The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-07 00:00:00

TEAT_ E It is reepectfullS annoinCea tft Lt her MAJESTY'STIIE A' will RE-OPEN early in May. Engagements of great interest been effected both in.,Otere, and 3allet, ancl the best exertions to-maXe the arrangements w rlo issuedby of the occasion. The proelleOtus'will ghortly be II E THE ROYAL, DRITRYZAZIE, Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TEIIS EVENING, _IL TROVITORE. I 0 c , n 100 with Tax DAtTGIITER OF TUE REGIMENT. s -, TUES,TBE ROYAL. HAYMARSET. • . trarter the Management of Mr. Bankston°. • TLIII EVENING, 'THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EV•camittr IT NO ; of;' The Mextema Goldseeket t. In watch P.Elt NE NA and the Spanish Da nce " win a'tePear. After which. " LEWD ME F[VE SIFFLGINGS To conclude with FISTI OUT OF WATER. BOY :IL pßiNcKss'S r lI&ATRE, OXFORD-STREE Under the Meaasgement of Hr. CuAsus THIS EL KNING, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To be f)llowe4 by FACTS r AND •Ai IRGUERITZ. >.' i`: • To conclude with A 4 rlitget FOll AY 11017 R. raltilVtd ROYAL ADEDPEII. PrJprlator, 11. Wohster.--Directress, Madame Celeste. TTIII pwr.surck, AIDITIEIt AND CHILD Alit; DOING WELL. A fter which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with SA.CIC AND.TFIE BE STALK ; or, Harlequin. and Mother: Goo3e at Elome Again. • • • In which Megais. J. TII.And. P. Redford, tne. Palette , -4 1110 a Wyndham, ant sUsa E. Arden will apaear. . . . ROYAL OLY vtfMC TiIE4TRE. Lessee and Manater. Mr. Alfred Wigan. T EVENING STTI.L wArpts RUN DEEP. ~ ARer which will be 'prodneed a New ani doubly-moral, though 41(ce4sively °let NtelodramPtle Fairy Extravaganza, entitled ,- Tif g 01.5r1REFit Pat NT , IF;•4%; e!, the Three (lima Distaffs..! 1 , 1 which Atesar3. Emery, F. Robson, II: Ceapar, Ulm: siaraton, ~ and Ulu Afaskell will appear. Rci t tA,S,,S.UIR El'. T , , Les.ieelsc 3feZlol , 5110P/191 lvvifeAswick. TIT 4 EV F:NI gEr _~F • Will be perforate 1 a Tip,/ Dr4lntt, erAitl,ed, ITOW WE LIVE IN TILE ./1.0119n: Followed by T HE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. , To conclude Tk7FFLHATISF.:>T; or, The Lawyer's Le/end. KOVAL - 47.4ANU tat trader the cltreetlon of, Arr; no TUTS EVE ., TING, XI WIFE'S COLT3IN. After which, TUE tOir DIAMONDS. To - lon-el by A Band Dlvertis3enient. Aher vthleh, coop QUEE!..I F. S. . , To conclude with NO ,NO !-! NO ! ! ASTLILY'i ROYAL AMPIIITH4A.TR.Z. Lessee and Manarer, Ir. Wm. Cooke. • THIS EVENING, That ma'am? anti ftfuntralte'ed Rencontre,Equestrienne, a GENET:. IMF ENTGLLitI STEETLEPIIASEI : t • , . Also,..the Octeatal - 6pectacle, ffIE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FA(CHFUL erJ t;1). . • After which, the VFONOERS OF TUE AEENA, by fliers of flat-rate talent. To toncfufte with a Drama of Peril, Eac'tement. Laughter; amlAxlventitres -with Ter'riflc Leant from the stage to tha rhag, in EcGLANI)'S HARVEST, HOME ant NATIONAL STEEPLEt.,'ILISE. 130z-oflice open from fr.leveo till Four. fi!ago.!danager„ Mr. . West. fi.:qiieatrtim Ofreatai%. at f!colv. ItotAL MA.RYLERON'E•TIIEATRE. ritgagrnottt of Mr. "ell %.ILLF.g .AT II E for Fiva Nights Thia'E:ven(ti;;;ltODAY, April 7th, " Sir Chafii Co/dstream, Mr. C. 3rathei.ite 14 ' 7713 . • " Un' " • -••• • -4 TtE PRACTICAL MAY.' CiitildAeY; Mi. C. madieirci ltv) • • • eoncide With, • `• LO AT, .C.30,0)0. • • - • 4 Acting , and S-tagt, Managef; Mr. E. Stirling; • . ~ • ERMA •3r.lNttrilli 4 ragrgl Aflti OF NV0311:5(." . - Second Season. • - .r6 Thtg Lyric. Entkrttitnynent tras'*ten cr)tvned by the nnAntrnous 114)"4"Im of Aer. T 11.11,6 As the greatest arttstteal tritinph of the clS.v. It constitutes nn Opera, Comedy, , atui VAndevilte. With a h ist•of eh tract Ts in Jorrect Cos. tomes; sad Songs in • • •SIX D.lflanltENT LANGUAGES , *. sever attempted by anyother arti4to. • Nvenlng„performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, an t 7-Mays, At 1. MO^ning nerformances on •iVedne3 , la.y s and Saturdays at half•past two; precisely. Admlssion--Chairi, ; Centre -eats,, 2s. ; pack Seats, Is. • SAINT M fIN , 3 rr.tct, Long-acre. Enda . W:A , T4M AT [ J o Yt,i)lc •Bizmtjg; trig DAY-:-Vorn. 8 rain. aft. 3 ---Eveping2 nil a. aft. 3 TO-NfORROK—Morp.. 47 na4i. aft. 3 7 -ii eP in a S min. aft. 4 . THE 'WE OrFam, Apart. 6. • THEaIIiOIIETEII; IN TH SI{ADE. ` . 5/1 hlgheit sides - noon '`ytisteri 47 --iwest this idorninccind during the night. 56 this day at oJcrt. BATtomgrEtt; 23'33. WIND, variable' from S.S.E. to &S.W.—Fresh, with heavy clouds, sunshine, awl occasional showers-9-'regular, April day. . - APRIL 7. 56 —highest 'since nom yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day st noon. BAUM TFE-29 WIND, W.S.W.—Light, with find sunshiny weather. r • .4; ; 1 / 4 }0. 4 e rcky . • 1131, : 1* , - LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1856. _.~.. -~ .Since the termination of the Easter vicatioi:' the House of C mrnons has b3en actively engagod inovoting all the supplies reqUired by the GOvein .. silent, and thiS, notwithstandin,g the contemptuous manner in which its very existence has beeli ignored, and the profound mystery maintained as to th© terms and conditions actually agreed oh in respect to the precious Treaty of Peace.; It is thus voluntarily parting with its principal power ; and virtually committing - an 'act of politi4l feio do .49 we , :have repeatedly declared, there should be ne fin;l.l ratification ,bf the Treaty Unt:ir it had been submitted for the consideration of the. • . different branches' of the,Legislature and their approval,duly.obtained. AR it is they are not per witted to interpose even a veto, or to obtain any , al.thentic iniermation as to whether its provisious becensistentwith the honour or ietereiqS:Orsthe, nation until it is too late for effectual int.WOrence.: This is not in — atecirittneb aspirit of the tiiti s h,,g ii 'M' or the iM ' aed nature of the: British' Monarch. •Vv Can eaiiifE 2 conceive the r t.4;7 32 OrrPOPla t icin thakNould.b,;(exated in the 04ngresrof:theTnitecl States-if so grOss an i n . Q .t.3ve-PP gt,frArgil-,::t°.0 1 , 13 1 1 / 9 4.Y; and we cannel undeestan tlfe Gothfilies'HouSe of ' Partin- , TPelltstill94 be„./543 tcnapietts of its rights privilegetr or of3ther national liberties; of which 'it , 8 P9. 1 -o(l4.p.. T yrgirairt7in * cr'incleltigable guardian. It Wasll4 therlanesupfflies; soliberally granted i'opTiientati yen of the people, that the WaFfrilEf'4 3 rciedsm,../.6e-what, we are told, has been Tt' - 'iS surely due to • who so nobly reSponcled to every_ demand,- * a t:Ml iliditlirlearn the equivalent they are to Obtain for theirni.lq sacrifices so c h eerfully sub mitted to, -before the matter has been irrevocably conclude& Buty as wo have, already Stated, suc h a course' would not be' in accordance with the German Models to which we arerapidly assimi lating. It would not please the "irresponsible .Prentier," and therefore, the llouie of COOMIODS must swallow its leek, and patiently submit to the Secret diplomacy is bad enough. But . .there. might be.- some- excuse_ for not taking thl -opinion of f*arliament '4464 . 64 on the diffe- Pent, points to be brought - under the consideration of WO But that the - mystery should - waioained, until the exchange of` ratifications is a 'Monstrous and Unconstitu tional deludon—agross and unwarrazatabltineul't that should not for a moment :be: ; submitted to. Is there, we ,ask, no independent representative of an independent constituency ready to assert the dignity of his order, and. to claim for the House of which he is a member the fall and complete information to which it is pre-eminently entitled ? Is there no champion willing to enter the arena to-vindicate the rights so wantonly invaded ?