The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-14 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Pinkstone. This w eec i,eing Passion Week, the Theatre will be Closed, and wilt Rekipen on Easter Monday, April 17, with a Comedy. After wb i c h. an ~entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled Mr. RUCESTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEICES TER.3QtrARE). written by J. R. Bauchi, Esq., Author of Mr. Brickstone's Ascent of Mount Parnassus, an d which will be produced with entirely new scener y, machinery, dresses, and appointments. principal characters by Mr. Ruckstona, Mr. W. Farrell, Mr. Clark, )r. J. Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Caulfield, Bliss E. Grey, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss Featherstone, who is re-engaged at this theatre. With other En tertainments, The box-Mice will be opened on Saturday next, the 15411 inst. STRAND THEATRE. To which will be added Mons. Delavine on the Revolving Globe. To conclude filth Mr. Cox's Dissolving Views. THE WEATHER.—Sws Orman, APRIL 14. THEBMOMETEB, IN THE SHADE. 89—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'22—falling. WIND, E.S.E.—Moderate breeze, and fine, sunshiny weather. o *3/4 LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 185, Mr. GLADSTONE has made some extraordinary revelations respecting the " Exchequer thimble rigging" which appear to have bees habitually resorted to by Financial Ministers of all parties. We find the Right Hon. Gentleman coming forward as an approver, to show that, if the national accounts have not been actually falsified, they have at least been so framed as to deceive the community, and to exhibit anything but the true financial condition of the country. He tells us, " The fact is, however, that the figures given in the accounts, as now dratvn up, indicate anything but the real state of the account of the public with the Bank ; they do not tell the truth to the public, but leave persons to draw false inferences ! " It thus, at length, comes to light, that a system of habitual deception has been practised by the Treasury officials and Bank Directors (for both must have been cognisant of this "cooking" sys tem). Persons who took the trouble of examin ing the national balance sheets were per mitted "to draw false inferences," by which they might be so deeply misled as to be involved in total ruin. Their projects might have been well devised—their calculations most accurate in every respect, on the data con ceded. But one fatal blot could not be avoided. The accounts for the correctness and accuracy whereof the honour of one or more members of the Cabinet—of several subordinate Min isters, and of the " grave and reverend " men who managed and controlled the affairs of the Leviathan Bank, were solemnly pledged, " indi cate anything but the real state of the amount of the public with the Bank !—do not tell the truth to the public ! ! but leave persons to draw false inferences ! ! !" This is, indeed, a painful exposure. What confidence can henceforth be reposed in public men, when we see persons in such positions lending themselves to such proceedings ? What *ould be said of an individual trader, who had obtained money by exhibiting such incorrect statements of his affairs ?. He would either be subjected to a prosecution before a criminal 'tribunal, or, under the most favourable circum stances, and with the Commissioner taking the most lenient view of the case his cer tificate would be suspended for a long period, and most probably protection withheld for six or twelve months. But the case affords another illustration of the principle that " larger fish break through the meshes which are sufficient to capture the smaller fry." We cannot now, through the modification of the penal code, with PRAMUAL " Wonder there's not better company --- Upon Tyburn tree." But we may express our astonishment that there are not more aristocratic inmates of the hulks and houses of correction—that gentle limbs are not strengthened by the wholesome exercise of the treadmill, and soft hands hardened by the action of the detested crank, or familiarised with the mysterious process of "oakum picking." It is quite obvious from such exceptions, that "Laws are (not) made for every degree !" We must henceforth, then, it appears, receive all these financial statements "cum gran salis." Fortunate it is for the country that the Exchequer balances have been reduced to so very low a figure. We might not otherwise have had Mr. GLADSTONE " splitting " on his colleagues, or exposing the nefarious system that has hitherto prevailed in the public offices. We really believe that the reve lation is cheaply purhased at the 1,200,000/. lost by the bungling of the Right Hon. Gentleman in the conception and execution of his ill-advised financial scheme. Let us now, however, accept it as a complete restitution, and, " making the best of a very bad job," meet our losses fairly, and not materially enhance the difficulty by en deavouring to postpone the evil day. Whatever Mr. GLADSTONE may please to an nounce with respect to the actual amount of the deficiency bills " being some three millions less than what the published accounts indicate, we cannot help seeing, notwithstanding the financial juggle, that the only alteration is a few thousand pounds interest being saved, which would other wise have gone to swell the ample profits of the " Old Lady." But it is not a few thousand pounds, more or less, that the banking, trading, and manufacturing interests think of during the existing emergency. The great evil is, that the resources that should be available for affording monetary facilities to the trade and commerce of the country, are absorbed in supplying the wants of the Government. Mercantile men are unable to encounter the unfair and unequal competition. The dormant partner" of the Bank who, it ap pears, is entitled to participate in the gains of the establishment under certain • circumstances, or, as Mr. GLADSTONE stated, has " a claim against the Bank for a share of the profits a • rising from the deposits" (l)—has manifestly an extraordinary ad vantage over less favourably circumstanced appli cants ; and no matter how the " cards are shuffled," or the " pea circulated among the thimbles," the result is the same. The eight m illions taken to pay o ff t h e public creditors are withdrawn from the public use, an d the accommodation available for the mercantile community diminished pro tanto It is useless to say that the men to whom the money h as been paid "will not tie it up in a napkin" ( a monnaie" b y the of rather curious kind "porte way). Lookino ato the aspect of monetary a ff a i rs, they would scarcely either employ it in commer cial transactions, or buy other stock with it. No ; they will rather hoard it in order to obtain greater advantages when the commercial crisis which the Financial Minister is hastening onward shall at length arrive. " GOD bless the Sultan MARMOTJD," said the owl in the Arabian tale; " so long as he lives we shall never want ruined villages as dowiies for our children !" " GOD bless the Chancellor of the Exchequer," exclaims the Moneyocrats ; "so long as he continues in office, And maintains his present views, we shall never want embarrassed firms to pay usurious and ruinous prices for monetary accommodation !" They are right ; the system is one truly ruinous t o the country. We are not only to pay all the expenses of the war, but t o d o so with impaired means, having just paid off eight millions of the 4 permanent debt. Whatever fl y be said of our i il : - Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, TO-MORROW EVENING, APRIL 15, Mr. G. Hodson's Entertainment of PADDY'S PORTFOLIO. After which, Mons. Delavine and his two sons In their celebrated Drawing-Room Entertainment. To be followed by a Musical Melange, entitle] THE GIPSY BAITS T. ASTLErS EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPIIITEIEA.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The Public are rispect;nliy informed, that this popular establish ment will RE-OPEN on Ea ter s.londay, April 17, with an entirely new Grand Nanticil Equestrian Spectacle, written expressly by Mr. Nelson Lee. Various Novelti,s are in prep trati )n for the Scenes of t h e Circle. Arran4ements are pending for the appearance of emi nent Continental Equestrian Artistes. The Box-ottice wall he opened on Thursday, the 13th Instant, from Eleven till your. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TAM DAY —Morning 35 min.after 2 Evening 51 min.aft. 2 To•Mosaow—Morning 9 min.after 3 , Evening 29 min.aft. 3 financial resources and it is no part of our ob ject to place them in a gloomy point of view —it cannot be denied that eight millions would be peculiarly useful at this moment. The ABEEDEEN-GLADSTONIAN organ tells us that it was valuable as a demonstration of our financial power, assimilating to the naval and military reviews, which have, or might have, taken place. It also acts the part of a Jos's comforter, by declaring that "if the war goes on, as it is to be feared it will, we shall want many mil lions to carry it on—so many millions that a balance of eight millions or so will signify little in the reckoning." This is, indeed, a strange argument, which may be appreciated by those who tie up one hand when entering into a personal encounter, in which all their strength would be taxed to the uttermost. We want so much that eight millions is a mere trifle, and, therefore, eight millions are to be sacrificed before we com mence. This is the substance of the Times' argu ment, and we leave our friends and the community to e«timate its accuracy. Recent occurrences have directed public atten tion strongly to the system of discipline observed at some of our leading public schools. The jus tice and expediency of permitting the older boys to tyrannise over others of inferior strength, or less advanced in their studies, is beginning to be more than doubted. Men do not pay consider able sums of money for the purpose of having their sons instructed in the arts of polishing shoes, brushing clothes, or other similar accomplish ments, better suited for flunkeys than for men to whose hands the destinies of the country may at some future period be confided. They do not want them to learn servility and deception, to crouch beneath the lash of a juvenile despot very little older than themselves, or• to flatter the prejudices and sacrifice their own independence in order to avert the wrath of one who, at his mere will and pleasure, might render their lives miserable. Nor is the condition of one of the cs u pper boys," into whose hands such irrespon sible power is entrusted, in any degree more to be desired by a judicious parent. The exag gerated notions of authority, the temptation to overstep legitimate bounds and to insist on. a blind and unreasoning obedience, is perhaps even more dangerous to the future prospects of a youth, more demoralising in every respect, than the slavish submission which is exacted from his temporary slaves. In a word, men do not desire to see the rising hopes of their family converted either into " cowards" or " bullies," and it is but too pain fully perceptible that the tendency of the existing system is to render the parties brought up under its operation either the one or the other. There are many advantages attached to an edu cation in one of the great national academies. It is not merely the knowledge of Greek roots, or Latin derivations—the composition of hexameters or iambics, that is required ; and there are some things more strongly to be eschewed than these— false quantities, or the misconstruction of Greek or Latin sentences. Quick lads learn more from their fellow pupils than from tutors. Public opinion is as strongly testified in the school-room as in the Senate. Boys are even more sensitive than their parents. They view everything through a particular medium ; and that entirely depends upon their position in the school, whether on the upper or lower forms. The object should be, then, to make that medium as correct as possible, and not to let them regard matters either as slaves or despots. Neither of these con ditions are to be occupied in after life. If a boy is to find his level, it is to be hoped that it will not be in either of these strata—that he may not lose the manly inde pendence or indulgent forbearance of his character, or become oringing to superiors, and overbearing to inferiors in rank and position. Such training may be exceedingly good for a Russian official, but it is not suitable for a British gentleman. The unfortunate transaction at Harrow has obtained such painful notoriety, that the injury to the parties concerned citnnot be enhanced by any observations which we may offer on the system that led to such untoward results. The parents of both the youths have just grounds of complaint. The Earl of GALLOWAY sees his son, whose con duct exhibits the strongest traits of a high minded and honourable disposition, severely chas tised, not by one of the constituted authorities, but by a fellow-pupil. A young man, in the 18th year of his age, is compelled to submit to a degrad ing punishment of such a description, that a few months later in life he would sacrifice his very exist ence rather than endure such a stigma. And for what ? Because, while engaged in an active sport, with all his animal spirits excited to the highest pitch, he ventured to repel an insult, which imputed to him falsehood and foul-play. We say nothing of the severity of the blows, because the pain inflicted is the matter of least importance in the entire case. Mr. STEWART appeals to the Head Master against the punishment, but is told that the mat ter cannot be inquired into—that, right or wrong, ho must submit—that the " ukase" of his school fellow cannot be resisted, or the justice of his de cision in any way impugned. But Baron PLATT has even greater cause of com plaint than the Earl of GALLOWAY. His son was entrusted with irresponsible power —encouraged to domineer over his fellows with whom he was at play, and stimulated to vindicate the authority of his office, which he was induced to believe would be slighted and despised if he overlooked what he had been taught to consider a grave offence against its dignity, which must be maintained intact in his hands. He consulted his master, and was encouraged topersevere. He inquired of his brother monitors with a similar result. The original cause of quarrel was lost sight of. The resistance to legitimate authority was the offence, and to Le punished by one who figured in the fourfold capacity of complainant, who had suffered the injury ; juror, deciding on the facts ; judge, pro nouncing the sentence ; and executioner, inflicting the castigation. No sooner, however, was it con cluded, than he is called to account for that in which he was aided and abetted by the Head Mas ter, and he is degraded from his position for act ing as he was advised to do by that very master. Nay, more, his name has been held up for general censure as a vindictive person, who has neither justice nor moderation. We are not defending Mr. PLATT. He was wrong in the transaction, and we are convinced that lie feels it deeply at this moment. But he was led into the error by the false position in which he was placed. He was exposed to great temptation, and if he fell we can scarcely feel surprised. We have known high-minded, generous youths that were guilty of similar faults in their boyish days. But now his name is borne far and wide, and possibly serious injury done to his future prospects in consequence of the very unwise system in operation at the semi- nary where he was receiving the education to qualify him for taking part in " the battle of life." Let the objectionable rules, then, be modified. Let not one boy be allowed to domineer over his fellows, but induce the strong rather to "protect" and assist their weaker brethren. Above all things, make justice—calm, impartial, and dispassionate justice—the invariable rule ; and let perfect equality be, so far as prac ticable, maintained among all the juvenile citizens of the miniature republics. This can only be effected by the voice of public opinion bearing on the school authorities, and instructing them what they should do, sad what they should discourage. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and suite, we understand, have left the Roman capital for Paris, en route to London. The Marchioness (Dowager) of Londonderry has ar rived at Holdernesse House, from Wynyard Park, Stockton-on-Tees. The Earl of Elgin, K.T., will, we have reason to believe, succeed the late Rear-Admiral James Erskine Wemyss, as Lord-Lieutenant of Fifeshire. The Viscount and Viscountess Barrington are enter taining a select circle at Becket House, Bucks, during the holidays. Lord Strathmore has joined the party. The following notice was issued by the Postmaster- General yesterday, viz., Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ascension, tttc. : —No packet having been provid e d f or tbeco nveance of mails to the Cape of Good Hope, &c., on the 15th inst., it is recommended that all letters for that colooy be forwarded by private ship. MONE Y MA RKE T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. This being Good Friday, the Stock Exchange, Bank of England, and other public establishments are closed, consequently there is nothing to report under this head. Bills of exchange on the foreign cities were nego tiated yesterday afternoon, and mostly at the pre vious rates. Trieste was higher. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. • (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Peninsular mail arrived at half-past five o'clock by the Iberia. She brings 48 passengers, 1,3551. in specie, and an average cargo. Her dates are—Gibraltar and Cadiz, April 5 ; Lisbon, April 9 ; Oporto and Vigo, April 10. Exchange at Lisbon on London for bills at 90 days, 544 ; inscriptions, 34. Her Majesty and City of Carlisle transport ships left Gibraltar on the 3d for the East, with detach ments of Horse Artillery. The sloop steam-ship Teneriffe arrived out from Liverpool on the 4th. She observed on the 9th, 10 west of Cape Roco, the Trent; and the Orinoco, 21 north of Benlys, with troops for the East. ROYAL CYCLORAMA, ALBANY-STREET. A private view took place last evening of a series of pictures of large dimensions, being 80 feet by 40. The subjects are moving views of the Bay of Naples, Pom peii, and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, painted by Mr. J. IPNevan. The object of the artist is to con duct the spectator along the coast of the Bay of Naples, at such a distance that the details of its architectural and scenic beauties may be easily observed, and the customs of the fishermen in their picturesque dresses, until he comes to the town of Terre del-Greece, illuminated on the feast of its patron, with animated groups of peasants. He is then pre sented with a view of Pompeii as it now appears after the excavation, with its mutilated temples, theatres, forums, pictures, columns, and marble amphith ea t re , the latter of which is said t o have been capable of contain. ing 20,000 persons. Mr. J. M'Nevan spent the summer of 1852 amidst the palaces of Naples and the ruins of Pompeii ; every detail of th ese pl aces h as, we are assured, been painted from the original with scrupu lous accuracy. The scenes are very effective, and, at the same time that the spectator feels that he is look ing at every house, or each ruin of classic interest as it stands, he is not deprived of the pleasure of admiring the beauties of the surrounding country, which are represented with due regard to their real appearance in nature. He has also the advantage of seeing the views under various coloured lights, which produce very pleas ing changes. The exhibition of the paintings is relieved by musical illustrations, performed on the grand apollo nicon by Mr. Henry W. A. Beale in very excellent style. No doubt this new effort for the amusement of the pub lic by the spirited proprietors of the Royal Colosseum will prove highly attractive, particularly when accom panied, which it will be on Monday next, by an instruc tive lecture. The whole was much applauded. SEIZURE OF STEAM-SHIPS BY TEE CUSTOMS. _ - The history of the seizures of the steamers may be thus stated :—From information received at the Customs in December last, that some ships were being built for a foreign power (not Russia) at war with a State in amity with this country, the attention of Mr. Scanlan (the offi cer who appears to have been charged with the manage ment of these matters from the commencement) was di rected to the necessary inquiries. In the course of his examination he found that two war frigates were being built at Northfleet, by Mr. Pitcher, and as he had reason strongly to suspect for the Russian Government. This impression of the officer became soon confirmed, by a formal communication from the Home Department early in January last, informing the Customs of the fact, and directing the necessary inquiries. The Customs having given directions accordingly, Mr. Scanlan did prosecute his inquiries, although unknown to Mr. Pitcher, and as certained the character and forwardness of the vessels. It will be enough to state that they were screw steamers, of large tonnage, and constructed for purposes of war, of the best materials, and at an apparently immense expense. At this stage matters had not reached the point which justified a seizure, and the officer continued to keep the vessels under strict surveillance. About the end of Jannary one of the vessels was ready to be launched ; the other was not in the same state of forwardness, but the work progressed with great activity. The officer continued his observations, and about the middle of March, finding that a considerably increased number of hands were at work on the incomplete vessel, and hearing that a report bad been circulated among the men that the vessels were purchased by the British Government for the purposes of war, and that they were to be got ready for sea with the least possible delay, reported the fact, and suggested the expediency of ascertaining from the proper autheri ' ties whether the report in question was correct. The result was a communication from the Home-office and the Admiralty, denying the truth of the report. Matters continued in this state until the circumstances of the case appeared sufficient to warrant a seizure, and on the 4th of April, in pursuance of the orders of the Trea sury, the vessels were seized as " the property of an enemy." The vessels are at this moment under deten tion as forfeited to the Crown, and nothing was heard of a proposal to transfer them by voluntary sale to her Majesty's Government until after the seizure had been made by which they were alienated from the former owners. ThE COMET. As the moon will not rise this evening until after dusk, there is a probability that the comet will be again dis cernible to the naked eye for a few days, or, at any rate, will be well sees with an ordinary night glass. The nucleus has now about equal brightness with a star of the fifth magnitude. At 8 o'clock this evening (Friday) it will bear 3 deg. South of West, at an altitude of 11 deg. On Thursday, at the same hour, it will be 8 deg. South of West, and 9 deg. above the horizon ; or it may be found by means of its right ascension and declination taken from the following table : At Greenwich, Noon. Eight Ascension. N. Declination. h. m. s. deg. min. Friday, April 14 ... 44 24 6 53 Saturday, „ 15 ... 410 5d 6 2 Sunday, „ 16 ... 417 5 5 14 Monday, „ 17 ... 422 53 4 27 Tuesday, „ 18 ... 428 21 3 43 Wednesday, „ 19 ... 433 32 3 1 Thursday, „ 20 ... 438 26 2 20 Friday, „ 21 ... 443 6 1 42 Saturday, „ 22 ... 447 32 1 5 The comet appears to have been observed in France as early as the 23d of March. It is new to astronomers. MARKET NE WS—(THIS DAY.) SMITHFIELD. This being what is termed the Great Lamb Market, the show of lambs was seasonably extensive, and of full ave rage weight. On the w h o l e , a large business was trans acted, on higher terms. We were scantily supplied with beasts, in which very little was doing, at Monday's cur rency. ;Sheep and calves were tolerably firm, at late rates; but pigs were quite neglected. - Per 81gs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 Prime Scots, &C. 4 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 4 Prime erse.-wlled.4 6 4 8, s. d. a. d. PrimeSouthdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 4 6 5 2 Prime small d 0... 5 4 5 8 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Sucklingcalves .. 0 0 0 0 uarter old pigs 0 0 0 0 5s Bd_to 7s 6d. Lambs TOTAL STIFFLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Emits .. ...... .. - - -- .. 401 Sheep ••• •• .. •• •• .. •••• .. 8,760 Calves .. • .. .......... .. 64 Pigs .. ...• ***** •• • •••• 230 Beasts • . .. • • • • Sheep • . • • • • • • • • • • ' ' Calves,...., .. .. .. .. , Pigs- • • • • • • • • ..... • 4 NEWGATE AN] About an average businel follows : LEADENHALL. has been doing to-day, as Per Ms by the carcase. s. d. s. d: Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., do. sma,ll 3 10 4 0 i Pork, large 3 4 4 t Lamb s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 Do., middling 3 6 4 Do., prime 4 2 4 Veal 4 0 5 Pork, small 4 4 4 8 5s 6d to 7s 2d. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—THE DREADNOUGHT. —Yesterday afternoon the usual quarterly court of the governors of this national charity was held at the offices, King William-street, London-bridge Rear-Admiral Bowles in the chair. There were also present—Hon. Captain Maude, R.N., Captain Dixon, R.N., Captains Farrer and Mandan, H.E.1.C.N., and Messrs. Lindsay, Francis, Grant, Soans, Felgate, Blyth, Allnut, and Brooking. It appeared from the report of the sittings of the weekly board that several important molifications had been introduced into the arrangement of the medical staff: The minutes also recorded the reception of a legacy of 501., less duty, from the executors of the late Captain Johnson ; another of 1371. 18s. 10d., from the residue of the estate of the late Colonel Purchase ; and a third, of 2001., bequeathed by the late Miss L. Palmer ; and likewise mentioned a pleasing recognition of the value of the institution by the able seamen on board her Majesty's ship Imaum, who, to set an example to their brethren in the fleet, subscribed to the funds in small sums the amount of 11. Bs. At the annual festival, pre sided over by the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P. President of the Board of Trade, there we re co ll ected, in cluding subscriptions from her Majesty, from the Emperors of the French and Russia, from the Trinity Board, the East India Company, and from several old friends of the charity, the sum of 1,1531. Bs. sd. The total revenue for the quarter was only 2,1581. 18s. lid., while the expendi ture amounted to 2,6971. 17s. 3d., showing a balance of 5381. 18s. 4d. against the institution. During the past three months the out-patients numbered 347, while as many as 862 were treated on board, of whom 170 are still sick, one is convalescent, five fit for duty, and 686 have been discharged cure d. Th e total number o f pa tients since the opening of the hOspital has been 70,928. The report was unanimously adopted, and the proceed ings terminated with a - Tote of thanks to the chairman, THETSUN, LONDON, FRIDAIY WENING, APRIL 14, 1854. LATEST FOREIGN NE VS. THE WAR. ST. PETERSBURG. Advices from St. Petersburg, of the 6th inst., state that a ukase declares that, as danger threatens the Empire, it is ordered that the four reserve battalions become effective, and that two new ones be organised for each corps. Letters from the Russian capital of the 4th say the city had been illuminated in celebration of the passage of the Danube. ATe Deum had also been sung in the church of the Winter Palace in the presence of the Czar, the Imperial Family, and all the oivil and military functionaries. Salvoes of artillery had also been fired from the citadel. Crosses and orders had just been distributed to a large number of Prussian military officers. The Emperor of Russia is to reside, during the war, alternately at Revel and St. Petersburg. The Grand Duke, heir presumptive to the throne, is to proceed to Helsingfors, and the Grand Duke Constantine will assume the command of a division of the Russian fleet, which, protected by 800 pieces of cannon, will cast anchor within the fortifications of the seven islands at Sweaburg. It was thought in St. Petersburg that the Eng lish feet would first proceed to Libac on the western coast of Courland, towards the Bay of Riga, to in vest the three islands in front of that port, and that it would endeavour to destroy the fortifica tions of Revel. There were no men of war before Revel, for that town does not protect a fleet suf ficient. A letter from Konigsberg, 9th, in the Cologne Gazette, states that the Prussian authorities have received an official n o ti ce f rom t h e Russian mili tary authorities that a corps of Russian troops, in two divisions, with 80 piece s o f ar till ery, wou l d take u p a position between Memel and Suwalki. The frontier of Russia is hermetically closed to all but Russians, and a commissary, having a Swedish passport, signed by M. de Budberg, had been sent back to the frontier town of Vanroggen. CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3. The Christophe Colombe arrived at Gallipoli on the 31st, with Generals Caniobert, Bosquet, and Martinprey on board, together with the staff and 800 rifles. The Mistral has brought 27 officers and 40 horses. An English vessel is in sight, with the 93d on board. M. Metaxa left this place to-day. Greek sub jects have received 15 days' notice to quit Turkey ; meanwhile they are placed under Belgian protection. Omer Paella was at Schumla on the 30th. The combined fleets were off Varna. The steamers had been despatched to the mouths of the Danube. The marines of the French and English fleet will be landed if necessary at any point to protect the Turks. The Turkish gun-boat flotilla will enable the Admirals to communicate with Kustendjee. There are 7.,000 marines on board th e British fleet. ODESSA, April 2.—A1l French and English ves sels have been sent out of port. THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN, APRIL, 12.—The Dauntless has returned from a cruise up the Gulf of Finland. She brings despatches from Admiral Plumridge, who commands the advanced squadron, and who reports that there is but little ice in the Gulf of Finland. She saw eighteen Russian ships of the line in Sweaburg Harbour. The Imperieuse has chased a Russian corvette back to Sweaburg. The English fleet has suddenly left Kioge Bay, and steered eastwards. Three more ships of war have arrived. The Ministerial crisis continues. A rapid tour through a portion of the east pro vinces of Prussia, says the writer of a letter dated Stettin, Monday, enables me to state that the general feeling is decidedly hostile to Russia. The trading classes are conspicuous in the manifestation of that feeling ; and that fact need create no surprise, for they cannot forget how prejudicial to those pro vinces has been, and is still, the commercial system of their powerful neighbour. It may be almost said that that system has interrupted the commercial re lations between "Russian Poland" and several Prus sian provinces, particularly when one compares the value of the exports of late years with those of former times. The illiberal nature of the Russian commer cial system will be readily comprehended when it is stated that Prussian exports to Russian Poland are subjected in the latter to not less than fifteen diffe rent duties, the list of which has been communicated to me by parties who are no little sufferers through that system. There is scarcely a single article of trade which in Russian Poland is free from heavy duties or " dues;" and even the remains of deceased persons sent for interment to that portion of the Russian empire are subjected to a certain tax. The people of East and West Prussia, as well as Posen and Silesia, know well enough that the object of the Czar is to exclude from Poland, not only the produce, but also the liberal principles and tend encies, of those parts of the Prussian monarchy— principles and tendencies which were duly repre sented in Berlin at the " United Diet," or first Prussian Parliament, in 1847, and in following years. On two grounds, therefore—one commercial, the other political—the inhabitants of the eastern provinces of Prussia are decidedly anti-Russian, and I may add, that the majority are favourable to a free trade (and the same may be said of the Rhine dis trict), and that large quantities of corn and timber are exported to England from those provinces. In the harbour of Stettin alone there are at present some 25 English vessels taking in cargoes for British ports, amongst others a very fine and much admired brig, the Matanzas, of Leith, which came here with a cargo of iron. As it is highly probable that the British fleet will make its appearance off the Prus sian ports on the Baltic, and that some of the small war steamers will run into them, I have made inquiries respecting those ports. lam told that supplies of provisions may be readily procured in Swinemunde, Kolberg (nearly opposite the Danish island of Bornholm), Dantzic, and Konigs berg. At Swinemunde, which may be called the port of Stettin, the common depth of water in and before the harbour is 21 and 22 feet ; in the roads, as well as in the harbour the anchorage is good, and in the former, which are about two English miles from the shore, there are at least five fathoms water. When