The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

THEATRE TOTAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Mar 2, Writ be performed DER FREI. CHUTE. Characters by afadarne Caradori, and Mdlle. Qedlazek ; Herr Reichardt, and Herr Vorraes. Followed by a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. pries; —Dress Circle, ds ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; O allery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Gni! teas. The Box-oftlee open daily from Ten till Six, where plac es may be Feeurerl. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of Messrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MA 2, To be followed by THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. ,Characters by Messrs Chippendale, Compton. and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss E. Grey, &c. After which, the entirely new and original extravaganstit. entitled MR. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CESTER•SQUARE), written by J. R. Planche , Esq. Princ:pal characters by Mr. Buckstoue, Mr. W. Farrell, Mr. Clatit, Mr. J. Marshall, lir. H. Marshall ; Mrs. Fitzvrilliam, Mrs. , N. Grey. Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Laura Morris, s Caulfbeid tud MISS Featherstone. Fo!lowed by WILLIKIND HYS DINAH. Supported by Messrs. Buck. tone and Corti ; Miss Louisa Howard, Ur:. Fitawil liam, and Mrs. Caulfield. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHABLIS &tax. THIS EVENING, MAT 2, Will be performed Ryder,ARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy,r, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and Murray. F o llowed by FATTSr AND 3IARCIUERITE. Characters by Me‘ars. C. Kean and Dav id Fisher Mrs. Winstanley and Miss C. Leelercq. After which, AWAY wITII MELANCHOLY. Characters b y Messrs. Meadows, D. Fisher , and Saker; and Misses Murray and Daly. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAT 2, Will be performed TWO LOVE; AND A LIFE. Supported by mesas. C. Selby. Leigh Murr ay, Benjamin Webster, Keeley, and U. Smith ; M;ss Woolgar and Madame Celeste. Followed by THE AOLTATA.CHE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and Pandit); Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. Followed by THE OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CONSTANT/. NOPLE, A:3 U NDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WITH INTEREATING PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA. LYCEUM THEATRE. under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, MAY 2, Will be performed A CIIA.RIIING WIDOW. Principal charac ters by Mr. C. Mathews; Miss Talbot and Miss Oliver. After which, USED UP. 'lO be followed by GIVE A DOG AN ILL NAME. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews and F. Matthews. Concluding with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, MAT 2, Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H. White, Leslie, and Vincent ; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. Aft: r which, THE HIPPY MAN. Characters by Messrs. Har wood Cooper, White, River, Franks, and H. Wigan; Miss E. Tur ner and slits Dormer. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Mat 2, THE THREE TURKISH RAZOR GRINDERS. After which, PAUL FRY. To be followed by a NEW BALLET. After which, SUMMER FLOWERS, in which the French Ballet Troupe will appear. To conclude with PIGEONWIDDY'S PERILS. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.- ' Pit, Is. 6,1; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, £1 I Is. 6d., ro be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, MAT 2, Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec tacle, embodying n vet and extraordinary effects (written by Mr. Nelson Lea), entitled A TALE OF THE SPANISH WAR; or, The Horse of the Wreck. The horses expressly trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE. intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Mr. Alfred Cooke, and the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in Europe. Mdlle. Blanche, the celebrated Continental Artiste, on the TIGHT ROPE. MR. BRIGGS IN HIS PLEASURES OF HORSE-KEEPING. Box-otlice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TD& —Morning 43 min.after 4 1 Evening 2 min.aft. 5 T c •Monnow—Morning 19 cnin.after 5 1 Evening 40 min.aft. 5 nig WEATHER.—Sus Omen, MAr 2. T3ERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 59—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 60 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, went down to 29.22—n0w up to 29'29. WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, with sunshine and clouds. at ~, '~` ~~0 r LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1854. The bombardment of Odessa has at last given the Russian foe a taste of the mettle or metal— (it matters little how the word is written)—of the allied armaments. Earnestly and seriously is it to be hoped that, by energy and decision in the subsequent mode of carrying on hostilities against the forces of the Northern AUTOCRAT, both by sea and by land, the war may be brought as speedily as possible to a close, and its many and most appalling horrors be, as soon as it is at all practicable, terminated. It is the prayer now to be offered up humbly and reverently to HEATEN. This prayer that the curse of war among the nations may be quickly removed. It can only be removed, of course, by natural agency. Centuries have gone by since the credulity of ignorance could look for the closing of such scenes through super natural intervention. Reason tells us that while offering up orisons in our churches for the end of these dreadful calamities of protracted conflict and wholesale bloodshed, we ought, as rational crea tures, to employ every available means for expe diting the advent of this desirable peace, and for thus carrying out the beneficent designs of Pno- VIDENCE. It is, consequently, in a reverent spirit that we have all along *manded the energetic de velopment of our warlike preparations simultane ously with the appointment, as was recently wit nessed throughout this country, of a solemn day set apart for the purposes of a general fast and of a national humiliation. There is nothing whatever incongruous in this blend ing of litanies and cannon balls. The truth of this was recognised long ago by the old Co venanter. It is the se3ret of the wisdom of his recommendation to his followers, to put their strength in GOD, and keep their match-locks dry ! It is a wise saying, that venerable motto ora et labora, pray and labour—whether the labour be that of the warrior or of the handicraftsman, of the soldier fighting in defence of the weak, of the sailor fighting in the cause of justice, or of the mechanic toiling in the workshop at his accus tomed and harmless occupations. A wiser saying, however, than even that ancient one just now par • ticularised, was, hundreds upon hundreds of years ago, seemingly formed out of those three words by one of the earlier Fathers of the Church, and this simply through the medium of a. very slight, but at the same time a very important, modification. Laborare, h e wrote, Laborare est orare. Meaning, of course, literally, as the words express it, "To labour is t o pray "—or, in other words, that there are certain times or consequences when to labour rightly, thatils,.with a right intention, is to pray indeed and in a t to pray really and effectually. H as no: s • with regard to ourselves len a rwyr period arrived has it not arrived at la s t g ago? that we At any rate, , 1 a over the appointed day for. th e n ve passe d humiliation ? ational fast an d _Here is one of the noblest causes Here s a lawless by a great country. ev er fought for Her I' ', en emy to vanquish, an enemy whose avow e d object is that of robbery .from a weaker neighbour —an enemy, moreover, 'whose enthu siasm must necessarily be .subduid, by the recollection of gre at crimes (such 'heinous crimes, for example, as the massacre of Sinope), and the genius of whose ruler must be darkened by the remorse of his notorious blasphemies. Here is actually, in the hands of the allies, the capacity, with the aid of GOD, of crushing down, whensoever they list, the pride of their gigantic antagonist. Nobody, we believe, seriously ques tions for a moment this capacity on the part of France and England. Singly, we are satisfied , • that either of those two great Powers would • prove in the end more than a match for Russia if opposed by all the resources of that vast despotic