The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

u~ATae itoTIL Darßy LA.s. TINS7"` . 1 " . "Pa-W - graI:VS4VA:77I7 frvr.t.ii* - 4 i -Antrz, 18, Wilt performed NORMA. Frlncipal eliarncters by Mtuisaie Veradori, If i ediwse Seclet 4 ek, vld Malmo Sondliolm ; Signed' Fie VI:El. Signor &int!, and Signor Arnold!. TAM kTRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. - ~.1,T., Uider the nianagennent of Mr. Aneketone. ~ '. . . , THIS HTENING. Arai. 111, • - WII I Do Performixd SPEED T A ; PLCOGII. Characters by Weans. VAndentiott Compton, Rogers. and Chippetigalai Miss E. Chaplin, Mae Louisa Howard, atilt Mrs. Stan l6 7.. - .. After which.' an entlreq, new aad original extratagaTA, , entitled MR. EITCKSTONTE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE OtOHE'(LI LEI CESTER.SQUARE), written by J. R. Planclik, Hag. Ptinorpal characters by Mr. Buclistone, Mr. W. F.irren, Mr. Clark, Mr. J. Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall; Mrs. Fltzwilliam, Mr. Catilileld, Miss E. Grey, Mlee Lydia Thompson. Mists Laura Morris, and Mhe Featherstone. Fcdowed by WILLIKIND AND HYI DINAR. Rupported by M"arS• Backstons And Corti ; Loam /lowan!. Mrs. Fltswil 11slu, and Mrs. Caulfield. ROYAL. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Hadar the Management of Mr. CaAntri TUTS EVENING, Aran. IP, ho performed THE MARRIED UNM.khEIED. Characters 17 MeWeS. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Mlgaes Reath and Murray. - 11- 4410 , 4.4 TAPP% COIISICAX BLOTZERG. Pluicapal eitarac ter 7 .q Mr. C. Kean. After, whlCfi, AWAY WlTif VT,,k-NCELOC.X. CLaractcr 3 LY , tors. rleadasv9, D. Fisher, and ticker ; and 11:3ses Murray and TaELTiz LOYAL ADELPFIL Z:2pdetor, jr. ;3. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS, EVENING) APJUL 13, Performed TWO LOVE 4 ANT, A LIFE. SupporteJ by AThe " ri • C. selby, Leto Murray, Benjamin Webster, licefey, ind 0. Smith; Min Woolgar cad 3fadinle Celeste. rQllowed by THE OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CONSTANTI. ITOPLE, A - UNDERTAKEN BY LOEW BATEMAN, Tarn INTX,RtiTINti .PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR 60PHIA. LYCEUM TILEA.TRE. • Uhder the Management of Madanbeire.tiTlB:- THIS EVENING, Alart. 18, 9, it, , was be performed A CUMMING WIDOW.. s pii nc ip a i e t arac . ton by Mr. C. Mathews; Miss Talbot Ind Miss Oliver. To be. followed by GIVE A DOG AN ILL NAME. Principal eloweet'ari by *ergs. C. Mathews and F. Matthews, Ag ar which; NUMBER ONE ROUND THU CORNEA, • .s,offeladtpg with .A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. . , .1 : ~.. ~. IPikt 341,,-. • LOYAL OLYMPI-C TFICATR. 14 'f." 1 ' Lessee and Manager, Mr. A: Wigan. THIS EYENLIO, APRIL 18, Wlll be performed THE HAPPIEST DAT OF MT LIFE. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by M aus ' • Emery,. Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirlin g and mi ss Wyndham. To coneude with the Farce of THE WANDEUZIG.MINSTIZEL. Jam Beggs, Mr. F. Robson. • SrEAND THEATRE. so!. Lt MU Mt. F. W. Alter°lt..-Direetressi.• miss /tobacco Isir i acs, THIS ETC.Cti - G. APRIL t*. ' 7lll be Performed THE ENCHANTED LAKE. • - AND Fol)ottl wed by BAND AN ADVEATISEMENT—" WANTED. WIYER S." Cc ' lc ladine with a new burlesque on RICHARD TLIE TRIAD. S; 'luxes. Se.; Pit, is. 6,1; Gallery, Gd. ; Private B o x e s, ' l3 ' 6d.. to he had of lir. Aileron, 15, New Boud-street. AETLEY'S EUROPIVE NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. • Lessee and 'Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Great attract i lon p/114Werful Novelties for the Easter Holidays. ' THIS ETENLNG, .Aestr, Ig, And daring the week, a new grand Nantigal and Eriutntilan epee embodying twee and extraordinary effeets/vrritten by Mr. Yiels4;n Lee), entitled A. TALE OF THE SPADIISIT WAR; or. The Horse of the Wreck. The horses expresely trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by an entire change of the Rents of the CIRCLE, intro daetng Miss Kate Cooke, Mi, Emily Cooke, 'Mr. Alfred Cooke, and the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in Europe. conoluding with the new Farce of DALRYMPLE versus TUBES. Box-office open front Eleven till Four. Stage MAnager , Mr. W. Wort. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tula DAY -- Wilting 7 min After 3 1 Evening 32 min.aft. 5 21h/ buoY—Morning 58 mi n-a ft er 5 Everting 24 min. aft 6 THE WEATHER.-Bm4 Orme, Aram 18. THER3fOMRTER, IN THA 54 —highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during tho night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 22. WIND, " 3 .E.—Fresh breeze, with fine, sunshiny wea ther. 7,41 g ("7....424074-:44 §un LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1854, As the bullion Lit organ has truly remarked, the " power of creating money is an undoubted pre rogative of the Crown." Tne material of which that money may be composed. is a mere com modity that may be bartered or disposed of in the ordinary way of business, just like any other article of commerce. Whether it be gold, silver, or copper, it is the Roy-al stamp which causes it to pass current from hand to hand, and to be freely and willingly accepted at its nominal, with out any inquiry as to its intrinsic, value. We see silver varying in price according to the demand, and gold would do so but for the enactment that enables any person to dispose of it at a certain fixed price, the " seignorage," or sum to be charged for the royal privilege being distinctly ascertained. No one, however, when offered a crown piece, or an equivalent number of half crowns, shillings, or sixpences, Pauses to inquire whether silver is depressed in price, a mere drug in the market, or in brisk de rna.nd. He knows that, he will be able to pay it away at the same price at which he received it, and that knowledge satisfies him ; he cares for nothing more. Th 6 R oyal stamp convinces him of that fact, and that is all he wantsi. By why is this ? Why does the effigy of the Sovereign induce every man to abstain from fur ther inquiry, and make the coin on which it is impressed so generally aceeptable? Simply be- cause that coin will pro Canto liquidate the de- 1 niands of the nation on the last holder. Every man knows that he will have to meet the tax collector, and that if he possesses snore of the means of extinguishing the claim thay.4, is required for hia own purposes, he will find others less favourably circumstanced, who will have to pur chase the means of doing so. "No circulating Medime of any kind, therefore, ccat be in excess or in danger of resection, so far as it is propor tioned to the national taxation, not going beyond the amount to be drawn in within a certain spe cified time from the people. And this is equally true whatever be the material in use, whether it be gold, silver, or copper, or paper, leather, or *lens. What, for instance, is an Exchequer Bill ? What guarantee is given for its payment ? . It is a piece of paper, " or " a worthless rag," as it sni g ht be 'termed b y a bullionist, which is not convrtible" into the precious metals, but which Will at any moment be received in payment of Lazo or dutie s in any Government office. Pra ctically they ar e but rarely offered for that purpose, for, inasrunch as they bear interest, they command a certain premium in the be. too market. I t would therefore fixpensive a mode of liquidatin the debt g to tiva State to be generally resorted to. The large ame•ants generally specified constitute .another ter'sjua obstacle. Few men have to /. I, 0004 p a y into the Ex c h equer or CUstom-house 500 at aor eagle payment. The person who has an Exche river Bill, then, in place of paying it to the Cro. vornment collectors, disposes of it on the Stock 7a ge_generally at a handsome premiu m and liquidates liability with a p o rti on of the proceeds. The hi 4 ultimate value, however --the attribute that renders it universally acceptable, and insures an unceasing demand--is nd—is the kno w -. ledge th a t it w ill be accepted in payment of taxes or duties to the Crown. .glow, if the denomination , of these notes, in Phice of being 1,0001., 5001., or even 1001., were taut 101 ., 51., or 11., so that they co uld be aPPIi „ ftbie for th e p ayment o f a ll t axe4, it is mildest that th ey would no longer be restricted to the l auds of b an k ers and great merchants, They world constitute