The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-03 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE—AFRIC'S LIGHT ' HOUSE—OF ALL NATIONS—JAPANN'D. To Tycoon-tribute-pay ere. U.Well-Edele-Heers— The' Pen schip mod- lot' title.r ce command your treasury, emanates from my 1814-18 heer-gragt visit, when Stead Montagne-younker and conseqant Stadt - holder of Holland's Brazil Portuguese, by the ' De Haven. Commissie' of Review election by Mello-Barbacena, Ad miral Hamond, and Sir Charles Stuart de Rothsay, 29th August, 1826, on the holy alliance abolition of the Kings of Gallic-spanish, and British-germany, so Quaker naughts of '26-32 on 37's H. C. 4461-? Aborigines Report. Whence, as Flag-Lieutenant signing officer to the 6 th July quad ruple 3ty, and 22d May convention, for a new chief' a la Greque 'twixt Navarin's Codrington and Egypt's Turk-pasha Ali on Vacout•trnst' bye the 0 •range-river, Hoogeder rod Landmeter-general, yet unregistered to the Standard cwt. of 1835 act, under my oath—shows to ye by your ' Uhed-jew Voluntaires' de 'l4 of GREY'S Orange man Van der Byl K. of Portugal's Preterits/ Toast-god bless him' as a stamp c illegality by ' the Minder U fmters ' of Gov. Arthur's maccaroni powder-keg Sierra Leone sell. Note I concerning 1663 Chart6graph 3ty, Cape entitle of your • Cabos,' San Sebastian, Esperanza, and 'seta, expli cative of the past Gubernatorial succession of my Earl of Leicester's Lutheran-executive 1521-72 reformatif, for the Dutch-Bays, ° Strnys, Vleesch, Hoet's 9 and Mossel-Bays, whereby the present (old ld. Dubblejee), Array-Public age are enabled to note the power marks of historical nomen clature. So this George ' District Forest law' Rex-edict, is in accord with state utility by letter received as touch ing the total commercial disregard in relation to the anchorage protection of timber-trade vessels in Mossel Bay —Hottentot based on a Breakwater want of safety,' for a prolonging of its Rocky-naze—" two points of the com pass, of more easterly bearing" so as to shelter the shipping from the south-east winds. Now to be protected by the civilised Liberian Blacks of America against the Dahomey Amazon slave collect Charity-sister Co's. Thus, as the Sea conquers the Land, so Night on Man the Day. We hereby order that all public salaries beyond 1200 per annum be reduced one half from the Ist of May, 1862—for this application—to an instant construction of a Breakwater and temporary Light House'—since in this " Kolonie," under a British Tycoon's Red o'quoit Flag— ' Cum mitre l'repositns'? not being in Dutch Jury-lingo Recording to Afric's common law, 13 Geo. 111. c. 83 ¢ as "Neighbour to the fact" being controuled by the Justinian Inst. cede, lib. r Tit. I § 4. not of Parliamentary enactment, whence I the kirk adage What's every man's business is nobody's" for order to a Breakwater control by 4 . Admiralty Court of the disastrous Zodiacal e gales of August.-- Appni I qui fis dormer cette idee si grande 4 la loi eivique § iicrite avec flerti , BOn Pon voit que jamais I'ENGLAND ne niarchande Quand, it faut par la mer gagner sa Liberte I CHARLES g ACKERLEY, ff. 1-2 Will. rv. NO. 54. ohamberlayne' sworn. • PETER BASQUET, Income Tax. Chief, 1842, unpaid. • China Riff wall circuit horizon of—'London, May 3, 1862, its Montezuma— 7he Sun of 19 and 28th. 1. iil • • 44 eq .-4 ... -4 1 {EATR E-R0 At, HAYMARKET, Lessee Mr. J B. Bflekstone. THIS EVENING, JOHN JONES. After which, at half-past 7, will be performed (113th time) OUR AMERICA N COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundrcary, Mr. Sothcrn. Followed by the Spanish Ballet entitled THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Senora Perea Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence a 7 I.YAL LYCEUM THEATRE. iv Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 14ath Night of the •ontinuous run of "Peep o'Day.'" THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelisb. Messrs. Waiter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmond Falcone, : Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interiudo, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by ,Mr Warlow, and Um Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. . _ ----- Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence ai 7. 13ox-offlce open daily from 11 till J. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lassie, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. To be followed by, at a quarter to Eight o'clock. a new and original drama, in five acts, entitled THE GOLDEN DAGGERS. Principal characters by Mr. Fecht r, H. Widdi comb, Mr, G. Jordan, Mr. Potter, Mr. J. G. Shore, %.r. Ca'h cart, Mr. Moreland ; Mesdames Elsworthy and Carlotta Le elercq. Mr. A. Harris is happy to state that he has succeeded in indu •ing that eminent artist, Telbi g n, to give the aid of hie unrivalled talent in the concludin tableau of the drama. NEW THEATRE-R 0 YAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the new domestic drama, entitled DOT : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Emery, Billinzton. Stephenson; Miss Woolgar, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss H. Simms, &C. After which 4thtime), THE PHANTOMmery. Ruthven , , Mr Paulo Boucicau ( lt. Messrs. J. L. Tooll, E_ 13 , dford, Stephenson, Sefton ; Misses H . Simms, K Kelly K. Bland, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Commence at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Sole P ro p r ietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Wonderful Performance of Mr. Bell's trained Eleptpnts. TOTS EVENING. the Grand Eastern Spectacle ot T RAJAH OF NAGPORE, introducing two colossal Asiatic Elephants, pronounced by all to be the cleverest animals ever exhibited. To be tollowed by brilliant and daring feats by the un riyailed Troupe of Equestrians. Coneinding with a laughable Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. AND FINE IANTERBURY HALL ,t , z , ES. _GAWITYL „ UNSWOR ./11, "or any other man" (the original), and EUGENE, late principal comedians of the Rumsey and Newcomb Minstrels, at a quarter- past ten o'clock. grand Selections from " La Sonnambula," by Miss Rus sell, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jongh- Man a. COMIC b y d Messrs. Ut sworth and Eugene, Mr. Randall , Mr. J. O. For e, Mr. Hollingsworth, and Miss Caroline Parkes. CANTERBURY HALL—The renowned RUM SEY and NEWCOMB MINSTRELS will make their first uppearance on MONDAY next, at Nine o'clock. UNSWORTH and EUGENE at Ten. rcHF, OXFORD. 6, OXFORD-STREF , T.__ The architectural beauty, elegance of decoration, and brilliancy of lighting- of this noble building sender it one of the sights of London. A Musical and Miscellaneous Enter tainment every evening.—Rumsey and Newomb's Minstrels in their "Olio of Ethiopian Oddities."—Burns' celebrated 'Jolly Beggars," with characteri tic Music c .mposed ex pressly for t e establishment by George Linley.—Grand Belections from "Un Ballo in M schera," "Il Trovatore," "Norma," " Simon Boc -anegra," Arc &c : principal vocalists —Miss Russell, ildme, Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, awns, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus.—Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghm.ns.—A host of comic talent, including Harvey sad French (the Nerves), and W Randall.- li P;)NRI and PFAU, whose Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze are un surpassed for daring, skill, and grace. ii ill. 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Shortly will be produced, G. A. Macfarren's "May Day," a nd (for the first time in England) Donizetti's "Don fieba stien. " HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.— MOrtlitig, 4b. 23m.—Afternoon, 4h. 38m. To-moratow.-Morning. 4h. 56m.—Afternoon, sh. 12m. NOTICE. Ail 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. 4;? _4; r-l i, cia -I—T .*) 14 , • . j'' ' ''.' '':"‘ • ': -- - V'r"..',, - ; 1 „ q":,..' ' - t ek64 A ' ;.0..,,,,,,..' , .: ..::::: , 7 -,.. '-'-,' _...d‘k,!, .T.4 . _ :. ‘ ,S___ . ., t ,, ./.- , 4 , VI ~I r ". • ~ ~,~ - 4." " " ,_ e z I F_~_~ , _ ? THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1862. -• Rope for Italy has been so often disappointed when it seemed best founded, that almost any asser tion now, by the most responsible person, fails to give anything like assurance. Yet surely the King of ITALY'S speech, which appears in to-day's telegrams, ought to have some meaning in it more than anything we have yet heard. The programme of freeing Italy from the Mediterranean to the Adriatic was uttered before Solferino had been fought and the Qua drilateral reached. Count CAVOR'S and Prince NAPOLEON'S speeches were either very cautions, or uninvested with the authority of office. But now we have the word of the King of ITALY to the Italians, concluding thus :—" Public safety is not yet reestablished, because Rome is the centre of conspiracies; but, believe me when I say, that as much as the Italians wish to recover Rome the French wish quite as much to terminate their occupation of it." These sentences for a Monarch who is, first, no man of words—no orator ; who ie, secondly, well acquainted with Roman facts ; and thirdly, who must as well know the mind of the EMPEROR, are very remarkable. He publicly, in the face of Europe, for it is for all Europ e his words are !meant, charges Rome with being th e f ounta i n o f conspiracies and the disturber of public safety. He next affirms with the strongest possible illustration, the wish of the French to get away from Rome. What does this mean P We know that General GOTON has returned, though the Constitutional affirms that it means nothing; that nothing has been changed, for the very excel lent reason that nothing oan be changed. If, however, the King of ITALY really knows the mind of the French Government, which can hardly be doubted, and if the old proverb be true, the will of the French must find a way to its accomplish ment. We sh . all cherish therefore the hope that the EMPEROR will not show his face in London till he has fulfilled what all English men hold to be his first duty, and has given up Rome to those to whom it belongs. Should he visit this country without having performed this first duty of political honesty, we can only hope that he will never move abroad without hearing from every quarter, loud and repeated cries o f "Rome for the Italians !" How are we to decide when one account from America tells us that General BEAUREGARD, the hero of the recent great battle, has 100,000 men with him at Corinth, his headquarters near the Mississippi, while another gives him but 35,000 ? According to the former account the best of the Southern Generals might stem the progress of the Federals in the West for a long time, per haps till winter; according to the latter, unless he can he reinforced, they will soon drive him further South, for their late check will be soon recovered. Both statements are probably exaggerations, but that which assigns to him the smaller number is probably nearer the truth. The first, doubtless, comes from gentlemen with " Southern proclivities," in New York ; they wish to represent the Confe derate cause in the most hopeful light possible. But the latter account comes from General BEAU REGARD himself, who, in an intercepted telegram, asks for help. He, therefore, states to his own Government the worst of his case. We may, however, reasonably suppose that he feels it to be a somewhat urgent one, since he suggests the desirableness of withdrawing the armies which are defending both Charleston and Savannah for the purpose of defeating BUELL. This at least implies that he does not now feel strong enough for that object. He must have with him the entire remainder of the troops, which gained the first day's victory at Pittsburgh, and as his forces there amounted to fifty or sixty thousand, he must have suffered severely in the fearful two days' struggle. BEAUREGARD repre sents the loss of the Mississippi Valley as certain, in the event:of his defeat at Corinth, and the loss of their cause as not improbable. Indeed we know that all the troops from the Gulf of Mexico except what were indispensable for the defence of New Orleans, were brought up to BEAUREGARD, and if, therefore, he were beaten, there seems no thing to prevent the Gulf States being overrun, so far as a country of swamp, forest, and cotton plan tations can be. Though M'CLELLAN seems to be brought to a stand at stand at Yorktown, the firing on both sides being as harmless as that at Fort Sumpter, the other Confederate Generals from the Potomac, BANKS and MCDoWELL are not idle. They are advancing from the North and North-West upon Richmond. McDowELL has got as far as Fredericksburg, which he finds unfortified. BANKS has driven JACKSON before him to Gordonsville; and is therefore making progress towards the capital. The Confederates seem to have denuded that part of the country in order to meet M'CLELLAN at Yorktown. But if they detain him there long, they seem to hazard the occupation of Richmond by the junction there of McDowELL and BANKS. This fresh development of Northern strength in the North-West 'of Virginia must cause some anxiety at Richmond; it would seem as if the choice were between falling into the hands of BANKS Or Of M'CLELLAN, and that Virginia could not spare troops to face all the armies of the North "-- Tbe importance attached to York town seems evietently w e gleateaL—Lucac tuc Jai largest armies on both sides are concentrated ; and if the capital can be reached from that part, it will enable the Federals to Lold it with communication open to the sea. The PRESIDENT'S short message will show how half-hearted, politically, he still is on the subject of slavery. He only half relishes the bill which abolishes slavery in Columbia, though he always acknowledged the right of Congress to do it, and wished that it should be done "in a satisfactory way." By which we naturally understand that he is not quite satisfied with the bill. He signs it however. It contains the two principles of which he is so strongly in favour, compensation and :colonisation ;" and, therefore, " if there be matters about this which might have taken a course or shape more