Government. United, we cannot bat rest assured th a t t h e i r defeat b y t h e f orces .e., of the € I A-R - is removed almost beyond the limits of visibility. In the name of common germ; therefore) in that -of humanity, in that ) of HEAVEN, how monstrous would it not be to hesitate in employing this enormous and overwhelmingly aggregated power with promptitude, with energy, and with determina tion ? Acting thus, acting with these essential qualities of promptitude, energy, and determina tion, the Western Allies of Turkey, the armies and navies of France and England, if only wisely directed against the enemy, may effect readily, with GOD'S help, all the advantages which are desired. They may bring the war to a close, and thereby put an end to all the horror and atrocity of these continued devastations. They may, in so doing, restore a solid aLd lasting peace to Europe--secure the integrity of the Ottoman e mpire—prevent the day-dream of PETER the Great from being realised by a Russian occupa tion of Constantinople—prevent the likelihood of a further invasion of the Turkish territories --open the Black Sea —and open the mouths of the Danube. And supposing it were impracticable to restore to their original owners the enormous acquisitions obtained since 1689 by the members of the House of ROUMANOPF, acquisitions from vuntriec as re mote from each other as Sweden and Tartary, the allies of Turkey might crown these results of their campaign by extorting adequate compensation for all the evils of the war from the guilty chief of the defeated Government. England and France can effect all this—if they will, that is to say, if they act with becoming decision. It is not extrava gant to believe that they have that capacity--re membering their power separately ; remembering that that power is now united ; remembering that they are so far from beiug the originators of the war that they have been dragged into it only after a series of the most galling and intolerable provo cations; remembering, above all, that their cause is a cause not unworthy of the blessing of GOD, the cause of the weak, of the oppressed, of truth, of justice, of humanity, of civilisation. NAPOLEON lll.—the ally of England—has declared in memorable words that " the age of conquest has gone by for ever," as he asserted long before, in words no less memorable, that the mission of the Empire is not a mission of war, but a mission of peace. VICTORIA I.—the ally of France—has acted throughout from the dictate of principles not in one iota less magnanimous. England and France enter upon this war against Russia, only after having solemnly pledged themselves that their aim in conducting it is not in any way to derive from it advantages for their united Governments. Their aim is the simple, grand, and noble aim of re storing tranquillity to Christendom. Bearing all these things in mind, we repose an implicit confi dence in the certainty, under Divine assistance, of the speedy triumph of England and France over the Russian AUTOCRAT, if—[simply this one condition]—if only rational decision be displayed by the Allied Governments. " What shall we do with our Convicts ?" We put forward this interesting and important inter rogatory many months since, when it was distinctly and unequivocally proved that some of the police force were in the habit of giving information against persons who had once been " in trouble," bringing them into disgrace with their employers and fellow-workmen, and thus by preventing them from earning an honest livelihood, effectually stopping the slightest chance of reformation, and compelling them to seek the means of subsistence by a recurrence to those predatory and criminal habits that had led to previous punishment, and from which it was hoped that they had been com pletely weaned. What can be the utility of a well-considered and judicious system of prison discipline ?—of the zealous and indefatigable exertions of enthu siastic and devoted men labouring to excite a feeling of penitence and remorse in the hearts of those who have deviated from the paths of recti tude, but who are not as yet wholly irreclaim able, if all the laudable efforts of the repentant sinners are to be frustrated through the officious interposition of the guardians of the public peace, who have time and opportunity to whisper their information into quarters where it must prove destructive to the future prospects of the miser able victims ? It would almost seem to be more merciful to put these wretched offenders to death, than to permit them to engage in a hopeless struggle in which success is rendered all but impossible. We revive the fearful punishments, which VIRGIL describes as being inflicted in Tartarus, on the most atrocious offenders, for those Pariahs of human i ty— " Quos super atra Ruler jam lapsura cadentique Imminet assinulis." The stone rolled upwards with such painful exertion is hurled backwards, and carries with it the miserable labourer, to begin de novo in his weary task of seeking out an honest occupation by which he may earn his daily bread by his daily labour, or, which is far more probable, that he may yield to despair, and again plunge into crime which lie was really and sincerely desirous of avoiding. Lord ST. LEONARDS last night called the atten tion of the Lord Chancellor and the Government generally to the fearful consequences of the sys tem, as illustrated by the case of a man named GEORGE BROWN, who was brought before Mr. HALL, at Bow-street, on Thursday last. The prisoner, who was described as " a respectable looking and well-educated man, a carver and gilder by trade," had been con victed of felony at Edinburgh, in 1850, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. After some time lie was sent to the Convict Prison at Dartmoor, where he remained about seventeen months. During that period his conduct was so good that he was deemed a fitting subject for a "ticket of leave," under the recently adopted system. On his liberation, he was conveyed to Edinburgh, where he had previously been con victed. There he again yielded to temptation, and in less than three months was found guilty of felony, for having stolen a pair of boots. Under these circumstances, the terms on which his con ditional pardon was granted having been violated, he was brought before the Magistrate of Police, by whom he was re-committed to Dartmoor Prison, for the residue of the term for which he was originally sentenced. The wretched man, who bitterly deplored his melancholy condition, stated, as the cause of his second offence, that "he had been transmitted by the authorities of Dartmoor to the scene of his former disgrace, where, consequently, he failed to get employment. Wherever he went in Edinburgh he was a marked man, and, even if he obtained a situation, the police made it their business to inform his employer of his previous character, and no confi dence was subsequently placed in him." What, then, could he do ? The avenging NEMESIS at tended his footsteps, and whenever his prospects at all brightened the blue-coated functionary in terfered, and warned his employer against the con victed criminal to whom he was giving work. The natural consequence followed. When there was so much competition, a person branded as a con victed felon could not look for much indulgence. He was discharged, and, as lie could not labour, the instinct of self-preservation drove him to crime, and he stole a pair of boots that he might get bread to satisfy the cravings of hunger. Surely such a man was more deserving of sympathy than of punishment. Surely nothing can be more pitiable than the position of a man struggling to maintain a respectable and honest w hi characte r , and every now and th en d r i ven by ine xorable necessity to crime, an d t o ex pi a t e offence s ch h e was una bl e t o avo id . W e trust that L or d PALMERSTON will take the matter into consideratio n , penal consequences of r e li eve th e v i c ti m f rom t h e of his involuntary guilt. Some months since Mr. Serjeant ADAMS made due allowance for nearly similar circumstances, place rt n na t o e f yeeeg man, punishing, made wh efforts ae p r e t s o p e e ta reclaim (n a a n nd WILLIAM JONES a• like ,u m nin a fo nner, were sacrificed o_the officiousness of the Police. The prisoner, Sessions for called up for youth only nineteen years of age, Was cie't,d of stealing a watch, at the Novemb er the County of Middlesex. Wh en judgment he stated that, "in the previous Jan uary he left the Westminster