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SOCLETE GENERA.LE des CLIPPZICS'9 gRANCAIS. At an Extraordinary General Meeting of this Company, held at the Offices, 20, Rae Neuve des Capucines, Paris, on Saturday, the 15th March, 1856 ; Vice-Admiral Count CAST in the Chair; resent also Rear-Admiral T. Deloffre, Le Comte Williams Neukeirke, and MM. Bell , ne, 'Petit Bergonz, with upwards of 50 other share holders, it was nnounced that— The shareholders were called upon especially to deliberate :- 1. On the modifications relating to the original statutes, and the augmentation of the subscribed capital, consequent upon the pur chase in England of eight clipper shins, with auxiliary screw power, for the sum of 12,500,000 f. (or 500,0000 2. On the resignation of the (grant in favour of M. C. W. Graham. 3. On the nomination of the Council of Supervision. Each of these propositions was una.nimous(y adopted by the Meet ing, together with the modifications in the statutes rendered neces sary thereby. The resignation of M. Beraud-Pillars, Gerant, was accepted ; and M. C. W. Graham was appointed Gerant, with permission to asso ciate with himself a co-gerant. The subscribed capital, previously fixed by the original statute at 10,000,000 f., it was determined should be increased to 20,000,000 f. (800,0001.), and be represented by 200,030 shares of 100 f. (or 41.) each. The whole amount of the subscribed capital to be paid up. Holders of original shares to exchange them for new shares, to the same amount, and to be eatitled to an equal number of shares, in addition, at par. GRAHAM and CO., Gerants. Paris, 20, Rue Nature des Capucines, 22d Mauch, 1856. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE QIPSEY'S VENGEANCE. Eapported by Augustus Braham, H. Drayton, and Farquharson ; MN Lucy Escott, and Miss Fanny Huddart. o e , nclade with MARGUERITE, a Legend of Love. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Union the Management of Mr. Buckstone. TUTS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by Er, GAMBIT-SING; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In which ERE A MENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, LEND ME FIVE SIIILLINGS To conclude with JOHN' JONES. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TSEATRE, .OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CRAILLU KWh THIS FVENIITG. HENRY VIII. • After which, . THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. VICATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Maclaine Celeste. MIA EVENING, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To be followed by • lIRGENP PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conchtde with JACK AID THE BEAT STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother GioNe at Home Again. 1 which Messrs. J. Mani, P. Redford, Madame Celeste, Miss st?adhain, and Miss E. Arden will aji)ear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alt'ted Wigan. THIS EVENING ST 4.Y AT HOME. After which will be produce 4 a New and doubly-moral, though xcosstvely old, MeloArainAtic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TuE DES:jitE F. I' PitENos,` ; o-, the Three Glass Distills. which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Blanton, an I Miss Maskell will appear. ROYA.L SMIREY Le.ssees, Messrs. Shepherd 2, , 1,1 Creswiek. EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LITE. Followed by TUFFLEHA.USES'; or, The Lawyer's Legend. To conclude wit'i THE COBBLER AN'D TAILOR. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. TEETS EVENING, THE Los r DIAMONDS. After which, C 00!) QUEEN 11E54.1 To conclude with IT RUNS ruE ROYAL MARYf.ERONTE TIigATREI. Under the Manaqement of Mr. Edward Stirling, THIS EVP,vlSrtzi, LOST, £30,000. - MP.ssr:. Stuart. Telford, Stirling, Carter, Lan;ton ; Ifessis. An derton, Morell, Mars. Brothers Elliott's wonderful periormlures. GRAND BALLET. amselle Ames, Mr. an I Mrs. Harvey, and Corps de Ballet. Musical Fairy Spectacle, FAIRY' FERN' FLOWEItz:or, TFIE GO2LPT Mias Francis Miss Morel', Mr. Sanders. Mr. J. Bedford, and 33 Ladles. . . Boxes and Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Sa. , Gallery, 6d. ARTLEr3 ROYAL. AMPITITHKATRE. rernow and Manager. Mr. Wm. Cooke. Easter Attractions. Astloy's Great Spring Meeting and National Stell!enase. TUE..; EVENLXO, TRF: ARAB OF THE DF:sERT ANO PAITIIFUL STEED. The acting horse, trahie I hy Mr William Cooke. A novel series o: SCENES In the CIRCLE. New act. the Post man's Knock. First appearance erne Misses Daczy on the Dnible Rope. New Drame with the GRE 1T SPRING MEETING and ENG- I.NII NITIONAL SrEEPLEIEII4E, on Stage, combined with introlmlng Mr. W. Cooke's new raelnt :tad and daring jockeys, in the chase from the starting uno the winning post, with other entertainments. tiox-o4lee ...celo from Steven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Squestrie,n Dlrettor. kr. Cooke. jun. EMMA STAMAY'S " SEVEN' AGES OF WOMAN." Second Season. This Lyric Entertainment has been ck.writed by the unaahnous approbation of Ar.r. THE LONDO , Z JOURNALS .As the greitest artisticai trinnipsi of the (1 tr. It constitutes an Opera, Cr.mely, Vaudeville. With a ItAt of characters in Correct Cos tumes ; and zion;s in SIX DIFFEREN C LA.NUUAGES Never attempted by any other artiste•. Evening perforinancei (,u Mondays, Tuesday's, Thursdays, au] Ffidays, at 8. Morning performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays at half-past two, precisely. Admission—Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Rack Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. dICTII. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tr 4 Div—Morn. 59in in. aft. 4 —Evening 17 min. aft. 5 Tn-goßno vv—Morn. 3:; min. aft. 5 —.F.voning 53 min. aft. 6 THE WEA.THEit—S . uN OFF[cE, Miami 27. TIICIOIOIIETEIt, Tfig SIIIDE. highest idnon noou yostertlay. -.l,v3st, this raorniuf, ,, a,rulAuen-4 the night. 49 day at ticoa. • A ROMET CR-214 97. WIND, E.—Fresh, with fine, cold, sunshiny weather. r-"ei 0 ,41* LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1856. -c-,- The Peace has not as yet been concluded ; that is to say, the Treaty has not been signed, although there is but little reason to hope that the event S 4 disastrous to the reputation and interests of Great Britain can be averted. Nothing can positively be known of the causes of the delay ; but they are generally ascribed to Turkey and to Prussia. We alluded to the rumours respecting the Ottoman Empire in our impression of yester day, and may, therefore, pass the subject without further notice for the time being. It is exceed ingly probable that Prussia may strive to occupy a better position than that assigned to her ; that she wishes to do something more than merely confirm the stipulations and arrangements that had been entered into during her exclusion from the Conferences. We are so much accustomed to German intrigue, that we should not feel greatly surprised if the Plenipotentiaries contrived, after all, to replace the good CLICQUOT in the position which he wilfully and deliberately forfeited. Lord CLARENDON may. oppose it ; but there is, unfor tunately, a paramount influence in England that prevails over the opinions of the responsible servants of the Crown—an influence which is always directed in favour of German rather than of English policy ; and the contemplated matrimonial alliance may render the party by whom it is exercised, especially unwilling to do anything that could humiliate Prussia, nothwithstanding its avowed partiality for the enemy against whom we have been forced to contend. As we recently stated, "never was England hotter prepared to wage energetic war in ever y respect than at this moment!" All the defects is our Navy have been supplied, The gun-boats, so lo)ag demanded by the voice Of, public opinion, are no longer wanting. 