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NL, HAYMARKET. IHEAT RE- „ :4 . J . B. Buckstoc. • L " e" c, al itae)OUß AMERICAN COUSIN. HIS EVENING (92 1 urn; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck- Lord Dundreaxy, Mr- " atone. Picture, under Two Lights, Alter TII J d , a II au s ":OII.TRAIT. Mr. Howe, Air. W. nutlet'. Varren, Mrs. C. Young, lI,Y JARS. To euuelude with FAA. cue a 7 R OY A L i, "CEUM THEATRE. Manao,er.. :Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, 12,09. time of the new and original Drama entitled. PEEP O , D AN .. or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs Walter Lacy, Ilermazn Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fill ::-,ner ; Mrs. D. P. Bow 'l's' Miss Clara Weston. After which, a new Id orierinal Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE REL iZIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of the Rose, the Thistle nd the Shamrock. Principal charac ters by Mr, Chas. Selby. Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and 1/iss Lydia Thompson. Actin.' Mane ;er—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. 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Wonderful Peri, mance of Mr. Bell's trained Elephants. THIS EvEu - N, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE BAJATI .-4-11 ORE. introducing two colo.cai Asiatic Elephan*Act pronounced by all to be the cleverest animals ....0 . 4 ,-.arcreit hlyted. To be followed by brilliant and daring feats by the un rivalled Troupe of Equestrians. Concluding with a comic Ballet of Action, introducing Mr. Hairy Croueste and the Misses Gunn's. age Manager, Mr. W. Searle. AND FINE C ANTERBU HALL ARTS GALLERY. The renowned ROCKY MU CKONTAIN WONDERS, at ten o'clock, for a few evenings only. Grand Selections from " La Sonnambula" and "Dinorah," by Mdme. Negri, Signor Tivoli, and dr. Raynor, with Band and tull Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The Comic Department by Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. J. G. Forde, Mr. W. Randall, Messrs. Hildebrandt and Ormond, and Miss Caroline Parkes. 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NOTICE. Ail remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. Se ' 4 0 , iftl4l 4- 4 , rt:7 •., „ . t 4 ' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1862. _ A gooa 4 . , t+.1 of time was again wasted last even -Irig upon _ _ _ _ question as to the advantage or disadvantage of competitive examinations. Mr. HENNESSY, it will be observed from our epitome of the debates else where, began the discussion, according to notice, by moving a resolution " in favour of throwing open junior clerkships in the Civil Service by e system of competitive examination to all subjects of the QUEEN fulfilling certain conditions as to age, health, and character, and that with this view it was desirable that the experiment first tried at the East India House in 1857 should be repeated from time to time in the other depart ments of the Civil Service." This proposition having been seconded by Mr. VANSITTART, was met by an amendment of Mr. BAILLIE COCH RANE'S (amusingly seconded by Mr. PEACOCR)— an amendment running to the effect "That many of the qualities constituting a good public officer —good principles, good habits, sound judgment, general intelligence, and energy—cannot be tested by any plan of public competition ; the introduc tion, therefore, of such a system into all the de /iartments of the public service would be very injurious to their efficiency." Eventually, after a rather smart discussion, this amendment of Mr. COCHRANE'S, on being put to the House, was emphatically negatived. And the original motion was then left face to face with the War Secre- tary's counter-resolution, that of simply moving the previous question. Upon a division, Sir G. LEWIS thus, it will be perceived, effectually quashed the proposal of Mr. HENNESSY by carrying the previous question by a clear majority of 21 in a house of 153. Lost, and therefore utterly useless, as an effort to, wards further legislation of any kind in regard to the guleject of which it treated, though Mr. HENNESSY'S motion consequently was—it originated a discus sion, so lively and searching, upon the merits and demerits of the system of competitive examinations that the seemingly idle squandering of the time consumed upon it yesterday is really and truly not to be regretted. If the Government— and the House of Commons with it—declined to accede to Mr. HENNESSY'S jaunty proposition that the experiment adventured upon in 1857 at the India House should not be repeated and extended in other branches or departments of the Civil Ser vice`We imagine that few will hesitate to recognize the r easonableness of the decision arrived at by the Gove rnment. And a decision very lucidly explained by Sir GEORGE LEwis when he remarked, that they (her 'MAJESTY'S Ministers) had established with regard to those clerks whose duties were I merely mechanical a standard simple of examina tion, while as to those from whom more intellectual activity was required they had instituted ad nstitute° a compe titive examination, found e d a limited competition, and they were not prepared eithe r to go back to simple the system competition, or to adopt the system of indiscriminate and open competition, in which the head of Vie offi:te would be wholly i.Ttl spon3ible ;or the moral character and conduct of diffe rent the candidate." Here is exactly one of those wise decisons known as a se lection amon g CAMSCS of the juste milieu. It is out of the question to suppose that the Government, th at would be pre- TIOIVIdayS any (iovcrnment for that matter, pared summarily to abolish the existin; system of competitive examinations. It is equally out of the question, we take it, to imagine that Ministers are, on the other hand, ready at any one's instance, to widen and widen its application —the application , that is, of the new system among the various depart - Tae nts of the public klervice. In the general principles of the existing system, a statesman of advanced in telligence, tike the noble lord the member for King's •-, .. Lynn, could find it in his heart, without any hesitation, to express his appri )val last evening. Yet even Lord STANLEY would shrink from asserting for one monient that the system as it is—like every new system in point of fact—does not admit of very considerable im provement. It only required that the House should listen as well as it could, between explosions of laughter, to the ludicrous illustrations of the folly and fatuity still requiring to be eliminated from the system as it is at present organised—the numerous illustrations of this capacity for improvement, ad duced and gravely applied, among others, to the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exche quer by Mr. PEACOCK ! Particularly in regard to the problem ,of . any etymological connection dis coverable between the nightingale's thrill, the horse's nostril, and the diverse drill—worn by the negro, practised by the soldier, and used by the carpenter ! A nonsensical jumble actually down upon the printed examination papers from which Mr. PEA COCK was reading last night to his Laughing Audience in the House of Commons. Other " puz zlers" for novices, were also quoted from the same preposterous examination papers by the same hon. member—who must certainly be allowed to have thereby. fully proved his case : as, for example, " Who was the author of Polyolbion ?'"