The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

FVERY NIGHT, as true as the Clock, FARREN is heard with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK—at the Has market Theatre. "The Postman's Knock" Song, sung every night at the Haymarket and Surrey Theatres. Poetry by L. M. Thornton, Esq. ; Music by W. T. Wrighton. Dedicated to Row:and Hill, Esq. Price 2s. 6d., illustrated. May be had at the box-office of the Theatre, and of all music-sellers. London : Robert Cocks and Co. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE wiIUIE-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 is.ued. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY•LAIE, Lome, Mr. R. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, IL T„ROVA TORE. 10 c ityle with THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. the Manapment of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL 1141%ffilliiN0 ; or, The MeXteln Golds2eker. In which PEREA. NENA, and the SpanLsh Dancers will appear, After which, THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. To conclude with ONLY A II ILFPENNY. ROYA.I, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OIFORD-STREIGT, Vale thc Mlnitgemer.t of Mr. CaAiess LIAR. THIS EvF.;NING, • VIE CORSICAN BROTHERS. To be followed by THE VICTOit VAIigI:II4SHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. Imam& ROYAL ADELPHL Proptlator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Maaame Celesta THIS EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B Webster, Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Garden; Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. To conclude with JACK AND THE BE IN STALK; or, Harlequin . and Mother Goose at Home Again. RDY OLY TIIEATRE. Lessee and Mana7er, Mr. Alfre3 Wigan. EVENEM STILL warmts iurN - DEEP. After which will be. produced a New am .l doubly-moral, though xce,sively old, Melodranatatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled DISCRRE o - , the Three Glass Distaffs. I , which Messrs. E'ne , y, F. Robsm, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, t Miss !tali ell will appear. TVW U. SITViEr TIMATRIr. Lesse,A, Mes,rs. Vlepher , l and Creswick. THE EVENINT3, Wlll be performel a new °mull, entitled HOW WS LIVE IN TLIS WO ?LT/ OF LONDON. FoTtolvol by THE' PO; i n •.'; K concluic w:t T F % k N" ; or, Thy Lawyer's t elend \r, TIIENTfir, Utter the cilrection of Mr. Pa, ne T:113 MY WIFL'A COUAIN. After Nvh!eh, TIIE LOS? DIAMONDS. Folpre! by A Bala DiyerVs3errient. -Vier which, ( 00D QUEEN B SS. To conclude IvTI ! NO ! ! NO !! ! ROYAL MARYLEP.ONE THEATRE. This Evening, SATISaDAY, April 12th, will be performed The Play of WILLIAM TELL. William Tell, Mr. Stuart ; Emma. ss Anderton. Danc'ng by Mdle. Agnes. lu conclude with TIIF. DUMB PO.,TILION. Mr. and Mrs llarvey. Acting and Stage If snager, Mr. E. Strling. Boxes, 2a. ; pit. is.; gallery, 6d. ATITLEY'S ROYAL & 4 31PHITIllt AVIC. Lessee and Mans7er, Mr. Win Cooke. THIS EVENING, That unique and iirriaralle'ed Reanntre Equestrienne, a GENU INE', ENGLISH STEEVLECIIX:SE! Also, the 0.1711 ;II ip ctl e, l'flE Alua OF THE DESERt' AND HIS FA( s rnEl). After WONDE:ti OF Tan ARENA, by Niers of tint-rate talent. To conclule with a Dram t of Peril, Exeloment. Liughter, Mis hap', Cro4sings, Joqinizs, ant Adventures, with Terrific Leips from the stave to the rMi*, in I.ND'S 11.1-RVE:IT MAE and NATIONAL S ASE. Etox-oltee open Cron Pilevon till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Weggeetrian I .)treeter, !Lt.. W. Cooke, inn. STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMIN." The Manater respectfully announces the THREE LAST MORN. ING PERFORMANCES of t 1 )1s m,st popalar an i amuging Enter tainment, Saturday, the Plth, Wednesday, the 16th, and Saturday, the 13th, at hatf•past two. Evening pertbrmanees as RSU ti, on 3dondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and P'-1 days, at S a'. lock. Admiss!on—Rack Seats, IA.; Centre Seats, 25.; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MAR FIN'S HALL, Long-acre. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAv—Moro. 46 min. aft. 6—Evening 17 rain. aft. 7 T'i-Moßgow—Morn. 52 min. aft. 7—Evening 41. min. aft. 8 THE WEA.THER—SIN OFFICE, Arum 12. THERMOMETER, IX TEM SHADE. 60 highest pined nom, yesterday. P'2 -iowest this morning and during the night. 6L this dm , at noon. BAROMETER, down to 29 . 52—n0w up to 29'59. WIND, S.W. to W.S.W.—Rather fresh, with fine mild weather. Rain in the morning. t'"f I A ----)c.';•fe7-•-f--"'''l". §,1131, l~ LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1356. There is the Manifesto, for example, just issued The existing state of affairs must excite grave at St. Petersburg, by the second Muscovite apprehensions in the mind of every thinking man. ALEVCANDER ! According to our judgment, it We drifted into War, from which we have wriggled appears for all the world just exactly of a piece with out in by no means a respectable manner. We every one of the ukases penned by the hand of behold the sitting of a Congress, at which the his great progenitor, the Czar NICHOLAS. And Peoples of Europe are not represented, and which we all of us surely remember what were the may possibly lead to the formation of aaother un- conspicuous characteristics of those renowned Holy Alliance, intended to check every aspiration Proclamations. What were those conspicuous after freedom, and to fetter the nations in ada- characteristics by the way—my Lord PALMERSTON, mantine chains. Meanwhile, the British Parlia- when you were propounding to the House of meat remains quiescent, and awaits with exam- Commons, in your ministerial capacity as Home plary, patience the information which may be Secretary, the advisability of embodying themilitia doled out, when it is too late, to avert the mis- as speedily as might be found in any way con • chief that may be hatching. The representatives venient ? What were they, my Lerd JOHN of free and independent constituencies make no RUSSELL—when you were denouncing them in sign, until the fetters and handcuffs have been language of indignant eloquence uttered in your duly affixed, and the first blow administered, that official capacity as its leader within the walls of may be far morn than half the battle. the lower branch of the Imperial Legisla- There are, as we have already stated, elements ture ? What were they—these conspicuous of disturbance in operation that should be con- characteristics of each successive Manifesto tinuously and vigilantly watched. Troops have given to the world at the commencement of been raised, for whom occupation must be found, the recent War by the Czar NICHOLAS—you, who, like the demons in the time-honoured myths, noble- lords and right honourable 'gentlemen, will turn on their employers and rend them limb then so vituperative, now so mealy-mouthed— from limb, unless adequate work be provided. We then so blatantly belicose, now so bleatingly paci have German and Italian Legions, Turkish Con- fic—then talking about the "crimes," now about tingents, and other bodies, which cannot be dis- the " honour," of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg ? carded the moment that their services seem to be They may be epitomised now, as they were epi no longer required. Experience has proved, tomised then, in two very beyond the possibility of doubt, th e p er il s • - . significant and expres met- s i ve words—words nobody "then' hesitated to dental to the discharge of mercenaries, w h o can• use—words we do not now hesitate to use, as not dig and are ashamed to beg. We pointed Strictly significant and accurately expressive of out clearly and distinctly, at the time when the what were really the salient or conspicuous