The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-26 00:00:00

THEATRE -R 0 YAL, HAYMARKE T, of the world, as that of the heroic d e f en d ers Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buotstone. of Christendom—it becomes a simple question with THIS EVENING (86th time)OUß AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck- the natives of Western Europe as to the vindication, stone. After which, a H o usehold Picture, under Two Lihts, in this bloodless manner, of the fi rs t pr i nc i p l es of ntitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, &C.humanity. That is the so l emn and affecting lessen To conclude with FAMI that Lord DUDLEY S TUART, w i th simple but un faltering earnestness, endeavoured to inculcate during so many years from his place in the Cora ' mons House of Parliament. The like persuasive and affecting words are again being articulated in the Upper House of the Legislature by a young nobleman whom we are now fain to look upon henceforth in the light of Lord DUD LEY STUART'S successor in the generous task of championing the cause of the Poles in the English Legislature—meaning, as already observed, the Earl of CARNARVON. Lord CARNARVON'S simple purpose yesterday was, as he himself avowed immediately upon rising, to call their lordships' at tention to the present state of things in Poland, with a view to elicit from the noble earl, her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary, some satisfactory reason that the facts, there and then alluded to, had not escaped the attention of her MAJESTY'S Government. Lord RUSSELL'S reply thereupon was, all things consi dered, about as much and as little, as much in one sense and as little in another, as could reasonably have been anticipated under the circumstances. The veteran statesman began by gracefully compliment ing his young brother earl—what though the latter confronted him on the Opposition benches —upon the tone and manner in which he (Lord CARNARVON) had recalled the subject of Poland to the attention of their lordships, and through their lordships, to that of her MAJESTY'S Government. Earl RUSSELL thereupon ventured upon the utterance of what can hardly be looked upon seriously in any other light than that of a platitude. He intimated, in fact, that Poland had always enjoyed the sympathy of England. Adding, with truth, that in illustration of this sympathy, the Government of England had often before now remonstrated, and occasionally with great earnestness, with the Muscovite councils at St. Petersburg. Yet—after saying all this—with the remembrance of recent events at Warsaw and elsewhere in Russian-Poland, still glaring upon him, Earl RUSSELL, while remarking, as plainly as words could express anything, that England had ab stained latterly, and must still abstain persistently, from renewing any remonstrances of this character, because the concessions promised by Russia to the Poles, through the memo rable circular of Prince GORTSCHAKOPE were suspended, or postponed, or evaded, in consequence of recent manifestations ! Why, in plain words, this is just simply putting the cause for the effect —the effect for the cause. It is an illogical mode of reasoning. It is the sincerity of the Rus sian Government in promising those - concessions that remains just now matter of doubt. The autocracy betrays its insincerity —so far as events there can in any way be comprehended in western Europe —the Russian autocracy betrays its insincerity in regard to those very concessions which it has promised through the circular of Prince GORTSCUAROFF ! And how does it betray it? Through the cruel ties it has perpetrated at Warsaw on the pretext of the very popular demonstrations complained of-- demonstrations actually subsequent to the earliest betrayal, of the insincerity of which these same demonstrations are now pretended to be the justifi cation. After the Earl of CARNARVON had offered to the House of Peers a few words in reply to the noble lord the Foreign Secretary, the subject yesterday, it will be observed, quietly dropped. Very earnestly, however, do we hope that it may be revived, before the session is much older, by the Earl of CARNARVON in the Lords, or by the I . Hon. Member for Bridgewater in the Commons —if only in the hope that something may yet be done towards the close, or, at least, the mi tigation of the present lamentable situation of affairs in Russian Poland, by the timely and energetic interposition, once more, of our Eng lish diplomacy, between the Poles and their Per ° " 3 1 anacr li en Y ar C r El'dmUunl d FaITHEATRE. THIS EVENING, 114th time of the new and original Drama entitled, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal coner : Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. At ter which, a new and orizinal Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrcck. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and 'Miss Lydia Thompson. Actinzkanager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half -past 0, to commence at '. Box-office open daily from 1111115. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, CASH V. CUPID. Mr. Widdicomb, Mr. shcre, Miss Maria Harris, ecc. After which, BUY BLAS. Mr. Pechter. To conclude with THE GARIBALDIANS. NEW THEATRE-R0 (AL, ADELPHI.--- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A PRIVATE ENQUIRY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, Mr. Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss K. Bland. Followed by THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boue!cault, Messrs. Emery, J. L. Toole, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, Powell. C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Harland, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with THE PRETTY FIORSEBREAKER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford ; Misses Woolgar, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, Mrs. H. Marston. secu tors. At last we have the commencement of the long promised Education Debate, when we shall see its end no mortal can tell. Though there may be im portant exceptions to its being a party debate, yet it seems impossible to avoid its becoming so. The Parliamentary leading opponents of the Revised Jode, in both Houses, are Conservatives, the lead ing defenders of it are Government men ; indeed, it could not well be otherwise. The outcry through out the country is raised by a class enjoying Go vernment bounties, which they fear are in danger. It is not in Tory nature not to sympathise with such a cry—it looked at first almost like the wail of a vested interest. It was certainly protection in jeopardy; how could Conservatives help surrender ing their sympathy to those who asked it on the ground that they should lose Government bounties which they had already enjoyed for many years P Again to whom should those who wanted Government to alter such a measure go, but to those who, with all their financial patriotism, have a party commission to inflict all the damage they can on the measures of those in office. Could Who expected that a strong political opposition should refuse to put in front a a volunteer body forty thousand strong, who only wanted to compel the Government to yield? We hardly blame the Conservatives. They are but true to their instincts, and to the political demands