The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-10 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE Will RE-OPEN early in May. Engagements 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 shortly be issued. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS ETENINO, IL TEOVATORE. 7o c)olacto with THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET. trader the Management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, TIIE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL GAMBURNO ; or, The Mexican Goldaseker. In which PF.REA NENA. and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which. THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. To conclude with ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PIUNCESB'3 THEATRE, OXFORD-ST/MST. Mier the Management of %fr. CsAnze nuir. THIS EVENING, HENRY VIII. Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. TiIEATV.E ROYAL ADELPIII. rropriator, Kr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Ciliate. THIS EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother GOO3O at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will appear. R 0 Pi t PH U - . 8 ri A Y le, V Eibilt:-' 9 PR IL 18 9 1814,:__ ROYAL OLYNIPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled %HE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. I which MesSrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Haskell will appear. ROYAL StTUREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS Will be performed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LIVE IN THE WOILD OF LONDON. Followed by THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. To =dude with TUFFLEILAUSEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend. tOYAL STIZANIJ TiLEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Pay ne THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S COUSIN. After which, THE' LOS 7 DIAMONDS. Followed by A Da'let Divertissement. After which, GOOD QUEEN /1 ,- .SS. To conclude with NO! .NO!! NO!!! ROYAL MARYLECONE THEATRE. THURSDAY, April 10,h, last night but one of Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS' Engagement. This Evening will be performed, THE GAME OF SPECULA TION. Mr. Affable Hawk, Mr. Charles Mathews. After which, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. The Wizard of the S.S.W., Mr. Chas. Mathews. To conclude with KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Boxes, 2s. ; pit, Is. ; gallery, 6d. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Awn Era ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manazer, Mr. Wm. Cooke. TIII3 EVENING, That unique and unparalleled Rencontre Equestrienne, a GENU INE ENGLISH STEEPLECHASE 2 - • Also, the Oriental Spectacle, THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL SPEED. After which, the WONDERS OF VIE ARENA, by riders of first-rate talent. To conclude with a Drama of Peril, Exc:tement, Laughter, Mis haps, Crossings, Jostlings, and Adventures, with Terrific Leaps from the stage to the ring, in ENGLAND'S HARVE3r HOME an NATIONAL SfEEPLECHASE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director. 31r. W. Cooke, tun. EMMA STANLEY'S " SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." The Manager respectfully announces the THREE LAST MORN. ING PERFORMANCES of this most popular and amusing Enter tainment, Saturday. the 12th, Wednesday, the 16th, and Saturday the 19th, at half-past two. Evening performances as usual, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, at gi Velock. Admission—Back Seats, is.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S lIALL, Long-acre. HIGU WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 8 min. aft. s—Evening 31 min.aft. 5 - Tn-14foRito w—Morn. 53 min. aft. 5 —Evening 17 nib. aft. 6 THE WEATHER—Svx Comex, APRIL 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SEISM 55—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this caorutag anti due.ng the night. 60 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 23.22—n0w up to 29'33. WIND, variable from S.W. to W.N.W.—Fresh and squally, with dull, rainy weather in the morning; now fine. f"tie tj ,iy C.l ~'S' ^ ~ i~'. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1856. Peace has been officially recognised both at home and abroad. The naval blockade has been raised. Russia has authorised the admission of the vessels of the Western Powers to her ports, and has removed the prohibition on the expor tation of corn—while orders in Council have been published, permitting the clearing and departure of vessels for Russian ports, and allowing the expor tation of the various articles comprehended within the designation of materiel of war. And all this time the Parliament and People of the United Kingdom are kept profoundly ignorant of the terms and conditions of the Treaty. They mint, forsooth, await its formal ratification before the slightest information can be doled forth. This is manifestly a deliberate and wanton insult. P, is intended as an intimation that neither of the hereditary branches of the Legislature have any thing to do With the questions of Peace or War, beyond :voting with cheerful and unhesitating readiness the sums demanded by or on behalf of the Executive. They are required to acknowledge the Royal Prerogative to an extent fully equal to what was demanded in the days of the TUDORS : and to admit that, in these matters at least, there is no limitation to the power of the British Monarchy, but that it is to all intents and pur poses as absolute as the despotic sovereignties a the Continent. And yet no English representative has pro tested against this anomalous state of affairs has demanded even the recognition of his order, or an official intimation of the cessation of hoE tilities. If peace is placed beyond the possibility of doubt, a message to that effect, stating the terms, should have been forthwith communicated to both Houses ! If not, the prohibitions against the exportation of the contraband of war should not be removed. Ministers are thus placed in a di lemma,on one horn or the other of which they must be tossed, but still the members of both branches of the Legislature are contented to hug their collars, and to consent to the abdication of their constitutional functions, in pursuance of the highly-prized German models ! We confess that we had anticipated a greater display of in dependence on the part of our represen tatives—bad hoped that the objectionable precedent could not have been establish( d without some appearance of opposition. We fancy that the several constituer.cies will participate in these opinions, and feel that those whom they have elevated to honourable positions have not adequately defended the privileges that should be attached thereto. Nor is it officially only, that the symptoms of peace aro already manifested. Not only are we to send our sterling gold —on the possession whereof so much depends, under the existing monetary code—in exchange for Russian pro duce, but we aro to raise capital for the Construction of Russian Railways. Had the railways, now in contemplation, existed before the commencement of the War, the result might have been very different. Men and sup plies could have been poured into the Crimea from the interior of Russia, and the difficulties which proved insuperable would have been com pletely got rid of. In fact there is but too much reason to suppose that Russia has merely post poned, not abandoned, her cherished policy. It is now perceived that NICHOLAS had made a wrong calculation, and that his attempt was decidedly premature. His successor can, however, afford to bide his time. He clearly perceives the difficul ties by which he was defeated, and can direct all his energies to their removal. The alliance between France and England was his most formidable obstacle, and that he will endeavour to destroy or weaken. Very decided manifestations have already been made, all tend ing in that same direction. The Philo•Russian journals all flatter the EfPEROR, and lavish praises on his subjects, while England and the English are unsparingly abused. They strive to establish an entente cordials with France, while they are really hostile to England, and pretend to be so towards