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THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE. No. 5 (for MAY), Will be published on SATURDAY, the 28th inst. Price One Shilling, with Two Illustrations. CONTENTS. Framley Parsonage. Chapter Xlll.—Delicate Hints. XIV.—Mr. Crawley of Hogglestock. XV.—Lady Lufton's AmDassador. E. Campaigning in China. Z. Little Scholars. 4. The Carver's Lessjn. 5. William Hogarth, Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher. Essays on the Man, the Work. and the Time. IV. The Painter's Progress. 5. Written in the Deepdene Album.—By Washington Irving. 17. Lovel, the Widower (with an Illustration). Chapter V. - In which I am stung by a serpent. S. Studies in Animal Life. 9. Paterfamilias to the Editor of the " Cornhill Magazine." 10. The Outcast Mother.—By E. J. Bronte. 11. The Portent.—l. Its Legend. (With an IllustratiOn)- 12. Roundabout Papers.—No. 3. On Ribbons. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. BENSON'S WATC H E S. Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold, Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrlp 'We of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches ant 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. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, will be - performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF OVE. And THE BOARDING SCHOOL. R OYAL PRINCE S S'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 oonclude with the extravaganza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Lsclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclerc% Mr. Shore, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billington, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page ; Miss Wool• gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. _ _ - After which the Grand Fairy Extravaganza, THE FAIR lONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Vieoount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolgar • Queen Lusidora, Miss Emily Thorne ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Engagement for a limited number of nights of Miss JUL - rA DALY, the celebrated American Actress. Mr. LEIGH MURRAY is engaged, and will shortly appear in a favourite Drama. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL LYCEUM 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. Alter 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, &C. ; and a numerous Corps de Ballet. Followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. Sir W. Don. To conclude with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence 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 PREDIC AMENT. Mr. Charles Young and Miss Wyndham. Followed by a new burlesque, LUCREZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ranoc, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet. Reduced Prices--Gallery, 6d; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ante commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- - Proprietor, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Sole Manager, Mr. Enwrx IluGuEs. 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, eplendid 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 Artists 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 most complete satisfaction ; and with the truly gorgeous decorations render the evening's amusement in this far-famed Establishment one of the most varied, tril iaut, and recherche in this great metropolis. TIIIS EVENING, and during the Week, To commence with the Great Military Spectacle, in Four Acts, entitled " THE 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, LIICREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Allonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jong,hmans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come- Can and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. 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.-Stur OFFICE, APRIL 24,1360, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 37—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.79. WIND, N. to N.E. ; fresh, but variable, with heavy rain i n the night, and a heavy fall of snow this forenoon. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts Dir.—Morning, 3h. 35m.—Afternoon, 3h. 51m, To-mozaolv.-Morning, 4h. Om.—Afternoon, 4h. 29m 4, 9 ?, 3 tdr-ie-fA. 4 N, '''l : _' - _,Y , J,Ttut'ir __ , ' - --1 k 7 i'°• - •: - :* • '* 6-,, ,, — ,, \ 1i - : a: ... . rt. J •11 l) ~ .,4 - , ',,. N.84;;,-- , THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1880, What Mr. HORSMAN has been during this ses sion in the House of Commons, that has the Mar quis of NORMANBY been simultaneously in the Lords—with a difference! The difference, how ever, has been of a kind only strictly befitting the diversity of character discernible between the two Assemblies. Both the noble lord and the right hon. gentleman have been obstructives. That they have, let the slowly multiplying pages of _Hansard for" 1860" testify. Mr. HORSMAN pos sesses, however, the ooe partially redeeming merit of having proved himself at least a brilliant ob structive. Whereas, the noble marquis, ex-diplo matist, ex administrator, ex-lord-lieutenant, ex ambassador extraordinary, and minister plenipo tentiary, has unhappily for himself and the House of Peers, combined somewhat too intimately very often the character of a bore with that of an ob structive. He has provoked debate by speeches only chiefly remarkable for their tedious circumlocution. He has occupied the attention of his compeers evening after evening without not only any good, but actually also without any momentary sem blance of pleasure, coming of it. If through his agency the business of the session has been (as it has unquestictnably been) interrupted—it has not, at the same time (through his agency) been enter tained. Whenever Mr. HORSMAN has made one of his abrupt onslaughts upon the Ministry, his attack has had the interest at any rate accompanying the sudden apparition of a daring highwayman stop ping the QUEEN'S mail at noon-day and firing a blunderbuss with an abortive flash in the pan. In depressing contrast to which, my Lord Nou_ 3IANBY'S appearance, in a similar kind of ambi dexterous Opposition from the Ministerial side of the House has revealed to Cabinet and country one of those more than hypothetical fiiends and more than suppositious foes who— " Wiling to 117;und, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike." Precisely of this character were the dubious propo sitions of an abstract character, elaborately prepared, and laboriously submitted last evening to the Peers for their acceptance, and eventually, after a good deal of idle discussion—withdrawn ! Or, if not directly withdrawn, withdrawn evasively by a tardy concession on the part of the noble Marquis, that the previous question should be agreed to. Yet one can't help remembering after this " most lame and impotent conclusion," that the resolutions submitted to the Upper House yesterday by Lord NORMANBY were of a nature so apparently threatening that they had actually constrained Lord COWLEY to hasten over from the Paris Embassy for the pur pose of ensuring their effectual rejection in Parlia ment. His