The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-25 00:00:00

THE WAR.—CRONSTADT and AS FORTIFICATIONS. From the Survey of EIIC SWETN- sox, C.E. Price 3s. 6d., or, free by post, on receipt of 4s. in postage stamps. Lloyd Brothers and Co., 22, Ludgate-hill, London. THE WAR.—SEBASTOPOL and. its FORTIFICATIONS. From the Imperial Survey of the Porta of the Black Sea. Price 3e. 6d., or, free by post, on receipt of 4s. in postage stamps. Lloyd Brothers and Co., 22, Ludgate-hill, London. THE WAR.—ODESSA and ita3 FORTIFICATIONS. From the Imperial Survey of the Ports of the Black Sea. Price 3s. 6d., or, free by post. on receipt of in postage stamps. Lloyd Brothers and Co., 22, Ludgate-hill, London. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Mat 25, Will be perfbrmed DON GIOVANN. Donna Anna. Mdlle. Ru dersdorff; Elvira, Madame Caradori ; Zerlina, Mdlle. Agnes Bury ; Don Giovanni, Herr Pasque ; Octavio, Herr Reichardt ; H Comraen latore, Mr. Hamilton Braham ; and Leporello, Herr Formes. Followed by (7th time) a new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE, in which Mdlle. Pasqualis will aPPeir- Prices--Btalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. The Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may be secured. 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, MAY 25, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF TILE MOUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenheff, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitz William. Atter which, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled MR. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROIL U Pla nck E THEsLq.O GBE (IN LEI CESTER-SQUARE), written by J. , ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CusuLma KEAN. TILLS EVENING. MAY 25, WM be performed THE MARBLED UNMA.RRIED. cha ra d e , by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and Murray. F o llowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; Mrs. Winstarley and Miss C. Leclercq. After which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters by Messrs. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Baker; and Misses Murray and Daly. THEATRE ROYAL AD EL PHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAY 5. Will be performed TIIE RBL E RE.I./t ; or, The Sculptor's Dream. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web ster, and C. Selby; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. Harding. oiii,svel by THE XOUSTACTIE MOVENE r.INT. Principal. eha ra,:ters by Ntessrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and. rarselle; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley. After which, THE OVERL VND JOURNEY TO CONSTANTI NOPLE, AA UNDERTAKEN BY LOW 13A.TEAAN, WITH ITI:E4TINi3 PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR zsOPHIA. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEkTRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha mfers by Messrs. F. Robson, J. II Whi.e, Leslie, and Vincent; 3Lrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. Afier which. T EIE MIT N( NEY. Characters by Messrs. 11. Wigan, Xtoblon, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. t•o be followea by TO 0 GLIOE BENSON. Supported by Messrs Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham. STRAND TII E A.T RE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Lome THIS EVENING, Mu '2 5 , Will be performed THE S rikruE LOVER. 'To be followed by A DAY AFTER "fHE WEDDING. After which, THE GARDENER OF VERSAILLES. To be followed by THE SEA NYMPH'S CAVE. To conclude with THE BONNET-BUILDERS' TEA. PARTY. Stalls, Ss.; Boxes, 3si. ; Pit, h. 6d ; Gallery, tid.; Private it,ixes, .£1 11s. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Boud-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPIIITIIEATR% Lessee and Manager, Mt. William Cooke. TEIIS EVENING, MAT 25, Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec tacle, embodying n wet and extraordinary effects (written by Mr N , lson Lee), entitled T OF TIII4I WAR; or, The ilorse of the Wreck. The horses expre,sly trainel by Mr. W. Cooke. • - • Followed by NOVEL FEATS of EQUITATION' SANSPA REILLE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled TIM STAR OF TEIE It GINE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, PANORAMIC VIEW OF CHUSAN.—Splendld and Extensive MENAGERIE, Vocal and Instrumental Concert, in which Miss Poole, 311. s Rans. ford, and Mr. Manvers will appear. Uri , Military baud of the establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Various amusing Novelties, concluding with the Bombardment of Chusan, Explosi , n of Chinese Fire Rafts, and brilliant Py rotechnic display, by Messrs. Soathby.— Doo s open at One.—Admission, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tit DAT —Morning 48 cnin.e.fter 12 1 Evening 10 min.eft.. 1 To-Moanow—Morning 30 cain.after 1 I Evening 50 ratn.e.ft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Suit Oprias, MAT 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66 highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'88—still rising. WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, with heavy clouds and sunshine. f?~~~ 4tip \ lAN dr, )41,,NALIY. • 81 Z - bt, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1854. Half-a-dozen months ago more value might have attached to the announcement which we are enabled to make this evening, to the effect that the Four Powers have entered into some sort of amicable agreement that England, France, Austria, and Prussia have come to some kind of satisfactory understanding. As matters stand at present, after all that has occurred during the past year and a half, we believe that the public at large has altogether lost faith in the value of treaties, or seneds, or notes, or protocols. The time has gone by when intelligence of the arrange ment said to have been entered into yesterday at Vienna between the assembled plenipotentiaries from the Courts of St. James, the Tuileries, Char lottenburg, and Schoenbrunn, could he reasonably expected to excite anything like the enthusiasm of hope or confidence in the population. The cordial co-operation of Austria and Prussia with France and England has been too long questioned to be re garded now as matter of instant credibility. Nay, the very nature of the treaty of alliance recently concluded between the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna—that specious but suspicious document - we last evening took occasion in these columns to analyse somewhat minutely—would be amply suffi cient of itself to provoke suspicion, even in the presence of the most auspicious information. I Wherefore it would be idle to estimate the ac count coming to us to-day from the Austrian ca pital as of that magnitude of importance that it can bs expected to bring the war at once to a satisfactory termination. Against the probability, or rather we might even go so far as to assert against the possibility, of any such happy issue to events now transpiring, there are enormous and at any rate seemingly insurmountable obstructions— impediments only too easy of enumeration. There is the notorious duplicity of the King of PRUSSIA. There is the Czka's known infuriation against Turkey and her allies, the two great Powers of Western Christendom. There is the reli gious fanaticism excited among the Rus sians--a fanaticism that can no t be conjured away by a protocol. There are all those compli cations in regar d to the Eastern question which after another in Epiru s and have sprung up one Thessaly, in Finland and Macedonia, in Greece and Montenegro. The battle must be fought out now by sea and by land, for once and for all, in the Euxine and in the Baltic, before Cronstadt and before Sebastopol, on the Neva and on the Danube —in spite of all the efforts that may still be made to the contrary by ABERDEEN Ministers or Vien nese plenipotentiaries. The Income Tax Bill, No 2, stands among the orders of the day for second reading. It is pos sible, although not very probable, that it may come on during the very next sitting of the House. Hon. Gentlemen should, therefore, at ouce deter- mine ou the course they intend adopting in refer lace i f: t • very important question—which !' ': 7 tate, discussed, and materials con i. ...