The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-20 00:00:00

Denmark. In both countries the con , ln.it, of the respective Governments has of late given_ much dissatisfaction; as proved, so far as +h.' 19 +tAr is concerned, by the adverse vote of th!. arc it separated for the season. As for 'toe Swedish Government, the fact of the Norwegian storthing, or Parliament, having lately resolved, after two secret sittings, to discuss again the _Ministerial order not to allow more than four ships of war to enter Swedish or Norwegian ports, may be con- - sidered already as a hostile demonstration against the Cabinet. In fact, both the Swedish Diet and the Norwegianstorthinghave good and just grounds of complaint—the former, when discussing the Swedish neutrality, not having been informed of the determination of the Government to enforce such an order; and the latter, resting on the sepa- . rate constitution and general administrative system of Norway, denying the right of the Stockholm ca binet to issue such an order for Norway. Accord to the Stettin Norddeutsche Zeitung of the 16th, that p or ti on of the Gulf of Finland which lies be- tvveen Revel soil Helsingfors is . " tolera bl y free " from ice, but the ice is still firm in the harbour and bay of Revel: The above journal attaches cre dence to the statement that 18 Russian ships of the line were seen in the harbour of Helsingfors. No less than 435 cases of fire-arms, manufactured in Belgium fur the Russian Government, passed through Thorn the other day, in destination for Warsaw. They were detained for a short time near the former place, until the custom-house au thorities had satisfied themselves that the cases had reached the Prussian territory previously to the royal decree of the 20th ult., prohibiting the exportation of woapons of war. Ei g ht een o f t h ose cases contained altogether 360 mus k e t s , an d th e remainder 12,180 ordinary percussion guns. I may state here that a Russi an co l one l h as , d ur i ng along time past, been residi ng a t Liege, in Bel gium, for the purpose of superintending the fabri cation of the fire-arms ordered by his Government. Up to a short time ago, two Turkish officers, Rus tem-Effendi and Seid-Bey, were also similarly em ployed at Liege. THE BLACK SEA. The Journal of Odessa of the 3d reports that the Russian war steamer Taman arrived at that port from Sebastopol on the Ist, from which it Would appear that it was not the business of -the allied fleets to cut off the maritime communications of the Russians, as had been commigily supposed. A Brussels journal rnibliilies a telegraphic de spatch from Vienna—but is careful to add that it cannot possibly be true—to the effect that on the 14th inst. the Russians occupied Kustendjee, where the Turks had massacred the entire Christian popu lation. Both these feats are said to have been exe cuted i n sight of the Anglo-French fleets. It is not pretended that the report has any official au thentication, and it is singular that so grave an event hould have been known in Vienna by letter , When, i f true, it might have been announced two days earlier by telegraph from Orsova. • Other telegraphic messages announce the evacua tion of Kustendjee by the Turks, and its occupation by the Russians, without allusion to the extraor dinary circumstances just referred to. THE DANUBE. In a letter from Widdin of the 4th we read—By the advice of English and French engineers, our entrenchments round Kalafat have been contracted at certain points, and at the same time fortified yet more strongly. On this account the foraging posts of Maglavit, Komon, Krutsha di Piatra, and Tshupert have been withdrawn awl stationed be hind the line of ramps, is before Kalafat. Only one has been left in Golencza, in order to take of the first transports. All the sick and wounded that can be moved have been removed to Widdin. .All the corps from Widdin, as far as Rassova, are in readiness. Omer Pasha has inspected in person all the more important positions--Silistria in par ticular, and the Roman .wall (Trajan's) have been well fortified. Turnu, Guirgevo, 01 tenitza, Wadu- Silistri, and Kalarash are incessantly harassed by our different corps, and all the attempts of the Russians to plant themselves on the right bank are beaten back. The loss is heavy ; and, unfortu zately, many of their wounded encroach upon .our hospitals intended solely for our own men. Tile fugitivbs 7 --whole families, with their flocks and herds—from-the left bank come, however, so corn 'pletely starved out, that fodder has become very scarce, and is a want that must be promptly at ' tended to. Our invalids and- wounded, -in both Widdin- and Ka,lafat, amount to-day to no more than 9 per cent. of the entire force under arms. THE DOBRUDSCHA. The latest and most trustworthy accounts from • the head-quarters of Omar Pasha, says the Paris correspondent of the Times, prove the urgent ne cessity of the allied forces arriving on the theatre of war without loss of time, if there be a desire to avoid, as General Baraguay d'Hilliers is said to have expressed it in one of his despatches, the re petition on laud of the catastrc phe of Sinope. A competent person, who has very recently examined and with the greatest attention the line of the Danube from Widdin to Rassova, and who has very minutely scrutinised the effective force under the command of Omar Pasha, with its capabilities and organisation, is not of opinion that that force is able to meet the .Russian army single-handed, or to op- Pose its onward march to the south. No doubt is ex- Pressed as to the zeal, the enthusiasm, and the valour of the Turkish army, but the same autho rity declares that, notwithstanding the wonderful efforts made by Omar Pasha to introduce regularity and order in the host he commands, there is still a deplorable deficiency in these respects. With the exception of Omar Pasha himself, who is admitted to be a man of much intelligence; and two or three others at the most,.there is a sad want of military capacity among the superior officers, and infinitely less among the subalterns. It is true that Omar _Pasha is full of daring and impetuosity, but these qualities are rather dangerous under the Present circumstances, and it would be most desirable that he should not, un til supported 1 1 the allies, risk a battle with the Russians Who h ave lately crossed the Danube. According to those accounts, the Turkish army of the Danube does not amount to more than 90,000 men, while the Russians have now 200,000 disposable and effec tive men in the Principalities and Bessarabia. For - te,unately, the presence of the allied fleetsin the Black Sea renders it impossible for the Russians to obtain supplies from the coast, and a considerable portion of that immense force is employed iu conveying provisions and stores to the Dobrudscha. But the great danger is in the want of organisation of the Turks. Hitherto they have done wonders, but a pitched battle, which it is the interest anti desire of the Ruasians to ha& en on before the arrival Of the allied armies, there is reason to fear would be their destruction. The opinion of the person to whom I allude is decisive on that point. lam informed that.a report has been forwarded to the French Go vernment by Colonel Dieu—who - by the way is not dead as was reported 7 --and that it differs verylittle from the accounts to which I refer. Perhaps that report