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. Engacoments 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. T EATRE ROYAL, DRURY•LAN , Lespm Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, IL TROVATORE. 1 o con:lude with TJE DAIIGHTER OF THE REGIMEN r. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. linclor the Management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by •EL GAMBTIAINO ; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In which PERE& NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, LEND ME FIVE SIIILLINGS To conclude with A DIUGIITER TO MARRY. ROT4L PRINCESS'S THAATRE, OXFORD-STREET. the management of &tr. CIIMILLII RUN. • TUTS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Afler which, THE VICTOR VA QUIBIIHD. To conclude with A PRINCE FOll AN HOUR. tar.ATILS ROTA]. ILDELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webston—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. TARTUFFE. To conclude with JACK AND THE BE kl; STALK ; or.llarlequln and Mother Goose at lIOmO Again. In which Meisr. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will amar. ROYAL OLY\TtO THEATRE. Leased and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TJIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though e tcoeslvely old, Melolran - wile Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCEs 7,- ;; o - , the Three Glass Distaffs. I which Messrs. Eme7, F. Robot], H. Cooper, Miss Marston, ant Miss Ilaskell will appear. ROVIT, SU3REY THEATRE. Lessees, 4fe3srs. Shepherd aad Creswlck. THIS EVENING, Will be performld a new Drama, entitled 110 W WE LIVE IN TIIE WO iLD OF LONDON. Fonowed by TUFTLEHAUSIIN; or, Tho Lawyer's Legend. •To conclude with T/I7 COBBLER AND t TAILOR. Atincrf'S ROYA.T, AMPIIITIIPATRe. Lessee and Vanver. !Ir. Wm Cooke. GlorioUs rinprevs of public approbation! TIIIA EVENINO, The most extrqolciinar • and e!c`•ting exhibition that ever was represented—an Enzlish Steeplechase, with all its incidents, fr ni the starting to the winning post. The performances commence w th THE AT: AR OF THE DESERT AN t) TIT 3 FAI LHFUL s TEED. The acting hor,e, trained by Mr. William Cooke. D. - mble Tight Rope, the Misses Dacey. SCRIKES 1,1 the CI IiCT,E, and the Postman's Knock. Drama Equestre. with PSG!, VND'A HARVERT ROME and NI.TIONAL STEEPLEVJHASE. BoX-office open from 1111e7en till Four. stage Manager, Mr. A'. tVeht. glitteatrian r 4' , COOV. on. ROYAL MARYLEBONE TrIEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Edward Stirling. THIS EVENINI; (zaturrlay, sth April). the play of TFIE (STRANGER. iiMusrs. Stuart, Belford, Lewis Ball, Coder, Langton, Saunders, RoOertson, Mis'es Anderton and Morel'. Dancing, Madlle Agnes, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey. AftAr which, BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Messrs. Lewis Ball, Bel ford, Langton ; Mis3es Frances Hughes and Morrell. To conclude with THE DUMB PO iTILLION. Mr. Harvey, J. B. Johnstone, Carter, Langton ; Mis es Mars and Stuart. Acting and Stags Manager, qr. E. Stirling. Boxes, 23. ; pit, Is ; gallery, 6d. On Monday Mr. Charles Mathews will appear. ROYAL MARYLERONE THEATRE. Engagement of the Great Comedian, Mr. CHARLES M AT HE W:4 for Five Nights only, commencing MONDAY, April 7th. Each e,enng he will appear in two of hls most popu'ar characters. Boxes, 2e. ;pit, 19,1 gallery, fAI. 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 TirAT GIRL AWAY, and appear as - COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Tv con c'ud, with, LOST, £30,070. • . Acting and Stage Manager, .31r. E.*Stirling. , BUMS STA.Nr4ZY'S " SE.VEN AGES OF WOMAN." • Second Season. This Lyric TO:iterta.inmont has been crawned by the unanimous spprobatien of ALL TM LONDOT JOURIZALS As the greitest artistica' triumph of the clay. It constitutes an Opera, Comedy, and Vaudeville. With a host of characters in Correct Cos tume-3 ; avid Songs in• SIX DIFF;ERENT.LA.NGITAGES Never attempted by any other 'artiste. Evening performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, ant Fld,iys. at 8.. - Morning performances on Wednesdays and' Saturdays at half•past two, precisely. Admission—Chair, 33. ; Centre Seats, 23. ; Back Seats, is. SAINT M ITALL, Long-acre. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY—Morn. 45 min. aft. I—Evening 5 min. aft. 2 To-MORROW—Morn. 24 min. aft. 2—Evening 47 min. aft. 2 TEE WEA.TFIEEt—SuN OFFICE, Arun. 5. THEIMOIIETEII, THE SHADS. f',B -highest since noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning and &cuing the night. 543 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'58. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine sunshiny weather !, , r1 t - ,Q c~~~~~.. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1856. It is now, unhappily, but too notorious that many questions of paramount importance that had been ventilated at the Paris Conferences re main unsettled, and that there are abundant materials for future disputes and differences. It has already bees announced that the Plenipoten tiaries are not to leave Taeis 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 vening time. _The new political constit u ti on o f the Danubian Principalities will alone give rise to many animated discussions. That an intense desire has existed iu several quarters to constitute, them into a separate ,Kingdom--e-with a Prince of, one of the European, i. e., German, families on the Throne—is. certain. Significant hints on that. pant were thrown out at the Couferences of Vienna, b Ali by Lord J. Russen and the Baron De rk;ilße'lluNey, and a statement was annexed to' Protocol No. 6---that relating to the sitting of the . 