charac- Foreign Enlistment Bill passed, the dangerous teriBt' • os of the Manifestoes of the late E nperor consequences of such a line of policy ; and, un- Nrenoese— eheracteristics which, to our think- happily, our gloomy vaticinations have been too in -s, are j ua t as glaringly observable in this co mpletely verifi e d. W e s h owe d the obstacles recent Imperial Manifesto of his son and to their enlistment, and the difficulty with successor the Czxr Araxeeroma If. The Mani the Government of the United States has shown festoes of the Czar isr --stetioLas, thou, to be plain, that there was no exaggeration in the statement, were especially remarkable, they were notorious that we were rather below then a b ove th e mar k. throughout Europe, for their lying and their im for a lequate reasons, refrained piety ! Their blasph emy and untruth, indeed, Prussia, no doubt ) from e m b arrass i ng our Gevernulent. Setisaed were simultaneously re p ro b ated in the Ep-disli with _convi c ti ng, she rofraine'l from punishing our journals and denounced in the Engli s h Parlia consular agents, w h o were impticeted in the illegal ment. They were viewed at the time with transaction. The hope of a well-dowered Royal mingled sentiments of horror and incredulity.. Princess for the presumptive heir of the Prussian Scarcely any one could at the outset credit th e Throne, and the possibility of one of the House au th en ti c it y o f d emi:l e n ts so openly violating the of BRANDENBURG eventually wielding the sceptre nobler principles of Civilisation, and so flagrantly of the UVited Kingdom, together with the anticipa- outraging the holier dogmas of Christianity. It tion that she would be permitted to escape with im- was felt at once instinctively to be heinously punity from the position to which she had been criminal on the part of a great Peince, the irre reduced by her despicable and tine serving nen- sponsible ruler of sixty millions of men, trality, averted that danger for the time bein g ,e to develope a p o li c y o f unprovoked and and we could afford to disregard the remonstrances lawless spoliation by f dsehoocle the most whose dominions the of the petty . Wers, iu men glaringly undeniable, and to enhance the word otually enlisted, although the illegality was guilt of %truth by the impiety of invoking -G no the less glariin there than in other countries, more capable of enforcing redress for the injury attempted, and, in some instances, effected. But the difficulties connected with the enlist ment were comparatively trivial to those that will attend the dissolution of the body. That point, indeed, was not taken into consideration. We believe it was never intended that they should be disbanded ; but that, on the contrary, they should remain as a permanent body to assist in coercing those who might be disposed to resist the further development of German principles. Thanks to the energetic resistance offered, in and out of Parliament, a portion of the evil was averted. We may, however, advert to the fact that not a single shot was fired in anger by any of the Legions raised at so enormous an expense, and we may add the expression of our conviction that they were never expected to do so. Had the people and Parliament of Great Britain remained quiescent, they would have proved very valuable auxiliaries in forcing model German institutions at the point of the bayonet on the British people. Let us hope that such a danger has been avoided, and that there is nothing to fear ou that score for the time being. But something must also be done to find work for the French levies, now reduced to inaction by the ill-omened Treaty that has been signed. It is more than hinted that our neighbours are desirous of obtaining a footing in the lu'diau Ocean, and that the large and fertile Island of Madagascar is a point to which attention is first directed. We need not say how any movement in that direction would affect the security not only of many of our most valuable colonies, but even of the Anglo- Indian Empire—and therefore how vigilantly it should be guarded against. Complications may, however, arise, to which the Eastern difficulty will be a mere trifle. All this time an ominous silence has been ob served with respect to Kars, and the wilful and deliberate treachery that sacrificed the Turkish stronghold, rendered futile the exertions of Gen. WILLIAMS and his gallant coadjutors, and enabled the Czan to boast of the Russian triumphs is his mendacious Manifesto. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE still remains the representative of Great Britain at the Sublime Porte, with full power to display his personal antipathies, how ever injuriously they may affect the interests of his country. The pledges, voluntarily given by members and candidates, appear to be totally for gotten. The " prave ords," so boldly uttered on the hustings, and at meetings, when Honourable Gentlemen were rendering accounts of their stewardships, have been apparently sponged out by the waters of oblivion. We hear no more the inspiriting aspiration that "Goo should defend the right." The registries of these obligations seem to have been totally obliterated ; or, at least, no practicti results have followed. The Manifesto of the CZAR, in which he declares that all the (Russian) objects of the War have teen realised, has been circulated ihroughout the length and breadth of Europe. Our Government declares that their wishes have also been fulfilled. We cannot see how both these asser tions eau be accurate, and the important question arises, which are we to believe We are deprived if the means of judging fur ourselves by the with holding of the text of the Treaty, and although we cannot repose much credence in statements that are amalgamated with so many palpable and unb'ushing falsehoods, we are still unaLle to place confiLnce in the vague generalities of •)nr " own Ministers. To the Members of both Houses we , say,—be vigilant and careful d the all-important interests entrusted to your charge, for never was there a time when the safety, welfare, and happiness of the people, and the permanency of the Constitution on which we 'lave so long prided ourselves, require more dis interested and unflinching firmness on the part o; those who are placed in the vanguard, and must take the first part in the coming struggle. A spade is—to us—a spade. We love to call things by their right names. What we loathe, we tie3itate not to reprobate. We cannot, in truth, for the life of us, understand the nobility of the 40-called patriotic principle actuating those among our contemporaries who are now, so to speak, cap in hand, " bowing down and bowing down," uttering courtly phrases and sugared compliments, in season and out of season, upon everything ap pertaining to or emanating from, upon everything directly or indirectly representing, the genius of the barbarian autocracy of the Imperial Rus sian Government. for the consul, tice of Omnipote, lying and blaspht CZAR of all the Rut, thing worse than a sha ending (with a view to t, blood) with the Scriptural or.. speravi, non confundar in aternun, at least, have not lost the recollection of And now in the Imperial Manifesto given to the world, not inappropriately on the Ist of this pre sent April, by the reigning Cza.r., we may recog nise the pendant of that lying and impious Pro clamation of his Imperial predecessor. As to the " lying" department—what is its very pre amble ? Why, it impudently and audaciously asserts, in the name of the Russian EMPEROR, in regard to this late horrible War—what does it assert ? Why, it actually declares, in so many words, in regard to this war—" It was not Russia that commenced it !" While—as to the " impious" department what do we find daringly articulated a little further on ?