The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

EVERY NIGHT, as true as the Clock, not the less glaring there than in other countries, FARRE'N is heard with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK—at the , Hatmeritet Theatre. "The rostmares-icnoek4, song, sung every more capabl e o f enforcing redress for the injury th Haymarket 4inii..StnAey, Theatres. Poetry by L. M. , l*, b uit t - 1 1 / 4... - 0 . 314,103 r yr. T. Welton. ,Dedleated toßowland attempted, and, in some instances, , effected. mn, Esq. Price 2s. 6d., illustrated. May be had at the box-oflice : of the Theatre, and of a ll trmsic-sellers. But the difficulties connected with th e en li s t _ , - . Londc ll :' ItC4Art,.. Cocks and Co ' ment were compratively trivial to those that ~ THEATRE. ; . - .:It-isrerpect,tally announced titather 3fAjE,STY'3TIIEATRE, - will PPl;l. 4 7_early in, May, Engagements of great Intereat haye lit4n effected both in gpera and Ballet, and the best exertl9ns uiett ua*e ine arringetnents syortltY of ttie'ocasion." Alit) Prospecitus will shortly be issued. - , THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAD E, • iessee;Mr. E. T. &Intl: THIS IL Tjtoy.A. - rqn E. e ;l4. 7 'n :Jude vrs th THE EDiGIIA NT ED GARDEN: ierGroi .i d $ MA virts Prt'; P , • • „,,,,„ ROY A L, fu.y.mAisKET. Yl?lqr On :Management of Mr. DuckstonO.o^:' , TRIS ZVENLNCI, 4 ~Iji T IIII..EVXL GENIUS. • 9:C! 1 , :.1011' • Follolied by 1-"...15r..,(14.,m0irg.tw0; or, Tile' Meecin - ,GoidgeAr. p Th 11 high wiII,EA.,ITENA. and.the Spanish LIAM:ors will appear (for , „, . After which, THE`..POST3EAN3 'RN - OCW: hag. .aoci - 9;1 To tonclitri with I ONLY A . yrALF PENNY. ?it( .1.0 n) • ROYAL PuiNCEBS'3 rHEArRE;•O-rIP"ORD4TRKET. so i , ; thichoiihe Itattagemeht'ot Mr; CIIARLES KEAN, I , lllskf' TUN Ev.V. , TINTI, - 01 , 1 141- ° / CORSICA\ BROTHERS. ~• To J followed by, TEE VICTOR VANQUISHED. , To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. !. , • • ROYAL ADF.T.PHI. Proprietor And 31a,rager, 3fr..11. Webster. ' Directress, Madame Celeste. tfy will attend the dissolution of the body. That point, indeed, was not taken into co nsideratiop. We believe :it, was never intendeil that they should be disbanded ; but that, on Cho contrary,' they should remain as a permanent body to assist in coercing those who might he disposed to resist the further development of German principles. Thanks to the energetic resistance offered, in and out of Parlianient, a portion of the evil was averted. We may, however, advert to the fact that not a single shot was fired in aaager by any of the Legions raised at so enormous an. expense, and we may add the expression of our conviction that they were never expected to do so. Had the people and Parliament of Great Britain'remained quieseent, they would have proved very valuable auxiliaries in forcing model German institutions at the point of the bayonet on the British, people. Let us hope that such a danger has been avoided, and that there is nothing to fear on that score for the time being. But something must also be done to find work l i c e; the French levies, now reduced to inaction by theill-omened Treaty that has been signed. It is more than hinted that our neighbours are desirous of obtaining a footing in the Indian Ocean, and that the large and fertile Island of Madagascar is a point-to which attention is first directed. We' heed not say how any movement in that direction would affect the security not only of many of our most valuable colonies, but even of the Anglo- Indian Empire—and therefore how vigilantly it shonld be guarded against. Complications may, however, arise, to which the Eastern difficulty will be - a mere trifle. • All this time an ominous silence has been ob served with respect to Kars, and the wilful and deliberate treachery that sacrificed the Turkish stronghold, rendered futile the exertions of Gen. WI - nulls and his gallant coadjutors, and enabled the -Casa. to boast of the Russian triumphs in 'his Mendacious Manifesto, Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE still remains the representative of Great Britain at the Sublime Porte, with full power to display his personal antipathies, how ever injuriously they may affect the interests of his country. The pledges, voluntarily given by nenibers and candidates, appear to be totally for 4ottela- The " pray() ords," so boldly uttered on The hustings, and at meetings, when Honourable entlemen were rendering accounts of their stewardships, have been apparently sponged '-')ut by the waters of oblivion. We hear to more the inspiriting aspiration that " GOD Thould defend the right." The registries )f these obligations seem to have been totally )bliterated ; or, at least, no practical results have fallowed. The Manifesto of the CZAR, in which he declares that all the (RUssian) objects of the War have been realised, has been circulated hroughout the length and breadth of Europe.. Our Government declares that their wishes have also been fulfilled. We cannot see how both these asser -fens nail be accurate, and the important question irises, which are we to believe ? We are dePrived -f the MeanS Of judging for ourselves by the with holding of the text of the Treaty, and although re cannot repose much credence in statements .bat are amalgamated with so many palpable and inblusbing falsehoods, we are still unable to place confidence in the vague generalities or en- own Ministers. To the Members of hotii FiOUs'es we say,—be vigilant and careful -f the all-important interests entrusted to your lharge,., for never was there a time when the Afety, welfare, and happiness of the people, and he permanency of the Constitution on which we lave so long prided ourselves, require more dis eiterested and unflinching firmness on the part o hose who are placed in the vanguard, and multi . ake the first .part in the coming struggle. . , . - A spade is--to us—a spade. We love to call by theirrightnauies; What.we loathe, we Jesitate - not to reprobate. We cannot,, in truth, for the life ,of us, understand the nobility of the ( - )-called patriotic principle actuating thoSe among our contemporaries who are now, so to speak,' cap in 'hand, - "hewing down and bowing down," littering courtly phrases and sugared comPliraeuts, in.seasan and out of season, upon everything ap pertaining to or emanating fronl, upon everything directly or indirectly representing, the genius o . the barbarian autocracy of .the Juiperial Rus Sian Goyernment. There is the M for'the consummation of a crime the awful Jus tice of Onanipotence. Has any one forgotten that lying and blasphemous Manifesto of the late , CZAR of all tne itussias, beginning with some thing worse than a shameless prevarication, and ending (with a view to the shedding of so much blood) with the Scriptural orison, " In to bomine sperari, Von eonfundar in ceternum ? " We, at least, have not lost the , recollection of it. And now in the Imperial Manifesto given to the world, not inappropriately on the Ist of this pre sent April, by the reigning CZAR, we may recog nise the pendant of that lying and impious Pro clamation of his Imperial predecessor. As to the ".lying" department—what is its very pre amble.? Why, it impudently and audaciously aserts, 'in the name of the Russian EzIPICROR, in regard to this late horrible War—what does it, assert ? Why, it actually declares, In' so many words, in regard to this war="lt was not Russia that commenced it !" While—as to the " impious" department what do we find daringly articulated a little further on ?