The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-29 00:00:00

THE FRENCH ORPHEONISTS.- It has been s uggested i n many influential quarters that it would be a graceful act to entertain the Orphe onists of France at dinner in the Crystal Palace after their far ewell performance there to-morrow. As the time is too sho rt to admit of a committee being formed for carrying out the object, Sir Joseph Paxton has kindly undertaken to make the necessary arrangements as far as time will permit. Those persons who may be desirous of co-operating in this act of international hospitality will be kind enough to forward their contributions without delay to Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., 7, Pall-mall East, S.W. BE NS o N'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."—Morning , Post. Gold Silver 2to 60 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Beekstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buck stone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, the new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Rogers ; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. TO conclude with THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. the Leelereqs. Commence at 7. ItOYAL PR INCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will ba performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps. To sonolude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows, Miss C. Leelereq, Commence at 7. ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of the powerful Adelphi drama, "The Flowers fe Frest." Ninth week of the popular the Actress, Miss Julia Daly THIS mIVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington, Miss Laidlaw. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Ehurne, Miss Julia Dalz, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, Z 2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, 55. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, as. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. FRENCII PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Directeur, M. Talexy.--Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Positively the last Night but One of M. LECLERE. TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY), LES PREMIERS ARMES DE RICHELIEU. Madlle. Marie Basta. LET VIEI7X DE LA VIEILLE ROCHE. Pellitier, M. Leclere. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- .. 4 .A.. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM . BATTY. New Engagement, for nine nights previous to his departure for the Continent, of the Greatest Rope Dancer in the World, HERR CREISTOFF, and the popular French Clown, MoNS. L'EPINE. MADLLE. LEONTINE received with enthusiastic applause. fhe superb Hipp o -d rama i s a d ec id e d success. On Monday, June 25, 1860, and during the week, the En tertainments will commence with the Grand Historical Spectacle in Three Acts, entitled "FAIR ROSAMOND, or the AMAZON CRUSADERS." To be followed by an incom parable display of Equestrian Achievements in the Scenes of the Arena, supported by the most talented Artistes in Europe, including Madlle. LEONTINE. To conclude with a Popular Farce. Doors open at half-past 6. performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA. FAUST. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite .1 0 ,11.1.11 Miss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is Hall, 6d. Combo Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dlan and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfleld. The AFRICAN OPERA TitOUPE, their first appearance since 1852, consisting of 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 IVEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 29, 1660. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. :I—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.88. WlND—North-Westerly, inclining to West ; fresh and squally, with fine weather occasionally, interspersed with flying showers and heavy rolling clouds. HALF-PAST ONE.—Another heavy shower. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Ilky.—lSlorning, 10h. 12m.—Afternoon, 10h: 45m. To-moßnow.-Morning, llh. 24m.—Afternoon, —h. —m. 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No one will deny that there is a great deal to be said for either view ; so much that the most upright and intelligent men who have studied the subject may yet come to different conclusions. It is very observable, too, that such men appear to be biassed in their diverse opinions by the services to which they have belonged, a fact which is no imputation on the motives of either class ; still with the varied considerations which must be taken account of, it forms an addi tional reason for civilian judges to exercise their right. Without imputing to gentlemen who have served respectively in the Company's or in the QUEEN'S Army the slightest intention to sacrifice Imperial objects to personal predilections—for the influence of such partialities we believe to be wholly unconscious—we must yet, practically, re gard these gentlemen as advocates, pleading before a necessarily impartial judge or jury. And we must think that after hearing all they have to say, unprofessional Englishmen are the best judges of what, on the whole, seems desirable for the Em- pire at large. We have seen nothing in the debate of last night to alter the impressions we have received from former debates. The case is pre-eminently one in which the decision must rest on a balance of advan tages. And, after weighing them, we still think the preponderance is on the side of one army for one empire. Indeed the general principle is so self-obvious, that India could not claim a local army without making out a special case for it. All our other colonies, except so far as they have created or are creating a militia in local defence, which like our own militia is of course a localized force, are defended by soldiers of the Royal army, bound to do service wherever their QUEEN and their country require it. Many of these colonies are in climates as warm as that of India, and several of them are more unhealthy. Indeed India is not, generally speaking, unhealthy. European in temperance —or even European ordi nary indulgence in food and beverages of a stimu lating kind, may be unhealthy, and it may be diffi cult to restrain such habits in private soldiers, but the climate itself is not d angerous to health. The distance and arra ngements r or necessary changes of regiments are matt er of detail, and are likely to become every year less difficult to deal with. The return of the Great Eastern probably point the way towards may very an easy transmission of troops backwards and forwards between us and oar remotest dependencies, w e do not share the fears of some that the French w ill block up our road via Alexandria ; we could spe ak on that question, should it ever arise, from Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu; but even if M. LESSEPS' idle dream should ever be realised, we certainly think it more than probable that Mr. SCOTT RussELL'S magnificent machine will have shown us, if not literally a shorter route, yet one which, all things considered, will be a better and cheaper one round the well known old Cape. Tbe,autiny of the ten,..lkousand men of the local army, who turned their backs on what we must think:to be their duty, in India, may have been exaggerated, but we can hardly think so. 