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

R. ALBERT SAITEL'S MONT BLANC,• TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at 8 o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and -aturday Morn!ngs at a. Etalls; 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. . r[ ER MAJESTY'S TUEATRE. SEASON 1856. It is respectfully announced that the OPERA SEASON will COMMENCE on SATURDAY, the 10th of May. On resuming the perfo manses which have been suspended du r ing the last three years, the Director of her Majesty's Theatre is anxious to assure the patrons of the Opera and the public, that no exertion shall be wanting to secure for this establishment that high position it so long maintained ; and 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. The 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 fortunes 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 to find a patron, he is now enabled gratefully to announce the immediate resumption of performances. At the present moment there arc vocalists, of an excellence - %elder& 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 reputation 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 Tbfrty Nights, and the Prices will be as follows : P 3 Boxes l2 to 150 Guineas. Grand Tier One Pair • l2O to 150 „ Two Pair 75 to 101 , Pit StalLs 25 .. THE THEATRE Will open on SATURDAY, the lOin MAY, When will be produced , Rossini's Opera of CENERENTOLA. Angelina Madame ALBONI. Don Ramiro Don Magnifico and Dandiui .. After which will be pre - icated an entirely new BALLET DIVEILTISSEMENT, entitled LES QUA TRE SAISONS, Founded on the Ballet Divertissement of that name by M. Pctipa, In the Opera of LES VEPRES SICILIENNE4, Principal Parts by Mdllcs.. Bellon, Bosehetti, Lisereau, and Katriuc: 211EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LA:%E Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISII OPERA. TIIIS EVENINCI will be produce," DEAVOI.O. To conclude with THE YANKE HOUSEKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, TIIE L'I7IL t 27 iti : Cr, Tic- , 7il3ziker. A, wad. .hr,. Spanish thati.z.zr3 will a-nal:. L u~. 77:1!nh L.l:cr GRlltsruw, TING iIIIW, ANI) BUIDSIIAW. To conclude with TIIE r03T31 %.N'S KNOCK. ROY tr. PRI ' , TOMS'S THEATRE, OX ?ORD-STREET. Under the ai 4numnient of Vr. CHARLES KRAL TILTS EvENINO. THE VICTOR VANQUISTIED. To coneinde withr•b TILE WINTER'S TALE. Principal env:Leers by Mr. and Mrs. C. roan. ROYAL THEATRE :DELPHI. Proprwor and Manager, Mr. R. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVE li/NG. LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B WebitPr, IPri4llt, P. Be Irnr 1. C. celV, Garden; Madame Cel,ste, Misi Wyndham. After which, URGENP PRIVATE: AFFAIRS. To conclude with BOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? MAL OLY:IPIC THEATRE. Mana;:er, Mr. Alfre.l Wigan. TEIIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After whielt will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though • tecisively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRI NIC ES , I; 0:, the Three Glees Distaffs. which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, an,l Miss Maskell will appall*. • ROYAL SUIREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drami, entitled 110 W WE LIVE IN THE WO.ILD OF LONDON. Followed by SARAH'S YOUNG M:IN. To conclude with 71.1 E TWO POUFS. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL Ampat THEATRE. Lessee and Mana , rer. %tr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVP.NINR, The Grand Spectac]•. Lord livren's M ZEPP and the WILD Rolt4E, in which the whole of Mr. W. Coolsa's highly-trained 11 )rses wilt appear. After which, the EQUESTRI 1N SCENE.; in the CIRCLE. Miss Kate CooXe on tier k-white charger, Snowdrop, in her elegant Act of Wanege de la TI tote Ecele. To conclude with ENGLAND'S HARYEST HOME and NATIO NAL STEEPLE,MASE. Immense preparations are in progress for Whit-Monday. Rim-Wilco 'open fr tit Fe er. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. Coke, jun. EMMA. STANLEY'S "SEVEN AOC - -; OF Wr)MIN." Evening perform Inces as usual, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, at R o'clock. Admission—Ract Seats, Is.; Centre Seats, 25.; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY—Morn. 25 min. aft. B—Evening 12 min. aft. 9 T 1-Siomow—Morn. 55 min. aft. 9 —Evening 36 miu. aft.lo THE WEATHER-815N Omer, Arr.lL 29. TEICII3IO3IRTER, IN TFII SHADE., 55 -highest since noon yesterday. 44 —:owest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BARoMETER, 29'68. WIND, N.W. to W.N.W. Light, with cold, dull weather. gri . • ,fr A !) 't LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1856. Mr. WHITESIDE 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 jud gmen t. When untrammelled by party pre jadices 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 clues- 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 f u lly maintained, but greatly enhanced, his well merited reputation, by his wonderful effort last night. For more than four hours he kept the House enthralled. The dinner hour was for onc( _...„ forgotten, and no inember 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 GoverAment. The most sagacious, and talented advocate for the defence could merely make an appeal ad inisericordiam, 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 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,",,lina, 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—ho usurped an authority —lie trampled upon etiquette, and saved Asia Mi nor." Every Englishman will heartily join in the aspiration—" May Goo bless him for that." He " would not have • ceca ten thousand soldiers perishing - with cold opposite to the store in which were the gacruelits to clole tlien, but the koy hole of which was sealOd with red tape. He would have kicked open the door and saved their lives." This was the con duct of NELSON iu the olden time—of ? Wu. LIAMS in 1855. Both tkese 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 WILLIAMS would receive adequate rewards. He is pre-eminently the English hero of the War—almost the only man • who, as a commander, sustaiaed the reputation of his country. He wal shamefully abandoned to his fate. Not even the contest in 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 face 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 -,f 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 sue c-,-;s3 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 'arge majorities evinces at once a scandalous dis regard for the wishes and feelings of the people, Ind 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 art 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 we ll to cons i der whether the time has not arrived when a stern and decisive protest against the system of centralisation and bureaucracy should be made. The advocates of the Bill, of course, keep its offensive features as much as possible in the back 4round. It serves their turn better to point to the alleged superiority of the county system, as apparently shown by cooked, or at all events un reli Able, statistics. The old or constabulary sys temp they tell us, does not protect society like File new, more crime being committed and more crinain. als escaping detection under it. Mr. HEN LEY'S ( :omment on this assertion is the production of stat istics showing that where the police is most nurnez ous the greatest number of offences is com mitted, and the amount of detection i; the small est ! I ris statistics, however, aro said to prove too mud 1, those who say so affecting to be unable THE SUM LOND 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 hare 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, iu short, that Germanic regime which " the power behind the Throne, awl 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 ecu tralisatioa should be especially guarded against. Ll&i s if! 1.)? RO2l Till , l 6A. LE - ANDEK TO CO UN 7' O fILOFF. (From yesteeday's Moniteur. ) The Etnperor 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 is 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. Animated 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 desliby and rights of Christianity in the East. Relying on yottr oft-tried devo tion t• the throne and countrj, I need you my first rem tiary ir the conclusien of a peace the conditions of which were to afford a solid basis for firmly securing the repose of Europe. The attitude, full of l o y a lty an d up rightness, which you assumed from the very commence ment of the negotiation did not fail to cpen path towards a reunion with the Powers that were at war 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 addi tional claim upon my heartfelt gratitude. Under the auspices of this peace now re-established my first care will be devoted to developing and securing the prospeltity of the empire which God has confided to my solicitude. lam firmly convinced that I shall always find iu 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 you to the dignity 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 Petr:rsburg, April 5 (17), 1856. 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. There was a report at Beriin on the 23.1 inst. that the Council of War had condemned M. de RochoN to time years' imprisonment in a fortress. It is said that Count Nlorny will reside at the Woron zoff Palace at St. Petersburg. The count is beset with solicitations for appointments as attaches. 