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qyh t -- LONDON,- MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1854. The attention of the people of England should ou no account be diverted front the extraordinary policy Which haS for some time past, and is still at this moment, being pursued by the Athenian Government. ;rite geographical position of Greece renders its conduct peculiarly important at this juncture, When there is open war, not only be tween Russia and Turkey, but between the North ern AUTLICE.A.T and the Sublime Porte aided both on land and on sea by the armaments despatched to his, assistance by the French and English Sovereigns. But for its position geographically, Greece, as one of the lesser Powers of Europe, w`ceild, at a juncture like the present, be, all illings remembered, scarcely worth one moment's Iyassing consideration. But for this one solid and 'sufficient reason, King Orao might; in ask ing what attitude he should assume in the general conflict, really and truly, be not less than King Boxes himself, simply ridiculous I And everybody remembers—everybody who hap pened to glance at that delightful " skit" in the pages of that contemporary of ours whom Mr. THACKBRAY delights to call " the venerable Mr. PuNeß"—everybody remembers surely how a question of that kind from his MAJESTY of Naples was recently met in the London Charivari. What attitude King BOMBA should assume ? " Mercy on us," Said':Punch, " we would earnestly recom mend his MAJESTY to get under the bed as soon as possible ; but, at any rate, to get out of the way !" Now, it would be precisely the same in regard to. Greece and its faineant Monarch, but for the one reason, the one simple but substantial reason already given, that of the situation of Greece geographically. It must be remembered, moreover, that the Greek kingdom liei under extraordinary oblige tione. to:t the great Powers of Christendom. It is indebted to those Powers, in fact, for its very t3eiStence, Indebted --recollect this—not to *Russi a arfAle, but equally also to the rest of those other eh'sef States of Europe who, together with hguaranteed its i n d epen d ence. This, b y :usein, v e 11 ' ay, would seem to have been altogether L r noked by the r e i gn i ng H e l len i c Sovereign. e k tur ~cuch soohat we find him openly setting at Aance both France and England—identifying his "in the cause that of the Rusgian Cze.e Sublime hostile position, not only to th e P e i te; b ut &ISO to the allies of Turkey, those allies the recognised champions of the sacred interests of civilisation. Lord JOHN RtiSSE" has said it. Lord STRATI/OE D D it. • And pacity the for mer has Z RIZECLIFFE has said said it, remember, in his ca as Leader of the British liOn seo C om . TllO/13—and the latt er i n his capacity ambassador at Constantinople. as th e B ritish On Friday evening we •took occasion to refer to the "circular in which her Ms./earl's representative ci at the Court of the ST;LTAN, addressing himself to the various Engliffda Consuls in the Levant, repre hended the Greek: insurrection as a movement which " operates only in favour of Russia, while it has not even the merit of being spontaneous" --- -the circular 7n, which this was said bei ng ' 1 444 on the 29th. of March from Constantinople. At the 'same time' we directed particular attention t? t4B c einidence which awe Ac fterwards ren dered tl‘ie" Gtli9f April some what noticeable. We I "'44leut how it camepasa, curiously enough, that on flint, memprnialee 6th of Ap r il L or d glom' RUSSELL de .. el 4 ll ea in so; mazy Words " that there were nunit roue 1.."•( Ms of the RING and Qusev of Greece hawing given the 'greatest encouragement to the insurrectimie is"---(entreating the public while we quoted tp. pitfitartlirw assertion thAt .4 was a formal CRYSTAL PALACE, 1854.-ADVERTISE MENTS ter lit(SER LION is the various HAND BOOKS, iltustrative of the Con eats of the EXHIBITION will be received from this date, by Messrs. BE/DIV:MT EVASF, Printers and Pub lishers to the Crystal Palace Company, at their office, No. 11, Bon yeriz,,, street,' where all necessary information may be obtained. Early application i 3 earnesliz , rectunnended. A Nil 32, !!54, *FEEATRI.: ROYAL DRILWY Ix'lire, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, A7EII. 24, • Iva ba PerCormed LUCRE.II4 BORGIA. Characters by Mr. Samlllow Brahma lova Signor Taresl; Meelerie Caraaor4 Azd Yeettall. 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Tins Dot —Morning 0 tain.after 01 Livening 16 min.aft. 12 To.Monaow—Morning 39 min.a ft er 12 1 Evening 1 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Sms OPTIC% APRIL 23. THERMO/INTIM, IDf THE SHADS. 54 —highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. .51--this day at neon, BanozorrEn, 30--risen half an inch since yesterday. WIND, N.E.—Strong gale, with large scudding clouds. Arara 24. 44—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowe4t this morning and during the night. 48 --this day, at noon. , BAROMETER, .3010—another great rise efface last night. W'acn. N.N.E. to N.E.—Fresh breeze, with cold, cionerp weather, and occasional sunshine. Some slight suor,v fell during the morning. SAL erne directed e, against King °TIDO and_Queen Amm.' - al 9f ' ti-reeca by no obscure, much less by an 'L anonymous, accuser, but by one of the most iistinguished of the leading Ministers of the Crown of England. We pointed out on 17 "ridi. ',‘„7, we say, how, curiously enough, it came .to , pass 'that this occurred on the 6th of April in IA mama, while on the same 6th of April, in Athens, thei British; French ; Austrian, and Swedish Anibal sadors abstained from attending, with the rest ! of the diplomatic corps, at the to Deuuv:allVar chanted on that- date; as the -anni i-e-rsary" of do a - foundation of Greek Independence. This evening we would especially call those re markable fatal is to the popular remembrance. We would Demintl our readers- thus pointedly of the coirrsereeentl y pursued atAthens by the Four Am bassadors, those of England, France, Austria, and Sweden—of :the explanation given by the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London in reply to. inquiries put to - .him by the Hon. Gentleman the - Member foriPontefra c t o f the circular cent - ly addr: l 4 e d. t o Consulsour in the Levant by lien 13 4 0 1 1. -;il4 . representative. at._ - • - - Ilavitig..`teVerted - to - which three_ : iiiBd4its; we e ild 110 At allude t_o another of a different kind, mentionesf, in our impression of Saturday—au incident which transpired at Malta, and which Ir e am informed'has thrown the Greek merchants into the utmost consternation. It is nothing less than the revelation of certain evil ma chinations in aid of the Hellenic invaders of the Ottoman territory. The discovery, in fact, of tY.e circumstance of the resident Greeks of Mar w3illes having subscribed a large sum of money to be sent to the insurgents I - With the amount ve are not made acquainted : but the Prefect does not hesitate to acquaint the Greek-Consul with his determination that mea sures should be at once taken that the money so subscribed should be intercepted before reaching its destination. Is it really the case that nearer home than Marseilles a similar scheme has actually been set on foot—a scheme for the practical aid of the Greek insurgents, by the transmission of 10,000/. from London and Manchester ? The question is worth putting to the occupants of the Treasury. Benches directly the Easter recess is over—say even as early as Thursday evening, as soon as possible after the reassembling of Par liament. We would urge the matter seriously upon the attention of our independent represen tatives. The suggestion is worthy, for example, of the notice, either of the Member for Aylesbury or of the Member for Pontefract. There are many facts, indeed, that must be dragged to light as quickly as possible in reference to much that has been doing of late by Orno and AMELIA in furtherance of the designs of the Northern AUTOCRAT. t Nay,. Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself may be said to have given the voucher for this on the 6th of April, from tho floor of the British Legislature. The forthcoming blue-bOok in re ference to the recent conduct of the Greek Go vernment will, of course, abound with timely revelations - . But apart from this before a syllable of these documents is 'officially published—it is already by no means difficult to recognise the turpitude of the Hellenic sympa thisers with the Czar NICHOLAS. The truth - in this matter is already, in a great measure, patent to any impartial observer's apprehension. It cannot henceforth be ignored, or glozed over, or lost oven for a while from our remembrance. It is altogether too glaringly demonstrated to be any longer oierlooked—demonstrated, if by nothing else, by the deliberate assertions of the Noble Lord the Leader of the House - of Commons, by the conduct pursued recently at_ Athens, not only by the 'British and French, but even by the Austrian and Swedish Ambassadors, as well as by the re markable circular addressed to our Consuls in the Levant, by her MAJESTY'S diplomatic representa tive at Constantinople. The first Russian prize has been brought into a British port. The " Union Jack" floating tri umphantly over a hostile flag has been first exhi bited in English waters, and the first prisoners of war have been placed under restraint in the United Kingdom. Her MAJESTY'S revenue steam-cruiser Argus, Commander M. W. S. Grandy, was the fortunate captor. Her officers and crew have realised the first fruits of the existing "difficulty," and afforded an example which will doubtless be so extensively followed that prizes will speedily lose the charm of novelty, and cease to attract attention on that ground. It appears that the Argus oily left Southend on Thursday, and that ou Friday about noon she fell in with the Froja, 440 tons, and fifteen men, WEEKALAN, master, bound from Lisbon to the Baltic. - She had left Lisbon on the 28th of March--r-the day on which the declaration of war appeared in the Gazette, and the one before that on which the Orders in Council for reprisals and embargo were made. It is possible, there fore, that the master . and crew were ignorant of the danger they were incurring, and ran unwit tingly into the trap. This view of the case would seem to be supported by the fact that the Froja, when boarded, was within 18 miles of Beechy Head, and that, although having two nine-pound carronades and a supply of small arms and ammu nition for the crew, no resistance of any kind was offered. On the other hand, the master asserted that he was bound to Elsinore, and not to Abo— a matter of , no real consequence so far as the legality of thp:captnre was concerned,' but which he might have supposed would have afforded a chance of escape from condemnation. An, interesting question now arises. There are fifteen prisoners of war, inoffensive seamen, who were not taken with arms in their hands, or aim ing blows at the power and authority of this country, but engaged in a peaceful and laudable calling. How, then, are we to deal with these persons ? By the -laws of war they are unques tionably lawful prisoners, responsible for all the untoward consequences of the insane ambition and grasping cupidity of their despotic master, and we would be justified hi making them close prisoners, and subjecting them to all the privations and suf ferings incidental to such a position. But ought we to act on these rights? Would it be humane or politic to do so These are questions deserv ing of mature consideration, and we earnestly hope that the answers may be worthy of the noble cause iu which the Western Powers have engaged. There can be no doubt as to the propriety of exacting ample guarantees, that the skill and physical power of these prisoners should not be brought into operation against us. If allowed to return freely to their own country, where their position is nearly that of serfs, they may be pressed into the service of their despotic master, and com pelled to fight against the generous enemy who treated them with such extraordinary kindness. Experienced seamen would be of the utmost value to the AUTOCRAT, and it could scarcely be anticipated that we could render any assistance to provide him with the most useful " munitions of war." Nor would it be true kindness to the poor fellows themselves to scud them off in order that they might be, forthwith converted into "food for gunpowder." lt would be little better than a mockery to take their paroles against their serving in opposi tion to the Western Powers during the conflict. ThEi CZAR would deal very summarily with an y such engagement, which would scarcely induce him to dispense with services which might at the moment be peculiarly valuable. Or were it other wise, and that the "Muscovite gentleman" actually respected the honourable pledges given, these men wollabe again employed'in the mercantile marine, and would /ender available for war services an ,equal number of seamen, who would at once be taken in their place. On either ground, then, we could hardly consent to the unconditional dis charge of those parties. But there is another ground why we should keep those parties. We cannot hope that we ourselves should be exempted from the ordinary " fortune of war," that we should not lose vessels, and have British subjects taken iflto captivity, from whence flat' *fll not be released until exchanged for others. We may then require these Men, as the means of obtaining the liberation of:Our :own countrymen. But although we may be compelled to detain these parties; there is no reason why they should be treated with harshness or severity. It is no case for hulks or prisons. The incarceration of the parties is by no means required. They should, on the con trary, be allowed the utmost degree of liberty ; con sistent with their safe keeping, and a fair allow ance for their support and maintenance. Ey per mitting them to move about, and to acqUire some idea of the manners and customs of the English people, to see the working of free insti tutions, and at the same time - inspiring a feeling of gratitude far unexpected kindness, we would render immense service to the cause- of liberty. These people would speedily compare their pre viuus condition with that of others living: under a Constitutional Monarchy. - They_ would dis cover the vast disadvantages of despotic power, and on returning home-would communicate to their friends and neighbours the nature and extent of the-blessings from Which they were debarred. Each man would thus become an apostle of civilisation, enlightening the minds of their benighted brethren. A spirit of inquiry would be excited—an enthu siasm awakened which it would be impossible to suppreis, and which would strike at the very root of the p r i nc ipl e of • autocracy—a principle which only subsists on the besotted ignorance .of its fol lowers. The question (if.,. what we shall - do with our prisoners of war becomes one of vast impor tance, and should not be disposed of on any trivial