The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRITRY LA2fili. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Apart 25, Will be performed LUCREXA BORGIA. Characters by Mr. Hamilton Braham and Signor Paresl; lir&lame Caradori, and Mdlle. Veatvail. Followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. TUB iTRE ROYAL HAY3fi.RKET. Under the management of Mr. Backatone. THIS EVENING, Arita 25, Will be performed LONDON ASSURANCE. Supported by Messrs. Chippendale, Rogers, Howe, Vandenhoff, Compton. and Backstone ; Miss Featherstone, and Miss L. Howard. • - • - Atter which, the entirely new aad original extravaganza, entitled MR. BirCIESTONTE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (LN LEI CESTER-SQUARE), written by J. R. Planche, Eat. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark. Mr. J. Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Caulfield, Miss E. Grey. Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with THE PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES. Prin clpal characters by Mr. Compton and Miss E. Grey. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under tke Management of Mr. CHAILE3 Ewe, THIS EYENDTG, Aram 25, Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart ; and Misses Heath and Murray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstanley and Miss C. Leclercq. After which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters by Messrs. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Saker ; and Misses Murray and Daly. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVEN-LNG, APRIL 25. WUI be performed TWO LOVES AND A LIFE. supported by Messrs. C. Selby. Leigh Murray, Benjamin Webster, Keeley, and 0. Smile ; Miss Woolgar ana Madame Celeste. Followed by THE OVERL kND JOCRNEY TO CONSTANTI NOPLE, AS UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WITLI LNTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris, THIS EVENING, Apart 25, Will be performed A C H A RMING WIDOW. Pri nc ip a l charac ters by Mr. C. Ma thews ; . Miss Talbot and ili ac Oliver. To be followed by GIVE A DOG AN ILL NAME. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews and F. Matthews. After which. NUMBER ONE ROUND THE CORNER. Concluding with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Aram Y 5, win be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. 11. White, Leslie, and Vincent ; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL Jcin Ea'igs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. So:e Lessee 31r. F. W. Al'croft—Directress, Miss Zebeces Isaacs. THIS EVENING, APDAL 2.5, 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, 51.; Boxes, 3e. ' • Pit, 14. 6d; Gallery, 6(1 .; Privat e t leae't lie.fid.. to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A APHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Great attraction and powerful Novelties for the Easter Holidays, THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec tacle, embodying 1'1 , 1 , e and extraordinary effects (written by Mr. Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE OF TIlk: SPANISH WAR, or, The Horse of the Wreck. Tha horses expressly trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE, intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Mr. Alfred Cooke, and the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in Europe. Concluding with a popular FARCE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATBER TABLE. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1854 State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. TUNBRIDGE—N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—N„ gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—N.E., fresh breeze—partially cloudy. YARIIOIITII—N.E., hard wind—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : FOLICESTONE—N. gentle breeze —over cas t. TIINBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—N., strong breeze —overcast. STROOD—N.E., gentle breeze —overcast. SWINDON—N.E., fresh breeze—rain. CAMBRIDGE—N,. gentle breeze —rain. BIRMINGNAM—N.E., calm —rain. YARMOUTH—N.E., strong breeze—heavy rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TAT. DAT —Morning 39 min.after 12 1 Evening 1 min.aft. 1 To - Mmutow—Morning 23 min.after 1 1 Evening 41 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.--Stril Orrice, APRIL 25. TIIERMOMETER, IN TRH SHAWL. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and daring the night. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 - 47. WIND, N.N.E.—Moderate breeze, and cloudy. ,§ll3l, ot LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1854. April the Tenth will assuredly be regarded as a day somewhat memorable in the History of NAPOLEON 111. , as a date not the least interesting among those which will be commemorated in the record of his Imperial MAJESTY'S extraordinary vicissitudes. April the Tenth, 1848, found him, as an exiled Prince in London, walking the streets of that capital, in common with so many other private citizens, in defence of public order as a Special Constable. April the Tenth, 1854, found him, as a power ful monarch, ratifying, in his palace of the Tuileries, a convention of alliance between his own and the British Government. Between those two dates, six years complete the interval connecting together incidents so won derfully contrasting each other in the career of this remarkable personage. It is something, surely, to have passed through those six years—six years, moreover, marked by a succession of such mar vellous perils, and occasionally impeded, too, by apparently insurmountable difficulties —it is some thing, we say, to have passed through those six years in a manner so entirely triumphant that animosity is disarmed, that hatred is Silenced, that courtly panegyrics are heard in quarters from which formerly one was only accustomed to listen to calumny, scurrility, and vituperation. Superficial observers would sometimes appear to have imagined that a retrospect from the im perial sceptre to the police staff had in its con trast something like a resemblance to the one step from the sublime to the ridi culous. It is scarcely possible, however, that any cue can seriously review the history of the present EMPEROR of the French without deducing from i ta annals a conviction that between events like those just particularised there is at once re cognisable a Perfectly harmonious consistency. The 10th of 1848, not one jot less than the 10th of April, 1854, attested the cor diality of the friend], disposition with which the Prince Lours Nar.or,zoN has throughout regarded the English Government. On the former occasion when his capacities f or good or evil were restricted r —when he stood in our capital a, a Private citizen amenable to the laws affordi ng him shelt er , as i t were, within the sanctuary of tho Constitution the exile testified, by his participation in the popular movement in defence of th e outraged majesty of those b en i gn l aws , th e d epth of his gratitude and the cordiality of his friend ship. On the latter occasion, the sincerity of that token of goodwill towards England has been somewhat strikingly and certainly quite con clusively demonstrated. The EMPEROI has pro claimed through a solemn decree, published in the aleititettr, what the Prince by his personal acts, six years ago, could only suggest to the popular understanding, so to speak, inferentially. The result of all which is, that under the reign of his Imperial MAJESTY, a complete and cordial alliance has been established between the French and Eng lish Governments. That alliance has, under his auspices, been formally asserted through the medium of a Royal and Imperial Convention. It is an alliance so solid and practical, that it hss accomplished an union between the two peoples such as the world