The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 24m.—Afternoon, 3h. 45m, To-moanow.-Morning, 4h. sm.—Aftemoon, 4b. 25m, • _ ivir c.._.e_i) if if '- ' '''N -- (._, L il, se r-: -----.--,—, •.7. , ::-... , :k V , ~ .::, l''',l ...„ qcv `-', ,, ,_.1 , .,. - ,A , oc* 'bat, THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1860, A respectable situation, with an advancing salary, and for life ! The value of such a boon to thousands was what gave half its earnestness to the discussion of last evening. A great part of, we might say all, the hon. members wish to have superior men in the public service ; but hon. members have constituents who confer on them their special honour, and connections, who also think that their friend or relative who can give the Government a vote has some influence with it ; and between his political supporters and the others, an honourable member is not unlikely to be pressed, sometimes dishonourably, to use " his fair influence " to get a situaticn for a deserving and needy young man. A Respectable Situation ! why it is the desideratum of thousands ; and we have heard too much in times past, of the way in which Ministers and members of Parliament have been pressed, almost beyond endurance, for Govern• ment appointments, not to mention the " job. bery " in this way, which was seldom wanting. Now it cannot be denied that the system of com petitive examinations for the Civil Service and for other services too, is at least a check on undue soli citations and on jobbing. When the plan has been in existence a sufficient time, every appointment of a person who has not passed such an examination, will be suspected and severely canvassed ; the only question is are the evils incident to examination so great as to outweigh those attendant on ap pointment at discretion by the Government. This will hardly be pretended. Every man knows his liability to be influenced against his better judg• meet by such considerations as are brought to bear on those who have civil appointments, directly or indirectly, in their gift ; and we are persuaded that the great insjority of such gentle men feel it a relief to be able to say to an importu nate suitor, I may help you, perhaps, if you are able to help yourself in the first instance. There's the examination for all. Can you pass it ? It is true some able young men may, in this way fail for want of the requisite book knowledge ; but after a few years, how few will they be ? What, in deed, can the young man be worth, who, if his gain ing a situation depended upon his proficiency, in the most outlandish subject on earth would not determine to master it. Of course subjects which form the basis of a good general and polite educa tion would be naturally chosen ; but it is a great mistake to think that for the main object of an examination the particular subject is of much con sequence. The man who is best at anything which all had to study, would, as the rule, be best at any thing which which came before him in after life. Were the subject the language of the Ojibbeway India -As, or the details of chemical combination, or the geograph y of all the West Coast of Scotland and of the Hebrides—we would give more for the best young man at any of these than for the second ; and more for the second than for the third; and - we would not accept at all the younker who had not pluck to attempt suc h " out- of-th e- way stuff." What we want in every department of life iq, men who will be best at whatever is indispensable to their success. On this grtound alone we should say that the examination qu 'istions, which seemed so ludicrous to the house, were more, than justified. If there were candidates in vography or in geology, it is fair to suppose there might be among them young men who bad determined to be at home in all parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and who would not be at a loss for any knowledge to be acquired from the physical atlases of the day; or who did not mean - to be puzzled by any interrogatory on Mr. BENTINCK has often before now been a serious obstructive in the House of Commons, and a most irritating intermeddler. He aspires ap parently to be the MARPLOT of the Conservative Party : as—in the Liberal Party—Mr. HORSMAN has latterly aimed, to all appearance,,at becoming universally recognised as its ISHMAEL. These kind of politicians are certainly and obviously the most difficult of all to manage. They are party men, and yet they are only such upon the understanding that they are party men, with the somewhat anomalous privilege of perpetual independence. They are liable upon any and every occasion, and at moments of all the most inopportune, to turn suddenly restiff —to get the bit, as it were, between their teeth and go off at a tangent in a hand gallop. Whenever they act thus merely with the result of creating confusion amongst the ranks of their own particular associates— making themselves more than usually unpleasant to their own immediate surroundings— well and good for mere lookers-on—the spectacle presented to view is rather agreeable than other wise, has often in those instances proved to the general public an abundant source of entertainment. But on Monday evening the member for West Norfolk went even beyond himself—he out-Ben tineked BENTINCK ! Not content any longer with merely insisting upon the necessity of an imperium in imperio on the side of the Opposition—he must needs absolutely go the length of trying to measure swords, so to speak, with the right hon. the Speaker ! Now it is one of the immemorial traditions of that most august representative assembly in the world, that to the authority of the Speaker, both sides of the House alike, all parties without any distinction, every one from the leader on the Treasury bench and the leader of the Opposition downwards, from the Father of the House (is not this now Mr. SPOONER ?) to the youngest and least experienced of the popular representatives bow absolutely and completely. The decision of the right hon. gentle man who occupies the chair of the House of Com mons is held oa all hands to be conclusive. 