The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-19 00:00:00

f the n the % de salt' ss of es C lei A- - re of nom. oilli 4 r till did not meet with any resistance. A post of Turkish horse• men, est?blished upon the right bank, immediately took to flight. At the village of Azakli, upon which the advanced guard of our flank directed thems , dves th,re were only 50 horsemen, and in a skirmish which took place with them, a Cossick was wounded, "As soon as the first body of troops had passed befc're Galatz steps were taken for the construction of a bridge, but the operation could not be finished till 5 o'clock in the morning of the 13th in consequence of the violence of the wind. " On the 12th General Ltulers gave orders to his ad vanced guard, under the command of Lieutenat-General de Grotenbjelm, to proceed in the direction of the village of Garvan, but without detaching from the banks of the ricer the main body of troops, Which were being gradually transported in boats ; until the formation of the bridge, which operation proceeded very slowly in consequence of the violence of the.wind. "On the 13th the bridge was ready, which enabled the troops to bring their equipments and their forage and pro visions. The advanced guard reached- Garvan without obstacle, and entered into communication with the troops of the detachment of Brailow, which already occupied Matschin. " On the 14th the greater part of the detatchment was established at Gat van. - "On the side of Brailow, two battalions of infantry (one of the regiment of infantry of Praga, and one of that of the Chasseurs of Zamose) were appointed to defend the island of Vyndoia. All the troops upon that island were placed under the command of Major-General Prince Ourousoff, belonging to the suite of your Imperial Majesty. The cannonade of the 10th of March, by determining the position of the enemy's batteries, gave us the opportunity, by reason of the delay of the passage till next day, to in crease our intertne.tiate batteries on the island of Vyndoia during the night of the 10th. " On the morning of the 11th of March a cannonade was ' executed, but I caused it to be stopped immediately after wards, as the Turks did not reply to it. " At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, our batteries having re commenced the fire with redoubled activity, the troops proceeded to force the passage. The attack was intrusted to the command of Aide-de-Camp General Kotzebue, chief of the staff. " At 4 o'clock in the afternoon three battalions of the Regiment of Chasseurs of Zamose, two companies of the 3d Battalion of Sappers, four pieces of the light battery No. 8, and 53 Cossacks of the Regiment No. 25 of Cos sacks of the Don de Zaroubine, who had been previously embarked in small boats, left the place of embarkation amid singing and cries of `Hurrah !' and, following the cours% of the Danube, arrives happily at Ghitchet. "Daring the passage of our troops the batteries of the enemy had been silenced, and no one was to be seen, so that it might have been believed that the Turks had com pletely abandoned their fortifications. " Aide-de•Camp General Kotzebue formed, under the Command of Major-General Vesselitzky, a chain of sharp shooters with the first men who landed, so that, covered by them, the infantry who landed might form columns by Companies. Preceding this chain in person, he advanced upon the road to Matschin. "Simultaneously with this movement, he sent Major- General Boutourline, who acted as Quartermaster-in• Chief, With a few Greek volunteers, to a battery abandoned by the enemy on the left of the route, in order to reconnoitre th e territory. The Turks preserved the silence of death, and not one showed himself; but hardly had Major- General Boutourline entered the battery with his volun teers than the enemy, concealed in a ravine behind the battery, and in the deep entrenchments which connected it with the other batteries, opened a murderous fire of Innsketry. By order of Aide-de-Camp General Kotzebue, Our chain of sharp-shooters halted and returned the enemy's are. "The construction of the bridge, which was confided to liajor-General eztolpakoff, commander of the Ist brigade of the 3d division of light cavalry, was commenced at the time of the departure for the attack. " The enemy having perceived the movement of the see• tions of the bridge towards the point for its establishment directed upon the latter a cannonade from the principal battery of the bank towards the Danube, which it was im- Possible for us to silence, in consequence of the disposition Of the place. " Then our artillery, which had been landed, was sent be advance, and, joining its tire to that of the batteries of the island of Vyndoia, began to pour grapeshot upon the batteries of the nearest bank, behind which were posted men armed with muskets and the infantry of the enemy. "At the same time arrangements were made to com- Pieta the bridge. "At 6 o'clock in the evening two battalions of the regi roent of Chasseurs of Lublin and two pieces of cannon were sent to the right bank to reinforce the three battalions Which had already landed. The enemy fired from two Points until an advanced period of the night, sending grape 'bet and bullets against the works awl the bridge. Besides this, at two intervals, the Turks having formed in line of battle on their right flank, opened a fire of musketry, which did not do us any harm, as much because of the distance as ' l l consequence of the position of our infantry, which was so Posted as to be covered by small ravines. During the whole night the detachment remained in observation, while a por tion of the troops were engaged in the construction of a b ridge. During the same night two pieces of the light bat " 7 No. 8 were transported to the right bank. gun-sloos which had proceeded along the left bank befoTreh the commencement of the descent were employed to lear that part of the right bank where the landing was to be effected. While it took place these sloops were placed ac ross the river, in order to cover the establishment of the bridge, and to retain the pontoons, the anchors of which 'Would not hold in consequence of the violence of the wind. "After the first landing of the troops the steamvessel the i uth gave efficaci ous ass i s t ance i n th e cons t ruc ti on o f th e °ridge by towing the pontoons and assisting in the trans tort of troops and artillery.. The establishment of the ridge having'proceeded very slowly in consequence of the contrary wind and the strength of the current, the last two battalions of the Regiment of Chasseurs of Lublin were ,transported on the 12th o f M arc h a t daybreak to the right bank of the Danube by means of boats. " In the night from the 11th to the 1 2th of March the enemy definitivel y evacuated his batteries, and retire upon katschin. Our advanced posts were sent forward d , and our troops occupied the batteries abandoned by the enemy. " In the night from the 12th to the 13th, having received rons the island of Vyndora a report from Major-General Princ e Ourousoff, belonging to the suite of your Imperial •ai,ejesty, announc i ng t h at the enemy h a d evacuate d Mats ,n in and were marching to Hirsova, I ordered, at 7 o'clock L i the morning, the transport, by m e ans of boats, of the at battalions from the right bank, and that they should assemble on the left bank as soon as the bridge should be f ormed, and also the transport of the regiment No. 9 of ano Cossacks of the Don of Lieutenant-Colonel Fomine, Cossacks three squadrons of the regiment of Lancers of the mor ning Albert of Austria. At half-past 8 o'clock in the i'"roing the bridge was finished. The Cossacks passed ta ,t,then the Lancers, and I then advanced towards li a tathin with four battalions of infantry, two companies I sit ra aerpshooters a platoon of Sappers, three squadrons of i t" n cers, and eight pieces of the light battery No. 8 of the brigade of artillery. t o The clergy, with their crosses, and the primates of the I v o, with bread and salt, came forth to meet our troops. t. After having occupied the town and inspected the for 4fications, I intrusted the command of the troops destined lornethe garrison to Major-General Vesselitsky. - Oarless in forcing the passage before Brailow was 1 .7'3' Unimportant ; we had six men killed. Among the Wo unded was Major-General Doubensky, who uufortu melY had his left leg carried away above- the knee. 30 te n, also, were wounded. Major-General Vesselitsky, the c .,. n od captain of artillery Poloubinsky, and aix men, re -I,veti contusions, the former not of a serious nature. 