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T " GENERAL LIFE AND; EIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1837. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, King William-street, London-bridge, London. Capital, One Million. .. The Directors give Notice— lat. That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS will be held at 12 o'clock precisey, on SATURDAY, the 20th day, of May neat, at the Office of the t company, 62, King illiam-strt et. in the city of London. 2d. That at such meeting, the Ploprletors who then hold ten or more Shares, which they have poaessed Six calendar mouths, mar atand and vote. 3d. That three Directors, Jacob Geor g e Cope, Esq., Thomas B. Simpson. Esq., and Edward Wilson, Esq., a d ene Auditor. William Burner, Jan., Esq., retire, all_of whom are re-eligible to their respec tive appointments, for which thew will be accorCita gly pposeddesirous . ' 4th. Tbat any Proprietors , duly qualified, who shall ro be of becoming Candidates for any of these situations, most give written notice of their intention at the Office, to the Secretary, at least ten days previous to the time of such meeting. By order of the Directors, TEIOMAS PRICE, Secretary. Moy 5, 1854. THEATRE EOTAL DRURY LANE. Lessee. Mr. IL T. Smith. TUI' EVENING, 3IsT 5, Will be performed PellinPs Opera of TA SO k. Cha lets/41 by vf dile. Bury, Signor Arnoldi, and Signor raVe3l. Con dnc•or, Herr a nchuez. Followed by 4 BALLET DIVERTISSENIENV. Prtees-Stalls. 7s; Dress Cl - cle, 5 5.; Bo x e s, 34 ; Pit, 2s. ;Gallery, Is.; and Private Boxes, Otte, Two. Three and Full!' Guineas The Box-ofitee oven daily from Fen till 141%, where plae , s may he secured. Priv4to livxm and Skills to be hal of Itivsirs. Leader and Cock, 63, New Bond-street. ITHE ROYAL HAYMARKET. trader the management of Mr. Imckstone. THI3 EVENING. MAT 5. Will be performed TOWN 410111 COUNTRY. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Chippendale, George Vandenhaff, and Buckstone ; idles Featherstone and Sites Reynolds. Atter wnteh. the entirely new ant original extravaganza, enti' led MR. BUCIESTOVE'S VOYAGE RON M anch UD THE GLO E B (IN LEpal I CESTER-SQUARE), written by J. R. e, Esq. p r i m characters ty Mr. Ductstone. 3fr. W. Farren, Mr. Clark, Mr. J. Marshall, Mr H. Marshall ; Mrs. Fltzwilliam, Mrs. cauldeid. miss Z. G r ey s mum Lydia Thompson, Miss Laura Morrie, and Alb s Featherstone. To be followed by POPPING THE QUESTIDN, MOYAL 'pRIICESA'S THEATRE, OXIORD,STREEr. Under tbe Managem , nt of Mr. Camu.se Kum. THIS EVENING, Mar 5, l be,perfornsed VIE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W, LW, Ryder, and Cathcart; aad Maws Heath and Murray, • • , youovred by FITTSP AND MARGUERITE. Charicters by masers. C. Kean and Day.d . Fisher ; Mrs. Wlnstatiley and Miss U. Leclerce. To conclude with A STORM IN A TEA-CCP. Principil cha. radars by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. • THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIU. Proprietor, Mr. 13. Webster.—Directress, Madame Canto. THIi EVENING, MAr 5, - Will be performed TWO LOVEi ASO A LIFE. Supporter! by Messrs. C , Seltoy,Lefigh Murray, Senjanain Webster, Keeley, and O. Smith; Miss Woolgar an .1 Mada ne Celeste. Followed by THE X ATATACiIE 14.1VE KENT. Principal cha racters by Messrs 0. Smith, Keeley, and 'Parselle ; 'Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, THI.I OVERL JO'rIVTEY TO CONiPAN I NOPLE, Ai UNDERTI.EN BY LOW BA.PEAA:i. WITH PARPICULARS OF TUE FAIR ;,OPIIIA. LYCEUM rUZATILE. , Under the Management of Madame Yates. EVENISIG, MAT 5, Will be presented cERV HIM RTG[I ". Characters 'y liessrs. C. itaviews, F. Matthews, and Roatry; Mrs. Meitert, and Miss Oliver. to be followed by GIVE A DOG AN ILL NAME. Principal characters by Messrs. t. Mathews an,l P. Matthews. After which, NUMBER ONE ROUND THE CORNER. ROY.AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. MAT 5. Will be performed THE II tpPicir DAY OF MY LIFE. Cha racters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. H Waite, Leslie, and Vincent; Mrs. Chatterley, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Nlarston. Aft -r which, THE HAPPY MAN. characters by Messrs. Har wood Cooper, White, River, Franks, and H. Wigan; Miss E. Tur ner and Miss Dormer. To be followed by TO otmrqz BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham.' STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directreaq, Miss Rebecca ISaact THIi EVENING, MAT 5, THE THREE TURFCIAH RAZOR GRINDERS. To be followed by PAUL I'RY. After which, 41/11 ME ft FLOATERS, In which the French Ballet Troupe will appear. To conclude with PIGEONWIDDY'S PERILS. Stan% Ss.; Boxes, 34.; Pit, -1 a. IA; tiallery, 'id.; Private Boxes, l Is. 6.1., to be had of Mr. Ai'croft- IS, New Bond-street. ASTLErS EUROPE'S NA rIUgAL A MPH/ filEAfttE. Leases and Manager, Wr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, Mar 5, Will be precented the new grand nautical and Equestrian spec tacle, embodying n , vel and estraordinai7 eff,cts (wri•ten by Mr. Nelson Lea), enttled A OF r LIE APA NIISH WAR; or, The Horse of the Wreck. Th horses expressly trained by Mr. W. Cooke. Followed by an entire change of the qcene3of the CIRCLE Intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Mr. t Cooke, Ilse and Master Gee, and the most talented Equestrian and Artistes in Europe. Mdlle. Blanche, the celebrated Continental Artllte, on the TIGHT ROPE. MR. BRIGGS IN HIS PLEASURE-I OF 110R.SE.KEEPING. Box-oillee open from Eleven ttd roar. Stage Manager, Ms. W • West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON RRIDC4R. Tins DO —Nforning 49 min.aftor 6 I Evening, 19 min.aft. 7 To..%loaaow--Morning 57 min.after 7 Evening 41 min.a.ft. 8 ltfJ WEVHEK.—Strx OFFRA, MAT 5. TFIERUONETEB, n THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 61-4 his day at noon. BAROMETER, 29-74. WIND, W.S.W.—Light breeze, with fine ,sunshiny weather. y T43,t \l ~~~~ LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1854. Yesterday we published in our columns a re markable Protest, recently inse:ted in the Moniteur, the resolute and dignified Protest addressed, on the 20th ultimo, by the British and French Ambas sadors at Athens to M. Paicos, 'the Minister for Foreign Affairs in King 0111eS Government. It justifies, in an extraordinary manner, everything that has hitherto been said in reprehension of the Greek Court and Cabinet. It proves the accu racy of all the charges heretofore directed against the Greek SOVEREICrN as the fomenter, if not the actual instigator, of the risings in Epirus and Thessaly. It demonstrates thoroughly that Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE was not mistaken when he assuzed the British Consuls in the Levant, through a memorable circular, that the insur rectionary movements in those quarters were anything but spontaneous. Now that the protest, signed by Mr. WYSE and by Baron RouEN are formally before the public, it must be perfectly obvious to the meanest capa city how correctly Lord JOHN' RUSSELL bad been informed when he denounced the conduct of both King OrHO and Queen Alfzu.t. in the House of Commons, and how egregiously the member for the West Riding and the member for Manchester blundered when they presumed to accuse the Noble Lord of having spoken in terms of unstatesmanlike intemperance. What, let us ask, is the gravamen of the accu sation, the gist of the .statementfr compacted into this notable Protest by the skilled diplomacy of the representative s in Athens of the Allied Govern ments ? Why, literally -the 'charge directed against the Greek Cabinet in the- r. of-these deplor able insurrections resembles rather remarkably another directed against a v:.ry differenttahietearticMcautiiuseviesrtri:yf so mewhat nearer home_h • n . z his deductions to' the inevitable` either credulity or connivance. A ccording to the y the t wo ca refully-worded document, signed b Arabmsadors—either the Minist er of Or o was deceived in regard to his _information,- or h . adventure d wilfully upon the grossest rnis_atat," men u. The question at issue lies in a nutshell. M. PArcos, the Greek Minister for Foreign Aff a i rs, addressied an official note, on the 7th of last March, to NECITET BEY, the SULTAN'S Ambassador ut the Court of Athens —in reply to the explana tions demanded by the latter, in regard to circum stances which appeared to prove on the very face of them the complicity of the Cabinet of °TEM, in the progress of the Greek insurrection. In this