The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

% ER i'dAJESTY'S THEATRE. Maine ALBONI. THIS Evening , Saturday ; May 17 will ba per:brined Ras. 'Mini's Opera IL BARBIERE DE SIVIGLA. Rosina, Marne. Alboni ; 11 Conte, Signor Caizolari ; Bartok), signor Zucconi ; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. In the Lesson Scene Madame Alboni will introduce Hum. mel's variations. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, LES QUATRE SAISONS; by Mdmes. Be lion, Boschetti, Lizereux, Pierron, Katrine, and M. Vandris. Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Boschetti and M. Vandris ; Pas, Mdlle. Katrine, accompanied by Mdlle. Pierron and coryphees; Pas, Mdlle. Lizereux and Corps de Ballet; Pas de Bacchante, Mdlle. A. Bellon; Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Bellon and M. Vandris; Finale, Mdlles. Bellon, Boschetti, Lizereux, Katrine, and M. Vandris, and Corps de Ballet. Applications for boxes and stalls to be made at the Box office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket.—The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, lir. N. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced CINDERELLA. To cou lade with YINKEC HOUSEKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. the Management of Mr. Backatone. TIM EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL GAMBUSINO; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. After which, GRISISHAW, BAGSHA.W, AND BRADSHAW. To conclude with TOM THUMB. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, Under the 31snagentent of Mr. enemas KEAN. TfIN EVENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. • After which, THE WINTER'S TALE. Principal characters by Ifr. and Mrs. C. mean. ROYAL TIIEKTRE ADELPIII. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, P. Re leord. C gelby, Garden Madame Celeste, M 133 Wyndham. After Which, URGENT' PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with 31Y PRECIOUS BETSY. ROYAL OLY‘iPtC THEATRE. Lessee and 3lana7er. Mr. Alfred Wigan. TUN EVENING RETRIBU lON. To conclude with STA.Y AT HOME. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Croswiok. THIS EVENING. JACK SHEPPARD. Followed by YOUR LIFE'S IN DAN ,ER. To conclude with BETSY BAKER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. ANIPHITHF.ATRE. Lessee and Siana-zer, Mr. Wm. Cooke. TIIIS EVENING, 4th time, a New and Original Romantic Equestrian Speetacip written exaressly for this Amphitheatre, called, THE 'MUSE OF THE CAVERN, or the )f punted Brigarvis of the Abruzzi, in which Mr. William Cooke's Stud of Horses, trained by him, will develope various novel and surprising situ :dons and e:T:3,!ts. After which, A new series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, concludin; with a TABLEAU EQUESTRE. Box-office open frirn E , evcn ti! Foir. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. N. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tsis DAY—Morn. 15 min. aft. 12—Evening 33 min. aft. 12 T I-MORROW—Morn. 51 min. aft.l2 —Evening 9 min. aft. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 17. THERMOIIETEB, IN THE SEIADE. 62 —highest since noon yesterday. 51 -lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAuomitTEß, 29.73. WIND, S.W.—Light, with clouds and sunshine HALF PAST Two.—Heavy shower of hall. 17, kt;) 1111 LONDON, S YTURDAY, MAX 17, 1858. On - Monday the New Loan of 5,000,0001. is te, be concluded, and the same evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer will make his financial statement for the current year in the House of Commons. We have already explained the artful manner in which the so-called guardians of the national purlt have been excluded from the possibility of offering any objections to the amount or circumstances of the transaction until it has been accomplished. Now they will be prevented from demanding an 3 modification or alteration of any existing impost, or of refusing their assent to any new tax whicl Sir G. C. LEWIS may deem it expedient to pro pose, on the plea that it was too late to do so, that due provision must be made for the publi, service, and that public faith was pledged to thf capitalists, with whom a bargain was concluded on that very morning. So far as the great question at issue—the in• dependence of the House of Commons—is con cerned, it signifies but little whether the contrac• be good or bad. The Right Hon. B tronet may bring forward an unexceptionable scheme, al though from his antecedents we can scarcely in dulge in so pleasing an anticipation. But he striving to create a very dangerous precedent, and one that should be resisted to the uttermost, by every independent member, Who desires the maintenance of the rights and privileges.of thf important body to which he belongs. If a reso lution confirming the loan be carried, Parliamen will be bound by every pledge that has or may b. given in reference to future loans, however pressing the exigencies of the Exchequer. N. new loan can be contracted, nor can two milliom of Exchequer Bonds or Bills be issued under any circumstances. These are unquestionably impro vident arrangements, and we cannot see how the present Minister can fairly or justly bind any suc cessor in office, or even another Parliament, in the event of a dissolution and an appeal to the counts y. There is but one mode in which the House can vindicate its own honour, and retain the pri vilege of acting in financial matters as circum stances may demand, and that is by refusing the contract so improperly made. It is only in that, way that they can afford relief to the overburdened taxpayers, or provide- the necessary funds for the maintenance of the national credit in the event of any fresh complications arising ; or, what can scarcely be regarded as very improbable, the Chancellor of the Exchequer being mistaken in his calculations. The -loan cannot as conclud e d un til sanc ti one d b b e considered y a resolution of the House of Commons, and therefore there can bf Do objection to refusing that assent, or at all ev ent , ostponing it until the discussion on the Budget has terminated. It may be said that it is the ordinary cours. for Financial Ministers to conclude their arrange ments with capitalists before submitting t:eni t( the consideration of Parliament. But hitherto the whole time between the announcement and the conclusion of a loan has not run out during recess, without any opportunity being afforded tt Honourable Gentlemen of questioning the Minis ter, or of protesting against his plan. That i one of the objections to the present proceeding. The preliminary pledges —so injudiciously and improperly given that there shall be no further loan, no fundin g of Exchequer Bills, and no sal( of savings bank stock, unless necessary for sav ings bank purposes, are, however, the main points. By these a Minister usurps functions to which ht by no means entitled, and which, by tying ui tho bands of Parliament for a certain time, may prove very injurious to the best interests of the country, and operate very unfairly against a successor, in case of a change in the Cabinet. There are many financial questions that must be subjected to stringent discussion during the present Session. The unequal and oppressive operation of the Income Tax requires notice, which it will doubtless receive ! While every exertion was necessary to provide the funds requisite for the vigorous and energetic maintenance of the War these grievances might be submitted to, although not without exciting bitter feelings. But now that Peace has been prematurely patched up—that neither the national honour nor the national interests are involved in the result—it will be impossible to induce the sufferers to sub mit patiently to the gross and palpable injustice. Two years is a long time to endure a grievance, and it must be remembered that the equal assess ment of all kinds of income, whether temporary or permanent, precarious or certain, will be con tinued until April, 1858. Even the Long An