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BENSON'S WATC H E S. " Perfection of mechanism."--Morning Post. Goldj Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices Watcl.c:4 sent to all parts of the kingdom fres by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 31, Ludgate-hill, London, E.G. Established 1749. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buukstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. And THE BOARDING SCHOOL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss L. Keeley. Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuccio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with the extravaganza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. AD ELI'hAV THEATRE-ROYAL. Role rronrietor and Manager. Mr. Beni. Wzbeter. TIIIS EVENING, the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster; Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billhwton, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which the Grand Fairy Extravaganza, THE FAIR ,)NE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. lid. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Encragement for a limited number of nights of MiesJUITA DAIS, the celebrated American Actress. Mr. LEIGH MURRAY is engaged, and will shortly appear in a favourite Drama. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINO, APRIL 21, 1860. ROYAL LY CEUM THEATRE.- Under the mans2:cment of Mr. Wm. 8r0u,., , rh: TIIIS EVENING, a new comic drama entitled NEXT OF KIN. Messrs. Emery, S. Calhacm, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames E. Travers and K. Saxon. Atter which, the burlesque of TIIE FORTY THIEVES. Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, Miss E.Travers, Miss K. Saxon, Mrs. Wallis ; Messrs. Emery, Tilbury, &a - and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with TIIE MIDDY ASHORE. Thompson Commence at 7. Miss Lydia ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to Carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the nerforrnances will commence with A BORDER MARRIAGE. Miss Wyndham, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. C. Young. After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM. Followed by a new burlesque, LUC REZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de To conclude with ' No. 49." ________ .• Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, lc The Box-offloe open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Sole Manager, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES. THIS EVENING, and during the Week. To commence with the immensely successful Grand Military Spectacle, entitled " THE HISTORY OF A FLAG." New and splendid scenery, costumes, and appointments, introducing the stud of beautiful horses, ponies, camels, &c. &c. To be succeeded by the Scenes in the circle, supported by Madles. Monet, Marie, and De Berg, and Messrs. 11. Williams, De- Yereux, Fernando, and the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jack. Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commense at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LIICREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). CONCERTS: Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Hackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATIIER.-Sum OFFION, APRIL 21, 1360, THERNOMETED., IN TYR SHAWL 50—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAuomETER-29.78. WIND, North-Westerly ; light, with fine sunshiny weather, but very cold. AFTERNOON.—SIight showers of passing rainy sleet. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tme DAY.--Morning, Ih. 57m.—Afternoon, 2h. 13m, To-MORROW.-Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 46m ,r .. .- r . ..` •,`, NI 4-1?, . 11 .. ~11.''',I .. ~,,- 0 ~, ),." . 1 1.7'4 ' - 4 ":--, *, , t# i ^ ~ ~ '^ ~ ; h),'.4,t If (;- ,raw , „ct .. 7 _4, 2 1 ..4' •m 0 S h t:o Ir ' ,_,_-_-..„...._,4,!, ?.,..pj.ii.L2,,,..„..j,-,ft7,,,itltz,- . ' ~ a- ~ THE SUN. LoNDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1880. The country will be pleased to see that Lord JOHN RUSSELL will not lower his flag to either disguised or open enemies. Neither Mr. WHITE SIDE'S threat of a prolonged hostile criticism on the motion for the second reading, nor Mr. MASSEY'S notice of motion to refer the bill to a select com mittee, have had the least effect on Lord JOHN and his colleagues. He explained last night very fairly the reasons why the Government had not pressed the second reading before Easter. Indeed, they were obvious enough. Long debates which the Go vernment could not prevent on other subjects, which they could not even have obstructed without subject ing themselves to suspicion, and the unwillingness of the house, with the holidays before it, to attempt a discussion, in which so many speakers would like to have their share, compelled them to postpone the full debate till after the holidays. But the Noble Lord emphatically asserted that it was in no way the apathy of the Government which had led to the postponement of the adjourned de bate ; on the contrary, the Government intended to renew the debate on Monday ; and after the second reading, having allowed a short interval— the ordinary interval between the second reading and the committee—to elapse, to go into committee. Ills Lordship stated that there was still ample time for the bill to be fully discussed there in all its de i ails, and " he hoped there would be sufficient time before the close of the session for its being fully discussed in another place." There is a slight tinge of apprehension in this last remark about that " other place," at which, indeed, no one can be sur prised. It would seem that even Lord JOHN could only hope for the best about the Lords. What they would do no one can tell. They are responsible to no ono. They denounce JOHN BRIGIIT for setting class against class, and yet set themselves, s'imetimes, against all classes, as represented in the House of Commons, for 20 years together. It is impossible, we suppose, therefore, for even the son of a Duke to calculate what an assembly which does not answer to the helm of reason, which is ordinarily at the mercy of a steady breeze of prejudice, but occa sionally whirled about also by some shifting gales of caprice —will do. Let us hope that Earl GREY'S tactics notwithstanding, the caprice may be this time, that their Lordships will condescend to let the people's house of representatives say how the people wish to be represented. Mr. MASSEY'S proposal for a select committee his lordship treated as it deserved. He regarded it, as we did, as a motion designed to destroy the bill. It was not so "straightforward," but it had the same real object, as a motion to go into committee that day six months would have. In th a t way t h e mo tion would be treated by the Government. This is at least straightforward on the part of the Government, and will raise its position in the eyes of the public. It had doubtless a diffi cult task in bringing forward its bill. It had driven the preceding Government by a factious amendment on its Reform