The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-29 00:00:00

MR. ALBERT SIMMS MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at $ o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 21. ; gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, SEASON 1856. --- It is respectfully announced that the OPERA SEASON will COMMENCE on SATURDAY, the 10th of May. On resuming the performances which have been suspended during the last three years, the Director of hor Majesty's Theatre is anxious to assure the patrons of the Opera and thepublic. that no exertion shall bo wanting to secure for this establishment that high position it so long maintained ; a nd. he trusts that the renewal of the enterprise under more prosperous auspices will be accompanied with that favour and support which no frequenter of the Opera needs to be reminded were for so many years accorded to a brilliant and successful management. Thg secession, in 1847, of many of those performers who had' long been attached to the Opera House was the com mencement of a long and arduous struggle to maintain the fortttnes of the old house ; and it was not till the wealth of four successive competitors had been fruitlessly lavished upon the rival theatre, that Mr. Lumley was reluctantly compelled to retire from the contest. From that time to the present Mr. Lumley's efforts have been unremitting to re-open her Majesty's Theatre upon a permanent basis, and to restore the Opera to its ancient home. He has received liberal encouragement from every side, and, effectually aided by noble and generous support from a quarter where the refinements of art and taste never fail fo find a patron, he is now enabled gratefully to announce the immediate resumption of performances. At the present moment there are vocalists, of an excellence seldom surpassed, who have never been heard by an English public. Of these the elite have been secured for the present season. Her Majesty's Theatre is marked out by its size, its situa tion, and its convenience of access, no less than by old and interesting associations, as the appropriate seat of the Opera. In the acoustic properties, so essential to the effective pro duction of the lyrical drama, it is acknowledged to surpass every other stage in Europe. In consequence of some happy accident of construction a result has been attained that science has failed to explain, and that no architect could engage to ,reproduce, by which the faintest tones and the most delicate vocalisation penetrate with unimpaired clearness to the re motest recesses of the vast edifice. The arrangements completed and in progress, both in Opera and Ballet, will, it is confidently hoped, be thought worthy of the former reputution of the Theatre, and of the just ex pectations of its distinguished supporters. In consequence of the late period at which it was resolved to open the Theatre, the arrangements, satisfactory as it is hoped they will even now be found, are not yet fully com pleted ; and negotiations are in progress from which impor tant accessions are expected. The Subscription will consist of Thirty Nights, and the Prices will be as follows : Pit Boxes... l2O to 150 Guineas. Grand Tier One Pair Two Pair 75 to 10) , Pit Stalls 25 „ THE THEATRE Will open on SATURDAY, the lOrn MAY, When will be produced Rossini's Opera of CENERENTOLA. Angelina Don Ramiro Don Magnifico and Dandini After which will be presented an entirely new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES QUATRE SAISONS, • Founded on the Ballet Divertissement of that name by M. Petipa, In the Opera of LES VEPRES SICILIENNES, Principal Parts by Mdlles. Bellon, Boschetti, Liserean, and Katrine. THEATRE ROYAL, DEE - BY-LASE, Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced FRA DIAVOLO. To con:lade with THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnekstone. THI3 EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL GA3IM.I'3[I'TO; or, The Mexican Go'dseekcr. n which PER EA NENA and the Spanish Dancers win appe tr After which, GUNMAN, 1 3AG31IAT, AND BRADSHAW. To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OX7ORD-STREET, Under the lfenavement of Mr. CHARLEs KEAN. TUB EVENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with THE WINTER'S TALE. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. ROYAL THE kTRE ADELPIII. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, LIRE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, P. IL , : Vent. C. Rels7, Garden Madame Celeste, Mist Wyndham. After which, URGENP PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with row's YOUR UNCLE ? ROYAL OLYIIPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, %fr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will he producel a vow and douhly-moral, thrigh etceesively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PREgC.IESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. which Messrs. Emery, F. Robaan, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Haskell will appear. ROYAL SIT:MEY TrIEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswlck. TIM EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled /lOW WE LIVE IN TILE 1) OF LONDON. Followed by S IRAW3 YOUN MAN'. To conclude wan 7 TIE TWO POLTS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHIPHEATItE. Lessee and Manazer, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The (and Spectacle, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, in which the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's highly-trained horses will appear. After which, the EQUESTRIAN SCENES in the CIICLE. Miss Kate Cooke on her mi , k-white charger, Snowdrop, in her elegant Act of Manage de la Haute Ecele. To conclude with ENGLAND'S HARVEST HOME and NATIO NAL STEEPLECILLSE. Immense preparations are In progress for Whit-Monday. Box-office open from E!ey , n ti'l Fo'ir. Stare Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. Sr. Coke, jun. EMMA STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Evening performances as usual, on Nfonlays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8 o'clock. Admission—Back Seats, Is.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Lon-acre. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TSIe DAY—Morn. 25 min. aft. B—Evening 12 m i n . a ft 9 TI-MORROW—Morn. 55 rain. aft. 9 —Evening 36 min. aft.lo THE WEA.THER—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 29. TIIRR74OIIETER, IN TEM SHAWL 55 —highest since noon yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BAROIrETER, 29'68. weather . WIND, N.W. to W.N.W. Li g ht, w ith co ld, dull QJ I . c - = - 4 4 / 4 , Y0 : _ 44 4 LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1856. GoverTment. The most sagacious, and talented advocate for the defence could merely make an appeal ad misericordiam confess that there was " one little dark spot" in the conduct of the War which could not be justified—and strive to ride off on a collateral issue. We com mend the unanswered and unanswerable speech of the Honourable Gentleman to the general atten tion, which it so eminently merits. It clearly shows what the nation owes to the Joint-Stock Administration ; and proves that, for some time at least, it had but little cause for exultation at the appointment of a new Cabinet. The Honourable Gentleman is blamed by a contemporary because he did not attempt to shield Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. It would doubt less have been far more satisfactory to the " thick and-thin " adherents of the Ministry had he en deavoured to do so. But his language was that of truth and sincerity ! He would not spare any delinquent in order to render his shaft more en venomed. By adopting that course he might not have displayed " very brilliant strategy "—might even have displeased many influential members of his party. But, by that straightforward and honourable line, he disarmed his antagonists of the most formidable weapon which they could use against him, and carried with him the sympathies of the people. We can easily conceive the disappointment of the Ministerialists, who were thus deprived of the best chance of escape from the unpleasant position in which they were placed. But the community at large will take a broader view of the subject, and rejoice that there is at least one independent Member