has no record of since the period of the Crusades—blending together, for the first time, the maritime power of the two countries, and conducting their soldiers, side by side, under the allied banners of the union-jack and the tricolour, against the common enemy of Europe, the barbarian foe of its peace, its liberties, and its civilisation. It is something, we repeat, to have passed through six years of extraordinary peril, and at the end of those six years to be grasping not simply a const a bl e ' s staff, but an imperial sceptre—and a sceptre wielded, too, with such consummate skill that it has come at last, at the end of those six y e ars, to be regarded with respect even by , the most virulent of the EMPEROR'S foreign traducers, while within the boundaries of the French empire it continues to be obeyed with loyal devotion by a vast, a valiant, a religious, an enlightened, and a hi g hl y - c i v i l i sed population. Others might be accused of adulation in speaking thus in his hour of supreme success of the reign ing French SOVEREIGN. The charge, however, cannot in any way be directed against ourselves. It cannot for an instant be whispered against cur selves, because in speaking of this extraordinary only man a ass w w e e do now in hi s d ay o f tr i umph, Ice speak did of him in his day of danger and dif ficulty. Our opinions are in this matter not opinions of yesterday, they are not opinions won suspiciously by a success that sets at defiance all opposition. They are only avowed now as they were avowed long since, when to give them utterance merely gained for the unprejudieed and independent journalist the odium of being what was termed at the time a " base exception," in the midst of the prevailing storm of furious and scurrilo personality. Therefore, we maintain, our opinions upon this subject have at least the value of not being extorted from our judgment by the mere violence of victory, but of being, on the contrary, the result of perfectly logical deductions, the fruit of calm thought, and of careful and con tinuous observation. At any period there is a moral discoverable in the contrasts presented by these wonderful viz's situdes. At a juncture like the present, it can not but be more than ever deserving of the popular consideration. Hence have we deemed it reasonable at this moment to direct the attention of the English public to the marvel of those six years which have elapsed since the 10th of April, 1848, when the Prince Lours NAPOLEON acted as a Special Constable in the streets of London fur the defence of Order and Law in England, and the 10th of April, 1854, on which the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. arranged the Convention of Alliance between France and England—a Con vention by which it is proposed that the two con tracting Governments shall restore Peace, and Law, and Order to entire Christendom. The drain of bullion still continues. The stock in both departments of the Bank was, during the week ending the 15th instant, reduced by no less than 629,7261., leaving only 13,510,873/. on band, and that a further diminution will be per ceptible on the next return is unfortunately but , too well known. The Times tells us, in its City Article, that "the whole of the recent Australian arrivals have proved inadequate to meet the de mand for gold. for the Continent, and a further considerable sum has been taken to-day from the Bank of England." It also states, in another paragraph, that " the bar silver brought by the last West India steamer was sold to-day for the Continent." But how could it be otherwise ? What reasonable expectation could be entertained that other nations would abstain from provid ing themselves at our expense, or resist the temptation to which they are subjected? We expose the glittering prize ! We place no restriction, no difficulty, in the way of its acquisition ! And then we wonder that stran gers should avail themselves of the opportunities afforded by the culpable apathy and indifference of those charged with the control and manage ment of the national finances. It required not the confirmation afforded by this untoward state of affairs. Any person of ordinary experience must have foreseen that such would be the case, and might have foretold it without the slightest fear of failure. Long since, we called upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer earnestly and em phatically to adopt adequate precautions, either to arrest the current or to provide an adequate substitute, before a monetary panic, more disas trous even than that of 1847, shall set iu to paralyse the trade and commerce of the country, and to bring distress and difficulty home to every family who depend on their daily labour for their daily bread. Unfortunately, however, not the slightest re gard has as yet been paid to these salutary warn ings. Mr. GLADSTONE still exhibits a perverse obstinacy worthy of Sir CHARLES WOOD, and either cannot or will not see the formidable shoals and quicksands towards which he is recklessly steering the vessel of the State. The iniquitous Act of 1844, although never intended to be kept in operation during a state of warfare, is still maintained without modification or alteration of any kind. And even now that a loan is about to be contracted—for that is the plain and unequi vocal meaning of his recent announcement--he does not ask even for the full amount of what he has abstracted from the exchequer for the liquida tion of old liabilities, but permits the public balance to be reduced by more than two millions sterling —aye, and practically undertakes to pay off one million per annum of that amount, in ad dition to bearing the entire weight of the war expenditure ! Can we wonder if every class of security, public and private, are seriously depressed, when a course so impolitic and calculated to inflict such serious injury is recklessly pursued ? Can we feel surprised if the Directors of the Bank of England should resolutely oppose his plans ? Hitherto they have succeeded in baffling him at every point, and it looks as if similar success would attend their future efforts in the same direction. By depressing the money market and raising the rate of interest at the critical time, they completely overthrew his con version project, and rendered it a melancholy and humiliating abortion. By protesting (and very properly so) against a financial policy based on a system of deficiency bills, and rendering tile Government dependent on the accommodation which the Bank might be able to afford, they drove him into the market as a borrower, so that the full extent of his failure might be perceptible ; and now that they have done so, they are making the arrangement more difficult and costly to the country, for we find the Bank lending a large amount of Consols, more than a million sterling, to the " Bears" of the Stock Exchange, and sustaining the speculators for a fall in their unpatriotic efforts to depreciate the value of the public funds. We also find large quantities of money stock thrown on the market through the gentleman who generally acts for the Bank, and, as it is universally believed, on thesaeepeorunocetedoinf g t s h h e as ßa be n en k i al t r s e c a t En a T n h i e fes e te ffz t an o d f it only requires that the minimum rate of dis count should be increased. at the "Parlour" complete the discomfiture on Thursday, to of the Financial Minister, and to greatly preju dice his already damaged reputation as a financier. But will Mr. GLADSTONE bear these matters patiently ? Will he still "turn his cheek to the smiter" without any effort at a return ? If '„ does so he must be of a singul ar l y patient without ra ment. Ho has now an opportun i A temps_ , 0-%trying a gr ea t e ven waiting for August, 1855, c experiment. If he merely cauflio the proposed issue of