Excellency might very well, as it happens, have left his defence entirely in the hands of Lord GRANVILLE! The vivacious President of the Council haring, with an evident relish for the task, taken Lord NORMANBY'S propositions litercztinz et seriatim, and carefully dissected them with a keen edged scalpel of ridicule. Anyone who can really appreciate the art of an adept in pok ing fun, will enjoy a cursory glance down the cruelly satiric comments of Earl GRAN VILLE upon the Marquis of NORMANBY'S ingeniously involved, and delightfully abstract, and exquisitely circumlocutory resolutions. Resolu tions declaring in so many words " That while the House fully recognised the necessity of a private correspondence between the Secretary of State and her MAJESTY'S representatives abroad, it was of opinion that all fasts of interna tional importance ought to be made matter of offi cial correspondence, and as such, to remain on re cord for the use not only of the Government of the day but of their successors in office, to be pro duced to or withheld from Parliament by the Ministers of the Crown on their responsibility ; also, that the absence of any such record, more especially if such private correspondence is re ferred to in public despatches,' is injurious to the public service, unjust alike to the Foreign Mini ster who made the communication and to official colleagues at home, and calculated to withhold important matter from the full and free control of Parliament." As a series of abstract propositions, they cannot, of course, be gainsaid—in the abstract. But it so happens that our English Par liament is not precisely a conclave of the one-eyed philosophers of the Flying Island of LEMUEL GUL LIVER. We are not yet worshipping Mumbo Jumbo in the Mountains of the Moon. We are not abstrac tions, living in the midst of abstractions. These appear to have been the kind of conclusions ar rived at by the House of Lords last evening. And so—Lord NORMANBY'S resolutions fell through, the house taking into consideration instead the " pre vious question." And so—Earl COWLEY may re turn again in peace to his position at Paris as her Majesty's Ambassador. " Like a door on its hinges, sir, all motion but no progress," was the criticism we once heard on the eloquent declamation of a great popular orator who advanced, however but little, the cause he discussed. And, subtracting the eloquence, this criticism would serve well as a description of the debate of last night on the so-called Reform Bill. Hon, members talked all the evening, but the only advance made, if advance it can be called, was Sir G. C. LEWIS' defence of the Government returns. Mr. EDWIN JAMES was retained by himself to attack them, but he certainly did not make out much of a case. At any rate, the Home Secretary showed that the in structions given and the persons applied to must secure as great accuracy as could possibly be ob tained in any such returns. Our readers will not thank us if we enter into details which, if they have a taste for them, they can find more fully in the speeches of the two members re ferred to; but we are bound to say that if accurate returns are a serious object in the discussion of the bill, we do not think those of the Government could be substantially amended. Errors will of course occur, but there seems not to be the shadow of a doubt that the Government desired an honest return, and took the most efficient means to se cure it. It is said that the bill pleases no one—that has no title to the name of a Reform Bill—that it omits what real reformers most desire—and grants, in boroughs, a franchise at least 40s. lower than Tories like. Well, all this may be true, and yet be no reason why the bill should not be passed. We assuredly cannot allow that it deserves the title of a Reform Bill; but take it for what it is—it offers something—somethingin the direction of Re form—something important, otherwise the pledged opponents of Reform would not make such wry faces at it. We cannot see, therefore, the common sense or consistency of professed Reformers in any way obstructing the bill. Hence we are gratified to observe that Mr. MassEY has been compelled to withdraw his motion, assigning as the reason that he had not in his simplicity supposed its success could be regarded by the Government as fatal to the bill. Mr. MASSEY may also have an eye to a meet ing convened at Salford, to which he must have rendered some account not perhaps very pleasant to give. We cannot see on what pretext the House should waste longer the country's time over the second reading when it has been agreed that there is to be no division. If the principle of franchise exten sion in counties and boroughs is not to be opposed, why not hasten into committee and discuss details there. There will, deubtless, be quite enough found to occupy the time of the House in committee in dis cussing whether we shall have a £6 or £8 franchise, whether any " fancy franchises" are to be added— [to the lodgers franchise that expression can hardly be applied, and we expect neither side will object]— whether the rate-paying clauses shall stand, whether constituencies shall have the option of the Ballot, and whether many a bormigh shall stand in the schedule which will de prive it of one member. Singularly enough it does appear that the test of population which Lord JOHN has taken as the reason for partial disfran chisement does leave the Whigs many more borough members than they would retain by the test of the number of electors. The latter seems so much the more natural, so obviously in favour of giving most numbers where there was most intelligence, that it appears unaccountable how a Whig lord could prefer number of persons merely, to num ber of persons competent to elect under his own franchises, unless it . had appeared that the,Whig boroughs would he the greater losers by the more rational process. We must hear the other side, however. We join heartily in Lord PALMERSTON'S wish that Thursday night should bring this unmeaning and tedious debate to a close. It will be a bore to us all if protracted further, and the parties who do it will be regarded by the public as factious parti sans. And we gather frotn Mr. DisnAELl's re marks that, while wishing to preserve the course open for his followers, he would himself prefer to get to real work—to get into committee. The conference of ministers of religion yesterday, 'at the Whittington Club, on the Ballot, was a good idea. They were even more appropriately invite d to consider this subject than on a former occasion to give their experience and thoughts on the Corr laws. It was a difficult thing for persons who had not studied the subject, which the majority of minis ters had probably not done, to say how much of THE ~ SUN, LONDON, TUESDAYZEVENINGI, , APRIL 24, 1860. the pool ~..