The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-13 00:00:00

PROTECTION AGAINST ADULTERA TION and FRAUD.—The UNIVERSAL 1'1111 , 7E16R, esta blished 185/, supplies, retail and wholesale, articles of il , ,mestic con sumption, guarani eed again-t adulteration and fraud, cspecia ly Teas, Coffees, Italian Goods, Wine, Spirit and Beer, Flour, various kinds of Meal. Orders r:+r town and country executed at the • hief Office, 83, Cannon-street West, City, and at the West-t n 1 Depot, 23, King William-street, Charing-cross. Prosoectases, list ..1 prices, list of patrons, sent free on Ipplication at the above places. Comparative Sales :-1855, first quarter, 693/. 3s. ld. ; first quarter of 1856, 1,4511. lls. sd. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The SECOND APPEARANCE in London these five years of Mine. ALBONI. THIS EVENING, May 13, will be repeated Rossini's Opera LA CENERENTOLA. Angelina, ilidnae. Alboni ; Doa Ramiro, Signor Calzolari ; Don Magnifico, Signor Zucconi ; and Dandini, Signor Bene ventano (his second appearance). To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, LES QUATRE SAISONS by Mdmes. Bellon, Boschetti, Lizereux, Pierron, Katrine, and M. Vandris. Paz de Deux, Mdlle. Boschetti and M. Vandris; Pas, Mdlle. Katrine, accompanied by Mdlle. Pierron and coryphees; Pas, Mdlle. Lizereux and Corps de Ballet; Pas de Bacchante, Mdlle. A. Bellon; Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Bellon and M. Vandris; Finale, ividlles. anon, Boschetti, Lizereux, Katrine, aad M. 7anclris, and Corps de Ballet. Applications for boxes and stalls to be made at the Box office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket.—The Opera Will commence at 8 o'clock. On THURSDAY next, May 15 (a Subscription Night given in lieu of Tuesday, August 19), will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLA. Rosina, Mdme. Alboni ; II Conte, Signor Calzolari; Bartolo, Signor Zueconi; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. To conclude - with LES QUATRE SAISONS; by '_Mmes. Bellon, Lizereux, Bosehetti, Pierron, and Katrine, and M Vandris. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Ar. K. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. MIS EVEgING will be produced MISCHIEVOUS ANNIE. After which, CINDERELLA. To cowhide with THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, II YMARKET. the Management of Mr. Buckatena: THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followel by TOM THUMB. To conclude with THE ABBE IN LOVE. R )YAL PrilNCE:4S'i THEATRE. OK 7 0:1D-STRE ET. Under the Minviatent et Kr. CI=LES KEAN. EVENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, TIRE WI NTE R'S TALE. Principal chracters 134 , lir. and lira. C. Zean. ROYAL THE STRE ADELPIII. Propriatv and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Meters. B. Webster, Wright, P. Belford. C Selby, Garden Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with MY PRECIOI73 BETSY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alft•ei Wigan. TFIIa EVENDTO ETRIBU lON. To conclude with STAY AT HOME. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Mauler, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EyENINO, 2(1 time, a Now and Orizinal Romantic Equestrian Spectacle. Written expressly for this Amphltheatre, called, TEIE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or tha , unted Brigands of the Abruzzi, in which Mr. William Cooke's Stud of Horses, trained be him, will develope various novel and surprising situations and effects. After which, A new series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, concluding with a TABLEAU EQUES'FRE. Roz-office open from Elev , n tt 1 Farr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Co Ace, jun. ROYAL .5173 REY TFIEITRE. Lessees, Mews. Sh:nher I arid Creswick. EVENING, JAM SHEPP %ED. Followed by YOUR LIFE'S IN DANDER. To conclude with BETSY BAKER. lIIGR WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 47 min. aft. B—Evening 24 rain. aft. V T , )-Moßitow—Morn. 59 rain. aft. 9 —Evening 33 rain. aft.lo Tar, WEATFIEIt—SUN OFFICE, MAY 13. TrntinfOltATZs, I I TFIR SHAD% CO - highes't since noon yesterday. 54 :owest this morning and during the night. •59 -this day at noon. BAROtirTTCR, clown to 29.61 —now 29.72. Wm, S.W.—Light, with dull weather. Yesterda' afternoon it came on to rain heavily, with the wind iron S. W. In the evening the wind w en t b ac k t o th e 01 , quarter, N.E , with rain all night. This morning a verN dense fog came on for about an hour. The wind ther changed to S.W., anu now remains so, with a promise of weather. I,eople immediately COElcerned, or with the peace and tranquillity of Europe. The clerical influence, although it cannot act independently, is sufficiently powerful to prevent any decided wne ioration. There is, therefore, but little hope for the future—nothing to induce men to submit to the oppression they are enduring, in the hope of " a good time coming" for themselves, or for their children. It is evident that "secularisation "—the com plete separation of the temporal authority from the spiritual power, is the only chance for the welfare and prosperity of the long-suffering, and greatly oppressed people. The clerical yoke must be got rid of—for, as truly remarked in the Memorandum, "it is a burning torch of turbulence and corruption, which furnishes a pretext for the permanent occupation of the Austrians, excites diplomatic complications, and disturbs the balance of Europe !" A plan has been suggested by the Plenipoten tiaries by which this great desideratum may be achieved. An " administrative reform" is sug gested, which may have the intended effect. Six points are laid down for the complete " seculari sation" of the " legations" or provinces of the Holy See, situate between the Po, the Adriatic, and the A ppennines, but permitting their diplo matic and religious relations to remain exclusively the concern of the Court of Rome. The foreign occupations must speedily cease, but the much required reforms must be coeval therewith, inas much as there should be no pretext afforded for the renewal of such an untoward state of afflirs. [lad it not been for these " occupations" in which, France is a particeps crimiris, the necessary re forms would already have been introduced. But, unfortunately, the Papal Government has been thereby taught to pin its faith on foreigners rather than on its own subjects, and to endeavour to rule by fear rather than by love. This state of affairs should at once be termi nated. It is to be hoped that LOUTS NAPOLEON will himself perceive the ,inevitable necessity of such a course. The effects of " the apple of dis cord" flung among the Plenipotentiaries by the very infelicitous observations relating to the Bel gian Press are already too painfully perceptible. The Cabinet of Paris would probably be but too happy to escape from the false position iu which it has placed itself thereby. Whatever be its views, however, England cannot change. Its people will never concur in or sanction a erusade against the liberty of the Press in any country. If the Alliance is to last, there must be a withdrawal from the position so improvidently assumed. We are satisfied that the good feeling of France will induce her, not only to abstain from the movement more than hinted at, but Ilso co-operate in a cordial and friendly spirit in endeavouring to abate the cry ing grievances, indicated in the Sardinian Notes, in the States of Italy generally, but 'n that of Rome in particular. Such a course will indeed consolidate the union, and render the entente cordiale indissoluble. It will promote the welfare and prosperity of Europe, but especially of the Mighty Nations which lend their hands to