The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

rrHEATRJE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee —.llr. J. B. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Miss A. Sedgwick ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins. After which, JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. Misses Swan borough, Fitxwilliam, and Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. 8. d. Second price. s. d Drees Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Vpper Boxes ....... ....... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Atter which, the new grand corals Christmas Pantomime, eititled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate T e rr y ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor leiek ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY 0110 RE. Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. To conclude with THE IRISH TUTOR. Commence at Seven. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be presented the historical play of LOUIS XI. A HARD STRUGGLE. Reuben, Mr. C. Dillon. To conclude with K kTHERINE AND PE CRUM% Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Zox.office open from 11 to 5 daily. R 0 YA. L SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE STRANGER. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. To conclude with GILDEROY. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow * ig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of I ,lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; lien F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield, G. Fordo, and E. Mackney. Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DAY—Morn., 22 min. aft. 6—Even., 49 min. aft. 6 TO-MOBBOW—Morn., 21 min. aft. 7—Even., 2 rain aft. 3 THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, MARCH 21. THERSOMETZB, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and daring the night,, 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.53. WIND, S.E. ; light, with fine mild weather, bat rather hazy. MARCH 22. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 56 —this day at noon. BABomrrEs,3 ) , 1. WIND, South-Easterly ; light, with very fine weather. ‘O5 4 i , crt, , .j, r i .. `..,'---.,--..':-:-„, ~,.....-----. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1858. To-morrow the subject of legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister is to come again before Parliament; and this time it ought not to be in vain. All reasons that have hitherto been so frequently urged remain in full force, but at the present moment they are reinforced by peculiar circumstances. The position of Lord Dssont's Ministry is such I as to make it both expedient and fair that they should support the liberal view of the question. Law Reforms are what the country expects from them ; and a reform like that demanded in the present case, is just the one by which they could prove that they were free from ecclesiastical bigotry, and were willing to remedy a legal injustice, which has been felt to be a grievance by 1110110 one in almost every circle. Few, indeed, t►re the persons who do not know an individual who has been unjustly deterred from selecting the most natural second mother for his bereaved children, or who has not done it in despite of law at home, or, as he has conceived, by escaping the tyranny of Ecclesiastical Courts in free England, through resorting to some foreign land. The new Uinistry would assuredly do not only a most righteous deed, but one which would gain them righteous approbation if they carried a law defi nitely legalising the marriages now held to be illegal or at least doubtful. They would suffer no injury with their High Church connections, eitloo these last could not secure better friends by *ejecting them, while they would gain incalculably in the esteem of the country. We may remind Lord DESBY also, that there is a special reason why his Ministry should grant the boon we demand. Amongst his appointments is that of a Noble Duke to an honourable post, who, but for the marriage of a parent with his wife's sister would have had no existence, and but for Lord LYNDMURST's Act, passed especially in his favour, might have had but an illegitimate existence. The presence of that Noble Duke in high office under Lord DERBY ought to be a pledge that the present Cabinet is prepared to ren der to all that justice which enables the Duke to take his rightful position in society and in the Administration. Will the Earl allow it to be said that a Nobleman, born of such a marriage as is now arbitrarily forbidden, shall be prominent in the high places of the land, while all hence teeth born of similar marriages, even though sup posed by their parents to have been contracted legally, - are to be stigmalised as the offspring of illicit connection Will Lord CHELMSFORD or any of his colleagues venture, in the presence of the Noble Duke, to stigmatise such marriages as Irreligious or impure, or even as dishonourable ? Or, if they did, must they not expect that lie will resent such conduct by resigning all connection with the Administration ? The Nobleman in ques tion, too, and those who appointed him, must remem ber that it was on the occasion of an Act passed, as was well known, to aecure his moral rights, that all other Englishmen were for the future de prived by law of the same rights. We should rather say it was intended to deprive them, since we hold that the statutes of the land, interpreted sr, we trust, they will be on a n appea l to the Rouse of Lords, leave Englishmen free to con tract the marriages in question. to th. Duke's that we should not advert that the oble rnsirrim,:is position, if we could conceive held to be not mer:l7.lwhi, he sprung was not and good" in the sight " holy, just, honourable and pu re - m i nded in that of a ll n. such second marriages as amongst th We regard " I ° 4 honour able which men and women can contract. The two sacred elements of tender regard to the de parted, attracting our affections to those who loved her, and of parental longing that our offspring should be in the charge of one "who would naturally care for them," are generally the fretmoving causes to such a union on one aide and., ,on the other side, a tendency to love one who loved and blessed a sister's life, and to feel a nhothert's interest in a departed sister's children, aro the natural and generous reciprocal feelings. Such nsarsiages spring from those pure affections THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1858 be Occasioned by caprice, procee byl lin d g u s maye timidity, or by a desire to produce a monetary convulsion, by which the " hard calculators" may profit at the expense of their softer neighbours. It must, however, be ' seriously injurious to the trade and commerce of any country where such fluctuations are frequent, and what ought to be bona fide business trans actions are converted into gambling speculations, and the profits of a fair trader during a series of years are lost in the vain attempt to provide for disasters which the most prudent precautions could not foresee or avert. We earnestly hope that the Government may make some speedy attempt to remove the incubus that has so long been paralysing the energies of our industrialcommunity, and preying on the vitals of all who gain their daily bread by their daily labour, which has converted thousands and tens of thou sands—aye, hundreds of thousands of men, able and willing to work and to toil cheerfully, from the creators and producers of national wealth into unprofitable consumers. It is something to say that we have hope from the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. He has not committed himself, as Sir C. WOOD and Sir G. C. LEWIS did, to the heartless theories of the hard calculators. In 1848 he strongly opposed in committee the advo cates of the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and since that time has made himself thoroughly acquainted