stormy easterly winds are blowing vessels must be prepared to carry strong sails, as the current with those winds runs very strong to the westward. The common river depth from Swinemunde to Stettin, and in the latter itself, is 14 feet. The narrow but tolerably deep channel to Swinemunde is defended by two batte ries which must, of course, be saluted by any war-steamer effecting an entrance, for the sake of procuring provisions. Kolberg, as said before, is a good port for supplies, and there is plenty of cattle and spring water in the opposite island of Bornholm, in the northern portion of which are two good bays suitable for the anchorage of large vessels. In Dantzic there are 16 feet water both on the bar and in the harbour ; in Pillau (which may be called the port of Konigsberg) and Memel there are 14 feet water on the bar in ordinary wea ther, but the currents sometimes change after the breaking, up of the ice. I maystate here that steamers run from Konigsberg to Pilau, and thence alternately to Elbing and Dantzic. In a few days a steam-boat communication will be established between Stettin and the Swedish coast. I have spoken with several experienced captains, English as well as foreign, respecting the Gulf of Finland, and more especially with reference to the sinking in that gulf, by the Russians, of rocks and masses of timber. They all ridicule such doings, if indeed there have been such doings, for their conviction is that nothing of the kind has been effected. I find, however, that there is a difference of opinion amongst them respecting the depth of water in what may be called the na vigable channel to Cronstadt, some of them giving it as seven or eight fathoms, and others as only five. There is a very active and intelligent British vice consul in Stettin, Mr. Campbell, of the respectable firm of Campbell and Anderson, who are prepared to render g o od serv ice to the British squadron when it makes its appearance off the Prussian coast Archipelago, have gone to declare to King Otho that if the ninety thousand Greek mariners are to be left without work and bread robbery and piracy must necessarily ensue. Rather than be reduced to such a state of anarchy, the greater part of the isles, it is said, will hoist the French and English flag and place themselves under the protection of those two Governments. The bands who have in vaded Epirus and Thessaly, from the fact of their not yet being regularly organised, are compelled to live by pillage. By acting, however, in this man ner they have frightened and discouraged the very people they have been pretending to deliver from the Turkish yoke. It was believed in Vienna yesterday that the Austrians had that day entered Servia. An Austrian Note has been forwarded to Athens with strong remonstrances upon the conduct of the Greek Government, which is held responsible for whatever evil consequences may ensue. M. Metaxa arrived at Athens on the 12th. A despatch from Vienna, of April 10, says the Prussian Government has sent back the draft of the treaty of alliance, hampered with conditions which, if accepted, w ou ld d e f ea t i ts purpose, and bind Austria to neutrality. The Austrian cabinet has refused to agree to them. A communication from Berlin, of April 11, says Prince Barclay de Tolly proceeds to London on a special mission. The Cabinet of Vienna has rejected the conditions which Prussia, with the object of confirming its neutrality, desired to attach to the treaty of offen sive and defensive alliance with Austria. A letter from Berlin of the 10th, in the Post Ainpt Gazette of Frankfort, says : " No one here doubts that the leave of absence given to the Chevalier Bunsen is only a form given to his recal from London. It must not be forgot ten that the Chevalier some months back applied to be replaced on account of the attacks made on Prince Albert by the English journals, and in which the Chevalier was represented as the confi dent of the Prince. His recal is, however, said to be really caused by the fact of his having advanced further than was desired in his negotiations with the Cabinet of St. James's." The same journal states that, on the occasion of the marriage of the Emperor of Austria with the Princess Elizabeth, all the, political prosecutions which have not yet been terminated will be sup pressed, and that 60 political prisoners will be set at liberty. The Austrian Correspondence says :—" In con ' sequence of the state of war between France and England, on the one side, and Russia on the other, the position of the two first -named powers at the Con ference of Vienna has undergone a modification which has rendered it desirable to state by a new pro tocol that the understanding of the Four Cabinets reposing on bases deciied on in common had not been at all changed. In this protocol, which was signed to-day the principle of the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, one of the essential conditions of which is the evacuation of the Danubian principali ties, is again admitted, as well as the resolution of the Four Powers to continue to discuss in common, and to come to an understanding ou the subject of the means of accomplishing the object they have in •view." BUCHAREST, APRIL O.—Marshal Paskiewitch is expected on the 15th. Till now, no battle has been fought either at Silistria or at Rassova in the Dobrudscha. The accounts from Bucharest, of the 2d, in the Lloyd of Vienna, state that Gen. Schilder was pre paring to cross the Danube, and that he would even do so before the arrival of Prince Paskiewitch. There was at. Kalarasch a large quantity of batter ing artillery, destined, it was said, to operate against Silistria, which has a garrison of 10,000 men, amongst whom are two Egyptian regiments. On the Ist, the Russian batteries opened a fire on the Turkish batteries, erected between Rassova and Silistria, on the banks of the river. The can nonade was still going on at the date of the last accounts, and from this perhaps had arisen the rumour of a battle in which the Russians were said to have been defeated. At Kalarasch, where the Russians are preparing to cross into Bulgaria, the Turks succeeded on the Ist instant in totally destroying a bridge equipage, which the Russians had brought up to throw across the Danube. A letter from Bucharest, of the 4th, states that the contest which has been going on near Kalarasch ever since the 28th, was not then decided. Omer Pacha had set out from Silistria to Rassova, whence he would go on to Trajan's Wall, in order to conduct the operations against the Russians in person. The Turks at the date named had still garrisons in the Dobrudscha, and were stationed at Kustendjee, Pollas, Kostelli, Karassu, and Boghaskoi. Below Silistria, but towards Rassova, the Turks have.thrown up several batteries, which for some days past ha ve answere d the ussian batteries opposite with a very hot fire. These guns must be silenced before the Russians can set about effect ing the passage. In Silistria the garrison is fully prepared for every event. Since the 28th ult. all the gates have been kept shut and barricaded, one gate alone excepted, through which, in case of need, the guns planted along the strand can be brought into the fortress. The Wanderer, Ost. Deutsche Post, and Presse journals contain important advices from the seat of war, of winch the following is a summary : On the 29th and 30th of March the tete-du-Pont at Czernavoda was continually bombarded by the Russian gunboats, and the little redoubt which is on the road leading to Hirsova is said to be already in the hands of the Russians. Czerna voda is known to be an untenable position, and, indeed, there is some reason to fear that General Liiders has already broken through the Turkish line of defence at the Wall of Trajan. Until now we have no particulars relative to the battle at Rassova on the 2d, but if it really took place, it must have been the result of a combined movement, as both General Chruleff and General Engelhardt are said to have shared in it. The former commands in Wallachia to the north of Kalarasch, and the latter, as has already been related, was the victor at Hirsova. At Bucha rest it is considered very singular that no official mention has been made •of the 5 days' battle at Tultscha—from the 23d to the 27th. On the 25th General Utschakoff almost despaired of being able to take the place without a regular siege, and this led to the report of his havinr , been obliged to re tire