satisfactory to his judgment he does not attempt to specify them." It seems as if even Republicans, in the A merican party sense we mean, cculd not do what should be a graceful act in a graceful way. One would have supposed, fond of outrageous claptrap as the Americans, and Mr. LINCOLN among them, are, that we should have heard at least a little self laudation, and boasting of this commencement of negro emancipation. Could we think, indeed, that Americans had grown more modest we should be quite satisfied ; there is, however, no alteration in that respect, and we must set down all the chilly language of the PRESIDENT respecting the best bill the Federal Government has passed since it was entrusted with the govern- meat of the district, as want of heart in the object it se lf. "Colonisations" getting the negroes out of the way—in Hayti, Liberia, or Florida—this is the President's hobby. The Great Republic cannot find room in its vast space for a population of the most docile, if not the most muscular and effective labourers on the earth ! A race manageable, wil ling, to work for pay ; capable of becoming good artisans, as well as field labourers, susceptible of a considerable measure of education, and, if kindly treated, capable of becoming a source of great wealth in a state of freedom. Against all this, there is but one thing—the citizens of the Free States will not endure among them the negroes whom their Government and country has wronged. Yet England is asked to sympathise with the North ! At the commencement of Tuesday's sitting in the House of Commons Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE de livered a capital speech, a really refreshing and delightful speech, in regard to our Public Buildings. It is true that the hon. gentleman's motion then submitted to the House, at the close of a very in teresting discussicn, came to grief in the end, being summarily rejected upon a division by con siderably more than two to one, only 49 voting for, and as many as 116 against it. The motion was, it should be remembered, simply this—" That an humble address be presented to her MAJESTY, praying that bhe will be graciously pleased to issue a commission to inquire into the state of the public buildings erected by Parliamentary grants within the last 20 years, and also of the house rented for the public service ; and to inquire whether, by adopting more comprehensive plans of building, greater public convenience, greater economy, and not be attained." So that it unity of design, may obviously and avowedly pledged the House of Com- MODS to nothing ; transferring in effect the respon sibility of suggesting a decision, after due inquiry, from itself to a Royal Commission. Against the notion, however, of any Such transference of respon sibility the right hon. gentleman the Chief Commis sioner for Public Works--[as his title was with sylvan grandeur until very recently "of Woods IRE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1362. and Forests !" as it is nowadays, with more elegant ' fastidiousness, "of Parks and Palaces !"]—against the notion of this delegation of an inquiry to a set of Royal Commissioners, Mr. COWPER on Tuesday evening raised his voice with something like indig nation. The Minister frankly acknowledged that he objected to it because it distinctly tended to super sede the responsibility of the Executive Govern ment. And, certainly, for inasmuch as that was his objection, we cannot but very heartily ap plena it. For it was a manly objection enough upon the part of "the" responsible administrator, in the very department the motion related to. But not satisfied with giving that right-down good rea son, Mr. COWPER must needs at once damage his argument, so far, by backing up the good reason at once by an unmistakeably bad one. The right hon. gentleman actually objecting to the motion of Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE upon the score that, at the present moment, its acceptance by the House would be exceedingly inopportune, for inasmuch as the inquiry by the Royal Commission therein proposed would, in all human likelihood, lead to delay. Now, really and truly, unless Mr.COWPEIt has made up his mind to take the initiative here himself forthwith, in his ministerial and administrative capacity, we don't exactly perceive how the non-appointment of a Royal Commission of inquiry, just now, will guard us, in any respect, from the possibility of any further delay ! Of course all that the right hon. gentleman could seriously have before him, in his mind's eye, at the moment of raising this objection to Mr. COCHRANE'S proposal, could only be the delay that might interfere with the now imminent labour of reconstructing the Foreign Office. But that one exceptional difficulty might have been readily enough guarded against. Allusion was only made to it at all parenthetically, and quite by the way in the course of Mr. COCHRANE'S speech introducing his motion to the House. It was thrown out purely as a casual suggestion by the hon. gentleman; and might► therefore, at once have been got rid of. It was in no way essential to the integrity of the motion then before the House. In point of fact, strictly speaking, it bad nothing whatever to do with it. The reasonableness of the motion might have been admitted by the House of Commons, the Royal Commission might have been appointed by the Crown—and the reconstruction of the Foreign office need not necessarily have been thereby inter fered with or definitively postponed. However, as the event fell out, it was rejected, as we have seen, by a clear majority of 67 in a house of 165. And therefore all we have now left for us to do in regard to it, now that the notion is thus quietly cushioned, is to consider for a while—and for our futui e guidance—a few at least among the abundant reasons there are for a reconsideration (shall we say, at any rate may we not hope, next session ?) of the whole question relating to those among our Public Buildings which are set aside for the use of the various departments of the Government. Accordingly as the system now stands, we are actually spending for the hire of ugly, scattered, and incommodious houses to be used as public offices, for the repair of those building and for the expense of furnishing them, an annual rent of £BO,OOO ! Otherwise over and above the yearly interest of £2,500,000. Now, let it be borne in mind at the same time, that by the expenditure of precisely that very sum of .