The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1854, EXCHEQUER BILLS. Office of her Majesty's Paymaiter-General Whitehall, 24th May, 1854. TrrE EXCHEQUER BILLS, dated in the Months of June, October, November, and December, 1853 (per Act 11; Viet., cap. 25, 17,742,5001. Anno 1853), with the Interest due thereon, will be paid off on the 12th June, 1854, when the interest will cease. Such bills will be received at this office daily, from half wit ten till three o'clock, until the 2nd day of June, 1854, inclusive. Printed Forms, containing instructions for the preparation of the Lists, and the arrangement of the Bills, may be obtained on applica tion at this office. The bearers mast endorse each bill with their usual signatures, and they must insert their names and addresses in each list ; and where the names of holders are inserted in the bills, the indorse ments of such holders must also be obtained previously to their lists and bills being left for examination. NEW BILLS, bearing interest at the rate of twopence farthing by the day, upon every one hu dred pound-, an I dated the sa d 12th day of June, 1854, may be obtained in payment of the principal of the whole, or part, of the Exchequer Rills issued wider the Act at, ,ve mentioned, on the claimants specifying, in their lists, the amount of new bills rewired by them. The New Bills, togeth3r with the Interest on the Bills left on or before the said ad day of June, for each inge, will be s ued on the 13th day of June 1851; the bearers must attend at this uflize, to sign receipts for the payment of Principal and interest. Payment, in Money, may be obtained at this ()raze for any of the said Exchequer Bills, previously to the said 12th day of June, 18.4, upon the claim ants leaving the bills fur examination one day prior to that on which such payment is desired. N.B.—All Exchequer Bills dated prior to June, 1853, have been previously advertised to be paid off. TILEA FICI r.OYAL LAWRY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, MAT 24, Will be performed Auber's Opera. FRA. DI AVOLO. Fra Dia- Tole, Mr. Sims Reeves; Lord Alicash, Mr. Weiss; Gilaon-10 Weiss and Beppo. Messrs. Leffler and F. Smith ; LAly Micah, Mme. Zerlina, Mrs. Sims Reeves. Followed by (l3th time) a new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENf entitled UNE FETE EN OLICMPE, in which Mdlle. Pasqua•is appear. Prices--Stalls. 79: Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 31. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.; and Private 13ozes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The from „ Ten till Six, where places may b e Box-office open d ail y secured. p r i va te Boxes and stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THI3 EVENLY(, MAT 24, ypill be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE BOUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenh Gr e y and Mrs. Fitz W. Farren, Comp willia to n,m. and Buckstone ; Mise Reynolds, mi ss B. After which, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled Ma. BIICKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN CESTER-SQUA.RE), written by J. R. Flambe, Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Clueszs KERN. THIS EVENING, MAT 24. Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters b Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart ; and Misses Heath and Murray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstanley and Miss C. Leclercq. To conclude with A. STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Ur. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EV - EYING, MAT 24, Will be performed THE MARBLE HE A.RT ; or, The Sculptor's Dream. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web ster, and C. Selby ; Madame Celests, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. Harding. Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and Famine ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, THE OVERLkND JOURNEY TO CON3TANPI• NOPLE, A 3 UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WITH INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, MAT 24. Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha• rioters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H. Waite, Leslie, and Vincent; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. After which, THE MUMMY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan, Robson, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. To be followed by TO ORLI. iE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndhant. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca 'saw: THIS EVENING, MIT 24, Will be performed THE STATUE LOVER. To be followed by A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. After which, THE GARDENER OF VERSAILLES. To be followed by THE SEA NYMPH'S CAVE. To conclude with THE BONNET-BUILDERS' TEA PARTY. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 641; Gallery, Gd.; Private Li lie. 6d., to be had of Mr. Ailcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, May 24, Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spx , •• facie, embodying n ,vet and extraordinary effects (written by XI- Nelson Lee), entitled A l'ALh; OF VIE :WA NISII WAR ; The Horse of the Wreck. Tin horses expressly trainel by Mc. w Cooke. Followed by NOVEL FEATS of EQUITATION SANzIPA REILLE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE RHINE. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tire Dar —Morning 5 min.after 12' Evening 26 min.aft. 12 ro-Mossow—Morning 48 min.after 12 Evening 10 ininAft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Sing 01/71CX, MAY 2L THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64 highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'78—rising. WIND, S.W.—Rather fresh breeze, with sunshine and heavy clouds. `.!'• .' l 7; A ( , -§11;11 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1854. Yesterday evening we published in the columns of The Sun a translation from the German ori ginal of the treaty between Austria and Prussia, signed on the 20th inst. at Berlin, and repeated to-day in the columns of all our morning contem poraries. The existence of such a document has long been matter of notoriety. Its gist has all along been pretty generally understood. Never theless, while the nature of the engagement en tered into between the Cabinets of Schoenbrunn and Charlottenburg might be readily enough conjectured, it could not but be especially inte resting at a crisis like the present to have mere suppositions, however obviously credible they might be, rendered altogether unnecessary —it could not but be peculiarly desirable that a matter of such extreme importance should be one not simply of mere hypothesis, but of absolute certainty—so that the belligerent', might be enabled to anticipate more clearly the future policy of the leaders of the Germanic Con federation. This could only be accomplished by the publication of the treaty recently signed on the part of the Emperor of AUSTRIA. by 13 won VON HESS, and on the part of the King of PRUSSIA by Baron VON MANTEUFFEL. At length that curious State paper has made its appear ance. Its stipulations are consequently no longer matter of mere conjecture or sup position. They have been formally submitted to the notice of the community. Whoso "runs may read." And yet—with the Treaty actually staring us in the face, with its six articles before us, and, with these also, its one long supplemen tary engagement—it is impossible to count with an y security upon the course which may be fol lowed out by the contracting potentates in regard to the contest now raging between the Russian and Anglo-French belligerents. There is only one thing gl ar i ngly demonstrated by the docu ment, and that is, that Austria and Prussia are mutually jealous of each other. They are at heart more je a l ous of each other than FRANCIS JOSEPH is of the Czar NICHOLAS, or than FREDERICK WILLIAM is of the Emperor Nato/m.ox. Austria is less solicitous about that portion of her domini ons lying to the north-east of the Carpathi ans, P russia is less solicito us as to the retenti on of the Rhenish P ro vinces as a part of her aggreg a t e territ ory .. than they are, each of them, profoundly an d pain fully solicitous "at heart" as to the chance of the other obtaining, either by force or by intrigue, pre eminence over the whole of the kingdoms and principalities of the Confederation. Hence this ingeniously