The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-31 00:00:00

COLOGNE CHORAL UN ION:- lI&NOVER=SQUARE ROOMS,—Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the COLOGNE CHORAL UNION will give a LAST and FAREWELL EVENING CONCERT at the above rooms (in passing through London from Liverpool, on their route to Cologne), on SATURDAY, June 3, on which farewell occasion the society will execute twelve of , their most almlred morceaux. Parties disap pointed in obtaining stalls for the concert last week will have the priority of choice for Sitfirclaji next, Jhne 3.—Application for stalls a id tickets at Mr: Bittcheit's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. THEATRE • ROYAL ADELPHI. Madame CELESTE (Directress of this Popular Estat.lish meta) begs to inform the nobility, gentry, and public in general, that her ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on WEDNESDAY next, June 7, when will be revived (for this night only), the celebrated drama of THE THIRST OF GOLD ; or, the Lost Ship, and the Wild Flowerer Mexico. With the unique grand scenic effect of the Sea of Ice. Madame Celeste, Mr. Keeloy, and Mr. B. Webster sus tuning their original characters. After which will be produced (Never Acted) . a NEW and ORIGINAL FARCE by Mark Lemon, Esq., supported by Mr. Keeley. Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the popular Nautical Drama s of the CABIN BOY. Julien (her original character), Madame Celete. Tiakets, Places, and Private Boxer to be had at the theatre. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. • Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TELS EVENING, MAT 31, Will be performed DER FREISCHU 17, Characters by lawlame Caraeori, - and Mdlie. 4 edlazek ; Herr Reichardt, ani Herr Formes. Followed by (loth time) the new BNLLET DIVEitTISSEILENT, entitled UNE FETE] EN OLYMPE. Prices--Stalls, 7s; Dreg!! Circle, 53.; Boxes, 33 ; Pit, 23. ; le.; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three and Four Guineas. e Th Box-office open daily from Tea tin S ix, where places may be secured. Private Roder and Stalls to be hal of Mews. Leader and Cost, 63, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. rlaclestone. THIS EVENING, 3tAt 31, Wlll be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND T Miss Reynolds, TABLE. Characters by M, and essrs. Chippendale, Howe, G. Vandenhoff, W. Farren , C o mp ton Ruckstone ; Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitswilliam. 3 fter watch, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entitled MR. BGCKSTONE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI- C KSTER,STIARK), written by J. R. Planche, Esq. ROYAL FAINCESST. THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under eh* Management of. Mr. CHAU= KEAN. TEIIS EVENING, MAT 31, b e i perfornlial THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by m e eern. - W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and Murray.' Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. O. Mean and. Davil Fisher; Mrs. Win.stanley and Miss C. Lecle:cq. Attar which, AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. Characters by M tssr . s. Meadows, D. Fisher, and Baker; and Misses Murray and D sly. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Prowlet.or, Mr. Webeter.—Dtreetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAT 31, Will be performed TIIE MARBLE HEART; or, The Sculptor's Dream. Characters by Messrs. I'. Bedford, L. Murray, Ben. Web ster, and C. Selby; Madame Cc:est?, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. - Followed by THE MOU3TACHE MOVEMENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Keeley, and lamella; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After Which, THE OVERT, tN9 JOLTRIIEY TO CONSTANTI NOPLE, A 3 UNDERTAKEN BY LOUD BATEMAN, WITH rERE9ITING PiIitTICULA.Ri OF THE FAIR sOPHIA. Prin cipal charaeten by Mr. Paul Bedford and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC TREkTRE. `Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, MAT 31, • Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha r esters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. 11. Waite, Leslie, and Vincent ; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Marston. To be followed by THE FIRS I' NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. kir r ea Wigan. Leslie, Franks, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. After which, THE MUMMY. Characters by Messrs. H. Wigan, Robson, H. Cooper; Misses Marston and E. Turner. BTILAND TILEA.TRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Illcroft.—Dlreetrem, Miss Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, MAY 31, Will be performed BLENIC. nouiE; or, The Ghost's Walk. Atter which, THE MARBLE LOVER. To be followed by the New Ra'ltt Divertissement, entitled THE SEA 'NYSE ?WS CAVE, in which the Misses Guinesa will appear. To conclude With TUE BONNET-BUILDERS' TEA. PARTY. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, .35.; Pit, Is. 6d; Gallery, 64.; Private Box.. s, .£1 1 is. 64., to be had of ldr. Alleroft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLerS.EITROPE'S NATIONAL AMPIIIVIEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Last Five Nights of the Nautical Drama and the Ballet. THIS EVENING. MAT 31, Will be pre3ented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian sp,,r tacle, embodying n )vel an i extraordinary eft,cts (wri:on by 3fr. Nilsen Lee), entitled A TAGi% OF SPA 11'311 ; or, The florae of the IVreck. Th : horses expressly trained by Mc. W. Cooke. Followed by a Novel Routine of POLS AII vENr; or, Scenes in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, entitled THE STAR OF TIM RHINE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season. BRILLIANT ROUTINE OF ENTERTAINMENTS. Enzagement of those Eminent Vocallst4, Miss POOLE, Bliss RANSFORD, and Mr. MANVERS. THIS EVESING, MA al, The gigantic Panorama of Chusan, extensive and interesting Menagerie. 9 Lions, 3 Elephants, 2 of wh ca are the smallest ever exhibited, 2 Tigers, 2 Giraffog, &c. &m. Grand Vocal and Instru mental Concert, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. .Manvers will appear. Un•iva'lel Military Band, conducted by the Messrs. C. and D Godfrey. Remington's Aerial Bridge, Cantelo's Egg hatching Machine, Marriott's Industrious Bees, and various Novel Attractions. Concluding with the Bombardment of Chusan by the Brit al Fleet, Explosi sn of Chiaese Ships, and grand display of Fireworks by Southey.—Admission, is. ; Con .ert, half-past 6 ; Fireworks, quarter to 10. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T4ll DAT --Morning 2f min.after 4 1 Evening 43 min.aft. 4 roaroaßow--Moruing 2 min.after 5 1 Evening 21 m'n.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.—s Oman, bay 31. THICEMONETIM, IN THE SHAM 66 - highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. fib —this day, at noon. BAROMETICIt, 30'02. WIND, W.S.W.