The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-26 00:00:00

grimmed with smoke and dust, armed to the teeth, and bearded like Pards, their swarthy countenances lighted up by the flashes of the fire of the burning fort, which nearly destroyed sent up at intervals bright flashes of flame, light ing up the surrounding hills, then dying away in utter darkness. Altogether it was magnificent, and, as we parted good friends, all ended well. Of caurse we were all unarmed, except a revolver carried under my coat, but there w as no necessity for that, as, in case of a row, they were too many for us. We gained a good deal of information from them respecting the Russians. The ships remained there all night, and on the morrow, after continuing our examination of the coasts, we returned with all speed to the Bosphorus, when, without an hours' respite, we were packed off to Sebastopol. When we returned from that place, off I went again next day, and here w e are , i n for six months, if not more, unless the Russians come out, and shorten our stay by either taking or being taken." GREECE. PREVISA (via Trieste), April 13.—The town of Arta is entirely destroyed. The citadel still holds out, as well as that of Suli. A large insurgent force surrounds Janina. Previsa remains tranquil. FRANCE. The diplomatic relations between England and Prance are more active than ever. Not a day Passes without Lord Cowley being at the Ministry 13 f Foreign Affairs, in close conference with M. brouyn de Lhuys. The French Government has resolved to make a let'Y large addition to the expeditionary army. On Friday evening a council of Ministers was held, at 'which it was resolved that the addition should be made without delay, and it is said that the French contingent alone will amount to 150,000 men. i It i s a l so sa id th a t an a dditi on al loan s coutem- Plated by the French Government to the same a mount as the loan lately raised—namely, ten millions sterling. The M on it eur pu bli s h es d ec rees approvin g o f th e f usion. h... of the Strasbourg and Bale and the Stras '''unrg and Wissembourg Railways with the Eastern Prance Railway ; and that of the Dijon and Weadac on Railway with the Paris and Lyons Rail y. • Me Moniteur announces that M. de Lacour has P.reaented his credentials as Minister Plenipoten ary to th e King of Naples ; and the Baron de alleyrand has presented his credentials in the Bal tie quality to the Grand Duke of Baden. t he following appointments have been made in t 'le array o f th e Ea s t : —General (of Brigade) Thirey, 1; )13 ' 3 commandant of artillery; General (of Brigade) ezot, to b e comman d an t o f the engineers; General WI Division) Morris is appointed to the command of +l, .tie division of cavalry of the army of the East ; V o l u General (of Brigade) Ney, Duke of Elchingen, the command of th e third brigade of cavalry. , - e4equaturs have been granted to the following c onsuls :—M. O'Brien, consul-general of the Mexi eat. Republi c i n P ar i s ; M. M arc o del Pont, consul ", eral of Chili in Paris ; M. Bazile, consul of cAgillra at Cette and Montpellier ; M. Bernal de consul of Parma at Nantes ; M. Dutari de arrenechea, consul at Havre ; M. Chartier, Ve nezuelan consul at Bordeaux ; M. Jollral, fils, co nsul of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Rouen. Marshal St. Arnaud, on Friday last, reviewed the troops now at Marseilles, intended to form part .` the army of the East. The troops were drawn 11 in the Allees de Meilhan. The marshal arrived r - e 4 the ground accompanied by Lord Raglan and their 2Pective staffs, and also by General Rostolan and a irtaber of other officers. After passing along the ti ll o es) the Marshal and Lord Raglan took their sta -4,21. °PPosite the Lycee, and the filing off took place ti ""lidt loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" In the Lord Raglan and his staff were present at a n/ld banquet given by Marshal St. Arnaud to Bo the superior officers at Marseilles. Admiral th ° 2 c ,er was also present. The following order of bas been published :__.- S oldiers—ln a few days you will embark for the 4 4 , ; you go to defend allies unjustly attacked, and to t o 11 P the g aun tlet which the Czar has thrown down t er Ze nations of the West. From the Baltic to the Medi nen?), Europe will applaud your efforts and your suc p,:i; You will fight side by side with the English, the l i" 8 , and th e E g yptian s . You know what is du e to cora clevl°llB in ar ms — un io n a nd cordi a lity in camp, absolute ° ‘edness t o th e common cause i n ac ti on . France and T il iand, formerly rivals, are now friends and allies. th e ? have learnt t o es t ee m each other in fighting toge the' they are mas t ers o f th e se a ; the fleets will supply e tleTh ar nlY with provisions, while scarcity will exist in the camp. The Turks and the Egyptians have been able ' 0 make head against the Russians since the corn thiZernent of the war. Single-handed they have beaten 4 , 4 in several combats. What will they perform when th;,ntied by you battalions ? Soldiers ! the Eagles of I )4 ' Empire resume their flight, not to threaten Europe, 4,f t to defend it. Carry them again, as your fathers did F Yon. Lik e th em l e t us a ll repea t, b e f ore qu itti ng `rive l e, the cry which so often led them to victory, 'Empereur "A. DE SAINT-ARNAIID, " Marshal of France, o C f o t m he m of the Army Chief E an a d st. r ' - ' hi- Ohe Moniteur contains Imperial decrees, pro-1 i l l' at' the convention concluded on the 22d e; ll g g nst i , ll l g Bs2, and the ratifications . of which were ' ke hanged on the 12th inst., for the reciprocal 41ilarantee of literary and artistical property, and 11° of the co mmercial conventi on conc l u d e d an d I t ' ite u d ri n the above dates between France and 1 Th e Co ns tit u ti onne l no ti ces as f o ll ows th e conven h~l 413etween France and England--- • . ti The T he Monit eur h as published the text of the conven -liowo alliance between France and England, with the k i i of Protecting in common the independence . of the st the unjust 44 41 , and the integrity of Turkey again c o Irlulent aggressions of Russia. The terms of this Ilteati fall i a nc e will be for the two Governments_ -h o ° n °- • • title to the gratitude of Ebro ave signed it a striking IlridP e • Hitherto we have had only wars of which this Wa s the source and ambition the un motive. ite in a B U en la t t i i . l to e - tv .may we have only seen thePo o w f Powers unite The na tioti" °f selfishness and a desire . considerable and by t B l, W _ l liell contracted treaties only thought of obtaining ko t " union of their forces more it the to rie % certain personal advantages ; they only thought . of ttp eri nag themselves and increasing their power , . ti i ,_ ki of the weak. France and England give at this two great countries N l : 4e " a sublime example of disinterestedness. The ,er*.igns placed at the head of th t e s se andn t,it t ,, l4 the face of Governments happy progress au en ress of 44,1'eut Which proves, with of Christian ivil. 4l reason, and the salutary k lea ki ls4 tiou, the grandeur of their influence character and the loft 4ty (if their hearts They renounce . right of deriving foi Ptivate advanta . ge from the . triumphs which e P zaa Ila ti i Y obtain over the armies of the Emperor of In i , a • It is not to share the spoil of another that the keri,r°l' Napoleon and Queen Victoria engage France kteri, r landg in a conflict which will reuire p ri a g t h ri t o , t t i o c `Ltf e ate It is to assist the weak, to protect 'lgation ; it is to kot m the cause of humanity and rot Europe, Europe, menaced in her independence and secu , s th e .' tv,ith their sailors and soldiers—it is to serve with This noble !Z,, u , l °od and their gold the cause of all. Lem'ts v,'e of devotedness to the common interest . ill bear 48 . Other nations will applaud it with ent e h a u l: ;el:I I the other Governments will follow it with z 4 there who will not wish to imit e a e te . suc chival eetqi,,e°aduct, especially when prud i e s n w at is . allied h to r nat id ' t e.; and when prudence counse _ .h Justice de nl/44 i ' The adhesion of Europe to the alliance of France . "ee ' 4l and will be for the Emperor Napoleon and This triumph, to 1)-4 -Victoria the noblest of triumphs. history y ish w ab it l h e 41 oet 4e eternal honour of their reign, the .103' litheir name, will be registered by anew era in the \t ' h ° lr" J o y as pride, for it will mark , •ii r t ,,,...4 .