The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-15 00:00:00

TRINATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buchatone. This week being Passion Week, the Theatre will be Closed, and will Re-open on Easter Monday, April 17, with a Comedy. After which. an entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled Mr. BITCESTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEICES TER•SQUARE), written by J. R. Blanche, Esq., Author of Mr. Buckstone's Ascent of Mount Parnassuf, and which will be produced with entirely new scenery, machinery, dresses, and appointments. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark, Mr. J. Marshall, Mr EL Marshall : Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Caulfield, Miss E. Grey, Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Laura Morris, and miss Featherstone, who Is re-engaged at this theatre. With other En tertainments, The box-office will be opened on Saturday next, the 15th inst. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHABLIS ICIAN. ON EASTER MONDAY, Will be performed RICHARD THE THIRD. The Principal Character by Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by TELE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal ell aracters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leaeroq. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F.W. Allcroft.—Directress, Mies Rebecca Isaacs, THIS EVENING, Aram 15, Mr. G. Hodson's Entertainment 0 PADDY'S PORTFOLIO. After which, Mons. Delavine and his two sons in their celebrated Drawing-Room Entertainment. To be followed by a Musical Melange, entitle .I THE GIPSY HAITNT. To which will be added 310119. Delavine on the Revolving Globe. To conclude with Mr. Cox's Dissolving Views. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The Public are rtspcctiully informed, that this popular establish ment will RE-OPEN on Easter Monday, April 17, with an entirely new Grand Nautical Equestrian Spectacle, written expressly by Mr. Nelson Lee. Various N o velties are in preparation for the S cenes of the Circle. Arrangem ents are pending for the appear ance of enai- Tient c on tinental Equestrian Artistes . , the Box- office wal be opened on Thursday, the 13th instant, from Eleven till Four. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Pe 4 DAT I Morning 9 min.after 3 Evening 29 min.sft. 3 To:ldoiraow—Morning 46 min.after 3 Evening 6 miu.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.-Bws Orme, Aran. 15. TEIBILMONZT2II, IN TEE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. B•BOYETEB, 30 119—falling gradually. WIND, N.B. to E.—Light breeze, with fine weather. them in rapid succession to the mingled cries of Vivent les Anglais, and Viva Empereur, their bands playing alternately the National Anthem of England, and that plaintive but in o spiriting air, composed by the EMPEROR'S mother, the beauti ful Queen HORTENSE, Partant pour la Syrie, the sound of which is not inappropriately audible, now that the lawless aspirant for the seizure of Palestine is about to be opposed by the military and maritime power of the Anglo-French Expe dition. Another and a scarcely less remarkable token of the perfect cordiality of this noble al liance between France and England has only just now been manifested. Allusion is made, of course, to the decision arrived at, that the united navies in the Black Sea shall be placed under the supreme command of the English Admiral—the French Admiral, HAMELIN, being replaced by one of less eminent rank, in order to allow of this arrangement. While the united armies despatched to the seat of war are to be placed under the supreme authority of the Marshal ST. ARNAUD, the French Commander in-Chief. Division of Council will, by the adop tion of this plan, be avoided. - Unity of action by sea and land will be ensured—and while this advantage is secured to the cause of the allies of Turkey during the course of the campaign—a magnanimous tribute is offered respectively by France and England to their relative pre dominance. The greatest maritime and the greatest military nation on the earth, yield. ing to each other the undisputed title of command on that element on which their chief glories have been won ! So that the navy which has hitherto vanquished all others against which she has been opposed, obtains, as was only reasonable, the precedence ! While the same grace is at once very naturally accorded to the army which has proved victorious alike in Europe, in Asia, and in Africa, overrunning in its triumphant course all the chief states of the former continent, taking almost everyone of its great capitals, Vienna, Berlin, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Naples, Warsaw, and Moscow, and being only conquered at last after all these amazing victories when the earth had risen " from the Tanais to the Thames," and Europe in arms appeared at the gates of Paris to avenge itself on the Revolution, and to over throw, in the person of NAPOLEON, its Imperial representative. &gland at the head of the navies, and France at the head of the armies, of the Expedition— Western Europe may, with a humble reliance on the aid of GOD, rest confident in the issue of the struggle proving the defeat of Barbarism, and the triumph of the interests of Civilisation. .., ~..., t sh , ~„....,....,..,„ ~..,„.... ~ ~,,,...,.,,,,, ...„. • LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1854. The cordiality of the alliance between France and England is no longer a matter in any way questionable. It is a fact no less completely than happily established. A Fact, if ever there was a Fact, admitting of no possible misapprehension. This alliance, too, is one founded upon no perish able basis. It is something better than a merely dynastic compact. It originates in no disgraceful complicity for evil ends brought about by the skill of diplomatic intriguers to serve the tempo rary purpose of a designing and ambitious admi nistration. It is an union of the two States, ef fected among every class, section, and party in each, with a deliberate and earnest co-operation. If ever there was unanimity, it has been visible in every step which has marked the rise and develop mentof this international friendship. It is a friend ship of that propitious charac er that its aim is mutually honourable to the associated countries— being, in reality, the vindication of justice, rather than the pursuit of aggrandisement. It is a friend ship of that comprehensive character that it knits together the interests of the two Courts, of the two Cabinets, of the two Peoples, of the two Go vetnmenti. It is a friendship of that practical character that it has already blended together in one common cause the forces of France and England, both military and maritime—that it has already despatched large bodies of the soldiers of both realms to that point on the shores of the Dardanelles at which Gallipoli is situated, to the end that marching onwards from that rendezvous they should, as opposed to the barbarism of the Russian autocracy, fight side by side the great battle of civilisation. Further illustration of the sincerity of this friendship be- , tween France and England has been given in the advance of their united fleets towards the coasts of Russia, through the channels of the Sound and of the Boapborus. Is it not better, is it not more real, this union between the two States under Queen VICTORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON, than that hollow and boasted entente cordials which only served as a screen to the duplicity of King Louts PHILIPPE, and which enabled him the more successfully (for the time) to complete the heinous atrocity of the Spanish marriages, and which crumbled into dust simultaneously with the noise of his own contemptible downfall in the February Revolution ? Wonderful indeed have been those astounding events which have resulted in the establishment of this cordial understanding between the English and French Governments. Half a century has not elapsed since the close of that great war which was waged by England with such implacable ani mosity for fifteen years almost uninterruptedly against the extraordinary man who, during those fifteen years, wielded, first of all, for five years, the fasces of Republican France, and