The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-10 00:00:00

THEAT RE• ROYAL, HAYMARKET, LsQee. Mr. J. B. Bucastone. THIS EVENING, SHOCKING EVENTS. Followed by (99th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck atone. Alter which, GRIMSILAW, BAGSIIAW, AND BRAD SHAW. Concluding with FOUNDED ON FACTS. c ommence a 7 . OY AL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manatzer.--Mr. Edmund Falconer. TIT IS EVENING, 127th time of the new and original Drama entitled, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs W a lt e r Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Pal c,-Ater ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. After which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Kiss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 dill NEW THI ATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. TATS EVENING, A PRIVATE ENQUIRY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billingrtun, Mr. Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and 31iss K. Bland. Followed by THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Messrs. Emery, J. L. Toole, 13111ington, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, Powell, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Harland, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw. 'r o conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. 3. L. Toole, Emery, Billing-ton, Misses K. Kelly, K. Bland, Laidlaw, and Mrs. H. Marston. Commence at 7. i tt i S rLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Wonderful Performance of Mr. Bell's trained Eleptsnts. THIS EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE, introducing two colossal Asiatic Elephants, pronounced by all to be the cleverest animals ever exhibited. To be followed by brilliant and daring feats by the un rivalled Troupe of Equestrians. Concluding with a Mu, hable Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. C :NTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The renowned ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERS, at ten o'clock, for a few evenings only. Grand Selections from " La Sonnambnla" and "Dinorah," by Ntdme. Negri, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Raynor, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The Comte Department by Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. J. G , Porde. Mr. W. Randall. Messrs. Hildebrandt and Ormond , anA Miss Caroline Parkes. The miraculous STECKEL, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, will make his first appearance on Monday, the 14th ol April. Admission—Hall, Bd. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.- HENRI and PFAU on the Flying Trapeze EVERY EVENING, The musical entertainment as usual, Including Robert Burns' celebrated " JOLLY BEGGARS," with music composed cxpt essly for this establishment by Mr. George Linley. Operatic Selections by Miss Russell, Mdme. Negri, Mdme. Maria. and Mdme. Enderssohn. Full Band and Chorus.— Mus.cal Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comic—Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. RandalL Mall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 10h. 16m.—Afternoon, 10h. 55n1 To-monitow. -Morning, 11h. 28m.—Afternoon, h. m NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. 9t 04, ti 4'a _ c2 5 , ,Y •-17 )t'r 4. o l b „ • .1 • .z. THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1862. " The guns have it "—seems to be the last verdict of Shueburyness. Our readers can peruse at their leisure the account of the experiments in another column ; but, so far as they have gone, there can be no doubt that they leave artillery victor over iron p;ates. The target against which the shots were dirk , cted was a fac simile of the plated sides of the Warrior; and 5t seems hardly to be doubted that if such a gun as was used could hit that magnificent ship, once, between wind and water, she could hardly be saved from sinking. The hole made would be of a kind which could hardly be stopped, while, could a second shot be made to hit near the same place, the result wust be the same as that of the attack on the Cumberland with the prow of the Merrimac. The experiments of Tuesday were made with a new wrought-iron muzzle-loading gun, constructed by Sir W. ARMSTRONG. When rifled it will be a 300-pounder; being smooth bored at present, it carried a round ball of only half that weight. The point, however, has been for some time settled that at short distances the smooth bores, with the round ball, are the most effective. The initial velocity of the shot is much greater, though it so rapidly de clines, that at 500 yards the elongated rifle shot and the round one have equal speed, and the latter touches the ground at 3,000 yards, the elongated shot from the rifled gun not having then pnrtormed half its journey. It will be seen that the :first round shot fired from the new gun With a fort' pounds charge of powder, was suffi c i en t to smash the .4,3 - inch plate, the ten inches of teak, and to bulge an,rl rend the iron skin inside, nearly an inch thick, in sad). a manner that it could hardly have been plugged frotu the inside so as to keep out the water. The second s hot made the damage ten fold worse; and a third Act, with 501bs. of powder at an uninjured plate, was, if possible, yet more destructive. The additional 10.1bs. of powder were sufficient to send it clean through plates, wood, and everything, and to bury the shot in the timbers op posite which support the target—not only that, but even the massive blocks of granite by which the target is backed up were shaken and loosened. Sir WILLIAM himself (in a letter to a morning contemporary) thus states' his view of these im portant results : ic y e t, though I consider our 110-poundel f weighing 81 cwt., to be amply sufficient for firing shells, it roust be con ceded that neither it nor the 68-pounder smooth-bore, Weighing 95 cwt., nor any other gun as yet in the eervice of this or otterter countries, is sufficiently powerful to ope rate 'will effect against ships protected like the Warrior. It . sot piercing small clean cut holes with steel shot that act with can hope to destroy or disable such a ship. To I ' 4 Proper effect, we must knock large ragged holes in the ai ,, tera. I : , and render the interior untenable from splin with a char:: know that a gun of 12 tons weight, fired side of the wof 501 b. of powder, will break through the such a gun the eitiO:' the strongest ship afloat. Against th Z t porised Monitor and Merrimac would be little better z ber ships, for the cast-iron shot, in passing through the , moor, breaks into a thousand pi ec es, and would act sharp ne l on the crew within. Bat wo. m ust be prepared for : . seels stronger than these —e tronger even than the warrior, vtir r, and should, therefore, go on increasing the sire Suns until we reach some practical lim it. The we ight of such guns, how everlie and mechanical objectionable, m ust be aceeptod asanecessity, seems ships must be adapted for their rece p tio n. I problem of working mo nster guns at Sea already well-nigh solved by Captain CoLEs's method ; b ut IT diffi culties yet remain, we may rest assured that the y are of a nature to be overcome by engineering skill." ~„ 0 course when the subject comes Up again We shall have the Premier arid the Minister for W at , reiterating their conviction of the neccisi:-y of