4 • Lc Nord, ar.d other journals in the Russian interest, publish full details, from "special correspondents," of the late naval review at Spithead. The " churchine of the Enpreqs Eugenie takes place to-morrow. Her Imperial Majesty all, it is said, make her first appearance in public, since her confine ment, on Saturday next, at the 0 Leon. There i 3 a iumour at Rowe that in the month of Juno next the Emperor and Dcpress of Austria mill visit the H :ly City, to take part in a grand fete in honour of the dogma of the Immacu , ate 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 a vaited at Turin with lively impatience. Th., Duke of Leerle has left the Clarendon, for 11.,riday Castlr, n sr C4tterick, Yorkshire, The Countess Dowager of We.tmoreland and Lady Georgians Fane have arrived in Upper Brook-street, from Brympton House, in Sornersetsbire. Sir Ji,ltn . ariti Lady Matilda Maxwell have arrivad at the Clarendon. The Rev. A. Peyton has arrived at the Clarendon, from Doddington Rectory, bear Coatteriv, Cambridge- shire. Archdeacon Hale will deliver his archidiaeonal &verge to the London clergy, on Mendsy, at 11 o'clock, at the Church of St. Sepulchre, C.ty. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Monday, April 28.—Admissions on paereent, 2.269 ; ditto by eeason tickets, 560 ; total visitort L 2 829. SUPPOSLD DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF FOSCHINI.— On Sunday ieformation was received at the chief police ! office, Scotlaed-yard, that the body of Fuechini, the Italian, had been discovered in the River Thames. It was, however, ascertained yesterday that the body is not the body of Fos chilli, as was at first supposed, though it bears a very strong resemb'ance. LORD DALHOUSIE —The steam-frigate Tribune, having on board Lord Dalt ousie, lelt 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 notifies 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 Monty Order Offices in the United Kingdom, Postinastere are instructed to pay Money Orders issued at Malta and Gibraltar, provided they are in conformity with the regn;ati , ns. 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 these, 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.—The Pen insular and Orientil Company's screw-steamer Sultan, Captain N. Cook, sailed this afternoon, with the mails for Vigo, Op rto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 20 pas sengers ; 3,7001. 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 ladle and Pacific mails about the 2d proximo. The Plata, Captain Weiler, will sail on the 2d of May, with the mails for the West Indies, Mexico, and the Pacific. The Ut;it:,d States mail steam-ship Washington, Captain Cavendy, is expected to arrive off Cowes, en route from New York for Bremen, on Satur day next. According A to the . Militeir Zeitung, all the Aus trian companies, with the exception of those in Italy, are to be reduced to GO men, which is just half the usual strength of a company when on a peace footing. LATEST NE WS. PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 7.30 A.M. The Moniteur publishes the Treaty of Peace and its three annexes, as also the declaration of the 18th of April, which regulates different points of maritime law. It announces that the publication of the pro tocols will commence to-morrow. BERLIN, APRIL 26. The account given that a Prussian vessel of war is to be stationed at the Danube has just been officially contradicted. A part of the corps &armee of the Caucasus is to operate this sum mer towards Tschetchentsy, and a part of the troops of the Crimea towards Abasia. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 20. Ethami, son of Abbas Paella, is said to have claimed as much as 20 millions from the viceroy as his paternal inheritance. Arbitrators have 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 Aroniteur 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 I►n primeiie Imperiale, and between 2,000 and 3,00 t) 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 tieldi and meadows. At Argenteuil, at Suresne, and other localities, the wines Gf 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 lane rolise, whie't is now nearly at its close, has been most benignant." BOURSE, April 28.—The following were the closing prices : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. ti per Cents 93 23 —f. —C. 3 per Cents 73 GO 73 65 New Loan 74 30 Bank Shares 3,950 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,720 A.ustrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes PiedinonteN-(5)...... 9:3 25 Home Debt ...... itAILWA YS-708 CASH. fr. c. fr. c Or!eans 1:400 Western Northern Lyclts.. 1,41.10 NSV7 d) C 33 75 71 , :;ditc, - . - Loasr.a Grand Cautr , l Lyons, Gezeva 890 Testa Cotte 793 Auct:an Com, ..... 