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tenderness towards the unoffending civilians with-
out any parallel in the annals of civilisation.
The policy of Russia, indeed, is fitly exemplified
by the infamy associated with the mas-
sacre of Sinope. While the policy of England
and France is becomingly displayed in the scrupu-
lous justice and the magnanimous bearing which
pointed the guns of their frigates on the occasion
of their memorable bombardment of Odessa. No
comparing the cause undertaken by the
wonder,
formidable belligerents respectively—no wonder,
contrasting the entrance of the Muscovite soldiers
into Moldavia and Wallachia, with the pas-
sage of the combined fleets through the Dar-
danelles and the Bosphorus —no wonder,
bearing in mind the language used by the Czar
NICHOLAS, and that employed by QUEEN VIC-
TORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON—no wonder,
with all this in his remembrance, that Prince
CZARTORYSKI should, en the 3d instant, at Paris
have pronounced a panegyric on the war of prin-
ciples adventured upon by France and England
in defence not only of the rights of Turkey, but of
the interests and the peace of Christendom.
Regarding the lofty and noble character of the
war undertaken against the Northern AUTOCRAT
by the Western Governments, it can scarcely be
surprising that the champion of Poland, that its
most venerable and i]lustiious representative,
should draw, from the rise of this dread struggle,
the most encouraging auguries of the possible re-
vival of its independence. Hope still survives
in the heart of the Prince CzARTORYSKI. It
is still cherished in the bosoms of his
heroic compatriots. It was by the Bard
of Hope that the wrongs of Poland were
lamented, long ago, the most touchingly amongst
ourselves. In the midst of all the woes of Poland
there is yet discoverable, in this manner and on all
sides, an aggregation of propitious circumstances.
It is thus how it has come to pass that Hope, as
we have seen, has not yet been extinguished in
the breasts of CZARTORYSKI and his scattered fel-
low-countrymen. May that divine Hope in the
end, with the blessing of GOD, be realised ! It is
the vision not only of Poland, but the day-dream
of every gallant race in Christendom.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will require
all his acknowledged eloquence and ingenuity to
retrieve his damaged reputation as a financier—
to restore the prestige once attached to the name
of the favourite pupil of Sir ROBERT PEEL—the
" smartest chap " in the " Ministry of all the
Talents !" He comes this evening, for the third
time within little more than two calendar months,
to explain the financial position and prospects of
the country, and to require the assent of the
guardians of the public purse to the fiscal propo-
sitions which he considers indispensable for the
maintenance of the national credit, the national
honour, and the national' safety in the just
and necessary war on which we have entered.
He does so while smarting under the mortification

of one of the most remarkable financial failures

ever encountered by a British Minister—a failure
which cast greater discredit on the parties con-
cerned than any recorded in the annals of the

United Kingdom.

He comes to apologise

for past blunders, to ask for the continued con•

fidence of the country in one by whom it has
been so grievously misled ; and, while doing so,

he will

have to bear the onslaught of men

of no ordinary powers, furnished with the mcst
formidable weapons, and, what is still more pro-

yoking, weapons provided by himself.
It will, indeed, be difficult to reconcile the
statements of the 6th of March and 11th of

April with that which he must offer for considera-
tion this evening. The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman is placed in a singularly unpleasant

FUNERAL OF THE MARQUIS OP

ANGLESEY.