£2,b00,000 we could secure, for once and for all, to the nation a magni ficent site and build thereupon a noble pile of build ings, capable of containing under its roof the whole of the now scattered, and many of them ill-housed departments of her MAJESTY'S Government. The feasibility of this has been demonstrated. It was proved upon authentic and reliable evidence before fore that Committee that the whole of the houses and grounds lying between St. James's-park and the river Thames, skirted upon one side by George-street, and upon the other by Richmond terrace, could be purchased for £lOO,OOO. And that the huge block of Government buildings then and there proposed to have been erected would have cost £1,500,000 additional. So that literally for £2,500,000 altogether—the very sum the interest upon which we are now paying down to the tune of £BJ,OOO in the miserably unsatisfac• tory way already particularised—we might perma nently bring together the whole offices of the Government and house them in a structure for ever afterwards belonging to the nation, and cal culated by its architectural beauty to lend its aid in the lasting adornment of the capital. Surely if it could but once tend to confirm beyond the possibility of denial the perfect accuracy of these really startling estimates, a Royal Com mission, such as was proposed on Friday night to be prayed for from her MAJESTY by an economic House of Commons, would be no waste of time after ell ! It appears upon the very surface so ignoble and peddling a course to pursue—this one which in this matter we have so long, and systematically, and perversely been pursuing ! Hiring baildings for public offices at great expense and at miserable inconvenience ! Instead of the Nation haying its own offices : and those offices worthy of being the home and habitation of the British Government. In lieu of adopting any bold and imperial determination with a view to rid ourselves at last of what in regard to this jumbled question of our Public Builings, is hero again in STEPHEN BLACKPOOL'S despairing phrase, "aw a muddle"—we are so enamoured of this muddle by usage that we must still cling to the chance of its continuance i❑ spite of all remonstrances! If anything whatever is done in the way of improving our public offices, those that are, by right of posses sion and of ownership, our public offices—we must yet persist in doing it piecemeal. We must spend, as we did not very long ago, £lOO,OOO in building up a bran new edifice as an office for our Inland Re venue Department. And yet we must so do this that that same department shall still require (as it actually does to this day) as many as ninety rooms in Somerset House! Ex uno disce omnes : it is the same throughout. For instance—what could well be a more reckless piece of stupidity in its way than the purchasing, as long ago as in 1825, of that piece of ground near Downing-street, which was actually so purchased at a cost of about £25,000 to the nation, with a view to the enlargement of the . site of the Foreign Office, and which has neverthe less during all these thirty-seven years past been lying there, a local eyesore, a bit of waste land, a litter of dead cats and broken potsherds ? 0 ! but for one or two years of a really bold and sagacious despotic Improver of the Public ,Buildings of the Metropolis! We should then, at last, have a c l ean sweep made of all these unsightly and melancholy anomalies. We should then, at length, see some thing in the way of a series of really comprehensive improvements. We should then no longer be patching and cobbling at Public Buildings alto gether unworthy of the name. We should, at length, have a grand palatial edifice down at West minster, not unbefitting a structure set apart for the abode of the British Government. Irish starvation fed a rather long debate last night. The real object, of course, was to attack first and chiefly Sir ROBERT PEEL, and also the Government which he represents. Professedly Mr. MAGUIRE and the rest of the " brass band" had no party feeling in the matter—they were animated by motives of the purest philanthroplay ; and we may safely give many of them credit for the usual share of that amiable virtue, only the virtue dis played itself most vigorously in proving Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord CARLISLE, and all of the Govern ment who had to do with Ireland, cruel and close fisted withtthe nation's money. Disguise it as we may, we know that the whole thing is a got up case—intended to punish Sir ROBERT PEEL for having drubbed Archbishop CULLEN in controversy, and the Government for its fidelity to the case of Italian liberty. The hints and references in the debate made this plain to everyone. The battle was against Italian liberties, and for the POPE'S tempo ral supremacy, but it was fought, oddly enough, over Irish workhouses and potato patches. Major O'REILLY of course took his part in such areaffray, and proved himself a worthy Irish hero. That there are several cases of indivdual, and perhaps of what may be called local distress, is likely enough. The question is whether it be such that Government ought to interfere with it, cr whether the Poor-Law guardians out to meet it. Those who pay the Poor-rates in Ireland found it essential. in order to avoid overwhelming imposi tion, to adopt the sytem of relieving only through the workhouse, and refusing out-door relief. In Ireland, as in England, there is the strongest re pugnance to entering " the House," and probably, in both countries, many, if feeble or diseased, would jeopardise their life and health rather than do it. We heard, a few days ago, at a meeting of Man-. cheater operativPs, certainly not less tried than the Irish in Lialwdy, or the repugnance or woihweu L. become paupers. Now, it is certainly no secret that it is not this which troubles an Irish man. He would only be too well pleased if he could pocket the ratepayers money, or the Govern ment's, he is perfectly unconcerned which, and lay ing it by, or giving it to his priest, live on his potatoes, and such jobs as he could get. Paddy would make very merry over this, and think he had done a clever thing. This is notorious. All the Irish members know it as well as we do. It is useless, therefore, to think of attempting a system of out-dour relief in Ireland. Equally will the country be slow to sanction Goverment loans. If, indeed, they can be ad vanced on unquestionable security, be the system right or wrong, if we can borrow at little more than three per cent. and get five in return, the Govern ment cannot take much harm from turning agri cultural banker by help of the national revenue. The country, however, and the Government may well demur to loans secured on railway extensions, which are next to certain not to pay, and to which capitalists would not be tempted by the offer of usurious interest. Drainage was mentioned, and if the benefited estate proprietors would consent to its becoming a first charge on their estates there might be little objection, but the Irish members must be made to understand that their support can not be purchased by loans to make unprofitable railways to some favoured estates, nor to drain lands for which the land itself is not the security. Lan cashire millownera have surely a far clearer case to come to the Government with, than Galway can have. The stoppage of the ordinary sources of wages there is undeniable, and the distressing con sequences patent to the world. Still as yet the members for the district do not send round circulars to get up tales of horror on which to base an appeal to the national treasury, nor do the Lancashire clergy go to war with the Home Secretary, nor even with his under secretaries. The answer of Sir R. PEEL to