The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-03 00:00:00

A MOST LAUGHABLE STEREOGRAM. Ist of APRIL, U N. 0 MIC S By CROWQUILL. Photographed by LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY, 54, CHEAPSIDE, AND 313, OXFORD-S i'REET. POST FREE FOR 18 STAMPS. MUST ORDER EARLY ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Xost powerful attraction for the Holidays. Adel Phi Drama and Grand Extravaganza. On Easter Monday, April 9, will be reproduced the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry Mr. B. Webster (who wil l make his first appearance since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour) ; Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Bi Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Alter which (first time a t this theatre), the Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., of THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymose, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne (tier first appearance at this theatre) ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5 on Thursday the sth, and on Saturday the 7th. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £1; Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front ircle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucretia Miss Russell. Mafflo Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Alfonzo • Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghm ans. Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures aro added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautiled, and constitute one of the most unique a nd brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tia DAY.—Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. Om. To-moa.Bow.-Morning, 12h. 21m.—Afternoon, 12h. 45m. .•_*) - , T • . , rif,„ , • 0 I " THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1860. Some " further correspondence relating to the affairs of Italy," but in reality touching the affairs of Switzerland, have been presented to Parliament by Lord J. RUSSELL, a copy of which we have been favoured with. This correspondence contains the " expected" answer to the despatch of M. THOU VENEL relative to the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France; and we must confess that, as Lord J. RUssELL stated in the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary of England has no reason to be ashamed of that State-document. It is manly and independent, yet conciliatory withal. It puts the idle attempts of the French Government to justify their nefarious conduct most completely out of court. " Out of their own mouths " do they stand condemned. Never was presumption more quietly put down. The cogency of Lord JOHN'S argument is unanswerable. Indeed, so much so that the French Minister consoles himself under the plea that, however much he regrets the tendency of Lord JOHN'S argument, still he is happy that it is not a protest ! In other words, France has taken Savoy, and would take the neu tral provinces also, but defers doing so until the opinion of the Great Powers be first given. That is, France has secured the greater part of the robbery, and for an appearance of moderation allows the remainder to lie over till she be prepared to act the Lien's part in the fable of the beasts—l have taken the other parts by virtue of my power—and who dare dispute this portion will do so at his peril! Such, in effect, is the annexation of Savoy, by the disinterested Emperor who went to war only for "an idea ! " After exposing the flippancy of N. THOUVENEL as to the assumed danger to France from the increase to Sardinia, of her population of 4,000,000 to that of 12,000,000,as against 36,000,000 in FranceLordJoHN says that Sardinia, so augmented, will become a respectable State, capable of attaining a great de degree of internal prosperity, and sufficiently strong to defend herself against any other Italian Power ; but that the French Empire, the first military Power of the Continent, with a vast, compact ter ritory, full of natural resources, and with a popula tion characteristically warlike, should be in danger of being attacked by her far weaker neighbour, is not in the nature of things. There are, besides, many political considerations which go to show that the tendency of Sardinia must always be towards maintaining the most friendly relations with France. His lordship enters into the question very fully, and insists that the arguments put forward by France for the cession of Savoy and Nice cannot fail to give rise to the most serious reflections. Indeed, he says that Great Britain has no direct interest of her own in this matter, and that it is from no unfriendly feeling towards France that her remonstrances have proceeded. But he continues : " Her MAJESTY'S Government, indeed, are deeply impressed with the conviction that any territorial advantage which France might gain by the pro posed annexation would be far more than counter balanced by the distrast with which it would inspire the other States and Powers of Europe. The calamities which overspread by turns almost every part of the continent of Europe during the closing years of the last and the early years of the present century are still fresh in the memory of mankind ; their renewal would, indeed, be a deplor able misfortune, and it cannot be surprising that the attention of nations and of their rulers should be directed, with anxious solicitude, to events which have a bearing both on the interests of the present and on the destinies of the future." The King of SARDINIA yesterday opened his Parliament, and made a speech of which the least said the better under all the painful circumstances of the case. However much his MAJESTY is exalted by the accession of States, still the humiliation of constraint under which he is placed must be a bitter source of reflection. He may feel himself a greater monarch, but, after all, he is not so independent nor so happy as he was in his own snug little kingdom. He must feel that he has aban doned the home of his forefathers, and taken up with the stranger for better for worse. Re concludes by saying—" In entering upon the new order of things, and without regarding the old political parties in any other way than remember ing the services rendered to the common cause, we call for a noble cooperation and the expresion of every sincere opinion, in order to obtain our prin cipal object,—the welfare of the people and the greatness of the country, which is no longer the Italy of the Romans nor that of the Middle Ages. It must no more be left a field open to foreign an.