The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-11 00:00:00

FT - lAEA TR E ROYAL, DRURY LANE.- Vhe Public and Subscribers are respectfully informed that the Management have entered into arrangements for the ixoduction of ENGLISH OPERA with moat eminent Ar tistes. In consequence of the great success of MARITANA, and by desire, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, the 11th. Halevy's admired opera, THE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS, is in active preparation. The Band and Chorus will be numerous and efficient. Mu sical Director and Conductor, Dr. JAMES PECH. Reduced Prices—Stslle, 4s ; dress circle, 3s ; first circle, 2s 6d ; pit, 2s ; upper boxes, is 6d ; gallery, is.; upper gallery, 6d ; private boxes from lOs 6d upwards. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. Nugent, open daily. BENSON'S WATCHE . S., " Perfection of mechanism."--Morning Post. ,6 , . Gold Watches 4to 100 guineas. —1 Eilver Watches ,„. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watche Commence at 7. THFATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. 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 I,OVE. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. OYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the comedy of. THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps and Miss Atkinson (their 3d ap pearance at this theatre). To conclude with the extrayazanza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louibe Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. , La Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Most powerful attraction for the Holidays. Adelphi Drama and Grand Extravaganza. THIS EVENING, April 11, will be reproduced the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster (who will make his 3d appearance since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour); Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billington, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which (third time at this theatre), the Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq.. of THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Plenipoao, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful. Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. - - -• Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; lialcony;4s. ; FrOnt CirCle Stalls, 3s. Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. 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 BORDER MARRIAGE. Miss Wyndham, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. C. Young. After which, A CIIANGE OF SYSTEM. Followed by a new burlesque, LUC RE/.IA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with • No. 49." Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Maner, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Grand Military Spectacle (in Four Acts and Eleven Ta bleaux), founded upon the French Drama, " L'Histoire d'un Drapeau" now performing at Paris with great success, and entitled—" THE HISTORY OF A FLAG," To give every due effect to the Spectacle it will be supported by a new and effi cient Dramatic Company, and will introduce real Camels, Buffaloes, &c.. bought expressly for the occasion. The Amusements in the Cirque will be supported by a Company of continental Equestrian Stars, comprising Maddle. Monet, Marie, Fernando, and De Berg ; also, Messrs. H. Williams, Devereux, Wattson, Fer nando, and the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jaok. - —• Clowns—Messrs. Charles Watson and Thorne. The Entertainment concluding each evening with a Laugh able FARCE. Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence at 7. CANTERB UR Y HALL CONCERTS.- THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. G ennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Alfonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghrn ans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian 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. T 1 WEATHER,--Strx OFPICM, APRIL 11, MO. THEE.MOMETETt, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.21; a rise of half an inch. WIND, W.S.W. ; light, with dull cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 18m.—Afternoon, sh. 40m, To-moßßow.-Morning, 6h. 3m.—Afternoon, 6h. 29m, THE POST-OFFICE AND NEWSPAPERS. Seared!, a day elapses that we do not receive complaints of newspapers missing, being too late, or arriving several posts be hind time. This is an intolerable nuisance to our subscribers, and is, besides, highly prejudicial to ourselves. Where rests the evil ? It is idle to complain, for polite answers and promises avail nothing. Surely Sir Rowland Kill will. have some merciful consideration, and endeavour to redress the grievance. It is a double griev ance, for we are made to pay for not send ing the paper, which is often kept back till next morning, which loses a day to 014 r. subscribers, who truly say that old news is no news, causing anger rather than benefit. If the General Post. office be not large enough, then extend it, or build another capacious enough for every purpose, be the cost what it may. It Will serve for all time. e make this suggestion in a spirit of good will, and hope that good may come of it. Sun Office, April 4, 1860. /4. 4- P ? ' '') % '' 2.; c ,4. ''t , ,,, ,'\_•,.---.—, - • 2 '" , -,:7,.; ~ " 4, ,Se - \ ,:..,. 1) . ).... - :'. - V, -,i, ,.. 1 :" - - ::,,ii,,,,....„ , - t\; ... „..,,.. Fs ' J , -' !,' \ „ 0 1.‘ t, ,i „, ,:c.1-•; c0.2_,, , -„,/ ~ ~ , •.1 / 4 ; :, ,,4 -' Vw fl`pl-) ;-- •,- ; , ;v [ "T',j ' .t.:.,..-_,2.;_,,,,,4:„ jf--1.-f_t,.... ,, ,i12 .. ..L. __.... ~..4- • :- —......—?, - I ' -_, -, •-,. ,s , -',,;,,,,,, ' iis , i t, ' '.... rr E S lIN. LONDON, -WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, IE6O. Our national defences ought certainly to be now, at length, in an efficient state, seeing that upon them alone we are expending in a year of Peace very nearly half of our enormous annual outlay of I:70,000,000 ! With such a lavish expenditure as this upon our military and maritime services, there is no longer any excuse left either for the authorities at the Horse Guards or the Board of Admiralty—for the War Secretary or the Chancellor of the Exche quer. Thirty millions sterling we know full well is the stupendous amount set apart during this year of grace, 1800, for the payment of all the expenses incurred within the twelvemonth, for the support of the Royal Navy, of the QUEEN'S Army, of the Militia, the Yeomanry, and the Volunteers. Thirty millions of pounds sterling ! Consider the actual I significance of that almost fabulous amount. It is as . if each man, woman, and child in the three kingdom s had paid down sovereign a-piece for the defen ce of. these islands by sea and by land. Thirty m illi ons sterling ! - Why it is like the dream of that cruel old miserly hunks, THELUSSON —that wick e d d ream that haunted his imagi na ti on , and that was n ever to be re r fortune of several millionsarealised—{he dream of a multiplying (fo r some unborn heir), by interest an P interest, slowly, s l ow l y , year b y year, tbroululind dreadful series of neg!ccted generations! W hat 'l:lttur Will vainly aimed at in effecting this accumulation''° . N's through an awful lapse of NI astedtime—is here done to hand, nominally , for the good, or rather for the salvation of the nation, is here done, we say, to hand as it were in a twinkling by a few votes of the House of Commons in Committee ! Here ;is the scarcely conceivable sum total of £30,000,000 set apart for the support of our land and sea forces during a single year, and that year a year of pee'ce, viz., this current year of grace 1860. NOW, at 'oast underthese eircumstances,our solicitude as to the teciency of our national defences ought can. to be set at rest. Now at length we ought to feel .ontented as to our insular security.. Particularly when we remeitber that never before was such a mr - tur this set apart