Austria. The construction of the military lines of railway in the interior of the empire is another point to which they are directing attention ; and, as we have seen, it is with English capital that they hope to achieve the desideratum. Thus doubly injuring this coun try, by increasing the strength of a nation which has very recently, and may again speedily, be arrayed in arms against her, and withdrawing the bullion on which the national industry is de pendent. Were the Lours NAPOLEON of 1854 on the Imperial Throne, we should entertain but trivial apprehensions respecting the possibility of a Russo- French Alliance. But circumstances have changed New dynastic considerations are in operation that may possibly, and at no very remote period, lead to a truly Imperial fraternisation very injurious to the cause of liberty and civilisation throughout the entire world. We earnestly pray that the alliance between France and England may be perpetuated, that every day may strengthen the bonds by which the two greatest monarchies of the earth are connected ; but we cannot remain blind or indifferent to the insidious attempts that may, and we fear have already been made to separate and disunite them. While matters are in this state, and while we are still ignorant of the terms of peace, the nation is to be amused with a naval review to show the power that we really possessed when too late to direct it to any useful purpose. They may talk of "shutting the stable-door after the steed has been stolen," but the English Government has been guilty of equal absurdity. So long as gun-boats were urgently required, when their services would have enabled us to maintain the maritime supremacy of which we were accus tomed to boast, and to inflict heavy, and possibly fatal, blows against the enemy, we could not ob tain them ; but the mome*t that wa were really in a position to adopt decisive measures—that we were in possession of all the necessary means and appliances—then . a humiliating truce is patched up, which gives neither compensation for the past nor security for the future. We shall have the exhibition of the costly farce as the sole compensation for the many serious sacrifices so cheerfully and unhesitatingly submitted to by the tax-paying commu nity. And then we suppose that they will be laid up in ordinary as enduring monuments of British folly in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Well may we be made the laughing stock of Europe, when the ridiculous subservience of the once formidable British Lion to its Ger manic keepers is noticed, and when it is also shown that for two years we are accustomed to defer the preparations essential to success, and when we have obtained them are ready to close with the first advance towards a reconciliation, although all the objects of the War may remain unaccom plished! We are sold ! we are sold ! And by whom ? and for whom ? Let the insidious but ungrateful German answer ! A popular author says somewhere that there is a passion in human nature to hunt something, and really the tenacity with which the Oath of Abjuration is maintained lends some sort of coun tenance to the remark, so far as the members of the Legislature are concerned. Here is an oath, whieh, however well or ill calculated originally to operate as a safeguard against a positive danger, has become practically useless for its avowed ob ject, through the utter extinction of that danger, still enforced and defended, not because the non existence of an heir to the PRETENDER is doubted, but because the oath is so worded as to exclude an industrious and inoffensive body of religionists whom it was never designed to exclude, and whose only fault, so far as we can discern, is— they believe in the Old and not in the New Testament. All sorts of restrictive and persecuting laws the present century ha 4 seen repealed Dissenters and Ronan Ca tholics have alike been relieved of their civil and religious disabilities yet the luckless Jew remains to this hour excluded from a seat in Parliament. And this notwithstanding the citi zens of the metropolis have elected and re-elected a Jew as one of their representatives, and he for nine long years has sought admission, during which period successive efforts have been made in the House to have such admission granted ; not withstanding, too, the execution of the last dread penalty of the law has been entrusted to a Jew in the capacity of High Sheriff ; and, since Novem ber last, a member of the same long-persecuted race has occupied the chair of Chief Magistrate of the metropolis of the kingdom, and has had the insignia of the highest civic dignity borne before him. The remark of the, author referred to may be an exaggeration; but to a large proportion of the members of the Legislature the hunting of a Jew would seem to afford a singular gratification. Sir FREDERICK THESIGER, it is true, discovers in the wording of the Abjuration Oath a formal recognition of the Protestant succession to the Crown ; b u t , with all deference to hi s l awyer -lik e ingenuity, th a t , i f, as he asserts, not to be found elsewhere, might readily be provided for without maintaining intact an oath unintentionally produc tive of so gross an injustice. That the terms of tLe oath, "on the true faith of a Christian," were not originally directed against the Jews he himself admits, but would have it inferred they were designedly included in its meshes afterwards, of which there is not the shadow of a proof. This, we suppose, was thrown out to get rid of the grave imputation of countenancing the perpetua tion of an admitted wrong to obviate the re motest possible danger. Still more apparent was the real animus of the opposition to the bill in his introduction of the hackneyed and utterly absurd argument, that the admission of Jews would un- Christianise the house. Is there any special con• tamination, it may well be asked, in a Jew that he should effect what infidels, givers of bribes, and forgers and robbers (Sammu, for instance) have been unable to do ? A Jew at least believes the Old Testament, and professes to be bound by the moral law. The fact is, the Opposition well know that a wrong was accidentally done to the Jew by the wording of the oath, and the spirit of religious persecution is so strong in them, that they must persist in perpetuating that wrong at whatever expense to their moral and legislatorial character. The majority obtained in favour of the bill, it is to be hoped, will teach them that the period is gone by, in this kingdom at least, for religious persecution, if recent events have failed to convince them this is not a time for the perpetuation of causes of immorality, which need less oaths undoubtedly are. Our readers will have seen in The Sun of yes,. terday that the Liverpool Financial Reform Asso ciation has taken up vigorously the report, on which we commented the other day, of a dowry of 70,0001. per annum for the Princess Royal, on Ler marriage with the Prins() of Prussia. In an address which every constituency in the king dom ought to read, they exhibit the extravagance of the proposal in its right light. We are glad they have done so. If public opinion display itself as may be expected, a question asked by some successor to Mr. HuarE, "in his place in Parliament," will receive the reply that the report is a report merely, having no foundation whatever. If no stir be made we shall assuredly have a repetition pretty nearly of the 100,0001. a-year to Queen ADELAIDE. It is really very unwise in our Ministers to teach ' and cherish avarice in the Royal Family. Why should they compel the nation to regard the young creatures as so many burdens, and prompt the remark, on the death of each, "So much saved to the country !" Mode rate incomes_for each no one grudges. The Royal Dukes of GEORGE 111. had, if we remember right, about 20,000/. each—a comfortable living, in all conscience, for those who neither toil nor spin. But as to the Princesses, we trust the nation will refuse to maintain them abroad. Prussia has surely pocketed enough at the cost of this country by her transit trade with the enemy, in addition to her millions saved, like Austria, by her cowar dice or despotism, refusing to fight in the interest of Europe. If our young Princes want German wives, as very likely they will, we wonder how much the Duke, or Margrave, or Landgrave, or Count, or nobody knows what, will allow his daughter ? We take it, England will have to maintain both, and perhaps give the husband a sinecure Colonelcy, intended for the reward of special services, or a Marshal's baton, for service in the field of deer-stalking. Let Prussia do as we must do, if against the wish of England she will have our Princess Royal. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's Bill to pre vent our insuring in French offices is now pub lished, as our readers will have already seen. Sir CORNEWALL LEWIS, no doubt, thinks he has ex tinguished French insurance here as completely a 4 ho thinks he has the regal history of Rome. Looking at his bill we will not deny that it is well calculated to prevent open agency on behalf of a foreign company. All that the surplusage of legal phraseology and heavy penalties can do Sir CORNEWALL LEWIS has done. Any person in any manner negotiating, &c., &c., the insurance is to be considered an agent for a foreign company, and must be licensed, under a penalty of 1001. per day ! Every insurance also, wherever the policy or note be issued and signed, or if there be uo policy at all, must pay the policy stamp and the duty of cent. per cent., or of one hundred and fifty per cent. ! Surely the net has not a single hole in it—much less, to use Lord ELDON'S phrase, can a coach-and-six be driven through the Act. Yet we are confident that very little ingenuity will suffice to evade it extensively. Nothing for bids, or can well forbid, advertising a French office in the English papers, and direct correspon dence on the part of the insurer with the French office. There is no person appointed to receive the duty from insurers, nor could each insurer be required to bring the duty to Somerset-house or the Stamp-office. No person need act as an agent in obtaining the proposal for insurance. It could be made so full in its particulars that wrong de scription would be impossible; and as wilful mis description renders a policy void, the insurer would not venture on fraud of that kind ; the cheapness of the insurance, and the penalty in case of fire would secure correct proposals. In cases of fire, it would be no difficulty whatever to have reliable valuers of losses in every locality, and the bill does not, and cannot, make a valuer an agent for insuring. Direct communication with France is now as easy as between English towns, and will frustrate all attempts to maintain exorbitant duties. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Cri mean Exhibition, 121, Pall-Mall, with a visit yesterday... Sir James Duke was on duty at the Old Bailey Ses sions till 5 o'clock, and reached the house just too late to vote in favour of Mr. Gibson's bill. The Attorney-General for Ireland was reelected for Ennis on Tuesday without opposition. Mr. William Evans, late M.P. for Derbyshire, died at his residence, Allestree-hall, Derbyshire, after a short illness, at about four o'clock last Tuesday morning. A new college is to be erected, at a cost of 30,060/. at Llandaff. for female orphans of the clergy, in connec tion with Hord's Charity. The Hon. Leslie Melville, one of the directors of the East India Campany, died on the evening of the Bth, after a sudden attack of paralysis. This event places another seat in the direction of the disposal of the Crown.—Sraith and Elder's o , ;erland Mail. THE BAND IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.—Orders have been issued by the authorities at the Horse Guards that the band of the Royal Horse Guards Blue shall play on Sunday next in Kensington Gardens from 4 till 6, wea ther permitting. A band will play on each succeeding Sunday, and the time of the performance will probably vary as the season advances. THE EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—We have the best grounds for stating that there is no truth in rumours which have lately been current, to the effect that Sir Edmund Lyons is about to replace Lord Stratford de Redeliffe as British Ambassador at Constantinople. Sir Edmund has gone to the Mediterranean for the purpose of resuming his command. Lord Stratford, there is no reason to doubt, will retain his post.-- Morning Post. Tne geld brought by the Red Jacket on Tuesday is understood to amount to 448,0001., instead of 402,7001., as stated. There was also between 20,0001. and 40,0001. in the hands of passengers. The whole will be taken to the Bank of England, and the arrival is opportune, the sums withdrawn for transmission to the East during the last week or two having been very heavy. EAST INDIA-HOUSE.—Ye•terday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when the thanks of the Court were voted unanimously to Mr. Elliot Mac: naghten, chairman, and Colonel William Henry Sykes, deputy-chairman, for their great application and atten tion to the affairs of the East India Company during the past year. KING BOMBA AND HIS INSULTS TO ENGLAND.—We read in a letter from Naples ;—" The French Minister's ball will take place on the 14th inst., and the King has signified his intention to be present, having de clined so to honour the ball of the British Minister, Sir William Temple. The contrast in the mode of treating the several legations is but too significant of the Royal feeling—he fears and respects the one country, bywhilsta setrbies of little grievances eotherheh has been permittedand annoyances. to longo Theinsult French Minister, M. Brenier, regards this as rather a diplomatic triumph, and not a little plumes himself upon it." THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION IN PORTSMOUTH DOCK YARD.—The coroner's inquest upon the bodies has been thrice adjourned, and again postponed till this evening. An inquest was held yesterday, at Haslar, by the county coroner, Longcroft, Esq., and a respectable body of jurymen. The facts were clearly stated. It was proved in evidence that the safety-valves were in proper order ; that the gauge cocks had previously to the accident been tested. The driver (Edwards) stated that he was at a loss to account for the deplorable result, at which time he was within a few feet of the boiler, This man has been in the service nearly eight years, bears a most excellent character, and has always been accustomed to high-pressure engines. The coroner, in summing up, delivered an impressive address to the jury, after which they gave a verdict of "Accidental death." The abol e inquest was held on Parrot, who had subsequently sunk under the shock: TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH CONSTANTINOPLE. —The following information respecting the Ottoman Electric Telegraph between Shumla and Constantinople has been forwarded to us for publication :—" The Otto man electric telegraph between Shumla and Constanti nople is now open for the transmission of private despatches. Every despatch must be superscribed Vole d'Adrianople.' By reason of the breaking of the line across the Danube, which cannot be remedied until the return of fine weather, such despatches must all bear the indication, Gouverneur de Roustchouk.' The zonal distance from Giurgevo to Shumla is three zones ; that from Shurnia to Adrianople two zones ; and that from Shumla to Constantinople three zones. The tele graphic offices in England will, on sending such despatches, receive the total charge not only as far as Giurgevo, but through to their final destination, not withstanding the indication Gouverneur de Roust chouk, ' which is merely intended to i nsure th e i r trans- mission across the Danube.—Ottoman Embassy, Lon don, April 8." CHIPPENHAU ELECTION.