The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-24 00:00:00

' tp,• L , 43/4 THEATRE ROTAT DRITRY•I:A.'QE. Lessee. Mr. N. T. Smith. THIS EVENISG, THE GIPSEY'S VENGEANCE. Supported by Auguitns Brabant, H. Prayton, and Farquharson; Miss Lucy Escott, aad Miss Fanny Huddart. 1 o vn - lude wtth MARGUERITE, a Legerd of Low. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Ihrier the Management of Mr. Buchatene. TRIM EVENING, THE EVIL GENII'S. Followed by EL GA.MBLIVNO ; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. Jn which PERE/ ANA and tile Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, • LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROTAL PRINCESS'S TEIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. twat the Management of \fr. Munn Klux. THIS FVENINO, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. After which, FAUST AND IS 111GUETUTE. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN 110I7R. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPELT. !Proprietor, Mr. L. Wetyster.—T)lrectress , Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To be followed by URGENT lIRIVATF. AFFAIRS. To conclude with JACK AND TELE BEAN STALK; or, harlequin and Mother Goa:eat home Again. I which Messrs. J. band, n. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss wyndhana, and Miss E. Orden will appear. ROYAL OLYNINC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wlgas. THIS EVENING ITTLT. WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and denbly-meral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCE4i ; or, the Three Glass Mstals. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, IL Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL 51711RET TFIEITRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, WI TT be performed a new Drama, entitled DOW WE LIVE. Followed by TVFFLEHAL - SEN; or, This Lawyer's Legend. To conclude with THE COBBLER AND TAILOR: ROYAL ATUAZTD 711EArgt, tfider the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, THE LOS'7 DIAMOND. Altar which, AN ORI .INAL BALLET. To conclude with an Original Burlesque Extravaganza, called 001) QUEEN B Si. ROYAL MARYLEBONE TrIF.ATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Edward Stirling. THIS EVF,cINS3, LOST, £30,000, Meaira. Stuart. 'Belford, Stirilm, Carter, Lan;ton ; Measls. An Berton, Niorell, Mars. Brothers Elliott's womPrful performances. GRAND PS kLI,F.T. Mamsefle Agnes, Mr. ant Mrs. Harvey, and Corps de Ballet. Musical Fairy Spectacle, FAIRY FERN FLOWER; or, THE GOBLIN MINE. Mits Francis Hughes, Miss More, Mr. Sanders, Mr. J. Bedford, and 31 Ladles. Boxes and Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, i 3.; Gallery, 6d. IHTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. TAmee and Manatter, Mr. Wm. Conte. Easter Attractions. Asticy's Great. Spring Meeting and National Steeplechase. THIS EVENING, THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND 7U FAITHFUL STEED. The acting hone, trained by Mr William Cooke. A novel series of SCENES in the CIRCLE. New act. the Post man's Knock. First appearance of the Misses Ducey on the Double Tight Rope. New Drame with the GREAT SPRING MEETING and ENG LISH NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, on Stage, combined with Ring, Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's new racing stud and daring. jockeys, in the chase from the starting ulna the winging post, with other entertainments. tiox-oltee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Itr. *V. Cooke, Jun. EMMk STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Second Season. This Lyric Entertainment has been cr•mned by the unanimous approbation of ALT. TTIFI LONDON" .TOURNALS As the greatest arTisticaitrittinph of the clay. It constitutes an Opera. Comedy. and Vaudeville. With a host of characters is Correct Cos• tames ; and Songs in SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES! Never attempted by any other artiste. Eve►►ing performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. at A._ _ Morning performances on Wednesdays kill Saturdays at half-pas two, precisely. Admission—Chairs, 3s. ; Centre seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. HIGH WATER. AT LOYDON BRIDGE. This DAY—Morn. 35 mid, aft. 3—Evenizig 48 min. aft. 3 TA-MORROW—Morn. 2 min. aft. 4 —Evening 17 mia. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 23. THERMOHETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yoqi•Ara‘.v. 44 —iovrest this morning and during the night. 48 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 25. WIND, N.N.E.—Light, with fine sunshiny weather. MARCH 2 F. 50—highest since nocn rester tay. , go, -lowest this morning and during the 42 --this day at 110:.31. BAROW gTER-31) i3—failing. WIND, N W.—Frosb, with bitter cold, dull weather. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 24, UK This miserably premature Treaty of Peace arranged and ratified, the question will then be— Gui Bono I' And the answer (as a matter of course) —Russia ! For if she has lost somewhat in one or two particulars, Russia has, at the same time, in several others, gained very considerably. She has gained this at least—the " prestige" of having withstood thus far single-handed the com bined efforts of the two most formidable powers of Christendom, the reputed chiefs of the earth by sea and by land, aided as their fleets and armies have been by all the wondrous appliances of modern warfare, the railway and the screw warship, the steam-engine and the electric tele graph ! Russia emerges from the.. struggle in which she has had to contend alone with the united forces of France and England, swelled as those forces have been by those of the Turk, the Sardinian and the Egyptian—Russia emerges from the struggle with the legions of Vic- TORTA and NAPOLEON,' with only "these" ina dequate conditions extorted from her ! With the northern forts of Sebastopol still in her possession ! With Odessa unharmed ! With Nicholaieff never attacked ! With her frontiers no where crossed, except along the coasts of the Crimea and of Armenia ! With not one solitary hostile goo yet discharged either at her inland capital of Mosc ow or at her seaport metropolis of St. Petersburg ! Russia comes forth from the contest, we say, with the credit, at any rate, of having suffered so little, of having preserved so much, of having contended so long and so effectually with the mighty powers brought to bear against her by her combined assailants—that she may reasonably, and with some degree of confidence, anticipate the continu ance of her gigantio influence intact among the Oriental, but especially among the Asiatic, popula tions. In the unreasoning estimation of the latter, Bars will have compensated in a great measure for Sebastopol. Nay, more—it will be very gererally remembered that, notwithstanding the glories of Alms and of Inkerman, notwithstanding the heroic charge at Balaklava and the triumphant storming of the Malakhoff, notwithstanding the complete but comparatively bloodless victories won at one extremity of the Muscovite empire at Kinburn and at another at Bomarsund—Eugland and France must appear to the world at large to have " come off," in many respects, but second best after all ! The struggle ends leaving them saddled with an enormous increase of debt conse quent upon t he vast expenses incurred not only in the bygone p rosecution of the war by sea and by land, but alsc ) through their gigantic preparations for its futurt : continuance. Their contest with Russia closes, —with a virtual acknowledgment on their part au A a mere casual apology, so to speak, from the lips , of his Imperial Majesty the Czait, is sufficient exi dation, extorted from the enemy, for the guilt of the very frightful consequences of that lawless act of aggression upon Turkey, by which this &readful and deplorable War was noto riously origi gated. Coupled with which reflection comes to us law memory of those heroic song of the Allied natio us i lwhose bones are mouldering now in their honotu:ed graves upon the shores of the fatal and inhospitable Chersonese--the flower of the two armies sent to perish without avail in that deadly contest which appears after all doomed to terminate to the virtual advantage of the Russian Govern ment. The unwelcome thought occurs to us moreover, that when everything has been said and done— Austria and Prussia must prove in the end to hare played their cards to perfection ! Have they not ? Look at the position of each at this mo ment—when we are on the eve of having this despicable and disgraceful compromise arranged between Russia and the Allies at the Pari sian Conferences—look at the position of each at this moment, and answer ! There is Austria after having wasted not one single kreutzer in the struggle which has absorbed for France and England so manymillions sterling—there is Austria—craven, neutral, cautious, shuffiing—actually in possession all this time of the very provinces about the in tegrity of which there has been all this sangui nary fighting—actually with her troops com fortably quartered, from first to last, from the outbreak of the War to the present moment inclusively, upon the fleeced and i n every way victimised population of those same wretched Danubian Principalities ! And then again, there is Prussia Prussia whose C-urt has been throughout the meanest, the weakest, the most paltry, sordid, and despicable—there is Prussia whose Sovereign has remained all along uninterruptedly the gibe and jest of Europe, the laughing-stock, and (in one sense at least) the by-no-means " empty" butt of Christendom there is Prussia, positively, with her diplomatic representative, the En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of his Majesty King CLlQUOT—there is Prussia positively, we s ty, with her re presentative (after all) invited to take his seat at the table of the Conferences ! And the heir to the Crown of Prussia about to espouse H.R.H. the PRINCESS ROYAL of England ! Have we not, let us ask, some show at least of reason in asserting that the wily neutrals retain proofs positive within their grasp of having played their cards to absolute perfection—in the great game of war just now coming to an end between the Western Allies and the Ruasian Government ? Examining the terms of this most miserable Treaty of Peace, in fine, we discover in it only an uncertain truce, dynastically arranged, for the postponement, yet a little further on, of the last dread and inevitable rising of the European Democracies ! Yet more we detect in it the sign manual of all the Chief Powers of Christendom, proclaiming some in derision, some in scorn, some with a sullen consciousness of shame, that Eugland and France—partially by Russian guile, partially by Austrian duiplicity, but principally by a strange kind of horrible Ger man bocuspocus—gave from first to last been (there is no other phrase for it) thoroughly bam boozled. Facts have confirmed our suppositions respect ing opening the Crystal Palace on Good Friday. Although no trains left till one o'clock, yet, in the brief time allowed by the light of early spring, between seventeen and eighteen thousand persons availed themselves of the privilege. The railway authorities managed admirably, notwithstanding the trains had to start as fast as they were filled ; —and though this large number, anxious to stay the short time allowed them by ecelesastical power, pressed heaVily on the means of convey. ance home, yet, out and home, all went without a single accident! Pushing and squeezing there will he when eighteen thousand persons are eager for the same object ; but nothing could be more o )nsiderate than the arrangements made to do the most that could ba done in the time allowed. The multitude also, did their duty, or at least did not violate it. No injury whatever was done to plants, fbwers, or statuary by the vast and miscellaneous concourse. Indeed it is found at Kew, our informant being Sir JAMES HOOKER himself, that it is the aristocratic not the plebeian visitors who take liberties with the plants and flowers. This half holiday gave to the Palace a gross sum of nearly 900/.,—but what is far more, it gave to nearly eighteen thousand cribbed, cabined, and besmoked Londoners a few hours emancipation from their weary ceaseless round. And what an emancipation ! Like a dream rather than reality. From- the eternal brick rows of four and five storey houses, allowing, in their most favoured arrangements, only a long vista in but one direction, ending in an impenetrable fog of smoke, to the charming panorama of a commanding country hill ; and not only that, but a transposition from the midst of creations of art in subservience to ideas of shelter, shopkeeping, and warehousing-- to a scene where art and nature embrace each other as graces, and both smile upon the en chanted spectator, delighting only in ministering to his pleasure. It really stirs one's indignation that with such a winter garden, and such a sum mer park and palace so near, our moped thou sands have but one general holiday to pour them selves forth upon it, and that of that holiday one-half is taken from them. It is impossible to read without pain that " many hundreds "—so great were the numbers —were unable to avail themselves of the trains until it was too late to be worth while to go. Not too late because they were too late at the stwion, but too late because some malign influence prevented their starting at all before one p.m. The disap pointed ones wont and waited, and waited, but waited in vain. All could not go. The best arrangements could not take more than were taken in the limited time. It is to be feared that too many would seek indemnification in public-house revelry. At some disappointments we can, only laugh, but who can laugh at hundreds eager t.) enjoy their single holiday in the most rational and beneficial mode conceivable, yet obstructed by some ascetic powers, who grudge to others the best of pleasures, because they must need " fast time in the week" —or, at least, on this day. " They have their 'reward," why not let others have their pleasure. It is really time that Go vernment intervened to give a few bona fide holi days to the London populace. It is very well to talk of securing Hampstead Heath a4cl other _~ THE SUN, LONDO.N, KONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22. 