The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE Will RE-OPEN early in May. Engagements of great Interest have been effected both in Opera and Ballet. and the best exertions used to make the arrangements worthy of the occasion. ./ The. prospectus will shortly be issued. EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN . Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, IL TROVATORE. 1 o e , frlude with TAE DATGHTER OF THE REGIMEN THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVEITENO, THE EVIL CIF.NYOS. Followed by EL GAMBII3TNO; or, The Mexican Goldaeeker. In which PEREA RENA and the Span►sh Dancers wih appear. After which. LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL FRnICESS'S TEIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Onder the Management of Mr. Mutual Eats. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. After which, THE VICTOR VANQITI63IIED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. TITEA.TILE ItOYAL PropriatOr, M. B. Webster.—Dlrectress, Madame Collate. T 1143 EVENING, TARTUFFE. To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK ; or, Harlequin And Mother Goo3e at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Wu Wyndham, and Walla. Arden will appear. ROYAL OLYVPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. AlitGd Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though eteessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRIYC ; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston. and Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY TFIE &TIM. Lessees, Maws. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. FoHonied by TUFFLEHAUSEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend. To conclude with THE COBBLER ANI' TAILOR. AI4TLEY'S ROYAI, AMPHITHEATRE., Lessee and Manaver, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Glorious Impress of public approbation! THIS EVENING, The most extrao,dinar ,r and exciting exhibition that ever was represented —an English Steeplechase, with all its incidents, from the starting to the winning post. The performances commence w;th THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL STEED. The acting horse, trained by Mr. William Cooke. Double Tight Rope, the Misses Dacey. SCENES in the CIRCLE, and the Postman's Knock. Drama Equestre. with ENGLAND'S HARVEST HOME an! NATIONAL ENGLISH STEEPLECHASE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mt* W. Cooke, iun. ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Edward Stirling. THIS EVENING (Saturday, sth April), the play of THE IT BANGER.TMessrs. Stuart, Belford, Lewis Bali, Carter, Langton, Saunders, Robertson. Misses Anderton and Morell. Dancing, Madlle Agnes, Mr. and Sirs. Harvey. After which, BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Messrs. Lewis Ball, Bel ford. Langton ; Misses Frances Hughes and Morrell. To conclude with TUE DUMB POiTILLION. Mr. Harvey, J. B. Johnstone, Carter, Langton ; Ms es Mars and Stuart. Acting and Stage Manager, Sir. Z. Stirling. Boxes, 2s. ; pit, Is gallery, 6d. On Monday Mr. Charles Mathews will appear. ROYAL MARYLESONE THEATRE. Engagement of the Great Comedian, Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS, for Five Nights only, commencing MONDAY, April 7th. Each evening he will appear in two of his moat popatar characters. Boxes, 2s. ; pit, Is. ; gallery, 6d. No advance on these prices. Monday, April 7th, Mr. Charles Mathews in USED UP and THE PRACTICAL MAN. On Tuesday, April Bth, Mr. Charles Mathews will TARE THAT titIRL AWAY, and appear as COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To cou e'ude with, LO3T, £30,000. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. FliMi STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Second Season. This Lyric Entertainment has been crowned by the unanimous approbation of ALL Tag LONDON JOURNALS As the greatest artistical triumph of the day. It constitutes an Opera, Comedy, and Vaudeville. With a host of charact•as in Correct Cos tomes ; and Songs in SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Never attempted by. any other artiste. Evening performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8. . Morning performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays at half-past two, precisely. Admission—Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Vila Des—Morn. 45 min. aft. I—Evening 5 min. aft. 2 To-Moßßow—Morn. 26 min. aft. 2—Evening 47 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 5. TYIERMOURTER, IN THIC &lAD& 58 htgiest since noon yesterday. 43 - owest this morning and dartng the night. 56 -thin day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'58. WIND, S. W.—Light, with fine sunshiny weather r . r ' q 7- 3`c• '-:. 1;4.-- '' l 'f' . r % 7 -' . ' • '- ' ' e, . . • .. (~ ..-'''? "' a_jeatl-:- .. , LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1856. It is now, unhappily, but too notorious that many questions of paramount importance that had been ventilated at the &iris Conferences re main unsettled, and tharihere are abundant ' materials for future disputes and differences. It has alfeady bee* announced that the Plenipoten tiaries are not to leave- Paris until the ratifications have been definitively exchanged, and it is more than hinted that there is ample work of a very arduous character to fully occupy the inter- Toning time. The new political constitution of the Danubian Principalities will alone give rise to many animated discussions. That an intense desire has existed in several quarters to constitute them into a separate Kingdom—with a Prince of : one of the European, i. e., German, families on the Time—is certain. Significant hints on that point were thrown out at the Conferences of Vienna, . both by Lord J. RUSSELL and the Jaren Ds BotinurrikY, and a statement was annexed to Protocol NW: 6—that relating to the sitting of the 26th of Nfarch—in which the views of the Western Powers were developed. They related chiefly to the union of the Principalities, and the appointment of a hereditary sovereign, either a prince of the country, or (what it was declared would " per haps be the best") a prince of one of the reigning families of Europe. We need scarcely say b ow groa t ( 4 .a bone of contention"- remains .y o " t t o b e picked, and that, while such a point rem a i ns open, it cannot be supposed that a final arrange nlent has been arrived at. The War that has jast been brought to so hasty and improvident a conclusion has, it is universally admitted, abrogated all former treaties respect ing these provinces. RUSSia canano longer pre- Lend to - any protectorate therein. They are now, to all intents and purpobes, as much integral portions of the SULTAN ' S dominions, as any other Sit a his territories in Europe or in Asia. It hvalmost-neeedless to say, that the disinterested Allies of ABD-ITL-IVIEDJID could not force on him the surrender of such valuable provinces, how ever g re atly they ma y desire such a result. The Government of the Porte has already earnestly aid emphatically protested against their union, and it can scarcely be supposed that he would - assent to the partition of his kingdom, and the • nomination of a creature of th e AUTOCRAT'S to the throne about to be created at his expense. From various intermarriages of members of the Imre rial family of St. Petersburg and other influences known to be in operation, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find a German Prince with whom the influence of the CZAR would not be omnipotent. We have already had a sufficient example in the case of Greece to prevent us from ~t'._ v again suffering ourselves to be drawn into a course in every respect so impolitic, and injurious to the best interests of Europe. It is possible that there might be found a Coburg ready to fill the post, fur whenever was there a vacant Crown, whether matrimonial or otherwise, that one of the lucky family was not ready to become a candidate for ; but we believe that such a nomination would be one of the worst that could be made, and we are quite satisfied that it would be highly unpopular both in France and England. What, then, is to be done while this most im portant and interesting question remains in abeyance ? Will