The New York Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1854, Page 2

She Japanose—the places on the coast to be open after tthe year to ail nations, on the same terms as those laid down in their treaty, w atever it may be, The truth of Yhis is much doubted, | ut it may nevertheless be oorrect, and if so, it shows # gr°s\ want of courtesy on’ the part ‘of the Russian Commodo:. to interfere at a period when dhe knew another and stro (er naval power was negotiat- Knowing that Commodore Perry would return with a strong force for an snswer to his letter, and seeing the folly of resistance, the Empevcr probably thought it bet- ter to to succumb to a much smaller force (one small wteamer, and one frigate), and make a treaty as if ho did it from good will, and as if there was no compul- sion used towards him. If this be true, Commodore Perry bas. had the bonor of going to head-quarters, Jeddo, and there paving the way for a result, the credit of which has been treacherously takes from him. The French bebaved more honorably, as they waited until our commodore had concluded. Our latest dates from Shanghae are to the 11th inst. The United States storeship Supply was entering the harbor from Loo-Choo, for the Commodore's despatches. She will take back te Com. Perry this Russian report, which will rather annoy him, ‘The three consuls at Shanghae—English, American and French—have agreed to recognize a custom house. They bave made complete shuttle-cocks, lately, of the mer- chants, by the uncertainty of their regulations. The American ship Oneida got of without paying any duties, which will nullify the provisional requisitions that hav been in foree since September last. LIN-LO0. Hora, Kona, Feb- 25, 1854. Movements of the American Squadron—Commodere Perry verywhere but where he ought tobe—The American Steam- ers Loaning Coals to enable the Russians to get beforethem. ‘The Supply was going into Shanghae when the Lady Mary Wood left that port for Hong Kong, on the 15th inst. The Iona arrived last night, bringing the Supply’s despatches. Letters have been received from the squad- ron at Loo Choo up to February 5. The sailing vessels had left for Japan afew days previous. The steamers ‘were all to start on the 6th. The Susquehanna was to xeturn te this port, Commodore Perry having received fers to place a steamer at the disposition of Mr. Mo- fe: who is soon expected. These orders were received e morning the Commodore was leaving this for Japan. Tenclose you an article from the Chinese Overland Mail to-day, showing Commodore Perry to be like the sur- n_who was called in to perform a difficult operation. je just got there late enough to find everything mopped $p If Com. Perry, instead of Inying at Cumsingmoon, srotecting the opium vessels for four or five months, had eruired in and about Jeddo Bay, it would have told more Zor his honor and glory and that of the American nation ‘than it now will. “And then, again, fancy the Americans Joaning the coals to the Russian steamer Rostock to. ns- niet in making the treaty! The Russian steamer arrived ‘at Shanghaofrom Japan on the 6th February, and left ‘again on the 6th. SAMQUA. Naira Harnor, Garat Loo Cnoo Istanp, February 4, 1864. Movements of the Japan Squadron. Commodore Perry, with the steamers Powhatan, Mls- Bissippi, Susquehanna, and storeships Southampton and Zexington, left Hong Kong on the 14th of last month for hie place, the Mississippi towing the Southampton and ithe Powhatan towing the Lexington. The English Ad- mniral, Fleetwood Pellew, saluted the Commodore as he passed his ship, which was returned. On the morning of the 18th the storeships were cast adrift, the wind being fair for them. Onthe 2lst ult., ‘the steamers anchored in this harbor, having experienced Aorty hours of very heavy weather. On the 24th the two wtoreships came in. The steamers have relieved the gtoreship Supply of her cargo of coal; she is now taking bin ballast; she is to proceed to Shanghae for another load tof coal, and join the squadron in Jeddo bay. On the Sst ult., the Macedonian, Vandalia, and store- Ships Southampton and Lexington, loft for Jeddo. The Steamers leave on the 6th, The Saratoga is daily ex- “pected to join the squadron. ‘A party of officers have been absent for several days, Fes On examinations of some coal and iron ore ind{ca- ‘ound upon the surface of the ground. the 24th ult., Second Assistant Engineer Eli Crosby, of your city, died on board of the Susquehanna, 3 consumption. He was buried on,shore, with the usual jonors. I wish the Secretary of the Navy could be induced to wend a suitable sized steamer on this station. They all airaw too much water, and, comparatively speaking, sthece three steamers are entirely useless; it is impossible for them to get up to Canton or Amoy, and it is very Aifficult for them toget up toShanghae. The English ‘overnment have several small steamers on the station t can go anywhere. In the ports of the Chins coast | ‘and waters which are infected by pirates, the water is 80 Bballow that, were American ships attacked by them, | these steamers would be of no service, owing to their | greater draught of water, which would entirely preclude | “he possibility of going to their assistance, or pur- ping the pirates, OPENING OF JAPAN. [From the Overland China Mail, Feb. 25.) ‘We have very important intelligence from Japon, to dhe effect that the country will shortly be opened to the | mmerce of all the world. The visit of Commodore in July last, has no doubt hastened the event,which | bis return would probably have accomplished; but the | actual achievement is due tothe Russians, not to the Americans. While Commodore Perry deemed it the wisest course, after delivering the letter of the President of the United States in due form at Uraga, to allow six months to elapse before requiring an answer, Admiral Pontiatine, ‘Srithout dictating the place where he should hold inter- mourse With the Japanese authorities, wont as directed @o Nangasaki, and has succeeded in’ negotiating, appa- ‘rently without any sacrifice of national dignity, and with he sort of success which the world was more’ prepared | 20 expect from the practical republic than from the Rus- | pian autocracy. ‘According to the information we have received from an Buthentic source, some time after the Russian Admiral ntimated his presence and objects at Nangasaki, two | high officers arrived, and after entertaining him ats ‘east on shore, entered upon the objects of the visit in a Zriendly and even cordial manner. In substance, the; stated very candidly