The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-04 00:00:00

" A t'l!* moment to follow- Emperor, Aristarchi er annum. n the civil the decree Russia by written to es his pro devoted to L He re- Buchinest, Lay a great ~ certainly he Turks, Constanti pension of ) the Porte. is now as -3 intendant has been amount of )). of Wal ; of ducats the matter 3.t the pen discovered n ad vance dy in con .--, and limns: and e surprised an Legion e Russian, Ilsion from ttionce the ?alities will ; arms and of 100,000 the Turks, s they said impatience, to Russians The very 3e axes—in rued to use f the fright- I. We are e Russians Matschin, 3 since they ve from 400 :age of the obliged to guide them we them a ad fatigue." , state that o different m Pasha, ) Rodosto, Canrobert iblishment e topogra e military General parted for •ses landed condition. or three from the Ito that a aggerated in defeats, le purpose , amongst e beloved the holy of Turks, , re, so that ose to the >ccupied in n spite of rho aid and the 11th ladika as aring date April, in stria. the 19th, where 200 ', attacked riksich, to elled by a on them renostizza. numerous is are now ;o revenge ly arrived to Zabliak, 3 BATON , Ishmael rights of a the troops ie Sultan, he viewed s General to that traveller, ws us the 3 days be" iaw shot, h Consul, been se ver to the our formant asserts, will not change in any respect the dispositions of the Polish officers, who compose al most all the Russian staff at Bucharest ; at the first engagement with our troops they will desert en mane, without even having come to an understand ing with each other. The same traveller assures us that he saw a Russian officer commit an act of bruta lity, the like of which could not be cited in any other army of Europe :.A general, followed by an aide-de camp, passed before a guard-house ; the soldiers, warned by the sentinel, assembled hastily to pre sent arms. The drummer, in his hurry, stumbled, but nevertheless arrived in time to execute the customary salute. The general passed. Stopping behind, the aide-de-camp approached the drummer, snatched from him one of his drumsticks, and re peatedly s t ruc k hi m v iolent blows on xe head, eyes, and ears. Blood spurted out, and whilst the officer continued to beat his victim, the latter, with his hands by his side, remained immovable, with out turning his head. Such is the way in which Ulm are treated under Russian discipline !" A letter from Bucharest, in the Wanderer of Vienna states that the Prussian consul-general in t he Principalities has broken off all relations with the present government of the conutry. in conse quence of the ill-treatment inflicted either on his Own countrymen or on the subjects of the other states of the Zollverein, whose interests are en trusted to his care. WARSAW. The Silesian Gazette states that when the French and English Consuls after leaving Warsaw, on t he 2 7th ult., reached the frontier they were subjected i a most rigorous search. The French and English subjects remaining in that capital have been placed under the protection of M. de Wagner, the Prussian Consul. It was notified to several of them that they must either become Russian sub jects or quit the country. GREECE. "ATHENS, April 28.—Many Greeks have been taken by the French ships in an attempt to join the insurgents, and delivered over to Fuad Effendi. "An attempted insurrection in Samos has failed." The Observateur of Athens, of the 22d ultimo, Publishes the following semi-official note :—" Some journals; making use of a private occurrence, the arrival at Athens of M. Necladoff, the Secretary of t he Russian Embassy at Athens, to announce that an autograph letter of the Emperor of Russia had been brought by that gentleman and handed by 'lira to his Hellenic Majesty, we are authorised to declare in the most formal manner that no auto graph letter of the Czar has been handed to his Majesty or to the Greek Government." A. letter from Constantinople, of the lith ult., mentions a report, says the Patrie, that Captain /30 urguignon who commands the Austrian squad- NI of the Levant has received orders from his Go .verument to proceed to the Piraeus to co-operate With the French and English naval divisions for the re-establishment of tranquillity in Greece. -A private letter from Athens, dated the 22d, k nown amono , other facts which are already 13 11 °° 0 2, that Barbier de Tinan, who has the cruising off the eastern coast of Greece, for 6 0 purpose of watching the movements of the division, was about to leave, with a portion of his . I ° lB ion, for Algeria, where he is to take ou board M ates regiments under orders for Turkey. It also t he that among the prisoners recently taken by , L ae Turks, in their combat with the insurgent ,vreeks, were found four or five officers belonging to the Hellenic army, who had not resigned, and Who were in all probability still receiving pay. These officers have, it seams, been sent to Constan ecple, "as a living proof of the complicity of the ,\/,reek Go vernmen t i n the insurrection against the the Porte." Among the dead bodies left by ,I lle insurgents on the field were also recognised those of several Greek soldiers. I'ROTEST OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH MINISTERS AT ATHENS. We read in the AI oniteur :—" The circumstances Which led to the rupture of relations between Minister and Greece will be remembered. The zwlinister of the Sultan at the Court of King Otho Was charged by his Government to demand from th e Hellenic Cabinet explanations on the different acts which proved the complicity of that Cabinet in the revolt of Epirus. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Paicos, replied by recriminations, pre tending that Greece alone had a right to complain, that Turkish troops had invaded the Hellenic f rontier, and had committed acts of sanguinary violence on the territory of the kingdom. The Ministers of France and England having, as repre- Bentatives of the protecting Powers, received a com munication of the reply of M. Paicos to the represen tions of Nechet B e y came to an understanding to 'iProceedas,g to a scru p u l ous investigation on the facts ill eged by th e G ree k Government. It appears ti the most formal manner from this investiga peu that no t on l y none o f th e gr i ev ances of M. ir a ieos was founded, but that the violation of the „ „ Mier and the sanguinary acts with which he charged the Turkish authorities were committed olr Y the Greek authorities and troops. It has, more l) e r, been demonstrated by details given by the q er sons who took part in the aggression that the er re ek Government could not have been led into i ed r , and that it had a full and complete knots -110 ge of all the incidents of the affair, when, thee to Nechet Bey, it accused the Turks of being a oras ea llthors of them. Less surprise will be felt at "" a stran ge proceeding, when it is known that the of Cabinet of Athens still endeavours by all means e f 1 1 3 :t aire Greece believe that its policy is approved CY the grea t P o wers, and that M. Paicos has ee eded in disguising from the country and the ambers th e representations addressed to him e°ncert by the Ministers of France, Eng land, Aust ria,th and Prussia, to induce him to satisfy ~t 3 demands of the Envoy of the Porte. M. 1 v ..1111 Rouen and M. Wyse have thought that it Gove rnment duty to make known t o the Hellenic d o ", i. e rnment the sentiments with wh ich such con -" vas calculated to inspire them. Iu conse- Pa:nee they presented the following note to M. " Athens, 20th April. oh " Si r —We have purposely abstained from making any Bervation on the note which you addressed to Nechet t h e). 0 0 th e 7th March last, and of which a copy has been tw llB4l ited to us in our quality of representatives of the T n ° ,l ) rotecting Powers—a note in which you pretend that 11 1 ,, 11 dali troops have passed the frontier, aud have, with 10; 11i nary acts of ~t iolence, invaded the Hellenic territory r e ili L a rigorous investigation of the facts on which the ao r :' is founded should have permitted us to pro h,,7e,e definitively on the subject of the grievances e en r", e m. set forth. This investigation has been pro c''',ed to by all the means Chich an honest and ta r ti ll e e b e re desire to ascertain the truth could furnish IC have been questioned, and places and circum eratiresdexa. mined. We are obliged to say, both on account utaes which we have to fulfil to our respective go :l'm:lents, and of the general interest of truth, that a at number of proofs of incontestable exactitude has led ‘o Conclude that the accusation made in your note, far - ",,,,. 