---Light breeze, and cloudy. *(, Tri.o74, §Atll 11)NDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1854. Byegones, in all sudden changes of Ministerial opinion, had better be byegones—otherwise we should feel marvellously tempted to take as a text one sentence from Mr. BRIGHT'S last slashing peroration. Allusion being here made, of course, to the suggestive comment of the• Hon. Member for Manchester, upon the scurrilities indulged in by one cr two of her MAJESTY'S present Minis ters, in regard to a potentate now acknowledged by them to be the faithful ally of England—one who was vituperated by those most prescient and sagacious statesmen little more than eighteen , lonths ago, as among the most atrocious of poli tical criminals, and who, nevertheless, at this moment, as the friend of England, has in his possession no less than four of the great capitals of Europe—Paris, Rome, Athens, and Constantinople. Enough, however, has been said through that contrast of a deplorable Past and a remarkable Present. The reflective and conscientious readers of The Sun will bear in mind that from first to last this journal has been consistent in the matter referred to in its sustained and outspoken arguments. They will remember that precisely as we think now upon this subject, when our voice i s on l y heard in the midst of the prevailing and accordant roar of the majority— so we thought and. so rare Spoke spoke when we were almost alone in the minorit y, and when to speak p l a i n ly and t o th e purposeas we (lid was only to be howled at as a "base exception " and to be pelted with " the pitiless sto rm >, of opprobrium. In this matter we need on l y remind those w ho have watched- ourcourse, parti cularl y during the lapse of the last lustre, that h av e the merit a t least o f a bold, we and resolute, and unbending consistency. W e, at any rate, have not blown hot and cold merely accord jug to the changes of fortune towards the obje c t first of abuse and then of adulation. As we thought and spoke in 1851 and 1852, we have thought and spoken in 1853 and 1854. Our arguments then and now will bear a careful and minute comparison. We cannot conceive to our selves the reasonableness of crim e being justified by success. Neither can we recognise anything but tokens of glaring moral obliquity in covering the same man with panegyrics to-day who was yesterday the subject only of your most fer , :•LitAis, and vociferous, and implacable, and malignant • execrations. There appears to us in all this a glaring a n d. astounding contradiction. A contradiction none the less reprehensible, and none the less noteworthy, whether it be uttered in a Ministerial speech from the husting,s or from the floor of Parliament, or whether it be printed in the leading columns of a morning or a weekly newspaper. Particular reference need not be made to the harangues delivered not so very long ago at Halifax by the President of the Board of Control, and at Carlisle by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Quotations, verbatim et literatim, need not be gathered from the files, not so very recently completed, of our numerous contempo raries. The sentiments expressed by both are, without all these aids, vividly enough in the popu lar remembrance. It may be just as well that they should not be altogether overlooked. Enough, however, upon this head—Byegones are to be By egones. Another sentence uttered by another speaker in the course of the same evening's discussion, from the report of which we have taken the foregoing taunt directed against the Cabinet by the Member for Manchester—deserves a word of comment and a passing recollection. Reference is here made to a remark which that night fell from the lips, not of Mr. BRIGHT, but of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It was when the Noble Leader of the House of Commons reiterated the eulogium pronounced by- himself four or five sessions back upon the chivalrous and patriotic foreign policy of Viscount PALMERSTON. It was distinctly and voluntarily asserted on Mon day evening in the House of Commons by Lord. JOHN RUSSELL, that ho thinks now, as he thought then, in regard to the foreign policy of Vis count PALMERSTON. If so—if so—then why, my Lord JOHN RUSSELL, why in the name of common sense, why in the name of consistency was Viscount PALMERSTON (during the interval between " now" and " then") abruptly and. even ignominiously (because so abruptly) expelled from his position at the head of the Fo reign-office in 1851 ? Why was this ? Ah l— " thereby hangs a tale." A State secret, my Lord, to be spoken of not even in a whisper. A matter to be snugly hushed up as a thing irre levant, or, at least, singularly inconvenient. The tabooed chamber of diplomacy with the little tell tale key—like that of BLUEBEARD in the nursery tale. Mr. THA CKERAY speaks in one of the earlier chapters of his new story about our all having at home a grim old skeleton, bid away somewhere in a dark cupboard. Well— here is the State skeleton of the Government. Shut it up. Don't talk of it. There are other matters surely to discuss and examine into. Granted. And yet the public at large cannot for the life of it help thinking about that grimly skeleton hid away somewhere, cannot help casting further glances in its supposed direction—particu larly when there are still delays and delays, and war and yet no war, and German influences and Russian partialities everywhere apparent in the hesitations and procrastinations of Government. People can't help thinking about that State secret connected somehow with the foreign policy of England, as embodied in the person of Lord PALMERSTON. People can't help thinking of this any more than they can help meditating now and then in reference to the Ministerial inconsistency displayed within a very brief interval from the present time, in reference to the Imperial ally of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. The national fete day has arrived. The clerk of the weather has proved more than usually be nignant, kindly complying with the wishes of his (on this occasion) numerous patrons. The showers of Monday and Tuesday have left nothing to be desired with respect to soil or road. Every thing looks auspicious, and the long pent-up and daily increasing excitement has at length reached the utmost pitch of intensity. It is no longer at merely fever-heat—the " pot is boiling over"— the crisis of the disease has arrived. Every one, from the peer to the peasant, from " the roses, pinks, and tulips" of Belgravia or Tyburnia, to the " tag-rag and bob-tail" of St. Giles or Whiteehapel, are indulging in the Satur nalia. Every one rushes to the spot—no chain could bind one who has speculated to his ordinary pursuits on this eventful day. Business is sus pended for the time being—no customer would make an investment save on one of the " probable starters." No commissions—save betting corn missions—will be executed. And it is just as well that no effort should be made, for, were it otherwise, they could not sufficiently divest their minds of the prevailing mania to deal with any degree of coolness. The streets are deserted— London has really " gone out of town." It looks for the time being like a plague-stricken city, and the few saturnine and melancholy individuals who are to be seen wandering through the silent thoroughfares, clearly indicate by their woe-begone aspects that their hearts are elsewhere—that no thing but direful necessity has compelled them to abstain from running with the current, and swel ling the ranks of those assembled on the Surrey Downs, to behold the satisfactory performance of the " trick for the thousands," awl the inaugura tion of the fortunate recipient of the " Blue Ribbon of the Turf." We shall not trespass on the province of the sporting writers by venturing on a sketch by an ticipation of the scenes along . the various routes by which the appointed locality may be reached; nor shall we assume the " mantle of prophecy," or speak of the probable winner either positively or by vague intimation. We leave these depart ments exclusively to our able coadjutor, who, though styling himself " A Fresh Man," ex hibits unmistakeable evidence of great experience and acuteness combined, which enable him to collect the necessary data, and to draw correct conclusions. No, we look rather to the effect of this strange and overwhelming excitement on the national character—this wild enthusiasm that relieves the " hardness of the times," and makes us for a moment doubt whether it is indeed " the age of iron" in which we are,living. The " GRADOEINDS" and " BOUNDERUYS" may deprecate the temporary insanity that diverts parties from the pursuit of " the main chance," and induces them to risk their hardly-acquired savings on such doubtful events. They question the utility of such exhibitions ; and, if their power was coequal with their will, would suppress the sports of the field just as they keep the Crystal Palace closed on the only clay in the week when the masses could visit it, or seek to prevent the operatives of Glasgow from enjoying pure air on Sundays, thereby driving them into public-houses, and confirm ing them in habits of intoxication. But a time-honoured adage declares that "it is a poor heart that never rejoices," and