Brideweli, where h e had been for twelve months, with the best of cha racter , For hio good_cqhduct there he receive; THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, MAY 2, 1854, • on leaving, a suit of clothes and half-a-crown. He then got work at a house which was building near the prison, and remained employed there until a boy who had known him in prison, and happened to be assisting the workmen, told them that he (JONES) was a convicted thief. The work men told the foreman, and in consequence he was discharged. He then obtained work at the Queen's Palace, which was being repaired. It was there found out again that he had been in prison, and he was turned away. He afterwards got some work in Old-street, and a policeman came and told his master the old story ; that he was a convicted thief, and he was for the third time turned away. He bad wished to gain an honest living, but ho found this was impossible, as, wherever he worked, as soon as it was found out, by people informing against him, that he had been in prison, he was at once turned away." The learned Serjeant respited, the sentence in order that full inquiry might be made into all the circumstances of the tale, which, although narrated with every appearance of truth, was deemed almost incredible. On investigation its accuracy in every point was distinctly ascertained, and full allowance was made for the irresistible temptatiOn, and the judicious clemency elicited universal approbation. Let us hope, then, that something may be done, not merely for individual prisoners, but for all who may be discharged under tickets of leave, to preserve them from an ordeal so terrible. It is an imperative duty cast upon all who respect the precepts of Him who came " not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance," to succour and comfort thcse who, " when the unclean spirit hath gone forth, walk through dry places, seeking rest and finding none !" It is, indeed, a noble mission in which to engage, and now that atten tion has been directed to the subject, that it has falleninto the efficient hands of Lord ST. LEONARDS, we trust and believe that it will not be lost sight of until something calculated to obviate the evil has been devised, and brought into practical operation. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool 3 esterday were estimated at 5,000 bales. The market was very flat, and prices of American 1-16 d. per lb. lower. The sales comprised 4,250 American, 50 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 6gd., 80 Bahia at 64-d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to Bid., 300 Surat at 21d. to 4d., and 40 Sea Island at ls. 2d. to ls. Bd. per lb. The colonial wool sales are to commence on the 11th inst. Letters by the overland mail, via Southampton, will be in time on the Gth inst., and via Marseilles on the 9th. ThB monthly list compiled by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffeehouse, gives a fair list of vessels loading in the port of London for the Australian colonies, but still much under what was observed last year. There are 37 ships for Port Philip, ranging from 101 up to 1,450 tons, the average being from 400 to 500 tons. For New South Wales there are 20 ships, for Van Dicmen's Land 16, and for Adelaide 12. For New Zealand five ships are up ; for India 28 vessels are on the berth ; for China, 8 ; and for the Cape of Good Hope, 7. There are several vessels of larger tonnage, as usual, on the Bengal and Madras stations. Messrs. F. J. Smith and Charles state : " Petersburgh, 10th—(22) April. Ex. 31 -a, Be tween Bth and 10th nothing done. Price on spot, 125 to 130 Rs. June, 113 10 down; August, 110 to 112 101 down. There were about 500 casks on the spot, which bad just arrived from Moscow. At Moscow no further purchases for transmission to Memel had been made." Accounts from Hamburgh state that money was still easy there, discounts being at only 21 per cent. The large remittances from England caused the supply to be full for all legitimate purposes. The firm of Moritz, Bauer, an d C o . h a d sus p en ded, owing, it is said 400,000 mares banco. The advices from the continent generally this morn ing have attracted attention, chiefly in consequence of their political tenour and their bearing upon the war. According to the despatches of the Greek merchants, our fleet at Odessa has not been very successful ; but such partisans,hip prevails among these persons that we must receive every state ment with a certain allowance for its Russian tinge. There can be no doubt that it will be a very diffi cult operation to take Odessa by merely landing a small force of marines in aid of the navy ; and it is considered that our military recently sent out could not have been better employed than in endeavour ing to capture Odessa. A Parliamentary paper that has been issued re calls to mind the fact that we have a heavy claim against Greece for arrears unpaid upon the Greek loans. Since the gratitude of that country is so very evanescent, the time seems to have arrived when we should demand satisfaction for our out lay, the more especially as British subjects are being taxed for a war which has been occasioned by the combined intrigues of the Russian and Greek po tentates. The balance due to us by Greece is 472,518/.,* a sum that would be very acceptable just now. At a special meeting of the Australasian Coal Company, it has been resolved unanimously to wind up, with a return of 19s. per share. The proprietors passed a strong resolution commending the management of the directors. The Funds have been very steady this morning, notwithstanding the announcement that increased Army and Navy estimates will be moved next Fri day, and that on the Monday following the Chan cellor of the Exchequer will make another financial statement. There seems to be, however, more con fidence with regard to the success of the Exchequer Bond issue, and several capitalists and corporations ' are named as having sent in tenders for large amounts. The success of this cannot be officially known until to-morrow, at 10 o'clock, and the greatest interest is manifest to learn whether the entire six mil lions will be asked for either by parties ready to take the bonds for money, or in exchange for float ing debt. There is still an active demand for specie to export to the Continent, and the Australian arrivals are being rapidly absorbed ; discounts are 5 per cent. This is the worst point against the Stock market. Consols for money have been. at 874 to 88 all the morning, and for account, after being 87i to 88, they have become steady at 871- to 88 also. The New 3k per Cents. have been 87g to 88, and the 3 per Cents. 86 to 87%. Bank Stock has declined to 2041 and 201. Exchequer Bills are at 2s. discount to 2s. premium. India Stock is marked 235, and there has been a bargain in the New 21 per Cents. at 731. In Foreign Stocks there has been a moderate business done. Russian 5 per Cents. have been 924 to 93i, and the 41 per Cents. 80L Peruvian 4i per Cents. are firm at GO, and Sardinian at 79k. Spanish 3 per Cents. aro steady at 361, the New Deferred at 1713 and the Committee's Certificate at 3L Dutch 21 per Cents. are 56g. In Railway Shares there is no particular change, but in some lines a good business has been done. Caledonian have risen compared with Saturday ss. Great Northern ss. to 10s., and Great Western about ss. Brighton are heavy. French Shares are firmer. Mining Shares are neglected, and Joint-stock Bank and Land Companies' inactive. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 2oli 1 43 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B7 61 7A 61 3 per Cent Consols Annuities BB 74 8 A 8 New 3+ per Cent. Annuities BB 7 8 New 2 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 43 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 15-16 India Stock South Sea Stock Consols for Account 11th May B7i 8 7i 8 7k Exchequer Bills, 2d. £lOOO 2500 2 d 2 p Small 2 d 2 p3p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 54 Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. 6O Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 92} 3A Ditto 43 per Cent sof Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. ...... 79i 80 79 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 361 1 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7tl Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 31 p c Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 8 74 if Ditto May Account .. 