The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

RM" P RINCE St'i T ATRI, OXFORD-STREET, Under the Management of- r,fr. CITARLAS KRAL OS EASTX.n. MONDAY A WONDERFUL WOIIAN. After which, FAT/Sr AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN /LOUR. HI(F{ WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 6 min. att. 12—Evening 36 min. aft. 12 Tn-Afonßow—Morn. 0 min. aft. I—Evening 20 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH is. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46 highest since noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. 49 --this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.90. WIND, E.S.E.—Light, with milder, but cloudy weather, ~~, r" ft -fi ' = §Alit LONDON, TUESDAY, MASCII 18, 1856. The Times offers to the Premier the " retort c)urteous." Lord PALMERSTON, on Saturday, declared that the memorial and the remarks of the deputation from the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland should receive the earnest consideration of the Government. The Leviathan this morning expresses a doubt "if any French or English statesman would entertain it (the sub ject of that memorial) at the present moment," and snubs the First Lord of the Treasury for not having given a more decisive answer to the Polish deputation, and informed them at once that the regeneration or reconstitution of Poland is not to be made one of the conditions of peace. The ground for hope is certainly not very great ; but it is difficult to conceive how a Nobleman and Gentleman could use the expressions attri buted to the head of her MAJESTY'S Government if the preliminaries of peace had been already virtually agreed on, and without any refer ence to Poland. The request 53 urgently put forward in that memorial, and for which many valid reasons were assigned, was that " some special instruction might be given to her MAJESTY'S Plenipotentiaries not to let the negotiations conclude without taking into conside ration the situation and claims of Poland, with a • view to the introduction of some positive stipula tions in her favour in any treaty of Peace to be signed with Russia." That question will " receive the earnest consideration of the Government." But that would be impossible if it were already dis reJsed of, and the British representatives precluded from fresh demands. There is, therefore, but one alternative. Either the matter has been already urged under the Fifth Point, as it may have been, although in such case the diplomatic secret has been better preserved than usual, or that the definitive arrangement - is furEher off than has been supposed. Either solution of the diffi culty would be joyously received by every true hearted Englishman, although, considering the sinister influences in operation, and the flunkey isra exhibited to Germanism, we fear that either would be too good news to be well founded. But the Times goes further. It boldly argues that no such attempt ought to be made, because, forsooth, "the great crime has been consummated," therefore should the plunderer be left in possession of the bleeding prey. " The scourging, the ba nishment, the hanging, the shooting, the system of organised murder, which has prevailed in Poland for upwards of quarter of a century, have done their work." Ergo, we aro to leave the victims still under the above-recited gentle system of per suaaiou, as amply sufficient to induce them to forget their once glorious nationality, and to render devoted allegiance to the oppressors. And those are th© opinions of the sot disant organ of public opinion in England ! There is to be a statute of limitation for Crime. If the rule has been sufficiently brutal—if the knout, the gibbet, and the fasillacle have bean suffi ciently active, the sufferers will no longer sigh for liberty, but acquiesce in the degrading yoke ! It is not, it cannot be so. We are told on high authority “ That Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won !” And so it will be in the present instance. While so many of her gallant children offer themselves as living protests against the atrocious guilt, pre- ferring voluntary exile to vile submission, there is hope for the nation. '` The maintenance of that hope is of vast im portance to Europe, more especially to tho Western Powers. It would indeed be a fatal day, to bs marked with the darkest charcoal, when the oppressed victims were taught to believe that their only resource was unconditional submission to, and complete amalgamation with, Russia. When that day arrives the time will not be far removed when, according to the prophecy of the founder of the dynasty that has just witnessed a new claimant to its honours, Europe will become Cossack. But the Leviathan also declares that if the French EMPEROR were to say that "if an exten sion- is to be given to the War, he must be enti tled to name the conditions upon which he would feel himself justified in involving in it the fate of his dynasty and the fortunes of his country !" And so he ought. And England ought to grant such reasonable condi tions ! What should forbid it ? The interests o f Uncle LEOPOLD, and our Brother-in-law of Prussia ! Oh, the curse of these Royal alliances, when every just, and honourable, and manly sen timent is to be crushed in the bud, lest it might displease the Coburg-Germanic spirit What has King LEOPOLD done for England, or for France ? Has he sent a single soldier to their aid, or ex pended a single franc for their benefit ? Has he not rather been intriguing on behalf of his more highly-prized, although more recent, connection at Vienna 7 His gratitude being best defined as " a lively sense of favours yet to come," and all that cou ld be hoped for from Great Britain having already been sacked ! why should we defend Prussia, who, at best, has maintained an inglori ous neutrality, while all her aspirations were in favour - of our opponent !in whose favour she tes tified as far as she dared ! Why should all the bene fit be given to the least meritorious ? There can be no cause but a past and future marriage ; one of which is now by no means popular in this country, and that said to be on the tapis disgusting to every rue-hearted Englishman. Give France Belgium nd Rhenish Prussia, if she desires them, but liberate and regenerate Poland. Rescue that magnificent nation from its miserable fate. Ele vate its oppressed people. It would, indeed, form a safeguard against evil designs in any quarter—would once more become the shield , of Europe—would be a better uncle or cousin for England than-any oold-blooded and heartless despot that could 'be named, whether of the . house of BRANDENBURG or COBURG. Most of our readers have doubtless had their laugh over that humorously satirical print re presenting the hanging of a cat " on Monday, For catching mice o' the Sunday," regarding it as a broad caricature of the Puritanic THE SON, .LONDON, TUESDAY EVENITSI, MAT3CII 18, 1856. It& • 4 scrupulosi i3 3r iu relation t o th e S a bb a th w hi c h went such a long way to disgust the English people with religion in the time of the Common wealth, and to bring about that period o f abo minable lice ace known as the reign of CHARLES the SBCOND. How many of them would h a v e re frained from a n expression of incredulity had they been inforn led at the time, that the whim sical fancy o f tile satirist of that age typified what would take place in this, and that the anti type would 'be found in the metropolis ? And yet, however incredulous, they would have been de ceived, as a perusal of the speech of Mr. BUCK STONE, 2,t the