The New York Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1855, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 6826. THE NEW YORK HERALD. MORNING EDITION—SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1855, — — PRICE TWO CENTS. ——— ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. NINE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. - HIGHLY IMPORTANT NBWS THE WAR. “The Vienna Conference Broken Up and Dispersed. “SEBASTOPOL BOMBARDED, BUT NOT TAKEN The New English Loan Taken by the Rothschilds, SERIOUS DECLINE IN CONSOLS. NEW TAXES PROPOSED IN ENGLAND, TERRIBLE WAR TO WAGE ALL OVER EUROPE. Zouis Mapoieon to Fake Command of the Allied Army. Magnificent Reception of Louis Napoleon and Eugenie in England, ‘The Second Exposition from the French Emperor. INTERESTING FROM SPAIN, &., &., &. ‘The Collins mail steamship Atlant®, Capt. West, has ‘trrived. She left Liverpool on Moray, the 23d ult,, at 3% P, M., and reached her pier at0on yesterday. ‘The Londom Chronicle in notitng the arrival of the -Atlantic out, om the 19th ultia0, says:—The Atlantic owas detained on her passage of thirty-six hours by the mecessity of mating good sce defect in her machinery. ‘The Asia arrived at Li¢rpool, noon of Sunday, the 224. She was detxined tree hours off the bar, entrance to the Mersey, for wan/0! water. ‘The Vienna Confere® Was broken up after its twelfth session, Russia atue}tely refusing to assent to the pro- sposals of France an England. ‘The Emperor Neleon, accompanied by the Empress Bugenie, had bee sit the week in England, and they be 3 new Brith loan is for £16,000,0¢0 sterling, and was taken bye Bothechilds at £100 ia consols and 14s, 6a. It ig § the bape of an annuity, terminable in cohen 8 taxes on incomes, spirits, tea, coffee, sugar ‘end stays are proposed. At ix Sported that England assents to Louis Napoleon of the allied army. It was, howerer, rega*d as doubttul rumor. qqere are strong indications that Austris will refase tot against Runsix, Zora John Ressell and M. Drouyn ce |’Hays had left /ienna. ‘The general bombardment of Sebastopol, from 500 commenced oa the 9th, and continued incessantly, Dut up to the 16th an assault had not been practicable. It was the intention to storm the place if possible. ‘The allied fleets were in line of battie before Sebas- A Russian lady bas becn captured at Sebastopol, mak ing drawings of the French trenches. She will be sent to Malta. She said her husband, named Boninoff, wa Killed at Alma, and she had since acted as voluntee. re nbioleaat Ali notifies the Turkish government that he ‘thas put down the Kurdish insurrection; has killed 1,400 and taken 500 prisoners, Rhodes and Sinope are to be fortified. ‘The annual carevan of pilgrims was about to set out from Constantinople for Mecca. M. Ducos, Minister of Marine, of France, died at Paris on the 7th. Admiral Hamelin succeeds hfm. An admiralty investigation, held on the recent collision of the English ship of-war and the A nerican ship George Hurlbut, exomerates both parties fronMblame. The Hur!- Dut is refitting at Portsmouth. Mr. Layard was entertained by James Baines & Co. at @ banquet on board their new clipper Donald McKay, at Liverpool, om the 21st. ‘The Limerick Chronicle (Ireland) of April 21, has the & g fe, with’ fifty-si e ship Jessie, ix peteeaten att toe alsatoee Seat. thus vessel ts capable tot ‘aocommodating five hundred, but the Know Nothing faction in America, has deterred many from leaving America. ‘The captain of the Boston packetship Enoch Train was fined £10 by the Liverpool police magistrate for shipping ‘ive passengers mare than the legal number. The Liverpool cotton market was steady, at previous gates. The sales of the nine days amounted to 70,000 pales, including 19,000 on speculatioa and for export. Provisions algktly advanced. ‘Wheat and flour were quiet, and rather lower. Corn ‘plightly advameed. Western Camal flour 398. a dls. ‘White wheat Ile. 64, a 12s. 24, White corn 42s, a 42s. 64. Consols had deetined to 8934 for money. Our Ltverpool Correspondence. Liverros, April 25, 1855. The New English Loan Taken by the Rothchilds—Oritical Qundition of England, ‘The most impertant news which the steamer will take out relates to the present reduced condition of England in her war of aggression against Russia. A loan for £16,000,000 has Leon decided on, and taken by the Roths- childs upon « busts which values the consols in reality at only 80, Thirty years annuity at par, with « premium - of 14s. 6d. upom the three per cent loan, is equal to 314 ) ‘per cont—reduces the ‘‘par’’ to 80. Here is a result lit- ‘tle anticipated, even by the most confident, and the sud- Gen decline im camsols, which you will note, is but the vfirst step im the severe trial through which the govern- ment must soom pass. The great free trade policy - wf Sir Robert Peet ia yielding to the necessity of revenue, and increased texetion, direct and indirect, touching every man’s pocket, and affecting the commercial and industrial interests of the nation, will soon heap a new ~pational debt om the country, #hile its progress will be checked and capecity impaired. So much for a contest which has beem one round of defeats—one constant failure. « Every possible scheme is taken up to produce imme inte relief. Anmuitios sold by the government broker 4n the morning are cuddenly taxed by the government in tthe evening; and, efter all, the question which should ‘have been first acked—‘‘Can England and France conquer Bassia?—ie in ewocy one’s mouth. If they cannot, why Jnvade the territery of the Czar? Why attempt an im- Tt wea once said the English could perform any thing but an imposmbility, aud the same high au- ‘thority declared the conquest of America an impossi Dility, When Sebastopol and Cronstact are taken, when 8t. Petersburg aad Moscow are in ruins, and when Po- - Jand is reorgazized asa nationslity, the war will have Just commenced. fn the mesmwhile not a stone in either tthe Baltic or Bleck seas has been turned, and the new Joan bas been given practically at 80, cash! \} Our Madrid Correspondence. Manan, April 12, 1855. ‘The Bx Route for CubamThe Settlement of the Black Warrior Affair—The National Militia Law— Important Mocement—The Church Land Question ia Spain—Baniskment of the Bishop of Osma—Threatened Coup @ Etat—The New Constitution, dc., de. Tecan tell you nothing of Cubs, as you will be better ‘informed than us on this subject, as we receive our n ‘“@hrough the United States, It is certain that up te the the government have no official news of the ‘Presentgime Bevulh of the tein! of tne conspirators, he only [tog which can be of interest to you, will be to know exactly the state of the force which they can count upon in the Island. There are veteran troops, infantry and cavalry, 15,000 men, to which may be added 1,000 of the Catalan regiment, which have passed from Porto Rico to the Havana; 2,000 negroes, whom the government have authorized the Captain General of Cuba to enlist; they have armed the militia