The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-15 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRITRY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, MAY 15, Will be performed LUCREZIA. BORGIA. Characters by Mr. Hamilton Braham and Signor Pavesi ; Madame Caradorl, and Vestvali. Followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Prices—Stalls, 7a; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Bax-ofllcn open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and CoA. fa, New Bond-street. . THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buclistone. THIS EVENING, MAT 15, ' Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Characters by alessrs. G. Vandenheff, Chippendale, Howe, and Rogers; Miss Rey 'folds, and Mrs. Stanley. . After which, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled 3IR. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE" GLOBE (IN LEI ' CFSTER-SQUARE), written by J. R. Manche, Esq. Principal characters ty Mr. Buckstone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark, Mr. J. Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Caulfield, Miss E. Grey, Miss Lydia 7hompscn, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss Feath,rstone. To be followed by A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managennnt of Mr. Cnalakks KERN. THIS EVENING, MAT 15, Will be performed TGE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters b . , Messrs. W. lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and 31u,ray. Followed 'Jy. FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by 3teasrs. C. :dean and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstanley and Miss C. Lee ereq. After vihich, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters by 31 'mm Meadows, L. Fisher, and Saker ; and Misses Murray and Daly. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAY 15, Win be performed TWO LOVES AND A LIFE. Supported by Ifessra .C.Selby. Leigh Murray, Benjamin Webster, Keeley, and 0. Imith ; Miss Woolgar an Malame Celeste. Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. P r i nc i pal cha racters by Messrs. 0 . Smith, Keeley, and rar se ll e; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, THE OVERL kND JOURNEY TO CONSTANTI NOPLE, AS UNDERTAKEN BIC LORD BATE3fAN, WITH INT ER ESTING PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPIIIA. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan, THIS EVENING, MAT 15, will be performed FIGHTING BY PROXY. Characters by Robson and Wigan; and Miss E. Turner. 'After which, THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha racters to essrs Airs. Chaley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. To be follows.' by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Max 15, Will be performed THE GARDENER OF VERSAILLES. To be followed by BOX AND COX IN KAFIR LAND. After which, a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. To be followed by SUMMER FLOWERS. To conclude with MR. AND MRS. WHITE. Stalls, 5e.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, ls. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, Al Us. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. 41.ISTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, May 15, Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec - tacle embodying n wet and extraordinary effects (written by Mr. Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE OF THE SPANISH WAR; or, Date Horse 01 the Wreck. The horses expressly trained by Mr. W. (Tooke. Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE RHINE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins Dar —Morning 26 min.after 3 1 Evening 48 m - 1= 11 .3 To - Moanow—Morning 11 min.after 4 1 Evening 35 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN Orrtas, MAY 14. THEEMOINETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'20. Wrzin, N.N.W.—Light breeze, with fine, sunshiny Weather. Mar 15. 64 highest since noon yesterday. 53--lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day, at noon. • BAROMETER, 30.18. WIND, N. by W.—Fresh and cold—cloudy with sunshine. ,33 310 LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1854. It cannot any longer be denied, the truth can not any longer be blinked, that we have entered upon a war with Russia without heart—not on the part of the people, but on the part of the Govern ment. Ministers are pushing to an extreme their obedience to the advice of that wily worldling who insisted that we should always treat our enemy as though he were some day to become our friend. It is thus with the Earl of ABERDEEN and his colleagues, even to an extent that carries the hint to an exaggeration. War is declared. It is announced through the Gazette. It is avowed in Parliament. An increase of 10,000,0001. per annum is demanded through additional taxa tion by the Chancellor of the Exchequer—for what purpose ? For the purpose of carrying on the ter rible war undertaken by England together with France in support of the Turks and Egyptians against the Northern Despot, who is the notorious violater of the laws of humanity and civilisation ! And yet —war being declared against Russia, that declaration of war being announced through the official Gazette and the Imperial Legislature, 1 0,000,0001. additional taxation per annum being required by the Financial Administrator speaking from his place in the House of Commons, and in the name of the Government for the pur pose of prosecuting the war against Russia energetically how, all this while, are we actually situated ? Why, in spite of all these preliminary proceedings, in spite of the decla ration of war which had been received by the leaders of the combined fleets in the Euxine, and which, by the way, we were told at the time, ex cited such enthusiasm among the brave tars un der DUNDAS and HAmELIN--it is probable that not a shot would have been fired by our guns in the Black Sea but for the infamous treat ment, by the Russians, of an English boat carrying a flag of truce in front of the batteries of Odessa ! But for this crime, on the part of the Muscovites, it would actually appear that no movement would have been made by our fleet towards a settlement of existing differences —the Declaration of War against Russia by Eng land, nevertheless, notwithstanding. Nay, the ultimatum, as it may be called, sent in at the last moment to Baron OSTEN-SACKEN, intimated to him, in the name of the two Admirals, that they should —unless he (Baron OSTEN-SA CKE.N) consented to do so and so—find themselves com pelled, with extreme regret, to take summary vengeance upon Odessa for the outrage com plained of. With extreme regret ! after the Declaration of War by the British Govern ment. What, then, in the name of common Dossuse, is the meaning of a declaration of war ? it of a signify the carryin g ou t o f t h e et i quette Mayfair drawing-room in the midst of the 8131°k e of a cannonade? No wonder with this apathy an d . . polite ness, wholly out hesitation, with this ludicrous polite ofPlace and preposterous —no wonder after all una that has been witnessed for so long a period B er the ministerial regime of ray Lord whispers are .8 1 R . DERN "-- no wonder ugly agant audible of a new scheme for a diplomatic contrive compromise ! A hollow pacification to be the Viennese Governme n t ! opportune und . er the auspices of he.d.elect bl result visit of that wonderfully a e paid to the Austrian capital by the Duke of c,„„„ the midst of all the pomp and c e --ID " in remony of the Imperial marriage ! No wonder, w e say, these ugly whispers of a diplomatic c ompromise and a hollow pacification are again audibl e -- s ee i ng that the friend of the CZAR is still presiding over the British Administration. A term must at last be put to the vagaries of ing OTHO, if not to the existence of his Govern m cut. It will be perceived from the explicit and an thoritative statement put forward by the Moni t en r of yesterday (an article transferred into an 'other part of our own impression of this evening), that the Athenian Cabinet can only expect hence forth a stern and resolute interference with its evil doing s , on the part o f t h e F renc h Imperial Government. The Emperor NAPOLEON A virtually proclaimed, through his official or gan) his determination to put an end to the in sans ate proceedings of the Greek Monarch and his Administration. " Our peopl e ," says th e Mo niteur, " have been insulted in the streets, under the eyes of au ipactive police; even the representative of his Imperial MAJESTY re ceived a warning that his life was in dan ger !" After