The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-04 00:00:00

FREgCH CIVILISATION.

Punch has been seized in Paris for the first
time for several mouths. Its offence was the
picture representing the Emperor standing by tbe
cradle of his infant, while a figure of. Liberty says,
" Please may Ibe godmother ?" The Sun was
seized on Tuesday, in consequence of its appearing
with a black border as a token of mourning ,for
the peace, which it considers disastrous and dis-
graceful for England. The Daily News and
Morning Advertiser were also seized.

We understand that the rectory of Sf. George
Bloornetury, vacant by the elevation a ,the Hon. and
Rev.. a M. Villiers to the see of Carlisle, h4s,bces given
toibe Rev..E:"ZayleY, vicar of -Woburn, !fedi. - -

MUNIFICENT DONATION. - The Gnic,re' Clinpany
lesterday preiented to the Royal Free Hospital a dona-
ion of 1001., in addition to f firmer donations amounting
to 1551.

Tile bankruptcy of Sir Robert Price has been super-
eded. - The creditors have agreed to a proposition to
my a composition of 54. in the pound.
The Monacar o' yesterlay, in an account of the grand
-eview of the previous day,- records conspicuou,ly that
the Emperor only wore one foreign decoration, that of
the Order of the Garter. •
DEATH OE THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE ROBERT DAW-
BON.--We are sorry to hear of the death of the Right
Hon. George R. Dawson, deputy-chairman of the 13,Thri
)f Customs, which has just taken place' after a painful
illness:

A testimonial of plate, subscribed by Sir Joseph Pax-
'on and season ticket-bolders of the crystal Palace, has
been given to Mr. Henry Schallehn, in acknowledgment
~f his original formation and management of the Crystal
Palace Band.
ASSAULTING A REPORTER.—A t the Norwich assizss
yesterday, Richard Ferris'', sen., an I Richard Ferrier,
jun., were charged with unlawfully assaulting John
Williams Da Cans, a newspaper reporter. The case was
settled by an apology.
Sr. MARK'S HOSPITAL.--The annual festival o St.
Mark's Hospital, in the City road, was celebrated yes-
terday evening by an elegant entertainment at the Al-
bion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. A subscription of 7001.
was afterwards announced.

Emil Devrient, whO appeared for two successive
seasons, irfeW years ago, with the Gmnany Cornpany;
at the St. James's Theatre, in London, is about to retire
finally from the stage, which he has, first as a singer and'
then as an actor, adorned forsix-and-thirty years.
The principal item of news from Ceylon here is the.
visit_ of his Excellency Sir H:. Ward to the north eastern
provinces. Sir Henry had been received with greaten-
tlusium at Trincomalee,' .and ' had visited the Cut-.
cherry, Fort Osnaburg, and the-dockyard;
The French army will, it is said, return from 'the
Crimea in-bo lies of 20,000 with corresponding ihateriel.
About six month's; will'he occupied in the evacuation.
It will begin in May, aad last over October. A despatch
has been received
.froui .Marshal Pelissier, which .an;.
nounced an improvement in the health of the army.
CITY Or LONDON SCHOOLS.—Yesterday a meeting was
held at the London Tavern to adopt inta-zures to pre-
vent the falling off in' the -revenud of the above !chalk
A. subscription list was opened, and it was resolved that
a clergyman and some laymen should canvais the city
fur support. _

A. deputation, to lay before the Government the great
frauds of the bay tra le, bad an interview with Lori
Stanley of Alderley and the Right. Hon. Robt. Lowe
yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation con-
sisted of Messrs. Ra‘hbone, Argent, Hasker, Rogers,
Wilson, Boyer, W.Nainara, Willing, Hudson, Hayman,
Hartley, Hawes, and Reddin. •