- bition, but it must, on the contrary, be the Italy of the Italians." . Something at any rate has been done at las.'; this session worth recording—thanks to Op: assiduous laleours and prompt decision of the Select Committee appointed to consider the best means of effectually cleansing the Serpentine. Their report has now been presented to Parliament. It will be found given in extenso elsewhere in our impression of this evening. It is in the highest degree satis factory. And, while it may be said truly to con stitute a, succinct record of the rise, and we care.t say progress, but rather, if; should be added, stagnation, of the Serpentige—it seta at rest for ever all anxiety as to the chance of that dirty and preposterous scheme of Mr. HAWKSLEY'S being nary and seriously carried out—the filthy and foolish project of perpetual filtration; Yet at one time Kensington and Bayswater seemed to be irrevocably fated to undergo that most pestilential and sickening infliction. A preliminary sum of no less than £17,000 had been actually voted by the House of Commons for the purpose of setting on foot this elaborate piece of scientific folly. Let anyone take the trouble now to go to the northern extremity of the long water in Kensington Gar dens—and he will there fins secular demonstra tion of the manner in which those £17,000 were going to be fooled away. Unsightly heaps of rubbish are there littered in profusion upon the bank of that unhappy sheet of water. There, lying prostrate among these heaps of rubbish are spectral little cylinders and pistons, with valves and handles complete— ready to be marshalled at Mr. HAWKSLEY'S bidding into regiments of pumps clacking and gurgling all day long in tune to the bleat of those weary steam engines that were to have gone on for ever and ever idiotically pumping dirty water out into the filter beds, and dribbling the partially cleansed water back again from the filter beds in the old dirty channel of that loathsome stream or pool, lake or river, called the Serpentine. All this nonsense is now, thank Heaven, at an end. The pumps and the rubbish will have to be cleared away, and give place once more to the flower beds and the green sward. The bulk of the £17,000 already voted by the House of Commons in a moment of hallucination is not to follow the few hundreds already unhappily expended upon the preparation of this nasty crotchet. The Com mittee of Inquiry, ably presided over by Mr. COWPER, who bids fair to follow worthily in the footsteps of Lord LLANOVER—the Committee of Inquiry, we say, has formally decided, and has explicitly so expressed itself in the fourteenth section of its Report—" After much patient inves tigation w• have arrived reluctantly at the con clusion that the proposed filtration will not be effec tual for the desired object, and that this cleansing process ought not to be carried on in one of the most beautiful spots of Kensington Gardens. We recom mend therefore that the project of filtration BE ABAN DONED !" No other decision, in fact, than this could in reason have been arrived at. The evidence was altogether overwhelming. So far as the Committee has now gone we avow ourselves to be perfectly satisfied. A solemn and emphatic protest has now been uttered by it against Mr. HAWKSLEY'S costly and futile scheme of filtration. That scheme cannot now be persisted in. Upon it the rest of the £17,000 cannot be squandered► Kensington Gardens is no longer doomed to undergo in what the Committee justly terms one of its most beautiful spots, a permanent, an unsightly, and a most noisome disfigurement. Happily there has been a slip, in the very nick of time, between Mr. HAWKSLEY'S perpetually replenished cup of nastiness and the lips and the nostrils of many hundreds of thousands of Londoners ! Against the project of filtration now peremptorily put aside by the report of the committee, we have the satisfaction, at any rate, of remembering that, through these columns of the Sun, we ourselves protested from the very commencement. We did so at a time, too, when Mr. HAWKSLEY was backed up in his preposterous scheme by the official ap proval of Mr. FITZROY, then Chief Commissioner of Public Works, by the applause of an eminent and experienced contractor like Sir MORTON PETO, above all by the persistent and (still to us) astound ing approbation of that pre-eminently gifted and world-famous engineer, the late Mr. ROBERT STEPHENSON. It did require the genius of a STEPHENSON, however, or the experience of a PETO, or the administrative aptitude of a FITZROY to recognise upon the instant (as we certainly claim to have done) what the Committee of Inquiry has now asserted and demonstrated in its report — that the filtration project of Mr. HAWKSLEY would be at once extremely ineffectual, and to all intents and purposes absolutely preposterous. Fortitude in adversity is much more common than moderation in success, and, consequently, the address just circulated among the operative bleachers and dyers, by the Short-time Committee sitting at Bolton, is a somewhat remarkable docu ment. The men who issued it, and the men who would reseive it, are assuredly not amongst those turbulent and ill-disciplined masses who afford the strongest support to the tyranny of masters by their own violence and injustice. The advice given to the operatives in this address is in every way ad mirable. It reminds them of the . gtatitude due to GOD and man for the success of their cause, and warns theril against over-elation at their brightened prospects. Further, the committee charges them to prove the justice of their claims by the excellence of their conduct in the hour of unexpected triumph. " We have never had a strike, and we have always been desirops to be just to our employers, as well as to have justice for the employed. Let us show, by striving more than ever to work well and regu larly, that we are anxious to study the interests of the master bleachers, so far as it does not interfere with the health and lives of our wives, sisters, and ehildren and. Among the masters we have many kind friends, depend on it, if we act rightly, that number will increase daily. Do not let us, by ex cesses of any kind, give our opponents—they are now only few in number—an opportunity to argue so as to injure our good cause." Language such as this will do much to further their cause, by conci liating the masters, and proving to them that their interests will meet with better attention from the men, when they feel that a great wrong to them selves and their families has been redressed. It will also still further convince the public that the bill, so earnestly desired by these operatives, is not the demand of a factious and discontented party, but the earnest appeal of a crass of labourers who know what is due to their em ployers as well as to themselves ; who acknow ledge their own obligation to work fully and fairly a reasonable time, and who thus leave their oppo nents no argument against their emphatic ap peal to the justice and humanity of the community. We are glad to find from the Address that the sym pathy and interest met with by the delegate, among all classes in the metropolis, was most gratifying, and we have little doubt that the third reading of Mr. CROOK'S Bill, announced to come on next month, will be carried by a large and decisive ma jority. Without female society, it has justly been said that the beginning of men's lives would be helpless, the middle without pleasure, and the end without comfort. Mr. Harcourt, who has left behind him £300,000, the bulk of which he bequeaths to Mrs. Harcourt (who has reached the venerable ago of eighty-seven) in a will, remarkable for wisdom and good sense, makes a reflection that does honour to the female sex and to the feelings of the testator. In a codicil, after alluding to his wife's attention during fifty five years of matrimonial bliss, and particularly during his long illness, he says, "We are, all of us, in want of the society of a gentle and am i a bl e woman , w hen our passions have subsided, to participate our cares, calm and alleviate our sufferings, and enable us to support our infirmities. Happy is the man possessed of such a friend I And more happy still, if, like myself, he preserves her, and escapes the misfortune of a survival."