anniversary banquet of the Royal General' ;Theatrical Fund, celebrated last evening in the La radon Taveri, will show. That kindly, open-heart ed, and facetious personage, in alluding to the soul • intolerance of the Sabbatarianisna of the day, wh; ich " stands in the way of making our Sundaws a Vttle more cheerful and more to be welcomed by the working classes than they are at present," told, it will be seen, a remarkable story in point, in coLuiection with Exeter Hall, which we will give in hi. z own words :—" At that saintly temple, when rents d by some friends of mine for the purpose of gi % Ting concerts, the directors actually objected to th e singing of that thoroughly English ballad, Sally 'in our Alley,' unless the verse was omitted which runs thus— ' Of all the days that 's in the week I dearly love but ove day, And that's the day wh. ich comes between A Saturday and Mon day.' We put it to our readers -whether any of them would retain their confidence in an Insurance oflice that granted a policy on the Tortoiseshell Torn or Queen belonging to any of these saintly directors ? Sabbatarianism is, without question, the great religious mania of the day, and it is carried to such an extent as, in our humble opinion, to threaten much-enduring injury to the cause of religion, while it 13 indicative of internal rotten ness. No man, we fancy, will undertake to say that this is a period of religious earnestness, or that the churches are making many converts among the population. The ardent zeal and un wearying labour which characterised many of their founders is not to be found among them. The architecture of their places of worship is more showy, the congregations more fashionably attired, and rich members more looked up to ; but the burning periods, the melting exhortations, the ex hibition of Christian virtues, and other adorn ments of the Christian life, where are they to be found ? The poor perish in their ignorance, un cared for, godless, and unknown around them, hardly a movement is made after any representa- tion, however touching, for their relief. But let an attempt be made to relive the oppressed, labourer of that weariness of spirit succeeding six days unremitting toil, and divines whose ortho doxy, like their Apostolic zeal, is more than doubted, and congregations that never gave any one reason to suspect that they mortified - Lt., e lusts of the flesh, rise in arms against the audacious 'nnovators, and read their " kAtomless pit homilies" in terrorem, with a fierceness worthy of the Furies. That were bad enough, as not being Chris tian nor graceful ; but these awakened firebrands have recourse to misrepresentation and falsehood, which we take to be the opposite of Christian as of honest. The newly-discovered objects of their zealous watchfulness and care have the grossest misinterpretations of Scripture palmed off upon them, being besieged with tracts, in which the duty of keeping a day holy, which none but the Jesus respect at all, is laid down, and that recreation is pronounced a desecration which the LORD of the Sabbath would not, when on earth, for a moment have disallowed. Not content with this, the appre hensions of the workmen are unscrupulously appealed to, and it is lyinzly asserted that the ob ject of his only real friends is not to give him an opportunity to cast off the slough of ignorance that has impeded his moral and intellectual growth, but to rob him of his Sunday, and braid him until death to the wheel_ of toil. To say that these misrepresentations have not had an influence were false, but the effect they have produced by no means describ)s all they aro likely to pro du e. We would it did. When their hypo crisy and unscrupulosity of these teachers are detected, as soon they must be, there is much reason to fear that the cause of religion and morality will suffer in that in stinctive revolt which will inevitably follow. What workman, for instance, misled as to the Sabbath question by these untoward bigots, but must feel disgusted when he is told by some sin gularly impudent divine, as at Banbury, that the majority of Sunday excursionists consists of "the dirtiest, the silliest, the laziest, and poorest of the toiling population," knowing, as he does, that the very reverse is the fact ? Or that discovers that the observance of Sunday is, after all, but a human institution, but must be led to doubt is other matters that authority on which he accepted it as a Divine one ? It is offensive enough to any friend of the poor to see them wronged by Sabbatarian bigotry in being deprived of oppor tunity for innocent recreation ; but that is a matter of secondary importance when compared with the false light in which religion is thus pre sented to them by its unworthy ministers. The Sabbatarian yoke won't long be endured, but how long the well-merited detestation of it will be associated with religion, who shall tell ? A religious reformation is sadly wanted, and most of all among those who describe themselves as par• excel lence the orthodox. The petition of the holders of Westminster Improve enentßonds for a Parliamentary irquiry will, it is stated, be presented after the recess by Sir J. V. Shelley, one of the 'numbers for Westminster, and be eupported by his colleague, General Evans. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the past week have comprised six vessels —two to Sydney, one to Port Philip, one to Hobart Town, one to Launceston, and one to the Swan River, with an aggregate capacity of 3,350 tons. The rates of freight have in some cases shown a slight ten dency to improvement. ROMAN CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER IN LIVERPOOL.—Tfit ) first number of a new weekly newspaper, called th Liverpool Catholic Guardian, was published on Saturday, making the third organ which that body have started in that town within little more than two months. THE EMBEZZLEMENT AT THE LICHFIELD 13ANIC.—VITM. Lawton, who for 40 years was clerk at Messrs. Palmer and Greene'e bank, Lichfield, was charged at the Quarter Sessions, on the 12th inst., with feloniously stealing 7,3501. belonging to his employer, Mr. Richard Greene, the bankrupt. The jury returned a verdict of guilty.. The defendant, who is 73 years of age, was sentenced t 9 four years' penal servitude. —agefordshire Advertiser. FAIR IN THE THAMES TUNNEL.—A. fancy fair on a somewhat extensive scale took place in the Thames Tunnel yesterday morning. The whole length was illu minated with variegated lamps, flags, and banners in the shafts. There were also coscnoramic views of the Indian battles, a view of Sebastopol, a pavilion of arts, and many other attractions. FORGING A DIPLOMA.--At the Oxford assizes yester day Henry F. Hodgson was charged with having forged a diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons, at Cracily heath, on the 23th of September, 1855. A fter some discussion, a verdict of "Guilty " was entered, and the defendant was discharged, on putting in bail to appear and receive judgment in case the point of law was not decided in his favour. The Moniteur of Monday publishes an Imperial de cree withdrawing from circulatibn the old copper coin —namely, the pieces of one Bard and two liards, and those of one centime, bearing the effigy of Liberty, on t hi Ist of July next • and pieces of one sou and two sells, and those of five and ten centimes, bearing the effigy of Liberty, on the let of October following. 17n tit then this coin will be received in payment of duties and public taxes, or exchanged for other coin in the Go vernment offices. NEW CHURCH IN LAMBETH.