The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

JISATRE 'LOYAL, DRUBY•LAFE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced IL TROVATORE, or the Gipsy's Vengeance. Lucy Escatt, Miss canny Huddart, Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Henri Drayton, Mr. Durand. To elnlltide with A Grand Ballet Divertissement entitled THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. Miss Lees, Mr. Tanner, and the numerous Corps de Ballet. An engagement having been formed with Mr. and Mrs. FLORENCE, from the United States, these celebrated artistes will have the honour of making their first appearance In England on Monday, April 28th, in one of their most popular natiorialJOomedierttas. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. After which, Er, GAMBUATNO ; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In which PEREA NENA and the Spanish Dancers wily appear. Followed by GRIIISUAW, 1 3AGSIIA.W, AND ERADSITANV. To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the ilanagement of Yfr. CnAsr.ss ICEAre. TUTS EVENING, THE FIRST PRINTER. To be followed by THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPRI. Propriator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. q' THIS EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs, B. Webster, Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Garden Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. After which, URGENT ERIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING STTLL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though eTeeslively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled • ME DISCREET PRINCERi ; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. 1.,' which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, an I Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SU'lltEY TITEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswlok. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON, Followed by S tRAW3 YOUNG MAN. To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL KARYLEBONE THEATRE. EVENING, for one night only, the great ActresP, Miss cURTIM AN, in her great character of Romeo. Juliet, Miss Anderton. Miss Cushman's last appearance in London, for a lengthened period. The performances will commence with ROMEO AND JULIET. After which, THE HAUNTED INN. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls ; Gallery, ed. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHFATRE. Lessee and Manaler. Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Complimentary BENEFIT ef WILLIAM COOKE, under Vie immediate patronage, and honoured by the presence, of the Right lion. the Lord Mayor. Reproduction of Lord Byron's MA ZEPI'A and the WILD HORSE. The SCENES in the CIRCLE, with Miss Kate Cooke and Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with a Drame introducing ENGLAND'S HARVEST HOME and NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. Box-ollice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director, Mr.• W. Cooke, jun. EMMA STANLEY'S " SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Eventngperfomances as usual, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and F'idays, at 1 3 o'clock. Admission—Back Seats, Is.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. 'um WATER. AT LO VDON BRIDGE. TAM DAY—Morn. 2 min. aft. 3—Evening 19 min. aft. 3 Tn-liolutow-7iforn. 32 min. aft. 3 —Evening 43 min. aft. 3 THE WF.A_THER.—Sux Omen, Apitit 22. THItIINOMETER, IN TUX 5111.131 L 59 -hirrbest sfneo noon yesterday. 47 -'ov►est this mdrning and during the night. 56 -tbl4 dam at noon. BAROMETER, 30'06—falling. WIND, E.S.E.—Light, with dull weather. •.* , ,§3,/,31 LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1856. Considerable doubts have from time to time been expressed, both in Parliament and by some of the public journals, respecting the policy of the invasion of the Crimea and the attack on Sebas topol. It has been positively asserted that the movement was made without the privity or assent of Austria ; that the Cabinet of Vienna had at the very moment arranged to take an active part in the operations of the War by an advance of a large body of troops on the Russian frontier, which would inevitably have included the Russo- Polish territories within its scope ; and that the course then adopted was the real cause of the Austrian tergiversation and backsliding. On the first part of this case we shall express no opinion. Our contemporary has usually ex cellent information, and would not be inclined to put forward a distinct and po sitive statement without prima facie evidence of its accuracy, and we fully concur in its views o 2 the treachery of the then Government of Eng land. It was, in fact, the deliberate determina tion of Lord ABERDEEN, and the colleagues whom he had contrived to place at the head of all the departments connected with the management of the War, that no real injury should be inflicted on Russia. The " dear and excellent" Premier would not hurt his "friend of forty years' standing," who had been betrayed into the pre mature development of his intentions by the ad vent to office of the Joint-stock Administration. A demonstration was all that was ever contem plated, which it was hoped would have induced. the AUTOCRAT to postpone the administration of the sick man's assets to a more convenient season. But we cannot believe that Austria would, under any circumstances, have acted with good faith or straightforward in tegrity, or that she would have taken any step that might have committed her to hostilities with her quondam friend and benefactor, or by any possibility have conduced to the benefit, perhaps the resuscitation, of much-wron ge d and deeply, injured Poland ! That she might have held out hopes to that effect is by no means improbable. That she might have endeavoured to procrastinate, and to per- suade the Allies not to besiege the Russian strong hold is very likely. We are prepared to lend an easy credence to any degree of duplicity and in sincerity that may be alleged against that treach- emus and selfish Power. But nothing could have led to her drawing the sword against a for- midable enemy. She would only be valiant in tyrannising over and oppressing - those who could offer no serious resistance. It would have been well if, front the beginning and at, the first symptoms of indecision, the Allied Powers had altogether ignored her existence, and treated her as they were subsequently obliged to do Prussia. tcad the British Ministry been in earnest at that time, when Louis NAPOLEON had no recent dynantic considerations to influence his conduct, th a W ar would. have been brought to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion. But it was " starved" under the " penny-wise -and-pound- foolish" financial administration of Mr. GLAD- sioNz ; and =tbe motbid seatimentality that spared Odessa i and strove to wage a rose-water contest, IRE R MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- I t is respectffilly announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE will RE-OPEN early in May. Engalements of great interest have been effected both in Opera and, Ballet, and the best exertions used to make the arrangements worthy of the