subsequently, for ten years, the sceptre of Imperial Franco, ruling supremely, more or less during the whole of that memorable interval, over the destinies of the European Conti nen t. Half a century has not elapsed since the termination of that marvellous epoch, and lo ! France and England are no longer estranged from each other by their almost immemorial jealousies. Instead of that, they are allied, heartily and thoroughly allied, although their Sovereigns are —over France NAPOLEON'S nephew, and over England GEORGE lll.'s granddaughter. The prediction of the Captive of St. Helena is being fulfilled—Western Europe, before fifty years have gone by after the Battle of Waterloo, is mustering its forces to oppose the advance of those cossack hordes which along the whole line cf the Russian frontiers threaten the triumph of Barbarilm:and the destruction of Civilisation. The aspiration expressed years afterwards by the British Foreign Secretary, on yielding to the desire of the French nation that the remains of their dead hero should repose, as he himself had wished, on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the people he had l oved so well, that notable aspiration expressed by Lord a - ALSIRRSTON, has already been realised the aspiration that the ancient enmity which h a d b s su isted dur- "Deus, ecce! Deus. Cui talia fanti. ing so many centuries between Franc e and Eng _ Anti (ores, subito non vultus, non color inns, land should be buried in the tomb of NA Non conate, mansere como; pectus anhelum, POLBO N . A crowning testimony that it has b een Et rabie fera corda haunt ; niajorique videre so Nec mortals sonatas ; afflata est numine quando buried, and that out of that buried hatred has Jam propriore del." sprung up this living, and let U 3 hope perennial Never did the oracle fulminate such threats the two countries, between the child ' against its most favoured protegee. It alludes to indulged friendship between i we spoiled, the wife we over- France and England, betrieen their people an d those naughty the servant we have pampered," their rulers—was visible on the historic dust of before • it can trust itself to speak of Then, at length, it gives the Champ do Mars on Wednesday, the 12th of ghty boys of Threadneedle-street. against samiuisghty heart, and hurls forth its indignation t the delinquents. vent to the sorrows of April, 1854, when 25,000 soldiers of the army of France were reviewed by the Emperor NAPO the Times), "But, certainly (says LE°N his Majesty having on his right hand a we never saw relations more corn- Prince of the Royal House of England, and on pletely inverted, and claims put forth more arro his left a British Commander-in-Chief, one of ;ant and devoid of foundation , than those which the heroes of Waterloo, one of the most honoured are now urged against Government by the Directors and support ers o f th e Bank of England " and belov e d of the lieutenants of t h e D u k e o f - LLINGTON. It was a l toget h er a spec t ac l e , that —that "most singular of all our i nstitutions " , as it is shortly after termed. The re , certa i nly, such as must h ave appea l e d t o some o f the must have been some terrible cause for noblest emotions amon g all who regarded it with this onslaught. We should not other impartiality and intelligence. It must have been / wise have had so emphatic a reference an occasion producti ve of no feeble emotions, to the various exclusive privileges enjoyed by the especially to the Emperor NAPOLEON 111., and I Old Lady, or the suggestion that "the question of to his guest the Duke of CAMBRIDGE that , their continuance may come before Parliament next nest !session, seeing, that after August, 1855, they may review of 25,000 of som e of the fi troops of France, infantry, c ava l r be abolished on twelve months' rpotice." What means y, artillery, the interrogatory, "When the Bank and its Guides, Cuirassiers, Carabineers—passing before friends threaten (Quere—When did they do I Preliminaries having been arranged—the diffi cult and delicate etiquette of precedence having been considered satisfactorily—let the allies of Turkey, by sea and by land, go to work at once, and that in earnest. Delays have already been too many. Lost time must be made up for. The numbers of soldiers sent from France and England to Galli poli are altogether inadequate for what has by them to be accomplished. Even those have not been sent out to the scene of couflict with suffi .ient rapidity. Larger bodies of troops must follow, and greater despatch must be shown in their wovement in the direction of the Crimea and of the Principalities. Energy may then repair betimes the evils produced by our deplorable procrastination. Vigour in the end may compensate for weakness in the beginning. Abortive notes, and hesitating proto cols, and Ministerial blundering, and diplomatic ' incapacity may in that case be forgotten in the ' glory of victories won in the cause of Truth and in the interests of Justice, by the brave fellows conducted to battle—at sea by the Union Jack of England, and on land by the Eagles of NAPOLEON. Many useful reforms have been shelved in con ' Sequence of the wAr. It seems as if our rulers conceived that the evils necessarily incidental to hostilities were not sufficiently onerous by them selves, but that they must carry many others, even more vexatious and annoying in their train. No grievances, however intolerable, will be re dressed -- no burdens mitigated —no reforms sanctioned—for the "country is at war," and all our energies must be devoted to its maintenance, and the public attention concentrated thereon, to the exclusion of all other topics, no matter how interesting or important. If Ministers had resolved upon making war unpopular —upon making the people join in the " peace at any price" twaddle of the Premier, and sacrifice honour, justice, and future security, to patching up a transitory and pre carious truce with the unrelenting opponent of constitutional freedom and civilisation, they could not adopt a line of policy better calculated to pro duce such a result. The tightness of the money market must be aggravated by artificial means. As if the drain of bullion occasioned by the dis turbed state of the political horizon would not alone prevent our merchants and manufacturers from obtaining the monetary accommodation which they might require, they must be exposed to the formidable competition of a financial Mini ster, who will not be denied, and who instructs his organ to threaten the Directors of the National Bank with the severe retribution they may draw upon their devoted heads if they dare even to murmur while obeying his demands. As if casting the entire expenses of the contest on the present gene ration were not a sufficient tax on our national resources, we must also pay off 8,000,0001. of the old debt, just at the moment of engaging in transactions of which it is impossible to calculate the duration or predict the result. But the same organ tells us that the sacrifice of that enormous sum was valuable as " a finan cial demonstration" (!), and tells us, in a vein of banter in which the Leviathan does not fre quently indulge, that the pecuniary loss is nothing, for, "if the war goes on, as it is to be feared it will, we shall want so many millions to carry it on, that a balance of eight millions or so will sig nify little in the reckoning." We can almost fancy the sardonic smile that wust have played on the countenance of the writer when putting forth these extraordinary arguaients, and we can form ome estimate of .the motives of those behind the scenes, by whom the wires are pulled which set the gigantic puppet in motion, when they to'erate the publication of such extraordi nary opinions. Yet it is quite clear that war is to he made intolerable, all its burden; being aggravated to the utmost extent, so that the de mand for peace may be universal. But it would seem as if " the Old Lady" were running a little restive, and that the Fi nanc i a l Minister is meeting some strange and une x p ec t e d opposition in that quarter. Ominous warnings are uttered, significant intimations are ventilated, The mysterious oracle is aroused, and the Sybi; of Printing-house Square feels the coming i n . spiration— so . ?) to cut the connection of the Govern ment, does it not occur to them that the Government, on its part, might possibly be at least equally ready to sever its connection with the Bank ?" Couple this with the limit for the establishment of a really national bank which would undertake the management and payment of the dividends on the debts, and with it " the power of creating twenty or thirty millions of money, and employing it for any purpose which might be thought proper, and the holding in its own hands come ten millions of the public debt !" From these things, it is manifest that there is something very much out of the common going on. The old proverb tells us that when certain classes " fall out, honest men come by their own." And we certainly augur very favourably for the cause of monetary reform from this decided split between the Bank and the Exchequer. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 14. The Queen and Prince, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, rode on horseback yesterday afternoon, attended by Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, and the Hon. Mary Bulteel. The Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince Arthur, took a drive in an open carriage. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service this morning in the Private Chapel, which was per formed by the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley. Viscount Palmerston left town on Thursday for Brocket-hall, Herts. Despatches for the Governors of the North American Provinces were sent last evening from the Colonial offices. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE ROBENBIIEG. This bankrupt was described as late of the Albany, Piccadilly, Rotherhithe, &c., cask manufacturer, and to day was appointed for his last examination. The bank rupt, who was a man of scientific attainments, had de signed and patented certain improvements in the manu facture of casks and barrels, and had taken out patents for,England, Ireland, and Scotland. He had also been connected with the Jersey Brandy Company. The bankruptcy occured so far back as April, 1853, but the acounts were so intricate that it had been im practicable to prepare them until the present time. The balance sheet, prepared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, Basinghall-street, commencing Dec., 1851, and ending April, 1853, shows—Debtor to creditors by 3,5211. 19s. 4d.; to ditto holding security, 4,0801. Bs. 3d. ; to Jersey Brandy Company, balance of partner ship account, 8671. ; capital, 789/. ; profits, 5,990 ; cre ditors' good debts, 361. 16s. 6d. ; property held by creditors under patents, 3,000/. • interest in the Patent Cooperage Company, 8,4281. ls. Bd. ; cash, 510/. ; losses, 1,8071. ; interest, &c., 1,5991. 7 5 . Bd. ; persona l, 7971. 13s. 4d. The bankrupt estimates the value of the patents a from 20,000/. to 30,000/. Mr. Knowles put in a certificate, stating that the bankrupt was prevented by illness from attending, and an adjournment was granted. A PLAN TO AUGMENT THE NUMBER OF OUR, SEAM hN. The following plan has been suggested to some influ ential personages connected with the Government, by the Rev.. G. H. Stoddart At this time, when men are wanted to complete the crews of our ships, an opportunity opens (with advan tage to the State and to the public service) to confer a boon on many individuals. The class alluded to are those who, after having un happily lapsed into crime (not of a flagitious character), have expiated some portion of the sentence for it, and, moreover, conducted themselves so as to evince amend ment of life. The masters of our gaols and penitentiaries, and all superintendents of convicts should be directed to report to the Secretary of State, all cases under their cogni zance where such individuals had passed one-third or or more of the term of their punishment, and *here it can be certified (by two or three of the officials in charge of them) that they have expressed contrition, and mani fested obedience of behaviour. Doubtless, if such cases were commended to her Ma jesty, the Queen's gracious pardon might be extended to them, on the easy condition of their volunteering for the sea-service, during the unexpired portion of their sen tence (a respectable outfit being at the same time granted as a bounty). Four great points would be thus gained— First. The number of our seamen would be augmented. Secondly. The expenses of our convict establishments would be diminished. Thirdly. Room would be provided for the increased number of convicts, who are not henceforth to be trans- ported beyond the seas. - Fourthly and chiefly. A return to an honourable and useful life would be opened to many a repentant indi vidual. We give our readers the details of this project, being both pleased with the proposals submitted by the Rev. Mr. Stoddart, and believing that the suggestions of one of a family who have done good public service will be favourably received by the public as well as by the Government. THE COURT.—As at present arranged, the Court will leave Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace on Mon day, the 24th inst. On to-morrow and the succeeding Sunday the bands of the regiments in garrison (the Royal Horse Guards Blue, and the 97th Foot) will play on the eastern terrace, to which the public will be admitted as usual. The bands will also play on Easter Monday and Tuesday, when the eastern terrace and parterre will be thrown open after two o'clock in the afternoon of each day. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary have left town for Kew Cottage. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by his aide-de-camp, the Hon. Major James Macdonald, and accompanied by Lord Raglan, is expected to leave Paris on Monday for Marseilles, en route to embark for the seat of war in the East. The Marquis of Clanricarde, who has gone on a visit to his Irish estates, returns to Carlton-terrace, from Portumna Castle, at the close of the month, for the season. Goon FRIDAY AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday, the influx of visitors from London was very great, vastly exceeding anything of the kind since the first Good Friday after the opening of the Great Western Railway. The bulk of the passsenger were conveyed by the South-Western line, the trains of which ran the same as en week days —the Great Western trains running as on Sundays. After 10 o'clock in the morning, up to two o'clock in the afternoon, each succeeding train by the South-Wes tern disgorged its hundreds at the Datchet-lane station, and the town, especially in the neighbourhood of the Castle, was crowded like a fair. Many of the early visitors attended Morning Service in the Chapel Royal, where they would be surprised and disappointed at the total absence of the musical and choral accompaniment, which is always dispensed with during Passion week. From two to three o'clock in the afternoon, the Lord Chamberlain's office was literally besieged for tickets of admission to view the State apartments, and the number of persons who passed through that portion of the Palace must have been very large. OBSERVANCE OF GOOD FRlDAY.—Yesterday the ces sation from business was generally observed throughout the metropolis. Never on any previous recurrence of the day is it remembered to have been more strictly kept, the different pluses of public worship having been all well attended at the morning sErvice. 11l the after noon the railway stations and the river steamboat piers were thronged with an eager multitude, immense num bers leaving for short excursions. The great attraction of yesterday, however, appeared to be the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, some hundreds going d own the rail to view the progress of the building. There were a great many fresh omnibuses put on the Sydenhani-road yesterday, and they all obtained an abundance of pas sengers. The Gravesend, Woolwich, Greenwich, Chel sea, and above-bridge steamers were extensively patro nised, and, to judge from the numbers carried, their pro prietors must have reaped an abundant harvest. At Hornsey-wood-house there was a grand display of wrestling by the men cf Cumberland and Westmore land, which attracted a great many visitors. GOOD FRIDAY AT THE POST-OFFICE.