The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-28 00:00:00

ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Notice is Hereby Given, that the Chief Office of this Bank will, on MONDAY. the 2d day of June next, be removed from Tokenhouse-yard to the Bank's premises (formerly the South Sea Howie) in Threadneedle-street. HUGH INNER CAMERON, General Manager. 27th May, 106. GRAND BAZAAR„—Under the immediate Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, his Royal Ffighness the miko of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and.numerons Ladies of the highest distinction. A GRAND BAZAAR will be held, by the kind per mission of the Royal Toropholite Society, in their beautiful Grounds in the REGENT'S PARK, entrance by York Gate, on TUESDAY, the 3d of June, and two following Days, on behalf of the HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON. . The pressare of the times, however, with the heavy in crease of responsibility occasioned by the accommodation loeven to 130 additio na l p a ti e nts, and the opening of the mat ori um at Bournemouth, are considerations so important that the Committee appeal to the friends and patrons of this valuable Institution with unusual earnestness to support them by their presence at the Bazaar, and to prepare for the effort suck articles of work as they may consider suitable, including paintings, drawing; -dic. Donations also of music, minerals, botanical specimens, manufactured goods, models of mechanism ar chitectural and fancy designs, specimens of coins, birds, insects, books and other publications, authors' autographs, a utograph letters from celebrated man and wo men, original poetry, tales, flowers, &c., or pecuniary aid, forwarded to the Hospital, will be gratefully received and acknowledged. Admission on the Two First Days by payment of 2s. 6d. each at the gates ; or tickets may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Library, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams's Library, St. James's. street ; of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-street ; Mr. 011ivier, 19, Old Bond-street ; and at the Hospital. Children under 12 years of age ls. 6d. each. On the Third Day, ls. each. A Military Band will be in attendance. The Bazaar will be opened at Two o'clock. PHILIP ROSE, Hon. Secretary. OSBORN P. CROSS, Secretary. Bromptia, May 24, 1856. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. PICCOLOMINI. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT—THIS EVENING (Wednes day, May 28th), will be repeated Verdi's highly successful _ . . . LA TRA.VIATA. Violetta, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Alfredo, Signor Calzolari ; and Germont Giorgio, Signer Beneveatatio. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, LA MANOLA. Madame A. Bellon, Mdlles. Clara, Lizerena, Katrine, Pierron, and Rosa; M. Venefra and M. Vandris. TO-MORROW, May 29th, no performance. On FRIDAY, May 30th, a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Madame ALBONI. LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Madame Alboni ; Elvino, Signor Salviani; and Count Rodolpho, Signor Beneventano. And a favourite Ballet. ' , Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. Z. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. After which. IL TROVATORE. To conclude with' " TIIE YOUNG ACTRESS. THKA.TRE ROYAL. lIXTMARKET. under the Management of Mr. Bucketeno. THIS EVENING, LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN. After which, THE EVIL GENIII9. Followed by THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF WOMAI.T. To conclude with THE DOCTOR IN LOVE. SOYA ta PRIPTO EtRYS T H EATRE, OX ir 0 RD-STREET. Under the Iftrisgament of Mr. CHABLICS Brix. THI4 EVENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, Tfl E WINTER'S TALE. Principal characters by Hr. and lira. C. Kean. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. Tins EVENING, PAUL PRY. Followed by A BOTTLE OF SMOKE. To conclude with GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR rANTALON. ROYAIJ OLYMPIC THE kTNE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TFII4 EVENING THE. TRA.GEDY QUEEN. After which, RETRIBIT riosT. To loonclude with ST k`r AT lloll}l. ROYAL StrIREY TITEATRE. Lessees. Mews. Shepherd and Creswick. ON FRIDAY EVENING, WIII be performed MARTIN CHITZZLEWIT. To be followed by A TIATUPING LEGACY. To conclude with TWICE KILLED. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIPUTRE. Lessee and \tanacer, *,fr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The highly succexsfal Romantic, Equestrian FipecEacle, called THE HORSE OF TEIE CAVERN', or the M mntecl Brigands of the Abruzzi, In which Mr. William Cooke's Horses. trained by him, will exhibit a number of novel and extraordinary feats. After which, The transcendently bealtlful ACTS of II01: if:MANSUR" in the CIRCLE. Ts conclude with a TRIOMPEIE EQUEgTRE. Box-office open frrn E•even Fo Ir. Sta.re Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY—Morn. 12 min. aft. B—Evening 54 min. aft. 8 To-Ifoßnow—Morn. 28 min. aft. 9—Evening 1 min. aft. 10 THE WEATHER—SIIN OFFICE, MAY 28. THERKOHETEB, IN THE SHADE. e noon ye3torday. 51.-I.p.vest this mortung and d.urin, , r, the night. 66 -this day et noon. BADONETEII-j-29.63—G5. WIND, W. —Light, with fine sunshiny weather and heavy passing clouds. Heavy rain last night. TEIRHE O'CLOCK.—Heavy shower. Vt)l3 ~,~1~- .~ ~'~~. cam , ~!"J~ iy,. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MA.Y 28, 1856. One of the most extraordinary cases ever brought before a criminal tribunal has just been brought to a conclusion. The trial of WILLIAM PALMER has terminated, after a patient investiga tion, which occupied the attention of the Court and jury for twelve days, in the only verdict which that jury could have returned consistently with the oaths they had taken, and the important and oneroi duty which they- were called ou to discharge. Well and faithfully they performed their parts. They submitted to no ordinary pri vations and no ordinary difficulties in this com plicated transaction. For a clear fortnight—two Sundays and twelve working days—they were not on ly kept close prisoners, but even debarred from the slightest communication with their families, and the power of obtaining information or giving 1 instructions respecting their Own private affairs, however urgent. It was indeed a weighty tribute which th ese gen tlemen rendered to the cause of justice, but they will receive an ample rew ar d in the approval of the presiding Judges, of th e i r fellow-citizens, aud, still more, of their own eon seiencee, which must regard with atisfactien the reanner in which they fulfilled so inapor taut, but at the same time so Very painful, a duty. The case, a:; we have stated, was the mosq, extra ordinary, and at the same time one of the most difficult, ever presented before a criminal tribunal. The prisoner, a prefessional man, manifestly pos sessing considerable toxicological knowledge, evi denced, among other tnings, by his note on the ope ration of s t r y c h n i a , i s i n company with a no th er who dies under Very suspicious circumstances; consistent with poisoning by strychnine, and, a p. many eminent medical men declare, not consistent 'l7th any other disease which they have ever wit nessed or read of. It is discovered on investiga tion that the deceased has had a large sum of money in his possession w hi c h canno t b e dis covered, while PALMER, who had previously been sty/al-red in very serious pecuniary difficulties, nem 'veal payments inmedistely after the death, showing himself to be ve " flush of cash," as it is termed. It is- also fa J uM that Nietting book, which the deceased had in his possession a short time before, vanishes under very sus picious circumstances, while the suspected party causes the bets which the ether had won to be collected on the settling day, and applied for his own exclusive benefit. Nor are these all the damning features of the case. Certain bills of