The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-08 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, MA! 8, Will be performed NORMA.. Principal characters by Madame Caradori. and Madame Sedlatzek ; Signor Arnold!, and Signor Payee!. Followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Prices--Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 1..; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-street. THE tTEE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, MAY 8, Will be performed TOWN AND COUNTRY. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Chippendale, George Vandenhoff, and Buckstone ; bliss Featherstone and Miss Reynolds. After which, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled MR. IiUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CESTER-SQUARE), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone, Sir. W. Farren, Mr. Clark, Mr. J. Marshall, Mr. H. Marshall ; Mrs. Fltzvvilllam, Mrs. Canlneid, Miss E. Grey, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Laura Morris, and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CELLO= Ewe. THIS EVENING, MAT 8, Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and Murray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Bean and David Fisher ; Mrs. WinstanisT and Miss C. Leclercq. After which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters by Messrs. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Saker ; and Misses Murray and Daly. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAY 8, Will be performed TWO LOVES 4.2.1*D A LIFE. Supported by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh array, Benjamin Webster, Keeley, and O. M Emith ; Miss Woolgar ant Madame Celeste. Followed by THE IdOUSTACEIE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by mesers• 0. Smith, Keeley, and Parselle; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, THE OVERL kND JOURNEY TO CONSTANT fI NOPLE, AA UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WITH INTERESTING FAB fICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENLYG, MAT 8. Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. EI Waite, Leslie, and Vincent; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. mery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Al'croft—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Max 8, Will be performed NELL GWYNNE. The ZULU KAFIRS. as they appeared at St. George's Gallery. After which, SUMMER FLOWERS, in which the French Ballet Troupe will appear. THE THREE TURKISH RAZOR GRINDERS. Stalls, Ss.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, is. 64; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, 41 115.641.. to be had of Mr. Aileron. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, MAT 8, Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec tacle, embodying n rael and extraordinary effects (written by Mr. Nelson Lea), entitled A TALE OF THE SPANISH WAR; or, The Horse or the Wreck. Th 3 horses expressly trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE, intro ducing Miss Emily Cooke. 73011 e. Blanche, the celebrated Continental Artiste, on the TIGHT ROPE. T• conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE R HINE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. lIIGLI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TOT 4 DA —Morning 35 min.after 10 I Evening 10 rnin.sft. 11 To-Moßnow--Morning 37 min.aftez 11. Evening 0 min.aft... 0 ILL WEATHER.—Sum Orrrcx, MAY 7. THICHHOMETER, IN THE SHADIC. 59 -highest since noon yesterday. 48 --lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.64. WIND, W.S.W.—Fresh gale, with plenty of heavy send. Rain in the night. MAY 8. 67 highest since noon yesterday. 491—lowest this morning and during the night. 59—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.55—falling. WIND, S.W. to W.S.W.—Fresh breeze, with heavy clouds, and dull weather. AFTERNOON—Heavy showers and squally. t SuAi. LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1854. The venerable Prince CZARTORYSKI, the most illustrious living representative of the cause of Poland, has recently addressed his countryman at Paris, in a speech of a somewhat remarkable cha racter—an oration singularly well calculated to re-animate the half-expiring hopes of his compa triots throughout Christendom. The occasion selected for this timely harangue was that of an inspiring anniversary—the 3d of May—that day on which, in 1791, the Polish Constitution was first promulgated. Availing himself of the oppor tunity, Prince CZARTORYSKI commented, in be coming terms, upon the extraordinary and alto gether unparalleled peculiarity of the war which has just commenced. He reminded his hearers that it was no longer a war of con quest, but a war of principles. He observed, moreover, that the principles involved in the struggle, the principles which England and France, in common with Turkey and Egypt, have under taken to vindicate, are, of all of which humanity has cognisance, the purest and the holiest prin ciples. That this is really so, without the small est exaggeration in the implied panegyric, " who runs may read," in the official notifications accom panying the declaration of war, the notifications issued through the columns of the Gazette and of the Itionitear, by order of the Allied Governments. Nay, the magnanimity with which the Western Powers have undertaken the championship of the cause of Turkey, when assailed by the lawless ag gressions of her gigantic neighbour, and actually threatened thereby with speedy dismemberment, has since then been still more clearly displayed and yet more gloriously illustrated. Allusion is here made, of course, to the astonishing manner in which Odessa was bombarded: private property being scrupulously respected, and the guns of the allied frigates being directed solely against the Russian batteries. Directly these were dismantled, and the vessels of war anchored in their vicinity de stroyed, the war steamers of France and England were withdrawn so as to prevent any unnecessary bloodshed. It is, no doubt, altogether hopeless to expect that the contest with Russia can pos sibly be carried on throughout with the like leniency, and after a fashion so unprecedentedly amiable and gentlemanlike—particularly when the CZAR'S rather eccentric notion of the meaning of the " parole de gentleman" is borne in the public recollection. As with men so it is with nations, when fighting. They may comply with ring befor e th e be all the rules of the ginning of their encounter. They may shake hands before the first blow is struck, and the first blood drawn, but as the heat and excitement of the contention increase—it i s a miracle if there be not, sooner or later, an en d to this early equanimity. Temper is lost, per haps, by a foul blow, given it may be by acci dent. Nay, it may so happen that the mere dictates of self-preservation shall render it incum bent upon one or other of the combatants to abandon at last the gentler courtesies of the tournament. Nevertheless, as matters stand in the present instance, the contrast hitherto pre muted by the belligerents must be allowed to be as yet very considerably in favour of the allies of Turkey. Whereas Russia commenced insolently with the arrogant mission of her envoy, Prince MrsseurxoFF—France and England endeavoured from the first instant, and during twelve months afterwards, to conciliate by their diplomatic ameni ties, amenities demonstrating at once the amia bility of their Ambassadors and the hesitation of their Governments. Whereas, again, the first warlike achievement of Russia was one of the most atrocious on record in ancient or modern times, that won by tire a .llies of Turkey was distinguished from all previous ictories, as we have seen, by a tenderness towards the unoffending civilians with out any parallel iu the annals of civilisation. The policy of Russia, indeed, is fitly exemplified by the infamy associated with the mas sacre of Sinope. While the policy of England and France is becomingly displayed in the scrupu lous justice and the magnanimous bearing which pointed the guns of their frigates on the occasion of their memorable bombardment of Odessa. No wonder, com paring the cause undertak en by th e formidable n belligerents respectively —no wond er , ode r, contrasting the entrance of the Muscovite soldiers into Moldavia and Wallachia, with the pas sage of the combined fleets through the Dar danelles and the Bosphorus —no wonder, bearing in mind the language used by the Czar NICHOLAS, and that employed by QUEEN VIC TORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON—no wonder, with all this in his remembrance, that Prince CZARTORYSKI should, an the 3d instant, at Paris have pronounced a panegyric on the war of prin ciples adventured upon by France and England in defence not only of the rights of Turkey, but of the interests and the peace of Christendom. Regarding the lofty and noble character of the war undertaken against the Northern AUTOCRAT by the Western Governments, it can scarcely be surprising that the champion of Poland, that its most venerable and illustrious representative, should draw, from the rise of this dread struggle, the most encouraging auguries of the possible re vival of its independence. Hope still survives in the heart of the Prince CZARTORYSKI. It is still cherished in the bosoms of his heroio compatriots. It was by the Bard of Hope that the wrongs of Poland were lamented, long ago, the most touchingly amongst ourselves. In the midst of all the woes of Poland there is yet discoverable, in this manner and on all sides, an aggregation of propitious circumstances. It is thus how it has come to pass that Hope, as we have seen, has not yet been extinguished in the breasts of CZARTORYSKI and his scattered fel low-countrymen. May that divine Hope in the end, with the blessing of GOD, be realised ! It is the vision not only of Poland, but the day-dream of every gallant race in Christendom. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will require all his acknowledged eloquence and ingenuity to retrieve his damaged reputation as a financier — to restore the prestige once attached to the name of the favourite pupil of Sir ROBERT PEEL—the " smartest chap " in the " Ministry of all the Talents !" He comes this evening, for the third time within little more than two calendar months, to explain the financial position and prospects of the country, and to require the assent of the guardians of the public purse to the fiscal propo sitions which he considers indispensable for the maintenance of the national credit, the national honour, and the national safety in the just and necessary war on which we have entered. He does so while smarting under the mortification of one of the most remarkable financial failures ever encountered by a British Minister—a failure which cast greater discredit on the parties con cerned than any recorded in the annals of the United Kingdom. He comes to apologise for past blunders, to ask for the continued con fidence of the country iu one by whom it has been so grievously misled ; and, while doing so, ho will have to bear the onslaught of men of no ordinary powers, furnished with the mcst formidable weapons, and, what is still more pro voking, weapons provided by himself. It will, indeed, be difficult to reconcile the statements of the 6th of March and 11th of April with that which ho must offer for considera tion this evening. The Right Honourable Gen tleman is placed in a singularly unpleasant dilemma, on either horn whereof he must submit to be tossed. That he brought forward " a de luding estimate, and a deceptive budget," is too palpable to admit of argument, and the only question is, whether he did so through a gross and unpardonable ignorance,..or with theinteution of wilfully and deliberately deceiving the people. and obtaining an increased Income Tax under false and fraudulent pretences ! There is no other alter native, and it is indeed a painful and humiliating position for a person to be placed in who was once supposed to hold a permanent rank amongst statesmen—and of whose Parliamentary career the most sanguine anticipations had been formed —that the most charitable conjecture that can be fcrmed makes him guilty of a blunder for which a schoolboy in the fourth form would merit serious reproof, if not severe castigation. " Non meus hic sermo !" The accusation is not preferred by The &tn. It is merely taken from the GLADSTONE organ ! extracted from a journal which avowedly draws its inspiration from Down ing -street, if not from the Right Hon. Gentle man himself ; extracted, too, from an article -intended apparently as an elaborate vindication of the financial policy of the Coalition. "It is freely admitted," says the Times in its first leader of this day, "It is freely admitted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer now wants the cash which he disposed of last year in a financial experiment ; it is admitted that some of the indirect taxes lately repealed would come in now very conveniently ; it is admitted that our army is too much on the peace estab lishment ; that Free Trade and the repeal of the navigation and shipping laws have enhanced the price of labour, and thus increased the diffi culty of manning the navy and recruiting the army ; it is admitted, moreover, that we have not the proper description of vessels for warfare in the shallows of the Baltic, or the proper means of transporting men and horses four thousand miles to the Black Sea. All this, and much more, may be admitted without blame, for the simple reason, that when we are at peace, and doing our utmost to preserve peace, it is a contradiction to be making preparations for war. This is the confession—the damaging confession —put forward on behalf of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and justified by the Scripture precept, with which, according to the Times, " common sense agrees," " to leave to-morrow to take care of itself"—a rather novel principle, however, in financial matters, and one which would find but little favour in Portugal-street before a Commis sioner sitting in bankruptcy or insolvency when adjudicating on a question of reasonable expecta tions of payment of debts contracted by a too san guine party. To what period does it apply ? Not to the time when there could be any doubt as to the intentions of the CZAR, but to the 6th of March last, when the fleets of France and England were floating in the Bosphorus, and the flags of the maritime Powers were floating under the minarets of the Moslem capital—when the Baltic Fleet was ready for departure, and tickets had been issued for the farewell banquet to the distinguished Ad miral to whose charge the honour and safety of the most powerful naval armament ever engaged on a single station was entrusted—a banquet which was held on the very day when the fact was published to the people and circulated "on the wings of the Press," throughout the length and breadth of the land. Would it have been "needlessly ungracious to a ßussia" if our Financial Minister had then stated the probable outlay that would be req u i re d, even b e f ore s t r iki ng a s i ng le blow, for th e augmen t at i on an d t ranspor t o f our troop s , which were at the moment under orders for the East, and for the necessary addi tions to the outlay in respect of our Naval, Mili tary, and Ordnance Establishments ? The Times this day tells ns that, " two m on th s ago , w h en it was all but w ar , when we were making our last unsuccessful appeal to the EMPEROR, we still con fined ourselves to mere preparations for the con tingency of tear, and Parliament carried out a financial scheme which provided for the cost of preparations, and no more!" That is what the Times now states. On the Bth of March, in an article written on the financial statement of the 6th March, it speaks of three millions sterling as "the very sum he (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer) asks for the prosecution of the war." That certainly appears to be very different from "the cost of preparations, andno more!" It is, there fore, quite evident that the leading journal was itself as much deceived as the community in general. There were surely abundant grounds to justify THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1854. such misconception. Mr. GLADSTONE, after speak ing of the large increase to our armaments, which gave " virtually an addition to the disposable forces of the country by land and sea of nearly fifty thousand men," added, with an emphasis that elicited enthusiastic cheering from all sides of the House, " this looks like an intention to carry on war with vigour 1" There was not the slightest intimation here of the sum then asked for being merely " for preparations, and no more." It was clearly intimated that it was for the "prose cution of the war," until some new exigency arose that could not then be anticipated. But, lest any doubt should remain as to his intentions, or what he wished to be understood as his intentions, he put forward this important interrogatory—" Is it right that we should ourselves make a resolute endeavour to defray the charges of this coming war ? or would it be just, would it be manly, would it be Worthy of the wealth and power of England that we should charge these burdens upon our posterity ?" Surely, after this, no doubt