The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-28 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."• -.-Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, deser'p 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 far Is. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. And PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss L. Keeley. Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuccio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with the extravaganza of TH E SYLPHI HowarDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen d, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore , M r. Saker, and Frankr.Matthews, Commence at 7. A 1)ELP111, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. s'ole eroprietor and Manager. Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, the popular original Adelplii drama of TUE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster ; T4lessrs. P. Bedford, .7. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which the Grand Fairy Extravaganza, TIIE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. "King Lachrymoso. Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ;, Graceful, Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 25. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ' • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre , is ; Gallery, 6d. Engagement for a limited number of nights of Mis s JULIA DALY, the celebrated American Actress. Mr. LEIGH MURRAY is engaged, and will shortly appear in a favourite Drama. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL LY CEUM THEATRE.- Under the management of Mr. Wm. Brough. THIS EVENING, a new comic drama entitled NEXT OF KIN. Messrs. Emery, S. Calhaem, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames E. Travers and K. Saxon. Atter which, the burlesque of THE FORTY THIEVES. Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, Miss E.Travers, Miss K. Saxon, Mrs. Wallis ; Messrs. Emery, Tilbury, dm ; and a numerous Corps de Ballet. Followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. Sir W. Don. To conclude with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Lydia Thompson Csmmence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. 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 commence with a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED. F. Robinson, C. Young, &c. After which, A LADY AND GENTLEMAN IN A PE CULIAR PERPLEXING PREDICAMENT. Mr. Charles Young and Miss Wyndham. Followed by a new burlesque, I.UC REZ IA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, is. The Box-01110e open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform awe commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor, Mr. WTI. BATTY. Sole Manager, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES. The New Management, in announcing the Triumphant Suceess of the Re-opening of this Popular Theatre,..have the utmost satisfaction in stating they but re-echo the senti ments expressed by the entire Press and the Public nightly, that the NEW GREAT MILITARY SPECTACLE, with its unprecedeutedly magnificent scenery and effects, splendid and appropriate costumes aad appointments, and grand mis-en scene, is the most perfect and imposing hippo-drama ever produced. The renowned Continental and British Eques trian Artistes are also received each evening with the un bounded approbation of astonished and delighted audiences. The novel and elegant arrangement and conducting of the Aeena give the mist complete satisfaction ; and with the truly gorgeous decorations render the evening's amusement in this far-lamed Establishment one of the most varied, brilliant, and recherche in this great metropolis. - TIIIS EVENING, and during the Week, To commence with the Great Militar_y Spectaele, in Four Acts, entitled " Tut HISTORY OF A FLAG." To be suc ceeded by an inimitable rontine of Equestrian Achievements in the Scenes of the Arena, supported by a host of Star Riders of the day, and Last Nights of the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jack. Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, 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 Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, ls, Hall, 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dis - a and Mimic), W. 'l'. Critchtleld, and E. W. Mackney. several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts (i.alery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-.SUN OFFICE, APRIL 28, 1360, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.35, still rising. WIND, Northerly and Westerly, moderate; with cloudy weather and sunshine occasionally. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 25m.—Afternoon, 6h. 56m, To-monnow.-Morning, i 7h. 31m.—Afternoon, Bh. 18m, '' c ; N ' 4 : l ' 4 ' l .-- ' , 4 , r . - 5 . ,. ,. ''' --...,, e i‘4;.l ~444‘........_ti ..-- t L. -- 'l, 7:-...z . c . , iN.,' i• ~,,, .: 0 , , s - i —5,....), „ „ .., ___. rri , • '4.4,-.;,, -,„,.. . THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1860. Her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary made last evening in the House of Commons some very im portant statements. They were elicited by the in quiries addressed to the noble lord by the hon. gentleman the member for Horsham as to the course which it was in any way likely might be pursued by the English Ministry with a view to the preservation of the liberties of those provinces of Savoy immediately contiguous to Switzerland ! Provinces, the neutralization, or comparative independence of which, in certain con tingencies, was, so to speak, formally guaranteed by the 92d article of the Treaty of Vienna, solemnly entered into, in 1814-1815, by the eight chief powers of Christendom. The circumstance of this arrangement to the carrying into effect of which those Great Powers solemnly pledged themselves, forty-five years ago, is now—as all Europe knows —laughed to scorn by the imperial French Government ! That Government conspicuous among the rest of the leading States of the orld, as the ene which alone goes to war for an idea—only, however, ex plaining the nature of the idea really battled for, at the close of a campaign by means of a new treaty expanding the frontiers of the magnanimous champion of nationalities at the ex pense of the ally deluded into a belief in his Im perial Majesty's unselfish magnanimity ! Such art the superb " ideas" far which France now makes war whenever it suits her pleasure and convenience. These are, we presume, the veritable—ldees Na poleonnes ! The latest elucidation of the mystery to which we have been reverting has been that wonderful Macchiavellian " do" Perpetrated upon the King of SARDINIA — Whereby his august and imperial ally bats adroitly filched from his Majesty :VicTolt EmmANum, the pride and glory of his ancestral dominions. England, that has bad no hand what ever in the warlike conflict of last year upon the plains of Lombardy, has, in her character of spec tator, awakened at last only when too late to ob serve how cleverly the magnanimous Liberator of Italy (not yet, by the way, quite liberated !) has—in the instance of his conduct t o w ar ds Savoy_. stolen a precious diadem and put it in his pocket!" The consummate cleverness with which this transfer has been nmnaged by the French EMPEROR, i n spite of the wily CAVOUR and the chi valrous VICTOR EMMANUEL-might almost ex tort our applause, in spite of our indignation on beholding it--but that there comes in instantly as a painful afterthought, the situation of those provinces of Savoy that ought to be neutralised — the provinces impAediately contiguous to Switzer- land. We bethink ourselves at once of our own national share in the guarantee solemnly entered into by the eight leading Powers of Europe, in the 92d article of