that the Japanese government, the earnest desire of foreign nations to hold inter- ‘course with them, and their own people being anxious 40 trade, it had boen resolved to open the commeree of Japan to all nations. In this spirit, all the ports of Japan wight at once be considered as open to foreign vessels uiring to refit or take in supplies ef wood and water; to avoid disturbances, the crews must not be allow- foland. This, however, ls only confirming what for- tcigners have already enjoyed, without always fairly sc. ay ‘iknow! . rd to cemmercial intercourse, the Jay ‘oficors , that after centuries of seclu- pion, some pre; was necessary, and a year must therefore ‘elapse before any treaty or privileges to trade Gould come into operation. ‘We have no doubt as to the aecuracy of this informs- tion, and are farther inclined to believe that a similar re- Bult might have been effected long by Great Britat had ever been fortunate couege to have ent: terests in this part of the globe to any one who steadily and exclusively to his own fortunes, obtain honors without deserving them. Dr. may = i insensible to either, bey tn? is less an any of his predecessors, or any Admiral we seen on the station, to overlook the opportunity of Achieving a lasting “cn for See st Seven years ago an ex; none ‘WAS pro- under Sir John Davis, but was considered of ~ ttle importance that Sir Thomas Cochrane preferred removing the squadron to carn head money in Berneo; ‘and the scheme was never resumed. Subsequently a ploop-of- war has visited Japan, but without any important rpore in view, or any one likely to accomplish ft. Our tercourse, in short, since 1808, the then Captain Pellew, 4n the Phaeton, “excited a fierce hatred in the minds of the ,”? having s.tendency to confirm rather than | Femove prejudices against our country. Now, howover, | that Ji is likely to be opened without aid, whether or not land may be excluded from the arrangements, ‘we trust those upon whom they devolve will enter into pach SS as shall best secure the true and en- larged interests of commerce with the least chance of oreating misunderstandings with the Japanose; and to that end ‘many of the one-sided and selfishly abused pro- ‘visions of the China treaties ought to be ayolded. ‘The Hastern War—The Latest Summary. {From the London Times, April ‘The ae given in Paris to the commanding officers of the British expedition to the Kast is alike honorable to ‘those who have offered and to those who have received these marks of courtesy and will. Throughout the ‘world, which looks w this alliance of France and as the bul of civilization and inde; the chivalrous politeness and military cordiality which ‘the commander of the British forces and the Duke of (Cambridge have met with from our French allies and SS will be placed among the happiest auspices of a it, and we shall continue to wateh 4 5s Fas, ali ze i ; ee | the allied flovts bavo wt lang | een ex) | property has not mended his caso by pouncing on the Kavarna—an anc! which we - cc cp the ect porios, for command of the the | Franee and land are on their way, and might cen Mie hare reachon Constantinople 'if they had | not been delayed on_ their we cannot | but think it is to be ited t the fleet should be weakened by even the temporary service of | the marines on shore, when it ought to be in complete readiness for expeditions on which that excellent corps would be indispensable. If the Russian army were | really in s condition te besiege Varna—which we do not suppose to be the case—what would be the condition of the fleet in the Black Sea if the marines were employed | in the defence of a vast line of fortifications? We sin- cerely hope this statement may prove to be incorrect, and on the vangoard of the allied army has alroady reached Turkey, it can, without further difficulty, pro- ceed to Bulgaria, if its presence is necessary there, There is, however, no reason to suppose that the Rus- sians are prepared for so rapid an opera’ and itis highly undesirable, if we can avoid it, to waste the strength of the European troops in small detachments. Perhaps one of the reasons which may have crippled the immediate and direct use of our forces against the enemy is the evident alarm entertained by the Ministera of the Sultan at the position of the government in Con- | stantinople. ‘The fanatical Mussulman party is irritated | by thediscontent of the Ulemas, and by the progress of those measures of reform which’ we, as Christians, hold to be not only just, but necessary. The Groek popula- | tion, on the other hand, is scarcely conscious of the | lnudable efforta made by the Porte and its allies to place their rights on a secure’ foundation, because their pas- | sions are unhappily aroused,, partly by the false | promises of Russia, but far moro the strug- | gle in which their countrymen are engaged from Thes- saly to the Adriatic. Under these circumstances, -it ms a most unwise and dangerous decision on the of the Divan to threaten rigorously to expel the subjects of the Greek kingdom from the capital with- in a fortnight. Such a measure is not commonly taken, and was not taken against the Russians even on & | declaration of war. But the Grecks in Constantinople | form a very numerous body—some natives of the Turk- ish islands and provinces, some subjects of King Otho, some citizes of the Ionian Isles. Though divided in their political allegiance, they are one in language, religion, e, and the attempt to expel 10,000 of them from | pital because they are alleged to be natives of the | | Hellenic kingdom, following the suspension of commer- | cial intercourse, which deprives the whole maritime po- pulation of Greece of their daily bread, is a measure cal- | culated to drive this people to desperation. On the side, therefore, both of the more violent Turks and of the | Christians, the condition of Constantinople is by no | means secure, Though not directly connected with this subject, we | cannot altogether omit in this place the last important intelligence which hasreached us from Berlin. We havo | already stated that s convention of mutual alliance bs tween Austria and Prussia was under negotiation, and had, perhaps, been actually signed. It seems, however, | th fore the conclusion of this treaty the Prussian | | government attemp(ed to intrude into it conditions and | fimitations. which aron Hess, the Austrian envoy, was | not authorized to adopt. He accepted ‘them, | however, ad referendum, in a separate draught, and Colonel Ruff was despatched with this com. | | munication to