Mr. MAGUIRE'S shocking stories of deaths from from want, was as - - fair sample of all the rest, with which, indeed, Mr. MAGUIRE seems to have been " crammed" in the same way, and to have been almost as credulous, as Mr. BOWYER in regard to Italian matters. A Rev. Mr. MACDERMOT wrote on the 25th of March that four of his people had died of starvation, and that he expected others would follow. Sir R. PEEL had these cases investigated by testimony delivered on oath. In the first case the man was 70 years of age; had a good crop of potatoes not consumed at the time of his death ; in his illness his landlord forgave him his rent, and sent him delicacies, and his wife sent him plenty of bread and tea morning and evening. He refused, indeed, to subscribe to his coffin, but it was because the daughter paid 2s. 6d. for the priest to say masses for his soul, which he thought would more honestly have gone towards the coffin. Such was the the character of at least some of the deaths from starvation to which Mr. MAGUIRE treated the House last night. "In none of the cases," said Sir ROBERT PEEL emphatically " was there the slightest ground for the allegations that had been made." Mr. MAGUIRE wrangled hard with Sir ROBERT about one case in which long disease and scrofula had been the immediate cause or death. It came to this, a jury—an Irish one—had added to their verdict " hastened by want" An sedition which might certainly be made to the greater part of the entries of deaths from similar diseases, among the poor of London. Want of better quarters, of fresher air, of more healthy occupation, too frequently of dietary comforts, accelerate the deaths of most of those who suffer from consumption and scrofula in our back streets. We wish we could hope that we had heard the last of these Irish complaints. The best help towards which would be to settle the POPE himself. THE JAPANESE AMBASSADORS. INTERVIEW WITH EARL RUSSELL.—Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Ambassadors from the Emperor of Japan were introduced and had an audience with Earl Russell, at the Foreign-office, 'Whitehall. Their Excellencies remained in conversation with the noble earl for upwards of an hour, and did not take their departure until twenty minutes past four. NEW TAXING-MASTER IN CHANCERY.— On Mon day Mr. Henry Ramsay Baines, one of the taxing-masters of the Court of Chancery, died at his residence at Esher, Surrey, and Mr. Skirrow, the recen' ly-appointed solicitor ;o the Admiralty has, it is understood, been appointed ;axing-master in the plats of Mr. Baines, who filled the office for a number of years. The salary is £2,000 a year, ILLEGAL FISHING.—On Thursday at the petty sessions at Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire, Wm. and John Mann, father and son, fishermen on the Severn be tween Upton and Tewkesbury, were convicted, at the in stance of the Severn Fisheries Protection Association, of fishing for salmon in the Severn with a net the meshes of which were of less dimensions than eight inches in circum ference, and were fined in the penalty of £2 10s, with £1 18s costs. The men were seen to take a salmon of about 141 b., and on the policeman proceeding to seize the net they en deavoured to capsize the boat, telling the officer that they did not mind drowning him, as they could swim. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.---At the annual meeting of this institution yesterday, the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., Vice. President, in the chair, the annual report of the committee of visitors for the year 1861 was read and adopted. The conttibutions of mem bers and subscribers in 1861 amounted to £3,013 10s, the receipts for subscriptions to lectures were £740 lls 6cl; the total income for the year amounted to £4,693 9s. On• December 31, 1861, the funded property was £28,655 17s 2d; and at the balance at the bankers £968 16s Bd, with six Exchequer Bills of £lOO e, eh. A list of books presented accompanies the report. Sixty-three lectures and twenty one evening discourses were delivered during the year 1861. Thanks were voted to the President, treasurer, and secre tary, to the committees of managers and visitors, and to Professor Faraday, for their services to the institution dur ing the past year. The officers for the ensuipg year were then elected, the president being the Duke of Northumber land, K.G., ; the treasurer,. William Pole, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.; and the SeGretary, ripary Bence Jones, M i A. ? M.D.I LATEST NEWS. PARIS, MAY 3. The Moniteur of to-day announces that the Cha rivari has received a warning on account of an article entitled " Quiquopros Goyon." NAPLES, MAY 2, EVENING. To-day the King received a deputation of Sena tors and Deputies. In replying to the address presented to him, his Majesty expressed his affection and gratitude at the splendid reception which he had met with. The King concluded his speech with these words : "Extension will be given to public works. "Public safety is not yet re-established, because Rome is the centre of conspiracies ; but believe me when I say, that as much as the Italians wish to recover Rome, the French wish quite as much to terminate their occupation of it." TURIN, MAY 2. It is asserted that the Italian Government has granted the concession for the construction of rail ways in Southern Italy to a society of foreign and Italian bankers represented by Messrs. Rothschild. The capital of the society is 300,000,000 francs. MESSINA, MAY 1. The Viceroy of Egypt has arrived here, and was received with appropriate honours. He is expe3ted to leave this evening for Naples. GENOA, MAY 2. Yesterday six thieves, armed with pistols and dazeers, made their way into the offices of one of the principal bankers in the city. They garotted the officials, and carried away the sum of 800,000 f. The police are upon the traces of the offenders. NAPLES, MAY 1. Prince Napoleon is expected here on a visit to King Victor Emmanuel. It is stated in official quarters that General Goyor, has been recalled from Rome. FRAN CE. BOURSE, May 2.—The market has been rather buoyant, and with a fair amount of business doing, at an improvement on the closing rates of yester day. Threes, for the end of the month, are now at 70f. 95c. The settlement of the monthly Railway Account has gone on satisfactorily, and prices have been generally pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows : 4t per per Cents 97 75 Do end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 7l New 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O Credit Mobilier 846 Do. end month B4B 75 RAILWAYS. Bank Shares — Credit koncier 1530 Belgian 4I — Piedmontest Fives 7O 70 Italian Loan 7O 75 Austrian Spanidt Threes - Home Debt Cash. Account. OrleanB - .. 1315 Northern New ditto 985 Lyons and Mediterranean 1160 .. 1155 Geneva .. Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard 848 75 .. 850 -- 545 - .. 548 75 586 25 .. 586 25 370 - .. 370 - 532 50 .. 530 - 590 - .. 