Exchequerßills to be %nada in small denominations, in 10/. and 20/., in 'place of 500/. and 1,000/., he will, Mad that they will reculily and freely p& from THE SUN; LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1854. hand to hand, and, in fact, discharge the duty of a national currency just as well as Bank of Eng land, or any other notes of similar denominations. He will thus find that he may safely reduee to the lowest scale, or abolish altogether, the interest ; they will still be readily accepted. If, then, he issue 1/. bills, receivable in payment of taxation, or any description of debts to the Crown, he will liberate some thirty or forty millions of gold that ' is now in use for the daily transactions of life, at an expense of some 6 or 7 per cent. ; that is to say, about 3 to 3i percent. for interest, and an equal amount for wear, and tear, and depreciation. A really national note would, as we have stated on many occasions, be just as valuable for domes tic circulation as specie, and care might easily be taken to prevent serious, or, indeed, any depreci ation in the value. Our monetary code must be modified. Mr. GLADSTONE would be more or less than man if he endured patiently the slights and indignities inflicted on him, or sanctioned the continuance of exclusive privileges which have been used with such tremendous power for his own discomfiture. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The ides of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500 Ame rican talon for export. The market was tame but steady, it previous rates. The sales comprised 4,500 Anerican ; 200 Bahia, at NA. to 6gd. ; 250 Egyitian at 6d. to 81d. ; 1,000 Surat, at 2d. to 31d. ; and 100 Sea:lsland, at ls. to 2s. 2d. per lb. Railvay Shares were fiat, at lower prices. At thefirst ordinary general meeting of the Com mercial Credit Mutual Assurance Society, the possi bility of carrying out a system of in iurance against bad debts was fully exemplified. Many erroneous opinions lave prevailed upon this subject, and it has been ""oncluded by some persons, that scarcely any plan •ould be devised which would work safely and advantageously for all parties. In a period of excitement and panic, the losses, it has been con tended, would be overwhelming, and the satisfaction of the numerous claims extremely problematical. It needs onlyaperusal however ofthe stringent but very necessary and wholesome provisions upon which the society is based, to convince the most sceptical that no apprehension need be entertained on this score. The object studiously kept in view is the inculcation of cautious trading ; and, so far from holding ou, a premium to the careless or unprin cipled, the highest possible inducements are offered for preliminary inquiry and mutual co-operation in the avoidance of bad debts. A party insuring ' becomes immediately interested in diminishing the losses that may arise, because they are met by the common fund ; and there is so little excuse for trusting unknown or suspected individuals, that we doubt whether the society would be acting in the least illiberally if it excluded from com pensation those who opus new accounts with out first seeking infornation from what is termed its " Reference Department." If the manager reported the person about whom inquiry was made to be untrustworthy, credit ought naturally to be declined, and the annals of the Bankruptcy Court would reveal fewer tales of gra dual but ruinous involvement, in which, though the guilty may suffer, the innocent become involved. The assured have such ample control that there is every guarantee for the fair administration of the undertaking, while a Council of Reference, elected by themselves, and comprising mercantile and pro fessional gentlemen, who, being neither directors nor shareholders, are wholly disinterested, sits in judgment upon all claims, and in a special report to the Board assigns its reasons for their admission or rejection. The assured have no liability beyond the payment of their premium and the Management Commission. In the general ba lance sheet from May, 1852, to the close of 1853, as submitted to the meeting of the assured, it appeared that the premiums received amount to 31,0321., and the admitted claims, less 10 per cent. to the reserved fund, to 24,527/. The manager's report states that, on the 31st Dec. last, there were 217 houses insured : " These 217 houses may be classified as to the amount of their respective annual returns, as follows :- 44 houses annual returns, under 10,500 80 JP 10,000, and not exceeding. 15,000 28 „ above 15,000, 20,000 25 „ 20,000, IP 30,000 11 22 30,00 0 , 31 49,000 14 „ 40,000, 50,000 15 „ 50,000, " The premiums payable for the year 1854, by the 217 houses, whose policies existed on 31st Dec. 1853, amount to 31,0961. ls. " Further Policies have been issued by the Society since the Ist January this year ; and (after allowing also for policies which have been cancelled) there are on this day 228 houses on the books of tho Society, who are Policy holders, and whose aggregate annual returns amount in the whole to: 4,925,0001. "The Manager further reports, that the Claims admitted since the commencement of the Society, and up to the 31st December, 1853, are 781 in number, and amount in the whole to the sum of 27,2521. 6s. 11d. " These admitted claims may be classified according to their respective amounts, as under :- 190 claims under £lO 283 „ £lo and not exceeding 25 163 „ above 25 IP 50 93 „ „ 50 ~ 100 44 ,6 V 9 100 ~ 250 8 „ „ 250 781 " The manager further reports, that in the reference de partment, since the formation of the society and up to 31st December, 1853, there have been, independent of the general register of bankruptcies and insolvencies kept by the society, 3,288 special inquiries made on behalf of tho assured, and 2,617 answers given to inquiries made by the assured." The firms that insure, include manufacturers, founders, corn-dealers, retailers, factors, coal, iron, provision, leather, stone, and timber mer chants, paper stainers, jewellers, gold beaters, &c. The Council of Reference report that when a claim is made, immediate steps are taken to assist the party in recovering the debt, even beforo it is shown that the society funds are answerable for the payment, and that an assured house has con siderable advantages over an uninsured one, in other respects similar. In the winding up of many estates, thanks to the zeal and ability of its officials, this society has done far better for creditors than they could have hoped to have done for themselves, and excellent dividends have been realised where the asserted assets were exceedingly small. The Overland Mail is telegraphed as having arrived. The rebellion in China appears still' to be spreading. A feeling of greater anxiety prevails in the city respecting the continuous drain upon the bullion of the Bank of England. We hear that the return for the week to Saturday last will show a total of less than 13,250,0001., and it is certain, from the amounts withdrawn this week, that the balance sheet to next Saturday will look still worse. The gold by the recent vessels from Australia is al bespoken, and the question is naturally asked, "can the drain be arrested, and how ?" It is confidently stated that the Bank will, on Thursday, raise its rate of discount to 6 per cent., but if the remit tances are for Government account, and the war must be carried on, it will be idle to suppose that the bullion can be retained. We trust sincerely the excellent plan of Exchequer Bonds will suc ceed, as these documents may possibly become in favour abroad, and attract specie hither, as even Consols would do now but for the fear of a greater depression in prices, and the absence of any gua rantee that they will hereafter be liquidated at been . 