The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Aram 18, wra M eartermed NORMA. Principal charictera by Madame cuud.e .Madame godateek, and Madams Sondhelm I Signor Pa yee. ignor Sane. sad Signor Arnold!. THE t TEE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Ructetons. THIS EVENING, Ann is, Wilt be performed SPEED THE PLOUGH. Characters by Messrs. Vandentiort, Compton, Rogers. and Chippendale; Miss E. ch a sm, Miss Louisa Howard, and Mrs. Stanley. After which, an entirely new and original extravaganza. entitled hfR. BVCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CESTER•SQUARE), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. Bucketone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark. Mr. J. Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall ; Mrs. Fitzwullam. Mrs. Caulfield, MlBB E. Grey, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss Featherstone. - Fo:lowed by WILLIKIND AND NYS DINAH. Supported by Messrs. Bnckstone and Corr! ; 51133 Louisa Howard. Mrs. Fitzwil. I iam, and Mrs. Caulfield. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TUEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. UV-a the Management of Mr. Casatrs KrAN. THIS EVENING, AntlL 18, Will be performed TTIE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart ; and Misses /leant and Id array. Followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal charac ter by Mr. C. Kean. After which. AWAY WITtI MEL.INCHOLY. Characters by Mears. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Saker ; and 3lisses Murray and DAly. TiIEATIE ROYAL ADRLPFII. Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Dlrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Aram 13, Will be performed TWO LOVE 3 AND A LIFE. Supported by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, Benjamtn Webster, Keeley, and 0. Bmlth ; Miss Woolgar and Madams Celeste. Followed by THE OVERLAND JOLTRNEY TO CONSTANTI NOPLE, A 3 UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WITH INTERESTING PARTICULARS; OF THE FAIR SOPHIA. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Al'anagement of Madame Yestrfe. THIS EVENING. Aran. IS, Will be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. Principal charac ters by Mr. C. Mathews; and Miss Oliver. To be followed by GIVE A DOG ♦N ILL NAME. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews and F. Matthews. After which. NUMBER ONE "ROUND THE CORNER. Concluding with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EYENING, Arm will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by 'Messrs. Tabery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL, Jena Daggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Se's Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Direetreas, Min Bet Ca Isaacs' THIS EVENING, Aram 1!, Wlll be performed THE ENCHANTED LASE. Followed by AN ADVERrISEMENT—" AND HUSBANDS." WANTED, WIVES Concluding with a new burlesque on RICHARD THE THIRD. qtalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6,1.; Gallery, Gd.; Private Boxes, 111 . 6d., to be had of Mr. ABeroft, lb, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUttoPE's NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manwa.e. Mr. William Cooke. Great attraction and powerful Noveitita for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING. Aran. IN And during the week, a new grand Nauti c al an d E questrian spec facie, embodying novel and extraordinary effects (written by Mr. Nelson Lee). entitled A TALE OF THE SPANISH WAR; or, The Horse of the Wreck. The horses expressly trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE, intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Mibs Emily Cooke, Mr. Alfred Cooke, and the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in Europe. Conclitdlng with the new Farce of DALRYMPLE versus TUBBS. Box-omce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. LEIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau; Der —Morning 7 min.after 5 I Evening 32 min.aft. 5 To.Mokitow — Morning 58 roli.after 5 Evening 24 min.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.—Snw Ovrtas, APRIL 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54 —highest since noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'22. , WIND, 3.E.—lresh breeze, with fine, sunshiny wea. ther. i n‘ Tig - • AM 1 41 ,, 4 (1- LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1854. As the bullionit organ has truly remarked, the " power of creating money is an undoubted pre rogative of the Crown." Tne material of which that money may be composed .is a mere com modity that may be bartered or disposed :of in the ordinary way of business, just like auy other article of commerce. Whether it be gold, silver, or copper, it is the Royal stamp which calms it t') pass current from hand to hand, and to be freely and willingly accepted at its nominal, with out any inquiry as to its intrinsic, value. We see silver varying lu price according to the demand, and gold Trould do so but for the enactment that enables any person to dispose of it at a certain fixed price, the "seignorage," or sum to be charged for the royal privilege being distinctly ascertained. No one, however, when offered a crown piece, or an equivalent number of half crowns, shillings, or sixpences, pauses to inquire whether silver is depressed in price, a mere drug in the market, or • in brisk de mand. He knows that he will be able to pay it away at the same price at which he received it, and that knowledge satisfies him ; he cares for nothing more. The Royal stamp convinces him of that fact, and that is all he wants. By why is this ? Why does the effigy of the Sovereign induce every man to abstain from fur ther inquiry, and make the coin on which it is impressed so generally acceptable ? Simply be cause that coin will pio tanto liquidate the de mands of the nation on the last holder. Every man knows that he will have to meet the tax collector, and that if lie possesses more of the means of extinguishing the claim than is required for his own purposes, he will find others less favourably circumstanced, who will have to pur chase the means of doing so. "No circulating medium" of any kind, therefore, can be in excess or in danger of rejection, so far as it is propor tioned to the national taxation, not going beyond the amount in be drawn in within a certain spe cified time from the people. And this is equally true whatever be the material in use, whether it be gold, silver, or copper, or paper, leather, or What, f or i ns t ance, i s an Exchequer Bill ? What guarantee is given for its payment ? It is a piece o f paper, or " a worthless rag, " as it might be termed by a bullionist, which is not " convertible" into the precious metals, but which will at aay moment be received in payment of taxes or duties in any Government office. Prac tically they are but rarely offered for that purpose, for, inasmuch as they bear interest, they command a certain premium in the market.. It would therefore he too expensive a m o d e of liquidating the debt to the State to be generally resorted to. The large amounts generally specified const itute another serious obstacle. Few men have to pay 5001. or 1,000/. into the Exchequer or Custom -house at a s i ng l e payment. The person who has an Re c h, quer Bill, then, in place of payi ng i t to the Go vernment collectors, disposes of it on the Stock Exchange _generally at a handsom e premium and liquidates his liability with a p or ti on of the proceeds. The ultimate value, however —the attribute that renders it universally acceptable, and insures an unceasing demand—is the know ledge that it will be accepted in payment of taxes, or duties to the Crown. Now, if the denomination of these notes, in place of being 1,0001., 5001., or even 1001., were but 101., 51., or 11., so that they could be appli cable fo r th e p a y men t of all Lies, it is manifest that. they wou ld no l onge r be restricted to the hands of b an k ers an d grea t merc hants. They would constitute a useful circulating medium, which would be available for all the trausa,ctions of every-day life. Every man in business would have the means of passing them off again. As the national income may betaken in round numbers to amount