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will attend the dissolution of the body. That
point, indeed, was not taken into co nsideratiop.
We believe :it, was never intendeil that they
should be disbanded ; but that, on Cho contrary,'
they should remain as a permanent body to assist
in coercing those who might he disposed to resist
the further development of German principles.
Thanks to the energetic resistance offered, in and
out of Parlianient, a portion of the evil was
averted. We may, however, advert to the fact
that not a single shot was fired in aaager by any of
the Legions raised at so enormous an. expense, and
we may add the expression of our conviction that
they were never expected to do so. Had the
people and Parliament of Great Britain'remained
quieseent, they would have proved very valuable
auxiliaries in forcing model German institutions
at the point of the bayonet on the British, people.
Let us hope that such a danger has been avoided,
and that there is nothing to fear on that score
for the time being.
But something must also be done to find work
lice; the French levies, now reduced to inaction by
theill-omened Treaty that has been signed. It is
more than hinted that our neighbours are desirous
of obtaining a footing in the Indian Ocean, and
that the large and fertile Island of Madagascar is
a point-to which attention is first directed. We'
heed not say how any movement in that direction
would affect the security not only of many of our
most valuable colonies, but even of the Anglo-
Indian Empire—and therefore how vigilantly it
shonld be guarded against. Complications may,
however, arise, to which the Eastern difficulty
will be-a mere trifle.
•
All this time an ominous silence has been ob-
served with respect to Kars, and the wilful and
deliberate treachery that sacrificed the Turkish
stronghold, rendered futile the exertions of Gen.
WI-nulls and his gallant coadjutors, and enabled
the-
-Casa. to boast of the Russian triumphs in
'his Mendacious Manifesto, Lord STRATFORD
DE REDCLIFFE still remains the representative of
Great Britain at the Sublime Porte, with full
power to display his personal antipathies, how-
ever injuriously they may affect the interests of
his country. The pledges, voluntarily given by
nenibers and candidates, appear to be totally for-
4ottela- The " pray() ords," so boldly uttered on
The hustings, and at meetings, when Honourable
entlemen were rendering accounts of their
stewardships, have been apparently sponged
'-')ut by the waters of oblivion. We hear
to more the inspiriting aspiration that " GOD
Thould defend the right." The registries
)f these obligations seem to have been totally
)bliterated ; or, at least, no practical results have
fallowed. The Manifesto of the CZAR, in which
he declares that all the (RUssian) objects of the
War have been realised, has been circulated
hroughout the length and breadth of Europe.. Our
Government declares that their wishes have also been
fulfilled. We cannot see how both these asser-
-fens nail be accurate, and the important question
irises, which are we to believe ? We are dePrived
-f the MeanS Of judging for ourselves by the with-
holding of the text of the Treaty, and although
re cannot repose much credence in statements
.bat are amalgamated with so many palpable and
inblusbing falsehoods, we are still unable to
place confidence in the vague generalities or
en- own Ministers. To the Members of
hotii FiOUs'es we say,—be vigilant and careful
-f the all-important interests entrusted to your
lharge,., for never was there a time when the
Afety, welfare, and happiness of the people, and
he permanency of the Constitution on which we
lave so long prided ourselves, require more dis
eiterested and unflinching firmness on the part o
hose who are placed in the vanguard, and multi
.ake the first .part in the coming struggle.

. , .
- A spade is--to us—a spade. We love to call
by theirrightnauies; What.we loathe, we
Jesitate-not to reprobate. We cannot,, in truth,
for the life ,of us, understand the nobility of the
(-)-called patriotic principle actuating thoSe among
our contemporaries who are now, so to speak,' cap
in 'hand, -"hewing down and bowing down,"
littering courtly phrases and sugared comPliraeuts,
in.seasan and out of season, upon everything ap-
pertaining to or emanating fronl, upon everything
directly or indirectly representing, the genius o
.the barbarian autocracy of
.the Juiperial Rus
Sian Goyernment.
There is the M