2fith of March—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, eithe r a prince of the country, or (what it was declared would " per haps be the b.st") a prince of one of the reigning families of Europe. We need scarcely say how great a bone of contention" remains yet t o b e picked, and that, while such a point rem a i ns open, it cannot be supposed that a final arrang e . mint has' been arrived at. The War that has jest been brought to so hasty and improvident a conclusion has, it is universally admitted,. abrogated all former treaties respect jug these provinces.. Russia can no longer pre tend to any proteetorate therein. They are now, t o a ll intents and purposes, as much integral portions of the SULTAN'S dominions, as any other Part of his territories in Europe or in Asia. It iettlmost neeedless- to say, that the disinterested Alliea ;; I f AxeUL-Menne could not force on him the surrender of such valuable provinces, how ever greatly th e y ariv desire such a result. The Government of the Porte has already earnestly mad 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 the AUTOCRAT'S to the throne About to be created at his expense. From various intermarriages of members of the Imre rtal, family of St. Petersburg and other influences knoirn to be in operation, it would be difficult, if nut-impossible, to find a German Prince with the..iufluence of the CZAR would not be omnipotent, - -We have already had a . sufficient eiiinple 4111 . 6 case of Greece to present us 91;a 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, for 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 unpipular 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 ow❑ 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 stores, 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 d'scharge and dispersal of ten thousand trained and efficient sailers who cannot easily be got together again; and whom it 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 CEDIPus to discover the solu tion of those 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 he 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 will 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 meht of peace. In Fraud) 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. Ho had no need to fear, for the popular mirth began even before the Imperial music. Whence this difference ? Some refer all to the Malakh off, and the apparently greater honour ga in ed 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 tin e did not regard our achievements at M the ala n kZ l ef7. "TheyB4'really less theirs tb lesst e han luokier,b atut notthe note the more :dangerous one. If, then, they cane be satisfied with the Malakhoff and the subsequent incapacity of PZLISSIER, to avail him self of his conquest, it would reflect rather too much on the good sense of our neighbours. It would suppose them content with .a compa ra ti ve ly barren victory. We attribute the exultation ra ther to impatience of war burdens ; btit for this they would not have been satisfied with half beating the enemy in the Crimea. Conscripti ons 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, siuce Waterloo, has been a speeial ob ject with whole nation, and we may pardon their delight at having' vanquished the Cult of Muscovy. History, however, will never p'aca 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 littlo in the present peace. Looking at all these points, we must think that history will award the palm, on the whole, to the English people. In the first place, it com pelled its reluctant rulers to war from the noblest motives—the immediate one being to put a stop to the aggressions of Russian ambition, and the more important one that of liberating Poland and the oppressed nations from the yoke of Imperial despotism. Next, the English people endured, without giving way, the costly and fatal mismanagement of their rulers. They only ejected the most incompetent, and enforced un wonted, though lavish, vigour upon such CARNOTS as our aristocracy afforded. Again, though pressed equally with their allies by heavy taxation, and by high prices of food, they reinforced their army to the most formidable dimensions, construc ted a fleet of gun-boats which would have driven the CZAR from St. Petersburg, and awaited the spring .to do what competent administrators would have effected the spring before. Finally, when their rulers disappointed their expectations, ac cepted a strip of Bessarabia in the place of Poland, and the destruction of little Kinbourn instead of the annihilation of Sweaborg, Helsingfors, and 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 class ; one who from north to south, and flora 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 cue single nation, nn, 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 ter 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, wont have - defended it. All, hovi ever, is now over. NAPorEoN 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 Deums ; 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 a 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 JOHN M‘NEIL and Colonel Tunoon.. A similar course will then b© adopted with respect to the Earl of CARDIGAN, Sir R. AIREY, 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 Com missioners. It will be seen from the report which appeared in The Sum of Thursday that two new members have been substituted far the senior members originally selected—viz , Sir ALEXANDER WOOD FORD for Lord SEATON, and Sir 'GEORGE BERKELEY for Sir THOMAS WIVIa.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 rememberecl that - this is the third time of asking. That tile Committee of the House of Commons, even in thei r rose - wa t er re port., imputed - heavy = blame in some quarters. That Sir J. WNEtr, and Colonel TuLl,oex, 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 aril cirroborated the state ments which it was hoped they would have re butted but a,ccurnula,ted fresh charges, of a very serious description, against the delinquents. And now, by a proceeding hitherto unprecedented, the positions are wholly reversed—the judges are male to change places with those whose conduct they wer e compelled to impugn, and the former ilefendants are to offer explanations, which are, *Wally/ accmationi against the 4ttondam Royal' := Commissioners. : And cui bond ? -that men of rank and. high standing; favourites with the powers that be, - may be .:enabled to find a loop-hole for escape front the penal consequences THE SUN S LONDON, SATURDAY EVENISIC4,- APRIL 1856. of their misconduct. 