The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON; MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1855

seem peculiarly applicable to the Modern farce.

"Behold the hall where chief were late convened,

Oh ! dome displeasing unto British eye

With diadem hight foolscap, lo ! a fiend,

A little fiend that scoffs incessantly.

There sits in parchment robe array'd, and by
His side is hung a seal and sable scroll,
Where blazon'd glare names known to chivalry ;
And sundry signatures adorn the roll
Whereat the urchin points, and laughs with all his soul.'

It was probably the intelligence of the dearly-
purchased successes of last week that induced
Lord PALIIERSTON to give expression to these
unworthy hopes. The triumphant capture of
Sebastopol, although accomplished by the sacrifice
of thousands of the best and bravest of the sons
of France and England, might terminate the hesi-
tation of FRANCIS JOSEPH, and induce him really
to press the proposition of the Allies on Russia.
Our wily opponent well knows that at present
Austria is not in earnest, and that he will have
ample time to accede to the terms tendered, should
all his efforts fail, and Sebastopol be indeed cap-
tured. He knows that the same policy which spared
Odessa still prevails, and that our fire is only
directed against the fortifications of Sebastopol ;
that when gained, it may be returned with com-
paratively little damage to its quondam owners.
He knows the character of our Government,
that—

" For chiefs like ours in vain may laurels bloom ;
Woe to the conqu'ring, not the conquered host,
Since baffled triumph droops on [Balaklavcf s] coast."
Away, then, with the ridiculous absurdity of
negotiation. Let there be no disgraceful " con-
vention." Let not the " dwarfish demon" beguile
the brains of our diplomatists, or
" - turn the nation's shailow joy to gloom."

Let Parliament resume its long- abdicated func•
tions ; let it calmly and firmly assert its own
dignity, and refuse to let the honour and welfare
of England be sacrificed at the altar of red-
tapism !
" Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Aclieve."

The British people must expiate the folly of
their rulers, and if they should be bound to main-
tain a powerful force in expectation of impending
war they must closely calculate the cost, for they
will have to defray it, even to the uttermost
farthing. If, through any undue delicacy, they
suffer a shameful armistice to be concluded, they
must ask themselves—
" How will posterity the deed proclaim I

Will not our own and fellow-nations sneer
To view these champions, cheated of their fame
By foes in fight—in fight o'erthrown, yet victors here,
When scorn her finger points through many a coming
year ?"

LATEST NEWS.

VIENNA, StNDAY.

The li'remdenblatt says that Baron Hess sets

out for the army to-day.
The Austrian generals echelon their troops

along the Pruth.

They have still a large garrison at Bucharest,
where there are also 4,000 Turks.

The modified Austrian proposal for the adjust-
ment of the " third point" is under the consider-
ation of M. Bourqueney and Lord Westmoreland,

VARNA, Mir 6.

Redshid Pasha goes to Vienna.
The steam-flotilla is gone to bombard Kertch
on the north-eastern extremity of the Crimea.
The army of reserve leaves for the Crimea.
The cholera rages here.

meet the demand of the allied powers, and it is I
therefore thought here that all means of concilia-
tion have been exhausted."

PIE DMONT.

The Patria of Turin states that all the officers
of the National Guard of that city have resigned,
because the Government had, in the present cir-
cumstances, entrusted the maintenance of public
order to the regular troops.
The Piemonte states that the Austrians evacu-
ated the Duchy of Modena on the Ist.

THE 171ENA CONFERENCES.

(From the Pays.)
If we are well-informed, M. Drouyn de Mugs before
leaving Vienna signed, with the plenipotentiaries of
England and Austria, a convention stipulating that the
four points of guarantee set forth in the procotol of the
28th December cannot be disjoined, and that the re-
fusal of Russia to accept any one of the four indivisible
points will give rise to the casus belli provided for by
the treaty of alliance of the 2d December. We have
reason to believe that, immediately after the conclusion
of this additional convention, Austria was to have ad-
dressed to Russia an ultimatum, containing her special
interpretation of the third point of guarantee,with a noti-
fication that if Russia shall not consent to sign prelimi-
naries of peace on this basis, the Cabinet of Vienna will
declare war against her. We do not know the terms of
the Austrian interpretation ; but we may consider it
certain that they are in conformity with the views of the
Western Powers, and that they impose a serious limit
to the predominance of the Russian forces in the Black
Sea, with the view of protecting, for the future, the
integrity and the independence of the Ottoman Empire.
The new demand of Austria is of decisive importance in
P.,very point of view. It opens ❑ew chances of peace ;
but, if these chances fail, it secures the success of the
war. In the meantime, the first corps d'arrn4e, of
which the garrison of Vienna forms part, has received
orders to hold it-,elf in readiness to march. Part of
these troops are to go to Moravia and Cracow, and the
other part to Transylvania. They are to be replaced at
Vienna by troops from Italy, forming part of the con-
tingents stationed at Udina and Treviso. Gen. de Hess
is expected at Lemberg towards the middle of May.
The Archduke Charles Ferdinand, who was on leave of
absence at Pesth, arrived on the 24th nit, at Lemberg
to resume the command of the corps stationed there.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday,
at Gloucester House.

