The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-04 00:00:00

tplish 113 t :e anti is for sense , t like and often amie, L -day , pa- Texa- Aches 5 and hint* e im- (mmg ay be re re~ ill be a rare dare nable Ten at ng up ;, and tainly ClaYileS I their kres of o up mum.- eh we St. ,ee the As for we are r ; and any an arbler' ighted. e 'fes- se ' old chuck- Dmpt to a ballad be ima ancient permost genera- stone or d loved ladowed pang of Li; a ray T,n over d ng back ❑g the is none sten to, spring he self- please place is to the n, and Its from ppiness, I. The to sing ly as it Lnd ex hair is t, as the )h, old ten they th, will finding A-eyed r feet in ieod' or man or prieties • souls,' it had r some ,n espe in the and so salty of D. She articles ch at a of her mental ng her ien she rher, it hat the ereutly 'angel* A de It acting time of ler tho e Isa- L in her the felt , d with 4renu p with ;trance stage and on )xpress to talk ;ars as ringed of her fomes ns the forget [der is found d, and atural smith. of the rfectly ' 'but She and one in I it is at en ' little )ok is vrtain it is, that every honourable member thinks he can stir the political fire better than any other honourable member. One believes that the vital heat can only be pre served by a worrying stir, given with that hard cast. iron poker, The Better Observance of the Sabbath ; ' another imagines that it entirely depends on a bold raking with a Reform Bill ;' a third has an implicit faith in breaking up the close, sulky coals at top, and letting in the draught of ' Free trade ;' a fourth begins at the bottom of the grate with an Education Bill ;' a fifth declares that the vitality :ests solely on certain one-sided thrusts with the crooked lei er forged by 'Protectionists,' while the majority, like course.' ves, are anxious to make as much flare as possible, gratify their own pe „ ty conceits. We beg pardon merely ladies m :ist not mention politics, though it may be a `her there is not as much nonsense talked by question Win. old women in e house, as by old women out o f th e h o u se taking bad gran , m . a . r and dislocated sent e nc es i n to the ,re is the old state of things—the fire bargain. But see, going out while we haye been scribbling this. It is very ' cold and two friends pre „,:it !e the dying fuel, but the gen tleman themselves ; the lady is about , to seize the poker to resuscitaN. advances rapidly—' My ,fear,' says he `allow me, you know you can never poke a fire properly ; I'll do it.' 'We are afraid we are laughing bsainL our teeth—where many genteel people swear—but it only cnds to convince us, that every born being, where there is fire to stir, thinks he or she can do it best, and if our readers .t.t:di take the trouble to enter into their own private feelings on the sub ject, we are quite sure that these desultory remarks w: 11 be uronouneed perfectly true.' " We could quote many other passages, replete wit h perceptive sense and pleasant humor. The writer has a quick eye and graphic pen, and withal she is in spired by such warm and kindly feelings that her reader's sympathies are at once enlisted. Even those who may wince under the description of " A Dashing Wedding," or " The Thornberrys' Musical Parties," can hardly fail to recognise and smile at the truth they would not care to acknowledge. It is scarcely necessary to recommend the volume to the general reader, as it is already extensively cir culated ; we need only congratulate the holiday seeker who can escape from the toil and turmoil of the metropolis to the sea shore or the forest trees, and loiter away this charming May weather with So pleasant a companion as this little volume—a volume of such racy, genial, and original prose, that it is well worthy of a place beside the author's world-famed volume of poetry. The Book of the Princes of Wales. By Dr. Doran, F.F.A., author of " Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover," &c., Bentley. Dr. Doran's brilliant and versatile pen has selected a new and interesting theme. The early promise of the heirs to thrones has unfortunately often been contradicted by their subsequent prac• tice from the days of Nero downwards, but the record of the events of their youth and the influences which surrounded their most impressionable years might sometimes assist the historian in his study of their reign. The lives of our English Princes have been somewhat remarkable, extending from the unfortunate Edward of Cwrnarvon, the first who bore the name of the Principality, to George Au gustus Frederick, more prosperous if not more meritorious. Two of them are favourite heroes of drama and tradition, and associated with some of the brightest pages in our military annals. Edward of Woodstock, the celebrated Black Prince, the conqueror of Cressy and Poictiers, and Henry of Monmouth afterwards Henry V., the victor of Agincourt. Many of them never came to the throne they anticipated, such as the three unfortu nate Edwards of the stormy times of the %tars of the Roses ; Ed wart of Westminster, only son of Henry VI., and Margaret of Anjou, slain after the battle of Tewkesbury ; Edward of the Sanctuary, bearing the title of King, though his brief reign was spent in the Tower ; and Edward of Middle ham, son of the cruel Richard 111., who died the year before his father's fall at Bosworth. Two of these chapters tell us of brother Princes, who suc cessively wore the dignity of heir apparent, namely, Arthur and Henry, sons of Henry VII., and Henry and Charles, sons of James the First. Dr. Doran writes in his usual pleasant and lively strain, full of incident and anecdote. The lives of the Princes of the House of Hanover are perhaps written with most sparkle and finish. It is an agreeable volume and will furnish plenty of entertainment to the general reader, while conveying a good idea of the position of state affairs and the customs of the times described. The following extracts afford a fair sample of the author's manner. They are taken from the first memoir in the volume, and from the sketch of George Augustus of Hanover, son of George I.:— Twenty miserable years with a few brief days of extra vagant joy, and a few, very few, of calm felicity, inter vened between the accession of the first Prince of 'Wales to the Throne and his death, 1307-1327. There was a brilliant marriage with Isabelle ; a prodigality of luxury With a poor treasury to meet the cost, and a revolt of the barons, which soon dispersed all thoughts of inglorious ease. To be the King's favourite was but to inherit death, though the fate of one brought with it no experience to his successor Despenser perishing as miserably as Gaveston. The military reputation of England was humiliated at Bannockburn ; famine followed upon defeat ; sickness attended famine ; and the children of Edward were born when particular calamity was pressing upon England or the King. The end of all was that dreadful scene at Berkley Castle, the horrors of which contrast so strongly with the joyous shouts that welcomed Edward's birth at Caernarvon. Around his cradle, gay and gallant group of ladies, priests, and nobles; around his deat-bed, a couple of murderers and their assistants. Cries of joy hailed his birth, his own shrieks heralded his death; but they were heard far over the village near the castle, and the startled inhabitants there listened in terror, and prayed for the poor soul that was passing away in such unutterable torture. Thus the first English Prince of Wales was the first King of England who was deposed and murdered. London was but a dull metropolis under good Queen Anne. Gaiety, dissipation, and intrigue, came in with the new reigning family. Even during the troubled year 1715, the Prince and Princess of Wales had esta blished a brilliant court, and led a sort of joyous revelry of which St. James's had long been unconscious. The Prince loved pleasure, for the sake of the enjoyment, the Princess favoured it out of policy, and the fashionable World gratefully hailed them as public benefactors. For a season, the gay career of that section of the world was checked by the e j ec tio n of the heir-apparent and his family from St. James's ; but when that household was established at Leicester House the fashionable world breathed again , and resumed its hilarious race. The King's house was a dull house, that of the Prince was laughingly astir from morning till half through the night. There fashion fixed her head quarters, and people of quality risked being re pulsed from the levees at St. James's for the dear delights of a night of it in Leicester Fields. Amid the maids, love, true and false, found . its way, especially when the Prince was not near, monopolising the fair train ; for he would sometimes take the wtole bevy with him, on horseback, to Hampton Court, and thciT treat them or fatigue them with a whole day's hunting. AiTay they went, after a breakfast at which Westphalia hai:l largely figured, on hired hacks, leaping hedges