occasion. The prospectus will immediately appear. without dread of penal consequences, and worship his CREATOR in the manner which in his soul and conscience he deems most suitable, without being subjected to any disability, save one— and that of the most vexatiou3 character, He may be prevented from contracting a marriage calculated to insure his own happiness, and to greatly benefit his orphan children ; and this, although satisfied that it is not prohibited by the law of GOD, and that, if he possesses wealth sufficient to leave the country for a tem- purary residence abroad, the matter ou which his heart is set, may be legally effected. It is a cruel, an iniquitous law, and the more so, because it affects the poorer classes, while their wealthier brethren can break through its paltry trammels. We trust that justice may at length be rendered to these long-suffering and much-wronged persons, and not merely to them, but to their innocent children, who may be deprived of their rightful in heritances, by the infamous enactment. It must be remembered that the advocates for the abolition of these unjustifiable restrictions do not seek to coerce the consciences of any man or body of men. They merely demand that those who see nothing wrong in these unions should -- have permission to act in accordance with their own conscientious views; and that demand, being based on equity and justice, must ultimately prevail. The following is a brief abstract of the provi sions of the bill introduced by Lord ST. GEE MAINS, and the second reading whereof will, we trust, be carried on Friday evening, viz.:— I.—The first Clause repeals so much of any Act or Acts of Parliament as prohibits such Afar- riages. 2.—The second Clause provides that no such Marriage which has been, or shall hereafter be, celebrated at any time or place, shall be void or voidable by reason of the affinity of the parties ; and that, for the future such Marriages maybe lawfhlly celebrated before a Registrar, under the Act known as 6 and 7 William IV. cap. 85. 3.—The third Clause excepts a Marriage of this-description, contracted during the subsistence of a previous Marriage of either of the parties ; any such Marriage followed by a valid Marriage of either of the parties during the life of the other ; and any Marria ge di sso l ve d b y sen t ence of a competent Court. 4.—The fourth Clause protects all rights which have accrued under the existing state of the law, up to the time of the passing of the Act. s.—The fifth clause confirms all judicial, ad ministrative, executory, and trust proceedings. 6 . —Th e sixth Clause relates to the solemnisa tion of such Marriages by Clergymen of the Church of England, and provides that they shall not be required to solemnise such Marriages, nor be exempt fro m ecclesiastical censure if they do. 7.—The seventh Cl ause provides that neither of the PARTIES to such marriage shall be liable to an y censure or punishment. B.—The eighth Clause excludes Scotland from the operation of the Bill. It is now certain that the Chancellor of th e Exchequer intends to give the go-by to the Cur rency question; and, if permitted to do so, to place it on the shelf for the remainder of the session. The Right Honourable Gentleman has apparently taken a leaf from the book of one of his prede cessors, and pursues the tactics of Sir CHARLES WOOD immediately after the supensiou of the Bank Chatter Act in October, 1847. It is quite clear that he will do nothing, unless the pressure from that recognised the assassins who perpetrated ithe sanguinary massacre at Sinope as magnani- I mous enemies—with whom there might be a copi ous interchange of courtesies ; as if the battle , was to be gained by " booing, and booing, and booing," without any exhibition of the rougher qualities more becoming the soldiers and seamen of England and of France. Had there been an honest intention to injure or humiliate the adversary, a decisive attack on Sebastopol would have been the very best course that could be adopted. But there was no such intention. The necessary preparations were not made for the purpose. Nothing could possibly have been achieved with the existing materials save by a sudden coup de main while the enemy were still depressed and panic stricken by their unexpected defeat at the Alma. But that was cautiously avoided, and there were not, and Mr. GLADSTONE took care that there should not be, adequate means for conduct ing a protracted siege. Hence the calamities that occurred, the fearful loss of life among the Allied forces, and the protracted resistance of the Rus sian stronghold. But these were matters for which the Aber deenites were chiefly, if not altogether, responsible. They had contrived to secure for their own party a monopoly of the offices connected with the Administration of the War, and, as is unfortunately but too no torious, they took their inspiration from a quar ter, that would neither hurt Russia nor oppose the dictates of Germanism, however unpalatable to the country or injurious to its best interests. Hence the misconduct that aggravated tenfold the evils of the War, and hence, we fear, the dic tation that led to its "most lame and impotent conclusion." On Friday next another attempt will be made to obtain tardy justice for many families, who, although truly described as "of religious and moral character," have been driven into opposition against a tyrannical and oppressive law—one of the last and most intolerable remnants of the systematic attacks on the civil and religious liber ties of the subject. On that day the Earl of ST. GERMAIN; who has displayed great zeal and efficiency in his management of the important and interesting subject, will bring forward the second reading of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, for the purpose of legalising marriage with the sister or niece of a deceased wife. We need scarcely refer to the number of times that measures of a similar cha racter have obtained the sanction of the represen tative branch of the Legislature, or how frequently the well-founded expectations of the parties in terested, have been defeated by the Fabian policy resorted to by its bigoted opponents. We need not explain how the advocates for restriction on the most sacred and inestimable privilege of free men, have been driven step by step from the theo. logical grounds adopted in the first instance, and how they have been compelled to acknowledge that there is no express or inferential Scriptural injunction against the practice recognised in every Protestant country, and only requiring a dispen sation in Catholic States. The question now stands on a doubtful and, we may add, obsolete Canon of the Church of England--which is not assented to by a large number of the most eminent and enlightened Prelates and Clergy of the Establishment. How then can the large and rapidly-increasing body of Dissenters—who see no possible objection to such connexions—be bound by what they ex pressly repudiate 7 In other respects the demon of intolerance has been banished from the Island. A man may now avow his religious convictions without can no longer be resisted. His sole ob ject is to " tide over" the difficulty, without corn milting himself or the Cabinet of which he is a