he glorious work, the consummation whereof will for ever redound to the glory of France and England. Exeter Hall has for the moment triumphed. Ile bands are to play no longer in the Parks on t Sunday afternoon to the smoke-dried, over worked, down-trodden, sickly population of the metropolis. Exeter-hall determined that its Sun lay bray should suffer from no rivalry ; and, itterly indifferent to the wishes and necessities )f the poor, vowed that it should be so. The Premier was besieged with Mawworms, pestered vith their remonstrances. The Premier, a bit of us Epicurean, didn't like it. Sir BENJAMIN HALL vas sent for. The sturdy Baronet, who had manfully withstood the assaults of the GROSVENORS szed SPOONERS, was not to be wheedled by Lord PALMERSTON, and would not give way. This was al Friday, and so the matter stood until the next lay. The crisis came. Oa Saturday, a copy of `he Leeds Mercury, containing a confidential let er to the public against the performance of the 'ands—a letter remarkable for bad logic, weak argument, and extravagant assertion —reached he palace at Lambeth. The Archbishop set to work to read it under a meek protest—naturally enough was much moved as he proceeded, and having called for a pair of clean cambric handker chief; wiped away his tears, finished the perusal, tnd. mustered resolution to write to Lord PAL NIERSTON on the strength of it. A letter, says 'he Herald, "in the name of the whole Christian community, expressive of a deep feeling of grief tnd alarm at the desecration of the Lord's-day." Such a letter, we are assured, "is not an every day occurrence." It was too much for the vola tile Premier. He could crack his joke over the three tailors in Tooley-street. The represen tative "of the whole Christian community" Frightened him. He took at once to hocus pocus, and leapt down his own throat with celerity no living professor could rival. Sir BEN3A3IIN HALL was straightway sacrificed ; Ind the people of London were once more de livered over, bound hand and foot, to the most execrable tyranny extant. Of course the matter can't rest here. It is not in the nature of Englishmen to endure tamely such a monstrous violation of the rights of con• science. Humane men, whose hearts were so deeply moved by the spectacle in the Parks last Sunday, cannot; thus have the cup of unselfish pleasure dashed from their lips and say and do nothing. The victims themselves cannot be ex pected to forego a boon of this sort with placidity. Of course they will be anxious to know the reason why. Doubtless they will experience a very natural auxioty to know who their tyrants are. Surely they have a right to know how they came, uret, to be u nchristianised by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and, second, what his reasons are ror interferin g with their enjoyment ; and, having that right, v rill feel disposed to exercise it. The greater porti,on of them don't know what an Arch bishop is.. His Grace cannot have a better oppor tunity to a!,sow them than the gathering in the Parks ne - Sunday will afford him. He is bound in masa less to give them the explanation they will look for ; and no coward fear, it is to be hoped, w, 11 deter so great and good a Christian Prom o bvious a duty. His Master fed the multitudi) that followed Hi m . W e ca ll u p on th e Archbi s h. e , p to tell the people in the Parks why he has mist, ;presented them, and deprived them of their only opportunity for fresh air and innocent recreation . Their inquiries will not, of course, h e coconfined to Dr. SUMNE R : the " evange clergy of die Establish ment, and their church and pers, and the chapel -goers of Dissent, who in the Sabbatari an crusade agains t have fig. 7ra d the enjoys n ant of the population, will also have the °ppm! taanity to explain themselves. Most of thorn dupe ni 1. on the poor for support, and cannot in cornanonit leceney refuse their customers a reply, more especii ,Ily those tradespeople who protest so loudly on b©, half of lib3rty of conscience, and try so energeticaL !y to put down Popery. Tract dis tributors may also prepare themselves to give ex- plauations. '; is to be hoped all the explanations 2.3o—Fine sunshiny mild weather. r'ae I L-511,11 r LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1856, In addition to the Note of the 16th of April on the general condition of Italy, presented by the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries to the Governments of France and England, and on which we commented in our leading columns yesterday, there was an other document of great importance exclusively relating to the Papal States, which also appeared in The Sun. This letter was personally delivered by COMA C-A.VOUP. on the 27th of March, before the anal signature of " The Precious Treaty." It gives a deplorable, but, unfortunately, au " ower true" account of the condition of the provinces under the nominal Government of the Holy See for nearly, seven years past. If that which has now become the normal state of Italy, with the single exception of Piedmont, is to be earnestly deprecated, it is, f possible, even more objec tionable in the States of the Church. The Sovereign Pontiff has been maintained on his temporal throne solely by foreign intervention. He reigns not in the hearts of his subjects, but merely by the force and terror of Austrian bayonets; and there is but too much reason to fear that the' occupation may be rendered permanent, and that Rome will virtually be annexed to the Empire of FRANOLS JOSEPH, unless some energetic +torts be forthwith made to introduce a wiser and re equitable system. Since 1849 the L by Austrian troops! egations have bee n occup i e d The state of siege, and of martial law, have since that time, been in vi gour without interruption. The citizens have forfeited even the slightest appearance of lib er t y, for they are bound, not by the laws o f their country, b ut by the regulations of military despotism. An Aus trian General exercises the functions of civil and military governor, and his will has been substi tuted for that which was formerly the law of the land. Nor i s th ere Any reasonable ground f or hoping that this 4ntowarcl state of affairs wil, be brought to a speedy termination. The Cabinet of Vienna is but too well pleased to have a large leOdy of troops living at free quarters, and pre paring the public mind for even the more tolerable civil rule of Austria. The PONTIFF dares n ot pro test against this usurpation, inasmuch as h e fe e l s that, if loft to his own resources, he is incapable of preserving order, and that the departure of the invading (for practically they are "invading") troops would b 3 the signal for the sceptre being wrenched from his impotent grasp. He there fore procrastinates—endeavours to delay the evil hour to the last moment, and will continue to do so until the coarse of events renders a persistence in the impolitic course absolutely impossible. The experience of byegone years, as well as the, events of the day, prove that sacerdotal domi nation is inconsistent with the welfare of the 'flak SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY .EVENINO-, MAY LS, 1866 sought for will be satisfactory. Lord PALMERSTON also may be looked to. The public certainly are entitled to know how that which he described aA a tyrannical interference with the rights of con science one day should become something worthy of approval the next. The "Minister of England" bow his neck to a tyrannical yoke—it is hard to conceive it ! He must be called on to disperse all doubt about the matter. Pending these inquiries, it may be deemed premature in us to say—the Sabbatarian yoke is being riveted more firmly than ever—and, unless the population break the back of Exeter Hall, by a grand demonstration, followed by persevering effort, to "no Music in the Parks" will, before long, be added, "No Railway nor Steam Excur sions," "No pleasure on the Sunday at all for the sodden population !" The old women of Exeter Hall have so decreed it ! and the Ministry is the puppet of Exeter Hill. Is it not mon strous that a small section of the population should impose their yoke, in a matter of conscience and health, ou the rest ! Will the people follow LUTHER'S advice, under such circumstances, and sing, dance, 45c., in the Parks next Sunday ? PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES. BY JOHN WATKINS. Occasionally we have found it particularly in teresting, when at leisure, to turn out of the dust and glare of the streets into the shady saloon of one of our popular photographic establishments. We don't mean, of course—be sure of that !