for'the consummation of a crime the awful Jus-
tice of Onanipotence. Has any one forgotten that
lying and blasphemous Manifesto of the late
,
CZAR of all tne itussias, beginning with some-
thing worse than a shameless prevarication, and
ending (with a view to the shedding of so much
blood) with the Scriptural orison, " In to bomine
sperari, Von eonfundar in ceternum ? " We,
at least, have not lost the ,recollection of it.
And now in the Imperial Manifesto given to the
world, not inappropriately on the Ist of this pre-
sent April, by the reigning CZAR, we may recog-
nise the pendant of that lying and impious Pro-
clamation of his Imperial predecessor. As to
the ".lying" department—what is its very pre-
amble.? Why, it impudently and audaciously
aserts, 'in the name of the Russian EzIPICROR,
in regard to this late horrible War—what does it,
assert ? Why, it actually declares, In' so many
words, in regard to this war="lt was not
Russia that commenced it !" While—as to the
" impious" department what do we find daringly
articulated a little further on ?—nothing less
actually than this : " A stranger" [the Czar is
speaking of his father, the late Emperor Mono-
LASI---" A stranger to all interested views, he
never expected that his just complaints would
have resulted in the scourge -of war.; and con-
sidering its calamities with a deep feeling- of sorrow
as a Christian, and as the father of a
people entrusted by PROVIDENCt to his care, he
did not cease manifesting his inclination in favour
of peace !" Hew ? By the passage of the Pruth ?
By the ravaging of Moldavia and Wallachia ?
By the butcheries in Jassy and Bucharest ? By the
massacre at Sinope and the cold-blooded assassi-
nations at Hugo Ud ? By the enormous and
hitherto unparalleled accumulation of the deadly
munitions of war at Odessa, at Nicolaieff, at
Kinburn, but above all in the great robber-den
of Seba.stopol—munitions obviously ,so collected
together with no merely pacific intentions ! The
" inclination for peace" attributed to the Czar"
NICHOLAS by the Czar ALEXANDEIZ, was, of course,
further manifested by the conciliatory and
in no way insolent mission to Constantinople
of the very amiable Prince MENSCIIIKOPT
It was further evidenced, moreover, from first to
last, by the readiness shown, again and again, by
the diplomatic agents of Russia to come to terms
with the Plenipotentiaries of the Western Coali-
tion !So truthful and so religious—so very far
removed from lying and impiety, llave been the
Imperial Manifestoes successively of the Emperor
NICHOLAS I. and the Emperor ALEXANDER 11.- I
And are we to speak of these audacious Procla-
mationa_with "'bated breath" and •" whispered
humbleness " as befits the. serfs of the Ural moun-
tains, tOili rg for the acquisition of yet more gold
and malachite ? Not so ! Rather for us the
denouncement of such criminal and shameless
documents, as best befits all free-born and out-
spoken Englishmen.

Our columns record at the same time the edu-
cational debate in the House of Commons and
the proceedings of the military inquiry at Chelsea.
They may appear to have little, connection, yet to
us the latter is the beacon which warns us of the
dangers not' at first sight visible in the former.
The report of Col. Tur,Loca and Sir J. WNEiL,
backed by the utter failure of Lord LUCAN hitherto
to shake its testimony, and also by the disolosures
of last. year's. Sebastopol Committee, must have
one result at least—to 'destroy all confidence in
the adaptedness of our aristocracy to training men
,for'arky service .whatever. The entire blame of
the loss, waste, and mismanagement of the Crimea
rests on the heads of England's aristocracy. The
day of trial came, and it was found at once that
they had prepared the army for nothing but the
shock of battle. With the continental armies
for forty long years before them, they
Yet had not learned from them- the most
necessary lessons ; with men absolutely at
their disposal to make what they liked of
them, they had made them but brave, fighters,
and left theni wholly uneducated in the
arts of camp life, while they theraselves---the offi-
cers—never appeared to understand the.tudiments
of the essenti LI art of keeping men and'horses
alive and well.
It is needless to say that, long after our day,
the aristocracy will cling tenaciously to offiee—
they will be the leading administrators of the
country's business. Can we then trust in such
hands—hands which brought our army to the
very verge of ruin—the control of our national
education ? The great moral taught by the Cri-
mean inquiry is, that the more we do of our own
work the better. If, in the army, where, accord-
ing to general opinion, the soldier is just what
he is made—if, even here, aristocracy fails
so signally, what is to be looked for if it
take in hand to train the whole commu-
nity ? It was not, moreover, in the senti-
ment of courage, nor yet in military drill,
that our soldiers chiefly failed, but just in that
department of knowledge which general education
most needs to give ; they had no power to shift
for themselves beyond the routine of barrack life,
and their commanders no power to aid them.
Food, clothing, and shelter for men and horses—.
the great necessities for which mortals must look
out—were just the things the want of which bur-
r led thousands of our men and their animals to an
untimely grave. The appalling military facts of
the Crimea produce in our minds the impression
that the hazard is infinite of permitting our
governors to mould to their fancy the education
of the people.