31 par. Stocks are weaker this morning , although the foreign political news is good on th e whole , and it is probable that the decline in the bullion, and the intention to invest in Exch e q uer Bonds ind uce s the sales. Consols have be en done at 86 i fo r money, after having been qu oted 87 / j . For ac count the lowest price has been 87 . Exchequer Bills have been at par to 4s. p remium. India Stock is marked 230 to 233 . Foreign Stocks have been ra ther tendin g down wards. Russian 5 per Cents. have been at 92 to at i flatter Mexi can93i a t,sbeootin3kl g s v s, ery firm. Spanish 3 p er Cents. have been w a o d rsthha th The Railway The Gold Mine Sharesand have Equ firm, and about per cent. rth Aqua Fria better. The Lan d Com p anies' and Banks are steady. 2ree3Ngielawrkpeetfe has sdd o beenl 4. by BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Prom the Official List.) RUSinetin done 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. ............ B6 51 6k 51 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7l 1 6 i 7i Neff 31 per Cent. Annuities ........ 8 .. 6 . B6l 7i 61 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1 .. 4 11-16 i India Stock Consols for Account 11th May Exchequer Bills, 2d. 21000 2500 par 4 p Small par 4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. lOO Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Ex. Dec., 1849 .Coupon— 161 Grenada Bonds, Deferred ....... Greek Bonds, Red Ditto, Blue Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ . 92 31 2A 3 . ..Ditto 4) per Cent BO 791 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... ..... .... •-••• I? 8 1 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent .... .. .. . Spanish New Deferred, 3 per bent. Dividends on the above payable in London. lIALF•PA ST TWO. Consols B7 i Ditto May 6mo:wit - ..... 1111111 ..... .1 .. 1 87 EA LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS. FIVE HUNDRED MEN KILLED. The Moniteur of this morning (Tuesday) states, that on the 16th inst. a sharp engagement took place before Kalafat, between the Russian and Turkish forces. The Russians were driven back as far as Maglavitz, with a loss of nearly 500 men. The Turks had 14 men killed and 33 wounded. BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA. The Lloyd has advices from Brody of the 21st, in which it states that a steamer and 12 ships of the line were off Odessa, and that 3 Russian coast ers had been captured. An English steamer, sent with a flag of truce to fetch the English and French Consuls, had been fired into. The Consuls had been sent away by the Russians, and reached Constantinople on the Bth. The Presse states that Odessa has been bom barded, that the Russian strand batteries caused some damage to the ships, but were at last silenced. A part of the city was in flames. This requires confirmation. ODESSA, April 12.—A division of the Allied Fleet has re-appeared in force before this town. A blockade is evidently intended ; and the inhabi tants fully expect it. THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 24.—The statement that the Russians had evacuated Aland is now alleged to be untrue ; on the contrary, the garrison has been reinforced by several hundred riflemen. Thirty war ships have sailed past Sandhamin, steering northwards. One division of Britith ships is in the Gulf of Bothnia, examining the coast of Finland, preparatory to blockading the ports. Another division is in the Gulf of Finland for the same purpose. The whole French fleet arrived yesterday in Kioge Bay. LAußvm (NoßwAy), APRIL 17.—The Norwe gian squadron is under orders to put to sea, from Hosten, on the 19th inst., to join the Swedish squadron at Karlscrona. LUBECK, APRIL 18.—The captain of a vessel arrived here yesterday from Calmar, reports that he saw a war steamer off Moen, with barques in tow, apparently Finlanders. The Stettin (Past Sea) Journal contains the fol lowing under the head of " Memel" (19th), rela tive to the capture of the small trading vessels by the Conflict, arid the fatal accident which deprived her Majesty's service of a distinguished officer and four picked seamen :-- "Besides the Industrie (Fuhl, master), the Russian craft John (Jost), Katbarina Charlotte (Kaling), and Carl Magnus (Rasmus), which left this port for Riga on the 16th, were brought in here under the English flag and by English crews. All the (Russian) crews of these vessels were taken on board the Conflict, whence two women, a young boy, and a Prussian pilot were put on shore and liberated. The Conflict has remained at anchor off our port since yesterday. Capt. Foote, her commander, landed this forenoon, accompanied by an officer. About 5 p.m. he prepared to return on board. In consequence of the strong north-welters that have prevailed, blowing right against the Haf current, the breakers between the two jetties were extremely dange rous. The chief pilot here consequently, but vainly, urged Captain Foote to take a larger boat. He per sisted in pulling off in his long but narrow gig. accompanied by a lieutenant and five men. Ten minutes had not elapsed, however, ere the boat was capsized and disappeared before the eyes of the spectators. The safety boat was got afloat with incredible speed. manned with pilots, and pushed off, but it arrived too late—only two persons, the lieutenant and one sailor, were picked up in a state of exhaustion. The captain, a powerfully made man, and four sailors, had found a watery grave." The value of the different prizes taken by our vessels already is estimated at between 70,0001. or 80,0001. sterling. If our steam fleet were increased by vessels drawing little water, but duly and powerfully armed, there is little doubt that our brave sailors would rapidly pick up wherewithal to recompense them for the perils they will have to encounter, in a navigation as capricious as it is dangerous. ST. PETERSBURG. An ordinance has just appeared at St. Peters burg respecting the treatment of prisoners of war, but which, from the date of its publication, would have reference only to Turkey. Tule, Orel, Thirsk, and Kaluga, are named as the central depots. But renegades and refugees are, if officers, to receive only the treatment of common soldiers, and they have also a special place of sejour assigned them. Such prisoners as shall prove themselves or be proved to be Austrian subjects, aro to be delivered over to the nearest frontier station of the Austrian empire. THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC. Subjoined are the latest advices received in re ference to the state of the navigation in the Baltic : REVEL, April 11.—The following vessels have got into Baltic Port, via., Ostsee, Voss, from Leith ; Flying Childers, White, from London ; and the Soglasie, Fischer, from Messina. The bay there was yesterday quite free of ice. Here, to the westward of Wulff and Kakomeggi Point, there is open water. BOLDERAA, April 14.—The ice in the gulf continues to hold fast to the coast. 15Tm.—Twenty-seven vessels are in sight in the ice. Wind, S.W. Depth of water in the fair-way, 143 feet Dutch. The ice on the Duna began to move this day at noon. The weather is ♦ery mild. THE BLACK SEA. MALTA, APRIL 13.