'We cannot believe that regiments of the Line, could they have been in the same circumstances, would have communicated with the Sikhs, with the view of driving out the QUEEN'S army and consti tuting themselves the sole army of India; and that with, of course, the awful result of their becoming the Praetorians of India. There must be a tendency, in the double effects of complete separation from the mother country, and of a climate which tends to laxity of discipline, to generate the feeling of loyalty to the land of their adoption rather than that of loyalty to the land of their fathers— perhaFs, we should rather say of selfish disregard of their relation to the mother country. It is indeed alleged that, by salf-banishment to India, our soldiers and their officers become more considerate of the tastes and habits of the natives; and in a certain sense this may be true. We know too well that they have iu former times purchased their goodwill by sharing with them in the most debasing and degrading of their heathen vices. But we cannot think that Englishmen generally would be wanting in that consideration and friendly feeling towards a subject race which they would be both taught as a part of their duty, and their own good feelings would suggest. The sentiments engendered by the Sepoy atrocities in the late mutiny, could not be expected to subside all at once, but it is fast becoming apparent, that those were right who regarded the mutiny as a military one, and as in great part due to the extreme igno rance in which we had intentionally kept the Sepoys, combined with the way in which we had petted them and pampered their prejudices. A better feeling between Europeans and natives is, we are happy to observe, gaining ground, and we have little doubt that if we prove the benefactors to the country in legislation, and public works, and commerce, which it seems now certain we shall be, the disturbing memory of the past will soon pass away. As to all the difficulties raised respecting finding a supply of the requisite ability for officers for the Indian Service, we cannot believe it. This is not the day for the love of featherbed service to spread. Our middle and upper classes are roused to emulate in general education, but especially in professional education, their compeers in foreign armies. We do not think they have ever been really inferior—but, even if they have, young men will enter the army now more and more with the idea of qualifying themselves for any required service. If to know an Indian lan guage were the desideratum, we trust they would show in six months that they could give any order or make any inquiry in it, which the service re quired. Why we cannot take up a book on Indian field sports, without seeing that to enjoy them thoroughly an officer must be able to make his native guides and servants understand his meaning. The patronage question depends on public opinion and watchfulness. There is, however, much less danger of its being unfairly exercised in regard to India, than in regard to home service. Practically, however, it will always depend much on the Indian Administration. The Governor - General, and his chief military coadjutor in India, will be almost sure to have in their own hands the rewarding of merit in Indian service ; and in first appointments, we are told, there is now little scope for favour. Again we have the painfully interesting ques tion about Harbours of Refuge, about Shelter for Shipping—as the phrase is—ventilated. Literally and very recently we have had this done in a frightful manner along a terrible extent of our coast line, through the resistless agency of the late tremendous gales or hurricanes. But the indict ment thus brought directly against the Admiralty and Trinity Board authorities by the elements themselves was last evening referred to explicitly in the House of Lords by the Marquis of CLAN RICARDE. And if in reviving this subject for the reconsideration of the Imperial Legislature the noble lord failed to adorn a more than thrice-told tale, he certainly.contrived to point the moral of the late disasters consequent upon our perverse and protracted negligence or procrastination. It is true that Lord CLANRICARDE was constrained in the end, in compliance hardly less with the dictates of common sense than with the suggestions of his Grace the Duke of SOMERSET, to withdraw the motion last evening submitted to the House of Peers, the notice of which had been duly given in the Parliamentary papers —the motion, in point of fact, for a Committee of Inquiry ! As if any addi tional light were required to be thrown upon a grievance that glares, year by year, with more appal ling vividness upon the national recognition ! As if we needed to learn nowadays whether or not it may Fe advisable to put an end, if possible, or, at any rate, to strive to put an end, to a peril that swallows up periodically in the remorseless deep hundreds and thousands of lives, and millions upon millions of money ! No, it may be safely and con fidently asserted that no new ray of light what ever is requisite in this direction. At the same time, however, that we should be disposed to depre cate, as earnestly as the Duke of SOMERSET did last evening in the House of Lords, the notion of any further committee of inquiry being appointed to investigate anev► the blackness of this blot upon the national escutcheon—regarding every such in vestigation as altogether superfluous —we are for that very reason all the more disposed to commend to any one who, upon any plea whatever, at any period of the session, in either House of Parliament, under any conceiveable circumstance, undertakes to recall to the remembrance of our legislators the need there is of some attempt at its obliteration. This good service it was that was only yesterday once more performed in the interest of all those " who go down to the sea in ships," by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE. And for the doing of this good service we heartily commend the noble lord—what though the motion submitted by him to the Upper House was, a s we have intimated, of a character that could only be mooted, to be withdrawn immediately after wards. The acknowledgment made during the course of last night's discussion by his Grace the First Lord of the Admiralty was of itself of a character sufficient to compensate Lord CLANRICARDE for the subsequent withdrawal of the motion—as to the success of which he may be presumed (from mistaken motives) to have been somewhat, and to a certain extent, naturally solicitous. No amount of expenditure, his Grace frankly avowed, would, in his opinion, be refused by Parliament, when the object was to secure prote . cti3n for the lives and property of our mariners. Added to this, the Duke of SOMERSET, while requesting from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE the withdrawal of his motion for a committee of inquiry, manfully proposed that the responsibility of the matter in regard to those har bours of refuge, should devolve upon, or rather should rest entirely with her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. As many as fourteen distinct plans, it should certainly be borne in recollection, have been THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAYL - EVENING, JUNh 29, 1860. laid