111 having any foundation, leads to a result diametrically results from this investigation that no corps of Albanians, °f about 500 men,asyou ° affirm, passed into the Hellenic territory on the 26th of February pursuing the Christian Peasants near Arta ; nor is it true that Lieutenant-Colonel kiloctimos, commanding a battalion of light troops, after a remonstrance made in moderate terms, ummoned the said e orps to quit the Greek territory, neither was there any t nga ement on the Hellenic t lastly, that the g territory ; 110 r, attalion, according to your assertion, rushed with im -stnosity on the invaders, and d rove t h em b eyon d th e ntier. This engagement, in w hi c h , as you correc tl y ate, 5 soldiers ands sergeant w ere wounded (the latter mor- t 11 I • -Y) as was also t e iorse of Lolonel o ' took place in h the presence ientenant-C of witnesses, Greeks as as Turks, not on the Greek t err i tory, but at some qu ies from the Greek frontier, under the walls of Arta, at lorne hundreds of stops from the cita,,el, where Lieute liaill'e Ski dimos with his battalion of r o y a l L 0.0ne.1 0 . troops, tya. te , nin g to the assistance ot haraischaki s , with whom he An communication in a time of peace,' to use your 4 4 ; t ri jon x e p i r l e a s w sir , u ' re a u n e d in c e ontempt of all the rules of inter dth Ottoman troops. By whom and eo or et y ,, h , a , t reason has such a perversion of facts been con. Who were the u, v u What were the hors of this machination . think that t ? hat it is not neces 84rY t o causes Nv e h pronounce ' l4l remarking first duty of an accuser is in this respect But we cannot refrain t k , to you thatthe tter of such gra th, Ke the trouble to ascertain for him . self the exactitude and pity, real value of his roofs, and that in ama ti d i and in such a critical conjut , c ertt artof minister is scarcely less • ture the act of badly et t l an ing on the pa a INtble than that of being deceived. Zlnetrated with this conviction, We are the more ek G: / , ° PPertunity for a subsequent reparation if the ie as there was ample time t a • t er aulent had been disposed to make one. But weknow though Nechet Bey continued to reside here some r et „ after the reception of your note, no explanation or eri Tati en was offered him before his departure for the Ita zr or the calumny of which his Government or himself Off, th e victim. As, in what concerns the gravity of the tvi t r e, and the demands of reparation, which are justified b e ~r _ respeet to the offended Government, you :l.ppear to ti 04 : 1 7 sensible when Greece is supposed to be in pies rek_ we cannot beli eve th a t y o u will be so unjust as to own 'e to another country what you demand for your th at Assuredly your note on these two points is so clear i l L, t .we could not adopt better language than :I ours— de 'tilting only the word Turkey for that of Greece. teeti7 Ourselves, as representatives of the two pro ivaeug powers, interested in the maintenance of the LoePendence of the kingdom of Greece, which cannot ties :more solid basis than the observation o f th e tree rnoßt _ created it, we protest in the most form a l a nd ter r i,7uergetic terms against the violation of the Ottoman th e ZrY mentioned above, aggravated as it has been by tr anaf 'emPt made in the name of the Greek authorities Part : f r ,pi, it into an invasion of the Greek territory on the Whitt, it troops. If we strongly insist on this vh ich u, it is on account of the ut.justifiable manner with rep res _You thought right, on a recent occasion, to treat the coVatations which were addressed to you in concert with ble a t. ___. t eagiles of Austria and Prussia. Our different Govern -404 " will learn with astonishment that a note, signed col- Velyb 3 , 3l , wue representatives thia city of the four power; and destined to support th 3 just grievances and demands relative to such aggressions as are set forth in the note of Nechet Bey, and which was remitted to you in time to be communicated to the Legislature, not only was not pre sented to the Chambers, but that in the discussion in the Senate on this communication so specially supported, and in the reply to v hat was snore than an iuterpellation on the part of the senators, no explanation was given by you to satisfy them, no information was given of it to the pub lic, and no reply was transmitted to either of the minis ters by whom it was signed ; whereby the legitimate and salutary effect which might have been produced in the councils and on the public opinion of the country has been prevented. (Signed) "T. WI - SR.—BARON F. ROUEN." AUSTRIA. It is said that the Austrian troops will enter Lesser Wallachia. . _ . . Prince Paskiewitsch has granted permission to neutral vessels, at present in the ports of the dif ferent mouths of the Danube, to depart freely up to the 20th of May. The Tieinese Gazette states that the deputation sent from Como to compliment the Emperor of Austria on his marriage, are to pray his Majesty to raise the blockade of Ticino, which is highly detrimental to the province of Como. •The officers of the Austrian staff at Florence gave a splendid serenade by torch-light on the 26th ult., in honour of the Emperor of Austria's marriage. Salvoes of artillery were also fired, and a Te Delon was sung in the Cathedral. A proclamation has been issued at Vienna making amenable before the laws, as guilty of high treason, all persons holding in their possession azzini shares, Kossuth notes, and similar revolu tionary notes representing money. A free pardon is granted to all who deliver them up to the autho rities before the Ist of June. The last Imperial manifesto has produced the de sired effect upon the Russian party at Vienna. It is lauded as a further proof of the perfect disinte restedness and unctuous piety of the Emperor. The mask of religious fervour with which political de signs are attempted to be veiled, is received by them as a proof of unvarnished candour and almost divine inspiration. The challenge thrown down to all Christians not of the orthodox faith is regarded as a symbol of conservative philanthrophy ; and in their mingled dread of Russian supremacy and de magogic outbreaks, they confound the special yearn ings of aggressive orthodoxy with a pure spirit of general Christian love and tolerance. The manifesto already translated into the Sclavonic and Greek dialects, and ordered to be distributed in all parts accessible to Russian agents, will doubtless produce the 'desired effect upon Russian co-religionists. Upon the people of Germany, always excepting Russian sympathisers, it will act as a warning, since it declares as clear as day that all those that are not of orthodox faith can only be regardeded as with out the pale of that Christianity for which Russia pretends to have drawn its sword. As to occult English and French hostility, said to be at length unveiled, who, let it be asked, was first guilty of disguised or overt hostility ? He who made preparations for war so far back as the Ist of January, 1853, by calling forth his reserves, and preparing his plans on the Pruth and Lower Danube, and who marched an army into the Turk ish territory—or those who declared the latter act of flagrant aggression not to be a cases belli, and limited their retaliation during many months to a most sluggish and pacific naval demonstration ? PRUSSIA. The German Journal of Frankfort says :—" The Russian Ambassador at Weimar having complained to the Ministry of the anti-Russian tendencies of the Weimar Gazette, received for answer that the Gazette was in its anti-Russian tendencies the ex pression of the opinion of the country, and that he had a right to use it as an organ." FRANCE. An Imperial decree, published in the Moniteur this day (Thursday), calls into active service, on land and afloat, 80,000 men, from the 140,000 of the class of 1853. Prince Napoleon arrived at Syra on the 25th, and set out again the same day for Constantinople. The Roland had been obliged by boisterous wea ther to put in at Zante. News has reached Paris to the effect that the Greek insur ents have sustained an important de feat between Prevesa and Janina. This confirms the statement telegraphed from Vienna, and which appeared in our edition yesterday. It is again positively stated that