Austria consent to withdraw her troops before some settled Government has been decided on ; and if she continue to occupy the Principalities, how can the soldiers of France and England be brought back to their own countries ? It will, in fact, now be the interest of Austria to perplex the question, and to raise interminable difficulties in the way of a final settlement. In this she will be ably assisted by the representatives of Russia and Prussia, and it must be remembered that the latter will now raise their voices as potentially as any of their colleagues. Indeed there appear to be but too many reasons to fear that a regular mull has been made of the matter, in consequence of the un seemly and injudicious haste in which this most unfortunate and inauspicious Peace has been so recklessly patched up. We can now understand some of the motives for the mystery that has been observed in reference to the terms finally ageed on, and the forbear ance (!) which induced Russia to comply with every demand, while there remained so many open questions, which she could twist to her own purposes at any time when she deemed it expedient to do so. By an apparent yielding she got the naval blockade raised, and obtained the coveted opportunity of replenishing her exhausted store', and disposing for English gold of the abundant produce now lying idle and unproductive in her warehouses. She has caused the Baltic fleet to cease to exist in official recognition. She will witness, we need not say with what delight and satisfaction, the discharge and dispersal of ten thousand trained and efficient sailors who cannot easily be got together again, and whomit may take years to replace. She was literally at our mercy. Through the culpable folly of her opponents she is no longer so, but has still the power of rekindling the torch of discord whenever it may suit her purpose to do so ; and this we have obtained by the "Precious Peace," for which the people are called on to rejoice with exceeding joy If Lord PALMERSTON had anything favourable to communicate to the country in reference to the Treaty, there is no doubt but that he would have been only too happy to have had the oppor tunity of so doing. We have already pointed out the real value of the pompous platitudes and vague generalities respecting the objects of the War being accomplished, and the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire being fully and adequately guaranteed. If it were indeed so, we would be supplied with ample materials to judge for ourselves. The nature of the British Constitution would be a sufficient answer to those who demanded silence. Lord CLARENDON might have stated that no rati fication could be exchanged until the representa tives of the People had been fully consulted, and their approval duly and constitutionally obtained. Why should the Crowned heads know everything while the Peoples, by whom they are supported and from whom they obtain their power, are kept in the dark ? But it requires no CEDirus to discover the solu tion of these enigmas. The deplorable marriage to which we have already alluded is looked on as of far greater moment than the wishes or in terests of the British nation. Prussia is nearly' connected by dynastic ties with Russia, and the good CLICQUOT will not allow one of his nephews to marry a Princess of England, unless an other be permitted to escape with impunity from the awkward dilemma in which be was involved through the ambition and grasping cupidity of his parent. With the aid of the Angel of Peace, and the assistance of the Red EMPEROR, and Uncle LEOPOLD, the matters have been placed in this untoward position, which has been effected in consequence of a family compact for the interests of the few, but strongly opposed to the prosperity and welfare, not only of the people of Great Britain, but of all Europe. At no distant period, and still more when our present becomes matter of history, the contrast between us and our principal ally in the close of the War wilt be noticed and discussed with in terest. We hope it is not mere national vanity to think that the posture of England will appear the more dignified and the wiser. The Govern ments of each country have fired their guns alike, and some official bodies have hoisted flags and set bells a-ringing, but here the resemblance stops. The great body of this nation here heard with no gratification of the acceptance of the Austro- Coburg terms by the CZAR, er of the Conference of Paris ; nor does it evince any joy at the attain ment of peace. In France it is the reverse. The unseasonable exultation which greeted the ac ceptance of the "five bases " by Russia has doubtless lowered most disastrously the final terms which could be prescribed to her, and now that those meagre terms have been agreed to we hear of nothing but reviews, fetes, and illuminations. England appears silent, reserved, disappointed ; France clamorous with joy, and gratified to her heart's content. The grave EMPEROR pipes and her peo ple dance. Our Court would probably like to follow his example, but it fears the response. He had no need to fear, for the popular mirth began even before the Imperial music. Whence this difference ? Some refer all to the Malakhoff, and the apparently greater honour gained by the French arms. If, however, a most trust worthy correspondent of this journal, writing from Paris itself, may be credited, the Parisians at the time did not regard our achievements at the Redan . as really less than theirs at the Milakholf. They had the luckier, but not not. the more dangerous one. . .If, then, they can be satisfied with the Malakhoff and the subsequent incapacity of PELISSIER to avail him -self of his conquest, it woad reflect rather too much on the good sense of our neighbours. It would suppose them content with-a comparatively barren victory. We attribute the exultatio n ra tber to impatience of war burdens ; but for thi s they would not have been. satisfied with half beating the enemy in the Crimea. Conscriptions and taxes began to annoy them ; and though they had accomplished but little in comparison with the cost already incurred ; and though the results of another campaign must have been magnificent in comparison with its cost, yet a half-won vic tory and fiscal relief together were enough to make Frenchmen in love with peace. There is no doubt that the French went to war chiefly for military glory; this, since Waterloo, has been a speeial ob. ject, with the whole nation, and we may pardon their delight at having vanquished the CZAR t of Muscovy. History, however, will never r pace side by side the loss of the Grand Army followed by the Russians in Paris, and the conquest of half Sebastopol. Even a consi derate thirst for military glory would have exulted but little in the present peace. Looking at all these points, we must thia 4 that history will award the palm, on the whole to the English people. In the first place, it conk - palled its reluctant rulers to war from the nobles: t motives—the immediate one being to put a sto) to the aggressions of Russian ambition, aid thy -1 more important one that of liberating Poland ani 1 the oppressed nations from the yoke of Imperi ; .1 despotism. Next, the English people endured , without giving way, the costly and fats .1 mismanagement of their rulers. They on 3 y ejected the most incompetent, and enforced tu wonted, though lavish, vigour upon such CARN( its as our aristocracy afforded. Again, though presr;eti equally with their allies by heavy taxation, and by high prices of food, they reinforced their army to the most formidable dimensions, construo • ted a fleet of gun-boats which would have driver the CZAR from St. Petersburg, and awaited the spring to do what competent administrators woulil have effected the spring before. Finally, when their rulers disappointed their expectations, ao - cepted a strip of Bessarabia in the place of Poland , and the destruction of little Kinbourn instead cif the annihilation of Sweaborg, Helsingfors, anti Cronstadt, they refused to shout and illuminate for a peace which might, indeed, relieve their pockets, but would leave their judgment unsatis fied. The Peace is unpopular in its known aspect ; what it will be when we come to find