we know that the avoidance of play is calculated to make " Jack a dull boy." A certain degree of amusement is in dispensable. It induces parties to work more energetically and efficiently while they are at it. And, now that the temptation to speculate beyond the means is removed by the suppression of the betting-offices, we know not that the parties could apply a holiday to a better purpose than in visiting the Epsom Downs, and inspecting the best horses of the year, prior to the contest for the Leviathan Stake. Such exhibitions excite and maintain the spirit of fair play, by which Eng lish hearts are so strongly animated. As it i s , th e I r i s h man d oes no t l oo k forward greater devotion to the festival of ST. ; A.TRICI C , or the Welshman to that of ST. DAVID, than the Englishman to his " Derby Day." He thinks o f i t for months' before its advent, and dull rainy weather on the grand occasion is looked on as a real misfortune. Itis beginning to be regarded as a regular h o lid ay i n the metropolis and its vicinity. Parliament has long since recognised it, by sus pending all legislative labours number m matter t o t e f r how urgent the busine ss , a sufacien mem bers could not be collected togethetrtos::tmincyakseoaf House." The point of suspending bo the Superior Courts has also been ventilated, and may very probably be speedily adopted. The difficulty of inducing jurors and witnesses to at tend is a strong argument in favour of the change, and even the gentlemen of the long robe them selves would have no objection to doff their wi gs and gowns, and discuss their luncheons under the shadow of the Grand Stand, and, in place of dis playing feats of intellectual gladiatorsliip, tohob . or nob in flowing bump e rs o f genial champagne—nay, more, perhaps some, if not all, of the venerable judges of the land might feel disposed " To do the same thing were they in the same place." Lot not the practice, then, be altered. Let not the trysting be broken. Let us for once enjoy ourselves and forget the progress of the war and of taxation, the aggression of the AUTOCRAT and the extra halfpenny on tho pot of beer. Every thing promises a day of enjoyment, and let the cup be fairly quaffed ; let the sport be witnessed, but let there be no riot or intoxication to injure the health, no gambling to empty the purse. The suppression of the betting-offices will deprive the flower of the thorn, that caused grief to many families, and converted an innocent amusement into a dangerous temptation. The Abolition of the Newspaper Stamp must soon become a serious question for the Govern ment to consider. The light in which it was placed towards the close of last session as involving the relative advantages of American and British skilled labour, has evidently weighed much with our statesmen of .all parties. Mr. WiriTwonnes Re port, as Commissioner to the New York Industrial Exhibition, adverted in explicit and rather strong terms to the great advantages enjoyed by an Ame rican artisan, iyho had his daily newspaper on his own breakfast table as regularly as our metropo litan met chants and gentry ; and our Manchester educationists have not been slow to urge the im portanee of a cheap newspaper press as an instru . ment'of education. Our readers will doubtless remember, that without canvassing the probable bearing of abolishing the News Stamp on the me tropolitan press, we have always frankly acknow ledged the incalculable value of the newspaper as an educator. We could hardly do other wise without discrediting our own profession, as well as belying our convictions. Our grandfa thers, and even our fathers, can well remember when very large numbers of the lower stratum in the middle classes were quite unable to read, or at least to read with ease ; " to mind their stops and marks" was an accomplishnient ; and to get through a column of their county town's chronicle and gazette; without spelling, was almost held to be a proof cf " book-learning." The great ad vance since that time is very much due to the increase of the cheap periodical press, above all of the newspaper press. If education has created a demand for the newspaper, the newspaper has created a demand for education ; it could but foster what was essential to its own existence and prosperity, and what must be congenial with the sentiment of most who could wield the pen. But it has done more indirectly. It is surprising how soon the power of reading with ease and intelligence, if acquired in child hood, is lost if neglected in youth and manhood. The reports of our gaol chaplains prove this be yond dispute. Of the thousands educated in day schools and Sunday schools, it is to be feared that a very large proportion do not retain through life the ability to read with advantage anything which could much elevate their thoughts or better their hearts. Now, so far as it has pervaded so ciety, the newspaper has been the great preven tive of this retrogression to ignorance. All who can read a newspaper do so when they can get one. News is the object of universal interest. Few even of the philosophers who descant on its tri viality as compared with their own profound speculations, or of those of the clergy who de nounce the " newspaper press as worldly, ungodly, and infidel," choose to dispense with a daily or weekly paper themselves ; while the vast mass of the middle class, from its humbler por tion upwards, if they are readers at all, are sure to get a sight of some journal which tells them what is doing in the world around them ; indeed, a very large proportion if they did not read their paper would read nothing. Not only, therefore, does the opportunity of reading the news of the day stimulate the child to follow his father's example, whom otherwise, perhaps, he would see reading nothing else that he cared about, bat it preserves, more than anything else, the habit of reading when once acquired. For these reasons we have always contended that even, irrespective of the great amount of valuable and interesting information to be found' in almost every newspaper in the course of the year, the newspaper itself is tho most efficient school master of the day, and would, if freed from all burdens, be worth more to the cause of national education than all the grants of Privy Council. The latter aid education . on the old bounty sys tem ; the newspaper is education by Free Trade. Our attention has been called again to the sub ject so soon after the debate on Mr. M. GIBSON'S motion on the inequality and injustice of the laws affecting the newspaper press, by the striking let ter of Lord STANLEY, which appeared in The Sian of Saturday. The affirmation of Mr. GIBSON'S motion without a division, and a favourable article in the journal which lately received such a splendid premium from the Exchequer, were indications not to be overlooked ; but Lord STANLEY'S letter is a still more important sign of the times.. Like his letter on Church Rates, its language is evidently that of conviction ; it has not a tinge of party purposes in it, unless, indeed, its advertence to the press of small towns could be twisted to that object. Like his former letter, it consists of calm, practi cal, and statesmanlike reasoning, and is a sound proof of the anticipation we then expressed, that his Lordship belongs to a class of rising young statesmen, who, though belonging nominally and in their feelings to the Conservative ranks, are likely to give us more practical reform than too many of. our shifty Liberals. Lord STANLEY boldly declares that he does not fear the increased dissemination of political knowledge ; indeed, ho thinks the tax chiefly operates to give advantage to the incompetent teachers of such knowledge, over the competent he also endorses Mr. BRIGHT'S calculation, that the number of papers which would pass through the Post- office, and therefore still pay postage, would probably raise, with the increased consumption of paper, a revenue equal to that produced by the present Newspaper Stamp. His strong position, however, ho conceives to be the justice of the case. The stamp is pro fessedly a postage stamp, yet the majority of papers, of country papers especially, do not pass through the Post-office. A small borough. journal, not, lie says, an imaginary case, with a circulation of 1,000, must pay 4/. 