The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-22 00:00:00

MR. GLADSTONE'S LONDON COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN -Sir Frederick .iogers, Bart., M.A., late Fellow of Oriel Marquis of Kildare, M.A., Ch. Ch. The Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, late Fellow of All Souls The Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, M.A., late Fellow of Merton The Right Hon, Henry Labouchere, 31. P., M.A., Ch. Ch. The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Cape Town, D.D., Univer sity The Hon. Mr. Justice Virightman, M.A. Queen's M.A., The Ven. G. Sandford, Archdeaconof Coventry, Balliol The Yen. A. Grant, Archdeacon of St. Albans, D.C.L., New College The Ten. R. Lane Freer, Archdeacon of Hereford, D.D., Christ Church R ou ndell Palmer, Esq., Q.C., M.A., late Fellow of Magda lene The Very Rev. H. H. Millman, Dean of St. Paul's, D.D., late Fellow of Brasenose The Very Rev. A. P. Saunders , D.D., Dean of Peterbourgh, late Student of Christ Church Granville E. Harcourt , Esq., MA.,late Student of Ch. Ch. Herbert Kynaston, D.D., Head Master of St. Paul's School The Rev. G. Trevpr, Canon of York, M.A., Magdalene Hall. Robt. Phillimore, Esq., Q. and D.C.L. Chancellor of the Dioceses of Salisbury, Oxford, and Chichester, late Student of Ch. Ch. The Rev. W. Scott, M.A. Queen's, late Michel Fellow The Rev. A. J. Crichton, M.A., Merton. R. W. Jcaf, D.D., Canon of Ch. Ch., and Principal of King's College, London. W. Cureton, D.D., Canon of Westminster, Ch. Ch. The Rev. R. W. Browne, Prebendary of St. Paul's and Wells, Professor of Classical Literature, King's College, London, M.A., St. John's. The Rev. F. Bagot, D.C.L., Late Fclow of All Souls. Thomas Greene, E+q., 31. A., Oriel. Mr. G. K. Rickard, late Professor of Political Economy, M.A., Queens. The Rev. A. W. Haddam, 8.D., Rector of Barton, late Fellow of Trinity College The Rev. H. A. Wood ate, 8.D. , S t. John's, H on . Canon of Worcester The Rev. Ernest Hawkins, 8.D., late Fellow of Exeter, Prebendary of St. Paul's C. Forster, Esq., 31. P., M.A., Worcester The Rev. E. A. Ommanney , Prebendary of Wells, 31. A., Exeter Sir Stephen A. Glynne, Bart., Lor d-Lieutenant of Flint shire, M.A., Ch. Ch. ARTHUR 3IILMAN, Esq., M.A., Student of Ch. Ch., Hon. Secretaries. JOHN W. OGLE, M.D., Trinity, OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.—As it is announced that the Marquis of Chandos will be pro posed in opposition to the Right Hon. W. E. Glads , one, the followinv, t rentlemen have already formed themselves into a COMMITTEE to promote Mr. GLADSTONE'S RE-ELEC TION : Rev. R. Greswell, 8.D., late Fellow and Tutor of Worcester College, Chairman. The Very Rev. the Dean Of Christ Church The Rev, the Master of Ballot The Rev. the Rector of Exeter The Rev. the Provost of Oriel Dean Ireland's Professor The Rev. the Provost of Queen's The Rev. the Warden of New College The Rev. the Principal of Jesus College The Principal of Magdalen Hall, Lord Almoner's Rader In Arabic The Rev. the Principal of St. Alban Hall, Camden Profes sor of Ancient History. The Rev. the Principal of St. Edmund Hall. Rev. W. Jacobson, D.D., Canon of Christchurch, and Regius Professor of Divinity Rev. E. B. Pusey, D.D., Canon of Christchurch, and Regius Professor of Hebrew Rev. A. P. Stanley, D.D., Canon of Christchurch, and Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History Henry W. Acland, D.M.. Hon. Student of Christ Church, Regius Professor of Medicine Rev. S. Reay, 8.D., St. Alban's Hall, Laudian Professor of Arabic Goldwin Smith, M.A., Fellow of University College, and Regius Professor of Modern History John Conington, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, and Professor of Latin C. G. B. Daubeny, D.H., Fellow of Magdalene, and Pro fessor of Botany Rev. Bartholomew Price, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke, and Sedlelan Professor of Natural Philosophy G. Rolleston, D.M.. Fellow of Pembroke, Lee's Reader in A.natomv Rev. W. B. Jones, M.A., Tutor and late Fellow of Univer sity C. S. Parker, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of University, Public Examiner Rev. P. G. Medd, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of University Rev. E. Palmer, M.A., Fellow of Balliol Rev. W. C. Salter, M.A., Fellow of Balliol H. J. S. Smith, M.A.,Fellow and Lecturer of Balliol Rev. J. it. T. Eaton, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Merton Rev. H. W. Sargent, M.A., Fellow of Merton Rev. J. P. Tweed, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter Rev. H. F. Tozer, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter George Miller, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of Exeter Rev. A. R. P. Venables, M.A., Exeter College Rev. C. P. Chretien, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Oriel Rev..T. W. Burgon, M A., Fellow of Oriel Rev. F. Harrison, M.A.. Fellow and Lecturer of Oriel Rev. C. Daman, M.A., Tutor and late Fellow of Oriel Rev. T. C. Southey, M.A., Fellow of Queen's Rev. T. Rennison, 31. A., Fellow, Tutor, and Bursar ol Queen's Rev. T. W. Falcon, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Queen's. Moderator Rev. H. B. Byrne, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Queen's Rev. .7. E. Sewell, M.A., Fellow and Bursar of New College Rev. H. E. Moberly, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of New College Rev. T. Fowler, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College Rev. Albert Watson, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Brasenose College Rev. J. R. Bloxam, D.D., Fellow and Bursar of Magdalen Rev. James Barmby, 8.D., Fellow and Mathematical Lec turer of Magdalen Rev. J. E. Millard, 8.D., Fellow of Magdalen Rev. H. E. F. Garnsly, M.A.. Fellow of Magdalen Rev. Edw. Greswell, 8.D., Fellow and Vice-President of C.C.C. Rev. F. Chalker, M.A., Fellow of C.C.C. Rev. C. Fort, M.A., Fellow of C.C.C. Rev. Henry Furneaux, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of C.C.C. Rev. T. Chamberlain, M.A., Student of Christ Church Rev. R. M. Benson, M.A.' Student of Christ Church Rev. A. Hackman, M.A., Precentor of Christ Church Rev. H. P. Liddon. M.A., Student of Christ Church, and Vice-Principal fif St. Edmund Hall Rev. North Pinder, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Col lege, Moderator Rev. R. E. Bartlett, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College T. H. Reid, 8.C.L., Fellow and Lecturer of St. John's Rev. C. W. Heaton, 8.D., Fellow and Bursar of lesus Rev. Robert Owen, 8.D., Fellow and Lecturer of Jesus College, Public Examiner in Law and Modern History Rev. J. D. Jenkins, 8.D., Fellow of Jesus College Rev. it. H. Codrington, M.A., Fellow of Wadham G. E. Thorley, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wadbam Rev. John Griffiths, M.A., late Fellow of Wadham, and Keeper of the Archives Rev. H. H. Minchin, M.A., Wadham Rev. William Chambers, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wor cester Rev. B. C. Caffin, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Worcester Rev. G. C. Bell, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of Worcester, Moderator H. A. Pottinger, M.A., Worcester Secretaries. Rev.. F . C. Woollcombe, M . A., Fellow and Tutor of Ba l liol Collage ' Rev. G. Rawlinson, M.A., late Fellow of Exeter, and Bampton Lecturer Rev. S. W. Wayte, B D., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College Rev. C. W. Sandford, M.A., Student and Tutor of Christ Church. It is understood that the election will take place aext week. It is earnestly hoped that you will be able to assure the com mittee of your support. An early answer is especially re quested, addressed to any of the secretaries. Committee Room, Star Hotel, Oxford, June 21, 1559. i.) OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, ‘ tinier tne illanazement of Mr. Charles Kean THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V.. Mr. C. Kean: Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, IF THE CAP FI PS. TREATRE-ROYAT„ HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr..T. B. Buckstone. TFTN: EITENENr: the twriormances will commence with } RYBODY'S FRIEND. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton, and Buckstone ; :Mesdames C. :Mathews, Wilkins, and Reynolds. After which, USED UP. To conclude with THE WATER WITCHES. Commence at 7. ElAr THRATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI _LI Sole er,,,,,rete r and Manager, Mr. Ben!. Webster. • THIS E N;ING. THE MILLINER'S TIOLTDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. SPlby, 7 , 1 r. Millington, Miss Wool ,, ar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. , Followed by THE LIOUSE ? or, TIIM HOME? Mr. A. Wigan, C. Selby, tiillington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms. Miss Laidlavr. After which, Tiff. RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. Messrs. C. Seloy and Moreland ; Misses Woolgar and K. Kelly. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Killington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and tlrs. Billington. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doo . rs open at a quarter-Past six—Comm ence at Box Office open from 10 to 5 — no char g e for 1500 tees to servants permitted. A registry kept o f all articles round. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. M. Morton , Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ? supported by the company. After which, KENILWORTH. Followed by CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Mr. J. Bogen and Miss F. Hughes. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Last Five Nights of the Season. Tremendous Success of the National Military Romance, the Battle of Waterloo. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the revived military spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, reproduced with all its original effects. sup_ ported by Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. W. Cooke, jun., Mr. Holloway, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. J. W. Anson, 3fr. Anderson, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Wortoys, Jz,c. Mrs. Dowton, Miss Dowton, Miss Rivers, &c. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke , the greatest rider in the world, and the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's family, being the only instance on record of such a domestic concentration of unequalled male and female talent ; Madlle. Francisco; Miss Holloway. To conclude with a Novel Entertainment called THE VOLUNTEER CORPS ; or, Female Brigade. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, le.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 45, £2 2s, and £1 le. To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11. On Saturday next, 'sth June. the last night of the season , Grand Chang e a Benefit of Ta r. Brilliant Routine of Novelties, for the . William Cooke, proprietor. pA NT ERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS k_i GALLERY, Westminster-road.—Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DI LEPIERRE FAMILY, ee Juvenile Vi o li nists, viz., Jules, Juliette, Cons i s ting of thr J u lia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some )ri e. li c a i nt . Solos, I has I of the most difficult. and I Duets, and Trios eve viol - 1 8,1 , 3,as kali C tr .ir d e l m e min wonder wtfo and e a n lm h u i written for the ration in Continen P from the Public Journals of France siastic tributes of and Belgium. per EVERY EVENING, at NINE and They will form ELEVEN o'clock, i n a ddition to the usual Entertainments. F EARFU L NOTICE TO DO G- OwNERB.--Th e fol lowing is an exact copy of an official placard issued b y th e city authorities of Janesville , Wisconsin : `Take Notieel —All Persons residing in the city of Janesviye ow n i ng or having in his or her possession , any dog or bitFh, and an& fering the same to run at large without being securely muzzled, so as to prevent their biting, WILL BE sec LED If found running at large after April 26th, 1859. By order of the Mayor. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, JuliE 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHIM. 68_highest since nom a yesterday. 61—lowest this mornbag and during the night. 73—this day at noon. BAROMET an-30.03, WIND, Westerly ; light, with fine wurra weather. • • .4 - I . !. • • MA ; • '- r -- 111%;211611 11°' • . s R 0 T "Yr .0s), : 1)1 THE SUN. WEDNES} )AY, JUNE 22, 1859. At the banquet g iven last evening by the LORD MAYOR to the Bis hops and. Clergy, Lord JOHN RUSSELL made his :first speech as Foreign Mi n i s t er, and expressed his , sincere hope that peace would be preserved, so far as :this country was concerned, in her present state of n eutrality. We earnestly hope so too, and. much of that hope must rest on his lordship's administr Won of our foreign rela tions. But we can not conceal from ourselves that Lord JOHN will' have an arduous task of it. For, in the first place, he will be badgered by irre sponsible Court favour ites ; and, in the second, the King of the BELGIA74S will use every ruse and every persuasion to o vercome any patriotic reluc tance to enter into a war in which the people of this country have no concern whatever, save as being well-wishers to the emancipation of Italy. England has never entered into a war to assist the Germans, but in the end she had, or was left to ip ay the piper for all their misdoings ; and s o she would in the pre sent instance, for the 'brave Germans of the redoubtable " Fatherland. " snatch all the glory, and leave their friends to count the gains in money lost,thousands of lives sacs ificed, and all to no pur pose. Surely the presela t Government will not submit to such degradatilon, seeing the spirited manner in which Lord DERBY'S Secretary for Foreign Affairs spol ce out to the Austrian Government, and appealii ig to the feelings of the people of England, as a proof of how much the nation abhorred the cond:uct of Austria to the poor Italians. The news to-day seems to point to strong stragetie movements on the part of both armies. Indeed, it is said that a preliminary battle has been fought, and that the Austrians, as usual, retired. There can be little or no doubt that a grand battle must shortly take place, which may prove decisive of the campaign, if not of the war. And what have the Austrians gained since they insolently crossed the Ticino ? Why nothing—verily nothing, save what they took by pillage from the poor unarmed and inoffensive peasantry. Well, but what have the Austrians lost in their marauding retreat ? Why, they have lost three or four sharp battles besides the great one at 1 Magenta. They have left in the hands of the Allies fortress after fortress, besides warlike stores, artillery, provisions—in short everything which in their hurried retreat they could not carry away. And this is the Grand Army, swollen by successive additions, till at last they could not be numbered. Yes ! this is the army with which the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH was to rivet the chains of Italy to the end of time ! Poor misguided man ! blest with councillors too wise to see their way, and too pre sumptuous to take advice. They acted on their wishes and totally miscarried in their hopes. And such we trust will be the fate of all who endea vour to trample on the freedom of men as good, and in fact, better than themselves. The public will see that the neutrality of some of the German States is only to be recognised so long as it serves the purpose, for the Austrians have broke through it for the passage of their troops into the Tyrol. But they may soon learn to repent their temerity, for two can play at that game and turn the tables on their aggressors. Some of the Sunderland Liberals do not, it seems, appreciate the uncompromising Liberalism of their new Member, Mr. LINDSAY. We readily acknow ledge that the vote of " no confidence" was one respecting which sincerely Liberal electors, as well as members, might conscientiously differ. We do not