Bill to appeal to the country ; a bill which ought to have been taken into committee and amended. A House with, nominally, much fewer Liberal members than before, was re turned under a Conservative Government, and the present Government supplants the Government ousted, in point of fact, on its Reform Bill. It was impossible, under these circumstances, to pro pose any very comprehensive measure to the pre sent House. The alternative lay between propo sing a bill bold as the Budget, and having to appeal •on it to the country, and offer ing one based on the actual state of parties ; Ministers, "rightly or wrongly, preferred the latter course—they offered a bill which is really but a franchise extension bill ; and they offer extensions, one of which had been proposed by Conservatives themselves, while the other had been advocated by a great part of them in its principle—the principle of having a borough franchise lower than that for counties. '' They are entitled, therefore, now to say, we mean to carry our measure. It differs from that of last year only in two points, both of which Mr. DISRAELI conceded before the vote of no confidence was passed. He admitted that the country was against him in regard to disfranchising the free holders, resident in boroughs, of their county votes ; and he admitted also that a frank and bona fide enfranchisement of the working classes was inevitable. After all this, Lord JOHN ♦ery properly refuses to hear of a select committee ; such a committee would have the framing of the measure, and it never was yet th^ practice to refer the drafting of such great measures to select com mittees. He did not believe, he said, that there was an instance in which the principal measure of a session was referred to a select committee ; and he did not think that any great portion of the House would think that a bill of such importance, affecting the rights of ♦oting of a great many per ' sons and the constitution of the country, should virtually originate in a select committee. It was a matter for the whole House. Can it really be that a Hapsburg has learned wisdom ? We might expect a Spanish and even a Neapolitan Bourbon to learn it next. A little time will show the real significance and the effect of the changes in the Government of Hungary announced in yesterday's telegrams ; meantime it may be per mitted to " hope for the best." That hope would not be founded in the least on the temper of either the Emperor of AUSTRIA or of his Ministers, but on the permanence of the caus es which have originated the favourable symptoms. General BENEDEK, a Protestant, and popular in Hungary, has been installed as her provisional governor, apparently with powers to restore the old constitution abolished after the patriotic but unsuccessful rising of 1848. Ever since the treaty of Vienna, by every device of fraud and cunning, perfidy and perjury, the Austrian Government has been steadfastly labour ing to Germanise all her affiliated States. These States, left to themselves, not only did not dislike, but for the most part loyally upheld the sove reignty of the House of HAPSBURG. They had their animosities of race with each other, but ge nerally, perhaps always, if their national rights and customs were not interfered with, fought and shed their blood for their common Sovereign. It was, however, the unlucky ambition of these rulers to aspire to a fused and amalgamated empire. They must not only reign, but reign over one people. Government must be centralised and administered from Vienna. It was not enough that the reigning HAPSBURG should be Archduke of his hereditary States and King of Hungary, but he must be Emperor of one State, all parts of it governed in precisely the same way. It must be fenced out with the trimclipped hedges of German bureau cracy, from the Tyrol to Transylvania, from Gal licia to Croatia and Dalmatia. It was the excessive pressure of this Germanising centralisatior, and the perfidies and infractions of treaties to which it led, that produced, in reality, the Hungarian insurrection of 1848. This at tempt to regain their ancient rights resulted in the EMPEROR'S infamous treachery in employing the savage JELLACHICII against his own subjects, while he denounced him to the same subjects, and this again was followed by the Hungarians dethroning their traitorous monarch and proclaiming a repub lic. The despot NICHOLAS, trembling for a brother despot, placed Hungary again at the feet of her tyrant; and ever since then the system of entire subversion of Hungary's ancient constitution,begun by the murders at Arad, has been relentlessly pur sued. All that soldiers, police spies, German offi cials, and concordats could do has been done. Ancient landmarks were effaced, artificial arrange ments were made, the country was parcelled out anew till it hardly knew itself, and the last at tempt, which we have heard so much of, was the "patent," a proposed concession to Protestants, but really, as the Hungarians regarded it, another at tempt to destroy old arrangements under the guise of liberality. It now appears that these attempts are likely to be given up. Bankrupt and beaten, the Germans, who compose the governing portion of the Austrian empire, are in no position to resist longer the de mand of the non-German nations for the restora tion of their natural rights, laws, administration, and customs. Hungary is either the strength or the weakness of Austria. A brave and vigorous race, the Hungarians could enable her to defy her potent neighbour on the east and on the west. Enjoying their liberties under a King of HUNGARY, who might be Emperor of AUSTRIA too, neither Russia nor France could attack successfully an empire of which they formed a contented part. If Austria be t but than she wise has e n b o e u e g n h f to or see h h half l t fa i s she c , e n tarmighty at b least.e s t ro n gr l e f, in addition, she would take a fair price for the emancipation of Venetia, whose Italian population she can never conciliate ; if she would then commence a course of conciliation towards all the races comprised in her dominions, she might become a powerful state indeed. This, however, supposes a wisdom rarely given to Monarchs, a sacrifice of pride to season and generosity which they can rarely make. Bystanders perceive how easy it would be to render the Austrian States a cordial confederation for their common de fence, under the crown of the EMPEROR ; but, unfortunately, Emperors think it their glory that their subjects should be obliged to obey whether they will or not. They deem it a degra dation to govern through liberty and love—an honour to rule by coercion and fear. Well it the necessities of Austria convert her to a better mind. It is certainly curious to speculate upon the re sults that will probably flow from one part at least of the varied series of modifications introduced by Treaty and by Budget into our commercial relations with France. The ss. 9d.. duty per gallon upon wine dropping suddenly, promises the convivial, threat ens the teetotallers, in England with the delights or the terrors (accordingly