The venerable Prince CZARTORYSKI, the most
illustrious living representative of the cause of
Poland, has recently addressed his countryman at
Paris, in a speech of a somewhat remarkable cha-
racter—an oration singularly well calculated to
re-animate the half-expiring hopes of his compa-
tziots throughout Christendom. The occasion
selected for this timely harangue was that of an
inspiring anniversary—the 3d of May—that day
on which, in 1791, the Polish Constitution was
first promulgated. Availing himself of the oppor-
tunity, Prince CZA.RTORYSKI commented, in be-
coming terms, upon the extraordinary and alto-
gether unparalleled peculiarity of the war
which has ju3t commenced. He reminded
his hearers that it was no longer a war of con-
quest, but a war of principles. He observed,
moreover, that the principles involved in the
struggle, the principles which England and France,
in common with Turkey and Egypt, have under-
taken to vindicate, are, of all of which humanity
has cognisance, the purest and the holiest prin-
ciples. That this is really so, without the small-
est exaggeration in the implied panegyric, " who
runs may read," in the official notifications accom-
panying the declaration of war, the notifications
issued through the columns of the Gazette and of
the Moniteur, by order of the Allied Governments.
Nay, the magnanimity with which the Western
Powers have undertaken the championship of the
cause of Turkey, when assailed by the lawless ag-
gressions of her gigantic neighbour, and actually
threatened thereby with speedy dismemberment,
has since then been still more clearly displayed
and yet more gloriously illustrated. Allusion is
here made, of course, to the astonishing manner in
which Odessa was bombarded private property being
scrupulously respected, and the guns of the allied
frigates being directed solely against the Russian
batteries. Directly these were dismantled, and
the vessels of war anchored in their vicinity de-
stroyed, the war steamers of France and England
Were withdrawn so as to prevent any unnecessary
bloodshed. It is, no doubt, altogether hopeless
t° exPeet that the contest with Russia can pos-
sibly be carri ed on throughout with the like
leniency, and after a fashion so unprecedentedly
amiable and gentlemanlike--particularly when
the Czan'a rather eccentric notion of the meaning
of the " parole de
gentleman" is borne in the
public recollection.
As with men so it is with
,
nations, when fighting. _
They may comply with
all the rules of
t"" ring before the be-
ginning of their encounter. They shake
hands before the first blowmay is struck,
and , the first blood drawn, but
as the heat and
excitement of the contention incr
ease_it is a
• miracle if there be not, sooner or later, an end
to this early equanimity. Temper is
lost,per-
haps, by a foul blow, given it may be by acci-
dent. Nay, it may so happen that the mere
dictates of self preservation shall render it incum-
bent upon one or other of the combatants to
abandon at last the gentler courtesies of the
tournament. Nevertheless, as matters stand in
the present instance, the contrast hitherto pre-
sented by the belligerents must be allowed to be
Sti yet very considerably in favour of the allies of
Turkey, Whereas Russia commenced insolently
With the arrogant mission of her envoy, Prince
AltOsonizosT F ranee and England endeavoured
from the first instant, and during twelve months
afterwards, to
conciliate by their diplomatic ameni-
ties, amenities demonstrating at once the amia-
bility of their Ambassadors and the hesitation of
their Governments. Whereas, again, the fist
warlike achievement of R •
ussia was one of the most
atrocious on record in ancient or modern times,
that won by the allies of
Turkey was distinguished
from all proviou4 victories; as we have seen by a

such misconceptiop,Mr. GLADSTONE, after speak-
ing of the large increase to our armaments, which
gave " virtually an addition to the disposable
forces of the country by land and sea •of nearly
fifty thousand men," added, with an emphasis that
elicited enthusiastic cheering from all sides of the
House, " this looks like an intention to carry on
war with vigour 1" There was not the slightest
intimation here of the sum then asked for being
merely " for preparations, and no more." It
was clearly intimated that it was for the "prose-
cution of the war," until some new exigency arose
that could not then be anticipated. But, lest any
doubt should remain as to his intentions, or what
he wished to be understood as his intentions, he
put forward this important interrogatory—" Is
it right that we should ourselves make a resolute
endeavour to defray the charges of this coming
war ? or would it be just, would it be manly,
would it be worthy of the wealth and power of
England that we should charge these burdens
upon our posterity ?" Surely, after this, no
doubt could remain as to his views. The Times
wAs deceived, the people of England were deceived,
and the only question now is, whether the error
was ascribable to mistake or to wilful and delib-
erate falsehood ? We cannot think that any
true friend of Mr. GLADSTONE would endea-
vour to defend his capacity at the expense
of his integrity. It may be very well for a Finan-
cial Minister to acquire .a reputation for acute-
ness, but what our transatlantic brethren term
" tarnation sharpness" is not the quality which
commands the respect or obtains the confidence
of a plain, upright, and truth-loving people. He
will, therefore, have a difficult task before him.
For his own sake, and that of the country, we
trust he may not again commit similar mistakes,
or so greatly mislead the people as to their real
financial position and prospects.