could remain as to his views. The Times was deceived, the people of England were deceived, and the only question now is, whether the error was ascribable to mistake or to wilful and delib erate falsehood ? We cannot think that any true friend of Mr. GLADSTONE would endea vour to defend his capacity at the expense of his integrity. It may be very well for a Finan cial Minister to acquire a reputation for acute ness, but what our transatlantic brethren term " tarnation sharpness" is not the quality which commands the respect or obtains the confidence of a plain, upright, and truth loving people. He will, therefore, have a difficult task before him. For his own sake, and that . of the country, we trust he may not again commit similar mistakes, or so greatly mislead the people as to their real financial position and prospects. TV VtAr k, ' e THE WAR. MORE ABOUT THE ATTACK ON ODESSA. In our Saturday's edition there appeared a summary of the despatches published in the Moniteur of that day respecting the bombardment of Odessa. We now give these despatches verbatim, together with the introductory observations of that French journal. The Moniteur says : " The Government has received the following details of the attack directed against Odessa by the admirals of the combined fleets. We know not which to admire the most—the energy and the rapidity or the certainty of the blow which the two navies have struck on this occasion. An attack had been made against the law of nations by the military authorities of Odessa. The object of the admirals was to chastise the authors of it. It is on the military part of the Russian town—on its warlike establishments—that our sailors concentrated their fire ; and Europe will remark with what scruples of humanity and with what precision of movement they respected the commercial part of the place, and spared it, as well as the property of neutrals, from any damage. In acting with this consideration and generosity, the French Admiral conformed himself to the general in structions which he received in compliance with the wish of the Emperor, and which ordered him to spare open towns as much as possible : " VILLE DE PARIS, ODESSA ROADS, APRIL 25.—0 n the morning of the 22d eightsteamfrigates, three French and five English, proceeded to the Imperial port of Odessa, and at half-past 6 four of them had opened their fire on the land batteries. The two moles, as well as the intermediate batteries, warmly returned it. At 10 o'clock four other frigates joined, and then the action became general. It continued until 5 o'clock in the evening, when Admiral Dunda,s made signal to the fri gates to join the squadron. The fire had gained the battery of the Imperial mole ; the powder magazine had blown up ; 15 vessels, with the exception of two or three, were either sunk or on fire. The naval establishments were also on fire, or very much injured from the shells. The town and the commercial port, where a number of vessels of all nations were moored, were respected. Several of these vessels took advantage of the confusion and got out, and among them the only two French vessels that were there.' "The Turkish Ambassador, on his part, has received from the Ottoman Legation at Vienna the following de spatch on the same subject : " I have just received the following despatch from Belgrade ; it has been communicated to me by Omer Pasha, who begged me to transmit it to you. Eight steam-frigates belonging to the combined fleet, pro ceeded to Odessa, and commenced bombarding the m ilitary port on the 22d. In a few hours they destroyed all the fortifications, the batteries, and the military es tablishments of the Russians. Two powder magazines blew up, and 12 of the enemy's vessels of war were sunk. The commercial port was spared, and the mer chant vessels escaped. Thirteen Russian vessels, laden with stores and ammunition, were captured.' "The town of Odessa was defended by four batteries, which were constructed about the beginning of this year, and were placed as follow :—The first of 12 guns, on the mole of the quarantine port, defending the entrance of the great roadstead ; the second, of six guns, below the boulevard and to th e r i g ht o f th e flight of which comes down to the sea, and divides the boulevard in two ; this battery defends the entrance of the quarantine port ; the third to the left of the steps, placed in such a manner as to cross ,its fire with that of the second battery, and to command the road stead ; the fourth, on the quay of the port de pratique below the palace of Prince Woronzoff ; each of these two last-named batteries had eight guns. In addition to these four batteries there were three others ; one on the other side of the Gulf of Odessa, at the Russian village of Dofinofka, nearly opposite the quarantine port; the other, to the south of this port, near the n ,a s n s d i n if e Lan art g h e e r c on ; an Cape eo(fl the tcGhorinerndai country - o ht u oh n ue t s a es i a n io , nf w e r er e e cCatCountess n lighthouse is also placed." The Moniteur has also the following statement respecting the operations at Odessa : "According to the reports circulated by several jour nals, the bombardment of Odessa by the allied fleet gave rise to an attempt at landing which did not succeed, and it has been said that several vessels engaged in the action were seri usly injured. It has also been said that the division appointed to operate against Odessa was obliged to cease firing, in order to oppose a demonstration of the Russian fleet from Sebastopol. "The despatch from A,dmiral Hamelin proves that these reports are destitute of foundation. " As to the losses which our fleet has experienced, according to the latest information which has reached us, the number of killed was eight, and the total number of wounded is 18." The Presse of Vienna, of the 4th inst., has an Odessa letter of the 25th, of which the following is a translation : " The last ship belonging to the combined fleets has dis appeared to-day, and the excitement and terror of the inhabitants of Odessa have in some measure subsided. As the Anglo-French vessels neared the city, the greater part of the people fled. As on the 13th, the Furious, which had nominally come to fetch away the English and French Consuls, was fired at by the strand batteries, the commander of the port probably had a presentiment that the protecting fleet would soon appear. Accordingly on the 14th of A prii, he addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants of Ode- , sa, in which he summoned them, as a blockade, or even a bombardment, was to be expected, to remove their goods into the interior. At half-past 3 on the 14th seven men of war hove in sight, and announced their arrival by discharging a few guns at our port-bat teries. In spite of the assurance of the Russian officers that the danger was not so near, the terrified people fled from the city, which was garrisoned by strong detach ments of soldiers. " Without loss of time intelligence was forwarded to St. Petersburg and Sebastopol that the bombardment of Odessa had begun on the 14th. The newly arrived vessels however kept out of the range of the port batteries, and snapped up all the merchantmen which attempted to enter the harbour. During the night between the 14th and 15th the vessels sent a few broadsides into the magazines near the beach, and one was burned. The watchfulness of the commander of the ',port, who! had made all the necessary preparations for extinguishing a fire, saved us from any greater misfortune. On the 15th, the ships left for Varna with their prizes, and every one thought the danger was over. On the 16th, towards six in the evening, some 17 vessels appeared on the horizon, and on their arrival placed themselves within range of our batteries, and no more ; they then turned, and their first salutation was a broadside from 900 guns. O n the 17th April, a steamer, with a flag of truce flying, entered the port, but a few shots which were fired from the batteries prevented her advancing. A Rus sian ship went off to the steamer, which had brought a written summons from the British Admiral to surrender all the ships which were in port. This was peremptorily refused, and at 3 on the same day the ships, then at a greater distance, opened a tremendous fire on our strand batteries, two of which were dismounted. Two magazines took fire, but as night drew on the bombardment ceased. From the 18th up to the 22d negotiations were carried on, during which the Russians were receiving reinforce. ments, and the injured batteries got into order. On the 22d, at 8 in the morning, a still more violent bombard ment began, which was continued with ou t i n t errup ti on until half-past six