'The First Commoner in the land is there in that Chair as the First Commoner. His word is the law of the House in regard to its proceedings. No one dreams of demurring at his decision as to the order of procedure. This is the tradition of the Com mons. This is their national instinct so to speak. Mr. BENTINCK apparently deems the course thus pursued to be erroneous—the course pursued back and back until the records of the House are lost, to use Lord MACAULA Y'S phrase, in the twilight of fable, leading us towards the time of the Wittenagemote. The member for West Norfolk in his supreme wis dom deems any further adherence to this system or habit simply inexpedient. Insomuch that on Mon day evening during that untoward discussion which was commenced upon the order of the day for the Reform Bill going into Committee—Mr. BENTTNCK showed himself to be not in any way amenab:e to the decision arrived at explicitly in his re• gard by the Speaker. Having risen to move the "instruction" of which he had given notice, as had been, in fact, duly announced upon the papers of the House for that evening, Mr. BENTINCK was at once informed by the Speaker that there was precisely the same objection to his " instruction" as there had previously been to the "instruction" moved (also according to notice) by the hon. mem ber for Northamptonshire. This objection, more over, was pronounced insuperable by the Speaker, " inasmuch," said the right hon. gentleman, " as it was mandatory in its terms, and that in fact it called upon the House to direct the committee not to proceed further with the bill till provision wf..s made for giving to the counties in England that share in the representation of the people to which they might be shown to be entitled by population or property. It «as competent," the Speak .r added, "for the committee to enter into the subject of registration, and to dispose of it as they might think proper." Tne Speaker maintaining yet further, that "it was, therefore, not necessary to move any such instruction, and in his opinion on these grounds it was irregular and out of order.' Mr. HUNT, the member for Northamptonshire, had bowed at once to the decision of the Speaker, and had readily withdrawn his notice. Not so Mr. BENTINCK. The Speaker, as we have shown, had spoken plainly—had pronounced the moving of any suchinstruction to be, in his (the Speaker's) opinion, "irregular and out of order." The mem- BESSON'S WATCHES.i " Perfection of mechstnism."—Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Fend 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descfp llve of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 ant 34, Ludcrate•hill London , E.C. "". trd EATRE-11.0YAL, HAY MABILET. I,csscc, Mr. 3. B. Ettekstonc. THIS EVENING, THE FAMILY SECRET. 14Icssrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, -Villiers, Buckstune, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedc, , wick. Followed by a new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Rogers; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. After which, THE ODD ITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs. To conclude with A KISS IN THE- DARK. • - Commence at 7. IJOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TONIGHT, THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuccio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. After which, THE LOST LETTER_ To conclude with the drama of PAULINE. Mr. Melville Mrs. Weston, and Miss C. Leclercq. Commence at 7. API PUT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole rrnprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. W.bater. IS P;VENING to commence with IT'S AN ILL WIND TII AT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L. Toole, Stuart. Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Miss 11. Simms.. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billin„, , ton, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with GOING TO THE DERBY. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, IL Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Bs. ; Pit Stalls, 20.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 1s ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING LA TENTATION. Comedic, en cluq actes, de M. Octove Feuillet. Mdlle. Duverger, M. Brin deau, and M. Paul Devour. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Doors open at half-past 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — r]. Proprietor, Mr. W3l. BATTY. Last six nights of the Great Military Spectacle. TII IS EVENING, The Grand Hippo-Drama. " THE HISTORY OF A FLAG." Wondrous Scenes in the Cirque, supported by the most talenied Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World Concluding with a Laughable Farce. The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De tries and Sons, Houndsditch. Doo: s open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box •office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING. C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA, FAUST. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite ..... Miss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbe th, n and numerous other Entertas. Balcony, ls, Hall, fi,d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield. The AFRICAN OPERA T itOUPE, their first appearance since 1852, consisting . of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS, who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment every evening. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER. —SUN OrricE, JUNE 6, MO. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.83. WIND—South -Westerly; fresh, with rain and stormy weather. A heavy shower of hail yesterday afternoon. rocks, strata, and fossils. If they were there, for ' the sake of the public service we ought to know those lads. We may be quite sure they would fill any post at home or abroad with credit, and would not long continue creeping up the very gradually inclined plane of civil service promotion. Any good examination paper should contain questions rising from the minimum requirements, to questions which would not be answered off-hand easily even by the examiners themselves. There was, as Lord STANLEY observed, an un worthy and absurd insinuation that the patronage of the Civil Service was transferred from the Crown to three irresponsible examiners. Nothing can be more untrue. The examiners have no patronage. They can give nothing. As well, as the noble lord said, speak of a judge having the patronage of an estate when his decision on the law of the case would give it to one party or the other. The examiners are but judges—judges, on well ascertained prin ciples, of intellectual capacity and attain ments; and we can hardly bring ourselves to believe the possibility of any gentlemen of the knowledge and talents fitting them for such an office, feeling even the slightest temptation to give a wrong verdict on the papers handed up to them. On the other hand, we do not object to all prac ticable publicity. We do not think it essential; still it would meet some objections of cavillers. The suggestion also is good of affixing to each question on the papers the number of marks which its answer would obtain. It would be a fair guide to the candidates working within limited hours, and perhaps not aware of the relative importance attached to the questions by his judges. It is remarkable, however, that even now the greater part of those who fail do so in the more elementary studies—in arithmetic and spelling. It cannot be contended, surely, that such aquisitions are not indispensable. Those who find fault with examinations would be the very first perhaps to ridicule appointments in which, through something that came before the public, these deficiencies became apparent. We have indeed undergone a great social change since the time when potent barons thought it an honour to be unable to write their names, or even since high-born gentlemen and ladies spelt their mother tongue pretty nearly according to their fancy. But all these persons would, had their credit depended on it, have been as perfect in orthography, as in all that was deemed an accomplishment in their days. We sincerely hope, therefore, that a system calculated to test who are the young men with a spirit to be up to any requirement, will not be given up or even injuriously modified to meet the clamour of a few discarded candidates. Let them rather try again, and let not the country mar a system which puts to the test whether they do try, and whether, if they try, they can succeed. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1t560 ber for West Norfolk (so like him !) thought differently—went on to explain in a good many words how it was he thought differently ! Until Mr. BoUVERIE rose to order—until Mr. DUNCOMBE did the same—until the Speaker himself was again called upon (as he is very rarely called upon) to justify his own name ! The Speaker, in fact, main tained that the hon. member had been guilty of some irregularity. After the right hon. gentleman had explained how it was, in his opinion as Speaker, that Mr. BENTINCK had been guilty of this irregularity—the member for West Norfolk actually had the effrontery (we can call it seriously nothing less) to rise yet again for the purpose of justifying his eccentric course of proceeding. In effect, Mr. BENTINCK persisted in so doing until Lord JOHN himself rose to order—Lord JOHN RUSSELL who, among all those now in the House of Commons, has certainly no superior as an authority for Par liamentary precedents. Mr. BENTINCK from first to last, however, proved obdurate—he, at least, would not bow to the decision of the Speaker (as Mr. HUNT had done)—he, at least, would not with draw the motion for his " instructions." It is the manner of all this, however, that is so peculiarly objectionable—it is the arrogant bearing of the member for West Norfolk, his supreme and con summate self-sufficiency. That bearing, however, we must remind him, while it may be a source of amusement as applied to conflicting parties, be comes hardly less than unseemly when directed against the authority of the First Commoner in England, that of the occupant of that historic Chair in the House of our British Representatives. The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice of Eng land has appointed J. H. Brewer, Esq., of the Midland Circuit, a Master of the Queen's Bench, in the place of Sir T. Dwarris, Knt., deceased. Mr. and Lady Cecilia Turton have arrived in Hanover-square, from their seat in Yorkshire. The Countess De Grey gave a grand ball last evening at the family mansion in Carlton-gardens. The Dowager Lady Clinton has left Farrance's Hotel for Hampton Court. Lady Louisa Hutchinson and Miss „Synge Hut chinson and Miss Hewitt, Miss Brown and Miss 'Wilson, have left the London Hotel for Great Malvern. A SHIP SUNK IN THE THAMES.