to the opposite ba n k o f the river. The corres pondent of the Wanderer writes, that after the Russians on the 23d had succeeded in getting pos session of a battery " after a loss of more than 1,500 men," the Turks, to the number of 2,000 retired into the citadel, which they maintained until the afternoon of the 27th. During the five days the Turks made seven sallies and inflicted on the Russians a loss of 3,000 men. The accounts relative to the fate of the citadel and its brave garrison vary much. There are three reports in circulation-1. The garrison surrendered ;2. The Turks set the place on fire, and endeavoured to escape during the confusion ; 3. The fort was blown up by the Turks. The Bucharest writer adds— " Something dreadful must have occurred, for the Russians are as silent on the subject as they are about their discomfitures on the 12th, 13th, 17th, and 23d at Oltenitza." On the Ist the Russians opened a heavy fire on the Turkish strand batteries between Ras soya and Silistria, and it is possible enough that the violent cannonade led to the prevalent report of a battle having been foughtat Rassova, in which the Russians were defeated. The reports that General Schilder is preparing to pass the river at Kalarasch are fully confirmed. A siege -train and two rocket batteries are already opposite Silistria, the gates of which are already closed on a garrison of 10,000 men. The commander of the for tress is the General of Ordnance, Musha ; and the chief of the engineering department, Mehemet Bey. Before we take leave of the eastern end of theline of operations, it may be well to state that the fleets cannot render any as sistance at Kostendjee, as there is only 7 feet of water in the port. Proceeding up the river from Silistria, we come to Turtukai, to which place the Turks were forced to retreat on the 28th, after having been continually engaged with the Russians at Oltenitza from the 24th. The battles were " murderous," and the Russians were obliged to call up all their reserves before they could get rid of their valorous assailants. It is now necessary to return to Kalarasch (opposite Silistria), where the Russians attempted to cross on the Ist. According to a letter received by the Presse, a pontoon-bridge employed on that occasion was completely destroyed by the Turks. After the affair at Simnitza, 800 severely wounded Russians were conveyed to the different hospitals. THE GREEK INSURRECTION. Letters from Corfu, dated at the beginning of the month, state that the successes related in the Greek journals of the insurgents iu Epirus and Thessaly are imaginary. The "sympathisers," in spite of their increase in numbers from fresh com rades crossing the borders, have not ventured be yond the immediate neighbourhood round about Prevesa; Arta, Janina, and Trikala. It is not considered at all likely that the insurrection, espe cially in Epirus, can spread any further, since in the . villages along the coast from Prevesa to Anti van, and also from Valona towards the interior the great maj or it y o f th e popu l a ti on is M a h ometan. , While the Greeks of the continent are hurrying to the frontiers, and while they are dreaming of the conquest of Constantinople, the Greek islanders see ruin and famine in the blockade of their harbours. D e p u t a ti ons from Hyd ra and Jpezzia, the two chief maritime centre of the FRANCE. - I have learned on excellent authority (says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Herald, writ ing yesterday evening,) that M. de Bunsen is not recalled from London, nor is there any intention of removing his Excellency at present. There is very little political news stirring. The papers of this evening contain not a word. The public seem pretty well satisfied with the general aspect of things. They know well that had the Russians achieved any real success, the news would have been spread long ago ; and while the Mus covites are floundering in the marshes of the Do brudscha, the English and French are becoming thoroughly cordial and united, while, whatever may he the hesitation of the German Powers, the tendency to combination with the Western Powers must become stronger every day. That there is no feeling of a gloomy kind was well proved yesterday in those cheerful and pleasant cheers with which the Emperor and his English guests were hailed by the army and by the people assembled in extra ordinary crowds. This is the Long Champ pro cession day, and any ono who looks at the lines of carriages which are flowing,down the Boulevards, and up and down the Champs Elysees and Bois de Boulogne, must feel convinced that the Parisians are not weighed down with despondency or labour ing under much disquietude. It would do even . Nicholas himself good to have a peep at his merry enemies. It is barbarism, we opine, that is look ing downcast, and civilisation that wears the hopeful face. . On Wednesday the Duke of Cambridge, General Lord Raglan, and the other distinguished military visitors, had again the honour, says Galignani, of an invitation to dine at the palace, whither they were conducted in the Court carriages as on the previous day. In the evening the whole of the guests proceeded to the Grand Opera to witness the representation of the Vestals and the ballet of Jovita. On entering the Imperial box, they were received with warm demonstrations of popular favour. During the evening, the English national air " God Save the Queen," was performed by the orchestra, the audience standing uncovered. At its termination the theatre resounded with cries for its repetition mingled with " Vivent les Anglais ! and Vivo l'Emperenr !" The party re mained to the close of the performance, which did not take place till a late hour, and appeared much pleased with the manner in which they had been received. The Pays has some cordial expressions of kind ness towards the British officers, which will as suredly be reciprocated. " The review," it observes— "At which the Duke of Cambridge was present yes terday, was more than a brilliant military manceuvre : it had a political importance, which did not escape the notice of any of the numerous spectators who thronged the Champ de Mars. English uniforms mingling with French uniforms, were for every eye the visible sign of that strict alliance which the same feeling of dignity and civilisation, and the same interest, has ce mented between France and England —an alliance so much the more serious and durable that it does not result from those personal considerations, nor from those dynastic affinities which the slightest in cident compromises and overturns, but rests on mutual sympathy and on a truly national policy. The presence of the English officers hasJesides been the occasion of manifestations altogether spontaneous, which attest at the same time the progress and the justice of public opinion. The acclamations which broke out on their passage have demonstrated in an undeniable manner that the union of the two nations is notiess cordial than that of the governments. There remains at present nothing of the ancient prejudices which aroused such lively and such deplorable passion between England and France. All the clas.es of society in each of these two great countries are well aware that France and Eng land are, in the whole world, the most worthy and the most disinterested representatives of right, justice, and moral and material progress ; that they have the same interests to carry out and the same interests to defend ; that, in fine, as their contests have shaken all states, so that their alliance confirms the general equili brium, and guarantees the security of modern nations. The first effort of this new and generous alliance has for its object to proteet the right of Europe against the ambition of Russia, to maintain respect for trea ties, to arrest in their invading march the heirs of Attila and of the Huns, and to oppose to the bar barism of the races of the north the impassable barrier of civilisation. The armies which march for the support of this noble cause may be proud of their mission ; they will obtain not merely that glory of a military character which is sought for on the battle-field—they will also have that still more useful glory which great services merit, rendered to humanity by the triumph of principles which insure universal peace. Such were the sentiments and impressions which yesterday filled every mind in seeing a prince of England by the side of the Emperor of the