--The election of a represen tative for this borough, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mr. Joseph Neeld, took place yesterday. There was only one candidate, and the matter created very little interest. After the usual preliminaries, the Mayor (Mr. T. A. Fellowes) briefly opened the proceedings. Mr. W. Cjlborne, the late Mayor of the borough, then came forward, and, after paying a touching tribute to the me mory of the late Mr. Neeld, proposed Mr. Robert Parry Nisbet, of Southbroom-house, in the county of Wilts, as a fit and proper person to represent the borough in Par liament. The nomination was briefly seconded by Mr. Wilson, and, no other candidate appearing, the Mayor deciared Mr. Nisbet duly elected. Mr. Nisbet then ad dressed the electors, and, after thanking them for the high honour conferred upon him, and making a few re marks upon local topics, he stated that, although a Con servative, he was willing to support all measures of sound reform that might be brought into Parliament, and was prepared to support any plan that would place the vexed question of church-rates on a more satisfactory footing. A. vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor, and three cheers for the Queen and the new member, and the pr , ceedings, which did not occupy half an hour, ter minated. NEW ROCHESTER BRIDGE.—On the conclusion of the meeting of the bridgewardens at Rochester Castle, on Friday last, the wardens held a private meeting at their usual place, when the subject of the approaching com pletion of the new iron bridge was taken into considera tion. Sir W. Cubitt, the engineer of the works, was directed to prepare plans and statements for taking down the old bridge, with the view of their being laid before the wardens at the next meeting, on the 15th of May, for their approval, the wardens being desirous of com mencing the taking down of the present bridge on the same day that the new one will be opened. An opinion was also expressed that the old bridge should be re moved as speedily as possible, and it was stated that there appeared to be little doubt that every part of that structure would be removed and cleared away by Christ was next. The bridgewardens have also acceded to the request made by the inhabitants of Strood and others, and have given directions for stairs to be erected on the Strood side of the river, which will be of great conveni ence to persons having occasion to use the river. We understand that the precise day for opening the bridge has not yet been named ; but there is every reason to believe that it will take place some time in the last week in June. There appears to be a pretty general belief current that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be present at the ceremony, but the bridgewardens have not been assured that such will positively be the case.— Sbuth-Eastera Gazette. , elm SERVICES, No. V.—The estimates for Civi Services, under the branch " Colonial, Consular, and other Foreign Services," have been printed. The amount r iroyw e Igoe: be e f ea d d3e2 c o o : , e2a6 t s h se e t year of against ,ao 7n0 18 1t. 5 3 6 2T8 i h, s stated itemsal . ted , last si b tn y th e Treasury eutadree, 12,0001. for the support of captured negroes, 11,0501. for the " Suppression of Slave Trade Commissions," 167,4981. for consuls abroad, and 25,0001. for "extra ordinary" expenses Ministers at foreign Courts. The ecclesia.tical establishment of the British North Ameri• can provinces figures for 7,3971., including 1,9901., the salary of the Bi-hop of Quebec, and 2,7621. for foreign missionaries of the Society for Propagating the Gospel. The civil establishment on the Western Coast of Africa figures for 10,2301., of which 2,000/. is for Sierra Leone, 4,2301 for Gambia, avid 4,0001. for the Gold Coast. The isle of St. Helena costs tee country a sum of 10,856/ , principally for pensions and retired allowances), and that of Heligoland 9601. The Falkland Islands figure for 2,9011. For expenses of emigration from this country 14,582/. is required. 3,3291. is demanded for the es tablishment of a new consulate at Bangkok, in Siam, under the new treaty, the consul to receive a salary of 1,2001. RGSsIAN RAILWAYS.—The prospectus of the first of the anticipated Russian railway companies has been put forth, the line being one that was about to be introduced just beforce the commencement of the war. It is to he called the C icomercial Railway of Russia, Rica, and Dunahurg, and the capital required is 1600 ; 000/. in 20,000 shares of 1001. each, to be issued at 80. On these shares the Russian Government guarantee a minimum interest of 4 per cent., which to subscribers at the price of 80 will yield 5 per cent. The dividends are to be payable half-yearly in London, St. Petersburg, and Riga, and the sum proposed to be raised covers a pro vision, for the payment of interest during construction. An additional half per cent. is also guaranteed to form a sinking fund to redeem the shares at par within 56 years, The concession was granted to the committee of the Riga Exchange, comprising the foreign mere:mute at that place, by whom all the requisite surveys and esti mates have been procured, and the company are to have absolute control both as regards construction and ma nagement. The length of the line will be about 140 miles from Riga to Dunabure, where it will join about mid way the great line from St. Petersburg .to Warsaw, now in progress. The chief advantages c intemplated are those to be derived from its power of transp atine the produce of the interior and central province to the port of Riga during the long period in which the river navigation is closed by ice ; and a belief is stated in the prospectus that it must become the main commercial trunk line from the north and west of Russia. The Lon- don Board of Directors consists at Preeent of a few mer chants Lirge l y connected with Riga, and Mr. John Hawkshaw is to be the engineer. The terms granted furnish an illustration of the determina tion of Russia to obtain whatever amount of British capital she may require to promote the growth of her ports and develope the power and resources of her territory ; and, as Austria intends to follow a similar course, and both are likely to be imitated by all the German and other continental States, no forebodings can be too great with regard to the drain to which, with the progress of specu lation, we are likely in a year or two to be exposed. THE RECENT COLLISION AT GIBRALTAR —ln The Sun of Tuesday we gave an account from the Gibraltar Chronicle of March 29, of thecollision between thesteam ship Mino and the British sailing transport Minden. The Chronicle of the 31st of March contains the state ment made by the master of the Minden relative to the accident. He describes the weather as being very hazy at the time. Those on board did not apprehend any dan ger of collision, and he therefore did not think it neces• sary to alter the course of the ship, as the vessels would have passed quite clear of each other if they had both continued their respective courses ; but within a minute or two after the master caught sight of the steamer the latter suddenly altered her course by porting her helm, which caused herto shoot under the bows of the Minden. The jibboom of the latter, coming in contact with one of the masts of the steamer Mino, was carried 'away, and the bowsprit knocked down the steamer's funnel. The stern of the Minden then struck with a severe shock against the broadside of the steamer. The master of the Minden rendered all the assistance he could, and his first boat had just succeeded in reaching the steamer when she sank, stern foremost. Capt. Marshall procesda to say that the boat saved 21 persons, viz., 2 ladies and 2 gen tlemen (passengers) and 17 of the crew, including the second engineer, the boatswain, and • la !second steward. The time that elapsed from the collsion to the sinking of the steamer did not exceed ten minutes. The beats remained for three-quarters of an hour near the spot in the hope of saving mere lives, the ship being hove to all the time, with her main and inizen topsai l s aback and her head to the northward ; the bearings of Tarifa light at the time of the collision being W. and by N., Europa light bearing N.E. and by. E. half E. The ship immedi ately began to fire guns, and continued to do so at in tervals for an hour, firing 27 rounds in all, and burning blue lights and rocket@ in the hope of geteing assistance. At 4 a.na. the boats returned with the persons saved, and they had every assistance rendered them on board the Minden. They informed Captain Marshall that the on he b h o a a d r dr,e received engineer edne er a e ttetahmeevrahmaed tune alt(s g r e e t n h a e a r 0 r k 1 in 9 g ders to stop the engines, but that he stopped them him self after the collision of own accord. THE NIGHTINGALE