member, until the operation of the monetary cycle shall restore temporary ease to the money market, reduce the rate of interest to reasonable proportions, and induce the industrious classes to remain contented, although the sword of DANIOCLES is still suspended over their heads, and until a more fearful calamity than any which has yet occurred - has aroused the nation from its extraordinary apathy and indifference. It is said that "familiarity breeds contempt." Those liv ing in the neighbourhood of Vesuvius will dance and carouse although unequivocal indications of a coming eruption are manifested. Miners will cast aside their safety lamps, notwithstanding the undoubted presence of the terrible choke-damp, and, in like manner, our merchants and manufac turers are willing to enter into contracts, which, in consequence of the state of the monetary code, become gambling speculations, rather than legiti mate commercial transactions. They see persons engaged in the same line of business as themselves periodically involves' in bankruptcy and ruin. They behold families reduced from comfort and happiness to all the miseries and privations, incidental to pinching poverty. They know that those who have been so fortunate as to weather the storm in these frequent trials have . been compelled to submit to the most serious losses, and yet they are contented to go on, plucking the roses that grow at the side of the crater, without thinking of the terrible penalty that must one day be paid for the in dulgence. way," and that way will not be wanting if those who have hitherto suffered only prove themselves to be earnest and resolute in their determination. Among those things which every one interested in the stability of our colonial dominion must especially desire, the judicious development of the resources of our Indian Empire cannot but occupy a prominent place. Though stripped of those Illusions with which stories of princely spectacles, dazzling in their barbaric splendour,, and ofre turned nabobs, as much oppressed with a plethora of wealth as of bile, bad invested her—lndia is still a glorious appendage to the British Empire. To wide-spread plains of approved fertility, and exhaustless stores of mineral treasures, she adds— what other colonies only give a promise of here after—armies of docile native labourers prepared to work them at the cheapest rate, and through that working presents the prospect of a field for commercial enterprise at home, 'hich the most ardent longings should be satisfied with. The countless millions of India, possessed of the means which labour, directly and indirectly, bestows, to indulge their inclinations for the little luxuries 6f life which in Europe pass for necessaries—how suggestive the thought of increasing wealth and prosperity at home. BERLIN, APRIL 20. Paris. To a consummation so devoutly to be wished for, a grand railway system, as we have previously shown—in addition to the canals, bridges, and roads now in existence, or to be constructed—is essentially necessary ; and it is, therefore, with much satisfaction We learn from tie best authori ties that the trunk lines now in coarse of construc tion is making satisfactory progress, and that dif ficulties of a most formidable nature have been surmounted by engineering skill. On the 9th inst. it was stated by Mr. STEPHENSON, at a sumptuous banquet given at the Albion to Mr. JAMES BERKELY, the Chief Resident Engineer of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company, on the occasion of his return to India, that having, brOught the line to the Ghauts, in the west of India, Mr. BERKELY had conceived a plan by which these formidable ascen;s might be scaled—a plan so feasible, as to elicit his (the speaker's) warmest admiration. This difficulty overcome, and the reader may form some idea of its nature when he is told that the Ghauts present greater engineering diffi culties than either the passage of she Semmering to Trieste, or the Giovi Incline between Lida and Genoa nothing seems to stand between 013 desired end in the shape of insuperable natural obstacles. Whit remains is perseverance on the part of the railway capitalists, and a fair conside ration of the Claims of railway enterprise on the part of the Indian Government. That such per severance will be displayed is a matter of cer tainty ; and from the countenance already given by the Indian Government, we have but little apprehension that the required encouragement will be withheld. No fewer than 1,450 miles of main line have been laid out in India under Government sanction, and of these 800 miles, in cluding the Ghaut inclines, have been conceded to the Peninsular Railway Company for imme diate construction, and the company, at the pre sent moment, having finished 90 miles, has 220 more in a state of rapid progression. Native labour, as we have already intimated, is forth coming in abundance, and, under judicious treat ment, the native labourer seems likely to emu late the example of his European brethren, as do the Sepoys that of the Imperial troops. In this fact there is cause far hearty congratulation to all who look forward, from whatever motive, to a prosperous future for India. Let us hope that the Indian Government may prove equal to the mighty responsibilities now resting upon it, and do what lies in its power towards the full development of the Indian railway system. ' That accomplished, there will be little cause of appre hension from Russia ; and with the ability to pour down the strength of the empire on the in vader will come the reduction of much military expenditure, and the direction of the class which furnishes eur Sepoys to a more peaceful and re munerative employment. The moneyocracy are well aware of this extra ordinary weakness. They strive, when the public mind has been unusually excited—when the trad ing population find that the fruits of their indo mitable exertions are diverted from their legiti mate channels, and that their profits are absorbed in the enormous charges for the indispensable pecuniary accommodation, to postpone this die cussion ; and this Fabian policy, having invariably proved successful, is again resorted to. But will those who are so deeply interested in the result sanction this pettifogging and disreputable course —will they admit the specious pretext that in the middle of April, almost before Parliament has settled down steadily to its work—it is "too late" to do anything, or to hope to make any great progress in an inquiry of the kind ? If they do so they may at once relinquish the hope of ever ob taining relief from any grievance, however flagrant. They will always find red-tapist Professors pre pared to assure them that the question is either " unseasonable and premature," or too late for the application of an efficient remedy. The great question at issue between the advo cates of monetary restrictions, the currency " pro tionists" and the free-traders in money, is whether it is capital or currency that is wanting. "Mer cator," himself—the " high financial authority" of the Times —or, in ether words, Lord OVER - STONE, the real author of the Bank. Charter, has put forward that plea, and his disciples cannot complain if issue be joined in the question se lected by their