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

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. :Wader the management of Mr. Buckstene. -Tms-rsrstinio, Wlll be performed FRA DIAVOLO. Characters by Messrs. Rims Reeves, Weiss, Manvers, J. T. halnes, Farquharson, and W. Fame ; Mrs. Sims Reeves, and Madame Weiss. After which, a new Extravaganza, called TEE NEW HAY MARKET SPRLIM MRETLYG, 1855. To conclude with A KISS IN THE D RK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Caesar as KZAN. THIS EVENDTG, Will be perforated AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts, entitled HE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ItTi."rJ'Fli. Pro Oder, Mr. B. Wehater.—Direc . ` , ladame Celeste. THIS EYENIA Will be performed the comedy of PA tit RY. Principal cha meters by Mears. C. Selby and Wright; aM. Keeley, Airs. L Mfray, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with ANEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES Qf MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations ROYAL OLYMPIE THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, `►ill be performed TIT FOR TAT. iheerwhich, THE WELSH GIRL. Characters by Kam 7. Leslie, and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called TIE YELLOW DWARF AND THE RING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direetion of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, win be performed THE VI;LAGE NIGHTINGALE. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS D AUGHTERS THREE, To conehtde with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. Brilliant reception of the Ballet of Kate Kearney. THIS EVENING. The successful Equidrarna by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cookeder, the Pearl of the A rena, and Miss Emily Cooke, the world's will pe rform. win apPear. Mr. W . Cooke's sagacious Dwarf Elephant, To KEARconcl de u with a Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, KATT OXEY or, the Lakes of Killarney. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Rox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Mr. Ur. Cooke, West. ActinQ• jan, *. — .Mager. Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, MU WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim a —Morma.. 17 min.after 8 Evening 3min. aft. 9 T)- 'Mm-- Morning 45 min.after 9 i Evcning 23 min. aft.lo DB WEATHER.—sus Ovrrat, May. 10. THZILMOWITTrit. IN THE SHADE. 6 2—highest since neon yesterday. 49—fewest this morning and during the night. 61—this day, at noon. BAROMETER 29'51 WrfirD. W. to N.W.--Light, withrte w eather. Last evening it began to ra i n , an d a consiflg .e quantity has fallen in the night. it is identical w ith th a t o f Poland to the Allies. Trey would each have to part with their smaller shares of the Polish robbery, but they would have an ample reward. They, as well as Poland, would regain their liberty. They are now both of them mediatised dependents on Russia. They live in slavish fear of their over-grown military neighbour. With consummate folly they have acquired only c ornparativelysmall portions of Poland, adding little or nothing to their strength. Russia, on the contrary, has gained her sole military strength against Europe by her vast seizures of Polish ter ritory. Poland independent would be a shield to Austrian and Prussian independence. Poland enslaved is the sole cause of their present slavery. We believe that all honest Germans would soon realise this as fully as France and England now do. Once France was the only dread of the worthy Teutons. From France, however, they had a civilisation to learn, and they did learn it. Russia has nothing to teach them—her only boon is their political subjugation to the odious tyrants whose tottering thrones she bolsters up. Russia is the nightmare of Germany, the death of her liberties, and the life of her despots. And for all this political infamy she has no compensation to offer. No arts, no science, no literature, no genius, nothing but the beauties of her serfdom and her despotism, and the terrors of her military hordes and fastnesses. Surely all Germans who have a soul in their bodies must long to see their de graded Courts set free from the humiliating fear of the Czar. If the Russians choose to deify their despot, Germans at least believe in the First Commandment. In truth the " god of the Rus sians" is the veritable SATAN of the Germans—of the people we mean—and they would bless the exorcist who should banish the fiend. We have always held that Poland is the true key to the present question ; and of course are gratified with any indication of our leaders being driven to the same conclusion. They have known it, of course, long ; but " drifting" is the states manship, as Lord CLARENDON has told us, of our Cabinet. Happy will it be for all Europe if events carry our rudderless Government to the aid of Poland. The protocols so anxiously looked for, but so unfortunately kept back, in consequence of " the temporary illness of a person in the Foreign-office, is whose department it was to prepare transla tions," have at length been published. They are indeed important documents, throwing much light on the recent proceedings at Vienna, containing as they do not merely the propositions put for ward by the different parties, but even the views Last September we drew attention to a remark- a-id opinions of the several Plenipotentiaries. able "Letter to the Emperor of the FRENCH on Their appearance renders the interesting and im the Eastern Question, and the re-establishment of portant question completely ripe for discussion. the Independence of Poland." It was a transla- We know what has been offered on either side, tion from the French, and the author, according and what rejected, and may therefore consider whether the inst ruc ti ons f urn i s h ed to the Plenipo to universal a n d uncon t ra di cted report, is the X tentiaries by the W es t ern P owers are in accord- DR PERSIGNY, w h o i s now appo i nted ambassador to our Court. At th e sameltime Count W ALEWSKI, ante with the v o i ce o f pu bli c opinion in Franco and England, an d lik e l y to lead to a per whose very name mus t guaran t ee hi s sympathy with the ca use o f th e P o l es, succeeds M. DROUYN manent and honourable p eace . W e may also DE L'Hu Ys as th e Mi n i ster for Foreign Affairs in judge of the spirit o f R uss i a, as evinced by her rejection of th ese excee di ngly moderate France. Concu rren tl y w ith these official indica- . propositions, and of her i n fl ex ibl e d etermination times, we find the s erv i ces o f th e P olish prisoners agaihst their oppressor accepted, and a Polish ' to persist, at any sacrifices, in the aggressive po- Legion, alas ! too tardily, in course of formation. licy which she has so long maintained, and for Ile the pamphlet we have alluded to, out readers which she has obtained such memorable notoriety. may remember that M. DE PERSIGNT shows with 1 We cannot help thinking that she has been greatly clearness and vigour that an independent Poland I influenced by this undue moderation on the part is the grand offensive sentiment which would im- ' of her adversaries, which she very naturally as part to the Allied efforts "a passion" which would i : tribes to " ti m idit y " on their part, and an ear be more than a match for the religious fanaticism i nest determination to obtain peace at any price, on which Russia so much relies ; and that its or on any terms, however humiliating or preg realisation nant with dang er t o th e f uture tranquillity of realisation as a fact i s th e on l y poss ib le means of ii ' Europe. N o thi ng b u t suc h a conviction could depriving Russia of he r present offensive power againstcivilisedEurope. W econs id er, h e says, " the induce Prince G ORTSCHAKOPP to propose such t recognition by a co mmon d ec l arat i on', on the part ;terms, which would, in f ac t , b e c h eap l y purchased of the Allies, of the legitimate existence of the Polish i by Russia by her entire expenditure on account nationality" as the masterpiece of Allied policy. , of the War up to the present moment ; and