a useful circulating medium, which would I/0 available fur al/ the transactions of every -day life. • Every man in business would have the means of passing them oil again. As the national incom e may be taken in round numbers to amount to 57,000,0001. per annum, to which at least 5,000,00 W. tnay be added for poor rates, there would he a weetri—_.,.absorption of 1,200,000/. of these Exchequer Bills ) “re beaming inte res t, Which would so far - tuaintain their valu e t h at ' , - ;they wou ld command a preruiunt nearly, if not -Ai t ( )Roth er, equal to Q. amount d tze on the day of tender ; and it would follow, as a necessary corollary, that there would bo no necessity for in terest in order to insure their willing acceptance. The entire interest on the unfunded debt would thus be got r id of. And , the pecuniary saving would be the least valuable part of the alteration for the certainty of obtaining -that which has been truly described as " the life-blood of industry"—a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the community . ---a steady representative and measure of value, not liable to the fluctuations which a metallic cur rency, or one based_,,!:m metal, would so stimulate trade and manufacture that any man able and willing to work would be sure of obtain ing employment at remunerative wages ; and would thus not only enjoy the comforts 'which every person of ordinary humanity must desire to see placed within the reach of the labouring popu lation of the country, but each individual would become a useful member of society—the creator and producer of national wealth—in place of being an idle consum er , a d rone in th,e national hive. We should then hear nothing of the impious cant of "over -population," or " over-produc tion." If the industrial resources of the country were fully and fairly developed, as they would be I under a judicious and well-devised monetary sys tem, it would be long, indeed, before there would be any complaint against an addition to the " thews and sinews" of the nation ; and whenever there Valf3 a danger that the quantity of, food raised in the country by experienced agriaultu lists, who made the teeming earth bestow her utmost produce, the broad lands of British Ame rica, the fertile plains of Australia, would offer suitable places of refuge. Indeed, it would be difficult to indicate a part of the earth where the Angle-Saxon energy and determination would not be cordially welcomed. Let not weak, foolish man dare to question PROVIDENCE. Let not the worm venture to murmur against the will of his Omniscient CREATOR. " Over population Where are the superfluous elements, or who are to be cut off to make way for the fresh corners, and to reduce the numbers to what the pretended philosopher has the arro gance to say is the proper amount. " Over-pro duction" is another cant cry, equally audacious and indefensible. Can there be an over-produc tion of food, so long as any one remains without sufficiency to eat or drink—an" "over-production" of garments, so long as any remain inadequately Covered t There cannot be " over-production" so long as there is a single hungry person to be fed--a naked one to be clothed. Until such unfortunates can no longer be discovered, the cry is impious. It grows, however, out of our monetary code, that reduces everything to that single standard, and distorts the medium through which the affairs of the nation is to be regarded. If an Englishman " likes gold. in his pocket," there are not merely thousands or tens of thousands, but millions of his countrymen, who suffer severely for the grati fication of his whim—whose welfare and happiness are sacrificed at the shrine of the idol which he has set up, and whose prosperity is as nothing when cast into the opposing scale to the preserva tion of the integrity of the standard ! ! The Debate on DUBLIN University is certainly worth a moment's attention at least, while our National Seminaries are so much before the public. It arose on Mr. FAGAN'S, the member for Cork, asking leave to bring in a bill to found and endow a second college on a wider basis than the exist ing one. Dublin University, unlike the kindred institutions at Oxford and Cambridge, is not composed of a number of colleges, usurping the powers and privileges of the original University ; but is entirely comprised in Trinity College —a college founded by Queen ELIZABETH, and which, therefore, ought not to be involved in much obscurity as to its origin and character. Like almost all endowments, however, a few generations have sufficed to furnish ground of debate as to " the founders' intentions." Mr. FA.- 'curt affirms that the terms of its charter are so unlimited that all her I'SIAJEsTY's subjects, Catholic as well as Protestant, have a fair claim to its ad vantages, honours, and" emoluments. Mr. HAMIL TON (the Member for the University) replies that it is impossible to suppose Queen ELIZABETH, ex communicated and deposed by the POPE, could have founded a college for Roman Catholics ; a controversy which many would decide according as they held that all charters were to be inter preted in the most liberal manner possible, or that we must endeavour to supplement indefiniteness -of language from the historical facts of the time. Of the two principles the formeris the only one which can make the arrangements of the past harmonise at all with the wants of the present ; but we are surprised that broader ground on this subject was not taken. With the intentions of Private Founders HENRY VIII. and CHARLES 11. took great liberties at Oxford and Cambridge, or the decrees of the Council of Trent would there super sede the Thirty-nine Articles, and Mr. GLAD STONE and Lord JOHN RUSSELL propose to take yet further liberties. But when the Founders are Monarchs, and when, consequently, all their acts, and all the property given, must be regarded as national, the question seems to us reduced to its easiest form. We should, of course, consider it open to inquiry whether it were better to. keep Trinity for Protes tants, and Maynooth for Catholics, but cannot think that the consideration of what ELIZABETH, JAMES 1., or CHARLES 1., wished or willed, ought to weigh for one moment with our present Legis lature. These Monarchs, and their generation, had their - day, and did what they liked with their own ; but we demur to their notions of the public good being taken as the guide of ours. Indeed, as to the STUAP.TS, it was thought for the nation's good, at the time, to behead one, and to send the rest to learn wisdom, if they would, by foreign travel. It seems to us that the strong part of Mr. FA.GAN's case was the least debated. There was no little dispute whether Trinity College was, or was not, properly a Protestant College ; whether or not Roman Catholics ought to be content with the really liberal practice of the College authori ties, in virtue of which the humbler honours and pecuniary prizes, with the entire education, were open to Catholics and Dissenters; and whether " confiscation," the scare-crow of abuse-defen ders, were involved in his pr o p osa l ; b u t w h at i n ' the eyes of such of the general public as might condescend to notice an Irish debate was the grand charge, was really an undefended action. We are at a loss almost to comprehend why none of the many whose vocation is the attack of abuses, did not find even a monster one here. Mr. NAPIER, in deed, spoke touchingly of the laborious life led by the Fellows as a reason for so few authors having sPrung from their number ; but perhaps the reader will think that there were influences of a more soporific kind when he reads the following facts. The landed property of Trinity College amounts to 2 00,000 acres. It is valued to the poor-rates at 92,000/. ; the actual yearly income is 64,000/. ; and the University is now empowered so to let the land as 'to raise the income to 100,0001. It is the richest Univer4tY in Europe. And now for the toil-worn Fellows. The Provost receives annually £3,500 Seven Senior FellaWs, each Six First-Class Junior Fellows, each 900 Six Second -Class Fellows, each Altogether, according to Mr. FAGAN, no one contradicting, the Provost of Trinity College and thirty-five :Fellows divide annually 34,0001. among them. Now, whether a second college, more acceptable to the Catholic laity than, from some causes, Trinity has proved, be founded or not, what, we ask in the name of all reason and conscience, are incomes like these to continue for ? The Head of an English University Rouse passes rich, and 'iurcly ought, with 8001. a-year; and 2501. a-year is held to be the proper standard for a fellowship by our Oxford reformers. Howcouldth t e Oxo nians listen to this statement of Irish fat hings and repress their indignation, that even Mr. GLAD STONE should propose to pare down every fellow ship to such a paltry minimum, when Dublin Junior Follows rejoiced i i 4001. ) and Senior Fel- AUSTRALIA. (R P ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING, The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's ship Harbinger, Capt. Lane, has Just arrived here from Sydney and Port Philip. Her news has been anticipated by the Overland Mail. She brings 16,174 ounces of gold from Syd ney, and 57,168 ounces froth Port Philip. Total value, 293,368/. Also 150 bales of wool, and a heavy ivail, from the Australian coionies. TlieFlartinger has touched only at St. i r incents on the homeward passage. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, A.PIIII. 17. The Queen end Prince walked in the Home-park this morning. The Princess Royal rode out on horseback. The Prince of Wales, and the younger members of the Royal Family, took their accustomed exercise. The Duke of Newcastle left the Castle this forenoon for London. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Royal Children, attended by the Ladies and Get tlemen in Waiting, walked on the East Terrace on Sunday after noon. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morning from Brocket Hall, Herts. The Duke of Newcastle rrturned to town yesterday from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert hate forwarded to Mr. Alfred Eames, the Aecretary_of the Royal Naval School, at New Cross, five' hundred pounds, to consti tute the Prince of Wates - a life'govern or, which confers upon his Royal Highness, during his life, the privilege of always having one pupil in the school for gratuitous board and education—such pupils being necessarily the sons of naval or marine officers. MURDER IN ST. GILES. This morning, the most intense excitement was occa sioned by a report in St. Giles and vicinity, that a female had been murdered by her paramour, which on inquiry proves to be, unfortunately, a melancholy fact. From what can be gleaned, it seems that the deceased's name is Barbara Mitchell, aged 39 years, and resided at No. 15, Little White-lion-street, Seven-dials, St Giles, and cohabited with a man of the name of William Busey, who has for some length of time brutally ill-used her. The repeated cries of murder proceeding from the house had caused Mr. Radden, hairdresser, opposite the house, to take ho notice of it, as he had repeatedly interfered and got offence for his trouble. The deceased came home tipsy, when Busey commenced kicking her with all his force, and knocked her down, when cries of murder were heard, but no notice was taken for the reason stated. She was found lying on the floor, quite dead, by the side of the bed ; every part of her person exhibiting marks of violence, which had evidently been occasioned by heavy blows and kicks. The face and head were shockingly swollen and disfigured. Mr. J. Hine, the summoning officer instantly repaired to the house, and had the body removed to St. Giles's Workhouse. Busey has for the present escaped the vigilance of the detective officers of the F division of police. Information has been for warded to the coroner, who has ordered a post mortem examination of the body. No day has yet been named I for the inquest. iIIARLBOROUGH-STREET-(TIIIS DAY. A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER. James Connor, a smartly-dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being con cerned, with another man not in custody, in stealing a gold watch, value 151., the property of Mr. Edward Rush, of Craven-hill, Bayswater. The prosecutor stated that a little after 12 last night he was in the Blue Posts tavern, Haymarket, a friend, and was s t an di ng w i t h his back to the wall at the end of the passage. His watch was in his waistcoat pocket, and the chain was slightly exposed to view. While he was talking to a friend the defendant and another man came and stood by him, defendant on his right and the other man on his left hand side. The defendant leant heavily against prosecutor's chest, he then heard 3. click, and he put his hand to his waistcoat pocket, and missed his watch. the ring of which had been cut from the guard. , As soon as he discovered his loss he told the prisoner he had stolen his watch. The other man then ran off and a friend of prosecutor's who was near him went for a constable, upon whose arrival prisoner was given in charge. In - reply to Mr. Biugharn, prosecutor said there was no one but prisoner and the other mau near him at the time he lost his watch. Mr. Edward Raphael said, he was with last witness, and was standing close by when he heard him say his watch was gone. Witness saw defendant standing near prosecutor, with his coat spread before him, as a screen to his actions. Elliott, 43 C, proved taking charge of prisoner, and searching him at the station, but did not find the watch. The prisoner, who was well known to the police as a member of the swell mob, was remanded till Thursday next. A MAN KILLED AT THE PLATFORM OF THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY, WATERLOO-ROAD.—This morning, information was received by William Payne, Esq., of the death of W. Kent, a smith, who resided at Hudson terrace, Vauxhall-road, who expired in Abraham's ward, St. Thomas's Hospital, from the effects of injuries re ceived under the following circumstances :—The de ceased was standing on the railway, when the up train from Windsor knocked him down, the wheels of which passed over his thighs. They were literally cut asunder, hanging only by a small piece of flesh. He was removed to the above institution, where Mr. Solly, surgeon, performed amputation, but death shortly terminated the sufferings of the unfortu nate man. The deceased had been frequently cautioned by the South-Western Railway authorities not to go on the line, as it was extremely dangerous, and in consequence of disregarding their instructions lost his life. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION -HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a sumptuous banquet last evening in the Egyptian-hall to a large and dis tinguished circle of guests, among whom were the fol lowing :—The Duchess of Somerset, Lord J. Russell, Lady J. Russell, Lord and Lady Palinerston, the Bishop of Chester, the Earl of Kingston, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Viscount Ingestre, Sir George and Lady Hamilton Seymour, Sir W. Temple, Sir R. Carr Glyn, Bart., Rear-Admiral Sir J. Hill, the Misses Hill, Sir J. and Lady Easthope, Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., Mr. B. Oliveira, M.P., and Mrs. Oliveira, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., Sir W. Gore Onsley, Bart., and Lady Ous ley, Sir J. Scott Lillie, Bart., Baron Testafenetta Abele, the Baron Ernest Van Havre, M. and Madame Antoni Szklarski, Sir John and Lady Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Sickles, Mr. and Mrs. Upham, M. Zohrab, Sir W. C. Ross, Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong, Lieutenant- Colonel M'Call, the Rev. Dr. Croly, the Rev. G. Murray, the Rev. Thomas Hugo, the Rev. J. Weer raghan, the Rev. H. W. Armstrong, the Rev. J. Lee, the Rev. J. Clarke, the Rev. H. Roberts, the Rev. Mr. Wickham and Mrs. Wickham, the Rev. R. Hooper, the Rev. G. Jephson, the Rev. C. Hume, Major Cooke, Mr. Robert and Mrs. Sutton, Mr. Alderman and the Misses Farebrother, Mr. Alderman and Miss Copeland and Miss Capper, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Humphery, Sir James Duke, M.P., and the Misses Wood, Mr. Alderman Farncomb and Miss Stone, Sir John Musgrove and Miss Briggs and Miss Cooper, Mr. Alderman, Moon and Mrs. Charrington, Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr, Alderman and Mrs. Finnis, Sir Robert and Lady Carden and the Misses Carden, Mr. Alderman Carter and Mrs. Carter, Mr. Alderman Muggeridge and Mrs. Muggeridge, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartley Kennedy, Lady Valiant, Mr. Sheriff and Mrs. Wire, &c. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTOY, Monday, April 17.-- The Royal Mail steam-ship Solent, Capt. Jellicoe, sailed this afternoon, with the usual West India, Pacific, and Central America' mails. She takes out 60 passengers, among whom are Lieut.-Col. Beim, Captains Hay, Ward, and Bovill ; Lieut. Wise, Ensigns Davy and Tryon, and on freight a full g enera l cargo of British and continental merchandise, and specie va l ue 36 , 2041 . s t er li ng . Th e new steam-ship Atrato, belonging to the Royal West In dia Mail Packet Company, with the outward mails of the 17th ult., reached St. Thomas's on the 30th, after a passage of 13 3 / 4 days. Sh e h a d encountered a week ' s westerly winds, with heavy swell. An abstract of her log states that up to noon of thelBth ult. she had steamed 220 miles ; 19th, 292 miles ; 20th, 264 miles ; 21st, 280 miles; 22d, 292 miles ; 23d, 252 miles ; 24th, 266 miles; 25th, 282 miles ; 26th, 271 miles ; 27th, 272 miles; 28th, 274 miles ; 29th, 282 miles ; 30th, 302 mil es ; an d to midnight of the 30 th, 164 miles; total di s t ance run, 3,713 miles, averaging 11 1-3 miles an hour. Unless the subsequent performances of the At ra t o surpass the runs given as above, she will prove inferior to her rival the Himalaya, which vesse l of equal if no t superior size to the Atrato, propelled with engin& on the screw prin ciple of considerably less power, has been enabled to make a speed equal to 330, 350, and even 400 miles in the 24 hours, with an expenditure of fuel of little more than one-half that consumed by the Atrato. Large paddle-wheel stea ru •ships, however, scarcely attain their best sp ee d i n th e i r fi rst voyages , as th e tightness of the new machinery has to be got over, and the proper tri m of the s hi p ascertained. The Atrato will, no doubt,, do better on future occasions and under more favourable circumstances. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, left the docks this afternoon with ma il s for Vigo, Oporto, Li s b on, C adiz, and Gibralta r , 25 passengers, a full general cargo, and specie value 25,000/. sterling. The United States' mail steam-ship Franklin, Captain J. A. Wotton, with mails from New York t o th e Bth inst., is expected off Cowes on Thursday neat, en route t o Ravre. THE SUN, L9NDON, TUESDAY ..RVENING, AP I'L • lows let:, a-year I Education must dis claim all need of such bribes to indolence. Some thing wrong there must be here. Mr. FAGAN, of course, withdrew his motion ; but we hope his facts will not be withdrawn from public attention. Dublin University has large national funds to spare for some purpose. For what, remains yet to be decided. f 1 MONEY MA RKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. • CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales, including 1,000 Bahia taken for export, and 1,000 American on speculation. The market closed with a harden ing tendency. The sales comprised 530 Pernain and Maranham at fiid. to Bid., 1,100 Bahia at Oid., 500 Egyptian at sid. to Bd., 500 Surat at lid. to M., 40 Sea Island at ls. ld., and the remainder nearly all American. Railway shares were flat. In adverting to the Russian trade, Messrs. F. J. Smith and Charles state : " The advices from St. Petersburg to-day are to the 27th (3th) April. 300 casks tallow had been taken on the spot at 120. The weather is reported mild. Since our last reports of this day week we have had a steady market, without any extraordinary movement. Politi cal events are now looked forward to with the greatest interest and anxiety, and they are influencing, and will continue to influence, the price of tallow." The steamer Africa, it is announced, has arrived from New York with 200,000 dollars in specie. The letters are just received in town. Stocks were active but not buoyant, and the speculators were out of spirits, money being scarce. The steamer Harbinger, from Australia, reached Southampton at 9 o'clock this morning with 73,000 ounces of gold. Her dates being only of January 22, have been anticipated. A telegraphic despatch, dated Copenhagen, April 14, states that there was an English war steamer on shore off Amager. The Stock Market is much livelier, and there appears to be a larger number of accounts unset tled than was expected. One large _Bear account has had to be arranged, and having been left until the last moment exercised a decided influence upon prices, and made the scarcity of stock more felt, prices being to g per cent. higher for money than time, notwithstanding the amounts understood to have been recently borrowed of the Bank of England, and exceeding, according to some yen. sions, a million sterling. The tendency to specu late for a fall in prices is certainly very obvious still, and although the money market, should specie exports have to be kept up to the Baltic and Black Seas, would be against higher prices, some allowance should be made for the general re striction of business, and the cessation of all new enterprises andspeculations. The funds, in such case, offer the principal medium of investment, and as long as the public find that the war can be con ducted without recourse to heavy loans—for mo derate borrowing they consider inevitable—they will probably not manifest any extraordinary un easiness, or a disposition to part at all freely with their securities. It is this state of feeling which explains the readiness of some of our bankers and capitalists to lend stock, a very profitable operation, since the speculators lodge their money during the period for which they borrow Consols, and the accruing dividends belong to the lenders. Consols have been 87iutol, and since 871 to for Transfer. The prices for May 11 have been 87i to The Now 3 per Cents. have been 87-g to and the 3 per Cents. 86;1 to '. Bank Stock is dull at 214. Exchequer Bills are at par to 4s. premium. The settlement of the account is, upon the whole, proceeding satisfac torily, Foreign Securities have been merely nominal. There is but one bargain officially recorded, viz., in Spanish New Deferred at 17U. Railway Shares have been without much move ment, but are at rather fuller rates, notwithstand ing the paucity of business. French shares have been nominal. There have been a few bargains in the Gold Mines, but still at comparatively low rates. The Joint-stock Bank aud Land Companies' Shares are steady. The following is a part of a report from Messrs. Houghton and Levy, of Liverpool : " Since our report of the Bth ult. the current market has evinced more animation than for several months past, but considering the period of the year, the Easter demand has only been small. The clearanoeS for home consumption reach 85 tons, against 35 tons during the preceding month ; they, however, fall short of March, 1853, by nearly two-thirds the quantity. The deliveries in - bond consist of about of 50 tons, chiefly 1851 fruit ; in February, only 10 tons. The transactions for the home trade have been principally in the better descrip tions of 1852 and 1853 fruit, prices of which have been fully maintained ; the lower qualities still continue almost unsaleable, although importers are anxious to realise at prices little beyond the duty : for 1351 fruit there is little inquiry at present rates, but holders are not disposed to submit to any reduction, and father look for an advance, the stock being now in a narrow com pass. The accounts of the appearance of the next crop continue very disheartening, and, in addition to a recur rence of the blight, the unsettled state of political affairs in the currant-growing districts will interfere consider ably with the trade in those parts, and it is, therefore, quite a warrantable anticipation that fruit of keeping character will next season be scarce, and of enhanced value." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES (From ay Official List. ) t nines! done. Bank Stock .."..... ... ....... ......... ........... 214 13 3 per Cent. ReCluced Annuities B6i i $ : 7 / 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities • 87 i A i 6 i 8 New 3+ per Cent. Annuities B7 i iiii New 2i per Cent. Annuities . 73 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Dittc. 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 18.59 4 9-16 7-16 India Bonds, £lOOO , Ditto, under £ lOOO 3 d 2 p Consols for Account 11th May B 7i 6 i i Exchequer Bills, 2d. 31060 . 