The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-27 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 16m. To-MORROW. -Morning, 11h. 43m.—Afternoon, " lh. 7m: rT HEATRE.ROYAL, lIAYMARKE-T Lessee, Mr. 3. B. buckstone. THIS EVENING (87th time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN'. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck ston e. Atter which, a Household Picture, under Two Lights nt,tled THE WIFE'S P ORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, 111 r. W: ... - arr en, Mrs. C. Young, dr,c. To conclude with FA Commence JARS. Commence a 7 j OYAL LYCEUM THEATILE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. •n HIS EVENING, 115th time of the new and original Drama entitled, PEEP O'DAYSavourneen Deelish. Messrs Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Silby, Edmund Fal ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. Alter which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of :he Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrock. Principal charac ters by 3lr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and litrs Lydia Thompson. . Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to commence at Box-office open daily from 11 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. LGssee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new Mystic Drama, in four parts, entitled THE ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT. Mr. Ryder, Mr. Potter, Mr. Jordan, Mr. NI , iddicomb, &c. ; Miss Marriott, Miss Fielding, &c. After which, THE TWO POLTS. Followed by HE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. Mr. and Mrs. Florence. NEW 'l l l-1 EATRE-R0 ir AL. APELPHI.-. Sole Proprietor and Manag,er, Mr. B. Webster. T FITS EVENING, A PRIVATE ENQUIRY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, Mr. Sefton, Miss hate Kelly, and Miss K. Bland. Followed by THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Bone, cault, Messrs. Emery, J. L. Toole, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, Powell. C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billing - ton, Mrs. Harland, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw. o conclude with THE PRETTY HOUSEBREAKER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford ; Misses Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, Mrs. IL Marston. Commence at 7, A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — I - 3i Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the great sensation created by the won drous feats of the colossal Asiatic Elephants on the stage, and in the circle, their truly marvellous Performance will be continued till further not ce. '1 HIS EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RA .JAH Op NAGPORE, with new and splendid dresses, scenery, and decorations, introducing Mr. Bell's trained Ele i_shrnts, pronounced by the Press and the Public the cleverest animals ever exhibited. To be followed by brilliant Scenes in the Circle by the unrivalled Troupe of Equestrians. Concluding with a comic Ballet of Action, introducin ,, Mr. Hairy Croueste (the favourite Clown to the Ring), the Misses Gunnis, and the whole of the Corps de Ballet. Commence at 7—Conclude at a pastquarter- 11. Stage Manager, M. Searle. N EW ROYALTY THEATRE , Dean-street, Oxford-street. THIS EVENING, THE LOTTERY TICKET. After which, an entirely new Operetta, CHRISTINE. Followed by DELICATE GROUND. Pauline, Miss Re becca Powell. After which, the succesful Opera Buffo, entitledLE MARI AGE AUX LANTERN ES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement, HOMAGE TO FLORA, in which the Misses Morgan will appear. Commence at half-past 7. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. VICTOR JULIEN, "THE FLYING MAN," (Last Week) at half-past Nine, in new and extraordinary feats. Grand Selections from "La Sonnambnla," " Dinorah," and " La Cireassienne," by Mdlle. Negri, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The Comte by Mr. Randall, Mr. J. G. Forde, Mr. Hol lingsworth, Messrs. Hildebrandt and Ormond, and Miss Caroline Parkes. On Friday, 28th, for the Benefit of Victor Julien. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. rrifE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET. — EVERY EVENING. HENRI and PFAU, in their intrepid Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze. Two Operatic Selections alternately from " Ernani," • /lacbeth," "Il Trovatore," "La Traviata," "La Circas sienne," &c., by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, C. Greville, and Albert. Full Band and M Chorus—(Conductor —Mr. . Jong an dhmalnsns.) Violin Solos— Tiotti Collins, an other Vocal trumental attrac tions. The Comic portion by Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey -aad French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. ball, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. A Grand Morning Entertainment EVERY TRIMS DA Y, at Two, HENRI and PFAU and the whole of tte Company, appear. NOTICE. Ail remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. SOHN 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. THE Stfi, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1862. -, : ~-, x ,4 ,: s .i;,...„.. , - . 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In regard to the site, the greensward upon which stood the Crystal Palace of 1851, in Hyde Park, the Consort's admitted masterpiece. In regard to the material— both because of its durability and splendour— red polished granite. In regard to the size— the largest block anywhere discoverable. And so —with these last points especially in view—the quarries of his Grace the Duke of ARGYLL are now being ransacked, to the end that a sufficiently noble mass of red granite should be hewn in one solid lump from the dakdal granite constituting the wealth of that property. Together with these ideas in regard to the yet ur decided Memorial in honour of the Queen's departed Husband, there are several others of an ancillary kind thrown oat here and there by sy mpathising observers, from a timely conside ration of the pick of which many beneficial suggestions may be selected with advan tage. Very recently, for example, there appeared in a provincial newspaper, one of the local journals published in Cambridge, a corn- Anunication penned by one of the great ladies of the Shire, the Countess of HARDWICK E, a com munication in itself eminently well deserving the scrutiny of the Working Committee of the Memo rial, and, in a wider sense also, of the select few nominated by her Majesty herself as the presiding ol:0E68,11 01 tB . " To be worthy the name of na tional," sa3 ., Lady HARDWICKE, " this tribute should surely become universal ; but up to the pre sent time the ve ry magnitude of the gifts offered has acted as an impediment to smaller, yet not less spon taneous contributions, vilt • eli would flow from many grateful hearts anzicns to pcxy their tribute of respect to the great and good , RINCE wh for 21 years, proved the solace and ehl , f h . °, appiness of their be raved QuEFIc• Every woman's heart will respond to wadi an qqtet,,l ; rot one but would wish to eon tr;l-o2to her mite to perp€ tu ate such an example of ccningal affection an d g odly living. . . jiivould, therefore, population of Catab v i d e fore, suggest that th e ge be given an opport unit y of testifying their affection for a. PRINCE who wa s emphati cally the people's friend,—who personally