The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-05 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.- Mr. E. T. SMITH, Lessee, has the honour to announce that he has placed the above-named National Establishment at the ser vice of the FUND in AID of the FAMILIES of the EXPEDITION ARY ARMY. In pursuance of this desirable object, a FANCY FAIR will be held on the 13th and 14th of April, tinder the 10110 - ing Royal and distinguished patronage : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge Herßoyal Highness the Duchess of Kelt Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge The Right Hon. the Lady Mayoress Her Grace the Duchess of Hamilton Her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort Her Grace the Duchess of Montrose Her Grace the Duchess of Inverness Her Grace the Duchess of Somerset Her Grace the Duchess of Richmond The Most Noble the Marchioness of Londonderry The Most Noble the Marchioness of Blandford Tne Most Noble the Marchioness of Aylesbury The Right Hon. the Countess of Chesterfield The Right Hon. the Coantess of IK...nnoul The Right Hon. the Countess of Glengall The Right Hon. the Countess of Bessboroligh The Right Hon. the Countess of Derby The Right Hon. the Countess of Shelburne The Right Hon. the Countess of Wilton The Right Hon. the Countess of Desert The Right Hon. the CountesS of Donoughmore The Right Hon. the Viscountess Palmerston The Right Hon. the Viscountess Maidstone The Right lion. the Viscountess Newport Lady Sophia Des-Vceux Lady Colville Lady Raglan The Hon. Miss Anson Mrs. Disraeli Mrs. J. Stanley. Every appointment and appearance of the Theatre will be called i n to requisition on this important and interest in g occasion ; decora tions are preparing. The pit will be covered for promenade, and an efficient band provided for the execution of choice and ne enevo lenw original music. Ladies desirous of aiding by their presence this b demonstration are respectfully reminded that they should make early application for stalls. A book is now open in the lobby of the grand entrance to receive contributions in the shape of articles intended for Sale on the occasion. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Aram 5, Will be performed LEONIE. Principal characters by Mr. Elliot Galer and Mr. Henri Drayton ; Misses Lowe and Featherstone. After which, THE FEAST OF THE DRAGON, and Magical Performances of the Chinese Troupe. Te conclude with. THE BARBER OF CADIZ. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Enckstone. THIS EVENING, APRIL 5, Will be performed GUY MANNERING. Supported by Messrs. St. Albyn, W. Farren, Compton, Rogers, Howe, Clark, Corr!, and Callenford; Miss Cushman (as Meg Merrilies), Miss Julia Harland, and Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. After which, WILLIKIND AND HYS DINAH. Supported by Messrs. Buckstone and Corrl ; Miss Louisa Howard, Mrs. Fitzwil num, and Mrs. Caulfield. Followed by the opening Scenes of the PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS; or, Little Silvernair and the Fairies. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRE ET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES ICEAIi • THIS EVENING, APRIL 5. Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart ; and Misses Heath and Murray. To be followed by THE LANCERS ; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. mem ; and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Mum Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq, To conclude with A STOIOI IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, APRIL 5, Will be performed TWO LOVES AND A LIFE. Supported by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, Benjamin Webster, Keeley, and 0. s m ith ; Miss Woolgar and Madame Celeste. Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and Parcells ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with the Farce of HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Arau, 5, Will be performed THE WRONG BOX. Supported by Messrs. Alfred Wigan and Robinson ; Miss P. Horton, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE. Bole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, APRIL 5, Wlll be performed PAUL PRY. With THE DUMB BELLE. Eliza, Miss R. Isaacs. .After which, THE BLUE JACKETS. To conclude with the OTHELLO TRAVESTIE. Stalls, 53 .; Boxes, 35.; Pit, la. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes £1 I is. 6d., to be bad of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, Aram 5, The entertainmedts will commence with the chivalric spectacle, THE WOODMAN'S HORSE ; or, The False Knight. Followed by an elegant routine of Scenes in the CIRCLF., introducing Miss KATE Cooss; the Wonder of the World, Miss EMILY COOKE; the Premier Horseman, Mr. ALFRED COOKE ; Mr. WILLIAM COOKE on his matchless steed RAVEN, and a new Burlesque Equestrian Pari sian Pastoral BALLET—the appointments expressly made in Paris. Concluding with (3d time) an entirely new Farce, DALRYM PLE VERSUS TUBBS. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stags Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau DAY —Morning 26 min.after 6 i Evening 49 min.aft. 6 To-Moutow—Morning 16 miu.after 7 1 Evening 52 min.aft. 7 THE WEATIIER.—Surt 01/7108, APRIL 5. THERNIOXETEB, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'44. WIND, W.S.W.—Light breeze, and fine, sunshiny weather. - ;1,490* n • .4 sAA,rs,, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1854 Has Lord ABERDEEN - yet awakened from his fond delusion ? I s he even at this moment pre pared to carry en the war, in which we are en gaged, with the spirit and energy befitting this great nation, and its powerful ally ? Is he now ready, fully and cordially, to co-operate with France, and to exhibit, even at the eleventh hour, the vigour and determination by which alone the war may be brought to a speedy conclusion, and "ample security obtained, on the part of Europe, against the aggression being repeated the unjust pretensions again put forward?" If he has shaken off the apathy in which he previously shrouded himself, well. But if not—if " while arming for the combat, he still murmurs peace, peace," then we say that he is unfitted for the high station which he now occupies in the Government of the country. That his presence in the Council-Chamber will more than neutralise the action of our fleets in the Eux.ine and the Baltic--that his sluggish temperament, dreaming of peace where there is no peace, will damp the ardour of our valiant seamen, and encourage the AUTOCRAT to a per - verse and obstinats persistance in the iniquitous course of graspjfig cupidity and domineering in' solence on which he has entered. Mamas will never deem it within the bounds of possibility that his friend (!) " the good and excellent ABERDEEN !) "—" that estimable gen tleman (1 ! !)"--could find it in his heart to assent to his humiliation. Lord ABER DEEN could not, consistently with his antecedents, think of check ing the power of Russia—of provinces ---again uniting Finland ruesto tirna tion of the plundered Finland and Esthonia, and Liv on i a an d C our g land, and Aland to the Swedish Cro re -animating the suspended nationality of Poland _of long-suffering and. deeply-oppressed, but glorious and noble Poland—of not merely shaking off the malign influences of Russian " protection" (protection, forsooth !) in the Danubian Principa lities, and forcing the invader back not only across the Pruth, but also across the Dneister and the Bug—restoring Bessarabia and Podolia to their ancient allegiance, rendering the Crimea and Cir cassia independent, and by the loss of Odessa and Sebastopol, as well as of the Mouths of the the naval power of the AUTO- D an ube, cripples ; CRAT in what have hitherto been merely Russian e and the Sea of Azoff. No, at lakes—the Ellx'n any moment he would accept a proffered peace without insisting on satisfaction for the past or security for the future. The CZAR knows this, or:at least believes it, which is almost equally mischievous. Lie still affects the appearance of "injured innocence," and feeli ng ly deplores the " fatal want of confi dence" that has led to so ma n y contretemps, and prevented hi m f rom making