The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-20 00:00:00

GREEK INSURRECTION. The defpatelies from Volo (Thessaly) inform us that 300 Greeks who bad lauded there have been massacred, with the exception of a few who had taken rt fuge on board the Austrian corvette the Caroline. The last intelligence from Athens comes down to the 14th. The Greek Government has received an energetic note from the English and French Ministers. A Greek vessel, laden with articles of war, was arrested by a French vessel.' MONTENEGRO. The C'ologne Gazette learns from Vienna that the three Russian, ships sold, at Trieste to the Greek Goveinment were frei2hted from the 'deck to the hold with ammunition, all of which was smuggled byinstqinents into th , robber state of Montenegro. On the part of the Austrian 'Government,. Colonel Stratimilovich was lately sent to Prince Daniel() with the serious recommendation to him to keep pelfeCtly quiet, unless he was prepared for an Austrian in Owen tion. THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN THE DOBRIUDSCIIA. -.- Valuable as is exact information - respecting the effective strength cif the Russians in the Do-! bindscha, - basliitherto been, for obvious reasons, exceedingly difficult to obtain, and the most con .- tradictory statements have been put - fenvard ofi the subject; The following facts and figures ate • furnisbed by a military cotrespondent, *hose posi tion on the spot exenir s him - from _ordinary liahility to error. At the. end of . the first week in April, the "First - Active Operating - Corps," as the force in question is called,. numbered 48,618 . m th e e ". _ comniati,ler is Gen ,, ral Lalers, chief of.'F fth Infantry C wps. ana his army is thus . classifier) Men. „0 n i1,,,,ta; . The 15th Infantry trivigin e , commanded by The 14 , h I. fant General Mario, 4 r j.,- ry --.vis,ol l ' 14,800 , .commanded by General Miter, 2 regiments The 7th Infantry. Division • 7,400 General Ousehakoff, 4 regime n t s ' commanded by 14,400 The sth division of Light Cavalry, commanded by General Fischbach, 4 regiments 3 . The 15th Br y.counna tied igade of Foot A rt il l er ' B4O by General Meyer, 4 batteries of 12 guns, 20 menper gun .................................. The 14th Brigade of Font Artillery, 4 b a ' tie - t :i e . ; 9 O ° 'of 12 guns, 20 melt per gun .... . .......... ... i t i o The 7th Briglde of F oot Ar t i l l ery, 41 , at ... :: elms of 12 gmig, 24 men per gun 960 • The sth Brigade of Foot ,Artillery, 2 batteries .-- ' of,B LrUll , , -18 bleu per gun - _. _ 288 1 B ittaliou of Chasseur s ' 940 I l'llattalion of i3sppers and Pontoniera ... .; . , ... . 950 ' 4R • kg•....- - - I --. gunents of Cossae • ._ . - . -3,200' tit TURKEY 'IN, ASIA. -Kith 160 Giving a . total of. 48,618 inenovi i . , gnus. th ro : r. iltolat, ALtreh 17.—An ' . I adds this It is not to beau' •pose( ,correspondent, 64 . here to-da he' ' ' aisle-tie-cam idling.•• 1 b b . Inp passed that tlie ,Russiaus- are 4 )OU-1-, eestuße they ; 1.. „ . . 47 . , . arino d a . --e. B .l,mitell to...the' pave '” - not- atarth3d . the war with gat? extraordinary _. . _. . _ . . --• ' 1 1 4Ortgiva , Pik —atm_ - • • -.-e- • -••- •• -• • • • , i- - • - ' ' 71.1-v -1‘74111114r re'afie ' 4ll, °I/ WPIQAPI ‘4° NW ° ia IP 41 96 . . . _ . . _ .. - ._ .. .. .. .. ----__ NEW RUSSIAN TELEGRAPMC The Czar--has - just conipleted arrangements by which be inay :earn the London news - of the mOra-. itig altnitiit, perhaps quite, . as Soon:as our merchants sea their newspapers. The electric telegraph has long been in - operation between St. Petersburg and Warsaw, and for some time numbers of men have been employed in completing the line, which is to extendiromiWarsaw to the rrussian frontier. But in order not to lose time while, the works of the . Litter are going On, the Czar luta caused the portion already constructed to be connected with the Pru ssian telegraph near Myslowitz, and by this means St. .2etersburg is placed in direct communication with th© capitals of Western .Europe. . There is no longer any reason why the embarkation of a regi ment at Southampton, or the departure of. a ship troin Portanouth, should not be known in the Rus- Sian capital before either can get out of the Chan nal.:.- There is, however, no reciprocity of advan tage. The Russian line is not open to private de . . spatches. FRANCE. The Duke-. of Cambridge has left Paris, not for Marseilles, as -lie•at first intended, but for Vienna, by .the Strasburg- rail way. The object of the change in his plans is no doubt the hope that his presence at Vienna may have an. effect on the vacillating councils• ,of the - Emperor. It appears that his royal highness will now embark from Trieste for ConitautinOple.. The Sudden change in the route taken by the Duke of Cambridge caused a great sensation- at-. the Paris Bourse, where it even created a considerable rise iu the funds, and was made the foundation of an endless' variety of rumours. It was said ,that within the last few days a better understanding had been established between the Western i Powers as to the joint •measures to be taken against Russia, and that the Duke of • Cambridge wished 'to meet the Prince of Prussia at Vienna, where-he gone to attend the Emperor's Marriage. This meet ing, • it., was hoped, would produce a good effect, aud might l. e t -e means of influencing the Austrian C,tbinet. All the news, however, which reaches us from Germany concurs in stating that not only Prusaikt,Aitt Anstria, continue to maintain the same reserve which. they have hitherto,observed. The alteration iu the Duke of Cambridge's plans must have been very,sudden ; for the Marseilles papers which 'arrived in Paris yesterday state that the Caradoc had receive! orders to have her steam up, in order .to sail the moment the duke embarked. Marshal de St. Arnaud pursues his journey southward slowly, on account of the state of his health. He only travels by day, and he has de clined the visits of all the authorities of the towns through which he passed, with the exception of Marshal de Castellane and the Prefect of Lyons. The Minister of Marine hasappointed several new chaplains and assistant chaplains in the navy, and they are about to leave for their different stations. Tile general return of the war materiel .for the year 1852 hai just been distributed to the members of the Senate and of the Legislative Body. It ap pears fiozn it that ou the 31st December, 1852, the approximate value of the war materiel amount ed to 471,489,740 f.,, being au increase over 1851 of 11,062,079 f., caused principally by the augmenta tion of the artillery. : • The ,Sentinells of Toulon states that Rear-Ad miral Lugeol will take his passage in the Chaptal, which is about 7'to leave :with troopii(for Gallipoli, from whence he will proceed to hoist his flag on board in the Black Sea.,• He is accompanied by Captain Lecointe, his flag-captain. A letter from Algiers states that, a, fresh agita tion haling brrken out in Kabylia, General Ban don, the governor-general, had sent troops against the disaffected tribes, with orders to the command ing officers to act energetically,. so as to put down the rising in its outset. The Moniteur says :—". The' Government has. received reiiorts from General Canrobert, on the arrival of the:. French troops at Gallipoli, and on their installation in the .environs of that town. These first accounts are :very satisfactory. A Turkish commission, .presided- over by Ibrahim Paella, had preceded at Gallipoli the arrival of our first detachments, in Order to make itself ac quainted with our necessities, land to satisfy them as far as possible. The General has had much cause to be Satisfied with this intervention. The Paeha of Adrianople had come at the same time to Gallipoli to support with his authority the exe-. eutiou of the measures to be taken ; thus all the resources were turned to use, and - our soldiers at their disembark:Aion received all that was neces sary for theta. A. proportional part of the resources of the town had, been reserved fir the English army. This division has been effected between them with the iuost 'cordial understanding. General Canrobert has reconnoitred all the Peninsula; he has fixed upon the spots where the different. corps will encamp, and' will form themselves into brigade as they disembark. The troops will 'be there in (rood condition, at the smallest •distance possible front Gallipoli, and iu localities abounding with water and ' wood. The country is very iiealthy, and the necessities of the sick have been provided for by the instal lation of 'a temporary hospital at Gallipoli. Loca litieahave also been prepared in the town to serve as magazines, and to receive provisions of all kinds sent from France for the army.'