- :, othr:era of the empire of right substituted n for the Th e =orce." the f ,'errier de Marseille, of Saturday, gives chile .0n0w;... _ flog account of Lord Raglan's proceeding in that port :- 1 4 , 4 1 i i n tio r d Raglan arr i v ed yesterday evening by the last Iviti; - 1 , 4 ,nd tool;u phis quarters at the Hotel de 1 Orien , ti 4 - ‘I,B stool t of Brigadier-General Lord d i e . '4lB : „'Lellt-- dolo o n n e s l i s s St g eele and Somerset, Majo . r We Ll °: , arid Capt. Blackwood. The hurricane, which has Irll her e for some days, having prevented he Carado! s e "in Putti b A _llt t .d g to sea, his lordship and his staff were p s re " r llai a ° d , at the grand review by 13(tr r i , in the Alleles de Meilhan, of . troops ehal d o e f the t M he ar owd was of en"' to of the different corps awaiting their turn oa -warkatio v rity. grou t , th e for the East. An immense cr At p • d • deal ° l' se a ria Winter has returned, with a good snow fell, at 'zit] - h the thermometer stood , On Monday a few flakes of st d l o tug t on Sunday , w ale), 1- 'k 10 degrees only above zero (of Reaumur s i le The full of 4.1_ high winds still continue. On Sunday, Pee i , ll l 'LK, gardens of the Tuileries were br' ° I ; a Midden gust carried off one of the largest o Niii-...Q-es of a magnificent chestnut tree nearly_ f lii l k i t ,-- the end of the Rue Castiglione. I il s great violence, but happily nobody was It fell laN g i 7e was a great concourse on Sunday t 3 l e t hi I; " re-opening of the Church of the Sorbonn , 11,,,,,,,erterh(fda been closed for Divine service for a Th .1 he _ 0 decree augmenting the number of recruits to kivradaect this year from 80,000 to 140,000 men has ell rise to litigation. Every young man in ra t . fe r t .,_') without distinction, being liable to be drawn % I go army, a number of insurance societies have 4 glitg t oteho for a premium undertake to provide ti,,7pr_ .st in the event of the party paying the ,Olini being drawn. The insurers now object, b a t their contract must be understood to apply t h a Y to the ordinary risk, and that now that the Would of being drawn • are nearly doubled it hi hi e 'd be manifestly unjust to hold them respon- T „, , The question has been brought before the "leinl_"l.e Tribunal of Commerce, which has decided oittat the insurers. An appeal has been entered, Tclurehiaie actasrees-woirltl.doubtless be carried to the court Orleans journals state that 625 hectares of Z ir o cV in . the dornanial forest of Vierzon has been -..7 upPla the atate, but upon „, 4-1 Y Etestroyed by fire. The loss will fall not private individuals, many portions of the forest having been leased for felling. Another fire, destroying 14 hectares, has occurred in the forest of Cherbrune, in the Puy de Dome. There is too much reason to believe that both these fires are the work of incendiaries. The provincial journals received in Paris to-day contain reports of at least a dozen incendiary fires. The Bourse closed yesterday at a decline of to per cent. on the final rates of Monday. Closing prices :—Three per Cent. Rentes, for money, 63.50 ; do., for account, 63.25 ; do. Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 90.40. Bank shares, 2,650. These prices show a decline of ato per cent. since Mon day forenoon. n they' a s the t, are hough ad in- TO6 -17 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 185 4. THE QUARTERLIES. The Edinburgh Review. No. CCII. The contents of the current number of the Edin burgh will be found rather substantial food by the devourers of periodical literature. Substantial food enough, we repeat, from the first to the last of the eight contributions—from the paper relating to " Mormonism"—that fantastic nutriment supplied (to the soul) not as in the " name of the Prophet Figs," but as in the name of the Prophet Smith—down to the article referring to certain curious statistics in regard to the aliment for the body; in other words, to the free-trade treatise en titled " Consumption of Food in the United King dom." To the last-mentioned article—the politi cal article in the new number of the Edin burgh—we have already referred in our leading columns, and referred, too, in terms of earnest commendation. Altogether, we feel assured that it will be found to be an argument especially deserving a perusal more than merely cursory or superficial. It abounds, as we have before stated, with incontrovertible proofs that the establishment of the Free-trade system in 1846 by Sir Robert Peel has been a really wonderful benefaction to the working classes throughout the United King dom. A boon to every one indeed, more or less, throughout the community, from the highest to the lowest, but especially, and above all, to the poorer members of our population. Demonstrated as all this is minutely and unanswerably by the statistics plentifully strewn through the argument of the Edinburgh reviewer—that argument is summed up laconically enough in the announcement that from 1847 to 1853, the Free-trade system has— Added nearly a third to our bread ! Nearly doubled our sugar ! Added a third to our coffee ! And nearly doubled our tea ! So much for the dreadful calamities which we were told must prove inevitable on the abandonment of the corn laws, and the rend ing away rapidly thereupon of the whole of the web woven by the intricate principles of protection. About the liveliest paper in the num..' bar-of the Edinburgh just issued is the one criti cising the " Memoirs of Moore," or rather wel coming those , Memoirs with a genial, but at the same time an almost apologetic, cordiality. Al luding to Moore's culpability as a political satirist, the reviewer says very truly, but with an amusingly Johnsonian sententiousness—" He who combines party warfare with pecuniary profit may expose himself to a certain measure of moral reprobation." The deplorable Croker Episode in the course of the work's publication is spoken of in becoming terms by the Edinburgh. Speaking of a principal por tion of the entire production, the critic writes wittily : " The Diary,' in fact, taken in its general character, might bear to be prefaced by an inscription which we remember to have read upon a sun - dial near Padua, Horas non numero nisi serena.' " It is an apt quotation, well remembered. It precisely hits off the peculiar character of Moore's Diary—a tissue of drollery woven out of a weft of gossip and a woof of anecdote. An elaborate essay on "John Locke" comprises analyses at once of his character and of his philosophy. A curious chapter from Religious History is penned anew in the paper relating to the " French Protestant Refugees." The subject of the " National Gallery" is again taken into serious consideration by our northern contemporary, while in the contribution immediately following, the half real and half fictitious records of " Benoni" and " Castellamonte," are reviewed under the title of " Recent Italian Autobiographies." Besides the contributions to the Edinburgh already mentioned, there is au able argument on the opinions ex pressed by the Judges of England on the subject of codification. The Quarterly Review. No. CLXXXVIII. Several articles of political interest appear as usual among the contents of the old Quarterly. A couple of these relate to the absorbing topic of topics just now, that of the war—one descriptive, as its title intimates, of "The Turks and Greeks," the other delineative of " The Russian Emperor," the latter being a remarkable chapter, of an interest at once social, political, historical, and geographical. Both of these opportune essays we can earnestly com mend to general consideration. Another political contribution to the new number of the Quarterly is rather after date just now, relating, as it does, to that " New Reform Bill," which was prematurely withdrawn from the Legislature by Lord John Rus sell almost simultaneously with the appearance of the quarterly publications. Another paper of public interest, referring to the important subject " Criminal Law Digest," takes into account (like its Whig contemporary above mentioned) the im portant problem of systematic codification. Dr. \Vaagen's recently published volumes, so entitled, have suggested to another writer an agreeable treatise on the " Treasures of Art in Great Britain." Lord Holland's " Memoirs of the Whig Party" will also be found criticised in the new number of the Quarterly—rather, perhaps, we should have said, abused and vilified, for the paper is less a criticism than a vituperation. Only two other papers remain now to be particularised one on " Lawrence Sterne," and the other on " Sacred Geography." The article on Sterne is the " bright particular star" of the number—one of those grace ful literary essays, half critical, half biographical. In this clever contribution, it is wonderfully well said by the reviewer, when speaking of the filth scat tered so abundantly through Sterne's writings— " Too much of his wit is the phosphoric light emitted by corruption." The following sentence, in one of Sterne's letters, is thus severely com mented upon by the writer in the Quarterly : " My Lydia helps to copy for me [Sterne by the way is speaking of Tristram Shandy], and my wife knits and listens as I read her chapters.' " Thus writes Sterne to his correspondent. Whereupon observes the Quarterly reviewer : " My Lydia," his only child, was then a girl of fourteen, and that he set her to copy Tristram Shandy, is a proof at once that he believed it innocent, and that every feeling of decorum was dead within him. Whoever is fresh from the perusal of the book and recalls the scene that was passing in this country parsonage—the clergyman of the parish composing the work, his daughter transcribing, his wife hearing and applauding it—will at least agree that the proceeding was neither clerical nor feminine." The subjoined anecdote will be found abundantly amusing, and is sufficiently characteristic : " That in his eagerness to sustain his character for hu mour he was not very scrupulous as to the means, is appa rent from an anecdote related by M. Dutens, who once sat next him at the table of our ambassador, Lord Tavistock, in Paris. The conversation turned upon Turin, where M. Dutens, though a Frenchman, had recently been the English charge d'affaires. Sterne, ignorant whom he was addressing, asked him if he knew M. Dutens. The com pany laughed ; and Sterne, imagining that some ludicrous associations connected with M. Dutens were the cause of the hilarity, inquired if he was not rather odd. ' Quite an original,' replied M. Dutens. ' I thought so,' said Sterne, who immediately commenced telling several ridiculous traits of the charge d'affaires, all of which were the coinage of his brain. The laughter which arose he mistook for a tribute to the comicality of his description, and en tertained the circle for the rest of the evening with the absurdities of M. Dutens. When his butt retired, and Sterne was admitted into the secret, the guests pretended that the charge d'affaires, though restrained at the moment by respect for his host, was an irascible man, who would demand reparation in the morning. Sterne sought him out to avert his anger, begged his pardon, pleaded in ex cuse the desire he felt to amuse the company, embraced him warmly, and requested the honour of his friendship. If a scene was not otherwise very creditable to Sterne, the praise of a fertile and ready invention, in extemporising the imaginary eccentricities of M. Dutens, must at least be conceded to him." Speaking of Sterne's habitual gaiety —at first con stitutional, but afterwards assumed—the Quarterly happily describes it as " Yorick's, life-long peal of laughter." Altogether, the paper will be found eminently readable, and as sadly instructive as it is merrily entertaining. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The officers and men of the Royal Dockyard at Ports mouth and of the Victualling-yard at Gosport received orders on Monday by Admiralty circular, enjoining them to observe this day in all respects as Sunday. Considering that the staff of the latter establishment have spent Sundays lately in victualling and despatching trans ports to the seat of war, and that the staff of the former are to embark troops to-day, the boon of a holyday in tended to be conveyed by their lordships will be rather shorn of its usual value. They are now loading the Tyne storeship (a 26-gun frigate), to convey a very large stock of victualling supplies to Sir Charles Napier's fleet. The Resistance storeship is taking in a large quan tity of stores for the fleet. To enable her to stow more than usual (she is a 42-gun frigate), she is discharging her tanks at the Clarence-yard. The Penelope, 18, paddle-wheel frigate, Capt. Caffin, went to Spithead yesterday. She takes out a great quantity of slops and stores for the fleet in the Baltic, but will not sail until the arrival of the Portland. 50- gun frigate, from the Pacific, now hourly expected, as she sailed from Rio on the 10th ult. The Brisk, 14, screw-sloop, Commander F. B. P. Seymour, arrived. at Spithead yesterday morning from the West India station, from which she has been de tached to serve in the Baltic. She left Halifax on the 30th ult., where the - Vestal, 26, Captain Thompson, temporary flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, was daily expected from Bermuda. Mr. Callaway, clerk of the Brisk, has been promoted to be paymaster of the Daring, vice Evans. Lieutenant Jenkins, late of the Cumberland, took his passage home in the Brisk, which has lost three men and boys from fever on the station. She will refit for the Baltic, and went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon for that purpose. The Medea, 6, paddlewheel sloop, Commander Philli more, returned to Spithead yesterday, after a cruise to the northern parts in search of volunteer seamen, of whom she is reported t o h ave p i c k e d up 200. Sh e went into Portsmouth harbour to refit with all despatch for foreign service. The Scourge, 6, paddle steam sloop, Capt. Adams, has got her lower and topmast rigging up, by the aid of the Portsmouth dockyard riggers, and is making some progress towards completion. The Sphynx and Geyser, ,6.gun paddle steam-sloops, at Portsmouth, are nearly Complete in the master ship wright's department, and will shortly be removed to the steam-factory department, to be completed for commis sion. Yesterday considerable excitement was created among the apprentices to free lighterrnen and watermen, it hav ing been announced that it is the intention of the Water man's Company immediately to provide a portion of the quota (500 men) that the company is compelled by its charter to supply for service in the Royal navy. This relic of the feudal system wags strictly observed during the last war, and the required number is completed as follows :—Lists of the apprentices of three, four, five, and six years' standing are filed, and the number is balloted for, first from the junior classes, and should the list of apprentices be expended before a suficiency has been obtained, the free watermen then take their turn on the ballot, or provide substitutes. Her Majesty's steam-vessel'. Megrera arrived at Ply mouth on Saturday from Ireland, with about 20 seamen volunteers for the fleet. The Indus, 80, is to have her copper taken off and her bottom caulked and re-coppered. The following appointments have been made : Admiral Sir William Parker is appointed Commander in-Chief at Devonport, vice Admiral Sir John Ommanney, K.C.8., whose three years' pmiod of service expired on the 17th inst. Paymaster Charles Richards <a) (1846), to be secretary to Admiral Sir William Parker. Naval Instructor E. M. Johnstone (1854), to the Edinburgh, 60, screw steam flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Henry Chads. Clerks.—Luke Masterson (1846), serving in the Dee, paddle-wheel steam troop-ship, on the Cape of Good Hope station ; Joseph Whittall (1846), serving as clerk to the secretary on board the Waterloo, 120, flag ship of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy, C. 8., at Sheerness ; Frederick Lucas (1-846), serving as clerk in charge of the Myrmidon, iron paddle-wheel steam-ves sel, on the West Coast of Africa station ; Frederick G. Bulgin (1846), serving as clerk in charge of the Dol phin, brigantine, on the West Coast of Africa station William L. Wright (1846) serving as clerk of the Siuioom, 18, iron screw steam, troop-ship ; George A. Eversfield (1846), serving as clerk in charge of the Rifle man, screw steam gun-vessel, on the south-east coast of America station ; Henry J. :Kelly (1846), serving as clerk in the Grecian, 12, sloop,, on the East India sta tion ; Alexander C. Yule (1846), serving as acting pay master to the Salamander, steaan-sloop on the East India station ; William F. Huyghue (1846), serving as clerk of the Impregnable flag-ship a t Devonport ; Charles Saunders (1846), serving as clerk in charge of the Por cupine paddlewheel steam-vessel, in the North Sea ; and James E. Terry (1846), serving: as clerk in charge of the Resistance troop-ship, have beeia promoted to be pay masters, The Admiralty have had in consideration a plan by which their lordships will render available for service at sea the officers, non-commissiomed officers, and men of the Woolwich division required. to do duty at Deptford and Woolwich dockyards. The plan, it is understood, will be carried into effect by increasing the strength of the police force, which has for a considerable time past been employed in these establishments. Her Majesty's screw troop- ship Simoom, refitting at Portsmouth, is ordered to embark the 79th Highlanders for Turkey as soon as she is ready to receive them. The Eveline, hired transpore, embarked the head quarters of the 17th Lancers, sin der Colonel Lawrenson, at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday morning, and sailed in the evening for Gallipoli. Kies takes also a quantity of stores for the troops. We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth that the Shooting Star, with a troop of the Bth Hussars on board, was (9 p.m.) last night :at anchor in the Sound. The fittings of the horse trans port-ship Medora have been completed at the Devonp(aTt dockyard preparatory to the embarkation of the fourth troop of the Bth Hussars, which arrived yesterday morning; from Exeter. Captain Bevis, R.N., of Live rpool, has received orders to survey the Conrad, Haidee, _Deva, Theodore, William Jackson, and Palmyra, as regu lltr transport vessels. Arrangements have been madie for the embarkation on Tuesday (yesterday) of the 14 th Regiment, at Queens town, on board the Bombay transport for conveyance to the East. At 7 o'clock a.n t. on Monday 100 men of the 14th Regiment sailed in th e Royal Alice for Queens town to embark on board the transport Bombay, now lying there. At one o'clock 1.00 men, with 44 women, embarked in the Prince Arthur for the same destination. The service companies of the 17th Regiment arrived in Cork from Templernore on Saturday, to await the arrival of a transport for conveyance to the East. This regiment will be replaced at Templemore by the 47th depot from Birr. During the past month recruiting has been carried on in Belfast and neighbourhood with almost unexampled briskness. A local journal remarks—" Some time ago we had no less than 13 diffearit .recruiting parties sta tioned here ; atrpresentrwelabe :only Ave. TheOtheepare ties, having completed, we understand, the number of re cruits whom they were sent to Belfast to obtain, have been withdrawn, and the remaining parties are making a good harvest of it, as the field is extensive, and the number of young fellows offering to enlist increasing, instead of diminishing. On an average there are from 60 to 70 recruits picked up in this town per week. One soldier, belonging to the 27th Regiment, on the recruit ing service, enlisted no fewer than 10 men on Wednes day last. On Friday, at the police-office, Mr. Kennedy, attesting-clerk, swore in 15 lads, and on Saturday he swore in 12, two of whom were for the Sappers and Miners. Of those 12, two were surveyors —very smart young fellows—from the county of Donegal, two were flax-dressers, one a cabinetmaker, one a bleacher, and the