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

EXCHEQUER BILLS. Office of her Majesty's Pavma ;ter-General Whitehall, 24th May, 1854. TEE EXCHEQUER BILLS, d a t e d in the Months of June, o.2.tober, .November. and December, 1853 (per Act 1 Vict., cap. 23, 17,742,5001. A.nno 1853), with the Interest due thereon, will be paid og on the 12th June, 1854, when the interest will cease. Such bills will be received at this office d tily, from halt past ten till three o'cleck, until the 2nd day of June, 1854, inclusive. Printed Forms, containi ng instruetims for the preparation of the Lusts, end the arrangement of the Bills, may be obtained on applica tion at this office. The bearers must endorse each hill with their =nal signatures, and they must insert their names and addreres in each list , and where the names of holders are inserted in the bills, the indorse ments of lush holders must also be obtained previously to their lista and bills being left for examination. NEW BILLS, bearing Interest at the rate of twopence farthing by the dsY, upon every one hu tired pound", aril dated the said 12th day of, June , 1854, may be obtained in payment of the principal of the wuole, or part, of the Exchequer Bills issued under the Act above mentioned, on the claimants specifying, in their lists, the amount of new bills required by them. The New Bills, together with the Interest on the Bills left on or before the said 2d day of June, for exchange, will be issued on the 13th day of June 1854; the bearers must attend at this office, to sign receipts for the payment of Principal and Interest. Payment, in Money, may be obtained at this office for any of the said Exchequer Bills, previously to the said 12th day of June, 18 ' 4, upon the claimants leaving the bills for examination one day prior to that on which such payment is desired. N.B.—All Exchequer Bills dated prior to June, 1853, have been previously advertised to be paid off. TUBA fRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, MAT 24, Will be performed Auber's Opera. FR& DI kVOLO. Fra Dia. volo, Mr. Sims Reeves; Lord Alicash, Mr. Weiss; Giacomo and Beppo. Messrs. Leffler and F. Smith; Lady Allcash, Mme. Weiss; Zerlina, Mrs. Sims Reeves. Foikowed by (6th time) a new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT', entitled UNE FETE EN OLYMPE, in which Sidlle. Pasqua is will aPPear. Prices—Stalls, 7s; Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guine as . Th e Box-office open daily from Ten till Six, where places may b e secured. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had of blessrs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-street. THE•VTRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Subtotal. THIS EVENING, MAT 24, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff. Farren, Compton, and B uckstone ; Miss Reynolds, Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitz willittrn. After which. the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled m.R. BUCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI CESTER-SQUARE), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaAs..t.Es THIS EVENING. MAT 24, Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters b Messrs. W. Lacy Ryder, and Cathcart ; and Misses Heath and Murray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by et , r4l. C. Kean a n d D av id Fi s h er ; Mrs. Winstanley and Miss C. a.eclareq. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CUP. Principal cha rnctidrs by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAY 24, Will be performed THE MARBLE HEART; or, The Sculptor's bream. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web ster, and C. Selby; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. Harding. Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and farselle; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, THE OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CONSTANTI NOPLE, AS UNDERTAKEN BY LORD BATEMAN, WITH INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR SOPHIA. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. • Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, MAT 24, 'Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha euters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H. While, Lewis, and Vincent ; Mrs. Chatteriey, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. After which. THE MUMMY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan, Robson, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, MAT 24, Will be performed TILE SrATIIE LOVER. To be followed by A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. After which, THE GARDENER OF VERSAILLES. To be followed by THE SEA NYMPH'S CAVE. To conclude with THE BONNET-BIALDERS' TEA PARTY. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, Al I Is. id., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. dEITLErS EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, MAY 24, Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec. tacle, embodying n reel and extraordinary effects (written by Mr Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE* OF THE SPANISH WAR ; or, The Horse of the Wreck. The horses expressly trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by NOVEL FEATS of EQUITATION SANSPA REILLE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF THE BRINE. Box-ofilee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taut DA: —Morning 5 min.after 12 1 Evening 26 min.aft. 12 To.Movaow—Morning 48 min.after 12 1 Evening 10 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Stns Oman, Hey 24. THERMOMETER, IN THB SHADE. 64 highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 2918—rising. Wirrn, S.W.—Rather fre s h b reeze, w ith suns hi ne an d heavy clouds. 1111 " LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1854. Yesterday evening we published in the columns of The Sun a translation from the German ori ginal of the treaty between Austria and Prussia, signed on the 20th inst. at Berlin, and repeated to-day in the columns of all our morning contem poraries. The existence of such a document has long been matter of notoriety. Its gist has all along been pretty generally understood. Never theless, while the nature of the engagement en tered into between the Cabinets of Schoenbrunn and Charlottenburg might be readily enough conjectured, it could not but be especially inte resting at a crisis like the present to have mere suppositions, however obviously credible they might be, rendered altogether unnecessary —it could not but be peculiarly desirable that a matter of such extreme importance should be one not simply of mere hypothesis, but of absolute certainty—so that the belligerents might be enabled to anticipate more clearly the future policy of the leaders of the Germanic Con federation. This could only be accomplished by the publication of the treaty recently signed on the part of the Emperor of AUSTRIA by Baron VON HESS, and on the part of the King of PRUSSIA by Baron VON MA.NTEUFFEL. At length that curious State paper has made its appear ance. Its stipulations are consequently no longer matter of mere conjecture or sup , position. They have been formally submitted to the notice of the community. Whoso "runs may read." And yet--with the Treaty actually m taring us in the face, with its six articles before ,_ llB, and, with these also, its one long supplemen _‘4ll en gagement---a is impossible to count with 6413? to securit Y the course which m a y b e f o l- . w e d to the contest oy t hecontractin potentates in regard now raging contracting the Russian and Anglo-French one thin g belli gerents. There is only glarine'ly demonstrated by the docu ment, and that is, that mutually each j ealous Austria and Prussia are other. heart more jealo us of each other They are at than F RANCIS JOSEPH is of the Cza r NICHOLAS, or th an FREDERICK WILLIAM is of the Emperor NA.Porar.ox. Austria is less solicitous about that p or ti on of her dominions lying to the north-east of the Carpathians, prussic is less solicitous as to the retention of the Rh en i sh Provinces as a part of her aggregate territory.