to 57,000,000/. per annum, to which at least 5,000,0001. may be added for poor rates, there would be a weekly absorption of 1,200,000/. of these Exchequer Bills, which would so far maintain their value that, if bearing interest, they would command a premium nearly, if not altogether, equal t o the amount due on the day of tender ; and it would follow, as a necessary corollary, that there would be no necessity for in terest in order to insure their willing acceptance. The entire interest on the unfunded debt would thus be got rid of. And the pecuniary saving would be the least valuable part of the alteration for the certainty of obtaining that which hat been truly described as " the life-blood of industry"—a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the community—a steady representative and measure of value, not liable to the fluctuations which a metallic cur rency, or one based on metal, would so stimulate trade and manufacture that any man able and willing to work would be sure of obtain ing employment at remunerative wages ; and would thus not only enjoy the comforts which ever y person of ordinary humanity must desire to see placed within the reach of the labouring popu lation of the country, but each individual would become a useful member of society—the creator and producer of national wealth—in place of b e i n g an idle consumer, a drone in the national hive. We should then hear nothing of the impious cant of " over-population," or " over-produc tion." If the industrial resources of the country were fully and fairly developed, as they would be under a judicious and well-devised monetary sys tem, it would be long, indeed, before there would be any complaint against an addition to the " thews and sinews" of the nation ; and whenever there was a danger that the quantity of food raised in the country by experienced agricultu rists, who made the teeming earth bestow her utmost produce, the broad lands of British Ame rica, the fertile plains of Australia, would offer suitable places of refuge. Indeed, it would be difficult to indicate a part of the earth where the Anglo-Saxon energy and determination would not be cordially welcomed. Let not weak, foolish man dare to question PROVIDENCE. Let not the worm venture to murmur against the will o f his Omniscient CREATOR. " Over population 1" Where are the superfluous elements, or who are to be cut off to make way for the fresh corners, and to reduce the numbers to what the pretended philosopher has the arro gance to say is the proper amount. " Over-pro duction" is another cant cry, equally audacious and indefensible. Can there be an over-produc tion of food, so long as any one remains without sufficiency to eat or drink—an "over-production" of garments, so long as any remain inadequately covered ? .There cannot be " over-production" so long as there is a single hungry person to be fed—a naked one to be clothed. Until such unfortunates can no longer be discovered, the cry is impious. It grows, however, out of our monetary code, that reduces everything to that single standard, and distorts the medium through which the affairs of the nation is to be regarded. If an Englishman " likes gold in his pocket," there are not merely thousands or tens of thousands, but millions of his countrymen, who suffer severely for the grati fication of his whim—whose welfare and happiness are sacrificed at the shrine of the idol which he has set up, and whose prosperity is as nothing when cast into the opposing scale to the preserva tion of the integrity of the standard ! ! ' The Debate on DUBLIN University is certainly worth a moment's attention at least, while our National Seminaries are so much before the public. It arose on Mr. FAGAN'S, the member for Cork, asking leave to bring in a bill to found and endow a second college on a wider basis than the exist ing one. Dublin University, unlike the kindred institutions at Oxford and Cambridge, is not composed of a number of colleges, usurping the powers and privileges of the original University; but is entirely comprised in Trinity College —a college founded by Queen ELIZABETH, and which, therefore, ought not to be involved in much obscurity as to its origin and character. Like almost all endowments, however, a few generation? hare sufficed to furnish ground of debate as to " the founders' intentions." Mr. FA (4.4krr affirms that the terms of its charter are so unlimited that all her MAJESTY' S subjects, Catholic as well as Protestant, have a fair claim to its ad vantages, honours, and emoluments. Mr. HAMIL TON (the Member for the University) replies that it is impossible to suppose Queen ELIZABETH, ex conithunicated and deposed by the Popr, could have founded a college for Roman Catholics ; a controversy which many would decide according as they held that all charters were to be inter -1 preted in the most liberal manner possible, or that we must endeavour to supplement indefiniteness of language from the historical facts of the time. Of the two principles the former is the only one which can make the arrangements of the past harmonise at all with the wants of the present ; but we are surprised that broader ground on this subject was not taken. With the i,ntentions of Private Founders HENRY VIII. and CHARLES Tr. took great liberties at Oxford and Cambridge, or the decrees of the Council of Trent would there super sede the Thirty-nine Articles, and Mr. GLAD STONE and Lord JOHN RUSSELL propose to take yet further liberties. But when the Founders , are Monarchs, and when, consequently, all their acts, and all the property given, must be regarded as national, the question seems to us reduced to its easiest form. We should, of course, consider it open to inquiry whether it were better to keep Trinity for Protes tants, and Maynooth for Catholics, but cannot think that the consideration of what ELIZABETH, JAMES 1., Or CHARLES j., wished or willed, ought to weigh for one moment with our present Legis lature. These Monarchs, and their generation, had their day, and did what they liked with their own ; but we demur to their notions of the public good being taken as the guide of ours. Indeed, as to the STUARTS, it was thought for the nation's good, at the time, to behead one, and to send the rest to-learn wisdom, if they would, by foreign travel. It seems to us that the strong part of Mr. FAGAN'S case was the least debated. There was no little dispute whether Trinity College was, or was not, properly a Protestant College ; whether or not Roman Catholics ought to be content with the really liberal practice of the College authori ties, in virtue of which the humbler honours and pecuniary prizes, with the entire education, were open to Catholics and Dissenters; and whether confiscation," the scare-crow of abuse-defen ders, were involved in his proposal; but what in the eyes of such of the general public as might condescend to notice an Irish debate was the grand charge, was really an undefended action. We are at a loss almost to comprehend why none of the many whose vocation is the attack of abuses, did not find even a monster one here. Mr. NAPIER, in deed, spoke touchingly of the laborious life led by the• Fellows as a reason for so few authors having sprung from their number; but perhaps the reader will think that there were influences of a more soporific kind when he reads the following facts. The landed property of Trinity College amounts to 200,000 acres. It is valued to the poor rates at 92,0001. ; the actual yearly income is 64,000/. ; and the University is now empowered so to let the land as to raise the income to 1 00,0001. It is the richest University in Europe. And now for the toil-worn Fellows. The Provost receives annually Seven Senior Fellows, each S Fs i iix x ve Pl sTe r Firs Junior C ad .. 1 co s sliasa,s3: lF,Fellows, 111100 w\ F vss e : l I eachows, each , • 900 600 each Altogether, according to. Mr. FAGAN, no ono contradicting, the Provost of Trinity College F e ll ows divide annually l 34 g , e oo a o n / ( . 