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 BOULOGNE.—Tho E operor 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 1.4,u-d John Russell's special mission to Vienna," was 2,3321. 168. 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. --On Thursday Robert Coorobes, 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. Coorobes won and retained the champion belt on seve-.-al occasions, but was subsequently beaten and deprived of his laurels by Cole, after a fiereely-cont ested race. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Yesterday, Elizabeth Pyne was charged at the South wark Police-court, with at tempting to murder her sister in-law. The magistra`e remanded her for a week. As she was being taken away from the dock, she dec'ared 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. Tee Russian naval stores of the Black Sea are to be removed to the Baltic. THE NEW PORT ADMIRAL AT QUEENSTOWIL.-7 -On Tnesday the new Port Admiral, Sir Henry D. Math:, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral of the White, which rank ha at , twined on Jan. 12, 1854, immediately pra Anus to. which period he bad been engag,d in superintending the gun : 7 ery practice of the expe!irnental squadron, hoisted flag on board her Majesty's ship Conway, at Queens, : town. FIINER XL OF THE RIGHT HON. SIR HENRY W. W, WYNN, K.C.8., G.C.ll.—Yeeterday the funeral of this veteran dip!onlatist took place at Mahon, Denl ig.hshire. The funeral was of a F trict ly private character, being only attended by relatives and tenantry on the IVynnstay estate. - I 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 cross-cut north in the 50. At Basset meeting, a diidend f 121. 10s. per share was declared the new discovery here is looking well, and shares bare been done at 410, ex div. South Frances is also looking better, and shares sought after at 335 to 340 ; -Th,von Consols, 400 buyers ; South Caractoo, 295 to 300; West Caradon, 140 to 1424 ; Mary Ann shares have a lvanced to 26, 27, and in good request ; Trelawnys remain quiet.—Mining Journal of this day. THE 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 Ernpress,Nwth a certificate atte,ting its authenticity. was idly J3aid 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. did Departement des Protocols' exhibited. great sangfroid' vd the trying occasion. It was also rumoured that be had 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 °pima spolia, and his cautious though determined tactics cone, pletely outgeneralled the eagle. M. Feuillet de Conches has been, promoted in the Legion of Honour for his services. OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS.—A foot-race of 100' yards took place on Thursday at Lord's Cricket-ground,: be tween Mr. A. Hayter (4on of the Right Hon. NV. !Gl: Hayter) and Serjeant Newton, of the Grenadier Guards. Both bad won several races before, but the 'sergeant, who was backed by Captain Blthurst, was the favourite at 3 t )1. At half past three they appeared stripped, Mr. Hayter wearing the Eton bltr% After two false starts they got away together, Mr. Ilayter taking -the lead. About the middle, the serjeant, encouraged bY his friends, made a desperate effort, but never'quite - got" up, and after a splendid race Mr. Hayter brea.ted thA handkerchief first by about half a yard, amid loud obeers A good deal of money changed hands at the unexpected result, Mr. Hayter himself winning a good stake. Capt. the Hon.H. Monck, of the Coldstiearu Guards, officiated as umpire. NEW LINE OF STEAMERS FROM LIVERPOOL—LA company, under the title of the Leaden Auxiliary Screw Company (limited liability), with a capital of 200,0001., in 10,000 shares of 201. each, is about to establish a line of steamers between Liverpool and the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. The first vessel, the Aleppo, built by Messrs. Richardson and Co., of Stockton upon-Tees, will sail to-day. The Aleppo is a vessel of 183 feet .in length and 333 registered tonnage. Another and larger vessel, the Beyrout, will shortly be launched and placed on the station. Several Greek merchants, both in. Liverpool, Manchester, and London; are largely intel 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 SERVlCE.—Colonial Department : The Office of Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the colony of the Victoria (late Port Philip) has become vacant by the. death of Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8.; salary, 5,00 - OV. The Foreign Department : The office o Vice:consul- at by the RllePaumbipiea'n has been vacated Dutton. •• Woods and. d C e u a x t h h a Cuxhaven, , Mr. Hanseatic Henry Forests ; A vacancy has been caused in the office of superintendent of Hampton Court Palace Gardens, - - by: the death of Mr. James Neil. War•Departrnent : A: vacancy has been caused in the offide Of SeCond-class clerk in the Gun Wharf, Ordnance Storekeepers' DePart-: wento Portsmouth, by the removal of Mr. : G. J. Charlier. - Sir Harry D. Jones has been appointed GoVertor 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 sat 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 Past-ciffiCe Mr. J. B. Ellen surveyor's Clerk of the second class,: has been promoted to first class. Customs—The (ivut,y 4 ,, chairmanship of the Board of Customs has become vacant, by 'the death of the Right Hon. George R. -Daweon.: Mr. Isaac William Glenny has been appointed. as 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 Mont:house. 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 Lunatio Asyltims s . office, Dublin Castle, has been caused by the appoint, meet of Mr. John M'Kenna to the Chief Secretary's-: office. Cape of Good Hope—Mr. John Carophell been appointed justice of the peace for the district oaf Bathurst. Mr. John Rainier has been appointed civil commissioner and resident magistrate for the diVislon and distric; of Maltnesbury. Serpice Gazette. REMOVAL OF THE BLOCKADE,—The announcement by Lord Palmerston last night of the removal of the block ade both in the Baltic and the Black Sea created eo4Bc tint ye,terday in the city, especially as ne'vs was sininli taneously received by telegraph that the RuiSian Govern ment have rescinded the prohibition against the expert of wheat from Russian ports. As regards the trade of ;the Baltic, the withdrawal of the blockade can havenotliing more thin 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 tura= . ber of .vessels already c ongregated there, it Will' be great importance. At the a.