—"Who called CHAUCER'S principal poem—[And, by the way, what is its title ?]—' the well of English undefiled?"' —Or, again, " What are the titles of the poems writ ten by PIERS PLOWMAN ?" As if the correctly an swering of questions like those could in any conceivable degree serve to demonstrate the suitability of a candidate for a Government clerk ship! No wonder Mr. PEACOCK indignantly asserted yesterday that the best clerks were often unable to answer the papers thus sagely designed to test their capabilities ! And no wonder the House applauded the hon. member when he said it. No—before we dream of extending the appli cation of the present system of competitive examinations among the other departments, let us systematically and resolutely endeavour to improve it as a system wherever it is already applied. The rest will follow. And we argue thus—precisely as in regard to the ques tion of Parliamentary Reform, we would always maintain the advisability of improving the repre sentative system as it now is, before dreaming of ex tending it, or in other words, of giving the boon of the Ballot precedence over that of the extension of the Suffrage. Mr. GLADSTONE and his commander-in-chief, who gallantly came to his aid last night, have received an avertissement for Thursday, by a ma jority of 127 to 116. The House seems suddenly to have taken fire on the fire duty, and we can only express our hope that the fire will not be extin guished till it has consumed the unnatural impost. Mr. SHERIDAN'S proposal was one of the most moderate—not immediate abolitior —not abolition at all—only one shilling out of the three down, and another shilling five years hence. The last shilling to remain, like the same duty on corn, as a kind of monument, sacred to the memory of the un wisdom of our forefathers. But for these monumental shillings future generations might hardly believe that their forefathers had taxed heavily both the food of the people and the pru dence of the possessors of the more destructible kinds of property. When the chief arguments of the Government were, first, wait till Wednesday ; and, next, remem ber that much may be said against every tax, we may be pretty sure that much could not be said for a Fire Insurance Duty. It is true all taxes are evils. All curtail the consumption, or lessen the use of the artielia tia....A.. on a__ - - - - d-- or some luxuries, comforts, or even necessaries, he might otherwise command; and, so far, when the repeal of a tax is asked, the question of the comparative evils of its incidence is raised. But there may be taxes which border upon the immoral,which deter men not from indulgence in luxuries but from the exercise of virtues, and the Fire Insurance duty comes very close to this. If prudence be not the noblest of the virtues, it is one of the most valuable in regard to the very safety of society ; and the condemned duty unquestionably operates as a tax on prudence. When a person, thinking of insuring a thousand pounds' worth of property, learns that he must pay to the Exchequer a hundred, and, on a large portion of property, even two hundred, per cent. more than the company would charge him, he is but too apt imprudently to exclaim—" Then, I'll risk it." It is not easy to ascertain the amount of property thus imprudently "risked," but it is cer tainly very large ; and almost as certain that the duty is the chief cause of the imprudence. If Mr. NEWMARSIeS calculation be correct, that 80 per cent. of the insurable property in London alone was uninsured, we cannot doubt that the cost of insurance is the reason. Of the inequality of the tax one or two consi derations, obvious to all, show that, in this respect, not even the Income-tax can surpass it. It is one which the prudent man is compelled by his prudence to pay, while his reckless neighbour escapes without paying a penny. Were the tax levied on all combustible property, it would be to that extent equal. As, however, insurance is voluntary, we are told that 80 per cent. of such property evades the tax. The Chancellor of the Exchequer makes a toll-gate, or octroi barrier, of prudence. Again, one large class of persons are exempted from the tax by special favour. As landlords make our laws we cannot be surprised that they should remember themselves, and the fact is that the pro duce of their estates pays no duty ! We do not wish the insurance of farming produce to be taxed, especially as the tax was repealed to enable the offices to face agricultural incendiarism at a lower rate of premium ; but we can see no reason why manufacturing incendiarism is not met in a similar manner. At the present moment the rates of in surance on farming stock are much lower than on most manufacturing produce. And then there is, what has always struck us as the grand inequality of all—the fire insurance duty is levied on one class of property only, and that just the class which has the better claim to exemp tion—on combustible property. All the enormous amount of property in land, mines, canals, fisheries, &c., which is safe from the risk of fire, is safe also from a charge of 3s. per cent. by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. We can conceive of no law, but the good old one of the strongest, which could convert that which lessens the values of property into a means of taxing it. Land, for instance, cannot take fire— it escapes, therefore, any premium for insurance against it. Stock in trade may be burnt in a few hears, and at any moment, hence it pays to the insurance office a premium for security. But not content w i th this paw , al disadvantage and tax, the Cnancellor of the Exchequer steps in and doub` e a the disadvantage of goods as compared with land ! Exact justice would rather require that land sh ou l d Pay an its incombustibility, and annual tax on account of that.combustible property should be exempt. The principle to sudden loss, and of exempting of taxing liability froth it, can never bear a moment's g v absolute security consideration. We think we have said enough to show that this TAO DON, WEDNES kV EVENING, APRIL 2, 1862. THE rtSUN; tax is infinitely more vicious in its essential prin ciples than the late paper duty, or than most of the repealed taxes. It stands by itself in its immediate inequality and in its immoral bearings. It could not have subsisted so long, but that it is paid by the most prudent part of the community, and pru dent men are generally patient men. Nothing, in deed, can be said for it, except that the Chancellor of the Exchequer must get money how and where he can. We remember Sir G. C. LEWIS, when he had to fight for it, invented, by the aid of a subordinate, a most ludicrously ingenious argument ; if, said he, the risk be slight and the premium low, the insur ance may pay, as on house property, two hundred per cent. duty, and he can afford it. Had he carried out his argument he must have added, but if the risk