—Court Circular. TEST NEWS. provinces should not be imposed upon you ; it is to be the result of your free consent. Such is my firm will ; such is also the intention of the Empe ror of the French. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : " That nothing may restrain the free manifesta tion of your wishes, 1 recall those among the chief functionaries of the administration who do not be long to your country, and I replace them for the moment by certain of your fellow-citizens who en joy general regard and consideration. " In these solemn circumstances you will show yourselves worthy of the reputation which you have acquired. If you are to follow other destinies, act in such a way that the French may welcome you as brothers whom they have long learnt to ap preciate and esteem. Act so that your reunion to France may be a bond the more between two na tions whose mission is to work together for the development of civilisation." CARLSRUHE, APRIL 2. To-day, in an extraordinary sitting of the two Chambers the Government announced to the mem bers that the ministers Meysenburg and Stengel had been dismissed, and that MM. Stabel and Lamery had been appointed their successors. This has given great satisfaction to the Second Chamber and to the public. It is believed that the new Ministry will endea vour to bring about a liberal settlement of the rela tions between the Church and State by legislative means. PARIS, APRIL 3. The Monteur publishes a decree giving a second warning to the And de la Religion, for an article of the Abbe Sisson, which contained a formal at tack against the concordat. The Iklonileur also announces the presentation of the Budget of 1861 to the Corps Legislatif. The receipts are estimated at 1,845 millions, and the expenses at 1,844 millions. OPENING OF THE SARDINIAN CHAMBERS. TURIN, APRIL 2. The Sardinian Chambers were opened to-day. His Majesty entered the hall of the Senate amidst indescribable applause, and delivered the following speech : " Signori Senatori, Signori Deputati,— " The last time I opened Parliament, amidst the troubles of Italy and the dangers of the State, faith in Divine justice encouraged me to augur well of our destiny. " In a very short time an invasion was repulsed. Lombardy was freed by glorious deeds of heroism, and Central Italy became free by the marvellous virtue of its inhabitants, and thus to-day the repre sentatives of the rights and the hopes of the nation are assembled around me. " For such a benefit we are indebted to a mag nanimous ally, to the valour of his and our soldiers to the assistance of volunteers, and to the persever: ing concord of the people. We ascribe the merit of it to God, as without superhuman aid such memorable enterprises cannot be accomplished. " The gratitude of present and future generations is due to France for the welfare of Italy, and for consolidating the union of the two nations, who have some community in origin, principle, and destiny. "It was necessary to make some sacrifice, and I have made that which was dearest to my heart. " Reserving tho vote of the people and the ap probation of Parliament, and reserving also in re gard to Switzerland the guarantee of her interna tional right, I have concluded a treaty for the re union of Savoy and the surrounding territory of Nice with France. " We have still many difficulties to overcome, but, assisted by public opinion and the love of my people, I shall never permit any one to offend or forget any right or liberty. " Firm, like my ancestors, in the Catholic religion, and in the respect due to the Supreme Chief of that religion, I shall (if the ecclesiastical authority makes use of spiritual arms for temporal interests) in safe conscience, and in the traditions of my 'A orthy an cestors, find strength to maintain entire the civil liberty and authority for which I am only indebted to God and to my people. "The provinces of theiEmilia have been arranged as in former times, but with Tuscany, who has her own laws and her own rules, a special temporal pro vision was necessary. " The short time since, and the rapidity of the event, have impeded the preparation of the laws which are necessary to assist and strengthen the new estate. For the first period of legislation you will only have to discuss the Most urgent measures, and my Ministers will prepare, with due delibera tion, the project upon which you will have to deli berate for the second period. " Based on the statute of the country, the politi cal, military, and financial unity, and the unifor: mity of the civil and penal laws, the progressive administrative liberty of the provinees and com munes will renew in the Italian people that splen did and vigorous existence which, at the time of another form of civilisation, and of other territorial arrangements of Europe, was the fruit of the muni cipal autonomy, which is to-day opposed to the constitution of strong States and to the genius of the nation. " Signori Senatori, Signori Deputati,— " In entering upon the new order of things, and without regarding the old political parties in any other way than rememl?ering the services rendered to the common cause, we call for a noble co-opera tion, and the expression of every sincere opinion, in order to obtain our principal object, the welfare of the people and the greatness of the country, which is no more the Italy of the Romans nor that of the middle ages, it must np more be left a field open for foreign ambition, bq it must, on the contrary, be the Italy of the Italians." BERNE, APRIL 2. In reply to the request addressed by Switzerland to the Powers who signed the treaty of Vienna, Russia, England, Austria, and Prussia have pro nounced themselves in favour of the immediate assembling of a Congress. To avoid discussion, all the members of the com mission of the Federal Assembly have adopted the proposals of the Federal Council. MARSEILLES, APRIL 2. The Mediterranean squadron left Tgulon on the 31st March, en route for Italy. A fanatical cherif, named Satif, with 3,500 Arabs, had revolted against the French. The insurgents were beaten and dispersed by General Desmarets. IRE` 2 SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING' APRIL 3, 1860. advanced to 251 d., at which a small amount was negotiated. The total transactions since the last mail amount to £200,000 sterling, the greater part of which was effected at 25!d., at which the market closed firm. Discounts.—The Bank rate has advanced from 10 to 11 per cent. per annum for four months' bills, money scarce throughout the month, and much higher rates have been paid out of doors for longer periods. RIO DE JANEIRO, MARCH 8. Exchange opened on the 23d ult. at 241 d., 90 days, with the exception of £50,000 passed 241 d., the former has been the ruling rate for all subse quent business, which amounts in all to £600,000 ; on France upwards of 3,000,000 f. have been nego tiated chiefly at 386 rs. ; bills on Hamburg to moderate extent, at 735 rs. Coffee quoted at pre vious rates. Sales from 7th to close of last month amount to 50,000 bags, of which 22,000 were for the United States ; in some few instances a slight difference in price in favour of purchaser. Total sales from 7th ult. to date, 112,700 bags ; stocks, 120,000 bags. Exchange.--About £30,000 have been negotiated this morning at 241; market closing very irm. ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND. The 15th anniversary of this excellent charity was celebrated at theFreemasons' Tavern yesterday evening—Mr. Tom Taylor presiding, supported by Mr. Justice Haliburton, M.P., Mr. J. Buckstone, Mr. Benjamin Webster, Col. Lindsay, and about 150 other gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " The health of the Queen," stated that her Majesty had been pleased, for the 13th occasion, to send a donation of 100 guineas to the fund. The CHAIRMAN, in giving "The health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales," associated therewith the colonies of England. The heir of the British Crown was about to be introduced to the heir-apparent of the British kingdom, and to learn, from studying this young but puissant na tion, how man could battle with wild and untamed nature. As one of the distinguished sons of British North America was present, a man who was up to the time of day, not only here but everywhere, and who had earned for himself a European reputation under the name of "Sam Slick," he begged to couple Mr. Justice Haliburton with the Prince of Wales and the British Colonies. Mr, HALIBIJRTON, M.P., in replying, said—The Chairman tells you that I am up to the time of day. Well, I think I have been lost sight of. There is a clock at Westminster—it does not go, and I would wish it to go. (Laughter.) I thought I might have been appointed the chair man of the committee to regulate that clock. Something about it is at fault, which is a great misfortune; for it would, if regulated, teach the members of the house the value of time, and that there was something to be done besides talking. (Loud laughter.) Whoever suggested to his Royal Highness to visit America deserves credit. He will there see a colony one-ninth of the habitable globe—a country larger than all Europe —one of whose provinces is of greater extent than France. lam delighted that these people will have an opportunity of testifying that loyalty which they have ever professed to the British Crown. The CHAIRMAN, in giving the toast of the even ing—" Prosperity to the General Theatrical Fund" —alluded to the difficult position in which he was placed in being compelled to occupy a chair which had been so ably filled by a Macready, a Phelps, and a Bulwer Lytton. He begged to associate with the toast the name of Mr. J. B. Buckstone. Mr. BUCKSTONE, in acknowledging the toast, said--Gentlemen, " the right man in the right place" is now not only a well-known saying, but the wish to catch such person, and put him where he ought to be, is often ardently expressed by many political and social bodies, although I am sorry to hear it is a wish that very few bodies can get grati fied ; but this evening, gentlemen, I am happy to say that our fund has been lucky enough to secure that important and much-coveted individual; for as our chairman of to-night is the most successful, as well as the most prolific, dramatist of the day— (cheers) —as his name is now associated with every metropolitan theatre, and, indeed, with every theatre in the kingdom —or, perhaps I ought to say queendom—(laughter)—and as this is a festival for the good of the workers in all theatres, both in town and country, where could we have found a better man to preside over us this even ing than Mr. Tom Taylor, and to whom could be applied with greater propriety the snying with which I commenced my aaaress to you—that he is, indeed, on such an occasion as this, nothing else but the very right man in the right place ? (Cheers.) As a dramatist, gentlemen, I am in a position to know his talent—(hear, hear)—and his value ; for at the Haymarket Theatre, indepen dently of his many plays produced at other houses, I can name four comedies, which, as lessee of that theatre, it has been my good fortune to place before the public—comedies showing the very " age and body of the time," and which will bear comparison with any in our language—comedies, too, so tho roughly English that there is no occasion to assure you that they have not been done from the French ; and when I name " Victims," " An Unequal Match," " The Contestod Election," and, though last notleast, " The Overland Route"—(cheers) —I am sure you will acknowledge that the summit of originality and success has been nobly attained by our chairman ; added to which, he is such an author-of-all-work that he has written, pantomimes, farces, dramas, melodramas—(laughter)—an equestrian drama, and he has even threatened me with a ballet, Now, gentlemen, if such a writer employs actors, pan tomimists, dancers, and—l am obliged to admit, on the first night of some of his plays—the prompter ; and, as our fund is for the maintenance of all those artists when overtaken by age, accident, or infirmity—who shall say that he is not to-night the right man in the right place ? (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I find that this is the 15th anniversary festival of our fund; and it is now 15 years ago since I first publicly addressed you in its behalf; and though some thoughtful feelings must come over me at the retrospect of so many departed years, yet those feelings are greatly cheered when I think of the steady progress and ultimate establishment of our institution, and the many friends that we have from time to time, and from dinner to dinner, gathered around us ; and when I tell you that out: capital to-night will amount to about £12,000, you will form some idea of what has been done by the members of the fund and its supporters. (Cheers.) During the past year we have paid eleven annui ties, ranging from £3O to £9O per annum, we have discharged the funeral expenses of three deceased members, have given a sum of £5O, with smaller amounts, to claimants, and have also (and this an nouncement I make with pride and pleasure) voted £250 to build a house for the Dramatic College. (Loud cheers.) Yet, with all this outlay, I am happy to say, we are nearly £5OO better off than we were twelve months ago. (Hear, hear.) We have 168 subscribing members contributing to this success, and which will prove to you what can be accomplished by unity, and well illustrates the ancient fable of what may be done by—though, perhaps, as this union is composed of actors, I ought not to pursue the metaphor ; never mind, I'll risk it—of what can be done by a bundle of sticks. (Loud cheers.) And although this is a theatrical fund, and for a purpose that we are often told is " a stench in the nose of piety," yet we can not only show our accounts with proper pride, but no one can say that either our secretary or the trea surer have ever absconded with any of the money, which is perhaps more than some of your religious and charitable societies can say. (Laughter.) We can show all corners what we do with our funds, and to the uttermost farthing. Our main capital is in the Bank of England, our surplus in the London and West minster, and, though we are not acrobats or jug glers, we 'can honestly balance our books. (Cheers.) I assert thus much because we are often attacked by the fanatical and intolerant; and notwithstand ing that many excellent and sensible members of the Church are our friends, yet how frequently do we hear of some fierce onslaught against the theatres, and by those who really know nothing of them, or of us. Yet, gentlemen, the actors 'are a grateful and an honest class. We do not pretend to perfection ; for where is that to be found in human nature ? (Hear.) But no one amongst us, however humble his position, has ever been con victed of any great crime. We may murder an author or two now and then ; but that's nothing. No actor who