by various engineers under the consideration of successive Governments. Every one of these plans being, as a matter of course, costly—that, it is manifest upon the face of it, however, must remain to the last inevitable, from the mere mag nitude of the proposed undertaking. But, in addi tion to the costliness of these different schemes, the schemes themselves were so diversified in character as to bewilder the various committees of inquiry that have already sat at diffe rent times to solve the problem involved in these solemn and reiterated investigations. In somuch has this been the state of the case in regard to the whole question, that the first Lord of the Admiralty actually went the length yesterday of declaring that the more the evidence of the matter was scrutinised the more perplexing the whole subject appeared to become ! Against the sweep ing objections raised by the Marquis of CLAN RICARDE against all harbours and breakwaters built of solid masonry, the Duke of SOMERSET (and with reason) protested as against an utter extrava gance. And assuredly, to recognise the utter ex travagance of these objections, it is only ne cessary to bear in recollection the wonders al ready effected, and others in course of being effected, by harbours and breakwaters constructed of solid masonry. The superior advantages arising from the adoption of the substitute pro posed by Admiral TAYLOR and others, namely, the substitute of floating breakwaters—have yet, to say the least of it, to be demonstrated. But while we are yet waiting for this demonstration, we cannot possibly do other than acknowledge the reason ableness of the Duke of SOMERSET'S anticipatory rejection of this vaunted substitute, when his Grace remarked, that floating batteries were open to this serious drawback, that in the event of any casualty the consequence must be most disastrous to any vessels riding in harbour under shelter of those same floating breakwaters. Besides which there was:actually that floating breakwater (of Admiral TAYLOR'S own construction) off Brighton, that upon the occasion of a severe gale coolly went ashore ! Remembering the liability of all floating break waters, to which disastrous kind of manceuv re we can only desire to note the more and more rapid advance towards completion of the noble har bours and breakwaters of solid masonry now in course of construction; We are sanguine, with the Duke of SOMERSET, that the objections to the harbour at Dover will cease when the pier there has been carried out a little further into the channel. While we rest perfectly satisfied that the giant structure now being built off the Isle of Port land under the guidance of the engineering genius of Mr. COODE will, upon its completion, be num bered amongst the noblest achievements of the present generation. LATEST NE W S. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : VIENNA, JUNE 28. The Marquis de Moustier remitted yesterday to Count Rechberg a note from M. Thouvenel, dated 21st inst., and of which a copy has been simul taneously addressed to all the Powers who signed the final Act of Vienna, in order to claim from them the official recognition of the accomplished annexation of Savoy and Nice to the French empire. Not only from this note, but from verbal ex planations added by the Marquis de Moustier, it results that France maintains, without variation, the programme arranged by her about two mon th s ago. She accepts a European conference, in order to examine, in common, the modus of reconciling Article 92 of the final Act of Vienna with the Treaty of Turin. At the same time the Marquis de Moustier stated that the French Government would be opposed to any cession of territory of Savoy. NAPLES, JUNE 28. The new Ministry is formed as follows : Commander Spinelli..... President of the Council Commander de Martino ..Foreign Affairs. Signor Del Re lnterior. Signor Manna Prince Torello Ecclesiastical Affairs. Signor Morella . . Public Works. Signor Lestucci . War. Admiral Garofalo . ...... Marine. The tricolour flag has been hoisted at the Royal Castle and by the Neapolitan men-of-war, and has been saluted by the guns of the foreign men-of-war in tho Bay. An illumination took place in the evening. NAPLES, JUNE 27 (EVENING). On the occasion of the mission of the Com mander de Martino to France no interchange of autograph letters took place between the King of Naples and the Emperor of the French. In order to give a motive for his mission, the Commander de Martino was instructed to recall that, when the Court of the Two Sicilies was, in 1852, the first to recognise the re-establishment of the empire in France, Napoleon 111. declared that he would never forget the friendly step of the King of Naples. In execution of the orders of the King, the con stitutional Neapolitan tricolour flag has been hoisted at Fort St. Elmo, and was saluted by the whole artillery of the forts. PARIS, JUNE 28. Despatches from Naples, dated yesterday, the 27th inst., state that deplorable events had occurred there. The French Ambassador, Baron Brenicr, while Passing through the Strada di Toledo, where much agitation was prevailing, received several blows on the head from a loaded cane. He fell senseless, and was carried to the palace of the Legation, where he received the necessary atten tion. Baron Brenier having counselled liberal reforms, the attempt on his life was attributed to the anti reform party. It was hoped that his wounds would not prove serious. spends whole hours alone with the King, or in con ference with Sir James Hudson and the Frenel Government. The Neapolitan Government, convinced that the capture of the two vessels was illegal, intimates its disposition to restore them and their passengers but, with characteristic dislike of performing an act of justice, it is striving to turn the restoration to its own profit, by making it conditional on its re ceiving some antirevolutionary aid from us. If I am wellinformed the Sardinian Government has re plied that it is not concerned one way or the other with the revolution that has broken out in Sicily, and may break out at Naples; and if volunteers go from our territory, they go also from Trieste and from Naples itself to serve under De Merode and Lamoriciere ; let there be equal liberty of going and coming for all—only let maritime law be re spected. The Sardinian Government knows that Austrian men-of-war have carried Austrian sub jects to Messina ; whereas no vessel belonging to the Sardinian Government has carried volunteers to Sicily, much less Sardinian soldiers. Therefore the restitution of the captvcd vessels and their passengers must not be made conditional on any concession or equivalent on the part Gf the Sardi nian Government. Contributions in aid of Garibaldi's enterprise are pouring in on all sides. Of the generous help it has received from England I need not speak; France, Belgium, and Switzerland are sending money and arms. A Swedish foundry has sent six cannon, and America sends many more. In Italy millions are being subscribed, and there are about 50,000 volunteers anxiousto join. I believe that in a few days a regular line of steamers will run be tween Genoa and Sicily. The undertaking is pro jected- by a company consisting partly of French and partly of Genoese. Count Dann, one of the very few Hungarians who have ranged themselves on the side of abso