sentences in the document worthy, perhaps, of the Vienna Note, we cannot, of course, predict. Its grand defect, in the judgment of Englishmen, is that it is a peace concluded on the fall of Kars, instead of the fall of Cronstadt, and amidst the manifest impatience for it of an empire and an imperial expectant father, both of whom ought to have made it a boon to be sued for by an arrested criminal. England justly retains her view that Russia is a political felon of the worst glass ; one who from north to south, and from east to west, holds in the face of Europe and Asia her vast stolen pro parties. We reasonably hoped that, at least, all the civilised countries which she had subjected to her brutal and degrading sway would have been delivered from the thief, and restored to their rightful owners ; but we see not one single nation, no, nor a single tribe, emancipated or rescued. Not even are the poor Crimean Tartars, or the Circassians, much less Poland and Finland, restored to their rights. It is this which, veil it as Government prints may, sickens the heart of the country. Turkey is partially protected on her European side for a while—that is all for which we have shed our best blood and wasted at least 100,000,0001. of our money. Enough has been done to relieve Austria a little, and to enrich Prussia ; but towards any European result—any result advantageous to Liberty—any result but that of adjusting the shares of military despotisms —next to nothing. All this is the more provoking, because it is now clear that Russia was at our mercy. Another campaign would have made lasting work of the peace. The despised nationalities would have had their turn. Warsaw, instead of menac ing Europe, would have defended it. All, how ever, is now over. NAPOLEON 111. has expressed his satisfaction that Russia is not humiliated. Russia, in return, will continue to abet and patronise absolutism throughout Europe. The Courts of despots rejoice, and priestcraft sings for them its Te Dettms ; but England and Sardinia feel themselves cheated ; Poland, Italy, and Hun gary look despondingly again on their fetters, and religious liberty vainly seeks consolation in the liberality of the SULTAN, for • Concordat which enslaves Austria, Hungary, and Lombardy, and for the suppression in France of her Protestant worship. The proceedings of the Crimean Board of In quiry have at length been formally opened at Chelsea Hospital, and on Monday the business will commence in good earnest. The first case taken will be that of the Earl of LUCAN, who will be invited to offer such explanations as he may think proper in reference to his conduct as affected by the report of Sir JonN NUN= and Colonel TuLLocn. A similar course will then be adopted with respect to the Earl of CARDIGAN, Sir R. AIRE; and Colonel GORDON—the only parties having a locus standi before the Court, or who have a legitimate right to be heard. It will afford the best evidence of the spirit in which this new commission de lunatico was framed, that the very parties whose statements made to the Crown after a stringent and searching investigation on the spot, in obedience to the Royal order, should not have received any formal notice of the intended proceedings, and that they are only indebted to the courtesy of the Commissioners for any notifi cation of the course about to be adopted. There , is nothing whatsoever in the warrant about them. It only directs the Court to receive explanations from the inculpated officers, and any hearing awarded to those who are virtually defendants, to sustain their own deliberate statements, must be entirely a matter for the discretion of the Corn- It will be seen from the report which appeared in The Sun of Thursday that two new members have been substituted far the senior members originally selected—viz., Sir ALEXANDER WOOD EORD for Lord SEATON, and Sir GEORGE BERKELEY for Sir TkIOMAS 11‘111A.noN. We should be sorry to impute any undue partiality to officers of such high rank and distinction. But it is well known that both the real and the nominal Commander in-Chief are exceedingly anxious for the full and complete acquittal of the officers on whom such handsome rewards and high distinctions were lavished, at the very time when they were labour ing under the heavy imputation of causing the almost total destruction of the British cavalry, and the serious sufferings and privations to which our gallant soldiers were subjected through gross negligence or incapacity—or, possibly, something still worse. It must be remembered that thii is the third time of asking. That the Committee of the House of Commons, even in their rose-water re port, imputed heavy blame in some quarters. That Sir J. M‘NEIL and Colonel TuLLocx, who were sent, if possible, to counteract the impres sion that might be occasioned by the investiga tion before Mr. ROEBUCK and his coadjutors, not merely strengthened and corroborated the state ments which it was hoped they would have re butted, but accumulated fresh charges, of a very serious description, against the delinquents. And now, by a proceeding hitherto unprece dented, the positions are wholly reversed — th e j ud g es are Made to c h ange places with those whose conduct they were compelled to impugn, and the former defendants are to offer explanations, which are, virtually, accusations against the quondam Royal Commissioners. And cui bone f Simply that men of rank and high standing, favourites with the powers that be, may be enabled to find a loop-hole for escape from the penal consequences THE SUN, LONDON; 'SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1856. of their mißeonduct. If Captain BROWN, Lieu tenant JONES, or Ensign ROBINSON had been im- peached, we should" not see such extraordinary anxiety to vindicate their characters, although all their prospects in life were involved in the result. They would be suffered to remain under the odium they had incurred, and would be very energetically snubbed if they dared to put for ward any application for redress. The end and object of the new inquiry is but too palpable. Let the Commissioners, however, fairly and impartially discharge the arduous and important duties confided to their charge. Let them strive to the best and utmost of their re spective abilities to elicit " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," and a true verdict give according to the evidence, without fear, prejudice, favour, or affection, and we shall not regret the additional, albeit the unprecedented investigation bestowed on the interesting subject, which must in such cases be energetically followed up to its legitimate consequences. CAMP AT BOITLOGNE.—The Euperor of the French, we hear, intends to form a camp of military instruction at Boulogne during the summer of this year. It is ex pected that nearly 60,000 soldiers will be collected. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPECIAL MISSION TO VIENNA. —Yesterday a parliamentary paper was printed, from which it appears that the amount issued last year "on account of the expenses of Lord John Russell's special mission to Vienna," was 2,3321. 16s. 4d. GREAT ARRIVAL OF HERRINGS AT BILLINGSGATE MARKET.—Yesterday morning several tons of fresh her rings arrived at Billingsgate-market, and so plentiful was the supply, that in various parts at the East-end of London, good sized fish were sold for five and six a penny. They were eagerly purchased by the poorer class of persons. DEATH OF COOMBES, THE EX CHAMPION OF THE THAMES, —Ori.Thursilay 'Robert Coombes, for many years con nected with the River Thames, and patronised by the various aquatic clubs, expired at his residence, Putney, after a short illness. Coombes won and retained the champion belt on several occasions, but was subsequently beaten and deprived of his laurels by Cole, after a fiercely-contested race. ATTEMPTED MllRDER.—Yesterday, Elizabeth Pyne %vas charged at the Southwark Police-court, with at tempting to murder her sister-in-law. The magistrate remanded her for a week. As she was being taken away from the dock, she declared she intended to " do for" her spiteful relative. Doubts are entertained as to her sanity. A ukase, just published at St. Petersburg, provides places for certain officers who belonged to "the depart ment of construction" of the fleets of the Black Sea. They are to hold office in the Ministry of Marine. The Russian naval stores of the Black Sea are to be removed to the Baltic. THE NEW PORT ADMIRAL AT QUEENSTOWN.