27 f3O AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. (BY MAGVETIC TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OUR OWN CORRFSPONDENT.) LIVERPJOL, 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, and 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 aterrific hurricane at Philadelphia on the 12th, causing great injury to property, but no lives 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 w as 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, 9i to ; ditto on Paris, 5 171 to 520. (BY TELEGRAPH FROM NEW ORLEANS.) APRIL 11. The sales of cotton for the week ending to day foot up 61,000 bales, and the iucreased receipts at all the southern ports 513,000 bales. Stock on hand 393,000 bales. APRIL 12. Cotton has advanced 4e. to ic. Sales to-day, 3,500 bales middling, at 10c. to 10Ic. APRIL 14. Cotton sales to-day, 2,500 bales. Middling is quoted at 10ge. N 9 TUP,SIDAY APTIEL 1858. fusing to give his consent to the Civil Service Pen sion Bill. The measure had been introduced by the Government, and the Governor'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 mouths from its being commenced, at a cost of 16,0001. The project was under the consideration of Government. THE PEACE. 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 C ipe Northumberland and Rivoli Bay ; all on board must have perished, the vessel being literally smashe l to pieces some bodies were found on the beach fearfully mangled by the vio lence of the wreck, and were decently buried by the inhabitants. The Varoon was from Manila to Sydney, with a full cargo of sugar and other I re 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 completely exhausted 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. Acting- 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 384,681 ounces of gold, or 16 tons, 2 qrs. 61bs. 9 oz., which at 80s., amounted to 1,538,7241. The price of gold had advanced to 3/.165. 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 diggeis being desirous to obtain the Government reserves of land, on which to carry on their mining operations. Mr. Gavin Duffy, late of the .1\ atioa newspaper, had arrived and been entertained at Melbourne. The dinner ended in a riot. Mr. huffy had dis claimed all intention of carrying on agitation, professing to devote himself to his profession—. the bar. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Hobart-town journals to February 9 are loud in denouncing the conduct of Sir B. Young in re- GENERAL TREATY BETWEEN Her Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of He French, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan. SIGNED AT PARIS, MARCH 30, 1856. RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT PARIS, APRIL, 27, 1853. In the name of Almighty God. Their Majesties the Queen of the United 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, and wishing to prevent the return of the complications which occasioned it, resolved to come to an understan6iug 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 Ple 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 lion. 'Privy Council, Haight Gram" 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, tho Sieur Charles Ferdinand Count of Bnol-Schauenstein, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold of Austria, and Knight of the mirder of the Iron Crown of the fit st 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, &e., his Chamberlain and actual Privy Councillor, his Minister of the [louse and of Foreign Attitirs, President of the Conference of Ministers ; and the Sieur Joseph Alexander Ilaron de Hubner, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Iron Crown, Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, his actual Privy Councillor, and his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoteutiary to the Court of France. His Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur Alex ander Count Colonue, Walewski, a senator of the empire, Grand °nicer 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 time Imperial Order of the Metijimlie of the first class, we., &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, rat., &e., &c., his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty ; His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Alexis ‘ Count Orloff, his Aide-de-Camp General aud Gene ral of Cavalry, Commander of the Head-quarters of his Majesty, a Member of the Council of the Empire and of time 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, :0111 of the Orders of Russia, Grand Cross of the Older of St. Stephen of Austria of the first class, of the Black Eagle of Prussia ill diamonds, of the Annun ciation of Sardinia, and of several other foreign Orders ; and the Stein. 