men dacious note M. PAICOS ventured, it -would seem, ItAitthe Assertion that the rising in Epirus was en 'tirely attributable to the advance of Turkish troops across the frontier, and to the perpetration by 'them' of several atrocious acts of violence imme- diitely upon their invasion of the Hellenic terri -tory. It was thus flaringly that the charges im plied against the Athenjan.cabinet by the expla. nations demounted trots it.. in the name of his ' .Government by the, Ottoman Ambassador, were met by 3/1:1"4 1 c94 A*, a:aeries of bold, recrimina. ti me . INt tao 39 r 4. vo i via • s 1, a number of explicit charges against the Turks--- a Iliac at once, in the natural course of things, to the knowledge of the British and French Ambas * adors. They had already, no doubt, been watch ing with more than accustomed vigilance the progress of events both in Epirus and Thessaly.They wi w h e c r h e not ignorant of the particular occurrences notoriously led to the conviction that the insur gents in those provinces had received from the Greek Sovereigns the most considerable and direct encouragement. They determined to take the :matter seriously in hand, with a view to arrive at -the truth as quickly as possible. In order to ac complish this desirable object effectually, they in stituted immediate inquiries into the statements formally made by, the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs in an official document, as to the advance o f the Turkish troops across the frontier, and as to the subsequent commission by them of a series of heinous cruelties perpetrated within the boundary of the Hellenic dominions.. " This in vestigation," says the Protest of 'the two Ministers, dated Athens, April 20, " has been proceeded t o 1 by all the means which an honest and sincere de sire to ascertain the truth could furnish ; men have been questioned, and places and circumstances examined." The conclusion reached, therefore, in this matter is not a conclusion which has been jumped at by the Ambassadors. They add, "We are obliged to say, both on account of the duties which we have to fulfil to our respective Govern ments, and of the general interest of truth, that a great number of proofs of incontestable exacti tude has led us to conclude that the accusation made in your Note, far from having any founda tion, leads to a result diametrically opposite, both as regards the ensemble and the details." Where upon they enter into particulars. They affirm that no corps of Albanians of about 500 then, as' stated by M. Peicos, in _ his Note, passed into the Hellenic , territory on the 26th of February.. Pursuing their . detailed con tradictions, they deny the statements put for ward by the Greek Foreign Minister as to the conduct of Colonel . SKILODIBIOS, as to the reported engagement between his troops and the Albanians in the Greek territory, and finally as to the latter having, at the close of, that engage ment, been repulsed beyond the frontiers they were said to have invaded. After thus categori cally proclaiming the fallacy of these shameless allegations made by M. PAICOS, the Ambassadors content themselves with recalling to the knowledge of that Minister the fact that .the engagement re ferred to took place, not on the Greek territory, but at some miles from the Greek frontier, under the walls of Arta! Then, continues the Protest—" By whom and fur what reason has such a perversion of facts been concocted? What were the causes of it ? Who were the authors of this machination ? We think (add the Ambassadors) that it is not necessary to pronounce in this respect." That they leave for a more fitting and a more solemn oppor tunity. Later on, however, they speak thus boldly and resolutely:—" We protest in the most formal and most energetic terms against the viola tion of the Ottoman territory mentioned above, aggravated as it has been by the attempt made in the name of the Greek authorities to transform it into an invasion of the Greek territory on the part of the Ottoman troops." Enough has been said. The condemnation of the Greek Court, and of the Greek Government, has been already pronounced. We shall await now, with more eagerness, if possible, than ever, but with less anxiety, the publication of the blue book, promised to be speedily laid before Parliament in reference to the recent pro ceedings of King OTHO, and Queen AMELIA, and their administrators—more eagerly because of this new proof of their complicity with the insurgents, less anxiously because this remarkable Protest shows also that both France and England have reason to be satisfied with their delicately situated representatives. 1 This evening another "little bill" will be pre sented to the House of Commons. The guardians of the public purse will be called tipon to sanc tion further expenditure in our Naval, Military, and Ordnance Establishments, to, the trifling amount of nearly Five Millions Six Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling (5,595,8631). These Supplementary Estimates will—without taking into account the increase of nearly 3,000,0001. previons!y sanctioned—very nearly absorb the entire proceeds of the New Exchequer Bonds, should Mr. GLADSTONE succeed in having the whole amount taken. So that the coup try will practically have to meet out of its ordinary in come; and that, too, when waging war with a powerful opponent, some three millions of extra expenditure, immediately after having paid off old debts to the amount of Eight Millions sterling, making the additional outlay, within a single year, of eleven millions, exclusive ' of the six millions taken by way of loan. This is certainly no trifling addition to burdens that had previously been more than sufficiently onerous, and quite enough to induce even a more plodding and patient animal than John Bull to turn restive, and kick off the unreasonable driver who endea vours so unfairly to overload kis charge. That some such feeling is abroad may be easily con jectured from the fact thit n new financial state ment (Budget No. 3) is to be brought forward on Monday evening, when we suppose the Right Hon. Gentleman will endeavour by some new piece of financial legerdemain to persuade the community that all his brilliant conceptions were formed in the most prudent spirit, and that they ought to have succeeded, although, unfortunately, the results were very different from what had been anticipated. The people and their independent representa tives are, however, becoming tired of these re peated explanations—each new one materially differing from its predecessors. They would greatly prefer a simple, unvarnished statement, showing that the calculations had some slight pretensions to accuracy, and that what had pre viously been announced was fully and fairly car ried out, than the most elaborate apologies, couched in the most classical and appropriate phraseology. They are beginning, in fact, to ask for "deeds" rather than "words," and to think that an ounce of performance is better than a ton of promises. Nay, more, they are beginning to change an opinion, not hastily or recklessly adopted, and to deem it possible to have a worse Financial Minister even than Sir CHARLES WOOD himself. It is even whispered that' the active mischief of the King STORK is" less tolerable than the perverse and stubborn apathy that refused to, notice the most obvious incidents, or to remove any of the existing abuses, however injurious to the welfare .and prosperity of the community. Mr. GLADSTONE must, then, determine on making some decisive move to re store his woefully damaged reputation. He must not cling to old regulations, when they manifestly lead to his discomfiture, but must look to the sub stance rather than to the form, recollecting that a victory irregularly obtained is better than a de feat, where the contest had been conducted on the most scientific principles. If he wishes to re trieve his character, he will shake off the tram mels of red tapism, and bring forward a proposi tion likely to prove acceptable to the people and capable of being carried into practical operation. We shall briefly indicate the nature of what the night Hono ura bl e G en tl eman oug ht t o d o if he desires to obtain favour in the sight of the dothat tax- paying commu n ity. Fi rs t, h e oug h t to replace tin E t x hy c e hequer balances in the s ame con " Conversion abowrtoi:nki." have been but for th e When he introduced that brilliant conception to the Rouse, he never for a moment supposed that he would have to pay off, in hard cash to dissentients, mil lions, or even one milli on sterling. eight H e f anc i e d l that some of the equivalents which he tendered Iwould have been readily accepted—that there would have been a rush of Fundholders, anxious to participate in the benefits which he offered. Had he not been egregiously mistaken in this notion there would not have been a single shilling withdrawn from the public deposits to satisfy claims which were never anticipated. Why, then, should not the equivalents for 4 to the_rackuoY .1' tho dissentients bo placed 132 ' - .y.