4. 4 p par 4 p Small par 4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Nfexican 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Coat 3 5, I ' , I GI Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lii Dividends on the ,s.bove payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. conEols Ditto May Acco DEATH OF ALDERMAN HOOPER.—A vacancy has oc curred in Queen hi the Ward, in consequence of the decease of James K. Hooper, Esq., the Alderman of that Ward, who died last evening. The deceased gentleman was elected in 1840, served the office of Sheriff in 1842, and filled the Civic Chair in 1847. Russia.—The advices - from Russia continue of a very unfavourable character with regard to the position of the mercantile claskatst. From St. Petersburg the dates are to the Bth of At4pril, at which period the Go vernment paper currency still continued at about 12 per cent, discount. From Raga the letters of the 7th an nounce the failure of M. Iwan Shapushnikoff, a large tallow and oil speculator,. for about 85,0001., by which Russian dealers alone traill suffer, no foreign houses being interested. The w eather along the coast had been extremely violent, and both St. Petersburg and Riga had been visited by a tremendous snow storm, suc ceeded by a rapid thaw. At Riga it had been blowing a gale for three days front the north-west, and the ves sels in the ice in the bay were reported to be in a very dangerous situation. On/ty eight of fifteen vessels were to be seen at the time: of the post leaving. It was thought that the ice on the river would not remain above a week longer. BANK OF FRANCE.--According to the letters from Paris yesterday, the -monthly return just published from the Bank of France showing an increase of snore than three millions sterling in the stock of bullion, coupled with the anticipated resumption by Messrs. Leroy, Chabrol, and Co., 'and the less unsatisfactory appearance of the negotiations, with the German Powers, have pro duced a ma nifest revival of confidence.. At the same time the rs ,te of exchange on London is rather firmer, and there i s now scarcely any inducement to send gold from thi s s id e. O nly a sma ll amount, th ere f ore , was taken fron i the Bank of England yesterday. ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEERS.—We understand that the Rev. . Macgregor, of the West Church here, has been requ t s t e d b y t h e Ad m i r alty to draw up a stat emen t in Gaeli c o f the nature o f t h e Royal nava l vo l unteer service in Scotland. This will be printed and circulated among the Highland fishermen, whom it is desired to enrol.—S co t c h, P aper. BUSINMSI 3 01? THE PORT OF LONDON.—In the general business of the port of London during the past week the number of 'vessels reported inward was 148, being six less tha n i n the previous wee k . The total qua n tity of grain re f tor t e d was 30, 441 quar ters, including 10,624 quarters o f wheat, in addition to 670 barrels an d 500 sacks of fl our. Of tea, th er e were reported 20,202 package s ; and of sugar 30 hhds., 34 , 272 bags , 409 cases , 20 cask s, and 13,400 loaves. The number of ships cleared outwar d was 113 , b e i ng 15 less than in the pre vious v ieek. Of these 24 were in ballast, and 11 for the Austra Tian colonies. Acs )lINTS OF TILE BRITISH MUSEUM.—On Saturday the as nual accounts of the British Museum laid before Parlia anent were printed by order of the House of Com m" a . It appears that the sum required for the year ending on 'the 31st March next year, is 55,2251. The suns gra rated for the year ended the. 31st ult. was 55,8401. The ye was an increase in the number of visitors to the ;•.":" ers .1 collection last year compared with the preceding. In tk te year en d e d Christmas, 1852, the number was 50 7, 0; /3, and in the year ended Christmas last, 061,113. The ttc last, ,vas 54,0311, 4 s . 6d . , an d the balance carried to xpenditure i n th e fi nanc ial year ended 3 1 st March the arrent account was 1649/. 10s. Sd. Ti 1E CRYSTAL PALACE.—Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Lain g, M.P., and Sir Cusack Roney, who arrived in Ps son Friday, had an audience of the Emperor Na pole on on Saturday morning, on the subject of the open jpg of the Crptal Palace at Sydenhaea. LAtEST FORE:Liti-N NEW, THE WAR ST. PETERSBURG. A letter from St. Petersburg of April 2, says " An extraordinary convocation was addressed to all the high functionaries and members of the diplomatic corps, to be present in the chapel of the palace at the reading of the bulletin annoincing the passage of the Danube. The ceremony showed only a very moderate joy. The absence of the Minister of Austria, convoked like the rest of his colleagues, produced a marked sensation." CONSTANTINOPLE. According to Constantinople mercantile letters of the Oth , of April, Baron Bruck has issued orders to all Austrian vessels to quit Constantinople. Probably the order relates only to Austrian ves sels of war, in order to avoid the importunities of the Turks that they should join the allied fleets in the Black Sea. Russian ships of war were seen off Batoum pn lie 3d. The combined fleet were still in Kavarna Bay. A division was at Kustendje, to support Mahomed Pacha's operations. ARRIVAL OF BRITISH TROOPS IN THE DARDANELLES. GALLIPOLI, Wednesdhy night, April 5,--The screw steamer Golden Fleece, Captain Stewart, which left Malta at 5 o'clock a.m. on Friday last, entered the mouth of the Dardanelles at 7.50 p.m. to-night, and anchored off Gallipoli, on the European side of the straits, at 12 o'clock at night—all well. The men will be disembarked to-morrow, if possible. and encamp in thl neighbourhood. On board are the following officers :-Ist division, staff—Lieu tenant-General Sr George Brown, Lieutenant- Colonel Sullivan, Assistant Adjutant-General ; Captain Hallewell, 28th Regiment, Assistant Quartermaster-General ; 'Captain Macdonell, Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, A.D.C. ; Captain Whit more, 30th Regiment, A.D.C. ; Staff-Surgeon, Ist class, Alexander., Of the Royal Engineers there are . Lieut.-Col. Victor (commanding), Capt. Gibb, Capt. Hassard, Lieut. Elphinstone, Lieut. G. R. Lempriere, Lieut. Anderson, Lieut. Graham, Lieut. Martin, Lieut. Drake, Assistant-Staff- Surgeon Francis Smith (attached). Royal Sappers and Miners—ten serjeants, four buglers, 181 rank and file. Of the Rifle Brigade (2d battalion) there are Lieutenant.-Colonel Lawrence, Major Nor cott, Major Bradford, Captain Elrington, Captain the Earl of Erroll, Captain Hammond, Captain lu.glis, Captain Fyers, Captain Hon. W. Colville, Lieut. Hon. J. Stuart, Lieut. Nixon, Lieut. Balfour, Lieut. Bowled, Lieut. Markham, Lieut. Yonge, Lieut. Windham, Li eu t. Alexander, Lieut. Egerton, Lieut. Thynne, Lieut. Hon. H. Camp bell, Lieut. Lord F. L. Gower, Staff-Paymaster Newbury, Lieut. and Adjutant Ross, Quartermaster Gough, Surgeon H. Anderson, Assistant-Surgeon F. Reynolds, Assistant-Surgeon Sanders, 39 ser geants, 15 buglers, 774 rank and file, Capt. New degate, Lieut. Warren, Lieut. Malcolm, , 7 ser geants, 2 buglers, and rank and file, are on their way to join head-quarters in, the Sir George Pollock. There are 7 women with the Rifle Brigade —no children. With the Sappers and Miners there are 12 women and 5 children. No casualty of any kind Occurred during the voyage. The following extract of a letter from Constanti nople, dated. April 5, says The turn w hi c h events have been taking during the last few weeks is, to say the least, not encouraging. Complications are on the increase. The latest news from Greece, and from the provinces of Tliessaly and Epirus, is not favourable to the Ottoman arms, and it is to be foreseen that the news of the passage of the Danube by a large Russian army will give a fresh stimulus to the insurrection. The consequences of a Russian victory on this side of the Danube may be easily imagined. Bulgaria would rise, and, in fact, the in surrection become general throughout Turkey in Europe. Thegreat event of the day here isthe depar ture of the Greek envoy, and the resolution of the Porte to expe l all subjects of Greece from the Sul tan's dominions. Fifteen days' time has been given them to depart. For the last few days the resi dence 'of the Greek Minister and the Hellenic Con sulate has been besieged by hundreds of Greeks, all clamorously demanding the necessary papers for their departure. This' measure is by many viewed as impolitic, as the bulk of these men will, it may be presumed, join the standard of revolt as soon ai they I , ut their foot out of the Ottoman, territory, It is, however, impossible to f oresee th e tu rn events • and after f all, the pr esence o f f rom 20 , 000 to 25,000 known enemies 'at the capital is not an agreeable circumstance for the Turks to refleetupood Great fears are entertained that something may be attempted by the Greeks before flit) , leave Con stantinople. 