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. Stanislans of the firet claw, Grand Croat of the Order of the Itod Eagle of Prussia of the first class, Commander of the Order of St. Ste phen of Austria, amid of sereeleil ether foeeign Orders : _. ills Majesty the Xing or Sardinia, the Sl,are Camilleßenec, Count of Cavour, Graud Cress of the Order of St. Maurice 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., his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of France ; And his Majesty Vie Emperor of the Ottomans, Mouham 'med Emin Aali Paella, Graud Vizier cf the Ottoman Empire, decorated with the Imperial Orders of the medjilio and of Merit of the first class, Grand Cross a the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, of St. Stephen of Austria, of the Red Eagle of Prussia, of St. Anne of Ru s sia, o f St. Maurice and St, Lazarus of Sardinia, of the Polar Star of eweden, 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 Emperoi of the French, accredited in the same character to his Majesty the King of Sardinia. 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 Russia's, 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, and appreciating 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 tile King of Prussia named as his Plenipotentiaries, that is to say : The Sicar 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. Stephea of Hungary, Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Newski, Grand Cross of Vie Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, and of the Order of the Nichau-Iftihar of Turkey, &e., &et. ; and the Sieur Maxi• milian Frederick Charles Francis Count of Hatzfeldt Wildeu burg-Schoonstein, his Actual Privy Councillor, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court is' 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. The Plenipotentiaries, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and duo 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, hi , 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 suecessoro, their respective dominions and sabjects, in perpetuity. ARTICLE 2. Peace being happily re-established 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. ARTICLE 3, His Majesty the Emperor 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 whiel the Russian troops are in possession. . _ - • ARTICLE 4, Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of the French, the King, of Sardinia, and the Sultan, engage. to restore to his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the towns and ports of Sebas topol, Balaklava, Kamicsh, Eupatoria, Kertcli, Jeuikale, Kiubourn, as well as all other territories occupied by the allied troops. • ARTICLE 5. Their Majesties the Queen 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 and entire mnnesty to those of their 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 on 3 of the other belligerents. ARTICLE 6. 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 Russian, 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 t ng, , a,ge, 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 Porto 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 contracting parties the opportunity of preventing such an extremity by means of their mediation, BARTICLE 9. His Imperial. Majesty the Sultan having, in his constant solicitude for the welfare of his subjects, issued a firman wh , ch, 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 sporlaneously 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 Maj :sty the Sultan with his subjects, nor in the internal administration of his empire. ARTICLE 10. The convention of the 13th of July, 1841, which ma'ntains the ancient rule of the Ottoman kmpiro relative to the dosing of the Strats of the Bosphorus and of the Dardanelles has been revisid by common consent. The act concluded for that purpose, and iu conformity with that principcle, between the high contracting parties, is and remains annexed to the present treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as if it formed au 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 in the ports and waters of the Black Sea shall be subject only to regulations of health, customs, and police, framed iu 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 7:cc Irding to the terms of Article 11, the maintenance or establishment upon its coast of military-maritime arsenals becomes alike unnecessary and. purposeless; in consequence, his Majesty the Emperor of all the itussias, and his 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 Black Sea, that convention is annexed to the present treaty, and shall have the same force and validity as it it formed an integral part thereof. It cannot be either annulled or modified without the assent