fixed forts. But we still think the case is fully made out for delay. Sir W. ARMSTRONG himself tells us that the problem of mounting these irresistible guns on shipboard has been solved by Captain COLES. Still, therefore, the battery which can get more t . i‘ 2 ll one shot at an intruder is the one we want. Admitti ng that the first shot from a fort might be " 1114 7 as to hit exactly at the spot where it could ' create an incurable leak, we cannot rely on such perfection in artillerymen ; and the anxiety about the effect of one shot, shows how well all are aware v th a t a swiftly steaming vessel might receive no more in going close past a fort—not receive them at least at the short distance at which all the mis chief is done. The floating battery, on the contrary, could follow up its antagonist; and if only of equal power could fight her on equal terms, while the poor immovable fort could only look on ; but if of superior power, of course the invading ship must go to the bottom. Forts can do so little with any certainty against screw steamers, that we do not yet believe they are worth their enormous cost. Let the sums voted for the naval estimates this year be devoted to iron-sides, and we shall then continue, as we now really are, ahead of all the world in the power, both of offence and defence with iron-clad ships. The simplification of the Wine Duties is one of the chief good points in the Budget. As the scale of duties stood, during the past financial year, there have been hitherto four several rates. The complexity consequent upon having those four rates, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer now proposes to get rid of. The four are to be halved. The rates are to be reduced to two. Hitherto—that is to say, since the new system of Wine Duties (inaugurated by Mr. GLADSTONE himself) came into operation—all wines imported into this country under 18 degrees have had to pay an impost of one shilling. Be tween 18 and 26 degrees, an impost of ls. 9d. Between 26 and 40, one of 2s. 51 Finally, between 40 and 45, a crowning, or maximum impost of 23.11 d. Instead of adhering with needless pertinacity to the maintenance of this rather elaborate system of rates, Mr. GLADSTONE—thereby paying due regftra to the very reasonable complaints of the trade—at once, with his usual sagacity and promptitude as a reforming financier—hit upon the very simple device of dropping the scale of rates without fur ther ado from four to two. Upon all wines im ported into this country up to 26 degrees, he will levy the minnimum rate of one shilling. And upon all wines ranging from 26 up to 42 degrees he will levy the maximum rate of half-a crown. That is the simple division now decided upon by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the future regulation of business in the wine trade. It may be remarked, however, by some with a little momentary Entrprise, that the highest strength spe cified in this new arrangement of the wine duties has been set down by Mr. GLADSTONE at 42 instead of as formerly, according to the recent arrangement (now proposed to be got rid of), at 45 degrees. This, however, was on this very day se'nnight readily enough accounted for by the Chancellor's rather curious array of statistics, in regard to the varying strength and weakness of our vinous im portations. In explanation of which it is only necessary indeed to glance at a very few of these same official statistics. Upon the strength of wines generally the Govern ment have contrived of late rather considerately, and certainly upon very reliable authority, to in crease their already apparently ample stook of knowledge. A cluster of intelligent officers, selected from the Department of Customs, was scattered not long ago, Mr. GLADSTONE tells us, far and wide through the principal wine countries on the European Continent. They traversed severally France, Italy, Sicily, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland. Their object was to ascer tain, so far as might in this way be ascertained, the " natural strength" of the different wines in the particular localities in those countries where the natural strength of the wines has the reputation of being greatest. Natural wines, meaning of course—as the Chancellor in other words took oc casion at once to explain en passant—wines only mixed with so much alcohol as is absolutely requi site to render it in any way marketable!! So much spirit, in fact, being added to the fermented juice of the grape as would release it from mawkish ness or insipidity. As opposed to the Natural wine; indeed, there is—in farther explanation of what has here been written—its very antithesis, the highly Brandied wines preferred in colder regions than those in which- the melting vine is indigenous. Between those two extremes—the mildest of the Natural wines and the fireiest of the Brandied wines, Mr. GLADSTONE'S travelling agents or com missioners, found—out of no less than 125 distinct samples, which were very carefully tested—that 103 were below 26 degrees of alcoholic strength ! Leaving consequently only 22 in all out of the whole 125 samples above 26 degrees of alcoholic strength ! And it is especially noticeable by the way that out of these 22 as many as 15 were samples from Spain. It becomes instantly comprehensible, there fore, how it is that Mr. GLADSTONE decides at last upon drawing at 26 degrees, the one clearly-defined line of demarcation between the two great classes of stronger and weaker wines imported into this country. Next, it becomes, not unnaturally, a matter of interest to note w h a t t h e entries of wines into this country have really been, according to th e l a t est evidence jotted down. It will be allowed to be a very curious scale of entries indeed when it comes to be looked at. It shows pretty plainly what are Mr. BULL'S predilections and prejudices iu regard to the wine that gouty old gentleman sips, quaffs, eiwills in most portentous potations annually over his dessert. Under 18 degrees of alcoholic strength —the entries are for 918,000 gallons ! Under 19 degrees, 467,000 gallons ! About 24 degrees, merely 48,000 gallons ! About 25 ditto, no more than 30,000 gallons ! Then begins the increase, namely, at the very point at Mr. GLADSTONE draws his new and simple line of demarcation. At twenty-six degrees, it is true, the entries have only risen again to 48,000 gallons. At 27 de grees, oven, they have only advanced to 52,000 gallons. But from that moderate increase upon the natural strength, by brandying more and more, the entries rise with conspicuous rapidity. At 28 degrees they are for 147,000 gallons ! At 29, for .171,000 gallons ! At 30 degrees for 344,000 gallons ! Until we come at last to those good, strong wines especially beloved in England —i n regard to which the recorded increase in the an nual rate of entries becomes something astonish ing in its way. For instance, of wines up to and under 35 degrees of alcoholic strength, it is no longer a few thousand gallons that we import yearly, it is not even 100,000, or 200,000, or 300,000 gallons. It is actually nothing less than —by a sudden leap in advance as it were -2,225,000 gallons ! At 36 degrees, there is another good round entry of 2,019,000 gallons ! And at 37 degrees, Another, the largest entry of all, of 2,373,000 gallons. Consequently upon all which, the Chancellor of the Exche t quer argues, and with reason sufficient certainly