1 among them. Now, whether a second college f n r i o o n r i e ascocempetablecautsoes, Trinity.theCatho haslielaityprothvaend: he founded or not, what, we ask in the name o f all reason and conscience, are incomes like these to continue for? The Head of an English University House passes rich, and surely ought, with 8001. a-year; and 2501. a-year is held to be the proper standard for a fellowship by our Oxford reformers. How could the Oxo nians listen to this statement of Irish fat things, and repress their indignation , ar ti p on, e th d a o t w e n ve e n v M ery r. f G el L lo cD : ship * to such STONE should propos© a paltry minimum, when Dublin Junior Fellows rejoiced in 4001., and senior Fei- , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ETENING, APRI'L 18, 1854, lows in 1,8001., a-year ! Education must dis. claim all need of such bribes to indolence. Some thing wrong there must be here. Mr. FAGAN, of course, withdrew his motion ; but we hope his facts will not be withdrawn from public attention. Dublin University has large national funds to spare for some purpose. For what, remains yet to be decided. AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORXING. The General Screw Steam Shippin g Company's ship Harbi nger , C ap t. L ane , has just arrived here from Sydney and Port Philip. Her news has been anticipated by the Overland Mail. She brings 16,174 ounces of gold from Syd ney, and 57,168 ounces from Port Philip. Total value, 293,3681. Also 150 bales of wool, and a heavy mail, from the Australian coionies. The Harbinger has touched only at St. Yincents on the homeward passage. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales, including 1,000 Bahia taken for export, and 1,000 American on speculation. The market closed with a harden ing tendency. The sales comprised 530 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 81d., 1,100 Bahia at 6.0., 500 Egyptian at 51d. to Bid., 500 Surat at 22d. to M., 40 Sea Island at ls. Id., and the remainder nearly all American. Railway shares were flat. In adverting to the Russian trade, Messrs. F. J. Smith and Charles state : "The advices from St. Petersburg to-day are to the 27th (Bth) April. 300 casks tallow had been taken on the spot at 120. The weather is reported mild. Since our last reports of this day week we have had a steady market, without any extraordinary movement. Politi cal events are now looked forward to with the greatest interest and anxiety, and they are influencing, and will continue to influence, the price of tallow." The steamer Africa, it is announced, has arrived from New York with 200,000 dollars in specie. The letters are just received in town. Stocks were active but not buoyant, and the speculators were out of spirits, money being scarce. The steamer Harbinger, from Australia, reached Southampton at 9 o'clock this morning with 73,000 ounces of gold. Her dates being only of January 22, have been anticipated. A telegraphic despatch, dated Copenhagen, April 14, states that there was an English war steamer on shore off Amager. The Stock Market is much livelier, and there appears to be a larger number of accounts unset tled than was expected. One large Bear account has and having been left until the last had moment to be exercised a decided influence upon prices, and made the scarcity o f s t oc k mor e f e lt, last ed prices being i. tog per cent, higher for money than time, notwithstanding the amounts understood to have been recently borrowed of the Bank of England, and exceeding, according to some ver sions, a million sterling. The tendency to specu late for a fall in prices is certainly very obvious still, and although the money market, should specie exports have to be kept up to the Baltic and Black Seas, would be against higher prices, some allowance should be made for the general re striction of business, and the cessation of all new enterprises and speculations. The funds, in such case, offer the principal medium of investment, and as long as the public find that the war can be con ducted without recourse to heavy loans—for mo derate borrowing they consider inevitable—they will probably not manifest any extraordinary un easiness, or a disposition to 'Art at all freely with their securities. It is this state of feeling which explains the readiness of some of our bankers and capitalists to lend stock, a very profitable operation, since the speculators lodge their money during the period for which they borrow Consols, and the accruing dividends belong to the lenders. Consols have been 87g to l-, and since 87i to for Transfer. The prices for May 11 have been 87i to 1. The New 3,1 per Cents. have been 87g to 2, and the 3 per Cents. 86 to I. Bank Stock is dull at 214. Exchequer Bills are at par to 4s. premium. The settlement of the account is, upon the whole, proceeding satisfac torily. Foreign Securities have been merely nominal. There is but one bargain officially recorded, viz., in Spanish New Deferred at Railway Shares have been without much move ment, but are at rather fuller rates, notwithstand ing the paucity of business. French shares have been nominal. There have been a few bargains in the Gold Mines, but still at comparatively low rates. The Joint-stock Bank and Land Companies' Shares are steady. The following is a part of a report from Messrs, Houghton and Levy, of Liverpool : " Since our report of the Bth ult. the current market has evinced more animation than for several months past, but considering the period of the year, the Easter demand has only been small. The clearances for home consumption reach 85 tons, against 35 tons during the preceding month ; they, however, fall short of March, 1853, by nearly two-thirds the quantity. The deliveries in bond consist of about of 50 tons, chiefly 1851 fruit ; in February, only 10 tons. The transactions for the home trade have been principally in the better descrip tions of 1852 and 1853 fruit, prices of which have been fully maintained ; the lower qualities still continue almost unsaleable, although importers are anxious to realise at prices little beyond the duty : for 1851 fruit there is little inquiry at present rates, but holders are not disposed to submit to any reduction, and rather look for an advance, the stock being now in a narrow com pass. The accounts of the appearance of the next crop continue very disheartening, and, in addition to a recur rence of the blight, the unsettled state of political affairs in the currant-growing districts will interfere consider ably with the trade in those parts, and it is, therefore, quite a warrantable anticipation that fruit of keeping character will next season lie scarce, and of enhanced value." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, ( From the Official List.) • Beninese done. Bank Stock .. . . per Cent. Reduced Annuities B6a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities Jan., 1860 8 4 773 1-1: 1 13-16 N uo e n w g 2i n p n e u r it C ie ezt . E A xp n i n r u o i s ti t c h s Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859..., 4 9.16 7-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d 2 p Consols for Account 11th May B7i Exchequer Bills, 2d. £lO6O -... 4 p par Small ......................................... par 4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS Al ONE O'CLOCK. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7i Dividends on the above payable in London. HA LF•PAST TWO. Consols Ditto April Account 6 87 871 DEATH 0,1 , ALDERMAN HOOPER.—A vacancy has oc curred in Queenhithe Ward, in consequence of the decease of James K. Hooper, Esq., the Alderman of that Ward, who died last evening. The deceased gentleman was elected in 1840, served the office of Sheriff in 1842, and filled the Civic Chair in 1847. RUSSIA.