The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-17 00:00:00

IDAVID RICIIARD ST. PAUL, heretofore 1 called or known by the name of DAVID RICHARD JONES, fecmerly of her Majesty's 53d Regiment of Foot, and late of Walcott Lodge, Lutterworth, in the county of Lelces'or, and now of Everdon Hall, in the county of North amMon, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the said county of Leicester, Do Hereby Give Notice, that on the 12th day of this present month of June, I, for and on behalf of myself and the heirs of my body, wholly renounced and discontinued the use of the surname of Jones, and on that day, for and on behalf of myself and the heirs of any body, assumed, took, and use d , and that I purpose and intend, from time to time, and at all times hereafter in all acts, deeds, letters, writings, accounts, communications, negotiations, dealings, transactions, actions, snits, claims and demands, matters and things, and upon all other occasions whatsoever, to use and subscribe, and be called, known, and distinguished by the surname of St. Paul, in lieu, and instead of, and in substitution for, the surname of Jones, so used by me as aforesaid, and to use and subscribe, and be called, known, and distinguished exclusively by the said surname of St. Paul. And I Hereby Further Give Notice, that I have on the said 12th day of this present month of June, duly executed a Deed Poll under my hand and seal, declaring my renunciation and discontinuance of the use of the surname of Jones, and of my assumption and use in lieu thereof of the said surname of St. Paul, and of my said purpose and intention upon all occa sions whatsoever to use, and subscribe, and be called, known, and distinguished exclusively by the said surname of St. Paul ; and such Deed Poll was on the 12th day of this pre sen t month of June duly enrolled in her Majesty's High Court of Chancery. Dated this thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight i hundred and sixty-two. Witness. DAVID RICHARD ST. PAHL, GEO. JNO. BRAIRENRIDGE, 16, Bartlett's Buildings, London, Solicitor. WILLIAM GREATBATCII, his Clerk. TREAT 11 - E -R0 YAL HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. J B. Buckstone. THIS EVEN] LTG, a Household Picture, under Two Li g ht s , entitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. C. Yomm &c. Atte': which, at half-past 7, will be performed Mist: time) OUR AME RICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dlindreary, Mr. Sothcrn. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA BARDISTA, Senora Perea Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps do Ballet. - To Conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falcone!: 184th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day.'.' THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetica.l, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss A_':.na Whitt) , and Miss Lydia Thomson. To oonclude with the new fart'', entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Chamfers by Mr_ Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting. Ilan " - •er-31r. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. - 000 re open at half-past 0, to commenee at !. 13oz-office o*:, ett d a ily from 11 tlll5. Commence a ROY.AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Jilr A. Hurts. y am E v ENING, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Was M. Harris. After w'nich, at Eight o'clock, LOUIS X I. Mr. and Mrs. C. Flean. Supported by Messrs. J. F. Cathcart, B. Potter, EveretA, Shore. R. Cathcart, Raymond, &c. ; Miss Chapman, and *Miss N. Chapman. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THRATRE- ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TO-NIGHT, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAISE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, Emery; Misst - m K. Kelly, Laidlaw, Bland, and Mrs. H. Marston, To be followed by THE. OCTOROON. Messrs. Dion Boucicanit, Emery, Ja_ Annmißral, Billinaton, P. Bedford , Phillips , Stephenson, Powell, IF.er ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar ston, Miss Latimer, and Miss Denvil. To conclude wtih THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. C ANTERBURY HALL. STECKEL, The Greatest Trapeze Performer hi the World, at 10 o'clock. Grand Selection, at a quarter to Ten, from the Opera, •• DON SEBASTIEN," One of the moat important works of the late Maestro, Doni setti (produced here for the first time in this country). A.r rangea and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Principal Artiste—kiss Russell. 'The Great Comic Trio, Unsworth, Eugene, and Daley, with the celebrated Stump Speech, " Or any other man " (the original), in addition to the following array of Comic Talent, viz.:—E. Marshall in new songs), J. G. Forde, A. B. Hol lingsworth, Miss Georgina Smithson, an d J oe B rown, the renowned American Dancer. T H E 0 XPO R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. The miraculous STECKEL, Champion of the Trapeae, in new and unapproachable feats. Verdi's "LA TRAVIATA," "IL TROVATORE," " SIMON BOCCANEGRA," ac. etc. ; G. Linley' s "JOLLY BEGGARS ; " G. A, Macfarren's " MAY DAY. ' Principal Vocalists —Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, -,•„ Greene, and Albert. F u ll Band and Chorus. Musical "'lector, Ittir. F. Jonghmans. MP:A Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, and those unrivalled Etidopian Comedians, Rumsey,llewcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, suedUrn/worth (the Original "or any other man"). hall, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, Is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. dd. Shortly will be produced Verdi's Ghat International Exhibition Cantata. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.Y.—Morning, 6h. 32m.—Afternoon, sh. 55m, To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 20m.—Afternoon, 6h. 46m. 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. . , ze, ' ..; THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1862. DEA,TII OF LORD CANNING. Scarcely has Lord CANNING returned home to receive the Garter from his SOVEREIGN, and the heartfelt welcome of his fellow-countrymen after his brilliant and memorable rule over Hindostan —when we, have to announce to the wcmld the lamentable tidings of his disappearance from ltulongst us. The news of Lord CANNING's death Which took place at twenty-five minutes past I. x o'clock this morning —will excite but one -feeling throughout the United Kingdom. It /611 Pass with a sudden shock of regret through all ra nks and classes in these islands, as the mournful intelligence (itself also but very recent) of the death of his amiable and beautiful Viscountess, passed with no affected pang of sympathy through all ranks and classes in Rindostan. It seems but yes terday almost that the telegram was flashed to us announcing the arrival again upon our shores of the ex-Governor-Gen eral. A week or two ipuly can fl it by—the G azette intimates the noble by Her MAJE STY as K.G.