~; THE, SUN, LONDON,- FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 5, 1854. to the national credit ? For instance, 8,800,0001., - 21 per cent,, or "• GLADSTONE" Stock, which might have been taken for the 8,000,0001. paid in money would at present prices produce probably 75. According to the recent scale of interest it would be but 73 for 21 to 871 for 3 per Cent. Stock. But as the addi tion of ten per cent. to the nominal capital would be worth something, we give the Right Hon. Gen tleman the benefit thereof, and estimate that it would bring 74 or 75- if offered for sale in the market. At the latter price there would be 6,600,0001., which would leave only 1,400;000/. as the loss on the experiment—the very best ' pOssible way of getting out of the untoward affair. Secondly, the extra war expenditure, or a -large proportion thereof, should also be provided for by a loan. The contest has been entered on, not for our own sakes,4but for the interests of posterity; and if ever there was-a case where the entire charge might fairly he placed on future generation —at least until the AUTOCRAT was compelled to liquidate the outlay occasioned by his own grasp ing cupidity—it is that under notice. ' There would thus be 16,600,0001. required—viz., 8,000,0001. paid off, and the former claims can celled, and 8,600,0001. already asked for increased expenditure. For this let him invite the people, not merely capitalists having 1001. t( spare, but the people to tender, and let lists bc opened in every city, borough, and considerabh town throughout the country. Let him isstn, these bonds bearing interest at 31 per cent. per annum to all applicants at par, not - in the large amounts previously suggested, but in Si., 101., 201., and 501. bills. These will be readily ac cepted, for they will pass freely from hand to hand, just as much so .as the Bank of England note. The great experiment of an inconvertible paper currency may thus be fairly tested, and we stake our existence that the most sanguine anticipations will be more than realised. There is no law as to the amounts for which Exchequer Bills may be issued. Any extra trouble occasioned to Lord MONTEAGLE and hi subordinates may be liberally recompensed. What, then, is there to prevent its adoption, save the " red-tapist" shackles, which the Right Hon. Gentleman has hitherto borne without any deci sive effort to shake them off, and which, up to thiS time, have proved so prejudicial to his cha racter as a wise and prudent Minister of Finance. We have great pleasure in directing attention to the fact of Colonel PERRONET THOMPSON having been restored to his disputed place in tht Army List. To undo the errors of former Adminis trations is one of the highest praises which can be given to the present. To make due amends for the past, we really think the Government would do themselves credit, and confer valuable service on the public, by ap pointing the; gallant Colonel to some command in the army now employed in the East. It, may bt recollected that Colonel THOMPSON has seen much service both by la:id and water, and was for a long period employed among the Turks and Arabs, whose languages he perfectly understands. Such an interpreter of military tactics would be in valuable. THE PRESTON STRIKE. f(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) • . . The Preston strike is at an end. Domestic war ceases at the very time that war in earnest com mences with the great despot of the North. In one respect there is a striking parallel. The con test at Preston lay between wealthy masters, with 'I sound principle on their side, and a vast body of illiterate and poor men, capable of putting forth great physical force, and headed byan unscrupulous leader ;; and, the contest in the East lies between the two wealthy and educated nations, England and France, ,with the commandment " Thou shalt not steal" as their motto, and the myriads of poor and barbarous serfs of 'Russia, headed by a Mo narch, compared to whom GEORGE COWELL is a man of enlarged mind and honest heart. But here the parallel entirely ceases. If the Preston ,veavers have had all the physical forte on their side, their country is sincerely proud of the way in which they have used it, or rather refrained from using it. They have made no attempt o take " material guarantees"• till their demands were conceded ; they have fought for their point with the bull-dog pertinacity of Englishmen, but, hey have fought with the weapons of self-denial knd natural oratory ; they have shrunk from any mean attack on the " material " weakness of their .)pponents, and, compared with the hypocrite who ;rasped Sir H. SEYMOUR'S hand at St. Petersburg, they are the veritable " gent eaten." There is lot a man in Europe on this side the boundaries of Russia, Who, after all that has passed in the ast eight months, would not take the word and rely on.the moderation of a Preston weaver rather ~ han trust the CZAR of Moscow. Most cordially, there're, do we back the re guest of Mr. GEORGE COWELL to the masters, that they will not abilse the hour of triumph. Nothing' .;ould now so much injure their cause as to strike I, vanquished foe. The prosecution against the ieaders will, of course, be given up ; it would 'ook simply vindictive to maintain it. And t is to be hoped also that the hands will be re amitted to their work without unnecessary con litions. The masters themselves have rightly stated the well-known law which governs the rate )f wages in their replylto the Mediation Com uittee. Let them adhere to it, and leave supply Lnd demand to settle wages, without attempting :ryitating restrictions to secure themselves against Future strikes. We do not deny their right to ay down their own conditions ; but beyond such L reasonable'; one as mutual notice of quitting vork when such notice is thought desirable—a ?ractice usual in the most respectable occupations —we trust there will be no demands made. A nan is not made a better servant by compulsion o what lie regards as self-degradation ; but he 'Day be rendered much less willing to revolt a second time by, finding in his employer a man con liderate of his feelingsin the very hour of triumph. Se will be slow to become again the dupe of a , pecious orator, when he finds in his master a man who could, fight-him like a Briton, but also shake hands with 'him, and treat him like a Briton when, he had.:beateu him. We therefore willingly endorse the request conveyed in Mr. COWELL'S question, when he asks the manufacturers " whether it !would be right, when two contend ing armies m s eet, and one has proved successful, Or the victorious army to pursue the enemy after ;hey have griunded their arms, and ride rough ihod over them ?" On the °tiler, hand, we must warn the opera ives against tthe folly of talking as some of their speakers did-r4aking, indeed, a sentence of the leliberately composed address as their text, of waiting till ""a more favourable opportunity." Lo masters wim cannot put faith in the supremacy )f, events, such•language is a temptation to require stipulations adapted to guard against a repetition if amalgamations, - unions, and strikes. We are confident that, notwithstanding the cheering of ;lie men, the masters may safely leave the present generation to ponder the lesion taught them by the 'aSt eight or nine months. The loss of 150,0001. in wages will make itself painfully felt for many a 'ong year, and the next prolonged strike will con ,ist of perswis who were too young to share in his, and *lll be headed by some glib-tongued COWELL whot is yet in his petticoats. We have 'Llready advised, and still advise, the operatives to save their spare earnings instead of wasting them In Mr. COWELL'S " dram and ferry shops ;" but we repeat our advice, never to place their savinss Lt the disposal of any union or delegates, the pliSn xliich Mr. COWELL seems to point to as the means .)f gaining a ten per