-4:' ------- , 4, 4 27 .ii . -, i nal decisiou is arrived at. 4 t now be looked at in a very ki t :' ,t4; i -c - 4 , z !-. 247 ,- ( - .._, fr- ~~~ 14'Ci - : 'r differe7at point of view from any in which it was heretc,fore regarded. On all previous occasions it was only granted for a definite period. The Pub) _ic might look forward hopefully, either to its totfAl repeal, or to its modification at a fixed time. Tlaose who felt themselves seriously aggrieved /..)y its unequal and unjust operation, knew that an opportunity would be afforded of detailing their objections to the measure in the existing form, and exerting themselves to obtain a more equitable Apportionment. They, therefore, sub mitted to the evil in the hope of early redress. Three years would speedly pass away, and much might 1.5 e anticipated from the labours of fiscal reformers and the progressive force of public opinion during the interval. Last year san guin.f, hopes of amelioration were entertained. Thf, leaders of the Ministry, in both branches of_ the Legislature, had more than hinted at 'the prospects of a new assessment. The former \ Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had but a short time previously relinquished office, had recognised the distinction between permanent and transitory incomes ; and it was con fid en tly ex . .. . . . petted that his successor would be at least as libe ral towards intelligence and industry. Much dis appointment was naturally felt when Mr. GLAD STONE announced that no alteration could be made—that equal rates should still be charged on all kinds of income without reference to the sources from whence it might be derived, or its precarious nature. There was, however, some mitigation to the blow. The Right Hon. Gentleman candidly acknowledged the grievance. He confessed that "intelligence paid too much, and property too little ;" and while deploring the impossibility of reconstructing the tax, explained a mode by which its severity should be gradually lessened, and its ultimate abolition provided for. Nay, more, as if that provision were not sufficient to pour balm on the wounded feelings of the aggrieved parties, he placed an exclusive tax on real property of all kinds and settled personalty that might be considered some compensation to the industrious classes. It is then, perhaps, scarcely surprising that the Right Hon. Gentleman should have induced many enthusiastic and consistent reformers to sanction his proposi tions, and to render powerful support to the re newal of the impost without change or alteration. When the proposition for doubling the tax for half a year was brought forward in March there were other reasons against entering on the ar duous task of revision. It was scarcely worth encountering the difficulties that opposed a satis factory arrangement of the disputed point when the augmentation was only demanded for six months. It was also desirable to show that Par liament was unanimous in providing the neces sary ways and means for the increased war ex penditure. The Ministerial proposition was at once accepted, and Bill No. 1 passed through both Houses, if not without remonstrance, at least without serious opposition. Now, however, we are called on not merely to retain, but to double the charge during the con tinuance of a war the termination whereof it is impossible to predict and which none of us may live to see. If the present opportunity be ne glected or misapplied, no other may occur during the present generation. The hopes of revision, or of a more equitable adjustment of the burden, will for ever vanish. The last evil will escape from the box of the Modern PANDORA. A deter mined course of policy by the fiscal and financial reformers within the House, aided by the pres sure from without, would insure a fair conside ration of the important topic, and most proba bly a satisfactory result. There can be no reason why it should not receive that consideration. It is not required for immediate supply. Not a far thing of the amount can be collected until after the sth of April next, and it is most likely that it will not be called for, in the majority of instances, for some time afterwards. It will, therefore, answer every purpose if the Bill receive the legis lative sanction any time during the present ses sion. " The war need (not) be suspended" while the matter is under discussion. We have every material for the satisfactory arrangement of the difficulty, and it will be a cause for deep and ge neral regret if they are not rendered generally available. We have always felt that a just and equitable Property Tax is the best impost that can be de vised. It is peculiarly so at present, when the nation is engaged in hostilities with a first-class Power. Even those who have objected to the 'charge in the "piping times of peace " have done so mainly on the ground that it was essentially "a war tax"—" a potent instrument of finance," which it was desirable to reserve for extraordi nary emergencies. All such objections are now removed, and nothing is required but an equit able adjustment of the schedules to render it the most popular, as well as the most politic, mode of replenishing the national Exchequer. Let it be fairly apportioned, and we shall willingly assent to, not merely ls. 2d., but 25., or, if necessary, 4s. in the pound to 10 or 20 per cent., if required for the exi gencies of the country, in place of 5i per cent. Bui a reconstruction is indispensable, and unless a pro mise be given that at least an attempt will be made, the increased charge should be steadfastly resisted at every stage of its progress. Let it, then, be distinctly understood, that the people do not object to the amount that they are called on to contribute towards the prosecution of the war, but simply and entirely to the inequality of the burden, to the heaviest charges being cast on those who are the least able to sustain them. The Income Tax differs widely from every other impost. Whether the balances which have been taken to liquidate the demands of the dissentient holders of South Sea Stock are to be restored or not, the required increase should be granted--that is to say, after the necessary modification, we should submit to an addition to the War Tax when fairly apportioned. It pos sesses many great recommendations, but coupled therewith there are many insuperable obstacles to its present form. Why, then, should not the popular representatives at least attempt the re quired amelioration ? Why should not Mr. GLADSTONE yield to the loudly-expressed wishes of the great majority of the House and country, and for once surrender his own views for the benefit of the community at large, and to insure that unanimity which is so very desirable at the present crisis ? Sir WILLIAM CLAY'S proposal to abolish Church Rates has been welcomed into the House of Com mons by a majority of sixty-seven in a house of nearly two hundred Members. We only hope that the House will be disposed to extend its hos pitalities in an equally generous manner to the second and third appearance of the Bill. Nothing can be more certain than that in so doing they would but honestly and honourably represent the sentiments of the country whose stewards they are. Churchmen have so abundantly shown, by their church -building liberality, in creasing, as it has done, almost threefold, since Government building grants were withdrawn, what they on their part are both able and willing to do. The men who have voluntarily contributed nearly eight millions to build new churches, are not likely to