87i if NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) ( Bl' ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6 to 5 on Boiardo. 3to 1 agst Ruby (taken). 30 to 1 agst Champagne. 30 to 1 agst Physalis colt (taken). Ruby is the right age. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Newminster (offered). 15 to 1 agst Peggy. 16 to 1 agst Aldford. 25 to 1 agst Joe Miller. . 30 to 1 agst Tom. 30 to 1 agst Sandhurst. 33 to 1 agst Catspaw. 66 to 1 agst Umbriel. 66 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). DERBY. 6to 1 agst Dervish, 33 to 1 agst Canute. 33 to 1 agst Hospodar. 40 to 1 agst Alembic. 66 to 1 agst Trapper (taken freely). 100 to 1 agst Baalbec;and Marble Hill (coupled) MR. GLADSTONE'S FINANCIAL SCHEMES, Mr. James Wilson, one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, whose advice is understood to have been influ ential on the character of Mr. Gladstone's financial schemes, has been absent from the Treasury for some time past. The hon. gentleman's health is stated to be indifferent. Possibly some post of a less arduous and responsible character may hereafter be found for Mr. Wilson. It is quite clear that the financial plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his advisers—whoever they may have been—have been very costly to the 'nun try.—Daily Nam MARIONETTE THEATRE.—Last night Mr. G. Hodson, the popular Irish comedian, appeared for the first time here in a species of entertainment which is now exceed ingly popular, entitled "Paddy's Portfolio." The well known talent of Mr. G. Tiodson, both as a comedian and a vocalist, had the effect of drawing a numerous audience, from whom he experienced a very cordial greeting on his advent in "cliis new walk for public favour. Mr. Hodson kept the ar.dience in a continued state of merriment while reprJating his anecdotes, and sung Lover's "The Low-lxkcked Car, " " Mother b e ' s go i ng away," and several other popular Irish songs in first rate style. in addition to his singing, be gave some excellent imitations c.f celebrated London actors, among the most stiocesful of which was that of Mr. C. Kean, as Richard. The 'peculiarities of this gentlemen were hit off with such &Sect that an unanimous encore was the result. To all tb ose who wish to pass a pleasant even ing, we advise a visit to the Marionette Theatre, where the witnessing of the contents of "Paddy's Portfolio ja are parr, highly 4eltilt them:. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. PROCLAMATION OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 23d con tains a proclamation from the Emperor to his people, in which he represents the war against England and France as one undertaken in defence of the Orthodox Faith. England and France have thrown off the mask and revealed their real object, which is to weaken Russia and to deprive her of her powerful position in Europe. Russia will fight for the Christian faith, in de fence of her co-religionists, oppressed by their mer ciless enemies. COURT CIRCULAR. Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur. The Duchess of Kent paid a visit of congratulation to the Queen in the forenoon. Her Majesty gave a ball in the evening at Bucking ham Palace to a party of the juvenile nobility. The invitations numbered about 260, and comprised the families of the foreign Ministers, of the Ministers of State, and of the ladies and gentlemen of the Court. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and their Royal High nesses the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by a Lady in Waiting and Baron Knesebeck, arrived at the Palace at half-past 8 o'clock, and were received by the Queen in the White Drawing-room. The general company had commenced arriving at 8 o'clock, and were ushered up the Grand Staircase, which was brilliantly illuminated and decorated with flowers, the large arch at the termination of the first flight being completely fillad to the height of about 14 feet with a beautiful display of geraniums, arranged with great taste, and lighted by two huge crystal candelabra on massive bronze pedestals. Her Majesty's juvenile guests assembled in the Picture Gallery. At a quarter to 9 o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, the Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur, the Duchess of Kent, and the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and attended by the Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord de Tabley, Viscount Torrington, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Colonel Wylde, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, entered the Throne-room, which was arranged for dancing, and the ball immediately commenced with a quadrille. The Royal Princesses wore dresses of white tulle over white silk, trimmed with apple blossoms and wreaths of the same. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred wore the High. land dress. Lords Albert and Ronald Leveson Gower, the sons of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ; the Marquis of Douglas, son of the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton ; the Marquis of Lorne and the Lords Archibald and Walter Campbell, sons of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, and other youthful scions of the Scottish aris tocracy, wore the Highland costume. Her Majesty's private band officiated for the dancing. Refreshmentswere served during the evening in an ante-room, and, at the conclusion of the ball, her Ma jesty's juvenile visitors were conducted to supper, which was served in the State dinner-room. Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros has relieved Lieut.- Colonel F. H. Seymour in his duties as Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glocester yesterday, at Glocester-house. ...... Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official re sidence in Downing-street. A deputation on the subject of the Thames Embank ment and Railway, consisting of the Hon. R. E. Ho ward, Mr. T. K. Holmes, Mr. R. E. Jackson, Mr. Bird (engineer), Mr. Maltby (solicitor), and Mr. J. E. Weller, had an interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterday, at the office of Public Works, in Whitehall place. A deputation, including the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Denison, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Mr. Mac gregor, and Mr. Pullien, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. ST. PETERSBURG. —The letters from St. Petersburg reach to the 22d April. Business was almost entirely suspended, but the rate of exchange was again slightly less unfavourable, the quotation being 344 d. to id. The weather bad become warm and very fine, and the ice in the river was expected speedily to disappear. DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a decrease. They have comprised altogether seven vessels—two to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 1,041 tons; two to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 1,041 tons ; one to Hobart Town of 605 tons ; one to Launceston of 292 tons ; and one to Adelaide of 392 tons. Their total capacity was con sequently 3,161 tons. The rates of freight have not ex hibited any great variation. THE ALLEGED MUTINY ON BOARD THE AMERICAN SHIP SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS.—The Government having de clined, on the application of the American consul, to order an adjudication in this country of the eight seamen imprisoned on board the American ship Sovereign of the Seas, of New York, Captain Warner, on a charge of mutiny while on a passage from Melbourne to the port of London, the Secretary of the Legation had, we under siand, an audience on Saturday last with Lord Palmer ston, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the subject of a second application for the removal of the prisoners to a place of security until the captain was in a position to convey them to the United States for trial. His lordship, however, declined to entertain such a course. The whole of the prisoners made their escape from the ship on Saturday night, leaving their irons behind them. However, subsequently they were found all seated in the American consul's office in the City, and, on interrogating them as to how they got out of the ship, they stated that the carpenter came below to them, and, having unlocked their handcuffs, said they could go about their business, which they did, and they had come to the consul to seek redress and their wages. The clerks in the office persisted that the men had made their escape, yet no steps were taken to pretest their liberty. A MEDICAL ALDERMAN.