'There would no longer be the semblance of an OX cm° for the inactivity of any Admiral entrusted with a command in the Baltic. Every possible) preparation has been made, and the gigantic e fforts are to be neutral ised at the last moment by the unwise and impo litic truce that has been. virtually patched up. To what use are these gun-boats now to be converted ? That will be an inquiry of peculiar interest to the People of Great Britain. The coastguard ser vice has been suggested', but with the reduced tariffs already sancti(oned, and the further mcvements in the same direction that may be anticipated on the restoration of Peace, there could not be the slightest necessity for so costly and powerful a fleet of mere revenue cruisers. Another serious question arises, what are•we to do with the various foreign legions so needlessly enlisted in our service, and with respect to which we got into difficulties with the United States, and the Governments of other countries ? We do not want a body of German or Italian soldiers in England, ready to obey any orders of the Commandeer-in-Chief. The presence of such men, who have no sympathies in common with the people of Great Britain, might endanger our highly-prized Constitution in the event of its being considered desirable to assimilate it more closely to the German. models, said to be so popular in high quarters. Nor can we see the necessity or propriety of concentrating large bodies of men in camps, such as at Aldershott, &a., and yet we hear, even since peace has been assumed to be certain, of a rumoured intention to purchase a large quantity of land in the vicinity of Win chester for the construltion of an additional camp ! It is indispensable that all these matters should be calmly and attentively considered by Parlia ment, the moment that a Treaty of Peaoe is for mally announced. There has always been a con stitutional jealousy of any undue increase in the power of the Executive ; and the system of cen• tralisation now adopted materially tends to en hance that power, and to reader it far more for midable. We do not for a moment suppose that our most gracious and well-beloved QUEEN would for a moment lend herself to any coup d'etat aimed against the liberties of her loyal and de• voted people ; but events may occur at some future time requiring the utmost vigilance and care on the part of the nation, and it is especially desirable that no precedents should now be esta blished that may at some future time be twisted to improper purposes. There is no use in denying the fact—the House of COBURG is not popular in England at this moment. King LEOPOLD, who is just departing from our shores, has not chosen to submit himself to the criticisms of the inhabitants. He prefers a circuitous route—striking off at Wandsworth, and travelling, by Guildford and Reigate, to Dover. This is, to say the least of it, a strange arrange ment not often adopted by Monarchs who could fearlessly listen to the expression of public opinion. We already witnessed in December, 1851, the treatment of a Minister who ran counter to the wishes of the family, and we fear that the tenure of office by Lord PALMERSTON will not be a very protracted one, after the signatures have been affixed to the Treaty. The " Aberdeenites" are far more popular with those who aspire to direct the des tinies of the British nation. Mr. GLADSTONE, the chief favourite and hope of the prty, has already been bidding for office, recanting, when too late, the peace-at-any-price professions that sealed his exclusion from the Cabinet. As the Right Honourable Gentleman considers that what he so long siruggle:l for is now certain, he may safely indulge in a few generalities, which, leading to nothing, nity yet allay some of the irritation excited by the conduct of the ex members of the ABEIZDEEN Government. The whole political state of the country at this moment affords matter for deep and attentive consideration by every true-hearted Eaglishrnan, who, like the Barons at Raanymede, would b 3 " unwilling that the laws of England should be improperly altered." It is a very revolting sight to see a fellow creature with irons on his wrists or ankles—to see him shut up in a stone call or worked in a con vict gang, or even clothed in a prison dress. Time was when the pillory was fine sport, and the parish stocks not much ,inferior fun. We have outlived, however, all this bad taste of our fore fathers—we shrink from the punishments whose essence is degradation, and of course still more from those which mingle suffJring and dis grace. In fact, we are humane and sentimental enough for inhabitants of a criareless world. It is gratifying that society should have bei.,.)oae so largely imbued with kinder feelings to the guilty, and that Christian sentiments should obtain the ascendancy in our treatment of unworthy members of the community, and we acknowledge that, like most others, we would willingly be spared the sight of penal inflictions of any kind. Judgment :nest, however, not be superseded by mere senti ment, and we fear this kind of Bra-indulgence is becoming but too common. The consequencu of disusing the rod entirely in the family is well enough known, and the, community which is too tender over its lawless members must also expect both to injure the evil-doers themselves, and to multiply crime and criminals. Such thoughts will occur to U 3 when we notice the objections of a few of our contemporaries to flogging women-floggers. The lex talionis, we are told, is now abolished . ; it is,no longer "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." It is certainly not permitted by Christianity to indulge pri• vate revenge after this fashion ; but judicial pun ishments appropriate to the offence--ptinishments carrying in their very form the idea of retribu tion—punishments well adapted, therefore, to convince the offender of the nature of his offence —are supported, not condensed, by Christianity. It recognises in the magistrate " a terror to evil doers ;" and it is difficult to conceive a terror more efficient than that of suffering identical with the suffering caused by the violation of another's rights. It is indeed a negative enforcement of the Christian precept to do unto others as we would that they should do Mato us. A cowardly villain, helpless in the hands of the ministers of justice, and smarting under the lash, feels as ho never felt before that the wife he has beaten and bruised was treated by him as he would rather not be treated la For ourselves we must confess that in ne active punishment should we be less unwilling to join than in inflicting corporal chastisemen t on the naau who can beat a female. All the man in us resents the disgrace done to our sex by the woman flogger. Woman has her point of honour, and does not readily forgiv e the woman who has failed ; and what is a man's point of honour if it be not to be utterly free from cowardice ? We cannot, therefore, forgive the unmanly brute who beats one of the feebler sex,. and so far as in him lies proclaims to that sex that en are cowards. He is a disgrace to our half of the species ; ho does tl3 a Nraonal wrong ; ho what he) can to represent men as preferring to use strength against weakness, instead of seeking an equal on whom to expend their pugilistic tendencies. Wo believe, however, that, taking the commu nity at large, the feeling is pretty general that nothing is too bad for the man who lifts his hand against a woman. From the gentleman who wields his hunting whip to the carter in the street, all would with pleasure give a handsome cut to the fellow who had beaten