Frances Marchioness of Londonderry has arrived at
Holdernesse House, from Paris.
The christening of the infant daughter of the Earl and
Countess of Shelburne took place on Saturday, at St.
George's Church, Hanover-square.
Lord Ward sailed from Marseilles on the morning of
the Ist inst. for Constantinople, in his steam yacht
London.

Earl Granville is slowly recovering from his late acci•
dent, though still unable to leave his house.
Mr. Marshall's statue of Campbell, the poet, was
erected o❑ Tuesday the Ist inst., in Poet's Corner, and
may now be viewed.

The amateur performance at Drury-lane, on Friday
night next, will be honoured by the presence of the
Queen, who will be received by some distinguished mem-
bers of the Garrick and Fieiding Clubs. The perform-
ances will be for the benefit of the Wellington College,
and a very considerable sum is expected to be realised,
from the very high prices put upon the admission to
every part of the house, all of which are already disposed
of, under the most careful management. Every part of
the house will be filled by the elite of London society.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen,
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, honoured the
performances at the Royal Italian Opera with their pre-
sence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty and his Royal
Highness were accompanied by his Royal Highness
Prince Alfred, and their Serene Highnesses the Princess
of Hohenlohe, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe. The royal suite consisted
of the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Miss Stanley, Lord
Dufferin, General Buckley, and Captain Du Plat.
ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—We visited this
national establishment last week, and were much pleased
with the performances throughout. The new drama
by Nelson Lee, an experienced hand, entitled The Field
against the Favourite, contains a powerful moral and
some startling effects. The race contains all the charms of
the Derby, and was admirably managed. Then followed
the equestrian entertainments, which were repeatedly
cheered, the audience rising from their seats. We have
seldom seen a more brilliant display ; the whole con-
cluding with a ballet, introducing dancing that would
not disgrace the Italian Opera. We strongly recom-
mend a visit to this emporium of rational amusement.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY s.—The Royal Mail Company's
steam-ship Derwent arrived at this port last night from
the West Indies, for the purpose of undergoing a tho-
rough repair. The Derwent lett St. Thomas's on the
Bth of April, and the news has therefo'n been antici-
pated several days by the arrival of the Atrato. This
vessel has been engaged in the conveyance of mails, pas-
sengers, &c., to and from the West India Islands,
during the past three years. The Derwent made the
voyage from St. Thomas's to Southampton with the use
of only one of her paddle-wheels.
On Saturday a deputation of officers of the late British
Auxiliary Legion waited upon General Sir De Lacy
Evans, at his residence in Bryanston-square, for the
purpose of presenting the gallant general with a con-
gratulatory address on his return from the East. The
address was signed by Brigadier-General Sir Duncan
M 'l3 ougall, Brigadier-General Kinloch, Colonel Can-
non, Lieut.-General Ottoman Army ; Colo* Swan,
Colonel Hogg, Col. Lockyer Freestun, M.P., Col. Wool-
ridge, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. R. Fulke Greville, Lieut.-
Colonel J. VT. Shephard, Lieut.-Colonel Humfrey,
Lieut.-Colonel Kent Murray, Capt. O'Meagher, Lieut-
Sir Charles Nightingale, Bart., Surgeon John T. :Kirk-
wood, M.D.
REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO NORWAY.—
General Post-office, May, 1855.—1 n consequence of a
reduction in the foreign transit rate chargeable upon
letters sent to Norway by the route of Belgium and
Prussia, the postage upon such letters will in future be
Is. 4d. the half-ounce, instead of ls. sd. as at present,
increasing for heavier letters according to the seal,
in opemation for charging inland letters. This rate
comprises both the British and Foreign postage on
letters addressed to Norway, and constitutes the
whole charge to the place of their destination, and it may
be either paid in advanCe, or the letters may be for-
warded unpaid at the option of the sender, except, how-
ever, as regards registered letters the postage upon which
as well as the registration fee, must be paid in advance.
—ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
RUSSO-FINNISH LOAN.—The Post Ampt Gazette con-
tains a letter from Helsingfors, which states that an offi-
cial notice has been published there, dated April 4,
announcing that a new loan of 650,000 silver roubles is
to be contracted at 4 per cent., on the account of the
Treasury of Finland to meet the expenses of the war.