or insufficient ground; or until all the elements of the calculation are fully and maturely con sidered. Our late remarks on the Colonial Clergy Disa bilities Bill were fully sustained by the debate in committee on the 10th. The whole matter is in a false position, and, consequently, the confusion and misunderstanding were inevitable and incur able. The Solicitor-General, clear-headed and straightforward man as he is, through submitting himself to the ingenioui and subtle ecclesiastical tutelage of Mr. GLAnsToNE, has only succeeded in mystifying and perplexing the whole house. We, and all ordinary mortals, may well spare our selves any painful study of a measure which even Mr. ELLICE (the Member for Coventry) declared " he did not understand," which, to such a man an Sir G. GREY, was " legislating in the dark," and which Mr. NAPIER, and Mr. HENLEY also, like Mr. ELLICE, " could not understand." When such lawyers and politicians are at fault, it may well be conceived that the country at large must be much more in the dark , than Sir G. GREY. Indeed, it is puzzling enough to the general reader to find Sir RICHARD BETHELL, whom, turning to his faithful DOD, he finds to be not only Solicitor-General, but " Queen's Counsel, Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lan caster, and Counsel to the _University of Oxford ;" and Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE, who, as he learns from the same authority, is Doctor of Civil Law, Chancellor of Worcester, Oxford, Bristol, &c., — actually differing point blank on the question of the supremacy of the Crotrn in the Ecclesiastical government of the Colonies ! We may reasona.bly, therefore, inquire whether even .the shadow of a necessity exists fora - bill so likely; according to Mr; alio; a statesman of so much Colonial ex perience, to produce heartburnings and ill-will in the Colonies. We think, however, it is becoming clear to the House that' Mr. PHILLIAMILEI told the truth in describing it as a measure to bring about the establishment• of a convocation with legal vOwers in the doubtless with the nnderstOod de sign, of strengthening the hand,s of Couvocationists in• demanding ,like powers at hoine. •Virhatever the secret wishes of Mr. GL&DsToiaz, it was quite plain, as observed by Mr. T. CHAMBERS, that " the Bill was a very different thing from what it was repreSented to he, for instead of its dealing with a free and voluntary Church in the colo nies, which by some accident had been left under disabilities, it, in point 6f fact; - proposed to relieve an Established Church from disabilities under which it laboured." Phis is the kernel of the whole question. If the Colonial Episcopal Church be as free and voluntary as the Wesleyan and other Churches in the colonies, whose liberties were so often adverted to, and if, through any , technicalities of law, the Episcopal Church be more fettered than the other churches, why then, as Mr. ELLicH and others justly observed; repeal the statute or statutes, so• far as the colonies are concerned, at once. • Declare: the Act of HvSitY VIII., and any ogler .similar acts, null'and void beyond our own shores, and .there the business will end, and we shall know what we are, about. But if Mr. GLADSTONEI really wants to secure for his pet colonial Churches a legal oneness with the Church of England, and 'by conse quence a legal status and precedence in the colonies, to say nothing of importing his Colonial Convocations to the mother country, we hope we are not mistaken in believing the day for such interference with' Colonial rights past. It has been settled for the _English Church at home, that if she will be the State Church,. she must bear the yoke of the State ; that if she wants the liberties of Dissenters, she must purchase it at the price they pay for them. NO statesman grudges them their freedom while they decline to trouble him for special privileges or pay, and no man ought to know better than Mr. GrAD.sTorrs that neither the colonies nor the mother country will, unless cheated by unintelligble bills, tolerate now any other principle. •We had thought that all sensible men had agreed that the - Canada Clergy Reserves Bill settled for ever the point that all the Colonial Churches were henceforth to be independent of the moiher country. That a whole colony might turn Quakers if they pleased, and dispense with clergy altogether, or Roman Catholics, and ac knowledge the Popo as their religious head. That whether any church, or what church, should be supported by the Colonial Government, and to what extent, were to be questions for the colonists themselves to settle. The Anglican Church in the colonies, on this basis, can retain spiritual and ecclesiastical connection with the Mother Church in this country, as Wesleyan Societies do with the Wesleyan body here, and Catholics with Rome itself. Mo - re than this no honest advoCate of Colonial Rights will concede for a moment. We hope this dishonest bill will drop, and wish Sir R. B.ETHELL had never put kis. name on its back. Her' Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the _iviiole of the Royal family, will arrive at Buck ingham Palace this afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady -Augusta Poulett have arrived in St-. James's-square, from visiting Mr. Mark and Lady Augusta Millbanke, at Thorpe Hall, Yorkshire, where they passed a few days ea route from Raby Castle. The Duke of Argyll, after atteiding the Council on Saturday, returned to the •Duke of Sutherland's seat, Clifilen House. near Windsor, where the duchess and family are staying. The Duke of Devonshire has recovered from his recent slight indisposition at his villa at - Chiswick, where the Countess of Carlisle, the Coontess Dowager Granville, and a few other relatives, have been passing the recess with the noble duke. yisoount- Pahnerston arrived in town on Saturday to attend the Cabinet Council. The noble lord went back in the evening to Broadlands. Lord and Lady Palmerston, return to town early this week. Her lady ship will immediately resume her political 7.lozions on Saturday evenings. • Lord and Lady Monteagle have arrived at Trinity Lodge, Cambridge, from Ashridge, Herts; on a visit to the Master of T r i n ity C o ll ege an d Mrs. Whewell. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone have arrived in Downing-street from visiting Lord and Lady Lyttelton, at Hagley Park, Worcestershire, during the holidays. The right hen. gentleman will have a large dinner party to-morrow evening. The MarsLuip of Ormonds returned on Thursday from London to Kilkenny Castle.' The Eatl and Countess Vrahvillo havo Arrived in Bru ttmlitittot frotia Parma....." - ~ -r'. .A. MIXNE MA It filcir AND COIkiMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed steadily without alteration. The sales comprised 4,000 American ; 200 Pernam and •Maranham,(( at 6d. to (RI ; 200 E gyptian t Od, to 10d. ; snrat, at i 34, :to 4td, - ;:tind SO 's.4 Island, a 34.-1 d: to 15.,9d..per.1b. Railway Shares were dull, at rather lower piices. Wheat is steady at last Monday's prices, but spring corn tends-upwards. The General. Weekly Shipping List gives the cur rent rates of freights as follows :----Adelaide, 80s. to 90s. ; Hobart Town, 80s. to 90s. ; Launceston, 85s. to 100 s. ; Melbourne or Geelong Wharves, 105 s. to 120 s. Melbourne or Geelong, 80s. to 90s. ; New Zealand, 100 s. to 120 s. ; Portland Bay, 110 s. to 120 s. ; Swan River, 80 s . t o 90 s . ; Sydney, 80s. to 90s. ; and Algoa Bay, 455. to 555. per ton. The steamer Canada, has arrived from the United States, but her letters will not be delivered until to-morrow. Accounts fiora I!eflin of the 21st inst, state that the new convention was signed on the 20th inst., and not same days pieviouslx-as was asserted. The details given are moSt mportant, as tending to prove that the freaty is decidedly hostile to Russia, and goes far beyond a mere declaration of neutrality. 