The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-22 00:00:00

state embankment --to the sea J-8o stop all Pensions, and Pay, above £365-yr ; no Queen's nor Ministers' money, Default on Russell's (1683 N. Bedford/evd-carry, attaint JAPANESE MISSION Cos., its TATIIAT Baton Rouge Rim- sst '—as England's Privy Council. By Articles 3.—.18, and 21, under texts Hollandaise' for 14 years' revision, signed on 26th August, 1858, and attested by the Russian intermediate, Count Ignatief in 1859, under Pekin's Xun•rien-('sin Treaty—in Alcor's Vi and 'Bi oaput6lation), Obedient to heaven's Zenith +4 sol Aza-meter Spiral-sphere fate 'Z overhead' earth-flit, distinct from the Sun's s- planeterry declination N. and S. for Fres Japan:a Cantonal 1586 in Ton- cmin's La Chua C.J. of Edward Sceptre Chancery Court, of Maca6 Cabotage guard as England itself' of the Isles, against pirates. You are hereby called on to register the old La Montee Q' civics limit-wall of China, as the Jeso-horizon of London, 40s N., as England's 1581 Receipt of Exchequer, and take out Yedo copy of Standard Pigmeter weights' for regional exemplification, under your red moon disci mark—of the Menan•cabuyian empire of the Borne) ilo's, on Q. Elia. and J. I.'s Enn°am to Sicily's font in alto skyset link, (as between Man and God) so Serpentine : : fly audits.' Explain to the Tycoon's Free-haired Tailmen as of our fathers, That this results from my sole Macao charge, on Holy Alliance of Christian-clubs, t Abolition 29th August, 1825, by 11 m. c 55—founded on 14 G. m s c 83, 1774" for universal meter•rod of the world's empyreal spirit-a-level guidance—restored in 1824, suspended one year to kill off the life and death 1815 justice-men' for '26 Romish-pope .--.so cause of his illegal white Mitre' being set to all the criminal law exchequer deeds, over which, if not removed the writer will sign for the people's rights, without any Basf-C s tian S.A.C. coolie marks of 1842's bald pated Chi nese Tartar shaved mark of Macartney's '92 ,/word, CAR, and ez-harness foist—for a I-papal British government mis rule by confusion—as seen in Pekin summer palace. ear The suspended 1824 Act became re-incorporated in 1635—and writer its State wall trustee sworn 1837-43, for the lineal spirit-level inter- °-national oathing for all offices, without sect creeds idea—on Staff inset-poy'ze sight. Thus on water trespass,' YEWS ask of Lisbon's Maoao Company's governor in 1857—(0f the Romish Pope)—who was England's 1594 Stil-laird of Guinea of 1712 and 1826, Kings Gersfa Juez River Conservator, on Brazil-marshal Beresford's baton \ rouge submission to Admiral Ham • mond's flag-lieutenant Montague II Ackerley—for facing in court the Red-man Tycoon Emperor, by s law ? ? ? Your P. Council P- MISSION was to unite the treaty 'AD.' 1664, with Anglc'Dntch executive of -a-Holland's marshes as of Leicester's create 1560-85 so Cromwell and Louis 'IT., 1655, a ffi rmed by Parliament, of 16 Car. 11., re-e m bo d y ' d on Phillipine-isles 6 & 6 native jury -1764-Scholastic teac hing t'uis Re& 'Mans by Act of 1832 for making N. W. toAmerica Behring's 'Auld-guarantee of Dutch-loan extends Ne wfoundland-1820 as Crown colony Antipodean to Z ealand, Siam, and its Ceylon trop'lrctic flword despendencies. You'll now see into the May 14 Bar'ing-visit (leading by Macdonald, to the son AsusunTost Treaty) of my state-associate—and afterwards to Northumberland-house to pass before the Supreme Indian portraiture of Joseph Brant, (Stamp Act Sag)moth Chief of 1774-'93 of Anglo- Chinese America, west to east), uncle and predecessor of the now Siderial-crown Income-tax Freeman herein Basqu• eta'd as P. Nwl'warr, one of ,our race under the ' ligne tiree for Washington § Texas—Extradition act, 1843—its alien's having no French ' white' flag for their C oc hi n L a gua- A nnem as sumption vers l'annee 1821 Colberti-restaurate,' on my Mexi-ssicmac Brasil-Canton sponsorship. By letter, save disproved acts, Ye are of the out'd-1585 Dairy-sum) or high Sinto Papists, separated from the state n-kubaship-coroner f so, not of the peoples mats-may s /Sr. polo elect-Ty-cone of Zenith Crts—under the provincial Dia rni-6 and district Sio•mi-6. If so ?—' Rip' or Ratify by meter oath for Angl a China—as Eastermost men ' on Water flag-limit April 7, 1662, by the high contracting parties,' W. -R. Seward & R. Pemell, city niQnam'd Lyons; Amer. Ind. Co'mission'rs by Art, I, rule 2 ' within the territorial waters of the other (L'ailtre neutre)party'—eariblan A-sister to 'mother earth's legistatrice, by Brantse in Peter.§ IN conclusion—Know that the Portugue-papal Tartar change of your national Red *rater flag disc-<s by the Macso'd Chancery (1594-1618), and others, in the Scotch Dutch Japanese treaty with China Oct. 1663 to Feb. 1664, —signed by Tycoon, for BORT & Vander Does, whereby a White flag with red moon was set as the Gaduch'yrs Mexi- Anahuac' emblem, over your tEmbassy in London. • Une base' qui (fit Armer la race-rouge xi grande 2 Sous la loi civique §), peas avec Fierte oa von voit que jamais I'ENGLAND' ne rearchande Quand it faut par la merleur donner Libert4 - 0 , 4-4 • • * N.] II CHARLES ' ACLaRLnT , ? ? ji • • 1-2 W. iv., N°. 54, Chamberlayne' Die-sworn. si4 • PETER BASQUET, Income-tax chief (1842, unpaid.¢ • China nu/ wall circuit horizon of—'London, May 22, sr 4 1862), its Montezuma-Texas-peace Red Flag. So Paris-gab 'Wight ship' flelgin-vocant Kalfateren skiff Om-ega " Het /chip ssylt wel, het i s ras in nylon, . —item, het is een klock-ship fallen." >4 Scl°- G-awa t By 25 Hen. 111. the Purser discargo-rer' or steward is deputy-juror for Neighbours to the fact,' under Shipping Act aid'onus, to avoid Ty-cone Coroner's sequestration in log default on deaths or Offences to the Person by the 1842 British-triad Emigration Soc:, pas-sign ' Skin-belly mark' S. A. C. initials of Sandwich Isles, Australia and Californian Jit poll •tail-tax on Spanish goldfinders. (See The Sun of April 19, 28, and May 16.) THEATRE-RO AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee Mr. J B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, at half Fast 7, will be performed (129th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothcrn. Followed by anew Spanish Ballet entitied LA CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nene, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. 0 YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 162 d Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP 0' DAY ; or, Savourneen Deel 1 sh. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial. poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half -past 6, to oommence at '. Box-office open daily from It till 5. Commence a , 7 RoYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. Tills EVENING, CASH V. CUPID. Mr. Widdicomb a nd Miss Maria Harris. Alter which, at a quarter to 8, THE MERRY WIVES of WINDSOR. Messrs. Ryder, J. G. Shore, Basil Potter, Widdicomb, Meadows, J ordan, Raymond, Higzie, Paulo, g. Cathcart, &c. ; Mrs. Weston, Miss R Leclercq, and Miss C. Leclerc4. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Garden, Shore, &c., and Miss C. Leclercq. Commence at 7. No half-price. MR. and MRS. CHARLES KEAN are engaged at the ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE for a limited period, and Hr. A. HARRIS has great pleasure In announcing their first appearance, after an absence of three years, on SATURDAY next, 24th inst., when LOUIS XI. will be performed. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean will appear every evening during their engagement. NE W THriA E-RO YAL, ADELPHL— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS E VENING, a new domestic drama, entitled DOT: TMcssrs. J. L. Toole, Emery, Billington, Stephenson • Miss L. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. H. Marston. After which, THE PHANTOM. Ruthven, Mr. Dion Boueicault ; Messrs. Emery, Toole, Billington, P. Bedford, Miss Simms, 3liss K. Kelly, &c. CA R NTERB U Y HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The miraculous STECKEL at a quarter to 11. The renowned RUtISEY and NEWCOMB MINSTRELS at Nine o'clock. Grand Selections from " La Sonnambula," by Miss Rus sell, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jongh mans. UNswOR/11 in his celebrated Stump Speech other man," and EUGENE, the great Burlesque "Or any Singer and Dancer, at Ten o'clock. The best Comic talent in London. l'deasirti, Morton and Stanley b eg t o i n f orm v isitors to Lon don during the Exhibition that the GALLERY of PAINT INGS well be Open, free_ between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock on and after Monday. 'THE OXFORD. 6, OXFORD-STREET.— I Every Evening.—RENßl and PFAU on the Flying Trapeze (last two weeks). - The unrivalled Ethiopian Come dians, Rumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels, and Unsworth and in addition to host of comic talent.—Operatic Selec- Eugene , tions and the cantata of AY DAY" (by G. A. Macfarren) and the "Jolly Beggars" (( by G. Linley), supported by the Miss Busse Mdme. Endersaohn, entire company, including 3lessrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert.—Full Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghnu nft 11 all, Bd.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. :HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY. —Morning , Bh. 63m.—Afterimmi, 9h. 26 m . To-moßßow.-Morning , 9h. 56m.—Afternoon, loh. 24m. 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. - —_____ Q 1 1 f ~. l, 4 i •-14... , . -2211 :', , ,'.A , "..4,3 -, ~, . :‘,4_,, . ' .., ),,,,1,„. ( "POLffl * 42. A F,y_S . f i) tg 7,.."` \- , .''V,., ' . • , , - ; i --k ~,e.r ,o , ‘ -, , , ,- -- ,,,-7.4 71 1 -4• 0 ce,,-,/ - ', .•, , t-;" - __ - 1 . , , ~,,,. s -iv , ,t , i, ~,, ,•,,, ~.. i • 1 1 , • , i, ~„ i r t - ••,,,,.. --••••:'M - i-- -,!' -' : ' -.. • -•.= - :',.-=. 7 -‘. ,747 - `,:t --,- 4 , Itt ttr.....7,,... THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1862. Austrian bankruptcy !—alas ! it is an old topic yet an ever new one. It does not much distress Englishmen, unless, it may be, Mr. ROEBUCK and the Mayor of Southampton, We may add perhaps Mr• DISRAELI and Lord RUSSELL, who each seem as if they could not renounce their youthful love for Austria. For the rest of us, we believe we only express correctly the general tentiment when we utter the very harsh wish, that she may soon be without a florin, unless she can use her money to better purpose than keeping up an army for the distinct purpose of oppressing one State, Venetia, to which she has only a treaty right, no moral one; and another, Hungary, which ho overpowers in the clearest defiance of all law and treaty. French financial difficulties are nothing Compared - With Austria's. .Even America's are not, for Govern- meat paper there is now again at par, and she has, therefore, no difficulty in borrowing all she wants. But to Austria no one will lend from abroad, and no one at home unless by some kind of compulsion. How can it be otherwise ? Lenders do not like borrowers who return every year, and generally with increased demands. In 1857 Austria fell short, in round numbers, by four millions a quarter. In 1868, by three millions and a half. In 1859, the year of the Italian war, by twenty-four millions and a half. In 1860 by six millions and a half more. In 1861, having estimated her deficiency at four millions, it turned out to be ELEVEN MILLIONS ! And now this year she furnishes a paper esti mate of revenue and expenditure which again exhibits a deficiency of close upon six millions. Her total estimated revenuelis £29,659,98 0 . Her expenditure, £35,458,600, and of this twelve millions and a half are absorbed in meeting the charge for the national debt of two hundred and ninety-six millions. The reader who will have but the moderate degree of patience required to note these few finan cial facts will ask, what in the world this ever bankrupt State means to do ? She is said by Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. JOHN LEVER ORELL to be rich beyond our imaginations. A second Turkey, with wealth enough for an empire double her size—only —the wealth does not come out. It is wait ing to be " developed," these hopeful autho rities tell us —now long it has waited, and how much longer it is likely to wait, they do not add. There are mineral treasures, and agri cultural treasures, they say, almost without limit. True, but so much the worse for a Government which wastes its subjects' resources on armies main tained for no purpose on earth but to govern despo tically and against their will a large proportion of the people where these treasures lie hidden, and where they will lie hidden, till the Austrian incu bus is removed. At this moment, as for a long time past, Venetia and Hungary are the cause of Austrian bank ruptcy. No one doubts that simple justi ce t o b ot h would restore everything. The pride which per sists in regarding the Italian quadrilateral as an outwork to the rest of the Austrian conglometa tion of States, costs her an immense army, not less than one hundred and fifty to two hundred thou sand men there ; to which must be added the hand , some price Italy would willingly pay for entering on quiet possession. Then Hungary, to which she has not even a treaty right, costs her, though dis armed, a large army. Hungary only asks her clearest rights, and with becoming national dignity and sense refuses to accept anything less. She would treat honourably after their restoration, not before. To withhold these rights this beggared Empire is put to an enormous expense, while could she humble herself to renounce brute force, and concede them, she would find in Hungary a right arm in war, and a mine of wealth in peace. Till in deed these rights are conceded, Austria will but go on from bad to worse. It is freedom only and con tentment which can develop the resources of Hun gary. Illegal taxation, the exclusion of the coun try from the sea, the turning of all trade through the channels of protected and costly manufactures in the German provinces, and the suppression of self government —a policy of this kind it is which keeps Hungary comparatively unfertile and poor. It is much to be regretted that all the influence of our Government on this question goes the wrong way. Lord RUSSELL, and we suppose Lord PAL MERSTON, still seem quite content to sacrifice Hun garian independence to Austrian despotism. They cannot conceive of an Austria without Hungary, and Hungary herself does not ask for a separation of the Crowns. But our statesmen's grave error is, that they yield to Austria) in , her wish to amalgamate Hungary with her German provinces —while the Hungarians justly feel themselves, politically, a far greater and nobler nation than either of the petty German duchies, or than all the German provinces together. They might justly de mand that the Archdukes of Austria should rather become Kings of Hungary residentially, as well as in title and fact, instead of Hungary being swamped in a Reichsrath got together from a host of petty States. Our perverse Ministers will not see with all England in this, and they as grossly misrepre sent our nation in Hungary as they honourably represent it at Turin, Rome, and Naples. How long is this to . last ? Oar moral support of Austria, as the facts we have mentioned