and ditches, and acquiring thereby a complexion that made them look like Philises of the dairy, and a constitution improved to a degree that tendered them eligible to be the wives of fox hunting squires. When the Prince led his maidens back, and these had effaced the marks and got rid of the conse quences of their morning's fatiguing pleasure, then came the time for the lovers, who plied their vocation the Princess looked more or less concernedly on, as she was interested in the swains, of whom her husband is one. With the mental eve we may see him whispering to Mary Bellenden, or counting his gold before her eyes, till she contrives to knock the money out of his hand, and moves away to hold discourse with a likely young soldier, one Colonel John Campbell, whose earnestness to further the young lady's immediate object is warrant of a wedding to come. Meanwhile, who is that handsome but effeminate young gentleman by the side of Mary Lepel ? He is one of the Prince's Gentlemen of the Bebchamber, and is fresh from Clare Hall, Cambridge. They are the prettiest pair of philosophic infidels within the limits of this easy court; and no one loubts that Lord John Harvey can fail in any suit to the nymph whose ear—nay, whose cheek—is so near to his eloquent lips. With what a swagger does Nanty Lowther, Lord Lens dale's brother, swing himself from the presence of the Prince, to pass over to the bold and beautiful Sophy Howe, who has displayed her telegraphic fan lam not sure that she has not winked her eye to bring him to her side. Of that pair came much love, much trusting, on th part of the lady ; much promise, much treachery, on the part of the wooer ; and then followed despair and death to close the tumultuous life of this dazzling beauty. At present, however, they look happy enough, and the general aspect of things might lead us to doubt the asser tion of Pope, on the alleged authority of some of these giddy girls themselves, who had given him a dinner in their rooms, and walked with him by moonlight in the gardens at Hampton Court, that the life of a maid of honour was of all things the most miserable; that every one who envied it should try it in her own person; and that the worst por tion of it all was at night, when they had to simper and catch cold i n th e Princess's apartment, and then walked, worked, or thought, till midnight. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--Tats DAY. Amsterdam Ditte Rotterdam — 11 16} 11 16f Antwerp Brussels — 25 321 25 37/ Harnburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 1171 1171 Vienna Trieste Petersburgb Madrid —. Cadiz —49 f Leghorn — 30 421 30 471 Milan — 25 45 25 50 Genoa — 25 421 25 45 Naple3 Palermo • • Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New Yorl- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), ...per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons 521 52a 52! THE LATE SIR HENRY HAVELOCK.--Early in the autumn a monument in honour of the Indian hero, Have lock, will be publicly inaugurated at Sunderland. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief will be invited on the occasion, and hopes r.re entertained that Lord Clyde will also be prlsent, MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. THIRD EDITION. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the last few days there has been rather more activity in the markets for foreign and colonial produce. Tea has been on steady demand, and realised full rates. Sugars, suitable for home con sumption, have met a fair inquiry, and fully late values are current. The transactions in coffee have been moderate, and good fine qualities of plantation Ceylon have slightly advanced, while other descrip- SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tms EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. tions have been dealt in at former prices. No busi- PRIVATE BUSINESS. ness of importance has been recorded in saltpetre. For fruit and specie the demand has been inactive, except for low descriptions of currants, which have been taken by the trade to some extent. Tallow has been dull, and a further dechne may be noticed in value for both present and forward delivery. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the transactions were rather extensive, and prices were firm. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, and with The Stockton and Darlington Railway, Stourbridge Rail• way, Bourton-on-the-Water Railway, Widnes Gas and Water, and Hinckley and Leicester Railway Bills were read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Gallashiels, Innerleith and Peebles Railway, Lower King's Ferry Road, Glasgow Corporation Water, Norwich Cor poration Markets, Cannock Chase Railway, and Manches ter Improvement bills. CHURCH RATES. A great number of petitions against the abolition of church rates were presented by the Bishop of Winchester, and by the Earl of Ducie, and Earl Spencer, in favour of their abolition. an upward tendency in quotations. A moderate demand for money is reported, but there is much less activity than might have been expected from the payments due to-day, the 4th of the month. NAVAL RETURNS. The Earl of HARDWICK gave notice that on an early day he should move for certain returns relative to the con tractors, the prices pAid, and the seaworthiness of certain ships. LLANDAFF :AND CERNTON DISTRICT MAR- About £BB,OOO was taken into the Bank of Eng land yesterday. On the 16th inst. a further instalment of 8 per cent. is due on the Canadian Loan. KETS BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, At the public sales of foreign and colonial wool, which commenced yesterday, being the second series for the present year, there was a full attend ance of both home and foreign buyers. The bid dings for the various qualities were moderately active, and except for the finer descriptions of Sydney and Port Phillips a decline of id to 1. per lb. took place, compared with those current at the previous sales. The quantity to be offered at these terms amounts to about 50,000 bales, the greater portian of which is from Victoria and Adelaide, with a few parcels from Sydney and the Cape of Good Hope. Some addition, however, will no doubt be made previous to the conclusion of the sales, which are fixed for the 29th inst. • Lord CHELMSFORD objected to the bill on account of the serious inconvenience it would occasion to the inhabi tants of the districts to which it referred. The noble lord spoke at some length upon the fact that the bill proposed to deal with a great part of the parish of Wroath, which had been exempted from it when the promoters of bill :first obtained their powers, and he hoped their lord ships would think that he had established a case that the present bill was a violation of the principles upon which legislation was founded. Unless the promoters of the bil satisfied him that that part of the parish of Wroath to which be alluded was to be excluded from the bill in com mittee, he should object to its being read a second time. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY supported the bill, and thought all the objections of the noble and learned lord could be dealt with committee. The Earl of SHREWSBURY said he had been asked to support the bill. He thought the proper place to dis cuss objections would be in committee. lie did not think the promoters would have any objection to amend the bill so as to meet the views of the noble and learned lord. Very little alteration has taken place to-day in the market for public securities, the dealings not having been of a character to produce any move ment of importance. Consols are 954 ; for money and the 9th instant, and 951 2 for the June settle ment. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are flat, at 931 I. India New Loan is steady, at 106+1; ditto 52 per Cents., Enfaced Paper, is firm at 104 i; and the Debentures are 967- 971. Exchequer Bills are heavy at 6s. to 9s. prem. Continued activity is reported in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 771 ; ditto New. 611 to 624 ; Peru- Tian 41- per Cents. have improved to 921, Spanish Deferred to 381 1, Russian 41 per Cents. to 971 981, ditto 6 per Cents. are fiat at. 108, Mexican at 21; 221; Sardinian are 851 86, and Portuguese 451 The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 3 prem.; the Universal ditto, 2- y prem. There has been more activity in the Railway Share Market today, and prices have shown a further improvement. Caledonian, Brighton, North-Western, and North British have advanced ss. ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and Great Northern, 10s. ; and the A Stock, 10s. to 15s. ; Bristol and Exeter, and London and Blackwall, 15s. Great Western, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, have declined ss. ; and South- Easterns, After a few words from Lord Redesdale, Lord Wensley dale, and Lord Chelmsford in reply, the bill was read a second time. ORGANISATION OF THE INFANTRY. Lord LUCAN then rose to call the attention of the house to the present state of the organisation of the in fantry. The noble lord said, as the subject of our national defences had excited so much attention, he had felt it his dnty to bring the present subject under consideration. Great stress had been laid lately upon the importance of an effi cient navy, but whatever might be the effect of such a pre caution, the public safety could not be safely guaranteed without an effective army. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tnis EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time :—Commercial Docks Acts Amendment, Finn Valley Railway, Milford Haven Railway and Docks. The North Eastern Railway (Extension of Time, &c.) Bill was considered, and ordered for third reading. INDIA. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has not been much activity ; previous rates have been fairly supported. Sir S. NORTHCOTE gave notice that, on Monday next, he would bring under the notice of the house certain changes received by the East India Government, and also the appointments made in India by Government from 1854 to 1860. APPOINTMENTS IN IRELAND. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued in fair request. Oriental Bank improved about 58., and London and Westminster ss. Union of London have declined about ss. Peninsular and Oriental Steam are steady at 80, and Madras Irri gation have advanced to ss. Mr. CONNOLLY gave notice of a motion relative to re cent appointments in Ireland made by the Lord Lieutenant, particularly that of Mr. Lyle. CANAL COMPANIES. Mr. BEAMISH asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it was intended to renew the Act of 1858, restraining canal companies being also railway companies from leasing canals ? Mr. M. GIBSON answered in the affirmative. BERWICK ELECTION. Members were appointed to eonfer with the Lords in order to agree with them in a joint address to the Crown to issue a commission in regard to the election proceedings at Berwick. After a considerable delay the hon. members returned, and Dated May 3,1880. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1860. the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Coke, who ex changes. 15th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Robert Fishbourne to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Cuthbert, pro moted. 19th Foot—Captain Montgomery Williams, from the 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas Conway Lloyd, who exchanges. 21st Foot—Lieutenant Isaac Tristram Coffin to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Henderson, who retires; Ensign Blakslcy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coffin. 24th Foot—Captain David Gibson, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Charles Hunter, who exchanges. 25th Foot—Ensign Henry James Harvey to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Assistant-Surgeon John Thomas Milburn, from the Staff, ;o be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Creasy, who exchanges. 30th Foot—The surname of the Gentleman appointed to an Ensigncy, by purchase, on the 17th ultimo, is Braine and not Brain, as stated in the " Gazette" of that date. 60th Foot—Ensign Henry Richard Treeve to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice J. W. King, deceased. 68th Foot—Sergeant Henry Sladden to be Quartermaster, vice Tunks, who retires upon half-pay. 84th Foot—Captain Thomas Conway Lloyd, from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Montgomery Williams, who exchanges. 87th Foot—Ensign John Hooker Vowell to be Instructor of Musketry. 91st Foot—James T. Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur vice Robertson, appointed to the 3d Dragoon Guards. 100th Foot—Lieut. Francis B. Bleazby, from half-pay, late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Derbishiro, who resigns. Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Ensign Gisborne Homer to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Charles Hewett, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company. BREVET: Brevet-Colonel Edward Walter Crofton, Royal Artillery to have the local rank of Brigadier-General in China. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Brice, Madras Horse Artil lery, to be a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army from July 20, 1858. Major George Chetwode, Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Captain Charles Woodland, let Madras Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army. Quartermaster Thomas Tunks, retired on half-pay 68th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of Dec. 17, 1855. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieut.-General John Home Home, Colonel of the 56th Foot, on the 22d April. Major-General Sir James Holmes Schoedde, K.C.B. Colonel 55th Footh, to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet-Colonel Charles Franklyn, E. 8., Lieutenant- Colonel half-pay Unattached, serving with the temporary rank of Major-General on the Staff of the Army at Gibral tar, to be Major-General. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Calvert, Clarke, 2d Dragoons, to be Colonel. Major John Verkins Mayers, 86th Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, Captain Charles Taylor Du Plat, Royal Artillery, to be Major. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieutenant-General Edward Fleming, C. 8., Colonel of the 27th Foot, on the 23d April, 1860 : Major-General Sir Henry John William Bentinck, K.C.8., Colonel of the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant- General. Brevet-Colonel Godfrey Charles Mndy, Lieutenant- Colonel half-pay Unattached, Lieutenant •Governor of Jersey, with the local rank of Major-General, to be Major- General. Lieutenant-Colonel George Valentine Mundy, C. 8., 19th Foot, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major John Richard Heaton, 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Samuel Borges Lamb, 10th Foot, to be Major. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 2nd day of May, 1860 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £28,593,5851 £28,593,5E! Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Government Debt £11,115,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,118,584 Silver Bullion .... 528,593,585 counts) 6,871,608 Other Deposits 13,43.3,233 Seven Day and other Bills 878,208 o E PARTY iNT. i Government Seen- ritiee Chiding Dead Weight A nnuity) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver Coin 764,728 08,769,840 w. 438,76),810 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. £5OO S. and M. That would be understood to mean in exchange of notes for gold. \We have some customers, named Samuels and Mostyn, bullion dealers. It was cus tomary to enter the initials of a firm, but not of private individuals, in such transactions. On the 27th I find two =changes. One is E.C.R. (Eastern Counties Railway), £1,500. The other is £l,OOO, S. and M. Turning back to the £506 exchange, I find a £5OO note was given, num bered 4,984, 27th of January, 1859. On the 27th the E.c.n. exchange I find that on one Bank of England mate of £5OO, numbered 38,611, dated January 27th, acrd also a Bank of England note for £l,OOO, numbered 855748, and dated 28th January. Turning to the other ex change of S. and M., I find a £l,OOO note numbered 85,778, (bated January 28th, was given for gold. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis, who appeared for Lyttle r ten—When the prisoner received money to a certain amount it was his duty to hand it to Pullinger, as the chief cashier, to see that the accounts balanced, and then to write out a docket which goes on a file to be passed through the ledger. The docket is the only proof that the money has been paid to Pullinger. Lyttleton did all that was his duty. He was not expected to do more than he has done. It was no part of Lyttleton's duty to see that the sum was paid into the Bank of England, that was Pullin gees duty. It was his duty, but it was a custom to pay the money before twelve. I don't know as a fact that the Bank of England will not receive coin after 12 o'clock. I believe it is their practice not to take it after 12. On the 25th there is an entry of £5OO (gold) having been paid in exchange for a note S. and M. If the head cashier brought him gold for £5OO, would it not be his duty to gi ►e him a note for that amount, and en tered if he directed as for S. and M. If such a transaction occurred as to the E. C. R. exchange it would I think be his duty to consult the manager before he did so. The Union Bank authorities had the greatest confidence in Pullinger. I thought him above a falsehood. He had the confidence of every one. Mr. Lewis—Such being so do you mean to tell:me that if Mr. Pullinger went to him with £1,500 in gold, and said to Lyttleton give me notes for the amount he ought not to have done it ? Witness—No, without reference to