. Our installation has therefore commenced on the best couditious, and in a short time the first three divisions will be united in the camp of Gallipoli, with all the materiel of artillery, engineers, provisions, hospitals, and encampment destined for the expeditionary corps. All those immense stores have been embarked from the shores of France and Algeria, and, without doubt, the greater portion has by this time arrived at its destination." The Memorial of Andens affirms that a sixth squadron is about to be added to all the French cavalry regiments, -- whiehswili make an addition to that force of . 60 squadrons. The Bourse again rose to-day, in consequence of the receipt of favourable news from Germany. The Three per Cents. closed at 63f. 90c. for the end of the month ; the Four-arid-a -Half _per Cents. -at 91f.: and the New Loan at 64f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,055 E ;;Rouen, 842 f. 50c.; Havre, 412 t. 50c. ; Great Northern, 743 f. 75c. ; Stras burg, 723 t. 75c. ; New Shares, 535 f. ; -Paris and Lyons, 793 f. ; Lyons fu, the Mediterranean, 6551. ; Western :)1 France, -557 f. 500"."; Bordeaux to Cette, 5101 ; Great Central of France, 405 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 425 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 517 f. -500. ITALY. We read in the Parlament° of the 16th inst.:-- "The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter from Turin,- ascribing to the Minister of the Emperor of the French an undue intervention in our private affairs, with re gard' to certain laws now before the Legislature. The falsehood of this assertion needs no proof for those who are aware.ef the delicate proceedings of the Imperial Cabinet of France towards her allies and the personal character of her Repro entative at our Court. The Sar dinian Government, besides, has shown for many years that it is solely guided by honour, dignity, and the real intere-ti of the n4iou, and it is determined not to re nounce its 'tnission."_ The Duchess of Parma intends to publish a gene ral amnesty in favour of political offenders, and has appointed a commission to inquire into the re- - sources of the - ConntiY, and to devise means of re du'cing the taxes. The father - of the late Duke, on hearing of his death, had left Paris for the pur , pose of reassuming the Government Of the DuChy. He states that lie ablicated in - favour of his son, but not in that of his grandson. The wise measures adopted by the Princess have tendered her so popu lar, 'that it is not probable that the former reigning Duke will succeed in his pretensions. . on the 13th the Grand Dukeand Grand Duchesa of Tuscany washed the feet of several indigent old met. and women in the Cbapel'.Of .the- Palace Pitti, : and Partoolcof - the Lord's supper,Tile Ceremony was celebrated in presence tif the entire Court. The eldest man waS:92 years of age, and.-the youngest .84..:..: . . . SPAIN. . . Our accounts from Madrid are of th e 14th i ns t. Tata day being Good 'Friday, ni) j o u r n a l , except the Gazette, appeared. Tile public administration and the Bourse were closed. The members of the Tribunal of Commerce ' ,at w e re, oh that day, ,to in s ti tute an in the request: of the Director of the B an k of San i n Fernando, order to ascertain if the Bank posses se d a .B gl u t tii irY cien' t amount of cash to meet all its en:. age _ merits. The result of that inquiry was to be .pub fished in the official Gazette. TWO .D.LEN. KILLED AT TOPPINGS' WHARF, 4.O6LEY. STREET— (MIS DAY)._ This morning, ,W. Payne E sq the coroner, received information of the deaths of.Jolin' Kenny, aged 46 years,.King's Head-yiird;Tooley.street; and Edward Cherry, aged 46 . years, Middle-street, Cloth fair, who expired in.the accident ward of Puy's:Hospital front injoriee received ander the folloWing-ciretimshece.s.- It apPeirs.thactlirciiii unfortunate men were at work' and unfortunatelyand - felr •at Nli;iiT s ppings ' Wha rf, Tuohy, lauding "J a p on i ca " 'it the Watet-side, ah While the goods . were beinzt a k en at the warehouse, they - friiin a..eonsideial;le.,height on the t wo m e n . - . .they were sii, oky.,eitric4ted.,..ansi c onveyed ..to the ahov.e ingitution, sqattre..they _were, for :so dreadfully injured that death' piti.periodAo -th•eit'sufferitigs; —Thep 11m: f il e n tO Isamt tipir lobo, Denmark. In both countries the conduct of the respective - Governments h-is of late given inueli dissatisfaction, as proved, so far as the latter is 'concerned, by the adverse vote of the Diet before it separated for the season. As for the Swedish Government., the fact of the Norwegian storthing, or Parliament, having l a tely resolved, after two • secret sittings, to discuss again the • Ministerial order not to allow more than four ships of war to enter Swedish or , Norwegian ports, may be con-' :sidered already as a .hostile demonstratiOn against . the Cabinet. In fact, both the Swedish Dirt and the Norwegian storthinghave good and justzi ounds of -complaint—the former, when diScussing the Swedish neutrality, not having been informed of the determination. of the Government to enforce such an order; and ilie latter, resting en the sepa rate constitution and general administrative system of Norway, denying the right of the Stockholm Ca- binet to issue such an order for Norway. Accord to the Stettin Norcidentsche Zeitung of the 16tbi, that portion of the Gulf of Finland which lies be tween Revel an - 1 Helsincfors is • " tolerably free" from ice, but. the ice is still thin in the harbour and bay of Revel. Tite above journal attaches cre-- .dence to the statement that 18 Russian ships of the line were seen in the harbour of Helsingfors. No less than 435 cases of fire-arms, manufaAured in Belgium for the , Russian Government, passed through Thorn the other day, in destination for Warsaw. They were detained for a short time near the former place, until the custom-house au thorities had satisfied themselves that the cases 'lad reached the Prussian territory previously to the royal decree of the 20th ult., prohibiting the exportation of wmpans of war. Eighteen of those cases contained altogether 360 muskets, and the remainder 12,180 ordinary percussion guns. I may state here that a Russian colonel has, during a long time past, been residing at Liege, in Bel gium, for the purpose of superintending the fabri cation of the fire-arms ordered by his Government. Up to a short time ago, two Turkish officers, Rus tem-Effendi and Seid-Bey, were also similarly em ployed at Liege. THE' BLACK SEA. The Journal of ic4ssa of the 3d reports that the Russian war steamer Taman ;alive(' at that port from Sebastopol on the Ist, from which it Would appear that it was not the busin e ss o f th e allied fleets to cut off the maritime communications of the Russit:ns, as had been commonly supposed. A. Brussels journal .publishes a telegraphic de -BPateh from Vienna—but is careful -to add that it cannot possibly be true—to the effect that on the 14th inst. the Russians occupied Kustendjee, where the Turks had massacred the entire Christian popu