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

THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1837. ES ipowered by Special Acts of Parliament. Mg William-street, London-bridge, London. Capital, One Million. The 1 .Iremitoy s give Notice— let That- the ANNUAL GENERAL 3fEETING of the PRO _pHIETORri wi II be held at 12 o'clock precisely, .on SATURDAY, the 20th day .of May next, at the Office of the Company, 62, King William-street, in the city of London. 2d. That at, such meeting, the Proprietors who then hold ten or more Shares., which they have pootessed six calendar months, may attend and vote. ad. That three Directors, Jacob George Cope, Esq.. Thomas B. Simpson. Esq., and Edward Wilson, Esq., at.d ene Auditor. William Hunter, jun., Esq., retire, all of whom are re-eligible to their respec tive appointments, for which the, will be accordingly proposed. 4th. Tbat any Proprietors, duly qualified, who shall be desirous of becoming Candidates for any of these situations, mast give written notice of their intention at the Office, to tne Secretary, at least ten days previous to the time of such meeting. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. May 5, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, MAT 5, Will be performed Bentas Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Chit acters by Mffile. Bury, Signor Arnold], and Signor Paved. Con ductor, Herr Anchuez. Followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Prices—Stalls, 7s; Drcris Circle, 55.; Boxes, 33 ; Pit. 25. ; Gallery. is.; and Private Boxv., One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-office open dairy from Ten tin Six, where places may be secured. Private Waxes and Stella to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bo:id-street. THR VIRE ROYAL HAYMARSI'%T• under the management of Mr. Zuckstone. THIS EVENING, Mai 5, - Wiu be performed TOWN AND COUNTRY. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Chippeniale, George Vandenhoff, and Buekstone ; Miss Featherstone and Miss Reynolds. After which, the entirely new anl original extravaganza, entitled MR. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CESTER-SQUARE). written by J. R. Planche, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. Bucltstone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark, Mr. J. Marshall, Mr H. Marshall ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Caulfield, Miss Z. Grey, Miss Lydia Tisonmasos, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss Featherstone. To be followed by POPPING THE QUESTI')N. uoy " pia NrCESS'S TIIEITRE, OXFORD-STREEr. Under the Mansgetrynt of Mr. CIIARLE3 KEAN. TUIS EVENING, MAT 5, will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters b y Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and marray. Followed by FAITS(' AND MAR4UERITE. Chamfers ty Messrs. C. Kean and Dard ; Mrs. Winstarley and Miss C. Leclercq. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA CUP. Principtl cha :lasers by :dr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. TIIEA.THE ROYAL ADELPIII, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtractress, Mettim3 Celeste. TIM EVENING, MAT 5, Iva] be performed TWO LOVE; A. LIFE. Supported Or M" gri * C• :• 4 ePtY. neigh Ilurrsy, it.enjamin Are:ester, Keetey, and O. timith; Ntss Woorgar an 4 Ma 34 rte Celeste. Followed by raF, xocrTAC , IE K)V .t Prln , doal cha raNers bJ :11. , r , Smith, and P.irsello; Mrs. Keeliy, and Miss Mary Keeley. Alter which, Till , : OVP.RI, %NO ro cos-vrANT 110 PLE. UNDEKTA.CKN UT I.OID 11A.rEr1AJT, WWI JATKREsTIN PARTICULAR.; OF TilK FAIR LYCEUM rtie.ATio. Under the Management ut %faittme Vestrts. EVV.NINT , I, sf.ty 5, Will be presen•el ZER 1, - g 11. NI Chlraetere ' y Ntessrs. C. Manews, F. Matth,ve, and nest)) , ; Mrs. Ilel:ort, and Miss to be tottowed by GIVE A 1 . 11(1 AN ILL NA 31E. Principal characters by Me,rs. t;'. Mat' ew4 an F. Matthews. Alter which, NUMBER ONE ROUND THE CORNER. • ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIF.ITKE. Lessee and Manarren, Mr A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, MAY 5, Will be performed THE II OAY OF NIT LlFin. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Robs in, J. II Woite, Leslie, and Vincent; Mrs. Chatterley, vliss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. Aft, r which, THE: II APPY M.; peters oy Messrs Har wood Cooper, White, River, Franks, and d. Wigan; Miss E. tur ner and Mira Dormer. To be followed ny TO ORLT'llt FtENT4O*.c. 4upported by Messrs, Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling ant Miss Wyndham. STRAND THEATRE:. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcrott.—Direetrem, Miss Rebecca Isaac s. THIS EVENING, MAT 5, THE THREE TURKISH RAZOR GRINDERS. To be followed by PAUL PRY. After which, SUMMER FLO .VERS, In which the French Ballet Troupe will appear. To conclude with PIGEONWIDDrS PERILS. qtalls, 55.; Boxes, 3c; Pit, lc $;4; 4lallery, ild.; Private Boxes, £1 Ils. CI., to be had of Mr. Al'croft, 15, New Bond-street. ArITLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A +IPLIITHEA.PKE. • Lessee and Xanager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, MAT 5, Will be presented the new gra id Nautical and Equestrian spec. 'Lade, embodying n vet and extraordinary effects (wrilen by Mr. Nelson Lee), entitled A. TALK 0 k"l' ri SPANISH WAR; or, The Horse of the Wreck. Ths horses expressly tralnei by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by an entire change of the geenes of the CIRCLE. intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Mr. ‘lfre I Cooke, Miss and Master Gee, and the most talented Equestrian sal Artistes in Europe. Mdlle. Blanche, the celebrated Continental Arti te, on the TIGHT ROPE. MR. BRIG:1S IN HIS PLEASURE.; OF HORSE-KEEPING. Box-office open from Elevate tut Four. Stage Manager, air. W • Treat. liL - 111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tess DAT —'Morning 49 rnin.after Fi 1 Evening 19 min.ftft. 7 To-Aostitow---Morning 57 min after 7 livening 41 nsindtft. 8 ttiE WEATHEIL—Sum OFFICA, MAT 5. TEIESMOMETB3, IN THE SHADS. F,4—highest since noon yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 2914. WIND, W.S.W.—Light breeze, with fine ,sunshiny -weather. t r bg §1131,0 a number of explicit charges against the Turks— came at once, in the natural course of things, to the knowledge of the British and French Ambas sadors. They had already, no doubt, been watch ing with more than accustomed v igilance the progress of events both in Epirus and Thessaly. They were not ignorant of the particular occurrences which notoriously led to the conviction that the insur gents in those provinces had received from the Greek Sovereigns the most considerable and direct encouragement. They determined to take the matter seriously in hand, with a view to arrive at the truth as quickly as possible. In order to ac complish this desirable object effectually, they in stituted immediate inquiries into the statements formally made by the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs in an official document, as to the advance of the Turkish troops across the frontier, and as to the subsequent commission by them of a series of heinous cruelties perpetrated within the boundary of the Hellenic dominions. " This in vestigation," says the Protest of the two Ministers, dated Athens, April 20, " has been proceeded to by all the means which an honest and sincere de sire to ascertain the truth could furnish ; men have been questioned, and places and circumstances examined." The conclusion reached, therefore, in this matter is not a conclusion which has been Jumped at by the Ambassadors. They add, "We are obliged to say, both on account of the duties which we have to fulfil to our respective Govern ments, and of the general interest of truth, that a great number of proofs of incontestable exacti tude has led us to conclude that the accusation made in your Note, far from having any founda tion, leads to a result diametrically opposite, both as regards the ensemble and the details." Where upon they enter into particulars. They affirm that no corps of Albanians of about 500 men, -as stated by M. PAICOS, in his Note, passed into the Hellenic territory on the 26th of February. Pursuing their detailed con tradictions, they deny the statements put for ward by the Greek Foreign Minister as to the conduct of Colonel