—The newly-elected alder man for the city of London had formerly been a most honourable member of the medical profession, having filled a post no less distingui s h e d th a t th at of hysician general in the Bombay department of the East India Company's service. After proceeding to India as assist ant-surgeon more than 40 years ago, he passed through the various ranks of the medical profession in the service until at length he was appointed to the high office of head of the medical department of Bombay as physician general. He served under Lord Keene in Affghanistan, and returned to the Bombay presidency at the close of the war in that province of India. Mr. Alderman Ken nedy is, moreover, most favourably known as a medical author, having written one of the best treatises extant on that dreadful scourge of humanity, epidemic cholera, which he dedicated to the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta. ROYAL ITALIAN OPER4I.—The Queen's box at the Royal Italian Opera was occupied on Saturday evening by Lady Caroline Barrington and Miss Barrington and party. Among the fashionable company attending the theatre, we remarked his Excellency the Belgian Mini ster and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Wel lington and Lady Jane Hay, the Marchioness of Hast ings and Lady Bertha Hastings, the Marquis of Bread albane, the Marquis of Bath, the Marchioness of Ailes bury, the Marchioness of Ely, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl Cowper, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl and Coun tess of Clare and Lady Eleanor Fitzgibbon, the Earl of Gifford, the Countess of Glengall and Lady M. Butler, Viscount Ebrington, Viscount Ingestre, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Bolingbroke, Viscount Ranelagh, Lady Sondes and the Hon. Miss Milles, Lord Robert Pelham Clin ton, Lord Cranstoun, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady Francis Russell, Lord H. Thynne, Lord Charles Bruce, Lord Batemen, Lady Duffierin, the Ba roness Talleyrand, Lord and Lady Colville, Baron Paravicini, Lady Macfarlane, Hon, Francis Stonor, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Browne, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. H. Liddell and Miss Liddell, Hon. Mrs. Anson and Miss Anson, Hon. Mrs. Dudley Ward and Miss Fitz &aid, Hon. John Fortescue, General the Hon. H. Ca vendish, Sir George Armytage, Colonel Brownlow Knox, Sir Henry Meux, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley, Mr. William Rose, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. Walter Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Batts, Mr. Thistlethwayte, Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, Major Gabe, Major Pole, Colonel Blair, Captain Shearson, Captain Ellison, Cap tain Torrens, Captain Vivian, Mr. H. W. Currie, Mr. Leopold Redpath, Mr. J. H. Haytor, Mr. E. Bligh, Henry Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Arabin, Mr. Webster, *r. liamiltou Beckett, Mr. Baring,lol4l',, e4c. BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA. The Austrian Correspondenz has the following, under date of Bucharest, April 28 : " The English and French admirals demanded the delivery of the Russian vessels at Odessa. On refusal, seven three-deckers and eleven frigates bombarded the town on the 24th. " The Woronzoff palace is totally destroyed. " Eighteen hundred troops failed in an attempt at landing. " Four frigates are severely damaged. " The bombardment continues. " Prussia has recalled its consul from Bucharest, approving of his recent conduct." The above is a Russian version of the bombard ment, and therefore cannot be depended upon. A private telegraphic despatch received from Odessa by an eminent Greek firm, and dated the 26th ult., states that the whole combined fleet took its departure on the morning of that day. THE DANUBE. BOMBARDMENT OF SILISTRIA-GAL LANT DEFENCE OF THE TURKS. SILISTRIA, April 25.-The bombardment has produced no effect. The Russians are expected to attack on the Ist of May with 30,000 men, who will cross the river under cover of 1.7 heavy batteries. The passage of the river at Oltenitza is expected at the same time. The garrison of Silistria is calm and resolute. BUCHAREST, April 19.—Silistria has been hard pressed ever since the 14th, and would have already fallen but for the determined valour of its defenders. These say they can hold out till auxiliary troops come to their relief. The Russians, on the contrary, say the place must surrender in a fe ;v days. Mustapha Pacha has a strong garrison, but the fortress is neither well victualled, nor properly supplied with ammunition. The ford is in the power of the Russians, so likewise the en trenchments at the Dristra, which flows into the Danube. The troops who defended them retired into the fortress, which itself is only defended by a simple wall with a strong citadel. General Chru leff's and General Luders' corps have effected a junction above Rassova ; the vanguard of the latter was, on the 17th, at Kusgun, near Silistria. The Wiener Zeitung gives an extract from a Bucharest paper of the 17th, which states that the city of Silistria, at the moment of the corres pondent's writing, was one bright sheet of flames ; the expression being, " This city is now one ocean of flames." But the journal has letters of the same day from Silistria itself, which say that the city is simply bombarded, it being the object of the Rus sians to concentrate their troops en rayon, about it. Another German newspaper states that the Russians have assaulted Silistria unsuccessfully three times, and to have lost upwards of 3,000 men in the attempt. ORSOVA, April 28.—Sixteen thousand Turks have gone down the stream from Kalafat towards Rahova. The Ost Deutsche Post gives as the most impor tant military news from Bulgaria an account of the special corps of Russian dragoons, 26,000 strong (and which generally follows the footsteps of Prince Paskiewitsch), being now under march for the Danube. It is believed to be the intention of the prince to press on with this corps, and a select reserve of light troops, into the very heart of Turkey. The Lloyd has successive despatches from the Lesser Wallachia, which mention that the Russian line of observation in front of Kalafat has been, for reasons which aro at present unexplained, with drawn in the direction of Radova and Krajova. The bank of the Danube down to Kalafat is no longer in Russian occupation, all their picquets being withdrawn from Tuen-Severin downwards. The withdrawal of the Russians from Lesser Wal lachia, and their entire evacuation of that province, has now become a matter of fact. The military hospitals, and entire munitions and apparatus of war, are being conveyed on upwards of a thousand waggons along the road to Bucharest. As a com panion to the burning of Fokshan, we have now to mention the fate of the small but flourishing commercial town of Kimpina, on the high road from Bucharest to Cronstadt. It has fallen an en tire prey to the devouring element, which has there spared but a few houses. On the high road from Braila to Bucharest Russian guards are sta tioned at every league's distance, who minutely examine every passenger, scrutinise his travelling papers, and ask the most prying and impertinent questions. As the complaints of the Prussian con sul were entirely disregarded by the intending authorities, he very properly took down his flag and took himself oft'. The Austrian consul is still there. The Presse says the withdrawal of the Russians may be explained in connection with the formation of the two Austrian corps d'armee in Galicia, the Russian prince not wishing to have his retreat cut off by the armies of Austria ; or it may be, that Prince Paskiewitsch is only anxious to con centrate the Russian forces against Silistria, and so force it to surrender, as being the outwork of the Balkan, ere the English and French army can come up to its relief. Or the whole may be but a stratagem to draw the Turks from their entrenched position at Kalafat. It is a stra tagem as old as the Trojan war played over again. There is not a single correspondent of any of the foreign newspapers permitted to remain any longer in Bucharest ; no details of the Russian operations appear even in the local newspapers of that place. They are sent only to the Russian Invalide, a military journal, which appears in St. Petersburg. The recent expulsion of the five newspaper re porters fram Bucharest is said to have been effected at the instance of Prince Paskiewitsch, who, during the Hung , trian war, did not even report to the Emperor of Austria, but solely to the Czar, his master, and suffered no journalist's presence of any kind in or about his head-quarters. The Presse of Vienna says :—" Accounts from Widdin, to the 20th ult., state that on the two pre vious days fighting took place on several points of the line of investment. On both sides there were great losses. On the 10th the Turks, under the orders of Said Pacha, passed the Danube in the night, and in the following morning attacked the Russian entrenchments in three places. The Rus sians retired with great loss ; but they afterwards returned with imposing forces. The Turks de stroyed two of the enemy's redoubts, and afterwards evacuated the Wallachian bank. The combat took place between Turnul and Simnitza." The Governor of Matchin has been arrested, and is to be tried by a council of war on a charge of treason. Letters to him from General Luders are said to have been seized. THE BALTIC. COPENHAGWr, April 29.