others of no trades or calling, and all belonging to the county of Antrim." The head-quarters (about 360) of the 38th Foot, under Colonel Sir John Campbell, marched into Portsmouth garrison yesterday afternooon, having arrived from Chatham by special tr a i n , on th e L on d on , Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and crossed over by the float ing bridge to quarters at Hasler Barracks, Gosport. They recross this day embarkation from Portsmouth dockyard, in her Majesty's steam troop-ship Megnra, for Turkey. The companies of the 38th Regiment stationed at Woolwich for some time past marched from the garrison at ten o'clock yesterday, accompanied by the band of the Royal Artillery an d th e b an d o f t h e W oo l w i c h divi sion of Royal Marines all the way through Charlton and over Blackheath to the railway station. The companies left the New Cross station for Portsmouth in the highest spirits, and are to embark for the East at that port. Major the Hon. St. George Foley has been appointed aide-de-camp to Brigadier-G enera l R ose, h er Majesty's Commissioner with the head-quarters of the French army serving in Turkey. A fourth troop of the Bth Hussars, under Capt. :Long more, left the Topsham-road Barracks, Exeter, on Mon day last, for the port of embarkation. The men assem bled in heavy marching order shortly before 11 o'clock, and, having been inspected, proceeded along Holloway hill and South-street, headed by the band of the 3d Dra goons playing " St. Patrick's Day in the Morning," and other airs. Crowds of people cheered them on their way. The soldiers were in excellent spirits, and many of them waved branches of evergreen and colours. They halted for the night at Ashburton, and reached Plymouth yes terday. The head-quarters of the Bth will leave Exeter to-morrow for Plymouth, where transports are now waiting to convey them to Turkey. the Earl of Sandwich (Colonel), are to assemble on Wednesday, the 3d of May, for 28 days' training. The Sherwood Rangers (cavalry), under the command of the Duke of Newcastle, are to assemble on the 4th of May for their annual training at Kelham, the seat of Captain M. Sutton, and to march to Newark, where they are to be drilled. The band have been presented with new saxhorns by Lord Robert Clinton. They will be reviewed on the 11th proximo. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. FRANKFORT, April 23.—After the ratification of the treaty between Austria and Prussia, the Ger manic Diet will receive a communication on the subject of the war, and will proceed to consider it at the second sitting after the Easter holidays. The Constitutionnel has the following on the treaty of alliance of Austria and Prussia : The treaty of alliance between the Courts of Berlin and Vienna is a fact on which there at present remains no doubt, and although this document has not yet been pub lished, public opinion, which takes a lively interest in it, has penetrated the signification of it. In Germany, all persons agree in saying that the treaty establishes between Austria and Prussia an offensive and de fensive alliance, with respect to existing circum stances, and to the eventualities of the war which is commencing. One of the difficulties which might embarrass the action of Austria was the fear of seeing some part of her territory menaced while she was engaged on the Danube in a direct conflict with Russia. It appears that the treaty of Berlin con tains on this subject a mutual guarantee, and that this guarantee embraces such of the provinces of the two States as are placed out of the pale of the confederation. We are assured that the treaty of alliance contains also clauses which fix the measure of the armed co-operation Prussia is to afford to Austria in the case provided for. Europe cannot do otherwise than rejoice at seeing these two Governments in accord, to follow in the war, which menaces their interests still more directly than those of the other Powers, a line of policy in conformity with. the interests of all. Now that the question of the understanding between the German Powers is regulated, we express wishes that that accord shall lead as soon as possible, and in express terms, to a junction with the alliance which France and England have just concluded. It is in conducting hostilities with ensemble and with energy that we may hope to lighten the burden and abridge the duration of them. A private letter from Vienna, in Spener's Jour nal, contains the following statistics of the troops which Austria has under arms, in readiness to act on the Servian and Wallachian frontiers " At the beginning of Februaiy, the 9th corps d'armee, under Lieutenant-General Count Schaffgotsch, part of which garrisoned the capital, was pushed to the south frontier of the Banat. These were followed ere long by a second army corps, formed from the troops of the first army, quartered in Bohemia, Moravia, and Austria (Proper). Each of these corps formed a total of 25,000, or 50,000 in all. At the beginning of March, the third army, cantoned in Hungary and Transylvania, was mobolised. It consists of the 10th and 11th army corps, under command of the Archduke Charles Ferdinand and Lieutenant-General Count Wengersky, in Hun gary, and of the 12th army corps in Transylvania, com manded by Prince Schwarzenberg. The amount of these three corps may be taken at 80,000 mon, the half of which, with 20,080 Grenz' troops, and 12,000 cavalry, are added to the south frontier army. So that of the remainder of the Grenz battalions, dislocated along the Croatian frontier upon the right flank of the grand army, the total will amount to more than 160,000 combatants, ready to advance at a moment's notice. But the preparations for Eastern eventualities do not terminate here. Dalmatia, a point of great importance, is occupied by 20,000 men. Provision has also been made for an efficient reserve. This consists of half the 10th, 11th, and 12th army corps, about 40,000, and of the 6th army corps quartered in the Venetian territory. So that the south corps (Schaffgotsch's), including the reserve, and the corps in Dalmatia under Lieutenant- General Mamula, present an effective force of 260,000 men ready for action in the East, and this independent of all other corps echeloned in divers parts of the monarchy." As the words " armies," and " army corps," em ployed in these details, may give rise to confusion, it may not be irrelevant to observe that the Aus trian military establishment is divided into four armies, subvided into thirteen army corps thus :- ISIT ARMY— Ist army corps, head-quarters at Prague; 2d ditto, bead-quarters at Brunn ; 3d ditto, head quarters at Gratz ; 4th ditto, head-quarters at Vienna. 2n ARMY-sth army corps, head-quarters at Milan ; 6th ditto, head-quarters at Treviso ; 7th ditto, head quarters at Verona; Bth ditto, head-quarters at Bo logna. - - - . 3D ARMY-9th army corps, head-quarters at Pesth ; 10th ditto, head-quarters in West Hungary ; 11th ditto, head-quarters in Transylvania ; 12th ditto, head-quarters in South Hungary. 4ra ARMY-13th army corps, head-quarters in Gali cia and Bukowina. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 20th publishes a royal decree ordering a levy of 12,000 men from the class of 1853. A letter from Florence, in the Parlamento of Turin, states that Cardinal Corsi, the new Arch bishop of Pisa, still persists in his refusal to take possession of his diocese, being determined not to apply to the Tuscan Government for the exequatur required by law. The Tuscan Monitore of the 19th publishes a decree for the organisation of a battalion of sharp shooters in the Tuscan army. It is to consist of 647 men, officers included. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th state that what is called the " Bank Crisis" was considered at an end. The number of persons presenting themselves at the Bank to withdraw deposits had fallen to what it is in ordinary times, and others had made large deposits. The exchange of small notes was considerable, but not so extensive as to create any alarm. The provincial journals continued to report heavy falls of rain, and state that immense good had been done to the crops in consequence. In virtue of the royal authorisation relative to the purchase of coal, the Minister of War has ordered two vessels of war to go to Cardiff for cargoes. A prosecution of the colonel of the Bourbon regiment has been commenced for his conduct in the recent military insurrection at Saragossa. A letter says :—" The Captain-General of the Philippines wrote lately to the Government to say that, after having provided for all the wants of the public service, he had an excess of receipts of 17,000,000 reals, which was at its disposal. The Government has accordingly obtained an advance from Messrs. Bauer and Bays of 22,000,000 reals, which are to be paid by drafts at different dates on the treasury at Manilla. This arrangement will be of great advantage to the Government in the pay ment of the half-year's dividends." THE RECALL OF THE PRUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. — BERLIN, April, 24.—The resignation of M. Bunsen appears to have been accepted, as M. Bernstorf, Prussian Envoy at Naples, is appointed as his successor. PARIS BOURSE.—The closing accounts from the Paris Bourse yesterday evening show a decline of about a half per cent. At Vienna, Amsterdam, and the other conti nental cities there has also been increased weakness. GOLD.—GoId continues to be taken from the Bank for transmission to France, but the amount yesterday was only about 10,0001. CHANGE IN THE ADMIRALTY BOARD.