LICHFIELD, Saturday.—This morning the remains of
the above distinguished hero were interred in the family
vault in the cathedral of this city, and in a manner which
proved the high estimation in which he was held in that
locality where there existed the best opportunity of
appreciating his worth. The body arrived last evening
from London, and was conveyed to the George Hotel,
where the coffin was laid out with appropriate solemnity.
This morning the shops remained closed, and from an
early hour the bells tolled their mournful peals.
The civic authorities met at the George Hotel, at 11
o'clock, and proceeded to make the necessary arrange-
ments for taking their position in the melancholy cortege
which was speedily to set out. The first regiment of the
Staffordshire Militia were stationed along the line of the
principal thoroughfare from the hotel to the cathedral.
A company was also ranged in the nave of the building.
At twelve o'clock the procession formed and set out
from the hotel for the cathedral, the mourners being
Lord Uxbridge, Lord Paget, M.P.,Lord Alfred Paget,
Lord George Paget, the Duke of ichmond, Lord Crof-
ton, Lord Enfield, Lord Sydney, &c.
On arriving at the west entrance of the cathedral, the
procession was met by Archdeacon Hill, the Rev. Pre-
bendary Daintry, Rev. G. Patterson, Rev. T. G. Parr,
Rev. W. Taylor, and Rev. H. Cotton, together with lay
vicars, choristers, and vergers. The body was taken
from the hearse, and conveyed down the nave to the
choir, where the hon. and very rev. the dean read the
psalm and lesson, after which the choir sang the anthem,
composed from 1 Peter i. The procession was then re-
formed, and proceeded to the vault outside the cathedral.
The burial service was performed by Archdeacon Hill,
and the last melancholy ceremony thus closed the mortal
career of the gallant marquis. Lord Uxbridge and the
near relatives of the deceased descended into the vault,
and paid the last usual tribute of respect to his remains,
the present noble marquis, his successor, being deeply
affected.
In our account on Friday of the departure of the fu-
neral cortege for the lamented deceased's late residence,
we stated that his mortal remains were conveyed to their
destination by the Great Northern Railway. This was
an inaccuracy. It is to the London and North-Western
Railway that all the credit is due for the excellent ar-
rangements, by which the whole cortege was enabled to
proceed to Lichfield without the slightest casualty.

