The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-15 00:00:00

OITTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. - GRAND ►.Y NAVAL REVIEW at SPITHEAD, on WEDNESDAY, 231 April, 1856.—Arrangements have been made for two of the Com pany's splendid steamers to leave Folkestone 'for pithead at 10 o'clock on Tuesday evening, the 22d A pril, returning from Spithead after the Review on Wednesday, 23d April. Fares (rail and boat) to Spithead and back from London and any of the South-Eastern Railway Company's principal station', 425. As the accommodation will be limited, an early application for tickets is necessary. Every possible comfort will be pro vided on board. Tickets can be had at the Company's Offices, 40, Regent-circus, Piccadilly, and 147, Cheapslde, and at the London bridge Terminus. C. W. EBORALL, Manager. April 14, 1856. G4 ANp NAVAL REVIEW at SPITHEAD (PO R TSMOUTH.) SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. This Grand Review will take place In the presence of her Majesty the Queen, the members of the House of Lords and House of Com mons, the Foreign Ambassadors, &c., &c., on WEDNESDAY, 231 APRIL inst. EXTEXSION OF DOUBLE JOURNEY TICKETS. Ordinary double journey tickets Issued from London, or any other St akin, to Port , imouth, Gosport, or Southampton, on Monday 21st, Tuesday 22d, or Wednesday 234 April, will be available to return up to 4 aturday 25th April, Inclusive. Pa'seheers proceeding from London to Southampton on Monday, or Tuesday, previous to the Review, may procure, with their railway ticket, a ticket for a Steam-boat, to leave Southampton at 9.43 a.m. for Spithead, and back, on Wednesday. FARES, FOR STEA3I-BOAT ONLY, 20s. A limited 'number of tickets will be issued for railway (drat-class), and the boat at Waterlm-bridge Station; 53, Kin; William-street, City ; and Universal Office, Regent Circus. Additional Express Trains will run from the Waterlol-bridge Station to Portsmouth and Southampton on Tuesday, 22d April, at 11-.15 a.m., 1.13 p.m" 3.15 p.m., 4 30 p.m , and 4.45 p.m., at ordi nary fares. By order of the Directors. Waterloo-bridge Station, April, 1856. GRA.ND NAVAL REVIEW at SPITHEAD (PORTSMOUTH). LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. This Grand Review will take place in the presence of her Majesty the Queen, the Members of the House of Lords and House of Com mons, the Foreign Axautssadors, &c., &c., on WEDNESDAT, 235 April SPECIAL EXCURSION TRAINS will leave the Waterloo Bridge Sta tion. oa that day, as follows: To Portsmouth at 3.0 a.m., returning at 7.0 p.m. Fares, there and back—Coiered carriages, 20s. ; seated open carriages, 15s. To Southampton at 5.30 a.m., returning at _7.30 p.m. A Steam boat will leave Southampton for Spithead in connection with this train, for which a limited number of tickets will be issued. Fares - Railway (covered cart ine5)...... ........ 205.1 3.55. Steam-boat only, there and back• • • • .. • • .. 15s. A Tickets will be issued on the Tuesday, after i p.m., at the Water loo-bridge Station ; 33, King William-street, City; at the Universal Office, Regent-circus ; and on the Wednesday morning at thi Station only. . _ A Special Train, at the ordinary fares, will leave fhe Waterloo bridge Station for Portsmouth, at 6 a.m., on Wednesday, stopping t take up passengers at Kingston, Farnborough, Basingstoke, and Winchester, returning at 6.30 and 7.30 p.m. By order of the Directors. Waterloo-bridge Station, April, 1956. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE._ ills respectfully =Evinced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE will RE-OPEN early iu 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. Tile prospectus will shortly be issued. 711EATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE, Levee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENISG, IL TROVA TORE. o c .n ludo with TILE ENCIIANTED GARDEN. THEATRE ROYAL. lIIYMARKET. Un Isr the Management of Mr. Ruckstone. TUN EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COME 03T. Followed by TIIE EVIL GENIUS. EL GAMBIT3INO; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In wh!ch REREA. NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. To conclude with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS ROYAL PRINCESS'3 I'ffS.3ATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Crateurs KEAN. TITIS EVENING, The comely of EVERY ONE HAS HI3 FAULT. To be followed by THE VICTOR VANQUI.SIIED. To conclade with A PRINCE: FOR AN HOUR. TILKATRE ROYAL ADELPHT. Provietor ant lianager, Mr. B. Webster. Direetreep, Manatee Celeste. 71113 EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. 3fesers. B Webster, Wright, P. Be !ford, C. Reny, Garden; Macrame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. After which, ußaE:cr PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. ROYAL OLY lIPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and dettbly-moral, thong') xcessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled VIE DISCREET PRIM ; or, the Three Glass Distal's. I i which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, an' MisS da.skell will appear, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.. Lossees, Messrs. Sbepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled 110 W WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. Follows 4 by THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. To conelmle with TtIFFLEILIUSEN; or, TII3 Lawyer's Le;eol. ROYAL MARYLEIIONE TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. E. Stirling. Engagement of Miss FITZPATRICK, of the Theatres Royal Drury lane, and Covent-Garden, for Six Sights only. TUESDAY, April 15th, will be performed LOVE CEASE Constance, Miss Fitzpatrick, Meszrs. Belford, Lawis 2 . Ball, Saunders, Carter, Langton, M . sies Anderton, Turner. and Mars. To conetule with THE HAUNTED INN. Messrs. Lewis Ball, Saunders, Bedford, Misses Morrell, and Mars. On Wednesday, THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. Widow Cheerly, Miss Fitzpatrick. ApTl,Firs Koym, Awyrti.rligkrKK. Lessee. and Ma‘nn;:Ar, NT:. , Vim Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Performances will embrace that startling novelty, a Real English Steeplechase, with all its exciting incidents. The Entertainments will c - mmence with THE ARAB OF TILE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL SPEED. After which, the EQUESTRIAN WONDERS OF TIIE ARENA, Trampoline, Gymnastics, B,;c. • To conclude with a Dratne introducing ENG L AND'S lIIRVI ST HOME an.l NATIONAL s r EEPL Eft ULSE, with r. noble Stud o' Horses, trained by Jir. Will am Cooke. Boa-office open from Eleven till tour. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Si-_W. Conk', jnn. ENIMA STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." - - The Manater respectfully announces the TWO lAST MORN ING PERFORMANCES of this most popular and amusing Enter tainment, Wednesday, the IGth, and Saturchiy, the 19th, at half•past two. Evening performancei as antal, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and 171 days, at 9 o'clock. Admission---flack Seats, Is.; Cents Scats, 25.; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. lIIGiI WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE:. Tim DAY—Morn. 55 tnin. aft. 10 —Evening 30 min. aft. 11 TAr3foßßow—Morn. 0 min. aft. 0 —Evening 4 min. aft.l2 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 15. TIIERVOIIETER, IN THE saAnz. 57 - highcet dice noon yogorday. 50 this morning and during the night. t 5 t.lOB day at noon. - BAROlLwrigli, 30'02. WIND, N.N.E. to N.E.—Fresh, with fine, cold sunshiny weather. -171-; 1.. *-, AA--.-A--_t- - _,IL t j ;I),* 1-k-:-,-;--*-:. ,r-t; -4,-- i .,,), ' • •- 4..'4‘ 2 " -- '' , ... , -..-1: Li,' ;;,! , ~.. _ , e -- " , -- . -.• , ...