—Yesterday morning a collier brig, whilst proceeding down the river, came is contact with an anchor, the sharp end of which pierced her keel, and she rapidly filled with water to such an extent that the pumps were useless. The vessel is now remaining off Charton, her masts only being visible at high tide. S LATE 6 NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Renter's office : PARIS, JUNE 6. The Moniteur of to-day announces the departure of their Imperial Majesties for Fontainebleau, where they will remain for several weeks. The Moniteur further states, that as the health of Prince Jerome continues to improve, no more daily bulletins will be published. NAPLES, SATURDAY. Letters received here from the French squadron off Palermo state that the armistice was to last until Tuesday. The fury of the inhabitants during the late fight is indescribable. They even threw valuable furniture at the troops. It is asserted that the King has demanded French mediation upon the basis of a separate Govern ment fur Sicily. PARIS, JUNE 5. The Patric of to-day says the reported recom mencement of hostilities at Palermo is unfounded, and that it learns from reliable sources that the struggle had not been renewed up to the last date. The capitulation had not been yet signed, but the armistice was prolonged until the 12th instant. The Patrie further states that it was hoped, by the me diation of the commanders of the foreign vessels, to arrive at an honourable arrangement between the parties engaged, who had displayed equal bravery. GENOA, JUNE 5. Garibaldi was forced to grant an armistice on ac count of a want of ammunition. It is rumoured that the insurgents found a large sum of money in the Royal Palace. NAPLES, SUNDAY. General Letizia left this morning for Palermo to renew the armistice. Vessels laden with pro jectiles continue, however, to be dispatched from Naples. The Government has particularly de manded the support of France, and has ordered the Council of State to prepare a constitution in con formity with French institutions. It is stated that Garibaldi shows great kindness to the Neapolitan officers whom he has taken pri soner, among whom he hopes some defection will take place. TURIN, TUESDAY. News from Naples hai been received here to the effect that the armistice had been indefinitely pro- longed. General Letizia had arrived at Naples, the bearer of a new capitulation, and is said to have pointed out to the King that the soldiers would refuse to fight, and that desertions had commenced to be come numerous. The enthusiasm in favour of Garibaldi was spreading in the army, and in Sicily the clergy were publicly preaching a crusade against the Neapolitan Government. ROME, JUNE 2. down their arms, which the Neapolitan General re fused. Others state that the partisan leader insisted upon the treasure found in the Government coffers being given up to him. The accounts, however, are not quite clear, and come from Naples. But, if I allude with some doubt to these matters, I can speak more confidently as to the effect of the bombardment on the town. We now know that it lasted 19 hours without cessation. It was opened at 8 o'clock on the morning of the 27th by the Neapolitan frigates and the Castle, and continued without any inter mission whatever till 5 o'clock in . the evening. At this hour the frigates ceased firing, but the Castle continued during the whole night and till 5 the next morning. The storm of shell thrown into the town was terrible, and round shot tore up the streets in all directions. Great as was the damage done to the buildings—and great it must have been —I understand it was far surpassed by the destruc tion of human life. Heaps of bodies, torn to pieces, strewed the streets at daybreak ; and when the firing ceased, and the wounded were taken to the hospitals, the far greater part of the hurts were from fragments of shells, while, comparatively speaking, those from musketry and the bayonet were few. The dead and the dying displayed those hideous wounds which such projectiles alone make. It seemed to be the determination of the Neapolitans to use only such missiles as would most effectually destroy the town and those in it. This dreadful carnage, if we are to give credit to the accounts I have alluded to, re-opened on Sunday afternoon, immediately on the expiration of the armistice. Another version adds that the resumption of hosti lities was in consequence of the capitulation agreed to between General Lanza and Garibaldi not having beer ratified at Naples ; but whether it be from this cause, or from the refusal of Garibaldi to allow the Neapolitans to march off with the honours of war, is uncertain. No account states that the resolution of the Garibaldians, who have been reinforced, fal• ters ; on the contrary, they were again going to their work with the most desperate courage." Advices from Constantinople state that a con cession for a railway from Constantinople to Adrianople, and thence to Belgrade, has been granted to Messrs. Thomas Page, Liddell, and Gordon. MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.