FINE ARTS.—To show that the announcement of peace
may, even at this early period; have bad a favourable
influence on the fine art-trade, we may. notice that, at a
sale of the engravings, drawings, &c., of Messrs, Her-
ring and Remington, which took place this week by
Messrs. Southgate and Barrett, a copy in water colours,
by Lewis Hagbe, of David Robert's wand picture ot
the Destruction of-Jerusalem," was sold for 2001. ;
and the stock and lithographic stones of the same work
realised -700/., while the other lots -in the same sale
brought good prices.
COLLISION ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.--416 acci-
dent, which might have been of a more. serious nature,
occurred on Monday, evening on. the .Caledonian. Rail-
way. The mull express trim fr London on arriving at
thelMotherwell viaduct bridge, about 12 miles from
G:asgow, came in direct collision with a goods train,
causing both engines to be con,iderably damaged, and
also several of the wa,ggons and carriages, and causing
many contusions and shocks-to the passengers by coming
in contact with each other ; but fortunately no limbs
'were brAcen or lives lost.
THE PROPBSED METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—
Yesterday a deputation waited on the Hon. Mr. Cowper,
President of the" Biari of. Health, and urged upon the
hon. gentleman the desirability of the site of Sm7thfield
being-appropriated to the dead-meat market. Mr. Cow-
per listened attentively to the arguments of the deputa-
tion, which consisted of Mr. Vene,blee, Mr.'Butler, Mr.
BOnsor, Mr. Thomas Taylor, Mr. Firmie, Mr. King,
and Mr. Potter; all extensive meat salesmen in Newgate-
market, and promised the subject due consideration.
THE MAILS.-,-LIVERPOOL, April 3.—The British and
North American mail steam-ship Africa will take her
departure hence for New York on Saturday, when let-
ters and papers will be received at the Post office at 8
a.m., with late fee at 9 a.m., and at the landing-stage
at 10 a in. The Australian mail sailing-ship James
Baines will sail from Liverpool for Melbourne on Sun-
day, the letter7box closing at 8 a.m. ; but letters and
papers will be received with late fee- until 9 a.m., and
at the landing-stage at 10 a.m.
THE •REPRESENTATION OF CHIPPENHANL—Mr. John
Neeld, brother of the' late "representative for Chippen-
ham; 'having declined to come forward, Mr. -Robert
P.rry Nisbet, of Southbroom-house, near Devins, bas
offered himself as a candidate. Mr. Nisbet 'his long
been a resilent in_ the county, and some few years
ago he' served, with much .credit,to himself, the office of
High Sheriff. His political opinions are Cous2rvatiye.
As'yet. no other candidate has appeared. .
FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S. -- Yesterday
- morning, 'shortly bet ,re four o'clock, a fire brAce out at
Mr. John, Madden's, the Three ' COmpasses TA'ern,
-White- Hart street, Drury-lane. The inmates were
`arritised"by a strong smell ot fire, and on proCeeding
down stairs discovered the bar-parlour in flames. An
a'arm was instantly raised, when. the fire-engines from
Chandos-street, Holborn, and King-street were shortly
,on the spot,.and with a good supply of water got
work, but the bar and -bar-parlour were burnt out.
Cause unknown, Insured in the Sun.
HIGHLAND' ROADS AND BrunGEs.L—From the 42d re-

port,. j.r-t issued, it appears that the steatitic of charge in
1855. under the act for,maintaining and keeping in repair
certain roads arid bridges'made,in Scotland for the pur-
pose of military communication, &c., was 14,277/., and
the amount, of,dischargs 13,1631., leaving a balance in
the commissioners' hands of 1,1131. Since the disastrous
season of 1848-49. the works under the charge of the corm-
noissinners have enjoyed. a remarkable iretmunity, frpm
heavy casualties, and the last season was unmarked to
any injury to the works beyond the ordinary wear and
tear until the sth of Fabruary last, when a storm, lasting
two day 4, on the western shore of Argyleshire, did
serious damage to the roads on Loch Fynne.