185 parks for the people, but let holidays be secured also on which amusing and benefitting the many shall incur no penalty. In foreign, 'especially in Eastern politics, Mr. LAYARD is unquestionably an authority. Had he occupied the place of the humble witted red-tapist who now does second duty at the War-office, all England would have said it was the right man in the right place. And, however Whig and Tory colonels may bark, there can be no question that a little of the mens divinior—of the fire of genius —sharpens the vision of a politician as well as of a poet. Very many of us will put more faith in the honest genius of Mr. LAYARD than in the Germanised talents of our Cabinet Leaders. Now, Mr. LAYARD, while like all of us desirous enough of peace, is unable to regard the present one as satisfactory. He foresees probable causes of early disturbance ; to be prepared for these we shall have to keep up a costly army and navy, and to us peace will, therefore, bring not only taxes to pay for what Russia should have paid for, but taxes because we left her un taxed. We have declined to take bail of her, and to indemnify ourselves at the same time ; the re sult is, we pay our own costs, and the cost of an armed establishment that she may fear to commit burglary again. We pay both ways that Russia may not pay at all. Not very satisfactory that " consults the honour and dignity of Russia," and therefore pleases the Germans and all to whom German dynasties and dukedoms have given wives or husbands. Russia for the most dishonourable conduct must have an honourable peace—sic volvere Germanos. Mr. LAYARD is one of the few Members of Par liament who can burst the trammels of routine— he has done it before, and again he does not hesi tate to call a spade a spade. He thinks the Peace "premature," he believes no Englishman is satisfied, however much he may desire peace in the abstract. He feels with the nation, that our present efficient prepareions ought to leave been made use of either directly or indirectly ; they ought either to have secured vastly different terms of pence, or to have conquered them. Mr. LAYARD considers that we have done nothing, or next to nothing, for the great matters of civil and religious liberty, and that on that ground also, more especially, the peace is premature. It is gratifying to find our own views honestly uttered before a British audience by one of the most disti❑gui=hed Members of our Senate —and we must think they represent every man's heart. Almost every Englishman feels ashamed of the peace. It is useless to deny it. We like a cheap loaf----if indeed peace would cheapen it ;we like a light iucoe-ie-tax, and none at all better still ; but each of us looks at the other with the awk ward feeling of partners in a career ending not very creditably to our pluck. The very praisers of peace appear to us like men trying to hide an inward feeling of something shabby by loudness of commendation. It is premature, talk as grandly as they may ; it leaves despotism ram pant all over the continent, and religious liberty curtailed rather than extended. Even Turkish Christians have gained but little which the STYLTA.N was not before rapidly bestowing on them. In deed it was his religious liberality which moat urged him to it. The more we learn of the capitulation of Kars the more thoroughly satisfied we become of the utter unworthiness of Lord STRATFORD DE RED CLIFFE to represent British interests at Constanti nople, and of the culpable forbearance of our Go vernment in not long ago dismissing him from a post which, throughout the War, he seems to have occupied chiefly for the gratification of his own caprice. Say that the Turkish government was muddled by the influence of a knot of intriguers---that corruption and peculation, with a sublime indif ference to th e objects of the War, were to be met with in high places—that the military Pashas in Asia had no regard for anything but their own safety and aggrandisement—were, hi fact, the vilest cowards and the most rascally plunderers that ever disgraced even Turkish annals ; and when all this is said and few will be found bold enough to deny its truth—still the crowning iniquity remains with the British Am bassador. Had he but done his duty the miser able horde of traitors and robbers would not have been permitted to pursue their infamous career ; and instead of a disastrous, though in some re spects glorious, capitulation, we should have had to record the liberation of Kars from all cause of apprehension by the final retreat of the Russian forces. Let the position of Turkey be remembered. To all intents and purposes the fate of that un happy country was in the hands of the Allies, and their representations had, if they chose, the force of commands. Who would have been found bold enough to resist their clearly -expressed will, or, having that audacity, strong enough to do so with impunity ? Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE had but to make himself acquainted with the gathering elements of disaster in Asia, report them promptly to his Government, and lend to its decisions a cordial co-operation, to have dis persed them into " thin air." The heartless vanity of the man, however, stood in the -way. His will must be supreme, or everything might go—where it liked. Desirable it might be to stay the advance of General MounavinFr, - and save Kars—to his thinking it was infinitely more so that the presumptuous intruder WILLIAMS, owing only allegiance and support to the Govern ment at home, should be made to repent of his temerity in the mortification of defeat. The great English bashaw, of course, knew nothing, at all events had told nothing to the Allied Commanders in the Crimea, of the perilous position of affairs in Asia at that period when the enemy was marching on Kars —as will be seen in the despatch from Colonel SIMMONS to Lord CLARENDON, . dated July 15, 1855. There it will be found that, at a confer ence of the Allied Generals, held at the solicita tion of OMER PASHA, to take into consideration the menacing aspect of affairs in Asia, and the necessity of his liberation from the Crimea, in order to:make a movement to the rescue—his representations failed of their effect because " the Generals and Admirals had received no information from their respective ambassadors at Constantinople which should lead them to believe that the affairs of Asia were in that precarious state in which OM/IR PASHA, from the information he had received front his Government, believed them to be." Is not this a palpable proof, irrespective of any other, throwing entirely out of mind the half-hundred and odd unanswered despatches, and the singular act of forgetfulness which left General WILLIAMS without the recognition and authorisation of the Turkish Government, that his lordship most de plorably failed in the discharge of his duty ? That any attempt to relieve Kars was made by OMER PASHA at all was no fault of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFB, much less that the attempt at relief proved so inefficient. It was on the information of his own Government and not of the British Ambassador that 03IER PASHA acted ; had he waited for the latter the expedition would never have been attempted, and the capitulation of Kars would have been the first news he had of the siege. How revolt ing it is to think that this fine enterprising soldier was kept with an army of 60,000 bravo Turks, of whom the greatest part were Asiatics, whose families and property were exposed to the ravages of the advancing enemy, should have been kept idle and useless, fretting his proud soul with impatience in the Crimea, when, if transported to Asia, he could have driven the forces under General MOURAVIEFF before him in irrecoverable rout. That if we had had an able and upright ambassador at Constantinople, the war would have terminated without one triumph for Russia, and without the introduction of Kars into the conditions of peace to our discredit and loss. tolia. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, MARCH 22. Accounts by the Thabor state that the Allies have commenced the demolition of the enclosure- wall round Sebastopol. The steamer European, which left Constan- tinople on the 11th inst., with 400 soldiers on board, and the clipper Edgar Stringer, with 170, have arrived, and are in quarantine. Ismael Paella was increasing the army of Ana. General Mouravieff had received reinforcements by the way of the Caspian Sea and Tifii4. Letters from Persia say that Dost Mohammed, the Khan-Serdah of Caboul, has taken possession of the province of Rand char. Persian troops were marching against him. THE PEACE CONGRESS . (From Second Edition of the Times of this day.) The following is the letter of our Paris corre spondent, dated yesterday; 6 p.m.:— it was confidently reported yesterday, and with every appearance of truth, that the - labours of the Congress were last night to be brought to a conclu sion. It was even affirmel that the Treaty of Peace would be signed at the same time, so that the Moni teur might be able to announce it this morning, a few hours only before the celebration of the Te Deum in thanksgiving of the Empress's safe delivery of a Prince. The effect would have been fine—while the solemn strain was pealing beneath the roofs of ever y cathedral in France, that the thunder of cannon should announce the consummation of the work of peace. On such occasions people hardly content themselves with the bare truth, and we are now assured that so certain was the Emperor of the sign ing of the treaty that orders had been given for illuminations in the Ministerial offices. It may be so ; the fact is not important ; but of the confidence with which the conclusion of peace was looked for ward to I have no doubt. When the Plenipotentiaries separated on Thurs day last it was understood that the next meeting should take place on Saturday; and up to Friday night the hour remained the same at which they usually assembled. Notice, however, was sent round that it was necessary the Congress should meet earlier than usual. There was a good deal of busi ness to get through, and - it was desirable to meet as soon, and separate as late as possible. A Ministe rial journal had prepared the public for the expected solution by stating that, after three days' work by the Plenipotentiaries in committee, " the sitting of yesterday would not fail to be important." In one or two quarters it was mysteriously whispered that the discussion would be an animated, and, at its close, not a satisfactory one. On the authority of other and more sanguine parties it was affirmed, on the contrary, that the business of yesterday would be of the lightest, and would hardly be more than affixing signatures and shaking hands. I regret to say that the more agreeable prediction has not been realised. Unanimity did not prevail at the sitting of yesterday, or, if unanimity nearly pre vailed, the dissentients, whoever they may be, were sufficiently powerful to disappoint the expectations of the public. The discussion was not so amicable as had been anticipated, and so far from a treaty of peace being signed at the close of the meeting, there is reason to fear that no one can positively say when that treaty will be signed, or whether the difficulties that are now in the way will be removed during the ensuing week. I do not mean to affirm they will not, but I doubt if any one can fix the period when they will; and although I am far from stating or believing that the solution of the Conferences will be other wise than pacific, I fear we are at this moment more distant from that solution than we were supposed to be 10 days ago. Difficulties have arisen which I hope are not insurmountable, but which may take time to remove. That time is felt to be very pre cious in every respect, and not least in a financial point of view. Indeed, the loss incurred is con siderable in men as well as money. Typhus is raging in the army, and th e ex p ense i ncurre d 'b y 14 or 15 days' unnecessary delay in the Crimea is calculated for the English at about 20,000,000 f. ; for the French about 15,000,000 f. Our armistice expires on the 31st, and it is denied, though I can hardly credit the denial, that it will be renewed ; but even if it be renewed, an act of indiscretion on the part of a general officer, of a diplomatic agent, or even of inferior persons, may add new compli cations, as if there were not enough already. You will agree with me that the cause must be a serious one indeed which would justify so much loss. That a cause, great or small, im - portant or trifling, exists, there is no doubt. But what can it be ? everybody asks. Were we not told from the beginning of the present week that nothing could be more satisfactory than the pro gress of the negotiations ? Indeed, the Russians were so conciliating that they seemed to regret that no more was asked of them ; the Austrians appeared resolved not to be offended by any scowls or sarcasm from Count Orloff; and the Prussians were said to be as meek as mice. In fact, evetything went on, or was said to go on, " merrily as a marriage bell," when all of a sudden the scene changes. I think I can guess the cause of that change. I believe it to be owing to the demand put forth yesterday by the Prus sian Plenipotentiaries to be admitted to sign the Treaty of Peace on the same footing and in the same character as if Prussia had been a party to the alliance throughout, as if she had accepted all the obli g ations involved i n it, h a d j o i ne d i n th e ulti matum, and had declared that she would abide by all its consequences. Such it seems are the preten sions of Prussia at this moment, and I believe that in these pretensions she has the support of Russia, if not of others. That these pretensions are op posed in the C mgreas is evident from their pre venting the Conferences being brought to a con clusion yesterday ; but by what Powers in parti cular I am unable to say. Of the main fact of their being put forward, and of their being the principal, if not the sole, cause of this unforeseen delay, I think I can safely assure you. By seine persons such a cause is considered, if not trifling, at least not sufficient to justify the serious conse quences that may follow. By others, I suspect, real importance is attached to it. I do not take upon myself to decide as to who is right, or who is wrong ; I content myself with repeating that the delay in signing the treaty of peace, expected yes terday, is attributable to the opposition offered to the demand of Prussia to be admitted on terms of equality with the great Powers, and that I cannot say when that demand or that opposition will be withdrawn. The concession which the Porte has made to his Christian subjects entitles Turkey to demand from France and England a continuance of that suppon already accorded to secure the union and indepen dence of the Ottoman empire. The Sultan has been inspired with a policy which will entirely change the - character of the oriental world. To put the reforms in practice it is necessary that England and France should stand by the Porte during their operation. This will be done ; and although it may be that the armies of the belligerent allies shall leave the Turkish capital, for some time to come a considerable force will be maintained not far off. I believe Austria is decidedly in the minority at the Parisian Congress. If she has no open enemies, she has no sincere friends. She may not get out of peace conferences all gains and no losses. Ido not now think that the Plenipotentiaries will separate without mooting questions which Austria