elaborated treaty, binding the two Cabinets intimately together, so far at least as could well be effected by their mutually guaran teeing to each other the entire of their respective territur ies. It should be particularly borne in mind that not only have Austria and Prussia pledged them selves in this manner to maintain the integrity of their r espect i ve dominions, but that, in addition to this solemn engagement, they have undertaken to repel in common every attack coming to the i one or the other of them from any quarter soever. ' Article 1 pledges them to this active co-operation. Article 2 readers it imperative upon both to aid each other, not only in defending themselves against aggressionfrom without, but in like manner also in defending the interests of entire Germany in the event of those interests being in any way threatened or jeopardised. Article 3 defines the imperative character of the necessity, requiring a portion of both the Austrian and Prussian ar m y to be prepared at all times during the continuance of the war for the accident of an emergency. Article 4 provides that the contracting parties shall invite all the German States to adhere to the terms of their agreement. Article 5 precludes both Austria and Prussia from entering, dur ing the existence of this alliance, into any separate treaty whatever with other States—into a ny separate treaty at least not completely har monising with the principles here proclaimed. While Article 6 is simply expressive of the accus tomed formality observed upon all similar occa sions, being merely to the effect that the present treaty shall be submitted as speedily as possible to the ratification of the august Sovereigns. Such is the precise bearing of this notable treaty, offensive and defensive, between the Austrian and Prussian Governments. As with a lady's letter, however, the most inte resting portion of the whole is condensed into the all-important postscript. The "murder is out" only in the additional or supplementary article thereupon immediately appended. A declaration of war against Russia by the courts of Berlin and Vienna, or as that nota bene to the Treaty between Austria and Prussia expresses it, "an offensive action on the part of both—ein o f fensives beider seitiges vorgehen--would be first occasioned"—by what ? Observe the contingencies !—" through an attack or passage of the Balkan on the part of Russia, or by the incorporation of the Principali ties !" Only in the event of Moldo-Wallachia being declared to be incorporated with the do minions of the AUTOCRAT, or in the equally re mote possibility of the Cossack hordes effecting the passage of the Balkan Mountains—only then would an " offensive action" on the part of Austria and Prussia (so says this important, and curious, and significant supplement to the recent treaty) "be first occasioned !" Wherefore, as far as events are now from the passage of the Balkan or from the incorporation of the Princi palities—precisely so far are the Western Powers removed from the probability of obtaining any active warlike co-operation from the Austrian or Prussian Government. The truth in this matter is perfectly obvious. The language employed by the contracting parties is sufficiently explicit and comprehensible. There can be no chance of mistake upon this point at least. What are the literal words of the plenipotentiaries ? They are worth repeating, they are worth meditating upon, they are worth remembering. They are—as we have seen—these literatirn : " An offensive action on the part of both [i. e. Austria and Prussia] would, however [meaning by the adverb `after all that has been said'], be first occasioned by the incor poration of the Principalities, or through an attack or passage of the Balkan on the part of Russia." Nothing further, we conceive, is at all requisite, now that the Courts of Vienna and Berlin have de clared this much, nothing further is at all requi site to prove to the comprehension even of those whose intellects are most obtuse that it were folly to count upon a manly policy as opposed to the CZAR from either of the two principal German Governments. All that the recent treaty signed m the 20th ultimo in the Prussian capital actu illy does, is to bind the Cabinets of Schoenbrunn rid Charlottenburg to the mutual guarantee of the whole of their respective dominions. Their anion with France and England only rests upon die shadowy alternative of two most remote and improbable contingencies. The Honourable Gentleman the Member for Finsbury has withdrawn the motion of which he had given notice respecting the unfortunate dispute between the masters and the working Nipple in the manufacturing districts. He was induced to do so in consequence of a communica tion, purporting to come from the " Amalga mated Committee-room, Preston," and signed by certain delegates on behalf of the several bodies of factory workers. There was nothing objectionable in the tone of this document, which was read to the House. It stated that the Com mittee, who acted on behalf of the Preston opera tives, " had throughout the painful proceedings acted upon a conviction that they were justified by every consideration, whether of a local or general character, in contending for an advance of wages, and that it had always been their desire to con duct the dispute with the most rigid regard to law and order, that circumstances beyond their control had induced them to yield to the more powerful combination of their employers. They were therefore unwilling that anything should be permitted to interfere with a cordial reconciliation among all classes." This, as we have stated, is altogether unobjectionable —nay, more, it is highly creditable to the parties ; and we venture to assert that if, at the beginning of the disas trous contest, the negotiations on the part of the operatives had been conducted with similar modera tion, an amicable arrangement would have been speedily arrived at, by which very severe, if not ruinous, losses on the part of many of the masters, and the severe sufferings and fearful privation on the part of the malcontents and of their innocent families, might have been averted. Whatever dif ference of opinion as to the original cause of the quarrel—the demand for increased wages-- none can exist as to the exemplary conduct of the parties under trials of no ordinary magnitude. However we may feel compelled to censure one portion of their proceedings, we must greatly admire and unequivocally applaud mother part ; and their candid confession of de teat, and deprecation of anything which might by possibility interfere with a cordial reconciliation between all classes, is equally laudable, and pre disposes every right-minded man to strain every energy to restore perfect concord, and to place the iwportant relations between the parties on a sound and permanent basis. Unfortunately, however, there is no security whatsoever for a continuance of amity. We see the same machinery still iu existence that led to the former difficulty. Of that the very document above alluded to, praiseworthy in all other re spects, affords unanswerable testimony. We see that "an amalgamated committee room" is still maintained at Preston, and that there are dele gates, or committee-men, still authorised to decide and act on behalf of the general body, whose commands would still doubtless be just as impli citly obeyed as heretofore by the great body of the hands. It was the unauthorised and unsoli cited interference of these very persons, or of others acting with them, that produced the original quarrel. They then treated the masters with the utmost arrogance, and conveyed their ukases to the operatives, who, by their unquestioning obedience, testified the thraldom ' in which they were held. It was scarcely deemed necessary to conceal the ultimate object, viz., that the delegates should be enabled " to control the destinies of trade" in every par ticular. It was, therefore, if not openly avowed, tolerably clearly hinted, that each demand would prove but the precursor of others of greater mag nitude, and that one concession should be followed by others more extensive if peace was to be main tained. Very clear and explicit intimations were given to different firms strongly pass edr thatdocument act m en intended turns would !?eedily arri ve ; an d t h e utmost b oon that even the most ind u l gent master could anticipate was, t hat bestow e d by the Cyclop to ovrec, it that