The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-24 00:00:00

lD Ii OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFIC E, j Royal Exchange, London, • 23d May, 16(30. The fourt of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Trehame Assurance do Hereby give Notico, that their Tratasfer-Books_will be shut from THURSDAY, the 7th of Jul:lei:text, to THURSDAY, the sth of July following; and that a 'General Cbart of the said Corporation will be holden, at their Office at the Royal Exchange, on WEDIMSDA.Y, the 20th of June, at Twelve o'clock at noon, to consider of a DiViderict. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Secretary. LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION, 81, King William-street. The Directors of this Association hereby inform the mem bers that the PREMIUMS falling due in the year commenc ing on the let July next, from those members who have been assured for seven or more entire years, will be REDUCED at the rate of B?.i per cent., leaving 17i per cent. only to be paid. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary. ___._.------------- BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism. —Morning Post. 5c01d.......................... 5 to 100 guineas. G Silver .......................... 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descr7p tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. India and Watches the nt to all parts of the kingdom fres by post, or to Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. 1 THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Blackstone. Tli J S s:VENING, SOMEBODY ELSE. Mr. C. Coghlan, Miss Ida Sumner, Miss Brennan. Followed by THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs. Chip penda H Farren, rs V . B. White, Mrs.o Howe, Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. Atter which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Mr. Phelps. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows, Miss C. Lcclercq, Commence at 7. i t DELPHI, NEW bs THEATRE-ROYAL. S o le eroprietor and Manager, Mr. Ben). W6ter. Ile-appea,-ance of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan—Third week of the populae American Actress, Miss Julia Daly. IBIS vNENING (eighth time), ITS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L, Toole, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Miss H. Simms.. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with GRIMSHA W, BAGSHAW, AND BRADSHAW Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ;4slily Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, . n Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 26.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE TBCh , King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. . . ton. Directress, Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to Carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the performances will comment* with a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN N EED. F Robinson, C. Young, &c. To be followad by DIDO. After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM. Reduced Prices —Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-oflioe open from 11 to 6 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Thirty-seventh Night of the GREAT MILITARY SPEC- T ACLE. In compliance with numerous inquiries at the Box Office, the Management has arranged to give Four Grand Mid-day Performances during the Whitsun Holidays, viz.— on Whit -Monday, May 28th, Tuesday, 29th, Thursday, 31st, and Saturday, June 2d. The Entertainments will consist of a Recherche Display of Equestrian Performances and a Light pleasing Dramatic Piece ; commencing each day at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, The Grand Hippo Drama, " THE HISTORY OF A FLAG." Wondrous Scenes In the Cirque, supported by the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World. concluding with a Laughable Farce. 'flit. magnificent Chan leliers manufactured by Messrs. De fries arid Sons, Houndsditch. Doo: s open at half -past ft, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CONCERTS.- CA NTERB UR Y HALL VE THIS ENING. C. H. GOUNOD ST. 'S OPERA, FAU first Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheleg Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite ..... Miss Russell. Conductor Idr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is, Hall. 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield. The AFRICAN OPERA T itOUTE, their first appearance sin 1852, consisting ot ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS, who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment every evening. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-Surr OFFICE, MAY 24, MO, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 74—highest since noon yesterday. 53 —lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.02 ; falling. WIND—W.N.W ; fresh, with fine, cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 59m.—Afternoon, 4h. 20m To-moßßow.-Morning, 4h. 41m.—Afternoon, Oh. 3m t9l. 4 Co? • ;I'.`"A, 4 , .4- br:W -• t THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1860, To-night, if other business do not interfere, Mr. GLADSTONE 15 to propose in the Committee on Customs Acts the cessation of duties on the im portation of paper from foreign countries. Whether he will now do so remains to be seen. If he does, the House of Commons will, we trust, and on both sides of it, decline to follow him. The House, to be sure, does not yet know what the Lords have done. It has heard a rumour of a certain bill which it sent up being rejected in " another place by a majority of nearly two to one." To the Commons, however, the paper duty is only " missing,' and they are about to send an expedi tion in search of the missing bill. Its fate they expect to learn from the logbook of the House of Lords. How long the search will take we, never having undertaken such voyages in such company, are not able to conjecture. Probably it will be successful soon enough to enable the Com mons to take the case of the Paper Duties Repeal Bill into account. Whether it does or does not, the speeches and the votes of the house will, we presume, be guided by common knowledge and by commonsense. If so there can be little doubt as to what will become of the Repeal of the Customs duties on Foreign paper in the House of Commons. Possibly some of our readers may not remember the precise position of the question. The duty on English paper is lid. per lb. French and other foreign paper pays an additional customs' duty of ld.