Our readers will bear us witness that we have
felt as deeply as any the deficiency of our educa-
tion as a nation, and gratified indeed should we
. be to see that any plan coald be devised which
could claim the name of a remedy ; but scheme
' after rcheme, as it is brought forward by the great
leaders in the Rouse, only impresses us with the
conviction of the hopelessness of the cause. All
have their favonrite crotchets; but all tend to
threw the moulding of the teaching more and mere
into hands •where we should be reluctant to place
it. The education of the army for its work is a:
simple task compared with *the education of the
people for the varied phases of civil life ; and
those who could not educate for one thing innst
fail miserably in the attempt to educate for so
many. It may appear somewhat gloomy to give
up the hope of national education ; but our read-
erg must bear in mind that national education,
and national education by active Government in-

:ervention, are two very different things. We

have made these remarks previous to a review of
the Education debate, and intending to consider

carefully the main arguments on both sides.

The. description of NATRANIEL cannot be said
to. be more than half applicable to the Sabbatarian
PArty for however well-disposed their opponents
may be- to pronounce them "Israelites indeed,"
their best friends would blush to characterise them
-as ".without -guile." Affecting ultra-conscien,
tiousneai, they afford Co dispense with toleration ;
and, stiff-necked in their domination over
.the
„ weak, they are infacienily supple to know when
to connive at ,and when to rebuke the Sabbatic de-
linquencies of 'the 'strong. Who ever heard of
Babbatarian taking the Duke of %Luxe-

TON to task for having fought and won
a great battle at Waterloo on. a ,Sundayl
Or the Duke of CAMBRIDGE with having;counte-
nanced, indeed joined, the Guards in fighting
against the Russians at Inkerman on a Sunday ?
Or blaming Lords CLARENDON and COWLEY in pub-
lic for having signed the Treaty of Paris, that last
Parisian mode, on a Sunday ? To have done any
of these things, however consistent, would not
have been pleasant. The Great Duke was curt,
and hated humbug. To rebuke a Royal Duke
would look like disloyalty, and to take the Pleni-
potentiaries to task might be construed into an
affront to Prince ALBERT. All pretension to con-
sistency, however, must not be suffered to evapo-
rate by default, so they who had enlisted the
sympathies of workmen--.on- their side on false
,pretenees at last find opportunity, for ;rebuk-
ing men in power for Mr. NAPIER, when
the sympathies of the nation are likely.
to a certain extent, to go with him. Quite
a. Godsend ! Upwards'of a thousarid men com-
pelled to work at the gun-boats two Sundays
running, not for despatch against Cronstadt and
the Russians, but for the,purpose of 'contributing
to a naval review.! Monstrous ! Everybody in-
disposed-towards the Peace, Or disposed to turn
out the Premier, must be disgusted at such trans-
parent hypocrisy, and blame Lord PALMERSTON
for .being so shockingly supple and Gamaci-like in
these matters. What must the poor, whO have
the gates of the British Museum, gational
lery, &c., barred against them on a Sunday,
think of it ? Think of it ? Why, that it is
about as graceless a display of hypocrisy and
humbug as that afforded by lords and ladies,
bishops, priests, and deacons (given to Sabbatical)
'at the West-end on every corresponding day,
as they 101 l along in their burnished carriages,
drawn by well-groomed horses, driven by frosty-
headed coachmen, and waited upon by gay and
jaunty attendants. What else should they think
of it unless it be that it suggests something to be
reformed without any unnecessary delay ? For
our part we are not at all astonished, only sorry,
the men have had their Sunday's rest broken for
so silly a purpose. Had it been to hurry the
departure of the boats for the bombardmeat .of
Cronstadt the case would have been different,
and we should, have felt disposed to remind the
petitioners that, the Sabbath being made for man,
and not man for the Sabbath, it would rather' be
consecrated than desecrated by iheir labours--a
contribution to the humiliation of Russia being
synonymous with a boon significative of goodwill
to almost the entire human race.

ATHLONE ELECTION—(This Day).

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(B ENGLISH AND zßzszr 11fAr VET IC, ZBLE-;
GRAPH COMPANY.)
11 A.M.
79•
66

