The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-31 00:00:00

~~ ROYAL OPERA, DRURY•LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed NORMA, in which Madame Arga, Mdlle Mag ner, Signor Arniandi, Mr Hamilton Braham, &c., will appear. To coneude with a Grand FRENCH BALLET, supported by udi.a Palmyra, Meths. Paolo, e. Ffiant, &c. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; stals, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s, 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daisy. THEATRE ROYAL HAYTKARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatone. For the BENEFIT of Mr. G T JEPIN, Box Book-keePer. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MONEY. Characters by Messrs. B. Sullivan Howe, Compton, and Buckstone; Mrs. Caroline White, 2,lrs. Grit. flths, Miss Reynolds, &c. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuasizs THIS EVF,NING, Wlll be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To ccnclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen g a , tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPUI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be presented JANET PRIDE. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, C. Selby, Garden, Keeley, and Paul Bedford; Madame Celeste and Miss H. Keeley. After which, BETTY MARTIN. To conclude with I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, WM be performed STILL WATERS RU DEEP. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Masks! and Mrs. Mellon. To conclude with THE FIRST' NIGHT. Characters by Mr. Allred Wigan, Miss Julia St. George, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, WM Performed LA SONNAMBULA. Characters by Signor Perini, M be r. F. Paget, and M!ss R. Isaacs. After which, BALLY SMART. To conclude with THE WATER WITCHES. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Attraction of the first magnitude! New gorgeous Spectacle! THIS. EVENING. Fourth time, a magnificent Chivalric Spectacle by J. H. STOCQUEZER, Esq., called. ENGLAND and FRANCE in the DAYS of CHIVALRY, or, the Brothers in Arms. Grand Tourney in the Field of the Cloth of Gold! tfter which, a novel Series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, and a variety of other amusing entertainments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Two LAT —Morning 24 min.after 1 I Evening 45 min. aft. I To-lA[olmm —Morning 4 min.aftor 2 I Evening2smin. aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—Sum Ontai, May. 31. TEULEMOMICTEB, IN TSB 53 —highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. BAB,OMETZE, 29'64—falling. Wnm, Northerly.—Fresh breeze, with continuous rain, and dirty, cold weather—more like March than May or June. I o _. f go , - - - ,„,) ~, z - *IC - .-Po i lk ,i-rt,tv LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1855. The most bitter pang sustained by the sick lion was the insult inflicted by the ass, when he thought that he might do so with impunity. The quondam monarch of the woods keenly felt the indignity. Then, indeed, he deplored his lost strength, and would have endured his other sufferings a thousand times over for the power of avenging the foul wrong offered by a creature so degraded. How joyously would he have hailed returning strength to teach asinus a salutary lesson ? How freely would he brave the tiger— the bear—in conflict, if be could afterwards have met his contemptible assailant 1 The British lion is in somewhat a similar position ; but, fortunately, his strength has not altogether departed. He has been muzzled by injudicious keepers—he has been taught to beg where he might command, but he has merely to exercise a simple act of volition to shake off the incubus by which he has long been oppressed, and to stand forth in all his native majesty and power. We are threatened by Austria. Ominous hints have been put forward respecting the possible con sequences of our daring to dispute her proposi tions. Count BUOL has published a circular, in which he strongly censures the conduct of the British Government in presenting to Parliament the protocols of the Vienna Conference, in making public "the negotiations fr+r - mace when they cannot be regarded as termill I." The German Minister then states that Austria had resolved "to recommend confidentially to the Courts of Paris and of London new propositions, which the EMPEROR thought of a nature to be presented to St. Petersburg as an ultimatum." It seems that the suggestion is still to be made, but not as an ultimatum to Russia, but rather to the Western Powers. Notwithstanding the misconduct of Eng land she has not yet publicly expressed "any opinion upon the situation of affairs." She is contented, for the time being, with the caustic and stringent censure conveyed, and the significant intimation that " the reply of the Cabinet of Paris, and the proposals alluded to, cannot fail to exercise some influence" oa her views ! And this is what we have gained by " wait ing' for Austria. This is what our truckling to "Germanism"--our toadying of Coburg—has produced for Britain (we cannot add the usual prefix" Great"). This is what we have "starved the War" for, and complimented Russia to obtain. However unskilled in the arts of secret diplomacy, every man of ordinary capacity can understand the nature of the menace conveyed in the closing sentence of Count BuoL's Circular. It is plainly, " Accept our proposal, or —." The alternative is not expressed, but cannot be mistaken. It is plainly that Austria will disregard her professions and violate her solemn obligations, unless we sub mit to her dictation —and submit to the terms which she thinks proper to impose ? Let her do so ! We never reposed the slightest confidence in her promises. Never believed that she had any intention of taking an active part i n the contest until it had been virtually decided, and she might, after all the danger was over, step in to obtain a share in the distribution of the spoil. We are, therefore, by no means disappointed or surprised at her present conduct, when she has, at length, thrown off the mask, if not completely, at least so far as to afford no further excuse — save to the wilfully blind—for doubt or hesitation as to her ultimate objects. Lord JOHN RUSSELL candidly acknowledged in his speech on Mr. Dis nemes motion that he had no hope of obtaining the co-operation of Austria. The same matter has been reluctantly ad m itt e d b y what remains but t o s h ake off the fruitless Pr ance ,inter- Terence that cannot lead to any beneficial results, and to permit Austria-4f she thinks proper —to place herself in a state of isolatio n similar to that of P r ussia ; or, should she deem it more expe dient, to array herself, in congenial society, under the double eagle of Russia. ' • We confess that we are pro foundly indifferent as to the result. Far better an open enemy than a treacherous and deceitful friend. We ea u easily decide on the step s to be taken whe n Alla tria is in the reverse scale, but it is more diffmult to determine the course to be pursued vrhile she professes to be our "faithful ally !" We 9 1 a wily detect taws of her handiwork in the annex to protocol 6, where the depriving our real Ally, the Porte, of the Danubian Prin cipalities is more than hinted at, where it is sug gested that " there would be two Courses to fol low ; either to confine ourselves, for the moment, to proclaiming the principle of hereditary succes sion, conferring the sovereignty (of the United Principalities) on a Prince of the country, or else (and this measure would, perhaps, be the best) to decide at once the question by calling upon a Prince of one of the reigning families of Europe." Here the cloven foot is plainly dis played. Here we see the palpable inten tion of defrauding our friend, in order to aggrandise, if not an open enemy, at least a sneaking neutral. It was this folly (we might use, perhaps, a harsher term) that induced Austria to believe that she could venture on threats. When we have suffered ourselves to be so far dragged through the mire she must have considered that we would submit to any indignity. But she may be mistaken. The question is now before the British Parliament, a body not so entirely de voted to Coburgism as the Cabinet. Mr. LowE's amendment declares, " that the means of coming to an agreement were exhausted." If England be true to herself, or rather if the representatives truly represent the wishes of their constituents, that proposition will be