prove, is but a support which ends in ruining her finances almost beyond hope of retrieval ; while it is given in the teeth of this nation. Has Hungary no one in the British Parliament to call our Govern ment to account ? Will not Sir G. BOWYER say one word for the aged Catholic Archbishop of Gran, who, at ninety years of age, stands so nobly by his country's rights ? Are the members for oppressed nationalities tired of official snubbing, and the cold shoulder of both Whigs and Tories ? But really the most slavish English friends of Austria could not render her better service than to call upon her to fill her Exchequer, by substituting cheap political justice for ruinous standing armies. H.R.H. the General Commanding-in -Chief has no sinecure. Happily, however, he has evidenced be fore now his resolute determination to shrink from no responsibility. And the responsibilities thrust upon him of late, more than once, have been certainly of no ordinary character. They have required a ca pacity for discrimination so unusual, a tact, a deli cacy, and yet, at the same time, a vigour and a promptitude that might not, very surprisingly for the moment, have bewildered a man of larger ex perience than his Royal Highness. Notwithstand ing all which, it is but justice to say at once that H.R.H. has acquitted himself, under these peculiar and, even in some respects, distressing circumstances to very general satisfaction. Deprived, as Her MAJESTY'S Army has now been or ten years back, of the mature wisdom, the ripened j u d gment, the perfect temper, t h e inimi table precision, and the inexorable firmness that combined t o g i ve so much weight to any decision pronounced hi s by G race the Duke of WELLING TON ---it i s so far it is, in eff ect, an an adv an t age f or t h e R oyal F orces, appreciable security for their ready and lo y al acquie sce n ce in every decision pro nounced by his Grace' s successor, that the latter should be a Prince of the Blood. As such he is, in a great measure, removed from the possibility of having imputed to him any party or personal predilecti ons. There is, in the mere accident of his birth, a guarantee for the serene and equable balance of his judgment. And beyond any doubt whatever, it will be admitted upon all hands, that when a close came at last to the long rule of the Dake of WELLINGTON at the Horse- Guards, a very critical and e xce pti onal epoch 1 may be said to have commenced in the annals of our military administration. Kings of War there were, doubtless, before AGAMEMNON. But, after him, who would not appear diminished ? As a Soldier, raised above all hissontemporaries, both (as it were) by the height of his stature and by the grandeur of his proportions—a GULLI VER amongst the Lilliputians —hardly any successor could assume his place excepting under a very obvious disadvan tage. Small discredit would it be even to the most stalwart veteran amongst them all should he fail, in THE SUN, LONDON, TRITRSD kV EVENING, MAY 22, 1862, his most strenuous effort to bend, to the required tension for the sinewy cord, the giant bow of ULYSSES. There was, indeed, but one reasonable alternative under the emergency—that is upon the occasion of the vacancy caused at the Horse Guards by the sudden death of the venerable hero, the Duke of WELLINGTON. Either one of that Great Captain's Lieutenants, or a Prince of the Blood, who was also a soldier. England has since then tried each in turn—she has had in succession two chiefs at the Horse Guards, exactly answering those two descriptions. At first there was a courtly clamour from a few of the ever-zealous among the loyal subjects of the Crown —to the effect that the vacant post of Commander-in-Chief should be awarded at once to H.R.H. the PRINCE CONSORT. The notion, however, was eventually overruled by the sound good sense no less of his Royal Highness himself than of her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. It was soon afterwards felt to be a dis appointment by very many that the fidus Achates of the dead .iElneas—that Lord FITZROY SOMERSRT and no other than Lord FITZROY SOMERSET was not promoted (by but one step !) to the post of Com mander-in-Chief. Instead of that he received his barony of Raglan, his baton as Field Marshal, and —the moat enviable of all the positions he ever at tained in life, the one he still held when he calmly encountered at last his soldierly death—the rank and responsibility of Commander-in-Chief of her MAJESTY'S army in the Crimea, the army beleagur ing during so many months the great fortified city of Sebastopol. If the beloved lieutenant of the Duke of WEL LINGTON was set aside, however, in the winter of 1851-1852, another out of the small group yet sur viving of those lieutenants of WELLINGTON was nominated as his successor—though (as . still even in the instance of H.R.H.) not as Commander-in- Chief, but (as if to mark a respectful distinction for an uncertain interval) as the General Commanding in-Chief. The Duke's first successor in that way being the late Field Marshal Viscount HARDINGE —as the Duke's second successor (upon Lord HARDINGE'S demise) is H.R.H. the Duke of CAM BRIDGE. Unless the Horse Guards—as has been done during many years past at the Admiralty —had been put in commission, we really do not see after all what other course could very well have been adopted than precisely the very course we have here mentioned as having been adopted under these difficult, and, for the moment, somewhat bewildering circumstances. A magnificent cypher, in a very great measure, we cannot but yet re gard the earlier of the two Generals-Command ing-in-Chief to have been, all things consi dered. His regime at the Horse Guards serving, in truth, rather painfully, to vindi cate the fact by the appalling mismanagement brought under the obsertation, not only of England but also of all Europe, in the glare of the great contest under the walls of Sebastopol. A happier, a wiser, a better epoch, in every re spect, has, beyond any question dawned upon the Royal Army within the very interval during which the post of Commander-in-Chief, or rather of General Commanding-in-Chief has been held by his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. During the rule of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE at the Horse Guards it has become a simple matter of fact that, for the most part, her MAJESTY'S Forces have been thoroughly reorganised. In almost every department a more judicious system has been introduced. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers, commissariat—all ranks and sections. of the army have been subjected to a searching scrutiny and a resolute revision. It has been thus simply from the sheer force of circumstances. The age required it. The frightful calamities that befell our army during the last great war demonstrated its absolute necessity. But, granting all this, it is to the credit of his Royal Highness that, from first to last, he has:strenuously endeavoured to forward, instead of (as many in his place would probably have done) retarding this vast reformatory move ment throughout every portion of our military system. Strange to say, however, while all this has been happily accomplished—while the Army has, in a manner, been reconstructed throughout—there have been startling incidents of a very deplorable kind of late years, incidents evidencing in a lamentable manner a very serious and, at the same time, a very mysterious relaxation or violation of discipline. Frightful murders here and there in the barrack yards. Disgraceful scenes of insult and ill-will time and again in the officers' quarters. Incidents these, of course restricted to two or