-lart tick it fa seen , unless Rnsiiia reciprocates the courtesy of the allies; by fdrthwith admitting their vessels into her porta,' 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 Eoglish, French, and Sardinian. vessela' will take the risk of enuring. Up - to the present mo went no instractions appear to have been received at our Castom-honses .to &!ow vessels .to clear for Rtusiarr ports ; but an immediate intimation to that effo•ct' is looked for. In relation to the prospects _of the trade bee tween the two countries, the St. Petersburg advises con e , tinue to describe the most active preparations for its res. stitinptior, while on this side manufacturers and. iron. .I masters are matifesting that tendency to look for new and extraordinary results which in former instances of political changes have led to overtradingand bankruptcy.. Nutneraus agents have already been despatched tp, Petersburg and e l sew h ere , an d a nu mber of unfounded rumours regarding contracts for railways and - 60er, public works are already in .cireuration,--=a oirCurostanne wliicb, perhaps, has p ar tly ar i se n - frJm the : fact that a very large quantity o f ra il wa y iron intend e d _for.the Moscatv line just before the breaking put of the.war wilL now speedily be shipped, the contract being still in force, LATEST NEWS. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS FOR WAR SUSPENDED. tfAMBURG, APRIL 4. In consequenca ,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 thg corps d'annee 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 have sent orders to raise all measures.of blockade which kept Russian com mercial vessels in neutral poits. The Congress hold another sitting to-day. Orders have also , beendespatched by the French GovernmeiK to provide for the evacuation of the French army from the'Crithea as early as possible. General Pelissier reports a great improvement in the health' of his troops_ • Six -months is, -it appears, the term fixed for withdrawing the Eriglisti, French, and Sardinian troopq,Avith` the whole of their materiel, from the The Courier du Havre announced 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 Monitelir of today 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 seethe: Emperor _and his cortege on their departure for Mid return-from the review. he 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-' uipotentiaries of the other Powers." The illoniteur 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 mouth of last year of 2,353,705 fr. The improvement in favour Of the first two months of this ye tr, as compared with the .corresponding period of 1855, is 956,9191 r., the amounts being respectively 24,165,8761 r., and 23,208,9571 r. Comparing the first two months of 1856 and 1855 together, the principal articles iu which an increase-:as- taken place in 1856 are—raw. 'cot ton, 1,528;088fr. ; coal, 627,362 fr. ; sundries, , 662,113 fr. Those--which show a decrease are coffee, 1,371,131 fr. ; foreigia sugar, 869,027fr.i ; raw wool, 143,28011 Y..; French colonial sugar, 133,542 fr. Bourtss, ApriL,4.—The following .were the clos ing quotations 4i per Cents l2 93 3 per Cents -73 New Loan .7-3 50 End of Month. —f. —c. 73 45 Bank Shares 3,000 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,690 Austrian Belgian Five 5..,.,... 97i— Spanish Threes Piodniontest(s)_ 94 Home Debt .......«, RAILWAYS-MR CAM. fr. o ___ Orieans ... . ',. .. 1,280 Western BBO -- Northern - Lyons- A i 4..., . 1,305 Nest Ditto ~. Mediterranean 1,592 1,592 4 . 0 Grand Central Lyons Geneva - Test© - Cott° 767 50 Austrian C0in....... 925 AUSTRIA. VIENNA, i Apv, , . 7 11,,was yesterday definitiv e ly 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 Xaschau, and for this purpose 40,000,000f1. have been raised in Germany and. Austria. It is whispered that some of the highest; per - - souages in this city are, greatly disappointed that Austria has.notllayed a more promMent part at Paris. I"6 . "Er9Pror Napoleon paid such extreme attention to Anstria, that she-fully expected to cast England completely into the 'shade at the Paris ConferentieliF but: , it seeins that she soon had OCC3.. 81011 to observe that doers are more highly valued than talker S.. 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, it-3 he has gone by way of Munich, where:lie ha business to settle. MADAGASCAR. The Moniteur de /a _Plotter contains the following denial of -the intentions attributed to the French Government with respett to Madagascar :—" Sev& ral foreign journals have published, apropos of a deplorable event which has occurred at pavateube on the western coast of Madagascar, comments which are wanting in exactitude.' They have sp*Okeii 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 Europs l ans who are' settled in the HovaS territory." , , SPAIN. MADRID, April 3.