for a moment impugn the motives of those who concurred in that vote. It would be both arro gance and injustice to do so. On the other hand, we claim, with Mr. LINDSAY, the liberty we so cordially concede ; nay more—the House having settled the question for the present, we, and w• doubt not Mr. LINDSAY, and those who think with him, will heartily support the present Govern ment in every liberal movement, and in all their policy which we can approve, as much so as if our views had triumphed. We argue for our own plan while it is of any use to do so—when another is preferred, if it be but directed to the objects we approve, we will make the best of it for its object's sake. We can but feel, however, a little surprise that the Liberals of Sunderland did not rather complain of the ultra-Liberalism of Mr. LINDSAY, than of his resemblance to their old Conservative member. When the Anti-Corn-Law League paid no respect to any Administration ; when it declared that it regarded only the measures at which it aimed, with no respect of persons whatever, it was reproached with ultraism ; not with leaning to Conservatives. Such a charge against Mr. LINDSAY we could comprehend. He sees, as he thinks, and as we think, that more Reform might have been ob tained from the Tory 300 in the Commons, and the large Tory majority in the Lords, than can be got from a small majority of the Commons, to which the Lords will assuredly think themselves bound to pay but little deference. It is no use disguising the plain facts of the case ; and we take them to be these :—Mr. DISRAELI and his chief were disposed to bid fairly for popular approba tion, after they had received so considerable wereerable a n accession to their numbers, and yet in a small minority. It was just the position to make them hopeful, without allowing them to go to sleep. They had been encouraged by an acces sion of thirty votes t o tr y and overcome the majority of thirteen, as it turned out to be, ag a i nst them. Men will concede a good deal in such cir cumstances, because they can do it honourably, and hope for a reward worth seeking. Then, as Mr. LINDSAY says, the Lords would have stood by them ; while it is perfectly certain that they will avail themselves of every pretext to defeat a measure from their political opponents. The Liberals might have made a Tory Bill a thorough good one in committee, and have passed it this or next session. But what are the probable prospects of a Whig Reform Bill? Why, if we are not mistaken, it will be little if at all better than one proposed by Tories, as the latter are now situated. But what the Tories would have done or accepted in office, they will oppose on the opposite benches. Of course this will be termed pure, un mitigated faction. Yes, faction, much after the fashion of the other side, and of all sides. But we, like Mr. LINDSAY, look to things as they are. cannot afford to leave out of the account the success of our measures, and to demand that only one party shall pass them. We are as pleased to get the lAbolition of the Property Qualification, and the Emancipation of the Jews, as if Lord JOHN THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1859 RUSSELL had given them to us ; though we are ' I not so sure whether he would not, after all, have higgled a little about the former. And the plain fact we take, therefore, to be, that we are less likely to carry auy Reform Bill worth having than we should have been under Lord DERBY. But what 'now will the present Ministry have the heart to 'offer ? Are they a Cabinet to throw themselves on the country by a measure which, like Mr. BRIGHT'S, would have raised the enthu siasm of all classes ? Are they prepared even to confer the Ballot at all, which alone would carry any bill out of doors of which it formed a part ? If so, why is Mr. BRIGHT left out ? But we are pointed to Mr. COBDEN, holding the same views ; and to Mr. MILNER GIBSON. Mr. GIBsoN is a very quiet radical, though he has of late years always professed the radical cause. Mr. COBDEN was, very conveniently, away ; and, almost as con veniently, he is known, partly from purely personal reasons, with which we all sympathise, and partly from temperament, desirous to remain out of office. Most likely he will not accept the proffered ap pointment—honour we can hardly call it—when he would rather honour such an office than the office him. In that case, doubtless some old stager like Mr. WILSON will be put in ; not, we presume, the alter ego in the opinions of Mr. COBDEN, the member for Birmingham, to whom the reversion should fall. We take the exclusion of the most efficient orator on the Liberal side to mean, that nothing approaching his standard is to be thought of. The press of all parties marvels at the treatment of Mr. BRIGHT. His strongest opponents honour ably acknowledge his unquestioned ability and his claims on his party, while the purely party papers only twaddle about his self-denying patriotism in not demanding a seat in a Cabinet filled out with several respectable mediocrities. This we think contemptible. Let the truth be spoken. A bill worthy of Mr. BRIGHT'S sanction, as Tribune of the People, is not in contemplation. The Sunder land electors will find that we have a Cabinet practically as Conservative as that for which Mr. LINDSAY, as a Radical Reformer, voted, because of two sets of Conservatives, he thought it would do most for us. However, time will soon show. If the new coalition—a coalition of unquestioned ability— disappoint our fears, none will be more rejoiced to acknowledge it than we shall. We do wish to be true prophets, though we choose to be faithful ones. Let the present Government bring forward a bill which the country will force the Lords to accept, and we will do full justice to the boldness of a RUSSELL-PALMERSTON Cabinet. We may surely congratulate ourselves at last upon having discovered the veritable author of the little handbook of " Hints on Etiquette." It can be no other certainly than Mr. TRAILL, the police magistrate of Greenwich, whose hand has penned that oracular treatise upon social amenities. Two such authorities upon etiquette cannot by possibi- lity, we should imagine, be contemporaneous. Our age could not reasonably expect to be so highly favoured. Therefore, and in obedience to one of the most obvious laws of probability, we may take it for granted as a thing incontrovertibly proven that Mr. TRAILL, and Mr. TRAILL alone, the Green wich police magistrate, is, must be, the author of " Hints on Etiquette." We have been led to this remarkable and deeply-interesting discovery by a case brought before the worthy magistrate upon Wednesday last, the fifteenth of this present month of June—a charge of assault being then and there preferred by a City clerk, named JOSHUA FENTON , against one Mr. RICHARD WHITE, gentleman (?), of Orchardleigh Villa, in the Borough of Rother hithe. It appears from the reporter's account of this peculiar little police-case that the complainant, a few days back, at about a quarter to six o'clock in the evening, was on the outside of an omnibus riding from Gracechurch-street to Rotherhithe. Together with others then on that omnibus, our City clerk was smoking. It matters nothing at all whether he was smoking the choicest tobacco-leaf rolled into a cigar a guinea a whiff, or the merest cab bage-leaf dried in the sun and soaked in tobacco juice, and then popularly called by the name, style, and title of a Penny Pickwick. He was smoking, as we have remarked ; others were also outside that omnibus, when upon reaching London-bridge, de fendant, without addressing himself apparently to any one in particular, observed, " Don't you know smoking is not allowed upon omnibuses"— thereupon at the same moment snatching the cigar out of complainant's mouth, and throw ing it into the roadway. Contenting himself with remarking—not a very surprising or a very unjustifiable remark, surely, under the circum stances " Your conduct is impertinent, " Mr. JOSHUA FENTON, the City Clerk, attempted