of their position. Their first attack, however, let the division be what it may, does not prove much for the strength of their case. They have surrendered on the two main points of paying for results, and decentrali zation. Mr. WALPOLE acknowledged that these were the cardinal principles of the Go vernment measure, that he approved them ; that assimilating the proposed Code, as much as possible to a bill, ho should consider it as having passed its second reading, and that going into committee on his resolutions would be equivalent to going into committee on a bill. Mr. WALPOLE, however, is singularly infelicitous in one respect in this comparison and arrangement. He accepts the Government principles, but instead of proposing to carry them out in comm i tt e e,neat e e e brings forward merely a string of g reso lutions, proposing no substantive amendments of his own. Now as nothing is easier than to find an objection to anything, as the real difficulty almost always lies in finding the positive measuro to be proposed, Mr. WALPOLE has done in reality nothing. It was certain beforehand that cases of hardship might be supposed under each proposal of detail which any Government could make. It is the condition of any uniform rule for any num ber of human beings ; the question always is, whe ther injustice will be done, or whether any other plan can be selected which will have such a pre dominance of advantage over disadvantage. Injustice, there can really be none in this case. The State is a donor. It may, at least, do what it wilt with its gifts. The time is too short to Plead prescription, and the fact that the old sy . %te m has been un if orm l y represente d as a tenta trtvaeteand _ donati on t unental one, completely deprives the of any title to a vested interest on the part of the douses, On the oth er p re t ex t, th a t of failing to attain their after objects, we m us t own th a t, after all that h as b ee objects, id, we think the Govern went plans seem more eIY than any we have 1 Commence at 7. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. THIS EVENING, THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. T. E. Evans ; Pauline, Miss Rebecca Powell (her first appearance in that character). After which, the succesful Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI AGE AUX LANTERNES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement, in which the Misses Morgan will appear. Commence at half-put 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- 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. THIS EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE, with new and splendid dresses, scenery, and decorations, introducing Mr. Bell's trained Ele rants, 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, introduchr , 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 quarter-past 11. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. 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 Sonnambula," " Dinorah," and " La Circassienne, " by Mdlle. Negri, with Band and full Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The COMIC by Mr. Randall, Mr. J. G. Forde, Mr. Hol 11n2-sworth, Messrs. Hildebrandt and Ormond, and Miss Caroline Parkes. On Friday, 28th, for the Benefit of Victor Julien. Admission—Hall, ed.; Stalls and Balcony, is. rrHE OXFORD. 6, OXFOR D-STREET.— EVERY EVENING. HENRI and PFAU . , in their intrepid Double Feata on the Flying Trapeze. - Two Operatic Selections alternately from " Ernant," " Hacbeth," "II Trovatore," "La Traviata," "La Circas sienne," &c., by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, C. Greville. and Albert. Full Band and Chorus—(Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmsns.) Violin Solos— lift.Viotti Collins, and other Vocal and Instrumental attrac tions. The Comic portion by Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey sad French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. A Grand Morning Entertainment EVERY THURS DAY, at Two, HENRI and PFAU and the whole of the Company, appear. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, Rh. 10m.—Afternoon, 11h. 45m. To-moimow.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 16m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1862. What Lord MACAULAY finely but terribly called the greatest crime of Modern Europe" was again discussed last evening in the House of Lords. If the young Earl of CARNARVON, the exAi nc u r Secretary of State for the Colonies "ader Sir Btu.- WER LYTTON'S brief but mem.':xable administration of that imperial depart men t , seriously cares to do SQ---he may even :yet, with a certain grace and dig nity, assume to himself the hitherto neglected and stainle:da robe left behind him, for the shoulders of some still unrecognised, successor, by the late Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STTIART ! The political robe worn by that chiValrous and philanthropic nobleman daring so many years as the arch-champion and volunteer-advocate, at any rate here in England. of Poland and the Poles. Since - Lord DUDLEY STUART'S lamented and premature demise but little, comparatively speaking, has been said, in either House of Parliament, as to the condition of the Polish nationality. Occasionally, of course, cir eutmitances have directed the attention of thought ful. Englishmen, now in the Lords, now in the Com- mons, to the prostrate condition of that abused people, and to the frightful continuance by Austria, by Prussia, and by Russia, bat especially, and with a horrible persistency, by Russia, of the intermittent but never-dying persecution of the Polish multi tude. There were momentary hopes that a happier future was about to dawn upon that race, at any rate in Russian Poland, at the time when the young Czar ALEXANDER 11. ascended the throne of the Muscovite Autocracy, when left vacant by the abrupt demise of his father, the Emperor NICHOLAS. The recollection of the illusions which had been awakened among the Poles at the turn of the present century, on the advent to power, upon the sudden death of PAUL, of the then Youthful Emperor ALEXANDER I.,was not in any way sufficient to dissipate the agreeable hallucinations, revived when history again began to repeat herself, according to her wont. Time alone would do that. Experik ace alone could awaken the all-believing Poles w ad their sympathisers from those agreeable but de:ln s i vs daydreams. That time has, alas! al ready - lon g s i nce arrived. That bitter experience has unhappily again been tasted, or rather drained m iserably to the very dregs. The situation has in effect —in Russi an /..„, 'nano. at l e a s t—b ecome suc h t bat the Earl of CAuNaxii could say with ter. rible truth yesterday in tt. °N the House of Lords, that Warsaw was in a state of sic go, Poland was sub ject to martial law, the acti on t he ordinary tri bunals was suspended, the inter course of private life was restricted by severe regulation s , th _ persona could not meet and con verse in the street , four could not dine together in a cam without Permi ss i on, the Arricilltural Association, which was in fact th e only ns.tional institution in Poland, had been dissolved, a:id extreme irritation exi.4.Ed throughout the country." It becomes once therefore a matter of scandal to all Europe, to consider whether it might not be possible, by diplomatic interference, to miti gate in some measure the horrors of this ne w and appalling persecution of our Polish fellow-creatures. Putting out of the question all ideas of historic gratitude to a race whose fame lies, in the annals 21x-1_ 1,1 ), ...1....A 3..Z,•CLU ~.,,, . . . . Ct'r.2'.'4';' 7r-,,....0.Y.