—A new church, which has been for some time past in course of erection on the south side of Upper Stamford-street, is rapidly approach. ing completion, and will be ready for consecration in the course of a few weeks. The Rev. Alfred Stephen Canney; formerly curate of All Saints, Gordon-square, islthe incumbent of the new church, which is dedicated to St. Andrew. SPANISH RAILWAYS.—On the Bth inst., the construc tion of the Madrid and Saragossa Railway was ad jndged at Madrid, by Senor Lujan, Minister of Public Works, to the Great Central Railway Company of France, of which Count Morny is president, with a sub vention by the Spanish Government of 209,999 reels per kilometre. The Great Central have purchased of Sala manca the Madrid and Almanza line, with its continua. tion to Alicante, for 125,000 f. per kilometre of the works executed. THE ROYAL PLATE ROBBERY. Notwithstanding prompt and vigorous inquiries, no clue has been obtained to the stolen plate, or to the means by which it was a';en from the waggon. All the five men engaged in moving the plate bear excellent characters. The robbery was effected in the short space of five minutes, whit the men were standing in front of the public-house .bar drinking a pot of beer, which Bailey, the guard, paid for. It is supposed that the thieves well knew that the royal plate was removed on such occasions, and that they may have been in the habit of following the wag gon with a cart, looking out for any opportunity of plunder which might present itself on the road. HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS' PROVIDENT INSTI TUTION.—The annual general meeting of this institution took place ydsterday, in the Craven Hotel, Craven etreet. Since the commencement of the institution re lief to the extent of 2,1121. ls. in eight years and a half had been distributed amongst 51 members and widows of members. Mr. Banks moved, and Mr. Mady se conded, the adoption of the report, which was agreed to after some discussion. The officers for the year ensuing were re-elected, and after a vote of thanks to the chair man the meeting separated. MUNIFICENT LEGACY TO THE MANCHESTER ROYAL Lemuel:Le-On Wednesday last J. C. Harter, Eiq., treasurer of this institution, received the first intimation that the late Daniel Grant, Esq., had left to it a hand some legacy; and on Thursday the executors paid over the amount. It was bequeathed by will, and amounts o the exact sum of 5001., free of all legacy duty.—M an ch , :ster Guardian. CHARGE AGAINST A MAGISTRATE FOR ATTEMPT ING 2'o SHOOT A MAN.—At the Nottingham assizes on Friday;. ,Dr. Pigott, a magistrate of Nottingham, was arraigned on a charge of attempting to shoot a bailiff, who was sent to take possession of his furniture. The counsel for the prosecution stated that he did not con. eider the evidence sufficient to support the charge, and the doctor wcs accordingly discharged. George Great ing, the bailiff who was indicted for an assault upon the doctor, was also discharged, no evidence being offered against him.—Manchester Guardian. A process with regard to remittances of specie, similar to that which is now observable between England and France, seems likely to take place between this country and Constantinople. While the Bank of France are buyinw gold in London, remittances in gold coin are arriving from Paris. At the same time, although we are sending about 100,000/. a-week to Turkey on account of the loan, the rate of exchange is lulls as to cause small parcels of gold to be sent from Turkey to London. • MONUMENT TO THE LATE MARQUIS OF LONDON% DERRY.—A committee, consisting of the Duke of Cleve. laid, the Earl of Derbam, Mr. J. R. Mowbray, 1V1.P., Mr. Ferrer, M.P., the Mayors of Durham, Sunderland, Shields, Stockton, Darlington, Gateshead, and Hartle. pool, with other influential gentlemen residing in the neighbourhood, has been appointed for the purpose of adopting the necessary measures for the erection of a monument to the memory of the late Marquis of Lon donderry, in testimony of his generous and benevolent character as a resident nobleman, his indomitable cou rage and brilliant exploits as a soldier, and his bold and successful efforts to develop and extend the commercial, mining, and maritime resources of the county of Durham. Two MORE CHILDREN FOUND MURDERED.—La.t night information was received at Portland-road police station that two more children had been found sour dered. One was a fins full-grown boy, discovered in the River Ouse, Gate Fulford, wrapped in a piece of dress Heine., and covered with brown paper, tied round with string. There was attached to it a 71b. weight with a strong cor 3, for the purpose of sinking the body. The other was that of a newly born male child found in a brook near Mill-lase, Crewe Town, fully grown, and appeared to have been in the water five or six days, and murdered. The body was quit e na k e d, b u t a light coloured muslin skirt was found near the body, in which it is supposed it was wrapped. THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATETCR.—Yestar day was St. Patrick's-day, which all loyal Irishmen are wont to celebrate by some festive demonstration. It eac also the 73d anniversary of the foundation of the "Bene volent Society of St. Patrick," and this was commemo rated, as usual, by a grand banquet at Freemasons'-ball honoured by the attencance of several distinguished per sonages and graced by the presence of a bevy of fair ladies, whose radiant countenances went far to justify the most flowery panegyrics ever pronounced by poets like Moore or by patriots like the late Mr. O'Connell on tho transcendent loveliness of the daughters of Ireland. Lord Dufferin filled the chair, supported by the Earl of Eglinton, Lord Lifford, Sir le slph Howard, M.P., Sir J. E. Tennant, Sir P. Cusack Roney, Rev. T. D. Gregg, Mr. Commissioner Murphy, Dr. Todd, Colonel Latouche, &c., &c. In proposing the toast of the evening, the noble chairman re marked that the very virtues of the Irish character had a tendency to degenerate into vices. The tender affections often become uncontrollable passions —generosity was exaggerated into profusion—diffiderrce lapsed into want of self-reliance and self-respect—and their intense de votion too often overflowed in religious rancour. The education of the lower orders of the Irish in this great mettopolis was the best means to reform this ovii, and it was gratifying to find that the school of the society (of St. Patrick) educated 500 children annually. His lord ship went on to urge how desirable it was to extend the benefits of the charity so as to give the children, too oieen half famished for w an t o f nu t r iti ous f oo d, a whole some And substantial meal each day during the winter months. The collection in the hall amounted to very nearly 7001., including the handsome donation of 100 guineas from he:. Majestythe Queen. FUDGE.