be nil—he can well afford a higher tax ; and, therefore, we shall levy one on all incombustible property at least equal to the average charge for premium and duty on other property. That equit able and logical conclusion did not of course suit Sir GEORGE. But he did not stop there. If, said he, the risk be great, and the premium high, the proportions of the tax are reversed. If, for instance, the premium be three or four times the tax, the tax becomes only thirty-three or twenty-five per cent. ! As if the 1 reversal of the proportions, by largely increasing the total charge to the insured, made it easier for him to bear the tax ! We exposed this extraordi nary fallacy at the firrin Th.' :A. t— (so an illustration of the extent to which a most able man can be blinded by a pre-conceived determina tion; In no other way can we account for the fact that a Chancellor of the Exchequer should gravely tell the House of Commons and the country what amounts to this—that a man who had paid ten or twenty shillings to an office to insure his property could better afford:a three shillings tax, in addition, than a man who had paid but eighteenpence for the safety of his hundred pounds. The palpable fact being that the hardship of the tax increases in pro portion as its ratio to the premium diminishes, and vice versa ; till, if paid for property which fire could not injure, the hardship might be said to vanish. On a broad view of the whole case, we cannot but think the House of Commons did wisely in expressing its opinion so decidedly last night. The kind interest shown by Sir ROBERT PEEL ' and other members of the House of Commons in the fate of the victims of priestly intolerance in Spain seems to have been worse than thrown a way. On an appeal against the first sentence of seven years' labour in the galleys for reading the Bible, these simple - hearted Spaniards had four years each added to their punishment. Their reading the Bible was construed as " attempting to abolish or change in Spain the Catholic, Apostolic, and Ro man religion "—a crime punished by the 128th article of the penal code with imprisonment and subsequent banishment if the accused were a public functionary, and with the " major impri sonment," if any one else! Such is Spanish law —such are Popish priests when they are in power. Well did Lord PALMERSTON describe the case on the 14th of March last in the House of Commons :—" The Spanish nation is a nation full of valiant, noble, chivalrous feelings and senti ments; but unfortunately in Spain the Catholic priesthood exercise a sway greater than that they possess in any other country; and, however libe ral—l believe I may say so—the Catholic laity in most countries are, history tells us that wher ever the priesthood gets the predominance the utmost amount of intolerance as invariably pre vails. And although in countries where they form ia minority b i 1.... ....1 . . A /Iva QV., ne i ,70.x.......7.«.. ........ .......1- ‘oiera non ut equality, in countries where they are predominant neither equality nor toleration exists. Well, sir, the case in this instance bears upon law. It does not depend upon the will and ac tion of the Government. There are ancient laws of the most intolerant and persecuting kind which have been called into action by the ministers of the Christian religion, and that action has been the condemnation of these unhappy men to pun ishment which must in its nature be revolting to the minds of liberal persons." Had they been condemned for reading and teaching the Koran, or the publications of a Spanish HOLYOAKE, the cruelty would have been equally indefensible, and equally disgraceful to the faith to which its perpetrators belong. What can the reli gion be worth which cannot hold its ground against the teachers of other religions, which forbids people, if it eau, to hear of any religion except through its own priests; and which fetters the free choice of its professors by ignorance, maintained by imprison ment in the galleys for eleven years P We have a striking corroboration of the truth of Lord PALMER STON'S observations from Spain itself. A Romish journal at Madrid, the Clamor Publico, shows how differently educated laymen, there, appreciate the rights of conscience from what the priests do. In a noble article, of which, though long, we insert the greater part, the writer observes : "We frankly confess that so cruel a sentence has made a profound impression upon us, because it inflicts a wound and injury on men whose offence consists in professing a creed differing from that of the established religion. We are well aware that the penal code in this instance, con formable with the ancient laws of the kingdom, prescribes the penalty of the severest imprisonment (prisiori mayor) on those who endeavour to abolish or alter, directly or in directly, in Spain the Roman Catholic apostolic religion. But it dees seem to us that, looking at the spirit of the age, and the tolerance which, in matters of faith, all the Govern ments of the world are showing, we could and ought to dis play less rigour against those who, in their relations with divinity, practise other worship under the belief, however mistaken, that heaven will thus be open to them. " And our sorrow is increased when we consider what would become of ourselves—ardent and sincere Catholics as we are—if in other countries where fortune or misfor tune should oblige us to reside we were treated like the unfoi tunate persons who are groaning in the prisons of Granada. For is it not a contradiction that the Spaniards residing in England, France, Germany, and even in Mo rocco, are able to worship the God of their fathers as their heart and conscience dictate, although the dominant wor ship is different from ours; while here, those who do not conform to the established religion are persecuted, prose cuted, condemned, and martyred? Is it just, is it creditable to us, that the fanatical sectaries of the Karen should give us lessons of tolerance ? What should we say if, on the plea of reprisals, our brethren living in Protestant coun• tries were condemned to renounce their religion under pain of being punished for exercising it with the brand of the reprobate and the chain of the convict ? " Christian charity—that charity which our Divine Master taught us—advises us to compassionate those who have their eyes shut against the light of truth, and that we should endeavour to regenerate them, not with punishment, which tortures and humiliates, but by means of example and persuasion, which may command the understanding. We should be very glad if the Government, appreciating these brief observations with the intelligent spirit of the age, and seeing in them no more than the frank and loyal expression of good intentions, should advise the Crown to make use, in this case, of the most beautiful of its prero gatives, and temper with pardon and clemency the inexo rable rigour of justice." But what are British Catholics about ? Arc they content to rest under the stigma of being equally indifferent to the civil liberties of Roman Italians, and the religious liberties of Spanish Nonconfor mists ? Can they read such remarks as those of the Clamor Publico and not blush