that declaration from the offi cial organ of the French Government, it cannot reasonably be expected that NAPOLEON can pos sibly refrain any longer from direct intervention. And in regard to Greece, as already in regard to Turkey, France and England can only act toge ther. Wherefore such is the inevitable close of the lawless risings in Epirus and Thessaly—an insurrection encouraged by King OTHO and Queen AMELIA, only to be . put down by the soldiers and sailors of France and England acting at the behest of VrcroßzA and NAPOLEON in development of the designs of the allied Western Governments. There are several important preliminary ques tions that must be fully discussed and calmly and impartially considered before No. 3 Budget can be finally disposed of. Never was there a time when it was more imperative on the mem bers of the popular branch of the Legislature to discharge firmly and efficiently the arduous duties confided to their hands, and to show themselves to be in very truth, the independent representatives of free and independent constituencies. If they arrogate to themselves the title, they must also distinctly and unequivocally prove that they are worthy of the proud distinction. They must for once disregard mere party considerations, and only look to that which is for the benefit of the community. If they can conscien tiously approve of Mr. GLADSTONE'S financial policy, by all means let them render not merely a lukewarm and apathetic, but an earnest and energetic support. The Right Hon. Gentleman may require all the assistance that he can receive from his friends ; and in the coming struggle he will be fully justified in believing that the man who is not with him in heart and spirit, is against him. But if, on the other hand, they conceive that policy to be at the same time inequitable and inexpedient to the British community, and very prejudicial to the cause—the noble cause, in sup port of which we have entered on a just and ne cessary war—then we say, that without reference to ;private feelings or predilections, they are bound to denounce the propositions brought forward, and to reject those of which they disapprove, without reference to the pos sible or probable results, or inquiring whether their votes may lead to extensive Minis terial changes. When jurors inquire into the amount of damages that will carry costs, they are invariably told by the presiding judge that it is a matter beyond their province. All they have to do is to return a verdict in accordance with the facts and merits of the case, without considering the consequences thereof, or how far it may affect the interests of the litigants. The same principle is at this moment applicable to Members of either branch of the Legislature. They are bound to give their votes on the matter brought before them without thifiking of what will be the effect on the position of Mr. GLAD STONE himself, or the Administration of which he is an influential member. The Right Honourable Gentleman has placed this matter on a proper foundation. He put it very clearly and very unequivocally forward— "No w don't let it be said that this is . a time of war, and that therefore the question of confidence should not be raised. It being a time of war is the very reason why you should make up your minds whether financial matters have been mis managed or not !" This, although somewhat arrogantly expressed, is unquestionably true ; and, as we have already stated, it completely takes away any argument founded on the state of our foreign relations, making it "no longer tenable either to friend or foe, as a means of defence for the one, or an excuse for apathy or inactivity to the other !" Indeed, if it were supposed that hostilities were occasioned by the vacillating and injudicious proceedings of a Minister, and that they were likely to be rendered more protracted, more costly, and more sanguinary, for similar reasons, then, it would be essential to remove the cause of these evils. It might be unpatriotic to expel a Minister who had from the beginning proceeded in a manly, straightforward, and "Eng lish" course of policy, in order to substitute " a peace-at-any-price" successor. But if the new Government were likely to press on the war more vigorously and energetically, and to exact more ample retribution from the Aggressor, then, we say, that it could not be considered as "friendly to the CZAR to give a vote which might lead to such a result. The point on which it is incumbent to ob tain the opinion of the House of Commons is whether, before we proceed to raise the entire amount of the probable expenses of the contest— not merely on the present generation, but within the year—we are not bound to see that the money which was taken from the Exchequer, while war was impending, to satisfy the debts contracted by our ancestors, should not be replaced by funds, obtained on like or better securities to those which had thus been liquidated. It should distinctly be ascertained, beyond the possibility of future doubt, by what means we are to retain a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the coun try. By the return contained in Friday night's Gazette, it appears that, for the week ending the 6th May, the bullion in both departments of the Bank has decreased to 12,608,079/., while the "Notes unemployed"—the reserve for carrying on the operations of the Bank--only amounted to 3,900,430/. ! This shows the necessity of imme diate measures to provide a substitute for the 1 gold which is flowing from our shores. We have repeatedly pointed out that, for all domestic pur poses a really national note, guaranteed by the nation, would be just as good as bullion. And that if the smaller denominations, say for 11. 21., and 31. were issued, gold to the amount of Thirty or Forty millions would be liberated, by means whereof we could carry on the war with out difficulty. This may not suit the views of Mr. GLADSTONE or the pro-Russian section of the Cabinet. Indeed, the Right Hon. Gentle man candidly tells us, " that the necessity of meeting year by year the expenditure which war entails is a salutary and wholesome check; it makes men feel what they are about, and prompts them to measure the benefit they anticipate with the cost of obtaining it !" This would be true, if we had wantonly or recklessly engaged in hos tilities which we might with due regard to the honour and safety of the country have been avoid ed. But if the war be " just and necessary," the argument falls to the ground. It, however, affords an insight into the basis of his policy ; and the opinion of the country must be taken on that policy before the consideration of the con templated increase of the income tax, or of the malt, sugar, and spirit duties can be entered into. Lord and Lady Palmerston entertained the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Shaftes bury, the Hon. Mr. Wm. Temple (brother to the noble host), Lord and Lady Mahon, Right. Hon. H. Corry, and a select party, at dinner on Saturday evening, in Carlton-gardens. Her Ladyship afterwards had an as sembly. RUINER TO SIR ERSKINE PERRY. n Saturday evening a publi c di nner was g i ven at t h e Mechanics' In stitute, Devonpo r t, by th e R e f orm e l ectors , t o celebrate the return of this gentleman to Parliament. There were about 400 p ersons present, although the dinner was got up a few hours previously. The handsome building was decorated with a number of the old banners of Tut nell and Romilly, and the galleries were all occupied by ladies, who took a lively interest in the proceedings. Mr. C. T ripe preaieled, and was supp or t e d on hi s rig ht by the worshipful the Mayor, and on his left by Sir Erskine Perry, ALP., Mr. H. J. Sheppard, M.D., and a number of the mo st influential of the inhabitants. EXETER -HALL. —'The performance of the Messiah for the benefit of the I Loyal Society of Musicians will take place on Wednesdre y the 17th inst. Madame Clara No• vello, Mesdemoiself is LouisaPyne,lluddart, and Dolby, Messrs. Sims Reevi ,s and Lockey, Si Bell a Herr Formes kin*. assist, aid e d by a g n nor orchestra etti com nd prising themost ern vent instrumentalists, and the chorus of the Sacred Harn ionic Society, in all upwards of 700 performers. RISE IN TEE Pal CE or MALT LIQUOR. -011 Saturday, in consequence of it communication from the large brew ing establishment 8, the metropolitan licensed victuallers informed their cu stomers that on and after that day, Saturday, an inc reared charge would be made on malt liquor ; the bees • hitherto charged 3d. per pot when carried off the pi reimdses for consumption, will now be 3id. per pot ; the superiorkinds pr o e f m m is a e lst,will b• liquor, and extra charge wh en drunk on the in creased in prop° ionate ratio. 'MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 5,000 bales, including 500 Ame rican taken for export. The market was tame, but steady at previous rates. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 50 Pernam and Maranham at 60. to 7d., 50 Bahia.at bid. to 6id., 100 Egyptian at 68d. to 9d., and 300 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb. Railway shares were firm. Referring to the condition of the dried fruit trade at Liverpool, Messrs. Houghton and Levy remark of currants as follows : "The deliveries in bond have rather fallen off, being only 35 tons, against 50 in March. In 1851 fruit a large business has been done, principally on London account, at an advance of 6s. to 7s. per cwt. ; there is now but little offering, except at extreme rates, and 100 s. has been paid for an export order. The demand for 1852 and '53 fruit has likewise improved, and for better de scriptions holders are obtaining higher rates, and have less dispositio❑ to sell ; the lower qualities have also met with more attention, and sales have been made at 20s. to 255. per cwt. for fruit in a perishable state. This general reaction, which has during the past week gradu ally manifested itself, is not the result of any speculation, but has entirely arisen from an improved consumptive demand, which has, in a great measure, proceeded from the termination of the strikes in the principal manufac turing districts, and also a general reduction in the prices of all the necessaries of life. The arrivals are inconsider able, say 226 small packages ; and although our stock of new fruit is heavier than at the same period last year, we cannot look for any further augmentation this sea son; the small quantity remaining unshipped being very low, a better market for distillation can be found on the spot. Our dealers are almost without supplies, and, should.we have a continuance of the present demand, shall, no doubt, experience a further enhancement in the value of all descriptions, especially if the news from abroad continues of the same disastrous nature respect ing the forthcoming crop as we have to this time re ceived." The General Weekly Shipping List quotes freights for fine measurement goods, per ton of 40 feet, as follows : Australia— s. 1 Australia— Adelaide Bos to 90 Melbourne or Gee- Hobart Town Bos to 90 long Bos to 90 Launceston.., B5 New Zealand ...90s to 120 Melbourne or Geelong Portland 8ay...110s to 120 Wharves 100 s to 110 Swan River 80s to 90 Sydney 808 to 90 The wheat trade has ruled steady to-day, at an advance of from ls. to 2s. per quarter. Spring corn was firm, at full prices. An electric message has reached us from Liver pool, stating that flour has advanced there ls. per barrel. From New York we learn that stocks were dull, freights heavy, and breadstuffs tending upwards. The last weekly return of the city banks shoWecl a decrease in loans, but an augmentation in the de posits, circulation, and specie. From the 22d to the 29th ult. the shipments of specie were 541,588 dols., making a total for the year up to that period of 7,366,061 dols. The navigation of the State canals had reopened. Accounts from Australia state that the import markets up to the 15th of February were still overstocked, and business was dull owing to large recent arrivals. The steamer Australian left early in February with 78,907 oz. of gold on board, and the ship South Sea with 5,500 oz. The discovery of new " diggins" is confirmed. The continental advices are of rather a favour able character, considering the war. Great buoy ancy exists at Paris, more especially where money is quite easy compared with London, and stocks and shares are still in the ascendant. From Hol land we are advised that the English and French Governments have refused the application to allow neutral vessels loaded before the war broke out to leave Russian ports in the Baltic with special ex emption. Ample time, it is said, has been given, and due notice of a blockade is usually afforded to allow merchant ships to escape. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place, &e. Cork and Bandon May 24, 17, Gracechurch-st. Kil ken. and Gt. S. and W. Ire May 29, 17, Gracechurch-st. Killarney Junction May 31, Dublin. Leeds Northern May 27, Leeds. Londonderry and Coleraine May 23, Colernan-st.-build. Northern of France Royal Swedish South Devon May 23, Plymouth. Southern of France Stirling and Dunfermline June 1, Glasgow. Victor Emanuel (Sardinian) May 23, Paris. Waterford and Kilkenny May 31, London Tavern. The English Stock Market is much firmer, and with an increased business ; prices have advanced. Consols have been 881 to for transfer and ac count. The New 31 per Cents. have been 88i to also, and the 3 per Cents. 874 to A. Bank Stock is quiet at 202 to 205. The Unfunded Debt is at 2s. discount to ls. premium, and India Bonds at 7s. discount. The New 21 per Cents. have been dealt in at 751. _ _ _ Foreign securities have been more dealt in, and there is a rise in several of them. Russian 5 per Cents. have been up to 95 and 96. Dutch 4 per Cents. are quoted 88. French Threes realise 68 75. Mexican Bonds have been 24-i to 24k, and Peru vian 4} per Cents. have touched 62 ; the Deferred are at 44. Brazilian Bonds have been marked 95k. Spanish 3 per Cents. are worth 38, and the 3 per Cents. 181 to 1. Sardinian Stock is at 81. The Railway market is up about to with more activity in the principal English lines. The settlement of the account is in progress, and being Bearish, the market is favourably affected, as the speculators are compelled to buy back or carry over. The French lines are 1/. higher, and the Lyons 11..10s._better. The Joint Stock Bank shares have been quiet. The Australian Land Company is higher, and also Crystal Palace. The Gold Mines are without change. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Rosiness done. Bank Stock ... per Cent. Reduced Annuities.. B7i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities BBl New 31 per Cent. Annuities BB. New 21 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO .......... Ditto, under £lOOO 7 d Consols for Account 6th June BBl 1 Exchequer Bills, 2d. £l000 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 951 Greek Bonds, Red Ditto, Blue Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 241 6 Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 6Ol 2 Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 44 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ 5t..,, 96 5 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3B Spanish Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. ........ 181 Ditto for the Account lBl 1 Swedish 4 per Cent. ...... . ............ ..... 85 Venezuela Bonds, 31 per Cent. ....... 221 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Guil ..... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... HALF-PAST TWO. Consols BBl Ditto Juno Account BBl g COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE ROSENBORG. This bankrupt had carried on business in Rotherhithe, and was connected with a patent cooperage company, and several patents had been taken out for foreign coun tries, and were estimated to have been worth a consider able amount. To-day was appointed for the last exami nation, which bad been adjourned in consequence of the intricate and voluminous nature of the accounts. Mr. Robinson, of the firm of Knowles and Robinson, accountants, said that the accounts were now in a for ward state of preparation, and that if a short further adjournment took place, the balance sheet would be filed. The case, whi c h i nvo l ves some question of great pub- Lc interest, was then adjourned for six weeks. THE CABLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The first portion of the great Mediter ranean cable, the largest ever made, and in point of circumference, also the largest at present existing, is just completed, and ready for shipment. The screw steamer Persian, destined to carry it, will receive her singular cargo the moment she arrives from Alexandria, and the subterranean works on the Islands of Corsica, &c., will be ready to be connected to the cable on its being laid down. The cable is about 110 miles in length, and weighs somewhere about 800 tons. It contains 6 copper wires, or conductors, for the fluid to traverse, pro tected by a gutta percha covering, secured in a hempen rope, and finally surrounded with 12 iron wires of number one gunge. The proprietor and originator, Mr. John Wat kins Brett, profiting by experience, has allowed 20 miles for what is tech ninally termed " slack " and "way," and for depths of the ocean. As now coiled is the yard, the cable occupies about 75 feet ; taking its convex sides. The perpendicular height of the coil is about 5 feet, and the width of one side of the coil, from convex to concave, reaches 24 feet. The moment it is laid, London will be in immediate communication with Cagliari, through the cable and about 400 miles of subterranean wire. Ex tensions to Malta, Turkey, &c., would give us news from the seat of war in an incredibly short space of time, and might, in the matter of rapidity of proceedings, speedy communications of orders, knowledge of wants, &c., be of essential service to the country. The still more rapid publication of intelligence would also tend to diminish the national anxiety, and enable the press of this country to protect the mind of Northern Europe from the agitations wrought by the journals of St. Petersburg, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1854. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM. A telegraphic despatch has been received in Paris from Berlin, dated the 12th instant, which brings the assurance that Austria has addressed a new note to the Russian Government, in which it calls upon the Czar to evacuate the principalities, and intimates that a refusal may be considered in the light of a casus belli. The despatch, like almost all the news received by telegraph, is by no means clear, and it is probable that the future explana tions which we shall probably receive in the course of a day or two, will considerably modify the im portance, or at least the bearings, of this intelli gence. For the present, however, it has given great confidence at Paris to the partisans of peace, who think that the declaration of Austria must at once force the Emperor Nicholas to accept reasonable terms, or will at all events make the war a short one. ST. PETERSBURG. The Wanderer states that it has received a letter from St. Petersburg, which announces that the Persian ambassador had demanded his passports. No date is assigned to this news, nor are any par ticulars given. The same journal states that the Grand Duke Michael of Russia was expected at Wallachia. The Journal de St. Petersbourg says the bat tery No. 6, gallantly defended by Ensign Stchego leff at Odessa, is, by the Emperor's assent, to be named after its brave commander. It also men tions that Dr. Cottman, a physician and surgeon, and subject of the United States, is admitted into the Russian service, with the rank of Court Coun cillor (Hofrath), and is appointed superior adminis trator in the army medical department. The Invalide Busse of the sth of May contains the following veracious decree of the Emperor of Russia, addressed to General Osten-Sacken " On the day when the inhabitants of Odessa, united in their orthodox temples, were celebrating the death of the Son of God, crucified for the redemption of man kind, the allies of the enemies of His holy name at tempted a crime against that city of peace and commerce, against that city where all Europe in her years of dearth has always found open granaries. The fleets of France and England bombarded for 12 hours our batteries and the habitations of our peaceful citizens, as well as the merchant shipping in the harbour. But our brave troops, led by you in person and penetrated by a profound faith in the supreme Protector of justice, gloriously repelled the attack of the enemy against the soil which, in Apos tolic times, received the saintly precursor of the Chris tian religion in our holy country. "The heroic firmness and devotion of our troops, in spired by your example, have been crowned with com plete success, the city has been saved from destruction, and the enemies' fleets have disappeared. As a worthy recompense for so brilliant an action we grant you the Order of St. Andrew. " NICHOLAS. " St. Petersburg, April2l (May 3)." THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN, May 13.—The whole English fleet is under Gottska Sando, off Forth Oen, Gothland, waiting for the French squadron. The Moniteur contains the following semi-official paragraph :—" The Cabinet of Stockholm having asked for the kind consideration of France and England in reference to the trade of the Norwe gian fishermen of Finmark with the Russians, the two allied Governments have, in concert, adopted the necessary measures to prevent any interference with that trade, and in order to enable the poor inhabitants of the stormy coasts in question to con tinue to exercise the commerce which forms their only resource." A letter from Memel, of the 4th, in the Corre spondent of Hamburg, says :—" The corvette Con flict, Captain Hore, and the corvette Cruizer, 17 guns, Captain Douglas, arrived yesterday. The captains disembarked to obtain information and supplies. Captain Kalling, of the Russian ship Catherine Charlotte, who was a prisoner on board the Cruizer leaped into the sea o n th e 28th u lt. Every possible effort was made to rescue him, but when taken up he was dead. Yesterday the last of the Russian prizes, the Catherine Charlotte, l e ft us under the English flag for Hull." STOCKHOLM, May s.—The confirmation of the intelligence of the bombardment of Odessa, of the destruction of a battery, and of the firing of nine Russian ships, reached this city in the course of yesterday, and produced general satisfaction. All last evening and this lamming it was the engrossing topic of conversation, and on every side the hope is expressed that Cronstadt may soon experience a similar fate. The prestige of the Russian name and power is already all but totally extinct' in these parts, now that the Swedes and Find landers have proof before their eyes of the vast might of England, and of the inability of the Czar to free his own ports from a blockade, or afford any protection to his mercantile navy. One grand feat on the part of the admiral—whose name is never mentioned in Swedish journals without the adjunct " illustrious" or " heroic"—and all Swe den and all Norway are openly, resolutely, and enthusiastically on our side. The fleet is still in Elfsnabben Bay, and it is now positively stated that nothing important will be done before the French squadron comes up. You have pro bably already learned that English vessels in Russian ports have been allowed a period of six weeks, dating from the 7th inst., to quit them ; but that two of those ships, the Anna Macalister, now in Cronstr a dt, an d the Wil liam Broderick, at present in Revel, will be de tained, " on account," as stated in the official noti fication, "of the circumstances of war," probably in order to prevent their captains and crews com municating useful information to their countrymen in the fleet. 'The notification adds that those ves sels will not be confiscated, and that as soon as circumstances permit they will be set free. It may be that one of those " circumstonces" will be the bombardment of both those places. And, apropos of Revel, it is stated in the Helsingfors Allmanna Tidning—a high-sounding name for a very small paper—that there are at present in the former town six battalions of the first reserve in fantry division, three divisions of the Grenadier Guards, two regiments of which are Polish, and two divisions of mounted guards. Three squadrons of Cossacks from the Ural Mountains and from the Black Sea are shortly expected in Revel. A letter from Archangel of the 20th ult. states that the fortress of Novodwina is declared in a state of siege. Mr. Bright's sp eec h i n th e House of Commons on the 31st of March last has the equivocal honour of a translation in ex ' tenso in recent numbers of the St. Petersburg journals and iu certain Finnish ones, under the immediate control of the Russian Government. It is not necessary to make any comments. A biogra phy of Sir C. Napier, written in a friendly spirit, appears in the Helsingfors Margonbladet of the 24th ult. On the 27th the harbour of that town was quite free from ice, and vessels were moored to the quays, ready for cargoes. The above journal states, in its number of the latter date, that no ice is to be seen either to the north or south of the harbour, and that passengers boats are running as in midsummer. Numerous Finnish officers have of late received promotion in the Russian army. The motive is obvious. Jabez Taylor, the marine of the Royal George, for whose apprehension as a deserters a reward of three pounds was offered, has returned to his vessel. It appears that, during a visit to one of the islands in Elfsnabben Bay, he got completely intoxicated, and remained ill in bed for two days. A lad from the Cressy is also re ported absent without leave. He, too, has returned to his vessel, after being absent during a few days. THE BLACK SEA. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 4.—The Turkish fleet, consisting of 22 ships, has entered the Black Sea. The Sultan has returned Prince Napoleon's visit. The Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna states from Bulgaria, that 12,000 French and English troops had arrived at Varna, and that a division of the combined fleets was ockading the mouths of the Danube. Troops, it was said, would be landed on the coast, and establish themselves in a fortified position. A letter from an officer in the Descartes (one of the ships engaged at Odessa) states positively that, in consequence of the highly satisfactory experience of the range of the fleets' guns as compared with thos (3 of the Russians, the admirals had determined to bombard Sebastopol, and that the fleets were off upon i that service. The Patric says the latest news from the Black Sea cc Infirms the fact of a reconnaissance having been n tade by the combined fleets as far as Se bastopo 1. The ( )pinion of competent men here is, says the Paris correspendent of the Times, that so far as the Black Sea is concerned, very little of importance will have been done until Sebastopol is attacked by sea, while a descent is made on the Crimea by the troops. To that object the undivided efforts of the allies ought to be directed. That the source of the n.taritime power of Russia in the south of the Empire must be utterly destroyed, and that it can be sa few doubt. Were that fortress razed to the ground, and the Russian ships of war sunk, burned, or captured, a few frigates would suffice to keep the Black Sea open, and the squadrons could . at once proceed to join the Baltic fleets, and with their united and tremendous force repeat what had been done in the Euxine. THE DANUBE. The Gaette of Cronstadt, in Transylvania, re lates the following incident of the siege of Sills- trig :- "The Russian artillery established on the left bank of the Danube were keeping up a brisk fire in the place, when the Turks had recourse to an ingenious stratagem, While the Russians were showering their balls against the fortress, the Turks collected in dif ferent points a quantity of wood and straw ; and the Russians continuing their fire, in the evening the Turks set fire to these combustibles, and it was thought that the place was in flames. The Russians set up a shout of joy, and thought the moment favourable for crossing the river, and making a general assault on the place. The Turks, however, had placed a body of men in the adjoining vineyards, who allowed the Russians to ap proach within a certain distance, and then opened a destructive fire on them. A sharp conflict took place, which ended in the retreat of the Russians." The Wanderer of Vienna of the 9th states that Prince Gortschakoff has caused immense supplies of flour to be conveyed from Moldavia and Wal lachia towards Silistria and Galatz. The Post Gazette of Frankfort has the following, dated. Bucharest the 2d : " Events in the Dobrudscha are enveloped in profound mystery. It appears that on neither side has an impor tant success been obtained. It is certain, however, thi.t on the 29th ult. a great battle took place between Rassowa and Silistria, and we can give you some in teresting details on the subject. The Russian. forces, 75,000 strong, formed in this sanguinary affair three columns. The right wing was commanded by General Kotzebue, the centre by General Luders, and the left by General Utschakoff. The Turks, 70,000 men. Omer Pacha commanded the centre, which Luders attacked with all his force, but without success. After mid-day, however, Omer Pacha retired with his corps, and Luders hotly pursued him. In the meantime the left and the right wings of the Russians were attacked by the Turks, and Omer Pacha with his reserve fell on Gen. Luders, and forced him to retreat—an operation which he did not effect without disorder. Although very san guinary, this battle produced no definitive results for either party. Both maintained their positions, and the losses, which are enormous, are equal on both sides. A letter from Braila estimates that the number of Turks and Russians slain was 6,000. A large number of wounded Russians was conveyed by water to Braila, where the barracks of infantry and cavalry are full, and where several boyards' houses have been transformed in to hospitals. The Turks did not again disquiet the army of Luders. It is still in its position, near Trajan's Wall. It is, however, surrounded on three sides, and has not yet dared to attack the enemy in their entrenchments." Wonderful as the following narrative is, the Moniteur pledges its belief that it is authentic : " We have received some information relative to the passage of the Danube and the capture of Toultcha by the Russians, which we have reason to believe to be authentic, and which completes the accounts already published. On the 23d March, at daybreak, two Russian steamers, 16 gun-boats, and a battery on the shore, in all 70 pieces of artillery, attacked the Turkish battery of nine guns situated opposite Ismail. The cannonade lasted until 10 o'clock. At noon the Russians passed the Danube in several boats under the fire of the batteries, and landed 900 men on the opposite bank. The passage being covered by this force, the bridge was hastily thrown over, and all the division of General Uchakoff, composed of 16,000 men, including two regiments of cavalry, crossed the Danube. The force which the Turks had to oppose to the Rus sians was only 1,200 regular infantry, 800 bashi ha zouks, 400 Tartars, a squadron of cavalry, and four field pieces. The Russians were received by a well-supported fire from the infantry, which lasted until a late hour in the night, and caused great ravages in the►r ranks. Although they were about five to one they could not gain posses sion of the entrenchments from behind which the Turks made such heroic resistance ; and it was only at mid night, when the 1,200 regulars were reduced to 160, and of those 90 at least were severely wounded, that the enemy was able to carry the position by assault. The 90 wounded were made prisoners and sent to Ismail. The loss of the Turks was 1,200 killed and wounded, and 115 prisoners. The Russians had 4,000 put hors de combat, of whom 70 were officers. The Russian army was so discouraged by the enormous loss which it had experienced in this affair that it was not until 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the following day that it entered Toultcha. General Uchakoff had encamped his troops outside the town, but he was obliged to send three battalions to keep in order the Greek volunteers in his army, who began to commit the greatest atro cities. These scruples of the general did not, however, prevent him from giving the town up to pillage for two days by his own soldiers. The loss of the Greek, Aus trian, and English merchants is very considerable." KALAFAT. A letter from a friend at Kalafat, who writes under date the 27th April, gives the following par ticulars, as the sequel to his former letter of the 17th : " The Russians," he says, " have not shown them selves since they took off their dead, and we were igno rant as to what had become of them until the 24th, when four Wallachians came to our camp, and expressed a desire to speak with the General-in-Chief, Alim Pasha. They informed him that that same morning the whole of the Russians who accupied the cantonments of Mulgavitz, Golentz, Pojana, and Khafter, formed into one mass, and then abandoned these posts, taking R ith them the materiel in the carts belonging to the peasants, and which they had put in requisition. As is usual with these bar barians they burned, by way of farewell, all that they could not take away from the unfortunate Wallachians, and particularly the provisions and forage of every kind for cattle. They even set fire to the villages, and we beheld from Kalafat the flames bursting out on every point in the horison. 