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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lc7,..ee-, Mr. T First appearance ei MdT 0.. Bury and Signor Bettird. TlitS EVENING, A.Patt .26, Will he perforated Beninl's Ocera of LA SONNAMBITLA. Ctia ncteri by Sidlle. Bury, Signor Bettiul, and Signor Arnoldl. Followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. prices;—Dress Circle, 3s ; Boxes, 3s ; Pit. 2s. ; Gallery, la.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock. 63, New Bond•strect. THE kTRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under tbo management of Mr. Mackatone. THIS EVENING. Aram 23, • Will be performed SPEED THE PLOI7OII. Characters by Messrs. Vandenhott Compton. Rogers. and ChlppanAale ; Him E. haplin. buts Louisa Howard. and Hrs. Stanley. Atter which, the entirely new Gild original extravaganza, entitled ME. fiCKSTONE'S VOYAGE HOUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CESTE3.dQUABE), written by J. R. Planchk, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark, Mr. J. Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall; Mrs. Fltzwilliam, Sirs. Caulfield, Miss E. Grey, 311 U Lydia Tbotapaan, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss Featherstone. Followed by WILLIHIND AND HT$ DINAH. Supported by Messrs. Bankston° and Corr! ; Miss Louisa Howard, Mrs. Fitzwil t Ism, and Mrs. Caulfield. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Caeniis THIS EVENING, Ann. 2it, Will se performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Masers. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and ILlesse Heath and 3farray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Mews. C. Yean and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstanley and Miss C. Leclercg. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. THEATRE UOYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. IS. Webster.—Dtractress, Madame COleate. THIS EVENING. Aran 28. Wlll be performed TWO LOVE 4 IND A LIFE. Surted by tienjamln Webster, Kee fe and 0. Messrs. C. Selby. Leigh citirray, Smith ; Mho Woolgar anti Madame Celeste. Followed by THE MOUATACIIE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and Eirselle; Mr s . Beeler, and Miss Msity Keeley. Followed by THE OVERLAND JOCHNEY TO CONSTANTI. NOPLE, A 3 UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WITH INTEBEiTING PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA. LYCEUM THEATRE. trahler the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, APRIL ss, - wai be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. Principal charac ters by Mr. C. Alathews; Miss Talbot and Miss Oliver. After whicb, USED UP. To be followed by GIVE A DOG AN ILL NAME. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews and F. Matthews. Concluding with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE ATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS ETENING, Aran. 28 , Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H. White, Leslie, and Vincent ; Mrs. Chatterier, Mists P. Horton. and Misa Marston. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON'. Supported by Maur& Emery, Robson. and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and ➢Miss Wyndham. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jeui Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee M. F. W. Allcroft.—Direetrass, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, APILIL 33, Will be performed THE ENCHANTED LAKE. After which. THE BLUE JACKETS. To be followed by WIVES BY ADVERTISEMENT. Concluding with the new burlesque on RICHARD THE THIRD. mtajts, Se.; Razes, 35.; Plt, e,d; Gallery, 6d.; Private dozes, .C 1 I Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A NIPIIITHEATRE. Lessee and Tanager, Mr. William Cooke. Great attraction and powerful Novelties for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, Aram 28, Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec tacle, embodying n .vel and extraordinary of ects (wrLten by Mr. Nelson Lee), entitled A'PALE OF HIE SPANISH WAR; or, The Horse of the Wreck. Th.: horses expressly trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by an entire chanqe of the Scenes nf the CIRCLE, intro doting Miss Kate Cooke, Sills Emily Cooke, Mr. ,lfre i Cooke, and the most talented Equestrian ant Gymnastic Artistes in Europe. Concluding with a popular FARCE. Box-office open from Eteven till Four. Stage Manager, Ur. W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRUME. Tit DAY —Morning 33 mia.aftcr 2 I Evening 50 min.aft, 2 Tc-Moasow•--Morning 7 aiin.after 3 j Evening 23 inin.aft. 3 THE WEATHER.—Smt 01110,1 ) APRIL 28, T2IERHOMETEB, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and daring the night. 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 39 . 93—riving. WrND, N.W.—Strong breeze, and dull, cold weather. : , •... . ...,.- 311 ,,,,, _ - ..2...,- , -A 43/4 LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1854. There is an evident determination on the part of the Russians to concentrate, as quickly as possible, the enormous forces hitherto scattered over the Principalities. In proof of this we learn of late simultaneously that the troops before Kalafat are retiring southwards, and that those which had already crossed the Danube lower down were strongly fortifying their position in the Dobrudscha. It is what has been long anti cipated. It is the movement against which, moreover, the Turks and their allies, whether British, French, or Egyptians, ought by this time to have been fully prepared. But are they ? We question it. Firstly, the Turks themselves have their most powerful body of soldiers strongly placed not far from the hard-fought ground of Citate, in Lesser Wallachia. Then it must be remembered that the union of the Turkish army near Kalafat with the other division of the soldiers of the SULTAN confronting the Muscovite invaders of the Do brudscha will require some considerable time, comparatively speaking, for its completion. Then, again, England and France are both—we all know that—deplorably, we might almost venture to say disgracefully, behind hand with their con tingents. As we observed in our remarks upon this subject yesterday--7-there is a camp already formed for the allied armies at Gallipoli, in the Dardanelles—there is another camp about to be formed at Buy ukdere, in the Bosphorus—and there is the talk of head-quarters being established at Adrianople, half-way between the range of the Balkan mountains and the city of Constanti nople. Now, we ask any rational man, taking these facts into account, and placing the map of the seat of war before him, and considering for live minutes the relative situation of Kalafa.t, of Bucharest, and of the Dobrudscha on the one side, and of Gallipoli, of Buynkdere, and of Adrianople on the other—we ask any rational man, we say, taking all these things into consideration, whether he believes that by land Turkey, with her allies from Egypt, France, and England, is pre pared for the probable result of a sudden concen tration of the Rus:ian armies under Prince UreleasenaKoFF and Prince PASEIEWITCH ? For our part, we candidly avow, that we do liot think they are prepared on land for any such movement. At sea nothin g cou ld h ave b e e n b e tter arr a nge d, t hingsconsid ere d, than the whole of our vast and rapid preparations. Considerin g the powerful fleets whi c h are now act ua ll y in the Black Sea and in the Baltic, w e t h ink the highest credit is re fleeted upon the marin e department of both the French and English Governments. Upon this matter we have alread y ventured to express our deliberate conviction that.the Board of Admiralty, presided over by Sir JAI&ES G 2 " 11 1 , m, has displayed throughout a capacity, an efficiency, and a patriot ism deserving of the fullest appr o b at i on of the community. Not so, however, has it been with the Horse G uards. There, no ki ndred energy and promptitu de have been manifested. Inste a d of all which, indeed, we have an extraor dinary parade reviews, and banq ue t s , and what not, a ll expressive of eagern ess to place the land for ces of the empire in a position in which they m i g ht be speedily enabled to do credit to themselves, to ans afford eff an ec d in tual assist ance to the Turks and Egyp ti, which, moreover, they might vindicat e the glor of their y righteous cause by fighting bravely under the ban ners of their Sovereign. Notwithstanding all 'which tumult of preparation—We can only now, towards the close of the April of 1854, learn of the