~a_ ;y, and its consequences, with which they came in contact was due to the Corn-laws; but, un- happily, it cannot be difficult for any person, be he minister or who he may, to tell of the moral mis chiefs produced by our present system of taking votes at our Parliamentary elections. They are open to every observer. They too often appeal in disgusting forms to our senses. And knowledge of them we must have, unless we be entire recluses. In addition to all its possible political bearings, the Ballot is pre-eminently a moral question, and it was therefore most fitting to ask the moral and spiritual police of the kingdom to assemble and express their views. Not a great many, to be sure, came—little exer tion had been made, and large meetings of such a kind are not to be assembled without great effort and preconcerted organisation ; but many reverend gentlemen of various denominations did come, and very conclusive was the testimony borne by them, as men honestly concerned to see their flocks maintain an electoral conduct consistent with their religious character. One gentleman, a minister of superior intelligence, a Wesleyan minister, re marked that always, for weeks after an election,• many of his people hung down their heads when they met him. On the approach of an election he had always preached a sermon, without the slightest indication of political bias, pointing out in plain language the moral responsibilities of electors the obligation they were under to vote in accordance with their political convic tions, be they which way they might. But he, from personal acquaintance with his flock, well knew what those convictions were ; yet, after all his warnings,many of them violated their convictions, so strong were the temptations brought to bear upon them, and they could not for some time after comfortably look in the face the man who had been their moral monitor and guide. He was strongly of opinion that every man ought to have the moral courage to do his duty and accept any consequences; but he had had such ample proof that even the better class of men were often want ing in such moral strength, that he felt it right to remember the duty pointed out in the Lord's prayer itself, and to save men from temptation. He earnestly demanded the Ballot as the only con ceivable means of preserving men from the tempta tion to degrade themselves even in their own eyes by violating their conscience. Another minister had had an agricultural con gregation. Many tenant farmers were amongst them. He was a Nonconformist, and Nonconfor mists were almost to a man advocates of Liberal principles ; yet he had the pain of seeing at every election the members of his church, whose views he knew so well, compelled, without daring to hesitate, to give their vote for the Tory candidate. He expressed some fear, whether after all, even under the Ballot, the tyrant landlord would not make them promise to vote for his candidate, when they would be too much men of their word not to keep it, or if they did not, they would be guilty of lying. He was reminded that now they falsified their convictions, and therefore acted and voted a lie; they would not therefore be really worse if they told one. But, still better, it was pointed out what witnesses from Australia had stated that one of the unlooked-for good results of the Ballot there was, that it made the exaction of promises dangerous. When the law had dis tinctly given the elector the privilege of secrecy, it was thought to be so disgraceful to extort in any way a declaration of a man's intention, that the re sentment created by such unfairness would imperil the candidate's election. As under the Ballot the aggrieved could take their revenge without danger, canvassing, except by public meetings and other fair and open means, had become quite unpopular. One intelligent member from a rural district re marked on the pain it had frequently given him to see the tenants on the large estates around him all voting according to these landed divisions. He knew there were great diversities of opinion among them, yet in one district belonging to Lord - all the tenants voted for the Tory. In the next, separated but by a road or a fence, all were voting for the Whig candidate. The sight was, to him, one of the most degrading and dishonourable con ceivable. And he knew of nothing but the Bal lot which gave a chance of these electors rising to the dignity of men. We trust this meeting is but the precursor of one of the same kind at which a much larger num ber of ministers shall be assembled. It is a ques tion for them quite as much as was Slavery, the Corn-laws, or Catholic Emancipation, in all of which they took an active part. Politics, as such, are not their special vocation, though they have quite as good a right as other men to hold and to enforce their political opinions. But the Ballot is not properly a question of party politics. All partiesprofess to hold that voting ought to be, as the law says, " free:and indifferent ;" the friends of the Ballot merely contend that it will best secure that object. It certainly does not tell well for old Whiggism and Toryism that they are opposed so bitterly to what must give the voter his legal right. They do not, however, deny the right, but perversely refuse to let the question be tried in any way, whether the Ballot will secure it or not. It is impossible, therefore, to avoid the conviction that Whigs and Tories are at heart the enemies of inde pendent voting. WINDsoR, April 23.—Since the departure of the Court from Windsor her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has been residing at Frogm.)re. The health of the royal duchess, we are happy to say, is perfectly re-esta blished. Her royal highness takes her daily walks in the beautiful grounds attached to the Lodge, as well as car riage airings in the Great Park. To-morrow (Tuesday) her Royal Highness will proceed to Buckingham Palace on a visit to her Majesty for about ten days. The Duchess of Galiera has left the St. George's Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury havo arrivod in town from Savernake Lodge, Wilts, for tho season. The Earl of Galloway has taken a residence in Eaton-place for the season. The Earl and Countess of Craven come to town to-day from Ashdowne-park, Berks, for a few days. The Earl and Countess of Winchelsea have left the St. George's Hotel. The Countess of Itothes has arrived at 16, Here ford-street, Park dane, from Leslie-house, Fifeshire. The Countess and Madlle. Nicholas Schevsky have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. Lord and Lady Feversham have arrived at their residence in Great Cumberland-place from Buncombe Park, Yorkshire. Lord Southampton returned to the Pavilion Hotel, Folkostone, on Saturday. Lord and Lady Tredegar and family have arrived at their residence in Portman-square from Tredegar Park Monmouthshire. _ _ _ Lord and Lady de Lisle and Dudley have left the St. George's Hotel. Lady Churchhill has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Lady Florence Paget has left the St. George's Hotel. We are sorry to hear of the death of Lieut - General Home Home, which occurred during the night of Saturday very suddenly. The gallant officer was appa rently in perfect health on the evening of that day, but was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. General Home formerly served in the Guards, and within the last few months was appointed to the color:Q.lQ , of the 50th Regi ment, which is rendered vacant by his decease. The following appointments have been made in connection with Lord Elgin's mission to China :—Lieut.