quite naturally we conceive, and as he had a perfect right to do, to light another cigar. Whereupon quoth the defendant, " If you light it, I'll throw you and your cigar off the omnibus." The com plainant, adds the reporter, lighted a cigar, and thereupon the defendant knocked his hat of, and scratched his face. Positive evidence is hereby afforded of no less than three distinct assaults made by the defendant upon the complainant—first the cigar snatched out of his mouth and thrown into the roadway—secondly, his hat knocked off after it—thirdly, his face scratched into the bargain. Now, upon all these gross and flagrant proceedings upon the part of the aforesaid gentleman of Rotherhithe, observe the oracular comments indulged in by Mr. TRAILL, the Green wich police magistrate. According to the reporter Mr. TRAILL said—" No doubt the defendant has been guilty of an assault, and acted in a most dictatorial manner towards per sons as respectable as himself [a very left-handed compliment by the way to the assaulted and in sulted city clerk], which [the manner, we presume, and not the persons] was calculated to produce the very opposite effect to that desired. There is no law," added Mr. TRAILL, benignantly enlightening the presumed ignorance of his hearers upon this point, " against smoking on an omnibus, although [he immediately took occasion to remark, with much emphasis] it might be well that such an act of Parliament should be passed." Imagine an act of Parliament, Vict. 22-23, such a chapter, such a section, to " put down," smoking outside an omnibus ! The idea is not un worthy of Sir PETER LAURIE. But to return to Mr. ,TRAILL—the reporter [suddenly advancing from the third to the first person startled probably by the oracular nature of the weighty judgment he was reporting] adds as follows : (Mr. TRAILL) had as strong objections as any one to tobacco-smoke [hence of course his decision], but ." H© defendant's conduct was very improper, and had the complainant not insisted on lightii4 his cigar a second time, I should inflict a fine." N ow , listen to the authoritative voice of the veritable original author of " Hintseon Eti quette"—indulging us for the nonce with a sort of a hint supplementary—" I wish it to be distinctly understood [to all those to whom these presents, &c., greeting] I wish it to be distinctly understood that no person has a right to indulge in a habit after being informed that it is offensive to his neighbour." Not a whisper, here by Mr. TRAILL, W e of the city clerk having been informed that his cigar was objectionable to the very gen tlemanly person sitting next him, by having that cigar bodily snatched out of his mouth and flung into the roadway ! And so defendant was not fined by Mr. TRAlLL—because Mr. TRAILL himself has an inextinguishable abhorrence of tobacco smoke—the assailant being merely con strained to pay the costs of complainant and his witnesses, £1 15s. 6d., entering at the same time also into his own recognizances in £2O not to repeat the like assault for the next six months. " A DANIEL, yea, a very DANIEL"—and, what is better still, one quite a la mode—" come to judgment !" LATEST NEWS. THE WAR IN ITALY. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : VERONA, JUNE 21 (via Vienna). His Imperial Majesty yesterday transferred his head-quarters to Villafranca. PARIS, JUNE 22. The illoniteur of this morning contains the fol• lowing telegram : BRESCIA, dune 20.—1 t is announced that the Austrians, who in great force had occupied strong positions at Lonate, Castiglione, and Montechiaro, where they had fortified themselves with care by embattlementing the walls, cutting the bridges, and constructing numerous batteries, have abandoned all those positions. The Emperor has left Brescia today in order to advance. TURIN, JUNE 21 The following advices have been received from Brescia to the 19th inst General Garibaldi marched yesterday morning from Salo towards Desenzanto, but meeting with the enemy in considerable force, withdrew. An Austrian steamer on the Lago di Garda fired on his men, but our artillery silenced it. BERNE, JUNE 21. The news that a French corps d'armec has arrved in the Valteline is untrue. The news re ferred to a Lombard corps, led by some of General Garibaldi's officers, which was stationed in the Valteline. Garibaldi has at present pushed his outposts as far as Balladore, in the direction of Bordio, which is occupied by 400 Austrians. MARSEILLES, JUNE 21. Kossuth has embarked here this morning for Genoa. Letters from Rome to the 18th inst. announce ;hat 2,000 Papal troops have been sent to Perugia ;o restore order. A collision has taken place at Cernia between a detachment of Papal troops and the inhabitants. TURIN, JUNE 21. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. According to ad vices from Brescia to the 18th inst. the Sardinian army preserves its positions before Brescia at Rezzato and Castenedolo. The French army occupies Brescia / and its environs in line with the Sardinians. On the 17th inst. the Austrians re-occupied Mon. teehiaro with a considerable force. Fano, Urbino, Fossombrone, Sesi, and Ancona have pronounced for the national cause. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Posi (Second Edition) says— " I understand the Governments of Turin and that of France have agreed in recommending the Tuscans not to demand the absorption of Tuscany in the Kingdom of Piedmont. I also learn that the Emperor Napoleon and King Victor Emmanuel desiro the Italians of all the States of the pen insula to employ their energies in assisting the military action of the allies, leaving all ques tions of government and annexation to be discussed and decided upon after the expul sion of the Austrians from Italy. The Emperor seems to wish the Italians would remember his own words on a late solemn occasion :—" Italiens, ne soyez aujourd'hui . que soldats, domain vous serez citoyens libres d'un grand pays. " The Papal Nuncio at Paris has received assur ances again that the allies will not offend in any way the neutrality of the Roman States, or encour age revolt in the Pontiff's dominions. " There is no truth in the assertion of the Bel gian papers that M. Kossuth had received a French passport to travel through France into Italy. The illustrious Hungarian patriot has not received any favours directly or indirectly from the Go vernment or authorities of Napoleon 111. The French Government, I may add, does not encourage any revolutionary movement in Hungary. "I hear a despatch has reached the Empress at St Cloud, stating that an important engagement had taken place this morning between the Allies and an Axstrian force near Montechiaro. The Austrians had been driven back, and the main body of the French army had advanced considerably. No important news from the seat of war had reached official quarters to-day up to three o'clock. All then known was that the Sardinian army maintained its positions before Brescia, at Rezzeto, and Castenedolo. The French were at Brescia and the neighbourhood with the Sardinians. The Aus trians on the 17th re-occupied Montechiaro with a large body of cavalry. " We are still expecting to hear of a great battle, which may last, it is calculated, three days." The following appears in the Moniteur : " In the precipitation with which the head-quarters of the Austrian army were removed from Abbiate-Grasso, after the battle of Magenta, several important papers were forgotten. Among them is a report or journal dated 3d June, at midnight, and signed `H. dar Redern,' major of the staff, and containing precise details concerning the com bats of Palestro. It is curious to compare the recital of M. de Redern with that given by the Austrian journals. After having spoken of the force and situation of the Aus trian army, which had 21 brigades between the Ticino and the Sesio, the report continues as follows : " In the afternoon of the 30th May, a Piedmontese division warmly attacked the Austrian advanced posts be tween Vercelli and Palestro. The battalion