disembarking of only 8,000 of our troops at Gallipoli, not within a brief interval of the actual seat of war, but at Gallipoli, at an obscure sea port in a secluded part of the coast in the Dar aanelles Yet the same intelligence brings us news of the rapid withdrawal of the Russian troops before K a w it t, evidently with a view to the rapid con centration of the Muscovite forces hitherto scat tered about the Principalities. Together with which accounts, moreover, we receive others, to the effect that the soldiers of the AUTOCRAT, ' already conducted across the Danube, are strongly fortifying themselves in the Dobrudscha. There is, in fact, au evident system and a manifest consist ency so far in the tactics of Prince GORTSCIIAKOFF and Passiarwrren. But Europe has yet to recognise anything but confusion and inconsistency, and dilatoriness and indecision, in the curious plans for a campaign now in process of being carried out by Lord RAGLAN and Marshal St. ARNAUD. Where, too ? In Roumelia, and not in Bulgaria! Not anywhere near the seat of war along the banks of the Danube or in advance of the B a lk a n Mountains ; but, with head-quarters at Adrianople, and camps at Buyukdere, on the Bosphorus, and at Gallipoli on the Darda nelles It is insisted, of course, that time ought to be allowed before judging of the tactics of the I allied Commanders-in-Chief. But that is just it. I Time enough and to spare has already been con ceded, and as yet we are only, as it were, at the commencement of our military preparations. Our maritime preparations have long since been com pleted, and that, too, on a 'wale, it must be allowed, adequate for almost any emer gency, and altogether magnificent. Whereas, we repeat it, we are only now at the commence ment of our military preparations. The French contingent is to be increased to 150,000 men in the aggregate. Ours must be increased in like manner proportionately. As yet England has only arranged to send out to the East, against the gigantic hordes of the Russian AUTOCRAT, from 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers. France as yet has merely undertaken to supply 50,000 to 60,000 altogether. Of these-25,000 French and 10,000 English have already been dis embarked at Gallipoli. Now, it is quite ob vious, even to the non-professional observer, that this system is altogether inadequate to the emer gency. The contingents sent from the Western Allies of the SULTAN to his aid in his own dominions must—there is no doubt whatever of this, if we really intend to vanquish the enormous forces of the Russian AUTOCRAT —be increased, and that, too, very con siderably. The French army of the East must be increased, as we are told it is actually going to be increased from 50,000 or 60,000 to 150,000 men altogether. The English army in the East ought, in proportion, therefore, to be increased in its turn from 25,000 or 30,000 to an aggregate of 70,000 or 80,000. While, instead of landing them at Gallipoli, or at Buyukdere, we ought to disembark these troops at some point of the Turk ish coast, from which the actual scene of fighting would be more accessible than from an out-of-the way seaport on the Bosphorus or the Dardanelles. The day of humiliation and prayer has been generally observed throughout the country. In every church and chapel, not merely those belong ing to the Anglican Church, but of every sect and denomination, supplications have been addressed to the CREATOR and PRESERVER of Mankind for his aid and protection throughout the contest in which we have reluctantly been involved. The nation has prostrated itself before the ALMIGHTY ; and whatever differences of substance or of form might exist in other respects, the tenour and effect of the general prayer was the same—for His omnipotent lrelp and assistance so long as we had truth and justice on our side. It was a great and solemn observance I—one deserving of the highest praise, or of unmitigated censure. It was truly laudable, if as a nation we were resolved to use all earthly means to bring the war to a speedy and honourable termination, and to remove the causes by which it has been occasioned. But if otherwise—if we neglect the obvious precautions demanded by the existing cir cumstances—it has been but a hypocritical mock ery, which had far better been omitted. The admirable letter of Lord PALMERSTON, in which he pointed out the necessity of cleansing and purifying our towns—of removing the pre disposing causes of cholera—before we ventured on a day of national humiliation and prayer for the purpose of imploring the Dais to avert a scourge which we had reason to believe was to a great degree, if not altogether, under our own ' power and control, is peculiarly applicable to, and might have been written for, the occasion now referred to. Let us profit by the instructive lesson ! Let us look to the original causes of the hostilities in which we are now engaged, and see whether we are indeed giving proofs of our sincerity by striving to remove or mitigate these causes. Have we as yet exhibited the energy and activity necessary to convince the AUTOCRAT that we are really in ear nest, and that ample retribution will be exacted for the evils occasioned by his overweening ambi tion and grasping cupidity? Do we not still tolerate at the head of our Administration the AUTOCRAT'S " friend of forty years standing," the man with whom " he could settle everything in ten minutes' conversation ?" How can we, while Lord ABER DEEN is Premier, guiding the helm of the vessel of State, dare to ask the interposition of the GOD- IitBAD ? While the real power rests in the hands of the popular representatives, and while the voice of public opinion so loudly and unequivocally pro claims the true state of the national feeling, we do nothing to remove the •incubus that has para lysed our efforts, and rendered war inevitable. It is absurd to say that a change in the Cabinet would prove prejudicial to the interests of the British empire, or of our faithful and deeply injured ally, the SULTAN. Has not Lord ABER DP.EN, ever since the declaration of war on the part of England, declared, in his place in the House of Peers, that he considered that " the apprehensions of the Emperor (NicuoLas) were well founded ?" Has he not, in his very last official speech, announced that, like the ancient Covenanter, he would, even while buckling on his armour, continue to murmur " Peace, peace !" What will be the effect on NICHOLAS when read ing these "sayings," which are so totally different from our " doings ?" Unfortunately for himself, and the myriads of serfs who humble themselves before his footstool, he does not understand the power of " the pressure from without," and the irresistible influence of the popular feeling. He conceives the Minister of the day all-powerful ; an , l, when he sees that we still maintain our mo netary code with unabated stringency, and lay down the principle that, while we do so, we will not only compel the present generation to bear the entire expenses of the war, but even make them liquidate the debts contracted in a past cen tury, he must think that the advisers of the Crown are only practising the deception in which he is himself so skilful an adept. The war has been occasioned by the vacillation and timidity of Lora ABERDEEN—the war will be protracted, and its horrors aggravated, by the same causes ; and if we would avert these evils and deserve the Divine aid, which we have so earnestly implored, we should with equal unanimity demand the re moval of Lord ABERDEEN - .from the place for which he is disqualified by his Russian predilec tions. If we remember right, it was the Times itself which, after doing its best to force Lord JOHN RUSSELL to give up his Reform Bill, kindly ad vised him to adopt all such particular reforms as might be carried in virtue of their individual merits, or which at least were not of a nature to imperil the existence of a Cabinet. Our contem porary was not always of this opinion. He was is wonted accustomed joaN, to bid wor ki ng re f ormers wa it L or d will ur s g t e i i in t e with h . Now he has adopted and w we hope pertinacity For ours e l ves i t has always vigour. h e 0 h er to be creed, that any good reform proposal ought e a vigerously sustained by all honest reformers ; in our own judgment, t ested the an we have,_ sincerity of libe ral professions verymuch by the contempt of those who made them for the customary shuffles by which the double-faced endeavour t o vote with the Tories, and to call themselves Liberals. The At torney-General