lation. _Both these feats are said to have been exe cuted in sight of the Anglo-French fleets. It is tot pretended that the report has any official au thentication, and it is singular that so grave an ( went should have been known in Vienna by letter, when, if true, it might have been announced two 'Ys 'Allier by, telegraph from Orsova. A . Other telegraphic m e ssa ges announ c e the evacua tion of Kustendjee by the Turks, and its occupation a. l l the Russia ns , without a llu s ion to the extraor '44rY circumstances just referred to. THE DANUBE. In a letter from Widdin of the 4th we read—By the advice of English and French engineers, our e ntrenchments round Kalafat have been contracted at certain points, and at the same time fortified yet more strongly. On this account the foraging posts of Maglavit, Komon, Krutsha ili Piatra, and l u lThupert have been withdrawn and stationed be aind the line of ranipa is before Kalafat. Only o ne has been left in Golencza, in order to take o f the- the first transports. All the sick and wound e d t can be moved have been removed to Widdin. All the corps from Widdin, as far as Rassova, are in readiness. Omer Pasha has iusi.ected in person all the more 'important positions—Silistria in par ticular, and the Roman wall (Trajau's) have been Ivell fortified. Turin; Guirgevo, Oltenitza, Wadu- Elilistri, and Kalarash are incessantly harassed by our different corps, and all the attempts of the Russians to plant themselves on the right bank are * beaten back. The loss is heavy; and, unfortu nately, many of their wounded encroach upon our hospitals intended solely for our own men. The f ugitives —whole families, with their flocks and herds—from the left bank come, however, so com pletely starved out, that fokter has become very scarce, and is a want that Ulna 'be promptly at tended to. Our invalids and woun led, in both Widdin and Kalafat, amount to-day to no more than 9 per cent. of the entire force under arms. at Fort St. Nicolai, ur Sh-fkaiil. - It appears that a body of Riis.4ians had secretly moved from Alex an,,lropol, or Guinri, with tie intelliton of attacking Selim, - liethg ativised of their pur pose, pushed forward a force to OsergA!i, a suiall fortress in advance of SlieCiatil, and took possesii6n aft before the Russians - could.conie up to save it; nothing more had oc6urred -when the aide-de-camp. let. Both shefkatil, or St. Nicola', and Oierreth are - within the' Russo-G-ebrgian territory, and are not far from Datouin ; the t o places are distinctly nv rkjd in Wyld's map d the Ottoman Empire. As a o ineans of trying to check the mortality among the men stowed in the - over-crowded and ill-ven tilated barracks and khans of this place, two battalions of the healthiest and strongest men have. vacated their quarters.. and marched to Hassan- Kaleh, a. village 18 miler north-ehst of Erzeronm, on the road, or 'track, towards Kars We are all anxiously. on the look out for a .ehaugoin the wea-• ther, but the snow still continues •to fall ;' it is, however, watery. This new feature , and the then- mometer marking se ve r a l degrees - higher' than it did last week, indicate an apprbaching thaw.' .2TARCH 21.--Nothing has occurred since my last, of the 17th inst., except that the new Governor, Feizoollah Pasha, has been actively employed in forlarding cannon, aMinunition, and stores to the head-quart e r s' • awl yigorous measures are.. tit length taken by all parties to be ready to open 'the campaign the middle or end of next month, weather permitting. .The- .I:ea - vy- battery Can non, So long lying idle here, - - have been dis mounted, awl placed upon sledges composed of two.. heaVy logs of wood attached to each other in the form of an acute triangle, with the base behind and the apex at the yoke, the muzzle 'of -the gun - being fixed in front. They are dragged by oxen, as are also the light fell pieces; but these latter are not dism6ntited. Ahmed Pasha, the ex-Mushir of the Army, arrived here a few days ago, with two other Pits Las, Ferik Alec and Mustapha, and several cob n , Is and other officers.. They.have been under going - examination. and evidence has been taken of their cowardlyconduct at Akiska. On their arrival at.Cimstantiimple, it is said, they will be tried by a court-martial. They have since departed, and are all under strict surveillance. By a letter from. Kars, 'received last night, it appears that, in Consequence ..of the judicious measures taken. and - followed. up by the new Mushir, Zarif Mustapha; under the advice of Kurschid Pasha (General Guyon), sickness is rapidly dimin ishing, tie men having been relieved from their over-crowded state by distributing a portion of them in the neighbouring villages, also - by ,giving them letter rations (particularly bread) arid cloth ing, and ,otherwise attending to - their wants and comforts ; they needed this attention, poor fellows, after the infainOus way in which they were neglected y the deposed Mushir. An Armenian spy has 'been caught in the act of taking a list of the cannon, their weight of metal, number of ballF, &c. Hav ing been subjected to the punishment of the stick, he confessed having been sent by the Russian officer commanding at Gumri to Kars for that purpose, and also implicated several Armenians in tne town, who were in the habit of sending information to the enemy. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. VrENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Baron Hess turned "from Berlin last night ; the result of his mission is not yet known. A misunderstanding I,Aween Lord Redeliffe and Baron Btuek is said to have arisen ;it Constantinople. The accounts received from Vienna and Berlin yesterday . (Tuesday) by the Paris correspondent of the -"limes are describe;l as favourable. With refe rence to Austria, if I may credit letters proceeding from au excellent authority, one whose position: enables him to lie exceedingly well•iuformed, and who has no motive to be otherwise than impartial, I should say, that of the complete adherence of that Power to the policy, and before long to the act§, of the Western Gaverumenta there cannot be a doubt. It is, of course, with diffidence that I' would venture an opinion on what passes at such a dis tance ; but that which I give expression to is founded on the reports of a per Mon at Vienna, with the best opportunity of acquiring information, and very competent to form an estimate. He an nounces what has been already known, namely, that after much delay and many hesitations on the part of the King of Prussia, both as to the title and wording of the document proposed by Atistria for signature to-the members Of the Vienna con erence, the final protocol was sinned on the 9th inst. It begins by declaring -the determination of the Four Powers to guarantee the in tegrit yand independence of the Ottumam Empire, and to obtain the evacua- tion of the Dam' . "Principalities. Austria and Prussia-approve of the coercive measures adopted by the Western Powers, that the declara •tion of war, which thoy consider founded en drait. coutraJ - iog parties pledge them selves not to treat sepaiaely with Russia, and to persevere ill their exertions to king about the conuusiou of peace, on the same principle which hitherto has invariably guided them. Austria wa - 4 desirous that this last clause shot& I be couched in stroriger terms, and should lay down the cas de guerre ; but Prussia raised_ objections, not wishing to bind herself to act on any specified contingency, or to appear to join in •a coo4tion, ant insisted on being at. liberty to adopt the line of conduct best suited to her interests. - The word was accordingly omitted, and the respective parties were left per fectly free to bide their time. The saute aceoun . smeution that the private treaty between Austria ant Prussia, wnich . M. de Hess is negotiating at Berlin, is likely to be soon signed.: On its conclusion depends