may not care to discuss. The great declared aim of the En voys is to give Europe a lasting peace, and that can only be done by removing the elements of disturb ance. In 1848 Europe was convulsed with revolution. The happy turn of affairs iu France restored general tranquillity. But when the Emperor of the French conquered mad republicanism and stifled socialism— when Germany got rid of the Government of barri cades, awl when Italy was the victim of reaction which the Peninsula never merited—anarchy was, indeed, putdown, but with the exception of France, no permanent system of rule has been established. In France, Napoleon 111, became the universally elected head of the nation, to which he has given prosperity and solidity. Germany and Italy (ex cepting Piedmont) remain just as they were before 1848, or something worse as regards political re pose. Whilst France has progressed in intelligent rule, Germany and Italy have retrograded. As matters now stand, both these important countries may convulse Europe any day. These facts are no doubt obvious to the. statesmen now met iu Paris. They may discuss, propose, suggest, nay, I believe they will do so ; and yet I fear little will be accom plished. There is as little intelligence as sincerity in the old despotic Governments of Europe. FRANCE. THE PRINCE IMPER lAL. The llfoniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing official documents relative to the birth of the " Prince Imperial :" " In the year 1856, on the 16th day of the month of "z March, we, Achille Fould, Minister of State and of the _Emperor's Household, in virtue of the office we hold under the Bch article of the Senatus-Conaultum of the 25th of December, 1852, and under the 13th article of the Imperial Statute of the 21st of June, 1853, aided in the execution of the same statute by his Excellency M. Pierre Jules Btroche, President of the Council of State, pro ceeded to the Palace of the Tuileries, in obedience to the- orders of his Msjesty the mperor, con tained in the sealed letter, dated the 12th inat., as follows : " 'M. Achille Fould, Minister of State, as the Empress, our much beloved spouse, is approaching her confinement, we have ordained that as soon as she feels the first pains you shall be apprised thereof to proceed to the Palace of the Tuileries to the room appointed for you, that you may be intro duced into the chamber of the Empress at the mo ment of her delivery. Our wish is that, with the aid of the President of our Council of State, you may draw up the act of birth conformably to the Bth article of the Seuatus-Consultum of the 25th of December, 1852, and the 13th article of the Statute of the 21st of June, 1853. ‘" We have selected as witnesses his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon and his Highness Prince Lucien Murat. " ' Whereupon, M. le Ministre, I pray God to have you in health and His good keeping. ' Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, March 12, " ' NAPOLEON.' " And being at the Palace at the hour of two o'clock inflie morning in coinpsny with his Impe rial Highness Prince Napoleon and his Highnes4 Prince Lucien Murat, the witnesses selected and sent for by the Emperor by letters couched as fol• lows : " My dear Cousin,—AstheEmpress, ourmuch beloved spouse, approaches her confinement, we have ordained that as soon as she feels the first pains you shall be requested to proceed to the Pa lace of the Tuileries, to the chamber reserved to the princes of the imperial family, that you may be admitted into the Empress's chamber at the time of her delivery. Our wish is that you shall sign the act of birth as witness. " Wherein I pray - God, my dear cousin, to have you in good health and his good keeping. "'Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, the 12th of March, 1856. " ' Yours affectionately, " NA..POLEON: " To his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon.' [Here follow two letters precisely of the same tenour, one to Prince Lucien Murat, the other to M.:Abbatucci, Keeper of the Seals.] We, Minister . of S:ate, were admitted by order of his Majesty the Emperor, with his Imperial High ness Prince Napoleon, and his Highness Prince Lneion Murat, amll. his Excellency the Keeper of the Seals, into the bedroom of her Majesty the Empress at Vie moment she suffered the pains which announced her proximate delivery ; which having happily taken place at a quarter past 3 o'clock, Madame Bruat, Governess of the Infant of France,' presented to us, as also to his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon, and to his Highness Prince Lucien Murat, and to his Excellency the Keeper of the Seals, by order of his Majesty the Emperor, the•child of which her Majesty had just been delivered, and which we recognised to be of the male sex. And we then immediately entered the Empress's saloon, in which was his Majesty the. Emperor, and his Majesty informed us that it F was his intention that the Prince Imperial should receive the flumes of Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph. "Of all which we have drawn up the present official statement upon the register of the Imperial family, in presence of his Imperial Highness Mon seigneur the Prince Napoleon, and of his Highness Monseigneur the Prince Lucien Murat, witnesses selected by his7Majesty the Emperor. " And said statement has been signed by his Ma jesty the Emperor, the abovenarnecl witnesses, and by the Priucesand Princesses of the family present, and also by his Excellency the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. " Which act has been signed by us, Minister of State, and countorsigned by his Excellency the President of the Council of state. (Here follow the signatures) : " NAPOLEON. " PRINCE NAPOLEON. " PRINCE MURAT. " PRINCESS MATHILDE. "PRINCESS BACIOCCHI. "PRINCESS CAROLINE MURAT. "PRINCE JOACHIM MURAT. " COUNTESS DE MONTIJO, Duchess of Peaaranda. " ACHILLE WOULD. " J. BAROCHE. - ABBATUCCI." The following waa the bulletin issued yesterday at the Tuileries : " 22d, Half past Eleven, a.m.—The health of the Empress continues excellent." (Signed as usual.) There was a meeting of. the Plenipotentiaries at half-past one o'clock on Saturday. BOURSE, March 22.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. 0. - End of Month, 4i per Cents 94 —e. 3 per Cents 72 40 72 60 New Loan 72 75 Bank Shares 3,500 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,570 Au s t r i a , Belgian Fives !Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt 40 BAILWAYS--POR CASE. fr. C. fr. c. Orleans ......... ...... 1,300 Western sc3 25 Northern - Strasburg LYowu. -..... 1 ,267 50 New Ditto 827 50 Mediterranean ......1,550 Grand Central by oa s tionvva ...... 7 , 35 Teste Catte 752 50 Austrian C0rn....... tJS 75 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Mann 22. The Queen and Prince Consort, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, rode out on horseback this forenoon, attended by the Countess of Desart, Major General Buckley, and Captain the Hon. D. De Ems. The Prince of Wales also rode on horseback. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen took his departure this morning for Plymouth. The Bdl4itins Minister ( 'Mons. Fan de Weyer) has also left the Castle. The French Ambassador had an audience of the Queen this day, to announce officially from the Emperor of the French the birth of the Pricica Imperial. His Excel lency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, acting for the Eirl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Camoys was Lord in Waiting. SUNDAY. The Qneen and Prince, the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the C )urt, and the Domestic Houehold, attended Divine service this morning in the chapel of the Castle. The King of the Belgians and the Duchess of Kent we►o also at the service. The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor per- formed the service and administered the Holy Sacra ment. The grand parterre was crowded with visitors from all parts, who had availed themselves of the reduction of the South-Western fare during the S ►turday preceeding the Easter week, and the Sunday and Monday follow ing, tickets being granted for the three days The fine bands of the 2 , 1 Life Guards and the Grenadier Guards were in attendance, but from the severe north-easterly winds which prevailed her Majesty and her august visitor, the King of the Belgians, did not make their appearance. It is now understood that the King of the Belgians will prolong his visit until Tuesday, when his Majesty will take his departure by the South- Western Rail way. Owing to the fineness of the weather, the Court will remain at Windsor, according to the present arrange. ment, until Tuesday week. Mr. Albeit Smith has just bean honoured by her Maj• sty's commands, through Colonel Phipps, to give his well-known entertainment of Mont Blanc, at Wind sor Castle, o■ Tuesday next. - The Duke of Argyll arrived in town on Friday night. Viscount Palnfrrston left town for Windsor Castle after the Cabinet Council on Saturday afternoon. His lordship r-turaed to London in the evening. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of South Australia, and also from the Governor-General of Australia. CABINET COUNCIL—A Cabinet Counci.l was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. It was attended by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Duke of Argyll. The Council sat three hours. Le Nord denounces the annexation of Oude as an abominable spoliation attempted to be juet)fied by " lying pretexts." A. letter from Genoa, of the 15th, announces the ar rival at Nervi of the ex-Queen Maria Amelie, accom panied by the Duchess of Orleans. The Rev. Henry Melville, principal of Haileybury College, has been appointed to the Canonry of St. Paul's Cathedral, vacant by the elevation of the Rev. Montagu Villiers to the Bishopric of Carlisle. LIVING OF ALL HALLOWS THE GREATER.—The living of All Hallows the Greater, vacated by the appointment of the Rev. W. Goode to the valuable rectory of St. Margaret's Lothbury, has been conferred by the Arch bishop of Canterbury on the Rev. George Mansfield, incumbent of St. Peter'f, Saffron-hill. WAR. MOVEMENTS —LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—H. M.S. Hecla, 6, Commander Aplin, arrived here to-day from Portsmouth, to tow round two gunboats, lately launched from Mr. Laird's building-yard. A. new 18 inch mortar is to be exhibited in front of the Town-hall here on Monday next, at 11 a.m. REPRESENTATION OF CAMERIDGE.—It is said to be the intention of Mr. David Waddinoton, the chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to become a candidate for the borough of Cetnbridge at the next general election. THE GRAND DUKE or' SAXE \VEISIAR._A letter from Weimar, of the 15th, in the Cologne Guzzle, says ; " The Grand Duke is senou•ly, though it is hoped not dangerously ill. His complaint appears to be rheumatic fever. He was exceedingly restless last night, and it was not until the morning that he got any sleep." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—A telegraph despatch was received last night from. Mr. Lumley, who is at present in Paris, announcing that he has all but completed ar rangements which well ensure a first-rate operatic and ballet company for the season. Mr. Lumley will open his long-closed house in the latter part of April. CRYSTAL PALACE. FIVE SHILLING DAY.— Satur day, March 22.—Admissions on payment, 170 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,510 ; tetel visit 're, 1,680. Gaunt Orloff was the first who arrived to felicitate the Emperor of the French upon the birth of a Prince. He was at the Tuileries a few seconds after the firing of the guns had commenced. Trio Count is said to pay assi duous court to the Emperor, asking in every debate in the Conference what the Enipe..or thinks on the subject, and in almost every instance immediately ranging him self on that side. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF TWO PRISONERS FROM THE MODEL PRISON.-0a Saturday morning, a full de scription of two well-known convicts, who made their escape on Thursday last from the Model Prison, Penton .'rifle, was circulated by the Ceminiesieners of Police, Scotland-yard. The escape of the prisoners seems to be unparalleled, and beyond all previous prison breaking. It appears that the two prisoners bad been some time incarcerated in the jail —one being sentenced to 14 years' transportation, and the other for 10 years. They were two daring characters, and one was a relative of the notorious !Jacket's who escaped from the same place several years since. They were safely locked up in their cell late on Wednesday evening by one of the warders, and the door was protected by one of -----'s locks ; but by some means the fugitives succeeded in opening it, but bow at present seems to ben miracle, for nothing whatever has been disturbed in the lock, nor was there even a scratch upon the door. The warder entered the cell at an early hour on Thursday morning, and to his great astonishment he found the cell empty. An alarm was raised, and on subsequent search being made by the governor and officers, it seems that the prisoners, after opening the door of the cell, walked along the passage, where they found an iron trap-door, weighing three hundred weight, which they must have forced up, and got upon the roof of a low building. From thence they scaled a lofty wall by the aid of a ladder made of wax ends, which brought 'them to the roof of the prison, where they must have encountered several difficulties ; for they descended and ascended at least six times before they could have reached the outside of the gaol. The ladder was fiend hanging upon the lofty wall of the ex terior part of the prison, and must have taken the con victs a long period to have- constructed. One of the delinquents was a shoemaker, and the other a brick:ayer. A. meeting of the prison authorities hafi since taken place, and one of the officers is suspended. The pri soners, of course, had on the gaol uniform, and although the police have been since actively engaged in search of the fugitives, they have at present avoided detection. SoUTHAMPTON, March 22.—T0-day the Peninsular and Oriental Company's paddle-wheel steam-ship Valetta, and the fine screw steam-ship Pera went out for a trial of speed at the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. The Va letta obtained an average of 13 . 597 knots per hour, and the Pera 12.633 ; b e i ng a diff erence o f b are l y a knot between the steaming qualities of each ship. The Ve tette' a clipper-built p e ddl e - w h ee l vesse l, i s o f on l y 770 tons burden and 400 horse power, and was built by the Messrs. Mare, of London, for the rapid conveyance of the overland mails between Malta and Marseilles. The Pere, also constructed by the same eminent ship builders, although of 2,600 tons burden, or in fact about 1,900 tons larger than the Valetta, has only the addi- (From, Second Edition of Morning Post.) tion of 50 h orse power; t h e comparat i vely small diffe- SUNDAY, 6 P.M. rence of speed sh ow i ng grea t pre f erence i n f avour of the Th e Sie c l e conveys i n t e lli gence f rom S t . Peters screw. Both th ese s hi ps h ave b een some t i me at South- b urg w hi c h sha d ows forth, accord i ng to th i s au th o ampton effecting repairs, the latter vessel having uater- rity, some of the leading articles of the e xpected tunately becom e di sarrange d i n th e mac hi nery when on treaty. 