has had it in his power to help or cheer a poor friend has ever been known to with hold his mite or his consolation, or refuse to assist in a good cause. In an account of Benjamin Thompson—not the author of "The Seasons" but the translater of the play of " The Stranger" —(laughter)—it is stated that in his prosperity he so warmly . patronised the provincial members of the histr;onic art that he was known throughout the profession as the actor's friend. Misfortunes came upon him, and in his hour of adversity he expe rienced much unkindness from persons of his own rank and connection, but his Thespian friends re membered him and helped him to the last. No, gentlemen, ingratitude is not amongst our v i ces . But I must not continue in this strain, or you will suppose that I have taken to preaching; although, with such examples as are exhibited everywhere of that propensity, it would not be surprising if some of us did not take to the SAVOY AND NICE. The following is the proclamation which the King of Sardinia addressed to the people of Savoy and Nice, releasing them from their oaths of fide lity" "A treaty concluded on the•24tl - of March esta blishes th a t the re-unionlior.Sioy and Nice to France shall take place with the adhesion of the populations, and the sanction of Parliament. How vbe to me t o se p ara t e myself from r provinces painful which have go l ong f orme d p ar t o f ow ever i t may the estates of my ancestors, and to which so many memories bind me, I have,b bound to consider h e' r n ought about by the that the territorial chaiiss. war in Italy justified the demand which my august ally, the Emperor Napoleon, has made to me with the view of obtaining that reunion. " I have been bdund, moreover, to take account of the immense services which France has ren dered to Italy, the sacrifices which she has made in the interest of her independence, of the bonds which the battles and the treaties have formed between the two countries. Besides, I could not but perceive that the development of commerce and the rapidity and facility of communication aug ment every day the importance and the number of the relations of Savoy and Nice with France. I could not, lastly, forget that great affinities of race, of lan • guage, and of manners, render these relations more and more intimate and natural. " However, this great change in the lot of these ITALY. It is currently rumoured at Turin that the new kingdom is to be divided into six large Govern ments, viz., Piedmont, Lombardy, Parma, Modena, Tuscany, and Romagna. It would seem from a statement in the Armonia, the ultra-clerical paper of Turin, that the Pope does by any means contemplate the re-conquest of the Legations by force of arms, but merely through spiritual agency. The journal in question says : " A gentleman who has returnel from Rome assures us that he not only found the Holy Father calm and tranquil as usual, but heard him express himself in a tone of deep conviction and unlimited faith in God as follows Ro magna will most certainly be restored to me. It will be stored not to my suctessors, but to myself. I have con fidence in the Holy Virgin Mary, who will grant me this boon•' " FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 2. BOURSE, April 2.—The liquidation of the Rente has gone off well, and prices have been firm, with very easy terms of continuation. Sellers could not obtain more than sc. to carry over their Rente. Threes have been done at 69f. 60c. to 69f. 35c., and are now at 69f. 40c. Mobilier varied from 767 f. 50c. to 772 f. ; Austrian se2f. 50c. to 543 f. 75c. ; Lyons, 912 f. 50c. to 915 f.; Orleans, 1,415 to 1,420 f. ; Northern 952 f. 50 to 957 f. 50c, ; Southern, 507 f. 50c. to 510 f. Geneva have declined from 445 to 425 f. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per Cents. 96 Credit Foncier.... 760 Do. end month 96 —lBelgian 4} . 3 per Cents 69 25 I Piedmontese (5) .. 81 50 Do. end month 69 35 1 Roman B2 Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 773 Spanish Threes Do. Account 767 50 Home Debt 45 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 948 75 .. 950 New ditto 857 50 .. 857 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 916 15 .. 912 50 Geneva 427 50 .. 430 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 405 .. 401 25 Austrian Lombard . . Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 13c. ' • money, 25f. 12c.i . ; throe months, paper, 24f. 85 c. ; money, 24 f 821 c. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon, Capt. E. Christian, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta and China mails, has arrived. She brings 176 passengers, £260 in specie, and a general cargo, including 1,430 ban of silk, valued at £140,000. She left Alexandria on the 19th and Malta on the 22d. The Ripon experienced heavy north-westerly gales in crossing the Bay of Biscay. On the morning of the 30th ult., in lat. 39.10 and long. 9.32, the Ripon observed the barque Provi dence, of London, showing signals—" I am in great distress, and in want of immediate assistance." The Ripon went alongside, and the commander of the Providence reported his vessel to be in a sinking condition. Atter keeping cuznpauy with her until within a few miles of Cape Roca, the Ripon left her in company with a French steamer bound to Lisbon, the wind being from the north. Capt. Christian says there was every prospect of her arriving in Lisbon on the evening of the 30th. On the 29th, in lat. 36.37, long. 8.15, the Ripon exchanged signals with her Majesty's ship Amphion steering south-east, and on the same day with the American barque Daniel, bound west. MOROCCO INTELLIGENCE,—In the battle of the 23d ult. the Spanish lost 2,000 men killed and wounded. The loss of the Moors was estimated at 6,000. The wounded Spanish troops were being removed to various hospitals on the Spanish coast. Many died on the passage. GIBRALTAR, March 28.—Exchange on London, 90 days, 501 ; on Paris, 5.30; on:Marseilles, 5.31; on Genoa, 5.32; on Madrid, 8 days' sight, dis. ; Cadiz and Barcelona, par. Freights unchanged. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 3. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tyne, Cap tain J. H. Jellicoe, with the above mails, arrived this morning at 5 a.m. She brings in all 135 passengers, among whom are Don Carlos Calvo, the newly-appointed Minister from Paraguay to the Courts of England and France ; Senor Don Marello Cerruti, Sardinian Minister in the Argentine Confederation and Oriental Republic ; also Marshal Santa Cruz, for merly President of Bolivia. The Tyne brings specie, value £2,223 9s. 6d., from Montevideo ; £l3O from Rio ; £2,093 9s. 6d. dia monds ; £4,111 bar and gold dust ; and from Per nambuco £2OO jewellery. The cargo consists of 80 bales ippecacuhani, 50 rolls tobacco, 1,197 boxes oranges, 64 half ditto, 7 packages matting and 127 packages samples. The dates by this arrival are from Buenos Ayres, March 1; Montevideo, 2d ; Rio, de Janeiro, 10th ; Bahia, 14th ; Pernambuco, 16th ; St. Vincent, 23d ; and Lisbon, 30th. At Montevideo, on the Ist of March, Don Bernar do P. Berro was elected President without opposi tion ; and, it was rumoured, would grant an amnesty to the friends of those massacred a Quineteros in 1857. A new lighthouse was opened on the Ist at Punta del Este, near Maldonado, and the light on Lobo.,lsland extinguished. Exchange 41-I.d. to 42d. per dollar. Trade brisk. Produce scarce. Freights flat. All the River Plate