of Greandiers of the Regiment of Leopold (brigade Weigl, of the 7th corps) held Palestro for some time, but retired before superior forces. A column of two companies, sent in sup port with two pieces of artillery, was repulsed, and lost its guns. Another battalion was brought up but it could not support the fire. The division Lilia, of the 7th corps, composed of the brigades Weigl and Dorndorf, then took up a position at Robbie. On receiving this news, the head .quarters were removed in the night of the 30th to Mortara. The division Jellachich of the 2d corps (brigades Szabo and Rudelka) was marched from Cergnano towards Robbio to support the division Lilia, while the division Ilerdy, of the same corps, went in the night to Mortara, where it arrived at five o'clock in the morning of the 31st. On the 31st General Zobel was ordered to retake Palestro with the two brigades of his corps (the 7th) and those of the 2d corps. The brigade Dorndorf was directed to attack it in front ; the brigade Weigl to proceed en the right of the Austrian line and attack the left of the enemy ; the brigade Szabo, leaving Rosasco, was to turn the enemy by its own right ; and the brigade Rudelka to form the reserve. The combat commenced about nine o'clock. In spite of the bravery of the column Weigl, it could not debouch because the road, being narrow, would only allow two pieces of artillery to be brought into play, while the enemy had opened a successful fire with two howitzers. The general received a musket ball through his arm, but notwithstand ing the wound, he remained for four hours after on the field of battle. The brigade Dorndorf advanced es far as the village in spite of the heavy fire of the enemy, but was repulsed with the loss of 750 men. The brigade Szabo had commenced its march under the protection of a battery of 12-pounders, when it was suddenly attacked on the flank and rear by three battalions of Zouaves near Rivoltella. The 7th battalion of Chasseurs, which led the way, lost 500 men. The battalions of infantry quickly retired, but the battery, which got into a cross road, was all lost with the exception of one gun. After the retreat of the brigade Dorn dorf, the general brought up that of Kudelka, which, as above mentioned, was kept in reserve. Kudelka reached the village, but was in his turn repulsed by superior forces. The combat had now lasted four hours, and the losses were very great particularly in officers, when the first news reached the head-quarters at one o'clock in the afternoon.' Nothing can be more clear than this statement : On the 30th, Palestro was taken by the Piedmon tese, who repulsed a battalion of the Regiment Leopold (7th corps); then two companies with two nieces of artillery which they took, and next a third battalion sent against them. On the 31st, the divisions Jellachich and Lila attacked Palestro, and their brigades were successively repulsed, and the 3d Regiment of Zouaves took five pieces of artillery from the brigade Szabo. The Austrians , ffected their retreat at one o'clock in the after- noon, after having suffered a loss of 1,250 men. Let us now see how the Austrian journals report the affair. The Austrian Gazette says : " The Piedmontese attacked Palestro, but were repulsed.' The Augsburg Gazette says ;—‘ To drive out the Pied montese who had possession of Palestro on the 30th by surprise, during a violent storm, General Baronzobel re solved to attack the village on the 31st on two sides at the same time. The brigade of General Weigl, who was slightly wounded in the affair, had been recalled from Rob bio and made itself master of the groups of houses on the south-west of the village. It would certainly have made further progress, if the brigade Szabo, sent for from Rosas co, had not met at Rivoltella a French brigade which opposed a vigorous resistance. The impetuosity of the Zouaves could not, however, stand against the energetic resolution of the Austrian Chasseurs of the 7th battalion, who overcame every obstacle. On this occasion, as in every other, the Austrians had to contend against superior numbers. Their loss, without counting General Weigl, who was slightly wounded, was 8 9810ers and 500 men wounded and 300 men killed. On comparing the above reports, it will be seen Ist, that the Austrian Gazette affirms quite the contrary to what really took place; and 2dly, that the Augsburg Gazette diminishes by one-half the Austrian forces beaten at Palestro, and reduces their loss from 1,250 to 808." The following is the extract of a letter from an English gentleman at Venice : "We are in a comfortable state here, truly ; a French fleet outside—proclamations inside stating that at the smallest symptom of insurrection the city will be sub jected to fire and sword—and that anybody ringing church bells, waving a flag or making a signal of any kind, will be immediately shot, without the formality of a trial. The excitement I find to be a most excellent thing for a slug gish liver—it beats calomel hollow. . . . The Vigilant, a fine vessel of four guns, is here opposite the Piazzetta and my residence. They have dances on board at times, and it is strange to hear and see English hornpipes danced by the light of the ship lanterns, with the old glorious Palace of St. Mark in the distance. All the hotels are empty, and there is no table d'hote." The Parma Gazette publishes the following account of the taking of Brescello by four gen- darmes : " Captain Lafouge, aide-de-camp of General d'Aute marre, with four Parmesan gendarmes on horseback, and a lieutenant of that corps, went in the morning of the 14th from Parma to reconnoitre Brescello, which was known to be occupied by 100 men of the Este troops. From the tower of Lentigione, Capt. Lafouge was not able to dis tinguish any movement of troops, and he accordingly ad vanced to the fortifications. There two of the gendarmes begged to be allowed to explore Brescello alone, and although the captain wished to dissuade them, they gal loped with their swords drawn towards the palissades. They were soon followed by the two other gendarmes and the two officers. The four gendarmes not meeting with any resistance at the first barrier, though it was guarded by 15 soldiers, went on to the principal square, and there a de tachment of the guard, learning that a French officer ac companied the gendarmes, hastened to surrender. The inhabitants then taking the national cockade from beneath their clothes cried out ' Long live the gendarmes I Long liVe the French I' The gendarmes subsequently returned to Parma, where the French consul, informed by the cap tain of what had taken place, congratulated the commander of the gendarmerie on the conduct of his four men. A Dresden letter says : " The principal German bankers are hard beset at the present moment by the different Governments, anxious to obtain loans to meet the expenses of their armaments, Ba varia, Hanover, Wurtemburg, Electoral Hesse, Grand- Ducal Hesse, and many third class States, are making the most seductive offers. There seems, however, little dispo sition to take advantage of them, and since Prussia has de cided on mobilising a great part of her army, Saxon capi talists, instead of making advances, are endeavouring to realise their securities. The consequence is, that the new Prussian loan, which has been at a premium of 4 per cent., is now at a discount of 2 or 3 per cent., and for long dates sellers might be found even at a lower figure. In Hanover, the financial embarrassments have reached such a point, that the Minister of Finance proposed, a few days since, to employ the capital of the sinking-fund of the public debt for the expenses of the State. But the Council of the Trea sury, the members of which are independent of the Minis try from being named by the Chambers, refused their con sent to such a measure, on the ground that the engage ments of the State towards its creditors, must be respected, even in time of war." A very curious article is published in the Gazette de France, which affirms that in 1830, when