the "sick man" accede to the wishes of his kind friends—the ex pectant legatees. All would have been right if England had only co-operated, and t aken her por tion of the booty in the shape of Igypt and Candia. France might then have done her worst. But as, owing to the impolitic " liberalism" allowed in this miserable island, his good friend the Prime Minister, cannot coerce ..":- -nieion, why he must temporise, and . o f magna nimity and moderation not very consistent with the views exhibited in the " secret and con fidential" correspondence put forward the offer stated in The Sun of yesterday, that " when the Wotan Powers succeed in aeouring the TUE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1854, emancipation of the Christians in Turkey by treaty, he will be willing to evacuate the Prin cipalities simultaneously with the evacuation of the Euxine by the combined fleets." Such a proposition shows too clearly his reli ance on the good offices of " the estimable gen tleman." And it is well that he should be unde ceived ere it is too late, and convinced that he must not only abandon the unjust pretensions which he has advanced, but make ample retribu tion for the damages occasioned by his iniquitous conduct. A thorough understanding is of the most vital consequence at the present moment; and the CZAR can never be completely undeceived so long as the man who is either his dupe or his tool remains at the head of the English Government, and by his servile twaddling can be supposed to influence the decisions of more energetic Ministers ! Nor is it with respect to Russia only that the influence of Lord ABERDEEN is prejudicial to the best interests of England and of Europe. If a more vigorous and decided policy prevailed, the German Powers would not be allowed to maintain the suspicious neutrality, that is far more inju rious than the most decided opposition. The rulers of Austria and Prussia would be distinctly and unequivocally told that those " who are not with us are against us"—that we cannot allow them to bring their forces into such positions as would enable them to inflict the most serious in jury upon the interests which we are endea vouring to support. If Austria is per mitted to concentrate a formidable body of troops upon the frontiers of Turkey—squadrons that may at any moment deal deadly blows against the Turkish power—it is manifest that preparations must be made to meet any casualty —preparations that would require almost as great an exertion as the acknowledged and open hosti lity of the German Emperor. A clear and straightforward declaration should therefore be insisted on —a declaration that left no possibility of misconception, no loophole for escape. The internal condition of Austria prevents the possi bility of her rendering much assistance to Russia if Galicia, and Hungary, and Lombardy avail themselves of the favourable opportunity for achieving their independence. Some years since she would have been unable to maintain her ground but for the Cossack auxiliaries. Such aid can not now be afforded. While NICHOLA s has ample occupation for all his military resources, we can, therefore, insure a much safer description of neu trality by compelling Austria to speak out, and if her intentions be not honourable, forcing her to " doff the lion's hide, And hang a calf-skin on those recreant limbs." But is it ABERDEEN that will adopt this de cided course ? Can we hope for such straightfor ward and vigorous proceedings from " the pupil of METTERNICH ?" or can we suppose that Austria will discover her real intentions while he is Prime Minister of England ? Certainly not ! His pre sence -in the English Cabinet is more detri mental to the Turkish cause, to the inde pendence of the Ottoman Empire, than any thing that could be imagined. It led to the aggression. It caused the contumacious rejection of every proposition heretofore made, and the malign influence will prove fatal if not speedily averted. __ • We have seen enough of the strange inactivity in the Black Sea. The protegee of ABERDEEN must be stimulated to prompt and decisive action. In the Baltic we doubt not but that " gallant old CHARLIE" will go to the extreme limit of his in structions, and really create a diversion in favour of the Sultan by carrying the war into the enemy's country. But why is there not a land force co operating with the combined fleets ? France has troops ready to do the work—to wash out the disasters of 1812 in the glories of 1854. Eng land has transports sufficient to bear the French as well as the English troops to what ought to be made " the seat of war." Not merely Reval, and Helsingfors, and Cronstadt should be attacked, but also St. Petersburg itself. We should teach them the painful but salutary lesson, that " 'Tis not the roundure of their old-faced walls Can hide them from our messengers of war." But we cannot hope for such vigour while ABER DEEN presides over " the Joint-Stock Administra tion," and gravely assures the Parliament and the people of England that " the EMPEROR was always well-founded in his apprehensions as to the dissolu tion of the Turkish Empire," and that " he sees nothing in the Memorandum but what is wise ! what is moderate ! ! and what is judicious ! I ! And so, after all, there is no foundation for the charge against the Messrs. STURGEON I These injured gentlemen, who have been held up to public execration as criminals of the deepest dye, have been exonerated from the imputation of de liberate fraud. The hay in which the dead lamb was packed up was not furnished by them, but by others—and yet we are not told who are the criminals. The dreadful accusation agains those whom we are happy to be enabled once more to designate as respectable gentlemen, was not hastily or lightly put forward. It was a mis take for which not any extenuating circumstance could be alleged. For Messrs. STURGEON and SON were not originally charged —one, who had really no connection, good or bad, with the transac tionwas first implicated. Mr. STURGES was given up as the miscreant, who had, for the sake of filthy lucre, imperilled the honour and interests of his country—nay, more, endangered directly, as well as indirectly, the lives of our gallant soldiers and seamen, and the safety of the vessels in which they were proceeding to their destination. Every one felt that " hanging was too good" for such a wretch, and deplored the defective state of the law that did not authorise the infliction of exem- plary punishment on the offender. Each person held up his hands and re-echoed the prayer— " Oh ! Heaven, that such companions thou'dst unfold, And put in every honest hand a whip To lash the rascal naked through the world, Even from the East to the West." The delusion was partly dispelled when the accused declared in the plainest and most intel gible language that he had not only never been guilty of such atrocious fraud, but that he had never at any time supplied forage, good, bad, or indifferent, to the victimlling department. The charge was astounding. It might have been ruinous to a person of inferior position and lower standing than Mr. STURGES. But the direct traverse, the simple issue taken, arrested the tide of suspicion, and induced the public to suspend their judgment, and await further ex planations. These ex planations were not long w ithh e ld. Ministers discovered the serious mistake into which they had been led ; and were quite pre pared, on receipt of the very temperate and gentle manlike letter of Mr. STURGES, to exonerate him completely from the fearful imputation. But, when doing so, they professed not to withdraw the accusation altogether, not to state that an infamous fraud had not been committed, but that it had b p e r : o n Professing, tra t t h e e d n b , y others, and not by M r. STURGES. right horse," to poin " t to out whom the storm theplace rtehael culpritssaddle against of public indignation should be directed, they declared, distinctly and unequivo cally, that Messrs. TuomAs STURGEON and SoNs, of " Grays, Essex," were the parties con nected in the nefarious transaction—that the matter wa3 placed in the hands of the Crown So licitor, in order to exercise the due vindication of the