—that is, all foreign paper pays 21d. per lb. To the extent of this addi tional penny, English paper appears to enjoy pro tection. It is just here, however, that the Great Rag Question arises ; and also the question of what is due to English manufacturers on account of the cost and trouble of Excise supervision and inter ference. Taking the two into account, English Paper not only enjoys no protection, but is rather at a disadvantage as compared with foreign paper. Now, when the Government proposed to abolish the excise duty here, that part of the claim for the protective penny of course went with the abolition. Not so the other athe greater. It was soon found that the French prohibition of the export of rags was tantamount to the giant of a bounty to the French manufacturer to a very heavy amount — not less, we are informed by the trade, than 23 per cent, on the manufactured article. Indeed, so large is the bounty, that French paper now comes into our market notwithstanding the countervailing duty of one p'e'nny—the calculation, therefore, is no imaginary one, If prohibiting the exportation of rags from Fran ce more than countervails the penny duty now, it is obvious that if the prohibition on export of rags r eviaims, and we abolish the extra custom-house p, mny, our papermakers will be placed at a most unrighteous disadvantage. It may be rer aembered, also, that there was a little French trickery on this subject. When the repeal of the duty was under discussion, the House was informed that the French Govern ment had agreed-to take into consideration this subject of the prohibition of the export of rags. It was so mentioned that all understood the pro hibition was to be removed. Probably the Cabinet itself thought so as well as the House. We esti mated French honour by our own. Had our Government made a similar announcement, while discussions in the French Chambers were to be influenced by it—the House of Commons would have spurned the Minister who could disgrace it by sharp practice with a foreign country. The French, however, have no such sense of honour ; and after all seemed to be made safe with regard to its own interests in the British House of Commons, it turned round and told us that the duties on exportation should be not abolished but reduced! And—so reduced as still to be a virtual prohibition. Now, therefore, we take to be the time to get redress for this insult. The duties on French paper are not yet abolished. Let them remain as they are. Let France learn that we will not be exactly made fools of. She is quite welcome to cancel the treaty if she likes. No one would object to retain the old duties on French wines, to re plenish our exchequer, and to lighten our income Tax by the difference ; while we should be doing but mere justice to our own manu facturers. Mr. GLADSTONE, indeed, told the house the other night that if the House of Lords did not pass the Bill repealing the English duty, the Frenchman and the Englishman would pay the same duty, and the penny countervailing duty would cease. Mr. GLADSTONE might wish it to do so. But, we are mistaken in the House of Commons, if it will not take whatever steps are necessary to make its retention certain. He pre tended that Excise restrictions and expenses were not sufficient to justify any extra charge, and that the treaty permitted no surcharge on foreign articles compared with English manufactures, except what was requisite to meet the expenses caused by the English Excise. Even if the treaty is so worded, we should urge the House to retain the full present duty in the teeth of the treaty. The French rag roguery was not fairly before the house when that part of the treaty was adjusted, and. it is the duty of the House to see that our own manufacturers are not outwitted. A clamour is raised by the Gladstonites that, to retain the penny extra duty, is to contravene the principles of Free-trade. We are older Free-traders than those who raise the cry, and we beg to tell them that we do not think Free-trade requires us to sacrifice our own manufacturers to the competition of Emperors. If a monarch chooses to back his Exchequer against any class of honest tradesmen in his own or in foreign lands, of course no private capital and industry could withstand him. But it is at the option of other countries to permit him to ruin their own subjects. Prohibition of the export of rags in the paper trade is nothing more nor less than the bestowment of a bounty on French paper; and we are not the Free-traders to wish to desert our own mills, because Monsieur shrugs his shoulders and offers us paper 25 per cent. cheaper by the help of his Government. If he will keep his rags at home, let him keep his paper at home too. If he will throw his rag trade open we should feel no compunction in deserting our own manufacturer, provided the Frenchman gave us a really cheaper article. Our manufacturers, however, ask no favour. They merely say let the French withdraw their prohibi tion of the export of rags, and we are ready to meet them in our own markets and in those of the world. The Madras Irrigation and Canal Company, to which we were amongst the first to invite public attention, is now fairly at work. Nearly half a million of its capital has already been paid up ; by far the greater part of it on account of anticipated calls, and the first part of the works is already commenced, The report of the directors we gave yesterday ; since then we have looked through the reports of the chief resident engineer alluded to in it, who in his second general survey was accompanied by a consulting engineer appointed by the Government. The sanction of the Government being requisite, the appointment of Capt. RUNDALL to examine the district in connection with the company's engineer, enabled the directors to commence operations very much sooner than would have been the case had the Government engineer not reported till the company's survey was complete. The company's separate survey would have delayed the works for double the time. It was the more fortunate that the Government acceded to the Company's wish, since, through failure of what the company is about to provide—water—a distressing famine impended over the district ; but its large demand for native labour has enabled the poor natives to sup ply themselves with the necessaries of life, while the Company, of course, found the advantage of an ample supply of men. The estimates, both of cost and profits, must be, as yet, to a certain extent, conjectural; yet there is no reason to think the amount of the former, in tentionally, underrated, or that of the latter over rated. It looks, to be sure, something fabulous — by the outlay of £1,345,000 the company will gain £425,000, or MI per cent. on their capital ; the Government will receive, in revenue, £381,500 ; the profits to native cultivators will be .