43„_' ( 9n the 11th of March, at daybreak, Lieut.-General free '"cbakoff began to force the passage of the Danube. The ;I s . sloos and two batteries on the bank opened a fire, V ic h was prolonged till 11 o'clock, and silenced the Turk ,. hetbatery. The Turks having ceased their fire, the boets re landing emerged from an arm of the Danube, calledilia, entered that of Sulina, and douuled the Cape of e„ L 'etei, without any loss, although the batteries of the le'l °Y began to fire upon them as soon as they were Perceived. t Two battalions of the Infantry Regiment of Mohileff, battalions of the Regiment of Chaeseurs of Polotsk, 4 114 four pieces of the 7th brigade of artillery, were first 1 0 141 _ ' , Ported to the right bank, where the other troops fol ee them `` The brigade of Chasseurs of the 7th Division of In 4b,stry was directed to the left, towards the arm of So and two batt a li ons o f th e R eg iment of Mohileff pro ceeded to the right, toward a Turkish battery, which t ermed an obstacle t o the establishment of the bridge. The Chasseurs reached the arm of Somovo without 0 7, obstruction, but at that point they encountered an th e ll ' i nete resistance, the opposite bank being occupied by th - neraY. Lieutenant-General Onschakoff then ordered te,,e..nfantry to halt beyond the range of the guns and die toted the Sharpshooters to occupy the bank of the arm of (14 river. The Chasseurs then advanced rapidly, and the t o e a naY precipitately took flight, without having had time destroy the bridge. ,After these incidents the two battalions of the Regi -13,413iu of Mohileff wh o h a d a d vance d t o w ar d s the e nemy's w e erY on the shore, to take possession of it, were re tieth a fire of musketry and artillery. Our soldiers need with heroic bravery, the officers in front, and but first encl osure wa s i mme di a t e ly carr i e d by the bayonet, . 4 behind them were five entrenchments, shielded on one Fee, th by the D anu b e, on th e o th er by mars hes, and beyond ?In was a strong closed fortification. hThe Turks defended this point with desperation. The naliona of the R eg i men t o f M o hil e ff b o ldly rus hed to 5 assault one after the other. Three battalions of the il'e t :ltitnent of Smolensk were sent to strengthen the attack. ,77 Bring and the combat at close quart ers lasted till nine ti 3 oic in the. evening ; but at last all the fortifications of enemy -were carried, and nine bronze cannon taken and Qi',Prisonees, among whom was the commander of the • th o "ery. The rest of the garrison, with the exception of th e o ße er . wh succeeded in esc a pi ng, were pa t t o death wishunYonet. theour side we had 400 m en kill e d an d woun d ed.* th e tl ' le ng the latter are Colonel Tiajelniltoff, commander of e u 'egiment of Infantry of 3lohileff, and Lieut.-Colonels lairtoff and Voznessensky. Five subalt ern officers were e „ (1 and 17 wounded. lq.:., ‘ vb the 12th of March a part of the flotilla was towed Of the Danube to Cape Tchfital, and-the e s t a bli s h ment e bridge was commenced.: The Turks, alarmed at the loss which they . had expo 41e.ed on the preceding evening, evacuated Tultscha. and 7n a/ V orlon Babadag. The brigade of Chasseurs of the Tark• l ' is i -0 4 of Infantry occupied Tultscha as well as th e fortifications surrounding the town. t en 4 was thu s th a t t h e passage o f t h e D anu b e w as aimul qwely effected upon three points by our troops. _ consider it a sacred duty to beer witness before your ep ee Maiesty, that all the troop., who took part in the Of , r e! L on, : frojn the general to the simi le so' Her, were full vst iet l 4 r intrepidity. 411 - crosaesi till-river and ad= k zifrs °idly towards the eraemy, to the jo •ous somid of ' r k a nd our national and traditional tly of "Hurrah!" _ . . . , n ,- RUSSIA N FLEET IN THE BLACK SEA. 4 . 11 e Jout / i ruii .. de Saint Petersbo u r g of. the 9th, thildttlie 'head " New s f rom t h e E astern Coasts of e .. 6 slac k Sea,' says : A fter th e oCCu pation of the e as t ern s h ores o f t h e Black d.a. lc the last war against Tu r k ey the Govermnent had 11 4: 41 d liii attention to the suppression of the infamous 4 1t' 144 Women and: children, who form the principal eatele of commerce between th e mountaineers of the tit,, lle ' 4 , . 113 'and - the: Turks. With, this object, it. had %11‘ott All along-the coast between Ghelenjik and Gagri i l ertes of temporary posts, and had established cruisers by nlefe.P.Ls of galleys of a parti cu l ar c o nstruction, manned . r 4, e:4"Rsacks from the Sea of A zoft.- - Thanks to - this ............._________''!l!'e, fead,;s ''' t..,-.iccuted by thelssacli.,,,the object 61 , , ......' - ----_...,,,,,,,__.-.......-..-......--,_,_............ it Ili , , , titrint,!i„etaired reports of Lieute , ant-General Otischakoff tat tkii7",--eu'rlerl. this calculation is only apprcuthaative. more 14 -F I4 MCAti RiCi be iletWer PZlOO4O4' .• I. by have e the that at of utho milar t the to all 'orte, corn xl its &an. o en. bit, to ieous nd its taster I illu n and in our senti not neg. tents die- false verity THE. SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1854. Liberals in the town of Barcelona, and of the Radicais of Saragossa acting with the Liberal Moderadoes, who are supposed to be at the head of the military disaffection in that garrison. These conflicting parties hate each other so thoroughly, the hatred being - the more intense the more indis tinct are the shades of real difference, that it re quires no great s kill to play them off successfully against one anotl ter. SHARE MARKETS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS' (THIS DAY.) Rauwers. Leasing Compans. :losing Prices yesterday. BRITISH RAILWAYS. The run on the bank of San Fernan do has greatly embarrassed the Government. Private letters state that the affair of the Black Warrior, so far from being settled, has been urged on with extreme vio lence by M. Soule, and at the present moment wears a very threatening aspect. The Queen has amnestied the soldiers of the Regiment of Cordova who took part in the revolt at Saragossa. On the 13th ult., at 2 o'clock, the Queen and King went through the usual ceremony of washing the feet of 12 old men and 12 old women, and after wards serving them a dinner. A crowd of the privileged assembled at the Palace to witness the scene. It is said to have been in consequence of the shock she received on learning the assassination of the Duke of Parma, that the Queen abandoned the intention she previously entertained of visiting several churches on foot. There is no Bolsa on the 13th, and on the 14th (Good Friday) no n ewspapers would be published. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PORT STAKES. 2to lon Sit.tingbourne. CRAVEN HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Bourgeois. 4 to 1 agst rkny other. EASBY T.rRIENNIAL STAKES. 3to 1 agst Cypriana. 3to 1 ags.t Tilornius: MALTON, Tuesday. ---The following left here this day for Catterick ---Miss Allen, 3 yrs old, Haricot, Maid of Balmoral, and. Bianca.. STATE PF TINA DE. (Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, April 18.