---- , , i-7,;•-•`-^z_.:l:7-,..,,, LoriA, 4 * 4 '4l# LONDON; TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1856. The National Balance -sheet for the financial year ending on the 31st ultimo, Whi c h has just been published, will be found in another part of this day's impression. It is, under any circum stances, a document of vast importance, which should receive the calm and attentive considera tion of every man desirous of maintainin g the national credit. It is peculiarly so at the present moment, inasmuch as it is by its means alone that we can form any notion of the actual expenses incurred in resisting the unconscieutious and un warrantable aggression of the late CZAR, and of the enormous amount which haS been wantonly sacrificed, without any demand being put forward for compensation or redress. It shows the actual outlay on what may be termed the War Depart ments of the pulali6 service ; and comparing these with the similar charges in times of peace wb may form a fair estimate of what might justly be debited to Russia in the public ledger for the last twelve months of the War. It will not show the full extent of the cost, inasmuch as there are a variety of incidental charges which will drop in from time to time. There will be a large addition to the half-pay and pension lists, that may be continued for many years to come. Our foreign legions arc not as yet disbanded, nor can We as yet judge of the expenses attendant on the operaqou. The troops have not returned from th e Crimea. Transports are still chartered,- and numerous items remain that will not easily he satisfied. We cannot see why the War expenses should not be fairly laid before the public in a distinct and separate form. But until that be done, and we can easily conceive the strenu ous opposition that would be offered by Ministers to any such returns, we must avail ourselves of the information that can be obtained from the document under notice. It appears that the actual revenue of the year amounted to 65,704,4901. 15s. 10d. and the ex penditure to 88,428,3451. Os. 11d., leaving all actual deficiency of 22,723,8541. ss. hi. A terrible array of figures, when we consider the vast increase of taxation since the com mencement of the E tstern difficulty, and the small results actually achieved. The addi tional imposts cheerfully submitted to by tilt, nation—a more than doubled Income Tax, in creased duties on tea, coffee, sugar, malt, spirits, LiT,c.—produced about 15,000,0001., while loans to the extent of 21,000,0001. were contracted, besides an addition of several millions to the Un funded Debt. From this statement it would appear that some 36,000,0001. or 37,000,000/. were actually expended on the War within the year, and that estimate is further verified by the fact that, in ordinary times, the expenditure is about 1,000,0001. per week, or, 52,000,0001. per annum; whereas it has been, in round nutn bers, about eighty-eight and a half millions— showing the, extra cost to have been about thirty six and a half millions. A third test may also be applied, which lead:: to a similar conclusion. The Naval, Military, and Ordnance estimates, have been so low as eighteen or nineteen millions, and may be safely taken at twenty-two millions, which would have covered everything but for the criminal ambition and grasping cupidity of the late AUTO CRAT, in the present return they are set down at no less than 58,592,1001. 12s. We thus find that similar results are obtained by three different methods ; and we may, therefore, safely assume the general accuracy of the calculation. Here, then, is 36,500,0001. literally flung away ; and we may probably assume that at least as much' more was expended during the first year, or must be paid before the matter has been fully wound up, and the war account completely closed. Seventy-three millions have thus been improvi dently squandered, without obtaining honour for the past or security for the future. Our gallant. brethren have uselessly laid down their lives—and for what? To render England the laughing-stock of every petty German despot, who joyously pockets the bribes profusely paid by Russia for his venal support. The English People, we are told, have " their victories and their undiminished resources for their own reward," and this is one of the re sults—and we fear by .no means the most objec tionable—of the secret and unconstitutional in fluence that pervades almost every department of the public service, but is peculiarly conspicuow at the Horse Guards and in the Cabinet. What might this seventy-three millions properly applied have done for the country ? The speculation is too vast to be entered on at the close of an article. It should, however, entitle the oppressed tax-payers to some relief from their enormous burdens, and yet we see no appearance of the slightest intention to mitigate the load. We have already ascertained that no, attempt is to be made towards a more equitable assessment of the Income Tax, which is to be continued with all its monstrous inequalities to the last possible moment. No step is to be taken towards placing the national currency on a better foundation, i r vf Liac walvtry with the Bank of England. The iniquitous and impolitic Act. of 1844 has virtually expired, but no hint has been thrown out as to the nature of the future mone tary legislation, and the manifest intention is to tide over the difficulty for the present year, and to leave a troublesome legacy as a bequest to the future Ministers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer declares that Government cannot make any proposition for the alteration of the act without a preliminary inquiry. Why, then, is it not at once instituted ? licause, forsooth, it is too late I No great pro gress can be made during this latter part of thu session. A short time since it was, according to the Right Honourable gentleman, " unseasonable and premature." Now the postponement, that took place at his own instance, is fatal to the cause, and no progress can be made ! Was there ever such palpable absurdity ? We trust that the House will not suffer itself to be so grossly bam boozled. Much may be effected within a coup l e of months, and ample time would remain for a Bill, founded on the report of the Committee, to be passed through Parliament, or, at all events, there would be every material for legislation at the very commencement of the next s:asion, which might be held before Christmas for a sub ject of such vital importance to the nation. If Ministers desire to retain the public confidence, they must show themselves adequate to their du ties, and give better proof of efficiency than the postponement of every question of doubt and difficulty to a future time. HANGING—ShaII it be private, or shall it be abolished ? One Honourable Member wants to have our criminals under sentence of death, strangled within the walls of their prison; instead of the gibbet being made, as hitherto, a horrible public exhibition. Another Honourable Member is anxious, on the contrary, to do away altogether with capi talpunishment. Which is it to be ? Either or neither ? Supposing we cannot persuade our selVes to arrive-at the humane conclusions asserted by the benevolent argument of BECCARIA—sup -posing we cannot at all recognise the necessity of doing away with Death as the dread arch-penalty of Crime —supposing we still cling•pertinacionsly to the belief that that penalty does really, after all, act, in some measure at least, as a preventive —must all murderers and poisoners, and such like horrible wretches, in this land of ours, still die like dogs by public strangulation ? Is an exe cution of a miserable criminal at the hands of the c ommon h angman i n t h e midst of a 'crowded thor oughfare —necessary ?