with the vitally important question in all its bear ings. Last December he strenuously opposed the shelving of the subject by making unnecessary inquiries, insisting that we possessed ample infor mation for immediate legislation, and condemning the procrastinition that trifled with a question possessing such vast interest for the working bees of the social hive. It now devolves on him to carry out these , enlightened views. There is a golden opportu nity before him, and should he fairly avail him self thereof, it will strengthen the power of the Ministry, and prove that they really merit the national confidence. It is by far the most impor tant and urgent of all the reforms that are loom ing in the future. If that be introduced it will be an earnest of a series of valuable measures, includ ing the modification of the Income Tax, which will render justice to those who are earning their own livelihoods, and may by loss of health, or even a change of fashion—any, in fact, of the innumerable accidents which flesh is heir to—be reduced from a position of honourable and comfortable inde pendence to one of misery and destitution. We have so frequently pointed out the mode by which the change could be effected, that it is almost an act of supererogation to repeat Ow arguments we have so frequently urged in favour of really national notes of small and convenient denominations. As even the Times has admitted, 1 there is not the slightest necessity for the deposit of even an ounce of gold, so far as the domestic or internal trade of the country is concerned. The mere fact that these notes would always be received in payment of taxation, that they would satisfy all the imposts which the Government could demand, would render them universally acceptable. They would not be deemed " worthless rags" by butchers or bakers, inasmuch as they would always possess the purchasing power, and could be transferred to the grazier for his fat cattle, or to the miller for the flour. " That forms the chief ingredient in the staff of life." Gold or silver are only required for adjusting our balance with foreign states ; and as, generally speaking, these balances are in favour of England, and. will invariably be so under a sound system of currency that fairly dovelopes our almost miraculous natural resources, but little would be required to regulate our national accounts with other coun tries. That could always be obtained, and on easy terms. The small premium that would be re quired when the demand exceeded the supply would not be by any means as oppressive, even to commercial men who have to make payments abroad, as the extravagant fluctuations in the rate of discount, which prevents them from realising the fair value of securities, and absorbs the profits which they would otherwise obtain. It is the home market to which they should mainly look ; and so long as their customers are prosperous, and can afford to pay fair prices, the cost of any such premiums, which, as we have shown, would seldom form an element in the calculation, might be as fairly charged to the consumers as the costs of the raw I material, or the freight, insurance, or other charges which are now added to the price. Let Mr. DisaalLi turn his attention to this point, and he will merit the thanks and gratitude of the community. That there may be unfair and factious opposition i 3 more than probable, but he never could appeal to the country on better grounds than a sincere desire to give fair and adequate measures of Parliamentary, Monetary, and Income Tax Reforms. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. M. de Persigny has arrived in Paris, but it is currently reported that the Emperor has persuaded him to withdraw his resignation. It is currently reported that Count Walewski has experienced another check on the subject of the refugees. It is said that he applied to the Portu guese Government to expel some French refugees from Lisbon, and that he met with a direct refusal. The Neapolitan Government, according to official despatches, shows a willingness to permit both Watt and Park to leave the kingdom if the British Government will let the affair end there. A letter received in Paris states that in case the Turks shall not be able to suppress the insurrection in the Herzegovina the Austrian Government will assist the Sultan with a division of troops, and that in such case the Austrians will occupy Bosnia for some time. It appears that an ancient Mayor of Lyons, an old and devoted friend of the Emperor, has arrived in Paris for the purpose of explaining the feeling which prevails in that city, and the effect produced by the late measures of severity. It is also stated that M. Vaisse, Senator and Prefect of the Rhone, of which Lyons is the capital, has been ordered up to Paris forthwith, probably with the view of en lightening the Government on the same subject. Accounts from various parts of France complain of the undue severity exercised with respect to passports. A letter from Orleans says, that on the arrival of the Paris railway train there on Thurs day the gendarmes minutely examined the pass ports of the travellers, and one of them who had mislaid his was taken off to the guard-house. An Englishman, who has resided several years in Paris, and who amuses himself during the fine weather in walking in the Bois de Boulogne, ob served that for several days he was followed by a common-looking man. This surveillance becoming unpleasant, he turned abruptly, on Thursday, on his unwelcome attendant and presented him his *card, 'on which he wrote, "I am deaf, and perhaps you mistake me for Allsop." At the same moment a very gentlemanly-looking person issued from the wood, and, having joined the other, read the address on the card. He very politely saluted the Eagliihnian, and expressed his regret that he should have been subjected to any inconvenience. The parties then separated. The Municipal Commission of Paris have passed a vote of thanks to M. Pietri, late Prefect of Police, for his conduct during the time he held office, and expressive of their regret at his retirement. The commission have also resolved on commencing public works on a large scale, so as to give employ ment to the operatives of the capital. General Perret, formerly Commandant-in-Chief of the National Guard, is, it is said, about to be come a candidate for Paris in the elections for the Legislative Corps which will take place on the 18th of April. It is said that - , in consequence of despatches re ceived from Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, orders have been given to fit out a new division of gun boats for China, and that the operations of the allied squadrons will probably be extended as far as Pekin. The command of the corvette La Serieuse has been conferred on Captain Miniar. A melancholy accident happened in the Bois de Boulogne on Friday. The Count Prosper Benoist, elder brother of M. Benoist d'Azy, was thrown from his horse and killed on the spot. This unfortunate person was riding in the wood with his daughter, when his horse ran away. Mlle. Benoist used every effort to stop her father's horse, but in vain. She arrived when Ler father was thrown on his head, and received his last sigh. M. Prosper Benoist was a superior officer in the guard of Charles X. Re had two sons, one of whom was killed while hunting. and the other in the Crimea. It was the horse of the latter which caused the death of M. Prosper Benoist. The following is the order of the day issued by Marshal Canrobert on assuming his newly created command at Nancy : Officers and soldiers of the 4th, sth, 6th, and 7th military divisions— Called by the will of. the Emperor to the high honour of commanding you, I am the more sensible of the value of the distinction conferred upon me, because I have long lived the life of the grand French army, and have so often shared in its useful labours, its sublime sufferings, and its glorious combats. I entertain the legitimate conviction that