—When 0:21* wounded, lying on the field in capable of resistance, we're ruthlessly stabbed by the Russians, too often in such as manner as not to pnt them out of their pain, but to give them the utmost possible misery before death, we wore told 'that the cruelty would never be forgotten. When respect was claimed for certain buildings at Sebastopol on the score of their being hospitals, while in fact they were maga zines, we were told that the dishonour would for ever attach to the Russian name. When the Hango mas sacre was committed, it was agreed that the in filmy was indelible. Bah ! It was all fudge. Hear Lord Palmerston upon Sir R. Ferguson's motion respecting the British graves is the Crimea :—"I really cannot anticipate that there will be the slightest difficulte, in obtaining from the Russian Government an assurance— if, indeed, such an assurance can be necessary—that the monuments which record the fall of our brave country men who have sacrificed their lives in the Crimea shall receive that respect which among all civilised nations such memorials invariably command. (Sear, hear.) Whatever we may think of our Russian adversaries, we must do them the justice to admit that they have carried on war with all the courtesy which becomes a great country. (Cheers.) Their treatment of the gallant force which surrendered to them at Kars has been most humane and generous. (Renewed cheers.) That noble garrison received every consideration which the magna nimity of the victors could prompt; and therefore, there is no reason to suppose that those who have known so well how to treat the living will be wanting in due re spect towards the dead." (Cheers.) General Mouravieff fully deserves what is said of him, but he is a noble ex ception to the general conduct of the semi -barbarians, and he cannot redeem the infamy of Hango, or of the murder of the unresisting wounded at Inkerman. There are British graves at Hango with an inscription over them relating the circumstances of the massacre. Will those who, in Lord Palmerston's words, "have known so well how to treat the living be wanting in due re spect towards the dead ?" Whenever peace is made, what a glorious sacrifice of truth will be offered up on the altar of Fudge ! How Russia will be beslavered and heslobbered, and honest memory snubbed.— Exam! - LATEST NEWS. HEALTH OF THE EMPREZS EUGENIE We have been favoured by his ExcellenCy the French Ambassador with the followiug copy of the bulletin received this morning from Paris : PALACE OF THE TUILERIES, TUESDAY, Half-past Eleven o'clock. Her Majesty the Empress and the Imperial Piince are going on favourably. • (Signed) DR. H. CONNEAU, BARON PAUL to the Ler , islative b-,dy :—" Gen tleman,- .—This morning, at 4 o'clock, the Emperor sent one of his aides-de-oAmp to apprise the Legis lative body of the safe delivery of the Empresg. Her Majesty gave birth at a quarter past 3 o'clock this morning to an Imperial Prince." (M. de Moray was here interrupted by cries of " Vive l'Empercur I") "I perceive, gentlemen," con tinued the President, " that you share the joy of all France." (Unanimous acc7amations.) "Vive l'Empereur! Vive l'lmperatrice I Vine le Prince Imperial !" These cries were enthusiastically repeated by the Assembly, and when silence was restored the President informed the deputies that they would be received on Monday, at the Tuileries, by the Emperor. The Chamber then adjourned. The birth of a son—the heir to his name, and the inheritor of his crown —seems to complete the measure of the marvellous prosperity which has lately marked the eventful life of the Emperor. It wants but four days to the anniversary of an other birth that was encircled with a yet more brilliant halo of glory. On the 20th of March, 1811, 45 years ago, the guns of the luvalides proclaimed to this same city of Paris that the first Imperial Throne had an heir. We are toll by eye witnesses not much advanced in years of the joy displayed on that occasion ; how the first discharge on the morning of the 20th roused, as if with an electric shock, the population of the capital ; how each sounding report was counted with breath less anxiety till the twenty-first peal was heard ; how, when 21 guns had been fired, which were to indicate the birth of a Princess, the anxiety of all grew to an in tolerablepitch ; how, when the gunners paused some minutes before the next piece was fired, hundreds of thousands held their breath ; and how, when. the 22d, 23i, and 24th—for then there could be no misreckoning—pealed, double charged, the people sprang up and gave vent to their joy in shouts of enthusiasm ! It would, perhaps, be too much to report such an outburst of exultation now. People have become so blase in revolution, so accustomed to overthrows of dynasties and to changes of government, that whatever fund of enthusiasm they might have once possessed has been pretty well exhausted. They feel, it is true, they are governed by a firm band, and that, so long as life and energy are spared to the present occupant of the throne, if there is not much hope of the liberty which has been so much and so often misused, there is still less chance of anarchy. The birth of the heir to the second empire, it will be admitted, occurs under circum stances not less favourable than the first. It is true that the first Napoleon was then in the zenith of his power—from the 20th of March, 1811, to the first disasters which awaited him beyond the Niemen. The empire, with the States pos sessed by the Imperial family, then counted not less than 57,000,000 souls. But it is no less true that the moment was fast approaching when his power, unexampled in modern times, began to decline, until it fell to ruin. The clouds were already beginning- to darken the horizon. The seeds of the conflict with Russia, which was to *rid in the stupendous catastrophe of Moscow, had already been sown. The father of the pre sent ruler of France, wearied with the exigencies of his imperious brother, had abdicated in despair the throne of Holland, which lie could no longer hope to fill as an independent Sovereign. The in corporation witli t the French empire of the Valois, the annexation of the Hansa Towns and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, the ruler of which was the brother-in-law of Alexander, and which brought the French empire to Lubeck, within sight of the Russian frontier, awakened the jealousy of Russia, and justified the suspicion that the restoration ofl Poland was at hand. The refusal of Napoleon to ratify the Convention of Champagny, the ukase of the Cz 1r relaxing his decrees against English commerce, the resumption of the kingdom of Hanover from Jerome, were among the precursors of the storm that was to follow. Yet all these symptoms of approaching decline were, in the mind of Napoleon, more than compensated by the birth of the King of Rome on the 20th of March, 1811. The state of Europe at this moment is so familiar to all that it is hardly necessary to allude to the difference of circumstances under which the event announced this morning takes place. The most formidable and most consistent enemy the first Emperor had has become the friend and ally of the second. Russia, then menacing the Power against which so many arms were soon to bo up lifted, now admits her defeat by England and France united. The second Emperor, who but three short years back excited mistrust abroad and at home, has proved himself trustworthy, and in the terrible contest which France and England have sustained together in the noblest of causes no just motive for complaint or suspicion has arisen. Of the future it is useless to speak. So many other fair prospects have been blighted that it would be presumptuous to indulge in anything like prediction. The announcement that an honourable peace is concluded is now only wanting to complete the general satisfaction. If what is affirmed confi dently in respectable quarters can be relied on, that want will soon be supplied. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The inquiries at the Tuileries were very nu merous to-day. The answers were, that the prince and his imperial mother are doing well. The Empress had enjoyed some refreshing sleep. On Tuesday at half-past one the Emperor will receive the felicitations of the Senate, Legislative Corps, Council of State, Magistracy, the Insti tute, clergy of different persuasions, the Munici pal corps and deputations from the National Guard and from the army and navy. The magistrates will appear in full costume, and the civil and military functionaries in full uniform. The following bulletin was issued to-day al the Tuileries " 17th Noon. —The health of the Empress is exceedingly satisfactory. " The state of the Prince-Imperial is excellent. "DR. H. CONNEAU, BARON PAUL DUBOIS, RAYER, JOBERT DE LAMBALLE, P. DARRALDE." The following bulletin concerning Prince Jerome was published this morning :-- "The Prince has had some sleep, and his state is satisfactory." One of the chamberlains of the Emperor will remain every clay, from 9 o'clock in the morning to 6 in the evening, in the apartment on the ground floor in the Pavillon do Fiore, in order to receive such persons as may present themselves to have news of the Empress, and to communicate to them the bulletins which the physicians of the household of the Emperor will issue twice a day. Long before the hour appointed for the open ing of the theatres for the public gratuitous per formances at two o'clock to-day an immense num ber of people had assembled outside the different houses. - The cost of these entertainments was at the expense of the Civil List, and at all the thea tres the first artistes performed. The theatres, in addition to their ordinary performances, gave something appropriate to the occasion. Every theatre was crowded, generally with persons in the lower classes of society, and better conducted audiences it was impossible to find anywhere. Oa the occasion of the happy delivery of the Empress, a Te Deum, was sung and prayers of thanksgiving offered up yesterday in all the churches of the Reformed Church in Paris and the banlieue. The same will take place on Sun day next in the other parts of the Censistorial circumscription. ARRIVAL OF THE XING OF THE BELGIAN& His Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at Dover last night at about a quarter-past 11, and immediately proceeded to the Lord Warden Hotel, where his Ma jesty and suite passed the night. At 10 o'clock his Majesty quitted the hotel for the railway station, and left by special train at 10.15. His Majesty arrived in town shortly before noon, and proceeded to the Pad dington station of the Great Western Railway, where ho was received by several of the directors, and having been conducted to the Royal carriage, which was wait ing, took his departure for Windsor. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. TO THE EDITOR OF THII SUN. SIR, observed, in your account of the Cambridge and Oxford boat race, that Oxford was alluded to as having been generally successful, while Cambridge was described as having won back a portion of her lost laurels. Allow me to correct a popular error. Of grand matches rowed at Putney, between the two uni versities, Cambridge has won in '36, '37, '4O, '41"45, '46, '56 ; Oxford in '42, '52, '53, '54. In '49 there were , two races, when each university was in its turn success ful; thus out of 13 matches Cambridge has won 8, Ox ford 5. A CAMBRIDGE MAN. Yesterday morning her Majesty's bounty money was distributed by her Majesty's sub-almoner, Dr. Jelf, and Mr. Hanby, at the Royal Almonry Office, Whitehall yard. The sums given were from ss. and upwards; the recipients were principally blind, and averaging in age from 70 to 90 years. The Hon. Colonel and Lady Sarah Lindsay have left town to ♦isit Mr. and Mrs, Holford, at Weston-hill, Gloucestershire. The birth-day offing Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia was celebrated at Turin on the 15th. Lord Howard de Walden, the English Minister at Brussels, gavo a grand dinner two days ago, at which Count de Creptowitch, the Russian Minister, was present. The day after, Count Creptowitcb, in his turn, enter taiued at dinne the English and French Ministers. siciens; ; 10,000 f. to the Societe des Artis!es Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, et Dessinateurs ; 10,000 f. to the Societe des luventeurs et Artistes Industriels. FRANCE. ARIS, NDAY MARCI. Baron de Mante P uffel has M ar O rived in Parisi , o ( take part in the conferences as the plenipotentiary of Prussia. He is accompanied by Baron de Rechen berg, first secretary of legation, and has alighted at the Prussian embassy. BOURSE, March 17.—The following were the las quotations : 4 per Cents Cash. fr. e. End of Month, i 3 per Cents 72 6 1 73 5 New Loan 73 30 Bank Shares 3,450 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,562 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes Pietimontese (5) 92 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-708 CASH. fr. c. Orleans 1,290 Western Northern Lyons ~....!1,250 Now Ditt0......... Mediterranean 1,570 Grand Central ... Lyons Geneva 770 Teste Cette fr. 0. 885 - 075 - 823 75 650 - 017 50 TURKEY. CONSLINTINOPLE, March 6.—The Divan, taking into consideration the remonstrances of the mer chants, has given up issuing the 100 million piastres of paper money in contemplation. The judgment pronounced against Rustum Pasha, who was con victed of malversation, condemned him to pay back to the State several thousands of francs and to be imprisoned during a year. It is reported that the Sultan has commuted his penalty into banishment. Severe frost has recommenced at Constantinople, with heavy snow, and sickness is again on the in crease. Two other French physicians have died. The chiefs of the board of health of the allied armies have, in consequence, ordered several wise measures of salubrity. The Sultan has given audi dence to the Moldavian HoTodar, Ghika. 500 Bashi- Baz9uks have arrived from Adrianople. There was still a good deal of sickness in the Crimea. A number of French officers intended to proceed to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage during the armistice. The merchants of Kamiesh had applied for leave to establish fairs on the neutral territory lying between the allied and Russian armies. The Constantinople Journal announces that the Tartars of the Crimea, who compromised themselves by joining the allies, called for protection, and asked to be allowed to follow our troops when they evacuate the Russian territory. General Mitchell had succeeded General Vivian, who was ill. Ru.sia❑ reinforcements continued to arrive in Bessarabia. Letters from Smyrna of the 6th state that a battalion of the Anglo-German Legion had landed in that port. Several brigands had been killed at Larissa, in Albania." PRUSSIA. - --- A letter from Berlin of the 13th, in the Nurem berg Correspondent, says :—" Ti'e intelligence of the invitation sent to Prussia to take part in the conferences has created much joy in our political circles. It is said that this significant step of the congress is mainly due to the efforts of Austria. It confirms the hope of a prompt re-establishment of peace. The conclusion of peace will now be ob tained by the sanction and the guarantee of all the European powers. We are assured that in all pro bability the signature of the treaty will take place towards the end of the month. A letter from Berlin, of the 14th, says :—" The subscription opened for the familyof M. Hinckeldey already amounts to more than 10,000 thalers. The public display extraordinary anxiety to subscribe for the new institutions of credit which are now being established. Thus, the subscription opened here to-day for the bank to be established at Mein ingeu has produced, instead of 3,000,000 thalers, the incredible sum of 350,000,000." AUSTRIA. The Emperor, on the occasion of the birth of the Imperial Prince, has deigned to order that a sum of 100,000 f., taken from the funds of the Civil List, shall be divided between the Bureaux do Bienfaisance of the principal towns and com munes in which. are situated the domains of the Crown. The Emperor has also accorded, on the same occasion, from the funds of the Civil List, a sum of 10,000 f. to the relief fund of the Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques ; -- 10,000 f. to the Societe des Gens de Lettres ; DENMARK. 