in the evening. Must of the strand batteries were injured, and those in the north-east cor ner of the port were almost entirely dismounted. " The loss of the Russians, who displayed the greatest intrepidity, is estimated at 200 men, more than 300 were dangerously, and more than twice that less severely, wounded. Six magazines were burnt. The city suffered comparatively little, though a few of the principal buildings, and among the rest the Woron zoff Palace, were a prey to the flames. Odessa has completely changed its external appearance. The terrific cannonade has broken all the windows, many chimneys have fallen, and the steeples of many churches are injured. The fleet also suffered, for five ships were put hors de combat, and taken in tow to Varna. The French attempted to land at the south-west end of the port, but were repulsed with loss by a powerful Russian force. We are still occupied in quenching the miming ruins. During the action the sea ran extremely high. According to another report the batteries at the north-eastern (or Cherson) end of the port were ex tremely well worked, although they were exposed to the fire of six steamers, which sent in an inces sant showers of bombs, rockets, and red-hot balls. The harbour, or harbours of Odessa are artificial, There are two moles. The so-called Pratika, (or quarantine) harbour is in the centre : Cherson is the so-called war port. Among the prizes taken to Varna is one which is said to have a very con siderable sum in silver on board. CONSTANTINOPLE. REVIEW OF THE BRITISH TROOPS. A correspondent of a contemporary writes as follows from Constantinople on April 24 : " A British army at Constantinople is s o nove l a sight, that it en grosses all attention at the present moment; indeed, there is little of local political interest stirring here just now, with the exception of the departure of the Greeks. " Tho 23d, 41st, 47th, 49th, 77th, and 88th regi ments are all quartered in the great barrack at Scutari, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus ; and the day before yesterday the 7th Fusiliers arrived here from Malta, by the Golden Fleece, and were landed at the same place. " Oa Friday the six regiments had a field day, under General Adams. They left their quarters at half-past ten o'clock, and marched out to the great undulating plain that lies on the heights between Scutari and Kadi- Kiew. Some two thousand persons had collected to witness the manoeuvres. Not having been generally known, however, but few of the European or Turkish in habitants at Constantinople crossed the Bosphorus to be present at the British military operations. Amongst the persons present were to be remarked Lord Carlisle, M. de Wildenbruck, the Prussian ambassador ; Baron Tecco, the Sardinian Minister ; with a number of Eng lish gentlemen, and some foreigners. A great many of the inhabitants of Scutari were present, with a fair sprinkling of Turkish women, in their yashmaks, and plenty of children and attendants. " The troops were drawn out in a line and reviewed ; alter which th e y c l o sed, and sent out skirmishing par ties. There was a good deal of advancing, retreating, and countermarching, and the men went through their evolutions with precision and accuracy. No attempt at a sham battle was made ; indeed, it was something between a review and parade. A. Prussian colonel expressed the greatest admiration of the troops. He , v , r were exercising on too unev,ni ground to edable him to judge accurately of their movements ; but that the man ner in which they closed in ranks, with one straight line of black knapsacks, all in a row, was admirable. He was much struck by the quiet way in which they faced about and changed position, and the general tran quillity that prevailed throughout the ranks—not a man opening his mouth, or exchanging a word with his neighbour. Physically speaking, he said, he never saw a more active and able-bodied set of men. "It was thought that the Sultan would have honoured the British troops with a visit. It being Fri day (Turkish Sunday), many were of opinion that he would have gone to mosque at Scutari, and then have proceeded to the exerei , ing ground ; we were, however, all disappointed. On Tuesday next the Seraskier (Mi nister of War) is going. It is, however, not probable that the Sultan will no so before the arrival of Lord Raglan and the Duke of Cambridge. "The 7th Fusiliers, 33d, 41st, 47th, 49th, 77th, and 88th, now form the garrison at Scutari. The 23d and 95th are daily expected, and are to be encamped outside the barracks. The Guards at Malta await the arrival of Lord Raglan, and are then to come on, and it is said are to be quartered in barracks about three or four miles north of the city. The barracks at Scutari are very fine, being in the shape of a square, and three storeys high—a very fine gallery going round the whole building on the inside, off which are the men's rooms. These gal leries are admirably adapted for hot weather. Parades can be held in them, and the men's rooms aro lofty, and about 38 by 28 feet in width. Eighty men are in each loom. They lie on the floor, and are much better off than in tents, with the exception of certain "var mints " as bed-fellows. The rations are tolerably good in quality, and consist of 141 b. of bread and 11b. of meat ; and considering that about 6,000 men are here, with only one brigadier, who is only in temporary command of so large a force, whose staff consists of a brigade-major, a deputy-assistant-quartermaster, a major-general, and an ensign of the 47th regiment, it is wonderful how well they got on. The commissariat consists of a few young officers, their chiefs having remained in England so as to come out in state with Lord Raglan. In general the health of the men is good. The regiments recently arrived from England have the greatest number in hospital, their ailments in general being the result of their own indiscretion previous to embarkation ; the rest suffering from cuts, bruises, &c., got on board ship. A very large hospital is within 200 yards of the barracks. A number of Turkish soldiers lately wounded in action are under treatment there. Our sick are very well accommodated there--good clean beds, very white sheets, and looking more comfortably than in our ow n hospitals at home. " The troops here may well congratulate themselves at not being at or near Gallipoli, and it is to be hoped that those in authority will now open their eyes, and adopt some of the admirable arrangements of the French in the equipment of an army for the field. A French officer here said to an English, We shall pick up a wrinkle or two from you, but by Jove you have much to learn from us.' He was right, and the officers of the English army know it. " Yesterday the City of London Peninsular and Oriental steamer came in, bringing Sir De Lacy Evans and staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Coningham, assistant quartermaster-general; Brigadier• General Pennefather, acd Colonel Gordon, assistant adjutant-general. A company of sappers and miners belonging to the pon toon brigade also came by her, and a number of Lord Raglan's horses. They all lauded at Seutari. ' - ' - The staff of royal engineers are very busy. Captain Chapman and two lieutenants are at Buyuk-Tchekmecije, laying out the line of fortification's between that place and the Black Sea. General Tylden, royal engineers, is still laid up at Therapia. Two other senior officers of the expedition (colonels) are laid up—the one remaining behind at Gibraltar, the other invalided at Gallipoli. Commissary-General Fielder has arrived here. " This is - Easter, and the Christian population of Con stantinople are indulging in a three days' jollification. In Turkey the burial-grounds are the chosen spots for merri ment. Some 50 Lents have been erected at thegreat cemetery of Peri, amidst the tombstones; with drinking-booths, swings, and different species of games, in which the hamals (porters) and the lower order of rayahe in general delight to indulge, whilst others tear up and down the roads on horseback, at the imminent risk of breaking their own and other people's necks. At the same time, the burial service is being rem' over some Armenian, who is car ried to the grave in an open coffin, and descends into his last home accompanied by the merry shouts of his drunken countrymen. Yesterday I saw an old man car ried across the road on his way to the grave, and one of these mad horsemen rode directly against the little pro cession, very nearly capsizing the dead ; and if it had not been for a dexterous thrust given to his horse by a bystander, they might have had some more persons to bury besides the old man in the coffin. " The accounts from the Black Sea announce that her Britannic Majesty's steam-frigates, the Retribution, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, and Niger, Cap tain Heath, had been making some prizes—two Rus sian steamers and ten Russian sailing-vessels, it is said. " On the British war-steamers arriving at Odessa, and demanding the reason why the Russians had fired upon the boat's crew of the Fury with a flag of truce, they replied that she was taking soundings. They have also refused to allow the British merchant vessels to de part. Quid nunc ? The fleets have now really gone to Odessa. " My last accounts from the Danube reach to the 16th. They are devoid of particular interest. The Russians hold the Dobrudscha. Schurnla is bein g fortified, addi tional outworks are being construct e d, and the Turks seem determined to await the advance of the enemy in their strongholds. " APRIL 25.