Han dcock
Eunis

Majority for Handcock l3

In consequence of an announcement having been made
in some of this morning's papers, that no drawing-room
would be held on the day appointed for the celebration
of her Majesty's birth-day, we have authority to state,
that this announcement was made in error, and that
her I.llrjesty will hold a drawing room on the 29th of
May, in celebration of that event. •
'lt is understood to be her Majesty's intention that
State balls shall take place on Thursday, the Bth of May,
aid Friday, the 6th of June; and that 'concerts be
g:yea on Wednesday, the 30th of April, and 'Friday, the
30th of May.
BERLIN, April 1.0.---Lard Bloomfield gave a diplo-
matic' dinner to-day, in honour of, the_ peace ; .the repre-
seotatives of Austria and Prussia were present, as well
as the representatives of the belligerent PoWers.
S'r 'et. Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lerly Emily Peel,
have returned to town rom a tour in Italy ; sod the
hon. bart., has resumed his official duties at the Ad-
miralty.
The hearing of the appeal, "The East India Company
v. the Hon. Mrs. Dyce Sombre," was continued bet 're
the Judic;al Committee of the Priry Council during 3es:
terday, and .was adjourned until Tuesday., • =
Among the
the'
Tillers whom Mr. IVyndharn 'an-
notences for the summer at the Edinburgh Theatre are..
Mr. Robson, Mr. Charlei Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr.,
Widdicombe, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Keeley, and
Miss Rebecca Isaacs. •
The handsome colours given by Laly'R)lle to the
South Devon Militia WWII. presented. to that regiment-air
the'Heie. at Plymouth on Thursday by the Counte.s of
Morley, in the presence of Major-General Eden, com-
mender of the farces in the- west, the Earl of Morley.
colonel of the regiment, and •a 'numerous assemblage' of
military officers, &.t.
TBE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL GALLERT..—Dr.
Weagen the director of the Picture Gallerits of the
Royal Museum, at Berlin, has not been appointed to the
post of director of the National Gallery in Londen,' a
notice has been inserted by him in various Berlin papers,
_designating the rep rt "as perfectly without all-ground,
as he, well-knows that nothing of the sort is intended in
England, and he had never had any lute: tion of putting,
himself firward as a candidate for that office."
SPECIALTY AND SIMPLE CONTRACT DEBTS.-_-A
brought in by Mr. Matins and Mr: LI ,yd Davies
abolishes all distinctions between specialty and simple
contract
_debts, the former no longer being entitled to
prioritY in the administration of the estates c f deceased
persons. Actions upon specialities mast be brought
within six years. The act 'does Pot extend to Sc otland..
REPORTED DEATH OF 808 COOMBES.— We can hardly
Suppose that any one who read tfure columns will not
alreedy have r deed that the great ex champion is still
'alive -;.-• for; thoug,h the premature report of his death
spread like an electric shock throughout the land; Yet
when it was once ascertained that such a report had•
been falsely promulgated, the contradictOn of it was
communicated with equal rapidity. Our last. news was
that the famed Robert was progressing satisfactorily,
and had even expressed a hope Soon to be able 'to' drink '
a loving-,cup to the health of Old:Father Thatnes, 0
king, live for ever !—Bell's Life.
• ASSOCIATION 'FOR THE AID OF DRESSMAKERS AND
Mterasees.--The annual tne,ting of the members and
friends ,of the association took place yesterday at Willis's.
Rooms, King-street, St. James's, the Earl :of Shaftes,
bury, the president of the society, in the chair. A report
stated that some estimate might be formed of the great
advantages conferred by the association on the em-
ployed, from the fact that during the;last year no fewer
than 1,2,56 young dressmakers and miliners bad been re-
gistered at the office, free of all expense ; and of this
number 534 obtained situations. The report was
adopted, and several resolutions were agreed to expres-
-sive of -a hope that the institution might enjoy increased
support,
SALARIES OF TRH GOVERNORS, &c., OF THE' WEST
INDIA ISLANDS. —The Governor• of Jamaica has a salary
of 3,5001., the Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Fluids
3,0001., the Lieut.-Governor of Dominica 1,3001., the
Lieut.-Governor of St. Christopher 1,300/., the Guyer-
nor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands 4,0001., the Lieut.
Governor of St. Vincent 1,300/., the Lieut.-Governor of
Grenada 1,3001., the Lieut.-Governor of Tobago 1,3001,
the 'Governor of Bahamas 1,2001.. The secretaries, to
Governore-in-Chief of the Windward and Leeward Isles
have 3001. each. The officer administering the govern-
meat. of ,Tortola has 800/., the officer administering the
government of Montserrat 500/., and theaafficer adminis-
tering the ,government of Nevis 509/.---Civ-I 'Service
acrzette.
. .
SPROI&L COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL:— esfernay ,
Spicial Court was held, in consequence of a most numer-
ously-signed requisition to the Lord Mayor, for the pur-
pm of considering the provisions of ,the bill lately in-
troduced into the House of Commons, by Sir G.,Grey,
for the better regulation of the Corporation of London.
There was a large attendance of members, and the pro-
ceedings throughout, which lasted the whole day, excited
the deepest interest. Mr. H. W. Vallanee proposed a
series of resolutions (which will he found at length in our
alvertising Columns), sustained by the reports of the
Commiesioners of Inquiry, and justifying, as contended,
the -Corporaticin— in entire opposition to the bill.
The proceedings terminated by the forniatien of a c6ei-
naittee to prepare a petition to Parliament, in accordance
with the resolutions referred to. . •
. MUTINY AnsoAD.—LivERPO3L,. Friday.--7 Two able
seamen, named William Barton and John Yates, late of
pthoertsoh:
magistrates this morning, with having mutinied in 'the
on the 4th of December laPastp,eaain'edd
P"A`l::::acbMicoilliaer:ltwere charged before the sitting
-thearri
arrived
afrom h Le
foonr
meloenr,
port oh the 12th of January. The captain went on shore;
and in consequence of a continuance of bad weather, he
was unable to get on board for some days. When he
did get on board, he found the- prisoners and two other •
men defying the officers, left in command, and to himself
they' behaved most insolently, and refused to work, He,
called them aft teplace thene in irons, on which a strug-
gle ensued, and they escaped to the forecastle. The cap:
tain threatened to shoot themifthey did not immediately:
Come Out elf their,hiding.One of the prisoners-said
*he was not going to fire, Whereupon the captain, after
again &Siring their presence; fired, and weunded cue of.
the prisoners. ' Two of the four then came' out, but the'
prisoners remained, 'and the captain again fired; when
they both came out, and having, been secured; their
wounds were dressed. Inasmuch as the conduct, of the
prisoners 'would be investigated, before another tribunal,
the bench: declined to 'give any decision,, and the men
wore discharged.