as they view this alteration), of a vinous inundation. Beer drinking England has at length the prospect of slakeing its thirst henceforth upon the luxurious beverage hitherto restricted in its consumption on this side of the Channel to the Upper Ten Thousand. The sluice-gates from the vats of Bordeaux are lifted, moreover, upon the very morrow, as it were, of the inauguration of the system of the public wayside drinking fountains. The mantle of good Father MATREW has partially descended upon the shoulders of Mr. GonG 11, w hen the whole prospect opened up to view successively by the Apostle and the Prophet of Total Abstinence, is abruptly trans formed at a single movement of the pen of Mr. Cos- DEN, at a single flourish of the oratorical hand of our wonder-working Chancellor of the Exchequer. How will this transformation affect the moral condi- tion of our population ? What influence will it exercise over the hop trade, over the hop growers, over the maltsters, the brewers, the publicans ? Hitherto the consumption'of wine by Englishmen has been as nearly as possible 66 times less than that by Frenchmen. Indeed, it has been calculated by M. CHEVALIER that, upon an average, a French man drinks as nearly as possible 100 times as much wine as an Englishman, the present average of wine drinking in England giving about a bottle and a half per annum to every member of the popu lation ! An estimate based upon the fact that the existing consumption of wine in England every year is 6,748,975 gallons. Remembering, moreover, that the population of this country has absolutely doubled within the last seventy years, this average of a bottle and a half per annum for every person exhibits a positive falling off in the national con sumption of wine since 1791—prior to which date the average awarded about two bottles and a half per annum to every individual. But then it should be remembered that 1791 was the date of a hard drinking generation. "We have changed all that.' The age then was Bacchanalian. Com paratively speaking the present one would be con sidered by our grandfathers as an age of milksops. Yet if we drink nowadays according to M. CHEVALIER'S estimate, a hundred times less wine yearly than our French neigh bours—it should be remembered that we strive to equalise matters in the balance of imbibition, by swallowing about twice as much spirits and swilling about six times as much beer as our French neighbours. Impressed by the reflection that " Were the people of the United Kingdom only to drink a quantity of wine equal to the quantity of spirits now consumed by them, the revenue at ls. a gallon on wine would be equal to that ob tained by the 5s 9d duty"—a writer in the Edinburgh Review cannot refrain from ejaculating exultingly, " When we consider the immense supplies which are at hand the momant we cease to exclude them by prohibitory duties, not only from France but Spain and Portugal—the extreme lowness of price—the wholesome and acceptable nature of wine when it is obtained pure and used in mo deration—and the gross absurdity and injustice of shutting out from a whole nation one of the best gifts of Providence to mankind by an ex cessive tax, we are led irresistibly to the con clusion that the reduction of the wine duties is a measure of the utmost utility, and' that far from causing any permanent sacrifice to the Exche quer, wine, at a low duty, will take its place amongst the ten or twelve principal permanent sources of the customs' revenue." All this is argued, however, by the reviewer in spite of the previous ac knowledgment that in dropping the duty upon wine we are dropping a restrictive, almost, he maintains, a prohibitive tax, upon a luxury. His argument is that—because the use of every other article of food or luxury has increased, while that of this particular luxury (wine) has, on the contrary, alone fallen off—we ought to drop the duty upon this same article of luxury—wine. The people of England—he reasons—draw TEA in abundance from China, SUGAR from the West Indies, tobaeeo from America, food and fruit from every part of the globe—whereas wine is kept under the vir tual interdict of a tax of 300 or 400 per cent. on the bulk of the supply ! The argument, so expressed by the Edinburgh, is certainly, to say the least of it, advanced somewhat injudiciously. According to this very mode of reasoning—we ought surely to insist upon it that, before dropping the import duty upon an admitted luxury like wine, we ought to diminish, if not actually abolish, the prohibitive import duties still heavily imposed upon whole some and uninebriating necessities of the popula tion like tea and sugar. It were even more generous to lower the duty upon tobacco, a luxury already the solace and delight of a very considerable part of our population—and a luxury (whatever may be the notions entertained by some as to its deleteri ous properties) incapable of being used to a demo ralising extent : as opium lures its victims on to the verge of madness, or as fermented liquors lure their victims on to the delirium of intoxication. When " the cup that cheers but not inebriates" had been placed untaxed within reach of our toiling popula tion—then, but not till then, would have been the right time to reduce or even to remit the import duties upon claret. The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset have arrived at their residence in Hill-street, from Alminton, for the season, Frances Ann Marchioness of Londonderry has returned to Holdernesso House, Park-lane, from Brighton. His Excellency the Marquis Spaventa has ar rived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Italy. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and the Ladies Villiers have arrived at their residence in Gros venor-crescent from the Grove, near Watford, for the sea son. The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Moly. new( come to town to-day. The Earl and Countess of Lanesborough and Miss Jane Digby have arrived at their residence in Great Stanhope•street for the season. Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre have arrived at their new residence in Eaton-place from Staffordshire. Viscount and Viscountess Stormont have arrived in town. His lordship has taken a house in Upper Grosvenor-street for the season. His Excellency Lord Cowley arrived at Dover yesterday from Paris. His excellency landed from the John Penn, mail-packet, and after a brief repose came on to London last evening. Lord and Lady Avoland and the Hon. Misses Heathcote have arrived at their mansion in Belgrave-square from Normanton Park, for the season. TILE METROPOLITAN RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—The commandants of the Metropolitan Rifle Corps met on the 17th inst. at Viscount Ranelagh's house, and unanimously agreed to organize the different corps in Middlesex into brigades and divisions. The first brigade day will be on Saturday, the sth of May, in one of th parks. The Mid dlesex volunteers now amounts to 14,000 men, and it is therefore calculated that by the month of July there will be two divisions of 5,000 men each, fully organized, equipped, and ready for any work. THE LAST CRUISE OF THE ROYAL YACllT.