to convince any ordinarily intelligent observer , at thus the right honourable gentle man is in argui ng is at least not arguing very rashly, that by at admitti ng • a shilling duty all wines at and under 26 degrees of alcoholic strength, we shall be admit ting every wine i coming Natur a l at all within the category of Pure or 'Wines While by admitting all wines above 26 degree ; of alcoholic strength, an d up 42 degrees, in c i ne i velY, at a duty of half-a crown, all the Brandiea - wk les Ordinarily consumed THE SUN, LONDON, TWITIISOA.Y kVgNING,- APRIL' 10, 1862. in this country may be said to have been reason- I ably cared for by that watchful cust odian of the Public Purse, that vigilant observer of the incom ings and outgoings of our taxable commodities, the right hon. the Chancellor of the Excheques. At wines of 42 degrees of alcoholic strength Mr. GLADSTONE stops short in his levy ing of the higher rate of a half-crown duty, And he does so for the very simple and comprehensible reason that, at 42 degrezm the limit bas been attained, beyond which no really legitimate wino can be introduced. Wherefore, upon all wines imported into this country above that limit, he proposes to levy a prohibitory duty of 3d. for every additional degree ! It is a matter of comparative insignificance, in its way, that Mr. GLADSTONE'S newly projected modification of the wine duties—changing, as at the flap of a Harlequin's wand, the scale of Four into a scale of Two—will bring in a net gain, altogether, of £15,800. It is the simplification of the whole system that is the boon—not that net gain of £15,800. And it is a simplification that will be hardly more welcome to the Trade than it will be to the country. One of the most singular remanets of Papal super stition occupied the House of Commons yesterday, and it was really amusing to see that honourable members thought it a really difficult case to deal with—we refer to what is termed " the indeli bility of Orders." Mr. BOTTVERIE himself seems to have found it a rather awkward subject, and the House and be agreed to send the matter to a select committee. For what reason any religions body or corporation can desire to retain amongst their clergy a person who has ceased to believe the doc trim., livid by that body, or -who cannot, with the approYal of his own conscience, perform its religious services or ceremonies, it is hard to conceive. Yet we actually find difficulties placed in the way of a man's laying aside the character of clergyman. He may, indeed, decline to act. Happily no one can compel him to that. Bnt if he act as a seceder from the Church, if he choose to publish an Atheistical, Deistical, or Socinian work, or to write against the Church which he believes to be wrong, he is liable to " correction" by the Bishop, which may mean serious inconvenience or expense, if nothing worse. If he preach in public as a Dissenter he is liable to Episcopal prosecution or perse cution. He may not even return to any honest business, except that of a schoolmaster, to sup port a starving family; the professions are all barred to him, and a special act forbids him to enter the House of Commons. It seems hardly creditable, but it seems to be the fact, that by an act passed so late as 1794 the seceding clergyman who engages in business, or preaches as a Dissenter, is liable to six months' imprisonment. The reader will naturally ask—why should not a clergyman be as free to lay aside hie profession as any other man ? Except while engaged in actual service, the naval or military officer meets with no difficulty in giving up a service which for any rea son may be no longer desirable for him. The sol dier or the sailor may become a clergyman if he pleases, and sometimes does ; but woe to the clergyman who, whatever his qualifications and tastes, should become a naval or military officer. Bishops in olden times have girded on the sword, and fought in coats of mail, but they remained bishops still. At the present day bishops ; unless perhaps in Albania or Syria, show no such tastes. We are not advocating changes from the pulpit to the camp, or to any other profession; but we do advocate free trade in clerical work as in any other work. Indeed, the prima facie case is, that it ought to be the freest work of all. A person who of necessity engages in any other service or occupation, may yet fulfil its duties properly; but even the Bishops of OXFORD and EXETER would not contend that a person who disbelieved the Thirty-nine Articles, or who ab horred the ceremonies of the Prayer-book, ought to be a Minister in actual service in the Church of England. Why, therefore, compel him to remain legally a Minister ? The explanation of all the absurdity which Mr. BOUVERIE would do away with, lies in the anti quated superstition of something sacramental in the ordination of priests. All reasonable men repudiate the superstition now, but the consequences seem to stick while the cause is rejected. Having discarded the notion of a magical afflatus from 4eaven, conveyed through the hands of one of the nominees of the Premier for the day, or through any human hands whatever, all the effects of such ecclesiastical magic ought to have vanished also. If no member of the House of Commons believes that a Bishop can do more than give officially his sanction to another man's serving as a clergyman in the Church of England, why should he make any mystery of enabling the authorised clergyman to return his commission, at any time, to the superior officer who conferred it ? There is one consideration which shows, above all others, the cruelty of the present state of the law. The great majority of clergymen took orders at an age when they were wholly incompe tent to conjecture what their views might be in middle and later life. Took them as a matter of course—as what they were brought up to. Surely to fasten irrevocably on a man for life a profession which he selected almost in his boyhood, however repugnant it may afterwards become to his taste and his convictions, is an intolerable hardship. The natural checks on mere fickleness of purpose are, in all conscience, quite sufficient. Besides loss of emolument, and loss of statue in a man's own circle, there is generally also the natural reluctance to seem to have failed in the profession we have chosen. Generally speaking, too, no profession more unfits a man for most secular occupations than that of a clergyman, while the seceder who becomes a " dissenting teacher" has to encounter obloquy enough to prevent all but the most self-sacrificing from adopting that line. We cannot, therefore, comprehend what difficulty there should be in authorising any clergyman who desires to give up the commission he received from a Bishop, on the part of the Crown, from placing his resignation of that commission in the hands of the Bishop, and making it imperative on the Bishop to accept and register the same. He would thus become a disembarrassed English Gentleman. Mr. NEWDEGATE, indeed, stood upon the old maxim, " once a priest always a priest," and consi dered that principle to be essential to the existence of an Established Church ! As we cannot compre bend the argument, we must decline attempting an answer. Sir W. HEATHCOTE and Mr. HUBBARD thought bishops insulted and hardly dealt with if they were required by law to liberate the seceding clergyman from his obligations. If this be really in any