is still more strongly drawn up, and may have hastened the resolution said to be come to by the Government of sending at once 100,000 men, or more, instead of the 50,0410 spoken of. It has been ru moured that Omar Pasha expressed his delightat the Russians having at leng+h crossed the Danube, and that heconsidered the tidings so favourable that he rewarded r i c hl y th e mes s e nger who brought them to correct. lsln P. do not know how far that rumour is is natural for a brave leader of an army, elated by previous and, it must be said, un expected successes to estimate diplomatic less highly than mere civilians th e importance of p tiations, and to. desire that the quarrelarre l l t i c shouldn e g be - brought to an issue by the sword • but the sincere friends of Turkey, whose zeal does not blind • them to the realities of his position, express their e a rn est desire that Omar Pash a will remain as long as possible on the defensive, at least until such time as an important diversion is created in some other quarter, or until the long expected . reinforcements arrive. Prince Gortschakoff, on entering the Dobrudscha, • addressed a proclamaton to the inhabitants, do notated the 23d ult. It begins by s a y in g do com e amongst you as enemies ; continue your peaceful occupations ; we only march against the barbarous Turks, V) force them by our power to treat you and your Christian brethren in a manner more conformably to humanity. These barbarians having refused to listen to the exhortations of our holy and all-powerful Czar, and having allowed themselves to be led by Christian Pagans into blind obstinacy, they now experience the just anger of our holy and all-powerful Czar, and we shall not finish our sacred struggle until we shall have carried our resolution into execution, - and trampled under our feet the enemies of our master." In the same proclamation the inha bitants of the Dobrudscha are forbidden, under rain of the severest punishment, to make comnion cause, either openly or secretly, with the Turks. "Look_" says the document, "at Moldavia and Wallachia, so happy under the Russian Govern ment, that they curse Turkey and all who support her cause." The inhabitants are, moreo ver, recom mended to sh ow th e greatest respect for the Rus . man functio . uaries, or soldiers ; and lastly, Prince Gortschakoff expresses a hope that by the aid of God the Russian arms will triumph, and that the inhabitants of the Dobrudscha will not cease to pray for the Divine blessing on the Russian armies. TURKEY IN ASIA. • „ Extreekum, March 17.—An aide-de-camp passed It roil et here to-day,, bearing a despatch to the 4° Yarnor of this town from Seim kaaha, the Mualair ......,............. A,.ig... —The • litz has e f Hall, 1 !I >sian 0. r Baltic i e ot prizes 3 16th II v 01‘ Tier ° I 0 . 'ileac:lay I jo ports ss soonfa lea arts. v Daub 3th, sts tA ng at OA ey seems ' a possil" Lridge A .0 Mare ; soon g i rroul.tb•aii its ,t far frail° ,I 4 le' by v and n 'a, a,groto • ~. .~- a t. F, r St. Ni,;()l.li, r 811.fka,i1. IT '!ppe , irs that a body of RusAians had secretly moved from Alex andropol, Crumri with the intention of attacking Selim, but r.„e Pasha, being advised of their pur-. pose, pushed forward a force to Osergeth, a small fortress in advance of Shefkatil, ana. took possession of it before the Russians could collie up to save it; -nothing more had occurred when thei aide-de-camp let. Both Slrefkatil, or St. Nicolai; and 04ergeth are within the Russo-Georgian territory, and are not far from Batourn ; the t . o places- axe' distinctly =AA. in Wyld's map of the Ottoman Empire. Asa means of trying to check the mortality among the men stowed in the over-crowded and tilated barracks and khans of this place, two battalions of the healthiest and strongest men have vacated their quarters and . marched to Hassan- Kaleh, a village 18 miles north-east of Erzeroum, on the road, or track, towards Kars. We are all anxiously on the look out for a change iu the wea ther, but the -snow still continues to fall it is; however, watery. This new feature and the ther mometer marking several; -degrees higher than it did last week, indicate an approaching thaw. MARCH 2L—N - Othing has occurred since my last, of the 17th inst., except that the new Governor; Feizoollah Pasha, has been actively employed in forwarding cannon, ammunition, and stores to the head-quarters, and vigorous measures are at length taken by all parties to be ready to oPen the Campaign the middle or- end of next monthi weather ppermitting.. The lieavY. battery can non; so long lying - - idle here, have been dis mounted, and placed upon sledges composed of two heavy logs of wood attached to each other in the form of an acute triangle, with the base behind and the apex at the yoke, the muzzle of the gun being fixed in front. They are dragged by oxen, as are also the light field pieces; but these latter are not dismounted. Ahmed Pasha, the ex-Mushir of the Army, arrived here a few days ago, with two other Pashas, Ferik Alee and Mustapha, and several colt nos and other officers. They have been under going examination, and evidence has been taken of their cowardly conduct at Akiska. On their arrival at Constantinople, it is said, they will be tried by a court-martial. They have since departed, and are all under' strict surveillance. By a letter from Kars, received last night, it appears that, in consequence of the judicious measures taken and followed - up by the new Mushir, Zarif Mustapha, under :the advice of Kurschicl Pasha (General Guyon);' - sickness is rapidly dimin ishing, the men having been relieved from their over-crowded state by distributing a portion of them in the neighbouring villages, also by giving them better rations (particularly bread) and cloth ing, and otherwise attending to their wants and comforts ; they needed this attention, poor fellows, after the infamous way in which they were neglected IT the deposed Muihir. An Armenian spy has been caught in the act of taking a list of the cannon, their weight of metal, number of balls, &c. Hav ing been subjected to the punishment of the stick, he confessed having been sent by the Russian officer commanding at Gumri to Kars for that purpose, and also implicated several Armenian' in. the town, who were in the habit of sending information to the enemy. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Baron Hess re turned from Berlin last night ; the result of his mission is not yet known. A misunderstanding between Lord Redcha , and Baron Bruck is said to have arisen at Constantinople. The accounts received from Vienna and Berlin yesterday (Tuesday) by the Paris correspondent of the inies are described as favourable. With refe rence to Ausiria, if I may credit letters proceeding from an excellent authority, one whose position enables him to be exceedingly well-informed, and who has no motive to be otherwise than impartial, I should say, that of the complete adherence of that Power to the policy, and before long to the acts, of the:•Western Governments, there cannot be a doubt. It is, of course, with diffidence that I would venture_ an opinion on what passes at such a dis tance ; but that which , I give expression to is founded on the reports of a person at Vienna, with the best opportunity of acquiring information, and very competent to form an estimate. He an nounces what has been already known, namely, that after much .delay and many hesitations on the part of the King of Prussia, both, as to the title and wording of the document proposed by Austria for .signiture to the members of the Vienna conference, the final protocol was signed en the 9th inst. It begins by.declarintr the determination of the Four Powers to guarantee the integrity and independence of the Ottomam Empire, and to obtain the evacua tion of the Danubian Principalities. Austria and Prussia approve of the coercive measures adopted by the Western Powers, that is the declara tion of war, which they consider founded en droit. The contracting parties pledge them selves not to treat separately with Russia, and to persevere in their exertions to bring about the conclusion of peace, on the same principle which hitherto has invariably guided them. Austria wa desirous that this last clause should be couched in stronger terms,_and should lay down the cas do guerre ; but Prussia raised objections, not wishing. to bind herself to act on any specified contingency, or to appear to join in a coalition, and insisted on being at liberty to adopt the line of conduct best . suited to her interests. The word was accordingly omitted, and the respective parties were left - per tectly free to bide their time. . The same accounts mention that the private treaty between Austria and Prussia, which M. de Hess is negotiating at Berlin, is likely to be soon signed. On its concluSion depends the accession of all the minor States of Germany_to the alliance of these two Powers. Should that negotiation be ,broken off the Germanic Confederation would be de facto at an end, one portion siding with Austria and the other with . Prussia. The anxiety of Austria to ob tain that treaty accounts for her longanimity to wards Prussia, and her reserve towards the Western Powers. Austria is at this moment, and has been for some time, in the worst possible odour at St. Pe tersburg—far more than even England and France. If she has not ostensibly joined - the Western Powers in tne summonses addressed to Russia to evacuate the Principalities, she, nevertheless, most energetically supported it ; and it is certain that the position of her Ambassador is at this moment untenable. Aus tria has, moreover, since the passage of the Danube, notified to the Emperor Nicholas, that having vio lated the pledges given by him at Olmutz, she con siders herself a- , relieved from all previous obliga tions and engagements: Austria actually appre hends an attack on the part of Russia, and before slid accepts the co-operatbr, of a French army of fered her by the Emperor Napoleon, she is desirous of bringing her negotiations with Prussia to a con clusion. GREEN INSURRECTION. The despatches from Volo (Thessaly) inform us that 300 Greeks who had landed there have been massacred, with the exception of a few who bad taken rt.fuge on buard thd Austrian corvette the Caroline. The last intelligence from Athens comes down to the 14th. The Greek Government has received an energetic note from the English and French Ministers. A Greek vessel, laden with articles of war, was arrested by a French vessel. MONTENEGRO. The Cologne Gazette learns from Vienna that the three Russian ships sold at Trieste to the Greek Government were freighted from the deck to the hold with - ammunition, all of which - was-smuggled, by instP.lments into the robber state of Montenegro. On the part of the Austrian Government, Colonel Stratirnhovich was lately sent to Prince Daniel() with the serious recommendation to him to keep perfectly quiet, unless he was prepared for an Austrian intervention. THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN THE DOBRUDSCHA. Valuable as is exact information respecting the effective strength of the Russians in the Do brudscha, it has hitherto been, for obvious reasons, exceedingly difficult to obtain, and the most con tradictory statements have been put forward on the subject. The following facts and figures are furnished by a military correspondent, whose posi tion on the spot exempts him from ordinary Jiability to error. At the end of the first week in April, the "First Active Operating Corps," as the ft:tree in question is called, numbered 48,618 men. F : n.lts commander is Gewial Luders, chief of t th Infantry Corps, and his army is thus classifiel Men. The 15th Infantry Division, commanded by The'l4t.h li , fai 2 a r r e y -113 1;v n i t s s i ' on, commanded by General Marin, 4 g' The 7th Infantry General Moller, General Onsohakofi, 4 Division, commanded by regiments The sth division of Li re h g t i;ents , nvalry, commanded by General Fischbach, g 4 re 14,400 Et l iTl i e i r t ;, commanded 20 3,840 The 15th Brigade of Foot by General, Meyer, 4 batteries of 12 guns, me 4l g t u i P Thenp per Brigade of Foot A r till ery , 4 b atter i es of guno T l h 2 e Artillery, 4 batteries g 7 u t n b s, Br 2 Brigade men de ol pe F r ot of 12 guns, 20 men per gun • The sth Brigade of Foot Artillery, 2 batt er i es of 8 gun g, 18 men .per gun , 1 B,ittalion of Chasseurs • 1 Battalion of Sappers and Pontoniers 4 Regiments of Cossacks Giving a total of 48,618 men, with 160 guns it is not to be suiposed, adds this correspondent, that the 'Russians are idling about, because they have not startled the world with any extraordinary : feats. They Are tiraploying the time in the most 288 900 950 3,200 THE STtN, LONDON, THURSDAY BVENIING, APRIL to, *1854. pro7tab?e winner,. by strengthening their position on all sides, whether for an attack or defence. Hospitals, depots, and communications are not Made and secured in a day. The movements of a Russian array are ahrays slow, but steady. Patient perseverance has often won for them the day. SHARE MARKETS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS (THIS -DAY.) RAILWAYS; Leasing Compans Ilostiuz Prices yesterday. Business this day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletcbley Buckgbamsh Clydesdale .Tc & Lincoln gy 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils- Direct Do.. New & Dn. Fr Hi tlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull Sr, Selby Do. Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon.&Greenvi Do: Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 percent. Do. 6 . per ct. Manch. Bstn. and MatlOck Middlesbro' & Redcar. Midid.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per ct. 0. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Louden & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledori... 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But in Order not to lose time while the works of the latter are going on, the Czar has caused the portion alreadY constructed to be connected with the Prus sian telegraph near Myslowitz, and by this means St. 