Vienna. ‘The Austrian government | immediately refused to accede to the Prussian | conditions, which are said to have been artfully | | contrived, so as to defeat the object Austria had chiefly | | in view—namely, the active union of the two German | Powers in the Kastern question. The military arrange- ments arising out of the proj convention have been | referred to a commission, with the Prince of Prussia at | its head; but, if we are not mistaken, at the very mo: | ment when Baron Manteuffel was making his appeal to the Prussian Chambors for the loan, on the ground of the strict union of the German Powers, he had as Foreign the conclusion of the convention with Austria, and whieh Austria herself has since rejected. He was, in fact, play- ing the game neither of Peussia wor of Germany, but of | Russia al , and the Emperor Nicholas, it seems, re- warded his faithful brother-in-law, Frederick William IV., by the endearing title of an “ Angel of Peace |”? Selzure of the Property of the English Am, bassador at St. Petersbu: 4 [From the London ‘Times, April {1:] ‘We fear there is no doubt of the melancholy and ridi- | culous fact, that his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all | the Russiaa, has seized and appropriated Sir G. H. Seymour's property at St. Petersburg. As the persons and property of ambassadors and others concerned in the political intercourse af nations have ever beon held sacred, such an act as that reported must raise the avest suspicions ai the sanity of our abtagonist. | | Everybody will remember the extravagances of the Em- | | peror Paul on a like occasion. That excentric personage, | after venting Jus spite against the English, nationally and | | individually, ‘in all sorts of ways, declared war, and | at once, without the usual warning, seized all tho | merchants’ ships then in the Neva, and, when two of them had managed to effect their escape, revenged him- self upon them by burning all the rest. Whether that will be the fate of Sir G. H. Seymour's house and goods, or on what pretence they have been selzed, contrary £0 the law and practice of the whole civilized world, we have yet to learn. There is something ao inconceivably petty in such an act, and so contrary to the customs, not | only of “gentlemen,’? but even emperors, and all civiliz- ed beings, that one naturally tries to escape from | believing it, by supposing some process of Russian | law with which Englishmen may be excusably an- acquainted. It looks, however, very like an act of revenge for the publicity given to the secret cor- respondence and confidential communications of the Emperor. But such a revenge must reeoil on its author, and the too ctant of @ ‘sick man’s’ goods and chattels of a departing ambassador. Possibly the Czar may think to pick up some papers that may | edify the world as much as the last little disclosure. It may be only a “temporary occupation,” or perhaps the Emperor seeks a ‘material guarantee” for the future | silence of the British Minister on the subjeet of his in- | terviews. Whatever the motive, or color, or form, or | pretence, it is @ most pitiful proseeding. ’ Europe will | only see in it one more instance of habitual appro- | priation, The regular practitioner in this line | takes nothing amiss that comes in his way, and will | pocket with equal pleasure a few thousand pounds or s cotton pocket handkerchief ; and the Emperor with the like professional spirit, can turn from tho oceu- | pation of provinces to the seizure of tables and chairs ‘and such other heavy. goods as Sir G. H. Seymour could not easily carry away with him: | Certainly this is bring- ing home to us the dangerous character of our neighbor- hood. Sometimes it is whiapered in s theatre, “Take gare of your. pockets.” game is the condition of Kurope just now. ‘There is a pickpocket among us.” Sir G. eeptonr har ean Restle oat robbed. The articles are indeed of very little value—more valuable to the | owner than they could be to an Emperor; but when men | are making war on the whole human race they no more care for the value of the booty than s sportsman does for the worth of the poor beasts, birds, or fishes he is so anxious to bag. The promptitude of the operation shows, beyond » | doubt, that the Emperor was prepared to act on the con- tingency. Such man is never taken by surprise. He knows what todo with an unguarded house as well as with a falling empire. In mercantile phrase, the Minis- ter's departure had already been discounted, and the Emperor enjoyed the property in anticipation. In this case there was nobody to consult, and, happily, no one to divide the spoils with. Nor, were there any embarrassing alternatives. je imperial house- | breaker has not been under the painful necessity of laying down beforehand what he would not | permit on the part of those whom he suspected | of competition for the prise. He has been under no | occasion to explain, ‘I will not permit tho goods to be | carried away. I will not permit the house to be sold; nor can I permit it to be oecupied bys tenant. One thing only will 1 permit—vis., that I may take it and its contents for as long s term as I think proper.” The | Emperor has been permitted on this occasion to go through all these alternatives in the privacy of his own mind, and this “secret correspondence” of an imperial | | housebreaker will never nee the light. But, on the other | hand, there is no disguise. There could be no pre- | tence of political neeessity, no fear of = dangerous | Emperor ' appears to havo Isid the property without more ado than if he bad found « purse on the roadside | and pocketed it. But we beg the Emporor’s pardon. We said that he made no public preparation for the seizure. id make s preparation, and that was his useal one. ie informed the world some time since, of course on the Word of a gentleman, that the property of Englishmen would be sacred at St. Petersburg Those unfortunate | Englishmen who still choose to remain within reach of | Sueimperial talons will know what is meant by sanctity when it is promised by an Emperor. In this country these matters are left to the universal rulos of interna- tional law, interpreted by our authorities. In Ruasia to this sccurity dded the “word of an Emperor,” and the value of that additional security may be seen in this instance, ‘The Military Union of France and England. (From the Paris Presse, April 13.