—Since writing yesterday, the 23d Fusi liers and 95th regiment have arrived ; together with Lord Raglan's staff, and also that of the Duke of Cam bridge ; one company of the 19th regiment ; Sir Colin Campbell and staff ; Sir Richard England and staff ; and a company of Sappers. "The 7th, 77th, 95th, and 23d have left the barracks, and encamped under canvas on the heights between Scutari and Kadi-Kiew. "We are hourly expecting Prince Napoleon and the Duke of Cambridge." THE BALTIC. ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH FLEET AT WINGO. Accounts received from Gottenburg report the arrival of the French fleet in Wingo Sound. COPENHAGEN, Saturday, May 6.—Two steam frigates have joined the English fleet at Elfsnaben. Corvettes are taking prizes of Sundsball, Gefle, and Aland. At a banquet in the park, on the Ist May, the Swedish House of Yeomen drank with enthusiasm the health of the admiral. The Weser Gazette contains a letter from Berlin of the 3d, which says :—" The cabinet of St. Petersburg had some weeks back made a pressing demand on the Prussian Government to close its ports against the ships of the western powers, and, in case of refusal, it had menaced to concentrate a Russian army in Poland on the Prussian frontier ; but since the Austro-Prussian treaty of alliance has been concluded, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has abandoned its intention. Baron de Werther, the Prussian ambassador at Copenhagen, arrived here two days back, and immediately d a con ference with the President of the Council. Yester day lie was received by the King at a private audi ence. He is shortly to take his departure for St. Petersburg, where he is to replace General de Rochow, recently deceased." Letters from Helsingfors of the 20th instant state that an attempt had been made in that town to enrol "a voluntary corps of defenders," but with very little success, not more than from ten to twenty persons having given in their names, and they being under direct Russian influence. A grenadier regiment had arrived in Helsingfors. One of the Finnish journals, the Osterbotten, states that there are many appearances of an early spring. All public works were suspended, and the price of all export articles has greatly fallen. A letter from a resident in Hull, published by the Doncaster Gazette, says : "I have just seen two gentlemen who arrived here by the Helen Macgregor steamer from Hainburgh. One lett Cronstadt and the other St. Petersburg about 13 days ago. The one from Cronstadt says that the Em peror is putting large heavy pieces of flat iron down in the river with sharp heavy spikes fastened in the centre, in order to pierce our ships as they sail towards the port. The Emperor was down there himself, looking over the different forts ; and he asked one of his admirals about the safety of the place from the attack of our combined fleets. The admiral's reply was, that it was of no use keeping the ships of war in the port, as they would be sure to be burnt or destroyed. And that it was arranged that they should be brought out and placed in a line across the river or gulf, so as to act as a battery ; the ad miral adding that they might be the means of doing a great deal of damage to our fleet : if they were shattered to pieces in that position it would not matter. They have 3,000 guns in the different batteries there. Two or three English merchants have built houses in the immediate neighbourhood. The Emperor has seized them, turned the owners out, and made use of them for barracks for his troops. 100,000 men of all arms are located there, and about 200,000 more all along the coast of Finland — some at one place and some at another. At St. Peters burg there was the greatest consternation, and the Eng lish were leaving as fast as they could. One poor fel low, who got his little property converted into cash, was seized and robbed, except a handful of sovereigns which he snatched, and with which, by good luck. he escaped. It was the opinion of a great many people (English) who could not get away, that, in some districts, they might expect to be murdered by the Russians all at once, if things should go adverse to the Emperor's wish. He said they would give all they had to leave the country. Sir Charles Napier is dreadfully feared by the Emperor and his troops." GREECE. BLOCKADE OF GREECE BY TURKEY. The Tabor which arrived at Marseilles on the sth, bri ngs news f rom the Levant to the effect that Turkey i s going to blockade Greece. At Toulon, on the sth, detachments of marines embarked for Greece, to protect the French there. SALONICA, April 21. —Yesterday a courier ar rived here, sent by the Bishop of Cassandra to the governor of this place, announcing that 3,000 Greek insurgents had disembared and landed at Scika. These rebels were brought there by 13 Greek ships. As soon as the governor had received this news, he i,;:mneLiiately informoi the l'rehch con sul of it, who COMinuilicated it to thu cLi:),ain of the French steamer Heron,which leaves to-day for those parts. This night two cannon and about 50 artillery men left, and to-day a 1000 irregular soldiers will be sent there. Thus, now, the insurrection is in the very heart of Macedonia. This news has greatly affected Mehemet Paella, and he seems to have very nearly lost all his presence of mind. A panic has also spread through the whole population. VoLo, April 20.—Everything here is quiet, and it is believed that all is tranquil in consequence of the presence of her Britannic Majesty's ship Le ander. The insurgents left this pl a ce so o n aft e r her arrival, and joined the other party at Platoon, but they were surprised by the Turkish troops and fled ; afterwards the whole village was seen to be in flames. Papa Costa has gone to Vilestina. A fight has taken place, but with little loss of life. He mow seems desirous of drawing in his horns. Mr. Blunt arrived here this morning, and pro ceeded at once to Larissa. He brought a letter from our ambassador with him, printed in Greek, to distribute among the inhabitants. This will have a good effect, and from the present appear ance of things, it is thought all will remain. quiet. Mr. Blunt is much respected, and his words have great influence with the Greeks. Captain King, of the Leander, has been very kind to us. He presented me with an English flag, to hoist for protection. The people immediately came round me, and our little flag gave protection to all.— Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PORTE AND GEN. BARAGUA Y D'HILLIERS. According to advices from Constantinople of the 27th ult., the French Ambassador insisted on the united Catholic Greeks being permitted to remain in Turkey. A seri,Jus misunderstanding arose, and General Baraguay d'Hilliers prepare , i to leave Constanti nople, when the Porte yielded. The Sultan is said to be seriously indisposed. THE ENGLISH CONSUL ORDERED TO LEA.VE ST. PETERSBURG. Annexed is an extract from a letter received in the city from St. Petersburg, dated April 21 : This day her Majesty's consul here received notice that the Russian Government will no longer recog nise him in his official capacity. Count Nesselrode further informed him in the most polished terms that his passports will forthwith be prepared, and desired to know for what place they should be made out, and by what persons he intended to be accom panied. It is understood that he must not delay his departure beyond a fortnight from this day. There are so many people escaping from the clutches of the despot, and selling off their property, that at this time no buyers are to be found for anything but the necessaries of life. There is an utter and general dearth of money, and purchasers are not to be found at any price for the goods and chattels of those unfortunate persons who are obliged to leave, and cannot, of course, convey their goods to Eng land. PERSIA CLAIMS THE RESTITUTION OF HER ANCIENT PROVINCES. According to news brought -bftlie'ttll,l373r, which arxived at Marseilles on the sth from the Levant, the policy of the Shah of Persia appears to have become hostile to Russia. He _claims the restitu tion of the ancient provinces, and -is »fitting in motion an army of 50,000ritem • FUNERAL OF THT? MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY. LICHFIELD, Saturday.