nuities, which terminate in 1860, will be charged ls. 4d. in the pound, or some 2 per cent. on the capitalised value—while the Three per Cents. will only pay 45., or 1-sth per cent. on the saleable value. There are also the enhanced duties on tea, coffee, and sugar, malt, and spirits, which must be taken into consideration. All these are evidences of a retrograde policy, totally opposed to the Fre e principles, now universally acknowledged. There are many grave objections to all except that on spirits, which need only be restricted by the necessity of preventing a contraband trade. But there is reason to believe that the enormous increase of the tax, both in Scotland and Ireland, has given a stimulus to that demo ralising traffic ; and, indeed, it is already found that the proceeds are less than has been obtained under a comparatively moderate tariff. There are, therefore, six important fiscal subjects, the consideration whereof cannot be postponed or evaded—in addition to the all-important question of the currency, and the continuation of the Bank Charter Act. The usurpation of the Chancellor of the Eichequer is, therefore, the more to be deprecated when it attempts to get rid of such important topics by a side wind. There must be no disturbance in the Parks to-morrow. The Sabbatarians are sufficiently unscrupulous, but they must not be allowed to gain any accession of strength from the proceed ings. Ws would the more particularly insist on this because there is a maudlin sensibility in some quarters to the most trivial breach of the law by the people, and no sensibility at all to the wrongs of the people, however execrable, which occa sion each outbreaks. A few lordlings, as rich as empty-headed, shall interfere with the health and comfort of myriads, who, GOD knows, have little enough of either, and escape with a charitable " well, they thought they were right ;" while the poor wretch, whom their interference exasperated to a breach of law, shall be held worse than a log. A dog is deemed entitled to eat his bone in peace, and those who interfere with him are counted worthy of all the bites they get. rho dog's exceptional exercise of his teeth is more than tolerated, because of the provocation. But a forty-parson power scarcely suffices to describe the atrocious presumption, as it is deemed, of the poor man who bites (break; the peace) in defence of his lame ! Opinion, in polite circles, is hardly so manly, or so just, as is desirable. Why, you actually hear more of the riotous proceedings last year in the Park than of the atrocious interference with the people's bone which occasioned them ! The existence of this feeling induces us to express a hope that as many of the upper and middle classes as sympathise with the people will bring their wives and children to the Parks, in order to the encouragement of the sober and orderly, and the discouragement of the disorderly characters always to be met with in a London crowd, assem bled for whatever cause. At the same time let there be no crouching; the people are being robbed by Archbishops, Lords, M.P.'s, and a band of unprincipled Pharisees, clerical and lay, of their bone. It cannot be expected that they should be " mealy mouthed" under the circumstances. Religious hypocrisy probably never in •nodern times attained a more rampant position in thi country than at present. In former times it used to display its graces once a week to the heathen multitude and content itself therewith, and the power and op portunity to be censorious. Now it has its gala lays beside, and to " earthen vessels" pouring , ut torrents of h— fire from the pulpit adds Dictators in Lawn who frighten Prime Ministers, tnd audaciously announce the intention of Exeter Uall to put the people down ; together with wosy legislators, Scotch and English, whose chief luty it is to make by act of Parliament the people's lay of rest a day of misery. The very organisations shich at one time gave efficiency to the teaching if several of our religious bodies are now being liverted—at all events are employed most success ully in tyrannising over the consciences of the ielpless masses. A knot of presumptuous men in London, remarkable for no great talent, or learn ing, or piety, and who have never been guilty of .elf-sacrifice in their lives, having entertained un sarranted notions of Sabbath observance, deter mine to enforce, their views on others. A district secretary or superintendent is written to, who gives intimation of what is wanted at head quarters, and on the Sunday following the people ire told it is their bounden duty to sign the petition at the door against the desecra tion, or for the better observance, of the LORD'S Day. The people sign, knowing nothing, of the wrongs of the London poor, and in the House of Commons old women are found in more than sufficient abundance to believe these petitions to be the petitions of the people of the provinces, and not of the intriguers in white neckcloths watching their presentation in the gallery. Strange to add, a petition for liberty of conscience abroad, especially in. Papal States, will be quite as readily siguod, and. that without a soul discerning, or appearing to discover, the incongruity. The more thoroughly the machinery of Exeter Hall is examined, and the easy prin ciples of those who direct it are taken into account, the more decided, we are quite sure, will the public become that Exeter Hall is becoming a 1 . rave nuisance ; an d th a t it is unwise to furnish Indiv iduals who so tyrannise over their fellow e'ulltrYusert at home with the means to lord it over weak snorant natives abroad. Exeter Hall boasts of it s raissions and charitable institutions ; but it is rs markable that these institutions are the bases of i is p o liticalpower, and we trust that this will no , i be forgotten by those worldlings— their name is legion_who are called upon an nually to le ad their mite to the LORD ! To re turn to the) aleetingor meetings to-morrow we must express a h , epe that the day will be fine, and that the dernenst ,ration will be as good-humoured as possible, and !that no bigot or policeman will break what, we fee I assured, the people will be desirous o , the peace. Apropos, we would suggest th e p , ropriety of other members of the Established C 'hurch than the Archbishop of Cu - TERnuny, and I.lorcls BLANDFORD and GROSvENOR expressing publicly thviir opinion on the Sabbath question. Sibbataritnism is certainly not taught in the Church Catechism, and not a few. good Churchmen—episcopal, clerical, and lay —are re ported to differ from the PRIIIATE. SPORTING NOTES. NOTHING NEW. So many important demands were made upon the columns of The Sun, by the extraordinary disclosures oa Palmer's trial, that I departed from my expressed inten tion of placing my " motes" before the reader on Wed nesday last. I had, however, nothing to communicate, unless, indeed, I bad described the chop-fallen counte nances of the "proud Salopian'," whose meeting, despite the exertions of Mr. Frail, was an unmitigated failure. On the Tuesday foul weather marred the sport, and on Wednesday the Manchester gathering took off all the principal turfites. The racing, at either place, was not remarkably interesting, the double defeat of Typee, on the banks of the Irwell, being perhaps the most important " feature" of the week. By the way, I see that both Stork and Lambourn were placed in great peril on Wednesday. For the Manches ter Meeting they were located at Broughton. The stable in which they stood caught fire, and they were with difficulty rescued. Stork was much frightened, and kicked and plunged so violently that he hurt himself. The Manchester men may be well proud of their meeting, for it has attained a wide-spread popularity, and the legitimate means which are adopted to provide sport will ever render it worthy the support and patron. age of all classes of turfites. The executive department, under the direction of Mr. Bake, is most efficient. I understand that the list of attractions will be still further strengthened by next year by an increase o added money. Racing men, too, enjoyed their ease at their inn to the top of their bent, for the charges were moderate enough, and contrasted most agreeably with the extortionate demands which they had just ex- 1 perienced at Chester. The Bath Meeting will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next. During the two days some important demonstrations will be made relative to the Derby. On Monday I will discuss the promise of sport and throw together some rough notions relative to the Great Coming Event at Epsom. A FRESH MAN. May 17. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING, THE TIPPERARY BANK. Yesterday the case of the English shareholders was brought to a conclusion, but the Master re served his judgment. Their counsel confidently expect that several of them—if not all—will have their names expunged from the list of contributories. Mr. O'Driscoll, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Langston, claimed to be beard. Tne Master said he could not hear him, as his client bad not made an affidavit. Unless he could swear that he had been misled in the purchase of his shares he would find it a difficult matter to get rid of his liability. Mr. O'Driscoll said he was beard on Tuesday when he opened an affidavit of Mr. Hynes (his client's solicitor.) The Mae er said that if a person purchased in the market what he considered to be valuable shares, how coul•l anything that occurred afterwards liberate him from the position in which he placed himself ? It would be contrary to every principle ref,u'ating such matters to hold that he c.m1.1 get out of that position. If Mr. O'Driscolt's client wanted to make out a special case of imposition or fraud he should do so in the proper legal manner. Mr. O'Driscoll said he would procure the affidavit necessary to enable him to be beard. The Master said that in a case of so great magnitude and importance as this was he would give to every party the fullest opportunity of putting forward his case, his desire being to save expense to suitors. Mr. M'Donough, Q C., replied on behalf of the official manager, and pointed out that, under the 43d section of the deed, power was given to the directors, in case of a vacancy on the board occurring by death or otherwise, to fill it up until the next annual meeting of the pro prietors. Messrs. Keating and John Sadleir accepted office as directors by consenting to sign the certificates, and, as between the parties before the Court, they could not now be heard saying that they were not then direc tors. Before concluding the learned counsel read an affi davit of Mr. M`Dowell, the official manager, which stated, amongst other things, that he had obtained pos session of the books, papers, and documents of the bank, and had carefully examined the minute book, the stock ledger, and the registry book ; that the minutes of the proceeding did not show that any court of directors, ac cerdiag to the provisions of the deed was ever held kr any porpse whatever ; that the provisions of 'the deed respecting the approbation by a court of directors of any issue of new shares ha l been habitually disregarded ; that there did not apt ei,r to have been any rules or re gulations in the bye-laws made by the directors as to the manlier in which the subscription for or transfer of anyishares should be made and registered in the share registry book of the company. The proceedings were adjourned to this morning. The Limerick Chronicle states that "Me. Sadleir, a little before his destruction, had the vanity to say that he should send four clerks in the Tipperary Bank to grace the Senate, as members, on a dissolution of Parliament." THE WEATHER. The weather has been highly favourable since Sunday last, when the wind, which had been blowing sharply from the east and north for upwards of 6 weeks, veertd round to the south-west, and copious showers of rain have been since fal'in;. It was a mast welcome change, and the effect on ve4etation is at once remarkable and c'eer.ng. This morning is sunny, but the day is likely to be showery. "A. FoULD." BOURSE, May 16.—The following were the las quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 25 —f. —a. 3 per Cents 75 25 75 50 New Loan 75 25 Bank Shares 4,000 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,920 A.ustrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) RAILWAYS-708 CAI3II. fr. C. fr. C Orleans Northern Lyons. Mediterranean 1,700 Grand Central Lyons Geneva — Tests ILLICIT DISTILLATION. The Galway Watchman stat2s that ca Monday night ChPmbers, Clancy, and Anderson made two extensive seizures of illicit whisky. It was found concealed in a house in Hill-street, Galway, belonging to a man named MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN. The Rev. J. G. Maddison, formerly rec'or of West Monkton, Somersetshire, died at Doe Castle, c runty Donegal, on Sunday last in consequence of injuries ac cilentally received by him on the previous Friday. It appears the r-v. gentleman had been fishing in the neigh b mrhood of his resident , , when his foot slipped from the Vace on which ha stood, and that, in fading, the back of his head came in contact with the r .ck, fracturing his skull. He linger.•d till the 11th inst., when be ex pired. The deepest regret at his untimely demise is universally prevalent, his generosity and amiability bay ing rendered him extremely popular. Mr. Maddison was 64 years of ago at the time of his death. THE 5t11 4 4, LONDON, SATUR i)A Y EVENING MAY 17, 1856. , he_adininiAration of the Caisse des Depots et islgnations, is to be formed exclusively of a ,t made by the Imperial Civil List, and from urces belonging to the direction of the opera. ill not therefore in any way interfere with the ,aces of the public treasury. On the other d, the financial combinations of this institution, the conditions attached to the obtaining of ensi , ns, have not been adopted until after very mature examination, and after taking into account the serious lessons of the past ; and I am confident that the dotation of the fund, thus constituted, will suffice to meet all the charges which may fall on it. Your Majesty will, however, remark that the artistes and employes who form part of the com pany of the Imperial Theatre of the Opera, may, with regard to their retiring pension, date their services from 1830, so that the injury resulting to them by the suppression of the old pension fund will he completely repaired. Lastly, it has ap peared proper not to include in the participation of the benefit of pensions such artistes as may enter the Opera with a salary exceeding 40,000 f. a-year ; because they are then in the full exercise of their talents, and generally only remain a few years. As, therefore, they could not attain the time of service necessary to establish a claim to a pension, any stoppage made from their emoluments would be a charge without any compensation, and it is, moreover, easy for artistes who receive such high salaries to secure to themselves by economy an equivalent for a retiring pension. [f your Ma- _ jesty deigns to approve of the measures above in dicated, and in which more than six hundred families are interested, I beg you to affix your signature to the annexed decree, having for object to sanction them, as well as the arrangements at tendant thereon. LITERATURE. The Russian Empire ; its People, Institutions, and Resources. By Baron Von Haxthausen, author of " Trans-Caucssia," &.t. Translated by R. Farie, Esq. 2 Vols. Chapman and Hall. This work presents some features of novelist in the consideration of a subject that has been of late so frequently discussed. It shows us the Russian empire from a German point of view. Hitherto the works which have appeared among us on this topic have been the production of Englishmen, or of those equally disposed to regard despotism and slavery with aversion. It is usually advisable to regard a question from both sides