—Ex tract of a letter :—" It was a good trial, sure enough ; and since ships sailed on the sea I suppose none ever w ovrdapwafa e oienyfß n gresot t i z,los, uca s eana o nthundydot f d, t. a uosia s rnhv t sm rt, Ferrol,oGe, ourtieili Gibraltar averaging hni w itesatabgai e del b ehsd3e r : down b o lwnapo k eineel e nitarnduhe correiknots nebss l:eatalarsedl2epkrla l ,eb n yt nechtusort t eato h aadfswE e nosi dzria.cinmna,t eighti h. Seville,d eg tdnshlcaodeeemo accident. ieng f od at au t ieny h mi ni:gns e atei h. sgisf ß nboarlbotol a . tlnnr y i4oo,t, when, about midday on Monday last, 190 miles from Ushant and about 400 fr om P ortsmouth, a heavy rattling noise' was heard, and all went on deck, and found the great shaft or axle to the port paddle broken in halves; and there we were helpless for a time. With a smart captain and the aid of a gallant crew of engineers, stokers,' &c., in six hours the shaft was secured to prevent ithntte wheel, falling bodily into the sea, and thereby not only losing but of course causing the ship to list over m conside f r t a , b i l t y w o a n s one side. No sooner was all secured than it b egan to b low le heavily from the eastward. With but one w i ng deemed prudent to paddle cautiously, and put her head to the sea ; even then she steamed four knots an hour all that night and next day, and shipped very little water. Th e wind freshened at night off Lishant, with a very h eavy cross sea, with and he necessary, lrrlyos,nh one wheel." hwe h struggledles.,eals.”ina made e t o gallantly g o 7 7 8 : in the n d fi t .n e isa e tl + lo h yl of it. As we entered the Channel, and she had help under lhteh e that il? 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The llionitear of this morning contains the fol lowing as the result of the voting in the district of Nice:— Total number of votes inscribed on the electoral lists 29,142. For annexation 24,448 Against MADRID, SATURDAY. MM. Rafael and Tristany have been captured. GENEVA, APRIL 20. M. Thouvenel has sent to Dr. Kern an explana tion of his despatch of the 13th March, wherein it was pretended that Switzerland had proposed to France a treaty for a partition of Savoy. M. Thouvenel says he understood the Swiss note to claim either the maintenance of the statu quo in Savoy or the neutralised districts, but only in case France should take the whole of Savoy. M. Thouvenel concludes by regretting the pub lication of the denial as an indiscretion. DRESDEN, APRIL 20. The Vienna correspondence of the Dresden Jour nal contains the following : The reply of Austria to the note of Switzerland expresses a hope that France will entirely fulfil the assurances by which she engaged herself not to violate in the neutralised districts of Savoy any rights formerly acquired by others. Austria fur ther trusts that France will settle all questions which might come under consideration with Swit zerland and with the great Powers who have gua ranteed her neutrality. The Archduchess Sophia arrived to-day at Dres den on a visit to the Royal Court. GENEVA, APRIL 21. The four presidents of the committees for the an nexation of Northern Savoy to Switzerland have protested against the voting which is to take place to-morrow in Savoy, Their protest concludes thus :—" We submit to the law of the strongest. We are not vanquished ; we are victims." The Liberal party of Chambery publishes a de claration, recommending the electors to abstain from voting. This declaration says :—" Between the kingdom which rejects, and the Empire which takes, possession of our country, the Liberal party in Savoy is incorruptible; neither will it abdicate, but will preserve intact, the principle of liberty of action, and will abstain from voting." GENEVA, APRIL 20. Baron de Mensshengen remitted yesterday to the Federal Council the reply of Austria to the Swiss note of the 19th March. This reply, in its details, is altogether reassuring to Switzerland. News received from Swiss residents at Naples announces that the revolt had spread over the whole of Sicily. ,7-yyma VIENNA, APRIL 21. The delay for the redemption of the circulating bank notes (conventiounnunze) of 1,2, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 1,000 florins has been prolonged till the end of September. VIENNA, APRIL. 20. According to official advices received here from Naples to the 16th inst., there is no faith in the statement of the Triester Zeitittag that, on the 9th instant, the Austrian Consul at Messina retired on board an Austrian merchant vessel, fearing a bom bardment of the city on that day. NAPLES, APRIL 17 (via Genoa). The King has reviewed and banqueted the troops. The embarkation of cannon and munitions of war continues. It is asserted that 13 tricoloured flags were float• ing at Trapani, Mazzara, and Marsala. Three moveable columns have left Palermo. Other columns have been sent from Messina towards Catania and Melazzo. BERLIN, APRIL 20. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the question of the constitution of Electoral Hesse has been discussed. The Polish members of the Chamber declared that they weold not take part in the discussion. The Minister von Schleinitz said —" The question of Hesse not only concerns the legal state of affairs in a German country, but also the fundamental laws of the whole Confederation. The question of the constitution of Electoral Hesse is a question of the constitution of Germany. In that question Prussia relies on the circumstance that the resolution of the Federal Diet of 1852 ad mitted the explanation that the constitution of 1831 had only been provisionally suspended, and on that ground Prussia proposed to re-establish the constitution of 1831. Prussia was obliged to sin cerely renounce a policy which went back to the resolution of the Carlsbad Congress, and which had not given any benefit to Germany. The resolution of the Federal Diet of the 24th March exceeds the constitutional competency of the Federal Diet. For that reason Prussia not only gave a dissentient vote, but also expressed a reservation. The Prus sian Government did not fail to understand the consequences of her policy. The country may be assured that the Prussian Government will adhere to its point of view, and will pursue such a policy as the honour and the power of Prussia demand. MUNICH, APRIL 20. The marriage contract of Princess Matilda, Duchess of Bavai ia, and Count Trani, brother of the King of Naples, has been ratified by his Sicilian Majesty. The marriage will immediately take place by proxy. PARTS, APRIL 20, 3.30 P.M. The Bourse has been dull. Rentes opened at 70.20, but subsequently relapsed, and closed at 70.05, or 15c. lower than yesterday. NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. (THIS DAY.) The approach of the spring season is again heralded by the opening of this popular and attrac tive Exhibition. The gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours—although the public will not be admitted until Monday morning—ac cording to annual