cent. at some futur.3 time. Let the operatives keep the money in their own hands. Each,will then be independent, and not be • lragged into an other m eve against his will; and long before they have retrieved the losses of the past suffi ciently to have much to spare again, our unjust partnership laws will assuredly be repealed, and a full opportunity given to all who wish to set up a joint-stock manufactory for themselves. We lope that we understand the meaning of M r . BAxENDALE, the chairman of their public meeting, aright when he says, "The day will come when you;' demand will be granted 'Without ,trikes and lOck-ohts." If he merely means that he is so confident in the demand for labour outrunning the increase of the manufacturing population, that he can predict such a result, W e on l y hope h i s prophecy it 7 a y prove tr ue ; b u t if i t does, surel y the waste of 150,0001. in a strike has been most costly piece of madness and folly. If he be prepared to accept the other alter native, and consent to the - reduction which a superfluity of hands would render need ful, of course he stands on firm ground. But if he means that, by any system of operative intimi dation, the object of strikes is to be attained while the miseries of them to the working men are to be avoided, we would warn both him and his hearers that the thing is utterly impracticable. They must rely npon two sure facts—that wages must rise when Masters want men, and that they must fall when men want masters. We will give Mr. BAXENPALE credit, however, for the latter meaning, and join him in exhorting the Preston weavers, and all their sympathisers, never to rely again upon combinations generating counter com binations, but to rest assured that wages, like everything else, will find their equitable level through the process known by the homely phrase, " the Niggling of the market." FUNERAL of TIM MARQUIS OF AIVGLESEY---(THIS DAY). This morning the mortal remains of the late deeply lamented the Most Noble the Marquis of Anglesey were removed from Uxbridge-house, Burlington-street, to the Great Northern Railway terminus, King's-cross, for transit to their final resting place, Lichfield Cemetery, Staffordshire. The mournful cortege was under the superintendence of Meserp..Jarvis, undertakers, Long acre, and presented a most solemnly grand appearance, being formed as follows :—A detachment of fifty of the noble deceased's own regiment on horseback, with drums muffled, and the band playing the " Dead March in Saul." A pluine of feathers, followed by coronet and cushion. The hearse containing the coffin, dr'awn by four horses richly caparisoned, feathers, escutcheons, and attendants, lit Regiment of Life Guards, the officers carrying black flags ; four mourning coaches, and four feathers and attendants. Three of the Queen's carriages, each: having six horses, and postilions with black scarfs, coachman and six grooms in waiting in their full dress of scarlet and gold, the horses having black rosettes with long streamers. One hundred carriages of 'the nobility and gentry concluded the mournful cavalcade, which, at the hour of half -past ten o'clock, having been arranged as described, proceeded on its route._ up. e g ent-street, Laugham , place, Portland place, down the New-road to the railway terminus. Thousands of persons congregated to witness the proces sion, which, as it proceeded, were greatly increased ; notwithstanding, however, we did not hear of a single accident occurring, and, by the able management of a strong body of the metropolitan police, the. greatest order was maintained throughout, every one evidently deplor ing the decease of one of England's greatest heroes, .9,lthiingh he had. attained an age far beyond the allotted ' life of man, GALATZ.-4dvices from : Galatz of the 15th ult. state that the RusSian atithorities had at last been prevaiied upon to permit : he departure of the few English vessels. at that Ipo,rt-:-a privilege, of which they would forth With avail themSelviss. Consuls of England and France had received: notice to quit within eight days. • nix NEWALDEIIIIAN OF QUEENIIITHE WARD.—Yes. terdaT the - palling for _the.. office of Alderman of Queen., lithe ward commenced at ten . o'clock, and concluded at one; when the lord - Mayor annennced that Mr.-Rose was the successful tho'nurobars being for Mr: init4A- . goai=o.l - LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR. BOMBARDMENT OF' ODESSA. DESTRUCTION OF TWELVE RUSSIAN WAR VESSELS. A Turkish despatch received in Vieilna states that on the 22d of April the allied fleets destroyed, in a few hours, all the fortifications, the batteries, and the military stores. Two powder magazines blew up, and twelve vessels of war were sunk. The merchant vessels were saved. The loss of the allies was only five killed and six wounded. Thirteen Russian vessels laden with, munitions were taken. The fleet left in the direction of Sebastopol. _ REPORTED ENTRY OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS INTO WALLACHIA. The Russian organ, the Independence Beige, gives a despatch from Vienna that certainly con tains news wholly unexpected. Austrian troops are said to have either already entered Little Wal lachia, or to be on the point of doing so. There was a rumour at Vienna that the Austrian armies had entered Servia, Bosnia ' Albania, the flerze gowina and Montenegro. The question is very naturally asked what can possibly induce Austria to enter Little Wallachia, now that the Russian forces have evacuated it, and the Turks are re suming possession of it ?_ This is the more singular, because the population has everywhere received the Turks with open arms. THE BALTIC. The Emperor of Russia has ordered that all the boats belonging to the members of the Yacht Clut of the Neva shall be placed at the service of the State, to form part of the flotilla of armed row boats which is being formed at Sweaborg and Cron stadt, to act against Sir. Charles Napier. Letters from St. Petersburg announce that albeit the Anne . M'Alister will not be allowed to quit Oronstadt, the effects of Sir Hamilton Seymour are at his disposal, to be removed by land, and that every facility will be accorded for such removal. Swedish journals now declare that the story re lative to the skipper of the Russian vessel Libertas having, succeeded in escaping by making the prize crew drunk, is a mere fabrication. No such vessel has entered Ysta.dt or any other port. • LETTERS FROM THE FLEET. Off Hango Point in the Gulf of Finland, April 24.—We have been on a pioneering expedition up the Gulf some miles above this point. It is quite clear of ice as far as we have been—Sweaborg, and as far as the eye can see to the eastward. The rumour aboub- Russian men-of-war having been seen in Revel or Port Baltic, as stated in several English papers, is quite false. None have been seen in these waters (outside the forts) since our ships made• their appearance. Seven or eight were perceptible within the Castle of Sweaborg. I much fear they will not come out to meet us. How ever, we must see. Our ships have taken seve ral prizes. The Tribune took four the other day for her own share. The main squadron was lying off the mouth of the Gulf ; and Admiral Corry near the Stockholm Skjcegoord. The weather, which at first was severely cold, has now become considerably warmer, and the days are getting perceptibly longer. The night watches are still cold. The batteries on Hango Point fired at us, as we passed close in taking soundings. The shot, however, fell short, and the orders from Sir Charles being strict, we did not return the fire. A boat landed from the Hecla at Ourtto, and left some of our cards under the lighthouse for the Emperor's inspection. We found a village of 40 houses quite deserted on our approach ; one alone was tenanted by an old man, bed-ridden, evidently in his last stage. His friends had actually left his coffin outside in readiness for him. Instead of mur dering him, as he evidently expected we should do, we left .him a bottle of. port and an orange, and re quested him to explain to his friends on their return that the English are not such barbarians as it appears the Emperor's agents make the poor ignorant islanders believe. Had it been Russia Proper instead of Finland, her province, we might have helped ourselves to some fresh provisions ; but in. the present case it would be impolitic to make the Fins our enemies. From another source we learn that the party found fifty sheep and some goats on the island. Food appeared scanty, and the land barren. The only trophy carried away was a sprig of furze, which Was blossoming hi beautiful contrast to the snow with which it was surrounded. The result of the survey has been an assurance that with deter mination and caution the ships may go into any of the harbours except those strongly f or tifi e d ; i n attacking these strongly fortified places, great cau tion would be necessary. The fleet was in excel lent spirits. The Finlanders are very lukewarm in the cause of the Emperor, and will evidently only do that which may be forced upon them. It was expected the fleet would proceed again north ward. The coal depots are in "the Faro of Goth land. An extract of another letter from the Duke of Wellington, bearing date 27th April, states : " We are about to attack Han4o Hinch Harbour, which wiil be the opening of the ball, and of which I hope to render you a good account." COPENHAGEN, APRIL 30.