—The Golden Fleece from Gallipoli, which conveyed the Rifles thither, re turned hero yesterday, and brings intelligence from the British and French fleets to the 4th instant, under which date they continued at Baldchik, a place of anything but prepossessing appearance, with usually much swell and surf on the beach. From Cape Calazriah to the town there are chalky-looking cliffs, close to the sea ; above them a confusion of hollows and mounds, sprinkled with dark thorn-bushes, reaching back a short distance, till an abrupt white-faced cliff rises to the edge of the plain at a height of about 400 or 500 feet from the water. From the ships there seem but few breaks in the long flat outline ; but on landing, deep wild gulleys are here and there found, and Baldchik is on the western side of a valley which is connected with several such—a miserable place, beginning in detached houses near the beach, owning some pieces of streets, going first to the right, and then extending up to the left in a promiscuous manner along the edge of a cliff, until near the plain. Its population is about 5,000. In the table-land there are vine yards, and cherry-trees, and brushwood ; and out side this begins the great grazing-ground for the cattle whose folds surround the farm-houses. From Baldchik towards Varna there is a greater variety of outline, more wood is to be seen, and the country is evidently much more in teresting. Enterprise and commercial specu lation have taken Englishmen into strange places, but there is not much chance of any of our British naval officers being allured to make a half-way home at such a place as Baldchik, even were the tenure ofland in Turkey guaranteed by the best of laws. Who could get on under such au executive as governs in Turkey—in a place where there is at all times a prospect, as in the present day, of a cry, " The Russians are coming ?" The inhabitants of Baldchik are all ready to leave for Varna, or some place on the other side of the Balkan range. There are neither defences nor soldiers, and the bey or pacha has applied to the admirals to land the marines for the protection of the town, which has not been granted ; for it would be wrong to lead him to rely on such aid at a moment when the stay or the movements of the fleets must of necessity be very uncertain ; and accordingly, he has been advised to apply to the Pacha of Varna for Ottoman troops ; but prudent measures have been nevertheless taken to secure the safety of British and French watering parties, should it be threatened. Poultry and eggs are procurable, but oxen have to be brought from Varna. The Sidon, Firebrand, and Magellan were despatched on the 27th of March, to prevent any supplies being landed for the Russian force which crossed the Danube on the 23d. They went along the Turkish coast, seeing nothing until they reached the Sulina mouth of the river, where they found that an 18-gun battery had been erected by the Russians, who have a schooner of war lying outside the bar, the masters of which were coun selled to leave. Severel consultations were held by the captains of the four allied war steamers, and at one time they were on the point of coming to the determination of doing their best to destroy the battery, and to cut out the schooner ; but on a more careful examination of their instructions, and mature r d e lib era tion, these were not consi dered a sufficient warrant for the rejected under taking, and th e same was for the momen., reluc tantly abandoned • not, however, wi thout a ho p e that their instructions might before long be remo delled and extended. Returning to Kosteudje, the town was found deserted ; but , falling in . with a boat putting back through strew of weather, it was ascertained that a number of the inhabitants had • been killed, and others most brutally treated, by the ba,shi-bazouks, or Turkish irregulars. Some wounded were taken on board the Firebrand, which conveyed them to Baldchik ; and among others, one man. with a sad gash across his throat, a woman badly wounded in the breast and side, and even two children badly wounded, one not more than eight months old, the other two and a half years of age ; so that these poor wretches have not only to fear the enemy, but their very defen ders, these bashi-bazouks ! The people of the Bazarjie have sent to Varna for means of trans , port to remove what little property they have before these plundering irregulars despoil them of it. The Firebrand, after communicating with the admirals, left on the 3d to rejoin her consorts the Sidon and Magellan. News reached the fleets on the morning of the 4th, by the Inflexible, of the arrival of the first French troops at Gallipoli, dates from which place to the Bth of April announce up to that time no other British arrivals, save the Rifles and two companies of Sappers and Miners, under Brigadier-General Brown, on the 6th, in the Golden Fleece, from Malta ; and five French steamers, with 2,810 rank and file (Zouaves and Chasseurs d'Orleans) from Algeria. The Taliiri Bahri, Turkish steamer, had arrived from Volo, with four chiefs and 150 Greek prisoners, part of a band of insurgents routed outside the town of Volo. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AT MALTA.—Com missary-General Routh, with several other officers, reached Malta on the 13th of April in the Colombo. The Valetta arrived at the same time from Mar seilles, but did not bring any officers either British or French. The Colombo left for Alexandria on the same evening, and was to be followed by the Valetta, taking a portion of the Indus's cargo, on the next day. THE DOBRUDSCHA. VIENNA, Monday Evening.—The Russians have bombarded Silistria, which was on fire on the 14th, at 4 o'clock. The fortress was unharmed. It had not sur rendered up to the 19 h. The Wanderer gives a letter from Jassy, of the 7th, which intimates that the siege of Silistria had neguu ; and that in consequence of the entire de- Aruction of the ne forts, called (after his Highness the Sultan) the Medjidie, the city lay entirely open and exposed on that side ; that the Greek and Turkish inhabitants had united in requiring the garrison to march out, and fight the Russians out side the city, as they did not fancy a bombardment similar to that of 1829. The Russians were also said to have offered to spare the pacha's private property in and about the town, if he would not protract the siege too long. The Danubio had returned, on the 3d inst., to Galatz, from her voyage of investigation and inquiry as to the state of the Sulina mouth, which she reports to be clear and open, and free from all obstacles, and from every sort of blockade. Letters from the seat of war, in the Ost Deutsche Post journal, intimate the strong probability of Russian attempts being made to pass the Danube at the ford or shallow below Giurgevo, with the view of assaulting Rutschuk. It is added that they will also very likely renew their recent attempt at Kalarasch, to force the passage to Rassova. For this purpose they have collected at both these spots four divisions of infantry, two of cavalry, and two of artillery—the 3d and 4th corps, with eighteen batteries, and two brigade parks. Field-Marshal Prince Paskiewitsch arrived at Fokschan on the 15th. The Journal de Constantinople confirms the statement of the Russian occupation of the Trajan Wall, from which the Turks had retired in order before them. Letters from Schumla state that Omer Pacha is kept minutely informed as to everything which goes on, or is even projected in the enemy's camp. It is there generelly understood, that on the same day on which the Russians will attempt the passage of the Danube (that, namely, which we have just mentioned), General Liiders will also attempt to advance out of the Dobrudscha, and to carry the healthy eminences and rising grounds of the Balkan. Within the last fortnight Omer Pacha has re ceived reinforcements, to the extent of not less than seventeen battalions. He cannot at this mo ment have less than 70,000 or 80,000 men at his command. But whether he will answer the Russian challenge on a fair and open field, or receive his adversary in the entrenched fastness of Schumla, remains still a profound secret to every one. From Krajova, of the 10th, we learn that the Russians are fortifying the road leading from Sla tina towards the Danube, and which runs between the Badea and the Aluta at three several points. The Turks had collected an immense quantity of sailing vessels, barques, and gunboats