the Treaty of Vienna. Remarking which—no wonder the member for Horsham, addressed those urgent inquiries of his to the noble lord her Majesty's Foreign Secretary. As we have intimated, Lord J. RUSSELL'S reply to these inquiries yesterday in the House of Com mons will be found, upon examination, to have resolved itself into a Ministerial statement of the very last importance. "It is proposed," said the noble lord, " that there should be a Conference of the Powers of Europe who signed the Treaty of Vienna on a particular subject, and that subject is, as it is stated by the French Government, to reconcile the 92d article of the Treaty of Vienna, to which all the Powers of Europe who signed that treaty are parties, with the second article of the Treaty of Turin, which has lately been concluded between the Emperor of the FRENCH and the King of SARDINIA." The noble lord observes further on in his statement, that "From communications I have received, and from the de clarations which the Emperor of the FRENCH has made from time to time, I conceive that to any measures that may be properly called the dismem berment of Savoy we should find in the Conference that the present Government would be decidedly opposed ; but it is obvious that there may be other measures which would not amount to dismember ment, but which would yet give a military fron tier to Switzerland, which might be pro posed by Switzerland." That is the glim mering of a possible compromise in the hereafter. But, meanwhile are these not ominous portents of a difference already spring ing up between France .and England ? Let Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S own remarks yet further be our answer—" We have stated," he says, " more than once at Paris, and Lord COWLEY has stated it even since his return to Paris, that, in our opinion, it is most desirable that no civil or military occupation by France should take place until the Conference has considered this question of the neutralised parts of Savoy, and under what restrictions those neutralised portions shall be hereafter held, and in what manner they shall be disposed of. The French Government, however, I must say, on the other side, state that they see great difficulty in as senting to such a proposition, because it would seem to assume that the Treaty of Turin did not perfectly do what it purported to do—namely, transfer the whole sovereignty of Savoy from the King of SARDINIA, its late or present Sove reign, to the Emperor of the FRENCH." So that already—before the proposed Conference is decided upon being held—the two Governments' are avowedly at cross purposes. Bearing which significant fact in our remembrance, we cannot but apply to this question of Savoy those solemn and impressive words with which Sir E. B. LYT TON closed his masterly speech upon Re form upon the preceding evening, when the right hon. gentleman referred to the visible and awful necessity fast coming upon us, namely, that threatening to render, very speedily, imperative " the cautious consideration of dangers which would alarm the boldest statesman and menace the strongest thrones ! " Happily, we can all bear in mind in these emergencies the epitomized encou ragement which the wisdom of ages has condensed into a proverb that familiar proverb, which avers that those are " Forearmed who are Fore warned !" In the district of Yorkshire whence the sandstone flags of our. pavements are largely brought a pecu liar mode of building even large houses prevails. Each wall is composed of two comparatively thin facings of stone, an outside and inside one, perfectly independent of each other ; the intervening space is filled with small loose stone or rubble. The two walls, which thus should form but one, would of course bulge out with the weight and pressure of the rabble, and soon totter and full ; but they are connected at proper intervals by longer stones called " throughs," which, passing from the front casing-wall to the back one, connect the two firmly together, and make the whole fabric very strong. Germany is just now much like one of these walls, with the sad difference that it wants the " throughs." There are the two principal States, Austria and Prussia, and the abundant rubble of smaller States between them. The Diet should answer to the " throughs ;" but, failing in its object, it rather aids than otherwise the lateral action of• the rubble states, and instead of serving to bind all together into one strong fabric—one which might resist the shock which threatens the western front of the "Fatherland"—it rather serves to invite the Emperor of the FRENCH to try whether the experi• ment of the ram's horns might not be again suc cessful. Austria and Prussia combined, and strengthened by the states otherwise insignificant, might bid defiance to the legion:, on the other side of the Rhine. In their present relation to each other they almost call upon an ambitious military power to give them the ruinous push. The debate in the Prussian Chamber, an account of which appeared in The Sun of Thursday, shews that Prussia still aspires to the lead of Germany. The Diet, under Austrian influence, does not favour Prussian ambition. Prussians, therefore, are prepared to treat the Diet as a dead and buried thing. While it confines its e lf t o wor d s s h e w ill take no active steps, but if the Diet seeks to con strain Hesse again by violence, it may be necessary for Prussia too to draw the sword. Such is the language of speakers who support the present Government of Prussia. They acknowledge that he whom we may now call the late King did de• grade his country by a crouching submission to Austria, and to despotic counsels, at the instigation of the puppy aristocracy which then controlled his vacillating mind. They have now a firmer hand at the helm of affairs, and the REGENT, if very far from a liberal in the English notion of the word, is liberal for a German Prince, and seems to feel with his Chambers the necessity of having the German nations, and not their rulers only, well affected to wards the Headship of Prussia. This cannot be unless Prussia avow herself the friend of free in stitutions. To these the people, after almost half a century of falsified promises, still look as to their right. The resolution of confidence in the Government was carried by an overwhelming majority after what must be called, for Germany, a thoroughly radical debate ; one in which—Prussia at the head of the German peoples—was the domi nant idea. If we may recur to the illustration with which we commenced, Prussia is trying to cement to her the loose rubble of States between her and Austria, by pouring in the cohesive strength of liberal sympathies. Meantime what is Austria doing ? Falling to pieces. Her military strength is disorganised. Her exchequer bankrupt. Her finance Minister, after years of fraud on the State's behalf and on his own, has dismissed himself from the world, after his Sovereign had dismissed him from office. Venetia paralyses alike her army and her Exchequer. Hun gary would do both, but that coercion . has extorted, there, ruinous loans from the people. But the co- ercion itself probably costs almost if not quite as much as it extorts. The states around the heredi- tart' archduchy which the Germans have attempted to assimilate are now more separated from her in heart than they have been for half a century. She has been labouring to amalgamate them all into one Germanised Empire; the result of all jler labour is that they are more Magyar, more Scla vonic, more Italian, more of Croats, Czecs, Tran sylvanians, and so forth, than they have been for the last quarter of a century. many as six-and-thirty officials at Rochforte, there proved to have been guilty of serving out to the seamen of the Royal Navy of France grain and other provisions, 38 per cent. composed