during a year of peace for the support of the army and navy of England. Remembering, too, that our vast and scattered colonies are all in a state of profound tranquillity. Remembering that the Indian mutiny has long since been suppressed. Remembering that during the last four orfive years we have been engaged in no European war whatever : and that the only war like expedition that we have actually now " upon hand" is the exceptional war (upon which we have scarcely yet embarked) with the Chinese. Remem bering all these things, and remembering that it is thus, as we have said, during a year of Peace, that we have munificently set aside for our army and navy the magnificent sum of V 0,000,00 we are justified, surely, in at last looking for something like efficiency in our National Defences. It is notorious, however, already, that we are still far, very far, removed from the time when those defences can be pronounced in a proper state of efficiency. We have, at last, it is quite true, a Channel Fleet—that First Essential ; and what is more, a very noble Channel Fleet. This, however —thanks to Sir JOHN PAKINGTON'S, and not by any means to the Duke of SOMERSET'S administra tion of affairs at the Admiralty. We have, again, had enrolled all over the country some 80,000, or from that to 100,000 rifle volunteers. No thanks whatever, in this instance, either to any member or members of the existing Government. Thanks rather to the spontaneous patriotism of all ranks and classes (below the highest, and above the lowest) throughout our industrial and enterprising population. The daring rivalry, moreover, of Sir WM. ARMSTRONG and Mr.WHITWORTH has necessi tated, or is necessitating wonderful improvements in the character of the ordnance making up the aggre gate of our formidable artillery. But apart from these adventitious and fortuitous aids, can it be said that the nation is obtaining anything like the worth of its money from the administrative energy and patriotic co•operation of the responsible mem bers of the Government ? We pronounce our opinion upon this point quite deliberately and quite advisedly, when we say absolutely and positively that —it cannot. Neither the army, under the conduct of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, nor the navy under that of the Duke of SOMERSET, can be said to give promise of expanding into due efficiency considering that the present year is a year of peace, and that during this year of peace they are empowered to spend upon the two services altogether the enormous sum of £30,000,000. All which lack of adequate enterprise is mainly due, we, in our heart of hearts believe, to the pound-sparing, shilling-grudging, penny-saving policy of that model financier, our present verbose and frightfully experimental Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Mr. GLADSTONE is pretty well known by this time to be about equally domi nant, at the present moment, in the Cabinet and in the House of Commons; and Mr. GLADSTONE, formerly one of PEEL'S boys, is now in the new political and intellectual phase of his character, the faithful disciple of the peace-at-any-price apostles of the Manchester School, et hoc genus oinne. It behoves the nation to be at length on the alert, however, and to insist coute qui coute, to insist ab solutely and inexorably, that England should, at least in the matter of her defences, have a quid pro quo for her £30,000,000. The long despatch from Mr. LEWIS CASS to Mr. DALLAS, the American Minister here, in reply to a note of Lord MALMESBURY'S on the slave trade, calls for a few remarks. According to the declara tions of Mr. BUCHANAN, in his last message, in tended to quell the madness of Southern men who desired to resuscitate the slave trade, the American Government is sincere and earnest in its wishes and efforts to put down this accursed traffic. The Pre sident appeared to assign bona fide reasons for decided hostility to the African slave trade, we think so the more because most of them were purely selfish reasons. We may assume, therefore, that his secretary, Mr. CASS, shares the sentiments of his chief, and that the reservations of rights which appear in his letter arise out of what have become almost unreasoning traditional aversion to conceding anything most remotely resembling the old and steadfast claim to " the right of search." It will be remembered that Lord MALMESBURY renounced distinctly this right, and that afterwards Lord ABERDEEN declared that he had renounced it long before. The dispute seemed to be left in this position—that if a vessel hoisted American colours a British cruiser would examine into her nationality on his own responsibility. If she turned out to be an American vessel, it was conceded that if there were reasonable grounds of suspicion, and the visit were fairly conducted, it would not be easy for any nation to found on this any ground for serious reclamation. Most unfortunately, the slave traders almost all prefer to hoist the flag of our very touchy Yankee cousins ; a British commander must, therefore, submit to being befooled by the simplest trick in the world, or he must run the risk of affronting the sovereign mob of the North, and the furious slaveholders of hardly 'l o 13 t the South, and. through them the q ua d r i enn i a l G o - Ne*Tllll e Il doubt u which ht a the exists m b e y n theirnf will. sufficient e d W u r c e at e io a n n and ability to form the administration of the United States are honestly opposed to what disgraces their country in the eyes of the eiviliSed world ; but they must, if they would exist, tickle the • prejudices of the mob, and do the bidding of the south. To this we attribute all that seems so ti • mid and special pleader like, in the letter of Mr. CASS. H e can hardly deny that a right of visitation of sus pected vessels is essential to the suppression of the traffic ; yet he will not fairly concede it. He runs off with the statement, that by the laws of the Union the slave trade is piracy; but then he says, re them to be, you must n o t pirates, though we declare treat them as what our laws make them; on th e contrary, he goes on to prove that there is a wide difference between the slave trade and piracy ! All this strange inconsistency is indulged in, merely to avoid conceding, unconditionally, the right to examine and deal with suspected ships. If they are but American slavers, though the fact may be obvious, they are to be let go again for t he few a nd sluggish American crusiers to catch them if they Mr. CASS makes a strong point of our influence with Spain. He acknowledges that by the ASHBURTON treaty, the States are bound to join in representa tions on the subject of the slave trade to any Power which seems to connive at it. He would therefore be willing, were it of any avail, to join in such representations to the Spanish Government. Cuba is the only slave mart for slave-traders now in the world ; Spain is abundantly able, from the force she maintains in Cuba, to put a stop to the slave trade there. It may be that the military strength of S pa i n i n Cuba is greater than the Pre sident, of Ostend celebrity, and other American annexationists wish. They wish, at least, that Great Britain should taunt Spain with that coun try's unfulfilled engagements to us, and the ample" means she has to fulfil them. Mr. CASS reminds THE7SITA, 7 :LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1860. us that we have paid to Spain the money down for abolishing a trade by which Queen-mothers and Captains-general of Cuba grow rich. We can speak to Spain as creditors demanding the repay ment of a debt. We hope this appeal will not be lost either on our Government or on that of Spain. We have doubtless the strongest ground to demand honest fulfilment of the convention which has cost us so much hard cash. Were the United States to " join in representations," we may imagine how an indignant Spanish Minister would bid America put down her