at the ford or passage of Columenda, near Nicopoli ; and had also constructed two batteries there of guns of the heaviest calibre. The Russians had fortified the opposite side of this ford or shallow in an equally Imposing manner. Cannonades were taking place ,laity from both sides. A field hospital for 2,000 patients had been formed at Plojeschti. News of the 14th from the seat of war (says the Lloyd) men tions that the Turks are still very actively engaged with their fortifications on the island near Nico poli ; whence people infer that they are seriously meditating a passage of the Danube at that point. Everything shows great activity at Kalafat. It is also stated as a fact that English and French troops were landed at Varna on the 10th. AUSTRIA. Yesterday (Monday) the marriage of the Aus trian Emperor with the Princess Elizabeth o Bavaria was solemnised in the church of St. Augus tine at Vienna. Besides the imperial family, the Cardinal Archbishop of Prague, the Archbishop of Olmutz, the Primate of Hungary, Cardinal Von Scitowsky, the Prince Archbishop of Gratz, Field- Marshal Radetsky, the Ban Jellachich, Baron Hess, nearly all the chief dignitaries of the empire and the diplomatic corps were present. The Czar sent General Grunwald, from St. Petersburg, expressly to congratulate the Emperor. Yesterday was kept as a holiday at the Vienna Bourse, but the quotations of Saturday were de pressed, and the increase of anxiety is unmistakeably shown in a further considerable rise in the exchange on London and in the premium on the precious metals. Gold has risen to 414 per cent. prem. This shows such a ruinous depreciation of Austrian paper as has not been observed at any former period of the Russo-Turkish quarrel. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, APRIL 21.—Baron Hess having for mally insisted on the necessity of an energetic de claration that should put a stop to the hesitation of the Prussian Cabinet, the effect was seen in the signature of the treaty yesterday, without the in sertion of the clause which would have bound Austria by anticipation, or have been favourable to Russia. A period of four weeks has been fixed within which the ratifications must be exchanged, and the treaty will then be communicated to the German Governments, in order that they may ac cede to it. Thirteen articles determine the degree of assistance which the two Powers shall recip rocally afford to each other, and the mode in which it is to be afforded. It is said that three secret articles aro appended to the treaty. Preparations are already being made for the nuptials of Princess Louisa, daughter of Prince Charles of Prussia—one of the fairest as she per haps is the most gentle and amiable lady in Europe—with Prince Alexis of Hesse-Philippstahl. The small palace of Monbijou, of which the King most kindly accorded a detached wing to be con verted into an English chapel, is to be fitted up as a residence for the young bridal couple. This small palace was originally erected by Frederick I. for his celebrated consort, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover. At her death it was presented by the King to the notorious Countess of Wartenberg, from whom it was purchased by the Crown, when her husband, long an omnipotent Minister and favourite, was disgraced and banished. F RAN CE. Though the official organ of the French Govern ment has not as yet confirmed the intelligence communicated by telegraph from Vienna respecting an important battle in the Dobrudscha, in which the Russians were defeated with a loss of 3,000 m en, and the Turks of about half that number, it is said that in high official quarters the f ac t i s cre dited. It is possible that the Government are waiting for further details from an official source before they give it the sanction of their confirma tion. On such a point, however, no better autho rity can be cited than the Emperor himself, and it is certain that his Majesty, in conversation with more than one person at the Princess Mathilde's reception, stated that, notwithstanding the absence of complete intelligenco of an official charac ter, he had reason to believe that .the main facts of a battle havin g t a k en p l ace, an d a vic tory gained by the Ottoman troops were cor rect. Moreover, the Emperor is said to have ex pressed his satisfaction at the general state of affairs in other respects, and this satisfaction is understood to refer not only to Austria but to Prussia. It i s t rue th a t an I mper i a l personage , no less e x p ose d t o error t h an o th er people ; but it is doubtful that one of his cautious habits would stii speak with so little reserve were the matter still .s 1 uncertain. As it is, in Paris intense leaning to i manifested on the point, defeat of I the favourable view—that is, to the with a decided 1 in the I taken p-0,40 Russians, A marked amigo Jam TWO MORE RUSSIAN PRIZES (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY, 10.30 A.M. The Argus crew Revenue steamer, Commander Grandy, is now towing in a Russian brig, which she has made prize of in the Channel. The Argus received information of her prize being in the Channel from a Cowes pilot, who spoke her. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING Last evening a Brixharn trawl sloop arrived here with intelligence that she had left a second sloop, in company with a Russianbarque, off Start Point. This morning the Port Admiral and the Collector of Customs having been in communication with each other, the Government steam-tug Confiance was despatched at an early hour to secure the prize. She is reported to be laden with salt and saltpetre, from St. Übes for Finland, and has a compliment of 13 men. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The performances of the Royal Opera last week were, it appears, only preliminary to the commencement of the subscription season, which began last night with the Lucre: is Borgia of Donizetti. Some further notifica tion of the plans and arrangements of the management has now been published. In addition to the artistes already stated to be engaged, we are to have, it seems, Madame Doria, Madame Koster, Miss Fanny Huddart, Herr Reichart, Herr Pee; Herr Theodore Formes, Hear Pischek, and some others of inferior note. Be sides Lindpainter, the conductorship will be in the oc casional bands of Herr Anschiitz, Mr. Lovell Phillips, and Dr. Wylde. Altogether a large and imposing vocal force has been collected. Every department seems to have been provided for without stint, and the experi ment of a cheap opera is certainly on the eve of being fairly and liberally tried. We shall be glad to see so large and onerous an undertaking prosper ; and if public events, now in a very doubtful and critical position, are not unfavourable, the probabilities of success are strong. The Lucrezia Borgia of Madame Caradori was one of the most successful personations of that lady in 1853. Her Lucrezia Borgia was given last night, when there were two first appearances, Mr. Hamilton Bra ham, the son of the celebrated English tenor, as Don Alfonso, and Mademoiselle Vestvali, as Maffio Orsini. Both were very successful —the lady most particularly so—and we shall be glad to hear both in parts which afford more scope for display. Mr. H. Braham will doubtless prove a serviceable stage bass, and Mdlle. Vestvali will certainly become an acquisition to the Drury-lane company. She has a fine contralto voice and considerable vocal acquirements, and being tall, handsome, and graceful in her movements, made a decided impression on the audience, obtaining a double encore in the celebrated "Il segreto." Mdlle. Vestvali, is said to be, by birth, a Pole, and a pupil of Merca dante. After singing at concerts in Naples and Florence, she made her first essay on the stage last autumn at the Scala in Milan. Her