10,000 f. to the Association des Artistes Drama- I The General Diet of Dk continues its de- tiques ; 10,000 f, to the S oc i e t e des Artistes Mu- li bera tions, which are now and henceforth public, VIENNA, March 14.—The firms which have so long been treating with the Austrian Government for the Lombardo-Venetian and Central Italian Railways yesterday came to a complete under standing with Baron Bruck and Chevalier do Tog genburg, the Ministers of Finances and Public Works. In the course of the day the railroads In question passed into the hands of a Company composed of the Austrian Credit Bank, of some of the leading Italian firms (represented by the Dukes de Galliera .and do Molzi, and the Mar quis Archinti) and of an Anglo-French Society, at the head of which arc Messrs. Rothschild, of Paris and London, Mr. Laing., M.P., Mr. Messrs. Blount and Co., and M. Talabot. The news above given will hardly fail to create some sensation in the financial world, as it is generally known that the Rothschilds and their partisans have for many months been doing battle for the Italian railroads with the French Credit Mobilier. After a long and obstinate struggle the Rothschilds have ob tained a complete victory over their rivals. Strictly speaking two concessions have been made to the above-mentioned company, fn the Lorn bardo-Venetian concession are comprised railroads already completed by the State, and railroads which are to be constructed. The lines already open are— Kilos. Venice to Coccaglio 204 Milan to Como 45 Milan to Treviglio 32 - Verona to Mantua 36 Mestre to Casarsa 94 Coccaglio to Bergamo 26 Ile new railways to be made are— Bergamo to Monza 37 Bergamo to Lecco 3O Milan to Buffal ora 32 Milan to Piacenza and Pavia Milan to Seste-Calende 55 Railroad round Milan Mantua to Borgoforte Cassara to Nabresina B9 The entire length of the finished railroads is 437 kilometres, or 273 English miles, butthere is reason to believe that the line from Coccaglio to Bergamo is not yet open to the public. Tile length of the railroads to be constructed is 355 kilometres, or 223 English miles. The State grants to the com pany the free use of the line from Nabresina to Trieste, with the joint use of the terminus at Trieste. The Central Italian Railroad concession is for 280 kilometres of railway, forming a continuation of the Lombardo-Venetian line from Piacenza, and Borgoforte, via P arma , M o d ena, and Bologna, to Pistoja, where it joins the Tuscan railways to Leg horn and Florence. The entire " net" conceded will, when complete, consist of about 680 English mil es of railway, form ing -4. The line from Trieste by - Udine, Treviso, Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Brescia, Ber gamo, and Milan, to Pavia, where will be the junction with the Sardinian railroads. 2. The line from north to south, connecting the Tuscan and Roman States, Parma, and Modena with the Lombardo-Venetian provinces. The Austrian Go vernment intends to construct a railroad from Verona to Botzen and Innsbruck, which will, sooner or later, b© connected with the Bavarian Railway. Thos company gives to the State for the finished railroads 60,000,000 f. (2,400,0001.) Thesum is to be paid within six years in instalments, and without interest. However, if at the end of the six years the net profits on the whole capital should exceed 7 per cent. the company will have to make au ad ditional payment to Government of 16,500,000 f. (660,000%) The Credit Mobilier paid on an average for the northern and eastern Austrian railroads about 145,000 f. (5,8001.) per kilometre, but the Anglo-French Company will only pay 120,000 f. (4,8001.) per kilometre, and au additional 25,000 f. in case the net profits should exceed 7 per cent. The Austrian Government guarantees 5 per cent. on the whole capital required, which is estimated at 250,000,000 f. (10,000,000/.) For the Central Italian Railway the company has a guarantee of 6,500,000 f. per annum, which is more than 6i per cent. on the capital required for that line. Both concessions are for two years, and a period of from two to five years is given for completing the diffe rent lines. There will be a remission during five years of half the duty on all rails, engines, and ma terials imported and used on the lines. The share of the Credit Bank in the Lombardo- Venetian Railroad is 50,000,000 of lire. The founders of the Vienna-Linz-Salsburg Railroad have presented their statutes to Government. The shares will bo at 2001, and the first payment 6011., or 30 per cent. It is said that the Credit Bank iT willing to lend 401, or 20 per cent., on each share, at 5 per cent. interest, but it strikes me the insti tution in question can make a far better use of its capital. As a part of the Theiss (Hungarian) Rail road will run through a country where there is a scarcity of wood, foreigners may suppose that fuel will be enormously expensive, but such will not be the case, as some of the best coal in the Austrian empire is to be found a little to the south-east of Arad. The mines are at Istvanbegy, Lankany, Ruszkitza, Ruszkberg, and Armenis. The Raab- Semlin Railroad bas been conceded to General Baron Cordon and some Hungarian nobles, and a French Company, which has no connexion with M. Pereire, is likely to join them. This last men tioned speculation is likely to prove a complete failure, as there is little chance of the Constan tinople-Belgrade Railway being completed for many a long year to come. DUBOTS, RATER, JOBERT DI LAMBALLE, P. DARRALDE, (From the Patrie.) At 1 o'clock on Saturday morning the Empress 'elt the first pains, and from that moment until the hour of her delivery, on Sunday, at a quarter past 3, her Majesty experienced at intervals acute sufferings, interrupted by momentary relief. During the whole of Saturday and the following night the physicians in attendance, seeing her Majesty a prey to such sufferings, believed that her delivery was at band, when a mitigation of her pains intervened and retarded the event so impatiently desired. The Empress then either enjoyed a little repose or walked in her room, looking with delight at the multitude assembled in the garden in front of her windows. The Em peror encouraged and conso!ed her by the most tender and affectioiate expressions. He told her that all the churches were crowded with the faithful praying the Almighty for her delivery, and that all Paris was offering to Heaven the most ardent wishes in her behalf. The Empress then felt her courage redouble at the idea that she was the object of such universal sym pathy. Finally, this morning, a few minutes be fore 3 o'clock, the sufferings of her Majesty as sumed so decided a character that it was deemed advisable to eall in the princes and grand digni taries of the empire to witness the birth of the Imperial infant. It appears that the sight of so many persons produced an effect upon the Empress, which suspended for a moment the operations of nature. Her Majesty then experienced the most excruciating agony, which the skill of the physi cians succeeded at last in