Before thi s h e conce i ves, i f accompanied, of course, the presumpti ve i nso l ence whereof was en by suitable military measures, the complications 1 hanced by the cool impertinence with of the case would attain a prompt and ready so- I which, even at the last moment, when his lution. We may surely hope, then, that the ii suggestions were considered utterly inadmis new French Ambassador and Foreign Minister 11 sible by the other parties, he declared that " the are indications that LOUTS NAPOLEON, at I I t l , Plenipotentiaries of R uss i a h a d amply redeemed least, is fav oura bl e t o a b old and worthy policy. i l their word by proposing several plans of solu- We may be told, perhaps, that we have with tion 1" They were, indeed, extraordinary plans, Sebastopol and the Crimea, enough on our hands which could not in any respect be considered as at present. Perhaps quite enough to do, but cer- I based on a limitation of theßussian preponderance tainly not enough to fill our plans and thoughts. . in the Euxine ; but, on the contrary, seemed to " Ever too late" has been the ruin of everything ! regard the impending danger to Turkey to be on hitherto ; our policy, thanks to that caressed 1 the side of her present Allies, and which could drag-chain A us t r i ts , h as a l ways as yet been quite , be averted by th e ma i ntenance of a powerful Russ Sian fleet ; o r , i n o th er words, that in accordance as much behi n d th e occas i on as our m i l i tary and I with the old fable, th e s h eep s h ould accept the commissariat manage men t. H a d P ERSIGNY ' S advice been adopt e d th e d ay h e gave i t, we b e- ; protection of the f r i en dl y wo l ves against those lieve that, despite all our administrative short- , dangerous traitors, the watch dogs ! comings, Sebastopol would have fallen ere now. i' It is unnecessary at present to refer to the pro- Polish nationality recognised, and the Polish flag ' ceedings at the earlier conferences, before the third floating before Sebastopol, would have disorganised ~ and most important point came under discussion. the plans of Russia, have stopped her reinforce- y A virtual postponement took place on the 26th mints far away from the Crimea, and have trans- ; March, in order to await instructions from the iersed her b e st so ldi ers f rom the garrison of Cabinet o f St. P eters b urg, for although meetings ji Sebastopol to our trenches. If it be now adopted, ! took place on the 29th March,and on the 2nd and though too late to recal the past, it will not be r , 9th April, nothing practically was effected beyond tie late to g i ve a new, an d we b el i eve invincible, rho adjou rnmen t o f the discussion of the Fourth vigour to the future. , Point, and the intervention of M. DROUYN DE , Suppose th e Alli es to act on M. DE PERSIGNY'S L'HUYS and A u P ASHA, who showed that they suggestion, what would be the results ? Take the were authorised by their respective Governments Allies themselves first. In England and France to take part in the discussions. On the 17th the universal feelin g wou ld b e one of deep satis- it April the diplomatic struggle was renewed, and faction. It would be a relief to the national I, from that moment the specious fallacies put for conscience of both countries. The burden of I, ward by Prince GORTSCHAKOPP proved, beyond half a century—the guilt of complicity in the '; the possibility of doubt, the duplicity of Russia blood of a murdered kingdom —would be taken . 4 al) initio, and that she had not the slightest in off at once. This War is but the visitation of our ten tions of concluding a binding Treaty on the fathers' sin, in tolerating the dismemberment of terms to which she had clearly and unequivocally Poland, upon us their children. We are pain- assented. The - Conferences might then and there fully conscious of its lying upon us till we avenge I have been summarily broken off, for we the oppressed, and punish the rampant oppressor ; • at once declared that " Russia would not and we should bear the needful sacrificesof the War consent to the strength of her navy being re with the light-heartedness of one who frankly ir l stricted to any fixed number, either by Treaty or atones for lon g - neg l ec t e d d u ty. Every soldier, iin any other ma nner !" Thi s was practically a and commander e m ployed in the War would disavowal of the very fou n d a ti on o f a ll t h ese ne b3o, feel. gotiations •; and it i s only to that he was engage d i n a rea lly holy essuse. be regretted th a t Celatraat spirit with • which we should pay, i Lord JOHN RUSSELL and M. D ROUYN DE L 'H UYS, the soldiers olik ers fight, for s uc h a c owardly, we , in place of expressing " regret a n d sur p r i se ," an d must i sa „, s uch a re crean t, peace as L or d J OHN declaring that " the chances of succe ss a tt en di ng ' :' at o i w on uld Pted at Vi enna, an d for the restor - 1 ' - of hav e a e ne I -19 negotiations for peace were greatly dimi a, "lulled and noble nation ! A I :nislied," did not at once protest against the in nation, too, whose restoration alone can stave off . 1 Hincerity of Russia and the gross deception prac the recurrence oe destruction has thesein volve cruel wars in which its - ' used by that Power, and at once break off all _d us. A constitute Poland would di resolve to re elate of both to consider the propositions 1 further negotiation. In plat© of so doing they, and fire all the nobler sentim disb urden the conscience, 1 •r.owever, took time and France. It is s uer °f t England Ito be submitted, and, at the next meeting, 0 a dd, that 1 Drought forward the propositions which were so Turkey would hail it as her only ' effectual Re- contumeliously rejected on the part of Russia. curity. These propositions were of a twofold character. B,ut how would our determination affA ect , The first re l ate d to the adm i ss i on o f t h e S u bli me Austria and Prussia ? One thi ng is cert a i n, 111 Porte to the advant ages o f th e s y s t em es tablished False i between seenng that th e worse enemies it could not make t hem , is all w e have 1 , • the different European States, and de alliance and treacherous neutrality At open war with ' shall form an •Ottoman empire henceforward integral part of that system, with a hitherto gained from them. By I have known w hat to do. mutual n i a them we should I 1 "taking to respect its territorial in weakest peace Prussia has shielded Russia on her t egrity and i ode . From this just and virzleskadestes.ide, A a u n a d tr h ia ls s almost n i v a lli e fi n e a d bl o in e g r c r o e s i t n ly . : r e p a l s l o id uab , l , e bennnee P u e i ll o cl u en ee Russia backed out. She prepared to ; 4 consider force T ker- 1 Lo dre territorial int e r, - t any act hostile e ri menta to march from the Danube to .1 3 y ttB a question of Euro man, can never be (• ; peau interest, but not to regard s'aroatten. We do not dread thern as etteraies so mucla lying This illusory and ridiculousit as a case of as and treacherous war." ei • friends, Dut what is th • • _.. as, however, passed over with a - stinction tar interest ? 1 1- sser, -1 ' tru P l e express (kt ) ~~~ ~. 3411. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1855. Sion of regret by the other Plenipotentiaries, probably because it was already clear that Russia would peremptorily reject the limi tation of her fleet "to four ships of war and four frigates, with a proportionate num bar of light vessels and unarmed vessels, exclu -3E7;4 adapted to the transport of troops." The SULTAN was to restrict his navy within similar limits, while the other parties were only to be permitted, after a special finnan from the SULTAN, each to bring into the Euxine a number of vessels equal to half the naval forces which each of the Powers bordering the sea should maintain there. Subsequently, the Russian propositions were brought forward, which placed no restriction on the Russian naval force, but merely threw open the Dardanelles and Bosphorus to the flags of all nations ; to give, in fact, to Russia the much coveted access to the Mediterranean, at all times and under all circumstances. This was, of course, hesitatingly rejected by the Allies, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, having declared that his instruc tions were exhausted, departed from Vienna. Subsequently, on the 26th April, another Con- ference was held at the express instance of Russia, when a new but equally untenable proposition was put fora and by the Russian Plenipotentiary. This was merely to the effect, that the principle of closing the Straits of the Bosphorus should remain in force, but that the SULTAN should be allowed, by way of temporary exception, to open the Straits of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus to the fleets of Foreign Powers, which he should think it necessary to summon when ever he thought his security menaced. This was, of course, deemed inadmissible, and here the matter stands. It is on this latter point, how ever, that Austria justifies her continued hesita- tion, and that M. DROITYN DE LIENTS adopted such views as led to his resignation of his position as Minister of France. We trust that the British Parliament may speak out so boldly and explicitly on the subject that there can be no possible excuse for our Cabinet further truckling either to " Mus covitism" or " Germanism," which seem to have greater importance in their sight than the direct interests of France and England, the security of Turkey, or the peace of Europe. It is probably unknown to the generality that no ess than an earnest sentimen tof patriotism impelled Mr. THA CIKERA Y, some time since, to retire from Lis oaspicuous position among the collaborateurs engaged in the periodical fun—pictorial and lite r try—productive, by weekly, monthly, and half yearly instalments, of our great comic publication. As the significance of this announcement becomes adequately appreciated, we can picture to our selves the broad grin upon the popular counte nance—that expression of hilarity resulting from reiterated roars of laughter over the pages of our London Charivari—fading away by almost imper ceptible degrees, and the bluff, rubicund visage of JOHN BULL becoming gradually elongated. It will be ill news, indeed, to every one fond of the luxury of a chuckle over the genuinely ludicrous. An unwelcome intimation to those (and their name is legion) who have shaken their sides with unaffected enjoyment over the lyrics of Policeman X, over the lamentations of Flunkey Jeames, over the remote records of Snobbism, and the recent annals of the Bashi-Bazouks. Nevertheless, the event alluded to is indisputable—Fitzboodl e has deliberately shaken the dust of the familiar office from his sboeleather—Punch has positively, if not permanently, lost his "Fat Contributor." An inci dent sincerely to be regretted, depriving, as it mafoxtunately does, the blithest, bravest, bitter est, yet also one of the most genial and delightful satirists of our generation of an opportunity as rare in one sense as, in another, it has hitherto, happily, been frequent. For the out pouring of the overilowings of his abundant fancy —the distribution of the waifs and strays of his unstinted good-humour—the diffusion of the jet sam and flotsam of his inexhaustible facetiousness! It is a calamity to the joke-lovers of this joke-lov ing community, for which the perversity of the periodical rather than the petulance of the contri butor must be regarded as responsible. Somewhat as suddenly as Mr. DOYLE withdrew, in 1850, on account of Mr. Punch's disrelish for the Catholic Hierarchy---Mr. THACKERAY with drew, in 1854, on account of that honest, obsti nate old gentleman's ineradicable antipathy for his Imperial Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON M. Like so many other of our contemporaries, Mr. P. (who, wherever lie bears a grudge, is such a thorough "good hater" that he would infallibly, had ho existed in the flesh towards the end of the last century, have been a cherished intimate of Dr. JOHNSON), Mr. P., we say, like so many other of our co-literateurs, had from the outset, conceived an obdurate and, as few will be dNnclined to admit nowadays, a wonderfully mistaken pre judice against the remarkable man especially placed by Drvf - Nr. PROVIDENCE, for the happiness of the world, at the supreme head of the French Na tionality. It will be remembered by the British public generally, that from the very commence ment, in the midst of the general chorus of abuse directed against the thrice elect of a great people, WE never hesitated to protest against the folly and injustice of all that blundering animosity and unmerited ♦ituperation. Not so with the rest of the daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly organs of popular opinion. For a considerable time we stood, in regard to this matter, altogether insu lated among the crowd of our contemporaries. We were even spoken of by the Times—(the journal now so courtlyin its allusions to theaugust Monarch who was once so flagrantly pelted through its columns with the foulest words and the vilest ribaldries in the ample vocabulary of a Brummagem-Junius, prosti tuting by his anonymous signature the honourable designation of "An Englishman" —we were branded by the Times, wo say, at the period to which we are here alluding —the circumstance can scarcely yet be forgotten —as p ßa d se to ß a x s e k ePt o i 7tl:e Times and : We are almost‘ The‘ tempted te m its then rather numerous sympathisers—How is it now with The Sun in this matter ? How is it now in regard to us as—The Base Exception ? Now when the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. has been the honoured 'guest of our beloved SOVEREIGN. Now when his Imperial MAJESTY has been solemnly invested by Queen VICTORIA with the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. NOW when,. tfter enjoying, together with his beautiful consort, he royal hospitalities at Windsor —the Emperor )f FRANCE has been welcomed with unexampled ..inthusiasin by vast multitudes of our "free .tied enlightened" population. Now when the elect, first of all, of nearly 6,000,000, afterwards of nearly 7,000,000, and ultimately o e f ce n iv e e a c ily lth8:101o0m0,:g0e0 of AdultofourF renchmen, various municipal hasities, together with the conspicuous felicitations of our thief Metropolitan Corporation in the ancient Guildhall of the City of London. Somewhat of a change, it will be rather generally admitted, has, in this particular, come over the spirit of the !ream of English publicists--bringing them over, one by one, to a remarkable complicity with The Sun, to a singular coincidence of opinion with The Base xeeption—lintil the ore solitary voice has become merged in the sonorous acclinnations of an almost unprecedented unanimity. po]itan drivers that you may tell when you leave a ward under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Road Commission, superintended by the late Sir CHARLES APADAm, and get, upon a road under parish or vestry paving board by the jolting yo. Has consolidation, at all events to star with, under that we-working commission, been ;hought of ? The mortal remains of the Countess Rossi (Mdme. Sontag) arrived at Dresden on the 29th ult., whence they are to be conveyed into Lusatia, to be deposited in the convent of Marienstern. PERU.