} Thia event, at which the Duke of Cambridge ‘was pro- rent yesterday, was more a brilliant military ma- neuvre—it had # political importance, which did not es- cape the notice of any of the numerous spectators who tbronged the Champ de Mars. English uniforms mingling with French uniforms, were for every eye the visible sign of that strict alliance which the same feeling of dignity and civilization, and the same interest, has cemented betweon France and England—an alliance so much the more se- rious and durable that it does not result from those personal considerations, nor from those dynastic affinities which the slightest incident compromises and overturns, but reste on mutual agmpathy and on truly national Roltey, The presence of the officers has besides ‘the occasion of manifestations altogether ‘sponta- neous, which attest at the same time the progress and the justice of public opinion. The acclamations which broke out on their demonstrated in an undeniable manner that the union of the two nations is not less cor- dial than that of the governments. There remains at pro- sent nothing of the ancient prejudices which aroused such Uvely and snch deplorable passions between England and France. All the classes of monet each of these two great countries are well aware that France and land are, in the whole world, oo bed ane and the terested representatives ht, justice, and moral and material Progress; that they have the same t and the same interests to defend; that, in fine, as their contests have shaken all States, so their alliance confirms the general equilibrium, and lorn nations. The first effort alliance has for object to pro- the ambition of will also bave that more usefal glory which merit, rendered to humanity by the tri- umph of principles which insure universal Such were the sentiments and impressions whic yoameay ails ranks, at the same moment when they are about to un- derinke the supreme struggle of right against ipiquity, Minister, just put forward the conditions which deferred | y* and of the interest of all against the ambition of a single one. of a splendta pe 4 ‘was the appearance of the troops, however cent, but their bosribg. and that of the multitude of spectators, towards the Engleh. 2 received with courtesy no one could douvct, from the ex- quisite politeness and hospitality of the French. It was not, however, with mere iteness that they were greoted, but with marked and even affectionate cordi- ality. As the Duke of Cambridge passed along the lines, loud and constant cries of ‘Vive l’Angleterre! Vive le Prince Anglais !’? were raised both by soldiers and people, in copjuaction with the shouts of ‘‘Vive 1’Empereur!”’ and during the filing off these cries were again repeated with marked enthusiasm by both. The bands, too, of most of the regimenta, frequently played “God Save the Queen !” Amongst the pedestrians—that is to say, the lower and most numerous part of the spectators—tho friendly feeling toward the English was in fact so great ag to occasion surprise. ‘Which is the Prince ?”” “Which is Lord Raglan ?’’ were the universal inquiries, whenever the imperial cortege passed near; and whenever any good- natured fellow said, (with, by the Way, as regarded the Duke, a greater desire to oblige than, perhaps, his know. ledge of Bogliab social distinctions warranted.) ‘Voila, Lord Cambridge, le Prince Anglais—celui-la a cite de VEmpereur !’’ of. “Voila, Milord Raglan—eelut qui n’a qu’un bras !””—whenever such a reply was returned, up rose a shout of “Vive le Prince! Vivent les Anglais” One would have said, really, that “perfidious Albion’? had never existed in the imagination of the French, and | that French and English had been fast friends for ages! The Baltic and Black Sea Fiects. [From the Hampshire (Eng.) Advertiser.] These two fleets being now the chief objects of interest to the service and the eyes of the nation, we give their ‘amount and force, Which we collate from the most au- thentic sources:— THE BLACK SEA FLEET. Guns. Tons. Crew. power. Britannia, Captain Carter, flag of Vice-Admiral of the Blue, J. W. D. Dundas, C. B., Com- Horse- | Banshee, Lieutenant Comman- der Reynolds.......+..-2:5. 2 656 660 = 350 It will be perceived by the above statistics that there is a vast difference in character and power in the above fleet, compared with the North Sea armament, nearly all the large ships in the former being sailing craft, whereas in the fifty-five or fifty-six sail which will event compose the latter force, only half a dozen will be - ing ships. mander in Chief... 120 2,616 970 Trafalgar, Captain Greville... 120 2,694 970 Queen, Captain Michell 116 8,083 970 Agamemnon, Captain Sym flag of Rear Admiral of the White, Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart, G. C. B., K.C.H 91 3,074 820 600 Rodney, Captain Graham, 90 2,598 820 - ‘Albion, Captain Lushington... 90 8,083 820 — London, Capt grr ye 90 «2,591 820 - Vengeance, in ed- 4 sees 84 2,284 75000 Bellerophon, Capt. Lord George Sanspareii, Capiain S.C. Dacres 71 2,334 700 850 Leander, Captain G. St. Vincent ‘3 King 3 . 50 1,087 500 — | Arethusa, Captain Mends...., 50 2,130 500 — Diamond, Captain Peel. + 2% 1,064 20 — Retribution, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond... 21 1,641 800 400 Sidon, Captain Goldsmith 1328 800 560 Highflyer, Captain Moore ..... 21 1,168 230 250 Terrible, Captain McCleverty.. 21 1,847 300 800 Modeste, Commander W. H. Stewart..........-0000000: 18 662 175 — Tiger, Captain H. W. Gifford. 16 1,220 220 400 Furious, Capt. W. Loring...... 16 1,286 920 400 Frolic, Gommander Nolleth... 16 ‘511 120 — ‘Wasp, Commander Lord John Hayececescesseeseeerseeees We 970 160 100 Niger, Commander Heath 14 4018 170 400 Shearwater, Lieutenant mander Horton. 8 43 54 160 Apollo (store), mander George Johnson. 8 1,08 84 — Cyclops, Master Com. Roberts, 6 1,106 3820 820 Firebrand, Capt. Hyde Parker. 6 1,190 200 410 Sampson, Captain Jones 6 1207 200 467 Inflexible, Commande; plewoll.....+ +++. = 6 1,1% 160 878 Fury, Commander Tatham.... 6 1,128 515 160 | Vesuvius, Commander Powell. 6 ‘076 280 160 Ardent, LieutenantGrylf..... 5 800 65 200 Spitfire, Commander Spratt... 5 432 50 140 ‘iton, Lieutenant Commander H.Lloyd...eceesseesesseeee 8 060 65260 Antelope, Lieutenant Com- mander Young..........--- 3 649 65 268 Caradoc, Lieutenant Comman- der Derriman..........064-- 2 660 65 350 THE BALTIC FLEET. | Hlorse- | | Duke of Wellington, Captain of the fleet Michael Sey- mour, Flag Captain G. T. Gordon, bearing Vice-Ad- miral Sir Charles Napier, . B., G. C. KM K. 131 8,700 1,100 180 Royal George, j rington, . 121 2,616 «070-400 | St. Jean D’Acre, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel....... 101 3,400 900 600 Neptune, Captain Hutton. fing of the Rear-Aduniral of the White, BL. Corry... 