entered into their privations and wants, ameliorating the cooditian of the labouring poor by the indi vidual attention he gave to the improvement of their cottages, the building of schools and public washhouses, and increasing their means of obtaining healthful and innocent recreation. Would respectfully entreat that every clergyman in every parish should undertake to receive the pounds' d shillings, and pence which will, I am well convinced, flow in when the opportunity is presented. Let Cambridgeshire be the first to set an example which will be followed by every county in England. There could hardly be a more honourable tribute to the memory of this benevolent Prince than to have it recorded upon his monumental memorial how large a sum was collected in pence from the work ing classes of the English people." This is surely a very excellent proposition. If evidence were required of the perfect possibility of collecting large sums in small proportions out of the pence lying (sparsely enough, GOD knows) in the pockets of the poor, we have a solid token before us in the full length bronze statue erected upon a granite pedestal to the memory of General Sir CIIARLES NAPIER, the Heroic Conqueror of Scinde, and now passed by, to and fro, daily by the London multitude in the stony wilderness of Trafalgar square. According to the true but affecting in scription graven upon the pedestal of that memorial statue—an inscription which, it may be remembered, was penned by Sir Wm. NAPIER, the Historian of the Peninsular War—the chief part of the moneys paid for the monument had been contributed towards the liquidation of the expense of it by the small coin dropped, into the hands of the Treasurer of the Committee, by the Privates in the British Army, the humble followers of the glorious Captain and Con. queror. Again, the noble collection recently made at the Mansion-house for the surviving population of the little colliery village of Hartley was com menced originally by the handing in of one shilling by a poor working man, who went without his dinner for the day in order that he might give that little metallic germ of a forty thousand pounder ! A dozen years ago, in the very room in which we are now writing these words, we well remember ourselves to have collected together for the poor exiled Hungarians then thrown upon our shores penniless in a foreign land—upwards of one thou sand pounds. A thousand pounds—and more— almost entirely made up by halfpence, and sixpences, and shillings, brought here to us by the toiling artizans of the metropolis, or sent to us from all parts of the country by provincial sympathisers. And this—instantly as it were—in answer to a suggestion thrown out by us in these columns of 2he ,Sun, to the effect that a collec tion of this lowly but generalised kind should be at once commenced. No sooner had our remarks obtained circulation than the small coin poured in upon our table here so rapidly—that it swelled in a few days in goodly piles of copper and silver to an aggregate of upwards of one thousand pound: sterling. The proceeds of the collection being transferred by us to Messrs. COUTTS'S Bank, and being afterwards distributed judiciously among the Hungarian exiles then in England, by a committee composed of Liberal and Independent members of the House of Commons, among them the late Lord DUDLEY STUART : this Committee having—when the collection was almost entirely completed— been formed (for the purpose of administering the funds) as by an after-thought. Nay, more; have we not the agreeable remembrance of having received the personal acknowledgments of the exiled leader of the Hungarians, of KOSSUTH himself, in reference to the kindly feeling evidenced by this manifesta tion of the cordial sympathy felt towards his coun trymen by the working population of London and Westminster ! Well, and this is precisely what Lady HARDWICKE now proposes should be done far and wide among the poor in the pro vinces of England, with a view to swell the funds of the ALBERT memorial. If her ladyship's sugges tion be but promptly and energetically acted upon, we are perfectly well satisfied that the considerable sum already collected together in honour to the memory of our noble-hearted Prince, " ALBERT the Good," will be increased enormously—and that, moreover, within a very brief interval from the dropping in of the first pence from the hands of these more humble contributors. Who can wonder that the North should be exult ing and confident—that it should even have limited the duration of the Rebellion to thirty, instead of ninety days? The brilliant little exploit of the Merrimac is not of the slightest importance com pared with the defeat and retreat of the Confederates everywhere else, and the occupation of all their coasts and great rivers by the Federals. The North-westers have the credit of actually turning the tide of war, and M'CLELLAN that of creating real armies out of materials which, though excellent as men, were not easy to mould, almost to coerce into trained and disciplined regiments. The great North-west, determined not to lose the com mand of its great river connection with the sea, furnished the contingents which first routed poor ZOLLICOFFER'S army, killed their Gen eral, cleared Kentucky, captured Forts Henry and Donnelson, compelled the evacuation of Columbus, took possession quietly of Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, and it is now reported of Memphis, its great river port also ; and has brought the Confe derates finally to bay at a rather strong position in the extreme south of Tennessee. Probably this success has had as much to do with the flight of the Confederates from Manassas as the movements in strong force of General BANKS on their left flank at Harper's Ferry. What with the men of the North-west occupying Kentucky and Tennessee on the west, and the Atlantic coast being in the hands of the Federals, the Confederates saw that Virginia could not be long tenable; and they have fallen baek accordingly. But, thanks to the energy of M'CLELLAN, he has now a disciplined army to follow them, and follow them he doubtless will. He finds the country indeed abandoned and desolate as he advances. A great part of it, in fact, suffers that curse of slave cultivation—once fertile plantations now surrendered to what looks like primeval forest, thorns, and thistles; slave tillage being too unin telligent to preserve to the land its original fer tility. But there are railroads through this wilder ness ; the damage done there will soon be repaired ; the Potomac is clear, and supplies will be easily furnished to the army by the river and the railroads. It can hardly be long before Northern Virginia will be occupied by the Federal troops down to Rich mond and the St. James's River, on which that capital stands ; that the Norfolk Navy Yards will then fall again into the hands of the Federal Government ; and the Merrimac, if she has not been injured so much as to be useless, will soon have no fort or haven where she can lie in safety. With such prospects before them, the North may well reckon on the early submission of the South. We are told, indeed, that desperation is now to do its work, but that remains to be proved. If the South concentrates its armies by retreat, the North, on the other hand, will concentrate i!s larger and better equipped forces, by following the retreating enemy. The Southern armies ap pear to b e i n rat