the French con tingent to the army of the East will amount to 100,000 men. It appears that the orders given by the Emperor of Russia were, that the Russian army the moment it entered the Dobrudscha was to march on without delay to Shumla, and strike a blow be fore the allies could come up. It had not been an ticipated that the Turks could arrest their progress. It is said that the French Government has it in contemplation to establish a camp of 60,000 men near Boulogne, with a view to an expedition to the Baltic if required ; and as another indication of their resolve to carry on the war in a manner be coming a great nation, it is the intention to propose to the Chambers, a few days previous to their pro rogation, a demand for authorisation to raise another loan of 250,000,000, in case circumstances require. The new manifesto of the Emperor of Russia, given by the Moniteur of this morning, has created no surprise here ; but it is considered as likely still further to rouse the religious exultation of the Russian fanatics, and thus add to the difficulty of restoring peace. The preparations for the trial of M. de Monta lembert are still proceeding, but the day is not yet fixed. Since the vote of the Legislative Corps, au thorising the law authorities to prosecute, M. de Montalembert has absented himself from the sit tings of the Assembly. It is reported that the Bank of France is on the eve of raisinc , the interest on discounts to 5 A per cent., and that the measure will probably appear to-day. The Emperor and Empress are to take up their residence for the summer at the Palace of St. Cloud, on the 20th of May, but if the weather should be favourable, they propose going next week to pass a few days at Fontainebleau. On the sth the Emperor is to give a ball in honour of the birthday of the Empress, who was born on sth of May, 1826. The French troops had not arrived at Constan tinople on the 24th April. The Moniteur has the following on the last manifesto of the Czar :—" The Emperor Nicholas has just addressed to Russia a new manifesto, on the occasion of the declaration of war by France and Great Britain. This Sovereign persists in cast ing on the two maritime powers the initiative of th difference which now disturbs the peace of Europe—it is they whom he accuses of dissimula tion and violence. The Emperor of Russia repeats also that he pursues a sacred object, that he com bats for the Christian faith, and that his policy is free from all wordly interest. He adds that Pro vidence is with him. Governments and nations have, however, already passed their judgment on the designs which thus cover themselves with the cloak of justice, and we have full confidence in that which it now belongs to God to pronounce." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. contain no news of interest. The birthday of Queen Chris tina had been celebrated with the usual pomp— salutes of artillery, parades of troops, and illumi nations—on the preceding day. A grand recep tion was also held on the occasion by Queen Isabella at the Palace, and was attended by all the corps diplomatique. A letter notices that at this ceremony the Minister of the United States wore a " black velvet coat embroidered with black silk" ; and it says that its " elegant simplicity" attracted general attention and produced a striking effect amidst the brilliant uniforms by which it was sur rounded. The same letter complains that litho graphic sheets containing libels on the public and private life of several official personages were in circulation. It adds that Lord Howden had given 2,000 reals to the Charitable Society of Seville. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) ;hr. I Paid.' BRITISEI RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. i 100 7il all 2 118. E ;5 30 >t. 100 ;t. 100 il) all 0 all 0 all 0 12 . 0 6 i() 1 4f3 5 all all :5 all . 8 all ;0 all ;t. all Business done this day. 23 1 Agua Ftia HAnglo Austrin. Gold 'Anglo Californian Australasian Australian 11 1) 1 d 1 2 10 A - 6 - 8 Australian Cordillera AuStralian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaonarvou Ir. & Coal {iiritish Austria. Gold British Iron all 13.5 24? e Brazi4anlmp.(issned at £5 pm Do. Cocaos & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold all 15 i 4 Copiapo Copper MM. of Lug Do. Pref. 7 p. cent English and Austrin, Copper Smeltg. Co General 531 i 864 7 120 Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Livares Lond.&Californ.Gold 1 Quartz Crush. Co. Mariquita, . Aexijan&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt I Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba south Australian rin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba 4 5 2 29 —3l d 39 41 10 —l2 50 60xd 2 4 u li - 2i *i = i* 1 - 16 i - $ 10 - 11 73 2i $ 5a 6ai 6 - i 12 x 2i 2 15 17 nom 29 31 8 —lO 3 4 6O I i THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1884. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday night.—By the Pen insular and Oriental Company's steamer Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, we have dates from Gibraltar to the 25th, Cadiz 26th, Lisbon 29th, Oporto and Vigo 30th ult. The Madrid brings on freight specie value 2,0601., 3101 chests of oranges, and sundry cargo. Among the passengers is Senor Noronha, Portu guese Minister to St. Petersburg. At Gibraltar exchange on London was quoted 51i ; pillared dollars, 42 pm. The screw-steamer Melita, with Brigadier-Gene ral Sir C. Campbell and a detachment of the 19th Foot, left Gibraltar on the 25th ult. for Malta and Gallipoli. The transport-ship Colgrain, No. 12, and the steamer Euxine, with warlike stores, from Ports mouth, arrived at Gibraltar on the 23d, and pro ceeded to the East. The steamer Rajah, with coals for the fleet, arrived on the 21st, and proceeded to Constanti nople. When the Madrid left Lisbon the Portuguese ships of war were gaily decorated with flags, and a levee was to be held at the palace in honour of the anniversary of the Constitutional Charter. The Lisbon exchanges for London :—Bills at three months were quoted 54i- to with very little doing. For the continent little paper offered, at 529 on Paris ; Amsterdam, 421 ; Hamburgh, 471 ; and Genoa, 525 ; Portuguese Three per Cents. were in demand at 341 to 36. Lisbon letters of the 29th give no poiitical news. Their Majesties had returned from Santarem very well pleased with the cordial reception given to them by the people. There was no truth in a report spread in Lisbon regarding the recall of the Portuguese Minister Itiom London. The recent rains in Portugal, which so much im proved the harvest prospects, had been accompanied by the reappearance of grape disease in the neigh bourhood of Lisbon as well as in the Douro. The Committee of Deputies have made a report generally approving the budget, and it had been ordered to be discussed ; a report had also been made favourable to the coinage, and the regulation of the relative value of the gold and silverourrency upon the same basis as in England. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, M AY 2.—The new Minister of the Finances has withdrawn his project of conversion in consequence of the political complication of the moment. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS ON BOARD HER MA JESTY'S SHIP CROCODILE, OFF THE TOWER.—The 18 Finish-Russian seamen, portions and Carlos, of the crews of the captured Russian ship s, which have been brought u river and taken into the L on hondoonardaniciler Majesty's Wes t Pthe Ka maschatkalndia Docks, continue prisoners the Tower Quay. The men think very little of the th t? Ma Czar, and have expressed their readiness t jesty's service. Measures are being taken° j to ship s on board merchan t shi p s boun d to Australia, India, themor on any long voyag e where the y ma y be far away the seat of war. The y ap p ear hardy and active ' youngfmin fellows, and are described as being ver y smart sailor s According to the pres ent rate of wa g es in t he port of London, the men will be entitled to an advance suffi cient to equip them for the new service. THE RUSSIANS IN THE PACIFIC.—The Plymouth Mail says " Letters have been received froie the Amphitrite, 24, Captain Charles Frederick, dated Panama, April 6—all well. Intelligence had reached them that a Russian, 50 gun-frigate, said to be the Aurora, was at Valparaiso, which the Amphitrite was about to look after ; and it was spoken confidently, that as her guns were 68-pounders, while the Russian's were said to be only 24's, though having great advantage in numbers, she would be able to give a good account of the Russian." 