£1,620,000 ; altogether somewhat less than 200 per cent. on the outlay ! These are, it is true, but rough calcula tions: Still the Government Consulting Engineer could have no interest in setting the expected profits too high. The Government guarantees 5 per cent., and it is after this is deducted that the Company and the Government are to divide the golden prize. We hope and believe that this Company will be the precursor of the introduction of a vast amount of English capital and enterprise into India for similar objects ; and that Government gua rantees will soon become superfluous. We do not desire to see an Indian mania ; but the scope for irrigation works and for canals must be very great. Railways have not in this country superseded carriage by canal, nor will they in India ; while the canal will always have a highly profitable use, independent of that of car rying to market the produce which its waters have created. The sale of those waters for irrigation is a source of profit unknown in England. Even should carriage be almost monopolised by railways, irrigation would still pay the companies hand. somely. In all the calculations, we observe that this is the chief reliance. Indeed, if railways went freely into the irrigated districts, we strongly sus pect that the water would be too valuable, except in the rainy season, to be employed in navigation ; unless, indeed, that were always compatible with the more important duty of irrigation. The railways alio present a very hopeful aspect. But small portions of each line are open at present, yet the net average profit is more than 51-per cent., thus relieving Government from the guaranteed interest. The aggregate receipts were above £400,000 —and, showing the great need of means of conveyance in India, the receipts for passengers were but £137,000 of the total, the remainder were THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1860 for goods traffic. The reeeipts for third-class pas sengers were 921 per cent. of the whole of tie passenger receipts !—a result which could have hardly been anticipated here, where we are so accustomed to think of third-class Hindoos as cer- tainly not having a penny to spare to save their legs. The goods traffic, however, is actually gaining on the passenger traffic, and seems likely to do so. The Report of Mr. JULAND DANVERS, to the Secretary for the India Board, shows that nearly 5,000 miles are arranged for, and in great part ac tually commenced. In one only, the Madras Rail way, of which however less thanloo miles are open, have the receipts fallen below five per cent. on the capital actually expended. On the East Indian the return on expended capital has been £7 4s. 10d. per cent. On the Great Indian Peninsula, £5 14s. 10d. But on the Madras only £2 ls. 84. Even this last, however, would be but too thankfully accepted by many railway companies in England and elsewhere. It is early yet to speculate on what the future of India will be when Railways shall unite all parts, bring down her produce to the coast, and open up each district to the commerce of other districts and of the whole world; while the electric telegraph will render internal communication, and communi cation with the Ruling country itself, but the work iof hours. But behind all these, and doubling their value will be the Water Companies. India is pre eminently the land of abundant water, yet of wasted water, and that where nothing else is needed to convert deserts into gardens. We speak without exaggeration. Over a vast part of India the rains descend in torrents incon ceivable here—deluge the soil ; flood the rivers ; create a temporary fertility ; and then flow away to the sea; the surplus water would give India several harvests in a year. The structure of the hills present the required facilities for impounding the waste :water, and diffusing it over the land during the rainless months, and while the country is one vast hothouse; while the rivers themselves would be made to contribute their share. Rail ways, canals, and the telegraph within the tropics, backed by irrigation to multiply agricultural pro duce threefold, present a picture of industrial pros perity, which reality as it must become, looks more like a fable taken from the Arabian Nights, than a fact founded on the calculations of sober truth. Another great man has now found a fitting place of sepulture in the Old Abbey at Westminster. As more than one who attended the funeral ceremo nies on Tuesday last recalled only too vividly to remembrance, within the narrow compass of the first half of this year of grace 1860, no less than three of our most eminent public characters have there in that mausoleum of genius been interred by the nation—three celebrated men, each pre-eminen in his own peculiar department. There now repose the remains of our great historian and essayist, poet and orator, THOMAS, Baron MACAULAY. There, too, repose the body of one of the very greatest engineers of England, of Europe, of the world, ROBERT STEPHENSON. There lies the form—last but hardly least—of the most illustrious architect of his generation, Sir CHARLES BARRY, Knight and Royal Academician. Had he survived but a few years longer he would doubtless, upon the completion of his noblest masterpiece, have received the additional honour of his elevation to the baronetcy, in crowning recognition of his ser vices, by the SOVEREIGN. Such, however, was not to be. Sir CHARLES has passed away from amongst us before that fruition of his labours, labours which would have rendered the titular evidence of the na tional appreciation of his artistic genius, hereditary. A sudden and unlooked for death has deprived the Crown and the country of the opportunity of thus honouring the name of BARRY through his de scendants. Happily for the great architect's repu tation, his life was so far protracted that he can hardly be said to have disappeared prematurely from the midst of his splendid and protracted labours upon that superb product of his genius as an architect—the Legislative Palace at Westminster. There, indeed, hard by his grave, overshadowing it, overshadowing the loftyhall of RUFUS, overshadow ing the twin towers of that grand old Westminster Abbey—is Sir CHARLES BARRY'S ornate and gigantic monument. It is deeply interesting to remember now that Westminster was both the birth.place and the death-place of our great architect—there exactly sixty-five years ago, CHARLES BARRY was born, in the May of 1795, there he has been solemnly committed to the grave in this May of 1860. And looking above us and around us in the immediate precincts of that grave we have visible reasons now for asserting that surely never yet has any man so magnificently adorned his own birth-place than Sir CHARLES BARRY has adorned his down at Westminster. Scattered far and wide over the metropolis of England—scattered far and wide over England herself, are evidences of his enterprise and ability as one of the most accom plished and versatile of those cyclopian artists in stone called architects. Far away northwards, in the metropolis of Cottendom is that classic Athseueum of his at Manchester. Close at hand, in Pall-Mall, stand side by side, those princely and commodious club-houses—the Reform and the Travellers' ! Closer at hand—within view from the site of his last and greatest achievement, within view thence, but for that unsightly (intervening) block of houses to the south of Downing-street, doomed, we will yet hope, to be razed to the ground as de trop in the midst of our surrounding metro politan improvements—is the fascade of the Trea sury, as that fascade was, at length happily com pleted under Sir CHARLES BARRY'S direction. But there, running south and west of both Hall and Abbey in glorious and worthy companionship with both, is the most memorable of all Sir CHARLES BARRY'S architectural achievements, the colossal and gorgeous Palace of our English Parliament. An artist who could preside over the building up of such an edifice may surely take rank henceforth by right among our English Worthies. Living, he was one of those whom