lutism, has just shot himself at Viterbo. He was there organising a regiment of cavalry out of Austrian soldiers who had been discharged or sent there. The ridicule which has been thrown upon these soldiers of the Pope, has already driven away many officers ; others are on the point of taking themselves off; and the few who remain through punctilio or necessity are so constantly meeting with annyances and disappointments, that they lose heart and spirit ; so it is no wonder if one of them has committed suicide. To serve the Pope voluntarily is at this time of day a sort of moral suicide, and that is only a step removed from ma terial suicide. Garibaldi has issued two proclamations, one to his cacciatori, urging them to prepare for fresh com bats, which may point equally to an attack on Messina or a disembarkation on the mainland ; and the other to the bands of Sicilian peasants, thank ing them, commending them, and setting them at liberty to follow their ordinary pursuits. The fact is, these bands are no longer of any use to him. For this kind of extempore warfare, so to speak, town volunteers are much better. TUE The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Vice-Admiral Hope John stone to be Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, vice Admiral Harvey, whose period of service is about to expire; Rear-Admiral Stopford to be Captain of the Channel Fleet, vice Rear-Admiral G. Elliott, who has resigned; Lieutenant F. W. Bennett to command the Bulldog, commissioned ; Master George H. Downing, confirmed in the Styx; Pay master Arthur Jones to be secretary to Vice-Ad miral Hope Johnstone ; Second Master Thomas W. Webster to the Ariadne. Engineers—William L. Robinson, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for service in the Orion ; Henry G. Constantine, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for hospital treatment. TILE LATE EARL OF ELLESMERE. An exquisite monument of this lamented noble man has very recently been completed by Matthew Noble, the eminent sculptor. It is a work of high art, and one which in its effect is singularly pathetic. The Earl is represented in a life-size monumental statue of white marble—recumbent. Swathed around him are the robes of a Knight of the Garter about his neck aro the Collar and George —upon his breast lie his hands crossed gently, meekly, almost prayerfully. His eyes are closed—" After life's fitful fever he sleeps well." The placidity, the simplicity of every detail in this affecting effigy cannot be seen, we believe, without admiration. It reflects the highest credit upon the genius of Mr. Noble, and is a touching tribute to the accomplished peer of whom it is to remain (at Worsley) as the appropriate monumental com memoration. A finer recumbent statue in marble we never remember to have seen. In the very dishevelled droop of the tassels of the robe, of the tassels of the cushion, of a stray lock or two of the dead Earl's hair straggling over that cushion, there are visible the touches of a sculptor of genius. It is a work that the artist may well he proud of having produced, more particularly as it is com memorative not only of a singularly amiable and ac complished nobleman, but of one who added to many other elevating peculiarities that of being a most genial and generous patron of the arts, of science, and of literature. THE FRENCH ORPHEONISTS.—It has been sug gested in many influential quarters that it would be a graceful act to entertain the Orpheonists of France at dinner in the Crystal Palace after their fare well performance there to-morrow. As the time is too short to admit of a committee being formed for carrying out the object, Sir Joseph Paxton has kindly undertaken to make the necessary arrange ments as far as time will permit. Those persons who may be desirous of co-operating in this act of international hospitality will be kind enough to forward their contributions without delay to Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., 7, Pall-mall East, S.W. Her Majesty the Queen has consented to inau • gurate the first prize meeting of the National Rifle Association, of which H.R.H. the Prince Consort is the patron, and ?•_r. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at-War, the president. Wimbledon Common, on which the events, which will commence on Mon day next, will take place, has been prepared by the erection of tents and other suitable accommodation for the reception of the distin guished persons who will meet her Majesty on Monday, and who will attend on the following days to witness the competition amongst riflemen. Her Majesty is expected to arrive on the ground at three o'clock on Monday afternoon, when an address will be presented to her probably by Mr. Sidney Her bert, the president, or by Lord Elcho, and the ac tive business of the meeting will commence as soon as the Queen has fired a rifle from a fixed stand. Her Majesty has offered a prize of £250 for the best rifle shot amongst volunteers, anti it is a sine ' qua non that all volunteers intending to compete must appear in the uniform of the respective corps. Tho Prince Consort offers a prize of £lOO, open to all corners, and it is expected that a considerable number of foreigners will enter tho lists as com• petitors. The Council of the National Rifle Association have made arrangements by which all members of the Association will be accommodated within the reserved space prepared for the presentation of the addresses to her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Members of the council and all officers connected with the Associa tion are requested to appear in uniform. A deputation on the subject on the Gas (Metropo- lis) Bill had an interview with Sir G. C. Lewis yesterday at the Home-office. The deputation con sisted of the Imperial Gas Company, Mr. George St. Burke (governor), and Mr. Alexander Henry (secretary) ; from the Chartered Gas Com pany, the Hon. Captain Browne (director), and Mr. G. Lowe (engineer) ; from the Phoenix Gas Com pany, Mr, Horner (director), and Mr. Pridden (secretary) ; from the Independent Gas Company, Mr. Grattan (chairman), and Mr. Laing (secretary); from the Ratcliffe Gas Company, Mr. Hammack (chairman), and Mr. Foulger (director) ; from the South Metropolitan Gas Company, Mr. J. B. Simp son (chairman), Mr. Drew (director), and Capt. Ho Livesey ; from the Western Gas Company, Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., Mr. V. Crate (director), and Mr. Samuel Barber (secretary) ; from the London Gas Company, Mr. E. Hawkins, jun. (governor), Mr. W. L. Wright (director), and Mr, J. It. Hinde (; i c r c . r a a r r y t and f (di re r c o t i o n r the and E q i r t r a . b s l eGn s Samuel mue l Company, Andrews (secretary). ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,—Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, and his Royal Highness the Count of Flanders, honoured the perLrmances at the Royal Italian Opera with her presence last evening. The Royal suit consisted of the Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Hon. Miss Stopford, Lord de Tabley, General the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Keppel. The house was full of fashionable company. BERNE, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27. The report of the Federal Council to the Federal Assembly on the Savoy question concludes by re questing the renewal of the powers conferred upon the Council on the 4th of April last, to follow up the affair. ZURICH, JUNE 28. The Federal Council has received the official notification that England has declared, in reply to M. Thouvenel's note, that she accepts the first proposal of France—namely, the meeting of a Conference. MADRID, JUNE 28. The Correspondencta Autografa asserts that in conformity with the councils of their legal advisers the Count de Montemolin and Don Fernando have cancelled the renunciation of their pretensions to the throne of Spain, which was signed by them at Tortosa. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, JUNE 29. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship, Tyne, with the above mail has arrived here. She will leave for Southampton at noon, with 107 pas sengers and £27,000 in specie. FRANCE. BoußsE, June 28.—The Three per Cents, closed to-day at 681 55c for the end of the month, and the Four and a Half per Cents. at 96f 50c ; Orleans, 1,340; Northern, 983 f 75c; Strasburg, 597 f 50c; Paris to Lyons and the Mediterranean, 877 f 50c; Western of France, 565 f; Bordeaux and Cctte, 517 f 50c; Lyons and Geneva, 400; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 672 f 50c; Austrian Railways, 525 f; Ro man Railways, 350 f. Cours Autioetique.-PARrs, June 28.-Cash Prices.- Four-and , a-Half per Cents. (not reimbursable for 10 years), 96f. 35c. ; Three per Cents., 68f. 55c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 55c. 65c. ; Bank of France, 2,800 f., 2,807 f. 50c., 2,812 f. 50c., 9 ,820 f. ; Credit Foncier, Obligations of 500 f., Four per Cents., 480 f. ; ditto, Tenths, Four per Cents., 97f. 50c. 98f. 75c. ; ditto, Tenths, Three per Cents., 901. 91f. 25c. ; Promissory Obliga tions of 1,0001., Three per Cents. (206 f. paid), 995 f. ; Credit Tndustriel et Commercial, 530 f.; Credit Mobilier, 672 f. 50c. 671 f. 25c. 673 f. 75c. 671 f. 25c. ; Discount Bank, 652 f. 50c. ; Piedmontese Five per Cents., 83f.; Austrian Five per Cent 82f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., Exterior Debt, 48a ; ditto, Interior, 48f a ; ditto, New Passive, 181 ; Belgian Four and-a-llalf per Cents., 951 ; Haytian Loan, 700. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 21f. 90c. ; money, 24f. 87c. ITALY. A letter from Turin, dated June 25, says :—The news that a ship of war had left Naples for Genoa with urgent despatches was true in part only. The ship was theMozzanibano, belonging to theSardinian navy, and she brought the son of Marquis Pes di Villamarina, as bearer of some despatches from his father to Count Cavour. All the conjectures, how ever, about her bringing an envoy from the King of Naples with a messa ge o f war or peace w ere with out foundation. As yet, the greatest secrecy prevails as to our representative's reasons for choosing so con fidential a messenger as his own son. If we may believe letters which have just come from Naples, the thing may be to some extent explained. These letters state that the King is seriously ill, and that there is some suspicion of poison. The Austrian party hopes to save the dynasty by placing on the throne the Count of Trani, eldest son of Ferdinand's widow, the daugh ter of the Austrian Archduke Charles. The young King :is not disposed to abdicate in his relative s favour; but the family which formerly urged him to resistance, since the slaughter in Sicily thinks that to save the throne it is necessary to transfer it to :the Count of Trani, who, as he has not yet bombarded any city or 'brought down popular in dignation on himself, it is hoped may be accepted as a constitutional king. Such an illusive substi tution would be a great triumph for the Austrian party. Th e const i tution wou ld h ave th e effect of quieti ng th e people for a moment, and as soon as the d anger was over cou ld be abolished without scruple, in the manner so familiar to Bour bons and Austrians. So you see, if this news is true, and there is at any rate soave foundation foi it, our Government has matter for serious conside ration. Accordingly the King and the Ministers , hold lon and frequent counc il s , and Count Cavour THE ARMY. The anniversary of her Majesty's coronation was celebrated at Chatham garrison yesterday in the customary manner. At 10 o'clock a.m. a parade of the whole of the troops of the garrison took place t on their respective parade-grounds ; after which the non-commissioned officers and men were dis missed from all parades and duty for the remainder of the day. The whole of the vessels of war in harbour were decorated with the flags of all nations, and at sunrise the Wellesley, 72, guard ship of or dinary, dressed. At 12 o'clock a royal salute of 21 guns was fired from the Cornwallis battery by a party of the 12th Kent (Brompton) Volunteer Artillery Corps, permission having been granted them by Major-Gen. Eyre, in command of the gar rison. The whole of the enzployes connected with the dockyard and ordnance were granted a day's holiday, and all the public establishments connected with the various departiPnts were closed. Lieut.-General Sir J. M. F. Smith, M.P., arrived at Chatham dockyard yesterday, for the purpose of making an inspection of the gun and mortar vessels at that port and dockyard. The gallant general first inspected the mortar boats which have been hauled up on the slip at the eastern end of the yard, all of which have been scraped and cleaned by the convicts, several hundreds of whom were employed at that work. Lieut.-General Smith was accompanied by Captain G. Goldsmith, C. 8., Mr. Moore, assistant master shipwright, and Mr. Drake, foreman ; and, having completed his examination of the iron mortar boats, embarked on board the Adder, steamer, Mr. M unchin, master-commander, accompanied by Mr. Drake, and proceeded down the river to Yantlett Creek, to inspect the fleet of mortar-boats laid up there. After spending some time in his exanaimaion, General Smith returned to the dockyard. This morning a numerous party of convalescent wounded and disabled cavalry and infantry troops, who have recently arrived at this garrison from India, left St. Mary's barracks, Chatham, for their respective homes, havi ng rece i ve d then:discharge from the Horse Guards. A number of troops who have recovered from their wounds or sickness also left the invalid establishment at the same time, and proceeded to join their respective depots. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE ROUSE OF LORDS BY A HINDOO. Yesterday the Lords met, and, assisted by the Common Law Judges, proceeded to hear appeals from the courts below, and in one case Mr. Bovill, Q.C., was addressing their lordships, when at about half-past one, as they were about to adjourn for the purpose of lune . ..eon, suddenly a person dressed in Eastern garb, with a turban of various colours, emerged from the crowd of persons behind the bar, and began an harangue in Hindostanee, throwing up papers, and gesticulating in the most frightful manner. The Lord Chancellor ordered his imme diate removal, but before that could be effected, to the consternation of those present, he drew a small knife, and with cries of " Allah, Allah !" passed it across his throat, inflicting severe injuries. Hi s yelling continued to such an extent that their lord ships were compelled to rise, and the unfortunate man being secured, he was-conveyed to Westminster Hospital by Sergeant Drake, where he received every attention from Mr. Win. Allen, the house surgeon, and although the wound was not danger ous, he was permitted to remain. Singularly enough, one of the porters at the hospital, Wm. Allen, had served some years iu India, and was familiar with the Hindostanee language, but was enabled only to elicit that his name was Mohammed Ali Khan, and that he belonged to the Bengal Presidency. He had formerly belonged to one of the districts, and had acted as secretary to the Nawaub Bahadoor, but from some cause had been removed and replaced by an Englishman, and being denied redress in his native country, he came over to petition the Queen and the Inaia Board in furtherame of his claims for compensation. He had some time ago laid his case before the India Board, but, getting no redress, he had petitions prepared to the Queen and the House of Lords, and supposing that he had no other means of presentation, he went to the house. The petitions, which are in the possession of the police, disclose a large amount of grievances to which he states he has been subjected. For some time past it has been observed that this man had haunted the various offices connected with the India Board, and had importuned persons upon his claims • but little notice was taken of his appeals. H e h a d resided since his arrival in this country in the neighbourhood of - Westminster, and was known as a person who had claims on the Indian Government. This extraordinary event , caused for some time a cessation of their lordships proceedings, which were afterwards resumed. THE PAPER DUTY REPEAL. The public are prepared for the intelligence that the Privilege Committee have resolved to report only precedents and facts, and to abstain from adverse comments and recommendations. These they leave to such politicians as may think it wise to make theni on the floor of the House. That House, ho w ever, has shown no anxiety for any such exhibition. When it took particular care that the Privilege Com mittee should represent both political parties, of course it thereby prevented a political, or one-sided, report. Any such report that was possible under the circumstances would only have represented the opinion of the casting vote. But this careful selection of the Committee was something more than choice ; it was necessity, and the only proper way to meet the case. The fact we have to deal with is an actual equipoise of opinion and feeling. To say that the House of Commons was almost equally divided on the original measure which has led to the question of privilege is below the truth, for it is notorious that, had all members voted as they thought and desired, the Bill for the Repeal of the Paper Duties would have been lost by a large majority. It would be equally below the truth to say that the Cabinet itself was almost equally divided, for it is noto rious that a majority of the Cabinet avowed their objection to the measure in the present state of our finances. The feeling of the public has been tested and sounded by the promoters of the late Bill, and they have made it certain that the public is indifferent to both questions in hand. It is not impatient for the repeal of the paper duties, and it does not want to deprive the Lords of the power to throw out any bill, if it pleases. Here, then, we have no preponderating voice any where. All is balance or indifference. It is impossible to dis cover or to elicit any decided leaning in the national mind at this moment; and when we dive below this stagnation of feeling, and endeavour to find a cur rent in bygone days, we only find a list of prece dents which don't help us one way or the other. It is quite clear that, if the Commons made a gene ral rule of monopolising all questions of taxation, they showed no jealousy of the Lords so long as the Lords said only " Yea" or "Nay." When not even the past could be invoked to disturb the balance or indifference of the preient, it was only fair that the committee should represent and em body that fact. An indifferent committee, the off spring of indifferent opini on , h as produced an indifferent report. What, then, is to be done with all this indifference? No amount of stirring and splashing and pumping will turn a horsepond into a trout-stream. Mr. BAlkt wants to set the stream of opinion strongly against the Lords, but his labour is that of a bargeman who should think to fill a canal by pumping up the bilgewater of his own boat. Mr. Bright has himself a very strong leaning, Had he but the requisite fulcrum, he would move the earth fast enough. But then he has let out very plainly that he would move the earth for objects which the British world does not want. His system is his own ' • his motives his own ; his esti mate of bodies and classes his own. He wants not only to keep the House of Lords in order, but to shut it up altogether. According to him, it is anomalous, inasmuch as it represents property, not people; and superfluous, inasmuch as property as well as people is sufficiently represented in the House of Commons. It would be difficult, indeed, to collect from this gentleman's speech what precise form of constitution would hit his taste; but one principle presents itself everywhere with a grand simplicity, and that is the right of the people to tax property to any amount. Here, then, we are sup plied with an excellent and most comprehensive reason for not permitting the Lords to say " Nay" to any bill for either the imposition or abrogation of taxes. As order must be maintained, as the enemy must be kept out, and as faith must and will be kept with the public creditor, there must be a large taxation, and, should the House of Commons let indirect taxes sink below a certain amount, there will be a run upon property, When a householder does not pay his tradesmen in the ordinary way, they come down on himself and his goods and chattels. No doubt, too, property is the material guarantee on which the fundhilder thinks to come as a last resort. This is the speculation of these gentlemen who wish to abolish indirect taxation, and to keep the House of Lords out of the business altogether. But the House of Commons has too ex tensive affinities and too deep sympathies with the House ofLords to go along with these views. Grant ing that the Lords represent the landed interest, the Lower House will not think them on that account the less worthy of consideration or the less entitled to stand out for the whole of ! their prescriptive position. But there is no occasion whatever to disturb the existing state of things. If Mr. Gladstone's cal culations hold good, the balance will be restored in a few years; the income tax will have settled to a bearable rate, the war duties on tea and sugar will be removed, and then will come an opportunity for considering the paper duty on its own merits. The imposition of this fresh trouble upon Mr. Glad stone's Budget was an afterthought, and a very ill-advised one. The Hercules of Finance had undertaken his twelve labours, and might have got thi ough them with all ease and credit, when Eurystheus came in the form of Mr. Milner Gibson and imposed a thirteenth, which should beat all the rest. It was too much. Fate itself protested against such an excess of achievement. Something must be thrown overboard to save the burdened ship, and