French, and the superior officers of Great Britain and France confronted in the same ranks, at the same moment when they are about to undertake the supreme struggle of right against iniquity, and of the interest of all against the ambition of a single one." The following are some details of the journey of Prince Napoleon. On his arrival at Lyons, not withstanding the incognito which he desired to observe, the population constantly thronged on his passage, and greeted him with acclamations. The Prince left Lyons for Valence on the 11th, at noon, after having breakfasted with Marshal Castellaue. He arrived at Valence at a quarter past five, and was received by the Prefect of the Drome in pre sence of a vast crowd, who cried " Vive pereur !" The Prince went at once to the prefec ture, and after having received the authorities, visited the room which Napoleon I. had occupied when lieutenant of artillery. The Prince the next day continued his journey to Avignon, where he spent part of the 12th, and was to arrive at Mar seilles in the evening of that day. The Moniteur, in confirming the announcement from Hamburg, that by a decree of the Senate, published on the 10th of this month, all exporta tion of articles of contraband of war for the States of the belligerant Powers is severely prohibited, says :—" Analagous decrees were to be published at Lubeck and at Bremmi. The French Govern ment feels confident that all neutral States will imitate the vigilant solicitude of the Hanseatic Towns. It is only that condition that the mari time powers can realise completely the generous intentions hich they have manifested." The ratification of • the literary and commercial treaty of the 22d August, 1852, and of the treaty of commerce of Feb. 27, 1854, between France and Belgium were exchanged yesterday at Brussels. MARSEILLES, April 11.—The French Govern ment has decided on sending Admiral Bruat to the Black Sea, to replace Admiral Hamelin. The object of the change is to give Admiral Dundas the superior command of the combined fleets, the French General having that of the land forces. This afternoon General Monet left us by the Thabor for Constantinople. The Thabor embarked 55 French officers and 19 horses. The transport Borneo is embarking several pieces of artillery, cast on the Napoleon principle. Prince Napoleon will reach Marseilles to-morrow evening at nine o'clock, by rail from Avignon. The city is to be illuminated. The Vectis entered our port this afernoon, from Alexandria, which place she quitted on the 6th, thus performing the distance in five days, and that after remaining at Malta seven hours, coaling watering, and taking in 80 passengers. To give you some idea of the great activity employed in the arsenal of Toulon, it will be only necessary to state that within the space of 11 weeks the follow ing vessels have armed and prepared for sea : Six ships of the line, one sailing frigate, five steam frigates two steam corvettes, and t wo steam troop ships. Independent of this, the screw three decker Napoleon and line-of-battle ship Suffmn have been thoroughly repaired. Almost all of the steamers now carrying troops have been overhauled, and many repaired. The Prefect Maritime has freighted several transports to carry coals to the fleet. The steam-frigate Pandor, which was to have left Toulon for the Baltic, has received coun ter orders. She will now carry troops for the East. It is said that she will embark to-morro w a batta lion of the 7th Regiment of the Line. The Ful ton has left Toulon for Algiers, from thence to con vey troops to Gallipoli. ITALY. The Parlamento of Turin gives some further particulars about the affair of the Duke of Valen tinois. His physician, who accompanied him in his adventurous undertaking, has been set at liberty. Twenty-eight persons have been arrested at Menton ' • and, of th e se, e l even h ave b een com mitted for trial. The Duke has confessed that he was led to commit the act he has now to account for, by the representations of two or three persons who assured him that the people would rise in his favour. The Parma Gazette of the Bth states that immediately after the perpetration of the hor rible crime which caused the death of the late Duke Charles 111. of Parma, the military autho rities set the most searching inquiry on foot in order to discver the author and abettors of the deed ; and that, the preliminaries of the inquiry being now completed, the matter has been referred to the Civil and Criminal Tribune of Parma, according to Art. 3 of the decree of September, 28, 1849. The Duchess Regent of Parma has directed 9 ' 000 fr. to be di s t r ib u t e d among th e poor of the localities through which the body of her late con sort passed on its way to Viareggio. Another refug ee , a M. Pasini, has been pardoned by the Emperor of Austria, and allowed to return to Venice, his native city. On leaving Piedmont, M. Pasini has written to the papers, declaring that he has never been molested in Piedmont, and that he has always met with cordial hospitality there. SPAIN. There is nothing of political importance in the Madrid journals of the Bth. Tranquillity having been re-established at Barcelona, a court-martial had commenced a searchinz investigation into the causes and circumstances of the recent movements. Lord Howden, the British Ambassador, had given a grand dinner in honour of M. Isturitz. Reports from th e C apta i n-General of Cuba to the 10th ult., and the C apta i n-General of Porto Rico to the 15th ult., had been received; they represented that per fect tranquillity prevailed in both islands. decidedly vER, HANo April 10.—This Government goes most with England, and therefore is ready to support Austria against Prussia, should the Eastern question come before the Federal Diet. All the secon• dry and minor German Governments, except Bavaria , are of the same mind, and will bring the subject before i the Diet, should not Prussia shortly agree to abandon i its neutrality. THE UNITED STATES. NEW Y ORK, IVlAncir 28. The moderate tone of the Message of Presiden i t Pierce to C ongress on th e su bj ect o f t h e Black Warrior difficulty h as me t w i t h genera l an d heart", commendation. Th e ma tt er was W arm l y di s cussed in the Cabinet, and it was with some difficulty that the Filibuster tendencies of certain members of that St a t e C ounc il were made to give wa y to _ : policy upon whi c h suc h great i ssues d e pended Some days before the message was sent to Odd: gress very decided and peremptory instruction . s were prepared fore our Minister at Madri d Immediate and full sa ti s f act i on an d repara tion have been demanded, and if this is not granted the public f ee li ng o f t h e country will deinguari more summary c ourse o f proce d ure. I t is understood that the President has pledged-Wl:ost to his Cabinet, and to the committees on foot affairs in both houses to take a very firm and a , tided course if ther e is any delay or evasion on the part of the Spanish Ministry. The news from M ex i co i s i mpor t an t . A revo i.4 lution which promise s t o b e f orm id a bl e i s in 11. progress. General Alv arez i s th e c hi e f lead% Santa Anna's troops have made no headway V he achieved no adva n t age i n marc h i ng on Acapu l co . official journal of Mexico informs us that his Sereil Highness is preparing to send 10,000 or 12, 07, troops ; but thi s ma y we ll b e d ou b te d . Th e spi ri t O of disaffection is ripenin g i n t o revo l u ti on in variou s other parts o f M ex i co , an d i t i s not believed a:, io considerabl e a b o d y o f men can b e spare d fr°L" the capital. If they are set in motion, it is some what doubtful if they do not join with the insur gents on the march. Santa Anna wants mope" , ' He is ready t o o bt a i n it , lik e ot h er persons i n , circumstances, on the best terms he can make, money he must have or abandon his position. r have the report current and it is believed, 04 ,, Santa Anna has sent a messenger to Washingt on to announce that h e acce d es to all the amendmen t proposed by President Pierce to the Gadsden treaty. It is thought th a t th e messenge r clothed with authority to accept of any amend' ment, provided hi s mas t er can get the 15,000,w" dollars. There was little prospect of the rill cation of the Gadsd en t rea t y , even w i th the ame n d• proposed by the P res id en t . I t is Ow., thought that some member of the Senate will pro' pose the cession of Lower