... LETTERS FROM THE CRJMRA. e. We have been favoured with the following extracts from two private letters:- id Camp before Sebastopol, Moroh 18. a Dear Aunt-I am very happy to Informu you that I am )f getting on quite well in the Crimea. The weather continues very fine, which makes us all quite happy and comfortable. There has been but very little snow fall since I have been h here. There was ...

... To Tan EDITORor FTE I OXRING CHRONICLE. SIR-As the King of Portugal is expected in Paris and London, surely it would be a most fitting opportunity for the bondholders, supported by capitalists generally, the Stock Exchange, and the press, to call upon his Majesty to make the first act of his reign one of justice, by rescinding the arbitrary and infamous decree in its further operation, whereby ...

... I LFr1M OUR OWN Co1RESPONDENT.1 BANKS OF THE SPREE, MAY 6. ; Unqualified bitterness has been expressed by the ?? press and in tbe British Parliament against the Prussian Cabinet for its quasi-hostility towards the West, during the whole course of the Oriental fcomplications. Nor have these reproaches been unmerited. Its sole bent has been to favour Russia, and, under the plea of neutrality, ...

... NiVAVAL AND MILITARY ANEWS. ir- APPOINTXBNTS. se Lieutenarnt-Hi. G. Belson (1854), to the Neptune, 120, for of particular service. ae Aqsistaut-Surgeon-W. B. Stephens (1851), to the Belle- *e. isle, 6, hospital-ship, at Devonport. a PORTSUOUTH. The Retribution, 28, paddle-frigate, Captain Fisher, went out of harbour, and, after trying their engines at the measured mile, anchored at Spithead. ...

... iR LAND. OF TrE LORD-LIEUTENANT TO THE PEMALE VI0IT rEPNITENTIAaY. ?? the Lord-LieutenaUt, accompa- id by the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildaro D hed bi OD. Major Ponsonby, on Monday paid a to the above institution. The vioeregal party ,ere received on their arrival by Captain Crofton, he atteudod officially, and the following members 5ohe board of superintendence :-Aldermen Roe, of the and ...

... RAIL TAI YS. EAST KENT (DOVER HXT2NSION). The standing orders covamittee reported the followsiop re solution to the House of Commons ?? -Thai in the case of the East Kent Railway (Extenzion to Diver) petition the standing orders ought to be dispenqed with. That the parties be permitted to proceed with thoir bill on proyire before the committee on the bill the completion of tbe COOt tract to ...

... PARLIM MENTAR Y BUSINESS. HOUSE OF COMM2NONS-Tills DAY. by put OnRDERS OF THES DAY. which Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill-Third reading. stones Spirit Duties (Scotlsud and Ireland) Bill-Cormnitt~ee Sir Customs Duties Bill-As amended, to be considered. Middli Supply-Committee. rived Ways and Ideans-Committee. carriag Militia Bill-Second reading. severa Cinquc Ports Bili-COMMittee. sheriff Weights ...

... The fifth concert of the Harmonic Union for the present season took place last night at the Hanover-iquare Rooms, before a brilliant and crowded assembly. It may be remem. bered that last year the society brought out, for the first time in England, MOZART'S accompaniments to the Acis and Gala'ea. At that time doubts existed among some profes. sionals as to whether the symphony played at the ...

... . ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 28. For the last five weeks the Emperor has been engaged in passing in review the 4th and 6th bat- talions and the artillery of the reserve, which are immediately marched off. This is not the only movement taking place in the Baltic provinces, for much greater defensive preparations are going on than last year. The six mouths gained in negotia- tion have given the ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-TrESDAY. be The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolssok at five pe oeclock. The Duke of BUC(CLE UCH presented several petitions in from various places in Scotland against the grant to May' ha nootb. evai THE DIVISION OF MONDAY EVNINU9G. sol The Earl of MALMESBURY said be wished to call the An attention of their lurdships to a ?? whichma mi terially affected the regularity ...

... We have letters and papers from, this island to I the 24th April. A Russiau officer, a deserter to the French, who had arrived there iu the French steam packet Osiris, reported that the Russian force at present in the Crimea only consists of 15,000 effective men, and that they are moved about in all directions, for the purpose of making the allies believe their force much more considerable ...

... sINGLSJ PRISONERS OF WAR IN RUSSIA. T11 B~sL of CLARENDON presents his compliments I t~w Editor of ?? Chronicle, and begs' to tofC tard to him the accompanying list, re- led a unofficial source, of some of the f,-11 prisoners at Voronetz, in Russia, who have 1,ng releved from funds supplied by her Majesty's bee r lnelit for this purpose, through the obliging ate ~etitio of the Danish Minister ...