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

THEATRE.RO YAL, HAYMARKET, Lem% Mr. J. B. Buckstone. I' HIS EVENING (86th tin:1001:TR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern ; Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone. After which, a Household Picture, under Two Lights, ntitled THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. C. Young, &C. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. Commence a 7 R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer- T HIS EVENING, 114th time of the new and original Drama entitled, PEEP O'DAY; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal coner : Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston. Atter which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOO D ; or, The Fables of The Rose, the Thistle and the Shamrock. Principal charac ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and Miss Lydia Thomp son . Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-otEce open daily from 11 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THis EVENING, CASH V. CUPID. Mr. Widdloomb, Hr. Shcre, Miss Maria Harris, &c. After which, RUY BLAS. Mr. Fechter. To conclude with THE GARIBALDIANS. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI: Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, A PRIVATE ENQUIRY. Mr. J. L. Took, Mr. Billing-ton, Mr. Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss K. Bland. Followed by THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Messrs. Emery, J. L. Toole, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, Powell, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Harland, Mrs. H. Lewis, Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford ; Misses Woolgar, K, Kelly, Laidlaw, Mrs. H. Marston. Commence at 7. NEW ROYALTY THEATRE, Dean-street, Oxford-street. THIS EVENING, THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. T. E. Evans ; Pauline, Miss Rebecca Powell (her first appearance in that character). _ After which, the suceesful Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI AGE AUX LANTERNES. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames Stanley, Payne, and Mason. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement, in which the Misses Morgan will appear. commence at half-past 7. AS TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. In consequence of the great sensation created by the won drous feats of the colossal Asiatic Elephants on the stage, -ond in the circle, their truly marvellous Performance will be gontinned till further not.ce. THIS EVENING, the Grand Eastern Spectacle of THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE, with new and splendid dresses, scenery, and decorations, introducing Mr. Bell's trained Ele phi nts, pronounced by the Press and the Public the cleverest animals ever exhibited. To be followed by brilliant Scenes in the Circle by the unrivalled Troupe of Equestrians. Concluding with a comic Ballet of Action, introducing Mr. Harry Croneste (the favourite Clown to the Ring), the Misses Gunnis, and the whole of the Corps de Ballet. Commence at 7—Conclude at a quarter-past 11. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. (: ) IANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. 'VICTOR JIILIEN, " THE FLYING MAN," (Last Week) at halt-past Nine, in new and extraordinary feats. Grand Selections from "La Sonnambnla," " Dinorah," and " La Circassienne, " by Mdlle. Negri, with Band and /nll Chorus, conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. The Come by Mr. Randall, Mr. J. G. Porde, Mr. Hol lingsworth, Messrs. Hildebrandt and Ormond, and Miss Caroline Parkes. On Friday, 28th, for the Benefit of Victor Julien. Admission—Hall, Bd. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. T HE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.- EVERY EVENING. TIENRI and PFAU, inyin their intrepid Double Feats on the Flg Trapeze. Two Operatic Selections alternately from " Ernani," " Macbeth," "II TrOViltOre, " "La Traviata," "La Circas- Menne," &c., by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, C. Greville, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus—Conductor —Mr. F. Jonghmans.) Violin Solos— no.Vio, and other Vocal and Instrumental attrac tis. The Comic portion by Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. A Grand Morning Entertainment EVERY THURS DAY, at Two, HENRI and PFAU and the whole of the Company, appear. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY. —Morning, 11h. 10m.—Afternoon, , 11h. 45m. TO-MORROW. -Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 16m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOi_IN 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. • r p 4,74. - - It N -,*,40C .... • 1 at, •• , •0 1' • ( THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1862. What Lord MACAULAY finely but terribly called the greatest crime of Modern Europe" was again discussed last evening in the House of Lords. If the young Earl of CARNARVON, the ex-Under Secretary of State for the Colonies under Sir BuL "WEE LYTTON'S brief but memorable administration of that imperial department, seriously cares to do so—he may even yet, with a certain grace and dig nity, assume to himself the hitherto neglected and stainless robe left behind him, for the shoulders of some still unrecognised successor, by the late Lord DUDLEY COUTT'S STUART! The political robe worn by that chivalrous and philanthropic nobleman during so many years as the arch-champion and volunteer-advocate, at any rate here in England. o f Poland and the Poles. Since Lord DUDLEY STUART'S lamented and premature demise but little, comparatively speaking, has been said, in either House of Parliament, as to the condition of the Polish nationality. Occasionally, of course, cir cumstances have directed the attention of thought ful Englishmen, now in the Lords, now in the Com mons, to the prostrate condition of that abused people, and to the frightful continuance by Austria, by Prussia, and by Russia, but especially, and with a horrible persistency, by Russia, of the intermittent but never-dying persecution of the Polish multi tude. There were momentary hopes that a happier future was about to dawn upon that race, at any rate in Russian Poland, at the time when the young Czar ALEXANDER 11. ascended the throne of the Muscovite Autocracy, when left vacant by the abrupt demise of his father, the Emperor NICHOLAS. The recollection of the illusions which had been awakened among the Poles at the turn of the present century, on the advent to power, nPon the sudden death of PAUL, of the then Youthful Emperor ALEXANDER I.,was not in any way to dissipate the agreeable hallucinations , Selent revived 'When history again began to repeat herself, accordin g to her wont. Time alone would do that. Experie nce alon e couldawaken the all-believing I'oies and their sympathisers from those agreeable but delusive ydreams. That time has, alas! al ready long since arriv nub unha ppily ed . Th a t bitter experience has again been tasted, or rather drained miserably to the very dregs. The situation has in effect—in Russian Poland at least—become such that the Earl of CARNARVoN c ou ld ,eof say Lo w rd it s h , :h e a r ; rible truth yeste rda y in the " Warsaw was in a state of sieg e ,p o , Land was sub ject to martial law, the action of the ordinary tri bunals was suspended, the intercourse °- f• Private life was restricted by severe regulations, three Persons could not meet and converse in the street, four could not dine together in a eve without permission, the Agricultural Association, which was in fact the only national institution in Poland, had been dissolved, and extreme irritation existed throughout the country." It becomes once therefore a matter of scandal to all Europe, to consider whether it might not be possible, by diplomatic interference, to miti gate in some measure the horrors of this new and aPPMling persecution of our Polish fellow-creatures. Putting out of the question all ideas of historic gratitude to a race whose fame lies, in the annals of this sympathy, the Government of England had often before now remonstrated, and occasionally with great earnestness, with the Muscovite councils at St. Petersburg. Yet—after saying all this—with the remembrance of recent events at Warsaw and elsewhere in Russian-Poland, still glaring upon him, Earl RussELL, while remarking, as plainly as words could express anything, that England had ab stained latterly, and must still abstain persistently, from renewing any remonstrances of this character, because the concessions promised by Russia to the Poles, through the memo rable circular of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF were suspended, or postponed, or evaded, in consequence of recent manifestations ! Why, in plain words, this is just simply putting the cause for the effect —the effect for the cause. It is an illogical mode of reasoning. It is the sincerity of the Rus sian Government in promising those concessions that remains just now matter of doubt. The autocracy betrays its insincerity —so far as events there can in any way be comprehended in western Europe —the Russian autocracy betrays its insincerity in regard to those very concessions which it has promised through the circular of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF ! And how does it betray it? Through the cruel ties it has perpetrated at Warsaw on the pretext of the very popular demonstrations complained of— demonstrations actually subsequent to the earliest betrayal, of the insincerity of which these same demonstrations are now pretended to be the justifi cation. After the Earl of CARNARVON had offered to the House of Peers a few words in reply to the noble lord the Foreign Secretary, the subject yesterday, it will be observed, quietly dropped. Very earnestly, however, do we hope that it may be revived, before the session is much older, by the Earl of CARNARVON in the Lords, or by the Hon. Member for Bridgewater in the Commons —if only in the hope that something may yet be done towards the close, or, at least, the mi tigation of the present lamentable situation of affairs in Russian Poland, by the timely and energetic interposition, once more, of our Eng lish diplomacy, between the Poles and their Per secutors. At last we have the commencement of the long promised Education Debate, when we shall see its end no mortal can tell. Though there may be im portant exceptions to its being a party debate, yet it seems impossible to avoid its becoming so. The Parliamentary leading opponents of the Revised Code, in both Houses, are Conservatives, the lead ing defenders of it are Government men ; indeed, it could not well be otherwise. The outcry through- out the country is raised by a class enjoying Go- vernment bounties, which they fear are in danger. It is not in Tory nature not to sympathise with such a cry—it looked at first almost like the wail of a vested interest. It was certainly protection in jeopardy; how could Conservatives help surrender ing their sympathy to those who asked it on the ground that they should lose Government bounties which they had already enjoyed for many years ? Againto whom should those who wanted Government to alter such a measure go, but to those who, with all their financial patriotism, have a party commission to inflict all the damage they can on the measures of those in office. Could it be expected that a strong political opposition should refuse to put in front a a volunteer body forty thousand strong, who only wanted to compel the Government to yield ? We hardly blame the Conservatives. They are but true to their instincts, and to the political demands of their position. _ _ Their first attack, however, let the division be what it may, does not prove much for the strength of their case. They have surrendered on the two main points of paying for results, and decentrali zation. Mr. WALrumu acknowledged that these were the cardinal principles of the Go vernment measure, that he approved them ; that assimilating the proposed Cede, as much as possible to a bill, he should consider it as having passed its second reading, and that going into committee on his resolutions would be equivalent to going into committee on a bill. Mr. WALPOLE, however, is singularly infelicitous in one respect in this comparison and arrangement. He accepts the Government principles, but instead of proposing to carry them out in committee, he brings forward merely a string of negative reso lutions, proposing no substantive amendments of his own. Now as nothing is easier than to find an objection to anything, as the real difficulty almost always lies in finding the positive measure to be proposed, Mr. WALPOLE has done in reality nothing. It was certain beforehand that cases of hardship might be supposed under each proposal of detail which any Government could make. It is the condition of any uniform rule for any num ber of human beings ; the question always is, whe ther injustice will be done, or whether any other plan can be selected which will have such a pie dominance of advantage over disadvantage. Pla l e n a justice, there can really he none in this case. The State i s a d onor . It may, at least, do what it w ill with i ts g if ts. Th e ti me is too short to Prescription, and the fact that the old system has b een uniformly represented as a tenta tive and experimenta l one, completely deprives the State donati on of an y title to a vested interest on the part of the douses, %a the other pretext, that of failing to attain their objects, we must own that, after all that has been said, we think the Govern ment plans seem more likely th 44 any we ,have ........ !of the world, as that of the heroic defenders ; seen, to attain them. Mr. WALPOLE and others, of Christendom —it becomes a simple question with for instance, have drawn a piteous picture of the the natives of Western Europe as to the vii i &cation, hardships which might accumulate on the ill in this bloodless manner, of the first principles of starred day of examination. Nervous children, humanity. That is the solemn and affectillg lesson careless parents, ill-natured masters, even our fickle that Lord DUDLEY STUART, with simple but un- clime, are eupposed to have banded together to faltering earnestness, endeavoured to inculcate cheat the school of capitation pence, No one can during so many years from his place in the Com- answer for the weather certainly, but we can all mom House of Parliament. The like persuasive answer for the fact, that boys and girls who can and affecting words are again being articulated in pass an examination would not shirk it for wind or the Upper House of the Legislature by a young weather, and that parents, whose children can pass, nobleman whom we are now fain to look are more likely