own hateful and :horrible internal slave traffic, and declare herself willing to stop the traffic between Africa and Cuba, when America stopped the traffic between Virginia and New Orleans. To-morrow our readers will find in The Sun a letter from an American on the coast of Africa of no little, though painful, interest. It fully bears out all the charges of the English Government as to the use made of the American flag, and the awful extent, even now, of the slave trade. The vast extension of our coal trade, and the magnificent supply of coal which we possess, should be to us sources of unmixed satisfaction. This, however, can hardly be the case while the fact is admitted that a theusand lives are annually sacri ficed in the mines. When we reflect on the dis tress and destitution which those thousand deaths spread around them, like the circles extending on the water around a sunken stone, and when we remember also that this large number does not in clude those who are injured or disabled by similar casualties, we shall think the question of colliery explosions is serious enough. We shall probably consider that no amount of time, science, and laborious investigation is too much to bestow on the causes of these painful and constantly recurring calamities. The coro ner, juries, and attorneys of the inquest now being held at Burradon, do not seem to be of this opinion. They see nothing in a catastrophe which has cut off a hundred and seventy•six men and boys, which has made many a widow and orphan, and brought desolation and misery to many a cottage fireside, which is to hush their laughter, silence their legal disputes and hairsplittings, or reduce the audience to decent and respectful attention. The rival advocates quarrel on points of professional etiquette and - routine as if it were a long pending Chancery suit ; the Coroner will not receive the carefully prepared evidence of an inde pendent and scientific "viewer" because it is de livered in writing, instead of viva voce; meanwhile, cheers, laughter, and interruptions from the audi ence are thought fitting accompaniments to the discussion of so mournful a tragedy. The terrible frequency and frightful extent of these colliery accidents call imperatively for minute and painstaking investigation. Public indignation will soon be aroused if these catastrophes do not lead to more careful manage ment and greater precaution. A serious respon sibility rests upon the Coroner of South Northum berland, in the examination of two of these cases now before him ; and it is not by adhering rigidly to the technicalities of the law, or by counte nancing such flippant and ill-timed kvity in the court, that he will satisfactorily acquit himself of his arduous duties. Surely, in the pre sent advanced state of scientific knowledge, the public has a right to expect that the attention of able men will be turned to the careful investiga tion of these matters, and that meantime the in quest on so great a number of human beings sud denly and terribly deprived of life will be conducted with the caution and attention requisite to a full discovery of the truth, and with the gravity be fitting so solemn an occasion. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN The season 1860 commenced last evening, with Meyer beer's " Dinorah." The great novelty of the evening was the debut of M. Faure, a very great celebrity in Paris, and the original re presentative of Iloel, at the " Opera Comique," for which, as everybody knows, Meyerbeer composed his admirable " Dinorah." M. Faure had to contend with difficulties, but his success was complete ; and if in other parts, with which he is less intimately conversant, he can succeed in exhibit. ing similar excellence, he is likely to prove one of the most valuable acquisitions our Italian Opera has made for many years. The Dinorah of Madame Aliolan Carvalho has been more than once described; and it is hardly requisite to do more than say, that while all that was previously noted as ad mirable in her performance, both in a vocal and dramatic sense, is retained, increased confidence—resulting, no doubt, from a conviction that her merits are entirely appreciated-- has enabled her to present even a more striking picture than before, and to exhibit many touches of refinement which add to its charm, while they enhance its artistic complete ness. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Vectis with the above mails arrived at Mar seilles at 9 p.m. yesterday. Mails left for London at 10 p.m. Letters will be delivered on Thursday morning SHANGHAI, FEB. 20. The ships Actaeon, Sampson, Aroewine (Alge rine ?) and Dove proceeded northward under sealed orders, on the 16th February. CANTON, FEB. 27. General Montauban has arrived at Hong Kong. SINGAPORE, MARCH 7. Sir Hope Grant left here for Hong Kong on the 7th March. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. Gen. Lamoriciera, writing to a friend in Paris from Rome, speaks very hopefully of the prospect of affairs. He says, With the assist ance o f G o d, and our own diligence, I hope soon to have Roman Zouaves." The French troops continue to evacuate Lom bardy. The 4th Division, commanded by Gen. de Failly, is expected in France on Thursday next. The 3d, commanded by Gen. Bazaine, is to be quar tered in Faris. Gen. Ulrich's Division will come next. The Ist and sth Divisions will be the last to quit Italy. They will occupy Savoy and Nice. It is understood that Marshal Vaillant quitted Milan on Sunday last. All the letters received from the army of Italy state that the troops are delighted to return to France. They are heartily sick of Italy and of the Italians. According to a new arrangement concluded be tween the French Government and the German Confederation the journey from Paris to Vienna will henceforth be accomplished by railway in 36 hours, which at present requires 72 hours. The distance from Paris to Stuttgardt will be performed in 16 hours, from Stuttgardt to Munich in 8 hours, and from Munich to Vienna in 12 hours. It is expected that in two years from the present period the jour ney from Paris to St. Petersburg will be performed in three days. It requires seven days at present. The weather has not improved. Last night was cold, the thermometer having fallen two degrees during the day. Rain fell from Bto 12 this morn ing; we then enjoyed a gleam of sunshine until 2, when half melted snow or sleet fell for an hour. The peach and apricot trees in the neighbourhood of Paris are in blossom, and it is feared they will suffer from the extraordinary changes of the weather, particularly as this afternoon the sky has the ap pearance of approaching frost. BOURSE, April 10.—The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 69f. 90c. for the end of the month, and the 4i per Cents, at 96 ; Orleans, 1,362 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 965 ; Strasburg, 637 ; Lyons, 927 f. 50c. ; Western, 575 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 520 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 437 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 791 f. 25c. ; Austrian Railways, 530 f.; Roman Railways, 337 f. 50c. ; Russian Railways, 408 f. THE PAPAL STATES. The followinf , letter is dated Rome, 3d i ns t. : "General Lamericiere arrived in Rome on Sun day afternoon, and had a private audience of the Pope yesterday morning. The General had already inspected the Papal army and the garrisons in the Marches, and he expressed his approbation of their organisation to his Holiness and to Cardinal An ' tonelli. The General has consented to accept the command of the Papal troops, but he will not re ceive orders from the War-office, where everybody is completely ignorant of the science of war. Three French officers of the 40th Regiment of the line have been imprisoned in the Castle of St. Angelo by I order of General de Goyon. This severe measure has been caused by the improper conduct of those persons towards