593 75 RUSSIA. The St. Petersburg papers of the 27th April pub lish the following : "The Volga is completely free from ice at Yaro slval ; communication is established between the two banks, and navigation is open." " NIJNI NOVGOROD, APRIL 13. " Since the 10th of April the Oka is free from ice ; the navigation was opened on the 12th." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 3. a. Ltv 11 4 UI ~ 1L IJU W.,.6,L1 VULLIFYILIy .41.17 istianwvs. , •- Bavaria, Captain Meier, with mails from New York of the 19th ult., arrived at Cowes at 5 a.m., and went on to Hamburg. She has no specie for England, but 193,800 dols. for France and 1,000 do's. for Hamburg, 42 pas sengers for Southampton and Havre, and 155 for Hamburg. On the 24th ult. the Bavaria spoke the British ship Pride of Canada, in lat. 43.40 N., long, 50.40 W., bound west; and on the 27th, in lat. 47.40 N., long. 33.50 W., the brig Globe, of Whitehaven. The Bavaria's advices have been anticipated. (Per Hibernian, by telegraph to Portland and via Londonderry.) NEW YORK, APRIL 19, Evening. General Banks's division continues rapidly ad vancing in the direction of Richmond. General Michell continues his advance in the West. It has been ascertained that General Beauregard has 100,000 men at Corinth, and is fortifying most extensively. LATEST. NEW YORK, APRIL 21, Morning. The Federal General M'Dowell has occupied Fredericksburg, where there are no fortifications. The Confederate General Jackson is reported to have retreated from Shenandoah Valley to Gor donsville before General Banks's advance columns. The Federals have occupied Apalachicola with out resistance. An intercepted telegram from General Beaure gard, dated the 9th, after the battle of Pittsburg, states that he had only 35,000 effective troops. He expects that Van Dorn may possibly join him with 15,000, and requests reinforcements. Ha thinks that the Confederates might afford to lose Savan nah and Charleston for the purpose of defeating Buell, as, if the Confederates are defeated at Corinth, they lose the Mississippi Valley, and probably their cause. The steamer Adriatic, which was frozen in at Sydney, has arrived at Halifax. The Bohemian has arrived. out. The cotton market is firmer and advancing. Prices are unchanged from Saturday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 19, Morning. Money unchanged. Gold and exchange unal tered. Stocks very dull; New York Central, 821-; Illinois, 601 ; Erie, 36-t. Cotton very firm ; Mid dling Upland, 29c. to 30c. Breadstuffs dull and drooping. NEW YORK, APRIL 19, Evening. Stocks have declind i to 4. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Tuesday morn ing, says the Aberdeen Journal, while the screw steamer Queen was on her passage from Granton-pier to Aberdeen and the North, and soon after having passed the Carr-rock, Mr. Wm. Scott, parish schoolmaster of Brydekirk, Dum friesshire, who is said to have been in delicate health and low spirits, and who was on his way to visit some friends in I Dufftown, parish of Mortlach, accidentally fell overboard Captain Masson, on hearing of the accident, immediately ordered the steamer, which was on full speed, to be stopped. She then put about, and a boat lowered, but on the spot being reached no appearance of the unfortunate man was to be seen, and all eforts were thus in vain. The captain I acted with coolness and promptitude, and neither he nor his crew could have done more than they did. After the steamer had resumed her passage, an inquiry was made by Capt. Masson and passengers, when it was ascertained that Mr. Scott left Brydekirk on Saturday morning, and arrived at the house of a brother-in-law in Edinburgh the same after noon. His relative, finding Mr. s cott in such delicate health and low spirits, agreed to accompany him to Aberdeen, and see him on his way north by the train. Mr. Scott was said to be carefully witched by his brother-in law, who frequently recommended him to go down to the cabin, which he de clined doing, as he preferred the deck to enjoy the fresh sea-breeze. He was once or twice observed to sit on the rail of the steamer, and requested not to do so. In a Moment his seat was vacant, and a splash was heard. Several of the passengers saw what they supposed to be his body from the stern of the vessel for about two minutes, but from his appearance in the water they never entertained a hope of his being saved, es no exertion was made by him in any way, but that he lay motionless, and must have very speedily gone down. Mr. Scott has left a widow and three children to mourn his melancholy and unexpected death, SOU2HE_RN POLITICS. The following is from a letter dated New Orleans, March .27 "We have not written to you for some time, having no business comm'inications to make ; and in the great uncertainty of the mails, and the pos sibility of our letters getting into hands they were not intended for, we disliked writing in regard to politics. We now avail ourselves of an opportunity by which we trust our letter will go safe, to own receipt of your favours of May 24, July 22, and August 24, the last two of which were only received by us on the 16th of February ult., having been kept in New York. "We note with pleasure that Mr. —'s views on the great question of this country agree with thewriter's, and we still believe, though disappointed in the date, that the intervention of European Powers, in some shape or other, affords the most probable solution of the difficulty. The only other alternative is a long and desolating struggle be tween the republics of the North and the South, to be concluded after they are mutually tired of destruc tion by treaties between the two, based on the Mon roe doctrine,' and in other ways also probably very adverse to European commercial interests. The peo ple of the South begin to feel aggrieved by the course of the leadibg Powers in refusing to acknowledge their independence, and say that England has been prevented by the threatsof the North from following the course which she has loudly proclaimed that she would follow in similar cases—viz., ' recognise all de facto Governments,' and ' disregard any blockade which is not effective.' The Southern Govern ment has now been in power for considerably over 12 months, and no other authority has been recog nised within her territory during that period ; and though recently some pretty severe disasters have been encountered by the Southern arms, they amount to nothing that cannot be retrieved, and will not affect the ultimate success of the cause. Regarding the blockade we sly nothing, after all the proofs you have of its inefficiency. The policy of England in regard to non-intervention may be carried too far, if she expects, as we think she does, to receive a considerable portion of her supply of cotton from the South. The worst thing that can happen to her would be to allow the North to get hold of cotton ports, in which case it becomes as near a certainty as possible that she will get no cot ton until she retakes them. The Southern Congress has passed a bill, almost unanimously, to destroy all cotton that may be in danger of falling into the enemy's hands ; the bill also contains a clause pro mising indemnity to the