The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-22 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — The following arrangements are already made for the season : Saturday, April 24—LA FIGLIA DEL REGGINIENTO Tuesday, April 27, LEA HUGUENOTS. Thursday, April 29, LES HUGUENOTS. On each occasion entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which. MesdUes. Pocchini, Annetta, Bioletti, Pasquale, and Morlacchi will appear. Applications to be made at the Box Office at the theatre. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LES HUGUENOTS. • THIS EVENING (Thursday), April 22, Extra Night, will be repeated Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, GLI UGONOTTI. DRAMATIS PERS 0 N.g. II Conte di San Bris (Governor of the Louvre) 11 Conte di Nevers Signor ALDIGHIE RI. De Cosse Signor MERCURIAL'. Tavannes Signor ANNONI. De Retz Meru Head of Night Watch Raul di Nangis (a Huguenot Gentleman) Signor GIUGLINI. Marcello (his Servant) Signor VIALETTI. Margaritta di Valois (betrothed - to Henry IV.) Madlle. ORTOLAN'. Urbano (ber Page) Mdale. LUCIONI LAND'. Dania d'Onore Valentina (daughter of San Bris) Madlle. TITIENS. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Pages, Citizens, Soldiers, Students, Night Watch, Monks, Musicians, &c. Conductor, Signor ADRITI. With scenery, entirely new and o ri g inal, by Mr. Marshall ; dresses, entirely new and taken from the best authoand rs.ritie M s, by Madame Copere, and execut ed by M. Laureys Masterman ; principal machinist, Mr. Sloman ; head of the property department. Mr. Bradwell ; the mise-en-scene and incidental ballet, by M. Mascot. Te conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by If. Mascot, entitled CALIST 0 ; OU, LE RENVOI DE L'AMOUR. Th e principal parts by Madlles. Pocehini, Annetta, Pas quale, Morlacchi, Bioletti, F. Brown, La Petite Philipe, and M. Caron. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. To commence at 8 o'clock. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Mrs. Charles Young ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s: each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes .„ Upper Boas" ...... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Gallery ... 1 0 Gallery 0 6 It 0 Y A P L y r R t or, I N C ES S' I S s THEAT eanRE. Mr. Char. THIS EVENING, will be performed Slaakspere's Tragedy of KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. Preceded by SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. T HEATRE- RO YAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Bea. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE .00R STROLLERS, iu which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Rolm, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEA.TRE.—L ,, , , s3eo aryl Direetres/, Miss S wanborough.—Thi4 Eveninz will be prednied the new comedy, by Stirling CoyLle, Esl., called NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING WIN. Supported. by Messrs. Belton, R Seifert, Kinloch. and Miss A. Oliver. Followed by anew Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and MiS3 M. Ternan. After which, the-now burlesque of FR A. DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D:avolo, Miss Swan b_rough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. CANTERBURY HALL, Westrain3ter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The iggcorlipany of Vocalists are engaged for the performance S dections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS CEIORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &a., viz. ; —Miss Russell, Mrs Badzey, Miss Bruaell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Mi,s Montague; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, 8, to •os I. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An'onio, B. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and 'lr Bzr lard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critch` eld, John G. Forde, and E. Mackacy. Piano'ortc, Mr. Cecil Ili3ks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Saven precisely. Sappers, &s., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUdUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Charles Kean, Esq.) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SRN OFFICE, APRIL 22. IHERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 48--lowest this morning and daring the night, 67—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.46—set fair. WIND, South-Easterly ; light, with very fine warm weather. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. HIS DAY—Morn., 5 1 min. aft. B—Even., 40 min. aft. 9 TO-Mounow —Morn., 22 min. aft. 10 —Even., 1 min aft. 11 A ( - 1 '‘'``.°S7' LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1858. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has contrived, in his late financial statement, to present to the House of Cinamons beyond all question the most ingenious and the least objectionable Budget with. in many past years' recollection. With a deft ciency of 4,000,000/. for the next twelvemonth ,- , bequeathed to him by his immediate predecessor, he has nevertheless so adroitly balanced his ac counts that he makes ample provision for the pro spective excess of expenditure over income in 1858-9, without imposing upon the community one single farthing additional in the way of taxa tion ! it is only after he has thus calculated rationally upon meeting the demand upon the national purse that, for the purpose of securing, over and above the aggregate probabilities of dis bursement, what every Chancellor of the Exchequer ought in common prudence to make provision for —a surplus—it is only then, for the purpose of securing something in the way of a moderate sur plus, that he proposes to raise a supplemeutaty 300,0001, a-year by means of a penny stamp upon bankers' cheques. And, assuredly, no more cun ning device could very well have been hit upon than this very one of raising the comparatively trivial surplus here projected exclu sively from the means of those very individuals who will previously have be:,efitted direct'y and largely from the reduction simultaneous!y made of 2d. upon every pound sterling under the one head of the Income tax. For it is unquestionably, of all the conspicuous features of Mr. DISRAELI'S Budget, that according to previous arrangement the Income-tax will be reduced for 1858 9 from 'ld. to 5d., thedeficiency of 4,000,0001. or there abouts, to the contrary, nevertheless, notwith standing. Nothing, we do strenuously maintain, could, by possibility, have been explained with more admirable or more exquisite lucidity than the apparently complicated, but, in reality, the mar vellously si m pl e mean s by w hi c h, w ith o ut one farthing more of additional t txation 9 the excess of expenditur e to the tune of 4,000,000/. is now most ingeniously proposed to be provided for by the Chancellor o f m th o o d E el xchequer.A s few sentences culled from this in th e first plapcpe:rtel,nat; t .atement will render this sufficiently a Financial he I Cha is rge e f t o i mated then, for the funded and unfunded debt being set down at 1,900,0001., that for the army at 11,750, 000/. that for the navy at 9,860,0001., that forl miscel laneous laneous civil servi ces at 7,000,000 i., that educational purposes at 1,000,0001., and so on through the whole catalogue, the tJtal expendi dit ire for next year will be exactly 63,610,001. for all