PARIS, SATURDAY.
The .Monitetfr gives the following despatch' from
• -,e•

Mirshal P6lissier

,SEBASTOPOL, AIMIL

There is a marked. continuance of the improve-
ment in the general health of the army.
The typhus daily diminishes in malignity, and
sensibly. gives way. I hope that at length we
shall have spring..

TRIESTE, APRIL 10.
Accounts from Constantinople of the 31st ult
state that tho special law relative to the right o
property:bf Euiopeians,in Turkey will be promul•
gated very shortly.

'ST:
_PETERSBURG, APRIL
.9,

The Emperor Alexander has just accorded to
the nobility of Livonia, Eithonia, and Courland
letters of favour, which guarantee to theni all
their rights, customs, advantages, and privileges
during ,the reigg of bhi Imperial Majesty.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
To-morrois :the Plenipotentiaries will meet at
the Hotel of:Foreign: Affairs. The Italian question,
it is said, will suggest a stormy debate between
Count Cavoiir and M. Buol. As Piedmont is sup-
ported by Lords Clarendon and Cowley, and as the
French representatives of the Emperor are inspired
with favourable views towards Sardinia, it is by no
naeansimpossible that a sort of protest' will be re-
gistered againSt the existing system of government,
so obstinately persevered in by the rulers of certain
States of the peninsula.
The Times' Paris correspondent (second edition)'
says :—The Congress sits to-morrow, and the re-
sult is looked forward to with much interest. The.
question of Italy has occupied them earnestly for,
several days back, and it will again form the prin-
ciPal subject of their deliberations. They hope to.
terminate it in to-morrow's sitting ; if they do not,
they will consider it again on Monday or Tuesday.
In any view the Plenipotentiaries might take of
the situation of the Italian peninsula, the occupa-
tion of certain portions of it would naturally be
among the first, and it is said that on this point
also M. Cavour particelarly directed the attention of
his colleagues. He showed the inconsistency of
an occupation of territory, contrary to the will of
its poPdlation, by foreign troops ' dwelt on its in-
utility, and the impossibility of such a state of
thingsslaSting 'for any time. In truth, a moment
must comeswhen such an anomaly must cease. The
principle of intervention is, no doubt, to be depre-
cated, but if intervention is, at all justifiable, it i£4
when the object is to support good government-=a
government baSed on justice ; and not tooporpetu-
ate an oppressiVe and detested despotism. It:is
not improbable:that the governments which exist
solely by the Support of foreign bayonets will be
informed that the time is come for them to
consider seriously what they Ought to do. Those
Governmenta deularethat the vast majority of their
subjects look up to them, with confidence, respect,
and affection ; that they are no longer led astray by
mischievous theories, and that they have a horror
of revolutionary doctrines. If such be the case
surely they have no need of foreign proteotions and
it will be submitted to them whether it is consistent
with their own. dignity that French or Anatrittia
troops should for ever come between them and the
zeal and love of.their people. A French army can:,
not for ever occupy Rome ; and if its occupation be
continued it ought _to be to aid them in establishing
necessary reforths in their internal administration.
In other words, the condition on which the occupa-
tion will be maintained is.that these reforms shall
be introduced. 'lf the Pope is really the idol. of
his subjects he cannot-want French or Austrians
to keep him on his throne. It is the necessity for
such an alternative that has been discussed in the
Congress, and same resolution on it is expected tQ
terminate to-morrow's sitting. If. no conclusion
be' come to, the Congress will, as I said before,
again meet on Monday or Tuesday. It is curious
that on this point Russia has given her support to
Sardinia, and Count Orloff lets slip few occasions
of appearing on the best terms with Qiunt Cavour.
I will not say that this proceeds from any new-.
born zeal for representative government. It is
unquestionably attributable to the hatred which:
now animates Russia against the very name of
Austria. No' one has forgotten M. Nesselrode's
note when Sardinia resolved on giving her contins
'gent to the allied armies. He complained that Sar--
dinia had drawn the sword before any formal declas.:
ration of war, and M. Cavour in his reply reminded
the Russian Minister that the Czar had not only
never recognised the Constitutional Govez nment of