one of their comrades, who, on the 19th of March, was commanded to execute orders given by the Commander-in-Chief. They insulted their brother officer, and afterwards refused to apologise, though recommended to do so by their Colonel. M. Caraffa, secretary of the Duke Cesarini, who was arrested in consequence of let ters on political subjects found in his house, has ecaeieNs . d a passport, with ord ers t o qu it th e R oman stSeveral persons wh o were arres t e d i n con sequence of the riot on the 19th have been set at rt e liberty. Several members of the Roman nobility devoted to the Holy See have just purchased corn to the value of 40,000 Roman crowns to distribute at a loss of three half-crowns the vabbio among the more indigent of the operative classes. The following are the names of various Princes, Kings, and Em perors who have been excommunicated more or less solemnly Popes :—John XII. excom municated Emperor of Germany ; Gregory V., King having con t rac t e d an illegiti mate Nicholas 11. excommun i cate d Ge r ard, Count of Galicia ; Gregory VII., Henry IV. ; marriage. a r brßobert, g tp h o r e c e fort' preceding Pop Urban 11., King Philip of France, because he had carried off the wife of the Count d'Anjon and her; Pascal 11., the Empe rorn w e o n u r l y d v n .o;t Innocentrestore 11., King Roger, of Sicily; of Castille ; Alexander Frederic Barberossa ; Celestin Austria; Innocent 111., 11 7 11 1 .. s t pt i h n ue 11., Emperor Leopold, Alphonse, of King Philip Augustus of France. On Palm Sunday, 1239, Gregory IX. excommunicated the Emperor Frederic; Innocent IV. excommunicated the same Emperor in 1815 ; Boniface VIII., Philippe de Bel ; Urban VI., John of Castille ; Jules 11., King Louis XII. ; Clement VII., Henry VIII., of Eng land ; and Pius VII., Napoleon I. HUNGARY. PESTH, APRIL O. There: has been another grand anti-Austrian demonstration in this city, but fortunately it has not occasioned bloodshed. Yesterday M. Forinyak, one of the two students who died of wounds in flicted by the Austrian soldiery on the 15th of last month, was interred in the Kerepes cemetery, and an immense crowd of all classes, from the Festitics, the Podmaniezkys, and the great nobles, down to the poorest tradesmen, attended the funeral of the poor young man. Some people calculate that there were at least 35,000 or 40,000 persons in the procession. What is certain is, that the number was immense. And the windows of all the houses along which the cortege passed, especially those in the Uri-utcza, Nador-uteza, and Furdo•utcza were crowded with spectators, chiefly ladies. In addition to the people, too, there was a long file of carriages. If the ceremony passed off without disturbance of any kind, no credit is due to the Austrian functionaries, for they did their utmost to excite one. More than one superintendent of police tauntingly addressed to the students who headed the procession such obser vations as these" Don't you think that another row would be desirable ? Just attempt one !" " What ! You turn out iu such vast numbers, and dare do nothing ! You really are not brave!" In spite, however, of the violent bravado of these people— bravado which the students treated with contempt— the higher authorities wera in trepidation until the whole affair was over. They kept the troops under arms in the barracks, and, in addition, they made an attempt to render the demonstration insigni ficant, by givin g out that the funeral would not take place until 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening whereas it reaily was effected at 4 ; but the people, knowing how tricky the authorities are, were on foot betimes. There is no probability that anything like the 200,000,000f1, which the Viennese Government wants to borrow will be subscribed. In Hungary nobody has offered anything, except a few great companies and certain personages who dared not refuse. The,Government intended to com pel municipalities and localities to take portions of the loan as it did with the famous " voluntary " one some years back; and it sent orders to its func tionaries to make preparations for the pur pose. But these gentlemen reported almost unani mously that from the dreadful distress of the populations no money could possibly be wrung from them ; and, moreover, that from the irritation they feel against the Government any attempt of the kind would most likely occasion sanguinary out breaks. I have reason to believe that similar com munications have been made by the functionaries of other provinces as well as those of Hungary. A grand vocal and instrumental concert, given by ladies of rank for the relief of the starving popu lation of Croatia, came off a few days back in the National Theatre of Pesth. It attracted an im mense auditory, and excited unbounded enthusiasm. The young Countesses Zichy,Batthyany,and Orezy were gi eatly applauded, but it was the Countess Nako Gyertyanffy, who, by playing national airs on the piano, excited most enthusiasm. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 10. The Montreal ocean steam-ship North Briton, Captain Borland, from Portland, Maine, on the 31st ult., has arrived. She landed all her mails. The Arabia, from Liverpool, arrived out on the 30th. WASHINGTON, MARCH 20. Mr. Cobb has unconditionally withdrawn his name from the Presidential canvass. The President has sent a message to the House of Representatives, firmly protesting against its resolution for an inquiry into abuses of power. The President takes as ground for his protest that Congress can only act under impeachment. Arizone advices state that delegates had been elected to organise a Provisional Government. All connection with Mexico had been severed; The ship of war Savannah had been ordered to San Juan del Norte. Brigham Young had started a public school. Great excitement prevailed at Philadelphia, in consequence of the fugitive slave case. The fugi tive slave had been ordered to return to his master. MEXICO, MARCH 11. It is reported that Miramon has ordered the Americans to quit the country. HAVANA, MARCH 25. Business in sugar is brisk, at firm prices. Musco vado, W i rs. to 81rs. Molasses dull. Freights have declined. Exchange on London, 111 to 121 prem. NEW YORK, MARCH 30. Stocks firm and active. Now York Central, 78. Money and exchange unaltered. Ashes and freight also unchanged. Flour the turn better. Sugar, coffee, leather, and hides firm. Iron and pork dull. Tobacco and tallow quiet. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 30. Sales of cotton, 30,000; middling, 101 to 101 ; sales of the week, 100,000; receipts, 56,000; ex ports, 88,000. Freights to Liverpool, id. BALTIMORE, MARCH 30. Flour steady. Flour inactive. MONTREAL, MARCH 30. ELECTION OF BANK OF ENGLAND DIRECTORS THIS DAY. This morning a meeting of proprietors of the Bank of England was held at the house in Threadneedle-street, for the purpose of proceeding with the election of directors for the ensuing year—Bonamy Dobree, Esq., the Governor, pre siding. The ballot commenced at ten o'clock, when two or three votes were given for the following gentlemen, who at four o'clock will be declared duly cleated, there being no opposition:—John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. ; Kirkman Daniel Hodgon, Esq., M.P. ; Robert Wigram Crawford, Esq., M.P. ; George Lyall, Esq., M.P. ; Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. ; Alexander Matheson, Esq., M.P. ; Thomson Hankey,Esq., M.P.; Chas. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq., M.P. ; John Benjamin Heath, Esq. ; James Morris, Esq. ; Sheffield Neave, Esq. , Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. ; Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. ; Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. ; Travers Buxton, Esq. ; Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. ;' John William Birch, Esq.; Witham Cotton, may . . , crew go Ward.. la 010M.0., Ilsq.) Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. ; James Malcolmson, Esq. ; Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq.; and Thomas Masterman, Esq. Two of the above-named gentlemen are new directors, namely, Mr. Cave, M.P., and Mr. J. W. Birch. Mr. Cave is member for Shoreham, chairman of the West India Com mittee, and a director of the London Docks. Mr. Birch is a partner in the mercantile firm of Mildred, Goyeneche, and Co., in the Spanish trade. The Rev. D. Esdale has received the following communication from the. Lord Chancellor Stratheden House, 4th April, IB6o.—Sir,—l have great satisfaction in accepting the office of President of the College for the Daughters of Scottish Ministers and Professors, and I beg to to offer a contribution of £lOO towards the expenses of the institution.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient, faithful servant, CAMPBELL." ARSENIC EATING IN STYRlA.—Professor Roscoe lately made a communication to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society concerning the alleged practice of arsenic eating in Styria. Ho stated that his object was to settle the long debated question as to the possibility of the human body being able to accustom itself to doses of arsenic, as it is known to be able to do to doses of opium, alcohol, and other substances taken in quantities which, under ordinary circumstances, would produce fatal effects. The statement that the peasants of Styria are in the habit of taking doses of arsenic, which would in ordinary persons prove fatal, seems to originate with Von Tschudi. Profes sor Taylor, in his work on Poisons, places discredit on Von Tsehudi's statements, but gives no positive proof concern ing the matter. Dr. Roscoe had obtained much informa tion on the subject direct from Styria, through his friend Professor Von Pebal of Lemberg, and the subject was now mentioned simply to call the attention of the members of the society to the question, and if possible to obtain further definite information. Dr. Roscoe did not venture to express any opinion on the subject at present; he hoped before long to receive conclusive evidence from a circular addressed to the medical men of Styria, the results of the inquiry he would communicate on a future occasion. Mr. John Graham remarked that much information on the effects of small and continued doses of arsenic might probably be gained in Manchester, where arsenical preparations were used in so many different manufactures, Dr. Roscoe stated Cat he should feel much obliged if the members could give him an opportunity of examining any case of the action of arsenic upon the human body.—../fechanics' Magazine. THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT IN THE THAMES.—Some particulars have already b een g i ven o f a very extraordinary accident that took place one day last week at the Falcon Drawing Dock, Southwark, when a man named Thomas Belcher, who was about to unload a barge of bricks, was swept away with his horse and cart into the river in the presence of a number of persons, who were un able, however, to render any effectual assistance. Drags were of course procured almost immediately, but in spite of the utmost exertions being made no tidings or trace of either horse, cart, or .man could bo discovered. The river was carefully dragged during the whole week, both above and below bridge, but without any success, and it was thought that the whole mass must have sunk into some deep ballast hole, of which there are a great number in the bed of the river b.,tween Blaekfriars and Southwark bridges. The search continued, but without any effect, and it was the opinion of many persons accustomed to the river that the cart had been swept by the under current of the tide to a considerable distance down the river, and that it was doubt ful whether it would ever be recovered. The master of Belcher, Mr. Charnberlayne, a carman, offered a reward for the discovery of the body, &c. ; and on Sunday afternoon, while some men were engaged in dragging a considerable distance below London-bridge, the drags came in contact with some heavy substance, which turned out to be the missing cart and horse, the latter being still in the shafts, and all the harness in its usual place, and he appeared to have died almost without a struggle. It is rather a curious circumstance that both the wheels were off the cart, and no trace of them has since been discovered, and it seems rather a difficult matter to account for this circumstance. The body of the unfortunate carter has not yet been found. PROPOSED FOOT BRIDGE AT RICHMOND.—Some time ago we expressed a strong opinion against the policy of the Office of Works in refusing assent to the landing on the crown lands. After a tedious negotiation the Govern ment have given in, but only on condition that the promo ters purchase up the cr own f erry a t I s l ewor th (half a mile distant) for the modest sum of £1,260. Thus, this ferry right will cost very nearly three times as much as the bridge itself. A public meeting has been held in Richmond to raise subscriptions for the purpose, the lion. R. Bourke taking the chair. Addresses were delivered, and resolutions were unanimously passed that the proposed foot bridge, as a work of gener a l utility, was d es erving of the financial sup port of the population both on the Surrey and Middlesex sides of the river. The entire cost of the undertaking will be under £2,000, the greater portion of which will be ab sorbed by the crown for the ferry rights,. and thus end a long discussion on a vexed question.—Builder. MELANCHOLY DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW.--A young man named George Thomson, a hind on the farm of Laretburn, has just died of lock % jaw, under very distress ing circumstances. About ten days ago he had let a harrow fall on his foot, and one of the teeth penetrated the large toe. The wound healed up in a day or two, and no f rther notice was taken till Sabbath morning last, when s er i ous symptoms showed themselves. Slight premonitory sp iv _ c toms of lock-jaw, such as sore throat an shivering, were indeed felt a day or two earlier, but they were attrib u t e d to cold. On D:s. Scott and Purves being sent for on S a bb a th forenoon, Choy pronounced it to be lock-jaw, and althou g h chloroform and other palliatives were administered, the patient died on Monday evening after intense suffering. He was married only a year ago.—Southern Reporter. THE BLUE-COAT BOYS AT THE MANSION -HO USE. —Yesterday those recipients of municipal hospitalities num bered 737, all of whom were regaled with a bun an d a glass of wine —while, as a more substantial recognition of their claims upon the City—twelve ",9recians " r ece i ved each a guinea.; thirty-five " monitor half-a-crown, and 690 boys a shilling. All the coins so distributed were frost; from the Mint, and doubtless contributed t o sea l the loyalty as they expanded the views (in the s weetmeat direction) o f the scholars of Christ-church Hospital. After eating their buns, and drinking their wine, and pocketing their money, the boys gave three cheers for the Lord Mayor. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Her Majesty's Theatre was last night once more opened to the public, and with a company worthy of its long-estab lished renown. The admired yellow curtains which for some years have adorned the boxes still remain, having un dergone, like all the rest of the retained decorations, com plete renovation. That Smith has greatly improved those parts of Her Majesty's Theatre with which the public is chiefly concerned, and most carefully considered the comfort and pleasure of his patrons of all classes, is above all question ; and it is really wonderful to see how much has been effected during the very brief period which has elapsed since the commencement of Mr. Smith's lesseeship. The opera chosen for the inauguration of the new season was Flotow's " Martha," and the ballet of "Fleur des Champs." The cast of the former was the same as at the Drury .lane Italian opera, Mademoiselle Titiens personating the Lady llenriette, and Ging-Hui the farmer Lionel. Both admirably sustained their parts, the lady exulting in the full power of her fine voice, the gentle. man suffering from a cold, but concealing the misfortune with all the skill of a practised artist. The chorus was numerous and well disciplined, and the band, under the conduct of Signor Arditi, in every respect complete. In short, such a thoroughly satisfactory performance as that of last night augurs well for the new management of the old theatre. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Caven dish have left the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, where they have been staying on a visit to the Earl of Carlisle, for Lis • more Castle, county Waterford. ih y rd and Lady The Duchess of Norfolk was safely delivered of a daughterlThe an Earland Saturday Countess last, at Norfolkspen Spencer rare House. ex pected in town in a few d a y s f rom Alth orpe P ar k, N or th amptons hi re. Lord B roug h ton h as taken Tid wort h , t h e late Mr. A sa h e t on S mith ' s seat in llant,:, for a term of years. town from the Pavilion W i r l e o n te s l l , e r y tow n r'ohe e ct chn y e e f l r l o o m r of tr i thegh Brighton. .Exchequer odiakleestohnaev. I e returned L to returned to Mr. and Lady Emily 1-les k eth and Miss If es k e th have arrived i n Portia d a -place, for th e season, f rom t h e i r seat, Gwrych C astle, Denbighshire. MARRIAGES TN H IGYI L IFE.—The marriage of the Hon. Mary Russell, second daughter of the Ba roness de Clifford, with Mr. Willi am L. Oakley, of M ap l e H ayes, Staffordshire, was solemnised yesterday at St. J ames ' s Church, Piccadilly. A raarrian.e is arranged to take pl ace shortly between the Lady Charlotte Carnegie, sister of th e Earl of Southesk, and Mr. Thomas F . S. Fothringham, of Fothringharn, Forfarshire. SEVERITY OF THE WEATITER.—On Monday hail morn ing and afternoon several sharp show ers o f ha fell succeeded generally by bright sunshine. Just beforethe re o'clock, and during a heavy wind, accompanied by hail and ' snow, a flash of lightning was observed in the centre of the town. Almost immediately afterwards a peal of thunder was heard, and the storm then ceased. In the suburbs two or three claps of thunder were heard. The weather was also very severe y esterday, several showers of large hail falling during the day. ST. GEORGE'S RIFLES. —Lieut.- 001011C1 the Hon. C. H. Lindsay (late of the Grenadier Guards), commanding the St. George's Rifles (11th Middlesex), has taken the ini tiative in the task of rendering the commissioned officers of that corps really efficient and fully adequate to their im portant duties, by attaching them to the Ist Battalion of the Grenadier Guards at the St. George's Barracks, Tra falgar-square, where they undergo the same course of train: ing as officers of the line. It would be well were command ing officers of other corps to adopt similar steps. We may add, now that we are touching upon matters relative to the St. George's corps, that the current reports as to the heavy expenses attendant upon joining are much exaggerated.; the whole outfit (the Government Enfield being supplied free) not amounting to .£lo.—Artny and _Navy Gazette. LITI,RATURE. The Dublin University Magazine. The strange narrative of " Vonved the Dane" is continued. There is something very peculiar in this tale, which seems to interest one, as do all the reminiscences of daring deeds by field and. flood. A man like the celebrated pirate here re corded becomes a sort of hero of romance, rather than a felon or an outlaw. It is an affecting passage in which Lars Vonved reveals to his devoted fol lower that it is his brother who has betrayed him, and the anguish of the attached adherent is truly depicted. Among the light literature we meet with a well-written tale, called " The - Wooing and Win ning of Amy O'Neill." This is most admirably described in many points, and the lovers certainly exemplify the correctness of Mrs. Malaprop'e adage, that it is safest to begin with a little aversion. It was not till danger , and even the shad ow o f th e presence of death, that the stern realities succeeded to the wilder waywardness of the young people; those who desire an agreeable little story will be pleased with this paper. The most striking sketch here met with is that of "Marino Faliero." It is well written, and characterised with a true appreciation of the great man whose sad career it chronicles, and whose name it would seek to redeem in some measure from the slanders cast upon it. It has been truly said— " 'Tis ssen too often to a nation's shame Success is virtue and misfortune blame." _ _ So it was doubtless with the subject of these pages, who in the fullness of his years perished in a mourn ful manner; his deeds if crown ed with triumph might have been applauded in life by the acclamations of his countrymen, and immortalised after death in the pages of their historians. This article concludes by referring to the affecting ceremony that took place at the funeral of the glorious banner of St. Marc's, in Perasto, when the order came for the city to succumb to a new Government. The chief magistrate pronounced a most solemn and beautiful oration over it, and it is thus said : , 4 We cannot conceive a more honourable monument to the Republic of Venice than this patriDtic testimony. Let our reader search in the records of the past, whether he will find many conquering Republics, or monarchies, having called forth, on the days of reverse, such accents of attach ment and sorrowful regrets. We have observed that the history of the Republic of Venice is yet to be written, and it will be the task of the future historian of the fair Queen of the Adriatic—with her innate energy, her artistic splen dours, and real elements of greatness, and now so desolate and prostrate—it will be one of his duties to discover whether the popular revolution intended by Marino Faliero would not have instilled a purer and fresher blood into the inner life and springs of the government, and thus averted the causes of the fatal decay that preceded one of the most melancholy, affecting, national ruins recorded in history." There is a lengthened criticism on " The Man of the People," a novel recently published. It is dis cussed with care, but the criticism does not regard it in a very favourable light considering all things. There is something attractive in the remarks on " La Mort d'Arthur, " which form the concluding subject of the contents. The writer enters fully into the real poetry of the idea ex pressed in those old but unforgotten legends which survive so many changes and outlive so many gene rations. It is thus truly observed of the efficacy and endurance of their styles, and the merit of purpose:-- "They greet a world fresh from change and newly-born now as in the youth of Europe, vibrating with battle, ready for crusades, and credulous of heroes. They are popular now as then—sung by poets, and woven into modern fictions, because they teach us the eternal lessons of this world's incapacity to fulfil our higher aspirations —of our failure in our best-planned schemes, if they are not hal lowed by faith in the power and necessity of sanctification through the blood of the Atoner. They satisfy the hero worship which now, as then, ennobles manhood, by showing us the warfare between the spiritual and the fleshly life, and they give us examples of the Christian paradox, that the noblest victory is gained by humility—the highest hap piness by self-denial. Now, as then, when the race of life seems crowded with competitors, and the world is ready to crown the victor, of whatever rank, the truth is preached to us in these old myths that by obedience men are made more than kings, and that faith is the substance—the very present possession —of things hoped for." The Draper and