— than they are, each of them, profoundly a n d pain _ fully solicitous "at heart" as to the chance of the other obtaining, either by force or by intrigue, pre eminence over the whole of the kingdoms and principaliti es o f th e C on f e d era ti on . Hence this ingeniously elaborated treaty, binding the two Cabinets intimately together, so far at least as could well be effected by their mutually guaran teeing to each other the entire of their respective territories. It should be particularly borne in mind that not only h ave Austria and Prussia pledged them selves in this manner to maintain the integrity of their re s p ect i ve dominions, but that, in addition to this solemn engagement, they have undertaken to repel in common every attack coming to the one or the other of them from any quarter soever. Article 1 pledges thorn to this active co-operation. Article 2 renders it imperative upon both to aid I each other, not only in defending themselves against aggression from without, but in like manner also in defending the interests of entire Germany in the event of those interests being in any way threatened or jeopardised. Article 3 defines the imperative character of the necessity, requiring a portion of both the Austrian and Prussian ar m y to be prepared at all times during the continuance of the war for the accident of an emergency. Article 4 provides that the contracting parties shall invite all the German States to adhere to the terms of their agreement. Article 5 precludes both Austria and Prussia from entering, dur ing the existence of this alliance, into any separate treaty whatever with other States---into any separate treaty at least not comp l e t e l y har monising with the principles here proclaimed. While Article 6 is simply expressive of the accus tomed formality observed upon all similar occa sions, being merely to the effect that the present treaty shall be submitted as speedily as possible to the ratification of the august Sovereigns. Such is the precise bearing of this notable treaty, offensive and defensive, between the Austrian and Prussian Governments. As with a lady's letter, however, the most inte resting portion of the whole is condensed into the all-important postscript. The " murder is out" only in the additional or supplementary article thereupon immediately appended. A declaration of war against Russia by the courts of Berlin and Vienna, or as that nota bene to the Treaty between Austria and Prussia expresses it, "an offensive action on the part of both—ein, offensives beider seitiges vorgehen--would be first occasioned"—by what ? Observe the contingencies 1—" through an attack or passage of the Balkan on the part of Russia, or by the incorporation of the Principali ties !" Only in the event of Moldo-Wallachia being declared to be incorporated with the do minions of the AUTOCRAT, or in the equally re mote possibility of the Cossack hordes effecting the passage of the Balkan Mountains—only then would an " offensive action" on the part of Austria and Prussia (so says this important, and curious, and significant supplement to the recent treaty) "be first occasioned 1" Wherefore, as far as events are now from the passage of the Balkan or from the incorporation of the Princi palities—precisely so far are the Western Powers removed from the probability of obtaining any active warlike co-operation from the Austrian or Prussian Government. The truth in this matter is perfectly obvious. The language employed by the contracting parties is sufficiently explicit and comprehensible. There can be no chance of mistake upon this point at least. What are the literal words of the plenipotentiaries ? They are worth repeating, they are worth meditating upon, they are worth remembering. They are—as we have seen—these literatim : "An offensive action on the part of both [i. e. Austria and Prussia] would, however [meaning by the adverb after all that has been said'], be first occasioned by the incor poration of the Principalities, or through an attack or passage of the Balkan on the part of Russia." Nothing further, we conceive, is at all requisite, now that the Courts of Vienna and Berlin have de clared this much, nothing further is at all requi site to prove to the comprehension even of those whose intellects are most obtuse that it were folly to count upon a manly policy as opposed to the CZAR from either of the two principal German Governments. All that the recent treaty signed on the 20th ultimo in the Prussian capital actu ally does, is to bind the Cabinets of Schoenbrunn and Charlottenburg to the mutual guarantee of the whole of their respective dominions. Their union with France and England only rests upon the shadowy alternative of two most remote and improbable contingencies. The Honourable Gentleman the Member for Finsbury has withdrawn the motion of which he had given notice respecting the unfortunate dispute between the masters and the working people in the manufacturing districts. He was induced to do so in consequence of a communica tion, purporting to come from the " Amalga mated Committee-room, Preston," and signed by certain delegates on behalf of the several bodies of factory workers. There was nothing objectionable in the tone of this document, which was read to the House. It stated that the Com mittee, who acted on behalf of the Preston opera tives, " had throughout the painful proceedings acted upon a conviction that they were justified by every consideration, whether of a local or general character, in contending for an advance of wages, and that it had always been their desire to con duct the dispute with the most rigid regard to law and order, that circumstances beyond their control had induced them to yield to the more powerful combination of their employers. They were therefore unwilling that anything should be permitted to interfere with a cordial reconciliation among all classes." This, as we have stated, is altogether unobjectionable —nay, more, it is highly creditable to the parties ; and we venture to assert that if, at the beginning of the disas trous contest, the negotiations on the part of the operatives had been conducted with similar modera tion, an amicable arrangement would have been speedily arrived at, by which very severe, if not ruinous, losses on the part of many of the masters, and the severe sufferings and fearful privation on the part of the 'malcontents and of their innocent families, might have been averted. Whatever dif ference of opinion as to the original cause of the quarrel—the demand for increased wages— none can exist as to the exemplary conduct of the parties under trials of no ordinary magnitude. However we may feel compelled to censure one portion of their proceedings, we must greatly admire and unequivocally applaud another part ; and their candid confession of de feat, and deprecation of anything which might by a possibility interfere with a cordial reconciliation between all classes, is equally laudable, and pre disposes every right-minded man to strain every energy to restore perfect concord, and to place the important relations between the parties on a sound and permanent basis. Unfortunately, however, there is no security whatsoever for a continuance of amity. We see the same machinery still in existence that led to the former difficulty. Of that the very document above alluded to, praiseworthy in all other re spects, affords unanswerable testimony. We see that "an amalgamated committee room" is still maintained at Preston, and that there are dele gates, or committee-men, still authorised to decide and act on behalf of the general body, whose commands would still doubtless be just as impli citly obeyed as heretofore by the great body of the hands. It was the unauthorised and unsoli cited interference of these very persons, or of others acting with them, that produced the original quarrel. They then treated the masters with the utmost arrogance, and conveyed their ukases to the operatives, who, by their unquestioning obedience, testified the thraldom in which they were held. It was scarcely deemed necessary to conceal the ultimate object, viz., that the delegates should be enabled "to control the: destinies of trade" in every par ticular. It was, therefore, if not openly avowed, tolerably clearly• hinted, that each demand would prove but the precursor of others of greater mag nitude, and tlita,t one concession should be followed by others more extensive if p eace was t o b e main tained. Ve r y *c l ear an d exp li c i t i nt i mat i ons were given to differnt firms that their turns would . speedily arrive ; and th e u t mos t b oon th a t even the mostch a gent in master could anticipat e wa s , that bestowed. by the Cy c