custom allowed, this forenoon, the privilege of an anticipative inspection of its accumulated works of art, to that portion of the general public whom we can hardly call the select few, but should rather designate the select many, seeing that they occasionally cause that long apartment at 53, Pall-Mall, to bear a resemblance to the crush room at the Opera upon the night of a Farewell like that new threatened to her admirers by Piccolomini. The present is the twenty-sixth annual exhibition of the New Society of Water Colourists, so that the title of the associa tion is fast becoming somewhat of a misnomer. It is in many respects as meritorious as any one of its quarter•of-a-hundred predecessors—in several instances, moreover, being distinguished by works of unusual excellence. The collection—including the smaller pictures hung up on the two double screens—extends to the number of 372 pro ductions altogether. Although we were in attendance at the Private View this morning very early it was noticeable et a glance that already there were sprinkled over the collection—sparsely at the time of our entrance, but more plentifully before our departure—those charming little green tickets which are surely as the droppings of manna to the exhibitors! One of which tickets, it may be remembered by the readers of Mr. Thackeray's masterpiece, was once upon a time so charm ingly transferred to her own fair bosom like a brooch :(to the horror of old Lady Kew) by that wilfullest of heroines, Ethel Newcome, then affianced to the most lion. Fergus Angus Malcolm Mungo Roy, Marquis of Farintosh ! Among the very earliest of these early " sold" pictures was No. 339, the exquisite " /Enid" of the Poet- Laurate's Idylls of the King—as deliciously and delicately portrayed by the pencil of Augustus Bouvier as .by the pen of Alfred Tennyson— where— " Likco a blossom vermeil white, That lightly breaks a faded flower-sheath, Moved the fair 'Enid All in faded silk l" One of the most ambitious pictures in the whole gallery is (No. 224) the dreamlike vision of " Queen Mab," valued by the artist (Henry Tidey) at £2so— circular glimpse of dreamland and fairyland that would have rejoiced the heart, could it but have gladdened the eyes, of Shelley. The contribution to the Gallery this year from the easel of Edward Corbould is not unworthy of that popular artist, either in imagining or in execution. It is scrip tural and yet eltrich—No. 250, " The Visit of Saul to the Witch of Endor " —Saul prostrate by the margin of the charmed ring, the ghost just risen at the mandate of the wierd incan tation. Hard by (No. 240) is Henry Warren's limning of the tawny beauty depicted by Moore in his " Lalla Rookh," dreaming away childhood among the roses of Bendemeer. Carl Werner has a clever pre-Raphaelite limning of a Monk in white serge (No. 167) by the garden cloister of S. Zeno, at Verona, and a little further on (N 0.169), ho gives us a wonderful peep at " Venice as it is," near the Palazzo Delfini. Aaron Penley and Charles Vacher have shown themselves as industrious as usual. Louis Haghe has, in No. 78, produced a rich and glowing representation of the Murder of Rizzio—the apartment in which the murder is being perpetrated having not the smallest resemblance in the world to that little unsightly den in the Palace of Holyrood now shown to visitors (with the bloodstains on the floor) as the actual scene of the assassination. We must hurriedly close our remarks, however. They are but the momentary record of our first hasty survey of the Exhibition. Amongst the earliest of those in attendance this morning at the private view, we observed the Bishop of Oxford—the number of the visitors to the gallery before our departure begin ning rapidly to multiply. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the lien. Caroline Handley, of Boxley House, Kent, and of 37, Lowndes-street, Belgrave square, was proved in London, on the 4th of April, by Sir William Miles, Bart., of Leigh Court, Bristol. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas Edwardes, M.A., Rec tor of Brougham, Westmorland, the brother, and Miss Caroline Edwardes Handley, the eldeist daughter, the acting executors. The personalty, valued at £14,000, she has given principally amongst her eight daughters and youngest son, the eldest son being amply provided for by the real estates under marriage settlement. The youngest sea receives a further and distinct r legacy of £2,000. 1 , here is also a sum of £15,000 under settlement, and disposed of by the will of her late husband, to be di v id e d among their younger children. There is, however, a peculiarity in the case of the youngest son, who appears to have been born after the execution of her late husband's will ; it is therefore her desire that he should reap the same benefit as the rest of their children enumerated under his will to be paid out of her estates. She bequeaths to her u n marr i e d daughters all the plate, linen , china, furnitur e , w i ne , and other effects. The will is dated July 14, 1849, and was witnessed by S. Amory, solicitor, Throg morton-street, and Charlotte Quelch. The deceased was and marri e d, i n 1825, H enry E sq ., of Culverthorp e H a ll, Li nco l n , w h o died Handley,iborn in 1799, r 11 1846. She was the elde s t d aug ht er o f th e second Lord Kensington (William Edwardes), and is descended from Francis Edwardes, Esq., of Trefgarue, Pembrokeshire, of an ancient Welsh family. Sir John Barker Mill, Bart., of Mottisfont Abbey, near Romsey, Hants, had executed his will (by making a cross) on the 13th of February, 1860, only one week before his death, and has left per sonalty estimated at £90,000. Lady Mill, his re lict, is the sole executrix, and has administered thereto. Sir John has bequeathed to his wife, for her life, all his freehold and leasehold estates, which he became possessed of under the will of his uncle, the late Sir Charles Mill, Bart. (Barker Mill's Estate Act) ; and after her decease he has be queathed the freehold and leasehold estates to Mary Ann Ibbetson, the daughter of his cousin, Captain Barker. Sir John makes the following bequests to his servants :—To his steward a legacy of £3OO, free of legacy duty; to his gamekeeper, Henry Powell, an annuity of £25; and a like annuity to his butler; one year's wages to all his other servants, woodmen, and gamekeepers. He appointed his wife residuary legatee; Sir John Barker Mill, Bart., heretofore the Rev. John Barker, M.A., was formerly Vicar of Sambourn Kings with Stockbridge, and Sambourn Little, of which livings he became the patron. The late Mrs. Catherine Ball, of Cheltenham, Gloucester, widow, who died on the 26th of January, 1860, besides her estates in Ireland, has died pos sessed of personalty in England valued at 20,0001. Her will, with two codicils, was proved in London by her executors, Henry Samuel Close, Esq., of Dublin, and Joshua Wigley Bateman, Esq., of the Duchy of Cornwall Office, London ; to each she leaves £4OO. She has bequeathed her residence at Cheltenham, and all the furniture, plate, &c., and carriage and horses, to her