The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-27 00:00:00

AT WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW seem, despatched a su ffi cient military force to the PA DDINGTON STATION.—Notice is Hereby Given, that Piraeus, with an eye to its active co-op London. eration with the New p a ddington Station will be opened on Mo.‘in sr next, the 2 9fh i ns t., for all the passenger trains arriving in C arriage s the naval force already in its vicinity. In other an d other conve yances to meet the up trains must enter the arrival station, by the g ateway leading from the present road of approach words, and to speak directly to the point, accounts, to the Old Station, and leave it by the New Departure Road leading Into Conduit-street, at the Eastern side of the Great Western Hotel. dated from Valetta up to the 22 d instant inclu- By order of the Directors, sively, announce the departure from Malta of the CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. division under General FOREY to occupy Athens, and, of course, to put an end thereby to the late mendacious proceedings of the Greek Govern ment. It is well. Time enough that a step of this bold and resolute kind should be taken either by France, or by England, or by both together. Time enough that that atrocious con spiracy engendered by Russian intrigue in the Morea, and fostered by the influential complicity of OTHO and A3IELIA with its lawless fomenters, should be crushed out entirely—and. this by a vigorous blow aimed directly at the arch conspi rators at Athens, instead of by a blow struck at their scattered agents in Epirus, and Thessaly, and Macedonia. There assuredly needs no additional justifica tion for this course on the part of the Cabinet either of ST. JAMES'S or of the Tuileries. The heinous guilt of the Court of Athens in affording open encouragement to the sangui nary rebels who have desolated the South- Western frontiers of Turkey, has long since been proclaimed in the British House of Commons by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. A similar accusation has been directed against the holders of the Greek sovereignty, through the columns of the Moniteur, by the French Imperial Govern ment. Documentary evidence, demonstrating the justice of the charge, has long been preparing, has long been promised by our own Administra tion. The Hon. Gentleman the member for Manchester, who has, from some eccentric principles of magnanimity altogether incompre hensible to ourselves, taken upon himself the vindication of the Greek character (!), has asked again and again for the forthcoming blue book, to the present moment in vain, until the reiteration of his inquiries upon the subject have come at last to assume the aspect of the ludicrous. Possibly for some reason as unaccountable as the chivalrous bearing of Mr. BRIGHT in behalf of that degraded race, the members of which have contrived to associate so much infamy with their title either as Modern Greeks or simply as Levan ters—the blue-book may be adroitly withheld until its publication has become utterly useless and unnecessary, and then Sir JAMES GRAHAM, or some other Minister of the Crown, may rise in his place in Parliament and tell the House there is no necessity to potter over the pages of the azure volume, throwing out a taunt, if they should happen to do so, against the Leaders of her MA JESTy's Opposition. Altogether, the delays and de lays which have for some while past been obvious no less at the official printers than at th e Horse Guards, or even in the camp at Scutari and Gallipoli, have been—it is useless attempting to deny it—as systematic, apparently, as they have, without doubt, been disastrous and unsatisfactory. Pa tience, indeed, is the virtue most frequently called into requisition of late by the contest with Russia, and its many deplorable consequences. If it is destined yet further to be exercised by the ob durate procrastinations of the English Ministry, in regard to the still-eagerly expected blue-book about Greece, it is earnestly to be hoped that the anxiety very naturally felt, both in France and in England, for some time past, in reference to the continued impunity enjoyed by the Athenian conspirators may be closed by the energetic proceedings which may now be speedily anticipated at once by the arrival in the vicinity of the Greek capital of the division under General Fonzy, and the squadron under Admiral DE TINAN. May 25, 18,54. GREAT -WESTERN RAILWAY.- WHITSIIN TIDE HOLIDAYS.—BATH and BRISTOL.— An Excursion Train will leave Paddington on Whit-Sunday at 7.45 a.m., returning the same evening from Bristol at 6.30 p.m., and from Bath at 7 p.m. Fares there and back : —Bristol, 10s. and 6s. ; Bath, 9s. and ss. BIRMINGHAM, WARWICK, LEAMINGTON, BANBURY, and OXFORD.—Excursion Trains will leave Paddington on Whit-Sunday at 7.15 a.m., and on Monday at 6.45 a m . and return eack evening from Birmingham at 6.15 p.m., and on Wednesday morning at 6.15 a.m. Tickets will be available for the return journey by either train. Fares there and back : —Birmingham, 12s, and 7s. ; Leam ington or Warwick, 10s. 6d. and 6s. ; Banbury, 7s. and 4s. 6d; Oxford, 6s. and 3s. 6d. No Luggage allowed. Tickets may be previously obtained at 27, King reet, Cheapside ; 269, Strand ; 351, Oxford-street; 63, Bridge-road, Lambeth; aad at the Paddington Station. May 20th, 1854. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANAD A.—Notice is Hereby Given, That a CALL of 21. 10s. per share en each and every share of the A series of the char of this company has been made. and will be due and payable on Wed nesday, the 7th ofJune, 1854. A CALL of 101. will also be due and payable on each of the Certificates exchangeable for Compale tor the ny's lie be,itures, and 1 01. on each of the Certifica tes exchangeab Debentures of the Pr..vince of Canada. Six per cent. interest will be charged on the Calls as long as they are in arrear. A Call Letter will be sent to each shareholder for the payment o' the Call on his shares. Debenture Certificates must be presented at the Bankers, in order that the payment of the Call may be marked upon them. Holders have the option of paying up in full on their shares and debentures. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum is paid on all sums paid in advance of Calls on either shares or debentures , and by order in Council of the Guollvernment their of Canada, all persons paying the present call , a nd in fon Debenture Certates No. 2, will be entitled to at once exchange the same for the Deben tures of the Province. All payments to be made at the Banking House of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Co., 67, Lombard -street. By order of vi th l e u llia l a Board. WILLIAM Secretary. 2, Leadenhall-street, May 6th, 1854. E pso m RACES, 30th and 31 s t M ay , an d I s t an d 2d June. — LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST fi!A vrA y . _-on Tuesday, the 30th of May, and on Thnr,day, the let Jane, trains at the usual let and 2d class fares, will run from London to Epsom from 7 a.m. to 11.10 a.m.. and from Epsom to London after 7 p.m. Additional fast trains will run from London to .Epsom from 11.15 a.m. to 1.30 p.m,, returning from Epsom from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., by which the fare for single tickets will be 45., and for return tickets 7a. 6d. On the Derby Day and the Oaks Day, Wednesday 31st May, and Friday, 2d Jane, trains will run at the usual Ist and 2d class fares from London to Ewen from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.. and from Epsom to Louden after S p.m. Additional fast trains will rim from London to Epsom from 9.5 a.m. to 1.20 p ia., and from Epsom to London from 4 p in. to 8 P In. London down to Eps - nu, or vice versa, 4s. Return tickets, 7s. Gd, No particular class of carrtsge can be guarAnteed. FREDERICK SLIUUT, Secretary. London Termintp, 25th May, irs4. The ordinary trains between London and Croydon and Landon and Epsom will he entirely suspended during the hours above advertised. EPSOM kACES, 30th and 31st May, and Ist and 2d June.—LONDON, BRIGHTON. and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—In order to afford every possible facility to the public, arrangements have been made to issue TICKETS at offices in tte City, and at the West End, previous to and on the days of the races, as follows :—At Tattersali's Subx;ription Rooms, on Monday, 29th May, from 12 noon to 5 p.m.: on Tuesday. 30th May, and Thursday Ist June, from 10 a.m., till 4 p.m. ; and on Wednesday, 31st May, anu Friday, 2d tune, from 7 a.m. till noon. At Griffin's, Green Man and Still, Oxford-street ; Universal-office, Regent's-qua Irant ; at the Golden-cross, Charing cr. as ; and at the Swan with Two Necks, Gresham-street, City, on Monday. 29th May, from 2 p.m. to 8 p m.: on Tuesday, 30th May, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ; and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (31st May. and Ist and 'd June), from 8.30 a.m. till noon. FRED r;ttli:K SLI,,HT, Secretary. London -bridge Terminus, 25ti; May, 1854. EXCURSION TRAINS to BRIGHTON and BACK the same DAY, at 7s. 6d. Ist Class, ss. 6d. 2nd Class, 3s. 6d. 3rd Class. Every SUNDAY and MONDAY. Leave Lon don at 8 a.m., returning from Brighton at 7.0 p.m. SATURDAY to MONDAY TICKETS.