chosen leader. lie has declared that " changes in our currency laws, or flucta tions in the amount of our paper issues, can neither increase nor diminish the amount of capi tal." We fully concur in that view of the case —which is decisive in favour of the Currency Reformers. It cannot for a moment be supposed that capital has been suddenly annihilated, that the accumulated and realised property of the nation—its millions and tens of millions of horses, oxen, cows, pigs, and sheep—its "dirty acres," and well-constructed dwelling- houses, and mag nificent buildings, public and private, its railways, implements of husbandry, shipping, furniture, ornaments of art, agricultural produce, manufac tures, merchandise, and all the other results of accumulated labour, could be destroyed in a mo ment. if such were the case we should be poor indeed, and no issue of paper money nor abun dance of bullion could produce a remedy. The grievance would be one of substance, not of form, and we should submit with the best possible grace to the inevitable evil. But the Timms itself, while adopting the arguments of " Mercator," tells us that we are the richest country in the world, that the sums expended in the recent War are a mere trifle compared to our extraordinary and elastic resources. -It has been, in fait, scarcely one per cent. on the actual wealth of the country, to say nothing of the thews and sinews of its in habitants, and the power of creating new capital if all we possessed had really been destroyed. ARRIVAL OF LORD CLARENDON IN LONDON.--Lord Clarendon arrived at Dover in her Majesty's steamer Vivid from Boulogne at 3.35 p.m. yesterday, and, after a brief stay at the Lord Warden Hotel, proceeded to town by a special train at 4.34 p.m. His lordship was warmly received by the spectators who had assembled to witness his arrival. The King of Naples is said to look with intense sus picion on the Anglo-Italian Legion now at Ma!tad Sir Augustus and Lady Elizabeth Clifford will enter tain at their house at Ryde, during the naval review, the Earl of Burlington and Lady Louisa Cavendish, Lord Raysham, M.P., Lord Althorp, the Hon. Charles and Lady Catherine Cavendish, the Hon. F. Leveson Gower, Mr. Richard Cavendish and the Duke of Leeds. Capt. and Lady Bertha Clifton have arrived at Cla ridge's Hotel. Colonel and Mrs. Petrie Waugh and family have arrived at Cainpden House, Kensington, from Branksea Castle, Dorsetshi re The Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Count de Neuilly, and the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, arrived at the Midland Hotel, Derby, on Thursday night, from London. On Friday morning their royal highnesses took their departure en route for Chatsworth. The French expedition to Kabylia will not take place before October, the season when forage for horses is most abundant. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—TEe quarterly meeting of this corporation was held yesterday, in the [ Thatched House, St. James's-street ; Lord Radstnck occupying the chair. Tne other members present w Lord Colchester, Admiral Grace, Captain RicharcFon, Captain Jay, Li e ut enant Bedford, Lieutenant Seymour, Lieutenant Hitcheson, Mr. Hardin, Mr. A. Ellis, pay master, Mr. F. Lean, paymaster. It appears from the quarterly report read on the occasion, that the moneys expended in grants to various claimants during the three months ending the 30th March ult., amounted to 3911. The particulars of income comprehended a balance in favour of the society of 3711. ss. 7d. The proportion from annual subscriptions amounted to 5811. 6d., and that from life subscriptions to 301. Donations, it ap peared, reached the sum of 321. 15s. 3d., and the interest on invested prop-rty was estimated at 5451. Ile. 2d. ; total, 1,5601. 14s. 6d. The report having been adopted, the consideration of grants for the ensuing quarter next occupied the attention of the meeting, which, after the despatch of some routine business, broke up with a vote of thanks to the chairman. HARROW SCHOOL. —An extra week has been added to the present holidays in honour of the peace, so that the school will not reassemble until Friday, May 2. Great changes have been recently taking place in the buildings of the school. A new edifice has been erected by the liberality of the assistant ma-ters and parents of the boys, containing six additional school rooms, ren dered indispensably necessary by the largely-increased numbers of the school. At the same time, the school chapel has been undergoing a process of almost entire transformation. A new aisle has been added to the original building from funds derived from the same source as that above mentioned, and a beautiful chancel erected at a cost exceeding 2,5001., by the munificence of the head master, Dr. Vaughan. These additions to the chapel have been designed by Mr. Scott, who has also furnished plans for the complete reconstruction of the original portion of the building, calculated to require 4,0001. in addition to the sum already expended. Great It is obvious, therefore, that it is not capital, but its measure and representative, that is wanting ; that we only want the requisite facilities for carry ing on the necessary opera'Aons of commerce and avoiding the fluctuations in the value of money or currency, and the current rate of interest, that have proved more injurious to the best interests of the nation than the failure of all the banks of issue that ever stopped payment. It is essential to prevent these constantly-recurrin g panics, in separable from a metallic ciruulatien, but far more frequent under the JONES-LOYD system, that occasion such wide-spread ruin. As " Mercator' himself has declared " Non, soturn, a calamitate, sect calamitatis meta, defendendum. cst." We "thank thee, Jew, for the word." It is indeed the consummation devoutly to be wished for, the goal to which all our energies should be directed ; and when we find that these panics have been far more frequent in occurrence, and far more serious in their effects, since the passing of the - Act "Of 1844, that the rate of in terest, which seldom varied more than from 4 to 5 per cent. for more than a century before, has since that time fluctuated from 2 to 8 per cent., with undue abundance at one time and scarcity at another, it is obvious that the tinkering of the Currency must be the chief instrument in pro ducing this untoward state of affairs, the teterrima causa mall,. GRAND REVIEW BEFORE THE SULTAN. CO NSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 10. —The review of the British troops at Scutari by the Sultan on Monday last was very successful. The time fixed by the Sultan for the review was 5 o'clock, Turkish time, or about half-past 10 in the morning. A little before 11 everybody was on the ground. Among the Turkish dignitaries who had arrived was Fuad Pasha, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Gen era li ss i mo Omer Pasha, and Mehmed Ali, the Capudau Pasha. The coup &mil was striking. At 20 minutes past 12 the sound of the guns placed on the cliffs behind the Barrack Hospital announced the arrival of the Sultan, when Gene ral Storks with his staff, and the Ambassador with his suite, rode down as far as the village of Scutari to meet