niece, Charlotte, the wife of Colonel the Hon. George Augustus Spencer, and has bequeathed her mesuage at Tvickenham, with the nursery grounds and pre mises, to her nephew, the Rev. Maxwell Blacker. There are nutr.erous legacies t o h er s i s t er , ne phews, nieces, cousins, as well as to her friends and neigh bours. To two of her servants she leaves £3O each, and £lO each to three others. The residue of her property she leaves among her grand-nieces. The following are the charitable bequest :—To the poor of Drumholme, Ireland, £100; Irish Church Missions, £lOO ; Irish Church Edu cation, £lOO ; Reformation Society, £100; Scrip ture Readers, Ireland, £100; British and Fo reign Bible Society, £lOO ; S oc i ety for Distribut ing l lt A n i a h , a 1 01(3)raneh each; C c h h u e r l e t h en h A a l tn iss m i o o n s a p r i y_ and Teaching th e Bibl e i n t h e I r i s h L anguage, a l n 1 ( 0 1 0 P ; ast C oi l - l a m tal, £50.; Female R e f uge, Cheltenham, £5O; to the ministers of St. P au l' s, S t. Peter ' s, and other churches in Chelte n h am f or the poor, £5O for each district. Leaves £3OO tow ar d s th e erec ti on o f almshouses for poor widows of St. Paul's, Chelten ham, and £3OO for the endowment thereof. To a Scripture-reader sh e h as l e f t a freehold house, and to the widow of another Scripture-reader, £lOO. — Illustrated London News. HORSES FOR TIIE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.—Mr. Munyard, sen., of Woolwich, who was employed during the Crimean war to assist in the purchase of horses for the War Department, has just returned from a six weeks' tour in Yorkshire, Leicestershire, and the Midland counties, where he accompanied an agent of the French Government, on whose behalf 800 of the finest horses procurable have been pureb.ased and shipped. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 16th, in the Breslau Gazette, says :—" During Easter week a scene which is but little known to the world, but the details of which we can guarantee, took place in the highest quarter here. Baron de Bruck, the Minister of Finance, had requested a meeting ex traordinary of the ministers, which took place under the presidency of the Emperor. The minister rose, and requested permission to point out the financial state of affairs as regarded the probable failure of the loan. He said that the Treasury was on the eve of finding itself placed in the greatest embar rassment, and gave it to be understood that it could not meet current demands. He added that he had not concealed the serious state of affairs, and felt himself compelled to again bring forward the propositions which were alone calculated to modify it. The Patente relative to the Council of the Empire had not, he said, produced the de sired effect, as the country demanded stronger guarantees. A constitution framed in the spirit of the 19th century, and one serious for all the countries of the monarchy, was the only means of restoring confidence, without which the empire could not endure. After this speech, Count de Rechberg, President, of the Council, rose and de- Oared that since he had been in office he had ma turely examined the question which his colleague had just raised, and felt convinced that the mea sure proposed was the only probable means of getting out of the present difficulties. He therefore gave his adherence to the opinion of the Minister of Finance. He was not, he said, ignorant of what he owed to the throne, but his conscience would not allow him to speak other wise. At the conclusion of his remarks the most profound silence prevailed. The Emperor retired into an adjoining room, and in an hour afterwards caused it to be signified to Count de Rechberg that the meeting was at an end. Since that time, the count has given out that he is unwell, and has con fined himself to his room ; M. Nahasdy, Minister of Justice, has tendered his resignation, and M. Pieh ner is talked of as the successor of Baron de Bruck. Count Goluctrowaki, Minister of the Interior, is the only one who has retained his gaiety and still con tinues in favour at Court." A letter from Vienna in the Breslau Gazette says :—" We learn on good authority that the Go vernment is thinking seriously of opening fresh ne gotiations with Rome in order to obtain the revi sion of certain clauses of the Concordat which can not be carried into practice, without prejudice to the rights of the temporal power or of those of the members of the other religious sects. M. de Bach, the Austrian Ambassador at Rome, is to be charged to ascertain on what conditions this revision can be effected, and the negotiations would commence so soon as the political situation of the Pontifical State should have been ameliorated.' FRANCE. BOURSE, April 20.—The opening of the market was steady with an improving tendency, but these favourable dispositions were checked by the English Consols, which arrived with a fall of Threes, after having been done at 70f. 25c., receded to 70f. 10c. ; Mobilier varied from 790 f. to 785 f. ; Austrian, 532 f. 50c. to 528 f. 75c. ; Lyons, 943 f. 7ic. to 941 f. 25c. ; Northern, 975 f. to 972 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 645 f. to 642 f. 50c. ; Southern, 516 f. 25c. to 515 f. The following are the last quotations :- 44 per Cents. 96 Credit Foncier.... 797 50 Do. end month 96 10 Belgian 41. 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 05 Roman BO 75 Bank Shares 2825 Austrian — Credit Mobilier 781 25 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 781 25 Home Debt 45 RAILWAYS. Cash. •Account. Orleans Northern 975 .. 937 75 New ditto B7B 75 .. 880 Lyons and Mediterranean 943 75 .. 9 3 8 7 5 Geneva 443 75 .. 451 25 Southern Western 570 .. 571 25 Eastern Sardinian 415 .. 415 Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 18c. ; money, 25f. 16c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 87tc. ; money, 24f 85c. RUSSIA. A St. Petersburg letter states that the Grand Duke Nicholas, the Emperor's brother, who is now at Nice with the Empress-Dowager, will shortly proceed to Paris on a visit to the Emperor Napoleon, whilst the Empress will proceed to Stuttgardt, and thence to Ems. THE EAST. A letter from Constantinople of the Bth, in the Opinion Nationale, says :—" The projects of Fuad Pacha respecting the Isle of Candia are producing a certain sensation at the Porte. When, it appears, he offered his resignation as Minister of Foreign Affairs, which was not accepted, he not only hoped to obtain the embassy at Paris, but asked the Sultan to confer on him the government of the Island of Candia, in order that he might go there to reestablish his health. His design was to proceed to Paris as ambassador, to get General Kalergi to re commend his plan to the Emperor ; to have got him self recalled on pretext of ill-health; then, taking possession of the government of Candia, to erect the island into a quasi-independent principality, making himself the first prince, and appointing the son of the general his successor ! The Candi otes, for their part, would willingly consent to have a Mussulman Prince, on condition that his succes sors should be Christians. The same letter says : The relations between the Porte and Servia appear to have become somewhat better. The Servians desire that succession to the princely throne shall be made hereditary ; but the Turkish Government refuses to accord it. A compromise has accordingly been made in this way. The Porte has designated Prince Michael, son of Milosch, as future Prince of Servia; but he is to reign not as heir of his father, but as nominee of the Porte. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived. Some of them state that the extreme democratic party or a fraction of it participated in the recent Montemolinist insurrection: In corroboration of this they assert that a proclamation of Count de Montumolin praising universal suffrage was seized; and that Ortega, after his arrest, repeatedly asked for news of the " movement in Andalusia." A Car list band had been defeated and dispersed at Ondio, in Biscay, and its chief, Otaola by name, had been captured. Another Carlist band which had ap peared in the mountains of Toledo had dispersed. STATE OF AFFAIRS AT MESSINA. The following letter was received at Lloyd's to-day from their agents at Messina, dated the 14th April : " This town was declared in a state of siege on the morning of the 9th, by a manifesto dated the Bth. For several days previous rumours had been in circulation that it was the intention of the Military Commandant to avail himself of the first plausible pretext to declare martial law, and that to ensure the fidelity of the troops they had been promised that the town should be given up to pillage. Few persons of intelli gence were found to credit so extraordinary a report until last Sunday, which, being Easter Sunday, the concourse of people drawn together by the festival and the fineness of the weather, ren dered it an easy matter to create confusion. The military fired, and the place was immediately oc cupied by the troops at every point without the least opposition. Although things continued per fectly quiet on the Monday and Tuesday a procla mation was issued on the Wednesday, which threw the town into consternation and dismay. The citizens, who the day before had returned from the country, prepared again to leave for it with accelerated speed. A warm remon strance from the foreign consular body, however, caused the commandant to issue a second order of the day more consonant with civilized usages ; but little pains appear yet to be taken to conciliate the citizens or to revive confidence, in spite of the complete tranquillity of the town, and the general conviction is that the alleged promise made to the soldiers will be fulfilled, and that when it is to take place, is but a question of time—unless some power ful influence interferes before it can be accom plished. It is computed that fully two-thirds of the inhabi tants have left the city. The rest would willingly follow but for want of means, if only to escape the provocations of the troops. The property in the stores and magazines is immense, but it is not possible to remove it on so short a notice. We are happy to say that the shipping is nearly all hauled out of port, and we think it in safety. It affords us great pleasure to say that Comman der Marryat, of her Majesty's ship Intrepid, on the station here, has done everything in his power to render assistance t o B r i t i s h res idents amidst the universal panic. The British Vice-Consul has also shown hi mse lf most anx i ous t o protect Britishin terests on this occasion. A CHILD BURNT. —Yesterday morning a distres sing accident occurred at the residence Compton-street, Old Kent-road, which unhappily ended in the death of his child, aged four years. It appeared that Mrs. Amelia Wilson left it alone for a few minutes, when screams were heard. The parents ran on to the landing and found it on the stairs enveloped in a mass of flame. The child's clothes were soon extinguished, but not before the accident had caused fatal consequences, as it expired shortly after. TOM SAYERS. The utmost excitement and enthusiasm were caused in the City to-day by the visit of the Champion to the Stock Exchange, at the invi tation of the members, who had subscribed for him 100 guineas. As soon as his arrival became known an immense crowd assembled. In return for the present Tom made a suitable speech, ex pressing a wish that he had had " another ten minutes with Heenan." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) BOW, STREET. SELLING SPIRITS WITHOUT A LICENSE.—WiIIiam Bugg was charged with defrauding the Excise, by selling spirits, ho only possessing a beer license, by which he had incurred a penalty of £5O. Mr. Welsby appeared on the part of the Excise, and Mr. Sleigh defended. Mr. Welaby said the defendant carried on business as a beer retailer, at 18, Tonbridge street, St. Pancras, and from what had come to the knowledge of the Board of Inland Revenue, the present proceedings had been adopted. William Henry Taylor said—l am a plimber and painter, residing at 29, Sandwich-street. On Sunday, the 26th of February, I was standing at the bar with about twelve others; and en gin being called for it was supplied. A man named Huggins also had some. I paid 4d. for what I had. Cross-examined—l have been in the habit of having gin at the house. I have known the defendant about twelve months, and have been on friendly terms. I have always had gin in the house when I asked for it. I don't know who gave the information. I can't say it was Huggins. I have had a quarrel with the defendant about money he sued me for. It was after I had been sued that the infor mation was laid. I never arranged with Huggins to institute the present proceedings. I did not know that Huggins was going to make any complaint. I knew nothing about it until the excisemen came to my house. The people who were at the bar on the day mentioned were usually there on Sundays. A person of the name of Lawrence, as well as myself and Huggins, were there. John Huggins said—l am a bricklayer. I reside at 21, Long's-yard, Lambs•. conduit-street. I was at Bugg's house on the Sunday morning in question in company with the last witness. I had some beer and gin. Bugg served me. I paid a penny for the glass of gin. Cross-examined—l had never been in the house but twice previous to the day mentioned. I have not been in the habit of going there for the last twelve months to meet Taylor. Taylor and myself take business together and share the profit. The defendant is a carpenter. I have done work with him. I know he has sued Taylor for money. I never had any conversation with Taylor about laying the present information. I cannot say how many persons were in front of the bar on the Sunday. There might be two or three, certainly not a dozen. I paid for three glasses of gin. Tay lor paid for some stout and gin. Re-examined by Mr. Welsby—l never had any quarrel with Bugg. I never knew that an information had been laid against him until I was summoned. James Lawrence—l live in Kenton-street,' Brunswick square, and am a carpenter. I know Bugg's shop. I was there on