principal successes were in Verdi's opera 11 Trovatore, which was given 32 nights in suc cession, and as Romeo, in I Capuletti i Monteechi. Madame Caradori, as Lucrezia, sang and acted with her usual impassioned energy, and fully sustained the repu tation she has acquired. The house was crowded, and the opera, which was received with great applause throughout, and ended with a recall for Madame Cara dori and the principal performers, was followed by a slight ballet divertissement called Les Favorites du Sultan, SURREY THEATRE. Like many other eminent artistes before her, Miss Cushman, after a brilliant and successful career at one of the classic dramatic temples at the West End, has transferred her services for a limited period to the less pretending region of the Surrey. Her brief engage ' went here commenced last night, when she ap ' peared in the part of Lady Macbeth, and met with a most enthusiastic reception, the denizens of the spacious pit and gallery welcoming her with several rounds of applause. The chief praise to be awarded to Miss Cushman's Lady Macbeth applies to almost every character she undertakes ; this, as well as all her representations, is marked by an accuracy of conception which argues a rare and highly-culti vated intellect, and an earnestness of execution which shows a thorough devotion to her noble art. But if there are any parts in which she peculiarly distinguished herself, they may be set down as that of Meg Merrilees, and the guilty consort of the conscience-stricken Thane. In the latter we never saw her to greater advantage than yesterday evening, and few capable of understanding the great work of the im mortal bard could fail to have risen from their seats at the fall of the curtain, without a strong impression on their minds that they had witnessed a masterly and truthful performance. Eschewing all clap-trap for the sake of mere applause, and having too much confidence in her own judgment to be the imitator of any one, she, at the same time, omits making none of those points which are necessary to a faithful delineation of the character. In the very first scene, where she reads the letter of Macbeth, telling her of the prophecy of the weired sisters, she acquitted herself in a man ner which at once induced the audience to form a good opinion of her abilities. Instead of hurriedly running over this portion of the play, as many do, as if it were of no consequence, she read the contents of the epistle with such gesture, emphasis, and deliberation, that the thick-coming fancies which passed across the mind of the successful general's lady, were at once per ceptible. The same carefulness in the delivery of the text was observed in every other scene. At the conclu sion of the tragedy Miss Cushman was called before the curtain, when she was loudly applauded. She was well supported by Mr. Creswiek as Macbeth. The chorus of the witches was extremely well executed. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—A short season of French plays is to be commenced at this theatre, under M. Lafont's direction, on Friday evening next. THE LOUTH ELSCTION.—The petition against the re turn of the Hon. Chichester Fortescue, one of the Lords of the Treasury, as representative for the county of Louth, has been abandoned. CHOLERA IN LEEDS.—It is gratifying to be able to report that this malady has been less fatal in the past week, during which there were only three deaths. On Friday and Saturday there were no deaths. The cases of diarrhoea are also less numerous. THE NEW CITY SHERIFF. —The Lord Mayor yester day nominated Mr. C. D. Crosley, of Sun-court, Corn hill, as sheriff for next year. Taz HUMILIATION Day.- To-morrow being the day set apart by royal proclamation as a day of national humiliation, on account of the impending war, will be observed as a strict holiday at all the Government offices and public establishments in the metropolis, the same as on Christmas-day and Good Friday. The great dock establishments are also to be entirely closed on the occasion. THE Rim. JAMES SHERMAN.—The Rev. James Sher man, the esteemed minister of Surrey Chapel, Black friars-road, announced, on Sunday last, that he should preach a farewell sermon to his congregation on Sunday a M nd r. a S e h n ez a an ,n has evening next, the 30th inst, For nearly eighteen years duties prosecuted the claims of the largest congregation in tilt m e t r opolis with unabated zeal com parative',, b I al. Surrey Chapel,hen he firstthe congregation entered on tb e was ministe rialco m .bow , - a 000, butfrom that period the chapel has been crowded , small, and the communicants did not number e~•eTy Sabbath, and the communicants now amount to nearly 1,300. The labour of many services during the week he has for some time found more than his strength was equal to, and he is about to retire from Surrey Chapel to become the minister of the Congrega tionalt one of the Church now erecting at Blackheath. We believe t m by the religious and benevolent of every denomina ihoen,regrhot of his congregation at his loss is participated feel tlziro sttthheaac active ie i v n me his pan nr ad l departureand zealous spiritualpthr metropoliseotno t we rns welfare of i losess in stitutions inhabitants, Thit chapel last Sunday W 0.5 crowded to i t t : OZCent ;; }~`~ - public mind within the last two months. At that period there were few who believed in the possibility of war on an extensive scale. Now that all illusion has vanished, only one thing surprises and afflicts the public, and that is, that hostilities do not go on far more rapidly . The first question asked by every one you meet is no longer about protocols or notes —about hopes and prospects of a compromise, or of ' the Emperor Nicholas yielding—but whether the Russian fleet is yet destroyed, whether Cronstadt is yet taken, or at all events bombarded—whether Odessa has surrendered, or whether the Anglo - French flag yet waves over the battlements of So has topol. It is in vain to say that such exploits are not the work of a moment, and that regard must be had to the distance of places, and to the difficulties that must be encountered, and which require time to overcome. But neither the obstacles raised up by art nor the more formidable impediments offered by nature are sufficient to explain the delay i n the consummation which at no period has been more devoutly wished for than at the present. The he nest bourgeois of the faubourgs has seen in th e minor theatres of the Boulevards representations ( - A* vari ous stages of the war—Citate, Kalafat, and 01 tenitza —in all which the Russians are, of course, ex termi nated to a man, and the Turks triumphantly ,mter inu Bessarabia ; and he is unwilling to believe that the real campaign is, after such a length of time, 11(3t z . yet so advancedas the mimic representation 01 them would lead him to suppose. He carries his difficulty of belief to such a point that he atu.ally becomes scurrilous if some one—of course a con cealed partisan of Russia—hints that even_ now there may be found lingering in London or Pari e a few who should h ave b een a t Gallipoli or Shumie long since. Sir Charles Napier appears to be the general favourite, and one in whom the greatest hopes are centred, and from whom the greatest things are expected. All the other chiefs, militarY or naval, home or foreign, sink before him. Th e Paris bourgeois is intimate with all the pecul iari ties of the gallant Admiral. That Napier should fail in anything he may attempt is an idea which has never entered his head, and if the annihilat ion of the Russian fleet of the north, so long expected and so long postponed, is not yet consummated , it is because the hero of the anticipated triun2ph must be " indisposed." Upon the whole it is gratifying to know that not only do the people become every day L nore and more convinced of the necessity and justice of the war, but that the alliance with England becomes daily more popular. The only parties who. o ppose the policy of England and France are the jaL trtisans of the fallen dynasties, who looked to Russia fo r the restoration of the Bourbons, and who look wit h dislike on everything that can strengtheti Napoleon in his present position. Public securities and railway shares exhibited much firmness yesterday. The Three per Cents. - closed at 63f. 70c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 901. 