that was the measure last piled on its deck. The Commons could not, or would not, do this ; pride forbade, and they knew others would do it for them. ever was a task so cut out for the men to do it. But whose rashness, whose folly was it, that gave the Lords so unexceptionable an opportunity for asserting a privilege and proving their con- stitutional value ? This was just one of those acts which might be wrong as a rule, but was right as an exception. Grant that there are dormant powers, and powers that should lie dormant for ages; yet why do they exist at ail, and why do they sleep and not die ? It must be that they may some day wake and do their work. Ave do not see how the Lords can possibly make more of this than they ought to do, for the simple effect is a wanting to the Commons to look better after the credit of the country, and'not be in a hurry to revolutionize our taxation. The case for the Lords has improved every day since this bill left the Lower House. All our expenses are increasing. The China War still assumes larger proportions • but in India and at home expenditure is the order of the day. All diffi culties are to be surmounted by the force of money. Twenty projects press for adoption and execution., and, though the first step is to charge the expense on some local or separate fund, the next is to throw it on the Consolidated Fund,—that is,, on the British taxpayer. But we cannot admit all these appeals to our generosity unless we consent to pay taxes, and there is no form of taxation which is not both mischievous and disagreeable. The Lords have a good case, and for this, and for the opportunity of asserting, perhaps stretching their right, they are indebted to Mr. M. Gibson and Mr. Bright, and their too compliant friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Times. EXPOSURE OF A FRAUDULENT BENE FIT SOCIETY. At the public office, Dudley, yesterday, Mr. Bur ton, superintendent of police, made an application to the bench under the following circumstances : Some time ago a benefit society was started in the Wellington-road, called " The People's Family Life Assurance and General. Sick Benefit Society." This society guaranteed for a payment of 9d. per week, a sum of,„tB at death, and a weekly allowance in time of sickness, and a great number of working men invested their money in it. About six months ago another society, called " The Royal Provident In stitution," was opened in King-street, and the busi ness of the first office was transferred to " The Royal" without the consent of the parties invest ing. The rules of " The Royal Society," were cer tified by Tidd Pratt, Esq., and bore the iipatures of three directors. The first of these directors is a youth about 18 years of age ; the second is a young man ; and the third is a boy about 16 or 17 years of age, who is an apprentice to a surgeon at Dud ley. Those young men have been in the habit of signing blank policies as directors. Upon the re moval of" The Peoples" business, the surgeon re moved the books to the King-street society, and is stated to have received, money as a director, a secretary, and an agent, also receiving money at different periods. Upon some of the investors applying for sick pay recently, they found_ "no effects." 'Tie therefore applied for aid to the police authorities, and aman d named Moore, living at Princess End, produced his policy, &c., yesterday, and stated that he had paid 245. into the societies, and plying fa f o o r r sick he was rs. The application surgeon, to obtain i t applied secretary,He warrant P against and agent, and the three direc From inquiries made for warrants was b y Mr. Burton since the granted.bubbleo o h o a c r i sburst, invested o the two appearste that upwards of £ 4 , 000 o rs, various two societies, the n o f appointed I p o ßa o i oa r l e tt ' e s odu, policy Leicester, being 4,011. Agents hav e towns, including Sca rborou g h, Birmingham, and from t hoseagents Mr. B ur t on h as received letters stating that they have paid money into the society, addressed to Mr.Kean,thase sec retary. It is understood that the secretary ha s a bsconded. The other parties against whom warrants have been issued will probably be brought before the bench on Monday next.-111anchester Examiner. FRIGHTFUL MURDER 1N OXFORD- STREET. Some particulars of a determined suicide in Hyde-park having appeared in this journal of yes terday, in which a Frenchman, whose name was unknown, had committed self-destruction by dis charging, first two pistols at his head, but failing in his object had afterwards cut his throat, we are now ehabled to lay before our readers further par ticulars relative to the affair, and from which it will be seen that there is scarcely a doubt that the man, in addition to having committed suicide, had also perpetrated one of the most horrible murders that for many years have taken place in this coun try, the murder being attended with circumstances of peouliar atrocity, It appears that about ten days ago the man, whose name is Anto%io Dherand, and who was about 35 years of age, and a tailor by trade, accom panied by his wife, a young woman named Caro line, aged 24, an nglish woman, and very good looking, took a top floor at the house of Mr. Bolla, ice-house and confectioner, Oxford-street, the rent being ss. a week. Nothing particular occurred till Saturday last, on which afternoon the man went out, it is believed, to see the volunteer review, and. - while he was absent the murdered woman was seen cleaning the stairs by Mr. Bolla. About 9 o'clock at night the man returned, and having asked for a bottle of ginger -beer, drank it, and wishing the persons in the shop "good night," went up stairs, nothing more being seen or heard of him. It may be here stated that Mr. Bolla occupies the lower part of the house, the two intervening floors being Wednesday morning, nothing having been seen of the female or her husband, Mr. Bona became rather uneasy regarding them, and was about trying to open the door of the room occupied by them, when at that moment a constable and a park-keeper ar rived, bringing news that the man had committed suicide as above stated, a letter found on him lead ing to his identification. The room door was then burst open by the constable, and a most frightful spectacle presented itself, for on the floor, on her stomach, was the body of the wife, stark naked and headless. A search about the room, which was be strewn with blood, led to the discovery of the head of the murdered woman, it having been thrown in a coal cupboard, previously having been wrapped in a towel evidently for the purpose of being conveyed away. On an examination, it was found attempts had been made to sever the legs and arms of the murdered woman from her body. There were seve ral knives found about the room, and the place seemed in the greatest disorder, some work of the man's being strewn about in an unfinished state. There seems to be very little doubt that the mo tive of the man for destroying his victim was jea lousy, as it is stated that he had told a brother a short time since that he could stand it no longer, and on an examination of his body, on his breast was found pricked in ink, " Death to an unfaithful woman ;" also on his arm a portrait of the Emperor Napoleon, which is stated to be a good likeness. The body of the man was taken to Mount street