—by the word " popular," those miserable little hole in-the corner portrait-shops, where the TroXXot are coolly tempted in to have their heads " taken off" for a shilling ! We allude to first class establish ments, where the photographic art is practised in its nearest approach to perfection, as, let us say for example, at Claudet's, or at Mayall's, or at Watkins', down in the neighbourhood of the Le gislative Palace at Westminster. We will take by way of illustration the last-mentioned gallery, opened, we may observe, to public inspection every week day from sunrise to sundown, at 34, Par liament -street—it being, we believe, the very first place of the kind established in Londe n by a profes sional photographer. Originally, as 43. indeed until very, reccntly, the gallery here alluded to constituted, so to speak, the head-quarters of Mr. Beard, the well-known patentee—who may be described by the way as having assumed in England a position in relation to M. Daguerre analogous in a great measure to that occupied nearly four centuries ago by Master Caxton (curiously enough within arrow shot of 34, Parliament-street, namely, within the precincts of the Abbey Sanctuary) in reference to that ingenious burgher of Mentz, Herr Gottenburg ! Ultimately—judging of his ability from those examples of his skill which we have recently had the satisfaction of examining— a not unworthy successor of this Caxton or Wyn kyn de Worde, among our English Photographers, has appeared in the person of the present Artis Proprietor of what was (as we have seen) until very lately Mr. Beard's original photographic establishment at Westminster. As a mere intellectual lounge, and as affording any one the means of gratifying a very pardonable curiosity, Mr. Watkins' Gallery in Parliament street will more than repay, we are satisfied, a very careful and piecemeal examination. Apart from the intrinsic beauty of the photographic specimens there collected together as examples of a very novel and wonderful art, they number amongst them the " couuterfeit presenti ments," the life-like portraits, the all but breathing effigies of some of the most interesting among our living celebrities. This—for ourselves, at least—constitutes the principal charm of the collection. Celebrities they chance to be, too, of the most diverse cha raccer imaginable. Here, for example, is the wise, quaint, wonderful face of Lord Brougham —with the Scotch burr (if the pun may pass) sticking visibly and tenaciously to every lineament. And here, cheek-by-jowl with it, are the rather sour-looking features of Lord Malmesbury, reminding us by its incongruous imperial (through an association of ideas no less incongruous) of the chivalrous policy in regard to France, inaugurated (be it ever remembered to his honour) by the noble earl, in spite of the sneers and vituperations of those who a little while afterwards emulated the statesman-like sagacity displayed by him during the few months in which he, fortunately for England, held the seals of the Foreign Depart ment. Yonder is the venerable but curiously senile countenance of the Archbishop of Canter bury, and yonder, again, not very far from the Protestant Prim ate, the portly form and burly aspect of the modern Wolsey, Nicholas Car dinal Wiseman, the chief of the Roman Catholic Church in England ! At one moment we are face to face with Sir Samuel Peto, the enterprising architect of more fabrics than the great fabric of his own fortunes, but of none among them all more remarkable in its way, or more honourable to his extended and elevated reputation. At another we are noting the facial curves (for angles there are none) discernible in the contour of the manly similitude of his Grace the Duke of Leeds. Here, judicially wigged, as befits his honour the Recorder of Hull, is the thoughtful and impressive likeness of Mr. Warren, the eminent novelist, recently elected M.P. for Midburst—but still to us most notable among all his clustering honours (includ ing those of the prodigious horsehair ringlets worn by him in his robes as a Queen's Counsel), still to us we say most notable as the author of the " Diary of a Late Physician" and " Ten Thou sand a Year," as the creator of sweet Kate Aubrey, of Oily Gammon the astute, and of Tittlebat Titmouse the inimitably ridiculous. Here is M. W. Balfe, one of the most original and graceful of living melodists ; and here W. H. Rus sell, the brilliant and masterly Times' Correspon dent. Yonder is the " Old Dozey" of the House of Commons, Mr. Brotherton ; and yonder again the Mrs. Glover, of the Princess's clever Mrs. Winstanley. This before us is the handsome appa rition of the staunch, radical, reforming knight Sir Joshua Walmsley ; and this again, with the elf-lock drooping oddly over his forehead, the perennial, teetotalising, caricaturist George Cruik shank. As for artists generally, their effigies abound in Mr. Watkins' Gallery. There is Foley of the "Inc) and Bacchus," Sant of the " Praying Samuel," Frith of Home-life, Ward of the Revo lutionary, Goodall, our younger Wilkie, and Gil bert, the prolific and inexhaustible, with others of various note, including Dyce, Gibson, Knight, Ross, and Macdowell. Have we not enumerated the names of men-of-mark, enough both in diver sity and importance, to justify what has been already said as to the interest attaching to this par ticular Photographic Collection down in Westmins ter ? In its way it is, in truth, a sort of 'Walhalla in miniature. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 12. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice attended Whippingham parish church yesterday morning, where the service was performed by the Rev. G. Prothro. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent went to Frogmore yesterday morning, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness do Spaeth, and Colonel Stephens. Her Royal Highness returned to her resi dence, Clarence House, St. James's, in the afternoon. Despatches from the British Minister at the Court of Turin were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. COURAGEOUS CONDUCT.