Sardinia, but had evinced his hostility in every,
way he could short of making war. I have reason
to believe that the main, if not the only cause'
of the refusal of such recognition was Austria. It
Was Austria that urged Russia to that refusal,' and
it was Austria that secretly encouraged the Czar in
his enmity, and fanned the flame of hisresentment.
Of Austria it may now be said that 'she is quite as
much, if not more isolated than Prussia. Even last
night, during the'fete at the Ottoman Embassy, it
was remarked ,that Count Buol was hardly ads
dressed by any.. have said that the Plenipoten-
tiarieS hope to bring their labours to a close to-
morrow or early next week; this, however, is but
a hope and not a certainty. Lord Clarendon ex-'
pests to be able to leave Paris on Friday next.
On the subject of the Danubian Principalities
the Congress do not agree with the Porte in the
plan of establishing a Moldp-Wallachian Commis-
ssion at Constantinople for its final settlement.
They prefer that the question of according to the.
Principalities a new organisation, or of conferring
that which now . subsists, should. be maturely
examined by the Sultan in concert with the
allies, and not sby such a Commission, which
would at Constantinople be exposed both to 'the
,pressure of the Pint-nand of the Fanariot party,
whose administration of that ill fated country
is remembered with detestation. The Congress
desire that the internal organisation of these
countries shall, according to the terms of the
first guarantee, be in conformity with the -wants'
and the wishes of the populations ; they . wish
that while the suzerainete of the Sultan is main-
tained, the interests of the provinces as well
-as those of Europe shall not be disregarded,
and for that purpose they require that the
'examination into their wants and wishes shall
'be entrusted to a Mixed
,comriassiou composed of
the representative§ of the contracting Powers—the
Porte of course being included—and of Alelegates
,from the Principalities. During' the Conferences
of Vienna a note was addressed, after due noticeto the Porte, to the Flospodars,inviting them to
send representatives to Vienna to give to a Com-
mission, to be formed of the Plenipotentiaries
of France, England, Austria, and Turkey, the
necessary information relative to the exceptional
state of the Principalities. The Porte, in re-
ply, proposed to. send: to Vienna a Bayard
for each Pritrcipality with the title of Pleni-
potentiary for the Ottoman Government, and
whose mission should bb limited to furnishing. in-
formation on the state of the Principalities. Before
,this could be done the Vienna Conferences came to
an end. The invitation addressed to the Hospo-
dars showed that the toVereignty of the Principali-
ties was-recognised, at Vienna ; the proposal of tl:e
'Porte indicated 'a Wish to get rid Of the question
by a side wind.
The Porte has, it is said, done its best to maintain
the position of thesHospodars, as established by the
treatys'Pf alta-Liinan, and the right of nominating
them every seven:years, forgetting however its own
declaration that all treatiee with Russia are annulled
_by the war. -HiS,believed that the Congress will
Maintain the immovable character of the liospo-
dariat as it before existed. A change in that re-
spect would be a violation of the stipulations, and
would, instead of creating a government with the
elements of durability, only excite, mistrust and
alarm among the Christian populations,and abandon
the Principalities to constantigifation, which, in
spite of all that could be done to the contrary, would
end by restoring the influence of Russia in those
,countries.

i•

. .
Au official 4esparteh-frona Valence says that tran-
quillity has been again disturbed. The authorities
had sent for troops. The pretenCe for these dis-
turbances, it will: be remembered, is the recruiting.
• The Monitetii cle;:e Armee explains that the medals
which, as announced in the English papers, the
Emperor has sent to the English" Government, to be
distributed to British -soldiers who served in the
Oast are mit; as gdpnrally_Supposed, similar to the
Crimean one-git,en•by the Queen of England to the
French troops, but the ordinary military medal.
The same jourbal adds that the imbiber 6f these
medals granted by the EMperor is 500.
7 • The baptism of the daughter of Count Walewski,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, took place yesterday
.morning, in the chapel of the Tuileries. The
Emperor and the Empress, who stood sponsors,
were representedou the obosion by the Duke de'