to take them to school through the upon henceforth in the light of Lord DUD - hostile elements themen n ts e t t h i a e n n e to eu k ld keep provide for allhom e.pthematthe e e What LEY STUART'S successor in the generous task system f of championing the cause of the Poles in the dents which might keep children from a school on English Legislature—meaning, as already observed, any day they were wanted? But why does not Mr, the Earl of CARNARVON. Lord CARNARYON'S WALPOLE propose, if sincere in his objection, some simple purpose yesterday was, as he himself avowed simple plan of supplementing the chief examination immediately upon rising, to call their lordships' at- —some one which shall not be open to worse mis -1 tention to the present state of things in Poland, with chiefs than those it professes to remedy ? a view to elicit from the noble earl, her MAJESTY'S And so it is throughout. Difficulties are raised Foreign Secretary, some satisfactory reason that the cheaply enough, but the remedy is not offered. If , facts, there and then alluded to, had not escaped the Mr. WALPOLE does not, under each of his resolu attention of her MAJESTY'S Government. Lord tions, redress this inconsistency before the House RUSSELL'S reply thereupon was, all things consi- goes into committee, it is hardly fair to go into dered, about as much a nd as little, as much in one committee at all. Those who will not propose their own substitute for what they object to, are scarcely sense and as little in another , as could reasonabl y have been anticipated under the circumstances. The entitled to a hearing from six or seven hundred veteran statesman began by gracefully compliment- practical gentlemen. All will end in words instead ing his young brother earl—what though the latter of business; and we really do not want the House confronted him on the OpPositionbenches—upon the of Commons to sink into a debating club. The Uwe and manner in which he (Lord CARNARVON) religious objection was at one time put forward, had reg,alled the subject of Poland to the attention just as we have heard of women and children being of their lordships, and through their lordships, to placed in the front by soldiers unworthy of the that of fier MAJESTY'S 09vernment. Earl RUSSELL name, who appealed to feeling when they wanted thereupon ventured upon the utterance of what can the courage to fight. But the trick has failed, The hardly be looked upon seriously in ally other light religious elements, it is acknowledged, remain just than that of a platitude. He intimated, in fact, what they were. Each sect, the established one that Poland had always enjoyed the sympathy of inci,Aed, has it all its own way in regard to England, Adding, w ith t rut h, th a t i n illustration religion. No schools are to be aided any more than I they have hitherto been, unless the sect to which belongs is satisfied with the religious inspection. Kindred again with this, is the general condition and discipline of the school; the cleanliness, order, behaviour, and the like ;—well, this is to be repor ted on, as before, and, unless it be all satisfactory, the school is not to have a grant at all. Yes, but the complainants reply—this general good con dition and order of the school b itself a result, and we want to be paid for it as well as for the three results so much insisted on. This is plausible ; but will not bear consideration. Two things are essential in any school—general good order and sound elementary instruction. The first has to a great extent been attained, and can be always insisted on; the latter has been greatly neglected, and cannot be secured without pressure. The latter also, to a great extent, includes the former. Clean faces and pinafores are not, indeed, essential to learning reading, writing, and arith metic ; but the teacher who succeeded in teaching these would be somewhat puzzled to do it without preserving general order and decorum; whil e what, we may ask, are the managers for, if not to see th e this,se tthatpoints oe theirnet i s is the tsh s r t e e an ap co d hs a se rd idb, loi r rt e y q e v u o e i f r n e m d s euar b Bp y aars i:innegsdp.ae one Besides e3 t o re r es s on these does l n t so much more fairly than the other. Inspectors may differ; and managers too, as to what might be deemed an orderly, well-conductedsehool to n a t g h e e , capacity to read intelligibly, to writ e f a i r l y, and to perform sums of a difficulty appropriate there could be no room for doubt. We hope Mr. WALPOLE or some of his friends will explain one glaring inconsistency in his long speech. He represents the simple elementary tests required as too much for the schools; yet towards the close of his speech he dwells much on the merits end efficiency of the pupil teachers. He pleads their cause and their value to the public at length. Now, we should like to know what they can be worth if when the children of the poor leave at eleven years of age, they are found unable to fulfil the simple requirements of the New Code. Does the much vaunted and the extravagantly costly pupil - teacher system, after all, leave half or three-fourths of the children ignorant of those very elements which it is indispensable they should learn. Are the masters and the much praised pupil teachers to be frightened by a requisition that every boy and girl shall be able to read, write, and cypher proportionably to its age ? If so we should not care how soon the whole thing were given up. There is one reason for which we approve the Government plan far more than any which has pre ceded, or any proposed modification of it. It does concentrate attention on the elements of knowledge. In our best grammar schools nothing appears more clearly than that the boys who have been thoroughly drilled in the rudiments make the best, we might say the only scholars. As in Latin, for instance, the boy who has mastered his grammar and elementary exercises, if he has any ability finds future progress pleasant and easy, so in a poor lad's English educationath e three elements be thoroughly acquired at school, he finds the advantage his whole life through. He retains the power of reading as easily as of talking. Arithmetic is con stantly called into requisition, and now that ease of locomotion separates the working classes more widely than was formerly the case with the middle classes, it is not likely he will for get how to write. But, the one condition of his retaining all is, that it shall be easy to him when he leaves school. The Government plan aims at this—it will, we believe, attain it—and if, on this ground alone, it would have our heartiest approba tion. We hope the Government will not swerve from paying for the three elements only. SIIOCKING CASE OF SlllClDE.—Yesterday morn ing information was forwarded to Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, of a shocking suicide committed under very extra ordinary circumstances, by Mr. Henry Sporr, a brass finisher, carrying on business at No. 7, Onslow-street, Hatton-garden. The facts as ascertained by Mr. Cozer, the coroner's officer, are as follows :—lt appears that the unfortunate max, who was of a most irritable disposition, had some words with his wife on Monday, afternoon, and retired to his workshop, where he loaded a small model cannon, and, placing the muzzle in his mouth, applied a match to the touchhole, the contents shattering his skull to pieces. The report alarming Mrs. Sporr, she rushed to the spot and discovered her husband a mangled and dis figured mass. The deceased has left a widow and eight children. THE FIRE DUTY.