—As might have been expected, not a few Finnish and other seamen have entered our fleet from .the northern harbours. No expense has been spared in obtaining the assistance of pilots. Not less than 1,0001. has been paid, in an instance or two, for the services of this class of men during the whole season, till the navigation closes ; and the same sum has been given to a Nor wegian linguist, who speaks Russian and Finnish, on board the Wellington. Prosecutions of the press are again the order of the day here, and the result, under the present ministry, is almost without ex ception a verdict Gf guilty. There is no jury, the Cabinet having resisted all attempts to revive this old Danish institution. Its time, however, will come, if the Danish liberties are rescued. On the 26th, the snortnous number of 210 ships passed the Sound. The peace of Copenhagen has not been disturbed, notwithstanding the excessive excitement and the general indignation of all classes. The people have determined to wait till October, when the Parlia ment re-assembles. If the Ministry is then not dismissed,. the Parliament will refuse to pay the taxes. Meantime, Holstein troops continue to pour into the capital. , COPENHAGEN, April 29.—The Swedish Govern ment has now declared Cork infected with the cholera, all other Irish harbours suspected of the same, and the whole Irish kingdom subject to the Draconic Swedish quarantine laws. If the English Government continue to put up with this insolence and ,Russian aggression, it is to be hoped that the British people will not, and that it will be instantly taken into consideration by our representatives on the opening of Parliainent. We must endeavour to see which is the strongest—the rights of nations or King Oscar. The Swedish papers contain well-written articles against the continuance of the neutrality. They demand, in the strongest language s -Parliamentary reform and adhesion Ito the Western Powers for law and right. The number of prizes taken in the Baltic has been very great, many of them laden with arms, hidden under cotton, d;c., and intended for Russian har bours. A proclamation has been issued in Elelsing fors, ordering every householder to find one room in his building for the use of the soldiery. Prices continue to rise in Finland, with the exception of . hay, which has fallen somewhat. The Finnish pa pers now contain only the lowest and most disgust ing flattery of the Emperor and all his acts; but all persons know that they do not represent the feel ings of the people. On the evening of the 29th the Scandinavian Society held its closing winter meet ing at Copenhagen. After a lecture by Professor Eschricht on the customs and character] of the Danish island of Bornhohn, about 200 gentlemen sat down to supper. Among the toasts of the evening were—" For Clausen," the President of the Society; "For the Constitution;" " For Sir C. Napier, and may God grant him a glorious vic tory ;" "For Finland, and may she soon be re stored to her northern sisters ;" "For Bishop Monrad, and may his bold hand soon grasp the helm of the State.'! All these were' drunk with three times three rapturous cheers. The French fleet is expected in a day or two. It is expected that most of the ships will be forced to go round by. the Gieat Belt. At this moment our harbour may be said to be free from English war-ships. One passes now and then with one or more prizes, but otherwi-re' thFy are out at sea or higher up to wards the north-east. Elsinore is now the point train which these minor movements may be best observed. The illegal dismissals of the parlia mentary chiefs have had the effect of uniting all parties against the Gok-ernment, and the Opposition is now one compact body. .••••••••M•••••1 THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC. The following are the latest advices received in reference to the state of the navigation in the Baltic : NAM!, April 25. -The river has been free of ice for the last week, but up to April 23 the roadstead was still completely cloied by it ; yesterday, however, it dis gy p. peared, and the roadstead is clear. There are, however, still large masses drifting about in the Gulf, and to-day the north . wind' has packed them. P.m.—•The wand Lavin yogicid toSAV,i the ice w U thereicie ye ,again COURT CIROULAR. Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Wednesday after noon, attended by Captain the lion. Dudley de Ros. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, in the even ing, included the Duchess of Kent, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Baron Beutiuck, the Netherlands Minister, Admiral de Virgin; the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, fiarl and Coun tess Granville, the Earl of !Sulgrave, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, Lady de Tabley, and the Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell. ' The Queen's private band attended after dinner, and played the following selection :-- Overture, 7 " Scipio" bun and Quintetto d'Ensemble, "L'Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer. Grand Polonaise The Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of Canada, had att, audience of the Queen yesterday afternoon, and took leave o_ her Majesty, on his return to Canada. • . Her Majesty and I rince Albert, accompanied by the Princ,' ofWales and Prince Alfred, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their prespnce last evening. The royal suite consistec of the Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Flora M.a.cdou&d. Lord de Tabley, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain, the Hon. Dudley do Ros. • • The Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice toolc. a 'drive ui an - open.earriage and fotu.. Colonel Bouverie has succeeded Lord Charles ritstreY'S.F. Equerry in Waiting to lin. Majesty. Lieutenant-Colonel Nedham, Royal Artillery, was presented to her. Majesty by General Sir Hew D. Ross, on promotion, at the Levee on Wednesday. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, went yester• day morning to her residence Frogmore, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness returned to Clarence-house, St. James's, in the afternoon. A deputation respecting the Railway Traffic Regulation Bill had au interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of the Mar quis of Chaudos, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Denison, Mr. McGregor, Mr. Russell, Mr. Thomps on , M r . Puleine, Mr. Acuson, and Mr. Coates. • A deputation from the Manchester School of Art, consisting of Mr. Bazley (president), Rev. Mr. Richson, Mr. W. Fair bairn. and Mr. Edmund Potter, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at hii official residence in Downing-street. ROYAL ITALIAN OPWRA. Beethoven's Fiddio was performed last night for the first time since 1851, and for the third time at the Royal Italian Opera, since, when it was originally brought out here in the year of the Great Exhibition, it was only given twice during the s&sou. A different result, we think, can now be prog nosticated, if we may judge by the reception accorded to the opera on the present occasion. The house was crowded to the ceiling; there was scarcely standing room in the Pit, and the amphitheatre and gallery were literally packed— doubless with amateurs of good music, who had come to de honour to one of the grandest masterpieces of the art, and the only opera ever composed by the uncompromising and immortal Beethoven. Her Majesty and Prince Albert (with three of the Royal children) were