The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-25 00:00:00

PLOSPECTS OF PEACE

A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 11th, in the
Constitettionnel, says :—" Prince Gortschakoif, the
Russian Ambassador at Vienna, i, expected hero
in a few days. The Emperor directly requesteu,
him not to make use Of the leave of absence grant
him unless he considered the present aspect
affairs perfectly satisfactory. The prince, in a it'
ter received here from him a few days ago; saYsf_il
Public opinion at Vienna and throughout
Germany is entirely favourable to the policy 0'
the 19th of January. Europe herself again ar
pears to open her arms to the Emperor Alexander
11., and to thank him for the noble efforts which
he has made to re-establish the balance of the poi
of the world. lam convinced that every one tc,"
give him due credit for the sacrifices which he 0•7
unhesitatingly made in the interest of genet
peace." There was a grand reception at then o%
yesterday on the occasion of the anniversary f the
birth of the Hereditary Grand Duke. The y0,t0.1
prince has now attained his eleventh year.
features bear some resemblance to his grandfathe.r,
the Czar Nicholas, and he also resembles 31412_41
many points of his character. The vivacity natural
to his age is tempered by an expression of grey
ra
kindness, which be appears to inherit both f,r°
his father and his mother. The Emperor and .o"Eva
press appear to be well satisfied with the progrep%
of affairs. A courier arrived this morning fr°,,,„
Count Orloff, the bearer it is said of very fav°:°;
able accounts from Paris; and during the receP
the Empress was so cheerful and animated as to err
cite the notice of the persons invited, and the EroPer:a
conversed with different groups, to whom he deep°.
that peace appeared to him to be more and more es.;
tain and that he could now occupy himself with
port'ant works at home and with useful modificatl°_ f
in his empire. To one of the groups, composed as
members of the corps diplomaticine, the BruPreor
said, " The war has only been au accident,
~0
rather a misunderstanding. It will set hs"
changed in any way the good personal relations 70
tween the Russians and the French, who 40i
some remarkable points of resemblance. Leo
have certainly fought too long, but it has vu
a 0
always with courtesy and humanity. The Russ: as
prisoners have been treated by the French, o.' „us
enemies, but as brothers ; and I have been 501"
that proper treatment should be shown to the rto
soners whom the fortune of war has thrown :I'ld,,
our hands. When peace shall have been sign „nt
and everything leads me to believe that it is au" i3O
to be so—France and Russia may hold out:Br
hand to each other, may esteem and love each °,_.'en
as in the past ' • for, although the struggle has u'od
warm, it has been carried on in- all honour
without hatred." The Emperor Alexander roll
spoke in the most affectionate manner of NO° ern-
111., and did full justice to the acts of his goviled
ment and to his love of peace, which he aa" 1
" is as sincere as my own."

SERIOUS POST-OFFICE FRAUDS'