1. Russia consents to the neutralisation o f her first voyage to Alexandria with the India and Medi- the Black Sea. 2. Sebastopol is not again to be terranean mails. Under the superintendence of Mr. come a war depot, and the reconstruction of the for- Lamb, sup er i n t en di ng eng i neer o f the Peninsular and tresses are prohibited. 3. Nicolaieff is to be reduced Oriental Company, and the Messrs. Rennie, the con- to a commercial pert. 4. Russia is to abandon her structors of the engin es , th e P ens i s b e li eve d to b e i n 5. Russia re thorough sea-goi ng con diti on , an d w ill sa il f rom South ampton on the 4th proximo for - Alexandria with the nounces certainterritoriesiu Bessarabia,which leaves India, China, and Mediterranean mails. The Valetta the navigation of the Danube perfectly to trace the erfectly free. 6. A takes her d e p ar t ure f or M a l ta on the 27th i nst., touching comm i ssion i s t o b e appointed new at the Peni nsu l ar ports w i t h the mails en route. Several f ron ti ers i n t hi s di s t r i c t. 7 . I he fact of a Russian of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Corn- soldier passing the Pruth is to be looked upon as a pany, together with their friends, were present to witness cases Belli by the contracting Powers. I believe the trial, after the completion of which the Petri steamed this information is correct, and to which might be roiled the fl ee t at Spithead, an d t h en ma d e a run added a revision of the Asiatic frontiers of Turkey, through the squadron of gun boats which lie anchored I to accomplish which a commission will be also ap at the Moth er b an k. B ot h vessels were in excellent trim. pointed. The domestic organisation of the Prin- Digit g the trial the Pera averaged 32i revolutions of the cipalities will, I believe, be a subject of future dis engin, a, or 65 of the screw, with 1911 b. of steam, the cession. Turkey has no desire to interfere with coals used being f rom th e D u ff ryn Coll i er i es of Messrs. 41, e municipal privileges of the Principalities, but Powell and Sons. The facilities of Cunningham's patent '" reefine topsails, with whi c h th e P era i s fi tte d, were ex- she has every right to insist on possess i ng th ose !Ante (Land explained to th ose on b oar d, and were pro- military defences which are the outp os t s o f her e m s nom cod to be a great addition in perfecting the fittings piss. It ruay be that Austria has peculiar views on of a sailiag-vtigel 0 large dimming. I this subject, but question if they will prevail, It is a remarkable as well as an unpleasant circum stance, that Prince Jerome, the uncle, and Prince Louis Lucien, cousin of the Emperor, should both, in consequence of circumstances beyond their control, have been unable to sign the A cte de N ais sance of the infant Prince. It is owing to these circumstances that only two witnesses, instead of four, appear in the programme of the ceremonial observed on the occasion. ATe Deum was chanted to-day at Notre Dame, as in all the cathedrals of France, in thanksgiving for the Empress's delivery. The Ministers and other public functionaries were present in uniform. The Emperor was not present, nor the Diplomatic Corps. The Emperor and Empress will both attend the re Deum in J une, on the occasion of the solemn baptism of the Prince. Prince Jerome's improvement is going on with out interruption. It was announced to-day at the Palais Royal that no more bulletins would be issued. The Minister of Finance, M. Magne, gives a grand dinner on Tuesday to the Plenipotentiaries, and a ball in the course of the evening. ti i. RUSSIA, A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 11th, in the Constitictionnel, says :—" Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Amb assa d or at Vienna, i., expected here in Pi few days. The Emperor directly requested him not to make use of the leave of absence granted him unless he considered the present aspect of affairs perfectly satisfactory. The prince, in a let ter received here from him a few days ago, says,— `Public opinion at Vienna and throughout all Germany is entirely favourable to the policy of the 19th of January. Europe herself again ap pears to open her arms to the Emperor Arexancl,pr IL, and to thank him for the noble efforts which be has made to re-establish the balance of the power of the world. I am convinced that every one will give him due credit for the sacrifices which he has unhesitatingly made in the interest of general peace." There was a grand reception at the court yesterday on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Hereditary Grand Duke. The young prince has now attained his eleventh year. His features bear some resemblance to his grandfather, the Czar Nicholas, and he also resembles him in many points of his character. The vivacity natural to his age is tempered by an expression of great kbadsino, which he appears to iahorit both from his father and his mother. The Emperor and Ern' press appear to be well satisfied with the progress of affairs. A courier arrived this morning from Count Orloff, the bearer it is said of very favour able accounts from Paris; and during the reception the Empress was so cheerful and animated as to ex' cite the notice ef the persons in vited, and the Emperor conversed with different groups, to whom he declared that peace appeared to him to be more and more car tain,and that he could now occupy himself with iro* portant works at home and with useful modifications in his empire. To one of the groups, composed of members of the corps diplematique, the Empress said, " The war has only been an accident, or rather a misunderstanding. It will not have changed in any way the good personal relations be tween the Russians and the French, who hav e some remarkable points of resem bl ance . Tlie/ have certainly fought too long, but it has been always with courtesy and humanity. The Russian prisoners have been treated by the French, not as enemies, but as brothers ' • and I have been anxious that proper treatm e nt should be shown to the pri soners whom the fortune of war has thrown,in to our hands. When peace shall have been signed and everything leads me to believe that it is ahnul l to be so—France and Russia may hold out the, hand to each other, may esteem and love each other'. as in the past ; for, although the struggle has bee¢ warm, it has been carried on in all honour anu without hatred." The Emperor Alexander also spoke in the most affectionate manner of Napoleon 111., and id full justice to the acts of hi s govern ment and #o his love of p eace , w hi c h h e a dded s " is as sin ere as my own." OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. ( From the Times Correspondent of this day.