h er ev il p li g ht, so far as the little 'whi ch and Will n o t , ' to keep as desirous t o can be heard of them informs us, in the face of ill success, be easy t ogether As to the last res adhere while the N th mil or erns will be to the triumphant side. fall back amongst aw c a --to burn their produce and --we shall believe it vAlue, in that case, are their St a t e w r, forests, and alligators n we see it. Of what bonds, secured on the planters' gifts of cotton, to be ? And how will all the families rho have hitherto lived in ease and affluence bear the sacrifices which will beggar them in perpetuity ? Bitterness against the North may be a strong feeling, but probably a stronger one with planters' families will be, reluctance to sink at once to the condition of the " mean whites," whom they despise more than they do their negroes. Perhaps, too, the numbers of sensible persons in the South who must have felt all along the thorough groundlessness of secession, will begin to kick at being called on, by mere clever speculating politi cians, to sacrifice their all to place a JEFFERSON DAVIS and his clique in office. Thousands in the South must have sense to understand that, in con stitutional law and in political fairness, a secession begun to avenge an electoral defeat was a base, unmanly, and inexcusable thing. Some may even see how detestable they make themselves to every Christian nation on earth, by founding a re public on the basis of slavery. The conviction that their cause is legally and morally rotten may begin to creep over their minds with defeat. The panic of arms may be followed by a moral panic, and the unworthy adventurers who led the South into rebellion may become the objects of aversion to those whom they have duped. In any case every thing now turns on the single question—Will the South be desperate P Will they prefer years of misery to submission P The Americans, who know each other best, seem to conclude that when success is hopeless, it is not in Southern, any more than in Northern, nature to throw away everything for an empty name. The South is now sure that on the question of slavery it can come to no serious harm. It may emancipate its slaves for their worth, or keep them as they are; and what, therefore, will there be to fight about longer ? Why should it therefore protract an unprofitable struggle P It were ungrateful, indeed, not to notice with approbation the munificent benefaction of Mr. PEABODY, the great American banker, to the Poor of London. Not that he looks to public commen dation as his reward—his motives are too apparent in the simple statement of his reasons, not to show that the good done to the poor and needy is the only reward he looks for, unless we add to this his sense of gratitude to the " kind PROVIDENCE" which he points to as the source of the blessings he has enjoyed during a twenty-five years' residence in London. He had already remembered his na tive land, having founded an institute and library at Danvers, the place of his birth, which had been as successful as he could wish ; he had also founded a larger institution at Baltimore, in Maryland, where twenty years of his business life had been spent : and now he desires to mark in some way his gratitude to PROVIDENCE, and to the natives of a land in -which he has long received courtesy, kindness, and confidence, and but too appropriately to London—he resolves to remember its poor. He sees that there is interest enough in Educa tion, Home Missionary, and Church-building ope rations, and everything in that line. He chooses, therefore—and may the " blessing of the poor and needy" rest on him for it—" such purposes as may be calculated directly to ameliorate the condition and augment the comforts" of the poor of London. Such " direct" charity was probably but little needed in his own younger and less densely popu lated country; but with the eye of a benevolent resident he sees that it is needed here. We cannot commend too highly the wisdom, as well as the generosity of his selection of objects, and the one he hints at, without at all binding his proposed trustees by the hint, is every way worthy of his sagacity. No want is more deeply felt by thousands who work for low wages, than homes in which they can live and bring up their families with decency. The poorest class of families never know what decent accommodation is within a reasonable walk of the Exchange. And when the course of street improvements draws them to the suburbs, they are often but little better off there. It were premature to speculate on tha way in which benefits of this kind could be best conferred on the poor. Purchasing and thoroughly improving old property is a scheme which has been worked with great advantage already ; the improved property, however, has, in these cases, been let out in a man• ner to pay five per cent. on the outlay. Mr. PEA BODY would probably prefer that all effected through the noble fund he has created should be on behalf of those who could afford a merely nominal rent, enough, perhaps, just to keep the property in good repair. Then commences that greatest of all diffi culties—the preventing idleness and imposture from reaping the advantages he intends for the " poor of moral character and good conduct." This, however, as every one who has endeavoured per sonally to relieve the wants of his fellow-creatures knows, is the universal difficulty in real charity. "Only let me know the really deserving poor," is a prayer the benevolent have but too frequently to utter. I One express condition of the benefaction is a noble example 0 the present generation, and a `rebuke of much done by the past. Mr. PEABODY Idislikes fettering th e di scre ti on o f hi s present or future trustees, but he puts them on their honour las gentlemen not to fetter 'themselves. He doubt / less has his own reiigious creed, and he can hardly Ibe an American without leaning strongly to the political liberalism of his own country. But his f beneficiaries are to be without distinction of either political or religious creed. Character and poverty are to be the grounds of their claim. And he con cludes his few liberal limitations with these remark able words :—" It must therefore be held to be a violation of my intentions if any duly qualified and deserving claimant were to be excluded either on the ground of religious belief or of political bias." Noble words these ! How does the opposite spirit infest our bequests and foundations of all kinds P Even our courts of law—in this respect not courts of justice—confine the emoluments and advantages of innumerable charitable and educational founda tions to one sect. They always understand by religion, statutable religion only. And even if they allow a non-churchman a loaf of bread or an educa tion for his child, they strictly exclude all who do not worship according to the Act of Uniformity from share in the trusts and management. Mr. PEABODY'S munificence is no trifle regarded only in an international point of view. The bonds of commerce may be strong between nations, but the bonds of generosity and gratitude are stronger still. How can England ever go to war with a nation whose leading man among us thus sym pathises with and blesses her poor. Who of us will not set the deed of Mr. PEABODY, henceforth, against that of Captain WILKES, and how shall we forget that the United States ambassador to our Court has, from this time officially, the office of a kindly