The county magistrates acting for the Bath division('
;
Somerset were engaged for some time on Saturday 'l/40, „,
vestigating charges preferred against the keepers ef,,,`
post receiving-offices, by Mr. Ramsay, the Inspector „fib
rat of the Post-office, The first case was against
Corp, who acted as post-mistress at the Westhall
office, at Weston, neer Bath. and who was chrvg 61
0/1„10
stealing a post-letter .betonging to her Majesty 'e
master-Generak • Mr. Sim*, solicitor, appeared for t a
prisoner, who was a respectable-looking svoinant
from her faint state, was .accommodated with a chair.
appears that for some time past the Posterffice authoriS.si •
have been aware of 'an -extensive system being One
on of affixing postage stamps that have previne6l;
been used. With the view of detecting the offend,:,.,i
Mr. Moule, ..ikesistant-inspector to the Post-orrod•
on the 12th instant, made up a letter, which
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dressed to " Black, seaman, on board 'be
Skylark, Black Sea Fleet," and this letter was takers st
a young woman, a servant to Mr. Pryor, chief alto, '
the Bath office, to the Westhall receiving-nee ,
where she gave the prisoner 31., and requested •
to affix three stamps to the letter. The prisoner 3ir
peered to do so ; but on the bag arriving at
Bath office in the evening, and search being made 11., 0
"trap" letter, to see if it had proper stamps upon P•o.h'ee
such letter could be found. On the 17th ant:nie
letter, similarly addressed, was sent by the sanortte
senger ; but that, also, was missing from the
evening. Acoordingly,•on the next day Mr. 24(3"0,
with Police-inspector Norris, went to the prisoner's WI be
and, an acquainting her with the object of their visitts:44
took tire "trap" letter of the previous day from a 8.."-os,
and said she did not forward it, as she had Co Ante,
The previous letter she said she had sent to anotherkli"
ceiving-house for the same reason. The r, letter vlse
showed, however, that en the 17th of March ebehleide
in possession of 11. worth of stamps. On being seart'e or
letter, addressed to " Mrs. Cormack, Apeler°,-;o
Bath," was found in the prisoner's pocket, opened' ;at,
newspapers were discovered in the kitchen, eddressft
eh '
a reverend gentleman in North America, one v!, been
stamp upon it, which, in Mr. Moule'e opinion, had -nee
used before ; and the other presenting the aPPeita,:7of
of a stamp having been taken from it. A nclutel-thn
copies of the Illustrated News were also found, viteer
top margin of the first pages broken off. The P1...(g," ett
was committed to take her trial at the next lessor'''.
the charge of stealing the letter. 0 tb-e
The next case was against Louisa 'Colson, keeper
receiving-office in the village of Twerton, near Daw.',olliO4
was charged with using old postage stamps. On e"tfr,
tog the Twerton bags, on the 13th and 19th inst., ago
Moule found a letter on each occasion bearing a Pg.lie
stamp that had previously been used. It was provvrbo
each case that the letters had been posted by parties, ter
had paid the defendant the money, and requested 80,
to affix stamps to the letters. The defendant hen,ro.
dered herself liable to a penalty of 201. in eneLl
Mr. Ramsay said he could multiply the cases, 1-":, for,
only wished for one conviction, and did not pros of
the penalty. Col. Blathwayte, in giving the dectssl
the magistrates, remarked that cheap postage tclber
great boon to the public, and it became every re ,
tab'e person to protect the system from fraud. ,
bench were willing to act upon the suggestion e' o'
Ramsay, as the *defendant bore a very good e3.,"0-
ter, but she must pay a fine of 51. and costs. Mr- -the
say said, as the defendant had been some years; IP of
service, and the office wonld now be removed fr°ll3,,t-lot; '
house, lie should be satisfied with a further ruing
of tt,e penalty. The magistrates accordingly rnitls bet
the fiee-to 11. and costs. Mr. Ramsay remarked Tits
the Post-office authorities were determined to prose
in every case of the kind discoverer'.

Racing Fixtt
AP

.es for 1856.

IL.
.14
Newmarket C . . ...... •,/0
York Spring ...... ••••••''9s
Harpenden ......... ••• 10
Malton ..... . ............
Newmarket F S .....

Doncaster Spring 1
A bergavenny
Ttlirst 3
Croston Park 8
Epsom Spring lO
Durham l4
M.

X. 20
Bath ..................... 0
Harpenden ..........
Epsom ............... : . •••

Chester Spring 6
Shrewsbury... 13
Manchester . 14
Suuthwell lb

Beverley

Newcastle•on•Tyne .".:ib
..••

Ascot Heath 10 I Bibury ...................
Hampton lB Stockbridge... ........... .37
I Newton 18 Winchester ............ .•
JULY.
.16
Stamford ........ •••°*',l
Chehmlord ......... •••1/3
Knutsford ................25
Marlborough .• ......,29
..
Goodwood ...... ••••''.
UST.

Newmarket
Carlisle
Worcester Summer 3
Liverpool 9
Nottingham 15

AUG

19
.........

Brighton
Brighton Club
.._ ll

Yarmout
York ...................
Radcliffe .............
Derby................
Egham ................
Stockton ..............
VIBE R.
Cardiff .................... 34
Walsall ................... •
.0
Manchester Auturou 150
Newmarket F 0......

Lewes
Wolverhamptoß ll
Reading
Ludlow 14
SEPTE

Warwick Sept 2
Lichfield .
Lincoln ....
Doncaster.
Leicester

..10
..16

'.:is

24 1
OCTOBER. lg
Ke150.... 1 1 Newmarket S 0 .......
Chester Autumn 7 I Warwick Autumn ••'"./1
Bedford
Wrexham Autumn
NOV EMBER. .15
Worcester Autumn
Tarporley Hunt

INDEX TO THE CLOSING OF STAKES'
The Hoo
Melton March
2252
AChsceostte.r.
...........................
Newmarket 25 Beverley ............... ..•
Durham

Irish Racing Fixtures for 1856,

MARCH.

..27

Tnllamore
APRIL.
Curragh 22 I Westmeath ........•••
MAY.
How th and Baldoyls 1$ I Roscommon ............. "