of the Powers signing the present treaty. ARTICLE la 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 : iu 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 o f th e St a t es separbied or ti aversed by that river, shall be so framed as to facilitate, as much as possible, the passage of vessels. With the exception cfsoeh regulations, nn obstacle whatever shah be opposed to free navigation. ARTICLE 16. With the view to carry out the arrangements of the pre- ceding article, a commission, in which Lireat Britain, Aus tria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, anti Turkey, shal each be reps es nited by one delegate, shall be charged to de signate and to cause to be executed the works necessary be low Isatcha, to clear the mouths of -the Danube, as well as the neighbouring parts of the sea, from tea sauds and other impediments which obstruct them, iu order to put that part of the river and the said parts of the sea in the best 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 tLe 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, iu this respect at in every other, the flags of all nations shall be treated en the footing of perfect equa!ity. ARTICLE 17. A commission shall be established, and shall be composed of delegates of Austria, Bavaria, the, Sublime Porte, and Wurtemberg, (one for each of those Powers), to whom shall be 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 wha,tover 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, snail, after the dissolution of the European Uommissiou, see to maintaining the mouths of the Danube and the neighbouring parts of the sea iu 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 iu the preceding article, udder Nus. 1 and 2, within the period of two years. The signing Powers assembled in Conference,having been in/mined of tha fact, shall, after having placed it on record, pronounce the dissolution of the European Conunissiou, and from that time the permanent River Co omission shall enjoy the same powers as those with which the European Commission shall have until then been invested. ARTICLE 19. In order to insure the exezutiouof the regulations which shall have been established by cowmen agreement, in con formity with the principles above declared, each of the con tracting Powers shall have the to station, all times, two light vessels at the mouths of the Danube. ). In exchange for the towns, itorl, - s, 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 .Iditjesty the Emperor of all the Russias consent's to. the rectification'of his frontier in Bessarabia. The new frontier shall begin froM the Black Sea, one kilo metre to tue cast of the Lake Bourne, Sola, shall run perpen dicularly to the'Akcrman road, shall folloW that road to the Val de Trajau, - pass - to the south of Bolgrad, ascend the course of the river Yalpuck to the Haight of Saratsika, and termivate at Katamori on the •Pi:uth. 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 new frontier. Auncr e se2l. The territory ceded by Ruism. shall be anntted to the Pein eipality of Moldavia under the suzerainty of the Sublime Porte. The inhabitants of that territory shall enjoy the rigiFts and privileges s,lcurod 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 Porte, 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 shall be no separate right of inter ference in their internal affairs. • ARTICLE 23. The Sublime Porte engages to preserve to the said Princi palities an independent . and national administration, as well as full liberty of worship, of legislation, of commerca, and of navigation. The laws and statutes at present in force shall be revised., Ia 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 iuves igate the present state of the Principalities, and to propose bases for their future organisation. ARTICLE 24. His Majesty the Sultan prop .ses to convoke immediately in each of tin) two provinces a divan ad hoc, composed in such a manner as to represent most closely V° 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 25. Taking into consideration the opinion expressed by the two divans, the commission shall transmit, without delay, to the present se_tt of the Conferences the result of its own labours. Tne 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 th.se provinces, placed thence forward under the collective guarantee of all the signing Powers. AILTICLII 2G. It is agreed that there shau he in the Principalities a na tional armed .force, organis3cl 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 ester. nal aggression. ARTICLE 27. If the internal tranquillity of the Principalities should be menaced or compromised, the Sublime Porte shall come to an undeistauding with the other contracting Powers in regard to the