the Restoration fell, Charles X. was taking measures for the complete revision of the treaties of 1815. and that overtures on the subject had been made by the French Government to Russia, through its Ambassador, M. de Mortemart : "In the month of September, 1829," it says, "a memo randum was read in a Council of Ministers, presided over by the King and approved of by him, containing the whole plan to be carried out either by means of a Congress or by a separate understanding with Russia and Prussia, and by the sword of the French soldiers. We shall simply give here the substance of the paper, which was based on the enfranchiseMent of the Greco-Slavonian soil, and on the thrusting back of the Turks on their Asiatic provinces. Russia was to receive, in Europe, Moldavia and Wallachia. Austria was add to her possessions Bosnia, Turkish Crotia, the Herzgovin a, and Servia. Servia and Bosnia better defended by nature and art than Moldavia and Wal lachia, were to serve as a counterpoise for what Russia gained on the Danube. Prussia was to be extended and strengthened towards Austria by the annexation of the kibgdom of Saxony ; she was thus to become a maritime power, by the acquisition of Holland, and anti-English. But she was to yield up to France Sarrebruch and Sarre louis ; to Bavaria, a portion of her Rhenish provinces, which enabled the latter state, by means of exchanges, to join two detached fragments of her territory, and to cede Landau to France ; lastly, 1,400,000 Catholic subjects of Prussia would recover their Rhenish nationality, with a capital at Aix-la-Chapelle and a sovereign of their own religion, the King of Saxony. By this combination Prussia would no longer touch the French frontiers ; a state incapable of injuring France was placed be tween her and Prussia ; the bonds of religious unity would connect France with the intermediate State, and France also acquired three fortified places which increased her security on the northern frontier. The King of Holland, it is true, lost his possessions, but he was to place upon his head the crown of the Constantines, and was to reign at Constantinople over an empire of ten millions of souls. France was to enter into possession of the Belgian provinces to the Rhine and the Meuse. This plan, as a whole, conciliated all the interests of the Conti nent, and was susceptible of every modification of a nature to satisfy them." As to England, which evidently would object, she was to be coerced, the intention being to carry out the plan " without suffering any opposition or control from Great Britain." The Gazette declares that the Emperor Nicholas fully approved of the scheme, and that measures would certainly have been taken for its immediate execution, had not the revolution of July upset the whole design. What the intention of our contemporary can be in making this strange piece of secret history known to the world at this particular moment, it is not easy to divine, unless indeed the key t o the mystery be found in the concluding phrase of the article : " We are not going to examine here the prospect held out to us by the present war ; but it is to be hoped that the success of our arms will 'have the result of leading to an advantageous modification of the European system." The Milan Gazette publishes a letter from Venice, in which it is related that on the 6th the autho rities of that city o rdered a grand illumination for the victory of Magenta. The Venetians, it is added, were thrown into consternation at this news, but were soon consoled on seeing at a distance the French fleet illuminating also! At Vienna, on the 18th, officp via returns were pub lished, fixing the losses of the A us t r i an army at Magenta to be----killed, 63 Officers and 1,302 sol diers ; wounded, 218 OlCere and 4,130 soldiers ; missing, 4,000 men. The Moniefur of the day before yesterday pub liskted Ulf 0# tlve gag= mlb-oiiims and goldien ___. of the army of Italy who were killed or wounded THE .RIGHT at Magenta and Malegnano. That list, in which there were some material errors, is now very nearly completed by further returns which have reached the Minister of War from head-quarters, and the following may be considered as correct, according to the returns received up to the 20th : Slagenta : Officers, 52 killed, 194 wounded ; rank and file, 512 killed, 2,951 wounded, and 735 mis sing; making a total of 246 officers, and 4,198 rank and file. Malegnann : Officers, 12 killed, 56 wounded ; rank and file, 141 killed, 669 wounded and 64 missing ; making a total of 68 officers, and 874 rank and file. A letter from Belgrade in the Lloyd of Pesth states that Prince Couza has issued an edict for bidding the use of such titles as " excellency, illus trious, &c.," hitherto attributed to official person ages, as being contrary to the institutions of the country. All functionaries are to be henceforth addressed simply by the title of their offices. " The ground chosen by the Austrians for accept ing battle," says the Nord," has been thoroughly studied by their generals, as these positions have been frequently used for their grand autumnal manoeuvres. This fact is well known at the French head-quarters, and it is probable that proper pre cautions have been taken in consequence. The ensuing struggle is expected to be terrible, and quite unprecedented in the military history of modern times." GLADSTONE. Mr. Gladstone has set at nought several rules of common sense,—first, in writing his own defence to the electors of Oxford, which we published yes terday ; then, in wishing to be defended at all. He would much more wisely take that high ground which is above all defence and all accusation. The critic who makes Homer's heroes respectable country gentlemen, and his frail heroine a model of Chris tian penitence, should not himself stand upon trifles or expect universal appreciation. No, Mr. Glad stone is the orator, philosopher, and prophet of Oxford, with all the virtues and all the failings of the mercurial race. Nobody . expects an oracle to be consistent, else we should simply collect and analyze all its former responses, and then shut up the shrine, sell the tripod for old brass, and put the priestess on a pension. What he represents are not measures or men, nor yet principles, in that form in which they are stated at a Conservative meeting, but sentiments ; and a man must be not only very ungracious, but also very stupid, to deny Mr. Glad stone a large share of that sentimental philosophy which constitutes in this day the best aspect of Conservatism, and the only relic of Toryism. Nature made him for the expression of a sentiment. In early life he was an honest and enthusiastic ex ponent of liberty and progress, against Iron Dukes and wooden divines. The Reform Bill pulled him up. He wept for Gatton and sighed for Old Sarum. With pious toil worthy of Old Mortality, he scraped out of the moss and lichen the sacred names that had represented a hundred rotten boroughs. T till he developed the principle of Church and St ate, first his readers, and at last he himself, discovered that he had left neither Church nor State, but something between, which, under existing circum stances, it was impossible to work. Happily S ir Robert Peel, though he could not read his book, saw the nature of the man, found work for his intellect, and a place for his affections. As Peel's chief lieu tenant, Gladstone became really a great man; and when Peel's work was done, his careernded, and his opponents placed in power by the help of his enemies, Gladstone and some half dozen others were in the right, and all England in the w ron g ., But - this was a post of honour too high for mortal man. It is not good to be so much in the right, and to have so excellent a case against all mankulu i • The apostle who had heard unutterable things ha" a thorn in the flesh to kill self-conceit, and the Peelites would have been the better for some such visitation. Perhaps they have had it, but, on the whole, they have remained too much like those of whom it