between you and me there will ever exist a reciprocal confidence. We will profit by it to assure the strict observance of discipline, obedience to the laws, and an entire respect for the constitution of the empire, which, emanating as it does from all of us, protects na all. We will continue to give to France_ and to her providential - Emperor proofs of our woolaange able devotion. In coming to you in the midst of this beautiful eastern part of the empire, whose warlike in habitants have in trying times given so many noble ex amples of patriotism, I cannot resist indulging in feel ings of pride and hope—pride to be the chief of such soldiers, and hope that I may contribute, with yoar aid and that of your worthy fellow-citizens, to the pros perity of France and the glory of the illustrious dynasty of Napoleon, which is realising its great and happy destinies. The. Marshal is about to visit Metz, Luneville, Strasburg, and Besanpn, all which principal gar rison towns are in his command. Marshal de Castellane, now invested with the command of the south-eastern division of France, is shortly expected at Marseilles, for the purpose of regulating the order of service of the 9th military division, commanded by General Courtigis. An aide-de-camp of the marshal has already been sent to Marseilles from Lyons, to prepare fitting accommodation for the commander-in-chief and his suite. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Persigny entertained a select circle at din ner, last evening, at the residence of the Embassy, Albert-gate House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale have returned to town from Scotland. The noble lord has taken a mansion in Chesham-place for the season. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a select circle at dinner, on Saturday evening, at Lansdowne House. The Marchioness of Salisburi , will have an assembly, this evening, in Arlington-street. Toe Countess of Jersey's party, which was announced for Friday, the 26th inst., is unavoidably postponed to Saturday, the 27th inst. The Countess of Hard wicke and family arrived at their mansion in Portman-square a few days since, from Wimpole Hall. It is understood that the Baroness Brunnow may be expected to arrive in this country about the 15th of April. The Earl and Countess of Bandca and family have arrived at Claridge's Hotel. Lr , rd and Lady Huntingfield have left the St. George's Hotel, for Heveningham Hall, Suffolk. Lady Henniker has issued cards for an assembly to morrow evening, at the family mansion in Grafton street. Lord Dunkellia arrived in town a few days since from Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Uppez Norwood. Mr. and Mrs. John Pryor have arrived at the same establishment. His Excellency Mr. Dallas, the American Minister, Mr. Secretary P. N. Dallas, Mrs. and Miss Dallas, and Mr. Samuel Hallett, dined with Mr. R. W. Kennard and his friends, at Purchester-terrace, on Saturday evening. Major-General Sir James Chatterton, Bart., and Lady Chatterton have left the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Dublin. The Hon. Randolph John Want, Member of the Legiilative Council, accompanied by his son and daughter, has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, from Australia. Mr. Cmsar Hawkins has been appointed Surgeon Extraordinary to her Majesty. Her Majesty's mission chaplaincy at Constantinople has been conferred upon the Rev. C. B. Gribble, M A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, incumbent of St. Paul's Marie • ir Church, Whitechapel. MADAME BOSIO AND .SIGNOR TAMBERLIB.—These eminent artists have arrived in Paris from St. Peters burg, en route, we suppose, for Covent-garden.— Musical World. ST. JamEs's HALL.—His Royal Highness the Prince Consort has graciously signified his intention of honour ing with his presence the concert for the benefit of the Middlesex Hospital, which will take place at the New St. James's Hall, on Thursday next. THE AMERICAN MAILS,—The Cunard steamship Persia, which sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for Ne 7 York, had on board fifty passengers, the mails, and a large cargo. STEAM TO NEW YORK.—Tae screw steamship Ham monia, Captain Schwensen, from Hamburg, left South ampton yesterday for New York, with a large number of passengers. She will be followed by the Saxonia on the 4tb, and the Borussia on the 18th proximo, mak ing a bi-monthly communication between Hamburg and the United States. Toe Government of India Bill, which was brought in by Lord Palmerston, Mr. Vernon Smith, and Sir George Lewis,is printed, and will be proceeded with immediately after Easter by its authors, the members of the late government.—Observer. FATAL FIRM —On Tuesday last a barn, belonging to Mr. Ball, farmer, Maghull, was destroyed by fire, and two Irish labourers, who had slept there during the night, were burned to death. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL.— Meadelssobn's Lobesaug rand Mczart's Requiem will be performed on Friday next, the 26th inst. Principal vocalists—Madame Castellan (being her first appearance at the society's concerts), Miss Dolby, Miss Banks, Mr. &me Reeves, and Mr. Weiss. APPOINTMENIS.---MT. Eric Farquhar, unpaid attaché, to her Majesty's mission at Berne is appointed unpaid attache at Vienna. Mr. Ernest Clay, unpaid attaci éat Madrid, is appointed unpaid attaché at Paris. Mr. Percy Milford, unpaid attaché at Dresden, is appointed unpaid attache at Berlin. Mr. James Russell, unpaid attache at Berlin is appointed unpaid attache at Dresden. Mr. Frederick Bernal, consul at Madrid, id appointed to be consul at Carthagena, New Granada. —Observer. LADY HAN.ELOcic.—The lady of the late Sir H. Have lock has been staying at Diver's Dover Castle Hotel; Dover, during the past week. Her ladyship was in Dover, on a visit, some six years since, with her brave husband, the lamented hero of a hundred Indian fights, who during his brief stay won for himself esteem in military cire!es here, as he did wherever he was known, either as a private Christian gentleman, or as one of the finest specimens of his profession.—Dover Chronicle. GREENWICH HOSPITAL—Another memorial has been sent in to the Lords of the Admiralty by certain old naval captains and other officers of Greenwich Hospital, praying to be allowed their half-pay in the same manner as is now granted to the admirals of that establishment. The Lords of the Admiralty adhere to their former answer on the subject. NEW COVENT-GAADEN THEATRE. —A comfortable sight in Bow-atreelgigvhere criminal sights are more numerous than comfole ones) has been shown within the last few days in the form of a gigantic urn, hoisted to its own peculiar corner hard by the Kemble Tavern, which tells that the bricklayers of the new Opera House have reached what Mrs. Gamp called "the parapidge." The cementers, too, are setting to work on the face of the building—and we are assured by persons who have no interest in spreading delusions, that the building can be ready in time for the proposed opening in May.—Athe nceunz. MR. RAREY'S HORSE-TAMING AND TRAINING.—On Saturday Mr. Rarey held his first class for instructing his subscribers in his method of training colts and sub duing vicious horses at the Duke of Wellington's Riding , school, Kensington. The following noblemen and gentle men attended :—Viscount Palmerston, Lord Gage, Lord Hdl, Earl Grosvenor, the Marquis of Stafford, the Hon. R. C. Hill, Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., the Earlof Annesley, the Earl of Bessborougb, the Marques f a.bereern, Lady Mildred Beresford Hope, Lord Eustace Cecil, Lard Dufferin, Mr. J. Lewis Ricardo, M.P., the Hon, Admiral Route Mr. Thomas Critchley, Lord Alfred Paget, Col. elirey, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Warwick, and Earl Granville. At the end of the lesson, during which Mr. Rarey first practised his method on a grey entire horse, the property of the Marquis of Stafford, and afterwards on a chestnut entire horse of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Palmerston wrote, "I have witnessed Mr. Rarey's process with great satisfaction ;" and this was signed by all present. Earl Granville, who himself experimented on his own cob, added, "Mr. Rarey's method appears to me to be perfectly satisfactory." INDIAN FINANCE.