— lord's nomination there is a talk within t he last twen ty - four hours of hia health failing him more seriously than 111aR . rat ailments seemed to threaten —and now we have briefly to record, just before going to press, the f act that Lord CANNING breathed his last this morning. Like his predecessor as Governor-General of India (Lord Dalhousie), Viscount CANNING returns to this country from his oriental viceroyalty with his constitution shattered. Not merely undermined but shattered. Unlike the late Lord DALHOUSIE, however, this last of our ex.Governors-General of Hindostan lingers but for a very brief in terval indeed, in repose, after his return home wards. The interval that might be counted for Lord DALHOUSIE by months, could be counted for Lord CANNING only by days, almost, one might say, by hours. He barely has time allowed him—happily, however, he has had time al lowed him—to come back here amongst us, to lay his bones in England. It is impossible not to recognise, in the premature death of this dis tinguished servant of the Crown, the results of his toil and care during the last five or six years, in that position of awful responsibility in which he wa s placed, in the flower of his manhood, by the favour of his SovtnEIGN, and with the assent of the great mass of his fellow -countrymen. It will be re membered of Lord CANNIN G that he held the reins of authority over the Oriental Empire of Great Britain through two of tho grandest cri ses i n the annals of Hindostan ! That he held them firmly, calmly, resolutely ! And that he handed them over to his successor strengthened rather than weakened! Those great crises in our Oriental Empire follow ing each other in rapid succession : the first being the deadly revolt of the Sepoys in engal—the second the transference of the governing power from the East India Company vicariously to the direct representatives henceforth of the British SOVEREIGN. It is not, of course, yet forgotten how, in the first agonies of the great revolt, rumours were afloat in this country, suspicions were whispered about at the clubs, charges were at lenth articulated in Par liament, militating seriously against Lord CAN NING'S reputation for vigour and aptitude as Governor-General of Hindostan. Events have long since shown how idle were those rumours, how unmerited were those suspicions, how wholly unfounded were those charges—charges pre cipitately proferred against a conscientious servant of the Crown and of the country at a juncture so appalling as to have propitiated the sympathy, one would have thought, and the earnest good wishes of all. Not more signally did Sir HUGH (now the veteran Lord) GOUGH live down the storm of oblo quy raised against him after the frightful carnage of Chilianwallah—lived it down through every subse quent event of that glorious campaign, ending upon the foughten field of Sobraon—than Lord CAN' NINO lived down, in his turn, thc) obloquies cruelly and hastily directca against him shortly after the first dreadful outbreak of the mutiny that was led, among other wretches, by NANA SAHIB, and that was signalised, among other hideous atrocities, by the crimes the memory of which still blacken and brand the very name of Cawn pore. Under Lord CANNING'S rule the Rebellion was suppressed, and the last embers of that formidable conflagration triumph antly trodden out. Under Lord CANNING'S rule the extinctign of the anomalous authority of the East India Company was successfully and tran quility accomplished, the sceptre of British Power in Asia, being, for the first time, placed in the firm but gentle grasp of VICTORIA. Daring the period of Lord CANNING'S rule there, as Governor-Gene ral, how many benignant and beneficent changes for the better have ,there not been introduced, improvements social, political, legal, commercial ! Their date will not be forgotten. Lord CANNIN'S share in them will not be lost to popular remem brance, They constitute altogether the guarantees for him, in the history of the British Empire, of a conspicuous, and lasting, and honourable repu tion. Peace to his memory. Lord CANNING was a man who deserved well of bis country—for he had laboured. honestly and energetically in her interests : for the glory and wellbeing of her cause—it is not extravagant to say this—giving up his own life prematurely. The melancholy demise of his fair young wife in the flower of her age doubtless tended to hasten his departure; but the seeds of the disease to the force of which Lord CANNING'S own exist ence succumbed, were sown, we all of us now recog nise this upon the instant, by his devotion to the interests of England at a period of exquisite anxiety in the radiant but ruthless climate of Hindostan. What would be perhaps impossible in this coun try has just been done in the Congress at Washing- ' ton with the full consent of the Rouse. A Mr. WOOD wished to make a speech, which he had care fully prepared, and even written out on—concilia tion. Fearing whether he should have nerve to meet the temper in which it would probably be received, he informed the House that he had all ready, that he preferred not to deliver his speech, but should like to have it printed and circulated among the members with the debates of Congress. Whether at his own cost or that of Congress we do not know ; if he was to pay for it, we should suggest to a certain lord in the Commons who is sensitive on the subject of " counts-out," whether he might not adapt the Washington plan—unusual it seems there, still as we see acted on at the wish of a mem ber—and have his speech printed and sent round. When no business is intended—when it is in reality but a lecture for the country from the House of Commons platform, why should not a bore, instead of submitting to coughing, noises and interruptions of all kinds, or as a last resort, to a count out, ask leave to speak in print to honour able members and the country. The Lord Chan cellor, in his businees, is determined to get print in the place of writing, why should not the House of Commons save its time and patience by allowing bores to print what no one will hear if he can help it. The reader must not suppose, however, that Mr. WOOD'S speech would have been a bore. Judging from what we have seen of it, whether we agreed with the speaker or differed from him, we should have heard him with pleasure. In the main point we should certainly have agreed with him, in the details we might have differed very widely. The abject of the speech was to urge on the North a policy of conciliation, but we fear that that policy was to be pursued wholly irrespectively of four millions out of the Southern eleven or twelve mil lions. Still the general sentiment was quite just, that nothing but holding out a fratornal hand to the South could render a reunion under one Government possible. The North is now in the position, Mr.WooD contends, to conciliate, and the South to accept a policy of conciliation with honour. To attempt to crush freemen into reunion is hopeless. Freemen who would throw down their arms and crouch, and sue for mercy would be unworthy of acceptance as brother freemen. But the thing is impracticable, t he South will submit to endless defeat: and die be fore it will yield in this manner. It must be brought back b.. .._egotiat . J uion or be lost for over, Conquest would be the renunciation o f . Republicanism. Indeed all the encroachments of the President now on the legal forms and - nights of the people are steps toward a despotism. With a genuine American feeling Mr. WooD exclaims towards the conclusion, " We want a union, sir, of sovereigns not of subjects." Now all this reads well--but in th e mout h of Mr. WOOD it means, that the S out h is to be restored with all sorts of g uar antees for its slavery, we fear for the extension o f slavery into the territories also. After fi ghting ' all thi s time the South would never consent to rejoin the North without a second Missouri compromise, w hil e the North must have lessons enough on the folly o f compromises. Conciliation is