CAUTION TO MARINERS.—SUNKEN
,ROCK.—A letter

-received at Lloya's Irons their agent at Smyrna contains
a (retry of a deposition' of Captain Boyle, of the Falcon
stet mer, of London, which sank on the 17th of February
in 10 fathoms of water, near port Ketone, on the wee/
side of the island of Ma telcne, after touching upon a
rock not laid down. in Admiralty charts. The rock, is
visible above water to the eastward' of Cape Vourgas.
Che atreet states that in the course of the last year four
veesel4, French and Austrian, were lost near the same,
the masters'of which speak' of rocks not laid down in
their charts. His states further that it is not safe for
Vessels to enter Port COlonna, by the old charts and
sailing direcione. It is -supposed That the violent earth-
quakes which took pace in Mytelene, and, particularly
on the west side of the island, so ne two years since, are
the cense of the appearance of these rocks. The Falcon,
it is said, is still standing with her• masts up, and her
topmast bead just above water.
REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS
bill has been introduced by Sir Stafford Northcote and
Mr. Liddell t amend the node of committing, crirnisral
and vagrant children to refOrrnatory and iticlustriil
ec'slioole It enacts, that "it shall not be necessary for
any
,court, proceeding under the act 17 and 18 Vic., cap.
86, to name the particular school to which any youthful
offender is to be sent at the time of passing sentence
upon him,". but that such court mar make an order with
the name of the school left in blank,. to be filled up with-
in one month after sentence has been passed ; this ar-
rangement, however, must not lenethen the detention of
any offender in any prison beyond' the time 'specified in
ih: original sentence. Orders may be amended within
a month,, so as to substitige one reformatory foranother,
to which the culprit wiirthen be transferred., Young
persons must not be sent to any schools to which their
parents, on religious grounds, object., The power of the
Secretary of State to order removals, tee:, is not dimin-
tithed by this act. The expenses of removal are to be de-
frayed by treasurers of counties and cities (under the act
already recited), and, under the act 17 and 18 of Vic.,
capw 74, by the parochial boards of parishes. The Trea-
sury will pay for removals ordered by the Secretary of
S'ate.
THE REV. G. C. GORHAM AND HIS PARISHIONERS.—
The Itev. G. C. Gorhsm, rector
.of Brarupfcsrd. Speke,
hear Exeter, whose controversy with .the Mason of Exe-
ter is so well knotve„ has hada violent. rupture. with a
large, number of his parishioners, the . result of which is
that they have commended procsedings against the red:
gentleman for " brawling in.church." It appears that
*vane of the principal farmers, in- the parish objected to' a
certain inscription on the ofgan which has recently-beer,
erected in the church, and this was inserted in a notice
convening a parish meeting as one of the subjects for
consideration. Mr. Gorham objected tesign'the notice
in the elespe, pre,erited
.to him, , and the churchwarden,
Mr. Carter, ju.ne affixed it to the church door without
his signature. On ,Sunday me.rning, previous. to com-
mending Divine sery eic the rev. gentleman went to Mr:
Carter's pew, and, as it is alleged, asked him how he
dared to put up the_ notice without his signature, and
peremptorily ordered him-to take it down and bring it
to him- in the.vestry. For this conduct Mr. Carter, en-
couraged, by a large number of his parishioners,- has in-
stituted proceedings against the rev, gentleman for
" breeding."
THE SADLEIR PERPLEXITY—MR. WARLEY'S Ex-
PleteraTtriss.---Yesterday Mr. Wakley, at 'an inquiry
held at Camden, Town, alluded with a smile to the• ex-
traerdinary- rep-orte respecting the alleged deception
pradtised oh the public by Mr.Stelleir, observing,
"The wan wire invented the"stery could net have known
that Ilenew.Mr.. Sadleir—l might Say personalli—fer
several years that be occupied a seat in Parliament; and
as to the rumours which. have got about respecting:a
change in the features of the deceased at the period the
body wag viewed by the jury, the surmises are quite
counteninaceq,ui
ererrnotn , as t
lyl eenshere wag
tures of the deceasedh , the unfortunate man being appae
riot the least change in the lea-
aent
ds eseapw.
nlorathmeinseldig'inhtdessttcautiously the
countenance, and saw not the slightest
,clange in
Indeed; I wag so minute as to ()Pen' the lips and look at
the teeth ; I likewise .opened the eyelids, and lestly, I
turned the hair off the.forehead,,remarking, as I did so,
that the deceased was remarkably free from baldness.
It is, therefore, a very ridiculous and- foolish rumour
which has got abroade and one that.thersectanortt be.the
slightestthe
efantof n
iy
foundation for, even taking into consideration
being myself so intimately acquainted
. with the deceased'
appearance, and then niy examining
.12!,s countenance F!ti. clo2ely, •it puts all such fooliSli,
stitniibeei" . ,

LATEST NEWS.