the various departtnents. It is further stated that, according to existing arrangements, this aggregate of 63,610,0001. will be further en • THE SUN, LONIDION, THURSDAY EVENIN - G, APRIL 22, 1858. hanced by means of a liability for 1,500,000 1 . un der the war sinking fund, and of 2,000,0001. of Exchequer-bonds requiring to be liquidated in the ensuing month, to a total charge for 1858-59 of precisely 67,110,0001. To meet which there will be a probable aggregate of revenue for this next twelvemonth, from April '5B to April '59, of 63,990,0001., which yields, as compared with the estimated aggregate of expenditure, an excess of liability as nearly approaching as well could be to an aggregate of 4,000,0001., or, to be precise, exactly 3,990,0001. It is in regard to this 3,990,0001. that Mr. DISRAELI, with consummate tact and adroitness, has made ample provision without imposing one additional tax, at the same time that he still secures to the community the almost despaired of boon of the reduction of the Income Tax from '7d. to sd. How then is this marvel lous result arrived at, of a deficiency of 4,000,0001. provided for without a new tax, and with a dimi nution of 2d. upon the existing charge upon in comes ? It is readily enough explained. Firstly, then, be it observed, that out of this estimated deficit of 3,990,0001. upon the year '5B 's9—no less a sum than 3,500,0001. is incurred in con sequence of our engagements to pay off debt—viz., 1,500,000/. upon the War Sinking Fund, and 2,000,000/. upon Exchequer-bonds. Upon this point Mr. MORA ELI wisely, pertinently, sagaciously puts to the Committee one startling inquiry—" Is it not," he asks, " the last resource of an individual in distress to raise money in order to pay debts, and to get deeper in debt in consequence t" Every thing is said in that one terse interrogation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer does not pro pose to carry out in behalf of the nation this monstrous, preposterous, and most absurd of systems. Instead of asking the country to incur new debts to pay off old ones at the very time when there is a deficit of 400,0001. additional — he proposes most reasonably that the operation of the Sinking Fund shall be postponed yet awhile, and that the Exchequer-bonds now falling due shall be for yet a little time longer renewed. Than this, surely nothing could by possibility be more rational in every way under the circum stances. By this simple and candid device, a deficiency of 3,990,0001. is reduced to a deficit of no more than 400,0001. altogether. This trivial deficiency he proposes to cover with from 400,0001. to 500,000/. accruing from the equali sation of the spirit duties —placing Irish spirits, at length, in tha same category with Scotch and English spirits. Then, but not till then, with an eye to a moderate surplus, he proposes to secure 300,0001. by affixing a compulsory penny stamp upon every cheque henceforth to be drawn upon a banker. Remem bering that by reason of the propoaod reduction of 21. upon the income-tax there will be a clear loss under that one head for the coming year of just 1,000,0001.—it is surely not unreasonable to look for a willing concession of 300,0001. by penny stamps upon bankers' cheques—these 300,0001 being derived from the very class which will have uostbenefitted by this previously diminished .axation to the tune of 1,000,0001. Such, in brief, upon a re vie wel analysis of it, is the very masterly Budget already delibe rately designated by us, as at once the most in genious and the least objectionable of any Budget within the recollection, for many years past, of he House of Commons. It is a financial state ment which is at once a great parliamentary sue ce-s, and what is yet more, a great administrative achievement. The opponents of Church-rates achieved a great victory bat night. Mr. PACER, very shabbily in deed, prevented their forces from coming fairly into action, by an amendment that the House should resolve itself into committee that day six months—an amendment designed only to waste time, since in spirit it was appropriate only to die question decided on the second reading. When the House, however, did get fairly into committee, every amendment was withdrawn without division, and on the prorate party moving that the chairman report progress, they were be2ten by 346 to 104. Unluckily indeed, through Mr. PACKE'S unfairness, the time was gone, and the chairman was obliged by tLe forms of the house to report progress ; still to the observation, that if persons are willing to be rated, they can pay without compulsion; and if they are not willing, it is unjust to compel them. It is simply silly to talk of the hardship of abolishing the rate in the parishes which are wil ling to pay it. Willing to pay and yet a hard ship not to be forced to pay 1 Why, the nonsense reverses the sentiment by which almost every Englishman is actuated; nine out of ten of us would rather give a sovereign than be coerced to pay a penny. Lords CECIL and SHAFTESBURY would have us believe that Englishmen would really pray to be made slaves, and prefer paying on compulsion to contributing voluntarily 1 Ask these supposed slavish parishes, and they would reply—that is, if the parson and the squire would let them—leave it to U 3, gentlemen, and we will gladly give what we think the Church fairly demands at our hands. We repeat what we have often said—Church men ought to be but too thankful to have so many thousands of capital churches all over the coun try, on the very easy terms of keeping them fit for their own use—a cheap rent that 1 Not so did Dissenters come by their chapels. They had to build them at their own cost, and they would yet think it folly to let them go out of repair. We are ready to think, that if Churchmen had built their own churches they would care more about them, and not be fighting with Dis senters to compel them to aid in repairing them. The churches are national property ; the nation allows one sect to engross the property ; to engross it to the utter exclusion of the most gifted, and liberal, and popular Dissenting preacher from any of the pulpits—is it not then scandalous for the favoured sect to shirk keeping in repair the property which they appro priate so exclusively ? Last night's debate, however, shows that this scandal cannot endure long. Abolition, un compensated abolition is now at hand. If com pensation be demanded it should be for Dissen ters. They have long enough been fleeced — thoughtlessly on the part of more liberal Church men—but, now that the question is broadly before them, really liberal Churchmen would rather offer compensation than ask it. This evening, the Jewish Relief Bill comes on for its second reading in the Upper House. We trust that the hereditary legislators may avail themselves of the opportunity of conceding grace fully to the clear and unequivocal feeling of the collateral branch of Parliament, and of the entire country, so frequently and decidedly expressed. Lord DERBY perceived the propriety of such a concession on other points, and we are sure that he would be one of the last men who would wish to produce a collision between tho Houses, in which that wherein he occupies so eminent a posi tion must necessarily suffer very severely. His most influential and valued colleague—the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, whose sound and admir able financial