to think that, loudly as they demanded, and gladly as English liberals accorded them, Catholic emancipation here, not a breath of theirs las ever pleaded with their co-religionists in Spaitto grant Protestant emanci pation there ? What if Cardinal WISEMAN doing— he ought to feel some iterest in religious liberty in Spain. He knows allabout it here, and were he to head a bona fide mcaorial to the priesthood of Spain, on the contras suggested by the Clamor Publico between the ttatment of Catholics in Eng land and Protestants ix Spain, it could not but have its weight. We can assure the priests of England and Ireland that theircool-blooded indifference to Catholic persecutions if Protestants—persecutions justly characterised byLord PALMERSTON as "re volting"—does more tian anything else to maintain in English minds the b3lief that Popery is an essen tially persecuting religon. At the present day the creed which can complacently look on while its pro fessors, when they hare the power, are guilty of such atrocities, in the name of religion, as now dis grace Spain, is a creed which must bear more than the suspicions of being radically inhuman. We hope better things of British Catholics ; but if they do not purge themselves of the complicity of apathy or approbation, in regard to priestly crimes against conscience in Spain, they must allow lookers-on to draw their own inference. LATEST NEWS. THE INTERVENTION IN MEXICO. The Moniteur of to-day, in its bulletin, says:— " The Spanish papers assert that the Government of the Emperor had requested the Cabinet of Madrid to recall General Prim. This news is entirely false. The French Government confined itself to express ing its disapproval of the convention concluded be tween Generals Prim and Doblado, and afterwards accepted by the Plenipotentiaries of the Allies, be cause this convention appeared to it to be contrary to the dignity of France. M. de Saligny has in consequence been entrusted with the full political powers with which Admiral Jurien de la Graviere was invested. Admiral Jurien de la Graviere has received orders to re-assume simply the command of the naval division. MADRID, APRIL 1. It is asserted that Spain, sharing the opinion of France, disapproves the convention concluded at Soledad with the Mexican Plenipotentiaries. PARIS, APRIL 2. The Paris papers of to-day publish the following telegraphic despatch : CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 1. The news received here from Syra concerning the surrender of NAuplia is unfounded. The citadel will vet be able to hold out four months. The 150 men within it will only treat with the Bing, and demand the dismissal of the Ministry, the dissolu tion of the Chamber, the arming of the National Guard, and the appointment of a successor to the Throne. THE INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SUEZ, APRIL 1, 9.15 P.M. The Calcutta, China, and Australian mails have arrived here to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. BOURSE, April I.—Two o'clock.—The attention of speculators has been occupied with the arrange ments consequent on the monthly settlement, to the exclusion of any fresh operations. The business done has therefore been limited, and prices have receded, Threes, for the present Account, being now at 691 r. 65c. The Railway Share market has Lthout any material varia- been rather heavy, but w tion in prices. Three o'clock.—The fol tions 4t per per Cents 97 20 Do. end month 7 20 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 50 New 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 55 Credit Mobilier 767 50 Do. Account — lowing are the last quota. Bank Shares 3090 - Credit F °lacier 1535 Belgian 41.. lolg Piedmontese Fives 67 85 Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt RAILWAYS, Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1122 50 .. 1120 Geneva .. 360 Southern 778 75 .. 777 50 Western Eastern .... Sardinian 361 50 .. 365 Austrian Lombard , 565 .. 565 AUSTRIA. A letter fxom Vienna, dated the 24th of March; says : " The report that Lord Bloomfield has gone on a journey to Belgrade is not confirmed. The English Ambassador has returned here after a stay of three days at Pesth. The object of his lordship's visit to Pesth was a mission from the Austrian Cabinet, or rather a mission from the Emperor Francis Joseph, which .7,- ..-racsmitisa tv bim by, count Rechberg. It was to make coauthor attempt at a rapprochement between Austria and Hungary. It appears that Lord Bloomfield addressed his propositions to M. Francis Peak, but it is not certain that he had any personal interview with the chief of the party of the address. I am informed that Count George Karolyi acted as intermediary be : tween M. Deak and the British Ambas sador. As regards the tenour of the proposals made I cannot say anything exactly, but it is sup posed that the Emperor—who, it may be observed, does not share all the views of M. de Schmerling respecting Hungary—would recognise to a certain point the Hungarian Constitution if, in that case, the Diet would consent to send delegates, not to the Council of the Empire, but to a commission chosen from within that Assembly, so as to fix by common agreement the basis of an understanding between Hungary and Austria. I give you this as a supposition based upon certain facts which I believe to be authentic. However it may be, Lord Bloomfield does not appear to have had any better success than Count Apponyi and other officious in termediaries. In fact, after having announced his intention of remaining a fortnight at Pesth with Lady Bloomfield, his Excellency left the Hunga rian capital on the fourth morning of his stay, leaving his wife and nephew there, promising to re turn to Hungary in a day or two. He, however, on his arrival at Vienna, telegraphed to Lady Bloom field that he had given up the idea of returning to Pesth. It is, therefore, to be presumed that the reply he brought back was so unsatisfactory that further negotiations were deemed superfluous. Thus another attempt at reconciliation has failed, and the ideas of M. de Schmerling prevail. M. de Schmerling's colleagues are downcast, for if they admit on the one hand that the system of the Minister logically recommends itself, they at the same time do not conceal from themselves the im possibilities of its realization, in the face of a coun try, powerful from its political intelligence, and by the union of sentiments which animate the different parties as soon as the relations with Austria are mooted. All those men who have endeavoured to effect a good understanding with Hungary—as Counts Esterhazy, Forgach, Szechen, Apponyi— have all failed against the sentiments of indepen dence and legality manifested by the Hungarian patriots. The status quo will be maintained, and the convocation of the Diet, which ought to have taken place already, is adjourned by the fact at least to next autumn. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. a (411. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 5-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills r t 60 days' sight is 111; to 112 per cent., and thepremium on gold about 11 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the im portation of gold from the United States. THE NEW CUNARD STEAMER SCOTIA.