is written on their gravestones that " the world was not worthy of them." Overmuch virtu e is a sore trial of temper. At last, from mere indig. nation and disdain, wantonly and suicidally, Glad stone became—we blush as we write it—incon sistent. He did wrong, as the witty King said when his brother chose his ill-favoured mistress for self-mortification. Sentiment carried him here and there, till it was evident that Gladstone's rule, were it right or wrong, was not the rule of the world, or of any known class in the world. We shall not undertake to harmonise a career which will prove a fruitful and not unworthy subject for the historian and biographer. An excess of sentiment, however, will account for a good deal of its apparent inconsistencies. Senti mental people are at once too quick and too slow. They act on the present impulse, and do not give themselves time to consider how far it should yield to reason and circumstances. From Mr. Gladstone's share in Sir Robert Peel's noble work he derived a certain dream of industrye , abundance, peace , happi n ess, and all that peopl sa two great upseerdsutaodeexhpiemesteflrfotmhaftreiet wtraasden.eeeSso necessary could not nations should spend a hundred millions he for apie t ce, and a proportionate qu antit y of human life, sole purpose of compelling a third to moderate its pretensions. The thing was horrid, wasteful, re trogressive, unchristian, and an indulgence of every kind of bad feeling. This sentiment , l audable enough in a lady or a country clergyman, made Mr. Gladstone quarrel with the best statesmen of the day, and play into the hands of the men who had. driven Sir R. Peel from power. His personal regard for his old master, and a thatlittlemorePeorfnl a personal hatred which, say what people will, is necessary to human affairs , would have kept him much straighter. As it was, the sentiment of a free-trade millennium brought him round to th e enemies of free-trade. By and bye they seized t he when, as it happened, his course w opportunity of overthrowing o coax and Soothe and his fault that he was trying t an angry and terrified man. Had Mr. Gladstone o a s r d that Pa i o n i f e r r , they deserved, he would have given his voice for given these new circumstances the consideration peace ; w as a g ainst Lord Palmer bhuits he ply w ly h a io c h ted on t he impulse. then pos sessingdsteoend,—tfhoer ihtuwmabalhere wofhoßdiusdsiiat—. the world in his publishe d letter, felt it his duty to h il e a t v h then, as a d s e h n e e t e t I h l s e give the Tory Government every . chance. He sup ported their Indian Bill, defended the most damning omission of their Reform Bill, and made an elaborate argument in favour of nomination boroughs, which were not then in question, though they were when Mr. Gladstone made his first speeches on the sub ject at the Oxford Union in 1831. In fact, it was the anacrhonism of theman who, having preached a good sermon to a convict on the eve of his execu tion, reproduced it in its turn to his own parishioners, who were not i n that unhappy pre dicamen t. Mr. Gladstone now says that he did not like the Derby Reform Bill, and exceedingly disapproved the Derby dissolution. It might have been expected, Shen, that he would join in the vote which dis missed Lord Derby from power. No such thing. He still moved sluggishly by the old impulse, as if unable to receive a new direction, whatever the fresh circumstances. The result showed that somewhere and at some time he must have done wrong, and that there was something to be re pented of. When a new Government had to be formed, and Mr. Gladstone was compelled to give a comprehensive survey of public affairs, he found no good reason why he should not join the Ministry of the man he had done all he could to turn out last year against the men whom he had helped to bring in, and whom he had supported to the very last. 'We pass over several minor inconsis tencies and absurdities, only excusable on the ground of sentiment, but we do not forget that two years ago Mr. Gladstone helped to do irreparable mischief by compelling a most imprudent and un ainst fortunate reduction of the estimates, ag the protest of the Minister. Mr. 'Gladstone himself t w a a k s es a n p o le n a o sa ti n c t e dorfeahmis.visne wakes u p, to the and it is no lonian Isles. It more. For a delightf ul hour he yielded to the sweet sense of power and fostered a world of fond expec tations, The sentiment doubtless survives, but the fact is forgotten. The obvious inference is that Mr. Gladstone should have his place as a high and generous in fluence, but under the direction of more practical and political minds. Nobody so good to represent a University, which should have its weight in every discussion, yet never take the lead. No country could long survive 'a Government by scholars and divines. It has been tried once in this country , _ and we know how it ended. The philosophers of Paris hardly made a worse failure. Mr. Gladstone is justly appreciated by his University. Its junior members read his speeches with delight, and are re-assured that neither eloquence nor conscience has gone from the land when they hear of the House of Commons being swayed round by that torrent of persuasion. Lord Chandos is put up against him, but it is useless to compare Mr. Gladstone with any one competitor ; it is the entire House of Commons that he should be measured against. Achilles against an army—lesser com parisons are ridiculous. Lord Chandos may be an able and excellent man, but he has not more title to stand for the University when Mr. Gladstone is in possession, than " Haydn's Dates" to take the place of " Thucydides" in the schools. Mr. Glad stone represents the feeling, the philo so p h y , the language of the University. The aspirants Union learn to wield his thenders and gath.er themselves for his periods. The pro'foundeat. it dom is lost on youthful wits. It is awkward t silent ; it is dull. What is the use of it to mere with much to learn youths, all sense and sympathy, and little to do? Mr. Gladstone may, be somewhat have d t h r e a r t e h rather r s like the King who never said a foolsh thing ° f and e never tosl . d ifie to represent not a man in the kingdom so qua a y d a i n d d a hearw is e t o h n a e n , b utthi think universities a n do, Oxford as Mr. Gladstone. —Times. TIIE CROPS IN G LO UCESTERSHIRE.--Since our last report, says the Bristol Times, the weather has been everything that could be desired to promote the growth of all sorts of crops. The country now presents a picture of luxuriant vegetation, and should we be blessed with a con tinuance of such favourable weather the crops in this county will continue to present a most promising appearance. Mr. Robert Kettle , of Glasgow, having left some tracts at the house of a friend, he found them, on calling of a few days after , serving the purpose of paper curls to the young ladies. " Well,' said he, " I see ye made use o' the tracts, only ye hae put them on tho wrang side o' your head, lassie." LARGE ROBBERY OF WATCHES.—At the Liver pool Police-court, yesterday, a young man of respectable appearance, named James Stein, was brought up charged with stealing 16 gold and 12 silver Geneva watch s, which were found at his lodg in g s the same day. appeared that the prisoner had shown the watches to the boarding housekeeper where he lodged, and suspicion being excited the police were informed of the fact. When visited by two d e tectives he denied , in the first instance, having any watches in his possession. A search was then made, and the above number were found among his luggage. He then stated that he had obtained them from a commercial traveller at Manchester. A remand was granted to allow further inquiries WAS made. FRANCE. PARIS BOURSE.—The market was heavy at the opening, but afterwards improved a little. Threes have been done at 62f. 5c., and are now at 62r. 25c. ; Mobilier varied from 625 f. to 632 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 396 f. 25c. to 400 f. ; Orleans, 1,207 f. 50c. to 1,242 f. 50c.; Lyons, 815 f. to 820 f. ; Northern, 920 f. to 922 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 600 f. to 602 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations :- 4f per Cents. .... 