degree galling to Episcopal pride, we can see no need for using the agency of the bishop at all. What difficulty can there be in making a notice to the civil magistrate sufficient ? The seceders merely ask to have their civil rights restored to them, if they give -up a profession, which involved the forfeiture of some of them. The act has but to provide that, after due notice to the civil autho- rities, the seceding clergyman shall be in the posi- tion of all other laymen, and that the notice ;hall render null and void rib initiv any proceedings which might otherwise have been instituted against him in any civil or ecclesiastical court, and all that is asked would be attained. The Bishop might be allowed to use his own pleasure respecting a sen tence of reposition. The seceder would be perfectly indiffereit to that, provided the law gave him the full privileges enjoyed by any other lay subject of her MAJ;STY. CANTERBURY HALL. We a re promised another performer on the Flying Trapeze, of 34 onday t in the person of the "miraculous" Steckel, the Cirque Napoleon, who is said to have an artist avecanedt ^4l t r i ° t lll le ita fully as Leotard has that of the "wondrous" phil an ih rt ,Tio institutions, and other bodies which for the purposes of their' re-unions have to take Cremorne-;ardens, make excursions on tilt river, or huddle together in a theatre, will be glad to learn that it has been determinec to mako the Canterbury Hall available far benefits. Co say nothing of the varied character of the arrangements, or of the great attraction offered by the Fine Arts Galbry, the learned in such matters will perceive that the spacious halls furnish a splendid rendezvous for the patrons and friends of charitable institutions, such as the Licensed Victuallers, &c., &c., and that the profits to the undertakings are likely to be much greater when the official " whips have room and opportunity for giving a fillip to the practical benevolence of the visitors. Especially is the Canterbury Hall and its Picture Gallery suitable for the afternoon visits of schools in connection with institu tions, Br. It possesses great advantages over the theatres, because the social intercourse which takes place is favour able to that loosening of the purse strings so helpful to the cause of charity, and so inspiriting to the promoters of benevolent objects. Lambeth will be the principal gainer by this resolve, although there is no reason why other localities should not avail themselves of the boon. THE BRIGHTON REVIEW. The following notice has been issued from the War-office : " War -office, April 9, 1862. "Officers commanding those volunteer corps that pro pose to attend the review at Brighton are recommended Irma no time in procuring railway tickets, according to the terms advertised by the London and Brighton nail way Company, who have consented to extend the limit of time for the return of unappropriated tickets to Thursday, the 17th instant." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, APRIL J. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Alice, drove out yesterday, attended by Lieutenant Colonel Du Plat. The Countess of Gainsborough has succeeded the Colin• teas of Caledon as Lady in Waiting, Lady and Miss Bowater have left Osborne. It is reported that the Queen has offered to give up Buckingham Palace to the Emperor of the French dur ing his visit to eee the International Exhibition, and that the Emperor will occupy it for ten days or a fortnight during the season. Such an event would do something to make up for the absence of the Court from London, which, notwithstanding all the bustle and business to be expected from the crowd of visitors, will have a very injurious in- Auence upon some classes of tradesmen in the metropolis, with whom Court festivities count as an important element of gain. The Earl of Derby continues to improve in health. The Earl Cowper and the Hon. Henry Cowper have arrived in town from a tour on the continent. The Baroness de Clifford has arrived on Carlton house-terrace from her seat,liirbyMallory, nearAt herstone. Vicomte Jules Treilhard (Premier Secretaire de la Legation Francaise 5. Washington) with the Vicomtesse Treilhard, have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street. We regret to learn that the Bishop of London has been suffering from a rheumatic attack for some days. His lordship held a large confirmation at St. James's, Pad dington, and, we believe, attended a meeting at the Rouse of Lords on Monday, and was for a short time in his seat in Parliament. On inquiries in St. James's-square yesterday it was stated that his lordship was not so well, and the Lord Bishop of Worcester consequently confirmed at St. Michael's, Highgate, yesterday afternoon, for his lordship. At the Cavan Quarter Sessions on Saturday, a medical gentleman was sued by a labourer for £l, a fee charged by him for a certificate as to the state of health of the plaintiff's son, then a prisoner in the county gaol, and whom he was attending in his capacity of dispensary phy sician. The certificate was required to support an applica tion for mitigation of punishment, and the plaintiff con tended that the doctor should have given it without fee, as part of his ordinary duty. The defendant proved that it was the professional practice to charge a fee in such cases, and the bench decided in his favour. THE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL WAY.—The sufferers by the accident on the Great Northern Railway, reported a day or two since, are progressing fa vourably. Mr. Clarke, of Ulceby Grange, who sustained the most severe injury, has so far recovered as to be re moved to his home. The other passengers, whose nervous systems were affected by the shock, are pretty nearly re stored. The accident is believed to have arisen through the slight sinking of the rails from the great amount of rain which has recently fallen, or a deflection of the rails at the points beyond Algarkirk station. PARISIAN DISSIPATION.—A Paris letter says : " For the present every one here belonging to the upper classes seems to be bent upon pursuing a round of dissipation too fatiguing to be sociable. The Countess Persigny has brought in, by giving her last ball at midnight, a fashion in a fair way of being widely adopted, as well as one that will make the sociability of the brilliant world more life-consuming than it ever has been. Soirees now commence long after 10, private concerts at about 11, and balls at 12. When they end may easily be inferred from the time of their beginning. The wearing effects of such unnatural hours on the constitution are warded off by the ladies, and, indeed, often by gentlemen, in a manner so in pnious that it deserves to be recorded. Dinners are ordered half an hour earlier than they are usually served, and, instead of being finished at half-past seven or eight, are over at seven and half-past seven, so that persons of quality can go to bed and have a long sleep before they dress to go out at midnight." A WORD ABOUT THE WARRIOR.