—nothing less actually than this : " A stranger" [the Czar is speaking of his father, the late Emperor Mono- LASI---" A stranger to all interested views, he never expected that his just complaints would have resulted in the scourge -of war.; and con sidering its calamities with a deep feeling- of sorrow as a Christian, and as the father of a people entrusted by PROVIDENCt to his care, he did not cease manifesting his inclination in favour of peace !" Hew ? By the passage of the Pruth ? By the ravaging of Moldavia and Wallachia ? By the butcheries in Jassy and Bucharest ? By the massacre at Sinope and the cold-blooded assassi nations at Hugo Ud ? By the enormous and hitherto unparalleled accumulation of the deadly munitions of war at Odessa, at Nicolaieff, at Kinburn, but above all in the great robber-den of Seba.stopol—munitions obviously ,so collected together with no merely pacific intentions ! The " inclination for peace" attributed to the Czar" NICHOLAS by the Czar ALEXANDEIZ, was, of course, further manifested by the conciliatory and in no way insolent mission to Constantinople of the very amiable Prince MENSCIIIKOPT It was further evidenced, moreover, from first to last, by the readiness shown, again and again, by the diplomatic agents of Russia to come to terms with the Plenipotentiaries of the Western Coali tion !So truthful and so religious —so very far removed from lying and impiety, llave been the Imperial Manifestoes successively of the Emperor NICHOLAS I. and the Emperor ALEXANDER 11.- I And are we to speak of these audacious Procla mationa_with "'bated breath" and •" whispered humbleness " as befits the. serfs of the Ural moun tains, tOili rg for the acquisition of yet more gold and malachite ? Not so ! Rather for us the denouncement of such criminal and shameless documents, as best befits all free-born and out spoken Englishmen. Our columns record at the same time the edu cational debate in the House of Commons and the proceedings of the military inquiry at Chelsea. They may appear to have little, connection, yet to us the latter is the beacon which warns us of the dangers not' at first sight visible in the former. The report of Col. Tur,Loca and Sir J. WNEiL, backed by the utter failure of Lord LUCAN hitherto to shake its testimony, and also by the disolosures of last. year's. Sebastopol Committee, must have one result at least—to 'destroy all confidence in the adaptedness of our aristocracy to training men ,for'arky service .whatever. The entire blame of the loss, waste, and mismanagement of the Crimea rests on the heads of England's aristocracy. The day of trial came, and it was found at once that they had prepared the army for nothing but the shock of battle. With the continental armies for forty long years before them, they Yet had not learned from them - the most necessary lessons ; with men absolutely at their disposal to make what they liked of them, they had made them but brave, fighters, and left theni wholly uneducated in the arts of camp life, while they theraselves---the offi cers—never appeared to understand the.tudiments of the essenti LI art of keeping men and'horses alive and well. It is needless to say that, long after our day, the aristocracy will cling tenaciously to offiee— they will be the leading administrators of the country's business. Can we then trust in such hands—hands which brought our army to the very verge of ruin—the control of our national education ? The great moral taught by the Cri mean inquiry is, that the more we do of our own work the better. If, in the army, where, accord ing to general opinion, the soldier is just what he is made—if, even here, aristocracy fails so signally, what is to be looked for if it take in hand to train the whole commu nity ? It was not, moreover, in the senti ment of courage, nor yet in military drill, that our soldiers chiefly failed, but just in that department of knowledge which general education most needs to give ; they had no power to shift for themselves beyond the routine of barrack life, and their commanders no power to aid them. Food, clothing, and shelter for men and horses—. the great necessities for which mortals must look out —were just the things the want of which bur r led thousands of our men and their animals to an untimely grave. The appalling military facts of the Crimea produce in our minds the impression that the hazard is infinite of permitting our governors to mould to their fancy the education of the people. Our readers will bear us witness that we have felt as deeply as any the deficiency of our educa tion as a nation, and gratified indeed should we . be to see that any plan coald be devised which could claim the name of a remedy ; but scheme ' after rcheme, as it is brought forward by the great leaders in the Rouse, only impresses us with the conviction of the hopelessness of the cause. All have their favonrite crotchets; but all tend to threw the moulding of the teaching more and mere into hands •where we should be reluctant to place it. The education of the army for its work is a: simple task compared with *the education of the people for the varied phases of civil life ; and those who could not educate for one thing innst fail miserably in the attempt to educate for so many. It may appear somewhat glo omy to give up the hope of national education ; but our read erg must bear in mind that national education, and national education by active Government in- :ervention, are two very different things. We have made these remarks previous to a review of the Education debate, and intending to consider carefully the main arguments on both sides. The. description of NATRANIEL cannot be said to. be more than half applicable to the Sabbatarian PArty for however well-disposed their opponents may be- to pronounce them "Israelites indeed," their best friends would blush to characterise them -as ".without - guile." Affecting ultra-conscien, tiousneai, they afford Co dispense with toleration ; and, stiff-necked in their domination over .the „ weak, they ar e infacienily supple to kn ow w h en to connive at ,and when to rebuke the Sabbati c de linquencies o f 'the 'strong. Wh o ever heard of Babbatarian taking th e D uke of %Luxe- TON to task for having fought and won a great battle at Waterloo on. a , Sundayl Or the Duke of CAMBRIDGE with having;counte nanced, indeed joined, the Guards in fighting against the Russians at Inkerman on a Sunday ? Or blaming Lords CLARENDON and COWLEY in pub lic for having signed the Treaty of Paris, that last Parisian mode, on a Sunday ? To have done any of these things, however consistent, would not have been pleasant. The Great Duke was curt, and hated humbug. To rebuke a Royal Duke would look like disloyalty, and to take the Pleni potentiaries to task might be construed into an affront to Prince ALBERT. All pretension to con sistency, however, must not be suffered to evapo rate by default, so they who had enlisted the sympathies of workmen--.on- their side on false ,pretenees at last find opportunity , for ;rebuk ing men in power for Mr. NAPIER, when the sympathies of the nation are likely. to a certain extent, to go with him. Quite a. Godsend ! Upwards'of a thousarid men com pelled to work at the gun-boats two Sundays running, not for despatch against Cronstadt and the Russians, but for the,purpose of 'contributing to a naval review.! Monstrous ! Everybody in disposed-towards the Peace, Or disposed to turn out the Premier, must be disgusted at such trans parent hypocrisy, and blame Lord PALMERSTON for .being so shockingly supple and Gamaci-like in these matters. What must the poor, whO have the gates of the British Museum, gational lery, &c., barred against them on a Sunday, think of it ? Think of it ? Why, that it is about as graceless a display of hypocrisy and humbug as that afforded by lords and ladies, bishops, priests, and deacons (given to Sabbatical) 'at the West-end on every corresponding day, as they 101 l along in their burnished carriages, drawn by well-groomed horses, driven by frosty headed coachmen, and waited upon by gay and jaunty attendants. What else should they think of it unless it be that it suggests something to be reformed without any unnecessary delay ? For our part we are not at all astonished, only sorry, the men have had their Sunday's rest broken for so silly a purpose. Had it been to hurry the departure of the boats for the bombardmeat .of Cronstadt the case would have been different, and we should , have felt disposed to remind the petitioners that, the Sabbath being made for man, and not man for the Sabbath , it would rather' be consecrated than desecrated by iheir labours--a contribution to the humiliation of Russia being synonymous with a boon significative of goodwill to almost the entire human race. ATHLONE ELECTION —(This Day). - . (B ENGLISH AND zßzszr 11fAr VET IC, ZBLE-; GRAPH COMPANY.) 