scheme has contributed additional power and stability to the Government, has long been the strenuous advocate of this simple act of justice and expediency. The First Lord of the Admiralty, whose clear and convincing statement elicited universal commendation, divided in the same lobby with the financial Minister ; and the Attorney-Genera), the first law officer of the Crown, contributed by his vote to the good cause. Tee opinions of Lord STANLEY are also well known. Under such circumstances, there can be no organised Ministerial opposition offered to the measure. It will be what is termed an open ques tion, en which each member of the Cabinet will express his individual views. It was so with the late Government, for L )rd HanitownY voted with the majority which rejected the bill sent up with the highest prestige from the other House. There aro times when firmness becomes ob stinacy, or even perversity. The Lords would greatly mistake their functions, and, we may add, damage their position, if they persevered too long in opposing the wishes of the nation. T i llie ut most limits of endurance have already been at tained. The cup is fullto overflowing. It was with diffilulty that those who were desirous of adopting the most summary and decisive moans of bringing the question to a speedy conclusion, were induced to refrain and to abide the chances of another ses sion ; no such result will follow a similar error, and before many days have elapsed Baron LIoNEL DE ROTHSCHILD will be called upon to take his seat, whether with or without the assent of the House of Lords. There is no greater absurdity than the cant phrase of unchristianising the country or unchris tianisiug the Legislature. It is but a rechauffee of the ob3ol)te howl of 30 years since, when our It Allan Cltholic brethren ware claiming jus tice from Parliament—claims which were met with vague denunciations as to the impending destruction of Protestantism it any measure so unconstitutional should be par mitted to pass. Well, it was carried, and the most strenuous Protest int cannot as33rt that his religion received the slightest injury; and, with the exzeption of a few ultra-fanatics, there is no one would now dream of undoing that great act of political justice and sound policy. And yet laws were expressly made against those professing the Roman Catholic religion, while nothing was ever intentionally aimed against our Hebrew fellow-subjects. It was by a stray shaft, directed against a very different target, that they , were reached; for, in fact, the inscription on the por tals of the Legislative Assemblies were virtually the same as those said to have been affixed to the gates of Bandon during the last century, which declared that " Turk, Jew, or Atheist might enter, but no Papist I" If, then, all the prophecies so touch ingly delivered as to the decadence of Great Bri tain, after the admission of Roman Catholics have been so completely falsified, we can easily believe that similar results will follow Hebrew emancipa tion, and that even Bishops themselves will, in a few years, wonder at the odium, theo!ogicam , which could so greatly com plicate a simple question mad offer such dote:' mined opposition to an act of palpable justice. The 'election of DANIEL O'CONNELL for the county of Clare forthwith ensured the passing of Catholic emancipation. The metropolis of Great Britain is surely no less important a constituency, and it has returned Baron DE ROTHSCHILD, IlLt merely once, but five or six times, and have sub-: witted to be partially disfranchised for a period of twelve years in order to render their testimony more convincing. Surely some weight should merely oit he be att ac h e d t o th a t ex ' raor di nar y, th e t unparalleled d emons t ra ti on . It i s th e privilege not electors all ve th o ci f ty ßa o r f on Lo ß n ozir n sc th il a r t nu is b d u i t ire o g f: r v d e e rj elector . chosen erela a ti m on a s n of of u l n if i:pea A cli v ab er e y character—in-Pe have monarch of finance, whose aid in monetary emer gencies is sought by every European GovernMent to represent their wants and wishes, for which purpose they believe him to be pre-eminently qua lifi e d. But their honest selection is set aside, not on a matter of substance, but of form, for he is willing to take the prescribed oaths in the man ner which he declares to be most binding on hi conscience—not through any deliberate intention of the Legislature, but through a mere casualty, as undeserved as it would have been unjustifiable. There are no better citizens than members of the Jewish persuasion. They are good husbands, good fathers, good friends, good magistrates, and unexceptionable citizens. They contribute largely to the national revenue ; and were they driven from our shores by any persevering act of injus j tice, they would carry with them no small amount of capital invested in British securities. For every reason, then, we trust the Lords will this evening take a rational and statesmanlike view of the subject, and that ere long the Oaths Bill will receive the Royal assent, and Baron LioNEL DR ROTHSCHILD take his place in the House of Commons as one of the representatives of the City of London. The reformatory movement appears to be in course of steady, if not rapid, development. An indication of its progress was afforded on Tuesday evening at the Brixton-hill Institution, otherwise known as the Metropolitan Industrial Reformatory . The occasion was that of a farewell meeting, to take leave of ten striplings now upon the eve of emigration to our Canadian settlements. The proceedings though necessarily, of course, very simple, indeed, amounting to ahymn and a speech or two, were, nevertheless, deeply interesting and impressive. It is satisfactory to note that this little Farewell Meeting was presided over by no less a person than the Lord Bishop of LONDON, who addressed some generous and feeling words of advice and sympathy to the young emigrants now about to be sent forth to adistant, but honest field of labour upon the opposite shores of the Atlan tic, under the humane auspices of the promoters of the Metropolitan Reformatory. The incident, we cannot but think, is one in every way fraught with encouragement. It is an indication that modern philanthropy does not content itself in these institutions with gathering together poor little waifs and strays of human existence from the kennels, and the byeways, and the back slums of London, and of there teaching them, probably for the very first time, the distinction between right and wrong —teaching them self-respect— teaching them religion—teaching them even, for their material comfort and wellbeing, some honest trade or handicraft. It proves that, having done all this for them, that it then goes far beyond the original design, and beneficently places the reformed pupils as far as possible beyond the chance of alter temptation. Liable, of course, they will be to many and grievT ous temptations wherever they may go. But far less they cannot fail to be both in number and magnitude in Canada, than in the old familiar haunts of vice and infamy in the densely peopled rookeries of London. Hence these occasional Farewell Meetings at our Reformatories. GOD speed them, say we : they augur wall for the prosperity and growth of these benignant insti tutions. LATEST NEWS. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 14. M. De Talleyrand has received instructions to Leave on the 12th. The papers here announce that the Conference will not commence before the 10th of May, and that the different Powers are agreed on the organi sation of the Danubian Principalities. Au agent of the house of Rothschild, of Vienna, has proposed to the Porte the establishment of a bank, and there is a hope of sane arrangement on this subject. MARSEILLES, APRIL 22. The British Admiralty at Malta is entering able seamen from the merchant-service for service in India. The local papers complain of the measure as weakening the island, and aggravating the com mercial crisis. New difficulties are reported to have arisen be tween England and Persia. Sr. PETERSBURG, APR IL -- 20 . From May 30 the port of Poti, in the Black Sea, will be opened to foreign vessels like those of Anapa, Soukum-Kale, &c. Five new Governments have sent in their adhesion to the emancipation of the serfs. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. A grand dinner was given at the Tuileries the day before yesterday in compliment to the Dow ager Grand Duchess of Baden. The Emperor has completed his 50th year, having been torn at the Tuileries on the 20th April, 1808. Marshal de Castellane has returned to Lyons 'rom his journey of inspection in the 9th and 10th T 1 ilitary divisions, which form part of his command. The Courrier de Paris contains the following re flections on the acquittal of Bernard : "We entirely share the sentiments which in spired the Univers ; but we cannot help observing that the latter journal went, perhaps, too far in attributing to the English people the shameful at titude of a few hundred fellows, attracted to the court by the scent of blood. No, it was not the people that covered with applause the voice of Edwin James ;it was not from the heart of England' that proceeded the disgraceful hurrahs which proclaimed the acquittal of Bernard. . . Some 25 years ago France offered a similar spec tacle. In 1831 the Court of Assizes acquitted 18 prisoners,lamongstwhom were Godefroid. Cavaignac and Guinard, prosecuted for conspiracy. Thi. acquittal was celebrated by a banquet, in the course of which one of the guests brandished a dagger above his head, and shouted twice This is for Louis Philippe.' The jury of the department of the Seine acquitted these men amidst the applause of the crowd. . . . Were it, however, pos sible for a nation to consider regicide and assassi nation as acts of public virtue, it would be unne cessary to place that nation out of its pale of hu manity, for it would bear the seeds of its own punishment and speedy ruin." The Univers protes!s in the following terms against the remarks addressed to it by the Consti tationnel in the course of the article published by the latter on the acquittal : " We do not accept the reproach addressed to us by the Constitutionnet on the subject of the Times. A few articlei or paragraphs, in which that journal contradicts itself with the greatest impu dence, do not affect the general line of policy, which is not less hostile than insulting to France and to the French Government. The Times is essentially an English journal ; it can speak, when necessary, like the good folks of Dover, but it thinks and acts like the jurymen of London. We are sorry to see the French press, particularly the Moniteur and the Constitutionnol, caught by such meagre bait. It would indeed seem as if France was rendered perfectly happy when an English journal, but above all, the Times, consents to pronounce a few words of courtesy which are not binding, or a few words of justice, which are even less serious. We trust that the French journals will cease to be duped by. such grimaces, and will no longer regard them as a satisfaction given to French honour. Let us rather swallow the insult in silence, if necessary, than accept this derisive satisfaction." BOURSE, April 21.—The following were the closing quotations :- I,i per Cents Do. end month — -- 3 per Cent. ..... 69 10 Do. end month 69 10 Bank Shares Credit Alobilier 705 Do. Account 712 50 RAILWAYS.• . 1280 Credit Foncier Belgian 44 .•• Pied montese (5) 9O Roman B9.j Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt . 37 . 2 FOR CASH. Midi Western 6121 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian gati on board, it was answered that Lombardi indi cated him with greater precision. At a previous' pait of the trial I have stated that a companion of Lombardi declared in court that Lombardi had con fessed to him that what he had said was false and dictated by revenge. Lombardi too made a similar declaration on coming out of hospital. The sergeant who assisted the Lieutenant in waking the " Act" gave similarevidence. An officer belonging to Ponza said, "I went on board with the captain of the port. I saw Sitzia on the paddle-box—he told me that he had been betrayed. From his language and manner I believed him. He went down with me. He was permitted to come up again on deck. (Sitzia.—" I went up to see if I could make my escape, but I was pushed back again .") Pisacane, together with many of the relegati of Ponza," pur sued the witness, "was on board and commanded everything. At his instigation the vessel went out a mile and a half from the port. A sergeant, when he saw the steamer approach, thought that the Bishop of Gaeta, who had long been expected, was coming at last, saw lthe tricolour flag, tried to get eight or nine soldiers together, but resistance was too late, and by order of the Commander we retired to the Torre. Two written orders were brought to me from the Commission, telling me to give up my arms. I refused to obey. At last the Commander came himself, and I gave them up. I gave up 40 muskets and two boxes of ammunition." Presi dent—" You did not do your duty. In war a sol dier dies. You committed a great fault." An officer called Luciano deposed that some of the party came to the prison and said, " Svergognati ! see how you keep Uwe unfortunate men in prison. "It is not I," I replied, " but law that does it." Seeing that many persons were afraid, those dressed in red encouraged them, saying, " Don't fear anything, we are all gentlemen." A Customhouse officer deposed that, among those who landed from the first boat were two gentlemen with pistols, and the temporary captain with the skip's papers—the latter had two swords which had been taken from soldiers disarmed. Other Crown witnesses, how ever, have deposed that D.i.nOn acted under com pulsion—that he bad pistols, and that he had not pistols, so as to make a regular pasticcio of the affair. There can be no doubt that he was as innocent as any of the others. A Sotto Capo Urbano deposed that be went by order to Padula, together with his company, at the end of June last. In answer to a question from the Presi dent, ho replied that they took no account of those who were "Passati per le armie" (put to the sword.) The President dictated to the Secretary, " The witness does not know how many were killed at Padula." " I beg," said the advocate Caralti, " that the words passati per le armie' be entered." "Batter," said the president, "to write killed.' " The words were entered accordingly. Nor is this the only occasion on which a variation has been made from the exact words of the witness. The Court broke up late, and it was announced that on the morrow the trial would be suspended. tho victory was unquestionable and decided. The debate this time