-, \ ' It fc, lit am t ' 'l:#l ','';,. ..i' :i . 1.1.4 f...1' -' • ' '.•,„ <"- .: . /o o ~, c ~;:, THE SUN, LONDON ; WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1862. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, MARCH 26. The Moniteur of this morning re-produces the declaration contained in yesterday's Constitutionnel denying the truth of the rumours of Ministerial changes. TURIN, NlAtcu 25 It is rumoured that the Marquis de Torrearsa has definitively refused to accept the portfolio for Foreign Affairs. The Italia of to-day states that a new Ministerial combination, consisting of Signori Nigra Conforti, Longo, and Matteucci was expected. According to another report, General de La Marmora bad been entrusted with the Presidency of the Ministerial Council and the Portfolio for Foreign Affairs. Signor Ratazzi would retain the portfolio of the Interior. The statement of the Italia has in no way been confirmed. MILAN, MARCH 25, Garibaldi, at a meeting to-day of several French men, Hungarians, and Poles, said that the future of Italy depended upon her strict alliance with other nations, especially with France. A strict alliance, however, must be maintained, not a pre ponderance of one nation over the rest. Garibaldi will leave Milan to-morrow to continue his tour through Lombardy. MADRID, MARCH 25, The official Gazette of to-day says that orders have been transmitted to General Prim to negotiate upon the part of Spain only after the entry into the city of Mexico shall have taken place. THE BOMBAY AND MEDITERRANEAN MAILS. SOUTHAAIPTON, MARCH 26. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ellora has arrived here with the heavy por tion of the above mails. She brings 71 passengers, 1,600 packages of cargo, including raw silk to the value of £BO,OOO. The Indus left Gibraltar for the East on the 17th inst. The steam e r Cantabria, from C a di z t o Havannah, with troops, broke down, a n d, t o avo id her sinking, was stranded on the Island of La Gomero, on the sth inst. Intelligence from Rabat states that the Sultan's troops had crossed the river, and were marching northward to chastise the Ben Hassan tribes, who had revolted. The Riff tribes are still refractory. An insurrection had also broken out among some tribes in the neighbourhood of Morocco. A Federal corvette, of 30 guns, from Philadelphia had arrived at Cadiz. At Gibraltar, on the 21st inst., exchange on Lon don was quoted 491, for 90 days' sight ; on Paris, 5.25; on Marseilles, 5.26. Freights unaltered. THE OUTWARD AUSTRALIAN MAIL OF THE 20TII TO 26TH DEC. SUEZ, MARCH 25, 4.12 P.M. The Bombay, which left Ceylon on the 25th of January, broke her screw shaft on the 2d of February. She bore up and arrived at Mauritius on the 18th, and sailed for Australia on the 24th. All right. This circumstance will delay the arrival of the mail in question in Australia about a montkibut is not likely to cause any interruption to the home ward mail. The Bombay had a spare screw shaft on board. FRANCE. PARIS, To ESDAY. BOURSE, March 25.—The arrival of the English funds with lowea, quotations has in some measure checked any improvement in this market, which continues heavy, but the closing prices of the pre vious day are pretty well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. 80c., after having been for a short time quoted at 69f. 90c. The Rail way Share Market has been very firm. The following were the last quotations 4 1 . per per Cents ... 98 05 Bank Shares 3100 Do. end month.... Credit F oncier 1530 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 Piedmontese Fives 6B New 3 per Cents .. 69 Roman — Do. end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 776 Spanish Threes 5l 50 Do. Account — Home Debt seen, to attain them. Mr. WALPOLE and others, for instance, have drawn a piteous picture of the hardships which might accumulate on the ill starred day of examination. Nervous children, careless parents, ill-natured masters, even our fickle clime, are eupposed to have banded together to cheat the school of capitation pence. No one can answer for the weather certainly, but we can all answer for the fact, that boys and girls who c an pass an examination would not shirk it for wind or weather, and that parents, whose children can pass, are more likely to take them to school through the hostile elements than to keep them at home. What system for the nation could provide for all the acci dents which might keep children from a school on any day they were wanted? But why does not Mr. WALPOLE propose, if s i ncere i n his objection, some simple plan of suppl ement i ng the chief examination —some one which shall not be open to worse mis chiefs than those it professes to remedy ? And so it is throughout. Difficulties are raised cheaply enough, but the remedy is not offered. If Mr. WALPOLE does not, under each of his resolu tions, redress this inconsistency before the House goes into committee, it is hardly fair to go into committee at all. Those who will not propose their own substitute for what they object to, are scarcely entitled to a hearing from six or seven hundred practical gentlemen. All will end in words instead of business; and we really do not want the House of Commons to sink into a debating club. The religious objection was at one time put forward, just as we have heard of women and children being placed in the front by soldiers unworthy of the name, who appealed to feeling when they wanted the courage to fight. But the trick has failed, The religious elements, it is acknowledged, remain just what they were. Each sect, the established one included, has it all its own way in regard to religion. No schools are to be aided any more than they have hitherto been, unless the sect to which it belongs is satisfied with the religious inspection. Kindred again with this, is the general condition and discipline of the school; the cleanliness, order, behaviour, and the like ;—well, this is to be repor ted on, as before, and, unless it be all satisfactory, the school is not to have a grant at all. Yes, but the complainants reply—this general good con dition and order of the school is itself a result, and we want to be paid for it as well as for the three results so much insisted on. This is plausible ; but will not bear consideration. Two things are essential in any school—general good order and sound elementary instruction. The first has to a great extent been attained, and can be always insisted on; the latter has been greatly neglected, and cannot be secured without pressure. The latter also, to a great extent, includes the former. Clean faces and pinafores are not, indeed, essential to learning reading, writing, and arith metic; but the teacher who succeeded in teaching these would be somewhat puzzled to do it without preserving general order and decorum ; Whil e what, we may ask, are the managers for, if not to see that the standard required by inspectors on these points is reached, or even surpassed. Besides this, there is the