a female. Indeed, we may very properly remind any sentimentalist of the castigation of HAYNAU as an illustration of the generality of the feeling we speak of. Not only did the draymen of Bankside ply their whips on the legs and back of the savage woman flogger ; but, except in the columns of the Times, which by that time had turned against KOSSUTH, and taken to Austrian service, the Press of England was glorying in the achieve ment of the Banksiders. HAYNAU had ordered a patriot female to be flogged—that was enough, —Lord PALMERSTON and Bankside coincided in their judgments. The court below inflicted sum mary punishment, and the supreme court would not interfere. There is more in this fact in relation to the case than appears at first sight. It is amongst the Bankside class that the greater portion of these barbarities occurs. A. punishment to be effectual should command the unqualified appro bation of the class among whom the criminal lives. Now, Bankside has made it certain that the woman-flogger, under the lash, would only hear from his fellows the cry—." serve him right--that will teach him to beat women, another - time." The certainty of the pain and the disgrace would stay many a coward hand from unmanly cruelty, and from disgracing civilised society. We hope Mr. DlLLwvies bill will become law, and be rigidly acted on by every judge. In another part of our present impression will be found a report of a magnificent Free Trade Demonstration, by the operatives of the Pottery districts, at an open-air meeting held at Hanley on Tuesday last—a demonstration, the reader will perceive, not only superior to any that has been witnessed in that locality in favour of Free Trade, but absolutely unsurpassed, in point of numbers, unanimity of feeling and enthusiasm, on any occasion in Hanley. Convened, as we gather, at the instance of the Anglo-French Free Trade Association, the main object of the meeting was, it will be seen, the removal or reduction of those prohibitory duties which check the importation of French wines into this country and shut out the unrivalled produc tions of the Potteries from the French market. The attention of the speakers was net, however, exclusively confined to this subject ; and while a case was made out in favour of the proposed re duction, cogent enough to convince the most sceptical, it was not less convincingly shown that a similar policy adopted in relation to the exports of other countries would be productive of like beneficial results both to us and to them. The case, as between France and us, may be thus broadly stated. The vine-growers of that country are able to supply our markets with a light wholesome beverage, calculated to super sede to a large extent the use and abuse of the muddy and intoxicating beer of this country, and otherwise to promote the material comfort and moral welfare of our workpeople, and are prevented from doing so by prohibitory duties levied on this side the Channel. On our part, our manu facturers and mining proprietors are able to sup ply France with first-rate pottery and other manu factured goods, together with coal and iron to almost any extent, and, though France stands in need of these things, are unable to do so, save to a limited extent, by the prohibitory duties levied on these articles on the other side of the Channel. The result of which is, neither party is benefittei by the productive wealth of the other, but import ant branches of commerce languish in both coun tries to their common detriment. If England admitted the wines of France on reasonable terms, France, it is fairly argued, would sea it to be her interest to reduce her tariff, in order to admit those productions of this country which her merchants are likely to take in exchange, and a powerful stimulus would thus be given to the commercial prosperity of both countries. This, however, is not the only point of view in which the subject should be considered. Not only would a reduction of the French and English tariffs give a powerful stimulus to commerce, but a prosperous commerce, while contributing to the general welfare and national greatness of both countries, would also tend to insure the stability of the present happy alliance, by establishing a new, growing, and lasting bond of union between them. Whatever danger there may have been of a war between us and America, it will not admit of doubt that the commercial, relations existing between us and the United States have proved the best security for peace. Other motives have their influence, but, whether of a dynastic or political nature—whether attributable to a simi larity of views and feelings, or to the ties of a like origin —not to be compared with that arising from a community of interests. The former are liable to all the fluctuations of human passion and popular sentiment, but no civilised people will be found to hazard lightly the elements of their own prosperity. The temptation to quarrel must be great indeed to be indulged in at the cost of such a sacrifice. In the promotion, therefore, of commercial ' relations between France and England likely to be ensured bya reduction of theirrespective tariffs, the Anglo-French Free Trade Association have a strong argument in favour of their views. At the pre- sent moment, it is hardly too much to say, that the French EMPEROR is the chief, though, cer tainly, not the exclusive prop of the happy rela tions existing between the two countries; but with how much more confidence would the most sanguine believers in the perpetuation of his wise rule look to the future, if France and England were more dependent on each other com mercially ! Viewing the matter in this light, as well as from a consideration of the advantges such an extension of commerce would confer on our manufacturers and workmen, we trust that the noble example of the operatives of Hanley and the entire district, will be followed in all our manufacturing and com mercial towns until the object of the asso ciation is attained. Every encouragement is held out to them to do so. A strong feeling in favour of Free trade is gaining ground in France, and in the highest quarter the most favourable consideration may confidently be looked for.. Lours NAPOLEON, there can be no doubt, is a Free trader at heart, and any aid that can be furnished by the example of this country is likely to be turred to good account, and what would serve better for a beginning, we would ask, than obtain ing from our Government the reduction of the duties on French wines ? PROPOSED JOINT REFORMATORY FOR SHROPSHIRE AM) HEREFORDSHIRE.