tha ;3/1 all it' all 11 2 St. 100 SL .100 E. Count ..... Do.. L. &N.W &Ln&Y OtWestu Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian ~ Australian Australian Cordillera Baden (Gd.Dachy of) Bltenarvon Iron and Coal Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm.) Do. Comes & Cuiab • Do. St. John Del Re Carson's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper , Colonial Gold . Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. Copiapo.... ........ English and Aust;n. ITlopper Srneltg r. Fortuna General .11 Gt. NuggetVeinßeg. .11 Great Polgooth ...... II Liberty 11 Linares. 1 Lusitaniau {ariquitt ..... New Granada New Linares Miniw and Smelting Co , Nouveau gonde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba... South A.ustzalian „ Tin Croft .. Worthing - Mining_ of Austr9lia Lundon F. N. L &N. W. E. Un. oz E. Q 14t,. rialdoniaY, Do qt. Wes' Yk. New . & Y. &NNI Do Do i)o._ Peto & 0 , Norfolk . D 0..... L.& N. W & Midld. Stckton Sr Darli ngl Midland .. 'En. Coun. at North Laneasb York sL T. Brassey If. MC lea itoekt. Darlingt MINES. THE SUN, LONDON; WEDWESDAT EVENING; APRIL lB, isss; YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH') FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. Neville .. .................................................. - 1 Te:, ran, LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7to 4 agst St. Hubert. sto 2 agst Lord of the Isles (offered). 6to 1 agst Polydore. 20 to 1 agst Ktrgstown. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken). 100 to 1 agst Muscovite. 100 to 1 agst Kaffir. 100 to 1 agst Cock Pheasant. DERBY. 7to 1 agst De Clare. 8 to 1 agst Rifleman. 9to 1 agst St. Hubert (offered). 10 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles. 10 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick. 25 to 1 agst GrEecuius Esuriens. 1000 even on Lord of the Isles agst De Clare. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. GOOSE OF COMMOZsai—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was considered and ordered to be read a third tune. Several petitions were presented from newspaper pro prietors, praying for a halfpenny stamp on newspapers. A great number of petitions were also presented praying for the repeal of the bill of last session relative to the sale of beer. Mr. M'MAHON presented several petitions from places in Irela . id in favour of the Sea Coast Fisheries and Inland Fisheries (Ireland) Biils. Mr. SPOONER presented petitions from various places against any grant to Maynooth. Mr. NAPIER presented a petition from Limerick against the Sea Coast Fisheries and Inland Fisheries (Ireland) Bills. Mr. FRENCH moved for copies of further cor• respondence with tho Ft , :.rd of Admiralty, praying that a portion of British spirits may be taken for the supply of the royal navy, and answers thereto (23d and 29th June, 1853), and of all contracts entered into for the supply of the Royal Nary with spirits from Ju1y,1853, to the latest period on which such contracts have been entered into ; of all advertise ments from the Board of Admiralty for tenders of ruin and of British ,pirits to the late , t period, Jan., 1855 ; and of contracts entered into for the supply of the Royal Navy with spirits, fr.)m the year 1841 to 1853 (in con tinuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 389, of session 1854).—Agreed to. Mr. MACARTNEY asked the Secretary of the Treasury whether a sum of 46.8961., advanced to the Government of Monte Video in the year 1848 from the Grant for Civil Contingencies, had been repaid ; and, if so, at what period? Mr. WILSON said a larger sum than had been stated had been advanced, and 36.000/. had been repaid. There, however, remained about 36,0001. still due, which would be the subject of negotiations. INTESTACY (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. DUNLOP, in moving the second reading of this bill, said it wa:• a bill to assimilate the law of Scotland, as regarded intestacy, as tar as possible t., the law of England. The hon, gentleman tien entered into great length as to the provisions of the bill, and explained toe different clauses which it contained, and concluded by expressing a serious wish that as England and Scotland were one kingdom, the best laws of each would be se lected and formed into one comprehensive whole. The LORD ADVOCATE had no objection to the second reading, but there were some alterations which he should think worth making. The bill was then aead a second time. • SEA COAST FISHERIES AND IRELAND FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILLS. Mr. M`MAHON said, in moving the second reading of both these bills, he trusted that whatever objections there might be with respect to each of the bids, those objections would be strictly confined to the bill to which it related, and not mixed up with each other. The object of these bills was to assimilate the laws of Ireland to thase of Rigland. The laws that existed on both sides of th4Channel, it would scarcely be believed, were totally different, and to do away with this anomaly was the aim of the present measure. In 1845 there were 84,000 persons engaged in the fishing trade of Ire land. In 1848 the number was reduced to 70,000, and 15,000 boats. That diminution was to be attributed mainly to the famine, but the great falling oft had occurred since the new regulations. In 1852 the number of fishermen was reduced to 58,000, and in 1553 it was reduced to 38,000 fishermen and 11,000 boats. Thee regulations were of the most absurd itod oppressive character, and were altogether unknown in my other part of the