- Colonel 11. L Crealock, Military Secretary; Mr. 11. B. Loch, Private Secretary; the llon. J. F. Stuart Wortley, First Attitehil ; the lion. T. J. Howell Thurlow, Second _,~ THE TBEATRES. LYCEUM. Sir William Don appeared here last evening in his favourite character of the interminable waiter in the farce of " Whitebait at Greenwich." Sir William is not less droll in his proceedings than in his appearance, and those who relish a hearty laugh would do well to see him. He belongs to that rare class of beings that " seen, become a part of sight ;" and though it might be going rather too far to describe him, in the words of the poet, as " the morning star of me mory," he is beyond:doubt a most erratic and fan tastic luminary, who, once viewed, haunts both vision and memory with an effect decidedly provo cative of mirth. LATESrr NEWB. The following telegrams were received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, APRIL 23. Letters from Naples confirm the reported assas sination of General Viglia. FLORENCE, APRIL 23. The King will be at Leghorn to-day, at Ristoja and Lucca to-morrow. On Wednesday at Sienna, on Thursday at Arezzo. PARIS, APRIL 24. The Paris papers publish the following results of the voting upon the question of the annexation of Savoy to France:-- CIIAMBERY, April 23, 8 p.m. A fete took place at the Governor's house, which was ornamented with flags. Crowds were present, and musical entertainments were given. The result of the voting in the district of Cham bery is known, and is as follows : About 30,000 ayes 9. 59 noes. The following are the details : In Aumery 1,127 ayes. 21 noes. ...987 ayes. 13 noes. 192 abstained from voting or absent. In Chambery 3,688 ayes. 22 noes. 200 abstained from voting or absent. TURIN, APRIL 23. The Savoyards of the Sardinian army present al Turin have voted as follows : In Aix . For annexation to France . . . . 3,082 Against . Out of 186 natives of Nice 157 have voted for an nexation. GENEVA, APRIL 23. The result of the voting in several towns of the provinces of Chablais and Faucigny is generally unanimous for annexation to France. The voting in Faacigny has taken place entirely under the influence of the authorities and clergy. There was no ballot, and not even permission to print cards expressing a vote against annexation. The number of electors who have abstained from voting is large. VIENNA, NooN, MONDAY. The Minister of Finance, Baron Von Bruck, has been suddenly taken. ill, and has been compelled to undergo the operatiocn of bleeding, since when his health has improv , ed. The Councillor of State, Plener, is provision ally appointed chief of the Ministry of Finance. The Councillor o£ State Von Plener has been provisionally intrusited with the charge of the finan cial administration. Baron von Bruck's malady is congestion of the brain. After the operation of bleeding had been performed an improvement took place. MONDAY AFTERNOON. His Excellency the Minister of Finance, Baron von Bruck, expired. :at 10 minutes past 5 p.m. VIENNA, APRIL 24. Later copies of tho Weiner Zeitung of to-day do not contain the auta;raph letter of the Emperor to the late Baron von Truck, dated April 22d, and published this morn ing. The Wiener Zeitung contains an autograph letter from the Emperor to Baron von Bruck, dated Sunday, the 220. L mt., in which his Majesty ac cepts the Baron's to tr iporary resignation. The Wiener Zeittiva ay also contains a decree pro visionally appointil ig the Councillor of State Ignaz von Plener 'to the charge of the Ministry of Finance. The de eree also confers upon him the title of Privy Coun :illor Prince Czartorysl ci died yesterday morning. CONS :TANTINOPLE, APRIL 23. The Society of Bankers, for maintaining the course of Exchang a on London at 110 and of Medjidies at 100, c anamence operations from the Ist of May next. 'The redemption of the Caisne continues, and is t o be completed by the end of May. MADRID, APRIL 22. The Moorish Plenipotentiaries arrived at Tetuan yesterday. The negotiations have commenced. The following are , :additional particulars concern ing the arrest of Co at tt de Montemolin : During the night. , of the 20th inst. the Gendar merie surrounded a. 'house where Count de Monte molin and his bro th er were supposed to be con cealed. After havii ig vainly demanded admittance, one of the Gendarme s entered the house through the window. The Princes were dressed, and declared themselves at the disposal of the Gen darmes. The majority of ti la e press is in favour of a tria] by ordinary court-m .rtial. The Corresponde? taia Antografa considers that nothing will be res of upon until the return of Marshal O'Donnell from Africa, but believes that the conspirators will Ie tried by the Senate. LANCE. A deputation fr am Havre had the honour of being received yest ;erday by the Emperor, for the purpose of presenti 'IT a miniature yacht offered to the Prince Imperial by the pupils of the college and schools at that port. M. Dantu, the principal' of the college, express ed to his Majesty the devoted ness felt by the you ti Lof Havre. The Emperor re plied most gracious y, and the young Prince, who was much pleased trith the present, thanked very earnestly the memb ers of the deputation. It is announced that, after the annexation of Savoy and the colt it y of Nice to France is com pleted, a new milita r, r command will be organised, to which the Empe' r proposes to appoint Marshal Randon. Au Impe rial decree has been pubiished preparatory to this r aeasure, declaring the ports of the islands of Point Isues-Ratonneaux and Iff,in the Bay of Marseilles, t ;o. be military ports. BounsE, April 2: - ;.- —The market has been steady. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 30c. and 70f. 15c. ; Mobilier vaiiad from 757 f. 50c.t0 765 f. ; Aug trian, 528 f. 75c. to 51 lf. 25c. ; Lombard, 543 f. 75c. to 545 f. ; Lyons, 9431 75c. to 945 f. ; Orleans, 1,355 f. to 1,360 f. ; South( sr n, 517 f. 50c. to 518 f. 75c. ; Northern, 973 f. 75c. to 975 f.; Geneva, 462 f. 50c. to 465 f. The folio' iv ing are the list quotations :- 9/ per Cents. .... 96; 10 i Credit Fonder 796 25 Do. end month .. N. 10 I 13ebrian 41 3 per Cents 7,1 s 351Piedmonteso (5) .. 83 Do. end month 7l) 30 Roman B3 75 Bank 'Shares...... Austrian Credit '65 Spanish Threes Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto .. Lyons and Moditorran es a 912 50 .. 942 50 Gmera ,. Southern Western 570 .. 573 75 Eastern S2rdinT:114. Austrian aa 0..< Lombard .... ...• • 512 50 .. 543 75 F,xchange on. Lond on, at sight, paper, 25f. 18c.; money, 251. 