—nothing less actually than this : " A stranger" [the CZAR is speaking of his father, the late Emperor NICHO LAS]—" A stranger to all interested views, he never expected that his just complaints would have resulted in the scourge of war ; and con sidering its calamities with a deep feeling of sorrow as a Christian, and as the father of a people entrusted by PROVIDENCE to his care, he did not cease manifesting his inclination in favour of peace !" How ? By the passage of the Pruth ? By the ravaging of Moldavia and Wallachia ? By the butcheries in Jassy and Bucharest? By the massacre at Sinope and the cold-blooded assassi nations at Hango Ud ? By the enormous and hitherto unparalleled accumulation of the deadly munitions of war at Odessa, at Nicolaieff, at Kinburn, but above all in the great robber-den cf Sebastopol—munitions obviously so collected together with no merely pacific intentions ! The " inclination for peace" attributed to the Czar NICHOLAS by the Cz it ALEXANDER, was, of course; further manifesto 1 by the conciliatory and in no way insolent mission to Constantinople cf the very amiable Prince MENSCHIKOFF ! It was funher evidenced, moreover, from first to last, by the readiness shown, again and again, by he diplomatic agents of Russia to come to term; with the Plenipotentiaries of the Western C._ali . ion ! So truthful and so religious--so very far removed from lying and impiety, have been the Imperial Manifestoes successively of the Emperor NICHOLAS I. and the Emperor ALEXANDER 11. I And are we to speak of these audacious Procla mations with "'bated breath" and " whispered humbleness " as befits the serfs of the Ural moun tains, toili rg for the acqubi'ion of yet more gold and malachite ? Not so ! Rather for us. the denouncement of such criminal and shameless dna ments, as best befits all free-born and out spoken Englishmen. Oar columns record at the same time the edu cational debate in the House of Commons and the proceedings of the military inquiry at Chelsea. They inly appear to have little connection, yet to us the latter is the beacon which warns us of the dangers not at first sight visible in the former. The report of C.)l. TIILLOCEI and Sir J. M`NEIL, backed by the utter failure of Lord LUCAN hitherto to shake its testimony, and also by the disclosures cf last year's Sebastopol Committee, must have one result at least—to destroy all confidence in the adaptedness of our aristocracy to training men for any service whatever. The entire blame of the loss, waste, and mismansgement of the Crimea rests on the heads of Eagland's aristocracy. The day of trial came, and it was found at once that they had prepared the army for nothing but the shock of battle. With the continental armies for forty long years before them, they yet had not learned from them the most necessary lessons ; with men absolutely at their disposal to make what they liked of them, they had m9.de them but brave fighters, and left them wholly uneducated in the arts of camp life, while they themselves—the offi cers—never appeared to understand the rudiments of the essential art of keeping men and horses alive and well. It is needless to say that, long after our day, the aristocracy will cling tenaciously to office-- they will be the leading administrators of the country's business. Can we then trust in such hands—hands which brought our army to the very verge of ruin—the control of our national education? The great moral taught by the Cri mean inquiry is, that the more we do of our own work the better. If, in the army, where, accord ing to general opinion, the soldier is just what he is made--if, even here, aristocracy fails so signally, what is to bo looked for if it take in hand to train the whole commu nity ? It was not, moreover, in the senti ment of courage, nor yet in military drill, that our soldiers chiefly failed, but just in that department of knowledge which general education most needs to give ; they had no power to shift for themselves beyond the routine of barrack life, and their commanders no power to aid them. Food, clothing, and shelter for men and horses— the great necessities for which mortals must look out—were just the things the want of which hur ried thousands of our men and their animals to an untimely grave. The appalling military facts of the Crimea produce in our minds the impression that the hazard is infinite of permitting our governors to mould to their fancy the education of the people. Our readers will bear us witness that we have felt as deeply as any the deficiency of our educa tion as a nation, and gratified indeed should we be to see that any plan could be devised which could claim the name of a remedy ; but scheme after scheme, as it is brought forward by the great leaders iu the House, only impresses us with the conviction of the hopelessness of the cause. All have their favourite crotchets, but all tend to throw the moulding of the teaching more and more into hands where we should be reluctant to place it. The education of the army for its work is a simple task compared with the education of the people for the varied phases of civil life ; and those who could not educate for one thing must fail miserably in the attempt to educate for so many. It may appear somewhat gloomy to give up the hope of national education ; but .our read ers mu.-,t, bear in mind that national education, and national education by active Government in tervention, are two very different things. W e have made these remarks previous to a review of the Education debate, and intending to consider carefulry the main arguments on both sides. The description of. NATHANIEL cannot be said to be Iron than half applicable to the Sabbatarian Party ; for however well-disposed their opponents may be to pronounce them " Israelites indeed," their best friends would blush to characterise them as "without • ouile " Affecting ultra-conscien o tiousness, they afford to dispense with toleration ; and, stiff-necked in their domination over the weak, they are sufficiently supple to know when to connive at and when to rebuke the Sabbatic de- linquenoies of the ro ug. Who ever heard of a Sabbatarian taking the Duke of WELLING- .ght and won on a Sunday ? th having counte- Juards in fighting man on a Sunday ? nd COWLEY in pub " Paris, that last - Ave done any ~ would not bar, iuke was curt, and ha.t, a a Royal Duke would look ) take the Pleni potentiaries onstrued into an affront to Pri, metension to con sistency, bowel Just uffered to evapo rate by defau . the iad enlisted the sympathies of workmen sir side on false pretences at last find anity for rebuk ing men in power fol . NATIER, when the sympathies of the uion are likely, t 9 a certain extent, to with him. Quite a Godsend ! Upwards of thousand men com pelled to work at the „an-boats two Sundays running, not for despatch against Cronstadt and the Russians, but for the purpose of contributing to a naval review ! Monstrous ! Everybody in disposed towards the Peace, or disposed to turn out the Premier, must be disgusted at such trans parent hypocrisy, and blame Lord PALMERSTON for being so shockingly supple and GALLro-like in these matters. What must the poor, who have the gates of the British Museum, National Gal lery, &c., barred against them on a Sunday, think of it ? Think of it ? Why, that it is about as graceless a display of hypocrisy and humbug as that afforded by lords and ladies, bishops, priests, and deacons (given to Sabbatism) at the West-end on every corresponding day, as they 101 l along in their burnished carriages, drawn by well-groomed horses, driven by frosty headed coachmen, and waited upon by gay and jaunty attendants. What else should they think of it unless it be that it suggests something to be reformed without any unnecessary delay ? For our part we are not at all astonished, only sorry, the men have had their Sunday's rest broken for so silly a purpose. Had it been to hurry the departure of the boa's for the bombardment of Cronstadt the case would have been different, and we should have felt disposed to remind the petitioners that, the Sabbath being made for man, and not man for the Sabbath, it would rather be consecrated than desecrated by their labours—a contribution to the humiliation of Russia being synonymous with a boon significative of goodwill to almost the entire human race. ATHLONE ELECTION—(This Day). (BY ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELE GRAPH COMPANY.) 