l o p t o ours, "that he sh ou ld be the last d evoure d . " Surely, then, the gold en op portunity for obt a i n i ng amp l e gua rantees for a n . enduring p eace should not be dis regarded, o r s; uttered' t o p ass away without The modera Li on of the document inten notice de d Parliament is also very strongly contrasted wi • th those address, 3.3 to the operatives from the same room, and, w e believe, virtually from the sape parties. Her e nothing is to be " permitted to in terfere with t he cordial reconciliatio n of all par ties." There the hands were advised "to resum e work—until a more favourable opportunity." Here, " circtu nstances beyond their control have induced them to yield." There Mr. COWELL com pletes the s, 9t term, by desiring the operatives to "rest assure A :that; wheoner a reaction takes THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1854. ! place in the commercial affairs of the country, the telling-note shall again be sounded in Preston, Ten per cent., and no surrender." As the AUTO , CRAT had different terms in which to convey his opinions to other nations, and to his own mise rable serfs, so did the would-be despots of Pres ton adopt tones suitable to the atmosphere in which they were to be listened to. One for the House of Commons, deprecating any discussion likely " to interfere with a cordial reconciliation of all classes ;" the other for the camp meetings outside Preston, promising, ou the first favourable opportunity, a revival of their war cry, or " telling note," of "Ten per cent., and no surrender !" Something should be done to obviate the dis trust that must continue between the parties ; and, as we long since stated, it will only admit of a legislative remedy. The question is not merely one of wages between masters and working people, but is of national importance, and demanding immediate attention on the part of Parliament, more especially of the popular representatives. We could not see the operatives who have behaved so admirably in some respects crushed—we could not ask the masters to fling away the fruits of their dearly-bought victory without some kind of security for future peace. The matter is one of considerable difficulty, but the events of the last eight months furnish the necessary data for ar riving at the correct solution of the important problem. It may not be right to legis late while the passions of the quondam bellige rents are still excited, and the wounds given and received during the continuance of hostilities are still rankling, but there could not be a more auspicious time for instituting the inquiries that must be made before the matter can be finally disposed of. We shall not now put forward any suggestions as to the nature of the enactments that should be made ; but this we will say, that never was there a case more urgently demanding strict and searching investigation by disinterested and unprejudiced persons. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 23. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the whole of the Royal family, arrived at Osborne yesterday evening at six o'clock from London. The excellent band of the Royal Marine division at Gosport was commanded by her Majesty to be in attend. ance at Osborne this morning (Wednesday) to serenade at a quarter to seven on the lawn. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Ann Maria Dawson and Lord James Murray, left town at 11 o'clock yesterday morning for Osborne, Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness travelled from London by the South-Western Railway. A deputation of the vinegar trade, consisting of Mr. Charles Pott, Mr. R. Burnett, Mr. Underwood, and Mr. Pouncett, attended by Mr. T. Browning, had an interview with Mr. Wilson yesterday at the Treasury. A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Hume, M.P., the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Masterman. M.P., Mr. Sadlier, M.P., Mr. Hubbard, M.P., and Mr. Willcox, M.P., had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New Zealand, Ceylan, and Hong Kong. Despatches were sent last evening to the Governors of the West Coast of Africa. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFB.—Yesterday, at the hour of 11 a.m., George Frederick Darcy, Earl of Durham, led to the hymeneal altar, at St. George's, Hanover square, the lovely and accomplished Lady Beatrice Hamilton, second daughter of the Marquis and Mar chioness of Abercorn, and niece to the Duke of Bedford and Lord John Russell. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lord Wriothesly Russell, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Earl and Countess of Had dington Lord and Lady John Russell and the H on . Miss Lister, Lord and Lady Ribblesdale and Lady Charles Russell, Lord and Lady Haddo, Viscount Hamil ton, the Rev. and Hon. Douglas and Lady Ellen Gor don, Lord Aberdeen, &c. The happy pair left town for Woburn Abbey, to pass the honeymoon. THE HOOD MEMORlAL.—Yesterday being the anni versary of the birth-day of Hood, the poet, it was an nounced that the inauguration of the Hood memorial at Kensall-green Cemetery should take place, and in that expectation many persons were attracted to the ground. The ceremony, however, did not take place, the work not having been compl e t e d, i n consequence of the con tractors not having delivered the granite pedestal on which the memorial is to stand. A. few weeks must, therefore, elapse before the work is completed.—Morn lag Advertiser. LETTERS FOR THE MAURITIUS, &C.—General Post. office, May, 1854.—As letters for Mauritius and Re. union, when specially addressed to be sent by the over land mail, can at present be conveyed by British mail packets no further than Ceylon, whence they must be forwarded as opportunities offer, they are liable in this country only to the reduced rate of postage now charged upon the correspondence of Ceylon, viz. :—For a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, 6d. ; for a letter exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce, ls. ; for a letter exceeding one ouncs, and not exceeding two ounces, 2s. ; and so on, according to the scale in operation for charging inland letters. A French transit ;ate of sd. for each quarter of an ounce must, however, be 'added to the above postage upop all letters for Mau ritius and Reunion which are intended to be sent by the overland route, but are not specially addressed via Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, MAY 23.—The packet brig Brilliant, Captain Newton, arrived here last night from Madeira, after a passage of 18 days, bringing 35 passen gers. The French steamer Neustrie arrived here this morning from Havre with a full cargo of continental merchandise for shipment by the American mail steamer Hermann, for New York. The Hermann will leave on Wednesday (this day), taking out 240 passengers and a full cargo of about 500 tons of general merchandise. BINOCULAR PHOTOGRAPHS.—Last night Mr. Alfred &nee gave a soirée at 7, Finsbury-circus, to a numerous circle of distinguished scientific men and eminent artists, when many striking specimens were exhibited of the ap plication of his binocular system to painting and other works of art. There were several daguerreotypes and photographs of remarkable beauty and execution. The landscapes by Mr. Price gave full development to Mr. Smee's improvemeut, and, instead of the usual sharp outlines and flat surface, were characterised by the soft melting roundness of nature. The company seemed highly gratified by their evening's entertainment. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—To the series of views taken from the banks of the Danube and the coast of the Euxine a picture of Odessa is now added. The spectator looks directly upon the town from the sea, so as to have nearly opposite to him the flight of steps leading to the statue of the Duke de Richelieu, the Governor under whom Odessa attained its prosperity. The situation of tho imperial and quarantine harbours at the two extre mities of the city are clearly shown, so that the direction of the attack, which spared as much as possible the city itself and the mercantile harbour, while it avenged the insult offered to the flag of truce, is rendered comprehen sible at a glance. A COLOURABLE OFFENCE.