FOND. —The t otal sum su b s cribed ) up to the present time to this f u nd, intended as a re cord of national gratitude to Miss Nightingale for the invaluable services rendered by her to the sick and wounded of the British forces during the recent war, and raised to enable her to establish an institution for the training, sustenance, and protection of nurses and hospital attendants, is very little,. if at all, short of 30,000/. The more recent co ntributions include 1,8721. from M. and Madame Goldschm id t -Lind ; 8001 . from the citizens of Manchester ; 6501. from Oxford ; 4001. from Edinburgh ; 3001. from Bath ; 2551. odd from Bol ton ; 1111. from Winchester ; 3361., a further remittance from the British army in the Crimea ; and 1741. from the officers, chaplains, and soldiers stalhned at Scutari. The committee for managing the fund acknowledge with much gratification the contributions of a large number of the clergy of various denominations, the aid they have received, and are receiving, from British ambassadors and consuls in various parts of the world ; and refer with pleasure to the large sums contributed by the army at home and abroad. A letter from Lord William Paulet, which conveyed the subscriptions from the Crimea, bears testimony to the ready and hearty manner with which the whole army there had responded to the appeal made to it on behalf of the objects of the fund ; and he adds that, judging from the amount subscribed by the several divisions and departments, the committee of which he is the chairman have reason to believe that every officer and soldier had contributed a day's pay towards it ; and they feel that the unanimity and wil lingness with which these contributions had been made afford the strongest testimony both to the value of the services which Miss Nightingale has rendered to the army, and to the appreciation in which those services are held by those in whose behalf they were undertaken. The committee are also in communication with the au thorities in the colonies, from many of whom they have received offers of co-operation, and they especially direct attention to the:results already obtained from the ag gregate of small subscriptions colleoted throughout the kingdom. LATEST NEWS. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (From th,e Times Corresponded.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 28. The occupations of an army during a cessation of hostilities differ but little from those of our mili tary training-schools at Aldershott or the Curragh, and, but for the vicinity of our enemy, the traces of the late protracted conflict, and the severity of the Crimean spring, there would be little to dis tinguish this vast camp of English, French, and Sardinians from the ordinary standing camps which are more commonly seen upon the continent than among ourselves. All the open spaces on the pla teau are covered every morning with our battalions at drill or exercise. The day that is not for a di visional inspection is sure to be devoted either to brigade or regimental drill, and there is no doubt but that the British army is now fast assuming that rigidity and regularity which our military men so much admire, but which in this war at least has on no occasion been of service to us. The Light Division, broken in two almost by the abstraction of the 77th and 88th at the Alma,_ charged the Russian batteries under the very nose of Sir George Brown in such formation and order as would have insured every officer and man weeks of extra drill from that gallant officer in peace time._ The 30th, 65th, and 95th of Evans's Division were also speedily deprived of their orderly formation. At lukernaan the regiments were broken up and fought man by man or in little groups, meet ing the surge of the Russians by so many shifting points of steel and fire ; and in the attacks on the Redan there was no formation at all, from the time the men left the trenches till they returned, and the place was attacked by a brave and devoted armed mob. Same considerations connected with these matters might tempt our chiefs to consider whether our drill might not be submitted to some modifications. No military man dares to propose the revision of our squad books, but there is not one of them who could not point out faults and ab• surdities in them. TUESDAY.—As yet I have only seen two Russian officers across the Tchernaya, and that was yesterday at the races ; but it is affirmed that one or two have ridden into Balaklava, and that some others have been taken to Kamiesh and entertained by French officers, greatly to the anger of the Marshal. The Russians do not disguise their joy at the pro spects of peace, and, indeed, they must have suf fered enormously in the siege. They say that the shot of the allies sometimes struck their boats full of men, crossing from the north side, and sunk them, and they take pride in relating the horrors of the siege. Some of them will never be known. Mr. Deane, the diver, has, however, brought others to light. Close by the ruins of Fort Paul, whence the bridge started to the north side, he dis covered, at the bottom of the harbour, a battery of field-artillery, horses, men, and all entangled in the harness, and with their skeletons just hang ing together in the network of leather. He has fished nprfive field-pieces and two howitzers. They are filled with mud, but they can soon be made fit for Woolwich. The wood of the carriages has been utterly destroyed by the teredo navalis, or what ever it is which lives on such hard fare or in such hard quarters as the best old oak affords. On the skeleton of one of the horses there were the bones of a driver held together by the rags of his uniform, rend with his foot still in the stirrup. The Candia has arrived with Captain Gardiner's troop of Royal Horse Artillery • but they have been ordered not to land for the present. The mail has arrived, and it is rumoured that the ar• mistice has been extended to the 10th of April. WEDNESDAY.—" Returns" are the order of the day. One which has been ordered, of the names of all officers who have been present with their regi ments without leaving the Crimea since the 14th of September, 1854 (Old Fort), to March 20, 1850, has excited an immense amount of hope and con jecture among the very few lucky men whose names will appear in it. There was a review of about 40 French batta lions and of two regiments of Cuirassiers to-day behind the Feduikhine heights on the plains of Balaklava. The whole of the army of the Tcher naya was under arms, and presented a very mag nificeut spectacle. The Marshal and a large staff of Generals and many of the English and Sardinian staff were on the ground, and, notwithstanding the coldness of the day, many spectators watched the evolutions of the troops and the charges of the cavalry for several hours. THURSDAY.—Last night the performances at the Fusilier Theatre, Light Division, were attended by Sir W. CArington, and went off with great success. There was the usual drill of several bri gades of the English army to-day, in spite of the extreme cold. The French surgeons are visiting our hospitals, and are said to bo loud in . praises of our arrangements. I regret to state that Miss Nightingale has received a slight injury from the upsetting of a vehicle, in which, with other sisters, she was coming up to the front from Balaklava. Her back is hurt, and she is at present at the Castle Hospital. We all hope for her speedy and complete recovery. Col. M'Murdo, of the; Land Transport Corps, has arrived, and is busied with the arrangement of his department, , which the news of peace has in some degree pa ralysed. The soldiers are going back to their regi ments in some cases. What is to become of the . non-commissioned officers who have received com missions from the line which have not yet been confirmed at home ? But, above all, how will those deserving officers who have received the brevent rank of Major in the Army for their ser vice in the corps be treated ? FRIDAY.