possibility of measuring one result so much more fairly than the other. Inspectors may differ, and managers too, as to what might be deemed an orderly, well-conducted school —on the capacity to read intelligibly, to write fairly, and to perform sums of a difficulty appropriate to age, there could be no room for doubt. We hope Mr. WALPOLE or som e o f hi s friends will explain one glaring inconsistency in his long speech. He represents the simple elementary tests required as too much for the schools; yet towards the close of his speech he dwells much on the merits snd efficiency of the pupil teachers. He pleads their cause and their value to the public ut length. Now, we should like to know what they can be worth if when the children of the poor leave at eleven years of age, they are found unable to fulfil the simple requirements of the New Code. Does the much vaunted and the extravagantly costly pupil - teacher system, after all, leave half or three-fourths of the children ignorant of those very elements which it is indispensable they should learn. Are the masters and the much praised pupil teachers to be frightened by a requisition that every boy and girl shall be able to read, write, and cypher proportionably to its age ? If so we should not care how soon the whole thing were given up. There is one reason for which we approve the Government plan far more than any which has pre ceded, or any proposed modification of it. It does concentrate attention on the elements of knowledge. In our best grammar schools nothing appears more clearly than that the boys who have been thoroughly drilled in the rudiments make the best, we might say the only scholars. As in Latin, for instance, the boy who has mastered his grammar and elementary exercises, if he has any ability finds future progress pleasant and easy, so in a poor lad's English education,if the three elements be thoroughly acquired at school, he finds the advantage his whole life through. He retains the power of reading as easily as of talking. Arithmetic is con- stsntly called into requisition, and now hat ease of locomotion separates the working - - classes more widely than was formerly the case with the middle classes, it is not likely he will for get how to write. But, the one condition of his retaining all is, that it shall be easy to him when he leaves school. The Government plan aims at this—it will, we believe, attain it--and if, on this ground alone, it would have our heartiest approba- tion. We hope the Government will not swerve from paying for the three elements only. SHOCKING CASE OF SlllClDE.—Yesterday morn- ing information was forwarded to Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, of a shocking suicide committed under very extra ordinary circumstances, by Mr. Henry Sporr, a brass finisher, carrying on business at No. 7, Onslow-street, Hatton-garden. The facts as ascertained by Mr. Cozer, the coroner's officer, are as follows :—lt appears that the unfortunate maa, who was of a most irritable disposition, had some words with his wife on Monday afternoon, and retired to his workshop, where he loaded a small model cannon, and, placing the muzzle in his mouth, applied a match to the touchhole, the contents shattering his skull to pieces. The report alarming Mrs. Sporr, she rushed to the spot and discovered her husband a mangled and dis figured mass. The deceased has left a widow and eight children. THE FIRE DUTY.—Mr. H. B. Sheridan has given notice of his intention to move for the introduction of a bill for a reduction of the duty on fire insurances on the Ist prox. The hon. member, we understand, will ask the house to effect an immediate reduction of the present duty of 3s. per cent., to 2s. for three years, and at tho expiration of that period to take off a second shilling, leaving the duty at ls. per cent. Proceeding on this principle, it is anticipated that the large increase of insurance would make up any loss to the revenue accruing from a reduction of the duty. According to the last official returns, 107 petitions have already been presented during the present session, pray ing for a reduction of the duty, 81 of this number being '- • from various corporations of the United Kingdom. Sir Minto Farquhar, Chairman of the Guardian Assurance Company, will in a few days present a petition signed by all the London offices. MEXICAN AMAZONS.—The Journal du Ilavre says that, according to private letters from Acapulco, Mexico is preparing to resist foreign intervention with great energy. A lady of Guadalajara, Donn Ignacia Reisch, has petitioned the Government for leave to form a battalion of women, to whom the honour is to be accorded of marching in front of the first battle given to the invaders. SURVEY OF SCOTLAND.—The following account of money voted and expended on the survey of Scotland during the three years mentioned is given iu a Parliamen tary return :-1858-9, voted £32,000, expended £ 3 2,770 13s 9d ; 18 59-60 ; voted 43 2,000, expended £31,839 Is lld ; 1860-61, voted £30,500, expended £25,069 14s2d ; 1861-2, voted £22,0 0 , ex P e nded 22,000. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l3Bl 25 .. 1380 Northern .. 1032 50 .. 1035 New ditto — . • Lyons and Mediterranean 1117 "50 .. 1120 Geneva 361 2.5 .. Southern 785 .. 785 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Low bard 546 25 .. 547 50 TRIS DAY'S MARKETS. A very small supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, nevertheless all qualities were very dull, at fully Monday's decline in the quotations; indeed, so little business was doing, that prices were almost nominal. The show of foreign wheat was moderately extensive, and all descriptions moved off heavily, at barely Monday's currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were a dull inquiry, at droop ing prices. Malting barley was steady, at previous rates ; but grind ing and distilling sorts ruled inactive, on former terms. Malt was in fair request, and prices ruled tolerably firm. Good and fine oats fairly supported previous rates, with a moderate inquiry; otherwise the oat trade was dull, at about late quotations. Beans and peas sold heavily, at the late decline in their value. The flour trade was dull, at fully the late reduction in prices. Barrels were taken off very slowly. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 210) 730 1 1,720 so' 720 sacks. 1ri5h............ 200. F0reign........ 2,650 1,570 1 4,280 1 220 sacks. 4,590 brie. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 6cl to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; veal, 48 Od to 58 Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 48 8d per 81bs. BOROUGH HOP. Now hops are in steady request, and prices are fairly sup ported. Old qualities are a slow inquiry. THE VALUE OF DRURY •LANE THEATRE SHARES. Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, Mr. Robins offered to public auction, in two lots, two renter's shares in theTheatre Royal, Drury-lane, originally entitled to 2s. 6d. per ni:z•ht of performance, but now paying an annual dividend, which last'year was to the amount of £3 155., with a free admis sion, admitting upon all occasions and to every description of performance, and transferable or saleable annually—sold at £5O Bs. per share. Also, in one lot, five £lOO joint stock, or proprietors' shares, in the same theatre, paid in full, ill eluding a personal life admission, admitting on all occasions and to every description of performance—sold at £26 4s. Five similar shares, without free admission, sold for £9 9s. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE EXHIBITION BUILDING. Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of William Churchill, aged 19, who lost his life at the Exhibition building on Thursday last, by some Lattens falling on him from the shoot used in tak ing down the scaffolding of the east dome. The battens struck deceased on the back of the head whilst he was in a stooping position below. William Irving Page, house surgeon, said that he saw deceased wren admitted to the hospital, on the 20th March. He was quite insensible There was a compound comminuted fracture a little to the left of the vertex. There was an opening in the skull, and the brain protruded. He was admitted at twelve o'clock, and remained insensible until half-past four o'clock, when he died of the fracture, Nothing could be done for him. After hearing a great deal of other evidence, the jury ulti mately returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." CHINA AND 211 E TAEPING REBELS. A crowded meeting of the Royal Geo graphical Society was held on Monday evening, Lord Ashburton, President, in the chair. Mr. Galton read the first paper, by Lieutenant Oliver, R.A., giving a description of his travels to the west lof Canton. The President, in introducing Dr. Barton, author of the next paper, observed that it was of great geographical interest, as it was an ac count of the expedition which,under Colonel Sarel, Captain Blakiston, and Dr. Barton endeavoured to ascand the Yang-tse-kiang and to pass by Thibet into India, but was prevented by the jealousy of Chinese officials and the state of anarchy in the country. The paper, however, gave an account of Sechuan, on which no European foot had ever trodden excepting that of the Jesuits. After the reading of Dr. Barton's paper, the President said it would be desirable to have more information re specting the Taepang rebellion, the causes of the weakness of the Government, and the Jesuit estab lishments in the interior. Mr. Consul Parkes, who was most mostly received by the crowded assembly, said it was with no ordinary feelings that he had seen Dr. Barton and his companions push off in their little junk from the squadron under Admiral Hope, on their expedition up the Yang-tse-kiang. After alluding to the difficulties of travelling in China, he said that, although some disappoint ment might be felt at the party not having reached India, yet great service had been rendered to commerce and science by their having traversed the length of the river, and ascertained its navi gability as far as Ping-Shan. With respect to the condition of the country, whole provinces had been made desolate by the rebels, and cities which at one time contained an immense population, and were the entrepots of enormous commerce, were now almost extinct or in rains. The rebellion first broke out in 1849, in one of the remotest provinces, and after three or four years, having acquired sufficient strength, the rebels made their way down to the Yang-tac-kiang, and thence along its course until they reached Nankin, which they seized and fixed upon as their head-quarters. From this point they overran the neighbouring provinces, desolating a region 60,000 square miles in extent, with a popu lation of 70,000,000 souls. At present they did not hold more than 60 or 70 miles of country bordering on that river, and, not possessing any flotilla, they could not impede its navigation. As a proof of the value of that river to commerce, he might mention that during eight months of last year 152 foreign vessels and 170 junks in foreign employ passed up from Shanghai to Hankow, and it was estimated that trade to the amount of £10,000,000 would be done during the present year. He. attributed the gigantic proportions of the rebellion to the discon tent arising from the pressure of population upon production, the absence of poor laws, and the inef ficiency of the police. The Government had been accustomed to rule by moral suasion in the form of proclamations on large sheets of paper, daubed over with red ink. Adverting to the cultivation of the poppy, Mr. Parkes remarked that the Chinese were acquainted with the use of opium before we took it to them, and that the quantity imported from India bore but a small proportion to that raised in China, but was preferred on account of its superior quality. In reply to a question from the President, Mr. Parkes said that, as far as words went, the present Government of China gave some hope of improvement, and that it was scarcely fair to judge of them, as they had so recently come into power. After some remarks with reference to the Jesuit missionaries, he said that he had received a letter from Dr. Lockhart, at Pekin, stating that he was visited by the best classes for advice ; and, in his (Mr. Parkes's) opinion, hospitals would be found a most efficient instrumentality in the hands of Pro testant missionaries. After a few remarks from Captain Blakiston as to the possibility of effecting a commercial communication between China and India, thanks were passed to the authors of the papers, and the meeting was adjourned to that day fortnight, when papers on the Feji Islands will be read. The papers were amply illustrated by several views on the Yang-tse-kiang by Dr. Barton, and numerous Chinese sketches by Lieut. Oliver, R.A. TIE ARMY. The following information is promulgated by Col. Charles Bingham, Deputy Adjutant-General, in a general regimental order of the Royal Artillery, dated the 22d inst. The undernamed officers have been appointed lieutenants of companies of gentle men cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Wool wich :—Lieut. 0. H. Goodenough, Lieut. H. C. Farrell, Lieut. H. C. Lewes, Lieut. E. W. Sandys, Lieut. H. Munro (Bengal Artillery), and Lieut. T. P. Berthon (Bombay Artillery). Second Capt. H. Thornhill to the Royal Horse Artillery, vi ce Markham, appointed Adjutant. The undermen tioned o ffi cers have been raised to increased pay— viz., Lieut.-Col. Robert Talbot, 2d Brigade, to lieu tenant-colonel's pay ; Lieut. Thomas Mulrenan, 2d Brigade, vice Bazalgette ; Lieut. Charles John Deshon, 3d Brigade, vice Bevan ; Lieut. Francis C. H. Hallet, Ist Brigade, vice Glasgow, resigned. Major E. A. Williams is posted to No. 1 Battery, 14th Brigade, vice Thring, appointed to the cadet company at Woolwich ; Second Capt. Bazalgette to the Depot Brigade ; and Second Capt. Elton to the C Buttery, 9th Brigade. The following ex changes have been sanctioned, viz. —Between Capt. and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. the Hon. E. T. Gage, of the 6th Brigade, and Capt. G. Coleclough, of the 9th Brigade; between Capt. and Brevet-Major Spurway and Capt. and Brevet-Major Milward, of the 6th Brigade; between Second Capt. W. B. Ellis and Second Capt. W. Rooke, 13th Brigade. The undermentioned officers are to be attached for duty until further orders, as follows :—Lieut.-Col. Du Plat to the Depot Brigade at Woolwich ; Major Williams, of the 14th Brigade, to the Depot Brigade at Woolwich ; Capt. Denne, of the 11th Brigade, to N 0.3 Battery, 14th Brigade, at Woolwich. Quarter- Sergeant Shields, of the 9th Brigade, has been ap pointed Master Gunner at Shoreham, vice Renham. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- Chief has approved the following appointments, to take effect from April 1, 1862 :—Major Reginald Curtis to be Capt. Instructor at the School of Gun nery, Shoeburyness. To be Instructors in Gunnery: —Lieut. Bell, Ist Brigade ; Lieut. Barlow, 2d Bri gade ; Lieut. Nicholson, sth Brigade ;Lieut, Greig, Bth Brigade; Capt. C. W. Wilson, 9th Brigade; and Lieut. Phipps, Depot Brigade, for Sheerness. To be Assistant Instructors in Gunnery :—Sergeants Higgs, Horse Brigade; Burridge, 3d Brigade; Gusterson, 6th Brigade; Baily, 6th Brigade; Frost, Bth Brigade; Page, Barry, and Broadhurst, Depot Brigade, for Shoeburyness. The Albuera, No. 5, sailing transport, Captain Elmslie, arrived at Spithead during the night of Tuesday from China, bringing the following officers and troops from Hong Kong :—Military Train— Major Grey, commanding detachments on board, Capts. Williams and Jarvis, Lieuts. Sewell and Bruce, Quartermaster Lambert, Adjt. Bryan, Vete rinary-Surg. Fleming, and Ensigns Mackenzie and M'Mann, and 216 non-commissioned officers and men. Royal Engineers—Capt. i'vlalcolm, Lieut. Hine, Staff Surg. M‘Nab, and 83 non-commissioned officers and men. Royal Artillery —Lieut. Morgan, two men of the Military Train, one man•belonging to the 99th Regiment, and one civilian died on the passage home. The Albuera sailed from Hong Kong on the 30th Nov., and arrived at the Cape on the 23d Jan., sailing again thence on the Ist Feb. She arrived at St. Helena on the 11th Feb., sailing again on the 12th, sighting the Star Light at 9 pan. the same day, and passing Ascension on 18th Feb. Fine weather Was experienced the whole passage home. On the 13th Jan., in lat. 31 24, long. 38 56 E., exchanged signals with the barque Constance, from Manilla, bound for London, 54 days out; on the 17th, in lat. 33 50, long. 28 57 E., the ship Com modore, from Moulmein for London ; on the 14th February, in lat. 8 35, long. 13 54 W., the ship Northumberland, for Liverpool. The Albuera has a large cargo of Government stores on board, which she will discharge at Deptford. The troops on board will disembark at Portsmouth this morning, and be forwarded to their destinations by railway. We learn by the Albuera that the portion of the 60th Rifles landed at Hongkong from her Majesty's 1 I ship Simoon, prior to her leaving for England, • owing to her being thought overcrowded for a long voyage, are on their way to Spithead in the clipper ship Flying Cloud. On their arrival they will dis embark and join the head-quarters of the regiment in Portsmouth garrison. General Sir John Burgoyne and Colonel Jervoise arrived on Monday evening at Plymouth, and yes terday morning proceeded to inspect the progress of the defences of the entrance to Hamoaze and Picklecombe-point, and the fort at Tregantle, Corn wall. THE MOVE rIENT A (]AINS2 ThE INCOME TAX. The following additional correspondence has taken place between the committee of the Income Tax Repeal Association of Birmingham and the repre sentatives of that borough : London, Reform Club, March 17, 1862. Sir,—l have to-day received your communication of the 15th instant. The part to which you especially desire an answer is, I presume, the following :—" Will you heartily and willingly take up a position of resolute hostility to the income tax, and divide the house, and vote, or assist to turn out a Ministry, or to take any other hostile steps whenever, in the judgment of common sense, such steps can tend to ameliorate or get rid of the income tax P' In reply I beg to state—That I am not prepared to pledge myself to " a resolute hostility to the income tax," if this imply the total repeal of that tax. That I am not prepared to pledge myself " to divide the house, and vote, or assist to turn out a Ministry" on this question alone. That I am quite ready to take " hostile steps" whenever I think that " common sense" recommends them as tending to ameliorate the income tax. In giving my answer in this somewhat pointed manner I am sure you will not suppose that I mean any discourtesy toward you or those acting with you. I have adopted this form solely because I think it is the one best calculated to convey a clear and definite reply to your questions.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, John S, Manton, Esq. WILLIAM SCILOLEFIELD. Birmingham, March, 1862. Sir,—We are requested by the committee to acknow ledge your letter of the 17th, and to say that, so far from complaining of the pointed manner in which you reply to the main questions in their letter, they are obliged by your directness, though they deny the soundness of your con clusions. They desire a total repeal of the income tax, because they perceive, in common with our most advanced scientific men, that income is not, and never can be, a just criterion of liability to direct taxation, and because all our indirect tax ation is an enormous income tax on that part of the national income which is spent, while there is a total exemption of dire& taxation of capitalised wealth. The regret that you are not at present prepared to assist to turn out a Ministry on this question alone, as they be lieve that in this respect you are at issue with the great majority of your constituents, who consider that the pres sure of these dishonest and insulting tax laws by the Government is a paramount reason for turning out any Ministry. You inform us that you are ready to take hostile steps whenever common sense recommends them as tending to ameliorate the income tax, but you give no information whatever as to what ameliorations of the income tax you desire—what you consider our direct taxation ought to be, or whether, in support of your own views, you are prepared to vote against Ministers. We hoped you would have con sidered it due to the request of a large public meeting of your constituents to express this information, as, without it, it is impossible for them to know how far you are using the power they give you as their representative in the House of Commons, to subject them to extortion and insult. If you desire to communicate any further information it will be our duty to receive it, and to make it public. We are Sir, On behalf of the Income-tax Repeal Committee, Your obedient servants, Jourt S. MANTON, Chairman. FRED. W. FIDDIAN, Hon. Sec. To Wm. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. Rochdale, March 21, 1862. Dear Sir.