120 705 #10 — st. rge, Captain Fy res, OC. Bee rrertesee 120 3710 810 Rrincess Royal, Captain Lord Clarence Paget........-.. 91 8129 850 400 James Watt, Captain George Flliot....sesssecessseaeee 81 8,088 820 000 Nile, Commodore ii. B. Mar- tin, C. B....0006 Sa | 2,598 820 500 Cesar, Capiain Rabb. 91 3,761 850 400 Algiers, Cuptain Talbot 91 3165 820 450 Hannibal, Captain the F. W. Grey, C. Bese. 2,765 820 450 Prinee Regent, Captain Smith, C. B... 2618 820 — Monarch, Captain 21236 750 Ceptain Jas. Ho 81 2,580 750 400 Cressy, : 81 2,587 750 400 Cumberland,CaptainSeymour 70 218% 625 — Boscawen, in Glanville 70 22138 650 — Hogue, Captain W. Ramsey. 60 1,750 660 450 | Asn aptain Warden...... 60 1,761 500 450 lenheim, Captain the Hon. F.T, Pelham............. 00 1,747 000 450 Edinburg, Capiain Hewett, fing of Hear-Admiral Chads, CBircecceresessreeees 58 1,772 600-450 Im use, Captain Watson, EBvcsesistracce ol See i Sen Euryalus, Capiain 8. Ramsey 51 2371 630 400 Arrogant, Captain Yelverton 47 1,812 480 360 ‘Amphion, Captain A.C. Key 34 1,474 320 300 Dauntless, Captain Ryder... 83 1,490 300 580 Tribune, Captain the Hon, S. T.Carnegie............+. 90 1,670 300 900 Eurydice, CaptainOmmanney 26 8 230 -— Leopard, Caytain Giftard, ng of Rear-Admiral of the Blue T. H. Plumridge... . 18 1,412 280 660 Odin, Captain F. Scott," 16 310 370 500 Valorous, Captain C. H. i. Bucklov.s...ssseevseeeees 16 1,855 920-400 Penelope, Captain Cafilin... 16 1,616 300 650 Magicienne, Raptain Fisher. 16 1,258 260 400 Miranda, Capt. E.M.Lyons. 14 1, 170 200 Cruiser,Commander the Hon. ugl 7 4 750 160 60 Archer, Capt id, te, 14 073-170-200 Desperate, Capt. D’Eyncourt, 8 1,100 175 400 Conflict, Capt. J. Foote 8 1018 175 400 Dragon, Captain Wilcox.... 6 1,270 200 560 Bulldog, Capt. W.K. Hall, 6 1,123 160 500 Vulture, Captain Glasse..... 6 1,19 200 470 Basilisk ander Hon. F. Egorton 6 980 «160 400 6 1,056 166 © 280 6 1,111 160 © 820 + 6 1,050 150 986 Gl Captain Broke... 6 1,190 200 430 Prometheus, Commd’r Rice, 5 800 160 220 Janus, Lioutenant Kane..... 4 700 75 220 der Otter. 4 405 = 60100 4 ah hining, Captain Sullivan for woteying service)... 3 206 §=50 100 ersare also prepsring, among them a number of small vessels, as gun and tow boats, such as Harpy, Jas- per, Pigmy, ‘&c. We cannot give a better insight into the difference in character of our | ee ships of the in the last war, than by the fieet over those emplo; their build, tonnage, armament, following comparison o and weight metal, instancing first-rates as the ex- ample :— @ 3 2°3 es Y ETERS ES ae ee F rors ee is *s, F § if Vieto 1768 } Wellington 1862 1854 181 90 600 %8 3,750 4090 Whe Position of Prussia. IMPORTANT DEBATB IN THB PRUSSIAM CHAMBERS ON The Second Chamber pre ented vet imated speo- Presented 9 ani tacle on the 8th inst., the debate on The oon ha at- listeners as to fillevery a ble 5 position itself, | might have a certain weight with the credulous before | stitute a revolution, it is not | adopt s sophistry of the specific party. | the Rhine, and to obtain | sand if England, full of Honor, os ares le military power of the kingdom activity, When I brought forward this de three weeks back, proof might possibly have been asked for the existence of such rs; to-day, when every news- paper brings evidence of the warlike commotion in which the mest powerful States of Europe are engaged, no further p is necessary, and the simple question lies before you—will you, gentlemen, in the midst of these dangers, grant the government the means of meeting them’ with energy, or will you refuse them? You are competent to both decisions. To your committee I have given information as to the progress of political events, and the attitude hitherto ob- served by Prussia towards them, with all possible ciream- stantiality and cander. Idid so with the full convic- tion that it might be done withont injury to the coun- try, and because would not withhold from you, gentle- men, anything that might have an influence on your voie, and because it was s very welcome opportunity for me to obviate erroneous representations and state- ments which were harrassing the country, and to place tho policy of Prussia in the right light, as an indepen- dent policy, directed from the very commencement to- wards a peaceful settlement of the conflict. 1 will not repeat what you haye already before you, printed in the report of the committee, but one fact I will now add, which I could not communicate to the committee, be- | cause I did not know it myself—it is this: that a fresh protocol has been to between the representatives of the Pour Powers in Vienna, one which attests their commu- nity of action on the basis hitherto observed, and that our | Minister there received orders two days back to sign the | game. The government desires, from the very out- | set of this- important debate, ‘to leave no doubt in what way it will understand the meaning of your vote. The government will look ona conditional or « deferred vote aa a refusal, for to attain its objects it looks upon being provided now with the ineans required as im- portant and necessary; and no less would the object of the vote demanded be defeatedby conditions and assump- tions, which would tie our hands just ata moment when it is most essential that we should keep them free. government cannot and will not make a policy for the future, because it considers such to be not to the advan- vantage of the country. If you do not trust the govern- ment, that it willat’ the right time rightly empley tho credit demanded; if you require undertakings for the future; if you determine on having other guarantees than the past and the present offer you—then, gentle- men, you have a right to answer ‘No’ to the demand of the government. I need not tell you, however, what an influence on the attitude of Prussia such a ‘No’ would have in the present conjuncture of European events. If it is otherwise with you, you will give us a hearty and powerful ‘Yes,’ asa proof that, however opinions and views may differ and diverge as to the questions of the bed roaching danger always finds Prussia at one with ereelf. Heer vor Vincxs spoke as follows :— ‘The question has its pleasant side, for # grave political question is discussed with this Chamber, whose right to meddle with polities, properly so called, has always been contested. It is true that thore are peremptory reasons for this, (Hilarity.) In recurring to the Menschikof mission, the orator proved that the religious question in Turkey was only the