—is it advisable ? These are questi ons o f a very momentous character—for they a ff ect, in well-bei ng or ill7-b:jant,heorf t s h er e io c i o n nam w u ay ri , ity t . he m u o p r o a n l the continuance of this terrible custom depends, to a considerable extent, the lesser or greater de pravity of very many am ong ou ). tailseto":h- There can hardly be any d 1 direc tionwicihtnesees the proportion takes in this rather frightful' alternative. The Great Observer o f the Age has de scribed in vivid words the appalling spectacle, as it was presented to him upon au occasion very memorable in the Annals of Atrocity. And that was no exceptional sight. It was one, the horror of which (as far as the execution went) was about - the average. The crime expiated was more than usually horrible no .doubt—being the murder of the miserable caitiff, O'coNwon, by those male and female monsters, the MANNING:3, But the manner of tha expiation Was quite of the ordinary character. Aug the scene witnessed cn that lamentable Tuesday morning, upon the 13th of November, was, alas ! of only a customary kind in every particular. Here is a glimpse of it, as seen through the vigilant and kindling eyes - 4f Boz—eyes kindling with horror and indigna tion " When the sun rose brightly—as it lid—it gilded thousands upon thousands of up turned faces, so inexpressibly odious in their brutal mirth and callousness, that a man had 3auso to feel ashamed of the shape he wore, and to shrink from himself, as fashioned in the image if the Devil." And again . . . " When the two ,miserable creatures who attracted all this ghastly flight about them were turned quivering into the tir, there was no more emotion, no more pity, no more thought that two immortal souls had gone to judgment, no more restraint in any of the pre visus obscenities, than if the name of CHRIST had never been heard in this world, and there were no belief among men but that they perished like the beasts." Nor can this be wondered at, when we remember who made up the bulk of the bye standers--" Thieves, low prostitutes, ruin fns, vagabonds of every kind, when the day dawned, flocked on to the ground with every variety of offensive and foul behaviour." Upon all which terrific aggregation of horror, note now the sen tence pronounced with all imaginable emphasis by Ur. DICKENS, who first of all observes truly—" I think thereare not many phases of London life that could surprise me ;" previously remarking, " I have seen, habitually, some of the worst sources of general contamination and corruption in the country,"' and who yet, with all this awful expe rience as an Observer—as the Okorver of his Age —avers :—" /am solemnly convinced that nothing that human ingenuity could devise to be done in this city, in the same compass of time, could work such ruin as one public execution, and I stand astounded and appalled by the wickedness it ex:tibits." Memorable words, coming from the lips of one with a mind so ample, with eyes so keen, with an imagination so vivid, with a heart so large and generous—words of thrilling admo nition uttered long ago—and since which time we have been blindly and obdurately hanging, and hanging, and hanging in the populous streets of London, in the midst of the same scenes, with dl their concomitant horrors, in the midst of— " Fightings, faintings, whistlings, imitations of Punch, brutal jokes, tumultuous demonstrations of indecent delight when swooning women were dragged out of the crowd by the police, with their dresses disordered," giving as Boz tells us, as be told us five or six years ago, " a new zest to the general entertainment." No marvel that large and gentle Heart broke out into that cry of anguish, " I believe that a sight so inconceivably awful as the wickedness and levity of the immense crowd collected at that execution--{meaning the execution of the MANNINGS, he might have said with equal truth in lieu of this, 'collected at every execution in London indiscriminately']—could bs imagined by no man, and could be presented in no heathen land under the sun." And with these same hideous spectacles continually recurring and recurring among us, our legislators are babbling session after session in long and wearisome debates about the worthiest scheme for a popular system of National Education ! Good GOD-My Lords and Gentlemen, honourable and right honour able let us rid ourselves first of all of such prolific sources of moral disease and depravity, before we begin to talk about abstract theories of Education. Let us look to the uses of the Hang man before we think of those of the School mnaster. Let ue dig away the filth and rot tenness choking up the broad area chalked out for the foundation before we begin to amuse ourselves over the various pl ins suggested by one ingenious architect or another for the ornate and elaborate AideusGrtietUre whit:ll thts yet even to bo coM menced ! Setting aside the problem propounded by BECICARTA-putting altogether out of the ques tion the rather startling axiom enunciation by the benevolent wit, to wit, that there are perhaps after all batter uses to which you can put a man than to hang him—forgetting wholly and entirely the proposition put forward by the philanthropis's who would altogether do away with the supreme penalty of the law, that of capital panishment— it may possibly be just as well to consider whether we mty not, with some small advantage to our selves, abandon at last, for once and for all, the rather mere than merely questionable benefits resulting from the system of public executions. Particularly after the recent horrors witnessed at the hanging of the wretched murderer BOUSFIELD And more particularly when it is announced that the very infamous office of public executioner has, in consequence of that wretched spectacle, actually once more gone a-begging ! CaLonA.Fr, after seventeen years of official Thuggism, falls into disgrace (if it be possible for a Hangman to "sink" any lower from the depth of his own primary and profound abasement !) by reason of his skulking, through fear, away from the gallows befere the last wretch " turned off " by his ter rible hands had been effectually strangled, the nerves of the hoary old hangman trembling under the threat of some anonymous correspondent. Con sequent upon which frightful incident, and remem boring, the dying throes of BOUSFIELD as some horrid sort of Nightmare, seen by many hundreds of people by broad day light in front of Newgate Prison, there is actually heard now a talk of CALCRA.FT, the hangman, having a successor ! Is not this the very opportunity long felt to be most deArable ? Simultaneously with the appointment of another executioner, might we not modify at once the very nature and the very locality of our execul ions—modifying both for the general public most advantageously ? Might we not ? It is a question, we really think, worthy of instant and serious consideration. Suppose—beyond what we have here already sug ges ted—sUppose we not only abandon at last this brutal and brutalising system of strangling ourgreat criminals in the public streets, with all kinds of horrible accompaniments in the way of obscenities and blasphemies--suppose we seize this favourable opportunity for doing away with the office of Jack, Ketch altogether, adopting, in lieu of the black beams of the. Gallows, with its dangling noose, the scarlet apparatus, the inexorable blade, and the blood-stained basket of the Guillotine ? Suppose I : 7 —Might not the majesty of the law be vindicated then more humanely, more terribly, and with less chance of shame to us all--our con demned criminals s " Dying the Death," not as hitherto by the hands of a fellow-mortal, but by means of a grimly piece of mechanism, a wood and metal NEMESIS, the material ATROPOS born of the French Revolution ? We ►,eg to direct the attention of our readers to a report (which will be found in another column) of the important meeting yesterday, at the London Tavern, of merchants, commercial men, and others interested in the welfare of our Australian colonies. Tice objedt of the meeting, it will be seen, was to consider what steps should be adopted to insure the immediate re-establishment of our postal steam communication with Australia, and this naturally lcd the speakers to statements and explanations with which, we