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SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Himalaya, Captain A. Kellock, arrived here at noon to day from Malta and Constantinople, having left the former island at 1 p.m. on the 23d ult. The whole voyage has been performed with the propelling power of only one engine. The Himalaya brings 163 passengers, among whom are Captain Broughton, R.E., from China; Drs. Inglis and Eatwell and families, from Calcutta ; Lady and Miss Reid, from Malta ; and about 50 young naval offi cers, proceeding from Admiral Dundas's squadron to join Sir C. Napier's fleet in the Baltic. She also brings 23 non-commissioned officers, selected from different re giments, who are sent home to drill and prepare recruits for foreign service. Her cargo is what she discharged at Malta when she took the 33d and 41st Regiments to Scutari ; and reshipped on her return. It consists of 423 bales of silk, 20 cases of torahs, 1 ditto of shawls, 1,017 bales of flax, 357 tembrils of gum, 9 bales of to bacco, 3 barrels of elephants' teeth, 18 casks of mother o'-pearl, 83 do. dates, 2 bales drugs, 24 palm trees for the Sydenham Palace, and 148 packages sundries. She exchanged colours and signals with the following ships :—April 23, screw-steamer Army and Navy, ap proaching Malta ; 24th, off Cape Bon, a brig showing second distinguishing pendant No. 5,923 ; and, 230 miles north-west of Malta, transports Nos. 10 and 11, a _1 steering for the island ; 2Sth, off Cape St. Vincent, brig Mary and Anne, from Portsmouth, all well ; at 2 p.m. on the 30th, 15 miles south of Cape Finisterre, steamer (supposed) Iberia, steering for Vigo. The Himalaya did not touch at Gibraltar, but passed that garrison at 10 p m. on the 27th ult. Since leaving Malta, the Himalaya has experienced generallyfine weather, and with oneengine has performed the distance (2,150 miles) in 9 days 20 hours under steam, giving an average speed of 9f knots, which result bas more than realised the expectations which were formed of her probable rate by the surveying engineer and others at Malta. Much credit is due to her chief engineer, Mr. Gray, and his assistants, as also to Mr. Carman, from Messrs. Penn's establishment, for the care they have taken, and for the successful result of the voyage. Between noon of the 26th and noon of the 27th ult. she ran, with a strong Levanter in her favour, 315 nautical square miles by observation, equal to 13 knots average and three miles over, clearly showing what speed may be obtained, with very small power, by a long and well-proportioned vessel. Across the Bay of Biscay she met some strong N.B. winds for a few hours, and then lresh S.W. breezes and rain, with a heavy N.W. swell, during which she made 10 and 11i knots. In the channel heavy rain, with light westerly wind and clear weather. We believe it had previously been considered very doubtful whether the machinery of the Himalaya's peculiar construction was capable of being worked with only one engine available ; the result, how ever of this trip has clearly proved that such is the case, and we understand that it will take only a few days to put her again in her previously efficient and serviceable state. She is to be employed in all probability in con veying a cavalry regiment to the East. A HINT TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCIIEQUER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, acting lately on his own judgment, has been right in theory but wrong in practice. He has acted correctly with reference to the general laws which regulate the value of money, but has not calculated the disturbing causes, which might have been foreseen by a practical man. These disturb ing causes have been a bad harvest and war, each causing an efflux of gold to pay for corn and for our naval and military forces in foreign countries. Let him now take a leaf out of the book of a man who in all thing:, even in finance, has exceeded the expectations for►ned of him —who, if not harmless as a dove, has at least been wise as a serpent —the Emperor of the French. A Three and•a-Half per Cent. Loan on Exchequer Bonds at par, with a subscription list in every county in England, open to sums as low as the late French loan, would be filled up directly by the class who subscribed ten millions in France, and who are now in England satisfied with less than three per cent. in our savings banks.—Your obe dient servant, J. E. W. Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall-mall, May 4. CIVIC REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The Royal Commissioners having made their report to the Queen, and handed it to the Home Secretary, its early - presentation to the Hoise of Commons and conse quent publication may be, not unreasonably, expected. Meanwhile intense anxiety prevails in the city as to its general nature, and the particular character of the reforms it may propound. May I, therefore, be permitted the use of your valuable columns to state, in anticipation of the official report, what I know from unquestionable authority of its more prominent recommendations? It advocates :- 1. The recognition of a 101. occupancy as the qualification of a citizen. 2. The equalisation of the wards, and their reduction from 25 to a number not less than 12 nor more than 16. 3. The election by the citizens of each ward of an alder man and five councilmen. 4. The election of aldermen for six years, instead of, as now, for life. 5. The abolition of the Court of Common Hall. 6. The eligibility of all citizens to the offioe of mayor. 7. The election of mayor by the Court of Common Council. 8. The extinction of the city coal dues in 1562, when the act granting them expires, and to which period they are supposed to have been mortgaged. 9. The abolition of street tolls, corn, fruit, and oyster metages, fellowship porterage, and generally of all excep tional tolls, dues, and impositions, and of all municipal monopolies. 10. The just consideration of vested interests. 11. The economical remuneration of civic officers. 12. The withdrawal of the conservancy of the Thames from the corporation. 13. The continuance of the magisterial functions of the aldermen, and the optional power of appointing stipendiary magistrates. ake leave to add that such a report reflects great credit on her Majesty's Commissioners, realises the expectations of all who had confidence in their high character and integrity, and throws the onus of good local self-government upon the enfranchised constituency of the city of London. May the Ministry and the Legislature give speedy effect to the patriotic recommendations of the Royal Commis sioners I hays the honour to be, Sir, your obliged servant, JAMES ACLAND, Secretary. Offices of the City of London Municipal Reform Association, 27, Milk-street, May 3. VALOUR UNDER DIFFICULTIES. ( Front Punch. ) March, march, pipeclayed and belted in, That is to say, you must march in good order ; March, march, broiling sun melted in, Stocks all so tight that on choking you border; Martinet's anger dread, If you can turn your head, Martinet, stubborn as any old Tory; Shave, and make ready then, Half-strangled Englishmen, March on, as well as you're able, to glory THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.- -Orders have been re ceived at Southampton that the Admiralty agents in the Mediterranean will be employed in the transport service, and that the mails will be under the charge of the commanders of the mail packets. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. —The puke of Newcastle has a ppointed Mr. George Ferguson Bowen, Fellow of Drasenose College, Oxford, permanent secretary to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, in the room of Sir John Fraser, R.C.M.G., who is about to retire on his pension, after 20 years service in that capa- city. INVITATION TO THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—At their meeting on Wednesday, the Manchester City Council directed the Mayor to i nvite the British . Associati on t o visit that city again at an early period. RAILITATB. Aberdeen.. A.lnbg Nottug. Bost and Eastn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Birmiug. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Juuct Do. Chesil. di Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... •• Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester di Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass , Cornwall Crieff Junction Dubliu&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen JUlliitiOD. ..... Do. New East Anglian.... Do., (£lB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Ds., B. Stock Do., New A..... East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dundeel Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock. Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern 'Lancaster & Carlisle' Do Thirds 'Do. New Thirds Leaucash.audYorksh Do., Fifths ID 3. Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 'Loud. and N. Westu. Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London and S. Westu Do., £SU Do., £4O tLndudrry& Coleraine Ludndrry. & Ennisk. Nianch.Shef.& Linelu Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Jo. Birning. & Derby G. West.(lrs.) 00. Half Shares N ewcastle & Carlisle ,Newinarket 'Do., Bury Extensiou. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint i and Bostrevor Norfolk . Northn.Counties North British North Devou, No. 1 [Do., No. 2 I . Do., i i A Deferred Dn., t i B Guaranteed North Lomlon Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City .In. • North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth ~Seottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Si Shrewsby. & Berefd ihrewsby. & Chaste, (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves,. 4. Do. Oswestry Shropshire 'Onion Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do.. Staines, Wok. &Wok' Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Valo Os. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Maples Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West Loudon Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastu. June. Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Serip .:.,'eutral of Italy Charleroi & Erqueliu Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junet. of France Grd. Trunk of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of Franc , Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is. y 57 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Prof Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref , Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Adediterran. \ladras Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (witl interest) - Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds (finy.B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds . ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourp ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Dau!gb Royal Swec:', l l Sambre and Meuse Do. 5. p. cent. Pre Southern of France_ St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West I! 'Auden Do 54 per c. 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SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS Champagne Scythian Two ran. LATEST BETTING. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 on Virago (taken). 4to 1 agst Meteora. 10 to 1 agst Honeysuckle (taken). CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Baalbec. 20 to 1 agst Domino. 50 to 1 agst Epaminondas. 50 to 1 agst Cobnut (taken). DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Neville. 25 to 1 agst Hermit. 35 to 1 agst Trapper. OAKS. sto 1 agst Meteora. 12 to 1 agst Honeysuckle (taken). RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending April 29, 1854 £11,845 1 6 Corresponding week last year 9,890 6 7 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 181,029 17 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 152,000 0 5 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 23, 1854 £18,042 17 9 Corresponding week last year 15,407 0 1 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 30, 1854 £4,390 7 7 Corresponding week last year 3,659 15 11 Increase in 1854 £73o 11 8 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 30, 1854 £3,022 17 6A Corresponding week last year 2,770 16 5i CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 29, 1854 £177 6 9 Corresponding week last year 172 7 2 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 4, 1854, made up from the Returns of the In. pectors in the different Cities and Towns la England and Wale?, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BALLET. I OATS. 1 RTE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. 79‘ 5.1 37s 31: 2Bs 91 633 Od 46s 74 43s 6d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. , BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. 77s hd 1 3.3 4d 27s 6d 513 9d 45s 5d 44s 5d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAL 18 Od Is Od is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 64,590; Bar'ey, 30,600; Oats, 20,220; Rye, 6 ; Beane, 6,606; rva4, 1,126 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 51 Os ; clover ditto, 31 15s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 11 16s to 21 2s per load. A moderato supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 31 15s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1118 s to 214 s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to Si N; clover ditto, 31 15s to 61 6s ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 2s per load. Trade steady. MEAT MARKETS. NEwGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market to-day, at very full prices- Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 38 4d to 48 6d ; Lamb, Gs 4d to 6s 10d; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Pork, 38 4d to 4.8 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 3.—The supplies of fat stock here to-day were tolerably good, yet the trade ruled firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 38 6d to 53 0,l ; Lamb, 6s Od to Gs 10d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 38 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, May 3.—Our market is very firm, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 4.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W.; light, pleasant breeze, and fino weather. PLYMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Port Philip, for Geelong. TORBAY, May 3.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Coriuthia , for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, W. to S.S.W. Arrived —H.M.S. Fox, and sailed for the Downs. Sailed—H.M.S. Tyne, Gladiator, and Stromboli, all for the Baltic ; Gefion, for Elsinore, having been liberated. FALMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Arab , from Porto Rico ; North Britain, from Southampton, for Quebec. —The Black Hawk (American ship), from Liver pool, for New York, with 800 passengers, was totally dis masted. April 17 ; 128 passengers (three of whom have since died) wore taken out on the 20th, in lat. 47 N., 35 W., by the Caroline (barque), of and from Poole, for Que bec, arrived here to-day. The Good Intent, of Fowey, the Diriga. of New York, and another American ship, were taking off the remainder when the Caroline bore away for tke Channel, and it was supposed that the whole would be saved. SUNDERLAND, May 3.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Clara, for Ceylon ; Forster, Newhaven, U.S. ; Thirteen, Quebec ; Cockermouth Castle, do. SHIELDS, May 3.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed —Safeguard, for Quebec SWANSEA, May 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Bentinck, from Valparaiso ; Countess of Bective, St. Jago de Cuba. QUEENSTOWN, May 2.—The Lizzie Lord, from Cardenas, has arrived leaky, Rte. The Antoinette, of Genoa, from Buenos Ayres to Southampton, was abandoned in. lat. 18 N., 52 W., her cargo of bones having set fire to the -vessel ; crew taken off by the Emigrant, arrived off here. The Bullfinch, hence to Quebec, has put back leaky, after being 21 days out, with main mizenmasts cut away, amid boats stove. TuiEsrE, May 3.—The Mount Washington (American barque), from New Orleans, was stranded off Pola„ on the Ist inst., in a dangerous position, and was full of water. GIBRALTAR, April 25.—The Tiber (s), from Palermo to Liverpool, put in hero on the 18th inst., with rnain-shaft broken, and will proceed under sails. The Gibraltar, from Malaga to New York, has put back to this port leaky, and with damage, and part of cargo thrown overboard. PIILE US, April 20.—The Harriet, from Newcastle to Valencia and Constantinople, was found on a reef off the Island of Andros, on the 15th inst. ; supposed to have been Plundered by pirates, and the master and crew murdered, or else that the crew had risen against the master. Fl.M.'s steamer Triton has gone to take possession of the veesel. YCK-ON-JOHR, April 29.