let the old ones go out of repair for the sake of 100,0001. a-year ; for this, be it remem bered, is, according to Lord STANLEY'S careful estimate, the very utmost now raised from Dis senters by Church Rates. Churchmen, no doubt, if left to their own good sense, would Cease to repair many churches which the o b y congregations had deserted, and think it better economy to a n ew contribute one w h twenty e re times the rate to the people w ou ld come to " l t and those who sympa thised. with the costlyf byaneies of some mediaeval pay clergy men would be left their more puritani cal or indiffer en t brethren to for them ; and this, we are thoroughly satisfied, o nly result. The " national fabries, poaiur l d by be their the would most certainly be cheerfully w orshipping tenants, so long as there were w orshippers to do it. No church ever was left without needful repairs for want of a Ch urc h Rate, but solely on account of a quarr e l kept inre,weir about it. At Braintree itself, for instance, so lour , as the battle was pending, neither of the belligerents would mend a pane ; but as soon as THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1854 it was over, even some Dissenters, with the cha racteristic good fellowship of Englishmen, were willing to contribute, and the old church is getting quite decent again. The truth is, the public peace, or the parish peace, at least, demands that these compulsory religious contributions be abolished altogether. It has been found from an actual return that more than one half of the persons now liable to Church Rates successfully refuse them. The Braintree decision has enabled almost every large town to get rid of them, Conservative Liverpool not less than Radical Manchester ; and the anti-Church- Rate triumphs are rapidly extending into the very country villages. As Lord STANLEY, who cordially supported Sir WILLIAM CLAY, observed in the debate, it was not of very much importance in one sense whether they legislated or not, since in three or four years, at most, the country would settle it for itself. It is, however, as the Noble Lord showed, important enough to put an end to a law which cannot possibly be carried out, and which is in course of abolition by a pro cess causing everywhere so much disputing, ill will, and discontent. We quite concur with his Lordship in thinking that Sir W. CLAY'S course, in not this time attempting to prescribe the course by which the abolished rate shall be compensated, is the wise one. The nuisance must be got rid of. Let that point be settled. Let the Legislature clear the ground of the parish pest, and the cause of injury to the moral, social, and religious health of the parishioners be removed, and leave the considera tion of how the vacancy is to be filled till a conveni ent season. Perhaps, as in the case of the person who taught us that word, that convenient season may never come. It is certainly no very pressing matter. If half the worshippers of Great Britain pay for their own worship and repairs, the other and richer half will not take much harm from fol lowing their example, at least till they can agree as to the powers which they shall ask :he Legis lature to give them against their fellow Church men. Long before that time, however, they will find that voluntary liberality will have given them double or treble the amount of the old Church Rate. Churchmen need but to be emancipated from a kind of legal necessity to battle with Dissenters for a few pence, in the shape of ecclesiastical tribute, and they will then exult to show that the money was no object to them, and that, mistaken though we think them, they felt under a kind of honourable engagement to press to the uttermost the legal rights of the • Church. What we most regret, and we regret it deeply, is to find Lord JOHN RUSSELL again in gratuitous conflict with the Dissenters. It is mortifying to think that the repealer of the Test Acts should be the opposer of the inevitable consequences of that step. Lord JOHN has, indeed, already voted for the abolition of Church Rates with Lords MONTEAGLE and ALTHORP, but then it was mo dified in one case by a demand upon im proved Church property, to which the mag nates of the Church would not hearken ; and, in the other, by a demand on the Consoli dated Fund, which, much to their honour, Dis senters in like manner rejected. Either the PHILLIMORE plan of declaration of dissent, or the PACKE one of swearing dissent, Lord JOHN, pro perly enough, objects to on several grounds, and Dissenters would not accept it if he would ; and hence, as they would not have Whig mercies, he determines that they shall have no others. He perceived, indeed, that the Tories had for the most part left him to fight it out with Dissenters, Radicals, and Liberal Conservatives, and that he should probably be in a minority ; yet he determined to vote against Sir WILLIAM CLAY, that he might more consistently oppose him on the second reading. We lament very much that ono of the best of the war Minis ters in the Cabinet should thus needlessly chill the zeal of so many of his natural supporters, and we sincerely trust he will review his position. His old antagonist, Sir ROBERT PEEL, gracefully gave way to him on the question of the repeal of the Test Acts, and he could not himself take a step more grateful to his own supporters than that of bowing to the voice of the nation and of the House of Commons on the Abolition of Church Rates. Dissenters would thank him at once, and gladly renew their allegiance to their natural leader ; and Churchmen would, in one twelve month's time, be thankful too. We especially ask his Lordship to reconsider the argument so strange from the lips of a man whose name is as sociated with so many great reforms, that a " concession" like this would be followed by fresh demands. Why, it is the stock old Tory argu ment against all reforms ; one which Lord JOHN RUSSELL must have borrowed from reminiscences of Lord ELDON and Sir CHARLES WETHERELL. Few Tories of character would now venture to employ it openly. Whether, however, Lord JOHN yield or not, Church Rates are doomed. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 24. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lord James Murray, arrived at Osborne yesterday at three o'clock, from London. _ _ __ . _ This morning being the anniversary of her Majesty's birth-day, the band of the Royal Marines assembled on the terrace at a quarter before seven o'clock, and played the following selection : Chorale. Selection, " Saint Paul" Kriegstnarsch, Du Ptiester Konigin Victoria Wandersleb. Waltzer Albion ' Labitzky. During breakfast the band performed the following : The Sultan's March Rossini. Selection, " it Don Giovanni" Mozart. Valso, Indiana Maneathon. Quartetto, " Ri;oletto" Verdi. Galop, "Le Crescendo" Bosisio. CABINET COUNCIL.—A_ Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, yesterday afternoon. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Vis count Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat four hours. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL.—We have to announce the death of Sir George Campbell, elder brother of the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, which event took place at his seat, Edenwood, Fifeshire, two or three days since. Sir George, who was created a Knight Bachelor in 1833, was eldest son of the Rev. George Campbell, D.D., minister of Cupar, Fifeshire, by the only daughter of Mr. John Hallyburton. He was born in 1788, and married in 1823 the daughter of Mr. A. Christie, of Ferrybank. The deceased knight was by one year the senior of the Lord Chief Justice, who was born in 1779. RIGA. —From Riga the dates are to the 18th inst. Complaints are made of the annoyance experienced by the merchants from perplexity as to the actual intentions of the English Government, since, notwithstanding the notice of blockade, a Dutch captain had arrived, an d stated that he had been on board a cruiser off the neigh bouring port of Domesness, and had ascertained from the commander that his vessel could safely proceed to Riga. THE BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—THIS DAY.