'The necessity of the provinces being evacuated is distinctly avowed, and Russian aggres sion is stigmatised as - dangerous to the European balance of.power. The Prussian ambassador at St. Petersburg, General von Rochow, died in that city a few days since. ` .• . The Fren6h Goverunient ha 4 appointed a Captain of the Port for Gallipoli;. . During the fortnight ending the 22d inst. the Hon. East India Company.drew bills here on the thrre presidenoies to the amount of 92,4801. The railway " calls" for May are as follow Due. Call. Total. *Arica and Tacna 2 £2 10 £62,500 *Central 'of Switzerland - l5 1 0 postp. Dublin and Wicklow • --- l5 210 87,500 *Dutch Rhenish l5 1 0 82,483 Great North of Scotland, Ist Pref 8 110 45,000 Limerick and Foynes Newry and Enniskillen (for. shs.) 1 010 unkn. *Sambre and Meuse Preference Shrews. & Ches. 5 p cent. Rd. Pref 6 2 0 15,228 South Wales, 201., 4 per cent 12 3 0 8 7 Do. 20/., 41 per cent .12 3 0 ' "978 • . £398,539 * The proportion called by foreign companies is 158,8331., but, tht holdings of English proprietors are not known. The railway meetings announced are the fo : [owing 'Company. Date. Place, &a. Antwerp and Rotterdam May 4, Brussels. Central of Switzerland::....... April 27, Basle. Demerara Dublin and Wicklow East Lancashire... . ........ May 1, Bury. Eastern of France April 26, Paris. Great India Peninsula April 28, 3, New Broad-st. Londonderry and Coleraine May . 4, Coleman-st. Bldingt Lyons and Geneva April 27, Paris. Northern of France Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg April 29, Paris. Sambre and Meuse May 2, Jardinet. Southern of France April 27, Paris. The English Stock Market has been influenced unfavourably by the Spanish news, Consols, which opened at 87i- I, being now 81 to for transfer, and 87i I for account., The New 3 Cents. per have been 87t:to and the 3 , per Cents. 86 to Stock h Bank Stoas been steadier, at 214. Exchequer Bills have been at par to . 4i. premium, and India Bonds at 2s. discount: In. Foreign Securities there has been very little doing. Spanish Three per Cents, have realised 36k, being lower in consequence of the Barcelona insurrection. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been at 374. Mexican Stock is firmer at 24k, and Peruvian quiet at 60. Russian Five per Cents. have advanced to 93 and 934-, by sympathy with an improvement at Berlin. Dutch Two-and-a- Half pc; Cents. , have realised 56g. Railway Shares have been-rather, higher, though scarcely so good- again 'within the last hour, owing to the relapse in the .funda. There has not,been much doing. The principal transactions have been in Caledonian. Great Northern, North-Western, and Midland. Foreign Shares hate been neglected. The Mining Shares have been steady with a few bargains in the principal companies. The Land Shares are dull, and the Banks nominal. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( Prom the Official List.) fluitinems &fie • Bank Stock . ..... ............ .... ... 2111 9 per Cent. Reduced Annuitiee - " 863 f, 6 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities . B 7i 4 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 871) 7 Long Annuities; Expire sth Jan., 1860 Dittc, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859..., 41 Ditto 30 Years, r,xpire stliJati., 1860 5 India Bonds, £IUOO ...... ..... 5 d Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d Consols for Account 11th May Exchequer Bills, 2.;1. 871 I £lO6O ' ...• 2500 . . ,—; • par 4 p , . PRICE OF, FOREIGN. FUNDS THIS DAY. P'razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. , - 96 New Brazilian Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account~ Vaxican 3 per Cent. - - 244 Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Coat. GO Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 37i R u g = Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £st 934 3 Spanish Bonds, 3pa Cent . .... ..... Ditto Passive (Converted)] . 3l Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil THREE O'CLOCK. Consols B7i Ditto May Account . CABINET COUNCIL. - -A Cabinet Council was held at . the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday after noon. The Ministers present *ere the Earl of Aber deen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville,.the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmeitton,, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir Charles Wood, th e Ri g ht Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir W. Moleiworth. The Council sat one hour and a half. Viscount Palmerston left town-after the Council for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The Mar qnis of Lansdowne took his departure for Bowood-park, Wilts. DEATH OF MR. EDWIN ATEINE.—It is with great re gret we have to record the death of this enterprising gen tleman, who for several years, in conjunction with his brother John, who is the present proprietor, had the management of the Liverpool . Zoological Gardens for his mother. In order to procure some new arid curious spe cimens of the animal world, he started, in 1852, on the perilous journey of e&plorin the almost unknown tracts of the interior of Akita. He had "been most Successful in 148 daring adventure, having secured , several speci men*, when death . overtonichiaron a small i land on the White River, a branch of VIC: Nile,"injanuary bat. The melancholy intelligence was communicated t 9 his family by a letter from her Majiisty's consul at Cairo.—Liver pool Mercury. SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.—On Sa turday a numerous company of the nobility and distin guished amateurs of the fine arts visited the gallery of the Society of Painters in_Water Colours in Pall Mall East, previous to its being opened to the public. Among the company were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mar quis of Lansdowne the Dowager-Countesss of Mo r l e y, the Bishops of. Winchester and Lichfield, the Hon. Richard Cavendish,, Sir. Charles Wood, Sir Robert Inglis, and many of the members of the Royal Academy. . STEAM:STEMMA—By a parliamentary return, printed yestsrday, the whole number of steam-vessels registered in the "United Kingdom between Jan. 1, 1852, and Jan. 1, 1854, was 1,375 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage - U . 248;623 tinie; giving an average of 180 tons to each vessel. The largest is the Himalaya, of 3,508, tons, iron screw, belonging to the Peninsular and Orien tal Steam Navigation Coinpany, 340 feet in length, and 44 feet 4 inches in breadth, registered Dec. - 9, 1853 ; and the smallest is the Revolution, belonging to the Earl of Dundonald, of 7 tons, 45 feet 6 inches in length and 7 feet 2in breadth, - registered May 16, 1833. The oldest is the .4.na and Jane_„. of 27 tons, 'exclusiVe of en gine-room, reOstered at IS ewcaetle, jan..l7, 1825. EARL BEAUCHAMF.--WORCESTER. SATURDAY NIGHT. —A. public 'dinner waa held at the Shire-hall in this city 'this evening, to celebrate-the accession of. Earl Beau champ to the peerage, and to present him with a testi monial for his services as. member for the connty of Worcester. The chair was, taken by the Right Hon Sir John S. Pakington, Bart.,' M.P., and men of ail politics were present, including' Lord Ward, Viscount Eltnloy, M.P., Colonel Rushout, M.P,, Mr. J. H. H. Mr. Lai.lett, M.P., Hon. Mr. Coventry, Eon. and Rev. Themas Coventry, Hon. and. Rev. W. W. C. Talbot, Sir 0.. P. Wakeman, Bart., Sir E. H. Lechmere, Bart.