—no modeFn HAMPDEN to question the undue exten sion of the so-called prerogatives cif the Crown ? XII address to the Crown praying that her MA JESTY would be graciously pleased to refuse her ratification to the Treaty until it had been laid in extenso before the House, and ap proved by it, would raise the err,tire question, and, even if rejected, the division lint would serve as a touchstone to prove the fidelity of those who had been selected for a position so honourable and so influential, and - the sterling chaa-stcter of their claims, for a'renewal of the important trust at the next general election; We trust, tht n, that such a motion will be Made ) ...which, under any circum stances, must prove beneficial to tlaose by whom it may be brOukht forward and supported, and that no other grant of money may be , passed until the House has had the opportunity of expressing its opinion on the interesting and imrortant topic. The unsettled state of many of the 'leading qneitiens forms. an additional reason, for requiring this information. While the new political con- , st,itution of the 1 - 20anubian Principalities remains open; -there is a fertile source of dissension; a " appl o e of discord among the . Plenipoten tiaries. On Saturday we asked "Will -:Aus tria consent to withdraw her troops before some settled governmenU has been ' decided on ?" We are already ‘ankiizered. It is . " macro than hinted that Count Buor. has already alleged various reftsons - against the, immediatfis execution of- the. Meaty of the 30th of March, WiliCh'authoilieitthe occUps,ti OD; and" by which_ the troops were 'bound to depart on the terinination of the War. We always believed thkt.Austria woujiLstrive hard to retain her po sition; and to gain peetiliar advantages for which was,unwilling to pay an adequate price. will, however, reflect indelible disgrace both on France and 'England if they permit such petti fogging quibbling to prevail, or sancti on what will become to all intents and purposes an invasion as scamdalous, and e'veryy respect as _indefensible as that of Russia, for which the Western Powers felt them selves •not merely justified, but imperatively bound to unsheathe the sword. If Austria do not quietly evacuate the position into which she should never have . been admitted, sheshould be summarily expelled vi et arras. Such decided cohducf would not, however, be consistent with the deference exhibited to Germanism; and the disgusting :toadying so long displayed. The British Parliament should, however, be enabled to judge for itself, - and "have a reasenableOpportu 7 nity of expressing its opinion before the nation is irrevocably committed to a Coburg-German pOliBy = very pleasing to King LEOPOLD, but very. dis gusting to the people of England. ,Another very urgent question has been venti lated at the Conferenoes, the fit and proper settle meat whereof :indispensable to ,klickinture tran quillity -of Europe. •This is - thieircotiditien of Italy , in which Austria steadfastly endeavouring . to maintain the - dettes quo: This May not e : properly speaking, call for final arrangement .before the final conclusion of the Pe 'TAU° of 'a:i•anionfit and portance, which cannot safely be deferred -far 'a single hour, and on which the - expresSiori of pl.O, lie opinion, both in and out of Parliament, will he peculiarly valuable. We haVe dertaiuly paid enough: for a satisfactory settlement of the affairs of Europe, and it - Would" be:' but a Small return for the sacriages, we have so unhesitatingly made. Besides, Sardinia has irresistible claim's on the godd Offices of France and 'England, which could not be slighted: of dig regarded at the termination of a war in wideh ! ili c e can36,forward, putting to shame and 0471: ftiqOnl'the despicable neutrals who remained so long deaf to the call of honour and of duty. And what about an indemnity for the money expenses of the war—leaving the glorious dead to speak for themselves--already forgotten, if not dis-, owned I' Oh, tngland, thou art fallen indeed. If Mr. WrurAms be right, and he certainly seems to have hit the mark, we must have,' ere long, a commission or a committee to examine into the cost of Prince ALBERT. In' the Committee .of Stipply on Friday night, the large sum of 227,75/.' was , proposed for Irish education. Mr. WILLIAM called theattention of the Com ' mittee to a charge of 5,1751. for the " ALBERT Agricultural Training• Establishment and 11iod1 Farm," adding that " whenever hesaw the name Of. ALBERT, he found it was accompanied by pro fuse expenditure." It began, if we remember, by the Whigi demanding sone 70,0001. foestable 4 . 'far his horses ; and the last expenditure talked of is as much per annum for his eldest daughter We trust the latter report is witolly without fohn dation: If the Princess Royal must have a dowry, why, give her a dowry and have done with it ; but in the name of decency, let us not marry our princesses to beggarly C mtinental hushands un.,-- able to maintain them. We can find those amongst our own aristocracy who would , be able to do this. To pay both ways—to pay the Ger mans 'who "marry a Queen or a Princess, and take, up their abode here, and to pay also those - who remain in their own country ; to pay 'whether our Royal Family wants a husband, or one of their Royal families wants a wife, this truly is somewhat overdoing the matter. • Profuse expen dienre indeed] in cOnnectipn- with th e name of ? - e d ) AIMEIiT. To return, however, to Ireland, and its , ",ALBERT Farm school,'" supported by. English, taxes ; the skirmish 'which lasted some time; and drevi even L'ird PALMERSTON snit Mr. DISRAELT into the conflict, some important 'horn the cliampiOns. Lord PAzLMERSTON: maintained, and Mr.' DisnAELr , denied, a 4 : th' Was the hdsiness of the Oovern7. went to teach young Irishman farming. On the end . side it was alleged that v4'6 . 6111c1 take to, teach baking and cotton 'spinning by seheolti ; why, theief)re, teach the titling of land? It seems utterly, i..nr ; possible to gener,ilise scherne 'of teaching tradeli'it=the piiblia cost ; lint then:it was said that Wail an 4 , exceptional case." "True,' replies the master ©f sarcasm, it WA; so once ; &tit Wfiigi have had . he r in ,hand for fide-and-twenty years, and 'she ought by this time to have come within rule. In: England and Seo:- land landlords are at the cost of enlighteuln their tenants, and Irish landlords can affird it now. There was no denying this. Tax spender; however, never want an argu ment. The defence which carried the vote, so far, as votes . are ; determined by reason and argu ment, wars the glorious old plea, " Vested rights." Lord. PALMERSiCIN fOUght .rn anfally 'in this Tory„ Thermopyle3 , but he conquered. It would be hard to deprive those who had enjoyel Salariee in the ALBEIT Fancy Sahool of th-Ar Irish Secretary was compelled to acknowledge the - "FUNESAL OF ADMIRAL SYMONDS.— MABSICILLEO, April 4.—The funeral of the late Admiral Symonds took place in the Protestant cemetery of this town at half-past 9 'this morning. It was strictly private. The Admiral sailed from .I.Vlalts on Friday last in tte French steamer Nil, and , died on Sunday, of con-. surription. A regulation which . is strictly observed tiere, to send to' the lazaretto, at the Frioul, every Altai body which arrives in the port, was dispensed ,with in the case of Adniiral Symonds, and 'every ifacility was afforded to his friends to land his remains. ha ~Ctibinet Connell was held on Saturday afternoon at. Ls t ► e nz e n 'u m p n ,i t c :F w k i : n l i in7er - Lo. ..; 's :t r o n e n i e , , t theL l-le ord i t:i n t: is :n a c r e 11 p e r- r d ,..: Grey! .ot, Earrn,o,3); Sir Mr, Secretary Lationclrere, Lord, Panmnre, .ther CiiincelfOr of the. Exchequer, Sir •C. Wood, .the Right , ;'Hon..Vernon.Smitb, Lord Stanley of Alderley, ti.o ;cll4sartgytwll,cahnodurthe eanltaigab-ht a li lf. on. At T. 13ainee., The Coon- .. ,_ s ,. iudefengiblenest •of certain items=-but he and Lord PALMERSTON both, as Mr. DISRAELI told them, made an irresistible appeal ad misericor difim ; Tien Xtr. WILLIAMS himself us touched, and after - some-four or five dexterous' passes be• tween the Premier and Lord DERRY'S phan- Cello''' . of the Exchequer, the grant was car ried by_ a majority of eighty-five. - This K last , subject is, however, a serious one, and should be considered at the threshold' of such votes as Lord JonN RussELL's resolutions would Lead to. If we are to bo told whenever experi ence shows that Government has: -created a useless set of public servants, that these servants 'don't like losing their salaries, and that, therefore, we must keep up the institution on that account, we may well demur, on this ground alone to a sys tem Education involving scores, nay, hundreds, of State-paid dependenta. "All commer cial and benevolent institutions, when the buiiuess Or the society is a failure, break it, up and pay off theseryants. :Why should State institutions be an exception to the general course ? We aro sorry. When .any one who hag •enjoyed a comfort able salary loseis it, but it is his ,business tO seek " • • another post, and not , ours to keep up the un profitable post for his sake. - If the other-view, however, is to prevail, and if we cannot dismiss' public servants when the seivico they can render is no longer wanted, one Should think twice before.we are led by Lord RussELVs educational ambition to ad out lay 'eventually of several millions. ' What with the impossibility of hopi ng for any reasonably cheap result from Government management of any , thing which private effort can do, and what with the hopelessness of adapting compulsory education to Euglish- habits, we begin to despair of the practicability of Government education. It will issue in a vast establishment of Government tools, will inevitably do its work worse than private en terprise—it will necessitate conipuls'ory attend= ance,—and, worse than all, the thou ands of tovernment school officials will retain their posts and their pay, -when they turn, out to be of little value, on the plea that it is a hardship to lose a salary: LATEST NE WS. The necessity of organising the speediest postal dounnunicatien with. Australia is one :of those things which will not admit of question. The colonists; who may fairly be supposed to under, stand theirown interests, demand and are pre- Pared . to contribute _liberally, towards it, and, apart from this consideration, it is obviously the policy of the Imperial Government to accede to their wishes. Australis, at the present time, stands second in the list of our customers, and-is likely, before long to: become the first and best; so that if there existed in the Oalonial-offide auy desire to trifle wjth Australian interests, a mere re gard forhOniointereits would peremptorily prohibit its indulgence. This being the case, the question for consideration is, which is the shortest and most practicable route ? ~ F our routes are before the public. FirAt, the rat© mail route, 'via the' ape";, second, via Sin, gapere ; -via , Diego =Garcia ; fourth, via Panama, The distances and periods of transit being follows aye, 13,367 miles, occupying - 7 86 'day'a ; the Singapore, - 11,521 miles,, occupying 61 days ; the Diego Garcia, 10, 348 miles, occupying 44 days ; the Panama, 12,686 miles, occupying within a few liOnri of •- SUpposi. ,, g these calenlatiens to be COireCi-,thesuPeriority is palpably with the third or Diego Garcia roue—which is the one pre ferred ,lapthe General Assaciation for the Ans i tralian Colonies. ' There is reason to 'apprehend, . however, that a too favourable report has. been given of this route, many natural obstacles ex isting toiefider'it both dangerotisand uncertain, and, consequently, to make a deviation necessary The elevation of, Die g o Garcia, it is alleged; is. such that the island can only be . al.; crouched .-by -daylight •so that a St eatncr, if not within fifteen miles before ni g h t f a ll =there . is' no twilight—would have to .lie -to till-morning, "thereby losing valuabl e ti me. It i& further alleged that there is another dangerous, reef on the direct track betiveen Aden and Diego Garcia,' -the avoidance , of which -would -demand both time' and care ; that Diego Garcia has no. lighthouse ; .no water of good quality ; no culi nary vegetables . ;' offers no facilities for repairs, Jac. .The- most Serious' charge, however, against this route is that it would involve a steamer in a constant' succession of hurricanes, head-winds, circular storins; and adierse curients—which,, if true, is a fatal obiection. Those who prefer these allegations point to the M titritim as the' Proper &p it . . True, they urge this deviation will in crease the distance some 427 miles ; but how Many dangers And occasions of-.delay will not be avoided I Instead of haVing carefully to steer clear of dangereus.reefs, the only interruption of clear water between Aden and the Mauritius is a boldly-projecting group of rocks. Instead of being inaccessible at nightfall, the island 'is accessible at all hotirs, besides which - it possesses numerous lighthouses, good water, and every facility for coaling and for repairingshipping and machinery, in:all which things. -Diego Garcia is wanting. S o that if a steamer were disabled there she would actually be compelled to bear up under canvas for the Mauritius. Instead, too, in case of accident, having to wait for:the next. steamer, as. at Diego Garcia, a sailing vessel raay-at all times be' char tered at theM•auritius for Melbourne; to iyhieli port she could convey passengers on an average in thirty-fiVe clys. This, however, is not, all ; by this deviation, it is alleged, the most formidable eleinentifobstaclesincident to 'the Diego Garcia route would be avoided. No doubt many of these allegations are - Correct ; the main one; heweVer, if established, will &Ado the question,. and to this. the attention of Government should ve::44-e g ted.. „. The route by , Diego Garcia, looking merely t o the map, is evidently` the shortest and :most direct, but 'that were of little avail if natural obstacles exist which may practically make it the longest route of all comae, the tru , l l orlalaehood of the matter, ninig he ascertained. by competent- scientific authoritiear and it-will then be for Government to decide bei. , tween'the 'contending partiea, To.WhatOeir,''cW ternaination, however,' thny way:COP:le:o 'fO;Which", of these is-the bee., there exi:ts no earthly. rea son' why _only one route should be adopted. The rfrowinc , commerciiil relatiOni between the two countries , fully warrant the organisation a communication also by the Panama route; and other considerations taught by the experience of the past and the , preseet aspect of affairs, lend forati to the suggestion. BERLIN, SUNDAY. A ukase just issued by the Cztr statei that the two fleets hitherto maintained by Russia in 'the 'Black Sea and the Sea of Az•lff are not to be re- instated. It is believed here that at ' Cabinet Council held about the middle of last month, the English Government deckled on rejecting the proposition ,for capitalising the Sound Dues, in the term's offered by - the Danish Government. .England will, •however,< make a proposition "of 'her own. -.& , -,Aoyal ordinance prohibits stockbrokers froth negotiating the ,seripof foreign shares. National shares partly paid up, and foreign shares fully paid, only are permitted for transfer. There are other measures against stock and money- lobbing. a40,:lo fn. HAMBURG, - ArnlL 5. After hine , debate, th e Upper Chamber of itp Denmark has decided, in spite of the vigorous opposition of ..the Ministers, that every member of the Assembly is entitled to address inteipellations to the Government. . FRANCE • ' PARIS, SUNDAY EVENINd. The Moniteur, contains the following important notification :—" For the time during which they rriuW.await the ratification of the Treaty of Peace, France, Great Britain, Sardinia, and Turkey, on the one part, and Russia, on the other part, have,, cool6cle(Vau armistice. It has been consequently agreed that the priv,s made subsequeutly, to,,,the sigriattire of peace 'shall be restored, that Orders should be given for the inamediatc.raisinf . pf the existing` blockades, and that tbe prOhibitiVe mea sures ~ taken in Russia againsi ' the expOrtatiOn, during the war, of Russian produce, espeCiallPof breadstuffs, should also be revoked without delay:. Consular acts and the fornialities required Of navi gators and merchants will be provisionally carried out by agents.of those powers that consented to take charge offidiottsly, during the war, of the" in terests d'ffecting - the subjects of the belligerent stateS. The Emperor yesterday received the replies of the Grand Duke and of the Elector of Hesse; and of the Senates of the Free Hans towns to the nOti fication of the birth of the Imperial Prince, and a letter oLfelicitations from the Regents of the Re public o f 'iln,lVlarino on the same event. • , • The Aoniteur. continues the announcement of the receipt , of, addresses off - congratulation on the birth of the Prince Imperial. Among the last re ceived is one from the national guard, of the Seine with 28,105 signatures attached to it. • The Minister of Finance has been authorised by imperial,decree to raise 250 millions, .the,amoutit of treasury bonds' to be issued for the service of the. State in 1856. The Rouen journals cont a i n th e f o ll ow i ng: — " We learn that the Chambers of Commerce of our department have just been officially informed that they may very shortly expect the.publication of au act authorising the inunediate resumption of com mercial relations with Russia, the .removal of, all the blockadea, and the revocation of all restrictive measures." The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceivOd hero : " BERLIN", April 4.—The Emperor otßussia has quitted Helsingfors for Abo. His Majesty is to hasten his return to St. Petersburg. Au, article in the Abeille drt Nord, preaching up the emanci pation of Russian civilisation from foreign influence,, and violently attacking England, has produced a great sensation." , . BOURSE, April s.—The permission to issue 250„ nfillions'of Treasury Bonds has thrown a,dAmp on the market and produced a new fall. The follow ing were the closing quotations :- - .caw - fr. e. Ent of Month. 1 per Cents 92 75 —f. 3 per Cents. 72 9) 73 25 New Loan.,. ; :, 73 10 Bank Shares 3,709 Roman , Jreclit Mobilier 1,670 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Threes eledmentese (5) 91. • Horne Debt .„,„,, , • . RAILWAYS—YOB CASH. • • ' • IT. c. ' ' fr. 'O. 1 )r?o:.".ne .4orthern Lyons . _ _ 1,3 tO, New Ditto 65 0, L-- Wediterranean 1,530. -•=-- Grand Central Lyons Geneva --: ''--- Toste Cette ~• . • ' ; : RUSSIA; . Intelligenee has been receifed:frOtn'aile4ii thitu many vessels lying there have received orders by way of Trieste to set sail for Marseilles immediately With their. cargoes of:corn. The offiCial report of the - Emperor's trip to Fin land shows that he left St. Petersburg on the after noon of the 21st of March, sto r ped the following morning in Friedrichshatum to - inspect the corps of Firdand ca Jets and to visit a battery that had last Year been engaged with the English, and left again the Same day for Helsingfors, where he arrived early . ou the morning of the 23d. At 10 o'clock the Em-: peror attended . mass in the church of the palace there,.and then received the Senate,. the offipers of the . gArtison; ce_c ,-ou which occasion the citizens of the town, according to Rusiian -custom f brought him, as a stranger just , arrived, bread and salt. The Emperor subsequently visited the Greek and Lutheran- churches, .the UniverSity, the Min tary hospitals, and all th e bit ter i e S on t h e r i g h t " flank o f the line of defence. The Emperor was ac z . comnanied by his brothers the Grand Dukes Con stantino, Nicholas, and Michael General Todtle ben did not . accompany the Imperial-party; as . litis bean-reported, but remained behind in Oronstade.7 Whilst Grand Duke, the Emperor was Chancellor the University of Finland, and on every opportu nity'tbat.presented itself showed a great amount of • goodwill towardatheFiulanders; with whom he is very) .popular ;..the last instance of his peculiar " mn narclial goodwill" towards Vinla.nd was his : cop-, mad i§sued in last year that three posts as pages in the Imperial service should be set apart for the sous and descendants of such Findlanders as have attained the highest military and civil rank.•• The visit of the Emperor to Helsingfors was by no means an unexpected one. The Entiperor was ex pected,. back in St. Petersburg by the 30t1 from his Finland trip. . . _ THE SUN, LEiNDORI I MO NDAY rtiriN L 7, 1856 twee used ITALY. NAPLES ; March .31.—During (February) a brief was agreed upon between the Pope and-theainfr,. ftrhas already arrived in Naples, though, it has not vet received the royal exequatur. Tie brief, inti mates to tho btsliops of Sicily that all appeals in cases of matrimony, in certain degrees, instead of , beinc , discussed and decided by the judge of 'the' Tribunal of the Monarchy .of Sicily, are for the future to be carried to Rome. All personal ap peals,,,too, from' the members of religious bodies, as also from the secular clergy, are now to be mach) .- ' to Rome. • • • ¢ 0): ' , THE PEACE VREATY.' • The Opinione of Turin gives the 'following as the, articles of the Peace Treaty 34-- 1. NentraliBation of the:Plack Sea, in which Rus,ia is allowed to ataimtain armed vessels for tho,defenne of the coast. _ - • 2F ITicolaieff to tie reduced`'to' - a coliunerciAl port. • 3. Itussia accepts the consuls ,of foreign poOra, in the_Black Sea, and the 4 ;tYoi-efonstruction of jlimarsund.::7, 5. , Itussia gives up - a pk)ktion of Bessarabia, in.; cludicOrie"fortiess of Is :nail' ,~,..~,x 00° 11 1 10 es the - exclusive proteatclptcl.:a_ihe . - 7. Renounces the "protectorate - of the 'Greek subjects of the Porte. :._1 • 8. The Danube-la open to the fins of all nations. - - • 9 . A commission is to be sent to the Principa lities to.ex.amiae the state of public opinion, and the wants of the country, and to study and fix the `new frontier of Bessarabia. jou M rn r. a J l, o d h i n ed S o te n el s . u p a r d o a p y rie rao tor rxi a iii n g d . ed H ito e r w of as t s h c e ar g o ajZis 3 / t e yep 1.4 of age. !Efie,reporte that reach • St. Petersburg from Simpbe• - roPAPonlplaiu bitterly of the inclemency of the season,_, And the enorti6ulnioes that-provisions - have attained 'there...,- -A pair o f f ow l s that.wou ld i n f orme r t i mes h ave betr.idear at 24 to 30 oopec.., is hardy to be had now for 3 siker. roubles ; aluodred. of eggs, that formerly cost 75 °opens, or one-third :rouble, cost nom- 6 to 7 silver roubles. `T..ITERATURE .. >, ;;. ; THOMAS-MOORE. (num) NOTICE.) Memoirs, srournals, ancf Correspondence. of Thomas Moore ; dite&bY the Right Hen. Lord Russell,'' 11 I 'Vels. I. to VI. Longman and Company,- _ Arrived in London, Torn Moore was very soon indeed the.favourite ;of; the 'fashionablei= and the pet of the petticoats. It mattered little in his in stance, oven in those preposterous days..when H.R.H. George, Pr i tiCe , of Wales, was the •exam ple and the arch-leader of Snobbism Rampant—:- that the yotinglrish„,poet had a father over in Dublin wii&'was'smart shopkeeper. Anaereon Moore, with his sparkling eyes, his .aniMated fea r tures, iris tongue. f fascination, his exhilirating companionship, his wit, his melodious songs trem bling 'or' flashing out - into ; sudden laughter 7 -- carried everything ' before him - in the "great world," as it is called.. (mean, ing the little one)—Bucks Beautiful women'.all?of them dangled after. hins,-. indiscri minately; wondering and bewitched, 'from' his Mat jesty's seryant . the;poor play-actor to the aristo cratic " raT' attendant upon hiS Ro ya l Highness. /kis a strange spectacle enough that motley cori course. traTersed by Moore - -almost . immediately upon his arrival-in the metropolis. The Strangest spectacle ! = As - motley in- its way, nearly, as the crowd grouped by Ilegarth'apeneil in his farnous picture of The Cockpit. ..Blackguards and. Princes jumbled together so very..confusedli that one could hardly tell the Prince from. the Blackguard. Yet Moore co4ived tic.get through the crush someliew triumphantly, without receiving the faintest soil or smutch by his forced. contact with so .mady (to say the le4t.ofthem) "'questionable" reputations; and with only thiS to be regretted hiS regi,rd;- .1 ildw that we Jcp - 15 - 1 - back upon his entrance - into ‘l.life!!,, , thatiiils'lrertebOe (by just, 'of course, the smallest defleathn in the world from the perpen dicular) proved :4 little too supple in— • "Bowing down, and bowing , down"- - according to Charles Mackayos`sareasni,- . . " The way to get on in London town !" Already we have seen how this fell out by the way in reference wire Tafticularly to H. R. H. of Wales, poor little Tom MOore sleekly rubbing hiS hands with a gratified air as ho writes to his "dearest mother" about the Prince's affability in addressing him with: How.do you do Moore? I I,arn glad to see 4p :in ;" And such-like royal small , talk—" buttered thunder," as Mr. Festus Bailey miglif call it, frtun the Jovian 'IiPS High Migfrtiness !' It ; fs plea.'sant to turn from him in his court suit, spindling (rVith a sword between his legs) over the carpets of St. Janies's—and find him erect j and manly in his natural attitude' arid' homelier tire—driving up t - town in a coach with. Ctirran "in au uninterrupted fit 9f laughter all tile way," or dining at Incledon's, and there, getting ',very, great" with Irish- Johnsen, or attending a " beauti-: fel little fête champetre " at Mrs. Siddons's cottage,: or (yet a little biter on) touching in one day, a's he I says himself; "'the two extremes of anorchy and law," dining with Sir Francis Burdett,. and going in the evening to Lord Ellenborough's. What , glimpses we obtain, too, both of small and'iarge • celebrities-•-ineidentallY—as we turn over these pages of garrulous Diary, and gossipping. Correa. ; • pondence ! Here, in 1799, we come,. for example,. • upon big, burly; beastly-old Peter Pindar, not feel , ing at all surprised to find that Moore thinks him. "coarse both 'in mariners and conversation." Here, again, in.,1812,._.we. are, brought, not by, any means for ate_ only time r in these pleasant volumes, face to face with Sir John Steven ' son the Melddist, the exquisite composer, for instance,. of " Oft in' the Stilly Night," who is here said 11 .. ir ;Moore to hay° shown hianSelf "as hojish and para4Oxical: as ever, making, the grave, matter-of-fact grglishinen stare wherever he goes!" At another moment our diarist is recording the fact of his haiing once 'upon a 'time been placed under the tuition, at Trinity Coll e g e , D u bli n, o f ; • he Rev. Biirrewes, author of the celebrated: flash song, " The Night before Larry was stretched" —meaning hanged ! Or awing us with the an-1 - nouncernent of a-visit paid to him in 1799;in Lon- . , don—" by a very - f amous a nd ve ry respeotabl e man," a Mr. Biggin—Moore adding, as lie an nounces the circumstance to dais inother--" By the-bye, it is from him the coffee biggins take their name, and from, them he has taken his Money:" An incident, at once recalling to mind that on iderful fellow whb once introduced, himself te'Dr. ';Johnson with 'afflourish o as the great Twahnley,'', who had invented fiat-irons or some such rubbish l Ar&occurrence, we take it; pretty familiar to every reader of Boswell, and not to be remembered 'w!ithl. out a smile by any one amongst them, even those the least susceptible -to ajoke. Writing from New York in the May of 1804—not long before Napo leon changed his consular fasces into a sceptre, and girt his. brows with the imperial dia dem we find 'Moore writing to his rno ther—" The. 'oddest thi ngs 'I have seen yet are young Bonaparte and his bride"— a note explaining thes4 ;same, odd things to be no other: than M. Jeroine Bonaparte 'and Miss Pattersori the former but just - now happily recovered in 1851}°. from an alarming' illness, and,knOwn and regardect, ;with profound iaterestAar and wide, throughouiA Europe as his Imperial Highness the Prince Jerome. Napoleon. Writing to LAdy:Donegal ayear later in Londo4t YwObserve Moore recording then; in 1/805, that he. likes Rogers'better every tiiio he 'sees him—thatsame Rogers, the - n a man in middle life, having sullived until only the other day, a memorable nonogenariaff remarkablein many Ways, . but in none more remarkable than in that of being' —strangest of '''stang,9 paracloXes !..—a cynical philanthropisti 'HoW wondrously the people Moore .- ;met, too, contrast witkeach.other, 1841 he is; staying at DOunington - Park " in clover," While Monsieur is a guest of My LOrd Moira's,' and, with '.Monsieur, the.Prjnce: , de Conde and the Due de 'Bourbon. Not many..yeara previously he had been-sitting - in-his Dublin- chambers with :poor Robert Emmett, playing,, the piano. Here is a little miniature memento of his, if that account in the was be true ! A. vast w deal more th an " th at " as true in regard to the unparalleled romance of the "Return from Elba" a, deesi of surpassing glory whi:h made Byron w . rAte,..(thuch about the same time) in one, of his Jotters (dated-March,' 1815)—" 1 can forgive the Togne for utterly falsifying every line of , irtine Ode—which I take to be the last and ;uttermost stretch of human magnanimity." No wonder, Tom Moore years before, in a note to his mother, dated November 2, 1805, alluding to the. ;then recent death of Nelson, could exclaim— those two men (Donaparte and he) divided the ',world between them—the land and the water: We . have lost ours meaning our Napoleon. It is amusing; while we turn over these gossiping memoranda jotted down from day to day curreute calamo by the Poot-Fribble, to note with what a ileqe,rous touch of the pencil he dashes down `on the instant'the most life-like portraiture of all soits Ovetfatliable,characters. DO we not at once re cognise the haughty carriage of that head of Grecian beauty, the insolent - curl of those exquisitely chi- Selled lips, the 'flash of those cold grey eyes, the Pride of the noble contour making up the glory of the face of Byron, in. that astounding rev e l a tion made to thethish.Vlelo list .one ..day in 1819, when Lord 13,yron suddenly exclaimed ". What do you thiftik !IV" Wi,Oveare; Moore ? I TRElic tam A DAMNED' TiLire is the man instantane ously before us—with all his pride, all his daring, all his vanity, all, his folly, all his arrogant and audacious impulsiveness. Wordsworth again—what a wonderfully truthful peep we have of him in that brief but all-suffi c i e nt no t e i n Moore's Diary, , Oct. 25th, 1820, " Wordsworth rather dull:!". The very inns—to a T ! A portrait, in three word., full length,' living and breathi n g— a s p ea ki ng 'like ness I " Words Worth rather dull 1" "I see, adds Moore (and the italics aro his o.vn), "be is a than to hold forth c ; and who does not understand the give and take Of Conversation." Two days later, Oct. 27th, hiStouthes the dull fellow up again, thus: is Wordsworth came at half-past eight, aud stopped to brelAfasgt ; Taiked a- pod deal [about 'himself, always]. Spoke .13yroWs plagiarisms,rom', him ; the whole third canto of Ohilde Harold' founded on his style . and sentiments." Ha I Ha the pudent varlet—the miserable prig—Fancy Byron (Ye Godsj),plagiccrising from Wordsworth ! Fancy' Phcebug hollowing new sunbeams from a cuctini her- bed ! Verily, as. Dogberry bath it, " bat:- ble " like this: is—" very tolerable and not to be endure." Turning -to features more pleasant eo look tiptin with-" the mind's'eye" than those of our dull friend Who-- - .-- . . pankts so well the Idiot to his glory One thinks the bard the hero of the story"— turning from the dull solemn egotism of William Wordsworth—it .is agreeable to meet with really attractive beings, such, for example; as Washington Irving or General Lafayette: Lafayette, Moore describes, iii so.m.a.ny words, as c‘.a fine interesting Old man"—and Irving he speaks of as," good-look ing and intelligent-mannered." In Madame de Genlis he finds "a lively little old woman, but by tio means so fantastic a person as 'Lady MOrgan niakes her." Schlegel he sp:.aks Of as appearing him "full aliterary e,oxeolubry." Lavalette he mentions as "a.very gentle, interesting little man." Boissy d'AnglaS shines upon us from his note-book " with his white hair spread out Upon his 'shoul ders' a most' extraordinary fi g ure." B e r es ford, the author of about the drollest book ever penned by Mortal, viz., " The Miseries 'of Human Life," he speaks of, just exactly as we should expect him to be spoken of—i.e., as " a groti- slue-minded person, very amusing." Hear, ton, how it - is he talks of Charles Lamb, dear, old,oquaint, delightful, incor rigible Charles Lamb—Elia to the life Letnftez Charles ,Limb, a Clever fellow certainly ; but full,.f,Of - 'Villainous and abortive puns which he mfioarries of every minute." C. Lamb, he informs Us, 8106 . afterciards told him he had got 1701. for his two years' coUtributions ("Eisays of Elia") to this/:Loitdon. Afetgazin6. - Glancing over a few more pages' of the Diary, what a very odd little memento we come upon about Bryan Waller Proctor, better known by his 110171 de plume of " Barry Cornwall".--of whom-,Moore writes, April 12th, 1823—"`a gentle, amiable-mannered person in very ill health [Barry Cornwall still• living, April, 1856, a grey-beaded but' halo Cbinmissioner de Lunatic° Ipcittirendo, notwithstanding his 33 years' bygone very ill health], which has delayed his mar riage with a Person he has long been in love with ; she, too, an invalid ; and somebody, the other day, described the two lovers supping together at nine o'clock on - water.. gruel." A very different picture to that robust one (not to say that picture of rude, health) delineative of -James Flogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, who " yelled out savagely two or three Scotch songs, and accompanied =the burden of one 'of them by labour ing away ontho bare shoulders of the ladies who sat on each side of him !" Wonderfully miscella neous, indeed, is-the company to which we aro in troduced by Moore, as we follow him tbroug,ll all the vagaries and whimsicalities commemorated in his amusing Diary-Lone' while going behind the scenes of Drury-lane Theatre, where he has " some talk with Kean" then and there playing Sir Giles Overreach=Edroutid Kean already spoken of in an earlier volume as " this ektraordinary phenomenon." At another ,moment (in 1818) being caught ,by the button-hole in the street 'by Taylor, Elltor of The Sun, who, thereupon, tells him this very characteristic anecdote of Sheridan : "When som a 's Re vere charges against Min (relatiug, Tay jar said, to his affair:with Matthews) appeared in the Bath Chronicle ; he called upon Woodfall, the printer of the L s i hronicle, a , ,d requested him to insert them, in order that they might gain universal circulation, and that his an , wer ' wh;cb.. be meant soon to prepare,, might be uu• derstood as universally. Woodfall complied with his request, but the :refutation never was written ; so that • the rumour was !by this means spread, and•his indolence prevented him from ever supplying the antidote." As most happily illustrative of the kind of life led by Moore in his best days, when in London, take this record of the 23d of May, 1828, when be was mtat, forty-Dine, a` date he signalises, by the Way, as "Dot a bad d4y, altogether."' Here it' is - , L."Waltei Scott, Rociers, and Chantrey at break-. fast ; music andMisslailey at luncheon ; dinner bt Lausainifie Honse, .with the Venus of Canova efore my eyes [remember, he'had kissed the band and felt the foot of thd original l], and Sontag in. the evening.? To which le adds, "Taking it with all its et ee'eras.of genius, beady, feeling, and Magnificence; no other country but England could furnish out such a day." So that our dear little parlandet; after all, ,was very John-Bullish in his prejudices' ! And so too, again, in his instance, the divine Ipvxn of _the Poet, roving from flow k er,l 74.; flower, from sweet to sweet, sipping the 4,614 of, , adulation, ancl baskin„on 'the sunshine of popti-.. larity, lived thegay life of the butterfly. THE IRISH CAMILLE DESMOULINS.. "Ile was alto4ether a noble fellow, and as full °lima igination and tend4ness of heart asof manly daring, Ile used freqeently to sit by me at the pianoforte while I !played over the airs from Bunting's collection ; and -I ;remember orici (la . y when we were thus employe I, his ,starting up as if ftom a reverie - while Lives playing the spirited air ' Let Erin remember the Day,' amid exclaisn'f !ing pas,siona,tely, ' Oh, that I ' , were at the head ol 'twenty tbousanci . nien unarchine• to that • ' ' " . ,, Alr. - Several years later we come upon Moore's sketet , of an EngiishaVmagogne—Sir Francis Burdett= whom he defines ac " a moat amiable man,"'witti _ -, "something parti cu l ar l yattaching iu hismanner"— • . Old Glory ! can we - believe it o f hi m ? when Moore Journal of Adventures with the Briti s h A rmy. By : . adds,—" his gentl eness and almost bashfulness G. Cavendish -;Taylor, late 93th Regiment. forming such a co n t rast to the violenee•of his pub- 2 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. he career." .A 'glimpse of calm home-life in - the j This work possesses many qualifications which midst of i the turbulence of demagogy, reminding shout)/ cause it to be widely circulated and generally ;one of Rbbespierre's slacking oran•,;es.placidly over popular. It is remarkable as being the production the workshcip ofthe Paris carpenter. - • • --' ''' of a military amateur ; that is t o say , o f an officer Already we have not e d M oore ' s ment io tro f his ;who had recently quitted the 'army, and who went having caught a glimpse,to the Crimea simply to ' obtain information. The at New York, of yOung Jerome Bonaparte—in - 1819 we. volumes before us chiefly consist of a diary written find at Viter bo, gazing with interest at the,"liandsome &Pe" of jon the spot from time to time. He has tried, he Lucien Btsnaparte, the recusant brother of (thethAn tells us, to write of things as they are, and has not still living but exiled) Napoleon. ArriVed at 'Rome distorted facts in ord e r t o ma k e hi s i n f orma ti on soon afterwardg he iB., amused . with an interview more agreeable. This book is written in a fair and with the lovely ,Sister of the ' Gallic Caasar, the open spirit, without any of that prejudice and par- V enus o f c a , fl o a - oth • Pauline 3 otherwise, Princess ~. j Borghese, lifc Bonaparte —a "fine creature in her this kitid,. ~ -He 'makes no attacks. Upon • inclivi ,, way,' says' the fastidiotie Celtic Anacreon, to whoin duals, though; he totally ' condemns the culpable j • the Borgluik cf Showed her .beautiful little hands' mismanagefrient which produced stieh deplorable , .—whiehXsitith ' Moore, with a reliSh), " I had the results. Pio -the very commencement the same' ;honour of kissing_ tWice," adding, anil From • " let Want of method was observed : me feel her foot, which is matchless." 0 .those " For the reception of the troops soon to arrive some Bonapartes —creatures formed, one might say, conipenint) gener a l should have boon out there, at least - out of the red -earth of. -Mesopotamia I 'What_ tw u o lin n t l e o , n , t \ h vi - i b e t f h o e r e l , saol. locality, s t t o h o give u him ot ry , t time to t e b become a people e he was-Irst'afitaiii Basil.l - 1911 remarked about the ?red to deal with ; e a e nsi Y with fell power and authority to Bonaparte , yhen he saw him at St. Helena! mak, every requisite provision for- the reception of - our —that ill& skin of his - ho e - was "of that 'infi:. army. nicely b eant i ful delicacy: ' and ' finenesS that it As it was. ono cold, snowy morning, the 14th of April, , '• . seemed in lts texture l ess like flesh. than like soma. being Good Friday, a large steam was unexpect e dl y rare seen to enter the, Bosphorus, no one knew what sho w as Parian marble !At ,52 -too ft years of age f —aer. or where from; brit her decks were covered with wonder: .etteit ittlifivlL-ndli the fainteat tracery of one single sing soldiers, for whieh no barrack accommodation or c u m_ wrinkle p 4 i the; face.; : not one . silvered ' hair' missariat arrangements had yet been made. :It Was . the among the?ddrie.silken "Chesnut' ! ' What tales Moore' Himalaya, with .General Adams and staff; a n d th e 33 , 1 tell . .. . . • s, more 4nd ,there - in . his Diary; of the a l _' nts-on- hoard, -When the general a ' . h. re , lia was' to go -or what to d do e some ;wonder- wor king Nap6leon I , 'At -One moment a time elapsed _before_ _any responsible person could e b: .eompanion anecdote to the old classic legend of the found. The large barracks at Scutari had been assigned if 'alarm vehis ! To wit--" When Napoleon was to us by the: Turks, but they wore -still full of Turkish , I:ribarkipg.; rom,;Ellsa ;his four 'hundred . veterans. soldiers: • '', _wished 'tfi'te '&beard'the same shit) with ,hira.'' ~3 The same story which aroused so much indignation but the cap t a i n of the vessel -remonstrated _ wit h two winters ago, the same old story of suffering tirn and said, that if the re came th e s li g ht e st breath and neglect is reiterated he re i n - a ll its..,ehief lea of wind, they would upset'-with so many on boa_ rd; tures, chronicled on the•spotitself on the authority and that heinifsrt at most take -but half • of the I of an eye-witness. Thus, writing on Novensiber : :guard ; up on ' w hi c h Bonaparte answered; II Percy 3 d , 18a4, , lit, says of th e c l ot hi ng of t h e • troops :•••—• beau ; aqd. 01- (1?..itl that all should aceompany hirn.?. "Therein a great falling off in. the appearance of our sot- With what" niiractilons. consequences afterwards,' diers. i T t he French exhibit a great contrast to us. Of course the world knovte—in the record of that bloddless their well, c .m o d hi t ti li g te show-. wear anct theyfi l h a e n Y d i e e ci )l in n T a u r r i k Y e a'3 tear, 'u t t et t, and meteoric: reconquest of au empire, of which' „ Even ‘4 he.t /11 _prka a 7 T : il lort i - je c i l ' otees.t for rough work than Tom Mocirennen the Very merrow of it . (March . oat' men. = Thefigregt coats are thick, warm, and service :l7, 1 815) writesAhtle amazedly to Lady Donegal able; while our s are thi n , ma de of most rotten materials, !" What do you: think now .of my• supernatural- l and gnito inadequate for keeping men warm in snow or friend tho Emperor ? If ever tyrant deserved to be winter weather." 'worshipped it is ho Milton's . Satan is nothing to Again on Jan. 2d : - him for portentous magnificenee—for sublimity of I " From every one coming down from Balaklava one mischief ! If that account in the papers be true,_ hears different accounts as to what .is going on; but all ho ' army is n as 'wretched of his driving'down in his carriage like lightning. : 8 ' r c e o e il 'Yana l ha c t- an t be , and the i daily average of ,towards the royal artny embattled against him, ' sick I l di f t!o s a t ~. .f a r l sc rol i sing. At ' Balaklava there is plenty. bareheaded, unguarded, in, all the confidence of ire,., of warm ClOtliing J' -'and - some nuti; but from wrong :resistibility—itis a fact far more sublime than any management they have not yet got them . up to the camp. that •fietion - has:ever iniented, and lam not at all The French, on thQ other ban . d, are partially hutted and snug, with a be?datice . c , f provisions. . French countess surprised at the dumt-foundsd fascination that . d merle s, 'and she said the other day—. In staying at! M seizes people at such daring. For my rart I could . 1 Was in England sett are very rich, and you buy expensive lain fancied that Rite herseifiyao in that car ,age," 1 lazoriee and and them out to your troop', but they do not get thnt n France, we are not so'rich—we buy common things for our soldiers, and they do get them and that is what makes the difference.' " A French officer said to the writer, " Your army is magnificerit—officers and soldiers are first rate: — but your staff is.good for nothing, and the men are now perishing from their inability and neglect." On, the 29th of March,-1855, the -author writes- - 1 in his note-book, without further comment, ," " Green coffee is served out to this day, to 'the men at Scutari." The author renders frequent tes timony tc, the accuracy and utility of Mr. Russell's information. It would be absurd, he says,,to say that every detail is correct, but that in such a mass of, writing there should be so little that can be dis proved, he Considers inarvellpits. , The publiCity given by the newsp a p ers t o the sufferings 'of , the army, at the time, he considers was of most essen tial service. It is unfortunately but too evident since, that nothing was afterwards done to bring the offenders to justice. He ridicules the idea of the papers giving information to the enemy, for he says the Russians need hardly have procured in forrnation of what took place in our camp three 'Weeks later, when they could have, it in a few hours by means of their own spies, who, it is no torious, go in and out of the camp without diffi culty. The following passage is an effectual an swer to thOse Who deny the hardships the army had to endure. • There also some gentlemen who insist that the se' counts published in the papers of the hardships suffered by the army during the winter are not only much exaggerated, but in many instances false. They contend also that such sufferings as were experienced are inseparable from w inter campaigns. These gentlemen were living during that time in comparatively good quarters, passed every night in bed, and were not exposed to fire or weather.' They were either well-fed by their generals, or had plenty of money at their command to buy any luxury or necessary at any price, no' matter how exorbitant ; and as they never stirred out except when, they could not help it, and then never went far, they were ignorant of what took place. Know• ing nothing themselves, and doubting what they heard and read, they were not likely to give much information to their superiors. "I do not believe that the papers cont a i ne d the beet exaggeration. Th e wonder is—not that the men died during winter, bat that any of there survived IL" The writer also severely censures the culpable .neglect that left the heights of Inkerman unde fended. ' 1 A few days before the battle, some empty barrels were made to serve as gabions, and filled with earth, and a Jort of parapet formed by putting sods of turf on the low , wall, which had been erected soon after the first arr i va l o f the division. I was present white it was being done, and I 'heard the staff-officer, who was superintending the work, and who was afterwards killed ridicule it, and call it Ideibert's' Folly.' Subsequent events pretty plainly shOwal that it was no folly at all ; and this breastwork, 'alt ouch . paltry , in -it•elf, still did good service • and Colonel Herbert—or whoever caused it to be done- - mOde it'as strong as the means in his power would per' itnit him to do. I have heard engineer officers say that they used frequently to represent the unprotected state . of our Right; and - many have said that sir De Lacy Evans and • the Duke of Cambridge used, (1 5 1 after day, to go to head -quarters, and beg that something might be done to fortify it, but all to no purpose, and that they were even laughed at; so I cannot but think ' that there must rest the blame. Defensivertworks thought to be unnecessary. Directly after the battle a strong work was thrown up with(' ridge, and armed with three iron 18-pounders, and three 8-inch howitzers. Had this been done before, we might have repulsed the Rug; iians with small loss to ourselves ' for they n e v er eenki, have established their artille r y on the opposite ridge,SPa there would have been little danger of their breaking int° the camp at that point." The author's opinion of the Turks is a very 10 1 ' one ; he has scarcely a word to say' in their favour, though he frequently remarks on their treachery, =, peculation, &c. _ln fad, be records it,as his opinion. that, in defending Constantinople, our aim s hould be less "to keep the . Turks in than to keep the ; Russians out." He censidera that it will be news' sary for the Allies to keep an army of occupation in Constantinople for some time, to insure the carry' ing out.of the•proposed reforms. The writer was among the few English who walked about and plan' dered Sebastopol, according to a vow of long stand' ing, which be began to fear would never be fulfilled. He deserved some peculiar reward for his persever - • ante, for he says that though hundreds of amateurs went out for longer or shorter periods none mained so long or lived so.much in the camp as be did.. ~He, appears to have been 'especially fortunat e also in immunity from accidents or illness, as be tells us *that "most of the Volunteers in this caul' paign have come to grief. Whether they cony menced as civilians or as volunteers from other re' giments not engaged in the war, with. few, aver tions,. they have either died, been killed, or severely wounded." Full details of the battles are give); though they are so well known that comment would be strpertinous.. Among the many books that have been Written on the subject, few have given a more forcible and impartial narrative of the events of the - war, or shown forth more clearly the confusion and suffering occasioned by official mismanagement' The easiness and simplicity with which it is written 'will attract many to whom technical terms and dr $ scriptions would be unintelligible. On the whole, ' therefore, it may safely be ranked among the most successful works on the campaign. DESTRUCTIVE, FIRE 41', WEST" COWES. • , (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.). COWES, APRIL 6. • About, 8 o'clock on. Saturday evening a fire was dise covered in the joiners' shop of Messrs. White's dockyard at West C,)wes, in or tear . the chip-hole. In a Teri ( few minutes the fi re b urs t t h rough the sides and roof the building. The dock fire engine and the two belong' t log to 'the town were got to work with as little delay a • possible, lout the bu il di ngs b e i ng wooden ones, and fu ll of timber, paint, &c.• ' all the efforts th a t cou ld be roads • had no effect, and the hose of the engines were therefore I turned on the ships building its the yard. At 9 o 'clock, there appeared t o b e h ar d ly a chance of saving any 12' them, nor those in the adjoining building-yard, belong' mg to Mr. Hansen, and the lone, Royal yacht sc hooner of 75 tons, which was on his patent slip repairing, was then launched. There was such an immense qua utitf of timber and piles of deals and planks in the-yard tke t the engines c ou ld no t b e got i sto the most desirati! positions ; add to which the wind was blowing strot% directly feem the burning buildings on to the ships, that it is perfectly a miracle that not only the whole of tek° ships and mortar vessels, but the gun-boat and steamer , were not destroyed ; i n d ee d that Hansen ' s shipyare,' with the w or k s h ops o f the Messrs. White and the ir . I welling-houses bad not fallen a prey to the flames, ship of 800 tons, in frame, building for w London firm , was rep:atedly on fire, and she is rnuehimmit amidships. The fire was greatly subdued bill o'Clock, about which time a large fit wai brought' down from NLIC: port: .4 . ,,,„11..H w n, Esq., the mayor of N ew p or t, an d largebody of firemen, came down with it. Mr, Mom re . bibs Cowes agent for the Unity Fire-office, had had large coach-boat got ready for" the engine, into which IV.' was immediately taken, and as it was high water it wag hauled round under the stern of the ship, and efficiently played on her. The' fire was not wholly got under he: fore 4 o'cloCk. ' At 6 o'clock the Echo, Government steamer, arrived from Portsmouth with four fire-enginegems. The fire was distiectly seen ... from Portsmouth and the neighbouring towns. The damage done is caleulatel, at between 4,0001. and 5,0001, The buildings an" Stook destroyed -are fully insured in ths Sun rm.. office. The ship is insured in the Unity, and the amotow of damage done . to her may probably be about 300/. 4 . The joiners and other workmen will be very serione sufferers, .from the quantity of their tocis that, are de w strayed; and very few, if any, of them are ,, iiisUrea.„ There are probably 100 men so unfortunately situated , when for a few Shillings a/ear thiy might home insured their ialuable articles, which now it will take them years" to replace. - - - Several men fell overboard in the confusion, but Sustained only a wetting. A_young ma,„ ll- r named Harris h a d some o f hi s r ib s b roken by a p l an ' ' falling on him. It is wonderful that many serious accv, dents did not happen to the men, who employed theta' selves throwing down the burning scaffolding connect' ing the ship with the burning workshops, the plank° forming which being at the time on fire. Mr. John Whit ' , the head of the firm, was in London with his family. Mr. Robert White was in the yard all night, most efficiently directing the men in the working " of the engines, and he was ably assisted' by the work' men, tradesmen, police, and the troops from East Cowes and from Parkhurst Barracks. The commander and crew of the Stag, revenue cutter, rendered good service* THE- POI;TE_VTOUS SILENCE. On Wednesday Count Walewski gave a grand dinner to the Members of the. Congress, the Diplomatic Corps' and, the French Cabinet. .At the dessert he announced bis intention to propose a toast with a peculiar solemniti of manner. In a short speech, he said that be d r ank to the duration of the Peace they had just Signed, howl' liatiog to none, honourable to all. Tbe toast wits drunk , out no one spoke. The company looked at Lord Cla' rendon—he was silent. They looked at Count Orloff he waei silent. About this famous Peace all k ept their peace: The effect must have been like that which Scott describes in the'" Antiquary " at Steenie's funeral, when Elspeth•gives the horrit.ing toast, " Often may we bat , udi merry meetings." Paris has been full of specula' tion as to the portentous' silence following the toast' Was , it any one's ' , witless to speak ?. Perhaps not. Or who, was to speak first, if responsee were due ? Or wall it that the task• was too difficult ? When little Isaac &AB Carlos to eay something civil to Duenna, he observe` —" Faith, h aac , y our mistress is difficrilt to comp* meat." And perhaps each member of the Congress felt this sort of perplexity, and that the least said 'was soonest mended. Pericles said of women, that silence was• their best ornament, and this fair Peace may, like the sex, be s e t o ff to the best advantage when nothing is said about it. We admire the discretion of Coun!- Walewski's guests. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof, and when the time comes that the Peace must be talked of, there will be no peace, and tben bow mwmoo? will 'be-regretted - the safe silence of Count Walewski' o table.—Boxrminr, Prefe s ssor Owen has been recommended by the tall' tees of the British Museum to the Government for the poet of Chief of the Natuiat Hiatory Department in 0. 6 Institution. y .,~~ ..1•..................... i 0 1 COMI Btx Tvia 1 eonsoi bitto Oitt _ r. i ' AIU