the accession of all the minor States of Germany to the all'ance of these two Powers. Stu - mid that negotiation be broken - off the G-srmanic Confederation would be de facto at an end, one portion siding with Austria and the other with Prus,iia: The anxiety of Austria to ob tain that treaty accounts for her longanhnity to wards Prussia, and her reserve towards the Western Powers. Austria is at this moment, and has been for some time, in the worst possible odour at St. -Pe tersburg-far more than even England and France. If she has not ostensibly joined the Western Powers in tnesummonsesa, id ressed to Russia to evacua,te the Principalities, she, nefertheress,thost energetically supported it .; and it is certain that the position of • • her Ambassador is at this moment untenable. Aus tria has, moreover, since the pAssage of the Danube, notified the Emperor Nicholas, that having vio lated the pledges given by him at Olmutz, she 'con siders herself a , relieved from all previous obliga tions and engagements. Austria actually appre hends an attack , on the 'part ~of Rtr , sia, 'and before she-accepts the co-nperittiln of a French army Of% fared her by the Emperor Napoleon, she is desirous of bringing her negotiations with Prussia to a con clusion. TIL'E I"SUN, Lo.ND N, . profitable manner, by, strengtheiiiirr - their position ou all sides heher fur an tack or are nce. ):4,itals,. depo w ts, t and cow Ili I,l at U ications are not Made and Secured .in a day. The movements of a Russian army are al ways slow, but steady. Patient perseverance has often won for them the day. - THE DOBRUDSCHA. The latest and most trustworthy accounts from the head-quarters of Omar Pasha, says the Paris correspondent ,of the Times, prove the urBeitt ne cessity of the allied forces arriving on the theatre of war without loss of , time r if there be a desire to avoid as General Baraguay d'Hiliiers is said to have expressed it in one of his despatches, the re- Petition on laud of the catastr. pile of Sinope. A competent person, who has very recently examined and with the greatest attention the line of the • Danub e from Widdiu to Rassova, and who has very Minutely scrutinised the effective force under the coratnand'of Omar Pasha, with its capabilities and cnaniSal ion, is not of opinion that drat force is able to meet the RusSian army single-handed; or to op pose its onward march to the south. Noduubt is ex pressed as to the zeal, the enthusiasm, and the ...,valour of the Turkish army, but the same audio tY declaresthat, notwithstanding the wonderful efforts made by Omar Pashb. to introduce regularity and Order in the host he commands, there is still ad eplorabl e d e fi c i enc y i n t h ese respects . With th e 4 ption of O mar P as h a hi mse lf, who is admitted "?,he a m an o f muc h intelligence, and two or three Others at the most, there is a sad want of military rPacity among the superior officers, and infihitely Pasha the subalt e rns. It is true that Omar e 'c'la is f u ll o f daring 'and impetuosity, but the se qualities, are rather - dangerous under the resent circumstances,. and it would be must desirable iliat he should not,' until supported ~11 , the allies, risk a battle with the Russians C.° have lately crossed. the. Danu,be. , According does accounts, th e Turkish ar of.the Danube. • C s not amount to more than 9J,000 men, while tic Russian s h ave now 200,000 di s p osa ble a n d effec ie men i n t h e Princi p alities an d Bessara bi a. For nately,i the presenceof theallied fleetsin the Black en rend ers i t impossible for the Russians to o b ta i n Z l PPliea f rom the coast, and a considerable port i on that immense force is employed in conveying T retvi sions and st o re s t o th e D o b ru d sc ha. But ugreat d aneer is in. he want of organisation of the • !nice. Ritherto they have done wonders, but a the pitched battle, which it is the interest and desire of Russian s to haiten on before the arrival of the bed armi es, t h ere is reason to fear would be their ;: l e i c truction. The opinion of the person to whom I that is decisi v e on th a t po i nt . I ant informed at a report has been forwarded to the French Go ,vertilnent by Colohel-Dieu—who by the way is not uead as was reported—and that it differs verylittle f r° l 3:l the a ccounts to which .1 refer. Perhaps that re nt still m ore s t rong ly d rawn up, an d may h ave astened the resolution said to be come to by the Government of sending 'at once 100,000 men, or tmore, instead of the 50,0tiOsnoken of. It has been ru ttoured that Omar Pasha expressed his delight at the Russians having at length crossed theDanube,and that heconsidered the tidings.so favourable that he .rewarded ri c hl y the messenger who brought them to his camp. Ido not know how far that rumour is correct. It is natural for a brave leader of an I I . army, elated by previous and, it must be said, un expected successes to estimate less highly than ' here civilians the importance of diplomatic new)• tiations, and to desire that' the quarrel should be brought to an issue by th e swor.l ; but the sincere fri e fid s of Turkey, whose zeal does not blind the m to the tealities of his position, express their earnest desire that Quiar Pasha will remain as long possible ou the' -tlvlensi vv.; -at -l east until a tc such time as an important diversion is created in Sortie other quarter, or until the long expected teinfoiee i ne u ts arrive. Prince Gortschakoff, on entering the Dobrudscha, • addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants, dated t he 23d .ult. It begins by saying We do not Oo me amon gs t y ou as enemies ; continue y our easeful occupations ; we only march against the arh arous Turks,9 force them by oar power t o tre t at you and your Christian brethren in a manner tare. conformably to humanity. These barbarians h tt °ing refused to listen to the e xhortatiens of our ti t , 3 'Y al4owerfUl Czar, and having allowed lemaelves to be - -led by Christian Pagans into Ind obstinacy, they now expt rierfee the just e t 3 ger of our •holy and all-powerful Czar, and we 411 not finish our sacred struggle until .we 7 • arl a a I have 'carried our resolution into execution, ,„24 trampled tinder our fait the enemies of In,l.ramaster." In the same proclamation the inlia !..!t. zits of the D o b ru d sc h a are forb i dden, un d er e ef the severest punishment, to make common. c c r ,ta , t her op en l y or secretly, with the Turks. 11 7 44 _,°,°k, says the document, "at Moldavia and, ,Eintcut, so happy Under the Russian Govern , , that they curse Turkey and all who support " 1. e au -se." The • mend le inhabitants are, moreover, recom '.:- tais.l e u ct i to . show the greatest respect for the _Ruts .iettonaries, or soldiers ; and lastly, Prince o o r!nahoft . expressei a • hope that by the aid of inhni_Ple Russian arms will triumph, and that the praygin of the Dohrudscha will not cease to r o r the Divine blessing on the Russian armies. 2d, otl! t f. )r) had b! r' recei v affected ttacheo little re'' ion agai oo ,ar; ' e Tur ks d and fixer I that to° , to a se lves t refer the -The Ea,' z has le ft :all, Per' iAn shiP 6 saltio Ye r prizes f° 16th hot' )ier 0014 ,esday ports il l soon b ° is. T ile e Dati te _ i n ,11, 'stew, .gat 11 ° Y seeme d ossibl e ' idge IvB6 [lore Are )oii gi u m h a ving far fro' by te l l an d no THURSDAY,ETENKNG, APRIL 20; 1854. SHARE MARKETS. THIS DAY.) %.118train.S14 72 - 74 &Wail Colonial Ban and Loau Compau 3ritish N. America 1, Ohartd.. Bank of Aai a Chrtd. Buk. of Indi: ►, BRITISH RAILWAYS. 