—We have to report a more cheerful tone in this day's market, with an increased firmness in the prices of .some kinds of yarns and goods, while, in a fewarticles, the quotations are slightly higher than they were last week. The turn-out at Stockport has given an upward tendency to the lower counts of pileups, and to 245. and to 28s warps, and the extensive business latterly effected for India and China, together cyith somewhat improved advices by the overland mail, leads to the requirement of rather high -r prices for suit able mule and water t wilts, and also for goods adapted to those quarters. T.he day's transactions have been of fair but not large extent, For Germany, the buying of yarns is but limited; here and there a little .specula tion has, however, been ventured upon by the merchants. It is still fdund that 7.8 and 9-8 printing cloths, and the yarns for these cloths, together with yarns for home use, such as the Bolton, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, and, in general, goods specially prepared for home consumption, are lagging very much behind such as are more adapted for foreign markets. The fall of prices in this market, with the relative dearness of the Liver pool cotton market, has placed spinners and mann fa`cturers in an unfavourable position. It will be seen, however, that the commencement of worse ac counts from this country has given rise to some irregu larity in the American markets, and to a slight decline in prices. We understand that the turn-out at Stock port amounts to about 3-4ths of the hands, and the greater part of the remainder will, it is understood, go out at the latter end of this week. At Preston the funds are now beginning to fall, and the old hands are returning to work in greater numbers. lIALIFAx, April 15. The demand for goods in our piece hall to-day has been about the same as- has been usual of late, and the merchants show very little disposition to purchase.. The quantity of yarn produced is now so much nearer the requirements of the market (the spinners working on an average not more than' four days a week), that stocks are not accumulating, and prices remain as they were. In wools there is more doing, andthe downward tendency of the quotations has received a check. Prices generally are firmer, and for some some sorts, as Lincolnshires, higher rates have been given. RaHDALE, Aprill7.—We have had another very dull and inactive market, with little or nothing doing. The attendance of buyers has been slender ; and these have shown no disposition to purchase, except at reduced prices. There is no change in the wool market worth notice ; the tendency of prices is yet downwards. MARKET NEWS-(TJIIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scaritily supplied with English wheat ; nevertheless, the denpAnd for all kinds ruled inac tive, but we have no change to notice in prices. Foreign wheat, the show of which was good, moved off slowly, at last week's currency. There were very few inquiries for floating cargoes, the arrivals of which have slightly increased. We had a dull inquiry for barley and malt, at barely late rates. About an average business was transacted in oats and beans, at late rates. Peas and flour were dull, but not lower. Wbeat. 320 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Barley. I Malt. i 1,910 50,40 Oats. English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. Flour. 290 12,750 1,500 700 18,680 1 ,780ske WHITECILA,PEL. Our market is steady, as fr.dlows : —Beef from 3s Od to 48 Od ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4a 4d ; lamb,ss 6d to 6s 8d ; veal, 48 Od to 5s 2d; pork, 38 6d. to 4a 8d per Bibs by the carcase. • BOROUGH HOP. The demand for most kinds of hops is steady, at last week's prices., LLOYD'2 SHIPPING.-(TIIIS DAY.) LONP,ON, April ..9.—Wind this day at Noon, S.E. ; light 'pleasant breeze, and fine, clear, dry weather. The Mercury has slightly fallen. PLYMOUTH, April 18.—Wind, E. Arrived—Margaret, from Bremen; General Aupeck, St. Übes ; Maria Hay, Southampton, for Geelong, with loss of 'bowsprit, having been in contact with the Harbinger (s s), bound up Chan nel. Sailed—Oriental, for Quebec. OPE , DOVER, April 18.—Magdalena, from Christiania, for Shoreham. PORTSMOUTH, April 18. Wind, S.E. to E. • Arrived— Freia, from Copenhagen, for Havre, leaky. Sailed—Ra milies, for Swan River ; Gomelza, for Cork and Mediter ranean. FALMOUTH, April 17.—Wind, E. Arrived—Queely, from Grenada ; Rio Packet, Odessa. RAMSGATE, April 18.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Char lotte, for Fecamp. GLOUOESTER, April 18.—Sailed—Ambrossine, for Mel bourne. PooLE, Aprill7.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Mariane, from Hamburgh. Sailed—Heroine, for Newfoundland. GOOLE, April 1 8.—Wind, E. Arrived—Geschwester, from Hamburgh ; Matthias, do. ; Martha, Stettin ; Freind schaft, Hamburgh ; Nor Bill, Dantzio ; Jantiena Gezina, Hamburgh- all grain laden. GRIMSBY, April 18.—Wind, E. Arrived—Leipzic (s), from Hambargh ; Maid, Memel ; Hercules, do. STOCKTON, April 18•—Wind, E. Arrived—M a ry, Clara Maria, and Lmelie from Hamburgh-; Minerva, Gott m . burg, SIIP:ODERLAND, April 18.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived— De —Hand of Providence, Quebec; Juno. Junod o. •-•-Frv-...aburgh. Sailed Aford, Evohange, and Osprey, from SHIELDS, April 17.—Wind, E. Arrived —Gloucester, from Rotterdam ; Edwards M o r :aington, Eliza, Carmen— all from Hamburgh; Frede &'.a, Wolgast. Sailed—Tyne. side, for Genoa. SWANSEA, AprillB,--Wind, S.E. Sailed-..-Law Ogilvy, for Coquimbo ; Donna, Malta. PILLAU, April_ 15.—The whole cargo of the Hermina, of Grangemouth, from London to &onigsberg; which was stranded near this port on the 10th April, consisting of 714 chests of tea, and 40 hales of cotton, has been saved, a great part In a c0n:141144y damaged state ; the vessel has not sustained mu& injury, and will be got off. NEW Yost, April 4.—The propeller Martin Hoffman, at Holmes' nole, was probably th e one seen on the 30th March whore o n the Hedge Fence Shoal, Vineyatd Sound. April s.—The Susan G. Owens, in going to sea, from Charleston to Liverpool, March 31, struck on Ship Bar, and put back leaking, so badly that her pumps wore not I able to keep her free. (BY SUBMARINE AND EintoecAN . TELEORAPE.) GuAvEsKsb, Wednesday, 10.10 a.m. Wind, N.B. ; tide, thrwquarters ebb ; weather, very fine. Arrieed—Rival, from Terceira ; Matilda .Tacobine, from Nibe ; October 13. Grunwald; Vandringsman. Christiania ; Maria, Omens; Vesta, Christiania • Nord Bleu, Semen= ; bjiaciccoti,,ASbeliagranstaad, H % b F ro lo o r ; a, Co S to an , e s sa tr n al ; sti L n o d u . isa Cecelle, soot (s), for Amsterdam. DE44 Wednesday, 9.15 a.m. light ry from Cork, for London, ; Ennna, S plv a a l d d el_crvariaubsleciey: from Itottdon, for Porto Rico. TILE _COMION LODGING-HOUSE ACT IN CHESTER.— The guardians of the poor, •in consequence of the bad state ,of the common lodging-houses, were obliged to contract with the Chester Infirmary for the .reception in the fever ward of persons contracting fevers in those housei, which'contract (Is. per day) still exists. G rea t attention has been paid, under the Co mmon Lodging house Act, to these places, and the su ms pa i d annually in each of the following places, ending March 29, will show with what effect :-1848, 3501., exclusive of a fever hospital rendered necessary by an epidemic ; 184 g, 125/. ; 1850, 1761. ; 1851, 1841. ; 1852, 195/., act began to be put into operation ; 1853, 951., registering, &c., was not complete ; 1854, 381. - FATAL ACCIDENT AT fiutz.--4 melancholy accident took place on Saturday afternoon. The Gainaborough steamer Columbine left Hull for a pleasure trip down the river, having on board about 200 passengers, m us i c and dancing were resorted to, when a young man, the driver of a locomotive engine, by some accident lost his balance, and fell over the bulwarks before the paddle box. The engines at the time were at full speed, maki n g a° revolutions a - minute. Nothing. was seen of him ex• ...tept a portion -of hie coat and hat. IBS death mut have been instaufamoug. 