The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen took
leave of the Queen on Saturday morning, and quitted
Buckingham Palace on his return to the Continent. -
Her Royal Highness the Dachess of Kent visited the
Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg on Saturday, at
Bnckingham Palace.
Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa
took a drive in an open carriage and four.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince Arthur, the Prin-
cess Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and the Princess Adelaide
and Theodore of Hohenlohe, took a drive in the after-
noon in an open landau and four. Lord Charles Fitzroy
and Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey attended on
horseback.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back, attended by Colonel Seymour.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Princess of
Hohenlohe Langenburg and Princess Adelaide of Hohen-
lohe honoured the Royal Italian Opera stith their pre:
sence in the evening. The Royal suite consisted of the
Countess of Desart, the. Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon.
Beatrice Byng, Lord De Tabley, Lord Charles Fitzroy,
and Colonel Seymour.
Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Alice, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess 'of Hohenlohe
Langenburg, the Princess Adelaide and Prince Victor
of Hohenlohe, attended Divine Service in the private
chapel of Buckingham Palace.
The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offici-
ated and administered the Holy Sacrament.
The Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court and the 'Do-
mestic Household also attended the service.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Glocester on Saturday at Glocester-house.

A deputation from the Canongate' accompanied byMr.
Cowan, M.P., and Mr. Murray Dunlop, M.P., had an
interview with Sir William Molesworth on Saturday, at
the Office of Works and Public Buildings, Whitehall.
The deputation consisted of Baron Bailie Lewis of Canon-
gate ; Mr. Beattie, of Canongate ; and Mr. Fraser,
W.S., of Edinburgh.
A. deputation on the subject of the Metropolis Local.
Management Bill had an interview with the President of
the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall, on
Saturday. The deputation consisted of, from Camberwell
(deputation from the vestry), Mr. T. Ruston (church-
warden), Mr. A. Fisher (overseer), Messrs. W. Howard,
Washington, Lyon, J. Constable, J. Thornhill, A. Kin-
trea, and G. W. Marsden (vestry clerk) ; from the Peck-
, ham and Camberwell New Trust, Messrs. R. Hawkins,
S. Straker, A. Kintrea, and J. Lilley (clerk). The
i deputation from Lambeth of Messrs.F.Doulton,
J. Grady, C. Evans, S. Hodgson, J. W. Stratton, J. L.
Jones, H. Akerman, J. Knight, and the vestry-clerk.
A deputation on the part of the Commissioners of the
River Wear, on the subject of the Sunderland Dock Bill,
had an interview with the Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie,
on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation
consisted of Mr. Simpson, ,Mr. Alderman Allison, Mr.
Morton, Mr. Hedwortk Williamson, Mr. W. R. Robin-
son, Mr. Meik, Mr. Abernethy, and Mr. J. S. Robin-
son. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Henry
Fenwick, M.P.
The Cathedral Commission met at 1, New-street,
Spring-gardens, on Saturday. The Commissioners pre-
sent were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop
of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford,
the Hon. and Rev.' H. M. Villiers, Sir John Patteson,
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Rev, Canon Selwyn, and Mr.
Henry Kingseote (Secretary).

ARRIVAL OF LORD JOHN RUSS:MI.—The noble lord
arrived in London last evening from the continent.
Lord Pa,nmure attended, the Cabinet Council on
Saturday afternoon.
The drawings made by the !Royal Family for the
benefit of the Patriotic Fend will be exhibited at Oxford
to-day, to-morrow, and Wednesday.

The Lord Chamberlain has issued cards for a state
ball at BuCking,hani Palace on the • 9th proximo. He;
Majesty has invited a brilliant circle to a juvenile ball
on Tuesday.

Earl Granville, though getting better,•is still suffering,
and is quite unable to leave his house.

The next anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary
Fund will be held on May 22; the Bishop of Oxford in
the chair.