11 A.M. 79• 66 Han dcock Eunis Majority for Handcock l3 In consequence of an announcement having been made in some of this morning's papers, that no drawing-room would be held on the day appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birth-day, we have authority to state, that thi s announcement was made in error, and that her I.llrjesty will hold a drawing room on the 29th of May, in celebration of that event. • 'lt is understood to be her Majesty's intention that State balls shall take place on Thursday, the Bth of May, aid Friday, the 6th of June; and that 'concerts be g:yea on Wednesday, the 30th of April, and 'Friday, the 30th of May. BERLIN, April 1.0.---Lard Bloomfield gave a diplo matic' dinner to-day, in honour of, the_ peace ; .the repre seotatives of Austria and Prussia were present, as well as the representativ e s of the belligerent PoWers. S'r 'et. Peel, Bart., M.P., and L e rly E m il y Peel, have returned t o town rom a tour in Italy ; sod the hon. bart., has resumed his official duties at the Ad miralty. The hearing of the appeal, "The East India Company v. the Hon. Mrs. Dyce Sombre," was continued bet 're the Judic;al Committee of the Priry Council during 3es: terday, and .was adjourned until Tuesday. , • = Among the the' Tillers whom Mr. IVyndharn 'an notences for the summer at the Edinburgh Theatre are.. Mr. Robson, Mr. Charlei Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr., Widdicombe, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Keeley, and Miss Rebecca I saacs . • The handsome colours given by Laly'R)lle to the South Devon Militia WWII. presented. to that regiment-air the'Heie . at Plymouth on Thursday by the Counte.s of Morley, in the presence of Major-General Eden, com mender of the farces in the- west, the Earl of Morley. colonel of the regiment, and •a 'numerous assemblage' of military officers, &.t. TBE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL GALLERT..—Dr. Weagen the director of the Picture Gallerits of the Royal Museum, at Berlin, has not been appointed to the post of director of the National Gallery in Londen,' a notice has been inserted by him in various Berlin papers, _designating the rep rt "as perfectly without all-ground, as he, well-knows that nothing of the sort is intended in England, and he had never had any lute: tion of putting, himself firward as a candidate for that office." SPECIALTY AND SIMPLE CONTRACT DEBTS.-_-A brought in by Mr. Mati ns and Mr : LI ,yd Davies abolishes all distinctions between specialty and simple contract _debts, the former no longer being entitled to prioritY in the administration of the estates c f deceased persons. Actions upon specialities mast be brought within six years. The act 'does Pot extend to Sc otland.. REPORTED DEATH OF 808 COOMBES.— We can hardly Suppose that any one who read tfure columns will not alreedy have r deed that the great ex champion is still 'alive -;.-• for; thoug,h the premature report of his death spread like an electric shock throughout the land; Yet when it was once ascertained that such a report had• been falsely promulgated, the contradictOn of it was communicated with equal rapidity. Our last. news was that the famed Robert was progressing satisfactorily, and had even expressed a hope Soon to be able 'to' drink ' a loving-,cup to the health of Old:Father Thatnes, 0 king, live for ever !—Bell's Life. • ASSOCIATION 'FOR THE AID OF DRESSMAKERS AND Mterasees.--The annual tne,ting of the members and friends ,of the association took place yesterday at Willis's . Rooms, King-street, St. James's, the Earl :of Shaftes, bury, the president of the society, in the chair. A report stated that some estimate might be formed of the great advantages conferred by the association on the em ployed, from the fact that during the;last year no fewer than 1,2,56 young dressmakers and miliners bad been re gistered at the office, free of all expense ; and of this number 534 obtained situations. The report was adopted, and several resolutions were agreed to expres -sive of -a hope that the institution might enjoy increased support, SALARIES OF TRH GOVERNORS, &c., OF THE' WEST INDIA ISLANDS. —The Governor• of Jamaica has a salary of 3,5001., the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Fluids 3,0001., the Lieut.-Governor of Dominica 1,3001., the Lieut.-Governor of St. Christopher 1,300/., the Guyer nor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands 4,0001., the Lieut. Governor of St. Vincent 1,300/., the Lieut.-Governor of Grenada 1,3001., the Lieut.-Governor of Tobago 1,3001, the 'Governor of Bahamas 1,2001.. The secretaries, to Governore-in-Chi e f o f the Windward and Leeward Isles have 3001. each. The officer administering the govern- meat. of ,Tortola has 800/., the officer administering the government of Montserrat 500/., and theaafficer adminis tering the ,government of Nevis 509/.---Civ-I 'Service acrzette. . . SPROI&L COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL : — esfernay , Spicial Court was held, in consequence of a most numer ously-signed requisition to the Lord Mayor, for the pur pm of considering the provisions of ,the bill lately in troduced into the House of Commons, by Sir G.,Grey, for the better regulation of the Corporation of London. There was a large attendance of members, and the pro ceedings throughout, which lasted the whole day, excited the deepest interest. Mr. H. W. Vallanee proposed a series of resolutions (which will he found at length in our alvertising Columns), sustained by the reports of the Commiesioners of Inquiry, and justifying, as contended, the - Corporaticin— in entire opposition to the bill. The proceedings terminated by the forniatien of a c6ei naittee to prepare a petition to Parliament, in accordance with the resolutions referred to. . • . MUTINY AnsoAD.—LivERPO3L,. Friday.-- 7 Two able seamen, named William Barton and John Yates, late of p th o e rt s o h : magistrates this morning, with having mutinied in 'the on the 4th of December l aP ast p , ea a i n 'e d d P" A ` l :::: acb M ico ill ia er :lt were charged before the sitting -thearri arrived a from h L e f o o n r m elo e n r, port oh the 12th of January. The captain went on shore; and in consequence of a continuance of bad weather, he was unable to get on board for some days. When he did get on board, he found the- prisoners and two other • men defying the officers, left in command, and to himself they' behaved most insolently, and refused to work, He, called them aft teplace thene in irons, on which a strug gle ensued, and they escaped to the forecastle. The cap: tain threatened to shoot themifthey did not immediately: Come Out elf their,hiding.One of the prisoners -said *he was not going to fire, Whereupon the captain, after again &Siring their presence; fired, and weunded cue of . the prisoners. ' Two of the four then came' out, but the' prisoners remained, 'and the captain again fired; when they both came out, and having, been secured; their wounds were dressed. Inasmuch as the conduct, of the prisoners 'would be investigated, before another tribunal, the bench: declined to 'give any decision,, and the men wore discharged. PARIS, SATURDAY. The .Monitetfr gives the following despatch' from • -,e• Mirshal P6lissier , SEBASTOPOL, AIMIL There is a marked. continuance of the improve ment in the general health of the army. The typhus daily diminishes in malignity, and sensibly . gives way. I hope that at length we shall have spring.. TRIESTE, APRIL 10. Accounts from Constantinople of the 31st ult state that tho special law relative to the right o property:bf Euiopeians , in Turkey will be promul• gated very shortly. 