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 10. It seems as if the armistice were likely to expire • before its terms are settled. The first difficulty arose upon the demand o f th e a lli es to embark things in boats from the south side of the harbour, the object being to ship the cannon, anchors, Ike , captured in Sebastopol. But to this the Russians demurred, sayine , that the seaboard was no t ours" and that we could b not nse it. This is perfectly true, and is a striking commentary upon Or oft-repeated vaunt, that Sebastopol is capturou: We have certainly got the town, but the north forts command it, and not a cock-boat can put of from shore without imminent danger of being sunk' However, the allies agreed to waive the stiptilationt and the delay now arises from certain questions re' lating to the blockade of the Black Sea and the SO of Azoff. This I know to he the case, although I cab; not state what those questions are, but I am assursu that they are not of grave importance. Neverths' less, they retard the formal conclusion of the artnis* tice, but meanwhile the suspension of fire (after all , the chiefpoint) endures. We are not quite so intimate with our Muscovitefriends ; eur enthusiasm or c urio: city has a little sub sided, and, moreover, General Orders and sentries are there to check it ; but We may be said to be on terms of distant civility. It is probable that there will be, another meeting 0 ' Generals this week at Traktir Midge. There is no truth in the report that was lately spread here that the Third and Fourth Divisioe s were to go down to Inkerman and the Tchernal a to relieve the French. The Albatross is the name of the cattle FbiP which suffered so severely on its passage hither• • 140 of the cattle died. Notwithstanding the changes of weather, the in' crease of admissions to the camp hospitals during the past week has been very small. TUESDAY, MARCH 11. The wind has got round to the south and blew• fr-A. The temperature is moderate and the ski cloudy. PERSIA. We read in a letter from St. Petersburg of the 12th : " Colonel Bartolomei, who was sent by General Mouravieff to the Sh a h o f P ers i a , i n company With the Ambassador charged to announ ce t o th e Persian Prince the acce s si on , * .f . the Emperor to the Throne has returned here from Teheran, by Tiflis, where he stayed some time. He has been received by the • Emperor. " According to this officer, Persia is in such * state of disorganisation that it cannot in any w 57 be relied upon, and there only remains to urge 1 to the promptest possible reconciliation with Eng' laud." AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 17th, in the Boersthatie, says :—" Nothing is spoken of here but the bi r th o f t h e P r i nce Imperial 01., France. The telegraphic despatch which en; flounced this happy even t was i n t h e han d s 0 ' th e Emperor at eight o'clock yesterday mornieg• His Majesty immediately desired Count Buol, b 1 telegraph, to congratulate the Emperor Napoleon in his name. It is said that haptisntal present! have been sent from here some days ago. A gran mass was celebrated this morning in toe Church o! St. Anus to render thanks for the safe delivery 01 the Empress Eugenie. All the members of the French Embassy were present in uniform. T he Ambassadors of England, Turks-y, Holland, lb' • Boyer, Bavaria, and INT.iples, the Pope's Nuncio , Cardinal de Viale Prela, and all the Austrian Nit nisters were present. The Court was represente d by the Grand Majordomo,, General Prince de Lich: tensiein, whilst Count de Stakelberg represente d the Prussian Embassy. A. crowd of other notabi,- lities were also present." PARMA. The city of Parma and the surrourding countl has again been laid under a state of siege. This has arisen from renewed attempts at asses sination. The Auditor of the War Department was stabbed 1. . in the back by an assassin the other evening, 160 walking with another officer. This coming after the very recent assassinatio n of the Inspector of Prisons, has produced the Ol t. of siege. • The Government here has become greatly alarmed at the cattle murrain, said to be sprea d. in all over the Continent. The director of the Veterinary College at Alfor, has been privat e ly despat c h e d i nto German,' ° make investigations. SPAIN. MADRID, March 17.—The Cortes are n° l° engaged in the discussion of the Budget of Weil and Aleans, Senor Orense's amendment or see rate report as a member of the Budget Comreq . tee being under discussion. Senor Orange at Albaida, and Senor Rivero being prevente d from attending in consequence of his being 00 : gaged to-day in an affair of honour with Senor Sisto Camara, directorlf the Soberanaia, in cont (pence of a most violeter and personal 'article pu b lished by the latter y es t er d ay aga i nst him, Senor Matheu has taken his place, and was left bpealoor There will be a l ong an d te di ous discussion befe,re the eight amendments or separate reports are di g ' posed of, but the Ministerial plan is expected t° pass in the end. The news of the accotchement of the EtnPrt Eugenie was received yest e rday, and th e Duke ": la Vittoria and Mini s t er o f F ore i gn Aff a irs P, ll ceeded at once to visit the F renc h Ambasesu°l, and congratulate him on the happy event. t There was no Bolsa yesterday, being Sunday, wt, i , the funds rose out of doors, and are b uo y an t to-dar The Three per Cents. have been done at 40f. 10°' FRATERNISATION IN THE CRIMEA• The following is an extract from a letter received by a gentleman residing is the neighbourhood ° E Portsmouth, and will be read with interest, as 00. curring at the commencement of the armistice " CRIMEA, March 0.. "A very amusing incident occurred on Sunday jest ~,e" the banks of the Tchernaya. A friend of mine was wa i l ing below the Inkerman Heights when he obs e rved Bever - French soldiers on the banks of the river talking, or rat her making gestures to halt a dozes Russians on the other of the river, anti while he was looking on two Beg„. / soldiers and an Army Works' Corps' man came up. I. ''„ l '" sung out to the Russians, and one of there palled out fr°,7, the breast of his coat a bottle of brandy, and was abor t " fling it across (about 20 yards), bet the ether two P er. suaded him not to do so, as he might break the bottle. He then said he would ge over and give the the brandil he consequently stripped himself, slung the bottle roil* 6 his neck, and swam to the opposite bank, to the gl,_e s s delight of the Russians, one of whom, armed Wit n a, musket, retired to a distance and laid it on the gronl is The English soldier and Russians cordially shook took a good pull at the bottle, and the Russians gave a pipe to smoke ; the Englis hman then slapped his thg"' and said he was English and the Russians said, ' 13 .° 11 2 Johnny.? When abeut to return to the other aisle be collected that he had a shilling in his trousers pocket . .an, ` out to his comrade in true English style a shilling in the pocket of my bag. Shy it ever.' : er shilling was wrapped up in a piece of rag and thrown .` to him. He then handed it to one of the Russian soldlaT amidst shoats of applause from both French and Russia - . and swam back to the south bank. This wan done 011 cold winter's day, and the man perfectly sober. You nay believe that I felt proud of my countrr man." CHANGES OF POLISH MAGISTRATES.- Mr. ff• A . Selfe, of the Oxford Circuit, has been appointed Met_ir". politan Police Mnistrate, in the place of Mr. 10_,P r wlcke, resigned. Mr. Beadon is transferred from 1 5 , 1 ": mersmith to Marlbor~ , ugh • street . Mr. Ingham, it, a 4 7 the Thames Police Court, goes to Hammersmith. P. Belfe • Thames Court.--Observer. MON comb 8 xt rrt3u 11 PI Ce t. 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