he sh ou l d be the last devoured." S ure ly, th en , the g o ld en opportunity for obt a i n i ng amp l e gua rantees for a u enduring peace sh ou ld no t b e dis regarded, or suffered t a e y sf w rt o i i t m h t o e u tnh t de n e d foro s t a i same . The mod era ti on of t Parliament is a l so very contrasted w ith those addressed t o the operatives room, and, we believe, virtually from the same parties. Here nothing is to be " permitted to l•n ! terror° with the cordial recon c ili a ti on of all :par ties." There the hands were advised " to resum e work until a more favourable opportunity." Here, " circumstances beyond their control have induced them to yield." There Mr. COWELL com pletes the sentence, by desiring the operatives to " rest assured, that, whenever a reaction takes place in the commercial affairs of the country, the telling-note shall again be sounded in Preston, Ten per cent., and no surrender." As the AUTO CRAT had different terms in which to convey his opinions to other nations, and to his own mise rable serfs, so did the would-be despots of Pres ton adopt tones suitable to the atmosphere in which they were to be listened to. One for the House of Commons, deprecating any discussion likely " to interfere with a cordial reconciliation of all classes ;" the other for the camp meetings outside Preston, promising, on the first favourable opportunity, a revival of their war cry, or " telling note," of Ten per cent., and no surrender !" Something should be done to obviate the dis trust that must continue between the parties ; and, as we long since stated, it will only admit of a legislative remedy. The question is nut merely one of wages between masters and working people, but is of national importance, and demanding immediate attention on the part of Parliament, more especially of the popular representatives. We could not see the operatives who have behaved so admirably in some respects crushed—we could not ask the masters to fling away the fruits of their dearly-bought victory without some kind of security for future peace. The matter is one of considerable difficulty, but the events of the last eight months furnish the necessary data for ar riving at the correct solution of the important problem. It may not be right to legis late while the passions of the quondam bellige rents are still excited, and the wounds given and received during the continuance of hostilities are still rankling, but there could not be a more auspicious time for instituting the inquiries that must be made before the matter can be finally disposed of. We shall not now put forward any suggestions as to the nature of the enactments that should be made ; but this we will say, that never was there a case more urgently demanding strict and searching investigation by disinterested and unprejudiced persons. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 23. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the whole of the Royal family, arrived at Osborne yesterday evening at six o'clock from London. The excellent band of the Royal Marine division at Gosport was commanded by her Majesty to be in attend- ance at Osborne this morning (Wednesday) to serenade at a quarter to seven on the lawn. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Ann Maria Dawson and Lord James Murray, left town at 11 o'clock yesterday morning for Osborne, Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness travelled from London by the South-Western Railway. A deputation of the vinegar trade, consisting of Mr. Charles Pott, Mr. R. Burnett, Mr. Underwood, and Mr. Pouncett, attended by Mr. T. Browning, had an interview with Mr. Wilson yesterday at the Treasury. A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Hume, M.P., the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Sadler, M.P., Mr. Hubbard, M.P., and Mr. Wilcox, M.P., had an inter view with the Chanceilor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing•street. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New Zealand, Ceylon, and Hong Kong. Despatches were sent last evening to the Governors of the West Coast of Africa. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFl.—Yesterday, at the hour of 11 a.m., George Frederick Darcy, Earl of Durham, led to the hymeneal altar, at St. George's, Hanover square, the lovely and accomplished Lady Beatrice Hamilton, second daughter of the Marquis and Mar chioness of Abercorn, and niece to the Duke of Bedford and Lord John Russell. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lord Wriothesly Russell, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Earl and Countess of Had dington, Lord and Lady John Russell and the Hon. Miss Lister, Lord and Lady Ribblesdale and Lady Charles Russell, Lord and Lady Had , 10, Viscount Hamil ton, the Rev, and Hon. Douglas and Lady Ellen Gor don, Lord Aberdeen, &c. The happy pair left town for Woburn Abbey, to pass the honeymoon. THE HOOD MEMORlAL.—Yesterday being the anni versary of the birth-day of Hood, the poet, it was an nounced that the inauguration of the Hood memorial at Kensall-greea Cemetery should take place, and in that expectation many persons were attracted to the ground. The ceremony, however, did not take place, the work not having been completed, in consequence of the con tractors not having delivered the granite pedestal on which the memorial is to stand. A few weeks must, therefore, elapse before the work is completed.—Morn ing Advertiser. LETTERS FOR THE MAURITIUS, &C.—General Post t office, May, 1854.—As letters for Mauritius and Re union, when specially addressed to be sent by the over land mail, can at present be conveyed by British mail packets no further than Ceylon, whence they must be forwarded as opportunities offer, they are liable in this country only to the reduced rate of postage now charged upon the correspondence of Ceylon, viz. :—For a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, 6d. ; fur a letter exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce, ls. ; for a letter exceeding one ounce, and not exceeding two ounces, 2s. ; and so on, according to the scale in operation for charging inland letters. A French transit rate of sd. for each quarter of an ounce must, however, be added to the above postage upon all letters for Mau ritius and Reunion which are intended to be sent by the overland route, but are not specially addressed via Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, MAY 23.—The packet brig Brilliant, Captain Newton, arrived here last night from Madeira, after a passage of 18 days, bringing 35 passen gers. The French steamer Neustrie arrived here this morning from Havre with a full cargo of continental merchandise for shipment by the American mail steamer Hermann, for New York. The Hermann will leave on Wednesday (this day), taking out 240 passengers and a full cargo of about 500 tons of general merchandise. BINOCULAR PHOTOGRAPHS.—Last night Mr. Alfred Smee gave a soiree at 7, Finsbury-circus, to a numerous circle of distinguished scientific men and eminent artists, when many striking specimens were exhibited of the ap plication of his binocular system to painting and other works of art. Thera were several daguerreotypes and photographs of remarkable beauty and execution. The knilscapes by Mr. Price gave full development to Mr. Smee's improvetneut, and, instead of the usual sharp ~ dines and flit surface, were characterised by the soft melting roundness of nature. The company seemed highly gratified by their evening's entertainment. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—ro the series of views taken from the banks of the Danube and the coast of the Euxine a picture of Odessa is now added. The spectator looks directly upon the town from the sea, so as to have nearly opposite to him the flight of steps leading to the statue of the Duke de Richelieu, the Governor under whom Odessa attained its prosperity. The situation of the imperial and quarantine harbours at the two extre mities of the city are clearly shown, so that the direction of the attack, which spared as mach as possible the city itself and the mercantile harbour, while it avenged the insult offered to the flag of truce, is rendered comprehen sible at a glance. A COLOURABLE OFFENCE.