affirmed, and the Aus trian menace will receive an answer befitting the honour and dignity of the United Kingdom. We would once more entreat attention to by far the most important question which can be brought before Parliament, which must be decided during the present session, and of which no mention has as yet been made, although more than four months—or two-thirds of the time devoted to the entire business of the country—have elapsed since the meeting of the Legislature. We have as yet had no intimation of the Ministerial inten tions respecting the renewal of the Bank Charter, or the provisions to be made for the monetary supplies of the nation. The fact cannot be too generally known that the Bank Charter of 1844 will continue in operation unless notice of its dis continuance be given during the present year. Where, then, are the monetary reformers ? Where are the men who have so emphatically pro tested against the innumerable evils arising from that highly injudicious, we may say iniquitous, code, that produces a plethora of money when it is not required, and diminishes the supply when there is a scarcity—that stimulates speculation when it should be repressed, and starves industry when it requires to be fostered and sustained. Ex perience, painfully bitter experience, has proved that the so-called " self-acting regulator" of the cur rency has produced the most disastrous conse quences. The well-digested Report of the Lords' Committee on commercial distress shows that the 1 earliest opportunity should be seized on to pro cure an adequate remedy for the monstrous grie vance under which industry has so frequently languished, and the productive powers of the country been impaired and deteriorated ; and yet the time is suffered to elapse, and nothing will probably be done until the fag-end of the session, when the most incompetent financier that ever mismanaged the national finances will step forward with some crude measure, which must be accepted or rejected, inasmuch as there will be no time to examine its provisions. This is another result of the oligarchical sys tem, of the attempt to reduce the representatives of the people into political ciphers whose only function is to register the ukases of the Cabinet for the time being. Lord. PALMERSTON wishes ' that they should. not in any degree interfere in relation to the terms in which peace may be ob tained. His Chancellor of the Exchequer desires that they should have no voice in the regulation of the national currency. As he acted in respect to the Loan he wishes to act in reference to the Bank Charter, viz., to make his bargain first, and call on Parliament to sanction it at a moment's notice, without discussion or consideration ! No w we most emphatically protest against such a pro ceeding ; we call on the independent members of the House to assert their independence, and to insist on ample and timely information before they permit the currency quacks to reduce and render stagnant the circulating medium—the very life-blood of the national industry. The people are called on to endure greatly in creased imposts. More than 25 per cent. has within the last year been added to the taxation of the country, but no step has been taken to miti gate its pressure, er "to fit the back for the enormous burden." With Mr. GLADSTONE'S pecu liar notions respecting the War—with his avowed anxiety to render the people dissatisfied with the privations and sufferings incidental thereto, We can easily imagine why he weld not seek to alle viate the monetary trials that must be endured. Sir G. C. LEWIS may entertain similar views. But we hope, and believe, that the opinions of the great majority of the members of both Houses are very different—that they are determined that the War shall be carried on with vigour and energy until an honourable and, probably, permanent peace can.be conquered. They will not assent to a course the probable results of which would be to damage the ardour of the people, to induce them to behold with indifference an injury to the honour of their country, an ominous menace to its future tranquillity, rather than continue to endure the intolerable burdens with which they are oppressed. The most devoted bullionist, the most strenuous advocate of Peelism, cannot say that the provisions of the Act of 1844 are suited to a time of war. Were Sir ROBERT PEEL now living he would be the first to propose its repeal, or, at all events, an important modification thereof. Lot others supply his place. As we have repeatedly stat3d, all we now demand is " in quiry." Let the question be properly ventilated before a decision is arrived at. Lit it be con sidered whether we shall have a really National Bank, in which every taxpayer will practically be a shareholder, and bound to advance its inte rests, and to discountenance any panic or run on its resources—whether wo shall have a currency suited to the wants of the people in notes of 1/., 21., and 31., each ; each secured not only on all the accumulated property, and all the industry of the country, but even on the labours of our children and ourchildren's children. Thetime has almost arrived when these all-important interrogatories must be answered. Let us, then, not be taken by sur prise, but be fully prepared for the crisis. The ominous silence that has hitherto been observed is calculated to give rise to dark suspicions as to the Ministerial intentions, and no time should be lost in allaying the very natural suspicions that have arisen. We feel bound to draw attention to an interest ing communication we have received from Mr. J. MACGREGOR, and have inserted it in another column. The attitude of Austria, both prior and subsequent to the breaking out of hostilities, even down to the present time, has been the subject of bitter animadversion. Our respected correspondent speaks in defence of that attitude, being authorised and bound, as he conceives, to do so by his know ledge of Au s t r i a and her difficulties, acquired dur ing a three years'residence in that country in a HE, SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVENING, MAY Al, 1855, diplomatic capacity, and very frequent communi cations during that period with Prince de METTERNICH. " From the first," lie says, " I was clearly of opinion that for England or France to expect that Austria would ever make aggressive war against Russia was a palpable delusion—in fact, that no Government with the least political sagacity, judicious forecast, or prac tical capacity for administering the affairs of a great nation or for conducting successfully a great war, would for one hour entertain a belief in so suicidal a policy on the part of Austria." He, then, as will be seen, proceeds to state that at the same time he had " full confidence that the Austrian Government would use the utmost, the most laborious, the most wise efforts, as far as negotiations, representation, and reason could dictate, to obtain a just and honourable peace; and knowing well, as I did, the condition of the several states, the inhabitants, the populations, the manners, languages, religions, traditions, hatreds, and sym pathies of the many nations which constitute the Austrian empire, I should have been destitute of ordinary perception and judgment if I entertained the belief that Austria could have done more than her Government has done—that is, to render her good offices in aid of the Western Powers and Turkey, and to act when necessary on the defen sive, as she has done by her military occupation of the Danubian provinces." Decided language this the reader must admit, but not unbacked by a show at least of proof. What a picture is this:— "The Government of Austria and the Court must be considered essentially German. The population of the Empire amounted, according to the last census, to 37,500,000 in round numbers. Of these the Germans are less than 7,500,000 ; while the Sclaves of all kinds amount to 15,390,000 ; the Magyars to more than 6,000,000 ; the Italians to 5,600,000; Wallacks, Roumans, Armenians, and Jews, to about 3,000,000. They are all antagonistic in, races, customs, traditions, and Ituerede. Thos. professing the Greek religion amount to about 7,000,000 ; the Protestants to about 3,500,000 ; the Floman Catholics, including the Poles, Italians, &c., to about 26,000,000; Jews, 800,000 ; Ar- menians, and others, complete the remainder." With a country composed of such inflammable materials, and under obligation to Russia for her interference in Hungary, Mr. MACGREGOR argues that a declaration of war against that Power would be speedily followed by a successful appeal by the CZAR to the Magyars and to all the Sclave nations, wherever scattered, and to the Italians in Lombardy, Venetia, and the Friuli, to " arise' and " declare their independence and freedom," with the promise that he would be their defender ; the result of which would be the dismemberment of the Austrian Empire. Such, our correspondent declares, is the common sense view of the real condition of Austria. And a pitiable condition it is in any case ; for, on the other hand, it is urged quite as confidently that evils as great are likely to ensue from a persistence in her present policy, and 'from a consideration of the two horns of the dilemma, it may fairly be added, goes to demonstrate the propriety of Austria being dismembered. Sad fate when a country's defence is an accusation that should be fatal. Austria, so old a State, and yet so loosely bound together ! What miserable misgovernment is not implied ! However this may be, fe►v will be dis posed to doubt the wisdom of the conclu sion to which Mr. MACGREGOR has arrived. Let us expect nothing from Austria ; in other words, give her up as a bad bargain. An insane faith in her has been the primary cause of infinite evil to the country. She never could help us at a pinch, it appears, without injury to herself, and she never did and never will like that. Let our statesmen, then, be done with all faith in Austria•, and drop the curtain on the farce of negotiations at Vienna. h Negotiations cannot be successfully carried out there. That must be done in the Crimea and on the shores of the Baltic. Let every independent member call this to his recollection on Monday, and mark the sense his constituents entertain of the conduct of Ministers who have so long deluded the country with unwarranted hopes of peace from such negotiations, by doing his best to turn them out. LATZST NEWS. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. CAPTURE OF FIVE SHIPS AND ONE HUNDRED GUNS. bynia, and the cavalry which belongs to it, con sisting of two regiments of hussars and as many of lancers, are preparing to follow. The arrival of the Imperial Guard and the departure of the Grenadier corps has caused a great sensation in Poland, as the new measures are considered a proof of the resolve of the new Sovereign to carry on the war with all possible energy, It is also related that the Rugsian troops now lying in the Govern ment of Lublin are to be withdrawn from the Austrian frontier and concentrated in Volhynia. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The French vaudeville, " Tine Histoire d'un Sou," has been adapted for this theatre, where it was brought out last night under the title of Only a Halfpenny. The hero, Mr. Stanley Jones (Mr. Buckstone), has had the happiness of lending a young lady the sum of one half penny to make up an omnibus fare, her available assets being deficient to that extent. To effect a footing in her house he comes in the capacity of a creditor, and with the connivance of her maid, whom he has bribed over to his interests, no change can be got for the five-shilling piece out of which he is instructed to take the simple coin that is his due. Mr. Stanley Jones has, of course, only one object in view—that of ingratiating himself with his fair debtor, who, although on the eve of mar riage, he is enabled to obtain, on the strength of a ma noeuvre touching a bill of exchange, by which he takes the place of the bridegroom elect. The farce was re ceived with great merriment. Buckstone was its unde niable mainstay ; and his spoon-bill coat and precise aspect when he appeared to advance his claim and to persist in an honourable discharge of the loan incurred at the corner of the street, was so irresi , tibly ludicrous as to be at once prophetic of the success which was realised. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 30. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Hellenlobe, drove to Ryde yesterday afternoon. Prince Albert embarked in the royal yacht Fairy, and went to see the new works constructing at Sconce Poi n t. Capt. the Hon. J. Denman had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Athol have arrived at the St. George's Hotel, from Brighton. The Marquis of Bath has returned to Berkeley-square, from Longleaf, Wilts. The M;rquis and Marchioness of Downshire and the youthful Ladies Hill have arrived in Hanover-square, from Hillsborough Castle, en route to East Hempsted Castle, Berks. Lord Monteagle has returned to town from Castle Ashby, the seat of the Marquis of Northampton. The interment of the late Lord Spencer Compton, of the 15th Hussars, took place at the church of Castle Ashby, on Tuesday. The Bombay papers report the death of Lieutenant Ensor, of the 10th Regiment of Foot, which occurred at Bombay on the 23d of April. DEATH OF VISCOUNT STRANGFORD.—WO are sorry to announce the demise of this venerable nobleman, who, notwithstanding his advanced age, had retained his ' strength and active habits up to a recent period. Lord Strangford died on Tuesday, at his residence in Harley-street, after an illness of some weeks' duration. His lordship succeeded his father, fifth viscount, in 1801, in th e I r i s h peerage, continuedl o wasng appointed series and shortly afterwards ee S ad e r l e s p r , l e ae t nm a r ela y t e o i a f s Legatio n service of fsuccessively h a i t e e L e i u s n b to appointedrny. foHr to ae represent this country in the Brazils, at Stockholm, at Constantinople, and at St. Petersbur , For his distin guished services ho was raised to of the peerage the United Kingdom in 1825, and three years later, at the earnest request of the Government of the day, he under took a special mission to the Brazils, with which his diplomatic career closed. His lordship graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, and obtained the gold medal there in 1800. He was the author of several literary productions, and was generally esteemed a man of very fine taste. The title and estates devolve upon his eldest son, the Hon. George Sydney Smithe, who was born at Stockholm during his father's embassy in that city, and whose promising early Parliamentary career will be fresh in the recollection of our readers. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Marylebone was held last night, at the Vestry-ball of St. Pancras, for the purpose of aiding the movement in favour of Administrative Reform. Mr. Henry Farrer, churchwarden, presided, and many of the principal members of the Liberal party were present. Several resolutions bearing upon the subject of the meeting were put and carried. As the proceedings drew towards a close, Mr. Ernest Jones rose, and in a vehement speech charged the City Administrative Re form Association with political fraud and felony in ex cluding the Chartists. This was embod ied in the form of a motion and seconded, and the chairman having put the amendment to the meeting, and declared that the division, a were so nearly balanced as to req uire a a terrific uproar ensued, which was greatly increasedthe upon ascertaining that the division had gone a g ainst Chartists. The meeting was a very turbule nt one, and is not likely to advance in any material degree t he cause of Administrative Reform. WAR DEPARTMENT, May 31, 11.30 A. M. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor o: The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan, dated 29th inst. : Sir George Brown reports, on 28th inst., that the troops continued healthy ; that five - vessels laden with corn had run int* Kertch, ignorant of the place having been taken, and were captured ; and that the number of guns taken by the Allies exceeds one hundred. Matters continue much the same in the Crimea. Troops healthy, FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The following private telegraphic despatch _have been received here : "MARSEILLES, 28th, Evening.—The camp of reserve of 25,000, which is being formed by General Vivian at linkiar Skelessi, will be com posed of the Turco-English legion and of Turk ish regulars. The English officers will reside in the Russian Palace of Buyuk Dere. The Austrian squadron, under the command of the Archduke Ferdinand, is shortly expected to arrive at Smyrna, after having first touched at Greece. The Duke de Brabant is about to visit the island of Crete, after which he will return to Belgium. M. de Lessens, is about to return to France from Egypt. The firman relative to cut ting through the Isthmus of Suez has not yet been published. Several arrests have lately taken place in Greece, in consequence of the discovery of a plot against the life of General Kalergi." " MARSEILLES, May 28.—The Simois has arrived from Constantinople, with Gen. Monnet on board. She brings news from that city to the 21st. General Vivian was organising a camp of 25,000 men in the plain of Unkiar-Skelessi. It will be composed of the Turco-English Legion and of Turkish Regulars. The English officers will reside in the Russian palace of Buyuk Dere. The last news re ceived at Constantinople from the Crimea was to the 19th. Numerous reinforcements were arriv ing. The French were encamped at Kasatch and Kamiesh. The Sardinian troops had disembarked at Balaklava. Omer Dacha was expected with 25,000 men ; Sefer Bey had already arrived at Kamiesh. Preparations were making for an ex pedition to the north of Sebastopol, the object of which was to cut off the communications between Sebastopol and the Russian camp. General Bouat had returned to the Crimea." The Debats says:— "The expedition to Kertch, it is but just to remark, was first conceived by General Canrobert, who had al ready ernbaiied 12,000 men for that parpose, when a despatch from Paris led to their return. General Pelis sier has now executed it with, , ;the co-operation of some English force:, and the operation, has completely suc ceeded. At the same tim(re7hat the new General-in- Chief is carrying the army fo4ard, he is also pushing on the siege works with vigour. As the combined army of the three powers, including Turkey, may be now estimated without exaggeration at 180,009 fighting men, if not even at 200,000, from the rein forcements which are constantly arriving, there is every reason to think that the campaign in the Crimea will soon lead to some cf those great conflicts which exercise a deci sive influence on the progress of a war or on future policy." A letter from before Sebastopol of the 15th, in the Presse d'Orient, says : " At the end of several councils of war held at head quarters between Genr Canrobert, Lord Raglan, Omer Pacha, and General 116, , t, Marmora, it appears that a determination has been crone to to attack the Russians outside Sebastopol, and in the end to invest the town completely. Everything tends to the idea that such is the plan adopted by the generals-in-chief; and the feel ing here is that no better one could be devised. The operations will not, however, be without difficulty, for the heights of the Tchernaya are tremendously fortified. Omer Pacha, it was determined, should leave without delay for Eupatoria, and bring forward his troops from that quarter, in order, in the first instance, to make a diversion on that side, and afterwards to effect a junction with the allied forces coming from Sebastopol. It appears that the reinforcements which the Russians have received of late are far from being as considerable as was stated. At the present time their numbers are not perhaps very much superior to those of the allies. It is this very day, I understand, that Omer Pacha is to take his departure from this place. During the last two days the rain has completely ceased, and the weather is magnificent. The general health is excellent." A letter from Therapia of the 17th, in the Moni teur, says :—" A contract has been entered into between the Ottoman Government and M. Lionel Osborn for the establishment of a submarine tele graph to unite the Dardanelles to Egypt." BOURSE, MAY 30.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 41 per Cents 93 75 94 25c. 3 per Cents 69 70 69 9O Credit Mobilier BlO Roman Credit Fon cier ...... 525 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Throes — Piedmontese B7 Home Debt 32 RAILWAYS—FOR CAUL - fr. c. • fr. Orleans - Western 695 Rouen Cate Mediterranean ...... 1185 Havre 5BO Northern AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 26.—The Times correspondent says no direct answer has yet been returned to the despatches forwarded by this Government to London and Paris on the 20th, but the language employed by Lord John Russell in the House on the 24th, and by Lord Palmerston on the following evening, has produced a most unpleasant impression here. Captain Webster, the British Cabinet mes senger, arrived yesterday evening from London, but it is evident that the despatches of which he was the bearer did net refer to the Austrian propositions, as the projected Conference has not been held to day. In some of my more recent letters it has been said that it would not be advisable to agree to any conditions proposed by Austria, unless she pre viously pledged herself to pursue a certain line of conduct should they be rejected by the St. Peters burg Cabinet. When about a month since the Austrian propositions were forwarded by the British and French Ministers to London and Paris, their acceptance was recommended by Lord John Russell and M. Drouyn do I'Huys, because the Austrian Government had entered into positive engagements towards the Western Powers. The following per fectly reliable information has now been given me on the subject. After the receipt of the Austrian projects a direct application was made to Count Buol, and he was requested to state what would be the policy of Austria if Russia should reject her propositions after they had been accepted by England and France. The reply was, that if Prince Gortsc'aakoff refused them at the Conference, it would be considered a casus belli ; and, if the St. Petersburg Cabinet confirmed tilettenisions of its representative, Austria would declare war against Russia. It was added, that in the decla ration then given the Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed the opinions and intentions of his Im perial master. That French and British statesmen should be desirous to secure the co-operation of such a powerful military Power as Austria is natural enough ' • but it appears to me that they were inclined to pay too high a price for it. Diplo matists still affect to believe that Russia would have refused to agree to the Austrian project, but lay observers think that the whole thing was " job," and express th e i r a stonishment that such an experienced statesman as the British Minister for the Colonies should be so singularly unsuspicious. On the 22d 260 merchantmen were taking in corn at Galatz, where the weather was rainy and stormy. The demand for the precious metals was so great on 'Change this morning, that gold rose l and silver 1 . per cent. London remained as yesterday, at 1211. 90c. and 1211. 20c. _ _ MAY 27. Loud complaints are made here that the British and French Governments " have displayed great want of consideration towards Austria," but the sequel will assuredly prove that they have acted wisely in declining to take into further considera tion propositions once rejected. The Donau learns from its correspondent " in the Kingdom of Poland" that in a very short time the whole of the Imperial Guard will have entered Poland from Lithuania. The two divisions of the Grenadier Corps are already on their way to Vol- ITALY. At Turin public expectation is on the tip-toe to know how the Court of Rome will act after the de cision of the Senate on the Convent Bill. If an excommunication should be determined on, the country is prepared to hear it. Both Revolutionists and Reactionists have been defeated for the time, and the bill, as amended by the Senate, had been presented to the Chamber of Deputies, by which it was referred to a commission, and on Saturday next will, perhaps, be brought forward for discus sion. ' There is little doubt of its being carried in the lower house, even though despised by many as an abortion, but a good deal of opposition from both extreme parties may still be expected. A letter . from Warsa*, of the 23d, says :—" The very slight hopes entertained of the re-establish ment of peace have been very disadvantageous to tho quotations of the Russian loan of 50 millions. Yesterday it fell from 92 to 94, and to-day it is still lower, without finding purchasers." THE MEDITERRANEAN. MALTA, MAY 24. The Niagara arrived the night before last, with horses and drafts, and.proceeded yesterday. The steamer Black Prince arrived from Constan tinople. She liAs had four deaths from cholera. Many of those olittoa,rd were suffering from dysen tery, and from taking a quantity of unripe fruit, which brought on cholera. She sailed for England yesterday. We have a report brought by the City of Aber deen that, on the night of the 11th, the Russians made a sortie, in which, it is said, they lost 3,000 ; but this is supposed to be an exaggerated account of our forn2er news of the sortie of the 11th. A line-of-battle ship, towed by a steamer, passed to the Ebt,,to-day. SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending the 30th of April have been issued, rind continue to exhibit a consideu:,ble decrease in the em ployment of tonnage. This decreass, however, has been relatively felt to a greater extent in foreign than in Bri tish shipping, a further corroboration being thus afforded of the fact that British vessels have the preference when ever there is a full supply of both. Those of the United States have constituted an exception to the general de crease of foreign ships during the month, but in the pre ceding months they exhibited a falling off, although not nearly to the same extent as those of other countries. As' regards the British totals, the dimunition in the number of voyages of the various mail steamers con eributes materially to the reduction observable. Sub joined are the general figures : Entered inward : TONNAGE FOR MONTH ENDING MAY'S. 1853. 1854. 1855. British vessels 280,792 357,455 269,003 United Statesrvessels ' 54,235 100,229 110,187 Other countries 174,375 207,205 86,261 509,402 664,889 465,451 The clearances outward were :- 1853. 1854. 1855. British vessels 472,072 490,939 480,725 United States' vessels Other countries 187,735 193,820 119,425 691,900 769,646 715,725 With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show that the tonnage entered inward was 1,145,014 in the month ending May 5, 1853 ; 1,060,821 in 1854 ; and in the present return it is 1,028,357, including 17 foreign vessels, of an aggregate burden of 2,158 t•ns. Ills clearances outward were 1,200,554 tons in May, 1853 ; 1,127,208 in 7854; and 1,087,478 (including 2,198 tons of foreign) in 1855. NEW PRUSSIAN DUTCH TREATY.—d letter from Berlin says :—" The Dutch Government has just concluded with Prussia a convention on reciprocal liberty in the coasting trade, the Estipulations of which will be soon officially published.' The more intimate friends of the late Mr. Lockhart are raising among themselves a subscription sufficient to erect a monument at Dryburgh Abbey over his re mains. The chief subscribers are the Earl of Ellesmere, Dean Milman, Mr. Richard Ford, Mr. Jobn Murray, Dr. Ferguson, and the Rev. Dr. Wellesley. ST. MARGARET'S MANSION, RICHDIOND.—The Con servative Land Society, true to their title, being most anxious to improve in every respect the localities in which they purchase estates, have given instruction to sell by public auction, on the 28th of June, the magnifi cent mansion of St. Margaret's, rather than pull down an edifice which may be ranked as one of the noblest specimens of modern architecture. A more beautifully constructed mansion, of better materials, and of more finished workmanship, is not to be found round London. This has been admitted by the thousands of visitors from all parts who have already viewed the mansion. The exe cutive committee, disregarding the merely financial ques tion of profit, which would suggest the clearing of the ground for allotment, at once are affording every opportu nity to preserve the mansion in its integrity. The estate is daily visited with increasing interest and curio sity, new that the mansion is to be brought, to the hammer. A. meeting of the General Screw Steam Company took place yesterday afternoon, Mr. R. Currie in the chair, when the report and accounts were carried by a large majority. An opposition was raised to their ac ceptance, on the ground that they had not been audited as required by the deed, the refusal of Mr. Crawford to assume the office of honorary auditor having left the duty of investigation to his colleague: The opinion of Mr. Lavie, the solicitor to the company, had been taken, and he considered that, under the circumstances, the directors were justified in offering the accounts for adop tion. Some discussion ensued respecting the large amount of 143,4871., carried t,o the debit of profit and loss, and it was explained that, taking the accounts into practical form, this result was shown. Mr. Quilter, who attended professionally to elucidate the statement, urged that the course pursued was a legitimate one, and in this view he was supported by Mr. Coleman. Several of the shareholders appeared to consider that the pro perty has been unnecessarily depreciated, and that the directors can, notwithstanding late losses, make a distri bution from the revenue of the past 18 months. The directors, on the other hand, contend that the affairs of the company will not at present warrant them in doing so, bUt they express a hope that the next half-yearly accounts will exhibit a more favourable result. PEOVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION.—ELECTION OF ANNIIITANTS.—In pursuance of a resolution passed at the annual general meeting on the 15th January last, by which a sum of 1101. was voted for annuities to clerks and widows of clerks duly qualified, an election of six annuitants on the benevolent fund took place yesterday afternoon, at the offices of the association, 15, Moorgate street. A largo number of members attended to record their votes. This was the sixth occasion on which these elections have been held. The association is now paying upwards of 8001. per annum to distressed members or widows of members. The support which it has met with from large banking and mercantile firms has enabled it to pursue a career of unchecked prosperity, and the amount of good achieved on behalf of a class peculiarly in need of its efforts has surpassed the most sanguine expectations of its founders. The appreciation of its bene fits by those for whose special benefit it was instituted is shown by the fact that thousands of such persons are now enrolled among its members. The number of candi dates who offered themselves for, election was twelve, comprising two clerks and ten wiaows of clerks, and in two instances it was a second application. The highest annuity contested for was 251., which was obtained by a candidate with the initials "J. G.," aged 42, who had subscribed to the benevolent fund nine years, and whose defective 'eye sight and extreme ill-health had inca pacitated for holding a situation. The other annuities amounted to 151. and 201. ; the latter am oun t b e i ng ob tained by a widow with th initials " A. N. D." whose late hsbaod subscribed to the fund for eleven years, and w o, upon very small means, has five young chil dren dependent upon her. Mr. R. Jones, in the absence of Mr. W. G. prescott, acted as chairman on the occa sion, and announced the result, expressing his regret that the society's funds were not in such a state as to justify still larger extension of its benefits, and that any of the candidates should be disappointed. INCOME-TAX REFORM.—EDIMINGHAM, Wednesday.— Last evening a meeting, convened 'by circular, w i ts held in this town for the formation of an Income-tax Refer& Association. The object of the promoters of this move ment is to remedy the present unjust state of the law as regards the tax itself and the mode of levying it. It is admitted (they urge) by nearly all great financial autho rities that to tax income from business at the same rate as that derived from realised property is unjust. This inequality is strongly felt by the commercial and professional portion of the community, and the conse quence is that the income tax is the most unpopular of all taxes, and cannot long be maintained in its present state, if the electors take up the subject, and a pressure be thus brought to bear .upon the House of Commons. We understand there is no wish on: the part of the originators of the association to embarrass the Govern ment, or to escape a fair taxation ; but they insist on the taxation being made on equitable principles, and that all parties in the state should contribute a proper proportion of the public burthens. Resolutions constituting a so ciety, to be called "The Income-tax Reform League," having for its object the carrying out of the following measures, were unanimously agreed to :--"That income tax paid from business and professions shall not exceed an equitable proportion of that paid from realised pro perty. That on appeal, a statement of income, supported Icy the oath or declaration of the taxpayer as to his be lief of his income, shall be final." It was also unani mously resolved th a t every member of the society should use his influence to induce all candidates for the repre sentation of the people in. Parliament to support the above principles. Detailed announcements of the ob jects of the society Will shortly be issued. AN INFERNAL MACHINE. At the Guildhall Police-court yesterday, Petro Peloj, an Italian, described as a confectioner, of 83, Fleet street, was charged with sending through the, General Post-office a small paper parcel containing about 4 oz. of compressed gunpowder, some lucifer matches and sand paper, with intent to do some grievous Wily harm to Natale Ferario, a confectioner, of 103, Holborn-hill, to whom it was addressed. Application was made before two of the aldermen for a warrant,,in this case,: on which occasion the parcel received by the prosecu tor was exhibited. It consisted of a wooden case, about six inches long and one inch vinare, filled with gunpowder, and ribands protruding at either end, like a: Waterloo cracker, and so attached to phoC phorus matches and sandpaper in the box as to inset* the instant ignition of the powder and matches upon drawing either of the ribands. Fortunately, however, the parcel was taken to pieces without any accident. Natale Ferario said, I have known the prisoner abut seven years, and four yegrs ago I was in partnership with him, and again in April, 1854. -The latter part nership was dissolved in January last. I paid him 601, on his giving up his interest in the business. This is the receipt which he -gave me. It is in his handwriting, for he signed it at the time. I received this case through the Post,office about 12 o'clock on Friday last. My nephew opened it in my presence, when I found it contained between 4oz. and soz. of gunpowder. There were six phosphorus matches on one side of,the case, and six on the other. There was also some sandpaper 6n either side to ignite the matches, and ribands to draw out. The direction on the case is, I believe, in the handwriting of the prisoner.—George Muliineux said, I took the prisoner into castody on Monday evening. On searching his lodgings I found on the rnantelshelf three lucifer-matehes, and in the pocket of a waistcoat several more, corresponding with those in the case. In an earthen pan in a corner of a room I found this bradawl, which exactly fits the hole in the end of the case. John.Cummin said I saw the ptisoner write the receipt for 601., and sign the agreement. I believe the address on the case has been written by him. Alderman Finnic said the charge against the prisoner involved the punish ment of transportation for life, and he could not take upon himself the responsibility of dealing with it in any other way than to send it for investigation before a higher tribunal. The prisoner was then ordered for trial,' but liberated on bail. THE GOVERNOR OF KERTCH'S CARRlAGE.—Respect ing the capture of the Governor of Kertch's carriage we have received the following :—" The Highflyer was on a surveying expedition when she saw the Russian boat lying in shore ; the capture was immediately made, and Captain Moore of that ship sent Lieutenant Hawkes to the Governor, under a flag of truce, to offer to restore the carriage. The Governor received him very civilly, and accepted his offer." DEATH FROM FURIOUS DRIVING.—The jury empan nelled to inquire into the cause of the death of Ann Legg, aged 55, who met . with „ her death in Tottenham-court- road on the evening of Sunday week, re-assembled at the Lord Wellington, University-street . .. before Thomas Wakley, Esq., coroner, assisted by, his deputy, Mr. Brent. The inquiry was adjourned from Monday, in order that an application might be made to Sir George Grey for the production before the jury of the three men charged with causing the death of deceased. In reply to the application which was forwarded by the coroner, Sir G. Grey replied that the request should be complied with. Accordingly the three men who have been for some days in the House of Detention, were brought up in charge of Inspector Hayard, of the E division of police. Their names are Charles Howard, Charles Pink, and William Stewart, and it was clearly proved that, being drunk, and driving a horse and cart at a most reckless rate along the Tottenham-court-road, they caused the death of the deceased, who, while crossing the road, on her way to chapel, was knocked down and fatally in jured. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the accused. MR. WYLD'S NEW MODEL OF CRONSTADT AND THE SNORES OF THE BALTIC.—Mr. Wyld has provided an interesting and instructive exhibition for the Whitsun tide holidays by opening a new room at the Great Globe, in Leicester-square, wherein is shown a large and very complete model oferonstadt, the surrounding shores of the Gulf of Finland, and the Baltic Sea, illustrated by a separate key-map on a spherical projection, and a model of the surrounding countries, so constructed as to ex hibit the peculiar features of their physical geography. It is manifestly impossible to obtain a correct, or even a clear idea of the topography of the fortress of Cronstadt from an ordinary map, and Mr. Wyld's model is just the thing to supply the deficiency. It exhibits in clear relief the fortress itself, with the adjacent detached forts known by the names of Forts Peter, Menschikoff, Constantine, and Alexander, and shows the exact position of the bar rier of piles and granite with which the Russians have blocked up the passage. A short and well-delivered lecture still further enlightens the audience, who, if pos sessed of ordinary intelligence, will leave Mr. Wyld's exhibition with a very good general knowledge, not only of' the mere localities, but of the geographical and phy sico-geographical features of the northern continent of Europe. Around the room are suspended arms and trophies taken by the Allied armies from the Russians, and several Finnish costumes, heads of white bears, and other not very attractive, albeit curious, importations from the countries under the iron sway of the great bar barian of the North, From Cronstadt a short journey to an adjacent room introduces the visitor to the model of Sebastopol, and if he ch ? oses to pursue his researches by surveying the gigantic model of " the Great Globe itself," his knowledge of geography, peihaps never very. profound, may be greatly extended. In fact, the great and meritorious feature of this exhibition is that it com bines instruction with entertainment, and blends useful information with what may simply attract the eye. We were glad to observe a large and attentive audience in both rooms. SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY.—The 16th annual meeting of this institution was held at Willis's Rooms yesterday ; the Right Hon. Lord Henry Cholmondeley, M P., in the chair. There were present also Admiral Walcott, M.P., Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, Admi ral Bertie Cator, Admiral F. E. Vernon Harcourt, Cap tains the Hon. Francis Maude, Bate, Heaslop, Fur neaux, Boultbee, R.N. ; Mr. Montagu Gore, Mr. Fors ter, R.N., &c. The noble Chairman expressed his own warm attachment to the society, and avowed his assur ance that the more it was known the more it would be appreciated. The report, which was read by Mr. Francis Lean, the secretary, stated that during the first three months of the past eventful year the storms that swept the coasts of the United Kingdom were truly appalling, and exceeded in violence any that had been known in the memory of man ; and that the consequent destruction among the shipping was equally unprece dented. During that short period 620 vessels were wrecked, stranded,. or foundered, with the loss of up wards of 1,000 lives. Never since its establishmenthad the value of the institution more forcibly dis played itself. The awful gales in the Black Sea had been the occasion of fearfully swelling the list of • the recipients of the charity, and the total wrecks for the year riported at Lloyd's had been increased to the large number of 1,850, with the loss of upwards of 3,000 lives. Relief has been afforded to 3,546 shipwrecked persons, including mariners and fishermen, subscribers, to assist in replacing their clothes and boats, and to 2,306 widows, orphans, and aged parents, making together a total of 5,852 persons relieved between the Ist of January and the 31st of De cember. The number of mariners and fishermen sub scribing to the society' from 2s. 6d. to 3s. per annum now exceeded 40,000 ; while 2,804 vessels now carried its distinguishing flag. The society had during the past year handed over all its life-boat establishments to the Royal National Life-boat Institution, as they hoped thereby that the work would be better carried out by one institution in London devOted to the object, and working energetically. under the patronage of the Go vernment ; and it has been, agreed that the, work of en couraging exertions to safe.life on the high seas or coasts of our colonies shall be carried on by the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, which, during the past year, has awarded 14 silver medals and 93/. in pecuniary rewards for heroic exertions in saving life, making a total of five gold and 40 silver medals' and 5621. 