Princes delight to honour. Dead, he is still one of those whom a nation holds in its remembrance. A memorial to a man like BARRY is glaringly altogether superfluous. Inso much that it has already, not unnaturally, been remarked upon the occasion of his interment, as it was first remarked in the famous mural inscription to the memory of Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN within St. Paul's Cathedral—Si monumenturn quccris, cir cuntspice. Yet would we gladly see—now that Sir CHARLES BARRY has gone from amongst us— Ids effigy in marble added to those of our other English Worthies adorning the halls, and corridors, and vestibules of the great palace at Westminster. A commission to one of our leading sculptors, we trust, may be forthwith decided upon to this effect, so that in after times the statue of the distinguished architect of the whole structure may not be looked for in vain—but that it may stand there conspice ously upon its appropriate pedestal as his " coun terpart presentment." The farewell honours awarded to the remains of BARRY on Tuesday last are worthy of the man, of the locality, and of those who took part in the cere monial. There, as the pall-bearers, were the Chief Commissioner of Public Works, the Right Hon. W. COWPER, as the representative of the Government— the President of the Royal Institute of Architects, Mr. COCKERELL—the President of the Royal Aca demy, Sir CHAS. EAsTLAKE—the Dean of St. Paul's, General CUST, Mr. BIDDIZR, Mr. BERESFORD HOPE, and Mr. TITE, M.P. for the city of Bath, and one of the most distinguished of our living Eng- lish architects. There, as the chief mourners, were the five sons of the deceased, followed by an extended line of more than two hundred other mourners moving in slow procession to the sublime chant of the anthem—" I am the resurrection and the life," and the resounding notes of the organ reverberating along the aisles and under the roof of the grand old Abbey. Conspicu ous among those in attendance were most of the great artists who were Sir CHARLES BARRY'S con temporaries—the pride and boast of the Royal Academy, of the Royal Society, of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of the Architectural Museum, of the Royal Institution of British Architects. During the morning and throughout the day the union jack floated half mast high from the summit of the Victoria Tower, in token that the great architect was now no more, of whose genius that magnificent structure will stand for centuries to come as the giant emanation, as the grand and exquisite attestation. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland re ceived a select circle at dinner on Tuesday evening at Northumberland House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley received a distinguished circle at dinner last evening, at their mansion on Carlton House-terrace. . . The Countess of Brownlow is at present on a visi .o her brother, the Earl of Mount- Edgeumbe, at the Win :er Villa, Stonchouse. The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence in St. James's-square, the following circle :—Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre, Lord and Lady Naas, Sir Win. H. Jolliffe, M.P., and Lady Jolliffe and Miss Jolliffe, Sir Hugh and Lady Cairns, Hon. F. Lygon, Sir Thomas Baring, Mr. George Bentinck, Mr. Ducane, Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, &c. Covers were laid for 18. The Countess Cowper entertained a large party al dinner last evening at her ladyship's residence in St. James's square. Stefan-Bey, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Viceroy of Egypt, who came to France last year for the benefit of his health, has just died at Auteuil, in spite of all that medical skill could do to save him. His Excellency leaves a widow, a Fi each lady, by whom he had three children, all of whom survive him. We have to announce the death of Mr. F. H. Glover, F.S.A., librarian to the Queen, who died yesterday at his residence, adjoining the Palace. The lamented gen tleman had been librarian to her Majesty for upwards of 20 years, and was much respected by a large circle of literary and antiquarian friends. He was taken unwell last Fri-. day se'nnight from a carbuncle formed in the back part of his neck. EPISCOPAL APPOINTMENTS.—It is said to he de cided that the Bishop of Durham succeeds to the Arch bishopric of York, and that the Bishop of Carlisle, Dr. Villiers, goes to Durham. It is also rumoured that the Dean of Windsor, Dr. Wellesley, a brother of our Ambas sador at Paris, has received the offer of the see of Carlisle. HEALTH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—The King of Prussia has been obliged to give up carriage exercise, as he suffers too much from the jolting. His Majesty is now drawn about in a Bath chair in the alleys of Sans-Souci. The Court will, it is said, vacate Sans-Souci this summer, to give place to workmen who are to make some changes in the Palace, and repair it generally. The King's apartments are so badly arranged that they cannot be properly warmed in winter. The small Palace of the Isle of Peacocks, near Potsdam, is being prepared for his Majesty's summer resi dence. . } ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOClETY.—Anniversary meeting. Monday, the 28th inst., at one p.m., at Burling ton House ; the President, the F Ripon, darl de Grey and in the chair. During the ballots the gold medals will be awarded to Lady Franklin and Sir F. S. M'Clintock, R.N. The dinner will take place at the Freemasons' Tavern at seven o'clock p.m. CANADIAN LOYALTY.—A preliminary meeting of the citizens of Hamilton, Canada Weat, was lately held, to take measures for the erection of a monument to her Majesty, to be built by subscription. The Mayor and a number of other gentlemen were appointed a committee to that effect.—Canadian News. We understand that the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, Earl Fortescue, has appointed Sir John Bowring a deputy lieutenant for the country, and this recognition of the worthy knight as a Devonian is the more gratifying since Sir John's ancestors were seated for many genera • tions at Bowringsleigh, near Ivy-bridge, between Exeter and Plymouth. It is now known that the three Austrian steam frigates were sent to Naples and Sicily to protect the sub. jects of his Imperial Majesty, and to bring away the Royal family if it should be obliged to quit the kingdom. Sicily is here believed to be lost to Naples, but no one seems to have a clear idea of the whereabouts of General Garibaldi. The municipality of Milan, which had before sub scribed 100,0001. for the purchase of muskets for Garibaldi, has just decided on another grant of an equal sum in favour of the Sicilians. The Duke of Brabant, travelling under the name of Vicomte d'Ardennes, arrived at Venice on the 17th. Mine. Ristori's representations continue to at tract crowded houses, but no novelty has been produced since " Elizabetha." This week brings the performances of the great tragedienne to a Close in Paris. An American manager is understood to have made munificent offers for a six months' visit to the States. COPFER DISCOVERIES IN CANADA.