three strangely ill starred regiments. But incidents that—while, of course, exceptional themselves—have dismayed the community at large, particularly of late by the frequency of their occurrence. The attention of the Legislature, in fact, became im peratively directed at last to the subject of the Military Murders, with a view if possible to the discovery of some more effectual means for their prevention than those already supplied by the law. The attention of the General Commanding-in- Chief, of the Judge Advocate-General, of the QUEEN herself, has each in turn, have all simul taneously, been directed on the other hand—parti cularly of late—to the recurrence among the officers, now in this regiment, now in that, of contentions resulting in conduct more or less unbecoming the position of the offenders in society as Officers and as Gentlemen. There was that monster court-mar tial recently in regard to Captain ROBERTSON and his brother (!) officers in the 4th Dragoons. A nourt-martial upon which we have commented at length before now in the columns of The Sun, and which court-martial, it will be remembered, ended only the other day so very satisfactorily. Well, and now again there is another court martial which began sitting only yesterday (also, like the last, at Dublin), in respect to the con d act of an officer in the Eleventh Hussars. The charges in the instance here referred to being directed against Mr. PAUL ANTHONY, the veterin ary surgeon of that regiment in the words sub joined : "For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, and to the prejudice of good order and disc'pline, in the following instances : " First Instance.—ln having grossly and publicly in sulted Cornet Delacour, of the 11th Hussars, on the night of the 29th April, by calling him ' a liar and a cur,' or words to that effect. " Second Instance.—ln baying, at or about the same time and place abeve mentioned, grossly and publicly in sulted Cornet Delacour, of the Ilth Hussars, by striking him a blow on the face. Whatever else may come of this new inquiry, we may rest satisfied at once that the individual affected by it will have dealt out to him a full meed of justice. The sentence of the court will be duly revised by H.R.H. the General Commanding-in- Chief, and will be finally submitted by the Judge Advocate to the QUEEN for her MAJESTY'S approval and confirmati on . F or the meting out o f th a t justice, however, we certainly cannot but wish that there were fewer opportunities. Since we took the liberty to recommend Mr. GLADSTONE'S moral eloquence at Manchester to the notice of our parish sermon -m a k ers, the su bj ect o f sermons seems to hav e a tt racted no little newspaper attention, We do not wonder at it. To hear one sermon a week is almost held to be one of the decencies of life, at least for the father of a family —the paterfamilias, as those who would flourish a little dog Latin, term him. The Dissenting world, or church, we suppose, they would rather term themselves, hear two, perhaps three, sermons a week frequently ; nor is that enough for all. Church ladies, who do not frequent the theatre, compensate for it by taking a kind of luncheon sermon in the middle of the week ;—sermon hearing is evidently quite a settled work of duty with many. With those who submit, however, to more of the inflic tion—for such it too frequently is—than the usages of society may render proper, we can feel no sym pathy. Ours all terminates with those who only hear as many as their calling in life requires. Our attempt was to obtain for them, instead of the weekly penance, something that had a little nature heart and soul in it—something showing that the preacher took an interest in human beings and daily life—something, which he said because he had something to say, and not because he must say some- thing. One writer in a contemporary heads his commu nication—" Sermons and Slumber." He dreads the hot weather and long sermons; though cold weather, under the same disagreeable circumstances, is, for what we' know, as bad. He wrote after listening to a preacher who had inflicted FIFTY-FIVE MINUTES on his unoffending sheep;—he thinks, as all will think, that this was too much. He thus describes the result :—" I watched the congregation more closely perhaps than I ought. They were absorbed in attention for the first half hour. You might have heard a pin drop. All through the last 25 minutes I saw human nature gradually giving way—the fairer sex pale and gasping, with fans and smelling bottles in full work; the men sternly enduring, but prone to s:umber ; contracted brows and yawns invading countenances wrapt a short time before with eager interest." He does not find fault with the sermon ; it was a good one—extempore ; and naturally, therefore, some repetitions ; on the cont•ary, he asks, if such were the effects of a long bir good sermon, what must it be to endure a long bit bad one ? Weger tainly wish his appeal to be seen by every clergy man who is guilty of this bretch of religious good manners; for we cannot comprehend the good breed ing of forcing on us more of the 'equisite than we wish for. We should almost ventue. , to suggest that the churchwardens of clergymen ac offending should be provided with implements, Ike those of Dean SWIFT'S philosophers, just t 4 remind them five minutes before the half hour—that the maximum was up. A half hoar glass, lite the Athenian ora tors, might do ; but it is to be 'eared the clergyman might overlook the running Ott of the sands. Another, who styles himself "A SUFFERER," takes quite another course; he must be a sadly profane radical in such mattes ; he would leave it optional with the attendant at church to hear the sermon or not. His propostl is to have a five minutes cessation, when the morning prayers, which he observes are three services in one, are concluded. During this five minutes all persons, physically or mentally weary, very old and very young persons can withdraw. At the same time the lovers of sermons, and there are such, can come in, The preacher can have a partly fresh, and in all cases a willing congregation. Most will agree with him that our three service morning prayers are enough to tire out ordinary worshippers; and the picture he draws in detail of the congregation going through the whole, and then in " the lest stage of bewilder ment and exhaustion," "submitting to the subse quent inevitable sermon," is, as every reader knows, but a photograph of facts. What, however, will the chief performer say to it ? In the country places, where no new congregation could come in, and where nearly all would be glad `o go out, the clergyman would have only the clerk to preach to, and must renew the old story of the parson, who, in such a situation, began his service with " Dearly beloved ROGIR." We well remember in the days of our boyhood fa:it the clergy man and the principal farmer in the parish, having had a serious quarrel, the latter always marched the whole of his large family out of churl as soon as the prayers were over, and we suppose such a usage would be in no way incompatible with the earlier habits of the Church of England; how far it would square with modern notions of decorun and perso nal respect to the preacher, is hardly loubtful. We see Lord EBURY has given up his crusade against long services, or at least leaving it at the option of the clergyman, in many parts, to shorten them. We always thought he would fail. The Dake of CAMBBIDGE can hardly ever have soldiers enough, or a Lord of the Admiralty ships enough, so a clergyman cannot easily imagine that we can be overdone with services. His occupation during the performances prevents his