—We have been authorised to give the most positive contradiction to an article in the Morning Herald of this day, headed, " Change in the Admiralty Board," stating that Vice- Admiral Hyde Parker was about to take the command in chief at Sheerness, and is to be succeeded in the Ad miralty Board by Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour ; and we are assured that there is not a word of truth in the statement made by our contemporary. We have authority also to state that the article in yesterday's Morning Advertiser, headed "The Criminal Delays," wherein it is asserted that an offer was made by Mr. Cunard to take out 2,000 horses to Gallipoli in four teen days, and that the offer was refused, is totally and entirely without foundation.—Morning Paper. THE EASTERN STAFF.—Lord Campbell and Lady Stratheden gave a farewell banquet to their hon. and gallant relative, Colonel the Hon. Yorke Scarlett, last evening, at Stratheden House, Knightsbridge. A select circle of friends assembled to meet the gallant officer, who leaves for the East, via Marseilles this week. Colonel Scarlett is brother to Lady Stratheden. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NAVY.—Yesterday the walls at the East end of the metropolis were covered with placards inviting seamen to enter for the Algiers, screw line of battle ship, of 91 guns, fitting at Devonport, and the Gladiator, steam frigate, Captain Broke, fitting at Portsmouth, both for service in the Baltic fleet. A very large number of ordinary seamen and landsmen offer themselves daily, but in consequence of the suspension of the order for the entry of landsmen few are accepted, and these must be ordinary seamen of the first class, competent to steer and take the lead. A large num ber of blue jackets arrive daily by railway from the northern ports and from Liverpool, and are trans ferred to the various guard-ships for service in the ves sels for which they have respectively entered. COLLISION IN THB CHANNEL AND Loss OF LIFE.— LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—The American ship Gazeteer, Captain Watlington, which sailed last afternoon for New York, has put back to this port. When off Holyhead last night she came in contact with the French brig, Pere Grenet, from Santanda, and carried away her jibboom and chafed her bows. The brig has been towed into the entrance of the Huskisson Dock in a sinking state, with loss of foremast, and other damage. One of the crew of the Pere Grenet was killed by the collision, and another and a boy were drowned. MONUMENT TO PROFESSOR WILSON. — We are glad to learn that steps are being taken to erect some public memorial of the late Professor Wilson. As a preliminary to further proceedings, a meeting is to be held in the Council Chambers to-day (Saturday), under the presi dency of the Lord Provoet.—/SOtrnirn. FIVE MEN OF THE HERMES DROIVNED. Intelligence has just been received from the Hermes steamer, near Amoy, of an accident whereby five of her crew unfortunately found a watery grave. The follow. ing is an extract from a letter, received through the Ad miralty, addressed to a relative of one of the men, and written by Captain E. F. Fisbourne :—" I am sorry to inform you your brother was drowned on or about the 9th of October last year, while in the execution of his duty. The circumstances were these was sent in a boat to the assistance of some of his shipmates who were in a prize, and be and those with him succeeded, but in returning at night we suppose the boat filled with water and upset, and they, attempting to reach the shore, must have been drowned, as the boat was picked up the next day turned bottom up. lam happy to tell you that he was much respected, and had behaved with great gallantry on more than one occasion, and had re ceived the thanks of the Admiralty for saving the life of a shipmate."—Plymouth Mail. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending April 22, 1854 £14,391 1 3 Corresponding week last year 9,994 14 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 169,184 16 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 142,109 13 10 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending April 23, 1854 £19,001 11 8 Corresponding week last year 18,160 19 10 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 23, 1854 £4,531 14 3 Corresponding week last year 3,507 10 5 Increase in 1854 _21,024 3 10 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re , turn for the week ending April 22, 1854 £5,177 0 2 Corresponding week last year 4,574 12 3 Inorearse in 1854 OO2 7 11 Me ART-UNION OF LONDON. We were enabled yesterday to give only a few of the earlier prizes drawn. The following is a list of the fortunate prize-holders, up to those entitled to works of art to the value of 101.: ENTITLED TO A WORK OF ART OF THE VALUE OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS. Hewitt, J., Leamington. ENTITLED TO A WORK OF ART OF THE VALUE OF TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. Black, E. H. M., Halifax, N.S. ENTITLED EACH TO A WORK OF ART OF THE VALUE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS. Laing, Mrs., New Amsterdam 1 Saunders, Mrs. W. Burton. ENTITLED EACH TO A WORK OF ART OF THE VALUE OP ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. Cooper, T., Rotherham Kelley, T., Manchester Harrison, G., Brooke-street Ness, —, Hunsley Jay, J. T., Acle Shipton, Chesterfield ENTITLED EACH TO A WORK OF ART OF THE VALUE OF EIGHTY POUNDS. M`Kewan, D. H., New Kent-road Pardoe, M. 3., Caraccas Phillips, E. G., London-road Phipps,W.S.,Blackfriars-rd. Tillet, John, Milton-terrace Coleridge, Rev. E. Ellison. T. Barnsley Grice,W.W.,North-st.,Wst. Griffin, John, Banbury Jackson, N., Stamford Jones, C., Old Kent-road Massey, W., Wotton ENTITLED EACH TO A WO' OF SIXTY Alexander, F., Rudham Nunn,R.N.,CamdenNew-tn. Brebbar, R., Liverpool Pountney, T., Burton Coles, C., Winchester Ritchie, E., Launeester Elliott, E., Hampstead Roper,W. H. D., Hampstead Gouch, A. D., Hinton Rothwell, W., Halifax Ford, W., Old Brentford Scott, Jno., Glasgow Jenkins, J. N., Osnaburg-st. Simons, W. Boston Jewsbury,H.W.,Mincing-la. Smith, Mrs. Col.. Clifton Lawson, —, Manchester Westley, W., Regent-street Meggy, G., Chelmsford Williams, E. F., Barnes ENTITLED EACH TO A WORK OF ART OF THE VALUE OF FIFTY POUND& Berr, J., Camden-town Best, J., He'stone Brown, J., Kingston-grove Chantrey, Gloater-square Charge, C., Havant Currie, J., Philadelphia Fish, A. J., Philadelphia ENTITLED RAO* TO A WORI FORTY Acton, 8., Port Louis Atkinson, W., Gordon-sq Attwood, A.; Gracechurch-st Baxter, G., Northampton-sq Butler, C. 8.., Candayj Gilson Miss, Bucklersbury Hawkins, E., Brit. Museum Kay, 0. R. Reform Club Kemble, W., Potter's Bar Le Breton, F. Port Louis Miller,W., Bank of England Roberts, E.W., Old Kent-rd OF ART OF THE VALUE OF ?OlitTDll. Hosking, W.; Kennington Hurter, T. Birmingham Latouche, A., St. Paul's-ch.- yard Leveegue, F., Harley-place Miller, J., Aberdeen M'Crone, A., Preston Newberry, —, Wilton Ormond, W., Wantage Porter, Miss, Burlington Rawson, E. G., Thorpe Sowerby Reynolds, J. W., St. Mar tin's lane Smith, H. C., Peeds Smith, R., Glasgow Squire, W., Tottenham-ct-rd Collor, T. Bridport Danvers, J. E. 1., Dover Dawson, J., Ampthill-sq De Lane, W., Mount-street Evans, A., Threadneedle-at Evans, T., Denbigh Emery, Rev. W., Cor. Ch. Col. C. Farran,W.H.Enston-station Griggs, D. A., Boston, U.S. Harris, Jas., Bristol Harvie, H. A., Bideford ENTITLED EACH TO A WOES TWENTY-Fr C OF ART OF THE VALUE OF [YR POUNDS. Mitchell, J. C., Philadelphia Reed, G. N., Bayswater Reynolds, J., Barnstaple Robbinson, T., Coventry Roche, Miss, Cork Saunders, T. W., Bath Shipp, W., King's Lynn Stewart, J., Edinburgh Styon, H. S., Lincoln's Inn Walker, Mrs., Up. Harley-st. Warwick, W., Leith Wilcock, W., Tavistock Willoughby de Broke, Lady Woods, W. H., Bristol Wreford, S., Aldermanbury Anderson, J., Glasgow Bailey, H., Birmingham Battison, J., Barnsley Bell, Jacob, Lanham-place Burnet, R., Preston! Dale, G., Chichester Fisher, J. R., Southwark Green, G. W., Hackney-road Harcourt, Lady C., per Fuller Johnson, T., Midhurst Jones, G., Cirencester Kennion, Dr., Harrowgate Kimber, 8., Gt. Berkhmpstd Le Blanc, A., Cheltenham Manning, M. P., Basle w ENTITLED EACH TO A WORK OF ART OF THE VALUE OF TWENTY. POUNDS. Adshead, J., Stalybridge Allen, G. Launceston, S.A. Bates, Mrs., Woodford Carr, J. W., Caistor Dowling, C.F., Dublin Duhring, Th., Philadelphia Ensell, H. C., Stourbridge Hickmott, T. Kentish-town Hobart, B. W. Spinfield Iredell, Major, Bedford Jenkins, T., Clerkenwell Kebburn, W., Highgate Laddell, —, Colchester Lawrie, Mrs. R. Dunfermline Layburn, W. M., Greenwich Le Cave, P. Cadiz Macbean, A., Leghorn Pearson, Mrs. H. York Pike, Miss, Samarang Rackham, Mrs., Thorpe Roberts, ~ Old Kent- roa d Shelly, ~ Capel-st., Stone Smith, W. J. Banff Telfer, T. A., Surrey-street Theobald, M., Kentish-town Usill, H. M. Wisbeach Vining, J., Clifton Warren, H. G., Gloster-st. Webster, J. C., Trinity-sqr. Wilson, C., Leadenhall-st. OF ART OF THB VALUE OP POUNDS. Jones, E., Quebec Lola Roma Lilah, Phila delphia Milman, W. H., Dalston Noble, R., Halifax, N.S. Pickering, T., Driffield Porter, T. Lutterworth Sheers, C. W., Islington Skipp, W., Blandford Utting, J., Long Shalton ENTITLED EACH TO A WORE FIFTEEN Balchin, R. Godalming Barnard, E.. Cannon-row Busby, C. 5.8., Chesterfield Dobree, Geo., Gloster-road Dresser, C., Coventry Ewing, W., Jamaica Gough, J. 8., per Tweedie Grindle, J., Borough Harrison, A. Birmingham Harrison, H. Hubert-street Hughes, J. 8., Liverpool ENTITLED EACH TO A WOR TEN P : OF ART OF TIM VALUE OF Mormon, W., Cockermouth Mote, W. H., Islington Musical Society, Concord Itoumien, R. L., Lancaster. place Rowland, W., Wrexham Tomlins, J. J., Jamaica Saunders, Messrs., Calcutta Scotney, —, Stamford Snosswell, W. T., Notting hill. Standering, W. Selby Watson, St., Peterboro Wilkinson, A., Sloane-street Barrett, G., Winterahall Burchall, C., Denbigh Chibnill, J. R., Tothill-street Downing, S., Trin.Col.,Dub. Du Pasquier, J., Regent-at. Hobler, F. Canonbury-sq. Hughes, C., Northampton Kent, Dr., Adelaide Lillingstone, Mrs., Cheltenh. Mackinnon, L., Aberdeen Marshall, R. E., Cheltenham Meredith, Mrs. H., Coldhar bour-lane Montefiore, J. 8., Adelaide The names of those entitled to bronzes, Flaxman medals, and statuettes will be published on a future day. At the conclusion of the proceedings a vote of thanks was passed with much warmth and cordiality to Lord Monteagle for presiding. His LORDSHIP having briefly responded, the pro ceedings terminated. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO CERTAIN COLONIES. General Post-office, April, 1854. On and from the Ist of next month, the postage upon letters conveyed, whether by packet or private ship, be tween the United Kingdom and the following British colonies and possessions, viz.: Ceylon, 1 St. Helena, and Hong Kong, The Gold Coast, will be reduced to a combined British and colonial rate of— For a letter not exceeding 1 oz. in weight Os. 6d. Do. exceeding A oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. ls. Od. Do. exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding 2 oz. 2s. Od. and so on, increasing ls. for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. The postage upon letters for Cey lon and Hong Kong may be paid in advance or not, at the option of the sender ; but upon letters for the Gold Coast or St. Helena the postage must be prepaid, or the letters cannot be forwarded. To the reduced rate.of 6d., a French transit rate of sd. per quarter ounce must be added in the case of all letters for Ceylon and Hong Kong which are not spe cially marked "vice Southampton," making the total charge upon a letter— When under oz. in weight Os. lld When weighing oz. and under oz. is. 4d ? 1. oz. and under fj oz. 2s. 3d and so on. It must be understood, however, that the foregoing reduction of postage applies only to letters put into the post on or after the Ist of next month, and that all let ters which are put into the post before that date will be charged with the existing rate of postage. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. On and from the same date, the rates of postage chargeable upon packets containing printed Votes and Proceedings of the Imperial Parliament, sent through the post to St. Helena and the Gold Coast, will be re pealed, and all such packets will be subject to the rates of postage which are levied on printed books sent to the colonies : For a packet of Parliamentary Proceedings not exceeding lb. in weight Os. 6d. Do. exceeding lb. and not exceeding 1 Od. Do. exceeding 1 lb. and not exceeding 2 lbs 2s. Od. and so on, increasing one shilling for every pound or fraction of a pound. The following conditions, however, must be ob served : Ist. Every such packet must be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides, _ . 2d. It must contain a single publication only, the several sheets or parts thereof, when there are more than one, being sewed or bound together. 3d. It must not exceed two feet in length, breadth, width, or depth, 4th. It must have no writing or marks upon the cover, or its contents, except the name and address of the per son to whom it may be sent. sth. The postage must be prepaid in full, by affixing outside the packet or its cover the proper number of s tamps. If any of the above conditions be violated, the packet must be charged as a letter, and treated as such in all respects. To prevent any obstacles to the regular transmission of letters, any officer of the Post-office may delay the transmission of any such packet of printed votes and proceedings for a time not exceeding twenty-four hours from the time at which the same would otherwise have been forwarded by him. THE ALECTO.—DESTRUCTION OF A SLAVER.—FAL MOUTH, APRIL 24.—As telegraphed on Sunday from hence, the Alecto, Captain Crofton, arrived from Ascen sion March 21, Teneriffe April 13. She reports having in February taken a schooner, with slave implements on board, and that she had had a cargo of slaves, but the crew having learnt of the approach of the steam-ship's boats, she was abandoned, first secured by her people by hauling her high up a creek. It was deemed ad visable to destroy her, as the boats had not the means available to haul her off. The Waterwitch left Sierra Leone for England March 3. The Britomart WAS cn her passage from Sierra Leone for Ascension. The Teazer, from South Coast, was expected at Ascension oa her way to England. The Alecto landed a mail, and proceeded hence to Portsmouth. Her boiler is defective. A detachment of the artillery at Pendennis was marched down to-day, and embarked for Plymouth in the Foyle steamship. A man-of-war cutter was seen in the bay yesterday boarding ships. X OP ART OF THB VALUE ROUNDS. THE MILITIA. The recent facilities for volunteering from militia regi ments into regiments of the line, sanctioned by the Secre tary at War, have had the effect of materially thinning the ranks of the South Devon Militia. Active recruiting parties have been sent out to make up the deficiency thereby occasioned. The arrangements for the erection and conversion of stores and armoury rooms for- the Devon Regiments at Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport -were discussed at a meeting of Deputy-Lieutenants on Saturday last, and will be carried out forthwith. The cost of these extensive preparations will be very consider able, and has to be defrayed out of the county-rate. The period for training the militia of Devon is fixed as last year, about the middle of September. The Royal South Lincolnshire Militia are to assemble for training on the cricket-ground at Grantham on the 12th proximo. Last year they were drilled by a detach ment of the 42d Highlanders ; it is not known who are to train them this year. The Northamptonshire Militia have received notice to assemble for training and exercise at the barracks on Thursday, the 27th inst. The it'Untingdon Rift° Corpo, under the command of LAW INTELLIGENCE.-April 25. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco.) HIECHWELL V. INGRAM. This was an action for libel brought by the plaintiff, who is secretary to a water-works company, against the defendant, who is the publisher of the Ladies' Newspaper. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and at the trial before M r . J ust i ce Crowder on Saturday last, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins (Mr. Houston Browne with him) now moved for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence. The libel was con tained in article headed " Woman and her Master," and after referring to a case of alleged brutal treatment of a woman by her husband, it proceeded thus The other case has probably more than once come under the notice of our readers. It is that of Mrs. Hakewell, who having been restored to the protection of her husband by :decree of the ecclesiastical court found her miseries so aggravated by the restitution of her conjugal rights that she was compelled to resort to a police court for the little help which our glorious English constitution gives to the English wife and mother. Now neither Mr. Fitzroy's bill, nor the proposed reforms in the law of divorce, will meet the bitter exigence of either of these cases. Woman and her master will remain precisely in the same relation in which they stood to one another before —a relation of love, of protection, and reverence, where honour and manliness hold the sway, but more degraded, servile, abased, and o pp ress i ve , w here the b ru t e in tervenes, than the condition even of the negro." If that were not a libel, the learned sergeant said, he did not know what a libel was ; but the jury had been so wrought upon by his learned friend Mr. Chambers, Q.C. (probably he saw some of his constituents in the box, and that made him more than usually eloquent) that although the learned judge told them if the article assumed a state of facts which, if proved, would throw great discredit on the plaintiff, it would be a libel for which he would be entitled to damages, they nevertheless returned a verdict for the defendant. His learned friend was so eloquent and so poetical, he thought the jury disposed not only to give him the verdict, but three cheers afterwards ; whereas he himself had been so con fident that the mere reading of the article would establish his case, that he had said very little to them. Amongst other things he told them that if they should find the article to be a libel they would deprive the public of the advantages of newspaper reading, and they would be thrown back upon philosophy and ancient history. (Laughter.) He also said so much to them about the style of the article— - The Lord Chief Justice—That probably they did not understand, and so found for the defendant. You may take a rule, brother. Rule nisi granted. The Court will not sit to-day, but will proceed with the special paper on Thursday, and with the new trial paper on Friday. ARCHES COURT. (Before Sir John Dodson.) ROBERTS V. ROBERTS. A report of the facts of this divorce suit appeared in our journal a short time since. The learned judge gave his