STETTIN, APRIL 2.

The Emperor Alexander and the Grand Dukes

Constantine, Nicholas, and Michael, arrived at
Fredericksham in the morning of the 22d.

After having inspected the troops, the Corps
of Cadets, and the batteries, the imperial party

left for Helsingfors, where they arrived on.tbe
23d, and inspected troops and the fortifications,
and visited the hospitals and the churches.

TURIN, APRIL 3.

The Bureaux of the Ministry of War are ac-

tively engaged in arranging the measures relative
to the return of the S trdinian army at present in
the Crimea.

Vessels are preparing to sail from Gsmoa for
she purpose of bringing back the troops.

COPENHAGEN, APRIL 3.

The Supreme Council has adopted, and read a
first time,, the proposal of the Holstein Deputies,
far submitting the general constitution to 'a spe-
cial assembly of the Diet.

A squ'adron of American:ship3 of war is crdered
to cruise on the coast of Spain, pending the Anglo-
American dispute.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TiltutslitlY EVENING'

Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador, had the
honour of being received by the Emperor yester-
day, and delivered to his M►jesty the reply of his
Sovereign to the notification of the birth of the
Prince Imperial. Count Buol Schauensiein; Aus-
triaa Plenipotentiary at the Congress, was also re-
ceived by the Emperor', -to deliver a similar, reply,
as well as a ptivate and autograph letter from. the
Emperor of Austria. Baron de Manderstrom, the
Swedish Minister,. was, afterwards honoured With
an audience, to present an autograph letter from
his Sovereign, and one from the Prince Royal of
1 Sweden.

The Paris correspondent of the Independance• of
Brussels states that two regiments of marines,
three large vessels armed eit fide, and some light
vessels and gun-boats are now at Toulon ready to
start for a purpose connected with the expedition
to Madagascar. .
The Pays, alluding to the sitting of the Congress
on Wednesday (in which, notWithstariding the an-
nouncement of their departure iu" several journals,
Lord Clarendon and M. Manteuffel took-part),.says
it has reason to think that .none of the matters.re-
mailing to be discussed will give occasion to any
new protocol or additional treaty. "in a won), '
the Pay 3 says, " the treaty of Marcia 30 is as com -
plete in tenour as in form, and will require no.iiew
or supplemental signature on account of any of the
points with which the Congress is at this moment
occupied."
The Debats contains a long article on the ;pro-
ceedings of the Congress up to the date of signing
the Treaty of Peace : •
" Of all the points on which the Conference bad to pro
nonnce itself, that which has excited the greatest difficul-
ties and will continue so to do is the new political Consti-
tution of the Danubian Principalities. The futureof these
provinces occupies the att-ntion of all the nations of
Etirope. The interests of all the neighbouring or distant
Statek may not be the same, but they areequally pressing.
We believe too that the question of the Principalities-gave
rift in the heart of the Congress to long and very animated
debates. It appearsthata num berof systems were proposed
more or less- irreconcileable with the fundamental rife
established from the commencement, which decreed, that
no breach of the rights of the Sultan or of the intiegrity
Of the Ottoman empire should be permitted. If we are
to believe certain repm ta which have obtained suffkcient
credit not to be disdained, come members of the,.Con-
.
ference had Wished to uniie these two.principalities into
one:independent State, to be, proclaimed nett a'; and to
be entrusted to the rule cf a prince chosen. irom-aintmg
the reigning houses of Germany or Italy. This ciiiribi-
; nation implied a division of Turkey, and was contrary
to the object of the war. The Conference consequently
rejected it."
The next statement of the Debats is that— •
"The Conference has decided that no portion of the
Turkish territory is to be occupied by the Allied armies
under any pretext whatever, and that those armies will
evacuate the points on which they are established iiurne-
diately alter the ratification of the treaty. According to
tbk, when the treaty of the 30th, March shall hex° ac-
Timed, by the ratification of the Sovereigns,, the, per-
tain character which it does not possess at present,
the armies .ot France, England,,and Sardinia will aban-
,don the Ciiinea and Constantinople, and return to
their.cvuntry, while the Austrian :armies will, quiff the
Danubian Principalities. Some foreign journals lave
scatted to the contrary, but we believe them to be
badly informed on the subject. Their error' may be
in any rise easily explained. The'Allied PoWers, anti-
cipatinga'eontinuation ofthe war and its development
'on 'a larger "scale, have accuntilated immense, supplies
in the Crimea and around Constantinople. It will
take a long period to transport the immense mateHel
again
,into the stares of England, Fiance, and
mar-
diula, and, the year 1856 will probably not suffice.
It is evident that the ma.iriel must remain guarded:by
:the allied tr mps in those distant countries until Ito .re-
mo vat has been effected. It is, perhaps, this indispensable
act which has been taken for a temporary occupation, of
the Turkish territory by the allied armies." ,
The Debats next describes the regulation of tlie
fourth point, which, refers to the Christian subjects,
of the Porte :