is now at work upon a useful topical reform, useful if the means be at all commensurate with the object, the reform of the constituencies which have been probed by the Commissioners. Frona one of these, Cambridge, he has just re- , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1854. ceived a leacson, which we know that he, personally, is not unwilling to adopt ; we only request of him to enforqo#btrhis colleagues in office, and on the House of Commons. A meeting was bold last week by the liberal electors to decide which from amongst four claim ants for their suffrages they would select for the candidates of their party. The Hon. Mr. CAMP DELL, by letter, Mr. ADATR, Mr. MUWATT, and Mr. EDWIN J . /um, Q.C., personally, laid their views before the electors. The latter gentleman's name is well known to all our readers by its fre quent recurrence in the proceedings of Election Committees of the House of Commons ; indeed, he referred to his exertions in unseating twenty six Members of Parliament against whom corrupt proceedings had been proved, as evidence that his exertions might have been of some use in staying corruption at Cambridge itself. It is this gentle man's statement to which we would invite the at tention of Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN, and his leader Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Were the question one of general or European statesmanship, we might allow Lord Jon is claim to superior infor mation and knowledge, but it is just of that prac tical kind in which a man like Mr. JAMES, whose chief business has lain in investigating and scruti nising the details of so many cases, must know better than our most justly valued statesman. Now he, like Mr. COPPOCK, to the great value of whose opinion we have before adverted, is fully satisfied that the ballot is indispensable to complete the pacification of constituencies, even should pecuni ary bribery be to a great extent repressed. He tells us that he has been consulted, from his posi tion as counsel, as to the best means of making the intimidator as responsible for his conduct as the person who gave a pecuniary bribe ; but it was a practical difficulty never to be overcome, that conviction of intimidation was almost im possible ; the nod, the look, the hint, or even the known wish, is sufficient. Who, for instance, could compel a customer to say why he deserted one shop and went to another ? He might reply with SUTLOCK, "I shall not answer that ; it is my humour." "I have," said Mr. JamEs, " well considered the subject, and can see no way in which the voter can be really and practically pro tected but by the ballot." A conclusion which was received with loud cheering, cheering which would be consistently followed byapetition to grant the ballot to Cambridge at least. As the learned gentleman further observed, it was not properly a party question, but a social one, and that if we gift a man with the franchise, it is our plain duty to give the means of exercising it freely and con scientiously. We do not wish to bore our readers with reiteration of arguments but too well known, for they have never been refuted, andmust there fore be insisted on till they are ; but we call the attention of the large class of plain, common-sense men, with whom the names of prantical persons naturally weigh so much, and perhaps go farther i than argument, to the fact that, not only have the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General ex pressed themselves favourably in regard t• the Ballot, but the two leading working Liberal lawyers in election matters have now avowed it as the result of experience and honest reflection, that the ballot is the only practical remedy for bribery and intimidation. We must think that impartial men will attach more weight to such testimony than to the scoffs of even the "leading journal." We may just add, that the course pursued by the Liberal party in Cambridge, and which has been successfully pursued elsewhere, is one most important for Liberals to follow throughout the kingdom. Except during the protection contro versy, the Conservatives have been a tclerably united party, and hung well together, notwith standing their party squabbles. Not so the Libe rals. They always contain a very large propor tion of Radical Reformers, and the Whigs have been but too apt to give their more zealous allies the cold shoulder, squeezing them out at elections, and refusing them, unless they wished to give them a quietus, all the sweets and advantages of office. Too many seats have in this way been lost to the Liberals. Nothing can be more fair that when in any place the Liberal party consists, as it generally does, of Radicals and Whigs, whose union is essential to success, the two members should represent the different degrees of Liberalism existing in the constituency. The Cambridge people ratified their declarations in favour of the ballot, by a resolu tion to adopt it at the adjourned meeting, when they were to determine which of the four candi dates they should combine to support. Is it not clear that if a vote of electors of the same party was confessedly best taken in this way, a fortiori the votes at an election contested between rival and angry parties were better taken in the same manner ? II (.).N E. Y. 1/1 A R. Kv, Tr AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed heavily with very little change in prices. The sales comprised 3,500 American, 90 Pernam and Maranham at Od. to 7d., 80 Bahia at 600 Egyptian at sid. to 100., 700 Surat at 3d. to 4id. and 20 Sea Island at is. lid. t o 2 s . 2d. per lb. Railway Shares were very quiet. Not much has been done in colonial produce this week,—sugar, coffee, and spices being quiet. Russian staples are rather dearer, but more caution is exercised by speculators. The Corn Market is dull this morning, the arri vals being large. The ship Vimeira has arrived from New South I'Vales, which she left Jan. 24. She is stated to have on board about 30,000 ounces of gold. The Joshua, from Port Philip, with dates of Jan. 27, has also gold. The letters and papers by the Overland Mail, delivered yesterday afternoon, do not represent business as being brisk for imports either in India or China, but except that money was dearer in Bombay, no important change seems to have oc curred. The Bank of England not having advanced its minimum rate of discount yesterday, as many anticipated, there seems to be a better tone in the money market this morning, and the large bullion arrivals prove a sensible relief, and will counterbalance the shipments. The Bank returns to last Saturday, however, will, as we stated three days since, exhibit a m ar k e d re d uc ti on in the amount of specie, and it is only a continu ance of the Australian arrivals which can prevent a decline probably of another million or two. The success of the Chancellor of th e E xc h equer de pends, to a certain extent, upon the course of events between this and Tuesday next, although whatever temporary buoyancy might arise, persons tendering would look to the future also, and not expose them selves to a loss within a short time after they had subscribed. If the great insurance offices take up a portion of the Bonds, and the Bank of England views them in a favourable light, it would be no difficult matter to absorb an amount that would pave the way for the more general acceptance of the security hereafter. As we have before re marked, anything novel, however good intrinsi cally, is charily participated in by the monied in terest during periods of uncertainty. The market for English stocks has been quiet, but firm. Consols bring 87i to for transfer, and 87i for account. The New 34 per Cents. have been 874 to and the 3 per Cents. 864 to 1. Bank Stock has been very heavy at 2054. Exchequer Bills have been 2s. discount to 2s premium, and India Bonds 6s. discount. In Foreign Securities there is an almost entire absence of business. Peruvian are not quite so good, having been 59f to 60. Mexican are de pressed at 231. The settlement of the account is in progress, and is very light. For Railway Shares the inquiry is restricted. Great Northern have been rather firmer, Great Western a shade lower, Midland at an advance of f ' and South Eastern and Caledonian supported. The French lines are steady, but dull. _ _. . In the Mining Share Aaiket, prices are about *le same. Australian Consols are still purchased freely for investment, and are scarce. . _ Tile Joint-Stock Bank Shares are a shade firmer. The Laud Companies' Shares are quiet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( 'front the U.Licia/ Bank Stock - - - • - • 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B6 i -4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7 4 6 I New 34 per Cent. Annuities B7 4 4 if Now 2 per Cent. Annuities c.ong Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 11-16 Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859..., 4 7-16 6 India Bonds, 21000 ..... ..... Ditto, under £lOOO . 