a right, an amicable looking thing in itself; but the negro question ren ders it impracticable. Both parties are almost equally guilty on that score, end it w ill p unish both, until perhaps it ruins one or both. The North never wanted more than the limitation of slavery to the vast area already polluted by it. It hates emancipation. It shudders at the thought of an " ugly rush" of free negroes to the North. If it can limit slavery to the Slave States, and keep the territories for ifs emigrant whites, that is all it cares for. All it has done in regard to Hayti, Columbia, compensation for emancipation, and the Slave Trade, it has done to aid the war, to secure the Border States for the North, and to punish the South. At the bottom both sides are equally wrong.minded, and the union of the two wrongs would never result in one right. Pour 'gentlemen, utterly unknown to us, and probably to all our readers, except the few who i may have personal dealings with them, have sent I us, and we presume our contemporaries also, a copy I of a petition respecting a crotchet of their own. If this very long sermon on pew-rents had been sent as an advertisement, of course we should have had no right to decline insertion of what any English man was willing to pay for, provided it did not violate the rules of public morality. Had it been an intelligent attack upon any opinions we had ever expressed, we should have printed it with the greatest pleasure, but a long, heavy, dry, half legal, half popular argument in a petition against pew-rests, as we are sure no one would read it, so we must decline to fill up our space with it. There is a sort of a grievance, no doubt, in some parish churches, where enclosed pews have become the private property of families to an undesirable extent. We cannot, however, say that is a subject in which we feel much interest. The Bishops and the parishes, and the clergyman, ana the stele' siastical courts must settle it all as best they can. But what etri k us on the fa ce o f th e d ocumen t s : sent us is that they are redolent of cant—of that silly cant which affects to regard the parish churches as the chosen resort of the poor. The nonsense of the poor man's church is at the bottom of it all. Whereas, every employer of servants knows that if he has one of a peculiarly religious turn, the man or the girl is sure to bo an attendant at the Methodist chapel ; perhaps one of the stipulations on hiring is that some evening in the week permission shall be given to " attend class," a permission generally accorded by a prudent master, seeing that the managers of these classes have an interest, for their own credit's sake, in giving good advice to servants, and being near their own level, are generally listened to by them much more than a gentleman instructor would be. The "Poor Man's Church" we take to be priestly cant for—save me Church-rates ; and when we read of pew rents as a " great national sin," to be not only " amended" but " atoned for," we leave our readers to conjecture the ecclesiastical quality of the four gentlemen who ask them to sign their petition. The whole truth we take to be this—Church rates are in danger. Our opinion, as our readers well know, is, that by this time they ought to be out of danger—that they ought long ago to have breathed their last and gone to the eternal home of all religious impositions. To meet their loss Sir G. C. LEWIS and Mr. ESTCOVRT, too, propose to enable the churchwardens to make a small charge on the occupiers of pews, for the repair of the church in which they hold them. What on earth can be more fair ? All other places of public Eaten• dance in which seats are required meet their expenses by a charge, greater or smaller, for their seats, As to the poor it is notorious that they never object to paying for their seats according to their means. We have even penny theatres, as well as theatres with guinea boxes ; and there are plenty we believe of penny seats in chapels which the poor, in their love of honourable independence, prefer to gratui tous accomodation. The truth is, the poor like other people do not grudge what they can afford, if what is offered them is worth paying for—and if the parish church offer them spiritual fare as adapted to their taste as that at Bethesda or Zion, the seats at the church will be paid for as willingly. We object therefore to an attack upon the pew system as a whole. That any individuals, without payment, should appropriate public property to themselves is of course wrong enough, but to attempt to relieve the regular occupants of seats in a parish church from paying the costs of what they take the seats to enjoy, is dishonest. It in volves, in some way, making other people pay for the relieved seat-holders. Like one apostle, to whom no successors are desired, we do not believe these anti-pew rent men care aught for the poor—they care to keep Church rates, that is they care to keep up their own worship at the cost of other people. " Dilly, dilly : come and be killed !" Sir HUGH CAIRNS had not the slightest hostile feeling against the Land Transfer Bill, but—at the same time—he sorely wanted last evening to have it referred to a Select Committee. About this exceedingly cool pro position of the ex-Solicitor General's under Lord DERBY'S Government there was a pretty warm dis cussion, in the which Mr. COLLIER, and Mr. WAL POLE, and Mr. MALINS, and others among the big wigs, or, at any rate, we may say confidently, among the future big wigs, took part. According to the opinion of the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Plymouth, the reference of the bill to a Select Committee, as proposed by the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Belfast, would certainly tend to shelve the measure for this session. Nor is such the opinion by any means of Mr. COLLIER alone. Others had already come to pre cisely the same conclusion. In effect who can seriously think for a single moment other wise ? Particularly at this late period of a sluggish and nearly exhausted session ! Now that the Lord Chancellor's Bill has actually passed all its stages in the House of Peers, and, having come down thence to the Commons, has there in due and proper sequence been read a first and a seec'nd time, it does appear particularly tantalizing to think of the mere chance of its having been denied the possibility of being taken clause by clause into consideration in the regular course of things in Committee. Anything of that kind would have been the cruellest case of cushioning that could well have been imagined ! Happily the House last night recognized the folly of attempting to do anything so insensate and ill-considered. Even the siren-voice of the right hon. member for the University of Cambridge was raised all in vain when he dulcifluously assured the House that— (surely the height of effrontery, this, in. Mr. WAL POLE !)