2 _j RAILWAYS. Closing Prises this day. Basiness dons this day. Australia, & Chi') sa I- lid .lonmercial of Low i. English Scottish an Australian......: Lond. Chart. Bk. , of I Australia London and County London Joint Stock: Lond. & We-strained Sr National Provincial 3i d 3 2d of England Do. New National of Ireland.. New South Wales.... )riental Bank of Corporation Do. New t'rovincial of Ireland Do. New koyal Australn.Bkg & gold Imp Co south Australia Union of Australia Do. New ,Union of London 44 - 46 36 - 38 63 - 65 6 - 7 LITERATURE. The Physical Atlas. Part I. By Alexander Keith Johnston. A new and enlarged edition. Black wood. . _.... This costly acrdiv remarkable work 'partakes of something more than the dignity ofa national pro-: d v uc . io n. It extends in importance delineati on . Al exander Keith Johnston is already known t o th e wor ld as one of the Most experienced, one of the m os t s kill e d , and one of the most accom plished o f mo d ern geographers. He has in the whole e globe i n the grasp ofi tscomprehensive -beyond limits of our ow n vast empire, antl.iraces the grb ho t production, of which the instalment before us is the reissue, placed the crown upon his scientific repu tation. If in so doing lie has not actually enlarged . the boundaries of human knowledge, he has at any rate wond er f u ll y systematised it. le has thereby completed a movement in the general scheme of education so marked, so important, so thor o ughly and actually appreciable, that a new depa r t wen t of .ktudy has b een introduced into the schools of Eng land, of India, and of Am er i ca, s i nce the date of the work's orig inal publicati on ! Th an t hi s, per ohfapasanathirearte niene ver has be en a more brilliant tribute spontaneou s ly offered by th e custo dians of learni ng to a volume restricti ng it s attrac tions to th e varietynovelty of its of its informatio n an d t o th e arra ngement. Mr. Johnston has been rewarded for his labours bth in the . production of " The Physical Atlas" the earnest commenda tion of some of - the greatest it l i e ects among his contemporaries—by the eulo sof Baron Hum boldt, the venerable author o f Cosmos and by those also of Mrs. Somerville, a woman who is to Science what Madame de Steel was to Literat ure. . The scope of the, work is almost as remarkable as as its novelty. Its novelty is such that it is avow edly the first work of its class ever produced in the United Kingdom, while it is essentially different in many respects, " iu its construction, as well as in its subject-matter and appearance," from anything of (speaking within limits) a similar kind already printed on the Continent. Its scope, again, has been, in some sort, admirably indicated in one large sentence in the prospectus. The sentence runs as follows :—" Its (1 he Physical Atlas's) ob ject is to exhibit and explain, in a popular and at tractive manner, the results of the discoveries and reSearches •of travellers and philosophers in all the impertant branches of Natural Science, embracing to investigation into the laws which regulate the formation of the surface of the globe, the succes dive changes which this surface has undergone, the varied influences of climate and temperature to which it is subjected, the effects of these several conditions on the existing species of plants and tnimals, as exemplified in their geographical distribution, and the combined action of the whole on the present races, national cha racteristics, means of subsistence, commercial pursuits, religious peculiarities, health and pro gressive improvement of man." So that the " Phy -deal Atlas" really does embrace all the branches of natural philosophy. It really refers, besides geography, to botany, zoology, ethnology, geology, and meteorology: having regard also, strange , though it may seem at a superficial glance, to sub jects of au ethical, a sanitary, and almercantile cha racter--not overlooking in all this broad range the science o f p o liti ca l G overnment. Completed in its original form, " The Physical Atlas" led, as we have before intimated, to the opening of a new branch in the general system of education—in other ,vords, conduced directly to the introduction of the study of physical geography. The supervision 4 a work of so vast and manifold a Character would liave necessitated in its editor, of course, the , inowledge not only of a skilful geographer, but he comprehensive and all-embracing erudition of m encyclopdaist. Mr. - Johnston from the out set contrived to overcome the whole of the more important difficulties in the way of any such new and hitherto unattempted compilation' by calling to his aid su c h men as Sir David Brewster and Sir Roderick Murchison. Assisted by the ad vice of these and other gifted collaborateurs, the author of " The Physical Atlas " was ulti mately enabled to complete his great work in a. manner .that commanded on all sides an unani mous expression .of satisfaction. Expensive though the work necessarily was from its very na ture, as well as from its novelty, we cannot feel in any way surprised that already the first edition of it should have been exhausted. Another, and a yet more splendid edition,- has for some time been announced as foi them:ling. Within the last few lays it has actually commenced its periodical ap pearance. Already we have taken occasion care fully to examine the initial part, or first instalment ,f the republication. And in every essential re- Ted we find the work '' riving ample pro m i se o f proving itself worthy of its author's, reputation, tud of the 'Messrs. Blackwood's establishment. It ! is not unworthy of being inscribed to Baron Hum !)oldt. It is almost worthy of the science of which .11 its original form it may be said to have .ieen inaugurative. Part I. contains three of the magnificent plates of the "Physical Atlas," •)rilliantly but delicately coloured, and accompa ,tied by explanatory letterpress. Firstly, there is the one representing the distribution of Marine Life, compiled by the learned President of the Ileological Society, Professor Edward Forbes. iecondly, there is the one displaying to us at a ; lance -the Mountain Systems of • Europe, con ,: tructed on the basis of contour lines, by Dr. H. 3ergaus and Mr. A. K. Johnston: Thirdly, there one portraying the geographical distribution of ;he Currents of Air, Trade Winds, 11 urricanes, .i:x.; with their effects on navigation —an elaborate -ngraving, prepared directly under the author's personal and minute supervision. When com pleted, the new edition of "The Physical Atlas" will be accompanied by a comprehensive and elaborately .;ompiled index, affording every facility for instant reference. In commending this remarkable work, and that, moreover, in the strongest terms of eulo _;ium, we are conscious that we are speaking of a volume distinguished by no ordinary merits, hut really and truly of a phenomenon among publica tions. Yanette and her Loriers. By Talbot Gwynne, author of " The School for Fathers," the " Life and Death of Silas Barnstarke," cCc., &c. Smith and Elder. Many times before now has the author of this work appeared before the public, and ho lms 4enerally met with great success. It is not likely that "Nanette" will deteriorate from his renown or \fall short ( f its predecessors in attaining a reputa tion. The whole course of the 'narrative is natural and life-like; everything is in keeping with the events in question. Although only peasants are before us as dramatis persona!, and the chief par tion of the scenes is laid in a retired village in France, at the time of the revolution. it would be difficult to suppose a more pleasing sketch, or a more interesting heroine than the simple Nanette. Charpentier is amusing at the first part of the story; and even afterwards, when he has degenerated into a gambler and a drunkard, he holds out a warning, and presents a fit consummation to so despicable a career. Arfene is a very admirable cha racter, but he is not so striking a portrait as either his rival or the object Of their at tachment. A very amusing and ludicrous little individual. figures in these pages in the. persen of Daridolle, whose conceit and cowardice about equalled each other. Several stirring passages appear, in which some of the military exploits in