before forming a decided and unchangeable opinion upon it ; and it may, therefore, be useful for the attainment of an unprejudiced decision on the Russian principles of government to peruse the volumes before us, and weigh the arguments advanced by its partisans. It is in this light that we regard Baron Von Hax thausen, though he does not declare himself as such at the outset ; neither are his comments those of unqualified praise. On the contrary, he admits many unfavourable statements, and even raises ob jections to anything that strikes him as injurious to the advancement and civilisation of the people. Nevertheless, it is easy to perceive to which side his opinions incline, and long before the reader arrives at the open panegyric upon the Russian Government, in the second volume, he is on his guard against the favourable conclusions drawn from the descriptions. He is the less in clined to put faith in the political judgment and foresight of the author from a chapter on the Russian aggressions in the last century, and his ex pression of a firm conviction that scarcely any thing would induce Russia to go to war with Turkey. The work, it must be premised, was written before the much-disputed Turkish ques tion had been heard of. It originally appeared in three volstmes, the first two being published in 1847, the last in 1852; but from the numerous re petitions, no doubt caused by the long intervals at which-it was written, and from many details being only of local interest, such as a minute description of all the varieties in the agri cultural system, the translator has [thought it w!s visable to abridge it. He informs us in the trans lator's preface that the work is already known in this country in the original German, and in a French version which has since appeared. The translation of the present volumes has been made entirely from the German. In alluding to the high reputation which Baron Haxthausen has at tained, he remarks that whatever opinion may be formed of his views, the reader cannot fail to be convinced of the earnest and impartial manner in which he pursued his investigations. We have before stated that his opinion of the Russian do minion is generally a favourable one, and the translator is aware of this fact. He says, that although the translation was commenced during the -war, and was first prompted by the attention recently drawn towards the state of Russia, it would be a great mistake to suppose that the book is indebted to its value for those accidental circum stances. Its perusal, he tells us, will be much more useful when the temporary excitement has ceased, and in looking forward to its publication he has often regarded the termination of hostilities as a favourable time for bringing it before the public. It is much to be questioned, however, whether the feeling against Russian des potism, and the suspicion with which her aggressive movements are regarded by the peo ple of this country is extinguished with the conclusion of the war. The aui hor, in his preface, tells us that for many years he has devoted his at tention to the study of rural institutions, as he calls them, or the relations of the State, the land • owners and the peasants to one another. Some twenty years ago he received a commission from the Prussian Government to prosecute his re searches through all their provinces, and draw up a detailed report on the state of the peasantry. He spent several years in the prosecution of this object, which led him to desire still further to ex tend his observations on the Slavonic races. For this purpose he obtained the sanction of the Em peror, and started on his expedition in the spring of 1843. He passed little more than a year iu Russia, and therefore does not pretend to under stand the national life in all its bearings ; but, he says, twenty years of travel have sharpened his ob servation for this kind of study, and he therefore hopes not only to have communicated much that was unknown, but also to have indicated a new method of studying Russian life. Instead of con fining himself to the capital, his experience has been chiefly among the peasantry, and with the excep tion of the Cossacks, of whose origin he gives a brief account, lie says little of early Russian his tory. His book, therefore, though on a subject that has been very frequently discussed of late, has some features of originality. But the conclusion arrived at by the reader is very much the same as usual. Thus, in speaking of the affection of the common people for the Czar, he affords proof of the slavery to which they are reduced : " The common Russian (illuzhilo entertains no slavish, but simply a childlike, fear and veneration fair the Czar he loves him with devoted tenderness. He becomes a soldier reluctantly, but, once a soldier, he has no feeling of vindictiveness for the coercion exercised upon him, and serves the Czar with the utmost fidelity. The cele brated expression "Prikazerio" (It is ordered), has a magical power over him. Whatt.ver the Emperor com mands must be done; the Russian cannot conceive the impossibility of its execution ; the orders of the police even are not worded Zapreshtcheno (It is forbidden), but Ne prikazeno (It is not ordered). The profound venera tion felt for the Czar is also shown in the care of every thing belonging ; the Russian has the deepest re• spect for the Kaziomne, or property of the Czar. Ka ziomne does not die, does not burn in fire, or drown in water, says a Russian proverb." And in speaking of the horror with which enlist ment is regarded, and the violence exercised by the authorities, he says— " Formerly every levy of recruits was accompanied by scenes of violence and despair. Men who believed themselves thr,ateued fled into the woods, and peasant and soldiers were sent with cudgels and ropes to catch them. Bloody scenes often occurred. The recruits were frequentlys better guarded than our convicts. They rarely arrived (I speak of past times) without chains at the depots. A great improvement has no doubt taken place since the condition of the soldier has been awe liore,ted, and the period of active service diminished ; and likewise since the increase which has taken place in the military spirit of the nation. The severe injunctions, however, against harbouring recruits prove how great is even now the aversion to the now profession, and how much the people sympathise with those who escape." He informs us that " Russia exercises through the Church a great and secret political influence over all the Slavonic peoples belonging to the Eastern Church, who regard the Russian as the mother Church ; it practically stands at the head of East ern Christendom." On the subject of Russian aggressions, he speaks with singular inconsistency, as well as very little judgment. Either ho must be strangely unacquainted with her acquisitions of territory, or wilfully deceive him se lf as to her po licy. But although he indulges in indignant con tradictions of such assertions when made in dispa ragement of Russian honour, a little further on he often forgets himself, and in summing up her grand achievements reckons triumphantly the provinces she has gained. Thus, he says— " There is a widely-spread belief in Europe that Rus sia is an ambitious colossus, thirsting after conquest, and aspiring to universal monarchy. Without referring to the very problematical possibility of a universal monarchy at all, or any peculiar qualification for it in this instance, I believe still less in any view of this kind on the part of Russia. I know Russia in its internal relations per haps better than most persons is Europe, even better than the majority of Russians themselves, but I cannot with truth say that I have seen anything to indicate any tendency of this kind, either in the views of the Go vernment or in the ideas and wishes of the people." Apparently forgetting that a few pages before he has told us, in speaking of the southern coasts-- "Here Russia has performed wonders, when we con sider that 76 