—The schooner Eagh I, from Bo'ness to Haneburg, was stranded last night b etween Nordervoaeg and Sudervog, and now lies in 12 ft. of 'water. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH-) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.56 :a.m. Wind W.S.W. light, and fine ; tide three quarters ebb. Arrived—Glaphyra, from St. Kitt's ; Acorn, Guei .nsey ; South Carolina, Cuba ; Kangaroo (9.) Marlingen ; F lecha, Ghent ; Elbe, Hamburg ; Baron Osy, Antwerp; E zrl of Auckland, Rotterdam. Sailed—Paris and London, for Antwerp ; Joliff, Calais ; Admiral, Antwerp. DEAL, Thursday, 9.16 a sm. Wind S., light, and fine. Passed—No. 42 Transport, from London, for 3 folta ; Her Majesty's steamer Miranda, to tho wostwa rd, 1 a.m. Sailed—Lady McNaghten, for Malta ; Helen Baird, for Sydney ; French war ship Sage, for the Baltic. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN FOR QUEENHITHE WARD. Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a wardmote, at the Church of St. Michael, Queenhithe, for the election of an Alderman in the room of Mr. Hooper, deceased.. The candidates were Mr. Cron, the late Sheriff, and Mr. :Rose, a member of the Court of Common Council and an inhabitant of the ward. The numbers, upon the f daow of hands, were declared to be in favour of Mr. R ',ose, whereupon a poll was demanded upon the part of Mr. Crol/. EXCHEQUER BONDS. The first positive announcement yesterday morning regarding the result of the proposals for the 6,000,000/. of Exchequer Bonds was in the shape of a notice from the Treasury, that the required amount of the series of 2,000,0001. had not been subscribed, and that applica tions would be received at the Bank from persons desirous of taking at the minimum, price of WI the balance that remained of that portion. The precise amount of the tenders that had been accepted was not stated, but it was known to be moderate even for the first series, while for the two remaining series of 2,000,0001. each, maturing respectively in five and six years, it was very small. Immediately, however, on the notification of the price at which the remainder of the first series could be obtained a considerable desire to subscribe was mani fested both by capitalists and the public generally ; and, although the books were open only for a short period, it was ultimately believed that nearly the whole of the 2,000,0001. had been taken, and the certainty appeared to be entertained that shortly after 10 o'clock this morn ing, when they will be re-opened, the total will be com pleted. The point remains to be ascertained if, upon the com pletion of the first series, the additional 4,000,0001. will be put forward in a similar manner by the announce ment of a minimum, price, and it would have been ex pedient if this information had been given to-day. As it is unlikely that any E xc h equer bil ls will be sent in for the 2,000,0001. now in course of subscripti on , and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer will consequently receive cash to that extent, doubt is expressed in some quarters as to any further sums being intended to be raised at present. Others are disposed to anticipate that the original 2,000,0001. may, perhaps, be augmented to 3 000 000/ . and that this will be deemed sufficient. With regard to the security itself becoming appreciated according to its actual convenience and value, the prospects i n it s f avour wo uld be increased instead of diminished by the issue of the full amount originally contemplated, so as to make them more familiar. It is said that among the offers received the lowest was at 93 and the highest at 1001. The absence of sub scribers, therefore, does not appear to be attributable to any material difference between the views of capitalists and those of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as regards terms, but rather from inaptitude or dislike on the part of the public to enter into affairs of this sort by the method of secret tender. This conclusion, indeed, is established by the readiness with which subscriptions were sent in as soon as the minimum , price, which makes the rate of interest equal to four per cent., was openly made known, and hence every unsatisfactory feature of the affair is explained and removed. Early in the day there was a disposition on the part of those who have been engaged in speculative sales of stock to congratulate themselves on the public misfortune of the loan having failed. When, however, it seemed to become evident that the public were really willing to subscribe at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's price, and had simply abstained from fixing that price for themselves, because each individual was averse to the risk of finding his estimate higher than that of his neighbours, it was seen that these gloomy assumptions were premature, and Consols, which had fallen consider ably on the appearance of the Treasury announcement, experienced at once a favoui able reaction. Subjoined is the Treasury notice : "The First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer hereby give notice, that subscriptions will be received daily at the Bank of England, between the hours of ten a.m, and two p.m., up to and including the Bth May instant, until such subscriptions shall com plete the specified sum of 2,000,0001., from such persons as shall be desirous of subscribing at the reserved sealed price which has been fixed for such Bonds—that is, at 981. 15s. for each 1001. of such Bonds, for the Exchequer Bonds described in the notice of 21st April as Bonds A, payable at par Bth May, 1858, subject to the conditions as to the payment of the deposit and the instalments which are set forth in the notice of 21st April above re ferred to. " Downing-street, 2d May, 1854." The fow subscribers to the series B and C whose ten ders had been accepted are understood to have availed themselves of an option to transfer their subscriptions to series A. Among the parties by whom large sums were taken at the Bank this afternoon were the South Sea Company for 500,00 01.—Times City Article. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MAY 3. CRIMINAL CONVERSATION BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and ques• tion proposed, "That the bill be row read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months." Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question.' The house divided—Ayes 49, Noes 121. AYES-49. Anderson, Sir J. Fitz Gerald, J. Otway, A. Ball, J. French F. Pechell, Sir G. Beamish, F. Goderich, Viscount Pell At, A. Bell, J. Goo'd, W. Pollard-Urquhart IV. Biggs, W. Greville, Colonel F. Ricardo, J. !Hackett, J. F. 11. Hadfield, George Scully, F. Bland, L. H. Henchy, D. Scully, V. Brady, J. Howard, Hon. C. Swift, H. Bruce, H. A. Hutt, W. Thicknesse, H. Cecil, Lord Kennedy; T. Vansittart, G. Cobden, R. Lucas. F. Vivian, H. H. Cogan, W. H. F. MacMahon, P. Walmsley, sir J. Craufurd, E. H.J. Maguire, J. F. Wilkinson, W. Drummond, H. O'Brien, P. Duncan, G. O'Brien, Sir T. Ewart, W. O'Brian, C. Ferguson, J. O'Connell, D. Fitzgcrald,Lt.-G.SirJ. O'Connell, J. TELLERS. Bowyer. G. Seymour. W. NOES-121. Alexander, J. Goddard, A. Morris, D. Annesley, Earl of Goodman, Sir G. Ifuni-gs, J. Krkwright, G. Goulburn, li. Mundy, W. Bailey, C. Greeliall, Gilbert Oakes, J. Baird, J. Grey, R. Oliveira, B. Ball, E. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Palk, L. Bass, M. Gwyn, Howe' Phinn, T. Beach, Sir H. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pilkington, J. Beckett, W. Hawkins, W. Pugh, D. Bernard, Vist. Ileathcote, Sir G. Richardson, J. Bouverie, lion. E. P. Ileathcote, G. Russell, F. C. Brockman, E. D. Henley, J. radars, G. Brotherton, J. Hervey, Lord A. Sc Sa obell, Capt. G. Brown, 11. lieyworth, L. Seymour, If. crown W. Ililyard, It. C. Seymour, Lord Buck. L. W. Hindtey, C. Shafto, R. lurke, Sir T. Hume, W. Stafford, A. Chambers, M. Jermyn, Rt. Ha. Earl Stanley, W. Child, Smith Jones, D. Starkie, Le G. Colibett, J. M. Kendall, N. Thompson, G. Cockb..rn, Sir A. J. E. Keogh, W. Thornhill, W. Codrington, Sir C. W. Kerrison, Sir E. Tollemache, J. Collier, R. P. Kershaw, J. Tyler, Slr G. Coote, Sir C. H. Knight, F. Vance, J. Cowper, W. F. Langston, J. H. Vivian, J. 11. Davies, D. A. S. Langton, H. G. Watkins, Col. Duckworth, Sir J. T. Langton, W. H. P. G. Whiteside, J. Duncombe, f. Laslett, W. Wickham, H. Duncombe, Hon. A. Liddell, 11. G. Williams, W. Dunlop, A. Liddell, H. T. Winnington, Sir T. Dunne, Lt.