—A correspondent states that the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, one of a party travelling in Italy, was recently arrested there for wear . ing a white hat, and having in his writing desk a pen wiper which assumed the shape and colour of a cockade. His books and papers were all seized and submitted to examination ; but, after three days%detention, he was liberated, and his papers restored, upon the payment of the expenses of his imprisonment, and the keep and charges of his military guard. THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—The anniversary meet ing of this society was held yesterday at twelve o'clock, in Wtllis's Rooms, Vice-Admiral Bowles in the chair. In the report it was stated that the funded property of the institution has been considerably augmented, and the number of pupils has increased from 193, at the cor responding period of last year, to 217 at the end of last quarter—the largest number that the school has con tained since its first establishment. A handsome and commodious library has been fitted up for the use of the pupils, who have access to it in recreation hours, under proper regulations. The report was approved of, and the meeting adjourned. THE UNITED STATES NEUTRAL FLAGS.—We read in the Moniteur The Government of the United States of North America replied, on the 28th ult. to the com munication made to it by the French Minister of the de claration of the two great maritime powers of Europe, relative to neutral flags during the present war. In this reply Mr. Marcy expresses, in the name of the President of the Union, the wish that the maxims adopted in concert by France and Eng land should become for the future the rule of con duct of all civilised nations. The Secretary of state be sides declares that his government has a firm wish to observe strictly, and to cause to be observed, the duties of neutrality. He mentions that the laws of the country severely prohibit any American citizen, as well as every one established on the territory of the Union from fitting out privateers, or enrolling men to take part in foreign war. Mr. Marcy adds that there is no fear of any at tempt being made to infringe these laws, but that, in case the expectation of the government of the Union on this subject should be deceived, the President would think it his duty to use the power with which he is in vested to cause them to be respected." Tae CHILD MURDER AT STEPNEY.—Yesterday even ing Mr. W. Baker held a coroner's inquest at the Grave Maurice Tavern, Whitechapel-road, respecting the death of William Seago, aged six years, who was mur dered by his stepmother, Mary Ann Alice Seago, on Sunday. The evidence given at the inquest was a mere repetition of that taken at the police office. The police officer who took the prisoner into custody stated that, when he mentioned the nature of the charge to her at that time;lie — P7oie.sted her innocence, and said the de- ceased had fallen cif her lap and struck his head against a tin box. The jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Mary Ann Alice &ago," and the coroner issued his warraut for her committal to Newgate for trial. I MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at about 4,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export. The market closed very heavily, with prices of all kinds slightly in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 30 Egyptian at 6d., and 300 Surat at 3d. to 31d. per lb. Railway shares were steady and firm. The Government contract for rum has been taken, viz. -20,000 gallons St. Croix, by Messrs. Simmonds, and 6,000 ditto, by Messrs. M. J. and C. Woodhouse, both at about 3s. ld. per gallon ; and 60,000 gallons at Liverpool, by Messrs. Bushell and Co., but the exact price has not transpired. The Tea market is unfavourably affected by the quantity of low-conditioned sorts on offer. Com mon Congous have been sold at 11d, to 11d., and Ho-flows at ls. 3d. to is. 31d., ex Holiams ; Monings and Wopacks have sold somewhat irregu larly, but the latter class are in somewhat better demand, especially the finer grades. Oolongs are ld. to 2d. cheaper. Scented teas are in better request. The Australian trade is not particularly brisk just now, but upon the whole it is in a very whole some condition ; and although the ad vices which the Overland Mail is to bring, and which are to the 25th March from Sydney, &c., still report an ex cessive supply of goods, there is every probability that as the arrivals became smaller the tone would improve. The present rates of freight to Australia, per ton of 40 feet, for fine measurement goods, are thus given in the Weekly Shipping List :—Ade laide, 80s. to 955. ; Hobart Town, 85s. to 955. ; Launceston, 80s. to 90s. ; Melbourne or Geelong Wharves, 100 s. to 110 s. ; Melbourne or Geelong, 70s. to 85s. ; New Zealand, 100 s. to 120 s. ; Port land Bay, 110 s. ; Sydney, 70s. to 85s. The ship Aberfoyle, which left Geelong, Port Philip, on the 7th of February, has arrived with 21,107 ounces of gold. The steamer Australia is making a very long passage, and her arrival is anxiously looked for. The steamer Ripon has arrived with the South ampton portion of the Overland Mail, but her let ters will not be delivered until later in the day. The Overland Mail telegraphed yesterday is not expected to reach here before the Ist June, owing to the derangements of the screw-propeller of the Simla. There was a slight improvement yesterday after noon in the rate of exchange for bills on Amster dam, but Hamburgh, Frankfort, and Trieste were a shade lower. Paris was at the previous rates. The dollars by the steamer Magdalena have been all sold to-day at ss. id. per ounce ; the bar silver not having yet found a purchaser. The gold by the Highbury and the Kangaroo from Australia has been delivered, and it is stated by Messrs. Haggard and Pixley that it will all be taken for the Continent. The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East India Company during the fortnight ending yes terday was 92,2321., chiefly on Bengal. Scarcely a day now passes without the position of the money market being brought under discussion in the City, and from what we hear this morning the demand for discount accommodation is increas ing. The bankers, generally, are stated to find ample employment for their assets, while the Bank of England can obtain more than its minimum, price upon excellent bills. Under these cir cumstances the belief grows stronger that there will, either to-morrow or at no distant period, be another per cent. added to the exist ing charge. It would be difficult to say whether this step ought to be so early adopted, because a sing,le week may have changed materially the posi tion of the Bank, but we should have imagined that the recent steady importation of gold from Australia and the United States, with the supply of silver from Mexico and South America, would have eased the Bank so far as to enable it to avoid further immediate interference with the rate. Last week the balance of specie imports was estimated at which ought to have gone some way i n 300,0001., notwithstanding we shipp e d some 400,000/., reducing our liabilities; but it is only justice to explain treat there are many circumstances to be taken into consideration, and that the China exchange is quoted so high in the advices telegraphed yesterday by the Overland Mail, that silver will have still to be freely sent as the most profitable means of remittance. The corn market is duller to-day, but the arri vals are on a scale that must absorb heavy amounts. We scarcely expect an easy money mar ket just now, from the causes here enumerated, as well as from the drain upon us for the war, but if a steady rather than a fitful line of policy be pur sued by the Bank, we apprehend nothing in the shape of a pressure or a crisis. There are ample ' means at command, and there is scarcely any specu lation. The annual meeting of the National Bank of Ireland took place this day, when a very satis factory report was presented. The net profits of 1853 were 48,3031. 2s. 11d, and the reserve fund was 20,6021. 17s. 11d. The directors declared a divi dend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable in July next. The report was adopted. The decision of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to the rate of interest upon the bills falling due next month has not yet been announced, and it is stated that the right hon. gentleman has been again in communication with the Bank of England. As money seems tightening, it will be necessary to act with great caution, and hence the delay. Public securities are quieter this morning, but Consols have been done at 884 and 89i for transfer, and 881. to 89 for account. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 88i1 to and the Three per Cents. 87i- g. Bank Stock is firm at 203 to 205. Exchequer Bills have been Is. dis count to 2s. premium, and East India Bonds 7s. discount. There is very little time business doing. Foreign Stocks have been almost nominal. Por tuguese Four per Cents. have been dealt in at 38k, Sardinian at 822-, and Danish Five per Cents. at 1001. In the English railway market there is a mode rate business doing, and prices are fairly main tained. French Shares are rather heavy. Th e Gold Mines are heavy, the Banks quieter, and the Land Companies higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Official List. ) Rnxiness done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B9 i 8k 9i 81 New 3i per Cent. Annuities BB,i 11 i i I ong Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 5-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 13-16 India Bonds, £l000 Ditto, under £lOOO 7 d Consols for Account tth June B9 81 9i 9 Ex hequer Bills, 2d. £lOOO £5OO 1 1d 2 p Small Exchequer Bonds Scrip PRICE OF FORiIaGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Ikr,3w Braizilanßonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent 97i 6i D mist' B o nds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent - ' - . 100 i Mexican 3 per Ci nt. Poruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. — Ditto 3 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 3Bi Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Ditto Small ....... .. ...... . ................ Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... .... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 39 Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols ....................................... 88,E 9 Ditto June Account MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. The attendance of buyers being small, the demand was in a sluggish state, at Monday's currency. The imports of foreign wheat continue good. Selected samples were steady, at extreme rates ; but low and mid dling parcels commanded very little attention. We were fairly supplied with barley, which moved off slowly, on former terms. The malt trade was dull; but we have no change to no• tice in the quotations. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. 710 1 80 English .. Irish Foreign .. 34,380 1 1,860 Malt. Oats. Flour. 1,780 84') 1,140 6,280 - 16,640 1,2305 ks 2,870 brl WHITECHAPEL. A steady inquiry for each kind of meat, as follows • Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s 4d to Cs 4d ; veal, 3 s 8 d to 5s 2 d ; pork , 3 s 6d to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is somewhat firmer, and the quotations have an up ward tendncy. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—CertainIy one of the most interesting groups, and one that attracts more particular attention, is that which represents tlie Em peror of Russia and the Sultan of Turkey. The tower ing height of the Russian Emperor, and the determined expression of his countenance, gives the idea how little the Sultan seems able to contend with so powerful an antaizoniA, the appearance of the latter being mild and placid in countenance, and considerably less in size. _Roth sovereigns' are represented in their 11,1511ai military costume, decorated with hatioual hohours, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE LOSS OF THE TIGER CONFIRMED The Journal d' Odessa states, on the 12th of May, that the Tiger, of 1,275 tons burden, and mount ing 10 guns, which stranded at seven wersts from Odessa, was forced to surrender before the Vesuvius and Niger could come to her assistance. Her captain (Gaud) lost one leg, a midshipman both, and five men wore wounded. Two hundred and twenty-sir prisoners we're taken. The Russians had two officers wounded and two soldiers killed. As the vessel could not be removed she was set on fire, and sank the same day. Some of her guns were taken as trophies to Odessa. We find the following in the Press of Vienna on the same subject :—" We have received direct accounts from Odessa relative to the recent events, and communicate them to our readers without changing anything. The inhabitants of Odessa are now in the greatest uneasiness. The Russian batteries have cannonaded an English war steamer which, on her return from the mouths of the Salina, was driven by stress of weather into the roadstead of Odessa. Some say it was the Tiger, others the Niger, and one version is that it was the Retribu tion. This vessel made si g nals of distress and hoisted the white flag, but the Russians paid no attention to it and fired red-hot shot at her until she caught fire. Notwithstanding the shower of balls the vessel approached the shore, and the crew were able to land. The vessel is now in the tort of Odessa in a very bad condition, and the crew are prisoners of war. Several line-of-battle ships and corvettes of the combined fleets have shown themselves before the port. The inhabitants are in great alarm, not knowing what may happen. At the moment I am writing, a vessel with a flag of truce is approaching the port." PERSIA. RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM. We learn from St. Petersburg, under date of May 16, that au ultimatum has been sent to Persia, and a reply demanded within two months. CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11.—Our ears have be come so accustomed to the firing of salutes, and we have had so many false alarms within the last few days, that, yesterday morning, when the guns from the ships in the harbour were fired, scarcely any body felt inclined to stir. The evening before everybody had made a rush to the terraces and flat roofs of the houses ; and the same occurred twice before. However, this time it was not the wolf's cry, for the Caradoc was at anchor off Tophana, and all the Turkish ships of war stationed there had manned their yards, and were thundering a welcome to his Royal Highness. In the forenoon the Duke of Cambridge repaired to the British embassy at Pera, where he was received by his Excellency Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. All the persons of note here had gone to meet him at Tophana. In the after noon his Royal Highness proceeded up the Bos phorus, and was received at the Imperial palace of Ferie, immediately adjacent to the Sultan's resi dence of Tcheragan, by Ciamil Bey, the in troducer of Ambassadors. A similar ceremo nial was gone through to that already de scribed on the arrival of the Prince Napoleon. To-day there was a grand reception held by his ' Royal Highness at his palace of Ferie, on the Bus. p!iorus. All the corps diplomatique repaired there. The British troops being stationed at Scutari, and encamped on the Asiatic side, it is to be foreseen that his Royal Highness will spend most of his time there. We are looking forward to a grand review and field-day. Now that Marshal St. Ar naudaud Lord Raglan, the two commanders-in-chief, are here, and the Ou;ie of Cambridge, Prince Napo leon, and the whole off their staff, we may expect an early active moment towards the seat of war. The French are expected• to march ,up to Adria nople from Gallipoli very shortly. Until the artil lery and cavalry have arrived, a general movement of the British troops cannot take place. The City of London, which arrived here the other day from Malta, brought Brigadier-General Aire and twenty-three staff officers. This steamer likewise brought a great many horses, and a portion of the equipage, of the horse artillery. They were all landed at the barrack of Couleli, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. A grt a'. number of transports have arrived with horses and ammunition. They have also been landed at the barracks of Conleli and Seliinie. The steamers and transports are still detained here. This has given rise to . a general belief that troops will immediately be sent to Varna— a most natural, and I should say, true conclu sion. The fortifications of the Bosphorus are being inspected, and it is now said that considerable alterations and,improvements will be made in them Behram Pacha (Colonel Cannon) has arrived here from Schumla, accompanied by his aide-de camp, Colonel Ogilvy, and several Turkish officers. They are all sent by Omer Pacha to compliment Prince Napoleon, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, and Marshal St. Arnaud on their arrival. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who is detained at home by indisposition, was not present at the presentation of the corps diplomatique to-day. The heat is increasing every day, and many per sons are suffering from its effects. There is a close ness in the atmosphere which causes a dry feverish sensation, and were it not that the nights are cool much illness would be the consequence among those not acclimatized. As yet, however, the real sum mer has not commenced. In another month the climate will be tropical, and the stifled inhabitants will fly from the capital to their villas on the Bos phorus or in the Islands. Pera in June and July is like London in September ; no one remains but the shopkeepers, and many of those might be absent without much loss, so small is traffic at that languid and sultry season. Whether the events of the war will have any tendency to change the usual state of things it is difficult to say, but certainly a country residence will be more than usually desira ble this year, as the town is crowded to suffocation, and the summer bids fair to be more than usually sultry. Steamers ply daily between Constantinople and time villages aljAcen t, and as the head-quarters of diplomacy are transferred to the cooler spots, there is little necessity or inducement to remain within the limits of the stifling town. THE COMBINED FLEETS IN THE BLACK SEA. MALTA, May 16.—The Vulcan steam troop-ship, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam vessel Euxine, which arrived last night from Con stantinople, bring dates from that city to the 10th, and from the fleets blockading Sebastopol to the sth of May, from which the following intelligence is gleaned On the evening of the 25th of April the several Russian prisoners taken in the merchant vessels captured by the English and French vessels of war were put on board a Sardinian brig and sent to Odessa, from the offing of which, at daylight on the 26th, both fleets took their departure, to the no small delight of the inhabitants of the town, who could not be brought to give credit for the moderation which, under the circumstances of the case, has been shown iu sparing it as the English and French admirals have d 'no. Next morning a strange steamer was reported, but at 'a great dis tance, whereupon the Arethusa and Sampson were sent in chase, and th oug h, a ft er a w hil e, t h e steamer disappeared, still they had the satisfaction of find i▪ ng that they had come up in time to oblige her to abandon an English m erc h an t b r i g w hi c h s h e b a d j▪ ust previously captured, and was towing for a . Russian port. Th ree pr i zes were ta k en t h at morn ing by the English ; and in order that the force might not appear too imposing on reaching Sebas topol, for which the fleets were steering—and by way. ofenticing the enemy out of his strongholds— the Queen and Marengo, ships of the line, received orders to part company from the rest. On the 28th the offing of Sebastopol was reached ; and on the 26th, cruising closer in, with a strong breeze, the Sampson and the Arethusa, (the light infantry of the British fleet) were sent in to reconnoitre, and on their return reported one three-decker, ten other sail of the line, four frigates, and four or five , steamers a fl oa t. D ur i ng th e d ay th e Tiger and 1 ury joined, having been back to Odessa for a reconnoitre, and steamed round by the coast of the Crimea, without falling in with a single vessel. At about five p.m. on the 29th, when the fleets were about 25 miles distant from the port of Se bastopol, a ste amer was s een, and coming from that direction, w hi c h l e ft no doubt of her being a Russian. The Tiger was ordered down upon her, when she soon went round, and stood back again to port, into which she got by dusk, the Tiger having chased her nearly within shot of the bat teries, followed at a distance by the Inflexible and Vauban, to guard against it being any decoy or snare, which no doubt was the case, since from the Tiger's deck five steamers were . observed to have their steam up, and the four frigates had run up their topsails ready for a start. The ap pearance of the Inflexible and Vaubanin the dis tance no doubt spoiled the sport, and induced them to weigh the odds as to the result, if th ey (the Russians) put out to sea. It is to be h ope d the next decoy will be a little bolder, and venture out a few miles further ; for the mere nabbi ng o f transports and merchant craft is not altogether the work which either the English or French seamen would prefer. On the oth of May the Agamemnon was taking in at sea a quantity of gunpowder for the Circassians, and would leave on that or the following day with a small steam squadron, under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, composed of the Sampson, Retribution, Firebrand, Charlemagne, Vauban, and Mogador ; proceeding in the first place to Kaffa, in the Crimea, to destroy a small dockyard thereat, and where it is hoped several steamers will be found and taken; after carry ing out which service, this steam squadron will pro ceed to the coast of Circassia, tilere land the ammu nition, and endeavour to destroy by cannonading and bombardment the forts which the enemy still holds. If this be found impracticable without a land force, this is to be supplied, on application, without delay, from the nearest Turkish garrison or station. The Terrible, which joined Admiral Dandas from Con stantinople on the sth of May, brought several Circassian chiefs, who will accompany the expedi tion. They speak most confidently of the earnest desire of the majority of their fellow-countrymen to rid themselves of the Russians. On the same clay there was some great-gun exercise at Sebasto pol, creating much noise and smoke. The hills close to Sebastopol were tipped with snow, and those at a great distance had a good thick coating. Very cold weather continued to prevail, with stronger breezes than one would prefer in the vicinity of au enemy's coast. THE DANUBE. REPORTED FALL OF SILISTRIA. On the 16th inst. the last Russians left Little Wallachia. The Widdin correspondent of the Lloyd writes, that Sami Pasha has received official intelligence of the fall of Silistria. A private letter states that Silistria on the 20th, was still in the hands of the Turks. The Presse of Vienna has the following : " Omer Pacha has caused to be published at Schumla a bulletin on the affair which took place on the 28th ult. near Nicopolis. According to this document, Sali Pacha, after having passed the Danube on the 28th at Nicopolis, demolished the works of the tete de pont of the Russians, took two pieces of cannon, beat and pursued the enemy as far as Tournow, and occupied Islas. These accounts are confirmed by our private information, but never theless a bulletin was published at Bucharest on the 30th ult., in which it was announced that a victory had been gained over the Turks, and a Te Deum was even sung on the occasion of it. A letter from Orsova confirms the details of the affair which took place on the 10th near Giurgevo. Said Pacha crossed the Danube at the head of 1,500 men, at tacked and destroyed the enemy's batteries, and drove back the Russians as far as Giurgevo. The Turks took two pieces of cannon from the batteries. Said Paella, after having set fire to a quantity of timber and other materials, collected for the pur pose of constructing a bridge, recrossed to the other side of the river." The same journal says :—" We have to-day re ceived a letter from our correspondent on the Lower Danube, which announces that another very obsti nate and sanguinary engagement took place on the 12th, near Oltenitza-Tourtoukai. 800 irregular troops crossed the Danube for the mere pleasure of fighting, and attacked the quarantine post. The combat lasted some time without success, and the Turks at length retired with the loss of 200 killed and wounded, after taking several pieces of cannon from the Russians." SCHUMLA, May 5.