—Capt. J. Thayun, of the brig Johannes, who, on his voyage from Revel to London, left Baltic Port on the 17th inst., reports that the fleet, in a line of about 25 sail, had placed itself between Sandoon. and Daguort, so as totally to command the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia. Within this line cruisers were stationed close up to Revel. COPENHAGEN, April 26.—We have now genial showers and delightful spring weather, and there is every token of a glorious harvest. The Tribune sailed to-day, with two prizes in tow. A Swedish Parliamentary committee has unanimously decided on requesting the King to abolish every kind of inland quarantine. To-day's Dagbladet has the following significant paragraph : " Prince Frederick of Hesse, son of the Landgravine Charlotte, and brother-in-law of Prince Christian of Demark, is reported by the German papers to have distributed a sum of 3,000 silver roubles among the wounded of the Russian regiment which bears his name. We have no business to make any remarks on this generosity of the late stepson of the Russian Czar, as of course his highness has as much right as any other Danish subject to display what sympathies he will. But it is not quite decent that this distribution has been made through the Danish Minister in St. Petersburg, who has hereby infringed the position he ought to occupy as the representative of a neutral*PoWer." These Hessians have been very active in the late Ministerial crisis here. In its number of 28th inst., the Preussische Correspondenz states, that recent advices from Sweden contradict the assertion, that the Isles have been evacuated by the Russians ; that, on the contrary, reinforcements ',of troops were ar riving, and new entrenchments were being thrown up there. In reference also to the statements con tained in some papers that a strong desire for a closer approximation of the Scandinavian king doms to the Western Powers was being manifested by the people, the same Correspomdenz mentions that while the aversion of the population at large from its powerful neighbour was very unmistake able, the bulk of the nation approved of the de termination of the Government to observe neutra lity, for they expected no advantage from a war against Russia, seeing that their retention of Fin land, if it should be restored to them would be a matter of extreme difficulty. The small pox broke out even whilst at Kioge Bay, on board the James Watt; vaccine matter was furnished from hence. The ship, of course, is iso lated. We have heard of about 18 prizes being taken. The Cumberland, 70, Capt. Seymour, left Kioge 27th ult., with a fair wind, to join the Admiral. All was right on board, and every man doing his ut most to obliterate all recollection of the effects of the United Service Gazette and the Portsmouth crimps._ _ The fleet were likely to be soon in want of stores. The Admiralty therefore have ordered the Resist ance, transport, Master Commander Bradshaw, to Sheerness, to receive on board as much as she can stow for the Baltic. As soon as the ice broke up, the Czar intended, it is said, sending the fleet now at Cronstadt to re inforce the one that is in the harbour of Sweaborg, but has now modified his intentions, seeing that the presence of Admiral Napier would compel him to offer or accept an engagement, before the junc tion of the two Russian squadrons could be effected. It is only the island of Esel, situated between the Gulf of Livonia and that of Finland, that has been evacuated. The Ost-see-Zeitung has a curious letter from Re vel, of the 14th. It says, " that General de Berg, commandant of the place, announced some time since to the people there that he was going to prove the cannons of the place (or fortress), but that they need be under no apprehension on the subject, as no harm would accrue from it to them. At the ap pointed time all were in the utmost expectation of hearing a grand 'cannonade; when what was their disappointment at hearing only two isolated shots. It then appeared, on investigation, that the whole of the guns excepting six were entirely useless ; they were of iron, and completely corroded with rust. Of the six which were discharged, two lost their muzzles at the first shot." SIR CHARLES NAPIER IN SWEDEN. The following 13 from a correspondent of the Daily News, dated Stockholm, April 24 : " The Swedes—who are on the whole a less phleg matic race than the Danes—comprehend more readily than the latter the importance of the approaching con test, and enter, so to write, into the spirit of it. As observed in one of my previous communications, the do minant feeling in Copenhagen with reference to that contest is rather one of alarm ; in Sweden, on the con trary, it is one of hope, that is to say, so far as the great mass of the people are concerned. It is not surprising, therefore, that the announcement on Saturday last that the British fleet had arrived in what may be called the Stockholm waters produced much excitement, and be came for the time the all-engrossing topic of conversa tion. Arrangements were immediately made by nume rous persons for going down in steamers to the bay in which the squadron was lying at anchor. The first one, hired by a private party, started about.inidnight. The majority on board were officers of the guards, and amongst other persons present I observed the British consul, Major Pringle, and one of his sons, and the British vice-consul, Mr. Samson. " The steamer, named the Ririe Dahlberg, is a small but very handsome one, generally employed in running on the Malarsee, that celebrated arm of the sea which stretches to and beyond Stockholm, and which is covered with hundreds of picturesque islands. Our party was about 50 strong, and about one-half remained on deck till day break, wrapped up in their fur cloaks, and well provided with all the good things of this life. That the Swedes are, from time to time at least, a right merry race, I soon discovered, and so did the few persons who sat in the cabin in the hope of having a quiet nap. On reach ing Daleroe, after passing the strong fortress of Wax holm, we espied a small .English war steamer, which turned out to be the Lightning, 2 guns. Some of our party landed for a few minutes on that island, and brought back the intelligence that a British officer was on it. On inquiry we found that it was Mr. Marks, the pur ser of the Duke of Wellington, who was making the best arrangements in his power for proceeding by land to Stockholm, in order to see the British consul. Very fortunately, the latter gentleman was on board our little steamer, so Mr. Marks was saved a long journey, on a very bad road, and in a patriarchal kind of vehicle, where he would have been far less at ease than in his own berth or the flag-ship. The Lightning, which had conveyed him to Daleroe, soon got under weigh again and followed in our track, the people on board being not a little surprised to find Mr. Marks returning in a Swedish steamer to the fleet which he had so shortly quitted. I need scarcely state that he met with much courtesy on the part of all our Swedish acquaintances. Towards seven in the morning we came in view of a portion of the fleet, and eager was the gaze of all the Swedes of the party. That eagerness was increased when, quitting a narrow channel, we emerged into a spacious and well-protected bay, that of Elfsnabben, about 55 English