—The advices from Russia continue of a very unfavourable character with regard to the position of the mercantile classes. From St. Petersburg the dates are to the Bth of April, at which period the Go vernment paper currency still continued at about 12 per cent, discount. From Riga the letters of the 7th an nounce the failure of M. Iwan Shaposhnikoff, a large tallow and oil speculator, for about 85,0001., by which Russian dealers alone will suffer, eo foreign houses being interested. The weather along the coast had been extremely violent, and both St. Petersburg and Riga had been visited by a tremendous snow storm, suc ceeded by a rapid thaw. At Riga it had been blowing a gale for three days from the north-west, and the ves sels in the ice in the bay were reported to be in a very dangerous situation. Only eight of fifteen vessels were to be seen at the time of the post leaving. It was thought that the ice on the river would not remain above a week longer. BANK 01' FRANCE. —According to the letters from Paris yesterday, the monthly return just published from the Bank of France showing an increase of more than three millions sterling in the stock of bullion, coupled with the anticipated resumption by Messrs. Leroy, Ohabrol, and Co., and the less unsatisfactory appearance of the negotiations with the German Powers, have pro duced a manifest revival of confidence. At the same time the rate of exchange on London is rather firmer, and there is now scarcely any inducement to send gold from this side. Only a small amount, therefore, was taken from the Bank of England yesterday. ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEERS.—We understand that the Rev. A. Macgregor, of the West Church here, has been requested by the Admiralty to draw up a statement in Gaelic of the nature of the Royal naval volunteer service in Scotland. This will be printed and circulated among the Highland fishernien, whom it is desired to enrol.—Scotch, Paper. BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—In the general business of the port of London during the past week the number of vessels reported inward was 148, being six less than in the previous week. The total quantity of grain reported was 30,441 quarters, including 10,624 quarters of w h eat, i n a ddi t i on t o 670 b arre l s an d 500 sacks of flour. Of tea there were reported 20,202 packages ; and of sugar 30 hhds., 34,272 bags, 409 cases, 20 casks, and 13,400 loaves. The number of ships cleared outward was 113, being 15 less than in the pre vious week. Of these 24 were in ballast, and 11 for the Australian colonies. ACCOUNTS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—On Saturday the annual accounts of the British Museum laid before Parliament were printed by order of the House of Com mons. It appears that the sum required for the year ending on the 31st March next year, is 55,225/. The sum granted for the year ended the 31st ult. was 55,840/. There was an increase in the number of visitors to the general collection last year compared with the preceding: In the year ended Christmas, 1852, the number was 50 7, 9 73, and in the year ended Christmas last, 661,113. The expenditure in th financial year ended 31st March last, was 54,0311. 4s. Bd., and the balance carried to the current account was 16,1691. 103. Bd. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Laing, M.P., and Sir Cusack Roney, who arrived in Paris on Friday, had an audience of the Emperor Na poleon on Saturday morning, on the subject of the open ing of Afr-Crlstai Palace-atrKydoiahaw , - . LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. ST. PETERSBURG. A letter from St. Petersburg of April 3, says : " An extraordinary convocation was addressed to all the high functionaries and members of the diplomatic corps, to be present in the chapel of the palace at the reading of the bulletin announcing the passage of the Danube. The ceremony showed only a very moderate joy. The absence of the Minister of Austria, convoked like the rest of his colleagues, produced a marked sensation." THE DANUBE. VIIINN - A, APRIL 13.—The last accounts state that numerous skirmishes of a very sanguiary cha_ racter take place along the line of the Danube. The national antipathies have reached their ex treme point. Prince Gortschakoff is about to move from Bu charest upon the Danube. General Luders has arrived at Hirsova with the main body of the army. Tho Turks have evacuated the island which they occupied near Touschtukai, in order to bring up their heavy artillery to Silistria. Omar Paella is manoeuvring for the double pur pose of covering Silistria and the Wall of Trajan. Luders only advances very slowly in Dobroutscha and with the greatest precaution. We read in the Corriere Italiano of Vienna : " Letters from Bucharest of the Bth say that Omer Pacha had ordered the troops who were on the line of the Balkans to commence their march on the 10th towards the Danube. The corps of 8,000 men, concentrated by Omer Pacha at Bazardjick was advancing towards the wall of Trajan. Ten merchant vessels had arrived at Varna with provisions and military stores, and others were expected. The Turks were making preparations to pass the Danube near Turtukai and Rustjouck. Prince Paskiewitch was expected at Bucharest on the 15th. He would stop here but a very short time, and then proceed with Prince Gortschakoff towards the Danube." A letter from St. Petersburg, in a Frankfort journal, states that the Prussian Ambassador, as well as the Austrian, refused to attend the Te Deum sung in presence of the Imperial family on the occasion of the passage of the Danube by the Russians. THE BALTIC. THE CAPTURES BY THE BRITISH NAVY The vessels stated to have been captured by Sir C. Napier's fleet are said to have been laden with sulphur and other articles contraband of war. They had been under surveillance for some time past, and were last from Lubeck, and ou their way towards a Russian port in the Gulf of Finland. COPENHAGEN, -April 16.—The fleet has passed the Island of Bornholm. A heavy cannonade was heard in the course of last night. The Austerlitz has rejoined Admiral Napier. Admiral Plumridge, with the English cruisers, has captured five Rus sian ships laden with salt, and carried them into the Bay of Kioge. The whole of the Danish Cabi net remains in office. A letter from Stockholm of the 9th says :—" The movements of troops for the purpose of reinforcing the garrisons of the seaports and of the Island of Gothland have already commenced. A battalion of infantry has left for Carlscrona in three steam ers. • It is known at Stockholm that the Russian troops have abandoned the island of Aland, and that all the cannons and gunpowder have been re moved to Sweaborg ; but it is doubted that the bar racks, which were built at great expense 14 years ago, and the fortified works at Bremarsund, will be destroyed. The statement made by the German journals, that England has offered subsidies to the Swedish Government, and has invited it to take an active part in the war, was copied from a Stock holm journal which deserves no credit. It is evident that it owes its origin to a passage in the despatches by which the Western Powers recog nised Swedish neutrality, to the effect that if neces sary they will aid Sweden in causing her neutrality to be respected." A letter received from an officer serving in the Baltic fleet by friends in England, dated Kioge Bay, near Copenhagen, April 11, says, some of the ships hav9 very large sick lists, being princi pally cases of influenza (entre noes, common catarrh), which appears to be epidemic. Steamers laden with people from Copenhagen steam daily, weather permitting, around the squadron, giving us most hearty cheers en passant. We have heard that the Russian ships have managed to get up to St. Petersburg, and it is rumoured that the Russians have been experimentalising on a grand scale with their shipping against their forts to try the effect of heavy shot upon them. They have brought out some of their large ships and anchored them off their forts, and have plied them heavily with shot without producing the slightest effect upon the granite of which they are composed. It is also currently reported at Copenhagen that the enemy is setting traps for us. It is said, with what degree of truth I know not, that they are submerging, in the narrow waters, sun ken cylinders, or cases of powder, to be discharged by galvanic wires as the ships approach or pass over their track. The different ships have received a circular from Sir Wm. Burnett, regard ing the preparations to be made in the cock-pit during battle. We all got a double supply of chloroform before leaving Englan,d. Admiral Plumridge with his squadron was ordered up the Gulf of Finland, as some intelligence was received here about the breaking up of the ice. The Light ning no doubt will have brought some intelligence. Lest I might lose the letter bag, I will close this letter, hoping you are quite well. P.S.