3s. 4d. fOr each impression, while it does not send more than 100 through the Post-office, for which, of course, it ought to pay but Bs. 4il. It is impossible to deny the comparative hardship to which our country cousins are subject, and there is little doubt that the Conservative press of the country must feel the burden of this tax even more than that of the Liberals. It would be most ungenerous, how ever, to attribute this illustration to the slight est tincture of party feeling. His Lordship's whole letter breathes a very different spirit ; it is to remedy what ho deems "at once a great im policy and a grievous injustice," that he "gladly joins in attempting " the repeal of the tax. It should not be forgotten that the repeal of the stamp on news will accomplish but half its objects if unaccompanied by the repeal of the paper duty also. Paper is rapidly rising in price, sufficiently in the case of most journals to inter fere seriously with their profits, and in that of the cheaper ones, in which the margin for profit was small, and the dependence placed on a very large circulation, to render them almost unremu nerative. It appears, indeed, from the statements of the manufacturers little likely to be cheaper, since the high tax compels the use of the better class of raw materials, and of this the supply ap pears to be shorter every year. Lord STANLEY and his friends must, therefore, press the repeal of both duties. • DEATH ON MOUNT VESUVICS.—A letter from Naples states that on the 14th inst. M. J. Delius, of Bremen, ha ving ascended Mount Vesuvius with a party of his Countrymen, went too near the edge of the crater, and, the round giving way under him, he fell into the abyss. Ins groans were-heard from the . bottom, but when-some persons descended by means of ropes he was dead. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. STIMSON. This was an appeal against a rate made by the church wardens of WhWock, in Leicestershire, and the case had been made special for the purpose of taking the opinion of the superior court. Mr. Sergeant Mereweather appeared for the church wardens, and Mr. Bovill for the respondent. It appeared that a, rate of 14s. 9d. had been made upon the respondent by the churchwardens, for the joint purposes of the church being repaired and the burial ground enlarged, and the respondent carried the case before the justices there at the Quarter Sessions. The ground upon which he refused the pay ment of the rate was that they, the churchwardens, had not the power of levying a joint rate, but merely one for the purpose of repairing the church. The Justices, upon hearing the arguments, refused to confirm the rate, and the appeal was by consent made special. The argument, similar to that urged before the jus tices, was argued at great length by Mr. Bovill. The Court said they were of opinion that the statute pointed out very clearly the purposes for which the rate could be made, and that there was no power in it given to make one for joint purposes. There was a special power given for making a rate to enlarge the grounds for the purposes of burial, and, therefore, although this rate had been made in open vestry, and with the con sent of four-fifths of the ve , trymen, it was bad. The rate was, therefore, refused, and the Court ordered each party to pay their own costs. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco.) JONES V. NICHOLSON. This was an argument upon the question of the in surance of a vessel, and occupied the court all the morning. Mr. Cowling and Mr. Wilde appeared. The point involved was whether baratry committed by the captain, who was part owner of the vessel, was not an answer upon the part of the insurance against paying the claim of the owners of the vessel. Judgment had not been given when we went to press. TWO NEW WAR MAPS. BY JAMES WYLD. It seems improbable that we shall ever within reason able limits come to the end of these curious publications. There is no perceptible diminution as yet in Mr. Wyld's well-known enterprise either .as a geographer or as a hydrographer. Scarcely have we rolled up the last bundle of maps and charts issued from his popular esta blishment, when others of a character no less attractive are waiting at our elb ow , t o b e sprea d open an d ex• amined. There are t wo a ddi t i ona l pro d uct i ons o f th i s kind, relating to the immediate vicinage of the seat of s w e a r u r , t i a n t y t he p has c r o e s n e fi n r t m m e d o m t e h n e t lying mp re s b s before p r u o s d , u a c n e d d c b a y r eful tt e first glance, that, even with all the plates hitherto printed off by Mr. Wyld at hand, these two supplemen tary maps must be regarded as really considerable and noteworthy acquisitions. One is a military sketch com piled by the King of Prussia's general staff, and repre senting the 4 important tract of country extending be tween the Danube and Constantinople. Towards the top of the map is Galatz, towards the bottom of it Varna . --high up to the right, the three mouths of the great river, the St. George, the • Sulina, and Kilia—about midway on the left Giurgevo. As auxiliary sketches, introduced in the south-east corner —otherwise a vacant space indicating a portion of the Black Sea—are engraved distinct views of Serpent's Island, or Fidonisi, of the Bay of Varna, and of the Bay of Kustenjeli. The map embraces, of course, Bucharest arid Schumla, Ismail and Brahilov, giving, as it does, considerable portions of Bulgaria, 'Wallachia, and Bessa- Fabix, apart of Moldavia, and the whole of both the Delta and the Dobrudscha. The companion map is chiefly restricted to a delineation of a division of Rou• melia, and of a smaller section of Bulgaria—giving northwards a part of the Black Sea, and south wards a portion of the . Sea of Marmora. It is principally designed according to appearances, in order to afford the observer a more vivid notion of the precise geographical position of the city of Constan tinople. Stretching out in a north-westerly direction is marked the trail of the road winding from the Turkish capital to Adrianople. Southwards we see another road extending, from Adrianople to the Gulfs of Enos and Saros. Northwards we mark another road leading from the same point through Karnabat to the Balkan mountains. The Asiatic shores of the Bosphorus are defined, and so, for that matter, indeed, is the principal outline of Anadoli from Scutari to Nicomedia. Besides a plan of Schumla, we find introduced into what would be the otherwise vacant space indicating a portion of the Euxine, two clever maps, or charts we might call them, one of the Bosphorus and the other of the Dardanelles. Among the many interesting works of this kind which have re cently been published by Mr. Wyld, none attest more clearly by their boldness and their accuracy his eminent capacity as a geographer. lIIIIIIIMIN RETURN OF THE COURT TO LONDON. Tier Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children, with the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, left Osborne yesterday (Tuesday) at two o'clock in the afternoon on their return to London. The battery at the Royal Yacht Squadron-house and West Cowes Castle saluted as usual. The yachts at the station, dressed in colours, and the Argus, revenue steam r, at Spithead, dressed and manned her bulwarks as the yacht passed by for Portsmouth harbour, off which the garrison battery and her Majesty's ships Victory, Illustrious, &c., fired a general royal saute, with yards manned and rigging dressed. The apprentices little brig, Sealark, was moored at the harbour's mouth, and the boys manned yards and cheered most lustily as their Sovereign and the Sailor Princes passed them, which attracted the no tice of the royal party. On disembarking at the Royal Clarence Yard, at Gosport, the Queen was received by Port Admiral Sir Tnoinas Cochrane, Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin, Major-General and Lieutenant Governor Simpson, Captain •Superintendent Courtnay, Major Kelly of the 34th Regiment, Major Goodenough (ditto), and the - usual staff. The 34th furnished the guard of honour. The train left for London in charge of a party of officials of the South-Western Railway Company at half-past three. FRANKFORT NEW BANK. ----The advices from Frank fort.mention some extraordinary incidents in connexion with the subscription lists for the new bank, which close to-day. The anxiety to sign is so great that it has been found impossible to keep the crowd in order without the aid of soldiers. An Austrian battalion had been called in, and had proceeded so characteristically in clearing the place with their bayonets that three peaceable citizens were dangeiously wounded. The capital of the bank is limited to 1,700,0001., but it was expected that more than 8,000,00 0 /. would be signed for, and the shares are selling by anticipation at 4 premium. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES.—At about 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon the preventive boat from Grays, having on board the c hi e f b oa t man and f i ve men of the preventive service at Grays, with the wife of one of the men. left Gravesend for Grays, and when in the Nortbfleet Hope, and turning the point, a sudden squall of wind caught the spritsail, and whether it was owing to its violence, or to the mismanagement of the man who endeavoured to take in the sail, the boat was capsized, and before any assistance could be rendered from vessels or boats in the locality, or from the shore, two of the men on board were drowned. A Waterman of North fleet had put off from the India Arms slip, and fortu nately rescued the others from drowning, who sustained themselves afloat till picked up. CONSECRATION OF THE LAMBETH NEW BURIAL GROUND.—The ceremony of consecrating the new burial ground for the extensive parish of Lambeth was per formed yesterday afternoon by the Bishop of Winchester in the presence of most of the parochial officers and a great number of parishioners. The spot selected for burying the dead of this parish is situated in Garrett's lane, between Tooting and the Wandsworth-road, and comprises 30 acres of land, 20 acres to be appropriated for the interment of members of the Church of England, and the remaining 10 acres for the burying of dissenters. The whole is undergoing a thorough drainage, and in the course of a year or two, when properly laid out with trees and shrubs, will present anything but an unpleasant appearance. Every burial.ground in the parish of Lam beth is closed from this day, so that in future the inter ments must take place in this ground. STRAND THEATRE.—On Monday evening a dramatic version of Dickens's Bleak Rouse was produced at this little theatre with complete success. The principal points of the tale are very closely followed, and the re sult is a very amusing and attractive entertainment. Amongst the most successful pourtrayals may be men tioned Mr. Williams's Tulkinghorn (a capital concep tion), Mr. - Barnard's Phil Synod, Mr. Courtney's S ma ll. Weed, Mr. Sidney's Guppy, and Mr. Herbert's Brook. The part of Joe was very truthfully and beautifully sustained by Miss F. Beaumont, and the highest praise we can award this talented young lady is to say that she visibly realised the imaginative creation of Charles Dickens. The respective characters of Lady Dedlock, Mrs. Rouncewell, and Esther Summerson, were ably represented by Mrs. Long, Mrs. Laws, and Miss .E. Wharton. The scenery was well painted, especially the drawing-room at Chesney Weld, the ghosts walk, and the burial ground. At the conclusion of the drama, the principal performers were called before the curtain, and the piece was announced for repetition every evening until further notice. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mine discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.041 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 24.971, it follows that gold is about 0.23 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By adviecs from Hamburg the price of gold is 422 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.3$ ; and, the exchange at Ham burg on Lo n d on at short being 13.34, it follows that gold is 0.18 per cent. dearer in London than in Ham burg. The course of exchange at New York on Lon don for bills at 60 days' sight. is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange, is nominally .0.08 per cent. against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission .of - gold -,either. way , between the two countries. 2sIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IIV TELLIOENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,800 American taken for export, and on speculation. The market closed steadily without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 100 Bahia at 60., 200 Egyptian at 61. to 70., 600 Surat at 2d. to 3d., and 30 Sea Island at 111 d. to ls. 2d. per lb. Railway shares were flat. The Admiralty Commissioners require tenders on the 6th of June for conveying 920 tons cf navy provisions to Malta. Many of the large houses in the iron trade will not accept contracts for manufactured iron at the present prices, although the Staffordshire masters have made no alteration in their terms. Scotch pig iron is at 225. m.n. cash. In the Melbourne accounts received yesterday there are several hints of an important character for shippers from this side. In a letter from Mr. Henry Slaney, it is stated that the consumption could not have been above half the importation of last year, and unless the shipments are materially lessened there is no chance of an adequate re muneration to shippers from England. The cost of storage is likely to be diminished, as numerous spacious buildings have been erected, but lighterage and the damage from unsound packages absorb in some cases what would amount to a fair profit. As a great deal of loss is stated to have arisen from want of know ledge of the Australian seasons, exporters are re minded that there are but two for trade, the sum mer and winter. The former commences about the first of October and ends the middle of February. For the summer season, shipments from England by sailing vessels should not be later than June. A concluding piece of advice to intending shippers is, that they shorlcl send superior articles, sound packages, and original invoices. It is mentioned also that : "The Manchester trade has been very quiet for some time, stocks being heavy, except in some few articles, which fetch good prices. The retail dealers buy from hand to mouth, and the warehousemen with extreme caution. 'We shall feel the effect of the glut for some time to come, yet the market will, we believe, become steady eventually. Many Erglish houses and private individuals have shipped goods, not knowing the wants of the colony, and will have to suffer heavily in conse quence other houses who know, the market may be small losers for a time, but will find in the long run that the trade of this colony is not one to be despised, but one desirable to cultivate." There are one or two Australian ships off the coast, but it is not expected that they bring much bullion, one being from Hobart Town, and the other, with dates as old as December, from Adelaide. According to a communication dated Vienna, the 27th inst., an important conference, which lasted several hours, had taken place there, at which were present—the Duke of Coburg, Lord West- ' moreland, Baron Bourqueney, Arif Effendi, the Turkish Envoy, Minister Bach, and Count Granne, the chief adviser of the Emperor of Austria. When the Conference terminated, a distinguished Russian officer left immediately for Frohsdorf. It is stated by another writer that Baron Meyendorff's position at Vienna was becoming so unpleasant that his de parture might be fully expected. Although a brother-in-law of Count Buol, the latter by no means favours the Russian policy. There was yesterday afternoon a slight improve ment in the rates for bills of exchange upon the principal Continental cities, TrieSte being au excep tion, viz., 