—The Royal mail steamship Scotia went out of dock at Liverpool on Monday for an official trial of speed, under the superinten - dente of Messrs. Luke and Dinnea, Admiralty surveyors. The Scotia was loaded to her average load line, and per formed the distance between the Bell Buoy and the North. Nest Light-ship at the rate of nearly 15 knots per hoar— or upwards of 17 statute miles per hour. AGRICULTURE IN NORFOLK.—The weather has been very wet of late in Norfolk, although a change took place on Saturday, and the heavy rains have improved the growing wheat crop on the light lands, In some localities land has been resown with Talavera, and other spring varieties. The bulk of the wheats in Norfolk look well, but there is a greater deficiency of plant than was at one time imagined. Barley was to a great extent got in in excellent order in February, but the wet weather which has since prevailed has rendered it possible to plant only small quan tities during the month which closed yesterday. A few fine days would permit the dry lands to be worked to advan tage, but on stiff soils the remainder of the crop will not be planted this season in very good order. The grass crops have profited greatly by the abundance of moisture, and only require a genial spring to assume a great development. As regards the immediately available keep for stock, the swedes hold out well, but the naangolds are, unfortunately, turning out unsound to a rather considerable extent. COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 1. Her Majesty and the Princess Alice walked in the grounds this morning. axnu vtuuuys aria tAncrnat trio iron. A. Liddell rmvo succeeded Lord Methuen and Lieutenant-General Sir H. Bentinck as Lord and Groom in Waiting. Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat hav e succeeded Colonel the Hon. A. Hood and Colonel the Hon' Arthur Hardinge as Equerries to her Majesty. A meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall was held yesterday at the duchy office, Buckingham-gate, St. James's-park. There were present the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir Wm. Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Seal; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney- General ; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, treasurer, and Lord Portman. A deputation respecting the arrival of large quantities of the inflammable fluid, American petroleum, or rock oil, in the port of London, and the risk attending its storage at the various wharfs and docks, had an interview with Secretary Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation respecting the Thames Conservancy, cen sisting of Admiral Stopford, Captain Sulivan, and Captain Burstal, Secretary, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., yesterday, at her Majesty's Office of Works, Whitehall•place. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi entertained at dinner, on Monday even ing, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excel lency the Saxon Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Marl borough, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Earl and Countess Stanhope, the Earl of MalmesburY) Viscount Sydney, Lord Stanley, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Baillie Coch rane, Count Brandenburg, Count Waldstein, &c. Later in the evening the Countess Apponyi had a small assembly. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury will come to town to-morrow from visiting the Earl and Coun tess Spencer, at Althorp Park, Northampton. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke and Lady Agneta Yorke have left Melton Mowbray, for their seat, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. Viscount Royston has returned to town. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have left Penton's Hotel for Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland. The Earl and Countess of Rosebery have arrived at their residence in Piccadilly, from their seat in Scotland, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith have arrived in town from Bowhill, Selkirk. His lordship has taken the Earl of Durham's mansion in Grosvenor-square for the season. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere will leave Bridgewater House to-day for Worsley Hall, Manchester. Lady Henniker had an assembly last evening, at the family mansion in Grafton-street. CAPTAIN ROBERTSON'S COURT-MARTIAL.—SOMe idea, etlya -1 1 • , 7 , 7Z. 711,47, voluminous nature of the proceedings in this ease, from the fact that the cost of nosts... Lond,of tue postage containing the p roc 6 e di ngs amounted ARRIVAL OF LIVING PARADISE BIRDS.—The Zoological Society of London have enriched their largo col lection of living birds by the addition of two young males of the leseer bird of Paradise (Paradises Papuana), from New Guiana, which arrived yesterday at the gardens in the Regent's-park, in good health and fine condition. They were procured for the society by the well-known zoological traveller, Mr. A. R. Wallace, who has passed the last eight years in the islands of the Indian Archipelago, and returned with these birds in his care by the last overland mail. MR. ROBERTS AND THE REBELS.—Even the Rev. J. Roberts, who, as our readlrs are aware, has lived with the rebels at Nanking, arnd has, to his discredit, de fended their conduct in the strongest possible manner, has at length discovered that they are nothing better than robbers and murderers. This change oi opinion:in a man who has so confidently urged the claims of :the Taipings, has arisen from a very simple cause. 11.9 has at length suffered, personally, from their barbarity. A servant to whom ho was attached has been killed before his eyes ; and considering his life in danger, he has fled to Shanghai.— London ad China Telegraph. EXTENSIVE FIRES AND Loss OF PROPERTY.— Yesterday morning a fire, in a comparatively brief space of time, laid in ruins the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Wool more-street, Poplar, and was well nigh attetded with the loss of several persons. The adjoining house, No. 25, let out in tenements, but belonging to Mr. Atherton, has also sustained some damage by fire, and the poor occupants were uninsured. A fire also took place, between two and three o'clock, in the premises belonging to Mr. Gentle, a grocer and tea dealer, carrying on business in Pembrook road, Walthamstow. Fortunately, the building and con tents were insured in the Imperial Fire Office. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, shortly after the departure of the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary of Cambridge, who had visited the building, another unfortunate man was added to the many who have lost their lives during the progress of the building of the International Exhibition. A man, named James Hillier, in the employ of Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, the contractors, was drawn up while sitting on a small slip of timber to the top of the eastern dome inside, for the purpose of removing the blocks and tackle used to raise and lower the timbers of the scaffolding, and, after having been engaged in this work for some time he slipped, falling headlong to the ground, a distance of upwards of 200 feet. He struck vio lently on some loose timbers, his head coming in fearful contact with them. He was picked up, and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, but life was extinct. This event, which was witnessed by a large number of workmen, cast the greatest gloom around. Nearly all the accidents have taken place in the eastern dome. ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.—Up to the 31st March, 1862, 12,621 claims had been received and 11,124 volunteers enrolled , of these 33 hold certificates of competency as masters, and 175 certificates of competency as mates; 19 hold certificates of service as masters ; and 41 certificates of service as mates. Total holding certificates, 268 ; and the force embraces 1,661 petty officers in the merchant service. MILITARY CHAN GES.—Yesterday morning the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards removed from the St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Barracks to Windsor, proceeding thither by the South-Western Rail way. he third battalion removed from Portman-street Barracks to the Wellington Barracks and Buckingham Palace. The second battalion of the Coldstream Guards removed from Wellington Barracks and Buckingham Palace to Portman-street Barracks and St. John's .wood Barracks. The first battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards removed from Windsor to St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Bar racks. There will be further changes to-day. The 2d Regiment of Life Guards will proceed from the Spittal Barracks, Windsor, to Regent's-park Barracks. The Royal Horse Guards will remove from the Regent's-park Barracks to Knightsbridge Barracks, and the Ist Regiment of Life Guards will pri.,ceed from Knightsbridge to Windsor. MEMENTOS OF BULL'S RUN.—In the abandoned quarters skulls were frequent tent ornaments, and were also used for soap dishes. Knives and forks, rings and even spurs, were constructed from the bones. Soldiers of the Brooklyn 14th recognised on the field of Bull Run, by their red trousers, comrades who had fallen there, lying unburied and headiess.—New York Tribune. OMNIBUSES AND THE EXHlBlTlON.—Manchester omnibuses are to be introduced into London for the con veyance of passengers to and from Brompton during the course of the forthcoming Exhibition. Twenty-five or thirty of these vehicles arc to be sent to the metropolis, and they will commence sunning forthwith over the routes which will hereafter be permanently assigned to them. They are very capacious, somewhat similar in style to Mr. Train's tramway cars, but lighter and of more elegant construction. Some wretched carriages have recently been placed on the various routes by private speculators in anticipation of a rich harvest. The London General Omnibus Company are making arrangements for meeting the increasing traffic, and several large and handsame carriages, which are in course of construction, are expected to be ready for running on the more frequented roads by the middle of the present month. ADDRESS OF THE POPE ON 111 E TEMPORAL POWER. We translate from the official Journal, of Rome the allocution delivered by the Pope at the canoni sation, on Tuesday last, it, the Church of the Mi nerva, of three martyrs of Japan : Nothing certainly could be more agreeable to my heart than the ceremony of which we are all witnesses, and which increases the number of the servants of God and the saints, who, while increasing in numbers, do not cease to intercede for us and ob tain for us desideratum propitiationis abundantiam, abounding mercy to defend the rights ofjustiee ; to obtain the conversion of the wanderers and the apos tates ; to sustain with firmness and resignation war and sufferings, and to assist finally in the triumphs of peace. Yes, it is consoling for us to think that in the solemnity which we shall have shortly to celebrate we shall be surrounded by the choicest souls, by the college of cardinals, and by our brethren the bishops. It will be a noble spectacle to see the supreme pas tor surrounded by other pastors who have supported unanimously the rights of this Holy See, and have allayed by their consoling words our profound grief. It is fitting to mention here a letter which we received only 48 hours ago, from a large town of Italy, or rather from the capital of Lombardy. This letter has been forwarded by an ecclesiastic who calls himself a canon, and it is there said :—" Take good care that in the approaching assembly of the bishops at Rome the temporal power is not de clared to be a dogma of faith." If this poor priest, whom we should like better to call good priest, were present here we should say to him as we say to you ‘77 "wrs ~slnqent n„f n an. a +l—.4. 4. Lac nUly O does not maintain the temporal power as a dogma of faith, but it declares that the temporal power is necessary and indispensable as long as the order established by Providence shall endure, to sustain the independence of the spiritual power. We should say to him—Think of the very holy martyrs who did not fear to give, and who did give, their blood and their life in defence of the church. We should say to him—Since you are in such haste to manifest your fears that you have brought them under the eyes of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, hear his voice, which enjoins you and the chapter to which you belong to listen to your own pastor, to follow not only his orders, but also his advice ; if you, with your colleagues, obey not, you and they will be miserably lost. We should say to him—Recom mend yourself to the holy martyrs who have lost all that they might not lose God. From a neighbouring kingdom we have received writings, signed by some ecclesiastics, in which they address to us the hypocritical insinuation that we should renounce the temporal power, which is for them, or rather for those who advise them, very in convenient, and impedes the consummation of their anti-Christian and anti-social designs. But we at the same time receive letters also signed by eccle siastics which are filled with respectful attachment to the Holy See. It appears from these letters that the Government of that kingdom, or its representa tives or emissaries, sent printed forms which we have seen and read, persuading some priests or miserable clerks to sign them, with the double view of causing it to be believed that the clergy sustain the absurd principle of the incompatibility of the spiritual with the temporal power, and of separat ing the inferior clergy from their bishops, whose admirable concord in these times has astonished the whole world. The good ecclesiastics who write to us beg us to give no heed to the observations of the handful of deluded individuals by whom some have been en snared, and others led by fear, into giving their signature. Let the Holy See be persuaded, say these good priests, that their convictions are such that they do not admit any doubt as to the necessity of the temporal power. They invite us consequently to pardon those blind men who know not what they do, and we, on our part, add that these blind men, led themselves by other blind, will fall into an abyss from which it is almost impossible they should ever escape. T.int lig. op, our siap. takA oftrll gig the intrigues pastors o D.U1.;21.0 111 J tending to s4arat..