among the audience, and remained until the end of the performance, the most efficient we hate heard in England no matter whether in German, English, or Italian. The opera was given with recitatives, to suit the exigencies - of the Italian stage ; and these, which we believe are from the pen of Mr. Costa, can hardly be praised too much for their discretion, their unobtrusiveness, and their thorough applicability to the words and the situations. Two out of the four overtures which Beethoven, unable to satisfy himself, composed -for Fidelio were played by the band—the short one in E at the commencement, and the longest and finest of all, generally known as the overture to Leonora, between the first and second acts. The latter was given to such perfection that it was encored nnaninaously, and the absurdity of interrupting the progress of the opera by a lengthy and elaborate orches tral piece (which should be given at the bcginuing, or not at all) was forgotten in the interest created by so fine a perform ance. It was the third apt earance of Mademoiselle Sophie 4 Cruvelli, who, on the Italian stage at least, may be said to have made the character of Leonora her own. , That it should be her best part is the more to her credit, since it is, without exception, the most lofty, arduous, and difficult iu the lyric drama. The music of Leonora exacts au equal amount of physical force and mental acquirement. It is in tellectual throughout ; and, as dramatic truth is never sacri ficed to mere vocal display, the singer must look to the' strict attention and the higher syrup ithies of the audience for appreciation and reward. That it should so entirely suit the voice and means of Madlle. Cruvelli is an accident for which she has no reason to be thankful, and which, it must be owned, she has turned to the best advantage. She was never more magnificent than last night ; her acting was never more careful, picturesque, and thoroughly intelligent ; her singing never more forcible and impressive. Her whole performance, in short, was first rate. . It may be, that being a German, Mademoiselle Cruvelli finds the music of the greatest German 'operas peculiarly adapted toe her nature and her means. At all events, Leonora is her most finished anctgenuine per formance. She wholly forgets herself in the part, and is no longer Mademoiselle Cruvelli; but the faithful and heroic wife of the poor captive, to rescue whom is her fixed idea —to be restored to whom is the object of her whole devotion. There is, however, one feature that distinguishes the Leonora of Mademoiselle Cruvelli from all the Leonoras we have seen —that of Malibran alone excepted -in every scene, no matter what passion or excitement has sway, in passages of the loftiest daring, as in those of fear and trembling and almost, despair, there is an evidence of modest and retiring womanhood, which is never once lost sight of, and which, united to a feeling of youth in the tones of the voice and in every look and gesture, invests the whole impersonation with a special and abiding charm, and presents a beau idtco2 of the most ide a l, an d , at the same time, the most genial and unaffected of operatic heroines. Signor Tam berlik's Florestan was, to say much in ono word—faultless, Mademoiselle Marai showed that part of Marcellina was one of real importance. Had this clever and intelligent young singer essayed' the character of Leonora, she could hardly have done herself more credit. That Signor Tagiiaficia should have been thoroughly efficient as lion Pizarro is not to be wandered at, since he studies every one of his parts' with such extreme diligence, and brings so much Intel--; ligence to the task,. that he.rarely fails to come up to, the, mark. Nor is it surprising that a thoroughly well-trained singer like Signor . ttigelli (and a' German to boot) should do all that could possibly be required with the small, but not insignificant part of Jacquino, or that Signor Polonini, wha is careful La whatever he does, should have been more than usually careful in the somewhat difficult ransie of the Minister. Signor Susini, in the laboriots and very premi. neat character of 134,cce, d splayed a general acquaintance with the music, and, in, most respects, a command of it—not to mention his sensible appreciation of the part in a dramatic. point of view—which did him iufinite credit. The opera airav listened to wit , attention, and applauded with genuine warmth fr,Oln beginning to end The new success of Fidelio is a faet of importance to music, and is likely to make the short en. Mon:Lout of Mademoiselle Cruvelli both profitable and hon• oura.ble to the Management- D , - _..ESPATCIIES PROM LORD RAGLAN.- -Captain the lion. 11,enry Blackwood, arri ve d i n t own yesterday, bear e r of deapatches f rom PaUi4a6 far fie - - • - . . a -..eeerat Lord Raglan, whom =he QM.- , - •• • ,• • . . . . ' !. driven away, and vessels will doubtlessly shortly be able to run in. BOLDERAA, April, 26.—Extensive masses of ice were yesterday driven on to the coast by the N. and N.E. wind, and not only the whole extent of the Gulf but the roadstead also, and even a portion of the sea-channel, ere covered with it. The stream in the river has in- creased within these few days, hut is not sufficiently strong to keep the ice from the roadstead. 27th.—The ice remains unchanged ; six fresh arrivals are in sight, about four German miles off. THE GREEK INSURRECTION. ATHENS, April 28.—Prince Napoleon, who arrived at Syra on the 25th, left that place an hour afterwards, on his way to Constantinople. M. Jean Soutzo, secretary of the Greek Legation in Russia, has brought 200,000 f. from St. Peters burg. It is expected that 500,000 f. will be sent from Bucharest. Subscriptions are opened in Rus sia. It is said that the Minerva, loaded with am munition, has been captured by an English ship. TRIESTE, Tuesday.---The Greek insurrection appears to be a complete failure ; all the despatches of a late date are unanimous in so describing it. Their head-quarters have been taken by storm ; two of their principal chiefs, Tzavellas and Karaiskaki, have been thoroughly beaten ;‘ the third chief, Grivas, has fled. The rebels were de- Ceated even at Mezzovo. With the exception of Pirieus, all the coasts of Greece are rigidly watched. English and French ships are stationed at Palms, Vanetza, Stylide, and Negropont ; they suffer no vessel to come out without sending a party on ioard. to make an effective search. Pirates, how ever, are swarming iu the Archipelago. Au at tempt at insurrection made at Samos has miss carried. . _ ATHENS, April 26.—At Peta, the centre of the Greek insurrection, when it was taken, on the 25th, by Osman Paella, documents were found (it is presumed on the body of Tzavellas'ssecretary, who perished in the combat) which entirely com promise the Greek government. By the Athens correspondence of the Triest Zei lung we learn that the note presented by the re-, presentatives of the Western Powers on the 11th has totally failed to produce the expected effect. The Greek writers assure us that King Otho, who has firmly resolved to do nothing which could be unpleasant to the Greek • nation, has informed the British and French Ministers that he would rather lose his crown than act in opposition to the wishes of a people which has such implicit confidence in his patriotism. This fine phrase may deceive those who are ignorant of the real state of things, but here it is well known that King Otho has no will of his own. Queen Amelia, ou the contrary, a wo man of strong character and excessive ambition, ippears to aim at nothing less than an Imperial crown. It may excite some surprise that such a State as Greece can venture to beard the great Powers ; but the Greeks have a fixed idea that no Christian Power will actively interfere to put down the insurrection. The following account from the Piraeus shows the imperative necessity of paying a little more at tention to the Mediterranean. All our forces, great and small, appear to have been concentrated in the Black Sea and the Baltic ; but our usual stations and cruising grounds must not be aban doned or neglected, or we shall have swarms of freebooters interfering with our commercial vessels , n a manner like the following :—" The Harriet, from Newcastle to Valencia and Constantinople, was found on a reef off the Island of Andros, on the 15th inst., supposed to have been plundered by pirates, and the master and crew murdered, or else that the crew had risen