owners. This policy will be sternly carried out, and we doubt whether even we doubt whether even cotton bought by foreign houses will be spared, and that must involve enor mous losses, as the business has been done to a lerge extent. The- course England has followed so far, however just and impartial it may have been, does not appear to have had the effect of conciliating the North, but rather the contrary, while, if followed much longer, it will certainly give rise to a very un friendly feeling towards her on the part of the South. At present the game is in her own hands, as by a prompt recognition of the South she can get free trade and any otherterms she pleases. But delays are dangerous, and while gaining nothing by vainly trying to avoid giving offence to the North, whose trade under a Morrill or other protectionist tariff can never be of any vital value to her, she may !ose the chance of opening up a most lucrative direct trade with the South, which in a short time would greatly exceed in value all she has ever done with the whole of the old United States. So far as the debts and losses of the South, caused bet this war, have yet gone, we see no reason to doubt her perfect solvency and willingness to stand up to them, as well as her ability tobecome a larger consumer than ever of foreign manufactures, the imports of which would be readily met by the exports of her unrival led agricultural wealth, including cotton, tobacco, &c. As yet her powers of producing these have not been impaired to any considerable extent, though her attention is for the moment more turned to the production of breadstuffs and other absolute neces saries of life; and the stimulous of a market for her cotton being withdrawn, it appears certain from all the information we can gather, that the planting of the staple will be exceedingly curtailed r ,, gr- The longer, then, that England refrains from recognising tile Ou.th th. it -. - iii tic her manufacturing interests; and the North will some day reap the benefits of a commerce which Engiand might make her oe n by a single act of justice, in recognising a fixed fact, for the Southern Confederacy is one. What we wish to impress strongly upon you is, the certainty of the total destruction of the coton on hand, as well as the future cotton-producing power of the South, in the event of the North being able to take possession of the Southern ports, and to commence overrun ning the cotton regions. In that case, you can estimate better than we can what England would suffer; while this country would be thrown incal culably back in her progress, and would be of little value to the world at large for years to come. " The recent reverses to the Southern arms have done more than anything else that could have hap pened to render final success on the part of the North impossible. The people are now fully aware of the magnitude and deadly nature of the struggle on hand, and, so far from desponding, there has been such a rally to reinforce the generals in the field that we venture to say many weeks will not pass before striking proof is given of the strength and ability of the South to continue the war to the bitter end. We give you these views for what they are worth, hoping that at all events they will inte iest you as the reflection of the current opinions here among those who really think on the subject, and who are not prone to be carried away by popu lar clamour, or by the violent and frequently foolish writings in our public press." MURDER AT IVORCESTE.R. WORCESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. I The adjourned inquest on the body of the young woman, Emily Jones, whose body was found in a pool at Newtown, near this city, on Wednesday last, ;with marks of violence on her person, was resumed this afternoon at two o'clock, at the Gun Tavern, Newtown, before tha coroner, W. S. p. Hughes, Esq. Mr. Budd, surgeon, of Worcester, who had made a post mortem examination of the body of the de ceased, deposed that he had analysed the contents of the deceased's stomach. Before describing the analysis, however, he proceeded to state the condi tion in which he found the body outwardly. There were two severe cuts on the left side of the head towards the back, as if inflicted with some blunt instiument—such, for instance, es the hedge stake which waps found lying on the body. The wounds extended nearly down to the skull, but the bones were not bared. The evidence of this witness had not been com pleted when the coroner, perceiving t hat the accused Grundy was not present, inquired where he was, and was informed that he was in the county prison, having been remanded by one of the magistrates (Admiral Hastings) on the previous day, on the charge of wilful murder. The Coroner accordingly said that he should not proceed with the inquest in the absence of the accused, and that he should apply to the magistrate to produce him. If he declined to do so he should appeal to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The inquest was, i n the meantime, adjourned to Monday next. THE LATE GUNNERY ACCIDENT NEAR PRESTON. —Last week we gave the particulars of a serious accident which happened on Good Friday, to a bombardier, named John Ashley, w h o, w ith o th er non-commissioned officers, had gone down to the battery at Warton, on the banks of tie Ribble, in order to make the necessary preparations for the Preston Artillery Volunteer corps, the members of which were intending to open the shooting season on that day. Ashley, during the preliminary salute, was blown from one of the guns and dreadfully injured. He was at tended by the surgeon of the ct rps, and afterwards removed to the Preston House of Recovery. One of his arms was broken, the fingers of his left hand were blown off, his face was contused and lacerated, and in other rupee* s he was seriously injured. He progressed very favourably until Friday last, when he had a relapse, followed by lock-jaw, which terminated his life on Sunday afternoon. On Monday evening the inquest was held, when it appeared from the evidence that the 'Accident had arisen in consequence of Ashley neglecting to sponge out the gun. The jury re turned a verdict of accidental death. BRIGAATRAGE IN NAPLES. We take the following letter from "Papers Re specting the Affairs of Southern I:aly," published yesterday:— " Consul Bonham to Earl Russell.