of adulte rations—consisting, if not of deleterious, of wholly innutritious ingriedients ! Did not these despicable disclosures elicit at last from M. DE LAMARTINE towards the close of 1847—what we can almost imagine to be now in 1860 prophetically applicable to the Cabinet of Vienna those scornful words in which the Poet-Statesman exclaimed—" Yes, a re volution is approaching, and it is the revolution of contempt !" LATEST Austria's treatment of Hungary is what all eyes are now fixed on. It is here the battle of her salvation or ruin is to be fought. It is in her power to be strong, with Hungary cordial—it is her determination, probably, to break up altogether rather than make a frank concession of the rights of which by perjury, fraud, and violence she has robbed that noble nation: The truth is, grant Hungary her old and free institutions, and the haughty young man who represents the Hapsburgs must confess that the detestable policy of a detestable family has failed ; or, what would be as provoking —give Hungary her rights, and that vigorous kingdom, with the states which properly form part of it—Transylvania, Croatia, and Sclavonia, would, by their flourishing condition and strength, soon surpass in political and commercial importance the smaller and less energetic German portion of the We quote in another column an article from the Manchester Examiner and Times, on the report of the National Lifeboat Institution. We have lately called attention to this interesting report, and have frequently brought the claims of the institution before the public. We are glad to see its value and importance becoming more generally recog nised, and a grateful sense of the benefits it confers more wickly diffused. As our contemporary justly observes, there is a general indifference, or rather ignorance, among the residents in inland places of the great need that exists for such an association. The perils of a sea-going life are only vividly brought before them by some great catastrophe, Empire. We are accordingly by no means surprised to learn that the Hungarians perceive in the letter to General BENEDEK, and in his appointment to the office of Governor of Hungary, merely an illusory concession to fear. BENEDEK has, it seems, been absent from his youth from Hungary, and is com pletely Austrianised, while the letter has no legal force—may be carried out or not—will serve to ad vance upon if the Court must really yield, and equally serve to be dropped, if the EMPEROR finds himself strong enough to rule by terror ! Such a rule deserves to fall. The aspiration of every Englishman is—may Hungary rise on the ruins of Austrian despotism, not Austrian despotism on the ruins of Hungarian liberties. like the loss of the Royal Charter, or, it may be, one of the many unfortunate emigrant vessels which occasionally strike public humanity, as it too often occurs. But, as we gather from the report, or may learn from personal inquiry, the loss of life in eurred by one of such terrible disasters is far out weighed by the vast aggregate of deaths incurred by two and three during the year. In the course of last year the losses by shipwreck on our coasts amounted to 1,646. Surely if anything can be done to diminish so great a loss of life and mitigate the suffering inflicted by it, such,an attempt should be aided and encouraged to the very utmost. The members of the committee are untiring in their exertions to keep the lifeboats in full efficiency and readiness for service, and have many excellent rules to secure this desirable end. Each lifeboat must be taken afloat for exercise every quarter The suicide of Baron BRUCK cannot but be re garded as a very sinister occurrence, and as one darkly ominous for the Austrian Government. Fol lowing, as it has done, upon so many disasters, and upon such miserable disclosures of peculation in high places at Vienna, it not unnaturally recalls to mind the numerous and dismal portents of evil which preceded the downfall of King LOUIS PHILIPPE and his entourage. The accomplished author of the History of the Dix Ana has but very recently been recalling to recollection the fantastic prophets of disaster whose advent heralded unconsciously to themselves the awful coming of the great French Revolution. M. LOUIS BLANC had free choice of his epoch of course, and has chosen that immediately anterior to the sub version of the old Bourbon dynasty in the decapita fully manned and equipped, so that the crew may be familiar with her properties and management. Other precautions are taken in order that the boat may bo kept in good working order, and be ready for service on the shortest notice. The local corn mittee are bound to make quarterly inspection, that every defect may be remedied, and the stores may be repaired or replaced if in the least degree doubtful. We heartily commend the benevolent and able manner in which the association endea vour to carry out the objects of the institution; and we trust that their claim on the assistance and sympathy of the public will be recognised in a manner that will speedily enable them to diminish the liabilities they have incurred, and increase their sphere of action and utility. tion of King Louis XVI. and of his unhappy Queen, MARIE ANTOINETTE. He need not have gone so far back for his illustration, had he simply required an illustration of the kind to which we are now alluding. He has selected the particular period specified, however, simply because it suited his whim that that time and no other, earlier or later, should be the theme of his eloquent disquisitions. And it certainly must be allowed to possess beyond all other eras in human history, ancient or modern, supreme attractions. Otherwise if contented (to l point the moral and adorn the tale ho would tell) with a lesser degree of fatuity on" the part of the rulers thus blindly rushing on to their own destruction, thus frivolously dancing away their last hours of pride and power over the flower-strewn crater of the hidden volcano, thus marching in solemn procession (as to a crowning ovation) over the edge of the unseen Tarpeian—M. Louis BLANC need not have gone further back than to a period so absolutely contemporary, that he, though but now in the 47th year of his age, 12 years since, personally and conspicuously, participated in the events which grew out of the catastrophe alluded to! The catastrophe of the abrupt and ignomini ous downfall of the Orleans dynasty in the revolution of 1848—an occurrence portented by a series of dark and evil doings, not unlike in some particulars those which have now been brought to a hideous climax at Vienna by the sui cide of the distinguished Minister of Finance in the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH'S ominously ill-fated Government. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and Lady Mary Cecil arrived in Grosvenor-square yesterday from Burghley House, near Stamford. The Countess of Clonmel and family have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square. The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam have arrived in Grosvenor-square—the noble earl from Newmarket and the countess from Milton-park. Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived at No. 12, Hereford-street, for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness Townsend, Vis count Raynham, M.P., Mr. St. Aubyn, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth St. Aubyn, have arrived in Lower Grosvenor street. Sir John Dick-Lauder, Bart., and Captain A. Mitchell lanes have left Fenton's Hotel for Oxenford Castle. Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison have left the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, for Suffolk. Mr. and Mrs. Petre have arrived at their house in Berkeley-square, from Paris, for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Norton, have arrived in Mansfield-street, from Elton Manor, Notts, for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Disney and the Misses Disney have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, from the Hyde, near Ingatestone. Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher have arrived at Fenton's Hotel from - Wootton-hill, Lancashire. DOVER, April 27.—His Excellency the Earl of Elgin, with the countess and their youthful son, arrived at the Lord Warden Hotel last evening. His lordship sailed by mail packet last night for Calais. Her ladyship slept at the hotel, and will return to London to-day. Count Cavour has been presented with the citizenship of Florence by the municipality of that city, A Vienna letter says :—" It is considered certain here that as soon as the reorganisation of Hungary is com pleted, the Archduke Maximilian will be placed at the head of the adminigration of that kingdom. It is stated that this office was proposed to him during his recent stay at - Vienna, but that he declined to accept it at the moment." The German Journal of Frankfort states that the Austrian clergy, comprising 13 archbishops, 52 bishops, 700 convents of men and 276 of women, amounting in all to 28,000 persons, and possessing property to the amount of 500 millions of florins, only subscribed 300,000 florins to the new loan. What were some of the more conspicuous of these lamentable auguries at Paris in the winter of '47-'4B, justifying again in a literal sense the wis dom of the poet's dictum that— " Coming events cast their shadows before ?" Let the historian of Modem Europe answer in one sentence. Sir ARCHIBALD writes in his " Con tinuation" (ch. xlvii. p. 682)—" The corruption among the public functionaries at this period had become such that it could scarcely be credited if not attested by the incontrovertible evidence of judicial proceedings and judg ments." And he immediately goes on to remark yet further that " Every day revealed fresh instances of it either in the public function• aries or in some persons connected with them; and so common that they reached not only the in- PASSENGERS FROM BOMBAY.—The following is a list of the passengers by the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamship Euxine, Captain Woodgates, which left Malta at 9 a.m. on the 17th inst., with the heavy Bombay mails, and was due at Southampton yesterday :—Frim Bombay—Sir H. and Lady Somerset, two Misses Somerset, and two servants ; Capt. and Mrs. Hutchinson, three chil dren and servant; Capt. Hewitt, two children and servant; Mr. Yardley, Capt. Swanson, Dr. Baxter, Col. Vandeleur, Lieut. 'Waterfall, Capt. Strutt, Capt. Cameron, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Rooprain and servant, Mr. Inman, Mr. C. Davis (late chief officer Norna), Mr. J. Chevalier (second officer Sin gapore), Mr. Clive (late chief engineer Cadiz). From Alexandria—Lieut. Lewis, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Clark, Mrs. Rowley, child, and servant. From Malta—Capt. Brock, R.N., 13 non-commissioned officers Royal Artillery. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NATHANIEL CAMERON.— This gallant officer, w hose death took place on the 20th inst. at St. Leonards-on:Sea, was the third and last surviving son of the late General Sir Alan Cameron, K.C.8., by his wife, a daughter of Nathaniel Philips, of Sleibach Hall, in Wales. Deceased served actively with his father's regiment, the 79th Cameron Highlanders (or " Reisemaid Alain an Errachd," as it was popularly designated by the colonel's countrymen), a battalion of which he commanded for some years. His commission was dated 1805, which he continued to hold until after the peace of 1815, when, like others, he accepted half-pay on the reduction of the army in 1816. Colonel Cameron was descended from the old family of Camerons of Errachttin Lochaber, Inverness-shire, a branch of the family of the chief of that clan, Lochiel. They also gave numerous hostages for their country's honour, many of whom fell fighting gallantly for its cause ; and prominently among them was Philip Came ion, brother of the subject of this paragraph, who was killed in 1811 at Fuentes D' Onor while defending that village in command of a brigade (71st, 79th, and 88th regiments). The Duke of Wellington, with whom he was an especial favourite, regretted his loss sincerely, and wrote a letter of condolence to his father on the occasion, which is among the " Gurwood Selections," and is remarkable for the dignified feeling of grief in which it is couched. Colonel Cameron was twice married, and by his first wife left a large family, THE LATE FIRE IN REDCROSS-STREET.—An in quiry was instituted yesterday by Mr. Payne, coroner at the Fountain Tavern, Redcross- street, regardinc , the origin of this fire, which on Sunday last resulted in the' entire de struction of four tenements and the injury of two others, forming the western termination of the above street, adjoin ing Barbican. The inquest was adjourned for a fortnight. THE COAST-GUARD SERVICIL—The value of wrecked property saved by this useful and gallant body of men amounts, for the year 1859, to a sum of upwards of £300,000 ; and the number of persons:rescued by them fi •m a watery grave during the same period to no less than 1,250. The total charge for the coast-guard force provided for in the estimates for the past year was £724,958. — Civil Service Gazette, ferior persons, but some of the highest in office and rank, and even some of the Cabinet Ministers were not altogether free from suspicion !" Bold words of imputation—bold words of accusation. But were they not notoriously justified in their utterance? Answer this—M. TESTE, Minister of Public Works in the last Cabinet of King LOUIS PHILIPPE! Are they not, moreover, strictly applicable now, these sinister accusations, to another Government, apparently yet more seriously threatened with disaster—the Government of the Austrian KAISIR ? Ans wer this—even in death—unhappy Minister of Finance in (shall we say?) the last Cabinet of the Em peror FRANCIS JOSEPH—the unfortunate Baron VON BRUCK, who, having received an autograph letter from his sovereign on the 22d, in which his ?Lt- JESTY wrote " I temporarily remove you from office according to your request, &c."—was found bleeding to death in bed on the morning of the 23d, with his throat cut by his own hands! Coming to our Ministers e e after so many ignominious disclosures cftthhies k of ii o n administ ra ti ve pecu l a ti on an d Mi n i ster i a l em bezzlement,wiAsuniectirdieaeofElotrnEenoofit tih.eeealClaabiirnreet swisetrieblytheto f o m r mid duint Revolution. PHILIPPE'S iv h e or e ls kindred h tiaot n Paris,mt ir ee i i n ms c tii i enn d rd e s n le t us s fs I 07 \ fv- PubliclhhBico4 o m f t i h ,E e s F T e E b , r i u , a o r l y j r s Works, resigned his situation as Peer of France and President of the Court of Cassation, upon the evening of his trial before the Chamber of Peers, "in order," as he said himself, " that he might be defended only by his innocence !" It revives the remembrance of how previously to this the Comp troller of Subsistences committed suicide rather than face his accusers, and go through the frightful ordeal of a judicial investigation. It reminds us of all those other wretched circumstances preliminary to the downfall of the last French Monarchy—the exposure and condemation not only of M. TESTE, but with him also of M. PELLAPRA, of M. PARMAN TIER, of General CUBIERES—the condemnation also of M. Deputy y ß f o e u r izz in eria ri t ting h e t get he i r s w s e i a t t h by t h e bribery trial and sentence to various degrees of imprisonment of as The Madrid journals of the 23d contain no news. The remains of Ortega had been interred in the cemetery of Tortosa. Count de Montemolin and his brother continued to be detained in close custody in that town. General de Latnericiere arrived at Perugia on the 19th. After a short stay at the hotel he had stepped into his carriage again, in order to go and present his respects to the Cardinal Delegate, when ono of the wheels, of his carriage came suddenly off, by which the vehicle was nearly upset. Fortunately the General was not hurt, and the mischief was soon repaired. SUICIDE OF A VOLUNTEER.