the manager. Mr. Lewis—ls there any rule to that effect ? • Witness—No, but the singularity of the transaction ought to have induced him to consult the manager. Mr. Lewis—Don't you by your books know it was done constantly. Witness—What. Mr. Lewis—The exchange of notes for gold. Witness—l don't know so, but by ref,vence to the books I find it is so. Mr. Lewis—Why was Lyttleton not to make the ex change ? Witness —Because it was so large an amount. Mr. Lewis—A large amount—Was it because he was to doubt Mr. Pullinger, who had been in the bank 21 years. Witness—He ought to have consulted the manager. Mr. Lewis—lf Samuels and Montague had brought £1,500 or £3,000 to Pullinger, and he had taken it to Lyt tleton for exchange, was he to hesitate about making the exchange. It would not be strictly his duty to do so, but it would have shown a want of discretion. Mr. Lewis—lf rullinger had brought you £1,500 for ex change, would you refuse to make the exchange ? Witness—l should hare referred this to the manager, as he is my superior officer. Mr:Lewis—Then why should Lyttleton have done more than you would have done ? Witness—The strangeness of the transaction should have induced him to do so, as the Eastern Counties Rail way were not in the habit of doing such business. Mr. Lewis—Do you call 51,5001 large amount. Witness—Yes. Mr. Lewis—What, for a railway company. Witness—Yes, especially as that kind of business was of an unusual nature. In answer to further questions, witness said—l always looked upon him as an honourable young man. I have not traced a shilling to have gone to Mr. Lyttleton. His books show all the entries as true. There is no false entering dis covered. lam induced to say that because the Bank of England does not give us credit for the £3,000 entered in one of Lyttleton's books, that entry is a false one. Ms. Pullinger kept the pass-book of the Bank of England. Lyttleton had nothing to do with that book. If I had paid Pullinger £3OO, and he had put it into his pocket, and he had not paid it into the Bank, I should not call an entry I should make a false one. The pass-book put in is the only book between the Union and the Bank of England. There was another book, but it was kept locked up in the bank. It is not here, at least I have not brought it. Mr. Pullinger used to appoint the person to carry the money to the bank. I don't know that a porter has carried money to the Bank of England. I know that Mr. Pullinger used to take the money to the Bank of England. I will not however swear that a porter has n)t carried as much as £15,000 by him self. Mr. Humphries here said he appeared here on. the part of Mr. Pullinger, not to offer any defence to the charge, but his client was anxious to state that there was nothing to connect Lyttleton with these transactions mad that he was perfectly innocent of any fraud. (Appla use .) _ _ ___ _ _ _ BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 31 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l7 15-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 51 per Cent lO4/ 1 Ditto Debentures, 1859 Ditto under £l,OOO ... 10 Consols for Account (May 9) 95/ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto £5OO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds. 5 per Cent. Bl Brasilian 5 per Cent .. 100} I )itto 41 per Cent. 1852 Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Scrip, 1860 a p Mexican 3 per Cent. Account Peruvian 41 per Cent. Account 92/ Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ... 451 1 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, St lOB Ditto 41 per Cent 971 8/ Sardinian 5 per Cent. Account.. Spanish 3 per Cent. Account 4Bl 9 Ditto New Deferred 3 per Cent Account 38 1 'panish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4l Turkish 6 per Cent Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan If per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account CHESTER RACES.-(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EATON STAKES. Gaspard . walked over. CHESTER STAKES. Parmesan walked over. THE WERRAL STAKES. _ Carraway LADIES' PURSE. Sir Joseph Spiteful Dick Six ran. STEWARDS' CUP. Petra Tame Deer 2 Dilkoosh Seven ran. HANDICAP STAKES Twilight Curlew Simla Sevon ran. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 7to 2 agst The Wizard (taken) 6to 1 agst St. Albans 13 to 2 agst Umpire Bto 1 agst Buccaneer 12 to 1 apt Thormanby 16 to 1 agst Mainstono 100 to 6 agst Nutbourne JRES FOR 1860. AY. Harpenden Epsom 22 Manchester 3O Hungerford 3l NE. Bibury Club 20 Stockbridge 2l Winchester 22 Chelmsford 1 Newcastle 26 r Ly. Nottingham 17 Stamford l9 Marlborough 2O Goodwood 24 , V T. RACING FIXT Doncaster Spring 8 York Spring 10 Salisbury ... lO Bath l5 Ascot , 5 Hampton l3 Newton 13 Odiham 19 Beverley 2O Jr Newmarket J. 3 Carlisle Worcester 5 Lii , erpool Abingdon 12 AUG Brighton Brighton Club 3 Wolverhampton Reading Radelifib l3 Egham ........14 SEFTE Warwick Doncaster 11 Chesterfield l7 Leicester l9 OCT , Bedford 3 Newmarket S 0 Oxford l6 Plymouth 2l York 22 Lichfield 27 Stockton 2B Derby - .29 :W ER. Monmouth 2O Manchester Autumn 21 Newmarket F.O 26 )BER. Newmarket 11 22 Worcester Autumn 30 ;MEEK. Shrewsbury Autamn 13 NOVE' Hereford Liverpool Autumn 7 IRE] H.wth and Baldoy; Wicklow ,AND. LY. 10 Summer 8 Curragh 2l AUGUST. Heath of Maryboro' .... 7 I Roscommon 2l Galway 14 I JULY. Bollowstown ll 1 Down Royal Cup 24 Mr. F. PEEL announced that the address agreed to by the house had been delivered to their lordship for their consideration. JAPAN. On the motion that the house at its rising should adjourn till Monday, Mr. COCHRANE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps had been taken by her Majesty's Government to protect our commercial interests in Japan. He contended that onr policy in regard to the Japanese was very injudicious, and that we had fallen into the same error that we had done in respect to China. The proper course would have been to have ap pointed a resident minister at Japan. At present affairs were in a most unsatisfactory and critical condition, and Mr. Alcocke had stated that sinister rumours were afloat that a general massacre of foreigners was contemplated in Japan. While this country was endeavouring to cultivate friendly relations with the Japanese, that people had despatched a vessel to the United States, offering to the people of that country all the facilities for commercial intercourse which we desire. This state of things, in his opinion, was produced from ignorance on our part as to the mode in which we should deal with the Japanese. It was desirable that we should strictly adhere to treaties, and aot towards the people in question as if they were civilised beings, and not savages: In reply to several question, MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION Lord JOHN RUSSELL said with reference to Japan there were difficulties in dealing with that country in regard to currency, of which how ever the Japanese Government had now taken a view, There was no doubt that in one case a British sub ject had acted in a manner that excited animosity on the part of the Japanese, and lead to the assassination of the party in question. Steps had been taken for the protection of British interests, and he agreed with an honour able member that in dealing with the Japanese people it was necessary to proceed with great delicacy. The sub ject of the,claim on the Brazili tn Government had been once more referred to the law officers, for whose opinion he was waiting before he adopted any steps in addition to those which had already been takeu. With reference to the question of the hon. baronet (Sir J. Acton), he would endeavour to ascertain if there were any despatches which would throw a light on the subject to which the hon. baronet alluded. In reply to the hon. member for Dundalk, h e stated that he had no particularobjection to the Pope, for whose personal character he had a great respect. He considered : however, that the ecclesiastical Govern ment of Rome was not calculated to promote the prosperity of the people. A recent writer had designated the separation of Romagna from the temporal authority of the Pope as a Sacrilege, but it was not to be expected that Protestants could take that view of the subject. The noble lord then proceeded to defend the course taken by Govern ment in respect to the late political events in Italy. As related to Mr. Cobden, he would state that the hou. member had been some time since in Paris as a private gentleman, and not in any official ca pacity, and had communications with the French Minister. He was now appointed one of the three commissioners toiFrance to carry out the commercial treaty with the Go vernment of that country. There was no truth in the statement of a suspension of military preparations on the part of this country in China. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING) WHITEHALL, MAT 4. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven, to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the Genoral Assem bly of the Church of Scotland. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Adams G. Archi bald, Esq., to be Attorney-General; Joseph Howe, Esq., to be Provincial Secretary; William Annand, Esq., to be Financial Secretary; Jonathan McCully, Esq., to be Soli citor-General; and John H. Anderson, Esq., to be Re ceiver -General; for the Province of Nova Scotia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Rev. Charles Bull to be Colonial Chaplain for the Falkland Islands. WAR-OFF ICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 4. 2d Regiment of Life Guards —Cornet Conwy Grenville Hercules Rowley, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant without purchase, vice Cun inghame, promoted. 4th Light Dragoons—Lieut.-Col. Frederick Charles Ayl mer, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Alexander Low, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference between Infantry and Cavalry ; Major-General John Brown to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, ) by purchase, vice Frederick C. Aylmer, who retires. Military Train—Captain Charles Hunter, from the 24th Foot, to be Captain, vice David Gibson, who exchanges. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Matthew Coke, from the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Phillips, who exchanges. 12th root—Lieutenant Henry Long William Phillips, from The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Rturns made in the week ending the Ist day of May, 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 27s 4d Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies —s —d Average price of the foregoing 263 9ld BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. James Long, spirit merchant, Leeds. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Oakshott, brewer, Portsea, to surrender, May 17, at half-past eleven, and June 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Sharphouse Duggan, wholesale stationer, Bridge house-place, Newington-causeway, Surrey, May 17, at two, and June 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Trenter, butcher, Ipswich, May 18, at twelve, and and June 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Benjamin Abraham, jeweller, Taunton, May 17 and June 13, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Isaac Hanson, innkeeper, Halifax, May 21, at half-past twelve, and June 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Benjamin Kurz, jeweller, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, May 14, at half-past twelve, and June 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Bedford, baker, Middlesex-street, Whitechapel, May 14, at half-past eleven, and June 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Harris, cattle dealer, Stoke Prior, 'Worcester shire, May 17 and June 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Joseph Stanley, draper, Walsall, Staffordshire, May 14 and June 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Thomas Moore, grocer, Morland, Westmorland, May 10, at half-past eleven, and June 14, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Edward John Dean Paul, formerly of Brompton, Lon don, now of Glasgow, Henry Jamieson M'Arthur, commission agent, Cross hill, West Kilbride. Hugh Greenlees, manufacturer, Paisley. Millar and Paterson, builders, Hamilton. John Emslie, manufacturer, Dunfermline. James Henry, baker, Milton of Campsie. John and Anthony Blaikie, advocates, Aberdeen. TUE GREAT FRAUD ON THE UNION BANK. MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) George Pullinger, late chief mushier, was placed at the bar in accordance with remand, charged with defrauding the direectors. The sum which the prisoner is charged with stealing is merely £350. but his defalcations amount to the enormous sum of £260,000. Mr. Giffard appeared to conduct the proeecation. Pul linger, although undefended, had requested Mr. Humphries to attend and watch the proceedings on his behalf. The first witness called was William Gomm, examined by Mr. Gifford, said—l am cashier in the Union Bank of London. I remember after the close of business on the 12th of April last balancing the accounts of the notes from the different tills. I found that there was £350 deficient. I mentioned the circumstance to Pullinger. He told me he had had the notes out for miscellaneous bills. He told me to pass the amount through my book. He told me the numbers of the notes of which the sum consisted, which I took down. The numbers were-82,826, 25th of Jan., £200; 58,850, 24th Sept., £100; 31,432, 20th Jan., £5O. The document put into my hands is in the prisoner's hand writing. [The document was read by the clerk—it was a sort of voucher for £350 paid for miscellaneous bills.] Pul linger showed me that document at the time. Lord Mayor—Do you wish to put any questions to this witness ? Pullinger (bowing)—No, my lord. The Chief Clerk—The charge against you is for feloni ously stealing £350 from the directors of the Union Bank. Have you anything to say in answer to the charge ? The Lord Mayor—You have now heard the evidence and charge against you, have you anything to say in answer to it Pullingar—No, my lord. I have nothing to say. The depositions were then read over, and signed by the witnesses. Richard John Lyttleton, lately a clerk in the Union Bank, was then placed by the side of Pullinger in the dock, when they were both charged with stealing £3,000. Mr. Giffard said the joint charge would now be proceeded with, and as the money taken was in gold, the instrumen tality of the prisoner Lyttleton would be resorted to. Mr. John Arthur Barton—l am Deputy-manager of the Union Bank. The prisoner Lyttleton was a cashier. I produced the cash-book on the 25th and 27th of April, 1859. I find, on the 25th, entries in the prisoner's hand writing. In his account current column he entered a sum 0f£3,000 as having been paid to the Bank of England in gold. On the same day I find an entry of an exchange of Mr. Giffard—l do not intend to take Mr. Pullinger's word in the matter, a man who has been committing frauds upon the bank for a long series of years. The witness Barton was then re examined by Mr. Gif fard—l have no means of knowing that Samuels and Mon tague did not come to the bank and make the exchange tb at has been spoken of. Three thousand pounds in bullion would be a large parcel. It would not attract attention to it. Pullinger had carried such a parcel from counter to counter. Mr. Lewis—Did not Mr. Pullinger hold 30 shares in the bank ? Witness—There is the secretary. Mr. Lewis—Don't you so ? Witness—He did hold the shares. Mr. Lewis—Was not Lyttletov's accounts duly examined, and found correct ? Witness—Yes. Gustava Bitter, chief clerk to Messrs. Samuel and Mon tague, bullion dealers, Cornhill—They keep an account at the Union Bank. They never sent a sum of £5OO or £l,OOO in gold to be changed for notes. If such transactions had taken place, it would certainly have been entered in the book I have in my hand. It is not, however, the book of the firm. It is merely one to show the balance I commence and close each day. By Mr. Lewis—The cashiers at the bank always con sulted Mr. Pullinger about changing a large amount of gold for notes. I have seen cashiers go to consult him. Mr. H. Sprole (a clerk in in the accountant's office of the Eastern Counties Railway) said—lt was my duty to send the mondey of the Eastern Counties Railway to the Union Bank. The clerk would take with him a book which the bank clerk would initial into the sum paid in. On April 27 I sent £3,721 12s. Bd. I did not in that exchange £1,500 of gold for notes. I sent a person named Lumloey, he returned with the book initialed " E. L." [The book was handed to Mr. Barton, but he could not speak with certainty as to their being in Lyttleton's hand writing. Mr. Gomm, however, said it was.] Mr. Sheldon—On April 25, 1859, Pullinger owed me £5OO. He paid mo in ono bank note. I paid that money into Messrs. Masterman's bank. That was the only sum of money I paid in that way. On the 27th I received £2,500 from Pullinger—£l,ooo in the morning, and £1,500 in the afternoon. The £l,OOO I gave to a member of the Stock Exchange who was fidgetty about the accout. The £1,500 I paid into my bankers. I received the sum in two £l,OOO Bank of England notes, and one for £500• M. Uzielli is the name •f the gentleman to whom I paid the £l,OOO. Mr. G. Bloor (clerk to Mr. Uzielli, stock-broker)—On April 27, 1859, Mr. Sheldon paid me a £l,OOO for Mr. Uzielli, it was number 85,778. I did not take the date. It was paid into Masterman's bank to Mr. Uzielli's account. Mr. Wynn (clerk in Masterman's bank) said—Mr. Shel don kept an account there. On April 25, 1859, he paid in £5OO. It was a Bank of England note, marked A. L., and numbered 37,954. I also received the sum of £1,500 in two notes--one for £l,OOO, marked A. E. 85,745, and the other for £5OO, marked a A. L. 38,610. Mr. Giffard said that was the case against the prisoners. Mr. Lewis put it to the Lord Mayor whether any case had been made out against his client Lyttelton. The Lord Mayor said there was nothing for him to detain Lyttelton on the charge, neither had there been any collu sion proved between him and Pullinger. He perhaps might have been indiscreet in paying so large a sum as has been mentioned, but indiscretion was not a crime. The Chief Clerk—There is another eharge against Lyt tleton. Mr. Lewis—So I believe, but I don't know whether it will be proceeded with. The charge having been read over to rußinger, The Lord Mayor asked him what he had to say in answer to it. Pullenger said—l am guilty my lord. I have nothing to say. Mr. Giffard said that the evidence in the next case was not any stronger, and after the observations of the Lord Mayor he should feel justified in proceeeding with the other charges against Lyttelton. Mr. Lewis—The position in which my client has been placed has been very unjust. For fifteen years he had been in the service of the bank, and during the whole of that time ho had conducted himself with the greatest honour and honesty. His books have been carefully examined, and not a single false item had been disoovered. The Lord Mayor having complimented Mr. Lewis on the manner in which he had conducted the case for his client, said he must be allowed to observe that the bank authorities had been justified in taking the steps they had done, as they had a duty to perform to their shareholders and the public. With respect to Mr. Lyttleton he left the court without the slightest blemish on his character. The con duct of Pullinger in exerting himself to clear Lyttleton from any suspicion that attached to him was also worthy of praise, and it proved he had still somo good qualities left. Lyttleton was then released from custody, and left the justice raom with his friends, and Pullinger was fully com mitted for trial on both charges. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KING'S CROSS. — Number of patients for the week _ending April 2S, 7H, of which 333 were Tlew cases. WALTHAM ABBEY. This venerable fabric—one of the landmarks in our eccle siastical history—having for several months been closed for epairs, was re Tened yesterday, the 800th anniversary of its consecration, with special services. Without entering on the dis_puted gliestidn whether the abbey church of Wal tham Holy Cross was founded by Harold, or owes it origitt to Henry I. or Stephen, although ecclesiologists kicline to the former belief, it possesses a historical interest second only to that of Westminster Abbey, and therefore to rescue it from the decaying hand of eight centuries was truly a great national work. We should be wrong if we regarded it as one of restoration. It has been simply a repair judiciously conceived and admirably carried into effect with but one view, the conservation of the severe and massive style of the early Norman period in all its simplicity and grandeur. Long have been the disputations amongst learned antiqua ries on what is still a moot point in English history, the burial-place of " the gentle earl," the last of the Saxon kings. Waltham, and Harold in Bedford, which old Fuller says is " properly HarewOod or Harelswood, on vulgar, groundless tradition;" contend for the honours of his sepul ture. Tradition says his bones lie in the apse of the struc ture in which the present generation came to worship yesterday as Harold's Abbey Church. Tradition is seldom wrong, but even the indefiniteits9 of this vexed question throws around the fabric an interest which does not always attach even to the stately monuments of the piety of past ages. Far more telling, perhaps, on this ancient fabric than the ravages of time was man's handicraft. The nave—all that is left of the work of the founder of the abbey—had under gone some strange architectural transformations which come under the name of restorations. " The remainder of the history of this church," remarks Mr. Burges in his report to the committee of repairs, "is unfortunately the common one of gradual erection of pews, galleries, and the destruction of all the original features. Thus the begin ning of last year saw the whole area of the church filled with pews ; two western galleries were added on the western side, and another on the south ; on the north side the majority of the windows had been barbarously cut away, and a large 'square one inserted; the huge columns were cracked and split in all directions, besides being very seriously injured by the beams supporting the galleries ; the old high-pitch roof had given way to a low one made of the old materials, and finished internally with a plaster ceiling; a hideous porch had been built on the south side, the tracery of the windows of the beautiful Lady Chapel hnd been destroyed, and the walls covered with plaster in imita tion of rustic-work, while every feature of the interior had been totally obliterated in the fitting it up for a schoolroom." Such then was the condition of this stately pile a year ago, and then originated that movement, the success of which we have now to record. By the untiring energy of the incum bent, the Rev. James Francis, funds were raised sufficient to avert the natural decay of this monument of the skill of our Saxon ancestors. The popularity which he has justly acquired in his parish rendered his task comparatively easy. This, aided by the honest pride which every parishioner must feel in such a church, led to liberal subscriptions, which were augmented by contributions from those who, though not locally interested, regard Waltham Abbey as a national church. So, although much remains to be done, yet enough has been dons to justify its reopening to the service of God as a temple worthy of His service. Few who visited the church yesterday would have known it as the same building of a twelvemonth ago, except that there is a cha rac t er about it which nothing can destroy as long as one stone clings to another. The first thing which strikes the eye is the ceiling, the general design of which is taken from Peterborough cathedral, which is the only one of contemporary date in the kingdom. Here, however, a great revolution in ornamental decoration has taken place. In Peterborough Cathedral, as most of our readers are well aware, the centres of the compartments are filled up with a confused mass of saints, bishops, and grotesque animals. At Waltham the effect is far more pleasing to the eye. The signs of the zodiac occupy the middle compartments, and on either side the labours of the months of the year are typified —a regular scheme being thus followed out with admirable effect. The painting has been executed by Mr. Poynter, the son of the well-known artist, and the subjects have been all taken from nature, instead of from manu scripts. This, we think, is an advance in the right direc tion ; for, while the framework has been derived from ancient art, all the resources of modern knowledge have been applied. The whole effect is remarkably good, and is perhaps the very best refutation of the charge of gaudiness so frequently brought against polychromatic decorations. Next in order come the four stained-glass windows. One, with two lights, has been executed by Messrs. Lavers and Berreaud, from cartoons by Mr. N. Westlake. It owes its peculiar brilliancy to the employment of enamelled colours for the shades, instead of the usual brown smeaa The subject is the good women of the Old Testament, beginning with Eve, who is repre sented in the tracery listening to the seductions of the serpent. This is a gift, in memory of his wife, of Captain Edenborongh, of theEssexYeomanry. Another window in the north aisle represents four of the Apostles, it being intended to fill up the Norman windows on either side with the figures of the remaining eight of our first teachers of Christ's word. The Rev. J. Thomas is the donor, in memory of his father. It comes from the well-known workshop of Messrs. Clayton and Bell, who have also supplied the two Norman windows in the south aisle, representinc , the four Evangelists. These windows have been placed ° in the church by the esteemed incumbent in memoriam, of some members of his family. We understand that a design has been prepared by the architect for a new east-end window, the present one being so utterly bad that a very short time must elapse before it is removed and replaced by something more appropriate to the structure. Previous to the late altera- Gins the state of the church was about as bad as can be well imagined. Besides the gallery in the south aisle there were two others at the west end, in the upper of which was placed the organ. These inappropriate accessories have been demolished. Owing, however, to the restricted space for the sittings—about 407 in number—a new gallery ,has been erected over the entrance porch, but it has been so arranged that while it does not mar the architectural effect it serves as a strutt to some pillars which have a leaning towards the west end. Here the organ, which—reconstructed and enlarged by Mr. W. J. Walker, of London—has a remarkably fine tone, is placed, in accordance with the received opinion that this instrument sounds better from an elevated position than on the ground. The huge, unsightly and uncomfortable pews which hitherto blocked up the area have been removed — the dibris, as we understand, having served to build one or two cottages—and their place has been supplied by seats of plain oak, manufactured by Mr. Burrell, of Norwich. Such are the leading features of the work already achieved. More, however, as we have said, remains to be done, and will be accomplished as soon as the funds are forthcoming. The repair of the beautiful Lady Chapel on the south is still dependent on the national bounty. The anniversary and reopening yesterday were celebrated by three services. In the morning the prayers were read by the Rev. James Francis, the incumbent, and the lessons by the Rev. Mr. Batho, of Cheshunt, and the Rev. R. Hart, curate of Waltham. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Harold Browne, Norrisian Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, who selected for his text Exodus iii., s—" Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground." In the afternoon the lessons were read by the Rev. Mr. Beck, of High Beach, and the Rev. Mr. Davis, of Yardley House, Waltham ; the sermon bein,g preached by the Rev. Dr. Jelf, Principal of King's College. In the evening, when the congregation consisted chiefly of children, the Rev. J. M'Connell Hussey, incumbent of Christ Church, Brixton, preached. At the morning and afternoon services there were very large con gregations, many having come from London and the adja cent district to be present at the reopening. Collections in aid of funds for the building were made ater each service, and we understand that in the morning upwards of £63 was collected. The musical part of the service in the morning and afternoon was assisted by the choristers of the Temple Church and several gentlemen from her Majesty's Chapel Royal and Westminster Abbey, under the direction of Mr. Wm. H. Cummings. The members of the Waltham Abbey choir assisted in the evening. Mr. T. Chalk presided most efficiently at the organ. CHAPEL ROYAL, SAVOY -STREET, STRAND. —This ancient chapel has recently been restored by command of her Majesty the Queen, under the direction of Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Duchy of 'Lancaster. Many historical associations cluster round the chapel and its pre cinct, with which most people are familiar, but very few of the ten thousand wayfarers of the Strand have any know ledge of the very interesting remains which may yet be seen in the existing chapel. It is of the plain perpendicular style of Gothic belonging to the early part of the reign of Henry VIII. The special beauty of the chapel is to be found in the ceiling, which is a richly emblazoned network of quatrefoils extending over the whole surface. The orna ments are made up of shields having various emblems of the Passion and other events of the Gospel history ; the rest of the space is occupied with a large number of the regal emblems of the Houses of York and Lancaster. The altar piece is also worthy of notice, and many of the monuments are of much more than average interest. The chapel was reopened by the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster, and may at any time be seen by the public either after the Sunday services, or by special application during the week. The restorations have been entrusted to the care of Mr. Sydney Smirke, A.R.A. The Scotsman announces the failure of the legal firm of J. and A. Blaikie, of Aberdeen, and the flight of the senior partner. The deficiencies, which are rumoured to have occurred under circumstances of the gravest kind, are stated at £200,000 or £300,000, and it is feared that many families will suffer. The adoption by the Neapolitan Government of the telegraphic arrangements agreed to at Berne has led to a great improvement in the telegraphic service from Malta via Sicily. During the last f‘tw days several messages have been received in London within a few hours of their de• spatch from Malta. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENG LAND.-At a meeting of the council of this society, held on Wednesday last, it was agreed to hold the annual meeting of the society at Leeds in 1861. There were application from the following places besides Leeds—York, Doncaster, Hull, Wakefield, and Harrowgate. The council decided by a large majority in favour of Leeds. EARTHQUAKE IN SPAIN.--A shock of earth quake was felt on the 26th ult., at Albacete, in Valencia, which lasted three seconds. The Madrid journal says that it was violent, and accompanied by a subterranean noise, but that it did no injury. CRINOLINE AND HOOFED PETTICOATS.—The far thingale of the time of Elizabeth answers to the hooped petticoat of the days of Queen Anne and to the crinoline of Queen Victoria. Against the farthingales the great master, Philip Stubbes, inveighed with thundering eloquence. " When they have all their goodly robes upon them," says he, " women seem to be the smallest part of themselves, not natural women, but artificial women ; not women of flesh and blood, but rather puppets, or mewl:lets, consisting of rags and clouts compact together." The queen herself con demned the fashion, and passed laws to put down such ex travagance. The wits assailed it, and what was the result ? the farthingale expanded, and under James I. became as remarkable for ugliness as for discomfort. Hooped petti coats cams into fashion again in the time of Queen Anne ; and Addison's keen satire wu directed against them. In the Spectator, No. 272, appears an advertisement, dated from the parish vestry, January 9, 1711-12 :—" All ladies who come to church in the new-fashioned hoops, are desired to be there before Divine service begins, lest they divert the attention of the congregation." Gay took up the subject, and handled it very roughly ; more polite w it s averre d t h at these hoops only kept the men at a p ro p er di s t ance ; t h e caricaturists represented a fashionably -attired lady as a donkey carrying two panniers ; and Rogarth picturefl the inconvenience of a full-dressed belle entering a sedan-chair. What the wits and caricaturists did, in Queen Bees's time en d Q ueen „tune's, has been dcge over again in Queen it:14;16'1.-2* 4 44 : 43 ' Tre,aiwy, AFFAIRS OF ROME. ROME, APRIL 2F The Court of Rome has always afforded a field for t:a 5 diplomatic rivalries of the representatives of France a ra Austria; and the preponderating influence of one or ti I t other of these dignitaries with the Supreme Pontiff has f or a long time been jealously watched over as being capable of giving rise to European consequences. Hence the mere a p pearance of the slightest external superiority in the retin• le or equipages of one of their excellencies excites the dit deuce and apprehension of the other, and it is only by 0 .e parity of their suites that the parity of their political infh ence is demonstrated to the public. The new Austria ambassador, Baron de Bach, although he has been in Rom since the end of last September, had not been in diplomati, gala to pay his respects to the Pope at the Vatican unti I Monday last, when he and his subordinates repaired thither with all the pomp of state carriages-12 in number —running footmen, new wigged and liveried coachmen and • valets, and a guard of honour of Pontifical Dragoons. The strength of this guard of honour had furnished a matter of dissension between his excellency and the Duke de Gramont. The baron applied to General do Goyon for 14 dragoons , and the general, as supreme commandant, had no objectio n to give his authorisation to their being used for this speci al service ; but the French ambassador sent the general word that, as he had only been honoured with eight dragoons when he went in state to the Vatican, he suggested that a like number might suffice for the Austrian representa tive. The genes-al answered that the number of 14 was sanctioned by usage, and might have been supplied to the Duke de Gramont had he asked for as many; but the ambassador replied that it was the duty of the general to uphold the honour of his nation and the dignity of his Government, and that therefore . he must not authorise any foreign Minister's Appearing in public with grea t er s t a t e than that of the French Minister, who was also the dean of the diplomatic body. The Baron do Bach, being apprised by the general , that only eight dragoons would be at his disposition, resolved to apply directly to Cardinal Antonelli, who in his turn made the original request for 14 dragoons to General de Goyon, as if com ing from the Pontifical Government ; but in vain. The general had , been