are of opinion, it were well the public should be thoroughly acquainted. As a matter of course, and of fact, it was shown that 'Audi alia is nearly our best customer, taking from us fifteen millions worth of our produce annually ; that a tardy communication was in existence: prior to the War, but, strange to tell, that communication was stopped on account of hostilities, in other words, of the strongest motive for improving it, that the colonists are dissatisfied with such treatment, and offer to contribute half of the expenditure of a more rapid steam service by another and nigher route, that Government, in its ineffable wis dom, instead of laying down the required ser vice, has referred the matter to the colonists, whose wishes are known already, thereby incur ring a delay, wholly unnecessary and uncalled for, of 18 months, and that the interests of this country as well as of Australia have suffered, do suffer, and must continue to suffer, from the want of a rapid communication between the two countries. These facts, and others elucidating or confirming them, had, as might be expected, their weight, and a petition for the immediate establishment of the sort of postal service required was unanimously agreed on. The speech of Lord STANLEY may be particularly pointed out as de serving of perusal, not so much for the position and ability of the speaker, as for the home truths respecting the wretched dealing of our officials with the colonies to which he gave utterance. How bitter, yet how true—indeed the bitterness is exclusively in its truth--is the remark—" In the Colonial Department of the Government those in power are too apt to treat the affairs of the colonies as if they were negotiating with hostile, or at least neutral, parties, and not with friends." It apprars to be generally believed at Lisbon that Queen Victoria will visit Portugal this year. There has been some gossip in the papers about a ma trimonial conm cti er bet een the royal family of Naples and the ducal faanily of Tuscany. There is nothing of the kind. The eldest daughter of the grand duke is only twelve years of age. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and family, who are staying at Bowhill, the ducal seat in Selkirksbire, do not intend to come to Montague-house, Whitehall, until the middle of next month. The Earl of Dalkerth, M.P., has arrived at Montague-house for the season. The steam-transport Trent has been ordered by the Government to be put into immediate repair at S uth ampton, she having received injuries in towing home from tie East a floating battery. MEXICO.—By way of New Orleans we have news from Vera Cruz to the 221 ult. The Government forces had blockaded Puebla. Tamariz had proposed a surrender, but Comonfert would not accept the terms offered. RUSSIAN RAILWAY SHARES.—The directors of the Riga and Dunaburg Railway gave notice yesterday after noon that they intend to issue their shares " to bearer," and that a deed of settlement will he avoided. THE FATAL PRUSSIAN DUEL.—M. de Munchausen, the second of the late M. de Hinckeldy in the fatal duel, has resumed his functions at the Ministry of the Interior. M. de Rochow, it is stated, is preparing a statement in justificalion of his conduct. The Mon.teur of yesterday states that his Imperial Highness Prince Jeanne Napoleon, who has recovered from the illness with which be had been attacked, visited the Emperor and Empress and the Imperial Prince on Sunday. On leaving the Tuileries his Imperial High ness took a drive to the Bois de Boulogne, THE BISHOP OF NORWICH.—The health of the Bishop of Norwich has been slowly improving during the ptst few months. It is now so far re-established that his lordship has resumed the active duties of his diocese, which his severe and continued indisposition compelled him to relinquish. The discovery ship Resolute is to be sold for the bene fit of those who brought her into port, the British Go serement having aban loned all &aim to the vessel. As soon as the Empress is in a condition to move out she will take up her residence at St. Cloud, and remain there till the middle or end of June, when the ceremony of the baptism of the Imperial Prince will take place. She will then proceed to the south for sea-bathing. Preparations are already making at Biarritz for her re ception. AMERICAN Mmes.—The steamer Ericsson will sail from Liverpool for New York on Wednesday morning with the mails for the United States and Canada. Letters will be received at the Liverpool post-office on the morn 'mg of thatday till 6.30 a.m., with late fees till 7.30, and cm the landing stage till 8.30 a.m. TURKISH MISSIONS AID SOClETY.—Yesterday, the second annual meeting of the above society was held, in Willis's Rooms, Ring-street, St. James's, under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. The attendance was numerous. The balance-sheet showed a reception of 2,6211. Os, 21d., which, after paying ell esnenses, left a balance in the hands of tneteeeeurer of 419/. Os. 10d. THE AUSTRIANS IN PARMA.—During the last few days, dozens of persons, arrested for supposed political opinions have been sent off to Mantua. Military law is applied with the utmost severity. The Austrians) say there will be no long trials—" The guilty will be shot, and the innocent set at liberty." The whole male population wearing beards have been shaved by au thority. OPPOSITION TO THE CORPORATION REGULATION BILL. —Yesterday afternoon, a meeting of the inhabitants of the Walbrools ward was held at the Bay-tree Tavern, St. Swithin's-lane ' to consider the p r op r i e ty o f petition ing the House of Commons against the second reading of the London Corporation Regulation Bill ; David Williams Wire, Esq., Alderman, presided. Resolutions against the bill were agreed to unanimously. A subscription has been entered into by the British residents at Hamburg, for the purpose of presenting Miss Nightin ;ale with a souvenir., expressive of their admiration of the noble and disinterested conduct of that lady in ministering to the wants and comforts of the army in the East. The subscription amounts at present to about 2,000 marks, nearly 1201. MISS NIGHTINGALE.—Amon g the Crimean photo , graphs lately published by Messrs. Fenton and Robert ' son is one of no slight interest. .In No. 191, "Mortar Batteries in front of Picket house, Light Division," are shown three mortars in position, on the centre one of which the heroic Miss Nightingale was raised at her own request by a gentleman belonging to the sanitary commission, in order that she might obtain a view of Sebasmpol —a perilous peep, most mercifully taken with impunity. Tao. PACIFIC.--The Panama Star gives the follow ing news from Nicaragua :—" Costa Rica has declared war against the Filibusters, and is joined by the other Central American States. Costa Rica requires 9,000 men and $lOO,OOO from the Republic. Walker has also declared war against Costa Rica, and marched to Guareacasta, a frontier station of Costa Rica, to meet Colonel Biscriet, of the Costa Rica army, who has quite a respectable force. Walker has not over 1,600 Mon in all, of whom a large percentage is unfit for duty, Owing to sickniss." Bank of Ireland • • TIPPERARY BANK.