—A Special Express Train every Saturday at 8 0 p.m., at 13s. Ist Class, 9s. 2nd Class, 6s. 3rd Class, returning from Brighton by any of the Sunday Trains, or b; a Special Train on Monday Morning, at 7.15 o'clock, arriving in London at about 8.45. Third Class Passengers returning from Brighton on Monday must leave by the 7.0 a m. train. CROYDON and EPSOM LlNE.—Cheap Return Tickets issued every Sunday by all trains; Sydenham or Anerley and back, Ist Class, Is. tid ; 2nd Class, Is. ; 3d Class, 9d. Weekly and Fortnightly Tick• ta between London and Brighton 61. and 31. 10s. respectively, available by any train. London Terminus. FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Leases, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, MAT 27, win be performed FIDELTO. Leonora. Madame Caradori ; Florestan, Herr Reichardt; and Rocco, Herr Formes. Followed by (9th time) a new ft LLET OIVERTISSENIEN r. entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE, in which Xi:111e. Pasquale wi,l appear. Pricer—Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 5s ; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-office ope•t daily from Pen till Six, where places may he secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Co:k, 63, New Bond-street. THE tTRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. trader the management of Mr. nuckstone. THIS EVENING, Mei 27, The Income Tax Bill last night passed through committee, if not sub silentio, at least without any serious attempt at opposition. It is true that Sir H. WILLOUGHBY interrogated the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to whether he had entirely abandoned the hope of removing some of the glaring inequalities of the tax. The Honour able Baronet briefly instanced the unfair and par tial operation of the impost on Long Annuities, which were taxed more than six times as much as Consols, in proportion to their actual value. It scarcely, however, required the rising of the Financial Minister to indicate the nature of the answer. It might be learned from the careless and indifferent aspect of the House, from the apathy which reigned on every side, and which could not be shaken off. Mr. GLADSTONE himself alluded to the not very creditable circumstance. He spoke of a question of great difficulty being introduced " at a moment when one-tenth of the members were not in the House, and when one tenth of those present were attending to other subjects! " This was the scene so graphi cally depicted by the Right Honourable Gen- j tleman, while a charge amounting to more than six and a half millions of pounds sterling per annum was about to be fixed on the back of that patient animal JOHN Bum, for an indefinite period. This was the mode in which the fiscal and financial reformer's exhibited their interest in a question of vital importance to the industrious middle classes—to those struggling to maintain a position which they must now relinquish, and who were obliged to submit to many serious pri vations in striving to carry out that object. The argument in favour of the equal taxa tion of 11. Long Annuities worth 41. 11. s. 3d., and 11. Consolidated Annuities worth 301., was of the kind generally resorted to by the advocates for the equal taxation of all kinds of income, without reference to the sources from whence they may arise. It was impossible to deny the glaring inequality of such a charge —to assert that in the one instance capital was not taxed, while it avowedly escaped free in the other. Direct defence was clearly impracticable. The logical reply then was, that even Long Annuities did not supply by any means the strongest in stance of discrepancy between the cases of persons in the enjoyment of temporary and permanent incomes. The Right Honourable Gentleman was virtuously indignant at the notion of being required to redress one grievance without administering equal justice to all. " Nothing," he said, " could be more irra tional than to say that he would select one class of persons having a temporary interest, and give allowance to them, and leave every other class of persons having a temporary interest to the full sweep and stroke of the tax !" This snubbing of the unlucky Baronet—the only one, by the way, who had the manliness and consistency to stand forward—had its anticipated effect, and the bill went through committee with out a single amendment being pressed to a divi sion or even brought forward. It is true that the veteran member. for Montrose offered some slight apology for his daring coadjutor, ex pressing an opinion that the irregularity com plained of might easily be rectified, regretting that the facts so clearly brought out before the Income Tax Committee had not been better When it is weighed and acted upon, and declaring that " the Mr. Punch. that, if we cannotalYlY—"s----suggested by the venerable time had arrived when these questions of adjust- Tallow consequent upon prevent the rise in ment ought to be seriously considered." down Greece • Russia, the war with R • at These milk-and-water protests had, however, any rate we can keep it i s to be hoped that there is at least as earnestly but little effect, when the citadel—which might humour in the innocent little . , much reason so easily have been defended by a handful of as Joke of our Besides the powerf u l maritime alma con- energetic and determined men—was thus delibe- teraporary. in the Black Sea, under the combined in abandoned. When the enemy was permitted ments now o f Admirals DUNDAS and EtAXIMIN, and to fortify and garrison th e s t rong h o ld, it was authority absurd to speak of attempting to reconstruct the the mighty fleet gathering together in the Baltic, edifice next session, or any future session. It is under the allied flags of Admirals NAPIER and now virtually, and in a few we e ks will b e ac tually, D E suarvEs, there are at pres ent no less t han four- fastened on our shoulders with a tenacity that teen of the war vessels o f France in the Gree k cannot be disturbed. Until the sth of April next, waters, under the command of Admiral LE BAR- until after the ratification of a permanent treaty of BIER DE TlNAN—nine of them steamers — ready peace, we cannot hope to o s f h off i a n k d e us tr y t h , e a incubus i t t h t e a r t at once to awe the Athenian Gove rnment into will paralyse the efforts submission, while ostensibly ordered into that the fe elings of ev ery person whose scantily part of the Levant with a view to the requited exertion s are taxed as heavily as suppression of piracy in the Archipelago. the dividends of the f un dh o l der or the chief Whenever France and England, therefore, may rents of the owner o f rea l estate. "put not your be disposed to proceed resolutely against the faith in princes," is a time-honoured apophth egm, Hellenic friends of the AUTOCRAT, there, imme- the validi t y a nd accuracy whereof h as rece i ved ' diately on the spot, are the means for their ener- new illustrati o ns in every age. "Put not your getio interference. Always before our own Cabi- faith in professing patriots" is one of equ a l net from first to last in the carrying out of war- truth, and, we regret to say, has been established like manifestations against Russia, the Ministry of by equally incontrovertible testimony. our ImPerial neig hbour has already, it would If the diferent members of the House of cc.. WIII be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE BOUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren, Compton, and Ruckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. grey, and Mrs. Iltswilllam. After wide'', the entirely new ant orizinal extravaganza, entitled IrCICATONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CBS rEB-SQUA.RE), written by J. R. Pisnehe, Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXIORD-STREET. Under the Mansgernent of Mr. ( - tram= Kesos. THIS EVENING. MAT Will be perfornsel THE MARRIED UN St A.ItRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart ; and Misses Reath and Murray. Followed by FAUST ANTI) MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstar,ley and .diss Ledercq. After which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters ly M•ssrs. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Raker; and Misses Murray and D.dy. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII . Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste THIS EVENING, MAY 77. Will be performed THE M ARBLE RE kit 1'; or, The Sm'ptor's Dream. Characters by Messrs. Y. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web ster, and C. Selby; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. Harding. Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs 0. Smith, Keeley, and farselle; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, VIE OVERIAND JOURNEY TO CONSTANTI NOPLE, .6.3 UNDERTAIiEN BY LORD BA TEWA.N. WITH INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. MAT 27, Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha r‘eters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H Waite, Leslie, and Vincent ; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. After whicb. THE MUMMY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan, Robson, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and I4lss Wyndham. STRAND TFIEATRE. Sole Leeeee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Dir cares% Mies Bebe= Isaacs. THIS EVENING, MAY 27, Will be performed THE S fATUE LOVER. To be followed by A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. After which, THE GARDENER OF VER4AILLE3. To be followed by THAI SEA NY ‘IPIP3 CAVE. To conclude with THE BONNET-BUILDERS' TEA PARTY. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, Is. 641; tid.; Private ltex,s, XI I Is. 6d., to be bad of Mr. Alleroft. lb, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATION'AL Alf PHITiIEA l'itE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, ;Ifni 26, Will be presented the new Braid vautical and Equestrian spec tacle, embodying n 'vet and extraordinary effects (written by Mr. Ndsoa Lee), entitled A. I'AL v.: OF Tilt: SPANISH WAR; or, The florae of the Wreck. Thl horses expressly trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by NOVEL. FEATS of EQUITATION SANSPA REILLE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF TIIE BRINE. Box-oftlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON RRtI) G I. Tam DAT —Morning 9 min.after 2 I Evening 26 min.aft 2 I bkffonsoW—Morning min.after 2 I Evening 0 =tidal... 3 THE WEATHER.--Sue Orme, MAY 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65 highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and dying the night. 57—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'73. WIND, W.S.W. to W.N.W.--Fresh breeze, with heavy sliowsrs, and glimpses of sunshine. - • etfli3e gt 6 41" 4;43, r.ki:-:r - N r -3"( 41"11. ,APlrnt,4 LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1854. mons were answering interrogatories on the hus tings respecting their political creed, how many would venture to defend the equal taxation of all kinds of income ? Few, indeed, would dare to do so. Indeed, we have the confession of Mr. GLADSTONE that it was " the wish and intention of a large majority that the tax should not be renewed except on the condi tion of reconstructing it !" Where, then, was that " large "majority ?" Where did the Hon. Gentle men conceal themselves while the matter respect ing which they entertained so unequivocal a desire was discussed, if discussion it could be called ? Where were nine-tenths of the members of the representative branch of the Legislature who absented themselves from the House on the occasion ? And what was the topic that so strongly attracted the attention of nine-tenths of the one-tenth present as to prevent them from taking any notice of what was going forward ? These are questions to which the several consti tuencies will require answers—clear, distinct, and unequivocal answers. These are points which will enable the electors throughout the Kingdom to form some estimate as to the amount of confi dence they may bestow on the candidates for their "most sweet voices." If persons who tacitly connive at injustice are almost as much to be blamed as the actual perpetrators, what can be saidof those who have thus wantonly disregarded their clearly -expressed opinions, and sacrificed the interests which they were elected to defend. We were about to recommend every fiscal and financial reformer to obtain a list of the absentees or, the occasion, until we recollected that it would be impossible to do so, as no division was taken. There are, however, but few exceptions—all are " tarred with the same brush," and the nation has had another practical instance of the wide dis tinction between hustings " sayings" and legisla tive "doings," that should be treasured deep in the memory of every man entrusted with the elective franchise. COURT CI ROULA R. It is understood that her Majesty's second concert will take place on Friday, June 2, and the second state ball on Tuesday, June 20. OSBORNE, MAT 26. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred visited Ports mouth Dockyard yesterday afternoon, when they were received by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin, and the officers of the dockyard, and conducted over the establishment. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards went on board the Victory flag-ship, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, and returned to Osborne at 7 o'clock. Yesterday morning (the birthday of . the Princess Helena) the band of the Royal Marines played a selection of music on the terrace, at a quarter before 7 o'clock. Mr. Buchanan, the American Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. The Bishop of London had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing -street. A deputation from the Thames Marsh Drainage Committee bad an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation con sisted of Sir Culling E. Eardley, Bart. (Chairman), Mr. James Macgregor, M.P. (Vice• Chairman), Mr. James Renshaw, Mr. George Bower, and Mr. Frederick Horn fray (Secretary to the Committee), and was accompanied by Mr. Richard Jebb (Chairman), and Mr. E. H. Woolrych (Secretary of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. The Master of the Rolls of Nova Scotia bad an inter view with the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had also an inter view with the right hon. gentleman at his official resi dence in Downing -street. A deputation, including Mr. Charles Russell (chair. man), Mr. Saunders (secretary), and Mr. Brunel (engi neer), of the Great Western Railway Company, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. R. Dolling and Mr. J. Anketell, a deputation on the subject of an Irish Railway, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Gibraltar yesterday from the Colonial-office. Despatches were received yesterday from the Governor of Sierra Leone. OUR NORTH-WESTERN COAST DEFENCES. The following letter on this important subject appears in the current number of the United Service Maga zine : " Sir,—You may have observed that, in a letter to the Morning Chronicle, I reverted to your able article pointing to the unprotected state of the towns on the north-west coast of England. Since the appearance of th at number of your publication, Sir James Graham, replying, in the Com mons, to a question of Colonel Beutinck, is reported to have said that no danger could menace this country, so long as Sir Charles Napier could pen the Russian fleet into the Baltic, and blockade the enemy's coast. But, sir, such a state of the question presupposes, in our naval combinations, a long sustained and unlimited degree of success, as well as the ab sence of all privateers. It leaves everything, in fact, to what Napoleon aptly termed the 4 lottery of war.' A few hostile cruisers could now destroy our commercial shipping, or exact heavy ransoms, and be off long before sucJour could reach from the Downs. The coast-volunteers, on which the First Lord of the Admiralty seemed partly to rely, could be effec tive only in case of a serious attempt to land. You can only meet ship by ship. A nava station on the north-east coast is required for national security. Lord Hardwick's sugges tion of a reserve squadron for home defence, will, it is to be hoped, be adopted by the Executive. Turning now to the north-west shore, Whitehaven, Workington, Maryport, and the other sea-port towns, wholly unguarded, seem to court attack. A second Paul Jones might plunder that coast with equal success and equal impunity—no friendly sail is at hand. Even that vast mart of commerce, Liverpool, looks only for defence to a battery of no great strength. It is perilous to offer to the foe such tempting, such easily secured baits for enterprise. This momentous subject will, I trust, continue to engage your attention, and to profit by your personal ex perience. —And I remain, your obedient servant, " PHILIP H. HOWARD. " Corby Castle, Carlisle, 21st April, 1854." ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—This morning a respectable man, named Mr. Thomas Leak, aged 45 years, who re sides at No. 3, Cottage-place, New-street, Vauxhall, attempted self-destruction under the following circum stances. It appears he was found in his bed-room with his throat cut in a frightful manner (the windpipe and the carotid artery being nearly divided), and with a large clasp-knife clenched firmly in his hand. He was removed without loss of time to the accident ward in Guy's Hos pital, Borough, where Mr. Stolman, the house surgeon, attended by the medical staff of that institution, gave prompt attention to the sufferer ; but from the severe nature of the wound, little hopes are entertained of his recovery. Nothing at present has led to the discovery of the cause of the unfortunate man committing the rash act. COLONEL PERRONET THOMPSON.