— The mails for the Australian colonies and New Zealand, intended to be forwarded via Southampton, will, in future, be made up in London on the morning of the 20th of each month, instead of on the 12th, and the mails to be forwarded via Marseillef will be made up on the evening of the 26 h instead of on the 18th of the month. On - those occasions when the 20th of-the month falls on Sunday, the mails for Australia, &c., will be made up on the previous evening, and when the 26th of the month falls on Sunday, the mails will be made up on the following evening, In consequence of this alteration, mails for Ceylon will no longer be despatched on the 12th and 18th of the month. The Australian mail packets will, in future, proceed no fur ther than Melbourne, and after leaving Point de Gal le will touch, to land and embark mails, at King George's Sound only. The mails for South Australia, New South Wales, and New Zealand will be landed at Melbourne, and will be forwarded thence to their destination by such means as may he provided by the colonial governments. Commencing with the month of July, the homeward mails will thence forward be despatched from Melbourne on the 26th of each month, and ought to arrive in London with the mails from Calcutta and China, due (via Marseilles) on the 12th and (via Southampton) on the 18th of every month.—By com mand of the Postmaster-General, RowLAND HILL, Secre tary.—General Post-office, June 5. THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLlN.—Madame Celeste, who, with several members of her Lyceum company, is engaged for a series of performances here, with a view of producing some of the principal pieces which were played by her in London during the last season, has met with a most extraordinary measure of success. The doors of the Royal are literally besieged every evening, and the house is filled to overflow immediately on their being opened. The Freeman's Journal, in its notice of the extravaganza of "King Thrushbeard," writes thus : " One of the most splendid scenic displays that have been ever presented in this country was brought out on the boards of " the Royal" last evening in the presence of a crowded and fashionable house. We allude to the extrava ganza of " King Thrushbeard." The performances com menced with the drama of " A Tale of Two Cities," and not withstanding the charming acting of Madame Celeste, Miss K. Saville, Mr. Jas. Vining, and Mr. Granby, the audience were evidently impatient for the commencement of " King Thrushbeard," and exhibited that peculiar restlessness to be observed in " younger children," when waiting for the curtain to rise on a Christmas pantomime. On the "ver dant" being cleared up the applause was general, and in each succeeding scene the plaudits became longer and louder, and burst into one general furore of approbation at the celebrated "transformation scene," which must be re garded as the perfection of scenic representation. It is not a thing of gaud and glitter —it is a beautiful creation, con ceived and carried out with refined taste and judgment. Madame Celeste was led before the curtain on the unani mous c of the house, and was cordially complimented." PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 8) per V. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 1-10th dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 104 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. A CHAMPION WRESTLER.—In the palish of Coleford. an obscure place in the north of Devon, there resides the champion wrestler of England, an old man of nearly 70 years of age, named Abraham Cann. When wrestling was at its height Cann was as popular in the sporting world as Sayers and Heenan are at the present time. Many thousands of pounds were won by bets upon him; and although it is a well-known fact that he was offered large sums of money to sell his back he never would consent to do so, and was never thrown in his life. Latterly it has been discovered that the veteran champion was re duced to great poverty and was on the verge of the Union Workhouse. Mr. Langdon, of the Bull Inn, Exeter, com menced a subscription on his behalf, an I in answer to his appeal a large number of noblemen and gentlemen have liberally subscribed ; among them being Lord Poltimore, Sir T. D. Acland, Sir M. Lopes, M.P., Mr. Kekewich, M.P., Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. Gard, M.P., and Mr. Silli fant. When sufficient money has been raised it is proposed to purchase an annuity for the old man, so as to place him in comfortable circumstances for the remainder of his days. JAPAN AND ITS INHABITANTS.—Dr. Macgowan gave a lecture on this subject at a meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society, held on Saturday even i ng . Aft er g i v i ng his audience much valuable information concerning the island itself, he referred to its people. As an instance of the superstition of the people, it was mentioned that their spiritual Emperor was formerly kept continually in an up right position, from the dread that if his head inclined that part of the empire towards which it was directed would suffer disaster. At length an ingenious courtier suggested that the same object would be gained if the crown were fixed upright ; and that suggestion having been acted on, the Emperor was liberated, and allowed to walk about his palace. Another inconvenience attached to the spiritual sovereignty is that everything touched by the Emperor is tabooed, so that no one, not even himself, must touch it afterwards. Every vessel he drinks from is broken imme • diately afterwards, and his clothes are burnt after having been once worn. This practice, it may be supposed, must add greatly to the expenditure of the imperial household ; but in order to diminish the cost the spiritual Emperor is clothed with vestments of the coarsest material. THE NORTH-EAST PORTS.