miles from this city, and one or two from the Baltic. The ships, 18 in number, amongst which I recognised, besides the admiral's one, the Nep tune, with Admiral Corry's flag at the fore, the St. Jean d'Acre, the Royal George, the Caesar, the Cressy, the Princess Royal, the Boscawen, the Blenheim, the Hogue, the Edinburgh, the Amphion, the Arrogant, and the Dragon. The squadron was moored in a semi circle, in a circumference of about a mile and a half. "As soon as it was known on board the Duke of Wellington that the British Consul, Major Pringle, had come down in the Elric Dahlberg, a cutter was sent to convey him to the former. I may state here that the gallant major, formerly of the Scots Fusiliers, has seen much active service in his day, that he is an old school fellow of Sir Charles Napier, with whom he served in North America in 1814 and 1815, and that he is inti mately acquainted with the language, as well as with the political and social condition of Sweden, in which he has filled, during several years, the post of British Con sul-General. "After a little delay, all the persons on board the Elric Dahlberg were rowed to the admiral's ship, in the cutter of the latter, and received on board with great courtesy. Their chief desire was to see the admiral, and that desire was gratified, for Sir Charles was pacing up and down the quarter-deck apparently in deep thought. As soon as he perceived the visitors, he returned their salutations in a friendly manner, and continued his brisk walk, muttering occasionally to himself, and often cast ing eager glances in the direction of the open sea. One simile appeared to occur to the minds of all our Swedish friends, for I heard group after group designate the ad miral as a " lion." And certainly, as he paced up and down the quarter-deck, in majestic solitude, the ruler of all he surveyed, and conscious of his vast might as head of the noblest British fleet which has appeared in the Baltic, the simile was not an inappropriate one. " Shortly after our arrival, Divine service, according to the Anglican ritual, was commenced—the Roman Catholics not going below deck, and, consequently, not taking any part in that service. There appeared to be a not inconsiderable number of Roman Catholics, but a hint was given to me that several persons on board gave themselves out as such in order not to be under the necessity of attending church. " During the three or four hours I remained on board the Duke of Wellington, six other small steamers came alongside, and each poured_ forth a new batch of visi tors, all of whom were allowed to go over the noble vessel and to examine it in all directions. I should have stated before that the Swedish officers of the Guards, who came down in the Elric Dahlberg, were hospitably entertained in the ward-room. They appeared highly delighted with the cordial reception they met with, and on their departure they raised three hearty cheers. One of their countrymen and brother soldiers, Lieutenant Theorell, is now serving as a volunteer on board the Duke of Wellington. During the day, a small Swedish war steamer, the Gylfe, of two guns, arrived in the bay, having on board Commodore Annerstedt, of the Stockholm division of the Swedish fleet, and other officers, who paid a visit to the admiral. At the invi tation of the commodore, the British Consul and a few of his acquaintances, including Mr. Marks, the purser of the fleet, went on board the Gylfe, and proceeded in it as far as the fortress of Waxholtn, where they were transferred to a smaller Government steamer which reached Stockholm about one a.m., closely followed by one of the passenger steam-boats. The night was extremely cold, but nearly every one was wrapped up in fur-lined coats, and no ladies went down to Elfsnabben to see the fleet—the distance being, no doubt, considered too great, and the wea ther very cold, particularly in the insulated channels between Stockholm and the above bay. I am informed that in two of the steamers the night was passed, during the return home, in doing honour to v ar i ous toasts which would have sounded very disagreeably to Russian ears ; and I can state that I heard in other Swedish quarters the expression of much sympathy for England, and of many an earnest hope of its success. "This morning Mr. Grey, the British charge d'affaires ad interim, accompanied by M rs . an d Mi ss P r i ng l e , th e wife and daughter of the respected British consul, paid a visit to Sir Charles Napier, on board the Duke of Wel lington, and returned with him last night to Stockholm —the gallant admiral becoming Mr. Grey's guest. It is probable that Sir Charles will pay a visit to the king of Sweden, provided that no such difficulties arise as those which he at first met •with, through certain court and ministerial influences in Denmark, and, consequently, provided that no great delay occurs in his obtaining an audience. A man in the admiral's position bas no time to lose through court etiquette. All day yesterday Mr. Marks, accompanied by one of his inessinen, was em ployed in catering for the fleet, and he has contrived to procure about 60 live bullocks, a large quantity of meat, and good supplies of all kinds. As Mr. Marks, who has seen much service, is no longer a young man, and as he bears some resemblance to Sir Charles Napier, he was frequently taken during his perambulations for the ad miral, and was followed from time to time by hosts of inquisitive persons. " The stay of the fleet in the Stockholm waters will be, ite you may readily suppopie, only. e. brief one—at most three days more, unless the weather become, as it threatens to do, very severe again. The present arrange ment is, I believe I may state, for the fleet to leave is the course of Thursday nest." THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC. The following are the latest advices received in reference to the state of the navigation in the Baltic : REVEL, April 18.—To-day the wind at S.S.W., and three vessels are endeavouring to work their way through the ice, which blocks up the entrance to the harbour. BOLDERAA April 23, a.m.—Out of the 24 ve ssel; which were Off the harbour, eight have been g6t ne ar port. The N. wind h as aga i n d r i ven the ice very the coast, but there are various open spaces in it. The Caroline is still fast in the ice, and has drifted clos e to the coast of Courland. P . 31 .— All the vessels which were in sight off this port have got safe into harbour, with the exception of a Swedish brig, and the Russia n . barque Caroline. The f or me r li es f as t i n the ice, abo ut two miles W. of the harbour ; the latter has been driven so far into the Bay of Kangern, that her masts only are visible. April 24.—8 y the fresh N. breeze, the ice lias been driven considerably nearer to this coast. CONSTAN TINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17.—Yesterday was th e Latin Easter, and the Frank population were as joyous as the snow and sleet would permit. Th e , Poles, who number about 60 souls, principall the style had an entertainment of their own in t he e style of the Jewish Passover. They met in house of one of their principal countrymen, and tits „ a meal standing—a custom among them of gr e a t , antiquity, and a bond of union to a people scatte red abroad over the face of the earth. The Easter of the Oriental Church falls on Sunday next. So ule danger of tumult is annually feared at this seasc,n i ! and this may have been one of the reasons will% induced the Porte to hasten the expulsion of t", Hellenic residents. However, all will probah,?: go off quietly. Panic:: are periodical in the Tu riz ish capital, and during the l as t w ee k it has he el ! whispered that the M ussulman population are ill; very uneasy state, that they regar d w ith fury th e concession of rights to the Ch r i st i ans , cr y out the the country is betrayed, and contemplate sal; thing like a popular ris i ng ';but there is 11 ,,,", more danger from the T ur k s th an f ro m Greeks. The former are no doubt despond l _,,, e " as to the fate of their race and nation ; they extremely mortified by the sight of Europa} troops in their capital, and dread the changcs.l manners and the decay of religious usages wil l t such an influx of strangers must produce. -P e they are on the whole resigned to the acceptanc eof . 