11 Aar. Ila,n(lcock Minis Majority for Handoock...... 13 In consequence of an announcement having been male in some of this morning's papers, that no drawing•room would be held on the day appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birth-day, we have authority to state, that this announcernent was made in error, and that her Majesty will hold a drawing room on the 29th of May, iu celebration of that event. It is understood to be her Majesty's intention that State balls shall take place on Thursday, the Bth of May, and Friday, the 6th of June ; and that concerts -hall be g . ven on Wednesday, the 30th of April, and Friday, the 30th of May. BRITIAN, April 10,—Lord Bloomfield gave a diplo matic dinner to-day, in honour of the peace ; the repre eentatives of Austria and Prussia were nresent, as well as the representatives of the belligerent Powers. S r R ) bt. Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily Peei, have returned to town from a tour in Italy ; and the hon. bart., has resumed his official duties at the Ad r a.! ty. The bearing of the appeal, "The East India Company v. the Hon. Mrs. Dyce Sombre," was continued before Judic 7 al Committee of the Privy Council dur:ng 3 es terday, and was aljourned until Tuesday. Among the performers whom Mr. Wyndham an nounces for the summer at the Edinburgh Theatre are Mr. Robson, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Widdicornbe, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Keeley, and Miss Rebecca Isaacs. The handsome colours given by Laly Raffle to the South Devon Militia wore presented to that regiment on the Hoe at Plymouth on Thursday by the Counte , s of Morley, in the presence of Major-General Eden, com mander of the farces in the west, the Earl of Morley, colonel of the regiment, and a numerous assemblage of military officers. THE DIRBOTOR OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—Dr. \Vaagen. the director of the Picture GalJenks of the Royal Museum, at Berlin, has not been appointed to the post of director of the National Gallery in Londcn, a notice has been inserted by him in various Berlin papers, designating the report "as perfectly without all ground, as be well knows that nothing of th sort is intended in England, and ho hal never had any inter tioa of putting himse'f ftrward as a candidate for that office." SPECIALTY AND SIMPLE CONTRACT DEBTS.- -A bil brought in by Mr. Matins and Mr. I,l)yd Davies abo;ishes all distinctions between specialty and simple contract debts, the former no longer being entitled to priority in the adininietration of the estates cf deceased persons. Actions upon specialities must be brought within six years. The act does not extend to Scotland. REPORTED DEATH OF 808 COOMBES.— We can hardly suppose that any one who read these columns will not alre tdy have rej)iced that the great ex-champion is still alive ; for, though the premature report of his death spread like an electric shock throughout the land, yet when it was once ascertained that such a report had been falsely promulgated, the contradiction of it was e mmunicated with equal rapidity. Our last news was that the famed Robert was progressing satisfactorily, and had even expressed a hope soon to be able to drink a loving-cup to the health of Old Father Thames. 0 king, live for ever !—Bell's Life. ASSOCIATION FOR THE AID OF DRESSMAKERS AND MILLINERS.—The a-mnual meeting of the members and friends of the association took place yesterday at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, the Earl of Shaftes bury, the president of the society, in the chair. A report stated that some estimate might be for rned of the great advantages conferred by the association on the em ployed, from the fact that during thejlast year no fewer than 1,256 young dressmakers and miliners had been re gistered at the office, free of all expense ; and of this number 534 obtained situations. The report was adopted, and several resolutions were agreed to expres sive of a hope that the institution might enjoy increased support. SALARIES OF THE GOVERNORS, &C., OF THE WEST INDIA ISLA.NDS.—The Governor of Jamaioa has a salary of 3,5001., the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands 3,0001., the Lieut.• Governor of Dominica 1,3001., the Lieut.-Governor of St. Christopher...l,3oV., the Gover n,,r-in-Chief of the Windward Islands 4,0001., the Lieut. Governor of St. Vincent 1,3001., the Lieut.• Governor of Grenada 1,3001., the Lieut.-Governor of Tobago 1,3001., the Governor of Bahamas 1,2001. The secretaries to Governors-in-Chief of the Windward and Leeward Isles have 3001. each. The officer administering the govern ment of Tortola has 8001., the officer administering the government of Monserrat 5001., and the officer adminis tering the government of Nevis 590/.—Civ.l Service Gazette. SPECIAL COURT OP COMMON COUNClL.—Yesterday a Special Court was held, in consequence of a most nu per ously-signed requisition to the Lord Mayor, fur the pur pose of considering the provisions of the bill lately in troduced into the House of Commons, by Sir G. Grey, for the better regulation of the Corporation of London. There was a large attendance of members, and the pro ceedings throughout, which lasted the whole day, excited the deepest interest. Mr. 11. W. Valiance proposed a series of resolutions (which will be found at length in our advertising columns), sustained by the reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry, and justifying, as contended, the Corporation in entire oppsition to the bill. The proceedings terminated by the formation of a com mittee to prepa re a p e ti t i on t o Parliament, in accordance with the resoluti ons re f erre d t o . MUTINY ABEoAo.—LIVERPO3L, Friday.—TAO able seamen, named William Barton and John Yates, late of the ship John Miller, were charged before the sitting, magistrates this morning, with having mutinied in the port of Apalachicola. It appeared the ship from London on the 4th of December last, and arrived at the former port on the 12th of January. The captain went on shore, and in consequence of a contieua,nce of bad weather, he was unable to get on beard for some days. When he did get on board, he found the prisoners and two other men defying the officers left in command, and to himself they behaved most insolent'y, and refused to work. He called them aft to place them in irons, on which a strug gle ensued, and they escaped to the forecastle. The, cap. tain threatened to shoot them it they did not immediately come out of their hiding-place. One of the prisoners said he was not going to fire, whereupon the captain, al er again desiring' their presence, fired, and wounded one of the prisoners. Two of the four then came out, but the prisoners remained, and the captain again fired, when they both came out, and having been secured, their wounds were dressed. Inasmuch as the conduct of the prisoners would be investigated before another tribcnal, the bench declined to :give any decision, and the men were discharged, EN(4, APRIL 12, 1856. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, SA.TIIRDAY. The Monitetcr gives the following despatch from Marshal Pelissier SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 7. There i 3 a marked continuance of the improve ment in the general health of the army. The typhus daily diminishes in malignity, and sensibly gives way. I hope that at length we shall have spring. TRIESTE, APRIL 10. Accounts from Constantinople of the 31st ult. state that the special law relative to the right of property of Europeans in Turkey will be promul gated very shortly. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 9. The Emperor Alexander has just accorded to the nobility of Livonia, Esthonia, and Courland letters of favour, which guarantee to them all their rights, ,customs, advantages, and privileges during the reign of his Imperial Majesty. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. To-morrow the Plenipotentiaries will meet 'at the hotel of Foreign Affairs. The Italian question, it is said, will suggest a stormy debate between Count Cavour and M. Buol. As Piedmont is sup ported by Lords Clarendon and Cowley, and as the. French representatives of the Emperor are inspired with favourable views towards Sardinia, it is by no means impossible that a sort of protest will be re gistered against the existing system of government, so obstinately persevered in by the rulers of certain States of the peninsula. The Times'. Paris correspondent (second edition) says :—The Congress sits to-morrow, and the re sult is looked forward to with much interest. The question of Italy has occupied them earnestly for several days back, and it will again form the prin cipal subject of their deliberations. Tliey hope to terminate it in to-morrow's sitting ; if they do not, they will consider it again on Monday or Tuesday. In any view the Plenipetentiaries might take of the situation of the Italian peninsula, the. occupa tion of certain portions of it would naturally be among the first, and it is said that on this point also M. Cavour particularly directed the attention of his colleagnen. He showed the inconsistency of an occupation of territory, contrary to the will of its population, by foreign troops ; dwelt on its in utility, and the impossibility of such a state of things lasting for any time. In truth, a moment must come when such an anomaly must cease. The principle of intervention is, no doubt, to be depre cated, but if intervention is at all justifiable, it is when the object is to support good government--a government based on justice ; and not to porpetu ate an oppressive and detested despotism. It is not improbable that the governments which exist solely by the support of foreign bayonets will be informed that the time is . come for them to consider seriously what they ought to do. Those Governments declare that the vast majority of their subjects look up to them with confidence, respect, and affection ; that they are no longer led astray by mischievous theofes, and that they have a horror of revolutionary doctrines. If such be the case surely they have no need of foreign protection, and it will be submitted to them whether it is consistent with their own dignity that French or Austrian troops should for ever come between them and the zeal and love of their people. A French army can not for ever occupy Rome ; and if its occupation be continued it ought to be to aid them in establishing necessary reforms in their internal administration. In other words, the.condition on which the occupa tion will be maintained is that these reforms shall be introduced. If the Pope is really the idol of his subjects he cannot want French or Austrians to keep him ou his throne. It is the necessity for, such an alternative that has been discussed in the Congress, and some resolution on it is expected to terminate to-morrow's sitting. If no conclusion be come to, the Congress will, as I said before, again meet on Monday or Tuesday. It is curious that on this point Russia has given her support to Sardinia, and Count Orloff lets slip few occasions of appearing on the best terms with Count Cavour. I will not say that this proceeds from any -new born zeal for representative government. It is unquestionably attributable to the hatred which now animates Russia against the very name of Austria. No one has forgotten M. Nesselrodo's note when Sardinia resolved on giving her contin gent to the allied armies. He complained that Sar dinia had drawn the sword before any formal decla ration of war, and M. Cavour in his reply reminded the Russian Minister that the Czar had not only never recognised the Constitutional Government of Sardinia, but had evinced his hostility in every way he could short of making war. I have reason to believe that the main, if not the only cause of the refusal of such 'recognition was Austria. It was Austria that urged Russia to that refusal, and it was Austria that secretly encouraged the Czar in his enmity, and fanned the flame of his resentment. Of. Austria it may now be said that she is quite as much, if not more isolated than Prussia. Even last night, durine , the fete at the Ott o m an E m b assy , it was remarked t ' that Count Buol was hardly ad dressed by any. I have said that the Plenipoten tiaries hope to bring their labours to a close to morrow or early next week ; this, however, is but a hope and not a certainty. Lord Clarendon ex pects to be able to leave Paris on Friday next. On the subject of the Danubian Principalities the Congress do not agree with the Porte in the plan of establishing a Moldo-Wallachian Commis sion at Constantinople for its final settlement. They prefer that the question of according to the Principalities a new organisation, or of conferring that which now subsists, should be maturely examined by the Sultan in concert with the allies, and not by such a Commission, which would at Constantinople be exposed both to the pressure of the Porte and of the Fanariot party, whose administration of that ill fated country is remembered with detestation. The Congress desire that the internal organisation of these countries shall, according to the terms of the first guarantee, be in conformity with the wants and the wishes of the populations ; they wish that while the suzerainete of the Sultan is main tained, the interests of the provinces as well as those of Europe shall not be disregarded, and for that purpose they require that the examination into their wants and wishes shall be entrusted to a mixed commission composed of the representatives of the contracting Powers—the Porte of course being included—and of delegates from the Principalities. During the Conferences of Vienna a note was addressed, after due notice to the Porte, to the Flospodars, inviting them to send representatives to Vienna to give to a Com mission, to be forined of the Plenipotentiaries of Fiance, England, Austria, and Turkey, the necessary information relative to the exceptional state of the Principalities. The Porte, in re ply, proposed to : send to Vienna a Bayard for each Principality with the title of Pleni potentiary for the Ottoman Government, and whose mission should be limited to furnishing in formation on the state of the Principalities. Before "this could be done the Vienna Conferences came to an end. The invitation addressed to the Hospo dars showed that the "sovereignty of the Principali ties was recognised at Vienna ; the proposal of the Porte indicated a wish to get rid of the question bfa side wind. The Porte has, it is said, done its best to maintain the poSition of the Hospodars, as established by the treaty of Balta-Liman, and the right of nominating them every seven years, forgetting however