-, &c.. The testimonial consisted of a full•length portrait of the noble and gallant earl—late: General Lygon-2—by Mr. Grant; R.A., and bore at the foot the folio Wing :—"This portrait of Lieutenant-Ge neral the Earl Beauchamp was presented to him on his accession to the peerage, after - representing the western division of the county of Worcester'in Parliament fur the period of thirty-six - Years, by his friends and late constituents of all political opinions, -in testimony of their appreciation of his Ocilailitollt public character and high private worth," TIV-PA*I-NG,- A PR.IL- -1854. A ATE RI CA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEORAPI7.) ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. --- LITERPOOL, Monday.—Thu Canada, royal mail steam-ship, with the mails from the United States, Canada, and the Lower Province; pAssed Holy head, inward bound, this morning at 7 o'clock. She is expe c ted to arrive in the Mersey about 2 o'clock. Pier mails will .reach London per firs .delivery on. Tuesday morning... G. , r,- late - .Cornlnanfiet NOrth-: 'Ali-Jerkin Station, was on ; board:: Sba has adviees froth New York to the 11th instant, and a large amount of specie for Havre. THE MEDITERRANEAN. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPff.) SOUTTIAMPTON, April 24.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, Capt. Joy, has arrived hero, with dates from Gibraltar, 14th ; Cadiz, 15th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Vigo, 20th ; with Oporto) no communication. The Tagus brings on freight 10 packages specie, 1,000 boxes oranges, 122 .boxes lemons, 99 cases eggs, ,and sundry merchandise. 'There is no news- of importance from Lisbon. Tip reports of a Ministerial crisis' there were de void - of foundation: - - Exchange on -London was quoted 541, with bills over and money . scarce.- Lisbon , Bitak notes, 2i per-cent._ discount. The accounts from Gibraltar mention the arrival there of the steamers Trent and Orinoco, from Southampton ; Tonning, from Deptford ; City of London, from Woolwich ; and Medway, from Ports mouth : all well. These ships coaled immediately on their arrival, and proceeded for Gallipoli. After lisembarking their troops at Gallipoli, the Trent and Medway were under orders to return to Gib raltat to take from that garrison the 13th and 55th Regiments, destined to form a portion of the British army in the East: • The• British transport-ship, Earl of Shaftesbury, passed the Straits of Gibraltar on the 11th inst., and the transport No. 2 passed Gibraltar the same day. The Royal Mail steamer Niagara, with the 88th regiment on board, passed Gibraltar on the 10th, without stopping there. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.--The Gannet steamer brings Lisbon letters and papers of the 15th inst. The Great Western steamer, with the Brazil mails Of the 10th, had arrived from Southampton on the 15th at daybreak, as also the Menai steamer, for the South American Company's service in the River Plate, which likewise left Liverpool on the 10th. The French steamers Zelee and Newton were the only foreign vessels of war in the Tagus. The Duque do Porto, coasting steamer between Lisbon and Oporto, had struck upon a rock in the Douro ; her cargo and passengers were immediately taken out, and she was expected to be again ready for service in about a month. This steamer belongs to the Lugo-Brasileira Company. Independent of the Portuguese quarantine upon vessels from Brazil. by the declaration of B a hi a as infected by yellow fever, and all other ports as sus pected, England has again been subject to the same annoyance by the declaration of Glasgow as infected, and all other English ports as suspected, of cholera, so that the pa ssengers per G reat Western had: three days' lazaretto at Lisbon, to make eight days' voyage and detention. The Deputies were discussinr , the bill to reform public instruction, the Saldanha members being still much annoyed with the majority, which had turned out some of his Grape's partisans. There was otherwise no political news at Lisbon. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY, A RUFFIAN.—DanieI Bren . nan, a sturdy young Irish man, who has been for years the 'terror of the police, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk, and assaulting police constable 126 g; while in the execution of his duty. The constable stated that on .Saturday night he was .on duty in Robert-street, Grosvenor-square, when he saw the prisoner fighting with a sweep. He parted them, and requested them to disperse. Prisoner refused to leave, and deliberately went up to a young man who was looking on, and knocked him down. 'Witness then arrested the prisoner, and was conveying him to the.sta tion, when two of his companions came behind him, and flue of them put his head between prosecutor's legs, and 'flung him flat on his back. Witness speedily recovered legS and seized: hold of the man who had. thrown !hirF,,'Ny4n . some others came-up and rescued him from 'his custody. He, however, maintained his hold of the prisoner, who struck him, bit him, kicked him, and tried all he could . , to get away, "until further assistance ar rived, when the prisoner, who was slightly intoxicated, was safely lodged in the station. The prisoner, in a surly tone, denied the charge, and asserted that the constable Lad sworn falsely. Mr. Bingham said lee had no reason to doubt the con stable's 'evidence. Prisoner bad been guilty of a ruffianly assault, for which he (Mr. Bingham) should commit him to the .douse of Correction for one calendar month. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) THE lACRIIM THEATRE.-BANKRUPTCY OF MB. O. J. MATTHIVVB. • To-day was appointed for.. choice of Assignees , unde: the bankruptcy of. Mr. C. J. -Matthews, lessee, &c., of he Lyceum Theatre, who wa s d ec l are d b an k rupt i n coo sequence of not being able to fully carry out an arrange ment under the Debtor and Creditors Arrangeme n t A ct . NO balance sheet o r prelinnnary statement having been filed, it is impossible to state the amount of the debts and liabilities, or of the assets, but they were in course of preparation by Mr M. 'Thomas, Basinghall-street. The Court was crowded to excess by the performers and others connected with the theatre attending to prove their debts, which were generally for small amounts, an•; nothing of the slightest interest transpired. The meet ing islikely to last the greater part of the afternoon. and probably will, in consequence of the number of creditors, The theatre will be kept open for the present, under the superintendence of the official assignee, Mr. Whit more. B4IL cOURT—(THIS DAY). WYLD V. CALVERT. The case was resumed this morning, and the defence was not concluded at the time we went to press. LOSS OF VilE BEDLINGTON ON THE DANUBE. The following is an extract of a despatch from Mr. Lord, the British Vice• Consul at Ismail, dated Soulina, March 24, 1854, transmitted to Lloyds from the Board of Trade : "It is likewise true that the Bedlington, iron barque, is sunk just below Tehatal The master and 'crew were taken out of the sinking vessel by the Russians, who took them to Ismail." OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.