Clothier. Vol. I. Houlston and Wright. This is the first annual volume of a journal esta blished chiefly for circulation among the commer cial classes, being addressed " to all traders in, and purchasers of, textile fabrics." It contains origi nal articles on many subjects connected withtrade, such as those on puffing houses, the tally system, the early closing movement, &c. The numerous fraudulent devices to which both buyers and sellers are liable are conscientiously.exposed in papers on " Tricks in Trade," " Unwise Credit," " Short Mea sure," &c. Much information on similar topics is contained in the letters and general contents ; and it is likely to ha a very useful circulating medium in the trade. Nice and its Climate. Spain and its Climate. By Edwin Lee, M.D., author of " The Baths of France and Germany," &c. Adams, Fleet-street. The re-issue of these useful little works proves that the public has appreciated their value. Dr. Lee has interested himself in the study of the effects produced by different climates on different patients, or in various stages of the same disease. He has written like a man of sense and experience, taking into effect the general character of the locality and its inhabitants, judging rightly that pleasant diver sion and agreeable society weigh in the scale against the dreary monotony of an English watering-place in winter. He is well known as the author of several works on similar subjects, and has attained for himself the character of an authority in such matters. 'We commend these little works to the attention of invalids and their medical advisers. Two Months in Arrah in 1857. By J. J. Halls, late Assistant-Surgeon at Arrah. Longman. This little work adds another to the long list of narratives of the various phases of the Indian re volt. It was written, we are told, for the informa tion of the author's friends, but since the gallant defence of Arrah occupied so prominent a part in the resistance to the mutiny, it was thought ad visable to submit it to the public. It gives a clear and succinct narrative of the siege, and pays a warm tribute to the heroism of the defenders. One of Them. By Charles Lever. No. V. Chapman and Hall. Number five is exclusively devoted to Mr. O'Shea and his man Joe, and the cool effrontery of the last mentioned individual is characteristic of an Irish servant, who knows too much of his master's affairs to be severely reproved. The quiet way in which the Hibernian fire-eater is put down by the Yankee, who considers pistols for two and coffee for four an ordinary morning's amusement, is very entertain ing. The settlement of accounts between Mr. O'Shea and his dupe,Heathcote, is worthy of Lever's pristine delineation of character, and stands in pleasing contrast to some of the more loosely written portions of this production : " Oh, my good reader, has it been amongst your life ex periences to have submitted to an ordeal of this kind—to be caged up of a wet day with an unwilling guest, whom you are called on to amuse, but know not how to interest; to feel that you are bound to employ his thoughts, with the sad consciousness that in every pause of the conver sation he is cursing his hard fate at being in your company ; to know that you must employ all the resources of your agreeability without even a chance of success , your very efforts to amuse con stituting in themaolvoe a boredom ? Th, is as great a test of temper as of talent. Poor O'Shea, one cannot but pity you! To be sure, you are not without little aids to pass ti me, i n the shape of cards,dice, and such-like. I am not quite sure that a travelling roulette-table is not somewhere among your effects. But of what use are they all now ? None would think of a lecture on anatomy to a man who has just suffered amputation." Z. 11.18 DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was on offer in our market to-day. For both red and white qualities there was a steady, but by no means active, demand, at Monday's currency. The general condition of the samples was very middling. Only 1,320 qrs of foreign wheat have come fresh to hand. Good and fine samples sold at full currencies ; but all other kinds wore very dull. Floating cargoes were steady in price; but the business done in them was rather limited. Very little barley, either English or foreign, was on offer, and the demand for it was tolerably firm, at full quotations. Malt, however, ruled heavy, on former terms. There was a steady inquiry for oats, at extreme curren- cies. Beans, peas, and flour sold slowly; nevertheless, prices were well supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 730 r 850 i 2,460 ' 46 i 1,370 Irish , Foreign i --. bls. BOROUGH HOP. There is scarcely any business doing in our market, and prices rule almost nominal. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of wheat are moderate. On the whole, the trade rules firm, as follows : Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s 4d to Gs fid ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 3e 6d to 5s Od per 81b., by the carcase. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—At the early cele bration of the Holy Communion on Easterpay, at St. George's-in-the-East, an Easter offering was made to the rector, amounting to within a few shillings of £l5O. So me other sympathising friends had anticipated this act by sending to the rector, anonymously, sums amounting to neatly £5O, besides a beautiful silver gilt chalice and paten, when they heard of the act which had been carried out in the church, under the orders of the bishop, on the 10th of Marche THE EMBL ETON MURDER. The mystery which for some time shrouded the horrible murder committed at Embleton a fortnight ago has now been dispelled by the confession o f George Cass, Mr. Fearon's husbandman, that he was guilty of the foul crime. Suspicion pointed to Cass from the first, as, according to his own ac count, confirmed in some of its material points by other witnesses, he was about the house near the very time when the murder was committed. So far, however, the case was only one of sus picion, there being no positive evidence to implicate him, for although the clothes which he wore on the day in question had been sent to Professor Taylor in order that certain suspicious looking spots might be analysed, this point had not yet been concluded. Cass was therefore kept under the most strict surveillance, day and night, until last Friday, when Mr. Dunne, the chief constable, deemed it his duty to direct his apprehension. As soon as it became known that Cass was to be appre hended the greatest excitement was manifested at Cockermouch and the neighbourhood. Mr. Dunne left Cockermouth, accompanied by some of his officers, at an early hour, and many persons had then gathered on the road to Embleton in order to see Cass as he was taken to the station. Cass was apprehended and brought to Cockermouth in a close conveyance. Crowds of people had by this time gathered along the route, and an occasional hoot as the carriage passed showed how great was the sym pathy for the girl, and the detestation in which the people held the horrible crime which had been per petrated. The prisoner was lodged in the lock-up. At about half-past 8 o'clock in the evening he ex pressed a desire to see the chief constable. Mr. Dunne went to him, when Cass told him that he wished to make a statement about the murder. Mr. Dunne sent immediately for Mr. Waugh, the magis trates clerk, and his assistant clerk, and in presence of these three gentlemen Cass confessed that he had murdered Ann Sewell. He said that when he re turned from the field for his mare, the girl asked him I something about mending her clog for her. He would not comply with her request; she therefore called him names and threw the tableknife at him, the handle of which struck him on the face under the eye. He threw it back at her and it struck her throat and cut it. She then told him that since he had gone so far he had better finish it and murder her altogether. He seized the knife again, and setting upon her committed the foul deed withwhich he now stands charged. It also appears, from the pri soner's confession, that after he had murdered the girl he robbed her. A sovereign and a half-crown have been found along with the girl's purse, the two latter bearing marks like blood stains, The half-crown was obtained from Mrs. Johnston, the landlady at the publichouse at Eaglesfield, where the prisoner and his father spent a shilling of it on the Wednesday after the murder. The sovereign was found in the possession of the prisoner's mother, and the purse was discovered buried twelve inches below the ground at Sosgill, Bramley Moss, near Lowe's Water. From this it would seem that the murderer had rifled the box of his victim while his hands were still wet with her blood. On Saturday the prisoner was brought up before the Cockermouth magistrates :—General Sir H. Wyndham, Mr. T. A. Hoskins, the Rev. E. Fawcett, and Mr. John Steel, M.P. Mr. Dunne formally charged the prisoner with wilful murder, and applied for a remand. The prisoner was remanded until Thursday, by which time the coroner's inquest will probably be closed. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TH.N WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The return of births and deaths in London, issued by authority of the Registrar-General, states the deaths registered in the week that ended last Saturday were 1,439, and they show a . great decrease on the 1,708 returned in the previous week. The average number of deaths in the corresponding weeks of the ten years 1850-59, ' when corrected for increase of population, is 1,288. The rate of mortality therefore continues high; for the deaths in the present return exceed the esti mated number by 151. In the last two weeks the deaths by bronchitis have decreased from 272 to 1166 ; those by pneumonia from 162 to 109. Small pox also exhibits a decrease ; it was fatal last week in 23 cases. Scarlatina numbered only 26 deaths, diphtheria 4. Three children and an adult died by murder or manslaughter. Three deaths were caused o by ied at theprivation. ageAn of 9 ostler years rdied ; from glanders. id gl w and o e w ra s . A at the age of 99, one of whom died in King-street, Camden-town, and her age is proved by baptismal certificate. Last week the births of 838 boys and 755 girls, in all 1,593 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850- 59 the average number was 1,617. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the wean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 470 in. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 45.7 deg., which is 0.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years. The lowest tempera ture was 33.4 deg. on Wednesday; the highest, in the shade, 62 deg., occurred on Saturday. The wind blew chiefly rom the south-west; on Thurs day and Friday it was in the north-east. There was 0.32 in. of rain. The quarter comprising thirteen weeks that ended Saturday, 31st March, was distinguished by a high rate of mortality. The deaths in London in that period rose to 18,814, whereas in the four corresponding quarters of the years 1856-59 they were in one instance as low as 14,533, and did not in any other exceed 17,308. The excess was caused apparently by the coldness and occasional severity of the weather in February and part of March. Zymotic diseases, which num bered 3,380 deaths, were, taking them in the ag gregate, less fatal than in the two previous corres ponding quarters; but under other general heads the mortality was higher than it usually is in the winter quarter, which is the most fatal in the year. A comparison of the numbers referred to particular diseases will indicate the nature of the causes by which the weekly mortality was raised from about 1,300 at the beginning of the year to 1,700 at the end of March. The deaths by phthisis rose from 1,916 in the same quarter of 1859 to 2,009 in last quarter; those by small-pox from 201 to 464 ; those by paralysis from 335 to 398 ; those by convulsions (almost wholly amongst children) from 577 to 701 i by heart disease from 659 to 795 ; by bronchitis from 1,754 to 2,966 ; by pneumonia from 1,056 to 1,685 ; by asthma from 167 to 275 ; by disease of liver from 141 to 185; by nephria from 83 to 9 1 ; by disease of the kidneys, not defined, from 85 to 104 ; by skin disease from 11 to 24; by old age from 614 to 790. The mean temperature of the air was much higher in the former of the two quarters thus compared than it was in the latter, for in 185 9 it was 43.3 degs., in the present year it was 3 9 . 9 uegs. In a cold season fatal cases of burns will probably be more numerous, and they rose last quarter to 138, and were 22 in excess of those in *the winter quarter of 1859 ; the increase is also great in easel of suffocation (115), most of which occurred to chi''' . dren in bed ; also in murder and manslaughter (chiefly infanticide), the number of which cases wa° 37. Sixty-three persons died in the quarter by their own hands. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 11.—Wind this day at noon, We* South-West ; light breeze, and cold weather. Ovr FALMOUTH, April 10.—Arrived—Satellite, from Miragoane for the Clyde. PORTSMOUTH, April 10.—Wind N. to N.E—Arrive d " C'ara, from Antwerp, and sailed for Monti Video. DARTMOUTH, April 10.—Wind Margaret, for Quebec. NEWPORT, April 10.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Eleanor, Pr Quebec, COWES, April 10.—Wind from Bombay for Hamburg, with crew sick. TOOLE, April 10.—Wind W.—Sailed—Corflini, Quebec. BEIUMA.RIS, April 10.—Wind N.—Arrived—Empre e.) from Liverpool. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning' Wind, N.W. and Arrived, April 10—Matilda, from Y oug h a l ; Queen Flying Fish, from Cardiff; Elizab e th, from New u lV, r i „' Wonder, steamer, from Havre; Ib er i a , s t eamer from pb l : Sailed, April 10—Hammonia, steamer, for, New yor c r Dispatch and Atalanta, ste am ers, for Jersey; Viz steamer, for London ; Li mer i c k L ass and W i ll i am a nd ?' for Newport ' • Spray, for Shields ; Cicily, for Sunder lat T; Edmund and Mary, and Hero, for Jersey ; Shoreham , for Shoreham. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TZLEGRABIL) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Mrning. Wind N.W., light ; tid e fi ve h ours ' e bb; weather finfan. Arrived, April 10 . —Albi on, f rom Guernsey ; ' de k' Sannesund ; George, from Portsgrund ; from St. Michael's ; Anna, from Matanzas • Alpheinf fro m Christianstad • Dorre, from Sannesund ; Solent, iff g, Shanghae ; Candidate, from Barbadoes ; Forest it from St. Michael's. rCei ra Arrived, April 11.—Queen of the Chase, from Te , o val Priendshaft, from Emden ; Alpha, from Averco ; - Lb Bride from Columbia. for D Sailed, April 11.—Lord John Russell, steame r, , e i g iusat kirk; Brenda, steamer, for Constantinop le ; steamer, for Ostend. 'Vigilant gOrn ing. DEAL, Wednesday + ifor Wind N.N.W., moderate. _, Ang ust 0 Passed—Rhynos Faith, for Batavia; Fa' • no, fro • Pernambuco--both from London; Harwich, for Cette; Skimmer of the Waves , i ' cuart glls l ' h i pi s for 0-7 land, for Ceylon; Standard, front 5 0 v / Hector, ,13_aoin2q stolr XOl paratic deben t kept ti vithst i at the th e s h, appea r for ace The has Oil th e mo Letts market *nee, al li°ll B r 1 4111 01111 t A down Railway In ' ll the E South- We have decli Great Nor and South E astern (' shire, £1 . In the 1 has,. been •Lotabardo bourg, 6i %eat We: Joint- S tl dull at abei Cot t,) Pert,t,,to.3BRITISHBC peoCent.nnertd. scci, ] a i 11 ,'Ila Stock h pitto 5 bent ,I . tt o D ebent ~,ILt,) under A 'i mole for A 0 chequer B dit t o Small,: 1 ., Brazilian : .razilian 6 p Ditto Acco, Ditto 5 per v ai!to 45 pe Kilian 6fei Ditto 3 per exiean 3 pe , bitto A ccol rirourrtkuiguehe:Ope7: Ditto Acco' Ditto Accot Ditto New Ditto Accot Divid ( b atch Exchtc ConsolE Dii The ~~