-Col F. Luce T. Wise, A. Egerton E. Macartney, G. Woodd, B. Farnham, E. MacGregor Jas. Wyndham, Lt.-Gen. Farrer, J. Maddock, Sir T. H. Wyndham, H. Fergus. J. Marshall, W. Wyndham, W. Fitzroy, lion. H. Massey, W. Wynne, W. Foley, J. Milligan, R. Young, Sir J. Forster J. Mills, T. Freestun, Col. Milner, W. Fuller, A. Michell, Dr. W. George, J. Dionck, Viscount Hayter, W. Gladstone, Capt. J. Moody, C. Berkeley, G. TELLERS. DECLARATIONS BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put. " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided — Ayes 37, Noes 136. AYES-37. Anderson, Sir J. II eyworth, L. Barnes, T llindley, C. Bell, J. Iloward, C. Biggs, W.' Lang ton, H. G. Brotherton, J. Macguire, J. Cobden, It. Milligan, R. Craufurd, E. IL J. O'Brien, P. Crook, J. O'Brien, Sir T. Crossley, F, O'Brien, C. l)uncombe, T. O'Connell, D. Ewart, W. O'Connell, J. Ferguson, J. Pechell, Slr G. Fitzgerald, Lt-G.sir J. Pilkingion, J. Peilatt, A. Greville, Col. F. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Hadfield, G. Richardson, J. Scobell, Capt. a. Scilly, F. Scally, V. Seymour, W. Tbicknesse, K. Thornely, T. Walmsley, Sir J. Wilkinson. W. NOES-136. TELLERS. Adderley, C. Fuller A. Morris, D. Alexander, J. George, J. Mullings, J. Annesley, Earl of Gladstone, Capt. J. Naas, Lord Arkwright, G. Goddard, A. Newdegate, C. Baird, J. Goderich, Viscount. Oakes, J. Ball, E. Goodman. Sir G. Oliveira, B. Ball, J. Greenall, G. Palk, L. Bass, T. Greene. Thomas Patten, J. Beach, Sir M. Grey, It, PhiMinor°, R. S. Beamish, F. Gwyn, H. rhino, T. Beckett, W. Hall, Sir B. P or tman, W. Bernard, Vis. Hamil t on , G. A. ' , ugh D. C Biddulph, Col. R. M. Hankey, T. Russe ' ll, F. C. M R us sell, F. W. Blair, Col. J. IL Hastie, Archd. Sandars, G. Bland, L. 11. Hawkins, W. Sawle R. , C. Blandford, Marquis of Hear d, J. Shafto Boldero, Col. H. G. H ea thcoat, Sir G. Sibthorp, Col. Bonham-Carter, J. lleneage, Geo. F. Smijth, Sir W. Bowyer, G. Henley, Lordßemy, A. Stafford, A. Brown, H. Brown, W. Ho tham, Lord Stan Starlie ley . , W. G. Buck, L. W. Butt, W. Le Strutt E. Jolliffe, Sir W. Burke, Sir T. Jones, Capt. T. Stuart, H. Cecil, Lord R. Jones, D. Thompson, Cl. Chambers, Al- K ea ting, 11. Tyler, Sir G. Chaplin, W. Kendall, N. Vance, J. Child, Smith Coc kburn, Sir A. J. E. Keogh, W. Vane, Lord A. Knatchbull, W. Cocks, T. S. Vansittart, G. Codrington, Sir C. W Knight, F. Vivian, H. 11. Cogan, W. H. F. Lafian, Cap t. E. Watkins, Col. Jollier, It. P. Langston, J. H. Whiteside, J. Cowper, W'. F. Langton, W. H. P. , 1 Wickham, H. W. Davies, D. A. S. Laslett, W. Williams, W. Drummond, H. Liddell, H. G. Willoughby, Sir H. Duckworth, Sir J. T. Lockhart, A. E. Winnington, Sir T. Duff, G. Loveden, P. Wise, A B W. Dull, J. Lowe, R. Woodd D u ncombe, Hon. A. Luce, T. ,B. Wyndham . Gen. Dunne, Col. Macartney, G. , Wyndham, W E g erton E. M acgregor, JIM Wynne, W. Farnham, E. M acMahon, P. Young, Sir J. Farrer, J. Marshall, W. Eitzroy, Hon. H. Mills, T. Foley, J. M ichell, W. Freestun, Col. W. M onck, Viscount French, F. Moody, C. TELLEILS. IThyter, W. Berkeley, G. COLONIAL CHURCH ASID SCHOOL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this societ:r was held last night in the Free masons' Tavern. The' Marquis of Cholmondeley occu pied the chair. From the report it appeared that the income of the society auring the past year.amounted to 12,1111. 155., which v ras an increase of 2,9401. over the preceding year. The report gave a gratifying account of the labours of the sc iciety's agents in our colonies. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Sierra Leone moved the adoption of the report,. and made a powerful appeal in behalf of the society. The motion was seconded by the t Rev. Canon Stowell, ( if Manchester , and adopted ; and the meeting was subrsequently addressed by he Rev. Canon Millar, of Birm Ingham, the Rev. Messrs. Nolan and Hamilton, and otl ter clergymen. A vote of thanks to the Marquis of Chol mondeley for his conduct in the i chair terminated the p roccedinge. A DESPATCH FROM ADMIRALDUNIJAS. THE RUSSIANS AND THEIR FORTS IN CIRCA SSIA. We give the following copy of the return to an order of the House of Lords, dated Ist May, 1854, for report by Vice-Admiral Dundas of the visit of her Majesty's steam-frigate Sampson and the French frigate Cacique to the coasts of Georgia and Circassia. The coasts of Georgia and Circassia having been reconnoitred by the Sampson and Cacique. :NO. 115. )-VICE-ADMIRAL DLNDAS TO THE SECRETARY Pr THE ADMIRALTY. Britannia, in Beicos-bay, March 20, 1854. Sir,—l beg to transmit, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty copies of letters and enclosures I have received from Captain Jones of the Sampson, who was detached, with the French steam-fri gate Cacique, by Admiral Hamelin and myself, to the coasts of Georgia and Circassia, under orders, of which sr copy is enclosed. It was fortunate that the ships were running along the coasts at the time and saw several of the forts blown up and destroyed ; and, I am happy to add, the officers of the combined squadron that landed were re ceived by the Circassians with open arms.--I have, &o. (Signed) J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral. The Secretary of the Admiralty. Enclosure No. 1 in Mediterranean Letter No. 115 of 1854. VICE-ADMIRAL DIINDAS TO CAPTAIN JONES. By J. W. D. Dundas, Esq., &c., &c., &c. You are hereby required and directed to put to sea in company with the French steam-frigate Cacique, and, it conjunction with her, run along the coasts of Anatolia, Georgia,Circassia, and the Crimea, reconnoitring Sebas topol, and then returning to this anchorage. The object of this reconnoissance, in addition to the instructions you have already received from me for your general guidance, is to afford you an opportunity (as well as the officers who accompany you for this special purpose) of narrowly ob serving the Russian line of forts along the coasts of Georgia and Circassia, and the Crimea, together with the facilities of approaching them by sea and land. I need hardly point out to you that the performance of this duty, particularly at the present juncture, will require the most vigilant pre caution, and you are to be very careful to avoid incurring any damage to your machinery by approaching the Russian batteries, or a superior naval force. Given on board the Britannia, Beicos Bay, March 8, 1854. (Signed) J. W. D. DIINDAS. To Lewis T. Jones ' Esq., Captain of H.M.S. Sampson. By command of the Commander-in-Chief, (Signed) D. J. SIMPSON, Secretary. CAPTAIN .TONES TO VICE-ADMIRAL DIINDAS. H._ _M. S. Sampson, Boi Sir,—My general letter of cog proceedings,Bay, 19th enclo sures,MwitstrchhitslBs4. will be found i n sufficiented tail up to the evening of Wednesday, the 15th, w h en we finished the observations of the day at the Pass of Gagri, having made a reconnois sance of Coast of Georgia from Redout K a l e h t s tantine, a distance of 100 miles, and then in companyo Cape with the Cacique stopped for the night ; but the proceedings o t f the 16th call for a more special report. 1 6th March.—At dawn of day, being then abreast of Point Darka, lat. 43` ) 33', long. 39° 50', and about four miles off shore, shortly after getting in motion to proceed northward, and resume the reconnoissance of the coast, a small steamer was seen ahead, distant about seven miles, running along shore to the southward ; presently she stopped, and then put her head the other way, and proceeded with all speed to the northward. At nearly the same time the steam of four steamers was seen off Sotcha Bithe, and the vessels at 7 a.m. were clearly made out, and, with the assistance of Mr. Elcock, their character known. They are each of 750 tons, 160 horse-power, and with two short 68-pounders aft, and four carronades, one on each broadside forward, and one abaft. The first steamer seen now joined the other four. and placed himself close to the shore, the two most northerly weighed and shifted, apparently with the view of leaving the batteries clear, the -whole forming a line along shore with heads towards the beach, and prepared for action ; but from the hurried manner of shifting were in great confusion, and, had it been our intention to attack, were very assailable. The Fort of Narvaginshoe which com mands this anchorage, is well built, loop-h s iwall, with towers at each angle of the fort, mounting **out twenty guns altogether. The vessels being now in their own port, and under their batteries, it did not seem that we could make further demands upon them, but that all require ments were fulfilled ; and, therefore, having finished our reconnoissance of the place, and as these vessels, in fact, having, so far as returning to port, complied with any re quisitions I could make, I proceeded along shorn to the northward. At nine, observed a Russian transport at anchor off Fort Lazaret, with boats employed about her ; and, ten miles further ahead, another transport in tow of a steamer. As we approached Fort Golovin, observed it to be on fire in several places, and numbers of the country people employed carrying away plunder. As we came up abreast of the fort, the Circassians quitted the place; but as we passed on without molesting them, they returned 'to their work. 10.30, observed the Russian steamer, now about five miles a-head, to cast off the barque, and pro ceed with all speed for the fort of Viliamino, the barque making sail on the starboard tack to a breeze from the northward. 