— A proposal has been made by the magistrates of Salop to join those of Herefordshire in the establishment of a reformatory for juvenile offenders, but the latter haTe respectfully declined to entertain it at Rosa, A BONAPARTE IN CORSICA. A recent number of the Journal de la Corse (to • which our attention has just been directed by a happy accident) contains the following interesting narrative of an iacident which took place last win ter at Bastelica, and the original of which narra tive we are gratified to render The Sun the medium of thus, for the first time, transforming into our English vernacular for the perusal of the more curious or more observant among our fellow-coun trymen. We are happy to announce to our readers, says the journal just mentioned, that a young Irishman, the descendant of an ancient and noble race [the Journal de la Corse here alludes, it will be seen a little further on, to William Charles Bo naparte Wyse, Esq., the second son of his Excel lency her Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Greece], himself endowed with the most brilliant qualities, both of mind and heart, has evinced from , his earliest years a great love for Corsica, and an ardent admiration for its heroes. Captain Wyse, grandson of Prince Lucien, whose heart beats like that of a Bonaparte, and in whose countenance one at once recognises the Napoleonic • features, formed the admirable idea of erecting over the door of the tower where the heroic Sampiero first saw light an inscription in the Corsican dialect, and engraved upon Corsican marble, for the purpose of thus recalling to future generations the man whom Jean de Medici called the bravest of the brave, and whom Mr. Wyse designates by the apposite title of " the most Corsican of Corsicans." It was for the purpose of accomplishing this pious design that he took the road to Bastelica, accom panied by a numerous e=cort.' On his arrival at Cauro he was received by the entire population with marks of the liveliest enthusiasm. The brave commandant of Cauro, whose devotion to the Imperial family has never been doubtful, offered the young traveller the most cor dial hospitality. We cannot resist the plea sure of faithfully .reproducing here the words pronounced upon Corsica by Mr. Wyse to ' wards the close of the banquet. " This island," he said, " may be justly compared to a little body enclosing a gigantic soul, the gran ,nteu e Nns t it s Dersenification in the colossal genius of Napoleon,_its sublimity in PascaL Paoli, and its herctisin inl that dauntless child of the mountains, whose membry we are about to honour." His arrival in Bastelica had been announced in the morning, in consequence of which all the inhabitants of that populous vil lage hastened to welcome him by their attendance. The sound of horns echoing in the valleys, the bells ringing a merry peal, the enthusiastic shouts of a population intoxicated with joy, grouped upon the surrounding rocks, carried us back in thought to those troublous and heroic times when Sampiero inflamed every heart and roused every arm for the defence of the fatherland. The Captain , and his companions were received with most ami able hospitality at the house of the Jugs de Paix, M. Costa, who has imbibed from infancy a love of the Bonapartes. At eleven o'clock on the follow ing morning, the population, en masse, having at its head the communal authorities, and bearing ' before it the tricolor, assembled to conduct Mr. Wyse and his companions with every demonstra tion of enthusiasm, to the house of Sampiero, where everything had been prepared for the cere -1 mon) , of inaugurating the marble, upon which ap peared, decorated with the ancient emblems of Corsica, an inscription, of which the following is a translation TO THE MOST CORSICAN OF CORSICANS SAMPIERO, A GLORIOUS HERO AMONG INNUMERABLE HER )Es, WHOM LOVE OF COUNTRY, THE SUPERB MOTHER. OF MANY VIRTUES, NOURISHED AMONGST MOUNTAINS AND TORRENTS, WILLIAM WYSE, AN IRISH CATHOLIC, NEPHEW OF NAPOLEON THE GREAT, AS A TOKEN OF AHMIRATION, DEDICATED THIS MARBLE. VIII. DECEMBER, FEAST OF THE CONCEPTION, 1855. Having ascended the platform, M. J. V. Grimaldi sketched, in a few broad outlines, the life of Sam piero and the heroic virtue of the ancient inhabi tants of Bastelica. He afterwards explained to the assembled multitude the motives which had actuated the distinguished Irishman (who was, at the same time, a poet of considerable pretensions), in this his pious and romantic pilgrimage. "An inspiration so noble," said the spe a k er , " g i ves him the right to be regarded as one of our selves. We have, indeed, by reason of it, so to say, only one Corsican the more." These words were greeted with the most enthusiastic ap plause. Captain Santini afterwards recited an ode, written expressly for the occasion, and breathing through out the most patriotic sentiments. ' Monsieur le Cure Casabiauca, after having pro nounced a benediction upon the assembly, delivered a discourse such as religion_and civism could alone have inspired. Finally, Captain Wyse, rising amidst loud plau dits, followed by profound silence, spoke as fol lows :—lnhabitants of Bastelica ! I feel proud in pressing my foot upon the patriotic soil of your mountains, and at finding myself at this mo men t among the compatriots o f S ianpiero. I come from a distant country, a laud of rain and mist, yet I have, too, something of the Corsican in my heart, and, like a veritable Corsican, I idolise the memory of the great B tstilechese. (Cheers.) Corsica is a land of heroes—a land long oppres gad, from which rises like a gran it e p ea k the form of this majestic mountaineer, to whose glory I come this day to offer thus publicly an act of honourable com memoration. (Cheers.) The renown of your own Paoli resounds throughout the world—of him many books have been written—to his honour many sta tues have been erected by various municipalities. But Sampiero—greater, perhaps, than Paoli—with a nobler soul (sensation) and a patriotism yet more strikingly signalised—remains to this day, comparatively speaking, almost unknown —has obtained no biographer —possesses nowhere any monument save in the palpitating hearts of those whom he knew so well how to love and hate. (Hear, hear.) Inhabitants of B a •t e li ca ! ma y i t b e permitted 4 to an offshoot of the house of B ma parte to repair in soma measure this singu lar forgetfulness —to take the initiative in a work which it belongs to Corsica herself to com plete. My uncle, the Prince Pierre, who has never forgotten that his ancestors respired the atmos phere perfumed with the aromatic herbs of your island, has given me the promise of his co-ope ration in erecting a statue to Sampiero— (cheers). As for myself I shall do all that lies within my power, and I am perfectly well satis fied that we shall be aided in our purpose by every one of our compatriots from Cape Corse to Boni facio, from Bastia to Ajaccio—that town always, and in so many ways, so truly imperial. Allow me yet another word. An unpretending tourist, with out any political aim whatever, I trust I may be allowed, M. le Haire, to congratulate you, and through you the whole of Corsica, upon the con cord and security which now during three years have continued to prevail in this integral por tion of the French empire —a security and a concord which' even the superb self-sacrifice of Sampiero failed in his time to accomplish —which demanded, in truth, for their realisation the authority of a Corsicau Emperor—a Napoleon 111., at this moment the moral master of the world ! (Hear.) At the same time, you will permit me to hope that his Imperial Majesty will never forget those chivalrous men who fought fir the good cau:Ak . (in which he is- the vieter) through every imaginable miafortune, combating for it, moreover, as devoted champions, not as hireling mercenaries ! (Reiterated cheering.) Viva Sampiero I Vivo la Curse ! ! Viva pereur ! ! ! - Before separating, the concourse, through M. le Maire Folacci, who expressed himself in a few feeling words, thanked the gallant officer and his associates for the pious work upon which they had adventured. The young poet returned to the residence of M. Costa amidst re renewed acclamations, and cries, again and again repeated, of Vive l'Empereur ! Vivo le Prince ! About midday M. Costa gave a banquet at his house to the authorities and notables of the neighbourhood when several toasts were proposed —among others to the Emperor, to the Empress, to the family of the Bonapartes, to the Prefect of Corsica, and to the noble young tourist ! Mr.-Wyse quitted Baste-- lica about two o'clock in the afternoon, when the entire, population escorted him beyond th e boun daries of the town, to the sound of horns and bells and to the singing of the national melody l'Ajaci cane. At the moment of his departure the dis tinguished traveller expressed his thanks to the multitude for the sympathetic welcome he had received, promising to return among them upon the day when a statue should be erected to their immortal compatriot Sampiero. STATE OF TRADE.