-It appears to me certain that it is to the uncompromising opposition of Colonel Thompson to all improper practices, and to his (Mr. Clay's) own acquiescence in them and belief that they were necessary to the success either of himself or of any other candidate professing similar political opinions, that Mr. Clay alludes, when declining in Jan., 1842, to come forward as a candidate while Hull is " hampered by Colonel Thompson, who makes it im possible for any reformer to have a chance."—Commis aioner Flood's Report, Bull A dvertiser, 21st April, 1854. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.-It will be remem bered that the third-class match of the Royal London Yacht Club, which was sailed for last Saturday, re mained undecided in consequence of a protest which had been entered against the Mischief and the Kitten, the two first boats. The ground of the protest was that both vessels exceeded the measurement of their class. The sailing committee, after a full investigation, have de cided that both vessels were duly qualified. The Mis chief, therefore, receives the first prize, and the Kitten the second. COAST GUARD.—We are glad to learn that the Trea sury entirely concur with the Board of Customs that the men of the Coast Guard who may have temporarily joined the navy should nct be deprived of the advantages to which the regulations of the Coast Guard service en title them ; and, in pursuance of this resolution, pensions have been granted to the widow and two children of Robert M'Uuire, late boatman at Bourne Bottom, in the port of Poole—to the former of 151. per annum, and to the latter of 21. 10s. each until they attain the age of 15 years, to commence on the date of the decease of M'Guire, who was killed by accident a few days after he had joined the navy.—Civil Service Gazette. THE CIVIL SERVICE. —Mr. Edward James Smith, a senior clerk in the Inlan(1 Department of the General Post-office, has been selected by Lord Canning to act as postmaster to the British expeditionary force in Turkey ,• he is to be stationed at Constantinople, and will be placed under the immediate orders of the Commander-in-Chief. Mr. Stapleton has been appointed to a clerkship in the Secretary's-office of the Ordnance, Pall-mall. Mr. Syd ney Smyth has been appointed Ordnance clerk at Upuor Castle, vice Ward, deceased. Mr. Oakes has been ap pointed Ordnance clerk at Harwich, vice Blacket, super annuated. Messrs. M. Hillier, Eagle, and Tarn, have been appointed temporary clerks at Woolwich. Mr. Hill has been appointed third-class clerk in the Paymas ter's account-office at the Admiralty, Somerset-house, vice Stanhope. The appointment of landing-waiter at the Customs, London, will shortly be vacant, vice Mr. J. Baden, first-class landing-waiter, the Board of Cus toms having forwarded his superannuation paper to the Lords of the Treasury of 1601. per annum, in the gift of the Lords of the Treasury. The appointment of land ing -waiter, London, is vacant, caused by the absence, without leave, of Mr. W. H. Hart ; in the gift of the Lords of the Treasury, 1601. per annum. The appoint naent of tidewaiter is vacant, cawed by the superannua tion of Mr. G. Gordon, first-class tidewaiter ; 701. per annum, in the gift of the Lords of the Treasury. Mr. John Billings has been appointed clerk at the West India Docks, London. Mr. C. J..Hoffmeister has been appointed clerk to the tea department in London, — Service Qaz(tfe. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS, THE WAR. RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF THE TIGER. The Russian Invalide gives the following report from General Osten-Sacken, relative to this cata strophe, in a supplement to its edition of the 19th inst. : " I hasten to lay before your highness (Prince Paskie witsch) the flag and jack of the British steam-frigate Tiger, of 400-horse p ower , I t ran aground, was set on fire, and blown up, as it was impessible to get it afloat and bring it into the harbour, because two other steamers prevented the attempt. The following are the details : This morning, may 12, the frigate, which came in the direction from St. Sebastopol, got ashore near Kartazzi, about six wersts (4f miles) from Odessa. Two position field pieces (18 or 12 pounders) of No. 2 Battery, 16th brigade, under Lieutenant Abakoumouff, arrived from Lustdorf colony before the other two steamers could assist the Tiger, and, supported by two companies of the Dnieper reserve infantry regiment and a platoon of Lancers of Count Neketine's regiment, opened their fire with such precision, that, after the vessel had re ceived several shots, and its captain had lost his foot, she was forced to surrender. The enemy's shot flew harm lessly over the battery (evidently from the vesel lying on her beam) the colours were hauled down, and the lieute nant, who had taken the command, presented himself be fore me and declared his crew prisoners of war. By my orders he sent his boats and crew ashore, and laid down his and their arms. They and their wounded, five in number, were sent to th e quarantine. Meanwhile eight pieces f the light position battery No. 2 (12-pounders), and the horse battery No. 11, arrived from Odessa, with a battalion of the Sonzdal reserve regiment ; and the reserve battalion of the Ukraine light infantry, with two squadrons of Archduke Ferdinand's lancers, reached the shore. The enemy's wounded were not yet re moved before two enemy's steamers were observed through the fog. As no means were at hand to float the surrendered vessel, and get her into port, and as more enemy's vessels might also arrive at any moment, I ordered the stranded ship to be set on fire with shot. The two steamers of the enemy came within gun-range, and opened their fire upon our bat teries. Colonel Granowiteh maintained such a well-di rected fire during two hours with twelve pieces, that the enemy's ships were compelled to retire out of range much damaged. Two men and three horses of the re serve battery were killed. Colonel Flerisky and Lieu tenant Snairnoff, of the 2d light infantry and 10th bri gade, received contusions. We have made prisoners Captain Giffard, 24 officers (and warrant officers), with 201 seamen and marines. The Tiger was armed with 16 Paixhans. .At half-past seven p.m. she was com pletely burned." GERMAN POWERS. THE NEW VIENNA PROTOCOL. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna confirms the fact of the signature of a protocol by the represen tives of the Four Powers, asserting their determi nation to maintai n th e i ntegr i ty of Turkey. Aus tria and Prussia will now, it is said, demand the evacuation of the Turkish territory, and accord ingly a draught of a note to Russia has been sent by the Conference to Berlin for the approval of the Prussian Government. PRESENTATION OF PROTOCOLS TO THE GERMANIC DIET. In the sitting of the Germanic Diet, on the 24th, Austria and Prussia presented five protocols of the Conference of Vienna, and made a collective de claration, from which it results that the good un derstanding is maintained between the Four Great Powers forming part of the Conference of Vienna ; that the continuation of the war between Russia and Turkey exposes her own territories, and that the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire must be maintained. The treaty concluded be tween Austria and Prussia was afterwards pre sented to the Diet, and the German States invited to adhere to the different clauses a it. PESTII, May 19.—A Greek bishop was arrested here on the evening of the 18th, as a Russian emissary, and taken to the New Building, where political offenders are kept. Important papers, it is said, were found on his person. VIENNA, May 22.—0 n the 16th Prince Paskie witsch gave orders that the bombardment of Silis tria should cease. We do not know whether this is to be attributed to the menacing attitude of Austria or to some negotiations for a capitulation that may be going on between the Russians and Turks. Baron Meyendorff communicated the news of the order for a levy of 95,000 men to Prince Paskiewitsch as well as to the Russian Cabinet. The intelligence of the extraordinary levy was com municated to the representatives of Austria at the various foreign Courts, with a notice that this Go vernment had not relinquished its mediatory policy, but would always be ready to further any measures for the re-establishment of peace which might be consistent with the honour and interests of Austria and the general balance of power in Europe. The Archduke Albrecht now has his head-quarters at Hermannstadt, in Transylvania. The Ost Deutsche Post has advices of the 20th from Cracow, according to which preparations are making for " mobilising" all the troops in Russian Poland. Au artillery park of 70 guns has already reached Kielce, where one of the three Russian corps is to be placed. The Austrian, Lloyds of Vienna announces that a complete understanding prevails between Prussia, Austria, and Bavaria on the one hand, and the Western Powers on the other. A letter from Berlin of the 22d states, as an almost official fact, that the accession of the