—This morning a special general meeting of the friends and subscribers to this charitable institution, founded for giving relief to aged and decayed members of the building profession, and their widows, was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing three pensioners from a long list of candidates—Mr. G. Bird, the treasurer, in the absence of the president, S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P., took the chair. The report congratulated the supporters of the institution on its increasing prosperity, and the corresponding benefits the directors have been enabled to confer by adding to the number of pensioners. The subscriptions and donations received during the past year amounted to 1,4041. ss. 6d., and the amount now invested is 4,0501., divided as follows :-3,0501. to the relief, and 1,0001. to the building fund. After alluding to the great success which had attended the late ball held at Willis's Rooms, under the able superin tendence of Mr. Joseph Bird (the hon. sec.) and the ball stewards, the report stated that the total number of pensioners now receiving the bounty of the institution is 13 males and 8 females, and concluded by earnestly calling upon the friends of the charity not to relax in their generous efforts to extend its benefits. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, stated that he had great pie tsure in announcing that this was the seventh election of pensioners, and that they had met together for the purpose of electing three from a list of twelve candidates, one male and two females. He trusted that there would shortly be another election, seeing that so many would go away disappointed ; in fact, he should not rest satisfied until they had two elections each year. Having called atten tion to the state of the funds of the institution, the Chair man concluded by making an energeti ; appeal oil its behalf. The election having been proceeded with, a voto of thanks was passed to the s chairman, and the meeting broke up. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. SECOND BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA. The Wanderer of Vienna, - of the 20th, says : " We have received two letters from Lemberg, one of the 17th, the other of the 18th. They confirm in every respect the news of a second bombardment of Odessa, and add the following details :—The steamer Tiger is not a frigate, for it has only 16 guns and 250 men. She ran ashore in the neigh bourhood of the Villa Costazzi, and immediately the Russians began cannonading her from the bat teries ; the following day, the 10th, two English vessels of war opened a fire on the Russian battery near the Villa Costazzi. The second letter says that seven English steamers commenced the bom bardment of the town, after having vainly de manded the giving up of the vessel and her crew. The firing had lasted six hours, and was continuing at the moment at which the letter'received by our Lemberg correspondent was put in the post-office." The Oest. Deutsche Post has a letter of the 12th from Odessa, written by a person who professes to have been an eye-witness of what occurred. Early in the morning of the 12th May it was reported that three war steamers were to be seen through the fog, and as no one has now anything to do at Odessa but to kill time, the correspondent drove out with a friend to a place which he calls Fantanker to see them. Before he got there one of the vessels had stranded within 50 paces of the shore, off the villa Kortazzi. As the Captain refused to surrender, two cannon, which .had been fetched up, began to fire into the ship. Close as the vessel was to the shore every shot told ; and, after the Captain had lost one of his legs, the ship was boarded, and 200 prisoners were sent on shore. It is supposed that a part of the crew had put to sea in three of the ship's boats. The writer proceeds to say, that as the sun began to shine brightly, he an d hi s com p an i on re solved to remain some time longer on the sea-shore. In about an hour two other steamers appeared in sight, " and before we had any idea of what was about to take place, they began to fire so furiously at some artillery and cavalry which had shortly before reached the spot, that we ran off as fast as our legs would carry us. In a postscript it is said that the commanders of the two steamers having sent in a flag of truce with a demand for the liberation of their. countrymen, General Osten Sake') had replied, " that they had only to come and fetch them." Rutschuk from their position on the islands near ' Giurgewo. The fire of the Russians only attains the advanced works, the fortress itself being per fectly safe. This news requires confirmation. The Russian troops, near Giurgewo, are in an un pleasant position, being obliged to bold themselves ready for combat night and day, the Turks being indefatigable, and frequently crossing the river three times in a single day. Provisions have be come exceedingly dear, and a scarcity is appre hended. Great discouragement has for some time been perceived amongst the troops in Wallachia, As no one any longer shuts his eyes to the dangers which menace the Russian empire. The evacua tion of Lesser Wallachia, and the continued ad vantages gained by the Turks, have deeply acted on the minds of the Russians. The number of sick in the hospitals is increasing every day. At Belgrade, a manifesto is expected from Prince Alexander, on the real object of the armaments iu Servia." SHUML A. The Vienna Lloyd of May 20 says :—" Omer Pacha has taken up a position before Shumla with his troops there concentrated ; this is a sign that it is in this district where he intends fighting the first grand pitched battle with the Russians. It is asserted that Omer Pacha has sent a report to Constantinople, in which he says that he may be compelled to sacrifice Silistria if the subsidiary allied troops are not at the Balkan by the end of May at the latest." SERVIA. A letter from Belgrade of the 17th, in the Press of Vienna, says :—" I can announce to you in a positive manner that the Serviau Government has ceased its armaments, on being officially assured that no foreign army would occupy the principality as long as public tranquility should not be troubled. The news from Herzegovina speak of 15,000 men being employed to watch the frontiers of Monte negro, and of the intention to establish a second camp in Albania, so that Montenegro will soon be completely blockaded and forced to lay down her arms." GERMAN POWERS.—LAST MEETING OF THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. The Vienna Conference met on the 23d, and signed a new protocol, wherein the Anglo French and Austro-Prussian separate treaties are duly taken cognisance of, and the unity of the action. of the Four Powers upon the basis of the former pro tocol is confirmed. A Vienna journal says, the official news which have arrived this day announce that the movements and concentrations of Russian troops on the northern and eastern frontiers of Austria have recommenced. The division of carbineers, 40 squadrons, is march ing towards Bucharest. The German Jaarnal of Frankfort states that new offers of mediation on the part of Prussia and Austria are spoken of. The evacuation of the Principalities by Russia is to be followed, it says, by the evacuation of Gallipoli by the Western powers. Russia is represented to have declared she was disposed to accept of these conditions, pro vided the Western powers also withdrew from Greece. This absurd rumour was in circulation six weeks ago. A letter from Frankfort of the 19th says :—" In the sitting of the Diet yesterday, the President, M. de Prokesch &l'Osten, made known that he and the representative of the King of Prussia, were authorised by their Governments to present in their natee to the Diet, a declaration relative to the treaty of alliance which their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia have recently concluded, but that they thought right to delay the presentation of it, as they had learned that the representatives of several of the Federal Govern ments had not yet received instructions." THE BALTIC. --- STOCKHOLM, May 19.