measures to be taken for maintaining or re-estahlishiL g legal order. No armed intervention can take place without previous agreement between those Powers A RTICLE 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 and immunities, placed hencefor ward Under the collective guarantee of the contracting Powers. In consequence, the said Principality shall preserve its dependent and national administration, as well .as full liberty of worship, of legislation, of commerce, and of navigation. A RTICLE 29. The right of garrison of the Sublime Porte, as stipulated by anterior regulations, is maintained. No armed interven tion can take place in Servia without previoss agreement be tween the high contracting Powers. ARTICLE 30. Eis 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 rup ure. 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, one English commissioner, and one French commissioner, shall be sent to the spot im nediately after the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the Court of Ruisia and the Sublime Porte. Its labours shall be completed within the period of eight mouths after the exchapge of the ratifications of the present treaty. ARTICLE 31. The V rritories 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 Porto ' - shall be evacuated as soon as pos s ibl e a ft er th e e xchange 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 laVoured nation. ARTICLE 33. The convention concluded this day between their Majesties the Qneen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, the Emperor of the French, on the one part, and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, on the other part, respecting the Aland Islands, is and remains annexed to the present treats, and shall have the same force and validity as if it formed a part thereof. • ARTICLE 31. T'le present treaty shall bo ratified and the ratiacaticnis shall be exchanged at P ar i s i n th e space o f f our w ee k s, o r sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries bar° signed the same, and have affixed theret) the seal of their arms. Done at Pails, the thirtieth day of the month of March, in the yoar one thousand eight hundred and fifty-Aix. CLARENDON. C. M. D'HATZFELDT. COWLEY. ORLOFF. • BUOL SCLIALTENSTEIN. 11nUNZIOW. HUBNER. C. CAVOUR. A. WALEWSEI. DE VILLAMARINA. BOTJRQUENEY. AALI. MANTEUFFEL. MEILEMMED DJEMIL. A DDITIONAL AND TRANSITORY ARTICLE. The stipulation of the convention respecting the Strait-OP signed this day, shall not be applicable to the vessels of 'T r employed by the belligerent Powers for the evacuation,-by sea, of the territories occupied by their armies ; but the Pm 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 t h. year 1856. CLARENDON, COWLEY. C. M. D'HATZFE L DT. ORLOFF. BUOL-SCHAUENSTEIN. BR UNNOW. Huaicaat, C. CAVOUR. A. WALEWSEI. DE VILLAMARINA. BOURQUENEY. AALI. MINTEUFFEL. 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 concerne d in the proceedings met at St. James's Palace, and co' si=ted of the Officers of Arms, Serjeant of Arms, wear• ing their tabards, Serjeant Trumpeter, the High Bailiff and other Officers of the City of Wetminster, a trooP of Life Guards, and a portion of the band of the real' ment in their State dresses. The line through which the procession was , to Pegg was very much crowded, and was kept by an bunions* number of police, both mounted and on foot. At ten minutes to 12 the proce e di ngs commence d with a Royal faint e fired from the Park gong, and the Pro! clamation of TIM '3 was read by Garter King-at-Arcact at the Palace gate. A procession was formed, and ° proceeded to Charing-cross, and from thence to TemPlY bar in the following order : A psrty of Life Guards cleared the way.. Beadles of Westminster, two and two, with Staree. High Constable, with his Stiff, on horseback. High Bailiff awl Deputy Steward of Westminster.. Knight Marshal's men, two and two. Drums. Drum-Major. • Trumpet?. Serjeant Trumpeter. Serjeants at Pursuivauts. Serjeants at Arms. Heralds. Arms. Life GUAIdg. At Charing-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, amitst much laughter, the royal proclamation was again read to anything bat on attentive assemblage, and a faint attempt at cheerio° was made, but it was one of ths most miserable response s imaginable, and in which none of the respectable classes present appeared to join. Another flourish of trumpet s followed, and .anotber 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 , or f:To pria t e musical accompaniment to the proclamatio n of the "Precious Feace." The Procession then moved on to Temple Bar, the gates of which being shut, the JuniOr Pursuivaut 01 Arms, went out of the ranks, bctween two Trumpeters , preceded by two horse Gnarls to clear the way, rode up t) the