—For the first time, Good Friday was observed yesterday at the Ge neral Post-office, in the same manner as hitherto on Christmas Day only. A notice was issued by the auth rites that no deliveries of letters would take place after noon in the district metropolitan branch, the morning mails from the country being delivered, and letters for the country being despatched in the evening in the ordi nary manner. The small number of letters posted on previous anniversaries of the day made the deliveries in the metropolis almost a matter of form excepting that it necessitated the attendance of the hard-working class of men employed in this branch of Post-office duty, and there is no doubt that the new arrangement will prove as satisfactory to the public as it ia a great boon to the letter-carriers, in affording a little relief from their laborious duties. THE WIVES AND CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS ON SER. VICE.—We are informed that the committee of the York shire Association in aid of the 'Wives and Families of Soldiers ordered to the East, having addressed a cir cular letter the clergymen and dissenting ministers throughout the county, a collection will be made in their several places of worship, after Divine service, on the 26th inst., in aid of the funds of the association. TIE COLOURING OF THE SYDENMA.II CRYSTAL PALACE. — The colouring of the building itself is greatly altered from that of Hyde-park, about which there was so much discussion ; the shafts of the columns are painted red, and the result is, as it seems to us (though perhaps part may be due to the form of the roof and other features), that the buildi ng appears very much shorter than it is by the real difference between the two structures. It would be wrong, however, to discuss this before the trees and shrubs, with which the red colour seems likely to har moilize well, are in their places. Any way, the effect I of thelinterior is now very fine, ar4d is so in Mr. Jones's original drawing,—The Builder THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1854 MONEY MA RKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton and Share Markets at Liverpool yes terday (being Good Friday) were cloged. Accounts from New York report a dull stock market. Money was rather tight. Freights were quiet. Breadstuffs were in limited request. Fo reign manufactures were in good demand, and the supply was adequate, but the prices realised were not altogether satisfactory. Advices of the 14th inst. from Copenhagen report that H.M. frigate Amphion was ashore near Dragoe, and that all attempts to get her off had, up to that time, proved fruitless. The account of the Bank of England, made up for the week to the Bth inst. presents numerous changes, all referable, more or less, to the divi dend and other quarterly payments. The sum to the credit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was largely drawn upon, while the balances of indi vidual depositors were greatly increased. The increase in Government Securities represents pro bably, the loans upon deficiency bills. The dis counts, it will be perceived, were less in amount, but there was a further withdrawal of bullion. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows Active circulation.. Increase Bullion Decrease £22,410,850 726,610 14,140,599 309,119 Rest Decrease 602,919 Public Deposits 2,683, 754 Decrease 1,762, 034 Other Deposits 13,819, 988 Increase 2,782,835 Seven-Day and other Bills Increase 75,450 Government Securities 13,939,132 Increase 2,331,516 Other Securities 15,720,271 Decrease 802,455 Notes unemployed 4,968,755 Decrease 1,029,500 The amount of silver exported from London direct during the week to last Thursday was 188,827 ounces, and of gold, 4,020 ounces, nearly all to Harnburgh. There has not been an active market for public Securities, but the transactions are at steady prices generally. Consols have varied from 87i to 87k for transfer, and from 87g to for account. The New 3k per Cents. have been 87A to 87i. Bank Stock continues firm at 214 to 2141. East India Stock is worth 225 to 230. Exchequer Bills have been at par to 45., and India Bonds at 2s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been mostly nominal, and not higher in value. Spanish Threes have been quoted 36, and Mexican 231 to 24. Brazilian Old Bonds have realised 94. Russian 5 per Cents. have been at 92, and Dutch 4 per Cents. at 85/. The Railway Share Market has been flat, mainly from paucity of business, and Great Northern, Great Western, Midland, and some of the other principal lines have been dealt in at lower rates. The French shares are nominal. The Gold Mining Shares are heavy, and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China have been done as low as ss. per share, or 1/ discount. The Miscellaneous shares are rather cheaper. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Pusineg, 'tank Stock . ............ 214 1 14 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 oer Cent. Consols Annuities 874 New 3. per Cent. Annuities 874 Stock [robs Bowls, £lOOO . , Consols for Account 18th April B7j Exchequer Bills, 2d, 21000 4 p par PIItIOE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 92 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 79 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 36 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Cu11..,,.Gu1l Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ..... HALF-PAST TWO Consols Ditto April Account... 87i AMERICA. Yesterday morning the United States mail steam ship Pacific, Captain Nye, arrived in the Mersey, with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. The Pacific, which was to have sailed from Nev York on the Ist inst., did not leave that port until the following day (in con sequence of the heavy fog), and has brought, be sides the mails, 170 passengers. The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, from hence on the 21st ult. for New York, was passed . on the 3d by the Pacific. On the 29th the American mail steam-ship Franklin arrived out. Nothing had been heard up to the departure of the steamer of the City of Glasgow, which sailed hence on the Ist of March for Philahelphia. The Washington Union (official organ) predicts war with Spain. Business less active. The money market was much higher-1 to li per cent. per month. Stocks depressed and gloomy. Breadstuffs down and the closing very dull. Flour selling slow at seven dollars. The cotton market was dull a nd down a quarter cent. There was no demand for provisions except at reduced prices. Freights were rather lower. Exchange on Lon. don 1084, ditto on Paris 5.15. BIRTH AND PEDIGREE OF "CHARLIE" NAPIER.—The commander of the Baltic fleet was born on the 6th of March, 1786, and is the eldest son of the Hon. Charles Napier, of Merchiston Hall, in the county of Stirling, and captain in the royal navy, by his second wife, Christian, daughter of Gabriel Hamilton, Esq., of West burn, Lanarkshire. The gallant admiral is grandson of Francis, fifth Lord Napier. Sir Charles entered the navy before he was 14. PRESENT TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.—A deputation of Arabs of Algiers, consisting of Hadji Mohammed Raruaaut Mufti Hanefi, Ahd-er-Rahman-Ouldidamin-el- Benain, principal Iman of the Great Mosque, Ahmed Boukandoura, assessor of the Imperial Court. and Ahmed ben-Abd-el.'Etif, a notable inhabitant, are about to arrive in Paris, to offer to the Emperor a magnificent flag, which has been prepared for the native riflemen of the colony. On ene side of the flag is an imperial eagle with a crown, the letter "N" in a crown of oak, and the arms of Algiers, consisting of a lion and a palm tree. On the other side is a poetical inscription in Arab, of which this is the translation :—" This standard will shine n the fields of glory, and will fly to success with Divine assistance. It has been executed by the IVlusselrnans of Algiers, and is offered to the native soldiers who form part of the French troops which are sent to the assistance of the Ottoman empire, The year 1270 (1854)." The style in which the flag is executed and embroidered dues the highest credit to the native artists. Gall fpiani. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—The barge OW , letS and carriers on the Severn and the canals communisticg with it, and extending the traffic into Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire, have complained loudly of late of robberies committed on board their vessels, and consequently some little stir has been occa sioned at Gloucester by the apprehension this week of eleven persons farmers, labour e r s , an d wa t ermen. charged with robbing a vessel, the S dety, lying at Glou cester-quay, of four sacks of wheat, a sack of linseed, a sack of vetches, and a barrel of plaster of Paris. The parties apprehended were William Dolby. J. Harman, and G. W. Manley of the Safety, and H. Brown (farmer), Elias Brown (farmer), Jeremiah Organ (farmer), and Thomas Morfield, William Nicholls, George Panting, and Richard Darke (labourers). Of these Darke. Nicholls, Manley, and Panting were discharged, but the others were fully committed for trial at the next Glou cestershire Assizes. It appeared that the articles were placed on board the vessel to go into Herefordshire, on Saturday, the Ist April, and that the vessel lay in the Severn that night. Alter nightfall a boat wl3 seen to go to the vessel, and then the men in her rowed away in the direction of Sandhurst, a village about three miles out of Gloucester. The stolen grain appears to have been taken to the house of Morfield, and he sold it at a suspicious price to the farmers and others. Wheat, worth 10s., was sold at ss. per bushel, and these farmers and other parties are charged with receiving it, knowing it to have been stolen. Some of the grain was placed in cider casks in the cider house, with a barrel of cider on each side ; and it appears that a portion of the plaster of Paris was sold to an old woman for flour, and that she did not discover the difference until she experienced a difficulty in making her bread rise, The farmers were admitted to bail. DARING ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN THE STRAND.— Shortly before six o'clock yesterday morning, a most daring attack, for a second robbery within the last few months past, took place in the premises of Messrs. Low, Son, and Benbow, perfumers to her Majesty, near the New Church, in the Strand. Not long ago a large quantity of valuable combs and other property was taken from warehouses of the said firm, and never since re covered. The discovery of an other attempt took place as follows :—lt appears that the son of Mr. Bastow, of No. 3, New Church Court, in the Strand, had occasion to go to his situation between six and seven o'clock, and when Mrs. Bastow called him she was surprised to find a large number of valuable combs wrapped up in a piece of dirty cloth in her passage, and on further inquiry it was ascertained that Messrs. Low and Co's warehouses had been entered, which warehouses adjoin the backs of the first three houses in New Church-court. The police were instantly communicated with, and a most search ing inquiry took place. from which suspicion is attached against a party whom it would he necessary to eapture, but at present, from prudential motives, their names are not made public. T. t OR 7 LAIEST THE BALTIC. HAMBUF.GH, APRIL 14.—Admiral Napier having received a report from Admiral Plumridge that eighteen Russian ships of war, anchored at Hel singfors, wished to gain the port of Revel (Cron stadt ?), is making ready to attack them. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 14.—The British frigate Amphion, 34, Captain A. C. Key, is ashore near Dragoe. All attempts to get her off have hitherto proved fruitless. - The French liner Austerlitz, 100, has arrived al Kioge Bay. THE DANUBE. Letters from Bucharest of the 6th state that the Russians have not crossed Trajan's Wall, and have not made any other movement in advance. Nothing is yet known as to the occupation of Tchernowda, which was to precede a passage of the Danube, near Rossowa. The rumour of a battle near Rossowa is devoid of all foundation. It is stated from Orsowa, under date of the Ist, that the Turks had made a reconnaissance as far as Maglavitza to ascertain if the Russians had really retired from their positions before Kalafat. It was directed by Ismail Pacha, who was accompanied by the French officers Dupuis and Mercier, the Irish cavalry officer O'Reilly, and the Piedmontese General Gardin. It led to some slight skirmishes. The Turks found that the Russians had largo forces between Golentza and Maglavitza ; and the latter place 15,000 men with 16 guns. At Kalafat, rediffs and other forces were constantly arriving. At Belgrade, a notification has been published that all Prussian subjects and persons belonging to the Germanic Confederation must cause themselves to be inscribed at the mu nicipality, under pain of exposing themselves to serious inconveniences. The Austrian Government has, it is said, given to the Servian Government the assurance that the Austrian troops will not occupy the Principalities if tranquillity should continue to prevail. It is not at all improbable, writes the Paris cor respondent of the Times yesterday evening, that there may be some serious foundation for the rumours which have been in circulation for the last two or three days, of hostile encounters on the Danube, and of their being to the advantage of the Turks ; and even the report of something hav ing occurred at Odessa may not turn out so devoid of foundation as was imagined. Our accounts from Constantinople of the sth, state that the city was illuminated, and that the rejoicings took place in consequence of victories reported to have been gained by the Turkish army on the Danube It is also said that Omer Pasha had set out for the Dobrudscha, for the purpose of directing in person operations on a large scale, and that the Russians had been obliged to re-cross the Danube. These and other details relating to the theatre of war you will no doubt have to a date more recent than from Paris, and therefore I think it superfluous to en ter into details which must have reached Vienna before this. Accounts from Odessa of the Ist state that on that day the combined fleets were seen and so great was the terror that the inhabitants were preparing to quit the city for the interior. An army of 20,000 Russians was stationed in and near Odessa, which was otherwise well fortified and prepared for defence. ST. PETERSEURG. The Journal de St. Petersboury of the sth con tains the following : To Aide-de-Camp General Count Woronsoff. "Prince Michael Semeno viten —Having received your report on your giving up to General of Cavalry de Read, of the Adminis►ration of the Caucasus, and of the command of the brave troops there collected, I fully appreciate the sentiments with which you have left that country, and not less than you I regret it— ' knowing that an urgent necessity could alone oblige you to quit temporarily, under present circumstances, a ca reer to which you have devoted nine years of indefat gable activity, not less signalised by your feats of arm, than by your administrative acts. The useful enter prises already executed by you should be a consolation to you ; but, notwithstanding your bad health, you have prepared local measures for meeting the events which are now being developed, and you have drawn up pru dent instructions, which have convinced-me that all your. views are in conformity with my intentions. In repeat ing to you the assurance of my most sincere gratitude for your brilliant services, and for your exemplary abne gation, I cordially desire that, after the re-establishment of your strength, you will soon return to the Caucasus, for the welfare of that province, and the interest of the country.