The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-31 00:00:00

COLOGNE CHORAL HANOVER-SQUARE itOOMS.—Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the COLO C/ -. 14- 2. CHORAL UNION will give a LAST and FAREWELL FA r EI . U.NG CONCERT at the above rooms (in passing ,through Lcindon from Liverpool, on their route to Cologne), on SATURDAY.. Johle 3, on which farewell occasion the society will execute twelve, 'et their most admired morceaux. Parties disap pointed in a 'mining stalls for the concert last week will have the priority Aladce for Saturday next, June 3.—Application for stalls and tickets ‘ at Mr: Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. -4. Madame CELESTE (Directress of this Popular Establish 'Anent) begs to inform the nobility, gentry, and public in general, that Les ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on WEDNESDAY next, June" t when will be revived (for this night only), the celebrated drama of THE THIRST OF GOLD ; or, the Lost Ship, and the Wild Flower of Mexico. With the unique grand scenic effect of the Sea of Ice. Madame Celeste, Mr. Keeley, and Mr. B. Webster sus taining their original characters. After which will be produced (Never Acted) a NEW and ORIGINAL FARCE by Mark Lemon, Esq., supported by Mr. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the popular Nautical Drama of the CABIN BOY. Julien (her origiv.lll character), Madame Celeste. Tickets, Places, and Private Borer to be had at the theatre. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TEIS EVENING, Mai 31, Wlll be performed DER FREISC HIT CZ. Characters by Madame 'earadori, and Mdlle. Sedlaaek ; Herr Reichardt, and Herr Formes. Followed by (10th time) the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled TINE FETE EN OLYMPE. Prices--Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 5s ; Ftoxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; GallerY, Is.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and sour Guineas. The Boa-otlice open daily from Ten till Six , where places ma and Y be esoured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had o f Messrs. Leader Cock, 63, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HALM ARKET. Under the management of Mr. Suckstone. THIS EVENING, MAT 31, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, •and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitswilliam. After which, the entirely new and original E extravaganza entitled 1111. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAG ROND TH GLOBE (IS LEI cfIESTER-SQUARE), written by J . R. Planche E , Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cas.mts Essa. - THIS EVENING, Mar 31, Wilt be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and Murray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Re= and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstahley and Miss C. Loci °req. After which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters by )t sere. Meadriws, D. Fisher, and Saker ; and Misses Murray and Day. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proirietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste THIS EVENING, MAT 31, Will be performed TILE MARBLE HEARP; or, The Sculptor's Dream. Characters by Mews. P. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web ster, and C. Selby; Madame Celest, , , 5115 s Woolgar, and 31138 E. Harding. Followed by THE NIOUSTACIIE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0. Smith,. Keeley, and Farselle; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, THE OVERL \ NT) ALTRIZY TO coNstxNrt- YOPLE, Ai UNDERTAKEN BY LORI) BATEMAN, WITH Iv I'REEsTING PARTICULARS OF TILE FAIR •Aoenn.. Prin. elpalcharacters by Mr. Paul Bedford and Mrs. Keeley. OLYMPIC THEATIIE. • Leases and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, MAY 31, Will be performed THE HAPPIZAT DAY OF MY LIFP. Ch r %eters by Messrs. F. Rohm, J. ;1 Wnite, anl Vincent; Mrs. Chatterley, miss P. Horton, and Niisi Nlarston. To be followed by THE Fr ItS Character. by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Frank., Harwood Cooper, an.l Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Misa Wyndham. After which, TILE MU 111IY. Characters by Messrs. 11. Wigan, Robson, I. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. STU-B.ND VIE-I.TUE. Ftt4e Lessee Mr. F. W. Alter:AL—Directress. NilS.4 Rebecca Isaacs. TILLS EVENING, MAi 31, Will be performed BLEA.K 110173 E; or, The Ghost.'s Walk. Alter which, THE MARBLE LOVER. To be followed by the New Be let Divertissement, entitled THE SEA NYMPH'S CAVE, in which the Misses Guineas will appear. To" conclude with THE BONNET-BUILDERS' TEA PARTY. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private ti.ixes, £1 I Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Boni-street ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A %IPIIITiIEA Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Last Five Nights of the Nautical Drama and the Ballet. THIS EVENING, Mar 31, Will be presented the now grand Nautical mil Equestrian spec tacle, embodying n wet and extraordinary exacts (written b 7 Mr. Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE OF THE SPAILifI WAR; or, The Horse of tha Wreck. The horses expressly trained by .llc. W. Cooke. Followed by a Novel Routine of VOLS AU VENT; or, Scenes in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE RHINE. Ron-Ofnee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. BRILLIANT ROUTINE OF ENTERTXINNIENTS. Engagement of those Eminent Vocalist 4, Miss POOLE, Miss RA.NSFORD, and Mr. MANVERS. THIS EVENING, Mat 31, The gigantic Panorama of Chusan, extensive and interesting Menagerie, 9 Lions, 3 Elephants, 2 of which are the smallest ever exhibited, 2 Tigers, 2 Giraffes, &c. &.?,. Grand Vocal and Instru mental Concert, in which Miss Poole, 31i. , s Ransford, and Mr. Manvers will appear. Unrivalled Military Band, conducted by the Messrs. C. and D Godfrey. Remington's Aerial Bridge, Cantclo's Egg-hatching Machine, Marriott's Industrious Bees, and various Novel Attractions. Concluding with the Bombardment of Chusan by the British Fleet, Explosi )n of Chinese Ships, and grand display of Fireworks by Soathby,—Admission, Is. ; Concert, half-past 6 ; Fireworks, quarter to 10. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Div —Morning 26 min.aftor 4 Evening 43 min.aft. 4 To•Mosaow—Morning 2 min.after 5 Evening 21 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.—Sus Orrice, NAT 31. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day, at noon. - BAROMETER, 30'02. WIND, W.S.W.—Light breeze, and cloudy. Tb ifrt. ri,- ,Ork, 40_,.mid..: ~0‘,.. ' t gy .‘t"Silyjc: "lb' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1854. Byegones, in all sudden changes of Ministerial opinion, had better be byegones—otherwise we should feel marvellously tempted to take as a text one sentence from Mr. BRIGHT'S last slashing peroration. Allusion being here made, of course, to the suggestive comment of the Hon. Member for Manchester, upon the scurrilities indulged in by one or two of her MAJESTY'S present Minis ters, in regard to a potentate now acknowledged by them to be the faithful ally of England—one who was vituperated by those most prescient and sagacious statesmen little more than eighteen nonths ago, as among the most atrocious of poli tical criminals, and who, nevertheless, at this moment, as the friend of England, has in his possession no less than four of the great capitals of Europe—Paris, Rome, Athens, and Constantinople. Enough, however, has been said through that contrast of a deplorable Past and a remarkable Present. The reflective and conscientious readers of The Sun will bear-in mind that from first to last this journal has been consistent in the matter referred to in its sustained and outspoken arguments. They will remember that precisely m we think now upon this subject, when our voice is Only heard in the midst of the prevailing and accordant roar of the majority— so we thought and ec ws spoke when we were almost alone in the minority, and when to speak plainly and to the purpose as we (lid was