'of humanity which the Government had proposed to itselfhad been until now achieved. At present, the circumstances under which these posts had been built having changed, it became necessary to consider that in consequence of their position they had no land communication with each other, and that their garrisons, therefore, left completely isolated from the main body of our forces, could not be of any service in the general system of our future operations. On these ground , the Aide-de-Camp General Prince Mensellikoff was ordered to suppress these posts, after having withdrawn the garrisons. Prince Menschikoff has accomplished this service with the success which accompanies all the operations of the fleet in the Black Sea. On the 3d ottlarch he despatched from Ghelendjik the steamer Molodets, under the flag of Vice-Admiral S6t6briAeff, towing rowboats ; the Crimea, under the flag of Rehr-Admiral Panflioff, towing the Mamai tran sport ship ; the Odessa, towing the Bzyd ; the Cherso nese, towing the Gostogal ; the Boiets, towing the Ko dos ; the Aitegoutch, towing the Ts6mes ; and the Argo naute, towing rowboats. In coasting along the shores of Cir Cassia, and when ever they arrived opposite a post, they left the vessels necessary for the embarkation of the garrisons ; but oie approaching Navaghinsk two steamers, the one French, the other English, were signalled. The embarkation was suspended, and measures were taken to prepare for action ; however, the enemy's ships remained in the offing, passed before ours, and the embarkation was re sumed. In the m eantime, opposite the post Wliaminoff, these two steamers stopped the hired transport Bzyb ; two officers hailed her and addresSed to her commander, Lieutenant Tchebyscheff, the following qUestions : " What steamers have you seen near the post of Na vaghinsh ?" Answer—" Some Russian steamers of war." " What are they doing at that point ?". Answer-- , "There is an Admiral there, and he has not told me his instructions. " Who is burning the posts, you or the Circassians ?" Answer—" We." " Why do you burn them ?" Answer—" Because such is the order given." "Where in your fleet ?" Answer—"l don't know, but I believe it to be at sea, and very near." After hav'tng received these answers, the two steamers departed, hri'ving described themselves as the Mogador and the Sampson. On the with the whole expedition anchored at Novo rosslisk, wh ere it disembarked the garrison of the posts of Navaghirnsk, Golovine, Lazareff, Veliaininoff, Ten ghinsk, and Novotroitsk. Storms h: id prevented the Squadron of Rear-Admiral Voukotitch embarking the garrison of the post of St. Esprit. The removal of the garrison took place between the 9th and 10th by means of the steamer Gromouosseis, aboard which was sent Colonel Skolkoff, aide-de-camp of the Ernie iron From all these posts, besides the garrisons, whibh make up an effective force of 5,000 men, they embarked all the families of the soldiers, the workmen, and a great part of the :stores of the Crown. The rest, as well as the buildings, were burnt, and the fortifications were blown up. Our milit try resources have thus been augmented by importantan body of picked troops, accustomed to war by long service in the centre of an unsubdued country. This con Arms the news brought by telegraph to London so me time ago, that the Russians had suc ceeded, while the combined fleets remained at Beycos, in. removing their troops from the posts established on the Circassian coast of the Black Sea. It will be recollected that Earl Clarendon contra dicted, in - the House of Lords, the accuracy of all the reports circulated to this effect. FRANCE. Arseniteicr of yesterday states thai the Aus trian Ambassador at Paris has left for Vienna, to be present at the marriage of the Emperor ; he will be abuent 10 days. On. Monday morning the Duke of Cambridge and the other distinguished English officers who accom pany his Royal Highness, visited the Museum of the bauvre, over which they were attended, by the Comte de Newerkerke. In the evening the whole of the• party dined with M. Drouyn de Lhuys, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and subsequently went to the Elptee, whre a grand ball and concert took place, for which magnificent preparations had been made, numerous workmen having been employed night and day for the past week. The palace, which is, in course of extensive alteration, and but a few di tya since presented a scene of the utmost confusio n and disorder, was transformed, as if by enchant went, into one of those fairy edifices, which French workmen appear to possess the secret of creating at short notice, beyond all others. The principal entrance was beautifully orna mented with carpeting and light blue cloth, and the sid( g entrances the same. The facade was decorat ed with an awning of blue and white al ternatehy, and with carpet-covered steps, at inter nals bordered with shrubs - - for setting down the guests. 'The company began to arrive shortly after nine, an d a few minutes before 10 the Imperial carriage's , with his Majesty and the Empress, and the Imi Household ; the Duke of Cambridge and sui,te, etc., arrived. From this time till a late bolus the carriages came in rapid successiDn, the com r any comprising the Ministers of State, the Foi reign Ambassadors, and the principal no bility, lau g lish, French, and foreign at present in Paris. The gardens were most tastefully and splendid] y lighted and had more the appearance of a scene of enchantment than a reality, the large trees we! c adorned with coloured lanterns of differ ent sizes t and colours, representing fruits of various forms, Iwhilst the walks were ornamented with festoons , of different coloured lights, and vases, Arc., of the s time description, and recalled to mind the magic b eauty of the gardens described in the Ara bian A ights. The view of the garden from the ball-roo nn on the ground floor, th. 4 lofty illuminated trees in the distance forming an immense amphi theatre, with a grotto in the centre, composed of pink an d green Chinese lights, presented a coup d'oeil of which none but an eye-witness could form au idea, / whilst the varied groups tended not a little to enhance the scene. Of the palace itself, the apartments, all newly restored and gilt with pro fusion, the furniture of the most splendid descrip tion, w - ith the various decorations, together with the . brilliancy of the scene, illuminated by thou sands o f wax tapers from splendid candelabras in every diirection, together with the brilliancy of the variious - military costumes and the variety and elegance of the dresses of the fair sex, must have given his Royal Highness and the visitors who ac companied him an idea that they were present at a " housew arming" unequalled in the annals of France, so celebrated for its national fetes. The buffets were served with more than ordinary pro fusion, the refreshments of all sorts being of the choicest kind. Their Majesties retired about one o'clock, after which the remainder of the company ' began to retire graduariy, but it was not until " dayFglit hadbegun tr, dawn" that The whole of the c - um - pany had lea. Dancing, which at the comment ement had, been almost an " impossibi lity," was. kept up with spirit to the last. Gener: LI. Lord Raglan and Lord de Ros left Paris yesterda y morning at 11 o'clock, en route for Mar seilles. • Colon el Aide!at has arrived at Paris to render an account of the mission which he has fulfilled con jointly 'nth General Bourgoyne. He came by the Louqsor, just arrived at Marseilles from Constan tinope, .which •met with numerous transports car rying Englie'ri and French troops to Gallipoli. There remained at Malta only one regiment to l embarked. General Bizot, commandant of the Polyt ec h n i c School, has been appointed to the command in chief of I;he engineers of the army of thP:East. The rsourse yesterday was steady, The Three per Cen3s. closed at 63f. 40c. for the end of the month ; and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 90f. 1 1 )c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,050 f. ; Rouen, 820 f. ; Havre, 410 f. ; Great Itorthern, 735 f. ; Stry.sburg, 715 f. ; New Sharer,„ 530 f. ; Paris and ons, 790 f. ; Lyons to the 'Mediterranean, 655 f. ; estern of France, 550 f, ; Bordeaux and Cette, 505 f. ; Great Central '4 France, 400 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 422 f. 50c. ; :Bank of Credit Mobilier, 500 f. ITALY. AceoTaing to advices from Turin of the 15th inst., the Sardinian Government has issued an order prohibiting any privateers under the Russian flag from being armed, provisioned, or harboured, with their prizes, in Sardinian ports. SPAIN. Private letters from Madrid mention the appear ance of a very remarkable decree in _the Gazette, owing, it is but just to add, to the unremitting zeal and indefatigable activity of Lord Howden, and which announces the intention of the Spanish Go vernment to put an end to the slave trade, and to give satisfaction to area.t Britain. According to the terms of the decree all slaves are to be imme diately registered, after which time any slave found in the island without a copy of the register, con taining -date, domicile, and description,- will be looked upon as fraudulently imported and declared ipso facto free and secondly, providing for and organising the introduction of white labourers. It only now remains for the Spanish, Government to see that their subordinates, and particularly their Captains-General, carry out, with some regard to good faith, their enactments. of the late the Those dia T tu ru rt t a w n o c r e t s h in y ascpcaoirartsefrnoomt satisfactory. disturbances have, it is true, been for the moment suppressed, but there is reason to believe that mis chief is still brooding at Barcelona and Saragossa. The fact is, that the salvation of the Government is wliat saves so many Governments in the Spanish peninsula, and probably even the Throne —the distrust existing between parties and inclividv s . In the present instance it is .the -difficulty_ of the - Qarlido of Catalonia is gorxeral acting with tue RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Belfast & 7 1‘11ymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ....... Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) ►3ristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJuuc, Dundee Perth &Aber deep Junation Do. New all East Anglian Do., (£lB E Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock .. Do. B. Stock [Do.; New A !East Lancashire 'Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pah &Dundee. Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock IDo., B. Stock.. Gt. Sth. &West.are.; Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh, Do., Fifths D ). , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blackmail Lond. Tilb. Loud. Bright & S.Cst% Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., .£5O Do. £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.)l Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Nowry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Co . ; s nties Un.l North British ... 1 North Devon, No. 1, Do., No, 2 Do., A A Deferred 0., i B Guaranteed North London po. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City . .An ' North Staffordshire North Western.•..z: - , N. 4 S. Westru. Jude ' Nuneaton, ilinckley, and teicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Eli mg, Do. L Shrewsby d, L. & N . Wee; le re e: Guaranteed Si ask Shrew soy. & Chester ff.. W. Min ; '7oo. Halves,'" • IDo. Oswostry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,St D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern ' uth Wales [0 S. Yrkah. clz Riv. Dun Do Staines, Woks &Wok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale. Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1.4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland Closing Priees, yesterday. 21 - 23 4i - 4i 7i Si 14 —l2 disi 15 17 8 7 d 89 - 52 - 534 13 - 15 8 10 ii = ii 7 - ••• -- ••• 15 - 16 12 - 124 , 59 - 61 56 - 58 ••• - ••• 21 - 23 58 62 85i 86 73 75 120 -12 z 89 - 91. 72 - 72 86 - 88 10 - 12 10 - 12 60 - 604 8 -- id 111 —12 i . 7i par p 98 1)9 93 -95 i 1 4d 1 d 71 1 1 76 14 137 lld 19i -- 516 33 -- 85 td— id 7 •— 5 d 6 - 8 4 4 - 47 3# 30 ... 31 50 54 Par iP - 61(1 Sl* - 28 - 80 6 51 -gg 50 - 52 50 52 3i lid 13 15 10 lz 4 —nd 13 15 59 60 324 33 3 / 4 4 2c 1 5 ii io •• • ..... >. - 3i 17 18 4 5 21 23 46 - 56 6 --- 7 64 65 9' • Bid 4id 45 -- 46 PREFERENCE SHARES. tberdeen.. Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. e. St. Do. 4 p. c: Shares Caledonian £lO Chester St Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent Cork &Bandons4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAngliaa (X3los) 6 per cent Do. (a) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 5/. 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. eta. East and West York shire June. Pref... Edinb Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent. .... .. Glasgow& S.Weat-^ - • cent D. Guar. 5 pp orthn. 5 p. - r o. c. Beacom., 10 p. C. prem. Great Do. 4i p. c. &rip Gt N. Of &deist Pre Gt. Sontlrn.&Wedm. (Ireland) EighthS), Do. 4 pefr O. Pref. Sh. , Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 p. Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref., sp. St. Do. Cop.veitible, 5 p. c. t 982 Do. New Guar.6 p. 0 Lon.&N. W., Coo. Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Han. Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO . Do. £6 Niarypt Carl. 4 P.C Do. 4 per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & firm. 6 per cent Do. Prof. 4i per sent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Do. 5i per ct . pref Do. liray. Val. 5 P.C North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Worverh.Xls, 6p.0 Do S3ot. Cont., New Pref Shrews. &Birin.N.G. Shicwsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon De. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 1 per neut. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, Me i Waterfd.&Kilk.ep.c.l York, Neweastlo,and , Berwick,4 p.c. 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Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian l Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. di Co ' isritish Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pin Do. Cocaes ds Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey 'Jargon's Creek Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica__ Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper MM. of Eng. Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. English andAustrin, Copper Smeltg. Co. General Great Nugget Vein... Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lond.dtCaliforn.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Hexican&S.Amerien ,New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co , Nouveau Monde , Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. do Smelt. Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do: Nev. Santiago de Cu., .., south Australia% .., Tin Croft United Mexicarf' Waller . West Granada , ....... est Mariposa -. .... . Worthing Mining o Australia....... tuba PORED Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, Scrip Central of Italy Charleroi& Erg=lin Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish . East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Grd . Trank of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bonds (ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Prof Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons and Geneva , Lyons dt Mediterran, 111adras 'Maria, Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. dr Ry Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c • Bds (ftny. B. & Aram. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec d; Richmond Rouen. and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish SaLbre and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Pref.' Southern of France_ St. Andrew's and Quebec; (A) West Flanders all Do 5i per c. 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MINES lia 136 28 - 30 102 - 104 51 - 52 25 -26 12i - 131 22 - 23 2i 2ixd 6 = k 54 - 56 ad ad 3 2dl 27 - 29 90 - 92 11 4 Id IP 1 d 1 2 o 1 ----- ii 1 4 5 14 2 29 31 d 39 - 41 - 1i 10 - 12 50 - 60 2 - 40 li - 21 i - 1 1 - l 10 :: if f i - i i :: 61 15 17 lip 29 31 8 10 3 4 1 d - I 4 —3ld in 4 - 1 5 4d id if p il 21 . ald ih 2 p ii id i :1 P d d 4k 3 d 21i 22 - 8 -10 dia it 5k 2 3e 4 3 _ 4 - is •••' to •• 74 ioi ••• Wan 111 11 p 4i 43xd 32 —34 28} - - 281 1 ... -. pin 1 2 ld Ta 8 ..• - ••• ... - pm 3 - 4 la —2apxd d ••• ••• I 6 5 a Business this day. 273 - 22 25 St. 25 St. St. 10 2i 100 42. 34 all ail 100 100 - 100 471 17 all 100 Mal 6i 25 50 20 100 3i 100 20 20 10 10 17i 40 .1 2/ 2s 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 15 12/ 2E31 all i 100 . 8 100 21 all 51s, 100 20 100 5 100 all 5 10 St. 5 100 100 100 6 100 St. 20 St. all 10, 100' 100 St. St. St. 20 St. 15 8i 8 10 10 25 10 1.06 Business done this day. 53i 4 121 87 6i 76 122 89k 72 3 87 5 10 4014 1i 98i 95j a 5 4 i ~~ t~: ~ . per cent. 60 33i 4 451 6 ; pm ad all all all all all all 13.5 1 10 1 1 all all 15 10 all all all all. 1.28: 9 3 8 28. 20 174 20 20 20 20 20 25 100 100 20 20A 20 100 20 20 10 20 40 8 10 20 10 20 20 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 72 74 724 40 all British CiolOnial Batik and Loan Company ..• —• ... 50 all British N. American -.— ... 61 i '25 ' 5 IgliaA(.ol?,tik of Asia 2} .-- li ' 20 ^ 2 Chrtct. time. ot -El l .°, Australia, & China 1i - 41 -1" 1 100 25 Colonial ,. . 