—Oa Saturday evening, whilst several hundred people were waiting the arrival of the ferry steamer at Blackwall pier, a man was observed to fall ov4n-board, and, being in a state of intoxication at the time, would inevitably have lost his life, had not a "u" man, named M`Donald, belonging, we believe, t o the fi rta of Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, booksellers gall an tl y swam to his assistance and, after a severe struggle, succeeded in saving him. This is the second person .111`Donald has saved in a similarly praiseworthy manner, at the risk of losing his own life. LATEST NEWS. The Tamise has arrived at Marseilles with ac• counts from Constantinople to the Ist. The exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of the 30th March was known in the Turkish capital. The Sultan, has requested, it is said, several Anglo- French divisions to remain fur some tine at Con stantinople. It is thought that this request has been caused by the state of things in the interior of Turkey. The grand revolt which has broken out in Arabia is the theme of general conversation; Egyptian troops are to be employed in repressing it. The journals are silent on the subject. The Smyrna papers state that the fanatics in Syria have massacred the English consular agent in Marasch and his family. Suleyman Pacha has put down the revolt in Magnesia, and arrested the ring leaders. The accounts from the Crimea come down to the 29th April. Gen. Luders has authorised the cavalry division of General d'Allonville to proceed from Eupateria to Kamiesh by land, passing along the coast. The Tartars of Eupatoria were emigrating and establishing themselves in the Dobrudscha. A body of 9,000 English troops has embarked at Balaklava. Trade continued to improve at Kamiesh. Accounts from Athens of the 3d state that the people are in hopes that the allies are about to evacuate Greece. Thessaly is tranquil. BERLIN, MAY 11. Our Gazette denies the truth of a rumour that a Credit Mobilier is to be established at St. Petersburg. The Czas states that General Chru leff will be employed this summer against the chiefs in the Caucasus, and that the operations will be carried on under the superior command of General Mouravieff. A violent fire has destroyed two Saxon towns in Russia. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. Yesterday being Whitsunday, none of the Paris journals appeared this morning. The steam line-of-battle ship the Fleurus, which has just arrived in this port (says the Courrier de Marseille), has brought us back 1,000 men of the army of the East. It has been remarked that a great part of the troops returning are permitted to land without any stay at the quarantine camps. The satisfactory state of the health of the army, in fact, at present permits the prompt admission to home quarters of our soldiers. It is quite enough to behold the immense physical power of the men who land to be satisfied as to their perfect health. At Porquerolles and Cavalaire the ar raisgments made for the reception of patients have fortuiaately remained without employment. The number of men brought here within the last three or four days from the East by the steam-frigates of the French navy amounts to upwards of 5,000. BOURSE, May 12.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft. s. End of Month. 43 per Cents 94 10 —f. —e. 3 per Cents 74 90 75 30 New Loan 75 15 Bank Shares 3,975 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,850 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 98 Spanish Threes...— Piedmontese(s). ItAILWA YS-VOR CASH. _-----fr. c. _ fr. a. Orleans - Northern .1,132 50 Strasburg Lyons.- _... 1,460 New Ditto .. 920 nediterranean 1,700 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Bl7 50 Testa Cette Bl5 Austrian C0rn....... 940 AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the Bth, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—"M. de Basily, Russian Councillor of State, attached to the Russian plenipotentiaries during the Paris conferences, is expected here this evening. He has been named Russian plenipoten tiary in the commission for the Danubian Princi palities, and will start at once for Bucharest. The negotiations relative to the Italian question do not appear to have been definitively closed, and an ex change of diplomatic notes which is now taking place between the Cabinets of Paris and Vienna is supposed to relate to that subject. On the other hand, nothing is known in well-informed circles of a pretended circular of our Government on the subject. Viscount de Serre, Secretary to the French embassy, was received yesterday by the Emperor at a private audience." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 9th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" Prince Windischgratz is expected here immediately, and it is assured that Austria has the intention of opening negotiations with our C billet, in the view of having the integrity of the possessions of the two countries guaranteed recipro cally."—Another letter from Berlin, in the Ham burg News, says :—" A certain analogy is discovered here to exist between the treaty concluded on the 15th of April by Austria and the Western Powers and that of the 2d Dec., in this sense—that Prussia was ignorant on both occasions of the conclusion of the treaty. It was first thought that Prussia had refused to guarantee the integrity of the Ot toman empire. But the other version appears the more probable. Russia, likewise, was not invited to participate in the guarantee. Prince Gortscha koff had refused, it is known, already in the Vienna Conferences to guarantee the existence of the Ottoman empire." BELGIUM. The Moniteur Belge publishes a communicated article distinguishing between what the Minister Count Vilain really said last Wednesday in the Chamber and what has been loosely interpreted as his meaning. The illeniteur Belge says : " The Minister of Foreign Affairs has declared that the Cabinet of which he is a member will never propose any change in the constitution. He was not further questioned, and therefore was not called upon to declare the intentions of Ministers respect ing the laws that regulate the press. Had such questions been put, the Government would have had only one answer to make, which is that it meant to reserve to itself, within the pale of the constituency, its full liberty of action, so as to be able to submit to the Chambers, when it should deem that the proper time had arrived, such modi fications as might seem to it proper to be introduced into the laws concerning the press." ITALY. In the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies, on th e 7th iust., M. B oncom pagni presiding, M. Tere nz i o M am iani said—The Conf erences just terminated at Paris have demonstrated the certain and unexceptionable fact, that Russia has been constrained by her losses to accept the con ditions of peace offered to her. Russia has dis covered her weakness, and proved this fl agran t truth, that wh e re all is drooping within but. feeble resistance can be made without. Sh e h as found also that half-civilisation is worse than com plete barbarism. The abasement of Russia has broken the northern league, and the pact of the Holy Alliance has been dissolved. Rus s i a h as l ost the supreme patronage which she exercised over Germany, which in its turn will comprehend the necessity of foregoing theory for practice—of applying principles and suiting acts to sentiments. The war just concluded has proved to Great Britain that a nation which applies itself only to commerce and industrial pursuits incurs the danger of losing its vigour and ancient magnanimity ; and that no people can live isolated in the world, or deprived of sure and powerful alliances. The two greatest countries of the world have concluded a fruitful and durable alliance. Without unsettling her E alliance with France, England should hence forth seek new friends among the peoples ripe for civil f ree d om , and prepared to obt a i n their legitimate and n atural rights in I ta l y and Ger many . T o G erma ny it is not indepen dence which i s wan ti n g—it is life and national representation. What fruitful policy can there be for England, save that only which consists in aiding other peoples to the acquisition of liberty ? I believe that soon throughout civilised Europe, not excluding therefrom Russia, there will not be any despotic government save that of Austria. This power, on account of the extreme