—From Peru we learn that the steamer Rimac had been wrecked, and nearly 100 persons on board perished. A TROPHY FOR THE QUEEN. —A Russian eagle, a trophy captured near Balaklava, brought to England by her Majesty's ship Vengeance, has been sent by Captain Lord E. Russell to London, as a present to her Majesty. —Plymouth Mail. The celebrated horse, Wild Irish Girl, the property of William Quinn, Esq., of Loloher, Ireland, has been lately sold to the Marquis of Waterford for 200 guineas. Her performances at the April meeting on the short grass prove her to be a "good un." The Czar has just conferred new orders and insignia, enriched with diamonds, upon Prince Gortschakoff 111. (not the commander-in-chief) and General Khruleff for their services in the Crimea. A government school of art has just been established at Southampton. Its establishment was originated and chiefly supported by a lady of the neighbourhood. Mans of the pupils are sappers and miners belonging to the Ordnance survey department in the above-nientionec town. The Countess Flahault and Its, who proceeded with with Count Walewski en route to'Paris, were detained at Folkestone by the tempestuous weather. The countess and party proceeded to Dover on Tuesday, and crossed over to Calais at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, iu the mail steam-packet Empress, with Capt. Srnithett. THE NAVAL CLUB OF 1765 —Last evening, the members of this club celebrated the anniversary of Duncan's victory at Camperdown (1797), by a ban quet at the Thatched-house Tavern. Capt. Chappell, P.N., occupied the chair. About 30 officers sat down. The members will have another banquet on the occasion of the anniversary of the Queen's birthday (May,l9). The lister-Zeitung gives the following detail re,pect ing the English army before Sebastopol :—The Light Division, Lieut.-General Sir G. Brown, numbers 3,800 : First Division, Sir C. Campbell, 3,500 ; Second Divi sion, Major-General Pennefather, 3,600 ; Third Divi sion, Lieut.-General Sir P. England, 3,500 ; Fourth Division, Sir J. C inibpell, 3.500. To these must be added the Naval Brigade, 1,000 ; 600 marines, and 600 cavalry. This number will si , on he increased to 25,000. HOUSE DEAlNAGF.—Yesterday Lnrd Ebrington's bill was printed, to empower the Commissioners of Sewers to expend on house drainage a certain sum out of the moneys borrowed by them on the security of the rates, and also to give to the Ganrnissioner s certain other powers I'm- the same purpose. The sum is not to exem? 25,0001., and the approaching hot weather is urged as a reason why the powers of the 49th section of the Metro politan Sewers Act should be forthwith actively exer cised for house drainage. NEW BILL ON' INFANTS' MARRlAGES.—Yesterday a Lill in the llornm of C.minons was printed, to enable infaws, with the approbation of the Court of Cha ncer y, to make binding settl , ments of their real and persona! es t a t e on marriage. The bill has been prepared- by Mr. .Malins and Mr. Whiteside, th,.. barristers. ASSAULTS ON 'WOKEN AND CHlLDREN.—Yesterday a return to Parliament was issued, showing the number of men charged at or summoned to the different police offic3s in Dublin during the past year for assaults en women and aildren. The number is 1,222 ; of which 15 were sent for trial, 344 were summarily convicted, and 863 discharged. THE NEW BEER BILL.—The petition from the in habitants of this town, praying for a repeal of the New Beer Bill, containing upwards of 25,000 signatures, has been forwarded to T. E. Headl :m, Esq., M.P., for pre sentation to the House of Commons. —Newcastle Guar dian. The birthday of the young Duke of Parma was cele brated at the capital of his States on the 29th ult. A solemn service was performed on the occasion in the cathedral in the presence of the Duchess Regent, the Ducal family, the Ministers, and the members of the Diplomatic Body. In the evening the Duchess and her son showed themselves t the people on the balcony of the palace, and were received with enthusia.qm. DESTRUCTION OF A FLOUR MILL AT DEPTFORD.— Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable destruction of property, broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Mr. Featherey, termed the Black Horse Flour Mill, situate at Black Horse Bridge, Deptford.. The fire commenced from some unexplained cause in the mill, and owing to the inflammable nature of the contents the flames spread with more than usual rapidity, seizing upon the whole of the valuable stock in trade, and fairly enveloping the entire building. The total loss at the lowest computa tion will exceed 1,0001., and unfortunately the sufferer was not insured for a single penny. The building be longed to Mr. Little, of New-cross, and at present it is unknown whether it was insured or not. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS.-- Last night the 49th anniversary dinner of this charity was held at the London Tavern. In the absence of Earl Granville, who was prevented by his late accident from presiding, the chair was taken by John Labouchere, money Esq. ,tshuebsTerreibaesyweras 1,4901. HOSPITAL the Society. The amount of HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—The anniversary dinner in aid of the above charity took place yesterday, at Willis's Rooms, St. James's-street. In the absence of the Duke of Rich mond. who had promised to preside, but who WPS pre vented by indisposition, the chair was taken by Lord Ravens worth, supported by about 100 gen Aernen, friends of the charity. A collection was made, which resulted in an additi on t o th e funds of the hospital of aboutl,sool. The affray between the military and militia in Cork was renewed on Monday night, and several of the riot ers suffered considerably. They were, however, finally secured by the piekets, : , nd placed under restraint. FLAGS OF TRUCE AT SEBASTOPOL. —General Pelissier has is,ued the following general order relative to flags' of truce :—" The General-in-Chief has decided that the communications with the enemy should hereafter take place'by sea, and that the flags of truce should meet in boats, off the harbour. Consequently, the general com manding the first corps expressly recommends to the general, major, and superior officers in the trenches, not to admit any Russian flag of truce, either on the right or centre of the attack of the first corps, or near the cemetery, where it was hither'o usual to exchange mes sages and communications. Every infraction of the pre sent order will be severely punished. (Signed) PE LISSIER, the General Commanding the First Corps.— Before Sebastopol, April 20." A line of electric telegraph is abciut to be established from Wenenborg, province of Scania, in Sweden, to the frontier of Norway. It is to run along the western coast of Sweden. To promote discussion on the Bill for the local administration of the Aletropolis—of which the all-absorbing administration of the War and of our general taxation may make us lose sight— and to give a fair hearing to opposing views on the subject, we insert an able and important letter from Lord EBRINGTON, which is in circula tion amongst some of the leaders of his constitu ency upon Sir BENJAMIN HALL'S Bill. Un doubtedly we cannot afford to have large mistakes and maladministration of increased local burthens, as well as maladministration at the same time of the increased general taxation of the country. It is estimated that the expense of the staffs of the thirty-six new local boards which Sit BENJAMIN HALL proposes to create in the metropolis, cannot be less than one hun dred thousand pounds ? Will not fewer suf fice ? One staff ought to be made cheaper and stronger than seven, and Lord EBRINGTON states that " the staff expenses in 1846, under the sever sewer commissions into which the metropolis was then divided, were more than 20 per cent. on the works executed. The staff expenses in 1854, under the consolidated commission, were only 11 per cent., and that included systematic mapping and the, under-ground surveying items, quite un known in the olden times." Having gained so much by consolidation has a case been made out, so far as sewerage and drainage works are con cerned, for going back and creating 36 new sur veyorships, and as many sub-surveyorships and clerks ? The most important drainage works, the house drainage, are under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan building surveyors, whose emoluments are some twenty thousand pounds per annum; indi vidual surveyors, who are private practising archi tects, getting upwards of one thousand pounds per annum each for the performance of duties which three or four persons giving their whole tithe to the service could perform much more satisfac torily than a dozen private practitioners. Sir BENJAMIN HALL alleges, and probably truly, that they have not performed the most important por. tions of their duties. Well, should not they be made to perform them, or the emoluments b( transferred with the duties to the thirty-six nett surveyors ? Why is the Metropolis to be burthened with both sets of offices ? It is stated by Metro get. L ITE r r • PARIS, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 'T A.M, The Moniteur says that advices from the CH mea, dated the 9th of May, at 10 o'clock a.m. announce the arrival there of General della Mar mora, with 4,000 men of the Piedmontese troops FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Yoniteur contains the following The Emperor has received letters of congratu lation from the Grand Duke of Tuscany, on his escape from the late attempt on his life. " In the indictment against the assassin Pianori, it was stated that on the 28th of April the Em peror was attended by only one equerry, whereas Lieut.