only to be howled at as a ' e base ex cept i on: , and to be pelted with " the pitiless storm" o f enuo In this matt er we need onl pvep::tiraotbhourtialathumoryslyee. y r • w h o have watched our cc' during . the l a p se of the usturlstr have the merit at least of a bold, and resolute, and unbending consistency. We, at any rate, have not blow n hot and cold merely accord ing to the changes of fortune towards the object first of abuse and then of adulation. As we thought and spoke in 1851 and 1852, we have thought and spoken in 1853 and 185 4 . Our arguments then and now will bear a careful and minute comparison. We cannot co nceive to our selves the reasonableness of crim e being justified by success. Neither can we recognise anything but tokens of glaring moral obliquity in covering the same man with panegyrics to-day who was Yesterday the subject only of your most ferocious, and vociferous, and implacable, and malignant execrations. There appears to us in all this a glaring and astounding contradiction. A contradiction none the less reprehensible, and none, the less noteworthy, whether it be uttered in a Ministerial speech from the hustings or from the $o or of . Parliament, or whether it be printed in the leading columns of a morning or a weekly newspaper. Particular reference need not be made to the harangues delivered not so very long ago at Halifax by the President of the Board of Control, and at Carlisle by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Quotations, verbatim et /iteratim, need not be gathered from the files, not so very recently completed, of our numerous contempo raries. The sentiments expressed by both are, without all these aids, vividly enough in the popu lar remembrance. It may be just as well that they should not be altogether overlooked. Enough, however, upon this head—Byegonea are to be By egon es. Another sentence uttered by another speaker in the course of the same evening's discussion, from the report of which we have taken the foregoing taunt directed against the Cabinet by the Member for Manchester—deserves a word of comment and a passing recollection. Reference is here made to a remark which that night fell from the lips, not of Mr. BRIGHT, but of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It was when the Noble Leader of the House of Commons reiterated the eulogium pronounced by himself four or five sessions back upon the chivalrous and patriotic foreign policy of Viscount PALMERSTON. It was distinctly and voluntarily asserted on Mon day evening in the House of Commons by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that he thinks now, as he thought then, in regard to the foreign policy of Vis count PALMERSTON. If so—if so—then why, my Lord Jonzt RUSSELL, why in the name of common sense, why in the name of consistency was Viscount PALMERSTON (during the interval between " now" and " then") abruptly and even ignominiously (because so abruptly) expelled from his position at the head of the Fo reign-office in 1851 ? Why was this ? Ah ! " thereby hangs a tale." A State secret, my Lord, to be spoken of not even in a whisper. A matter to be snugly hushed up as a thing irre levant, or, at least, singularly inconvenient. The tabooed chamber of diplomacy with the little tell tale key—like that of BLUEBEARD in the nursery tale. Mr. THA CKERAY speaks in one of the earlier chapters of his new story about our all having at home a grim old skeleton, hid away somewhere in a dark cupboard. Well— here is the State skeleton of the Government. Shut it up. Don't talk of it. There are other matters surely to discuss and examine into. Granted. And yet the public at large cannot for the life of it help thinking about that grimly skeleton hid away somewhere, cannot help casting further glances in its supposed direction—particu larly when there are still delays and delays, and war and yet no war, and German influences and Russian partialities everywhere apparent in the hesitations and procrastinations of Government. People can't help thinking about that State secret connected somehow with the foreign policy of England, as embodied in the person of Lord PALMERSTON. People can't help thinking of this any more than they can help meditating now and then in reference to the Ministerial inconsistency displayed within a very brief interval from the present time, iu reference to the Imperial ally of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. The national fete day has arrived. The clerk of the weather has proved more than usually be nignant, kindly complying with the wishes of his (on this occasion) numerous patrons. The showers of Monday and Tuesday have left nothing to be desired with respect to soil or road. Every thing looks auspicious, and the long pent-up and daily increasing excitement has at length reached the utmost pitch of intensity. It is no longer at Merely fever-heat—the " pot is boiling over"— the crisis of the disease has arrived. Every one, from the peer to the peasant, from " the roses, pinks, and tulips" of Belgravia or Tybunaia, to the " tag-rag and bob-tail" of St. Giles or Whitechapel, are indulging in the Sattvr nalia. Every one rushes to the spot—no chain could bind one who has speculated to his ordinary pursuits on this eventful day. Business is sus pended for the time being—no customer Would make an investment save on one of the " probable starters." No commissions--save betting com missions—will be executed. And it is just as well that no effort should be made, for, were it otherwise, they could not sufficiently divest their minds of the prevailing mania to deal with any degree of coolness. The streets are deserted— London has really " gone out of town." It looks for the time being like a plague-stricken city, and the few saturnine and melancholy individuals who are to be seen wandering through the silent thoroughfares, clearly indicate by their woe-begone aspects that their hearts are elsewhere—that no thing but direful necessity has compelled them to abstain from running with the current, and swel ling the ranks of those assembled on the Surrey Downs, to behold the satisfactory performance of the " trick for the thousands," and the inaugura tion of the fortunate recipient of the " Blue Ribbon of the Turf." We shall not trespass on the province of the sporting writers by venturing .on a sketch by an ticipation of the scenes along the various routes by which the appointed locality may be -reached; nor shall we assume the " mantle of prophecy," or speak of the probable winner either positively or by vague intimation. We :leave these depart ments exclusively to our able coadjutor, who, though styling himself " A Fresh Man," ex hibits unmistakeable evidence Hof great experience and acuteness combined, which enable him to collect the necessary data, aad to draw correct conclusions. No, we look rather to the effect of this strange and overwhelming excitement on the national character—this wild enthusiasm that relieves the " hardness of the. times," and makes us fcr a moment doubt whether it is indeed " the age of iron" in which we are living. The " GRADGRINDS" and " BOUNDERBYS" may deprecate the temporary insanity that diverts parties from the pursuit of " the main chance," and induces them to risk their hardly-acquired savings on such doubtful events. They question the utility of such exhibitions ; and, if their power was coequal with their will, would suppress the sports of the field just as they keep the Crystal Palace closed on the only day in the week when the masses could visit it, or seek to prevent the operatives of Glasgow from enjoying pure air on Sundays, thereby driving them into public-houses, and confirm ing them in habits of intoxication. But a time-honoured adage declares that "itis a poor heart that never rejoices," and we know that the avoidance of play is calculated to make " Jack a dull boy." A certain degree of amusement is in dispensable. It induces parties to work more energetically and efficiently while they are at it. And, now that the temptation to speculate beyond the means is removed by the suppression of the betting-offices, we know not