'We were then ignorant at the head quarters of Alim Pasha of the new plan of operations of the Russians, and we did not well know what to think of that retreat. A reconnaissance with 20 squa drons of cavalry and six guns was effected, and we exa mined carefully all the late cantonments of the Rus sians. We got into the saddle at two o'clock in the morning at Kalafat, and set out in three columns, each having its own district to examine, and having agreed to meet at a certain point and by a certain hour. We searched Pojana, a large village containing 4,000 souls, and then advanced together to Cherab-hank. At 4 o'clock the three columns separated, and took each a different direction. This reconnoissance confirmed the truth of what the Wallachians told us—not a Cossack was to be seen within a circuit of from 6 to 7 leagues in front of Kalafat. At Mulgavit eight stragglers, who were limping along, and who were still in the village were taken and brought back to the camp. All the inhabi tants of the village came out to meet us and saluted us as their liberators ; they brought to our men every sort of provisions, uttering the most terrible male dictions against the Russians, and giving us plenty of information as to their movements. We were informed by these men that the combat of the 19th instant was more sanguinary than we had supposed, for at Pojana alone 100 dead were found and the total loss of the Russians on that occasion was not less than 500. The repose we have enjoyed for the last few days at Kalafat was very necessary to the soldiers, and particularly to the cavalry. A report was at once transmitted to Omar Pasha of the event, and which must materially change his plan of operations. We are in expectation of intelligence, and it is very probable that the cavalry will not remain at Kalafat. A. sufficient body of infantry will very probably be only left there to guard against a coup de main, and some artillery. I should not be surprised if Bucharest were our destination, though we can scarcely arrive there without being obliged to break lances. The retreat of the Russians from Kalafat is most important, as it leaves us the whole of Little Wal lachia. It permits us to put from 35,000 to 40,000 men more in line-50,000 I should say—for Widdin and all the surrounding posts may without danger be diminished. What could have forced the Russians to this retreat? Can it be their defeat on the 19, or rather the conviction of their inability to take Kalafat, as I have always predicted. The occupation of Kalafat by the Turks suggests one observation, which is quite in their favour, and which yon will not, lam sure, find unreasonable. It is this-40,000 Turks, entirely independent at 100 leagues from the point of operation of their staff, separated from the mass of their force, and with an equal number of Russians in their front menacing them continually, have succeeded in fortifying themselves admirably, and have exhibited much patriotism, much courage, much activity and for six long months have foiled all the attempts of an irritated and ferocious enemy, not allowing them a moment of repo se ; h ave b eaten t h at enemy aga i n and again whenever and wheresoever they encoun tered them, particularly in the pitched battle of Ce tate ; and, after six months spent in the manner I mentioned, have forced these same Russians, before whom so many of our clever friends in Paris declared they could not stand for a moment, to retreat before them, without having dared to drive them from Kalafat, after having boasted that they would destroy to the last man of its defenders. The Russian army has shown to all Europe what its real value is, and I have some suspicion that in this respect it resembles the Russian empire itself, which, when exa mined closely, loses much of its colossal prestige. I cannot give you an idea of the enthusiasm of the Turks at this retreat of the Russians—it has inspired them with the greatest confidence in themselves and in their general, For my own part I am anxious to get to Buch ares t , w hi c h the T ur k s an d W a ll a chians describe as an Eden. We have been so long accus tomed to see the Danube before us, with tents, guns, and Bashi-Bazouks, that, however picturesque all these objects, we have not the least objection to see a city. I forgot to say, that this day or to-morrow detachments will be sent to occupy the points evacuated by the Russians," over which it has to preside, it may not be useless to re call to recollection tin benefits which France has so prodigally bestowed upon Greece. No one is ignorant of the share which our navy and army have taken in securing the freedom of Greece. What is not so gene rally known is that the Expense of our squadrons in the Mediterranean, and the military expedition to the Morea has increased our public debt to the extent of 100,000,000 of francs. The payment of the interest of this sum , at the present time gives a proof of the sym pathy of the preceding generation with the cause of the liellenes. "The task of assuring the independence of Greece having been fulfilled, it remained to establish the new State upon a basis which would insure its future pro sperity. France obtained for it a great increase of ter ritory. She insisted that it should be created into a kingdom. She supportk with her guarantee, collec tively with England and Russia, a loan of 60,000,000 f., very difficult of realisation at the period of its negotia tion in 1832. The resources of the Hellenic treasury, at first insufficient, and then ill employed, prevented it from providing directly for the repayment of this loan. The treaty of 1852 contained a clause, in virtue of which the revenues of the Greek State were first to be chargeable with the payment and extinction of its external debt. Not only did France not demand the extinction of this article of the convention of London, but besides, in an excess of kindness and generosity towards a country which she considered as one of her own creation, she ceased, in 1838, to follow the example of England and Russia, who issued ad ditional bonds on the security of those previously enterea into, and, with the object of providing a valuable reserve for Greece, France decided upon making the requisite payments when due from her own resources. Those ad vances now exceed ;he sum of 13,000,000 f. Since the adoption of this system, which soon involved us in a responsibility beyond our first engagement, we relin quished our claim upon a portion of the l oan o f 1832 , which we had theright to consider as a security for the repayment of cur private debt, to the amount of 2,000,000 f., tha; amount having formed the capital for which the Greek Government had credit in the Na tional Bank cf Athens, an establishment of credit organised by the assiduity of a superior clerk con nected with the Ministry of Finance, M. Lemaitre, and which had an essential share in developing in Greece industrial operations and agricultural works. In 1846 France founded at Athens a school directed by a high functionary of the university, where the professors taken from our normal schools gave every encouragement to the young men who wished to study our language and our literature. The library of the capital of Greece was at the same period placed upon the same footing as the French libraries, that is to say, allowed to share in the distribution of the works published by Government. Our officers, in the midst of a thousand difficulties, and ex posed to the dangers of the climate, to which three of them fell victims, prepared a map of different parts of the kingdom, which is considered as a masterpiece of topo graphical skill. To these benefits of a general character which were advantageous to the whole Greek nation, may be added the proofs of kindness and sympathy which King Otho and his Government have unceasingly expe• rienced from France. "In 1843, when the Hellenic throne was menaced by the faction which now dominates at Athens, our diplo macy gave it a powerful support during the difficult transitio❑ from the regime of pure monarchy to a con stitutional form of Government. Subsequently, under equally critical circumstances, it was the support of the French Government and its friendly intervention which neutralised the effects of a formidable spirit of discon tent. France most certainly did not deceive herself in regard to the real state of things in Greece. She de plored the faults of the Administration and the disorder which prevailed in the finances ; but she endeavoured, to a certain extent, to conceal evils which she hoped to cure by care and prudence. We were desirous that the Hellenic Government, from circumstances which we be lieved to be accidental, should not acquire a bad reputa tion, which would have been injurious to Greece her self, and it does not exceed the truth to say that during 20 consecutive years not a single disagreeable affair occurred, owing to the negligence or the fault of the Government, when we did not take the opportunity of calming irritation or bringing about an arrangement. To this kindness, which