its own declaration that all treaties with Russia are annulled by the war. It is believed that the Congress will maintain the immovable character of the Ilospo (lariat as it before existed. A change in that re spect would be' a violatioh of the stipulations, and would, instead of creating a government with the elements of durability, only excite mistrust and alarm among the Christian populations,and abandon the Principalities to constant agitation, which, in spite of all that could be done to the contrary, would end by restoring the influence of Russia in those countries. A . u official despatck f rom V a l ence sa y s that tran quillity has been again disturbed. The authorities had sent for troops. The pretence for these dii turbances, it will be remembered, is the recruiting. T . he Monite ur del' Armee explains that the medals which, as ann ounce d i n th e English papers, the Emperor has sent to the English Government to be distributello :British soldiers who served in the East are not, as generally supposed, similar to the Crimean one given by the Queen of England to the French troops, but the ordinary military medal. The same journal adds that the number of these medals granted by.the Emperor is 500. The baptism of the daughter of Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, took place yesterday morning, in the chapel of the Tuileries. Th e Ethperor and the Empress, who stood sponsors, were represented on the occasion by the Duke de Bassano and the Princess d'Esling. The Bishop of Arras, assisted by the Abbe Ver,ini, one of the chaplains of the Emperor, performed the service. At the ball given last night by the Turkish Am bassador, and which was honoured by the presence of the Ethperor, none of the Russian Envoys ap peared, which was a subject of remark, as nearly all the other Plenipotentiaries and Ambassadors now in Paris attended, together with a large as sembly of notables. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : " COPENHAGEN 10th.—In the Privy C o un c il o f State to-day the Hereditary Prince of Denmark swore to ob serve all the institutions of the country." " MADRID, 'ILI:I.—The Gazette publishes a decree with drawing from General Villalonga the Captain-G en eralship of Valentia, and appointing in his place a commission having at its head a Minister of State, invested with ex traordinary poWers and specially representing the supe rior authority. Valentia is tranquil ; the assemblages have materially diminished. Madrid is perfectly tr,tn quil. The Spanish Commercial Society is constituted." Despatches froin Naples state that the Govern ment is about to reduce the exportation duty on corn to one-half. This measure is said to have arisen out of the suggestions of the representatives of France and England. It was reported that the King had made significant approaches towards the French Ambassador, occasioned by passing political events. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, April 10.—The English frigates (screw) Euryalus and Pylades, with the Harrier screw-corvette, arrived at Kiel yest er d a y on their return from the Baltic, and will probably be joined this day by the Imperieuse, Captain Watson, C.B. The paddle steam-sloop Sampson ' which reached Kiel a couple of day s b ac k, h as taken her depar ture for England, and will, very likely, be followed by the remaining portion of the flying squadron as soon as the vessels have taken in coal. ITALY. A letter from Parma of the 4th, in the Opinione of Turin, says : "The political prisoners, who had been at first trans. ferred from Parma to Mantua, have now been sent off to Gratz. Arrests still continue here, but some of those arrested during the first days have been Set at liberty. There is a rumour current that the object of the Count de Chaznbord in coming hers was to prepare Lis sister for her departure the annexation of Parma to Piedmont having been resolved on." A Turin letter of the 7th inst. says : " The Minister of War of S.Artlinia has issued the ne cessary orders for the lormation of a camp of observation at Spezzia, in which the troops . returning from the Cri m( a are to remain some time, before their re-inc.‘rpora tion with the regiments to which they belong, Colonel Ricci and other officers of the Staff are now on the ground, making . arrangenaents for their accom:nodation. Tnt.To are to be hospitals for the sick and convale , cent, and c• - nnfortabla . quarters for the mien. The Government is determined - to spare no expense to welcome those brave troops." The Tuscan' Monitor of the sth inst. contains a decree of the Grand Duke, formally acknowled%ing M. Peter Tausch as Ottoman Consul-General at Leghorp. The same official journal publishes the conven tion concluded between Tuscany and Naples for the extradition of criminals. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY. By the arrival ofher Majesty's steam-sloop Hydra, 6; Commander 4. G. Morri3, we have advices from this colony - and - station to the 26th of February, on which day the follOWing ships were on the station —The Castor, 36, Commodore H. D. Trotter ; the Penelope, 18, Captain. Sir. W. Wiseman ; the FlO - 16, Commander Nolloth ; the Grecian, 16, Captain Blanc. The Castor and the Frolic were to proceed to Tristan d'Acunha in a few days, in order to convey to the Cape the few inhabitants (some 1*)) of that desolate spot. The Dart was in Moiambique Channel, and will, it is hoped, bring back the traveller, Dr. Livingstone, who started from St. Paul - de Loanda a lOng time ago with the intention of reaching one of the Portuguese pos sessions on the east coast of Africa. Her Majety's ship Nerbudda, 12, Commander Kerr, so long 'missing, is now quite given up, no traces whatever of her having been found after the most diligent search. The Hydra brings home Mr. Pearne, paymaster of the Frolic, who exchanged with Mr. Saunders, of the Hydra, and also Mr. Pearce, late acting second master of the Frolic, both of these officers having suffered during the late cruise up the Mozambique in the brig, which lost several men by sickness, and still had a number of her crew in the hospital at Simon's-bay, dysentery being the pre vailing disease. The colony still remains quite quiet, and, owing in a great degree to the energetic: measures of the Governor, Sir G. Grey, who has lately resi led some months on the Kafir frontier, in order to see into matters with his own eyes, and to carry out himself the course devised by him, no Kafir war or disturbance_is apprehended. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The Ericsson, with New York advices to the 29th, and the Persia, with advices to the 2d, have arrived. The former brings no specie ; the latter $584,796. The Atlantic had arrived out. About $1,500,000 had been received from Cali fornia. Her Majesty's 'steamer Argus had arrived at Jamaica with nearly 50 of her crew sick with fever. From Mexico we learn that the insurgents at Puebla were suffering from want of provisions. The Government of Costa Rica states that it had declared war against the American Filibusters. Walker, with 500 men, had crossed the Lake to Virgin Bay and had been reinforced. Money con tinued abundant. Current rates 6to 9 per cent. prime. Exchange on London, 9f. BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. By the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tay, Capt. BrydgeS, with the Brazilian and River Plate mails, we have dates—Buenos Ayres, March 3 ; Monte Video; 6th ; Rio de Janeiro, 16th ; Bahia, 20th ; Pernambuco, 22d ; . St. Vincent, 31st ; Tene rifle, April 4 ; Madeira, sth ; Lisbon, Bth. The Tay brings, besides passengers, 61,6501. value in diamonds and precious stones, and a cargo con sisting of tapioCa, ipecacuanha, samples, &c. At