according to 1, & body of Gal- legos—soldiers who have served out their time; a bat- talien of marines, which left Cadiz the 12th of March; they have enlisted 790 recruits, who sailed at the same time for the same place. and with the 6,000 conscripts whe will leave in May, the drmy in Cuba will consist, according to the hopes of the government, of 35,060 men of all arms and all colors. Leave out 5,000 men who will not come up to roll call for any of the thousand rea- sons which operate in Spanish and Cuban affairs, and youmay takg the number of 30,000 men as the true eflective force in Cuba, on the Ist of June next. With respéct to the Black Warrior question, although there are some journals opposing it and speaking im their way, the good sense of the country is in favor of a just and amicable reparation, which we know to have been already accorded by our government to the Charge d’Af- fairs of the United States, Mr. Perry, and it is to be hoped that as soon as the Minister of State receives favorable news from Washington, and communicates it to the Cortes, the matter will be terminated to the eatis- faction of both countries. The Cortes last night voted the project of law con. cerning the national militia, but with some amendments, The history of this project is ag follows:— On the 26th and 27th of March some commandants of the militia held various consultations, with the view of demanding the removal of three of the ministers. The government, alexmed at a movement which had for its object to eppose the determinations of the crown, and interyose between it and the Cortes, presented this pro. ect of law, by which it asked that the national militis should not be allowed to discuss, deliberate or make re- Presentations upon political affairs, nor anything else except subjects relative to its own organization. Since the presentation of this project of the government con- elderable agitation has been noted in the public mind, in the belief that some contretemps might occur; but it has been approved of in spite of the opposition of some chiefs af the red republicans, or rather diaturbers of the public peace, who went about exciting the minds of the thousands who surrounded the palace of the Deputies. Amongst the various bishops who have memorialized the Cortes against the project of release of lands from mortmain, civil and ecclesiastical, the Bishop of Osma bas distinguished himself by his improper, nay, violent language, threatening even the deputies who should go for the law, to deprive them of the right of Christian burial, The government asked for this memorial from the Cortes—called the Bishop to the capital, and re. quested him to appear before the ecclesiastical tribunal end unsay the scandalous expressions he had used. The obstinate Fitiog refused to do anything, and the '. ernment ordered him to depart for Cadis, with the {dea of sending him to the Cansries if he persisted in his negative. The Nuncio wished to intervene in this business in favor of the Bishop, but as his intervention did not bring about whe ret: their determination will ie exact, » and the Bishop will be banished, without the individuals com, that secret and furious society known as the Exterminating Angel, being able to stop it, nor to assiat their worthy brother the beapasy who belongs to it. as do all the apostolical party and the partizans of Don Carlos. For some time past the papers have bees epeaking of & protest of the Pope's against the seoond aso of the new constitution, (that relative to religious worship, ) and the law of releave from mortmain; but it is certain that such @ protest bas not this government. What is certain is, that fr. Pacheco, our ambassador in jome, has writ! he government saying that little could be hoped for from the Pope in regard to the issue of negotiations favorable to a liberal reform of the con- cordate; and that what we should do is to go on with the release from mortmain, and thus gain time, for Rome, which is always the sume, will follow her custom of con- forming to facts already consummated, and never con- ceding what is asked of her by way of favor. Andnot to eave o aubjecta, I will tell you also that, a ‘ew days since, a nun, known aa Sister Patrocinio, was banished. For manyeyears this nun has been mak- ing a sensation 5 some which appeared upon her, lke those San Francisco, which some crack- brained fools regardedas m raculous. Proceedings were taken against thia woman years ago, and the trick was discovered. Science cured the ulcers of this female fa- atic, who lent herself to everything required for, their ends by the secret society of the Exterminating Angel. Jn thene few days pust the government has realized « Joan of forty millions of reals, or two millions of dollars, in different parcels, by means of different contractors, at the interest of 9, 93, 10 and 1034 per cent, with guaran- tee of scrip of the three per cents, at the rate of 25 of their nominal value, in place of 234, which is the market value of the day. This negotiation, the conditions of whieh are not very advantageous, allows the govern- ment nevertheless, time to get out of its present difficul- tien, and wa't for the release of mortmain. partisans of Don Carlos, wMo, but a short time since, attracted the attention here of all the world with their supposed resourées in men and money, already begin not to inspire fear in anybody. ‘The conspiracies Giscovered in Pamplona and other places, demonstrate clearly that they have not the means at their disposal of srousing the ogni and making a successful cam- paign. On the other side, they have allowed the oppor- une moment to pass, fcr with more or less work, the liberal party is consolidating and the government acquir- ing strength—and thus the conscription enlisted by the Cortes of 25,00 men is proceeding tranquilly in all parte —the contributions are paid, matinous movements re- yrensed, order in the provinces is preserved. E with ‘the discas- The Assembly will occupy itself sion of the new constitution, whose bases gen- eral will be favorable to the democratic spirit conciliated with the monarchical institution, which the countr; and the Cortes have ized. In general, althoug! the government is attacked by different classes of ene- mies (moderados, absolutists, democrats and the par. til of the try destroyed by the revolution in July tast,) with all, it it is able by sueans of the reloase from the project, and of the balancing of the estimates, to extinguish the floating dept and regulate financial matters, it may consolidate its existence. VISIT OF THE FRENCH £MPEROR AND EMPRESS TO ENGLAND, Our London Correspondence. , Lonvon, Friday, April 20, 1855, Arrival of their Imperial Majesties in London—Their En- thusiastic Reception by the Populace—Grand Banquets —Reviews—Investitures—Municipal Ova tions — Court Uoncerts—Operatic Receptions—Speeches and Addresses in Honor of the Imperial Visiters—Return of the Impe- rial Party to France. Whilst the clouds in the political horizon are hurrying