A new operatic work, The Gnome of 11 arzburg, by Mr.
Henry Smart, will shortly be produced at the Ray-
market Theatre.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—Men-
delssohn's " Lobgesang," and Mozart's " Requiem," will
be repeated on Wednesday" evening next, the 2d May.
Principal vocalists Madame Clara Novello, Mrs.
Lockey, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Herr Formes.
The Birmingham Musical Festival is to commence on
the 28th of August.
CRYSTAL PALACE, APRIL 28 (FIVE SHILLING DAY).—
Admissions on paythent, 569 ; admissions by season
tickets, 3,925 ; total, 4,494.
BALTIC NAVIGATION.—BOST*OCK, Aril 24.—The
upper parts of the Baltic are hot yet free from ice, and
Libau is the only Russian port at present accessible.
The ice in this neighbourhood has entirely disappeared,
but the harbour at present will not admit vessels of more
than 124 to 13 feet water.
The Athenceum states that the Royal Society has
lately received a valuable addition to its collection of
manuscripts by a present, from Mr. Edwin Canton, of a
series of autograph letters from Dr. Franklin, Priestley,
Sir Joseph Banks, Howard, &C.
The "Address to the People," written •by Charlotte
Corday, and found upon her person when she was ar-
rested, was sold in Paris the other day for 771 f. '
Rossini (says Oaligitaiti) is now on his way to Paris,
where the gran' maestro is sure of a welcome worthy of
his matchless talents—a debt honestly due for the count-
less hours of delight he has afforded every lover of music
for more than a quarter of a century.
THE LOCK HOSPITAL AND ASYLIIM.—Thd anniversary,
festival of thii most excellent charity was held on Sa-
turday evening at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St.
James's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
presided. The list of subscriptions amounted to 2,206/.
`The absence of Sir James Graham from the House of
Commons has been occasioned by a severe attack of
gout. The right hon. baronet, who, with Lady Graham
and daughters, went to Netherby to pass the Easter
holidays, was there assailed by gout, through which he
'has been confined to his room for a fortnight. Sir James
and Lady Graham and family are expected to arrive in
town to-day from Netherby for the season.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has given notice
of various now clauses to be moved by him to-day in
committee on the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill. It is
proposed that periodical publications must be posted
within fifteen days after being published ; that in
all cases in which a question shall arise whether a
printed paper is entitled to the privilege of a periodical
publication, so far as respects the transmission thereof,
by the post, the question shall be referred to the deter-
mination of the Postmaster-General, whose decision,
with the consent of the Commissioners-of her Majesty's
Treasury, shall be final.
SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER. COLOUR .—The
private view of the fifty-first exhibition of this flourishing
society took place on Saturday last. The attendance
was numerous and fashionable, and the collection which
consists of 322 paintings, are of the very best ever ex-
hibited by this society. Many of the pictures are of the
first class, and the average is more than usual' y high.
Among the landscapes the contributions o J. M.
Richardson, E. Duncan, and G. Fripp are deserving
of honourable mention, and of the remaining contributors
Messrs. Gilbert, Carl, Haag, A. Fripp, G. Fripp,
Topham, Jenkins, Palmer, and Mrs. Gillies take high
rank.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S EMBASSY.—A correspondent
of the Inclependance Beige at Vienna speaks of the
departure from that city of Lord John Russell and
his little Court, adding—" I say little Court, for his
lordship's suite was sufficiently numerous and bril-
liant to justify that name. He was accompanied
by all his famiiy, composed of Lady Russell and six
children ; and there were, besides, the Under-Secre-
tary of State, Mr. Hammond, Misses Lister, Elliott, and
Bynr, his doctor, the tutor and the governesses of his
children, and 10 domestics, who occupied altogether 32
rooms in the (dote' Munsch, where it is known how to
unite French elegance with English comfort. Add to
these the frequent comings to and fro of couriers, and
the numerous visits his lordship has received at all hour's
of the 'day from the flower of his countrymen, and you
will believe me without difficulty when I tell you that
the Hotel Munsch seemed to be transformed into a little
English colony."
The magistrates of Tunbridge have committed a man,
named William Froyne, on a charge of placing an 'ob-
struction on the South-Eastern Railway, with a view of
stopping the royal train on its return to town on Satur-
day the 21st, with Prince Albert and the Mike of Cain-
bridge. The prisoner was seen to place on that line,
about two hundred yards from the bridge, near the sta-
tion, several pieces of timber and bricks on the up rails.
On being taken into custody be admitted be had done it
to stop the royal train, but he did not want to do them
any harm, as he was closely related to royalty himself,

LATEST NEWS.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

PARIS, MONDAY MORNING, IT A.M.

The
.6 Emperor made the following reply to the
congratulations presented by the Senate yesterday:

" I thank the Senate for the sentiments it has
just expressed to me. I fear nothing from the
attempts of assassins; there are existences which
are the instruments of the decrees of providence.

As long as I shall not have fulfilled my mission, I
run no danger."

The Emperor and Empress took their usual
exercise yesterday in the Bois de Boulogne, the

Emperor cn horseback, the Empress in an open
caleche.

They were everywhere received with marks of

the warmest sympathy."

VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING.

The Oesterreichische Zeitung states that the
peasantry in the Russian province of the Ukraine
have risen against the landed proprietors, and
that the insurrection is spreading.
The Austrian General Schmerling received
orders yesterday by telegraph to proceed directly
to Paris, and to offer the congratulations of the
Emperor of Austria to the Emperor Napoleon on
his providential escape."

VIENNA, SUNDAY.

In consequence of the attempt on the life of the
Emperor of the French, the funds declined yet
further at the Sunday Bourse.
A despatch from General Canrobert, dated the
26th, announces nothing new. The Russian
works were sufferirg.daily, and their fire on seve-
ral points silenced.

BRUSSELS, SUNDAY.
M. Drouyn de l'luys spends the day in this
city. He proceeds to-morrow to Paris.

VIENNA, SATURDAY.

The fleets up to tie 24th had, up to that date,
with the exception cf two frigates, taken no part
whatever in the boin)ardment of Sebastopol.
The explosion of a mind had done the Russians

great damage.

KONTGSBERG, APRIL 26.