--4 will be an aide-de 7 camp_ of the King rho is to carry to Paris the insignia of the Goblen Fleece, destined for the Prince Im perial, and the'Duc d'Albe rill p resen t th em to his Imperial Highnessi - The journey of Marshal Espartero to Valladollid is put off. The Cortes havo agreed to the .first two articles -of M. Cruz's :financial scherne;; thebasis for the law relative to the militia has been decided 66 ; Workmen are eft 'eluded. T i le Madrid, Gazette announces that the Spanish Ciedit ‘l9 - ibilier Company is now consti tuted. r. The Opinionp.;of Turin of the 2d, in commenting upon the petice;• says :—" All the pOwer of Etirope will prove insutticient :to prevent the political re vival of Italy in due season. It is but a question of time and of liard 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." „ 'ZEELAND. - - DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. THE ELECTIONS. Precisely as' was anticipated, Mr. John Reynolds has set out on a fresh electioneering tour, and bas this time turned his eyes to the, borough of Athlone, with a view of--obtaining possession of the seat.vacated by the late Attorney-General!. Mr. Rtynold, it is said, has beed quite successful in his canvask and, if he be fortunate to secure the patronage of Bishop Browne, there would lie more than a fair. chance of his re entrance into Parlia ment, , : 1,42pn defeat" in Dublin this very modest gentreraa.n assured the public-that the matter was of : very minor conanquence, to. ham, as - -there were-seven, or eight constitoencies ,waiting with, open arms to receive him. A...., fair proportion of this numbers was put to the test, and every one of thedlatterers proved faithless. The Freeman of this moroing announces that a formidable rival to Mr. Rtyn,:lds, the "Sad leirito" candlola.to, ixbout to enter th e li s t s i n th e person of Mr. John gtinis, (Inane'• of the Bank of Ireland, and cihairtnan of the Midland Great Western Railway, Mr. Ennis is enormously wealthy, has large landed protiqty in the county of 'Wsetmeatb, is in.pot.• tics a Whig, audio religicitr a Rom B Roman Catholic. e is, nevertheless, riot very popular with the Liberal party in Ireland, TgE NEW I'OLICITOA-GENBRAL. It is announced this evening that the Solicitor-Gene ralship bi's b:een,c - flered "to Mr. Cbristian, Q C., who ac cepted the 9ffer.c. The learned gor•Voman is one of the first equity'' awj4rs at ,the Irish bar, and no more popular appointment could be made. SERIOUS CONFLICT. A. telegraphic message from the south states that a serious , :t9nftiot plies yesterday at Templemore races between the military and the peasantry. The origin of the riot was the rescue from arrest of a female pickpocket,. _ T4v~ ' khildiers are stated to have died this ;morning,' pride'well is full ofprisoners. ~' ~ - , oUSPENSIOW, 0E MESSES,: SYERS; WALKER, AND CO. '—ree suspension took place yesterday of Messrs." :Syers, Walker, and East India and general mer chants. They Eave speculated extensively in various ' kinds of prifiduce; .and- their stoppage is attributed to the fall in PnLOP' usequent _,upnp , the peace.- The amou n t of their liabilities bike got transpired, but it is probably bout (30,0001. REST6hATION OF THE ABBEY CIIU.Re_H OP' ST. ALB.A.A"S. - reSteTtaY;4l - 1 - 2 - 157010ak, a Targe and influential meet ing-ofrthe-fmthility,-gentry, and clergy of - -the county of Hertford "was herd "'the Town-hall, St. Alban'e • to 6nsile'llEeTheif means 'of .reistcring and' upholding the ancient Abbey Church of that town and of investing it with the *pity of a cathedral, with the view to its be ing constituted the seat 'of a new bishopric, embracing the whole of Hertfordshire. The Earl of Vfrularn, Lord. , Lieu'enant of the::county; wai.called to the chair; and among the noblemen and gentlemen on the platform and in the body of the ball - we're the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P.,. Lord R. Cecil, M.P., Sir E B. Lytton, 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. Seloight, the Hon. and Rev., W. C. Tal botl the Rev. W 4 'R. Soßthwell, Mr. E. Denison, Mr. G. W. Lydekker, Mr. S. Majoribanks, an d Mr. W. The CHAIRII4.N, 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 — had propounded the project of, restoring the venerable and magnificent fabric of the Abbey Church ;of St. Alban's. He proceeded to say that, if the report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, made a OW .'"eirs . ago, Which recommended the erec- tion of a new: biahOpric: in that neighbourhood, bad remained untouched, it Might not hare been neces sary fur the county of netts to move in the matter; but since that time the Cathedral Commission had issued a report which ignorrd the • recommendation made by the Ecclesiastical Centenissi,.nerß, and it Was now' therefore imperatively incumbent upon the inhabitants of Rert lerdshire to make a great effort to elevate the Abbey. Church of -St. A:iba.ri'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 Moreoptly 'described than in the words of a friend of his, who i aa4ed *hat could be more undesirable anu unsatisfactdry' 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 01 things in their own hands, and he was sure the meeting would not separate without inaugurating , the restoration of are edifice erected on the spot where the proto-martyr of England dieel, and in which the Crusaders had knelt in devotion. (Cheers.) He appealed to them to sup port him on that occasion in his efforts to divert from himself and them the opprobrium allowing a fabric se rich in architectural beauty and grandeur, and so re plete with bistorioal'assoniations of a stirring and en nobling kind, to rot on the ground, until in tee lapse of time it became only a heap of rubble to indicate the place where a temple had stood. (Cheers.) The Rev;; Dr. NICHOLSOIi; at the request of the 'chair man, read an elaborate and interesting report, drawn up at his (the chairman's) instance by 'kr. G. G. Scott, the eminent ecclesiastical architect, in reference to the Present condAtioneof the 4chbey, the grounds on whicl.. it ought to receive the dignity of a cathedral, and the works necessary .for adaptiog it to that purpose. "The gualificaiionar Mt: - Scutt stated, " which would entity a church to lify chiim to selection - froM among others f.:r the dignity of a cathedral were, 'a commanding historica. interest markingit out pre-eminently among the churches of the proposed diocese as the first and most distinguielied among them ' • it? own magnitude and dignity awl the architectural beauty both of the fabric and its accessori.