heteroge neousness of its elements, can never pass to any other regime. As for the pale satellites which gravitate round this star—Naples, Florence, Parma, Modena, Rome—they want even the excuse of Austria, and we shall see how much longer their government can be carried on arbitrarily and illibe. rally. (Applause.) For ourselves, the glorious pre sence of our tricoloured floating between the standards of France and England, has drawn upon us the gaze of Europe, and the press of every coun try occupies itself at present with our affaTs. It is not a question now of articles in radical news papers, of pro:Jam/nes of conventions, of acts of conspiracy. No ;it is the general thought of wise and honourable men, of governments and peoples, of diplomatists and democrats. In the English Parliament the ministers have pleaded the cause of Italy. Such are the fruits of the noble, dignified, and frank conduct of Count Cavour, constituting himself at the Paris Congress the defender of the oppressed peoples of Italy. The voice of Piedmont has been heard; and if ever a de mand be made on the ministers of the King Victor Emmanuel to give proof of their commission, they may reply that that commission is written with the blood of our countrymen fallen upon the plains of Lombardy and before the walls of Sebastopol. (General applause.) Ministers of the King, per mit me to conjure you here to preserve intact this precious, this glorious commission. Matters have now come to that point that you must either re trace your steps, or proceed resolutely forward, executing loyally and energetically the glorious and legitimate work which has been entrusted to you by the good fortune of Italy and the visible hand of Providence. (Vociferous applause, and prolonged sensation.) Count CAVOUR said—The deputy Solaro having yesterday accused me of timidity, it seems to me indispensable that I should give publicity to the note of which I have already spoken, and which I will read, if the Chamber desire it. (Yes, yes.) (Count Cavour here read the note.) Count Cavour, continuing—l add but these few words. I did not intend to signify yesterday, that we were on the eve of a rupture with Austria—l only said that the negotiations at Paris had not effected a conjunction between Austria and Pied mont, and that they had disclosed a radical differ ence between the policy of the two countries. As I for the conduct of the government, it will always be tenderly alive to the best welfare of Italy. (Bravo.) The government, proclaiming a national policy, and in taking in hand the cause of Italy, comprehends all the prudence imposed upon it by such a mission, and will know how to combine I vigour with discretion. I must mention, to the honour of the English Government, that it offered to us the loan of a (third) million sterling. This loan is not now necessary. We have already received from the English Government a million and a half, and have but to draw a sum of 500,0001. The ex penses of the war up to the Ist of May amounted to 44 millions of francs • there are some charges yet to be defrayed, and I am afraid that the six millions will be absorbed by my colleague. (The Count here, amid the laughter of the Assembly, clapped General Durando upon the shoulder.) As for the 25 millions, we shall not realise them unless they are needed ; but - if the Chamber has confi dence in the Ministry, it will not withdraw the powers it has committed to us in this matter. The order of the day was almost , unanimously approved of, the di ssen ti ents being MM. Brofferio, Germanetti, Solaro, Costa della Torre, Ponziglione, della Motta, Brignon e , D evuy, and one or two members of the Right. The sitting then terminated. SPAIN. MADRID, May 10.—The Queen has invited the ex-Regent of Portugal to visit Madrid. Marshal Espartero is still at Parupeluna. The Cortes are discussing the bill on the Council of State. A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Boersenhalle of Hamburg, says :—" Accounts of the scientific expedition to Eastern Siberia, dated from Irkutsch, have been received here. A considerable number of plants, minerals, and animals had arrived in that town. A map of the Amoor river had been made, and the chief points determined by astrono mical observation. . Accounts from Kiachtai men tion a great lack of copper and lead currency in China, the insurgents having cut off all communi cation with the lead and copper mines of Annan ; and it was in contemplation to establish Russian copper works on the frontier, which, under the circumstances, would- be highly favourable. There was great activity in Siberia, numbers of emigrants, gold-finders, merchants, officers, and Government officials having flocked in of late. This is attri butable to the establishment of a line of troops beyond the Baikal, and the discovery of gold iu the bed of the Lena." THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received the Bombay papers to the 16th of April. We take the following from the summary of the Bombay Times : " T►►e past fortnight, like the previous half dozen of its predecessors, continues in matters of intelli gence a blank, and for anything in the shape of a summary at all we are compelled to travel from Hindostan to C ntral Asia. Post Mahomed con tinues.at Candahar, where he has narrowly escaped assassination, and is suffering from the usual embar rassments of an empty treasury and mutinous army. He is said to have written to Persia, that he asked the friendship of the British Government because of their possessing strong posts iu his neighbourhood, and because the Shah had not at the time applied for his favour. The report is in all likelihood untrue ; if not, the reply is contra dictory. It need in no way concern us which of I the alternatives is adopted. It is quite clear that the Cabul, Candahar, and Herat chiefs are just as thorough ruffians, as powerless for evil or for good, and as unworthy of our notice as when first made known to us by Muuntstuart Elphinstone half a century ago. "We have heard nothing of late of the move ments of Persia, we have at present no reason to suppose her feelings towards us hostile, but it is matter of the most supreme indifference whether they be so or not. When the Hon. Company's steamer Victoria left Bushire on the 20th of March the town was being put in a state of defence, but not certainly with any very alarming degree of skill. The loopholesand embrasures were so arranged that the guns could neither be moved horizontally nor vertically, and could only fire straightforward from the position in which they were originally laid. In trying the guns in position, the firing was al ways found to shake, often to bring down, the walls, so that an enemy would be saved the trouble of battering them. The wild savages, who were brought from the interior under the name of soldiers, looked very fierce and truculent, and were disposed to be insolent to our people until the Go vernor taught them manners by the rattan. There were rumours at Bunder Abbas that Dost Ma homed had been beaten at Herat, where 40 of his guns had been captured, and 20,000 of his people. We have no reason whatever to believe that the Ameer could bring such a force into the field at all, or for that matter that ho had ever got beyond Candahar. There is certainly nothing in the way of exaggeration on the face of the earth like a Per sian rumour. " Profound peace continues to prevail throughout India, and we have heard of no disturbance of any description on any of our borders. The arrange ments in Oude proceed peaceably and quietly, as they have done from the first ; and it ought to be considered something for the integrity of the press of India, that in spite of the resources at the dis posal of the