on to a storm—whilst the cannon of a second bombard- ment are booming and crashing at Sebastopol—all Lon. don appears topsy-turvy with excitement, and every bel- fry is ringing merry peals in honor of the Emperor Na- poleon III. and the Empress Eugenie. From the moment they landed on the shores of Great Britain, their recep- tion has been an uninterrupted ovation. I saw thom make their entrance into London. The whole city was out; s bright and positively hot sun shone on the gay scene. The streets were even more crowded than on the occasion of the funeral of the Duke of Wellington; and Hyde Park, from Apsley House to the sailway station, was one dense mass of elegant equipages, gentlemen and ladies on horseback, and pedestrians of every class, and size andage. Through the streets of London, through the Park, one continuous cheer greeted Louis Napoleon and Eugenié. The latter was elegantly and plainly dressed; her small classical face was somewhat pale. By her side sat Louis Napoleon, and opposite to them Prince Albert, in o field marshal’s uniform. From Dover, where they were met by Prince Albert, they came up by special train to Bricklayer’s Arms station, where the royal carriages were waiting; they then drove through London to the Paddington station and on to ‘Windsor Castle, where the Queen received her Imperial guests. For the details of the ceremonials 1 must refer you to the court newsmen, and will simply describe what Imyself witnessed. The reception was im every respect enthusiastic, and there was a proud look of triumph in the eye of Louis Napoleon which was natural enough. How often bad he not strolled through those same streets an exile, snubbed by the very courtiers now most obsequious in bowing so low to him; not even ad- mitted Into our best society; by some styled » parvenu, by others a madman—avoided by many as a dangerous acquaintance. Louis Napoleon has gone through a hard school of experience; he has learned to know the valne of mankind, and he has acted accordingly. He shot down his own loyal subjects on the Boulevards to insure the success of his coup d'état; he formed an alliances with England because it was the wisest step he could take to consolidate his power. His brother would not recognise him—they searcely tolerated the clect of the French people. In vain he aued for a Ger- man princess for a bride; he then married « lady mot of royal birth, now the guest of our most gracioun Queen. Lows Nopolorn bern the gyert of Queen Yintoria te sbow to the world that France and England were deter- mined to act together. On Wednesday I took a run down to Windsor. There was to be a stag hunt anda review. Hundreds of well mcunted gentlemen assembled, but there was such an accumulation of carriages, carte, gigs, vans and pedes- trians that the hunt looked more like a race course than anything else; moreover, as neither thy Empsror nor Prince Albert made their appearance, it broke up. Seeing an immense crowd round the White Hart, (which isthe best uotel at Windsor,) I found the Lord Mayor and » whole bevy of Aldermen, covered with gold and tinsel, in gingerbread looking carriages, with green velvet and gold Jace liveries. My Lord Moon—it sounds funny, but it is nevertheless true—had been paying a visit to the nising sun of France, An address was presented, and » gracious reply received, and the Moon, surrounded by a small constellation of city stars, drove back to the good city of Lordon elated with the gracious reception given to them by the parvenu Emperor. Of course the Moon will be knighted or baronetted, or get the Legion of Honer—certainly he expects a gold snuffbox with the imperial cypher ia diamonds. Moon is, however, a libe- ral publisher and a very good fellow, so may his suadow never grow less; but it is high time these tom-fooleries should be done away with. Leaving the Moon and suite imbibing ale at the White Hart, I turned my steps vowards the Castle, and having entered the inner court, just under the mighty keep or dopjon on which fluttered the flag of England’s Queen, I was just in time to see the royal party start for the review. In the large court, the horses prepared for the Emperor and his suite, and for Prince Albert and his staff were being walked about each led by a groom. Noble animals of the purest blood. Louis Napeleon’s favorite chesnut charger (Philips) sur- passed them all in symmetry and shape. The Queen and Empress entered an open char-d-banc and four, and two or three other char-d-bancs and four, with the royal children and ladies of honor, fol owed. The Emperor rode between Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge. A bridffant staff, in which Lord Cardigan was conspicuous in his huasars’ umform, accompanied them. They can- tered down the noble avenue in advance of the Queen, and I soon lost sight of them in the distance. The Queen seemed in a particular good humor, she was laughing and smiling, and the Empress seemed equally pleased, both bowing repeatedly to the assembled spectators. Re- views cre slow things and I have seen many of them, so I followed the dictates of nature, and with a friend just returned from Sebastopol, strolled back into the town to get some food. Fearing lest Moon and his aldermen, whose appetites are proverbially voracious, should have cleared off everything, we turned into the ‘‘Castle,”’ next door to the White Hart, where we learnt that Windsor had been brillant}y illuminated the evening before. The aun was setting as we left, and the noble castle stood out in majestic splendor, the shining Thames’ glistening like.a belt of silver, below which in the distance we could discern the celebrated Runnymede, where King Joho was made to. sign the Magna Charter. And above waved the banner of the kings of Engiand, and that night it fluttered over the chief ofa nation regarded once as the born foe—now the sworn friend—of England, We found London all a stir on our return, flags were being hoisted on every steeple ; tri-colors, Turkish and English fiags ; barriers and seats to see the procession were being erected, and it was clear the morrow was to be a holiday. Placarded on every wall and available place was an immense document, with letters six inches in lergth, and bearing the signature of “ Moon,” re- questing'all Englishmen to give a hearty weleome “to the ally of our Queen.” ‘Thursday was s lovely day, and from 10 o’clock in the morning, the whole population of the good city of Lon- don was on foot. Th shops closed, the streets became impassable. Moon did the honors of Guildhall te the imperial guests, who are now lodged in Buckingham Palace. After the affair at Guildball, the Emperor re- paired to the French embassy at Albert Gate, where he received the corps diplomatique. In the evening London was brilliantly illuminated, and the dense masses of people rendered every strect impassable for vehicles. The Queen and Court proceeded in state to the Italian Opera House at Covent Garden. It was reported during the day that a Frenchman had been