from whom they may hope to hear not only " the truth," but " the whole truth," and, who in his capacity as legislator, will place the case fully and fairly before the country. But, while stating the case clearly and impar tially, he also explained how the misconduct of the petulant and arrogant Ambassador who per mitted his personal feelings to prevent him from adopting the course which the interests of his country imperatively demanded, could not justify the Ministry that condoned the offence, and cast the mantle of their protection over the wrong-doer. The " four officers and a doctor " sent for the defence of Kars could not accomplish much unless they were enabled to avail themselves of the prestige once belonging to the British name. That so much was accomplished would have been almost miraculous, even under the most favour able circumstances. But it was the zeal and energy with which General WILLIAMS shattered the "red-tape" bonds with which he was encum bered that led to the extraordinary and almost miraculous results which, although they could not ultimately save Kars, has covered the name of its gallant defender with undying glory. It was well said that "he seized upon an authority—he usurped an authority —he trampled upon etiquette, and saved Asia Mi nor." Every Englishman will heartily join in the aspiration—" May GOD bless him for that." He " would not have seen ten thousand soldiers perishing with cold opposite to the store in which were the garments to clothe them, but the key hole of which was sealed with ref tape. He would have kicked open the door and saved their lives." This was the con duct of NELSON in the olden time—of WIL LIAMS in 1855. Both these heroes flung themselves gallantly into the breach—regarded not the "signals for recall," or the doubtful in structions of timid directors, who, while shrinking from responsibility, would gladly take credit for every achievement. Many men have physical bravery —that pluck that enables them to dare any bodily peril ; but such instances of moral courage are rare indeed. If we had " the right men in the right places" General WILLrAms would receive adequate rewards. He is pre-eminently the English hero of the War—almost the only man who, as a commander, sustained the reputation of his country. lie was shamefully abandoned to his fate, Not even the contest i❑ the Crimea, or the natu- ral indisposition of the Allied commanders to sanction any diminution of their power in that quarter until Sebastopol had fallen, could justify the gross negligence of those who suffered four Englishmen, of whom their country might well be proud, to endure such sufferings and privations. We do not expect much from the present House of Commons. We know that the so-called Conservative or Darbyite party are by no means united on the question. But if there are men arrogating to themselves the title of " inde- pendent " members, who hope to fano their con stituents without shame, we call upon them to display that independence in the hour of need, to show that they are really worthy of the confidence of those by whom they have been placed in so proud a position. To the many reasons we have adduced for the dissolution of Parliament must be added the suc cess attending Sir GEORGE GREY'S Police Bill. Undeterred by the deplorable results of Germanic as opposed to popular influence, in connection with the late War, the House of Commons, by large majorities evinces at once a scandalous dis regard for the wishes and feelings of the people, and a settled resolution, despite the lessons of ex perience, to follow still further the Germanic model, according to which the State is not merely regarded as a power distinct from the people— but as all in all, and the people nothing. It was not, we hardly need remind our readers, under a system of bureaucracy, based on centralisation, England rose to her high pitch. of greatness. It was under a system of an entirely different nature —a system which, instead of fostering the domi nation of the minions of power in our cities and provinces, kept them in their proper place, and developed to the utmost that desire for self government which, if not an original instinct, has become a second nature to Englishmen, and has stimulated the national intellect to the con ception of projects, and nerved the na tional arm to the execution of undertakings bene ficial to the welfare of society, and from which the victims of centralisation elsewhere have to a large extent as intuitively shrunk. Our moral, intellectual, and material greatness has been achieved, as we all know, after no foreign model, and those who duly weigh this undeniable fact will do well to consider whether the time has not arrived when a stern and decisive protest against the system of centralisation and bureaucracy should be made. Mr. WarTEsIDE has long since achieved a high reputation in the ,House of Commons, not merely as a brilliant orator, but as a man of sound prac tical judgmeitt. When untrammelled by party pre judices he is enabled to take an independent vi ew of any subject he carries with him the feelings and the hearts of his countrymen. On all ques tions connected with the War he has pursued a thoroughly English course, befitting a true-hearted Englishman. With him the honour and interests of Great Britain have ever been the paramount object. A better selection could not have been made of a leader to direct the first attack on the errors of omission and commission that have un fortunately occurred since the commencement of the Eastern difficulty. The Honourable Gentleman not only fully maintained, but greatly enhanced, his well merited reputation, by his wonderful effort last ;tight. For more than four hours he kept the House enthralled. The dinner hour was for once forgotten, and no member thought of moving while the enchanter wielded his magic wand. The veriest " Waiter on PROVIDENCE" could not stir—he was spell-bound for the time being, and compelled to listen to the unanswerable bill of indictment preferred against the , The advocates of the Bill, cf course, keep its offensive features as much as possible in the back ground. It serves their turn bettor to point to the alleged superiority of the county system, as apparently shown by cooked, or at all events un reliable, statistics. The old or constabulary sys tem, they tell us, does not protect society like the new, more crime being committed and more criminals escaping detection under it. Mr. HEN LEY'S comment on this assertion is the production of statistics showing that where the police is most numerous the greatest number of offences is com mitted, and the amount of detection 14 the small est ! His statistics, however, are said to prove too much : those who say so affecting to be unable THE SUN; LONDON, TUESDAy EVENING, APRIL 29, 1856. LETTER FROM THE EMPEROR ALEX ANDER TO COUNT ORLOFF. (From yesterday's Moniteur. ) The Emperor of Russia has just addressed to Count Orloff, First Russian Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Paris, the following letter : Count Alexis Fedorowitch,—The exchange of the ratifi cations of the treaty, which you signed on the 18th (30th) of March, and which have been sent to you to-day, has just put the seal to the work of pacification entrusted to your care. This peace has been sincerely desired by my father, of imperishable memory. Anitna.ted by the same sentiments, I accepted the propositions respecting it as soon as the object was attained which the Emperor Nicholas had proposed to himself for securing the destiny and rights of Christianity in the East. Relying on your oft-tried devo tion to the throne and country, I named you my first plenipotentiary for the conclusion of a peace the conditions of which were to afford a solid basis for firmly securing the repose of Europe. The attitude, full of loyalty and up rightness, which you assumed from the very commence ment of the negotiation did not fail to open a path towards a reunion with the Powers that were at Ivar with us. The accomplishment of this great and laborious mission has fully satisfied my expectation, and the fresh deserts you have acquired while engaged on it give you an a•ldi tional claim upon my heartfelt gratitude. Under tho auspices of this peace now re-established my first care will be devoted to developing and securing the prosperity of the empire which God has confided to my solicitude. lam firmly convinced that I shall always find in you a zealous co-operator and a wise councillor amid the toils of power that await me while striving to attain this sacred object. In testimony of the high confidence which I repose in you, I have just raised y ou t o th e di gnity of President of the Council of the Empire, as likewise of the Committee of Ministers, also of those of the Caucasus and Siberia. At the same time I reiterate to you the assurance of my unchangeable good wishes. ALEXANDER. Saint Petersburg, April 5 (17), 1556. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, who is now at Naples, purposes visiting the Pope, to consult with his Holiness on the present prospects of Italian rulers. Thera was a report at Berlin on the 231 inst. that the Council of War had condemned M. de Rochow to thrte years' imprisonment in a fortress. It is said that Count Morny will reside at the Woron zoff Palace at St. Petersburg. The count is beset with solicitations for appointments as attaches. Le Nord, and other journals in the Russian interest, publish full details, from "special correspondents," of the late eava,l review at Spithead. The " churching" of the Empress Eugenie takes pl tee to-morrow. Her Imperial Majesty will, it is said, make her first appearance in public, since her confine ment, on Saturday next, at the Odeon. There is a rumour at Rome that in the, month of June next the Emperor and Empress of Austria will visit the H)ly City, to take part in a grand fete is honour of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. The Court of Rome is sedulously endeavouring to obtain from the government of TusCany a concordat similar to that lately granted by Austria. Count Cavour's presence in the Sardinian Chambers is awaited at Turin with lively impatience. The Duke of Leeds has left the Clarendon, for Hornley Castle, n •ar Cttterick, Yorkshire. The Countess Dowager of Westmoreland and Lady Georgiana Fane have arrived in Upper Brook-street, from Btympton House, in Somersetshire. Sir John and Lady Matilda Maxwell have arrived at the Clarendon. The Rev. A. Peyton bas arrived at the Clarendon, from Doddington Rectory, near Chattcrie, Cambridge shire. Archdeacon Hale will deliver his arohidiaconal eiarge to the London clergy, on Mcnday, at 11 o'clock, at the Church of St. Sepulchre, City. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Monday, April 28.—Admissions on payment, 2,269 ; ditto by season tickets, 560 ; total visitors, 2 , 829 . SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF FOSCHINI.— On Sunday information was received at the chief police office, Scotland-yard, that the body of Foschini, the Italian, had been discovered in the River Thames. It was, however, ascertained yest er d ay th a t th e b o d y i s not the body of Foschini, as was at first supposed, though it bears a very strong resemblance. LORD DALHOUSIE,—The steam-frigate Tribune, having on board Lord DalLousie, left Malta for England on the 20th, in tow of the Furious; paddle-wheel frigate. It was stated at Southampton yesterday that the Queen would shortly review the fleet at Spithead again, to enable the members of the Houses of Lords and Com mons to witness the review to advantage ! MONEY ORDER OFFICES. —The Agents of this Depart ment at Malta and Gibraltar having been authorised to issue Money Orders on several Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom, Postmasters are instructed to pay Money Orders issued at Malta and Gibraltar, provided they are :in conformity with the regulations. The ad vices of all Orders issued at Malta will be made out at the Money Order Office in London ; but the advices of Orders issued at Gibraltar will be made out, on the usual form, by the Agent there, and no order must be paid unless the necessary advice shall have been received. This regulation is confined to the issue of Money Orders, and, consequently, no Orders must be drawn upon the above-mentioned pIaces.—ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. THE MAILS —SOUTHAMPTON, April 28.—lhe Pen insular and Oriental Company's screw-steamer Sultan, Captain N. Cook, sailed this afternoon, with the mails for Vigo, Oprto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 20 pas sengers ; 3,700/. in specie for Lisbon; for Cadiz, 9,1261.; total, 12,826/. ; and a fine cargo of general merchandise. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magdalena, Cap tain G. Abbott, is expected with the homeward portion of the West India and Pacific mails about the 21 proximo. The Plata, Captain Weller, will sail on the 2d of May, with the mails for the West Indies, Mexico, and the Pacific. The United States mail steamship Washington, Captain Cavendy, is expected to arrive off Cowes, en route from New York for Bremen, on Satur day next. According to the Militar Zeitung, all the Aus trian companies, with the exception of those in Italy, are to be reduced to 60 men, which is just half the usual strength of a company when on a pettoe footing. to see how the amount of crime can be increased by the number of police, unless on the supposition that the police supply the increase in their own persons. The difficulty is easy enough of solu tion. The police, under the new system, are more anxious to win a character for activity than to repress crime. This opinion prevalent through out the country, is fortified by Mr. HENLEY'S statistics, which show that the number of convic• tions obtained under the police system, bears no sort of proportion to the number of apprehen sions, from which it may fairly be inferred the police expend their energies without judgment, and either neglect to secure sufficient evidence to convict the guilty, thus offering a premium to crime, or apprehend the innocent instead of the guilty, which comes to pretty much the same thing in the end, only in a more aggravated de. gree, for the apprehension of innocent individuals cannot but have a demoralising effect, and tend to the increase of crime, independently of the encouragement simultaneously held out to the guilty. Convictions, and not apprehensions, are the true test of efficiency in a force, and, in this respect, the constabulary' suffer nothing by a comparison with the police, but rather gain. Po lice majors, and captains, with their military predilections, may vaunt as they please of the superiority of their trained forces over the con stabulary of our boroughs and townships, but the farmer and the citizen, who have had the oppor tunity to compare the past with the present, will not be so ready to endorse their allegations. The latter may be gravelled by statistics, but it will take a new, and hitherto unheard-of, system of notation to convince them they lose less by depre dation to make up for the increased amount of police rate exacted from them. All the pretensions of Government to anxiety for the better protection of life and property we do not hesitate to say are—fudge. If the War has done nothing else it has shown that. Our soldiers have been sacrificed by thousands to the most criminal neglect. Millions on millions of the public money have been buried, without a possibility of resurrection, in the Crimea, and lavished in the dockyards and on the seas to no earthly purpose, unless it were to show how the taxpayer might be bamboozled. What the Go vernment wants, and what every Government, until we get an English one, will want, is an in crease of governmental power—the ability yet further and with greater safety to ignore the wishes and set at nought the interests of the people—to establish, in short, that Germanic regime which " the power behind the Throne, and greater than the Throne," would have established. Gradually the network of centralisation is em bracing the country in its meshes ; and, unless the public address themselves to resistance, the particulars of some astounding arrest in contra vention of all English precedent will be the first thing to convince - them how dangerous was their apathy—how madly they suffered their birth right to be filched from them ! It is the age of little statesmen—the age, of all others, when cen tralisation should be especially guarded against. PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 7.30 A.M. points of maritime law. It announces that the publication of the pro tocols will commence to-morrow. BERLIN, Amu, 26. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 20. been appointed, the viceroy having chosen four consuls and Ethami four natives. MADRID, APRIL 27. Marshal Espartero arrived yesterday evening at Valladolid, where he was received with the greatest enthusiasm. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday received several foreign• ers of distinction, who were presented to his Ma jesty by the British ambassador and the Prussian, Brazilian, and Dutch ministers. The Moniteur briefly announces the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of peace yesterday afternoon, and states that the treaty and the docu ments connected with it will be published in its columns to-morrow. The treaty which, with the annexes and the protocols, forms a volume of up wards of 200 pages, has been printed at the Tin primerie Imperiale, and between 2,000 and 3,000 copies have been struck off. It is probable that each of the senators and deputies will receive a copy. The Moniteur says :—" The information which we receive as to the state of the crops of every kind in the neighbourhood of Paris is most satis factory. The mildness of the temperature during the last few days and the abundant rain which has fallen have given a surprising impulse to vegeta tion in our fields and meadows. At Argenteuil, at Suresne, and other localities, the wines of which supply a large part of the consumption of Paris, the vineyards look remarkably flourishing, and no trace of disease is to be seen. It will be thus per ceived that the influence of the lone rousse, which is now nearly at its close, has been most benignant." BOURSE, April 28.—The following. were the closing prices : Cash. h, e. 9. per Cents 63 25 End of Month, —f. —O. 73 65 3 - pOr Cents 73 60 Now Loan 74 30 Bank Shares ...... - 3,950 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,720 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. N i l Spanish Throes Yieamontost (5)... 2 . 93 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOB CAMEL fr. c. fl'. e. Orleans Northern Lyons Mediterranean — Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... 8;)0 Testa Cette AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE. ASIA. (BY MAGWETIO TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERP3OL, MONDAY. This day, at 4 p.m., the Royal steam-ship Asia, Captain E. G. Lott, arrived off Holyhead. She sailed from New York on the 16th inst., and has brought, besides the mails, 139 passengers, a n d 450,000 dollars in specie on freight. Passed the Baltic at midnight on the 16th, from hence on the 2d inst., and the Royal Mail steamer America on the 27th, off Fastnet. The Cambria arrived at Halifax on the 14th. The Asia has experienced easterly winds on her homeward passage. In the Congress, on the 15th, the Post-office Committee reported the Bill authorising the Secre tary to the Navy to contract with Livingston and Vanderbilt to carry mails from Southampton and New York, on the same terms as the Cunard line. The Washington arrived at New York on the 13th inst. There was a terrific hurricane at Philadelphia on ,he 12th, causing great injury to property, but no ives were lost. Havanna dates to Bth April report the island to be healthy. Sugar and molasses unsettled in price. Money at New York was active, and the supply sufficient. Paper was in good demand, and the quantity in the market small. Stocks active. Prices tend downwards. The cotton market Was animated and rather dearer. In the breadstuffs market there was rather more doing in flour, which was heavy and lower. Prime wheat steady, inferior neglected, and prices nomi nal. Indian corn unchanged. Provisions finer ; sugars active, and a good de mand for molasses. Freights dull and unchanged. Exchange on London, 9fr to ; ditto on Paris, 5 17i to 5 20. (BY - TELEGRAPH FROM NEW ORLEANS.) APRIL 11. The sales of cotton for the week ending to day foot up 61,000 bales, and the increased receipts at all the southern ports 513,000 bales. Stock on hand 393,000 bales. APRIL 12. Cotton has advanced Ic. to lc. Sales to-clay, 3,500 bales middling, at 10c. to 101 c. APRIL 14. Cotton sales to-day, 2,500 bales. Middling is quoted at 10ic. AUSTRALIA. The colonial trading screw steamer Hellespont arrived at Singapore March 19, with a large mail for Europe, consisting of 28 boxes and several bags of letters from Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, from which places news has been received to the middle of February. Sydney papers to Feb. 13 are chiefly taken up in discussing the elections under the new constitution, which were then going forward. There was no other political intelligence of importance. The markets were looking up, and the general prospects of the colony very satisfactory. Intelligence had been received, via Portland Bay, of the total loss of the Aberdeen clipper Varoon, 800 tons, between Cape Northumberland and Rivoli Bay ; all on board must have perished, the vessel being literally smash° 1 to pieces ; some bodies were found on the beach fearfully mangled by the vio knee of the wreck, and were decently buried by the inhabitants. The Yaroon was from Manila to Sydney, with a full cargo of sugar and other pro duce for the use of the colony. The papers also announce the loss of the American clipper Rein deer, belonging to Messrs. E. Gassett and Co., of Boston, which struck on an unknown rock outside Torres Straits and foundered. The crew suffered severely, being 42 days in open boats, subsisting on shell-fish, and were so co mpletely exhaust e d that, on reaching Moreton Bay, they had to be lifted out of the boats, not having strength to stand or walk. Melbourne papers are to the 18th Feb. Actin g - Governor Macarthur had succeeded in forming a Ministry, and was consolidating the new Govern ment to the satisfaction of the greater part of the colonists. His Excellency was gaining golden opinions by his prudent conduct and determina tion. The yields at the gold fields were undimi nished. From January Ito February 15, 1856, there had been shipped 381,681 ounces of gold, or 16 tons, 2 qrs. 6 lbs. 9 oz., which at 80s., amounted to 1,538,7211. The price of gold had advanced to 3/. 16s. per ounce. There had been severe floods at the Bendigo diggings, doing much damage ; the losses were estimated at 10,000 ounces. Some riots had taken place at the diggings, the diggers being desirous to obtain the Government reserves of land, on which to carry on their mining operations. Mr. Gavin Duffy, late of the Aation newspaper, had arrived and been entertained at Melbourne. The dinner ended in a riot. Mr. Duffy had dis claimed all intention of carrying on agitation, professing to devote himself to his profession— the bar. LATEST NEWS. The Moniteur publishes the Treaty of Peace and its three annexes, as also the declaration of the 18th of April, which regulates different The account given that a Prussian vessel of war is to bo stationed at the Danube has just been officially contradicted. A part of the corps d'arniee of the Caucasus is to operate this sum mer towards Tschetchentsy, and a part of the troops of the Crimea towards Abasia. Ethami, son of Abbas Paella, is said to have claimed as much as 20 millions from the viceroy as his paternal inheritance. Arbitrators have VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. 