—I have opened this to say that the signal to prepare for sea has just been made. I suppose we are off to the Gulf of Finland. We have not gone ashore any where—there is no leave. How very disgusting." THE BALTIC FLEET. KIOGE, APRIL B.—The presence in Kioge Bay of the English' fleet is a source of great attraction to the Danes residing in the vicinity. On the day subsequent to their dropping anchor off Kioge, the Cimbria and Flora, two Danish merchant steamers, each having the English ensign hoisted at the fore, and their deck crowded with an assembly of the most respectable residents of Copenhagen, visited the fleet. On passing along the line of ships these vessels stopped opposite to each, the ladies waving their hankerchiefs, the gentlemen giving three hearty cheers, and evincing their delight and grati fication at the grand and imposing spectacle pre sented, probably for the • first time, to their view. The Bulldog, Captain'W. H. Hall, came into the bay in the afternoon, having in tow two merchant, brigs laden with coal for the fleet, and bringing the not unexpected intelligence of war being declared against Russia by England and France. The Lightning steamer, Captain Sulivan, which it had been signalled would proceed to Co penhagen with letters, and on board which many officers had embarked for the purpose of visiting that city, was ordered to anchor on the intelligence brought by the Bulldog reaching the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief. On the morning of the 3d inst. it blew fresh from the N.W., and by noon the wind had increased to a gale. Topgallant masts were sent down, top masts struck, yards pointed to the wind, and every thing made snug. During a heavy squall the St. Jean d'Acre parted her cable, but brought up by letting go a second anchor. All communication was suspended between the ships of the fleet, most of which felt it necessary to have two anchors down. The Amphion, Dauntless, and Tribune, which were detached from the fleet on their leavin g Kield Fiord, arrived from Copenhagen in the afternoon, and an chored in their relative positions. The Dauntless, while standing in for the anchorage, had her fore topsail blown away. The Commander-in-Chief, as an evidence of his consideration for the comforts of the officers generally, sent the Lightning to Copen hagen, with the stewards of the various ships, to procure supplies for their messes, and further sig nified his intention, if he could possibly do so, of affording those under his command an opportunity of visiting Copenhagen prior to the departure of the fleet from its present anchorage. The gale having stbsided on the 4th the fleet sent their spars afloat. The Hecla steamer, Capt. Hall, arrived at 6 a.m., and the Archer steam-ves sel at noon. The Cotumander-in-Chief, having re ceived official information of the declaration of war against Russia, announced it by signal to the whole of the ships comprising the fleet. Some of the ships hoisted signals to the effect, " We are ready and willing ;" and throughout the fleet the news of war having been declared was received with feel ings of the utmost delight. At 5 p.m. Rear-Admiral Plumridge, with his flag flying in the Leopard, weighed anchor, taking with him, under his command, the Imperieuse, 50, Captain Watson the Dauntless, 33; Captain Ryder, and the Tribune, 30, Captain the Hon. S. T. uarnegie. This division sailed on important service, but its specific destination has been, from prudential motives, kept secret. Several merchant brigs, with coals for the fleet have been towed into Kioge Bay by the Gorgon and tho Hecla. Yester day morning (the 3d) one of the boats of the Nep tune left that ship at daylight with Lieutenant Teller and crei, and proceeded on shore to procure , water. Inc attempting to reach their ship in th e afternoon, during the height of the gale, they had a narrow escape of perishing. To keep the boat afloat it was necessary to stave in the heads of the casks containing water, and throw their contents over board. Fortunately, they succeeded in getting hold of the buoy of the Royal George, and were hauled in one by one through the stern ports of that ship, but not until one of the boat's crew had perished, either from fright or long exposure to the cold. The Conflict, Captain Foote, was despatched at sunset of the 4th, and the Archer, Captain W. K. Hall, early on the sth on special service. The Bosca r en, 70, Captain W. F. Glanville, arrived in Kioge Bay at 7 a.m. of the latter date. On the 6th the fleet was reinforced by the Cresar, 91, Captain John Robb ; the Desperate, 8, Cap tain E. C. T. D'Eyncourt ; and the Basilisk, 6, Captain the Hon. F. Egerton. A further addition was made to it on the 7th by the arrival of the Magicienne, 16, Captain Thomas Fisher ; the Cruiser, 17, Commander the Hon. G. H. Douglas, and the Driver, 6, Commander the Hon. A. A. Cochrane. The St. George, 120, and the Prince Regent, 90, are hourly expected, as also the Aus terlitz, 100, French liner. A move further up the Baltic will be made in a few days. The first ope rations will probably commence in the Gulf of Bothnia by taking possession of the island of Aland, a most important position to hold with respect to' further proceedings. Every one in the leet is anxious for the signal "Prepare for action" to be made, and fully prepared to do his duty, feeling confident of victory. _ During a gale of wind on the 7th the Cnssy, Capt. R. L. Warren, parted both her cables. In order to avoid a collision with the Caesar she im mediately made sail with main and fore trysail, triple reefed maintopsail and foretopmast staysails, and ran a considerable distance to leeward. The steam being got up, she was enabled in the course of a few hours to take up her former position, letting go a sheet anchor. Sir C. Napier is at Copenhagen, but is expected to return to his flag ship to-day. The stay of the fleet at its present anchorage will not be extended beyond the termi nation of the ensuing week. APRIL 12. During the stay of the fleet at the rendezvous in the Bay of Kioge each day has added to its num bers. Moored in line of battle, with the Duke of Wellington, the monarch of all in the centre, it presents a most formidable appearance. It is more powerful in its armament, comprises more ships, and musters more men than any fleet that has ever congregated on the waters. Up to the above date it amounted to 37 sail, a list of which we sub join : Names of cI g ! Vessels. g Officers in Command. Duke of Wel- Flag-ship of Vice-Ad -1 mral Sir C. Napier, lington(screw) 131 3,700 1,100 750 Commndr.-in-Chief ; Captain Gordon. Neptune (sail- Flag-ship of Rear-Ad ing ship 1 121 2,705 970 .. miral Corry ; Captain Hutton Leopard (pad- Flag--hip of Rear-Ad dle) 112 1,412 300 560 / miral Plumridge ; Captain Giffard. Flag-ship of Rear-Ad- Edinburgh (sw) 58 1,772 600 650 / miral Chads ; Captain Hewlett. Royal (screw) George 1 120 2,616 1,100 400 Captalnll.J.Codrington. .... *St. George ... 120 2,719 1,100 Captain Henry Eyres. 6 tisJceraewn )d'A..cr.e. t 101 3,601 900 650 Capt. the Hon.H.Keppel. Caesar (screw) 91 2,761 850 400 Captain John Robb. Princess Royal (screw) 91 3,129 850 400 C ap t a i n L or d C. P age t. .. *Prince Regent 1 (sailing ship) 90 2,613 850 . • Captain Scott. Monarch (sal- 184 2,286 750 .. Captain Erskine. frig ship) . Cressy (screw; 80 2,537 750 .. Captain R. L. Warren. Boscawen (sail- .. Captain W. F. Glanville. Blenheim (sw.) 60 1,747 700 500 •lap. the lion. F.Pelham. Hogue (screw, 60 1,750 700 460. Captain W. Ramsay. Ajax (screw) 58 1,761 600 45( Captain F. Warden. Euryalus (sw.) 2,171 55 , 400 Captain G. Ramsay. Unperieuse (sc) 50 2,347 580 35r '2aptat tR. B. Watson. Arrogant (sw.) 46 1,872 451 36' "aptain Yelverton. Amphion (sw) 34 1,474 32 30( ;aptain •s. b. Key. Dauntless (sw.) 33 1,490 300 580 'aptain A. P. Ryder. Tribune(screw) 30 1,570 300 300 Captain the Hon. S. T. [ Carnegie. Cruiser (screw) 17 750 250 60 { Captain the Hon. G. H. Douglas. Odin (paddle) .. 16 1,310 300 500 Captain F. Scott. Valorous (pad ) 16 1,255 250 400 'apt C. M. H Buckle. Magicienne(p.) 16 1,255 250 400 ;aptain T. Fisher. Archer (screw) 14 973 30, 201 'aptain E. Heathcote. Desperate (sw ) 8 1,100 160 400 , ;apt. E. C D'Eyncourt. Conflict (screw) 8 1,013 160 400 Captain Foote. Gorgon(paddle 6 1,111 16( 320 Commndr. A. Cumming. Bulldog (pad.) 6 1,231 16 1 ) snro ;aptain W. H. Hall. Dragon(paddle) 6 1,270 160 52 :`aptain Wilcox. Hecla (paddle) 6 817 16 0 24' .;aptain W. K Hall. Vulture (pad.) 6 1,190 160 47( aptain F. H. Glasse. Basalisk (pad) 6 980 160 40) ap. the Lion.F. Egerton. *Driver (pad.) 6 1,036 16 280 Commander the Hon.A. A. Cochrane. Lightning (pad: 3 296 60 10( Saptaln Sullivan. - - T0ta1.... 