perceiving how wearisome the time may seem to those who are little more than passive listeners. We are not surprised, therefore, that his lordship could not convince bishops and clergymen. His lordship has cut down all to a bill to relieve the clergy from a subscription which no thoughtful man ever made, or could make, without some mental reserve, evasion, or twinges of conscience. Even this will, of course, be resisted. It is Ecclesiastical Reform, and it will prevent a good deal of what is equivalent to ecclesiastical per jury —but the latter reason is nothing, in the episcopal and clerical scales, against the first. We shall see that when Sir JOHN TRELAWNY brings in his bill to make the declaration of an atheist evi dence, the clergy will expect Mr. DISRAELI to re quire that atheists should be left under the tempta tion to tell a lie by affirming what they do not be lieve, rather than accord them the right to give their evidence according to their real views. " Lie, and you may swear in a court of justice—tell truth and you shall not swear," is the sensible state of the law, and the sensible demand of Mr. InsRAELes clerical, political recruits. But we are wan dering from sermons—who does not when he hears them ? Our verdict is, that since Lord EBURY must not shorten our triple service ; and since clergy men will think it very rude if we do not stay to the sermon, they will at least never tax us beyond the tolerated half-hour. His Highness the Prince Doria Pamphili, ac companied by the young Prince and Princess Doria Pam phili, have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Rome, for the season. Lord Llanover has left town to attend the annual inspection of the militia at Monmouth, and will not return until after the Whitsuntide holidays. The Hon. Percy Barrington and family have arrived at Claridge's Hotel for the season. M. Delessert has arrived atClaridge's Hotel, from Orleans House, Twickenham. Married yesterday, at the Catholic Chapel, Warwick -street, by the Very Rev. Dr. Hearn, V.G., assisted by the Very Rev. Dr. Cruikshank, Charles Henry Tempest, Esq., to Cecilia Elizabeth Tichborne Hibbert, daughter of J. H. Washington Hibbert, Esq., of Dover-sheet, Piccadilly, and Bilton Grange, Warwick shire. At the Horticultural Exhibition at Versailles, the Emperor's gold medal has been awarded to M. Bazi for his fine collection of vegetables and fruit, and the Em press's prize of honour to M. Bertin, jun., for his exhibi tion of rhododendrons, azalias, and other plants. THE BEARD MOVEMENT.-Mr. Bristles : Then you really think it an improvement, eh ? Miss Spikes : Decidedly ; it hides so much more of your face.—Punch. The gunboats, eight in number, for the protection of Milford Haven, have now all taken up their moorings in line of Man-of-Wars -road, near, but a little below the ' l oyal dockyard, and look a formidable force. DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.—The proceeds of the concert to be given in St. James's Hall to morrow, Friday evening, will be presented by the committee of the Vocal Association to the unemployed operatives in Lancashire and Cheshire. The artistes of Her Majesty's Theatre, with other artistes of eminence, vocal and instru mental, will assist on the occasion. The choir of 200 voices will sing Webbe's descriptive glee, " When winds breathe soft," and Meyerbeer's Paternoster. The performance will be under the direction of Mr. Benedict. MR. W. F. WINDHAM, OF FELBRIGG.—We are requested to state that there is no foundation whatever for the report which found its way into this and other jour nals, that Mrs. Giubilei, the mother of Mr. Windham, has any intention to apply for another commission of lunacy, and there is not the slightest ground for such an applica tion. Two workmen suffered a horrible death, near Cleckheaton, on Monday night. An explosion took place at the Highfield Chemical Works, near that place, and a large quantity of boiling tar was thrown over them. The accident happened about 8 o'clock, and the young men died at midnight, General Baron Guillot, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, has just died in Paris. Another death in the French capital is that of Dr. Lallemand, principal physician to the expedition in China, recently arrived from that country. The anniversary service for the Empress Josephine, founded in the Church of Rueil for each 29th of May, is to be this year p , stponed to the 31st, in conse quence of the fete of the Ascension falling on the former day. The service will commence at 11 precisely. The Gazette du Midi states that a very curious and interesting experiment has just been made at Fort St. Nicholas, Marseilles, with a new inflammable liquid, in vented by a Paris chemist. The bottle containing the liquid was broken by a musket shot, and it burned every thing which had been placed near it. A second experiment was made the following day in presence of the general com manding the artillery. Nothing could be more satisfactory than the result. Large heaps of timber were consumed, and the earth was calcined to the depth of a fcot. This liquid, which resembles the Greek fire, is sufficiently power ful when enclosed in a cannon ball to set fire to an enemy's fleet. PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS.— M. Nadar, the photographist, has obtained permission from the municipality of Paris to carry his apparatus down to the catacombs, where, aided by the potent spells of the electric light, he is photographing a series of views in those dreary streets of skulls and tibia). By means of this magic lantern he and his assistants, now in the bowels of the harmless earth, will enable people to become familiarised with scenes which but few have witnessed. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY IN NORTH ESSEX.—The 44th purchase of this society, and the first in the northern division of Essex, has just been made at Col chester. It is an excellent building property, situated just outside the town on its southern side, beyond the camp and Government barrack lands, and comprising five fields be tween the roads which these fork—the left leading to Abber ton and the right to Berechureh. A new branch railway from the Stour Valley branch of the Eastern Union is con templated, having its terminus in the neighbourhood of St. Botolph's Church, which will greatly enhance thisproperty for building purposes. PERTHSHIRE.—The orchards and gardens of Strathearn have not presented such a rich profusion of blossom for a long series of years as they do this season. Pear, apple, and stone fruit trees are completely studded with blossom, and from the advanced period of the season, there is not so much chance of the fruit being damaged with frost. It appears that disease prevails to a great ex tent among sheep, both on the hills and low-lying farms. Within the last few days one farmer had no fewer than 50 ewes which died about two weeks after they lambed, and others have lost from one to two score each. The disease does not appear to be properly known to sheep farmers, but at all events the malady seems to be k erious.