' Abdul Medjid has acted spontaneously, and in virtue
of his own authority ; the immunities now enjoyed by
the Christian subjects of the Porte are the concessions
of their Sovereign ; the new rights of the Christians-ion ly
repose on acts of internal administration, which do not
bind the Sultan nor (above all) his successors. Seine
members of the Conference conceived doubts with re-
spect to the stability of the Imperial decrees, and de-
sired to annex • them to the treaty of peace, or •to
embody them in that treaty. This gave rise to ade
bate, in which the Sovereignty of the Sultan and the
dignity of his crown appeared to come in contact with
the must respected rights of the Christians. It is assured
that the Congress has, adopted 'a medium course. The
decrees of the Sultan will remain as they are ; they will
be neither annexed to nor embodied in the treaty, but
an article of the treaty will allude to these new acts and
to the new concessions of the Sultan in terms which will
result in the engagement of the Sultan not to dit.avow
his -acts, and in a' guarantee to the Christians by all the
contracting powers." •
The Debuts next alludes to the proposals ad-
vanced by M. de Cavour in the Congress :
, .
" Necessary reforms in 'ltaly' were 'spoken, of in the
Conkress, and it was asked if it were not wiser and'inbre
p litic to give satisfaction, which might be limited, fe4ly
to, nations, than to, by .exposed to revolutionary moYe-
ments which are daily becoming more difficult. to
strain. It is assured that these grave questions have
been, debated in the Congrest, and-that it has proposed
to revert to them."

The following passage characterises the part
taken by Lord Clarendon in the proceedings of the
Congress :--

"Lord Clarendon, who took a grand part in the dis
cussions of the Conference 'aud who is justly Considered
as one of the principal authors of the. treaty, had already
traced out its prog'rarrisne in a speech w.'Ainh he.' pre-
nOtincsil before the House of Lords an the 31st Jana4ry,
in reply ,:to the address proposed in answer to the
Queen's, speech.. Matters have passed as desired by
the Minister, of the Queen of England. . The. tin-
peror Alexander, who; in-accepting the' cotididone
proposed • by Austria, had .rer-ignert himself to a rain-
ful sacrifice of the antoo-propre of Russia, bas adhered
honourably to the letter and spirit of the conditional He
gathers to-day the 'faits of this conduct, frill Of bonpur
and ability ; not onry. luta ho rendered the condbisiop of
a peace easy, but he has allowed the Allied Powers to
subscribe to conditions wbich, give to Europe ,the gua-
rantees of security,ib.required. without wounding,the
honour and dignity of Russia."
The Congress.met yesterday at 2 o'clock at the
Hotel of l'oreian, Affairs for the settlement of
clif-
firent minor points. It is expected that a mofith
will be taken up in this work. The Plenipotenti-
aries are nut to leave Paris before the exchange of
the ratifications.

BOURSE, April 3.—Tho following were the elos-
lig quotations •—=

Cash. fr. e. End °Month.
4i" per Cents I'4 —f. —c.
3 per Cents 73 10 73 63
New Loan 73 1,0 --
tfank Sh 3 ares 559 Roman
. ,
Credit Mobilier 168„ Sustiian
Belgian Fives. ..... - 9;— Spanish Threes —.
Piedmontest (5). 94'._ Home Debt .... - . ,I,`i