• Bas_sanO:and the Princess d'Essling. The Bishop
of Arias, assisted by the Abbe Versini, one of the
chaplains of the Emperor, performed the service.
At the ball given last night by the Turkish Am-
bassador, and which was honoured by the presence
Of thnEunperor, none of the Russian Envoys ap-
' "Pe'ared, which was a subject of remark, as nearly
all the other Plenipotentiaries and Ambassadors
. now ,in:PariS attended, together with a large as-
sembly of notables.
The folloWing telegraphic despatches have been
received here :
" COPENHAGEN loth.--In the Privy Council of State
to-day the Hereditary Prince of Denmark swore to ob-
serve all the institutions of the country."
" MADRID, 11t11.--The Gazette publishes a decree with-
drawing from. GeneralVillalOnga the Captain-Generalship
of Valentia, and appainting in his place a commission
having at its head a Minister of State, invested with ex-
traordinAry.powers and specially representing the supe-
rior authority. Valentia is tranquil; the asieinblages
have materially diminished. Madrid is perfectly tran-
quil. The Spanish Commercial Society is constituted."
Despatches.from Naples state that the Govern-
ment is about to reduce the exportation duty on
corn to one-half. This measure is said to have
arisen out Of the suggestions of the representatives
of France and- England. It was reported. that the
King had made significant approaches towards the
French Ambassador, occasioned. by passing political
events. •

THE BALTIC. '
HAMBURG, April 10.—The English frigates
(screw) Euryalus and Pylades, with the Harrier
screw-corvette, arrived at Kiel yesterday on their
return from the Baltic, and will probably be joined
this day by the Imperieuse, Captain Watson, C.B.
The paddle steam-sloop Sampson, which reached
Kiel a couple of days back, has taken her depar-
ture for England, and will, very likely, be followed
by the remaining portion of the flying squadron as
soon as the vessels have taken in coal.

" ITALY.
A letter from Parma of the 4th, in the Opinione
of Turin, says :
"The political prisoners, who had been at first trans•
ferred from Parma to Manttm, have now been sent off to
Gratz. Arrests still continue here, but some of those
arrested during the first days have been set at liberty.
There', i 9 a iumoor current that the object of the Count
de Chambord in coming here was to prepare his sister
for her departure' the annexation of Parma to Piedmont
having been resolved on."

.kiluginlOter of the 7th inst. says :
" The Minhiter of %Vat of Sardinia has issued the ne-
cessary orders for-the formation" of 'a camp of observation
at Spezzia,,ira w•hich the troops returnicg from the Cri-
mea are to remain some time, before their re-iticirpor.i.-
tion with the regiments to which they belong. Colonel
Ricci and other officers of the Staff are now on the
ground, making arrangements for their accommodation.
There are to ;be hospitals for the sick and convalescent,
and comfortable quarters for the men. The Government
is determined to spare no expense to welcome those
brave trimPS."

The Tuscan Monitor of the sth inst. contains a
decree of the Grand Duke, formally acknowledging
M. Peter Tausch as Ottoman Consul-General at
Leghorn.

The same official journal publishes the convon
tion concluded between Tuscany and Naples fur the
extradition of criminals.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.
By the arrival ofh6r Majesty's steam-sloop Hydra,
6, Commandera. G. Merri4, we have advices from
this colony and station to the 26th of February, on
which Thly'the follo:wing ships were on the station:
—The Castor,' 36, C,nnmodore H. D. Trotter; the:
Penelope, 18, Captain Sir W. Wiseman ; the Fro,
lie, 16, Cdrnthander Nolloth ; the Grecian, 16,.
Captain Bland. The Castor and the Frolic were.
to proceed to Tristan d'Acunha in a few days,' in
order to convey to The Cape the few inhabitants-
(some 130) of that desolate spot. The Dart was in
Mozambique Channel, and will, it is hoped, bring
back the traveller, Dr. Livingstone, who" started
from St. Paul do. Loinda a long time ago with the
intention of reachind ono of the Portuguese pos..
sessions on the east coast of Africa.
Her Majesty's ship Nerbudda, 12, Commander
Kerr, so long missing, is now quite given up, no
traces whatever of her having been found after the
most dilie.ent search. -

• The Hydra bringslotne Mr. Pearne, paymaster
of the Frolic, who exchanged with Mr. Saunders,
,of the Hydra, and also Mr. Pearce, late acting.
second master of the Frolic, both of these officers
having suffered during the late cruise up the
:Mozambique in the brig, which lost several men by
sickness, and still had a number of her crew in the
hospital at Simon's-bay, dysentery being the pre-
vailing disease.

The-colonystill remains quite quiet, and, owing
in a great degree to the energetic measures of the
Governor, 'Sir G. Grey, who has lately resi.led
some months on the Kafir frontier, in order to see
into matters with his own eyes, and to carry out
himself the course devised by him, no Kafir war.
or disturbance is apprehended.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNINCI

The Ericsson, with New . York ad vices to the
29th, and the Persia, with ad vices to the 2d, have
arrived. The foriner brings no specie; the latter
$584,796.
The Atlantic had arrived out.
About $1,500,000 had been received from Cali-
fOrnia.