—The English shareholders of the Tipperary Bank have held several meetings, with the view of concerting measures for their own protection in the arrangement of the affairs of that e.tabli.hment. They are sail to have availed themselves of the best ad vice at the Irish bar, and to have been informed that several legal points can be raised in resistance to their liabilities: At the same time they express a disposition to deal with the case, if possible, on equitable terms. It is therefore hoped that the creditors, both in England and Ireland, will eventually agree to a settlement which may in some degree awn the disastrous consequences of this suspens'on. Subscriptions have been raised in London towards a " Defence Fund," and a committee has been formed to conduct negotiation; Some of the shareholder{, however, anticipating the worst results from a winding•up, have already left the country to avoid responEioility. DEPOSIT AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. —lt was mentioned on Wednesday that an annual general meeting of this company had been held on the previous thy, at which the directors deemed it expe dient to avoid publicity. Although anxious on that occasion to prevent the presence of independent report ers, they have eiTIC3 thought it desirable to incur great expense in the publication of a report framed by them selves. This chiefly consists of a series of inflated and c3mplimentary speeches as to the thriving condition of the concern, one gentleman predicting that the company would ultimately be second to nono in London, and another assuring his hearers, notwithstanding the recen t developments i n th e case of the Protestant Life office, that old companies are not so safe as young ones. The fact appears to have been that a report drawn up by their own auditors was rejected at the instance of the directors, together with a statement, by which it was accompanied, of the finances of the company, and that a report of the directors of a more pleasant character was substituted. As a natural consequence, the intractable auditors were got rid of before the termination of the meeting. The nature of their report is not explained in the lengthy advertisement devoted to the flittering ex pressions of the various speakers, and it is fair to infer that the exclusion of reporters was also resolved upon in order that it should not see the light. The au ditors, however, in their own justification, as well as in fulfilment of their duty to the assurers, have transmitted it for publication. If the directors can controvert its allegations they shall have every opportunity of doing so, and the company will then take its proper stand before the public. The sole object of the appointment of auditors is to provide that some persons independent of the directors should pledge themselves to the accu racy of the accounts submitted, and when it is found that their statements are rejected at the instance of the very parties upon whom they are intended as a check all sense of security must be weakened. In the present case there is, apart from this circumstance, enough to I call for more than ordinary vigilance, since it is under- I stood that the late Mr. John Sadleir was a trustee of the company, and that Mr. Clement Sadleir retired from the post of managing director only a short time pre viously to the death of his brother. Should these cir cumstances, together with the details in the auditor's report, prove to be beyond contradiction, it may be a point far consideration whether the ad vertiement just I put forth by the directors would not furnish grounds for the most severe legal proceedings on the part of any one who might suffer damage from being misled by it Timm City Article. P.VENING„ APRIL 15, 1856. RECEIPTS ;, and other extra) Advances for Local Works, &c , under various Acts of Parda went (including loan to Sar dinia, £1,000,000) Less—Repayments of ditto Excess of expenditure over in come in the year ended tli 313 t of March, 1856 Balances in the Exchequer en the 3 , st et March, 1856: Bank of England Consolidated Fund balance ..4,160,573 19 6 Balance of pay ments on account of fundingExche- . truer Bills ...• .. 159,000 0 C Treasury-chambers, April 8, I ldia Company er income in the rDITURE. s. d 23,205,392 13 2 173,2-10 17 5 3,863,907 0 9 210,000 0 0 616,083 7 5 17,150 16 8 2:,749 13 91 23,112,E 1 24 9 2 396,457 10 0' 340,491 3 6 161,731 18 it 147,659 7 8 493,2 9 3 0 183,860 16 8 2,243,927 10 11 1,245,244 17 4 1,723,419 19 9 53.592,100 12 2 4,31,,573 19 B 1,281,047 7 5 2,740,000 0 0 993,678 13 7 22,723,854 5 JAM } 5,600,621 G 10 49,221,224 11 8 1S wrLSON. * In addition to this sum, Nils to the amount of .£l,-179,200 have been delivered in to ba canceled. ALARM OF FIRE AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As stAgc.manager of the operatic performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, permit me to say that the account which appeared in the journals of this morn ing of a fire w'aieh is said to have occurred in this theatre on Saturday night is highly exaggerated. It is quite true that, at the close of the performances on that even ing, at the sole request of the committee, an experiment was tried on the stage by the Fire AnnibilatorCompany, and that, during the course of the experiment, one of their machines burst, and caused some little alarm among those present ; but, owing to the pre cautions taken in the building, no danger of any kind existed, nor indeed could any - arise at any time. As the performances have in no manner been inter rupted by the occurrence referred to, I trust you will favour me with space in your columns for this explana tion.—l am, sir, your faithful servant, ROBERT ROXEY. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, April 14. IRE FIRE AT THE VAUXEIALL IMIL- WAY bTA TION. The fire which broke out on Sunday evening last, as noticed yesterday in this paper, was not extinguished until past eleven o'clock, when every building.cud office belonging to the railway station were destroyed— Durinc," yesterday morning a very searching inquiry was made by the officials of the company, for the pur pose of finding out, if possible, how the fire commenced, the result of which clearly showed that it began in Mr. Mauddey's office, and was first discovered in this way : —Mr. Inspector Parker, having been sent by Mr. God son to make some inquiries respecting a passenger, he crossed the lines of metals, when he saw two persons - leaning over the counter and looking very attentively at the wall. Thinking that they were looking for an op portunity to get into the office to commit a felony, he pushed them a little on one side, and then perceived a piece of fire burning in the wall, but not larger than a man's hat. At that moment a man raised a 'adder to the place, and endeavoured to pull the burning paper which lined the wall, but upon pulling some of the lining down the flames shot forth with extraordinary violence, and ran round the office like lightning, seizing upon the walls and roof of the compartment, and in less than ten minutes crossing the line and seizing upon every part of the station. It is here necessary to state that , the buildinn - forming the station was 60 feet wideand upwards of 150 feet long, and being composed exclusively of wood, canva-i, and paper, it is not surprising that the flames spread so rapidly, more especially when the high wind and the lofty position of the premises are taken into consideration. Fortunately the a hole of the money and tickets weie saved, and Mr. Darvon, one of her Majesty's guards, having hastened to the terminus at the Waterloo-road, all trains about proceeding down the line were stopped, as was the case at stations further•down the line for some time, and the traffic was transferred to the finis Elms ; but although the rails at Vauxhall had been twisted and reduced to sundry forms by the action of the flames, they were removed and replaced in time to allow the mail train to reach London at the usual time yesterday morn ing, and the regular traffic was resumed as usual, and the station will be re-opened for passenger traffic this morning. _ _ • .0_ TEE SUN, LON DON TUESDAY MB BALANCE-SHEET. An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended the 31st day of March, 1856 (after abating the Ex penditure thereout defrayed by the several Revenue De partments), and of the Actual Issues or Payments within the same period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Repayments for Local Works, ke. TOTAL. s. d. 21,788,770 16 1 16,636,669 11 3 6,894,307 7 9 2,J58,626 4 8 14,814,75 i 15 8 1,171,695 5 0 281,515 15 9 527,377 9 0 60,.' 00 0 0 472,029 9 0 98,741 1 8 65,704,490 15 10 22,723,851 5 88,428,345 0 £ s. d. LATEST NE WS. • • - FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. There has been a meeting of the Congres to=day, and on Wednesday the final sitting will take place. The Patrie and the Constitutionnel affirm that the Congress have determined that the mixed com mission appointed to investigate the difficulties raised relating to. the Danubi in Principalities, is to assemble for inquiry at Bucharest and at Jassy, and not at COnstantinople, as was at first believed. This resolution, however, has been received with some dissatisfaction by the Ottoman Porte. The reception of the Duke of Alba, attended by Gen. Barcaiztegui, aide-de-camp of the King of Spain„ bringing the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece for the Prince Imperial, is an nounced by the Moniteur. The collar of the order, destined for the " infant of France," was presented to the Emperor. Prince Jerome Napoleon made a visit yesterday to the Emperor, Empress, and the Prince, and subsequently took a carriage airing on the Bois do Boulogne. Count Orloff, it is said, contemplates something grand in the dinner way, so soon as the Russian Embassy recovers from the measles. A grand dinner was given to-day at the Hotel de Ville to the Plenipotentiaries and varioul other distinguished personages. It is calculated by those who are curious in culinary statistics that the ex pense of the dinner amounted to 500 f. a-head, or rather mouth ! The Plenipotentiaries, whatever else they may have cause to find fault with, have no reason to complain of French hospitality. - RUSSIA. • The terms of the peace are generally considered in 'St. t e rsb urg - - as favourable, and there is no backWardness on the part of the Russians in ex pressing their acknowledgments to France for the result. They do not fail, at the same time, to in dicate it as the payment of a debt of gratitude due by France to Alexander I. The , invalide frankly expresses its satisfaction that the series of despatches publiShed by it is not to extend beyond No. 403 (the number of the last one published). The Em peror is represented as very well satisfied with his trip to. Finland. The number of judgments pro nounced by courts-martial there which he had to confirm show that his satisfaction was not entirely unalloyed. A civil officer named Fournier has been dismissed for embezzlement of State moneys. The following extract from the Nerlhern Bee will, perhaps, somewhat damp the ardour of our speculators, who seem so anxious now to make up for the two years' interruption of their trade with Russia, by launching at once into most liberal pur chases from that country : " Telegraphic despatches from London mention that in consequence of the news of peace the prices of Russian produce had fallen considerably, in the expectation that Russia has got large quantities (ot goods) at her dispesel, which she will be ready to part with at half price. This idea of the English speculators is, however, perfectly groundless, since during the whole of the war all superfluous Russian produce has constantly been exported, and for the mot part to England ; there are therefore no l arge s t oc k s to spare to be rec koned. on ; what there is on hand w ill no t b e so ld cheap. The last prices of tallow were 139 paper roubles per Berkowitz ; in the interior the prices have risen from 10-11. to 13-14 p a p er rou bl es. I n the same w ay, also, the prices of hemp, flex, and other goods have risen at the places where they are produc,d. People imagine in England that Russia is in a position to export enormous quantifies of grain, but this is an error ; Russia can only export such quantities as are new lying at the different ports or their immediate neighbourhoods—such, ex. yea., as was sent off from the interior last au tumn, and had been detained on the road ; to send corn now from the interior to the ports in the north for this year's navigation is impossible, because, in the absence of railroads, thi s must always take place as early as autumn or the beginning of the winter preceding its export. In the southern ports, perhaps, a larger sale of grain may be possible; but from there we have re liable information that the greater portion of what is ou hand is already purchased for French account. The peace is in so far a blessing for England that in case of her haVing an insufficient harvest this year Russia can supply her next autumn and the following spring with an ample quantity of corn at lower prices than she is paying for American grain." At first sight this appeared a . mere commercial trick to keep up the prices of Russian produce in London, and consequently in St. Petersburg,. widi a side puff of the necessity of railways in Russia, —;4.e vetelielneee fn luiil.l fhom : but various inch eationstend to confirm the ttements as ecmer. The harbour at Odessa La 3 been re-,opened to merchant vessels, and on the 6th inst. the first two entered. From this port, also, commercial ad vices state pretty much the same as the ab we ex tract from the Northern, Bee. Thus, a letter from that place, dated about the &nd of March, says " The expectations of peace have induced many merchants to charter vessels for Odessa, on the condition that, in case of the war not coming to an end, the charter-party is to be considered in valid. As there are very small stocks of expel t goods on hand, and many months will probably elapse before they can be accumulated in any quan tity, very few ships will at first be able to find cargoes. . . . In the ports of the Sea of Azoff there are, it is true, considerable stocks of corn on hand ; but the allies have destroyed all the ar rangements for landing and loading, so that the masters of vessels will for a long time have a num ber of unexpected hindrances to struggle with." The fleet being fitted out at Cronstadt for the conveyance of the Emperor to England and France turns out to be a flotilla to conduct the Empress- Mother to Stettin, on her way to visit her family here. It is believed that she will return to be pre sent at the coronation soliannities in Moscow, and repair again to Palermo, where she will spend the winter, as she did once before. An order has been sent to Berlin for 18,000 ells of gold lace for the liveries of the Imperial servants on occasion of the approaching coronation. A letter from St. Petersburg states that, accord ing to an official return, the prize money to which the officers of the old Black Sea fleet are entitled amouuts to about 20,000 roubles. This sum arises from the prizes made at Sinope, and the capture of two small Turkish steamers. INCOME OR REVENUE, ORDINIIItr ILEVENLIS AND Customs Excise Stamps Taxes (Land and Assessed) Property Tax Po.st•oftice Crown Lands Produce of the Sale of Old Stores Receipts Money received from the East In Imprest and other ,Moneys Unclaimed Dividends (received) Excess of expenditure ov, year ending March 31, 1 EXPEN Interest and Management of the Permanent Debt Unclaimed dlvldemhs paid . . Terminable Annuities. luterest cf Exchequer-bonds,l 1116 , 1 Interest on Exchequer-b:11,, Sup ply•• .