90; 90 45 39i Hobart-town journals to February 9 are loud in, deucuncing the conduct of Sir Young THE PEACE. GENERAL TREATY BETWEEN Her Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan. SIGNED Ai 'JAM'S, MARCII 30, 1856. RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT PARIS, APRIL, 27, 185 G n the name of Almighty God. Their Majesties the Queen of the Ueited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of the French, the Emperor of all the Russias, the King of Sardinia, and the Emperor of the Ottomans, animated by the desire of putting an end to the calamities of war, an d wishing to prevent th return of the complications which occasioned it, resolved to come to an understanding with his Majesty the Emperor of Austria as to the bases on which peace might be re-established and consolidated, by securing, through effectual and reciprocal guarantees, the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire. For this purpose their said Majesties named as their Pio nipotentiaries, that is to say : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and' Ireland, the Right Hon. George William Frede rick Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a•Member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight ' Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Right Hon. Henry Richard Charles Baron Cowley, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Em peror of the French • ' His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, the dieur Charles Ferdinand Count of Buel-Schauenstein, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold of Austria, and Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown of the first class, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Orders of the Black. Eagle and of the Red Eagle of Prussia, Grand Cross of the Imperial Orders of Alexander Newski, in diamonds, and of the White Eagle of Russia, Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, decorated with the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the first class, &c., his Chamberlain and actual Privy Councillor, his Minister of the House and of Foreign Affairs, President of the Conference of Ministers ; and the Sieur Joseph Alexander Baron de Hubner, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown, Grand , 1 Officer of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, his actual Privy Councillor, and his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of France. His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur Alex ander Count Colonna Walewski, a senator of the empire, Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Seraphim, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, decorated with the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the first class, &c., &c., &c., his Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Sieur Francis Adolphus Baron de Bourqueney, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour and of the Order of Leopold of Austria, decorated with the Portrait of the Sultan in diamonds, &c., &c., &e., his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty; His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russian, the Sieur Alexis ,Count Orloff, his Aide-de-Camp General and Gene ral of Cavalry, Commander of the Head-quarters of his Majesty, a Member of the Council of the Empire and of the Committee of Ministers, decorated with two Portraits in diamonds of their Majesties the late Emperor Nicholas and the Emperor Alexander 11., Knight of the Order of St. Andrew in diamonds, and of the Orders of Russia, Grand Cross of the OL der of St. Stephen of Austria of the first class, of the Black Eagle of Prussia in diamonds, of the Annun ciation of Sardinia, and of several other foreign Orders ; and the Sieur Philip, Baron de Brunnow, his Privy Councillor, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation and to the Grand Duke of Hesse, Knight of the Orders of St. Wladimir of the first class, of St. Alexander Newski enriched with diamonds, of the White Eagle, of Saint Anne, Of the first class, of St. Stanislaus 'of the first class, Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia of the first class, Commander of the Order of St. Ste phen of Austria, and of several other foreign Orders : His Majesty the King of Sardinia, the Sienreareilleßenso, Count of Cavour, Grand Cross of the O r d er o f St . M aur i ce and St. Lazarus, Knight of the Order of Civil Merit of Savoy, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, decorated with the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the first class, Grand Cross of several other foreign Orders,. President of the Council Of Ministers, and his 'Minister Secretary of State for the Finances; and the Sieur Salvator Marquis de Villa-Marina, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of the Le gion of Honour, &c., &c., &c his Envoy Ext raor di nary an d • Minister Plenipotentiary t o the Court of France ; And his Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans, Mouham med Emin Aali Paeha, Grand Vitier of the Ottoman Empire, decorated with the Imperial Orders of the Medjidie and of Merit of the first class; Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, of St. Stephen of Austria, of the Red Eagle of Prussia, of. St. Anne of R uss i a , o f St. Maurice and St. Lazarus of ardinia, of the Polar Star of Sweden, and of several other foreign Orders ; and Mehemmed Djemil Bey, decorated with the Imperial Order of the Medjidie, of the second class, and Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, his Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten tiary to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, accredited in the same character to his Majesty the King of Sardini t. Which Plenipotentiaries assembled in Congress at Paris. An understanding having been happily established between them, their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Em peror of the French, the Emperor of all the Russias, the King of Sardinia, and the Emperor of the • Ottomans, considering that in the interest of Europe, his Majesty the King of Prussia, a signing party to the Convention of the 13th July, 1841, should be invited to participate in the new arrangements to be adopted, andappreciating the value that the concurrence of his said Majesty would add to a work of general pacifica tion, invited him to send Plenipotentiaries to the Congress. In consequence, his Majesty the King of Prussia named as his Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : Tho Sieur Otho Theodore Baron de Manteuffel, President of his Council, and his Minister for Foreign Affairs, Knight of the Red Eagle of Prussia of the first class, with Oak-leaves, Crown, and Sceptre, Grand Commander of the Order of Hohenzollern, Knight of the Order of St. John of Prussia, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Newski, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, and of the Order of the Nichan-Iftihar of Turkey, &c., &c. ; and the Sicur Maxi milian Frederick Charles Francis Count of Hatzfeldt Wilden burg-Schoenstein, his Actual. Privy Councillor, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of France, Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia of the second class, with Oak leaves and Badge, Knight of the Cross of Honour of Hohenzollern of the first class, &c., &e. Plenipotentiaries, aft er h av i ng exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles : ARTICLE 1. From the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, there shall be peace and friendship between her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, his Majesty the King of Sardinia, his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, on the one part, and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, on the other part; as well as between their heirs and successors, their respective dominions and sabjects, in perpetuity. ARTICLE 2. Peace being happily reestablished between their said Ma jesties, the territories conquered or occupied by their armies during the war shall be reciprocally evacuated. Special arrangements shall regulate the mode of the evacu tion, which shall be as prompt as possible. His Majesty th e Emperor ARTICLE of all the Russias engages to re store to his Majesty the Sultan the town and citadel cf Kars, as well as the other parts of the Ottoman territory of which the Russian troops are in possession. ARTIaE 4. Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Circa, Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of the French, the King of Sardinia, aid the Sultan, engage to restore to his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, thetowns and ports of Sebas topol, Balaklava, Kamiesh, Eupatoria., Kertch, Jenikale, Kinbourn, as well as all other territories occupied by the allied troops. Aetz •. ' Their Majesties the Queen rr of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of the French, the Empe• ror of all the Russias, the Kiug of Sardinia, and the Sultan, grant a full a n d en ti re amnesty to those of heir subjects who may have been compromised by , any participation whatso ever in the events of the war in favour of the cause of the enemy. It is expressly understood that such amnesty shall extend to the subjects of each of the belligerent parties who may have continued, during the war, to be employed in the ser vice of one of the other belligerents. ARTICLE G. Prisoners of war shall be immediately given up on either side. ARTICLE 7. --------- • • Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, his Majesty the King of Prussia, his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and his Majesty the King of Sardinia, declare the Sublime Porte admitted to participate in the advantages of the public law and system (concert) of Europe. Their Majesties engage, each on his part, to respect the independence and the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire; guarantee in common the strict observance of that engagement ; and will, in conse quence, consider any act tending to its violation as a question of general interest. ARTICLE 8. If there should arise between the Sublime Porte and one or more of the other signing Powers, any misunderstanding which might endanger the maintenance of their relations, the Sublime Porte, and each of such Powers, before having re course to the use of force, shall afford the other contractin g parties the opportunity o f preventing such an extremity by means of their mediation. (ARTICLE 9. His Imperial Majesty the Sultan having, in his constant solicitude for the welfare "of his subjects, issued a firman which, while ameliorating their condition without distinction of religion or - of race, records his generous intentions towards the Christian population of his empire, and wishing to give a further proof of his sentiments in that respect, has resolved to communicate to the contracting parties the said firman, emanating spontaneously from his sovereign will. The contracting Powers recognise the high value of this communication. It is clearly understood that it cannot, in any case, give to the said Powers the right to interfere, either collectively or separately, in the relations of his Majesty the Sultan with his subjects; nor in the internal alministration of his empire. ARTICLE 10. The cow eution of the 13th of July, 1841, which maintains the ancient rule of the Ottoman Empire relative to the closing of the Strats of the Bosphorus and of the r)ardanelles, has been revisid by common consent. The act eoncluded for that purpose, and in conformity with that Pz:43l . cipcle, /OtlYO9ll the WWI Matrotin rArti. oo s i 4 ltind fusing to give his consent to the Civil Service Pen sion Bill. The measure had been introduced by the Government, and the Governoz's refusal to pass the royal assent took every one by surprise. The Legislative Council had been prorogued pre paratory to its final dissolution. Mr. Wm. Brown, of Hobart Town, had offered to construct an electric telegraph for Government from Mount Lewis to Hobart Town, thence to Launceston and George Town ; to complete the whole in nine months from its being commenced, at a cost of 16,0001. The project was under the consideration of Government. remains annexed to the present treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as if it formed an integral part thereof, ARTICLE 11. The Black Sea is neutralised; its waters and its ports, thrown open to the mercantile marine of every nation, are formally and in perpetuity interdicted to the flag of war, either of the Powers possessing its coasts, or of any other Power, with the exceptions mentioned in Articles 14 and 19 of the present treaty. ARTICLE 12. Free from any impediment, the commerce fu the ports and waters of the Black Sea shall be subject only to regulations of health, customs, and police, framed in a spirit favourable to the development of commercial transactions. In order to afford to the commercial and maritime interests of every nation the security which is desired, Russia and the Sublime Porte will admit Consuls into their ports situated upon the coast of the Black Sea, in conformity with the prin ciples of international law. " • ARTICLE 13. The Black Sea being neutralised according to the terms o Article 11, the maintenance or establishment upon its coast of military-maritime arsenals becomes alike unnecessary ane purposeless; in consequence, his Majesty the E m p eror o f at. the Russias, and hi s Imperial Majesty the Sultan, engage not to establish or to maintain upon that coast any military. maritime arsenal. ARTICLE 14. Their. Majesties the Emperor of all the Russias and the Sultan having concluded a convention for the purpose of set tling the force and the number of light vessels, necessary for the service of their coasts, which they reserve to themselves to maintain in the Blaek Sea, that convention is annexed to the present treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as if it formed an integral part thereof. It cannot be either annulled or modified without the assent of the Powers signing the present treaty. ARTICLE 15. The Act of the Congress of Vienna having established the principles intended to regulate the navigation of rivers which separate or traverse different States, the contracting Powers stipulate among themselves that those principles shall in fu ture be equally applied to the Danube and its mouths. They declare that this arrangement henceforth forms a part of the law of Europe, and take it under their guarantee. The navigation of the Danube cannot be subjected to any impediment or charge not expressly provided for by the sti pulations contained in the following Articles : in consequence there shall not be levied any toll founded solely upon the fact of the navigation of the river, nor any duty upon the goods which may be on board of vessels. The regulations of police and of quarantine to be established for the safety of the States separated or traversed by that river, shall be so framed as to facilitate, as much as possible, the passage of vessels. With the exception of such regulations, no obstacle whatever shall be opposed to free navigation. ARTICLE 16. With the view to carry out the arrangements of the pre ceding article, a commission,, in. .whiols, Great Britain, Aus tria, France, Prussia, 'Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, shall each be repiesinted by one delegate, shall be charged to de signate and to cause to be executed the works necessaryte low Isatcha, to clear the mouths of the Danube, as well es the neighbouring parts of the sea, from the sands and other impediments which obstruct them, in order to put that part of the river and the said parts of the sea in the beat possible state for navigation. In order to cover the expenses of such works, as well as of the establishments intended to secure and to facilitate the navigation at the mouths of the Danube, fixed duties, of a suitable rate, settled by the commission by a majority of votes, may be levied, on the express condition that, in this respect as in every other,. the flags of all nations shall be treated on the footing of perfect equality. ARTICLE 17. A commission shall be established, and shall be composed of delegates of Austria, Bavaria, the Sublime Porto, and Wurtemberg (ono fo r eac h o f th ose P owers), to whom shall he added commissioners from the three Danubian Principalities, whose nomination shall have been approved by the Porte. This commission, which shall be permanent : 1. Shall prepare regulations of navigation and river police ; 2. Shall remove the impediments, of whatever nature they be, which still pre vent the application to the Danube of the arrangements of the treaty of Vienna ; 3. Shall order and cause to be exe cuted the necessary works throughout the whole course of the river; and 4, shall, after the dissolution of the European Commission, see to maintaining the mouths of the Danube and the neighbouring parts of the sea in a navigable state. ARTICLE 18. It is understood that the European Commission shall have completed its task, and that the River Commission shall have finished the works described in the preceding article, under Nos. 1 and 2, within the period of two years. The signing Powers assembled in Conference having been informed of Elia &et, shall, after having placed it on record, pronounce the dissolution of the European Commission, and from that time the permanent River Co emission shall enjoy the same powers as those with which the European Commission shall have until then been invested. ARTICLE 19. In •rder to insure the execution of the regulations which shall have been established by couamou agreement, in con formity with the principles above declared, each of the con tracting Powers shall have the rigltt to station, at, all times, two light vessels at the mouths of the Danube. ARTICLE 2 ). In exchange for the towns, 1 orbs, and territories enume rated in Article 4 of the present treaty, and in order more fully to secure the freedom of the navigation of the Danube, his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias consents to the rectification of his frontier in Bessarabia. The new frontier shall begin from. the Black Sea, one kilo metre to the east of the Lake Bourna Sola, shall run perpen diCularly to the AkerFaan road, shall follow that road to the Val de Trojan, pass to the south of Bolgrad, ascend the course of the river Yal,Puck to the Height of Saratsika, and terminate at Katamori on the Pruth. Above that point the old frontier between the two empires shall not undergo any modification. Delegates of the contracting Powers shall fix, in its details the line of the ne w f ron ti er. , ARTICLE 21. The territory ceded by Russia shall be annexed to the Prin cipality of Moldavia under the suzerainty of the Sublime Porte. 