'Yesterday several incendiaries were arrested, and a regular conspiracy is said to have been discovered. It were an easy matter to burn down this vast wooden city, and, once lit in several places it could not be put out, but would BMX crackle up into one huge blaze, and 'there would be an end to Stamboul. Hundreds of the Greeks will be ruined by this sudden order to leave a place in which they were bred and born. Though Greeks, and subjects of King Otho, they know no other home. It will fall heavily and be felt severely by all classe, but mostly so by the small trading peo ple whose every r esource i s t h us cut off. rabble. Thet do not care. They have nothing to lose. A good many have already left. They have received money from a Greek fund. What will all these arrive in Gr eece ? M en with people do when they out private fortune will find no resonrce there. What can they do ? In all probability they vrill join the insurrection. This Greek revolution is a very serious matter, and seems to be only at its commencement. With reference to the Greek in surrection, it were useless to enter into lengthy red fiections. The war with Russia is not a question of nationalities ; and though patriotic feeling will be drawn, and religious zeal and fanaticism be made a handle of, the solution of these problems is not at issue. England and France are at war with Russia. We are at the commencement of agi antic struggle with a powerful empire. Let Englishmen bear in mind that 'every Greek insurgent adds another soldier to the army of the czar ; and that, practically speak.. ing, our brave troops will have to meet greater odds in proportion as the insurrection spreads through the Turkish provinces. The calamities of a war such as the present are dreadful to think of. Already populations are being put to the sword, villages burnt, and whole pro vinces exposed to rapine and plunder ; and we are only at the very beginning of a contest which will be prolonged, God knows how long, and the end of which no man can foresee. National animosities and fanaticism will play a great part in the tragedy; and whilst the great Powers are contending for the mastery, the whole of Europe may be plunged into. intestine discord. The Czar is preaching a crusade. His iegions are led on in the name of Christianity. He is stirring up the religious element throughout the Ottoman empire. The great question is, how ever, not to be lost sight of ; and religion has in reality nothing to do with it. Is Europe to look calmly on, whilst a great empire tramples upon the international rights of nations ? Can wholesale aggression be permitted ? The Western Powers must oppose the progress of Russia in the East, and it is to be hoped that they will effectually succeed in doing so. The time which has been threat ening for many a year has come sooner than was generally anticipated. Better now than later. Constantinople may be said to be in a state of siege. The strictest police regulations are being enforced. Everybody has to be at home by eleven o'clock at night. If any one be out after that time, he is taken to the guard-house, and kept a prisoner for the night. After dark everybody must have a lantern. These measures are strictly necessary. The place is full of villains and thieves. The night before last three men were murdered, and for the last three months the houses at Pera have been broken into by the dozen. Last week the head of a bashi-bozouk (irregular horseman) was found in a well near - one of the mosques; over at Stamboul. They stuck it on a barrel for general inspection and recognition. A commission has been named to superintend the departure of the Greeks, and I am happy to say that the Porte has, to a certain extent, modified the order of ex pulsion.‘ Those persons will be allowed to remain who can certify their good conduct, and pro duce two good sureties. In that case they will be regarded as Christian. subjects of th e P or t e , " rayahs," with some especial considerations. This has been obtained in order to prevent the doWn• right ruin of some of the r( sepectable It will, however, have a very limited application. The thonsauds of Greeks who came to Constanti nople, and have been established here for the last sixty years, will have to pay for the hostile acts of their fellow-countrymen. These are the evils of war and insurrection. The Russians in the for ts the Danube have been amusing themselves by firr ing at British merchant vessels. Three were seri , - ously damaged by them. One, I believe the Bed. liugton, was sunk, and a sailor shot through the leg. Everybody here is eagerly looking out for the arri val of the troops ; and it is said that the Turkish ladies have expressed much curiosity, and are very anxious to see the Caledonian mountaineers San S cullotte. THE DANUBE. VIENNA, APRIL 13.—The last accounts state that numerous skirmishes of a very sanguiary elm_ ratter take place along the line of the Danube. The national antipathies have reached their ex treme point. Prince Gortschakoff is about to move from Bu charest upon the Danube. General Luders has arrived at liirsova with the main body of the army. The Turks have evacuated the island which they occupied near Touschtukai, in order to bang up their heavy artillery to Silistria. Omar Paella is manceuviing fur the double pur. pose of covering Silistria and the Wall of Trajan. Ludersonly advances very slowly in Dobroutscha and with the greatest precaution. We read in the Corriere Italiano of Vienna : " Letters from Bucharest of the Sth say that Omer Pacha had ordered the troops who were on the line of the Balkans to commence their march on the 10th towards the Danube. The corps of 8,000 men, concentrated by Omer Pacha at Bazardjick was advancing towards the wall of Trajan. Ten merchant vessels had arrived at Varna with provisions and military stores, and others were expected. The Turks were making preparations to pass the Danube near Turtukai and Rustjouck. Prince Paskiewitch was expected at Bucharest on the 15th. He would stop here but a very short time, and then proceed with Prince Gortschakoff towards the Danube." A letter from St. Peterburg, in a Frankfort journal, states that the Prussian Ambassador, as well as the Austrian, refused to attend the 7'e Lenin sung in presence of the Imperial family on the occasion of the passage of the Danube by the Russians. THE BALTIC. ' water. -In attempting to reach their ship in the afternoon, during the height of the gale, they had a narrow escape of perishing. To keep the boat afloat it was necessary to stave in the heads of the casks containing water, and throw their contents over board. Fortunately, they succeeded in getting hold ok the buoy of the Royal George, and were hauled in one by one through the stern ports of that ship, but not until one of the boat's crew had perished, either from fright or long exposure to the cold. The Conflict, Captain Foote, was despatched at sunset of the 4th, and the Archer, Captain W. K. Hall, early on the bth on special service. The Bosca en, 70, Captain W. F. Glanville, arrived in Kioge Bay at 7 a.m. of the latter date. On the 6th the fleet was reinforceu by the Ceesar, , 91, Captain John Robb ; the Desperate, 8, Cap tain E. C. T. D'Eyncourt ; and the Basilisk, 6, Captain the Hon. F. Egerton. A further addition was made to it on the 7th by the arrival of the Magicienne, 16, Captain Thomas Fisher ; the Cruiser, 17, Commander the Hon. G. H. Douglas, and the Driver, 6, Commander the Hon. A. A. Cochrane. The St. George, 120, and the Prince Regent, 90, are hourly expected, as also the Aus terlitz, 100, French liner. A move further up the Baltic will be made in a few days. The first ope rations will probably