—An inquest was held on Thursday, at Huddersfield, on the body of Mr. Joseph Brook, a sergeant in the second company of the rifle volunteer corps, who died that morning from the effects of a gunshot wound inflicted under most mysterious cir cumstanc:s The deceaiid was a young man generally respected, and in good circumstances. His father is one of the proprietors of the Apsley Silk Mills, and the deceased was employed there as overlooker. On Tuesday week the enginernan found the deceased lying in the engine room in a helpless state, his shirt saturated with blood, and he was suffering from a wound about three inches below the heart, from which blood flowed freely. The vicinity of the wound was blackened with gunpowder, causing the belief that by whatever means the wound was inflicted, the weapon must have been applied close to the body. A bullet had pene trated entirely through the body. The jury returned a ver dict to the effect that the deceased died from the effects of a gunshot wound, inflicted by his own hand, but there was no evidque as to the state of his wind at the time. THE SUN, LuNDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1860. FRANCE. NEWS. AUSTRALIA. The following telegrams were received at Mr. Reuter's office : QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY. The Lightning has arrived off this port in 79 days from Melbourne, having sailed from thence on the Bth February. She brings 15 first class, 170 second class and steerage passengers, and 13,479 ounces of gold. MADRID, APRIL 27. In the conference of Wednesday between Marshal O'Donnell and Muley Abbas all difficulties to the re-establishment of peace were removed. Morocco is to pay the indemnity for the expenses of the war during the course of the year. Being desirous of regaining possession of Tetuan she has decided to advance the time of payment: TURIN, APRIL 27. The Government has received the following des_ patch, dated— " Roads of Palermo, Wednesday Evening April 25. " The insurrection at Palermo has been suppressed, The state of siege is rigorously maintained, and great numbers of Royal troops are quartered in the city. Messina is tranquil. The armed bands in the interior of the island are insignificant, and appear to be dispersed in all directions. The coasts are watched. Great agitation prevails throughout the island, including the province of Trapani. It is only in the province of Marsala that the royal authority has not been re-established." NAPLES, THURSDAY. The insurgent bands are being pursued continu ally, and are retiring before the royal forces. They had entrenched themselves in the small town of Car- lini, which was surrounded by the royal troops, by whom they have been completely destroyed. The remnants have made their submission. _Throughout Sicily and in the kingdom of Naples the most per fect order and tranquillity prevail. The head-quarters of the royal troops have been removed to Aqiila. It is rumoured that they are destined to co-operate with General Lamoriciere. PARIS, FRIDAY. There is every probability that the Conference on the Swiss question will be held in Paris about the end of May. All the Powers are agreed, but France demands that it shall not take place till after the discussion in the Turin Parliament on the annexation of Savoy. The Turin Parliament will doubtless be as independent as the Legislative Corps. _ _ The Pays announces that the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia will shortly arrive in Paris. Lord Elgin, the English Commissioner to China, arrived in Paris yesterday from London. He is to leave to-day for Marseilles, and will embark with Baron Gros for Hong Kong. A dreadful storm of thunder, hail, and rain burst over Marseilles on the 24th. All the lower streets were instantaneously converted into tor rents, and the Canibiere assumed the appearance of a formidable river. This deluge of rain has done much damage in the country around, especially to fruit trees in bloom. BOURSE, April 27.—The market improved at the opening, but the amount of business has been li mited. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 70c., declined to 70f. 55c., and again rallied to 70f. 65c. ; Austria, 531 f. 25c. to 532 f. 50c. ; Lombard, 542 f. 50c. to 543 f. 75c.; Northern, 980 f. to 982 f. 50c.; Lyons, 941 E 25c. to 943 f. 75c. ; Southern, 521 f. 25c. to 522 f. 50c. The following are the last quo tations : 4 i per Cents. .... 96 10 i Credit Foncier 795 Do. end month .. 96 20 I Belgian 4} 9Bl, 3 per Cent 5....... 70 40 Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 70 35 Roman B5 Bank Shares 2825 Austrian Credit Msbilier .. 740 Spanish Threes Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 9Bl 50 .. 980 New ditto B9O 887 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 937 50 .. 936 25 Goneva 443 .. 450 Southern Western 572 50 .. 573 75 Eastern Sardinian 415 4121 Austrian Lombard . Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 18c. ; money, 25f. 170.; three months, paper, 24f. 871 c.; money, 24f 86c. RUSSIA. The following is the text of a despatch addressed by Prince Gortschakoff to M. de Kisseleff, in reply to the circular of M. Thouvenel of the 13th ult.:-- " St. Petersburg, 12th April. " The Duke de Montebello has communicated to me a despatch which M. Thouvenel addressed to him on the 13th March. It contains the views of the Cabinet of the Tuileries on the subject of the annexation to France of Savoy and of the county of Nice. The Emperor, my august master, has considered the subject with all the inte rest which its gravity commands. He regards this cession, freely consented to by the King of Sardinia, as an arrangement between independent sovereigns, and one which, in his Majesty's opinion, does not sompromise the balance of power in Europe, provided it be combined, as far as regards the neutralized territory of Savoy, in such a man ner as not to interfere with any acquired right, attack any legitimate interest, and maintain in all their extent the principles of the perpetual neutrality of S wit zerland as proclaimed inlthe Acts of Vienna and of Paris. His Majesty has convinced himself with satisfaction that the French Government participates in this point of view, as is shown by Art. 2 of the treaty signed with the Piedmontese Government and by the declarations made by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Emperor is pleased to hope, that the discussion of which the question of the territories bordering on the Helvetic Confederation will be the object will contribute to bring about an understanding of a nature satisfactory to all parties. The Imperial Cabinet will on its side devote its most serious solicitude, in favour of the maintenance of stipulations which guarantee the security of a State the neutrality of which is an object of European interest. By order of his Majesty, you are requested to read this despatch to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and to give him a copy of it. " Go RTSCHAKOFF." HUNGARY. We have another confirmation of the duplicity of the Austrian Government. M. Szemere, formerly Minister in Hungary, thus writes respecting the appointment of Benedek to the command in Hun gary : " It is true that this General is an Hungarian, but only by birth; he is not so either by mind, by heart, or by his antecedents. He was born in 1804, and since the age of 14 has been an Austrian