decision this morning. The Court said the present suit was brought by the husband, the Rev. Edmund Roberts, of Paul's Cray, against his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Roberts, by reason of adultery. In support of Mr. Roberts's case that gen tleman had brought in a libel, which pleaded the mar riage of the parties, their subsequent cohabitation, and that the issue of the marriage still living was six children. It also pleaded th a t Mr. Roberts received and educated pupils at Paul's Cray, and shortly after the Easter vaca tion of 1852 he engaged Mr. James Mowat, a youth about twenty years of age, as an assistant ; that soon after Mr. Mowat's arrival Mrs. Roberts began to evince consider able affection for him, and he had been seen kissing and embracing her ; that they occasionally walked out to gather ; and that indecent familiarities had passed be tween them. The libel further alleged that while Mrs. Roberts was staying at Brighton a clandestine corres pondence was carried on between her and James Mowat, in the absence of Mr. Roberts in Ireland, and that they afterwards met in London and went to Bath together, and lodged in the same house, and after their return to Paul' s Cray they were ob serve d on one occasion coming out of the bedroom of one of the pupils. It pleaded that, upon some of these facts coming to the husband's knowledge, Mowat was dismissed, and a quarrel took place between Mr. Roberts and his wife, upon which she left him, saying she should go to her mother's, at Brighton, but subsequently returned, when the husband, having dis covered a letter which had been written by his wife to Mowat, the parties finally separated on the 27th Sep tember, 1852. The libel charred adultery on several of the occasions before referreSto. In answer to this charge the wife had brought in an allegation denying that any indecent familiarity had taken place, and that adultery had been committed. It pleaded that when James Mowat first went to Paul's Cray he was in a delicate state of health, and that she conse quently occasionally offered him a glass of wine, and that he had offended his family, who were \Vesleyans, by joining the Church of England, and he sometimes advised with Mrs. Roberts upon the subject; that in June, 1852, being unwell she was recommended by her medical men to take the air, and, in consequence, began occasionally, with her husband's sanction, to walk out with the pupils, and that, when fatigued, she might have taken Mowat's arm, but never did so clandestinely. It denied that the tutor and herself were ever in the library at Paul's Cray, with the doors locked, and pleaded that all the circumstances connected with Mowat's visit to her in London were known to her husband, and that she having hired some servants who would not suit, de termined to go to Bath, where she had obtained ser vants on former occasions ; but, before mentioning her intention, Mowat, having heard that his parents were prevented from joining him in London, resolved to return to Bath, and to escort Mrs. Roberts thither. It further alleged that she was enciente at the time, and while in such state occasionally became deranged, which rendered her irresponsible for what she said or did. Since the ad mission of this allegation, Mr. Roberts had brought in a responsive allegation, which pleaded that a medical man had prohibited Mrs. Roberts walking, but had re commended her to ride out in the open air, and denied that she was in a state of derangement when enceinte. The court, after examining the charges contained in the libel, and the evidence to support them, considered there were proximate acts which justified it in concluding that if there was an opportunity afforded the offence would be committed. There certainly was opportunity while in University-street, in London, and also afterwards at Bath_; and, looking at all the circumstances attending t,he case ; he (the learned judge) was clearly of, qpinion, that the offence, had been committed by the parties in question, and therefore that it was his duty to decree a sentence of divorce. The Proctor for Mrs. Roberts appealed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Moses 31 - osc., charged with having feloniously received a vast quantity of stolen pro perty, was brought up for final examination before Sir R. W. Carden. The following report contains the substance of the additional evidence : Mr. Cooper Tress, hat-manufacturer, of No. 27, Black friars-road, said :—At the latter end of March my ware house was broken into, and amongst other goods I lost the seven pieces, containing 148 yards, of silk hat plush produced, the value of which is about 501. We have no trace of the parties who stole the goods. Ido not know the prisoner. .J: C. Knight, of the detective police, said that on searching the premises of the prisoner on the 11th of April, he found, among other goods, the plush produced. Witness afterwards pointed out the warehouse to the witness Mr. Hart. Mr. Emanuel Hart—l live at No. 12, Wentworth street, Spitalfields, and am out of business. lam a col lector of rents, and the landlord of the warehouse in Bell-lane, Spitalfields, pointed out to me by the officer Knight. I let it to the prisoner. He has paid one half quarter's rent for it. He became my tenant in the latter end of January. I saw him there when I received the rent on the 29th of March last. Mr. Willi am H o d gson —I c arry on business at 17, John-st ree t, Blackfriars-road, as a hat manufacturer. On the evening of the 20th of February I locked up our manufactory as usual, and on going to business next morning I found that our premises had been opened with false keys, and that a quantity of goods had been stolen. The 230 pieces of silk hat plush produced I have no doubt formed part of the goods so stolen. The value of the plush produced is about 701. We lost goods to the amount of 851. We have not been able to discover the parties who stole the goods. Inspector Mitchell—On examining the warehouse of the prisoner in Bell-lane I found the goods produced amongst a large quantity of goods, many of which have been owned by other parties. Knight, the officer, was with me when I found the praperty. Mr. A. Antill, No. 18, Vaughan-terrace, Shepherd's walk, City-road, in partnership with his father at 5, Bull's-place, Shepherd's-walk, as tailors and drapers, said that on the night of the 27th of January the pre mises in the latter place were broken open and plun dered, and amongst other goods they lost the broad cloth, silk plush, waistcoats and waistcoat pieces, and coloured padding produced. Inspector Mitchell—l found the 50 yards of broad cloth produced in the house of the prisoner, No. 30, Gravel-l ane , a mongst oth er goo d s. I also found the other goods identified by the prosecutor as having been stolen at the same time. Mr. J. S. Ringer, bookkeeper to Baring Brothers, said—ln July last year I resided at No. 3, Rectory place, Shacklewell. On the night of the 18th of July, or the morning of the 19th, my house was broken into, and amongst other things was stolen from me the plated salver produced. I was not able to trace the parties who stole it. Ido not know the prisoner. George Legg, of the detective police—On Tuesday, the 11th of April, I went with Inspector Mitchell to the prisoner's warehouse in Bell-lane, Spitalfields, and found amongst some old metal the salver produced, which is marked with the letter R. The prisoner at the conclusion of each case said, " I am entirely in the hands of my professional adviser." He was then committed for trial upon twelve cases. Sir R. W. Carden, in finally committing the prisoner to Newgate, said he considered the cases upon which he had heard evidence sufficient to answer the ends of justice, so far as was necessary for investigation before a magistrate. It appeared that there were several other claimants of property which had been found upon the premises of the prisoner in Bell-lane, and that in some of these cases witnesses not being present, it was ar ranged, with the consent of Mr. Ballantine on the part of the prisoner, to accept notice of intended indictments, in which the parties would be subpoenaed by Inspector Mitchell to give evidence. Mr. Buchanan attended on the part of Mr. Hart, the owner of the premises, to complain of a statement made in a weekly paper which tended to cast an injurious re flection upon that landlord. Sir. R. W. Carden—Nothing whatever has transpired during the whole of the investigation into these cases that is in the slightest degree prejudicial to the character of Mr. Hart ; but it has been evident that Mr. Hart has afforded all the assistance in his power to active officers engaged in this matter. The prisoner was then conveyed to Newgate. Some of the property which was found on the pre mises of the prisoner consisted of articles manufactured for the decoration of the Houses of Parliament. The pri soner, it was stated, dealt in every kind of property, and has been for a number of years amassing wealth by transactions of the kind detailed in the testimony of the numerous witnesses. THE DARIEN EXPEDITION. On Monday evening the periodical meeting of the Royal Geographical Society took place at the Rooms, in Regent-street. Sir R. T. Murchison presided. The portion of the globe to which the society's attention was directed on this occasion was the Isthmus of Darien and the adjacent territory. Amongst the new members admitted was Josepk Hume, Esq., M.P., whose certificate, the chairman stated, was signed by nearly the whole of the council. The chairman added, that the society was