dethroned Monarch, and the lavish ness with which he seems inclined to expend them, scarcely a single journal among us has stood forth in his defence. The preliminaries for the absorp tion of the Baroda dominions are beginning to be taken. "Heavy showers and thunderstorms have begun to make th e i r a pp earance up an d d own throughout the country, and we now begin to hope for an early fall of rain. We are suffering less from scarcity either of food or water than it was apprehended we should do, and with an early fall, and through the prudent measures that have been pursued, may probably to a great extent escape. "The Governor-General is at Calcutta; it is said that he proposes remaining in Lower Bengal during the hot weather and rains, proceeding to the upper country in November. By this time he will have fully mastered the state of matters at the seat of his administration, remaining in Lower Bengal at a season when most of those who have the choice would be very glad to leave it, indicating that he thinks more of his official duties than of his bodily comforts. Lord Harris is at Madras, but is ex pected to proceed on a sh or t v i s it to dotaca.mund. Lord Elphinstone remains at the seat of Govern ment. " The pressure in the money market has given way, but the state of. the market for cotton-piece goods is not encouraging. Freights are firm. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY MARKET. (FROM THE 2D TO THE 15TH OF APRIL.) The Overland Moil of the 10th ult. arrived at Bombay per Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ganges on the 9th of April. The pressure on our money-market has, during the fortnight, abated to some extent, and, as anticipated in our last report, the banks have reduced their rates of interest 2 per cent. all round ; and, as bullion in quan tity is arriving both from England and China, we are of opinion that a further reduction in rates must take place soon. We have no marked change to report in Government or other securities. ImronTs. A fair amount of business I: been done, principally owing, however, to the desire felt by most holders to sell off, owing to the rapidly approaching close of the sea- son—the market for cotton piece goods having assumed a dull appearance, and the prices last quoted being now obtained with difficulty for grey goods ; grey shirtings of 40 and 45 inches have declined ; Madapollains' ; and T cloth are in fair request, at a slight decline ; long cloths and domestics of all descriptions are dull of sale. Bleached Goods--Shirting, low to middling, in good demand, but fine rather dull—the same remark ap plies to Madapollams. Satin spots are in fair request at a slight decline. EXPORTS. Cotton Wolf.—The market has remained steady ; the last advice s from home caused an advance in Broach, Dhollera, Oomrawutty to 105 r., 100 r., and 101 r. ; since then, however, they have declined. Sheep's Wool is in very good demand ; Khorassan and Meckran have advanced, but Marwar and Cutch remain as last quoted. The latter is scarce. Hemp.—Rajapore and Ghattee for local consumption are in goad demand. There is no change in Calicut. Pepper.—Bhutcole and Malabar are both in good de mand Oil Seeds.—Linseed and rape are both dull. Teel is in good demand, and Niger is 'once ; but there is no change in prices. Cochineal is somewhat, difficult to be put off. Saffron is very dull of sale, and in no inquiry at all. Opium—Last accounts from China were so favourable that prices have advanced, and we now quote for Mund leiseir 1,135 r. to 1,140 r., and for Indore 1,125 r. to 1,130 r. EXCHANGE. Advanced to 23 2d Vrfrst-elass paper on arrival of the China Mail, and at that rate has continued steady, although we heard of purchases of bank bills at 2s IYd ; local credits were let off at 23 2id to 2321 d ; and docu- ments way be quoted to 23 23d ; on Calcutta, GO days' sight, 99r.; on China, 60 days' sight, 21Er. FREIGHTS. There is a backwardness to enter into fresh engage ments, particularly (for China, whither the rate is en tirely nominal, and none can be named. To Liverpool and London tonnage may be obtained for immediate shipment at V. ss. per ton, and for linseed at 4/. 103. ; otherwise 4/. 7s. 63. per ton is the current rate. MALTA. A despatch, dated May 8, says—For three days past there have been serious collisions between parties of the Italian Legion and the police, the English troops, and the inhabitants. The inspector of police has been killed, and an officer of the ma rines wounded. General Pennefather has arrested a number of Italians and Maltese. On the Bth the revolted Legionaries entrenched themselves in a fort. The general marched his t roo p s , an d b roug h t artillery to -bear upon the buildings. A speedy submission was expected. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 22d March in clusive have come to hand. On the 13th his Ex cellency the Governor, Sir G. Grey, opened the third session of the first Parliament of that colony, with the usual formalities. Peace and prosperity prevailed. The Kafir chiefs expressed a strong desire to continue friendly relations with the Bri tish Government, and though every dependence was placed upon their word, his Excellency de clared that the executive Government would not be lulled into any unwise security on that account, but at all times be prepared for any outbreak that might be made, though at present not at all ex pected. The exports of colonial produce had risen in value in one year from 666,0001. to 970,000. The sheep's wool alone had increased during that period 446,0001. to 634.0001. PROTESTANT ALLIANCE. The annual meeting of this society was held yester day, in the Freemasons' Hall—the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The report presented to the meeting stated that seve ral additional centres of action had been called forth in the provinces, though it was to be acknowledged that many were far from exhibiting the activity acquired in these days, and that to stimulate the attention of young men to the controversy with Rome a few prizes of books had been offered for members of the principal young men's societies who shalt answer best, at an examination on the errors of Romanism, and that the proposal had been met with great spirit by those whom it was intended to benefit. Eight Protestant meetings for the working classes in London had been held during the last three months, and besides these and other meetings, as well as lectures, in London, there bad been many crowded Protestant assemblies in the country. The report then alluded to the society's endeavours to speed the progress of Protestantism all over the world ; it had released from prison Cecchetti, in Tuscany; Borginzki, in Aus tria ; had taken an active part in the cases of Pianori, in London ; Euschis Massei, in Austria ; Lezule, at Prague; Chottin, in France ; and Gomez, in Spain ; and, during the visit of the Emperor of the French to London, had caused freedom of worship to be granted to Protestants in France. The financial statement sho wed a balance in favour of the society's general fund of 171. ls. 7id., and of the Martyrs' Memorial Fund of 721. 7s. 7d. ; though, by the failure of Strahan's bank, the sum of 1261. 193. 