soldier ; he has constantly lived either in Italy or in Gallicia, everywhere fighting against the people and their national aspirations. In the latter country he performed the most important part in 1846, when the Austrian Government gave to the peasants a reward of 25f. for the head of each gentleman implicated in the insurrection. It was also he, the only officer of Hungarian origin who, in 1848, came to fight against Hungary, making himself the blind servant of the Haps burgs to such a point that he did not hesitate to aid in shedding the blood of his relatives, his brothers, and his countrymen. This is the man who is called on to go vern Hungary. I ask you whether this choice of the only Hungarian general who still shows visibly on his forehead the wound which he received in the war against his coun try, is a pledge of conciliation, or a defiance and an insult ? General Benedek was of all the Hungarians the last man that ought to have been chosen. Hungary besides has eminent men enough, whose names alone would have been a real programme. I will quote to you the Archduke Stephen, not for what he has done in favour of Hungary, but for what he has suffered on account of her during a ten years' exile ; among the Conservatives I would mention Couut d' Apponyi and Count do Dessveffy ; among the Li berals, M. do Deak and Baron d'Ecetcovs, without men tioning many others, who are not all revolutionaary, but whose names alone would have said all and done all. The great political fault of the Austrian Government is that it I knows what men are necessary, but does not employ them." SICILY. The following protest has been addressed by the Consular body at Messina to General Russo, Com• mander-in-Chief of the province : _ " MESSINA, APRIL 13. " General, grave excesses were again perpetrated last night in this town, contrary to the hopes which your assur ances had caused us to entertain, with the view of re-esta blishing peace and confidence, and of bringing back to the town the population, almost all of whom hare left. Inoffen sive persons, even an old man, have fallen victims of an unjustifiable egression. Foreigners, English and others, have been so grossly ill-treated as to tremble for their lives. The entire population of Messina having remained inoffensive, and not having e o mmitted any act of real rebellion, have a right to demand that their repose, their wives and children shall be respected. And yet terror is greater than ever, and wo feel under the necessity, in order to reassure the subjects of the State which we repre sent, to set forth here the promises you have made. You have been kind enough to declare, on your word of honour, which we have never doubted, that the citadel and the forts shall not fire on the town; that in no case shall soldiers enter houses by force ; that the town shall not be troubled in the night by the interminable discharges of musketry and cannon, which for several days past have not allowed the population an instant,of repose, and, lastly that if aggres sions should. take place at the town gates (they are impos sible in the interior of the town) they shall not be resounded to by platoon firing and cannonading, but that an attempt shall be made to seize the assailants by Means which from the large force you possess, you can easily employ. Such, General, are the promises you have made to us, and you must permit us to state the fact to you, in order to give them an authentic character. These promises permit us to reassure our own people, and at the same time all the popu lation of the town. We beg you to be kind enough to acknowledge to one of us the receipt of this document. Accept, &c." (Signatures.) THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL, 28. The Royal Mail Company's steamer, La Plata, Captain Waller with the West India and Pacific Mails has arrived. She brings 238 passengers, 137,860 dollars in specie, and a large cargo. The La Plata left St. Thomas on the 13th inst. A Japanese frigate had arrived at San Francisco to announce the coming of the Japanese Commis• sioners to the United States. The American steamer Roanaki was at Aspinwall to receive them. News from Chili was satisfactory. The country was tranquil, and commerce improving. Mines were flourishing. The grain crop was abundant. In the upper frontiers the savages had committed many outrages and murders on the inhabitants. At Lima the trial about the murder of Captain Lambert occupied attention. The judge had de cided that he had committed suicide, which the court refused to admit. At Barbadoes the cane crop was generally healthy, and a fair quantity of sugar had been made. Seve ral vessels had sailed with cargoes. Exchange on London-30 days, 485 dols. ; 60 days, 482 k doll. ; 90 days, 480 dolor. The Dora had arrived at Demerara with 387 emigrants. The weather was fine for growing crops. Trade dull. Breadstuffs slightly improved. Stocks much re duced. Business at Jamaica was exceedingly du' the supplies were excessive, and the demand was limited for immediate consumption. Coffee limited. Sugar market plentifully supplied, and prices had declined. Pimento very scarce. Coffee was sold at 425. to 435. for ordinary. Pimento was held for 3d. cash. Sugar prices ruled from 17s. to 18s. Exchange on London, 90 days, ; 60 days, 1 ; 30 days, 11 per cent. premium. Merchants' bills 90 days, par. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-APRIL 27. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on question, " That the bill be now read the third time." Question again proposed—Debate resumed—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of tho ques • tion to add the words " upon this day six months." Ques tion put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the ques tion." The House divided—Ayes, 235; Noes, 226. AYES -235. Adam, W. P. Ferguson, R. North, P. Adeane, H. J. Fitzwilliam, C. W. O'Brien, P. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Foley, J. H. O'Conoi Don, The Agnew, Sir A. Foley, lion. 11. W. O'Donoghue, D. Alcock, T. Foijambe, F. J. S. Onslow, Guildford Andover, Lord Forster, Charles Osborne, Bernal Antrobus, E. Fortescue, C. S. Padmore, R. Atherton, W. Freeland, H. W. Paget, C. Ayr.nn, A. S. Garnett, W. J. Paget, Lord C. E. Bagwell, J. Gavin, Major Palmerston, Visct. Bailey, C. Gibson, T. M. Paxton, Sir J. Baines, E. Gifford, Earl of Pease, 11. Ball, E. Gilpin, C. Peto, Sir M. Baring, Thos. Geo. Glyn, G. G. Pigott, Francis Bass, M. T. Goldsmid, Sir F. Pilkington, James Baxter, W. E. Gower, F. L. Portman W. H. B. Bazley, Thomas Greene, Capt. J. Pryse, Capt. E. L. Beale, Samuel Greenwood, J. Pugh, D. (Carmar.) Beamish, F. B. Gregory, W. H. Ramsden, Sir J. W, Beaumont, W. B. Gregson, S. Redmond, J. E. Berkeley, 11. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Ricardo, J.L. Berkeley, F. Hadfield, Geo. Ricardo, 0. Black, Adam Hanbury, R., jun. Ridley, G. Blake, J. A. Handley, John Robartes, T. J. A; Blencowe, J. G. Hanmer, Sir J. Robertson, D. Bonham-Carter, J. Harcourt, G. G. V. Roebuck, J. A. Bouverie, E. P. Hardcastle, Jos. A. Rothschild,Baron L. Bouverie, P. P. Harting,ton,Marquis Rothschild Baron M Bowyer, W. Headlam, Thos. E. Roupell, W. Brand, H. B. Henley, Lord Russell, Lord J. Bright, J. • Herbert, H. A. Russell, Hastings Briscoe, J. I. Hodgkinson, G. Russell, A. J. E. Bristow, A. Hodgson, K. D. Russell, Sir Wm. Brocklehurst, John llorsman E. St. Aubyn, .T. Brown, James Howard, Hon. C. Salomons,Alderman Bruce, H. A. Hutt, W. Scholefie.d, W. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Ingham, R. Scott, Sir W. Bulkeley, Sir R., Bt. Ingram, H. Scrope, G. P. Buller, J. W. Jackson, W. Seymour, Sir M. Butler, C. S. James, Edwin Seymour, Digby Buxton, C. Johnstone, Sir J. Shafto, R. D. Byng, Hon. G. H. C. Kershaw, J. Sheridan, R. B. Caird, James King, Hon. L. Smith, J. B. Calthorpe, F. H. Kinglake, A. W. Smith, Augustus Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Kinglake, Serj. J. Somerville, Sir W. Castlerosse, Vist. Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Stacpoole, W. CavenCish, Hon. W. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Stafford, Marquis of Childers, H. C. E. Laing S. Stanley, Lord Clay, James Langston, J. H. Stanley, 0. Clifford, C. C. Langton, H. G. Stansfeld. J. Clive, George Lawson, W. Steel, John Cobbett, J. M. Leatham, E. Sykes, Col. W. H. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lee, W. Thompson, H. S. Collier, R. P. Lindsay, W. S. Tite, Wm. Coningham, Wm. Locke, Jos. Tollemache, Hon.F, Cowper, Hon. W. F. Locke, John Tomline, G. Craufurd, E. 11. J Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Turner, J. A. 1 Crawford, R. W. Lysley, W. Verney, Sir Harry Crook, Joseph M'Cann, J. Villiers, Rt. Hon. G Crossley, Frank Mackie, J. Walter, John ' Dalglish, Robert Mackinnon, W. A. Warner, Edward Davey, R. McMahon, P. Watkins, J. L. V. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Maguire, J. F. Western, T. S. Davie, Col. F. Marjorib anks, D. C. Westhead, B. Deasy, Rickard Marsh, M. H. Whalley, G. H. Denman, G. Marshall, W. Whitbread, S. Dent, John Dent Martin, J. Willcox, B. M. Divett, Edward Martin, P. W. Williams, W. Dodson, John G. Massey, W. N. Winnin,9,-ton, Sir T. Douglas, Sir C. Mellor, John Wood, RI Hn. Sir C Duff, M. E. Merry, James Woods, Henry Duff, Major. Mildmay, H. Worsley, Lord Duncombe, T. S. Miller, William Wyld, James Dundas, Frederick Mitchell, T. A. Wynne, C. G. Egerton, E. C. Monsell, Rt. Hn. W. Wyvill, M Euston, Earl of Monson, W. J. Evans, T. W. Morris, D. Ewart, J. C. Napier, Sir C. Ewing, 11. E. C. Noble, J. Fenwick, Henry Norris, J. T. TELLERS. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Dillwyn, Lewis L. NOES-226. Adderley, C. B. Hanbury, Captain Newark, Lord Annesley, H. Hardy, Gathorne Newdegate, C. N. Archdall, Capt.M.E. Hartopp, E. B. Newport, Visct. Baillie, H. J. llassard, M. D. Nicol, William Baring, A. H. Hayes, Sir E. S. Noel, G. J. Barrow, W. 11. Henley, J. North, Col. Bathurst, A. A. Hennessy, J. P. Northaote, Sir S. H. Beach, W. W. B. Herbert, S. Pakenham, Col. Beecroft, G. S. Herbert, Col. P. E. Pakington, Sir J. S. Bentinck, G. W. P. Heygate, Sir F. Palk, L. Bentinck. G.C. llill, Hon. R. Papillon, P. 0. Beresford, W. * Hill, Lord E. Parker, Major W. Bernard, Thos. T. Holford, R. S. Patten, J. W. Bond, J. W. Holmesdale, Lord Paull, H. Booth, Sir R. G. Hood, Sir A. Peel, F. Botfield, Beriah Hope, G. W. Pennant, Col. Bovill, Wm., Hopwood, J. T. Philips, J. H. Bramston, T. W. Horsfall, T. B. Powys, L. P. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hotham, Gen. Lord Puller, C. W. Brooks, R. Howes, Edward Quinn, Peter Bruce, C. L. C. Hubbard, J. G. Repton, G. W. J. Bruen, Henry Humberstone, P. S. Richardson, J. Burghley, Lord Hume, W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Cairns, Sir H., Hunt, G. W. Rogers, John J. Carnac, Sir J. R., Bt. Ingestre, Viscount Rolt, J. Cartwright, Col. H. Jervis, Captain Rowley, Hon. R. T. Cave, S. Johnstone, Hon. H. Salt, Thomas Cavendish, Lord G. ,Johnstone, J. J. IL Selater-Booth, G Cayley, E. S. Jolliffe, Capt. H. Selwyn, C. J. Cecil, Lord R. Jones, D. Seymer, H. K. Churchill, Lord A. Kekewich, S. Shirley, E. P. Close, M. C. Zelly, Sir F. Sibthorp, Major Cobbold, John C. Kendall, N. Smith, Abel Cochrane, A. D. Kennard, C. Smith, S. G. Codrington, Sir W. King, J. K. Smyth, Col. Cole, Hon. 11. A. Knatchbull, W Smollett, P. Collins, T., jun. Knight, F. Somerset, Col. E. Cross, R. A. Knightley, R. Somes, Joseph Cubitt, Ald. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Spooner, R. Curzon, Viscount Lefroy, A. Steuart, A. Dalkeith, Earl of Legh, W. Stewart, Sir M. It. Darner, L. S. W. D. Legh, G. C. Stuart, Major W. Dawson, R. P. Leighton, Sir B. Sturt, H. G. Deedes, Win. Lennox, Lord H. G. Stracey, Sir H. Dickson, Col. Leslie, C. P. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Disraeli, Benjamin Lever, John 0. Thynne, Lord E. Du Cane, Chas. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Thynne, Lord H. buncombe, A. Lindsay, Colonel Tollemache, J. H. buncombe, W. E. Long, R. I'. Torrens, It. Dunne, Col. Long , field, Robert Trefusis, Hon. C. H. East, Sir J. B. Lopes, Sir M., Bt. Trollope, Sir John Edwards, Major H. Lovaine, Lord Upton, General Egerton, Sir P. Lowther, Col. H. C. Valetort, Lord Egerton, W. Lowther, Captain Vance, John Egerton, A. F., Lyall, G. Vansittart, Wm. Elcho Lord Lygon, Hon. F. Verner, Sir Wm. _ Elmley, Viscount Lytton, :L ir E. B. Walcot t, Adm. J. E. Estcourt, S. Macaulay, K. Walker, James It Farquhar,'Sir, M. Mainwaring, T. Walpole, S. H. Farrer, James Mathis, It., Walsh, Sir J. B. Fellowes, Edward Manners, Lord J. IVatlington,J._W. W Forde, Lt.-Col. W. March, Earl of ay E by, W.. Arthur E. E Forester, Col. G. C. Miles, Sir W. weu Forster, Sir G. Miller, T. Whiteside, Rt Hn J. Whitmore, H. Galway, Viscount Mills, A. Gard, R. S. Mitt ord, W. T. Williams, T. P. George, John Montagu, Lord R. Woodd, B. T . Gilpin, Colonel Montgomery, Sir G. I_Vvyyintadhhaamm: Hon. Sir H. H . Gladstone, Capt. Moody, C. A . Goddard, A. L. Mordaunt, Sir G. Wynn, c o l . Gordon, C. W. Morgan, C. 0. S. Wynne, w . w . B. Gore, J. It. 0. Morgan, Major Yorke, Hon.E. Gore, W. R. 0. MoWbray, Rt. Hn. J. Graham, Lord Wm. Mundy, William Haliburton, Justice Mure, David Hamilton, Lord C. Murray, William Jolliffe, Sir W. Hamilton, Jas. H. Naas, itt, ii.u. Lord Taylor, Colonel TELLERS, PING LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. (From the Manchester Examiner and Times.) A more unpretending, but, at the same time, a more interesting document than the report of the National Lifeboat Institution is rarely issued from the press. The novel reader may perhaps fail to find excitement in it ; the man of business may not see in it the details of commercial information which go to make up his " whole duty of man ;" but a few moments' consideration will show either of these gentlemen how readily they may procure in it either one or other requisite of their daily existence. The report of the Lifeboat Institution forms, in fact, a sort of neutral territory where business and romance may meet without endangering each other's safety. It is a border ground where com mercial life, under one of its most terribly necessi tous conditions, comes face to face with all that is romantic, heroic, and chivalrous, and where it separates itself for the time from the dry details of counter and counting-house life, as far as is a gallant vessel in distress from the warehouse keeper who stocked her cabins with beef and pickles, sugar and biscuit. The business part of the arrangement, indeed, scarcely appears in the report of the Life boat Institution, but it leaves its traces very strongly imprinted there. It only goes as far as " pleasant weather" carries the deeply and richly laden vessel. When the gale blows and the murky and black looking clouds are gathering round the ill-fated ship, when even amidst the thunder of the wind the angry dash of the breakers is heard on the lee shore, when the hapless crew look with despairing eyes on the sky, the land, and the water, then it is that business, which, as Young says of sleep, "her ready homage pays where fortune smiles," deserts the luckless mariners, and leaves them to the for tune of some daring adventurer's aid. It is here that the Royal National Lifeboat Institution steps in with what may be called, without exaggeration, its redeeming hand, and nothing more beautifully illustrates the beneficent nature of its services than the simple record of the transactions recorded in the report for 1859. It is a long list of noble services from January Ist to December 30th, and a few of them will be enough to show what