years ago she had not a single point on the Black Sea. At present she possesses the half of all its coasts frsm the mouth of the Danube to the mouth of the Rion (Phasis), or to the frontier of Asia Minor, an ex tent of a thousand miles." In speaking of the conquests of Russia he divides them into three. Firstly, " those in which the chief branch of the people, headed by their prince, engaged to attain unity in nation and government." Among these he reckons ICief, the Ukraine, White Russia, Little. Russia, and part of Red Russia. The second class of conquests are those which pro ceeded from an instinctive belief among the people in the mission assigned them. These are the con quests of the coasts and of the Crimea. The third consists, lie tells us plainly, of conquests in the in terest of the State, such as the partition of Poland, the subjection of Finland, the occupation of part of America, the acceptance of the Crown of Geor gia, the conquests of Armenia and Daghestan, and the Northern districts of Turkey. A moderate list for a power which, he tells us farther on, in the last twenty years has not conquered a single village. It may easily be perceived that under one of these convenient ex cuses most acts of aggression and breaking of treaties may be ranked. In justice to the author we must state that he does not defend this third class. It is very curious to read his remarks upon Russia and Turkey. He totally rejects the pro bability of a war. From the Peace of Adrianople the Porte, he says, has had no more staunch friend. " Were a war to break out from this cause, the whole of Europe, with England at its head, wowd unite, and with the latter Power it would be a war to the knife. Even should Russia for a moment be successful, such a conquest would always be precarious as long as Europe exists. Ordinary prudence forbids her to risk so gre s l a venture, the advantages of which, if succe ssful, wou , be very problematical ; whde, on the other hand, th e preservation of Turkey gives Russia the most scion: tageous position. The consanguinity and common rei t ' gious faith of the majority of the suhjects of the two countries strengthen the influence of the latter so muc h, that in all grea t ques ti ons T urkey must invaria b ly folio the direction of Russia. All existing treaties afford, ' 3 the developme n t o f h er naval power and trade, th e greatest security and tho most important advantage s ; the Porte al so ✓ is well aware that, as Russia has no greater interest than her preservation, she possesses j°, the latter a sure f r i en d an d protector, who w i ll d e fend her against fore; ;n enemies, and likewise against inter nal dissolution. If Turkey should fall from this 1 11 °, 6 cause, an event w hi c h wou ld ra i se the question Of the partition of th e di smem b ere d provincPs, t h en indeed Russia would de.mand her share of the booty. " Conqu es t f or i ts own sake alone—the simple lust of conquest--h as l os t i ts attract i ons since the time of -I- 1 "‘ poison. No t race o f t hi s ex i sts in the Russian peePl,e; and the Gov ernment, at least for the last 25 years, b ag shown a mod era ti on i n this respect which Europe "i not anticipate." A little further on we meet the following r e ' marks : "Let us glance now at the political position of Ross i° in relation to the rest of the world and first at her re la ; tions with Turk e y, i n w hi c h her most powerful mater interests and spiritual sympathies are involved. Il e" the entire former policy and position of Russia hi been changed. T o wea k en T urkey was the ef f or t Peter the Great and his successors. Catherine ll dreamed of destroying the Turkish empire, and re-est 6"; fishing the a nc ient C onstant i nopolitan throne ; she grit the name of C ons t an ti ne to h er second grandson. 1", present policy o f th e R ussian Government, on the CO" „ , trary, does eve r ythi ng to support and strengthen Ta r key ; it is indeed superior to the natural and 1: 10 1 3 9 1a sympathies of th e R uss i ans, who see in the Christi an subjects of Turk e y th e i r nearly-related oppresse d hre. thren and fello w -b e li evers, and in the Pratriarchate of Constantinople their Mother Church." England's conquests, he exclaims, rarely meet t he censure of the world, while Russia's love of cog' quest has been d ecr i e d t h roughout Europe, as u.. 1 considers, most un j ust l y . H e devotes se vera: pages to enf orc i ng hi s v i ews of her pacific World tions. Th e e ff ec t, h owever, is slightly marre d when, in th e nex t c h apter on the army, he is • tacking the incred u lit y o f t h ose who refuse to If lieve in the imme nse m ili tary force of Russia, 9", he says, there is an instinctive feeling of her power' "No man of education or reading can avoid acknO l. ledging that thi s s t a t e h as, i n the last century and half, from being an insignificant country, constituted 0 ° the Asiatic model, become a great European power - on land indeed th e mos t i mportant of all—one w hich forty years ago withstood the power of a man befo o whom all the other countries, England alone e xcepted' and she only protected by her wooden walls, sank I ' 3 l the dust; that, s i nce th en, i n sp i te of all the rhetoric 0 the West, Turk e y h as b een bumbled, Poland laid . trate, and Hungary subdued by the arms of Russia. poleon's declaration —whether he made it or not--w i " r , g,rd to the future of Europe, sounds the more unple a ' eantly from the fact that a universal, almost oracular' judgment is attributed to this man in these thiog 6 : Thus is it to modern democracy or the Cossacks tha t Europe is to fail! " His assertions that the tyranny exercised ove r the people is exaggerated, are scarcely more ire,: pressive; at all events i t i s not very consistent English ideas to hear that the houses are be lt two and two, th a t eac h man may keep guard ov er his neighbour, or to know that one of the pun ° is stationed at the top of every street to k ee p order and know who lives in every house. All these , however, are minor things, but they betray great principles, and, w h a t ever t h e effect they produc e on the mind of our G erman author, we do D i e t think they will c h ange th e prevalent belief i n t h e tyranny exer c i se d over t h e R uss i an people. It 1 ° very curious to r ea d a d escr i pt i on of Se b asto pol and Balaklava, as they looked ten or twelve Yea r° ago, and think of th e scenes t h at they have s ine' . witnessed. The volumes, indeed, are full of ill: teresting details, and from the ease of their stYl and excellence of th e i r l anguage, d o not reniiol the reader that th e y are a trans l at i on. They vg, no doubt be extensively read from the literarJ celebrity of their author, and from the importace e t of their subject. It is not likely they will we e the views of the generality of readers in this colic' try; it is not to t ie d es i re d th at t h ey shou ld , but they are written without bitterness or inconsideve . " tion. There is undoubtedly a vast amount of itl; formation .to be obt a i ne d f rom t h em of a kind 11° prevented by superficial travellers, and they Wi l l therefore, lay clai m t o b e cons id ere d a va l ua ble work, though th e y l eave th e rea d er st i l l conv i n ce ,. that the policy of R uss i a i s aggress i ve, an d the SO" of the people an unacknowledged slavery. Literary Gazette.