'ST: _PETERSBURG, APRIL .9, The Emperor Alexander has just accorded to the nobility of Livonia, Eithonia, and Courland letters of favour, which guarantee to theni all their rights, customs, advantages, and privileges during ,the reigg of bhi Imperial Majesty. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. To-morrois :the Plenipotentiaries will meet at the Hotel of:Foreign: Affairs. The Italian question, it is said, will suggest a stormy debate between Count Cavoiir and M. Buol. As Piedmont is sup ported by Lords Clarendon and Cowley, and as the French representatives of the Emperor are inspired with favourable views towards Sardinia, it is by no naeansimpossible that a sort of protest' will be re gistered againSt the existing system of government, so obstinately persevered in by the rulers of certain States of the peninsula. The Times' Paris correspondent (second edition)' says :—The Congress sits to-morrow, and the re sult is looked forward to with much interest. The . question of Italy has occupied them earnestly for, several days back, and it will again form the prin ciPal subject of their deliberations. They hope to. terminate it in to-morrow's sitting ; if they do not, they will consider it again on Monday or Tuesday. In any view the Plenipotentiaries might take of the situation of the Italian peninsula, the occupa tion of certain portions of it would naturally be among the first, and it is said that on this point also M. Cavour particelarly directed the attention of his colleagues. He showed the inconsistency of an occupation of territory, contrary to the will of its poPdlation, by foreign troops ' dwelt on its in utility, and the impossibility of such a state of things s laSting 'for any time. In truth, a moment must comeswhen such an anomaly must cease. The principle of intervention is, no doubt, to be depre cated, but if intervention is, at all justifiable, it i£4 when the object is to support good government-=a government baSed on justice ; and not tooporpetu ate an oppr es siV e and detested despotism. It:is not improbable:that the governments which exist solely by the Support of foreign bayonets will be informed that the time is come for them to consider seriously what they Ought to do. Those Governmenta deularethat the vast majority of their subjects look up to them, with confidence, respect, and affection ; that they are no longer led astray by mischievous theories, and that they have a horror of revolutionary doctrines. If such be the case surely they have no need of foreign proteotion s and it will be submitted to them whether it is consistent with their own . dignity that French or Anatrittia troops should for ever come between them and the zeal and love of.their people. A French army can: , not for ever occupy Rome ; and if its occupation be continued it ought _to be to aid them in establishing necessary reforths in their internal administration. In other words, the condition on which the occupa tion will be maintained is . that these reforms shall be introduced. 'lf the Pope is really the idol. of his subjects he cannot - want French or Austrians to keep him on his throne. It is the necessity for such an alternative that has been discussed in the Congress, and same resolution on it is expected tQ terminate to-morrow's sitting. If. no conclusion be' come to, the Congress will, as I said before, again meet on Monday or Tuesday. It is curious that on this point Russia has given her support to Sardinia, and Count Orloff lets slip few occasions o f appearing on the best terms with Qiunt Cavour. I will not say that this proceeds from any new-. born zeal for representative government. It is unquestionably attributable to the hatred which : now animates Russia against the very name of Austria. No' one has forgotten M. Nesselrode's note when Sardinia resolved on giving her contins 'gent to the allied armies. He complained that Sar-- dinia had drawn the sword before any formal declas.: ration of war, and M. Cavour in his reply reminded the Russian Minister that the Czar had not only never recognised the Constitutional Govez nment of Sardinia, but had evinced his hostility in every, way he could short of making war. I have reason to believe that the main, if not the only cause' of the refusal of such recognition was Austria. It Was Austria that u rge d R uss i a to that refusal,' and it was Austria that secretly encouraged the Czar in his enmity, and fanned the flame of hisresentment. Of Austria it may now be said that 'she is quite as much, if not more isolated than Prussia. Even last night, during the'fete at the Ottoman Embassy, it was remarked ,that Count Buol was hardly ads dressed by any.. have said that the Plenipoten tiarieS hope to bring their labours to a close to morrow or early next week; this, however, is but a hope and not a certainty. Lord Clarendon ex-' pests to be able to leave Paris on Friday next. On the subject of the Danubian Principalities the Congress do not agree with the Porte in the plan of establishing a Moldp-Wallachian Commis ssion at Constantinople for its final settlement. They prefer that the question of according to the . Principalities a new organisation, or of conferring that which now . subsists, should. be maturely examined by the Sultan in concert with the allies, and not sby such a Commission, which would at Constantinople be exposed both to 'the ,pressure of the Pint-nand of the Fanariot party, whose administration of that ill fated country is remembered with detestation. The Congress desire that the internal organisation of these countries shall, according to the terms of the first guarantee, be in conformity with the - wants' and the wishes of the populations ; they . wish that while the suzerainete of the Sultan is main tained, the interests of the provinces as well - as those of Europe shall not be disregarded, and for that purpose they require that the 'examination into their wants and wishes shall 'be entrusted to a Mixed ,comriassiou composed of the representative§ of the contracting Powers—the Porte of course being included—and of Alelegates ,from the Principalities. During' the Conferences of Vienna a note was addressed, after due noticeto the Porte, to th e Flospodars,inviting them to send representatives to Vienna to give to a Com mission, to be formed of the Plenipotentiaries of France, England, Austria, and Turkey, the necessary information relative to the exceptional state of the Principalities. The Porte, in re ply, proposed to. send: to Vienna a Bayard for each Pritrcipality with the title of Pleni potentiary for the Ottoman Government, and whose mission should bb limited to furnishing. in formation on the state of the Principalities. Before ,this could be done the Vienna Conferences came to an end. The invitation addressed to the Hospo dars showed that the toVereignty of the Principali ties was - recognised, at Vienna ; the proposal of tl:e 'Porte indicated 'a Wish to get rid Of the question by a side wind. The Porte has, it is said, done its best to maintain the position of thesHospodars, as established by the treatys'Pf alta-Liinan, and the right of nominating them every seven:years, forgetting however its own declaration that all treatiee with Russia are annulled _by the war. - HiS , believed that the Congress will Maintain the immovable character of the liospo dariat as it before existed. A change in that re spect would be a violation of the stipulations, and would, instead of creating a government with the elements of durability, only excite, mistrust and alarm among the Christian populations,and abandon the Principalities to constantigifation, which, in spite of all that could be done to the contrary, would end by restoring the influence of Russia in those ,countries. i• . . Au official 4esparteh-frona Valence says that tran quillity has been again disturbed. The authorities had sent for troops. The pretenCe for these dis turbances, it will: be remembered, is the recruiting. • The Monitetii cle;:e Armee explains that the medals which, as announced in the English papers, the Emperor has sent to the English" Government, to be distributed to British - soldiers who served in the Oast are mit; as gdpnrally_Supposed, similar to the Crimean one - git , en•by the Queen of England to the French troops, but the ordinary military medal. The same jourbal adds that the imbiber 6f these medals granted by the EMperor is 500. 