benefactor to cur poor. " Cl4arity covereth a multitude of sins," is the saying of an Apostle himself; and strange will it be if the distinguished and generous American's unfeigned charity does not cover a multitude of American sins. Let the noble act of one American, who knows us by five and -twenty years' experience, atone for the f oo li s h ravings of scores of American journalists who never set foot on English soil. Long may the generous American live to witnes s th e goo d d one b y hi s gift while living. His willnot be the pleasure of direct ing as he will, the use of property which he can no longer enjoy. The happier blessing he will enjoy, of sacrificing a fortune while. it is yet his gwn—of . • laying a vast estate at the feet of those who will assuredly prove themselves true successors of the Apostles, in their faithful distribution to the poor and needy. TRIAL OF THE DUADEE LIFEBOAT ON TEE GAA OANDS. The lifeboat recently sent to Dundee by the National Lifeboat Institution underwent a few days ago a very severe test on the Gaa Sands, near Dundee. The new and old lifeboats of the locality were taken in tow of a steamer to Buddonness Lighthouse. The new boat is called the Mary Hartley, after the benevolent lady who had so zealously collected the cost of the lifeboat and its transport ing carriage. On looking at the two boats in tow, no one could fail to notice the superior model of the Mary Hartley, whose bow laid the water on each side as if cleft by a knife, while the old boat, with her broad bow, plunged and drenched the crew with spray. On reaching No. 4 (black) buoy they were cast off by the steam-tug, and the men pulled on to the Abertay Sands in search of broken water. Hero again the superiority of the Mary Hartley manifested itself, pulling with ten oars half as fast again as the old boat with twelve. They were soon on the heavy broken swell of the Abertay Spit, and though the coxswain made for every breaker, nothing could put the boat in the slightest distress, and in the heaviest sea she did not ship a cupful of water. The old boat followed more slowly but not more steadily, and after manoeuvring the boats in every imaginable manner, it was resolved to try them on the Gaa Sand, on the north side of the river, where there was nothing but white broken surf, and where the danger was infinitely greater. The signal was given by the steamer, and they pulled out of the swell and laid alongside to receive instructions. The Mary Hartley life boat then made for the Gaa Sand between Nos. 3 and 4 (red) buoys,and hardly had she passed them when she was caught amidships by a curling roller, and poised on its crest, was whirled round end on, and carried with the velocity of an arrow for five or six hundred yards into comparatively smooth water. The sudden stroke of the wave caused two of the oars to snap, and a number of the strong galvanised rowlocks were bent. No sea could test more condlusively the perfect efficiency and thorough safety of the Mary Hartley lifeboat; and no one who had the pleasure of wit nessing such a sight could have the slightest fear in trust ing to such a boat—the crew especially having now every confidence in her. Meanwhile the old boat was in no envi able position, for her coxswain was keeping her broadside on to the roaring surf, and though trying her in every manner, she behaved well. The water she shipped was not so quickly self•ejected as by the Mary Bartley, but her performance in other respects were admirable. Thenew boat again steered out amongst the breakers, and though not so fortunate as to be struck by one similar to that she had met on enter ing, a good number of formidable waves were disposed of, and the cheers:of the crew, as they rose on the top of a wave and were then lost for a few seconds, were loudly replied to by those on board the steamer, while the nautical men were loud in her praise—" What a beauty I" "Admirable 1" one experienced captain saying that, "If she wouldn't do, nothing would." After practising for about half-an-hour —broadside, bow, and stern on—the boats were signalled out of the Gaa surf, and the men, drenched to the skin, were informed the trial was over. FO_RTUNE.TELLING. LATEST NEWS. TURIN, MARCH 26. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day a discussion took place on the Budget for the second quarter of 1862. The report of the Minister stated that it would be advisable to avoid every political question, and to propose the adoption of the bill as an administra tive measure. S'.gnor Marche eulogised the alliance with France, but attacked England violently. Signor Rattazzi replied, that the Government attached much weight to the alliance with France as well as to that with England. " The union of these two great nations and of Italy," said Signor Rattazzi, " ensures the triumph of Liberal principles in Europe. If, unfortunately, a conflict should one day arise between these two Powers, the conduct of Italy ought to be inspired only by its principles and its interests." Signor Rattazzi accepted the declaration of the Committee that it was necessary to avoid all poli tical discussions, and said he should confine himself to giving some explanations to the orators who criticised the Ministry. The Bill on the Budget was finally passed by 233 against 20 votes. PARIS, MARCH 27. The Paris papers of :o•dap publish a despatch from the Herzegovina, stating that 600 Turkish soldiers, who had been surrounded at Crinitza, had surrendered to the insurgents. The latter had pre viously repulsed the troops which came to the relief of the Turks. TO THE EDITOR OF TRH SUN. SIR,—In your recent notice of my pamphlet, called " Astrology in a Nutshell," you intimated that the legal question would be settled by the Legislature upon some convenient occasion, which I was glad to learn, having taken much interest in the subject for some years past. Since the case of Copestick occurre d at Bat h , similar cases have occurred causing magisterial difficulty and some in justice; and since I published my t ra ct three cases of pure fortune-telling have occurred, viz., Selina Smith, Cind ere ll a Smale, and William Lambard, which facts show that the question raised by me has not been raised unneces sarily, and that numerous persons are imposed upon by impostors, while the scholarly teachers of astrological science are liable to similar punishment as these rogues and vagabonds. I am glad to find, therefore, that the matter is to be soon considered by the Legislature, so that justice may be done to all.—Yours obediently, CHRISTOPHER COOKE, 13, Chatham-place, 27th March, 1862. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. 1862. The following is the House List of the Govemors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, vis. FOR GOVERNORS. Alfred Latham, Esq., Governor. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq., Deputy-Governors FOR DIRECTORS. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. Robert Wigram Crawford, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. James Pattison Currie, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. t3enj imin Buck Green, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell.Esq. Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. *John Saunders Gilliat, Esq. George Joachim Goschen, Esq. James Alexander Guthrie, Esq: Thomson Hankey, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq, Charles Fred ei ick H uth,Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. George Ward e Norman, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. *Clifford Wigram, Esq. N.B.