—The appearance as well as th e value of this critical journal has of late been con siderably improved. The typographical arrange; meats cannot readily b e surpassed, while a decided; impulse is given to antiquarian zeal by a page of excellent illustrative engravings of valuable anti quities. Altogether the Literary Gazette seems to have taken a new lease of popularity. LAST WRITING OF ADAM . MICKISIVICZ The death of Mickiewicz, the celebrated Polish poel's has been a universal mourning amongst his compatriot s. Charged with a special mission in the East by the Frond' , Government, who had before appointed him to the place ~f Lib rar i an t o t h e Arsenal, vacated by the death 0 Charles Nodier, he would have bad it in his power 0 have rendered great service to the Polish cause and to the Government by whom be had been delegated; Mickiewicz, by the elevation of his mind, by the number and the variety of his works, had acquired an Europe . ° fame. He bad become the national poet of the Slaveole u race—that family of 72 millions of men, of which he WO in a manner the living voice. Like Lord Byron, b e went and died in the East ; like him, surrounded 11 soldiers in the camp of war, he fell, in the midst of heaps of arms, and the thrilling noise of a nation awaking to new life. The letter we publish was written eight dale before his death, and addressed to the young Prince Ladislaus Czartory ski, his companion during the voyages at the moment of the Prince's departure from Constac tinople. We give it as an historical and literary doetv ment : "Prince,—l have not had the heart to go and see you, or to converse with you, since your return from the camp at Burgas ; for a conversation without reciprocal sincerity could be nothing but idle talking, if not some' thing worse. Besides which, I should only have re pented myself in expressing truths you do not like to hear, and always rec e iv e by enve l op i ng yourself in your diplomatic reserve. You 'have desired me to impart our conversation to Prince Adam, your father ; th e per• social sentiments I entertain for him made it a d u ty for me to declare to him all my thoughts. I have done ono and concealed nothing from him of what I have said to you ; adding to this my own observations on the con' duct you have held since your arrival in the East. In my opinion this conduct was a perpetual negation of the hopes that our compatriots had conceived at the time of your arrival. You have made your appearance here, not as the representative of the Polsh cause, but as the partisan of Mr. Ladislaus Zamoyski, your uncle—with the mission of neutralising the patriotic projects of Sadyk Pacha (Czaykowski), ancient chief of the Mussul' man Cossacks. From the moment I perceived your de sign I endeavoured to demonstrate to you, in his tent even in the camp of Burgas, the necessity of your having a frank understanding with him, and you kept the same silence as before. "Seeing at every instant more clearly into your in. ;entions, I declared to you that it was evident for ins that there was on the part of Mr. Zamoyski, and on yours, a fixed plan to expel Sadyk Pacha from the position in which he had already rendered us so many services, and in which he might still be so eminently useful to Poland. To all this you answered nothing. " It was then no longer doubtful to me that you came with instructions already made on the part of Mr. Za moyski, and with a weapon sharpened beforehand against Sadyk Pacha. Had riu believed him useless, or even hurtful to the future, in that case you ought to have pro• flounced openly against him ; you ought to have sum moned him to cede the plan to a better and more worthy man. It was permitted to you to discuss with him, to combat him, but not to forge arms against him under his own roof, at his own table ! Poles ! Prince ! act dif f erently. An Arab even, admitted to the hearth, does not conspire against his host. You came then to the East, where so many hope may arise ; the eyes of so many Poles were turned to wards you! The theatre even on which you were mounted raised you still higher ! Well, in this country of promise the first trace you left of your passage was to publishing that a woman conducted there by y ou had rendered such and such services. Really, Prince, if the question for you was a reform in the hospitals, it was necessary, in the first place, to change the doctors, the infirmaries, and to make use of the funds employed in their maintenance ; but in no case was it proper to exact subscriptions from officers who received no pal- The means employed by you to cause other women to be received into the Convent gratis appeared to me also, to speak candidly, ridiculous, and scandalous even for strangers. A camp of war has not for its sole destina tion te accomplishment of works of charity. The Gos' pet says, "The poor ye have always with you" (St. John, chap. xii., v. 8). What may not be always with us is the occasion, perhaps unique, of raising the national banner on a soil so near our own. This is the first Polish camp we have had fur a long time. God only knows how long we may have it, such as we have seen it, even in the midst of its distress, full of life and hope. " I ought to add that the taimy or rations of war re' ceived here by Mr. Zamoyski, in his quality of generals would suffice to maintain an entire hospital. The bean ideal of this man was, it seems, to ,become an English general. He has attained his wish, but his destiny els°, reaches its term. What w o uld b e th e f u t ure d es t i ny 0 ' our nation under such a chief ? For myself I canna anticipate any that is desirable. "In expressing to you, Prince, all my grief, I eel/ with consideration, &c., " ADAM MICKIEWICZ. " Constantinople, Nov. 19, 1855." The King of Naples is preparing a written jestifi c3 tion of his polioy, to be issued in the form of a letter to the Austrian Government. tl . lions --gra la resoL It wi finan .5• hand here and nensi Naval and Muitary Intelligence. Ttie following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiraly :—Coleman M. Hammond, to be Second Master to the Euryalus ; Henry J. Sutton, to be Second Maste , , to the Thistle ; Derisley Martin, to be Clerk, to the Meander ; and Wm. R. Jelly, to be Assistant- Clerk, to the Niger. The Oneida screw transport steamship (numbered 222), arrived on Thursday at Kingstown harbour, hav ing on board 400 men and 150 horses of the Bth (Royal Irish) Hussar, , , under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sewell. On the ship coming alongside the pier the troops were received with a hearty cheer by the crowds of people as4ern bled to witness their arrival. The mounted section of the men, 150 in number, proceeded to Dublin. 250 more of the men arrived on Thursday morning. The Oneida is under orders for Malta, to bring home more troops from the seat of the recent war. The new lunatic asylum, which has been for some time in the course of erection at Fort Pitt, Chatham, having been completed and ready for the reception of this class of patients, an order has been given for the military lunatics to be sent to that establishment for care and treatment. An order from the Horse Guards has been read to the whole of the troops belonging to the provisional bat talion as Chatham, three successive parades, inviting candidates, for the corps of Permarent Instructors is Musketry now i i the course of organisation, the narnys of euee men who may be found eligible to be furnished to the authorities at the War-office. The candidates are not to be under 2 nor to exceed 12 years' service, of active habits, intelligent, and perfectly capable of receiv ing and imparting instruction. Each man, before be can be selected, must be able to write accurately from dictation, understand the use of forms and returns, and have a competent knowledge of arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal fractidns. Such young men will be sent to the School of Musketry at Hythe, for the purpose of undergoing the regular course of instruction in the theory and practice of musketry. When . qualified they will be re-attested for general service, their pre vious regimental service being allowed to reckon towards p msion. Married men not to be admitted as candi dates. A very large proportion of the non-commissioned officers hitherto sent to Hythe for training this corps having been found unfit for such duties, the Commander in-Chief recommends that commanding officers should confer, as to the qualifications of the candidates, with the regularly appointed Instructor of Musketry of the garrison. The pay of the second-class instructors will be 2s. Bd. per day, and that of the third class 25., in ad• diti di to which they will enjoy other advantages agree ably to the R iyal warrant of the Bth ult. The men ap pointed to this corps will be transferred to different regiments or stations at the pleasure of the C)mmander in Chief. The candidates will be entitled to promotion a•nd eligible for the superior advantages attending em ployment in the first-class at the head-quarters established at Hylbe. All the candidates are to assemble at Hythe on the 24th inst. PRE BAND IN BYDE-PARK. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,—I am commanded by Sir B. Hall to inform you that, by the special and gracious permissi ui of his Royal Erighness the Ranger, a private band will perform is 11 .7de-park on Sunday afternoon at the mual time.—l am, Sir, your obedient set., a it, A. D. BERRINGTON, Secretary, Office of Public Works, May 16, 1856. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 10th, in the Univers, says Orders have been given to resume re cruiting.for the two foreign regiments in the service of the Holy See, and to increase the effective of the native troops. The two foreign regiments at present consist of from 4,500 to 5,000 men. One of the battalions is in garrison at Rome, and every body admits that its discipline leaves nothing to be desired. When instead of 5,000 men 10,000 or 12,000, presenting the same guarantees, shall have been united under the standard of the Holy See, the question on which the Congress of Paris fixed its attention will be very nearly solved, and then the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome and of the Austrian from the legations may be thought of. Tne Government of the Holy Father has greater interest than any one in seeing this evacuation promptly realised, and the anxiety it displays to take advantage of the first chances which the re-establishment of peace offers to com plete its armed force is the best proof of its inten tions o❑ this subject. The commission charged to perpetuate the souvenir of the accident of the 12th April last has resolved that the room in which the accident occurred shall be ornamented with three frescoes--one representing the Pope ad dressing the pupils of the Propaganda in the catacombs of St. Alexander ; the second, the fall ing in of the floor, and all the details of the drama which ensued ; and the third, the chanting of a Te Dcunt by the Holy Father in the church of St. Agnes for his providential escape. The fete of the Ascension has been celebrated at St. John of Late ran with the accustomed pomp, and in presence of a vast number of the faithful. The blessing urbi et orbi given there is perhaps more effective than at St. Peter's. An innumerable multitude filled the square and the environs, and French troops were, on duty during the ceremony." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 14th have reached us. New arrests had taken place at Valencia, and it was considered necessary to have the streets pa trolled at night ; but the Gazette declares that there is no danger of any further disturbances taking place. A telegraphic despatch in the Gazette announces that the Duke de la Victoria arrived at Ttidela. in Navarre iu the afternoon of the 10th, and was reaeivnl With enthusiasm. The floating debt, which on the Ist April amounted to 572,824,639 reals, had fallen to 565,106,360 reals on the Ist of May. The King of Holland had re mitted various Dutch decorations to Spanish au thorities for having shown attention to his sou, the Prince of Orange, in a visit which he made to Spain last year. The committee on the bases of the law on the press had, it was said, determined to propose to the Cortes to reconsider their determi nation to the effect that offences of the press shall be punished with imprisonment as well as fine ; it is of opinion that fines alone ought to be adopted. The Presse d' Orient gives the following details of • the dreadful act of burning to death at Maraseh the agent of the gn g lish Government and his fam ly : —" The name of this unfortunate man was Guar mani. The English array had established in various places in the interior agents to purchase horses and mules. At Marasch, in the province of Adona, M.Guarmani, an Italian, had been appointed. This gentleman was brother to one of the agents on the coast of Syria of the M , -)ssageries Imperial es. M. Guarmani lived quietly with his family and several servants, one of whom was a Mussulman. He employed several persons as sub-agents, and one of these had received from him a sum of 4,000 pias tres to pay for some mu'es purchased at a little distance, and to bring them back. Several days having passed without the Turk having exe cuted his mission, M. Guarmani sought him out, and demanded the money. The Turk denied that he had received it, and M. Guarmani sum moned him before the cadi, who gave the suit against the complainant. M. Guarmani, being exceed ingly irritated at such a decision, used some warm language to the cacti, who ordered him to be seized and bastinadoed. That, however, could not be executed, for M. G uarman i rushed out of the court, and hurried to his own house, where he barricaded himself in. The populace, being urged on by th e ca di , pursue d h i m and endea voured to force in the door of the house. M. Guarmini, however, having his wife and chil dren to defend, held firm, and all the attempts of the populace proved vain. But the latter, find ing every other means ineffectual, determined to set fire to the house. This they (lid by heaping wood and other combustible matters around it, and then, when the unfortunate family attempted to escape, they used sticks and stones to prevent them, and actually kept M. Guarmani and his family within the fire until they were all burned to death. No doubt is entertained that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe will insist on the most ample satisfaction for this frightful crime." :LATE►ST NEW TRIESTE, MAY 1 Intelligeuca to the 9th has been received from Constantinople. Energetic measnres of re- pression have been adopted against the fanaticism of the provinces. Hostilities have recommenced between the Russians and Circassians. The Da voied Pacha barracks have been burnt. Great numbers of the Turkish troops have returned to Constantinople. The militia has been disbanded. Letters from Athens of the 10th state that the Greek Government protests against the indefinite occupation of Greece, as intimated in the Con ferences. BERLIN, MAY 15. The King leaves to-morrow to meet his sister, the Dowager Empress of Russia, who is to arrive in our capital on the 17th. Prince Windiscbgratz dines with the King to day. M. de Meysenberg, Baden Ambassador at Berlin, has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs at Carlsrube. VIENNA, MAY 16, The Austrian Correspondence announces that the journey of Prit ce Windischgratz to Berlin is without any political object. The Prince is merely to be present at the military manoeuvres which are about to take place. Accounts from Rome, of the 12th, state that the import duty on manufactured goods has been considerably diminished. TURIN, MAY 14. General Daborunda, ex-Minister, is about h set off for St. Petersburg on a mission. He wil be the bearer of the reply of King Victor Em• manuel to the notification of the accession of the Emperor Alexander 11. MADRID, MAY 15. The capital of the General Credit Company in Spain (Credit Mobilier Prost) has been verified by the delegate of the Spanish Government, and officially proved to be correct. Its shareholders have been convoked for a first general meeting for the 29th inst. Marshal Espartero had left Saragossa, and was on his way to Madrid, being most favourably greeted on every occasion. Ac counts from the provinces state that everything is perfectly tranquil. TURKEY. MANIFESTO OF THE SULTAN. The following is a translation of an Imperial Manifesto just published at Constantinople, and copies of which, printed in the Turkish