Buenos Ayres there was a rumour of another invasion of Indians. The political state was more satisfaCtory. There had been a fair amount of business in imports, and stocks were generally low. At Monte Video matters were more favourable, and business was improving. At Rio the cholera was still on the decreas., but yellow fever had appeared. The dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies was expected. Imports were moderate. The prices iu coffem had declined. A moderate business was doing in exchange, at 27. a to 271. From Bahia we learn that yellow fever had bro ken out among the shipping. Exchange 271. At Pernambuco cholera was on the decline. Sugar limited, cotton scarce, freights dull. Ex change 27. At Teueriffe rain was much wanted. The island was healthy and the crops good. At Lisbon the potato crops had entirely failed, owing to the heavy rains. Sixty thousand men am said to be in arms in Arabia, and Mecca, and Djeddah in complete in surrection. The new Governor just appointed from Constantinople is the cause of the revolt. The enormous production of pipes for smoking in France may be jedged of from the fact that at St. Omer alone tvo manufaiturers sell yearly not fewer than 43.200,000. VACANCIES, APPOINDIENTS, AND PROAIOTIONS IN TEIE CIVIL SERVICE.--rhe Dockyards--Mr. H. G. Keys has been appointed a second-class clerk at Pembroke yard; Mr. E B. Josey has been appointed a second class clerk_ at Portsmouth-yard ; thole are two clerkship s vacant at Devonp - irt.Pockyard, vice Messrs. Keys and Josey, promoted ; Mr. J. H. Miller has been appointed third:6lass - clerk :at -Deptford Dockyard ; Mr. W. J. Taylor has been. appointed third class clerk at Chatham Dockyard ; Mr. Edwin -A. Lang has been appointed third-class clerk at Sheerness Dockyard. East India House.---A directorship has become vacant by the death of the Hon. W. H. L, Melville. Customs—Mr. H. 3. Harrold has been . appointed a clerk in the Coast .Guard Office in London ; Mr. William Cornish has been appointed a second class clerk at Falmouth ; Mr. Abraham Morphy has been promoted from the sixth to the fifth class of clerks for general business at Li verpool. Inland Revenue Department (Excise Branch) William, :Read_ Reynolds, officer of Woodbridge first division, has been appointed to Norwich foUrth divi• sion, at his ccvvif fequest ; Mr. Joseph Flower, officer of H'rshain Ride, Surrey collection, has been appointed officer of Cuckfield division, Sussex collection ; Mr. Thomas Miller,, efficer of Dorking 'Ride, Surrey collec tion, has been appointed to Leighton division, Bedford collection. East Indies—Major General J. Outran:), C. 8., has been appointed Chief Commissioner and Agent to the Governer General in the province of Oude ; Mr, G. Cooper has been appointed Civil Secretary ; Mr. M. C. Ommanney has been appointed Judicial Commis sioner • Mr. Martin R. Gubbins has been appointed Financial Commissioner ; Mr. C. J. Wingfield, Mr. J. G. Christian, L'eat. Col. P. Goldney, and Major J. S. Banks, have been appointed Commissioners ; Mr. H, B. Thornhill Mr. R. :Sinison, Mr. W. A. Forbes, and Mr. C. B. Depieon; tave been appeinted Deputy•Commis. ii sioners of the first olass,---Civil Service ORM, APPOI TM I.:NTS TO THE ROYAL ABTILUTY, c{:c. An Examination for Provisional Commissions in the Royal Artillery will commence on Monday, 30th June, at King's College, Strand. About 20 appointments will be made, supposing a sufficient number of compe tent persons to present themselves. The Candi d Ites must be between teeny-three and twenty-threeyears; and tho , e appointed will be gezetted to deutenancies in the Royal Art:Pery in the first instates, with tern porary rank. They will be placed for instruction, for about six months, under the director of artil lery studies at Woolwich ; and on completing their course, to the sa*iqfnetion of the Secretary of State for War, will receive permanent commissions with the date of their temporery appointment. They will receive the pay of their rank (viz., sa. 7d. per diem) from the date of their names appearing in the Gazette; but will be required to contribute a deposit of 2@/. fur the purchase of instruments, &e. At the same time, provided a sufficient number are found competent, about thirty admissions will be made to the pratical class of the Royal Military Academy amount t, one-sixth of the total number of marks allotted to that subj-ct._ Every candidate must transmit to the War Depart ment, Pall-Mall, by the 20th June next : The appointuvnts in both these classes svi!l he deter mined by the res.ult of a competitive examination. Tho days and Fubjects of examination will be as follows, viz. : Tuesday, July I.—Pure Mathematics, 2,000 marks. Wednesday, July 2.—Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics and Hydrostatics, 1,050 marks. Tlursday, July 3—Language, Literature, Geog ra phy, and History of Ancient R ome , 1,000 marks. Friday, July 4--Do. do. do. of Ancient Greece, 750 marks. Saturday, July s.—Do. dn. do of France, 1,000 marks. Monday, July'.—Do. do. do. of Germany, 750 marks. The examination in French and German will be both written and viva voce. Tuesday, July B—English Lang nuage, Literatur e , C om . positon Histoiy, and Geography, 1,250 marks. Wednesday, July u—Experimental Sciences, i.e., Che n iitry, Electricity, and Magnetism 1,00.) marks. Thursday, July 10—Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, and C 4, o'oc , v, 750 marks. _ _ Friday, July 11—Moral and Political Sciences, 1,000 marks. Saturday, July 12—Drawing, i. e., Elementary Geo metrical Drawing, includiog the use of drawing instru ments, and either Machinery, Architectural, Engineering, or Landscape Drawing, 750 marks. Toe e , allin will commence on each of these days at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue until 1 o'cl ,, ck. It will re-commence at 2 o'clock, and continue until 5. No candidate will be admitted after the hour fixed fur the commencement cf the examination. Every candidate must be examined in pure mathema tics ; and no one who does not obtain at least one•fifth of the marks allotted to that subject will be eligible for anappc,iuttnen'. From the other subjects of examination each candi date may select thoee in which he desires to be ex amined ; but no one will be allowed to count the marls gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least at Woolwich, the candidates for which must be between the ages of 17 and 20 years. It is expected that gentle men admitted will remain under instruction for six or eight months, and at the end of that period will, on pass ing a satisfactory examination, receive commissions in the R,.yal Artillery and Royal Engineers, according to their proficiency. They will be required to pay a con tribution of 021. 10.. for the time during which they re m in at the Academy. let. An extras. irotn the register of his baptism, or, in default of that, a certificate verified by affidavit. 21. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a clergyman of the parish to which be belongs, and by the tutor rr head of the school or college at which he has received his education for at least two years, or such other proof of good moral character, as will be satisfac• tory to the Secretary of Stlte. 