1,722 65,051 18,290 11,700 * These ships have not actually arrived, but are in Wingo Sound, and are hoialy expected. A gale of wind (the third which has occurred during the past week) prevailed on the 9th. The ships sent down their topgallantmasts, struck top masts, and pointed yards to the wind. The Bull dog and Odin returned in the forenoon from a cruise. The latter parted both her cables in the evening, got up steam, and joined company the next morning. The various ships are completing water and coal. The Cruiser returned from Co penhagen on the 10th, anchoring north-east of the Magicienne. Independent, of the French sail of the line (four of which are hourly expected), the fleet under the command of Sir Charles Napi er will be increased to 40 sail, forming three squad rons ; the weather squadron to comprise the first and second divisions ; the centre squadron the third and fourth ; and the lee squadron the fifth and sixth divisions. Three other divisions will be composed of the paddle-wheel and screw steam sloops, consisting of 21 vessels. 10 a.m.—The fleet has b een s i gna ll ed to "Pre pare to sail." CONSTANTINOPLE. AccOrding to Constantinople mercantile letters of the 6th of April, Baron Bruck has issued orders to all Austrian vessels to quit Constantinople. Probably the order relates only to Austrian ves sels of war, in order to avoid the importunities of the Turks that they should join the allied fleets in the Black Sea. Russian ships of war were seen off Batoum on the 3d. The combined fleet were still in Kavarna, Bay. A division was at Kustendje, to support Mahomed Pacha's operations. ARRIVAL OF - BRITISH TROOPS IN THE DARDANELLES. GALLIPOLI, Wednesday night, April s.—The screw steamer Golden Fleece, Captain Stewart, which left Malta at 5 o'clock a.m. on Friday last, entered the mouth of the Dardanelles at 7.50 p.m. to-night, and anchored off Gallipoli, on the European side of the straits, at 12 o'clock at night—all well. The men will be disembarked to-morrow, if possible, and encamp in th:3 neighbourhood. On board are the following officers :—lst divigion, staff—Lieu tenant-General Sir George Brown ; Lieutenant . - Colonel Sullivan, Assistant Adjutant-General ; ,Captain Hallowell, 28th Regiment, Assistant Quartermaster-General ; Captain Macdonell, Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, A.D.C. ; Captain Whit more, 30th Regiment, A.D.C. ; Staff-Surgeon, Ist class, Alexander. Of the Royal Engineers there are Lieut.-Col. Victor (commanding), Capt. Gibb, Capt. Hassard, Lieut. Elphinstone, Lieut. G. R. Lempriere, Lieut. Anderson, Lieut. Graham, Lieut. Martin, Lieut. Dr a k e , Assistant-Staff= Surgeon Francis Smith (attached). Royal Sappers and Miners—ten serjeants, four buglers, 181 rank and file. Of the Rifl e B r i ga d e (21 b a tt a lion) there are Lieutenant.-Colonel Lawrence, Major Nor cott, Major Bradford, Captain Elrington, Captain the Earl of Erroll, Captain Hammond, Captain Inglis, Captain Fyers, Captain Hon. W. Colville, Lieut. Hon. J. Stuart, Lieut. Nixon, Lieut. Balfour, Lieut. Bowles, Lieut. Markham, Lieut. Yonge, Lieut. Windham, Lieut. Alexander, Lieut. Egerton, Lieut. Thynne, Lieut. Hon. H. Camp bell, Lieut. Lord F. L. Gower, Staff-Paymaster Newbury, Lieut. an d Adj u t an t Ross, Quartermaster Gough, Surgeon H. Anderson, Assistant -Surgeon F. Reynolds, Assista n t-Surgeon Sanders, 39 ser geants, 15 buglers, 774 rank and file, Capt. New degate, Lieut. Warren, Lieut. Malcolm, 7 ser geants, 2 buglers, and 122 rank and file, are on their way to join head-quarters in the Sir George Pollock. There are 7 women with the Rifle Brigade —no children. With the Sappers and Miners there are 12 women and 5 children. No casualty of any kind occurred during the voyage. The following extract of a letter from Constanti nople, dated April 5, says :—" The turn which events have been taking during the iast few weeks is, to say the least, not encouraging. Complications are on the increase. The latest news from Greece, and from the provinces of Thessaly and Epirus, is not favourable to the Ottoman arms, and it is to be foreseen that the news of the passage of the Danube by a large Russian army will give a fresh stimulus to the insurrection. The consequences of a Russian victory on this side of the Danube may be easily . imagined. Bulgaria would rise, and, in fact, the in surrection become general throughout Turkey in Europe. The great event of the day here is the depar ture of the G ree k envoy, and the resolution of the Porte to expel all subjects of Greece from the Sul tan's dominions. Fifteen days' time has been given them to depart. For the last few days the resi dence of the Greek Minister and the Hellenic Con sulate has been besieged by hundreds of Greeks, all clamorously demanding the necessary papers for their departure. This measure is by many viewed inaPolitie, as the bulk of these men will, it may L be presumed, j o i n th e s t an dard of revolt as soon 43 the y put their hot out of the Ottoman Territory, It is, however, impossible to foresee the turn of events ; and after all, the presence of from 20,000 to 25,000 known enemies at the capital is not an agreeable circumstance for the Turks to reflect upon. Great fears are entertained that something may be attempted by the Greeks before they leave Con stantinople. Yesterday several intendiaries were arrested, and a regular conspiracy is said to have been discovered. It were an easy matter to burn down this vast wooden city, and, once litin several places it could not be put out, but would soon crackle up into one hue() blaze, and there would b e an end to Stamboul. hug() of the Greeks will be ruined by this sudden order to leave a place in which they were bred and born. Though Greeks, and subjects of King Otho, they know no other home. It will fall heavily and be felt severely by all classes, but mostly so by the small trading peo ple, whose every resour ce i s th us cut o ff . Th e rabble do not care. They have nothing to apse. A good many have already left. They have received money from a Greek fund. What will all these people do when they arrive in Greece ? Men with out private fortune will find no resource there. What can they do ? In all probability they will join the insurrection. This Greek revolution is a very serious matter, and seems to be only at its commencement. With reference to the Greek in surrection, it were useless to enter into lengthy re flections. The war with Russia is not a question of nationalities ; and though patriotic feeling will be drawn, and religious zeal and fanaticism be made" a handle of, the solution of these problems is not at issue. England and France are at war with Russia. We are at the commencement of a gigantic struggle with a powerful empire. Let Englishmen bear in mind that every Greek insurgent adds another soldier to the army of the Czar ; and that, practically speak ing, our brave troops will have to meet greater odds in proportion as the insurrection spreads through the Turkish provinces. The calamities of a war such as the present are dreadful to think of. Already populations are being put to the sword, villages burnt, and whole pro vinces exposed to rapine and plunder ; and we are only at the very beginning of a contest which will be prolonged, God knows how long, and the end of which no man can foresee. National animosities and fanaticism will play a great part in the tragedy; and whilst the great Powers are contending for the mastery, the whole of Europe may be plunged into intestine discord. The Czar is preaching a crusade. His iegions are led on in the name of Christianity. Ho is stirring up the religious element throughout the Ottoman empire. The great question is, how ever, not to be lost sight of ; and religion has in reality nothing to do with it. Is Europe to look calmly on, whilst a great empire tramples upon the international rights of nations ? Can wholesale aggression be permitted ? The Western Powers must oppose the progress of Russia in the East,'and it is to be hoped that they will effectually succeed in doing so. The time which has been threat ening for many a year has come sooner than was generally anticipated. Better now than later. Constantinople may be said to be in a state of siege. The strictest police regulations are being enforced. Everybody has to be at home by eleven o'clock at night. If any one be out after that time, he is taken to the guard-house, and kept a prisoner for the night. After dark everybody must have a" lantern. These measures are strictly necessary. The place is full of villains and thieves. The night before last three men were murdered, and for the last three months the houses at Pera have been broken into by the dozen. Last week the head of a bashi-bozouk (irregular horseman) was found in a well near one of the mosques, over at Stamboul. They stuck it on a barrel for general inspection and recognition. A commission has been named to superintend the departure of the Greeks, and I am happy to say that the Porte has, to a certain extent, modified the order of ex pulsion. Those persons will be allowed to remain who can certify their good conduct, and pro duce two good sureties. In that case they will be regarded as Christian subjects of the Porte, ‘ 4 rayahs," with s ome espec i al considerations. This has been obtained in order to prevent,the down right ruin of some of the resepectable families. It will, however, have a very limited application. The thousands of Greeks who came to Constanti nople, and have been established here for the last sixty years, will have to pay for the hostile acts of their fellow-countrymen. These are the evils of war and insurrection. The Russians in the forts or. the Danube have been amusing themselves by fir ing at British merchant vessels. Three were seri ously damaged by them. One, I believe the Bed lington, was sunk, and a sailor shot through the leg. Everybody here is eagerly looking out for the arri val of the troops ; and it is said that the Turkish ladies have expressed much curiosity, and are very anxious to see the Caledonian mountaineers sans cullotte. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 17. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home-park this morning. The Princess Royal rode out on horseback. The Prince of Wales, and the younger members of the Royal Family, took their accustomed exercise. The Duke of Newcastle left the Castle this forenoon for London. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Royal Children, attended by the .Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, walked on the East Terrace on Sunday after noon. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morning from Brocket Hall, Herts. The Duke of Newcastle returned to town yesterday from a visit to the Queen, at Windqor Castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have forwarded to Mr. Alfred Eames, the secretary of the Royal Naval School, at New Cross, five hundred pounds. to consti tute the Prince of Wales a life governor, which confers upon his Royal Highness, during his life, the privilege of always having one pupil in the school for gratuitous board and education—such pupils being necessarily the sons of naval or marine officers. MURDER IN ST. GILES. This morning, the most intense excitement was occa sioned by a report in St. Giles and vicinity, that a female had been murdered by her paramour, which on inquiry proves to be, unfortunately, a melancholy fact. From what can be gleaned, it seems that the deceased's name is Barbara Mitchell, aged 39 years, and resided at No. 15, Little White-lion-street, Seven-dials, St Giles, and cohabited with a man of the name of William Busey, who has for some length of time brutally ill-used her. The repeated cries of murder proceeding from the house had caused Mr. Radden, hairdresser, opposite the house, to take no notice of it, as he had repeatedly interfered and got offence for his trouble. The deceased came home tipsy, when Busey commenced kicking her with all his force, and knocked her down, when cries of murder were heard, but no notice was taken for the reason stated. She was found lying on the floor, quite dead, by the side of the bed ; every part of her person exhibiting marks of violence, which had evidently been occasioned by heavy blows and kicks. The face and head were shockingly swollen and disfigured. Mr. J. Hine, the summoning officer instantly repaired to the house, and had the body removed to St. Giles's Workhouse. Busey has for the present escaped the vigilance of the detective officers of the F division of police. Information has been for warded to the coroner, who has ordered a post mortem examination of the body. No day has yet been named for the inquest. MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY.) A SCSPICIOITS CHARACTER. James Connor, a smartly-dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being con cerned, with another man not in custody, in stealing a gold watch, value 151., the property of Mr. Edward Rush, of Craven-hill, Bayswater. The peosecutor stated that a little after 12 last night he was in the Blue Posts tavern, Haymarket, with a friend, and was standing with his back to the wall at the end of the passage. His watch was in his waistcoat pocket, and the chain was slightly exposed to view. While he was talking to a friend- the defendant and another man came' and stood by him, defendant on his right and the other man on his left hand side. The defendant leant heavily against prosecutor's chest, he then heard a click, and he put his hand to his waistcoat pocket, and missed his watch. the ring of which had been cut from the guard. As soon as he discovered his loss he told the prisoner he had stolen his watch. The other man then ran off and a friend of prosecutor's who was near him went for a constable, upon whose arrival prisoner was given in charge. _ _ _ In reply to Mr. Bingham, prosecutor said there Wll3 no one but prisoner and the other man near him at the time he lost his watch. Mr. Edward Raphael said, he was with last witness, and was standing close by when he heard him say his watch was gone. Witness saw defendant standing near prosecutor, with his coat spread before him, as a screen to his actions. Elliott, 43 C, proved taking charge of prisoner, and searching him at the station, hut did not find the watch. The prisoner, who was well known to the police as a member of the swell mob, was remanded till Thursday next. A MAN KILLED AT THE PLATFORM OF THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY, WATERLOO-ROAD.—This morning, information was received by William Payne, Esq., of the death of W. Kent, a smith, who resided at Hudson terrace, Vauxhall road, who expired in Abraham's ward, St. Thomas's Hospital, from the effects of injuries re ceived under the following circumstances :—The de ceased was standing on the railway, when the up train from Windsor knocked him down, the wheels of which paved over his thighs. They were literally cut asunder, hanging only by a small piece of flesh. He was removed to the above institution, where Mr. Solly, surgeon, performed amputation, but death shortly terminated the sufferings of the unfortu nate man. The deceased had been frequently cautioned by the South-Western Railway authorities not to go on the line, as it was extremely dangerous, and in consequence of disregarding their instructions lost his life. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a sumptuous banquet last evening in the Egyptian-hall to a large and dis tinguished circle of guests, among whom were the fol lowing :—The Duchess of Somerset, Lord J. Russell, Lady J. Russell, Lord and Lady Palmerston, the Bishop of Chester, the Earl of Kingston, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Viscount Ingestre, Sir George and Lady Hamilton Seymour, Sir W. Temple, Sir R. Carr Glyn, Bart., Rear-Admiral Sir J. Hill, the Misses Hill, Sir J. and Lady Easthope, Mr. J. Masterman ' M.P., Mr. B. Oliveira, M.P., and Mrs. Oliveira, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., Sir W. Gore Ousley, Bart., and Lady Ous ley, Sir J. Scott Lillie, Bart., Baron Testafenetta Abele, the Baron Ernest Van Havre, M. and Madame Antoni Szklarski, Sir John and Lady Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Sickles, Mr. and Mrs. Upham, M. Zohrab, Sir W. C. Ross, Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong, Lieutenant- Colonel M'Call, the Rev. Dr. Croly, the Rev. G. Murray, the Rev. Thomas Hugo, the Rev. J. M'Cor raghan, the Rev. H. W. Armstrong, the Rev. J. Lee, the Rev. J. Clarke, the Rev. H. Roberts, the Rev. Mr. Wickham and Mrs. Wickham, the Rev. R. Hooper, the Rev. G. Jephson, the Rev. C. Hume, Major Cooke, Mr. Robert and Mrs. Sutton, Mr. Alderman and the Misses Farebrother, Mr. Alderman and Miss Copeland and Miss Capper, Mn Alderman Wilson, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Humphery, Sir James Duke, M.P., and the Misses Wood, Mr. Alderman Farncomb and Miss Stone, Sir John Musgrove and Miss Briggs and Miss Cooper, Mr. Alderman Moon and Mrs. Charrington, Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Finnis, Sir Robert and Lady Carden and the Misses Carden, Mr. Alderman Carter and Mrs. Carter, Mr. Alderman Muggeridge and Mrs. Muggeridge, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartley Kennedy, Lady Valiant, Mr. Sheriff and Mrs. Wire, &c. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, April 17. The Royal Mail steam-ship Solent, Capt. Jellicoe, sailed this afternoon, with the usual West India, Pacific, and Central American mails. She takes out 60 passengers, among whom are,Lieut.-Col. Beim, Captains Hay,Ward, and Beorill ; Lieut. Wise, Ensigns Davy and Tryon, and on freight a full general cargo of British and continental merchandise, and specie value 36,204/. sterling. The new steam-ship Atrato, belonging to the Royal West In dia Mail Packet Company, with the outward snails of the 17th ult., reached St. Thomas's on the 30th, after a passage of 131 days. She had encountered a week's westerly winds, with heavy swell. An abstract of her log states that up to noonof the 18th ult. she had steamed 220 miles ; 19th, 292 miles ; 20th, 264 miles ; 21st, 280 miles; 22d, 292 miles ; 23d, 252 miles ; 24th, 266 miles; 9 5th, 282 miles ; 26th, 271 miles ; 27th, 272 miles; 28th, 274 miles ; 29th, 282 miles ; 30th, 302 miles ; and to midnight of the 30th, 164 miles ; total distance run, 3,713 miles, averaging 11 1-3 miles an hour. Unless the subsequent performances of the Atrato surpass the runs given as above, she will prove inferior to her rival the Himalaya, which vessel of equal if not superior size to the Atrato, propelled with engines on the screw prin ciple of considerably less power, has been enabled to make a speed equal to 330, 350, and even 400 miles in the 24 hours, with an expenditure of fuel of little more than one-half that consumed by the Atrato. Large paddle-wheel steam-ships, however, scarcely attain their best speed in their first voyages, as the tightness of the new machinery has to be not over, and the proper trim of the ship ascertained. The Atrato will, no doubt, do better on future occasions and under more favourable circumstances. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's fa a rte p o e m lie .N.R v eh a ip u 2 0 5 r k, Franklin,o t 0 o 0 I. t h steamer Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, left the docks this afternoon with mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 25 passengeri, a full general cargo, and s ce t a e Bp r t lin The United States' mail on Thursday next; J. expectedl_ V . o t t o n , , off omailsw.e GREECE. - A letter from Athens of the 7th, in a Vienna journal, states that a Russian Secretary of Em bassy had just arrived with a note from the Ca binet of St. Petersburg for the Greek Government. The same letter informs us that a half squadron of light cavalry had left Athens for Arta. FRANCE. The Monitetcr of this day announces that the Prince Napoleon left Toulon on the 17th in the Rolland, for the East. Cardinal Wiseman, who arrived in Paris on Sa turday evening, and who is st a yi ng a t Si ne t' s H o t e l, opposite the British Embassy, had an interview yesterday with the Emperor. The Cardinal is on his way to London. The treaty, offensive and defensive, entered into between Austria and Prussia, has been speedily followed by a similar treaty, though with a very dif ferent object, between France and England, Ever since a war with Russia has become inevitable, both Governments have felt that, as a preliminary to hos tilities, a solemn treaty, setting forth the common objects in which they were engaged, was indispen sable. This treaty required great consideration, and has been the subject °flo w , 6 negotiations, which have at length been b roug ht to a termination. It is understood that on Sunday the exchange of the ratifications took place in Paris. This treaty pf al liance, offensive and defensive, consists of five articles. It has reference solely to the Turkish question, and makes no allusion to any further eventualities which may arise in consequence of the war which has now broken out. It was rumoured that there were some secret articles, but this is now denied. Every one is on the qui vine in Paris for news of Sir Charles Napier's operations in the Baltic, and the slightest rumour on the subject is greedily picked up. Among the reports yesterday in circu lation, one to the effect that Admiral Napier has written home to his Government to say that he will keep his word as respects the destruction of the principal Russian ports on the Baltic, but that the operation would necessitate a great sacrifice in men and ships. This rumour gave great satisfaction to the partisans of Russia, who are still more numer ous than may be supposed. Various stories are got up, in the hope of diminishing the confidence exist ing between the two Governments ; and among others that the French Government is already jealous of the seizure by the English fleet of the.island of Aland ; and that when Lord Cowley announced to the Emperor that it was probable that by this time that island was occupied by the English troop n s, the answer of his Majesty was, " That occupatio must then be of short duration, for we must avoid everything that' could give annoyance or cause dis content to Sweden and Denmark." It is needless to say that the occupation of Aland was not only known and approved of by the French Govern ment, but that that occupation is the basis of all our operations in the Baltic, as it will enable us to blockade effectually. not only the Gulf of Finland, but the Gulf of Bothnia. The Legitimists and Fusionists hope, however, that in this affair they have already discovered the germ of dissensions be tween England and France. Immense preparations were making at the Elysee for a grand fete, to be given last evening by the Empress, in honour of the Duke of Cambridge and the English officers. This fete was to consist of a concert, ball, and supper. The gardens of the Elysee were to be magnificently illuminated, and military music was to be stationed in them. The intention was to have given the fete on the anni versary'Emperor, th e 20th fixed f or th ree d ays ealier, in order to enable the Duk e o f C am b r id ge ofpril o ; f butthe birthday th a dsayb been of u tl le and the other English officers to be present. Mr. Laing, M.P., chairman of the. Crystal Palace Company) accompanied by Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Boothby, one of the directors, and Mr. Grove, the secretary, had an interview with the Emperor yesterday at the Tuileries. The deputation was introduced by his Excellency Lord Cowley. His Majesty expressed great interest in the success of the undertaking, and promised to send contribu tions from the Imperial manufactories of Sevres, the oobelins, 'and Beauvais. He was pleased to say that a deputation fully representing France should be present at the opening of the palace next month. A domiciliary visit was paid by the police on Saturday evening to the Paris correspondent of the New Prussian, Gct, - ;ctie. All his papers were seized. It appears that General Wysocki is to be the commander-in-chief of the new Polish legion in the service of Turkey. By advices from Malta of the 12th, we learn that eniy three battalions of Quads remained Malt a , Lori 8 The and it 1 hi her i The Marsei] Light ii th e E, p ,„.A.i "u v, Milli °r i l e de I ° Pti( se a, latt( tiro and offe