language, have been sent in great numbers to the Turkish provinces : " IMPERIAL MANIFESTO. " It has pleased Divine Providence to crown the efforts of the throne and of the nation by concluding the war with a satisfactory peace, and one whi c h i s consistent with the ri g ht s and interests of our crown, and the treaty of peace having been ratified by us we have ordered it to be published. " The soldiers of our armies, of all grades, called to the defence of the country, have fulfilled their duties throughout the war so gloriously ended, with heroic valour, noble resignation to the evils inseparable from war, and exemplary discipline and. obedience, causing the Ottoman arms to shine with brighter glory, and immortalising their names by filling the best pages of the history of our age with the exploits of their heroism. Let them re ceive the proof of our Imperial satisfaction. Never shall we cease to offer prayers on their behalf. " All our subjects, without distinction or excep tion, in rendering these strikingservices, have shown the same sentiments of fidelity and love to the throne and country. The functionaries of all classes and the notables of communities generally, have exhibited the noblest emulation, and have well performed their duty in executing the orders of the Government. They have merited our high ap probation. "Iu order that this happy peace which we have obtained may be turned to the profit of our coun try, all classes of our subjects should continue to be bound together by the ties of patriotism ; and I trust that all our functionaries will show the greatest possible zeal in realising in an efficacious manner, conformably to my immoveable intention, the organisation and melioration of which, with the assistance of Divine Providence, I have laid the bases. " I hope, by the goodness of the Almighty, and the aid of my people, that our country and nation will thus gain more glory and grandeur in the world by its progress in prosperity and happiness. "The proofs of friendship and good will shown us Gn this occasion by our august allies will never be forgotten. The remembrance thereof will be treasured for ever in the Ottoman heart ; and the names of their heroic soldiers who have shed their blood for our cause, and have covered themselves on the field of battle with an immortal glory, will have the same place in our history as in their own. "Having decreed the publication of the general Treaty of Peace, we order also that this token of our Imperial satisfaction be transmitted to all. " Given at cur Imperial Divan, in the last days of Chaban, 1272" (April, 1856). FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Grand Duke Ferdinand Maximilian arrived in Paris yesterday evening at six o'clock by the Strasburg railway. Prin ce N apo l eon rece i ved his Imperial Highness at the terminus, and accompa nied him to St. Cloud. With the Grand Duke had returned Baron de flubuer, the Austrian am bassador, the Dake de Tarente, one of the cham berlains of. the Emperor, and the Duke de Cadore, orderly officer to the Emperor, who will be attached to his Imperial Highness during his stay in France. A battalion of the Voltigeurs of the Guard and a battalion of infantry of the line wore drawn up within the court of the station, and paid the usual military honours. Several of the court carriages were in waiting. The cortege, escorted by a de tachment of the Guides, passed along the Bou levards, and up the Champs Elysees. On reach ing the palace of St. Cloud, the Archduke was received by the Duke de Cambaceres, grand master of the ceremonies, and the Duke de Bassano, grand. chamberlain. The Emperor met his illustrious visi tor at the top of the grand staircase, and led him to the salon, where the Empress awaited his arri val. His Imperial Highness is accompanied in his visit by General Count do Mensdorff-Pouilly, his grand master ; Captain Count Bela de Hadik, chamberlain to the Emperor of Austria; M. de Copmans, of the Austrian navy, orderly officer to his Imperial Highness • Baron de Pont, Aulic secretary ; M. Scherzenlechner, his private secre tary ; and Dr. Trogher, his physician. The Moniteur publishes the following report to the Emperor from the Minister of State, relative to the formati o n o f a p ens ion fu n d for the artists of the Grand Opera : " Sire —So long as the management o f t h e Im perial "Sire,—So of the Opera has been confided to the Civil List, the artistes and employes attached to that national establishment have enjoyed retiring pensions, intended to protect their old age against the effects of improvidence or misfortune ; and from 1804 ito 1830 they were admitted, in virtue of a special regulation, to reap the benefits of the tute lary arrangements adopted by the State) for the remuneration of civil services. The regime of the ' establishment having ceased by the effect of the decree of the 29th June, 1854, and the director of the opera having been replaced within the attribu tions of the Imperial Civil List, your Majesty, in your paternal so li c it u d e f or the persons empl o y e d in that establishment, decided that the artistes and employes should also enjoy the benefits of the re turn to the old state of things, and that their con- dition should be ameliorated by their obtaining re tiring pensions —pensions obtained without any reduction in their salaries, which, before 1830, were nevertheless much lower—and without any sacrifice being imposed beyond the regular stoppage of 5 per cent . I n consequence , an d i n order to We regret t o l earn t h at L or d Ad o l p h us Fit zc l arence conform to the commands of your Majesty, I hal e has been seized with another paralytic attack, at Si r George Wo m b we ll' s s, sat, in Yorkshire. The att ac k, pension fund f ur t h e I mper i a l Th ea t re o f t h e Opera, the hon our o f propos i ng t h e creat i on of a speea, which serious was a very one, occurred on Thursd a y. It I was currently reported last night in London that intelli- The dutation of thi s f un d, w hi c h w ill be managed t genet, of its fatal termination bad been received. A letter from Florence in the Intlependance Beige says :—" The Grand Duke of Tuscany has positively refused t o conclude the Concordat so anxiou , ly insisted upon by the Holy See. Florence is overjoyed at this, and the Grand Duke on his return here is to be r ece i ve d w i t h a most striking ovation. Such manifestations sufficiently prove the sentiments of the Tuscan people." THE WEST INDIA MAIL. ISOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. By the Royal Mail steam-ship Parana, Captain Wilson, with the West India and Pacific mails., we have .dates from Jamaica, April 27th ; Deme rara, 26th ; Trinidad, 27t1 ; Barbadoes, 28th ; St. Thomas, May Ist. The Parana brings 137 passengers, $900,000 in specie, $23,000 value in precious stones, &c., and the usual cargo. Intelligence from Nicaragua, by telegraph, via Panama, states tliat Greytown was blockaded by the British ship Eurydice on the 20th ult. The steamers Isabel and Charles Morgan had reached Greytown from New Orleans, and landed 500 men for Walker. A brio. from New Orle a n s was expecte d at Grey town ° for Walker, and would be stooped on her arrival by the Eurydice. The United States steam ers Fulton and Merrimac, with her Britannic Ma jesty's steamer Termagant, were daily expected, with two Freuc:i ships, to join the blockade. In the Santa Rosa fight Walker lost 26 men, and Costa. Rica 15 men. and 4 officers. President Mora invaded Nicaragua with 2,500 men, and was to attack Walker in Rivas about the 19th ult. 2,000 men left Cogatipeque, Salvador, on the 14th, to help Costa Rica. The West India Islands are reported healthy, but in many places the young canes suffered from want of rain. duti Bide the last Wal tigat opin Pour 6g. 0 spool luau, with Ti no it Less effec ante. ca n , 78, 1 T 1 sup p one Oect Stew Pi BRI 3 par p ei N ew Cons Ex Pit' Era.zi Di I lUer, /101 l Di Port Di Russ S% — rd . Spay ita;ii Bel; Dut( Th ai of ti