dilemma, on either horn whereof he must submit
to be tossed. That he brought forward " a de- CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at
luding estimate, and a deceptive budget," is too thenoo ForTeigenlfiienei; t
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Earlaturd Saturday
Aafhteerr:
palpable to admit of argument, and the only deep, Lord John Russell,p the Marquis of Lansdowne,
question is, whether he did so through a gross the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granvile, the Duke of Argyll,
and unpardonable ignorance, or with the intention Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke
iiv•ooiodthe th E
exteiS
of wilfully and deliberately deceiving the people. ojfamlew jraaehtlae., ,tt Clifizeleelslo
v
and obicaning an increased Income Tax under false Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth.igrtei,lonir
The.
and fraudulent pretences ! There is no other alter- Council sat four hours and a half.
native, and it is indeed a painful and humiliating TEE QUEEN'S STATE Batz.--The Queen will give her
first grand state ball for the season, at Buckingham
position for a person to be placed in who was
Palace, on the 17th inst., for which the Lord Chamber-
once supposed to hold a permanent rank amongst lain, by her Majesty's commands, has issued 1,200 in-
statesmen—and of whose Parliamentary career vitations. At her, Majesty's concert, this evening, the
the most sanguine anticipations had been formed invitations do not exceed 500, and the principal per-
formers have been selected from the Royal Italian Opera.
—that the most charitable conjecture that can be The Duchess Dowager of Northumberland is passing
fcrmed makes him guilty of a blunder for which the season in comparative retirement at her Grace's villa
a schoolboy in the fourth form would merit serious at Twickenham. The Lady Harriett Herbert returns
reproof, if not severe castigation. to town to-day from a visit to her noble relative.
The Duchess of Sutherland, and a select party, in-
" Non metes hic sermo !" The accusation is not eluding some foreigners of distinction, were entertained
preferred by The sun. It is merely taken from the at dinner, on Thursday evening, by their Royal High-
GLADSTONE organ ! extracted from a journal nesses, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, at their Royal
which avowedly draws its inspiration from Down- H %ill}, ne eDs sueks 'e villao of
DaetyoTwickenham.nshe h
ir
w
o has been entertaining
ing-street, if not from the Right Hon. Gentle- several large family dinner parties at his Grace's villa
man himself ; extracted, too, from an article at Chiswick during the past week, is expected to leave
intended apparently as an elaborate vindication of town for Kemp Town at the close of the week to in-
the financial policy of the Coalition. "It is
spenee.ect the improvements in progress at that marine resi-
d
freely admitted," says the Times in its first leader The Marchioness of Downshire has left Hanover-
of this day, "It is freely admitted that the square, for Paris. The noble marquis has gone to East
Chancellor of the Exchequer now wants the Hampstead-park for a few days.
cash which he disposed of last year in a financial His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has been pleased
to appoint Lord Talbot de Malahide, and James Hans
experiment ; it is admitted that some of theHamilton,oe, Esq., M.P., to be members of the Loan
indirect taxes lately repealed would come in Fund Board of Ireland. •
now very conveniently ; it is admitted that f The Earl of ‘iltoihi has
twhere the
n
returned toe Gohrole sven or-squ a r e ,
our army is too much on the peace estab-
yracmht c
tehwe eP IsleV of raura is undgergoing great commodore's
alterations.
lishment ; that Free Trade and the repeal Lord Ellesmere has purchased for 1,200 guineas the
of the navigation and shipping laws have enhanced picture by Ary-Scheffer, of Francesca da Rimini, now
the price of labour, and thus increased the diffi- exhibiting at
ithe Exposition do l'Ecole Francaise des
culty of manning the navy and recruiting the Bea ux
MARRIAGEArt s , n P 1 I
IN HIGH LIFE.—A marriage is to be
army ; it is admitted, moreover, that we have solemnised next month between the young Princess
not the proper description of vessels for warfare Agnes Borghese, the late Lord Shrewsbury's grand-
in the shallows of the Baltic, or the proper means draughter, and Prince Piombino's eldest son, the Duke
of transporting men and horses four thousand
of Sora. Thus English blood
in will be brought into
another of the noblest houses Rome. The bride is
miles to the Black Sea. All this, and much more, 18, and the bridegroom 22 years of age.
may be admitted without blame, for the simple Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received the
fiolln coawiintg circle
nosn:SaTtihireda jheevv7ing, at their mansion,
reason, that when we are at peace, and doing our
a n
kßunsenervi
e, totredPDr uusf --
utmost to preserve peace, it is a contradiction to sian minister),e
the Countess of Ti
be making preparations for war. ferin, Lady Dufferin, the Countess (Frances) Walde-
This is the confession—the damaging confession grave, and Mr. G. Harcourt, M.P., Hon. J. Fortescue,
—put forward on behalf of the Chancellor of the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., Hon. F. Byng, Sir W.
Temple, Hon. W. Cowper, Lady Daltneny, the Earl and
Exchequer, and justified by the Scripture precept,
' Countess of Shaftesbury, and Viscountess Jocelyn.