A RIVAL TO LORD DUNDONALD.-A. mechanician
named Fcederer, a Swiss by birth, but long resident in
this city (says the Salut Public of Lyons), has just left
for Paris, in order to submit to the examination of com-
petent men a warlike machine of his invention. It has
cost him many years' meditation and labour, and will, he
says, throw 700 projectiles a minute, and destroy in a
very short time either a town or a whole squadron.
APPOINTMENTS.-Mr. John E. Boileau is appointed
Private Secretary to Lord John Russell at the Colonial-
office. Sir John Liddell, M.D., C. 8., F.R.S., is ap-
pointed Director-General of the Medical Department of
the Navy.—Observer.
WA- are happy to learn that the serious injury Prince
Lucien Bonaparte met with, on Saturday last, is not of
so extensive a character as was at first anticipated. The
leg was so swollen that the medical men were in doubt,
at first, whether it was broken or not; but, although
the injury is great, the leg was not broken, and the
Prince is doing well.

The Presse d' Orient, published at Constantinople,
states that four English officers who had accompanied
the reconnaissance of the 19th en ainateur, having strayed
from the main body, were taken prisoners by some Cos-
sacks. Three of them were rescued by a charge made
by a body of Anglo-French cavalry, but the fourth could
not be recaptured.

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LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Capt. Mayne is still suc-
cessfully engaged in raising men for this corps. The
number generally enlisted daily amounts to about 20.
The success that has attended Capt. Mayne's enlistment
in Condon far exceeds that of other parts of the United
Kingdom. The ;rendezvous, Mr. William Price's, the
Wellington Arms, opposite the railway station, is daily
the scene of much excitement, and, from its admirable
position, it is well adapted for the purpose. Last week
Capt. Mayne succeeded in sending to Portsmouth 200
men, making at present the grand total of 2,000 men,
raised by the exertions of one man.
Snow and sleet fell early on Friday morning at South-
ampton, and on Thursday, at Manchester.
Schamyl's son, who had been carried captive to St.
Petersburg, educated therein, and admitted into the
military service of Russia, has been restored to him,
together with 40,000 silver roubles, as ransom for the
Princesses Tschawtschawadse and Orbelian, who, with
their children, were taken prisoners by Schamyl's fol-
lowers in the neighbourhood of Teflis last summer. The
negotiations for the exchange lasted eight months.
THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENlll.—Previous to the de-
parture of his Imperial Majesty, he ordered a splendid
piece of plate to be sent to the members of the Junior
United Service Club. We hear that it was at first
imagined that this magnificent gift had been intended
for the Army and Navy Club, of which his Majesty has
been for many years an honorary member ; but it ap-
pears such is not the case ; and it must, therefore, be
considered as an evidence of the interest which is felt by
the Imperial ruler of our gallant allies for the young and
rising blood of our military and naval professions.
THE WEATHER.—LIVERPOOL, May 4.—The weather
has been remarkable for change during the past few
days, with evenings bright and frosty. Yesterday a
considerable quantity of rain fell, and towards evening
the town was visited by the meteorological phenomenon
of a snowstorm in May. This morning there was ice of
considerable thickness on the ponds, and to-day the
weather is intensely cold, with occasional falls of snow.
Spring attire has generally given place to winter gar-
ments.
THE NEW YORK EXHIBITION.—Have any of our
readers had the misfortune to send articles to this Ex-
hibition ? If so, we compassionate them. The com-
pany, we understand, is insolvent, and we have seen a
letter stating that any goods not removed by the Ist of
Julie will be sold by auction to pay duties. This is a
hard case —Cork Oonstitution.

THE MANCHESTER WELLINGTON STATUE.--On Friday
afternoon the casting of the colossal statue of the Duke
of Wellington, by Mr. Noble, of Burton-street, to be
erected at Manchester in testimony of the respect and
admiration of the inhabitants of that city for his Grace,
took place at the establishment of Messrs. Robinson and
Co., Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico. There were present
many patrons of the fine arts and scientific persons,
among whom were Lord Sheffield, Sir J. Johnstone,
M.P., Colonel Harcourt, Professor Faraday, &c. The
weight of metal fused was about four tons, and the cast-
ing was most succesefully performed. This statue will
be placed on a granite pedestal weighing about 50 tons,
around the base of which four colossal allegorical
figures will be placed, each figure weighing upwards of
three tons. The figures are already modelled, and the
casting of them will shortly take place. The whole will
form ono of the most magnificent groups over executed.