—the reference of the bill to a Select Committee as proposed by Sir HUGH CAIRNS would save tinze (save—the mark !) and " ensure the passing of the Bill" through the House ! The oddest way of bring ing about both these desirable results—the saving of time and the passing of the measure—one may safely aver, that ever yet perhaps has been seriously projected. A non sequitur in its way, the whole force of which is as extravagant as the most " outre and " bizarre" ever yet imagined by Lord DUN DREARY. One, in fact, that is only comparable to the JOE MILLER reply of the raw recruit to the prostrate Frenchman crying " Quarter !" " I can't sto p to quarter thee ; but I'll cut thee head off." P recisely in the s a me b en i gn s pi r it of concession to his legal ri va l s—and as he appears erroneous l y t o im agine them also his legal antagonists in the en deavour, if practicable in any way, to reform the laws relating to the transfer of land —Sir HUGH Careais of assenting to cannot possibly think quietlythe Lord Chancellor's bill being considered a t once promptlyutbisczethweiHnionugs,e to Commons in committe e save time" and to " ensure th e passing of the bill, " by referring it—to a select committee ! The sugges tion of such a course as that could hardly be called THE SUN LOLiDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 1862. specious, could hardly be branded as insidious. There was no masking or cloaking about it. It was as transparent as the day. And so thought the House. For, upon going into the lobbies on the ultimate division, the proposal of Sir HUGH CAIRNS was resolutely set aside by a majority of 180 over 124. Thereupon the House at once went into committee on the bill—the whole of the first thirteen clauses of the bill being agreed to (the fiftk and the eighth not without considerable opposition) before the House resumed : the eommittee obtain ing leave to sit again on Thursday. As to the fifth and eighth clauses of the Transfer of Land Bill—the former carried through committee yesterday, by a clear majority of 42 out of 84 ; the latter by a clear majority of 51 out of 229—clause 5, as interpreted by the member for West Glouces tershire, involved within it a scheme by which titles might be declared indefeasible—the other clause referred to affecting directly the vital question of registration. We may take it for granted, we sup pose, that by whomsoever a Bill of this kind were introduced, emanating from whatever Government it might, it would, as a matter of necessity, be assailed in committee after the fashion witnessed yes terday among the lawyers of the Opposition, by one after another of the most specious objections, glibly articulated and artfully illustrated by an immense variety of wholly imaginary cases in point. The House of Commons and the country have this en couragement, however, towards the acceptance, con ditionally, of what might be called the first rough draft of an enactment in regard to the improvement of the laws regulating and facilitating the Transfer of Land—the appreciable and perfectly reliable en couragement, discernable at a glance, in the fact that the Chancellor's Bill, as it now stands, has passed through the sharpest ordeal that could pos sibly have been marked out for it. It has been sifted and scrutinised, and turned inside out, and upside down, and examined, as it were fibre by fibre, and picked, so to speak, word from word find letter .from letter—by the Law Lords in committee —and this not only in regular committee, but in Select Committee. The Concerts at Northumberland House on the 18th and 25th June are tinavoidably postponed, in muse tuence of the' death of a near relation of the Duchess of Northumberland. We regret to hear that Mr. M. Milnes, M.P., is confined to his room by a very severe attack of rheumatic gout, which not only prevented his attendance at the sec. tion of Social Science over which he had undertaken to pre side, but will probably for some time incapacitate him for public business. MANSION-HOUSE.-Last evening the Lady Mayoress gave a grand ball at the Mansion-house. The company, about 1,400 in number, included some of the Royal Commissioners for the International Ex hibiti on , all the English and Foreign Commissioners, and the members of the Court of Aldermen and Common Council. Shortly after 10 o'clock dancing began in the Egyptian - hall, and was continued into the small hours of the morning. Supper was served about midnight in what used to be the ball room of the Mansion-house. The saloon, in which the Lady Mayoress and the Lord Mayor received their guests, was tastefully decorated with choice flowers, as was also the Egyptian-hall. -- - THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. —In excavating the cutting opposite Ray-street, which is intended to con nect the Clerkenwell tunnel with the station in Victoia street, the workmen have uncovered the large vault which contains the remains that were removed some years back from the pauper burialground of Clerkenwell. The vauli is •f great depth. A great number of labourers and artisans are employed on the site of the terminus in Victoria street, and mounds of clay are being burnt ready for use in the foundations. The stations at King's-cross, Gower street, and the rest of the works of the line, are in a state of great forwardness. MAIN DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS.—It having been intimated to the Metropolitan Board of Works that several members of both Houses of Parliament are desirous of viewing the main drainage works, we understand that the board have had under their consideration the most convenient arrangements for affording such. opportunity, ' and that it is proposed that after inspecting the construction of the extensive pumping station near Deptford-creek, and the eeveral sewers in conjunction therewith, they sborria cross the river to the northern outlet near Barking-creek, and follow the course of the outfall sewer to the junction of the high and low level sewers at Bow-creek. The whole of these works are now in a sufficiently advanced stage to show the magnitude of this great undertaking, and the unprece dented character of the very ingenious arrangements for freeing the metropolis and the Thames of the rivers of sewage which at present defile them. WORKING MEN'S SOCIAL INSTITUTES UNION.— On Saturday Lord Brougham and other social reformers met at the Law Amendment Society's rooms, Waterloo place, when a prospectus of a new organisation was sub mitted for consideration. His lordship presided. The pro spectus set forth that all existing schemes looking to the improvement of the labouring classes failed to meet the wants of the social nature ; hence multitudes still sought its indulgence in the public-house, and thus habits of a degrading character were contracted. The object of the new association is to provide for working men social insti tutes which should supersede the beer-house by supplying rational amusement and recreation, combined with the means of intellecßtuyallainmcpcwovheomwenats qu and social to act a advancement.shon. The Rev. J. secretary, read letters expressive of earnest sympathy with the objects set forth in the prospectus, from Hon. W. F. Cowper, Dr. Guthrie, Miss A. Cooper, Mrs. Bayly, and others. Resolutions in favour of the undertaking were passed, and a provisional council was appointed, with power to re vise the prospectus, for the purpose of bringing the matter before the public, and of raising by subscriptions and dona tions the requisite funds for carrying the undertaking into effect. The commercial advices from New York yester day state that the whole amount of the authorised issues of demand notes, £30,000,000, is now in circulation, and that the satisfaction of the people at the effects produced is sue,h that there is a general disposition to urge the Government to issue £30,000,000 more. Meanwhile there is not the slightest sign of any wish to terminate the struggle by con cessions or arrangements of any kind. " The universal sentiment toward the South," it is said, " is surrender or extermination." The tax bill was still in hand, but the House of Representatives had agreed that Congress should adjourn on the 16th inst. if the Senate would concur. Both houses had just passed the bill for the recognition of Hayti and Liberia, and henceforth the Diplomatic Corps at Wash ton may be expected to include representatives from those countries. The shipments of last year's produce continued on an extraordinary scale, the total for the week ending the 4th of June having been larger than for any week for seve ral months past. They included about 130,000 quarters of wheat, 68,000 barrels of flour, and 4,732,1261 b. of salted meat. Yet, in the face of these exportations, there wero discouraging accounts from some of the principal grain districts in Ohio of the prospects of the wheat crop, the damage from fly in several instances being Audi that the farmers wore ploughing up the wheat to sow Indian corn. The recent fraudulent issue of Indiana State Bonds con tinued to be a subject of anxiety, and the amount was now conjectured to be about £400,000. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—MARL BOROUGH, WILTS, Monday.—This town was thrown into a plate of unusual excitement yesterday by the report that an old man named James Dangerfield had nearly murdered his w;fe, and then made an attempt on his own life by cut ting his throat. The couple, nearly 60 years of age, resided in the last of a row of cottages close to the gas-house ; and soon after seven o'clock in the morning, cries being heard, the door which was locked was burst open, when a most terrible scene presented itself. The wife had been attacked with a spade. Her head had been scalped, and nearly beaten to pieces, and her arm was broken and dreadfully lacerated. The room was like a slaughter-house--pools of blood over the floor, and the walls splashed and daubed. An open razor and several knives were lying on the table. The wretched old man, who has been before imprisoned for ill using his wife, has been removed to the station-house with his throat cut, but was not considered in actual danger. Mr. R. E. Price, surgeon, was in attendance on the unfor tunate woman, and entertains but slight hopes of her reco very. She was sensible up to Sunday night, and every thing was being done to alleviate her sufferings. Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS PRIZE TALE. —Messrs. Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin announce the com mencement in No. 240 of " Cassell's Family Paper," to be published 23d June, of a new Tale, entitled " Contrast ; or the Oak and the Bramble ;" written by Mr. F. H. Keppel, under the following interesting circumstances : Two primes, the one of £250, and the other of £lOO, were offered by John Cassell for the best and second best tale submitted for competition; the Right Hon. Lord Brougham and Matthew Davenport Hill, Esq., Q.C., Recorder of Birming ham, tkc., having consented to act with Mr. Cassell as ad judicators, the conditions being that the tales must be illus trative of the triumph of morality, sobriety, and industry over idleness, apathy, and self-indulgence. The First Prime of £250 has been awarded to " Contrast ; or, the Oak and the Bramble;" and the readers of " Cassell's Paper," and temperance reformers in particular, are promised a gratification of no ordinary kind in the perusal of this tale. TEE EGLINTON MEMORIAL.--A meeting of sub• scribers to the Eglinton memorial was held at Ayr on the 13th inst. It was announced that subscriptions had already been received to the amount of £7,200. A committee was appointed to determine upon the nature of the memorial ; it consi3t4 of the Marquis of Ailsa, Lord Colville, Sir Jas. Fergusson, M.P., 11. - Zjght Hon. C. H. Hamilton, Mr. Oswald, of Auchincruive, and Mr. CamONll, of Blytheswood. PIRACY ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF IRELAND. --The schooner Jewess, Captain M'Sherry, arrived in .9 41 " w ay-roads on the 13th, from Liverpool, with Indian corn. When off Blacksod Bay, county Mayo, she was boarded by fivo boats, containing about 40 men, who took charge of the schooner, and threatened that if the captain or crew made any resistance they would run the ship on shore: They opened the hatches and loaded all the boats with the Indian corn. The captain estimates that there were about 12 or 15 tons taken away. A correspondent of the Freeman's Journal says :—" The extreme destitution of the people in that part of the country was the cause of this piece of small filibustering on the high seas. The people are coming to the conclusion that they will not starve while there is grain on land or wave." - SUICIDE IN THE PUBLIC HlGHWAY.—Yesterday morning information was received by the police of a most determined and extraordinary suicide on the Barnet-road, a short distance from the village of Redbourne, by a respect ably-clad man who was walking along the footpath. Just as an omnibus was passing he pulled off his necktie, and taking a razor out of his pocket deliberately cut his throat, nearly severing his head from his body. The act was wit nessed by several people. The body is that of a man of 35, clad in black coat and waistcoat, and corded trousers. Re ceipts for rent, gas, water. and poor rate, paid at 5, Went worth-street, Whitechapel, and 53, Penny-fields, Poplar, were found on his person.. DISASTROUS FIRES AT ST. PETERBBURG.—Ac counts from St. Petersburg describe a series of disastrous fires which have taken place throughout the past week, and which are attributed to revolutionary incendiaries. On Monday last, the quarter near which the Government Bank stands, and which consisted of markets and small shops, was entirely consumed, from Garden-street to the Fontanka River. Subsequently there have been similar outbreaks in other districts, and, according to some esti mates, nearly a third of the entire city has been destroyed. Happily, however, the parts burnt are those of a poor and inferior, although crowded character. The hard ware dealers are said to have lost everything, and some ware houses containing drugs have been included in the confla gration. The loss thus far is roughly estimated at from £500,000 to £1,000,000. Business of all kinds had been brought to a complete stand, but late telegrams, received this morning, affirm that there had been no further fires for some time, and that the people were beginning to recover confidence. CORBY POLE FAlR.—This very curious fair, which is only celebrated once in 20 years, was held last week. Corby is a village in North Northamptonshire, abcut three miles from Rockingham Castle, the centre of a district celebrated for its old-fashioned customs, charters, and privileges, of which the pole fair is an example. Under their charter, which, owing to the absence of some of the parish officers, was not to be seen, the inhabitants of the village claim a right on the fair-day to levy a toll upon all persons passing through it; persons refusing to make the required payment are to be put in the stocks. At each entrance to the village a triumphal arch was erected, and a temporary toll-bar was formed by a rope, which was ex tended across the rcadway. The great excitement of the fair was the "chairing," of which there were two modes practised, In one a chair is fastened to two poles, and car ried on the shoulders of four men ; in the other a thick pole old. is carried by two men, and the person to be honoured has to get astride of it. There were also the usual shooting galleries, a cheap theatre, and other accessories of a country fair. The Corby men claim under the same charter to be exempt from all tolls, from service on juries, and, according