-Colonel Valabriq ue was on his left hand and Col. Ney on his right. The assassin rushed from the path on the right of the Emperor, but the pre sence of Colonel Ney compelled him to place him self in front to fire the first shot. Colonel Ney then having quickly borne down upon him, changed the direction of the second shot, and entirely frus trated the attempt." It is reported that further changes will be made in the Cabinet, in addition to what has already taken place ; that M. Billault, Minister of the Interior, is to succeed Admiral Hamelin as Minister of Marine, whose retirement is certain ; that M. Rouher, Minister of Public Works, will succeed Billault in the Home Department ; and that M. Paul de Richemont, one of the directors of the Paris and Orleans Railways, will take the place of M. Rouher as Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : " TRIESTE, Bth. —Accounts from Constantinople of the 30th ult., state that the Piedmontese troops will encamp provisionally at Malack, where they will form the l e ft w i ng o f t h e French aimy in the event of the latter marchingou Kaffa. and Perekop. Baron de Tecco, the Piedmontese Ambassador, has exchanged the ratifications of the treaty of alliance with the Porte. Accounts from Asia announce that Mehemet Warsif Pacha had advanced on Kars at the head of his staff. Letters from Trebisond, of the 25th, state that the Khan of Khiva, who had been committing depredations on the Persian territory, had been captured and with 27 of his fol lowers beheaded at Teheran. It is also mentioned that Persia would declare in favour of the Porte immediately after the arrival, at Teheran, of the French and English Envoys." " VIENNA, Bth.—General Crawford, who is ap pointed to accompany General Hess, left yesterday with his family for Hazing." The Emperor yesterday received through the Marquis de Tany de Nerli, Charge-d'Affaires of Tuscany, a letter from the Archduke, his sovereign, bn the occasion of the attempt against his Imperia' Majesty's life. Count Walewski, who was summoned to Paris ' y electric telegraph, has taken the oath to the Emperor, and assumed possession of the ministry of Foreign Affairs. The directors of the Exhibition Palace Company had the honour of an audience of their Majesties yesterday, to present the collection of medals which had been struck off for the inauguration of the Exhibition. The Emperor several times expressed iris approbation of their execution. A detachment of one hundred naval gunners arrived at Havre yesterday from Toulon, on their way to Cherbourg, where they are to be placed on hoard the floating batteries and gun-boats of the Baltic fleet. A detachment of 500 had previously been sent from Toulon to different ports ; and there still remain 1,000 gunners at Toulon. The Valmy, line•of-battle ship, left Toulon on the Bth for Constantinople, with troops, provisions, and ammunition for the army of the East. A letter from Athens, of the 27th ult., in the Trieste Gazette, says that it was reported in that pity that the Anglo-French corps of occupation is about to leave Greece, and that it is to be replaced by a corps of 400 or 500 men to be supplied by a great German Power, of which the name is not stated. BOURSE, MAY 9.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. ti per Cents 93 —f. —O. i per Cents 6B 50 68 55 ;redit Mobilier 7Bl 25 Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian 3elgian Fivos ...... .. Spanish Threes Piedmonteso B5 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOIL CASH. - fr. c. fr. c. 'Means 1155 Lyons ll2O ,Vestern ' 650 -- Rouen ;atte s vrediterranean 1032 50 Havre 550 -- northern The 87th annual exhibition of theßoyal Academy was opened to public view on Monday last, and, we need scarcely say, was crowded throughout the morning with the aristocracy, the elite of fashion, of literature, and of the patrons and lovers of the fine arts. Indeed, so great was the pressure in every part of the rooms tGat it was with the greatest difficulty that one could obtain even a brief sod passing view of the principal pictures "on the line," but more particularly of those which appeared to form the chief points d'attraction, and of which we shall pre sently speak. Whilst it cannot for a moment be denied that this year's exhibition is satisfactory as an indication of the present standard of painting in this country, at the same time, we imagine, a feeling akin to disappoint ment will naturally arise in the mind of the careful ob server from the fact that some of the leading and recog nised maestros in different schools, if the term may be permitted, are by no means so fully or so favourably re presented as on previous occasions. This arises, how ever, more from the character of the subjects they have chosen as the vehicles of their peculiar talents that from any inferiority in their style or execution, or defi ciency in the manner in which they ate rendered ; whilst the comparatively narrow compass into which, in some instances, their efforts have been compressed leaves much more to be desired than is actually presented to the eye. There is, besides, speaking in a wide sense, a visible absence of grand historical and scriptural works, and of rare and happy ima ginative conceptions out of the ordinary range, such as we have of late been so accustomed to look for in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy. Nevertheless, we repeat, there is much to gratify as well as to admire amongst the almost endless diversity of compositions which adorn the crowded walls. We will in the first place notice a,,picture relative to which the greatest curiosity and interest seems to have been exc'ted, not merely from the fact of its being the production of a young artist whose name has been hitherto unknown, and who, we believe, is now studying in Rome, or the circumstance that it has been already purchased for her Majesty for the handsome sum of 6001.—though these are startling enough—but also from its intrinsic merits. We allude to "Tile Procession of Cimabue's celebrated Madonna through the streets of Florence," by Mr. F. Leighton (569). It is a composi tion of large dimensions, and bold and daring in concep tion and handling, yet every obvious difficulty is sur mounted in the most complete and triumphant manner. The story is simple enough : "In front of the Ma donna and crowned with laurels walks Cimabue hitnself, with his pupil Giotto; behind it Arnolfo di Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafl s Nicola Pisano, Buffalinacco and Simone Memini; in the corner Dante." The procession is equally simple, but it is endowed with so much motion and vitality that the impression of its truthfulness in every detail is irresistible. Detail is, however, one of the most prominent as it is one of the most remarkable characteristics of the work ; yet the accuracy of drawing, the variety of attitude, the rich and harmonious colouring, and the perfect order and keep ing of the whole combing and produce an effect; of the most successful description. The work is essentially a novelty; but of so high a class that it stamps the genius a,nd originality of the artist, as we hope it does his reputation. Passing onwards the eye is at once caught by the ex tended proportions of " Rome" (594) by Mr. D, Roberts. The work is a noble one, and fully equal to any of this master's former productions. The point of view