arrested who had attempted to fire at the Emperor. The whole of the affair is, that some unfortunate exile attempted to throw a petition into the Emperor's car- ringe as it passed. ‘The ecene at the Opera House, Covent Garden, is de- scribed as brilliant in the extreme. Fourteen boxes in the centre of the house, on the grand tier, had been thrown into one for the royal party. Queen Victoria wore her crown of diamonds, The Empress, as you may imagine, was the point de mire of all the opera glasses. Having been asked the moderate price of twelve guineas fcr a seat in the pit, and considering the bore of putting on a white tie and superfine kids, I did mot honor ‘‘Fide- lia’? with my presence, ro your lady readers myst look te the Court Journal and Morning Post, tor the exact dercriptions of the lace, flounces, and diamonds of the Empress and her dames of honor. Coiffures a l’Eagenie, will be all the rage next week. Louis Napoleon wore the garter, just conferred upon him, tied round his leg by the Queen’s own hands. ‘‘Honi soit qui mal y pensv.”’ To-day, the whole party go to the Crystal Palace, at Sydenham, where the crush will be awful. ‘To.morrow they return to Paris much pleased, doubt- less, with their reception. It is generally reported that the Queen will shortly return the visit and be a guest at the Tuileries. In fact, I hear that the apartments are being prepared for her reception. Tpring the whole of the imperial visit, we have had a cloudless blue sky, a warm sum and gentle breezes. May the omen be propitious for peace. Tenclose you the second article from the Monifeur, on the expedition to the Crimea. It needs no comment, Tt announces the firm intention of the Western Powers to prosecute the war, unless an honorable peace is granted. In his speech yesterday, at the Guildhall, the Emperor made the same observation. In reply to the city address, the Emperor spoke as fol- own Mr Lord Maror—After the eordial reception I have experienced from the Queen, nothing co affect me more ly than the sentiments towards the Empress and myself to which you, my Lord Mayor, have given expression on the part of the city of London; for the city of London represents the available resources which a world: wide commerce affords both for civilization and for war. Flattering as are your praises, | accept them, because te: Cogs adéressed much more to France than to myself; they are addressed to a nation whose inter- ests are to-day everywhere identical with your own; (loud applause;) they are addressed to an army and na- vy united to yours by an heroic companionship in dan- ger and in glory; (renewed applause;) they are address- ed to the policy of the two governments, which is based on truth, on mod thy and esteem for the English that I aye My a exile, loud and rolbred ptt while I en- joyed here your ; and if Ihave ed in accordance with my convictions, it is that the interest of the nation which has me, ne less than that of universal civilization, has made ita duty. In- ceed, England and France are naturally united on all the great questions of politica and of human progress that agitate the world. From the shores of the Atlantic to thone ot the Mediterranean—from the Baltic to thi Black Sea—from the desire to abolish slavery, to our hopes for the amelioration of ali the countries of Europe—I see in the moral as in the po- = wee ber two wns, f3 Ue one end. (Applause, then, on! by uaworthy considerations and pitiful rivaleies that our union could be dissevered. If we follow the dic- tates of common sense alone, we shail be sure of the fu- ture. (Loud applause.) You pod et in int my presence among you as a con’ of my commie co-operation io the propentions war, if we in an honorable peace. elause.) Should we alt difficult may be great, we may surely count on a successful re- sult; for not only soldiers and ere len thelr superiority it ir beca rein the re au re are van of all guaerowe and palightencd tlses, "Tass all who suffer cle whi presents, w! virtue on the Girects the destinies of a country under the empize of « liderty without danger to its grandeur. THE POLISH ADDRESS TO THE EMPEROR. ‘The following address to the Emperor of the French was presented by the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland :— fram—Amidst the universal voice of congratulation which bas hailed the suspicious visit of Biiore ene ong wogess amor ou Yvered TT reign, we chould not have sought to eddress these words of welcome to your Imperial Majesty if we had not be- Leved that, inthe principles which we have sought to maintain #04 labored to disseminate, there resides the power of rendering noo that strict alliance and cordial amity which happily supsist between the twe great Western Powers, Your Im; Majesty has already declared, in words which mark a new epoch of European history, ‘that the time of con is irrevocably past, and that itis not by extending the limits of its terri that » nation can hencef honored and powerful; it is by placing itself at the head of gen:rous » by making every- where to prevail the empire of right Mes justice.’ Such are the words which your Im Majesty has inscribed on the united standards of France avd Bog- land. They are words of hope for the oppressed, and of repose for the worid, It is not, sire, our design to urge their immediate application to @ nation which, as the statesmen of all countries and of all political creeds have , has been the victim of ipjustice the most tia- grant and perfidy the most foul. We await, however, with confidence the hour when Europe, awakeaing to the fearful retributios oy which such crimes, when unredreased, are inevitably visited, will seek to avert the punishment by repairing the wrong which she has perpetrated or permitted. To save from impending ruin a nation which, though separated by its faith from the European family, yet pousesses noble qualities that command our admiration aaa sympathy, is a righteous work that hallows the alliance by which it has been effected; but to raise trom the dust a people professing the same religion with ourselves, once the geverous Shanaine of western civilization, and still possessin, ol us traditions which lie at its besis, this wou'd be an &chievement that would bind ther the powers that unite in its Sccomplishmen! by a link that cent would have no power tosever. This would be not to inaugurate but to establish empire of right aid justice on a firm and enduring basis. fe have the honor to be, sire, with profound respect, Imperial Majesty’s most humble and obedient ser- vants. On behalf of the Council of the Literary Association of the friends of Poland. BREADALBANE, Vice Presideat, W. Luorp Brexuxck, Honorary Secretary. i Susnex-chambers, Duke street, St. James's, London, \pril 19, THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. Among the many romantic incidents that have marked the life of the Emperor Napoleon IiI., not the least ex- traordinary was his marriage with the beautiful and ac- complished lady lately the guest of the Queen. The