to some, from service in the militia. At the British school in the village John Anderson, the fugitive slave, is now being educated. THE BRIGHTON SEWERAGE. --Brighton has re solved to clean herself. A scheme of sewerage adequate to the wants of the town has been determined upon. The slovenly and detestable plan of running the sewage into the sea, to generate abominable odours by reaction with the salt water, has been wisely condemned. This and the other main principles laid down in these pages have been adopted as the basis of the new system. . A main sewer will col lect all the sewage of the town, and convey it to an outfall to the east of Rottingdean. At this point it will be dis charged into the sea twice in 24 hours, and the current will sweep it eastward, avoiding the risk of annoying any in habitants of the coast. As the whole cutting will be through chalk, the construction will be easy and inexpen sive. It is estimated that £30,000 will accomplish this im portant undertaking. Thus, for a sum which must be re garded as trifling in relation to the wealth of Brighton and the benefits that must result from the outlay, the town will be redeemed from the reproach of uncleanliness and disre gard to the health of the visitors. In accordance with the principle of the London main drainage scheme, provision is made for an outfall. But the plan is perfectly compatible with the utilization of the sewage for agricultural purposes. At anv part of its course through the main sewer leading to Rottingdean it will be quite feasible to pump out liquid sewage and apply it to the land. That this—the proper destination of the sewage•--will eventually take place we entertain no doubt. Mr. Brady's Committee will, it is hoped, not break up without demonstrating the methods of rescuing the sewage of towns from utter waste, The self cleansing ordinance adopted by the inhabitants of Brighton is an ample vindication of their public spirit. We, who, like all other toiling denizens of the great metropolis, have a personal interest in the salubrity of this beautiful water ing-place, rejoice in the decision. As sanitary monitors we are especially glad that the advice we felt it our duty to urge has been adopted in so liberal a spirit.—Lancet. A CHURCH ON FIRE.—On Sunday morning a fire was discovered on the premises occupied by Mr. T. C. R. King, a plumber and glazier on Elm-hill, Norwich, and although Mr. Hitchman, chief constable, and the city fire brigade\vere promptly on the spot, and a plentiful supply of watar was obtained, the shop was completely gutted, and great injury inflicted on the stock in trade. The premises adjoin the "Dutch Church," a portion of the conventual buildings which for manly formed part of a monastery of Black or Preaching Friars, but which at the period of the Reformation were secularised under the general title of St. Andrew's Hall. The Dutch Church, as its name implies, has, however, always continued to be devoted to public worship, having in bygone times been set apart for the use of the foreign Protestant refugees who settled in consider able numbers in Norwich some two centuries since. Of course, the loss of so interesting a relic of bygone times would have been deeply regretted, but although the roof caught fire, and the whole structure was for some time in imminent danger, it is satisfactory to find that the exertions of the firemen were succeosfal, and that the damage sus t a;ned by the church was comparatively small. The foreign Pretestant refugees having gradually become absorbed in the general population of Norwich, the church has latterly passed into the hands of a Dissenting body, and, notwith standing the injury occasioned to the roof, service was celebrated on &unday as usual. The damage sustained by Mr. King was very serious, but it is covered by an insur ance in the Norwich Union to the extent of £5OO. TOADS IN RocKs.—There is much reason to doubt that toads have ever been found alive in the heart of blocks of stone, hermetically closed. They may have some times crept in through chinks and crannies. and have con tinued alive for a comparatively long period; but the many stories told of their discovery in the solid and undisturbed strata of our earth will not bear examination. To a geolo gist the thing is simply impossible; the toad belonging to one age, and the rock to another, separated from it by mil lions of years. The toads, for example, of our secondary periods—the labyrinthodons of the Crystal Palace restora tions—were vastly unlike those of our own degenerate days ; and experiments have shown that, so far from being• able to sustain life for ages, this reptile dies, slowly indeed, but surely, in a few months, if immured in tho manner referred to by your correspondent, who m a y find the sub j ect ver y fairly discussed in White's "Natural History of Selborne," edited by Captain Thomas Brown, Edinburgh, 1833, note Queries. to Letter XXII., p. 55 . — Note s and VENOMOUS CATERPILLARS.—A most singular case, perhaps the only one on record, of death caused by caterpillars occurred a few days ago in the commune of Dardilly, near Lyons. A little boy, not more than eight years old, had gone into a neighbouring wood in quest of birds' nests. Perceiving one on the top of a tree, he climbed up, but in so doing shook duwn an immense num ber of caterpillars, many of which fell on his shirt, his only upper garment, and soon covered his breast, which was bare, and penetrated to his arms and shoulders. For a few minutes the child took no notice of this, but he soon felt such an itching sensation that he was compelled to get down again and run home for assistance. Upon examina tion his skin appeared covered with large red spots, which were soon followed by a general swelling, then by fever, somnolency, and delirium; and, notwithstanding all medi cal care, death ensued in the course of a few hours. Tho kind of caterpillar which caused this disaster was the DOM byx proce•ssionea of Reaumur, a very venomous species. Botanists know that if a nest of these insects be touched, or only stirred up with a stick, the person so doing, and re maining for some time near the spot, within reach of the emanations arising therefrom, will be attacked with a papu bons eruption of a more or less confluent nature, which will last several days, and be attended with violent itching. Dr. Calueell, physician to the hospital at Charenton, had preserved a nest of these caterpillars in a large glass phial, which was not opened for upwards of 10 years. At length, the phial being accidentally wanted, it was opened in the presence of several persons, who all caught the eruption. This strange property has even suggested to several mem bers of the faculty the idea of using these caterpillars in cases in which it is required to subject the skin to a strong and pet manent irritation. We may remark, in conclusion, that the number of caterpillars which infest the trees this year all over France is quite unprecedented—a circum stance which has called the attention of the authorities and of various learned societies to the question of protecting; inseetiverous birds, the on l y rea ll y efficacious enemies o caterpillar,—Gdz:ftianf'i .1148501.9er, LATEST NEWS. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 16. The amended consolidation scheme has been published to-day. The Caimes are to be withdrawn at the end of three months. The new Consols will be precisely similar to the MADRID, JUNE 17. The following official statement has been pub ished to-day "The Government, desiring to strengthen the ties which connect the colonies with the mother country, has determined on progressively granting prudent reforms until all inconveniences have been removed, and both the mother country and the colonies are governed by identical faws." In Congress yesterday the dissent of the Opposi tion members prevented any vote beirrg taken upon the expedition to Mexico. PARIS, lIIINE 16. In the Corps Legislatif to-day an additional article to the budget was presented, opening to the Ministers of War and of Marine a credit of 15 millions for the expedition to Mexico. The Paris papers of this evening contain news from Havannah to the 24th ult., stating that the French transports Seine and Douay, with 400 men, have arrived at Vera Cruz. Orders have been given by the Government to prepare ships of war to convey troops to Mexico. The Patrie of this evening states these rein forcements at 5,000 men. 3 30 P. 141. The Bourse has been very flat. Rentes closed at 68f. 35c., or 30c. lower than OD Saturday. TURIN, luNE 16. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Finance Minister presented a provisional sketch of the budget until the end of 1862. The Minister requested an authorisation to aug ment the Treasury bonds by 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 lire pending the receipt of the returns arising from the sale of the Church property. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, the Ministry brought in a bill granting the concession of the railways in the southern provinces and of others in Lombardy to the Talabot-Rothschild Company. DRESDEN, JUNE 16. In to-day's sitting of the Second Chamber, the report of the Committee proposing the adhesion of Saxony to the Commercial Treaty with France was unanimously voted. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 16. The Northern Bee of to-day says :—" Two Sun day-schools, in which teachers justified incendiar ism, have been closei by order of the Emperor." The reports of conflagrations having taken place at Moscow are denied. BELGRADE, MONDAY. A Servian boy was murdered yesterday evening by some Turkish soldiers. This caused a sangui nary conflict between the Turks and Servians, which lasted the whole night. Two of the suburban gates were demolished. By the intervention of the foreign Consuls order has just been re-established. The Turkish Militia have been withdrawn from the city, and the Turkish inhabitants placed under the protection of the Servian authorities. ' FRANCE. BotritsE, dune 16.—The market has been heavy, speculators continuing to fear uneasiness on account of the last news received front Mexico. Business limited in amount, at a slight decline on the closing rates of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f 40c. Railway Share Market quiet. The market closed as follows:- 4t per per Cents ... 97 10 Bank Shares 3180 Do. end month.... Credit Fonder 1670 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 35 Italian Loan 72 75 New 3 per Cents .. 68 30 Roman Do. end month.... 69 35 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... Spanish Threes 52 75 Do. end month.... Home Debt - ItA.ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleano 1285 .. 1286 25 Northern .... lO7O .. 1071 25 New ditto •— • . Lyons and Mediterranean 1102 50 .. 1103 75 Geneva .. Southern 845 .. 846 25 Western Eastern Sardinian 377 50 .. 380 Austrian Lombard . ITALY. A revolutionary demonstration took place at Palermo on the Bth, when about 400 persons assembled in the two principal streets of that city, uttering cries of " Down with Ratazzi! Down with the Parliamene ! Garibaldi for ever ! Crispi for ever ! " No farther disturbance occurred. A letter from Rome gives the following account of the grand ceremonial of the canonisation of the Japanese martyrs at St. Peter's : " I went to the cathedral at half-past 6 in the morning, and with some difficulty elbowed my way through the crowd to the reserved seat assigned me. Soon after every available place was occupied. The officers of the French staff were in full uniform, and in the gallery appropriated to the diplomatic body I noticed the Marquis de Lavalette and Baron de Bach. In the Prince's gallery, near the alter, were the King and Queen of Naples, with his Majesty's brothers and uncle. From the grand portal to the altar was posted a triple line of soldiers, composed of the Guard Noble in their splendid white, blue, and gold uniform, the Zouaves, and French troops. It was remarked that when the French arrived they displaced the Pontifical Zouaves, who became indig nant, and threatened to withdraw altogether. M. de Charette, their officer, at first refused to command his men, but was at last pacified by the intervention of Mgr. de Merode. At seven a great movement was perceptible, the procession having left the grand staircase of the Vatican, and a countless train of monks, canons, and other ecclesiastics, suc cessively passed between the lines of the Guard Noble and the French troops. The spectacle of the Bishops filing off on each side of the altar was exceedingly imposing. Among the French pre lates, I recognised Mgrs. Dupanloup and Parisis, whose dignified attitude especially struck me. Next came the Oriental Bishops in their rich and pictu resque costumes; then the cardinals, and after them the Pope, carried in his chair of State, with the triple crown on his head. His countenance ex pressed meekness and composure, but he looked pale, probably owing to a kind of sea-sickuess pro duced by being carried on men's Pope took his seat on the throne a t s htohuel extremity s t e I t i y e o s in ue g ee h s o s m iv a e g ly e of the building, and the cereamobniyshoofpds began, all the cardinals and foot of the throne. prostrating themselves .at I could clearly distinguish the a The el in tonedsPoonterounsexvtoice, In the Litany of the Saints, wh,i,c,rhowraosgathmeunssuaundgi after which standing erect, his cope held by ten or ils o f the:g CardinalV n i c A re n at to or n , e , l i h e .. twelve prelates , h e read the decree of can onisation. tlVheen his Holiness had concluded, the soprani o f the Papal Cha p el sang the " Te Deum," in w hi c h the French priests, who were scattered over every part of the church, also took part. The heat had no w become intolerable, and the smoke of the thou sands of tapers filled the atmosphere with a yellow haze, and rendered breathing almost impossible. At half-pa ,t ten the Pope celebrated mass, partly from his throne and partly at the altar, After the Gospel had been read, his Holiness delivered a short homily, in which he dwelt upon the great merits of the canonised saints, and on the salutary effects which might be henceforth derived from their intercession. At the offertory, four offerings were successively brought by prelates :—First, five huge tapers, decorated with paintings, ribbons, and flowers; then two loaves of white bread; thirdly, two gilt barrels, which I can have no doubt . contained the richest wine; and lastly two cages, in which were doves, turtles, and several pretty birds. Meanwhile the crowd had increased, the atmosphere had become still more suffocating, and the tapers had ceased burning for want of air. At half-past twelve I could endure it no longer, and accord ingly left the church half an hour before the ceremony concluded. On the following day, in a general consistory, the Pope, as doubtless you have heard by telegraph, delivered a long Latin allocu tion, to which the bishops replied in an address read by Cardinal Mattei. I understand that