pretext, as it was formerly in Poland, where Catherine II. sup the dissentients in ordet to obtain the division. e revelations of the Anglo-Rus- sian correspondence have proved to all the world that the position is identical. It has beon said that the char- acter of the Emperor of Russia ought to inspire us with confidence. Gentlemen, I hi the greatest esteem for the character‘of that monarch. It is not true that he has acted with porfldy. He has always said what he wish- ed, and he has carried what he wished into execution. He addressed himself to England, whom he respected more. Since his accession to the throne he has neither been deterred by romantic sentiments nor by the ties of rela- tionship. (Sensation.) He has only been actuated by the consideration of the greatness and the power of his coun- V8 He has thus distinguished himself among his peers. (Kenewed sensation.) He wants to ponsoas the kaye of is house, as Peter {he Groat oxpreased it. No blame can be attach@® to him for this, according to Russian no- tions. But we, gentlemen, I think, have to censider our interests in a Prussian point of view. (Loud applause.) If Russia holds the keys of her house, if whe has taken pos- session of the Sound and the Bosphorus, she is not to do wo with, impenity. and you are Cpe ‘interested in op- posing her. you are a power jurope, you ought to these projects to the uttermost; iy you are there is the greater reason to aitach yourself to thote who will dafend | your weakness. (Prolonged sensation.) For, gentlemen, | who dees not see that, in connexio# with the most im: | portant European interests, interests peculiarly Prus- sian are identified? Tua res agitur, paries cum prozimus ardet, Russia is the most powerful neighbor of Prussia, and her terrirory touches upon ours. ia has long coveted onr eastern ions. In the meantime, she cuts | off the sources of our commerce. Russia was against us in | the war of byt ne ra In 1818 she wanted the eath of | | allegiance to be taken to her in the Eastern provinces. In 1860 she threatened us with war. It is known that an | influential in Russia wants to have the Vistula for frontier. Remember the saying of Frederick the Great: “Tf tho Russians get to Constantinople, in a woek after- wards they will be at Konigsberg.”” (Great sensation. Applause.) The ties of relationship are talked of, but I have too high an idea of our monarch to admit that he can sacrifice the interests of the country to considera- tions which have never impeded the Emperor of Russia. Religion is introduced by comparing the Czar to Godfrey de Bouillon, and the present war with the Crusades. That the revelations of the Anglo-Russian correspondence; but now all the world knows that the only point in question is the succession of the ‘sick man.” "(Shouts of laugh- ter and applause.) Besides, gentlemen, whe is ignorant of the persecutions to which Dissenters and the Ca- tholic and Evangelical religion in Russia are the peed Imprisonment snd Siberia await the Christian mi intolerance formed into aeystem. Czar ergo into the Emperor, and the Russian Church is ureaucracry of souls. (Prok fentation.) Others have placed Russia in op- position to revolution, while it is she herself who has al- ways excited revolution in neighboring countries—in Po- land, in Swoden, as at this moment in Turkey. Bosides, Russia bas had her own revolutions. Se bined con- necessary that kings should or by the guillotine, To represent bulwark against revolution is to (A laugh. 2 Jt is not the inspiration of good sense. Russia has been called the most ancient ally of Prussia. That is not so. ‘We have more ancient ces with land, with France, and with Turkey herself. And how has this an- cient ally treated us? In 1807 he profited by our miafor- tunes to apy te to himself a province. In 1815 he - Isatia from being again united to Germany. Im 18209 he wished to give the Bowrbdens the right Leng | Constantineple in eachange. | 1850 he tried to induce England to declare war as at present, refused todo so, itwas not the fault of our ancient ally, (ap- plause,) who, in the revealed correspondence, not even mention Prussia. And then, tlemen, can we Beg. the conferences of Warsaw, which broke heart | of the man (the Count Von Brandenburg,) whose place is | occupied by the present ident of the Council? (Deep | sensation.) The true policy of Prussia, therefore, ought | to tend to, emancipate us from Russia. If the govern- ment, before R crossed the Prath, bad red | against her, we should have had peaee at this moment. ls are no longer of use. A great Power ought to co-operate in the execution of that which she considers te be based upon right. Instead of this, Fon Ma goed the indir C* Europe, ¢ aghter,) carries pro no ot ‘pence asks yee what ivy intends do, by guaranteeing to that Power her Ii by prolonging e treaty of the 15th of ‘State of Frederick can do without Austrian direc- tion. (Hear.) However, I think that at this moment the interests of Prussia andAustria are identical; and it / is a matter of 001 ‘tulation that the nanimous Em- | ches Austria has at mt ee to draw Se spre: e Prussian government, wi opposing neutralit in fact in that posit and exposes the country to ton. potence. France and land cannot, in the long ran, be killed in open da: Rosai as the natural recognise Pruasian neutrality. The end of it will be to | drag us into a war with those two powers, and, supposing it to be succcasful, it will only turn to the profit of Rus- ala, who, in spite of that never forgive the want of sympathy exhibited as country towards her. The orator then discussed the question of credit, and review- ea the conduct of the government, the union of 1849 Schleswick-Holstein. We see always the same gen erage Re we PG Monel ed) nae | against « change o' re cannot vote the millions until the State shall be bound by a formal treaty to the Western Powers.’ (Applause. At five o’clock the debate , the recommendation of the committee and the motions of Voa Auerswald and Ey, 1851. \D call of ae ut seals oly offi ibject is, it is Hkely another mission may be sent over hore ef a somewhat nature to that sent some with weeks ago, and which probably will be attended the name result. Iam not able t give my noble the information he requires with respect or new convention signed between Prussia and Aus- trie, because that treaty has net been communicated to Her Majesty’s government. All I have learnt with respect to it is, that it proceeded from Austria to Prus- sia, and that it was carried by General Hess, but I do not et know whether it has been ratified or agreed to. | In Its caiciat form it has not been communicated to her Ma- esty’s goverment, and therefore I cannot afford the no- le lord any information on the subject. With regard to the fleets in the Black Sea, the last information received was, that the whole ef the cembined fleets wereat Ka- varna, even before the news was received of the Passage of the Danube by the Russian army. Asit was expected that the passage of the Danube might be attempted, the fleets moved to Kavarna, and we have received informa- tion to-day that the news of the passage of the Danube had reached the admirals, and that they have detached steamers in the direction of Kostendje to communicate with the Turkish military authorities. (Hear, hear.) I may add that we have no information of any Austrian troops having entered Servia. Some time since, how- ever, a communication was received from the Austrian government that the Austrian @armée on the fron- fier would enter Servia if the Russians crossed into Ser- via, or if there was a Servian insurrection, but that the intervention would be solely to maintain the status quo, and to uphold the authority of the Sultan, i Trade with Russia. TO THN EDITOR OF THR LONDON TIMES. €ir—I take the liberty of forwarding you the enclosed communication, received from Lord Clarendon, in answer to the following questions submitted to his lordship respecting the overland trado with Russia:— ‘When war is declared between this country and Ru will the purchase of Russian produce become illegal an liable to seizure in its overland transit via Prussia? Furthor—Will it be lawful for English merchants to urchase Russian produce from a subject of a neutral Btate, and would such purchases be liable to seizure and confiscation in their transit from such neutral State to this country ? Init, or is it not, an evasion of the blockade to recelve ‘overland via Prussia? ‘Trusting you will consider hia lordship’s reply to these questions of sufficient importance for insertion in your valuable journal, I am, sir, your obedient servant, "HENRY WESTON ELDER. Foraiax Orrics, April 12, 1854. Sm—I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to acknow- ledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th ult., in which, on behalf of yourself and other parties interested in the Russian trade, you request information on certain points connected with the overland trade with Russia, I am to state to you, in reply, that Russian produco brought overland into Prussia, and shipped at Prussian fort for this country, would be liable to seizure, unless t should be bona side neutral property, and that, al- though s British subject cannot trade with an enemy through s neutral, or make a noutral his agent for the purpose of such trade, it will be lawful for an English merchant to purchase Russian produce from a neutral subject resident or trading in a neutral State, and the goods so purchased would be safe in their transit from such neutral State to this country, provided the goods were bona fide the property of the neutral gt the time of the purchase. It will be cqually illogal for a British subject to trade with the enemy, whether he sends or receives the goods by sea or overland, and whether a blockade of the ene- may’s ports docs or does not exist. Tam, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, E. HAMMOND. a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MONEY MARKET. Tuurspay, April 27—6 P. M. There was 8 protty active stock market to-day. Atthe first board some of the fancies advanced a fraction, while others fell off. The market is very sensitive, and hardly holds one way more than twenty-four hours. A trifle inflates it and a trifle depresses it. An advance is imme- Aiately checked by a great rush to sell, and a decline is arrested by a general withdrawal of stocks. The bulls depend entirely upon good news to put prices up, and the Dears on bad news to put prices down. There are no cor- nering combinations going on on one side, or parties hea- vily short on the other. It is more # game of endurance among speculators now, and at present it is pretty evenly balanced. At the first board te-day, Delaware and Hud- son advanced 3 per cent.; New Haven Railroad, 4; Pennsylvania Coal, %; Cleveland and Toledo, %. New York Central Bonds declined % per cent; Reading Rail- road, %. Railroad bonds have lately been more active than usual, and prices have been pretty well sustained. ‘The coal stocks were in demand to-day, at prices current at the close yosterday. After the adjournment of the board the following sales of stocks and bonds were made at auction by A. H. Nicolay & Co. :— $5,000 Lyons (Iowa) Central Railroad First Mortgage 453; 10,000 do. do. do. lo. - 0 a 5,C00 do. do. do. do. 2 60% 4,000 do. do. do. do. + 62 8,000 do. do. do. do. a) 4,000 Rock River Valley Union Railroad do. + 28 9,000 Mansfield and Sandusky City do. 7035 3,000 do. do. do. do, 1 15% 2}000 Ghicago and Mississippi Second Mortgage... 60 1,000 Sacramento Ten per Cent.. 1 1B 2500 Cannel Coal Company of Virginia. a) 8 shares Buffalo, Corning and New York Railroad 25 do. Lyons (Iowa) Central Railroad 50 do. East River Bank., BES vi 101 BSS: 10 Ky Fulton Fire Insurance Company. Excelsior Fire Insurance Company. ry St. Nicholas Fire Insurance Company 2 Gas Regulator Company.........,.+++. 80 ‘The activity at the Mining Board continues, without material change in prices. Lindsay droops under a rumor that more new stock is to be issued, but we fancy it will not prove correct. A fresh issue of stock would kill the concern entirely, while there are many other ways of raising the amall amount of money now required to make the mine pay. The new board of directors can | hardly resert to so fatal an expedient. Ulster has de- clined 34, with large sales. The bids at the board were:— Bid. Asked. i 27 136 os n 10" x 6 100. i . bi W; ix on is ys rr ‘The receipts at the office of the Assistant Troasurer of ‘this port to-day—April 2%~wore, received, $147,836 74; paid, $50,597 62—balance, $8,809,179 52. The Second Avense Railroad Company have declared dividend of four per cent for the first four months; the Chatham Bank feur per cent, semi-annual ‘The City Comptroller is advertising for temporary loans, in sums not less than one thousand dollag, for which revenue bonds of the city will be issued, payable in six, Von Vincke had been thrown out, and the motion ef the ministerial there were four motions:—l. That pu’ forward by the committee for a recommendation which Thave of the Minister-Prosident is as nearly word as possible:— jentlemen—The government of his Majest; consequence of the great political ezeltoment have, in Manteuffel fraction, for unconditional grant of the vote of credit, passed. INTERESTING DEBATRS IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. In the House of Lords on the 11th of April, Lord Buau- Mont put several questions to Lord CLARENDON respecting the rey which had been circulated as to the inten- tions of Austria and Prussia, the recall of the Prussian Miniater, and the proceedings of the ficet in the Black ‘The Farl of CLaneepox.