in perfect peace. At Buenos Ayres'Dr. Derqui (of San Juan fame) had been elected President, and General Pedernera Vice-President of the Confederation. Fears were entertained that Derqui's policy would oblige the Buenos Ayrcans to declare their independence. The Unatino, or ex• Government party, were gra dually regaining lost ground. The chief events of the month have been the Presidential election, the ratification of his part of the compact of San Jose by President Lopez, of Pal aguay, and the conclusion of the Tacuari difficulty by the sailing of that vessel by permission of the British Admiral, who, after the liberation of Canstatt, saw no further necessity for her retention. During the month a lull has fallen upon nearly all branches of trade, owing principally to the season, which is not favour able to any great commercial activity. Wool sales dur ing the month have been about 170,000 arrs. Hides are scarce, and prices steadily advancing. For Germany 25,000 were sold at from 63 to 67 reals, sellers asking still higher rates for the States. Sales 9,000 at from 55 to 58 reals. Stocks 15,000, which are held for advanced rates. Exchange on England has fallen considerably from 68, and pre vious to the arrival of the packet 665. 6d. and 675., at which sates about £20,000 has passed. PEitNAMBUCO. Sugar.— Arrivals continne in fair average, but are still 4,500 tons short of receipts to date of last year. There has been little variation in prices during the past month. Freights.--To Channel for orders, 255. per ton ; Liverpool, 17s. 6d. Exchange.—The rate opened at 25d. per milrei, bat, in consequence of the great scarcity of money business and occupy the forsaken pulpits of those gentlemen who on a Sunday evening tread our boards. Preaching in theatres has its supporters, no doubt, and may do good ; but that is a matter of opinion which, like the hieroglyphic in the almanac, must be " left to time and the curious to decipher." But this I know, there have been sermons in thea tres long before this day, sermons that for terrific pictures of the consequences of crime and sin—for the most .sublime and elevating philosophy and argument, for Christian teaching and pure morality, and expressed with a power and wonderful beauty of language far beyond the reach of any Sunday evening lecturer—have never been equalled, because the preacher was Sla?,kpere, he who found " Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything." Now, gentlemen, as honorary treasurer of this fund, and also as an honorary rifleman—(laughter)—l must proceed to endeavour to rifle your pockets. Her most gracious Majesty has not forgotten us ; we are again in receipt of her annual donation of 100 guineas—(cheers)—being the thirteenth of the same amount she has given us. She is indeed the actor's friend. Everything kind and good, every thing generous and tolerant, she can do to encou rage our art is continually being done by her ; and I never took an oath with more sincerity in my life than when, as a member of the St. George's Rifle Volunteers, I swore to defend her and her heirs against all her enemies. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, you will, I am sure, follow her Majesty's excellent example to-night; for though I have told you of our prosperity, yet we Shall soon have many claims upon us, for most of us have felt or seen the consequences of prosperity. Many a thriving gentleman present may remember that when he had but a small income his wants were small ; but, as he became prosperous, his re quirements increased. Instead of apartments he began to think of a house. That obtained, a wife followed, and we know the consequences of that step—often a large or a small family. Then came those necessities—boots, shoes, bonnets, and crino line. (Laughter.) Formerly a cab or an omnibus contended him, but prosperity lifts him into a brougham, and he than finds that he has quite enough to do with his money. This is our position, gentlemen : although our income is large our family is increasing every year, and our wants will soon be doubled. Therefore, pray, gentlemen, be liberal to-night, and do your best to assist us to support our very large and very helpless family. I plead for those who have passed their lives in amusing and instructing the public, and for those who have many excellent qualities and generous natures. To prove this I need only refer to the great assembly at Covent-garden on Thursday night last, where the unity and liberality of the actors were so remarkable and the result so greatly successful. I hope that, having shown we are worthy of your support this evening, you will give substantial and convincing evidence that you acknowledge the truth of what I have said, and that my appeal has not been made in vain. (Cheers.) The toast of " The Dramatic College and the Drama" was then given. Mr. B. WEBSTER, in reply, stated that one of the Royal Family would, in one week from that time, lay the foundation-stone of the buildings, and that six pensioners had been elected to partake of the benefits of the institution. The SECRETARY read the iist of subscriptions for the evening, which amounted to nearly £4OO. Some other toasts followed and the company separated. From the financial statement of the year ending February 20, 1860, it appears that the receipts have amounted to £1,382 15s. 7d., and the expenditure to £1,061 2s. 2-L-d., leaving a balance of £321 13s. 40. THE DYEING AND BLEACHING JP ORES REGULATION BIL L. The success of this bill is naturally regarded with very great satisfaction by the operative bleachers and dyers, amongst whom, as we learn from the Manchester Examiner, the following address has been circulated by the members of the Operative Bleachers' Short-time Committee, sitting at Bolton TO THE OPERATIVE BLEACHERS AND DYERS. Fellow-Operativeps,—Your short-time committee, at this particular point of your career, are:anxious to address a few words to you. Our cause has just been blessed with a great success, and, moreover, our good delegate, Mr. John Waring, has brought back to Bolton with him most gratifying intel ligence of the exceeding kindness and warm-hearted sym pathy which he, while working in our behalf in London and elsewhere, has met with among all classes of people, both in the House of Commons and out of it, wherever he has moved. Fellow operatives, there is danger in being too elated with joy, and we wish to warn you to t.ku tilts most unexpected success gratefully, as it should be taken. We are informed that when Lord Shaftesbury (who has the poor man's prayers), heard of the second reading of our bill being carried, his lordship immediately wrote to his friend (and ours) in the cause, "My dear Crook,—Let us thank God for this great success." Now let us take good note of this, and, instead of triumphing, quietly thank God. It has ever been our wish to act in accordance with the sound advice laid down in the little book called "Wrongs which cry for redress." We have never had a strike, and we have always been desirous to be just to our em ployers as well as to have justice for the employed. Let us show, by striving more than ever to work well and regularly, that we are anxious to study the interests of the master bleachers so far as it does not interfere with the health and lives of our wives, sisters, and children. Among the masters we have many kind friends, and depend on it if we act rightly that number will increase daily. Do not let us, by excesses of any kind, give our opponents—they aro now only few in number—an opportunity to argue so as to in jure our good cause. Praiseworthy conduct on our part is due not only to ourselves, but to all the kind ladies and gentlemen who have shown themselves so very good and earnest in this matter.