'Petersburg is placed in direct communication with-the capitals of Western gurppe. .There is no longer any reason why the_ embarkation of a regi ment at Southampton, or the departure of a ship froniPortsmouth, should not he known in the Rus sian capital before either can get out of the Chan _nel. There : however, no reciprocity of advan -tage: - The Russian line is not open to private de spatches. FRANCE. The Duke of Cambridge has left Paris, not for Marseilles,--as he at first intended, but for Vienna, by the Strasburg railway. The object of the change in -his plans is- no- doubt the hope that his presence at Vienna - may have an effect on the vacillating councils of the Emperor. It appears that his royal highness will now embark from Trieste for Constantinople. The sudden change. n the route taken by the Duke of Cambridge caused a great sensation at the Paris Bourse, where it even created a considerable rise in the funds, and was made the foundation of an endless variety of rumours. It was said that within the last few days a better understanding had been established between the Western Powers as to the joint measures to be taken against Russia, and that the Duke of Cambridge wished to meet the ?riuce of Prussia at Vienna, where he has, gone to attend the Emperor's marriage. This meet ing, itdoras_ hoped, would produce a good effect, ead 6eight be the means of influencing the Austrian Cabinet. All the news, however, which reaches us from Germany concurs in stating that not only Prussia, but Austria, continue to maintain the same reserve which they have hitherto observed. The alteration iu the Duke of Cambridge's plans must have been very sudden ; for the Marseilles papers which arrived in. Paris yesterday state that the Caradoc had received orders to have her steam up, in order to sail the moment the duke embarked. Marshal de St. Arnaud pursues his journey southward slowly, ou account of the state of his health. He °lily travels by day, and he has de clined the visits of all the authorities of the towns through which he passed, with the exception of Marshal de Castellane and the Prefect of Lyons. The Minister of Marine has appointed several new chaplains and assistant chaplains in the navy, and they are about to leave for. their different stations. 'lie general return'of the war materiel for the year 1852 has just been distributed to the members of the Senate and of the Legislative Body. It ap pears from it that on the 31st December, 1852, the approximate value of the war materiel amount ed to 471,489,740 f., being au increase over 1851 of 11,062,079 f., caused principally by the augmenta tion of the artillery. The ,Sentinelle of Toulon states, that Rear-Ad miral Lngeol will take his passage in the Chaptal, which is about to leave with troops for Gallipoli, from whence he will proceed to hoist his flag on board in the Black Sea. He is accompanied by Captain Lecointe, his flag-captain. A letter from Algiers states that, a fresh agita tion having broken out in Kabylia, General Ran don, the governor-general, had sent troops against: the disaffected tribes, with .orders to the command ing officers to act energetically, so as to put down the rising in its outset. . The Moniteur says :--cf The Government has received reports from General Ca,nrobert, :on: the arrival of the French troops at Gallipoli, arid on their installation in the environs of that town.. These first accouiits are very -satisfactory. A Turkish commission, pr6ided over by Ibrahim Pacha,, had preceded at, Gallipoli the arrival of our first detachments, in order to make itself ac quainted with our necessities, and to satisfy,them as far , as possible. The General has had much cause to be satisfied with this intervention. The Pacha of Adrianople had come at the same time to Gallipoli to support with his authority the exe cution of the measures to bo taken ; thus all the resources were turned to use, and our soldiers at their disembarkation received all that was neces sary for them. A proportional part of the resources of the town had been reserved for the English army. This division has been effected between them with. the most cordial understanding. General Canrobert has reconnoitred' all the Peninsula; he has fixed upon the spots where the different corps will encamp, and will form themselves into brigade as they disembark. The troops will be there in good condition, at the smallest distance possible, from Gallipoli, and in localities abounding with water and wood. The country is very healthy, and the necessities of the sick have been provided for by the instal lation of a temporary hospital at Gallipoli. Loca lities have'also been prepared in the town to serve as magazines, and to receive provisions of all kinds sent from France for the army. Our installation has therefore commenced on the best conditions, and in a short time the first three divisions will be united in the camp of Gallipoli, with all the materiel of ai tillery,. engineers, provisions, hospitals, and encampment destined for the expeditionary corps. All those immense stores have been embarked from the shores of France and Algeria, and, without doubt, the greater portion has by this time arrived at its destination." The Memorial of Amiens affirms that a sixth _squadron is about to be added to all the French cavalry regiments, which will make. an addition to that force of 60 squadrons. The Bourse again rose to-day, in consequence of the receipt of favourable news from Germany. The Three per Cents. closed at 63f. 90c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 91f.: and the New Loan at 64f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,055 f. ; Rouen, 842 f. 50c.; Havre, 412 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 743 f: 75c. ; Stras burg, 7231. 75e. ; New. Shares, 535 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 795 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 655 f. ; Western of France, 557 f. 50c.; Bordeaux to Cette, 510 f. ; Great Central of France, 405 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 425 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 517 f. 500. ITALY. We read in the Parlament° of the 16th inst.:— 812 s St. 25 50 20 li 8 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. St.- 10. 261 131 20 20 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 "The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter from Turin, ascribing- to the Minister of the Emperor of the French an undue intervention in our private affairs, with re gard to , certain laws now before the Legislature. The falsehood of this assertion needs no proof for those who are aware of the delicate proceedings of the Imperial Cabinet of France towards her allies and the personal character of her Repro entative at our Court. The Sar dinian Government, besides, has shown for many years that it is solely goided by honour, dignity, and the real interests of the nation, and it is determined not to re nounce its mission." - The Duchess of Parma intends to publish a,ocrene ral amnesty in favour of political offenders, and has appointed a commission to incipire into the re sources of the country, and to devise means of re ducing the taxes. The father of the late Duke, on hearing of his death, had left Paris for the pur pose of reassuming the Government of the Duchy. Ile states that he abdicated in favour of his son, but not in that of his grandson. The wise measures adopted by the Princess have rendered her so popu lar, that it is not probable that the forifier reigning Duke will succeed in his pretensions. On the 13th the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Tuscany washed the feet of several indigent old men and women in the chapel of the Palace Pitti, and partook of the Lord's supper. The ceremony was celebrated in presence of the entire Court. The oldest man was 92 years of age, and the youngest 84. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 14th inst. Tnat day being Good Friday, no journal, except the Gazette, appeared. The public administration and the Bourse were closed. The members of the Tribunal of Commerce, at the request of the Director of the Bank of San Fernando, were, on that day, to institute an in quirY, in na g e a_ sufficient amount The result of that inquiry was to be pub lished in the official Gazette. Two MEN 'KILLED AT TOPPINGS' , . WHARF, TOOLEY- STREET— (THIS DAY). — This morning, W, , Payne, Esq., the coroner, re ceived information of the deaths of John Kenny ag ed 46 years, King's Head. - I yard,Tooley-street, and Edward Ch er ry , aged 48 years, Middle-street, Cloth fair, who expired in the accident ;ward of Guy's Hospital from injuries received under the•following circumstances. It appears that the two unfortunate men were at work -.-at _Mips Toppings' Wharf, Tooky, landing "Japonica" at the water-sine, and while the goods were being taken in at the warehouse, they unfortunately slipped, and fell from a considerable height on the tveo men. They were shortly extricated, and conveyed to the above institution, where, they were found so dreadfully injured that death •sOon put a period to their sufferings. They have.left wives and families to lawelat their loos. !Aberdeen Ambg. Wottng. Bost. and Eastn. Janet Belfast & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ... Birkenhd. Laneshi di' Cheshire Jtuict Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O. Blyth & Tyne original, £25 (issd. at .£45) _ _ _ _ triatol and Rioter, !Caledonian. Pheater & Holyhead. Pork and Bandon... Cork, Black, 6t Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction.,,.,;, 'DublindtßelfastJune. Dundee Perth &Aber. 'deer *lunation. .. . .. Do. New EaAt Anglian . (£lB - Erdi - 11) ,Eastern Cottnties Eastern Union, Stack . . .... Do. ) B. Stock. .. . Do., New A East Lancashire., Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prf,b &Dunde • Forth & Clyde June. 'Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock ... . .. . Do., lEt, Stock Gt.Sth.&West.(lre.) 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Registered _ _ ,Van Diemen's Land 'EOTTS 36~ --- 37, iio 16 - 18 3 7 -- .1 d I - iP 1 31 2 - 36 - 1 1 10 - 11 ~~~~.1 1 00 sg 50. 1 31. 27i .22 25 100 100 all all 'all 100 14 1141 all all 8 100 100 LOD -423 34 all 100 100 47i 174 all 100 I all 11 is 2Z 2s LOO 100 100 100 all all all all all 100 54 31 87 61 90i 73 Gil I 99 . 8} 20 50 50 100 100 20 ‘5O 20 25 59j i, all all 2 10 20 20 20 1 10 18 74 10 all 2a _ MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended April 20,18 M, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towpa in England and Wale!, per Imperial Quarter. WILEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I 111 TB. i t BEANE. 142s LE. 78s 3d I 363 10.1 27s 6d 44s Od :45s 7d. Bd THE SIX WEEKS' AVE AGE. WHEAT. EARLEY. I OATS. I IiTS. I BEANS , I PEAS. I 778 3d 37s 9d 27s 3d 49s 9d 45s Od ..455 9d u DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. 15 Od 1* I ESLEY Od . I 18 OATOd S. I Is Od ATE. I R Is EA Od Is NS: IPE AS. ' Od • QUANTITIES or GRAIN SOLD AST WEEK. Wheat, 41,926; Barley, 31,021; Oats, 16,393:; Rye, 146; Beans, 4,686; Peas, 477 Quarters. HAY MARK E TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5l Os ; .clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 61 Os ; •and straw, 11 16s to 21.2 s per load. A. moderate supply, and a sluggish demand: '-CultunaL424l3.--.llleadow hay, 21 16s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 3/.15s to 61 0 s; and straw, 1/ 16s to 21 4.14 per ]oad. Supply good, and trade rather dull. W RITEOLUPEL.—Ideadow hay, 21 15s to Si Os; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 2s per load. Trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NIVIGATIO AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand was steady, at this market to-day, as follows Beef, from .-3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d. to 4s . 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s &I; Veal, 3s 10d to 58 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, APRIL 19:—The general demand ruled steady at this day's market, at full quotations, which were—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5.1 0,1; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od Pork, 38 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, APRIL 19.—T0-day's market was 'well sup plied with each kind of stock, at fair request, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 53 6d to 7s Od.; Veal, 3s 8d to 5s Od. ; Pork, 3s 4d to 48 6d per 81bs. Quarter old. Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LITERATURE. The Physical ,Atlas. Part I: By Alexander Keith Johnston. A new and enlarged edition. Black wood. _ _ _ This costly and remarkable work partakes of something more than the dignity of a national pro duCtion. It extends .in importance beyond the limits of 'our own vast empire, and embraces the whole globe in- the grasp of its comprehensive delineation. Alexander Keith Johnston is already known to the world as one of the most experienced, one of the most skilled, and one of the most accom plished of modern geographers. He has in the production, of which the instalment before us is the reissue, placed the crown upon his scientific -repu tation. If in so doing he has not, actually enlarged the boundaries of human knowledge, he has at any rate wonderfully systematised it. Ile has thereby completed a movement in the general scheme of education so marked, so important, so thoroughly and actually appreciable, that a new department of study has been introduced into the schools of En, land, of India, and, of America, since the date of the work's original publication Than this, per-‘ haps, , "there. never has .been a. more brilliant tribute ' of admiration spontaneously offered by the oust() ; dians-Of learning to a o yo . l t ume restricting its attrac tions - to the variety ng f e i snitnforiztion. and to the novelty of its been rewarded for his labours in th r e . Johnston has production of "The Physical Atlas,' by the earnest commenda . tion of some of the 6,eatest intellects u g hi s - contemporaries—by the eniogi s of-Baron al° uni boldt, the venerable author of Cos mos, those also of Mrs: Somerville, a w oman who . t and b is clone° -what Madame de Stael was to-Literature. The scope of the work is almost as remarkable as as its novelty. Its novelty is such that it is avow edly the first work of its class ever produced in the United Kingdom, while it is essentially diff erent i n many respects;" in its construction, as well as i n i ts subject-matter and appearance," from anything of (speaking within limits) a similar kind already printed on the Continent, Its scope,' again, h as been, in some sort, admirably indicated in o ne large sentence in the prospectus. The sentence runs as follows :—" Its (The Physica/ Atlas's)-ob ject is to exhibit and explain, in a popular and at tractive manner, the results of the discoveries and researches of travellers and philosophers in all the important branches of Natural Science, embracing an investigation into the laws which regulate the formation of the surface of the globe, the succes sive changes which this surface has undergone, the varied influences of climate and temperature to which it is subjected, the effects of these several conditions on the existing species of plants and animals, as exemplified in their geographical distribution, and the combined action of the whole on the present races, national cha racteristics, means of