SKnommos, as to the reported engagement between his troops and the Albanians in the Greek territory, and finally as to the latter having, at the close of that engage ment, been repulsed beyond the frontiers they were said to have invaded. After thus categori cally proclaiming the fallacy of these shameless allegations made by M. Paicos, the Ambassadors content themselves with recalling to the knowledge of that Minister the fact that the engagement re ferred to took place, not on the Greek territory, but at some miles from the Greek frontier, under the walls of Arta ! Then, continues the Protest—" By whom and for what reason has such a perversion of facts been concocted? What were the causes of it ? Who were the authors of this machination ? We think (add the Ambassadors) that it is not necessary to pronounce in this respect." That they leave for a more fitting and a more solemn oppor tunity. Later on, however, they speak thus boldly and resolutely:—" We protest in the most formal and most energetic terms against the viola tion of the Ottoman territory mentioned above, aggravated as it has been by the attempt madein the name of the Greek authorities to transform it into an invasion of the Greek territory on the part of the Ottoman troops." Enough has been said. Tice condemnation of the Greek Court, and of the Greek Government, has been already pronounced. We shall await now, with more eagerness, if possible, than ever, but with less anxiety, the publication of the blue book, promised to be speedily laid before Parliament in reference to the recent pro ceedings of King OTHO, and Queen AMELIA, and their administrators —more eagerly because of this new proof of their complicity with the insurgents, less anxiously because this remarkable Protest shows also that both France and England have reason to be satisfied with their delicately situated representatives. This evening another "little bill" will be pre sented to the Hous.-3of Commons. The guardians of the public purse will be-called upon to sanc tion further expenditure in our Naval, Military, and Ordnance Establishments, to the trifling amount of nearly Five Millions Six Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling (5,595,8631). These Supplementary Estimates will—without taking into account the increase of nearly 3,000,0001. previously sanctioned—very nearly absorb the entire proceeds of the New Exchequer Bonds, should Mr. GLADSTONE succeed in having the whole amount taken. So that the country will practically have to meet out of its ordinary in come, and that, too, when waging war with a powerful opponent, some three millions of extra expenditure, immediately after having paid off old debts to the amount of Eight Millions sterling, making the additional outlay, within a single year, of eleven millions, exclusive of the six millions taken by way of loan. This is certainly no trifling addition to burdens that had previously been more than sufficiently onerous, and quite enough to induce even a more plodding and patient animal than John Bull to turn restive, and kick off the unreasonable driver who endea vours so unfairly to overload his charge. That some such feeling is abroad may be easily con jectured from the fact that a new financial state ment (Budget No. 3) is to be brought forward on Monday evening, when we suppose the Right Hon. Gentleman will endeavour by some new piece of financial legerdemain to persuade the community that all his brilliant conceptions were formed in the most prudent spirit, and that they ought to have succeeded, although, unfortunately, the results were very different from what had been anticipated. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1854. Yesterday we published in our columns a re inarkableProtest, recently inserted in the Moniteur, the resolute and dignified Protest addressed, on the 20th ultimo, by the British and French Ambas sadors at Athens to M. PAICOS, the Minister for Foreign Affairs in King OTHO'S Government. It justifies, in an extraordinary manner, everything that has hitherto been said in reprehension of the Greek Court and Cabinet. It proves the accu racy of all the charges heretofore directed against - the Greek SOVEREIGN as the fomenter, if not the actual instigator, of the risings in Epirus and Thessaly. It demonstrates thoroughly that Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE was not mistaken when be assured the British Consuls in the Levant, The people and their independent representa tbrough a memorable circular, that the insur- tives are, however, becoming tired of these re peated explanations—.each new one ma t er i a ll y zectionary movements in those quarters were differing from its predecessors. They would anything but spontaneous. Now that the gicatly prefer a simple, unvarnished statement, protest, signed by Mr. WYSE and by Baron showing that the calculations had some slight Routs are formally before the public, it pretensions to accuracy, and that what had pre viously been announc e d was f u ll y an d f a i rly car must be perfectly obvious to the meanest capa city how c orrec tly Lord JOHN RUSSELL had been ried out, than the most e l a b ora t e apo l og i es, informed when he denounced the conduct of both couched in the most cla ss i ca l an d appropr i ate phraseology. They are beginning, in fact, to ask King OTHo and Queen AMELIA in the House of • for ~ deeds " rather than "words," and to think Commons, and how egregiously the member for that an ounce of performance is better than a ton the West Riding and the member for Manchester of promises. Nay, more, they are beginning to blundered when they presumed to accuse the Noble change an opinion, not hastily or recklessly Lord of having spoken in terms of unstatesmanlike adopted, and to deem it possible to have a worse intemperance. Financial Minister even than Sir CHARLE S W OOD himself. It is — even whispered that the What, let us askpis the gravamen of the accu active mischief of the King STORK is less cation, the gist of the statement compacted into tolerable than the perverse and stubborn this notable Protest by the skilled diplomacy of the apathy that refused to notice the most obvious representatives in Athens of the Allied Govern- incidents, or to remove any of the existing abuses, inents ? Why, literally the charge directed against however injurious to the welfare and prosperity the Greek Cabinet in the matter of these deplor- of the community. Mr. GLADSTONE must, then, able insurrections resembles rather remarkably determine on making some decisive move to re another directed a gtt i wit a very different Ministry store his woefully damaged reputation. He must home—bringui. not cling to old regulations, when they manifestly somewhat nearer g the accuser in lead to his discomfiture, but must look to the sub his deductions to the inevitable alternative of stance rather than to the form, recollecting that a either credulity or connivance. According to the victory irregularly obtained is better than a de carefully-worded document, • signed by the two feat, where the contest had been conducted on the gmbassadors—either the Minister of Or was most scientific principles. If he wishes to re deceived in regard to his informati on, trieve his character, he will shake off the tram or he adventured wilfully upon the gros ses t mis _ state.. mels of red tapism, and bring forward a proposi- The question at issue lies in a tion likely to prove acceptable to the people and men ts. nutshell. M. Raicos , t he Greek Minister for Forei g n Affairs, capable of being carried into practical operation. r°, We shall briefly indicate the nature of what official note, on the 7th of l ast addressed an the Right Honourable Gentleman ought to do if T BEY, the SULTAN'S Ambassad or he March, to NEME desires to obtain favour in the sight of the Athens —in to the explana- tax-paying at the Court of reply community. First, he ought to the latter, in regard to circum- repla ce t h e Exchequer balances in the same con tions demanded b y dition that they would have b een b u t f or th e s t anc es which appeare d" Conversion abortion." When he introduced e Cabinet of OTHO, in the that b r illi ant them the complicity of th conception to the House, he never insurrection. In this men- fur a moment supposed that he would have to ventured, it would seem, pay off, in ha r d cash to dacious note M. PA/COS dissentients, eight mil on was en- ;lions, or even one on the assertion that the rising in Epirus . million sterling. He fancied of Turkish troops that some of the equivalentswhich tirely attributable to the advance by I would have been readily across the frontier, and to the perpetration accepted—that there e _ I would have been a rush of Fundh ld them of several atrocious acts of violence imm o ers, anxious diately upon their invasion of the Hellenic terri- 1121. 