• • •••••••••••• Interest of Exchequer bllls, De ticlancy Interest of Exchequer - Ways anti Means.... CHARGES ON CONSOLIDATED FUND. Civil List .. . Annuities and Pensions Salaries and Allowances Diplomatic Sahries and Pensions Courts of Justice Miscellaneous Charges on the Consolidated Fund SUPPLY. SEBVICES. Army Navy Ordnance Vote of credit (additional ex penses, war with Russia) ..., Miscellaneous civil services .. • • 17,395,059 0 0 19,654,585 1 5 10,411,543 13 2 4,200,000 0 0 6,930,912 17 5 88,428,315 0 II Au Account of the Balances of the Public Money remain ing in the Exchequer on the 31st day of March, 1855; the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended the 31st day of March, 1856 ; the Money applied towards the Redemption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt ; the Total Amount of Advances and Repayments on account of Local Works, &c., with the difference accruing thereon, and the Balances in the Exchequer on the 31st day of March, 1856. Balances in the Exchequer on the 31st March, 1555, — England Ireland ...... Money raised in the year ended March 31, 1856, — FUNDED DEBT. Money paid into the Exche quer on account of loan of £16,0)0,030, per act 18th Vic toria, c. 18 Amount retained by the Bank for receiving the loan, being at the rate of£3oo per million Money paid into the Exehe Tier on account of loan 01 £5,000,000, per act 19. h Vic-' toria, c. 6 Money paid into the Exchequer towards funding £3,000,00( Exchequer-bills, 19th Vie torts, c. 5 £ s. d. 3,212,409 1 5 737,365 10 3 13,995,200 0 01 4,800 0 0 3,501,000 0 01 EXCIIEQ'JE2-BONDS Raised per act 18th and 19th Victoria, c. 130 (in part of £7,000,000) . . EXCUEQUER-BILLS. In part of grant of £17,183,000 per Act 18th Victoria, c. 8, and dated In Tuce,lBss, and March, 1856 .... In part of grant of £17,183,000, per Act 18th Victoria, c. 8, and dated in narcli, 1856, and applied 1 s aid of money grantk• In part of grant of £7,000,000,1 per act 18th and 19th Victoria, c 130, and dated in August, EXCEIEQUER CONSOLIDATED FUND-BILLS. Issued in the quarter to the 30th of June, 1855,in part of Ways and Means Grants of the year 1855-56, and charged (11 tho income of the Consolidated Fund for the quarter, to tht-. 30th of September, 1856 , ISSUED —; To the Commisssioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, to be applied to the Re demption of the Public Debt, per Act 10 Gee. IV., c 27 .. Interest on Donations and Be- quests Redemption of hereditary Pen sloes To the Bank of Eng'and for re ceiYing the loan of.£ 1 6,000,030 To the Paymaster-tieneral, in' k. to exnailite Supply Bill , To the Paymaster-General, in. Money, out of Ways and Means Grants, to pay off Supply Hills To the Paymaster-General, h. money, to be applied to the purchase of Exchequer-bins, under the act for famliit, £3,000,000 Total Issues on account of Us funded Debt in the Year ended the 3 lst of March, 186 To the Paymaster-General, to pay off Exchequer Consoli dated Fund Bills issued in the Quarter, to the 31st of March 1855, in part of Ways and Means Grants To the Paymaster-General, to pay of Exchequer Consoli dated Fund Bills issued in tin quarter to the 30th of June, 1855, in part of Ways and Means G:ants ........ 622,000 0 01 15,930,730 0 0 500,0'00 0 01 6,000,000 0 ( £ s. d . 19,893 5 01 213,177 1 21 15,930,NJ 526,500 0 0 a. d 1 3,949,774 11 8 20,123,00) 0 0 977,750 0 0 22,430,701 0 0 1,740,000 0 0 *463,000 0 49,221,224 11 6 Lociamo 0 ~ol X 8. d 233,070 G 2 4,800 0 0 10,920,200 0 0 1,740,000 0 01 TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3.—The Divan had come to a decision to permit the entry of Russian mer chant ships into the Bosphorus. The Journal de Constantinople; says that the dis turbances at Hedjaz still continued, and that the Porte had taken measures to put them down. The same journal speaks of other disturbances having broken out in the province of Katkiari. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, April 11.—More than ordinary pre cautions are being taken not only at Marseilles, but at Toulon, to prevent the introduction of the Crimean fever into France. The British steamer Columbian, Captain Atkins, which sailed from Con stantinople on the 25th o f March, having on hoard 332 French soldiers discharged fr oal the hosi,it ds, arrived here to-day, carrying the yellow flag at the foretopmast. On her passage from Constantinople to Malta, which she reached on the Ist, she lost several of her passengers by dAness. She left at Malta 22 soldiers and 10 of her crew seriously in disposed. Before her arrival at Toulon she lost more soldiers, and having landed 40 others she was placed in quarantine. She sailed from Toulon this morning, in quarantine. On her arrival in the port of the Joliette the Prefect of the Department, driv ing round the harbour, observed the Columbian, and immediately called to the officer of health on Cluty to know the reason why a ship carrying the yellow • flag should be suffered in the port. It was ex plained to him that, having lost a number of sol diers on her passage by sickness, she had been placed in quarantine at Toulon, and was now pro ceeding to land the remainder of her passengers at the lazaretto of the Froul. The British steamer City of Washington, towing the clipper Lard Dal housie, arrived at the Frioul this morning from Constantinople, having landed their military pas sengers at Port Vendres. When fumigated these vessels will be admitted to pratique. The City of Washington left some of her crew at the hospital in the Frioul, who had been attacked with fever on their passage. The steamer New York, of Glasgow, Captain Craig, which sailed with 333 invalids from Constantinople on the 23d March, arrived here on Saturday last from Toulon, where she was placed in quarantine for three days, having lost one of her passengers on her voyage. She brought t o Marseilles 200 t ons of bomb-shells. The British steamer Elammonia arrived hero from Constanti nople on Monday, with 268 military passengers and a quantity of Russian shot and shell. She was ad mitted to pratique after a few hours' detention at the Frioul. The French steam-packet Meandre, which arrived here in the midst of a h eavy gale of wind on Monday, bringing the Constantinople mails of the 31st ult., was, in consequence of sickness on board, sent to the Frioul, to be puri fied. The i passengers, with the except i on of the Queen's messenger, were not permitted to land :until Tuesday morning. A number of Gen darmerie,who have arrived here from P ar i s, k eep, with the aid of the local police, a sharp look-out, and closely examine all soldiers arriving here from Con stun tinople. GERMANY. According to a rumour in circulation at Vienna, a circular note, under date of the sth, has just been addressed by the Austrian Government to ito diplomatic agents abroad. It sums up the policy followed by Austria iu the affairs of the East, and afterwards goes into the matter of the Congress, on which it expresses itself in these terms-- " Never was there seen so much disinterestedness on the one hand, and so much abnegation the other." Speaking of Turkey, the note expresses confidence that that State, which only so short a time ago was near its ruin, will revive in conse quence of its entering into the European concert. It afterwards enumerates the advantages which re• suit from the treaty of P ar i s , particularly as re gards the free navigation of the Danube, and con cludes by invoking the co-operation of all Govern ments and all well-disposed people to heal the wounds occasioned by the events of late years. Another expedition is about to be undertaken against the Kabyles, and troops are being de spatched for that purpose. The French steamer Henri IV. has sailed for Algiers, heavily laden with troops and military stores. THE WAR'S LEGACY TO SWEDEY. If the Swedish treaty did not say much for the enter• prise of the allies, it said not a little for the spirit of the little kingdom which, within sixty miles of Russia, had the courage to raise so stern and uncompromising a pro• to t against the aggressive intentions of its powerfal neighbour. To estimate the nature and degree of that courage, it is necessary that the following facts should be taken jet° consideration :—Sweden, at the utmost, does not muster more than fifty thousand soldiers ; and ths iv flueuce of Russia has already been felt in her councils and throughout the country. During several months every year the protection of the sea is nil, since it ie froz:n over, and at one point the Gulf of Bothnia is so contracted, that in March, 1809, a Russian army, under B:relay de Tolly, crossed on the ice in three days from Nara to Um a. Now, the Swedish army, though not want ng in bravery or discip'ine, is, as we have sho wo, numerically small. Russia, on the contrary, maintains in the northern provinces of Finland the