13 45 to 13 48. Paris, 93 days, was at 25 25 to 27& ; Amsterdam, at 11 171 to 181 ; Ham burgh at 13 51 to 6i ; and Frankfort, 1181- to 118, 1 2 . Large parcels of gold, part of the late arrivals, ,continue to- be sent into the Bank of England, there being no profit now on its exportation. The absence of many of the principal dealers from the Stock Exchange in consequence of the Derby Day, has caused the Stock Market to wear a dull appearance, but prices have been very firm at a slight advance upon the closing rates of yes terday, Consols being 91 to 91g. The news from the seat of war is considered to be so far favour able that Silistria is not yet in such jeopardy as was imagined. Consols have been 91 to 91 for transfer, and 91 to 91k for account, showing still a scarcity of stock. The New 31 per Cents. have been at 90,1 to 91, and the 3 per Cents. at 89i. to 901. Bank Stock has been firm at 204 to 206. India Stock has realised 233. Exchequer Bills have been ls. discount to 3s. premium. The Ex chequer Bond Scrip is par to 1 premium. The scrip has been delivered to the holders. s In the Foreign Market there has not been much doing, but the quotations are firm. Mexican Bonds have been quoted at 243, and Equador at 3i. There have been bargains in Venezuela at 251. Spanish Certificates have improved to ‘R. Russian 5 per Cents. are worth 9(31, and the per Cents. 84. Sardinian Bonds have been at 841. Railway shares have been very good again, and with a moderate business doing in the principal lines. Great Northern have been at fuller prices, and also North-Western,' South-Eastern, and York and Berwick. The French lines are mostly nominal. In the Gold Mine shares there has been scarcely anything doing, and the other Mines realise about previous rates. The Anstralian and other Banking shares have been quieter. The Australian Agricultural shares have ad vanced in prices about 1/. upon yesterday morning's rates, and the Peel River are also firm. Crystal Palace B shares have been in request, at a slight advance. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the Official List.) 11 us n ess done. sank Stock ; per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 9l A New 34 per Cent. Annuities 90 ; 7 - B 1 90 1 1 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 India Stock Consols for Account I - "th June 914 1 4 1 Exchequer Bills, 2id. £lOOO . ..... 1d 3p Ditto Advertised 1 4 d Exchequer Bonds Scrip PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. F.quador Bonds , 1 exiean 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cont. 4O Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 96 Ditt' 4. per Cent B4 .... Eardinianifonds, 5 per Cent B4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 39A 40 Sp mish Now Deferred, 3 per 19 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. Venezuela Bonds, 3A per Cent. ..... 253 Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto Juno Account lIIABLBOROUGH-STRKET.-(THIS DAY.) A VERY SUSPICIOUS CASE.--Jane Hodges and Mary Ann Joyce, servants, in the employ of Mr. Charles Lange, hotel-keeper, 1, Leicester-street, Leicester square, were brought before Mr. Bingham under the following suspicious circumstances : Mr. Lange deposed that last night he went into the bed-room occupied by the prisoners, which he found full of smoke. He looked round to see what was burning, and on the floor, close to the foot of the bed, he found a mass of half-consumed paper. At that time the paper was extinguished, but stillsmeking. Prosecutorasked the prisoner Joyce, who was in the room, what she had been burning. She replied nothing ; she knew nothing at all about it. The other prisoner, who was in an ad joining. room, also denied all knowledge of the affair. The carpet was burnt, and tl.e floor much scorched ; and from the suspicious appearance of the case he called in a constable, and gave them into custody. The prisoner Joyce, in defence, said she and her fellow -servant had not sufficient food all day, and in con sequence they shut themselves up in their bed-room. While there she dropped some money, an I lighted some paper to enable her to find it. She denied lighting the paper for the purpose of setting fire to the bed. Mr. Bingham said her evidence was full of suspicion, and he should remand her till Thursday. The other prisoner was discharged. THREE SUICIDES.—This morning information was for warded Ey the Metropolitan Police of the discovery of the body of a respectable female, who committed self destruction near Waterloo-bridge, by drowning herself in the river. The following description of the deceased has been issued:—Female, 30 years of age, 5 ft. 4 inches, stout, dark hair, dark blue gown, white petticoat, jean stays, white stockings, Adelaide boots ; severe marks of violence on the nose and forehead. The body was re moved to the dead-house, Waterloo-church, to be owned. The Second case is also that of a female that was found in the river Thames, near Chelsea-church, about 35 years of age, 5 feet 3 inches, dressed in a brown stripped Scot ton gown, black stuff petticoats, and was removed to Chelsea-workhouse ; and the third that of a young gen tleman, name I Watiou, who was found in a pond near the Whittington-college, Highgate. QUICK PASSAGES.—The Australian ad vice s , received by overland mail, mention the arrival at Melbourne on the 20th of March, of the Marlborough , Young, from Plymouth, after a very quick passage of 781 days ; and at Sydney, of 'the Speedy, on the 22d of March, from London, in 91 days, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA. The fortress of Silistria was in the hands of the Turks on the 26th inst. The fire on Silistria had not produced any effect ; the external defences of the works had not even been damaged ; and no more fires had taken place in the town. Mussa Paella, on the 16th, caused fire to be set to all the warehouses exposed to the shells of the enemy, and in general to all edifices, trees, &c., outside the town which might have offered them shelter. The fortress is completely barricaded. Women and children have been obliged to abandon the place, and to seek refuge at Basardschik. In the interior of the fortress entrenchments are being thrown up, which is a proof that it is intended to defend the place, even should the walls be de stroyed. It was perceived by the Russians' that the Turks were resolved to sell their lives dearly. Despatches received from Shumla of the 23d of May, state that the Russians had been repulsed four times, with heavy loss, at Silistria. THE BALTIC. The Journal de St. Petersbourg says that on the 19th two frigates cannonaded the batteries at Witts land, and on the 20th approached Ekenas, but were repulsed. From Berlin we learn that on the 17th a squad ron of two-deckers anchored off Hango-Head. The Magicienne had brought intelligence" to Copenhagen that a portion of the fleet bombarded Gustaysvarn on the 22d without result. The main attack was expected on the 24th. The French fleet was to leave Kiel on the 16th, for three days' gunnery practice in Balk Roads. The Hamburg Correspondent has the fol lowing from Stockholm, 23d :—" The accounts from. Finland come down to the 16th. Wiborg has been declared in a state of siege. Great activity was displayed in strengthening the ci tadel of that town, which is not very strong. Some hundreds of perscus belonging to the town were forced to dig trenches and aid in raising the fortifications. Fears seem to be entertained of a landing, - Wiborg, being only 18 miles from St. Petersburg. The arrival of a regiment of Cos sacks Of the Don has produced a general sentiment of terror. A part of tne Swedo-Norwegian squad ron will quit Elfsnabben the day after to-morrow to cruise in the Baltic." _ Up to the 19th nothing had occurred to interrupt the regular course of navigation at Cronstadt ; merchant vessels belonging to neutral powers enter ing and leaving as usual. By order of the Grand Duke Constantine, who commands that fortress, as well as all the coast on the gulf, the wives and children of the soldiers of the garrison were not allowed to remain in the town. The