course he took in this respect was distinguished by the same boldness, self reliance and originality that have characterised the chief events of his carcer. In his ad- dress to the Senate and Legislative body announcing the choice he had made, he sketched, in a few master) strokes, bis motives and inducements. “Ihave preferred, he said, “the woman whom I love and whom I respect to one who is unknown, and whose alliance would have had advantages mixed with sacrifices.” In taking this course the Emperor at least avoided the rock on which his uncle wrecked bis fortunes; and, although there were not wanting enemies who censured him for not having married the daughter of some soldier prely Frezch in origin, the mass of the people r-cognized in this abandonment of the customary royal alliance a new tie binding them to their ruler. ‘The Empress Eugenie, in all respects but her not of some. reigning royal house, is in every way fit to fill the place the occupies. ‘‘she who has been the object of my preference,” said the Emperor, on the occasion al- ready referred to, “is of cistinguished birth. French in heart, by education, by the recollection of the blood shed by ber father im the cause of the empire, she has, ase |, the advantage of not having in France a family vo whom it might be necessary to give honors and fortune.’’ In respect of her origin and snoestry, indeed, the Empress Eugenie may claim to rank with ¢ est and noblest of Europe. Her great-grandfather, on her mother's side, was Kirkpatrick, of Conheath, in Dumfriesshire—a gentleman of large landed property. Bis son, Mr. Willism Kirkpatrick, ‘went to Malaga, as British Consul, and there married the daughter of Baron Grevenne, His elcest daughter, Maria, married the Count de Montijo.;and of this marriage the Empress was born. The Kirkpatrick family is of great antiquity in Scotland, and various members of it figure in the bloody recorca of that bn inca It is, however, on the father’s side that the ancest: of the Empress are the most jilustrions, As Countess Teba, she is a grandee of Spain, and to tn cient and illustrious house of Guzman, which dates from the very foundation of the Spanish monarchy. Among her ancestors was the famous Alonzo Perez de Guzman, surnamed ‘‘El Bueno,”’ who, in 1295, so heroi- cally defended Tarifa against the Moors. had taken prisoner his son, and threatened to kill him before bis fatner’s eyes, unless he yielded, From the ramparts ring to exeeifte their threat, wile with extended arms. ‘Never,’’ ex- ader the city confided to y honor must remain rd, he cried te them, mounts the head © he saw them pre his son suppli clasmed Guzman, ‘will I su ny charge, Lat my son die, uw them “Use tt, # you da! his son ratWed on the grou raised by the soldiers, he eaid, 01 tola that his child was dead, “What ! is it only that? I thought tne enemy must be giving the assault!’ The family ever jerwards adopted the motto, ‘(My King is worth more than my blood.’’ ‘Ike Deavrans also counts among her ancestors the cele- brated Gontalvo de Cordova, the greatest eaptain of bis age; as also Antonio ce Léva, the greatest general of the Emperor Charles V. One of the female ancestors was Luisa Francesca de Guzman, the wife of the Duke of Braganza, afterwards King of Portugal; and the blood ‘Spain also flows in her veins. ‘She bas certain ultimate claims to the Spanish crown; in this respect, standing mext tothe Duke of Medina-Gela, who regular- ly, at €ach coronation in om makes @ formal protest the usurpation of his rights. ‘The father of the Emprese, the Count de Montijo, em- braced the cause of Napoleon when he entered Spain. He was an officer in the ch army, and distinguished himself at the battle of Salamanca. Later he was a member of the Senate of Spain, being Grandee of Spain in right of no fewer than six titles. He died in 1839, ‘The Empress was born at Granada in 1827. She was partly educated ia England—at B Bristol, we believe—and resided, during her infancy youth, alternately ai Macrid, London and Paris. “4 Here it was that her beauty and accomplishments, which made her the ornament of every circle she fre- quented, attracted the attention of the Emperor. who at once saw in her his future bride. The splendor of a throne wore less the attraction for Mdlle. de Montijo tban the admiration she had conceived for the Empe. ror’s character. On both sides the marriage was one of affection. Of the ceremonial that attended it we gave at the time the most oe details. Since she has occu- pied the throne, the ie re es bas gradually con- ciliated the respect and love of the French people. beauty, ber unaffected cheerfulness of disposition, and, above ail, her many virtues, endear her to the nation. Her charity and benevolence are already the theme of universal praise, and long before her elevation she had given proofs of an extraordinary kindness of heart. On e occarion, passing at the monet en a poor we man {ell from a scaffold, al ar carriage, ed, and herself ru: tosuccor him. Hundress of such anecdotes passfrem mouth to mouth in Paris, while her ‘and more public charities offer an example to the Frepcb Jadies which they are not slow to follow, THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS TAKING LEAVE OF QUBEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT. ‘Thel# imperial Majestion, the Emperor and Empress of the French, took leave of her Majesty, the Queen, on Saturday morning, 2ist ult.,on their return to Paris. ‘Their imperial Mayesties were conducted by her Majesty and his Royal Highness, Prince Albert, from their rooms ‘to their carriage at grand entrance of the Prince, the Queen being accompanied by the Prince of , the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena and Louisa, Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, Her Joyal Highness the Dutchess of Kent (attended by Lady Apna Dawson, Lady Fanny Howard and sir George Couper) and his Royal Highness the Duke of ded by Volonel Tyrrwhit) had ‘and, at the ery of horror panied th a hee in company with his Serene hness,'the oO jen. The great officers of State and the household, viz., Farl Spencer, lord steward; the Marquis of Breadalbane, lord chamberlain; the Duke of Wellington, master of horse; the Marquis of Abercorn, groom of the stole to Princé albert, and Lord Earnest Bruce, vice-chamber in, preceeded the illustrious party through the corri- doré and down the grand staircase to the entrance, The following ladies and gentlemen of the court were also in attendance:—The Duchess of Wellington, the Vis- countess Canning, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Caro- Hon. Mary Sey- Sir Edward Bo- the On the grand staircase and in the hall were the Yeomen of the Guard, under the command of Mac. donald, the exon in waiting. Viscount Sydney, the cap- corps; ¢ Lee, the lieutenant; and Col. Fitemaurice, the adjutant, attended. ard ff the Grenadier Guards, was on duty in front of the grand entrance; and on the appear- ral the band commenced playing The prs fate Dec