18 d Consols for Account 11th May Exchequer Bills, 2d. £l000 2500 2 d 2 p Small 3 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 55 )dexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. 6O 59i 60 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 364 5i Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consuls 874 Ditto May Account MORE RUSSIAN PRIZES. PORTSMOUTH, Thursday.—At 11 a.m. this day, her Majesty's revenue cutter Peterel, Mr. John Hughes, deputation officer of the revenue service, in command, captured the Russian bark Fama, of Wasa, laden with salt, from Sardinia, John Ostman, master, said by those on board to be bound to some port in Russia, then to Elsinore, and, afterwards, that they were not bound to any particular place—they were going where they thought proper. She is a fine ship of nearly 500 tons English measurement, and has more than 600 tons of salt on board, with a crew of 14 stout hands. The Peterel had 13 hands in all on board. At noon to day she safely anchored her prize at Spithead, with out the assistance of either pilot or s t eamer , w i n d blowing fresh from W. N. W., weather squally. She was boarded by Mr. Hughes in the Channel, St. Catharine Point bearing N. by E. fire or six leagues. Messrs. Garrett and Gibbon, agents to Lloyd's at this port, being the receivers of droita of Admiralty, have the possession of this prize for the Crown. She will be brought into harbour to-morrow. The Port-Admiral's cutter, Fanny, Mr. Scarlett, second master in charge, returned from her cruising ground this evening at 5 o'clock, bringing the intelli gence that she had taken a fine barque of 400 tons, laden with salt, yesterday at noon. Flag Lieutenant Hankey (who specially commanded the Fanny on this occasion) remains in the prize with part of the Fanny's crew, and is navigating her to this port. She will be in to-morrow morning. The Fanny brought in a por tion of the captured prize's crew. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-April 27. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACIIT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—The an nual general meeting of the members of the squadron takes place at the Thatched-house Tavern on Friday, the 12th of May, when there are seven members to be bal loted for. Mr. Woodhouse has sold his yacht (the Gondola) to the Earl of Lichfield. A. fine clipper barque, built for Messrs. Edmond J. Wheeler and Co., was launched this day from the Messrs. White's building-yard. She was named the Charlotte Ann. The beautiful schooner yacht Hornet, of 140 tone, building by Ratsey for John Naylor, E sq ., o f Li ver p oo l, is to be - launched on Saturday. THE OVERLAND MAIL. --The commercial accounts by the overland mail are regarded as favourable. At Bombay there had been increased transactions in im ported goods, with a tendency to higher prices, while at Calcutta, although business had been interfered with by native holidays, there was a prospect of its reopening at an improvement. In China the extent of purchases had been moderate, but a further advance had baen estab lished. RUSSIA.--Advices have been received from St. Pe tersburg, Odessa, and Riga. At St. Petersburg there had been some mitigation of the financial distrust, but only to a very slight extent, the quotation of exchange being 34d. From Odessa the letters are to the 14th, and the telegraphic accounts to the 21st, at which date the allied fleets had anchored in the Gul . The Riga intelligence is to the 20th, and the river was then nearly clear of ice, the weather having become warm and extremely fine. Twelve of the vessels that had been frozen up in the bay had arrived, and 24 still remained. Mn. FORREST, THE TRAGEDIAN.—The Trenton True nteriecm is pained to learn that Mr. Edward Forrest, the American tragedian, has become a convert to the belief in spiritual manifestations. This gentleman is a constant visitor upon the Foxes, and most credulously insists upon the correctness of the developments com municated by the rappers from " t'other side of Jordan." Hereafter it is to be presumed that an improvement will be introduced into Mr. Forrest's personation of .Hamlet ; the ghost of that prince's father will be required to rap out communications instead of delivering them in person. RAILWAY ARCHES WATERLOO STATION AND NECRO POLIS COMPANY.—In consequence of the recent com plaint by a deputation from the parish of Lambeth against the conversion of nine of the arches at the Waterloo-station into depositories for the dead of parishes and unions to be taken to the Necropolis at Woking, a memorandum and protest, on behalf of the projectors, has been placed in the bands of the directors of the South Western Railway Company, drawing their attention to the arrangement for the removal of bodies to the Necropolis, and the conveyance of mourners, which was settled and concluded in November, 1849, and pro testing against the said directors entering into any ar rangements of a contrary nature with the parties ad vertising themselves as directors and officers of the Necropolis Company, on the ground that steps are now being taken to set aside all their acts and proceedings in that assumed and disallowed capacity. Under the sub sisting agreement with the projectors, which the Necro polis Company are bound to enforce, two arches only are to be used for the mere purpose of receiving bodies in transitu to the raort chapels at Woking; the charge for taking down a hearse-carriage, capable of holding fifty coffins, in separate compartments, to be 1/. each time, whereas the substituted arrangement of the pseudo-man agement contemplates depositing the dead in 9 arches, whilst it is reported the conveyance charge is to be in creased to no less an extent than 400 per cent. for paupers, 900 per cent. for artisans, and 3,900 per cent. for all other ranks. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—TraIIic return for the week ending April 16, 1854 1:16,437 12 9 Corresponding week hit roar,' ....„, 15,225 15 4 LATEST _FOREIGN NEWS THE WAR. The Moniteur of this morning announces that, according to a telegraphic despatch from Belgrade, of the 27th, the Russians had experienced a con siderable check at Chernawoda, in the Dobruscha, and that they had evacuated Lesser Wallachia. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17. The steamers Cambria and Indus have arrived, with the 49th, 73d, 41st, and 33d Regiments. Another English steamer arrived to-day. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The engagement of Mdlle. Sophie Cruvelli commenced last night. This clever and original artiste had not before appeared at the Royal Italian Opera, and her debut was consequently looked for with interest. Her triumphs at Paris, where she has for some months past been in extraordinary vogue, have invested her name with additional prestige, and she is destined, we hope, to do honour to the flag under which she now serves. Her engagements with Mr. Lumley, during the last year or two of the reign of that gentleman, disclosed her merits and demerits pretty widely. We need hardly say she is one of those earnest artistes who enter heart and soul into the spirit of everything she undertakes. Her impetuousness at times produces very striking results, while her vocalisation is always broad and forcible. The house was brilliantly filled to witness the first appearance of this celebrated artiste, the Queen and the Prince being among the auditory. The general characteristics of Mdlle. Cruvelli since her last visit to this country do not appear to have un dergone any change. Her vocalism is of the bold class it ever was—her impulsiveness, when exerted, just as dramatic. The audience at the outset of the opera were not in the most encouraging mood, but they waxed in warmth as the evening advaaced, and the singing of Cruvelli in the finale to the second act-- when, repulsed by both husband and father the hapless Desdemona knows not where to look for succour—wrought them into enthusiasm. The persona tion altogether was effective. Mdlle. Cruvelli has achieved a genuine triumph. She was called for at the