—l have to thank you for your second letter. I do not know that I can add much to what I have already written to you. If Birmingham is in earnest in a movement against the income tax, and if other towns will join in the movement, the tax can be overthrown ; and I am not sure that it will not be overthrown more easily than made equal and just. I can vote against the income tax with a clear conscience, because I believe the whole sum annually raised by itmight be saved by a Government anxious to do its duty to the people. But I must tell you plainly that so long as there is an apparent popular acquiescence in the present expen diture, and particularly in that branch of it which is con nected with the military services, I do not believe that the tax will either be overthrown, or its pressure sensibly miti gated. I am prepared to vote for any honest attempt to make the tax more equal, as I am prepared to vote for its aboli tion. With regard to the precise course to be taken in the House of Commons in dealing with the subject, I must be left at liberty to do that which at the time may seem most judicious. I think you should correspond with all the principal towns in the kingdom, if you wish your views on the in come tax to prevail. I am, very truly yours, JOHN BRIGHT. J. S. Manton, Esq., Regent Works, Birmingham. Birmingham, March 22, 1862. Dear Sir,—We are desired by the committee to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday, and to present to you their warmest thanks for the clear and explicit manner in which you have expressed your opinions on the income tax question ; and the committee are gratified to find that you heartily agree with this movement for the total repeal of this most hateful and iniquitous impost. The committee are aware of the importance of inducing other constituencies to take similar steps to those taken here, and they hope that the mere publication of this cor respondence will induce the formation in all the consider able towns in the kingdom of electoral associations, pledged only to vote for candidates for Parliament who will advo cate the total and final repeal of the income tax, leaving the Government to provide, if direct taxation be necessary, an honest wealth tax, to be administered under laws and regu lations in which the rights and the feelings of the people will be respected. This committee will be glad to receive communications from other towns, and to give every information and as sistance in their power to help the movement. We are, dear sir, yours truly, JOHN S. MANTON, Chairman. FRED. W. FIDDIAN, Hon. Sec. To John Bright, Esq., M.P. SERIOUS CH ROE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BRIGHTON. On Monday morning John Edward Belsey, a short, dark, thick-set young man, aged 21, was charged with attempting to shoot Louisa King, cook to Mr. Francis D'Alquen, of 8, Montpelier-terrace, Brighton, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, on Saturday afternoon, about half-past one o'clock. It appeared that the'prisoner was to be married to Lucy Welder, housemaid at Mr. D'Alquen's, on the Saturday morning, and then appeared to be on the most affectionate terms with her, and they all proceeded to St. Nicholas's Church, prisoner walking with Lucy Welder's mother, and the rest following. All at once the prisoner said he had forgot his gloves, and that he must go back and get them, adding that he should be with them in a few minutes. He went back, and the party proceeded to church, where they waited his arrival for about an hour. No bridegroom ap pearing they were obliged to leave. The intended bride went to Mr. D'Alquen's, and her mother to her home. Nothing w as seen o f th e p r isoner till about half past 1 o'clock, when he knocked at Mr. D'Alquen's door, upon which that gentleman and his son went to see who it was, having reason to ex pect that he would come there. Prisoner and askedto see Lucy (meaning Lucy Welder), Mr. D'Al quen, jun., told him he could not see her, on which the prisoner presented a six-barrel revolver at the breast of Mr.D'Alquen, sen. LouisaKing,the cook, at the same time was coming up stairs, and went to assist her master in closing the door against the prisoner. A desperate struggle took place. Louisa King put her head out of the door too tar, not know ing that prisoner had a pistol, when he fired, end had it not been for Mr. D'Alquen, sen., pulling her away from the door (just bolero the shot was fired) the shot must have hit her. After he had fired the Messrs. D'Alquen threw the door open, and a despe rate struggle ensued between Mr. D'Alquen, jun., and the prisoner. The latter was th rown to the ground, and at the same time Mr. D'Alquen, sen., wrenched the pistol from the prisoner's hand, when a policeman was sent for and h e was taken into custody. On his way to t h e T ow ,. Hall the prisoner said he intended to kill both the girl and the old man. It appears that on the Saturday morning prisoner tried his revolver at a smith's shop, and bald he vvas going on the tramp to shoot some one. All the barrels were loaded. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Roupell. The magistrates, A. BigEr, Esti (in the chair), and W. M. Host, decid e d to . commit the prisoner for trial at t li t i he Esq assizes, and the witnesses were hound over to appear, Mr. Roupell reserving his defence. .ExpreBB. SINCULAR TRIAL• • . A trial of remarkable' abterest, and one p articu n ; larly i n t eres ti ng to Eng-lis: ; h ladies with a pench p for forei g n allian ces , t oo k' lace on March 21, fore the I m p er i a l C our t o f Ptax-in, presided over the First P res id en t, D ev i enne , Interest, In April, Miss Clementi ne Th om p son , an E 'glish lady , ag re ed n ch gentle -20, was married i n E ng l an d t o a 1 i : 857, '" - p d e Rohan . man, calling himself Jean Joseph, Prim_ teased. Ite de Fenis, de Tourondel, aged 68, since dec. was pretended that the witnesses of the m. Irriag ston) were Lord Clarendon, Lord and Lady Palme , us and severe!. other persons of high rank. The k 4 ;s band died a week after the marriage, and, as it' alleged, in a galloping consumption. A son was:' however, born in Paris eight months after the mar" riage, and this son was registered in his father's names, at the Mairie of the 10th arrondissemen t. The widow, ever since 1857, has called herself th e Princess de Rohan, and her infant son the Prince de Rohan. In February, 1858, the Prince de Camille de Rohan cited Madame de Rohan de Fenis before the civil tribunal of the Seine, to shoal cause why she should not be forbidden to bear the name of Roban. Madame de Rohan de Tenis pleaded that the prince, being an Austrian subject, could not appeal to the French tribunals on the matter; but the objection was overruled, the cause was tried, and the tribunal gave a judgment prohibiting Madame de Rohan de Fenis and her son from bearing the name of Rohm:, and ordering that the registration of the child should be rectified' From that judgment the lady appealed. The appeal cause being heard before M. De vi ' enne and other judges, M. Berryer, for the w idovvo argued, as a preliminary objection, that being an Englishwoman the Court had no jurisdiction tige r her. This demurrer was, however, overruled hi the Court, on the ground that although the code' lays it down that a Frenchwoman marrying 6 ' foreigner only loses her nationality during the mar; riage, the converse proposition does not hold, On that a foreign woman marrying a Frenchman, is, IO the view of the French Tribunals, a Frenchwoma n ; even when a widow. This interesting point 01 national jurisprudence is, it is believed, decided for the first time. Upon the merits of the case .Berryer was not furnished with any positive ew dence even to show that his client's husband WO a Rohan, much less that he was a prince. 