10s. given since 1851 for assisting at the saving of 1,0611 lives.' Various resolutions were agreed to, and also a vote of thanks to the chairman. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.— The annual dinner of the society was held at ViTillis'a-rooms on Monday, when the chair was taken by Sir Roderick Murchison, in the absence of the Earl of Ellesmere; the retiring pre sident, and of Admiral Beechey, the president elect, both of whom were unwell. tfpvvards of 100 of the members and their friends were present, among whom were several distinguished travellers and men of science. After the accustomed toasts to the Royal family, the toast of "The Army and Navy," coupled with Admiral Sir G. Back and General Sir G. -Pollock, elicited some observa tions from the Chairman and the latter gentlemen on the recent amalgamation of the Indian army with the Line ; on the successful combination of the navy and army in the expedition to Kertch ; and on the heroic bravery. and. endurance displayed throughout the Crimean campaign. In prop(ising ' " The Royal Geographical Society, .tho• retiring . President, Lord Ellesmere, and the President elect, Admiral Beechey, the Chairman dwelt on the many evidences of the society's continued prosperity. Lord Overstone proposed "The Geographers who have this day been honoured with rewards." His lordship alluded to the influence of geographical discovery and research in pro moting commerce, civilisation, and, enlightenment, in developing the natural resources of the earth, and ren dering them contributory to human welfare. Mr. An cLerson, in responding, expressed his gratitude for the re cognition with, which his labours in Africa had that day been honoured, Lord Stanley proposed "The health of the Chairman, Sir R. Murchison, Past-president, and now Vice-president of the Society, and Director-General of the Geological Survey and School of Mines." Sir R. Murchison, in reply, paid a tribute to the memory of his predecessor, the late Sir Henry De la Beche, who had rendered his task comparatively light, .by the admirable state in which he had left his charge,' and his highly effi cient staff engaged in the various operations of the sur vey. The Arctic voyagers, Captains Kellett and M'Clure and Dr. Rae, who were present; responded to the com pliments paid to them. Passing to warmer regions, Col. Rawlinson and Lieut. Burton represented the etplorers and travellers of Asia and Africa ; the antiquarian and learned researches of the former in Nineveh, which have contributed so much to elucidate and confirm the Holy Scripture, and the hazardous exploits of the latter, in penetrating to Medina, Mecca, Hurrur, &a., being par ticularly indicated. .The Royal SocietY and other scien tific bodies of the metropolis were coupled with the names of Mr. W. J. Hamilton, President of the Geolo gical'Society, Dr. Per c y, an d Mr. Warrington Smyth. In conclusion, the Chairman proposed " The Officers of the Society and Dr. 'Norton Shaw," who returned thanks. 0mmamm00mm0mm0m0mer..........................."'"."'.••••••••0"...../1 V V A CP THE VIENNA CONFERENCE, . 1 - -i-,'• - nn3flii* WAR, THE MINISTRY, _AND ~ NATIONS. ----e-- - .. TO THE EDITO:; OF THE SUS. Conference, and the actual po-itiou of. Austria w lifo'tj,,, Sig,—Having made afe IV observations on the Ilei'f: .peel to the war during the de'sate ; or more core .,, 13 1 y. speaking, the thinly-masked dramatic scene, Which, a seemingly pre-concerted, yet thinly-maske:_cet,l4,,:. ante, was enacted, not in the more appropriate thsa,to`o: the Princess's, but in the House of Commos, oll ° , pa ct, day, the 21st inst., I now beg of you to afford M e P_•' s , for a few observations, which I trust may not b e e .. e1,". structive after that debate. and after the more atii.isu; able speeches of Ministers and ex-Ministers on 'iri day and Friday last. position of Austria with regard to the war asainC.'„'ies My object, in the first place, is to stately esaetl9tr sia• I hope lam qualified to state such fact: „,iottiers, partialit"," and justice,* and to show that h? silii;,,ed, ment of-Austria has long been, is, and will l?b n !v ac , and even by necessity ruled, in its administretioe? _P.7:08 tiations, foreign relations, and even its policy, itgder„ or war, by circumstances and realities not we''., l . nob stood by the inhabitants of this kingdom or be W ° lit men generally, and, if at all, . only by 3 l e aso abo Ministers and ex-Ministers, certainly not by be sat assume ao be prominent legislators and stet s r% pre . pro-Rils ' a rwrhu'ossaicatnaandersmpaenakpaarstyif.they were a , ea r was, Without reference to whether the presente War ; or was not, in its origin, just, neceseary, or 4 P be ileVe, and in which, we have been, chiefly, 0 ,1 , 1 so o af through ignorant and criminal clearlymanagemenba o s opi• mitously engaged, I was, from the liot, Z st Aug. pion, that for England or France to expert,vbs't itosis trig would ever make aggressive war with the least political sagacity, judiciafftasirsmols greet Was a palpable delusion. In fact, that G°° °r practical capacity, for administering th" all, g "a l nation, or for conducting ably, or succes ... 0 so su i e ala war, would, for one hour, entertain a belie' ' ~,,,, a policy on the part of Austria. Austrian Government would use the iltin ee ' e tietios a I had at the same time full confidenete tthilsetirai laborious, the most wise efforts, as far, am vie; obteirl,.l representation, and reason could diaabe, Well 1 , 5 al t t h h the condition populations, manners, just and honourable peace ; and knowing ~,ebitsate, traditions, hatreds, and sympathies of them I SbOald 131 WWCh constitute the Austrian Eo3Pire' A iadgr aent l e been destitute of ordinary perception, an s , .,a , ~,,,e dor)., I entertained the belief that Austria could . s, t o repo, more than her Government Liss done----tha 'posers a''' her good offices in aid 'of the the Western defensil ti, Turkey—and to act, when necessary', on o f the D 3ii St3ltaes ' a t abgeol::yre ri l l !! i l i : as she has done by her military oceaPacq be bian Provinces. ast rt la r the The Government of Austria and the s e ,gtioi l °` to considered essentially German. The P ° r - t 0 0 06 0 5 Empire amounted, accordirg to tho ill s so Geroi a a 87,500,000 in round numbers. of these tot all aiet,7 are less than 7,500,000 ; while the Solaces ° lor e b s a a ,, , amount to 15,300,000 ; the Marla° 6,000,000 ; the Italians to 5,600,00° ; t 5,00° , .,,,,,, to ssaecso', They are all antagonistic in races, Roumans, Armenians, and Jews, to a bet ; trati v i e ; ousteria;i, relitet and hatreds. Those prlifessing the Greet to O eg , amount to about 7,000,000 ; the Protestao, re tbe •ar 3,500,000; the Roman Catholics, includitlbeocooo , Italians, &c., to about 26 000 000 • Jews , ° , , , . s e a ~ to Russia, with a powerful army, menians, and others, complete the remelt', Austy o werethe e invited v Eastern ited crush the Hungarian revolution. Fatal Pr re eT o fight 7,, Government ever called in foreign soici i : to Iloals;se enableu_ssient! own subjects without, peril. So it prov e ; the .v r e ee °lien th e Sr ° to Reston., Whet 00 f ale E fr m om pire Gr t m o a t n h y e . came among them—f° the Britons, sirs e t pr ole Austria ? s pent s'essie, _ The Czar would naturally. saY, in the ajos t os Emperor of Austria declaring war fig 0Y t i •to ° 1 ° " You, in your adversity, ca lled Me '"5 014 el friend' 11; but you were then my ally-019 en ea 3 r t iers i i wage war against me_ .. you are beset o ar frl v‘i° your determined foe. My armies beset y .torieo ; t oo I will march my forces into your terrt. isc s aa ~t i k proclaim to the Magyars, and to all the L' s il Cre'va ether in Gallicia, HungarY, Transq;o,rdliesee Illyria, or Dalmatia—to the Italians in r io de The netia, and the Friuli, `Arise ! declare r il ise aer• 4r filf —your freedom—ad I will be your det woo al BP dismemberment of the Austrian EMP ire diti°' follow. 