—We are your faithful friends and fellow-workers—The Members of the Operative Bleachers' Short-time Committee, RICHARD PEARCE, Secretary. Committee Room, Golden Lion Inn, Churchgate, Bolton. THE GREAT EASTERN. A correspondent of the Mechanics' Magazine, writing from Bombay, urges the propriety of run ning the Great Eastern between England and that port, and supports his suggestion by the following remarks : "First—Trade has taken a start here ever since our railway works commenced in 1852, and which has maintained an increasing ratio. But the great drawback merchants and dealers have to complain of are the nearly prohibitory rates charged by the Peninsular and Oriental Company.for conveying light parcels and goods specially ordered to meet the market. These rates often exceed by double the cost of the articles conve y e d. I have no hesi tation in saying that this class of goods alone— that is, goods pressingly wahted—we could give her or a sister ship 1,000 tons per month ; but as all her tonnage would be charged at nearly one uniform rate, Bombay alone, or say in connection with Kurrachee and the north-west provinces, would give her a bumper cargo every time she w as ready to receive it. In many eases cargo shipp e d per Great Eastern would arrive, be sold, an d home ward-bound cargo purchased with the money rea lised and shipped in her for the home market be fore some of the fast-sailing old beauties that coolly take their six or seven months for the passage out arrived here. " Then, again, the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany have decided on not taking any more second class passengers. Thus the great ship would be sure of all the mechanics sent out for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the Bombay and Baroda, and the Scinde and Punjaub Railways, besides those for the Government departments and the Indus Flotilla. We shall shortly have the benefit of telegraphic communication with the mother country through Kurrachee, by which means we should, up to the latest wants, be able to ship cargo by the Great Eastern. r. It is such a communication that India now wants to bring with despatch urgently-wanted goods, which the lazy Egyptian don't care to trouble him self with, and the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany will not rouse themselves to force him. Our countrymen here are ready to swear by her success, both in passengers and in goods (high-paying goods), if her owners will only gird up their loins and start her, and not leave her lying idle for de tractive fools to carp at. " We have the finest harbour in India, in both its anchorage and approach, for her accommodation. But, I fear, if she be sent to Calcutta, she would never get up the Hooghly, and if she could I denbt whether they could swing her to come out again. Therefore, Bombay will be her port. Her steam launches would play a useful part here, which would make poor Brunel rise from his grave and clap his hands with glee. Our rascally, thieving, idle, useless, cargo boat crews have just struck work in a body, not on a wages question, but because the harbour authorities have very pro perly forbidden them hanging on astern of ships until they form a string so long that it is nearly impossible to navigate between the shipping. I don't think the Great Eastern would take back her steam launches if she were willing to dispose of them here." A marriage is arranged, and will take place dur ing the approaching summer, between Colonel Leith Hay, C.B. (93d Highlanders), of Leith Hall, Aberdeenshire, and Miss Hamittolt, of Cmiglaw, Wigtonshire. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Cunard screw steamer Australasian, Captain Hockley, from New York, on the 22d March, has arrived. She brings 200,000 dollars in specie. Her news is generally anticipated via Halifax. MEXICO.—At Vera Cruz entrance had been re fused to two flags of truce sent by Miramon to the British and French consuls. 1141 7 111 - ARKET THEAT.RE. Dramatic representations being this week under the bann of the Lord Chamberlain, a clear stage and much favour are left for Miss Amy Sedgwick, whose readings from poetic and other writers attracted a numerous audience to Mr. Buckstone's theatre yesterday evening. The selections were from the writings of Shakspere, Sheridan, Sheridan Knowles, Campbell, Tennyson, and Dickens, and they were so arranged as to present a judicious alternation of tragic and comic sentiment. Mis s Sedgwick read the lighter pieces with spirit and animation, and the more serious ones with impres sive dignity and earnestness. At the conclusion of the readings she delivered an address in verse, written for her by Mr. Tom Taylor with the point and polish characteristic of his style. The Hay' market band were in attendance, and by their skilful performance of an appropriate selection of music, pleasantly diversified the character of the entertainment. TEE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO CHINA• Two of the French squadron have left for China, L'Andromaque on Feb. 14, and L'Entreprenant on the 15th. There are still nine in the Bay. It is said, in reference to this China expedition, that se great enthusiasm prevailed in the French army on the subject, that more than ten times as mail volunteers offered themselves as were required , The credit opened to defray the expenses of the ex pedition is £2,000,000. The colonel of the lolst Regiment is Colonel Poujet, and of the 102 d Colonel O'Malley, who, in command o f th e 4 3 d , so distill: guished himself at Magenta. The 2d battalion 01 Foot Chasseurs is commanded by M. Guillot de is Poterie. The general staff is composed of Lieut.• Colonel Dupin, Chief of the Topographical De' partment, Major Campenon, Capt. Couls, and Capt. Chanoine. The 2d battalion of Chasseurs are pro vided with cloaks of thick blue cloth, having capes' hoods, and wide pockets, and high boots to cross the Chinese marshes. A detachment of the 4 th. i . battalion, numbering 180 men, is incorporated wi th them. During the whole China war a fortnightll mail is to be organised between Canton and Toulost via Suez. The following are some details concern' ing the principal officer who is to hold command is the expedition, and about some other poi n t s o f into' rest :—GeneraflVlontaban, the commander-in .chi . is an officer of the army of Africa, wh o , b e f or e ho appointment to the head of the second militia*/ division at Rouen, governed the province of Oran for several years with great ability. By the Em' peror's orders, all the expeditionary army will be paid in Mexican piastres, which alone are not liable to loss on exchange in China. The troops are IC" vided with all the clothes necessary for the dine' rent climates, which, in some places, are nearly th.e . same as the French soldiers h ave b een use d to IP Africa. It was at first thought of sending horse° from Africa for the artillery, but the ultimate de cision is that the 1,200 horses necessary for the fi. a ve batteries shall be collected at Shangha i f rom Ind s and Manilla. The officers of the staff were not to leave till the 15th of January, as they go by th e overland route, and yet will arrive a month before the troops, during which interval they will ha d time to concert measures with the English startle' naval commanders. It is expected that the ells; dition will arrive at its destination in April, 0 , 5 begin the campaign at once.