Italy under Napoleon are ably recounted. The chief charm and engrossing interest will not be found in the gay city or the glorious battle plain, but will hover around and centre in the calm and peaceful spot where dwelt the heroine Nanette's whole life was a harder fight than any that the faithless lover had to wage against the enemies in the field, but she passed through every trial the better and the purer.. The only consolation, wh e n every earthly hold seemed, falling from he r , was the saying of her beloved cure, who had perished in the revolution, that, if not now, at least hereafter, all would be for the good of the righteous. It was g i ve n to the faithful follower of his precepts, how ever, to find, even in this world, that her suffer ings were' in the end her greatest blessings, and that the source of her sorrow was, at last, the ori gin of the love and happiness that crowned the meridian of her life. After a stormy and a sultry noon , the evening of her day was peace. The fol lowing passage describes one of the most painful of Nanette's trials_giving up her cruel lover. The scene is in a mud cottage, but feeling and devotion invest it with a romance # and the heroism of self sacrifice throws a halo over the day-dream of the peasant maiden ;-- " Nanette sat alone in her little bel-room ; the sweet scent of woodbine spreading through it from the open window. " She was slowly and carefully writing her list letter to Antoine ; the visionary Antoine of her heart ; a being who would never see it : it would be read by the real Antoine ; a creature of whom Nanette would never have been able to form the least idea. How little she ima gined, when she had, with such delight and perseverance learnt to write under the teaching of Maitre Charpentier,' in order that she might correspond with her fiance; how little she then imagined that she should ever write such a letter as the one she was now engaged upon: "Nanettp's task was finished - she read her work Over, folded it,:amj directed it in her best hand. " She tide listened. ller mother was sleeping, and Ni4ttejeftly descended the ladder into the room below. There ahe:upened 71er oak ehe;4t,' froM which she took tt iq wan .to havtr_ word at her Wedding. Teti, years had passed away since : that wedding was to have taken place ; - and the silver,eMbreidery of the cap, saeistiite Nanette's care, wait sorrieWbattariiished.i besidei which, the lace and muslin had grown rather yellow. " She Oohed too op her vocldipg germeo tikl4lLiDii) j -berdeert Asabg Nottng. Bost. audEastn. Janet... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junct Do. Chesty. do Birk.,l £5O and £25 Cons. l Do., ....... dlyth & Tyne original, £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter I Caledonian , 'Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, &Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction DublindrßelfastJunc Dundee Perthdaber deen Junction Do. New .... . East Anglian Do. (XlB E Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock B. Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire !Eilinburgb & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Ediu. Prth &Dundee_ orth & Clyde Jane. Atsgow & S. Wester: seat Northern Sti Do., A. Stook Do., B. Stock (it. 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Western Guarantcad St 6•14.., Shrowsby. dr He: efd Shrewsby. dr Cheste] ' (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves,: • t,ic Do. Oswestiy., ihropshire eniou Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per eoul loath I)evuu ;,)utli Eastern.. vutli \Vales ,ti, Yrksti. & Dui Ataines, Wok. &Wok toektou & Darling -, toekton & Hartlepl. l'atk Vale.. .. 110 shares Do Prof., No. 1_ thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Naterford&Limerich '.Vest Cornwall ',Vest End of Londo, and Crystal'Palace.. West Loudon Winibledu & Uroydor York Nowetl.&Berw. uo. Extensions tlo. G.N . E. Purchase York & N. Midland... PREFERENI l)erdeen . Do. No. 2, p. c. tilyth and Tyne 10 per e. pref. (issd. at 50/) & Ex. 4 p. c. St. ()o. 4 p. c. Shares ,aledonian £lO :hestcr & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent._ fork dzßandousip.e 4 1undce Perth &Aber deen Junctiou i , :astAngliau (i',3los)' 6 per ceut Do. (.£5) 7 per cent. , )o. (7 17s) 7 p. c. :astern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Jo. No. 2 ")o. New 6 p. c. St.i :.lastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 00. 51., 10 per.cent. 00. 101. Debentr.Sh-, :11ast leant:ash. 6 p.cts. East and West York shire Juuc. Pref..: Edinb Prth. &Dundee ,5i per cent. &S.Westeril Guar. 5 per cent—. Great Northn.,s p. c. I Do: 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prein. .. Do. 44 p.c. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot.lst Prof Gt. Southn. dtWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. Sh Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants 'Ex. 5 p. c) Do. coy, red. 44 p.c Do. con, re& 4 p. c Dc,. irred. 4 p.c L an, & York. F. £2O I Do. 6 p. c. Stock ,eeds N. 6 p.c. No. 1 1 !)o. QUarters,lB4B 1 L.ondou and Brightm , Guaranteed 5 p. c fo. Pref., 5 p, c. r)o. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 no. New Guar.ll p. 0 1 t ,on. &N. W., Coy. ct i Nuneaton I ".eudon & S. Wester, Con. Thirds ' • Londonderry& Color, Shares tiondy. & E 11116.4 Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. 4:6 \larypt & Carl. 4 p.c. t )0, 44 per cent 1)o aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. )o. Consul. Bristol & 'rm.. 6 per. cent.... 00. 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(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM].) ASKE PRODUCE STAKES. Crosslanes , Humguffin BUCKHURST STAKES. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES: 55 87 6i 90i 73 1 61 si 8 1 99 81 963# ni 7 59j i i Boiardo Baalbec Phaeton Three run. Wpp in.a canter. SWEEP TAKES OF 100 SOVS. Appollonitv • Catiban . Consul SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. El Dorado Rackapelt Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES, 50 SOVS, Student Two ran. CATTERICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HORNBY HANDICAP. Billy Richardson Ten ran. CATTERICK STAKES. Sicily Lord Alfred Five ran. BROuGH HANDICAP (Yesterday).—General Breezo is disqualified. PARISH OF ST. MARY, LAMBETH. (THIS DAY.) The greatest excitement was manifested last night by the announcement of the majority for Messrs. Grey and Plews for the office of churchwardens of this popu lous parish, and this morning and throughout the day that excitement seemed to have increased as the polling proceeded. _ _ The exertions of the committee of Messrs. Grey and Flews, in accordance' with resolutions passed last even. ing, were, as will be seen by the numbers polled, of the meat active description, and throughout the day it was evident that those exertions had not been slackened. At the hour of closing the poll for the day, the neigh bourhood of the polling-place exhibited more the appear ance of a contested election for a seat in Parliament than for the attainment of parochial honours. The number of votes fur the respective candidates were declared as follows : For Mr. GREY „ Mr. FLEWS „ Mr. Stratton „ I\l‘.. Barnard Thus it will be seen that the prominence obtained by the two first-named gentlemen yesterday was maintained, to-day. The of urta of the committee of the popular ,candidates, it was declared, would not be realised, and id was determined to follow up the victory of yesterday and to-day by to-morrow, on which day the poll wii, finally close, maintaining the " pride of place" that hao been already achieved, and to return Messrs. Grey and Plews by such a large majority as would have a lasting . effect on their opponents. The list of candidates for the Highway Board issuer by the above-named gentlemen shared in the success 0, to-day. The pall will finally close to-morrow evening at fivi, o'clock. MAPKEr NI.CVS-(TtIIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN For the week ended •Aprt' 20,1844, male up from the Returns of ti e Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale , per Imperial Quarter. whlcar. 