—NOTTINGHAM, Wednesday.—This week, in consequence of the Easter holidays, there has not been so much doing at the warehouses. Neverthe less, the lace trade is in a very healthy state ; the cold weather, however, continuing, operates against the de mand, which would manifest itself were the season more enial. The prices for plain net are very high. In the Aosiery department the holidays have also impeded business to some extent. Trade is more quiet ; still, there is a good amount of business doing, and cheering prospects for the fall, a fair' number of orders having been pla6ed. On the whole, the hosiery business is in a very sat►sfactory state, aril the operatives are well em ployed. • ". COU, T CIRCULAR. • WINDSOR, MAnCH 26. Mr, Albert Smith had the honour of performing last night before her Majesty, the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the Royal familly, and the party aEf sernblo at tt L CAstiel The., dinner pliqy included his Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duche , is of Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the Belgian Minister A nd Madame Van de Weyer, Lady Fanny Howard, Earoness de Speth, Major-General the Hon. Sir E I ward Cust, Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour, Sir James Chtrk, Colonel do Moerkerke, Captain Prisse, and Dr. Rieken. The baud of the 2d Life Guards played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, rode on horseback this morning, attended by the Countess of Desart, Major-General Buckley, and Captain the Hon. H. de Ros. Major• General the Hon. Sir Edward Cast left the castle in the forenoon. Lady Macdonald has succeeded the Countess o Desart as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. WINDSOR, MARCH 2E. The birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge—borti on 26th March, 1819—was celebrated here to-day by the ringing of the bells of the Chapel Royal of St. George, and other demonstrations of re spect. On Monday next the Court will leave Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace, to remain there probably not more than a week or ten days ; after which time, her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the royal family will go t 4 the• Isle of Wight. His Majesty the King 'Of the Belgians will take leave of her Majesty and the Prince, and leave the Castle at half-past nine o'clock to-morrow morning, on his return to Brussels. The Xing and suite will travel by the South-Western line to the junction at Wandsworth, thence down the main lino to Guildford, branching therefrom to Reigate, on the South-Eastern line, to Dover, avoiding, by this arrangement, change of car riages, luggage, &0., as well as the inconvenience of the delay occasioned by changes as formerly. His Majesty, on his departure, will be attended by Mr. Scott, ma nager, and Nir. Crombie, secretary. The journey will be performed in less than four hours. kr. R. Berrington, of her Majasty's private band, appo:nted one of the state trumpeters, in the 'room of Mr. deoeasea. Their loyal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary will remain at Cambridge Cot tage,.Kew, until the close ofe,lie ensuing week, and then return to St. James's Pa'ace for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk leave Carlton House Terrace to-day, far Arundel Castle. Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons is staying with the noble duke and duchess. The Duchess (Dowager) of Norfolk leaves Norfolk House, to-day, for Clifden Park, the Duke of Suther land's seat, near Maidenhead. The Earl of Eelinton has left town on a visit to Lord and Lady Southampton at Whittlebury Lodge, North amptonshire. The Earl and Countess Spencer, who have returned to Althorpe Hall from town for the recess, are entertain ing a distinguished circle at their country seat. Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre have arrived at the Earl of Eglinton's. from visiting Sir Watkin Wil liams and Lady Wynn, at Wynnstay. Lord and Lady Southampton are receiving a succes sion of distinguished visitors at Whittlebury Lodge, Northamptonshire, during the race meeting. Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere and Mrs. Townshend Wilson have arrived in town from Dover. Lady Dover, since her return from Gowran Castle, Ireland, has been ,taying with the Countess (Dowager) of Carlisle, at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Lord and' Lady George Manners have joined the family circle vi-iting the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Cattle, Liecestershire. Sr It )13ert Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily Peel are expected to arrive in town immediately after the ' holidays, from a tour'in Italy. Colonel Mountjoy Martyn has been seriously ill in Paris. We are, lad to learn, by the latest account?, that the gallant officer is pronounced out of danger. Mr. Hastier, the respected and talented manager of the Lord Warden Hotel, rendered so famous by the late visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French, leaves the direction of that establishment in Dover. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND.—The new Phil harmonic Society has received an intimation from Madame Jenny Lind that she will perform at one of the concerts of the society during the approaching season. This is another proof cf the artistic feeling which is so well known to animate this distinguished lady. Mr. Benedict and Dr. Wyble will be the conductors. A further amount of Australian gold is understood to have been taken to the Bank yestur lay. Small parcels of o its also continue to arrive from Paris ; but a consider able part of the A. ustralian gold by th e Emma was pur chased yester lay for tr mern:ssion thither. THE CAPE OF Goon Hope.—We have recoived files of papers from Cape Town to the Bth of January inclusive. Everything is going on satisfactorily in the colony. The Cape 'otos Mail of the Bth of January says :—" Our in telligen e from b yo d the borders ha, now for a long time been confined t ) works of peace, with scarcely an indication of trouble or disco tent. WEST 'COAST OF AFRICA —PLYMOUTH, March 26: The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Ethiopr, Commander W. H. Rirnarell, with a general cup and nine passengers, sailed yesterday afiernoou for Maderia, Tene:iffe, and the West Coast of Africa. Notice has been posted at the gates of the Devonport Dockyard teat her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam sloop Scourge, 6, will sail for Sierra Leoae on the 3151. instant. SUICIDE OF MR. MANSFIELD, C E —On Saturday an inquest was held at l)unkettle; near C on the body of Mr. R. D. Matisfield, engineer on the Cork and Ban don Railway, which was found in the slob of the river the previous day, as already described. The jury re turned a verdict to the effect that the deceased, in a state of temporary insanity, drowned himself at Dun kettle Bridge. FALL OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT PRESTON.— On Thursday last, about no6n, St. Mary's Catholic Chapel, Friargate-hill, suddenly fell down, and became a runs of ruins. Several workmen have been employed for some time at the building. preparatory to its ealarge- Went They were about to widen it, and for that pur posai intended to take out the side wall. A large qua'n• tity of earth had been dug away from the wall, and it is supposed that it weakened it, and was the immediate cause of the destruction of the building. The two gable ends are still standing, but in such a dangerous state that. their fall may be looked for any moment. The -eats, furniture, books, and, indeed, ever ythi n g belo n gi ng to the chapel, have been smashed and torn to pieces, and buried beneath the ruins. Very f or t una t e ly none f the men employed about the building were in any way in. jured. The chapel will now have to be entirely rebuilt. —Prcs69n Guardian. THE FORTHCOMING EASTER TERM.