—This morning the remains of the above distinguished hero were interred in the family vault in the cathedral of this city, and in a manner which proved the high estimation in which he was held in that locality where there existed the best opportunity of appreciating his worth. The body arrived last evening from London, and was conveyed to the George Hotel, where the coffin was laid out with appropriate solemnity. This morning the shops remained closed, and from an early hour the bells tolled their mournful peals. The civic authorities met at the George Hotel, at 11 o'clock, and proceeded to make the necessary arrange ments for taking their position in the melancholy cortege which was speedily to set out. The first regiment of the Staffordshire Militia were stationed along the line of the principaLthoroughfare from the hotel to the cathedral. A company was also ranged in the nave of the building. At twelve o'clock the procession formed and set out from the hotel for the cathedral, the mourners being Lord Uxbridge, Lord Paget, M.P., Lord Alfred Paget, Lord George Paget, the Duke of Richmo n d, L or d Crof ton, Lord - Enfield, Lord Sydney, &c. On arriving at the west entrance of the cathedral, the procession was met by Archdeacon Hill, the Rev. Pre bendary Daintry, Rev. G. Patterson, Rev. T. G. Parr, Rev. W. Taylor, and Rev. H. Cotton, together with lay vicars, choristers, and vergers. The body was taken from the hearse, and conveyed down the nave to the choir, where the hon. and very rev. the dean read the psalm and lesson, after which the choir sang the anthem, composed from 1 Peter i. The procession was then re formed, and proceeded to the vault outside the cathedral. The burial service was performed by Archdeacon Hill, and the last melancholy ceremony thus dosed the mortal career of the gallant marquis. Lord Uxbridge and the near relatives of the deceased descended into the vault, and paid the last usual tribute of respect to his remains, the present noble marquis, his successor, being deeply affected. In our account on Friday of the departure of the fu neral cortege for the lamented deceased's late residence, we stated that his mortal remains were conveyed to their destination by the Great Northern Railway. This was an inaccuracy. It is to the London and North-Western Rail.vay that all the credit is due for the excellent ar rangements, by which the whole cortege was enabled to proceed to Lichfield without the slightest casualty. CABINET CouNcIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday after noon. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aber deen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granvile, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat four hours and a half. TEE QUEEN'S STATE BALL.—The Queen will give her first grand state ball for the season, at Buckingham Palace, on the 17th inst., for which the Lord Chamber lain, by her Majesty's commands, has. issued 1,200 in vitations. At her Majesty's concert, this evening, the invitations do not exceed 500, and the principal per formers have been selected from the Royal Italian Opera. The Duchess Dowager of Northumberland is passing the season in comparative retirement at her Grace's villa at Twickenham. The Lady Harriett Herbert returns to town to-day from a visit to her noble relative. The Duchess of Sutherland, and a select party, in cluding some foreigners of distinction, were entertained at dinner, on Thursday evening, by their Royal High nesses, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, at their Royal Highnesses' villa at Twickenham. The Duke of Devonshire, who has been entertaining several large family dinner parties at his Grace's villa at Chiswick during the past week, is expected to leave town for Kemp Town at the close of the week to in spect the improvements in progress at that marine resi dence. _ _ _ _ The Marchioness of Downshire has left Hanovee square, for Paris. The noble marquis has gone to East Hampstead-park for a few days. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has been pleased to appoint Lord Talbot de Malahide, and James Hans Hamilton, Esq., M.P., to be members of the Loan Fund Board of Ireland. The Earl of Wilton has returned to Grosvenor-square, from Cowes, Isle of Wight, where the noble commodore's yacht the Laura is undergoing great alterations. Lord Ellesmere has purchased for 1,200 guineas the picture by Ary-Scheffer, of Francesca da Rimini, now exhibiting at the Exposition de l'Ecole Francaise des Beaux Arts, in Pall-mall. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—A marriage is to be solemnised next month between the young Princess Agnes Borghese, the late Lord Shrewsbury's grand draughter, and Prince Piombino's eldest sun, the Duke of Sera,. Thus English blood will be brought into another of the noblest houses in Rome. The bride is 18, and, the bridegroom 22 years of age. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received the following .Circle on Saturday evening, at their mansion, in Carlton-gardens :—The Chevalier Bunsen (late Prus sian minister), the Countess of Tankerville, Lord Duf ferin, Lady Dufferin, the Countess (Frances) Walde grave, and Mr. G. Harcourt, M.P., Hon. J. Fortescue, Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., Hon. F. Byng, Sir W. Temple, Hon. W. Cowper, Lady Dalmeny, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, and Viscountess Jocelyn. After the banquet the viscountess had an evening party, which was attended by the French ambassador, nearly all the members of the corps diplomatique, and the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Duchess of Inverness, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Earl of Cardi gan, Mrs. Disraeli, the Earl of Malmesbury, &c., were amongst the circle. THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF JERSEY'S DINNER.— Yesterday, being the anniversary of the natal-day of the Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Jersey gave a family dinner party, in Berkeley-square, in celebration of the day. It will be remembered that on former occasions the noble earl and countess usually gave a brilliant fete upon this day, but owing to the re cent death of his lordship's daughter the family are living in the strictest privacy for the present. The guests were the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Malines bury, the Earl of Cardigan, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, Viscount Canterbury, Lady Kathleen Ponsonby, Lady Alice Peel, the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, &c. CLOSING OF THE LYCEUM THEATRE.—Although the usual bills and advertisements were issued on Saturday for a performance at this theatre the house was closed in the evening, an announcement being posted up at the different entrances to the following effect :—" Royal Lyceum Theatre, under the management of Madame Vestris.—The public is respectfully informed that the theatre will be closed this evening." SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR BRlSTOL—Considerable sensation has been produced at the village of Keynsham, in consequence of the discovery, in the river Avon, of the body of a man, under circumstances inducing a be lief that his death had been produced by violence. It would appear that on the day set apart for humiliation and prayer, on account of the Eastern war, an operative tailor, who resides at Bristol, was spending the day in the country, near Hanham, when he got into a quarrel with some other parties. It is presumed that the misun derstanding was of a serious nature, and that such threats of personal violence were used towards the tailor as to induce apprehension in his mind— for he had been heard to express fears that he should not reach home alive—and so strong did the apprehension of violence seem to be on his mind, that he offered one person a sum of money if he would ac company him on the road as a protector. He did not reach home, and on Wednesday evening last a body, supposed to be his, was found in the river near Keyn sham. The body exhibited marks of violence on the neck, the trowsers were torn, as if by violence, and some portions of the dress which he wore when last seen alive were deficient, but from the