92 Credit Foncier 630 Do. end month .. 92 Belgian 4i . - 3 per Cents. 62 35 Piedmontese (5) B2 50 Do. end month.... 62 25 Roman Bl Bank Shares. 2775 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 635 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 632 50 Home Debt 4O RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 917 50 .. 925 New ditto 785 .. Ly.ns and Mediterranean B2O .. 822 50 Geneva — • • Southern Western 605 e . 510 Eastern • 6OO .. 605 Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25L 121 c. ; money, 25f 7fc. ; three months, paper, 25f..; money, 24f. 97fc. _ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, D.RU.RY-LANE. This evening '(Wednesday), Donizetti's opera, "La Figlia del Reggimento." Tonio, Signor Belart (his first appearance) ; Sulpizio, Signor Vialetti (his first appear ance) ; Paesano, Signor Mercuriali ; Ortensio, Signor Cas tell; Caporale, Signor Dinelli ; La Marchesa, Madame Gramaglia ; La Duchesa, Madlle. Dell'anese ; Maria, Madlle. Piccolomini. To-morrow evening (Thursday), Mozart's opera, "Il Don Giovanni." Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Vaneri ; Zerlina, Madlle. Piccolomini; Don Giovanni, Signor Badiali ; Leporello, Signor Marini ; Il Commendatore, Signor Lanzoni ; Masetto, Signor Cas telli ; Don Ottavio, Signor Giuglini. On Friday, " Lucrezia Borgia." Titiens, Guarducoi, and Giuglini. On Saturday, Verdi's opera, "Il Trovatore," with its powerful cast, Titiens, Guarducci, Badiali, and Giuglini. THE PLAYGROUND AND GENERAL RECREATION SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of the friends and supporters of this society was held yesterday after noon at Willis's Rooms, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. In opening the proceedings the noble chairman said that the business upon which they were met required little explanation and less argu ment. The title of the society alone was sufficient argumei4, and they were there assembled to resolve the question how the operations of the society might be best carried out. There were two ways open to them. Some persons advocated the intervention of Government, while others considered that the ob jects in view ought to be accomplished by private assistance. He himself did not consider this a case for Government interference, because, while he ad mitted that the Government were bound to supply parks and to care for all sanitary improvements, he thought that private amusements and recreation ought to originate with and be carried out by pri vate individuals. Every one who had occasion to walk through the crowded streets of the metropolis must have seen how necessary it was that the num bers of young children of the poorer classes should have some place free from the fetid odours of damp lodgings and narrow alleys, where they could play without risk to themselves and annoyance to the passers-by. A proper amount of play and exercise was essential to the health and full development of the body, and necessary to strengthen the capacities of the mind to receive the benefits of education. But not only physically was it of great importance that children should have proper play hours and proper playgrounds, but also on moral grounds, as they would be kept in a better frame of mind and temper. How was such an end to be accomplished ? It was easy enough to obtain land for playgrounds in the suburbs, but in the centre of a large city, where every inch of land was valuable, it was an almost insuperable difficulty. A very liberal pro position had been made to the society by the Mar quis of Westminster. The noble marquis proposed to devote an acre of ground near St. Barnabas at a nominal rent of about 6d. a-year for the purpose of forming a playground. If the society accepted the offer they would have to put the land in proper order and to build a small house upon it for the use of the keeper . Of course this could not be done without funds. In advocating a liberal subscription he said that by the contribution of a small sum a very large amount of moral improvement might be effected in the condition of young children, and that those who contributed would go far to abate those evils which were a degradation to this coun try and to the religion which we professed. Mr. West, the secretary, then read the report, from which it appeared the society had been most active in its efforts to obtain a site for a playground in the metropolis, and had at length found one well adapted for their purpose in a thickly-peopled part of Cam den-town ; and that arrangements were now in pro gress for its purchase. The committee had also called the attention of Government to the advantage of retaining part of Smithfield open, and had received an assurance from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the part belonging to the Crown should be preserved in an open condition. A request to the First Commissioner of Works that a portion of each metropolitan park should be enclosed and made available for school treats under the superintendence of a park-keeper, met with the sa me read y acquie▪ s cence. Communications had likewise been ad dressed by the committee to the mayors of large country towns, soliciting them to hold public meet ings in aid of the objects of t he society.. T h e rep o rt concluded by thanking the press for its ef calve and unsolicited efforts in forwarding the cause. The report was adopted unanimouy,anad vote e i▪ ou o s f resolutions were paese d, after which thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Helena, honoured the performance at the Haymarket Theatre last evening with th e i r pre sence. The Roy al suite consisted of the Duchess of Atholl, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Lord Colville, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—His Majesty the King of the Belgians was expected to arrive at Dover last night, en route for London, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. Lord Raglan, Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Major-General Wylde, Groom in Wait ing to the Prince Consort, proceeded on Monday evening to Dover to receive his Majesty upon his arrival in this country. Some persons are disposed to surmise that the visit may have reference to the proceedings said to be con templated by Prussia, with the view of bringing about a treaty of peace between France and Austria. Lord John Russell received yesterday at the Foreign-office the ministers of foreign Governments ac credited to this Court. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Sir Alexander Cockburn has been appointed Chief Justice of England in the place of Lord Chancellor Campbell. The Right Hon. Henry Fitzroy will become First Commissioner of Public Works, and Mr. Massey, late Under-Secretary of the Home Department, will succeed Mr. Fitzroy as Chairman of Com mittees. It is said, but we can scarcely credit it, that Mr. Laing, M.P. for Wick, late Chairman of the Brighton. Railway Company, and of the Crystal Palace Company, and intimately connected with several commercial undertakings, is to bo Financial Secretary of the Treasury. Lord Alfred Paget resumes his old office at the Court as Clerk Marshal. —Times. We are informed that Lord John Russell has appointed the Hon. George Elliot and Mr. George Russell to be his private secretaries. Mr. Villiers Lister has been appointed Precis Writer. The self-denying patriotism and generous sacrifice of mere family considerations in these appointments are worthy of notice. The first gen tleman is Lord John's brother-in-law, the second his cousin, the third his stepson,—Xorning Zrerad. t , Di Di spas rate imp ditt advi 181 Ayr , at 4 th .£ ex pa de vic die neE Thi Ra ten am, fin few quit pric Ind 1 11 a valt flat D: Tur' , L O trit Arg heir fror for Scoff tan, Ma reu l' el Fro Nl 4