—" The only news of any im portance is that the Russians have suffered a defeat in a small engagement which has just taken place in Little Wallachia. In withdrawing from that country the Russiltns naturally stationed a rear-guard on this side of Krajova, to cover their retreat, guard their hospitals, and observe the movements of the troops at Kalafat. On the 28th of April, Skender Bey (Count Ilinski) was reconnoitring at the head of a regiment of Ottoman cavalry, when he met, near Radovan, a body of the enemy's cavalry, superior in num ber. He did not hesitate to attack them. Skender Bey is a very brave and intelligent officer. The Ottoman cavalry, when well commanded, are good. In this engagement the Turks proved the victors. They captured sixty horses and made twelve prisoners The exact number of killed and wounded is nut known. On the Turkish side the loss was not considerable. Skender Bey will be promoted and decorated. On the 2d of May a re c )nnoissance was made on the left bank of the Danube by a body of 300 Arnauts. They sur prised an entrenched outpost of the Russians, who at that time still maintained their line of obser vation on the Danube, in front of Nicopoli. The 300 Arnauts had to contend with four of the enemy's battalions and a battery. They fought with great desperation. Only fifteen were made prisoners ; the rest seem to have been cut down. Transylvanian papers say that the army which entered the Dobrudscha on the 23d of March is composed of the troops of the sth corps d'armee, and of one division of the 3d. The corps d'armee of General Luders has only three brigades of in fantry with the army of the Danube ; add to this the 7th division of the 3d corps d'armee, and you have a total of five brigades of forty battalions, besides four regiments of cavalry and some Cos sacks, who must also have crossed. Thus you have in the Dobrndsclia a total of 30,000 or 32,000 men. Up to the present we can form no idea of what the Russians are about. You will do well to contra dict all accounts of other engagements On the Lower Danube, as none have taken plac e th ere since the 23d of March. Hirsova, Tultscha, and Matschin are not strong places, but open towns, in front of which a few earthen outw ar k s have been thrown up. It is therefore no matter of astonish ment that the few Turkish battalions stationed there evacuated them on the 23d March." - - sels of Austria. Servia is divided into five districts, commanded by the Prince and by Genet'', Kiczanin. B o th of these commanders are Kragujewatz, from which place they date thor orders. Servia has at present a regular in,' fantry of 48,000 men, - 6 , 000 cava l ry, and B,°°' artillerymen, with 150 gulls. KALAFAT. The following is from Kalafat, under date 2d inst ' " I write to announce to y ou m y d epar t ure f rom Kalafat. The movement of the Russians has been ' more serious and more positive than we supposed ; but what their object is, or what their plan of campaign, we cannot say ; we can only form conjectures about it. All that we know for certain is, that within a circuit of 20 leagues from Kalafat there is not a single Russian to be seen. The orders of Omer Pasha have arrived, and are positive—we must leave ; we march straight onwards, at first to Krajova, and then to the Aluta ; and if we do not encounter the Russians on the line of march we go on to Bucharest. If we fall in with the enemy we are to fight, and to sweep them before us, and continue advancing. A portion of the army of Kal tfat has aiready begun to move. About 10,000 men left this two .days ago, 'and have no doubt arrived at Krajova by this. They are principaliy composed of the irregulars, horse and foot, and a few regular troops. For my part, I expect to start from one moment to another. lam quite ready to recommence the wander ing and adventurous life which I take so much plaasnre in, and the only drawback' on which is that I shall pro bably be deprived of the satisfaction of receiving letters from and —. This is the reverse of the medal that I don't like to look upon. Indeed, changing so often from one place to another, not knowing to what point I am destined, .our movements must necessarily be subordinate to circumstances and to the chances of war. For the last 10 days, that is, since the de parture of the Russians, I have been constantly on horsetack, 10 and 12, and sometimes 14 and 16 hours a . day. We have traversed and examined (when I say we, I mean the cavalry) the whole of the country ; for twelve leagues round, and in place of remaining in position in order to advance further the next day, we invariably return at nightfall to Kala fat. In all the Russian cantonments we have found numbers of stragglers and maimed soldiers of the re treating Russian army, but learned from the inhabitants that nearly all the Russians who were wounded in the affair of the 19th had died. These poor peasants re ceive us everywhere as liberators. They crowd round our horses and actually seize our hands to kiss, and then place them on their heads. It is said very cur rently here, I do not know how truly, that the Rus sians will positively evacuate the whole of Wallachia, that the troops who have crossed the Danube at Matschin will recross it, that the Czar will order his army to - fall back behind the Pruth, and re-enter Bessarabia, and all with the object of bringing the war on his own territory. I doubt wh e th er that can be the case, but yet this retrogade movement, so unexpected and so sudden, is susceptibl e o f every sort of interpretation. I am th en a b out to t ra verse Wallachia as I have do ne B u l gar i a. lam most an xious to reach Krajova, which th ey say i s a very good town, and particularly Buchare s t, b u t we are as yet 80 l e agues distant, and I rather think we shall not reach there without a good deal of fighting, unless indeed all the roads are left open t o us. " T j this letter is added a postscript, written evidently in the greatest haste, as it is scarcely legible. It is as follows :—" I open my letter to say that a courier has this moment arrived here; he announces that a desperate battle has just taken place close to Krajova, between the portion of our army that had advanced and the Russians whom they overtook; and that the Turks are the victors. Bravo ! Reinforce ments are demanded. We are all getting on horseback to push on and get information of what has occurred. You may expect another letter from me in two or three days. Adieu. I close this in the saddle." SERVIA. The Lloyd of Vienna of the 18th says :—" The intelligence which reaches us from Servia is ex ceedingly grave. It is known that the nephew of Prince Alexander, who is an officer in the Imperial Guard of St. Petersburg, has arrived at Bagdad, under pretext of offering his services to his country. But necessarily the arrival of this Russian officer is connected with the very considerable armaments which are being made in the country. There is every reason to believe that he is the bearer of de spatches, in which Russia invites Servia to make common cause with her ; and it appears that the Servian Government is decided to do so. R uss i a must have made very seductive promises to Servia to induce her to respect So little the sincere coup. THE BALTIC. . The Boersenhalle, of Hamburg, publishes a 13 ° - tice which has been forwarded to Riga for the in formation of all the foreign Consuls there, and a : Liban . and Windau, that these ports being in 7 rigorous state of blockade any merchant-vess el leaving after the 15th inst. will he captured, an d sent . to France or England to be condemned. The notice is issued by Ciptain Rey, of the Ampho n ' aid is dated from Memel Roads, the 12th. d The Swedish postal steamer Nordstern arrive, at Stettin on the 18th, an d th e passenger s thab, came by her say that, ac cor di ng t o th e st a tement of the crew of a fishing vessel that arrived at Stock: holm on the 15th from the Aland Isles, our flee' had, up to the 13th, commenced no operation! against Aland or the fortress of Bomarsund, htt: that the English cruisers were to be seen all aho.t9 the coast of Finland. Other accounts describe them as occupied in taking soundings about the various islands. At Grisslehatn, that spot on t he Svredish mainland which communicates with the Aland Isles, Rear-Admiral Plum ridge, in the Leo' hard, is stated to have touched for the purpose 61 obtaining pilots for the difficult navigation of tb! archipelago of the Aland Seas; and, further, that the Leopard put to sea again without having 017 " tained the desired result. On the 12th and 13th heavy cannonading was heard on the east coast °f Gothland. As Revel is about 60 geographic', miles distant from i4othland, this was doubfl e ': produced by some gunnery practice of the fleet 7 sea. The combined Swedish and Norwegianileed 11 sail strong, with Prince Osc a r on b o ard, passe Gothland on the 9th, sailing for Elfsnabben. , 0 The reports