An imperial ukase revives the state of war in
the governments of St. Petersburg, Courland,
Livonia, and Esthonii, which were rendered to
civil rule when the allied fleets withdrew from the
Baltic in the autumn cf 1854.

A despatch from Madrid, dated the 27th inst.,

says :

" To-day the Cortes rejected the petition of the
holders of coupons by a majority of 168 to 5.
"In the same sitting the bill for the sale of
the Church property wa3 definitively approved of,
and to-morrow it will be presented for the Royal
sanction."

TURIN, APRIL 28.

The Gazette Piedmontese declares that the fact
of his Majesty's having confided to General Du-
rando the task of forming a new Ministry, gives
the fullest assurance that the policy of the Govern-
ment of Sardinia will not be changed.
General de La Marmora leaves to-night for the
East.

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY.
The Emperor's voyage to the Crimea is said to
be positively given up.
By an. Imperial decree, an extraordinary credit
of 9,500,000 f. is opened to .the Minister of Public
Works for the part of the expense, which devolves
on the State, attendant on the opening of the
Boulevard du Centre, the prolongation of the Rue
Rivoli, dr,c. _ _

The screw line, of-battle ships Tourville and
Duquesne, which are to form part of the French
Baltic squadron, left Brest on the 26th for Cher-
bourg.

The Carmel steamer of the Messagories Imperiales
left Marseilles on the 2fith
,for Constantinople,
having on board 350 gendarmes of the Imperial
guard, and 72 large cases, some of them containing
the tents of the Emperor, their furniture, and his
Majesty's field service. Several persons belonging
to the Imperial household accompanied these cases.
Vely Pacha, lately, Turkish Ambassador at Paris,
embarked-with his suite on board this vessel.

" Information has been received," says the Sen-
tinelle of Toulon, " that 10,00 G men are shortly to
arrive in this port to embark for the Crimea. At
least an equal number are to embark at Marseilles."
A letter from Varna, of the 18th, in the Moni-
teur, completes and explains the intelligence given
in the London papers of the line of submarine
telegraph between Varna and Balaklava. It says:
—"The telegraphic wire will not start precisely
from this place, as was at first intended. Experi-
ence has shown that vessels, anchoring in the road-
stead, might get foul of it, and damage the line,
and a decision has in consequence been come to
that it, shall be carried to Cape Kalagria, about 35
miles to the northward of Varna. From that place
a submarine wire will Tun along the coast to a
place called the Monastery, close to this town, and
be united by a line on shore to the wire from
Varna to Bucharest.

A letter from liamiesch, of the 14th, in the
Moniteur de la Flotte, gives the following account
of the flying attack made by an English and French
frigate on the fortifications of Sebastopol, nearest
to the harbour :

" At about nine o'clock last night the Valorous, Eng,-
lish steam frigate, boldly steered in towards the Russian
forts, and every eye was directed towards her move-
ments. On arriving within proper range she suddenly
opened her fire and we could clearly distinguish a com-
plete volley of shells fall in the town. The Russians
did not at all expect this attack and it was therefore
several minutes before fort Constantine returned a shot.
As to fort Alexander and the Quarantine batteries, they
did not fire, until a second broadside had been delivered
by the frigate, which after following it up by two
otherri, returned to heranchorage outside without having
sustained any damage. At about one o'clock in the
morning, the French steam frigate Caffarelli got under
weigh and performed the same manoeuvre
,as the Valo-
rous. The Russians were, however, on this second oc-
casion, more on the alert, as the gunners were at their
posts, and the two rows of casements of fort Constantine
were lighted up which produced a very singular
effect. The Caffarelli fired four broadsides in rapid suc-
cession, and then steamed back to her anchorage. The
Russians returned the fire pretty actively, but the vessel
was only struck by one shell and suffered no material
injury. The diversion caused by this last attack was
very opportune, as at the very moment when it took
place a very sharp fire of musketry was going on between
a battalion of 23d Light Infantry and the Russians, who
were obstinately defending some rifle pits which the
French soldiers had received orders to take."

BOURSE, APRIL 28.—CLOSING PENES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents ' 93 20 93f. 300.
3 per Cents 6B 40 68 35
Credit Mobilier 778, 75 Roman _
CrBdit Fonder 540 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes...... 35
Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt 3l
RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.

cr. c. fr. c.
1150 Lyons 1095
Western
Orleans ...
640 Rouen ............... 1005
Cede
615 50 Strasburg .......... 873 75
987 50 Havre .................. 547 50
Mediterranean
870 Cherburg
............ 550
Northern ...

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL,--A meeting,
convened by the National Party Finsbury committee
(one of whose objects is " the defence and development
of local self-government"), was held on Friday evening,
at the Belvidere, Pentonville. Mr. Shaen, chairman of
the committee, presided. Resolutions, approving of
the formation f the committee, and urging amendments
in Sir B. Hall's bill, were spoken to by Messrs. Wilks,
Fuller, Elt, M'Donnell, Moore, and Pigott, and carried
unanimouply.