100 20 Compercial of TAUd ..i =- 4.• 20 12 English Scottisn and Australian 4 —33 d 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia : 11 it . 3 2 d 50 20 London and County ..• ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 24 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... ... 34 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New ••• .".." • • 50 221 Nat'onal of Ireland .. ... 20 all New South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 43 45 47 25 5 Do. New .. -- 100 ..• 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New • 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. • & Gold Imp Co ... --• ... 25 all South Australia 36 38 25 all Union of Australia 63 65 ... 23 Do. New , 6 7 50 10 Union of London , ~. ... . . . . MISCELLANEOIIS .—___—_...---.---..--•-,.....................my 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron ... -- 25 17 Australian Agricult. 37 38 20 14 A.ustralsn.Pcifill Co c.a and Reduction _.... l ....., ... 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... ~. 10 4 Berlin Water Works .., -- ... 50 40 Brit. American Land .• --• „ 5 1 Brit. d; Coln. Smeltg 100 321 Canada 75 80 109 5 5 Crystal Palace • i• ... 6 i i 5 4 Do. New.... ......... 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France ... ... 20 3 Eastern Steam ••• -... ••• 25 20 ElectiitTelograph(A) 16 18 25 all Do. (B) • • -- 0•11 1 1 Electric Toleg. of Ir ... ... 15 14 den. Steam Navigat ... ... 20 18 General Screw Steam .., --.,. 20 71 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... .. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel .. _ .... 10 3 Netherlands Land._ 1 3 2 1 N. S. W. Coal Zr Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ... ... 1 all N. B. Australasian i 1 1 3 Do. New . ... 20 10 Nrth. ofEurope Stearn ... -- 5 ... all Peel Rs. Ld. & Minrl. 1 i a 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ••• 50 35 Do. Do. ... ••• 2 all Portland Iron Co i iT 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest — 26 P 25 25 South Austral. Land 34 36 1 all Submar. Telegraph i 1 1 all Do. Registered. 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 9 —ll -- GLASGOW AND SOI7TH-WIC3TEEN RAILWAY.--T ra ffi e re turn for the week ending April 15, 1854 ....... 24,984 6 2 Correeponding week last year ..... ..... ......... 4,321 14 9 am oa.m.amllmomommas ligeafieb gfa 11 5 AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE HARBIN 'GER. The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's steam-ship Harbinger, Captain Lane, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning from &ustralia, having left Sydney on the 11th, and P o rt Philip on the 22d of January ; and St. Vincere (Cape Verde) March 31st. On the outward voyage the Harbinger touched only at St. Vincent's, making the passa go in 77 days, the weather being fine, but with I) ad trade winds., and frequently with the wind abea d. The homeward passage has occupied 86 day s. The Harbinger rounded Cape Horn 28 days after leaving Poll Philip, since which she has had. nothing but contrary winds and fine weather. She passed through quantities of ice from long. 160 to 115 I west. The Harbinger brings 36 passengers, and ori freight 16,174 ounces o f go ld f rom Sydney, and 57,168 ounces fi•ont Melbourne ; total, 73,342 ounces, of the value of about 293,3681. sterling, besides some small amounts in the hands of passen gers. She has also 150 bales of wool, and a heavy mail, consisting of 10 bags and two boxes from Sydney, and 41 bags and 5 boxes from: Port Philip. Her Majesty's ships Calliope, Helena, Bramble, and Acheron were at Sydney, and the Electra at Port Philip when the Harbinger sailed. She reports the following vessels off Port Philip Heads :—the Maitland, Boomerang, Bonny, Douro, Puenge, and Robertina. At 9 P.m. yesterday the Harbin ger came in contact with a large ship with painted ports, supposed to be the Maria Hay, from South ampton' bound to Geelong. The co lli s i on carr i e d away her jibboom and the Harbinger's port quarter boats. On the 9th of March, in lat. 21 S., long. 31 W., barque, from London, spoke the Henry Reid, bound to Launceston, 49 days out. March 17, lat. 3 S., 26 W., the Anna Agatha galliot, of Rot terdam. March 20, lat. 2 N., long. 22 W. the • British schooner BP lkan, from Mauritius to Liver pool. March 21, the French barque Solen, of Cette. March 29, lat. N., long. 16 W., the French brig Alceste, of Marseilles. March 31, the screw steam-ship La Plata left St. Vincent's for Buenos Ayres, and the Jersey barque Angoi", for the Brazils. April 5, 27 N., 30 W., the Swedish brig Amalia, for St. Thomas's. April 9, 35 IV., 24 W., the Hamburg brig Hansa, f rom B raz il t o Faiinouth. , The Harbinger is discharging her cargo, loxing been offered to Government for the transport ser vice. She is to be ready for sea as soon as possible. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 18. The dinner party at the Castle yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. and Lady Mary Hood, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, and the Baroness de Speth. The band of the 97th Regiment was in attendance during dinner, and played the following selection :-- Overture Introduzione, " Bella sei come un Angiolo" Pasquale Donizetti. Waltz, "Nymph of the Wave" D'Albert. Cavatina, " Come per me sereno" (La Sonnam bula) Galop, "L'Electricit6" Robert. Polonaise Kuhner. Her Majesty's private band attended in the evening, and played the following compositions : Overture, " Macbeth" - Chelard. Couplets and Chceur, Air and Couplets, " L'Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer. Selection, " Marco Spada" Auber. The Queen and Prince drove out in an open carriage . yesterday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel F. H. Seymour attended on horseback. The Princess Royal and the Princesses Alice and Helena took a carriage drive this morning. The Earl of Aberdeen left Windsor to-day for London. The Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Aberdeen returned to town yesterday from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. Viscount Pahnerston left town yesterday for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, yes terday, from the Governor of Canada and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ENGLISH AD3URALTY.—The French Government, acting with true practical wis- ' dom, has promoted Lieutenant Bonie, who was on board the Retribution, 28, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, when that ship entered Sebastopol, and who furnished important information to the Minister of Marine about the batteries of that harbour. It will be We are indebted to M. F. Germain de Lagny for a recollected that Lieutenant O'Reilly, son of Captain very interesting description of this important commercial. O'Reilly, of this town, also took important sketches of point of Russia in the Baltic, of which his long residence- Sebastopol, which were forwarded to the Admiralty, and in that portion of Northern Europe renders him peculiarly ualified to speak with accuracy and knowledge. as a reward for which services an example is now set by q the act of the French Government under precisely shin- Between St. Petersburg and the frontiers of Prussia far circuinstances.—Kentish Mercury. four rich provinces border the southern shores of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea ; these are Ingria, PRICE OF GOLD.—Tuesday Evening,—The quotation Esthonia, Livonia, and Courland. Here the coasts pro.