subsistence, commercial pursuits, religious peculiarities, health and pro gressive improvement of man." So that the " Phy sical Atlas" really does embrace all the branches of natural philosophy. It really refers, besides geography, to botany, zoology, ethnology, geology, and meteorology : having regard also, strange though it, may seem at a superficial glance, to sub jects of an ethical, a sanitary, and alinercantile cha racter—not overlooking in all this broad range the science of political Government. Completed in its original form, " The Physical Atlas" led, as we have before intimated, to the opening of a new branch in the general system of education—in other words, conduced directly to the introduction of the study of physical g eography. The supervision of a work of so vast and manifold a character would have necessitated in its editor, of course, the knowledge not only of a skilful geographer, but the comprehensive and all-embracing erudition of an encyclopt - edaist. Mr. Johnston from the out set- contrived to overcome the whole of the more important difficulties in the way of any such new and hitherto unattempted compilation by calling to his aid such men as Sir David Brewster and. Sir Roderick Murchison. Assisted by the ad vice of these and 'other gifted collaborateurs, the author of " The Physical Atlas " was ulti mately enabled to complete his great work in a manner that commanded on all sides an unani mous expreSsion of satisfaction.- Expensive though the work necessarily was from its very na ture, as well as from its novelty, we cannot feel in any way surprised that already the first edition of it should have been exhausted. Another, and a yet more splendid edition, has for some - time been announced as forthcoming. Within the last few days it has actually commenced its periodical ap pearance. Already we have taken occasion care fully to examine the initial part, or first instalment of the republication. And every essential re spect we find the work giving ample promise of proving itself worthy of its author's reputation, and of the Messrs. Blackwood's establishment. It is not unworthy of being inscribed to Baron Hum boldt. It is almost worthy of the science of which in its original form it may be said to have been inaugurative. Part I. contains three of the magnificent plates of the "Physical Atlas," brilliantly but delicately coloured, and accompa nied by explanatory letterpress, Firstly, there is the one representing -the distribution of Marine Life, compiled by the learned President of the Geological Society, Professor Edward Forbes. Secondly, there is the one displaying to us at a glance the Mountain Systems of Europe, con structed on the basis of contour lines by Dr. H. Bergaus and Mr. A. K. Johnston. Thirdly, there is one portraying the geographical distribution of the Currents of Air, Trade Winds, Hurricanes, &c., With their effects on navigation—an elaborate engraving; prepared directly under the author's personal and 'minute supervision. When com pleted, the new edition of "The Physical Atlas" will be accompanied by a comprehensive and elaborately compiled index, affording every facility for instant reference._ In commending this remarkable work, and that, moreover, in the strongest terms of eulo gium, we are conscious that we are speaking of a volume distinguished by no ordinary merits, but really and truly of a phenomenon among publica tions. Nanette and her Lovers. By Talbot Gwynne, author of " The School for Fathers," the ' Life and Death of Silas Barnstarke," &c. Smith and Elder. Many times before now has the author of this work appeared before the public, and he has generally met with great success. It is not likely that "Nanette" will deteriorate from his renown or fall short•cf its predecessors in attaining a reputa- tion. The whole course of the narrative is natural and life-like; everything .is in keeping with the events in question. Although only peasants are before us as dramatis personw, and the, chief por tion of the scenes is laid in a retired village in France, at the'time of the revolution. It would be difficult to suppose a more pleasing sketch, or a more interesting heroine than the simple Nanette. Charpentier is _amusing at the first part ofthe story; and even afterwards, when he has degeneratedinto a ganibler and a drunkard, he holds out a warning, and presents a fit consummation to so despicable a career.. Arfene is a very admirable cha racter, but he is not so striking a portrait as either his . rival or the object of their at tachment. A very amusing and ludicrous little individual figures in these pages in the person of Daridollo, whose conceit • and cowardice about equalled each other. Several stirring passages appear ; in which:some of the military exploits in Italy. under Napoleon aro ably recounted. The chief charm and_ engrossing interest w ill not he found in the gay city or the glorious, battle plain, biit will hover around and centre. in the calm and peaceful spot Where dwelt - the heroine. Nanette's • whole' life was a harder fight than any that the faithleSS lover had to ' , wage against. the enemies in the field, but she passed. through every trial the better,and the purer. The only consolation, when I every earthly hold seemed falling from her, was the .Saying of her beloved cure, who had perished in the revolution, that, if not now, at least hereafter, all would be for the good of the righteous. It was g i ve n to the faithful follower of his precepts, how ever, to find, even in this world, that her suffer ings wore the end her greatest blessings, and '.that the source of her sorrow was, at last the cui gin of the love and happiness crow' ned the meridian of her life. After a stormy and a sultry noon, the evening of her day was peace. The fol lowing passage describes v one of th e mos t p a i n f u l o f giving Nanette's trials.---c, g up her cruel lover. The scene is in a mud cottage, but feeling and devotion invest it with a romance, and the heroism of self sacrifice throws a halo over the day-dream of the peasant maiden : " Nanette sat alone in her little bed-room ; the sweet scent of woodbine spreading through it from the open window. " She was slowly and carefully writing her last letter to Antoine ; the visionary. Antoine of her heart ; a being who would n ever see it : it wou ld b e rea d by the real Antoine ; a creature of whom Nanette would never have been able to form the least idea. How little she ima gined, when she had with such delight and perseverance learnt to write under the teaching of Maitre Charpentier, in order that she might correspond with her fiance; how little she then imagined that she should ever write such a letter as the one she was now engaged upon. " Nanette's task was finished ; she read her work over, folded it, and directed it in her best hand. " She then listened: Her mother was sleeping-, and Nanette softly descended the ladder into the room below. There she opened her oak chest, from which she took the silver cap she was to have worn at her wedding. Ten years had passed away since that wedding was to have taken place ; and the silver embroidery of the cap, despite Nanette's care, was somewhat tarnished : besides which, the lace and muslin had grown rather yellow. " She looked too on her wedding garments ; thinking, as she did se,- on ptist',scenes, -arld'77t feelings, now for - ever gone. " Nanette took the cross, Maitre Charpentier's