—It is quite evident that the Warrior is not to be the final specimen of marine architecture on our ocean empire. Well, it is a victory worth fighting for, labouring with heavy purse and intense mechanical skill and industry to achieve the final end of war by rendering it impossible. Oar American cousins will scheme hard at this, if only their purses shall hold out. And we will scheme, too; and it shall go hard with our schemes but we will better all instructors than our own. And so to your guns all ye who believe it practicable to drive an unrifled shot in at one side of the Warrior and ott at the other, making a yawning breach for the green tide of ocean to pour in, and perforce driving us to a more perfect structure. Only do not let us build more than one ncvelty at a time, lest the next should prove a waste like the last. The gain so far is in favour of nations threatened with invasion by sea. With wooden ships and iron rails, it is quite clear that any amount of impregnable shore batteries might be improvised at a low cost, and at a week's notice, but not so with Channel transports.—Ones a Week. FEES FROM WITNESSES FOR PRISONERS,—At the Somerset Quarter Sessions, which commenced at Wells, before Sir W. Miles, Bart., M.P., on Tuesday, Mr. W. Moody stated that at the last session the Recorder of Bath had startled the Court by an announcement that the crier was in the habit of getting a shilling fee for swearing every witness called on behalf of a prisoner. In consequence of what then passed, he gave notice of a motion which he now proposed, that the taking of such fees was illegal, and ought to be discontinued. It was monstrous that in an English court of justice a prisoner should be obliged to pay such a fee in order to get a fair trial, and he con sidered that the Court would not do its duty if it did not adopt his motion. The crier had expressed his willingness to abide by the decision of the Court. Mr. Dickenson, in seconding the motion, observed that such fees were entirely contrary to the spirit of Magna Charts— that justice was not to be bought. Sir W. G. Hayter dif fered as to the illegality of taking the fees. In former times the prisoner could not examine his witnesses upon oath at all. When prisoners' witnesses were allowed to be sworn, then for the first time the shilling was taken, and they all recollected that it used to be the termination of every oath so administered—" So help you God, a shilling." (Laughter.) He was not terrified at so grievous an injustice, as it was termed, and was not satisfied as to its illegality, but was nevertheless willing that the practice should be abandoned. After some further discussion, Mr. Moody's motion was adopted, with the omission of the word " illegal." 'LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and Blackett announce among their works in preparation—The Life of the Rev. Edward Irving, illustrated by his J ournal and Correspondence, by Mrs. Oliphant (in April) ; The Church and the Churches ; or, the Papacy and the Tem poral Power, by Dr. Dollinger, translated by W. B. M'Cabe (in April) ; Italy under Victor Emmanuel : a Personal Narrative, by Count Charles Arrivabene, private secretary to ; Thirty Years' Musical Recolle c ti ons , by HenryCneon unFt:C Chorley;av u illustratedr from lh the Th e Court p a a p n e d rs So a Society i rn from boi t Elizabeth on edited to A by the Duke of Manchester ; Adventures among the Anda mans, by Dr. Mount; Female Life in Prison, by a prison matron. And the following new works of fiction :---Owen, a Waif, by the author of "High Church;" Saturday Sterne, by J. E. Reade ; a new stery by the author of "Margaret and her Bridesmaids ;" Mrs. Blake, by Mrs. Newton Crosland; Walter Langley, by the Hon. C. S. Noel!la Y b the Hon. Mrs. Macdonald; B r yanston Radcliffe, author of " Alice W en t wo rth," a s S i v u . il ar e e, bijyucil LATEST NEWS. PARIS, APRIL 10. The illoniteur of to-day contains the following : " The celebration of a jubilee has been prescribed by the Ardhbishop of Toulouse in commemoration of a grievous and bloody episode of our ancient re ligious discords. " The present legislation and the concordat in reference to the performance of Catholic worship in the public streets, all impose 071 the Government the duty of prohibiting a ceremony which might ex cite division and hatred, and disturb public peace. Without derogating in any way the almost imme morial custom which sanctions the so-called proces sions of the Holy Bodies,' the Government has decided on interdicting all the processions or cere monies in the streets mentioned in the pastoral of the Archbishop of Toulouse:. PARIS, APRIL 9. The report that the fleet will escort the Emperor on his approaching visit to London is unfounded. The Paris evening journals publish a dispatch from Athens, dated April 4, stating that hopes are entertained of an arrangement being effected with the insurgents upon the basis of a modification of the Ministry. It is asserted that M. de Lavalette will leave Paris to-morrow for Rome. The case of the appeal, M. Mires, referred by the Court of ,` Cessation to the court in Douai, was further heard today. The Procureur Generablin his reply , to the defen dant's counsel, expressed his opinion that the demand of M. Mires for a fresh examination of his accounts by other official auditors should be rejected. TURIN, WEDNESDAY. The Biritto of today announces that Garibaldi has arrived at Pavia, and has been received with great enthusiasm. The journals of this city state that the Capitulary Vicar of Bologna has been arrested. MADRID, WEDNESDAY. To-day in the Congress, the Government, in re ply to questions relative to Mexico, declared that it approved of the prEliminary convention of Soledad, and of the conduct of General Prim. It also ex pressed hopes that harmony would not be disturbed. ST. PETERSBURG, WEDNESDAY. Baron Bismark Schonhausen, the Prussian Am bassador, had a private audience of the Emperor yesterday in order to take leave. 10,000 Bohemians have offered to emigrate to the Crimea. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 9.—The market still continues in active, and prices have been well maintained, and even a slight improvement obtained on the closing rate of yesterday, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 95c. There has not been much doing in Railway Shares, and in some cases the prices are rather lower. Tim following were the last quota tions : 4t per per Cents ... 97 75 Bank Shares 3090 Do. end month.... 98 Credit Fonder 1520 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 90 Piedmontese Fives 67 85 New 3 per Cents .. 68 95 Italian Loan 67 35 Do. end month.... 68 95 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 792 50 Spanish Threes 5l 75 Do. end month.... 795 Home Debt .. 