in Dani s h j ourna l s d escr ibe French vessels as carrying a much more numerous crew than the English of the same size. The i n c i flexible, for instance, has 1,500 men on board, 9 ' ll the other line of battle ships, Le Tage, JentaPP es ' and Duguescelin, have each over 1,100 men—Pe r haps part of this number consists of land t r ooei The French fleet was anxiously expected at Ki el by the 18th, but, as already mentioned, it was at that date still in the Great Belt. Since the Ist May colliers have been arriving there frequent l y with a supply of 22,000 tons of Newcastle coals f °t the French fleet, the depot of which is on the qu a y of the Kieler Hafen ; but it would seem thatta, French Government has given a similar tranquilly' ing assurance with our own to the Danish Gover'j ment, that their vessels shall not, unless ha r d pressed, put into the harbour at all. It is sta te s in Kiel papers that the route for despatches at! i i certain articles of transport for the Baltic fleet ici ci be by way of Kiel, and that French steamers an transports are appointed there to that service. BLOCKADE OF BALTIC RUSSIAN POR I :t The following is a copy of an official lactic establishing a blockade of Russian ports : H.M.S. Amphion, Harbour of Memel, May 12 ,1, r Sir,—l have the honour to inform the Consuls of "", Majesty at Riga, Libau, Windau, that those ports O A at length in a state of rigorous blockade, and that ; the ships which leave after the 15th M a y, either who „ a or partially laden, will be stopped, and sent to Engt, or France, to be there declared good prizes. This 00 '; munication is to be made public in those ports.—l b a ' 6 the honour, &c., (Signed) A. C. KEY, Captain' M. M. J. Hertslet, Esq , H.8.M., Consul at Memel. ST. PETERSBURG. The Augsburg Gazette, of the 20th, publishasL/ report, from which we give the following extract. " Within these last few days several Frenchmen bAj t. passed throu g h B er li n , h av i ng b een o bli ge d to l ea ve ' io Petersburg. They state that a perfect paraly9 lB srz ng trad e an d commerce in that city, rendere d ow te g rievous by th e enormous pr i ce . of provisions. Meti'll bankruptcies a re i mm i nen t. P aper money had 18n"-As considerably below its nominal value, and gold h w e eagerly sought fo r . E conomy i n every b ranc h of t b ". national expenditure was - being att empte d. Thus, t st building of the Church of I saac was suspen d e d —a onii , ious and momentous matter 'in Russia. The Ili troti4m of the wealthy inh a bit an t s was pe rpetua 0. racked by the crying wants of private misery and distrl, The bullion in the treasury was removed to Moso° I. KONIGSBERG, May 19.—The English Consttlbe General at St. Petersburg, Michel, has now, a, s j. desire of the Russian government, left that cal and arrived here yesterday. A letter from Moscow, 12th, says that th ro e Emperor of Russia has ordered, in the BO° zone of the Empire, a levy of 12 men out of everyll 1,000, 9 being for 'the contingent of this year, all 3 to equalise the contin g e n ts of that zone Witb those of the Western one. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 1 1th publishes a rescript, a dd resse d b y th e E mP ell r .Nicholas to Admiral de Ricord, on the occasi on of the 60th annive rsar y o f hi s entrance into the Russian service. I n th e rescr i p t the EuiPercd)et announces to Admiral de Ricord, who comma% s the division of the Ru ss i an fl ee t anchored in 4. id th e port of Cronstadt, th a t h e a pp o i n t s him to ' command of the two divisions united. The Admiral has served under four reigns. so The shareholders of the St eam -b oa t CouiPf , ;e0 - on the Wechsel, at W arsaw , h ave rece i ve d LlT' io that the Polish Government are about to pii!„ s , requisition, on paying an indemnity, the nine l e posable boats t o t ranspor t m ili tary e ff ects for t o , use of the troops who are about to be cantoneci g s the kingdom. L as t mon th t h ere were ve ry lb movements of troops i u P o l an d, b u t thi s n 3 ° lj be they are very frequent, and Warsaw appears to 0 , chosen as the place of a ssem bly. Th e m ilitary e," gineers have re- es t a bli s h e d th e b r id ge over t w ri , iNiemen, at Kowno, where fiv e regiments of ini A e d, try, with a park of artillery, have already Pas s fo i and a similar number are ex p ec t e d. 90 o vens ,` ec l baking bread for the troops have been establish near that town. It is generally mentioned in Warsaw that a Russian corps d'armde will be Ø placed in observation near the frontiers and te r tory of Cracow. t lin b Advices from St. Petersburg of the 12th insf 5 represent the Emperor's la s t u k ase , requ iring Ire o f recruits for both army and navy, as his manner 0 , replying to the intormatiou that General von Gr ll „ d wall lately brou g ht hi m f rom Vi enna . This nail l out of fresh recruits f o r the reserve levies, first all, nine in the thou sa nd souls in the eastern Pro' s vinces, to set them even with the western province,' and then three in the thousand more, making al t ; gether twelve. Of the Jews, who h ave to c OO% bute their flesh and blo o d on every occas i on of levy of recruits, t en ou t o f every thousand a re be made food for heretical powder in defence ; the orthodox faith. The levy is to commenc°: h , the 27th of J u ly, an d b e concluded in a inoll" Apart from the misery that is inflicted on these_os 220,000 men, who a re t orn f rom their h°11) against their wills, and without their possef e ing any of the elevating feelings that Lo e e . the career o f a so ldi er b eara bl e an d eve n " 0 sirable, the money value of this man tax, levied e d the landed proprietors, amounts to 22,000,000 b 0 silver roubl es y ear ly ( a bout 3,650,000/0, taking t produce of a " soul" (duseha) at the highest vai ll o , tion put on that species of property by Herr Be, z i e brasow. Fortunately, this heavy tax a ti o n fallS t P t. time almost exclusively on th e R uss i ans p a r e° ° it lence, the inhabitants of the eastern provinces ;,r hits them particularly hard to have to raise 1 2 F or mille, and that, too, all at once, for when the •dec l peror in 1836, fo r th e purpose of recruiting, dive pr• the empire int o t wo h a l ves, wh i ch were t o b e al as nately scou rge d b y recruiting, the normal ra te 111 ,, e , fixed at fi ve f or every thousand. In add i t i on to tt s value of th e h uman property t h us con fi scate d to vi tu il use of the C rown , eac h propr i e t or h as t o pay d°o- in. cash 10, silver roubles 20 copecks per recruit tb e wards his clothing, ; this amounts, for 220,000 men, to 366,650/. ja One of the grand delusions kept up in Russi t e it spite of this drain on the population for them fathers' and brothers' flesh and blood, is, that theo are no war taxes in Russia. Knowing by re cen t attell and bitter experience how fruitless any would be at negotiating a loan anywhere in Bul l ; the Russian Government refrains from atternPill it to put forward anything of the kind ; and will' e t be points out to its subjects the Governments °`.nt West straining every nerve to obtain insufacl 16 , supplies to commence the war with, it self-ecoPbe cently points out the contrast exhibited by paternal management of th e E mperor . T h e ; isting laws provide for the furnishing of recru b l .A the voluntary contributi ons o f the people, " 1 the authorities know so we ll h ow t o ex tort bl be little gentle hint "how desirable it vieu l , (l .,ke.• that the Emperor should not remark any ,Tot warmness on their part," have hitherto helped of very considerably ; but lately a fresh method o . raising an equally voluntary taxation has been ' lli troduced by Herr Bezobrasow. Before even a nt circular for collecting contributions has been se eet round, he has notified, as he says, in order to %ice the wishes of several persons impatient too ° a l o e their offerings, that taking the net annual. pr° 5 s of a "soul" at five silver roubles (15s. 10d.) t i ,. / „. minimum, it is proposed to contribute half the r o j nual produce of a " soul." A house in the caP 10 1 worth 15,000 silver roubles is reckoned at an ga ols assessable value with an estate to which Wu sc are attached, and it is expected will tax its' o ble cordingly. It is suggested to all owners of e y ed estates not yet registered to have them regi Eß _ o f at once, so that they may enjoy the privilege,ho contributing. It must be observed that all I*. pe ,•• an es, K t 1