3 a new order of things, and their dissatisfaction I, more expressed by a sullen demeanour than by a! i l f, active tokens of dislike. Au Englishman may I":; alone into the most remote lanes of Stamboul, , from a Christian habitation, without the slight' danger of insult or ill-treatment. In the fleet there is a great desire that a milits r it i force should be sent to assist the admirals in thl operations. According to the naval critics, Anil men would enable them to destroy Sebastopel capture the entire Russian fleet, to besiege Odess e ; and cut off all communication between the Russ er armies and their supplies of grain ; or, on the et' e f side of the Euxine, to annihilate the fortresses. o the Circassian coast, and overthrow the Muscev i et power south of the Caucasus. The principal reg r is, that so fine a squadron should have nothing e j i which to exercise its strength, and should be redn o " to the dreary necessity of a permanent blockade . he A firman is immediately expected, couched in t ,,, strongest terms, on the subject of the Bashi-Baz oll _,7,i They are to be placed under stricter discipline, r e a every offence against property is to be pun's'" with unsparing severity. This is a measure of .1 4`; greatest importance, as they are driving to deet. r ration the Bulgarians ? a people naturally well w posed to the Turkish rule. ble The great barrack of Scutari, which is ca?„,i. of containing 18,000 men, is situated on an el, nence not 100 yards from the sea coast, and is 0 7 one of the many others that surround Constan nople. Everything had, some days b e fore, h e p e, a t got ready for the reception o f our t roo ps ; v . " 6 supplies of corn and other provisions having u e . bought up by the co mm i ssar i es , an d con t r acts `a tered into for th e d a ily d e li very o f many thollss' re pounds of meat, bread, & c . Th e troops 'lea formed into small detachments as they steppe', ;,p shore from the Him a l a y a , an d a t once marc het k l i the hill to their new h ome . A reg i men t of T111.%-$1 infantry was drawn, out in front of the princ'r„a entrance of the building, and th e T ur kish ha as played a hearty welcome to the British a llies they stepped past. Turkish officers and interg o ters were in waiting to receive the troops. lst Pacha of Scutari was also in attendance, wu' y i others had gone on board to welcome the n- A ~a corners. Our soldiers were looking well, smart , 3 „ se active, and seemed glad at exchanging the e'" o f steamer for the clean and roomy accommodation a the Turkish barrack. The first hundred men 1) ; 5 4 , scarcely entered the building before British sentr l- ,. were already parading up and down at the PI - , gates. This metamorphosis seemed much to pitz .5 ,.. - the population of Scutari. Hamals (Turkish p° . ; ters) and carts with oxen were ready waiting it the landing-place, and took up the luggage. . 0 cannot be said that the Turks had assemblea 4 i o very great numbers to witness the landing et "„. British troops. Had they been quartered at Co e ' stantinople, stantinople, they would have created a much greabed sensation. There were, however, some hund t r be men, women, and children on the heights noar„d great barrack, mostly of the lower orders, and th ey stared with unfeigned curosity at the red coats• h our soldiers. Scutari is the most genuine Tutt e d suburb of Constantinople. It is entirely inhatio ' by Mahomedans, and the people are not a ""„ r5 dumb-founded at seeing 2,000 red-jacket gis ° , 3 , - a t suddenly quartered amongst them. They knout " h ' o f they come as friends and allies, and as such t ' - is receive them. The Turkish women's curiosiq greatly moved, and those assembled were p a tters ) ; about in their yellow moro cco b oo t s an d sliPP er o ; their eyes peering out with dark lustre W o o under the white yastmuth. "Inglis askier Yusel" (The English soldiers are well-look e . I was said by one near me ; to which another „;), plied, " Sakallaro - yok " (They have no bear lap The day cleared up very fine. Constantinople.,,,, to the left, presenting a magnificent panors' on , with its domes and minarets glistening in the The which must have struck the newly arrived. ' or 1 Sea of Marmora was calm, and the waters the rounding Seraglio point, and stretching uP IBosphorus, but slightly rippled by the nortb i e o breeze. The soldiers, who on first landing ba u d o f their great coats, soon put them aside, the rol' o p the sun becoming too scorching. An April ° a y at Constantinople is very powerful, and yoll efr have winter one day and warm summer the n o , The barrack at Scutari is certainly the best at , stantinople, independent of its ex ce ll en t posi o t i° o being very easy of excess. That o f D o ud Fl e by over at Constantinople, which will be occapieu t o f the French, is equally good, but very much eu the way, and the road leading to it very nai le d. uneven, and scarcely practicable for heavy a rtille,, t h We are hourly exp ec ti ng f r e s h arrivals of 'l s , British and French troops at Constantin n Eis Everything is in readiness for them. They " only have to land. THE BRITISH CAMP AT GALLIPOLI' j The special correspondent of the Aforli . 0g 3 4 Chronicle writes the following from the Brit' camp : " BouLAnru, APRIL 20.—T0-clay the intended or s, trenchments here were traced by the French engi°,letce assisted by Lieutenant-General Sir G. Brown ; e 5" t he morrow the ground will be broken. The French ( I °4o half of the work to the eastward, or right of the P 1 1 01) —the English the other half. About 2,000 men of `ybe army will be employed. We have here now, ulidefp s of command of (Jul. Lawrenc e , o f th e Rifl es , 11' 2 coniparno& Sippers and Miners, a b a tt a li on o f R i fl es , an d the 50i nia' 93d regiments ; in all 2,700 men. Nothing of u n isthy portance has t a k en p l aca s i nce my letter of the ; to except that yesterday orders were given for rirt'e the patrol Gallipoli during tire night. Under this (Od e ll ' . the men were totally unrestrained, and exposed to s an d temptations of extreme cold, irregularity of mealslbeap. hard work, with the means of intoxication very c oca That the discipline of the British army has not * i o ta into great disrepute we must thank the soldiers ' d A ll selves. Of course some were a little riotous, unpin complaints against them were much exaggerateti• loch happy to say that Col. Victor, of the Engineer s, is )ace better. He will probably go to Constantinople to r`ertoo Brigadier-Gen. Tylden, whose fall has hurt himwo r to to was at first supposed, though I trust not so owe" cause his services to be lost during the entire carrrvery The weather is fine again, but the nights are stn as sir cold. The head-quarters are not likely to be here,„,olan G. Brown moved into the house reserved for Lord P' o ; in on the arrival of the mail. You will of course England, before we do here, what Austria inteuore an d sire join us, we shall probably march by Adrianorarroy. Sophia, and effect a junction with the Austrian ter i a l, With the Danube for the transport of heavy pr at FAO' 'we shall then probably clear Wallachia oiat sians before winter, and perhaps take Ismail u 0 "- 1 , our in Bessarabia, which places we dare not leave pieutroi rear in advancing int o Moldavia. If Austri a is, od, or against us, we mus t d e f en d . C ons tantinop le, p ouf above all, Varna, for th roug h it we can ai v "'Y ero' g in troops on a Russian army attempting 080,00 the Balkan. W i th 200,000 Turks an tbe auxiliaries, we s h a ll h ar dly a ttempt to I°_r_elogst Russians back f rom th e i r s t ron g position 3j." the fortresses at the mouth of the Danube guy' could, no doubt, have done so a month ago, vi ; lo g sian reinforcements could not come up rather in a few months, for it will be m tll d b r ing fore the English army is an army) itussialgre is 0 4 ? up as many if not more men than we can. _by a 1 , 1 ; now one spot which we could perhaps secur% wool" do tro for gorous stroke, viz., Sebastopol ; but to _ DI T i 4 require a great outlay in transports, as the _„d the purpose should land at least 60,000 4101411"" ;o ut yet be, , all necesi to induce peLse, al transport proceed the Fren that a w armies I Russia a( officers, We are sians bai therefore will be ] the Russ mediate in excell done, I before n( the ordir troops w feet, and with, thi crombie HEAI APR] could r 48 hou his COlll proved great I I thin' his gra the gol to eon( MODMI should not me battali artille] admit you m - posi* tary ri descril Shumi defend or 70( be dc town ; other, the ea erable has n been weeks for thl that a town ing fr, took a squ: Cossa Shun Balfo Rova Lieut Ceylc the ft] naet i