1 I to participate in the b ene fit s w hi ch he offered. tory. It was thu s daringly that the charges - ,Had he not been egregiously m i s t a k en in this there would not have b een a s i ngle plied against the Ath en i an C a bi n et by the expla- notion, withdrawn from the publi c d epos i ts n ations demanded from it in the name of his shilling G o vernment by the Ott om a n Ambassador, were to satisfy claims which were never a n ti c i pa t e d . then, wet by M. PAICOS with a series of bold recrimina- 1 Wily, should not the equivalents for to the dissentients be placed tione. The fact of these recriminations—involving i the money paid =ZIM THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 5, Iss 4. to the national credit ? For instance, 8,800,0001., 24 per cent., or " GLADSTONE" Stock, which might have been taken for the 8,000,0001. paid in money would at present prices produce probably 75. According to tin recent scale of interest it would be but 73 for 2i to 874 for 3 per Cent. Stock. But as the addi Lion of ten per cent. to the nominal capital would be worth something, we give the Right Hon. Gen tleman the benefit thereof, and estimate that it would bring 74 or 75 if offered for , sale in the market. At the latter price there would be 6,600,0001., which would leave only 1,400,000/. as the loss on the experiment—the very best possible way of getting out of the untoward affair. secondly, the extra war expenditure, or a large proportion thereof, should also be provided for by a loan. The contest has been entered on, not for our own sakes,lbut for the interests of posterity ; and if ever there was a case where the entire charge might fairly be placed on future generations —at least until the AUTOCRAT was compelled to liquidate the outlay occasioned by his own grasp ing cupidity—it is that under notice. There would thus be 16,600,0001. required—viz., 8,000,0001. paid off, and the former claims can celled, and 8, 600, 000/. already asked for increased expenditure. For this let him invite the people, not merely capitalists having 1001. to spare, but the people to tender, and let lists be opened iu every city, borough, and considerable town throughout the country. Let , him issue these bonds bearing interest at 34 per cent. per annum to all, applicants at par, not in the large amounts previously suggested, but in Si., 10/., 201., and 501. bills. These will be readily ac cepted, for they will pass freely from hand to hand, just as much so as the Bank of England note. The great experiment of au inconvertible paper currency may thus be fairly tested, and we stake our existence that the most sanguine anticipations will be more that realised. There is no law as to the amounts fog which Exchequer Bills may be issued. Any extri trouble occasioned to Lord MONTEAGLE and hi subordinates may be liberally recompensed. What, then, is there to prevent its adoption, savi the " red-tapist" shackles, which the Right Hon Gentleman has hitherto borne without any deci sive effort to shake them off, and which, up t. this time, have proved so prejudicial to his cha racter as a wise and prudent Minister of Finance. We have great pleasure in directing attention to the fact of Colonel PERRONET - THOMPSON having been restored to his disputed place iu th, Army List. To undo the errors of former Adminis trations is one of the highest praises which can be given to the present. To make due amends for the past, we real]) think the Government would do themselves credit, and confer valuable service on the public, by ap pointing the gallant Colonel to some command in the army now employed in the East. It may bt recollected that Colonel THOMPSON has seen much service both by la id and water, and was fur long period employed among the Turks and Arabs, whose languages he perfectly understands. Such au interpreter of military tactics would be in valuable. THE PRESTON STRIKE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The Preston strike is at an end. Domestic war ceases at the very time that war in earnest com mences with the great despot of the North. In one respect there is a striking parallel. The con test at Preston lay between wealthy masters, with a sound principle on their side, and a vast body if illiterate and poor men, capable of putting forth treat physical force, and headed byan unscrupulous header ; and the contest in the East lies between the two wealthy and educated nations, England Ind France, with the commandment " Thou shalt not steal" as their motto, and the myriads of poor and barbarous serfs of Russia, headed by a Mo narch, compared to whom GEORGE COWELL is a man of enlarged mind and honest heart. But here the parallel entirely ceases. If the Preston weavers have had all the physical force on their side, their country is sincerely proud of the way in which they have used it, or rather refrained from using it. They have made no attempt to take " material guarantees" till their demands were conceded ; they have fought for their point with the hull-dog pertinacity of Englishmen, but ley have fought with the weapons of self-denial and ratural oratory ; they have shrunk from any mean attack on the " material " weakness of their opponents, and, compared with the hypocrite who grasped Sir H. SEYMOUR'S hand at St. Petersburg, they are the veritable " gent!emen." There is not a man in Europe on this side the boundaries Russia, who, after all that has passed in the last eight months, would not take the word and rely on the moderation of a Preston weaver rather than trust the CZAR of Moscow. Most cordially, therefore, do we back the re quest of Mr. GEORGE COWELL to the masters, that they will not abuse the hour of triumph. Nothing :ould now so much injure their cause as to strike 4 vanquished foe. The prosecution against the eaders will, of course, be given up ; it would • - oOk simply vindictive to maintain it. And .t . is to be hoped also that the hands will be re dmitted to their work without unnecessary con litions. The masters themselves have rightly stated the well-known law which governs the rate if wages in their reply to the Mediation Gitn nittee. Let them adhere to, it, and leave supply and demand to settle wages, without attempting rritating restrictions to secure themselves against "uture strikes. We do not deny their right to ,Ly down their own conditions ; but beyond such reasonable one as mutual notice of quitting cork when such notice is thought desirable—a )ractice usual in the most respectable occupations —we trust there will be no demands made. A nan is not made a better servant by compulsion o what lie regards as self-degradation ; but he nay be rendered much less willing to revolt a ;econd time by finding in his employer a man con :iderate of his feelings in the very hour of triumph. :le will be slow to Lecome again the dupe of a pecious orator, when he finds in his master a man rho could fight him like a Briton, but also shake rands with him, and treat him like a Briton vhen he bad beaten him. We therefore willingly nidorse the request conveyed in Mr. Cowzrai's Iluestion, when he asks the manufacturers " whether it would be right, when two contend ing armies meet, and one has proved successful, 'or the victorious army to pursue the enemy after hey have grounded their arms, and ride rough shod over them ?" • On the other hand, we must warn the opera ives against the folly of talking as some of their speakers did—taking, indeed, a sentence of the leliberately composed address as their text, of vaiting till "a more favourable opportunity." co masters who cannot put faith in the supremacy f events, such language is a temptation to require stipulations adapted to guard against a repetition if amalgamations, unions, and strikes. We are confident that, notwithstanding the cheering of the men, the masters may safely leave the present generation to ponder the lesson taught them by the last eight or nine months. The loss of 150,0001. Ln wages will make