1 BABGEY. OATS. I ITS. I BEANS. I PEAS. 78s 3.t 36s 10,1 2fa 61 44s 0,1 4.s 7,1 42e 84 CUE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. B.E.E. BEANS. I PEAS. 77e 34 j 3 a 94 27s 3d I 49s 9d I 45s Od 45s 94 DUTIES UN FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. I OATS. RTE. I BEANS. I FBAS I la Od I is Od le Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES VF ("RUN SOLI) LAST WEEK. Wheat, 41,946; Itar'ey. 31,021; flats, 16 393 . ; Bye, 146 ; Beans. 4,686; Peas, 477 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 5/ Os ; clove) ditto, 31 15s to 61 Os ; and straw, 11 16s to 212 s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.---Meadow hay, 21 16s to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 31 IN to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 214 s per load. SuOuly good, and tr a d e ra th er d u ll. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to Si Os; cloves ditto. 31 15s to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1116 s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.—The general demand was steady, at this market to-day, as follows : Beef, from 3s 0;1 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d : Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SODTHALL, APRIL 19. —The general demand ruled steady at this day's market, at full quotations, which were—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5; 01; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; Pork, 38 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, APRIL 19.—T0-day's market was' well sup plied with each kind of stock, at fair request, as fol lows :—Beef,, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 78 Od; Veal, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Gd per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.- (THIS D AY.) LONDON, April 20.—Wind this' day at Noon,'E.S.E. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine, clear, sultry weather. The Mercury continues to fall, ut is as yet too high for rain. The wind is rather inclined to get round to the Southward.—The Ann Clark, from Stettin, was in con tact in the river with the Oscar (s), from Belfast, and , re ceived datnage.—A ship on fire between the mainmast and taffrail, with mizenmasts gone by the board, and boats off the deck, and apparently been abandoned some time, was seen on the 2.45 t Dec., in lat. 28 N., ]3 W. On DOVER, April 19.—Gerson, from Copenhagen, for St. Croix. PORTSMOUTH, April 19.—Wind, E. to E.S.S. Sailed— Faith, for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, April 20,—(Per Elec. Tel.) Arrived—Hy daspes s), from India, left Cape of Good Hope, Feb. 5. FALMOUTH, April 19.—Wind, E. Arrived—Allison, from Manilla • Sulma, Bahia, for Copenhagen. SHIELDS, April 19.—Wind, E. Sailed--Christiania, for Quebec. SWANSEA, April 19.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Caro mantle', from Rio Janeiro. ELKNonz, April Th.—Official notice has been received of the blockade of all the Russian ports. WISBY, April 6.—No Russian snips of war have up to this date been seen off the coast of this island. Four ves sels with Swedish troops have arrived here, and two or three wore are expected to day. Four steam-shios passed on this side of the island, but too far off to distinguish their nationality. QuiENsTows, April 18.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived — Louisa' Richmond. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) and L fine.IVEtrPOOL, Thursday, 10 . 30 a .m. Wind, E. ; light, Arrived—Margaret, steamer, from Havre - Arran, from New Orleans; A. Cheesenorough, from Baltimore. Off the Port—Glengaritt, from Jamaica; Everton, Rio Grande ; Lauzastor barque and Maid of Athens schooner. Sailed—Prospero, for Newfoundland ; Empife, New York. • (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) . G RAvE s B Np, Thursday 10.23 a.m. Wind, N.H. ; tide, three hours an d shalt' e bb ; weather, very fine. ' • . Arrived, 19th—Avon, from Leer; Gifion, Aarhuus ; Providence, Guernsey ; Crusader , Paraiba ; Isabella, Itouen ; Salvador, Porogrund. - Arrived, 20th—Orjent, from Newfildt ; Que:l33n:,:Rtronoltuzfreney;; G uernsey ; Luna, William's Adventuro, Equen ; Irobeha, Bibio o ; Sovereign o f . the Seas, Melb (te .ur a n ta e f : ),. l, eitoterl e Cherbourg; algisteilecre.iwA itu li ckl o . lalaaonuilifloid.l(st(eag),mfeorr), c, Ro gia, t .i te s .; rd s a c m l : :(steamer); Antwerp; Earl of Auckland dam'. '. : -:--- DEAL, Thursda ,Soho 22 . a.m. WWI B.E. ; Yell light.. . 1 . . ... . Anchored—Valentine, from London, for Cardiff.:: 2.1. Sailad—Superior' the river. gesAigswli , a tox Quebec. R: ~' 'r t• n.h pm x.a 451 5 as she did so, on past scenes, and on past feelings, now for ever gone. " Nanette took the cross, Maitre Charpentier's gift, from the paper and cotton in which it reposed. The gold was p as bright as ever ; shining brilliantly beneath the light of Nanette candle. " Ah !' she thought, as she looked on it,' the things of heaven remain for ever bright and lasting, whilst those of earth tarnish_and pass away.' , " Nanette slowly returned the cross to its envelope ; little wotting that her mind had entertained a; poetic sentiment. " Then she took the packet of Antoine's letters from the chest : letters so carefully preserved ; whilst her's to Antoine had served him to show off, and to light Pipes with. Not one .of Nanette's was then in ex istence. • " She read the first and the last of these epistles, and shed many tears over them ; then locking up her chest, she sought her bed with a sad heart,/ yet with an ap proving conscience. " On awaking the following morning, Nanette took from beneath her pillow, the letter she had written the night before. Having read it over several times, she found nothing to alter, either in that or her resolution. " Nanette left the letter with her mother ; begging her to read it and think over the step she was about to take, whilst she proceeded to her hard work in the corn field. " In the course of that day, the tears often stole down her brown cheeks as she reaped ; but she strengthened her heart by reflecting that she was obeying the voice of her conscience : a voice which, from childhood, she had resolved should never call to her. in - vain, " Everything is for the best to the righteouS ; if not in this world, at least in that which is to come.' " The Heir of Vallis. Ey William. Mattltovrs. 3 vols. Smith and Elder. This is not au ordinary work ; in fact it is out of the usual range of romances, and differs, essentially from the stories of the present day. Its plot is exceedingly intricate, and the personao b Ts are so numerous that it is with diffi cu lty that the reader can remember all the varying interests and con flicting claims at once. It is arranged with great skill, and the many striking scenes and effective tableaux that appear are shadowed forth with most artistic power. It is impossible to give an account of the s t ory, f or i t could not be done in a summary sketch. It is sufficient to say that the long-lost and deeply-lamented heir is in disguise for many years,, and hence all sorts of false stories are abroad in regard to his disappearance. Two old county families —the Nevilles and the Napiers—live near each other, and are on friendly terms. However, it is-in consequence of the weakness of the fatherC and the vice of the son, in the h ouse o f N ev ill e , that all the calamity heals the heir of Vallis which is the name of the Napiers' property. An Italian woman is introduced into these eventful pages, who is filled with all the burning jealc nay and vindic tive spirit of revenge that forms the worst feature of the children of her land. In