—Mr. H. B. Sheridan has given notice of his intention to move for the introduction of a bill for a reduction of the duty on fire insurances on the Ist pros. The hon. member, we understand, will ask the house to effect an immediate reduction of the present duty of 3s. per cent., to 2s. for three years, and at the expiration of that period to take off a second shilling, leaving the duty at ls, per cent. Proceeding on this principle, it is anticipated that the large increase of insurance would make up any loss to the revenue accruing from a reduction of the duty. According to the last official returns, 107 petitions have already been presented during the present session, pray ing for a reduction of the duty, 81 of this number being from various corporations of the United Kingdom. Sir Minto Farquhar, Chairman of the Guardian Assurance Company, will in a few days present a petition signed by all the London offices. MEXICAN AMAZONS.—The Journal du II avre says that, according to private letters from Acapulco, Mexico is preparing to resist foreign intervention with great energy. A lady of Guadalajara, Dona Ignacia Reisch, has petitioned the Government for leave to form a battalion of women, to whom the honour is to be accorded of marching in front of the first battle given to the invaders. SURVEY OF SCOTLAND.—The following account of money voted and expended on the survey of Scotland duringod ;threetstuhr2e6o:7B d.g' lyBoste y e ars mentioned is given in a Parliamen taryvoted £32,000 , expen d e d £32,770 13s .£32,000, expended £31,839 is lld ; 1860-61, voted £30,500, expended £25,069 14s 2d; 1861-2, Toted £22,000, expended £22,000, • •• • • • bl LATEST NEWS. PARIS, MARCH 26. The Moniteur of this morning re-produces the declaration contained in yesterday's Constitutionnel denying the truth of the rumours of Ministerial changes. TURIN, MARCEI 25, It is rumoured that the Marquis de Torrearsa has definitively refused to accept the portfolio for Foreign Affairs. The Italia of to-day states that a new Ministerial combination, consisting of Signori Nigra Conforti, Longo, and Matteucci was expected. According to another report, General de La Marmora bad been entrusted with the Presidency of the Ministerial Council and the Portfolio for Foreign Affairs. Signor Ratazzi would retain the portfolio of the Interior. The statement of the Italia has in no way been confirmed. MILAN, MARCH 25, Garibaldi, at a meeting to-day of several French men, Hungarians, and Poles, said that the future of Italy depended upon her strict alliance with other nations, especially with France. A strict alliance, however, must be maintained, not a pre ponderance of one nation over the rest. Garibaldi will leave Milan to-morrow to continue his tour through Lombardy. MADRID, MARCH 25, The official Gazette of to-day says that orders have been transmitted to General Prim to negotiate upon the part of Spam only after the entry into the city of Mexico shall have taken place. THE BOMBAY AND MEDITERRANEAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 26, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ellora has arrived here with the heavy por tion of the above mails. She brings 71 passengers, 1,600 packages of cargo, including raw silk to the value of £BO,OOO. The Indus left Gibraltar for the East on the 17th inst. The steamer Cantabria, from Cadiz to Havannah, with troops, broke down, and, to avoid her sinking, was stranded on the Island of La Gomero, on the sth inst. Intelligence from Rabat states that the Sultan's troops had crossed the river, and were marching northward to chastise the Ben Hassan tribes, who had revolted. The Riff tribes are still refractory. An insurrection had also broken out among some tribes in the neighbourhood of Morocco. A Federal corvette, of 30 guns, from Philadelphia had arrived at Cadiz; At Gibraltar, on the 21st inst., exchange on Lon don was quoted 491, for 90 days' sight ; on Paris, 5.25; on Marseilles, 5.26. Freights unaltered. THE OUTWARD AUSTRALIAN MAIL OF THE 20TH TO 26TH DEC. SUEZ, MARCH 25, 4.12.P.m. The Bombay, which left Ceylon on the 25th of January, broke her screw shaft on the 2d of February. She bore up and arrived at Mauritius on the 18th, and sailed for Australia on the 24th. All right. This circumstance will delay the arrival of the mail in question in Australia about a montk,lbut is not likely to cause any interruption to the home ward mail. The Bombay had a spare screw shaft on board. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY BOURSE, March 25.—The arrival of the English funds with lowea quotations has in some measure checked any improvement in this market, which continues heavy, but the closing prices of the pre vious day are pretty well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. 80c., after having been for a short time quoted at 69f. 90c. The Rail way Share Market has been very firm. The following were the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents 9B 05 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 New 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 775 Do. Account ' Bank Shares 3100 Credit . F ander 1530 Belgian 41 Piedmontese Fives 6B Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes 5l 50 Home Debt RAIL' rAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l3Bl 25 .. 1380 Northern New ditto • • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1117 :50 .. 1120 Geneva 361 25 .. Southern Western Eastern ... < Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 546 25 .. 547 50 Tf!E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AIARCIFI 24, 1862. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. A very small supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, nevertheless all qualities were very dull, at fully Monday's decline in the quotations; indeed, so little business was doing, that prices were almost nominal. The show of foreign wheat was moderately extensive, and all descriptio'ne moved off heavily, at barely Monday's currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were a dull inquiry, at droop ing prices. Malting barley was steady, at previous rates; but grind. ing and distilling sorts ruled inactive, on former terms, _ _ Malt was in fair request, and prices ruled tolerably firm. Good and fine oats fairly supported previous rates, with a moderate inquiry; otherwise the oat trade was dull, at about late quotations. Beans and peas sold heavily, at the late decline in their value. The flour trade was dull, at fully the late reduction in prices. Barrels were taken off very slowly. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 210 730 ) 1,720 1 50 720 sacks. Irish.. ..... 1 -- 200 F0reign........ 2,650 1,570 1 4,280 j 220 sacks. 4,590 brls. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade rules inactive, as follows Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 38 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs. BOROUGH HOP. New hops are in steady request, and prices are fairly sup ported. Old qualities are a slow inquiry. ' THE VALUE OF DRURY -LANE THEATRE SHARES. Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, Mr. Robins offered to public auction, in two lots, two renter's shares in theTheatre Royal, Drury lane, originally entitled to 2s. 6d. per nizht of performance, but now paying an annual dividend, which last year was to the amount of £3 155., with a free admis sion, admitting upon all occasions and to every description erday of performance, and t ransfera b le or saleable annually—sold at £5O Bs. per share. Al so, i n one lot, f i ve £lOO joint stock, or proprietors' shar es , i n t h e same theatre, paid in full, in cluding a personal lif e a d m i ss i on, admitting on all occasions and to every descripti on o f per f or mance--sold at £26 4s. Five e ACCIDENTAT THE EXHIBITION B UILD ING. Yesterday shares, without free admission, s o ld f or £9 9s. FATALs similar Mr. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's bl H oysotss ophmiitsne life , ti f o : n t at thebattens ns falling the body of William Churchill, aged 19, who Exhibition building on Th urs d a y l a st, on him from the shoot use d in tak ing down the scaffolding of the east dom e . Th e b a tt e ns struck deceased on the back of the head whilst he was in a P position b e l ow. William Irving Page, house st surgeon,stooping said that he saw deceased wen admitted to the hospital, on the 20th M arch. He was quite insensible There the raetas a compound comm i nuted fracture a little to the left of w ft he vertex. Th ere was an opening in the skull, and thee died brain and remained insensibl e unt il h alf-past four o'clock, w h en h After hearing a great d eal of other evidence, the jury ulti mately returned a ve r di ct of " Accidental Death. " of protruded, fre u lie was admitted at twel ve o'clock,, Nothing could be d one for him. CHINA AND THE TAEPING REBELS. A crowded meeting of the Royal Geo graphical Society was held on Monday evening, Lord Ashburton, President, in the chair. Mr. Galton read the first paper, by Lieutenant Oliver, R.A., giving a description of his travels to the west of Canton. The President, in introducing Dr. Barton, author of the next paper, observed that it was of great geographical interest, as it was an ac count of the expedition which, under Colonel Sarel, Captain Blakiston, and Dr. Barton endeavoured to ascend the Yang-tse-kiang and to pass by 'Tibet into India, but was prevented by the jealousy of Chinese officials and the state of anarchy in the country. The paper, however, gave an account of Sechuan, on which no European foot had ever trodden excepting that of the Jesuits. After the reading of Dr. Barton's paper, the President said it would be desirable to have more information re specting the Taepang rebellion, the causes of the weakness of the Government, and the Jesuit estab lishments in the interior. Mr. Consul Parkes, who was most mostly received by the crowded assembly, said it was with no ordinary feelings that he had seen Dr. Barton and his companions push off in their little junk from the squadron under Admiral Hope, on their expedition up the Yang-tse-kiang. After alluding to the difficulties of travelling in China, he said that, although some disappoint ment might be felt at the party not having reached India, yet great service had been rendered to commerce and science by their having traversed the length of the river, and ascertained its navi gability as far as Ping-Shan. With respect to the condition of the country, whole provinces had been made desolate by the rebels, and cities which at one time contained an immense population, and were the entrepots of enormous commerce, were now almost extinct or in ruins. The rebellion first broke out in 1849, in one of the remotest provinces, and after three or four years, having acquired sufficient strength, the rebels made their way down to the 1 Yang-tse-kiang, and thence along it, course until they reached Nankin, which, they seized and fixed ' upon as their head-quarters. From this point they overran the neighbouring provinces, desolating a region 60,000 square miles in extent, with a popu lation of 70,000,000 souls. At present they did not hold more than 60 or 70 miles of country bordering on that river, and, not possessing any flotilla, they could not impede its navigation. As a proof of the value of that river to commerce, he might mention that during eight months of last year 152 foreign vessels and 170 junks in foreign employ passed up from Shanghai to Hankow, and it was estimated that trade to the amount of £10,000,000 would be done during the present year. He attributed the gigantic proportions of the rebellion to the discon tent arising from the pressure of population upon production, the absence of poor laws, and the inef ficiency of the police. The Government had been accustomed to rule by moral suasion in the form of proclamations on large sheets of paper, daubed over with red ink. Adverting to the cultivation of the poppy, Mr. Parkes remarked that the Chinese were acquainted with the use of opium before we took it to them, and that the quantity imported from India bore but a small proportion to that raised in China, but was preferred on account of its superior quality. In reply to a question from the President, Mr. Parkes said that, as far as words went, the present Government of China gave some hope of improvement, and that it was scarcely fair to judge of them, as they had so recently come into power. After some remarks with reference to the Jesuit missionaries, he said that he had received a letter from Dr. Lockhart, at Pekin, stating that he was visited by the best classes for 'advice; and, in his (Mr. Parkes's) opinion, hospitals would be found a most efficient instrumentality in the hands of Pro testant missionaries. After a few remarks from Captain Blakiston as to the possibility of effecting a commercial communication between China and India, thanks were passed to the authors of the papers, and the meeting was adjourned to that day fortnight, when papers on the Feji Islands will be read. The papers were amply illustrated by several views on the Yang-tse-kiang by Dr. Barton, and numerous Chinese sketches by Lieut. Oliver, R.A. 2'IIE ARMY. The following information is promulgated by Col. Charles Bingham, Deputy Adjutant-General, in a . general regimental order of the Royal Artillery, dated the 22d inst. The undernamed officers have been appointed lieutenants of companies of gentle. men cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Wool wich :—Lieut. 0. H. Goodenough, Lieut. H. C. Farrell, Lieut. H. C. Lewes, Lieut. E, W. Sandys, Lieut. H. Munro (Bengal Artillery), and Lieut. T. P. Berthon (Bombay Artillery). Second Capt. H. Thornhill' to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Markham, appointed Adjutant. The undermen tioned officers have been raised to increased pay— viz., Lieut.-Col. Robert Talbot, 2d Brigade, to lieu tenant-colonel's pay ; Lieut. Thomas Mulrenan, 2d Brigade, vice Bazalgette ; Lieut. Charles John Deshon, 3d Brigade, vice Bevan ; Lieut. Francis C. H. Hallet, Ist Brigade, vice Glasgow, resigned. Major E. A. Williams is posted to No. 1 Battery, 14th Brigade, vice Thring, appointed to the cadet company at Woolwich; Second Capt. Bazalgette to the Depot Brigade ; and Second Capt. Elton to the C Battery, 9th Brigade. The following ex changes have been sanctioned, viz. —Between Capt. and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. the Hu, E. T. Gage, of the 6th Brigade, and Capt. G. Coleclough, of the 9th Brigade; between Capt. and Brevet-Major Spurway and Capt. and Brevet-Major Milward, of the 6th Brigade ; between Second Capt. W. B. Ellis and Second Capt. W. Rooke, 13th Brigade. The undermentioned officers are to be attached for duty until further orders, as follows :—Lieut.