was no evasion of the question. The House was well filled, and the prominent men spoke pretty freely. Mr. BRIGHT vas quite himself again, and cordially welcomed en a topic, on which a Quaker, if any one, Ir,.s a right to speak. To impart any novelty to the arguments was of course out of the question, but t'lere was a tone of confidence about the speeches of the abolitionists, and of desponding attempts at compromise on the part of the Illiberals, which shows, we think, that Church rates cannot survive many more Parliamentary debates. Lord DERBY'S intimation that the House of Lords would reject the measure seemed rather to infuse spirit than not - , into the promoters of the Bill. It showed, perhaps, that they were ac knowledged victors in the House of Commons, and that on any popular question, is tauti,rnotint,' to being speedi'y victors "in another place." The battle wi;l be a very different one, as Mr. BRIGHT observed, to that for the Jew Bid. In this case the millions of the people are concerned, and it is a very different thing ' for the Lords to contend with a few Christians de • sirens to liberate, for consistency's sake, a few helpless Jews, and for them to fight it out year after year with the vast majority of the electors of the kingdom. PALMERSTON did not speak. Lord JOIIN RUSSELL, Mr. DISRAELI, and Mr. GLADSTONE did ; of course, all desirous of compromise, but none of them discoursing in the old style of determined and almost contemptuous opposition. Lord Jou; especially, forgot all the dangers to thee anstitution, to the House of Lords, and to the Throne itself, consequent on compelling Churchmen to pay their own debts as Dissenters and other honest people do. Lord STANLEY was silent ; but he has spoken too well in print, as well as in the House, and elsewhere, for any thing to be needed from him, at this peculiar juncture. Wise, however, would it have been for the Darby Cabinet to have given a carte blanche to t h e so n of Lord DERBY on this question ; and it is they do not see it. Th e y wou ld up et the lled Liberal leaders for a long ti me t o corns strange if they would accept so me such sso_c a measure as this. And what could they lose . ? The Conservatives could net they have no , better • turn them out and do leaders to do bettor with. Scores of the indepen dent Liberals would stan d by them if they could but get a good, fair turn or two from them ; and they might thus gain time t o mature som© useful and acceptable public measures • Lord DERBY ought to treat the question as one on which the greater part of those concerned have made up their minds, and one therefore which ought to be settled at once. The pro-rate men allege that it is hard to com pel those, and they are, we allow, a great num ber, who are willing to be rated, not to be sc. But the allegation is, unluckily, self-refuting. We never saw an answer, and there can be non,l DESTMC NON OF THE JAMES BAINES BY FIRE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The James Baines, from Calcutta, after partly discharging, took fire in her cargo this morning, in the Huskisson Dock, and is being scuttled. Sr. MARTIN'S HALL. The wanner in which our finest oratorios are produced at this hall does equal credit to the abili ties of the conductor, the executive talent of the singers, and the appreciative taste of the public. The audience had a treat last evening in hearing fiandel's "San'Von," rendered in the masterly and perfect style duo to such a work—not, per haps, one of the great master's greatest works, but possessing an infinite number of musical gems worthy of all possible care in the setting. Sim; Reeves shone conspicuously among the principal singers comprising Miss Banks, Miss Rowland, M villa. de Pillar, Miss Pal mer, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Thomas, who sustained the various parts of the oratorio very efficiently. Sims Reeves charmed his hearers in the deeply pathetic air, "Total Eclipse," and displayed his grand extent of vocal power in " Why does the God of Israel sleep ?" The duet " Go, baffled coward, go," given by him and Mr. Thomas, was rap'urously received, and the applause fully shared and merited by the latter gentleman. Miss Palmer has a fine voice, which, as we have hinted before, will well repay a greater amount of cultivation, especially as regards the lower notes. Mr. Santley sang excellently, and seemei enthusiastically 1 earnest in his work. Thn clioruse3, generally, went well; but a:waut of that which is too frequently wanting in choruses— harnannic unity--Wa3 occashnally to be detected. Mr. Hullah's recognisei Wont as a conductor will enable him to eauly obviate such defects, and lender his performances at this 11111 among the best of their class. BEGGING IMPOSTORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —A youth, professing to have but one arm, has applied to members of Parliament, and others, from whom I have communications, presenting a list of subscriptions with four guineas attached to my name, and other sums of like amount. I have written to the superintendents and the Mendicity Society. I also wish to put the public on their guard.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, W. FREEMAN, 27, Millbank-street, April 21. Lady Granville Somerset has returned to town for the season. Her ladyship has taken a residence in Lowndes- street. Lord and Lady Bigot arrived at Lady Dover's on Tu.sday, from Blithfield Park, Staffordshire. Viscount and Viscountess Combermere arrived in town yesterday, from Leamington, for the season. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Orleans at Richmond yesterday. His Excellency the Prusian Minister and the Coun tess B-rnstorff are expected to arrive at Prussia-house to-day from Brighton. The Countess of Derby held a reception last evening at the private residence of the Pratuier in St. James's square. The reunion was most numerously attended. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the countess with his company. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and his Royal Highness the Duke cf Cambridge, honoured the Duke and Duchess cf Northurober:and with their presence at dinna,:at Nor thumberland House, last evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady A. Poulett arrive in tows to-day from Raby Castle, Dur ham. The duch ess h as quite recovered from her , p )sition. The Marqus of Lansdowne has returned to Lans downe House from Ramsgate. The noble marquis gives a grand en'ertainment to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess d'Orieans, Count de Paris, and the Duke de Chartres, on Saturday next. Viscount and V►scountess Ingestre have returned to their residence, in Eccleston•square, from visiting the Earl of Eg!int at the Castle, Dublin. Lady Obelus .ford sill have an assembly this evening, at her residence, Eaton-square The mariLiga of Miss Eliza Emily Butler, daughter of the Hon. C. Lennox Butler, with Mr. James Hatherell, only son of the Rev. Dr. llatherell, of Westend, Hants, was solemnised yesterday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, in the presenca of a large circle of the friends of both families. The marriage if the Bail of Harewood with Miss Diana Elizabeth Matilda Smyth, daughter of Colonel Smyth, M.P., and the Hon. 'Mrs. Smyth, took place yesterday, at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. LivEßrooL, April 21.