—A correspondent states that the Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, one of a party travelling in Italy, was recently arrested there for wear ing a white hat, and having in his writing desk a pen wiper which assumed the shape and colour of a cockade. His books and papers were all seized and submitted to examination ; but, after three days' detention, he was liberated, and his papers restored, upon the payment of the expenses of his imprisonment, and the keep and charges of his military guard. THE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—The anniversary meet ing of this society was held yesterday at twelve o'clock, in Willis's Rooms, Vice-Admiral Bowles in the chair. In the report it was stated that the funded property of the institution has been considerably augmented, and the number of pupils has increased from 193, at the cor responding period of last year, to 217 at the end of last quarter—the largest number that the school has con tained since its first establishment. A handsome and commodious library has been fitted up for the use of the pupils, who have access to it in recreation hours, under proper regulations. The report was approved of; and the meeting adjourned. THE UNITED STATES NEUTRAL FLAGS.—We read in the Moniteur The Government of the United States of North America replied, on the 28th ult. to the com munication made to it by the French Minister of the de claration of the two great maritime powers of Europe, relative to neutral flags during the present war. In this reply Mr. Marcy expresses, in the name of the President of the Union, the wish that the maxims adopted in concert by France and Eng land should become for the future the rule of con- duct of all civilised nations. The Secretary of state be sides declares that his government has a firm wish to observe strictly, and to cause to be observed, the duties of neutrality. He mentions that the laws of the country severely prohibit any American citizen, as well as every one estabiished on the territory of the Union from fitting out privateers, or enrolling men to take part in foreign war. Mr. Marcy adds that there is no fear of any at tempt being made to infringe these laws, but that, in case the expectation of the government of he Union on this subject should be deceived, the President would think it his duty to use the power with which he is in- • vested to cause them to be respected." THE CHILD MURDER AT STEPNEY.—Yesterday even ing Mr. W. Baker held a coroner's inquest at the Grave Maurice Tavern, Whitechapel-road, respecting the death of William Seago, aged six years, who was mur dered by his stepmother, Mary Ann Alice Seago, on Sunday. The evidence given at the inquest was a mere repetition of th a t t a k en a t the police office. The police officer who t oo k th e prisoner into custody stated that, when h e mentioned the nature of the charge to her at that time, she protested her innocence, and said the de ceased had fallen off her lap and struck his head against a tin box. The jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Mary Ann Alice Seago," and the coroner issued his warrant for her committal to Newgate for trial. MONEY MARKET AND COIRMEBCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at about, 4,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export. The market closed very heavily, with prices of all kinds slightly in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 30 Egyptian at 6d., and 300 Surat at 3d. to Rd. per lb. Railway shares were steady and firm. The Government contract for rum has been taken, viz. -20,000 gallons St. Croix, by Messrs. Simmonds, and 6,000 ditto, by Messrs. M. J. and C. Woodhouse, both at about 3s. ld. per gallon ; and 60,000 gallons at Liverpool, by Messrs. Bushell and Co., but the exact price has not transpired. The Tea market is unfavourably affected by the quantity of low-conditioned sorts on offer. Com mon Congous have been sold at 11d. to Hid., and Ho-Rows at Is. 3d. to is. 3/d., ex Hohams ; Monings and Wopacks have sold somewhat irregu larly, but the latter class are in somewhat better demand, especially the finer grades. Oolongs are ld. to 2d. cheaper. Scented teas are in better request. The Australian trade. is not particularly brisk just now, but upon the whole it is in a very whole some ccndition ; and although the advises which the Overland Mail is to bring, and which are to the 25th March from Sydney, &c., still report an ex cessive supply of goods, there is every probability that as the arrivals became smaller the tone would improve. The present rates of freight to Australia, per ton of 40 feet, for fine measurement goods, are thus given in the Weekly Shipping List :—Ade laide, 80s. to 955. ; Hobart Town, 85s. to 955. ; Launceston, 80s. to 90s. ; Melbourne or Geelong Wharves, 100 s. to 110 s. ; Melbourne or Geelong, 70s. to 85s. ; New Zealand, 100 s. to 120 s. ; Port land Bay, 110 s. ; Sydney, 70s. to 85s. The ship Aberfoyle, which left Geelong, Port Philip, on the 7th of February, has arrived with 21,117 ounces of gold. The steamer Australia is making a very long passage, and her arrival is anxiously looked for. The steamer Ripon has arrived with the South ampton portion of the Overland Mail, but her let ters will not be delivered until later in the day. The Overland Mail telegraphed yesterday is not expected to reach here before the Ist June, owing to the derangements of the screw-propeller of the Simla. There was a slight improvement yesterday after noon in the rate of exchange for bills on Amster dam, but Hamburgh, Frankfort, and Trieste were a shade lower. Paris was at the previous rates. The dollars by the steamer Magdalena have been all sold to-day at ss. ld. per ounce ; the bar silver not having yet found a purchaser. The gold by the Highbury and the Kangaroo from Australia has been delivered, and it is stated by Messrs. Haggard and Pixley that it will all be taken for the Continent. The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East India Company during the fortnight ending yes terday was 92,2321., chiefly on Bengal. Scarcely a day now passes without the position of the money market being brought under discussion in the City, and from what we hear this morning the demand for discount accommodation is increas ing. The bankers, generally, are stated to find ample employment for their assets, while the Bank of England can obtain more than its minimum, price upon excellent bills. Under these cir cumstances the belief grows stronger that there will, either to-morrow or at no distant period, be another per cent. added to the exist ing charge. It would be difficult to say whether this step ought to be so early adopted, because a single week may have changed materially the posi tion of the Bank, but we should have imagined that the recent steady importation of gold from Australia and the United States, with the supply of silver from Mexico and South America, would have eased the Bank so far as to enable it to avoid further immediate interference with the rate. Last week the balance of specie imports was estimated at 300,0001., notwithstanding we shipped some 400,0001., which ought to have gone some way in reducing our liabilities; but it is only justice to explain that there are many circumstances to be taken into consideration, and that the China exchange is quoted so high in the advices telegraphed yesterday by the Overland Mail, that silver will have still to be freely sent as the most profitable means of remittance. The corn market is duller to-day, but the arri vals are on a scale that must absorb heavy . amounts. We scarcely expect an easy money mar ket just now, from the causes here enumerated, as well as from the drain upon us for the war, but if a steady rather than a fitful line of policy be pur sued by the Bank, we apprehend nothing in the shape of a pressure or a crisis. There are ample means at command, and there is scarcely any specu lation. The annual meeting of the National Bank of Ireland took place this day, when a very satis factory report was presented. The net profits of 1853 were 48,303/. 2s. 11d, and the reserve fund was 20,6021. 17s. 111 The directors declared a divi dend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable in July next. The report was adopted. The decision of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to the rate of interest upon the bills falling due next month has not yet been announced, and it is stated that the right hon. gentleman has been again in communication with the Bank of England. As money seems tightening, it will be necessary to act with great caution, and hence the delay. Public securities are quieter this morning, but Consols have been done at 881 and 89k for transfer, and 881 to 89 for account. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 88a to 4, and the Three per Cents. 871 Bank Stock is firm at 203 to 205. Exchequer Bills have been is. dis count to 2s. premium, and East India Bonds 7s. discount. There is very little time business doing. Foreign Stocks have been almost nominal. Por tuguese per Cents. have been dealt in at 38i, Sardinian at 82, and Danish Five per Cents. at 1004. In the English railway market there is a mode rate business doing, and prices are fairly main tained. French Shares are rather hea v y. Mines are he av y, th e B anks quieter, Companies hi g h er . and the eGLoladn d BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official Lie. Rusiness done 'lank Stock 203 5 i per Cent. Reduced Annuities B7i I 3 per Cent Consols Annuities B9 A 8i 9A New 31 per Cent. Annuities B B4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 . 4 9-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859..., 4 5-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 13-16 India Bonds, £lOOO ... Ditto, under £lOOO 7 d Consols for Account 6th June B9 8k 9 Exchequer Bills, 2d. 21000 2500 ld 2p Small . . ... .. ....... Exchequer Bonds Scrip PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 3B Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... .... 23i Dividends on the above payable in London. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto Juno Account en 9 LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE LOSS OF THE TIGER CONFIRMED The Jo arnal d'Odessa states, on the 12th of May, that the Tiger, of 1,275 tons burden, and mount ing 10 guns, which stranded at seven wersts from Odessa, was forced to surrender before the Vesuvius and Niger could come to her assistance. Her captain (Giffard) lost one leg, a midshipman both, and five men were wounded. Two hundred and twenty-six prisoners were taken. The Russians had two officers wounded and two soldiers killed. As the vessel could not be removed she was set on fire, and sank the same day. Some of her guns were taken as trophies to Odessa. We find the following in the Press of Vienna on the same subject :—" We have received direct accounts from Odessa relative to the recent events, and communicate them to our readers without changing anything. The inhabitants of Odessa are now in the greatest uneasiness. The Russian batteries have cannonaded an English war steamer which, on her return from the mouths of the Sulina, was driven by stress of weather into the roadstead of Odessa. Some say it was the Tiger, others the Niger, and one version is that it w a s the Retribu tion. This vessel made si g nals of distress and hoisted the white flag, but the Russians paid no attention to it and fired Led-hot shot at her until she caught fire. Notwithstanding the shower of balls the vessel approached the shore, and the crew were able to land. The vessel is now in the l ort of Odessa in a very bad condition, and the clew are prisoners of war. Several line-of-battle ships and corvettes of the combined fleets have shown themselves before the port. The inhabitants are in great alarm, not knowing what may happen. At the moment I am writing, a vessel with a flag of truce is approaching the port." PERSIA. RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM. We learn from St. Petersburg, under date of May 16, that an ultimatum has been sent to Persia, and a reply demanded within two months. CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Mav 11.—Our ears have be come so accustomed to the firing of salutes, and we have had so many false alarms within the last few days, that, yesterday morning, wh e n th e guns f rom the ships in the harbour were fired, scarcely any body felt inclined to stir. The evening before everybody had made a rush to the terraces and flat roofs of the houses ; and the same occurred twice before. However, this time it was not the wolf's cry, for the Caradoc was at anchor off Tophana, and all the Turkish ships of war stationed there had manned their yards, and were thundering a welcome t o hi s Royal Highness. In the forenoon the Duke of Cambridge repaired to the British embassy at Pera, where lie was received by his Excellency Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. All the persons of note here had gone to meet him at Tophana. In the after noon his Royal Highness proceeded up the Bus phorus, and was received at the Imperial palace of Ferie, immediately adjacent to the Sultan's resi dence of Tcheragan, by Ciamil Bey, the in troducer of Ambassadors. A similar ceremo nial was gone through to that already 'de scribed on the arrival of the Prince Napoleon. To-day there was a grand reception held by his Royal Highness at his palace of Ferie, on the Bos phorus. All the corps diploniatique repaired there. The British troops being stationed at Scutari, and encamped on the Asiatic side, it is to be foreseen that his Royal Highness will spend most of his time there. We are looking forward to a grand review and field-day. Now that Marshal St. Ar naud and Lord Raglan, the two commanders-in-chief, are here, and the Ouse of Cambridge, Prince Napo leon, and the whole off their staff, we may expect an early active moment towards the seat of war. The French are expected to march up to Adria nople from Gallipoli very shortly. Until the artil lery and cavalry have arrived, a general movement of the British troops cannot take place. The City of Loudon, which arrived here the other day from Malta, brought Brigadier-General Airev and twenty-three staff officers. This steamer likewise brought a great many horses, and a portion of the equipage, of the horse artillery. They were all landed at the barrack of Couleli, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. A great number of transports have arrived with horses and ammunition. They have also been landed at the barracks of Conlon. and Selitnie. The steamers and transports are still detained here. This has given rise to a general belief that troops will immediately be sent to Varna— a most natural, and I should say, true conclu sion. The fortifications of the Bosphorus are being inspected, and it is now said that considerable alterations and improvements will be made in them Behram Pacha (Colonel Cannon) has arrived here from Schumla, accompanied by his aide-de camp, Colonel Ogilvy, and several Turkish officers. They are all sent by Omer Pacha to compliment Prince Napoleon, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, and Marshal St. Arnaud on their arrival. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who is detained at home by indisposition, was not present at the presentation of the corps diplomatique to-day. The heat is increasing every day, and many per sons are suffering from its effects. There is a close ness in the atmosphere which causes a dry feverish sensation, and were it not that the nights are cool much illness would be the consequence among those not acclimatized. As yet, however, the real sum mer has not commenced. In another month the climate will be tropical, and the stifled inhabitants will fly from the capital to their villas on the Bos phorus or in the Islands. Pera in June and July is like London in September ; no one remains but the shopkeepers, and many of those might be absent without much loss, so small is traffic at that languid and sultry season. Whether the events of the war will have any tendency to change the usual state of things it is difficult to say, but certainly a country residence will be more than usually desira ble this year, as the town is crowded to suffocation, and the summer bids fair to be more than usually sultry. Steamers ply daily between Constantinople and the villages adjacent, and as the head-quarters of diplomacy are transferred to the cooler spots, there is little necessity or inducement to remain within the limits of the stifling town. THE COMBINED FLEETS IN THE BLACK SEA. MALTA, May 16.