-41 ! , William Ogle Carr is appointed Chief Justice of the StiPrerne Court at Ceylon ; Mr. Francis 4ongvrOrth is appointed Colonial Secretary at Prince Edward's Island.; jr.A John Marie Holl is appointed Treasurer of Prince Edwa r d's Island ; Mr. Edward Palmer i s appointed AttOrney•General at Prince Edward's Island ; Mr.- George Wright is appointed Re gistrar and Keeper of Plans, at Prince Edward's Island ; Messrs. Francis Lcmgerth, J. M. Hon, E. Palmer, Donald Montgomery, Roderick Macaulay, James Heron Conroy, and Emanuel M'Echan are appointed members of the Eicecutive COnncil of Prince Edward's Island Mr. H. Culling Eudlek Childers is appointed collector of Customs at Victoria ; Mr. Norman Campbell is ap pointed Registrar at Victoria ; Mr. Edmund Grimes is appointed Auditor-General at Victoria ; Mr. Charles appointed M . emb , er of Council at Sierra L eone. —lledObdslePrvisera:Ppoin THE CIVIL SEavicE.-'--112e. Robert Natalie Ternan has been appointed a clthic in the inland department of the General Post Office, at 80/. per annum. Mr. John Ambrose Duesbury has been appointed to a clerkship in the railway post-office department. There are three clerkships vacant in the inland department, 801. per annum, in the gift of the Postmaster-General. Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.--Messrs. Frederick G. Viek and .E. Nicoll have been appointed temporary clerks in the storekeeper's department. Captain Boxer, R.A. has been appoint e d .ass i stant firemaster in the' Royal labo ratory departnient." Mr. Bake (late Ordnance depart ment, Antigua) has been appointed second clerk on the establiArnen;-, Messrs. Raines; W. Bennett, and Well have been appointed temporary clerks. The appoint ment of keeper of statepap-ws is vacant, caused by the death of the Right Honourableileary Hobhouse, The ' appointment of commissioner for auditing the public accounts- is vacant, caused by the promotion of Mr.' Romily to the chainnan'ship of tho board. :Messrs. P: Liu Pr 6 Dyer, Jame§ dray, and Henry Aneell; have been appointed act:ng second-class clerks in the Admi ralty, Somerset House. 'There is i vacancy of 'a clerk for general business at Liverpool, vice Mr. R. Parsons, superseded. Mr:T.'B. Palley has been removed to the office of inspectOr of imports and exports, London; vice Mr. P. R. M'Allister, who exchanges: Messrs. J. 11. B rnes and C. Wrightson have been appointed clerks in the Long Rnom -in London. Mr. Harry Finden has been appointed clerk in the office of comptroller of 'ae oourits for the legal quays in Lon4on. Mr. H. D. R. Forster has been appointed clerk in the tea department, London. 'Mr. E. Hackett has been appointed clerk in the St. ,Katherine Degke.— Civil Service acceye. • •i l'E t E N THE BALTIC. ENTRANCE OF THE ENGLISH FLEET INT() THE GULF OP FINLAND. ELSINOR.O, SATURDAY, APRIL 22.—Twenty-five English ships of , war passed on the 15th before Sandliaam, a little Swedish island, situated exactly opposite the Quif of Vinland. • - • •." ; 'MORE Plan§ A P RIL 18.—The John, Jost, froth Catharin Cuarlotta, Moilin g , from df Brest, both bound to Riga ; and the Carl Magnus, Rasniussen, from Hull, bound to Pernau, which sailed hence - April 16; have been detained by H.M.S. Conftict; and sent back to this port as prizes. The Conflict is at anchor in the roadstead. - LUBECK, Arßit. 18.—The captain of a vessel arrived here yesterday from Calmar, reports that he saw a war steamer off Moen, with barques in tow, apparently Finlanders. HAMBURG, APRIL 19.—The Alexandria (Finland vasel), from Copenhagen to Finland, has been captured by the English, and taken to Kiocre Bay. A letter from Revel, 11th, says :,—" The road stead is, still covered with ice. The Russian Government has concentrated masses of troops in Our neighbourhood to prevent an eventual landing of the Anglo-French forces: Some English ships Of war have been seen off Revel." A letter from Memel, of the 14th, Says.:--" The quantity of goods which reaches us for transit is so great that our stores are full, and the authorities have taken measures for supplying larger ones. It is certain that Memel occupies itself more than ever in making expeditions of goods to and from Russia. The war causes little prejudice to the wholesale dealers of Riga and St. Petersburg, who since the establishment of differential duties have caused their colonial goods to be brought from Meniel by land. It consequently results that the blockade of the Russian ports would cause but little damage to them. On the contrary, they will be favoured by the lowering of the 'Prussian transit duties, and by a considerable economy in,conveyance. COPENHAGEN, APRIL Is:—The British fleet yes terday was seen to.the north-of the island of Born holm, in the neighbourhood of Christians°. These two islands belong to Denmark; they are situate on the south of the Swedish coast, under the 33d de gree of latitude. The Alban, which has been here in the roads for some days, leaves to-day for Win go, in order to meet the French squadron. You will remember that the immediate cause of the last Ministerial crisis was the refusal of the King to comply with the request of the Minister of War to dismiss two high functionaries in his depart ment, who in the Diet had voted for the address of want of confidence in the Cabinet. Those gentle men belong to the moderate Opposition—the one is M. Andre, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Professor of Mathematics in the Military School at Copenhagen ; the other is M. H a ll, Judge-Advo cate of the Army, and Professor of Common Law at the University. The King opposing himself to the removal of these two gentlemen, the Minister of War tendered his resignation, which was ac cepted, and Colonel Baggesen appointed ad interim in General Hansen's place. But then the other Ministers resigned too, and the men to whom his M.kjesty applied for the formation of a new Ministry having declined the task, on account of present critical circumstances, the King was obliged to keep his Cabinet, and submit to the condition of removing the above-named gentlemen from their charges, and appoint ' ing the candidate of the Ministry for the Bishop ric of Zealand. Both of the gentlemen thus dismissed being highly esteemed and very dis tinguished men, you may yourself deduce what effect their dismissal is likely to have upon public opinion. The Cabinet, at all events, is under mined, the slightest. breeze from the west may blow them over, and here; no person of common sense doubts of the_slicift ,duration of their staying in office, save the Ministers themselves. The Op position takes matters very coolly, and with great good sense considers it to be fo r th e i n t erest o f con stitutional progress not to pluck the fruit before it is ripe. The Swedish Government having issued their declaration concerning contraband, and re• straining it to munitions of war, the Danish Go vernment will most likely follow their example, in so far as stipulations by treaty with other Powers allow them so to do. A letter from Copenhagen, dated April 15, gives the following account of Rear• Admiral Pluinridge's cruise : " The admiral and his four ships left the fleet on the 3d of April, to reconnoitre the Russian ports, if possi ble. About the Bth of April, Admiral Pluwridge, in the Valorous, accompahietk by one of the frigates, sepa rated to cruise off a' Russian island by the Milne of Dago, about 70 miles from Revel, which is about the nearest naval port. In three days he returned, having been to the edge,of the ice, and having seen twelve Russian men of war frozen in. The Daunt less was immediately