—A return to the House of Lords, on the motion of Lord Monteagle of Brandon, shows that in 1855-56 (the last year af complete returns) the total income of the several Presidencies and Govern ments of India amounted to 28,891,2991., and the total expenditure to 26,599,4611., leaving a surplus of 2,291,8381. This was reduced to a net deficit of 972,7911., after deducting the charges defrayed in Eng land, which amounted to 3,264,6291. The net deficit in 1854-65 was 1,707,3641., and in 1853-54 2,044,1171. On the 30th of April, 1857, the total balances in the several Indian treasuries amounted to 13,57,59,615 Company's rupees, or 12,727,4641. The total amount of debt in India on the 30th April, 1856, was 50,483,3691., and the annual interest thereon payable 2,140,5771. THE CONDEMNED CULPRIT AT YORK.—The unhappy man, Joseph Shepherd, who was convicted, on Tuesday last, of the wilful murder of Bethel Parkinson, at Wads worth Moor, near Halifax, is now confined in the con demned cell in York Castle. Since his conviction he has conducted himself in the most hardened manner, and is apparently indifferent to the awful fate that awaits him. He eats, drinks, and sleeps well, and is in good spirits, not the slightest ttace of depression of mind being dis cernible in him. On Friday the culprit was visited by his father, the Rev. T. Sutton (chaplain of the castle), and also by Mr. Price (the learned counsel who so ably defended him). They were in consultation with the wretched man for some time, endeavouring to bring about a change for the better in his mind, but with what success we cannot learn. A WARNING TO WIZARDS.—Signor Boson, wizard, has been for a fortnight giving exhibitions of legerdemain in Leeds. On Friday night he gave his concluding per formance in the Music Hall, and in order to attract a good audience, it was announced on the walls that 601. worth of jewellery would be given away in different lots to the holders of certain tickets. Borne Yet kshiremen are fond of getting mare than a shilling's worth fur a shilling ; there was a good muster of this class, the gallery being quite full. During the first part of the entertainment the jewellery, consisting of an electro plated service, a gold watch, &c., was exhibited on the platform, and many longing eyes were directed towards it. It was noticed that many policemen were in the Music Hall, and that they entered just at the time when the prizes ought to be distributed. A magisterial prohibition had been sent to the wizard, to the effect that his "prize scheme" was illegal, and that if he persisted in being liberal he might be fined 1001., or be imprisoned for a period of seven months. The police were in attendance party to see the magistrate's order obeyed, and partly to preserve the peace, as the general Yorkshire objection to be hoaxed was well known. Signor Bosco announqed this prohibition after the first part of the entertainment, and it was immediately received with every derronst ation of dismatisfaction. The occupants of the gallery were loud and furious, declaring in no very mild lay gunge that it was a swindle. Bosco endeavoured to calm them by offering to give the jewellery to any charity in Leeds, as a proof that "he did not want to obtain money by false pretence." This was replied to by cries of "Let's have our money back," and confusion became worse confounded. At last, Signor Bosco suggested that a jury of twelve, with a chairman, should be se lected from the audience, and that, whatever verdict they might return he would abide by. This plan was adopted, four being chosen from each division of the house. Amongst the jurymen was the junior member of a noted law firm in the town, and also a gentleman well acquainted with the ju,"cial business of the West Riding. The jury retired to the ante-room to consider their ver dict, and the audience waited with clamour for nearly arr hour. At the end of that time the jury returned. and the foreman delivered the following verdict : " That Signor Bosco, having been informed on the pre vious night that the prise distribution was illegal, ought to have made that publicly known before the entertain. meat commenced. Having failed to du so, the jury had decided that the money should be returned as follows:- Is. 61. each t, those occupying the front seats; is, to each in the second ; and 9d. to the gallery occupants." The verdict was received with tremendous applau se , an d being acquiesced in by Signor Bosco the money was , accordingly returned. ARRIVAL OF BARON BRUYNOTV AT SAVER. -CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS, Early on Saturday morning Baron Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador, arrived at Dover, after an absence of four years from this country. The Mayor and Corporation and a number of the prin cipal residents of the town waited on his Excellency at the Ship Hotel, and presented to him an address of congratulation and welcome. Baron Brunnow replied as follows : " Mr. Mayor, and Aldermen and Burgesses of the ancient and loyal town and port of Dover,—l beg to re turn you my most sincere, hearty, and respectful thanks, for the honour you have been pleased to confer on me in giving me this cordial welcome on my return to this country, where I have always been so kindly received. Nothing can be more gratifying to me than such a reception, especially as it comes from those I may vex tare to call old friends. Dover is a town in which I am not a etranger. I have spent many happy hours here ; and it is rendered sacred to me by one recollec tion in partieular, which I am sure is alike dear to all your hearts—the memory of the late illustrious Duke of Wellington. He was not only the Lori Warden of the Cinque Ports, but the real friend of this town ; and I congratulate myself that I had the satisfaction to be honoured with his friendship. I have not yet had the honour of presenting my credentials at the court of your illustrious sovereign, and I look upon this expression of your esteem, therefore, as a private individual rather than in my official capacity. I assure you I heartily respond to all the feelings to which you have given utterance. I have always been of opinion that the existence of good feeling between two great nations strengthens the hands of each. lam the same man now as you have always known me, and I can assure you that my best endeavours shall not be wanting t o main tain that good feeling which so happily exists between England and Russia." His Excellency left Dover for London by the 12 o'clock train of the South Eastern Railway. THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD. On Saturday several repro-eutatives of the Press at • tended by invitation at the Royal Free Hospital, with the view of being made acquainted, by personal inspec tion, with the internal arrangements of the institution and its fitness for carrying out the benevolent inten tions of its founder, Wm. Marsden, Esq., M.D. Toe Royal Free Hospital, we should first state, was founded in February, 1828, the great and distinguishing prin ciple of the institution being, that "destitution and disease should alone be the passport for obtaining free and instant relief,"—and that principle is thus carried out : —Under the head In-door patients—Foreigners, strangers, and others in sickness or disease, having neither friends nor homes, are admitted into the wards of this hospital on their own application, so far as the means of the charity will permit ; and under the bead Out-door Patients—all sick and diseased persons, hav ing no other means of obtaining relief, may attend at this hospital every day, at one o'clock, when they will receive medical and surgical advice and medicine free. It appeared, by a statement with which we were fur nished, that the number of persons who have participated in the benefits of the charity since its formation in February, 1828, up to December, 1857, amounted to 608,685. Of those patients a number were unfortunate temales, many of whom returned to a life of respecta bility, having obtained medical assistance without ex posure of previous errors, and, in addition, having re ceived also pecuniary assistance from the inititution. The inspection proved to be of the most satisfactory character. The wards, in which 100 beds are made up, were exceedingly clean and well ventilated, and all the arrangements, as regarded nurses, &e , well attended to. Including the new wards, we ur.derstood that 250 beds could be made up, and room could be provided for 400 Medical officers are always on duty, and the capacity and usefulness of the institution are only limited by the want of funds. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCH 21. The University sermons were this day preached—in the morning by the Rev. H. L. Manse', Bampton Lec turer, and in the afternoon by the Rev. E. Palm, of Sr. John's College. The sermon on Thursday (the Annun ciation) is appointed to be preached by the Rev. H. E. Moberly, of New College. In the Convocation to be holden on Thursday, March 25, at 2 o'clock, the nomination of the Rev. Frederick Bulley, D.D., President of Magdalen College, to be Curator of the Taylor Institution, in the place of the Rev. M. Pattison, 8.D., Fellow of Lincoln College, whose period of office has expired, will be submitted for the approbation of the House. In a Convocation held on Saturday, at two o'clock, the proposal to allow the Savilian Professor (Mr. Don kin) to occupy, rent free, the house in Broad-street re cently in the occupation of Mr. Wood, was accepted by the house. - The Rev. B. Price, of Pembroke College, Sadie's. Professor of Natural Philosophy, has been permitted by a vote of the College, under the powers conferred by the recent statutes, to retain his Fellowship notwithstanding his being married. Erratum.—The name of Mr. Luke of Balliel College, was accidentally printed as " Mr. ,• Lake" in our ac count of the Hertford Scholarship on Saturday. which Christianity alone can develope in their full intensity ; and all "prohibitions to marry" thus, are but the offspring of an impure, ascetio pru rience of imagination in the first instance ; and, afterwards, of narrow-minded ecclesiastical bigotry, seeking to perpetuate even in the 19th century of Christianity the odious restrictions and artificial sins invented by the ignorance of the dark ages. We hold that it is the opponents of such marriages who, if not impure-minded themselves, are yet the heirs to the tainted doctrines of men denounced by the Apostle PAUL, who, denied marriage by their Manichasan creeds, indemnified themselves by living, as a body, in fornication, and by invent ing for others all kinds of prohibitions and limi tations which a polluted fancy could suggest. We appeal also to Lord DERBY, on the ground of the doubtful state of the law. As it now stands the judge, called in as assessor, has given a de cided opinion against the validity of marriages contracted abroad by Eaglish subjects with the sister of a deceased wife ; but the judge by whom the judgment of the Court must be pronounced took time to consider it, and the time has already extended to three months. Either he cannot make up his mind, or he is reluctant to contravene de cidedly the opinion of Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, or he hopes that Parliament will step in, as it ought to do, and by a declaratory Act, worthy of the present views of ecclesiastical liberty, pronounce that since GOD has not forbidden such unions, neither shall English law forbid them. But is it to be endured that thousands of innocent married persons shall live in hourly apprehension of hav ing an honourable and holy union branded by law with the name of fornication, thousands of their innocent children expecting, also, to be deprived of the legal privileges of legitimacy ? If the case is to be pressed, and judgment given, we must lope that the onus of attempting to degrade so many families will be retained on the shoulders of those who wish to do it, and that those who desire to narrow our legal rights will be the parties com pelled to appeal to the House of Lords. But we appeal earnestly to Earl DERRY to earn for him self the reputation which some one will certainly ultimately gain, of carrying a bill establishing the lawfulness of all marriages not contrary to the principles and laws of Christianity. We believe Lord DERBY to be a sincere friend to religious liberty. His son is conspicuously so, and enjoys for that reason a well-deserved popu larity ; others of his Cabinet are well known to be haters of priestly and ecclesiastical intolerance. Now we put it to his Lordship whether it is not a gross piece of oppression to compel all the Dis miters of England, and the large number of Churchmen who on this point agree with them, to bow to the comparatively small minority, who, on religious grounds, object to the marriages in ques tion ? The Church of England, we may grant, I prohibits such marriages. But all Dissent3rs, we believe, and probably the majority of Churchmen, hold them to be agreeable to GOD'S word, and not prohibited by natural instinct or conscience. Lot, then, perfect liberty be the law, and none could complain. No one who thought these unions unlawful in the sight of GOD need enter into them ; his liberty would be untouched ; but for what earthly reason can he demand that his reli gions scruples shall be law for his neighbour ? It is sheer persecution, surely, and nothing else, for , the rigid Churchman to force his religious con- I victions on his neighbour by such heavy penalties as those of declaring his marriage a legal nullity, and his children illegitimate. We believe we are in a position to show that, notwithstanding all which has been done, mis takenly done, marriage with a deceased wife's sister is still in accordance with the statute law of England; and that as the Canons of the Church are not binding, except as any of them may have been incorporated with the law of the land, it may yet be made to appear that the liberty we demand is legally ours. We have not room here to discuss the question, but if we are not mistaken the legal argument from 32 HENRY TM., cap. 38, is unanswerable ; its demonstrable intent is to make all marriages lawful which are not for bidden by God's Word ; and this is the only sta tute in force which can be appealed to, to show the intention of the Legislature in regard to de grees of affinity and consanguinity. But while fully confident in the correctness of the legal argu ment in our favour from this Act—an Act, be it remembered, which Lord LYNDHURST'S Act of 1835 does not touch—we still think it would be infinitely better to legislate directly on the subject, than to leave it to the expense, annoyance to individuals, and, in technical legal matter; we must add, the chances of the decisions of Law Courts. That a judge should even have had a branch of this question tl►ree months under his consideration is alone decisive of the necessity of legislation. No judgment resting on such per plexing arguments can settle a great national question. We trust, therefore, that Lord DERBY will see it to be both his duty and interest to take up this question. His predecessors justly claimed credit for a great reform in matrimonial law and its admi nistration ; but the advantages of the late Acts will not be felt by one in ten compared with the number of those whom Lord DERBY might now benefit. Amongst our liberal contemporaries, none have more steadily demanded fair play for the new Ministers than we have, but we must look to them to justify the belief we have expressed that, under the name of Conservatives, they will introduce quite as many, and as good, reforms as their predecessors did under the name of Liberals. They have now an excellent opportunity to in troduce one—they should not let it slip. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen ' with Prince Arth ur an d th e Princess Alice, attended by Lady Churchill, took a drive in an gym carriage and four on Saturday afternoon. The Equerries in waiting attended on horseback. The Prince Consort, attended by Major-General the Hon. Chas. Grey, and Capt. the Hon. De Roe, rode on horseback in the forenoon. His Royal Highness rode on horseback in the afternoon with the Prins of Wales. The Duke de Nemours visited her Majesty. The Princesses Helena and Louisa took a carriage drive. _ The Earl of Malmesbury had an audience of the Queen on Saturday afternoon. The Queen's dinner party in the evening included the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Derby, Lord Bagot, Lord Macaulay, the Right Hon. H. and Lady Mary Labouchere, and the Hon. Mrs. Bidduiph. The band of the Coldstream Gnards were in attend ance during dinner, and played the following pieces : Overture—" Fra Diavolo" Amber. Valse—" The Songs of the Sultan" C. Godfrey, jun. Selection—" The Hose of Castile." Balfe. Money is once more " a drug in the market." The coffers of the discount houses are overflowing. Bank notes, which a short time since could not be obtained, even on unexceptionable securities under 12 or 15 per cent., are now freely offered at 2 or 21 2 . Good bills are eagerly sought after, but, unfortunately, they cannot be found in sufficient quantity to afford employment for the capital that, has been brought forth from the secret hoards ! . where it was cautiously concealed at the time it . We expect that the adjournment for the Easter Holi was most urgently required. Nor is it only in days will be to Monday, the 12th of April, which will be England that cash is in abundance. It has also announced this evening in both Houses. made its appearance in France, and throughout the We learn that the Press newspaper, which has hitherto entire continent, and even in the United States, been regarded as the weekly organ of the Coaservative where th e cr i s is w as of even greater intensity party, has recently changed hands, and that it will than in any part of Europe. It is obvious, henceforward be devoted exclusively to the advocacy of then, that the scarcity could not have the views of Mr. Newdegate, and those propounded by occurred through the natural ebbing and flowing the Record..—Morning Herald. of the precious metals. If such were the case Her Majesty and his Highness eeot t e h d e to P l r e in av ce e there would be hi g h wa t er i n one co untry, when Consort, th Boucskoinrt;h wi t h al th e n Palace, Roy a l F for, Winds y o ' r are ,either xp on Saturday it was low in anoth er , or v i ce vers a accor ding to or Monday next, for the Eater holidays. The confir e balance of u e„ r m a z de di a a n ap d pe t a h r e anceof soundness of the oration of his Royal Highn ess the Prince of Wales by (commercial The eiv a l opera tions l in the diff eren t l oc aliti e s. the Archbishop of Ca nterbur y will take place in the gold from p rivate chapel of the Castle during Easter week. every pla-ce, and the We understand that his Royal Highness the Prince crease in. the rat _ e_e_e.neequent exiraordinary in- Consort has been graciously pleased to signify his inten possibility ~t do l zit i : l t tr e n, proved beyond the con of honouring with his presence the performance of occasioned all the ralasjhjef. inevitatiraa. the hoardin g Tuesday evening, March 23. nature of the course that the "Grosse Passions-Musik," at 2t. Martin's Hall, on which is one of the eireula c t i i ci n zata eciot f irnaes oef t eurirya. ? .:lii,: a re b ,_ !:l3 e : e e C s :a c u re fenttclailrl e :awalsnephtrellid:tto:ee the etuurxdcaze Exchequer r th i e e purely metallic currency or possessing intrinsic value, equal to its nom i l l i l 1 2 1 7,cieg - atreet. The Ministers present were—the Earl will be withdraws f rom Lary. t o tiz a ' i l . r o ql Tan d eelqr, the Marquis of Salßis amount. Such money the E °lll B t'uileY* General Peel, its legitimate functions, at the dear Si! J ER o Ai la gr o lhot P f a!in an g lin to e n s , Ellenboro 12 and Lord Jobuil, uu t e he Right Hon. .T. W. when it is moit urgently required. such Henley,'' of Glee—" Blow, Gentle Gales Sir H. R. Bishop. The " Soldier's Polka" Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Drawing-room : Overture—" Haritana" Selection—" Der Wellen Konig" Ballad—" Jenny Boll" Finale—Second Act " Zampa" Wallace. Aguilar. Auber. .... SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 14th contains a royal decree which authori ses th e municipa lity of Madrid to levy a small octroi duty on building materials from the Ist of April next. The Esperanza and the Novedades had been M. Conga Arguelles drew attention t o the numerous robberies seized. In the Co ngress, which of late have been committed in churches, and the Minister of Grace and Justice said that the Government had adopted measures to prevent their recurren ce, and had ordered that objects of value and belonging to chur c h es s h ou ld be places.de- The rail wa y f rom M a d r id t o jpAivsicieatleandte n hadfebeenopened to the public. A repub licanei proclamation had been somew h a t ex t ens i ve ly circulated in the capital. safe The Z eit o f of the 19 ndep tlii, in dismissing the latest endance Beige, denies that the German. Governments have replied to the confidential Danish communications, which, most probably, are merely attempts to make sure of the correspondence t ground. The Ze i t affirms that Prussia and Aus tria are perfectly, agreed on the Danish question. The same journal finally suggests its disbelief in the existence of a Prussian circular on th e publica tion of the Federal discussions, that circular having beau announced by Le Nord. Constantinople letters of the 13th state that the Porte has refused to comply with the demands of M. de Boutenieff's note. Saf e t Eff en di, th e Com missary in the Principalities, will be recalled. Kernel Effendi was to leav e on th e 15th f or th e Ch r i s ti a n provinces, with instructions to maintain the state quo. THE JVFECK OF THE AVA. We have been favoured by the Peninsular and Oriental Company with the following list of the E ames of thos e p assengers b roug ht to M arse ill es by the Sultan, who were on board the Ava at the time of her wreck "Captains Garden and Malleson and lady ; Lieutenants Chambers, Ripley, and James ; Mes dames Case, Martin, and Thornhill ; Misses Dick son and Keuri c k ; M essrs. Fl etc h er, R eap ( or K ee p), Turner, Lynch, R. M. Thomas and Boulderson." .EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE.—LivEsPooL, March 20. This afternoon the "Black Ball" ship Gipsy Bride, Capt. Murphy, sail e d f or th e C a p e o f G oo d Hope with 500 Emigrants, selected by the Hon. Wm. Field, who . has deputed b y t h e Cape Government to represent them in England in sending emigrants to the colony. They were ch sen almost entirely from the pastoral districts of Scotlauc4, and a finer set of people have rarely left our shore.. They seemed quite happy in the prospect bef2re them, and everything that could contribute to their conifort was provided through the generous wishes of Mr. Field. This is the first ship which has sailed under the new emigration arrangement, and the colony owe their representative a debt of gratitude fcr his sue ce,,sful Eff' ins on their behalf. The ship Aurifera, of 400 tons, has also been chartered by Mr. Field, and she will be despatched for Algaa Bay on or about the 22d of April with 170 or 180 emigralt.'