--On Tuesday the new Port Admiral, Sir .Elenry D. Chade, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral of the White, which rank he at tained on Jan. 12, 1854, immediately previous to which period he had been engaged in superintending the gun , ery practice of the experimental squadron, hoisted his flag on board her Majesty's ship Conway, at Queens. town. FUNERAL OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR HENRY W. W. WYNN, K.C.8,, G.C.H.—Yesterday the funeral of this veteran diplomatist took place at Ruabon, Denbighshire. The funeral was of a I,trictlyorivate character, being only attended by relative 3 and tenantry on the Wynnstay estate. MINING INTELLIGENCE.—In some of the heavier divi dend stocks a good business has been doing this week. Buller advanced to 575, owing to the discovery of anew lode in driving the cress-cut north in the 50. At Basset meeting, a dividend of 121. 10s. per share was declared ; the new discovery here is looking well, and shares have been done at 410, ex div. South Frances is also looking better, and shares sought after at 335 to 340 ; Devon Consols, 400 buyers ; South Caradon, 295 to 300; West Caradon, 140 to 1424 ; Mary Ann shares have advanced to 26, 27, and in good request ; Trelawnys remain quiet.—Mining Journal of this day. DIE PEACE PEN.—The eagle's quill with which the treaty of peace has been signed was plucked from the wing of the Imperial eagle in the Jardin des Plantes by M. Feuillet de Conches, and after having done its duty was presented, in a handsome case, to the Empress, with a certificate attesting its authenticity. It was idly said that M. Feuillet de Conches had to encounter a smart struggle with the Imperial bird before he consented to be deplumed, but it was admitted that the able chef du Departement des Protocols exhibited great sangfroid on the trying occasion. It was also rumoured that he bad suffered some slight injury from the beak and talons of the noble bird. This is incorrect. M. de Conches suf fered no personal injury in the acquisition of the opima spolia, and his cautious though determined tactics com pletely outgeneralled the eagle. M. Feuillet de Conches has been promoted in the Legion of Honour or his services. OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS.—A foot-race of 100 yards took place on Thursday at, Lord's Cricket•groun'l, bo tween Mr. A. Hayter (son of the Right Hon. W. G. flayi,er•) and Serjeant Newton, of the Gren idier Guards. Both had won several races before, but the sergeant, who wag backed by Captain Bathurst, was the favourite at 3to 1. At half past three they appeared stripped, Mr. Hayter wearing the Eton blu'. After two false starts they got away together, Mr. Hayter taking the lead. About the middle, the serjeant, encouraged by his friends, made a desperate effort, but never quite got op, and after a splendid raiie Mr. Flayter breasted the handkerchief first by about half a yard, amid loud cheers. A good deal of money changed hands at the unexpected result, Mr. Hayter himself winning a good stake. Capt. the lIon.H. Monck, of the Coldstream Guards, officiated as umpire. f i Company nhyfoi the Med iterranean. :om E se:aa W eoaeismonlds3e L ri t_ tsro shares Richardsoni rbam E aareynei tOFsewidoenprfeS between 2haEoeLbTali liability), and e ß eenayr s t pdc) pe s hpor;wso F otil s. tsa, o hana l tobadfvo vessel,Lectus sht e tspe v oetti e clotet 11,R:0e:1:ifs:AO( establish company, under the title of the London Auxiliary Screw l length and 333 registered tonnage. Another a p3 n i-08138oh i 0honfA: vessel, the Beyrout, will shortly be launched and placed on the station. • Several Greek merchants, both in Liverpool, Manchester, and London, are largely inte rested in the new undertaking. Should the speculation be successful other steam lines are likely to be carried out by the same company. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—C. lonia, Department : The °dice of Captain-General and Goverver-in-Chief of the colony of the Victoria (late Port Philip) Las become vacant by the death of Sir Charles Hetham, K.C.8.• salary, 5,000/ Aleppo, eobrtnlesOgu:elni larger of ine,rt: The Foreign Department : The office of Vice consul at Cuxhaven' Hanseatic Republi c , h as b een vacated by th e death of Mr. Henry Hempen Dutton. Woods and Forests : A vacancy has been caused in the office of superintendent of Hampton Court PalaceeGardene, by the death of Mr. James Neil. War Department : A vacancy has been caused in the office of second-class clerk in the Gun Wharf, Ordnance Storekeepers' Depart ment, Portsmouth, by the removal of Mr. G. J. Charlier. Sir Harry D. Jones has been appointed Governor of Sandhurst Military College. Mr. H. Potter, of the War Department, Woolwich, has been appointed a clerk of the third class in the Storekeeper's Department at Dublin. University of London : A vacancy has been created in the office of registrar of the University of London, Burlington-house, by the death of Mr. Richard Wellesley Rothman. General Post-office : Mr. J. B. Ellen, surveyor's clerk of the second class, has been promoted to first class. Customs—The deputy chairmanship of the Board of Customs has become vacant by the death of the Right Hon. George R, Dawson. Mr. Isaac William Glenny has been appointed a clerk for general business in London. Mr. William G. Flewker has been promoted from second to first' class . clerk in the Long-room at Liverpool. Mr. Joseph Pyke has been promoted from third to second class, clerk in the Long-room at Liverpool. Mr. James . Monkhouse has been promoted from fourth to third class clerk in the Long-room at Liverpool. Ireland—A vacancy in the post of second clerk in the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums office, Dublin Castle, has been caused by the appoint ment ef Mr. John M'Kenna to the Chief Secretary's office. Cape of God Hope—Mr. John Campbell has been appointed justice of the peace for the district ef Bathurst. Mr. John Rainier has been appointed civil commissioner and resident magistrate for the division and district of Malmesbury.—Civil Service Gazette. REMOVAL OF THE BLOCSADE.—The announcement by Lord Palmerston last night of the removal of the block ade both in the Baltic and the Black Sea created satisfac tion yesterday in the city, especially as news was simul taneously received by telegraph that the Russian Govern ment have rescinded the prohibition against the export of wheat from Russian ports. As regards the trade of the Baltic, the withdrawal of the blockade can have nothing ' more than a nominal effect, since the opening of• the na- ' vigation by the breakiug up of the ice does not take place till some time between the end of April and the middle of May ; but in the Black Sea, owing to the vast num ber of vessels already congregated there, it will be of great importance. At the cause time it is seen that, unless Russia reciprocates the courtesy of the allies, by forthwith admitting their vessels into her ports, the measure will have an injurious operation, because it will enable neutral ships to carry off all the business: No doubt, however, is entertained on this head, and the presumption is that even in the absence of any notice on the subject English, French, and Sardinian vessels will take the risk of entering. Up to the present mo went no instructions appear to have been received at our Custom-houses to allow vessels to clear for Russian ports ; but an immediate intiination- to that effect is looked for. In relation to the prospects of the trade be tween the two countries, the St. Petersburg ad vices con tinue t 3 describe the most active preparations for its re sumptioe, while on this side manufacturers and iron masters are manifesting that tendency to look for new and extraordinary results which in former instances of political changes have led to overtrading and bankruptcy. Numerous agents have already been despatched to St. Petersburg and elsewhere, and a number of unfounded rumours regarding contracts for railways and other public works are already in circulation—a circumstance which, perhaps, has partly arisen from the fact that a very large quantity of railway iron intended for the Moscow line just before the breaking out of the war will now speedily be shipped, the contract being still in force, LATEST NE WS. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS FOR WAR SUSPENDED. HAMBURG, APRIL 4. In consequence of instructions from the Go vernor-General of the Baltic Provinces, the de parture of the crews destined for the row-boat flotilla of Riga has been postponed. The superior staff of the corps d'armee of the Baltic has been removed to Riga. BERLIN, FRIDAY. The Journal de Dresde states that the raising of the blockade in the Euxine and in the Baltic will be accompanied by the simultaneous and im mediate annulment, by Russia, of the prohibition of the export of corn. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The allied Governments Lave sent orders to raise all measures of blockade which kept Russian com mercial vessels in neutral ports. The Congress held another sitting to-day. Orders have also been despatched by the French Government to provide for the evacuation of the Drench army from the Crimea as early as possible. General Pelissier reports a great improvement in the health of his troops. Slx months is, it appears, the term fixed for withdrawing the English, French, and Sardinian troops, with the whole of their materiel, from the Crimea. The Courier du Havre announces that the Arch- Chancellorship of the Empire will be re established, and occupied by M. de Morny ; and in that case M. Schneider would be named President of the Legislative Body. _ _ The Moniteur of to-day does not contain any news of interest. , The Empress has so far recovered that she was able to . sit, at a window in an arm chair on Tues day to see the Emperor and his cortege on their departure for and return from the review. The Pays says that the question remaining for deliberation, although of a secondary character, will very likely occupy a period of time " which may about coincide with the delay necessary for the exchange of ratifications." The same journal adds, " Several foreign journals have stated that Prussia was only admitted to sign an annex to the principal treaty ; but if our information be correct, the Prussian Plenipotentiaries affixed their signa tures to every paper which was signed by the Ple nipotentiaries of the other Powers." The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the Customs revenue for the month of Feb., which amounted to 13,060,668 fr., being an increase on the corresponding month of last year of 2,353,705 fr. The improvement in favour of the first two months of this year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1855, is 956,919 fr., the amounts being respectively 24,165,876 fr., and 23,208,957 fr. Comparing the first two months of 1856 and 1855 together, the principal articles in which an increase has taken place in 1856 are—raw cot ton, 1,528,088 fr. ; coal, 627,362 fr. ; sundries, 662,113 fr. Those which show a decrease are— coffee, 1,371,131 fr. ; foreign sugar, 869,027 fr. ; raw wool, 143,280 fr. ; French colonial sugar, 133,542 fr. BOURSE, April 4.—The following were the clos ing quotations : Cash. fr. ce. End of Month. 4i per Cents 92 90 —f, —o. 3 per Cents 73 73 45 Now Loan 73 50 Bank Shares 3,C00 Roman — Credit Mobilier 1,690 Austrian Belgian Fives 97i— Spanish Threes — Piedreontese(s). 94 Home Debt 4l RAILWA Ys—roa CASH. fr. c. fr. e. Orleans ......... ...... 1,280 Western... BBO Northern Lyons. ....... .......... 1,305 New Ditto .. • 845 Mediterranean 1,592 50 Grand Central Lyons Geneva BlO Teste Cette 707 50 Austrian C0rn....... 925 AUSTRIA. VIENNA, April I.—lt was yesterday definitively settled that the Theiss Company should have the right to continue the railroad from Arad to Her mannstadt and Kronstadt, in Transylvania. The part of the railway first to be completed will run from Arad up to Debreczin, Miskolz, and Kaschau, and for this purpose 40,000,0001 have been raised in Germany and Austria. It is whispered that some of the highest per sonages in this city are greatly disappointed that Austria has not played a more prominent part at Paris. The Emperor Napoleon paid such extreme attention to Austria, that she fully expected to cast England completely into the shade at the Paris Conferences, but it seems that she soon had occa sion to observe that doers are more highly valued than talkers. Count Appony, the newly appointed Austrian Minister to the British Court, left Saturday for London, but he is not likely to reach his post for some little time to come, a he has gone by way of Munich, where he has business to settle. MADAGASCAR. The Moniteur de la k lotte contains the following denial of the intentions attributed to the French Government with respect to Madagascar :—" Seve ral foreign journals have published, apropos of a deplorable event which has occurred at Bava.teube on the western coast of Madagascar, comments which are wanting in exactitude.' 'They have spoken of the intention of the Government to send an expedition against Madagascar, and have even gone so far as to give in detail the composition of the expedition. When such grave questions are agitated, all conjecture should be abstained from. There have been many proofs that the Queen Rana vala is perfectly au courant of 'all that is written in Europe, and such rumours may compromise the safety of Europeans who are settled in the Hovas territory." SPAIN. MADRID, April 3.—lt will he an aide-de-camp of the King who is to carry to Paris the insignia of the Golden Fleece, destined for the Prince Im perial, and, the Due d'Albe will present them to his Imperial Highness. The journey of Marshal Espartero to Valladollid is put off. The Cortes: have agreed to the first two articles of M. Cruz's financial scheme ; the basis for the law relative to the militia has been decided on ; workmen are ex cluded. The Madrid Gazette announces that the Spanish Credit Mobilier Company is now consti tuted: The 'Opinione of Turin of the 2d, in commenting upon the peace, says :—" All the power of Europe will prove insufficient to prevent the political re vival of Italy in due season. It is but a question of time and of hard trial, to be undergone in order to attain that end. The time depends on the will of God, the wisdom and perseverance of the nation; the hard trials both for Italy and Europe it belongs to diplomatists to avoid." IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. THE ELECTIONS. Precisely as was anticipated, Mr. John Reynolds has set out ou a fresh electinneeriog tour, and has this time turned his eyes to the borough of Athlone, with a view o f obtaining possession of the seat vacated by the late Attorney-General. Mr. Reynold ,, , it is said, has been quite successful in his canvass, and, if he be fortunate to secure the patronage of Bishop Browne, there would be more than a fair chaiace of his re entrance into Parlia ment. Upon his defeat in Dublin this very modest gentleman assured the public that the matter was of veey' Minor consequence to him, as there were seven or eight constituencies waiting with open arms to receive him, A fair proportion of this number was put to the test, and every one of the flatterers proved faithless. 'The Freeman. of this morning announces_ that a formidable rival to Mr. Reynolds, the "Sad leirite" candidate, is about to enter the lists in the person of Mr. John Ennis, Governer of the Bank of Ireland, and chairman of the Midland Great Western Railway. Mr. Ennis is enormously wealthy; has large landed property iu the county of Westmeath, is in poli tics a .Whig, and in religion a Roman Catholic. He is, neverilieless, not very popular with the Liberal party in Ireland. THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL. It is announced this evening that the Solicitor-Gene raldaip has been offered to Mr. Christian, Q C., who ac cepted the offer. The learned gentleman is one of the first equity; awyers at the Irish bar, and no more p ,, pular appointment could be made. SERIOUS CONFLICT. A telegraiihic message from the south states that a serious conflict took place yesterday at Templemore races between the military and the peasantry. The origin of the riot was the rescue from arrest of a female pickpocket. Twa soldiers are stated to have died this morning. The Bridewell is full of prisoners. SUSPENSION OF MESSRS. SYERS, WALKER, AND CO. —The su , pension took plt,ce yesterday of Messrs. Syers, Walker, and Co., East India and general mer chants. They have speculated extensively in various kinds of produce, and their stoppage is attributed to the fall in prices consequent upon the peace. The amount of their lirthilitiee has net transpired, but it is probably Ilbgat'oo,oool, RE , STORATION OF THE ABBEY CHU.ReII OF ST. ALBAA"S. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a large and influential meet ing of the nobility, gentry, and clergy of the county of Hertford was held in the Town-hall, St. Alban's, to cDnsider the best means of restoring and upholding the ancient Abbey Church of that town and of investing it with the dignity of a cathedral, with the ♦iew to its Ix hag constituted the seat of a new bishopric, embracing the whole of Hertfordshire, The Earl of Verulam, Lord- Lieu' enant of the county, wa-s called to the chair; and among the nabletnen and gentlemen on the platform and in the body of the hall were the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P., Lord R. Cecil, M.P., Sir E B. Lytton, M.P., the Mayor of St. Alban's, Mr. Abel Smith, M.P., Sir A. P. Cooper, Archdeacon Grant, the Rev. Dr. Robinson, Master of the Temple, Mr. C. W. Puller, Sir T. Sebright, the Ron. and Rev. W. C. Tal bot, the Rev. W. R. Southwell, Mr. E. Denison, Mr. G. W. Lydekker, Mr. S. Majoribanks, and Mr, W. Phillimore. The CHAIRACIN, in opening the proceedings, adverted to the encouragement be had received in the shape of direct countenance and of promises of liberal contri butions wherever he bad propounded . the project of restoring the venerable and magnificent fabric of the Abbey Church of Sr. Alban'e. He proceeded to say that, if the report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, made a few years ago, which recommended the erec tion of a new bishopric in that neighbourhood, had remained untouched, it might not have been neces sary for the county of Herts to move in the matter ; but since that time the Cathedral Commission had issued a report which ignored the recommendation made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and it was now therefore imperatively incumbent upon the inhabitants of Hert fordshire to make a great effort to elevate the Abbey Church of St. Alban's into the rank of a cathedral, ad mirably adapted as it was for that purpose, and to con stitute it the seat and centre of a diocese. (Cheers.) The present relationship of the county of Herts to the diocese of Rochester, of which it was now a part, could not be more aptly described than in the words of a friend of his, who asked what could be more undesirable and unsatisfactory to the people of Hertfordshire than to have their cathedral on the other side of the Thames, and their bishop living near the German Ocean ! (A. laugh.) They had now the remedy for that lamentable state of things in their own hands, and he was sure the meeting would not separate without inaugurating the restoration of an edifice erected on the spot where the proto-martyr of England died, and in which the Crusaders had knelt in devotion. (Cheers.) lie appealed to them to sup pelt him on that occasion in his efforts to divert from himself and them the opprobrium allowing a fabric so rich in, architectural beauty and grandeur, and so re plete with historical associations of a stirring and en nobling kind, to rot on the ground, until in the lapse of time, it became only a heap of rubble to indicate the plaee where a temple had stood. (Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. NICHOLSON, at the request of the chair man, read an elaborate and interesting report, drawn up at his (the chairman's) instance by Mr. G. G. Scott, the eminent ecclesiastical architect, in reference to the present condition of the Abbey, the grounds on whist. it ought, to receive the dignity of a cathedral, and the works necessary for adapting it to that purpose. "The qualifications," Mr. Scott stated, " which would entitle - a church to lay claim to selection from among others for the dignity of a cathedral were, a commanding historica• interest marking it out pre-eminently among the churches of the proposed diocese as the first and most distinguished among them ; its own magnitude and dignity and the architectural beauty both of the fabric and its accessories; and the suitableness of its plan and structure to the actual practical uses of a cathedral. He pointed out the historical interest attaching to St. Alban'e as the successot of the great Romane-British city of Terularn, and the Beene of many of the greatest events in the early history of our island. Founded in the days of Constantine the Great, in honour of England's first martyr, and withie ten years of his martyrdom, it was probably the earliest of any church now existing in Britain, and possibly the only instance of a church clearly proved to be the lineal successor of one of those built on the first este blishment of Christianity in our country. The church, as built by the early Norman abbots, was of vast dimen sions and of a beautifully sy mme t r i ca l p l an. T he nave in the western arm of the cross alone measured inter nally no less than 270 feet in length, and the total length of the.church appeared to have been as much as 450 feet. It had no less than six apsidal chapels, besides the great apse, containing the high altar and the shrine of St. Alban, and its dignity externally was enhanced by three vast towers, one at the intersection of the cross and two on the western facade. The whole edifice- in its perfect, unaltered state must have been dignified and noble in the highest degree, though being built entirel3 of Roman brick and covered both within and without with an incrustation of plaster, its beauty was the result of:outline, proportion, and vastness, rather than of ar tificial details. In the 13th and 14th centuries great alterations and extensions were made in the architecture of the church. The church thus extended exceeds io length any other church or cathedral in Great Britain, and though in other dimensions itfalls short of York and some other of our great churches, it, as a whole, would rank in point of extent among our principal cathedrals During its whole history as an abbey church it was from time to time enriched by accessories such as monumente and screens, so that even in its present condition it is a perfect study of the architecture of the middle ages, posieesing Specimens of the most remarkable kind of every period of English ecclesiastical architecture. The report then described the building in detail, and ad. ' verted to its having been despoiled of its costly accee sories at the dissolution of the monasteries. It esti mated that the total cost of arranging and repairing the edifice so as to have all the practical requisites of a ca thedrai, and to be in all respects thoroughly substantial, would be about 18,000/. It added that the present star, of the chapels intervening between the choir and the Lady,Chapel was a standing disgrace, not only to St. Alban's, but to the country at large. That a building so exquisite in its design and details should, year afte, year, be left in a state worse than ruin, and exposed t• a wanton and ruthless mutilation till it was now difficul accurately to trace out the design of the lovely ar chitectural decorations once lavished upon it, and with a footway actually carried through the midst of it, was one of the most melancholy proofs of the low ebb to which taste and good feeling had fatten which the writer had ever witnessed. Reverting to the exterior of the nave, and the older portions of the church, he expresser; a strong feeling that in any future repairs which the) might undergo, no attempt should be made to smarter up the old Norman structure. There was a stern ma. jesty about it which forbade the tampering of the model.; restorer. He would say, repair those portions where necessary, but attempt no restoration. Those might) walls of Roman brick demanded nothing at hour hand. but a few slight