—The north wind continued to blew throughout the night up till eight o'clock this morning, and at six a.m. the thermometer was down' to 12 deg. Fahrenheit. Soon afterwards a change took place, and the thermometer rose to 24 deg. The conduct of the north wind is the more provoking • that we have a bright sun d a il y , an d , between them both one must be very tough or very clever to escape some species of catarrh. The un fortunate crocuses, snowdrops, and other bulbs which have shot up their buds to greet the warm sun have received rude welcome and scant en ' couragemrnt from the cold aLd nipping air. About 11 o'clock a.m. a strong division of the Russian army appeared on the parade ground above the heights of Inkerman, on the north side, and were engaged for a couple of hours in performing the ordinary manoeuvres of a field-day ; within sight of them the 2d Brigade of the Light' ivision was occupied in a similar manner ; and all that flash and show of glittering arms were the more pleasing to the spectator that they heralded no bloodshed and augured no coming battleeqeld. Rumours of peace fly swiftly through the camp, and the extension of the armistice to the 10th of April is regarded as its certain preliminary. All thoughts are turned towards Lome, but it cannot be denied that the sudden prospect of peace has given a trbued armistice r a h i o s c t k i e eto but those as a eagerbreathing-time soldiers who re gardedto the enemy, and to th ose newly-at-ea el depart mentsgiven which, forced to an exuberant development in the hotbed of our necessities, will now possibly be deprived of the measure u favour and encourage ment which the civility, devotion, sincerity, and zeal of those who organised and adopted them have unquestionably entitled them to expect. SATURDAY. —The weather has again changed. The thermometer, which fell 18 degrees last night, has risen this morning to 39 degrees, with a light southerly breeze and cloudy sky. The Brigadiers have taken advantage of the weather, and the various brigades are now drilling on the plateau overlooking the Tchernaya. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 31.—The commercial world of Galata is just now thrown into a state of considerable excitement by a rather curious lawsuit between an English merchant and an Austrian banking firm. Both parties are reckoned among the most respectable houses of this place, and they have been for years connected in business. Only lately they transacted together some very exten sive business as contractors for the French army, and it is from this latter business that the lawsuit has arisen. They undertook last year to supply cattle and lost a great many by epidemic. This year the English house alone concluded under very, favourable terms a contract with the French Intendance to furnish several thousand heads of cattle per month, and has in consequence of it at this present moment a claim for 24,000/. upon the French Con missariat. Now the Austrian firm comes forward with a bill for 1,000,000 piasters, and asks on the strength of it the sequestration of the 24,0001. The English house raises the objection that the bill was only one for accommodation, which can be easily seen from the accounts current between the two houses. As the case is between an English and Austrian subject, the usual custom of the place, which fol lows:French law in this respect, admits the seques tration, and the English Consul-General has, at the request of the plaintiff, locked up the 24,0001. until the question has been decided. This morning the sound of 101 guns announced to us that peace had been signed. As the end of thelarmistice approached rumours of the most dif ferent nature began to circulate—now that the armistice had been prolonged—then that the news of the actual conclusion of peace had arrived—and again that unforeseen but not insurmountable dif ficulties-laving arisen the war would be continued as well as the negotiations. The salute this morn ing put an end to all these conjectures. Although the whole commercial world here was interested in the continuation of war, the belief especially during the latter part of the negotiations was more in favour of peace. Although only fragmentary and ofte# very apocryphal news reached the public about the progress of the conferences, yet the tele graphic orders sent out t o cease warlike prepara tions and the settling of contracts somehow or other transpired, and helped to confirm people's belief in peace. The grand review of the English troops at Scu tari, which had been fixed for Saturday last, has been postponed on account of the bad weather. As that day was not fine the Sultan named to-day (Monday). The rain yesterday and tc-day, how ever, caused it again to be postponed to an inde finite period. A very suspicious epidemic has broken out among the Artillery horses belonging to the bat tery stationed in Galata-serai. On Wednesday last the horses were as usual taken to be watered at the troughs erected within the enclosure of the building ; soon after they returned, the horses, which had been quite well before and in excellent condition, began to show symptoms of uneasi ness ; they refused to eat, and became rest less. This restlessness soon turned into a spasmodic- nervousness ; the horses began to trenibfe "in all their limbs, and the palpi tations of the heart were so violent that they could be distinctly heard. In spite of the efforts of the veterinary surgeons attached to the battery, these symptoms in some of the horses soon changed into a state of the mast acute agony. They stood up erect on their hind legs, or threw themselves in violent convulsions on the ground. The muscles seemed to become rigid in some, while others swelled to an enormous size. By next morning 13 of them were dead, while all the horses which had gone out first to water were more or less ill. Seve ral of the horses were opened, but nothing was found except a congestion of the intestines, scarcely sufficient to cause death. Since then the intes tines have been sent over to Scutari to be chemi cally examined by an analytic commission formed for the purpose. Of course, until this inquiry is concluded, it is impossible to say what the cause of this sudden illness and death was, but all the cir cumstanees which have hitherto come to light seem to point out a case of poisoning on a large scale. The first idea suggested was that some poison ous plant might have impregnated the hay, but on examination not only no trace was found of this —but likewise, although all horses received the hay indiscriminately from the same bales, there were many which were not attacked. All the horses that died and that were seriously attacked belonged to the first batch that was taken out to water. When they bad drunk, the water in the troughs was removed, and the second batch, the troop of Captain Oakes, of the 12th Lancers, which drank from this water, showed indeed symptoms of ill ness, but none died. A detachment of Artillery horses and the other troop of the 12th, that had been out drilling, came in late, and which were only watered in the afternoon, when the water had again been removed, were not attacked at all. Besides this, all the horses which died were those which drank from the troughs in the middle, where the water runs out from the fountain, while those more towards the end escaped altogether, or were only slightly attacked. One driver deposes that, of the two horses in his charge, one which seemed very thirsty and drank a great deal, was one of the first dead, while the other, having tasted the water, refused to drink, although repeatedly brought to the trough, and this horse never was ill. What ever the cause was, the effects showed themselves on the muscular and nervous system especially, although the symptoms were of the most different character. Up to this morning 20 horses have died, and several more are expected to die. All these horses were attacked at the same time, and not one case showed itself since the first day, which puts epidemic out of the question. The symptoms ienaind one very much of those lately so much dis cussed, of strychnine. The absence of any visible cause of death in the dissected horses su g gests the same idea. Every measure has been in the mean time taken to clear up this case, although the absence of the necessary means for a chemical analysis may render this rather difficult. RUSSIA. THE IMPERIAL MANIFESTO. The following is a translation of the Imperial Manifesto, published at St. Petersburg on the Ist of April, to