law, and the punishment of the criminals. the It was stated, too, that the publication of names was not the only penalty that would be sustained. The Lord Chief Justice, very properly, declared that the law was not so defective as had been supposed, but that there were ample means of punishing the parties. Now, however, a new statement is put forward —put forward after an interval of a fortnight, during which the matter has been suffered to re main uncontradicted. Put forward, not voluntarily or as a gratuitous apology for the charge preferred after three days' consideration and with full time and opportunity to elicit the true facts of the case, but when a friend of the accused had given notice of a motion on the matter to insist on a stringent and searching investigation. During that dreadful interval Messrs. STURGEON bad petitioned the House, offering explanations of their proceedings. They were not, however, Allowed even 0 eta() their defence. A " want of form" in referring to matters ventilated in the House was taken ad vantage of, to refuse even " a hearing," or to allow those victims of " official negligence,* or " official calumny," even to declare their innocence. Not a single word fell from the Treasury benches to say that there was a possibility of mistake, or to whisper a doubt as to the accuracy and infalli bility of the accusers. The slightest hint would have carried balm to their wounded spirits. But that consolation was withheld, and the very silence apparently proves that there was nothing to be atoned for. Now it turns out that there "is no charge of deliberate fraud"--the " dead lamb" is transferred to another but an unknown quarter— " the saddle placed on a dark horse"—although we are assured that it was found in the very best hay sent in. What weight, then, can be attached to the other charges now preferred ? They are really unde serving of notice. It is fortunate for the parties concerned that the plea of privilege could be brought forward to an action for defamation. We can easily conceive the obloquy that would be in curred by any journal that fell into, and so long persisted in, such an error. Not only its con ductors, but every person in any way concerned, even printers and publishers, who knew nothing of the contents, would be not only civilly but criminally responsible ; and no sympathy would be excited for their " well-merited punish ment." What will happen to the privileged calumniators ? and what recompence will be ' offered to Messrs. STURGEON for the charge ? It ought to be ample, and to be defrayed out of the salaries of those by whom it was originally put forward. We gladly make Messrs. STURGEON and SONS this unsolicited amende for the credence which we gave to the circumstantial, but what now ap pears to be the unjustifiable, accusation. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, including 500 Ame rican taken for export. The market closed steadily at previous rates. The sales comprised 4,200 American, 50 Bahia, at bid. ; 50 Egyptian, at 6d. to Bd. ; and 400 Surat, at 2id. to 4kd. per lb. Railway. Shares were dull at rather lower prices. A very large amount of duties is being paid upon tea, the reduced impost coming into operation to morrow. One firm has 30,0001. to pay on this account to the Customs authorities, and owing to the very small quantity of tea cleared recently, and the low stocks held by the dealers, there will be large sums accruing to the revenue. A petition has been presented to the Customs, praying that the officers may attend at the warehouses as early as six o'clock to-morrow (Thursday) morning, in order to facilitate the deliveries. The probability of a great falling off in the supply of labour in Australia had begun to excite earnest attention at the date of the last advices, and it was already a matter of general complaint that the ships were arriving with scarcely any passengers on board. The causes are touched upon in the Mel bourne Argus, and the following remarks, we be lieve, give a fair representation of the condition and the prospects of new comers : " The labour question—which every person was willing to believe would be finally settled by the gold discovery—is again becoming just as pressing as before those discoveries were made. That the representations of failure we have referred to have been somewhat over done, will, we think, be granted by every new corner who has got over his colonial novitiate of 3 or 4 months. It is in the very nature of colonial life that all the exasperat ing difficulties of it should confront a newly arrived im migrant at the very outset ; and this inseparable condi tion has been aggravated by the peculiar state of things to which the gold discovery has given rise. But let a man struggle onward for a while—let him only be con tent to endure and to work bravely for a year or two, and how different an aspect does his career wear then ! The difficulties which at first appeared insurmountable have vanished, and he sees before him a comparatively short and easy road to independence. We appeal to any industrious colonist of only 12 months' standing if that be not a correct statement of " colonial experience." But if it be so, how unjust both to the individual and to the colony is it, for a person newly arrived to send home an account of every temporary trial and inconvenience he has experienced, as a correct representation of colonial life throughout. As reason ably might an invalid, who has just set out on a voyage which is to be long and agreeable, and also the means of restoring him to health, insist upon describing the first few days of nausea and bad weather as a fair specimen of the entire voyage. It would be well if new corners would defer sending home their impressions of the colony , until they had had time to verify or correct them. Seri ous injury has been done by these premature complaints, both to the colony on the one hand, and on the other, to many persons who have been deterred by them from emigrating, and to whom emigration would have been a real benefit." The communication received by the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders from the Mi nister of Finance in New Grenada, is more apolo getic than we like to see where honest intentions exist ; but still we hope that, as that functionary has given, apparently, some attention to the matter, he will show that he really appreciates the honour of his country and the rights of the English creditors.f There was yesterday afternoon a downward ten dency in the rates for foreign bills of exchange, and this will probably keep up specie remittances. Nearly all the gold received from Australia this week has been purchased for the Continent. The silver received by the Solent steamer is not yet delivered. The English Stock Market continues firm, but there is only a limited business doing, in the ab sence of any important news from the seat of war. Consols have been 801 to for transfer and time. Exchequer Bills have been marked par to 3s. pre mium, and India Bonds 6s. to 12s. premium. The feeling in the market is decidedly better, and the gold received lately from Australia proves accept able, in affording a means of remittance to the Con tinent. From the engagements entered intobetween the Ottoman Government and En gland for supplying our troops, the former will be empowered to draw largely upon the English treasury at short and stated intervals, consequently we must expect specie to be constantly in demand for that quarter. Foreign Stocks are dull, but well maintained. Spanish Deferred have been at 161 to 17. Peruvian Three per Cents. have been marked 38 without the dividend. Russian Five per Cents. are at 90. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been very firm at 541. Sardinian Stock is worth 73k. The market for Railway Shares has been very firm, with moderate transactions. The English lines dealt in are the Caledonian, London and North-Western, North British, and the York and Berwick. French Shares are a little dearer, but with scarcely any business doing. The Mining shares have been at about the pre vious rates, with bargains in one or two of the Gold Companies. The shares of the Joint-stock Banks have been at full prices, and also the Land Companies'. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (Front the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent, Consols Anrnities B6B A India Bonds, £lOOO ...... . ........... Ditto, un d e r £lOOO l2 6 d Consols for Account 18th April B6A Exchequer Bills, 2d. £1000 2500 2 3 p par Small 2 3 p par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9l x d Peruvian 3 per Cent. R uss ian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. .£ St 9O Ditto 4?) p e r Cent 79 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 731 Spanish. New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7 16/ Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Gull 541 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . .. HALF•PAST TWO. Consols B6 86 Ditto April Account LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR IN THE EASL Trustworthy accounts from St. Petersburg state that the war is very unpopular amongst the mer cantile classes, and that, in consequence of this feeling, an order had been issued forbidding the assembling in the streets of groups consisting of more than two persons. According to reliable information from Berlin, the Czar's message to the King of Prussia contains no tangible concession to Europe. It is chiefly a justification of Russia, and concludes with an in timation that the Western Powers may obtain for him from Turkey redress of the wrongs of which ho complains, if they wish him to make a peace. Letters from Warsaw of the 24th ult. state that a very depressed state of feeling prevails there, notwithstanding the carnival with its attendant pleasures has been ushered in as usual. All trade is at a stand still ; Prussia's conduct excites amaze ment. The old Russian party views this power with great mistrust, and it seems in their eyes as something perfectly astounding that Prussia should remain even neutral—that she should not instantly join the Emperor. CROXTON RACES (THIS DAY.) GOLD CUP. Gerard................. (BY ELECTRIC TELEG.RAPB.) EPSOM RACES ( B Y ELECTRIO TELEGRA PH. ) ARB,rvALs.—Adine, Jouvence, Invasion, Conspiracy, Calliope, Madame Landeau, Lysisca, Novice, Humboldt, Ariosto, Rataplan, Muscovite, Jujube, Stamford, Daisy, Jonathan Martin, Vingt-un, Royalist, Mortimer, f. by Confederate, Red Drop, c. by Orlando, Orestes, Little David Hunca Munca, p rime Minister, Brother to Gre y Tommy, Seaweed filly, Eva, Inder, Phoenix, Empire, Pollard, Pantomime, Mato , Mayor of Hull, St. Clare, Gamekeeper, Caliph, Shakespeare, Brother to Twinkle, Katerfelto, Congreve, lleriot, Orpheus, Phrygia, and Roebuck. The course is hard. Exonmous COMPENSATION. --The following statement is taken from a return just presented to the House of Commons ; we mention the authority, because it is a statement which would seem almost incredible if the au thority were not unquestionable. The four persons whom we are about to name were formerly sworn clerks in Chancery ; that office has been abolished, and they have been appointed to the newly-created office of taxing-masters instead ; but compensation has been awarded to them for their transfer to a less lucrative, though still fairly paid, situation. Since the year 1842, when the act passed, Mr. John Wainewright, has received 22,0271. for the salary of his new office, and 44,0571. for the loss of the old ; in all, for salary and compensation, 66,0841. If he should cease to hold office as taxing-master, he is to have 4,5001. a-year for life. The sum of 2,2501. a-year is to be paid to his representatives for seven years after his death. Mr. George Gatty, in the same period, has received for salary and compensation 68,8111. ; on ceasing to be taxing-master he is to have 5,424/. a-year for life, and for seven years after his death his per sonal represent a ti ve is to receive 2,7121 . a - year. Mr. Richard Mills has received in the same period 72,476 /. ; his compensati on on ceasing to be taxing - master is to be 4,9351. a-y ear , and the seven years' annual pay ment to his personal representative is to be 2,467/. Mr. Henry Ra msa y Baines has received in the same period 79,3431. ; on ceasing to be taxing-master he ii to have 5,4031. a year, and the seven years' payment after his death is to be 2,7011. a-year. Since 1842 these four persons have received from the public funds 76,1081. for salaries for the work they have been doing, and 210,6071. besides for compensation for the loss a their foram office. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday afternoon. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.- Colonel F. H. Seymour, attended on horseback. Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon, at tended by his Equerry in Waiting. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs, visited the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House, St. James's. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold took a drive in an open carriage and four. Mr. J. E. Jones has had the honour of submitting his bust of the Duke of Cambridge for the inspection of the Queen and Prince. Mr. Phillips also exhibited his picture of the Council of the Great Exhibition to her Majesty and his Royal Highness yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Mary Bul teel, Lord Byron, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieute nant-Colonel F. IL Seymour, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. Her Majesty's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Monday evening and played the following compositions : Overture—"La Clemenza di Toto" Mozart. Couplets—"L'Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer. Selection—" Le Colporteur" Onslow. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, • at Gloucester-house. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended • by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lord James Murray, honoured the Olympic Theatre with her presence last evening. Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber. An appeal from the Admiralty Court, "The General Steam Navigation Company v. Maim," was part heard. The Lords pre sent were Lord Justice Knight Bruce, Sir John Dod son, and Sir Edward Ryan. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governors of Canada, Gibraltar, Malta, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, the Governor of South Australia, and the Governor of Hongkong. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY) OLD COURT. • (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Crowder.) This morning, Mr. Justice Crowder, who has been ap pointed in the room of the late Mr. Justice Talfourd, took his seat for the first time since his appointment. The second edition of the calendar was issued this morn ing, and it contains an addition of 16 prisoners, making in the whole 163 prisoners. _ James Tucker, 37, traveller, was indicted for attempting to murder George William Umpleby, by firing a loaded pistol at him. There was likewise another indictment for embezzling the sum of 151. The prisoner, who is a gentlemanly-looking man, pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempting to murder, but pleaded guilty to the embezzlement. Mr. Ballantine prosecuted. The prosecutor, a woolle i draper, of Holborn-hill, stated that the prisoner had been in his employment, and had absconded upon the evening of the 7th of March. He having been looking for the prisoner, met him in the Kings land-road. When prisoner saw him he turned up a court, and pulled a felt hat which he wore over his face, in order to conceal himself. Prosecutor, who was on horse back, rode up the court after him and stopped him, and after having had some conversation, called an officer and gavo him in charge for embezzlement. They then got into a cab and proceeded to the Smithfield police station-house. Whilst the inspector was entering the charge he felt something pass his head, and heard the report of a pistol, and turning round saw a pistol in the prisoner's hand. The ball passed through the window close to him. As soon as the prisoner had fired the pistol he stared very hardiat prosecutor, as if very much surprised at seeing him unhurt. He said it was meant for him. Other evidence having been adduced, The prisoner, in his defence, attributed the offence to the pistol having accidentally gone off. The jury found him guilty of firing with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. Baron Martin transported him for tho term of his natural life. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE RIVER. This morning information was forwarded to W. Carter, Esq., coroner for East Surrey, of the following extraordi nary 4 occurrence, which took place on Monday last, on board a Dutch smack, called the Daraman, lying in the river off Bermondsey, and through which one of the sea men named Charles Jones lost his life, and another seaman is so seriously affected that his recovery is very doubtful, in fact almost impossible. It would appear that, on Mon day morning last, the captain of the smack having need of the assistance of Jones and another seaman, who were in the forecastle, desired the mate to go and call them. On the mate going as directed, he found the forecastle closed, but which, after some difficulty, he contrived to gain an entrance, and to his surprise discovered Jones and the other man lying in their berths apparently insensible. Assistance having been procured, the men were con veyed on shore, and on being examined by a medical gentleman, Jones was found to have been dead for some time, and the other evidently in a dying state. The only so;ution of the affair is that tho men had removed the small pipe used as a chimney, believing the fire was out, but that it had smouldered, and they became stupified, and afterwards suffocated. The affair has caused considerable sensation in the neighbourhood of Bermondsey and Rother lithe, and numerous rumours are afloat as to the cause of death, but the prevailing opinion appears to be that it has arisen from siffocation. FTJNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF PORTLAND.—The remains of the late Duke of Portland were consigned to their last resting-place in the Cavendish vault, in the parish church of Bolsover, Derbyshire, on Tuesday last. It had been the expressed desire of the deceased noble man that he should be interred as privately as possible, but the tenantry assembled in very large numbers. The remains of his grace were conveyed from Welbeck Abbey at eleven o'clock. The mournful cortege con sisted of a hearse and three mourning-coaches. In the first were Lord Henry Bentinck (M.P. for North Not tinghamshire), Lady Howard de Walden, Mr. Evelyn Denison (M.P. for Maldon), Lady Charlotte Denison, and the Hon. S. Ellis, and Ellis, grandsons of the late duke, and sons of Lord Howard de Walden, the the family . 3 I The r. second Neale British Amb assa d or at Brussels, and ot h er mem b ers o f h the e rla te g w e a c rd on , ta a i n n d ed m M r r . . Ward, Keik the surgeon,the house steward ; and the third carriage contained four members of the household. The burial service was per formed by the Rev. John Hamilton Gray, the vicar of Bol sover. The corpse was then lowered into-the vault, where the noble duke's illustrious ancestors a re l a id. It has not been opened for the last 138 years. The Marquis of Titch field, now Duke of Portland, who is labouring under severe indisposition at Harcourt-house, Cavendish-s quare , was prevented from attending the funeral. The tenantry on the estate were permitted to be present in the church, but no one, save his immediate relatives, were allowed to follow his remains. The following unostentatious in scription was on the coffin, which was a leaden one, . covered with crimso n velvet •--" W illiam Henry Caven dish Scott Bentinck, fourth duke of Portland, P.C. and D.G.L , born 20th June , 1768, died 27th March, 1854." FOREIGN . EXCHANGES. —In the foreign exchanges yes terday afternoon the rate upon Amsterdam was a trifle higher, while Hamburg show ed a sli g ht decline. With regard to other places there was no alteration of import ance, excepting in the case of St. Petersbur g , bills u p on which place were in demand, the rate being quoted 32 to 34. The closing quotations from the Paris Bourse yesterday showed an improvement of about per cent. At Vienna, however, the tendency is towards a rela p se from the favourable movement of the past few days, the funds yesterday having declined 1 per cent., while the exchange on London advanced nearly 3 per cent., the rate being 13.52. CHOLERA IN GLASGOW.—In Glasgow the number of cases of cholera, we are glad to say, exhibits a rapid decrease, NO cases hale been reported during the past week. OCCUPATION OF THE DOBRUDJA BY THE RUSSIANS. From Vienna the telegraph announces that Omer Pacha had anticipated the Russian advance into the Dobrudja ; and that the Ottoman force there was falling back, according to orders, upon Trajan's wall, which is well fortified, and where the Russians will have to encounter about 60,000 Turks. The Independance Beige says :—" It is now posi tively certain that while the Russians were cross ing the Danube, five Russian steamers from Sebas topol, after having touched at Odessa, succeeded in disembarking 4,000 soldiers on the island of Dunavetz, on the Dobrudja, at the entrance of the St. George's mouth of the Danube. Having ac complished this service the five Russian steamers regained the port of Odessa." Dunavetz is within two days' march of Babadagh, so that the Russians, by the aid of their ships, which it was understood Admiral Dundas had been commissioned to blockade, have been able to ad- vance upon that important position without so much as the trouble of crossing the Danube. The Soldier's Friend, an Austrian journal, pub lishes the following on the passage of the Danube by the Russians "On the 10th ult., Prince Goitschakoff received from St. Petersburg the order not to confine himself to the defensive, but to take the offensive, in order to cause the Russian army to occupy on the right bank of the Danube the strategic points which may serve as a pivot when the army shall advance further into the territory of the enemy. To this category belongs in contestably the position between Matchin, Isatcha, and Babadagh, because, being on the heights which unite those three places, it is perfectly calculated to defend the flanks of NWallachia, but it is clear that it sup poses the possession of the tetes de pont of Braila and Galatz, strategic points of greatimportance, which on that account have been put in a state of redoubtable defence by the Russians. In the Turco-Russian wars of the pre ceding century, the Turkish generals always occupied the Dobrudja with their principal forces, and on the heights of Babadagh they were almost invincible. Omer Pacha has acted differently. He has thrown himself with the main body of his troops into Widdin and Kala fat. He has not thought of occupying the Dobrudja with large forces, although that important position is on the line of retreat of the Russian army which is in Wal lachia, and although General Luders has concentrated a good many troops at Braila and Galatz. The Turkish general-in-chief has confided to Mustapha Pacha the defence of this spot, which is so important for the army of operations on the Danube, but he has only given him ten battalions of Nizam, eight battalions of Redifs, 2,600 baschibozuks, and 4,000 cavalry, with forty-eight guns. These forces are evidently insuffi cient for the defence of such an important posi tion. It is true that Mustapha, Pacha has partially re paired the fortifications which the Russians formerly de molished, because they had seen the importance of them, but he insisted on reinforcements of troops and cannon being sent to him. Omer Pacha was obliged to send him three months ago 6000 men, who arrived at their desti nation. The officers of the general English and French staff, who are making at Schumla preparations for the plans of operation of the auxiliary troops, have more correctly recognised the importance of this position, and assuredly the French troops would have com menced their operations, by possessing themselves of the Dobrudja, if the Russians had not prevented them. With the few troops of which he disposes, Mustapha Pacha will find it difficult to prevent the Russians from occupying that peninsula. In the morning of the 23d, protected by 24 pieces of 12, and 6 of 18, the latter threw over a bridge near Brala, an operation in which they were but little disquieted by the Turks. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the Russian columns placed themselves in movement, and marched until a late hour in the night, when they bivouacked between Gedschid and Matchin. This passage of the river was executed with great pre cision, under the personal command of PrinceGortschakoff. At the same time, General Luders, after having thrown a second bridge near Galatz, also passed the river, amidst discharges of artillery, with the 29th and 30th light in fantry regiments, the infantry regiments Modlin and Bragasch, the artillery, and cavalry. Mustapha Pacha is trying to concentrate his troops at Babadagh ; but as this position is 12 German miles distant from Trajan's rampart, it is probable that the Russians will have ar rived before him. Turkish battalions have been sent in all haste from Silistria and Basardschik to Karassou, to defend the said rampart." On this article the Constitutionnel remarks : "We have no need to say that we do not accept for our part the strategic reasons of the Soldier's Friend. The future will show if Omer Pacha had not his reasons for not causing the positions opposite the Russians on the Lower Danube to be more strongly occupied." The combined fleets have entered the Black Sea. CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOY'LE, March 27.—A great council has been held to-day, on the subject of Greece. M. Metaxas, the Minister from King 0 tho to the Sultan, has received his passports, and all foreign Greeks are to be sent from Turkey. - - _ Nechet Bey, the Turkish Minister at Athens, has returned from Greece. _ . All political and commercial relations between Turkey and Greece are broken off. The steam-vessels of war Samson and Cacique have, by mistake, bombarded a position occupied by the Circassians. There is a rumour that the endowments of the mosques are to be made national property. By letters from the Black Sea fleet, we learn that Captain Brock has been out to correct the sound ings in the Black Sea, which he found anything but accurate. He had the assistance of all the masters of the fleet, and made quick work of it. He is now away in a steam-frigate, reconnoitring the Russian ports, probably to discover where the missing Russian ships have gone to. Weather, bitterly cold. Thermometer, 29 deg. Fleet, heal thy. SMYRNA, March 29.—A violent earthquake was felt yesterday. A letter from Constantinople, of the 20th, in forms us that, immediately after the return of the Retribution, English frigate, and the Caton, French corvette, from their voyage to the mouths of the Danube, the two admirals sent off the Caradoc with despatches for the Russian authorities at Su lina, demanding that the obstructions should be removed, and all merchant vessels in that part of the Danube be allowed to navigate freely. After leaving the Sulina, the Retribution and Caton proceeded to Sebastopol, and ascertained that the Russian fleet had not moved. Their report on the subject arrived at the very moment when the squadrons at Beycos were making pre parations for departure, in order to look after the Russian fleet, which some masters of merchant ves sels pretended to have seen at sea. The two English and French frigates, the Samson and Cacique, which returned on the 19th from the coast of Circassia, saw a division of seven Russian frigates which bore away from them, and, at another time, a brig, which the bad weather prevented them from boarding. From the accounts brought by the Cacique and the Sam son, it appears that the Russians have evacuated and destroyed all the small fortresses which they had constructed and occupied on the coast of Al basia ; they only retain the two most important. The ships of the allied powers put themselves in com munication with the Circassians, who are at pre sent in an extraordinary state of agitation, and promise to recommence hostilities more warmly than ever the moment the fine weather returns, and particularly so if they are supplied with arms and ammunition. The news of the pas sage of the Danube by the Russians had not reached Constantinople when the letters of the 20th left, but the last despatches from Omer Pacha announced that such a movement was very probable, and mentioned that he was also about to effect a very important operation. He was preparing to leave Schumla with all his staff, but the direction he intended to take was not known. The news of the affair at Turtukai had reached Constantinople, but it was considered that th ' attack, though attcndcd With ..;.N,-ere 10:;;;, only intended to conceal other movements of the Russians. The order of the Russian Government prohibiting the export of corn had had the effect of reducing the price of wheat at Odessa from 26 paper roubles to 10, and even at that price there were no buyers. Another letter from Constantinople of the 20th says the departure of the Sultan for the army is definitively fixed for the sth May. If his Minis ters accompany him, the corps diplomatique will follow. _ _ . A letter from Trebizond, of the 15th ult., states that five vessels had just arrived there with 20 pieces of artillery and a quantity of ammunition for Kars. _ jj A letter from Trieste, 30th ult., states that three Sardinian merchants at Odessa, who had made some observations on the Government, had been expelled. MONTENEGRO. The A gram Gazette states that a courier from St. Petersburg had arrived at Cettinje in 12 days, bearing positive orders for the Montenegrins to attack the Turkish province of Herzegowina,. From Vienna it is announced that Russian cou riers are passing in rapid succession between Rus sia and Montenegro. HOW TO TAKE ST. PETERSBURG. The Lloyd publishes some considerations respect ing St. Petersburg applicable to the present time : " The island of St. Petersburg, subdivided as were into the additional islands of the Apothecary, the Petrovskoi, and a cluster of smaller ones by the branches of the Neva, is the one which offers most interest, on account of a fort that faces it, built on a small island, distinctly visible in its entire surface from the tower of the Admiralty. The fort forms an oblong square, with large outworks on St. Peter's Island and two others. They are so arranged, that ships, by sailing up the canals that flow between the islands, can take shelter under the guns of the fort. It is rather fortunate for the citizens that they busy themselves about other things, otherwise perhaps they might well shudder, if they did but reflect on the state reasons that led to the erection of this fort in the very heart of their beautiful capital. Seeing that the houses of the chief nobility are built all around it, the cannon on its walls would make sad suicidal havoc, if they should at any time be required to play. The fort rests on a low island, commanding nothing but the city itself, incapable of defending it, and therefore could only have been built with hostile intent against the capital itself. Of course it still exists there to serve as a last place of refuge for the Emperor and his principal chiefs, with their costliest valuables, in case the city should fall into the hands of an enemy on the one side, or should rise in insurrection itself on the other. This fort is exactly opposite the Winter Palace, keeps up a constant communication with it, and thus clearly enough reveals its true purport. The arms of the Neva, where they are in immediate contact with its mouth ; are totally defence less. If Cronstadt, which really serves as the lock and bolt to these islands, should turn out to be useless, the helpless city may find in this fort a 'dagger planted against its own breast, and the blow of which it cannot parry. The events about to occur here are not so very dif ficult to predict. Should the Russian fleet be vanquished, the conquering fleet will run up the Neva, and the defenders of the city will throw themselves into the fort. The bombardment would reduce a part at least of the city to ashes. On the restoratioh of peace, the Russian sovereign executive, grieving over the destroyed city of the Nerva, would carry out an idea long since enter tained, by withdrawing into the interior of the empire once more, and re-occupying the Kreml of Moscow, the primitive seat, still deemed sacred, of the Czars. A man gazing from the Admiralty tower on all these gay palaces, and pondering on their not improbable saddes tiny, might be excused if he wept as Xerxes did, whe❑ gazing on the host near the Hellespont." THE BALTIC FLEET. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) KJOGE BAY, APRIL 4, AFTERNOON.—I have jus been on board the St. Jean d'Acre. The fleet is still here. The Austerlitz and other ships are visible from the mast-head. A Copenhagen letter of March 31, says :—We expect every hour to hear that the fleet has sailed from Kiel to Kjoge Bay, a couple of hours' sail south of Copenhagen. The Gorgon left these roads at half-past nine yesterday morning, and steered southwards. Vice-Admiral Mourier in spected the Danish brigs Mercurius and St. Croix. Numbers of the Russian and Finnish vessels in Danish harbours have changed hands, and the rest will follow. The merchants here are preparing to take advantage of the commercial opportunities now opening for them. Copenhagen will doubtless benefit considerably. It is daily increasing ; new houses are springing up ou every side, but the rents are as high as ever. Holstein is consi derably agitated. The Schleswig-Holstein party is everywhere active. They are speculating on. Prussian assistance. As the price of its Prus sian alliance, Prussia hopes to he allowed to oc cupy Holstein in the name of the German Con federation, and in the interest of the German- Russian neutrality, which views with disfa vour any western fleet in Kiel harbour. But Prussia will doubtless think twice before it acts once. Any step of this kind would be a signal for justice to Denmark, which England has hitherto so pertinaciously refused. The same correspondent of April 1, writes : With the exception of the Bulldog, 6, from Kiel, we have seen no English vessels here since my last. Should the fleet anchor in Kjoge Bay, as is hoped by the Copenhageners, Sir Charles Napier is ex pected to pay the capital another visit. The Danish war-brig Mercurius, Captain Smith, and the war-steamer Mercur, Captain Wrisberg, sailed yesterday to the north. Captain Tuxen, chief of the engineer corps, will immediately . visit London, to make arrangements and in quiries connected with the new Government dock here. Among the other results of the war which are already felt here, I may mention the ab solute want of building timber and deals, which are now twice the price they were a few months ago. Of course no supplies can be expected from Finland, and prices are consequently rising in the Swedish and Norwegian markets. It is feared that this will stop a great portion of the building operations now going on here. The arming of Kronborg Castle is now ordered to be rapidly completed. Two more armed vessels, a frigate and a brig, are being got ready for sea. The Holger Danske has sailedto Frederikshaven, taken a pilot, and steered :o the south. Conflicting and contradictory statements have again appeared respecting the whereabouts of the Russian fleet. One day it is stated that they were seen at Helsingfors, and the same journal asserts, on the next day, that they were actually seen by the Miranda at Revel. We believe the facts to be as given by the Herald yesterday—viz., that Captain Lyons had succeeded in getting so far as the north-east of the island of Nargen, and within ten miles of Revel, from which place he was enabled to ascertain that there were no vessels of war at Revel. The Miranda was hauled into dock, at Sheerness, yesterday after noon, to examine and repair copper, which is much torn about the bows in forcing her way through the ice in the Gulf of Finland. Several merchant vessels were at the edge of the ice, waiting to get up the Gulf. They seemed not to like the appear ance of the Miranda, and hastened out of her way as quickly as possible. One Russian merchantman was set fast in the ice, towards the Finland shore. —Morning Herald. GREECE. ATHENS ' March 21.—General Canrobert has ar rived with two French steamers, which will take in coals. The Ministers of Finance and Justice have re signed. Their resignation has not been accepted. Contests take place continually in Epirus and Thessaly. Prevesa has been declared in a state of blockade. The citadel of Arta suffers from want of provisions. Suli is reported to have been taken. The Presse of Vienna says :—" According to re ports from Albania and Greece, up to the 24th ult., the insurgents have not yet been able, in spite of all their efforts, to possess themselves of a single fortress. The troops of the fortress of Arta are 3,000 strong ; the besiegers are only 1,550 strong, and have not a single piece of cannon. The Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands has paid a visit to Fuad Effendi at Prevesa." The Trieste Gazette has the following from Athens, 24th ult. : " The Ambassadors of France and England yesterday presented to the Greek Government a note in which they declare that it will be made responsible forthe con sequence of a rupture of diplomatic relations between Greece and Turkey. On the 19th, Nesset Bey handed a note to the Greek Government, in which he demanded as follows :-1. The recall of all the Greek officers who have taken part in the insurrectional movement. If they obey, they are to be brought beforea court-martial, and if not, they are to be deprived of their pay. 2. The professor of the university, Soutzos Maurocordatos, and the rector Kosti are to be dismissed. 3. The journals are to be forbidden to write ag a i ns t TU r k e y. 4. All the Gree k committees are to be dissolved. ' 5. All those who opened the prisons at Chalcis are to be punished. The reply of the Greek Government was discussed at the Council of Ministers presided over by the King ,• as, however, it was wished to ascertain the opinion of the country the Chambers were convoked. The Ministers, in the first place, communicated to the Chamber of Deputies the Turkish note and the reply, and demanded whether the Chamber thought that they had sufficiently protected the rights of the Crown and th e di g nit y of the country. Th'' Chamber replied in the sffir;native and with great enthusiasm. In the Senate some members, who have an eye to office, endeavoured to shape their answer eYasiyely, but the Ministers demanded that the ,Assem- bly should declare itself categorically by a vote of yes or no, without any restriction. On proceeding to the vote there was a majority in favour of the Ministers of 22 to 16. The reply of the Government is as conciliatory as it is possible, and it expresses itself with calmness and dignity. It says-1. The officers who have taken part in the movement have all given in their resignation or have been struck out from the lists of the army, and none of them receive any pay. They are therefore simple citizens whose acts cannot be interfered with by the Government.-2. The professors of the university have not been guilty of any act contrary to the interests of Turkey, which have yet come to the knowledge of the Government, but it is ready to institute an inquiry on the subject.-3. The press is free according to existing laws.-4. There do not exist.any committees. Individual participation in the insurrection cannot be prevented by the Govern ment.