6d. was lost from the Martyrs.' Memorial Fund, and 741. Hs. 2d. to the general fund. The noble chairman, in his opening address, spoke earnestly of the steady and rapid progress of Protestantism in Ruman Catholic countries, and eulogised the people of Sardinia for resisting the assumptions of Popery. A statement which he made in the course of the proceedings was re ceived with loud cheering—that Lord Palmerston, in deference to the religious feelings of the people, had given orders for the discontinuance of the playing of the bands in the parks on Sundays. FOREIGIIr IigPoitT.ERS. ------- - The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Daily News : beg to state that, although eorrespondent to eight foreign daily papers, one of them being a specially legal paper, I have been positively refused to-day to be accommodated with a seat at the Central Criminal Ciurt during the trial of Palmer. The fact is so extra ordinary, and so widely different to the French rule, where, by your own experienoe, as you must know it, any foreign reporter is always favoured with a seat at the reporters' bench, that I cannot forbear making public such a refusal.—l am, &c., JULES GONACHE, Directeur de la Correspondance Anglo Francaise. 19. Leicester-square, London. May 12. [We suspect the exclusion of M. Gonache has been oc casioned simply by want of room. It seems duubtful whether the representatives of all the daily London papers will be able to find places. Still it is to be re ggetted that there should be any appearance of disrespect to a foreign gentleman connected with a legal publica tion. Possibly an application to the court might obtain fe'r M. Gonache accommodation within the space re served for the bar. We can corroborate what he says respecting the polite attention shown to English re porters in the French courts.] THE BANDS IN THE PARKS ON SUNDAYS. On Saturday the Archbishop of Canterbury addressed a letter to Lord Palmerston, pointing out the violation of the feelings of the people ceased by the playing of the bands in the Parks on Sunday, and the evil effects which (in the opinion of the primate) this has produced, and was likely to produce, in the minds of the people, and imploring him to reconsider his decision. Lord Palmerston (as was yesterday announced by the Earl of Shaftesbury at the annual meeting of the Pro testant Alliance) has replied to this appeal that his only intention in permitting the band to play in the parks on Sundays was to give the people an innocent and healthy recreation between the hours of Divine service, and" in the hope of keep'ng the working men out of the ale house ; but that as he found his plan had been received with so great repugnance, that there was, at all events, so much difference of opinion, and that as even the work ing people themselves appeared to be indifferent on the subject, although he retained his own views and opinions --although these remained unchanged, yet, in deference to public opinion, and to the religious feelings of the community, he would- order that the playing of the bands on Sunday should be discontinued. Despatches from the British Minister at the Court of Turin were received yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received y esterday at the-Colonial-office. SHERIDAN KNOWLES, ESQ.—Yesterday Mr. Knowles preached two eloquent sermons on behalf of the Day and Sunday Schools about to be built in Cross•stre, t, Islington. His sermons were written, and were brilliant specimens of composition. His arguments were most ably sustained, and his Christian appeals most touching, A GOOD HOUSE OF COMMONS SCENE.—In the Irish House of Commonß, one night, a blustering orator having, triumphantly, as he thought, exclaimed, "I am tie guardian of my honour, Sir Boyle Roche quietly settled the orator by saying, " I wish the honourable gentleman joy on his sinecure appointment." Here is another House of Commons scene :—Government side : "Mr. Speaker, have we laws or have we not laws ; if we have laws, to what purpose were those laws made unless they are obeyed ?" Opposition side: " Mr. Speaker, did that gentleman;speak to the purpose or not to the purpose, and if he did not speak to the purpose, to what purpose did he speak ?"—Moore's Memoirs. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WARDER IN A HOUSE OF CORRECTION. WAKEFIELD, Saturday Morning.—The greatest possible excitement prevails at the present time in this town, arising out of the following diabolical attempt of a prisoner confined in the House of Correction to murder a quiet inoffensive man named Holder, one of the warders of the gaol, which there is no doubt will terminate fatally. From the particulars obtained it appears that, owing to some alterations going on in the Birmingham gaol, 50 of the prisoners were sent from that establishment to the gaol in this town, amongst whom was the one in question. Owing to the misconduct of this fellow, Holder was bound to report him, and upon his informing him of what he had done it greatly exasperated the prisoner, and, without holding out any threat towards the warder, he delibe rately procured a heavy hammer and struck the unfor tunate man several times over the head, inflicting such serious injuries that he fell dawn in a state of insensi. bility. The villain then tried to split his bead open, and no doubt would have accomplished his purpcse had it not been for the intervention of a prisoner who was standing near,.and who, at the risk of, losing his own life, rushed forward, and seizing him by the throat until assistance arrived, wrenched the weapon from him, when he was safely handcuffed and locked up. THE RUSSIANS IN THE CRIMEA. The following is a letter from an officer in one of the highland Regiments, dated April 18 : " I have just returned from a pleasant and in teresting excursion to Bakshiserai and Sim , pheropol. Since the peace officers have been granted permission and passes to visit the interior. I started with a party last Saturday, and returned on Monday night. We rode the first day some 22 miles to Bakshiserai. We went up to the Macken zie-farm-road ; visited the position, Russian de fences, and camps. The position is naturally a most formidable one, but its defence has not been much contributed to by Russian art. The Russians have done little more than erect lookouts' on the most commanding points, and place a few heavy guns pointing in the direction of the most easy al); preaches. Their troops are encamped in mu" hovels, much of the same pattern as those of the Sardinians. I entered several of them, and found them clean and comfortable. Before the door of each hut is a porch, in which the inmates keep their arms. From the porch there is a descent of some two or three feet by steps to the floor of the hut* Along the floor a footpath runs from the door to a fireplace ; opposite and on both sides of the path a wattle guard bed slopes gradually up to the side' walls of the hut. Each hut contains about 10 o r 12 men. The Russian soldiers are fine, bi g , stout men. They have a force of some 10,000 men at Mackenzie. F rom th e Mackenzie plateau we de; scended into the valley of the Belbek and found ourselves in the midst of very peculiar scenery- - unlike any scenery I ever remember before having witnessed. It was a strange jumble of sea cliffs' precipices, narrow ravines, and immense, isolated , flat-topped masses of rock standing out in the plaint while the horizon was bounded by plateaus rising one over the other in regular steps. On the Be'l bek we found anoth er camp , composed ch i e fl y °I militia—a very riff-raff looking lot ; and further on we came to another camp on the Ka.tcha ; each camp, I should think, contained some 10,000 men: None of their camps are fortified. We arrived at Bakshiserai at about 4.30 p.m. We found the inns and houses all very full, and after some trouble and much gesticulation succeeded in ge tti ng o ne room for th whole four of us. Having disposed of our baggage and had our horses fed, we stated on foot to visit th e ru i ns o f Dschufut Kaleh, the Valley of Jehosaphat, and a certain monastery. " A Russian officer who spoke French was. our guide. He was a parti cu l ar l y agreea bl e person, , appeared to be well up, if not in the English fan' guage, at