selecte is quite fresh, and presents the once-famed aid s ._._ interesting city in an entirely different aspect to any we have previously seen. The foreground is upon a consi derable elevation, beneath which flows the lazy Tiber in its circuitous course, and Rome with its numberless domes, campaniles, and strada spreads out and around into the distance with a panoramic comprehensiveness. The mantle of the coming twilight is gradually wrapping the scene in its grey and sombre folds —but the setting sun gilds with splendour The summits of its fretted roofs and temples, and exquisitely realises the descrip tive lines : " Thou hast thy sunset's glow, Rome ! for thy dower, Flushing tall cypress bough, Temple, and tower !" Mr. IVlaclise is represented by the scene before the Duke's Palace wherein Orlando is about to engage with the Duke's wrestler (78). It is an effort the individuality of which no one can mistake. Though by no means on so large a scale as the subject in such hands might have warranted with advantage, it is replete with the most deep and careful study both of the characters themselves and in the portrayal of the emotions by which each is at the moment animated. The Duke sits anxiously and impatiently on his throne awaiting the coming conflict ; on his left is the slim yet graceful Or lando, who addresses Rosalind in the soft and gentle language attributed to him by the great bard. Rosa lind and Celia, who intervene, clasping each other's hands, beam from their countenances the kindest hope for the issue of the struggle—the former speaking more ineaningly by looks than words to her modest lover as she says, " The little strength I have, I would it were with you." Perhaps the only repulsive figure in the whole group is the wrestler, a personification of mere brute strength, elevated by no particle of mind. The sly roguish expression of Touchstone, as he looks upwards from where he is reclining full into the pale and thought ful face of Rosalind, is capital. The subordinate cha racters are cleverly put in ; the colouring is rich, and the execution is of that soft texture and delicate minuteness for which this great artist is so deservedly admired. We prefer the style and spirit of Mr. Frith when it is applied to the working out of such charming little studies as his "-Maria tricking Malvolio (108) in the Wood," than when lisplayed in such incidents as "At the Opera " (305), or " The Lovers" (126), though, in the last-mentioned class, he shone out very conspicuouslf at last year's exhibition. Each of these, however, in their way, will we ll re p ay an attentive inspection. Of the three contributions sent by Mr. Egg we think it will be readily admitted that the "Life and Death of Buckingham " (394), which is in' reality two pictures, is decidedly the best in many re spects. It illustrates two striking phases in the career )f the pampered lust ill-fated courtier, and is, we sup pose, intehded to inculcate the mural—to use the trite words of Scott--" of the instability of human greatness, and the transitory value of earthly possessions." On the due hand, we find him in the midst of a scene of dis solute debauchery, surrounded by a gay and profligate° circle, and all that affluence can command to minister to sensual luxury. On the other, we see him alone and friendless, stretched on a miserable pallet, in e if possi ble, a more miserable garret, just as the last agonies of death are past. The contrast is striking and effective, and the story is well and plainly told ; but we could have wished that the features of his companions in the first part had been less harsh and disagreeable. "Come, rest in this bosom"- (136), by the same artist, is, we think, neither sentimental nor felicitous ; but his " Through the green shade wandering" (127), is very pretty and very pleasing. The only production shown by the President, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, "Beatrice" (120), is somewhat tame and mean ingless ; but is not, nevertheless, wanting in beauty and fiaish in an arti s ti c sense.----M. E. M. Ward has also contented himself with simply sending a portrait of LientaGeneral Hearsey, in the dress of the Native Irregular Cavalry, H.E.1.C.5." (137) "Lear recovering his reason at the sight of Cordelia" (149), by Mr. J. ft. Herbert, is a very fine conception. The dawn °lre 'timing intellect in the grey-haired and grief-stricken ~ h 1 monarch, and the faint struggle ef ment a l energy, as he slowly r eca ll s th e beloved' image of his sweet en learing daughter, and exclaims—" Methinks I should know you. Yet lam doubtful. Do not laugh at me. For as I am a man, I think this lady to be my child, Cm-- lelia"—is marvellously rendered ; whilst' the agitation 'twixt brightening hope and anxious fear, lest her joy -honld be pre nature, is eloquently expressed in the face of the beautiful Cordelia.—Mr. S. A. Hart has two pictures. The larger one (225) is descriptive of the " Captivity of Eccelino, the tyrant of Padua," who, when, taken prisoner to Soncino, rejected all medical and spiritual aid, tore the bandages from his wounds, and refused food, until death put an end to his obstinate resistance. The tyrant is depicted in the act of thrusting from him, with a scornful gesture, the refreshment proffered to him by a sweet girl. The other (827) is irawn from Shakepere's Othello —where the cunning and deceitful lago first attempts to Iltl lertnine the affec ',ion of the Moor. In this the attitudes are excellent ; the countenance of Othello, especially, is exc ee di ng ly felicitous, as i n di cat i ng the birth of that suspicion which so soon cankers into jealousy and hate. Mr. Millais, in "The R escue " (2 82), has agein favoured us with a display of some extraordinary eccentricity ; which trait is exemplified, in the first place, by the title of the pic ture, which is very vague. The subject too is ordinary ind common-place enough ; yet there is an attraction about the work, from its very singularity, which impels ne towards, and to look into, it ; and it is only upon a close examination that the meaning and purpose of the artist becomes evident. The scene embodies one of those stirring incidents in every-day life—a house on fire —and the moment selected by Mr. Millais is when, the upper part of the dwelling being enveloped in a mass of lurid flame, a sturdy fireman has succeeded in re-cuing a couple of fine children from destruction, and is descend ing the stairs safely with them. At the foot, the over joyed mother, clad in her night dress, stretches out her eager arms to receive them. The two boys are well drawn, the frightened aspect of the on e on their deliverer' s back, being natural and truth ful ; whilst the firm step and cool courageous mien of the fireman are capitally rendered. Terror mingled with gratitude for the hairbreadth escape , of the children is the feeling sought to be inspired by these leading features and their accessories. In the latter the artist has lost no opportunity of enhancing the horror of the scene. The burnt night gown of the elder boy, the perfect torrent of conflagration through which the party apparently had to pass, and the curling flame that has begun to eat its destructive way through the stair on which the fireman is treading —all speak plainly to the peril of the moment. In these, as in other parts of th e picture, there appears, at first sight, something akin to exaggeration ; but the impression gives way to a feel- j ing of an opposite kind as the picture is attentively in- J servant, spected. Mr. F. R. repra4entel by t_ h a l l, very good ,yeelioeus of his charaoteristie ,tyle o!odrar leg and colouring. Perhaps the best is "Brit, unarming," (16) illustrative of the Feu?, Queene— pa vage from Spe er - " With that her glistening helmet she unlac bou ed, , Which don her golden locks that we re upnd Still in a knot, unto her heeles down traced." ,_A* The second i san id ea l c omoosition, "Christian conductsr; by Charity, h ar i ty, Prud owe, Piety, and D iscretion into it' Valley 11 of Huulit;ateon " (3 , 24). f ind is imb ue "' spirit of moon purity aid originality of conception, tis