—The Vulcan steam troop-ship, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam vessel Euxine, which arrived last night from Con stantinople, bring dates from that city to the 10t14, and from the fleets blockading Sebastopol to the sth of May, from which the following intelligence is gleaned On the evening of the 25th of April the several Russian prisoners taken in the merchant vessels captured by the English and French vessels of war were put on board a Sardinian brig and sent to Odessa, from the offing of which, at daylight on the 26th, both fleets took their departure, to the no small delight of the inhabitants of the town, who could not be brought to give credit for the moderation which, under the circumstances of the case, has been shown in sparing it as the English and French admirals have dune. Next morning a strange steamer was reported, but at a great dis tance, whereupon the Arethusa and Sampson were sent in chase, and though, after a while, the steamer disappeared, still they had the satisfaction of find ing that they had come up in time to oblige her to abandon a n English m erc h an t b r i g w hi ch she had just previously captured, and was towing for a Russian port. Three prizes were taken that morn ing by the English ; and in order that the force might not appear too imposing on reaching Sebas topol, for which the fle e t s were s t eer i ng — an d b y way of enticing the enemy out of his strongholds— the Queen and Marengo, ships of the line, received orders to part company from the rest. On the 28th the offing of Seba s t opo l was reached ; and on the 26th, cruising closer in, with a strong breeze, the Sampson and the Ar e th usa (th e li g h t i n f an t r y of the British fle e t) were sent i n to reconno i tre, and on their return r e p or t e d one t h ree -d ec k er , t en other sail of the line, four frigates, and four or five steamers afloat. D ur i ng th e d ay th e Ti ger and Furyjoined, having been back to Odessa for a reconnoitre, and steamed round by the coast of the Crimea, without falling in with a single vessel. At about five p.m. on the 29th, when the fleets were about 25 miles distant from the port of Se bastopol, a steamer was seen, an , l coming from that directi on , w hi c h l e f t no d ou bt o f h e r being a Russian. The Tiger was ordered down upon her, when sh e soon went roun d, an d s t o od back again to port, into which she got by dusk, the Tiger having chased her nearly within shot of the bat teries, followed at a distance by the Inflexible and Vauban, to guard against it being any decoy or snare, which no doubt was the case, since from the Tiger's deck five steamers were . observed to have their steam up, and the four frigates had run up their topsails ready for a start. The ap pearance of the Inflexible and Vauban in the dis tance no doubt spoiled the sport, and induced them to weigh the odds as to the result, if they (the Ru ss i ans ) put out to sea. It is to be hoped the next decoy will be a little bolder, and venture out a feiv miles further ; for the mere nabbing o f transports and merchant craft is not altogether the work which either the English or French seamen would prefer. On the sth of May tho Agaztenazion was taking in at sea a quantity of gunpowder for the Circassians, and would leave on that or the following day with a small steam squadron, under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir IllunundLyons, composed of the Sampson, Retribution, Firebrand, Charlemagne, Vauban, and Mogador ; proceeding in the first place to Kaffa, in the Crithea, to destroy a small dockyard thereat, and where it is hoped several steamers will be found and taken; after carry ing out which service, this steam squadron will pro ceed to the coast of Circassia, fuere land the ammu nition, and endeavour to destroy by cannonading and bombardment the forts which the enemy still holds. If this be found impracticable without a laud force, this is to be supplied, on application, without delay, from the nearest Turkish garrison or station. The Terrible, which joined Admiral Dundas from Con stantinople on the sth of May, brought several Circassian chiefs, who will accompany the expedi tion. They speak most confidently of the earnest desire of the majority of their fellow-countrymen to rid themselves of the Russians. On the same day there was some great-gun exercise at Sebasto pol, creating much noise and smoke. - The hills close to Sebastopol were tipped with snow, and those at a great distance had a good thick coating. Very'cold weather continued to prevail, with stronger breezes than one would prefer in the vicinity of an enemy's coast. THE DANUBE. REPORTED FALL OF SILISTRIA. On the 16th inst. the last Russians left Little Wallachia. The Widdin correspondent of the Lloyd writes, that Sami Pasha has received official intelligence of the fall of Silistria. A private letter states that Silistria on the 20th, was still in the hands of the Turks. The Presse of Vienna has the following : " Omer Pacha has caused to be published at Schumla a bulletin on the affair which took place on the 28th ult. near Nicopolis. According to this document, Sali Pacha, after having passed the Danube on the 28th at Nicopolis, demolished the works of the tete de pont of the Russians, took two pieces of cannon, beat and pursued the enem y as f ar as Tourno w and occupied Islas. These a ccoun t s are confirmed-by our private information, but never theless a bulletin was published at Bucharest on the 30th ult., in which it was announced that a victory had been gained over the Turks, and a Te Deum was even sung on the occasion of it. A letter from Orsova confirms the details of the affair which took place on the 10th near Giurgevo. Said Pacha crossed the Danube at the head of 1,500 men, at tacked and destroyed the enemy's batteries, and drove back the Russians as far as Giurgevo. The Turks took two pieces of cannon from the batteries. Said Pacha, after having set fire to a quantity of timber and other materials, collected for the pur pose of constructing a bridge, recrossed to the other side of the river." The same journal says :—" We have to-day re ceived a letter from our correspondent on the Lower Danube, which announces that another very obsti nate and sanguinary engagement took place on the 12th, near Oltenitza-Tourtoukai. 800 irregular troops crossed the Danube for the mere pleasure of fighting, and attacked the quarantine post. The combat lasted some time without success, and the Turks at length retired with the loss of 200 killed and wounded, after taking several pieces of cannon from the Russians." SCHITMLA, May 5.—" The only news of any im portance is that the Russians have suffered a defeat in a small engagement which has just taken place in Little Wallachia. In withdrawing from that country the Russians naturally stationed a rear-guard on this side of Krajova, to cover their retreat, guard their hospitals, and observe the movements of the troops at Kalafat. On the 28th of April, Skender Bey (Count Ilinski) was reconnoitring at the head of a regiment of Ottoman cavalry, when he met, near Radovan, a body of the enemy's cavalry, superior in num ber. He did not hesitate to attack them. Skender Bey is a very brave and intelligent officer. The Ottoman cavalry, when well commanded, are good. In this engagement the Turks proved the victors. They captured sixty horses and made twelve prisoners The exact number of killed and wounded is nut known. On the Turkish side the loss was not considerable. Skender Bey will be promoted and decorated. On the 2d of May a re c3nnoissance was made on the left bank of the Danube by a body of 300 Arnauts. They sur prised an entrenched outpost of the Russians, who at that time still maintained their line of obser vation on the Danube, in front of Nicopoli. The 300 Arnauts had to contend with four of the enemy's battalions and a battery. They fought with great desperation. Only fifteen were made prisoners ; the rest seem to have been cut down. Transylvanian papers say that the army which entered the Dobrudscha on the 23d of March is composed of the troops of the sth corps d'armee, and of one division of the 3d. The corps d'armee of General Luders has only three brigades of in fantry with the army of the Danube ; add to this the 7th division of the 3d corps d'armee, and you have a total of five brigades of forty battalions, besides four regiments of cavalry and some Cos sacks, who must also have crossed. Thus you have in the Dobrudscha a total of 30,000 or 32,000 men. Up to the present we can form no idea of what the Russians are about. You will do well to contra dict all accounts of other engagements on the Lower Danube, as none have taken pl ace th ere since the 23d of March. Hirsova, Tultscha, and Matschin are not strong places, but open towns, in front of which a few earth en ou t war k s have been thrown up. It is therefore no matter of astonish ment that the few Turkish battalions stationed there evacuated them on the 23d March." MARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. The attendance of buyers being small, the demand -was in a sluggish state, at Monday's currency. The imports of foreign wheat continue good. Selected samples were steady, a t e xtreme rates ; but low an d mid dling parcels commanded very little attention. We were fairly sup plied with barley, which moved off slowly, on former terms. The malt trade was 'dull ; but we have no change to no te in the quotations. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. AIARIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. I Malt. 80 I 1,780 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 710 Oat,. Flour. 841 1,140 6,280 16,640 1,2305ka 2,870br1 34,380 1,863 WHITECFIAPEL. A steady inquin r for each kind of meat, as follows : Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; v, ;al, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; pork, 38 6d to 4s 8d per Bibs by tale carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is Flomvwhat firmer, and the quotations have an upward tendn cy. NEW BILL ON ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.—Yesterday a new bill, in the 'aouse of Commons, was printed to alter and improve the mode of taking evidence in the eccle siastical courts )f England Ireland. It is proposed that ecclesiastical coil/ •ts shall be empowered to summon and examine witnesses viva voce, either before or after exami nation, by deposition or affidavit. MADAME Tua SAUD'S EXHIBITION.—CertainIy one of the most interest ing groups, and one that attracts more particular attent ion, is that which represents the Em peror of Russia a nd the Sultan of Turkey. The tower ing height of the Russian Emperor, and the determined expression of IV.s: countenance, gives the idea how little the Sultan seems- able to contend with so powerful an antagonist, the a ppearance of the latter being mild and placid in counte mance, and considerably less in size. Both sovereigns a.m.'s represented in their usual military costume, decorate& with national honours. KALAFAT. The following is from Kalafat, under date 23 .nst " I write to announce to you my departure from Kalafat. The movement of the Russians has been more serious and more positive than we supposed ; but what their object is, or what their plan of campaign, we cannot say; we can only form conjectures about it. All that we know for certain is, that within a circuit of 20 leagues from Kalafat there is not a single Russian to be seen. The orders of Omer Pasha have arrived, and are positive —we must leave ; we march straight onwards, at first to Krajova, and then to the Aluta. • and if we do not encounter the Russia ns on th e li ne of march we go on to Bucharest. If we fall in with the enemy we are to fight, and to sweep them before us, and continue advancing. A portion of the army of Kalafat has already begun to move. About 10,000 men left this two days ago, and have no doubt arrived at Krajova by this. They are principally composed of the irregulars, horse and foot, and a few regular troops. For my part, I expect to start from one moment to another. lam quite ready to recommence the wander ing and adventurous life which I take so much pleasure in, and the only drawback on which is that I shall pro bably be deprived of the satisfaction of receiving letters from and —. This is the reverse of the medal that I don't like to look upon. Indeed, changing so often from one place to another, not knowing to what point I am destined, our movements must necessarily be subordinate to circumstances and to the chances of war. For the last 10 days, that is, since the de parture of the Russians, I have been constantly on horseback, 10 and 12; and sometimes 14 and 16 hours a day. We have traversed and examined (when I say we, I mean the cavalry) the whole of the country ; for twelve leagues round, and in place of remaining in position in order to advance further the next day, we invariably return at nightfall to Kale. fat. In all the Russian cantonments we have found numbers of stragglers and maimed soldiers of the re treating Russian army, but learned from the inhabitants that nearly all the Russians who were wounded in the affair of the 19th had died. These poor peasants re ceive us everywhere as liberators. They crowd round our horses and actually seize our hands to kiss, and then place them on their heads. is said very cur rently here, I do not know how truly, that the Rus sians will positively evacuate the whole of Wallachia, that the troops who have crossed the Danube at* Matschin will recross it, that the Czar will order his army to fall back behind the Pruth, and re-enter Bessarabia, and all with the object of bringing the war on his own territory. I doubt whether that can be the case, but yet this retrogade movement, so unexpected and so sudden, is susceptible of every sort of interpretation. I am then about to traverse Wallachia as I have done Bulgaria. lam most anxious to reach Krajova, which they say is a very good town, and particularly BucliArest, but we are as yet 80 leagues distant, and I rather think we shall not reach there without a good deal of fighting, unless indeed all the roads are left open to us." Ta this letter is added a postscript, written evidently in the greatest haste, as it is scarcely legible. It is as follows :—" I open my letter to say that a courier has this moment arrived here; he announces that a desperate battle has just taken place close to Kralove, between the portion of our army that had advanced and the Russians whom they overtook ; and that the Turks are the victors. Bravo I Reinforce ments are demanded. We are all getting on horseback to push on and get information of what has occurred. You may expect another letter from me in two or three days. Adieu. I close this in the saddle." • SVIA. The Lloyd of Vi enn E a R of the 18th says :—" The intelligence which reaches us from Servia is ex ceedingly grave. I t i s known that the nephew of Prince Alexander, who is an officer in the Imperial Guard of St. Petersburg, has arrived at Bagdad, under pretext of offering his services to his country. But necessarily the arrival of this Russian officer is connected with the very considerable armaments which are being made in the country. There is every reason to believe that he is the bearer of de spatches, in which Russia invites Servia to make common cause with her; and it appears that the Servian Government is decided to do so. Russia must have made very seductive promises to Servia to induce her to respect so little the sincere coon. sels of Austria. • Servia is divided into five military* districts, commanded by the Prince and by General Kiezanin. Both of these commanders are at .Kragujewatz, from which place they date their orders. Servia has at present a regular in fantry of 48,000 men, 6,000 cavalry, and 8,000 artillerymen, with 150 guns. THE BALTIC. The Boersenhalle, of Hamburg, publishes a no tice which has been forwarded to Riga for the in formation of all the foreign Consuls there, and at Liban and Windau, that these ports being in a rigorous state of blockade any merchant-vessel leaving after the 15th inst. will be captured, and sent to France or England to be condemned. The notice is issued by Captain Rey, of the Amphion, aad is dated from Memel Roads, the 12th. The Swedish postal steamer Nordstern arrived at Stettin on the 18th, and the passengers that came by her say that, according to the statement of the crew of a fishing vessel that arrived at Stock holm on the 15th from the Aland Isles, our fleet had, up to the 13th, commenced no operations against Aland or the fortress of Bomarsund, but that the English cruisers were to be seen all about the coast of Finland. Other accounts describe them as occupied in taking soundings about the various islands. At Grissleham, that spot on the Swedish mainland which communicates with the Aland Isles, Rear-Admiral Plumridge, iu the Leo pard, is stated to have touched for the purpose of obtaining pilots for the difficult navigation of the archipelago of the Aland. Seas; and, further, that the Leopard put to sea again without having ob tained the desired result. On the 12th and 13th a heavy