—North Bri tish Daily PDLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—Under the skilful and energetic management of Professor Pepper, this excel lent institution is now conducted in a manner equally cre ditable to the director and advantageous to the public. It is now at once a pleasant place of recreation and a valuable educational establishment, and what greatly adds both to its merit and its attractiveness is, that its sphere of usefulness is from time to timelincreased by the introduc tion of lectures, exhibitions, models and panoramic views relating to topics of fresh and contemporaneous interest. The latest, and not the least valuable addition of this description is a panorama painted in oil on 9,000 feet of canvass, and showing the temples, streets, bridges, public institutions, rivers, mountains, and general scenery of the Japanese empire. This unique panorama is said to have been painted secretly by native artists, who would, if discovered, have incurred the penalty of death. INAUGURATION OF THE BUNYAN MEMORIAL,— Yesterday afternoon the ceremony of inaugurating the new monument which has been erected by public subscription over the grave of John Bunyan, the author of " The Pil grim's Progress," in Bunhill-fields burial ground, City road, took place under the auspices of the Earl of Shaftes bury. A platform had been constructed facing the tomb, and on this the chairman and his supporters, among whom were a number of gentlemen and clergymen, took their places, while around the memorial a crowd of subscribers and spectators had assembled. The out-door proceedings were very brief, in consequence of the rain. The Rev. E. Garbett opened the business with prayer, after which Lord Shaftesbury delivered a short address, in which be warmly commented upon the deserved popularity of " The Pilgrim's Progress" with the men, women, an 4 children of all classes of society, and concluded by remarking that he should al ways remember the works of that glorious old John Bunyan, the old tinker, who by his labour and genius had worked up in a single book the revealed Word manifested in the life of Jesus Christ. The tomb was then uncovered and the meeting was adjourned to the Wesleyan Chapel, City road, where a number of gentlemen, among whom were the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, the Rev. R. Maguire, &c., assisted at the meeting. The length of the tomb is about 7ft., and the height rather over 4ft. On the north side is a carved stone panel on which Christian is represented as starting on his journey, with the burden on his back, while on the south side he is represented as in the act of reaching the cross, and the burden falling from h4s shoulders. On the top of the tomb is a carved stone effigy of John Bunyan, in a reclining posture, with book in hand, his head resting on a pillow. This figure is upwards of Mt. in length. At the east end of the memorial is a slab formed of a portion of the old tomb, on which are engraved the following words:— " John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress'— Ob. August 31, 1688, 2E 60." The slab at the opposite end records the fact of the erection of the work by publio subscription, under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftes bury, May, 1862. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—The French jour nals record another death from hydrophobia which occurred on Friday last at Nanteuil-Vichel (Aisne). The victim was a M. Willaume, a farmer of that village, who was bitten by his own dog under the following circumstances. About three months ago the dog bit two of a neighbour's children, and as a report got abroad that the animal was mad, M. Willaume had it chained up. Some time after the father of the children came to see the dog for the purpose of learning whether it had shown any symptoms of hydrophobia. M. Willaume assured him that the dog was quite well, and, to prove his confidence, he went to the kennel and patted it. While so doing, however, the dog bit him and drew blood. The wound was at once deeply cauterised, and no ill effects were felt till the beginning of last week, when unmistakable symptoms of the fatal malady made their appearance, and terminated in death after three days of dreadful sufferings. M. Willaume was sensible to the last, and received the sacraments before he expired. The two children remain quite well, owing, it is supposed, to the fact that the dog / bit them through their clothes, whi c h p reven t e d t h e a b sorption of the virus. THE LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—Although the general opinion regarding the probability of an early termination of the war in America has materially changed, and nervous speculators tacitly confess that they have been the victims of a foolish alarm, yet, on account of un favourable reports from the Manchester market, there appear but small hopes of any appreciable or lasting improvement taking place in the cotton market. Never. theless, there is an impression that prices will speedily recover the recent fall if the mercantile community can be convinced for a week or so that the Southerners are far from being at their last gasp. Un doubtedly,a very slight hint, in the present state of affairs, would be sufficient to give an impulse to speculation, but any improvement arising therefrom must be short-lived. Since the cotton mania set in, speculation has played the most extraordinary freaks, and will, no doubt, continue to do so until the war is over and the cotton trade recovers its equilibrium. The cotton market has been existing upon it for some time past. At one time it buoys it up; then, without any sound reason, it withdraws its support, and down go prices. The large holders and im porters very wisely shut their eyes to the caprices of the market, and their patience and firmness in waiting for a demand to spring up have all along imparted a tone to busi ness which otherwise would have been wanting.—Liverpool Mercury. PELLETS OF PAPER.—The Japanese are noted for the many purposes to which they can turn paper. The Ambassadors who are at present airing their seediness among us have, it is said, paper collars, paper shirts, paper p o cket - handkerchiefs, and even paper boots. All their money may be, for what we know, paper. The Yankees, however, have thrashed them in their own speciality. They have, rinee they have been pummelling one another to death, invented paper blockades and paper victories. As the Washingtcn Government have absolute autti.ority over the telegraphs of the press, they can slay, burn, destroy, raise up, knock down, invent, colour, falsify anything they please. Give them a scrap of paper, and the thing is done with a stroke of the pen. Can the Japanese point to a single sheet of paper that ever has had the effect of killing thousands and wounding as many more? The latter is indeed a " Happy Despatch." On the ground of paper mills (and their fights, as reported, are frequently nothing better) Japan is decidedly beaten by America hollow.— .Ptinet. LATEST NEWS. NAPLES, MAY 20. Yesterday, a few persons in the Via Toledo at tempted to get up a demonstration in honour of Garibaldi. They were, however, dispersed by the National Guard. Order was not disturbed. King Victor Emmanuel was present at the ball given by the municipality. His Majesty will leave Naples to-day. ELECTORAL HESSE. CASSEL, MAY 21. The Prussian Minister with his family and ser vants, left Cassel by train last night. The Chancellery of the Legation has been issued. In official quarters it is universally believed that Prussian troops will not be sent into the territory of Electoral Hesse. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, 1 HITRSDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Alhambra, Capt. Cr. J. Babot, has arrived, with mails in charge of Commander Wake, R.N., naval and mail agent. She brings 76 passengers (of whom 54 are first-class, 8 second, 10 deck, and 4 children), £1,482 in specie, 166 boxes of eggs, 446 half-chests of oranges, 10 half-chests of lemons, 95 boxes of potatoes, and 12 packages of sundries. This packet left Lisbon on the 17th inst., at 9 a.m., Oporto on the 18th, at 8.30 a.m., and Vigo at 7.45 p.m. the same day. She experienced fine weather, with N.E., N.W., and W. winds, with showers of rain the last 24 hours. On the 19th, in lat. 44.48 N., long, 8.7 W„ the Alhambra spoke the Tagus, with the outward mails, standing to the southward and westward. ARRIVAL OF THE BREMEN. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING, The North-German Lloyd screw steamer Bremen, Captain H. Wessels, from New York on the 10th inst., arrived off Cowes at 3 a.m., and has gone on to Bremen. She brings 18 passengers for this port, 40 for Havre, and 281 for Bremen, and on freight 15,000 dols. for England, 20,100 for Havre, and 100 dols. for Bremen. On the 11th, lat. 40.19 N., long., 71.2 W., spoke the Hansa, steamer, at 3.30 a.m., hence, for New York; and on the 21st, 10 miles off Scilly, the English ship Northern Light, steering west. Her news has been anticipated. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA, MAY 21. The Valetta, with the above mails, left this day at 7 p.m., for Marseilles. The Mooltan, with the heavy portion of the mails, leaves to-morrow, at 2 a.m. She may be expected at Southampton about the 31st inst. THE OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Delta, from Southampton, on the 12th inst., arrived here this day, at 6 p.m., and left at 7 p.m, for Alexandria. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 21 BOURSE, May 21.—The market still continues in the same uneasy state on the subject of the Mexican affair, and a further fall in the English funds has tended to keep up the excitement. Stock has.been again offered, and prices are rather lower, Threes, for the Account, being now at 70f. 30c. The Railway Share Market has been comparatively firm, and quotations have not materially varied. The decline continued to the close, when the market left off as follows: 4t per per Cents 98 Do. end month 98 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 15 New 3 per Cents Do, end month — Credit Mobilier — Do. end month — Bank Shares 3140 Credit k oncier 1555 Belgian 4±.. — Piedmontesc Fives 7O 80 Italian Loan 7O Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt .. 49 reys. RAIL' Cash. Account. Orleans 1315 .. 1313 75 Northern New ditto - • . Lyons and Mediterranean 1107 50 .. 1108 75 Geneva.. 370 .. 372 50 Southern B3B 75 .. 840 Western Eastern .... Sardinian - A us trian Lombard 585 .. 685 STAIE OF TRADE. LEICESTER, May 21.—The hosiery trade conti nues slightly more active, and there is an improve ment in the tone of business generally. More is being purchased for the home trade, both for the town and country houses, and there is more doing in the warehouses. At Loughborough and Hiuck ley there is more activity. There is no important change in the wool market; material is not in much demand. Yarns are making exceedingly high rates, and spinners produce only what is required. NGTTINGHAM, May 21.—The improvement in the lace trade continues, and future prospects are en couraging. There has been a fair demand for cot ton goods this week. Plain nets are selling more freely, but at low prices, and cotton quiltings are in excellent request. The silk lace trade is fully as active as for some time past. Laces and edgings are in demand, and many Spanish goods are mak ing. The buyers for the home market purchase more freely, and there appears to be every pro bability of an active summer trade. As a proof of a more prosperous state of things in one of the staple trades of Nottingham, the chairman of the board of guardians stated yesterday that there was a decrease of more than 300 in and out-door paupers on the books since last week, and that there had not been so small a number in the house since October, 1860. There is a slight improvement in the hosiery trade. Inquiries have been made (although only in small quantities) for most descrip tions of goods required in the home trade. THE OXFORD MUSIC: HALL. " OR ANY OTHER MAN." • The phrase "Or any other Man" is acquiring a Bohemian currency. The multitude are never long without a cant watchword--whether it be in the form of an inquiry about your hatter, of an affirmation that certain people are " Cures," or under any other guise which suits the popular fancy for the moment. Without attempting to divine the mysterious agencies by which these inscrutable passwords fly from lip to lip, we know that they multitudinously assail the ear with all the terrible iteration of " Benk, Benk," and with even more ready emphasis than street cries, The prime mover of the particular phrase in ques • tion—" Or any other Man"—is Mr. Unsworth, member of the Rumsey and Newcomb's minstrels, the cleverest of Ethiopian delineators, to whose performances at this and the Canterbury Music Hall we have already directed atten tion. In a stump speech of great humour, varying with the events of the hour, the orator, perpetually pausing for a reply to his own positions, shouts out "Or any other man" as anti-climax. This richly garnished scene im proves upon acquaintance. The harangue is as rapid and inconsequential as if it came from the lips of a Dundreary ; but is relieved by some sublime flashes of bathos. An irre verent hit is made where the orator asks, if there is '' any reason why rubbi s h s h ou ld be shot here, because Speaker of the House o f Commons has challenged the Lord Chancellor to a rifle match ?" The burlesque singing and dancing of Eugene, Unsworth's collaborateur,arethe finest we have witnessed, Greatly as the metropolis doubt been surfeited with nigger representation , we cannot that a th tt e en p t e io e n. peculiar Ttahleer_pteroffortmhessneceisndbiyvidthue rest of the t roupe individuals will rivet publi c contain some exquisite tit -bits of humour, and some of the parties are e xcellent lugubrious s and Uncleplantation Tomlike h t hearted, g of a s opposed t instrumentalists.o theiu dance and song of Master Hu g hes, br ing out the mercu r i a l an Mr. Newcomb—alb e it t h e latter plunges dl light nigger through one of the angular dances of the South, the South Car , line. Extract—with cart-horse energy of purpose. The stage fight of Mr. Duley, under the fearful menaces of Mr. Rumsey in the scene of " The two Adventurers," and the efforts of the former to get the key -note in " The first Singing Lesson," are remarkably clever exhibitions. The other attractions of the hall are of the usual brilliant description. NATIONAL REFORM CONFERENCE. The conference of the delegates of the National Reform Association reassembled yesterday, at the Whittington Club. Mr. G. Wilson, of Manchester, presided. The attendance of delegates was less numerous than on Tuesday. At the close of the sittings on Tuesday, a com mittee was appointed to draw up resolutions, so as to bring before the Conference yesterday some de tailed and distinct propositions, upon which a defi nite issue might be arrived at. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, in formed the Conference that the committee was still sitting, not having yet passed their resolutions, and while they were doing so he invited the delegates who had not expressed the feelings of their consti tuents on the subject of reform to do so. Mr. ELLIS, Chairman of the Central Committee at Leeds, said he was well acquainted with the po litical feeling of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and he knew that there the universal feeling was that every man should have a vote who was rated and rateable.to the relief of the poor. Mr. GAWLER, of Bristol, said he hoped a system of manhood suffrage would be adopted,but in order to unite all parties, they would pledge themselves to adopt a moderate course; he should not himself be satisfied with a £5 franchise,except as an instal ment. Mr. MILNE, of Oldham, advocated universal suf frage. Mr. SCOTT, of Belfast, would not be satisfied until they Lad obtained manhood suffrage and with ballot, but advocated unity of action. Mr. Cooper, on the part of the committee, brought up the proposed resolution. Mr. PORTER, of York, moved, and Mr. MOORE, of London, seconded the first resolution, to the fol lowing effect :—" That the Conference has maturely considered the existing state of the representation of the United Kingdom, and is unanimously of opinion . that such representation is a gross injustice to the working classes, who are almost entirely ex cluded from the franchise, not withstanding that their skill and industry largely contribute to the prosperity and pre-eminence of the nation. After some discussion, and the development of very conflicting opinions, the resolution was carried. Mr. COOPER, of Manchester, then proposed, and Mr. ELLIS, of Armley, seconded the second resolu- tion,— " That this Conference, while respecting the deep convictions of the people on manhood suffrage, con sider all classes of real reformers are essential to the attainment of any great amendment of the repre sentation, and therefore recommend that the middle classes should go further than they originally in-, tended ; and that the working classes abate in some degree their more advanced measures, and with this view they submit to the country the following pro gramme as a basis of union :—First, That an ex tension of the suffrage be jointly demanded, not less than that which wili confer the franchise in boroughs upon every male person rated, or liable to Se rated, for the relief of the poor; and in counties upon every male person occupying land or houses of the annual value of £lO, together with a more equitable distribution of seats, vote by ballot, and the limitation of the duration of Parliament to three years." Mr. Hadfield, M.P., supported the resolution, and gave £lO towards expenses. Mr. Cox, M.P., also approved the resolution ; but Mr. Washington Wilks moved the following amendment :—" That having regard to the strongly -expressed desire of the unenfrauchised classes of this country and to the convictions of many earnest reformers of all classes, the Conference recognises as the first basis of a national reform movement the principles of manhood suffrage; and having regard at the same time to the state of the existing Constituencies, recommends to the acceptance of the country any measure or measures that, by accompanying a large extension of the franchise with the ballot, an equal redistribution of seats, an abridgment of the dura tion of Parliament, 'may promote the ultimate enfranchisement of all good citizens" After several other speeches had been made, a committee was appointed to coneider whether they could not frame a resolution to meet the diverse views expressed; and during their absence Mr. P. A, Taylor, M.P., took the chair, when the third resolution, as follows, moved by Mr. COOPER, Man chester, and seconded by Mr. NOBLE, London, was carried : " That this Conference cannot dissolve without expressing its regret and indignation that her Majesty's Government have abandoned the reform question. This silence of a reform cabinet upon Ole very measure which carried them into power, has inflicted a deep wound upon the political cha racter of Parliament, and has caused serious mis chief in creating distrust among the best disposed of the working classes." A petition from the conference to the House of Commons in favour of Mr. Berkeley's motion on the ballot was then adopted. On the return of the committee Mr. Wilson re sumed the chair, when Mr. COOPER substituted the following resolution : "That while the statements made at this confe rence show the deep conviction of the people in favour of manhood suffrage, in which conviction a large proportion of the delegates fully sympathise, the conference considers that the union of ali classes of real reformers is essential to the attainment of any great improvement of the representation, and with this view it submits to the country the follow ing programme as a basis of union :—That an ex tension of the franchise be demanded which will confer the franchise in boroughs upon every male person, householder or lodger, rated, or liable to be rated, for the relief of the poor, together with a more equitable distribution of seats, vote by bal lot, and a limitation of the duration of Parliament for three years." After some opposition it was carried, and a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman. COT2'OIV SUPPLY. The AI anchester Guardian prints the following ,etter, which has been addressed by Mr. Thomas Bazley, M.P., to the Mayor of Manchester : " 3A, King-street, St. James's-square, S.W., London, May 15, 1862. " My dear Sir,—Having seen your appeal on behalf of the Manchester Provident Soci.sty, which is engaged in the benevolent labour of relieving the existing distress of the working. classes, I beg to offer through you a donation of £lOO in aid of the valuable services of that association. " Permit me to observe that the industrious classes of Lancashire cannot be permanently supported on charity, nor would such dependence be acceptable to them. They desire to earn their daily bread by honest labour, and if the first element of their labour. cotton, could be procured in abundance, and on which they have hitherto generally sub sisted in content, no doubt prosperity would return to them. I deeply regret to see no adequate exertion. made . to p rocure the States i s s u el p s e do of n the degradation of th e negro, and would t o c o e x t t t o i n n e f t r i o o m n e n v e e w n fiel if ds e o d f ff e eurl6t oinn. cotton from lab our as free as his own. of America be reconciled, but the free l a b ourer here desires rn l e7 i j l to l ite c oe o l t itv t o o e n oub i p s taoli abundantly brought to this country distress must continue. Truthful evidence exists that cotton can ba plentifully and profitably grown in many countries where it s cultivationis neglected, or not even attempted. Half a million of well-directed labourers in Australia could produce [Bore cotton than this country could emanate, and yet no important effort is there made to enter upon the cultivation of it. Cotton is the want of the great industry depending upon it, and on its being adequately supplied at reasonable prices the need of unusual charity will vanish. " Already the aggregate losses of the capitalists and the labourers in the cotton trade, from the diminished supplies of cotton, amount to a sure which, if it had been ,judici ously invested in cotton growing, would have averted those losses; and yet with unaccountable apathy, the pro spect of prolonged distress seems to be neglected, and addi tional losses will be inflicted on the community unless the requisite efforts be made co sustain cur industry with that material without which it cannot exist. Can you not, in your high official position, promote the truo interests of labour and capital by encouraging efforts to secure, from as many sources as possible, abundant supplies of good and free cotton P—Believe me to remain most faithfully yo urs, " THOMAS BAZLEY. " Mr. Thomas Goadsby, the Mayor of Manchester." THE ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN V. TWENTY. TWO, AT SHEFFIELD.—This match closed yesterday in favour of the Eleven, with four wickets to spare. A Clarke, 16, c. Broom • head ; Jackson, 17, c. Knowles, both off. Hodgson, Slinn bowled out; Tarrant, 3; Parr, 0; H. Stephenson, 4 . Daft 32 not out, was t h e hi ghest score in the match. Hayward. 0 was run out. S core : York Twenty-two, 46 and 96; Th Eleven, 68 and 75 for six wickets.