world. For instance no ti awl nets were allowed to be used upon the Irish coast without the express permission of the Commis sioners of Fisheries in England. In England there was no such absurd. restriction. He represented Wexford. The opposite county in England was Pembroke-hire, and in Tenby bay trawl nets were used without reserve. One kind of all the fish that was taken to Billingsgat , was caught by trawl nets, and it .was a remarkable cir cumstance that by conventions French, Dutoh, Bel gians, and other foreigners might use trawl nets upon the Irish coa t. In fact tra,wling be practised by every person upon the Irish coast except byan Irishman himself. The same thing existed with regard to trammel nets, which were used unreservedly every where also, except on the Irish coast, and those nets also were used by Frenchmen, Dutch, and Belgians, within the three-mile limit upon the coast of Ireland. He resumed his seat by moving the second reading of the first of the two bills. Mr. NAPIER moved that the bill he read a second time that day six monthA, and said the object of tile bill was c m o e n r s e t l i y tue t n o ts7 f open n h up ho t n h . m e fisheries fo gentleman has for the last three session; i ntrndueed measure with a similar intent, and the effect of this state ie o r f toe Wexford, yey the t o h tohne. of things were that the people of Ireland were kept in a continual state of mental anxiety. (Laug hter.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) ARMY 8EF01414 SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The committee reasembled this morning at the usual hour, but the proceedings did not commence for some short time afterwards. Sir Charles Trevelyan was recalled, and his examina tion was resumed by Lord Seymour. The noble barouet's Nt4temen ts, which contained some repetitions of yesterday, went to show that there was no deficiency of transport animals up to the time that the army left Varna ; but on the contrary he had received a report from Commissary-General Filder to the effect that 8,000 arabas might be obtained, if re quired, without difficulty. The arrangements for the commissariat transport were the same that were adopted in the Peninsula at the close of the war when the com missariat was at its highest state of efficiency. From a report made by Mr. Filder, it appeared that the coin missariat department landed in the Crimea with 1,203 animals and 70 carts with mules, rea ly equipped. The men carried with them sufficient rations fur one day. RATLWATIG 'exiford and Bletchley ; - tuckahamsh. elydesdalf. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln zr. ►i per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. 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Van Diemen'l Land' Closim •Vrter's yesterday. 1111 1001 108 i 9 SHAKMN 102 - 104 90 - 92 92 -- 91 ss - ss 2 - 4 4 - 6 - 1 - • - 58 - 62 tl4 - 116 107 - 109 100 - 102 i - ip 6 -- 6A 96 -- 913 87 -- 8 89 -- 10 -- 11 17 -- 174 10 - 104 72 -- 73 19 -- 194 9A -- 9i -14 i 134 136 2i : 3 p 12i -12 i - IS4 - 136 93 - 95 1 - 4 - 4A 4 -44 85 - 87 103 - 105 ••• 99 - 101 91 -93 3/ - 3i 4 = "i;i 105 - 107 13 15 id par 32 - 96 - 93 ..• ..... i• :if 1 -- 2p - 21 E 0 Ut3. 28 - 30 3 - 55 - so, 18 - 120 - 109 3i iP !41 - 15 6i - 7 --~ ... ~ ~ ~~ •-••••••• 1 - 2 58 - 60 - li p 66 - 68 A - - 37 12 - 13 ecri yes ter 1t y. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTE R, April 17.—The quietness naturally ( From the Ma nch,estcr Guardian o f this da y .) en suing upon the late extensive operations in yarns and certain descriptions of cloth, has been nut less observable to-day than it wds at the latter end of last week ; ays . It is per haps, indeed, rathe r more so, seein g that the comparison lies between a marke t pretty evident that politiday matters are hary not d without in fluence. In yarns, the full attainable prices of last week are realised to-day ;in some cases, as in 40's mul e , slightly more ; it is, ho' ever , found that .nanny spin ners, who were asking ad.. more than could be got, are willing to abate the excess. Water twist in the hank, and some kinds of warps and cops, show the change from a state of animation in..re than most other sorts of yar ns. T cloths a n d l ong cloths continue dull, and are losin g value ; the better dor/lest:es are quiet, as are al so 7-Bths and 9-B ths printers, but without any giving wa y in p rices. HALIFAX, April 14.—The a ttendance in our Piece-hall to-day has been but sl ender, and the business done far from extensive. Th e improved dem and fur Tarns As the s c p o i n n t n in e u rs es h , av a e nd pr p a r t i y ce g s e a n, r e e rai l l o y ekin supplied th emse l ves, the upwards. inquiry fori ' exhibitingwool less Aa April fi i v i i 17.—There has b een little r e m i than ies s. iluD it was, the q uo t ations DEiRnSFt the L mket to-day, as compared wi t h th at of c ' market variation last ROCHDALE, R LE, April 16. We had rathe r more i o n r for pieces to-day, and the m erch ants seemed m posed to purchase. There is lit tl e or no change in wool - the demand continues go , d , and prices very firm. - MABICBT NAWS--(Ttll2 DAY.) CORN EXCIIANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with English wheat. The d ema nd, however, was ht a very sluggish state, at about Monday's quotations. The imports of foreign wheat coastwise aro on a limited scale. S 7arcely any business was doing iu any description, and prices were almost nominal. Floating cargoes were held at full prices. The barley trade was dull, at late rates, and malt com manded very little attention. Oats, beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly. In prices very littio change took place. ♦KKIVALS THIS WELK. Barley. 