-r; and the suitablehesa of its plan and structure to the actual practical used of a cathedral. He pointed nut the historical interest attaching tis St. Alban's as the successor of the great Ronaine-Blitiih city of Verulam,And the scene of many of the greatest events in the early histor.y of our island. Founded in the days of_ Constantine the Great, in honout of England's first Martyr, and within ten years of his martyrdom; it was probably the earliest of anyh,rharett new existing in Britain, and possibly the only instance of a church clearly proved to be the lineal successor of - one of those beet on the first este blishmeut of 'Christianity•itl our naintry. The church, as built by 04' eailtNorrnati abbots, was of vast dimen. sions and of a beautfully*mmetrieal plan. The nave in the western arm of the crass alone measured inter nally no less, than 270 feet in length, and the total length of the church i ltppeai.ed to hive been as much as 450 feet. It bad no le.-s tliaq six apyidal chapels, besides the great apse, containing, the high altar and .the shrine of St, Alban, and its dignity externally was enhanced b 3 three vast towerc,one.. at: , the interseation 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 "entirely Of Roman : briek and coveted both within and without : with an4itaiktation of planter, its beauty was the resell of outline, piepertiOn, "and saltness, 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 it, length any tier church orcathedral in Great Britain and though in other dimensions Malls short of York and *orne other of our great churches, it, as a whole, , woulo 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 Monument , and screens;, so that even in'its present condition it is s, 'perfect MAIO of the architecture of the middle ages, possessing specimens of the most remarkable kind of every period of Esglish ecclesiastical architecture. nit report then described--the building in detail, and ad verted to its baying been despoiled of its costly acces sories at the diltelution of the monasteries. It esti mated that the total cost of arranging and repairing tb, iedifice so as to have all the practical requisites of a' ca thoroughly substantial, Would be about 18,000rIt'ii'dded that the present scat, ofhe cape intervening between the choir and. tht Lady Chapel was a standing disgrace, not only to St. , • Alban e, but to the 'country at . large. That a bnildine iso exquisite in its design and details should, year after year, be left;in a state worse than ruin, and exposed to a wanton and ruthless mutilation till it was now difficul accurately to trace out the design of the lovely ar chitectural deoorations 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 fallen which the write' had ever witnereied Reverting to the exterior of th nave, and the older portions of the church, he expressed a strong feeling that in any future repairs which they might undergo, no attempt should be made to smarten up the old Norman structure. There was a stern ma jesty about it which forbade the tampering of tke modert restorer. He would say, repair those portions where necessary, but attempt no restoration. Those mighty walls of RoMan brick deeaanded nothing at hour hand but a few slight repairs, 'and any attempt to do mere would only infringe upon their grandeur." The Mariii - dwof - Saresaarar said he wi4eed the tad 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 we, the objectaif that meeting, if possible, to restore ; but the able report just read to them, which treated of that pare of the subject in. great detail, had rendered it unnecessary for him ta advert to the architectural merits of the edifice or to its histeeriearassociations. All who had _heard that report must have been impressed with the beauty of the original iiiriicturee degraided as it now was by the dilapi• dations which liactaakeaplace lie the lapse of time. I' tad long been a Metter el pain to him that such a menu: went of Christian-grandeur should be suffered to fah inacedecay withatit,an effort being :made by the country at large to arre,t 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— (hear)—and it vtai:owing -to that restoration- that the abbey was .now in a state which warranted them it meeting to '.:Consider whether it was now in their power, by liberal, ciptileibutiona of money, to restore it to its pristine grandeur, 'ln so doing hefelt assured they would meet with the support not only of the county in which 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 otiaisert making the contemplated restore tier'. The rapidaincrease in the population all over the country bad given rise to the necessity for increased church accommodation. That . church acconernodatioi had increased, largely in that county, and it had in it: turn enfailed•the necessity for a greater amount of epis c -pal supervieion;., 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 adequately to overlook, so false an extent of territory as was now assigneditortini. The ditteulty, of the task was enhanced .by ttid b l eivOidable distance at which the bishop resides from that locality, 'end that circumstance entailed a heavy expense upon the venerable prelate himself. For these reason 3 it was the more desirable that they should restore the abbey of St. Alban's to something like its origina: grandeur ; and when in :that way they had provided e cathedral worthy of a diocese be thought they woule be in a positada to dertnaad from the Government the creation of a -neer - bishopric, of • which St. Alban'• would be the centre. -Meer, hear.) The noble marqui s concluded b moViaigee, resolution,_ to, the effeCt that, the, Ab ey hula - 48t,,411?aWs was worthy of every effort being made for its preservation_ by the county of Hert ford and y - tire country in -general. • Lord It. Gnositemost, ItLP., seconded therreebletione and in doing:io he referred -to the interest and veneration; which the Abbey Church of St. A : ll4We, assa:statvia . monument of piety and antiquity, had awakened in him in his boyhood, as he was acctletorned to pass through' the town five or six times a-year to the residerice of his family in the country, He also adverted to lament-, able condition into which the people of this country had lapsed in reference to ecclesiastical architecture at thee time when lie carte to roan's-.estate; He heped that that period had now passed Away,' naci - that an earnest desire now ietevailecl among nearly all - classes of the people tee.see„t he erection of suitable churches through• out the refi g ith and br_adth of the aad. He felt that the Abbey Church of St. - Allezi:We was worthy of every effee being made to restore it, and that its present poeitioe was a standing opprobrium not only to the county o: 'Hertford, but to the whole country. (Cheers.) The resolution was put, and carried with acclamation. Archdeacon GRANT-moved the next resolution-- . "Thati'•the'perinanent'',sustentatiOn of the - building - Would be secured, and the spiritual interests of the county is whip!' it:stood greatly benefitted by its being made abi hiip's see ; that - subscriptions be at once s entered into with a view to its entire restoration and 'adaptation to the purposes of a cathedral." proceeded to show that, since the time of the sup . oressioo .