Workhouse, and that of the female to St. James's Workhouse, Poland-street, where they await the inquests. THE COMPETING RAILWAY FROM LONDON TO CANTERBURY AND DOVER. - The new line of the East-Kent Railway will be opened, on the 9th of July, as far as Canterbury, in time for the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, which is to be held this year in that city. At present the railway is not completed beyond Faversham. In the nine miles between that town and Canterbury the works are some of the heaviest on the whole line ; but, notwithstanding the great difficulties which have interposed, the pledge given by Lord Sondes and the directors, that the railway - should be opened in time for the agricultural show, will be fulfilled. The opening throughout of the line to Dover will take place by the end of the pre sent year. The saving of distance by the East Kent line to Canterbury and to Ramsgate, Mar gate, and Herne Bay will be as much as '4l miles on the existing route by the South-Eastern Railway, bui when the London terminus is complete there will be a still further shortening of the distance between the metropolis and these places. The . London stations of the East Kent Railway will be, for the present, London-bridge, and the Victoria station at Westminster. From the latter terminus the East Kent trains will run over the West-end and Crystal Palace lines, and from the latter they will pass over the North Kent Railway, as far as Streod, where the new lines will commence at the bridge over the Medway. Immediately upon the opening of the section between Canterbury and Faversham, the public will have the full benefit of competition between the rival South-Eastern and. East Kent Railways. Temporary arrangements are being made for the accommodation of the traffic between Canterbury and Dover, by means of omnibuses, and the fares, so far as the lines will compete with one another, will show an immense reduction upon the present tariff of charges. TIIIS _DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, June 29. —Wind this day at noon W. ; moderate breeze and fine. FALMOUTH, June 26.—Arrived=Mary Ann Peters, .from Belize. WATERFORD, June 26.—Arrived—Balaklava, from St. John's, Newfoundland. BELFAST, June 27.—Arrived—Flora, from Miramichi. Sailed—Summerhill, for Kichfifacto. PETERHEAD, June 27 —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Elena, from Greenland, with 15 tons of oil. BERWICK, June27,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anna, from Rio Grande. PLYMOUTH, June 28.—Wind S.W.—Virgin de Langada, from Havana. FowEY, June 27.—Wind W.—Arrived—Kate and Annie, from Monte Video. SWANSEA, June 28.—Wind W.—Arrived—Nourmahal, from Caldera ; Duke of Northumberland, from Cuba. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; heavy rain showers. Arrived, June 28—Tonning, steamer, from Oporto ; Dane, steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope; Ernest, and Le Coq, from Cherbourg; Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey; Temora, steamer, from London. Sailed—Amalila, for Elsinore ; Alma, for Hartlepool; Temora, steamer, for Dublin; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersdy; William Skinner, for Sunderland. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) , Fri Morning. Wind W. ; tide high GRAVESEND water; weather day very heavy % thunderstorm, and rain. Arrived, June 28—Hamilla Mitchell, from Bombay; Colonist, from Skien ; Roseau, from Trinidad ; Stral6ll - from Sydney; Ziska, from the Cape of Good Hcpe ; Corunbia, from. Eshanghan ; Surpass, from Jamaica; Koh-i-Noor, from Demerara. Arrived, June 29.—Rosalli, from Savanilla ; Sylph, from Lines; Crocodile, from St. Kitt's ;_ Matheviadge, from Whydah ; Oceana, from . Carthagena ; Cceur de Lion, from Colmobo ; Stephens, from Konigsberg ; Jane E w i ng , f rom Madres ; L'lmperatrice Eugenie, from Port Natal; Levmer gier, from Calient ; Gebroders, from Valparaiso; Fifeebire, from Memel ; Coyetdale, f rom Cochin ; Johnßobinson, from Shanghai. Sailed—Vesta, steamer, for Odessa; Arthur Bardew, , for the Cape of Good Hope. Wind N.W., m o d era t e . DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, June 28.—Emerald, from Antigua ; Tar, from Swansea; Old Honesty, from Sydney; Elizabeth, from Antigua; Dorissiana, from Demerara—all for London, Anchored.—Excelsior, from London, for Bermuda; Palermo, from Shields, for Naples • Sir Wm. Cheter, from Shields for ' Havre ; Empress, tromSunderland, for Mad vas t and landed Mr. Frederick, pilot. _ _ . DOVER, Friday Morning!. Speedy, brig, passed up Channel at 8 a.m. ; Helen Feaiird, of Alloa, H I C K, passed up Channel at 8.15. • According to a letter from Palermo, Garibaldi lost upwards of 900 men in the conflicts of the 27th and 28th ult. tercontract t t r h a c e t l i e b ---- --- by which Garibaldi author t ise e s GARIBALDI' h millions refer to Fr enc h , S' art).- of fifty millions—whether S LOAN.—Th D e e followingß e r tan i to i , Dictator's Office, June 1.77. tani —I confer on you authority f or a .l ioan " My dear Per ' name and in that of Si c il y, lied of fifty millions in my you can for our cause, 8., to co d dinian, or Sicilian specie does not a pp ear : as many d ona ti o ns as y u to ur many " G. GARIBALDI, '' chase an d forward to me as arms as possible.-- Yours, &c., FAILURE IN BIRMINGHAM.---We regret to .an the failure of an old establi s h e d h ouse in Birming ham--that of Messrs. John Lord a n d C o., merchants. 'The ,an nounce liabilities are about £21,000, and the assets under £3,4000. A petition for adjudication in bankruptcy was yesterday filed b 7 Messrs. Beale and M ar i gold and Messrs. Hodgson. and Allen. Mr. Lord is confined to his bsd by illness, con sequentlyhis G house E R a a N d M p E r N o t i e , c t i Eo oid i A n T e 1 . 0 . Her Majesty's N does not surr en d er, but the same will be taken a Emigration Commission ers c h artered two vessels yesterday afternoon, the 28th inst., viz., the Schah Jehan, 767 t ons , belonging to M essrs. Denny and Co., to sail from Ply mouth for Adelaide, South Australia, at £l5 16s. per statute adult; and the Escort, 671 tons, belonging to Mr. John Simpson, to sail from the same port for Perth, W es tern Australia, at £l4 13s. sd. per statute adult ; the former vessel to be ready for the reception of her passengers on such day as the commissioners may appoint between the 13th and 20th of August, and the latter between the 21st and 31st of August. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and Blaekett announce in their List of Publications for July : Mr. Atki nson ' s new work entitled " Travels in the :Regions . of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisi tions on the Confines of India and China, with adventures among the Mountain Kirghis and the Hunting and Pas • toral Tribes North of Japan," in 1 vol. with a map and 80 illustrations, uniform with the author's " Travels in Ori ental and Western 'Siberia"—" The Name' ive of a Resi• dente at the Court of Meer Ali Moorad , with Wild Sports in the Valley of the Indus," by Captain Langley, 2 vols. with illustrations—" Bond and Free," a new novel by the author of " Caste," 3 vols. ; and another novel entitled " High Church," in 2 vols. The new volume for July of Hurst and Blacketes " Standard Library of Cheap Edi tions," comprises "Margaret and her )3ridesniaids,