third is a Scripture subject (341), "The sending 41; 1 _ disciples by John to Our Lord." Mr. Webster once 1 1 :: delights us with some of his quiet, and genially burn ° ; f ous delineati ons o f j uven ile life, the most pleasineg_ which is (182) " A race." The competition is, how Y o e o r d between bipeds, in the shape of t wo ruddh g _ t humoured-lookin g J a il s w ho, on hands and kneeF, as the steeds, eac h c a rry i ng a younger on e as ridero.c. casualty, however, is occurring—the hindermost j is toppling to a fall, and the soi - disant P it ;7: he rides is looking round with an expression of . / 11 7 . roes curiosity to ascertain the nature of the ac? l l it i, The other, however, pushes triumphantly forward ed on his burden towards the, goal, victory being stamP„,,e every lineament of his chubby happy ffebt the " Christaliel" (181), of Mr. llyce, displays some site drawing, but we scarcely think he has ea- d hig inspiration of the poet from whom be has derivate the subject. The only composition -we noticed frao young easel of Mr. Frost was (396), "Bacchante and, ant fawn dancing," which, though it furnishes abing! a ' an d colouriny_o deuces of the artist's subtle felicity of face. beauty ,f outline, is hardly one of his happiest ttatore. Mr. A. F. Poole, in his Seventh day of the P e , c ioar y ron" (457), has succeeded in producing an extraol picture, full of skilful and elegant grouping' s r : a dored siderable animation ; but its general effect is " 9 a die veov curious by a most fanciful, yet by no me ae _ e yeral agreeable, pl,ty battle pieces, illustrative of incidents in the Peninsular of light and shade. There are and Crimean uggles. Toe iege of St. are taking (545) at the point where the British troop s possession of the heights of St. Bartolomeo iero'oogl, Stanfield's beet and most vigorous reaF ner. the latter Mr. G. Jones sends "The Bottle of th e as a (249), as a design for a large picture, w hich c° f - " t bat very vivid idea o f th e difficulties and danger s ? a of naver-to-be-forgotten action. The contribotla Fes - Mr. F. Goodall (402), the " Arrest ° T n oeb s tut Royalist—Britt an y," displays to The 6 ' vantage the vigorous conception of this ar tist. tioa titudes are striking, an d we ll chosen, awl the, anbeyosd animated and natural. The colouring, too, is der our praise. The only scriptural piece which cainell° observation of any pretensions, in size at least),ig n ,e n e b 9 " tor y, Mr. T. Brigsto c ke (540), " The Prayer for A til illustrative e of the battle between the Israelites 03170das. Amalekites, as described in the 17th chapter of and The figure of Moses seated on a rock is imposingaport well drawn, as also are Aaron and Hur, ich?,•B°'eleP his hands. The upturned face of the leade r of brinopirif presses very finely a prayerful invocation of the WO of Heaven in the struggle, and the consciousness °odor much its issue depends upon his own. PhYsiee! admire &nee. We must say, however, that we do low the tone of the background. In this Of sea pieces there are ap arent'y few. Mr. E. W. Cooke has been P -ccessfal in (2 69 2. 0/ 0 North Sea Breeze—on the D y n e Scheveling fishermen are busily engaged in h au lluP°a Pe r h ee Coast," wh i f f' c w io huge smack out of the surf, which is beating ha adyt the shore. Mr. J. W. Carmichael also sends 'fa point rable picture (44), "A Vi ew o f Heligolan d," be' where the Foreign L eg i on will embark. We 7.1"-otiost fore called attention in our columns to thi s Pr°,-, efts and feel great pleasure in again noticing it, but , suet ap' add, that it is hung far too high to a'low of anlJ preciation being formed of its intrinsic merits. „ ta goo There are several excellentpictures in the 'A O , an d Room, which are well deserving of better llolgin4oallf more prominent situations. Amongst thes3 Weicioo, C noticed Mr. F. Wyburd's " Lalla Rookh" creditsbe gorgeous and really mer it or i ous cverk, hjohieof the to the manipulative s kill an d f erv id imaginatil divan artist. The gorg e o us i nc id en t a l s o f an Orientailst the are rendered with exceeding ease and fidelity, , ar e two female figures, especially that of the her?,efasS' perfect types o f th e vo l up t uous l'eanties of L t i a pie' . "The London Gaz e tt e o f 1854" (1,405), also l'eoioe tore into which Mr. Barweq h as jawed too°, l ' grespoo pathos, and a sen ti men t w hi c h can not but find a sive chord in every feeling heart. 403 0 Portraits form a prominent feature in the, e- nt RC* r this year, and in this department Mr. F. ur ra b - ,, prolific contributor. An excellent likeness' l b , for Richmond, of the late Sir R. H. Inglis, g• F'' W ho so long a time was antiquary to the a cadernY , ir from the fact of hi s so regent decease to attract 'l g . g ar terest and attention. M r . L an ce sends one o f lily genus fruit pi eces — suc h as h e only call P°:". under a somewhat eccentric title (432). ros Coming round to landscapes, l)3nuY,l-Bhaer with one of his mellow lclensunsei scenes Lee (287), in the rosy time g o o f year. Mr. ft fl a hibits several pictures, executed by himse". 5- le Pr °. d w u it c h t. Mr. TS. Cooper. The two best of bis 624), a lo r n e s ao a fnu re w v , i t e h w mo s i r n . T c a:v op V er a h le s , D ha e s von ( 219 a" ct. and his with bright, sunny, cheerful c l Vd e in pr o. e i t r e v e e ll ri e . n t ,,: pi r c G. tu r7 r un e pon ( i 4 enr 2 a 2 h : a , g 63 7;i t i t e : ll :f ) : : : : : e t tr h il e t; c , njunctio &Icing cattle-R largestan Banks of pieces, o r o a o 3s o f River." which r" to our liking, a charmin ‘ g . C iao oo r l c ing also rich in the landscape the fl i o n ° t l er ' i :; , ?(1 . 7 2 1‘ ) 1 : 1 ; Afternoon on the River's Baniewa'yi eaux. "'lto hr ti i t 'h ‘ o ‘ g bt r : almost exce'led himself in "The Nearest' 94.— Vir in -a l ; mer Time" (440), which he has painted conjointly nY with Mr. R. Ansdell. A fine team of horses, attached to * heavily-laden timber waggon, are fording a be a uty amidstWe a scene teeming with rural and secluded beauti; imagine Mr. Ansdell, however, is more at himselflila/hero in his "Scotch Gamekeeper" (468) wh minds us of some of his hest delineations of Y oon e' 6li ett male. Mr. Redgrave shines out in two exquisite Pl e° of "The Sylvan Spring" e- roe (88), and (347) "The Sou ble. the Stream two of the sweetest leafy dells inisit i°l ' of Mr. J. M. Carrick, a young and romising artist-, ° fo e s) Mr. T. Carrick, exhibits two mountainous p scon, e° "Poe the neighbourhood of Borrowdale, Cumberlano• „ the (606) is a lonely pathway on the hill-side, Wilef-aii• deepest silence and seclusion brood, and is a, 0P ° ,....," ; # 0 . . 0 hs nlent scenery l of h v t o a romantic mind. e The char ae , AOti happily convera:tste 14 a n received gstratt ample justice nticon less att u he s ha c n e ( s i sfu sot an possible, the better picture of the two. The contents of the South Room will well reP 3 t F e a s r s eful study, ' filled as it is with gems of a minor, ,b a b 611 i the other pleasing, description, compared with those whl e c w departments. Portraits form the leading at o racteriso i i‘ n i cl iss am E ou iz g i st c t o h o e k se ( w n e 9) werebymmucrh. Tgr.atifieick, find one of c a rr ith In this Mr. Carrick has not contented hi_oig a , if e vi la s simply achieving a true likeness—though so far L.' no t been singularly felicitous—but he has sought to,„uanfrtbe to the open and expressive countenance ~- rt io' intellectual warmth and animation which is so ch imes' Interisticfact of the amiable and highly-gifted auto yet ac , this is the only genuine likeness the tor appeared, for all that have hitherto bee n P ing the delicate mere vulgar attempts at Pou rt l r tist "poetess of the people." This „or has als e o ate contributed several other excellent t ine ~ remarkable not only for their soft, cleat, sa e to manipulation, but also for their fidelity. We ahtlede°,r ( 813 ) " Herbert Ingram " the -ited p ro p of the Illustrated - London . New " s "M rs. Bm G. w • with" (851), and " Mrs. Beckwith" (860), the. 1 , 3 1,1 . 