- 4110 not attain th\,ii- 0 - 6jeet ; let the holy martyrs obtain this for us from the Lord, and that there may be given to us through their intercession the necessary power to sustain with courage the combats to come. May the Holy Virgin, under whose all-powerful auspices we have been kept safe and sound up to this hour, deign to continue to us her protection ; and may she inspire us with a perfect resignation to the Divine will, so that even as she pronounced the fiat expected by human generations, Ecce ancilla domini, fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum, we may, in like manner, animated by her, say also to the Lord, Ecce servi tui, fiat nobis secundum voluntatem tuum. It now only remains for us to pray to the Lord that He will cause His blessing to descend ' upon all of us ; that it may descend upon the country which has produced so many heroes for heaven, and so many defenders of the church ; and that it may give it strength to main. tain regular observances and exemplary precepts of life, in spite of so many contests. May this bless ing give intelligence to our poor mind, and may it communicate strength to this poor arm! May this blessing solace and protect all those who endeavour to sustain the vessel of the church tossed about by the waves, that their voices may not be drowned in the noise of the tempest which has been let loose ! May this blessing serve, in the last place, to encou rage all the good, and to convert the souls of the wicked ! Loss AT SEA.—FALMOUTH.--The large Ameri can ship Ocean Monarch, bound from New York to Liver pool with a general cargo, was abandoned in a leaky state on the 10th of March, the crew amounting to 47 in all em barking in four boats ; the crews of three boats were picked up by the Danish bark Jurger Lorentaer, bound from New York to Rotterdam, while those of the remaining boat were still missing. Seven of the rescued sailors were subse qutntly transferred to the Lifio, Gregor master, arrived on Monday (31st) at Falmouth. LARGE ARRIVAL OF SHlPS.—Yesterday up to half-past 4 o'clock, upwards of 37 vessels Arrived in Liver pool from foreign ports ; besides these, there were also numerous arrivals on Monday. Of these vessels a large num ber are corn laden, and many others have brought heavy consignments of different kinds of rovisions. Notwith standing the immense imports of corn and other provisions, the general trade of the port has been much depressed. As an instance of this, it may be stated that for the nine months ended yesterday the amount of dock revenue has been about £60,000 less than during the same period of last year. A FATAL SHOT.—On Monday evening an inquest was held at Birmingham by Dr. Birt Davies, the borough coroner, on the body of the child who was killed by the firing from rifles. The evidence adduced established com pletely the charge against the three men under the circum stances before stated. The shot took effect at the distance of 668 yards, the arm used being a breech-loading rifle, sighted to shoot at 300 yards. The verdict of the jury was manslaughter against one of the men for causing the death of the child, and against the two others, his ccmpanions, as eiders and abettors. The nurse still survives. CONSANGUINITY.—Dr. Devay, professor of clini cal medicine at the School of Medicine at Lyons, e h ff a e sj s u o st f published an interesting work on the disastrous in rousthring cer tainet prohibited degrees marriages among relations. He shows that consanguinity, bs r v the n c C e Church, r o e n h e , in f only point of fact, was s • favouring our t h observance the most important laws of nature, the infrin g ement of w hi c h is punished with inevitable degeneracy. Unions within the limits of consanguinity are not only hurtlul to the human race, but also to animals. It is true that such unions among the latter may be promoted by breeders for profit's sake : the Disley and Durham oxen, so admirable in the eyes of the breeder, are in stances of this ; but sterility is the usual conse quence of the practice. Among the human race, two cir. cumstances have contributed to fa''our marriages among relations : the first occurs where a small population is pent up in some remote hamlet not easily accessible. In such places consanguinity between married people is the rule. The second case is that of families desirous of maintaining their rank in society, or preventing the di s p ers i on o f th e i r fortune by m arrying within th e i r own circle. Dr. Devay states that out of 121 marriages of this kind, observed by him, 22 were barren. Only four of the number were marriages between uncles and grand-nieces ; the others were between cousins-german or the issue of cousins-german. When sterility does not occur, the issue is diseased, or afflicted with blindness or deafness ; also io many cases affected with irregularity of conformation. 0. all these irregularities, polydactilism, or a multiplicity of fingers, is the most frequent. Dr. Devay has observed the in 17 out of 121 casesabove-mentioned. He states that in a certain secluded spot, where the inhabitants had no com munication with other populations, the being born with six fingers had become quite endemic; and that this strange anomaly disappeared some time after a new road had been cut through the place. AMBILICA. - - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SITN. New York, March 18, 18G2. SlR,—Having often read with great interest in your editorials, observations relating to the affairs and state of feeling in this country as connected with their importance to Great Britain and Canada, I wish, in the first instance, to express my entire accordance with the substance of those remarks re ferred to. And although my opinion—l state un affectedly—might, under ordinary circumstances, be of little moment, yet, as it happens that my travels and residence have been for more than fifteen months in the Northern States and this city, and having of course seen, heard, and read much of what may be called the sentiments of these Northern portions of the American Republic towards our country, I ask you to allow me to state (it will be in an informal and brief manner, how ever) some practical matters which it appears to me, at least, it is desirable for my countrymen to know and consider. It would be my wish to con dense any prefatory remarks, but I must observe that, considering all that has been said in the edi torials and correspondence of the British press in general—of course I do not allude to that small portion of it which seeks to disguise its real and rabidly un-British objects by peaceful and "liberal'' affectations—it is really wonderful to behold, i.e., to any one who has been enabled to judge fairly of the realities in this country, the reported speeches of some respectable American citizens and friends, proclaiming at dinners and meetings in London that there "is an active feeling of goodwill to the old country generally