carriage by bie Pole de Recielicd dion Guise canes tation the bridge, who were in uniform, and both wore the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor. rho wore the uniform of a French ribband, Le bye ‘the Order Lene ‘the’ anton: "Cem 4 ay ke ente! , (an one, wa four horses, tn, wan flowed by Prince Alert cad the Duxe Cambridge. In the cagriage next to that of their Imperial Majesties were the Princess d’Essling, the Countess Ween, Marshal Count Vaillant, French Minister of War, and the French Ambassador. Four of the Queen’s open carriages and four followed, o iext—the Marchioness of Bly, the Countess de it-de Montebello. is Matquis 2e foateapoons "alfred Pr ° i In ‘ ~ Colonel Count Ney, Colonel Fleury, Count ‘Tascher de la ), and Lieutenant And in the fourth—Earl Somers, Major Genera the Hon, Caarlee Grey, Colonel Seymour, and Colonel Tyrr- ‘The royal cortege quitted the palace at twenty minutes EM 1 top ¢ gleeky DEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS. On Saturday morning, 21st ult., shortly after 10 o’clock, the Emperor and Empress of the French to %* -their departure from Buekingham Palace. Crowds of Persons were assembled to take a last lrok of their im- perial Majesties, not only im the vicinity of the Palace, but aleng the line of 20vte to the Bricklayers’ Arms station. The iMustrions viaiters were accompanied by Prince Albert amd the Dube of Cambridge, and were attended by their suite, amd by ® guard of honor of the Blues, with their trumpeter in bis state dress. A body of Foot Guards was stationed im the court yard of the Pa- lace, and their band struck up “Partant pour ln Syrie™” as the imperial cortege issued fvom the Palace gates. The Queen, surrounded by the royal childven ared at ‘the centre ot building, and mm thence, in conjunction with , waved her last adieu to her imperial visiters. Tne action of her Majesty and the royal: children was quickly ob- | served by the spectators, and caused the cheers which had been previously raised in benor of the Empe- ror and his consort to become, if possible, more vigor- ous and enthusiastic. Scenes of enthusiasm similar to those which have been displeyed during the week mark- ed the progress through the stree’s of the imperial party; and the farewell offered to their majesties on their de- parture was in perfest keeping with the weicome accord- a to them on their arrival, and’ the many proofs of pular favor exbibited towards them during their’ so- journ. AB uy the arrival of the Ew r and Empress, the Bricklayers? Arta station was gally Gecoratod with ‘Aege and banners, with a large col estion of choice flowers and exotics, and the whole of the platform covered with crimson cloth. A guard of honor, consisting of the Coldstream Guard was placed outelde the station, and the band performed a fine morceau of music previous to the arrival of their majesties. Within the station about 1,000 elegantly dréssed ladies and gentlemen, who had been admitted by tickets, occupied am ‘extensive temporary platform, draped with white and pink, and decorated with large flags. Shortly before ten o'clock the Lord Mayor, ac- companied by the Prefect of the Seine and other mem- bere of the municipal counsel of Paris, who have been the guests of his lordship during the imperial visit, ar- rived at the station to be in readiness to pay thelr re- specte to the Emperor and Empress, Shortly after half past ten o'clock the royal carriages arrived at the station, They conveyed the Emperor and Empress, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, Marshal Vaullant the Duc de Montebello, Marquis de Tonlongeon, Colonel Fleury (colonet of the Guides, and aide-de-camp to his Majesty), the Princess ’Essliug, Colonel Edgar Ney, Marchioners of Ely, Countess le Malaret, General Grey, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Seymour, Sir Richard Mayne, end others. Immediately upon alighting from their carriages the Emperor and ths Empress heartily sliook ne with the Lord Mayor and bade him a most friendly adieu. ‘The Empress, leaning om the arm of Prince Albert, and followed by the Emperor and the Duke of Cambridge, then proceeded to the royal carriage, being most enthu- tiastically cheered by the persons assembled within the station. On the table in the centre of the royal carriage were placed copies of the daily papers, and the ‘“ way bill” ot the trai yo printed on white satin and fringed with gr is Majorty wore the uniform of a general of division, with the ribbon and star of the garter; and the Empress a silk tartan plaid, with black velvet mantilla, and white bonnet with black lace veil. ‘The train left the station at 10 50 A. M., amid loud cheering, and passed rapidly on its way, without any stoppage until it arrived. at Tunbridge, , a8 in the journey up to London, large crowds of persons were Assembled, but happily the directors had taken the precaution to erect barriers in the station, which kept the crowds from cage beg to the train, and pena the risk of accident e individual, with an amoun' of foresight which did him great credit, had provided himself with a bugle, and favered their majesties with » solo during their stay in the station, and although neither the tone of the instrument nor the style of execution was exactly that which a Konig or a Harper might have approved, jumble artist had the proad satisfaction cf knowing that his performance was not unheeded, nor, we believe, were bis exertions unrewarded by their ma- jesties. After a delsy of three minutes, the train pass- ed on its way, and although the speed was slackened for some distance near Hythe. in consequence of the special tidal train being in front, the royal train arrived in Do- ver at five minutes past one, having completed the dis- tance in two hours and a quarter, including the stop- 08. "S deacendi from the carriage, Mr. Rich, M. P., the chatinsnn.strdeo.eomping; inated: Of Taka Mataste whether the arrangements made by the company had given him satisfaction. The Emperor, with his usual gook tact, and in a reply which neatly combiged s com. pliment with the expression of his personal feeling, said, “Everything bas been excellent. I regret only one thing. t is, that you have conveyed me too quickly out of ”? ‘The wind had been legge hora and fy from the northeast during the whele morn. ing, yet in spite of the bitter cold, ladies thinly attired preserved their places on the pier with an amount of en- durance which was really surprising, and which nothing could have hag ogee but an anxious and ardent desire to pay ther last respects to the illustrious visiters. The militia, who had been on the pier for nearly three hours, exposed to the full force of the wind, and the occasional dashing of the spray from the water in the harbor, in despite of all their attempts to look as military as troops ought to do upon such occasions, appeared exceedingly uncomfor- table, very unable to ‘‘stand at ease,” and tempted a “hurrah,” thelr chattering teeth would ha\ given a ‘‘shake’’ to the word which would have poases: ed more of novelty than agreeableness of expression. The Empress leant on the arm of Prince Albert as they roceeced out of the station, the Emperor and Duke of Eimnbridge following next. "As they were walking slong the station the Emperor observed Mr. Payne, the Mayor of Dover, who was the first Englishman to welcome Majesty on his debarkation, and uunostentatio usly placed in his Pands a small box, saying as he did so, “I hope. Mr. Mayor, you will keep this in kind remembrance of me.’’ Upon opening the case it was found to contain a very handsome and valuable jewelled snuff box. It was of blue enamel, richly ornamented with gold, and having upon the lid the letter ‘‘N,”’ set in brilliante. ‘As the wind was setting in very strong from the north- east, and water was somewhat rough, the steamer which was in readiness to convey the Emperor was Naced to windward of the ge jteamer was the a8, one Of the boats of the Royal Mail Dover and Company, Captath Smithett having command. ‘The spectacle of the embarkation was one of much in. terest, and contrasted greatly with the scene presented on the landing. The whole of the cliffs and sufround- ing heights could be distinctly seen; the vessels of war, forming the main guard of honor, lying in the roads, aily dressed, and with yards j, were not, as ferore, shrouded in a dense nes fog. The ships, however, secon e perfectly obscured, but it was from the wreathing volumes of white smoke which gradually rose as gun gun thundered forth its salute, while, tower- ing high above the towy, small clouds of curling vapor out the spots whence the land batteries were also firing the parting aalute, Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge accompanied the Emperor and Empress on board the steamer, where they remained for some time in animated conversa- tiop. The Empress parted in the most affectionate man- ner with the Marchioness of Ely, who had been in at- tendance on her Majesty during her stay, and alse shook bands heartily with tae other mémbers of the suite who bad accompanied Prince Albert. The Emperor also did the same. Prince Albert, previous to leaving the steamer, several times shook hands with the Empress, and, upon finally parting from her, kissed her Majesty's left hand with earnest and graceful gallantry. The Em- r cordially and heartily shook the hands of the Prince and the Duke of Cambridge, the gangway was withdrawn, and immediately after the paddies of the steamer began to revolve, and the illustrious guests were onthe way to their seat of empire. As the steamer moved slowly oft, the Lo ed and ane as if anxious to prolong the interview with his Royal Highness, advanced to the side of the vessel, the Empe- ror took off his hat once more, bowed to Ps Albert, the Empress thrice kiseed the hand which his Royal Highness bad saluted, several times waved her handker- chief, and retired with the Emperor to the saloon pre pared for her accommodation. The firing from the si hips ‘was continued until the steamer had passed rome tance out to sea, and until dark clouds of smoke seen from the land showed the direction which the Empress ard the steamers which pn Bey her were takivg. The steamer left the pier about half-past one, and arrived at Boulogne about four o’clock. Their Majesties remained at Boulogne on Saturday night, and would probably attend mass at the military camp at Honvault yesterday, and inspect the troops previous to Teav' for Paris. Atte the departure of their Majesties, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, Count Walewaki, the Marchioa- ess of Ely, and others who had accom; imperial nesta, entered the Lord Warden Hotel, and of a faneheon, which had been by Mr. Hakes, in the expectation of their jesties taking refreshment previous to the embarkation. His Royal Highness and the Dube of Cambridge left Dover in the royal train at half- past 2, arrived in London at s quarter to 5 o’clock, and led at once to Buckingham Palace. The police ar- rangements made by bre ww nha of the A division, at Dover, who had a force of forty men under him, were most judicious, and tended to Vabtl, all confusion and crowd- ~ Red the Tg Toned @ progress of their 18. n of the French police travelled in the royal train with their Majesties, and the greater part of the luggage and all the horses of the Emperor and his suite were train from the Londonbridge station e by at Saturday morning to Folkstone, and thence to Boul The made the Rout! Seapany wore Sanintte, and, rY number of trains continually run- ait seven left for Dover tov in, no delay or inconvenience Sos rienced by the , Ror was the ordinary ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AT BOULOGNE- The review of 30,000 men by the Emperor, which has just passed off (Sunday, April 22—1:10 P. M.) on the sends opposite the Pavilion Hotel, before which they de- filed, has been @ most splendid affair, and will long be remembered in Boulogne. The Empress was vent the balcony of the Pavilion Hotel. ett ADDEBSS OF THE EMPEROR TO THE CORPS LEGISLATIF ON LEAVING PARIS, The Paris Moniteur publishes the following ss tho words addressed by the Emperor to the Deputies on the 14th ultimo — Muscreons ums Darores—I wished to bid yeu adieu be- fore Yenying, end to thank you for the support whih have given me on all the important laws which fF ie given to you during thts sounion. My abrense will be of short duration. | think I shali exprens semti- mente by aararing-the ment of her y the Queen of Great Britain that you appreciate asf do all the advantages of the alliance with and. os yes) We all desire penee, but on honorable condi ‘and only im suct: case. If we are to coatinne the war, i count upon your loyal sxpport. (Yes, yes.) THE WAR IN EUROPE. TRE BOMBABDMEN? OF SEBASTOPOL. {From the London Times, April 2%] ‘The accounts of the bombardment of Sebastopol, whicke have mow reached us cd the Fvench moi] packet, by wag” phn Totersburg end by Vieune, are all of eetreme im- 5 we are ena! cugh still’ very imperfeet- Jy, to reeord trom the 9h to thet7th inst, the p of this gigantic operation of war. The tre at A.M. on dhe mornizgof the 9th of April, in a storm of wind and rain, whict appears to have driven the smoke of the canmonade towards the Russian lines} so as to pre- vent the enemy from taking the of oar battertes. In the course of the Srst day it is tated that the uj vierity of the fire of the allies was ertablished and - tained, and that the Russisn reg on the Mamelen aud Kound tower were almost silenced. ‘The Redan eontinued te fire only six: guns, and the Breneh bad silenced the agstaff battery. General Can- robert reportee on the 14th that in the preceding nigat ouz troops had twice driven the Russians fom tusir strong: Fortaut poluts, shoes’ sttong ‘positions are. doustieea ta ta. st itions are Rituated ta and behind what is armed. the Garden batte- Ty, in front of the left attace ef the Fronch army. Believe that the pring; which the allied h peng ele ka f the 15 jowever, in & ‘aphic message