close of the second act, and with enthusiasm at that of the third. The opera was magnificently acted. Tamberlik was never in more brilliant voice, or sang with greater energy. The same, in his own way, may be said of Ronconi, who looked a perfect fiend in the scene in which he pours his calumnies in Othello's ears ; while Tagliafico gave the father with all his artistic ability. DRURY-L AYE THEATRE. The first performance of the German troupe, which forms part of the Royal Opera Company, took place last night, and may be considered the most complete repre sentation which has yet been given. The .Freischutz of Weber was well chosen to introduce Formes, whose Caspar is one of his finest personations. Reichardt, too, is a very efficient and more than ordinarily good Max, while Madame Caradori is an Agatha not to be sur passed. In addition to this excellent triad of artistes, there war Mdlle. Sedlatzek to fill the interesting little part of Annchen. With such a cast as this, as regarded the principal personages a performance of no mean excellence was to be looked for. Nor were the expectations of the patrons of the theatre disappointed. We have seldom heard the chef d'a>uvre of Weber performed with so perfect and striking an ensemble, Formes was received with the enthusiasm that is only exhibited when the object is at the loftiest point of the popular favour. The great German basso has managed to ingratiate himself vastly with the Eng lish people, and the tumult of delight with which he is greeted whenever he makes his appearance is only second, and hardly that, to the fervid pleasure which glows in the public bosom at the sight of Sims Reeves. His Caspar is a well-known effort. He never sang and acted this famous part more carefully and more effectively than on the present occasion. It would be impossible to imagine a more vigorous and im posing delivery of the " Vengeance " song which terminates the first act. He rendered it superbly. But we need not particularise. He displayed his usual ability throughout, and it is superfluous to say a word in addition. Reichardt sang steadily and energetically. Although somewhat hard in voice, like most of the Teutonic tenors, this gentleman's superior qualities as an artiste are very perceptible, and he invariably sings with the purity and honesty of the true musician. The Agatha of Madame Caradori was inimitable. This accomplished vocalist was animated by the same seal as her coadjutor's, and her singing was exquisite. Mdlle. Sedlatzek was an agreeable and unaffected Annchen, and executed the music very prettily. The spectators, who filled the theatre to the ceiling, were in the most genial of tempers. They applauded loudly, and encored the overture, the drinking song, and the huntsman's chorus. Herr Lind painter conducted. NAVAL CADETS.--Mr. Baillie, on the meeting of par liament, is to call the attention of the House of Com mons to the manner in which cadets are appointed to the Royal Navy. THE DOBRUDSCHA. It is now evident, says a letter dated Shumla, April 8, that if Omer Pasha ever had any idea of acting on the offensive, he has abandoned it for the present at least, and resolved to collect all his available forces and make a stand within the in trenchments of Shumla until the arrival of the allied army ; and, although this delay will give the enemy an opportunity of bringing up a greater number of troops, it is the most judicious and politic measure the Turkish General could adopt. The re ports that have been current imputing to him a feeling of jealousy towards the French and English generals have been very much exaggerated, and arose, probably, from his having expressed himself in confident and sanguine terms as to the result of the ensuing campaign, naturally enough identifying himself with it. He is fully aware of his inability with the force now at his disposal (about 40,000) to contend successfully against even that portion of the Russian army which occupies the Dobrudscha. as well as of the great disadvantages he labour under in the absence of a well-organised staff, efficient cavalry, and the deficiency among the great body of his officers of that energy and those chivalrous feelings which are found in individual:- forming a similar class in the armies of Western Europe. Typhus fever is making frightful ravages among the troops at Kalafat. From 30 to 40 deaths a day are reported, and if its course is not speedily checked it will prove as formidable a foe as the Russians. The cavalry of that garrison are et( route for Shumla, and may be expected here in a few days. Several English officers who have lately taken service in the Turkish army have arrived here within the last few days. Among the number are Colonel R. Cannon ; Capt. Hyde, of the Bengal Native Infantry ; and Mr. Balfour Ogilvie, late of the Madras Native Infantry. The presence of a large force is beginning to be felt in rather an irksome manner by the inhabitants. Grain, pro visions, and carriage are more than doubled in price, and sometimes not procurable. This state of things exists with 40,000 men. What will be the case when that number is doubled ? THE BALTIC. COMMAGEN, April 26.—The Tribune has just brought in two Russian prizes. The fleet is off Gostergam, in Gothland. A letter from Stockholm, 19th, says :—Yesterday the Prince Royal and Prince Augustus returned from inspecting the fortifications of the fortress of Wanholm. The blockade of the Russian ports by Admiral Napier has been officially notified to our Government." COPENIIA.GIVI, April 22.—Abo roads, and its river, the Aura, are now open. A vast number of new Russian orders and decorations are again be ing distributed in Finland. This weapon is not so ineffective as some might conceive ; and it is used unsparingly, both in Russia and its provinces, and in all the surrounding countries. In Denmark there are a number of people who are thus deco rated, and they have nearly all become Russianisers. The roads of Hangey and Utey are free from ice, and several Finnish vessels have sailed in. Many others are beating up to Finnish harbours. One or two are frozen in the coast of Lifland. Troops continue to arrive in Gotland frcm the Swedish main. The English fleet has now passed Gotland, sailing to the nort-east. Another illegality has been committed by the Swedish authorities. On the 9th two paddle-wheel steamers put into the outer harbour of Slite, which is open, by the law of nations, to all ships, and which is distinctly recognised as fully accessible, by the treaty of neutrality, for the purpose of procuring fresh water. They were, however, in stantly warned off by the master-pilot. This officer (Major Stevenij) declare 3 that he acted in accordance with the oral and written orders given him by his chiefs. One of these vessels—the Hecla—afterwards got water at Sandon, and then made her way to Ljugarn. This strange proceed ing has excited great sensation, and the local English vice-consul has lodged a protest. Five English colliers have reached Fahrosund with coals for the fleet, and this place will be a Gotland depot for that purpose. A large number of English ships have passed north of Stockholm. To judge by the movements of the English ships, some of the prizes must by this time have reached you. One of them—the Libertas, Captain H. R- as, of Jacobstad, in Finland—has slipped through our fingers capitally. The crew, which was left on board, made the English sailors by whom they were guarded quite drunk, hoisted sail, and got away to Ystad, on the opposite Swedish coast. This is only one of the many instances given by our naval population of the alarming extent of this beastly vice. If not checked, it will lead to worse consequences than the loss of a fine merchant ves sel. We now seldom see any English armed ships, and the French have not come this way. There has been a report that a French fleet of thirty sai] has been seen near Gotland, but this must be pre mature. Allow me to contradict the assertion of some papers, that the present Cabinet continues because the King could find no successors. A new Ministry was ready, and has been so for many we ,ks. There is a long article in the Debats on the force of Russia in the Baltic, and particularly on the question as to whether Cronstadt is or is not im pregnable. The details, however, can only be in teresting to military men. Our contemporary draws a terrible picture of the force of Cronstadt, and appears to think that no attack upon it can succeed without the aid of a land force ; and even then almost insurmountable difficulties are talked of. In concluding its article, the Debats says : " The taking of Croustadt, if Cronstadt be not im pregnable, would inflict a blow on the Russi•tu Empire more terrible than the loss of ten provinces, since it would thereby lose its navy. St. Peters burg would soon find itself besieged at the entrance of the Neva, and bombarded by a flotilla which would be supported by the fleet in possession of Cronstadt. This danger is not, perhaps, imagi nary. It is for this reason that the Ruesian Go vernment has collected together round that poi t the most formidable means of defence. Peter the Great, in founding his capital, also founded Cron stadt, in which his genius must be admired, for it must be seen that without Cronstadt, Petersburg the Superb, with its eight feet of water, would only be a small coasting port, that might be blockaded and bombarded by gun-boats." THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC. Subjoined are the latest advices received in re ference to the state of the navigation in the Baltic : PITEA, April B.