first division of Grenadiers, with the battalion of Chasseurs - Ca.rabineers, amounting to 14,000 men. Add to these six reserve regiments of grenadiers, amounting to 18,000; 22 Finnish battalions of the line, numbering 13,200, a nd three Finnish battalions of chasseurs, numbering 1,000 each, and we ;have 48,200, which, with 3,000 men of naval crews, constitute a force equal to the whole Swedish army, and distributed throughout the chain of fortresses that line the coast. But in addition to this formidable force, which serves as a garrison for Finland, there are 100,000 militia, besides irregular troops, an armyof reserve at St. Peters burg, with considerable forces at Revel and Courland. Such a calculation at once puts out of the question any thing like hosti►ities on the part of Sweden, and renders very problematical the success of defence, were Russia hereafter to take advantage of a more favourable phase of European alliances, and seek to avenge the insult she has received at the hands of Sweden ; for, every assertion of independence is, to that power, insult. Such a view of peace which has just been concluded, is not likely to place the conduct of the Allies in a very honourable light, if they have omitted to secure the beat , zuarantee the C 3,39 admits of, for the integrity of Swedeu. —A dvertiser. TEIg FASTEST ATLANTIC PASSAGE ON RECORD. The British and North American Wyal mail steam' ship Persia, CAW,. Charles H. E Judkins, completed her second trip across the Atlantic and back to Liverpool on Saturday, arriving at that port at half-past eight o'clock that morning, in the short space of 9 days, 12 hours, and 7 minutes, from New York, being the fasted ever made by 5 hours aid 10 minutes, The previous quickest run was made by the Arabia, also under the command of Captain Judkins, in 9 days, 17 hours a nd 21. minutes. Tue following is an abstract of the log of die Ptriia April 2—Wind SSE. At 3.30 p.m. set on three-quarter speed ; 4.50 p.m. slowed to wait for water ; 5.19 p.m. pas sod Sandy Hook ; 5.45 p.m., pilot loft, set on full speed- April 3—Wind SSE. moderate breezas and cloudy. At 1.30 p.m. passed the Royal mail steamer Asia. Distance, 230 miles. April 4—Wind S, fresh breezes, with short sea. Div tance, 3)1 miles. April s—Wind S, strong breezes and cloudy. Distance, 312 miles. April 6—Wind N, strong breezes and cloudy. Distance, 331 miles. April 7 Wind E, strong breezes and cloudy. Distance' 292 miles. April B—Wind SW, strong breeze 3 and clear. Distance/ 317 miles. April 9 Wind W, light breezes with heavy swell• Distance 319 rnile3. April 10—Wind W, strong breezes and clear. Distance, 310 inilcs. W Ntautig ureezes and clear. 1 p.m, passed Cape Clear; p.m., Old Head cf Ki nsa l e; 10 p.m., at Tucker. Dist ance 335 miles. April 12--Wind SW. 3.24 a.m , passed H o lyh e ad. Reached Liverpool a t B.3'ia.m. The run from Cape Clear to the Bell buoy was made iv 18 hours, the fastest yet accomplished. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(This Day.) LoNDoN, April 15 .—Wincl this day at noon, N. 8 .-. ; fine, and blowing a gale. PLYMOUTH, April 14 . — Sailed—Hooghley, for Atte' laide, S.A.; Protector (s.), Rio Janeiro; Princess Royal, Canton, Belmons, and Britannia, Quebec. FALMOUTH, April 11.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrivea- -- Regard, from Jaffa ; Alf, for Salonica. Sailed—Ocean , Newfoundland ; Victory, Gibraltar ; Foam, Lisbon ; Te' leinach, C a l cu tt a; S peedwell, Rio Janeiro; Thamet, Ray badoes; Neptune, New York; E.lgle and Rose, Quebec % George, Civita Vecchia ; Doctor Winterbottom, Corunnia J. L. Dimmock, Elsinore. JERSEY, April 13.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed--Diton, far Canada. HOLYHEAD, April 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Volaute • from Liverpool, for Civita Vecchia, with loss of bulwarkJ, &c., having been in collision ; Martha, Ardrossan, for Nevveastla, leaky. CLYDE, April 14. A rr i ve d—l sa b e ll , from. Cubit.. Sailed—Kate, for Demerara. PILL, April 14.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Neptune, foe Australia; Watkins, Africa ; Louise, Barbadoes ; Oceazi Queen, Java, and Columbine, Quebec; Catherine, Edmund Lyons, and Vesta, Crimea. .MILFORD, Aprill4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Hope, frail Swansea, for Barcelona. SHIELDS, April 14.—Wind N.E. — Sailed—Caroline, for Quebec; Kate, Gibraltar. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.. Arrived—Georges, from Cherbourg; Ally, Thomas aP 3 Margaret, and Sir R. Peel, Sunderland ; Cicely, Hardie' pool ; Valiant, Constantia, Henry, Clara, Cato, Wear, and Bessie, Shields; Courier (s.), Victory, and Leadegr, Jersey ; Athlete, Liverpool. Sailed—Georges, for Cherbourg; Alliance, (s.), Havre . ; Ex.pr:ss (8.), Jersey ; Florid a , N ewpor t ; Bosphorus (s.), Loudon; Britannia, Portsmouth. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Mcrning- Wind E.N.E. Arrived —Henry Curwen, from Rio Grande. Sailed—Egyptian, for Quebec ; Granville, Narva; Jeale Pringle, Gibraltar ; Cameleon, Cape Breton ; Alpbavr Trieste ; Margaret Deane, Rio Janeiro. DUBLIN, April 14. Wind E. A rrived—Dolpli in, fromWhainpoa; i4chh f, Barbadoes ; California, Dlaiseillcs ; Lusitauia, Villa Nova; Charlotte, Lisbon. Sailed—• Andes, for B.►laklava. Wind S.F. Arrived—Dayspring, from Callao. Sailed—Emily, for Antwerp. Wind S.W. Arrived—Thomas, for Syra. QUEENSTOWN, April 13. WATERFORD, April 1.3. (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.50 a.m.. Wind N.N.E. ; tide, highlwater:; cloudy, an d s t rong . Arrived, nth — Wakefield, from Antwerp ; Catinksk Thisted ; Othello, Christiania. An ived, l sth—Victoria, from Hohnstadt ;Irene, Memel;lfendrik a M argaretha, Kongelf ; Cornelia, Strouastadt ; Krons Prins Fredrik, Drobac ; Blessing, Brussels ; Frien4l - Brussels. Sailed—Eliza Bain, for Jamaica. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.40 a.m. Wind N.E. ; gale, with heavy rain. Passed— H.M.S. Imperatice, from th• Baltic, for Porte ' mouth ; Royal Sovereign, London, Port Philip ; Princes 4 Royal, Grimsby, Hayti ; Oporto, Newcastle, Oporto. The Blanchard, 4.inerican ship, from Charleston to 80 , men, ou shoro at Kingsdown, with mizen masts gone. TURKISH BoNDs.--Efforts have been making for some time past to obtain a system of registration for the Guaranteed Turkish Bends, so that holders desirous c f placing them in their names or in the names of this d parties as trustees might possess the opportunity 4 d doing so. The Government were at first applied to but their answer was that it rested with Turkey ; ant 1 the Ottoman Minister on Saturday assured a depute • tion he would give his best attention to the subject, ansd consult with the Bank of England. It is contended., however, that the desired object could be at once attained at a saving of much unnece3sary trouble and delay by the Bank consenting to receive the bonds in deposit., and to collect the dividends periodically for the persons in whose names they might bo held. For customers thin service should be performed gratuitously, since it is ore that any ordinary bank would undertake, while in thie case of other persons a small commission might lie charged. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WlNDSOR. — Yesterday evenircg five young men, who had been rowing in a boat Irons Surley-haq, came across the Cobbler, just below Wind - sor-bridize, when the boat capsized, and the crew were carried into the middle of the Thames by a rapid current. T.vo were, with much difficulty, rescued by the cou rageous and praiseworthy exertions of one of the Eton waterinen, who nearly lost his life in the attempt ; two otheri:, being expert swimmers, got ashore, but the fifth, a fine young fellow of 18, from Slough of the name of Lester, was carried down the stream, and unfortu nately drowned. Those who were rescued were taken to the Ship Inn, in a very exhaueted state. 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