2,180 r 3,780 English .. Irish Foreign .. I 2,490 I 2,700 Wheat. 1,820 Oats. 5, 1 120 3,210 Flour 570 BORO UGH HOP. The business doing in our market to-day was limited, on firmer terms. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat ruled steady, at very full prices. Beef, 35 4d to 4s tid ; mutton, ;is 4d to is Gd ; lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d ; veal, 3s 8d to 43 8(1; pork, 3s Od to 4.s Id per 81b3. by the carcase. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES BILL. CLAUSES TO BE PROPOSED IN COITIIITTEE BY THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EX CHEQUER. (Actions or suits may be carried on in the names of the registered proprietors of newspapers or other periodi cal publications, on behalf of themselves and co-pro prietors.) And whereas it is proper and expedient that the per sons who for the time being may be registered. under any such declaration as aforesaid in that behalf made, as the proprietors of any newspaper or other periodical publica tion, should be enabled to maintain any action or suit in their own names, for and on the behalf of themselves and of other proprietors of such newspaper or other periodical publication in co-partnership with them, be it enacted, that in any cas e i n w hi c h a newspaper or o th er periodical publication shall have been registered, and such security as aforesaid shall have been given in respect thereof, in pursuance of the said several acts before mentioned, or of this act, any action, suit, or other proceeding at law, or in equity, or otherwise, to be commenced or instituted for or on behalf of the proprietors of such newspaper or other pe riodical publication in co-partnership against any person, for recovering any debt, or enforcing any claim or de mand, due to such co:partnership in relation to the concerns of such newspaper or other periodical pub licstion, shall and lawfully may be commenced, instituted, and carried on by and in the names of the proprietors of such newspaper or other periodical publication, who for the time being shall be registered • as such proprietors, or as two or more of such proprietors, by or under any such declaration as aforesaid in that behalf made, in pursuance of the said act of the sixth and seventh years of his said late Majesty, or of this Act ; and Vie death, bank ruptcy, or insolvency of any such registered pro prietor, alter such action, suit, or other proceeding com menced or instituted, shall not abate or prejudice the same ; and in any such action, suit, or other proceeding as aforesaid, a copy of any such declaration, certified in the manner directed by the eighth section of the said last-mentioned act, upon such proof as therein mentioned shall be evidence that the persons named in such certified copy as proprietors of the newspaper or other periodical publication to which such declaration may relate are duly registered as such proprietors, in mariner afore said ; arid a certificate at the foot cf, or indorsed upon, such copy of a declaration, signed by the commissioner or officer, or person described as such, who shall certify the said copy, and stating that security has been duly given in respect of such newspaper or other periodical publication, in pursuance of the statute in that behalf, shall be evidence that such security as aforesaid has been duly given in respect of the same. And be it enacted, That the proprietors of every news paper shall, for the purpose of protection against piracy, be entitled to a copyright in every original article, letter, paragraph, communication, and composition which shall be for the first time published in such newspaper in this country. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall, within twenty-four hours alter the first publication of a n y original article, letter. paragraph, communication, or composition in any such newspaper, print and pub lish any copy of such original article, letter, paragraph. communication, or composition, or of any material part thereof, or any colourable abridgment or alteration of the same, such ;person shall for every such offence farieit a sum of not less than five pounds, nor exceeding thirty pounds, to the proprie tors of the newspaper against whom such offence hhs been committed ; and it shall be lawful for the printer or publisher of such last-mentioned newspaper, on behalf of the proprietors thereof, to recover such penalty by a summary proceeding before a stipendiary magistrate who has, or two justices who have, jurisdiction where the party offending resides, who shall issue a summons requiring such party to appear on a day and at a time and place to be named in such summons (such time not being less than, two days from the date thereof) ; and every such summons shall be served on the party offend ing either in person or at his usual place of abode ; and, either upon the appearance or the default to appear of the party offending, such magiss trate or justices may proceed to hear the com plaint ; and, upon proof of the offence, by confession, or upon the oath of one or more credible witnesses (which oath such magistrate and justice are respectively here by authorised to administer), may convict the offender in a penalty of not less than five pounds, or more than thirty pounds, as to such magistrate or justices may seem fit ; and, if the amount of such penalty and the costs of the proceeding, which shall he assessed by such magistrate or justices, shall not be forthwith paid, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods arid chattels of the offender, and such magistrate or justices shall grant warrants accordingly. LA UNCTIOP TWO FLOATING BATTERIES. Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Meteor and Thunder 'team floating batteries were launched from the yard of Messrs. Mare, the eminent shipbuilders, of Blackwall, amidst the cheers of many thousands of spectators. At the hour above stated, everything being in readi ness, the dog shores .were knocked away and the im mense mass of iron and timber gliied magnificently into the water, Air. Baines the Government surveyor being pre.4ent._ T 1) e Thunder and Meteor, as they sit upon the water, have a peculiar appearance off Rackwall, and we have no doubt a great many persons will avail themselves of the opportunity of viewing these peculiar vessels ere they are despatched on the important mission for which they have been constructed. The most prominent thought suggested by the appearance ofeach of the ves sels was, the disproportion between their size and the means of offence. We ore so much acimatomed to asso ciate strength with bulk, that when a vessel intended to confront and heat down the fire of a land battery is , poken of, the idea suggested, and which will remain uppermost until dissipated by palpable facts is, that of a huge stout timbered ship. But here two ves sels very much smaller than a third-rate man of war, constructed of wood and iron of such tremendous power that, putting out of view the others that are being built, will, we feel assured, tell a tale ir connection with the destruction of Sweaborg or Cronstadt litt:e thought even dreamed of. The bows of the vessels are of immense strength, and they an. each pierced with twenty-eight ports, and will tight 10 10-inch 68 pounder Lancaster guns on each side. By a novel arrangement all the guns can he brought to bear on one side, and that gives double powers of de struction. The decks of the batteries are constructed of 9-inch oak, and to give another idea of their strength we may mention that the beams are twelve inches square in thickness, and they are only placed twelve inches apart. The vessels are externally entirely plated with iron, 4 inches and a quarter thick plating being carried down to a foot below the water line, and every precaution has been taken to preserve the lives of those on board from the shot of the enemy ; the fitting of the fighting deck being of a like character to the exterior. The vessels are to be propelled by screws worked by pressure tubular steam engines of 200-horse power. Those for the Meteor have been constructed by Messrs. Maudslay, and those for the Thunder by Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill. As the dimensions of both vessels are similar we only give those of the Thunder, which are as follows -- Ft. In. Length bet‘seen perpendiculars Keel for tonnage Breadth, extreme For tonnage Molded 42 0 Depth of h01d...—. l4 7 Burden . 1,469 tons. The' extreme draught of water, with all the stores, guns, shot, and powder, &c., will b e 7 f eet 9 inchert. We must not omit to mention, in order to show how complete the vessels are at the present moment, that they were launched with their steam up, all ready to start for Woolwich, and all that now remains to be done is to set the riggers to work, place their armament on board, and then they will be ready to sail at a moment's n,tice. The Messrs. Mare deserve the highest praise for the manner in which they have fulfilled the contract with the Government, and. although they did not receive their order to lay down the keels till nearly a month after the orders to construct batteties had been given to other parties, they have been the first to launch the vessels, and thus set at rest the doubt that existed as to the practicability of such being done. • At the beginning of December not a plank of the ves sels was laid down ; but, in the incredible short space of little more than four months, two of the most powerful vessels, ever heard of in modern warfare have been en tirely built and launched. This simple fact shows what can be done in the establishment of Messrs. Mare. THE PREFECT OF THE SElNE.—yesterday evening the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex--Henry Muggeridge, Esq., alderman, and . Charles Decimus Crosley, Esq.— gave a magnificent entertainment at the Albioc Tavern, Alrlersgate-street,, to the Prefect of the Seine, M. Delangle, Senator Pelouse, Senator Thayer, Senator Germain Tiii bault, M. Perrier de Tourette, and M. Mille. There were 'also present—The Lord Mayor, Mr. Under-Sheriff Far rer and Mr. Under-Sheriff Crosley, the Rev. Mr. Gre gory and the Rev. Mr. Bridge (chaplains to the respective sheriffs), the Rev. Mr. Moon, Sir R. W. Carden, Sir J. Duke, M.P., Alderman Cubitt, M.P., T. Hankey, Esq., M.P., Sir J, Key, Bart., Alderman Salomons, Alder man Wire, Alderman Carer, Alderm an Wil son , Deputy Hoit, Deputy Harrison. Deputy Dakin, Deputy Rath hone, Deputy Kebbell, Mr. Anderton, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Moon. the Rersembrancer, Mr. Nichols, Mr. T. Tyrell, Mr. La vrence, Mr. Maynav, Mr. Am brose Moore, Mr. T. Uzielli, and Mr. C. Uzielli. Mr. Sheriff Muggeridge, who presided, having proposed the usual loyal toasts, which were duly responed to. Mr. Sheriff Crosley proposed the health' of " The Emperor and Empress of the French," which was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. The Prefect of the Seine, re turning thanks, expressed his strong c onvicio u n in that the interests of both countries, and especiLy the ce interests of humanity, pointed out the f apreserving of England and France as the surest means o f c heered the peace of the world. The Prefect en w e t ion o f it, the throughout his speech, and at the eh:arty cheers an d ono company, upstanding, gave t cheer more for the Ernpef , o T r The other toasts were Munici pa l "The e n d tn fe p e r t e s o f o f the ee Fr ench.. Sei ne,". London," n " Members of the: ijegeiosriiptoivraetio'nh of 0 not prate till near mid- Bodies," " The Sheriffs and &c., and T t h h e e d _c i r' n f r a i n w Y l i i d e ll id was served in excellent style, night. was not ordered till a few hours before the guests as. f and the number was suddenly sem h a le eed to fro Part 6 a o ket co o n l ea , rly 100. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL& (From the Times of this day.) Although we do not underrate the importance of the personal homage which is paid to the Emperor Napo leon at the Court of England, or the effect of the popular ovation which has accompanied his auspicious visit, the festivities of the Court and the acclamations of the people subside almost into insignificance when we contrast them with the unparalleled and almost overwhelming magni tude of the political interests which must, in the midst of these scenes of splendour and of excitement, engage the deliberate attention of the allied Governments. Ti e visit of the Emperor of the Frenchto this country would at any time have been a remarkable and a romantic event, but it coincides in point of time with the most important crisis in our political relations and in our military position with which the allied Powers have had to deal since the commencement of this struggle. On Monday afternoon, at the very moment when the Im perial cortege was approaching the capital, the British Government received intelligence that the long-expected attack of the siege batteries upon Sebastopol had com menced on the 9th inst., with ,as much success as could be expected in the first few hours of such a - bombardment. Yesterday morning we learnt that the Russian Plenipotentaries have received their defitd• tive instructions, and that the tenth meeting of the Vienna Conference was about to take place ; but that the rejection cf the third proposition, and the conse quent termination of the negotiation, were confidently expected. Lord John Russell has intimated that he expects to be in London by the 27th inst., and, conse quently, to leave Vienna at the end of the present week, This very moment is therefore the most critical period in the military enterprise and in the political trans actions in which we were engaged ; and before the days have elapsed which the Emperor of the French has arranged to pass in this country, it is highly probable that some decisive intelligence will have reached us, both of the results of the fire against Sebastopol and of the last conference held at Vienna. The Moniteur, as the principal organ of the French Government, has di tinctly announced this momentous state of affairs in a second article, which reviews the political conduct of time alliance, more especially in relation to the Court of Austria and to the four propositions of peace, in order—to use the expression of the French writer— that public opinion may be alike prepared for peace, if it be possible, and for war, if it be necessary. Under these circumstances, we can scarcely exagge rate the importance cf the personal conferences held at Windsor between the Courts of France and England and the leading Ministers of the British Cabinet. This visit, which wears the appearance of a holiday or a festival, will contribute to resolutions of the gravest consequence to the politics of Europe, and the interests of the two great Western nations wore never more intimately united, for peace or for war, than under these outward manifestations of ceremony or of amusement. The events, upon which a more clear and decisive light must be thrown before the close of this current month of April, are indeed of the utmost importance to the honour of our arms, to the stability of our alliances, and to the ultimate peace of the world. We have yet to learn under what auspices the allied generals in the Crimea are prepared to enter upon their second cam paign, what results they anticipate from the powerful fire they have concentrated on Sebastopol, and what measures they bold in reserve should the force of the batteries not subdue the defences of the enemy. We have also to learn, if all hopes of peace from the confer ences of Vienna are already dissipated, on what point the negotiation is to be broken off by the,Rus sian Cabinet, and what pretext that Governmen:; will use to repudiate the assent the Emperor Nicholas hai previously affected to give to the pro positions of the allied Powers. And lastly, we have now reached the point which 'must speedily decide the conduct of the Cabinet of Vienna, and show whether that Court is resolved to act up to the preamble and the engagements of the treaty of the 2d of December, or resort to a subterfuge for the evasion of those pro mises. On none of these esseilial points can we ven ture at this moment to express a positive or confident opinion ; yet they are unsettled, uncertain, and obscure; yet they each and all of them affect in the highest,degree the continuance, the extent, an the success of the war. Upon the last of these topics, with reference to the conduct of Austria, the official article in the Moniteur speaks with great confidence. It states that it was - from deference to Austria, and from a de-ire to obtain an