---I remain for ever, your affectionate " St. Petersburg, March 29." "NICHOLAS. "To Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff. " Prince Michael Dmitrievitch— By the brilliant pas sage of the Danube, effected on the 23d ult., you have crowned the Russian arms with new glory. The troops under your command in person effected in three points the passage to the right bank of the river, and took by assault several redoubts of the enemy. Alarmed at our bold attack, the Turks fled, and aban doned to us without striking a blow the fortresses of Tultscha and Matchin, which had been defended by garrisons of fifteen thousand men. Seeing in this ex ploit a pledge of our future successes against the enemies of the holy religion and of the country, I charge you to express my most sincere gratitude to our brave troops and to their valiant chiefs ; and at the same time confer ring on you, in testimony of my cordial gratitude for your distinguished services, my portrait enriched with diamonds, to be worn at your button-hole. I remain unchangeably your affectionate " St. Petersburg, 3d April." " NICHOLAS. The Russian government having ordered that all soldiers who had received unlimited furloughs should immediately return to the service, the Chief of the Police of Warsaw published a proclamation on the Bth, declaring that inhabitants giving refuge to a soldier of this class attempting to conceal himself, shall be severely punished if he does not immediately denounce him. The last imperial ukase ordains the calling in of more reserves. It is estimated that this measure will increase the army by 120,000 men. THE BLACK SEA. An officer on board one of her Majesty's ships in the Black Sea writes ou the 28th ult. :—" We are now at Kavarna, a large bay, about 120 miles from the Bosphorus and above Varna. The Rus sians, 50,000 we are told, have crossed the Danube at Galatz, and they are going to cross at Rassova with 25,000 men, by which movement they hope to cut off the 25,000 Turks in the Dobrudscha. We expect a steamer to-night from near the Turkish position, which will tell us if they are in danger. If so, we shall probably go short to the nearest point, and embark the troops and bring them to Varna. This is most probably the latest news you can have." Two hundred and sixty-seven vessels have arrived at Constantinople from the Black Sea, only four of which were in ballast. Grand total If travellers are to be credited, Erzeroum, in the time when th e G enoese h e ld possession of? it, numbered 100,000 souls, and at the period of the Russian invasion' in 1828-9 about 80,000. Pesti lence and emigration are the principal causes of this striking diminution. The town contains 28 khans, 13 public baths, 70 mosques and mesjids (small mosques or chapels), besides a R o m an Catholic, a Gre e k, an d a large and handsome Armenian church. The khans are at present oc cupied by troops (to the great discomfort of travellers), as the barracks only suffice for one regiment of four battalions, or 3,856 men. The houses are mostly built of a dark grey volcanic stone, cemented with mud, and strengthened with timbers inserted horizontally at cer tain distances in the walls, which, being rarely plastered, gives the town a dull appearance. Some of the apartments in the larger houses are hand some, and the ceilings, of carved wood, are gilt and painted. The rough external appearance of the houses is studied, as are the low and dirty entrances to them; lest they should be fixed upon by the authorities as lodgings for strangers, or be seized for military or civil purposes. The roofs are flat and covered with several feet of earth, which renders them warm in winter and cool in summer, but not impervious to rain and melting snow in the spring. The streets of Erzeroum are irregularly built, and, like all Turkish towns, ---- . CONDUCT OF PRUSSIA. unpaved and filthy. The scavenger dogs are The conduct of P russ i a occas i ons, says a P ar is as numerous as at Constantinople, are of the ketter of Thursday, much anxiety and discontent same breed, and appear to be as fully deter to the French Government, and many who were mined to keep possession of their own districts, hitherto the last to despair of her rallying to the from which an intruder is quickly driven good cause begin to fear that her hesitation is but back to his own quarter. The town is well the prelude to her final abandonment of the allied supplied with excellent water, conducted through Powers, and that she will act frankly only when wooden pipes from springs issuing from the moment comes for her to declare that she acts the Palan Dukeu Mountain to the nume with Russia. It is impossible not to see that, rous fountains, which are to be found in every whatever be the desire to tranquillise the public part of the town. The city is 6,200 feet above the mind, at bottom there is suspicion and mistrust- level of the sea, and 200 above the surrounding The Independence of Brussels states that the plain, which, like that of Baibout, possesses all the precise point on which differences have arisen be- characteristic features of the upper steppes of Ar tween Austria and Prussia, on the subject of the menia, in the almost total absence of trees and in offensiv e an d d e f ens i ve treaty, is whether one of the sterility of the mountains which border it. Pire the two Powers can engage in war without having timber is used in the construction of houses, or for previously consulted the other. fuel, and is a heavy item of expense in this part of BERLIN, April 11.—Colonel Ruff has returned the country. The poorer classes burn dried cow from Vie nna , b r i ng i ng a re fu s al to accept the clause dung, compressed into cakes. It consumes slowly, which Prussia proposes to insert in the Convention gives out a fair heat, and is of course much cheaper. recently agreed to. This is formally rejected by For further economy and warmth the villagers pass the Austri an G overnme nt. It is understood that, the winter in stables where their cattle are kept, one whereas an i m p or t an t article of the Convention corner of which is divided off by a low partition, and stipulates th a t i n th e eve nt of one of the contract-. raised above the stable floor. The principal imports iug parties finding itself at war the other shall come I here are British and Swiss manufactures, colonial to its succour, Prussia wishes to add a special clause I produce, iron, tin, madder root, indigo, and galls. more or less secret, to the effect that war must 1 The exports from the Pashalic consist of furs, skins always be concerted between the two parties. The of goats and sheep, buffalo hides, goat and sheep action of the one would thus depend on the consent wool, wax and tallow, pipesticks, copper, and, lead, Fifteen thousand men were expected from Egypt, who will immediately on arrival be forwarded to Batoum under the escort of English and French steamers. 50,000 VARNA, April I.—The fleets have left in the direction of Sebastopol. CIRCASSIA. In a Constantinople letter of the 25th, published at Malta, we read :—" The English steamer Samp son, which had been sounding on the coast of Cir cassia returned on the 21st, brin g i ng tidi ngs o f a complete victory gained by the Circassians over the Russians. Early in March the Circassians, provided with arms and ammunition, attacked the Russians, and, a severely contested battle, drove them into their castles on the coast. These castles were surrounded and repeatedly attacked during four continous days. Finally, the Russians, fear ing to be cut to pieces, blew up their powder magazines, and sought shelter in ships. " The captain of the Sampson reports that when some Russians had abandoned two block-houses situated on a hill, the Circassians threw themselves on them and cut the whole to pieces. The same steamer had spoken with a Russian vessel pro ceeding to Sebastopol, laden with fugitive soldiers. The loss of the Russians had been considerable. The coast of Circassia is at present free from the enemy. The principal trades carried on are tanning, dyeing morocco (red and yellow), preparing sheepskins f°. pelisses, hors es h oes an d na i ls, and blacksm ith s ' and s coppersmiths' work. Th e grea t es t security PrevaLld in transporting goods from and to Trebizond, an the usu a l means i s on mule or horse back. A s ses are solely emp l oye d for the transport of bar ir on and charc oa l. C amels are rarely us ed of because the hard and s t oney nature of the ground. 0 usual burden, of a camel is about 240 okes, o r 6801 b. (an oke is 211 b. English), that of a horse o f mule 3401 b., an d of an ass 1701 b. The roa d s , t rather tracks, are wretched. Some efforts 1 v17 . , made to const ruc t a roa d commencing from 4.0 bizond, but th e war w i t h Russia has cause d be abandoned for the present. British inann!