put on his mettle by the duke, and civilly, but resolutely, refused to grant more than the eight. troopers. The baron, however, made a very good show, traversing the city at foot's pace, and he remained an hour and a half in close colloquy with the Pope before he called the members of his suite into the audience room to present them severally to his Holiness. His excellency wound up the ceremony with the customary visits to the Cardinal Secretary of State, the Cardinal Dean of the Sacred College, and the holy relics in the Church of St. Peter. On Wednesdar evening the baron gave his first public reception at the Palazzo di Venezia, the French arnbassadress doing the honours for him to the Roman princesses, who crowded to the reception in unusual numbers, and with a magnificent display of diamonds. Cardinals and prelates were ex tremely numerous, also the presence of ecclesiastical digni taries of all descriptions showing their predilection for Austrian policy. The fête was most brilliant. General de Lamoriciere is expected back in Rome from his inspection of the garrisons in 'Umbria and Mama very shortly. Madame de Lamoriciere is already arrived here, and has taken up her residence at the Minerva Hotel. According to the general's programme, he is to have no salary—he will accept of none—but his expenses are to be paid, and he insists . upon being supplied unsparingly with 'the funds necessary for the reorganisation of the army. This is the object he has undertaken, and everybody expects that Ile will effect it if the pecuniary means are not withheld. Detachments of Papal soldiers are daily snaking their appearance in the capital from various provincial garrisons, and the concen tration necessary for the departure of the French division has thus begun. But the army of his Holiness is to be carried to the strength of 24,000 men before the French go away, and General de Goyon considers that this will not be effected before the month of October, although he has made his own preparations, and could leave Rome in a week's time, if he only received notice from Cardinal Antonelli that the military resources of the Pontifical Government were sufficient to ensure the tranquillity of the country. The negotiations which were pending for some time between the Government of his Holiness and the Duke of Modena for the transfer of the Estense troops, now in Lombardy, and amounting to about 3,000 men, to the service of the Pope, have been broken, off, the duke declaring that his soldiers eNld not serve in , any other uniform than that of the house of Este, and that, moreover, he expected to require their services himself ere long. The Estense brigade, however, displayed their zeal for the cause of the Church by forwarding ,to his Holiness a pecuniary offering, the result of a collection amongst all ranks, amounting to 2,333 fr. Conscription is still rumoured amongst the lower classes with' some fear, as likely to be resorted to to fill up the vacancies in the army ; but this is so contrary to the tradi tions of this Government, that all other means will be tried first. The works of excavation undertaken lately at the Baths of Caracalla, the Roman Forum, and the - Via Latina, chiefly to provide work for the indigent classes, have been sus pended, and the most robust of the labourers have been in: duced to enlist, they wisely preferring 30 dollars bounty to probable starvation. About 300 recruits have been thus obtained. Recruits of a more aristocratic stamp, both. Roman and foreign, are presenting themselves far incorpora tion into General de Lamoiiciere's crack cavalry corps; and the haste with which the orders for purchasing 600 horses are being carried out, have afforded the Roman farmers and dealers opportunities for making excellent bargains. Several sprigs of nobility and members of the Pope's noble guard are anxious to exchange the monotonous duties of the. palace for commissions in the regiment of Roman Guides. The rumour of M. de Courcelles being called to the Ministry, as also M. de Falloux, is now 'contradicted. M. de Courcelles, however, is engaged upon an elaboi-ate re port upon the state of the Pontifical finances. It is also. denied, upon the best authority, that any orders have been received from the Emperor for either rewarding or punish ing any of .the officers who were actors or sufferers during the celebrated dispersal of the demonstration in the Corso, on St. Joseph's-day, by the Papal gendarmes. The official journal of the 2(ith gives a long account of the reception by his Holiness of a deputation of United States Catholics, introduced by Monsignor Bacon, Bishop of Portland, who, in their name, addressed a long speech to the Pope, expressive of devotion and condolence ; to which the Pontiff replied that he was consoled to see the cause of the temporal dominion of the holy Sec defended with admirable accord by all Catholic nations, who, in this violation of the rights of the Roman Church, see the destruction of those principles on which reposes the legitimacy of all power and property. He added that by such subversions men abuse the name of liberty, which, according to Scripture, is only to be found where there is the Spirit of God —in explana nation of which he warned his hearers against the machi nations of men who, without faith and honour, would trample under foot the principles of right and order so glo riously upheld by the Holy See, and maintained by nations who enjoy free Governments and institutions. The Holy Father then alluded in flattering terms to the rapid pro gress of the United States, especially in Catholicism, and declared that they would always form the object of his continual and fervent prayers. The journal of yesterday contains accounts of addresses and pecuniary offerings from various parts of France. The same paper contains official announcements of honorary appointments in the Court of his Holiness, amongst which there appears, as Cameriere Sepreto di Cappa c Spada, a Scotch gentleman, Mr. Robert Monteith, of Carstairs. The Newcastle Chronicle records the following praiseworthy act on the part of a Manchester clergyman Some time ago the affairs of a builder in Hexhani became embarrassed. He made an assignment , and while his estate was being wound up lie died. The assignees realised the effects, and paid the creditors 12s. 6d. in the pound. The other day the builder's son, a clergyman occupying one of the chief pulpits in Manchester, sent to the assignees a large sum of money to pay off the balance of Ids- father s debt. The creditors are, we hear, about to present a testi monial to the rev. gentleman for his truly noble conduct. THE HYLTON PEERAGE. —The successor to this very ancient barony is the present night Hon. Sir W. Jolliffe, the member for Peterslield. Ills grandfather obtained an audience on the subject with George the Third, who received him with great kindness and condescension, and remarked that lie would speak to Lord North, the the': Minister, respecting a new creation. But, such arrange ment appeasing to Mr. jolliffe to be a desertion of his claim in its full extent, the negotiation was not proceeded with. ST. MICHAEL'S CH URCII, CORNHILL. —This church, rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666, and the beautiful p s e e r r e l d v j a e n n i , a s h t a e s r p r i e c e c e e n o t f l y i e s x o p e e r i b e r a n e t e e c d i a t o r c w h e i i t i e o e f t , Sir Christopher the most extensive improvements and alterations. These works, entrusted to Mr. G. G. Scott and Mr. Williams, the celebrated architects, are of such magnitude and importance as to demand for their description more space than the limits of a brief notice like the present will allow. How ever, it is only just to obserVe that the decorations exhibit the most splendid specimens of Art. At a future opportunity we may have occasion to describe at greater length the manifold beauties displayed ill the stone and wood carvinf, stained glass, armorial and other paintings, and the various features observable in a parish church restored or renovated with every attention to artistic propriety. A private view of the church was on Wednesday evening last granted to a select number of visitors, and a trial of the organ and choir took place under the direction of Mr. Limpus,the organist. The music selected, besides voluntaries, to develop the admirable qualities of the organ as a solo instrument, com prised several fine anthems, as well as psalm tunes and the ' Hallelujah Chorus." The performance of these was in every way satisfactory to musical judges, and productive of the highest gratification to all present. The church has already been visited and approved by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and by the Bishop of London. It will be reopened for divine service on Sunday, May 13, ( n which occasion the Bishop of St. Asarh ann:mtresd 10 preach in the mor..± - ,g before the 123rd Ila:, or and - Ato , Artil attend