him. Soon after, the whole cavalcade, augmented by the cortege of the Sultan, appeared on the summit of the plateau, where it was received by the sound of " God Save the Queen." His Majesty, with the Ambassador and General Storks to his left, then passed be fore the line of infantry. Already, at the first step, his attention was attracted by the bear skins of a detachment of Guards and dighlanders, who occupied the extreme right of the line, and he stopped to address some questions about them. When passing the Polish Legion, which was forming the extreme left of the line, Count Zimoyski, who commanded them, was presented to his Majesty. Among the cavalry the 12th Lancers, mounted en their I n di an h orses, seeme d above all to strike his eyes. Having passed thus both lines in review, he placed himself in the centre, and the order was given to the troops to wheel round by companies and troops. It was now that all the advantages of the ground became apparent. As the troops wheeled round on the summit of the inclined plain you saw them coming down for some distance, while the eye could follow those who had passed for a great while longer, so that the effect was much more imposing from being concentrated, and the troops looked double their number. In front of all came the detachments of Guards and Highlanders; although scarcely two companies :strong, composed of different regwaents and clad in every kind of uniform, yet the size of the men, their soldier-like expression, and the steadiness of their step, produced a good effect under circum stances in which moat other troops would have ap peared ridiculous. They were followed by de- All we at present ask for is inquiry --for that full and ample discussion of the whole subject, which, according to the bullionist organ, " cannot be arranged too soon." Our own views are well k nown . We want a really national bank-issuing notes, of convenient denominations, for 11., 21., and 31. each, amply secured, not merely on a deposit of stuck, but on that which gives stock its value—the entire wealth and industry of the nation, and receivable in payment of every tax and duty. We desire that the amount should be regulated, got by a private and irresponsible Corporation, looking mainly to its own profits, but by a public department, answerable to Parlia ment and the country for the discharge of its vitally important duties. We wish the nation to obtain the benefit of the gains to be derived therefrom, and not to be compelled to pay heavy sums for the interest of paper, which may just as well be issued on its own account, and to save the enormous wear and tear of bullion and the inte rest thereof, literally wasted by the absurd prohi bition of small notes. These are tangible and intelligible points, and as such we commend them to the people, by whom they can be carried into practical operation, if the wish be properly mani fested. " Where there is a will there is also a exertions are waki ng amon g old Harrovians and other friends of the school to effect this object, which will make Harrow one of the first schools in the country in that architectural beauty which has :,,hitherto been too much denied to it. GLASGOW, April I9.—Cotton.—ln the early part of the week there was consideiable animation in our mar ket, and large sales were made at higher prices. The tone of the market has become much mare quiet, and part of the advance has - been lost. In goods and yarns the market continues to exhibit a very healthy tone, and with a large demand and light stocks producers have little difficulty in realising enhanced prices. Iron. ' —The,past week has been marked by an active specula tive movement is the pigsiran market, excited by the very favourable export returns, and perhaps more immediately by the hot that iron masters and miners have fallen out upon a question of wages. This strike has been pending for some time, but has only thi week assumed a serious aspect. Employers are almost unanimously determined to resist the demand of their workmen, even to blowing out furnaces, and already about 20 per cent. of the whole have been damped, soon to be followAd by others. An extensive business has been done up to 765. cash, and 775. 6d. three months for m.n. warrants, the highest point being reached on Thursday. Since then there has been a steady, quiet inquiry, trans. actions taking place at 755. to 755. 6d. cash. No.! 1, G. M. R., 70, 6d.; No, 3 .1 • 74s • Gartsherrie, No, 1,80 i. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAy EvENINGI APRIL 22, 1856. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The Mon iteur publishes the following tele graphic despatch from General Pelissier "SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 18. " I reviewed yesterday the whole army. " General Luders, and a considerable number of Russian officers, Generals Codrington and de la Marmora„ were present at this military fete. "The epidemic has ceased in our army. ST. PETE RSBURG, MONDAY. An Imperial decree dissolves the whole of the militia. Count Orloff is appointed President of the Council of Ministers, vice Tschernicheff. Orders have been given to rekindle the lighthouses and replace the buoys along the whole coast. It is confidently stated that the King yester• day ratified the treaty of peace concluded ai OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 8. The weather has at last assumed the mildness of spring, for the few weeks that the army will have to remain in the Crimea it may be expected that picnica, shooting, fishing, racing, and drill and ball practice will form the principal business of our lives, until everything is prepared for embarkation. The preparations for the departure of the army continue actively, and already several hundreds of the Army Works Corps have been shipped at Bala klava, and have gone on their way homewards. In addition to the ordinary duties of the Land Transport Corps in carrying up provisions and stores from Balaklava to the various camps, there will now be the trying work of convey ing from Sebastopol all the shot and shell within the English portion of the town. As to collecting and removing these missiles, which are sown broadcast in the very soil like peb bles on a beach for the space of seven miles in length and two miles in breadth, the task is hope less of execution. Piles of shot have 'oeen formed in every ravine, and stand there as monuments of the uselessness of such efforts as have yet been made to gather the iron shower which fell for 11 long mouths in front of Sebastopol. Every water course is full of iron --shell, shot, and splinters of strange shapes abound in every ravine. The Russians will only have to collect what the Allies leave behind them to form large magazines of shot, but shell will riot be so plentiful, as they were more sparingly used, and were generally damaged, if they did not burst. Guns, too, are buried is the earth, and peer out from the earthwork of overthrown batteries. It was only yesterday I passed some five or six fine English cannon, apparently 32-pounders, which had been flung down the side of the ravine from the French battery overlooking the Dock yard Creek, and were lying upside down in the ground. The Artillery are daily engaged in slinging guns and