- of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of sent a different aspect from those of the more northern, 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard geld, gives an ex- provinces of Russia in the Baltic ; they are more sloping,. change of 25.091 ; and the exchange at Paris on London and less bristling with rocks and shoals. The soil in at short being 24-95, it follows that gold is about 0.58 some places is sandy, in others marshy, or partly covered per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises with muddy water and reeds. But more inland, in the hiparts, from Hamburg the price of gold is 420 per mark, which, higher the arable land has a thicker bed of soil at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per oz. for than in Finland, resting on a substratum of granite standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.21 ; and, the ex- rocks, which occasionally crops out to the surface. The change at Hamburg on London at short being 13.11, it mountain chain of the Valdais extends its last undulating and sterile branches to the shores of the Baltic across. follows that gold is 0.30 per cent. dearer in Hamburg Livonia. Of all the towns along these coasts Riga is. than in London. The course of exchange at New York the most important, and indeed, it is one of the righest, on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 108 i per cent., finest, and most active of the Russian empire. Situated and the par of exchange between England and America at thebottom of the Gulf of Riga, it is shut in by two being 109 20-40 per cent., It follows that the exchange large and very important islands, Oesel and Dago, of is nominally 0.83 per cent. against England. But, after • which we will speak afterwards. Riga is celebrated by making allowance for charges of transport and difference more than one passage in the history of Germany. of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the trans- Under the Knights of the Order of Swoadbearers ( Ensti mission of gold either way between the two countries. Feri), so powerful during the latter period of the middle THE SYSTEM OF BLASTING IN COLTIERIES.—The two great explosions at the Ince Hall Colliery, near Wigan, ages, under the Danish dominion, and under the rule of Sweden. Riga was always the capital of Livonia. By, by which within a period of twelve months nearly 150 the treaty of Nystad, in 1721, it was ceded to Russia, lives hare been sacrificed, have led the owners to forbid and became the chieflace of the the firing of shots (or blasting) in the mine. The jury, Governmentcapita of Livonpia.rovinde of Riga, and it will be recollected, expressed an opinion that such a Its position on the right bank of the Western Dwina, course was dangerous. Of course a higher price has a short distance only from its mouth, has attracted to to be paid (4d. per ton) for getting coals by the wedging it a commerce which, by its extent, has raised Riga to system ; but the colliers are so prejudiced in favour of the rank of the second Russian port in the Baltic. The blasting, by which more coals and hieher wages are river has a majestic breadth, even under the very walls secured, that nothing like a full complement of workmen of the town, but ships of very large tonnage cannot can be got into the mine an the new system. Colliers ascend so high, and are obliged to discharge and take have been heard to express great readiness to go to work ;., in cargo at Dunamunde, a small fortified port which at Ince Hall if they might be allowed to " fi t 're shots commands the entrance to the Dwina. but less wages, though accompanied with greater seen No town which they have conquered displays in so city to life and limb, are insuperable objections to the striking a manner the disorganising spirit of the Rue majority. DESPERATE RENCONTRE ON BOARD AN AMERICAN clans. It seems as if everything that bears the imp rint STEAMER.—We have often heard of meetin of an anterior civilisation.annoys and irritates th at peo g a murderer ple, and excites it to the task of defacing every t race b y on the high seas, but seldom have to record such scenes of violence as occurred on the steamer S. F. J. Traube, any means in their power. Beside a Germa n town of brick . and wooden gables, in all the quaintness and ori on the Mississippi river, during her recent trip from New a nahtv of Teutonic architecture, the Russians have Orleans. As is usual at this season of the year, the boat - i . - raised a new town the exact type of their retrograde was crowded with deck passengers, chiefly flat boatmen • ill -lighted, plastered geniue It is built of logs and presents all the eharac respect on the from the Wabash and coal boatmen from Pittsburg. • "of Muscovite ' which utility ' tenstece a town, in Among the latter was a set of turbulent, quarrelsome men, who were about half drunk when they got on the boat at ficed to . effect. The housesareilzwe,very simbiu „ a a r , e o a i Im A o r s c t ha t n em gel ) . ted O t n o over with coloured chalk,. and . New Orleans, and had fought among themselves before model of Moscow, the boat left port. Captain Tucker was notified by a fiart friend who recognised one or two of the men that he walking through Riga, yo u At first the i • whether you arc not dreaming. impression would have trouble with them, and they would try some old-fasl • d none German town, is that you are in midst of to take the boat. Soon after the boat was under suddenly, 10 th e your illusion you turn a when way, and before she had proceeded many miles up thef i ndyourself in a corner and river, one of the Pittsburg coal boatmen attacked streets and houses as straight and regular as a regiment 1 el' man, who was quiet and peaceable and t "carry arms !" of soldiers a The German town runs a Woe,— • -,- - to liim, and knocked him down, and the bank of the river ; the Russian town stands had said nothing Two of his friends interfered along beat him dreadfuly. e ei,n , ofthe old on a part 5a,,e, 4 when they were one is busy and animated, the other is silent and to save him from further thee apt , one of them had g loo m y. In the first one almost believes in freedom ; beset and beaten nearly to cie.2.9 1 , his arm broken by a blow of an ago in the L'udo of one in the other y ou feel Russia a n d its instruments of tor• of the rloteee. The deck het was epee:, and an2ther_ ture and flagellation. Here the streets are narrow, after 6,- . . first fray, I brooked,__ .. and gay, and remind one of the old towns of passenger, a small man, stepped up and called for a drink. While he was In the ::•-c t ?'. the e'. l -ausa, where the people were free, independent, and drinking, a burly fellow, a bully among the coul b c r e t , i , almost se - evereign ; there the straight line represents the men, stepped up and seized him by the neck, c?,, en Cosy, laneee, the autocratic will of a despot, who him, and threw him to the deck as if he were s,c . ii re ' an d sums up in himseY the whole national will. Every one and then stamped on him. He was suffered to e Pei nediannicted in Livonia speaks Gern2en and nothing else ; the man es soon as he regained his feet he drew a kni treast, which ners and habits are the s.:.'ime as they were under the r ight a terrible wound in the big man's to f the t r . grandmaeter Gothard Khetsleie _ placed him on his back during the he The Protestant churches used to 'Suffice for the mil li() was sent to the . That did not and on the arrival of the hoat here the coal pious wants of the population of Rigs . F Not long after boatmen became perfectly wild anxiety for a fight, and w ere they would take thellA g w o i c t c h urr ru ce o r o heard to q rtheir swear that boe e and do as they pleaseu. -., - .3...,-0, ..„.,„ „„ w ded with passengers, and the quiet meet the views of orthodoxy, and a refoem was deter mined on. In less than a century eight. Greek churches Teased, were built, and that in a town where the garriseen alone belonged to the Greek faith. It would be curbeUs to know what the Emperor Nicholas would think if Prneleia • -aut. and were beset e claim . very , should some day put forward a to the proteetion and orderly had no vox°, or ~... . ...- , led to quell of her Courland and Livonian co-religionists against . moment. Captain 'McKee' hell- deterte,._ --"A P • nese= intolerance.; the riot, and summoning his crew, Amon: whom w,.... 'monuments of her rest 21 Spaniards, arming them -el with shortclubs— ' e f s , — • Intel... Riga ..,_ e ll possesses some .e churches with towers in the middle) and whatever weapons he could he ' ~ marched tothe glory ; two or tu.- • - - talaoe in which the grand male , lower deck and endeavoured to restore order, and put the 5 an ancient e - - formerly resided, and & rioters on shore. The tioter gothic style, e laughed at him, and one tern of the Teutonic knights .. remarkable. The big fellow shook his fist whole crew. The span. t i nder his nose and defied the town hall which presents nothing ' ... bulent populae .