least in English literature, for he appeared 10 have read every book printed in England, from Dickens and Thackeray to Milton, Blackstone, and Jeremy Bentham, all of which, h e t o ld me, w ere translated into Russian. Dschufut Kaleh is veil, like the sketch th a t a pp eare d o f i t i n the Illustra tO London .News some time ago. It is a most e xtra' ordinary old place, now nearly in ruins, perched upon one of these i so l a t e d, fl at - topped masses 0 f rock I have before mentioned. It is inhabited by an ancient sect of the Jews, who call themselves Crim Jews, and who say their forefathers left Jerusalem and emigrated hither before the birth of Christ. The Jewish Rabbi lives here, and we paid our respects to him. I found he spoke Ger' man, and we had a long talk. He showed me a parchment copy of the Bible, either 600 or 1,600 years old—l could no t clearly make out which: however, as I cannot understand Hebrew, and was therefore not able to read it, it was lost upon roe. The Valley of Jehosaphat is the Jewish burial' ground, and the mona s t ery i s a G reek one, and cut out of the rock. Coming from the valley of Jehosaphat, this monastery, cling' ing to the perpendicular face of the rock, has a strange effect. We slept at Bakshiserait, having, however, first vi s it e d th e anc i ent Palace of the Khans, which is now converted into a military hospital. At dinner I met a German from Odessa, who spoke Russian. The shopkeepers and inn' keepers (excepting the Jews) speak nothing but, Russian and Tart ar . O ur Od essa f r i end was o f great service to us as an interpreter. Through hind we were able to enter into an arrangement with a Tartar coachman that he should convey our party in his carriage and four to Simpheropol and back for 5/. This sum is about twice, if not three times, the proper fare ; but everybody told us that everything, owing to the war, and transport in particular, was exorbitantly dear. Accordingly, about 10 a.raq while at breakfast, we were informed that Captain Baroft's carriage stopped the way. Baroff is the Russian translation of my name. We were soon in our places, and off we rattled, little thinking of the terrible jolting in store for us. Our coachman, as said, was a Tartar. His vehicle resembled, or was rather a cross between an omnibus and a carrier's cart, certainly not a spring van. It bad no doors, but a window at each side, through which passengers got in and out. Two bundles of bay were placed in it, and on the hay we spread our cloaks and sat down, two facing the horses and two of us with our backs towards them. The horses were all four abreast. In this machine we rattled along to Simpheropol, our Jehu gesticulating, shouting, and driving all other travellers off the road to make way for US, excepting whenever he came near any rattletrap jingling a little bell ; in the presence of these his manner was more subdued, as the bell indicates an official personage, and tingles to warn people out of the way. A capital post-road has been marked out between Simpheropol and Mackenzie, which extends, I am told, as far as Perekop and even Odessa. However, it is iu a very unfinished state, and only here and there macadamised. Simphe' ropol is in communication with Sebastopol and Mos cow, by means of electric telegraph. These improvements are all fruits of the war. I was told by my Odessa friend that some weeks ago the electric telegraph posts for a mile and a-half were all carried away one night and the wire cut up into little bits. Rewards have been offered, and everything done to discover the perpetrators of this piece of busi ness, but as yet have been ineffectual. It is sup posed that this was done by emissaries in the pal of the allies, but for what object I cannot con ceive, as we were already negotiating about peace at that time. The most wonderful part of the busi ness is where the poles could have been packed away, as they are some 20 feet long, and heavy in proportion, and the plain is wide, barren, and far . from the sea. We crosse d th e Al ma near Almats chick. Here we found another large camp, con taining, I should think, some 15,000 men, also un entrenched. We passed along trains of carts car rying forage and provisions all along the road. The amount of transport a large army requires is prodigious. In fact, the bustle and activity along the whole road made our journey very cheerful. A great number of sick men were also being trans ported to irspheropol in carts. About half way to Simpheropol our Jehu halted before a roadside inn. A very pretty hostess came to the door, and tempted us to alight. She was dressed in the na tional costume—a light blue silk boddice, with shoulder straps, much like some of the Swiss cos tumes. She doled us out three tumblers of tea, and asked the 'very modest price of 3f. She was so very charming that it was impossible to refuse her ; be sides which' this little incident furnished our minds with much mental food to digest for the rest of the way, to calculate how much a pound of tea would Cost. " We arrived at Simpheropol at about 1.30 p.m. This is a European town. The houses aro nearly all taken up as hospitals, and troops are quartered upon all the inhabitants. The Russian Imperial Guard form the garrison. They are very fine animalOoologically considered ; but we did not see them to the greatest advantage, as they all had on the long grey coat, which, made of the very coarse cloth the privates wear, doesnot look smart. We visited the hospitals, and were shown over them by the Sisters of Charity, many of whom wore the Sebastopol medal. They appear to be very kind and attentive to their patients, and the hospitals are in capital order. Icould not discover the number of sick, but they must be many thousands. In the afternoon we took a stroll on the fashion able promenade —a sort of Kensington -gardens. A band was playing, and the Simpheropol beau monde was sunning itself. Some Russian officers had already fraternised with us, and at this promenade we were introduced to their lady friends, and by their lady friends asked out to tea ! The ladies spoke French and German, and to us, who have scarcely seen any for two years, th ey appeare d most charming and delightful. After tea we went to a concert, and after the concert some Russian officers, who had fought against us at Alma, Bala klava, and during the siege, insisted upon enter taining us at a champagne supper, over which we fought our battles over again, and fraternised in a most fraternal manner. The comparing our diffe rent accounts of the incidents of the campaign was most interesting ; but it would take me some three sheets more to describe. We slept at Simpheropol, and next morning returned in our four-in-hand to Bakshiserai. Here we remounted our horses, and reached Kamari about nine p.m. Yesterday we had a grand review of French and British troops by General Luders, the Russian Commander-in- Chief." - The Government, we (Athenceum) understand, is busy with the plan of a National Portrait Gallery. DEATH or THE EARL or DIGBY.—This venerable nobleman died yesterday, at the age of 83 years. He was son vf the first earl, and succeeded his father as long back as 1793. By his demise the lord-lieutenancy of -Dorset, And the colonelcy of the militia of that county, become vacant. His lordship is succeeded in the barony only by his c4usin, Mr. Edward St. Vincent Digby, son of the late Admiral Sir Henry Digby, G.C.B. The ull- entailed estates are bequeath e d b y the deceased to his nephew, Mr. Wingfield. ~~.,,~ All( cu tho woi In el Con tUr, Aft trio( Ex( Afr th e; cen prix for i cow 92, 911 Ind] que: t the Can, 64 6 Sian 94 C ferrc Pass rest busi Inar: dull Nat. 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