that the parties could apply a holiday to a better purpose than in visiting the Epsom Downs, and inspecting the best horses of the year, prior to the contest for the Leviathan Stake. Suchexhibitions excite and maintain the spirit of fair play, by which Eng lish hearts are so strongly animated. As it is, the Irishman does not look forward with greater devotion to the festival of ST. or the Welshman to that of S T . DAVID, than the E ng li shman to his " Derby Day. " He of it for thinks months th before its advent, and dull rainy weather on a regular holiday inietthersaminnedetr°lii occasion n an is d looked on vicinity. t y as . a real misfortune. beginning to be regarded as all legislative labou e rs Parliament has lone, recognised it, by sus pendinga sufficient number matter how bter,o,f urgent the business, the sittings of mem bersHou s c e o . ul ” d Thenot pboeinctololfecstuedspetnodo.ienthguerar make a the Superior Courts has also been ventilated, a d may very probably be speedily adopted. The difficulty of inducing jurors and witnesses to at tend is a strong argument in favour of the change, and even the gentlemen of the long robe them selves would have no objection to doff their wi gs and gowns, and discuss their luncheons under the shadow of the Grand Stand, and, in place of dis playing feats of intellectual gladiatorship, to hob or nob in flowing bumpers of genial champagne—nay, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1854. more, perhaps some, if not all, of tho venerable judges of the land might feel disposed "To do the same thing were they in the same place." Let not the practice, then, be altered. Let not the trysting be broken. Let us for once enjoy ourselves and forget the progress of the war and of taxation, the aggression of the AUTOCRAT and the extra halfpenny on the pot of beer. Every thing promises a day of enjoyment, and let the cup be fairly quaffed ; let the sport be witnessed, but let there be no riot or intoxication to injure the health, no gambling to empty the purse. The suppression of the betting-offices will deprive the flower of the thorn, that caused grief to many families, and converted an innocent amusement into a dangerous temptation. The Abolition of the Newspaper Stamp must soon become a serious question for the Govern ment to consider. The light in which it was placed towards the close of last session as involving the relative advantages of American and British skilled labour, has evidently weighed much with our statesmen of all parties. Mr. WHITWORTH'S Re- port, as Commissioner to the New York Industrial Exhibition, adverted in explicit and rather strong terms to the great advantages enjoyed by an Ame rican artisan, who had his daily newspaper on his own breakfast table as regularly as our metropo litan merchants and gentry ; and our Manchester educationists have not been slow to urge the im portance of a cheap newspaper press as an instru ment of education. Our readers will doubtless remember, that without canvassing the probable bearing of abolishing the News Stamp on the me tropolitan press, we have always frankly acknow ledged the incalculable value of the newspaper as an educator. We could hardly do other wise without discrediting our own profession, as well as belying our convictions. Our grandfa thers, and even our fathers, can well remember when very large numbers of the lower stratum in the middle classes were quite unable to read, or at least to read with ease ; " to mind their stops and marks" was an accomplishment ; and to get through a column of their county town's chronicle and gazette, without spelling, was almost held to be a proof of " book-learning." The great ad vance since that time is very much due to the increase of the cheap periodical press, above all of the newspaper press. If education has created a demand for the newspaper, the newspaper has created a demand for .education; it could but foster what was essential to its own existence and prosperity, and what must be congenial with the sentiment of most who could wield the pen. But it has done more indirectly. It is surprising how soon the power of reading with ease and intelligence, if acquired in child hood, is lost if neglected in youth and manhood. The reports of our gaol chaplains prove this be yond dispute. Of the thousands educated in day schools and Sunday schools, it is to be feared that a very large proportion do not retain through life the ability to read with advantage anything which could much elevate their thoughts or better their hearts. Now, so far as it has pervaded so ciety, the newspaper has been the great preven tive of this retrogression to ignorance. All who can read a newspaper do so when they can get one. News is the object of universal interest. Few even of the philosophers who descant on its tri viality as compared with their own profound speculations, or of those of the clergy who de nounce the "newspaper press as worldly, ungodly, and infidel," choose to dispense with a daily or weekly paper themselves ; while the vast mass of the middle class, from its humbler por tion upwards, if they are readers at all, are sure to get a sight of some journal which tells them what is doing in the world around them ; indeed, a very large proportion if they did not read their paper would read nothing. Not only, therefore, does the opportunity of reading the news of the day stimulate the child to follow his father's example, whom otherwise, perhaps, he would see reading nothing else that he cared about, but it preserves, more than anything else, the habit of reading when once acquired. For these reasons we have always contended that even, irrespective of the great amount of valuable and interesting information to be found in almost every newspaper in the course of the year, the newspaper itself is the most efficient school master of the day, and would, if freed from all burdens, be worth more to the cause of national education than all the grants of Privy Council. The latter aid education on the old bounty sys tem ; the newspaper is education by Free Trade. Our attention has been called again to the sub lject so soon after the debate on Mr. M. GIBSON'S motion on the inequality and injustice of the laws affecting the newspaper press, by the striking let ter of Lord STANLEY, which appeared in The Sun of Saturday. The affirmation of Mr. GIBSON'S motion without a division, and a favourable article in the journal which lately received such a splendid premium from the Exchequer, were indications not to be overlooked ; but Lord STANLEY'S letter is a still more important sign of the times. Like his letter on Church Rates, its language is evidently that of conviction ; it has not a tinge o f p ar t y purposes in it, urdess, indeed, its advertence to the press of small towns could be twisted to that object. Like his former letter, it consists of calm, practi cal, and statesmanlike reasoning, and is a sound proof of the anticipation we then expressed, that his Lordship belongs to a class of rising young statesmen, who, though belonging nominally and in their feelings to the Conservative ranks, are likely to give us more practical reform than too many of nix shifty Liberals. Lord STANLEY boldly declares that he does not fear the increased dissemination of political knowledge ; indeed, lie thinks the tax chiefly operates to give advantage to the incompetent teachers of such knowledge, over the competent ; he also endorses Mr. BRIGHT'S calculation, that the number of papers which would pass through the Post-- office, and therefore still pay postage, would probably raise, with the increased consumption of paper, a revenue equal to that produced by the present Newspaper Stamp. His strong position, however, he conceives to be the justice of the case. The stamp is pro fessedly a postage stamp, yet the majority of papers, of country papers especially, do not pass through the Post-office. A small borough journal, not, he says, an imaginary case, with a circulation of 1,000, must pay 41. 