-Col. Du Plat to the Depot Brigade at Woolivich ; Major Williams, of the 14th Brigade, to the Depot Brigade at Woolwich ; Capt. Denne, of the 11th Brigade, to N 0.3 Battery, 14th Brigade, at Woolwich. - Quarter - Sergeant Shields, of the 9th Brigade, has been ap pointed Master Gunner at Shoreham, vice Renham. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- Chief has approved the following appointments, to take effect from April 1, 1862 :—Major Reginald Curtis to be Capt. Instructor at the School of Gun nery, Shoeburyness. To be Instructors in Gunnery: —Lieut. Bell, let Brigade ; Lieut. Barlow, 2d Bri gade ; Lieut. Nicholson, sth Brigade ;Lieut. Greig, Bth Brigade; Capt. C. W. Wilson, 9th Brigade; and Lieut. Phipps, Depot Brigade, for Sheerness. To be Assistant. Instructors in Gunnery :—Sergeants Higgs, Horse Brigade; Burridge, 3d Brigade; Gusterson, 6th Brigade; Baily, 6th Brigade; Frost, Bth Brigade; Page, Barry, and Broadhurst, Depot Brigade, for Shoeburyness. The Albuera, No. 5, sailing transport, Captain Elmslie, arrived at Spithead during the night of Tuesday from China, bringing the following officers and troops from Hong Kong :—Military Train-- Major Grey, commanding detachments on board, Capts. Williams and Jarvis, Lieuts. Sewell and Bruce, Quartermaster Lambert, Adjt. Bryan, Vete rinary-Surg. Fleming, and Ensigns Mackenzie and M'Mann, and 216 non-commissioned officers and men. Royal Engineers—Capt. Malcolm, Lieut. Hine, Staff Surg. M‘Nab, and 83 non-commissioned officers and men. Royal Artillery—Lieut. Morgan, two men of the Military Train, one man belonging to the 99th Regiment, and one civilian died on the passage home. The Albuera sailed from Hong Kong on the 30th Nov., and arrived at the Cape on the 23d Jan., sailing again thence on the Ist Feb. She arrived at St. Helena on the 11th Feb., sailing again on the 12th, sighting the Star Light at 9 p.m. the same day, and passing Ascension on 18th Feb. Fine weather was experienced the whole passage home. On the 13th Jan., in lat. 31 24, long. 38 56 E., exchanged signals with the barque Constance, on from Manilla, bound for London, 54 days ou t ; the 17th, in l at. 33 50, long. 28 57 E., the shi p Com modore, from Moulmein for London ; on the 14th February, in lat. 8 35, long. 13 54 W., the ship Northumberland, for Liverpool. The Albuera has a large cargo of Government stores on board, which she will discharge at Deptford. The troops on board will di sem b ar k at Portsmouth this morning, and be f orwarded to their destinations by railway. We learn by the Albnera that the portion of the 60th Rifles landed at Hongkong from her Majesty's ship Siwoon , prior to h er leaving for England, THE MOVE , fiENT .4GAINS2 INCOME TAX. - The following additional correspondence has taken ploce between the committee of the Income Tax Repeal Association of Birmingham and the repre sentatives of that borough : London, Reform Club, March 17, 1862. Sir,—l have to-day received your communication of the 15th instant. The part to which you especially desire an answer is, I presume, the following :—" Will you heartily and willingly take up a position of resolute hostility to the income tax, and divide the house, and vote, or assist to turn out a Ministry, or to take any other hostile steps whenever, in the judgment of common sense, such steps can tend to ameliorate or get rid of the income tax ?" In reply I beg to state—That I am not prepared to pledge myself to " a resolute hostility to the income tax," if this imply the total repeal of that tax. That I am not prepared to pledge myself "to divide the house, and vote, or assist to turn out a Ministry" on this question alone. That I am quite ready to take " hostile steps" whenever I think that "common sense" recommends them as tending to ameliorate the income tax. In giving my answer in this somewhat pointed manner I am sure you will not suppose that I mean any discourtesy toward you or those acting with you. I have adopted tb' s form solely because I think it is the ono best calculsted to convey a clear and definite reply to your questiors.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, John S, Mantor Esq. WILLIAM PaCROLEFIELD. Birmingham, March, 1862. Sir,—W © are requested by the committee to acknow ledge your letter of the 17th, and to say that, so far from complaining of the pointed manner in which you reply to the main questions in their letter, they are obliged by your directness, though they deny tho soundness of your con clusions. They desire a total repeal of the income tax, because they perceive, in common with our most advanced scientific men, that income is not, and never can be, a just criterion of liability to diiect taxation, and because all our indirect tax ation is an enormous income tax on that part of the national income which is spent, while there is a total exemption of direct taxation of capitalised wealth. The regret that you are not at present prepared to assist to turn out a Ministry on this question alone, as they be lieve that in this respect you are at issue with the great majority of your constituents, who consider that the pres sure of these dishonest and insulting tax laws by the Government is a paramount reason for turning out any Ministry. You inform us that you are ready to take hostile steps whenever common sense recommends them as tending to ameliorate the income tax, but you give no information whatever as to what amelicrations of the income tax you desire—what you consider our direct taxation ought to be, or whether, in support of your own views, you are prepared to vote against Ministers. We hoped you would have con sidered it due to the request of a large public meeting of your constituents to express this information, as, without it, it is impossible for them to know how far you are using the power they give you as their representative in the House of Commons, to subject them to extortion and insult. If you desire to communicate any further information it will be our duty to receive it, and to make it public. We are Sir, On behalf of the Income-tax Repeal Committee, Your obedient servants, JOHN S. MANTox, Chairman. FRED. W. FIDDIAN, Hon. Sec. • To Wm. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. Rochdale, March 21, 1862. Dear Sir,—l have to thank you for your second letter. I do not know that I can add much to what I have already written to you. If Birmingham is in earnest in a movement against the income tax, and if other towns will join in the movement, the tax can be overthrown ; and I am not sure that it will not be overthrown more easily than made equal and just. I can vote against the income tax with a clear conscience, because I believe the whole sum annually raised by it might be saved by a Government anxious to do its duty to the people. But I must tell you plainly that so long as there is an apparent popular acquiescence in the present expen diture, and particularly in that branch of it which is con nected with the military services, I do not believe that the tax will either be overthrown, or its pressure sensibly miti -6.4,0a. I am prepared to vote for any honest attempt to make the tax more equal, as I am prepared to vote for its aboli tion. With regard to the precise course to be taken in the House of Commons in dealing with the subject, I must