- -Yesterday, on the termination of the holidays, the several law offices resumed business, when the lists of arrears for the forth coming Easter Terin were exhibited. In the three com mon law courts the number is only 71. At the corn ,mencernent of last Tern the number (exclusive of mat ters in the Crown paper) was 161. In the Queen's Bench, for next Term,' there are 27 rules—last Term there were 73. In the Court of Common Pleas the numbered entered is 19—last Term there were 29 ; and in the Court of Exchequer there are 25—last Term the number was 62. For the ensiling Term there are in the. Court of Qneen's Bench 2 new trial rules, 10 rules in the special paper, and 9 enlarged rules. In the Court of Com mon Pleas 3 enlarged rules, 7 for new trials, 1 rule for judgment, and 8 demurrers entered ; whilst in the Court of, Exchequer there are 2 rules in the peremptory paper, 2 in 'the special paper for judgment, and 5 for argu •ment, beside which' there are 16 rules far new trials. There is a good deal of business in the common law courts, and the beneficial operation of the Common Law Procedure Acts is being felt both in the despatch of cases and the diminished oasts i:10W charged by the profes sion. In actions in which jirtninent is allowed to go by, default, the charges are trifling, and in the bill now before Parliament to 'amend the county courts a de creased scale will be settled, so that it will be a matter of consideration which is the cheapest—the superior court or the county courts—for the suitor to enjoy the plea sureti of litigation. EXTENSIVE FIRM AT ,MESSRS. HARRISON .AND CO.'S 'PIANOFORTE FACTORY, NEAR 'TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD. Last night a fire, attended with very considerable de struction of property,broke out at a few minutes past 8 o'clock, in the extensive pile of premises belonging to 'Messrs. Harrison and Co., pianoforte manufacturers, car rying on business at No. 64, John-street, Tottenham courtenad, and No. 3, John-street-mews, near the Whit field chapel. The premises'were of considerable depth, stretching from the mews as far Ai the timber yard behind the private dwelling and offices. 11 ach floor was filled with instruments, some finished and some partly so, which alone were of great value, but many, we regret to state, have been entirely destroyed. The loss is very serious, but fortu nately the sufferers were partially insured in the Connty Fire-office for the factory, but, unfortunately, the whole ofthe workmen havAlost their tools, and a number were' not insured for a single penny. The private house be longing to the firm was, it is understood, insured in the Athenmum Fire-office. rfhe'prernisee of Messrs. Andrews and SPokes, tinplate-workers, No. 2, North-street-mews, hive sustained some damage by fire, but considerably more by water. So brilliantly was he metropolis illu minated by the fire that several thousand persons rushed to the epot, and it requ4ed the services of a strong body , of police to keep the oopulace out of danger. Mr. Hodg son and Mr. John Hanableton, the assessors of losses, and Mr. T. Loader, the surveyor of the Tjuity Fire As sociation, were remarkably early in attendance ti look after the salvage. As to the origin of the fire, not the least information could be elicited. ALARMING FlRES.—Yesterday morning, at five o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mrs. Mary Pannier, milliner, 13, Margaret -street, Cavendish-square. The firemen found that the fire originated in the ignition of some bond timber adjoining a chimney in the next house. This cause of fire has of latd been very often recorded in the London-brigade books. By removing a very con siderable quatit ty of brick-work the fire was extinguished. Insured in the Sun Fire Office.—A second fire broke out at Mr. George Trickett's, bookbinder, 67, Hatfield street, Stamford-street. Owing to the timely arrival of the fire-brigade it was extinguished, but not until consi derable damage was done. Considerable delay was coused by the want of water from the mains of Lambeth ; Wirter Works. The cause is'at - present unknotu. _ . LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, AlAmen 26. The Lange has arrived with advices from Con- stantinople of the 18th, and from the Crimea of the 15th. General Vivian and 38 French military men have arrived. General Smith has arrived at Constantinople from London on his way to Shumla. Count Zamoyski has arrived from Paris. The Porte has rejectel a potition from 60 Moldavian Boyards, directed against the local Divan of the Principality. Prince Ghika has, in the name of the Sultan, intimated that all similar protests will be put down. Reinforcements, to the extent of 8,000 mei), have arrived from England. Two Chamberlains of the Sultan have been din- missed for having opposed themselves to the re forms decreed by his Imperial Majesty. The weather in the Black Sea had been very boisterous. The French frigates Montezuma and Christophe Colopab had returned to Constanti- nople. Omer Pacha has paid a visit to the Cai- macro. The Porte has made an application to the French Government for 10,000 carbines and as many sabres. Thb English fleet is shortly expected at Malta. Accounts from the • Crinaoa to the 1 Rth state that the weather continued stormy. The health of the French troops had considerably improved. The cold is severe at Kertch ; the canal of Yeni kale is frozen over. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Rumours of a change in the Ministry are rife. The most• important member of the internal administration of the country is said to have ten- dered his resignation. Thirty cases filled with Minie rifles, on their way from Belgium to Russia, have been seized here by the authorities within the last few days. The accusations against MM. Vou Manteuffel and Von Gerlach, contained in a pamphlet re cently published touching the despatch robberies, are formally contradicted by the Prussian Gazette. MADRID, MARCH 25. The Grand Central Company and the Credit Mobilier Company united have made propositions for the construction of the southern railway con vecting Portugal and Spain. The deputies of the Spanish provinces, directly interested in the line, have expressed their approbation of the propo sitions. THE PARIS CONFERENCES. (From Second Edition of the Times of this day. ) The following i s the letter of our Paris corre , datedspondent yesterday, 6 p.m. : Ihave reason to believe that we are at last near • the satisfactory solution of our diplomatic difficul 'tieS. The Congress met to-day ag tin, the third day .consecutively since Sunday, and it will very pro bably continue to meet from day to day till the con cluSion. Notwithstanding the assurances in respect. able quarters as to the exact date on which the pro tocols will be signed, 1 refrain from naming any day. As matters stood yesterday(not being aware of what passed at this day's sitting), I still am of opinion that everything will he arranged this week. We are now, it is true, in the middle of the week, but with industry and application a good deal of work may be got through by Friday or Saturday. I cannot answer for .unforeseen accidents; but I am of opinion that the business will be.brought to a close very soon.