itself painfully felt for many a iong_year, and the next prolonged strike will con iist of persons who were too young to share in and will be headed by some glib-tongued COWF,LL who is yet in his petticoats. We have Lliea,dy advised, and still advise, the operatives to save their spare earnings instead of wasting them :n Mr. COWELL'S " dram and jerry shops ;" but we repeat our advice, never to place their savings it the disposal of any union or delegates, the plan which Mr. COWELL seems to point to as the means ,f gaining a ten per cent, at some futur time. Let thPi operatives keep the money in their own lands. Each will then be independent, and not b.? iragged into anothermove against his will; and long ',efore they have retrieved thelosses of the past suffi :iently to have much to spare again, our unjust )artnership laws will assuredly be repealed, and t full opportunity given to all who wish to set up joint;stock manufactory for themselves. W e hope that we understand the meaning of Ur. B,LXENDALE, the chairman of their public neeting, aright when he says, "The day will come ,vhen your demand will be granted without Etrikes tnd lock-outs." If he merely means that he is so confident in the demand for labour outrunning -,he increase of the manufacturing population, that q c c an predict such a result, we only hope his prophecy may prove true ; but if it does, surely the waste of 150,0001. in a strike has been t most costly piece of madness and folly. [f lie be prepared to accept the other alter- Lative, and consent to the reduction which su peduity of hands would render need of course he stands on firm ground. But if he means that, by any system of operative intimi lation, the object of strikes is to be attained while the miseries of them to the working men tre to be avoided, wo would warn both him and his hearers that the thing is utterly impracticable. they must rely upon two sure facts—that wages must rise..when masters want men, and that they must fall when men want masters. We will give BAXENDALE credit, however, for the latter meaning, and join him in exhorting the Preston weavers, and all their sympathisers, never to rely 'wain upon combinations generating counter com binations, but to rest assured that wages, like •mverything else, will find their equitable level through the process known by the homely phrase, " the higgling of the market." FUNERAL OF TEIN MARQUIS OF "ANGLESEY-((7I'LS .DAY). This morning the mortal remains of the late deeply lamented the Most Noble the Marquis of Anglesey were removed from Uxbridge-house, Burlington-street, to the Great Northern Railway terminus, King's-cross, for transit to their final resting place, Lichfield Cemetery, Staffordshire. The mournful cortege was under the superintendence of Messrs. Jarvis, undertakers, Long acre, and presented a most solemnly grand appearance, r )e lo g formed as follows :—A detachment of fifty of the noble deceased's own regiment on horseback, with drums nuffied, and the band playing the "Dead March in 3aul." A plume of feathers, followed by coronet and cushion. The hearse containing the coffin, drawn by four horses richly caparisoned, feathers, escutcheons, and ►ttendants, Ist Regiment of Life Guards, the officers carrying black flags ; four mourning coaches, and four feathers and attendants. Three of the Queen's carriages, each having six horses, and postilions with black scarfs, coachman and six grooms in waiting in their full dress of scarlet and gold, the horses ;la,ving black rosettes with long streamers. One hundred carriages of the nobility and gentry concluded the mournful cavalcade, which, at the hour of half-past ten o'clock, having been arranged as described, proceeded on its route up Regent-street, Langham place, Portland place, down the New-road to the railway terminus. Thousands of persons congregated to witness the proces sion, which, as it proceeded, were greatly increased; notwithstanding, however, we did not hear of a single accident occurring, and, by the able management of a strong body of the metropolitan police, the greatest order was maintained throughout, every one evidently deplor ing the decease of one of England's greatest heroes. :dthorigh he had attained an age far beyond the allotted life of man. GALATZ.—Advices from Galatz of the 15th ult, state that the Russian authorities had at last been prevailed upon to permit the departure of the few English vessels at that port—a privilege of which they would forthwith avail themselves. The Consuls of England and France bad received notice to quit within eight days. THE NEW ALDERMAN OF QUEENHITHE WARD. —Yes terday the pulling for the office of Alderman of Queen lathe ward connueneed at ten o'clock, and concluded at one, when the Lard Mayor announced that Mr. Rose was the successful candidate, the numbers being for Mr. Rose; 37 ; for l s, Oroall, 25.1 LATEST FOREIGN NEWS, THE WAR. BOMBARDIVIENT OF ODESSA DESTRUCTION OF TWELVE RUSSIAN WAR VESSELS. A Turkish despatch received in Vienna states that on the 22d of April the allied fleets destroyed, in a few hours, all the fortifications, the batteries, and the military stores. Two powder magazines blew up, and twelve vessels of war were sunk. The merchant vessels were saved. The loss of the allies was only five killed and six wounded. Thirteen Russian vessels laden with munitions were taken. The fleet left in the direction of Sebastopol. REPORTED ENTRY OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS INTO WALLACHIA. The Russian organ, the Indepemdance Beige, gives a despatch from Vienna that certainly con tains news wholly unexpected. Austrian troops are said to have either already entered Little Wal lachia, or to be on the point of doing so. There was a rumour at Vienna that the Austrian armies had entered Servia, Bosnia, Albania, the Herze gowina and Montenegro. The q ues ti on i s ver y naturally asked what can possibly induce Austria to enter Little Wallachia, now that the Russian forces have evacuated it, and the Turks are re suming possession of it ?_ This is the more singular, because the population has everywhere received the Turks with open arms. THE BALTIC. The Emperor of Russia has ordered that all the boats belonging to the members of the Yacht Club of the Neva shall be placed at the service of the State, to form part of the flotilla of armed row boats which is being formed at Sweaborg and Cron stadt, to act against Sir Charles Napier. Letters from St. Petersburg announce that albeit the Anne M'Alister will not be allowed to quit Cronstadt, the effects of Sir Hamilton Seymour are 'at his disposal, to be removed by land, and that every facility will be accorded for such removal. Swedish journals now declare that the story re lative to the skipper of the Russian vessel Libertas having succeeded in escaping by making the prize crew drunk, is a mere fabrication. No such vessel has entered Ystadt or any other port. LETTERS FROM THE FLEET. Off Hango Point in the Gulf of Finland, April 24.—We have been on a pioneering expedition up the Gulf some miles above this point. It is quite clear of ice as far as we have been—Sweaborg, and as far as the eye can see to the eastward. The rumour about Russian men-of-war having been seen in Revel or Port Baltic, as stated in several English papers, is quite false. None have been seen in these waters (outside the forts) since our ships made their appearance. Seven or eight were perceptible within the Castle of Sweaborg. I fear they will not come out to meet us. How ever, we must see. Our ships have taken seve ral prizes. The Tribune took four the other day fir her own share. The main squadron was lying off the mouth of the Gulf ; and Admiral Corry near the Stockholm Skjcegeord. The weather, which at first was severely cold, has now become considerably warmer,. and the days are getting perceptibly lon ger . Th e night 2 watches are still cod. The batterie s on H augo Point fired at us, as we passed close in taking soundings. The shot, however, fell short, and the orders from Sir Charles being strict, we did not return the fire. A boat landed from the Hecla at Oortto, and left some of our cards under the lighthouse for the Emperor's inspection. 