commence. in the Gulf of Bothnia by taking possession of the island of Aland, a most important position to hold with respect to further proceedings. Every one in the fleet is anxious for the signal " Prepare for action" to be made, and fully prepared to do his duty, feeling confident of victory. During a gale of wind on the 7th the Cressy, Capt. R. L. Warren, parted both her cables. In order to avoid a collision with the Caesar she im mediately made sail with main and fore - trysail, triple reefed maintopsa,il and' foretopmast staysails, and ran a considerable distance to leeward. The steam being got up, she was enabled in the course of a few hours to take up her former position, letting go a sheet anchor. Sir C. Napier is at Copenhagen, but is expected to return to his flag ship to-day. The stay of the fleet at its present anchorage will not be extended beyond the termi nation of the ensuing week. APRIL 12. During the stay of the fleet at the rendezvous in the Bay of Kioge each day has added to its num bers. Moored in line of battle, with the Duke of Wellington, the monarch of all in the centre, it presents a most, formidable appearance. It is more powerful in its armament, comprises more ships, and musters more men than any fleet thAt has ever congregated OR the waters. Up to the above (late it amounted to 37 sail, a list of which we sub join :-- Names of „,L Vessels. E.?t =• t. 3 • S c Officers in Command. Flag-ship of Vice-Aid- Duke of Wel- l rn.ral Sir C. Nadler, lington(screw) 5 '3' 3,700 1,100 750 Commudr.-in-Chief ; Captain Gordon. Neptune (sail. Flag-ship of Rear-Ad thg Ship 121 2,705 970 .. miralcorry; Captain Hutton Leopard (pad- Flag--hip of RearAd- I dle) 12 1,412 300 56 9 miral Plumridge ; • ..... Captain Gifford. Flag-ship of Re .r-Ad. Edinburgh (aw) 58 1,772 60 0 650 Chads ;Captain CC Hewlett. Royal Georgt (screw)' .. 11 120 2,616 1,100 490 !aptainli.j.Codrington. *St. George 123 2.719 1,100 • • Captain Henry res. St. e'Ac (screw)lol 3,60 90t , 650 ,apt. the Hon . 11 Keppel. Caesar (screw; 91 2,761 850 400 tCaptain John Robb. Princess Royal; (screw) •• 1 !ll 3,129 850 400 Cap ain Lerd C. Paget. *Pence Regd.:, I (sailing ship). 90 2 , 6 12 85' .. Captain Scott. rch (-a, I ship)inq B4 2,286 750 .. 7ap.en Erskine. .)ressy (screw j 80 2,537 7m : aptain R. L. Warren. Boscaw. n (sail lug ship).... 5 70 2,212 62:1 'aptain W.F. Glanville. Blenheim (sw.) 60 1,747 700 501. an. ihe lion 1 9 Pelham. Hotue (screw co 1,7.59 701 46f .;aptain W. Hurray." Ajax (screw) 58 1,761 600 45 , Otota nF. Warren. Euryalus (sw) 5 2,'•71 55 43. Carvallo; Ram-ay. .mperteuse (sc) 50 2,347 580 351 !ante! R. R. Watson. arrogant (sw 46 1,872 45 36 'aptain Yelverton. kmphion .(svr• 34 1,474 32 3% "aptain .. C. Key. Dauntleis (se 33 1,410 300 580 entail] A. P. IL der. Tribunt(screw, 30 1,570 30' 386 Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnezie. Cruiser (screw) 17 750 25., 60 captain Vie Ron. G. e H. Douglas. Odin (paddle)• 16 1,310 300 501• 'aptain F. i , ott, Valtirous (pad - , 16 1,255 25', 40 'apt. C. M. H. Buckle. M:oricienne(ii.) 16 ),255 250 400 laptain T. Fisher. Archer (screw) 14 973 3u 201 'aptain E. Heatheote. Desp-r.ite(sw I 8 1,100 169 40 !apt- E. C D'Eyncaurt. •euflict (screw 8 1,013 16 ,, 40' !entail] Foote. Gorgon(paddle. 6 1,11 I H.' 320 '7ommndr A. Cumming. ulidog (Pad.) 6 1,221 16 5"( 'aptain W. H. hall. Dragon(paddl.) 6 1,270 10 52 'Wain Wilcox. Recta (paddle. • 6 817 16 9 2a !aptain W K Hall. Vulture (pad.) 6 1,190 1 , 0 47' 'aptain FH. 13asalisk (pad ) 6 .80 160 40 Ron. F. Egerton. *Driver (pad ; 6 1,03 16 28, reommarri.r the Hon.A. A. Cochrane. Lightning ( pad 3 296 60 10' :aptain --•-•- - - T0ta1.... 1,729 15,051 14.290 11,70, THE CAPTURES BY THE BRITISH NAVY. The vessels stated to have been captured by Sir C. Napier's flegt are said to have been laden with sulphur and other articles contraband of war. They had been under surveillance for some time past, and were last from Lubeck, and on their way towards a Russian port in the Gulf of Finland. COPENHAGEN, April 16.—The fleet has passed the Island of Bornholm. A heavy cannonade w.is heard in the course of last night. The Austerlitz has rejoined Admiral Napier. Admiral Plumridge, with the English cruisers, has captured five Rus sian ships laden with salt, and carried them into the Bay of Kioge. The whole of the Danish Cabi net remains in office. A letter from Stockholm of the 9th says :—" The movements of troops for the purpose of reinforcing the garrisons of the seaports and of the Island of Gothland have already commenced. A battalion of infantry has left for Carlscrona in three steam ers. It is known at Stockholm that the Russian troops have abandoned the island of Aland, and that all the cannons and gunpowder have been re moved to Sweaborg; but it is doubted that the bar racks, which were built at great expense 14 years ago, and the fortifi e d wor k s a t B remarsuu d , w ill be destroyed. The statement made by the German journals, that England has offered subsidies to the Swedish Government, and has invited it to take an active part in the war, was copied from a Stock holm journal which deserves no credit. It is evident that it owes its ori g in to a passage in the despatches by which the Western Powers recog nised Swedish neutrality, to the effect that if neces sary they will aid Sweden in causing her neutrality to be respected." A letter received from an officer serving in the Baltic fleet by friends in England, dated Kioge Bay, near Copenhagen, April 11, says, some of the ships have very large sick lists, being princi pally cases of influenza (enre novas, common catarrh), which appears to be epidemic. Steamers laden with people from Copenhagen steam daily, weather permitting, around the squadron, giving,us most hearty cheers en passant. We have heard that the Russian ships have managed to get up to St. Petersburg, and it is rumoured that the Russian have been expernueutalising on a grand scale with their shipping against their forts to try the effect of heavy shot upon them. They have brought out, some of their large ships and anchored them off their forts, and have !led them heavily with shot without producing the slightest effect upon the granite of which they are composed. It is also currently reported at Copenhagen that the enemy is setting traps for us. It is said, with what degree of truth I know not, that they are submerging, in the narrow waters, sun ken cylinders, or cases of powder, to be discharged by galvanic wires as the ships approach or pass over their track. The different ships have received a circular from Sir Wm. Burnett, regard ing the preparations to be made in the cock-pit during battle. We all got a double supply of chloroform before leaving England. Admiral Plumridge with his squadron was ordered up the Gulf of Finland, as some intelligence was received here about the breaking up of the ice. The Light ning no doubt will hatve brought some intelligence. Lest I might lose the letter , bag, I will close this letter, hoping you aro quite well. P. 8.-1 have opened this to say that the signal to prepare for sea has just been made. I suppose we are off to the Gulf of Finland. We have not gone ashore any where—there is no leave. How very disgusting." THE BALTIC FLEET. KIOGE, APRIL 8.