• • In my letter of Sunday I referred to the proceed ings of the Congress the day before. From what 1 have been •able. to ascertain since, these facts have not only been confirmed, but some additional in formation. acquired which may not be found unin teresting. The dissension I alluded to a.s • breaking out on that day certainly originated in the mann?) in which the participation of Prussia in the treaty was viewed. The Plenipotentiaries met, as I informed you, at an earlier hour than usual. This, however, was not the case with re spect to the Representatives of Prussia, who were not summoned till a comparativelm late hour—some sty at 4 or half-past 4 o'clock -When they entered the Saloon - of the Conferences they are said to have manifested their displeasuri at..what they consideled a studied slight if no , humiliation offered toThem. One of the Plenipoten tiaries—who, teannot say positively—made excuses for the seeming neglect, and explained that though arriving, or summoned, late they were not to con sider themselves as treated on a different footing from the other Plenipotentiaries; that they all met in that room on terms of equality, and on terms of equality they would remain. Another Plenipoten tiary, it is said the English, though I cannot of course vouch for the• fact, stood up and disputed the proposition laid down by his confrere. Ht formally and decidedly denied the parallel soughl to be established between the representatives o. Prussia and those of the allies, and declared em phatically that he should never consent to it. In this he was supported by the Sardinian Plenipo tentiaries. The discussion continued for some time in this strain, and the, parties separated without coming to any decision, so that peace could not be officially announced, as was hoped, the following day, as an accompanienaent to the Tc Deum. It is said that the English Pleni potentiaries—one, if not both—had a long in terview the next morning with the Emperor, and left him perfectly satisfied. On Monday the Congress again met, 'and resumed the discussion of Saturday, as to the manner of admitting Prussia to sign the treaty., lam not acquainted well enough with *hat passed, or rather the reports on the sub ject are so contradictory, that I refrain from men tioning any particulars. The same ,may be said of that of yesterday ; but the only important fact is that either on Monday or yesterday an arrangement was proposed by which the allies should sign one protocol, and that a second.should be drawn tip to which Prussia and the allies should affix their sig natures. This, if I am correctly infcirmed, h as been adopted, and the Congress is now occupied in the redaction of both protocols, The precedent of France resuming her place in the European Concert of h4l, after th treaty of 1840, which had been signed without her participation, would then seem to be followed on the present occasion. Lord Cla rendon is described as having decidedly resisted the admission of Prussia in any other way, and, if my information be correct, ho has resisted successfully, notwithstanding the strong opposition to him.' If this version be the correct one the arrangement can hardly be called a compromise. As Prussia was invited to join the Conferences it must be to sign something. The allowing her the same advantages as the other Powers; 'belligerents or who were engaged to be so, could not be listened to, and that Lord Clarendon did no t cons id er the difficulty as one toT — rnare;roi•milify;liut as a principle is manifest from the opposition he made to it from the beginning. If the matter be arranged as lam told it is, the only delay (supposing no accident to occur) can now be in the proper framing of the • protocols. In the meantime the last day allowed for the armistice is rapidly approaching. It is no doubt expected that the. treaty will be signed on or befog e the 31st, but so serious a matter as the resump tion of hostilities cannot be left to chance or exposed to accident. In order to avoid this, and with la .humane desire to avoid the unne cessary effusion of blood, a message has been or will be sent by telegraph to the head-quar ters in the Crimea not to recommence hos tilities without further orders. This is, of course, nothing more or less than a prolongation of the armistice ; but in order to prevent the unpleasant effect on the public mind that would be sure to fol low the official announcement of such prolongation, the order I allude:to will probably be explained by the fear of an accident occurring to the electric cable, which would produce a " solution of conti nuity." Thus the prolongation of the armistice will be effected without unnecessarily alarming the too susceptible public. This,' I believe ; is all that 1 c•tu safely he said of the progress of the Conferencti at this moment. The solution, as I have already said, is expected this week. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. It is rumoured to-day that means have been or dered to effect the transport to Algeria of all the Tartars that may choose to leave the Crimea when the Allies withdraw. A review of troops, on a gigantic scale, to the number of 150,000 men, will follow. the declaration of peace. "The Emperor," says the Constitutionnel, "has for this year doubled the salaries of all the persons i❑ his household. It is this, doubtless, which gave rise to a report that a month's salary had been granted by way of 'gratification ' to all func tionaries." Decrees in the Moniteur make six ,nominations to the rank of Knight in the Legion of Honour, and confer 44 military medals on non-commissioned officers and privates in different regiments who have received wounds during the war. Other de crees confirm two nominations_ to the rank of Knight in the Legion of Honour, and the grant of live military medals, made by Mat sltal Pelissier. General Rolin, Adjutant-Ganeral of the Palace ' of The Tuilerieß, has been promoted to the rank of Grand Officer, in the Legion .of Honour. The Emperor having decided that, on the occa sion of the birth of the Prince Imperial, the Easter holidays given to the pupils of the Imperial schools belonging to the Crown, such as the Polytechnic, St. Cyr, St. Denis, &c., shall be increased by five days, the studies, instead of being resumed on the 31st March, will not open until the sth of April. A letter from Paris in the Independence Belge, says :—" It was by a spontaneous act that the Em peror elevated Generals Canrobert and Bosquet to the dign ty of Marshals of France. His Majesty - had communicated his intention to no one, and he took occasion to announce it to them himself in a touching and solemn circumstance. On Tuesday last, after the reception on the occasion of the birth of the Prince Imperial, a grand dinner was given at the Tuileries. At the dessert, the Emperor caused the glasses to be . filled, and then said— ' Gentlemen, I propose the health of two mEn. whom I esteem and love, MarsharCanrobert and Marshal Bosquet.' I leave you to imagine the sympathy with irhich this toast was received, and with what emotion the two new marshals thus learned their nomination." Another Paris letter in the independance of Brussels gives the following details relative to the proceedings of the Congress :—" I have already in-. formed you that the minutes of the sittings were autographed by two men, and transferred to stones to be struck off. I can now add that 24 copies are pulled off for the Plenipotentiaries and:their respec tive Courts. The exact truth will therefore be one day known. Iu the meautime, the printers en gaged in the business are not allowed to leave the Ministry, and their work is performed under the surveillance of a grey-headed employe, M. d'He -1 iant, archiviste of tl'e political direction, and an old friend of the late Count de Rayneval." BOURSE, March 26.