—WC have favourable accounts of the copper mines at Acton. The Montreal Advertiser states that Mr. Sleeper, the lessee, in tends to quarry and dress a block of copper ore for the ex hibition of several tons weight, a specimen of the mineral riches of Canada which cannot be equalled by the whole world, lie . offers, also, to supply the Government at a moderate price with blocks large enough to furnish slabs for the decoration of the interior of the Parliament build ings at Ottawa. Polished slabs of variegated ore would make a magnificent decoration, vastly more beautiful than the Ural malachite.--Canadian News. FIRE AT MILLWALL.--Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Cotton, butcher, of Providence-place, Millwall. The fire brigade from Messrs. Brown and Lenox's anchor-works, under the direction of Mr. Roberts, was quickly on the spot, and the premises were then completely enveloped in flames, but a plentiful supply of water being obtained, the fire was extin guished before t'ae arrival of the engines from Shadwell and Well-close -square. The family of Mr. Cotton escaped with some difficulty, and the most painful anxiety for some time prevailed, as it was believed that a girl, seven years of age, had perished. Mr. Roberts, at some risk, went into each of the bed-rooms, and it was found that the girl had escape] from the window on to the roof. The premises, stock, and furniture were insured in the Sun and Royal Exchange Fire-offices. A MAN SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR TUE FIFTY-THIRD True.—At the Carnarvon petty sessions, on May 15, Robert Roberts was found guilty, with others, of an assault on the police, when the mayor, in passing sen tence on the prisoners, said to Roberts :—" As to you, Robert Roberts, your career is a most extraordinary one, it is a melancholy picture of the depth of degradation to which a man may bring himself. You have lived the life of a vagabond on the face of the earth. You were discharged from the common gaol at eleven o'clock yesterday, after being incarcerated within its walls fifty-two times ' • half of your manhood has been spent there, and it would be well for you, well for the legion of persons whom you have in jured and annoyed, had the whole instead of the half of your time been passed under restraint. I wish that any thing I could say, any sentence this court could pass, might tend to reform you, for it is dreadful to conceive what must be the end of such a person." The sentence was a fine of £5, or one month's imprisonment.—Carnarvon Herald. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY AN ACTOR. —For many years an actor, now considerably past middle age, named William Mackay, has been engaged as one of the theatrical company of Mr. Mosley, at Bradford and Halifax, and for a season or two at a new theatre in Douglas, Isle of Man ; but during the last winter and sp ring he has been unable, from severe illness, to follow his profession on the stage. His wife, however, to whom he has only been a few years married, was a shopkeeper in Duke-street, and his circumstances were thus respectable. He slowly reco vered ; but the season for the time was over, and the com pany are preparing to return to the Isle of Man, where, it ebe room d-roobme., appears, he woul not be able to go with th em as formerl y , and from this and other causes his spirit s were g reatl y de pressed. i while his s Sunday wi fe a u f forenoon, e noon , wen servant gir low, he became desperate, sat deliberat el y down before the h l alon weree in nin his t h mirror with a razor in his hand, and at four different plunges inflicted numerous wounds in his neck, extending from ear to ear, but still without dividing the jugular vein, and so causing instant death. Policeman Bowyer, who was on the beat, was called in, and surgical assistance obtained, but any hopes of saving his life are very slight. The roots and connecting ligatures of his tongue are completely severed ; and if he should even survive, he will be unable to articu late. The windpipe is also partially cut through. He still, however, while we write, is alive, but little more cart be said. He, we understand, was originally from Glasgow, and has always been held in high respect by the public and the corps dramatique with whom he associated on the boards. The Derby Day—the Derby Day—the great holiday'of hard-working England We have not as many Saints' Days as they have in continental countries ; but we do our best to cram all the fun of the year into eighteen hours, and we generally succeed. From the Premier down to the poor Cabt y, we all own the influence of the time. Cares, anxieties, and worries for the space of one day are consigned to the vasty deep. Upon that day all Blue Devils commit suicide. Creditors are not. 'Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes cease to run. Work is forgotten. Honourable Members ruu away from their Parliamentary duties, and gentlemen who have no Parliament:al) , duties leave their private affairs to take care of themselves. The two tall sentries at the Horse Guards feel a rued desire to 6-ive their two huge black horses a breather up White hall iu honourable rival, y. The nurses with the perambu lators would like to run their vehicles against each other for the Two Year Old Stakes I The baker's boy, who delivers the rolls at the door, has a small bet with Jenny upon the favourite, intimating with a wink that he is not without pretensions to that character. If the great heart of England, during those twenty four hours, were opened, upon it would be found engraven in sanguine characters a list of the running horses, w ith the names, weights, and colours of the riders I--Fro m " The Derby Day," in Once q LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, MAY 24. The litoniteur of this morning publishes the law concerning sugars and coffees which has been agreed to by the Senate. _ _ The Moniteur also publishes the order of the day of matters to be discussed in the next sitting of the Senate, among which are petitions in reference to the import of iron and to the execution of the treaty of commerce between France and England. ROME, MAY 23. An official despatch, dated Naples, 22d inst., states that the insurgents in Sicily were attacked and dispersed on the 21st inst. by the 9th battalion of Royal Chasseurs-128 of the rebels were killed. The insurrection was making no progress. NAPLES, MAN 23, 6 P.M. (Official.) The rebels encamped at San Martino, near Mon reale, have been beaten twice, driven from their positions and pursued to Partanico with very con siderable losses. One of their leaders, Rosolino Pilo, was killed. The heights which were occupied by the rebels have been taken by the Royal troops. PARIS, MAY 23. The despatches received to-day from Naples con firm, without giving further details, the successes of Garibaldi. A proclamation had been issued by him, in which he took upon himself all the responsibilities of the Dictatorship of Sicily. Garibaldi, therefore, must be present with his Force. The volunteers who re-entered Tuscany under the command of Lambianchi have been arrested, and will be brought to trial. The Sardinian squadron is