was of so sympathetic a charac ter, which became tired of nothing and excused every thing—to this kindness which might be classed as weak ness, had it not been exhibited towards a country the political existence of which was partly owing to us-- it is now known what requital the Greek Govern. ment has given. Abandoning itself to chimerical desires, yielding to suggestions from abroad, it has become the instrument of a Power at war with France. It has allowed upon its territory the formation of armed bands, commanded by officers in its service, which have spread disorder and pillage in Epirus, Thessaly, and Macedonia. It has emptied its arsenals, and exhausted its treasure to support an insur rection excited by itself, and which it still seeks to sus tain, notwithstanding the checks it has received. No where does scandal find greater impunity than at Athens. Salaried journals circulate every morning insults against France, against our army, and against the person of the Emperor. Our people have been insulted in the streets, under the eyes of an inactive police ; even the repre sentative of his Imperial Majesty received a warning that his life was in danger ! " The majority of the Greek nation, let us hasten to say, thoroughly disapproves of these excesses and these follies. They are the first to suffer from them, and the responsibility of them entirely belongs to a Government which is so ill inspired as to risk, by ingratitude only equalled by its blindness, the loss of the only support which hitherto has never failed it." GREECE. DEPARTURE OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH AMBASSADORS FROM ATHENS. A letter from Trieste in the Augsburg Gazette, states from Athens that the English and French ambassadors had left that capital on the 3rd. The Moniteur of yesterday (Sunday) contains the following important article upon the position assumed by the Government of Greece in respect of the Eastern question At the time when the Hellenic Government is pur suing a course so contrary to the interests of the cation • - - MALTA. MALTA, May 4.—The steam-vessel Victoria has just arrived, in ten days from Gravesend, bringing Lieutenant-Colonel Unett ; Major M‘Gee ; Cap tains Kerr, Rooke, Warden, Bright, Jennings, and Massy ; Lieutenants Barrett, Morrison, Clay, Uniacke, Wardlow, and Clarke ; Ensigns Scott, Phillips, Stockwell; and Unett ; Paymaster Cledi muney ; Adjutant Cardew ; Surgeon Long more ; Assistant-Surgeons Perle and Webb ; Quartermaster Palmer ; and 659 non-commis sioned officers and privates, 13 women, and 10 horses, of the 19th Regiment. The Albatross steamer has also just arrived from Portsmouth and Gibraltar, bringing Major M`Mahon, assistant quartermaster-general : Captain Weare (50th), de puty-assistant-quartermaster-general ; Capt. Bour chier, and Lieutenants Baynes and Graves, of the Royal Engineers ; Assistant-Surgeon Furlong, of the 30th ; 100 Sappers and Miners, 8 grooms, 14 horses, and one mule. The Sovereign transport has just anchored, from London, in twenty days, having put into Vigo and Gibraltar. She brings commissariat stores ; with Messrs. Clerk, Hawkins, Manning, Lewis, Callaghan, Boyd, and Ivers, holding commissariat appointments for service in the East. The Ripon, from Southampton, which arrived on the 2d, brought Assistant-Commissaries- General Edwards, Routh, Hawkins, Downes, and Fonblanque. The Joseph Shepherd (No. 15), transport, ar rived yesterday in twenty-six days from Woolwich, bringing Captain Singleton and Surgeon Evans ; 58 non-commissioned officers and privates, and 50 horses, of the Royal Artillery. The Arnotdale, sailing transport (No. 14), has just anchored, from Woolwich in twenty-five days, bringing Captain Thomas and Lieutenant Sterling, of the Royal Ar tillery ; Assistant-Surgeon Drysdale ; Lieutenant Dicken, R.N. ; 58 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Artillery; two women, and 51 horses (one having died at sea). Both these vessels have left again for the East. ;"w- - . FRANCE. The English and French Governments are en deavouring to induce Spain, Portugal, and the other secondary States to send an auxiliary con tingent of 50,000 men to the East. Preparations are already making at St. Omer for the reception of the Emperor when he goes to take the chief command of the camp of 100,000 men about to be formed in the neighbourhood of that town. The Hotel de Ville is to be fitted up as a palace. The Empress and the Court will ac company him. It is said that upon that occasion the new Imperial Guard will figure on the right of the army. It has been determined that the uni form of the guard will be precisely the same as that of the celebrated Old Guard, with the exception of the queue, and some other innovations made ne cessary by the change of fashion. The journal La Societe anounces that the 100,000 men who are to be encamped in the department of the Pas de Calais, will be quartered as follows :- 50,000 or 60,000 round Boulogne, in four camps, 25,000 at lielfaut and St. Omer, and the cavalry in the villages and towns situate along the roads nearest the sea coast. Two officers of the Imperial Household visited a few days ago, accompanied by the Commander of the Engineers at Boulogne, the downs behind Honvaut, those at Vimereux and Ambeteuse, and the plain extending between the Mountains of Outreau and Equihen. The Moniteur says :—" The Russian authorities made known, on the 25th ult., to the French con sul at Moscow, that his exequatur was withdrawn from him from that day. The agent charged to make this communication to M. Soulange-Bodin declared to him that if he had belonged to the Eng lish nation he would have had to quit Moscow immediately, but that he was at liberty to remain, if he wished it, on the same conditions as its natives. In conformity with the intentions of his Government, M. Soulange-Bodin declined the dif ference of treatment which it was thus sought to establish between the agents of the two allied Powers, and lie left Moscow after having deposited his archives in the care of the Danish consul in that city." We read in the Moniteur : "A journal has asserted that the Prussian Govern ment has demanded explanations from the Cabinet of Paris respecting the formation of the camp of St. Omer. No demand of this nature has been addressed by the Government of the Emperor. "A foreign newspaper, referring to the diplomatic difference to which the expulsion of Hellenic subjects gave rise at Constantinople, state that the English Cabinet advised the French Government to disavow the course adopted by its ambassador in Turkey. This as sertion is destitute of foundation. As we hate already • _ announced, this difference has received a solution alike conformable to the intentions of France, and the right° of the Porte." A letter from Ma r s e ill es , dated the 12th, states that the advanced guard, consisting of . 1,000 men, of the divisi o n in t en d e d f or th e occupation of Greece, left Toulon the previous day, and that the 6th Cuirassiers were in course- of embarkation. The Moniteur publishes the following monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to Thursday last CR. Fr. Cash and ingot s Cash at the branch banks ... - Overdue bills 2,257,353 36 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 53,358,195 f. 6c. are from the branch banks 165,112, 561 53 Bills in the branch banks - Advances on coin and ingots - Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 19,346,136 10 Do. by the branch banks - Do. on railway securities - Do. by the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848..., 70,000,000 -- Discounted Treasury Bonds - Rentes of the reserve fund 10,000,000 -- Rentes of disposable funds 55,447,5 73 91 Hotel and furniture of the Bank - Real property of branch banks 4,019,088 -- Expenses of administration 1,158,432 87, Sundries Overdue bills 98,001 05 1, 003,193, 409 08 : Dn. Capital Reserve fund 91 250" 000 ... 12,980, 75 0 14 Reserve immobiliere 45 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks Do. to order (Post bills) 073 00 487020 0 i, 66 0 470 0 1550 0 ....... : i Bills payable at sight 13,131,0 01 --- Account-current of Treasury Creditor 74,589,49 9 71 , Various accounts-current Do. branch banks 29,610,6 12 1 Dividends t o b e p a id 442,864 2° Discount, interest, and expenses Commission on deposits Re-discounts of the last half-year Sundries 2 ,41 2 ,438 43 1,003,193,409 08 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, Count D'ARGOIII% LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 15.—Wind this day at Noon, E. ; 231° ' derate breeze, and fine, clear, dry weather. A • PENZANCE, May 13.