announce the signing of the treaty a peace : "The obstinate and sanguinary struggle which, for nearly three years, has subverted Europe, has at last ceased. It was not Russia that commented it. Even before it broke out my late august father, of imperish able memory, solemnly declared to his faithful subjects, and to all the foreign Powers, that the sole object of his desires and of his efforts had been to protect the rights of our co-religionists in the East, and to put an end to the persecutions to which they were subjected. "A stranger to all interested views, he never expected that his just complaints (reclamations) would have re sulted in the scourge of war; and considering its calami ties with.a deep feeling of sorrow as a Christian, and as the father of the people entrusted by Providence to his care, he did not cease inandesting his inclination in favour of-peace. But the negotiations which were opened shortly before his death, on the sutject of the conditiers of that peaoe, which was a necessity for us all, remained without success. " Tee Governments which have formed a hostile coali tion against us had not d'scontinu'ed their armaments ; pending the negotiations they had even increased them ; the war had to follow its course, and we continued it with firm hope in the protection of the Most High and firm confidence in the unshaken devotion of our well beloved subjects. Our expectations were justified. During that period of hard trials our faithful and brave soldiers, as well as all our people, without distinction of class, proved themselves, i s always, worthy of their high calling. Along the whole extent of our empire, from the shores of the Pacific Ocean to the shores of the Dallis and Black Sea, one single idea, one single impulse, aniinat.id all, and made them spare neither life nor for tune in the defence of their country. Labourers, leaving the plOugh and their fields, eagerly took up arms f our holy cause, rivalling in courage and self-denial our veteran soldiers. New and Arising deeds of renown have marked this last struggle with powi rful adversaries. " The enemy has been driven back from the coasts of Siberia and from those of the White Sea, as well as from the ramparts .of Svveaborg ; the heroic defence for 11 months of the fortifications of the south side of Sebasto pol, erected in the fees of and under the fire of the as sailants, will be handed down as a record to the remotest poaterity. "In Asia, after the glorious victories of the two pre ceding campaigns, Kars was compelled to surrender with its numerous garrison, forming the whole army of Anato lia, and_the elite of the Turkish troops sent to relieve the place were compelled to retreat. Nevertheless, by the impenetrable and wise decrees of Providence, a fact was preparing conformable to the wishes of our well-beloved august father, to our own, and to those of all Russia, and which realised the objects of the war. The future condition and the privileges of all the Christians in the East are henceforth guaranteed. The Sultan solemnly recognises them, and, consequent upon this act of jus tice, the Ottoman Empire enters into the family of European states. "Russians ! Your efforts and your sacrifices have not been in vain. A great work has been accomplished, although by other and unforeseen means, and we may now with a quiet conscience put an end to those efforts and to those sacrifices by restoring to our dear country the inestimable blessings of peace. To hasten the con elusion of the treaty of peace and to dispel, even for the future, the very idea of ambitious views or projects which might be attributed to us, WA have onnuelited to the adoption of certain precautionary measures destined to prevent a collision of our ships of war with those t:f Turkey in the Black Sea, and to the estab.ishment of a new frontier line in the southern part of Bessarabia, nearest to the Danube. "These concessions are not great when put in com parison with the charges of a prolonged war, and the advantages promised to us by the tranquillity of the 'Empire; the destinies of which it has pleased God to entrust to us. May all those advantages be obtained by our efforts, united to those of all our faithful subjects. May, with the aid of the Almighty, who has always protected Russia, its internal organisation be consolidated and perfected ! May justice and clemency preside over its ju Igments—may t'ie advance ment of civilisation and of all useful activity spread with renewed force—and may every one enjoy in peace the fruits of his labour under the protection of laws equally just and watchful for all I Finally —and this is the most important and most ard -nt of our hopes—may the salutary light of faith, by enlightening the wind and strengthening the heart, maintain and improve more and more that social morality which is the surest pledge of order and happiness. "Given at St. Petersburg the 19th March (31st), 1856, and in the secOud year of our reign, "ALEXANDER." A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 31st in the Constitutionnel, says:—" A telegraphic de spatch, received last night, brought us the happy news of the conclusion of peace. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, about midnight, i published an ex traordinary supplement, in which t said A telegraphic despatch from General Count Orloff has announced to the Emperor that the treaty of peace was signed at Paris on the 30th at one o'clock.' The clubs, the coffee-houses, and the public places were thronged during this day by persons com menting on the news. The sensation produced was profound and immense. All the jou rna l s which have appeared this morning have printed the nunsin l arg e types at the he a d o f t h e i r columns. I wa s present this morning at one of the finest military spectacles that c ou ld b o g i ven to the public. A grand review was held of all the corps of the reserve and of the guard, of the crews of the fleet, and of the active divisions of St. Pe tersburg, and the corps of cadets and the militia, in presence of the Emperor, who re t urne d two d ays before from his journey to Finland. His Majesty arrived on the ground accompanied by the grand dukes his brothers, and. passed along the ranks of the troops, which were not less in number than 75,000. The imperial party was hailed with the most enthusiastic cheers. In the afternoon there was a reception at the winter place, and to-morrow a re Deum will be sung in the chapel." A letter from Si. Petersburg says that in his visit to Finland, the Emperor of Russia, after leaving Helsingfors, went to the little town of Burgo, where he laid the first stone of a monument to the fisherman Beukels, of Biervliet, in Vlanders, who in the fourteenth century discovered the art of salting and packing herrings, and who, after intro , ducing it into his own country, went into Finland, and established it there, from whence it spread to all the Baltic provinces. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April 6.—The following authentic in formation relative to the re-organisation of the Danubian Principalities has been obtained. The Moldavo-VVallachian question is not definitively settled by the Treaty of Peace signed on the 30th of March, but the " parties that have made peace" have agreed to send a commission into the two Principalities. On its arrival the commission will proceed to form two general Divans ; the one for Wallachia, and the other for Moldavia, whose members are to be elected by the people. As soon as the Divans are duly formed they will proceed to draw up new organic statutes, and propose such reforms as may appear requisite and desirable. When the project of the national Divans is completed it will be sent to Constanti nople, and after having been revised by the repre sentatives of the Powers, the new constitution will be granted to the Principalities by their Suzerain, the Sultana. It is not probable that Moldavia and Wallachia will be united, but one of the duties of the Commission will be to learn the wishes of the people on the subject. After the internal affairs of the Principalities have been definitively settled, and the new institutions established, Hospodars, natives of the Danubian Principalities, will be elected. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The grand dinner to be given by the Emperor to the Plenipotentiaries will take place on the 12th inst. It has been decided that the proces varbaux of the Congress shall be published. The Minister of War has received the following despatch from Marshal Pelissier : " Head-quarters, Sebastopol, March 25. " 'Monsieur le Marechal—The army of the East wet• coined with enthusiasm the news of the happy delivery of the Empress, and the birth of th e P r i n ce Imperial was hailed with numerous cheers. It received both from our faithful allies and from ourselvel the most gracious, the most brilliant, and the most enthusiastic welcome. , The Russians themselves joined in it., for, on the evening of the 23d, seeing our bon fires burning in the camps of the three armies, they responded to it by immediately lighting fires along the whole of their lines. On the following day, in order to follow up the rejoicings, some splendid horse races took place on the banks of the Tchernaya. Nothing could exceed the coup-d'reil presented by this magic scene. English, French, and Sardinians were every moment seen exchanging congratulations on the event which the thundering voice of the cannon of SAW topol and of our camps had announced the previous day. For my part, Monsieur le Marechal, in connecting this great event with that of which your electric despatch of the 14th March no longer leaves any doubt, I am happy to say that never did a star shine with more brilliancy than that of the Emperor. This peace, signed over the cradle of a child, will be the most happy augury for all. If the Emperor and Empress will accept them, I bei you, Monsieur le Marechal, to offer to them the re. spectful congratulations of the army with my own, and to tell their Majesties that we have all offered u p to Heaven our most ardent prayers for the prosperity of the child now given to us, and which has just fixed the destinies of France.—Accept, &e., " PELINSIEB." We also read in the Moniteur:—" The winter continues to exercise its rigours in the Crimea• In the night of the 29th March the thermometer fell to 12 degrees below zero centigrade (9.50 of Fahrenheit), and stood at 10 degrees on each of the following nights. On the sth there was rather heavy fall of snow. Notwithstanding this influence, the sanitary state of our troops has in' proved so sensibly that the number of sick who entered the ambulances diminished one half dui'. ing the last month, and there is reason to hope that the end of the winter will also bring about the close of the maladies under which the army in the East has been suffering. The telegra phic despatches from Marshal Pelissier are every dal more and more satisfactory, and the last letters fore General Larchey point out the good elects pro duced by the measures lately taken at Constant!: nople for the improvement of the hospitals there. The Naval Commander of the French forces is the Black Sea has also communicated the rejoicings on board the fleet. The ratifications of the telegraphic treaty con' eluded at Paris en the 28th December last hi France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, and Sardinhb, were exchanged yesterday between th e Mi n i s t er oz Foreign Affairs and the representatives of the above" mentioned countries. This treaty, which will coins into operation immediately after its promulgations will make important reductions in the charge for tAegraphic communications. The Monitelir publishes the returns of the pro* duce and consumption of beetroot sugar, since the beginning of the season, from which it appears that, on the Ist April, there were 274 manufacto• ries in full operation, or 66 more than at the cor responding date of 1855. The sugar manufactured, including 2,359,141 kilo. lying over since last years am minted to 81,205,585 kilo., showing a difference iu favour of 1856 of 40,1b3,105 kilo. The quantity sold for consumption, or deposited in the Govern' ment bonded stores, was 64,425,901 kilo., - or 29,285,788 more than last year. BOURSE, April 9.—The following were the laSk quotations Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4j per Cents 94 —f. —O. 3 per Cents 73 45 74 5 New Loan 73 75 Bank Shares 4,000 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,715 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese(s) 93 50 Rome Debt ... RAILWAYS-NOB CASH. fr. c. fr. 0' (Means ......... (ad) 1,360 Western (ad) 890 -• Northern - Lyons .... 1,372 50 New Ditto BBO Mediterranean 1,670 Grand Central 670 ---' Lyons Geneva Bl7 50 Tests Cette INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Euxine, Capt. Joy, reached Southampton this day, at 5 o'clock pan., with mails and dates from the above places. On her passage home, the Euxine experience(' mostly strong winds and heavy seas. Her dates of sailing were :—Alexandria, March 24 ; Malta, 28 ; Marseilles, April 1; and Gibral' tar, 4. lie brought 23 first class and 21 other passen• gers—total, 44. The freight of the Euxine consists of 153 bale of silk, eight bales of wool, 41 b ags o f gum , 6 3 caseß and cwu bales of shawls, a box. of ostrich few' there, a box of tea, 26 bales of flax, eight casks and two cases of wine, 50 boxes of oranges, and 151 packages of general cargo. The 'Vienna Gazette states that the Emperor hal couferred on Count de Buol Schauenstein tho Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen as an acknowledgment of his long and faithful services. At an adjourned meeting of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Company yesterday the result of the ballot was declared to he in favour of the proposal of the directors to apply for a supplemental charter, the re spective numbers being 65 votes, representing 8,437 shares, and 35 votes, representing 6,600 shares. " MY LORDS" IN AUSTRALIAN TRANSIT.—But the Lords are going to do something now that there is peace. They have issued a minute, in which they are good enough to tell us commercial men that there are three ways of getting to Australia—via the Cape,. via Suez; via Panama; and with great modesty declining to pronounce any opinion of their own az to which is best. They ask the six Austrlaian colonies to consider and agree which route shall be adepteil. They invite steam-ship companies to tender for all the routes. This is no doubt believed to be very energetic; but, all the while that the six colonies are wrangling—as they are sure to do—l sball still have to go by the clippers ; for it will be at least a year before anything can be settled. Our firm says, '• Put on the Point de Galle boats again." But the Lords of the Treast,ry are not going to prejudge the question in that way. Other firms say that if the official hydrographer (a person who would railer puzz!l you in an argument, I should think) be set to calculate, he would very soon find out which is the shortest route —commercial men generally regarding the shortest route as the best route. They say that if you draw a line from London to Melbourne it will go by Dover, Paris, Marseilles, Suez, the Chagos Islands, acrossthe Indian Ocean, right into Broad-street, Melbourne; that there are railways, steamers, and caravans into Suez; and that all that has to be done is to, put ten•knot steamers/ on between Suez and Melbourne. This would lanel letters between London and :Melbourne in 44 days. But my Lords say that, although this is very tree, the torus must be gone through of waiting a year or so until the col,,nies have fought out the battle of routes. I says make the tube ; or, if you will not go to that expenses cut as straight across the globe as you oan ; and, for mercy's sake, get the circumnavigation discussion ou t of the Circumlocution-office as fast as pousible.—Souse' hoed Words. rai TIDE at an tureen 12,001 lation 2,500 lid. t was Nil 'railed TliE vessel Comp, Indi a Pears ther e Wards of last shows The Lo an , quer most for acl Btere t The the qu for me 93 Roduc Exche, The terday transa decline and th to 102 Spanis nioney alter e d Equal Lao The Stocks ea; 2: 6 4 6 ; 6 per SPaois 6 1 ; di Rail and p i uproar • IN orth Lulea . Great Min dull. BRITI Ditt Russi a Ditt Ep of DIU Ditt SPanif Tarkii DUI Ditt Diti 8n Ditt, Nita Diti For u inn Per AREA. 69i 4 WRIA 698 ( Mu Xuti 10d i Trad 4i j Tra, 41 -] Itot do., A. fi