„ o tures (principally cottons) to the amount of t , , millions sterlin g annua ll y pass from Tre bizyo all through Erzerou m i n t o P ers i a. Provis i ons e i kinds are cheap! ; the followi ng are th e presen t whir r whole' prices, in summer f u lly one - t hi r d less :—Goo d some brown bread (no white to be had), 2d. tin! e: . ` f , (241 b.) • mutton, very good, sd. th e oke ; , very inferior, 3d. the oke ; eggs, 3d. the domeil fowls, 6d. each ; pigeons, Bd. a couple ; Ps'i ; ridges, 9d. a brace ; best butter, 7d. a P"'24,0 milk, 14d. a quart. Vegetables are three-four ; of - the year very cheap, but at present scare s ' and rather dear. Wood and charcoal is also nod dear. The country also produces rock salt and Ti' tive soda. As to liquors, the principal sort used an imported spirit called " rakee," made from stems of the grape bunch, and flavoured with anP! of which the Christian population drink great (p i t y/ tities, and th e M ussu l mans are beginning to fanuto their example. Th e race o f h orses i s small/ b.O they are h ar d y an d sure-footed, and vary in Pr', from 5/. t o 10/. ; oxen fox labour, 5/. ; m ilch it. to li. 10 s . ; sheep, 9s. to 10s. ; goats, 6s. t O , l l Very littl e f ru i t i s grown here, the market be-"" supplied fr om Tortoon. There is a weekly_ra established not. long ago, for the conveyance letters and spec i e b etween Erzeroum, Trebizet; and Consta n ti nop l e. The presence of Europe:, consuls at Erzero um h as d one much towards civi; ing the count r y an d 'b ettering the condition of l_P:e A rayahs (Christi an p opu l at i on), b y keeping a 0131; on the condu c t o f th e P as h as or governors. Tvrevt;', years ago a Frank was rare l y seen here, and was s ub ject to insult an d vexat i on. Now the inhab it a nts have have become completely accustomed to the sight , Europeans, a n d every d ay European innovat ion make their appearance among the better classes' and, although some o f th ese c h anges may aPPee:, trifling, still th ey s h ow h ow prejudice is disapPer4 ing before civili sa ti on . A str i king instance of UP; is seen in the modern -erected palace or buill (which also contains the police-office, Cuat. 4 .4l house, &c.), on which a slanting tiled roof has bee n placed, the only one in the town, every ( It'd house having a flat cumbrous one. The state education in this country, and I believe through t 'd Asia Minor, is at a v ery l ow e bb . The learning a the best - instructed Mahomedan does not eaten, beyond a knowledge of the Koran and some o°, mentaries on it. M any among the upper clams' cannot write, and w h en anyt hi ng i s required to , committed to pap er th ey app l y to public scrlui e Everything at sc h oo l i s l earnt by rote, and reasoning faculties of the scholars are not geO f cised and d eve l ope d . When once they It.n° how to read and write, their education is 8 1 posed to .b e comp l eted. In fact, it is only among those who have been educated at Cl/ stantinople that one meets with any degree • i 0 literary knowledge. Th e i r i gnorance of aritting'', is. surprising. Ev e n among t h e State financiel; none know more than additi on an d subtractO„' and, to perf orm s i mp l e operations in multiplicat i o n ; they have recourse to long addition. Verytif e e know what a million is ; indeed, there is no t word in Turki s h t o express the sum, and the Et l ::i g pean word has been adopted. Ignorance on point may be thus explained :—Large sums, in 3.. . . -70 of being count e d b y p i astres, are reckoned by p (kesseh), by loads (yuk), and by treasures (haz,ol:o the kesseh being eq ua l t o 500 piastres, the Wi.,.1; 200 purses, or 10,0 00 piastres, and the haz nel* 36,000 purses, or 1 8,000,000 piastres. The ChPiA tians of Erzero um are perhaps, comparatively,. li„,o so ignorant as th e Turks, but there are aizatg them also m an y striking examples of ignorallui , Some of the Armenian clergy, actually cannot red c i nor indeed und ers t an d th e i r religious books, Trßif are written in a nc i en t A rmen i an, though they dp4' repeat their contents by rote. Erzeroum is altogether unfortified, noth•lng re ; maining to mark th e p ossess i on o f it by the ente r , prising Genoese b u t th e s h a t tere d and decaying 1'; mains of an extensive inner and outer wall, Oa rounded by a deep ditch and a few round a' i r square towers. It is commanded by a high hi mountain called Palan Duken, so that in the Pr e " sent day it never could serve as a check to air' ir vading force. advancing either from Georgia Persia. Most of the old fortified places whi ah have seen bear the same character of and, Dfeatlf sibility, on a ccoun t o f their vicinity to comm ing heights. The great elevation of Erze•con° above the sea, and its position as to lat; i tal account for its e x t reme co ld ness and the deP.O of snow in - winter and its op p ress i ve heat i° summer. The western branch of the Eriphrao; takes its ris e a t a s h ort distance off, and parg 3 o f within a mile of the town, under the local nalne,,,. Karasoo. Ther e are few diseases that can be at; buted to the climate; on the whole, it is a heal' spot, but the plague occas i onally visits this cowl and is supposed to appear every 12 or 14 years: raged here in 1829, and again in 1842, and on last appearance carried off nearly 8,000 persons. he the calculation o f it s usual return be corr ftxt,Ltds period cannot be far off when this terrible sonnlit will again spread desolation and sorrow in the WO of the unfortunate inhabitants. Erzeroum is distant from Trebizond ab0ut,,,, 4 hours, or nearly 180 miles, calculating three m l 7 O and a quarter to the hour; from Kars, 36 hours' about 120 m il es; from Tabriz, in Persia, 110 hots' or 350 mil es; an d f rom Teflis, in Georgi a , 76 hem" or 250 miles. THE COMBINED EXPEDITIONARY FOJAC o TE EAST. 9 The following T is fro H m the Morning Chroni 4 correspondent MALTA,. April now again write to ref/ further arriv a l s an d departures of English French troops to the seat of war. The Caol„ge-. steamer, from Kingstown, arrived yesterday, bli; ino• Major Johnston, Captain Quayle, Wallis, and Ensign Marsh, 115 non-commissionl ; officers and privates, and three women, of the 33 '4 Major Darlton, Captain King, Lieutenants It° ' no and Astley, Ensign Hopkins, and Assistant -Surge 1 Beckwith, 215 no n - commissioned officers and Pi, - • vates, two women and one child, of the 4 9 tu l ti s ; Lie utena Captains Purcel and Gray, Lieutenants Faw ee 'd, and Nowlan, Ensions Leeds, Tyler, and Diainoti, Paymaster Roberts and Assistant-Surgeon Mares'' 232 non-commissioned officers and privates, o n t. eight women, of the 50th - Capt. Kennedy, Lieu., Chawner, and Ensign Butts, Assistant-Surge°' Burton, 99 non-commissioned officers and private s " and one w oman of the 77th Regiment ; and tiie, Niagara and T ener iff e are hourly looked for. I Ilavo already advised the French arrivals and departure' en masse, having had no time to give the details , ' but which I n o w su pply. The Panama steamer , ' with 35 officers and 788 soldiers, arrived from Al Biers on the 3d, and left for Gallipoli on the Stu' . having in tow the Austrian transport brig with stores. The Caffarelli steamer, from Ste",;, with 16 officers and 596 soldiers, arrived on t" - 6 ,,, 4th, and left for the East on the sth. The LaP litc A. steamer, with 12 officers and 382 soldiers, arriv h e e from Bugia on the sth, and at the same time the Eclaireur, with four officers and 200 soldiers, 11- 5. Bugia ; the Monett° steamer, from Bugia, wi r eight officers and 253 soldiers ; the Veloce steal: l _4j from Stora, with 11 military and 11 naval me", 4 1 , 0, officers and 339 soldiers ; and the Brandon" steamer, with 10 officers and 230 soldiers, wise from Stora. This latter and the Eclair left f or t h e East on the 6th ; the Laplace'hn, Veloc e , an d M ouette followed on the 7th. The Egyptian steamer, having on board Ge0e ...