3. A statement of subjects of examination in which (in additinn to Pure Mathematics) he may desire to be examined. All Candidates must present themselves at King's College, on Monday the 30th of June, at 1 o'clock p.m., where they will severally be inspected by Military Sur geons, in order to ascertain that they are free from any bodily defects or ailment?, calculated to interfere with the performance of military duties. H. R. DREWRY. War Department, Pall Mall, 7th April, 1856. Naval and Military Intelligence. Vice-Admiral Sir Geerge Seymour, K.C.B , COM. wander in -Chief, and Commodore the Hon. F. T. Pel ham, C. 8., Captain of the fleet at Spithead, went out yesterday in the steam-yacht Fire Queen, Master Com mazider \V. F. Paul, and assembled the gun-boat flotilla. When at Spithead the captains of the several divisions of gunboats—Captain Codrington, C. 8., of the Red; Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, C. 8., of the White • and Captain Yelverton, C B , of the Blue, were signalled to repair nn board the Fire Queen for an audience with the Commander-in Chief. The whole flotilla immediately afterwards got under way, and proceeded towards Stokes Bay to form the order of sailing (or rather steam ing) in two columns, Captai❑ Codringten on board the Cocrilette (Commander Risk), and Captains Keppel and Yelverton on board gun-boats, the first-named leading the red squadron, the second the white, and the third the blue s and each having its distinguishing pennant flying. Having formed the order of sailing in two co lumns, they proceeded through the fleet at anchor, which is also moored in two long lines. On arriving at the head of the fleet the starboard, or red division, under Capt. Cod rington, steamed round the Royal George, 102, to star board, while the white and blue divisions turned round to port on the Duke of Wellington, and each line pursued its course back to the ho torn of the line of the meet. Sundry other manceuvree were then ordered to be per formed by signal, which were satisfactorily executed, and then the Commander-in-Chief returned to port. The fleet was joined yesterday by the Exmouth, 91, and the Conqueror, 101. . - The Rattler screw steam-sloop, Commander Fellowes, whose arrival at Spithead we merely noted yesterday, left Hong Kong on the B,:h of Dec., arrived at the cape of Good Hope on the 12th of Feb., and left on the 24th ; St. Helena on the 6th of March ; she has had several cases of dysentery on the passage, and lost 10 men and the gunner. The Rattler was leaky until she arrived at the Cape, where she c au lk e d, an d s i nce t h en has not been so bad. They brought home 30 Russian prisoners, and Lieutenants Pousckin and Schilling. The Rattler has been in commission nearly five years, during which time she has been engaged at Burmab, and various times with pirates, &c. Death has been a constant visitor on board, in one shape or another. She does not bring back one-third of her original ship's company ; the others are scattered all over the East ; her lower chain plates are gone and foremast wrung. The Government diver at Plymouth has discovered in liamoaze the hull of a ship, supposed to be the frigate Amphton, blown up on the 22d of Sept., 1796. Some efforts are to be made to raise portions of the wreck. The Tuscan Monitore publishes a treaty just concluded between Tuscany awl Naples fur the extradition of de linquents. The Caucase gives the details of a skirmish which oc currrd last February between some Gouriel Militia and the Turkr, which terminated in the discomfiture of the latter. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—A convict forming one of a gang employed in stacking carriages in the carriage de partment of Woolwich Arsenal, has succeeded in effect ing his escape thence, and, although some days have elapsed, not the slightest clue has been oblained which may lead to his ultimate recovery. ADULTERATION OF FLOUR AT ROTHERHAM.—At the Pot,t-tract sessions, on Thursday, Mr. J. C r o ss ly, LaMar and flour dealer, otherham, appealed against a convic. tion by the Rotherham magistrates on the 17th March last, for adulterating flour with gypsum. The conviction was confirmed. It will be seen by our Parliamentary report that Lord John Russell alluded in the House of Commons last evening to the occurrence of a domestic affliction in the family of the honourable member for the West Riding; The event referred to is of a very distressing nature, consisting of the sudden death at Weinbim, Baden, on Monday last, of Mr. Cobden's only son, a youth of 15. _ - OXFORD, April IL—ARNOLD HISTORICAL PRIZE.— Tt e judges of this prize. have signified to the Vice•Chan cel'or that they have awarded the same to Jc hn Henry Bridges, 8.A., Oriel College; and have appointed the following subject for the compositions of the next year : —"The condition of Athens in the time of Demetrius Pbalerew." ENCLOSURE OF HAMPST EAD - REAM—Yesterday a de putation from the districts of Marylebone, St. Pancras, and Hampstead•heath had an interview with Sir B. Hall upon the subject of the Settled Estates Bill, now before Parliament, under the provisions of which it was feared that Hampstead -heath would be closed to the pub lic. Lord R. Grosvenor, Who introduced the deputa tion, said that their object was to prevent Sir T. M. Wilson from gaining, by the general act, what Parlia ment had already refused to grant him. Mr. Freeth, a member of the deputation, suggested that a compromise might be effected by which Sir Thomas Wilson might be allowed to grant building leases on the mapor farm, on condition of his surrendering all rights to the heath on modera t e terms. Sir Benjamin Hall replied that such a compromise had been attempted, but without success, and that the question was one to be entertained not by the Government, but by the Metropolitan Board of Works. He confessed he was surprised at the au►n mary manner in which they had set the question aside, ' but, should they again consider it, he would be willing, as his predecessors ha•l done, in the case of a park for Finsbury, to recommend to Government to make a grant from the Consolidated Fund in aid of a metropoli tan rate for the purchase of the heath ; but he wished it to be understood that he was not pledging the Govern ment to do so. THE DISEMBODIMENT OF THE MILITIA.--it is under stood to be the intention of Government to reduce the militia a 9 troops of the line arrive from the Crimea. It is not intended to disband them by regiments, but gra dually to reduce each by the discharge of the most in effective men. A deputation, consisting of Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P., the Rev. Prifessor M ar k s , M r. F a t es , an d Mr. Nicholay (Mn.rylebone), Mr. David Powell, Mr. Joseph Hoare, Mr. Le Breton, Mr. Thomas Turner, Mr. Turner, and Mr, Toiler (Hampstead), Mr. Henry Farrer, Mr. Francis Streeten, Mr. James Orr, Mr. T. D. Keighley, and Mr. Cook, Vestry Clerk (St. Pancras), and Mr. Chas. Freetb, had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall yesterday at the Office of Public Works, Whitehall. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 6, 1856... .1:5,792 1 0 Corresponding weok last pear ~,,,,,,,, 5,333 16 2 mo: At the Was a go( The sales ou specul Market 1 Thursday The RI Week end ant featut character Turkey ii was mate striogene: meet the ii the comet The guar &e., will deposits. Active ( Bullion Rest . Public I Other D Seven-D Governn Other SE Notes u. ordinary q The offs from the Thursday' Silver I Gold The un,sl land rotor] 4 very limi Consols foi are now 9:: froth a b ot have been lIA 3 New chequer B discount. Tho Fox 6 per Cent and at ON rnainel at ficate; - ;e eruinan steady at asd the D The foil stocks :--1 can, 221 54 6 ; Poi 6 per Cei Spanish 3 ditto Certi Railwa] the prices e ases an tiieter an are also bi to Gi Mining about the Barrisi3 3 Per Cent. Ter Cent. •,„"w 3 per 2i Pet 'Jong Amin Ditto 30 CO Isola for Etcheqn 21000 £5OO Small. Ditto Bc Ditto, 11 P RIC'S 4 kinador T Ditto ii Grenad a IS Ditto DI Mexican 3 Peruvian ] Ditto 3 rtusisiau 13 , Ditto 4: SArdiniftti' Spanish C rtirkith Ditto A Ditto St Ditto ii 1) Dutch Fa WILD COrrespol are prob Is infeate firat•natn COD Conn Ditto