—South African Cape Town Town Mail. LITERATUBE. Tales from Zloliere's Plays. By Dacre Barre tt Lennard. Chapman and Hall. do for In this work the author has attempted Charles the great French comic dramatist what Lamb did for Shakespeare. The task la a mor e arduous one, and the achievement has scarc e / been equally successful. Great allowances must, however, be made , for the extreme difficulty of re' producing the Frenchman's sparkling *wit ana broad humour in so different a tongue and in an altered form_ Nevertheless, despite its deficieneisif the translator has given a fair outline of each 1)1E91 and the care with which he has revised the dir logue renders it a very suitable work for young persons, giving them a good idea of these ce l6 ; brated plays without any of the o bj ec ti on s O il might attend the perusal of the original. Is it not Written? By E. S. Pryce, A.B. Sol'til and Elder. This work consists of a summary of the testitnoll of Scripture against the doctrines of the RO,. Catholic Church. It makes a full exam i na ti o n ill," various disputed texts and doctrin es , an d eon sit e the various explanations brought forward by Romanist, the Rationalist, and the Protestant. is written with much care and moderation, and vrr n afford a valuable assistance to tho se w h o wish " examine into the relative doctrines. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disr received at dinner on Saturday, at their residence, Gr e A ; venor-gate, his Excellency th e P russ i an Mi n i ster an d Countess Bernstorff, the Earl and Countess of Eglin tell ] the Earl and C oun t ess o f P or t ar li ngton, General and Laii Alice Peel, Sir John and Lady Paki ng t on , Si r Antb°l ei and Lady de Rothschild, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl Powis, Viscount Exmouth, and Mr. Win. Legh, M.P. WINDSOR, April 2.—This afternoon, at 4.30 pi l l her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, Royal Family, with their distinguished visitors and e rg 2 .7 arrived at the Windso r s t a ti on o f th e G rea t Western rw"; way, having left Paddington at 3.55 p.m. The royalPP;( were received by a guard of honour of the 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, under the command of Col. Burrardi colours being borne by the Hon. C. J. Eliot. As the OS carriages passed up Castle street her Maje s ty was agr:, saluted by the Windsor and Eton Rifle Volunteers. Court will remain at Windsor about a fortnight. LYCEUM THEATRE. --We understand that i - t y theatre has been tak en f rom the Ist of May next until, t o return of Madame C e l este, by M. Laurent, sen., one (o,,si most judicious and experienced entrepreneurs of 00 70 fir a French company, for the performance of operetts!_ m i vaudevilles. The names of several of the most distingtur d ei artistes of the p r i nc i pa l P ar i s t h eatres h ave been menti„du to us as forming. part of th-i corps, amon gs t theta Faure and others, already established favourites Wil d e London audience, and no doubt can be entertained byr t y who know the energy and ability of M. Laurent thao_ d r enterprise will deserve the highest success, and the ben port of "every man and woman of goo d t as t e, " as OPiO said on another subject, "to whom the French langl!; 0 0 familiar." At the termination of IK. Laurent's 01 ;10 Madame Celeste will res ume th e re i ns o f governmen t period of years. THE HARWICH ELECTION.—An arrangement r. been concluded between the Conservative candidates. 1,0 Crookshank will give way to Colonel Rowley, 34 1 ° 109 1 , pledges of support from many electors who polled fah, *the previous election. There is a comp l e t e disagree t among the three Liberal candidates. Between the tas r ool fluential supporter a of Mr. J. D. Th om p son an d Mr. m e/ Liberals, there are serious differences, and neither of Ile gentlemen is likely to retire in favour of the o ther.," Montagu Chambers' friends stat e th e y are con fidente'tit cess from his favourable rec e pti on among them reniottr, and believe that a reti remen t o f th e o th er Lib era l ca n °w, will be effected in his f avour . Th e Lib era l s are very.atto' that their candidates may agree as to which shall e" the borough, a party contest appearing certain. util e, MARCH OF THE GUARDS.—This d a y, the P ool io• hold infantry of Foot Guards changed quarters as f a ., P r —Grenadier Guards-Ist Batt a li on , f rom WellingteWook racks to Portman-street an d th e M agaz i ne; 2d Da! from Windsor to St. George's Barracks ; 3d"Battal le i t ele main at Dublin. Coldstream Guards---Ist Battalion, i r on Portman-street to Wellington Barracks ;2d Battalion' f.st' the Tower to Windsor. Scots Fusilier Guards --- 1, 0 0 talion, at the Wellington B arrac k s; 2d B a tt a lion.' t oor George's Barracks to the T ower o f L on d on . T i llefeo o proceeded to Windsor by the S ou th W es t ern Rai l London, and return by the same conveyance. THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON'S M E TROP , ' •e" TA.BERNACLE.—A numero us ly a tt en d e d pu blic anest il i fri, held last evening in New Park-street Chapel; the bt6 , pose of hearing a statement as to the progress °' t ing fund for the ere c ti on o f t h e great metropeWa n s a nacle for the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, now in progre s e as , . 1 • adopting measures to obtain additional subscriptoio meeting was presided over by Mr. Spurgeon, wh,,e t i' lar to i s o t lated those present on the success which had oP tended this great work. Since they met in the 'Lea v ets ot year, he was happy to say that they had much as a congregation. They could now ntl a f on i),tn, 1,500 church members, and he had no doubt th,!:„ er sitt;# tiey had the new tabernacle opened and in hp u ji - v g Zoe they would have over 3,000. When the lio r u . ., a finished, it would comfortably seat 5,000 pe sr a 'd e r. Exeter-hall would contain but at most 3,000 0 . Z mt r i , chapel there was a school-room capable , ti r ie u sec refp 1,500 Sunday school children. Mr ' C°" to th e rbe e° read a statement of the building fund uP c __ ha , to incremafer obfa time, from which it appeared that there 'r { "_... on ati e p received £18,904 18s. 2d. the donation aw s _ e „h after sermon Pre T d. ., £9,950 Os. 6d., the collections s 3 Go 'fi 4 t b different churches by Mr. Spurgeon to , DeterEx and t £BBl 7s. Bd. The eavendi ~_a t 0 ~c, 'te being L 5,100 of to. 18s. 2d., the land for the si 00 • but as '"" c oil 'to Surrey Hall fund to £3,294 ss. 4d.., t a n e d b t a n d e been oi xie ; tos that there was still in hand. £B,O hai 0 _ to make up a sum . . forbee been hpeai paidb uilding, they ey 000 of that having Day'e rein'; complete the erection-1,2, . ma ki n g uP l ie, t r o condition of the congregation he wised, on condi addressed by D i 0 The meeting was then a handeu sums. was 120,000, £4,000 of wni u_ f 0,0 „ 41 had still k courseSt ov el a of n d i t others, r s,and considerablysubs c, overrpt subscriptions were BRIT NPer Wil OW 5 India Diti Diti Diti Ditto Greta, yki Ditty ut . 9 . xigi AUBsia Ditt Ditti Ditt Ditt, 4 ti rkiV Ditt( llit Ditt( boo,. 8 141 .41 , 08 Oth e r' e O ITI Os Wll] 46, stew abl of tat 3:114 40 for Chi Yer We] bu s Wal Ti pl