four free towns to the Austro-Prussian convention has been officially notified in that city. A letter from Berlin, 23d, says :—" The heredi tary Prince of Wurtemburg, who has just quitted St. Petersburg, where he h a d l ong res id e d , w i l l visit our Court. He will be accompanied by his wife, the Grand Duchess Olga. The Bavarian Go vernment has communicated to the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin the note which it has addressed to the Greek government, representing the dangers of its policy, and engaging it to pursue a different line of conduct." The Weser Gazette states from Berlin that the English Ambassador in that city has expressed to the Prussian Government the uneasiness occasioned to his Cabinet by the recent changes in Prussia (the forced resignation of General de Bonin, the Minister of War, and the recall of M. de Bunsen. from London, are evidently alluded to). Lord Bloomfield is said by this journal to have declared that his Government regretted much to be forced to make observations respecting the internal affairs of Prussia, and that it was not insensible to the valuable services of M. de. Manteuffel, but that the changes in questi on were so i mportant that it was impossible to.refrain from noticing them. The Col•gne Gazette publishes a letter from Ber lin contradicting the statements of the departure of the Prince of Prussia from Berlin having been caused by dissatisfactio n at the conduct of the Prussian Government. This letter, which appears to come from a ministerial source, states that the Prince was a warm partisan of the Austro-Prussian treaty, and that he has in all things shown great devotedness to his Sovereign. 27, 1854. are too many bashi-bazouks about to advise any one to leave the vicinity of Constantinople unarmed. Travellers who wish to keep in good health should recollect that the climate in summer is changing from one extreme to another, and that the same day, even the same hour, may be intensely hot and cold. They should wear cotton shirts and flannel; their outer dress should be of light make and colour, asforlndia, but they should have some very warm and portable outer clothing, to provide against a sudden change of temperature. On coming here, they should not adopt the Fez, which exposes novices to a coup de soleil, but they should wear white hats or caps, of such a make as to shelter the head and keep it cool. Those that would smoke cigars should bring them, for cigars here are as expensive as in London, and not near so good. It is the same with gloves and other small luxuries. Goods of this class sold in Pera are bad and dear. It should be recollected that the cli mate of Constantinople, with its thin, pure, and ex citing air, is salubrious, but also very dangerous, and that persons of a foil habit, or those that are in temperate, are liable to acute diseases of an alarm ing character. Catching cold very frequently leads to bronchitis and pneumonia ; intemperance pro duces dysentery. Wine, water, milk, eggs, and fruit, if not actually obnoxious, ate at least dan gerous. The water should never be drank pure, but mixed with wine or coffee, and those that would be in very good health should profit from the hint the Turks take from the climate, and drink as much black coffee as possible. But as Turkish coffee is too strong for English palates, it should be thinned with water. Cold water mixed with coffee is a delightful and salubrious beverage —at least in this country—and those alone can appreciate it who have vainly sought to quench that consuming thirst from which all strangers suffer in summer. DANUBE. Accounts have been received by telegraph from Bucharest to the 21st. Marshal Paskiewitsch had crossed the Danube near Kalarasch, and had fixed his head-quarters before Silistria, which had been closely invested for the last three days. The Press states from Bucharest that on the 17th the Turkish batteries had destroyed a bridge constructed by the Russians for the passage of a part of their army against Silistria, and that the Turks had defeated the Russians in several other attempts to cross the Danube. A letter from Bucharest of the 19th in the 03t- Deutche-Post mentions that the Russians were pre paring to cross the Danube near Kalarasch. As stated above this operation had been effected on the 21st, and that Silistria was closely invested. The Lloyd, of Vienna, informs us from Bucharest that the Russians on evacuating Lesser Wallachia were greatly harassed by the Turks, and lost great numbers of men iu different engagements. BLACK SEA. A telegraphic despatch received from Constanti nople, via Marseilles, says the Descartes quitted the station off Sebastopol on the 11th. At that date the fleets were still cruising before that port, but the fogs were so thick (says the Journal de Constantinople) that the admiral's ships were com pelled to frequently fire guns in order to make known their respective positions. SERVIA. The Press of Vienna, under date of Belgrade, 18th, says—" It is not generally believed that the Paella of Belgrade demanded from Prince Alexan der that he should send away his nephew, but I can assure you that such is the fact. A rencontre has just taken place on the Servo-Bulgarian frontier between the Servians and the Turks. A detachment of 500 bashi-bazouks having separated themselves from the main body of the Turks, entered on the Servian territory, on the side of Gourgoussowacz. The armed peasants attacked and drove them away after a very sanguinary struggle, in which many were killed on both sides. This event has produced a bad effect among the Servian population, and it is feared that they will exercise reprisals on the Turkish territory.' but the police prohibited their procession. There is quite a panic here among a very large class, lest the force of circumstances should endmiger the Danish neutrality. They know that Russia cannot hurt them directly, but they fear her indirect vengeance through Prussia. In the last war, they say, England could not or would not help us, in spite of the plainest and strongest treaties ; and should we join the Western Powers, we shall have 100,000 Prussians, perhaps with a corps of Austrians, ravaging Jutland down to the Eider, and occupying Holstein. The Ministerial party take the same view, and hold this threat an terrorem over the heads of the national party. It is not so easy to answer these men, for the policy of England towards this country has hitherto been one monstrous perfidy, one in explicable mystery. However, the result is par ticulary unfortunate, for it paralyses the efforts of those who are friendly to the Western Powers. Rumours of all kinds cross and recross each other. One of the latest is, that a courier has brought to Copenhagen the demand for the abrogation of the neutrality, and that he is now on his way to Stock holm with the same message. The strong westerly winds now blowing are not favourable for the final corp d'etat intended by the Ministry. Even the introductory proclamation annihilating the liberty of the press —a document long since ready —has not yet appeared. B u t th e peop l e are not idle—the agitation is immense. THE ISLAND OF GOTHLAND. We make the following extracts from a letter dated Farosund, Island of Gothlaud, May 18 : " Leaving Stockholm on Saturday last, at noon, on board the Motala steamer, I arrived in Wisby, the chief town of this island, the next morning about six. Amongst the passengers were ten Swedish officers, who have been sent to exercise the national bevaring of Gothland. That militia, which replaced the ordinary conscription, and which has its own special corps of officers, is composed of all persons, from 15 to 50 years of age, capable of bearing arms. The bevaring is never taken out of the island, and it generally musters about 9,000. There is no cavalry, but a small corps of artillery, with twenty cannons. Another of our passengers was Mr. Waern, the Chairman of the Koping and Wener Lake Railway Company, one chiefly composed of English share holders. The line will be completed in the course of 1856. Meantime a telegraphic communication will be established between Stockholm and Gothenburgh, to be ready towards the end of August next. The telegraph between Grisselhamn, a small town in the Gulf of Bothnia and the Swedish capital, was opened a few days ago. Our pilot told us that he and his brother pilots at Landsort had gained more money by the visit of the English fleet to Eifsnabben Bay than during the pre oeeding 12 months—their annual average earnings being about twenty pounds each. Wisby, the capital of this island—for the little village of Farosund is in Gothland,• and not, as the name would seem to imply, in the opposite and adjacent island of Faro—may be called a town of ruins--of ruined churches, ramparts, turrets, and castellated forts, one of the last kind being the residence, in olden times, of a celebrated rover, who delighted in calling himself " God's friend and all the world's foe." In the 12th, 13th, and the first half of the 14th century Wisby was an important and prosperous cons inercial port ; in fact one of the most important in North Europe. It was destroyed in 1361 by the Danes, who had been called to the aid of the Swedish monarch, Magnus Ericson, in his violent attempt to levy taxes on the wealthy burghers, and who remained masters of the island until 1645, when it was restored to Sweden. The present number of inhabitants rn Wisby is about 5,000. In the beginning of the 14th century, it, was 12,000, ex clusive even of toe working men in the suburbs. Of late there are some signs of improvement ; a new harbour has been constructed, excellent educational establish ments have been opened, and there appears to be again a tendency to commercial speculation. The inhabitants of that town, and, indeed, of the whole island, are very friendly in their manners, and to a considerable extent in their habits. " One of my first inquiries on landing at Wisby was re specting the way to get to this village, about 36 English miles distant, and I was informed that the only con veyances were the open carts used by the farmers, a number of whom on the road are obliged by law to pro vide travellers with horses. " Starting at noon, I passed through the little villages of Shentsu, Myrvalde, Angelbos, and Koparfve, at each of which there was a relais of horses, and arrived, about half-past nine o'clock at Farosund. The country on the way is barren and rocky, the only trees being spruce firs, with patches here and there of rye and buckwheat, and with not a few swamps on each side. The skjutsltall, or post stations, are farmers' houses, not at all remark ' able for comfort or neatness, although the owners are on the whole well to do in the world. Bread and cheese and corn brandy are the only provisions for travellers, except at Angelbos, where hate and eggs make their ap pearance for favoured visitors. At each station is an old corporal or sergeant, who takes down the name and quality of the person demanding post-horses. In each of the farmers' houses were bibles and numerous prayer books, which appeared to have been well thumbed, and it may be presumed well read. Time fair sex in these parts are coy and shy on first acquaintance, and such characteristics are, of course, so many virtues. "On ascending the road near Farosund, one gets all at once a view of the fine harbour, and of Faro (sheep isle). That harbour, which until late was very little known, is well sheltered, and has plenty of water for large vessels. The two entrances of the harbour' are small, so that it is somewhat difficult to make them in bad weather, and the northern channel is not so free a passage as set down in our English charts. In fact, one of the colliers sent from Eng,aud to the British fl !et got ashore there some days and was only released yes terday from her perilous position, a lighter having been sent out to remove a part of the cargo. The captain had been warded against the coining in by that channel, and advised to go round Far Island, in order to enter ay the other one, but he relaTed to his charts, and finding, as it says, that, 'it was all right,' he disregarded toe coun-el, and was soon stranded. " On my arrival in Farosund I found there H.M. steam corvettes Porcupine, 4 guns, Captain Jackson, and Dra gon, 6 guns, Captain Wilcox. The latter had not been in more than an hour or two, and had returned from Copenhagen, to which it had conveyed despatches. The next morning it left Farosund for the fleet. It had not encountered any portion of the French squadron. " Yesterday (Wednesday) the Basilisk, 6 guns, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, reached Farosund, to take in coals and provisions. It brought the intelligence that the greater portion of the fleet was still off Sand Island (Sando), to the north of Faro. "The recent reports in Stockholm to the effect that the Bomursund and Hango forts, in the Aland Isles, had been bombarded, turn out to be unfounded. They may, however, be only premature, for those places have been visited by some of our frigates. 'largo would make an excellent depot for coals, and, being on a small island, could be easily defended by a couple of war steamers. The Tyne, store-ship, is expected every day at the fleet ; and so soon as a portion of the French squadron arrives, a grand blow will no doubt be struck in the direction of Revel or Sweaborg. Nfeantime several vessels are cruising in the Gulf of Bothnia and near the mouth of the Gulf of Finland. It CIRCASSIA. According to a despatch of the 15th, from Con stantinople, the Circassians had come down from the mountains, and had occupied all the places evacuated. They surprised 1,500 Russians at Soukoum-Kale, and made them prisoners. They had proclaimed a provisional government, under the presidency of the brother-in-law of Schaanyl. RUSSIAN NAVAL STATIONOF NICOLAIEV, The Illoaiteux de la Flotte quotes a letter from an officer on board the French fleet in the Black Sea, giving some account of Nicolaiev, which is, after Sebastopol, the principal naval establishment of Russia in that sea. This information was de rived from the crew of one of the Russian vessels, lately captured. Since the commencement of hostilities the most formal orders were for warded to Nicolaiev to complete with all pos sible activity the ships of war lying on the stocks. But these orders could not be exe cuted, for various reasons. Hands and supplies were wanting. The most intelligent foremen, who had been brought from foreign countries, espe cially from England, by Admiral Lazareff, left the service of Russia, and could not 1.),3 replaced. The best workmen in the country had been forced to serve ou board the fleet as master carpenters and engineers, and several companies of operatives were transferred to Sebastopol, for the execution of urgent works in that place. The supply of timber, coal, and other articles derived from abroad being exhausted there was no possibility of renewing it. Among the ships on the stocks at Nicolaiev are 5 liners, considered unfit for service, but which are n9w being thoroughly repaired by order of the Emperor. These are—the Francis I. 110 guns ; the King, of Prussia, 84 guns ; Omega, 84 ; John Golden Mouth, 74 ; and Erivan, 60. Among the vessels now constructing are—the steam ship Marshal Paskiewitsch, 100 guns ; Teflis, a sailing ship of 82 guns; the 56-gun frigates Crimea, Orthodoxy, and Standard, and the steam-corvette Mingrelia. The largest engines, being ordered in America, cannot reach their destination, so that the steamers for which they are intended are totally unavailing. Prince Menschikoff visited the arsenals of Nicolaiev towards the close of April, by desire of the Emperor, to whom he addressed an account of their situation. THE BALTIC. A telegraphic communication from Dantzic, dated yesterday, states that no steamer had arrived from the Baltic fleet up to that date, and that two weeks' despatches and one mail were waiting there for conveyance to the fleet. COPENHAGEN, May 22.—The two rival steam packet companies, formed in Christiania and Christiansand, have now happily taken steps for a union, and will immediately commence operations. They will begin with a boat that will run between these towns and Hamburg, and will proceed to purchase another for the ro u t e t o E ng l an d . A s the CONSTANTINOPLE. English have now established a post from the fleet On the 25th, says a despatch from the Turkish to Dantzic, and thence by telegraph to Hamburg, intelligence from the East or the B a lti c w ill reac h capital, the Russians were manoeuvring to cut off England much quicker by thi s li ne th an f rom Stock the communication between Varna and Silistria. An English division was to embark at Constanti- holm. As the French fleet is ne w lyi ng at B e ll evue, near Kiel, some suppose that the old plan will be nople for Varna, while the French force was to I adopted for the An g l o -F renc h squadrons meeti ng march on the Balkans. in that harbour. Others, apparently with more FRANCE. The merchants of Galata complain of the war, justice, assert that this would only lose time, REPORT ON THE BUDGET OF 1848. but at the same time they are realising enormous and that the French fleet (15 sail) will make profits on horses and other objects in request by the the best of its way to Sir Charles Napier. The This document, which has been drawn up by army, which those who know the country and the agitation i ncreases d a il y. T he half-official press Baron Paul de Richemont, appears in the Muni ways o f sup ply can buy cheap and sell at prices openly insults Denmark and the Danes, and tear. It is of great length, filling nearly nine which but six months ago would have been consi- insolently counsels the Government to put an end closely-printed columns of the official journal. It dered fabulous. The people of Pera and Stamboul to the Constitution at once. This goes on without commences by remarking on the very decided ame are declaring that the war is ruining them, but the let or hindrance. Th e G overnment prosecutor is lioration which has tak en place in the tr a d e and fact is, that, besides the. thousands of officers