gift, from the paper and cotton in which it reposed. The gold was as bright as ever ; shining brilliantly beneath the light of Nanette's candle. " Ah !' she thought, as she looked on it, the things of heaven remain for ever bright and lasting, whilst those of earth tarnish and pass away.' " Nanette slowly returned the cross to its envelope ; little wotting, that her mind had entertained a poetic sentiment. - " Then she took the packet of Antoine's letters from the chest : letters so carefully preserved-; whilst her's to Antoine had served him to show off, and to light pipes with. Not one of Nanette's was then in ex istence. " She reed the first and the last of theie epistles, and shed many tears over them ; then locking up her chest, she sought her bed with a sad heart, yet with an ap• proving conscience. " On awaking the following morning, Nanette took from beneath her pilkkw, the letter she had written the night before.. Having read it over; several times, she found nothing to alter, either in that, or her resolution. " Nanette left the letter with her mother ; begging her to read it and -think ever-the step she was about to - take, whilst she'yroceeded to her hard work in the corn field.- , " In the-course of that - day, the tears often stole down her-brown cheeks as she reaped ; but - she strengthened ler heart by 'reflecting that she was ob e yi ng the voice of her _conscience :. a voice which, f rom c hildh oo d, s h e had reskied Should never call to her'in vain. " Everithing is for the best to the righteous ; if not in this world, at least in that which is to come.' " The Heir of Vallis. By William Matthews. 3 vols. Smith and Elder. .This is not an ordinary work ; in fact it is out of 'the usual range of romances, and differs essentially from the stories of the present day.. Its plot is exceedingly intricate, and the personages are so numerous that it is with difficulty that the reader can remember all the varying interests and con flicting claims at once. It is arranged with great skill, and the many striking scenes and effective tableaux that appear are shadowed forth with most artistic power. It is impossible to give an account of the story, for it could not be done in a 'summary sketch. It is sufficient to say that the long-lost and deeply-lamented heir is in disguise for many years, and hence all sorts of falie stories are abroad in regard to his disappearance. Two old county' families --the Nevilles and the Napiers--live near each other, and are on friendly terms. However it is in conse quence of the weakness of the father' and the vice of the son, in the house of N ev ill e , that all the calami t y befals the heir of Vallis, which is the name of the Napiers' property. An Italian woman is introduced int o these eventful pageS, who is filled with all the burning jealousy and vindic tive spirit of revenge that forms the worst feature of the children of her land. In the . wonders and mysteries before us, the most interesting person is the Captain Currary, who is also under an assumed name, and figures as " Langton" before hi s un . known cousins. It is to be questioned if many. would not prefer a less brilliant work, provided it were easier to ,peruse, and less awful in some of its details and descriptions. It must not be taken up to beguile a few spare hours, or resorted to as an amusing subject for a wearied mind ; but to those who can appreciate and admire the evidence of un deniable talent in construction and composition these pages will afford a desirable study. Doint ; or, the Songs and 4egends of Roumania. By E. Grenville Murray. Smith, Elder, and Co. The universal excitement which has recently Prevailed respecting the fate of the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia will probably lend to this collection of their national songs and legends an extrinsic interest. Indeed, to most readers, the introduction will prove the most :attractive part of the volume. A slight sketch of the early history of the country is given. Flaving been long op pressed and miSgoverned, t4eip was no literature except a few religious treatises. The fashionable _language was a_mixture of Sela.vonic, Greek, Turk ish, and Latin, but the ancient Rouman dialect was still -to be Ind among the lower classes. But forty years ago a change took place. - The national language, which is Sc soft-and, musicaLas .to have been called th e golden ton gue , was revived, and. ni -any writers have contributed to it. But, un happily,, the censorship is 'severe, and after 1848 almost all 'poets ; historians, or novelists, indeed almost all authors Of any: class, were banished. Of this class, of political refugees and exiles the author writes with much earnestness and feel ing. Excepting the Red Republicans and such characters, he asserts that it is som e o f th e b est and bravest of foreign lands who are houseless banished wanderers. He remarks o n th e i r unforiunate po sition, and the difficulty which all foreigners ex perience in finding employment, and that the edu cation of the higher classes abroad is extremely unpractical. The legends are something of the, imaginative and allegorical kind of eastern romances. They' are graceful and poetical, :with much similarity be tween them. As a specimen of a literature almost unknown to us they present a striking novelty. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY. ZONDON, April 20.—W ind this day at Noon, E.S.E. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine, clear, sultry weather. The Mercury continues to fall, but is as yet too high for rain. The wind is rather inclined to get round to the Southward.—The Ann Clark, from Stettin, was in con tact in the river with the Oscar (s), from Belfast, and re ceived damage.—A ship on fire between-the mainmast and taffrail, with mizenmasts gone by the board, and boats off the deck, and apparently been abandoned some time, was seen on the 2ist Dec., in lat. 28 N., 13 W. • 4 21 FF DOVER, April 19.--Gerson, from Copenhagen, for St., Croix. PORTSMOUTH, April 19.—Wind, E. to E.S.S.' Sailed— Faith, for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, April 20.—(Per Elec. Tel.) Arrived—Hy daspes s), from India, left Cape of Good Hope, Peb. 5. FALMOUTH, April 19.—Wind, E. Arrived—Allison, from Manilla ; Selma, Bahia, for Copenhagen. SHIELDS, April 19.—Wind, E. Sailed—Christiania, for Quebec. SWANSEA, April 19.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Caro mandel, from Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, April 19.—A schooner, painted black, with a white streak, was seen on her beam ends, March 31, in let. 44, long. 26, apparently not many hours in that posi , tion, The, Circassian, from Callao to England, put.into Valparaiso, Feb. 24, in distress, making water, and would discharge. The Florentia, from Callao to England, has also put into Valparaiso leaky. QUEENSTOWN, April 18.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived — Louis% Richmond. STOCKHOLM, April 14.—Nothing whatever is heard of any Russian ships of War, - .or,other, vessels under that flag, in this,, quarter, and we may I)e_ quite certain that none will venture out. - ' CADIZ, April 11.—The Eagle, of jamaica from New York, sprung a leak at sea, became waterlogged, and was abandoned . ; crew, except one man washed overboard, saved by the Estrella, arrived here. ELSINORE, April 15.