17e. ; thzee moot Jas,: paper, 24f. 87c. ; money, 24f 86c... ICILY. The latest amnia its received at Genoa from Sicily are of the 16th, , from which it would appear that at that date the-. insurrection was not yet put down, and that the i usurgents had obtained some advantages over the- A correspondence, which, seems reliable, accuses ST. JAMES'S. An original comedy, entitled " A Friend in Need," by Messrs. French and Sorrell, was pro duced at the St. James's Theatre last night. The story, character, incidents, manners, and dialogue are all English, yet not without some of that neat ness of construction and finished writing which is to be found in French models. The plot, which, although complicated, is rather slight, is carefully constructed, and exhibits the various characters in numerous well-contrived situations—the interest arising from a misunderstanding between two young' people, partly because the lady does not know her own mind, and partly because she is placed in a false position through the misconduct of her father, who has wisted, by gambling, funds belonging to his ward, the lover of his daughter. The part of Mr. Sparkler was well sustained by Mr. Belford, and Mr. Frederick Robinson, as the lover, acted with great feeling. Mr. C. Young has a capital part in the play, and Miss Murray, Miss Ranoe, and Miss Nelly Moore con tribute greatly to the success of the piece by their admirable acting. The piece was given out for re petition amidst loud applause. The house was very fully attended. "STRAND. A very lively farce, entitled " A Race for a Widow," was produced here last evening, and met with triumphant success. The fun consists in the stratagems of two Cockney fortune hunters—a Mr. Cornelius Popjoy and Mr. Alfred de Cremorne, to secure the hand and heart of a charming widow with £3OO a-year. The anxiety of each to secure the prize lead them into all sorts of difficulties, from which they were only relieved by the lady herself informing them she already possesses a husband, who is anxiously waiting her return to London. The parts of Popjoy and Cremorhe were excellently well played by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Turner, and Miss Bufton made a most fascinating young widow. The piece has been put upon the stage with all that care and attention for which the fair manageress has so distinguished herself, and will prove for a long time highly attrac tive. The house was very fully and fashionably attended. Mrs. Gore, the novelist, who for some time past has been afflicted with blindness, has just undergone an operation which, it is hoped, will eventually restore her to sight. Professor Owen had the honour of delivering the first of a series of lectures on Natural History, at Bucking ham Palace, before his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in attendance. MARRIAGE IN HIFII LlFE.—Yesterday forenoon Lord Adolphus Vane Tempe-t, M.P., led to the hymeneal altar Lady Susan Pelham Clinton, eldest daughter of the Duke of Newcastle. The solemnity took place at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston-square, and was Conducted, as far as the attendance of the relatives of both families, with the greatest privacy. After the religious solemnity the newly-married couple repaired to llolderness House, Park-lane, the resi dence of Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry, where a dejeunei• was !provided for a select circle, including the Duchess of Marlborough, the Earl and Countess Vane, &c. The noble bridegroom and lady left town in the afternoon for the south coast to pass the honeymoon. SOUTH MIDDLESEX RIFLE CORPS.—The 2d or South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps will be inspected by Earl de Grey on Wednesday next, the 25th inst., at G p.m., in Hyde-park, on the site of the old Crystal Palace, the Civil Service Volunteers kindly keeping the ground. An extraordinary meeting of the Westminster Palace Ciimpany (Limited) is called for the Ist of May, in accordance with a requisition signed by a number of the shareholders, who object to the proposed arrangement with the Secretary of State for India, and talk of appointing a committee to investigate the position of the undertaking, THE FIRE IN LAMBETH.—Yesterday Mr. Wm. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest on the body of Thomas Balfour, aged one year, who lost his life at the fire which occurred on Friday last, on the premises of Mrs. Wise, in James-street, Lower-marsh, Lambeth. The case having been gone into, and evidence taken, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. THE PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—The gross public income of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland in the year ended the 31st of March last was £71,089,668 17s. 4d.; the total expenditure, £69,502,289 4s. 2d., leaving an excess of income over ex penditure in the year of £1,587,379 13s. 2d. The balances in the Exchequer on the 31st of March were £6,369,520 6s. 9d. at the Bank of England; and £1,603,313 lls. 2d. at the Bank of Ireland. _ _ LAUNCH OF THE CAPE MAIL STEAMER CAMBRIAN. —Yesterday afternoon, the launch of the screw steamer Cambrian, belonging to the Union Steam Navigation Com pany, of Southampton, and intended as a mail ship between that port and the Cape of Good Hope, took place from the shipbuilding-yard of Mr. C. Lungley, o f D ep tf or d , an d i n of persons, including the Rennie, Captain Scott, Cambrian is a r emar k a bly fi ne directorsth e presence Captain Dft rt hh o f ae a m c 0, largem(z company a n yconcourse i,he and Sir J. veesel of her class, mid has been built from the lines designed by her builder, Mr. C. Lungley. The following are her exact dimensions: —Length between perpendiculars, 230 ft.; ditto over all, 252 ft. ; breadth extreme, 30ft. lin. ; depth of hold, 191 t. Gin. ; burden in tons, old measurement, 1,019 18-94ths. PLYMOUTH, Monday.—The ship La Hogue, Cap tain John Williams, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar, of Lon don, from Sydney January 19, was off the port yesterday. She spoke, February 20, lat. 57 S., long. 70, the Ancient Mariner, of Sunderland, bound westward ; March 5, lat. 30 S., long. 29 W., the bark Johannes and Helena, 45 days from Iquique, for Falmouth ; March 7, lat 281 S., long. 281 W., the Russian bark Torqu, 74 days from Honolulu, for Bremen, and the French ship Bun Pere, 61 days from Mazatlan, for Bordeaux ; March 16, lat. 7 S., long. 301 W., the Dutch bark Ulysses, from Grimsby for Macassar ; 28th, lat. 15 N., long. 25 W., the ship Blue Jacket, from Sydney, December 24, with troops fer London; April 14, lat. 46.10 N., long. 18 W., the Danish bark Malvina, 20 days frem St. Thomas, for Copenhagen; 16th, lat. 46 N., long. 13 W., the bark Bellina, bound West. TIIE MOORS.—After a winter of great length and severity sportsmen are naturally anxious to know how it fared with grouse among the snow-clad hills, and what may be the prospects of sport for the coming season. Some of the oracles, we observe, have already spoken : grouse, they say, have perished from scarcity of food and bad weather. But those who have had opportunities of studying tho habits of the hardy Tetrad Scoticus, at all times of the year, vouch for the well-known fact that the most rigorous winter neither thins their numbers nor impairs their health. The result of careful inquiries in this district, from persons thoroughly competent to know, is that grouse aro looking as healthy as ever, and if there is a good breeding season sportsmen will have no cause to complain of their sport in 1860.—Inverness Courier. DISAPPOINTED LOVE.—On - Friday afternoon, when the roll of emigrants on board the Tsaac Webb was being called over, a female was found on board without a ticket, and was placed in a small boat, to be conveyed to the shore. She pleaded earnestly to be allowed to go in the ship to New York, whither, she said, her "lad" had gone in the Dreadnought, but her entreaties were vain, and the boat proceeded towards the shore. Suddenly the unwilling passenger sprang from the seat and jumped into the river, where she struggled for sonic time, but was at length res cued, and removed to the receiving -house at the Prince's Dock.