with which, according to the Times, " Common After the banquet the viscountess had an evening party,
all
itchh was abttenders fedt
the
the French ambaasador, nearly
sense agrees," "to leave to-morrow to take care
no, tn iLtis es, ando Inverness,the D uke
toDm
of itself"—a rather novel principle, however, in and Duchessmm of Welliengeror cithiPe
financial matters, and one which would find but the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Earl of Cardi•
little favour in Portugal-street before a Commis- gan, Mrs. Disraeli, the Earl of Malmesbnry, &c., were
sioner sitting in bankruptcy or insolvency when amongst the circle.
TEE EARL AND COUNTESS OF JERSEY'S DINNER.—
adjudicating on a question of reasonable expecta- Yesterday, being the anniversary of the natal•day of the
Lions of payment of debts contracted by a too san- Lady Clestentina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of
guise party. To what period does it apply ? Not Jersey gave a family dinner party, in Berkeley-square,
to the time when there could be any doubt as to ino
former
occasions
the day.n 0 b 1
et
earl
ll be remembered
countess
thatil
n s sil
the
r e.
y
the intentions of the CZAR, but to the 6th of gave a brilliant fete upon this day, but owinge to
March last, when the fleets of France and England cent death of his lordship's daughter the family are living
Earlstrictestwere Winchester,theViscountess of Ma
maritime Powers were floating under the minarets
bury,
thethe Earl of
of
f Cardigan,
of the Moslem capital—when the Baltic Fleet was Villiers, Viscount Canterbury, Lady Kathleen Ponsonby,
ready for departure, and tickets had been issued Lady Alice Peel, the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, &c.
for the farewell banquet to the distinguished Ad- C
usua LlohsrlsaanodFadTlivErtLYCEMits THEATRE.—Although the
miral to whose charge the honour and safety of for a performance at this theatre the house was closed were issued on ray
the most powerful naval armament ever engaged in the evening, an announcement being posted up at the
on a single station was entrusted—a banquet different entrances to the following effect :—f " Royal
which was held on the very day when the fact Lyceumens The Theatre,
puoe isnder
rethspe management
informed that Madame vstthe
was published to the people and circulated "on theatre will be closed this evening."y
the wings of the Press," throughout the length SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR BRlSTOL.—Considerable
and breadth of the land. Would it have been sensation has been produced at the village of Keynsham,
"needlessly ungracious to:Russia" if our Financial
ti nh
ecobnosdeycroafe na
man, of
f t underhe
Zrecruym, sitna
nc thees iriver iAn
gv o
an ,
be-
Minister had then stated the of
probable outlay that lief that his death had been produced by violence. It
would be required, even before striking a single would appear that on the day set apart for humiliation
blow, for the augmentation and transport of
orders
for the East, and for the necessary addi- and prayer, on account of the Eastern war, an operative
our troops, which were at the moment under
tailor, who resides at Bristol, was spending the day in
the country, near Hanham, when he got into a quarrel
with some other parties. It is presumed that the misun-
tions to the outlay in respect of our Naval, Mili- derstanding was of a serious nature, and that such
f;ary, and Ordnance hbl. Esta is ments ? The Times threats of personal violence were used towards the
t his day tells us that, "two . tailor as to induce apprehension in his mind—
months ago, when it
ti 7as a// but war, for he had been heard to express fears that he
when we were making our last should not reach home alive—and so strong did the
u nsuccessful appeal to the EMPEROR we still con- apprehension of violence seem to be on his mind, that
fig ned ourselves to mere preparati, for the he offered one person a sum of money if he would ac-
. d con-ttii wen cy of war, and Parliament carried company him on the road as a protector. He did not
fin ancial scheme which provided for therre cost ol of
af
reach home, and on Wednesday evheniug last a
Kbody,
pre 'parations, and no more!" That is what the supposed
shams.
i, tohe beho
dhyi s,exl•Nitfeodunidnainrhts
ofe rivvieorlenneee
on ytthne-
Tim ',es now states. On the Bth of March, in an neck, the trowsers were torn, as if by violence, and some
arti, ,le written on the financial statement of the portions of the dress which he wore when last seen alive
Gth _ March, it speaks of three millions sterling as were deficient, but from the cireumstaneefocufnad tailor'st
the
`c the i very sum he (the Chaecellor of the Ex- thimble, and some oth!r. matters, being
that the
I deceased man's pocket, it is fully believed body
chequ . er) asks for the prosecution of the war." found is that of the journeyman tailor referred to. No
Th at certainly appears to be very different from money, with the exception of a fourpenny bit, remained
P' It is, upon his person, and, from other circumstances which
"ti 'be cot ;t c!f preparations, and no more.
there- have come to the knowledge of the police, it is believed
videntithat the leading journal
for e, q trite e was that a case of foul play will be made out. An inquest
its, qf : Is much deceived as the community in
was commenced on the body on Friday evening, before
, Bruges Fry, Esq., corner, and a respectable jury, and
gel lets 1. . i has been adjourned for a post mortem examination
Thu ze were surely abundant grounds to justify
iand the production of further evidence.