three different Sundays. I have been there twice when I saw Taylor. I have had gin there. Bugg served me. He poured the gin from a bottle. I thought Bugg was doing us a favour by letting us have a little drop of gin. I paid 4d. for what we had. It was sold at ld. a glass. Some other witnesses being about to be called, Mr. Sleigh said it would be useless for him to struggle against the evidence. He suggested to his client to plead guilty to the minor counts charged in the summons, by which the magistrate had the power to enter a fine for a quarter of the amount of penalty. The defendant said it was untrue to say he had gin on his premises for sale. He certainly had a little gin in a bottle for private use, nothing more. The present proceedings had been instituted against him by Taylor through spite, as he (defendant) had sued him for the sum of £2l. The two men who had supported his evidence were in his (Taylor's) employ. Mr. Henry said ho did not think that the witnesses had come forward to state that which was not true. If the defendant had any:witnesses to call he had better do s► directly. Mr. Sleigh urged his client to plead guilty, as he had ad vised. Ho thought the Board of Inland Revenue would not exact the whole of the penalty, but he would have to satisfy them that the offence would not be repeated. Ho also advised him to give up another objectionable practice that was carried on in his house, viz. ratting. The defendant adopted the suggestion of his counsel, and the magistrate inflicted on him the full penalty of £5O, but told him he could memorialise the board for a reduction. Mr. Henry said judgment must be entered up for the full penalty of £5O ; the defendant could then memorialise the Inland Revenue Department. He thought, from the evidence, it appeared that gin was on the premises for the purpose of sale. Mr. Welsby said he did not object to the course pursued by Mr. Sleigh. He felt it was but right to say that the information upon which the Inland Revenue had acted did not, either directly or indirectly, come from the men who had given evidence. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DANGBROUS WOMAN.—EIIen Corfield, a dissipated looking woman, was charged as follows ; Robert Neale, porter, at 271, Oxford-street, said that as he was leaving the court on the previous day, he having attended on behalf of a person the prisoner had charged with assaulting her, the prisoner (with whom he had co habited, and who was a woman of most dissipated habits) followed him and struck him a severe blow. He allowed this to pass over, and shortly after went to his employer's residence, when the prisoner came, and after saying that she did not care for any magistrate, and that she would do him all the injury she possibly could, she informed his master that he had been in the constant practice of robbing him, the consequence of which was that he was suspended from his employ that inquiries might be made into the truth of her statement. At a later hour in the day, seeing a large crowd of persons assembled in the street where he resided, Robert-street, Grosvenor-square, ho unfortunately went up to see the cause, when the prisoner, who was very drunk, lying on the pavement, jumped up and seized him, and it was not till the arrival of a constable that he could liberate himself from her unwelcome grasp. Dodsworth, 207 C, having proved seeing the prisoner frequently annoying complainant, Mr. Bingham said he would begin by fining her 20s. or 21 days. He knew she could not pay it, and he hoped no one would for her ; and at the end of that time he should order her to find one surety for three months. THAMES. IMPORTANT TO TAXPAYERS.— Mr. 4..11en, Solicitor, applied to Mr. Selfe, on behalf of the magistrates of Middle sex, to issue orders, under the Industrial Schools Act, to compel George Seeker, earthernware dealer, Crisp-streett Poplar, and John Sullivan, a coal-whipper, to maintain their children, who had been summarily convicted of thef and committed to the Feltham Industrial School. The case of Seeker was first.taken. The defendant said he was totally unable to contribute one,farthing towards the support of his son, James Seeker► who had been committed to Feltham for three years. Trade was bad, and he had to pay four guineas every year, in August, for a license to enable him to hawk china O a earthernware about the streets. Mr. Selfe inquired the number of his children besideo the boy he had committed to Feltham, to which the de fendant replied two. Mr. Allen urged that the defendant was able to contribute towards the maintenance of his son, and that it was a heavy charge on the ratepayers of the country to be COre" polled to support juvenile offenders. Mr. Selfe made an order on the defendant to pay 2e. p er week towards the maintenance of his son in the Felthaul Industrial School. Defendant—l can't afford to pay it. I won't pay it. Mr. Selfe—lf you do not p a y it I w ill comm it you ,`",, prison. If it is ascertained th a t y ou can 't a ff or d to ply tm" money the order will not be enforced. Mr. Allen asked for a similar order against John Su l ! i ' van, a coal whipper, who said he worked out of public houses, and had only earned Bs. in three weeks. Mr. Selfe—You are a hale, hearty man, earning ro uel as a coal whipper, and although your earnings are preevi rious, you c an a ff or d t o con t ri b u t e t owar d s th e expeng e ° maintaining your son. The Rev. Mr. Disher, Superintending Chaplain of th: Feltham Industrial School, said the cost of food alone f° each boy was 3s. 6d. per week. Mr. Selfe—l shall make_ an; order on the defendant t° pay 2s. per week. veter - FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN LAMBETH.— -- S t he day, about noon, a fire which unfortunately resulted loss of one life and a considerable destruction of propeal7, broke out suddenly in the Lower Marsh, Lambeth. „ d to premises in which the misfortune originated belonge d Mr. ll. Wise, being situated at No. 23, James-street , roughfare coming out of the L ower Marsh into Giu s ..d. street. It seems that some of th e ne i g hb our s were deuly startled by hearing loud cries of " Fire" procejiat onl i et s rh o ee ' s N‘fi, h ar o ss u ta s fi e eo , ho w .ri d h w e a n s i t a w l3a a s blaze, soon found an w ut at t i w u ll a g e s from s front t ilrol worse, Oimr. old al fo r middle of the flames. To et to othneypoormcornea'ture was Ich some time an impossibility, owing to the fury with -Des the flames were extendino• Two of the powerful eng:o,, of the London Brigade, f P rOm the Waterloo and Soutli w l t al bridge-road stations were remarkably early in arrivit o r with the aid of the portable hand machines and a Og 0 were ply of the Lambeth Company's water, th e firemen t he enabled to extinguish the flames, when they ante tr owe l!, room and found the child. Messrs. Edmonds and F o _ bu t two surgeons practising in the New Cut, were l fo r d to the po or c hild , upon b e i ng exam i ne d, was n bo dead, MO /. GENERAL POST-OFFICE INVESTIGATION.Th B eko. 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