—Liverpool We wish we could see a system of quicker pay ments introduced into the navy. The disadvantages of the present mode are many, but the most prominent is the dis satisfaction felt by the seamen, who always prefer receiving their pay and allotments at short intervals. The Manning Commission of 1859, amongst other suggestions, recom mended strenuously a better regulation for the payment of wages, and we believe that the Admiralty arc at present con sidering this point. It would be very desirable to have the recommendations of the commission promptly carried out. As a general rule, seamen are incapable of manaOnc , their pecuniary affairs in a satisfactory manner, and the larger the amount they have to receive, the greater is the excess they are apt to indulge in. Quicker payments would ne cessarily involve payments in small sums, which would have a tendency to familiarise the men to the possession of money, and might be presumed to act beneficially in check ing that thoughtless extravagance so characteristic of our seamen. At all events, the means of gratifying their ex cesses would be diminished in proportion to the sums they had to expend. Few things act more injuriously upon certain temperaments (and the sort of temperament we mean is very common amongst sailors) than the sudden possession of funds to an amount that seems to them large. The desire to expend it is pro portionate to the amount, and the feeling is often aggra vated by previous restraint. The consequences are excess, drunkenness, and insubordination. We do net believe that quicker payments and in smaller sums would be a cure for all the defects in our naval system, but that it could not act otherwise than beneficial to the service is acknowledge I by almost every one that has given the matter a thought.--A my and Navy Gazelle ACCIDENT TO A BOAT ON TIIE Lin.—A fatal ac cident happened on the River Lea on Saturday evening. Two boats, each containing three youths, came in collision in front of the waterworks close to Lea-bridge. The whole of the six were instantly immersed. One only could swim, and he reached the shore in safety. Another was got out immediately afterwards, but the remaining four were drowned. Their bodies were dragged out in about seven to twelve minutes after the fatal occurrence, and though every means that medical skill could suggest were resorted to, their efforts were unavailing. Up to the present time but one of the bodies only has been recognised. the police at Messina of having thrown open the prisons and let loose the criminals, when the city, then perfectly tranquil, had no thought of rising. It was this act which was the primary cause of the movement at Messina. PARMA. A letter from Parma, published by the Corriere Mercantile, states that on the 17th an ex-lieutenant of the Parmese army, noted for having, as a mem ber of the court-martial under the old regime, con tributed to the condemnation of the many political prisoners, was recognised in the streets of that city. The house in which he took refuge was instantly besieged by the mob, who seemed determined to renew the abominable tragedy of which Colonel Auviti had been the victim ; but this time the au thorities were on the alert ; a file of carbineers arrived, and marched the incautious lieutenant to the railway station, whence he soon started for Alessandria. AUSTRIA. A communication from Trieste says :—" The Austrians are building at Peschiera six gunboats on the English plan, each to carry one gun. The timber, well seasoned, is brought from the arsenals of Venice and Pola. The pieces are put together at Peschiera, and the flotilla will soon be launched at Benaco, on the Lake of Guarda. The pontoneers are continuing their exercises on the Adige, and navigation is forbidden there before ten o'clock in the morning. About 40,000 men are cantoned be tween Bolgano and Inspruck, ready for any even tuality. The Austrians have lately turned their attention to mules, which rendered such services to the French army in the last campaign, and a great number have been bought." NAPLES. The Indepe2zdance says :—" Doubts have been expressed of the authenticity of the letter said to have been addressed bythe Count de Syracuse to the King of Naples , but we now know that it is not in any respect apocryphal. We moreover learn by one of our letters from Turin an incidentlin connec tion with it which is very interesting, if it be true, as we are assured it is. The Count de Syracuse is stated to have sent a copy of his letter direct to the Prince de Carignan, cousin of the King of Sardinia, explaining the reason which caused him to write it, and adding that in case his august nephew should persist in the dangerous path he had followed, by refusing to establish the Constitution of 1848, he (the Count) would offer his sword to Victor Em manuel, and fight by his side for the cause of Italian liberty and nationality." SWITZERL AN D. The Nord makes the following observations on the present position:of Switzerland.: " It is her neutrality which makes Switzerland a great Power, but solely because that neutrality is protected by European guarantee. Now, no at tempt is made by France on the neutrality and in violability of the Helvetic territory. The interests of Switzerland, like those of Europe, are therefore protected, and any step inconsiderate and contrary to that absolute neutrality, which is still more a duty than a right for Switzerland, would expose her to all the dangers which would infallibly result to her from any act which, from a neutral Power, would make her one acting out of the European concert at her risk and peril, and violating the in ternational stipulations which have founded, rati fied, and protected her national existence. The replies of the Powers to the note of the Swiss Fe deral Council prove that Europe views the question in this light, and hence the affair can no longer give rise to any European complications." The Madrid journals of the 19th give no details of the execution of Ortega, but simply publish two brief telegraphic despatches from Tortosa announc ing the fact :—they state, however, that on being told that the sentence passed on him would be car ried out, he displayed great resignation, wrote seve ral letters, and drew up his will ;—also that he was allowed to spend 20 hours in religious preparation. A letter says that the Government had some reason to hope that the Emperor of Morocco would pay at once the indemnity of 400,000,000 mats which he has promised. A Genoa letter says :—" Garibaldi is at present here. On starting from Turin his intention was to proceed to Nice, but he changed his mind and stopped short. A report of his departure for Sicily had been in circulation, but was quite untrue, as he never had any such intention. The real object of his journey was to visit Nice." TEE FRAUDS ON THE UNION BANK The precise details of the recent frauds by the cashier of the Union Bank of London have not yet transpired, but a full account is expected to be com municated to the shareholders in the course