1 - ie stated in a general way that for two generations the Chateau of Tourondel had been inhabited by the ancestors of his client's husband, Cuunt de Fenist and Marquises of Tourondel, wbo he alleged, were a younger branch of the house of Rohan, and ha d fallen into poverty. But his great card, and whieb' if it had not been discredited by the judgment of the court, would certainly weigh greatly in the con' troversy was a letter, which he read, addressed hi Charles A.'s Minister of State to the individual is now judically branded as an intriguer and :Ira" postor. On November 11, 1828, Baron de La Bouilleri e wrote to the deceased husband of the defendant the following letter : " The Baron de La Bouillerie, peer of France , Minister of State, Intendant-General of the King, Household, has the honour to of f er the assurance 01. his most distinguished consideration to the Count de Tourondel-Ventadour, and to inform him tha t ' conformably to his desire, he has had the honour laying before the King his title 3 f marquis, which his Majesty has condescended to examine atter tively, and which appears to him to be most hoa' ourable. In consequence, and in obedience to the King's orders, the Baron de La Bouillerie returns the papers, at the same time assuring the count, on the part of his Majesty, that his titles have ne need to be renewed, seeing that they are heredi' tary and perpetual, and that he could not have better. His Majesty orders him further to assure the Count de Tourondel-Ventadour that the title 0 1 marquis most incontestably belongs to him, and that he has a right to the title of Duke de Rohan and de Ventadour, as being the head of the younger branch of that house, and that he may therefor e use that title without authorisation. The Baron de La Bouillerie congratulates himself upon hvill i g been able to do anything agreeable to the Count el Tourondel-Ventadou r." M. Lepecq, counsel for Prince Camille de Rohanr described the deceased husband of the defendan t in terms that no one would suppose applicable to the flattered correspondent of Charles X.'s Minister of State, and the man who was recognised by that monarch as Count de Tourondel-Ventadour, ME!,.r^" quis of something else, and Duke de Rohan. Lepecq said— " M. Fenis de Tourondel, when he went to Eng: land, had no other name, and he then for the firs t time got the name of Rohan inserted in his passpor t ' At that time M. Denis was `wanted' by the pub lic prosecutor, who accused him of a serious misde, meanour, namely, thai of being a membor, if n the head, of a society formed for the purpose ° fabricating false and imaginary foreign orders' The result of the trial was that M. Fenis ahas Rohan's accomplices were found guilty, and be himself only escaped for the very sufficient reason that he died first. In Jan., 1858, Prince Camille de Rohan received from his cousin, Prince de Bohan Chabot, a letter in which the facts of rbe usurps:. tion of the name of Rohan by M. Fenis woerrte his forth in the several instances of his pa s h s P ae 't of marriage certificate in England, birth,' of his son inscribed in the ovi- these Paris. M. de Rohan Chabot, in sti gra atts.intgo take facts, added, `lf M. Fenis had presnal ed hint the name of Rohan Chabot, should ha V 6 sent a writ directly ; it should not be endured that a imposter should be allowed to assume a th rum , e anclltre-e.gister in of which there are many existing heirs." The Met 1 , 1 ! that M. Penis fled to Jersey to escape the resea wile; of the police. There he assumed the name Rohan, and lived upon charity, which he receive 4 from the Roman Catholic chapels of the island. ljn; fortunately for himself, he conceived the idea el e setting up in his old business of selling titles of nobility. An action was brought against him on this account and he got in such bad odour in the Isle of Jersey that he was fain to leave it and g° to London. He was then 68 years old, an d in a frightful state of misery and disease. Never' theless, Miss Thompson, although only 20 year o old, was dazzled by the name of Rohan, and net withstanding all the true information which sh e received consented to marry him. The marriage lasted six days, from April 27 to May 4, 1858. 90 the latter day the husband died of a malady which is described in the registrar's certificate as " pro longed consumption." Miss Thompson therefor e married a man at the point of death. Neverthele ,o she became enciente, and was confined in Paris of a , son exactly eight months after the marriage, the premature confinement being attributed to an acci dent. Here the advocate was stopped by the First Pre sident Devienne, the Court being with him. The Appeal Court, confirming the judgment of the Court below, held thkzt Madame de Fenis (nee Thompson) had no right eiti:er to the title of princess or the name of Rohan, and restrained her from using them. This is a t e rrible lesson to ladies NO° aspire to marry distinguished foreigners. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PUTN.SI'. Last night about 6 o'clock, a mounted poOre" officer arrived at the stations of the London Fief' Brigade with intelligence that a serious fire was . raging in River street, Putney. The moment the news reached London, Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district, and Mr. Medcalf, engineer , started with the engines from Southwark and Waterloo-bridge roads. The firemen upon arriving at the scene of danger found that the fire had origi nated in a private house occupied by a Mrs. Sarah Davis, at No. 5, in the before-named street, and from • that spot had extended with more than usual rapidity to four or five other buildings standing in the same street. The engines of the parish, two others be longing to Messrs. Ballet, the great tallow candled makers, and that of Price's candle works were early in arriving, those of the London Brigade fol lowed. The fire was not extinguished until past g o'clock at night. In an adjoining house to that in which the misfortune commenced, belonging to Mr- George Pedder, the coroner's summoning officer , was lying the dead body of a young woman, which it was fou n d necessary to carry into the street. TO damage d one i s thus officially returned by Mr. Hen derson to C a pt a i n Sh aw, the superintendent of t he brigad e : —N o. 5, Prince's-street, Putney, in rho occupation of Sarah Davis (private), back rooms, ground floor, and two upper rooms and roof de stroyed, and the remainder of building and contents severely damaged by tire, water, and removal ; con tents not insured, building insured in the County Fire-office. No. 6, do., Air. George Pedder, beadle of the parish and summoning officer for Mr. Carter, the coroner; roof destroyed, two rooms burnt out, and rest of premises and contents severely damaged by fire, water, and hasty removal; contents insured in the Phcenix Fire-office, the buil,ling insured in the County-office. No. 7, do., Mr. Dean (private) , a seven-roomed house; damaged by tiro arid water, and the contents by removal and breakage; contents not insured, building in the County Fire Office. No. 4-, ditto, Mr. F. Blake (private); roof destroyed and contents considerably damaged b:r fire, water, and hasiy removal ; contents not insure°, building in the Comity Fire office. No. 3, ditto, Mt contents considerably drlnged by fire, water, a nd 'Smith (private) ; about half of roof destroyed ana, removal ; contents not insured, but building in the County Fire-office. The occupier o f t h e h o use in which the fire commen ced was removing . , and it i s believed that a s park fls ing from a li g hted cancllo caused the outbreak. ,/ 3p 3 /s 1 -OW I , et Nil