—News was received from the fleet on the 16th. Up to that date, Sir Charles Napier had made no attempt on Revel, the Island of Aland, or Gustafsorn, although reports that he had attached and taken all those places have for some time been in circulation here. The Admiral is probably waiting for the junction of the French division, and there can hardly be a doubt that his first object will be to prevent the Russian ships of war which have been confined by the ice at Ilels ingfors from effecting their escape to Cronstadt. The capture of the enemy's islands and ports must be a matter of secondary consideration with him, as they can, with little difficulty, be taken at any time • but it is of the utmost importance to prevent the Aelsingfors squadron from joining the fleet as sembled at Cronstadt. Th- Afeambladet of Stockholm says :—" Events are pressing on. The North is more interested than ever in their solution. Each moment of de lay, each hesitation to contract an alliance with the Western Powers is suicide for Sweden. She is preparing an abyss which will swallow her up if she persists in her resolution. Yet the Government is well aware of the country, it knows the wants of the Swedish people. Let not our inferiority of numbers be spoken of, the valour of our troops is well known, and the Western Powers will not dis dain 20,000 warriors supported by 10,000 of our brothers from the Western coast. Let it not be forgotten that Finland desires nothing more than to be again united to Sweden. The honour of Sweden is at stake, and our representatives ought not to forget that fact." The Cologne Gazette quotes letters from Stock holm, of the 18th, announcing that the states of the kingdom have substituted a moderate tariff for the prohibitive import and export laws hitherto in force. A letter from Berlin of the 21st, in the Cologne Gazette, states from Memel that eight Russian prizes have been brought into that port by British vessels. These prizes were, it is stated, cut out of the port of Liebau, the town being threatened with bombardment, if the garrison, consisting of 400 dragoons, offered the slightest resistance. The prizes are to be taken to England . A. letter from Riga of the 13th, in the Moniteur, says :—" The number of vessels which have entered this port since the breaking up of the ice amounts to 102, of which about two-thirds are neutrals. All these vessels have taken in cargoes, and again sailed, with the exception of about 10, and these will also have left in two days. In consequence of the precipitation imposed on commerce in order to take advantage of the free exit of the vessels before the blockade, freight for England has risen enormously, as much as 141. per ton having been paid for the ports of the United Kingdom." GREECE. THE ULTIMATUM OF THE WESTERN POWERS. Advices from Athens, of the 18th inst., in the Austrian, Correspondence, states that an ultimatum has been given to the Greek Government by the Western Powers, which must be replied to by the 22d. . . A strict blockade of the Greek coast is expected. The ultimatum requires the immediate recall of all officers that have joined the insurgents, and the dissolution of the volunteer corps. • Revolutionary committees are recruiting among the Roumeliotes and lonians. Insurgents infest the neighbourhood of Salonica, in Macedonia. 40,000 Turks are advancing against them. Five vessels of the combined English and French fleets were in the Piraeus. The insurgents had taken Paramythia and Margariti. FRANCE. The Moniteur of this morning announces that, now that the steamers have accomplished their trans port service, by carrying troops from France and Algeria to the seat of war, the fleets will receive important reinforcements. The Baltic willl now be composed of 31 sail, of which 8 are new steamers. Iu the Black Sea Admirals Hamelin and Buat have 30 sail, and Admiral Barbier de Tinan commands a subdivision, now in the waters of Greece, of 14 sail more, of which nine are steamers. Besides this, 17 frigates, corvettes, and steamers will remain ready at Toulon, to embark at any moment 12,000 men. The reserve squadron of 14 line-of-battle ships, of which seven are furnished with the screw, will be ready in a short time. The Paris correspondent of the Times writes, under date of yesterday " Despatches were received here last night from Vienna, announcing that a new protocol , com p osed of the stro-Prussian treaty and the Anglo-French convention combined, has been agree d to by the Four Powers—Austria, Prussia, England, and France ; that it engages them to a community of action, with a view to the re-establishment of peace ; and that the said protocol was to be signed at 7 o'clock last evening at Vienna, by the repre sentatives of the Powers. Those conventions, thus blended into one common protocol, are re garded as an additional guarantee of the adherence of the German Powers to the AnE,do-French al liance. it is true that desire some more positive act on the part of Austria and Prussia, but it is something to fi n d that they have made a step in advance, and at OPERATIONS AGAINST SILISTRIA. Advices from Vienna under date of yesterday say : On the 15th Marshal Paskiewitsch, with his staff, crossed the Danube below Silistria to reconnoitre. On the 16th terms of capitulation were offered to the commander of that fortress, and the bom bardment suspended. On the 17th Mussa Pasha rejected all terms, and on the same day the bombardment recommenced. _ _ On the 18th 'Marshal Paskiewitsch had his head. quarters at Kalarasch. Russian munitions of war have been removed from Fokschani to Berlet, further north in Mol- davia. About 1,000 Wallachians of the better class are in prison on charges of sympathising with the Turks. The Cologne Gazette, under date of Vienna, 20th, says ;—" The Russian generals employ not only military but also religious means to take Silistria, and to rouse Russian fanaticism to the highest pitch of fury. A procession of 200 priests has paraded through the different camps, holding up a picture of Saint Sergius to the veneration of the soldiers. The 25,000 men who are to make the assault, and who are devoted to certain death, have been concentrated in a separate camp, where they prepare themselves for the assault by fasting and religious exercises. They every day confess and receive the communion ; the most exciting addresses are made to them, and they. receive a general abso lution every evening after having t had their weapons blessed." The Patrie says :—" The last news from the borders of the Danube assures us that the siege of Silistria has been suspended. A sudden rise of the Danube had obliged the Russians to cease the fire of the batteries established on the island which commands the place." CONSTANTINOPLE. Advices have been received at Vienna from Con stantinople to the 15th May. The English troops are ready to leave, but the French have not yet wholly arrived. New notes for 80,000,000 piastres have been issued. A. decree, prohibiting exciting political conversa tions, had been read in the mosques. Russia is concentrating considerable forces in Asia. The English and French Governments have each made a contract to take 3,000 tons per month of coal from the pits at Koslou, near Heraclia. The coal is to be put on board at a price of 19s. 6d. per ton, and will be of the greatest service to the steam fleet in the Black Sea. An examination of the quality of the mineral