circumstance of a tailor's thimble, and some other matters, being found in the dec:ased man's pocket, it is fully believed that the body found is that of the journeyman tailor referred to. No mo ney, with the exception of a fourpenny bit, remained upon his person, and, from other circumstances which have come to the knowledge of the police, it is believed that a case o f foul play will be made out. A n i nquest was commenc e d on the body on Fr id ay even i ng , b e f ore Bruges F r y, ,corner a corner, and posta respectable m ort o ol a n d it has been adjourned Esci. fo examination and the production of further evidence. LESSER WALLACHIA. The Wanderer of Vienna has the following• from Krajowa, 25th ult. :—" The Russians, in e:acuat lug Lesser Wallachia, displayed as much cruelty as during their sojourn. They have carried off with them by force every man capable of bearing arms, and the country is thus given up without defence to a horde of marauders. The Turks, to the number of 5,000 men, endeavoured to inter cept the march of a Russian corps which was coming from Turnu-Severin, and it was only by receiving a reinforcement of 3,000 men that they were able to resist the Turks for a time, but were eventually compelled to make a precipitate retreat." BUCHAREST. A letter from Bucharest of the 25th ult., in the Wanderer of Vienna, says :—"Prince Paskiewitsch arrived at one o'clock this day. No ceremonious reception was given to him. Yesterday divine service was celebrated in the Catholic church in honour of the marriage of the Emperor of Austria. The Russian authorities, civil and military, were absent ; this has produced a great sensation. Giurgevo is still in the hands of the Russians." MONTENEGRO. AUSTRIA CONSENTS TO ACT AGAINST THE MONTENEGRINS. From Vienna we learn that Generals Jellachich and Mamula have received positive orders from the Austrian Government to enter the Herzegowina and Upper Albania immediately, should the Monte negrins cross the frontier and the Pashas demand the assistance of Austria. The Austrian Correspondence of Vienna of the 2d says :—" Baron de Meyendorff the day before yesterday had a conference with Count de Buol Schauenstein on the agitation which reigns in Servia and Montenegro. Count de Buol declared to M. de Meyendorff that the Emperor of Austria, full of confidence in the uprightness of the Czar, hoped that he would not in any way encourage the bad dispositions of that country, and that at all events he was resolved to put down by arms any attempt of revolt on his frontiers. The Montenegrins have actually commenced hostilities by attacking a Turk ish convoy, but they were repulsed by the Turkish troops, and a certain quantity of muskets were taken from them. These muskets bear the marks of the Russian manufactory of Sestrabeck. The cannons which the Montenegrins use also bear the Russian mark." The Pacha of Mostar is, says the Ost Deutsche Post, organising in the Herzegowina a levy en masse against the Montenegrins. A letter from Scutari in the Lloyd of Vienna states that the Montenegrins have violated the Turkish territory. They passed the frontier near Niksitei ; but having been attacked by the Turkish troops, they withdrew to the mountains. FRANCE. ENCAMPMENTS AT ST. OMER AND MARSEILLES The Moniteur of yesterday (Sunday) announces that the English and French Governments have come to an understanding with a view to the adop tion of every precautionary measure which the pre sent war may render necessary. With this object, the Emperor has just decided upon the formation of two camps for exercise. The first, composed of 100,000 men, will be established on the banks of the Channel, between Montreuil and St. Omer ; the second, of 50,000 men, will be formed near Marseilles. The English Government, on its part, is organising troops and a fleet capable of carrying, in case of necessity, whatever may be required either in the Baltic or in the Black Sea. This announcement of the Moniteur, says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, has produced a considerable sensation in Paris. Why, it is asked, are 100,000 men to be collected iu the north of France, whilst only 50,000 are to be assembled in the south ? Would it 4 not have been more natural to reverse the number, and send the larger force to the south, to be in readi ness to embark for the East, if required there ; whilst the smaller army could occupy the camp of the north ? But although the official journal seems to imply that the formation of these two ca mps is called for by the necessities of the Eastern question, yet most persons look on the as semblage of so large a force as 100,000 men near the north-eastern frontier of France as an intimation (riven to Prussia that the Western Powers are de termined not to allow her to pursue that shuffling policy for which she has, unfortunately for her repu tation, become notorious during th elast half -century. The withdrawal of General Bonin from the War Department of Prussia, at the present moment, is regarded as a very significant act, and one likely to excite alarm. General Bonin bears the character not only of a straightforward, honest politician, but of being decidedly oppos d to the unscrupulous conduct of Russia. His successor, General Waldersee, is said to be formed of more malleable materials, and likely to follow whatever course the King may think fit to impose. The 100,000 men now about to be placed in the north of France are consequently considered here not so much an episode, even in a remote degree, of the Turkish question, as - a manifestation against Prussia. The Times corr es p on d en t wr it es on th e su bject : “ lt is not difficult to guess for what object the camp of 100,000 men is formed, and there is little doubt that the opinion of superior officers of the army with reference to an expedition to the Baltic is well founded. It is said that both Revel and Helsingfors will be occupied, and the shutting up of the Gulf of Finland completed. The object of the establishment of the camp in the south is to have reinforcements at hand for the army of the East, and very probably to make a descent on the Crimea while the combined fleets attack Sebastopol. The Government naturally keep their plan of ope rations enveloped in seziresy, but any one who is aware of the determination of both England and France to act with the utmost vigour, and thereby shorten as much as possible the period of the war, will not be much in error in his supposition as t the ultimat lestinatiou of these fotCles. In 6'atinday's edition (A the same journal we find the following " The Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs has expressed to the French Minister at Berlin the satisfaction with which the Prussian Government received the communication which he had been chargA to make to him, relative to the maritime principles which France and England proposed to adopt in the course of the present war. He de clared at the same time that the laws now in force interdicted to Prussian subjects and in Prussian ports the fitting out of privateers, and that the competent authorities had received orders to keep strict vigilance in causing that prohibition to be observed, as well as in opposing, except in case of distress, the entrance of any privateer into the ports of the kingdom." Accounts from Algiers, of the 2d instant, state that troops had been embarked for the East, on board 10 steamers of the military navy. It is said that General Baraguay d'Hilliers is to be recalled, or, at least, removed from his post as Ambassador at Constantinople, and that he is to be appointed to a command in the army of the East. This is, in all probability, preliminary to his getting the baton of Marshal of France. The General is found fault with for the abruptness of his language and manners in his intercourse with the Ottoman Cabinet. It is very probable, how ever, that his patience has been put to a severe test by the slowness and apathy of those with whom he has had to deal, and that, after all, he is not so much to blame. General Daumas, whose expe rience of Oriental habits and usages is well known, is again spoken of as likely to be his successor. Friday was the 26th anniversary of the birth-day of the Empress Eugenie. A reception was held at the Tuileries on the occasion. A mass was said on the same day at the Tuile ries in celebration of the anniversary of the death of Napoleon. It was attended by their Majesties, by all the ministers, and by the great officers and dignitaries of the palace. We read in the Moniteur :—" Notwithstanding the repeated warnings already given, every time the Emperor and the Empress go out in their car riage, persons, at the risk of their lives, rush for ward