cannonading was heard on the east coast of Gothland. As Revel is about 60 geographical miles distant from G-othland, this was doubtless produced by some gunnery practice of the fleet at sea. The combined Swedish and Norwegian fleet, 11 sail strong, with Prince Oscar on board, passed Gothland on the 9th, sailing for Elfsnabben. The reports in Danish journals describe the French vessels as carrying a much more numerous crew than the English of the same size. The In flexible, for instance, has 1,500 men on board, and the other line of battle ships, Le Tage, Jemappes, and Duguescelin, have each over 1,100 men—per haps part of this number consists of land troops. The French fleet was anxiously expected at Kiel by the 18th, but, as already mentioned, it was at that date still in the Great Belt. Since the Ist of May colliers have been arriving there frequently with a supply of 22,000 tons of Newcastle coals for the French fleet, the depot of which is on the quay of the Kieler Hafen ; but it would seem that the French Government has given a similar tranquilis ing assurance with our own to the Danish Govern ment, that their vessels shall not, unless hard pressed, put into the harbour at all. It is stated in Kiel papers that the route for despatches and certain articles of transport for the Baltic fleet will be by way of Kiel, and that French steamers and transports are appointed there to that service. BLOCKADE OF BALTIC RUSSIAN PORTS. The following is a copy of an official notice establishing a blockade of Russian ports H.M.S. Amphion, Harbour of Memel, May 12. Sir,—l have the honour to inform the Consuls of her Majesty at Riga, Libau, Windau, that those ports are, at length in a state of rigorous blockade, and that all the ships which leave after the 15th May, either wholly or partially laden, will be stopped, and sent to England or France, to be there declared good pi izes. This com munication is to be made public in those ports.—l have the honour, &c., (Signed) A. C. KEY, Captain. M. M. J. Hertslet, Esq., H.8.M., Consul at Memel. ST. PETERSBURG. The Augsburg Gazette, of the 20th, publishes a report, from which we give the following extract:— " Within these la , t few days several Frenchmen have passed through Berlin, having been obliged to leave St. Petersburg. They state that a perfect paralysis is seizing trade and commerce in that city, rendered m o re grievous by the enormous price of provisions. Many bankruptcies are imminent. Paper money had fallen considerably below its nominal value, and gold was eagerly sought for. Economy in every branch of the national expenditure was being attempted. Thus, the building of the Church of Isaac was suspended —a m ost ominous and momentous mater in Russia. The pa trioti,m of the wealthy inhabitants was perpetually racked by the crying wants of private misery and distress. The bullion in the treasury w as remove d to M oscow .' KONIGSBERG, May 19.—The English Consul- General at St. Petersburg, Michel, has now, at the desire of the Russian government, left that capital, and arrived here yesterday. A letter from Moscow, 12th, says that the Emperor of Russia has ordered, in the Eastern zone of the Empire, a levy of 12 men out of every 1,000, 9 being for the contingent of this year, and 3 to equalise the contingents of that zone with those of the Western one. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 11th publishes a rescript, addressed by the Emperor Nicholas to Admiral de Ricord, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his entrance into the Russian service. In the rescript the Emperor announces to Admiral de Ricord, who commands the division of the Russian fleet anchored in the port of Cronstadt, that he appoints him to the command of the two divisions united. The old Admiral has served under four reigns. The shareholders of the Steam-boat Company on the Wechsel, at Warsaw, have received notice that the Polish Government are about to put in requisition, on paying an indemnity, the nine dis posable boats to transport military effects for the use of the troops who are about to be cantoned in the kingdom. Last month there were very few movements of troops in Poland, but this month they are very frequent, and Warsaw appears to be chosen as the place of assembly. The military en gineers have re-established the bridge over the Niemen, at Kowno, where five regiments of infan try, with a park of artillery, have already passed, and a similar number are expected. 90 ovens for baking bread for the troops have been established near that town. It is generally mentioned in Warsaw that a Russian corps d'armde will be soon placed in observation near the frontiers and terri tory of Cracow. Advices from St. Petersburg of the 12th instant represent the Emperor's last ukase, requiring fresh recruits for both army and navy, as his manner of replying to the information that Generar*ou Grun wald lately brought him from Vienna. This calling out of fresh recruits for the reserve levies, first of all, nine in the thousand souls in the eastern pro vinces, to set them even with the western provinces, and then three in the thousand more, making alto gether twelve. Of the Jews, who have to contri bute their flesh and blood on every occasion of a levy of recruits, ten out of every thousand are to be made food for heretical powder in defence of the orthodox faith. The levy is to commence on the 27th of July, and be concluded in a month. Apart from the misery that is inflicted on these 220,000 men, who are torn from their homes against their wills, and without their possess ing any of the elevating feelings that make the career of a soldier bearable and even 'de sirable, the money value of this man tax, levied on the landed proprietors, amounts to 22,000,000 of silver roubles yearly (about 3,650,0001.), taking the produce of a " soul" (duscha) at the highest valua tion put on that species of property by Herr Bezo brasow. Fortunately, this heavy taxation falls this time almost exclusively on the Russians par excel lence, the inhabitants of the eastern provinces ; it hits them particularly hard to have to raise 12 per mille, and that, too, all at once, for when the Em peror in 1836, for the purpose of recruiting, divided the empire into two halves, which were to be alter nately scourged by recruiting, the normal rate was fixed at five for every thousand. In addition to the value of the human property thus confiscated to the use of the Crown, each proprietor has to pay down in cash 10 silver roubles 20 copecks per recruit to wards his clothing, (Ix., ; this amounts, for the 220,000 men, to 366,650/. One of the grand delusions kept up in Russia, in spite of this drain on the population for their fathers' and brothers' flesh and blood, is, that there are no war taxes in Russia. Knowing by recent and bitter experience how fruitless any attempt would be at negotiating a loan anywhere in Europe, the Russian Government refrains from attempting to put forward anything of the ki n d ; an d wh i le it points out to its subjects the Governments of the West straining every nerve to obtain insufficient supplies to commence the war with, it self-compla cently points out the contrast exhibited by the paternal management of the Emperor. The ex isting laws provide for the furnishing of recruits ; the voluntary contributions of the people, which the authorities know so well how to extort by a little gentle hint " how desirable it would be that the Emperor shoal not remark any luke warmness on their part," have hitherto helped out very considerably ; but lately a fresh method of raising an equally voluntary taxation has been in troduced by Herr Bezobrasow. Before even any circular for collecting contributions has been sent round, he has notified, as he says, in order to meet the wishes of several persons impatient to make their offerings, that taking the net annual produce of a " soul" at five silver roubles (15s. 10d.) as a minimum, it is proposed to contribute half the an nual produce of a " soul." A house in the capital worth 15,000 silver roubles is reckoned at an equal assessable value with an estate to which 100 souls are attached, and it is expected will tax itself ac cordingly. It is suggested to all owners of no ble_ estates not yet re g i stere d t o h ave th em reg i s t e red ; at once, so that they may enjoy the privilege of Contributing. It must be observed that all the 1110VE belie a da: hers fet co ha