mortars, and sending them down to Balaklava for shipment. It is calculated that the Russians fired about 30,000 tons of iron at us. It is certain that we g ave them a b ou t 11 , 000 tons in retu rn , an d possibly the French fired about 20,000 tons; so that between 60,000 and 70,000 tons weight of iron must be lying about on the plateau. The great objects of attraction to-day were the Russians, who : crowded over the Tchernaya and wandered into every part of our camps, where they soon made out the canteens. By 1 o'clock there were a good many of them " as soldiers wish to be who love their grog." A navvy of the most stolid kind, much bemused with beer, is a jolly, lively, and intelligent being compared to an intoxicated "Ruski." They are the image of the men in Noah's ark—l mean that popular . article constructed at Nuremberg for Young Europe —stiff and angular, and when they fall down it is done with a jerk and a rigidity worthy of Richardson's. Their drunken salute to passing officers is very ludicrous, and one could laugh only he is disgusted at the abject cringe with which they remove their caps, and bow, bareheaded, with horrid gravity in their bleary leaden eyes and wooden faces, at the sight of ! a piece of gold lace. Some of them seemed very much annoyed at the behaviour of their comrades, and endeavoured to drag them off from the can teeus, and others remained perfectly sober. Our soldiers ran after them in crowds, and fraternised very willingly with their late enemies ; hut the Russian officers seemed to hold with th e F renc h , rather than with ourselves. Towards evening the banks of the Tchernaya presented a curious appear anceattlie fords, The boon companions, French and English, were shaking. hands and bidding most affectionate farewells to their Ruski comrades, who had to cross over befOre the rappel. In places this was easier said than done, for the only mode of crossing was on balks of timber, which looked double to their vision, but in reality were narrow enough for a sober man to find some difficulty in crossing ; so ever and anon the Ruski tumbled off amid shouts of laughter, and was pulled out half drowned., A grim guard, with iixecl bayonets, en vious probably of the happy condition of their comrades, was waiting for them at the other side, and tho bank was patrolled by Cossacks with ropes, all ready to tie up any "incapable" and take him homewards. Down they came, staggering and roaring through the bones of their countrymen (which in common decency I hope they will bury as soon as possible), and then, after elaborate leave-talking, passed the fatal stream. General Codrington was down at the ford, and did not seem to know whether to be amused or scandalised ' at the scene, but I have no doubt he will take steps to prevent any such exhibition on the part of our men. The navvies have found their way across to the caves, and some of them have esta blished such friendly relations with the Russians that they have been allowed to see the chapel cut out of the rock, which they describe in terms of great prai e—" It's auld gould and coot glass." As to the sunken ships there are various opi nions. Some say they are by this time utterly ruined, others contend that they can be weighed and rendered fit for service ; but for the most part they are only sailing vessels of the old build, short and tubby. I have seen a piece of teak cut out of one of them, which was as perfectly sound and good as it was the first day it was used. The deal of which the submerged gun-carriages are made has, however, suffered from the ravages of the worm. All operations against the ships must now be hopeless. The fine weather continues. tachinents of British infantry of the line, formed into 10 companies: CAlected likewise from differ ent regiments this would have been scarcely per ceptible, bad it not been for the many coloured facings, so united were they in a body. It was like a solid wall composed of different kinds of stone, but cemented together as one, and you for got the component parts in the appearance of the whole. Next came the German Legion, with General Woolride at their head ; the Jager battalion first, and the three light infantry regiments after, and the P,lish Legion, which formed the last body of infantry. At the head of the cavalry division was Captain Thomas's troop of Horse Artillery, the same which was lasi, autumn in Eupatoria. After this troop of artillery came a squadron of the 11th Hussars, commanded by Major Cooke, which has been formed as a kind of depot during the winter. They are all new horses, which have never been in the Crimea, and the men mostly recruits, yet they made a very good show, which is very creditable to the officer who succeeded so well in so short a time. The King's Dragoon Guards were the next re giment, after them came the 4th Dragoon Guards, the sth Drag oons , th e S cots Greys, theEnniskillens, and the Royal Dragoons, in fact, the original heavy brigade sent out at the beginning of the war. The 6th Drag oon G uar d s or Carabineers were at the head of the Light Brigade. The 12th Lancers, on their Indian Arabs, followed the Carabi neers ; and the 13th and 4th Dragoons led the van of the Light Cavalry Brigade. In the rear of all came a troop of Osmanli Horse Artillery. When the troops—infantry, cavalry, and artil lery—had thus passed once, the cavalry and artil lery passed once more at a trot. After the cavalry and artillery had marched past, the Sultan thanked General Storks, and compli mented him on the appearance of the troops. Then the whole cortege rode to the tent, where the Sultan dismounted and stopped outside. A detachment of 13th Light Dragoons kept the g roun d c l ear i n f ront. The Sultan entrtained himself for some time with Lord Stratford, and then expressed a wish to see Lady Stratford and the Miss C3.nnings. Besides this, he desired to have all the commanding officers of brigades and regiments presented to him. In gene ral, he seemed exceedinglygracious and well pleased. Usually he has an expression of ennui and weari ness in his face, in some measure attributable to the immobility which etiquette prescribes to him in public, but whether he was in good humour this day, or whether the military sight had excited him, certain it is that he looked much more lively than usual, and took a good deal of interest in the ap pearance of the troops, as his repeated questions while they were passing showed. At 2 p.m. he gave the order to have his home brought, and rode off towards the Palace of Beg lerbeg. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Turkish ratification left Constantinople on the 14th inst. The last mail from the E tst states that the in surgents against the Porte in Arabia have suf fered so much from cholera, as almost to put down the insurrection. The reports affirm that 13,000 have died out of an insurgent tribe of 45,000. The Paris correspondent of Le Nord informs us that, previous to quitting Paris, Count Cavour had an interview with Count Walewski, and handed to him, in the name of the SardinianGovern ment, a note, in which are summarised the obser vations offered by Count Cavour upon the situation of Italy, in the sittings of the Conference, on the Bth and 16th of April. This note is intended to absolve Piedmont from the responsibility of the events which may transpire in Italy, as the result of the bad administration of certain States and of Austrian intervention in the Legations, the Duchies, Naples, 'Sze. The note is to be presented also to the English Government. ,The conclusion of peace was announced to the French army by Marshal PeliE•sier in the following prcclamation " Soldiers,—The Emperor lately said to your brethren, ' You have well deserved of the country.' You will successively hear, in your turn, the same expressions from the august lips of his Majesty. " Soldiers,—By your energy, by your resolution, your heroic constancy, your indomitable courage, you have achieved, with our brave and faithful allies, the peace of the world. " I have a right to say it, at the sight of so many fields of battle sprinkled with your blood, witnesses of your calm self-denial, and from which each time your glory rose more radiant and noble, and crowned your sublime efforts. "You will shortly see again your country, happy at your return, happy, at a glorious peace, a peace signed at the cradle of an Imperial infant. Lit us all he im pressed with that augury, let us find in it a new sign of Divine protection, and, if necessary, an additional in ducement to accomplish all our duties towards the Em peror and thecont.try, " The Marshal Commander-in-Chief, " A. PELISSIER. " Head-quarters at Sebast we], April 2, 1856." The Moaiteur publishes a decree promulgating the convention concluded between France, Bel gium, Spain, Sardinia, and Switzerland, for reg e lating the transmission of telegraph despatches. The convention will be in force for four years. BOURSE, April 21.—Prices left off as follows : Cash. fr. e. En 4 Moo.T. per Cents 93 50 —f. —C. 3 per Cents 74 5) 74 55 New Loan 74 75 Bank Shares 3,905 Credit Mobilier J,7,15 Belgian Fives Piedmontese (5) Roman ilustrian banish 'Throes Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASEL Ir. C. fr. e Orleans ... ..... 1,411 We5tern......... ...... 922 50 Northern Lyo.ts Mediterranean 1,61'0 Grand Central ...... 707 50 Lyons Geneva Bl7 50 Testo Cette PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of the 18th, in the Journal of Northerm•t;erinany, states that the court-mar tial has given its decision on the affair of the duel between M. de Rochow and M. de Ilinckeldy. As ; however, the decision is not valid until it has been confirmed by the King, nothing has yet transpired on the subject. The Assanblee _Nationale says :—" The affair of the despatches stolen at Potsdam, after having made so much noise at Berlin, appears des tined to sink into oblivion. It may be remem bered that an article lately published, without the name of the author, on the subj ec t o f that affair, became the obje c t of police investigations, and that a domiciliary visit was made on the occasion at the residence of M. Seyffart, a member of the Chamber of Deputies. This gentleman, thus attacked 'in his inviolability as a deputy and in his personal ho nour, laid a complaint before the Chamber, and the matter was referred to a committee. According to a letter from Berlin this reference will not lead to any further steps, and the police have even given up the idea of endeavouring to discover the author of the article." A letter from Munich, in the Post Ampt Gazette, says :—" The King has conferred the cross of Com. mander of the Order of St. Michel ou M. IL de Rothschild, in consequence of the termination of the railway question." AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 15th, in the Augs burg Gazette, states :—" We learn that the Vienna tribunal has condemned to death by default three political refugees, Doctors Antonio Fuster, Joseph G - 31dmark, and Ernest de Violand. These leaders of the Vienna revolution are declared guilty of high treason, and of having been implicated in the murder of M. de Latour." Marshal Radetzky has permitted MM. Cassick, Hafner, M;.lich, Mainardi, Count Burovich, An tonibon, and Castrodardo, late officers in the Aus trian navy, and political refugees, to return to the Austrian dominions. - ways ultimately triumph. Let the correspondents now state whether public opinion is favourable to Austria or to Italy." The Genoa Corriere Mercantile, of the 18th inst., announces that the English Government had placed 28 steamers at the disposal of the Sardinian Go vernment to bring home its troops from the Cri mea. The Pontifical Consul residing at Genoa gave no tice, ou the 19th inst., that the superior Board of Health at Rome had decided that vessels coming from Genoa or the ports of the south of France should nut he admitted into the ports of Ancona and Civita Vecchia until they had performed quarantine of observation of five days when their passage took place without accident, and of 15 days in the contrary case. The Sardinian merchant navy consisted on the 31st of Dec., 1855, of 2,962 vessels, measuring 184,860 tons, and manned by 31,987 seamen. At Genoa a report is current that a Conference will be held, ere long, at Rome, to determine the future arrangements for Italy. According to this story--upon which but little reliance must be placed —the Ambassadors residing at Rome will take part in the Conference, and Eng!and, not having minister there, will be represented by Lord Nor manby, who resides at Florence. The Conference of a similar character, held in Rome in 1831, was not successful. The memorandum which the Powers presented to the Court of Rome at that epoch was without result. It will be remembered that Cardinal Bernetti, Secretary of State to Gre gory XVI., followed none of the plans suggested by the memorandum, and that the few concessions which were granted on the occasion of the move ment in Central Italy, were withdrawn by Cardinal Lambruschini, who succeeded Cardinal Bernetti in the secretaryship of state. A letter from Galatz, in the Cassel Gazette, says : —" The house of Rothschild has sent to Constan tinople a plan for a railway from this place to Michailoni, on the frontier of the Bukowine, and which will consequently traverse Moldavia. The company demands a concession for thirty years, and that the province of Moldavia shall take shares to the amount of 90,000 ducats." ITALY. We find in the Opinione, of the 19th inst., the following reply, addressed to the Constitutionnel : “ L We also know, without going to Vienna, that the memorandum of the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries was not officially presented to the Congress, but we maintain our former statement that it was submitted to the appreciation of the Emperor of the French and of the English Government, and to satisfy the Vienna correspondent of the Coneitutionna, we will add—at the formal invitation of Napoleon 111. 2. Nobody affirmed that the Sardinian memorandum was read in the Confer ence, this being a matter of little consequence if the Plenipotentiaries discussed at length its contents. 