greatly in debted to Mr. Hume for obtaining them the Parliamen- tary grant of 5001. The CHAIRMAN announced that the Bellot Testimonial Fund had received a considerable addition from Bona bay- He had received a letter from Sir Henry Leake, communicating the result of a me e ti ng p res id e d over b y Lord Elphinstone, at which 1331. had been subscribed. The SECRETARY then lead an official report on the Isthmus of Darien, communicated through the chair man, by Commander J. C. Prevost, R.N., of her Ma jesty's ship Virago. Entering on the Pacific shore, the commander had sailed up the Savana river, as far as it was navigable for boats, which was about 22 miles from its mouth. The party then landed, and commenced their overland journey on Tuesday, the 20th December last. They directed their course by compass as nearly as they could for Port Escoces, on the Atlantic coast. It was necessary to cut their way through thick under wood and shrubs, and they could not accomplish more than two or three miles in a day. They penetrated in this way 26 miles, crossed several considerable rivers, and ascended a hill 800 feet high. but owing to the density of the forest were not able to obtain a sight of the Atlantic. On the fifteenth day they were obliged to return, and discovered that a guard of four men, left at a rancho on their way, had been murdered by Indians. This put an end to the ex p e diti on. Mr. E. HOPKINS said he had been in the country 13 or 14 years, and had made a survey of the district for the Government. The chain •f the Cordilleras ran through the whole isthmus, at an elevation of 2,000 or 3,000 feet. The most likely place for a communication was up the river Chepo, which was navigable for 20 miles from the Pacific, and so across the Cordilleras at a point were the elevation was the lowest. This wail the line which had been chosen for the railway, and was decidedly the best either for a railway or a canal, though he considered that the latter was too expensive to he attempted. Lieutenant St. John was invited to express hie opinion, but declined to do so on the ground that he was preparing an official report for the Government, founded on his survey of the country. Thanks were voted to the author of the paper, and the meeting then adjourned. MUTINY AT SEA. The American clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas, of New York, from Melbourne, which arrived in the river on Wednesday last, was only hauled into the East ludia docks on Sunday morning, She commenced discharg ing her gold (35,000 ounces) on Monday morning. A serious affray occurred on board during the passage, arising from the insubordination of some of the crew, who are at present confined on board in irons. 17th of March, the ship on the Equator, long. 32, a quarrel took place between two of the steerage passengers (of whom there were 76 on board) and one of the crew. The mate interfered, and ordered the seaman on deck, but he refused and became abusive, when he was put in irons by direction of the captain. After a lapse of about 15 or 20 minutes all the crew mustered aft, and demanded of the captain the immediate release of the man (an Englishman), or they said they would take the ship from him, amid loud murmurings and threats. Reports had previously reached the captain, observing the deter mined conduct of the men, at once armed himself, as also did the officers, and then proceeding on deck, or dered the men forward ; they refusing, he, with his officers, drove them back at the point of the bayonet ; in the scuffle four men got wounded. Most of the men had some weapon in their possession, either a belaying pin, crow-bar, or knife, and their conduct was of such a character as to create alarm for the safety of the ship. After being driven forward, they still refused to return to their duty, and mustered in the forecastle. The cap tain, perceiving the serious nature of the case, consulted with the chief-cabin and a large number of the steerage passengers, which resulted in their arming themselves, and aiding the captain in seizing the ringleaders. Six were picked out, and they had been placed on one side of the deck, when a man named Hall stepped forward from the remainder of the crew, and urged them not to stand by and see their shipmates put in irons, but to stand up for them. The captain, seeing the man making towards him, cautioned hint not to move a step ; if he did, he would blow his brains out. He persisted, when the captain in raising a pistol, it discharged, and the contents passed through the legs of the third mate— Mr. Myers, a German—wounding him severely. Hall, with the rest, were immediately seized and dragged down below, where they were securely ironed ; they were ten in number, named George Sutlers, John Benson, Henry Bundy, George Hall, Irving Lawry, Win. Watts, Peter Sturman, George Davidson, James Bartlett, and Samuel Holme. They were placed between decks, where they have since been confined. Three Thames police officers boarded the ship on her arrival in the river, into whose custody it is expected the mutineers will be given as soon as the vessel has discharged her cargo. n Gcactle. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma were admitted members of the College at the meeting of the coert of examiners, on the 24th inst. —Messrs. John Allder Vincent,' Oif or d ; DavidjCing, Elthani, Kent ; John Wild. Hulseberg, Royal Navy ; John Jones, Abergele, Denbighshire ; Robert Hickling Heathcote, Manchester ; Ralph Heatheote, Manches ter ; John Long, Leeds ; Edward Towndrow France, Royal Navy ' • William Henry Kirton, Louth, Lincoln. shire ; John Lomax, Bury, Lancashire. CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND COMPANY.—A meet ing of the Chartered Australian Land, Mining, Import ing, and Refining Company was held yesterday to receive a report from the directors. It appeared that estates representing 2,585 acres had been purchased for 64,0001., payment being made in shares; and that the amount subscribed by the public on the general allot ment was about 12,0001. The shares having been de livered to the vendors, a portion of them had found their way into the market ; hut it was mentioned that they were liable for future calls. The staff despatched to commence operations had arrived out, and the state ments returned were not of an encouraging nature, the property being apparently valued at about 5,0. 001., and the superintendent expressing a desire, if possible, to lot it a rent of 1501. a-year, reserving mineral rights. The whole of the funds received have been expended, with the exception of a balance of 2,700/. remaining in tho hands of Capt. Baker, in Australia, out of 5,1501. originally appropriated to the service of the colonial staff'. The accounts in England, including existing liabilities, irrespective of the Solicitor's bill, not yet delivered, show an adverse result of about 900/., to liquidate which and provide for future expenditure it is proposed to make a call of ls. per share. The only success at present known to have accrued from the operations of the company con sists in 26 ounces of gold obtained by some of the miners through working under license; but the directors antici pate further information by the next mail. The report having been adopted, it was suggested that measures should be taken to dissolve the undertaking. It was, however, eventually determined to appoint a committee of five shareholders to investigate its financial position, and then to recommend future plans. SOCIETY FOR TEACHING THE BLIND TO READ.—Yes. terday the sixteenth anniversary meeting of the friends and supporters of the schools of this society, which are situated in the Avenue-road, Regent's-park, was held at the Hanover-square Rooms, under the presidency of the Right Rev. Dr. Carr, late Bishop of Bombay. The afflicted objects of the society's teaching having been in troduced to the meeting, sang with great power and ef fect selections from the sacred music of Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Handel. Several subsequently read, with due regard to punctuation and accent, portions of the sacred Scriptures, printed in Lucas's embossed charac ters. On the whole, the liveliest interest was excited by their appearance, at once painful and to be com passionated ; their display of mental culture ; and the exhibition of their works of industry and of the means by which instruction is conveyed to them. The right tee. chairman, having referred to the objects of the society, said that as blindness was a calamity felt alike by the monarch and the peasant, it was of the ut most importance to promote such a system of teaching those afflicted with it as would enable them in retirement to keep their mind occupied by useful reading. The secre tary then read the retina, a lengthy document, compiled without niuch regard to the due arrangement of the mat ter, the principal points of which may be thus set forth. There are in the schools 24 females and 26 males, some o f w h om are daily pupils, others on the foundation. In consequence of a deficiency of funds, the society was last year unable to admit more than seven addi tional pupils, and was at its close 1501. in debt. The committee therefore entreat the public for increased sup port and for means, in the first instance to pay off 5501. due on the building account, and secondly, to pur chase—the price being I,sool.—the freehold of the site, for which they now pay 751. per annum. The Rev. E. Beamish and several other gentlemen having addressed the meeting, the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. k