offensive and defensive alliance with that power, that France and England accepted this renewed negotiation on the basis of the Four Points ; and that, in the event of the failure of the negotiation, " the We-tern Powers know ti,at Austria will combat resolutely with them," and that they have obtained the co-operation of Austria in this just and necessary war. We do not dispute the authority of these statements, although they are not e,oifir t ned by th e l anguage of our own correspondent at Vienna, and by some other cimmunications which reached this country ; but the fact is in itself one of con siderable importance, that the French Government should choose this moment to publish, in terms so em-. phatic, its absolute reliance on the resolution of the Em peror Francis Joseph ; for the same declarations of confidence which form an additional pledge of union in the event of Austria's joining the belli;erea Powers lay the basis of the etronge,t recrimination if she should dis appoint their expectation. Indeed, we infer from the publication of this document that. the main object of the French Government, and of the Plenip ,, tentiaries of the Western Powers at Vienna, is to determine the course of Austria, sn(l to obtain from her the complete execution 4,f the Deuemb(r treaty, upon the failure of the Con ference. Should that just demand not• prevail, the con- sequences would nut be the less serious for having been long delayed. The form to which the Third Point has at, last been re- Muted is =imply a demand upon Russia, either to limit her own nasal forces in the Black Sea or t.) con , ent to the exclusion of all naval forces from those waters ' • and, if -uch a ciindition as this he r j ec t e d, we tniz , t hold it to b e an infallible prof of the in , incerity of the Russian Governineiit in the whole transaction, ‘Vhatever be the result of our land operations, it is certain that three or foor ships of each of the allied Powers aro more than sufficient to deprive Russia, not only of her preponde rance in the Black Sea, but of the power of showing her flag there at all. Practically, we are'able, without any serious effort of war, to annihilate her maritime power ani her commerc;al marine altogether, both in the Black Sea and in the Baltic. Tbat Weapon with which she threatened the Bosphorus has already been almost destroyed. We consent, by peace. to give back to Russia the right of navigating the Black Sea, which she has de facto lost; but this concession is male on an as- - . surance that she will not use that right again to the de triment of Turkey or of other States. By land Russia may perhaps boast that her defence of Sebastopol has as yet equalled the vigour of our attack, although she has been signally beaten in two pitched battles and many severe engagements ; but the Third Point concerns exclusively the Black Sea, and it is not amiss to remem ber that we are talking of a sea which is entirely at . this time in our own possession. But, lastly, although our operations by land have not yet had all the success which we had at one time antici pated, the last intelligence from the Crimea strengthens our hopes that from the 9th of April operations ore more active nature have recommenced. Some days must elapse before the full effect of the fire which , has opened upon the place can be ascertained, and the longer it can be continued the more reason we have to expect that the guns of the enemy will be overpowered. In any case this bombardment must bring to a crisis x and probably to a close, the siege operations as they have hitherto been carried on ; for, if the place cannot be taken now in this manner, it is high time to vary the plan of attack. The Allied army is numerous and in high efficiency, partly from those gallant troops who have survived the rigour of the winter, and partly from the reinforcements it has received. .The use to be made of this powerful force is, therefore, ore of the most important au' j , etc which can engage the' Allied Governments, and it is probably for the purpose of taking past in this discussion that the Emperor is accompanied by that able and ex perienced officer Marshal Vaillant. But in the execution of these plans, whatever they may be, we have no doubt that the Emperor reserves to hi'uself a more active part. It is generally believed that the visit to England will be followed by his departure for the seat of war immediately after the opening of the Paris Exhibition ; and, a'though we were at first opposed to the adventurous character of such an expedition, the want of authority has since be come so manifest in the Allied armies, that we shall view with satisfaction any measure calculated to give a more active and decisive effect to the operations of the ensuing campaign. (From the Daily News of this day.) After a world of fiddledaddle Austria has mustered courage to break off from the Western Powers. Austria cannot take au active part in the humiliation of Rusda : it must remain neutral. Nay, if a telegraphic despatch, received in Paris from Vienna, may be trusted, even the neutrality of Austria cannot be relied upon, unless France and England consent to extend the interpreta tion of the third point. We confess that we do not believe ' the Austrian Government to be possessed of sufficient energy and resolution to act the villain in this bold-faced inapner. The sneaking, petty •larceny spirit of that Jesuitical Cabinet will prompt ,t still to attempt to play fast and loose between the contending Powers. But this France and England cannot tolerate. The time has come when they must peremptorily declare "he who is not with us is against us." If Austria stands in their way, they must march over Austria. For our own part, I we are well pleased to be finally rid of the entang lements of an Austrian alliance. Sn long ' being was a risk of the French and English Governments Aust riao induced to give guarantees for upholding d natinnaliti, s. as it continued, there do mination over some of the discontent:t w.... e .e ,._ ~,, Now of course the Austrian G-..vernnui,g:iabnt,: si,',lLa. settle accounts with its malcontent ' i} 11 ~..., part with the op. England being prevailed uper vonians, and Lallans. Theretiostakoe pressor against the opyTess,,sQuined by France and Eng• fear or r r3nce or Meanwhile the p last seam-official proclamation Russia has lost," e-colesgaittrlioiaentid' Unequivocal. "That which land appears to b •l a a 3 :ii'cli it c,innot recover by war, how_ ever the Menden), . i its is preponderance in tr.° i mt. continued, ever long Th a t which it may properly demand is a proper share of These are the terms which the Allies offer to Russia. The means by iriifiie:•ein the affairs of the world." which Russia is to he kept in its properplace - balance of the world's power are explicitly d in the "To demand of Russia to limit its naval forcese,cloarretl; neutrali , e the Black Sea—that is to say, to exclude from is to it all as sh k much less of war, to .whatever nati on t h ey may belong, than we hav e already war, and which it rest s w i th us t o_ keep Without ui eff re o d rt b . 7 . And what " we h ave already and may " keep without effort" a i c s qu th ir u e s d which is either sunk r a naval fortress, for its fleet, "Sebastopol is no longer shut up behind that i b n y dic w at a e r i a . t the entrance of the port or impassable barricade, has been withdrawn f r9ni the field A struggle , . `Tlie Black Sea is the field of battle which we have conquered; or; if you please, which you have abandoned to us. The Russian flag elm no longer chow itself there. . • .., And not on l y d o we occupy the Black Sea : we besiege Sebastopol ; we are in a fortified position at Kamiesch and Balaklava. Omer .Pacha is entrenched at Eupa ' toria ; Odessa is menaced by our fleets." •In other words, the sovereignty of the Crimea and Russia's naval power in the Black Sea have passed from it, and are not to be restored. These are not merely the words of a. State paper ; the rupture of negotiations at "Vienna and the promisi ng opening of the bombardment of Sebasto pol, make them realities. It is this uncompromising attitude assumed by the Emperor of the French that has obtained for him the enthusiastic welcome he has re ceived in England ; and the cordial plaudits which have rung around him wherever he has passed in our land will sound like a knell in the ears of the despots of the East, for they tell them that France and England are une. The war, however, is not at an en d, nor likely soon to be, whatever the " bulls" of the Stock Exchange may say. As we announced months ago, the late Emperor of Russia was master of the position, and could have made peace at any time; but the new Emperor must swim with the tide, and the politically powerful class in Russia will not relinquish the dream s of national aggrandisement by conquest, cherished for centuries, without a desperate struggle. Some words fell from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Trea s ury, on Monday, which seem to indicate that Ministers are pre pared for this protracted struggle. He told the influen tial gentlemen connected with the money market there assembled, that Ministers "reserve the power of guaran teeing an y l oa n which may be required by a foreign Government." This cannot be understood as referring to Sardini a , for its l oan i s guarante ed . I t po i nts to th e accessi :n of the Scandinavian Powers, and perhaps of others, to the alliance a,alnst the aggressive policy of Russia. The work that has been begun is not to be left half-ended. We hail these indications with joy; not only do they augur well for the future independence and' r . which it - peace of Europe, th e y po i nt to efforts by this country can only make after extensive administrative reforms. (Front the Morning Post of this day. ) We trust that the nation has at length made up its mind to abandon the exaction of brilliancy from a finance minister, and even to content itself with budgets that fail in the exhibition of invention and originality. Not only has many a good man been led astray by a desire, natural enough it must be admitted, to satisfy extrava gance of public expect a ti on, but many a million has been lost and sacrificed in making the attempt to con tent its cravings. We are truly glad therefore, that Sir Cornewall Lewis exhibits Ao early in his career symptoms of having the discernment to see the rock upon which both of his brilliant predecessors, Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone, suffered shipwreck, and that he appears to have the sagacity to avoid it. It requires some courage too. It requires some courage in an age like the pre sent—when immense credit for superior efficacy is readily given to every untried method and new device on the strength of its rawness and newness merely, and upon the consideration simply of its being the emanation of an era supposed to be unique in its development and pro gressive powers —to announce an intention of taking a beaten path, and of working with the tools left us by our grandfathers. It must, in the year of progress, 1855, truly be an amazing relief to the financially occupied portion of the community to