Her Majesty's ,steanaer Argus had arrived at
Jamaica with nearly 50 of her crew sick with fever.
From Mexico we learn that the insurgents at
Puebla werOmffering from want of provisions.
The Goveinment of costa Rica states that it had
declared war against. the American Filibusters.
Walker, with 500 men, had crossed the Lake to
Virgin Bay and had been reinforced. Money con-
tinued abundant. Current rates 6to 9 per cent.
prime. Exchange on London,

BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE.
SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.
By the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tay,
Capt. Brydges, with the Brazilian and River Plate
• mails, we have dates—Buenos Ayres, March 3 ;
Monte Video:, Gth ; Rio do Janeiro, 16th ; Bahia,
20th ; Pernambuco, 22d ; St. Vincent, 31st ; Tene-
lriffe, April 41:Madeira,,.5th ; Lisbon, Bth.
The Tay brings; besides passengers, 61,6501. value
in diamonds and precious stones, and a cargo con-
`. sisting of tapioca, ipecacuanha, samples, kc.
At Buenos Ayres. there was a rumour of another
~invasion of Indians. The political state was more
satisfactory. There had been a fair amount of
business in imports, and stocks wore generally low.
At Monte Videb matters were more favourable,
and business was improving.• •
At Rio the cholera was still on the decrease, but
yellow fever had appeared. The dissolution of the
Chamber of Deputies was expected.. imports were
moderate. The prices in coif°, had declined. A
moderate business was doino. in 'exchange, at 27i
to 271.
From Bahia we learn that yellow fever had bro-
ken out among the shipping. Exchange 271.
At Pernambuce cholera was on the decline.
Sugar limited, 'cotton scarce,- freights dull. Ex-
change 27.
At Teneriffe rain was much wanted. The island
was healthy and the crops good.
At Lisbon. the potato crops had entirely failed,
owing to the heavy. rains.

Sixty thousand men are said to he in arms in
Arabia, and Mecca, and Djeddah in complete in-
surrection. The new Governor just appointed from
Constantinople is the cause of the revolt.
r •

The enormous production of pines for smoking in
France may be judged of from the fact that at St. Omer
alone too manufacturers sell yearly not fewer than
43, 200,000.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN
THA CIVIL SERVICE.—The Dockyards—Mr. Fl. G. Keys
'has been appointed a second-class clerk at Pembroke.
'yard ; Mr. E. B. Josey has been appointed a second-
class clerk at Portsmouth-yard ; thele are two clerkships
vacant at Devonport Dockyard, vice Messrs. Keys and
.Josey, promoted ; Mr. J.,,11. Miller has been appointed
-third-class clerk at Deptford Dockyard ; Mr. W. J.
Taylor-10.x beeq,appointed third class clerk at Chatham
DoCkyard ; Mr!, EclWin A. -Lang has been appointed
third-cla,s-, clerk at Sheerness Dockyard. East India
House.—A directorship has become vacant by the death
of the Hon. W. H. L, Melville. Customs—Mr. IL J.
Harrold has been appointed a clerk in the Coast
Guard Office in London ; Mr. William Cornish has
been appointed a second class clerk at Falmouth ; Mr.
Abraham Morphy has been promoted from the sixth to
the fifth class of clerks for general business at Li-
verpool. Inland Revenue Department (Excise Branch)
—Mr. William Read Reynolds, officer of WoOdbridge
first division, hag beenappointeit to Norwich fourth divi-
sion, at his own request ; Mr. Joseph Flower, officer of
Horsham Ride,:;gurrey collection, has been appointed
officer of Cuckfield division, Sussex collection ; Mr,
Thomas Miller, officer of Docking Ride, Surrey collec-
tion, has been appointed to Leighton division, Bedford
Collection. East- Indies-7-Major General J. Outran),
C. 8., has been appointed Chief Commissioner and Agent
to the Govern( r General in the province of Oude
ai Courser has been appointed Civil Secretary ; Mr. M.
Ommanney has been appointed Judicial Commis-
sinner ; Mr. Martin R. Guhhins has been appointed
Financial CommieiFiober ; Mr. C. J. Wingfield, Mr. J.
G Christian, Lieut. Col. P. Goldney, and Major J. S.
Banks, have been appointed Commissioners ; Mr, IL B.
Thornhill, Mr. R. Stinson, Mr. W. A. Forbes, and Mr.
C. B. Denison,
,have 'been appointed Deputy. Commi-
ssioners of the first olaBl--f)ivil Service acoette.