California and Sono!!! already half-possessed by the Filibusteros. this case almost everybody would vote for it, be' cause it would give us about as much territory we want for a year or t wo , b e i ng somew h a t large than France ; and we have recently as.ertained tf . a careful estimate th a t we d o no t gorge an at u. larger than France oftener than once aleat This seems to be about the rate of our con sumption. It should be advocated besia, e 4 on grounds of publi c mora l ity, f or it 18 Pr per, at all events, for pi ra t es t o pay f or wha t they have stol en a ft er th ey h ave got it i n theit a possession. Poor M ex i co ! A n d i f th i s sta te things continues much longer, we may say,—All for the United States! Nations are no more exact, than men from the great moral law which requir; that we do to others as we would be done by. seems strange, but, it is true, th a t our Republic"' the " Model Republic"--should be disposed, becaus e) it has the power, to grasp, either by war or monl, r ; the possessions of o ur neig hb ours, w h en t h e v er y attempt to do it on a small sca l e b y th e EmPer":, of Russia has set Europe in a blaze. The State of New Hampshire, where Preside!! Pierce was born, and where he has always lived, hy just held its annual election. It was looked for: ward to with the deepest interest by the Add 3v nistration and by the whole country. -S e° Hampshire had always been a Democratic State' It is almost the only State of the Union that no cast a Whig vote. On General Pierce's electi,e' he swept that State by an unprecedented la; rity. The Administration made a despera.r struggle during the l a t e e l ect i on ; t h ey sent they best speakers there and vast sums of money, a t , it was supposed th a t a h eavy majority would : cast for the candid a t es w h o were friendly to t u v President and his Cabinet ; but the result 11 / shown how little confidence is felt in the preselL Administration. A c l ear ma j ority is confi d eulc/ asserted to have been elected to the Legislature b 9 the Opposition. It is the most significant and inr, i portant political occ urrence we h ave w itnesse c T , since the election of G ener al Pi erce. Two Unit' States' senators are t o b e c h osen b y th i s Legie'6,: ture, and they will b e h os til e to t h e Pres ident They will be the first two United States' senator from New Hampshire who ever opposed a Dell'l3ll' cratic President. S o man y i ssues depen d e d upc,, this election that, aft er th e i n f amous N e b ras ka had passed the Senate, the friends of de Adminir,. tratiou had agreed th a t it was b es t no t t o bring. it up in the House of Representatives until the yol oo of New Hampshire had been heard. Among hundreds of memorials, petitions, and protests laid before Congress, praying that body not to enact the Nebraska Bill into a law, there have been two of s i ngu l ar i mport, dignity, and influence. One was from the clergymen of NO York city and its vicinity, embracing 150 influen tial names from almost all sects and denominations' The Episcopal Bishop of the New York diocese we the first signer. This petition was duly receiven• But a few days later, when a petition signed bf 5,500 clergym e n o f New England was laid before the Senate, it was t rea t e d w i t h t h e d eepest i n d nity. Senator Douglass r ose i n a passionate iF pit, and assaulted the whole body of the petitione'w in the most insulting manner. The offensive portion of their memorial was in the following words :--- "The undersigned, clergymen of different re ligiotef e denominations in New E ng l an d , hereby, in the name ° 1 Almighty God, and in hi s presence, do solemnly prot ec t against the passage of the Nebraska Bill, or an y repo' or modification of existing legal prohibitions of slaved in that part of our national domain which it proposes t° organise into the territory of Nebraska and Kansas. " We protest against it as a great moral wrong ; a gl6 breach of faith, em i nently injurious to the moral prin ciples of the community, and subversive of all confiden ce in national engagements ; as a measure full of danger V" the peace, and even the existence of our beloved Unio and exposi ng us to the righteous judgment of the . mighty." General Sam Houston, of Texas, rose and pro- nounced a most eloquent and well-merited tribute of respect to the petitioners, and added new laurel° to the reputation he had already acquired by b! s powerful and uncompromising hostility to thi s measure. The country has read with the deepest regret a leading article in the Washington ben': Gael, which is the official organ of the Unitela States' Senate, in which the editor says that the memorial of this " piebald regiment of arrogan t parsons" is a "high-handed measure. It is unPar; donable, impious arrogance. Did Almighty G°' commission these men, as they inti ma te, to engage in this crusade, against the Nebraska Bill?" All this appears in the official journal of the United States' Senate, which professes to be the most enlightened and dignified body on the earth, presiding over the destinies of the "Mod el Republic" of the 19th century. Such proceedings manufacture out of upright, conscientious, dignified, sedate, and prudent men Abolitionists by the thou sand every hour. slavery has hitherto had no reli ance so strong as upon the good faith with which the North has stood by the Missouri Compromise. This has been the firmest prop of slavery ; remove it, and sound, wise, and just men are agreed that the days of slavery are numbered.—Times. CURIOUS CUSTOM OF JINGLING MON EY ON A T O3f IP STONE AT Sr. BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH ON GOOD FRIDAY.—To-day being Good Friday, the rector, the Rev. Mr. Abbiss, and the churchwardens and trustee! of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, distry bated 20 sixpences to as many poor widows of the parish. The donor was a l a d y who, some centur i es resided since, in the parish, and left a certain sum in perpetuity for the p urpose, on the strange condition that each sixpence should be thrown on her gravestone, o ver which every recipient was to pass. Time, however , has destroy e d every vestige of the stone, and the monei is thrown on the ground over the grave. A further sum of 20s. is allowed for preaching a sermon on the occasion. A great number of the parishioners an d others were present to witness the curious ceremony. TOBACCO CHEENVING IN THE UNITED STATES. Th e New York Tribune of the 25th ult., thus writes o n this practice :—" At the end of the announcement of a lec ture to be delivered in Rome, New York, I,y Henri Ward Beecher, the Committee of Managers insert the following reasonable request :—` P.S.—Will use 1 0 the habit of us i ng t o bacco a b s t a i n from its use whil e there ? as the ladies who furnished the church hav e justly an unwillingness to its bei ng used for lecture s, through fear of its being desecrated and soiled by th e juice of the weed.' The trait i n our people which most disgusts well-bred strangers, and i s equa l ly repuls i ve to well-bred Americans,. is this t o b acco chewing and spit ting. Apart from the fact th a t th e use of tobacco di minishes the volume of flesh and the outline of physical beauty—lessens the weight and hardness of the very , bones of the human economy —it is one of the grossest habits that can be practised. None of the brute crea tion is so filthy in his native state as the civilised m i k r , l ,. with his tobacco chewing. A rt i stically speaking, 1: seems unequivocally satirical for a statesman or moral'st to be holding forth on liberty or ethics, and be the slav e to the nasty habit in question. It is above all disgust ing to women, and the first effort of a gentleman shook' be to have his manners approved of by the sex. 1171 1 should a man chow tobacco, when he would look with horror on a woman who should do so ? In our hotels, in stage coaches, in railroad cars especially as we g o west and south, in theatres, in courts of justice, th e r e , is a co nger i es o f b eastliness by means of tobacco- sp i ttin g which which wou:d make the doubter or cynic proclaim us the filthiest of people. It seems by the above caution that the the habit must b e particularly bad at Rome, and A! trust that the R omans have not only observed the in tirnation in this p art i cular instance, but will so COm , pletely refo rm th e i r habits as to make such requer, .is unnecessary hereafter," i ,