3s. 4d. for each impression, while it does not send more than 100 through the Post-office, for which, of course, it ought to pay but Bs. 4d. It is impossible to deny the comparative hardship to which our country cousins are subject, and there is little doubt that the Conservative press of the country must feel the burden of this tax even more than that of the Liberals. It would be most ungenerous, how ever, to attribute this illustration to the slight est tincture of party feeling. His Lordship's whole letter breathes a very different spirit ; it is to remedy what he deems "at once a great im policy and a grievous injustice," that he " gladly joins in attempting " the repeal of the tax. It should not be forgotten that the repeal of the stamp on news will accomplish but half its objects if unaccompanied by the repeal of the paper duty also. Paper is rapidly rising in price, sufficiently in the case of most journals to inter fere seriously with their profits, and in that of the cheaper ones, in which the margin for profit was small, and the dependence placed on a very large circulation, to render them almost unremu nerative. It appears, indeed, from the statements of the manufacturers little likely to be cheaper, since the high tax compels, the use of the better class of raw materials, and of this the supply ap pears to be shorter every year. Lord STANLEY and his friends must, therefore, press the repeal of both duties. DEATEI ON MOUNT VESUVIUS.—A letter from Naples states that on the 14th inst., M. J. Delius, of Bremen, having ascended Mount Vesuvius with a party of his countrymen, went too near the edge of the crater, and, the ground giving way under him, he fell into the abyss. His groans weo heard from the bottom, but when some persons descended by means of ropes he was dead. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. STIMSON. This was an appeal against a rate made by the church wardens of Whit:ock, in Leicestershire, and the case had been made special for the purpose of taking the opinion of the superior court. Mr. Sergeant Mereweather appeared for the church wardens, and Mr. Bovill for the respondent. It appeared that a rate of 14s. 9d. had been made upon the respondent by the churchwardens, for the joint purposes of the church being repaired and the burial ground enlarged, and the respondent carried the case before the justices there at the Quarter Sessions. The ground upon which he refused the pay ment of the rate was that they, the churchwardens, had not the power of levying a joint rate, but merely one for the purpose of repairing the church. The Justices, upon hearing the arguments, refused to confirm the rate, and the appeal was by consent made special. The argument, similar to that urged before the jus tices, was argued at great length by Mr. Bovill. The Court said they were of opinion that the statute pointed out very clearly the purposes for which the rate could be made, and that there was no power in it given to make one for joint purposes. There was a special power given for making a rate to enlarge the grounds for the purposes of burial, and, therefore, although this rate had been made in open vestry, and with the con sent of four•fifths of the vestrymen, it was bad. The rate was, therefore, refused, and the Court ordered each party to pay their own costs. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco.) JONES V. NICHOLSON. This was an argument upon the question of the in surance of a vessel, and occupied the court all the morning. Mr. Cowling and Mr. Wilde appeared. The point involved was whether baratry committed by the captain, who was part owner of the vessel, was not an answer upon the part of the insurance against paying the claim of the owners of the vessel. Judgment had not been given when we went to press. TWO NEW WAR MAPS. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimate(l. at 6,000 bales, including 1,800 American taken for export, and on speculation. The market closed steadily without alteration in prices. The ...ales comprised 5,000 American, 100 Bahia at 6d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 7id., 600 Surat at 2- 3 4 d. to 34d., and 30 Sea Island at 110. to ls. 2d. per lb. Railway shares were flat. The Admiralty Commissioners require tenders on the Gth of June for conveying 920 tons of navy provisions to Malta. Many of the large houses in the iron trade will not accept contracts for manufactured iron at the present prices, although the Staffordshire masters have made no alteration in their terms. Scotch pig iron is at 225. m.n. cash. In the Melbourne accounts received yesterday there are several hints of an important character for shippers from this side. In a letter from Mr. Henry Slaney, it is stated that the consumption could not have been above half the importation of last year, and unless the shipments are materially lessened there is no chance of an adequate re muneration to shippers from England. The cost of storage is likely to be diminished, as numerous spacious buildings have been erected, but lighterage and the damage from unsound packages absorb in some cases what would amount to a fair profit. As a great deal of loss is stated to have arisen from want of know ledge of the Australian seasons, exporters are re minded that there are but two for trade, the sum mer and winter. The former commences about the first of October and ends the middle of February. For the summer season, shipments from England by sailing vessels should not be later than June. A concluding piece of advice to intending shippers is, that they should send superior articles, sound ' packages, and original invoices. It is mentioned also that : "The Manchester trade has been very quiet for some ime, stocks being heavy, except in some few articles, which fetch good prices. The retail dealers _ buy from hand to mouth, and the warehousemen with extreme caution. We shall feel the effect of the glut for some time to come, yet the market will, we believe, become steady eventually. Many English houses and private individuals have shipped goods, not knowing the wants of the colony, and will 'nave to suffer heavily in conse quence other houses who know the market may be small losers for a time, but will find in the long run that the trade of this colony is not one to be despised, but one desirable to cultivate." There are ono or two Australian ships off the coast, but it is not expected that they bring much bullion, one being from Hobart Town, and the other, with dates as old as December, from Adelaide. According to a communication dated Vienna, ;he 27th inst., an important conference, which lasted several hours, had taken place there, at which " were present—the Duke of Coburg, Lord West moreland, Baron Bourqueney, Arif Effendi, the Turkish Envoy, Minister Bach, and Count Griinne, the chief adviser of the Emperor of Austria. When the Conference terminated, a distinguished Russian officer left immediately for Frohsdorf. It is stated by another writer that Baron Meyendorff's position at Vienna was becoming so unpleasant that his de parture might be fully expected. Although a brother-in-law of Count Buol, the latter by no means favours the Russian policy. There was yesterday afternoon a slight improve ment in the rates for bills of exchange upon the principal Continental cities, Trieste being au excep tion viz., 13 45 to 13 48. Paris, 90 days, was at 25 25 to 271 ; Amsterdam, at 11 17/ to 18k ; Ham burgh at 13 51 to 6i ; and Frankfort, 1181 to 1181. Large parcels of gold, part of the late arrivals, continue to be sent into the Bank of England, there being no profit now on its exportation. The absence of many of the principal dealers from the Stock Exchange in consequence of the Derby Day, has caused the Stock Market to wear a dull appearance, but prices have been very firm at a slight advance upon the closing rates of yes terday, Consols being 91 to 91i. The news from the seat of war is considered to be so far favour able that Silistria is not yet in such jeopardy as was imagined. Consols have been 91 to 91g for transfer, and 91 to 91i for account, showing still a scarcity of stock. The New 31 per Cents. have been at 90,1 to 91, and the 3 per Cents. at 89i to 901. Bank Stock has been firm at 204 to 206. India Stock has realised 233. Exchequer Bills have been ls. discount to 3s. premium. The Ex chequer Bond. Scrip is par to / premium. The scrip has been delivered to the holders. In the Foreign Market there has not been much doing, but the quotations are firm. Mexican Bonds have been quoted at 241, and Equador at 3. There have been bargains in Venezuela at 251. Spanish Certificates have improved to 4g. Russian 5 per Cents. are worth 961, and the 4-i per Cents. 