•d, in solid phalanx, armed Russian Government, to flatter the t d u._ ni.,,, hospital, with a club and tt 3 r ~n-, 8 knife, were , ordered to advance time whose discontent it apprehende , b for the' g ave ! ' and seize the rineleadnd a palace . ..ii it ,leader. TI , -..).!T1 ensued a scene of strife barracks, public promenades, a . _ _ y depict and confusion seldom seen oil the deck of a boat, The nor. It did not fel-get the prisons, lac by ' . Spanish crew, he to secure fear of the were victorleile, .trio Mena - . eu —-ed a few of the peincir streets.lase Besides veil the ringleaders, who were tied neck wi . D a e : lie ' —fl fie ll i' c ' 73 ; t Q. P le e firs e t i c eeldeb °4/131212" and heel, awl ' peace hag a cieaae- f the toms the mob was was at once- restored. The chief of Riga is a iu " ' • The aiStanGe 4 be found, 8 not caught, and for nd, and it was thought several days could not strong fortifications, ~. - surprise• or five others, vas . t ought that he, together with four the lower course of the rivet; drowned had jumped overboard, orashore. Se veral and either were from sea, • ,however, protects it Evora_.; swam of ----- gers aver that they distinctly the cabin passeu the river,and as the affair left New ' occurred soon after th e b oa t Orleans, it was impossible to tell wh o was l os t . During the melee a coal boatman, of the name of Blakely, was much hurl, and dangerously stabbed in th e s id e. of by He was taken care the officers of time boat, and sent to the hospital. The mate of the Traube received I cut in the head from a knife, which he caught just as one of the mutineers made a lunge at him. The four that were arrested were put off the boat soon after the affray wasu l' d q e ie , and when the boat was in the neigh bourhood missing of Millikin's Bend th e bi g f e ll ow who had been had been g secreted N was found, and was f or th w i t h set ashore. He under the cylinder timbers, . No fur ther outbreak occurred during the trip,though threats were made just before the boat many The • • • discipline of the S • • reached the port. of the officers of the boat,painards' and the determination put an effectual stop td the lawlepanegg of the coal b boatmen,-.lofitvilla Qourier. A FRESH MAN RIGA AND ITS-COMMERCE. ." ri Plld INCREASE AND DIMINUTION OF SALARIES ill OFFICES.—.The annual account made up under this title. has been presented to Parliament. It shows the effeetz of changes made during the year 1853. The chief item is set down to the Post-office, in Which department 1,220 m ore p e rsons have bee n engaged, at salaries amounting to 26,358/. ; the convict establishment else!. has 109 more servants than in the previous year ; thf Customs, 67; Stamps and Taxes, 59. On the othe hand, the Excise has 207 less, and the consequent lasi in that department is 24,7341. ; but there is an incre in the same department, under the head of " expenr to the extent of 15,748/. The general result is s crease of 1,478 in the number of persons emplo some of the public offices, and a diminution of the number employed in others ; in money, an of expense in the one set of offices to the 105,672/1 and a decrease in the other to tht 1?,91M SPORTING NOTI4B. THE NEWMARKET HANDICA P. The proceedings connected with the Newm arket Ran dicap have created no little sensation. The bong records of turf trickery and uncertainty perhaps scarcely furnish their parallel ; the " scratching system" was adopted and pursued with au utter disregard of individual con sure, and an undisguised indifference to public scandal. Horses were sent to Newmarket, seemingly not to fulfil their engagements, 'but solely for pecuniary and ques tionable purposes. The pernicious operation of the system complained of will be best set forth by a round unvarnished statement of the facts. Virago obtained a " flying reputation" at Epsom. She then became the leading favourite, not only for the Newmarket Handicap, but for other events. Although some doubts existed as to her starting for the Newmarket Handicap, yet they were soon dispelled by her arrival at headquarters. The desire to "get on" at any terms was general, for all persons deemed her success, barring acci dents, a certainty. She maintained her position in the betting with .veetning steadiness until MondSy, when etr itain movemein'a in the market, and the eagerness evinced in well-informed quarters to "get out," excited suspicions which were eventually confirmed, for on the afternoon of that day Virago was declared not to start. Bracken, too, oh whom nneny investments had been made at some whet short odds, encountered an opposition which showed that with him " things were not all right." He had not taken his customary exercise in the morning, and on the reading of the list his withdrawal also was announced. Having thus disposed of these two formidable animals, a new favourite was introduced le Defiance, who had ar rived on Sunday evening. He was supported with con siderable spirit until Monday evening, when a reaction commenced, and he was ultimately driven from 2 to 1 to 30 to 1. Early on Tuesday morning he was quietly sent home ! The "ring" then became puzzled, and specu lation was temporarily stopped. At length, however, a well-sustained demonstration was made in favour of Adine and Nicotine ; the former, however, ultimately took the lead in the betting. This position she main tained until about an hour before the time appointed for the race, when it was reported she had been sud denly taken ill, and she too was scratched. For Virago's withdrawal I was prepared ; and in my "Notes," published in The Sun on Monday, I stated its probability. Her owner, perhaps, deemed the chances of a break-down stronger than those of success. It is questionable, however, whether the motives which actuated him to scratch the mare will be either under stood or appreciated by the public. He, however, doubtless. deemed that he had a perfect right to do as he liked with. his own, and it must be confessed that he did it. The doings connected with Defiance admit of no extenuation. Adine, it is said, really went " amiss" at the last moment, and that her owner actually intended her, and backed her on the morning of the race for 2001. The truth of this report lam not at present able to confirm. All attempts, however, to explain her owner's conduct are met with derision. I shall, however, reserve my opinion on th e matter until I am in possession of the facts. So insignificant a lot of horses was never, perhaps, mustered at the post for a leading event as that which contested the Newmarket Handicap. The winner, Coup d'Etitt, as in 1852 when Father Thames carried off the stake, was scarcely mentioned in the Ring. Some people, however, went for the "off chance" with him, and backed him at prices varying from 100 to 5 to 100 to 7. He belongs to Sir Robert Pigott, and is trained at Newmark e t. lam informed that, although his owner did not invest a sixpence on him, Lady Pigott took 100 to 6 about him I Time will not allow me to extend my remarks on this subject. Baalbec won the Riddlesworth in capital style. He is a . good looking animal, and will be a most dangerous horse to stand against for the Chester Cup. I shall not attempt to indicate the winners of the various events appointed for decioion on Thursday and Friday. The most seemingly accurate calculations may be upset by the extreme hardness of the ground. Even the withdrawal of West Australian from the " Port" will not surprise me. Sittingbourne, too, although much fancied, appears to me to be not " exactly up to the mark." Should West Australian be scratched, I shall, with a start, be inclined to place some faith in Orestes. A FRESH MAN. Newmarket, Tuesday Night. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NEWMARKET, THIS DAT. ADINE AND THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP.—We have ascertained that the withdrawal of Adine was rendered absolutely necessary by a sudden and most severe attack of inflamation of the lungs, and 'Pe cannot but express our sincere regret that in the paragaph despatched on the Heath on Tuesday afternoon other motives should have been implied. ._ you ity. ob- I in ital. As ions )een -eek s in ,tely ther e the my et omits ished tione mpg , and The idgee oints 3.the re on oriel Rod 116116 22 of ' the ceo of Was Aar!