—lt blew a heavy gale at west in the night of the 6th April, which damaged the ice, already not strong, very considerably. ABO, April 7.—The ice between the bridges has partly broken up, and the ice at sea is expected to disappear earlier than usual, to which the gale and rain of last night will contribute eneeedingly. REVEL, April 14.—There is no change in the state of the roadstead, but the ice is very rotten, and, should a favourable wind spring up, will soon drift away. Wind to-day W.N.W. light, temperature 2 degs. warmth. BOLDEEAA, April 20, a.m.—As an open space has formed in the ice in the roadstead, it is expected, with a continuance of the westerly wind, that the ships in the ice will get free. Twelve vessels have arrived, and 24 are still in the ice. Wind W.S.W., Noon.—The greater part of the vessels in the ice are now at a dis tance of four miles, and fast therein, and only a few have got free. P.m.—During the night the sea channel has broken through. The ♦essels are still fast in the ice, and have all drifted far from the roads, with the excep tion of the Caroline. PILLAu, April 21.—The summer sea marks were laid out yesterday. TLACK SEA. °MAU, April 14 HE . B —Two British and one French war steamers have been in the roads since yester day. The following is from the letter of an officer dated April 14 : "These Ru ss i ans tell us that there are 50,000 artil lerymen at Sebastopol, and that they are practising at a target in the harbour day and night, in hourly expecta tion of seei ng us t h ere. Of course,' it would be mad ness to lead th e s hi ps into such certain destruction. They say, also, that there are 60,000 soldiers at Odessa , and that th e y are p l ac i ng heavy guns in the mole battery, and otherwise w or ki ng h ar d a t s trengthening the bat teries there. Thus, if their ships (apparently b but 12 or 14 of th e line) won't come out of Sebastopol, it is not easy to see what there is for the fleets to do. The posts still held on the coast of Circassia are sufficiently formidable to give trouble. I see by Chesney that Anapa. resisted 8 Rus sian line-of -battle ships, 5 frigates, and 11 smaller vessels, with a land force of 6000 men and a reinforcement from the army of the Caucasus, from the 18th of May to the Bth of June, 1828. Souchourn-Kale is also said to he formidable. Therefore, if we cripple six or seven of our large ships by exposing therm to a contest with powerful l an d f orts , we lose our numerical superiority, and in these days th it is no trifle. Modern improve• meats in gunnery teed to equalise matters, and to refl• der mere bravery loss decisive. The people of 14 ulaud will he impatient if something is not done, but without t'te counis of Cie A dmital.. , ( I don't see what Lhey can do. If 1 had the management I would show the whole force all the Circassian coast, in the hopes of exciting the mountaineers to action ; en passant r would take anything tolerably easy, but I would not be decoyed into anything very serious, or likely to cripple large ship s . I wou ld th en ex t en d a strict blockade from Sebastopol towards Odessa, keep tug a few flying steamers about the mouths 0; .he Danube, and about Kan, and Kertch, in the Crimea. Thus, the Russians would be completely shu iip, and unable to communicate with their armies ol forts on either side by sea. They made so much use ut ~ he sea in 1828 and 1829 that it is pretty clear they can !lot now safely cross the Balkan deprived of that :Oven age. They even seem to have great hesitation in ad vancing on the right bank of the Danube; for they de 'tot appear to have advanced fur the last ten days beyon'; their first landing places in the Dobrudecha, Toultscha, Nlatschin, and Isakeha. Thus, the presence of the fleets is invaluable, even if they never have the chance of firing , shot, and are reduced to tedious blockading, The Rus sian frigates at Sebastopol got under way with uncow mon smartness (just while the Fury was laying out her hawser), and sailed beautifully ; so that it won't do to hold the enemy too cheap, and to be outnumbered by crippling your ships, and coming down to or under their ;lumber." THE DANUBE. We read in the Moniteur :—" A letter from the frontiers of Transylvania, of the 17th, says—' Mar shal Paskiewitch arrived to-day at Jassy, and it is stated that he will in the course of the day continue his journey towards Bucharest. Count Sacken, several Ministers, and some Boyards waited for hi m for three days at Scouleni, on the Pruth. All the Boyards, whether functionaries or private indi viduals, have been invited to assemble at the palace to pay their homage to the Prince of Warsaw. Various reports have been in circulation here dur- Inc , the last week on the subject of the small band /volunteers which left Jassy on the 3d. Some pretend that the Monk Courtandinos (an lonian subject), who commanded them, has disappeared with a sum of 2,000 ducats, which had been sub scribed for the cause in which he had engaged, while others say that he has arrived at Fockani with only ten followers, all the others having lispersed. There must be some truth in these rumours, for the authorities have taken no steps to contradict them ; all accounts agree on the subject of the disorders and depredations committed by these volunteers on their route. Nothing positive is known here as to the operations of the Russian army in the province of the Do brudscha. The accounts which circulate on this subject are very contradictory, but they all agree on one point, namely, that the taking of Toultcha cost the Russians 1,800 men." The Press of Vienna contains a letter from Bel grade, of the 19th, which says :—" Prince Alexan der arrived here six days ago in a most mysterious manner. It is not known how long he is to re main amongst us. The day before yesterday the Turkish bands in the fortre-s were playing all day. Many persons thought that this was for some vic tory gained on the Danube. The Russians are pressing Silistria sharply, but it is believed that it will hold out until the arrival of French troops, on the 24th. Prince Napoleon will arrive at Con stantinople on the 20th or 22d. He will pass the troops in review, and then they will embark for Varna. The Russians who occupy our frontier from Kraguwatz to Czernez do not seem to intend withdrawing." The Ost Deutche Post of Vienna of the 23d says : —" We have received intelligence from Bucharest the 16th, which states that for a week before all the Russian troops of the 3d, 4th, and 6th corps were being directed from that town towards Giur ;evo and Krajowa." Letters. from the Danube of the 11th inst. state that the Russians were still nearly in the same position on the right bank, and actively employed in raising works and fortifying their camp at Baba dagh. Their force at present amounts, it is and .r -stood, to about 30,000 men. The Turks have com pletely evacuated the northern tract of the Do ;ifudscha—the regulars marching to head-quarters ,Lt Shumla ; the Bashi bazouks in the direction of the Balkans, by order of the Commander-in-Chief. Some of these lawless recruits have been committing excesses on their march, and numbers detected in flag rante delicto have been shot without much cere mony, conformably with the positive commands transmitted by Omer Pacha. The Constitutionnel purports to show that the Russian Government is absolutely unable to send very large armies into the field. It is possible, nay very probable, that the military resources of that Power have been much exaggerated in some