—(Received April 11.) " Naples, April 2, 1862. "My Lord,—l have the honour to report to your lordship that great insecurity continues to prevail in the province of Capitanata. There are several bands of brigands in that province, who keep the country in a state of terror, and successfully elude the pursuit of the troops. Reinforcements have been sent, and, as mentioned in my despatch of the 27th ult., a new and active general appointed to the com mand. The civil governor or prefect, Signor Strada, has also been replaced by Signor del Giudice. " Most exaggerated reports of brigandage throughout the country generally are industri ously and perseveringly spread at the present time, with the obvious view of causing alarm and disgust. Brigandage, no doubt, exists on a large scale, and as yet has met no serious check, in the Capitanata; but in other provinces, at all events up to this time, that scourge is not at all what it was last year, and in many provinces it does not exist at all. So far as I can learn, the Calabrias are undisturbed, and the Abruzzi the same ; these have usually been the most disturbed provinces. In the Abruzzi they are now expecting an invasion of adventurers, who are organising, without, as is believed, hindrance or molestation, at Tivoli, in the Roman States. " The reactionary agents here are busy, not only in spreading alarming reports, but in endeavouring to seduce and corrupt the Neapolitan soldiers, who now in considerable numbers are embodied and serving in Italian regiments in these provinces; I am, however, assured that these soldiers are behaving exceedingly well, and that the attempts of these agents meet no success. " There continues to be great discontent in Naples, and undiminished jealousy of Northern Italians; still in many respects there is progress and ma terial improvement. It cannot be doubted that commerce is largely increasing. British shipping at Naples during the first three months of this year, as compared with the first three months of the years 1859, 1860, and 1861, shows the follow ing results : " British vessels entered during the first quarter: Vessels. Tonnage. 1859 1860 1861 1862 93 .. 34,710 " The Custom-house is inadequate in size to con tain the increased quantity of goods now landed, and a large area on the outside has been covered in with zinc roofing to afford temporary shelter for such goods. " People have no difficulty in finding work ; trade generally is good, and, furthermore, employ ment is largely given by the municipality in build ing and other works in different parts cf the town. House.rent and provisions of all kinds have risen in price. " I hear no complaints of distress or want of work at the various ports where there are Vice •Consuls, and believe commercial affairs there are going on prosperously. Crops of all kinds (except Indian corn) were last year abundant ; in this category I can even include wine, which had previously failed for some years, owing to the grape disease. The quantity now arriving weekly in Naples, and sent on hence to the North, is very large. The export of oil from ports in the provinces has also been very considerable. Of public works in the provinces I can only mention the Roman Railway still unfinished between Prozengano and Ceprano, employing several thousand persons; the railway from S. Benedetto del Tronto to Foggia, on which 12,000 persons are employed ; and that from Sa lerno to Eboli, employing between 3,000 and 4,000. Many other railways are projected, but not yet commenced. " I have, &e. "EDW. WALTER BONHAM." WILLS AND BAQUESTS. The will of Walter Hawkins, Esq., formerly of Finsbury-circus, and late of Leonard-place, Ken sington, was proved in the London Court by the executors, Robert Dickson, Esq., M.D., of Hert ford-street, May-fair; John Williams, E.q., Secre tary to the Royal Astronomical Society ; and James Leverto❑ Wylie, Esq.; the personalty being sworn under £16,000. The testator, who appears to have devoted a considerable portion of his time to litera ture and to scientific pursuits, has left his property, consisting of realty and personalty, as under : — To his nieces specific bequests of pictures, engrav ings, books, &c., including a valuable work entitled " The Archasalogia," in thirty• two volumes. To the United Service Museum, Middle Scotland yard, he leaves his "collection of toins, medals, tokens, and specimens of numisnaktology, in cluding casts, &e., and all books on that ject, together with all other specimens as the council may approve as being calculated to pro mote a desire to the study of history when accom panied by a well-digested catalogue raisennee ;" and, further, he has bequeathed a sum of £5OO to complete the catalogue. There are legacies of £2OO to each of the executors, and a like sum to the tes tator's housekeeper. The residue of the property, real and personal, he has left to his three sisters in equal proportions. The will of Eusebius Arthur Lloyd, Esq., Fellow of the Rust College of Surgeons, formerly of Bed ford-row, but lately residing at Ventnor, Isle of Wight,was proved in London by his relict, together with his son, Francis Lloyd, Esq., and his nephew, Francis Russell, Esq., of the Inner Temple, trus tees and executors. The personalty sworn under £14,000. This gentleman was well known as an eminent medical practitioner, and held also a pro minent position as a surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital for a lengthened period. Mr. Lloyd had retired from professional practice a few months since, owing to his health having declined, and he sought the salubrious air and quiet retirement of the Isle of Wight, where he died on the 4th of March last, having executed his will in December previous. The will is exclusively a family one, and disposes of all the property of which he died pos sessed to his relict, she receiving an immediate legacy of £3OO, and a life interest in the remainder of the property, which, upon her decease, will revert to the children. The will of the Hon. Elizabeth Grieve, of Gros venor place, Hyde -park, was proved—under £9 ►,OOO personalty—by her nephew, Sir Charles Rushout Rushout, Bart., sole executor. The testatrix, who was the daughter of the first Baron North wick, was twice married, and survived her last husband. The property of which this aged tes tatrix died possessed (she having attiined to the advanced period of 88 years), is bestowed, with some few exceptions, upon her nephew, Sir Charles R. Rushout, Bart., for life, and after his decease, to Sir Charles s two sons and eldest daughter, equally between them. Legacies are left, free of legacy duty, of £l,OOO to her maid, and £2,000 to her man servant. The trustees appointed are Lord Foley and her greatnephew Charles Fitz- Gerald Rushout Rushout, Esq. ; to the former a legacy of £5OO for his trouble is bequeathed.— Illustrated London News. FOUNDERING OF A SLOOP.—On Wednesday evening, says the Dundee ddvertimr, intelligence was tele graphed from Carnoustie that a vessel had foundered on the Gaa Sands, and it was doubtful if any of the lives of those on board had been saved. On receipt of the news in Broughty Ferry, a boat was manned by 15 or 16 fishermen who immediately put off to the scene of the disaster. The anxiety as to the fate of the crow was relieved by subse quent accounts received late in the evening, which stated that, although the vessel had gone to the bottom, her crew had been landed in safety in their own boat at the 13ad donness Lighthcuse, so that the services of the fishermen with the lifeboat were happily not required. The vessel which was seen to go down was a coal-laden sloop named the Maggie, belonging to Pi tenwe , rn, and it was rumoured on Wednesday night in the Ferry that her cargo was owned by Mr. William Gray, coal merchant, Forth-street. No immediate reason is assi Sluld for the foundering of the sloop. 4