concentrated in the Sardinian waters. BERLIN, MAY 23. The Prussian Chambers were closed to-day by the Prince Regent, who in his speech said : " Government is most seriously endeavouring to bring about such solutions of the questions which at present engage the attention of the European Cabinets as will be adequate to the maintenance of the political equilibrium. " The principles which guide the Government in its relations with the German Confederation and the German Diet, in regard to the present highly important affairs, have been explained during this session. The Government also will, in future, adhere to these principles, and will con tinue to regard the maintenance of the recog nised rights of others as necessary for the mainte nance of its own rights. " Notwithstanding the difference of opinion ex isting in reference to important questions, in one feeling all the German Governments and people are unanimous with myself and the Prussian people, that is, in unskaken fidelity to the common fatherland, and in the strong conviction that the independence of the nation, and the integ rity of the national territory, are matters of import ance, before which all internal affairs and dissen sions far recede." The continuation of his Royal Highness's speech ,reated of questions respecting the interior. BERLIN, MAY 23. The Prince Regent will proceed to-morrow, via Kreuznach and Saarbruck, to Trier, to be present at the opening of the Rhine, Nahe, Saarbruck, and Trier Railway. According to the Kreuz Zeitunq, Marshal M'Mahon, commander-in-chief of the camp at Chalons, has received orders to welcome the Prince Regent in the name of the Emperor of the French on his arrival at the French frontier. The Prussian Ambassador at Paris, Count Pour talcs, will Jalso go to Saarbruck to join the Prince Regent. VIENNA, MAY 23. Count Thun, the Austrian Ambassador at St. Petersburg, has arrived here. It is not true that the Emperor will deliver a speech at the opening of the Council of the Empire. BERLIN, MAY 23, It is asserted that the Ambassadors of the Foreign Powers are about to demand explanations respect ing the speech of the Government Councillor, Mathis, in the sitting of the 21st inst., in which the councillor recommended an intimate alliance be tween Prussia and England in consideration of the Franco-Russian alliance. HANOVER, MAY 23. It is stated that negotiations for the conclusion of commercial treaties between France and several other States will shortly be opened at Paris. ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 24 Prince Gortschakoff has sent instructions to the Russian representatives at the Courts of the Great Powers, explaining why the Turkish Ambassador was not invited with the Ambassadors of Austria, France, Great Britain, and Prussia, to receive the proposals of Russia relative to an inquiry into the condition of the Christians in Turkey. Prince Gortschakoff says : " The condition of the Christians in the Turkish Empire is a question of general interest reserved for the consideration of a European Conference, which for nearly 50 years has consisted of the five great Powers exclusively, among which Tur key is not included. " If it had been necessary to call the representative of the Porte to this assembly of the Ambassadors, because she signed the treaty of the 30th March, 1856, the same claim could have been made by Sar dinia, whose participation in the negotiations in question would have been opposed by Austria, and it was therefore necessary to exclude the Porte, in order to avoid the admission of Piedmont, and to confine the deliberation to the great Powers only. GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION. From private letters from Sicily we have col lected some further details of Garibaldi's expedition. As soon as Garibaldi had landed at Marsala he issued a proclamation commencing with the magic words, ' 7 Victor Emmanuel reigning." The town at the time of Garibaldi's arrival was occupied by only a few custom house soldiers and veterans, who gave up their arms without resistance. The courageous band having put their artillery in pro per order, a reconnoitering party was sent on in the direction of Salemi. It appears that this town was then occupied by two companies of the lith Neapolitan infantry regiment, which on getting wind of what had happened at Marsala took to their heels with all possible speed. They fell back on Maz zara, where the rest of the regiment was quartered. This news was brought to Garibaldi by the Sicilian patriots just as he had begun his forward move ment in the direction of Salemi. According to the statement which was current at Naples it was near Corleone that Garibaldi met the first resistance. But the Neapolitan regiment above mentioned and TURIN, MAY 23, a battalion of sharpshooters, some say the sth, hitherto unheard of in the history of revolutions, some the 9th, were soon routed, and compelled to all the sentiments which are the soul of a people in revolt—legitimate mistrust and blind rage—consent fall back on Alcano, a small town 32 Italian miles from Palermo. By the time it arrived at this at the same time to be silent." place the heroic band was largely increased by the numerous volunteers which had flocked from the provinces through which it had passed. It was at Alcano that some of the chiefs of the in surrection met the gallant general, and discussed with him and with his staff the plan of the march on Palermo. On the morning of the 16th the in surgents had arrived at the Pioppo, a position which commands the Sicilian capital from a distance of eight Italian miles in the direction of Monreale. It is not stated, however, whether these insurgents belonged to the army of Garibaldi, or whether their presence was to be ascribed to a concentrating movement operated by the bands which had pre viously harassed the Neapolitan garrison of Palermo. At the first announcement of these facts at Naples great was the rage of the King, who openly accused the commanders of the Strom boli and of the Capri of having treacherously allowed Garibaldi to land. A council of Minis ters was summoned to the royal palace, and General Filangieri and Prince Ischitella were requested to take the civil and military command of the island. This offer was, however, declined by both of them. They are too cunning not to per ceive that the hours of Bourbonic power are num bered in Sicily. Orders were given to send fresh troops, which were shipped on board six steamers, put under the command of Admiral Salazar, the same man who, in 1848, captured in the waters of Corfu the vessel which had on board General Ribotti, Marquis Fardella, Longo, Delli Frani, and about 200 other Sicilian patriots. Generals Lanza and Barbalonga were soon despatched to Palermo, to offer concessions to the Sicilians. These con cessions were—The Count of Trani, half-brother of the King, to be an independent Viceroy ; general amnesty ; and the construction of railroads through the island. It was generally reported at Naples, that in case of a refusal General Lanza had the power of offering to the Sicilians the con stitution of 1812. It was not likely that the Sici lians would listen to the