--The presence in Kioge Bay of the English fleet is a source of great attraction to the Danes residing in the vicinity. O n th e d ay subsequent to their dropping anchor off Kluge, the Cimbria and Flora, two Danish merchant steamers, each having the English ensign hoisted at the fore, and their deck crowded with an assembly of the most respectable residents of Copenhagen, visited the fleet. On passing along' the line of ships these vessels stopped opposite to each, the ladies waving their hankerchiefs, the gentlemen giving three hearty cheers, and evincing their delight and grati fication at the grand and imposing spectacle pre sented, probably for the first time, to their view. The Bulldog, Captain W. H. Hall, came into the bay in the afternoon, having in tow two merchant brigs laden with coal for the fleet, and bringing the not unexpected intelligence of war being declared against Russia by England and France. The Lightning steamer, Captain Sulivau, . which it had been signalled would proceed to Co penhagen with letters, and on board which many officers had embarked for the purpose of visiting that city, was ordered to anchor on the intelligence brought. by the Bulldog reaching the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief. On the morning of the 3d inst. it blew, fresh from the N.W.; and by noon the wind had, increased to a gale. Topgallant masts were sent down, top masts struck, yards pointed to the wind, and every thing made snug. During a heavy squall the St. Jean d'Acre parted her cable, but brought up by letting go a second. anchor. All communication was suspended between the ships of the fleet, most of which felt it necessary to have two anchors down. The Amphion, Dauntless, and Tribune, which were detached from the fleet on their leaving Kield Fiord, arrived froin Copenhagen in the afternoon, and an chored in' their relative positions. The Dauntless, while standing in -for the anchorage, had her fore topsail blown away. The Commander-in-Chief, as an evidence of his consideration fQr the comforts of the officers generally, sent the Lightning to Copen hagen, With the stewards of the various ships, to procure supplies for their messes, and further sig nified his intention, if he could p oss ibl y d o so , o f affording these under his command an opportunity of visiting Copenhagen prior to the departure of the fleet from its present anchorage. The gale having subsided on the 4th the fleet sent their spars afloat. The Hecla, steamer, Capt. Hall, arrived at 6 a.m., and the Archer steam-ves sel at noon. The Commander-in-Chief, having re ceived official information of the declaration of war against Russia, announced it by signal to the whole of the ships comprising the fleet. Some of the ships hoisted signals to the effect, " We are ready and willing ;" and throughout the fleet the news of war having been declared was received with feel ings of the utmost delight. At 5 p.m. Rear-Admiral Plumridge, with his flag flying in the Leopard, weighed anchor, taking with him, under his command, the Imporieuse, 50, Captain Watson the Dauntless, 33, Captain Ryder, and the Tribune, 30, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie. This division sailed on important service, but its specific destination has been, from prudential motives, kept secret. Several merchant brigs, with coals for the fleet have been towed into Kioge Bay by the Gorgon and the Hecla. Yester day morning (the 3d) one of the boats of the Nep tune left that ship at daylight with Lieutenant Teller and crew, and proceeded on shore to procure J * ships have not actually arrived, but are in Wing() Sound, and are hoi.rly expected. A gale of wind (the third which has occurred during- the past week) prevailed on the 9th. The ships sent down their topgallantmasts, struck top masts, and pointed yards to the wind. The Bull dog and Odin returned in the forenoon from a cruise. The latter parted both her cables in the evening, got up steam, and joined company the next morning., The various ships are completing water and coal. The Cruiser returned from Co penhagen on the 10th, anchoring north-east of the Magicienue. Independent of the French sail of the line (four of which are hourly expected), time fleet un ter the command of Sir Charles Napier will be increased to 40 sail, forming three squad rons; the weather squadron to comprise the first and .second divisions • the centre squadron the third and fourth ;, an d the lee squadron the fifth and sixth divisions. Three other divisions will be composed of the paddle-wheel and screw steam sloops, consisting of 21 vessels. 10 a.m.—The fleet has been signalled to "Pre pare to sail." GREECE. • A letter from Athens of the 7th, in a Vienna journal, states that a Russian Secretary of Em• bassy had just arrived with a note from the Ca binet of St. Petersburg for the Greek Government. The same letter informs us that a half squadron of light cavalry had left Athens for Arta. FRANCE. The Moniteur of this day announces that the Prince Napoleon left Toulon on the 17th in the Rolland, for the East. Cardinal Wiseman, who arrived in Paris on Sa turday evening, and who is staying at Sinet's Hotel, opposite the British Embassy, had an interview yesterday with the Emperor. The Cardinal is on his way to London. The treaty, offensive and defensive, entered into between Austria and Prussia, has been speedily followed by a similar treaty, though with a very dif ferent object,, between France and En'rland. Ever since a war with Russia has become inevitable, both Governments have felt th a t, as a preliminary to hos tilities, a solemn treaty, setting forth the common objects in which they were engaged, was indispen sable. This treaty required great consideration, and has been the subject of long negotiations, which have at length been brought to a termination. It is understood that ou Sunday the exchange .of the ratifications took place in Paris. This treaty of al liance; offensive and defensive, consists of five articles. It" has reference solely to the Turkish question, and makes no allusion to any further eventualities which may arise in consequence of the war which has now broken out. It was rumoured that there were some secret articles, but this is now denied. Every one is.on the qui vitle in Paris for news of Sir Charles Napier's operations in the Baltic, and the slightest rumour on the subject is greedily picked up. Among the reports yesterday in circu lation, one to the effect that Admiral Napier has written home to, his Government to say that he will keep his word as respects the destruction of the principal Russian ports on the Baltic, but that the ope:ation would necessitate a great sacrifice in men and ships. This rumour gave great satisfaction to the partisans of Russia who are s till, more numer ous than may be supposed. Various stories are got up, in the hope of diminishing the confidence exist ing between the two Governments ; and among others that the French Government is alreadyjealous of the seizure by the English fleet of the island of Aland ; and that wheia Lord Cowley announced to the Emperor that it was probable that by this time that island was occupied by the English troops, " That occupation the a t u t s h w e e n r b o e f of short Majestyshortdurati v o a n s , for we must avoid everything that could give annoyance or cause dis content to Sweden and Denmark." It is needless to say that the occupation of Aland was not only known and approved of by the French Govern ment, but that that occupation is the basis of all our operations in the Baltic, as it will enable u s t o blockade eff ec t ua ll y not only' the Gulf of Finland, but the Gulf of Bothnia. The Legitimists and Fusionists hope, however, that in this affair they have already discovered the germ of dissensiOns be tween England and France. Immense preparations were making at the Elyse for a grand fete, to be given last evening by the Empress, in honour of the Duke of Cambridge and the English was to consist Of a concert, ball, and supper. The gardens of the Elysee were to be military music was to be stationed in them. The afi n c ia e g s n . ific T en h t is ly fe illeluminated, and intention was to have given the fete on the anni versary of the birthday of the Emperor, the 20th of April ; but it has been fixed for three days ealier, in order to enable the Duke of Cambridge and the other English officers to be present. L a i n g, M.P., chairman of the Crystal palace CompauY, accompanied by Sir 'Joseph Paxton, Mr. BoothbY, one of the direct ors , an d M r. Grove, the secretary, had an interview with the Emperor yesterday at the Tuileries. The deputation was introduced by his Excellency Lord Cowley. His Majesty expressed great interest in the success of the undertaking, and promised to send contribu tions from the Imperial manufactories of Sevres, the Gobelins, and Beauvais. He was pleased to say that a deputation fully representing France should be present at the opening of the palace next month. A domiciliary visit was paid by the police on Saturday evening to the Paris correspondent of tho .New Prussian Gazette. All his papers were seized. It appears that General - Wysocki is to be the commander-in -chief of the now P. dish legion in the service of Turkey. By advices from Malta of the 12th, we leant that only three battalions of Guards remained at &fall Lon Tl and in h T] Mar Pose tiro and : awl th e trio, Penn liant the] Inon