against the master. Her Majesty's steamer Triton has gone to take posses sion of the vessel." A special correspondent proceeding to the seat of war,, dating from Malta, April 20, says : " There are rumours here that the pirates of the Archipelago are again on the alert, and have taken a vessel bound from this port to the Black Sea, with coals for the feel. The piracy, it is,said, was com mitted off the Isle of Andros, where the vessel was run on shore, and the master and crew, consisting of 15 men, murdered in cold blood." CONSTANTINOPLE. From Constantinople there are all sorts of odds and ends to be communicated. The Greek conspi racy, of which the Russian emissary, Baron Oelsner, was one of the principal members, was a most for midable affair. The plan was to raise , a host of some 60,000 Greek conspirators in various parts of Turkey, who, at a given hour, were to put their Turkish neighbours to the sword. According to the correspondent of the Wanderer, the principal blow was-to be dealt in Constantinople, where the direction of the insurrection was to be intrusted " to a certain Plantagenet Harrison." Oelsner, who received 1,000 piastres a mouth for acting as a Turkish spy, was weak enough .to unbosom himself to a physician named Aska, -who at once be trayed him to the authorities. One of Oelsner's accomplices was Constantinu, the captain of a Greek vessel, who was in correspondence with M. Metaxa. Constantinu had undertaken- to find 40 Greek captains who would engage to convey arms and ammunition to Constantinople, and to assist in the work of death with their crews. A Colonel Bobiu.ianoff was the middle man between Oelsner and Prince Gortschakoff. It appears that, at a soiree given by Gen. Baraguay d'Hilliers, the Hungarian General Klapka was an invited guest, and that as soon as he entered the room, all the Austrians present, the corps diplomatique included, went away. _ _ _ _ • ' Gen. Itia,pka has had audiences with Reschid Pacha and Lord Stratford do Redcliffe. Reschid Pacha, it appears, lately told a deputation of Polish refugees that the moment had arti ved for taking their offers into consideration, and that General Wysocki would speedily receive a definitive answer to his proposals. The question of nationalities can not be blinked much longer. If the Poles fight against Russia, they will not, as mere hired soldiers of fortune, for Turkey alone. WARSAW. The following ukase of the Emperor of Russia has just been published at Warsaw : "By the Grace of God, Nicholas, Raperor . of All the Russias, King of Poland, &c. Taking into consideration the wants of our Treasury in the kingdom of Poland, and wishing to adopt the means of satisfying them, we order, on the proposition of the Government, and conformably to Art. 2 of the ukase of 9th March last, as fol lows :—Art, 1. There shall be pot in circulation the second series of Treasury Bonds of 100 silver roubles each, bearing interest, for the sum of 5 millions of silver roubles. Art. 2. The issue of these bonds shall take place when necessary, and the Council of Administrat►on shall determine the day, on the proposition of the Com mission of the Treasury." The Commission of the Treasury fixed the 19th April for the execution of the ukase. These Trea sury Bonds bear 4 per cent. interest. The following anecdote is related of M. des Es- Bard, French Consul-General at Warsaw :—Upon receiving inforMation, whilst packing up and pre paring for departure, that the authorities would not permit him to remove with him the archives of his office, he remonstrated against a proceeding as utterly at variance with the laws of nations as was that of firing upon the boat of the Furious, bear• ing the flag of truca, at Odessa. This remonstrance proving abortive, the gallant Consul General loaded a pair of pistols, continued his preparations, and declared that he would blow out the brains of the first 'man that dare impede the removal of his papers. FRANCE. PARM, Friday Morning.--An Imperial decree, in the Moniteur, re-establishes the Imperial Guard. It will form a mixed division, will be under the immediate orders 'of the Marshal of the Palace, and its service will consist in guarding the person of the Emperor. General St. Jean d'Angely is named Command. ant of the Guard. A picked corps of cavalry, to be called the "Hundred Horse Guards," is also established. The Emperor, it is said, has just decided that considerable changes Shall he effected in the Ch am ps Elysees. A large , portion of the present planted ground is to be built on, which act will give a profit of 35 millions of francs, it is calculated, to the city of Paris. A vast opening, surrounded by lofty houses, is to be made in front of the Ex hibition Palace, and ornamented with fountains and statues. It is also said that four fountains are to be established on the Place de la Concorde, in place of two ; and that the obelisk of Luxor is to be transported to the court of the Louvre. A telegraphic despatch WhS received on Wednes day in Paris, announcing that Giraud, the man buried in the well at Ecully, near Lyons, had been last night delivered from his most perilous position, and that 'he is in as good health as .could be ex pected. It is now nineteen days since the accident by which he was buried underground occurred. The Moniteur says : "It was on the 14th of A pril that the vice-admiral commanding•in-chief the squadron ia the Black Sea re ceived the official notification of the state of war betwecu France and England on the one hand, and Russia on the other. Admiral Hamelin, after having come to an understanding with Admiral Dundas, signalled this new state of things to the vessels in the fleet, and caused the signal to he saluted by three cries of Vivo l'Enipe reur !' by the crews, standing on the yards, The Eng lish admiral executed the same manoeuvre. Nothing was more imposing than the spectacle of these 20,000 sailors making the air ring with their acclamations in favour of a cause which, in the opinion of all, is that of justice and of the independence of the nationalities of Europe. At the top of the three masts of each vessel floated the flags of France, England, and Zlikeyren‘4l4oll-tiatt:l4loW -tell in fialics , -so if to.giyo - - • a real couleur locals to this maritime scene. In de scending from the yards, the topmen grouped then:- selves around the mainmast, and sang a war-song com posed by one of them. The enthusiasm is very great and unanimous in both fleets. It is manifested on every occasion, and it h as been singularly increased of late by the perusal of the'official documents ,which have so clearly exposed the ambitious projects of Russia, and her attempts to exclude France from any intervention in the destinies of Turkey." A telegraphic despatch is said to have been re ceived by the Government, announcing a victory by the Turks, and that Oznar Pasha had succeeded in cutting in two the Russian army in the Do brudsch. The despatch, however, is not regarded as sufficiently authentic, and therefore was not published. In the afternoon of Wednesday the police paid a visit to the house of a Russian, who has been living' for years in France, and who has been lately re siding at Auteuil, a short distance from Paris. They made a strict search among his papers, which they took off with them to the Prefecture of Police. The papers were again examined, and the discovery is said to have been made of a serious correspon dence with Petersburg. The apolice again visited, his house yesterday morning and arrested the Russian. He is for the present detained at the Prefecture. The Aroniteur de la Elate says :—•' If we are rightly informed, the English Admiralty has de cided on principle not to build any more sailing or paddle-vessels, but to adopt the screw for all men-of-war without exception. Moreover, all they existing ships in the navy susceptible of the trans formation,, are to be converted into screws." For some days past unpleasant rumours, says the . Paris correspondent of the Times in his letter of yesterday, have circulated. on the state of rela tions existing between the French Ambassador at Constantinople and the Turkish Cabinet, or rather the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Thadis iatisfactien does not, I believe, extend to the French Government, but is confined to their representative, though I believe they are perfectly aware of the fact, and have been so for some time. When General Baraguay d'Hilliers was first appointed to his.present post it was