—The following were the last quotations : _ Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 75 —f. —o. 3 per Cents 7 .3 40 72 50 New Loan 73 Bank Shares 3,500 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,572 LO Austrian ' 89 Belgian Fives. — Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 93 50 Home Debt ...... ... RAILWAYS-108 CASH. fr. c. fr. e. Orleans ... 1,300 Western 895 Northern Lyons. ........ 1,265 New Ditto. 827 E 0 Mediterranean 1,560 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 793 Teste Cette 757 50 Austrian Com. 9lO PRUSSIA. The Berlin Zeit, the usual organ of the Prussian Cabinet, thus appreciates the admission of Prussia to the conferences : "The President of. the Council of Ministers, Baron von Manteuffel, has arrived at Paris. The King could not have trusted the honour. and interests of Prussia to more able or more trustworthy hands, in so far as they are to be maintained at the Conferences. We are assured that Count Walewskes note, which made known the decision of the Conference to invite Prussia, confiden tially expressed the wish of tho Western Powers that Prussia might be represented by the President of the Council. This was at the same time an honourable homage to the head of our Cabinet and a guarantee that the confidence he enjoys here as well as at Paris will powerfully contribute to the success of the combined efforts. If we are rightly informed, it was France that warmly insisted that Prussia should be admitted to the conferences. England, if we are to trust Lord Palmer ston's recent declaration, does not appear to have looked upon the admission with.. so much satisfaction. Ig u , rant of the cause of the he entertains against Prussia, we shall not reproach the English Minister for his opposition: We shall simply take note of the avowal which escaped the noble lord when he said .that it was always in the highest - interest for England to ,naintaln intimate and friendly relations with PruSsia. On the strength of this avowal we publish the manner inure than cold with which the noble lord communicated o Parliament, the invitation which the Conference had just addressed to Prussia. We shall also pass over in silence what Lord Palmerston said, or caused to be said, in his organ relative. to the object and bearing of the ac cession of Prussia. In announcivg the reception of Count Witlewski's note we do not • hesitate to recognise that he belligerent Powers had already drawn up the mses of the treaty about to be concluded at Paris, ind that all that remained to be dope was to erect ipon those firm bases a durable peace, and to oorne to an understanqing upon certain paints upon which there was still a difference of opinion. If Prussia had seen in this late invitation an insult to her lonour, she would have continued to abstain from the .eizotiationß'upon v/Lich the never fore, d her participa. ion. But.the honour - vf Prussia has not received any iosult., From the ou.set Prussia declared that the Slick Sea and the Asiatic coast were of too distant an mterest - for her to aSsume thereon obligations whioh otight have dragged her into war. Prussia cannot rea sonably frel burt t kliat parties who waged war precisely on account of the Black Sea and of th e p os iti on o f Russia in the East should' have commenced by corn ing_ to an understanding between theniselves on their claims env! conceBAons, before touching upon the revision of former treaties and upon. the - establish ,nent of new political conventions. Now, it is this revision of European treaties which makes it Prus. ;La's duly, as well as her ri g ht, to co-operate there- Her right is admii;ted by the invitation just ad Tressed to her, and she has accomplished her duty by pending Baron von Mant , iuffel to Paris. This is the iii- N-rpretation which must be given to the allusions made by the English Minister in the British Parliament rela tive to the bearing and obj-ct of the mission of Prussia. We confidently hope that the joint action of the pleni potentiaries assembled at Paris will contribute to settle other differences." The Swabian Mercury says that some Austrian capitalists propose to take advantage of the right recently accorded to Europeans of acquiring real property in Turkey by forming a company for pur chasing vast tracts of land in the European pro vinces, and especially in Roumelia, through which the railway from Constantinopl e to! Belgrade is to paiw. The Swabian Mercury announces that the .cus toms' conference has fixed its next meeting for the 2d of June, at Eisenach. THE BALTIC. The Independance Beige publishes the following I.tt r, dated Hamburg, 19th inst. : The vanguard squ a dron sent by the English Go va;.nment into the Baltic is still stationed in the Swedish p la of Farn-sund. • Three of its ships, however, lately visited the gulf of Egsnableen, which last year served at .one time as a place of, refuge to the third division of the English fleet, commanded by Rear-Admiral Baynes. A great number of Russian vessels con tinue to trade along the coast of Courland, and the English, squadron hag hitherto made no attempt to prevent them. It is to be hoped that .the ships of war will maintain the same pacific attitude until their return to England. The frigate Amphion, of 34 guns, which sailed from Sheerness to join the force under the orders of ComMorlore Watson, hes not yet been able to reach the bay of Kiel. This vessel on entering the Great Belt encountered the dreadful storms which raged of late on the coast of the atnish islands, occasion ing the loss of so many merchantmen, and was unable to proceed on her voyage. It waQ even reported at Kiel that she had ran aground and could not be got off, Tho GoPenhagen and Roeskilde .Raileay is to be opened to public, traffic in the course of this month. It will spare travellers repairing from the contir.ent to the capital of Delamark the passage of the Little Belt, which is ge nerally so distressing and fatiguing. The sea journey will be reduced to about six hours, so that persons leaving Hamburg by the Kiel Railway in the morn ing, may expect to arrive at Copenhagen in about 12 hours. The assembly of the notable electors of the Duchy of Lauenberg unanimously proclaimed Count Kielmansegge their representetive in the Supreme Council sitting at Copenhagen. M. de Kielrnansegge succeeds in that assembly count de Reventlow-Ciiminil, for Mer Minister for Holstein in the Oerstedt Cabinet, who declined accepting the mission offered to him by the electors of Lauenberg." DIBEZZLIMENT BY A BANElMPT.—Yesterday after noon information was communicated to the various police stations, as well as placards extensively circulated in the nutropolv, for the detention and apprehension of Mr. Alfred Rain, wholesale druggist, of Liverpool, who has absconded with cemiderable property. A reward of 1001. is offered. _ _ ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY.—The committee of the Royal Swedish Railway Company announce that, in consequence of the unavoidable delay in communicating with Sweden, the meeting of shareholders appointed to be held on the 27th iust is postponed until the 25th of April, by which time the .Swedish l directors-of atbe .• ' company will live arrived ill London. MC 0( The firmly. kinds NI at 8,00 ham, a' 1,000 at 10d. tion to The arrived, in towr Lett( establis been de ments Comi 15th int was not led man te'shorr Paris w have ha may be Were pi effected Flax is And 24i also in kopecks For E noun cell maintain S silver torts at wand, E Wert. London on .Hatnl Accou State tha 22 reels article dt 71,352, same moi Of the fi Were exp lianibuq The 1a to this (11 Great WE „North -We South-We Brighton . Midland . 1 11 outh-Eas Caledonia! 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