of a day or two. Meanwhile, the nominal price of the shares is £25, showing a fall of £5 from the quota tion previously to the discovery. No transactions, however, of any importance have taken place, the directors having made a communication to the Stock Exchange, recommending that dealings should be suspended until the exact amount of loss shall have been made known. The number of shares being 60,000, a decline of £5 would represent a total of £300,000, and this it is belie Ted is considerably beyond the actual deficiency. The frauds were car ried on by means of a forged passbook representing the account of the Union Bank with the Bank of England. Various statements have been circulated, to the effect that the delinquent was well known as a speculator, not only on the Stock Exchange, but' on the turf, and, if these were true, much censure would fall upon the directors for retaining such a person in their service, and selecting him for a post of special trust, since, as it is almost impossible to devise any system of checks to obtain perfect secu rity against a rogue, the primary duty of managers is to look as much as possible to steadiness of charac ter. It was solely from a culpable disregard of that point that the Great Northern Railway and Crystal Palace Companies were sufferers by Rol path and Robson. it does not appear, however, in the present case that the reports are correct. The man had been in the service of the bank from its foundation, and was previously a clerk in the bank ing firm of Sir Claude Scott and Co. He is about 48 years of age, a widower, and was considered to be one of the most regular and quiet persons in the establishment. It seems certain, moreover, that it is within the last five years that his misappropria tions have commenced. His salary during the greater part of that time was £5OO a year, and about 12 months back it was increased to £6OO. It is by no means improbable that temptation came to him through some unscrupulous persons on the Stock Exchange. He is said to have had large transactions with a firm who tailed some time back, and subsequently with three other persons. Without such abettors no officer holding a position of trust in a public establishment could contrive to carry on any very dangerous speculation. On a recent occa sion a clerk of Messrs. Barclay and Co. proved to b© a defaulter under similar circumstances ; and, as the Committee of the Stock Exchange then came to a strong resolution regarding the course to be adopted if any member should henceforth lend himself to such transactions, they will probably in the present case resort to the punishment of expul sion. Riubtless, also, the directors of the Union Bank will deem it necessary to institute a strict investigation as to any coray lieity that may have existed.— Times' City A rticle. We ate sorry to hear reports that the public will be startled by the magnitude of the frauds courailted by W. G. Pullinger, late chief cashier of the Union Bank of London. These frauds have extended, it is said, over a series, of years, and the success of the offender in so long evading detection is said to have been accomplished by an ingenious system of false entries. Unsuccessful specula tons in the Stock Exchange, carried on extensively for years past, have been the gulf into which the proceeds have been thrown. The shareholders, whose anxiety has been greatly stimulated by the rumours a floa t , have learnt -.all satisfaction that the directors of the Union Bank are now engaged in the pi eparation of a statement in which the facts are duly set forth. It will be issued immediately. Mean while the public will feel it fair to suspend their judgment, The delinquent will be brouOit up again before the Lard Mayor on Friday. The members of the Stock Exchange appear to be bounty interested in the inquiry, partly from a proper jealousy of the reputation of their body, The Stock Exchange Committee, acting upon the high prin ciples which have uniformly guided them, and which'have contributed greatly to the confidence reposed i n th e i r de cisions by the public, are no.t, likely to seek t o eva d e t h e duty which now seems to be imposed upon th em. Th at d uty consists in an invbsti,g a ti o n into the age nc y whereby the ri eca-mous speculations of the unha ppy man whose nme is now before the public have b een car ried on,in violation cf the rule which prohibits brokers from transactingtransactingbusiness on account of clerks in public ecannanies alior caa bli6hments,—Daily Zretv3, THE . DESPATCH . OF M. T.HOUVENEL. The following is the despatch which M. Thou venel addressed to the French Chargé d'Affaires at Berne, giving an account of the statement made verbally to M. Kern relative to Chablais and Fau cigny " Paris, March 13. " Monsieur,—The Federal Council being unable 0 overlook the importance and unanimity of the _ . manifestations proyoked in Savoy by the antici pated possibility of a dismemberment, instructed ~ M. kern to ask me whether the Government of the Emperor still persisted in the intentions I have made known to you. The Minister of Switzerland, during our interview, gave me to understand that if the Helvetic Confederation should not obtain either Chablais or Faucigny, his Government would have no alternative but to protest before the Courts which signed the treaties of Vienna against any modification of the status quo, and to raise without any hesitation a very grave question, and one most embarrassing for the Government of his Imperial Majesty. "My answer to M. Kern was in substance as follows : " ' The manifestations to which you refer,' I ob served, 'do indeed present a character which pre cludes all doubt of their importance and sincerity ; they are occurring every day, and on different points; the elective councils have resolved to become their organs ; already several members of a deputa tion of the Councils-General of Chambery and Annecy, advancing further than their colleagues, in the fear of a premature resolution, have hastened o Paris to make known their wishes and com- plaints. You will easily understand that the Em peror's Government cannot be indifferent to these proceedings, and to the sentiments which they .eveal. " ' The Emperor has shown, by the language I have been authorised to hold to you, how friendly his feelings are towards Switzerland; but, while the first thought of the sovereign of France, as soon as the question of the annexation of Savoy presented itself to his mind, proved his solicitude for your country, the Federal Council omitted no means of exciting distrustful feelings towards us, and all its efforts tended to form a league among those Powers which seemed inclined to such a measure. " ' This is evident from the official correspon dence communicated to Parliament by the English Government, and I merely call attention to the fact. I frankly avow that if these tactics, which were carefully concealed from us, had been known to me, I should have thought myself bound respect fully to represent to the Emperor that we ought to refrain from entering into any negotiations with the Federal Council. Ido not, however, regret any of my words, as they prove the sincerity of our inten tions ; and I even persist in giving you the assurance that we