secure at last a Chancellor of the Ez e l l° . quer who, more intent upon being useful than upon making sensations, comes to the country, which h e finds engaged in an e nt er p r i se o f gigantic dimen sions, and asks its capitalists, in a formula compre hensibleby everybody that can read, wr it e , an d cas t accounts, to advance to the State, upon such terms as will afford a fair profit, the extraordinary sum which the war service of the year demands, beyond the usual requirements df our customary expendi ture., It really i s a grea t re l ie f . The emulative' brilliancy of Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone kept the perceptions of ordinary people in a condition of constant strain that bad become most painful, and the public mind in their day was maintained at a sort of never-let-down _concert pitch by a continuous looking for some brilliant financial device which was to extract means from the pockets of the community with as much rapidity, in as great a measure, and wit'. as little appa rent exhaustion, as the Wizard of the North did bouquet.; of hothouse flowers from an empty hat, or end less glasses of maraschino from a bottle with nothing in it. We thank Sir Cornewal: Lewis most heartily for relieving us from the state of nervous expectation from which we have lately suffered so weverely ; and we thank him the more, beca•ise we feel that, even should he raise his sixteen millions from the British public, as a capitalist and a lender, upon terms somewhat less favourable than he anticipates to .the British public as a borrower, the cost will be more than counterbalanced by the profits to the country accruing from the creation of positive and discernible financial prospects, and the establishment of steady and uniform relations in the markets of the monied world. Do not let us permit ourselves to be deceived.. A great war cannot be clrried on without a great annihila tion of national capital. A. financial device may .cloak this fact, and may mystify its perception,'but no inge nuity can save us from its creation, or exempt us from its influence. We are engaged in carrying on a contest with an adversary of gigantic strength, astutely handled in the Cabinet, and ably and powerluily put forth in the field. If we would cope with him, we must make up our minds nut to spare our resources. To daily with circum stances, or to hesitate in acti.m, in such a contest as that in which we are engaged, and in the face of such a toe as the Russian ha- proved himself; would only involve the certain concurrence o f expenditurean .1 fa •lure. Loss, 14 rge, sensibleloss, in the pecuniary sense of the word, we must make up our minds to sustain. We must accept it as certainly as the man who enters upon a lawsuit to de fend his estate and insure its p.oesrssiou. Such a man makes, as we are about to make, a lar 4 e arid immediate sacrifice, and he sinks deliberately a considerable portion of his estate, as we are about to do, io order to hedge round the remainder with an outwork against future ag gression. Mr. Gladstone, by his specious but foolish and insufficient device of paying this extraordinary ex penditure out of annual income, persuaded himself, and wellnigh the country, too, that he saved us from any destruction of capital. He really did no such thing. There has been au annihilation of capital in just the same proportion to the money spent as there would have been had it been, raised by a loan instead of by new taxation. The only difference in the respective influences of his device and the ordinary method hitherto in use, and now again to be adopted, being that his especially acted teurictively upon the move ments of his Government, and resulted in the starvation of the war, to the great and costly discomfiture of. the nation, while it took fully the same amount out of our pockets and that of our posterity. The country, thanks to the efforts which ourselves and some few others have unceasingly made, has, we trust, become fully awake to the futility, for the purposes of war, of the financial theories broached by the late Go vernment ; and it way safely be assumed, we imagine, that whatever discussion may be raised upon the modes by which Sir Cornewall Lewis proposes to carry his scheme into effect, there will be no serious opposition advanced to the principle upon which it is founded. To the prebable operation of the details which it involves we shall probably take an opportunity before Friday of directing attention. ARRITA.L OF THE ADELAIDE WITH INVALIDS FROM THE CRIMEA. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 17. The Adelaide, steam-transport, Captain Young, arrived here this morning, bringing 175 invalids from the hospital at Scutari. _ _ _ She leit Constantinople March 24 ; Malta, March 30 ; Gibralar, April 9.. Passengers.:—C . olonel Bell, lat' Royals ; Captain Benson, 38th Foot, and Mrs. Benson ; Captain Bredon, R.A., in charge of Invalids ; Lieutenant Persse, 19th ; Lieutenant Kirkpatrick, 28th ; Sur geon Abbott, 41:t ; Staff Surgeon Ewinv, C. P. Woodfall, assistant hospital dresser. Five soldiers died on the passage home. the Bacchus, b i u n a s , t. an s d po b k a e rg t u h e e ß A ap fri h ca ae n l: b ß 9 o u y n a d l ma ma: steam -ship ward, in lat. 36 20 N, long. 7 29 W. She will coal and then proceed to Portsmouth. DETACHMENTS OF THE 11rn AND 13TH HUSSARS FOR THE CRIMEA. Six men and 11 horses of the 11th Hu-sars, a nd g officers, 25 men, and 43 horses of the 13th Moor; embarked on board the Wide-awake, trans wilpoq, l nail aaernoon. 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