—SHIELDS, Monday Night.—The weather has greatly improved ,the wind is west, the sea has fallen, and a considerable fleet of laden collier vessels, including a number of foreign ships, have sailed with a fair wind and a very good prospect. This evening the Connaught, a magnificent new mail express iron paddlewheel steam ship, built by Messrs. Palmer, of Jarrow, for the Galway and New York Company, after being completely fitted and ready for sea, has left the Tyne. As soon as she got out of port, she proceeded on a trial cruise, and when properly tested will go round to Galway to take her place in the Galway and New York station. She has several Government and other engineers on board. and she is guaranteed torun above 20 miles an hour. Her sister ship, building at Messrs. Palmer's, is being rapidly completed. A SALT LAKE INCIDENT.—A correspondent of the New Fork H era ld , at S a l t L a k e c i ty, writes :—" O n oa T up u ps e r s e d h a e y n se week's i vo p enn r in c f proceedings , one d - 'sr ne verynigh Manhard Manhard. g, had anad Emboldenedbt l w o o o d o y f affair hbiys over the p rassociate sethe - rode up to the court-house, during the sitting of the cour , and finding there the Sheriff, the principal object of their hatred, unblushingly extended to him the hand of saluta tion—a very general custom in the west, more particularly among a people surrounded by Indians, to whom the hand must be extended at first greeting as a sign of good f cling and fellowship. Sheriff Burton took the hand of Manhard, and after the usual Indian salutation—' How ? how ?'—in formed him that he was his prisoner. In a moment the I mule danced under the biting of the spurs ; but the Sheriff was not to be either trampled or thrown. He firmly con tinued his hold of the one hand, and with a dexterous leap throw the other around the neck of Manhard, and there mule, criminal, and;Sheriff clung together with more than loving affection. It was an interesting sight. The asso• ciates of the apprehended man immediately drew their re volvers and called upon the Sheriff to release their comrade. The dancing of the mule and the struggle of the men made it impossible for them to fire with safety. The noise and bawling reaching the inside of the court, the officers instantly rushed out to the rescue of the Sheriff; rifles were out and levelled, and the associates of Manhard owel their escape and lives to cheap percussions.' The Sheriff kept his man, the others escaped. For the latter the officers have writs for threatening; the life of the Sheriff in the discharge of his duty; and, find them when they may, they will assuredly be severely dealt with." FRAN CE. BOURSE, June s.—The market bas been de pressed to-day by repeated sales for realisation. Threes, after having been done at 70f 20c, declined to 69f 85c ; Mobilier varied from 675 f to 670 f ; Lyons, 880 f to 873 f 75c; Northern, 885 f to 880 f; Orleans, 1,340 f to 1,332 f 50c ; Southern, 547 f 50c to 515 f; Austrian, 516 f 25c to 515 f 75c ; Lombard, We are almost ashamed to confess the amount of incredulity and remonstrance confided to us with regard to the Commercial Treaty. Our manu facturers are promised Free Trade with France, and they hear of numerous concessions that are forthwith to be made on our side. News of this sort is apt to fire the imagination. Free trade at once presents herself as a beneficent goddess, with her horn of plenty, her attendant Graces, her pave meat strewn with various wealth, and the Arts and Sciences in the background. Everybody looks for his place in the brilliant inauguration. Many of our people sent their agents, opened correspondence, and we have even heard shops, on the other side, trusting to their industry and mechanical ingenuity to beat the long odds still reserved by the French. But, while nothing was wanting on our side, the expectants have waited, and waited in vain. The picture of peace and plenty fades from the eye, the apotheosis of Mr. Cobden dissolves, and in their stead we recognise the familiar old group of burghers pleading for their lives before an enraged King, whom some one propitiates on his knees. That is the actual phase of the Commercial Treaty, We have only to reverse the nationalities in the well known historical tableau, and here see what we have come to. British manufacturers are proceeding with heavy hearts to plead before French Commis sioners in an out-of-the-way street of Paris, not for favour, but for existence. They would be only too happy, so we are told, to stand where they now do, but in many cases the Commercial Treaty has proved no better for them than a new name for the Berlin Decrees. At all events, they have to supplicate for mercy in a way no Englishman likes to do with a foreigner. Mr. Cobden, indeed, in letters to inti mate friends, goes on assuring us that all is right ; but how vain the assurance to those who see and feel all to be wrong! Two months ago the silk manufacturers, the shawl manufacturers, and a good many others, half closed their factories and dismissed their workpeople, not because they distrusted the operation of the Treaty, but because they waited to