11.45 a.m., being alongside the transport, and abreast of Nohopse, stopped, and sent Lieutenant Robinson and Mr. Elcock to ascertain the character of the vessel, The name of the transport is Tototaii on her stern ; she is commanded by a lieutenant of the Russian navy ; had 150 troops on board, and bound for Gelenjik with the soldiers. He states that Golovin was garrisoned by 300 men, who were em barked by the Russian steamers at midnight of the 15th, and the fort was then destroyed ; that the names of four of the Russian steamers at Sotcha Bithe are Malrdemety, Crimea, Rersenesse, and Odessa, but that he does not know the name of the other steamer. The name of the steamer towing him is the Bogitz. 12.10. Observed a tremendous explosion at Fort Golovin, and shortly after another, apparently 10 or 12 miles south of it. 1.30 p.m. Passed Fort Viliamino, where the steamer Bogitz and two transports were at anchor, and busily employed trans shipping stores between themselves and. the shore • passed on, and at 5.30 p.m., running up to reconn oitre the Bay of Pschad and Fort Norvalrerski, the place was observed to be on fire, and the people of the country retiring inland as we approached. Made signal to Cacique—" Intend to anchor ;" and at 5.30 p.m. came to in 7 fathoms at about 1,500 yards from the shore. Captain Brock having volun teered to attempt communicating with the people of the country, I gave him a cutter, and he, with Mr. Elcock and Lieutenant Stanton, royal engineers, pulled rapidly in, and, by signs and waving of the flag, induced the people to come down to the beach. The country people rejoiced when it became known that we were friends, and by every demonstration of esteem and respect wel comed the English and French to the shore. It ap pears from the account of the chief that the Russians had abandoned the fortress the preceding day, and that the Cireassians set it on fire ; and the chief also states, that the Russians intend abandonding all their forts, excepting Soukhonni Kalek, Gelenjik, Soujah, and Auapa ; and this seems to be perfectly correct, from the fires and explosions we had previously seen. The captain of the Cacique deeming this news most highly important. and my views being perfectly in accordance with his, I determined to reconnoitre the three remaining forts on the coast of Circassia as early as possible the next day, and then forthwith proceed to join your flag, giving up Schaffa and Sevastopol, which must have detained us 24 hours. Accordingly, on 17th, Gelenjik, Soujah, and Anapa were reconnoitred. We then stretched across the entrance of the Straits of Kutech, passed within 6 miles of the light house of Takli, and then shaped course for the Bosph o ru s. At daylight of ? the 18th were off Cape Aitoder, with Ker sonese in sight. Reverting to tho proceedings of the 17th, after examining the fort of Gelenjik, and while running close along shore for Soujah, a strange steamer was seen ahead, distant 10 miles. He appeared to be about the size of the other five, but differently equipped ; the funnel very long, like some of our merchant screw-steamers, and close before the mainmast. As soon as he saw us, he stopped ; and when we had closed about six miles, he turned round, and with all speed proceeded back to Soujah Bay, from wh ence he came, and anchored under the walls of t he town ; and, a s nothing more could be extracted from him, we pursued the course for Anapa. The result of this exaaninatiou has discovered seven small Russian steamers and four transports em ployed organising the garrisons along the coast ; c a succes sion of extremely well built forts, most of which are pro soundings generally good, and d bably now destroyed ; a coast easily a g p o p o r d oa s c u h m ab na le e , r t a h n e . seavnedraPitsounda seem very ood supply of fresh water. c n h rn o m ra i g s e in s. g, a T n h d e c y h s of ha v P c a s a ch g a as wo passed the coast of Georgia h f the t r t ose o mas er of this aMuyd own c sss , observations , e th 0 ship, Mr.r Forbes, and.thoseof Lie .o uten l a f nt M'Arthur, R.M.A. are sent herewith in eir op o ina or anwill 1 afford a 'first view impression of this interesting coast; but the more elaborately finished reports of Captain Brock, 3e.N., and Lieutenant Stanton, R.E., will be sent to you direct, when ready, and will put you in possession of the ge.seral and minute features of the country and forts, the latter of which are new probably in ruins. The early in nce of this Russian mo vem e nt on the coast of Cir telli a,• telli will trust, be of sufficient importance to exone rate m,‘ in passing Schaffa and Sevastopol, all other places mention ed in your orders having been visited. —1 have, & c., (Signed) L. T. JONES, Captain. POLISH L VGION IN TURKEY.—The English Govern merit have se ut despatches to Constantinople advising the establishment of a Polish Legion in Turkey, to operate against the Czar. SOUTH AUSTRA LIA.— Advices have been received from Adelaide, South Australia, to the Bth February inclu sive. The condition of the port of Adelaide, and the want of sufficient dopth of water to enable vessels of large tonnage to come up to the wharves at any time, were attracting much attention and exciting discontent. A. rnoeting of shipmasters had been held on this subject. It was admitted that the sheet of water in itself was as good as could be desired, but that there were many drawbacks and inconveniences which retarded business. The evils complained of were attributed to the mis management of the local government. The meeting considered that two steam-tubs were indispensably necessary to keep pace with the increased amount of shipping arriving at the port. The colonists generally appear to consider the complaints of the shipmasters as reasonable and just. Flour was selling at 231. per ton, and wheat at 10s. 3d. to Bu 10s. 6d. per bush., exclu sive of ba g s and cartage. Burr: Burrs Mining Shares were steady at 1601. ; P r i t n . ce: a Royal, at 251. Money was worth 3to 10 r_ freehold property, and 10 to 20 per cent. yeas quoted leaseholds, small loans, &c. Victoria gold wa n London at 765., and Exchange at 745. Exchan fcoerntb.ilalseldatiti3oonadlafoyrs'evseigrhyt3Owdasayas, 1 Pregme.'owith 1 Per NECSSO,LL;ISOINODNAWTI.LIITThRisE day,ANN . a t ot Toz:er opT.AmritSlithllie.—AnSnlial:Eito; o th heere n , o h r a th vin w g it b h ee c n o ni als n , .tivdebrpoouonla, Smith, master, Eden, was China ; she has carried y into off the Ness by the William,herbo bowsprit riLto and part a fr t n af m o fr iv o ed m :i tacks on board, close hauled.the topgallant starboard a r ae p the Anna p r Wail steeling W.S.W., The William was running with the wind abaft por t tacks on board which , immediately the the be Anna perceived, w she put her helm hard don, but the velocity of the two vessels was such that before the Yes- Is could a nswer the helm the Anna was run into on the P e i) rt bow. She has sustained considerable injury, but We understand it is very likely she will be repaired at Sh eerness, and from what we can learn of the accident, th. 3re is every reason to believe that the greater portion of the blame is to be attributed to the William, who, no doubt, has received herself very considerable damage. The Anna belongs to Jones Palmer, of Liverpool, is abos .t 500 tons register, and is a teetotal ship.