• the ieoreeeteries, the abbey had been iiia constant stags. of disrepseir,Lowiag to -its, Laing. isolated from that valet and wealth): ponastio system which first gave it birth , a nd whiob wAQ ProductiTo ago much ~ I ~ { '. `, i tai ~. ~"~'~.. godd and so much ill. The-question now was, whether they of the present day could take up that building and incorporate it into our own church system, and so per manently maintain it? It was a monument of piety dedicated to the service of Almighty God ; and it would be a lasting reproach to them if they neglected to main tain an edifice at once so grand and so worthy the vene ration of Christians. (Hear.) It was clear that it wee too large to he dealt with by our parochial system. That system had no means of providing for the permanent sustentation and support of such a building ; it could only be taken up and dealt with Ify our ecclesiastical system; and he-saw noway of permanently maintaining it unless it was incorporated into a see and made the seat of a bishop's throne. For that an absolute nee*. eicistect in the' 'spiritual warts of the population of the county, and in its peculiar relationship' 'to the ^ diocese of which it .now formed. part. Mr. C. W. FULLER, in seconding the resolution, ~ drew 'a graphic picture of the diocese of Rochester, of whieh Hertfordshire formed part, which, he raid, corn- - pretended the whole of two counties, and extended over:il a part of a third. Its length, one way, was conkiderably.. more than 100 miles ; it had an area of more than 2,800 square miles, and a population of 600,000. It compre hended within its boundaries 600 churches and chapels ; its bishop's palace was situated in the middle of the , county of Essex, 25 miles as the crow flew from the nearest part of the county of Hertford, and 50 miles from that town of St. Alban's. Its cathedral was iu some remote corner of the county of Kent, and was septv.:, rated both from Essex and Hertford by the river Thamm fie asked if it was poaible that a bishop so s:ituated,', however kind and genial his disposition, could eier be' the real Mond, helper, and adviser of the great body of'l the clergy over vrhern he ruled ? The remedy, be sub mitted, was simple ,and .. easy ; .. and it was to separate from that vast diocese a new bishopric, co-extensive, or nearly so, with the county of Hertford, and with St. A;ban's as its centre. (Hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously, as was also the third, briefly moved by Lord R. Own', and seconded by the Rev. Dr. ROBINSON, Master of the Temple, con stituting a committee of noblemen and gentlemen to press upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and upon the Government the pre-eminent claims of the venerable church in question to the distinction of a cathedral, and, should their prayer be ijanted, to receive subscriptions! and apply them to its restoration and re-arrangement; the committee to consist, among others, of the Earl of Verulam, as treasurer; the Marquis of Salisbury, the Vlarquis Townshend, the Earl of Essex, Earl Cowper, Lord Deere, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir E. B. Lytton, Archdeacon Grant, and Mr. Puller, with Lord Robert Cecil as honorary secretary. The' meeting was also addressed by Mr. Clutterbuck and Sir A. Dalrymple. Nearly 4,3001. was subscribed in the room towards -the object in view, of which the chairman gave 500/. ; the Marquis of Salisbury,. 300/. ; T F. Gape, 290/. ; Sir E. B. Lvtton, 100/. ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, 100 guineas; the Earl of Essex, 1001.; Earl Brownlow,lool. ; the Countess Dowager of Hard wieke, 100/. ; the Countess Dowager of Caledov, 100/. ; Sir Thomas Sebright, 1001. ; Mr. Abel Smith, MY., , 100/ , and many other gentlemen similar sums. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. TIDE SCHOMBEI?G. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—More than four months ago I wrote to your contemporary the Times, enclosing a letter I received from a late colleague of mine, which was addressed to t'ie editor of that journal. The purport of my friend's I,Vers was, that he had taken a second cabin passage ia. Scbomberg for Adelaide for himself, wife, and five, children (And a good round sum their passage money Imouated to), beingpersuaded by the agents of Metisrs." Baines and Co., in London, that a second cabin in this tine ship would be equal to a first cabin in any ordinary ‘` ship. " Mark the result," says my friend (having then been about three weeks at sea). The sea was rough, and the vessel rolled much ; we is. " wereck ;" I wanted ta buy brandy, but was told it was not allowed in the ,econtl cabin. My children were sick, and some of them ;) very ill. I tried to buy arrowroot, but was answered as otfore. My cabin was nearly ancle deep in water, all ,ny clothes were wet, and my wife and children reduced to their last change—l had to employ all slops myself, ? and had no more respect or attention than one of the • ,teera,ge passengers. Oiir lights were ordered out at an early hour, but, on the contrary, some females occupying the same cabin were conducted to their berths by the . captain at ..2 o'clock in the morning. My friend expos' tulated, , which was met by the captain with threats of ".irons. ' That this statement was . well founded is evi' dent from the report of the meeting convened by the passengers of the Schomberg, and it is to be hoped the. Uovernment will take such measures as will teach mas•;9l -,ers of merchant ships" that• they are not to treat their 1 passengers as •" dogs" with impunity.