1 The inhabitants of that territory shall enjoy the rights and privileges secured to the Principalities; and, during the space of three years, they shall be permitted to transfer their domicile elsewhere, dispo , ing freely of their property. ARTICLE 22,. The Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia shall con tinue to enjoy under the suzerainty of the Porto, and under the guarantee of the contracting Powers, the privileges and immunities of which they are in possession. No exclusive protection shall be exercised over them by any of the guaran teeing Powers. There shal be no separate right of inter ference id their internal affairs. ARTICLE 23. The Sublime Porte engages to preserve to the said PrinCi palities an inclependenqand national administration, as wel as full liberty of worship, of legislation, of commerce, and of navigation. The laws and statutes at present in force shall be revised. In order to establish a complete agreement in regard to such revision, a special commission, as to the composition of Which the high contracting Powers will come to an understanding among themselves, shall assemble, without delay, at Bucharest, together with a commissioner of the Sublime Porte. The business of this commission shall be to inves igate the present state of the Principalities, and to propose bases for their future organisation. , ARTICLE 24. His 'Majesty the Sultan prop sea to convoke immediately in each of the two provinces a drrsn ad hoc, composed in such a manner as to represent most closely the interests of all classes of society. These divans shall be called upon to express the wishes of the people in regard to the definitive organisation of the Principalities. An instruction, from the Congress shall regulate th 3 rela tions between the commission and these divans. ARTICLE . 2 Taking into consideration the opinion expressed by the two divans, the commission shall transmit, without delay, to the present sell of the Conferences the result of its own labonis. The final agreement with the suzerain Power shall be re corded in' a convention to be concluded at Paris between the high contracting parties ; and a hatti-sherif, in conformity with the stipulations of the convention, shall constitute de finitively the organisation of these provinces, placed thence forward under the collective guarantee of all the signing Powers. ARTICLE 26. It is agreed that there shalt be in the Principalities a na tional armed force, organised with the view to maintain the security of the interior, and to insure that of the frontiers. No impediment shall be opposed to the extraordinary mea sures of defence which, by agreement with the Sublime Porte, they may be called upon to take in order to repel any eater nal aggression. ARTICLE 27. If the internal tranquillity of the Principalities should be menaced or compromised, the Sublime Porte shall come to an understanding with the other contracting Powers in regard to the measures to be taken for maintaining or re-establishing legal order. No armed intervention can take pima without previous agreement between those Powers ARTICLE 28. The Principality of Servia shall - continue to hold of the Sublime Porte, in conformity with the Imperial Hats which fix and determine its rights aid immunities, placed hencefor ward under the collective guarantee of the contracting Powers. = - - In consequence, the said Principality shall preserve its in dependent and national administration, as well as full liberty of worship, of legislation, of commerce, and of navigation. ARTICLE 29. The right of garrison of the Sublime Porto, as stipulated by anterior regulations, is maintained. No armed interven tion can take place in Servia without previoas agreement be tween the high contracting Powers. ARTICLE 30. His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias and his Majesty the Sultan maintain, in its integrity, the state of their pos sessions in Asia, such as it legally existed before the rupture. In order to prevent all local dispute the line of frontier shall be verified, and, if necessary, rectified, without any prejudice as regards territory being sustained by either party. For this purpose a mixed commission, composed of two Russian commissioners, two Ottoman commissioners, oue English commissioner, and one French commissioner, shall be sent to the spot immediately after the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the Court of Russia and the Sublime Porte. Its labours shall be completed within the period of eight months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. ARTICLE 31. The territories occupied during the war by the troops of their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of. Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the French, and the King of Sardinia, according to the terms of the conventions signed at Constantinople on the 12th of March, 1854, between Great Britain, France, and the Sub. lime Porte ; on the 14th of June, of the same year, between Austria and the Sublime Porte ; and on the 15th of March, 1855, between Sardinia and the Sublime Porte ' • shall be evacuated as soon as p oss ibl e after the exchange of the rati fications of the present treaty. The periods and the means of execution shall form the subject of an arrangement be tween the Sublime Porte and the Powers whose troops have occupied its territory. - ARTICLE 32. Until the treaties or conventions which existed before the war between the belligerent Powers have been either renewed or replaced by new acts, commerce of importation or of ex portation shall take place reciprocally on the footing of the regulations in force before the war• ; and in all other matters their subjects shall be respectively treated upon the footing of the most favoured nation. --- ARTICLE 33. The convention concluded this day between their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of ,Great Britain and Ire land, the Emperor of thq French, on the one part, and his Majesty the Emperor of all 'the llussias, ou the other part, respecting the Aland Is!a,nds, is and remains annexed to the present treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as if it formed a part thereof. ARTICLE 34. The present treaty §hall Do ratified, and til. tAtiAgAtiog shall be exchanged at Paris in the space of four weeks, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms, Done at Paris, the thirtieth day of the month of March, it , the year ono thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. CLARENDON. C. M. D'HATZFELDT. COWLEY. ORLOFF. I 3 IJOL•SCHAUENSTEIN. BRUNNOW. HUBNER. , C. CAVOUR. A. WALEWSKI. DE VILLAMARINA. BOURQUENEY. AALI. MANTEUFFEL, MEIIEMMED DJEMIL. ADDITIONAL AND TRANSITORY ARTICLE. The stipulation of the convention respecting the Straits, signed this day, shall not be applicable to the vessels of War employed by the belligerent Powers for the evacuation, by sea, of the territories occupied by their armies ; but the said stipulations shall "resume their entire effect as soon as the evacuation shall be terminated. Done at Paris, the 30th day of the month of March, in the year 