... 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 ...

... The Earl of Ellesmere, K.G., as president of the Royal Geographical Society, held his last soirie for the session at Bridgewater-house, on Wednesday evening. The company assembled in the picture-gallery, where, amidst the famous works of great masters, various productions of geographical science and art were also displayed. The large model of India, recently constructed by Mr. Montgomery ...

... THE CRYSTAL PALACE at SYDENHAf. i Ig THE PROPOSED INDIAN COURT. e The question has often been put by persons who have visited the Crystal Palace, and by those who intend to do so, n When will the Crystal Palace be finished ? It may sound somewhat ominous to the shareholders and harsh to the directors of the undertaking, but the truth is, that no if person now living will ever see the ...

... NR WAvVENDRRS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, ---Q Least night, the sixteenth annual meeting of this institu- tion, which was established in 1839, for granting temporary relief and permanent assistance to masters and servants engaged as venders of newspapers, was held at tile Freet masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, to hear the report of the somumittee for the past year, to elect ...