allaying ; and at a quarter past 3 o'clock the Imperial infant came into the world. The young Prince is of so ro bust a constitution that he is nearly as big as the child of his nurse, wh6 is two months old. The infant remained in the apartment of his mother until the hour of mass, and after being baptised (ondoye) was removed to his own apartment. Palms were distributed to all the persons present at the Tuileries. (From the Constitzttionnel.) God has listened to the wishes of France and ,o the prayers of the church ; this morning the Empress gave birth to a Prince, whose advent at this period entitles the august infant on whom re pcs2s the destinies of France to be duly considered the child of Providence. The joy of the Emperor must be immense and Lrofound ; for in this joy there is comprised the happiness of the parent and the satisfaction of the Sovereign, so much so that in rejoicing for himself he also rejoices for France. This joy we comprehend and share, and this feel ing is partaken of by the entire nation, which will understand and experience the grave, serious, and solemn thoughts, hopes, and elevated interests that are attached to the auspicious birth of the Prince- Imperial. As a private event, this birth is a bene diction of Heaven which must fill with joy the heart of the man ; as a public event, it is a gua rantee of security which must inspire the soul of the Emperor. The entire nation will share this confidence of the Emperor, this joy of the man, and will thank God for the happiness which has been bestowed on a Sovereign to wkom it is indebted for so much order, glory, and prosperity ; and it will celebrate by its prayers and rejoicings, in one cry and one thought, the glorious name of Napoleon and the respected name of Eugenie. This sentiment will be unanimous as well as spontaneous, for in this noble France, which too many revolutions have disturbed, too many storms have injured, there is now room only for one sentiment, that of justice ; for one de sire, that of repose. Moreover, when we see asso ciated on the Imperial throne so much patriotism with so much virtue, so much genius with so - much beauty ; when so much wisdom shines in the sovereign and so much charity in his consort, we must pity those misled hearts which keep aloof from the public joy and the universal sym pathy. But France, which is about to be en dowed with the blessings of peace, after having been raised by the triumphs of war, will have but ono voice and one soul to acclaim with transports the august infant who is born, to salute its cradle with its most ardent wishes and its most enthusiastic manifestations. Yes, France will have but one voice and one soul to express a cry of love and joy, which will be audible in the Tuileries, and which will be in all hearts as on all lips ; this cry has has been pronounced' by the Legislative Corps this morning in the Palais Bour bon, and has shone this evening on all the monu ments and houses of the capital, and is to this effect : Long live the Emperor I Long live the Empress ! Long live the Prince-Imperial !" THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE SENATE. The Senate and the Legislative body met on Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, and received a mes sage from the Minister of State announcing to them the birth of the Imperil Prince. M, de Moray communicated the event in the Her Majesty felt indisposed as early as one o'clock on Saturday. Her labour, which, in the beginning, and at subsequent intervals, was very severe—so much so as to have required the appliances of art—continued with some periods of tranquillity for 22 hours, and at a quarter past three on Sunday morning all anxiety and danger were over, and the Empress gave birth to a male child. The mother, though necessarily weak, is, to use the formula on such occasions, "as well as can be expected under the circumstances." At six o'clock the cannon of the In valides announced to the city, which was but half awakened, the tidings that the Imperial Throne had an heir, but the fact was not generally known till about eight o'clock. In an hour or two after the birth telegraphic despatches were sent from the Fo-• reign -office to the various diplomatic agents of France on the Continent ; and the one trans mitted to Dresden was received and an answer returned, with the usual congratulations, in about an hour and a-half. Notice was, o, course, at once sent to the representatives of foreign Powers in Paris, who, in the course of the morning, proceeded to the Tuileries and left their names. Inquiries were made as to the pro priety of the plenipotentiaries presenting in form their respects to-day at the palace, but it was in timated that it would be better to do so tomor row at the same time as the members of the resi dent diplomatic corps. Preparations were already made at all the public establishments for illumi nations and the display of drapery. Many of the houses on the Boulevards are decorated with streamers. The theatres are profusely hung with them, and the flags of England, France, Turkey, and Sardinia float united at this moment of re joicing, as they did in the long and dreary hours of suffering and danger. The various embassies have stands before them ready for lamps ; and, not last or least among them, is the well-known 33, Faubourg St. Honore, occupied by Count Orloff. Sincere satisfaction is generally expressed at the Empress's delivery ; and this satisfaction is in nowise diminished by the improvement in the. health of tLe Emperor's uncle, Prince Jerome, who, it was feared, was about to quit the world at the time his little nephew was entering it. The ceremony of the ondoiement was performed at half-past 12 o'clock, with much pomp in the chapel of the Tuileries. Wi ill 1110 re calmness than might have been pected. It has adopted several hills relativi finance matters and to the sale of State donut The trial of the ex-Ministers, although finis as regards those gentlemen, is likely still to ea public attention in Denmark. M. Salicath, of the counsel for the accused Ministers, has lodg. complaint for calumnious imputati ons against Copenhagen journal, the Dogb?adet. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, 10 A. 31, The Royal Mail steam. ship Asia has arrice" with advices from New York to the sth of and $559,747 specie on frt-ight. She has brought no tidings of the Pacific. The steam-ship Arago, from Southampten t ,' l rived at N ew Y or k on t h e Ist instant, and Baltic, hence, on the 4th. In the Senate, on the 3d inst., a bill was p ad`,, authorising th e cons t ruct i on of 10 sloops of "F" While debating the subject several members stag that the prop ose d i ncrease had no reference PI threatened war with England, but the vessels We t ] really needed for the protection of American 0 ° merce. Mr. Crampton bad written a letter to the eLe' llt . of the National Intelli gencer , s t at i ng that he It' not instructed by Lord Clarendon to submit a P I position to arbitrate the Central American ele e tion, but only t o inform Mr. Mar c y th a t sea' ty proposal had been made to Mr. Buchanan. The Washington correspondent of the _Hera writes on the 3d instant : "A good deal of excitement was created in the C 3l net to-day in consequence of an article which appea ! , in the London Morning Post o f F e b ruary 12, proposi°! an alliance between England and France to suPP rell d American filib us t er i ng, an d the article proposed ali'i the propriety of increasing the fleets of England Aa : France in the vicinity of Central America, and to P 1 in force th