Government, however, had undertaken to find them food and lodging until the conclusion of the war. THE BLACK BEA. By the last accounts from the Black Sea the fleet was still off Sebastopol : for several days there had been a heavy fog, and they had to keep up constant noises to prevent their running foul of each other. The cable which is put across the mouth of Sebasto pol is described as consisting of a number of chain cables twisted together and secured on each side by strong masonry and is hove taut by capstans. From its being formed of separate chains, it would be sufficiently strong to keep out a steamer or any vessel going at full speed. THE• FLEETS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. The following is from a letter from one of her Majesty's ships, dated May 5 Now for a short account of our doings before Sebastopol, that for midable fortress of the villanous Muscovites. Ever since the combined fleet appeared before it they have cruised off and on with look-out steamers (their weather eye-lids lifting, in nautical speech). Last Saturday; the 29th ult., we all stood toler ably close in, and first the Arethusa and Sampson, and afterwards the Agamemnon, went still closer in to get a good look at the defences and see the force inside. The Inflexible was first sent to repeat signals to and from the flag, and then in the even ing to keep close company with the rear-admiral. The scouts made out something like 24 sail alto gether (I think), 3 three-deckers, 7 two•deckers, 4 frigates 1 corvette, 2 brigs, 3 small steamers, and the mast-heads of 4 (presumed to be) large ships in Dockyard Creek. They are moored up the har bour, and will rake us when we have forced the outer forts, and silenced their 800 guns. But in sober earnest I imagine we shall do nothing—can do nothing—against the place without soldiers. The place bristles with guns, hundreds of which would hull the ships." THE DANUBE. According to intelligence receive via Orsova, the Turkish Strand batteries of Turtukai had been keeping a very heavy fire from the 15th to the 18th against tete de pout partly erected by the Russians at Oltenitza. On the 16th a red hot ball caused a Russian powder magazine to explode. Numerous arrests were made every day in Wal lachia by the Russians, and the popular discontent against them was daily increasing. Travellers state that all the right bank of the Danube, from the frontier of Wallachia near Or sowa to Czitate is completely without Turkish troops. The commanders of the latter were beginning to organise in Little Wallachia a sort of levy en masse. Every inhabitant who promised to march against the Russians in case of danger received a weapon. Prince Paskiewitch, it was said, was about to remove his head-quarters to Budechtli. All that has been said about the great victories of the Russians is exaggerated. The only troops that had crossed the Danube are destined to make sieges or surround places. A letter from Bucharest of the 17th, in the Swabian Mercury says :—" The Governor-General, Baron de Budberg, has communicated to the Boyards an order received from the Emperor of Russia, which directs that Lesser Wallachia shall be again occupied, and that not only Silistria is to be taken, but likewise Turtukai and Routschouk." The Press of Vienna says that on the frontier of Montenegro 15,000 Turkish troops are encamped, and a considerable camp is also to be established in Albania. That mountainous country is completely blockaded towards the Turkish provinces. According to the same journal, the march of the Russians to the frontier of the Bukowina and Transylvania has commenced. That corps will consist, it is said, of 150,000 men, and is to occupy the frontiers of the Austrian provinces. The Agram Gazette says, from Belgrade, 17th— " The Servian Government having received a posi tive assurance that so long as public order is not troubled no foreign army will occupy the princi pality, has suspended its armaments." ST. PETERSBURG. According to advices from St. Petersburg of the 21st, a very hostile feeling prevails in that city against Austria. The German papers notice tho prevalence of ru- , mours that the Czar is about to abdicate. They contest the probability of such an event, but admit that the contingency presents itself to the minds of many persons conversant with the situation into which Russia has been brought by the Czar. The Russian Government published on the 21st, in Poland, a decree declaring that as events no longer allow the cattle necessary for the food of the population to be received from the Southern pro vinces of the Empire, whereby meat has become very dear, the exportation of horses, oxen, and sheep, shall be prohibited. The Government has at the same time made known that the annual wool fair, which is generally an important one, will be hold at Warsaw as usual on the 15th June, and will last four days. The Czas, a Polish journal, states under the head of Vienna, 25th, that the Baron de Meyendorff, the Russian Ambassador in that city, is about to leave for St. Petersburg, in order to give a verbal account to the Emperor of the state of the relations between Austria and Prussia. A Berlin letter of the 27th, in the German Journal of Frankfort, also states that M. de Mey endorff is about to leave Vienna, but says that he has received a conge from the Emperor of Russia in consequence of the Austro-Prussian convention. According to the letter from Berlin, M. de Meyen dorff will, on leaving Vienna, go to the baths of Gastein, in Bavaria. If this announcement of the intended departure of the Russian Ambassador from Vienna be true, an open rupture between Russia and Austria is probable. A letter from Berlin, in the Fress of Vienna, states that Baron de Budberg, Russian Ambassa dor at the. Court of Prussia, will be replaced by M. de Brun now, formerly Russian Ambassador m London. This change is said to have been brought about by the late modification in the Prussian Cabinet. BRITISH TROOPS FOR VARNA. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 20. Marshal do St. Arnaud, Lord Raglan, and the Seraskier started for Varna, per Cheh-per steamer, on the 18th inst., and yesterday no doubt must have reached their destination. You will learn, also, with the highest satisfaction, that two regiments from the camp of Selimieh are all in readiness to move on and be conveyed, to that locality in a couple of days. This first move of our land force has had, morally speaking, a great effect, almost equal to that produced by th e fi rs t a p pearance o f th e allied fleets in the Euxine, and will tend materially . to calm public anxiety in respect to the perplexing delays and obstacles attending our military opera tions. It is really a deplorable circumstance that so much time has been required, and the finest season of the year thus expended in deliberation. Otherwise, had our troop s b een b roug ht up e arlier to the scene of action, the war of the Danube, le the opinion of military authorities, would have been successfully terminated in the short space of one month—the Russian army exterminated, and the material guarantee in possession of the allies. TH'E FRENCH . TROOPS AT GALLIPOLI. Marshal de St. Arnaud has addressed the fol lowing proclamation to the French soldiers at Gallipoli : " Soldiers, we are on a foreign land, but the Sultan is our ally and treats us with hospitality. Do you knout what is meant by hospitality in the East ? The guest becomes the equal of the master of the house. You will not abuse the rights of hospitality. We are come hither to defend our ally against the barbarous aggressions of the Czar. Our mission is a grand one, and if with God'S assistance we succeed in happly accomplishing it, WO shall render ourselves as immortal as our ancestors. Our Emperor only thinks of the glory of France and of your welfare ; and he expects from you in the struggle against the barbarians of the North the courage and valour which will increase the glory of your country. Let Vive l'Empereur !' be our battle cry, for it is that which led our immortal ancestors to victory. It is with the cry of Vive l'Empereur !' that we will conquer or die." GREECE. ACCEPTANCE OF THEANGLO-FRENCH ULTIMATUM. Telegraphic despatches were received yesterday by an eminent Greek firm, stating that the Sing of Greece has accepted the Anglo-French• yid matura. On this subject the _Mats says : " King Otho has, it is true, accepted the ultimatum, and even promised to form a new cabinet, with Mavrocordato at its head, but solely on the condition that the Western Powers forego their intention of occuPY ing the Piraeus, &c. If they do, he declares he will retire into the interior, and there concentrate his troops." The question now is, what will General Forey do ? Will he, in face of the submission, real or pretended, disembark his troops at the Piraeus ? In Paris the opinion is that he will, because the submission of King Otho has come too late. - The fact is, that the past conduct of King Otho has placed that monarch in a dilemma. He is either sufficiently strong to put down the insurrection, or he is not. If he is not sufficiently strong, be cannot reasonably object to accept the aid of Eng" land and France to effect that measure ; if be 15 sufficiently strong, his past conduct shows mauvois voidoir—so that the Western Powers cannot trust him. In either case, General Forey will probably consider it his duty to land his forces. MIESTE, May 30.—A French division has ar rived at the Pincus, but has not yet disembarked. 2,000 insurgents were still posted near Demarko, in Epirus. The Turks are encamped near Arta. Fuad Effendi is reorganising the province. Thessaly is nit yet quiet. A private letter from the Piraeus, of the 18thl status that the Austrian frigates Bellona, Captain Palt, which had been sent to the Archipelago by the commandant of the station, had sunk two Greek pirates, and chased a third. A letter from Athens of the 19th, in the Trial& Gazette, says : "The notes delivered to the Greek Government by the English and French Ministers are not exactly the same. The French one is more detailed, and the follow' irg are the principal demands contained in it :-1. King of Greece and his Government must make known to the Greek nation, Clearly and with all proper pub. licity, that is their intention to observe a strict neutrality in the Eastern question. 2. They must disavow, in the most formal manner and with the greatest publicity , all that has hitherto taken place. 3. The most rigorees measures must be adopted to prevent recruiting 1 .0 , 1 : the free corps, and also to p u t d own th ose which have been formed. 4. To recal all Greek subjects who may have taken part in the insurrection in the Tut' kish provinces, and to punish them severely in case of disobedience. 5. Not to give any leave of ab sence, or to accept any resignation where there is all reason to suppose that the party intends to take part in the insurrection. 6. To publish the protocol of Vienna of the 7th April, which secures the integrity of Turkey. In the event of the Greek Government not giving a sr tisfactory reply, the Powers will take the necessary measures to compel it. The knowledge of these notes has caused considerable sensation at Athens. For the last four days the Government has been deliberating 0 0 the demands made, but in consequence of the many things mentioned in the notes no decision has yet been come to. A report is current that the Ministry is di' vided in opinion as to the answer to be given, three Ministers wishing to accept the notes purely and simply , three others being in favour of a partial acceptance, and the seventh declaring for the absolute rejection." The result is given above. AUSTRIA. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna this morn' ing, says is reported on good authority that Austria, the day before yesterday, summone d Russia to evacute the Turkish provinces ; when this is done Congress may meet to settle the con ditions of peace. .'•pener's Gazette says :—" We are informed that the German Governments declared their e ntire adhesion to the Convention between Austria and Prussia on the very day when it was submitted to them. Holland and Denmark alone have, as re gards Limberg and Holstein, made some reserves, which have probably for object the observance of a strict neutrality." A letter from Pavia, in the Opinione of Turin, says that immediately after the notification con cerning the increase of the Austrian army wa s published at Milan, orders were sent to all the pro vinces to recall the officers and men absent on leave. These form, it is stated, upwards of two. - thirds of the reserve. They were to join their respective corps on the 25th. FRANCE. General Baraguay d.'Hilliers has returned to Paris. It is said that Tunis sends 10,000 men, infantry' cavalry, and artillery, to the Porte. The Marquis of Clanricarde arrived on Monday in Paris. • The Earl of Carlisle leaves Paris for London to-day. The English and French Governments are still pushing negotiations with Spain and Portugal, i ll the hope of inducing those two Governments to furnish a contingent of auxiliaries in the war in the East. As respects Portugal, there will pro bably be no difficulty in the matter, as she is bound by treaty to furnish a contingent on being called upon by England to do so—England paying, the expenses. Spain i s no t b oun d by an y such treaty; and hitherto the negotiations do not appea r to have led to any good result. Baron James de Rothschild has contributed a further sum of 50,000 f. (2,0001.) t o th e s upport c g " his co-religionists at Jerusalem. A great sensation has been created in the Muni cipal Council of Paris by a project submitted to it by the Government, to the effect that the expenses of the College Stanislaus should henceforth be , de frayed exclusively from the funds of the city of Paris. The members of the council were at first disposed to resisethis new and unjust burden cast on the resources of the city ; but M. Haussemann , the Prefect of the Seine, silenced all opposition bY, announcing that the existence of the c o uncil itself depended on its voting the measure. A curious circumstance took place at the Grand Opera on Monday eve n i ng . D ur i ng th e l a tter pail of Meyerbeer's op era o f th e P rop het e , a s h o t wa s fired in one of the side boxes. The greatest alarm in" stantly prevailed throughout the house, under th e impression that it was an assassination, but it turned out to be a case of suicide. The unfortunate man was a Prussian officer. The latest news from the Danubian province° states that Marshal de St. Arnaud had left Var na for Schumla. Lord Raglan remained at Varna. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 7 0 ' 20c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a: Half per Cents. 96f. 25c. ; and the New Loan, a ll 69f. 90c. • Orleans Railway Shares, 1,130 f. ; Rouen , 930 f. ; Havre, 475 f. ; Great Northern, 872 f 50'd Si rasburg, 755 f. ; New Shares, 595 f. ; Paris an Lyons, 917 f. 50e. ; Lyons to the Mediterranea n ] 790 f. ; Western of France, 655 f. ; Bordeaux a n Cetto, 585 f. ; Great Central of France, 48 0 L .; of Lyons and Geneva, 482 f. 50c. ; Bank Credi t Mobilier, 672 f. 50c. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette , of the 27th inst., n ounces that the Senate had unanimously vot e ,,,, the project of law authorising the collection of t", taxes according to the bud ge t o f 1854, un til J" ,' next. Sir Francis Baring had arrived at Turin. Count Bernstorff, formerMinister-Plenipotentia r y and Envoy-Extraordinary of the King of Prussia' at the . Neapolitan Court, whohas been lately tran s ferred in the same ca p ac ity t o L on d on , h a d passe d through Turin, coming from Genoa to Naples. 0 A letter from Florence of the 24th states that til landing att em pt e d near B occo di M agra h a d foie' l in consequence of the presence of a battalion of ), 0 0 fan try at Via Reggie. The democrats of ti - `, neighbourhood did not move, although the Cog o mittee lately announced its reorganisation. this occasion it prudently resolved to remain sile" and inactive. 6 uPgt ern ph P 4 ,°int broil THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, MAY 31, Ish4 r'` NEw