84. Sardinian Bonds have been at 841. Railway shares have been very good 'again, and with a moderate business doing in the principal lines. Great Northern have been at fuller prices, and also North-Western, South-Eastern, and York and Berwick. The French lines are mostly nominal. In the Gold Mine shares there has been scarcely anything doing, and the other Mines realise about previous rates. The Anstralian and other Banking shares have been quieter. The Australian Agricultural shares have ad vanced in prices about 1/. upon yesterday morning's rates, and the Peel River are also firm. Crystal Palace B shares have been in request, at a slight advance. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the 014cictl List.) Business (inne. Bank Stock ... per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 90 891 904 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l a New 34 per Cent. Annuities 9Ol 1 901 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 9-16 India Stock tlonsols for Account tth June 9lB 1 Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO 1d 3 p Ditto Advertised 1 4 d Exchequer Bonds Scrip PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds \lexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 9 64 Ditto 46 per Cent B4 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . . 844 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4 a Venezuela Bonds, 36 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Consols Ditto June Account HALF-PAST TWO. 914 a 91i 4 ATA.RLBOROUG.H-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A VERY SUSPICIOUS CASE.—Jane Hodges and Mary Ann Joyce, servants, in the employ of Mr. Charles Lange, hotel-keeper, 1, Leicester-street, Leicester square, were brought before Mr. Bingham under the following suspicious circumstances : Mr. Lange deposed that last night he went into the bed-room occupied by the prisoners, which he found full of smoke. He looked round to see what was burning, and on the floor, close to the foot of the bed, he found a mass of half-consumed paper. At that time the paper was extinguished, but still smoking. Prosecutorasked the prisoner Joyce, who was in the room, what she had been burning. She replied nothing ; she knew nothing at all about it. The other prisoner, who was in an ad joining room, also denied all knowledge of the affair. The carpet was burnt, and the floor much scorched ; and from the suspicious appearance of the case he called in a constable, and gave them into custody. The prisoner Joyce, in defence, said she and her fellow-servant had not sufficient food all day, and in con sequence they shut themselves up in their bed-room. While there she dropped some money, and lighted some paper to enable her to find it. She denied lighting the paper for the purpose of setting fire to the bed. Mr. Bingham said her evidence was full of suspicion, and he should remand her till Thursday. The other prisoner was discharged. THREE SUICIDES.—Thii morning information was for warded by the Metropolitan Police of the discovery of the body of a respectable female, who committed self destruction near Waterloo-bridge, by drowning herself in the river. The following description of the deceased has been issued :—Female, 30 years of age, 5 ft. 4 inches, stout, dark hair, dark blue goss-n, white petticoat, jean stays, white stockings, Adelaide boots ; severe marks of violence on the nose and forehead. The body was re moved to the dead-house, Waterloo-church, to be owned. The second case is also that of a female that was found in the river Thames, near Chelsea-church, about 35 years of age, 5 feet 3 inches, dressed in a brown stripped cot ton gown, black stuff petticoats, and was removed to Chelsea -workhouse • and the third that of a young gen tleman, named Watson, who was found in a pond near the Whittington-college, Highgate. QUICK PASSAGES.—The Australian advises, received by overland mail, mention the arrival at Melbourne on the 20th of March, of the Marlborough, Young, from Plymouth, after a very quick passage of 781 days ; and at Sydney, of the Speedy, op. the 22u of March, from London, in 81 days. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. The fOrtress of Silistria was in the hands of the Turks on the 26th inst. The fire on Silistria had not produced any effect ; the external defences of the works had not even been damaged ; and no more fires had taken place in the town. Mussa Pacha, on the 16th, caused fire to be set to all the warehouses exposed to the shells of the enemy, and in general to all edifices, trees, &c., outside the town which might have offered them shelter. The fortress is completely barricaded. Women and children have been obliged to abandon the place, and to seek refuge at Basardschik. In the interior of the fortress entrenchments are being thrown up, which is a proof that it is intended to defend the place, even should the walls be de -stroyed. It was perceived by the Russians that the Turks were resolved to sell their lives dearly. Despatches received from Shumla of the 23d of May, state that the Russians had been repulsed four times, with heavy loss, at Silistria. THE BALTIC. The Journal de St. Petersbourg says that on the 19th two frigates cannonaded the batteries at Witts land, and on the 20th approached Ekenas, but were repulsed. From Berlin we learn that on the 17th a squad ron of two-deckers anchored off Hango-Head. The Magicienne had brought intelligence to Copenhagen that a portion of the fleet bombarded Gustaysvarn on the 22d without result. The main attack was expected on the 24th. The French fleet was to leave Kiel on the 16th, for three days' gunnery practice in Balk Roads. The Hamburg Correspondent has tho fol lowing from Stockholm, 23d :—" The accounts from Finland come down to the 16th. Wiborg has been declared in a state of siege. Great activity was displayed in strengthening the ci tadel cf that town, which is not very strong. Some hundreds of perscns belonging to the town were forced to dig trenches and aid in raising the fortifications. Fears seem to be entertained of a ! landing, Wiborg being only 18 miles from St. Petersburg. The arrival of a regiment of Cos ! sacks of the Don has produced a general sentiment of terror. A part of tne Swedo-Norwegian squad ron will quit Elfsnabben the day after to-morrow to cruise in the Baltic." Up to the 10th nothing had occurred to interrupt the regular course of navigation at Cronstadt ; merchant vessels belonging to neutral powers enter ing and leaving as usual. By order of the Grand Duke Constantine, who commands that fortress, as well as all the coast on the gulf, the wives and children of the soldiers of the garrison were not allowed to remain in the town. The Government, however, had undertaken to find them food and lodging until the conclusion of the war. BY TAMES WYLD. It seems improbable that we shall ever' within reason able limits come to the end of these curious publications. There is no perceptible diminution as yet in Mr. Wyld's well-known enterprise either as a geographer or as a hydrographer. Scarcely have we rolled up the last bundle of maps and charts issued from his popular esta blishment, when others of a character no less attractive are . waiting at o ur e lb ow, to b e sprea d open and ex azmned. There are t wo a ddi t i ona l productions of this kind, relating to the immediate vicinage of the seat of war, at the present moment lying before us, and careful scrutiny has confirmed the impression produced by the first glance, that, even with all the plates hitherto printed off by Mr. Wyld at hand, these two supplemen tary maps must be regarded as really considerable and noteworthy acquisitions. One is a military sketch com piled by the King of Prussia's general staff, and repre senting the important tract of country extending be tween the Danube and Constantinople. Towards the top of the map is Galatz, towards the bottom of it Varna—high up to the right, the three mouths of the great river, the St. George, the Sulina, and Kilia—about midway on the left Giurgevo. As auxiliary sketches, introduced in the south-east corner —otherwise a vacant space indicating a portion of the Black Sea—are engra,ved distinct views of Serpent's Island, or Fidonisi, of the Bay of Varna, and of the Bay of Kustenjeh. The map embraces, of course, Bucharest and Schumla, Ismail and Brahilov, giving, as it does, considerable portions of Bulgaria, Wallachia, and Bessa rabia, a part of Moldavia, and the whole of both the Delta and the Dobrudscha. The companion map is chiefly restricted to a delineation of a division of Itou• melia, and of a smaller section of Bulgaria—giving northwards a part of the Black Sea, and south wards a portion of the Sea of Marmora. It is principally aesigned according to appearance?, in order to afford the observer a more vivid notion of the precise geographical position of the city of Constan tinople. Stretching out in a north-westerly direction is marked the trail of the. road winding from the Turkish capital to Adrianople. Southwards we see another road extending from Adrianople to the Gulfs of Enos and Saros. Northwards we mark another road leading from the same point through Karnabat to the Balkan mountains. The Asiatic shores of the Bosphorus are defined, and so, for that matter, indeed, is the principal outline of Anadoli from Scutari to Nicomedia. Besides a plan of Schumla, we find introduced into what would be the otherwise vacant space indicating a portion of the Euxine, two clever maps, or charts we might call them, one of the Bosphorus and the other of the Dardanelles. Among the many interesting works of this kind which have re cently been published by Mr. Wyld, none attest more clearly by their boldness and their accuracy his eminent capacity as a geographer. RETURN OP THE COURT TO LONDON. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children, with the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, left Osborne yesterday (Tuesday) at two o'clock in the afternoon on their return to London. The battery at the Royal Yacht Squadron-house and West Cowes Castle saluted as usual. The yachts at the station, dressed in colours, and the Argus, revenue steamer, at Spithead, dressed arid manned her bulwarks as the yacht passed by for Portsmouth harbour, off which the garrison battery and her Majesty's ships Victory, Illustrious, &c.. fired a general royal salute, with yards manned an d r i gg i ng dressed. The apprentices little brig, Sealark, was moored at the harbour's mouth, and the boys manned yards and cheered most lustily as their Sovereign and the Sailor Princes passed them, which attracted the no tice of the royal party. On disembarking at the Royal Clarence Yard, at Gosport, the Queen was received by Port Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin, Major-General and Lieutenant Governor Simpson, Captain Superintendent Courtnay, Major Kelly of the 34th Regiment, Major Goodenough (ditto), and the usual staff. The 34th furnished the guard of honour. The train left f or L on d on i n charge of a party of officials of the South-Western Railway Company at half-past three. FRANKFORT NEW BANK. —The advices from Frank- I fort mention some extraordinary incidents in connexion with the subscription lists for the new bank, which close to-day. The anxiety to sign is so great that it has been found impossible to keep the crowd in order without the aid of soldiers. An Austrian battalion had been called in, and had proceeded so characteristically in clearing the place with their bayonets that three peaceable citizens were dangerously wounded. The capital of the bank is limited to 1,700,0001., but it was expected that more than 8,000,0001. would be signed for, and the shares are selling by anticipation at 4 premium. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—At about 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon the preventive boat from Grays, having on board the chief boatman and five men of the preventive service at Grays, with the wife of one of the men, left Gravesend for Grays, and when in the Northfleet Hope, and turning the point, a sudden squall of wind caught the spritsail, and whether it was owing to its violence, or to the mismanagement of the man who endeavoured to take in the sail, the boat was capsized, and before any assistance could be rendered from vessels or boats in the locality, or from the shore, two of the men on board were drowned. A. waterman of North fleet had put off from the India Arms slip, and fortu nately rescued the others from drowning, who sustained themselves afloat till picked up. CONSECRATION OF THE LAMBETH NEW BURIAL GROUND.—The ceremony of consecrating the new burial ground for the extensive parish of Lambeth was per formed yesterday afternoon by the Bishop of Winchester in the presence of most of the parochial officers and a great number of parishioners. The spot selected for burying the dead of this parish is situated in Garrett's lane, between Tooting and the Wandsworth-road, and comprises 30 acres of land, 20 acres to be appropriated for the interment of members of the Church of England, and the remaining 10 acres for the burying of dissenters. The whole is undergoing a thorough drainage, and in the course of a year or two, when properly laid out with trees and shrubs, will present anything but an unpleasant appearance. Every burial-ground in the parish of Lam beth is closed from this day, so that in future the inter ments must take place in this ground. STRAND THEATRE.-011 Monday evening a dramatic version of Dickens's Bleak - House was produced at this little theatre with complete success. The principal points of the tale are very closely followed, and the re sult is a very amusing and attractive entertainment. Amongst the most successful pourtrayals may be men tioned Mr. Williams's Tulkinghorn (a capital concep tion), Mr. Barnard's Phil Synod, Mr. Courtney's Small weed, Mr. Sidney's Guppy, and Mr. Herbert's Brook. The part of Joe was very truthfully and beautifully sustained by Miss F. Beaumont, and the highest praise we can award this talented young lady is to say that she visibly realised the imaginative creation of Charles Dickens. The respective characters of Lady Dedlock, Mrs. Rouncewell, and Esther Summerson, were ably represented by Mrs. Long, Mrs. Laws, and Miss E. Wharton. The scenery was well painted, especially the drawing-room at Chesney Wold, the ghosts walk, and the burial ground. At the conclusion of the drama, the principal performers were called before the curtain, and the piece was announced for repetition every evening until further notice. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mille discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.041 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 24.971, it follows that gold is about 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 422 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.3$ ; and, the exchange at Ham burg on Londo❑ at short being 13.31, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in London than in Ham burg. The course of exchange at New York on Lon don for bills at 60 days' sight, is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.08 per cent. against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two countries. THE BLACK SEA. By the last accounts from the Black Sea the fleet was still off Sebastopol : for several days there had been a heavy fog, and they had to keep up constant noises to prevent their running foul of each other. The cable which is put across the mouth of Sebasto pol is described as consisting of a number of chain cables twisted together and secured on each side by strong masonry and is hove taut by capstans. From its being formed of separate chains, it would be sufficiently strong to keep out a steamer or any vessel going at full speed. THE FLEETS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. The following is from a letter from one of her Majesty's ships, dated May 5 Now for a short account of our doings before Sebastopol, that for midable fortress of the villauous Muscovites. Ever since the combined fleet appeared before it they have cruised off and on with look-out steamers (their weather eye-lids lifting, in nautical speech). Last Saturday, the 29th ult., wo all stood toler ably close in, and first the Arethusa and Sampson, and afterwards the Agamemnon, went still closer in to get a good look at the defences and see the force inside. The Inflexible was first sent to repeat signals to and from the flag, and then in the even ing to keep close company with the rear-admiral. The scouts made out something like 24 sail alto gether (I think), 3 three-deckers, 7 two-deckers, 4 frigates, 1 corvette, 2 brigs, 3 small steamers, and the mast-heads of 4 (presumed to be) large ships in Dockyard Creek. They are moored up the har bour, and will rake us when we have forced the outer forts, and silenced their 800 guns. But in sober earnest I imagine we shall do nothing—can do nothing—against the place without soldiers. The place bristles with guns, hundreds of which would hull the ships." THE DANUBE. According to intelligence receive via Orsova, the Turkish Strand batteries of Turtukai had been keeping a very heavy fire from the 15th to the 18th against tete de Pont partly erected by the Russians at Oltenitza. On the 16th a red hot ball caused a Russian powder magazine to explode. Numerous arrests were made every day in Wal lachia by the Russians, and the popular discontent against them was daily increasing. Travellers state that all the right bank of the Danube, from the frontier of Wallachia near Or sowa to Czitate is completely without Turkish troops. The commanders of the latter were beginning to organise in Little. Wallachia a sort of levy en masse. Every inhabitant who promised to march against the Russians in case of danger received a weapon. Prince Paskiewitch, it was said, was about to remove his head-quarters to Budechtli. All that has been said about the great victories of the Russians is exaggerated. The only troops that had crossed the Danube are destined to make sieges or surround places. A letter from Bucharest of the 17th, in the Swabian Mercury says :—" The Governor-General, Baron de Budberg, has communicated to the Boyards an order received from the Emperor of Russia, which directs that Lesser Wallachia shall be again occupied, and that not only Silistria is to be taken , but likewise Turtukai and Routschouk." The Press of Vienna says that on the frontier of Montenegro 15,000 Turkish troops are encamped, and a considerable camp is also to be established in Albania. That mountainous country is completely blockaded towards the Turkish provinces. _ _ According to the same journal, the march of the Russians to the frontier of the Bukowina and Transylvania has commenced. That corps will consist, it is said, of 150,000 men, and is to occupy the frontiers of the Austrian provinces. The .4gram Gazette says, from Belgrade, 17th— " The Serviau Government having received a posi tive assurance that so long as public order is not troubled no foreign army will occupy the princi. pality, has suspended its armaments." ST. PETERSBURG. According to advices from St. Petersburg of the 21st, a very hostile feeling prevails in that city against Austria. The German papers notice the prevalence of ru mours that the Czar is about to abdicate. They contest the probability of such an event, but admit that the contingency presents itself to the minds of many persons conversant with the situation into which Russia has been brought by the Czar. The Russian Government published on the 21st, in Poland, a decree declaring that as events no longer allow the cattle necessary for the food of the population to be received from the Southern pro vinces of the Empire, whereby meat has bbcome very dear, the exportation of horses, oxen, and sheep, shall be prohibited. The Government has at the same time made known that the annual wool fair, which is generally an important one, will be held at Warsaw as usual on the 15th June, and will last four days. The Czas, a Polish journal, states under the head of Vienna, 25th, that the Baron de Meyendorff, the Russian Ambassador in that city, is about to leave for St. Petersburg, in order to give a verbal account to the Emperor of the state of the relations between Austria and Prussia. A Berlin letter of the 27th, in the German Journal of Frankfort, also states that M. de Mey endorff is about to leave Vienna, but says that he has received a conge from the Emperor of Russia in consequence of the Austro-Prussian convention. According to the letter from Berlin, M. de Meyen dorff will, on leaving Vienna, go to the baths of Gastein, in Bavaria. If this announcement of the intended departure of the Russian Ambassador from Vienna be true, an open rupture between Russia and Austria is probable. A letter from Berlin, in the Press of Vienna, states that Baron de Budberg, Russian Ambassa dpr at the Court of Prussia, will be replaced by M. de Brunnow, formerly Russian Ambassador in London. This change is said to have been brought about by the late modification in the Prussian Cabinet. BRITISH TROOPS FOR VARNA. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 20. Marshal de St. Arnaud, Lord Raglan, and the Seraskier started for Varna, per Cheh-per steamer, on the 18th inst., and yesterday no doubt must have reached their destination. You will le:1 In, also, with the highest satisfaction, that two regiments from the camp of Selimieh are all iu rea diness to move on and be conveyed to that locality in a couple of days. This first move of our land forco has had, morally speaking, a great effect, almost equal to that produced by the - first appearance of the allied fleets in the Euxine, and will tend materially to calm public anxiety in respect to the perplexing delays and obstacles attending our military opera tions. It is really a deplorable circumstance that so much time has been required, and the finest season of the year thus expended in deliberation. Otherwise, had our troops been brought up earlier to the scene of action, the war of the Danube, in the opinion of military authorities, would have been successfully terminated in the short space of one month—the Russian army exterminated, and the material guarantee in possession of the allies. THE FRENCH TROOPS AT GALLIPOLI. Marshal de St. Arnaud has addressed the fol lowing proclamation to the French soldiers at Gallipoli : " Soldiers, we are on a foreign land, but the Sultan is our ally and treats us with hospitality. Do you know' what is meant by hospitality in the East ? The guest becomes the equal of the master of the house. You will not abuse the rights of hospitality. We are come hither to defend our ally against the barbarous aggressions of the Czar. Our mission is a grand one, and if with God assistance we succeed in happily accomplishing it, We' shall render ourselves as immortal as our ancestors. Our Emperor only thinks of the glory of France and of your welfare ; and he expects from you in the struggle against the barbarians of the North the courage and valour which will increase the glory of your country. Let Vivo l'Empereur !' be our battle cry, for it is that which led our immortal ancestors to victory. It is with the cry of Vive l'Empereur !' that we will conquer or die." GREECE. - ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANGLO-FRENCH ULTIMATUM. Telegraphic despatches were received yesterday by an eminent Greek firm, stating that the King of Greece has accepted the Anglo-French ulti mat um. On this subject the Daats says : " King Otho has, it is true, accepted the ultimatum, and even promised to form a new cabinet, with Mavrocordato at its head, but solely on the condition that the Western Powers forego their intention of occupy ing the Piraeus, 62, - c. If they do, he declares he will retire into the interior, and there concentrate his troops." The question now is, what will General Forey do ? Will he, in face of the submission, real or pretended, disembark his troops at the Piraeus In Paris the opinion is that he will, because the submission of King Otho has come too late. The fact is, that the past conduct of King Otho has placed that monarch in a dilemma. He is either sufficiently strong to put down the insurrection, or he is not. If he is not sufficiently strong, he cannot reasonably object to accept the aid of Eng land and France to effect that measure ; if he is sufficiently strong, his past conduct shows mauvais vonloir—so that the Western Powers cannot trust him. In either case, General Forey will probably consider it his duty to land his forces. TRIESTE, May 30.—A French division has ar rived at the Piraeus, but has not yet disembarked. 2,000 insurgents were still posted near Demarko, in Epirus. The Turks are encamped near Arta. Fuad Effendi is reorganising the province. ThessalY is n( t yet quiet. A private letter from the Piraeus, of the 18th, states that the Austrian frigates Bellona, Captain Palt, which had been sent to the Archipelago by the commandant of the station, had sunk two Greek pirates, and chased a third. A letter from Athens of the 19th, in the Trieste Gazette, says : " The notes delivered to the Greek Government by the English and French Ministers are not exactly the same. The French one is more detailed, and the follow irg the principal demands contained in it The King of Greece and his Government must make known to the Greek nation, clearly and with all proper pub licity, that is their intention to observe a strict neutrality in the Eastern question. 2. They must disavow, ill the most formal manner and with the greatest publicitYr all that has hitherto taken place. 3. The most rigorous measures must be adopted to prevent recruiting for the free corps, and also to put down those which have been formed. 4. To recal all Greek subjects who may have taken part in the insurrection in the Tar kish provinces, and to punish them severely , b 1 case of disobedience. 5. Not to give any leave of abw sence, or to accept any resignation where there is any' reason to suppose that the party intends to take part in the insurrection. 6. To publish the protocol of Vienna of the 7th April, which secures the integrity of Turkey. In the event of the Greek Government not giving a sa tisfactory reply, the Powers will take the necessary measures to compel it. The knowledge of these notes has caused considerable sensation at Athens. For the last four days the Government has been deliberating on the demands made, but in consequence of the maul things mentioned in the notes no decision has yet been conic to. A report is current that the Ministry is di vided in opinion as to the answer to be given, three Ministers wishing to accept the notes purely and simply, three others being in favour of a partial acceptance, and the seventh declaring for the absolute rejection." The result is given above. AUSTRIA. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna this morn ing, says :—lt is reported on good authority that Austria, the day before yesterday, summoned Russia to evacute the Turkish provinces ; when this is done Congress may meet to settle the con ditions of peace. x‘;pener's Gazette says :—" We are informed that the German Governments declared their entire adhesion to the Convention between Austria and Prussia on the very day when it was submitted to them. Holland and Denmark alone have, as re gards Limberg and Holstein, made some reserves, which have probably for object the observance of strict neutrality." A letter from Pavia, in the Opimione of Turin, says that immediately after the notification con cerning the increase of the Austrian army vra o published at Milan, orders were sent to all the pro vinces to recall the officers and men absent on leave. These form, it is stated, upwards of two thirds of the reserve. They were to join their respective corps on the 25th. FRANCE. General Baraguay d'ffilliers has returned to Paris. It is said that Tunis sends 10,000 men, infantrh cavalry, and artillei-v, to the Porte. The Marquis of Clanricarde arrived on Monday in Paris. The Earl of Carlisle leaves Paris for London to-day. The English and French Governments are still pushing negotiations with Spain and Portugal, in the hope of inducing those two Governments to furnish a contingent of auxiliaries in the war ill the East. As respects Portugal, there will pro bably be no difficulty in the matter, as she is bound by treaty to furnish a contingent on being called upon by England to do so—England paying the expenses. Spain is not bound by any such treaty; and hitherto the negotiations do not appear to have led to any good result. Baron James de Rothschild has contributed a further sum of 50,000 f. (2,0001.) to the support of his co-religionists at Jerusalem. A great sensation has been created in the Muni cipal Council of Paris by a project submitted to it by the Government, to the effect that the expenses of the College Stanislaus should henceforth be de frayed exclusively from the funds of the city of Paris. The members of the council were at first disposed to resist this new and unjust burden cast on the resources of the city ; but M. Haussemann , the Prefect of the Seine, silenced all opposition by announcing that the existence of the council itself depended on its voting the measure. A curious circumstance took place at the Grand Opera on Monday evening. During the latter part of Meyerbeer's opera of the Prophete, a shot was fired in one of the side boxes. The greatest alarm 1 11 " stantly prevailed throughout the house, under the impression that it was an assassination, but it turned out to be a case of suicide. The unfortunate mall was a Prussian officer. The latest news from the Danubian provinces states that Marshal de St. Arnaud had left Varna for Schumla. Lord Raglan remained at Varna. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 7 0 f. 20c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and - a' Half per Cents. 96f. 25c. ; and the New Loan, at 69f. 90e. • Orleans Railway Shares, 1 , 1 30 f. ; Rou en, 930 f. ; Havre, 475 E ; Great Northern, 872 f 50c. ; Strasburg, 755 f. ; New Shares, 595 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 917 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean , 790 f. ; Western of France, 655 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 585 f. ; Great Central of France, 480 f. Lyons and Geneva, 482 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 672 f. 50c. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 27th inst., an nounces that the Senate had unanimously voted the project of law authorising the collection of the taxes according to the budget of 1854, until Jll l 9 next. Sir Francis Baring had arrived at Turin. Count Bernstorff, formerMinister-Plenipotentiary and Envoy-Extraordinary of the King of Prussia at the Neapolitan Court, whohas been lately trans; ferred in the same ca p ac it y t o L on d on , had pass ed through Turin, comi ng f rom G enoa t o Naples. A letter from Florence of the 24th states that the landing attempted near Bocco di Magra had faile d ' in consequence of the presence of a battalion of in: fantry at Via RA ggio. The democrats of t he neighbourhood cli4 not move, althon b the Co,„ 111 ; mittee lately announce d it s re o rganisation. 1 - 1. ", this occasion it p ru d en tly reso lved to remain silent and inactive. v] The f '°. 6) of a co Affairs at :4;col reecinrt:nal ne eb tlf u t i3tl l e e i ae h t p o t hib o . aw n r'i telu in et s e l l e ac t n: ei c t elit : n o tPl h ioh , e i r ea : r' A r° c °t l e i l the theer n ihbta t ahyn y tedt e tuh a tine r ae . ci I :‘. l t : tel i. r t e e l r a n tiv c e a s r i e l Pied That the 1;4 aintenance A a Protoco oe'euevaeuation c lotir constant ~ r ° wers. 0 . That, cor t"°eBed to the tr k !, ll . „eot which th;"vu• on the 91 tti o ta t ans most tlo t, and thus 11 ; ' of th e F ou N o t enna to cc bLo; -ut i° ,l to lc of thei r uti The f ollowing 4 4 , 1 e ,tie memo 114 Anstro-Pru ze."ti let Cabinets