—The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed are new candidates for the Direction. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on I uesday, the Bth April, and for Direc tors on Wednesday, the 9th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. THE BOY AL BOTANICAL SOCIETY. The first spring exhibition took place yesteiday, but the weather was frightfully unpropitious for such a display. The rain poured in torrents the whole of the afternoon, and the beautiful flowers that were exhibited lost some of their charms under such influences. We need scarcely say that under these circumstances the attendance was extremely meagre, although the attraction was great. The tent in which, the flowers were exhibited was a perfect floral temple, and the camelias and hya cinths were enchanting to two of the senses. Amongst the floral gems that were exhibited was a very peculiar plant, bearing the name of the Esiocnema Marmorea. It consists of four velvety green leaves frosted and spreading out in the shape of a star. It is small and not particularly attrac tive at first sight. It was awarded a bronze medal. The Hippomene spinosa is a very excellent plant, consisting of a tall taper stem from which spread out laurel-shaped leaves pendant. This plant re ceived a silver medal. The hyacinths of Mr. Cut bush were magnificent in colou r an d mos t exten sivein quantity. He received a silver medal for them. The roses of Mr. Paul, of Cheshunt, were truly delightful, and while gazing upon them we might have fancied that we were in the calm of summer if the pattering over head on the canvas of the tent had not forbidden such a delusion. 3lr. Paul's hyacinths also were very at tractive. The great bulk of the show appeared to be hyacinths and camellias, and the specimen of the latter called " Candidissima" was very beautiful indeed. It was a white flower, and appeared like a wax model. We need scarcely say that from the unpropitious state of the weather there were no attractions in the outer gardens. The visitors, of course, confined themselves to the conservatories and greenhouses. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—Mr. Noel Temple Moore, her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at Beyrout, has been attached to the suit of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, end to act a 3 interpreter to the Prince during his travels in Syria and Palestine. Mr. Noel Moore is the son of Mr. Moore, her Majesty's Consul-General in Syria. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge had a select dinner party last evening, at her residence in the Ambassador's Court, St. James's Palace, to celebrate the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The royal duke and a small circle joined the party. The Duke of Leinster is expected to arrive at his mansion on Carlton-house -terrace, about the middle of next month, from Carlton House, his grace's seat in the county of Kildare. Tho Marchioness of Downshire's party, which was to have taken place this evening, is unavoidably post • poned. The Earl and Countess Spencer will shortly leave Althorpe Park, Northamptonshire, on a continental tour. The Countess Blucher has left Maurigy's Hotel, for Brighton. Viscount Dillon will leave town in a few days to join her ladyship and family, who are at present staying at Rome. • Lord and Lady Farnham have arrived at Cla ridge's Hotel, from Farnham, Ireland. Lord and Lady Southampton have arrived at St. James's - Place, from Whittlebury Lodge, Northampton shire. We understand that the whole of the circum stances connected with the absence from his battalion in Canada of Lieutenant. Colonel the Hon. H. Annesley, Scots FuFilier Guards, have been placed before the General Com manding-in-Chief, and that, after full consideration, his Royal Highness has allowed Colonel Annesley to withdraw the resignation of his comm i ss i on w hi ch he had t en dered. A misapprehension o f ver b al communications woul d a ppear to be at the bottom of the affair. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Euxine, with the above mails, left Malta for Marseilles, on the 26th inst., at 1 a.m. The Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the mails, would leave Malta the same day at 2 p.m. She may be expected at Southampton on the 'ith April. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. BotritsE, March 26.—There has been but a limited amount of business doing, and Stook having been freely offered, the transactions have for the most part shown a decline on the closing prices of the previous day. Threes, for the Account, commenced at 70f. 5c., but rapidly receded, and are now at 69f. 80c. The Railway Share Market has been firmer, and previous quotations well maintained. The following were the last quotations : 4t per per Cents... 97 85 Bank Shares 3100 Do. end month.... 97 95 Credit F oncier 1515 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 85 Piedmontese Fives 67 50 New 3 per Centsj.. 68 85 Roman — Do. end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 771 25 Spanish Threes, 5l 50 Do. Account — Home Debt RAILWAYS, Cash. Account. Orleans l3BO 1375 Northern New, ditto — • . Lyons and Mediterranean 1117 50 .. 1116 25 Geneva.. Southern Western Eastern ..... 0 602 50 .. 602 50 Sardinian 365 361 25 Austrian 615 5i3 75 Lombard 546 25 .. 547 50 PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated the 24th inst., says : —" The electoral circular of M. de Jagow, the Minister of the Interior (ex-President of Police), is published this evening in the semi-official journal the Stern-Zeitung. This circular, which is drawn up in apparent moderation, designates the Pro gressist party as an enemy of the Constitution, without alleging the slightest proof for the asser tion, and as one which all Conservatives, friends of the Constitution, ought to oppose. There is no question, as in the circular of Count Schwerin, of two extremes. The circular says that electoral liberty shall be protected ; but it counts upon the energetic co-operation of the public functionaries, and especially upon the district commissaries. The latter, you may rely upon it, will take the hint, and we shall soon hear something about it. The circu lar invokes, moreover, the Royal allocution of the 19th. The Government announces itself as Libe ral, and especially as Constitutional, but as a de cided adversary of Parliamentary government. The Ministry of Commerce is still vacant, although M. von der Heydt, who manages it ad interim, is endeavouring to find some one willing to take it. M. Delbruck is spoken of as the probable Minister. Hitherto the Minister of Commerce was usually the head of the Prussian Bank. It is now intended to separate those two functions, and it is said that M. von Camphausen, President of the Seehandlung, will be appointed head of the Bank. The Treaty of Commerce with France has not yet been signed, but it is presumed it will be some day this week. MOROCCO. Letters from Oran, of the 18th, give some details of the insurrection which has broken out in the empire of Morocco : " The marabout, El Aguisi, has undergone the fate usually reserved to rebels, having been be trayed by a friend, and his head, foot, and hand cut off and sent to the Emperor. The bearers of that interesting present we