. GREAT FIRE NEAR HUDDERSFIELD. —One of the greatest fires ever witnessed in this neighbourhood oc curred in the village of Marsden yesterday. The build ing, belonging to Messrs. Benjamin Sykes and Son, was brought to ruins in a little over an hour. Though an alarm was speedily raised, and a telegraphic message forwarded to Huddersfield for fire-engines, they did not arrive till the whole mill, con taining many valuable pieces of cloth an d b a l es o f wool, just bought at the Lon don wool sales, was burnt to the ground. The most re liable estimate of the loss is about 5,0001. The place xas insured in the Royal Insurivcc-office at Hudders field. o*ing to th e stagnation of business in this locality this unlooked-lor misfortune will have a depressing In fluence, and cause much suffering to a great portion of the working classes. THE SHY BACHELOR'S MANUAL. My suggestion involves nothing less than the writing of one gigantic book by all the ladies of Great Britain put together. What I propose is a Hand Book of Courtship, written by all British Wives, and edited, with notes, by all British Daughters. The magnitude of my own idea abso lutely takes away my breath—and yet, the execu tion of it is so unimaginably easy, that the Hand Book might be ready for publication in six months' time. I propose that every married lady in the country shall write down the exact words (for surely her affectionate heart must remember them ?) which her husband used when he made his offer to her ; and that she shall then add to the interesting report of the offer illustra tive particulars of the circumstances under which it was made, and of the accompanying actions (if any) by which the speaker emphasized the all-important words as they fell from his lips. I would have the returns, thus prepared, collected as the income tax pipers are, with the most extreme care and the most honout able secrecy. They should be afterwards shuffled together in baskets, and distributed, one by one, just as they happened to turn up, among the unmarried ladies of the country, with the fol lowing brief formula of two questions at tached :—First, would the form of offer presented herewith prove to be a satisfactory one in your case ? And, if not, will you say in what particulars you think it might be improved ? Second, would the accompanying actions by which the offer was pressed on the kind attention of the individual addressed have specially inclined you to favour it with a suitable reply ? And if not, what improve ments in the way of addition or suppression would you be disposed, in the strictest confidence, to suggest ? When the necessary answer to these questions had been given, I would have the papers again collected, on the same income tax principle, and would immediately set the printers at work. The Married Ladies' Returns shouldform the text, and the Unmarried Ladies' Returns should be added in the form of notes. No names or ad dresses should appear anywhere. The book should be beund in virgin white, with orange-flower de corations on the back. It should be printed in rose-coloured ink, and it should be issued to the world from a publishing-house established for the purpose in Doctors'-commons. What an inestima ble bachelors' manual this would be !—Dickens's Housoheld Words. DOUBLE EXECUTION AT IWANSEA.—On Saturday morning, at 8 o'clock, Maneli Zelephania, alias Manuel Salapatane, and Hanagader Alepus, alias Panaotis Alepis, who were convicted before Mr. Baron Bramwell, at Swansea, on the 27th of last month, for the wilful murder of Atanasio Metropani on the 16th ult., were executed in front of the county gaol. The convicts were Greek sailors on board the Greek brig Penelope, which was lying in Swansea harbour, and the deceased was a cook in the same vessel. He was found in the river, f s r t a a c la t b u e r d ed i . n a T great i m d e a n n e y e p g l i a r e e .e n s, a a t n and e t e h es t r ia k l ul w clearly a also e fas tened the committal of the crime upon the prisoner., and t h r ey w were left k f e o d r b e ; e a c u t toitnanl absence Tlee o fprison ers 'the beliefco n conduct tt the fist placed, and it was only by the positionunrem i tt i ng c h attentionsthey were of t he Arehemandrite of the Greek Church of the metropolis, and the Rev. Ed war d the chaplain of the gaol, th a t th e y fate that a waited them, and th e i r sub sres Bernhard aqluiseendt tchwoe Squire , da usfu t g ave general satisfaction to the autho rities. Various attempts had been made to procure a mi. tigation of the sentence, but they were unsuccessful. On Saturday morning the Rev. the Archeinaedrite and the Rev. Mr. Squire, together with Mr. Cox, the humane governor of the gaol, were early in attendance upon the convicts ; and the usual preliminaries havigg taken place, the mournful procession was formed and moved towards the scaff Id. The culprits bore themselves firmly, and thanked Mr. Cox and th e o th er o ffi c i a l s f or the ki n d nes s with which they had been treated during their confine ment in the gaol. Upon arriving at the drop, whither they h,ad been att en d e d b y the Greek minister, they warmly expressed th e i r obli ga ti ons t o him, and having kissed his hand with great fervour, Calcraft drew the bolt, and af , er a short struggle they died. The fearful cane was witnessed by about 20,000 spectators. The env:tiers died without baying made any oonfession. THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY SERVlCES.—Yesterday evening there w as a very large congregation at West minster Abbey, when the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, one of the canons. Prayers were said by the Rev. Precentor Haden, and the lessons were read by the Rev. Lord John Thynne. The preacher selected for his text the words of the Apostle Paul—" We roust all appear before the judgment sea' of Christ," Upon this he founded an eminently prac tical di.c6ers, which was delivered with great fervour. It is understood that the Bishop of London will preach in the abbey on the first or second Sund a y i n May. There was a special service last night at St. Margaret's Church for those who failed to obtain admission intoth• abbey. The sermon was preached by the Very Dr. Trench, Dean of Westminster. FINE ARTS. Portrait of lord Palmerston. Painted by Francis Cruickshank. Engraved by G. Zobel. Pubs lished by Owen Bailey. There is now on view at 123, Pall-Mall, a grand national portrait of the late Prime Minister of Great Britain, the Right Hon. Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston. It is of full length life-size, and was painted during the months of June and July, 1857, from actual sittings given by his lord ship at Cambridge-blouse, Piccadilly. The scene is the interior of the House of Commons. The occasion is the assembling of the new Parliament on Thursday, the 7th of May, 1857, the day on which the ex-Premier returned to - power triumph antly after appealing to the country upon the Chinese War question, and having his appeal re sponded to, far and wide, as it were, by acclamation. In the backgrouud of the picture there may be dimly recognised the Bight Hon. the Speaker in the chair, and scattered here and there upon the benches, on the other side of the table, some of the leading members of what was then her Majesty's Opposition. There, for example, is the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, now himself once more Leader of the House of Commons. There, by his side, is the Crichton of his party, Sir Edward Lytton, now no longer conspicuous upon the front bunch, but ban ished by circumstances to the shadowy seclusion of the third—the seat occupied of late by the tabood chief of the Liberals, Lord John Russell. Alto gether the picture is a startling reminder of what was and what is—it is a significant memento enough of the recent transformation. The Ins are out, and the Outs are in. The victor of yesterday is the vanquished of to-day. It is a type of the evanescence of popularity and of the instability of power. As a portraiture of the ex-First Lord of the Treasury the painting is singularly truthful. Its truthfulness in this way is as the truthfulness of a daguerreotype—uncompromising. Mr. Francis Cruickshank is in this respect not the least bit of a Lawrence or a