exchange, which had been discounted by PALMER, and some of which are supposed not to be genuine, would speedily arrive at maturity - , so that they could not be kept from Coon's knowledge► ; while a document was prepared, which a party was re quested fraudulently to witness as being executed by Coon, declaring that all the proceeds thereof had been obtained for Coon's use, and that he was therefore primarily responsible for these lia bilities, amounting to 4,0001. sterling. A cheque, too, which there was reason to believe had been forged by PALMER in the name of Coon, on the Messrs. WEATHERBY—a discovery whereof would be fatal to PALMER. He bad also proved himself an adept in forgery, for bills to a large amount, purporting to bear his mother's acceptance, were in circulation. He had, therefore, the strongest possible motives for obtaining money within a few hours' notice, which was essential to prevent him from appear ing as a felon in the dock for an offence only less serious than that of which he was subsequently accused. He obtained money, which was not accounted for in any other way than the plunder of the man whom he professed to regard as a dear friend. Here, then, was abundant motive for the offence to a person wholly indifferent to moral considerations, and the first great link in the chain of overwhelming circumstances against the accused is completed. It is then found that PALMER had purchased strychnine in two separate places, and was there fore in possession of the deadly instrument that might have produced the death. He had, in one place, three grai na on Monday evening. The same night COOK sustained a severe attack, such as would have occurred after a severe, although not fatal, dose. There might have been impurities that retarded the full effect intended. The following morning a double dose is procured at a different place. Pills are again forced on the unfortunate victim the same evening by his medi cal adviser and friend. This time " the drugs are sure." COOK dies in intense agony, while PALMER looks coolly on, being ready to witness the result at a moment's notice. Antimony was traced in the body, which must have been ad ministered shortly within 48 hours of death. PALMER, as a medical man, had in his possession the drug of which he was more than suspected to have made fearful use on other occasions. And there was a motive for its use to get COOK to Rugeley, in place of letting him go to London, where he might have received his own winnings, and the opportunity for his mur der would have been lost ; while his death before Monday would have defeated PALMER'S supposed object of obtaining the money and applying it to his own use. The next link was the conduct of the accused after the event. We find him interfering with the pose mortem, examination, offering a bribe to the post-boy to upset the carriage and break the jar, tampering with the Coroner who held the inquest, and with the Postmaster, so as to obtain surreptitiously knowledge of the private commu nication from Dr. TAYLOR to the attorney acting on behalf of the next of kin of the deceased. None of them taken separately might be sufficient to fix the guilt on PALMER, but, combined with the other circumstances, they added enormlusly to the weight of the evidence, and seemed perfectly inconsistent with innocence. From these various matters it became clear as light that, if the deceased died by poison, PALMER'S was the hand by which it was adminis• tered, and with the cool and deliberate intention of producing the fatal results that followed. There was-Ist, the motive for the crime ; 2d, the pos session of the means by which it might be effected ; and 311 y, the subsequent conduct of the accused, in acting as a guilty man might bo supposed to act, and as no innocent one would have for a moment contemplated. But more was re quired to bring home the guilt. It was also necessary to show that the death was occasioned by poison, or, at least, that every symp tom was consistent with the supposition that poison had been administered at the times and under the circumstances allege) by the prosecu tion. That doctors differ is certain, and the adage received a further illustration during the late trial. We do not for a moment impute a desire or in tention to give false testimony to any of the professional witnesses on either side. But it seems as if some of the num ber conducted their experiments in the spirit of the partisan rather than in that of the strictly impartial and indifferent witness, whose sole object was to elicit truth, and to advance the cause of justice. The difficulty of this part of the case was materially enhanced by the failure to trace the poison ; but that failure might have occurred in the best-conducted experiments, to say nothing of any mistake in the tests administered. It was not sufficient to repel the terrible presumptions arising from the other links in the chain of evidence, or the agreement of the symptoms with those which would have followed the administration of strychnine. Under all the circumstances of the case no reasonable doubt could be entertained that WILLIAM PALMER was a wilful and deliberate murderer, under cir cumstances of peculiar atrocity, such as, thank GOD, are seldom brought to light iu a court of justice, and which have scarcely been paralleled since the time of the BORGIA& Everything was done to obtain an impartial trial. A special Act of Parliament was passed to permit of the venue being changed from the county, where great excitement prevailed on the subject, to the Central Criminal Court. Money was lavishly supplied to obtain the very highest professional assistance—legal and medical—as advocates and witnesses, with possibly a little too much mixing up of the characters. Perhaps no case ever exhibited greater evi dence of that strict impartiality—perhaps, we might say, leaning to the side of the accused, of which, as Englishmen, we are proud—than the one under notice, the result whereof has been to leave -WILLIAM PA.LMER a convicted criminal, about to expiate his enormous guilt by a painful and ignominious death on the scaffold. The g ambler became the f rau d ulent debtor, gradations of guilt have been c l ose ly pursued— the with out means of liquidating his liabilities--the debtor the forger—and the forger the wilful and deliberate muderer—Nemo repent, fait turpissi td, 71$, What are we to illuminate for ? The oftener I h3 question has been asked the further oft h a , Seemed the solution. Of old, Englishmen illumi sated because they had achieved what they fought f )r, and had glorious trophies of war to suspend in the Temple of Peace. Our readers are but too well aware the country hay not got whit it fought for, and where are the laurels over which the present or future generations can rejoice ? Our generals have won the soubriquet of asses. The brava privates, serjeants, and subordinate officers of the army have alone proved themselves lions. The stout heart of England, to change the figure, has breasted nobly the tide of war, but the gal lant vessel has been run not into the harbour of a victorious peace, but on the sunken reef of a precarious truce. Whether intended or not as a bitter satire on the illumination, the device of a private individual in the City aptly enough hits off the truth. Over the word Peace (in large letters) is a pair of gigantic spectacles. Whether meant to represent a pair of French manu facture or no we cannot determine. But cer tainly the most powerful lenses ever invented by a Parisian prefet will be required to make the cessation of hostilities pass for peace. Are we to illuminate to please the Emperor of the French ? That were to add insult to injury. It may be the case, but an Englishman will be excused some scepticism on this head. Degraded as the nation has been by traitorous and by incompetent rulers, that depth of degradation has surely been spared us. To have to accept a truce of his mak ing, at his instance, and to serve his turn, was bad enough ; to be compelled by him to