see how it would work. They wanted to know what the French would take of us, and on what terms. A great part of the trade they saw to be gone at once, for with regard to many fabrics an Englishman has at present no chance with his French competitors. Why it is so is a question that need not here be dis cussed. We are dealing with facts. A great part of our trade was suspended at once, and nothing left but to wait and see what would come in its stead. Thus far it has been all waiting, and wait ing with men of hungry stomachs, and with men of short credits, is apt to prove disastrous. They complain that all this waiting has been timed very inconveniently. They could have waited long enough before the great blow was struck, just as the agriculturist waited ever so many years for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and had time to set their fields in order. But now the worst is done in a moment, by a treaty made by telegraph, and the sufferers are recommended to live in hopes of miti gation. There are circumstances under which the best way to get rid of a house is to put a few barrels of gunpowder under it, and so heave it up bodily, leaving the materials to distribute themselves as they please. When the smoke has blown off, you walk in to see the result. That is the model of the financial operation under review. A whole tariff has been blown up. The system under which manu facturers have done their home trade, and a little besides, has been sent into the air. They are now waiting to see how it falls. On this point there are most painful misgivings, and well there may be. Our manufacturers are invited to send representa tives to Paris to beg for terms. This suggests a hun dred questions. Why was not this done before, if it was to be done at all? Before they could negotiate; now they must beg. Before, they had something to offer, as well as to receive ; now they come empty-handed. So long as King Lear kept his kingdom in his own hands it was of some use to stipulate about serving -men and hors:s ; but, the " Treaty " once signed, Gone ril and Regan felt the old man and his followers a bore —as, indeed, they were—and turned them out of doors. Even as things are, it is shrewdly sus pected that the British delegates are invited to state their case, and thereby to show the French manu facturers how to deal with them. What is the good of their giving information against themselves, and telling a competitor how they may be most cer tainly beaten ? There is usually a good deal of secrecy in trade. It is found inconvenient to pub lish orders or consignments to all the world. A manufacturer would rather keep to himself the precise nature of the demand on which he relies. Now, the very fact of this inquiry shows, that the French manufacturers who really conduct it, whe ther they appear or not, wish to kuow all about our trade. They may be fair and candid men, bnt they have hitherto only shown these qualities in overreaching Mr. Cobden, and our manufacturers have a shrewd suspicion that they are meant to be the next victims. Now, there are consolations for mistaken gene rosity. Providence and the Drama avenged King Lear on his ungrateful daughters. There are con solations for a bad bargain, when a bargain must be made, and even for the simple or innocent victim of downright roguery. There is something to be said for a weak compromise when it takes the form of a free transaction, as in the well known exchange of gold and brass arms between Glaucus and Diomede. But there really is nothing to be said for a great act of generosity which we have been cajoled into disguising in the form of a bargain, when there is no bargain at all. We have neither the glory nor the profit. We neither act up to our own in stinct, which is commercial generosity; nor do we follow the French example, and make it real bar gain. We are wholly at a loss to see what the un adorned Mr. Cobden has done that the most be starred Duke, or Marquis, or K.G. might not have done just as well. Nothing is so easy as giving away everything that anybody asks for. There is some difficulty in selecting the proper gifts and re cipients of the gifts, but there has been no selection here. We have given everything, without the credit of giving, for a consideration that turns out to be nominal. We might have given to all the world—to Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Germany, but we have not even gone through the form of giving to them, as they come in for the gift by their old Treaty rights. Being compelled to give a great boon to Spain, because she had a right to the same as we gave to France, whether she de- served it or not, we obtained not even the shadow of an equivalent, and showed how little heart we had to give by screwing an old debt out of her. Thus, at the very time that we have made the greatest sacrifices, we figure before the world as hard bargainers and reluctant givers. It is the common story of private life, when a man, having devoted his life and his fortune to some ill-chosen objects of interest, carelessly affords them the ex cuse they have long desired for neglecting, insult ing, and abusing him, and, as far as they can, ex tinguishing him altogether. Had the Chancellor of the Exchever proposed and carried, as mere measures of finance, all the concessions of this treaty, leaving France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Italy to folly our example if they pleased, we could not possibly have been in a worse condition than we are now ; and, though it is possible these States might have called us fools, they could not have made us out knaves, which we have no doubt they will take an early opportunity of doing under the provisions of the treaty.