—The screw steamship Anglo- Saxon, belonging to the Montreal Ocean Steamship Com pany, took her &Torture hence to-day for Quebec and Montreal, with the Canadian mails, 83 cabin sad 260 steerage passengers. The Cunard (R.M.) steamship Europa sai's on Saturday from Liverpool for Halifax and Boston, and on Wednesday next the screw steam ship City of Baltimore belonging to the Liverpool, New Ycrk and Phi'adelphia Company, sail for New York. Orleans Northern 2 New Ditto 770 Lyon and Meditaran. 795 New Ditto 765 Geneva DENMARK. A Copenhagen letter of the 16th says.:—" rue acc , iwnts received yesterday from Frankfort have no doubt as to the reception which will be given to the Danish propositions of the 25th February. A very largo majority, if not the whole of the mem bers of the Diet, have shown themselves decided against opening any negotiation with Denmark, on the proposed bases, namely, the recognition and maintenance of the general and common constitu tion in the two duchies of Holstein and Lauen bourg. Every one here asks, what will take place after the official notification of the rejection of these propositions. All parties we agreed in ad mitting that the path of concessions on which Danmark has already entered cannot be en larged without offending the feeling of national honour ; and the government, supported by public opinion, appears to be firmly decided on not making any fresh overtures to the German Diet. It is well known that the president of the Danish cabinet submitted the last propositions sent to Frankfort to the examination of the Supreme Council of the monarchy, and they were discussed and approved of by that body. It is therel , re solely on the basis of those propositions that th e G o vernment is authorised to treat with Germany. The Danish government, in the meantime, is mak ing preparations to meet the storm. D enmar k h as no thi n g to fear on the side of the Baltic and the Nort'a Seas, for the superiority of her naval force is undoubted. If any of the Federal troops should invade Holstein and Laueubourg, the Danish bat tarons quartered in those duchies will fall back be yond the Eider, or in case of need beyond th e Belt, into the islands , which cannot be approached without a squadron. This is all the inconvenience which Denmark has to fear from a military demon stration ou the part of Germany, so long as the former retains her naval superiority." THE CASE OF THE CAGLIARI. SALERNO, APRIL 16. The Grand Criminal Court of Salerno sat again on Wednesday, the 14th inst. Since the renewal of the trial the usual custom has been omitted of reading the aim , aof those who were prevented by sickness from attending. The typhus fever has broken out in the prison, and on the previous day two had died, four cases having been verified. One room, called the surgery, had been disembar rassed of its occupants, who have been distributed among the already over-crowded rooms, and con verted into a fever hospital. Sh ou ld th e ma l a dy continue, the trial will be suspended, in order to prevent the malady from s p rea di ng . D ur i ng t h e morning three other prisoners were taken out of the court and put in th e h osp it a l, th e groans o f (tee having attracted attention for sometime. In fact, the sights and sounds one witnesses here make one doubt the fact of our being within five days of the high civilisation of England. The first witn ss called was a lieutenant of the Tancredi, the vessel which captured the Cagliari. This man had drawn up the informal a c t o f affront° (identification) of Sitzia by a man called Lombardi. He said, that he had presented Sitzia to Lombardi amid several others ; thA the latter identified h m as having acted as captain from Ponza to Sapri, and men ti coned a variety of circumstances which took place en route; that he was sufficiently well to do so. Sitzia, rising, said, "Signor President,—l beg you to ask the Lieutenant if I did not at the time say that I did not know Lombardi, and that I p:otested against his l'es. Also, if he (the Lieutenant) did not gay 'Never mind what such people say ; and, squeezing my hand, bid me adieu." The question being put, the Lieutenant uttered a long rgmaro,e of words, as if anxious to avoid the question ; and Sitzia, rising, observed, " I hear falsehoods pro ceeding from an officer's mouth." La Francesca begged the President to keep the Li e utenant to the point. The witness then said that, wishing to treat the officers of the Cagliari as gentlemen,. it was quite true that he had s aid to the Cait yin " Never mini what a relegate says," and it. is true also that he had invited him and the . others to his table. On being aAced why Lombardi, who .vas very ill, was selected to mak 3 the act of recog nition, there having been several others of the reie. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 17th say that Gen. Verdugo was a little better, and that a faint hope of his recovery had consequently been received. In the Congress, the Minister of Grace and Justice, in reply to a question put to him, exprtss.ed his horror at the attempted a,9sassination of the gene ral, and stated that the Government had given orders to have the assailant brought to trial with out delay. The committee of the Congress on the bill on the press had terminated its examination of the measure, but before presenting its report to the Chamber had to come to some understanding wi'h the Government. The Iberia had been seized. The Cologne Gazette contains the following : "It may be remembered that the States of Hol stein during their last session refused to vote some additional taxes demanded by the Government to cover the surplus of the expenses of the whole of the monarchy, and that the Government annulled the vote and ordered the taxes to be levied. Count Ahlefeld de Linden, member of the States, refused to give his proportion of those taxes, but the Go vernment had immediate recourse to stringent measures, and he was compelled by force to pay." A telegraphic despatch from Berlin says that ❑nder a new appellation Russia will manage to have such a force in the Sea of Azoff as will give her at any moment the temporary command of the Black Sea. TIE QUEEN'S VISIT TO BIRMINGEII3I. At the meeting of the Town Council on Tuesday the mayor, Mr. Rateliff, read a latter he bad received from Col mel Phipps, announcing that the Queen had fixed the week beginning the 13:,h of June for her visit to Bir mingham. Toe public announcement of the time arranged for her Majesty's visit has afforded general satisfaction, as the uncertainty hitherto existing pre vented the burgesses from making preparatiors to re ceive the Sovereign with due respect. Colonel Phipp's letter has, however, fairly set the town in motion, and for the next seven weeks nothing will be talked of but the Royal visit. Some of our contemporaries have amused their readers by publishing information as to the course of proceeding to be adopted on the occasion, but in truth nothing whatever is settled, excepting that the Queen will come. It is not known by which line of railway her Majesty will enter the town, nor has any pro gramme of the reception yet been framed. Previously to coining to Birmingham the Queen, it is said, will pay a short visit to Lord Leigh, at Stoneleigh Abbey, and will travel by the London and North-western Railway as far as Coventry, where she will at the railway station receive an Address from the Corporation of that city, and