—Official notice has been received of the blockade of all the Russian ports. WISBY, April 6.—No Russian snips of war have up to this - date been`seen off the coast of this island, Four ves sels with Swedish -troops -have arrived here, and two or three more are expected to-day. Four steam - Chips pas on this side . of the island, but too far off to distinguish their nationality. ADELAIDE, S.A., Dec. 31.—The Punch brig, from Cal cutta' to this port, which was ashore in Holdfast Bay pre vious to last Sept. 10, had been condemned, Was got off on the 20th inst., and brought in here. (BY ELECTRI' TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.3 u a.m. Wind, E. ; light, and fine. Arrived—Margaret, steamer, from Havre • Arran, from New Orleans; A. Cheeseborough, from Baltimore. Off the Port—Glengariff, from Jamaica; ,Rioon Grande ; Lancaster barque and Maid of Athens schooner. Sailed—Prospero, for NewfottUdland ; Empire, New York. (BY SUBMABlNE G Ao vr E ss u: Nv : D r oo l bT A efi : adu , t 7 Er s G ; daY e a u r 1 A se o n 7 y : I 15R:ao. Luna, ul ne a.m. ; Wind, N.E. ; tide, three hours and a half ebb ; weather, very fine. Arrived, 19th—Avon, from Leer ; Gifion, Aarhuns ; Providence, Guernsey; Crusader, Par aiba; Is ß ab o e t,o l te la i. ,. : Rouen ; Savador, Porsgrund. WAillirrii,mve,ds,A2dOthe—ntuOrrie,enßto, ufreonm Hobroe ; Sovereign of the . Seas, Melbourne ; Le Coo Cherbourg Antwerp;; Eollaad E (s a te rl am of er A ), uo ß k ? a t n te a rd (s a t m ea ; me ß r ar ), Rotter dam. Jolliffe (s), for Calais ; Soho (s), Havre ; Baron a y Cashmere, Auckland. DEAL, Thursday, 9.22 a.m. Wind, S.E. • very light,Anchored--Valentine, from London, for Cardiff. Sailed— It for the river. emains—Lochlibo, for Quebec. Tho brig Demerara, from London, f or D emerara , has been towed to Ramsgate , in order to atop a leak. per tent. 65 4i 5 71 46 51 pm xd 103?; 451 5 61 7/1 TEE STEAMER GOLDEN AGE. Details lately received of the passage of the American ,paddle-steamer Golden Age, from Liverpool to Australia, furnish interesting suggeStions regarding the -ultimata prospects of rapid communication, not only with the gold colonies, but the Cape- of Good Hope. Thin steamer, which was capable of carrying 1,200 persons, and had just made .one of 'the 'best trial trips ever known across the, Atlantio, left Liver Pool in Novem ber last, with a small number of. passengers, and an unremunerative although a considerable cargo, the Post-office authorities having refused to pay her the slightest extra sum for taking a mail. She reached the Cape in 26 days and a half, thus making to that point the shortest passage upon record. Indeed the difference from any passage previously known is alleged to have been as much as eight days. At the Cape she was de tained 10 days coaling, but she nevertheless reached King George's Sound so as to effect the entire passage from Liverpool to Australia in 61 days, including deten tions, and in an actual running time of 47 days. Con sidering that in future trips the advantages of experience would enable distances to be saved and greater speed to be attained, the possibility of th 6 communication to Australia being regularly brought within 50 days, even by the Cape route, seems consequently to have been demonstrated. According to the statements of the com mander, Captain Porter, he made the whole' distance to the Cape with four furnaces blocked nff, and with a consumption of only 30 tons of coal • per 'day, five days' consumption remaining upon arrival in port. By less economy, therefore, greater results might have been accomplished, and it is believed, morever, that 300 miles might be saved by stopping at Goree to coal. Taking these things into account, Captain Porter asserts that the Golden Age could regularly perform the run from Liverpool to the Cape in 23 days. These points having been determined, the question arises as to the probability of the benefits which they show to be within reach being speedily established. If the Post-office had offered a fair remuneration to the Golden Age for the the. loss by h er exp e r i menta l not h ave been such as to deter leer sage conveyance n er o s ul .fi: lf ii c ontinuance i i ioa a '3Blnibali3'l as i t i s , there is not only little prospect of its. repetition on her part, lsit also the certainty that the want of encouragement she experienced will long prevent any °the companies, English or American, from venturing in dependently on this branch of enterpre. Hencethe pros pects off uturc steam commueication between the colonies and the mother country arediseouraging. The Australian Pacific Compa n y a n d th e R oyal Australasian Company have entirely ;Abandoned th e field, and have e ith er so ld their vessels or chartered them to the Government, while it seems Alonlitful if the General Screw Company, also, may not eventually find it more tempting to keep such vessels as the Golden Fleece in the transport service rather than to send them on their original destination. The only hope of a more 'encouraging character ap pears to lie in the opening up of a route from Sydney to Liverpool via Panama, or Nicaragua and- Now York. Supposing proper Coalityg- arrangements to be made. Captain Porter considers that the GOlden Age could reach Panama or Nicaragua, from Sydney, in 27 days. Thence to New York, by the existing - steamers would occupy eight days, while from New York to Liver pool to average time is 11 days. The total frau Sydney to Liverpool would thus . be 46 days, or allowing three days for stoppages,- p- days. The chief probability of such a route being established consists in the fact of the link between' Sydney and Panama being all that is required to bring it into existence. Whether the New York Company, to whom the Golden Age belongs intend now to carry ?Eit their original_plan of putting it into op era tion remains to be ascertained. During the presen't demand for : steamere it is probable that that vpsel may immediately be sought for other purposes, but there is strong reason to anticipate that, sooner or later, by the natural tendo n . cies of commerce, the route in question may grow into the most important line of traffic between the northern and southern hemispheres. articled the = m rs a . r — y Yesterday fro b a e l in T e T (") opening of term, ADMISSION Or I clerks see king to be admitted , and front attorneys d e l sirous of renewing their certi fi cates, were g i ven in the Court of Queen ' s Benc h. There are 119 not i ces to be admitted this Easter term; 24 being added to the list and 95 to" be admitted in Trinity by the judge's o rder, _ _ . term next. There were 23 no tices to take out and renew certificates this Easter terra —one being from Mr. W. 11. Barber, whose repeated applications to be reinstated on the list of attorneys have hitherto been rejected by the judges. Mr. Barber intends to make his application this time to the Lord Chancellor. .... . RUSSIAN PRODUCE,--The London markets for Rua. sian produce yesterday were rather lower, it being thought that the regulations of the Government .with regard to the trade both of British subjects and neutral*, will allow some quantity to come forward-' DAY Or HUMILIATION.—The Lord Mayor has issued a proclamation requesting his fell Ow-citizens to close their shops on Wednesday, the 26th, for the better odes bration of the fast and humiliation ordained for thit day. ~:fiy- 5 10 St. 5 all all [OO 10 25 10 1.0.6, 1121 110 9 99 88 ~;`~e~-- ■t