o! ith to St. rms that, notwithstanding the e to whieh the pleee had thea been exposed for six days, Selmstopol was in almost the same state of defence on the 16th as it had beem be- fore the 9th, amd that the losses of the garrisom had been comparatively small. ‘These stafemcats must be veceived with suspicion, as it ia the interest of the Rus- sian Commander-in-Chief to make the best of his but our own accounts, which extend to the 17th, that the Russians had shown extraordinary energy and endurance in resisting the fire, and it is not yet stated that any decisive impression has been made on the main works of the town. The magnitude aad duretion of this attack, far exceeding both in the number and calibre of the [ eng the memorable bombardment of Gibraltar by the French and Spaniards in 1782, are without's parallel in military history, and the whole of this extraordinary. siege forms an era in the art of war. In the present state of the siege of Sel thet the allied Generals can hope te effect is to sul and occupy some of the outer works which the Russian engi- neers, under the command of General Tolleben, have constructed with so much skill, hardihood, and efficiency. Accordingly, while the principal efforts of the French are directed against the tmple battery, which .they call the Vlagstaff battery, but which 1s commonly desoribed in our plans as the Garden battery, our fire is mainly Girected against the Great Redan, in frontof our own. Laneaster battery and Picket’s bill; and the French at- tack on the extreme right is occupied with the works im front of the Malakhofl Tower. these three points of attaek the first is the most advanced, and that which most threatens the interior of the town. We do not anticipate that the effect of the fire which commenced on the 9th of April will be the immediate re- duction of the place itself, and we shall be weil satisfied if this attack leaves the allied armies in possession of some of the advanced works which are the main defences. red the most for- jeg. A advance of this nature would be the surest pledge of oo ultimate success. It has been well observed by a French. con rary writer of great judgment on. military at- fairs, that the natural irregularity of the ground about Sebastopol, and the difficulties of the - armies, tiom of the scale those defences which tiom invents and protect laces less favored by nature. Thus the ravines. amd ills outaide the town, sloping down to the valley of the ‘Tchernaya and the harbor, form so many covered ways, counter-approaches, and detached forts, which the Rua- sian engineers have used with as much skill as if they had been artificial outworks to ‘the town, while, om the contrary, the scientific officers of the allied evidently been ed by the novelty and irregularity of the nd, jh these circumstances, judieious— ly employed, might have been turned to our advantage. us the Russians have so placed their new batteries om Mount Sapouve as to enfilade our Rentes, should we advance to the attack of the Malakoff Tower. Yet in the earlier period of the be ps pa all these external tions was in our own wail clearly indica’ at important events were shortly to be ex) uf ‘We received at first with some uncer- tainty the statement that 15,000 Turks under Omer Pasba had lsnded at Kamiesch Bay; but it is now ascer- tained thatearly inthe present month Col. Simmonds was sent back to Fupatoria to organize this expedition. Five French steamers arrived to convey the troops, ama, although the weather in the first week of April prevemt- ed their immediate embarkation, it is in that some of the Pr pty det in hows rere Fae have been conveyed to Sebastopol to take ensuing opera- ons. Abthe mma time ‘we learn that the Egypttas ait. sion, which is composed of exoslient by French officers, bas been despatched in all from long the first Constantinople to the Crimen; and before detachments of the Sardinian corpe will have proceeded fo the seat of war. Before the month of is much advanced it is certain that the allied armies the Ori- sais ane than Out eons 8 be ice, and that 620 can, if necessary, steamers fitted up as hospital ships.’ While these preparations and this difficult and protracted siege, it 8 probable that the enemy 18 not idle bebind that range of hills, which altogether masks his positions and his movements from the observation of the allied Commanders. Haglan reports on the .7th that fresh troops and ccnei- derable convoys have entered the town, and that other bodies of troops have quitted it. ‘There cam be ae ian paeatonmais 2 ay ben army oo cupies the position of pt & view either to relieve the ean enya on or to aa at a ‘one seman near Balaklava. nce portance of; increasing the strength of the troops who have to guard our ex- peepectonpenag re _ maieetae cover the whole of our own intrenchments, while we are working steadily onwards towards Sebastopol. We find, thi, robert ong intel ts to bobs , conv’ ‘we have repent ‘expressed although the attack upon the southern side of the place*may carried on as far as ‘ible with the means we its reduction, no ive success cam be obtained until we are in » condition to invest the north side alse, the operation of some part of the ailied Baibex or in the interior of the Crimea. » Pog he mien Cen 2) The latest official int informs us that, up te the evening of the 10th inst., the bombardment comti- nued with success, and that the fire of the enemy’s bat- teries has been partially subdued. The crisis of the ex- te is at hand, and, perhaps at this moment, the fate of Sebastopol has been decided. That the progress made by the allies is great and satisfactory may be gleaned from the silence of the St. Petersburg felegraph, which is ever ready to the anxious ears of the of Berlin with w accounts of Russian successes ee eaten is Gane ed by the allied commanders is simple and The Russian line of defences will be bombarded un’ certainty of success. Each redoubt reduced and occupied, and then, , the south side the town will lie at the mercy of the . At the tame time important, operations will be lore premeditated by Sir Edmund Lyons, but the of attack projected by that gallant Admiral modified, we believe, in consequence of the doubts rai- sed by the French commander with bility of its execution. The allied of Russian entraachments, will be amply employed in defence of the granite sem rts. rine ecsival ot Kisalonch of 16, 0etes thochelaant of the Ottoman army, by Omer self, is another pro: cam) bas at arrived. will fess" be employed ta. the Uefence of Belaklaya—e tank which has rendered easy by the for- te precsane of ‘his Turkish corp Swarms ‘the Briton regiments to whom had hit front and take part in sault. That operation demands the virtues which are the aes ‘ualities of the fortitude end coml- soldiers in the Crimea, ai oxte without a murmur by the British nation, is net Par distant. ‘April 20,) Correspondence of Loudon News. fet teal sous ates era} have tose testbed’ which the fieni Wo beep cb, Donhee gad otbers woo hanya,