certainly taken as a proof that the policy of France, which, as well as that of England, had unjustly been charged with weakness and dilatoriness, was about to assume a more energetic character. The substitution of a military man for a civilian in the arduous and responsible duties of representatiVe to the Porte, would lead to such a conclusion, though it does not follow that a man who is bold and daring in the field must necessarily carry with him into council the same qualities. However that may be, the most favourable results were antici pated from the change , all the more so that the chief and perhaps the only complaint made against M. de la Cour was the want of the very quality for which his successor got so much credit. Energy and zeal . may, however, be carried to an excess ; and it ap pears that General Baraguayd'Hilliers is the oppo site extreme of the alleged feebleness of his pre decessor. We meet in our daily intercourse with the world persons who think that great energy of mind and decision in council, as in action, must invariably be connected with a bustling and noisy exterior ; , that the more manly qualities are only shown by abruptness in demeanour and rudeness in language ; and they have no idea that a man of placid manner and of quiet intercourse with his . fellows may possess more decision and strength of character, a force of will more concentrated and more fixed, than he whose energy wastes itself in violent gesticulation, roughness of manner, and uncouth or rude language. Firmness of purpose is no doubt essentially necessary in such a situation as ' that of the French Ambassador at Constantinople, but it is not incompatible with evenness of temper. It cannot be doubted that the General's patience has bean often tried severely since he entered on his present functions. The Oriental character is cere monious and slow ; the General is quick' and hasty, and in some moments of extreme vivacity he is said both in manner and in words to have grievously offended the susceptibility or the dignity of tile Turkish Ministers. In fact, matters have reached such a point that the General is said to have menaced the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs with a sus pension of his relations with him. No satis factory explanation is given of the cause of these bickerings ; they. , perhaps originate rather ill matters of form than anything else, but at all • events they tend to excite a good deal of ill-will. , The General complains, I believe, of apathy, o r, obstinacy on the part of thd Government he is accredited to, and they in turn ac c us e him of brusquerie of language and unpardonable outbreaks of temper. In such cases it often happens that there are faults on both sides, but what would be merely unpleasant on, any other occasion becomes most serious in circumstances like the present. Some time since' it was stated that General B traguay d'Hilliers was on the point of being recalled, and that his letter of resignation crossed the despatch announcing his removal. The matter, however, died away, and it was believed that the affair was settled. am not aware that any official tomplaints have been communicated on the part of the Turkish Government, but I should not be surprised if before long a friendly remon strance will be made ou the subject. The Bourse yesterday was rather animated, and prices improved. The Three per Cents. opened at G4f. 40c., rose to 65f., and closed at 64f. 85c., for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 91f. ; and the New Loan at 64f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,055 f. ; Rouen, 852 f. 50c. ; Havre, 412 f. 50c. ; G rea t Northern, 7451. ; Strasburg, 717 f. 50c. ex div. ; New Shares, 546 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 823 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, . 672 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 560 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 505 f. ; Great Central of France, 405 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 510 f. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, May I.—The news is considered con firmed here, that a grand and final attempt is - being prepared At St. Petersburg for gaining over Prussia to the side of Russia. The bait is to be a treaty of commerce-. It is supposed the Czar, if not from political motives, is - willing to conclude it, since the total drying up of his revenues from im port duties, and the rapid growth of the smuggling trade must soon convince him how ruinously his commercial system is acting on his own empire. No treaty of commerce has been made between the two countries since 1826, and it was suffered to expire in 1836. The news of the bombardment of Odessa has produced a very favourable impression on the ex change here. STETTIN, May I.—The Prussian Government that allowed arms to pass to Russia stops accoutre ments for Sweden. About 8,000 helmets were sent here from the Swedish embassy in Berlin, in order to be shipped across to Stockholm. An order has just been received, prohibiting their exportation. The Prussian Consul-General at BuCharest, who lately broke off his official intercourse with that town ou acc)Unt of no attention having been paid to his reclamations in the affair of a foreigner under his protection, has been called to Berlin. It is stated that the Prussian Government fully ap proVes of his conduct. ITALY. We read in the Giornale di Roma, of the 25th ult., that; on the preceding day, a solemn mass was celebrated in , the national German Church of Santa Maria all' Anima, at Rome, and a Te Deum sung afterwards, on the occasion of the mar riage of the Emperor of Austria. The Tuscan Monitore gives some particulars respecting the murder of the late Duke of Parma, which have not been hitherto made public. Before his death' the Duke distinctly. declared that his murderer was not of. Parma, and that he had been dogging him for the last.three days. The assas sin, when he approached the' Duke, said in a nasal • tone--" Let me pass, .1 want to go to the theatre. I'm in a hurry." The Duke exclaimed—" What rudeness is this 1" and at that instant received the fatal wound. The assassin stepped back to avoid. the aide-de-camp who accompanied the Duke, but who was not in a condition to pursue him, having to support the wounded prince i n his arms. The criminal had to force his way through a knot of persons standing close by, and it is cer tainly strange that he was not arrested by them. An old - halberdier strove to run after him, but ~ some person in the above-mentioned group tripped up his heels somehow or other with his stick, and before the poor old fellow could get up again, . the assassin had disappeared. On the following day it was discovered that the wires of .the telegraphic line, connecting Parma and Piacenza with Lom bardy, had been severed in three places. Divine:service was celebrated on the 23d in the Sixtine Chapel at Rome for the repose of the sow-- of Donna Maria Gloria, Queen of Portugal. The diplomatic body was present at the ceremony. "A letter from Rome," says the Gazette de Lyon, " states ,that the second sou of Prince de Canino and of Princess Zenoide Charlotte Bonaparte, bear ing the name of Lucien Louis, and 25 years of age) has just- .entered into the ecclesiastical state." PARIS BotIRSE.—The accounts from the Paris Bourse yesterday show a rise of nearly, three quarters per cent. From Vienna likewise the quotations indicate a slight improvement. Gold, however, was still at 414 per gent. premium, and silver at 36i. The rate of exchange at Paris continues without improvement, and a further sum a about 50,0001. was taken from the Bank of Eng . land yesterday for .romittance. -- , 1 ~~ i .. .~'`l ; .~_. y 1 ~,~ r. 0 (1014 ttl The sales o eqimateti at ket closed hel lb. lower. Maranham, a tiara at Gd. I the remaind( eat. The wool t much depress Very littl( Produce this downwards. also Coffee, been limited been heavy, and Tallow f is'down 1/. 1 tions, 1,100 For the pul dared. 'The merca Mr, Di g b y 'Which he has lent transfer the gentlem ottl a morn be on good . Seymou he purposes llext to meet swindling; 1 11 ! sufficient Dirstice "The rem bill-stealii honeyed circ ledge should or Lot the I)Peration of Ite against ( the; City, of 'TO to cond of a bank in Pirchase mo Utrnish his t Accoui thence engagem Russian time the St. P€ of Engla orders t , were all( and Wai Sever; have ex the fact havi ng , ehantm Grape s ' for St. ' On a pit a f€ 931 Sp f zili ha'