propositions of the Neapo litan Court whilst Garibaldi was at the head of an army, and the whole of the island revolutionised. It is true that the royal army is 40,000 strong, and that the garrison of Palermo reckons at least 22,000 men. But you must bear in mind that the troops having been daily harassed by the insur gents, even before the arrival of Garibaldi, they have lost courage, and that symptoms of insubor dination were already manifest in its ranks. Be sides, the attitude of the Palermitans was so threat ening that Aliniscalco had thought proper to start for Naples in order to advise the King to have the troops removed to Messina. Palermo has a brave population of 200,000 souls, and we know what wonders it was able to accomplish in 1848. The demonstrations at the Cassero, and the more re cent ones of Strada Nuova and Porta Macqueda, where the women were the first to shout out " Long live united Italy ! Long live Victor Emmanuel our King !" sufficiently show 'what sort of people the Neapolitan soldiers have to deal with. The Palermitan women even went so far as to offer their bosoms to the bayonets of the soldiers. " Now then," they exclaimed at Porta Macqueda, " kill us all ; do what you have done at Carini—take our children and massacre them. Better die than live under the infamous and tyrannic sway of your King." When a country can boast such women its freedom is already assured, its cause cannot but triumph. The vagueness of the intelligence which arrives from Sicily is considered by the Constitutionnel as an inauspicious omen for the ultimate success of the King of Naples. There are, our contemporary ob serves, certain causes which cannot be content with a semi-triumph ; their victory must be complete and undeniable, or it ceases to merit the appella tion. Public opinion in Europe from the very out set seems to have made up its mind, the writer observes, that since the King's Government had not succeeded in putting down the insurrection, the in surrection would indubitably obtain the mastery and drive out the Royal troops. In fact, so little doubt was entertained of Garibaldi's success, once that he was able to hold his ground in the first en counters, that, according to our contemporary, two serious apprehensions seized on the minds of poli tical men throughout Europe —one, that a revolu tionary convulsion might arise in Sicily and spread to the rest of Italy, proving too powerful for Gari baldi ; and the other that his success might lead to a European conflagration, the various Powers de claring, some in his favour, and others against him. The writer in the Constitutionnel considers such fears as quite unfounded. Revolution, in the usual acceptation of the word, has, he admits partisans in Italy, but 'it likewise finds there energetic opponents—at Turin, of position, and at Rome of principles. In Piedmont, the fact of a constitutional Government existing and working with perfect regularity is of itself sufficient, par ticularly after the annexation of the previously discontented provinces, to render the ingress of revolution there quite impossible. As to its chances at Rome, the following is the language of the article : " If the Revolution is impossible at Turin, it is still more so at Rome. The capital of the Catholic world happily has other defenders besides the bands of recruits so laboriously collected under the command of a French general. It still enjoys the efficacious protection of Imperial France ; it still has the support of that eldest daughter of the Church, who, without expecting gratitude from any one, will ever keep watch, whether present or absent, over the holy asylum of the successor of St. Peter. Once, it must be remembered, the Revolution found its way into the eternal seat of Catholicism. Who re-opened the gates of the Vatican to the Holy Father? France ; and France will continue her determined and powerful protection to the capital of Christian civilisation." As consequently no danger exists, the writer con ceives that revolution with all its horrors will follo in the wake of Garibaldi's success ; the point arises as to whether it may not lead to serious differences among the European Powers. His reasons for the neg ative opinion are thus given : " There remain Naples and Sicily , respecting which, the apprehensions, though different, are not better founded. It is feared that a gieneral disturbance may rise from recent events. 'We do not think there is any ground for any uneasiness on that score. In the first place the Neapolitan kingdom is not yet in the hands of Garibaldi. We even see that Francis 11. has at length begun to make concessions. Let us hope it may not be too late. But if, unfortunately, it should so happen ; if a radical change is to be realised in that kingdom, must we perforce thence conclude that a great danger threatens the order and peace of Europe ? Such a peril could only exist if Europe were divided. But any divisions that may exist between the great Powers are of a secon dary order ; and, thank God ! they are not of a nature to prevent the common understanding necessary to the equilibrium and security which protect them all. Therefore, when any change takes place at Naples, it will not be the exclusive concern of France or England or Piedmont, but of all Europe ; it will be a question that can only be settled by European arbitration. This reflection is sufficient to re-assure public opinion against even the worst eventualities." The Debats also publishes some remarks on the affairs in Sicily, and expresses the opinion that, as Garibaldi has hitherto held out, he must eventually succeed. The writer says " One fact, however, appears evident from all the accounts which contradict each other in so many ways, and that is, that the volunteers of Garibaldi have not been overwhelmed by the Neapolitans, as the journals hostile to them had at one moment supposed, and the expedition still continues its progress. In the s ituation in which it is placed, not to quit the island is to con quer, even should it be for a time compelled to fall back before the superior forces of the King. The future may per . haps reserve for it more striking and more decisive triumphs; but it cannot gain a greater one than not to have failed at the first step. There is, therefore, but slight interest in knowing whether the mission of Gen. Lanza to Sicily is in fact a conciliatory one, and whether the King of Naples is disposed to make c oncessions. It would be the first time that concessions have succeeded before an armed insur rection. They will honour rather tardily the Court of Naples in the eyes of Europe; but they will not decide the fate of Sicily, henceforth up to the fate of arms "less ? indeed, Et given miracle, The Paris correspondent of the Times (Second Edition), in his letter, dated May 23, says : " Whatever fresh intelligence may have been re ceived from Naples, none of a kind favourable to that Government has transpired. We may, therefore, infer that the movement in Sicily is making progress; and it is to be apprehended that the promise of a Constitution, even though guaran teed by the Imperial Government of France, would hardly induce the revolted