despatched to the fleet to acquaint the admiral of it. The Aniphion remained cruising, to •,ee what she could pick up. Several merchant ships fell prizes, they were from foreign ports. The Tribune ;Jail four, and towed two of them—fine barques—to Copenhagen. Some a the ship's company were sent :nn board of them. arid a number of prisoners were sent on board the Hydaspes. The Tribune, on reaching Copenhagen, coaled to rejoin. Toe fleet passed us last night on their way to the Russian ports, but I . question if we can do much yet, on account of the ice. As You may suppose, it is very cold, and we get some stiff breezes, otherwise the weather, is fine over head. have no doubt but we shall Pop the queition' in the course ofa week or ten days, but it will depend on the breaking up of the ice. feel more than certain that Sir , Charles Napier will make a grand dash as soon as he can" The following extract from a Stockholm paper shows how tenderly the. paternal' Government of the Emperor Niehulas treats his Finnish sub jects : " The whole town swarms with fugitives, who are pouring out of Finland. Many, too, come f rom Al an d, in order to esc a p e th e Russian press-gangs. The Rus ian fleet is in great want of seamen, and, as it is pre paring to take the sea as soon as the ice gives way, the authorities lay violent hands on young and old. In the night fathers of families are hurried off without a mo ment's grace, and the result is that whole households fly to Sweden with bag and baggage in order to escape such tyranny." ; raC d ed by the acts of the Sultans es ; but Zr ut others than ourselves come and: rai,.'e up ciitlip;ications rod calainitisis which fall with all their weight on our tiLd dri.ce them to an tint:l3lA truzgle, ne. can:AUL surely refuse them our iii ere,t oljt a,isi twice. "If t 6t, rising x e hear of should greater ex(en' .ion--if it shoul•I become a war to the death, and of ionv duration, lik e t h at o f the ' Greeks in 182I — we do not Caul, that any Christian Power could asei4,#r placing th ese popu l at i ons under the Ottoman ngelftllng: itM noriscienoei ThioE . iiperoi*ill 1.110..ew tend !lie hand -tuit, During dirt; lffEti; period when peace Will,bd posSible, their fate will -be object of the Emperor's care. We also hope thit God " 1 " - riot allow that, from an unjust animosity agninstßas.o , Christian.Soveragns shall permit theit._armies - to join in the work of 7extermination, which the: itenegailes" sembled in the camp of Oiner Pacha meditate doubtless at this hour against those who have. taken up: antis. fer the defenee of their hearths and their Church . .. Such, sir, is the point of View in which we'think right to consider the rising in Epirus, the possible con sequences of which we regret, which we have the con sciousness not only not to have excited, but which we were unable to prevent, though we desired to do so. " You will make use of the above indications to rec tify the false rumours and malicious insinuations which will, doubtless, be circulated on this occasion againOt Russia and her intentions. . (Signed) a NRSSELRODJi." • ST. PETERSBURG. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 14th says : —" Prince Dolgorouki, minister plenipotentiary at the court of Teheran, is promoted to the rank of privy councillor, and, at his owu request, has been recalled from his present post." The St. Petersburg journals having contained an insinuation that the essential points of the secret correspondence between Russia and England had been confidentially communicated to Austria and Prussia, it is understood that an official con tradiction of the assertion will forthwith appear at Berlin. CIRCULAR OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERN- MENT. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg issued last month a circular to its foreign agents, which appeals to the imagination of the Christians of the East, And is of a nature to encourage the Greek insurrection. It is as follows : " Sr. PETERSBURG, MARCH 2, 1854. " Sir,—The memorandum annexed to my despatch of the 18th of last monthlies enabled yon to communicate to the GovernMent to which you are accredited a faithfUl and circumstantial account of our difference with Turkey, of the negotiations by which we sought to bring the Porte to a more justappreciation of our demands, and of the com plications which arise therefrom in consequence of the passionate intervention of lhe Cabinets of Paris and London, and of the hostile attitude assumed towards u at, the very moment that they announced themselves as pacific mediators between us and the Ottoman Govern went, The events having acquired, now the gravity which we feared for the tranquillity of gurope, we con sider it a duty towards the Courts who have hitherto jndged our acts without prejudice or partiality, to con tinue to' provide them with data to enable them tojudge with the, same justice the situation in which some of the great powers of Europe are desirous to place Russia in its future relations with Turkey, and the obligations thereby sought to be imposed upon the'Emperor. "There is one esriecially which touches the conscience of the whole of Russia and of its Sovereign, that which relates to the position of the Christian popUlations sub jected to Turkey, and upon whom the Mussulman Government and people, excited by fanaticism, and con fiding in the sympathy and aid offered to them with so unjustifiable an eagerness by the Christian Powers, think themselves authorised to exercise the most cruel vexa tions.. "Some of these populations, especially those which border, upon independent Greece, driven to extrenies, and losipg all hope of better fate, have taken up arms to 'throw off a yoke which has become insupportable. • "This rising, already for a lung time foreseen .and even announced, occupies and moves at the present mo ment the minds and the press of Europe. By a contra diction, which those who pretend to protect against us the p•iiver of the escent and the rights of the Sultan alune:explain, these same Powers, who declare war tow us for the sole motive that we wished to maintain the raigious immiinities of the Christians of Turkey, say that. 'they are disposed to obtain in their favour the Same civil and political rights as are enjoyed by the Mussul men . . We do not wish to draw sinister prognostics ; but these tardy promises, so little in accordance with the acts of those who proclai►u them, will have, we fear, no other result than to exasperate still more the oppressors agaiust the oppressed, - provoke;sanguinary reprisals, and to render for the future impossible the submission of those populations to Turkish rule. "For our part, we never demanded from the Porte in faTour of its Chrlitian pubjects but what was just THE DANUBE. VIENNA, APRIL 23.