'We found a village of 40 houses quite deserted on our approach ; one alone was tenanted by an old man, bed-ridden, evidently in his last stage. His friends had actually left his coffin outside in readiness for him. Instead of mur dering him, as he evidently expected we should do, we left him a bottle of port and an orange, and re quested him to explain to his friends on their return that the English are not such barbarians as it appears the Emperor's agents make the poor ignorant islanders believe. Had it been Russia Proper instead of Finland, her province, we might have helped ourselves to some fresh provisions; but in the present case it would be impolitic to Make the Fins our enemies. From another sfource we learn that the party found fifty sheep and some goats on the island. Food appeared scanty, and th e land barren. The only trophy carried away was a sprig of furze, which was blossoming in beautiful contrast to the snow with which it was surrounded. The result of the survey has been an assurance that with deter mination and caution the ships may go into any of the harbours except those strongly fortified ; in attacking these strongly fortified places, great cau tion would be necessary. The fleet was in excel lent spirits. The Finlanders are very lukewarm in the cause of the Emperor, and will evidently only do that which may be forced upon them. It was expected the fleet would proceed again north ward. The coal depots are in the Faro of Goth land. An extract of another letter from the Duke of Wellington, hearing date 27th April, states : " We are about to attack Han 4 ;o Hinch Harbour, which wiil be the opening of the ball, and of which I hope to render you a good account." COPENHAGEN, APRIL 30.—As might have been expected, not a few Finnish and other seamen have entered our fleet from the northern harbours. No expense has been spared in obtaining the assistance of pilots. Not less than 1,0001. has been paid, iu an instance or two, for the services of this class of men during the whole season, till the navigation closes ; and the same sum has been given to a Nor wegian linguist, who speaks Russian and Fi nn i s h, on board the Wellington. Prosecutions of the press are again the order of the day here, and the result, under the present ministry, is almost without ex ception a verdict cf guilty. There is no jury, the Cabinet having resisted all attempts to revive this old Danish institution. Its time, however, will conic, if the Danish liberties are rescued. On the 26th, the enormous number of 210 ships passed the Sound. The peace of Copenhagen has not been disturbed, notwithstanding the excessive excitement and the general indignation of all classes. Th e p eo pl e h ave determined to wait till October, when the Parlia ment re-assembles. If the Ministry is then i.ot dismissed, the Parliament will refuse to pay the taxes. Meantime, Holstein troops continue to pour into the capital. COPENHAGEN, April 29.—The Swedish Govern ment has now declared Cork infected with the cholera, all other Irish harbours suspected of the same, and the whole Irish kingdom subject to the Draconic Swedish quarantine laws. If the English Government continue to put up with this insolence and Russian aggression,.it is to be hoped that the British people will not, and that it will be instantly taken into consideration by our representatives on the opening of Parliament. We must endeavour to see which is the strongest—the rights of nations or King Oscar. The Swedish papers contain well-written articles against •the continuance of the neutrality. They demand, in the strongest language, Parliamentary reform and adhesion to the Western Powers for law and right. The number of prizes taken in the Baltic has been very great, many of them laden with arms, hidden under cotton, arc., and intended for Russian har bours. A proclamation has been issued in Relsing fors, ordering every householder to find one room in his building for the use of the soldiery. Prices continue to rise in Finland, with the exception of hay, which has fallen somewhat. The Finnish pa pers now contain only the lowest and most disgust ing flattery of the Emperor and all his acts; but all persons know that they do not represent the feel ings of the people. On the evening of the 29th the Scandinavian. Society held its closing winter meet ing at Copenhagen. After a lecture by Professor Eschricht on the customs and characteristics of the Danish island of Bornholm, about 200 gentlemen sat down to supper. Among the toasts of the evening were—" For Clausen," the President of the Society; " For the Constitution;" "For Sir C. Napier, and may God grant him a glorious vic tory ;" "For Finland, and may she soon be re stored to her northern sisters ;" "For Bishop Monrad, and may his bold hand soon grasp the helm of the State." All these were drunk with three times three rapturous cheers. The French fleet is expected in a day or two. It is expected that most of the ships will be forced to go round by the Great Belt. At this moment our harbour may be said to be free from English war-ships. One passes now and then with one or more prizes, but otherwise they are out at sea or higher up to wards the north-east. Elsinore is now the point from which these minor movements may be best observed. The illegal dismissals of the Parlia mentary chiefs have had the effect of uniting all parties against the Government, and the Opposition is now one compact body. THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC. The followinn - are the latest advices received in reference to the state of the navigation in the Baltic : NARVA, April 25. -The river has been free of ice for the last week, but un to April 23 the roadstead was still eompletEly closed 1:17 it ; yesterday. .t 4. feared, and the roacistead id eiear. There are, however, still large masses drifting about in the Gulf, and to-day the north wind has packed them. P.m.—The wind having veered to S.W., the ice will therefore be egailk driven away, and vessels will doubtlessly shortly be able to run in. BOLDERAA, April, 26.—Extensive masses of ice were yesterday driven on to the coast by the N. and N.B. wind, and not only the whole extent of the Gulf but the roadstead also, and even a portion of the se,t-channel, we covered with it. The stream in the river has in creased within these few days, but is not sufficiently strong tolieep the ice from the roadstead. 27th.—The ice remains unchanged ; six fresh arrivals are in sight; about four German miles off. COURT CIRCULAR. Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Wednesday after noon, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, in the even ing, included the Duchess of Kent, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Baron Beutiuck, the Netherlands Minister, Admiral dc Virgin, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, Earl and Coun tess Granville, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, Lady de Tabley, and the Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell. The Queen's private band attended after dinner, and playe the following selection : Overture, " Scipio" buo and Quintetto d'Ensemble, du Nord" Grand Polonaise Romberg. " L'Etoile ........ Meyerbeer. Schachner. The Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of Canada, had an audience of the Queen yesterday afternoon, and took leave of her Majesty, on his return to Canada. Her Majesty and I rince Albert, accompanied by the Prinet• of Wales and Prince Alfred, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Charlemont, the Hou. Flora Macdonald, Lord de Tabley, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain the Hun. Dudley de Roe. The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took a drive iu an open carriage and four. _ Colonel Bouverie has succeeded Lord Charles Fitzroy as Equerry in Waiting to h-r Majesty. Lieutenant-Colonel Nedham, Royal Artillery, was presented to her Majesty by General Sir Hew D. Russ, on promotion, at the Levee on Wednesday. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, went yester day morning to her residence Frogmore, near Windsor. Hei Royal Highness returned to Clarence-house, St. James's, in the afternoon. A deputation respecting the R►ilway Traffic Regulation Bili had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of the Mar quis of Chandos, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Denison, Mr. McGregor, Mr Russell, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Pu leino, Mr. Benson, and Mr. Coates. A deputation from the Ma.v.:hester School of Art, consistht. of Mr. Bazley (president), Rev. Mr. Richson, Mr. W. Fair bairn, and Mr, Edmund Potter, had au interview with th Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue hal au interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. ROYAL ITALIAN °PARA. Beethoven's Fidelio was performed last night for the firs: time since ISSI, and for the third time at the Royal Italia' Opera, since, when it was originally brought out here in the year of the Great Exhibition, it was only given twice during the season. a different result, we think, can now be prog nosticated, if we may judge by the reception accorded to th, opera on the present occasion. The house was crowded to the ceiling ; there was scarcely standing room in the pit and the amphitheatre and gallery were literally packed doub,less with amateurs of good music, who had come to de honour to one of the grandest masterpieces of the art, am: the only opera ever composed by the uncompromising am , immortal Beethoven. Her Majesty and Prince Albert (with three of the Royal children) were among the audience, and remained until the end of the performance, the- most efficient we have heard iu England no matte' whether in German, English, or Ita lam The opera was given with recitatives, to suit the exigencies of the Rabat, stage ; and these, which we believe are from the pen of Mr. Costa, can hardly be praised too much for their discretion, their uuobtrusiveness, and their thorough applicability to the worth and the situations. Two out of the four overtures which Beethoven, unable to satisfy himself, composed for Fiddle) were played by the band—the short one in E at the commencement, and the longest and finest of all, generally . known as the overture to Leonora, between the first ann second acts. The latter was given to such perfection that it was encored unanimously, and the absurdity of interrupting the progress of the opera by a lengthy and elaborate orches tral piece (which should bo given at the beginning, or not at all) was forgotten in the interest created by so fine a perform ance. It was the third appearance of Mademoiselle Sophie Cruvelli, who, on the Italian stage at least, may bo said to have made the character of Leonora her own. That it should be her best part is the more to her credit, since it is. without exception, the most lofty, arduous, and difficult in the lyric drama. The music of Leonora exacts an equal amount of physical force and mental acquirement. It is in tellectual throughout; and, as dramatic truth is never sacri ficed to mere vocal display, the singer must look t o th e strict attention-and the high er symp Able% of the audience for appreciation and reward. That it should so entirely suit the voice and means' of Madlie. Cruvelli is au accident for which she has no reason to be thankful, and which, it must be owned, she has turned to the best advantage. She was never more magnificent than last night ; her acting was never more careful, picturesque, and thoroughly intelligent ; her singing never more forcible and impressive. Her whole performance, in short, was first rate. It may be, that being a German, Mademoiselle Cruvelli finds the music of the greatest German operas peculiarly adapted to her nature and her means. At all events, Leonora is her most finished and genuine per formance. She wholly forgets herself in the part, and is no longer Mademoiselle Crnseelli, but the faithful and heroic wife of the poor captive, to rescue whom is her fixed idea—to be restored to whom is the object of her whole devotion, There is, however, one feature that distinguishes the Leonora of Mademoiselle Cruvelli from all the Leonoras we have seen—that of Malibran alone excepted in every scene, no matter what passion or excitement has sway, in passages of the loftiest daring, as in those of fear and trembling and almost despair, there is an evidence of modest and retiring womanhood, which is never once lost sight of, and which, united to a feeling of youth in the tones of the voice and in every look and gesture, invests the whol e impersonation with a special a n d abiding charm, and presents a beau ideal of the most ideal, and, at the same time, the most genial and unaffected of operatic heroines. signor Tam berlik's Florestan was, to say much in one word—faultless. Mademoiselle Marai showed that part of Marcellina was one of real importance. Had this clever and intelligent young singer essayed the character of Leonora, she could hardly have done herself more credit. That Signor Tagliafico should have been thoroughly efficient as I 'on Pizarro is not to be wandered at, since he studies every one of his par s with such extreme diligence, and brings so much intel ligence to the task, that he rarely fails to come up to the mark. Nor is it surprising that a thoroughly well-trained singer like Signor *tigelli (and a German to boot) should do all that could possibly be required with the small, but not insignificant part of Jacquiuo, or that Signor Polonini, wh is careful is whatever he does, should have been mere than usually careful in the somewhat difficult inns e of the Minister. Signor &mini. iu the laborious and very prom.- ne it character of R , cco, dsplayed a geuthal acquaintance with the music, and, in most re,pects, a command of it—not to mention his sensible appreciation of the part in a dramatic point of view—which did him infinite credit. The opera was listened to wit., attention, and applauded with genuine warmth from begiuning to end. The new success of Fidelio is a fact of importance to music, and is likely to make the short en gagement of Mademoiselle Cruvelli both profitable and bon. mixable to the management. DESPATCHES PROM LORD RAGLAN.- Captain the Hon. Henry Blackwood, arrived in town yesterday, bearer of despatches from Genel ai Lord Raglan, whom he accora- Paula(' as far as Malta. THE GREEK INSURRECTION. ATIIENS, April 28.—Prince Napoleon, who arrived at Syra on the 25th, left that place an hour afterwards, on his way to Constantinople. M. Jean Soutzo, secretary of the Greek Legation in Russia, has brought 200,000 f. from St. Peters burg. It is expected that 500,000 f. will be sent from Bucharest. Subscriptions are opened in Rus sia. It is said that the Minerva, loaded with am munition, has been captured by an English ship. TRIESTE, Tuesday.—The Greek insurrection appears to be a complete failure ; all the despatches of a late date are unanimous in so describing it. Their head-quarters have been taken by storm ; two of their principal chiefs, Tzavellas and Karaiskaki, have been thoroughly beaten ; the third chief, Grivas, has fled. The rebels were de feated even at Mezzovo. With the exception of Piraeus, all the coasts of Greece are rigidly watched. English and French ships are stationed at Patras, Vanetza, Stylide, and Neg,ropont ; they suffer- no vessel to come out without sending a party on board to make an effective search. Pirates, how ever, are swarming in the Archipelago. An at tempt at insurrection made at Samos has mis carried. ATHENS, April 26.—At Peta, the centre of the Greek insurrection, when it was taken, on the 25th, by Osman Paella, documents were found (it is presumed on the body of Tzavellas's secretary, Who perished in the combat) which entirely com promise the Greek government. By the Athens correspondence of the Triest Zei tung we learn that the note presented by the re presentatives of the Western Powers on the 11th has totally failed to produce the expected effect. The Greek writers assure us that King Otho, who has firmly resolved to do nothing which could be unpleasant to the Greek nation, has informed the British and French Ministers that he would rather lose his crown than act in opposition to the wishes (if a people which has such implicit:confidence in his patriotism. This fine phrase may deceive those who are ignorant of the real state of things, but here it is well known that King Otho has no will of his own. Queen Amelia, on the contrary, a wo man of strong character and excessive ambition, appears to aim at nothing less than an Imperial cro cs-n. It may excite some surprise that such a State as Greece can venture to beard the great Powers ; but the Greeks have a fixed idea that no Christian Power will actively interfere to put down the insurrection. The following account from the Piraeus shows the imperative necessity of paying a little more at tention to the Mediterranean. All our forces, great and small, appear to have been