to hand petitions to their Majesties or to throw them into the carriage. The public are again informed that the police have orders to remove any one acting in such au improper manner, and that the surest and shortest means of having petitions, as well as any other objects, reach their high desti nation, is to deposit them either at the entrance doors of the Tuileries, where the porters have orders to carry them immediately to the secretary's office, or at the offices of the Seeretaire des Comrnande melds of the Empress, 216, Rue St. Honore." The .Moniteur publishes a circular addressed by the Minister of War to the prefects of departments calling their attention to the decree of the Empe ror of the Ist inst., for the formation of a body of picked men to be called the Imperial Guard, and instructing them to make it known by every means of publicity, in order that applications may be ad dressed to him by such men as may desire to enter it, and who fulfil the qualifications set forth in the said decree, and a list of whom when prepared is to be transmitted to the General commanding the department. Another circular is addressed by the Minister to the Generals, enjoining on them the most rigorous investigations into the character and quali fications of the applicants for admission into the Imperial Guard, iu order that the object of the Em peror in its formation may be properly carried out. It is said that in Brussels the police two days ago made a number of domiciliary visits, in the residences of both natives and foreigners, for the purpose of seizing a pamphlet called the Pilori, containing insulting attacks on the Emperor of the French, and on the personages and functionaries who support his government. THE CAPE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Monday Mornir.g.—The Genera Steam Shipping Company's mail packet Lady Jocelyn, Captain G. E. Bird, arrived this morning. She left Calcutta Feb. 16 ; Madras, 20th ; Ceylon, 24th ; Mauritius, March 16 ; ape, 27th ; St. Helena, April 4 ; Ascension, Bth ; St. Vincent, 22d. She has experienced heavy weather, and has been detained at St. Vincent for fuel. Her cargo consists of 1,804 chests of indigo, 35 cases of silk piece goods, 30 cases silk Corahs, 93 bales silk, 410 baskets Papua rice, and 1,000 packets Papua rice. Very contradictory accounts were given regard ing the gold found in the Cape colonies. SampLes of gold dust are exhibited in the shop windows at Cape Town ; but it is said that the quantity found is not sufficient to remunerate the diggers. The Argo arrived at the Cape on the 25th Marc li t and Propontis arrived at Ascension, April 7. Her Majesty's steamer Dee was at Table Bay, March 18th, and the Pluto at St. Helena, April 4th. The screw steamer Natal arrived at the Cape of Good Hope March 19th, 43 days from Lisbon, having in tow the French ship Hinulga, from Cal cutta, February, with loss of topmast. The Natea has been awarded 6501. April 10th exchanged colours with a Britial man of war, supposed to be the Teaser. April 13tib spoke the bark Watkins, from Liverpool, and thus City of Hobart, for Australia. April 20th er changed colours with the British ship India Queen, standing S.W. May 7th passed the Ameriit can clipper Red Jacket, standing S.E. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May B. Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W. ; moderate breeze, and alternate cloudy and sunshine, bu with indications of a heavy fall of rain. COWES, May 6.—Wind, S.W. Arrived.—Hermann (s). from New York, and proceeded for Bremen ; Lady Kin— naird, Pernambuco; Sorito, Mayaguez, and proceeded for Hamburgh. DOVER, May 7.—Wind, W. Sailed—Heldine, for Chris• tiania ; Nicolans, Bremen. PORTSMOUTH, May 7.—Wind, W.S.W., a gale. Arrived. —Negotiator (No. 59 transport), from London ; Mary Ann (No. 42 transport), do., both for the Mediterranean ; Ocean Queen, do., and sailed for New York ' • H.M.S. Portland, Downs, and sa il e d f or Pl ymou th ; Lady Mac naughten (No. 36 transport), Deptford and Woolwich;. Blake (No. 33 transport), do. do., both for Malta, botlt having put in hero on account. of strong westerly gales; Culloden (transport, No. 35), from London, for the Medi- SHIELDS, May 6. —Wind S. Sailed—Sala, John and- Isabella, Quebec _Beccles, Cartha gena . HARTLEPOOL, May s.—Wind S. WW. Arrived—Basco laisa, St. Malo. NEWPORT, May 6. —Wind W. Arrived—St. Corinthian, Brest for Cape de Verde ; St Ives, Parmpol for St. 'Thomas. Sailed —Elise Amalie, Havana ; General Berry, Mobile ; Edith, Gibraltar ; Horn, Cape . de Verds ; Lady Napier, Gibraltar; Plaugen, St. Thomas; Victoria, Malta. CLYDE, May 6.—Wind S. Sailed—Vortex, Boston; Trelawny, Jamaica ; Tusket, Boston ; John Hamilton, Quebec, leaky. terranean ; Jamaica, London, for Antigua, with loss or toretopwast ; H.M.S. Resistance, Eastward. Put back—. George Canning, Carthagena. DARTMOUTH, May 7.- Wind, W. Arrived—Tiger, from. Licata. PLYMOUTH, May 7.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Albion, from Buenos Ayres; Prosperous, Girgenti; Norfolk Hero, Zante ; Providence, Lon. ton, for Genoa. May B.—(Per Elec. Tel.)—Arrived--Lady Jocelyn (s s), from Calcutta, &c. FALMOUTH,' May 7.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Jacob , Grosse, from Porto Rico ; Santos, Matanzas ; Cefirnes o . Alexandria • Carolina, do. ; Sultan, Sicata ; Algir, do. ;,, Christine, Cyprus. _ _ PENzeiici, May G.—Wind, W., with squalls. Arrived —H.M.S. Stromboli, from Portsmouth, and left on a• cruise. TORBAY, May 7.—Wind, W. Arrived—Parga, from • Gibraltar, and sailed for Antwerp ; Rubicon (transport, No. 38), London. Sailed—Corinthia, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, May 6.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—cur of Peterborough, from Mauritius, and sailed for London. Sailed—Baalbec (s s), for Malta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—The Royal mail steamer Orinoco, from Con stantinople and Malta. Sailed—United States mail steamer Herrmann, for Bremen. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.57 a.m. Wind, W.; tide, high water ; weathe r , fi ne . Arrived, 7th—Thomas Campbell, from Bombay ; Furet, Gravelines ' • Leonne, travelines ; Leon, G rave li nes • Flo rence, Oporto ; Polar Star, Melbourne ; Mazepp a , Belize ; Alar, steamer, Dunkirk; Balder, Leghorn; V es ta, steamer, Oporto ; Magnet, Amsterdam; Lion, Harlingen ; Candi' date, Hamburg; John Bull, Hamburg ; Fredelickstern , Rio Hach(); Rookery, Colombo and Cape of Good Hope, Zephyr, Dominica ; Culler, Guayaquil ; Marys, Guernsey Las Palmas, Havannah ; Two Broders, Marstrand ; 114 " vensbourne, steamer, Antwerp. Sailed—Monarch, for New Zealand. DEAL, Monday, 9.20 a.m. Wind, W., strong, and cloudy. Anchored—Ripa, from Buenos Ayres for London ; Jane, Batavia fot London. Passed—Engineer, from Barbadoes for London ; Delhi, barque, from westward for London ; Coquette, brig, from westward for London ; Cuba, from Aquadillas for London ; Comet, from Mad e i ra for London ; Troubadour, from Odessa for Hull. Belgium steamer, from Ostend, landel mails and P 5ll. sengers at 3 a.m. TURN -OUT OP RAILWAY PORTERS.—On Friday th e numerous goods porters of the East Lancashire and Lancashire Railway Companies employed at the Salford station, Manchester, struck for an advance of wag es ' and at o ne ti me i t was believed that a suspens i on of the goods traffic would have to take place from the attitude assumed by the turnouts, who demanded that no p orter should rece i ve less than 20s. per week. By the a dvice of th e managers of the lines, however (M r. Eborall and Mr. C aw k we ll) , w h o prom i sed to i nterce d e with the di rectors to se c ur e a reasona bl e a dvance of wages of a bout twenty or thirty of the lowest paid labourers in th is de partment, an en d was p u t t o th e c ontest, and on Satur• day mo rn i ng a ll th e p or t ers r esume d their employ illenV A.v The sale estimated taken on s With price comprised ham at 61( and 500 Si - shares wer There , !eminent to differen Letters trade state fusing ordi in hand b( pected soo position of the activit Um and Account higher an unsettled, Freights Was stead] From S eluding qi accession 4 for the sa: eralgratipi forming a *Victoria. The Ac PPverty e appears tl have not 1 qUence of - feelin g in their mill and that Warded. inclined .11 better eff4 doled out soldiers a than Byrn] The boi aas retar( tlental ma The ra lowing tRITISI Stol 3 per Cen 3 per Cen New 31 i tong Ant Ditto 30 India Bo: Consols 'f Exche( £5Ol Sma PRI( Braatlian Ditto : Buenos Mexican Peruviai Ditto Portugui Ditto Russian Ditto Spanish SP•„bh Dutch / mornic By i there The the gr , eonsid had pr th e pr this jt pared tainly the a( sent s C 032 The