of the accounts given, but the estimate of the Constittt tionnel seems rather low indeed. It says : " One of the pretensions of Russia is to possess an effective military force of at least 800,000 men, and which, according to some official returns, would even reach the figure of 1,200,000 men. It can easily be conceived with what idea the Russian Government puts into circulation such figures. But if history be considered, it will be at once seen that this force never existed except on paper. At the period when Russia was attacked on her own territory, when her nationality was at stake in 1812, she had scarcely 200,000 men on foot. In 1813, she had great difficulty in sending 150,000 men into Germ. iny ; and in 1815 all the Russian troops that had passed the Rhine, concentrated at the Camp of Vertus, only gave 120,000 men. It is, therefore, only under the force of the gravest circumstances that Russia, for the last half-century, succeeded in once getting into the field 200,000 men ; and even then, as we have said, it was when she was attacked in the very heart of her territory. In her enterprises abroad she has never disposed of more than 150,000 men. That is about the number, we believe, of the army charged to act in Turkey, and to meet events on the shores of the Black Sea ; and as Russia is obliged to defend herself beyond the Caucasus and on the Baltic, at the same time that she is obliged to augment her forces in Poland, we doubt that the army of the Delilah() can easily repair its losses. Let no one consequently be deceived by the exaggerations of a Government which is colossal only in the extent of its territory, and which is on that very account obliged to scatter its forces on various points to resist Powers who dispose of the sea." ST. PETERSBURG. The Russian Government has just published ukases for the formation of a fleet of armed row boats for the defence of the coast of the Gulf of Finland. They are to be manned by volunteers in the governments of Petersburg, Novogorod, Olonetz, and Twer. From the day of their enrol ment they will receive pay at the rate of 8 silver roubles (about 32f.) a month : they will be supplied with provisions the same as other sailors in the navy ; they will be dressed as peasants, and they will be permitted to wear their beards and hair as peasants ; the term of service is to expire on the Ist of November, 1854 ; those who distinguish themselves will be rewarded in the same manner as the other troops ; in case of their destroying any of the enemy's vessels they will come in for the prize-money fixed by the government, in case they are wounded they will enjoy all the rights granted to soldiers and sailors ; the families of volunteers, during their absence, will be confided to the care of the local authorities and corporations. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 16th says : " Some time ago a ukase appeared, which declared that all Jews travelling in the interior must be supplied with passports ; that a Jew met without one might be immediately arrested, if the informer should require it ; and that on being thus taken, he should be compelled to serve as a substitute in the army for the informer or one of his relatives. Owing to this ukase, everybody endeavours to meet a Jew travelling without a passport. It even sometimes happens that passports are taken from the Jews, in order that they may be accused of, being without any, and be punished accordingly.', CONSTANTINOPLE. The followiTsfromaleiter dated Constan tinople, April 13 : " The prospects of accommodation for our troops are excellent, so far as this place is concerned. It has been mentioned that the barracks at Daoud Pacba, are set apart for the French, while our own men will be sta tioned at Scutari, in the vast .n Ewart , of the Royal barracks erected in that suburb some years since. Capt Engineers, was sent yesterday ta: inspect the place, and found it superior to all that could su ld it h ua a t v e e o b n ee a n sl e o x p p e e o ct v e e d r. . The range of building, hea th looking the Bosphorus, is capable of containing with ease 8,000 men. When the extensive passages and halls are utilised no doubt 10,000 will be able to find accom modation. The Seraskier__ deputed_ Osman Pasha to acco mpany the English officer in his nspection, t o receive and his sugg ra cks have been emptied of their former occupants, andare now clean and ready for the recepti on o f their new guests. Mats are to be laid down through the whole extent of the building, and the place will be excellently adapted for the winter quarters of the army, or an hospital for the sick and woun ed in the ensuing c ampaign. The Pasha also announced that the entire upper floor in the great hospital was ready fur the sick among the English troops, and that the extensive range of stables between the barrack and the Bosphorus was also at our service. Wood has been cut and piled up fur the use of the troops in sufficient qu.mtities to last a month, and ample preparations are made for cooking, washing, and such necessities. "Not only are the comforts of the private soldier provided for, but the notables who will accompany the expedition may expect a magnificent welcome. The Green Palace at Kuaratscln-stn,S, on the Bo phorus, has been set apart for the reception of the more distingui , hed officers. Probably the urgent nature of military duties will not allow any inui vidual to avail himself for any tune of this pleasingresidence, but as th ere w ill b e a constant streams of travellers passing to and fro on the various duties of restthoe service, the ad van t ages a ff or d e d by such a place will be very great. The town is now dunselv crowded, and where the new arrivals are to find room is awon- der to a ll. A s th e s t ree ts have no names , and the houses no numbers, it i s s , difficult thing to discover the habitation of one's acquaintance, and psoplc are .ItA•n locking after each other in the wretched alleys, which are called streets, in this dreary town. "The latest accounts from the fleet are to the effect that a visit to Odessa was probable, the object of which would be to bring away the consuls, who, it was sup posed, were detained. However, the. consuls have ar rived here in safety, and there is no reason to believe that such an outrage as their detention was ever eon' :templated. "Three of the Zouaves at Gallipoli were shot yest er lay, pursuant t o th e sentence of a regimental court ilartial. Shortly after landing they had proceeded to !ray their addresses to some Turkish women, a proceed ing calculated to excite the anger of the Mussulman popu lation. Two of the officers interfered and commanded ,bean to desist, when the privates either struck or rounded them. They wore at once brought to a court martial, and the sentence of death passed upon then' .vas immediately executed. " The 93d Highlanders arrived on the 11th, and are regarded by the Turks with wonder and admiratioe l'he Osmanli is, I believe, a little scandalised at their personal appearance, for the garb of old Gaul is not COn" -onant with the notions of Ori en t a l dignity.On the arrival of the 93d at Gallipoli, while they were yet or; the noble steamer which brought them, a sm aller vessel came alongside. On the deck was a Pasha, or other Turkish dignitary, with the ladies of his household. Highlanders, eager to salute their Eastern mounted the paddle-box of their steamer, and from their exalted position che ere d th e l a di es b e low them in t he smaller craft. The horror of the Pasha may be iels; pined, and the auguries he drew as to the habits and manners of the Franks. " The price of coal is now a matter of the deepest im' portance. It is selling here at 655. a tun, and the con sequence is that the steamers on the Bosp horus are to stop plying i n 10 d a y s , as the enormous cost of fuel reit' tiers the enterprise a loslng one. One cause of the en' hanced cost is that there are at present no back freights' "Another spell of bad weather has commenced ; t °• day it is snowing, and the troops will be much inc° lll• moded in their temporary quarters. "APRIL 15.