re regaled with a splendid diffa of bullocks' heads and couscous sou. In the whole of the empire, and especially at Tangier, grand fetes were held on the occa sion, a considerable quantity of powder was burnt, and the shops of the principal streets of that town were decorated with flags. The revolt has, however, not been extinguished with the death of El Aguisi. The whole of the province of Pharb is in full insurrection, murder and pil lage is going on, and the authorities, being un able to suppress the frightful disorder, take refuge behind the walls of the principal towns. As usual, the Jews were the first victims of the outbreak. A week ago the Pacha of Tangier sent some of his re lations at the head of four or five hundred horsemen to make a reconnaissance in the interior, but at a few miles from the town the representative of the Moorish Government was attacked and defeated by the insurgents, and only owed his safety to the swiftness of his horse. This check has caused great prejudice to the authority of the Emperor.' The insurrection was still tending to develops itself, and the more so that the fanatical Moors believe that El Agnisi is not dead. He had imparted his resemblance, they say, to some unfortunate wretch, but is not dead himself; is gaining fresh strength in fasting, solitude, and prayer, and will soon re-ap pear at the head of a formidable army. VISIT OF MR. GLADSTONE TO MANCHESTER.— The Chancellor of the Exchequer has consented to visit Manchester, and to preside at the annual meeting of the Association of Lancashire and Cheshire Mechanics Insti tutes, on Easter Wednesday, the 23d proximo, in the Free Trade Hall. Ho will distribute the prizes and certificates to the candidates who were successful at the last public examinations of the associated institutions. The visit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to this city will give general satisfaction, and the excellent object to which he lends his support will bo fully appreciated by the public. — Manchester Guardian. EUROPEAN HOTEL AND DINING-ROOMS, 30, Cov ENn tv - sTREET.—Mrs. Jentzen begs to return hor grateful thanks to her numerous supporters for the liberal support she has received in her present establishment for 25 years, and begs to assure them that nothing shall be wanting on her part to merit a continuance of their kind patronage. Mrs J. feels herself doubly indebted to that portion of her patrons who so kindly and anxiously signed her petition, to bear testimony to the high character of her establishment, to obtain a spirit license, to the number of 128, but which was refused, for the simple reason of being erroneously stated as being in the market. She begs further to say that, as she has for the first time failed in spirits, the superior quality of her wines, both on draught and bottle, and also all malt liquors served pure as from the brewery, will overbalance the disappointment, and that she will ever be found a worthy recipient of their generous bounty, which she will ever gratefully acknowledge. 111ADADIB LIND-GOLDSCHMMT AT NOTTINGHAM - . Last (Tuesday) evening a concert, such as, from the nature of the circumstances, can rarely be offered in the provinces, was given at the Mechanics' Hall. When we state that the artistes who appeared on the occasion were Madame Lind-Goldschmidt, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Signor - Belletti, as vocalists, with Mr. H. Blagrove, Signor Piatti, and Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, as instrumentalists, we have said enough to indicate the high character of the en tertainment provided. Notwithstanding that some eighteen years have elapsed since the gifted Jenny Lind made her debut in this country, and that her appearance last evening was the third visit she has paid to Nottingham, the interest attached to her name and to her transcendent powers of vocalism has so little diminished that the concert of last night was a success, in a pecuniary point of view, from its very first announcement. The largest hall available for the most attractive entertainment in this town is unfortunately not large enough to contain many beyond those more select classes Iniao can afford to pay a pretty high fee for admission. On this occasion no more than 150 seats could be allowed to the holders of five shilling tickets, and their places were found in the orchestra behind the platform and on either side of the organ. The whole of the body of the hall was ap propriated to the possessors of guinea and half-guinea tickets, On the second day after the announcement of the concert, all the five shilling places had been secured, and at the beginning of the present week there were not a dozen of both the other classes of seats left vacant. We need hardly say that the limited accommodation avail able at the lowest of the prices mentioned was a considerable disappointment to many, so many, in fact, that it is believed the erection of a gallery at the east end of the room for places at five shillings or seven-and-sixpence each would have been a pro fitable undertaking. That any artiste should have maintained so fasci nating a hold of the public mind as Madame Lind- Goldsmidt has done is in itself something marvel lous. There have been before her day great and gifted singers, who have exerted their peculiar charms, and won legitimate triumphs on the lyric stage, but, it must be admitted, there have been none who have so completely carried all before them, and swayed a sceptre so unrivalled as Jenny Lind.—Nottingham Express. WILLIS'S BOONS. Mrs. Macready, an American lady, who has highly distinguished herself in the United States and the Canadas for the last few years by her dramatic recitations, made her first bow to an English audi ence last night in the lower room of Willis's, and gave one of her entertainments to a suffocatingly crowded audience. Evidently a great deal had been expected from the fair reciter, as many gentlemen connected with the theatrical profession honoured her with their company, and no small amount of enthusiasm was displayed when she stepped on the platform. Mrs. Macready is no mean reciter, who reads from a book placed on a stand, and is satisfied with illustrating her readings by changes and in flexions of the voice. Except that she is not attired in costume, and is not furnished with scenic acces sories, her readings, to all intents and purposes, resolve themselves into theatrical performances. In three of the most important scenes of " Macbeth," as far as regarded Lady Macbeth, she afforded the spectators an insight into her tragic powers, which are certainly considerable, and prove her to be an artist of great intelligence and one who has studied earnestly and conscientiously. The admirers of the romantic school of acting might perhaps object to her over-measured elocution and her emphatic ges tures ; but that she had a clear conception of the character of Lady Macbeth and felt keenly what she was giving utterance to could not be denied. Her voice is powerful, her articulation clear and distinct, just such a voice and articulation indeed as are demanded for grand tragic exhibitions. Whether Mrs. Macready would succeed as greatly on the stage as in the chamber we can only surmise ; but certainly at the present time, when there is such a dearth of good tragediennes, we are inclined to think she would win no mean honours in the profession. THE " CORNHILL MAGAZINE." Mr. Thackeray concludes