who silent ; whilst p rosecu ti ons s h ower down upon the manufactures of the country under the present spend their money pretty freely, there never was national press f or th e most i nnocent expressions, Government. The traces of the perturbation which the Revolution of 1848 had produced have, it de such an influx of strangers, such comi ng an d go i ng , and the courts take care to pronounce them guilty dares, totally disappeared since December 2, 1851 ; and so much money given for the most indifferent in every case. At this moment the question which confidence having been restored, public and private accommodation. Every steamersends it s b oa t-l oa d s i s uppermost is the celebration of the fifth year of of strangers to the shore ; the hamals, or porters, the Constitution, w hi c h w i ll take place on a credit has received such an impetus, that th e indi are literally worked to death with the weight of large scale on th e sth of J une. We shall see rest contributions, that certain mark of p u bli c luggage they carry up the steep streets of Pera, whether the Cabi ne t w ill dare to prohibit this cele- prosperity, have increased in three year s f rom 7 07 the kaikshis are making their fortunes in convey- bration. If they do the revolution may b e c on- to 846 millions. That marvellous prosp er it y, t h e Mg, all day and almost all night, parties of officers sidered as begun. In the duchies th e D an i s h na - report goes on to say, improved f ur th er b y the across the Bosphorus, and the horse lenders, who, tionality is more o pp resse d than ever, and the most continued action of a prudent an d s t rong Govern some four weeks ago, assailed every passer-by with sham e f u l i n f ract i ons are made of the rights of the ment, was not produced in Fra nce on l y, but spread their loud cries of " Cavallo e have doubled and Danish population. Prussia and Schleswig-Hof- ' H I eswig- o - itself abroad in every direction ; for it is the destiny on France always to react trebled their prices and have ceased to offer their stein are triumph an t, of other countries by her horses, f or p e ople are but too happy if they can COPENH AGEN, May 23.--One of the merchants prosper i ty as b y h er disasters. But all of a sudden get the loan of one for an afternoon. And as of the good t own o f Y stadt has publicly announced this favourable postu re o f a ff a i rs seemed to be en- Constantinople is, after all, not far from England, that he will present a gift of 1,000 rix-dollars banco dangered by the prospect of war. The report on : and Englishmen are proverbially fond of travelling, to the poo r th e moment the news arrives of any that point uses th e f o ll ow i ng language it is quite certain that the influx of strangers considerable defeat of the Russians in Europe or " Suddenly, a sovereign, who for a length of time had will increase. Indeed, it is not too much to an- in Asia. The Swedish post-boat, from Grisslehamn been desirous of passing for the most firm supporter of ticipate that Parliament and the bar will make to Aland, was stopped on the 14th by English European..t tranquility, impelled by an ambitious and ego ttihsetisca feeling, ego this their summer excursion. Therefore, a few rowing-boats, but immediately dismissed. The traditional in his dynasty, compromised hints as to the manner of going, and the way of Finnis 6 h post-boat was not so lucky. It was seized in the e curit ( r which the world enjoyed. It is therefore making oneself comfortable at Pera in this extraor- and retained. So far from the universal re- difficult midst st of circumstances, new, unforeseen, and dinary time, will be acceptable and interesting to all ports of the attack on Bomarsund and Gustafs- quenceq tha arreciatio n in all their ulterior conse the Government has been obliged to those who meditate an excursion to the Bosphorus. yarn being confirmed, there is reason to suppose prepare ', the elements e of the budget of 1855, taking Those that would go by the quickest and cheapest that Sir Charles has not yet struck a blow of into account th influence which the events of foreign route—now that the line of railway from Paris to any kind. The cannonading heard in Gothland policy might exercise This on the provisions of the d pu n b s- Marseilles is complete—should go through France, would appear to have been great-gun exercise. lie powers. reserve, which is prudent and time their arrival at Marseilles so as to catch On the night between the 16th and 17th, the cessary, must not, an ,for however, be carried too one of the direct steamers plying between that port F renc h li ner, Du 84,anchored at Frederik- i perr6 - and Constantinople. Those steamers leave Mar- shaven (as I have already informed you). It has creased by anticipating their being too considerable or seilles on the 6th, 16th, and 26th of each month, a crew of 500 seamen and 400 land troops. Ott the too nnmerous. The Government fora long time refused and make the passage in eight days. So that a 17th a number of the officers landed, accompanied to believe in a war which moderation condemned, and man need not be longer than 10 days on the road. by the chaplain. There were no pilots, every man good faith rejected, and which the most sacred interests of Europe should have caused to be considered Those that. mean to' confine their, excursions to being already engaged. At length, after much Bible. Nevertheless every day the rupture became more impos- Stamboul and its vicinity want no weapons, but difficulty, the captain succeeded in procuring the before more imminent, and when the budget was those that mean to go inland had better provide mate of the Valdemar, and put to sea at seven you, we were in that strange situation,.which . themselves with some portable efficacious arms, in the evening. The Norwegians here celebrated was so justly defined in the Parliament of a neighbouring such as the smaller size of Colt's revolvers. There the anniversary a their Constitution on the 17th (If We ;tre net yet at war, we , , is known that a considerable number of gun-boats are bring constructed in the Finnish ports, and perhaps some of our small craft may run in and cut them out. "There is not a little uneasiness in the fleet regarding the comparative paucity of surgeons. Should any acci dent happen during action to any of the medical men, the consequences to the crews of their respective vessels would probably be very serious. I believe one of the objectiUns, on the part of surgeons, against entering the navy, is that they are not always provided with berths, and that, whilst acting as assistaut•surgeoas, they have to mess with the midshipmen." GREECE. According to intelligence from Malta of the 22d, the division of General Forey, was to leave yester day (Friday) in 14 steamers, fur Athens, which city it will occupy. are no longer quite at peace." On the 27th Marcb,ouli the very mome n t when the Legislative Body was a• to deliberate in it s bureaux oil the bill fixing therecel, and expenditu re o f 1855 , it was convoke d to h ea r so:h il t munication from th e G overnment. T he minister of State announced th a t th e un i te d e ff or t s o f Fray o .. and England to bring the Czar to moderate reset, ! tions had f a il e d ; an d t h at Russia had put herself i° a state of war t owar d s the allied p owers , the resP aa sibility of w hi c h wou ld fill on her alone. An august voice has said, Woe to hi m w h o s h a ll be the fi o in Europe to give the signal of a collision, the eo° sequences o f w hi c h must b e incalculable.' Eq er ' - ; , has taught us th a t thi s vo i ce never prophecied in va° For our pa r t s we add, Woe to France and to D irer, ( ' if they do not arrest this new invasion of despotism t a d % barbarism.' It is therefore to secure to the durable to t hat we must know oto resgn o b - iy selves momentarily to war. Our countr y has ad i ar e comprehended this ; and, as it wishes for peace, it ant not hesitate at any sacrifice to obtain it, and to place beyond the reach of any fresh attack. Powerful a rj i , numerous reasons unite to deprive this transient strilgi of the character which war has too often assumed in Pas times. The equity, goo d sense, and disinteres t e cine' e j which inspire the p o li cy o f t h e Government, have s ecure d to France the appr o b at i on o f t h e whole world, the alts' ; giance of all the gre a t s t a t es, an d the s i ncere and enef getic co-operation of a nation, long our rival, but n " j the partner in our e ff or t s to ma i nta i n the secur ity n nations. This state of things gives us t ranq uillitf° l the continent, and secures our rule over the sea s . has established the great principle of liberty 01.11- o j trais ; and by a measure of justice due to a g° o cause, it removes f rom our commerce all the calsr°"l of war to throw them entirely on that of the WI; Thus, a war which i s unfortunately necessary, but t ql scene of which is at a di s t ance , an d w hi ch cer taine ril l , be but temporary, as it is waged by all against a n ° , mon enemy ; the prosp ec t o f a spee d y peace, f