1856. CLARENDON. C. M. D'HATZFELDT. COWLEY. ORLOFF. BUOL-SCHAUENSTEIN. BRUNNOW. Htnntsa. C. CAVOUR. A. WALEWSRI. DE VILLAMARINA. BOURQUENEY. AALI. MANTEUFFEL. MEIIEMMED DJEMIL: PROCLAMATION OF PEACE. (This Day.) To-day, at noon, the official proclamation of peace took place. At about half-past 11 the officials concerned in the proceedings met at St. James's Palace, and con siited of the Officers of Arms, Serjeant of Arms, wear• ing their tabards, Serjeant Trumpeter, the High Bailiff and other Officers of the City of Westminster,-a troop of Life Guards, and a portion of the band -of the regi merit in their State dresses. The line through which the procession was to pass was very much crowded, and was kept by an immense number of police, both mounted and on foot. At ten minutes to 12 the proceedings commenced with a Royal salute fired from the Park guns, and the Pro clamation of Tea ,3 was read by Garter King-at-Arms, at the Palace gate. A procession was formed, and it proceeded to Charing-cross, and from thence to Temple bar in the follpwing order : A party of Life Guards cleared the way. • Beadles of Westminster, two and two, with Staves. High Constable, with his Staff, on horseback. High Bailiff and Deputy Steward of Westminster. Knight Marshal's men, two and two. Drums. Drum-Major. • Trumpets. Serjeant Trumpeter. Serjeants at / Pursuivan4s. S Serjeants at Arms. Heralds. 1 Arms. 1 Life Guards. At Charin•cross the crowd was immense, and on the arrival of the procession a cry was raised of "Hats off," but a very few responded to the call. A flourish of trumpets having been given, amidst much laughter, the royal proclamation was again read to anything but an attentive assemblage, and a faint attempt at cheering was made, but it was one of the most miserable responses imaginable, and in which none of the respectable classes present appeared to join. Another flourish of trumpets followed, and another effort at cheering was made, which also entirely failed. A gentleman, standing in close proximity to our reporter, remarked that the " Dead March in Saul" would have been the most ap• propriate musical accompaniment to the proclamation of the "Precious Peace." The Procession then moved on to Temple Bar, the gates of which being shut, the Junior Pursuivant of Arms, went out of the ranks, between two Trumpeters, preceded by two Horse Guards, to clear the way, rode up to the gate, and, after the Trumpets bad sounded thrice, knocked thereat. Being asked by the City Mar- shal from within, " Who comes there ?" he replied, "The Officers of Arms, who demand entrance into the City to publish her Majesty's Proclamation of Peace." The gates having opened, he was admitted alone, and the gates shut again. The City Marshal, pre ceded by his officers, conducted him to the Lord Mayor, to whom he presented her Majesty's warrant, which his lordship read and returned, giving directions to the City Marshal to open the gates. The Procession then moved into the city, and at the end of Chancery lane the proclamation was read a third time. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs having joined the procession it moved down Fleet-street towards the Royal Exchange. On arrival at the end of Wood street in Cheapside, where formerly stood the cross, the proclamation was again read. The procession continued on to the Royal Exchange, followed by a crowd of boys, blackguards, and rignmuffins, where the prOciatnation was read for the last time, and the procession returned "to the place from whence it came." There were very few flags exhibited along the line of procession, and the shops remained open as usual ; in deed, the general impression seemed to be that the whole proceeding was a farce. None of the respectable classes seemed to take the least interest in the proceedings. So ended the sad honours of a disgraceful war, and the foreign betrayal of a disastrous peace! Naval and iViiiitary intelligence. The Conqueror, 101, Cape. Symonds, and the Cruiser, 17, Commander the Hon. G. Douglas, left the fleet at Spithead yesttrday for Plymouth. The Centurion, 81, Capt. W. J. William, and Pearl, 21, Capt. Sotheby, l e ft the ibet at Spith e ad on Sunday night for the westward. The Meteor, 14, floating battery, Capt. F. B. Seymour, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon to refit ; the Glatton, 14, ditto, Capt. Cumming, also went into harbour for the same purpose. The Trusty, 14, Capt. Campbell, put back to Spithead yesterday afternoon, the vessel which had her in tow having broken down. All the Coastguardsmen and seamen riggers are to be discharged from the fleet. A general muster of the men, numbering upwards of 1.060, employed in the shipping department of Wool wich dockyard, took place yesterday morning, for the purpose of commencing a slight reduction in that esta blishment and examining the claims for superannuation. The following statement of the destination of the regi ments named on leaving the Crimea is, we believe, quite accurate :—The Ist Royals, 2d Battalion, 14th, 21st, 28th, 314, 47th, 48th, 57th, and 71st go to Malta ; the 13th, 30th, 55th, 89th, and 92d, to Gibraltar ; the 3d, 46th, and 68th, to Corfu ; and the 9tb, 17th, 39th, 62d, and 63d, to British North America. The 51st are on their way home from Malts, and the 54th, 66th, and 94th from Gibraltar. It is probable that no reliefs to the Ease or West Indies will take place this year. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(rhis Day.) LONDON, April 22.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; moderate breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, April 28.—Wind John Dugdale, from Manilla; Garland, Mauritius; Mary Matilda, Shields, for Suez. FALMOUTH, April 28.—Wind E.—Arrived—Dili gen ti a, from Bahi a ; G rec i an , S ev ill a ; E stren i dura, Lisbon. 27. Off the port—Ena, from Mauritius; Emilie, coast of Africa; John Williams, Philadelphia, for Bremen. NEWHAVEN, April 28.—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived —Hope, from Llanelly, for Falmouth, towed up from the latter port, where she put in dismasted. CARDIFF, April 28.—Wind N.—Sailed—Charles Coo per, for Rio Janeiro . Lady Falkland, Gib ra lt ar ; Mi chael Angelo, N ew Orleans. JERSEY, April 27.—Wind N.—Arrived —St. Aubin, from Marsala ; Minus, Labrador. BRISTOL, April 26.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Atalanta, from Mauritius; Venus , Barbadoes. GLOUCESTER, April 28.—Arrived—Juli e and Marie, from Ibrail. NEWPORT, April 26.—Arrived.—Eclipse, from Milford, for Jamaica. OFF BARE6EY, dpril 26.—Alexamler, from Mobile, for Liverpool. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Hartley and Pet, from Sunderland. Sailed—Tiber, for Newport; Simla (s.-t.), for Blaok.Sea. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N. Arrived—Mermaid, from Rio Bento ; E. W. Farley, Nov Orleans; Helicon, Mantanzas ; Caroline Louisa, Memel ; Neancler, Melbourne ; Bonne Mere, Nantes ; Mary and Emily, Santander ; Gannet (s.), Rotterdam. Sailed—Jeannette Melanie, for Ostend; Storm, Mar seilles ; Pilot Fish, Rio Janeiro ; Margaret, Africa; Dol phin, Hayti. QUEENSTOWN, Sunday. Wind N.B. Arrived—Niorcl, from Alexandria, Sailed—Canada and Palace, fur Quebec. KINGSTOWN, Monday. Wind N.W. Arrived—Alexandria, from Mobile. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISTI TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.10 a . m . Wind N.W. ; tide, 2 hours ebb; fine. Arrived—J. N. Cushing, from Calcutta ; Victoria, Ade. laide ; Albion, Guernsey; Midsummer, Charente ; Rapid, Uddewalla ; Anglesey, Melbourne. Sailed —Christopher, for St. John's, Newfoundland. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.48 a.m. Wind N.N.W., moderate. Passed—Ellen, from Jamaica ; Sumatra, Ceylon; James Holmes, Barbadoes ; Challenger, Japan, 104 days nut ; Southampton, New York ; Japan, Mauritius—all for Lon don. Charles Holmes, ship, from westward for eastward Anchored.—Tigre, from Patagonia for Leith. Several sail passed through during the night. FIRE AT EDMONTON.—On Sunday night a fire took place on the premises of Messrs. Ilanneford, tailors, High-street, Edmonton. The building and contents were completely destroyed. Three houses belonging to Mr. Booker were nearly burnt down, and other adjoin ing premises were much injured, and the furniture and stock in trade destroyed. Most of the property Wan Udlatilged• .: ,~ ~~