his editorship of this periodical with the following address :--" To Contri butors and Correspondents, March 18, 1862. Ladies and gentlemen (who will continue in spite of the standing notice below to send papers to the editor's private residence), perhaps you will direct the postman to some other house when you learn that the editor of the Cornhill Magazine no longer lives in mine. My esteemed successor lives at No. man's brief interval of quiet. He will have troubles enough in that thorn-cushioned editorial chair which is forwarded to him by the Parcels (Happy) Delivery Company. In our first number, ladies and gentlemen, your obedient servant likened himself to the captain of a ship, to which and whom I wished a pleasant voyage. Pleasant ! Those who have travelled on shipboard know what a careworn, oppressed, uncomfortable man the captain is. Meals disturbed, quiet impos sible, rest interrupted—such is the lot of captains. This one resigns his commission. I had rather have a quiet life than gold lace and epaulets; and deeper than did ever plummet sound I fling my speaking trumpet. Once in a voyage to America I met a sea captain who was passenger in the ship which he formerly had commanded. No man could be more happy, cheerful, courteous than this. He rode through the gale vt ith the most perfect confidence in the ship and its captain ; he surveyed the storm as being another gentle man's business ; and his great delight was to be called at his watch, to invoke a blessing on the steward's boy who woke him, and to turn round in his crib and go to sleep again. Let my suc cessor command the ''Cornhill," gi v i ng me always a passage on board ; and if the printer's boy rings at my door of an early morning, with a message that there are three pages wanting, or four too much, I will send out my benediction to that pt inter's boy, and take t'other half-hour's dose. Though editor no more, I hope long to remain a contributor to my friend's magazine. I be lieve my own special readers will agree that my books will not suffer when their author is released from the daily task of reading, accepting, refusing, losing and finding the works of other people. To say No has often cost me a morning's peace and a day's work. I tremble recenti mutu. Oh, those hours of madness, ' spent in searching for I ouisa's lost lines to her dead piping bullfinch, or Nhoj Senoj's mislaid Essay! I tell them for the last time that the (late) editor will not be responsible for rejected commu nications, and herewith send off the chair and the great Cornhill Magazine tin-box with its load of care. While the present tale of " Philip" is pass ing through the press I am preparing another, on which I have worked at intervals for many years past, and which I hope to introduce in the ensuing year ; and I have stipulated for the liberty of con tinuing the little essays which have amused the public and the writer, and which I propose to con tribute from time to time to ;he pages of the Corn. hill Magazine. TIIE LONGFORD ELECTION. The Longford county petition was printed yesterday. It adduces at con siderable length charges of an organised system of violence previously to and at iho election on the part of Major O'Reilly and his agents; alleges that large numbers of elec tors who wished to vote for Col. White were prevented from and th a t great numbers were d o i literallyng s so compelled p p e h ll y e s d ie b a y l force,arm armed mobs, under threats of death, to vote against their will for 11 .1aj , ;r 0';, eilly. All freedom of election was " utterly destroyed and abrogated," and the house is consequently asked to declare that the major's re turn be set aside and declared null and void. INTINIDATION.—Eight miners, formerly work men at the Gildersomo Colliery, but now on strike, were charged beforo the West Riding magistrates on Tuesday with intimidating, molestiig, and obstructing some of the colliers now at work. The men were all bound over to 1 keep the peace in their own recognisances of £lO each. The strike among the colliers in the Gildersomo district still continues, without any prospect of an early termination. EXTRAORDINARY MUNIFICENCE. We are requested to insert the following corres pondence : London, March 12, 1862. Gentlemen,—ln reference to the intention which it is the object of this letter to communicate, I am desirous to ex plain that from a comparatively early period of my commer cial life I had resolved in my bwn mind that, should my labours be blessed with success, I would devote a portion of the property thus acquired to promote the intellectual, moral, and physical welfare of my fellow-men, whomver, from circumstances or location, their claims upon rf!.e would be the strongest. A kind Providence has continued me i_r a prosper i ty, axc l consequently, in furthera nce o f my resolution, I, i n th e year 1852, founded an instit u t e and lily,•ary for the benefit of the people of the place of my bird;, in the town of Danvers, in the State of Massachusetts., the result of which has proved in every respect most btrueficial to the locality, and gratify ing to myself, After an absence of 20 years I visited my native land in 1857, and founded in the City of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland (where more than 20 years of my business life had been passed) an institute upon a much more extended scale, devoted to science and the arts, with a free library, coinciding With the character of the institution. The corner acne was laid in 1858, and the building is now completed; but its dedication has been postponed in consequence of the unhappy sectional differences at present prevailing in the United States. It is now 25 years since I commenced my residence and business in London as a stranger; but I did not long feel myself a stranger or in a " strange land," for in all my com mercial and social intercourse with my British friends dur ing that long period, I have constantly received courtesy, kindness, and confidence. Under a sense of gratitude for these blessings of a kind Providence, encouraged by early associations, and stimulated by my views as well of duty as of inclination to follow the path which I had heretofore marked out for my guidance, I have been prompted for seve ral years past repeatedly to state to some of my confidential friends my intention at no distant period, if my life was spared, to make a donation for the benefit of the poor of London. Among those friends are three of the number to whom I have now the honour to address this letter. To my particular friend, C. M. Lampson, Esq., I first men tioned the subject five years ago. My nest conversations in relation to it were held about three years since with my esteemed friend Sir James Emerson Tennant, and with my partner, J. S. Morgan, Esq. I also availed myself of oppor tunities to consult the Right Rev. Bishop 3Pllvaine of Ohio, and with all these gentlemen I have since freely con versed upon the subject in a way to confirm that original intention. My object being to ameliorate the condition of the poor and needy of this great metropolis, and to promote their comfort and happiness, I take pleasure in apprising you that I have determined to transfer to you the sum of £150,000, which now s ands available for this purpose on books of Messrs. George Peabody and Co., as you will. see by the accompanying correspondence. In committing to you, in full confidence in your judg ment, the administration of this