gate, and, after the Trumpets had s ounded thrice, knocked thereat. Being asked by the City Mar shal from within, " Who comes there ?" he replied, "The Officers of Ar.ns, who detnAnd entrance into the , City to publish her M a j es ty' s Proclamation of Peace. The gates having opened, he was admitted alone, 3' d the gates shut sv - ri.n. The City Marshal, pre' ceded by his officers, cmducted him- to th e Lord Mayor, to whom he presented be e , Majesty's warrant, whi c h hi s l or d s hi p rea d 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 WO read a third time. The Lord Mayer, Aldermen, and Sheriffs having joined the procession it moved down Fleet-street towards the It al Exchange. On arrival at the end of Wood treat ingheap-ide, where formerly stood the crosP, the proclamaTion was again road. The procession continued on to the soya! Excl=lige, followed by a crowd abort blacg.tmards, and ragnmutfinP, where the proclamation was read for the last time, and the precession 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 pt oceeditig wa a farce. None of the respectable classed 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! Nava' ani iiic xy intelilgenCe. The Conqueror, 101, CI) . Symonda, and the Cruiser, 17, Commander the Hon. G. Douglas, left the fleet at Spithead yestfrday for Plymouth. Tne Centurion, B], Capt. W. J. William, and Pearl, 21, C3iit. Sotheby, heft the flaet at Spithead on SundaY, mglit 1. r the westward. The Meteor, 14, fl rating battery, Capt. F. B. Seymour, Went into P. , rt,mouth barbJur piAer :ay afternoon to refit ; the GJatton, 14, ditto, Capt. Cumming, also went into haripiur for the same purp , se. The Tin , ty, 14, Capt. Campbell, put hack to Spithead yesterday afternoon, the ve.sel 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 1.000, employed in the shipping department of Wool wich dockyard, took place y.sterday morning, for the purpose of commencing a slight reduction in that esta blisnment 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 alcurate :—The 14 Royals, 2d Battalion, 14th, 21st, 28th, 314, 47th, 48th, 57th, and 71st go to Malta ; the 13th, 30th, 55th, 89th, nod 92d, to Gibraltar the 3d, 461,n, and 68th, to Corfu ; and the 9tb, 17th, 39th, 62d, and 633, 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 relief* to the East or West Indies will take place this year. LLOYD'S SHIPPINU.—(rhis Day.) LONDON, April 22.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; moderate breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, April 2i.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived-- John Du.T , lale, from Manilla ; Garland, Mauritius ; Mary' Matilda, - Shields, for Suez. FALMOUTH, April 28:—Wind E.—Arrived—Diligentia, from Bahia ; Grecian, Seville ; Estrenidura, 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 Llauelly, 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, Gibraltar ; Mi chael Angelo, New Orleans. JERSEY, April 27.—Wind N.—Arrived—St. Aubin, from Marsala ; Minus, Labrador. BRISTOL, April 25. —Wind S. W.—Arrived—Atalanta, from Mauritius; Venus, Bar oadoes. GLOUCESTER, April 28.—Arrived—Julio and Marie, from Ibrail. NEwPorr, April 26.—Arrived.---Eclipse, from Milford, for Jamaica. OFF BARD6"EY, April 26.—Alexander, from Mobile, for Liverpool. (PES ELECTRIC TELECIRLPHO SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Horning. 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, New Orleans ; Holienn, Mantanzas ; Caroline Louisa, Memel; Neautier, MAbourne ; Bonne Mere, Nantes ; Mary and Emily, Santander ; Gannet (s.), Rotterdam. Sailed—Jeaneette Melanie, fur Ostend; Storm, Mar seilles ; Pilot Fish, Rio Janeiro; Margaret, Africa; Dol phin, Hayti. _ QUEENSTOWN, Sunday. Wind N.E Arrived—Nionl, from Alexandria. Sailed— Galatia and Palace, foi Quebec. Kis GSTOWN, Monday. Wind N.W. Arrived—Alexandria, from Mobile. (BY SUBMABINIt ANL SUITIBB TEL/GRAPH.) 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—Christepher, for St. John's, Newfoundland. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 48 a.m. Wind N.N.W., moderate. Passed—Ellen, from Jamaica ; Sumatra, Ceylon; James Holmes, Bat Undoes ; Challenger, Japan, 104 days out Southampton, New York ; Japan, Mauritius—all for Lon ,lon. Chailes Holmes, abip, horn westward for eastward Anchored.—Tigre, ftoin Patagonia for Leith. Several sail passed through during the night. FIRE AT EMIONTON.-011 Sunday night a fire took nine on the premises of Mesere. Hanneford, tailors, fligh-street, Edmonton. The building and contents were completely destroyed. Three houses belonging to Alr. Booker wero nearly burnt down, and other adjoin ing premises were much injured, and the furniture and ;took in tiale destroyed. Most of the property was uailuured.