—1 t is reported - that Sills tria is hard besieged, and several points in llama' . Reports speak of its surrender, and that the. Russians have taken Rassova. Both reports require confirmation. The Russians send all disposable troops towards Giurgevo and Kalafat. Their passage at Radjuge' watt is shortly expected for a combined attack on Widdin and lialafat. The Sulina mouths will be closed by sinking three vessels earth laden ; only Kilia, with eigh t . . feet wat er , remains open. The Bashi Bazouks have burnt and evacuated Bassardsik. deputation of Rayahs has requests ( ' the Rusiians to cross 'into the district' between Silistria and Shumla, no Turkish troopsbeing there , 560 Russians still reside in Constantinople. The banditti in Tliessaly and Epirus have de" stroyed 178 villa g es. The Cologne Gazette contains a Vienna letter of the 18th, which says :—" The crews of the Russian A vessels sold at Tri es t e t o th e G reek Governmen t will arrive here to-morrow, under the escort of two Austrian officers, Who are to accompany them to the frontier. The officers have instructions to pro vide for all the wants of the Russian crews, and to take measures t o p reven t th e i r being molested er insulted on the road. It would seem, from this, order, that in' high circles the r ea l sen ti men ts 0 1 the public are well known. The mot import' ant news from the theatre of war is that a Rut sian division has seized on B'tbadagh, on the Black Sea, almost without combat, the Turks withdravr iug at once. .At Kalarasch preparations have been made for a speedy passage of the Danube, the Russians appearing to have it in contemplation to blockade Silistria. On the left bank they WI, raised several b a tt er i es , an d , i t i s sa i d, only or al' the arrival of a part of the corps of Luders to coin' mence the bombardment of several places at the same time. Tile news that the Court of Russia intended withdrawing from St. Petersburg, and proceeding to Moscow, is formally contradicted ill letters from the Russian capital of the 9th. Not only the Court, but all the aristocracy will rem at St. Petersburg." The Correspondance of Berlin says :—‘6 Tele' graphic accounts from Bucharest announce that M. de Meusebach, Prussian Consul-General in the Danubian Principalities, has struck his flag) and suspended his diplomatic relations with the '- Wallachian government. This measure has beers determined on in consequence of the Consul-Gene" ral having applied in vain for some time past to the Wallachian authorities'for a guarantee for the privileges and immunities of Prussian subjects ; th e Consular offices will, however, remain open in the Principalities for the protection of Prussian Sub" jects. Oth er accounts from Bucharest of the 14th , announce that a fire had broken out in the tool.. of Fokschani, and destroyed the Russian hospital 4. ' The patients were, however, removed in sa,fety• The Russian powder magazine, Which contained an immense quantity of powder, escaped." • GALLIPOLI. We extract the followi ng • f rom a l etter d a ted Gallipoli, April Bth, and written by a gentleman who accompanied the British troops in the Gold Fleece, which arrived at that place on April 13th Unless there is danger of the forces of his Imperial -,ts Majesty the Emperor "of All the Russias getting by some 'means or other down on the very shores of the Dardanelles, th e a d van tag e o f fixin g our position it Gallipoli does not strike the unprofessional 'critic very forcibly. It is a wretched collection of hovels, of 10,000 inhabitants, Turks, Jaws, and Greeks, 00 the European side of the Dardanelles,' at thenorth western extremity of the strait, where it begins 0 .: expand into the '`'ea of Marmora. It is exposed . ," to much of the sun's ray§ ; bi't a range of hill s running parallel to thecoast line affords considerable facilities for pitching a healthy encampment. A S . the brow flies it - would appear to be about 120 . mile*, •• from Constantinople across the Sea of Mariners. The geographical accidents of Gallipoli would lea d one to think the army placed there is - intended for occupation and defence. It would be within such a distance of. Con s t an ti nop l e t h at, i f the caPita'. were in the smallest danger, the troops could he '- sent there in a few days, artillery, baggage, an' all, while it effectually commands the•Dardanellee and the entrance to the Sea of Marniora, and makes it a mare clauswria as it listS. But there are other . considerations not to be overlooked, and which. become 'significant • enough when it 'is recol' lected that - a small town, on a spit of land op' posite• the mouth . o f the Maritza, on the coast of Turkey to the , north-east ,of Samothrace, was sur: • veyed and examined f or th e encampment b y F ren cn and English engineers. 1 mean the town of Enos. It is obvious that if some daring Muscovite General fot cing a passage across the Danube beat the Turks and crossed the western ridges of the Balkan , he might advance southwards with very little hindrance to the very lEgein ; and a dashing march to the -south-east would bring his troops to the western 'shores of the Dardanelles. An army- at Gallipoli could check such a movement, if it, ever • entered into the head of any one but the person wbo is now writing of it. Gallipoli is in effect situ ate on almost the narrowest portion of the tongue of laud or peninsula, which, running: be tween the Gulf of Saros Oli the *west and the Dar' dandles on the east,- forms the western side of the strait. An army encamped here commands the .lEgean and the Sea of Marmora, and can 'he • marched northwards to tließalkan,-er sent across •.'• to Asia or up to Constantinople with equal facility So far, then, if the Turks are 'beaten, this point is of some strategic a l value ; but would it not be mach better to let all, this generalship alone and march at once to aid the Turks on the Danube, if We seriously intend to .strike a blow for them I Till! is the question ,asked by ignorant Turks and hY some. ignorant Englishmen like myself. lam sure, the- men would enjoy as good health and get into as fine condition with.the excitement of a little Caw' • paigning on the Danube, with •;the prospect -of 0 brush with the enemy to keep up their spirits, as they possibly could crowded - in hot cantonments at Etios, Gallipoli;- or Mitylene. On Thursday morn ing early a boat came off from shore, with two cool; missariatofficers, Messrs. Turner and Bartlett, am; au interpreter. Th . ey informed us that. the Consul had gone up the Dardanelles to -look for us, but, that he would retu rn in the course of the day, anY, added the unwelcome, news that horses - were 1 1 °' to be had at any price, that provisions we re 1 1 ° ,. very cheap, an d t h at the French being the fire" ," comers,- had got hold of the best part of the town, and of the best quarters as well. The French mail steamer for Marseilles just put in at the moment, and started so soon afterwards that 11 could , scarcely get the 'General. letters et despatches on board. After b rea kf as t- Lieutenant' General Brown, COlonel,Sulli van ' Captain Hain!, well, aide-de-catrip, .and .Captain Whitmore, de-scamp, started for the shore in the- ship's boa t, accompanied- by the captain of the vessel,' and the commissary officers. Sir Georg e proceeded to visit the Pasha of Adrianople (Ititstum Pashas , who had -arrived here expressly by th e o rders ( L' . , his „Government to • facilitate the arraugernent' r and debarkation of the troops. He . is an ofic ° ,.. of high standing, and is said t o b e a Man c" . - great energy arid ability. After their, return; ~ _ about : half-past 2 o'clock, Lieutenant-Gener a ' Canroberf, and one aide-de-camp, in full uniforro, came on board, and was received by the Liont'' General. They had a long and, animated conversa tion, and Sir George led him dow n th e h o ld'of t 1 1: ship that-he -might have .an opportunity Of seV l a' how the troops were stowed,- and their arms, carried. The visit lasted an hour, and was m arkt)" . at its close with greater cordiality if possiblel,the• at the commencement: After making the neceseal arransements, the troops• Were disembarked- to-daYi. . and marched out 'to their camp, miles north - Gallipoli. AUSTRIA: THE EMPEROR'S NUPTIALS. 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