4B/ minds upon any topic of the most vital impor tance to the country, it is well known how it would be strained and distorted by those high in office before it could reach the Czar, and whose interest is to keep the monarch misinformed, that they may exercise their tyrannical authority, which is a calamity to Poland, and a scandal to Europe. No one more than the Poles would re joice in any good reform for the benefit of the country ; but they must be bona fide reforms, coming from whatever quarter they may, and carried out by men possessing public confidence, and acting for the good of the people, and the honour of the Sovereign. This, I believe, is the key to the possible reconciliation between the Czar and the Poles, and unless it be conceded, I see no prospect of any lasting tranquillity. Some days ago, as if to show that the system of extreme severity has been relaxed, an order was issued to throw open the public gardens of this city —a favour which does not seem to be much cared for by the people. Scarcely any one is to be seen in them, except little children with their nurses, and a legion of police agents enjoying the freshness of the spring. The state of siege still continuing, one is as much as ever exposed to the insults and vexations of every official and soldier, who can stop you, question you, and frequently order you to unbutton your great-coat, in suspicion that you are wearing underneath it some prohibited garment. It appears that the report of the torture of Alex ander Zamoyski, circulated in the foreign journals, has attracted the notice of the Russian Government, who are most desirous of effacing the painful im pression it caused in Europe. With a view to hush up this atrocious proceeding, a commission was appointed, which proceeded to the Citadel, where Zamoyski is imprisoned, and, as the official docu ment, signed by the members, announces, convinced themselves by his verbal assurance that he had not, since his incarceration, received any corporal punish ment. Why the commission was not composed of some citizens on whom the public can place re liance, instead of a Russian General and the Chief of the Police, whose official looks were sufficient to frighten the prisoner into any avowal, and thus the document was drawn up and signed in the Cita del of Warsaw. This alone speaks volumes. From the anarchy which prevails among the Russian officials of every rank, it may be that the horrible treatment never received the sanction of the General Luders, the Governor of Poland, but was an act of some of those brutal, and so well known for their ferocity, Generals Roznor and Krzysanowski, worthy imitators of Platoner, whose motto was to beat and ill-treat the Poles until peace was restored. The misery and political degradation to which the inhabitants of Lithuania are reduced, deter mined Count Starzynski, Marshal of the Nobility, to submit to the Emperor a letter couched in re spectful but energetic terms, in which he called the attention of his Majesty to this deplorable state of things, and submitted as a remedy the grant of the following demands : 1. The re-establishment of the ancient statutes of Lithuania, with such modifications as are in har mony with the spirit of the age. 2. Abolition of all the laws contrary to the liberty of conscience. 3. The restoration of the University of Wilna. 4. The election by the citizens of the adminis trative and judicial authorities, as is the case in other Russian provinces. 5. The right for the citizens to found any com mercial, agricultural, industrial associations, with out requiring any sanction from the Government. The Emperor has referred this letter to the Council of the Empire, but no better success is expected from this than from other applications of the same nature. MARKETS-THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. IMf ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —. Wheat, 58s 5d ; barley, 36s Od ; oats, 21s 9d ; rye, 36s 5d ; beans, 38s 2d; and peas, 38s 7d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 69s ld ; barley, 35s 10d ; oats, 22s Od ; rye, 36s Id ; beans, 39s 1c1; peas, 39s 6d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 57,444 ; barley, 37,845 ; oats, 14,218 ; rye, 48 ; beans, 4,412 ; peas, 710 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was only a moderate supply of beasts on offer here to-day, yet all kinds mpt A lim inquiry, at Monday's cur rency. The best Scots and crosses sold at 4s 4d per 8 lbs. The show of sheep was limited for the time of year. Downs in the wool were in v t?.ir request, at extreme rates; but long-wooled sheep Were - very inactive, on former terms. Lambs commanded Monday's quotations, viz., from 6s to 7s per 8 lbs. The few calves on offer moved off slowly; nevertheless, prices were supported. The top quotation was 5s 4d per 8 lbs. Pigs were quite as dear as last week ; ut milch cows sold heavily. Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 10 3 0 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Lambs, 6s ( Suckling calves, 108 to 25s 20s to 295. s. d. s. Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 5 Pine. S'thdown d 0.5 6 5 10 Largo orse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 d to 7s Od. and quarter-old store pigs; TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 2,800 Calves l9O rigs 3lO FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Ca Sheep lves Pigs •• . • ,-, ......... -- MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderately good, and trad6 generally is inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d , mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 9.—Fair supplies of stock were on sale to-day, and the trade generally ruled inactive, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6 , to 69 6d ; lamb, 6s Od to 6s 10d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 45 8d per 81bs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 9.—Sheep were in good request, at full prices. Otherwise, the trade was heavy. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 58 6d ; lambs, 6s Od to 7s ; veal, 4s 4d to 45s Od ; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81b; suckling calves, 12s to 18s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s t o 29 s each ; and meh cows, £l4 Oa to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SmrryrrrELD.--Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s , clover, £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s Od per load. Straw active, and dearer. CUMBERLAND..—Meriow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; cloves do., £3 10s to £5 15s; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL ; .--Meadow hay, Z 2 s to £4 15s coves £3 103 to £6 Os and straw, £1 18s O to £2 2s p er i l oad. , Trade steady. COAL hl frrices of Coal per Ton a ARKET. the dome of the market Walla End. s. d. Hartlepool West Hart ley Grey's West Hartley..l6 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley .16 3 Howard's West Hart ley ....16 3 Lambert's West Hal t ley.... ...... l6 3 Holywell ..15 6 North Pelton .........12 6 Hastings Hartley ....16 9 Craighead Steam ...... 14 9 Tanfield Moor 13 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Walker Primrose 12 0 Wylam ..14 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Eden Main l5 6 8. d. Cassop 16 6 Hartlepool.. l7 0 Caradoc ... ...16 6 Braddyll's Hetton 16 9 South Hartlepool 16 3 South Kelloe. l6 6 Heugh Hail 16 0 Whitworth 15 0 South Hetton 17 6 Trimdon Hartlepool l7 0 Trimdon Thornley 14 6 Eden 15 9 Acorn Close ..15 9 K e110e...... 16 9 Hetton ......17 6 Easington .... ..... .15 0 Haswell l7 6 Stewart's . l7 0 Keiper Grange.... l6 3 Harton_ ....15 1 RAILWAYS, Cash. Account. Orleans 1270 .. 1266 25 Northern ... lO4O .. 1043 75 New ditto 985 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1130 . .. 1132 50 Geneva 392 50 .. 391 25 Southern 785 .. 786 25 Western Eastern •• .. 696 .. 592 50 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 672 50 .. 