concentrated in the Black Sea and the Baltic ; but our usual stations and cruising grounds must not be aban doned or neglected, or we shall have swarms of freebooters interfering with our commercial vessels in a manner like the following :—" The Harriet, from Newcastle to Valencia and Constantinople, was found on a reef off the Island of Andros, on the 15th inst., supposed to have been plundered by pirates, and the master and crew murdered, or else that the crew had risen against the master. Her Majesty's steamer Triton has gone to take posses sion of the vessel." A special correspondent proceeding to the seat of war, dating from Malta, April 26, says " There are rumours here that the pirates of the Archipelago are again on the alert, and have taken a vessel bound from this port to the Black Sea, with coals for the feel. The piracy, it is said, was com mitted off the Isle of Andros, where the vessel was run on shore, and the master and crew, consisting of 15 men, murdered in cold blood." CONSTANTINOPLE. From Constantinople there are all sorts of odds and ends to be communicated. The Greek conspi racy, of which the Russian emissary, Baron Oelsner, was one of the principal members, was a most for midable affair. The plan was to raise a host of some 60,000 Greek conspirators in various parts of Turkey, who, at a given hour, were to put their Turkish neighbours to the sword. According to the correspondent of the Wanderer, the principal blow was to be dealt in Constantinople, where the direction of the insurrection was to be intrusted " to a certain Plantagenet Harrison." Oelsner, who received 1,000 piastres a month for acting as a Turkish spy, was weak enough to unbosom himself to a physician named Aska, who at once be trayed him to the authorities. One of Oelsner's accomplices was constantinu, the captain of a Greek vessel, who was in correspondence with M. Metaxa. Constantinu had undertaken to find 40 Greek captains who would engage to convey arms and ammunition to Constantinople, and to assist in the work of death with their crews. A Colonel Bobiuianoff was the middle man between Oelsner and Prince Gortschakoff. It appears that, at a soiree given by Gen. Baraguay d'Hilliers, the Hungarian General . Klapka, was an invited guest, and that as soon as he entered the room, all the Austrians present, the corps diplomatique included, went away. Gen. Klapka has had audiences with Reschid Pacha an d Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. Rescliid Pacha, it appears, lately told a deputation of Polish refugees that the moment had arrived for taking their offers into consideration, and that General Wysocki would speedily receive a definitive answer to his proposals. The question of nationalities can not be blinked much longer. If the Poles fight against Russia, they will not, as mere hired soldiers of fortune, for Turkey alone. WARSAW. The following ukase of the Emperor of Russia has just been published at Warsaw : "By the Grace of God, Nicholas, Emperor of All the Russ:as, King of Poland, &c. Taking into consideration the wants of our Treasury in the kingdom of Poland, and wishing to adopt the means of satisfying them, we order, on the proposition of the Government, and conformably to Art. 2 of the ukase of 9th March last, as fol lows :—Art. 1. There shall - be pot in circulation the second series of Treasury Bonds of 100 silver roubles each, bearing interest, for the sum of 5 millions of silver roubles. Art. 2. The issue of these bonds shall take lace when necessary, and the Council of Administration shall determine the day, on the proposition of the Com mis,:ion of the Treasury." The Commission of the Treasury fixed the 19th April for the execution of the ukase. These Trea sury Bonds bear 4 per cent. interest. The following anecdote is related of M. des Es sard, French Consul-General at Warsaw :—Upon receiving information, whilst packing up and pre paring for departure, that the authorities would not permit him to remove with him the archives of his office, he remonstrated against a proceeding as utterly at variance with the laws of nations as was that of firing upon the boat of the Furious, bear ing the flag of truce, at Odessa. This remonstrance proving abortive, the gallant Consul General loaded a pair of pistols, continued his preparations, and declared that lie would blow out the brains of the first man that dare impede the removal of his papers. FRANCE. PARIS, Friday Morning.—An Imperial decree, in the Moniteur, re-establishes the Imperial Guard. It will form a mixed division, will be under the immediate orders of the Marshal of the Palace, and its service will consist in guarding the person of the Emperor. General St. Jean d'Angely is named Command ant of the Guard. A picked corps of cavalry, to be called the " Hundred Horse Guards," is also established. The Emperor, it is said, has just decided that considerable changes shall be effected in the Champs Elysees. A large portion of the present planted ground is to be built on, which act will give a profit of 35 millions of francs, it is calculated, to the city of Paris. A vast opening, surrounded by lofty houses, is to be made in front of the Ex hibition Palace, and ornamented with fountains and statues. It is also said that four fountains are to be established on the Place de la Concorde, i n place of two; and that the obelisk of Luxor is to be transported to the court of the Louvre. A telegraphic despatch wi.s received on Wednes day in Paris, announcing that Giraud, the man buried in the well at Ecully, near Lyons, had been last night delivered from his most perilous position, and that he is in as good health as could be ex pected. It is now nineteen days since the accident by which he was buried underground occurred. • The Moniteur says : "It was on the 14th of April that the vice-admiral commanding-in-chief the squadron in the Black Sea re ceived the official notification of the state of war between France and England on the one hand, and Russia on the other. Admiral Hamelin, after having come to an understanding with Admiral Duudas, signalled this new state of things to the vessels in the fleet, and caused the signal to be saluted by three cries of Viva l'Empe reur !' by the crews, standing on the yards. The Eng lish admiral executed the same mano3uvre. Nothing was more imposing than the spectacle of these 20,000 -alters making the air ring with their acclamations in a c , Ltve wnieli, in the opinion of all, is that of justice and of Lila indepood,:ne.:_, of ate naLionaliti,s of Europe. At the top of the three masts of each vessel floated the flags of France, England, and Turkey, on whioh the enow fell in liaka—as if to give a real couleur locale to this maritime scene. In de scending from the yards, the topmen grouped them selves around the mainmast, and sang a war-song com posed by one of them. The enthusiasm is very great and unanimous in both fleets. It is manifested on every occasion, and it has been singularly increased of late by the perusal of the official documents which have so clearly exposed the ambitious projects of Russia, and her attempts to exclude France from any intervention in the destinies of Turkey." A telegraphic despatch is said to have been re ceived by the Government, announcing a victory by the Turks, and that Omar Pasha had succeeded in cutting in two the Russian army in the Do brudsch. The despatch, however, is not regarded as sufficiently auth en ti c , an d therefore was not published. In the afternoon of Wednesday the police paid A visit to the house of a Russian, who has been living for years iu France, and who has been lately re siding at Auteuil, a short distance from Paris. They made a strict search among his papers, which they took off with them to the Prefecture of Police. The papers were again examined, and the discovery is said to have been made of a serious correspon dence with St. Petersburg. The police again visited his house yesterday mornin g and arrested the Russian. He is for the present detained at the Prefecture. The Moniteur de la Flotte says If we are rightly informed, the English Admiralty has € l ° - cided on principle not to build any more sailing or paddle-vessels, but to adopt the screw for ea men-of-war without exception. Moreover, all the existing ships in the navy susceptible of the trans' formation, are to be converted into screws." _ For some days past unpleasant