e rig ht o f search of all suspected Anierie:, vessels, in the s ame manner as it is exercised in the es' of African slavers. The Cabinet had a protracted sion to-day, when the article above referred to receit their attention." Advices from Vera Cruz to the 22d ult. rePe r/ j that the Castle of Ulloa pronounced in f a vour u' Haro y Tamariz on the night of the 12th, and on tbi 13:h notified to the citizens of Vera Cruz that they did not surrender by noon the city wo uld b: bombarded. A t h a lf- past 12 o ' clock, the city a°, having surrendered, the Castle opened fire on 1 and continu e d f or an h our; two persons wef wounded, and some li tt l e damage was done 0 buildings. On the 12th the French frigate Pee r lope came up from Sacrificios, and anchored b e ' tween the Castle and the city. Nothing tiler occurred until the 19th, when the o'" steamer Guerrero came in to tow out the a s ; tional ship G ua d a l oupe, and then the C as t , : . fired into h er for fifteen minutes, five o ° 7, taking effect, killi ng th e fi rst lieutenant and fa g ' men, and wounding seven others. In the mealy time a bomb from Art Santiago fell in the easel blowing up an ammunition chest, killing a n wounding 16 men. O n th e 20 th, at half-past fit.'". p.m., the castle surrendered to the city. We have acc o u n t s f rom H avannah to the 2 9tb ult. The peace news from Europe was well re" ceived. The city was healthy. Sugars bad au . vaticed in price. The New York commercial advices state that tbo tone of the English journals in their discussions (7 ' American aff a i rs was cons i dered less belligereo , l and conduce,] to the opinion that there is no probe' bility of a collision between England and America The money market was gradually growing easier' Capital was very abundant, at 7 to 10 per cent. fo r choice to fai r mercant il e paper. The stock mark " was heavy, and generally depressed. Exchange on England bad advanced to 91 per cent. Continental bills were firm. The cotton market was dull, but without go t ' able change in prices. Flour had advanced 12i to 25 cents per barrel, with but little doing for export. No change to report in the iron market. The market for pork was 23e. lower, with less inquiry. Freights remained firm. THE MEDITERRANEAN MALTA, Milner' 11. The aspect of Malta is anything but pacific just now ; munitions of war and troops are forwarded with unabated activity to the East. 4,500 Wei l were sent from here last • week ; and from p e rsons who appear capable of judging I bear the eel highest accounts of their training and high state of discipline. Very great praise is due to Sir Jolla Pennefather and his staff for their attention, no only to the drill of these men, but to their coin' fort ; for they looked not only smart soldiers, but contented, happy men, proud of themselves, a nd delighted at leaving for the Crimea. The depar ture of the various steamers was a most exhilarating sight—such playing of bands, cheering, hurrahing, more like starting to a wedding than to a fight. Beside the 4,500 men which have been sent to the Crimea other 3,000 are ready to embark. Various changes have been made among the depots, so as to make room for the Italian Legion, which are to disembark at Fort Manoel. Peace appears to he very unpopular both among officers and soldiers ; they look upon it as a personal jury. They all appear to be in fighting humour, and will be sadly disappointed if they do not We another campaign. Mr. Muir (a Freemason) has proposed •to erect a solid lalock of marble to the "Memory of the bre' thren who have lost their lives in the Eastern eV pedition in 1854 and following years," to be raised by Freemasons of Malta and the united services. The proposition has been at once responded to with that liberality which always distinguishes the brethren, more especially those of Malta. The cenotaph is to be placed in the Crimea, and will consist of one solid block of marble 7 feet long by 3 high and 3A- wide, weighing over 4- tons. Mr. Muir is appointed treasurer, as he formerly w as to procure the handsome present made by the brigade of Guards to the Union, No. 588, on their passing through Malta in 1854. Orders have been received from Englabd to collect in the Crimea all the bodies that can be found of the officers of the Guards, and have them interred at Cathcart's Hill. The Hon. Sir Montague Stopford, Port Admiral, has been very ill with the gout, and confined to his room ; but the duties have been most efficiently carried out by the ever -active and energetic Sir Houston Stewart, who proved himself so eminently calculated for the post in 1854. He now, in the absence of Sir E. Lyons, commands the fleet, and never was a fleet happier or in a more efficient state. The Great Britain brought about 1,100 of the Italian Legion, and they are now displaying their persons and uniforms in our streets. She brought also some 30 bullocks, the contractors having ob tained from the admiral several steamers to procure cattle on their paying the cost of the vessel. They have been successful in procuring cattle from Italy. The King of Naples has again permitted, for limited time, the exportation of biscuit and mac caroni, on the paym en t o f a tr i fle export duty. The rebellion in Tripoli being arranged, we shall have greater facilities for procuring cattle from that country. Mr. Hamilton, who it wars said had been sent to Constantinople in chains, is still in that country. Capt. G o ld sm ith, C . 8., came a passenger in the Firebrand, to proceed to England to take charge of Chatham Dockyard. Capt. Pym, of the Firebrand, took charge of the Sidon, vice Goldsmith. Capt. Giffard, of the Leopard, has been invalided, and proceeded to England. Her first lieutenant takes her to the Black Sea, so there are two vacan cies for captains, one in the Leopard and one in the Firebrand. The Beagle, Lieut. Hewitt, had to put back, from slight damage to her machinery. Mr. Gager, boatswain of the St. Jean d'Acre, was tried for drunkenness, and reduced one grade ; but no court-martial could have been more flatter ing, for both his captain and commander spoke in the highest terms of him, and he is stated to be the best boatswain in the service. The St. Jean d'Acre has gone to the Black Sea, calling en route at Athens. The Hightlyer has also gone, taking with her the Hon. Mrs. Grey, wife of the admiral at Constanti nople. 1 The French fleet, en route to the eastward, passed our island a few days since. We have also numbers of small screw steamers calling here en route to the Crimea, with all sort of ventures. Some I fear will be failures, from the market being overstocked. However, should they fail at Constantinople, there is plenty of work for screw steamers in the Mediterranean, and if only common prudence is adopted they must realise large profits. March 12.—The steamer Grecian, from Liver pool, and the Thalia arrived this morning. TURIN, March 16.—The news of the birth of a Prince, the son of the Emperor Napoleon 111., which reached here this morning, was received with great satisfaction by the Piedmontese people. King Victor Emmanuel immediately sent M. Polenzo, his Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the French re presentative to offer him his congratulations." Le Nord affirms that the question of the Asiatic frontier is resolved, as far as concerns the restitu tion of the districts occupied by the Russians. The latter will restore Kars, the Turks will evacuate Mingrelia, and so the status quo ante will be re stored. " Only the presence of M. 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