7 • The baptism of the daughter of Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, took place yesterday .morning, in the chapel of the Tuileries. The Emperor and the Empress, who stood sponsors, were representedou the obosion by the D u k e de' • Bas_sanO:and the Princess d'Essling. The Bi s h op of Arias, assisted by the Abbe Versini, one of the chaplains of the Emperor, performed the service. At the ball given last night by the Turkish Am bassador, and which was honoured by the presence Of thnEunperor, none of th e R uss i an E nvoys ap ' "Pe'ared, which was a subject of remark, as nearly all the other Plenipotentiaries and Ambassadors . now , in:PariS attended, together with a large as sembly of notables. The folloWing telegraphic despatches have been received here : " COPENHAGEN loth.--In the Privy C ounc il o f St a t e to-day the Hereditary Prince of Denmark swore to ob serve all the institutions of the country." " MADRID, 11t11.--The Gazette publishes a decree with drawing from. GeneralVillalOnga the Captain-Generalship of Valentia, and appainting in his place a commission having at its head a Minister of State, invested with ex traordinAry.powers and specially representing the supe rior authority. Valentia is tranquil; the asieinblages have materially diminished. Madrid is perfectly tran quil. The Spanish Commercial Society is constituted." Despatches . from Naples state that the Govern ment is about to reduce the exportation duty on corn to one-half. This measure is said to have arisen out Of the suggestions of the representatives of France and - England. It was reported . that the King had mad e significant approaches towards the French Ambassador, occasioned. by passing political events. • THE BALTIC. ' HAMBURG, April 10.—The English frigates (screw) Euryalus and Pylades, with the Harrier screw-corvette, arrived at Kiel yesterday on their return from the Baltic, and will probably be joined this day by the Imperieuse, Captain Watson, C.B. The paddle steam-sloop Sampson, which reached Kiel a couple of days back, has taken her depar ture for England, and will, very likely, be followed by the remaining portion of th e fl y i ng squa d ron as soon as the vessels have taken in coal. " ITALY. A letter from Parma of the 4th, in the Opinione of Turin, says : "The political prisoners, who had been at first trans• ferred from Parma to Manttm, have now been sent off to Gratz. Arrests still continue here, but some of those arrested during the first days have been set at liberty. There' , i 9 a iumoor current that the object of the Count de Chambord in coming here was to prepare his sister for her departure ' the annexatio n o f P arma to Pi e d mont having been resolved on." .kiluginlOter of the 7th inst. says : " The Minhiter of %Vat of Sardinia has issued the ne cessary orders for-the formation" of 'a camp of observation at Spezzia,,ira w •hi c h the troops returnicg from the Cri mea are to remain some time, before their re-iticirpor.i.- tion with the regiments to which they belong. Colonel Ricci and other officers of the Staff are now on the ground, making arrangements for their accommodation. There are to ;be hospitals for the sick and convalescent, and comfortable quarters for the men. The Government is determined to spare no expense to welcome those brave trimPS." The Tuscan Monitor of the sth inst. contains a decree of the Grand Duke, formally acknowledging M. Peter Tausch as Ottoman Consul-General at Leghorn. The same official journal publishes the convon tion concluded between Tuscany and Naples fur the extradition of criminals. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY. By the arrival ofh6r Majesty's steam-sloop Hydra, 6, Commandera. G. Merri4, we have advices from this colony and station to the 26th of February, on which Thly'the follo:wing ships were on the station: —The Castor,' 36, C,nnmodore H. D. Trotter; the : Penelope, 18, Captain Sir W. Wiseman ; the Fro , lie, 16, Cdrnthander Nolloth ; the Grecian, 16,. Captain Bland. The Castor and the Frolic were . to proceed to Tristan d'Acunha in a few days,' in order to convey to The Cape the few inhabitants (some 130) of that desolate spot. The Dart was in Mozambique Channel, and will, it is hoped, bring back the traveller, Dr. Livingstone, who" started from St. Paul do. Loinda a long time ago with the intention of reachind ono of the Portuguese pos.. sessions on the east coast of Africa. Her Majesty's ship Nerbudda, 12, Commander Kerr, so long missing, is now quite given up, no traces whatever of her having been found after the most dilie.ent search. - • The Hydra bringslotne Mr. Pearne, paymaster of the Frolic, who exchanged with Mr. Saunders, ,of the Hydra, and also Mr. Pearce, late acti ng. second master of the Frolic, both of these officers having suffered during the late cruise up the :Mozambique in the brig, which lost several men by sickness, and still had a number of her crew in the hospital at Simon's-bay, dysentery being the pre vailing disease. The - colonystill remains quite quiet, and, owing in a great degree to the energetic measures of the Governor, 'Sir G. Grey, who has lately resi.led some months on the Kafir frontier, in order to see into matters with his own eyes, and to carry out himself the course devised by him, no Kafir war. or disturbance is apprehended. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNINCI The Ericsson, with New . York ad vices to the 29th, and the Persia, with ad vices to the 2d, have arrived. The foriner brings no specie; the latter $584,796. The Atlantic had arrived out. About $1,500,000 had been received from Cali fOrnia. Her Majesty's ,steanaer Argus had arrived at Jamaica with nearly 50 of her crew sick with fever. From Mexico we learn that the insurgents at Puebla werOmffering from want of provisions. The Goveinment of costa Rica states that it had declared war against. the American Filibusters. Walker, with 500 men, had crossed the Lake to Virgin Bay and had been reinforced. Money con tinued abundant. Current rates 6to 9 per cent. prime. Exchange on London, BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. By the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tay, Capt. Brydges, with the Brazilian and River Plate • mails, we have dates—Buenos Ayres, March 3 ; Monte Video : , Gth ; Rio do Janeiro, 16th ; Bahia, 20th ; Pernambuco, 22d ; St. Vincent, 31st ; Tene lriffe, April 41:Madeira,,.5th ; Lisbon, Bth. The Tay brings; besides passengers, 61,6501. value in diamonds and precious stones, and a cargo con `. sisting of tapioca, ipecacuanha, samples, kc. At Buenos Ayres. there was a rumour of another ~invasion of Indians. The political state was more satisfactory. There had been a fair amount of business in imports, and stocks wore generally low. At Monte Videb matters were more favourable, and business was improving.• • At Rio the cholera was still on the decrease, but yellow fever had appea re d. The dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies was expected.. imports were moderate. The prices in coif°, had declined. A moderate business was doino. in 'exchange, at 27i to 271. From Bahia we learn that yellow fever had bro ken out among the shipping. Exchange 271. At Pernambuce cholera was on the decline. Sugar limited, 'cotton scarce,- freights dull. Ex change 27. At Teneriffe rain was much wanted. The island was healthy and the crops good. At Lisbon. the potato crops had entirely failed, owing to the heavy. rains. Sixty thousand men are said to he in arms in Arabia, and Mecca, and Djeddah in complete in surrection. The new Governor just appointed from Constantinople is the cause of the revolt. r • The enormous production of pines for smoking in France may be judged of from the fact that at St. Omer alone too manufacturers sell yearly not fewer than 43, 200,000. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THA CIVIL SERVICE.—The Dockyards—Mr. Fl. G. Keys 'has been appointed a second-class clerk at Pembroke. 'yard ; Mr. E. B. Josey has been appointed a second class clerk at Portsmouth-yard ; thele are two clerkships vacant at Devonport Dockyard, vice Messrs. Keys and .Josey, promoted ; Mr. J.,,11. Miller has been appointed -third-class clerk at Deptford Dockyard ; Mr. W. J. Taylor - 10.x beeq,appointed third class clerk at Chatham DoCkyard ; Mr ! , EclWin A. -Lang has been appointed third-cla,s- , clerk at Sheerness Dockyard. East India House.—A directorship has become vacant by the death of the Hon. W. H. L, Melville. Customs—Mr. IL J. Harrold has been appointed a clerk in the Coast Guard Office in London ; Mr. William Cornish has been appointed a second class clerk at Falmouth ; Mr. Abraham Morphy has been promoted from the sixth to the fifth clas s o f c l erks for general business at Li verpool. Inland Revenue Department (Excise Branch) —Mr. William Read Reynolds, officer of WoOdbridge first division, hag beenappointeit to Norwich fourth divi sion, at his own request ; Mr. Joseph Flower, officer of Horsham Ride,:;gurrey collection, has been appointed officer of Cuckfield division, Sussex collection ; Mr, Thomas Miller, officer of Docking Ride, Surrey collec tion, has been appointed to Leighton division, Bedford Collection. East - Indies- 7 -Major General J. Outran), C. 8., has been appointed Chief Commissioner and Agent to the Govern( r General in the province of Oude ai Courser has been appointed Civil Secretary ; Mr. M. Ommanney has been appointed Judicial Commis sinner ; M r. M art i n R. Guhhins has bee n appo i nted Financial CommieiFiober ; Mr. C. J. Wingfield, Mr. J. G Christian, Lieut. Col. P. Goldney, and Major J. S. Banks, have been appointed Commissioners ; Mr, IL B. Thornhill, Mr. R. Stinson, Mr. W. A. Forbes, and Mr. C. B. Denison, ,have 'been appointed Deputy. Commi ssioners of the first olaBl--f)ivil Service acoette. THIS ZyKNING. • ' l c , 1 j,,titiLsi . , LIKE ANT) 'UNLIKE. , ~ k ' P 1 , • ' XeS4 ,B l A , Webster, Wrig,lit, i.,.l3edforcl, C. Selby, Garden ‘. 1 "' i i ' Madame Celeste, MISS Wyndham. in twrwrlfiA ' To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK ; or, Harlequin and Mothe, Goose at tromp Agala. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LtSseo and tkfaii34er, 3rr. Alfrel MIA EVENING . ATILL .IV,A.TERS IPUx DEEP. `.•"' wllich will be prodnos,l a _Yew and &ably-moral; .thoizgl iceistvelY oltl,"Atelpetiain?tic Fairy Extrava.ganza,,eullije(l ftPi PlttN - 0 the _Three (Laws I i which Meeeri. Emery, F. Robsen, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston aaa Illss Haskell will appear: - ' • - ~n ~ ~T9t7vrst SIY,ZREY rEISATRE; Tilrigouri o Messrs. Selepherl and Creswlck. ZIES,EVENING; t , if , , i 1V111 : be perform ail a new' Dratii a, - intftled #PW.,,W.44.1VE , IN THE. WO iLD.OF LONDON. +r~grrt ;1 ••.' • •Followta by • TfIE POSTMAN' KNOCK'. Tc:l • ,• •: • ' ;• • - To conclude with TVFX 4 EILt.T.T9ZN; or, Th 3 Lawyer's Legend. itOYAL NT) riIEATRIS. Uade - f the direeilon of Mr; ne THIS FXE'rzltiG, MY"WEFE',3 COUSIN. x , After which, rIIE LOS r. DIAMONDS. 3 1 ,ft 5f.1.1 1.1',74"! evl:4;, 4141 , JT, Folawo by A Balct Divertissement. After which, GOOD QUEEN B SS. Td conolnde wit! X 0 ! !! NO !! ! tliOrT ma: lazarAr. MARYtEIIONE THEATRE. :This Evening, SATURDAY, April 12th, wIII be performed ,Tht Flay of•WILLrAM TELL. Winfatn Tell, Mfr. Stuart ; Emma M ss Anderton. • • Danelng by Mdle. Agnes: To cone . tle with DUMB POSTILION. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey; f pv, • - r Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. E. :Stirling. • Remea, 2s. ; pit, Is. ; gallery, 6d. ' , ~....f „.„ ROVAVAIIPETITiITATRK:' . , . Lessee , and 7vi2na:•er, 3lr. Wm_ Cooke. . • ''-` * ' ' ' THJS EVFISTINCI, - That unlpte'itn4 l ol;nnttratleed Iterv;ol4re Equestrinne, a GENU INE' g IsTGLpf FA STEEPLE',IIASE I, Also,' the, Oriental 604rytacre, 'ril;• AT:.11.1 - 07 TILE DESERT AN!) TITS FAIFIIFUS 6 rEE 0. After which, the FrONDE!ti OF Tag ARENA, by tilers o: tirAtT}te talent. - , , - T 9 conclude with a Drain of Peril- Exetentent. Ltughter, Ifs bap', Crp ;strigg. :Tostlitrp, art 1 Adventures, with Terrific i.e tog from Vie stage to 01.3 nz, 1N 1 )',3 11-v.I3NT= lIOXF. en NATIO`Ar: S PEtPLEfIIIISE. Ftba , oflTee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. Vt West. Equestrian Director.' Af. w. CookP, - ENEMA STANLEY'S " SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." The' Srana;er respectfully announces the ThIREE L ST NIORN• I PERFOR MANCE:4 of .t.ils inlst popular ant amusing Enter taintrient; Saturday; the, .12th, Wednesday, the 16th, and Satnrcl.ty the ,19p, at half-past. two. ,Evening perform an t•es as. Fu on„ Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays ant elday§, tt f R *lack. . • AdinlisiOn--aacli Seats, IA.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3.9., SA.TXT, :IN'S HALL, Long-acre. • LIEGII • WAtfillt T,7N r 130 1 . 1 / 4 T BRIDGE. ThYR DifLLAro . in. 46 n4in. aft. 6'--Eyening 17 Min. an. Thrifoiiii6ii'L'L'itorn. 52 ruin. aft. 7- 7 - Eve4i, ag.4l. THE WEATIIEEt—SUN OrricE,, Amur. 12. • TuratmomeTztt, rg tar sa.tigt. 4.b0 jhigheet's4ine noon yeatorafty : 401 , 1-Owest this morning and any lig the 'light; ,r 6 b,this day sit noon. - 4 - ifiAtemtirTrit, dowii t 6 29•52---now up to 29'59. WIND, S.W. to W.S.W.—ltathet'fregh, with fine mild in the morning. I eV. 14i re, , ~i 4. ) ~ ~._ , .--- • ' ".. 4 .1 4 . ''',..) ...I'' MI 10::•150N, • SATURDAY, APRIL 12, '1856. __.;esto, for' example, just issued . _ The existing state of affairs must exoite grave at ,St: ..Potersburg, by the second - Muscovite appiehenirc&iin the mind of every thinking Man. -,According. ' ALsx.A.NDEß4. to. our judgm en t, it WeArifte ti into. War, from :which we have wriggled . , appears for all the world just ex ac tly o f a p i ece w i t h out in by n o means a respectable manner. Wc eirery one of the ukases penned 'by the.. hand of belkci the sitting of a Congress, at which the his great progenitor,' *the Czar N1C11034/S. kid Peoples , of:Etiropeare not represe,nted, and which we. all of ,us surely retnernber what were the matp'essitily I leiid to the f orma ti on o f another un conspicuous characteristic's of these r enowne d _ Holyukiliance;:intencled to check every aspiration Proclamations. Wh a t w er e . those conspicuousafter freecrOlk-afid to fetter ,th e na;tiOns in add- Characteristics by the way—my Lord PALnERSTONi , mantine Chains. Meanwhile, , the British Parka: when you were • propounding to the House; of merirrefrAins onieseent, and awaits with ex.eni:; COmin-Ons, in YOU!. ministerial capacity as Home plau ..p#ierrete the inforpaation which may be Secretary, the adihability of embodying the militia, doled out, when it is. too Idle, to avert the Mis . : as., speedily"as might be found in any . way ;: con • elrief.hbftjna‘y ; bp halchiag. The representatiVee venient f, What .were, they, my. lord Jcarz,r , ' . of fr!ie:and:indepentlent. constitueneies make, m au skux.,--.