ou ndee e r , a basis which it w i ll no t b e h ence f orth easy t o ov e „, throw, or even perhaps to shake ; our commerce P itt serving nearly all its usual markets—such is, wit b° ,, e p any exaggeration on either side, the situation of Fra'' r at the moment when the bu get is submitted to you r l it amination. For the Emperor, as for France, L'Ent l) ", c'est la paix. Thus the regular budget of 1855 is Pr e sented to you in normal conditions, which the gov e , o ment does not despair of seeing realised. It was t° o that you have understood it, gentlemen, in receiving' yoa have done, the announcement of the state of was and in authori s i ng w i t h a patr i ot i c eagerness the l u au meet the neces sar y expenses. I t i s thus that the 0 10 0 try understood it in giving, with such unanimity and s° much warmth. its financial co-operation to the po liti measures of the gov er d men t ; an d i t i s thus that Y °ll } , t committee must underst an d it, i n or d er to b e the , ful interpreter of the sentiments of France and of Y° ll. own." The report then speaks of the credits demand ed for the departments of War and Marine ; its law guage beginning as follows "The whole of the credits demanded for these too ministerial departments amount to 443,500,193 f. ff r War, 315,897,791 f .: f or Marine, 127,602,402 f ; e credits awarded in 1854 were 426,567,048 f. ; increas e for 1855, 16,933,145 f. Th ese fi gures were a d o pted in expectation of a s t a t e o f peace. W e hope tb!it that state will soo n b e res t ore d t o us. Wh at i s ce rtai n is, that favourable chances will increase in dir ec he proportion to the ra pidity an d energy w i th w hi c h tm t, war is conducted. Whil e we were exam i n i ng the b u age a facts were advancing, the campaign w a s e nt ere d on, hostilities commenc e d. The Government, responding the confidence of the country, was giving to our str i ,n i ' t what it considered th e s t rongest organ i zat i on. organization, which cannot be the work of a day, io partially effected ; it rend ers necessary expenses whie; by their permane n t c h a r ac t er , w ill b e set down,'" the budget ; but it is still diffi cu lt t o k now w h at wi ll her financially speaking, the definitive result. Once that ou t military forces ar e more v i gorous l y constituted, 101 l it not be possible to effect reductions, and to dimin' e f expenses which n ow a p pear pro b a bl e ? Wi tnesse s °f the transformation which is being effected in the ore' ization of the army, ought we to have taken the is °. hated elements of that change, and have inscribed there in the budget ? We have not thought it right to enter on that path. There are extraordinary situations which incontestably bear down the rules of normal times. IVs believe that we have understood what the presen t situation requires ; we belive that we have COr formed to the wishes of the nation which we repC ° sent, by seconding with all our force the initiative sn,.. energy of the man w h ose m i ss i on i t i s to display tt° flag of Fran ce . Th e E mperor r i ghtly counted on ti enlightened an d a b so l ute co operation of the deputies 0 the departme n t s . W e g i ve it willingly, and we Se Be t aside all questio ns lik e l y to create embarrassments. "'- assured, gentlemen, that the rights of the Legislati ve body are not compromised when they are placed at tb° service of France. W e p ropose to you, then, to actor the budgets of war and marine, as they have been r e " sented to us When the moment shall have arrived , decree of repartition will regulate the employment "• the sum which you may have voted, and bills will b, submitted to you to regu l ar i se any supplementary a n' extraordinary credits which circumstances may have re°' dered necessary." A private letter from Berlin states that it was 011 the receipt of an ang r y l e tt er f rom t h e E mperor o' , Russia, in reply to oue recommending moderation , that the King of Prussia ordered the last protoco l to be signed. It is further stated, that despatches have been received from the French Minister et Vienna, announcing that the explanations given bf the Austrian Cabinet relative to the treaty con" eluded between it and Prussia were highly saps factory, and that those given by Prussia were, though not unsatisfactory, less unreserved. The army of St. Omer will be divided into three divisions, and will be extended towards the East. One division will be commanded; as already stated, by General Baraguay d'Hilliers, another by Gene ral Pelissier, and the third by General d'Arbou: vine. According to information which is believed to be correct, the f o ll ow i ng i s th e manner in which the troops that are to be concentrated in the neighbourhood of Marseilles will be distributed. One division will be cantoned at the Peones, and another in the commune of St. Victoret, between the Pas des Lanciers and the railway. These troops will be about 25,000 in number. It is also in contemplation to quarter a division in Mar seilles or the suburbs, but this has not been defini tively decided on. In 1849, at the time of the ex pedition to Rome, one brigade was quartered iu the surrounding hamlets, while another was in the town itself. Lastly, about 15,000 will be encamped at St. Maximim, this point being convenient for sudden embarkation either from Toulon or Mar seilles. The localities above-mentioned have been visited within the last few days by M. Appert, aide-de-camp.to the Minister of War. We read in the Courrier de Marseille : "According to information which we have ever,' reason to believe to be correct, the following is the manner in which the troops, that are to be concentrated in the neighbourhood of Marseilles, will be distributed. One division will be cantonned at the Pennes, and another in the commune of St. Victoret, between the Pas-des-Lanciers and the railway. These troops will be about 25,000 in number. It is also in contemplation to quarter a division in Marseilles or the suburbs, but this has not been definitively decided on. In 1849, at the time of the expedition to Rome, one brigade was quar tered in the surrounding hamlets, whilst another was in the town itself. Lastly, about 15,000 will be encamped at St. Maximin, this point being convenient for a sudden embarkation either from Toulon or Marseilles. The localities above mentioned have been visited within the last few days by M. Appert, Aide-de-camp t o the Minister of War." The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 68f. 85c., and rose to 69f. 95c., the price at which they closed for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. closed at 95f. 20c. • and the Nevi Loan at 69f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,130 f. ; Rouen, 925 f. ; Havre, 467 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 827 f. 50c. ; Strasburg, 755 f. • New Shares, 597 f. 50c. ; Paris a n d Ly ons , 9221. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 790 f. ; Western of France, 645 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 5701. ; Great Central of France, 487 f. boc. ; Lyons to Geneva, 475 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 640 f. ITALY. The Imperial Lieutenant of Lombardy has issued a notification, dated the 20th, from which it ap pears that the contingent of the Italian provinces to the new levy of 950,000 men ordered by the Austrian government, is 14,103 men, viz.: 7,06 1 for Lombardy, and 6,442 for Venetia. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 21st contain nothing of interest. The Gazette asserts that the decree re- lative to the payment in advance of half a year's taxes has been favourably received by the commer cial classes, and that it caused the rise in the funds the day before. The last bulletin about Queen Christiana was that some slight sufferings had pre vented her Majesty from sleeping so well as could have been desired, but that on the whole her state was nearly the same. A letter from Galatz of the 11th, in the Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna, says :--cc The application made by the merchants of this place to Prince Paskiewitsch has been crowned with f u ll succes s. The agent of the Austrian Lloyds returned yester day from Toultscha, where h e wa i ted on Genera l Uschakoff, the adjutant of the Prince, at the head o f a deputation. I can inform you that all that could be expected was accorded to him, it and that he has brought back th e goo d news that hence forward will be permitted to vessels to pass by the mouth of the Sulina into the Black Sea." ST. PETERSBURG AND ODESSA.—The letters from St. Petersburg and Odessa contain nothing new, e xcept that the exchanges at both places were higher. A ease which has just transpired seems to indicate that specie payments in Russia are wholly suspended. A certain amount in bills payable at St. Petersburg was remitted from London a short time back to an eminent house in that city, with instructions that they should forward the proceeds in specie to Odessa, but it appears that they refused to do so, and would send nothing but paper money, ar fic