673 75 ITALY. A letter from Cremona of the sth, in the Italie, says:—" General Garibaldi this morning made his entry into our town. The legion of the National Guard, the corporation of the emigrants, the Car biniers, and an immense multitude of.the people , went to meet him. The general entered by the Ognissante Gate, and the scene was a most exciting one. A number of Neapolitan soldiers prostrated themselves before him, calling him the liberator and saviour of Naples. The multitude attempted to take the horses from his carriage, but Garibaldi energetically opposed it, and he slowly pursued his way amidst a complete shower of flowers. A num ber of other carriages followed the general's, Three of them were filled with officers of the regular army, and in another was Gmn. Steffanelli, the com mandant of the division, in plain clothes, with one of his aides-de-camp in uniform. On the arrival of the cortege at the Treechi Palace, General Steffa nelli hastily approached the carriage of Garibaldi to open the door, which he did with an emotion shared in by the hero and by the people, who loudly applauded. The acclamations of the crowd shortly after brought Garibaldi to one of the windows, whence he briefly addressed the people, stating the pleasure he felt at visiting a town which had fur nished so considerable a number of volunteers, and rendered siich service to the cause of Italy. He also dwelt on the necessity of the people perfecting them selves in the use of the rifle, as when that was ac complished the question of Venetia would be promptly solved. The General will this evening visit the theatre, and to-morrow the inauguration of the rifle match will take place." POLAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, MARCH 31, 1862. A sign of certain earnestness to settle the pre sent question has been made by the Government. It will be remembered that the Agricultural Society, dissolved so suddenly last year, had proposed a pro ject which rendered the peasants at once the owners of the soil they cultivated, by securing an indem nity to the actual possessors. This project, though subsequently modified by the Marquis Wielopolski, was still favourably received. Both these systems had in view one fundamental idea of doing away with the distinction that prevails between the dif ferent classes of society, and of destroying every vestige of jealousy and antagonism between them. The return of the Marquis ,Wielopolski from St. Petersburg has doubtless much to do with the re vival of this knotty question, which is at this mo ment occupying the attention of the Council of State. The extraordinary session of this so-called legislative body was opened by the Governor- General Linden on the 26th instant, in a short speech, explaining the delay in reassembling the members of the Council, and stating that this pro ject had been in January last transmitted to the Financial and Administrative Departments at St. Petersburg, to which were added three other mem bers appointed by the Emperor, for the purpose of deliberating upon it. He further informed the a: curious members of the Council of State that they A racing -boat of the present day is were called upon to consider other projects b looking machine : its chief requirements seem to be(though such as that concerning the advances to be made who tion differ) fine lines fore and aft, a flat raid. s hi p see the Land Credit Society to those peasants tion and floor carried well forward, and a large keelson, or would profit by the facility granted them to re- backbone, to keep it per d feotiy rigid and not liable to dip in by by rSsonia:lll. The one in which deem the labour rent by a fixed payment. The the ( middle b when pressed builtthe 0, with "no extreme project affects only the municipal tribunals, an d the . am r , i , dge won in views, and generally allowed to be a new project for levying of taxes and other dues of good fast boat, will the public t reasury, serve as an illustration. Her le ngth over all is 57ft. 4M., and greatest width, at No. s's thwart, 2ft. 2in. She is built Divers complaints and petitions, addressed to the of mahogany veneers, moulded over a few oak ribs to the proper lines by the aid of steam, and further strengthened Council of State, were also to form part of the labours of the Council of Stat e ' a b ody chiefly corn _ by light iron of dexterity there is no keel, and consequently posed of the nominees of the Czar, having no right some degree required in sitting; when afloat, of initiating any law , and entirely dependent upon the oars must be out and lying with their blades flat on the water, or she would most likel canslae. The rowlocks are the final decision of the Gr,vernor- General, through extended on iron outriggers, so y that‘ the narrowness of the whom, and by whose will alone, all the proceedings from the leverage. The outside is will be submitted to the Emperor. Even if the beautifully French b bo e a au t does net rake a way polished, and, if possible, is treated to Council of State were bold enough to speak their an extra coat for the race.-0240 a Week. a Walls End. .. 16 ...15 6 Sheriff Hill 14 6 Russel's Hetton 16 6 Hilda .. 14 6 Ships at market Peases West .14 6 Framwellgate S.Durham 15 n Wharncliffe 15 p Hedley 16 0 4, 281; sold, 221. A " CONTRABAND" HERO. A correspondent of the New York limes de scribes the adventures of a Contraband," or negro, named Jim, who appears to have required conside rable celebrity in the Federal army. Jim made his escape from Virginia in Dec. last, and joined Capt. Magaw, of the gunboat Freeborn :—" Capt. Magaw, shortly after Jim's arrival on board the Freeborn, sent him upon a scouting tour through the rebel fortifications, more to test his reliability than any thing else; and the mission, although fraught with great danger, was executed by Jim in the most, faithful manner. Again Jim was sent into Vir ginia, landing at the White House, below Mount Vernon, and going into the interior for several miles, encountering the fire of picket guards and posted sentries, returned in safety to the shore, and was brought off in the captain's gig, under the fire of the rebel musketry. Jim had a wife and four children at that time still in Virginia.. They belonged to the same man as Jim did ; he was anxious to get them ; yet it seemed impossible. One day in January Jim came to the Captain's room, and asked for permission to be landed that evening on the Virginia side, as he wished. to bring off his family. " Why, Jim, said Capt. Magaw, "how will you be able to pass the pickets?" " I want to try, Captain ; I think I can get 'em over safely," meekly replied Jim. " Well, you have my permission ; and Capt. Magaw ordered one of the gunboats to land Jim that night on whatever part of the shore Jim designated, and return for him the following evening. True to his appoint ment, Jim was at the spot with his wife and family, and were taken on board the gunboat and brought over to Liverpool Point, where Colonel Graham had given them a log house to live in. Several weeks afterwards another reconnaissance was planned, and Jim sent on it. He returned in safety, and was highly complimented by Generals Hooker, Sickles, and the entirefiotilla. On Thursday, week ago, it became necessary to obtain correct informa tion of the enemy's movements. Since then, bat teries at Shipping and Cockpit Points had been evacuated, and their troops moved to Frede ricksburgh. Jim was the man picked out for the occasion. Jim, accompanied by two other negroes, at once started off for the gun-. boat Satellite, Captain Poster, who landed_ them a short distance below the Potomac Creek batteries. They were to return early in the morn ing, but were unable, from the great distance they went in the interior. Long before daylight, on Saturday morning, the gunboat was laying off