repairs, and any attempt to do mere would only infringe upon their grandeur." The Marquis of SALISBURY said he wished the test of proposing the first resolution, which devolved upon him, had been confided to hands more able to do justice to the beauties of the venerable structure which it was the object of that meeting, if possible, to restore; but the ablo report just read to them, which treated of that part of the subject in great detail, had rendered it unnecessary for him to advert to the architectural merits of the edifice or to its historical associations. All who had heard that report , must have been impressed with the beauty of the original structure, degraded as it now was by the dilapi. demons which had taken place in the lapse of time. I had long been a matter of pain to him that such a moue trent of Christian grandeur should be suffered to fee into decay without an effort being made by the country at large to arrest the progress of dilapidation. The father of the noble earl now in the chair, by great exertions raised a considerable sum of money, which was judiciously applied in his time to the restoration of the abbey— (bear)—and it was owing to that restoration that the abbey was now in a state which warranted them ie meeting to consider whether it was now in their power, by liberal contributions of money, to restore it to its pristine grandeur. In so doing he felt assured they woule meet with the support not Only of the county in whicl it was located, but of the country at large, by which it was regarded in the light of a national monument. (Cheers.) There were peculiar reasons why this time should be chosen fur making the contemplated restore. tion. The rapid increase in the population all over the country bad given rise to the necessity for increased church accommodation. That church accommodatim had increased largely in that county, and it had in its turn entailed the necessity for a greater amount of epis copal supervision. He believed in no case was the want of that supervision so marked as in that diocese ; for the present Bishop of Rochester, zealous as he was, and great as had been his exertions, was not able adequatel3 to overlook so large an extent of territory as was non assigned to him. The difficulty of the task was enhanced by ,the unavoidable' distance at which the bishop resided from that locality, aid that circumstance entailed a heavy expense upon the venerable prelate himself. For these reasons it was the more desirable that:they should restore the abbey of St. Alban's to something like its origir.a' grandeur; and when in that way they had provided a cathedral ' worthy of a diocese he thought they would be in a position to demand from the Government the creation of a new bishopric, of which St. Alban', would be the centre. (Hear, hear.) The noble marquis concluded by moving a resolution, to the effect that the Abbey Church of St. Alban's was worthy of every effort being made for its' preservation by the county of Hert ford and by the country in gen era l . Lord R. by! M.P., seconded the resolution, and in doing so he referred to the interest and veneration which the Abbey Church of St. Alban's, as a stately monument of piety and antiquity, had awakened in him in his boyhood, as he was accustomed to pass through the town five or six times a-year to the residence of his family in the country. He also adverted to the lament able condition. into which the people of this country had lapsedjn reference to ecclesiastical architecture at the time when he came to man's estate, lie hoped that that period had now passed away, and that an earnest desire now prevailed among nearly an classes of the people to see the erection of suitable churches through. out the length and brcadth of the 'and. He felt that 'he A-bh4 Church of St. Alban's was worthy of every effort being made to restore it, and that its present position was a standing opprebrium not only to the county of Hertford, but to the whole country. (Cheers.) The resolution was put, and carried with acclamation. Archdeacon GRANT moved the next resolution— "That the permanent sustentation of the building would be: secured, and the spiritual interests of the county in which it stood greatly benefitted by its being made a bi s h o p's see ; and that subscriptio ns b e at once entered into with a view to its entire restoration and adaptation to the purposes of a cathedral," He proceeded to show that, since the time of the sup nression of the monasteries, the abbey had been in a congtontatate of disrepair, owing to its hosing isolat e d from that vast- and wealthy mound° sy:tctm which first gave it birth, and which PM productive of go much good and so much ill. The question now wag, whe o they of the present day could take up that building ° incorporate it into our own church system, and so 1 3 ' manently maintain it ? It was a monument of Pi ° ! dedicated to the service of Almighty God ; and it gr°! be a lasting rep roac h t o th em if t h ey neglected to 01' tain an edifice at once so grand ard so worthy the ye' ration of Christians. (Hear.) It was clear that it too large to be dealt with I,y our parochial system. I! system had no means of providing for the perniall .. sustentation and suppo r t o f suc k a b u il d i ng ; it o°,'„ only be tiken up and d ea lt w ith b y our eco l ee i a gt". system ; and be saw no way of permanently maintain! it unless it was incorp ora t e d i nto a see and made' , eat of a bishop's throne. For that an absolute aev"; sity existed in the spiritual wants of the population., the county, and in it s p ecu li ar re l at i onsh i p to w diocese of which it now formed part. Mr. C. W. FILLER, in seconding the resolutil drew a graphic picture of the diocese of Rocheste r o o which Hertfordshire formed p ar t, w hi c h , he said, ° ° o prehended the whole of two counties, and extended obit a part of a third. Its l en gth, one way, was consi ders oi more than 100 miles ; it had an area of more than 2 ' a square miles, and a pop u l a ti on of 600,000, It come ,„ hended within its bo un d ar i es 600 c h urches and cliaPe' y its bishop's palac e was s it ua t e d i n the m iddl e of : y county of Essex, 25 miles as the crow flew from „ 0 nearest part of the county of Hertford, and 50 from that town of St. Alban's. Its cathedral 1 0 ' some remote corner of th e coun t y o f K ent, an d wa g se e r r rated both from E s s ex an d H ert f or d b y the river Tha°3o 4 He asked if it w a s p os sibl e th a t a bi shop so s i i on o however kind and geni a l hi s di spos i t i on, cou ld e ver the real friend, helper, and adviser of the great body the clergy over whom he ruled ? The remedy, be n ti t , mitted, was simple and easy ; and it was to sepo l from that vast diocese a n ew bi s h opr i c, co-extensive, ess 'early so, with the county of Hertford, and with Alban's as its centre. (Hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously, as wag sod od the third, briefly moved by Lord R. Curry and secon .ne by the Rev. Dr. ROBINSON, M as t er o f th e T em ple, stituting a committee of noblemen and gentlenut k press upon the Ecclesiastical C omm i ss i oners an d ir i o the Government the pre-eminent claims of the rend n' church in question to the distincti on o f a ca th e d r a!, e 0 should their prayer be gran t e d, t o rece i ve su b scr ipto, and apply them to its restoration and re-arrangenli the committee to co ns i s t, arnmsg others, of the glum Verularn, as treasurer; the Marquis of Salisbury , L Marquis Townshend, th e E ar l o f E ssex, Earl C o wr o j Lord Dacre, Lord Rob er t G rosvenor, Si r E. B. LYtrest Archdeacon Grant, and Mr. Puller, with Lord R° Cecil as honorary secretary. The meeting was also addressed by Mr. Clutter!!! and Sir A. Dalrymple. N ear ly 4,300)1. was subscri in the room towards th e o bj ec t i n v i ew, of whichoob chairman gave 500/. ; th e M arqu i s o f S a li s b ur y, 3 , Mr. T. F. Gape, 2001. ; Si r E. B. L yt t on, 100/. ; Robert Grosvenor, 100 guineas; the Earl of Essex, 1 ° Earl Brownlow, 100/. ; the Countess Dowager of ,Dn'a; wicke, 100/. ; the Countess Dowager of Caledon t Sir Thomas Sebright, 1001. ; Mr. Abel Smith, Dl' 1001., and many other gentlemen similar sums' Vl° The proceedings ter m i na t e d w i t h a vote of thalt the chairman. TLIE SCHOMBEAG. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM 00 SlR,—More than four mo n th s ago I wro t e to 3:0 contemporary the Times, enclosing a letter I reset ii from a late collea gue o f m i ne, w hi c h was addressoo the editor of that journal. The purport of my fri el3 .io letters was, that h e h a d ta k en a second ca bi n pass sr o the Schomberg for Ad e l a id e f or hi msel f , w if e, and "0 obildren (and a good round sum their passage rtn o amounted to), being pers ua d e d b y th e agents of gesso Baines and Co., in L on d on, t h at a second ca b in in .4 ins ship would b e equa l t o a fi rst ca bi n in any ordiso ship. " Mark the r esu lt," says my friend (having been about three weeks at sea). The sea was rough, °, O the vessel rolled mu c h ; we i s " werec k ;" I wan t buy brandy, but was told it was no t a ll owe d econd cabin. My children were sick, and some of 0 very ill. I tried to buy ar rowroo t, b ut was answered A before. My cabin was nearly ancle deep i n wa ter, my clothes were wet, and m y w if e an d ch i ldren re cit; to their last change—l h a d t o emp l oy all slops rhYttiol and had no more resp ec t or a t tent i on than one o f iteerage passengers. Our lights were ordered out Ow early hour, but, on th e con t rary, some females ocotillo the same cabin were conducted to their berths bl e , o , captain at 2 o'clock in the morning. My friend 05 r tf tulated, which wa s me t b y t h e capta i n with three ; "irons." That thi s s t a t ement was well founde d is '0 dent from the report of the meeting convened bY passengers of , the Schomberg, and it is to be hoped Government will take such measures as will teach 113 4 sere of merchant ships th a t th e y are not to trea t 1' passengers as "dogs" with impunity.-.-I am, silt; 1° most obedient servant, R. Llanelly, April 4, 1866. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 'l5O Office, 6, Cook-street, Li verpoo l- street, Apr il 4, Sir,—Owing to the non-arrival of the regular: ; t e we are not in poss ess i on o f any advises from our ag e eh s it Melbourne, qr any letter from Capt. Forbes 00,1 * subject of the lo ss o f the Schomb erg . Unfortunop, however, copies of som e o f th e l oca l journals have A t i ientally arrived by way of India, containing stateel. made by a few of the passengers, condemnatory ef_dt conduct of Capt. Forbes and his officers during the age, which have been reproduced in the columns of doll Sun. In the absence of Capt. Forbes we feel it our bo ask the public to su s p en d their judgment on whe te t bi they may have r ea d, un til hi s d e f ence i s known. la meantime we take the liberty of publishing the p e a communication we have rec e i ve d f rom the Eoho nw . , 4 ince she sailed, the writer being a member of the Le§ij tative Council of Tasmania, and a stranger to us ae took his passage in the ship for himself aid farailf ' " Ship Schomberg, "Lat. 7.33 deg. north, lon. 27 deg. welt " Messrs. James Baines and Co., Liverpool. t if "Dear Sirs,—As a vessel is in sight, apperevoil homeward bound, I h ave much pleasure in sending 1 0 1, few lines to let y ou k now how well I am satisfied lv/ the fir* vessel ; she has passed every ship we haveed snd but f or ca l ms an d light winds, we should this. ° ter' lave been as f ar sou th as we are north of the eque4l [ think it a pity we had such a heavy cargo in the n o rip ' • if we had n o t we wou ld h ave made the passag e fifty days. " I have much pleasure in stating that I have fore 4 very high opinion of Captain Forbes as a most 47 0 , seaman, and well qualified in every respect for bi 0 . 41 iortant charge. H e i s ki n d an d attentive to all Cl* ,f passengers, and he has showed every attention t 0 °0 amily. I have no t t i me to add more, but you wil l ny opinion in some of the colonial newspapers._ 0 ,, truly, (Signed) "Joni; WALssit- Regarding the doctor, he made the voyage with C°P r i Forbes in th e Li g h tn i ng i n her first trip, and gave el e . atisfaction, and was a pp o i n t e d t o the Schoenberg'io :onsequence. He is a man of nearly 60 years of s g d , sas a large family, is . a grandfather, and we underell that he is an elder of the church at Kirkaldy, where family resides. As to the compl a i n t s a b ou t th e qua li ty of the pr°/bi; lions, they we re not on l y or d ere d and paid for 0.0:41 )est , passed th e G overnment i nspect i on as the best, v„i , xactly the s ame qua li ty as were supplied to the prevlo;-• hips, James Baines and Lightning, and which e ho -very satisfaction. With respect to the quantity) ihip was supplied for 120 days out, and for 230 0 0 gers for the same time home.—We are, &c., JAMES BAINES & CO., Owners of the Schomberk io P.S.—C a pt. F or b es ma d e three previous voyages_r the Marco Polo and Lightning to Melbourne, vith 1 3 :70 sengers, in a most satisfactory manner, carrying up WS to of 2,000 people, and it lb neither just nor generous condemn him on an ex parte statement. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April s.—Wind this day at noon, S.SA ; moderate breeze and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, April 4.—Wind S.W. Arrived—Cle from Charleston ' • Waterwitch, Cornnn a . COWES, April 4.—Wind W.—Arrived—Stirlingshir: from Sierra Leone, with bowsprit and starboard bf t ,t, sprung, Ake., having been in co lli s i on i n th e night S. of Portland ; Johanna Cornelia, Iquique, for Rotterdara. A.frika, Charleston, for A ms t er d am, w i t h loss of bowolarsi and cutwater, having been in collision in the night. TORBAY, April 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Lll6l" from Charleston, for Bremen. OFF WEYMOUTH, April 4.—Lady of the Isles, frai l Algoa Bay. OFF DARTMOUTH, April 4.—Vienna, from Sidu e l t N.S.W. (Pn HLROTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning , , Arrived--Express, (s.), from Jersey ; Hero, N ew port,' Rapid, Swansea; Le Coq, Cheibourg; Atlanta, (to Havro ; Edith, Llanelly. Sailed--Cynthia, for Hull ; Taurus, Cardiff; Victori* , Bridport ; South•Western.and W on d er, steamers, Jere./ ; (s.), Havre; Limerick Lass, Newport. (ST SUBMARINP ANb BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.23 a.s• Wind S.W., tide third hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, April 4 . — Elequest, from Calcutta ; Thessali* Athens ; Pausellipo, St. Übe's ; Juliana, St. Kitt's ; Asiß' Cape Town ; Caroline, Calcutta ; Zemassee, Charleston Kelso, Canton; Leon, Gravelines ; Providence, Gray lines ; Surprise, Leghorn, Happy Return, Guernsey. Sailed—W es t F r i es l and, forKampen ; Allegro de Minh° , Oporto. Wind S. by W., moderate. Passed. —Paris and London screw steamer, from' Lon' dot), for Paris ; Comet, Madeira ; Carib, Foci Chow Foo ; Undine, Colombo ; Sheridan , Cabs.— all for London; Senator, f rom Al exan d r i a , for Hull. Anchored.—Blackfriars, from London, for Madras. Sailed.—E. Norris and Knight. for London. DEAL, Saturday Morning. • The Journal dee Debate remarks that, " We see II present in England manifestations of a joy as lively e 0", as general as that burst forth in Paris," and then - cite; the C 0 salvos of appl ause " w hi c h greete d " the reading °' the announcement by the Lord Mayor of London." I t ' however, says these cheers were "for the Queen an d the Emperor of the French ;" the writer does not say thef were for the Peace. A letter from Berne of the 30th ult., in the /ndependance of B russe l s , says :--“Th e t Gran? Council of the canton of Neufchatel has just voted a loan of three millions, for the fulfilment of the engagements which it had contracted towards the Railway Company of the Jufa, who have the concession of the line from Chaux-de-Fonds to Neufchatel." MI durin revive of bu their May Aoti Bull Rest Pub: Othi Nye Gov i owe Note The have p ports c paid tt the ra , of the Periods teceive 13,00 0‘ of thre, of the 1 the see 41 1 ov the arl grain, Ital. f bars, ( coffee:, sugars, Ports Wines, Soap, fabrics, ing the receipt 1856. especia olive o the tw, tered aggreg Th e Stock: e ln, 2 54 } 5/ 5 Per SPati Iliii! 3 Per India bits , rons c _ZX( bit bit P RIC u ..razi Di (Illa Di uren Dil areal ble z i Di , Eip, t „ Di 4 nrll qt L , ate Wil the At fui is 1 exi Act