„1 ,`"-- Bonat, 22 other officers, and 170 artillerymen) ‘ 1 : rived from M arse ill es on th e sth, and left 00 0., 14 on the 6th. Th e G orgone and Coligny steameer arrived from Algiers o n t h e 6th, the fart` er bringing one officer a n d 3 12 soldiers, the latter one officer and 352 soldi ers ; and on the 7th Or s Meteore steamer, also f rom Algiers, with 10 offietle 414 soldiers. All thr ee proceeded onwards to the East on the Bth, on th e afternoon of which dal . a large steam-frigate Astnodee, with 1,000 rank a n in file from Algier s , passed Malta, without looking or for fuel or wat er , h aving in tow a French schoon er with horses and f o dd er. It will be seen from ,1180 details that the French have carried and are eeli i r; in„ out the transport of their contingent to wa r seat of war, chiefly by means of French ra , steamers, with remarkable diligence and comb tive coadort, for, whilst coaling and waterinf, to , Malta harbour which usually occupies from watering 12 hours, the officers and many of the men ge • to til e h l e r run on shore ; and, I should remark, much credit, not one has been left behind, although the departures have sometimes taken place during night. 1 ' I regret I cannot 'advise any such satisfactl progress onwards o f th e British troops/ most a suredly with ou t any blame attaching to the I ° ° : authorities— c i v il , naval, or military—wh° , worked well together, and received very valua aid and assistance from the agents and other e m ' ployes of merc h ant steam companies. The deft tive arr angements no doubt are a matter for will ° the home authorities are blameable. " The Golden Fleece, which left on the 3 1 st of March, with :Brigadier-General Sir George Bolo' of the other, and therefore, if Prussia so chose, she raight neutralise the intentions of Austria and pre vent her from making war upon Russia. Austria will not yield to this, and it is expected that the fear of isolation 'will at length overcome the last: scruples of Prussia,' and induce her to ratify the Convention as at first set forth. A Berlin letter dated April 11, says :—" The history of the present treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between Austria and Prussia, which was provisionally concluded here last Friday, but has since met, with some objections at Vienna as regards certain military stipulations, may be traced thus :--Prussia, after rejecting the overtures of the Western Powers in February of this year, and the second edition of them as published by Austria in the beginning of March, began soon to feel sensible of the dangers of isolation ; for it was evi dent that Austria did not intend to be held back by Prussia's determined neutrality; and that, if the latter would not go forward with the former, the former would not wait any longer for the latter, but would proceed to occupy Servia, &c., as soon as she could arrange matters with the Western Powers and the Porte. A despatch sent from here to Graf Arnim at Vienna, under date of March 6, runs pretty nearly thus :—The measures that Austria had taken for the protection of her interests on her south-eastern frontier had been followed with interest here. Prussia would, it was true, like the rest of the German States, have to observe the particular position she should take up, but this should offer no hindrance to her coming to an understanding with Austria. On the con trary, Prussia was quite ready and willing to come to some understanding, as far as the protection of German interests was concerned. Information was therefore requested-1, whether Austria in tended, for the preservation of the tranquillity of her own provinces, to occupy the adjacent Turkish territories ? or, 2, whether sh e i n t en d e d t o h o ld them as a pledge until peace was attained ? or, 3, whether she intended to take an active part in the war ? According as the answers to these questions turned out, Priissia would be in a position to judge how far the prote,ction of German interests was con cerned in Austria's programme, and if she could in any way contribute to alleviate the pressure that might possibly be put upon Austria by the Western Powers. It was with the hope of turning this slight demonstration of goodwill towards a bolder policy, that Baron von Hess has been sent here, after some considerable time had been lost in fruitless diplomatic correspondence. On the first two, the defensive points, and the mutual assurance of each other's territory, if attacked, a perfect understanding has been attained, but the points on which fresh instructions have been sent for to Vienna, and to which Austria has already objected, are those in which the cases are defined, in which an offensive action of Austria against Russia would destroy her claim to Prussia's assistance. This latter is gua ranteed for a variety of conjunctures in which Austria may find her own and Germany's interests so jeopardised as imperatively to require her to assume an offensive attitude ; but the result of the co-operation of the two military diplomatists so frequently alluded to has been to introduce some stipulations on this head to which, as already men tioned, Austria has objected. This opposition on the part of Austria will, .I expect, have the result that these over scrupulous and considerate stipu lations will be withdrawn, and that the co-operation of the gentlemen above alluded to will in future be as entirely a nonentity as the organs of the party would make the public believe it has been from the beginning. As an evidence of a more wholesome appreciation of the position, I have telegraphed to you to-day that a commission was formed yesterday for the purpose of deliberating on and settling the military details of the treaty with Austria, composed of the Prince of Prussia, General Bonin, the Minister of War, and General Reyher, the chief of the general staff. These are theimen who are entitled by birth and by office to take part in such weighty deliberations at such an important juncture. Taken in connexion with the signing of the last Vienna protocol,' the conclu sion of the treaty with Austria, the vote of the Chambers, and the continuation in office of the two Ministers who had made the signing of the protocol a cardinal question by which they would stand or fall, we may now confidently consider that Prussia is fairly embarked in an onward course of Euro pean co-operation opposed to the grasping policy of the Court of St. Petersburg. General von Lindheim has returned here from St. Petersburg without bringing any fresh prop osa l s , an d P r i nce Geor g e of Mcklenburg, who h as re t urne d hith er from Neu Strelitz, leaves here again for St. Peters burg next Thursday or Friday, without taking with him anything like overtures or proposals, as far as I have heard. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg has on several occasions expressed a desire, as soon as Prussia proceeds to any active military opera tions, to be invested with a command. The gene ral promotion in the army which usually takes place at the Ordensfest, but was put off this year in the anticipation of a more fitting opportunity occurring soon,"will now very shortly be published. A similar movement may also be expected in the ; civil service." TURKEY IN ASIA. The following is from Erzeroum, dated Feb. 28 ..‘‘ Owing to the still continued severity of the weather impeding all military operations, I have thought that a short account of this important place, so little known in Europe, may not be alto gether uninteresting, particularly as it is probable that Armenia and ars will be the theatre of a sharp struggle in the coming spring and summer. The Pashalic or Ayalet of Er-ze-Room (" Land of the Greeks," in the Turkish language) ranks, in point of importance, among the first of the Turkish empire. It is governed by a Vizier, whose autho rity extends over the sanjaks or provinces of Erze roum, Tchilder, Kars, Bayazid, Van, and Moosh, containing, altogether, a population estimated roughly at 800,000 souls. The province of Erze romn is divided into 14 " cazas," or districts, con taining in all about 1,500 villages. It is impossible, in this country, to obtain correct statistical infor mation, because the Government is indifferent to the subject, and also because the natives are too ignorant to afford it, or those who can do so, fear ing that it might be used to their prejudice, mis lead inquirers by errone o u s s t a t emen t s . It is there fore impossible to state accurately the population of the town of Erzeroum, but it may be estimated as follows : Turks Orthodox Armenians Catholic Armenians Persians Greeks Russian subjects, consisting principally of Armenians and a few Georgians and Jews 1,200 Total inhabitants Add garrison force at the present moment 10,000 lC fit, • Al th b(