the Ro man prelates severely criticise document as a literary composition. It was the joint produc tion of Mgr. Dapanloup, Cardinal Wiseman, and. others, and is not considered a very good specimen of Latinity by the Roman prelates, who are in general excellent Latinists. After the consistory the prelates dispersed over the Vatican till dinner, which was served in the library at two. The num ber present was 308, all ecclesiastics, The Pope sat at a raised table, in company with eight foreign, cardinals, two of whom were French. The rep.Ast was gay, and the Pope laughed a good deal. At four, the whole of the guests walked in the gardens of the Vatican, and afterwards took coffee at the Villa Pia, one of the prettiest architectural creations of modern times. The day after most of the bishops dined with their respective ambassadors. The French priests flocked in crowds to the Quirinal to see the King of Naples and his family. They were received en masse, and I am informed by a person present that they cried, Vivent les Bourbons!" THE IN7ERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Yesterday was but an average day at the Exhi bition ; indeed, considering that it was on Monday, the returns did not come up to the standard. The total admisssions were 41,436, of whom 37,755 paid at the doors, and 3,681 were admitted by season tickets. The Prince of Wales, accomranied by the Princess Alice, paid his first visit yesterday; and their Royal Hignesses who were conducted by Sir Charles Dilke, visited almost every part of the building. They were, of course, recognised wherever they passed, and if the crowd at times pressed rather closely round tne party, it may be only fair to put it down to a very excuseable interest in the Prince's return from his recent travels rather than to any mere vulgar curiosity. We must again urge upon the Commissioners the necessity of providing further precautions in some shape or other in the machinery annexe. Sooner or later some dreadful calamity will happen unless means are taken to pre vent people wandering at their will among all the moving wheels and belts. It was only on Friday last that a lady's dress was caught in one of the machines, and but for the energetic interference of the bystanders and the ready„ presence of mind of the attendant, who instantly threw the machinery out of gear„-the consequences might have been serious accident. The portion of the Exhibition which will excite most interest, however, is the contributions from the Cairo Museum. The Viceroy, among his other titles to distinction, has the credit of being the first Mus sulman Sovereign who has formed a museum. In stead of destroying the monuments of antiquity he has done all in his power to preserve them, and under the care of the accomplished director, M. Auguste Mariette,who acts as his chief commissioner here, a collection is rapidly being formed at Cairo, which, though now only two or three years old, is in some respects already superior to any of the European museums. In one of the cases in this court is exhibited a collection of ancient Egyptian jewellery of extraordinary rarity, all the results of researches carried on by M. Mariette at Thebes, and with one or two exceptions all forming part of the funeral ornaments of Queen Aan-Hoteh, the mother of Amosis, the first King of the 18th dynasty. Without going deeper into the mysteries of Egyptian chronology, we may say that her Majesty lived about 1,900 8.8., or 500 years before the time of Moses, which will bring her somewhere about the time of Joseph. Visitors should bear this in mind when they remark the beautiful finish of the workmanship, and the still brilliant colours of the stones with which they are ornamented. The savans are sure to clus ter round this case and to examine every ornament minutely, but for the general public it is sufficient to specify some of the principal objects. In the front of the case is a poinard, the blade of whisk is elaborately chased with figures representing the fight of a lion and a bull, and close by the hilt is the catiouche, or private seal of King Amosis. Behind is a diadem of massive gold, in the front of which is a box, with the cartouche graven on it, supported by two exquisitely carved sphynxce. The posterior portion is set with coloured stones, lapis lazuli, cornelian and tur quoise, and it has a peculiar tongue rising above the head, which served to divide the hair of the wearer. A hatchet—the symbol of divinity—has on the blade a curious representation of Amosis sacrificing a barbarian captive, and on the handle a complete genealogy of his Majesty. A massive gold chain, pretty nearly a yard long, suspended to a scaralneus of marvellous workmanship, and near it is a collar of equal beauty, with three large golden bees suspended from it. The most curious article is a golden boat mounted on four wheels, with 12 oars men in silver, and a figure in gold seated in the midst, probably an effigy of the dead Queen. This is supposed to symbolise the voyage of the soul after death, and may be regarded as another proof of the belief of the Egyptians in the immortality of the soul. The most 'elaborate of all the orna ments is a pectoral, or brooch, which represents King Amosls between two divinities, who are pour ing over him the water of purification. Both aides of this ornament are beautifully finished—one side in gold, the other in coloured stones. There are a profusion of other ornaments—bracelets, rings, necklaces—in gold of excellent quality, all of which were found on her Majesty's person, and all of them, it is conjectured, made specially for her adornment in the coffin. The two great earrings are of a later date, and bear the cartouche of Rameses, of the 20th dynasty. On the other side of the court is a case which contains a com plete Pantheon of the Egyp tian deities, am o n g rarest which m au o t s i t ful be fi su g t u iu r f e l. of l A sis sm is a , Egyptian demon, about the size of one's little finger, in blue enamel, is unique, and a great price has already been offered for it by the director of the Museum of the Louvre. The figures of the hippo.. potamus and the little head below are remarkable for the beautiful shade of blue—the real bleu c r E g ypte, which modern manufacturers have in vain attempted to reproduce. It has generally been be lieved that the Egyptians had no knowledge of the art of enamelling ; but this theory is destroyed by these specimens, as well as by a votive vase found in the tomb of Ame ßo h . , p is (the Greek Memnon), which is ornamented h wit small plaques of various coloured enamels. The most curious object in the case is a sort of model mummy case. By the side of the body sits the soul, and on the side of the coffin are inscribed prayers supposed to be addressed to the body by the soul, beseeching it to remain undisturbed until the day of resurrection, when the two will be found together again. We have men tioned these articles because, though they are per haps not altogether within the scope of the Exhibi tion, they are unique of their kind, and are certain to excite great interest among all persons who take an interest in these subjects. O ver t hi s very com plete illustration of ancient and modern Egypt is fitly placed a fine portrait of Alehemet energetic founder of the modern prosperity of the country. "ESSAYS AND REVIEWS." —Judgment will be given in the cases of the Bishop of Salisbury v. Williatus, and Fendall v. Wilson," in the Arches Court, sitting in 1,14 RollsCcart) Westmiwiter, oa Wednesday uezt, ~~~: