The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-22 00:00:00

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S)lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, drc., viz. : —Miss Rnssell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brinell Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague; Herr F. Jonghnins, Mr. Henshaw, S. ,fores, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Him°, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Air. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critehrield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackacy. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dte., until twelve o'clock. - Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Chirles Kean, Esq.) will have the honour of introducing, every evening. his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION . DRUM. THE WEATHER—Box °molt, APRIL 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night, 67—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.46—set fair. WIND, Sonth-Easterly; light, with very fine warm weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. HIS DAY—Morn., 5 3 min. aft. B—Even., 40 min. aft. 9 TO-MORROW—Morn., 22 min. aft. 10—Even., 1 min aft. 11 ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— The following arrangements are already made for the season : Saturday, April 24—LA FIGLIA DEL REGGINIENTO Tuesday, April 27, LE3 HUGUENOTS. Thursday, April 29, LES HUGUENOTS. On each occas'on entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which yesdiles. Poechini, Annetta, Bioletti, Pasquale, and Morlacchl will appear. Applications to be made at the Box Office at the theatre. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. IA LES HUGUENOTS. THIS EVENING (Thursday), April 22, Extra Night, will he repeated Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, GLI UGONOTTI. DRAMAT:S PERSONtE. Il Conte di San Brie (Governor of the Louvre) Il Conte di Nevers Signor ALDIGHIERI. De Cosse Signor MERCURIALI. Tavannes De Retz Meru Head of Night Watch Raul di Nangis Signor ALBELDA. (a Huguenot' Gentleman) Signor GIUGLINI. Marcello (his Servant) Margaritta di Valois (betrothed to Henry IV.) Madlle. ORTOLANI. Urbano (her Page) • Mdme. LUCIONI LANDI. Dama d'Onore- Madame GHIONI. Valentina (d tughter of San Bris) Madlle. TITIENS. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Pages, Citizens, Soldiers, Students, Night Watch, Monks, Musicians, &e. Conductor,. Signor ADRITI. With scenery, entirely new and original, by Mr. Marshall ; dresses, entirely new and taken from the best authorities, by sfadame Copere, and executed by M. Laureys and Mrs. Ma.sterman ; principal machinist, Mr. Sloman ; head of the property department. Mr. Bradwell ; the mise-en-scone and incidental ballet, by M. Massot. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by Massot, entitled C ALIST ; OU, LE RENVOI DE L'AMOUR. Th e principal parts by M a dllcs. Poechini, Annetta, Pas quale, Morlacchi, Bioletti, F. Brown, La Petite Philipe, and M. Caron. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. To commence at 8 o'clock. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Sevon o'clock, with Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Mr 3. Charles Young ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROS ER PLN E. Folkwed bY.jACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each.• (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. a. d: Dress Boxes Upper Bozo- , ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 Pit .......•.,. Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed aakspere's Tragedy of KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. Preceded by SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIIISELF. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Bea. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webst3r, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Rodin, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be produced the new comedy, by Stirling Coyne, Eq. called NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. Supported by Messrs. Belton, Ray, Belfort, Kinloch, and Miss M. Oliver. Followed by a iew Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Ternan. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra Diavolo, Miss Swan inrough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. f Cf • s 1 % . 7 7 , z:1k • • I -V • 44, LONDON, THIIRSDA.Y, APRIL 22, 1858. The 'Chancellor of the Exchequer lia.s contrived, in his late financial statement, to present to the House of Commons beyond all question the most ingenious and the least objectionable Budget with in many past years' recollection. With a defi- c'.ency of 4,000,000 1 . fur the next twolvemontir, bequeathed to him by his immediate predecessor, he has nevertheless so adroitly balanced his ac counts that ho makes ample provision for the pro spective exec ss of expenditure over income in 1858-9, without imposing upon the community one single farthing additional in the way of taxa tion ! It is only after he has thus calculated rationally upon meeting the demand upon the national purse that, for the purpose of securing, over and above the aggregate probabilities of dis bursement, what every Chancellor of the Exchequer ought in common prudence to make provision for —a surplus—it is only then, for the purpose of securing something in the way of a moderate sur plus, that he proposes to raise a supplementary 300,0001. a-year by means of a penny stamp upon bankers' cheques. And,,assuredly, no more cun ning device could very well have been hit upon than this very one of raising the oomparativoly trivial surplus hero projected exclu sively from the means of those very individuals who will previously have benefitted directly and largely from the reduction simultaneously made of 2d. upon every pound sterling under the one head of the Income tax. For it is unquestionably, of MI the conspicuous features of Mr. DISP.AELf s Budget, that according to previous arrangement the Income-tax will be reduced for 1858-9 from 7d. to ad., thedeficiency of 4,000,0001. or there abouts, to the contrary, nevertheless, notwith standing. Nothing, we do strenuously maintain, could, by possibility, have been explained with more admirable or more exquisite lucidity than the apparently complicated, but, in reality, the mar . vellously simple means by which, without one farthing more of additional taxation, the excess of expenditure to the tune of 4,000,000/. is now most ingeniously proposed to be provided for by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A. few sentences culled from this model Financial Statement will render thin sufficiently apparent. It is ezti mated then, in the firit place, that the charge for the funded and unfunded debt being set down at 1,900,0001., that for the army at 11,750,0001. that for the navy at 9,860,000/., that fo r m i sce l ' - laneous civil services at 7,000,000/., that f or educational purposes at 1 ,000,0001., an d so on through the whole catalogue, the total ezpendi- dit ire for next year will be exactly 6 3,610,001. • for all the -various departments. It is furtbui stated that, according to existing arrangements, this aggregate of 63,610,0001. will.be further ea THE SUN, LOND'O'N, THURSDAY EVENI N -G, APRIL 22, 1858, hanced by means of a liability for 1,500,0001. un- 1 der the war sinking fund, and of 2,000,0001. of Exchequer-bonds requiring to be liquidated in the ensuing month, to a total charge for 1858-59 of precisely 67,110,0001. To meet which there will be a probable aggregate of revenue for this next twelvemonth, from April '5B to April '59, of 63,990,0001., which yields, as compared with the estimated aggregate of expenditure, an excess of liability as nearly approaching as well could be to an aggregate of 4,000,000 1 ., or, to be precise, exactly 3,990,0001. It is in regard to this 3,990,000/. that Mr. DISRAELI, with consummate tact and adroitness, has made ample provision without imposing one additional tax, at the same time that he still secures to the community the almost despaired of boon of the reduction of the Income Tax from 7d. to sd.' How then is this marvel lous result arrived at, of a deficiency of 4,000,0001. providei for without a new tax, and with a dimi nution of 2d. upon the existing charge upon in comes ? It is readily enough explained. Firstly, then, be it observed, that out of this estimated deficit of 3,990,0001. upon the year '5B 's9—ne less a sum than 3,500,0001. is incurred in con sequence of our engagements to pay off debt—viz., 1,500,0001. upon the War Sinking Fund, and 2,000,000/, upon Exchequer-bonds. Upon this point Mr. DMA ELI wisely, pertinently,sagaciously puts to the Committee one startling inquiry--" Is it not," he asks, " the last resource of an individual in distress to raise money in order to pay debts, and to get deeper in debt in consequence ?" Every thing is said in that one terse interrogation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer does not pro rose to carry out in behalf of the nation this monstrous, preposterous, and most absurd of systems. Instead of asking the country to incur ow Fr clolatz to pay off old on o f fhw vary nra. when there is a deficit of 400,0001. additional— he proposes most reasonably that the operation of the Sinking Fund shall be postponed yet awhile, and that the Exchequer-bonds now falling due shall be for yet a little time longer renewed. Than this, surely nothing could by possibility be more rational in every way under the circum stances. By this simple and candid device, a deficiency of 3,900,0001. is reduced to a deficit of no more than 400,000/. altogether. This trivial deficiency he proposes to cover with from 400,000/. to 500,0001. accruing from the equali sation of the spirit duties—placing Irish spirits, at length, in the same category with Scotch and English spirits. Then, but not till then, with an eye to a moderate surplus, he proposes to secure 300,0001. by affixing a compulsory penny stamp upon every cheque henceforth to be drawn upon a banker. Remem bering that by reason of the proposed reduction 'of 2d. upon the income-tax there will be a clear loss under that one head for the coming year of just 1,000,0001.—it is surely not unreasonable to look for a willing concession of 300,000/. by penny stamps upon bankers' cheques—these 300,0001. being derived from the very class which will have mostbenefitted by this previously diminished taxation to the tune of 1,000,0001. Such, in brief, upon a reviewed analysis of it, is the very masterly Budget already delibe rately designated by us, as at once the most in genious and the least objectionable of any Budget within the recollection, for many years past, of the House of Commons. It is a financial state ment which is at once a great parliamentary suc cess, and what is yet more, a great administrative achievement. The opponents of Church-rates achieved a great victory last night. Mr. PACK; very shabbily in deed, prevented their forces from coming fairly into action, by an amendment that the House should resolve itself into committee that day six months—an amendment designed only to waste time, since in spirit it was appropriate only to the question decided on the second reading. When the House, however, did get fairly into committee, every amendment was withdrawn without division, and on the pro-rate party moving that the chairman report progress, they were beaten by 346 to 104. Unluckily indeed, through Mr. PACKE'S unfairness, the time was gone, and the chairman was obliged by the forma of the house to report progress ; still the victory was unquestionable and decided. The debate this time was no evasion of the question. The House was well filled, and the prominent men spoke pretty freely. Mr. BRIGHT was quite himself again, and cordially welcomed on a topic, on which a Quaker, if any one, has a right to speak. To impart any novelty to the arguments was of course out of the question, but there was a tone of confidence about the speeches of the abolitionists, and of desponding attempts at compromise on the part of the liliberals, which shows, we think, that Church rates cannot survive many more Parliamentary debates. Lord DERBY'S intimation that the House of Lords would reject the measure seemed rather to infuse spirit than not, into the promoters of the MI. It showed, perhaps, that they were ac knowledged victors in the House of Commons, and that on any popular question, is tantamount to being speedily victors "in another place." The battle will be a very different one, as Mr. BRIGIT observed, to that for the Jew Bid. .In this case the millions of the people are concerned, and it is a very different thing for the Lords to contend with a few Christians de • sirous to liberate, for consistency's sake, a few helpless Jews, and for them to fight it out year after year with the vast majority of tha electors of the kingdom. PALMERSTON did not speak. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. DISRAELI, and Mr. GI, A.DSTONE did ; of course, all desirous of compromise, but none of them discoursing in the old style of determined and almost contemptuous opposition. Lord JOHN, especially, forgot all the dangers to the Constitution, to the House of Lords, and to the Throne itself, consequent on compelling Churchmen to pay their own debts as Dissenters and other honest people do. Lord STANLEY was silent; but be has spoken too well in print, as well as in the House, and elsewhere, for any thing to be needed from him, at this peculiar juncture. Wise, however, would it have been for the Derby Cabinet to have given a carte blanche to the son of Lord DEMI , / on this question ; and it is strange they do not see it. They would up set the so-called Liberal leaders for a long time to come if they would accept some such measure as this. And what could they lose ? The Conservatives could not t ur n them out and do better ; they h ave no leaders to do better with. Scores of the indepen dent Liberals would stand by them if they could but get a good, fair turn or two from them ; and they might thus gain time to mature some p useful and acceptable public measures. Lord DERBY ought to treat the question as one on which the greater part of those concerned have made up their minds, and oue therefore which ought to be settled at once. The pro-rate men allege that it is hard to com pel those, and they are, we allow, a great num ber, who are willing to be rated, not to be so. But the allegation ig, unluckily, self-refuting. We neyer saw an answer, and there can be nom! to the observation, that if persons are willing to be rated, they can pay without compulsion; and if they are not willing, it is unjust to compel them. It is simply silly to talk of the hardship of abolishing the rate in the parishes which are wil ling to pay it. Willing to pay and yet a hard ship not to be forced to pay ! Why, the nonsense reverses the sentiment by which almost every Englishman is actuated; nine out of ten of us would rather give a sovereign than be coerced to pay a penny. Lords CECIL and SHAFTESBURY would have us believe that Englishmen would really pray to be made slaves, and prefer paying on compulsion to contributing voluntarily Ask these supposed slavish parishes, and they would reply—that is, if the parson and the squire would let them—leave it to us, gentlemen, and we will gladly give what we think the Church fairly demands at our hands. We repeat what we have often said—Church men ought to be but too thankful to have so many thousands of capital churches all over the coun try, on the very easy terms of keeping them fit for their own use—a cheap rent that I Not so did Dissenters come by their chapels. They had to build them at their own cost, and they would yet think it folly to let them go out of repair. We are ready to think, that if Churchmen had built their own churches they would care more about them, and not be fighting with Dis senters to compel them to aid in repairing them. The churches are national property ; the nation allows one sect to engross the property ; to engross it to the utter exclusion of the most gifted, and liberal, and popular Dissenting preacher from any of the pulpits—is it not then scandalous for the favoured sect to shirk keeping in repair the property which they appro printa an acre] nuivAly Last night's debate, however, shows that this scandal cannot endure long. Abolition, un compensated abolition is now at hand. If com pensation be demanded it should be for Dissen ters. They have long enough been fleeced— thoughtlessly on the part of more liberal Church men—but, now that the question is broadly before them, really liberal Churchmen would rather offer compensation than ask it. This evening, the Jewish Relief Bill comes on for its second reading in the Upper House. We trust that the hereditary legislators may avail themselves of the opportunity of conceding grace fully to the clear and unequivocal feeling of the collateral branch of Parliament, and of the entire country, so frequently and decidedly expressed. Lord DERBY perceived the propriety of such a concession on other points, and we are sure that he would be one of the last men who would wish to produce a collision between the Houses, in which that wherein he occupies so eminent a posi tion must necessarily suffer very severely. His most influantial and valued colleague—the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, whose sound and admir able financial scheme has contributed additional power and stability to the Government, has long been the strenuous advocate of this simple act of justice and expediency. The First Lord of the Admiralty, whose clear and convincing statement elicited universal commendation, divided in the same lobby with the financial Minister ; and the Attorney-General, the first law officer of the Crown, contributed by his vote to the good oause. The opinions of Lord STA.NLEY are also well known. Under such circumstances, there can be no organised Ministerial opposition offered to the measure. It will be what is termed an open ques tion, en which each member of the Cabinet will express his individual views. It was so with the late Government, for Lord HARILOWBY voted with the majority which rejected the bill sent up with the highest prestige from the other House. There are times when firmness becomes ob stinacy, or even perversity. The Lords would greatly mistake their functions, and, we may add, damage their position, if they persevered too long in opposing the wishes of the nation. The ut most limits of endurance have already been at tained. The cup is fullto overflowing. It was with difficulty that those who were desirous of adopting the most summary and decisive means of bringing the question to a speedy conclusion, were induced to refrain and to abide the chances of another ses sion ; no such result will follow a similar error, and before many days have elapsed Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD will be called upon to take his seat, whether with or without the assent of the Rouse of Lords. There is no greater absurdity than the cant phrase of unchristianisiog the country or unchris tianising the Legislature. It is but a recivltiffee of the obsolete howl of 30 years since, when our Roman Catholic brethren were claiming jus tice from Parliainent—elaiins which were met with vague denunciations as to the impending destruction of Protestantism if any measure so unconstitutional should be per mitted to pass. Well, it was carried, and the most strenuous Protestant cannot assert that his religion received the slightest injury ; and, with the exception of a few ultra-fanatics, there is no one would now dream of undoing that great act cf political justice and sound policy. And yet laws were expressly made against those professing the Roman Catholic religion, while nothing was ever intentionally aimed against our Hebrew fellow-subjects. It was by a stray shaft, directed against a very different target, that they were reached; for, in fact, the inscription on the por tals of the Legislative Assemblies were virtually the same as those said to have been affixed to the gates of Bandon during the last century, which declared that " Turk, Jew, or Atheist might enter, but no Papist !" If, then, all the prophecies so touch ingly delivered as to the decadence of Great Bri tain, after the admission of Roman Catholics have been so completely falsified, we can easily believe that similar results will follow Hebrew emancipa tion, and that even Bishops themselves will, in a few years, wonder at the octiton theo!ogicion, which could so greatly com plicate a simple question and offer such doter mined opposition to an act of palpable justice. The election of DANIEL O'CONNELL for the county of Clare forthwith ensured the passing of Catholic emancipation. The metropolis of Great Britain is surely no less important a constituency, and it has returned Baron DE ROTHSCHILD, nit merely once, but five or six times, and have sub mitted to be partially disfranchised for a period of twelve years in order to render their testimony more convincing. Surely some weight should be attached to that extraordinary, Unit unparalleled demonstration. It is the privilege not merely of Baron ROTHSCHILD but of every elector of the city of London that is disregardecl. The electors have chosen a man of unimpeachaVe character—in all the relations of life. A very monarch of finance, whose aid in monetary emer gencies r e i s s e s n o t u btheir y w e a v n e t r s y E a n u a r o p w e i a s h n , e G s o f v o e r r n w m h c n i t i purpose they believe him to be pre-eminently qua lifi e d. But their honest selection is set aside, not on a matter of substance, but of form, for he as willing to take the prescribed oaths in the war ner which he declares to be most binding on Li conscience—not through any deliberate intention of the Legislaure, but through a mere casualty, as undeserved as it would have been unjustifiable. There are lo better citizens than members of the Jewish pcsuasion. They are good husbands, good fathers, ood friends, good magistrates, and unexceptionalle citizens. They contribute largely to the national revenue ; and were they driven from our shore by any persevering act of injus tice, they wood carry with them no small amount of capital invested in British securities. For every reason, then, we trust the Lords will this evening ;Ake a rational and statesmanlike view of the srbject, and that ere long the Oaths Bill will receive the Royal assent, and Baron LIONEL DE 10THSCHILD take his place in the House of Comnons as one of the representatives of the City of London. The reformatory movement appears to be in course of steady, if not rapid, development. An indication of its progress was afforded on Tuesday evening at the Brixton-hill Institution, otherwise known as the Metropolitan Industrial Reformatory. The occasion was that of 'a farewell meeting, to take leave of ten striplings now upon the eve of emigration to our Canadian settlements. The proceedings though necessarily, of course, very simple, indeed, amounting to a hymn and a speech or two, were, nevertheless, deeply interesting and impressive. It is satisfactory to note that this little Farewell Meeting was presided over by no less a person than the Lord Bishop of LONDON, who addressed some generous and feeling words of advice and sympathy to the young emigrants now about to be sent forth to adistant, but honest field of labour upon the opposite shores of the Atlan tic, under the humane auspices of the promoters of the Metropolitan Reformatory. The incident, ;., A.oro may fraught with encouragement. It is an indication that modern philanthropy does not content itself in these institutions with gathering together poor little waifs and strays of human existence from the kennels, and the byeways, and the back slums of London, and of there teaching them, probably for the very first time, the distinction between right anal wrong—teaching them self-respect-- teaching them religion—teaching them even, for their material comfort and wellbeing, some honest trade or handicraft. It proves that, having done all this for them, that it then goes far beyond the original design, and beneficently places the reformed pupils as far as possible beyond the chance of after temptation. Liable, of course, they will be to many and griev ous temptations wherever they may go. But far less they cannot fail to be both in number and magnitude in Canada, than in the old familiar haunts of vice and infamy in the densely peopled rookeries of London. Hence these occasional Farewell Meetings at our Reformatories. GOD speed them, say we : they augur well for the prosperity and growth of these benignant insti tutions. LATEST NEWS, CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 14, M. De Talleyrand has received. instructions to eave on the 12th. The papers here announce that the Conference will not commence before the 10th of May, and that the different Powers are agreed on the organi sation of the Danubian Principalities. An agent of the house of Rothschild, of Vienna, has proposed to the Porte the establishment of a bank, and there is a hope of some arrangement on this subject. MARSEILLES, APRIL 22. The British Admiralty at Malta is entering able seamen from the merchant-service for service in India. The local papers complain of the measure as weakening the island, and aggravating the com- mercial crisis. New difficulties are reported to have arisen be tween England and Persia. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 20. From May 30 the port of Poti, in the Black Sea, will be opened to foreign vessels like those of Anapa, Soukum-Kale, ix. Five new Governments have sent in their adhesion to the emancipation of the serfs. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY• A grand dinner was given at the Tuileries the 1 day before yesterday in compliment to the Dow ager Grand Duchess of Baden. The Emperor has completed his 50th year, having been torn at the Tuileries on the 20th April, 1808. Marshal de Castellane has returned to Lyons from his journey of inspection in the 9th and 10th z- 2.n. Joint part or his command. The Courrier de Paris contains the following re flections on the acquittal of Bernard : " We entirely share 'the sentiments which in spired the Univers ; but we cannot help observing that the latter journal went, perhaps, too far iu attributing to the English people the shameful at titude of a few hundred fellows, attracted to the court by the scent of blood. No, it was not the people that covered with applause the voice of Edwin James ;it was not from the heart of England' that proceeded the disgraceful hurrahs which proclaimed the acquittal of Bernard. . . . Some 25 years ago France offered a similar spec tacle. In 1831 the Court of Assizes acquitted 18 prisoners,famongst whom were Godefroid. Cavaignac and Guinard, prosecuted for conspiracy. This acquittal was celebrated by a banquet, in the course of which one of the guests brandished a dagger above his head, and shouted twice :—` This is for Louis Philippe.' The jury of the department of the Seine acquitted these men amidst the applause of the crowd. . . . _ Were it, however, pos- sible for a nation to consider regicide and assassi nation as acts of public virtue, it would be unne cessary to place that nation out of its pale of hu manity, for it would bear the seeds of its own punishment and speedy ruin." The Univers protests in the following terms against the remarks addressed to it by the Consti tutionnel in the course of the article published by the latter on the acquittal " We do not accept the reproach addressed to us by the Constitutionnel on the subject of the Times. A few articles or paragraphs, in which that journal contradicts itself with the greatest impu dence, do not affect the general line of policy, which is not less hostile than insulting to France and to the French Government. The Times is essentially an English journal ; it can speak, when necessary, like the good folks of Dover, but it thinks and acts like the jurymen of London. We are sorry to see the French press, particularly the Moniteur and the Constitutionnel, caught by such meagre bait. It would indeed seem as if France was rendered perfectly happy when an English journal, but above all, the Times, consents to pronounce a few words of courtesy which are not binding, or a few words of justice, which are even less serious. We trust that the French journals will cease to be duped by such grimaces, and will no longer regard them as a satisfaction given to French honour. Let us rather swallow the insult in silence, if necessary, than accept this derisive satisfaction." BOURSE, April 21.—The following wero the closing quotations : 44 per Cents 92 75 Do. end month — Credit Fonder Belgian 4 Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt . 37i -FOR CASH. 3 per Cent. ..... ... D. end month 69 10 69 10 133nk Shares . Credit Mobilier ... 705 Do. Account 712 50 RAILWAYS.- Orleans Northern New Ditto 770- Lyon and Mediteran. 795 New Ditto 765 Geneva. Midi Western 612,1 Strasburg Grand Central . . Sardinian Austrian DENMARK. A Copenhagen letter of the 16th says :—" Tire accounts received yesterday from Frankfort leave no doubt as to the reception which will bo given to the Danish propositions of the 25th February. A very large majority, if not the whole of the mem bers of the Diet, have shown themselves decided against opening any negotiation with Denmark, on the proposed bases, namely, the recognition and maintenance of the general and common constitu tion in the two duchies of Holstein and Lauen bourg. Every one here asks what will take place after the official notification of the rejection of these propositions. All parties are agreed in ad mitting that the path of concessions on which Denmark has already entered cannot be en larged without offending the feeling of national honour ; and the gov,q.ument, supported by public opinion, appears to be firmly decided on not making any fresh overtures to the German Diet. It is well known that the president of the Danish cabinet submitted the last propositions sent to Frankfort to the examination of the Supreme Council of the monarchy, and they were discussed and approved of by that body. It i s th ere f, re solely on the basis of those p ro p os i t i ons t h a t t h e G o vernment is authorised to treat with Germany. The Danish government, in the meantime, is mak ing preparations to meet the storm. Denmark bas nothing to fear on the side of the Baltic and the North Seas, for the superiority of her naval force is undoubted. If any of the Federal troops should invade Holstein and Lauenbourg, the Danish bat tal'ons quartered in those duchies will fall back be yond the Eider, or in case of need beyond the Belt, into the islands, which cannot be approached without a squadron. This is all the inconvenience which Denmark has to fear from a military demon stration on the part of Germany, so long as the former retains her naval superiority." THE CASE OF THE CAGLIARI. S ALERNO, Arial, 16. The Grand Criminal Court of Salerno sat again on Wednesday, the 14th inst. Since the renewal of the trial the usual custom has been omitted of reading the names of those who were prevented by sickness from attending. The typhus fever has broken out in the prison, and on the previous day two had died, four cases having been verified. One room, called the surgery, had been disembar rassed of its occupants, who leave been distributed among the already over-crowded rooms, and con verted into a fever hospital. Should the malady continue, the trial will be suspended, in order to prevent the malady from spreading. During the morning three other prisoners were taken out of the court and put in the hospital, the groans of ono having attracted attention for some time. In fact, the sights and sounds one witnesses here make one doubt the fact of our being within five days of the high civilisation of England. The first witni,ss called was a lieutenant of the Tancredi, the vessel which captured the Cagliari. This mau had drawn up the informal act of affront° (identification) of Sitzia by a man called Lombardi. He said, that ho had presented Sitzia to Lombardi amid several others ; that the latter identified him as having acted as captain from Ponza to Sapri, and men ti :mod a variety of circumstances which took place en route; that he was sufficiently well to do so. Sitzia, rising, said, "Signor President,—l beg you to ask the Lieutenant if I did not at the time say that I did not know Lombardi, and that I p:oteited agtinst his 103. Also, if he (the Lieutenant) did not say 'Never mind what such people say ,' and, squeezing my band, bid me adieu." The question being put, the Lieutenant uttered a long rigmarole of words, as if anxious to avoid the question; and Sitzia, rising, observed, " I hear falsehoodsLa rancesca n ' pro ceeding from an officer's mouth. i '; begged the President to keep t the point. The witness then said Lieutenant to that, wishing to treat the officers of the Cagluti as gentlem . en , it was quite true that he had said to,t,haenCdalittiiins " Never mini what a relegatei 111 sa a y n '' d the others irue also that he had invited l h to Ins tableA. On being inked was very ill, was selected to avj Lombardi, who r the act of recog nition, there having been several others of the re/e gati on board, it was answered that Lombardi indi cated him with greater precision. At a previous part of the trial 1 have stated that a companion of Lombardi declared in court that Lombardi had con fessed to him that what he had said was false and dictated by revenge. Lombardi tco made a similar declaration on corning out of hospital. The sergeant who assisted the Lieutenant in making the " Act" gave similar evidence. An officer belonging to Pon za said, "I went on board with the captain of the port. I saw Sitzia on the paddle-box—he told me that he had bean betrayed. From his language and manner I believed him. He went down with me. He was permitted to come up again on deck. ' (Sitzia.—" I went up to see if I could make my escape, but I was pushed back again.") Pisacano, together with many of the relegati of Ponza," pur sued the witness, "was on board and commanded everything. At his instigation the vessel went out a mile and a half from the port. A sergeant, when he saw the steamer approach, thought that the Bishop of Gaeta, who had long been expected, was coming at last, saw i e the tricolour flag, tried to gel eight or nine soldiers together, but resistance was too late, and by order of the Commander we retired to the Torre. Two written orders were brought to me from the Commission, telling me to give up my arms. I refused to obey. At last the Commander came himself, and I gave them up. I gave up 40 muskets and two boxes of ammunition." Presi- dent—" You did not do your duty. In war a sol dier dies. You committed a great fault." An officer called Luciano deposed that some of the party came to the prison and said," Svergognati ! see how you keep tl ese unfortunate men in prison. "It is not I," I replied, " but law that does it." Seeing that many persons were afraid, those dressed in red encouraged them, saying, " Don't fear anything, we are all gentlemen." A Customhouse officer deposed that, among those who landed from the first boat were two gentlemen with pistols, and the temporary captain with the ship's papers—the latter had two swords which had been taken from soldiers disarmed. Other Crown witnesses, how ever, have deposed that Danc . n acted under com pulsion—that he had pistols, and that he had not pistols, so as to make a regular pasticcio of the affair. There can be no doubt that ho was as innocent as any of the others. A Sotto Capo Urbsno deposed that be went by order to Padula, together with his company, at the end of June ers citiula Ecolsas #b. I: l T,ltti - dent, ho replied that they took no account of those who were "Passati per le armie" (put to the sword.) The President dictated to the Secretary, " The witness does not know how many were killed at Padula." " I beg," said the advocate Caralti, " that the words passati per le armie' be entered." " Botter," said the preside❑t, "to write killed.' " The words were entered accordingly. Nor is this the only occasion on which a variation has been made from the exact words of the witness. The Court broke up late, and it was announced that on the morrow the trial would be suspended. DESTRUOTION OF THE JAMES BAINES BY FIRE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The James Baines, from Calcutta, after partly discharging, took fire in her cargo this morning, in the Huskisson Dock, and is being scuttled. ST. MARTIN'S HALL. The manner in which our finest oratorios are produced at this hall does equal credit to the abili ties of the conductor, the executive talent of the singers, and the appreciative taste of the public. The audience had a treat last evening in hearing Handel's " Salmon," rendered in the masterly awl perfect style due to such a - work—not, per haps, one of the great master's greatest works, but possessing an infinite number of musical gems worthy of all possible care in the setting. Sims Reeves shone conspicuously among the principal singers comprising Miss Banks, Miss Rowland, Madlle. de Pillar, Miss Pal mer, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Thomas, who sustained the various parts of the oratorio very efficiently. Sims Reeves charmed his hearers in the deeply pathetic air, "Total Eclipse," and displayed bis grand extent of vocal power in " Why does the God of Israel sleep 1" The duet "Go, baffled coward, go," given by him and Mr. Thomas, was rapturously received, and the applause fully shared and merited by the latter gentleman. Miss Palmer has a fine voice, which, as we have hinted before, will well repay a greater amount of cultivation, especially as regards the lower notes. Mr. Santley sang excellently, and seemed enthusiastically earnest in his work. Th 3 choruses, generally, went well; but a;want of that which is too frequently wanting in choruses— harmonic unity—was occasionally to be detected. Mr. Hallah's recognise' talent as a conductor will enable him to easily obviate such defects, and lender his performances at this hall among the best of their class. BEGGING IMPOSTORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SW:7. Sin,,—A youth, professing to hive but one arm, has applied to members of Parliament, and others, from whom I have communications, presenting a list of subscriptions with four guineas attached to my name, and other sums of like amount. I have written to the superintendents and the Mendicity Society. I also wish to put the public on their guard.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, W. FREEMAN. 27, Alillbank-street, April 21. Lady Granville Somerset has returned to town for the season. Her ladyship has taken a residence in Lo sindes street. Lord and Lady Bigot arrived at Lady Dover's on Tuesday, from Blithfield Park, Staffordshire. Viscount and Viscountess Combermere arrived in town yesterday. from Leamington, for the season. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Orleans at Richmond yesterday. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Coun tess Beenstorff are expected to arrive at Prussia-house to-day from Brighton. The Countess of Derby held a reception last evening at the private re s id ence o f the Premier in St. James 8- square. The reunion was most numerously attended. Hie Hi the Duchess of Cambridge Royal Highness the countess with hi s com p an y. Their Roy a l ghnesses the Duke of Cambridge hono ured and the Pri ncess M ar y, an d hi s R o y a l Highness the Duke of Cambridge, honoured the Duke and Duchess cf Northumberland with their presence at dinner,:at Nor thumberland House, last evening. The Duke an d D uc h ess o f Cl eve l a nd and Lady A. Poulett arri ve i n town t o -d a y f rom Raby Castle, Dur ham. The duchess has quite recovered from her indis position. The Marquis of Lansdowne has returned to Lans downe House from Ramsgate. The noble marquis gives a grand eirertsininent to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess d'Orleans, Count de Paris, and the Duke de Chartres, on Siturday next. Viscount and Viscountess Ingests(' have returned to their residence, in Ecoleston-square, from visiting the Earl of Eglint )n at the Castle, Dublin. Lady Chelm-ford will have an assembly this evening, at her residence, Eaton square. The marriage of Miss Eliza Emily Butler, daughter of the Hon. C. Lennox Butler, with Mr. James Hatherell, only son of the Rev.. Dr. ElLLherell, of Westend, Hants, was solemnised yesterday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, in the pre'encs of a large circle of the friends of both families. _ _ The marriage cf the Eatl of rfarewood with Miss Diana Elinbeth Matilda Smyth, daughter of Colonel Smyth, M.P., and the Bon. Mrs. Smyth, took place yesterday, at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. LIVERPOOL, April 21.—The screw steamship Anglo- Saxon, belonging to the Montreal Ocean Steamship Com pany, took her departure hence to-day for Quebec and Montreal, with the Canadian mails, 83 cabin and 260 st-erage passengers. The Cunard (R.M.) steamship Europa sa.i s on Situriay from Liverpool for Halifax and Bot , ton, and on 11Idnotiday next the screw steam phi!) City of B iltimore belonging to the Liverpool, New Ycrk and PhEadelphia Company, will sail for New York. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 17th say that Gen. Verdugo was a little better, and that a faint hope of his recovery had consequently been received. In the Congress, the Minister of Grace and Justice, in reply to a question put to him, expressed his horror at the attempted assassination of the gene ra], and stated that the Government had given orders to have the assailant brought to trial with out delay. The committee of the Congress on the bill on the press had terminated its examination of the measure, but before presenting its report to the Chamber had to come to some understanding with the Government. The Iberia had been seized. The Cologne Gazette contains the following : "It may be remembered that the States of Hol stein during their last session refused to vote some additional taxes demanded by the Government to cover the surplus of the expenses of the whole of the monarchy, and that the Government annulled the vote and ordered the taxes to be levied. count Ablefeld de Lindau, member of the States, refused to give his proportion of those taxes, but the Go vernment had immediate recourse to stringent measures, and he was compelled by force to pay." A telegraphic despatch from Berlin says that under a new appellation Russia will manage to have such a force in the Sea of Azoff as will give her at any moment the temporary command of the Black Se .t. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BIBIIIINGTIA3I, At the meeting of the Town Council on Tuesday the mayor, Mr. Ratalit!, read a letter he had received from Colonel Phipps, announcing that the Queen bad fixed the week beginning the 13th of June for her visit to Bir mingham. The public announcement of the time arranged for her Majesty's visit has afforded general satisfaction, as the uncertainty hitherto existing pre vented the burgesses from making preparations to re ceive the Sovereign with due respect. Colonel Phipp'b letter has, however, fairly set the town in motion, and for the next seven weeks nothing will be talked of but the Royal visit. Some of our contemporaries have amused their readers by publishing information as to the course of proceeding to be adopted on the occasion, but in truth nothing whatever is settled, excepting that the Queen will come. It is not known by which line of railway her Majesty will enter the town, nor has any pro gramme of the reception yet been framed. Previously to coming to Birmingham the Queen, it is said, will pay a short visit to Lord Leigh, at Stoneleigh Abbey, and will travel by the London and North-western Railway as far as Coventry, where she will at the railway station receive an Address from the Corporation of that city, and immediately afterwards drive to Stoneleigh. On the following morning, it is presumed, she will come t Birmingham, and will be conducted by the Mayer, Mr. Ratcliff, to the Town Hall to receive an Ad dress from the Corporation. After this ceremony has been gone thr iugh, her Majesty will proceed to Aston Park, where, W 3 suppose, she will receive an address from the Committee, and formally open the Park, and afterwards partake of luncheon in the ball, on the invitation of the Mayor. The route to and from the Park, and the ceremonial to be observed I are entirely unsettled ; the General Purposes Coin I mittee meet to-day to make arrangements. The pro gramme will be referred to the Council at a special meeting, probably this week, and the earliest possible information will no doubt he given the public, espe cially as regards the rout; in order that the Louses on the line may be properly decorated. We will not venture to offer a single suggestion in reference to the necessary decoration of the streets through which the Queen will pass. We are sure that the loyally of our townsmen, and their desire to welcome their Royal visitor in the heartiest manner, will prove the most efficient prompters. We only express the general feel ing in saying that, considering this is the first visit Bir mingham has over received from an English Sovereign, the Queen's reception ought, in accordance with the loyalty and spirit of the town, to transcend any similar event else% here. Birmingham cannot afford to do it work by halves, and the reputation of the town demands that no other e4mmunity shall be able to say that the Queen has been more enthusiastically received, or more splendidly entertained by itself, than by the pe3ple of the Midland Metropolis. Mainly, of course, the splen dour of the reception must depend upon the burgesses themselves. We can speak confidently that the Mayor is most unceasing in his exertions; he has already visited Manchester to obtain from that city all the information available, that nothing shall be wanting to celebrate the occasion in a manner worthy of Birmingham ; but in order that the public buildings and the streets shall be properly cared for, it will be necessary that the town council should make a liberal grant of money for the expenses. Manchester, we believe, voted 5,0001. for the reception of the Queen ; but probably not quite so much will be asked for in the present instance, and we have heard 4000/. mentioned as the sum the council will be called upon to grant. Whatever may be the necessary amount, we are sure it will be cheerfully voted, for even if it should reach the largest sum naine3, it will not ex ceed one farthing in the pound, and every inhabitant will ao doubt be eager to ratify the decision of the council. The visit is paid to the town, and therefore the town should bear the cost. Another subject of some in terest will also be brought before the civic body—the propriety of its members wearing robes on the day of her Majesty's visit. Mr. Ratcliff has intimated intention to wear robes, and it is very desirable that the example should be generally followed by the Al dermen and Councillore. Of course they must expect to be qnizzed and laughed at a little—Cerporations have always furnished wits with food for merriment— but we beg the Council seriously to consider that the approaching event is a state visit, and that etiquette forbids official persons to rush into the presence of their Sovereign undistinguished by the insignia of office. Besides, it will be scarcely courteous to the loyalty of our worthy Mayor, after ho has succeeded in bringing about a Royal visit, to allow him to be the only person who will appear in robes. We are far from sup posing that the dignity of a civic body consists in its robes of office, but it is manifestly impos sible not to perceive that the observance, on the part of new Corporations, of such venerable customs as were in use amongst their ancient predecessors, naturally exercises a certain influence on the pub lic mind. Even sober England has loved to clothe her official personages with decent pomp, and our Town Council may possibly gain, and certainly cannot lose, by imitating that great Metropolitan Corporation which , aspires to be a model to all others. Many suggestions have been made in reference to the part the artisans may, be enabled to take on the approaching visit. Whatever course may be adopted, the working men must not be left out of the ceremonial ; and we suggest that they should be inv,ted to form processions of trades, bearing appropriate banners and emblems. These classes are th e b one and sinew of our community; without theiesustaining power Birmingham would soon again sink into the obscure condition from which it sprang ; and we therefore trust that the plans of the General Purposes Committee will assign a prominent place in the festivity to those classes who have been chiefly instrumental in rendering our town worthy of a Royal visit,—Arii* Bioni2zgliant Grvette. ROY AL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Yesterday the first exhibition of fruit and flowers for the season was opened in St. James's-hall, un der the auspices of his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, who has succeeded the late Duke of Devon shire as president of the society. The present year has opened very favourably for the society, the flowers showing in unusual brilliancy for the period of the year, the place of exhibition combining all the attractions of space, situation, and elegance, the weather being charming, and her Majesty hav ing honoured the exhibition with her presence. Some time before 12 o'clock her Majesty and the Prince Consort arrived at St. James's-hall, and rvere conducted through the exhibition by Dr. Lindley and Mr. Dilke, the public being excluded till her Majesty had terminated her inspection. Her Majesty expressed her satisfaction at the gene ral aspect of the exhibition, and bestowed particu lar notice on some of the rarer specimens on view. Of these the most remarkable is the clianthus Dampieri, an Australian plant, for the first time exhibited here. The singularity of this plant consists in the presence of large dark prominent eyes in the middle of the flowers, which impart to them a very striking appearance. Her Majesty noticed also with much curiosity the collection of caladiums, with their flower-like leaves ; the Forfugium grande and rose-flowered peach-tree plants, introduced from the north of China by Mr. Fortune ; the geranium zonale, &c. After her Majesty retired the holders of tickets were admitted, and the usual meeting of the society was held in the orchestral portion of the hall; Prince Albert in the chair. The minutes of proceedings having been read by Dr. Lindley, the secretary, and confirmed, the follow ing persons were balloted for and elected members of the society :—Col. the Hon. 0. Duncombe, M.P., Hon. and Very Rev. G. Pellew, Rev. J. Robinson, M. A,, Mr. Berens, C. Porcher, Esq., F. W. Hams, Esq., F. Gwatkin, Esq., J. Price, Esq., Dr. Sankey, E. Banks, Esq., F. Morland, Esq., W. Jones, Esq., W. Green Rae, Esq., Mr. T. Gibbs, Mr. J. Watson, Mr. W. Cotterell, W. Tillery, Mr. J. Ivery, Mr. W. H. Rogers, H. Cole, C.B. Dr. LINDLEY then directed the attention of his audience to the principal objects in the exhibition. The general aspect of the flowers was such as might rather in the middle of m a y or eves June than in the middle of April. The exhibition before them was the result of exertions which had been commenced so far back as 1818, and continued without intermission to the present time. He called attention to the azaleas, the orchids, the rhodden drons, and the roses as evidence of the progre'ss which had been made in floral horticulture, and then noticed some of the more curious specimens in the exhibition, particularly the Australian plant and the hybrid Cattleya, the latter as affording as example of unskilful hybridising. The Bishop of WINCHESTER, the vice-president of the society, said that he had been deputed by the council to convey their warm and cordial thanks to h's royal highness for presiding over their meeting ors this occasion. He felt sure be was expressing the sentiments not only of the council, but of every member of society, when he said that their thanks wero eminently due to his royal highness for his condescension in presiding over them, and for the interest ho took in the affairs of the society. Prince ALBERT said—l assure you T feel much obliged for the great confidence which has has been shown to me in electing me as the president of this society, which has done so much good by its labours in the cause of garden horticulture into a condition which is not to be excelled by any other country. (Hear.) I cannot expect that my efforts in behalf of the society can equal those of the excellent no' bleman, my predecessor, who was your president for so long a period, and who laboured so inces santly in its behalf. But any efforts of mine or anything that good intentions can produce, I shall be happy to afford. (Cheers.) I congra tulate you on the beauty of the show now before you, as evic'encing the great attention that has been directed to the production of such fine-- 1 will net say such fine, but such useful plants'ae are now to be found in all gardens. The Prince then retired, and the horticultural connoisseurs commenced a keen inspection of the floral products of the spring. The plants are laid out in such a manner as to produce a very striking coup d'ceil. The azaleas are in great preponderance and in superb bloom. The China roses are mole" roue, full in leaf, and rich in colour. The Ile' cinths, tulips, cinerarias, and miscellaneous flower! are all excellent of their kind. The fruits exhibited are not abundant, and consist of pears, apples, pines, grapes, strawberries, oranges, and lemons. The show seemed to afford general satisfaction t° the visitors, and does great credit to the labours el the society. The flowers in the present exhibitioel however, have to stand a very severe and unusual test ; for, beautiful as they undoubtedly are, th e eyes of the visitor are frequently tempted upward s by the cerulean azure and starry cresseta of ms' Owen Jones's charming ceiling, which seems to be " trying a rival blush" with its nether competitor* BUENOS AYRES BONDHOLDERS. The annexed relates to the debt of Buena Ayres : The following letter from the Minister of Fo reign Affairs of the State of Buenos Ayres, ad dressed to Mr. David Robertson, as chairman C the public meeting of Buenos Ayres Bondholder' , held at the London Tavern on the 17th Decembe r last, has been received by the last Brazilian packet : " Buenos Ayres, 3d March. " Sir,—His Excellency the Governor hai re" ceived your esteemed letter of the 6th Jan. 155 with the resolutions unanimously passed by the public meeting at which you presided in Loniono respecting the arrangement entered into with the holders of Buenos Ayres Bonds. " His Excellency the Governor has directed th e undersigned Minister for Foreign Affairs to O. knowledgl the receipt of the said letter, and to express to you the Government's most lively satie; faction with which the Government has receive a those resolutions, unanimously adopted by th e public meeting of the holders of Buenos Ayes Bonds ; and the Government also observ e s with pleasure from the said resolutions the favourabl e reception of an arrangement which the G o vern' meat will take care to have carried out with the good faith and honour which characterise the ants of the present Administration of the State. " Having thus fulfilled the directions of his El" cellency the Governor, the undersigned begs to offer to you the assurance of his distinguished coil' sideration. " JOSE BARROS PAZOS. " 'David Robertson, Esq., Chairman of the Public Meeting of Buenos Ayres Bondholders.' " THE LER WICK TRAGEDY. The survivor of the recent tragedy at Lerwick'', the eldest boy, who, it will be remember e d, made his escape from the house seriously wounded--le progressing favourably towards convalescence. P s wounds are healing satisfactorily, but the throat' cuts being of a very desperate character some time must elapse before the parts can be completely re; stored. A very trying circumstance to those around him is the fact that he is still in ignorance of the awful fate of his family. Evidently supposingthl his father attacked him alone, perhaps in a fit intemperate madness, and that when be escaped he was brought into the house of Mr. Laurenson for the purpose of keeping him out of the way, 1 1 ° seems to think that everything is going on as for' merly. Hearing the medical gentl e m en s t r ictly forbidding any one but the inmates of the house and his attendant seeing him, he does not wonder at the circumstance of none of his people visiting him ; and, being naturally a shy, quiet boy, and know . ing, as he has confessed, by whose bands he WO wounded, be avoids speaking on the subjeet-' being doubtless grieved, and conjecturing they those around him know all as to how he was irr jured. It is now ascertained that, on the morning of the murder, he must have run straight down from his own room to the kitchen, without either knowing anything of the tr age d y b eyon d hi s o wn s hare in it. The report of his having entered h.° father's room during the fatal attack upon bl s mother, and struggled for her rescue , i s withou t foundation. He knows nothing of any of the deaths. He occasionally asks for his brothers, an' has more than once requested his attendants . 0 convey messages to one or other of them. Speakil of something he wanted a few days ago be sal_ " his father would send it up if he was asked f o r it." So of the mat of the family, all of w h o m be Journal' lives in the hope of seeing. —John o'Groat THE THREE ATMOSPHERES. — Some of our conteagl e : raries have been indulging in a semi -scientific, 0 00 1 ' artistic discussion as to the relative advantages th e t great cities—London, Paris, and New York—prone% for the pursuit of photography. It would appear that Mr. Kent, a distinguished photographer, having Wei ex perimented and pursu e d hi s ar t f or b us i ness purr!! in all three cities, exbibitg at his gallery, in 0007,, s t r eet, nearly opposite B on d- s t ree t, evidences tending `; p r ove that there is no apprec i a bl e difference betriee.• any one and the others. Although Paris, by fog,, slowly becoming as bad as London, we would, from periencP, stand u p f or th e pur i ty o f th e a t mos phere ° b New York, at certain seasons of the year; and thong we are ready to admit the exquisite beauty of the pe r ' traits taken by M r . K en t i n England, it doss no t fone t ; that such fortu na t e resu l ts are a l one a tt r ibutable climatic influences.--Civil Service Gazette, In Eugl pure] fide i to th ment bete. A. 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