the appointed place. As the day dawned Captain Foster discovered a mounted picket guard near the beach, and, almost at the same instant, saw Jim to. the left of them, in the woods, sighting his gun, at the rebel cavalry. He ordered the "gig" to be manned and rowed to shore. The rebels moved along slowly, thinking to intercept the boat, when Foster gave them a shell, which scattered them. Jim, with only one of his original companions, and two fresh contrabands, came on board, Jim had lost the other. He had been challenged by a picket, when some distance in advance of Jim, and the negro, instead of answering the summons, fired the contents of Sickel's revolver at the picket. The entire picket guard rushed out of a small house near the spot, and fired at Jim's companion, killing him instantly. Jim and the other three hid themselves in a hollow, near a fence, and after the pickets gave up pursuit, creeped through the woods to the shore. From the close proximity of the rebel pickets, Jim could. not display a light, which was the signal for For ster to send a boat. Captain Forster, after hearing Jim's story of the shooting of his companion, deter mined to avenge his death ; so, steaming his vessel close in to the shore, he sighted his guns for a barn, where the rebel cavalry were hiding behind. He fired two shells—one went right through the him, killing four of the rebels and seven of their horses. Captain Foster, seeing the fffect of his snots, said to Jim, who stood by—' Well, Jim, I've avenged the death of poor Cornelius' (the name of Jim's lost companion). General Hooker has transmitted to the War Department an account of Jim's reconnai sance to Fredericksburgh, and unites with the army and navy, stationed on the left wing of the Potomac, in the hope that the Government will present Jim with a fitting recompense for his gallant services." CELEBRATING A VICTOR Y. One of the most degrading scenes that ever dis graced a Legislative Assembly was enacted at Des Moines last week, on the reception of the news of the capture of Fort Donnelson. Both Ho u ses immediately adjourned upon the announcement of the glorious intelligence, and made preparations for a general " drunk." Adjutant-General Baker mounted a desk in the house, moved the suspension. of the Liquor Law for a time, put the motion to vote, which was of course carried, and license was granted for a grand spree. Headed by the Governor the Legislature and State officials repaired to the Des Moines-house, where, in a short time, the rattling of decanters, the tingling of glasses, the gurgling of liquors, and the bacchanalian shouts of revelry told but too plainly that the " upper crust" were "going in" on their honours. Governor Kirkwood "spread himself" in fine style before he guzzled down his fifteenth glass, and was followed by his pet, Baker, who managed to make a fool of himself, but the members were too much " overcome" to notice it. After the gassy element was expended a minister of the Gospel was " nabbed" while pass ing, hauled into the midst of the drunken rabble, and requested to make a speech, which he refused, when he was lifted upon the table and compelled to before he was released. Everyone who came within hailing distance was dragged into the hall and made to " drink the health" of our brave sol diers at Fort Donnelson. After revelling as long as liquor held out, the victims of Bacchus, one by one, slipped off to their rooms to hide their dis grace. The leading temperance member of the house staggered around to the Register-office and requested the editor not to publish his " preca rious situation," as it might injure his fair reputa tion as a temperance man among his constituents. We are happy to state that about one-fourth of the Legislature refused to participate in this disgrace ful proceeding —some Republicans declining from principle, and a number of Democrats because their sympathies were enlisted in behalf of the conquered rebels. What a picture to present to the inteliigent people of lowa and send forth to sister States, the, State officials and legislators on a " drunk," law makers transformed into law breakers, imitating the example of the besotted inebriate, and descending to the level of the reeling toper ! For shame! We derived these facts from a responsible member of the Legislature, who denounces is as the most dis graceful scene he ever witnessed. He says he was sober.—Montezuma (Iowa; Republican. ALARMING OCCbARPNcE TAs 2 L THEATRE, A MAN ATTACKED BY AN ELEPHANT. Last night, during the performance at Astley' s Th ea tre, Wes tminster-bridge -road, one of Bell's colossal elephants, engaged in the spectacle of the " Rajah of Nagp or e," be came furious, and knocked down and attacked o ne of the grooms, named Henry Parker, the poor man narrowly escaping instant death. It seems that about nine o'clock the man Henry Parker went into the elephant's den for the purpose of calling him out to go through some of his performances, when the beast turned on him, struck him with his trunk, and having got him down, commenced butting at him, it is sup posed with the intention of driving his tusks into him, at the same time beating him with his trunk. The poor fel low's cries quickly brought Mr. Bell, Mr. Croueste, Mr. Moffat, and the keepers to the spot, who succeeded in boat ing off the infuriated animal, and Parker was placed in a • cab and taken t o Ch ar i ng - cro ss Hospital, wh ere i t was found that he w as f ear f u lly bruised all over th e b ody, and m m e o w rn ha it is feared sever a l ribs fractured, and he li es i n a very pre cariouscrossHospital, e s s t p at it e a ,i, h ou e g w h as th s i o s morning, bon enquiry at Charing etter. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 10.—Wind this day at noon—North; cloudy. There was a very heavy fall of rain last night. PLYMOUTH, April 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John Bull, from Now York; H.M.' s sh i p Revenge, from Ports mouth. Sailed—Eliza, for Quebec. OFF DARTMOUTH, April 9.—Wind N.E.—Arrived-- Moravian, from London, for Adelaide. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Antelope and Palladium, from Newcastle; Queen, from Middlesborough. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 9—Einhard, from New York; Eliza Thornton, from Batavia ; E xc h ange, from Ghent. Arrived, April 10—Q ueen o f the Isles, from Brussels; Bullicot, from Stavenger ; De Wessel Vallacite, from Dogger Bank. The Spar iding Wave, from Shields for New York, re turned, hating been ashore and received damage. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Veloze, for Liverpool ; Aurora, for Margaret All an , f or M arse ill es; Archibald 31 `Millan, for Greenock—all from L on d o n. Quebec Sailed—Gem, for London. The new naval prison at Lewes was opened for the reception of prisoners on Monday. The first instal ment received was a batch of seven seamen from Ports mouth, under sentence of court-martial. e A GRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT We are gla I to find that h is Grace the Duke..- R ichmon d, President of the Society , has conse nted to take charity on the chair at tlhveediltheiroduayn,nthive 28th of festival of this aclud ra bl of may. se, Alf Da] Ishi Ina tia t an a n, `;`, N em ' *sip • 0 Cq n , .tae tra2 Di chit Alex . - ort and D. Spa, zpvii xur] 4 ,Ar vitt, tali you: IA Lou , this tho ' folio liou Ares Wes li on th en ttud for ,