-When - you .were denouncing .them iu, siznViatir :thel:-feqers and handouffd have been langua ge s;li . indignant eloqUence uttered in• your - . . duly affixed, and the first blow administered, Om,' :)fficial capacity as its 'leader within the walls of, may he far - naßra,tlian lialf the b a ttl e . the lower branch of tll5 - ImPerial. Legisla,- ,T 4 ‘ero are,-as Werhave already stated, elements ' titre ? What were they—these conspicuous of, blitiirbanee in' • OPeratiii that. should be con characteristics of each, successive;,iNfanifesto tinuouSlyand. .vigilant/y watched. Troops have given to the world at the Commencement . of beenitaiseir,fer Whorn occupatioh must be fund, the 'resent War by the Czar XICHOLAS —y ou , who,lik e th e d emonS in the time honoured myths, noble lords and right honourable gentlemen, will than on 'tYeir employers'and rencr tfiem limb then o vituperative, now so mealy-mouthed— froni4nb,:ur‘leas D:a workp rovided. W t hen bl • • bleat* 'I ' girtte be e so atantly belicose, now sotag y pact . have Gernitan,atid Italian ~Le,lions, Turkish Con ac' —then' talking about the "crimes,7 now about tinge4g;‘;i4,ll.,-09Aq,bodies, which canna. be dis- the ." hononr," of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg ? carded theanoir I#:that their services seem - to be They may be epitomised now; as they were epi no longer'llilitict Expnri I; s 4 - • " . - ,'• - ile a• proved, atomised then, in two Very Significant and expres beyohd theipassibility of doubt, the perilgi • - ' ' ' rd ' " he s i tated net- sive,words—wo s nobody "then to . deneal'tollfe'aiielfarie of Mercenaries, ' fi l '" ' w o e 3,1- use—Words we do not. now hesitate to use ; as. not !Jig. and are ashamed to beg. ' We pointed strictly significant and accurately expressive of . out clearly and'` distinctly,. ; at the time when the ! ,.. fa -, • what werereally the salient or conspicuous charac- Foretign.,Xalistinent Bill . passed, -.tie dangerous teristi es ' - Manifestoes ' of the - of policy • conirlrie , n / ceS . of s u ch a lin e - " leu6tAl3, ••-oharacteristics which to 'Our think- happili,,i3Ow4., gloomy vaticinations- have been too in g , '6;r4T,, jus ,_ a , .. / , E s glaringly observable in this completely 'veried , : , , . , ,We 'showed. the obStacles recent Imperial Manifesto of. his son and OVA.' enlistment, the - difficulty with successor the Car & . • to . LEX A.N4011 If. Tao , Maui-- the Government of the United States has shown festoes of the Czar IsT rettor , A.s,ithen, be be plain, for---their lying that in if ere 16.5' :1 - p exaggeration in the statement; were' esnecfall - - - •- ' .: . r • - Y. rer "r l 4ble, they were notorious that ( we; were rather - below than above-the • mark. throughouLuropa, and their im Prnsilis,,, no ...... :1 60,`, 'for alequate reason s , re f ra i ne d piety ! Their bl a sphemy and untruth, i n d ee d, from;le na b arass " i n. our-.: ISl•overn men. Satisfiecl ' were t simultaneously reprobated .in the Enolish with "conileti ei . sli refrained froth p un i s hi ng our ,journals _and . denounced in the Eit,-;lish Parka consnlar.agents,..who were in3P'icated in the illegal Ment e , They ware viewed at the Ratio:ma Tlti - trans-amingled sentiments Of horror an d with in me credulity. le Hope o f well-dowered Rlyal Prinlo,W4Ale,Pre,7,nur" p ti c o _heir of the Prussian: Scarcely any one could. at the outset credit th e . Throne,. and ,the . , c , tss ibi l i ty, o f one e f : the House :authenticity of domments so openly violating the of 4:iit i fbn i ult 4, o4'n. - t;Ua'lly 'wielding the seeptre nobler principles of Civilisation, and so flagrantly of the , U'nited , KkingdOtii;tbieth er with the r anticipa- outraging. the holier dogmas of Christianity. It tionthat'he would ~. : `at once heinously d been riinin on e a groat Princl punit.yfrorn - they position to Whi ch alm.lia , eal ' :the -part 0,, , the irre , . . reduatid - t - Tfir •despictble and time-ser;ring . neit- , •sponsible: ruler of sixty millions of Man, traliti,,averted that ;danger for the time being, I to, develop° a policy •, of :uoproveked and and wit Build afford to dis,regard the retrionstrancee lawless spoliation by f tlselloods the most-. ~ of the petty i ulers, iii whose dominion s th e men glaringly .undeniable, an d to. enhance the` were actUally 'enliStOd,' nitliouzit the illegality w 0,3 1 ,; guilt of untruth by . the 'iiiipiety of invoking r.. ~ - 7ST NEWS. APPOINTMENTS TO THE ROYAL ARTILLERY, (bc. U. War Departm en t, P a ll Mall, 7th April, R 185E6WRY.. Naval and Military Intelligence. Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour K.C.T3 Com wander in -Chi e f, an d Cimmodore the ' Hon. F. ' T.' Pel ham, C. 8., Captain of the fleet at Spithead, went out yesterday in the steam-yacht Fire Queen, Master Com mander W. F. Paul, and assembled the gun-boat flotilla. , When at Spithead the captains of the several divisions , of gunbeats—Captain Codrington, C.B. of the Red Captain the H on . H . Keppel,of the White • anti Captain Yelverton, C. 8., of the Blue, were signalled to. repair on board the Fire Queen for an audience with the Commander-in . Chief, The whole flotilla immediately afterwards got under way, and proceeded towards Stokes Bay to form the order of sailing (or rather steam ing) in two columns, Captain Codringten on board the , Coq Bette (Commander Risk), and Captains Keppel and Yelverton on board gun-boats, the first -named leading the red squadron, the second the white, and the third the blue, and each having its distinguishing pennant flying. Having formed the order of sailing in two co lumns, they proceeded through the fleet at anchor, which is also moored in two long lines. On arriving at the head of the fleet the starboard, or red division, under Capt. Cod rington, steamed round the Royal George, 102, to star- board, while the white and blue divisions turned round ~ to port on the Duke of Wellington, and each line pursued its course back to the bottom of the line of the fleet, Sundry other mauceuvres were then ordered to be per- .. formed by signal, which were satisfactorily executed, and then the - Commander-in• Ch i ef returned to port. The fleet was joined yesterday by the Exmouth, 91, and th e Conqueror, 101. The Rattler screw steam-sloop, Commander Follower!, whose arrival at Spithead we merely noted yesterday, left Hong Kong on the .B‘,ll of Dec., arrived at the 'Jape of Good Hope on the 12th of Feb., and left on the 24th.; St. Helena on the 6th of March ; she has had several • cases of dysentery on the passage, and lost 10 men and the gunner. The Rattler was leaky until she arrived at the Cape, where s h e cau lk e d , and since then bas not been so bad. They brought borne 30 Russian prisoners, and Lieutenants Pousckin and Schilling. The Rattler has been in commission nearly five years, during which time she has been engaged at Burma!), and various times with pirates, &c. Death has been a constant visitor on board, iu one shape or another. She does not bring back one-third of her original ship's company ; the others are scattered all over the East ; her lower chain plates - are gone and foremast wrung. The Government diver at Plymouth has discovered in Liarnoaas the hull of a ship, supposed to be the frigate Aniphion, blown up on the 22d of Sept., 1796. Some efforts aro to be made to raise portions of the wreck, The Tuscan Monitore publishes a treaty just concluded between Tuscany an'l Naples for the extradition of de linquents. The Cauease gives the details of a skirmish which oc curred last February between some Gouriel Militia and the Turks, which terminated in the discomfiture of the latter. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—A convict forming one of a gang employed in stacking carriages in the carriage de partment of Woolwich Arsenal, has succeeded in effect ing his escape thence, and, although some days have" elapsed, not the slightest clue has been obtained which may lead to his ultimate recovery. ADULTERATION OF FLOUR AT ROTTIRRRAM:—At the Pontefract sessions, on Thersday, Mr. J. C ross l y, m i ller and flour dealer, Rotherham, appealed against a convict. tion by the Rotherham magistrates on the 17th March last, for adulterating flour with gypsum. The conviction was confirmed. It will be seen by our P ar li amentary report that Lord John Russell alluded in the House of Commons last evening to the occurrence of a domestic affliction in the family of the honourable member for the West Riding. The event referred to is of a very distressing nature, consisting of the sudden death at Weinhim, Baden, oa Monday last, of Mr. Cobden's only son, a youth of 15. OXFORD, April 11.— ARNOLD HISTORICAL PRIZE.— Tl e judges of this prize have signified to the Vice.Chan senor that they have awarded the same to Jihn Henry Bridges, 8.A., Oriel College ; and have appointed the following subject for the compositions of the next year —"The cendition of Athens in the time of Demetrius Phalereus." ENCLOSURE OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH.--Yesterday a de putation from the districts of Marylebone, St. Pancras • and Hampstead-heath bad .an interview with Sir B. Hall upon the subject of the Settled Estates . BilYnow before Parliament, under. the provisions of which it was feared that Hampstead•heath would be closed, to the pub lic. Lord R. Grosvenor, who introduced the depute"- • Lion, said that their object was to prevent Sir T. M. " • Wilson from gaining, by the general act, what Parlia- ment had already refused to grant him. Mr. Freeth, as member of the deputation, suggested that a compromise leight,be effected by which Sir Thomas Wilson might be allowed to grant building leases on the manorlarm, on condition of his surrendering all rights to the heath on moderai;e terms. Sir Benjamin Hall replied, that compromise had b een attempted, but without success, and that the que s ti on was one to be entertained not the Government, b ut b y the Metropolitan Board of He confes se d h e was surprised at the sure- such vo by k R iau manner in which they had set the question aside, • • but, should they again consider it, he would be willing, as his predecessors bad done, in the case of a park for •; Finsbury, to recommend to Government to make a grant from the Consolidated Fund in aid of a tnetropoli- • tan rate for the purchase of the heath ; but he wished it • ' to be und erstood that he was not pleding the Govern went to do so. THE DISEMBODIMENT OF THE MILITIA.—it in under stood to be the intention of Government to reduce the militia as troops of the line arrive from the Crimea. It is not intended to disband them by regiments, but gra dually to reduce each by the discharge of the moat in effective men, A deputation, consisting of Lord R. Grosveno r M.P., the Rey. P ro f essor Marks, Mr. Eales, and Mr. Nicholay (Marylebone), Mr. David. Powell, Mr. Joseph Hoare, Hr. Le Breton, Mr. Thomas Turner, Mr. Turner, and Toller (Hampstead), Mr. Henry Ferrer, Mr. Fran c i s itreeten Mr. James Orr, Mr. T. D. Keighley,. and Mr. Gook, Vestry Clerk (St. Pancras), and Mr. Chas. Freetb, , ad an interview with the Right Hon. Sir Beejamin Hall yesterday at the Office of Public Works, Whitehall. SCOTTISH CENTRAh RAILWAY.—TraMo return for the week ending April 6, 1856.... ...... . ........ ... £5,792 1 0 Corresponding week hot You ............... lie 5,33316 2 An Examination for Provisional C >omissions in the Royal Artillery will commence on Alonday, 30th Jape, at King's College, Strand. About 20 appointments will be made, supposing a sufficient number of compe tent persons to present themselvea. The Qancli d des must bo between the ages of '2O and 23 years ; and those appointed will be gazetted to iieutenancies in the Royal Artillery in the first instance, with tern parary rank. They will be placed for instruction, for about six months, under the director of artil lery studies at Woolwich ; and on " completing their course, to the satiifaetion of the Secretary of State for War, will receive permanent commiseions with the date of their temporary appointment. They rill receive the pay of their rank (viz., ss: 7d. per diem) frcna the date of their names appearing in the Gazette but will be required to contribute a deposit of 201. for the purchase of books, instruments, &o. At the same time, provided a sufficient number are found competent, about thirty admissions will be misdo to the pratical class of the Royal Military Acadenby at Woolwicll, the candidat es f or w hi ch must be between the ages of 17 and 20 years. It is expected that gentle men admitted will remain under instruction for six or eight months, and at the end of that period will, on pass ing a satisfactory examination, receive commissions-i!in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, according to their proficiency. They will be required to pay a con tribution of 62/. 10s. for the time during which they re main at the Academy. Tee appointments in both these classes will he <deter mined by the result of a competitive examination. The days and subjects of examination will be as follows, viz. : Tuesday, July I.—Pure Mathematics, 2,000 marks. Wednesday, July 2.—Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics and Hydrostatics, 1,500 marks. Thursday, July 3—Language, Literature, Geography, and History of A nc i en t Rome, 1,000 marks. Friday, July 4--Do. do. do. of Ancient Greece, 750 marks. Saturday, July s.—Do. do. do of France, 1,000 marks. Monday, July 7.—Do. do. do. of Germany, 750 marki. The examination in French and German will be both written and viva voce. Tuesday, July B—English Language, Literature, Com. positon Histoly, and Geography, 1,250 marks. Wednesday, July 9 —Experimental Sciences, i.e., Che wistry, Heat, Electficity, including Magnetism 1,00-) marks. Thursday, July 10—Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, :ma Geology, 750 marks. Friday, July 11—Moral and Political Sciences, 1,000 marks. Saturday, July 12—Drawing, i. e., Elementary 'Geo metrical Drawing, including the use of drawing instru ments, and either Machinery, Architectural, Engineering, or Landscape D raw i ng , 750 marks.• The examination will commence on each of these days at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue until 1 o'clock. It will re-commence at 2 o'clock, and continue until 5. No candidate will be admitted after the hour fixed for-the commencement of the examination. Every candidate must be examined in pure mathemtv tics ; and no one who does not obtain at least one-fiftlx of the marks allotted to that subject will be eligible for an appointment. From the other subjects of examination each midi. date may select those in which he desires to be ex , ' amined ; but no one will be allowed to count the marl_s gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least amount to one-sixthof the total number of marks allotted to that subject. Every candidate must transmit to the War Depart. vent, Poll-Mall, by the 20th June next : Ist. An extract from the register of his baptism, or, in default of that, a certificate verified by affidavit. 2d. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a' clergyman of the parish to which he belongs, and by the tutor r bead of the school or college at which be bat, received his education for at least two years, or such other proof of good moral character, as will be satista&' tory to the Secretary of State. 3. A statement of the subjects of examination in which.. (in addition to Pure Mathematics) he may desire to be o examined. All Candidates must present themselves at King's' College, on Monday the 30th (-f June, at 1 o'clock p.m., where they will severally be inspected by Military Sur-, ;eons, in order to ascertain that they are free from any_; bodily defects or ailment ,, , calculated to interfere with the performance of military duties. MC At tl was a g The sal an spec Market Thursd The] Week on int feat . eharaot4 Turkey Was ma stringer Meet tlic the corn The 40., wi daposits Active Bulb: Rest . Public Other Seven- Govert r Other IR/fetes Tolegi arrival tl dad the The Porn latter o thus m ten da3 Missing her fate Stioti,uoC ports thi Curlew, with loss the passe New Yoi the St o c Breadstu provision The Fox London, Were low Amon] meat of scarcely lo vi, hem fsct is, t of pe ace by some maintain) they were ordinary The of from the Thursday Silrez Gold The un land retu a Very liti Consols fi are now from a b c have bees The New chequer ] discount. The Fc 6 per Cer and at 9E ruined a finates Peruvian steady at ald the I The fol Mocks : sal], 22! 2 6 1 6 ; PI 6 per C( Spanish `(. 2 ditto Cer Railwa the price cages an toter ai are also i s 5i to( Minini about the Bitrrisi 8 POr Cent Per Cent. Xe w 3 per Le" g * Sew pe 'Ann, Ditto 3( Co *oohs to: E xelieqt £180( %mill Ditto 13 Ditto, 1 PRICE I Equador 1 Ditto N Gren a d a Ditto D Mexi can 3 Pertivian Ditto 3 P Ditto 4, Spaniali C Tiiiitith 1 Ditto A Ditto s t Ditto (J E 2 WAD THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV.14 , 14:(1, APRIL 12, 1856. 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