rejoice over it were intolerable. What are we to illuminate for then ? To please the Foreigners here who sold us to spare the Foreigners there ? We have been sacrificed by and for Germany to save Russia from paying the eousequences of her fraudu: lent ambition and hypocrisy. And for what ? Is it to celebrate the triumph of aristocratic misappropriation of power —of regime of routine, selfish greed, and incom petency, over the enlightened wishes and best interests of the nation ? The triumph certainly is not with the people. Their day is yet to come, and come it assuredly will. But so gross an in sult can never be intended. It would argue a fatuity past redemption. What, then, are we to illuminate for ? The illumination is inexplicable, save perhaps on one supposition, if we are to give our rulers credit for the possession of any modicum of common sense. The German Cousins of the Court are paying and about to pay us a visit. The people certainly are not anxious for the honour of their acquaintance, nor at all prepared to greet them with any warmth of feeling. The stronger perhaps the reason for a Govern mental illumination. Senseless shows of re joicing have not unfrequently had to stand instead of hearty popular acclaims. The princes of Ger many, too, are better used to the former. What is thought of this as a solution Prince FREDE RICK of Prussia is now among us. His Father will be here soon, and the Regent of BADEN is here already. The illumination must have its origin in some motive. Is it intended to do honour to them ? If so, we are quite certain Government has made a mistake. If it wished to gratify their feelings, it should have divided the 80001. the fireworks are to cost among them. That would have pleased them better. Offer the minor Princes of Germany a few cool thousands each, all round, and throw so much over to the leviathans, and we are greatly deceived if a complete collection of German Princes might not be forthcoming in the Tower within the next six months. What poly gamists we are—about to be married to Prussia, and possibly France, and married to Belgium, to Russia, to Austria, and to the remainder of Ger many already. Why, we shall be married to all the despots of the world shortly, Is it decent to illuminate in prospect of this ? One consolation fortunately remains. The illu mination which should properly follow the cessa tion of such a war is yet to come. The oppressed nationalities, whose interests, hopes, and feelings have been so studiously ignored during the con flict, may be trusted to get up that. The triumphs of despots and Court Camarillas precede nowadays, in the order of things, the rejoicings of the people. Court marriages, however great the sacrifice of the rights of womanhood offered at them, never staved these rejoicings off. COUNCIL OF MINISTERS IN PARIS.—An extraordinary council of Ministers was held yesterday in Paris. It is supposed that it related to the affairs of Italy. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia, attended by Lieutenant-General Baron de Schreckenstein, Baron Moltke, and Capt. Heinze, visited the members of the Royal Family at their residences yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Higness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Northumberland's party, at North umberland House, this evening, is unavoidably post poned. The Earl and Countess of Clancarty and Lady Ann Butler have left Howchin's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Paris. They will return again early in June. The Hon. Mrs. Vesey-Dawson and Miss Fitzpatrick have arrived at Edwards's Hotel, from Paris. Lord Holland, who has lately been suffering from severe indisposition, is now out of danger, and rapidly recovering. Sir Charles and Lady Wake and family arrived at their town house in Chester street, Belgrave-square, on Monday last, for the season. Count Dam .rinida, Adjutant-General of the King of Sardinia. arrived at Vienna on the 231 from Turin. Lord John Russell, it is understood, intends to leave this country about the middle of July, accompanied by Lady John Russell and family, for, in the first instance, Switzerland, and ultimately Italy. The object of his lordship's visit to the continent•is for the benefit of the health of Lady John Russell, whose condition of late has occasioned her relatives some anxiety. That the ❑oble lord contemplates a protracted absence from this country may be inferred from the circumstance that he intends to break up his domestic establishment, and let fur a term his town mansion in Chesham-place as well as his seat in the vicinity of Stroud. A deputation from the Carlton Incorporation, intro duced by Mr. Milligan, M.P., and consisting of Mr. Ackroyd, visitor, Mr. Morris, Mr. Walker, Mr. Dews bury, and Mr. Wright, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, yesterday, at the office of the Poor-law Board, on the subject of the Poor-law Amend ment Bill, as it affects Gilbert's Incorporations. A deputation from the Burial Board of the City of London had an interview with. Viscount Palmerston and Sir G. Grey, yesterday. The deputation consisted of the Chai man, Mr. Deputy Peacock, Mr. Deputy Harri son, Mr. Deputy Bower, Mr. Deputy Whiteside, Mr. Waterlow, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Bone, Mr. Hickson, Mr. Ross, Mr. Deputy Aitchison ; the clerk, Mr. Daw ; the solicitor, Mr. Tyrrell, and the engineer, Mr. Heywood. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, deputy-chairman, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yester day, at his official residence in Downiutz-street. The Cologne Gazete states that Teathen, who is charged with abstracting the despatches at Potsdam, is to he indicted for high treason. LORD CHAIIBERLAIN'S OFFICE, May 27.—Notice is hereby given, that the state apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed after Friday next, the 30th inst., till further orders. Sir C. Wood, Admiral Eden, and Col. Green, R.E., paid an official visit to Woolwich dockyard yesterday, for the purpose of making decisive arrangements as to the disposal of the gun-boats and mortar floats. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE ON LONDON -BRIDGE.- -Yesterday morning, at half-past three o'clock, con siderable sensation was created on London-bridge, in consequence of a wide-spread report that a respectably dressed female, name unknown, had been thrown over London•bridge, and that the alleged murderer had been apprehended. Upon inquiry this turns out to be too true, and the particulars are nearly as follow :—A police constable (Wheeler, No. 557) was on duty on London bridge, at half-past three o'clock yesterday morning. He observed a man and woman loitering on the bridge for some length of time. They presently got on one of the recesses. A person who was pa sing saw the man push the woman over the bridge. In falling she struck against the abutments, and fell into the water. Whee ler instantly raised an alarm, when the Royal Humane Society's boats and drags were quickly put in requisition, but the body was not found. The man, when arrested, attempted co commit suicide. Upon arriving at the station, the inspector asked him his name. He answered, William Mayes, billiard-marker, aged 26 years, and that he resided at Three Tons-court,Borough. The acting inspector entered the charge against the prisoner as follows :—Charged with attempting suicide, an l also pn,hing a woman over the parapet of London. bridge, Later i n th e a f ternoon th e man wa s pl a ced a t the bar, bef ore Sir It Carden, at the Mansion-house, charged with the above offence, He was remanded for s week. THE S 1711; LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINGri MAY 28, 1856 LATEST NEWS, MARSEILLES, MAY 27 The Danube has arrived with advices from Con stantinople of the 19th, and from the Crimea 01 the 17th inst. Despatches leave at 10 p.m. The ship of war Duquesne and the English steamers Empress and Napoleon 111, have arrived with troops from Kamiesh. Advices from Sebastopol of the 17th state that the Ripon had left for Corfu with the 68th Regi ment and part of the 46th, The Sardinians had left. The Russians occupy their positions. Lord Panmure's spe9ch has not given satisfac- tion to the army. A few cases of typhus had occurred in the English camp. A number of new and large Russian cannon have been discovered at Sebastopol. COPENHAGEN, MAY 26, The King has accepted the resignation of M. Luttichan, the Minister of War, who was obliged to insist on withdrawing definitively from the Cabinet, in consequence of the vote of the Grand Council reducing the budget of his department. ..1.