1 1 5' particular, for the evident care and skill wilica l pi S y Cl e. far, it will be , obvious, we have coo fina „ cl i tb a ly t i si arks • almost exclusively to the malgnates world, and th a t on l y gener ally. 13,e se cu c h or . eniance attending our visit will readily °- of t There are, however, innumerable worko9oo every variety by gentl emen w h ose n ames, v. h •' are not fam dignified to fied boy s ,t,haes householddegree sof w . R. 11 ross , ss attractions of n o or di nary kind, er s a l nd W ill °- repay a careful examination ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION - OF LO NAPOLEON. Irif S TO THE EDITOR OF THE on SlR,—Suppose some vehement veh'cular OP L ,P„ n A of the rail wa Y s y s t em were t o s t a tion hims ell ' " - re slil i m. bridge, and deliberately shoot at the driver °fall te l that train, as it p asse d, an d th at i t appeare d proba l l. rail' this was do ne " u p on principle," and that a n gli te . Al! way_ association existed with the motto r, p e at. tha t s tol.ers and Pokers," W e ll, see, it's a hard ea9°grst• John, Brown should just be shot at because he iS a , of ° rat., driver of a n express train. But are th e lire";sible whole tr a i n full o f people to he sacrificed to the 01 ; 0 to too, omania of Anti-Rail? If no t, what is to be d° pre, ent the ,repetition of th e cr i me ? 1 . air, if it be possible, for ou r own sakes, airly el keep the right and j g e ustice of th e thi n , we must t l l w or Louis NAPOLEON on the line, as the best driver w.s, p sess- e of the great European ex p ress t ra i n of Progre' Who ‘v object, in the ab s t rac t, to s h oo ting' o°l thee differ in opinion with u s . W r it e t h em down, le u P betii; down, and reason' them down but don't ell" t .; t o ° I Why, if ever man gave good cause for the a dop u i iag' ro t extr , -me measures it was the late Emperor Niel° don't think there is a man in nletid who w° l2i n d e ic ' el l have reprobated any attempt to destroy that tY ra despot. i re: The Empe ror o f t h e F renc h mus t, if possible "r g o o served from a ssass i ns . L e t thepunishment oirA„ge• he made studiously ignominious. P I call not for reve - t ho I re L rard on l y t h e i nterests o f t h e h u man faregYin s ecl 1 peace and happi ness o f E uro p e , an d of the whole if it be .world. T a k e t h e l i fe of the inten d e d m urderer , taMP thought best ; but take that life in a manner to E ci eel d,sgrace on the name and memory of the wretch ° , to i p:it. Louis Napoleon is remarkable for his lenieneit je, .is personal enetnies, however great their crimes.. 1...,,,ei his duty to himself and to the world to punish thal.'''es. in the manner most likel to cheek similar atrocP.., ob e dien t If not hanged, let him be scourged like a dog I ' d e°P demned to a life of penal servitude. —Your o z 1.. . _ The markets for Russian pro d uce exhibit dulness, ;v9 the decline in t a ll o w f rom the point reached on the been of the breaki ng u p o f the Vienna Conferences 1 0 9 ,0 equal to 4s, or ss. per cwt. Hemp also is cheeP er ' well he c on' fleet linseed, linseed oil, and other articles. pe • T Eastern Archipelago Company are orgeosi,Zo., fleet of screw steamers, of peculiar construction, in nection with their coal mines at Labu an and on tne:ol- posit° coast of Borneo, where their gra nt from the w viss tan extends 150 miles. The fi*.st of these s teame r° s o crunched at Liverpool on Saturday, an d bag ° 's" o f 1,000 tons. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the sth, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The news that Russia has ad tressed new propositions to Vienna, and that Aus tria has communicated them to the Western Powers has not revived any hopes of peace. These propositions will no doubt have the same fate as those that preceded them ; Austria herself indeed does not appear to believe that they will be ac cepted by the Western Powers. They arrived here on the Ist, and were brought by Prince Ser ;ins Galitzin. The cause of the postponement of Baron Hess's departure for the army is to allow rime for the reply of the Western Powers to the Russian propositions to be known." A letter from Vienna states that Riza Bey, who was present at the Conferences before the ar , rival of Ali Pacha, had left that city for Paris. The Ambassador of Saxony in Vienna, M. de Konneritz, gave a grand dinner in that city on the tth, at which were present Prince Gortschakoff, Count Arnim, and Prince Galitzin. It is stated in a Vienna letter of the sth that it is intended to establish there a Discount Bank on t large scale. The same letter states that the trade in swine has become very considerable in Hungary; in the course of the preceding week the agents of two English houses bargained for the purchase of 10,000 pigs to be delivered in May, June, July and August. SWEDEN. A letter from Stockholm, in the Assemblee Na. tionale, says —" Several regi men t s o f th e S we di s h army have received orders to come here as soon as they shall have concluded the exercises which they go through every year in the month of May, in the different Military departments of Sweden. It ap pears to be the intention of the Swedish Govern ment to assemble a considerable force this summer, and t form a camp in the neighbourhood of this capital. In addition to the fitting out of several vessels of war, the Swedish Government has just ordered that a squadron of gun-boats shall be armed, and placed under the command of Commo dore Prince Oscar, the second son of the King." A letter'from Hamburg, speaking of the expedi tion of English and French troops to the Baltic, says :--" A colonel of the French staff lately passed ' through this city on his way to Stockholm, via Copenhagen. It was said that he was charged by his Government to obtain from Sweden a point of territory, favourable for the landing and provisional •ncarnpment of an expeditionary corps of French troops. If this concession cannot be obtained from the Swedish Government, it was added that Bomar- Amid and some of the adjacent islands would he fixed on for the landing of the troops Ind the general depot of warlike stores and ammunition, and the French Government would it hat case construct fortified works on these islands, to protect the troops from any coup de main that might be attempted by the Russians." SPAIN. MADRID, Bth.—The Cortes yesterday voted the third constitutional basis, It to-day rejected, by a majority of 119 to 18, the vote of censure on the Governor of Madrid, proposed by the democratic deputies. The Ring of Bavaria arrived at Rome on the 27th, under the incognito of Count of Augsburg, and on the following day paid a visit to the Pope. The late Cardinal Oppizzoni, Archbishop of Bologna, has left all his fortune amounting to 100,000 scudi ( 5 , 4 00,000 fr.), to the Banca do Misericordia, a charitable establishment in that city. The c nomercial accounts from New York yesterday describe a tendency to improvement in the stack-mar ket, owing, in a great measure, to the advices from England of the reduction in the Bank rate of discount at the beginning of last month. The shipments of specie and the delay in the receipts from California consequent upon the San Francisco banking difficulties still operated unfavourably, and but for these circumstances there would apparently have been more buoyancy, the con. traction of business Jeing such as to reduce the de mand for money to a point much below the ordinary supply. Illinois Central Bonds were at 76, New York Central at 92k, and Erie Railroad stock at 51 1 . Ac ,ording to a c i rcu l ar of Messrs. Blake, Howe, and Co., of Boston, the most flattering accounts are given of the growing crops in the West. Notice had been published that the Crystal Palace at New York must be cleared of all goods by the 30th of June, and the ownen , . of imported articles were requested therefore to take them away as soon as convenient, the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington having meanwhile issued a liberal letter of instructions for their passage at the Custom-house. THE ROYAL Ar7ADP7v.TY t °; t t ,41 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1855.