was made some time since, when it was pronounced satisfactory. Rear- Admiral Boxer is about to visit the mines, which are situate about 30 miles from Heraclia, about half-way between Sinope and the Bosphorus. A return of the Turkish army in Europe has just been made, and presented to the commanders of the English and French armies. Of regular infantry there are 126 battalions, of chasseurs four batta lions, cavalry 64 squadrons, artillery 224 guns. The irregular infantry are 13,745 in number, the cavalry 14,355. The battalions consist of 700 men, the squadrons of from 100 to 145. The number of the artillery is estimated at 4,000. There are be sides two battalions of engineers, each battalion composed of two companies, each 300 strong. ST. PETERSBURG. A. letter from St. Petersburg of the 15th, in a Vienna journal, says :—" The Emperor has been suffering for the last three day s . Y es t er d a y h e in tended to hold a review, but his indisposition pre vented him. The hereditary Grand-Duke will inspect Cronstadt, Helsingf o r s , an d R eve l, i n a day or two. Tne wife of the Imperial Prince Alexander, Mine. Marie, Pri u cesse of Hosse, is about to proceed with her eldest son, the Grand- Duke Ni c holas-Alexandrovig, to Hesse-Darmstadt, on account of the state of his health." A private letter from , St. Petersburg states that Count Nesselrode hasoeen recently insulted by the people of that capital. On passing through the streets in his carriage he was hissed, hooted, and menaced, and was forced to take refuge in the house of a friend. Ile was accused by the people of being the cause of the war, of not having taken suf ficient care to provide against its casualties, and of having shown indifference and negligence. But whatever be the cause, the symptoms of popular indignation were not to be mistaken. The letter which relates these facts, it is said, proceeds from a Russian lady of high rank, who recounted them to a friend, with the d . eepest sorrow, as indicative of future troubles. It is probable that the inhabitants of St. Petersburg have already begun to feel more severely than the peasants of the interior the evils which war brings with it. They are nearer to those parts which are most exposed to hostilities, and they must be among the first to suffer. But it is certain that much fermentation prevails in the capi tal of the Russian Empire. The Invatide Busse publishes the following re script from the Czar "TO THE INHABITANTS OT OIIR WELL-BELOVED AND LOYAL TOWN OF ODESSA. " The Anglo-French fleets, entering the Black Sea, attacked some days ago the peaceful city of Odessa, open to the commerce of Europe. General Baron d'Osten-Sacken, in speak in g of the brilliant courage with which the attempts of has li enemy se i ha . ve been re pulsed by the military forc es, kewinformed us that, in the midst of the da n g er which menaced the in habitants, public tranquillity was not disturbed a single moment, and that the people executed with exemplary zeal all the orders of the l ocal authorities. Strict obe dience to duty, as prescribed by our holy religion, an d devotedness to the throne, animate all our well-beloved and faithful subjects. At Odessa, that tintiment, so worthy of praise, has been manifested to its full extent under the thunder of the enemy's cannon. The firm ness and self-denial of the inhabitants of that town could not fail to attract our attention, and we feel pleasure in expressing on this occasion to all classes of the popula tion our special kind feeling. (Signed) "St. Petersburg, May 8.” " NICHOLAS, THE DANUBE. The Cassel Gazette contains a letter from Vienna, May 19, which says :—" It is not true that Prince Paskiewitsch, to please Austria, has ordered the dissolution of the free corps of Wallachia. On the 'contrary, the organisation of these volunteers is urged on more actively than before. The intelli gence from the theatre of war in Asia announces that the Russians have taken up positions near the frontiers of Tschori and Chasapm, but they have not again entered the Turkish territory," The Press of Vienna says :—" Intelligence from the Danube announces that G en e r a l Liprandi arrived on the 10th at Bucharest, and, after having announced in an official manner the complete ev.cuation of Lesser at once for the head quarters of Prince Paskiewitch. Other letters from Bucharest, of the 11th, state that the Russians have commenced bombarding all events that they do not recede. I have reason to believe that the French Government have received despatches from their Minister at Vienna confirming the intelligence I communicate. " We may expect soon to hear important intelli gence from the Black Sea, as, after an inspection of Sebastopol and the coast near it, I am informed that Admiral Hamelin has written to his Govern ment demanding that a body of troops for landing shall be sent with as little delay as possible to the East. I have already mentioned the intended em barkation of heavy artillery for the same direction, and there is now little doubt that a great blow is meditated against Sebastopol and the Crimea. The troops that Admiral Hamelin demands are to be forwarded without delay." THE TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND TURKEY. The Moniteur of yesterday publi.ities the follow ..ug Imperial decree : " PARIS, MAY 23. " Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French, " To all present and to come, greeting : " On the report of our minister the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, " We have decreed and decree as follows : " Art. 1. A treaty of .alliance, destined to guarantee the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire, having been signed at Constantinople on the 12th of March of the present year 1854, between the French empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, and the Sublime Ottoman Porte, this treaty hav ing been ratified, and the respective ratifications having been exchanged on the Bth of May, the said treaty, the tenour of which follows, will receive its full and entire execution. " TREATY. "His Majesty the Emperor of the French and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland having been invited by his Imperial Majesty the Sultan to aid him in repelling the aggression directed by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias against the territories of the Sublime Ottoman Porte—an aggression by which the integrity of the Ottoman Em pire and the independence of the throne of H.I.M. the Sultan are menaced ; and their said Majesties, being fully persuaded that the existence of the Ottoman Em pire, within its actual limits, is essential to the mainte nance of the balance of power between the states of Europe, and i,aving, in consequence, consented to give H.I.M. the Sultan the assistance he has asked for this nhject, it has appeared lit to their said Majesties and to H.I.M. the Sulta❑ to conclude a treaty, in order to de clare explicitly their intentions, agreeably to that which precedes, and to regulate the manner in which their said Majesties will lend assistance to 11.1. M. the Sultan. " With this view their said Majesties and H. I. M. the Sultan have named as their plenipotentiaries "His majesty the Emperor of the French, General of Division Count Baraguay 1' Villiers, vice-president of the Senate, Grand Cross rd the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, &c., his ambassador extraordinary and pleni potentiary to the Ottoman Porte ; " Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Very Honourable Strat ford, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, peer of the United Kingdom, and member of her Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, her ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Porte ; " And his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, Mustapha Reschid Pac'ia, his Minister of Foreign Affairs ; '• Who, after having reciprocally