to lay down their arms. Men flushed with success, accompanied by the sym pathies; of all who hate tyranny, and fighting in such a cause, will not easily give up their chance of suc cess for those promises, even enhanced with such an endorsement. " The Emperor of the French is said to be more and more dissatisfied with the Piedmontese, who, his Majesty seems to believe, are (to use a vulgar phrase) " coming the old soldier over him." When Savoy was to be handed up to France it is clear that it was not Savoyards who have been converted into French citizens, that were meant, but something quite as valuable—namely, the land that bore them. Now, it is very well to fight for an idea, but, after all, a bargain is a bargain. The Piedmontese do not appear to have as good a notion of this elementary maxim as people at the Tuileries, and the former have employed the interval before the ratifica tion of the treaty in selling, as fast as they can, and to the highest bidder, not merely the personal property of Victor Emmanuel, but the Crown lands which should revert to France. This is rather sharp practice. France, doubtless, glories in her new subjects, but if they bring nothing with them there will be matter for complaint. A letter from Rome, dated the 16th instant, says :—" It is believed here that Garibaldi has not gone to Sicily, but that he is meditating a master stroke upon some other point of Italy. It appears certain that an expedition had . been organised against the Roman States, and that the landing was to take place in the port of Fermo, on the Adriatic. Public opinion is much agitated, and it is probable that some serious event will shortly take place in Central Italy. The King of Naples believes that he is strong enough to subdue the insurrection." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. A telegraphic despatch from Paris, in the Nord of Brussels, says—" The Ottoman Ambassador has protested, it is said, against the project of inquiry relative to the Christians in Turkey, as being an attack on the sovereignty of the Sultan." BOURSE, May 23.—The market was buoyant at the opening owing to a rise of in English Con sols, but prices afterwards again became heavy. Threes after having been done at 69f 45c, receded to 69f 30c. Mobilier varied from 662 f 50c to 657 f 50c ; Austrian, 496 f 25c to 493 f 75c ; Lombard, 501 f 25c to 498 f 75c ; Lyons, 870 f to 866 f 25c ; Or leans, 1,325 f to 1,320 f; Dauphine, 590 f to 602150 c; Southern, 510 f to 507 f 50c. The following are the last quotations : 11 per Cents. .... 95 75 Credit Foncier 820 -- Do. end month .. 95 75 Belgian 4i 3 per Cents 69 40 Piedmonteso (5) .. 83 Do. end month 69 35 Roman B2 50 Bank Sharos 2820 Austrian — Credit Mebilier .. 662 50 Spanish Throes Do. Acceunt 662 50 Home Debt 46 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern ... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean s7o 75 .. 868 25 Geneva 405 .. 410 Southern Western 563 75 .. 560 Eastern Sardinia* 417 50 .. 415 Austrian Lombard .... Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 14c.; money, 25f. 13c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 90c. ; money, 24f 87c. INDIA. The following telegrams were yesterday received at the India-office from India : SIMLA, APRIL 28. The Governor-General and the Commander-in• Chief are still at Simla, but will return to Calcutta on the 7th proximo. Mr. Wilson, in a speech in Council, answered the objections of the Madras Government to him scheme of taxation. On the morning of the 20th the Wazerees at tacked Col. Larkins' (?) column, with some damage to the cattle and camp followers, but they were driven out with heavy loss, and pursued for three miles over the hills, and to all appearances have been broken up. Funds.—Government 5 per Cent. Loan at 2i to 3 per cent, discount ; 51, per Cent. Loan at 41 to to 5 per cent. prem. ROBERT COLQUHOUN. Alexandria, May 13. SIMLA, MAY 4. The Governor-General held a durbar at Simla on the 3d inst. for the reception of the hill chiefs. Cholera has been prevalent in Oude, but is noW disappearing. The force under General Chamberlain joined that under Colonel Lumsden on the 26th ultimo. The Wuzerees gave up their intention of holding Shapoor and Petray, and retreated. Funds.—Government 5 per Cent. Loan, from 3 to 3f per cent. discount; Government 5i per Cent. Loan at 3 to 31 prem. R. GOLQUITOUN. Alexandria, May 13. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Mi 23. The Canadian mail steamer North Briton, which left Quebec on the 12th inst., has arrived. She landed all her mails. The Asia and Canadian had arrived out. The Great Western Railway Company was building a state carriage for the Prince of Wale Advices from Vera Cruz were to the Ist inst. The Constitutional Government had rejected the mediation of England, and Miramon was defeated on all sides. On the 19th ult. a fire in the valley of Trinidad, in Cuba, had swept over 18 miles of ground. The loss is estimated at 500,000 dols., and a reduction in the sugar crops of 8,000 hogsheads was expected. NEW YORK, MAT 12. The steamers New York and City of Manchester had sailed that day with about 322,000 dols. in specie. Stocks were generally firm and rather attire: Money unchanged. Exchange firm. The flour receipts amounted to 14,000 barrels, and the market was dull. Corn steady. Western provinces, 78 ; market quiet. Ashes steady. THE RECENT DEFALCATIONS IN PADDINGTON. —A. special meeting of the representative council of Pad dington was held on Tuesday, in the vestry hall of the parish, to take into consideration, amongst other matters, the extensive defalcations of Thatcher, late rate collector of No 4 ward, the exact amount of which has not yet been ascertained, although estimated at upwards of £1,500. After some discussion, the following resolution, moved by Mr. Roche and seconded by the Rev. Dr. Burns, was car ried :—" That a special committee be appointed to consider the duties and emoluments of all the collectors, and re port fully at the next sitting of the vestry; and the com mittee to have the power to print the same for the benefit of the vestry." EXTRAORDINARY IRISH EXODUS FROM THE MERSEY.-If the extraordinary emigration at present going forward to the United States direct from all the ports of the sister isle has excited the attention and alarm of Irish poli ticians and journalists, a visit to the Liverpool docks during the past few weeks, and to the different emigration offices along Waterloo and Regent-roads, would not lead in any degree to diminish the feeling of alarm, as at no period for many years past has the emigration been so brisk as at pre sent to ports in th e United States ; indeed, some of th leading emigration houses state that the trade has not bees' so brisk since 1837. During the present month the exodus from the Mersey to the United States in passenger ships has been about 9,000 steerage passengers, being an average of 3,000 w ee kly, an d the numbers exhibit no apparent signs of r decrease. In addition to the above, several vessels are noiready far sea and at anchor in the river , with not less than 1,500 souls on beard, bound for the United States.--L ice peed Daily PM.