•........, ....., FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Emperor reviewed to-day, in the Champ de Mars, the troops of the garrison and army of Paris. The infantry, consisting of two divisions of the line and two divisions of the Imperial Guard, was drawn up on five lines facing the avenue of La Mothe Piquet. It consisted of 22 battalions, and was commanded by Generals Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, Courtigis, l'Amirault, Groben, Forey, and Souric. The cavalry occupied the left, and was composed of the Cuirassiers of the Imperial Guard, the Carabikeers, the 11th Regiment of Drag oons (lately returned from R ome ), a reg i ment of 'lan cers, the Guides of the Imperial Guard, a regiment of Chasseurs, another of Hussars, the Garde de Paris, and the Gensdarmes. The artillery was stationed opposite the Ecole Militaire. Marshal Magnan commanded in chief. At one o'clock the Emperor arrived on the ground, mounted on his favourite Arabian horse. His Majesty wore the uniform of General of Division. On his right rode the Archduke Ferdinand Maxi milian, and on his left Prince Os car o f S we d en , both dressed in the uniform of General Officers of their nation. Prince Napoleon was on the right of the Archduke, and Marshals Valliant, Canrobert, and Bosquet followed at a short distance. Next came a multitude of French and foreign Generals and superior officers, and the aides-de-camp of the three Marshals, and the cortege was closed by a detach ment of the Cent Gardes. Two open carriages fol lowed. In the first was seated the Empress, who was enthusiastically cheered by the people. The second carriage was occupied by the Princess Mathilde. The Emperor having rapidly passed before the lines of the troops took his station in front of the Pavilon de l'Horloge, when the defile commenced. Each corps, as it marched by, saluted the Emperor and Empress with its acclamations. The four regiments of the division of General Forey, every man of which wore the Crimean medal, attracted particular attention, and were hailed with enthusiasm by the population; The defile was terminated at about half-past three, when their Majesties returned to St. Cloud with their Royal guests. The Committee of the Legislative Body entrusted with the examination of the' supplementary budget for the year 1856, comprising the extraordinary credits, has completed its labours. The total amount of this credit is 1,500 millions of francs, comprising 1,200 millions for the expenses of the war. General de Failly has addressed the following letter, dated the 25th, to the Salut Public of Lyons : " The subscription of which you have taken the generous initiative gives me an opportunity of loudly testifying the gratitude with which we all, officers and soldiers, are inspired by the flattering welcome given to us by the people of Lyons, and by the fetes with which the city celebrates our re turn. Under existing circumstances the division cannot better respond to the sympathy expressed towards it than by renouncing this subscription in favour of the victims of the inundation. The cor dial and hearty reception given us by the people is the best recompence for the services which we have been able to render in the war of the Crimea. I am happy in being the interpreter of the whole division to express its sincere thanks, and its wish to see the subscription devoted to the benefit of those who have suffered by the inundation." In consequence of dis communication it has been decided to close the subscriptions, and to hand over to the prefect the amount collected. Some of the members of the Circassian deputa tion to the Turkish Government are coming to Paris in hopes of better success. Sou Maza, the Algerine chief, who has entered the Turkish ser vice, and has penetrated further into Circassia than any European, will come with them to intro duce them to the Emperor, Special representatives rill be sent by France and Austria to urge on the Pope the reforms deemed necessary. These reforms consist of a complete remodelling of the judicial system—a native army—the completbn of the railways al ready begun—and the development of the com mercial and industrial capabilities of the country. The French and Austrian occupation is not to cease till these requisites have been carried into execution. The BOURSE, May 27.—Tle following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. a• End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 20 —f, ._. e . 3 per Cents 75 25 75 25 New Loan 75 45 Bank Shares 4,109 Ra te , ' Credit Mobilier 1,922 50 Ans;ria.n Belgian Five 5........ 9 7 Sp anish Threes Piedmontese (5). 93 7j Tome Debt RAILA'ATEI—SOR NAL ft. c. fr. a. Orleans Northern 1,163 75 Strasburg 1,005 Lyons _.„ 1,522 50 New Ditto ...... ... 910 Mediterranean ......1,75 0 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 832 50 Testa Cette Bl2 50 Austrian Com. 945 TURKEY. CONSrANTINOPLE, MAY 15. not emanate from the government, but from the Prince Archbishop of Vienna. Steps have also been taken to ward off the mischief which might arise from the circular relative to the interment of Protestants. Instructions have been given to the gendarmery, for the purpose of preventing the inconveniences which might result from it. Our troops are dai y preparing to move home. wards, and their sto:es, horses, and so forth ad• vertised for sale. M. Pisani, the Rusiian. Consul, with his staff, is expected here to-day or. to-morrow, having em barked at Odessa on the 13th inst., according to the report. It is further stated that quarantine regulations have been suspended for four months at the Russian ports ; their arrivals, however, have been subjected, in this place, thus far, to a quarantine of observation —ev e days, that is to say—and thi s measure will continue until such ti me as the state of th e p u blic health in those localities be fully ascertained and certified by the Russian sanitary authorities. The Ramazan this year has set in opportunely, and true believers ar e r eposing os the ir laurels after a long and arduous struggle. Business, as usual, is at a dead lock ; nay, the government offices in former times were all closed till aightfall. The fires unfortunately still outline, and the splendid barracks of Daoud Pacha, converted into an hospital by our allies, were e n tirely consumed a few days ago, and 2,000 invalids with difficulty rescued from the flames. This is the second acci dent of that nature which has befallen the French. Our own troops have been more csreful,or had bet ter luck, perhaps ; and the British military hospi tals will be con s i gne d i n a far different state fr om from that in w hi c h th e y were rece ived from the Turkish Government. 