communicated their full powers, found it to be in good and due form, agreed on the following articles :-- " Art. 1. His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, having already, at the request of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, ordered powerful divisions of their naval forces to repair to Constantinople, and to extend to the Ottoman territory and flag the pro tection that circumstances would permit, their said Majesties engage, by the present treaty, to co-operate still further with his Imperial Majesty the Sultan for the defence of the Ottoman territory, in Europe and Asia, against the Russian aggression, and employing for this end such a number of their land troops as may appear necessary for attaining this object : which land troops their said Majesties wilt forthwith despatch towards such and such points of the Otto man territory as shall be judged expedient ; and his Imperial Majesty the Sultan agrees that the English and French land troops, thus despatched for the defence of the Ottoman territory, shall receive the same friendly reception, and shall be treated with the same considera tion as the French and British naval forces already em ployed for some time in. the Turkish waters. "Art. 2. The high contracting parties engage, each on his part, to communicate reciprocally to each other, without loss of time, every proposition that one of them might receive from the Emperor of Russia, whether di rectly or indirectly, with a view to the cessation of hos tilities, of an armistice or peace ; and his Imperial Ma jesty the Sultan engages, moreover, to conclude no ar mistice, and to enter into no negotiation for peace, ner to conclude any preliminary of peace nor any treaty of peace with the Emperor of Russia, without the know ledge and consent of the high contracting parties. " Art. 3. As soon as the object of the present treaty shall have been attained by the conclusion of a treaty of peace, his Majesty the Emperor of the French and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland will make arrangements at once for withdrawing immediately all their military and naval forces employed for realising the object of the present treaty, and all the fortresses or positions in the Ottoman territory that shall have been provisionally occupied by the military forces of France and England shall be re stored to the authorities of the Sublime Ottoman Porte within the space of forty days, or sooner, if possible, to date from the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty by which the present war shall be terminated. "Art. 4. It is understood that the auxiliary armies shall preserve the faculty of taking such part as may ap pear suitable in the operations directed against the com mon enemy, the Ottoman authorities, whether civil or military, not claiming to exercise the least control over their movements ; on the contrary, all aid and facility, shall be afforded them by these authorities, especially for their disembarkation, their marching, dwelling, or encampment, their subsistence, and that of their horses, and for their communications, whether they may act together or may act separately. "It is understood, on the other hand, that the com manders of the said armies engage to maintain the strictest discipline among their respective troops, and will cause to be respected by them the laws and usages of the country. "It is of course understood that property is to be everywhere respected. It is, moreover, understood on either side that the general plan of the campaign shall be discussed and agreed upon between the Commanders in-Chief of the three armies, and that if a considerab'e part of the allied troops should be in line with the Otto man troops, no operation can be executed against the enemy without having been previously concerted with the commanders of the allied forces. Lastly, due at tention shall be paid to every requirement, relative to the wants of the service, addressed by the Commanders-in- Chief of the auxiliary troops, whether to the Ottoman Government through the medium of their respective embassies, or in case of urgency, to the local authorities, unless paramount objections, distinctly explained, may prevent its execution. " Art. 5. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Constantinople within the space of 6 weeks, or sooner if possible, to date from the day of signature. "In faith of which the respective plenipotentiaries have signed it, and affixed thereto the seal of their arms. " Done in triplicate, to one and the same effect, at Constantinople, on the twelfth day of March, 1854. (Signed) " BaRAGTJAY D'HILLIRRS. " STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. " RESCRID. " Art. 2. Our Minister and Secretary of State for the department of Foreign Affairs is charged with the execution of the present decree. " Given at St. Cloud, May 23. (Signed) " NAPOLEON. (Countersigned) " DROUYN DE LEM% Minister of Foreign Affairs. " Seen and sealed with the Seal of the State. (Signed) " ABBATUCOI, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals." M. Saint Marc Girardin states in the Debats that he has received many communications, suggesting that the French Government should appoint a scientific and archmlogical commission to be at tached to the army of the East. It is more than probable that the Government will listen to this appeal, supposing it not already to have thought of the subject. Smilar commissions were sent into the Morea on the occasion of the war against Mehemet Ali into Algeria, and (at an ear lier (late) into Egypt. M. Saint Marc Girardin ob serves that the French traditions in this kind ought especially to be followed on the present occasion. The country now about to be traversed by our armies is full of classical associations. Not only the Ohersonesus and Thrace, but Gallipoli itself, is celebrated in history. Gallipoli was a military posi tion long disputed by Philip of Macedon with the Greeks, and ultimately wrested from them. Candia, so often mentioned by Demosthenes, is there. The banks of the Hellespont, the Propontis, and the Bosphorus, are studded with ruined towns, which have a name in history. A chaos of remains is there which it would be glorious for French erudition to penetrate. All the successive rulers of the country —Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Crusaders, Vene tians, Genoese, a n d T ur k s — con t r ib u t e d by their buildings or demolitions to the confusion of monu ments which now exists. Genera). cl'Hautpoul, Grand Ref4rendaire of the Senate, is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the camp to be established in the neighbourhood of Toulon. It i s u n d ers t oo d that the appointment is preliminary to his being elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France. Generals d'Ornano and Bara guay d'Hilliers are also to be appointed Marshals of France. The 13oursc yesterday was firm. The Three per Cents. closed at 68f. 20c. for the end of the month; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 94f. 75e.; and t!)'