- -5. Notwithstanding all the inquiries made by the Government, it has been impossible to ascertain by whom the prisons of Chalcis were opened, but the Go vernment will continue its investigations. This reply was deliv;, , red to the Turkish charge d'afflires on the 20th. After a conference with the French and E..glish ambassadors, he, at midnight, demanded his passports, which were delivered to him early the next morning, and he will embark on board a French frigate for Con stantinople." FRANCE. it is said the departure of Prince Napoleon for Turkey is definitively fixed. for Sunday. General Prim leaves the same day, as also one of the attach 6 of the Ottoman Embassy in Paris. Marshal St. Arnaud expects to leave on Monday. The fol lowing " order of the day" has been addressed by the Afarshal to the soldiers of Africa : " Soldiers,—ln a few days you are to leave for the East. You are going to defend allies unjustly attacked, and to take up the defiance flung by the Czar at the nations of the West. From the Baltic to the Mediter- ranean Europe will applaud your efforts and your suc cess. You will combat side by side with the Eng lish, the Turks, and the Egyptians. You know what is due to comrades—union and cordiality in the inter course of the camp ' • devotedness to the common ca use on the field of battle. France and England, rivals in other times, are now friends and allies. The two countries have learned to esteem each other whilst combating. United, they command the seas, and their fleets will feed the army while famine is in the camp of the enemy. The Turks and Egyptians have held out against the enemy since the commencement of the war. Alone and unaided they have beaten them in several actions. What will they not do when seconded by your battalions ? " Soldiers ! The eagles of the Empire resume their flight —not to menace Europe, but to defend it. Bear them on once more as your fathers bore them before you ; and, like them, let us all, before we quit France, repeat the cry which so often led them to victory— ' Vive l'Empereur "A. DE ST. ARNAUD Marshal of France, Com " mander-in-Chief Of the Army of the East." The Minister of Marine has decided that fitters, blacksmiths, and coppersmiths, aged 18, and pos sessed of a certain aptitude, shall be admitted to volunteer as stokers in one of the companies of enginemen (Tacaniciens), of Toulon and Lorient. Vice-Admiral Parseval-Deschenes, on taking the command of the Baltic squadron, addressed the following order of the da y to ie commanders, officers, and sailors : "Called on by the Emperor to the honour of com manding you at a moment when your courag e ma y be useful to the country, I feel the most lively satisfaction at finding myself once more in the midst of you. As I have so frequently done in my long career, I am about to once more app reciate that discipline, hat devotedness to their duty, and that abnegation of French seamen which lead to success, and which render me proud to be at your head. Let your confidence in me be as in times past ; mine is assured to you. Let us unite all our efforts at the outset of a laborious cam paign, and let us know, in the accomplishment of our task, how to inspire ourselves with the sentiments of patriotism which must be caused by the cry of Vivo l'Empereur " The President of the Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles has published a notice that the Viceroy . of Egypt has, by decree dated the 9th ult., sup pressed all the recent sanitary restrictions in the ports of that country. The Legislative Body has sanctioned, by a ma jority of 184 to 51, the institution of a prosecution against M. de Montalembert. The Central Jewish Consistory of France has petitioned the Emperor to extend the privileges about to be obtained for the Christians in Turkey to Jews who may be subjects of the Sultan. A favourable reaction took place yesterday on the Bourse. The Three per Cents. opened at 61f. 70c., and closed at 62f. 45c., for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 88f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,047 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 810 f. ; Havre, 410 f. ; Great Nor thern, 712 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 682 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 511 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Paris, 772 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 647 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 550 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 485 f. ; Great Central of France, 385 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 412 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 455 f. LLOYD'S SITIPPI NG.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April s.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light, pleasant breeze, and fine clear, dry weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 4.—Wind, S. to W. Arrived — Northumberland, London, for Hobart Town, and sailed for Southampton. Rhadamanthus, east ward. FALMOUTH, April 4.—Wind variable. Arrived—Triton, Galatz ; Dispatch, Figueira. Sailed—Thetis, Melbourne; Bilboa, Bremen. Off Port—National, Rio Janeiro ; Nep timus, Leghorn. POOLE, April 4.—Wind, W. Arrived—Enchantress, Nantes. Sailed—Carolicle, Quebec ; Aldebaran, do. SCILLY.-April 2, wind N.E. ; 3d, S.E. Sailed—Dove, Queenstown of Falmouth. QUEENSTOWN, April 3.—Wind variable. Arrived— Huntley, Mauritius; New Ed, Hamburg. Off Port — Arrived—Elphinstone, Honduras. WATERFORD, April 3. Wind, S.S.E. to N.N.E. Sailed—Annie, Catalina. CORK, April 2.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Nuevo, Kortch; Friendship, Ismail ; Romolo, do. ; John Pardew, Drag,o mestre ; Novo Especulador, Camintra. Sailed—Jessie, Quebec ; Puritano, Vianna ; Agelina, do. LONDONDERRY, April 3.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Gar land, Philadelphia. Sailed—Mobongo, Philadelphia; Mary Ann, St. John, N.B. SHIELDS, April 4.—Wind, N.—Arrived, Eliza, Rotter dam ; H.M. steamer Rosamond. HULL, April 3.—Wind, W.S.W.—Arrived, Graf v Richteren (s), Kampen. Sailed, Stentor, New York; Ficke, Konigsberg. SWANSEA, April 4.—Wind, N.E.—Sailed, Janet Evans, Cape de Verds. SUNDERLAND, April 3. Wind, W.N.W.—Sailed, Ann Mills, for Quebec • Royal Oak, do. H ART LEPOOL, April 3.—Wind, N.W.—Arrived, Emma et Francois, St. Valery. STOCKTON, April 3.—Wind, N.W.—Arrived, St. Jor gan, from Mandal. HARWICH, April 4.—Wind, W.S.W.—Sailed, Adolph, for Hamburg. SOUTHAMPTON, April 4.—Sailed, Queen of the South, (s.s), Sydney, N.S. W ; Colombo (s), Alexandria. BELFAST, April 3.—Arrived, Henry, Dublin, for Ayr, towed up with loss of bowsprit, figure-head, oulwarks, Six., deck started, having been in contact, 31st March, in the Louth, with the Royal Consort (s.) ABERDEEN, April 3.—The Marga , et and Jane from Peterhead, with stones and other cargo, went ashore on the night of March 30, between the Ness and the Pier, and is not likely to be got off. BREMEN, April 3.—The British ship Actuariac, from Sunderland to Hamburg, was lost on the banks between the Elbe and Meser, during a gale at S.W., on the morning of March 31—crew (except the master) saved. AMSTERDAM, April 3.—Part of the cargo and store of the Petrel (s), from Hull to Rotterdam, ashore on the Hindert has been brought off and landed at Helvoetsluys, in a damaged condition. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; fresh breeze, and dull. Arrived—CassioPe, from Mauritius ; Charles Chaloner, Savannah ; Andover, Ceara ; Fidget, St. Michael's ; Flirt, Malta ; Alert, Havre; John Bull and John Moore, ff Bom baO y. the Port—Bella, Childers, and William Canynges, ships, all inward bound. Sailed —Niagara steamer, for Malta, with the 88th Regi ment. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Wednesday, 9.31 a.m. Wind, N.W., very light. Passed—Emily, Spanish brig, from westward, for Lon don ; Duchess of Northumberland, Cochin, for London. Anchored—Thorwaldsen, from Calcutta, for London ; Forfarshire, Colombo, for London ; Bon Pore, Rochelle, for Bremen ; Conference, Newcastle, for Barcelona; Sophie Elizabeth, Odessa, for Dunkirk. Sailed—The Tartar, Investigator, Goodwin, Palestine, Leonard Dobbin, David. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's market ; yet the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, the imports of which are over 0,000 quarters, and the late advance in the q uotations was barely maintained. Floating cargoes of wheat were dull. Holders, how ever, were very firm in their demands. Several vessels off the coast have been ordered round to this port. I ,Vo had very little doing in barley, at Monday's prices. In malt very little was doing, on former terms. The oat trade was steady. In beans, peas, and flour very little was doing. Wheat. 560 ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Barley. I Malt. Oats. 2,710 2, 0 1,221 6,680 1 -- 3,590 1 11,46010 Flour. 1,270 Erglish .• • • Foreign .. 19,390 WHITECHAPEL. 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