4 AUSTRIA• A letter fro m Vi enna o f th e 233, in the Bresl au Gazette , says •--" Fresh views certainly appear t o be entertained by the Austrian Government, al though they have not yet exercised any influence on affairs. The visit of Baron de Werner to Rome, and the resolution o f A us t r i a t o su pport, in concert w i t h France, administrative reforms in the Papal States, are signs which cannot be mistaken. The Govern ment is decidedly dissatisfied with the progress of the Episcopal conference, and for two rea sons : in the first place, because the deliberations threaten to ext en d a d infinitum ; and next, be cause a tendency manifests itself which goes far beyond the fundamental ideas of the Concordat. It even appears probable that the execution of the Concordat will be suspended in an indefinite man ner. The communicated note lately published in the Austrian Gazette, and even in the Vienna Gazette, and which contradicts the rumours of a diiaidynce betwee4 the (laugh sad the Stets. did AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. The new ship Hogue, 0 tptaiu Neatby, which left Sydney March 4, was off this port to-day, and has landed a mail. She brings gold dust valued at 100,0001., 2,800 bales of wool, 40 adult passen gers, and 20 children. Sir Charles Nicolson, Speaker of the Council, has come home on two years' leave of absence. Trade was improving. Exchange continued at 3 per cent. premium ; gold, 31. 18s. per oz. ; flour, 25/. ; beef, sd. per lb. ; wool, ls. to ls. 6d. ; freight, ld. per lb. The diggings in the new French settlement at New Caledonia are not prosperous, the natives being very troublesome. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MAY 27. ESTABLISHED CHURCH &c. (IRELAND). Fifth Article of the Treaty of Union of Great Britain and Ireland, embodied in the Act of Union, 40 Geo. 111., c. 67, read : Motion made and question put, " That this house do resolve itself into a committee to consider the temporalities of the Irish Church, and other pecuniary provisions made by law for religious teaching and worship in Ireland." The house divided : Ayes, 93 ; Noes, 163. Anderson, Sir J. Bass, M. Baxter, W. Bell, J. Biggs, W. Black, Mans Blake, M. J. Bland, L. H. Brady, J. Brocklehurst, J. Castlerosse, Vis. Challis, T. Cheetham, John Clay, Sir W., Bt. Cogan, W. H. F. Cowan, C. Craufurd, E. H. J. Croak, J. Crossley, F. Currie, Raikes De Vere, S. E. Dillwyn, L. L. Duncan, George ATES-93. Gower, F. Pechell, Sir G. Greene, John Pellatt, A. Greville, Colonel F. Perry, Sir E. Hadfield, George Phillimore, J. G. Hastie. Alex. Pigott, F. Henchy, D. Pilkington, J. Heywood, J. Price, W. Hindley, C. Ricardo, 0. Howard. C. Ricardo, S. Hughes, H. G. Russell. F. C. Johnstone, J. Scholetleld, W. Keating, R. Scully, F. Kennedy. T. Seymour. W. D. Kershaw, J. Shee, Sett. W. Kingscote, Capt. R. Shelley, Sir J. Lindsay, W. Smith, J. B. Littleton, E. Strickand, Sir G. MacE voy, E. Stratt, Hon. E. M'Cann, J. Swift, R. M'Gregor, John Talbot, C. Magan, W. Thomdson, G. Maguire. J. F. Thornely, T. Martin, J. Tite, W. Milligan, R. Walmsley, Sir J. Moore, G. Watson, W. Mowatt, F. Whitbread, S. Murrough, J. P. Wilkinson, W. Napier, Sir C. Wilcox, B. O'Connell, D. Williams, W. O'Connell, J. TELLERS. O'Flaherty, A. Oliveira, B. NOES-163. Dunne, M. Esmonde, J. Evart, J. Fergus, John Forster, Charles Fortesctie., C. S. . Fox, W. J. Gibson, M. Goderich, Viscount Miall, E. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Adair, R. Galway, Viscount North, Col. J. Agnew, Sir A. Gaskell, J. Oakes, J. Alexander, J. George, J. Pakenham, Capt. E. Bailey, C. Gilpin, Col. 11. Palmer. Robert Baines, Rt. Hon. M. G►adstone, W. Palmer, Roundell Baird, J. Greenall, Gilbert Palmerston, Yiscoun Ball, E. Greene, Thomas Percy, J. Baring, Sir F. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Philipps, J. Baring, T. Grey, R. Portal, M. Raring, F. Grog an. Edward Pritchard, J. Barrow, W. Gwyn, Howel Rid:ey, Georgo Bernard, Vist. Hamilton, G. A. Robertson, P. Blackburn, P. Hamilton, R. C. N. Reit, P. Bolder°, Col. H. G. Handcock, H. Sawle, C. Bond, J. Hankey, T. Scobell, Capt. Bonham-Carter. J. Harcourt, Cot. Seymer, H. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Hardinge, Hon. C. Sheridan, R. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Hayes, Sir E. Shirley, H. Bramley-Moore, J. Heathcoate, Sir W. Sibthorp, Major Bramston, T. W . Henley, J. Smith, Abel Brand, H. B. W. Herbert, H. Spooner, R. Buck, Col. Herbert, S. Stafford, A. Buckley, Gen.' Herbert, Sir T. Stanhope, J. Banbury, W. B. Hervey, Lord A. Steel, John Burrell, Sir C. Hill, Lord A. E. Stracey, Sir 11. Burrowes, Robert Horsfall, T. Stewart, Sir M. Cairns. 11. Horsman, E. Stuart, Captain Campbell, Sir A. I. Hotham, Lord Stunt, H. Cardwell. E. Ingham, R. Taylor, Colonel Cayley, E. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Tollemache, J. Cecil, Lord Jones, Admiral Tottenham, C. Chelsea, Viscount Kendall, N. Trollope, Sir J. Child, Smith Kerrison, Sir E. Tyler, Sir G. Cole, 11. A. Kirk, W. Vance, John Colvile. C. R. Labouchere,RLHon.Fl Vansittart, G. Conolly, T. Langton, W. G. Verner, Sir W. Coote, Sir C. H. Leslie, C. P. Vernon, V. Corry, H. T. L. Lewis, Sir G.C. Walcott, Admiral. Denny,i Sir E. Liddell, EL G. Walsh, Sir J. Dod, J. Lisburne, Earl Walter, J. Drummond. IL Lockhart, W. Warren, S. Duncan, Viscount Lowther, Col. H. C. Watkins, Col. Duncombe, Hon. A. Lushington, C. M. Whiteside, J. Duncombe, Hon.W.E. Mangles, R. D. Whitmore..H. Dunne, Colonel Marjoribanks, D. Wickham, H. East, Sir J. Maxwell, J. Wigram, Loftus T. Egerton, W. Michell, William Woodd, B. Egerton, Edw. 1 Monck, Vie. Wyndham, Gen. Estcourt, T. Montgomery, Sir G. Wynne, W. Fellowes, E. Moody, C. Wynne, John Ferguson, Sir R. Mowbray, J. R. Yorke, E. Ferguson, J. Mundy, W. Filmer, Sir E. Nadler J. Fitzroy , Henry Newark. Viscount Frewen, C . 11. Newdegate, C. Hayter, W. Gallwey, Sir W. Newport, Viscount Mulgrave, Earl of TELLERS. PAIRS ON MR. :ALL'S MOTION. For. Berkeley, H. Dunlop Ellice, jun. Adair, H. Fenwick Mackinnon Evans, Sir De L. Bowyer Hutchins Holland Roebuck Rainham, Lord Locke King Reed, Major Paxton, Sir J. Langton, H. G. Greg-son Brockman Evart Freestun, Col. North, F. M‘Mahou Davie, Sir H. Collier Keating Vivian Against. Freshfield Graham, Sir J. Bentinck Beresford. Manners, Lord J. Neeld Granby, Lord Walpole Thesiger, Sir F. Bailey, Sir J. Macartney Gladstone, Capt. Eateson Meux, Sir H. Gooch, Sir E. Nisbet, P. Blakeman, B. Starkie Davies, S. Malins Fuller Greaves Hamilton, Lord C. Archdall Holford Vernon, G. Colonel W. PATTEN was ac 'routed from voting against Mr, :cidentally shut out, and pre. Miall's motion. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 28.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; moderate breeze with heavy passing clouds. PLYMOUTH, May 27. —Wind S.E.—Arrived.- -Ganny made, from Portland, for Swan River. PORTSMOUTH, May 27.—Wind W. to S. S.E.--Arrived —Orinoco, (s. tpt.) and Simla (s. tpt.), from Scutari. Sailed—H. M. Str. Assistance, for Queenstown. FALMOUTH, May 27.—Wind S.S.W., fresh breeze.— Arrived—Rota, from Rio Janeiro. Off the port—Aber foyle, from Geelong; Sylphide, Akyab, and sailed for Bremen. SWANSEA, May 27.—Wind S.W.—Sailed.—Appleton, for Cuba. NEWPORT, May 27.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Frederick William. from Copenhagen, for Singapore. STRANRAER, May 27—The Princess Royal (s.), is on the rocks inside Senscaar Lugan ; all safe (? crew and pas sengers). TORBAY, May 27.—Wind S.—The windhound are all getting under weigh. HULL, May 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—George Wil, mington. CARDlFF.—Sailed—Lady M'lsTatighten, for Port-Me laide ; Marie, St. Thomas. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Cairngorm, from Calcutta. Sailed—Rankin, for. Quebec ; lanthe, Monte Video ; England, Quebec. Wind S. QUEENSTOWN, May 26. Arrived—George Fyfe, from Callao ; George Robinson, Pernambuco ; Thug.... of Suthcrlaud, Matanzas ; Sea Firth, Piraeus ; Cicerone. Tyra ; President, Salonica ; Albion, Syra; Gazelle, Cardirias; Felix, Galatz ; Hen rietta, Ibraila ; Charlotte and Sea Gull, Perans ; St. Catherine, Mazagan; Argus, Terceira. DUBLIN, May 27. Wind S.W. Arrived—Mary Sweet, from Oporto. Sailed—Jenny Lind, from Barbadoes. (BT SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.55 a.m. Wind S.W.: tide, two hours' ebb, fine. Arrived—Wopka, from Nykiobing; Mystery, Harlin gen ; Patriot, Simes ; lE3is, Havanuah ; James Gibb, Bombay; Swantina Margaretha, Rostock. Sailed—Corsair, for Guernsey; Moses Davenport, Mel bourne. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.40 A.M. Wind W.N.W., moderate. Passed in tow—Ratcliffe, from Mauritius, for London. Passed—Choice, barque, from Porto Rico, for London; Paris and London (s.s.), from Paris, for London ; Arno, from Shields, for Genoa. Sailed—Agnes, for Ranasgate, to repair damages ; also the Panther, Linda, Guiding Star, Wilton, Osbert, and William Bayley, with others, outward bound. Report of the Choice, May t4:—Lat. 49.39 deg., lon7. 9 W., exchanged signals with, barque Amathea, bound for Calcutta. Mr. Baron Platt, whose severe indisposition prevented him going last circuit or appearing in court during this and the previous term, is said to have yesterday tendered his resignation. M. Natson,l:2.C. and M.P., is already spoken of as likely to be the new Baron of the Court of Exchequer--this-is an appointment that would give general satisfaction to the profession. THE PEERAGE AID BARONETAGE of THE BRITISH EHpIRE rola 1855. By Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms. 18th Edition. 1 vol., with 1,500 en gravings of Arms.—" The exhaustion of seventeen edi tions of a work is a proof of its interest in the eyes of a large section of the public, and certainly few works pos sess more interest for a large circle in this country at least than what is commonly termed "The Peerage." In the present handsome volume Sir Bernard Burke has given a Peerage which may be justly described as un rivalled for its general and particular accuracy, as well as for the historical features interwoven with the purely technical portion of its contalts. The value, interest, and importance of the work cannot be contested. It is perhaps the fullest, clearest, and most succinct genea logy and heraldry of thei various families designated iloble_i4 this onetry hitherto pablitheC--Oilerven THE TLEATY OF APRIL 15. It was said a few days since that the Austrian Government was likely to give to the world an account of the origin and object of the treaty of April 15, and the subjoined article, which is con tained in the Wiener Zeitung, affords satisfactory proof of the correctness of the statement : "An international document—the treaty concluded on the 15th of April, 1856, between Austria, France, and Great Britain —which first became public when presented by the British Cabinet to Parliament, has induced the organs of the press, of alt lands ' to indulge in con jectures of th e mos t various kinds. Suppositions have been made, and consequences deduced which have frequently been in keeping neither with the sense nor with the object of this important treaty. In order to place both facts and principles in their proper light, we will give a brief account, as well of the circumstances which led to the conclusion of the Treaty of April 15th as of its object. The mutual guarantee of the integrity of the Turkish Empire was not introduced into the Austro-Anglo-French preliminary points, the acceptance of which by the Rus• sian Court led to the peace now so happily concluded. During the Vienna Conferences, the Russian Plenipoten tiaries so positively declined to take any share in a guarantee that the introduction of any such clause into the fundamental conditions must have rendered it ex tremely difficult to bring matters to a satisfactory ter mination. At the Paris Conferences it was the very same case. The principle (of a mutual guarantee) was, however, most distinctly laid down in the treaty of De cember 2;, it was to outlive the war, and to take its place among the most firmly based international treaties. The war was neither waged for the sake of conquest nor from interested motives, but solely for the re-establishment of satisfactory international relations. Without such a guarantee as that above-mentioned, the peace and quiet of Europe might again be disturbed. France, England, and Austria interfered in the struggle between Russia and the Porte ; the first with the sword, the last by means of mili tary demonstrations and treaties. The principles which united them (the three Powers) were unchanged, and, therefore, the international alliance was consolidated in a most conservative sense after the war which had led to it was at an end. " It was neitherfor Austria nor for the Western Powers to demand of the Imperial Russian Cabinet during the negotiations for peace that it should, in contradiction to the former positive declarations of its representa tives, share in an active guarantee, Neither could the contracting parties do otherwise than hesitate to invite the Prussian Government to take part in the matter in question, as Prussia had, during the whole course -of the Eastern difference, announced and main tained its resolution not to enter into any kind of obliga tion which could at a future time interfere with its perfect freedom of action. It is true that the treaty of April 15 re cords the continuance of an alliance, an intimate union, between France, Austria, and England, but it is based on the principles of justice, which the Sovereigns openly pro fess, and which in no way either menace or injure any other Government; the treaty is based on principles which sup port and protect the balance of power in Europe and the territory and authority of the Governments of all countries. The treaty of April 15th, by its contents and sense, is a guarantee that the parties to it will nowhere and never swerve from the principles of international law and justice. " Such an alliance requires no secret conditions, no re served clauses, for the purity of its tendency will justify it in the sight both of the present and of future generations. Indeed, we are in a position to affirm that there are no secret articles whatever to the treaty of the 15th of April of this year. "We cherish the firm persuasion that although the treaty in question secures the prolonged union of Austria, Eng land, and France On the principles of law and justice, it in no way interferes with the most intimate federal relations with Prussia and the other German States, nor prevents the complete re-establishment of sincere, friendly, and neighbourly relations with Russia. " Vienna, May 23, 1856." HER MA,TEbTY'S THEATRE. The result of Mademoiselle Piccolornini's second ap pearance last night was more than confirmatory of the success that attended her debut on Saturday. Rarely do we see an artist so iinoerceptibiy and so surely grasp the sympathies of an audience till the mild approval at the beginning has increased into enthusiasm at the end. And yet the opera, save in the finale to the first act, does not afford room for one of those feats of vocalisation that ordinarily cause thunders of applause to reward the prima donna of lyric drama. It is Mademoiselle PM colornines truthful expression of the sentiments she has to emboiy, the force of her " points," the accurate detail of her by-play, that gain for her the suffrages of her hearers. They applaud lines rather than passages, and regard the music more as a form of elocution than as a specimen of an independent art. An opera in which the composer's work may be set down as nought looks like a sort of solecism, but, nevertheless, that such a thing is to be found, and in a thriving condition, may be ascertained by any one who will witness " La Traviata." While, however, we record the continued triumph of Mademoi‘elle Piccolomini, we must express our regret that the French piece on which " La Traviata " is based was followed so closely by the Italian poetcz. Surely some means might have been found of preserving the situations of M. Dumas without retaining the social position of the original dramatis personce A virtuous young lady who loved devotedly was insulted at a large party, and ultimately died of consumption, wouli have served just as well for a heroine as a Parisian torette. At the Theatre do Vaudeville the lives of peo ple whose existence lies hors de societe, are fund to furnish exceedingly pleasant plots, but London audi ences have happily nut yet grown used to such society. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE TURKISH E 1118 2] SSY. The Queen last night honoured his Excellency the Ambas-iador of the Ottoman Porte and Madame Musurus with her presence, at a grand ball given in honour of her Majesty, at the residence of the Embassy in Bryanston sq Imre. For some time previously to the arrival of the Queen, the brilliancy of its external illumination bad attracted a vast assemblage of spectators to the Embassy, and the whole neighbourhood presented a eceneof the most lively excitement. The entrance in Bryanston-square was reserved ex clusively for her Majesty and the Court, the general company entering from George -street. Precisely at 10 o'clock the cheers of the surrounding multitude announced the approach of the Queen. Her Majesty was received by a Guard of Honour of the Coldstreams stationed in front of the Embassy, and, on alighting from the Royal carriage, M. and Madame Musurus advanced to welcome the Sovereign at the en. trance hall. Her Majesty graciously acknowledged the attention of their Excellencies, and, preceded by the Lord Chamber lain and the Lord Steward, entered an apartment set aside as a retiring room. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were accom panied by their illustrious guests the Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Regent of Baden. A bril liant suite of ladies and gentlemen of the royal house hold were in attendance. On leaving the retiring-room her Majesty took the arm of the Ambassador, Prince Albert leading Madame Musurus, and thus the royal party, ascending the stairs, entered the ball-room—a noble apartment, which struck the beholder as presenting all the gorgeousness of Eastern fashion, refined by the purest taste. The effect of the whole room was that of a golden flood of sunshine. The floor was of exquisite paraqueterie, preserving an amber tint ; the walls were hung with a golden fabric, the draperies were of amber, and the pillars which crossed the end of the room were of the softest-coloured marble. On a slightly elevated dais, carpeted with crimson velvet and fringed with gold, was a throne, baying the regal Crown richly embroidered, and the chairs of State in crimson velvet and gold on either side. Here her Majesty took her seat to receive the assembled guests. Let our I readers imagine that in front of these royal personages, at the end of the saloon, was a vast mirror, extending from the roof to the floor, and that opposite was another of similar proportions, reflecting back and doubling the magnificent scene, while extending along behind the royal throne and dais was a rich bank of flowers of many bright hues, terminating in a golden pillar on either side, each supporting a porphyry vase filled with deli cate-hued flowers, so as to give the effect of one vast garland extending behind the throne, mirrored and re peated in a hundred lights, and they may realise the scene that presented itself in glittering vista to the as sembled guests, when the folding-doors, which bad hitherto secluded them from the royal party, were thrown open. Her Majesty was attired in a cerise tarlatan dress, over white satin, and across her breast she wore the Star and Ribbon of the Order of the Garter. The Prince Consort wore the uniform of the Rifle Brigade. The orchestra (that of M. Laurent) were placed out of sight, though within hearing, in, an ante-room open ing upon the ball-room. At half past 10 o'clock the Lord Chamberlain received her Majesty's commands to form a quadriile. The ball was opened by the Queen dancing with M. Musurus, Prince Albert taking the hand of Madame Musurus. At midnight, the Queen having indicated her gracious pleasure, M. Musurus led the way to the refreshment saloon, and conducted her Majesty to the raised dais in the inner pavilion where an elegant repast was served. The effect of the two pavilions opening into each other-- one decorated with rose colour and white, the other blue and white, and each festooned with golden cords, was ex tremely beautiful. The pillars were formed entirely Of flowers clustering upon trellis work, and reflected back in innumerable arcades of brightness and beauty by mir rors, of which the walls were entirely formed. In the, centre and on each side were fountains throwing up jets of water, which, as their murmuring and plashing fell upon the ear, gave to the mind a sense of refreshing coolness. Upwards of 300 wax•lights in pendant chan- • deliers, festooned with garlands of flowers, shed a mar vellous brilliancy upon the tables, on which shone plate of the most elegant description, glass sparkling with , diamond light, and a service of exquisite porcelain, made expressly for the occasion, each plate of which contained a view in some part of the Sultan's dominions. _ _ The Queen, before leaving the pavilion, expressed to 111• and Madame Musurus the high gratification her visit to the Embassy had afforded her. Her Majesty shortly afterwards retired, conducted to her carriage as upon her arrival. The general company protracted their enjoyment of the fete up to an advanced hour this morning. ARRIVAL OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE REGENT OF BADEN. His Royal Highness the Regent of Baden arrived at Buckingham Palace at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, on a visit to the Queen. His Royal Highness, attended by the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West (Groom in Waiting to the Queen), Col. Baron S. de Lotzen, Baron de Gemmingen, and Dr. Ullman travelled from Dover, in the forenoon, by the South-Eastern Railway, and at the London-bridge ter minus was met by Captain Du Plat (Equerry to Prince Albert), who conducted the Prince Regent and his suite to two of her Majesty's carriages, which conveyed the royal party to Buckingham Palace, where the Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, received her illustrious guest. In the afternoon the Prince Regent, attended by the Hon. Mortimer S. West, and the gentlemen of his suite, paid visits to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duche , s of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, at their re• spective residences. THE EMPRESS DOWAGER OP RUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, in the Constitutionnel, says :--- " The journey of the Empress Dowager of Russia can only be performed with the greatest precautions. Her Majesty is in such a weak state that anything like official reception is interdicted. Even at Berlin she will not quit her car riage to receive the congratulations of the authorities, but will immediately proceed to Potsdam. The Empress Dow ager is labouring under a slow consumption, which has completely sapped her constitution, and set all medicine at defiance. Her weakness is so extreme that she is con stantly compelled to keep her bed, and her countenance bears the marks of deep and constant suffering. Dr. Mandt, who attended the Emperor Nicholas in his last illness, and was compelled to leave St. Petersburg, in consequence of the hostile feelings displayed towards him by the Russian physicians, has been for sometime atFrankfort-on• the-Oder. The Empress places the fullest confidence in his skill, and he will therefore take part in the consultation, at which Dr. Romberg, the court physician of this place, will pre• side. It is at this consultation that will be decided the mineral baths to which the Empress will go—either at Wildbad, in the Black Forest, or at Schlauglenbad, in the Duchy of Nassau." ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Madamemoiselle Cerito made her first appearance last night, in the ballet divertissement entitled Eva, which was revived with as nearly as possible the same accessories that distinguished its production at the larger theatre in Bow -street. The mis en scene was almost identical. There were the same costumes, the same changes, and the same pretty landscape a la Poussin, by Mr. Beverley, who used to be so much admired. Whether the music bad been saved from the flames, cr whether Mr. Alfred Mellon, conductor of the ballet had rewritten it from memory, we are unable to say ; but there it was, note for note, just as we heard it when Cerito made her first joyous bound across the stage of the Royal Italian Opera. The charming and accomplished danseuse was received with all the honours due to an old and well-deserving favourite of the public ; and her first few steps proved that she was as agile and graceful as before. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—This elegant establish ment closes a most brilliant winter season on Saturday next, and we must say much creditis due to Messrs. John• son and Nelson Lee for the admirahle manner in which they have catered for the public at the East End. During their vacancy they intend making strong preparations for the next season, by novelties which will, no doubt, keep up their well-earned reputation. The summer sea son will be conducted by Mr. William Searle, their re spected stage m anager , w h o , we h ave no doubt, will keep up the respectability of the City Theatre, which has gained so many laurels under the direction of Messrs. Johnson and Nclson Lee. ARCHDEACON DENISON'S CASE—TUESDAY, May 27. —ln consequence of the decision in the Court of Queen's Bench yester lay, this case did not come before the Archbishop in the public hall of Doctors'-commons to-day. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—Tbe Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Sultan, Capt. Cook, left this day with the usual Peninsular mail for Oporto, Vigo, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar ; specie to the amount of 2231. for Lisbon, 2,0001. for Cadiz, a gene. ral cargo, and 28 passengers, amongst whom were Capt. Rose, Mr. Higgings, &c. PROGRESS OF TRADE.—From the monthly return, appears that the declared value of the exports for the month ending the 3011 April amounted to 9,424,9261. For the corresponding period of last year the value was 8,085,9641. For the four months the amount was 34,574,029 Z., being an excess of 7,600,0001. over the exports for the corresponding period of 1855. CRIME IN LIVERPOOL.—There were no fewer than 231 prisoners in charge of the Liverpool police, and brought before the magistrates on Monday morning, for offences committed between that time and the previous Saturday. This number is unprecedented even in Liverpool, and is considerably over one prisoner to every 2,000 of the population. SCHOOLS OF ART.—A meeting of a few of the ex ecutive chairmen and of the masters of the various schools of art throughout the united kingdom was held yesterday at Marlborough-house, for the purpose of taking into consideration and discussing the working of the present system adopted for diffusing the know ledge of elementary drawing among the working classes and their children. IMPROVEMENT OF THOROUGHFARE.—Messrs. Reid and Co., the eminent brewers, have offered the B iard of Works of the Holborn district to remove so much of the premises, No. 53, Portpool-lane, as projects beyond th e line of thoroughfare, and to give it up to the public, upon condition that they shall be allowed to pave, light, and cleanse Union-court, the freehold of which they claim. The Board, under the powers conferred by the 99th sec tion of the Metropolis Local Mansgement Act, have complied with the application. FURTHIIR TRIALS OF THE MONSTER GUN.—The trials of the monster-wrought-iron gun, at Formby Beach, near Liverpool, were continued on Friday and Saturday. On the latter occasi .0 the workpeople from the Mersey Forge (where the gun hal been manufactured), to the number cf nearly 1,000, were preeent, together with a very large number of other spectators. The experi ments, like those in the earlier part of the week, were deemed very satisfactory by the engineering officers and scientific men under whose superintendence they were made. Both on Friday and Saturday a target, at the distance of 2,001 yards, was fired at, and on the former day a plate of iron, similar to those which enclose the sides of the floating batteries, was shivered to atoms at a distance of 120 yards, the force of the concession also smashing one ball into pieces. DEATH OF SIR W. E. RousE BOUGHTON, BART.--Way have to record the demise of Sir Wm. B. Rouse Bough. ton, Bart., who died on the 22d inst. The deceased, who was born Sept. 14, 1788, succeeded his father, the 9th baronet, in February, 1821. He married, March 24, 1824, Charlotte, daughter of Mr.T. A. Knight, of Downton Castle, who died in May, 1842. Sir Wil liam was a fellow of the Royal Society. The late ba. ronet inherited two barouetcies, Rouse and Boughton, of which the more recent was conferred on his father in 1791, who represented Evesla.n and Bramber in the Reuse of Commons, and was for some years secretary to the Board of Control. The late baronet is mucceeried in the bareiletcy and estates in Shropshire and Worcester- shire by his eldest son Charles Henry, born January 16, 1825, and was for some , lengthened period in th e 52d FOOte THE CZAR AT WARSAW. A letter from Warsaw, dated Friday last, gives the following account of the arrival of the Czar in that city : His Majesty the Emperor Alexander 11. arrived here yesterday at 11 o'clock at night. From an early hour the city had been in a state of excite ment, the large proportion of foreigners now staying here contributing not a little to the move ment in the streets and public places. At nine o'clock at night the news of his Majesty's appearance was brought by a courier, and at once the illumination of the city commenced, proceeding with the utmost rapidity. The bridge, the Craco via faubourg, and the walk which leads to the Bel vedere Palace, at which his Majesty was to stop, were one path of light. Wax candles innumerable, lamps, Chinese lanterns, transparencies with the Imperial cipher or allegorical designs, burned at the fronts of all the buildings. Under these lights pressed an immense crowd, which passed to and fro between the barriers and the superb viaduct which unites the city to the banks of the Vistula and the Belvedere Palace. Huzzas, and cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" ut tered by thousands of voices saluted the sovereign when, after two hours of expectation, he appeared in a light travelling carriage, accompanied only by his Aide-de-camp, Count Adlerberg, Minister of the Imperial House. The brother of the latter, General Adlerberg, also an aide-de-camp of the Emperor, followed in another carriage, with the royal physician, M. Enochine. The Emperor, who evidently was in the enjoyment of perfect health, bowed with emotion, and appeared exceedingly pleased with his reception. On arriving at the palace his Majesty was re ceived by Prince Gortschakoff, surrouaded by foreign envoys, civil and military notabilities of Poland, and the highest dignitaries of the empire.. In this brilliant staff we noticed Prince de Lichen stein, aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Austria ; General Grceben, Commander of the Prussian Guards ; General Grey, aide-de-camp to Prince Albert ; Prince Henry de Ligne, envoy from the King of the Belgians, &c. The Emperor, after the first presentation, received the Prince Lieutenant of the kingdom in special audience, and then re tired into his apartments to obtain rest after the extreme fatigues of his long journey.. At noon to-day his Majesty, accompanied by a numerous cortege, visited the Greek Cathedral. The Archbishop. Arsene, who returned yesterday from Ivangorod, where he performed the funeral rites at the burial of the Princess Paskiewiteh, re ceived the Monarch at the doors of the church at the head of his clergy, and offered him bread and salt, with the apostolic benediction. The Emperor was present at a short liturgy, and' then visited the citadel, and inspected some regiments of in fantry. A despatch from Berlin, dated Monday evening, says, " The Emperor of Russia is expected here before the end of the week. Count Nesselrode and Prince Wm - G=off are expected to Arrive at Otettba t97mozrow." Th( Th e Surat, cloned The Wales 76,000 likely .1 rnentat 01 Engl t9geth( discour 13 f capil reducti trade i Thread lat er; 13 , ar e 4 bout t he oti altr tist Mu Yell Can MI bit an t Ditt,;