. :an, at iiBl. ; 1,105 f. ; Rouen, 9J7f. 50c. ; Havre, 460 f. ; Great Northern, 812 f. 50c. ; Strasburg, 745 f. ; New Shares, 580 f, ; Paris and Lyons, 907 f, 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 770 f. ; Western of France 625 f. ; Bordeaux and Cotte, 760 f. ; Great CentrM of France, 478 f. 75e. ; Lyons to Geneva, 460 - f% Bank of Credit Mobilier, 625 f. SPAIN. The Spanish squadron of evolution, under t lue orders of Rear-Admiral Guttierez de Rubalcal )a, and consisting of the fri , ate Cortes, 32 ; the e , ar vettes Villa de Bilbao, 3(1'; Ferolano, 30; Isabel la, 24 ; Colon, 18; the brig Valador, 12 ; and t ;he steamer Leon, 2, with au aggregate of 1,557 m, cast anchor on the 17th in the Piedmontese - port of Villafranca. According to the ~.'ontmercio of Cadiz, this squadron, with some additions, is soon to be sent to Cuba. The Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived in due course. The Gazette contains a royal , decrtie which enacts that all colonial affairs, except such. as specially concern the Ministers of 'War, Foreign Affairs, and Marine, shall be disposed of by the President of the Council of Ministers. The last bulletin of Queen Christina was that she , was'• going on favourably. The ex-Queen of the French had left Seville for Puerto Real, where she was to embark for England. The Heraldo says, that the Government has ordered a number of large guns to be sent to Cuba to arm the principal forts.. A letter says :—"The Queen is this evening to preside• at the weekly Council of Ministers. The Presicil.ent of the Council is to submit to the a,pprobatio; a of her Majesty different financial projects, ;and amongst them one relative to the demand of an advance 'of half a year's taxes, repayable in three years, and bearing interest of from 6 to 8 per ceiht. In execution of this measure the Government will make an issue of 180,000,000 reals in treasuxy bills, a sum equivalent to the amount of half a year's taxes." The letter adds, but it comes from a ministerial source :—" This measure naturally excites the clamours of the Opposition, but it is probable that it will succeed." At Madrid, on the 19th, the Three per Cents. were at 34.80. ITALY. - The Stamper of Geooa of the 18th quotes letters from the canton of Ticino, announcing that several arrests have been made tbere, which are considerea to have some connection with the late events at La Spezia and Sarzaua. A letter from Florence, in the Far/amento of Turin, states that the oidium again threatens to commit immense havoc throughout the vineyards of Tuscany. AME RICA. - - LIVERPOOL, May 24.—The Pacific has arrived with advices from New York to the 13th instant, with $451,511 in specie. She spoke the Washing ton near New York, which had taken the crew and. passengers off a wreck. The Nebraska Bill was still under discussion in the house, and had given rise to a fracas. The profit of the monopoly of Peruvian guano by England had been discussed. The efforts to raise the Ericsson had been at tended with success. According to the Herald, President Pierce, in. his anticipated Message respecting the Black Warrior affair, will recommend the blockade of Cuba and Porto Rico. The New York market was easier, and the de mand from the mercan tile community decidedly less pressing. Great caution was exercised in making new arrangements, and fewer orders were sent to Europe for goods. The receipts of gold from California showed no diminution, the receipts from the Ist of January being $18,000,000. The fluctuations in the stock market had not been important ; there was little speculative demand. The April earnings of all the leading railroads were greatly in excess of the previous year. The whole amount for the Haarlem Railroad had been subscribed. Exchange on London, 109 to 109 i. Trading in all its departments was dull. The market ruled firm for cotton, particularly for mid dlings, which are scarce at an advance of -h-c. to c. The flour-market was much depressed, and prices had declined I*c. to 25c. The receipts were in creasing, but no demand existed either for home use or export. Indian corn was also lower. Jersey closing at $3 75c. to $3 871 c., and Brandywine at. $4. The market for provisions continued depressed for all articles. Freights to London.—Bacon and lard, 30s. ; oilcake, 60s. At New York.—The Ticonderega, Premier, Orient, and Northampton, from Liverpool ; the Patrick Henry from London, and the Abbe Blan , chard from Havre. At New Orleans.—The John Garrow, John M. Wood, and the Eva, from Liverpool. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, May 24.—Her Majesty's screw steamer Teazer, Lieutenant F. D. Rich, tender to the Penelope, arrived in the Sound this evening. She left Ascension on the 6th of April, arrived at Sierra Leone the 16th, and left the 19th ; arrived at Goree the 25th, left on the 27th, arrived at Fayal on the 12th of May, and sailed therefrom on the 16th. The Tortoise, Commander Kitchen, was at Ascension. Britomart was expected hourly. The Ferret and Myrmidon were at Sierra Leone. A French squadron of five ships, with a commodore's broad pendant, was at Goree. On the 3d of May, in lat. 21.36, long. 25.57 W., spoke the Maria Hay, from. Plymou thfor A us tral ia, with Government emigrants —all well. At Fayal there was a dismasted French ship with 360 emigrants, bound to New York. She had been three weeks at the island. On the 19th inst., in lat. 45 N., long. 24 W., passed the side of a large vessel, supposed to be that of a timber-laden ship. The Teazer left Plymouth on the 23d of April, 1851, and has been employed ever since on the coast. It is expected that she will be ordered to Portsmouth. The transport-ship Europa, No. 92, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday night, to embark cavalry for the East. The barque Brothers, Captain Wilson, 73 days from Algoa Bay, for London, was off Plymouth on Wednesday. IMPROMPTU ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE INCREASE OF INTEREST ON INDIA BONDS TO FOUR PER CENT., AND THE CHAN CELLOR'S OFFER OF 21D. PER DAY ON EXCHEQUER BILLS, IN LIEU OF 2D., AS AT PRESENT. The men in the East Their rates have increased, And four per cent, pay on what's owing ; Whilst the man in the West, Who always knows best, Thinks a farthing will keep his bills going. The former, no doubt, Their bonds will keep out Through the storm that o'er Europe is brewing; Whilst the latter will find, As he lags far behind, That the " devil to pay" comes of screwing. I LOVE TEE LORD MAYOR. ( From Punch. ) (Song, supposed to have been improvised after dinner at. the Mansion-house on a recent occasion.) BY THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. I love the Lord Mayor. with his chain of told, And his Ninth of November Show. It has ail down co may me it everdownfro go mt . he days of old, And I love the City, the jolly old place, The Cap of Maintenance, and the Mace. I love the old Aldermen, brave old boys, May their shadows be never less ! And their gooe old-fashioned convivial joys, I love them, I must confess, Traditional turtle, and venison haunch, And capon to line his Worship's paunch. I love the Recorder, the Sheriffs, too, The Remembrancer likewise ; The Swordbearer is a hero who Is glorious in my eyes ; And my esteem and my reverence For the City Marshal are immense. The Toastmaster and the Loving Cup Do I also love right well ; And may Swamhopping be still kept up While the river's tido shall swell. I love the Mansion-house and Guildhall, And Gog and Magog—l love it all. I love the old notion of grand display, And feeding rich and gross, And I love the City Arms, I say, And Dontine, dirige Xos I A dagger gales on an argent field, Good luck to the vod old gallant shield ! Tho Metage I love, and I love the tolls, And I love all the City dues, I rejoice in paying the tax on coals, Which the journalists abuse ; I am willing and happy to help maintain The pomp of the Civic Monarch's reign. I love St. Stephen's, I love St. Paul's ; May never improvement mar The little that's left of the City walls, I love dear old Temple Bar ; Anti declare the proposal to pull it down High treason against the Civic Crown. I love all those banners, and all that plate, love tint CliOrlll./11', And tlio,, e heaps of trait ; I will also state That I love this glass of wine. May such good things here ever abound, And here is my love to all around r• M 0 00.31 With ratic stations, nuns. Fi We 261. annum. The Air that the ( ‘ 7l lich wa time of tl active de: spf compel W ere enc cent. dis. il exance, 11 1 the 4 ggings 43 4 been Per di e] tion, all lid. w i amount 21d., more si them at th e y , 13 allker Periods judiciol namely )4 : 1 l o t l v r i e e d i 1 l e l c 'j farth er The Ti been it de T 1 ,but reel ter li.o rile] Ran' 3 3 De pt