the wonders and mysteries before us, the most interestin g pers on i s the Captain Currary, who is also under an assu me d name, and figures as " Langton" before his un known cousins. It is to be questioned if many would not prefer a less brilliant work, provided it were easier to peruse, and less awful in some of its details and descriptions. It must not be taken up to beguile a few spare hours, or resorted to as an amusing subject for a wearied mind ; but to those who can appreciate and admire the evidence of un deniable talent in construction and composition these pages will afford a desirable study. Doise ; or, the Songs and Legends of Romania. By E. Grenville Murray. Smith, Elder, and Co. The universal excitement which has recently prevailed respecting the fate of the provinces of Moldavia and. Wallachia will probably lend to this collection of their national songs and legends an extrinsic- interest. Indeed, to most readers, the introduction will prove the most attractive part of the volume. A slight sketch of the early history of the country is given. Having been long op pressed and misgoverned, there was no literature except a few religious treatises. The fashionable language was a mixture of Sclavonic, Greek, Turk ish, and Latin, but the ancient Rouman dialect was still to be found among the lower classes. But forty years ago a change took place. The national language, which is so soft 'and musical as to have bee n called the golden tongue, 'was revived, and many writers have contributed to it. But, un happily, the censorship is severe, and after 1848 almost all poets, historians, or novelists, indeed almost all authors of any class, were banished. Of this class of political refugees and .exiles the author writes with much earnestness and feel ing. Excepting the Red Republicans and such characters, he asserts that it is some of the best and bravest of foreign lands who are houseless, banished wanderers. He remarks on their unfortunate po sition, and the difficulty which all foreigners ex perience iu finding employment, and that the edu cation of the higher classes abroad is extremely unpractical. The legends are something of the imaginative and allegorical kind of eastern romances. They are graceful and poetical, with much similarity be tween them. As a specimen of a literature almost unknown to us they present a striking novelty. THE STE.IMAR GOLDEN AGE. Details lately received sof tile passage of the American paddle-steamer Golden Age, from Liverpool to Australia, iurnish interesting suggestions regarding the ultimate prospects of rapid communication, not. only with the gold ccflonies, but the Cape of Good Hope. This steamer, which was capable of carrying 1,200 persons', and had just made one of the best trial trips ever known across the Atlantic, left Liverpool in Novem ber last, with a small number of passengers, and an unremunerative although a considerable cargo, the Post-office authorities having refused to pay her the slightest extra sum for taking a mail. Sh'e reached the Cape in 26 diys and a half, thus making to that point the shortest passage upon record. Indeed the difference om any passage previously known is alleged to have been as much as e4.flit days. At the Cape she was de tained 10 days coaling, but she nevertheless reached King George's Sound po as t 2 effect the entire passage; from Liverpool to Australia in 61 days, including deten tions, and in an actual running time of 47 days. Con sidering that iu future trips the advantages of experience would enable distances to be saved and greater speed'to be attained, the possibility of the communication .to Australia being regularly brought within 50 days,, even by the Cape route, seems consequently to have been . ddmonstrated. According to the statements of the com mander, Captain Porter, he made the whole distance to the Cape with four furnaces blocked off, and with a consumption (if only 30 .tons of coal per day, five days' consumption remaining. upon arrival in pfirt. By less economy, therefore, greater results might have been accomplished, and it is believed, morever, that 300 miles might he saved by stopping at Goree to coal. Taking these things into account, Captain Porter asserts that the Golden Age could regularly performthe run from 'Liverpool to the Cape in 23 days. These points having been determined, the question arises as to the probability of the benefits which they sh ow t o be within reach being speedily established. If the Post-office had offered a fair remuneration to the Golden Age for the conveyance of a mail, the loss by her experimental passage would possibly not have been such as to deter her ownersfrom a continuance of the undertaking ; but, as it is, there ia , not only little prospect of its repetition on her part, 12ut also the certainty that the want of encouragement she experienced will long prevent any othe companies, English or American, from venturing in dependently on this branch of enterprise. Hence the pros pects of future steam communication between the colonies .and the mother country arediscouraging. The Australian Pacific Company and the Royal Australasian Company have entirely abandoned the field, and have either sold s v e d e s o e u l s b o t f r u c l h i a f rt t e h r e e d G th e e n m e r o the re G o w v e c r n o m m e p n a t n , y w , h a i it their may not eventually find it more tempting to keep such vessels as the Gulden Fleece in the transport service rather than to send them on their original destination. The only hope of a more encouraging character ap pears to lie in the opening up of a route from Sydney to Liverpool tid Panama, or Nicaragua and New York. Supposing proper coaling arrangements to be made, Captain Porter considers that the Golden Age could reach Panama or Niaisagua, from Sydney, in 27 days. Thence to New York, by the existing steamers would occupy eight days, while from New .York to Liver pool to average time is 11 days. The total from 'Sydney to Liverpool would thus be 46 days, or allowing three days for stoppages, 49 dip. The chief probability of such a route being established consists in the fact of the link between Sydney. and Panama being all that is required to bring it into existence. Whether the New York Company, to whom tl.a Golden Age belongs, intend now to carry our their olLzinal plan of pu!ting it. into operation remains W e l: ascertained. During the present demand it is probable that that vessel may immediately b t : sought for other purpoies, but there is strong for . str e _ anticipate that, sooner or later, by the natural may cies of commerce, the route question n gr crow into the most important line of traffic between the omen" and southern hemispheres. • Arr o ci a is tv t r m s a .— ry neostteicreclsayfrobmeinartg articled the s o i i r te o n u i s ti opening of ADMISSIONofO renewingF term, the ' clerks seeking to be admitted, and from attorneys d e . their certificates, were given in the Court of Queen's Bench. There are 119 notices to be admitted this Easter ,term ; 24 being added to the list by the judge's order, and 95 to be admitt e d i n Trinity term next. There were 23 notices to tak e out and renew certificates this Easter term—one being from Mr. W. H. Barber, whose repeated applications to be reinstated on the list of attorneys have hitherto been rejected by the Mr. Barber intend s t o make his application this judged.stim time to the Lord Chancellor. RUSSIAN PRODUCE. -The London markets for Rue sian produce yesterday were . rather=, ower,- it =tiling thought that the regulations' of tee-Government :with regard to the trade both of British subjects and, neutrals will allow some quantity to come forward.. • DAY 01' HUM ILIATION.--The Lord Mayot has issued acJir c ?.9.kmation requesting his fellovo-tit 4'4) 4 dose iheir shops on Wednesday, the.26th, for the better eels. bration of tip by. fast and bumiliatign ord tiued fpr that ogq ''T7' 25 1 A