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, R. J. Llanelly, April 4, 1856. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE aux. Office, 6; Cook-street, Liverpool-street, April 4, 1856. Sir,---Owing; to the non-arrival of the regular mail, we are not in possession of any advices from our agents at Melbourne, or any letter from Capt. Forbes on the .abject •of the losS of the Schomberg. Unfortunately, , however, copies of some of the local journals have acci dentally arrived by way of India, containing statement` • Made by a few of the passengers, condemnatory of the ,onduct of Capt. Forbes and his officers during the paw age, which have been reproduced in the columns of 711 , 6 Sun. In the absence of Capt. Forbes, we feel it our .duty to ask the public to suspend their judgment on whatever they' may have read, untiniis defence is known. - In the meantime we take the liberty of publishing the onlf cornmunication we , have received from the techomberg =ince she sailed, the writer being a member of the Lego' lative Council of Tasmania, and a stranger to us until tie took his passage in the ship for himself and familY 3 " Ship Schomberg, " Lat. 7.33 deg. north, ion. 27 deg. west. ' Messrs. James Baines and Co., Liverpool. "Dear Sirs,—As a vessel is in sight, apparently nomeward bound, I have much pleasure in sending you a few lines to let you know how well I am satisfied with the fine vessel ; she has passed every ship we have seen, and but for calms and light winds, we should this day nave been as far south as we are north of the equator. . f think it a pity we hal snob a heavy cargo in the first rip; if we had not we wou ld h ave ma d e th e passage is fifty days. I nme mach pleasure in stating , that I have formed a very high opinion of Captain For bes as a most experb seaman, and well qualified in every respect for his inr :-ortant charge. He is kind and attentive to all classes .° .if passengers, and • has showed every attention to nif amily. I have not time to add more, but you will see my opinion in some of the colonial newspapers.—Youre truly, , (Signed) " Jonsr WALKER." Regarding the doctor, he male the voyage with Cepie Forbes in the Lightning in her first trip, and gave ever, satisfaction, and was appointed to the Schomberg it ) ,onsequence. He is a= man of nearly 60 years of ago. Us a large family, is a grandfather, and we unclerstancl''' that he is an elder of the church at Kirkaldy, where hill "; family resides. . As to the complaints about the quality of the provr lions, they were not only' ordered and. paid for as the !t oesf, passed the Government inPpection as the beet, but exacCy the same quality as were supplied to the previods - ships, James Baines and Lightning, and which gave every' satisfaction. With - respect to the quantity, the '' ship : was supplied for -12 Q daywant, and for 230 passer gees for the saw time home,—We are, &c,, JAMES 13AINES & CO., Owners of the Schomberg. P.S.—Capt. Forbes made three, previous yeyagesi the Marco. Polo and Lightning to Melbourne, with , peg' ' sengers, in a most sati s f ac t or y mann er, carrying upwards . Jf 2,000 people, and it is neither jiiiit nor generous' to condemn him on an ex parte statement. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April s.—Wind this day at noon.' tnoderate breeze and Sne 'weather. PLYIMIITH, April 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Clara from Charleston; Waterwitch, Corunna. COWES, April 4.—Wind W.—Arrived—Stirlingsbirel from Sierra Leone, with bowsprit and starboard be** ,prang, &e., having bean in collision in the night S.W . . of Portland ; Johanka Cornelis. Iquique, for Rotterdam ; Afrika, Charleston, for Amsterdam, with loss of bowsprit and cutwater, having been in collision in the night. TORBAY, April 4.—Wind W.S.W.-Ilrrived Lacier from Charleston, for Bremen. OFF WEYMOUTH, April 4.—Lady of the Isles, from algoa Bay. OFF DARTMOUTH, April 4.—Vienna, from Sydney, N.S.W. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Express, (s.), from Jersey; Hero, Newport ; Rapid, Swansea; Le Ceq, Cherbourg; Atlanta, (s.), Havre ; Edith, Llanelly. Sailed—Cynthia, for Hull ; Taurus, Cardiff; Victoria, Bridport ; South-Western and Wonder, steamers, Jersey; Ani a „ o, ( 9 .), Havre ; Limerick Lass, Newport. (as KIBMAILINY -Atm 1311111STUTELEGRAMI • ' .ss' - GRAVESEND, Saturday, 1( " 2n Wind S.W; tide third hours' flood ; fine: - Arrived, April - 4.—Elequest, from Calcutta; 'Thessalia, Ithens ; ailiana,_ St. Kitt s ; Asia. C.,%pe Town ; Caroline ? Gil - matte Zetnassee, Charleston ; Kelso, Canton ; Leon, G:raVeline's ; 'Providence, Grave lines • Surprise, Leghorn, Flappy . Retnrn, Guernsey. SAiled—West Friesland, forKampea ; Allegro de Minh*" OpOito. . , DEAL, Satufday Morning. Wind S. by W., moderate. Passed.—Paris and London screw steamer, from Lon lon, for Paris ; Comet, Madeira ; Carib, Foe( Chow Foo ;- Undine,' Colonab6; Sheridan, Cuba—all for .London ; Senator, from. Alexandria, for Hull., . Anchored.-131ackfriarp, from London, for.MadTas. Sailed.—E. Norris and Knight, -for London. The Journal des &bats remarks that, " Wti see at, present in England manifest a ti on s of a joy as lively and is general as that, burst forth in Paris, and tifen cites the " salvos of applause" which greeted "the re ding of he announcement by the Lord Mayor of Lqndop." . lowever, says these cheers were "for the Queen, and the Emperor of the French ;" the writer does not gay they were for the Peace. ; A letter from Berne of the 30th ult., in the- Indepertdanee of Brussels, says :—" The Grand Council of the canton of Neufchatel has - just voted a loan of three millions, for the fulfilment of-the ngigements which it Lad contracted towards the sad ay Company .of the Jura, who have the concession of the line frail Chaux-de 7 Fondi lioufghatel.'; '"-~., ,~ __ •.. MO] CODA Bullion . Rest.. 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