—My lords, I do fall justice to the forbearance of my noble friend, and I admit that he has in general carefully abstained from putting to Her Majesty’s government any questions that might lead to em! mont. I must sey, however, that on t) of mins 44 ar has for “pesos therto exercised (a laugh) by putti pg papell — diffic rf in answer- remem! - (Laughter. think first question of my noble friend\reterred to the protocol, whieh, agony bl gto | been signed, desires to have ~~ Now, that protocol was fore yesterday at Vienna, and PI le eg I character. It ls not ‘that which we originally desired, or that which Austrian Government agreed to in the form of a eonvention, but it has now assumed the form of a whieh my noble fri being circulated in which , in Loudon, and ybich, if it should prove true, as he has nine and twelve months. ‘The value of the exports from Boston during the week ending on Saturday last, was $127,105 56—of American gocda, &e., $87,029 27, and of foreign $40,076 29. The bulk of the exports was to the West Indies, Cuba and the provinces. The warrants entered on the books of the Treasury De- periment, Washington, on the 25th inst., were:— For the redemption of stock......... +++ $68,795 18 For paying other treasury debts, 1,114 70 For the customs. ae 82,305 85 For the War Department. seeeed For repaying for the Navy Jor the Interior Department,.. i f 3 2 F ‘TTT i fti= i . fork, rough a clearing house. K. Fuller, Cashier of the Merchants’ Bank, ww ‘York last week for the purpose of examining into the de- cirentation, ‘whalaver may be the dost of The London Times of the 11th inst. says:— ‘The advices from Russia continue to exhibit a total ab- sence of Fermmeat paper currency. "A id deterioration of the go- rable importance are » cotton dealer at St. Petersburg, has just £70,000, together with M. Jensen, also a Pe for about £40,000, while at Moscow the three firms S. Alexyeg, T. Mathias and ©. Kyber, the whore liabilities is not yet known, Lave likewisevenrtage ed. At Riga the weather was mild, and the ice was ex- ted to break up about the 7th of this month. Several veascls had arrived, and some of them would be likely to take away cargoes. At Revel, also, it was ex; some exports vould'yet be made. Purchases of ‘allow hemp, &e., were in progress at St. Petersburg, to be sent Prussia and shipped via Memel. It appears from a Parliamentary return just issued, that the capital and loan authorized for the construction of railways in the United Kingdom of Great Britain amounted in December, 1861, to £361,428,484; the amount authorized by acts passed in 1862 was £4,338,884, and by increase in several returns, £1,792,887; total, £367,664,609. From this sum is deducted £10,944,218, being the amount of reductions made in the above by Sots passed in 1852, and by warrants for the abandon- ment of lines, &., leaving the total at the end of De-. cember, 1852, at £356,610,465, showing « decrease in the ameunt authorized of £4,817,992, as compared with the amount sanctioned up to the end of December, 1861. The amount raised [by shares and loans to the end of De- cember, 1852, was £264,165,680, and up to the end of De- eember, 1851, £247,766,687, showing that the sum of £16,398, 903 was raised for railway purposes during the year 1852. At the end of 1852 the various railway com- panies retained power ¢o raiso £92,624,078, which, added to the ameunt then raised, made the total £356,790,668, being £180,202 in excess of their Parliamentary powers. The total length of railways open for traf- flo at the end of 1852 was 7,836 miles, of which 1,428 were single line. The length of line im course of construction was 785% miles, leay- ing 3,806 miles authorised, but not commenced, on the 31st December, 1852, making the total length autho- rized to that date, 11,878 miles. The length of line and branches belonging to the various railways for which the powers of the compulsory purchase of land had been al- lowed to expire without the exercise of such powers, at the end of 1852, was 2,248% miles, out of 8,147 miles. ‘The amount of capital authorised by Parliament to be raised for the construction of the 2,248% miles was £A2,280,825. It appears that 972 miles of new railway were, in the session of 1858, authorized to be construct- ed, and 169 miles sanctioned in former sessions to be abandoned, leaving the increase in the authorized mile- age, previously to 1853, 803 miles. The amount of capi- tal authorized to be raised om shares in 1853, was £11,- 858,740, and by loan £4,158,862; but from these sums are deducted £384,300 of share capital, and £2,875,406 of loan, being the reduction, in capital and loan, authorised in former sections by acts passed in 1853. The increase of capital and loan over the amount aut*orized previous- ly to 1858 was, in the session of 1853, £11,010,540 om shares, and £1,788,455 on loans; together, £12,793,895. The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value of certain articles exported from this port during the week ending and including Saturday, April 22, 1854, dis- tinguishing the destination and extent of shipmenta to each place :-— Commence or Tam Post or New YoRE—WEEKLY Exporws. 10) 38, aeegesse ws Fy 29. £3 is 2 LIVERPOOL. Cotton, bales?,007 $96,326 Corn, Bush.66,014 41,852 Books, Rosin, bbls. .3) rye ee ;| Shegeess 200 “e ry Skins, .. 14 6,020 8,114 Whaleb’o,1b20,768 48 203 «Lard, Ibs...11,432 4,100 Lose 1 2 380 2 8s 2 ee 2 2 180 18 62 50 iss We ware, pug 211 '. ware, pkgs 211 4 Fie pve 19 5 cases 30 198 300 Grpoer meet Or 6,074 BW GRANADA. Rice, bbls.... 146 $1,581 Guns, cases.. 3 $156 Flour... 100 '789 Soap, boxes.. 45 206 toes 190 Brandy, gals. 4,816 3,133 A 2,086 * oT3 356 oo oe 1948 566 200 268 cy e207 A 168 360 y 210 Books. J ~ \. | aa Pre tty 5 é a 1) AROS, oe Su breeds ps, 260 oe Mf. to., Tbs.65,067 1 ie. os ‘same BOWL ose ddI ye 33eheded g seregeee Siaseerterioss isa Usate HEE i ‘This is rather a sorry shew, and but for the bulk of our exports {going forward from other ports the prospeot a