immediately afterwards drive to Stoneleigh. On the following morning, it is presumed, she will come t Birmingham, and will be conducted by the Mayer, Mr. Rancliff, to the Town Hall to receive an An dress from the Corporation. Alter this ceremony has been gone through, her Majesty will proceed to Aston Park, where, we suppose, she will receive an address from the Committee, and formally open the Park, and afterwards partake of luncheon in the hall, on the invitation of the Mayor. The route to and from the Park, and the ceremonial to be observed are entirely unsettled ; the General Purposes Com mittee meet to-day to make arraugemehts. The pro gramme will be referred to the Council at a epecial meeting, probably this week, and the earlie3t possible information will no doubt be given the public, espe cially as regards the route, in order that the Louses on the line may be properly decorated. We will not venture to offer a single suggestion in reference to the necessary decoration of the streets through which the Queen will pass. We are sure that the loyally of our townsmen, and their desire to welcome their Royal visitor in the heartiest manner, will prove the most efficient prompters. We only express the general feel ing in saying that, considering this is the first visit Bir mingham bas over received from an English Sovereign, the Queen's reception ought, in accordance with the loyalty and spirit of the town, to transcend any similar event elsewhere. Birmingham cannot afford to do it , work by helves, and the reputation ef the town demar ds that no other c ,mmunity shall be able to say that the Queen has been more enthusiastically received, or more splendidly entertained by itself; than by the people of the Midland Metropolis. Mainly, of couree, the splen dour of the reception must depend upon the burgesses themselves. We can speak confidently that the Mayor is most unceasing in his exertions; he has already visited Manchester to obtain from that city all the information available, that nothing shall be wanting to celebrate the occasion in a manner worthy of Birmingham ; but in order that the public buildings and the streets shall be properly cared for, it will be necessary that the town council should make a liberal grant of money fur the expanses. Manchester, we believe, voted 5,0001. for the reception of the Queen ; but probably not quite so much will be asked for in the present instance, and we have heard 4 0001. mentioned as the men the council will be called upon to grant. Whatever may be the necessary amount, we are sure it will be cheerfully voted, for even if it should reach the largest sum natneJ, it will not ex ceed one farthing in the pound, and every inhabitant will no doubt be eager to ratify the decision of the council. The visit is pad to the town, and therefore the tame should bear the cost. Another subject of some in terest will also be brought before the civic body—the propriety of its members wearing robes on the day of her Majesty's visit. Mr. Ratcliff has intimated hi• intention to wear robes, and it is very desirable that the example should be generally followed by the A'- dermen and Councillore. Of course they must expect to be quizzed and laughed at a little—Cerporaions have always furnished wits with food for merriment— but we beg the Council seriously to consider that the approachieg event is a state visit, and that etique.te forbids official persons to rush into the presence of their Sovereign undistinguished by the insignia of office. Besides, it will be scarcely courteous to the loyalty of our worthy Mayor, after ho has succeeded in bringing about a Royal visit, to allow him to be the only person who will appear in robes. We ate far from sup-' posing that the dignity of a civic bo.dy consists in its robes of office, but it is manifestlythiemppaorst sible not t° perceiv e that the o bservance, on o f new Corporations, of such venerable customs as were in use amongst their ancient predecessors, naturally ern reises a certain influ ence on the pule.hi, mind. Even sober England Las loved to clothe her official .pereotages with docent pomp, and our Town Council may possibly gain, and certainly cannot lose, by imitating that great Metropo!itsn Corporation which , aspires to be a model to all others. Many suggestions l have been made in reference to the part the arti-ans way, be enabled to take on the approaching visit. Whatever course may be adopted, the working men must not-be left out of the crretnotiial ; and we suggest that they shoull be ironted to form processions of trades, bearing appropriate banners and enahl env. These classes are the bono and sinew cif our community; without their sustaining power Birmingham would soon again sink into the obscure condition from which it sprang ; and we thereore trust that the plans of the General Purposes Committee will assign a prominent place in the festivity to those classes who have Leen chiefly instrumental in rendering our town worthy of a Royal visit.—Aria's Birmingham Gazette. ROY AL HO. L SOCIETY. Yesterday the first exhibition of fruit and flowers for the season was opened in St. James's-hall, un der the auspices of his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, who has succeeded the late Duke of Devon shire as president of the scciety. The present year has opened very favourably for the society, the flowers showing in unusual brilliancy for the period of the year, the place of exhibition combining all the attractions of space, Situation, and elegance, the weather being charming, and her Majesty hav ing honoured the exhibition with her presence. Some time before 12 o'clock her Majesty and the Prince Consort arrived at St. James's-hall, and were conducted through the exhibition by Dr. Lindley and Mr., Dilke, the public being excluded till her Majesty had terminated her inspection. Her Majesty expressed her satisfaction at the gene ral aspect of the exhibition, and bestowed particu lar notice on some of the rarer specimens on view. Of these the most remarkable is the clianthus Dampieri, an Australian plant, for the first time exhibited here. The singularity of this plant consists in the presence of large dark prominent eyes in the middle of the flowers, which impart to them a very striking appearance. Her Majesty noticed also with much curiosity the collection of caladiums, with their flower-like leaves ; the Forfugium grande and rose-flowered peach-tree plants, introduced from the north of - China by Mr. Fortune ; the geranium zonale, arc. After her Majesty retired the holders of tickets were admitted, and the usual meeting of the society was held in the orchestral portion of the hall ; Prince Albert in the chair. • The minutes of proceedings having been read by , Dr. Lindley, t he secretary, and confirmed, the follow ing persons were balloted for and elected members of the society :—Col. the Hon. 0. Duncombe, M.P., Hon. and Very Rev. G. Pellew, D.D., Rev. J. Robinson, M.A., Mr. Berens, C. orcher, Esq., F. W. Harris, Esq., F. Gwatkin, Esq., J. Price, Esq., Dr. Sankey, E. Banks, Esq., F. Morland, Esq., W. Jones, Esq., W. Green. Rae, Esq., Mr.. T. Gibbs, Mr. J. Watson, Mr. W. Cotterell, Mr. W. Tillery, Mr. J. Ivery, Mr. W. H. Rogers, H. • Cole, C.B. Dr. LINDLEY then directed the attention of his audience to the principal objects in the exhibition. The general aspect of the flowers was such as might he expected rather in the middle of May or