strong claims the institution has on the pub lic gratitude. Here is April 15, Goodwin Sands— terrible name of ill omen to sailors—wind W.N.W., sloop Liberal, of Wisbeach, one man saved by the Walmer lifeboat. Sept. 17 and 18, Misner Haven, wind N. and W., strong gale, brig Lucinde, of Memel, 11 men saved by the Southwold lifeboat. Feb. 28, Jack's Hole Bank—a cognomen fearfully suggestive of danger—brig Louise, of Genoa, ship assisted by the crew of the Padstow lifeboat. March 8, Doom Bar Sands—another hideously sug gestive designation—brig Gonsalve, of Nantes, seven men saved by the Padstow lifeboat. Nov. 1, Holm Sands, wind S., heavy gale, steamer Shamrock, of Dublin, 14 men saved by the Lowestoft lifeboat. Nov. 2, Whitburn, blowing a hurricane, schooner Anton, of Denmark, 6 men saved by the Whitburn lifeboat. Nov. 26, Redcar, wind S.E., heavy gale, brig Fortuna, of Memel, 11 men saved by the Red car lifeboat. Dec. 30, Barmouth, wind from the S.W., blowing a gale, ship Britannia, of Bath, United States, 14 men saved by the Barmouth life boat. Dec. 21, Lytham, weather stormy, the bri gantine Hannah Jane, of London, 7 men saved by the Lytham lifeboat ; and so the record goes on through a long page, enumerating services of the most humane and sterling character, in words and figures as simple as an ordinary entry in a mer chant's ledger. We have said sufficient to show the inestimable public value of an association like that of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution ; but how much more might be said of the services it has rendered to what may be called the private and hidden circles of our life. Running the eye down the list of vessels to which the boats of the association have paid a visit, when the wind was blowing " great guns and small arms," we have of course the most liberal supply from our own islands. The Betsys, johns, Georges, and Marys are unmistakeably attached to the north-east coast. The simple mari time nomenclature of Shields and Sunderland is almost confined to the family circle, and a favourite son, or a brother, or a wife, or some one " nearer and dearer," is generally the godfather or god mother of the first venture of the small ship owner; But every little port and every large harbour in the island have representatives in the National Lifeboat Institution list, and from thence the area of services rendered extends to the natives of France, Spain, Genoa, Norway, Prussia, United States, Swedes], Denmark, the whole maritime world in fact, for misfortune and loss are just as catholic in their visitations as the services of the lifeboats on our coasts. Now, looking at the use of the association in this light, it is the distributor of an amount of happiness almost incalculable. The painful picture drawn by Campbell, in his " Plea sures of Hope," of the mariner's wife watching for the barque that " never shall return," is but a copy of an agonising reality in the life of those connected with sailors. How many families have theLife.boat Institution saved from such a terrible fate ? Here is the romance—not the dead fictitious thing we read of in love stories but the living, active, ro mance which makes life beautiful, and which really surrounds the Lifeboat Institution with a halo of renown. All the thrilling narratives that have been written for a century are sketchy and feeble before the reality of a lifeboat adventure. Ten or a dozen, or it may be 20, 30, or 40 men are hang ing on to the shrouds of a shipwrecked vessel, as powerless to help themselves as is the vessel which gives them a momentary resting place. Death is literally hanging over them, with his fingers out stretched to pull them into his ravenous maw ; and the only human means to save them is the agency of a lifeboat. Each one of those poor fellows, who were one moment dead, and in another restored to life, was, to use the expressive phrase of the old Scotch wife, " somebody's bairn ; ' and how many thankful hearts must their redemption from a watery grave create. This is no single example either; it occurs day by day, in the winter season, round the coasts ; it is miserably frequent during the recurrence of the equinoctial gales; and the chances in every seaman's life are about equal whether he will be wrecked or not. This is the fate, the destiny of a sailor, and no mechanical in genuity will ever wholly obviate it. We may hope to relieve the death list considerably ; this is, indeed, the object of the National Life boat Institution but we Gan never calculate On this side of the prophetic change when "there shall be no more sea," on the abolition of shipwrecks, and the total abrogation of human misery by losses and disasters on the ocean. The moral of our story is, of course, that the Na tional Life•boat Institution is one of the most worthy of our national associations. We have essayed to point out the munificent labour which the institu tional is engaged in, and we may ask the public who agree with us in our views, i n seamen ' s p h rase , to "l en d a hand" in extending the bountiful work of this society. There is a general indifference, or, perhaps it would be more correct to say, a want of knowledge, in inland places of the necessities of such an institution as this one we now recommend. Peo ple generally only know the dangers of a seamen's life When some great calamity like that of the loss of the Royal Charter comes before them. They, do not think of the hundreds of cases occurring every year, where one, or two, or three, or more seamen drop at a time into a watery grave, and where the annual aggregate number of such losses dwarf even the enormous destruction of the Royal Charter. Last year, for instance, the losses by shiP; wreck on our coast amounted to 1,646 lives. persons saved, there were 2,332, making together In the course of one year close upon 4,000 people who were exposed to the miseries of shipwreck on the shores of the British isles. Since 1824 the Lifeboat Institution has been instrumental in aiding to save 11,401 persons, and we see at a glance what a largo share the working of the Institution has in our nit' tional comfort. At a moderate computation, the number of the lost will be- about three-fourths 01 those saved • another very powerful reason why the society should receive public assistance. But the last, and perhaps the most powerful claim whi c h the society has upon the public at this moment s, that its liabilities for life-boat establishments amount to nearly £4,000. We cannot say, indeed, that the work of the institution is one of pounds, shillings , and pence. It is too grand and too noble to be mixed uP with a pecuniary motive; but it is true, neverthelesl; that it cannot be carried on wit hou t aid from the beneficent and thoughtful. Th ere are s cores ofplacf ; where a lifeboat might be advantageously placed _ but this cannot be done without money. The is in th continuale boats improvement, which the association have care a tp re neededse but this cannot be done without money either. rrno men who are engaged in the lifeboat service are, 11 3 doubt, as brave and devoted as men can be ; b ut 1 is not fitting that these men should risk their lives' expose themselves to danger, hardship, and incon veuience without fee or reward, All these are lIIa tors which the Institution has to provide for, a n the only means by which they can providea,t them are the g eneros it y an d b enevo l enc e of Eng" s .. o .. men. An a pp ea l t o th e coun t ry i s no t, indeed , ' es , cuired ; it on l y needs that the merits and nee ities of thi s Institution should be brought befrer the public, and n o t a single wealthy man, whet, or he be a s hip owner , manu f ac t urer , agriculturi merchant, but would, we are assured, eh eertin I contribute his mite in such a cause. 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