be left at liberty to do that which at the time may seem most judicious. I think you should correspond with all the principal towns in the kingdom, if you wish your views on the in come tax to prevail. I am, very truly yours, JOHN BRIGHT. J. S. Manton. Esq., Regent Works, Birmingham. Birmingham, March 22, 1862. _ _ Dear Sir,—We are desired by the committee to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday, and to present to you their warmest thanks for the clear and explicit manner in which you have expressed your opinions on the income tax question ; and the committee are gratified to find that you heartily agree with this movement for the total repeal of this most hateful and iniquitous impost. The committee aie aware of the importance of inducing other constituencies to take similar steps to those taken here, and they hope that the mere publication of this cor respondence will induce the formation in all the consider able towns in the kingdom of electoral associations, pledged only to vote for candidates for Parliament who will advo cate the total and final repeal of the income tax, leaving the Government to provide, if direct taxation be necessary, an honest wealth tax, to be administered under laws and regu lations in which the rights and the feelings of the people will be respected. This committee will be glad to receive communications from other towns, and to give every information and as sistance in their power to help the movement. We are, dear sir, yours truly, JOHN S. MANTON, Chairman. 1 FRED. W. FIDDIAN, Hon. Sec. To John - Bright, Esq., M.P. SERIOUS CH RGE OF ATTEMPTED JIUR.D.ER AT BRIGHTON. On Monday morning John Edward Belsey, short, dark, thick -set young man, aged 21, was charged with attempting to shoot Louisa King, cook to Mr. Francis D'Alquen, of 8, Montpelier-terrace, Brighton, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, on Saturday afternoon, about half-past one o'clock. It appeared that the prisoner was to be married to Lucy Walder, housemaid at Mr. D'Alquen's, on the Saturday morning, and then appeared to be on the most affectionate terms with her, and they all proceeded to St. Nicholas's Church, prisoner walking with Lucy Walder's mother, and the rest following. All at once the prisoner said he had forgot his gloves, and that he must go back and get them, adding that he should be with them in a few minutes. He went back, and the party proceeded to church, where they waited his arrival for about an hour. No bridegroom ap pearing they were obliged to leave. The intended bride went to Mr. D'Alquen's, and her mother to her home. Nothi ng was seen o f th e prisoner till mr. about half-past 1 o'clock, when he knocked at and his D'Alquen's loqnu went t door, e e up w o h n o w it h ,s ic ,a h s, tht having g reason e ntlema n to ex pect that he would come there. Prisoner asked t o see Luoy (meaning Lucy Walder), and M r . D'Al quen, jun., told him he could not see her, on which the prisoner presented a six-barr e l revo l ver at the breast of Mr.D'Alquen, sen. Louisa King, the cook, at the same time was coming up stairs, and went to assist her master in closing the door against the prisoner. A desperate struggle took place. Louisa King put her head out of the door too far, not know ing that prisoner had a pistol, when he fired, and had it not been for Mr. D Alquen, sen., Pulling her away from the door (just betore the shot was fired) the shot mu s t h ave hit h er . Aft er h e had fired the Messrs. D'Alquen threw the do or open, and a despe rate struggle ensued between Mr. D'Alquen, jun., and the prisoner. The latter was thrown to the ground, and at the same time Mr. D'Alquen, sen., wrenched the pistol from th e pr i soner's hand, when a policeman was sent for and he was taken into custody. On his Way to th e T owb Hall the prisoner said he intended to kill both the girl and the old man. It appears that on the Saturday morning prisoner tried his revolver at a smith's shop, and said he was going on the tramp to shoot some one. All the barrels were loaded. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Roupell. The magistrates, A. Bi g?, Esq. (in the chair), and W. M. Hollist, E sq . , d ecided to commit the prisoner for trial at the assizes, and the witnesses were bound over to appear, Mr. Roupell reserving his defence. —Sussex Express. owing to her being thought overcrowded for a long voyage, are on their way to Shithead in the clipper ship Flying Cloud. On their arrival they will dis embark and join the head-quarters of the regiment in Portsmouth garrison. General Sir John Burgoyne and Colonel Jervoise arrived on Monday evening at Plymouth, and yes terday morning proceeded to inspect the progress of the defences of the entrance to Ifamoaze and Picklecombe-point, and the fort at Tregantle, Corn wall. SINGULAR TRIAL. M:Fenis de Tourondel, when he went to Eng land, had no other name, and he then for the first time got the name of Rohan inserted in his passport. At that time M. Fenis was wanted' by the public prosecutor, who accused him of a serious misdr rneanour, namely, that of being a member, if not the head, of a society formed for the purpose of ituagl" , 4 , J f- , vaign oiaHro- The result of the trial was that M. Fenis a las Rohan's accomplices were found guilty, a nd he himself only escaped for the very sufficient reason that he died first. In Jan, IF-iSS, Prince Camille de Rohan received from his eru s i n , Chabot, a letter in whirl , Prince de Rohan A the facts of the usurpa tion of the name of Rr.,*han by M. Fenis were set forth in the several instances of his passport, his marriage certificate in England, and the act of birth,' of his son inscribed in the civil register ill Paris. M. de Rohan Chabot, in stigmatising these facts, added, If M. Fenis had presumed to take the name of Rohan Chabot, should have sent him a writ directly ; it should not be endured that any' imposter should be allowed to assume a name of which there are many existing heirs." The fact is that M. Fenis fled to Jersey to escape the researches of the police. There he assumed the name of Rohan, and lived upon charity, which he received from the Roman Catholic chapels of the island. Un fortunately for himself, he conceived the idea of setting up in his old business of selling titles of nobility. An action was brought against him on this account and he got in such bad odour in the Isle of Jersey that he was fain to leave it and go to London. He was then 68 years old, and in a frightful state of misery and disease. Never theless, Miss Thompson, although only 20 years old, was daz z l e d b y t h e name of Rohaa, and not withstanding all th e true i nformation which she received consented to marry him. The marriage lasted six days, from April 27 to May 4, 1858. On the latter day the husband died of a malady which is described in the registrar's certificate as " pro longed consumption." Miss Thompson therefore married a man at the point of death. Nevertheless she became enciente, and was confined in Paris of a. son exactly eight months after the marriage, the premature confinement being attributed to an acci dent. Here the advocate was stopped by the First Pre sident Devienne, the Court being with him. - The Appeal Court, confirming the judgment of the Court below, held that Made me de Penis (nee Thompson) had no right either t o t h e ti t l e of princess or the nam e of Rohan, and restrained her from using them. This is a terrible lesson to ladies who aspire to marry distinguished foreigners. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PUTNEY. Last night about 6 o'clock, a mounted police- officer arrived at the stations of th€ London Fire Brigade with intelligence that a serious fire was raging in River street, Putney. The moment the news reached London, Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district, and Mr. Medcalf, engineer, started with the engines from Southwark and Waterloo-bridge roads. The firemen upon arriving at the scene of danger found that the fire had origi nated in a private house occupied by a Mrs. Sarah Davis, at No. 5, in the before-named street, and from that spot had extended with more than usual rapidity to four or five other buildings standing in the same be ls o t r n e g e i t n . g ta T oar h nrm e idv engines a fsa o el f lpoe t frt h l c e tt heh, parish, a Lc r go i ar s nne h dad , The fire was not ex . tinguished until past? o t l t en w t tallow r o w t g h a e e d r a e s n d oe bl works were ol lemo'acwarllkoeycedkri.sn, at night. I n a ad joining ho use t o that inMr G w e h o ic rg h e th p e e n s e fr. n , rt t u h n e e c n ommenced, belonging to• coroner's summoning officer, iwas lying th e d ead body of a young woman, which t was found necessary to carry into the street. The damage done is thus officially returned by Mr. Hen derson to Captain Shaw, the superintendent of the brigade 5, Prince's-street, Putney, in the occupation of Sarah Davis (private), back rooms, ground fluor, and two upper rooms and roof de stroyed, and the remainder of building and contents severely damaged by fire, water, and removal ; con tents not insured, building insured in the County Fire-office. No. 6, do., Mr. George Pedder, beadle of the parish and summoning officer for Mr. Carter, the coroner; roof destroyed, two rooms burnt out, and rest of premises and contents severely damaged by fire, water, and hasty removal; contents insured 1 in the Phoenix Fire-office, the building insured in the County-office. No. 7, do., Mr. Dean (private)• a seven -roomed house; damaged by fi re and water, and the contents by removal and breakage; contents not insured, building in the County Fire Office. No. 4, ditto, Mr. F. Blake (private) ; roof destroyed and contents considerably damaged 19Y fire, water, and hasty removal; conte n t s not i nsure dp , contents considerably damaged by fire, wa t e r, and building in th e C o unty Fire office. N o . 3 , di tto, Mr Smith (privat e ) ; about half of roof destroydestroyed a nd removal ; contents not insured, but building in the County Fire-office. The occupier of th e L ous e in which the fire commenced was removin, and it is believed that a spark flyin g f rom a lighted candle causedt hteoauttbreak. A trial of remarkable interest, and one particu larly interesti ng to E ng li s h ladies with a penchant for forei gn a lli ances, took place on March 21, be fore the Imperial Court of Paris, presided over by the First President, Devienne. In April, 1857, Miss Clementine Thompson, an English lady, aged 20, was married in England to a French genric man, calling himself Jean Joseph, Prince de Rohan do Fenis, de Tourondel, aged 68, since deceased. it was pretended that the witnesses of the marriage were Lord Clarendon, Lord and Lady Palmerston, and several other persons of high rank. The hus band died a week after the marriage, and, as it is alleged, in a galloping consumption. A son was, however, born in Paris eight months after the mar riage, and this son was registered in his father's names, at the Mairie of the 10th arrondissement. The widow, ever since 1857, has called herself the Princess do Rohan, and her infant son the Prince de Rohan. In February, 1858, the Prince de Camille de Rohan cited Madame de Rohan de Fenis before the civil tribunal of the Seine, to show cause why she should not be forbidden to bear the name of Aohan. Madame de Rohan de Tenis pleaded that the prince, being an Austrian subject, could not appeal to the French tribunals on the matter ; but the objection was overruled, the cause was tried, and the tribunal gave a judgment prohibiting Madame de Rohan de Penis and her son from bearing the name of Rohan, and ordering that the registration of the child should be rectified. From that judgment the lady appealed. The appeal cause being heard before M. Devi enne and other judges, M. Berryer, for the widow, argued, as a preliminary objection, that being an Englishweanan the Court had no jurisdiction over her, This demurrer was, however, overruled by the Court, on the ground that although the code lays it down that a Frenchwoman marrying a foreigner only loses her nationality during the mar riage, the converse proposition does not hold, and that a foreign woman marrying a Frenchman, is, ie the view of the French Tribunals, a Frenchwoman., even when a widow. This interesting point of national jurisprudence is, it is believed, decided for the first time. Upon the merits of the case M. Berryer was not furnished with any positive evi dence even to show that his client's husband was a Rohan, much less that he was a prince. He stated in a general way that for two generations the Chateau of Tourondel had been inhabited by the ancestors of his client's husband, Count de Fenis, and Marquises of Tourangel, who he alleged, were a younger branch of the house of Behan, and had. fallen into poverty. But his great card, and whiclit, if it had not been discredited by the judgment of 'the court, would certainly weigh greatly in the con troversy was a letter, which he read, address'ad by Charles A.'s Minister of State to the indivitha a i who is now judically branded as an intriguer and im postor. On November 11, 1828, Baron de La Bouillerie wrote to the deceased husband of the defendant the following letter : " The Baron de La Bouillerie, peer of France, Minister of State, Intendant-General of the King's Household, has the honour to offer the assurance of his most distinguished consideration to the Count de Tourondel-Ventadour, and to inform him that, conformably to his desire, he has had the honour of laying before the King his title of marquis, which his Majesty has condescended to examine atten tively, and which appears to him to be most hon ourable. In consequence, and in obedience to the King's orders, the Baron de La Bouillerie returns the papers, at the same time assuring the count, on the part of his Majesty, that his titles have no need to be renewed, seeing that they are heredi tary and perpetual, and that he could not have better. His Majesty orders him further to assure the Count de Tourondel-Ventadour that the title of marquis most incontestably belongs to him, and that he has a right to the title of Duke de Rohan and de Ventadour, as being the head of the younger branch of that house, and that he may therefore use that title without authorisation. The Baron de LA Bouillerie congratulates himself upon having been able to do anything agreeable to the Count de Tourondel-Ventadou M. Lepecq, counsel for Prince Camille de Rohan, described the deceased husband of the defendant in terms that no one would suppose applicable to the flattered correspondent of Ciiharles X. 's Minister of State, and the man who was recognised by that monarch as Count de Tourondel-Ventadour, Mar quis of something else, and Duke de Rohan. M. 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