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrive d Stromboli, from a cruize, and sailed for Plymouth. SALCOMBE, May 14.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Eraers for Antigua. PLYMOUTH, May 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Willia m Bromham, from Sierra Leone, and sailed for Plymouth; Edinburgh Castle, Jersey, for Swansea, to stop a leak; Maria Key, London, for Rio Janeiro ; W. S. Belleisl e, Baltic ; Tordenskiold (Danish brig), Copenhagen, for St' Thomas. PORTSMOUTH, May 14.—Wind, S. to W. Arrived-:- Guilia, from Mazatlan, for Hamburgh. Sailed Ken& worth (transport, No. 40), for the Mediterranean ; Ariadn° , Elsinore. Off Port—Garland, Antwerp, for Montreal. OFF DOVER, May 13.—Brougham, from Hartlepool, for Malta. COWES, May 14.—Wind, light and variable. Arrived"' Enigheden, from Christiania. WEYMOUTH, May 14.—Wind, W. Arrived—Hamburg h Packet, for Rio Grande, with damage, having been in C O I . lision with the Lady Lo u i sa , w hi c h put back for London , with bows stove, and other damage. FALMOUTH, May 13.—Wind, N. Arrived—Berth 011 Maria, from Galatz ; Amslet, Constantinople. Sailed; Kleine, for Gibraltar. Off Port—ltuna, from Callao, and sailed for London ; Hydra, Rio Grande, and sailed 1 0r Antwerp; John Graham, Constantinople. SCILLY, May 12.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Eliza an d Ann, from London, for Ballina. BRISTOL, May 13.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived —Nanny Treat, from Havannah. Sailed—Monarch, for Tobago. SWANSEA, May 13.—Wind, N. Sailed—Louis Nal , ° • leon, for Sydney, N.S.W.; Schowen, Shanghai ; Sully , Singapore ; Home, Barcelona. DOUGLAS, 1.M., May 12.—Wind, N.W. mony, COPENHAGEN, May 9.—The sloop Johanne, from Strg' sund to this port, was stranded on the west coast of Salt' holm 6th May, and abandoned. ROTTERDAM, May 12.—Part of the cargo (pig iron) of the schooner wr ec k e d i n t h e O ester h as b een l an d e d 6" Goerce, and amongst it a brand-iron marked "W. Withaull Ronne, Burnholm." May 1--The Danish barque, Richer° Combe, of Elbing (wheat laden), got aground off the south end of this isle May 5, but was assisted afloat after throw . ' ing part of cargo overboard, and proceeded. LIVERPOOL, May 10.—A barque was seen ashore 13 t h April on the Middle Ground, Bahama Banks, with a white signal with blue border, and letter 0 in th e c entre. STOCKHOLM, May B.—The British fleet was cruising o' Gothland yesterday evening. Those remaining at Elfsnalr ben sailed thence yesterday evening. The Jenny, froT this port, with iron, has been in contact with an Englis o steam-frigate, and sunk; crew saved. The Fanchon, of this port, was stranded on Sandon April 22, and is a wreck. Another vessel was on shore on Faron at the same time. ELSINORE, May 11.—The Holyrood (transport), from Sheerness, arrived in the roadstead, May 9, and proceeded for the Baltic. 11.M.'s steamer Penelope, with a water tank in tow, was passed, May 9, in lat. 56 N., long. 6 E., by the Penelope (transport), arrived here. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, N.N.W. ; mild, and fine. Arrived—The Peltona, from Bombay ; the Siofna an d Strive, Alexandria. Sailed—The Tar, for Aden ; the Wyoming, Philadelphia; Carpentaria, Melbourne; Emma, Lisbon ; Tyr, Christi ania ; and Hortense, Antwerp. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.33 a.in• Wind, Easterly; tide, low water; weather, fine. Arrived, 14th—Fury, from Dantzic ; Rival, Mauritius; Salvadios, Singapore. 15th —Wave, Nedemblick ; Trident (s.), H am burg Maria Christina (s.), Santander; Ravensbourne (s.), An .t. werp ; Fyenoord (s ), Rotterdam. ; City of Paris, Boulogne' Sailed—Halding, for Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.na• Wind, N.N.E., very fine. Anchored—Erin, from Cork for Londo n . Sailed—Clara and Ovega, both for the river. A SCHEDULED MAIV'S VIEW OF TBO JVAR AND THE NEW TAXES. TO TIM EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We of the middle classes are much indebted to you for the expression of views very current among us. All the sophistry of Mr. Gladstone last session failed to convince us, as it failed to convince you, that to td equally the fruits of industry and the proceeds of realised property is anything but a gross injustice. We sob' witted, because we could not help it, and wished to be' lieve that the days of the injustice were at least flatly bered. Still, though we endured it, it was but the en durance of a blister ; and our irritation was increased at finding that when the legacy duties were applied to real property it was let off with about half of one of the duties, and the other, the probate duty, was retained upon personal property alone. Yet, sir, when war taire were to be raised, it was, if you will pardon such a phrase, where the raw was already established that the first stroke and the second stroke too were laid on. Our financial charioteer gave us first a stinging twinge on the tender part, with the hint that if we took that without kicking we should be spared for the rest of the year; but finding we only winced a little and went on quietly , down he comes upon us quickly with another, and doubles the most odious of our imposts. Not a word meanwhile about equal probate duties on real property, not a word of equal legacy duties, not a word of a temporary loan guaranteed on the large amount which such merely equitable taxes must bring in. No; the iniquitous schedule D must be doubled outright to irritate the middle classes, and beer taxed to tease the working man, while even the ladies were to be provoked with an attack through their grocers' bills. For all this I fear you suggest the natural reason. We have a Corr tinental Ministry—a Russian, Prussian, and Austrian Ministry—a Ministry in connection with a Court inevi tably of German sympathies, and but too reluctant to embarrass Austria and its circle of Courts, detested, as they are by the people of this country, as the most eon' temptible set of promise -breaking despots under heaven. We cannot comprehend that men, who ba d in their hands the inf amous secret correspondence, cow' have believed for a moment the protestations of Nicholas and Nesselrode last year. We rather think they were unwilling to stay his ambition at the cost of humbling his pride, and that we are now involved in war because they would not openly denounce his proceedings las t spring. He himself knew that weakness which b i c f Danubian defeats and his skulking navy have displaye d ever since he came in contact with Turks, Englishme o, and Frenchmen, and he would never have dared to mo ve a soldier across the Pruth had we but had a Premie r whom he could not coax and wheedle. But even now, sir, we shall not complain of our unequal taxation, if we get an honest equivalent for it.._ If it turn out that Russia is to be really humbled, th a t our fleets and armies have orders to destroy withoiltf mercy everything military belonging to the enemy Europe ; if for our ten millions we see her Black S°: . and Baltic forts and navies destroyed, her troops pelled the Principalities, the mouths of the Dan ube utterly taken from her, her unrighteous treaties thr o W a into the fire, and, in addition, most of us would like Bessarabia joined to the Principalities, the Crimea ch Turkey, and Finland to Sweden ; if we can see tie things as these, why we shall not be nice about a money. Our fear is, sir, and it is well Ministers slioul know it, that after having laid on taxes in the r0 i .7.. hopingoffensive manner, they will then prosecute the war 1° ,,, f bearingly to the foe • and, hopin we shall be u oea ; under our ill-adjusted burdens, take advantage o f h or ing made the war plaguy to us to get the best ter ms the great protector of European despots. Let them not, however, calculate too confide ntil j. we may see fit to d eman d a C a bi ne t purified from -- sian influence, and a Premier who will not care so . much for German Cou r t s as f or th e people of Great Britain ; and if the har ves t s h ou ld h e as bountiful and as ea rl y. a s it now appears likely to be, Providence will s o e o r n . g a _Lv s t: us a remis s i on o f na t ura l t axa ti on w hich will, p . more than counterbalance the unjust artificial ini k lr so of Mr. Gladstone and his chief. We ma y not st o least moneyeasily frightened then as they suppose ; moneyto bear the burden.--I am, air your obedient sery will be ea s i er , t ra d e b r i s k er , an d all of us better able 1........ phic Ove by t of t] the Ad § b( sort fore, ex.( lihE ship to I tfai Wre div( ChE Cat eh -----