tllE StN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1854.

expressed the greatest admiration of the troops. He
said he never saw more splendid infantry ; that they
were exercising on too uneven ground to enable him to
judge accurately of their movements ; but that the man-
ner in which they closed in ranks, with one straight
line of black knapsacks, all in a row, was admirable.
Ho was much struck by the quiet way in which they
faced about and changed position, and the general tran-
quillity that prevailed throughout the ranks—not a man
opening his mouth, or exchanging a word with his
neighbour. Physically speaking, he said, he never
saw a more active and able-bodied set of men. _ _ _

"It was thought that the Sultan would have
honoured the British troops with a visit. It being Fri-
day
(Turkish Sunday), many were of opinion that he
would have gone to mosque at Scutari, and then have
proceeded to the exercising ground ; we were, however,
all disappointed. On Tuesday next the Seraskier (Mi-
nister of War) is going. It is, however, not probable
that the Sultan will do so before the arrival of Lord
Raglan and the Duke of Cambridge.
"The 7th Fusiliers, 33d, 41st, 47th, 49th, 77th, and
88th, now form the garrison at Scutari. The 23d and
95th are daily expected, and are to be encamped outside
the barracks. The Guards at Malta await the arrival of
Lord Raglan, and are then to come on, and it is said
are to be quartered in barracks about three or four miles
north of the city. The barracks at Scutari are very
fine, being in the shape of a square, and three storeys
high—a very fine gallery going round the whole building
on the inside, off which are the men's rooms. These gal-
leries are admirably adapted for hot weather. Parades
can be held in them, and the men's rooms aro lofty, and
about 38 by 28 feet in width. Eighty men are in each
loom. They lie on the floor, and are much better off
than in tents, with the exception of certain " var-
mints " as bed-fellows. The rations are tolerably
good in quality, and consist of 141 b. of bread and lib.
of meat ; and considering that about 6,000 men are
here, with only one brigadier, who is only in temporary
command of so large a force, whose staff consists
of a brigade-major, a deputy-assistant-quartermaster, a
major-general, and an ensign of the 47th regiment, it is
wonderful how well they got on. The commissariat
consists of a few young officers, their chiefs having
remained in England so as to come out in state with
Lord Raglan. In general the health of the men is good.
The regiments recently arrived from England have the
greatest number in hospital, their ailments in general
being the result ofatheir own indiscretion previous to
embarkation ; the rest suffering from cuts, bruises, &c.,
got on board ship. A very large hospital is within 200
yards of the barracks. A number of Turkish soldiers
lately wounded in action are under treatment there. Our
sick are very well accommodated there--good clean beds,
very white sheets, and looking more comfortably than
in ouro‘i n hospitals at home.

" The troop; here may well congratulate themselves
at not being at or near Gallipoli, and it is to be hoped
that those in authority will now open their eyes, and
adopt some of the admirable arrangements of the French
in the equipment of an army for the field. A French
officer hero said to an English, We shall pick up a
wrinkle or two from you, but by Jove you have much
to learn from us.' He was right, and the officers of the
English army know it.
" Yesterday the City of London Peninsular and
Oriental steamer came in, bringing Sir De Lacy Evans
and staff, Lieutenant-Colonel Coningham, assistant
quartermaster-general; Brigadier-General Pennefather,
and Colonel Gordon, assistant adjutant-general. A
company of sappers and miners belonging to the pon-
toon brigade also came by her, and a number of Lord
Raglan's horses. They all landed at Scutari.

"The staff of royal engineers are very busy. Captain
Chapman and two lieutenants are at Buyuk-Tchekmedje,
laying out the line of fortifications between that place
and the Black Sea. General Tylden, royal engineers,
is still laid up at Therapia. Two other senior officers of
the expedition (colonels) are laid up—the one remaining
behind at Gibraltar, the other invalided at Gallipoli.
Commissary-General Fielder has arrived here.
" This is Easter, and the Christian population of Con-
stantinople are indulging in a three days jollification. In
Turkey the burial-grounds are the chosen spots for merri-
ment. Some 50 tents have been erected at thegreat cemetery
of Pera, amidst the tombstones; with drinking-booths,
swings, and different species of games, in which the hamals
(porters) and the lower order of rayahs in general delight
to indulge, whilst others tear up and down the roads on
horseback, at the imminent risk of breaking their own
and other people's necks. At the same time, the burial
service is being read over some Armenian, who is car-
ried to the grave in an open coffin, and descends into
his last home accompanied by the merry shouts of his
drunken countrymen. Yesterday I saw an old man car-
ried across the road on his way to the grave, and one of
these mad horsemen rode directly against the little pro-
cession, very nearly capsizing the dead ; and if it tiad
not been for a dexterous thrust given to his horse by a
bystander, they might have had some more persons to
bury besides the old man in the coffin.
" The accounts from the Black Sea announce that her
Britannic Majesty's steam-frigates, the Retribution,
Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, and Niger, Cap-
tain Heath, had been making some prizes—two Rus-
sian steamers and ten Russian sailing-vessels, it is said.
" On the British war-steamers arriving at Odessa,
and demanding the reason why the Russians had fired
upon the boat's crew of the Fury with a flag of truce,
they replied that she was taking soundings. They have
also refused to allow the British merchant vessels to de-
part. Quid nunc ? The fleets have now really gone to
Odessa.