fund, I cannot but feel grateful to you for the onerous duties you have so cheer fully undertaken to perform, and I sincerely hope and trust that the benevolent feelings that have prompted a devotion of so much of your valuable time will be appreciated, not only by the present, but future generations of the people of London. I have few instructions to give or conditions to impose, but there are some fundamental principles from which it is my solemn injunction that those entrusted with its appli cation shall never under any circumstances depart. • First and foremost among them is the limitation of its uses absolutely and exclusively to such purposes as may be calculated directly to ameliorate the condition and augment the comfort , of the poor, who, either by birth or esta blished residence, form a recognised portion of the popula tion of London. Secondly. It is my intention that now, and for all time, there shall be a rigid exclusion from the management of this fund of any influence calculated to impart to it a cha racter either sectarian as regards religion, or exclusive in relation to local or party politics. Third. In conformity with the foregoing conditions, it is my wish and intention that the sole qualification for a par ticipation in the benefits of this fund shall be an ascertained and continued condition of life such as brings the individual within the description (in the ordinary sense of the ward) of "the poor" of London, combined with moral character and good conduct as a member of society. It must there fore be held to be a violation of my intentions if any dulY qualified and deserving claimant were to be excluded either on the grounds of religious belief or of political bias. Without in the remotest degree desiring to limit your discretion in the selection of the most suitable means of giving effect to these objects, I may be permitted to throw out for your consideration, amongst the other projects which will necessarily occupy your attenti , n, whether it may nok be found conducive to the ctditions specified above for their • ultimate realisation, an east likely to present difficulties on the grounds I have pointed out for avoidance, to apply the fund, or a portion of it, in the construction of such improved dwellings for the poor as may combine in the utmost possible degree the essentials of healthfulness, com fort, social enjoyment, and economy. Preparatory to due provision being made for the formal declaration of the trust and for its future management and appropriation, the sum of £150,000 will be at once trans ferred into your names and placed at your disposal'!" which purpose I reserve to myself full power and authority. But as a portion of the money may probably for some time to come, to meet the legitimate Pur s i l s le after templated, I would suggest that, as early as P °.-5 ' pounds the organisation of the trust, one hundred thousand poun (L 100,000) should be invested for the time being in your names in Consols or East India Stock, thus adding to the capital by means of the accruing interest, and the stock so purchased can be gradually sold out as the money is wanted not be required for the objects designated. Meantime, pending the prepa ration of a formal trust-deed, you shall be under no respon sibility whatever in respect of the fund, or its investment or disposition. With these preliminary stipulations I commit the fund to your management, and to that of such other persons as, by a majority of your voices, you may elect, giving you the power either to add to your number (which I think should not at any time exceed nine) or to supply casual vacancies occurring in your body. It is my further desire that the United States Minister in London for the time being should always, in virtue of his office, be a member of the trust, unless in the event of his signifying his inability to act in discharge of the duties.--I have the honour to be, gentle men, yours very faithtully, (Signed) GEORGE PEABODY• To his Excellency Charles Francis Adams, United States Minister in London. The Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P. Sir James Emerson Tennent, K.C.S., LL.D., Sce., London. Curtis M. Lampson, Esq., London, Junius S. Morgan, Esq., London. London, 15th March, 1862. Sln,—We have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th inst., apprising us of your munificent appropria tion of one hundred and fitty thousand pounds towards ameliorating the condition of the poor of London ; and in" tirnating your wish that we should act in the capacity of trustees for the application of this fund on principles which you have indicated for our guidance. Whether we consider the purity of the motive, the mag nitude of the gift, or the discrimination displayed in select ing the purposes to which it is to be appied, we cannot but feel that it is for the nation to appreciate, rather than for a few individuals to express, their gratitude for an act of beneficence which has kw parallels (if any) in modern times. For ourselves, we are deeply conscious of the honour int" plied by the confidence you have reposed in us as the aduti" nistrators and guardians of your bounty ; and it onll remains for us to assure you of the satisfaction with which we shall accept this trust, and the zeal with which we shall address ourselves to the discharge of its duties so soon AO its precise nature is sufficiently defined, and the arrange' • ments for its administration sufficiently organised•—Ever faithfully yours, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. STANLEY. J. EMERSON TENNENT. C. M. LAAIPSON. J. S. MORGAN. To George Peabody, Esq., London. THE I RISH LORDSHIP OF THE TREASURY.--i t appears that, notwithstanding his defeat at Longford,. Colonel L u k e White is to retain the office of Irish Lord 19t the Treasury. His want of a seat in the House of Com" mons will be a source of some embarassment to the Govern ment. It is rumoured that a vacancy will ere long take place in th e representation of an Irish borough, whose representative is very seldom in his seat in Parliamen t, and that Colonel White may probably become a candidate. ANECDOTE OF A PYTIION.—The pythons in the Zoological Gardens are fed with rabbits, which they de stroy by winding round and crushing them ; they are then , more easily swallowed. The bones forming the jaws and face, so to call it—unlike what is seen in manialia, whe re they are firmly locked together, and where the lower moves on closely bound hinges—are al , loose and uncen meted, except by skin and ligaments. A very remarkabl e circumstance occurred here some years ago. A large python, in a well-secured cage containing others, and of th se one nine feet long, was fed one evening with three guinea pigs and a rabbit. The next morning the python nine feet long was missing, and, as an escape was impes sible, the question arose, what could have become of it ? The truth was soon evidentf the other python, not much larger than itself, had swallowed it. How it was done, n o one could tell, as it must have happened in the night. The victim may have been torpid and incapable of resistance, or a t terrific struggle have occurred before it was overpowered ; but the fact was ev ident,. In the vict or l y i ng torp id, end bloated to doable hi s ordinary dimensions.—Python .11atch ; a Sight in the Zoolog i cal Gardens. In 6' Cassell's Family Payer." Ne 4 to tt ties, 68 .; - lieni 4 'olll Gen 1)i 1)i . Di q f i l . 1 4 , :1)a