1 eon to o Such is the common sense view dl e , re s a t eXPt e eh of Austria. Let us be reasonable, ana ii ° o - a eve r t ;for impossibility from that power. 1° ; I r esS °l/$ jet 114 Austria may be averse to it, she hes vita „f o re, , l'i, bid her waging war • • - toe of against Russia. . f r ota ee rie abandon the delusion of a peace resulting f t he 0 tv o • enna Conference. Therefore the wh° l° ° m otio n ova' the withdrawal of Mr. Milner Gibson's ss . tbe 44 6' farce—to all appearance, a preconcerted 0;;;'si the try will think so ; the Government has first Aber dence of the country. The Pelbani, or the s od al Or: bottomed Ministry, 100 to 110 years are'reolaa°,3 the deen, or the second broad-bottomed il,'; redsrie r ," lo lir equally disastrous to the nation• r' t '' o° '' r t 0 e II i, i disgrace, indignity, and calamity PerP:en-rlligengcs4,arr''', tion b the first. May the s pirit , '" e ri et o' s • t ret, i s c e pendence, red the love of liberty, of justice, a ailii ° , -- oo ','" o eena the country from it s preseilv cart , fli' jv 3- . degradation ; from the insult 'h is C.- 10 i' d{ tbe viihic ' nation by a Government di t o Ag . which consider's tin ier ler" right to limit place and power, and the es 015„ete empire,t . eta o a conspiracy of a few families 0 0 0 ti e allr tlous - of each otter; Th.' iP'Jo ' 0 thy to the aristocracy. e countr of ttl The e fl oc beg intelligenta VI ,t „, will most ' • willingly give the n b'llY e re ll a ' er their fair share of. la ° 11 13 t it wl de ° lace and power. 11 4 - ' the domination' P aro' ot' of a conspiracy of intern' 0 0- tism, and cousinship. of so floa " of t On Monday let every Member of the fact fa be" mons pause. Let him call up the seri°l'ss, eat b t bt'' number of his brave countrymen who h a ' s - 0 folig se d gloriously in battle—for they would all b' 1 00, 9 0 0 roically—but who have died from cri3llol‘ 10 ,cane the who sali of an Administration—of a Governnaeot, _ ca l el se° to perish without food, shelter, clothinke"'"viseadso —to perish under the severities of clinla: o'o'estitbarePprs' pestilence. The country will Judges-A ee 00 t ole s sent I investigate the votes that will be g'rstional lees momentouseris* •• • volvieV- nee' fir and credit, having`is—a cr ' ele Irt • tio .0 0 1 increased taxation 0 . , ee J e , of life, uncertainty and want of CO tt a tu oll• sent, and the miseries of anxietY 35 ° AGO' am, yours, &c., JOHN 3 . 1 d et t Athenmum Club, May 29, 1855...„,„ t het, e s ' t 'a, poi $0 * I may allude, Al l° " ri ' ol ' II with reference to are aeti a 4. our 'ht en very able Ambassador, Sir ' eollesig"es'a of arranged, with Baron Neumann MY till'' eci"-' as ,be , t slt articles of the Treaty of 1838, between !sosactslooD,Do do m and Austria, and also the liberani ' bo tbot ho ic ' l ,s Customs attached to that treaty, and reoried,, 01 0 0 Frederick was created a peer after . cares 'be treaty from London to Milan, where th e j bevs e ;,st t ° ,,ea the time crowned King of Lombard. oeb I, '''' tb°, maintained an intercourse with withhuStoia, e rble ne riag s ee ignorant of the affairs of an empire Igo . Y 00 0 t ot time, had so intimate a personal kuosvlkatbo gre ie l er negotiations of that treaty, I inet ' , vi tt ' be ill' ag l °fur% most intriguing opposition frOm teathoseTrelol,lll.o,o their monopoly of manufactures end .1i11i.b1,006%.116 aangerecl by greater commercial freedola; es sis o a f li r experienced the greatest fidelity as sve ll a t 'ever a te ll 'e °o4 Prince Metternich and the A Ustrisn ` - 'lO, ill': 0 0 0 ' ol success of my labours, and the fourth articoasettol4oS gested and drew up, with respect to tbo i 1,,, deq, ,if, Danube, are all generously recorded in vto'releuport°4 oi Sir Frederick Lamb to her gajestY's 6° ,, the er itle ci ai 4 only allude to these facts, as bearing tili°:-0 10 ° 0 V isl which I had of acquiring a cornprebeaaloe frseyealU the Austrian Government and its li° s " - thaa '' ni ae oa ° ' resided, for the greater ' f vere AO oe c et, portion 0 f the e a el and having travelled over, most parte° os oees o rs' o see t i pire. During this period, I believe I,P 4e tere ° sali c i, dence of, from having weekly person 'be t sa '', o o ' Prinee , delietternich and I have Olio of o stet strongly with his own thorough aPPeci2ell 111 w u n r d e i p tir of the Impel - ia1____ ±...,_........... Europe. slji. at", A GALLAN T I,obl' , e $P e ,„)1 10 " --.G---' sh b - ic e The following particulars of the e n l i st" wait, of the • .of Sergeant James Hill, of the 23Ilegi General 1 1°8 ' tb e s ot ,il Scot, who has just left Fort Pitt , 8 0 1 4. 0 0% most interesting : b er. poa ae. ed l' ea I ° di This brave, determined man escaP, eo. p ea A t,10?,, 0 0., terrific shower of round, Millie, 24 an° 70oteri,t finis, thin within six yards of a battery, hip c 'e ° o - 0 0, l''''''' a l % part of his body, injuring his hil , - 00040 000.; direction where it is for ever likely t° 0 41 P s a 1t', 4 0 1 fearful wound, Hill raised hums uP , f A de O AVI t rounds fell from exhaustion, on tho bodf s o f hini s t i oetLi o al‘s Capt a Chester fell by his side. Hill °' 37 .1i1 1 re, bi 4 e el ° l3 l man never wore a sword." SergaaoD, 0 0 4 r age s fe e 's his' pack, put on his great coat, .o° lo o o r p 0 r oSi' e tightly round him, commenced rolli' wo ol o Silefel, precipitous hill of Alma, having 1 0 th is tb , end l a lai s sfa c ' s , ° lf some yards, while recovering his brea, t , o' oo s ool, e ret on the dead and wounded. he observets the a e lla l afss sternly surveying him ; Hill; returillf,' bi.ol,.is po i : i iit e Qc was surprised end disgusted on seeing e 1 oi P a o, ," ~, bring round the muzzle of his gun, See a oo e, h ie nil' 'a a cap to shoot Hill ; fortunately '-' himself frooo,, I d 0010, the sergeant, hastily his - t the fol io . ), ° A i and raising himself on his knees, sli° t to /i s S OS', ee'i loading (for, as he observed, I mean oleo ) ,aila s sil! s o folding his blanket round him, mean ; f oto it liii' l ef movement until he reached the riv-sia,, bu t 040 , t. to his gun as a crutch, he tried to fotti ! e o f lii „,ite °, 0 0 ,, must have been drowned had not tr ibe op o s i , l e p kindly assisted in placing him °soreeot a fib , 3 ,01 } ‘ of the river. Here, strange to seY , sil y' A sko De m ° v ea! of his own regiment, and calling s him to ol , o f oforli,ei about ? His reply plainly Pr° ve n to a at % air be ee tat and Hill .asked bins to carraSbB,iteos. rho ab_ s t ic s hay he could sec at a little Z i b' t., i j o il itiijj) 7siDos he could net; and added,,," ' I (saiti -1 ';; 11e n g dfior ~ Wha t • o o o* Ite tl W O back to my company :” t you a' bore 00 bold you are a coward, and I'll shoo . 030, s e il ' is , se c 9 ,J the man carried the bleeding ser.l s,rjea lit ore, Pose 'da he fainted. After much suffei:ing ,_sro Do ! e s _ jot tits , 0, , self in the hospital at Saltation, vtr_73ontetlavvo?telatel easily have died," but the eft ._.,., pis vslitasieeo4.l„4, him, and the thought of again -Seril,as dete'Trelfsred ,L'eal d " ° ' tiaiethe V e fortitude, that he repeat° , the saw e i s o The enthusiastic, and a t t / Du weal': ;toli s , tod ° manner in which Serjeatiss,_sristirteilt.46, de ° , lac e ,I° • atten,t ion, and syrripathYol a!"!."of fen a* lei ifi f `` e V to all—entails upon every admirer . t flosP i . e t e a lS i t Pit be 0 ' a sd debt of homage. entered For - f ons ts tie- lb Serjeant James Hill en rivals r , de tern',,, ~, lie first arrive s , woof, i v say, being amongst t to the pragesusvkatraevo% ost lait 0 ,1 whore he has been up wa sle a' „ o o 0 to rp,, 0, 0 . period attempts ha ye been aiso o de lio ar vv,11,., without success. Ho b3g % tera 3l I 0 iii r It' 1 •n up the e 010 0 r itt s e , s e operation, the felting , t the s , vot e is, s a has manifested througuoti_ ,_,s loft. . ._, O be . sio abounds with be 11810 bus aerating lice) .01;0 kons Pa P 1 • ass i'' to il i 0 burgh, evl•cre rec ~ el _ , , 00s silk handkerchief (nude by Pr' 2".l us lefa from her most grace) • wife. e Serjeant James Hill is iti, ~,,, pa ttern to ever y gyolclier, mve " weep, u Dyl O t be 0 Qull, v vas ty 10 P 14 r o ta ~0 000orgail000littiotoVe Z 1. '~ ~~ a 1) r