existing in the Northern States" —and more to that effect. It is very possible that those gentlemen—bishops and laity—wish to be lieve in all this " good feeling" they ascribe to their countrymen, and that, " wishing they' believe," and indeed so far as they could be looked upon as " matters of opinion," I, for one, w ould not dispute what after all might be assumed to be an amiable weakness ; but really, when one per ceives " Britishers" declaring much of the same sort —even in Parliament—it is, to use a homely phrase, " rather too much." No doubt we all wish, as British generally wish, well to Americans—and for the material interest of both countries, especially' for those of the United States, know peace and amity to be the best policy —we all, I say, would wish that amongst every class, at least amongst those who are called and call themselves the " pro minent" of all classes in the Northern States, an indignant, persevering, unexplained antipathy di d not exist, but all our wishes, so far as I am awar e ? do not alter the fact that so it is. Why this antipathy, as a general feeling, Pr e : dominates it would be difficult to answer or attemp t to explain partially, even by a long disputatio n which probably your readers will excuse my inflict ing on them. lam myself inclined t o agme wi t a solution suggested in one of your wee kl y con temporaries, to the effect that it was inherent , S ° far as related to the descendants of the Pilgri el Fathers. And allow me to remark, en passant' that whereas these "emigrants" displayed th el i own notions of religious tolerance, by hanging s e whipping Quakers, etc., and torturi ng an d burnt „ ' " witches and wizzards," probably E ng l a nd 11 ; reason to congratulate itself that they did les ° their country for their own as well as their con e ' try's good. The dregs of the Celtic element reference is only thereto in its political meaning -- ; which for a long time have sprea d t h e mselv es through the land, may be t a k en i nto the acentillt; as well or as bad as the m any o f t h e d i scon tente d and ill-conducted of large European cities, " ial : tent in one thing, and that is hatred to well re f g ha ; lated constitutional au th or i ty i n genera l and of Great Britain in particular. This 4.111- gration in the agg rega t e w ill acc ount jor much, but not for all. However, as renlar ite ss i L ; dissertations will be eschewed by me, and is thought the progress of real education and progressive increase of social intercourse, o la n ja di quent on the improved means o f oce an and locomotion, will enable Arna-,-,aanp to judge, ,' Lae Rate of reeling in 1,1 A . -• r ., country,' and tend sooner or later to gener al int er national amenity, we may hope that future gen era ; tions will find that the truth of th ose theoretic s ' anticipations will be developed. As to the present and ne x t gener ation, it w o . la . be utterly false if I asse r t e d t o my co untrymen that the earnest consideration w hi c h, t o the best of n 3 90 means and capabilities, has b een b es towed upon tb subject, has led me to form an y o th e r opinion t bs : that the " politicians " o f a ll sor t s a nd kinds 1 the Northern States are in c li ne d t o b e s y s tematical' ? pertinaciously, and aggressively hostile, by 6 / e l means in their power, to Great Britain as a nation' In using the term " p o liti c i ans " I use it in the American sense, which means a ll those Pere°lls (including an elective judi c i ary ) w h o, in Sta' ,, - Legislatures as well as in the Federal Congress el ; 3 a Senate, assume to have the directing of the o ffa;r l , - of this country. Whether the people of America are represented fairly and properly by these " Pe ll ; ticians" is a matter of vast direct import of eeln r .!, to them, and certainly is indirectly a matter of 11 : e teresting consideration to us. Especially in th ese times the domestic politics of the United States America are not edifying, in any sense, for a Br tish subject to discuss in an informal letter; and / must take (and refer to) these politicians "as that are," and as they are, I wou ld earnestly hope t hat the people of Great Britain and their Governm ent will see that the best and the most friendly coal, to pursue politically towards the," Great Itepubli e is to be " civil and strange." This is 11°t meant by me in a sneering or in a desP i r ing way toute au cont raire —b u t sure !! ordinary life, when one finds a man plotting an , planning evil—helping enemies and threaten ing worse—it behoves one not to be led a w ay by ale: friends of th a t man — no doubt with the best rantivr, —coming ov er t o w h ere you are i n yo ur l e "pace," and telli ng y ou , " Oh , so - an d-so has t best feeling to war d s y ou , i t i s on l y sens ation „ r t aile, for a temporary excited feeling,!' and so forth. I one would be inclined to tell those " friends," " W hp did you not raise up your voice in your and that man's country against th e ac t s an d d e eds and thr eat he committed and mad e ?" However, my intention i s t o b e practical, an d i shall in a future letter, w ith y our leave, descri be some of the acts and deed s re f erre d to—not in an accusatory nor antagonistic, but in an explanato r y_ spirit ; and as explaining why threats such a s thnff, about " annexation of Canada," and " seizure property of British subjects" within the power (11 the States, in case of any future war between t he two countries, ought to be regarded, not with fear? but with stern determination of preparation.- 4 sir, your obedient servant, A BRITISH TRAVELLEIL THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. • There was very little fresh English wheat on sale ill . 11 day's ma r k e t ; nevertheless all descriptions were a dull inquiry, yet no quotable change took place in prices 0 ; pared with Monday. The con diti on o f th e samples '" very inferior, owing to the dampness of the weather. For good and fine foreign wheats there was a moderato inquiry at full quotations; otherwise the trade ruled ilea/r1 on former terms. The show of samples was tolerably ex tensive. Floating cargoes of grain were in only moderate reque st ' yet prices were supported. Malting barley was firm at full currencies; but grindiug and distilling sorts ruled heavy, at barely late rates. In malt a moderate business was transacted, at full prices • Good and fine oats supported former rates ; but in sou l° instances, inferior parcels were rather cheaper. Beans and peas were in slow request, yet no change t u° place in their value. The flour trade was dull at Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng115h........ 74 0 ; 1 , 120 70 510 sac s ' 200 Irish °nag - no. 0,930 • 1,930 I -- l9O 6,930 2 4 20 WO ,890 briS• ( ; BOROUGH HOP. .New hops are in steady request, and prices have an up" ward tendency. In yearling and old qualities very little iS doing. IVIIITECHAPEL. Owing to the mildness of the 'weather the trade is dull , at the annexed rates :—Bee f , from 2s Gd to ?,s 10d ; muttony3s 2d to 4s 2 d ; vea l, 3 s 6 d to 4s 8 d ; and, T d ork, 3s Gd to 40 6d per 81bs by the carcase. Sc eh Cr lud Itali W e , rain peat from for ( P: +roil d, D er e el to 1