3. It is very true that no decision was adopted, because the Austrian representatives opposed a plea ie bar ; but if no deliberation took place on the means of remedying the evils of Italy, it does not follow, we repeat, that they were not made the subject of a long conversation. It is truly strange that the Vienna correspondent should maintain that the word Italy wam not even pronounced, when it is well known that the affairs of Italy occupy the last two protocols of the Conference. The correspondent probably heard that the Plenipotentiaries spoke of Na ples, Rome, the Duchiec, &c., but OA no mention ma ; mane of Italy as a natlon or power. WO will content our selves with retnindin4 the Constitutionnel that great ques. tions are not to be solved by equivocations ; that old diplomacy might deny the existence of an evil so long as it was rot officially revealed, but that, since the events of 1843, the plea in bar will not be accepted by public opinion, vilicb, as Napoleon 41, pbaerved, raue4 al THE REVIEW OF THE FLEET. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EMBARKA TION OF PASSENGERS. The following arrangements have been made with regard to the positions of the steam-vessels at Portsmouth and Southampton, appropriated by the Admirals for the reception of company to wit ness the Naval Review, on the 23d inst. It will be advisable for gentlemen to proceed by the earlier trains from London, to insure their reaching their destinations in time for embarka tion. AT PORTSMOUTH. Where to embark Passengers. Driver ... ••• South Jetty. Pacific ... • ••• ... Pitch-house Jetty. Indian ... .... ••• ... Sheer Jetty. Prometheus ... ..• ... North Corner. Otter ... •• ... North Wall. Cuckoo Do. IN THE STREAM. No. 41 Buoy I In boats of Excellent at V iv Dasher id t New Landing-place. Lizard Fire Queen No. 40 Bu o y. Megra { alongside P r i nce t In Dockyard boats at Regent I King Stairs. Transit Perseverance Himalaya .. Vulcan .. Holyrood Thames AT SOUTHAMPTON. : ::: 1 From the Docks, in Alban, Widgeon, • ::: a d n er. d s Monkey ten- PORTSMOUTH —MONDAY. " VicTORY, 2st "The followi ng i s the order of sailing April, 1856. Port. : Starboard. Duke of Wellington ... ... Royal Geor ge Orion Nil e James Watt ... ..." ... Conqueror Majestic ~. ... Cressy Exmouth ... Cmsar Colossus ... ••• ... Algiers Brunswick .•• Sanspareil Edinburgh „.. .• • ... Centurion Hogue ... ••• ... Ajax Blenheim ... ••• Hawke Russell ••• ... Hastings Euryalus ••• Imperieuse Arrogant ... ••• Amphion Pearl ••• Pylades Tartar ..• Cossack Archer ••• Esk Desperate ... ••• Falcon Crnizer ••• ... Conflict Rattler .•• ... Harrier Forth .•• Eurotas Horatio ... ••• Seahorse Retribution ... .•• ... Vulture Centaur ... •.. Magicioune Dragon •.• ... Sampson Bulldog ... Vesuvius Geyser ▪ ... Basilisk Merlin • ... Gorgon Heels Firefly Hydra "By command of the Commander-in -Chief, "THOMAS PELHAM', Capts.in of the Fleet." The extreme beauty of the weather has already brought thousands of anxious sight-seers into this garrison and neighbourhood. Nothing else is talked about. We will take leave to suggest that a strong body of London detec tivei should be at once on the spot, for myriads of seedy males and females have already put in an appearance. We will also advise that every lady or gentleman having due regard for their jewellery and trinkets should dis pense with their outward show on this occasion. We never remember having seen so many suspicious looking characters as are now located in the dens of this port. Our local police are unequal to so great a task and we trust that on so important an occasion the Home Secretary will take into consideration the value of her Majesty's subjects as regards their lives as well as their pockets. In addition to the vessels published in Monday's Sure, placed for the accommodation of visitors, there will be the Lizard, Spithead, Admiral Dundas ; Pigmy, harbour, Victory ; Sprightly, dockyard, Admiral Martin ; Porcu pine, Spithead, foreign officers ; Locust, dockyard, Ad miral Berkeley ; Lucifer, dockyard, Sir C. Wood. There have arrived at Spithead, in addition to those already published : Blenheim Tar tar Seahorse „ Assurance 6 .. Commander Jones. . H y ena Nettle Ant Angler Decoy /1 Clarke. Pet... 2 ••• 11 Stubbs. Rambler Dee 2 paddle ... Master Com. Pullen. Rhadamanthus 2 „ 11 Coles. Avon 2/ Veitch. In and Out the Harbour..--Black Eagle, Princess Alice, Sprightly, Pigmy, Lizard, Fire Queen, Otter, Locust, gun-boats various, and steam tugs. The French corvette Duchayla, Captain Longueville, having on board Rear-Admiral Jurien de la Graviere and a deputation of French nasal captains, has arrived to attend the review. She left Cherbourg at 9 o'clock yesterday, and arrived at Spithead soon after sin the afternoon, arid saluted the flag of the Commander-in -chief, Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, as well as that of the garrison. The compliment was duly returned. This morning the whole of the French officers landed at the dockyard steps, and paid a visit to the Commandcr in-chief, after which, attended by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, of the Excellent, and Captain Drummond, of the Victory, with the engineer-in -chief (Mr. Murray), they were shown over the dockyard, shipping, syc, Th e officers dine at the Admiralty-house this evening. Mr Vandenburgh, the French consul, has also been honoured with an invitation. On Thursday the French officers dine with the cap tain of the fleet, and take their departure for Cherbourg on Friday. The greater proportion of the officers were covered with decorations. We particularly noticed the Victoria medal. The Commander-in-chief paid a complimentary visit to the French corvette this afternoon, upon which occasion complimentary salutes were exchanged between Duch ayla and Victory, flag-ship. - Several gun-laoats were out to-day, and many colli sions have taken place. Pirneer has broken her steam-pipe. Other accidents have occurred. COWES, April 21.—A t West Cowes the excitement that prevails is immense. The whole town is placarded with bills announcing the sailing of innumerable vessels of all descriptions to the scene of the grand naval opera tions. It was Particularly curious to witness the crowds of persons flocking round to the residence of Mr. Moore, all anxious to obtain tickets ; and as each one obtained the coveted prize it was highly amusing to hear the con gratulations expressed to them by those who had not been equally fortunate. QUEEN'S HOTEL, NORWOOD.—Departures Mau rice, Mr. J. White, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert, Mr. Drant, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Mr. and Mre. Broughton, and Mr. and Mrs. Aicheson. Al telegragwic despatch was, it is raid, received in Paris a few days since from Lord Panmure, directing the agents charged with the clothing for the men of the Polish Legion in the pay of England, not to send the articles to the depot at Scutari, but to England. TRADE WITH RUSSIA.—THE BALTIC.—It appears from co ornomications received at Lloyd's that the Neva was expected to be free of ice by the 27th or 28th inst., the thaw having been continuous. The :Russian Govern ment, it is expected, will immediately order the buoys and light-houses in the Baltic, &c., to be replaced and re lighted, to guide ravigat ,rs. From reports received in London yesterday it appears that ships Lave left Lubeck 'and several Swedish ports for Riga, Would find that port °POD, believing that they i prolix this Tiler lady hav e Mee , (the Nos, 41 Tr