rumours, says the Paris correspondent of the Times in his letter of yesterday, have circulated on the state of rela - • tions existing between the French Ambassador at Constantinople and the Turkish Cabinet, or rather the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The dis satisfaction does not, I believe, extend to the French Government, but is confined to their representative, though I believe they are perfectly aware of the fact, and have been so for some time. When General Baraguay d'Hilliers was first appointed to his present post it was certainly taken as a proof that the policy of France, which, as well as that of England, had unjustly been charged with weakness and dilatoriness, was about to assume a more energetic character. The substitution of a military man for a civilian in the arduous and responsible duties of representative to the Porte, would lead to such a conclusion, though it does not follow that a man who is bold and daring in the field must necessarily carry with him into council the same qualities. However that may be, the most favourable results were antici pated from the change, all the more so that the chief and perhaps the only complaint made against M. de la Cour was the want of the very quality for which, his successor got so much credit. Energy and zeal may, however, be carried to an excess ; and it ar pears that General Baraguay d'Hilliers is the Opp)" site extreme of the alleged feebleness of his pre decessor. We meet in our daily intercourse with the world persons who think that great energy , mind and decision in council, as in action, must invariably be connected with a bustling and noisy exterior ; that the more manly qualities are only shown by abruptness in demeanour and rudeness in language ; and they have no idea that a man 01 placid manner and of quiet intercourse with his fellows may possess more decision and strengt h of character, a force of will more concentrated POW' more fixed, than he whose energy wastes itself violent gesticulation, roughness of manner, a 1 1 ,` uncouth or rude language. Firmness of purpose 315 no doubt essentially necessary in such a situation I a s that of the French Ambassador at Constantino] ale' but it is not incompatible with evenness of tem p er' It cannot be doubted that the General's patitw has been often tried severely since he entered on. ill present functions. The Oriental character is c e 're" monious and slow ; the General is quick and ha s tyd and in some moments of extreme vivacity he is s both in manner and in words to have grievol2 s l y offended' the susceptibility or the dignity of : t! A Turkish Ministers. I n f ac t, ma tt ers h ave r e ad t n such a point that the G enera l i s sa id t o h ave mens 4 c' the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs with a a' pension of his relations with him. No BM factory explanation is given of the cause of tit er' hickerings ; they perhaps originate rather 1 11 matters of form than an ythi ng else, but at ~,3 1 events they tend to excit e a goal deal of ill-w l ' The General complains, I believe, of apathy or obstinacy on the part of the G o vernment he f an ' redited to and they in turn accuse hint of brusquerie of language and unpardonable outbrea% of temper. In such cases it often halve ns the there are faults on both sides, but what iv ould merely unpleasant on any other occasion hec° lll es most serious in circumstances like the pres eut. Some time since it was stated that Gene ral Baraguay d'Hilliers was on the point of beinif recalled, and that his letter of resignatio tt crossed' the despatch announcing his removal. Th 143 matter, however, died away, and it was believed that the affair was settled. lam not aware that all official complaints have been comnauni icated the part of the Turkish Government, but I should not be surprised if before long a friendlL r remon strance will be made on the subject. The Bourse yesterday was rather animated, and prices improved. The Three per Cents. o 1 )ened at 64f. 40c., rose to 65f., and closed at 64f. t Ze., f or the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-13 r.alf per Cents. closed at 91f. ; and the New Loan at 64 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,055 f. ; Rouen' 852 f. 50c. ; Havre, 412 f. 50c. ; Great X. (other° , 7451. ; Strasburg, 717 f. 50c. ex div. ; New Share s ' 546 f. 25c. • Paris and Lyons, 823 f. 75c. ; Lyon s to the Mediterranean, 672 f. 50c. ; Wesi ;ern u t France, 560 f. ; Bordeaux and C e tt e 505 f. • Great Central of France, 405 f. ; B an k o f Credit dobilie r / 510 f. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, May I.—Tho news is considered c 0 1: firmed here, that a grand and final attemi Vt being prepared at St. P e t ers b urg f or ga i n i n g ,ser Prussia to the side of Russia. The bait is to 140 treaty of commerce. It is supposed the Czar, 1 ' not from political motives, is willing to conclude it , since the total drying up of his revenues from ha' port duties, and the rapid growth of the smugglil 1 g trade must soon convince him how ruinously h 1$ commercial system is acting on his own empire'' No treaty of commerce has been made between the' two countries since 1826, and it was suffered tc" expire in 1836. The news of the bombardment of Odessa has produced a very favourable impression on the ex' change here. STETTIN, May I.—The Prussian Government that allowed arms to pass to Russia stops accoutre ments for Sweden. About 8,000 helmets were sent here from the Swedish embassy in Berlin, in order to be shipped across to Stockholm. An order 11 35 just been recetved, prohibiting their exportation. The Prussian Consul-General at Bucharest, who lately broke off his official intercourse with that town on account of no attention having been pall to his reclamations in the affair of a foreigner under his protection, has been called to Berlin. It is stated that the Prussian Government fully Ap proves of his conduct. ITALY. We read in the Giornale di Roma, of the 250 ult., that, on the preceding day, a solemn mass was celebrated in the national German Church of Santa Maria all' Anima, at Rome, and a VI Deum sung afterwards, on the occasion of the mar riage of the Emperor of Austria. The Tuscan Monitore gives some particulars respecting the murder of the late Duke of Parma , which have not been hitherto made public. Before his death the Duke distinctly declared that ll iS murderer was not of Parma, and that be had bee dogging him for the last three days. The assas; sin, when he approached the Duke, said in a nasal tone—" Let me pass, I want to go to the theatre7 I'm in a hurry." The Duke exclaimed--" Wha t rudeness is this !" and at that instant received the fatal wound. The ass a ssin stepped back to avoid the aide-de-camp who accompanied the Duke' but who was not in a condition to pursue burl! , having to support the wounded prince in 111 ,! arms. The criminal had to force his way throug h a knot of persons standing close by, and it is cer tainly strange that he was not arrested by them: An old balberdier strove to run after him, but some person in the above-mentioned group tripp e ,, up his heels somehow or other his stick, an . e before the poor old fellow could get up again, the assassin had disappeared. On the following day it was discovered that the wires of the telegraPill° line, connecting Parma and Piacenza with Loon' barely, had been severed in three places. Divine service was celebrated on the 23d in t he Sixtine Chapel at Rome for the repose of the soul of Donna Maria Gloria, Queen of Portugal. T he diplomatic body was present at the ceremony " A letter from Rome," says the Gazette de Lynn , " states that the second son of Prince de Canu l° and of Princess Zenoide Charlotte Bonaparte, bear ing the name of Lucien Louis, and 25 years of age) has just entered into th e ecc l es i as ti ca l state." Rims BourtsE.......Th e amounts from the Paris Bourse yesterday show a rise of nearly three quarters per cent: From Vienna lik ew i se th e quotations indicate a, sligh" improvement. Gold, however, was still at 414 per preiniuni, and silver at 361. The rate of exchang e at Paris continues without improvement, and a further sum of about 50,000/. was taken from the Bank of Bog land yetterday for remittance. . • ' gwi] is s just of 1 mon thew mear the ] cider Is nc Barn crirn TI Belg frau, 49,7 franc this then enga Rus: time for on a arm; land Our We