" My last accounts from the Danube reach to the 16th.
They are devoid of particular interest. The Russians
hold the Dobrudscha. Schurnla is being fortified, addi-
tional outworks are being constructed, and the Turks
seem determined to await the advance of the enemy in
their strongholds,

" APRlL2s.—Since writing yesterday, the 23d Fusi-
liers and 95th regiment have arrived ; together with
Lord Raglan's staff, and also that of the Duke of Cam-
bridge ; one company of the 19th regiment ; Sir Colin
Campbell and staff ; Sir Richard England and staff ;
and a company of Sappers.
" The 7th, 77th, 95th, and 23d have left the barracks,
and encamped under canvas on the heights between
Scutari and Kadi-Kiew.
"We are hourly expecting Prince Napoleon and the
Duke of Cambridge."

THE BALTIC.

ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH FLEET AT
WINGO.

Accounts received from Gottenburg report the
arrival of the French fleet in Wing° Sound.
COPENHAGEN, Saturday, May 6.—Two steam
frigates have joined the English fleet at Elfsnaben.
Corvettes are taking prizes of Sundsball, Gefle,
and Aland.

At a banquet in the park, on the Ist May, the
Swedish House of Yeomen drank with enthusiasm
the health of the admiral.
The Weser Gazette contains a letter from Berlin
of the 3d, which says :—" The cabinet of St.
Petersburg had some weeks back made a pressing
demand on the Prussian Government to close its
ports against the ships of the western pewers, and,
in case of refusal, it had menaced to concentrate a
Russian army in Poland on the Prussian frontier ;
but since the Austro-Prussian treaty of alliance
has been concluded, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg
has abandoned its intention. Baron de Werther,
the Prussian ambassador at Copenhagen, arrived
here two days back, and immediately had a con-
ference with the President of the Council. Yester-
day he was received by the King at a private audi-
ence. He is shortly to take his departure for St.
Petersburg, where he is to replace General de
Rochow, recently deceased."
Letters from Helsingfors of the 20th instant
state that an attempt had been made in that town
to enrol " a voluntary corps of defenders," but
with very little success, not more than from ten
to twenty persons having given in their names,
and they being under direct Russian influence. A
grenadier regiment had arrived in Helsingfors.
One of the Finnish journals, the Osterbotten, states
that there are many appearances of an early spring.
All public works were suspended, and the price of
all export articles has greatly fallen.
A letter from a resident in Hull, published by
the Doncaster Gazette, says :--
"I have just seen two gentlemen who arrived here by
the Helen Macgregor steamer from Hainburgh. One
left Cronstadt and the other St. Petersburg about 13
days ago. The one from Cronstadt says that the Em-
peror is putting large heavy pieces of flat iron down in
the river with sharp heavy spikes fastened in the centre,
in order to pierce our ships as they sail towards the port.
The Emperor was down there himself, looking over the
different forts ; and he asked one of his admirals about
the safety of the place from the attack of our combined
fleets. The admiral's reply was, that it was of no use
keeping the ships of war in the port, as they would be
sure to be burnt or destroyed. And that it was arranged
that they should be brought out and placed in a line
across the river or gulf, so as to act as a battery ; the ad-
miral adding that they might be the means of doing a
great deal of damage to our fleet : if they were shattered
to pieces in that position it would not matter. They have
3,000 guns in the different batteries there. Two or three
English merchants have built houses in the immediate
neighbourhood. The Emperor has seized them, turned
the owners out, and made use of them for barracks for
his troops. 100,000 men of all arms are located there,
and about 200,000 more all along the coast of Finland—
some at one place and some at another. At St. Peters-
burg there was the greatest consternation, and the Eng-
lish were leaving as fast as they could. One poor fel-
low, who got his little property converted into cash, was
seized and robbed, except a handful of sovereigns which
he snatched, and with which, by good luck, he escaped.
It was the opinion of a great many people (English) who
could not get away, that, in some districts, they inight
expect to be murdered by the Russians all at
things
should go adverse to the Emperor's wish. (3
said they would give all they had to leave the country.
Sir Charles Napier is dreadfully feaied by the Emperor
and his troops."