—01 d inhabitants declare that the presen t season is unexampled wi thi n t h e l ast few years. A ci° ll „, less sky, tropical h ea t, d us t y roads, and t h e Bosplior''' crowded with caiques, have been succeeded by weather of northern severity. To-day it has almost snowed ie . cessantly, and ciouds of sleet are driven by the cuttiog north-east gale into the faces of the passengers, 11 , 11 ;:, are forced by business to venture out into the 11311 ,7 h,, streets, or to trust themselves to the stormy bosom ca ""„.1 Golden Horn. Such a visitation in the middle of ' 11) 1 ".: is something like a perturbation in nature, and the e' - ‘ i ments themselves seem to share in the convulsions °- troubles of mankind. THE CAMP AT GALLIPOLI. The Malta Mail of the 21st says : " The privations to which the troops at Gallipoli 113" been exposed, the intensely cold weather they hav e t r; perienced, th e s h ame f u l neg l ect on t h e part of the a," A u itties, by which ine:tical stor es h a d no t reac h e d GalliP" before the troops, are current topics of conversation; Encamped at a di s t ance f rom t h e town, former ly log ej now almost desert e d, water hs..s to a very great ext en t fallen short—and m uc h o f w h at t h ere is has been found so brackish as to render its being boiled prior to its bet( used a matter of necessity. Sickness, too, has via l d the Rifles. Two cases of small-pox have been reporteii 200 men of that brigade were, by the last advices. l a ce up, but happily their complaints present no aprea r n,. we re -- of danger. The medicines, however (for they penuent on regimental supplies alone), were fast failing; and the hospit a l supp li es were looked for w i t h Wu° anxiety. A scene of the widest enthusiasm Was P ry sented on the ar riva l o f th e 93d Hi ghlanders a t V 3 lipoli. The Zouaves, a fine body of men forming a ucl i , l3 ; siderabl e p ort i on o f t h e F rench contingent, men "'— have been employed throughout the campaign in Algiert and whose r e sti ng - p l ace f or some months has been in the open air, received their brother mountaineers w ith such demonstrations of welcome as defies descripti °°. With such troops by our side, say they, who shall con' quer us ? A frigh t f u l tragedy has been enacted. Three men of the Zou aves h ave b een tr i ed by court-martial and sentenced to death, which sentence was carried into immediate execution. The example was perhaps n ee°. sary, in order to repress the further commission o f e rinlej of which th e un f ortunate fellows had been gu ilty, and which must, if unpunished, hive led to a serious ru pLure. Their offence was of a demoralising character, the vgau L°ll and forcible violation of the Turkish women." The Malta A/ ail concludes by stating, o n the au thority of its private correspondence, that it ha g been resolved t o l an d no more troops at G a llipoli, and to send them all on direct to Constantinople. FRAN CE. Letters from Toulon of the 24th state that the 4th division of the army of the East commanded by General Forey, was rev i ewe d that day by Ain" shal St. Arnaud. Th e rev i ew took place at au'. day, on the glacis of the town. The men were i: 1 1 full marching order and p resente d a mos t marti appearance. The Commander-in-Chief passed be fore the ranks and minutely inspected the equ i P c i ments, arms, and necessaries of every kind, an expressed himself much satisfied with all the de tails, and declared his high satiefaction to th e Generals and commanding officers of regiments; After the defile the division formed in square, and the Marshal placing himself in the centre, with Forey, d'Aurilles, and de Lourmel at his side, spoke in a strong and sustained tone of voice to the following efforts. " Soldiers l—fu a few days you will leave for the s.rini of the East. Side by side with the English your allies, and with the Ru ssians before you, you will , carry high the flag of F rance , as you have done everywhere. v'' not disdain the enemy you are about to combat) °f ,l ever follow th e counse l s and the example of your c hi e fs. Remember the deeds of your fathers against the sa rn° enemy, and you will have other victories to recount to your mothers and your sisters, when peace shall have" . stored you to your homes. Above all, remember tha t when the first cannon shot is fired our first duty is to ooir quer or to di e , t o t h e shout of • Viva l'Empereur These words, it appeared, produced much eff ect on the army and th e people, and were responded to by the same cry with which the Marshal en!,; eluded his brief a dd ress. The cries were rene w when General Forey replied in a few words on be half of his division. MARSEILLES, April 25.—The weather has h eeu so boisterous fur several days that none of the sail ing vessels laden w i t h troops and stores, during th e last eight days, h ave been a,ble to quit the harbt t.. Some of those w hi c h b a d sa i led have been CT —to- Felled to retur n , an d ot h ers h ave b een f o rced t take shelt e r in T ou l on . A private letter from P ort ' p Vendres stat es th a t a vessel laden with troops f r°ta , Algeria, and bound t o G a lli po li , h a d b een driven In there by stress of weather. In the mean time treeor are arriving here ev e ry d ay f or em barkatic ) The Bishop of Marseill es o ff ere d up prayers in the cathedral on Sund a y l ast tor t h e succes s of the French arms. The ceremony was attended 1) i Generals Rostolan a n d F auc h eux, the P re f e ct, and the Municipal Council, together with all the 20th and military functionaries, The bands of the 2v,f Regiment and of the 19th battalion of Chassen",, played duri ng th e service. Nothwitlastltudill violent storm w hi c h preva i led during t h e nightia; Peninsular an d O r i enta l Comp yan's steamer Va letta arri ve d h ere to-day, with the Indian mail. 0, She brou g ht p r i va t e l etters f rom C ons t an tinople 1 : the 15th i nst . 5 , which state that there were ! that date 25,000 French and 8,000 British troops at Gallieoli. The Bourse was dull yesterday, but prices main: tamed themselves. The Three per Cents. closed at 63f. 30c. for the end of the month ; the Four and-a Half per Cents. at 90f. ; Shares, dthe 1,042f.N 53-01.11; at 64f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway Strasburg,Rou en, 8 4 f 7. 2 ; 7 11 f. a v s r o e c , .4 ; 1 0 N f. ;G e w r e s a h t a N r e o s r , t h s e 3 r 3 n t. ,. 7 7 3 5 u c 1. . Lyons to the Medi -25c. ; Western of France, 552 f. t P e 't rrr Paris n e t a ? 'n 1 ; y6o6u6sil. 802 f. 50c. ; 50c.; o 4of. ; Bordeaux Lyonsto e e t t t o e , Geneva,oos. ; G 4 r 2 e o af. t Central of France, _ Credit Mobilier, 495 f. AUSTRIA. Vosis Gazette of Berlin, under date of Vienna/ 21st, says : "The circumstance that Baron de Meyendorff bas not during the last 15 days had any con f e rence with Count Buol Bchauenstein, whilst the other arnbassa does have had fr equent interviews inspire , cont ri b u t e s to the idea in the public mind that the diplomatic between Russia and Austria are at present confined to indispensable matters. It - be understood at appears to St. Petersburg that it is impossible to change the domi here, relations domi nant opinion at Vienna. It is certain that the Emperor Nicholas wished to send another of his diplomatists of ad v b i u c e t s h received Mes Baron de Meyendorff. The Russian to general sent to Vienna is only charged_ ty fr r o e in nounced the idea in consequence con vey to the Emperor the congratulations of the Czar . 01 ' his marriage. There has been no question of a mission similar to that given to Count Orloff." A Frankfort journal states that the Austri,all_ Government has prohibited the exportation o! number of anchors which had been ordered by th e Russian Government. Tile Vienna Gazette of the 23d, contains sever al decrees by which the Emperor accords a full Par don to 336 political prisoners, who had been con demned to confinement in a fortress. There was a rumour current at Vienna, on the' VW, that Austria and Prussia are disposed to 11 11141. ' their military forces near the Polish frontier. 4.. Letters from Lemberg state that Austria is "- tinning a third corps d'arinee and eight field bow' pitals on the Galician frontier. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Lugano, in the f an 4) oneAt° 1 Turin, mentions another violation of the Swm '' territory by Austrian soldiers. It says that on the night of the 19th a Lombard smuggler crossed a( frontier near Chiasso, with a load of soap, with" answering the challen ge o f the Austrian sen tinel stationed there ; whereupon the latter tired up on him, though h e was a l rea dy on the territory of Ticino, and killed Ruin. There being nobody nears A few Atuttrisu soldiers went ow quiutlYs * lO.l or' .• ~• • %................. of soap, followin the fact r Our a The r eltreulat ~t 1 the oga ght b. yhristir 4 The ( 4 tePher 4 antiag The se Di port v tie Rei Queen. The dew Ti First C Itosec tallix Furze Light Niois N 1 Ni 4 %Pis Tu Ra u l eikaso W Tx