... EXPRES,3S FR OM.I CONST ANTINOPLE. LFaO.I OU.R owN CORRSESrONDnENT.] CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 11. It has turned out as every one expected: the Vieuna Conferences have ended in a bottle of sir Eke, and the great quarrel between the North and ?? W0est remai)s to be settled by the only effectual peace-maker-the sLword. And that it is so, few far-seeing men will regret. War is at all tinves a dire ...

... DEFEAT OF THE RUJSSIMAS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. Lord Panmare presents his compliments to the Editor of ThC Morning Chronicle, aoad has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan. War Department, May 11, 1855. SEBASTOPOL, MAY 10. The Russians made a sortie with a large body of troops on our right advanced trench this morning, but were ...

... -I MORAYJ? CHRONICLE OEFJIC/. Tueeady, 1 p.m. e TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. e [FROM OUtt OW?N CORRBSEPONDENT.] WI PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The intelligence communicated by the Indus, which left Coustautinople on the 30th April, is t 8 without interest, and has been anticipated by tele- b graph. t The suspension of the bombardment is an- f nounced. ' The Aroniteur of this morning contains the official ...

... I !E. [FROM A YOUNG MEDICAL OFFICER AT TIE CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, .AND ONE OF OUR OCCASIONAL le- CORRESPONDENTS.] Mlay 14, 1855. ng The weather for the last four days has been truly ld- miserable, raining in torrents, and mud over your ankles ; there is, therefore, some considerable trouble in walking. Living in a tent here is very he different to when at Suntari, where we had good ...

... ENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COMMUNICATION1BILL COMMITTeBE. The committee appointed by the House of Commons to hear evidence on this bill assembled yesterday, at one o'clock; present-Mr. Lowry Corry (chairman), Mr. North, Sir Staf- ford Northeote, Mr. B. Sheridan, and Mr. Floyer. Sir. Hope Scott, Mr. James, and Mr. Merewetber appeared in support of the bill. Tho parties petitioning against it ...

... UEPE IAJESTY'S STATE BALL. The QueOu last evening gave a State Ball, to which a party of betweefl sixteen and seventeen hundred were invited, and for which the whole of the State-rooms of Bhckingham Palace were appropriated and brilliantly illuminated, The three entrances were arranged as foilows :-The Royal Family aliilted at the garden entrance ; tile Foreign Ministers, Privy Councillors, ...

... THE AILTON CL UB. ! A lerge number Ofthe friends and supporters of thie Vn. dertakiitg lisstiv .bled on Monday to ilnatemuate the tera- porsry openflg of the ?? for the convenience of | the sumbea who flock to the metropolis at this season, in I order ?? participate in the proceedings at the mnniversartes of our great religious and benevolent orgrnisations. ! he eluh consists of dining.roonis, ...

... FluE IN COU1K. ! On Sunday I fire broke out in the mil of Mr. Cornelius Keller, in Biackpool, Colk. It is not known how the tire originated, hut in a short time the whole building was consumed, and nothing re- mained of the mills but the black walls. We under- stand the loss is estimated at between £3,000 and £4,000, a portion only of which is covered by in- surauce. A strong feeling of ...

... IE AII,1MY BEFORE SEBASTO POL. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. [TUII;TIETii DAY.] Ti;e ceomittee met agaoi yesterday, at twelve o'clock, 1: Roebcu' ioi the chair. Mlr. (ir lt Wao cAlled, and in reply to Lord Seymour said siheii st'e oflice of cmiptroller of victualling and comptrol- ?? ?? s rts at the Board or Admiralty, until the recent poit:anent of thetransport board. He had held that office :ethe ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...