should still prefer being able to settle this matter in accord with you, and with due regard to your interests. " I think it superfluous, however, to tell you that it was not with the sole view of pleasing Swit zerland that we propounded the question of a ter -1 ritorial change, which, in a manner, only implies a rectification of our frontier, and that in demanding the cession of Savoy we could not have for our chief object the annexation of Faucigny and Cha blais to the Confederation. From the first we heve been anxious to conciliate all interests, and we are still ready to enter into your views ; but if it is demonstrated to us that we cannot have Savoy, with the consent and goodwill of the popula tion, without renouncing its dismemberment to your advantage, we shall consent to that condition, and the Federal Council will itself acknowledge that we cannot decline it. " 'We are scrupulously endeavouring to obtain information on this point, and to ascertain as ex actly as possible the real dispositions of the inha bitants respecting it; but what we cannot be asked to do is ourselves to subject the cession of a terri tory which we consider indispensable to the security of our frontiers to that which the Federal Govern ment solicits, and to succeed or fail with it, by placing the populations under the obligation of pronouncing against their union to France if they will not consent to remit to Switzerland a portion of Savoy. This solution would maintain the pre sent state of things, which suits the Confederation ; but it cannot suit France, which, without having Chablais and Faucigny, would equally lose the other districts which have become necessary to our de fence. "' There is, as you see, a notable difference be tween the positions of the two Governments, and we must take it into account. The agitation which the partition of Savoy occasions would not be so great as it is if, while we left to the populations the task of freely appreciating their veritable interest in this question, Swiss emissaries had not given an alarm, and joined to their propaganda acts which only tend to wound the national sentiment. You reap what you have sown. You committed the error of, by your attitude, causing it to be believed that you pursued a territorial augmentation. Did you not yourselves —by, so to speak, proposing to me to conclude a se cret treaty of partition—place me under the neces sity of declaring to you that it was not permitted to us to dispose of a territory which still belonged to Sardinia? This premature ardour produces its natural consequences in Savoy, and it is not on France that Switzerland can throw the responsibility. " ' I cannot have the idea of suggesting to the Federal Council the conduct which it ought to adopt under these circumstances. It seems to me, however, that there only remain to it two paths to take. If it does not fear to be reminded that it had expressed a wish for a private arrangement, it can protest against any modification of the status quo: the Powers will appreciate its proceeding in the reply to the explanations on the entire queSticel which we propose to address to them ; but, for nil part, I do not believe that the union of Savo,' to France can be regarded as constituting a new danger for the neutrality of the Helvetia Confederation. Guaranteed as that neutrality will be on all occasions by the energy and courage of the Swiss, it is still more so by the respect of Europe , and it is not from the side of the Lake of Geneve; that its frontiers would be most accessible, if a morel barrier did not constitute the greatest force of theta' The protest of the Federal Council would thee change nothing in the basis of things, but would, nevertheless, cause a certain ruffling of our relation!, which reciprocal interests require should be avoided' " The other path open to it is to confide in our sentiments for Switzerland. It has been able t° i t appreciate them in other circumstances, and ought not to doubt that, subject to the sole con' dition of not completely compromising a r esult which is imposed on us by imperative necessitic7, we shall seek and shall know how to find t h arrangements the best calculated to prove that 5;411.3, are anxious to satisfy Switzerland, and to conscia% date her neutrality, which is a protection for 115.14:r, for her; and to take he: interes ts in consideratic io as completely as the essential interests of Franc e this question will permit.' T bo la " Such, Monsieur, is the language which - ke a to M. Kern. Ido not do ubt t ha t he ha s re P or' ' it correctly to Government ; neverthele. ss, _t au thorise you to read this despatch to the Preside' of the Federal Council.—lt2ceive, &c., 0 " TtioUVENfi- FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION —A terrific b °l i rsg acinth;ar: ",ere explosion occurred at Airdrie on Friday morning, 3 ,,, j r nearov engines t in h e e s minutes after , six o'clock, at a nit belonging to the SuP 3 : c e et, lee Iron Company, immediately at the back of Ilig,h -3 ", e re Olcl Masons' Lodge. r L ge o boilers n& t stoutly employed keeping up the steam. The cause 0 5 are a t i h i( e i p a iti r h e e m a explosion seems unexplOined, but two of these bode r co lf completely destroyed, one of them being'cut in tV n . o etlf equal . parts, which were thrown to great distances in , ppostte directions. The second boiler seems to haY, ,, ,i ' - ' l „tit shivered to pieces; a portion of it about 15 feet in it . 0 had been almost complete,, stroioltened, and thro.', v ', o ell distance of nearly 300' yards to the' northeast, and r t velocity that it has sunk into the earth to the dept.", or ei g ht f ee t, i m mediat e ly behind the houses in Nortn.;sat Ch third boiler has been completely lifted from rts,srfuree l . et • thrown right across the place where the two let he gines once stood, the engines themselves being "" cO ,s ,' shivercd to pieces, and scattered about in fragmeul he s pot; oversman, engineman, and fireman were killed ott , _' ra &i ota, and their bodies, which were much mutilated,' I ' e 2 0 3u , tying in different directions, at a distance of frog:_el, vords. William Cathcart, a miner, was so se`de l v il o Nc o l hat there is no hope of his recovery. A carter,t;uck aIIe engaged in filling a char at the time, was al . s o , s ,s aft er tll t much bruised by the flying missiles. Immedia,eloy, tbe pi , r explosion steps were taken to get the men out „,o,oc l g. ;mud they were all got safely out by a little after v 310 A The Produce been on have sh in fair I have b( have re scarceli prices a to a values. chiefly have bi spices has she deliver It ha S wedis amount Ist of J The is chief trade ; still be aecomn tent. a better other r next fo The : with a tions w at 14,0( port an Share rather 1 The meeting Comps.' year, tc £80,00! leaving The i nactiv( on spec howeve and 94 , , 931, the flatter, Paper 97; E but Bar Basii rather ( Cents. Spanist 41 per at 65; 991 ; di is flat a; The i prem. ; Loan is In th been on less firn shire, Norther (York), The 1 Prance Feruani In thi about 1, ss. ; am Joint London Us.; Ba In ti ness ha: Steam 1 Irrigati 104. Bank St 3 per Ce: 3 per Ce: NINV 3 a Anns. 3( Ditto for I a , lia St Ditto .! 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