even June than in the middle of April. The exhibition before them was the result of exertions which had been commenced so far back aslslB, and continued without intermission to the present time. He called attention to the azaleas, the orchids, the rhodden drons, and the roses as evidence of the progress which had been made in floral horticulture, and then noticed some of the more curious specimens in the exhibition, particularly the Australian plant and the hybrid attleya, the latter as affording an example of unskilful hybridising. The Bishop of WINCHESTER, the vice-president of the society, said that he had been deputed by the council to convey their warm and cordial thanks to his royal highness for presiding over their meeting on this occasion. He felt sure be was expressing the sentiments not only of the council, but of every member of society, when he said that their thanks were eminently due to his royal highness for his condescension in presiding over them, and for the interest he took in the affairs of the society. Prince ALBERT said—l assure you T feel much obliged for the great confidence which has has been shown to me in electing me as the president of this society, which has done so much good by its labours in the cause of garden horticulture into a condition which is not to be excelled by any other country. (Hear.) I cannot expect that my efforts in behalf of the society can equal those of the excellent no bleman, my predecesso r , w h o was your pres id ent for so long a period, and who laboured so inces santly iu its behalf. But any efforts of mine or anything that good intentions can produce, I shall be happy to afford. (Cheers.) I congra tulate you on the beauty of the show now before you, as evidencing the great attention that has been directed to the production of such fine-1 will not say such fine, but such useful plantsits are now to be found in all gardens. The Prince then retired, and the horticultural connoisseurs commenced a keen inspection of the floral products of the spring. The plants are laid out in such a manner as to produce a very striking coup d'ceil. The azaleas are in great preponderance and in superb bloom. The China roses are nume rous, full in leaf, and rich in colour. The hya cinths, tulips, cinerarias, and miscellaneous flowers are all excellent of their kind. The fruits exhibited are not abundant, and consist of pears, apples, pines, grapes, strawberries, oranges, and lemons. The show seemed to afford general satisfaction to the visitors, and does great credit to the labours of the society. The flowers in the present exhibition, however, have to stand a very severe and unusual test ; for beautiful as they undo u bt e dly are, t h e eyes of the visitor are frequently tempted upwards by the cerulean azure and starry cressets of Mr. Owen Jones's charming ceiling, which seems to be " trying a rival blush" with its nether competitor. BUENOS AYRES BONDHOLDERS. The annexed relates to the debt of Buenos Ayres : " The following letter from the Minister of Fo reign Affairs of the State of Buenos Ayre9,ad dressed to Mr. David Robertson, as chairman of the public meeting of Buenos Ayres Bondholderr, held at the London Tavern on the 17th December last, has been received by the last Brazilian packet : " Buenos Ayres, 3d March. " Excellency the Governor has re ceived your esteemed letter of the 6th Jan. last, with the resolutions unanimously passed by :the public meeting at which you presided iu London, respecting the arrangement entered into with the holders of Buenos Ayres Bonds. " His Excellency the Governor has directed the underJgued Minister for Foreign Affairs to` ac knowledg-) the receipt of the said letter, and to express to you the Government's most lively satis faction with which the Government has received those resolutions, unanimously adopted by the public meeting of the holders of Buenos Ayres Bonds ; and the Government also observes with pleasure from the said resolutions the favourable reception of an arrangement which the Govern ment will take care to have carried out with the good faith and honour which characterise the acts of the present Administration of the State. " Having thus fulfilled the directions of his Ex cellency the Governor, the undersigned begs to offer to you the assurance of his distinguished con sideration. " JOSE BARROS PAZOS. " David Robertson, Eiq., Chairman of the Public Meeting of Buenos Ayres Bondholders.' " THE LERWICK TRAGEDY. The survivor of the recent tragedy at Lerwick-- the eldest boy, who, it will be remembered, made his escape from the house seriously wounded—is progressing favourably towards convalescence. His wounds are healing satisfactorily, but the throat cuts being of a very desperate character some time must elapse before the parts can be completely re stored. A very trying circumstance to those around him is the fact that he is still in ignorance of the awful fate of his family. Evidently supposing that his father attacked him alone, perhaps in a fit of intemperate madness, and that when he escaped he was brought into the house of Mr. Laurenson for the purpose of keeping him out of the way, he seems to think that everything is going on as for merly. Hearing the medical gentlemen strictly forbidding any one but the inmates of the house and his attendant seeing him, he does not wonder at the circumstance of none of his people visiting him ; and, being naturally a shy, quiet boy, and know . ' ing, as he has confessed, by whose hands he was wounded, he avoids speaking on the subject--- being doubtless grieved, and conjecturing that those around him know all as to how he was in jured. It is now ascertained that, ou the morning of the murder, he must have run straight down from his own room to the kitchen, without either knowing anything of the t rage d y beyond his ow?' share iu it. The report of his having entered hie father's room during the fatal attack upon ills mother, and struggled for her rescue, is without foundation. Be knows nothing of any of the, deaths. H e occas i ona ll y as k s f or hi s b rot h ers, and has more than once requested his attendants to convey messages to one or other of them. SpEakie.ff of something he wanted a few days ago h e stun " his father would send it up if he was asked for it." So of the nst of the family, all of whom be —John o' G roa t J our nal. lives in the hope of seeing. THE THREE ATMOSPHERES. — Some of our contereP ° : rules have been indulging in a semi -scientific, sev 3l- artistic discussion as to the relativ e a d van t ag es th e grea t cities—Loudon, Paris, and New Y or k—presen t or the pursuit of photography. It wculd appear that Mr. Kent, a distinguished photographer, having largelY experimented and pursued his art for business purpo se ° in all three cities, exhibits at his gallery, in Oxford' street, nearly opposite Bond-street, evidences tending t° prove that there is no appreciable difference betwee n any one arid the others. Although Paris, by fog , 111 „ slowly becoming as bad as London, we would, from perience, stand up for the purity of the atmosphere et: New York at certain seasons of the year; an d thoug! we are ready to a d m it th e exquisite beauty o f the P e ; traits taken by M r. K en t in England, it does not folio._ that such fortu na t e resu l ts are a l one attributable to climatic influences.—Civil Service Gazette. 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