Winterhalter. His brush is not dipped in the daintiest pigment upon the pallet—. flattery. His pencil is never guided from the direct line of fact by the perturbing influence of compli ment. Ile.would never do for a court painter—he is too scrupulously accurate. He is rather one of those faithful artists for whom old red-nosed Oliver had a preference —a man who would copy a wart not less unmistakeably than a dimple. It is in this honest and true spirit that Mr. Cruickshank has painted the present life-size full-length portrait of Lord Palmerston. It is the noble viscount as he is with his seventy* odd years upon him—not as he may have been before be was fifty, with his hair neither grey nor thinned, and his face unwrinkled. Precisely as he looks now—he is here represented. In this way the painting will be all the more acceptable to after times. As such, contemporaries cannot but regard it, as we-have regarded it, with satisfaction. The engraving of the work is announced to have been entrusted to G. Zobel, in whose hands the truthfulness of the graver will emulate the truth fulness of the brush, already commended as the conspicuous merit observable in the painting by P. Cruickshank. The production can hardly fail to be very welcome to the still numerous admirers of the ♦eterau statesman, of whom it is the exact por traiture, or, as Shakspere has it, the "counterfeit presentment." " God Save the Queen." Painted by Mrs. E. M. Ward. Engraved by W. H. Simmons. In the same Gallery, 123, Pall-Mall, there is hanging a cabinet picture, entitled, " God Save the Queen," from the easel of the accomplished wife of one of the youngest and most gifted of our Royal Academicians. It represents the fair artist herself in her maternal character—seated at the piano, playing an accompaniment to the _National Anthem, chaunted by the three eldest of her bloom ing children. The fourth is visible in the back ground, clambering, baby-like, down the staircase--- evidently bent upon adding another voice to the domestic concert. It is a charming picture alto gether ; a tasteful, graceful limning, in every way worthy of Mrs. E. M. Ward ; one of the most bewitching of whose previous productions we very well remember to have been a realization upon canvass of the toilet-scene' of the exquisite Queen of the May, of the poet Laureate, Alfred Tennyson. fVood Carving. By William Bryce. A really wonderful specimen of artistic ingenuity is on view at the present moment at 3, Pall Mall East, the well-known gallery of the Messrs. Colnaghi. How shall we describe it ? .How can it in any way be realized without being actually' seen, and not only seen but studi e d m i nu t e l y an d examined almost microscopically ? Fancy a solid block of box-wood, about nine inches by six, carved by no more delicate implements than—a penknife ! a bradawl !! and a needle !!! Fancy the surface so cut and punctured that on the close of the artist's labours there should be revealed a marvellous delineation of what Mr. Bryce aptly calls "The Moment of Victory !" It is the moment of victory in a duello between a couple of game cocks. The conqueror radiantly triumphant, as we may almost term it, in the vibra tion of every feather—for one can hardly imagine the bird to be motionless. The c::nquered being, on the contrary, prostrate in all the abjec tion of a defeat the most complete and ignominious. Besides these two principal figures in this extraor dinary specimen of wood-carving, there are wonders of artistic skill to be detected in all parts of the background —human figures, above all human faces, trees, houses, a whole landscape. There is an old woman looking out of the lattice window at the tight with features expressive of eager curiosity, which said old woman alone is worth five or ten minutes' careful scrutiny. Again, there is an urchin's countenance thurst between the rails of a wayside paling—cheek, mouth, eye, every atom of it beaming with delight and admiration. William Bryce is proving himself to be a worthy disciple in the school of Grinling Gibbons. After this example of his " cunning-of-hand" we look to him for nobler works - of art of a kindred description. More ingenious productions of this kind we almost defy him or any one else to accomplish. " The Moment of Victory" might apply to the comple tion of the artist's toil upon it hardly less than to the close of the " carvelled" contest between the box-wood gamecocks. WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO. A " Lover of Industry" communicates the fol lowing interesting and instructive narrative to the Ballarat Times :—" I removed to the Caledonian Leal a few months since and located in the vicinity of Brown Hill Hotel. In a few days after being in stalled in my new quarters my attention was at tracted by the strokes of an axe, plied incessantly from morning until night. On observation, much to my surprise, I perceived the indefatigable wood chopper to be, a woman. At first, however, as the stately gums and other primitive monarchs of the forest, one by one, came down with a groan and a crash, I supposed that the limbs of the fallen were merely destined to supply the wood yard of a provi dent neighbour ; but not so. Tho boughs were indeed chopped off, cut into uniform lengths, and the larger split, but not for the purpose which I had at first supposed. After the completion of this work the conqueror next appeared in the field armed with maul and wedge, and with the utmost apparent goodwill and determination attacked the knotted trunks of the fallen trees. In a few days the last of these had disappeared in a heap of posts and rails. Immediatelyin front of her tent, or bark hut rather, is a low piece of ground, which at that time was partly inundated by the early rains. Of this ground she staked off the area of an acre, more or less, and after having planted her posts and erected the fence (which, by the way, is a substantial one), as heretofore, unassisted by any one, she deliberately set about the excavation of a drain several hundred fest in length. After the completion of this the spade was again brought into requisition, and about two thirds of the enclosure turned up and prepared for cultivation. This ground, owing to its watery pro pensity,. required the greatest ingenuity and most laborions pains in its preparation. But in time, in spite of all, industry and perseverance conquered. The marshy soil was deprived of its moisture, the ground planted, and now, in a high state of im provement, presents ono of the most forward and beautiful vegetable gardens in this vicinity. I may furthermore add that the time of this girl (I have been told she is single) is not undivided. With the assistance of another woman, her partner, she keeps a dairy, a lot of poultry, and a herd of pigs. lam unable to give the name of either of the persons, eve but any inquiries made in reference to_ e t a b9 , in the vicinity of 70 or 80, Caledoniaencoted woulda quite a be successful. Her reputation has become in the neigh prodigy in these parts, and every Now, sir, in I feel assured that you b‘,..)murandoeoadndwcouulltdivabteedabbylekatow_opmorannt.,,pt the garden g that this girl deserves conclusionwil will concur prase for her own unparalleled not only the highest t o u t s e t t h b e e cfoo before m h e e n r dat i o t w o i t t l h ie m se e re in m s a a r yi s n , neigh of all fur the e xcellent first or second garden staked hours. was perseverance and e iud t u e s xa rY na y , bu t there are now nine or ten itile:l o l f ocfewre Ceres and w h ich, 113wus flu with th e Flora stand as liv to attest the force of Australian fer ing surroundingev evid e nce nee p t ff r i jotpyiin.tpiotihtsatsm THE WRITE SEA.—A. cony of a notification issued by the Russian Ministry of Marine, announcing the ere°• Lion of certain new beacons at the entrance of the NOV' than El wins, White Sea, has been transmitted to Lloyire by the Russian Consulate-Genera:. 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