50c.; and the New Loan at 64f. 35c. ; Orleans Railway Shares/ 1,055 f.; Rouen, 837 f. 50c. ; Havre, 407 f. 50c.; Grunt Northern, 740 f. ; Strasburg, 730 f. ; New Shares , 537 f. 50c.; Paris to Lyons, 807 f. 50c.; Lyons te the Mediterranean, 663 f. 75c. ; Western of France, 557 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux to Cette, 510 f. ; Groa t Central of France, 402 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 505 f. ITALY. Sardinia recently made amicable advances Austria. The latter power demanded the dismissal of the refugees, the regulation of the press, ani " confiscation of conventual property, which terra° were declined by Sardinia. According to letters from Turin of tho 22d, th e new loan has been more than co vere d by- the sub' scriptions of the capital and the provinces. The Augsburg Gazette learns that heir Ber l Highness the Regent of Parma becomes mo re popular from day to day. The possessions of eul: ritable institutions, and even of individuals, Wh ich had been most unjustly seized by the Goveri meat, have been restored, and an indemnification l'or the loss will be given. Not only has a decree of the late Sovereign, in virtue of which every s rabic, ev was to have subscribed 40 per cen t. o f his In: come to the forced loan, been a b o li s h e d, b!: the unlimited power of issuing exchequer bills has been taken from the Finance Department' A loan of 2,400,000 lire (Bd.) will now be raised on the domain of the Crown and the privat e possession of the Ducal family. The shares will h e for 500 and 1,000 lire, the whole loan to be paid oft in four years, at the rate of 600,000 lire per se" num. The Royal establishment has also been greatly reduced. The correspondent makes sore° reflections on a sale of State domains worth 2,000,000, for 100,000 lire, which do credit neither to the deceased Sovereign, nor to his disgraced Minister, Baron Ward, who was the purchaser. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (By Submarin and ts'uropean Telegrap);;.) TRIESTE, MONDAY.—The steamer Bt. IXI bay ar rived at half-past three o'clock p.m., in 11,6 hours, from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 19.—The Indian mail leaves this day, with advices from Calcutta to March 20 ; Madras, March 21 ; Shanghai, March 3 ; Hong Kong, March 11; Singapore, March 18 ; Penang. March 21 ; Galle, March 28 ; and. Bombay, March 28. Burmah continues unsettled. Trade in India flat. Ex;..hango at Calcutta, 2s. Oid. Indigo market dull. The rebel camp was only 70 miles from Peking• Canton was quiet. Exchange at Shanghai, Bs. 61 ; Canton, 4s. 10d. The French war steamer Caiman has been lost on the coast of Africa. Freights at Alexandria, ss. per quarter. YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA.PB.) ARRIVALS FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.-- Kingston, Balrownie, Vindex, Hunca Munca, Defiance, Typee, Grapeshot, Lerrywheut, Peggy, Lough Baw l), Colsterdale, Guicowar, Virago, Heapy, Braxey, Men"' Monk, Ammonia, Stiletto, Jujube, Puritan, Shamrock; Ann Eliza, Horatio, and Catherine Parr. Aguilla, St. Clair, Daniel O'Rourke, Sonstress, au d St. Michael have paid forfeit. LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 7to 4on Virago. 9to 1 agst Defiance. 15 to 1 agst Kingston. Nothing else backed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(27HLS DAY") IN RE WHEELER. This bankrupt had carried on business as a baker at Richmond, and today was appointed for consideration of his certificate. The balance-sheet prepared by Mr. Watson, Bas in g' hall-street, shows—Dr., to creditors, 1,0751. ss. 9 d. ; to ditto holding security, 3551 . s s. ; profits, 2381. 9s. 6 , d. Cr., good debts, 981. 16 s. Gd . ; property, 81. 18s. 6 a. ; do. held in security, 1601. ; trade expenses, 464/. 13 s• 9d. , house expenses, 5071. The certificate was sus p en d e d f or s i x months, With protection. Mr. Lucas, as couns e l f or the assi gnee s, complain ed that they could not get possession of the premises which had been mortaged. The bankrupt had been retain ed by the assignees to carry on the business, and having been served with a notice by the mortgagee not to give up possession, and abided by the notice although the, Court bad pronounced the deed to be i ll eg al on th e ground of usury. His Honour said that unless the bankrupt gave u P possession to the assignees he would withdraw the PO' tection. He would, however, at present limit it to one month. IN RE KIDSTON AND KIDSTON.—A GOOD ESTATE. These bankrupt s h a d carr i ed on b us i ness as medical brokers in Liverpool -street, City, and to-day was ap pointed for their last examination. From the balance-sheet prepared by Mr. Ward, Basinghall-street. it appears that the debts amountedjust to 1,130/. 6s. 4 , 1. the bankruptcy at , a a n it d no t s b t e t a ha se equ w al ere arn a7l:l the expenses fits in three years had been 1,9921. 175.891.175. 9d. nearly equal, and the losses had been 0 valuedt. Thep before re perfectly satisfied The asslguees expressed themselves with the accounts, and the bankruPßtils passed. A BAD SPECULAT ION —IN This bankrupt bad been s urgeon in Westbourne terrace, and to-day was appointed for choice of as signees. • e d or the pe oner, stated t h a t aPe through the bankrupt having Mr. Beard, from the a o , ffic f e Mr. t l .t V i . R. Bu d ch , a ti. n t a e n d , that the bankruptcy arosed a practice for 8001., which unfortunately pur chase proved valueless. The debts a mount to 8001., assets nil. CHURCH AT Sr. MARGARET'S, NEAR RICHMOND.-- Representations having been made to the executive committee of the Conservative Land S oc i e ty o f the want of church accommodat ion in the l oca liti es in the vicinity of St. Margaret's: it has been unanimously re solved to set apart a portion of ground on the St. Mar garet's Park for the erection of a new church. The piece of laud thus apportioned by the committee is close to the Richmond, Twickenham, and Isleworth high road, and the church stands on the plan of the allot ment of the estate at tint junction of the magnificent row of trees called " The Avenue" with the Ailsa and Cassillis roads. This is the third grant of land within a year for the building of churches by the Conservative Land Society. HAT FOR THE ARMY,—In the West Riding of York shire some very extensive contracts for the supply of hay for the cavalry and artillery for the East h4ve been entered into with the Government agents. Three per sons have engaged to supply 3,00 Q tons. . CHART BY ),_ i there i s no j ute it r ' Vyld's en t ail 1,,114%.1% has fairly- co e here an adn - as a compan d ear kind represe the Euxine and of Fit Map extends ;.,1 111 and and south ' u logne eastwards Wa rds to Portsmot h e Baltic or East mvcnia. At ama lek,Mely possibl e t( Oh We cannot b 8 where the gall; 'e a dvancing undo kval-b esch ei les ags 4114 „ : 41 Apa enables h: 711, the united ar &ge Movement to pthem Autocrat dd. he i s app l y i "e as a man of b trapher. THE T.l A MA pi g sixpenny mar ted the whole I ticjiled publica tion ts k t l4 , einbraci n g e Blac i. k Sea—R d th elVfediterrat Masterly sket( qtelicling from E' is, i n many. n ° l ag the eosthei 'w4fitly issued frc 'tenings in my T vols. 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