— Times. THE CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION BILL.—The second reading of this bill, which was originally fixed for the 14th, is postponed until Tuesday, the 19th inst., when it is to be moved by Lord Lyveden. THE REV. C H. SPURGEON.—The friends and admirers of this popular preacher met at New Park- street Chapel on Monday evening last to take leave of him for a short time, as he is going to have a tour through Switzer land and will be absent from his congregation about two months. Mr. Spurgeon has for some time past complained of great weariness, brought on, no doubt, by his indefati gable zeal. The amount of his labours may in a measure be estimated when it is stated that for the last seven years he has preached on an average 10 sermons a week, always to large congregations, but sometimes to as many as 30,000 souls at one thee, besides other public duties. There appears to be no doubt that his physical and mental energies greatly ne e d a relaxation from such excessive toil. However, he has several engagements to attend to in some of the prin c i pa l cities in Germany while absent from England. The esteem in which he is held by thousands in London was manifested on Monday evening, as the chapel was crowded to excess. &Nem' addresses of good-will and affection towards him and his wife were delivered by his deacons and elders During Mr. Spurgeon's absence variou s em i nent Ministers . will supply his place, both at Exeter-hall and New Park street. It is the intention of the building committee to get as the new Tabernacle so far ad vance d t owar d s completion to hold a monster meeting in it on M r . Spurgeoßis return, The author was much disgusted when on his return to India, after a short absence, to find one of his skik,arees, a low caste man, had been con verted to Mohammedanism, and had enlisted in one of the infantry regiments under the author's com mand, thus spoiling a capital skik,aree to make a moderate soldier. The remarks on the breeds of horses used in India, show that Captain Shakespear is a thorough judge of horse-flesh, and in spite of his doubts about the lasting qualities of the feet of the Australian horses in hot climates like India, Australia will furnish the best horses for the Ser vice after Arabia, and there is no reason why, by judicious crossing of the different breeds, a superior animal may not be produced. As regards temper, it should be borne in mind that the horses in Australia are bred wild, and except when run into the stockyards to be branded, and again to be sold, they are, to all intents and purposes, as wild as the mustangs of the American prairies. If handled young they would be as tractable at any other horses, and their hardiness and lasting qualities are not to be sur passed. '1 he work concludes with a chapter on the Light Irregular Cavalry of India, their accoutre ment, training, and discipline. The Neapolitan ambassador has been summoned to Naples by telegraph. It is stated that he will be entrusted with the formation of a new Ministry. Since the last victories of Garibaldi the Papal Go vernment has feared disturbances in Rome. Strong French patrols traverse the streets. MARSEILLES, JUNE 5. Letters from Beyroat to the 24th ult. state that assassinations were increasing, The Christians and the Druses had assumed a hostile attitude towards each other. ALEXANDRIA, MAY 30. A report is current that disturbances have taken place at Lebanon, and that the Pacha of Beyrout has not sufficient troops to re-establish order. THE INSURRECTION IN SICILY. The Constitutionnel publishes the following in prominent type:— " Contrary to the version given by certain de spatches yesterday, the last advices which we have received from Sicily are to the effect that the bom bardment of Palermo has not been renewed. " The armistice has been prolonged. " General Garibaldi still peremptorily demands that the garrison shall lay down its arms." The Journal die Loiret publishes the following letter from Palermo, written immediately after the bombardment, but before the conclusion of the armistice : " PALERM ), May 28 (on board the Vauban, in the Palermo Roads). "I write to you hurriedly and amid lively emotion. The revolution commenced here on Whitsunday. At 4 a.m. Garibaldi stormed the town at the head of his troops ; he was on horse back, and in one hand carried the Italian colours. Close behind him came his Chasseurs of the Alps ; they charged the Neapolitans with fixed bayonets and drove everything before them. In less than three hours they were masters of half the town. " Driven back and defeated, the Royal troops commenced bombarding the town, and from seven o'clock on Sunday morning to three o'clock on Mon day morning they never c ease d throwing shot and shell into the unfortunate city, a great portion of which was set in flames. "At last, this morning (Monday), Garibaldi, who, during the night had made himself master of the other half of the town, drove out the remaining troops, who, by means of boats, were enabled to effect their retreat to the fortress, which has not yet been taken. All that remains now in the hands of the Neapolitans is this fort, the Palace (which the Garibaldians are at this moment attacking), and the Treasury. . 5 At five o'clock this morning the people took possession of the barracks evacuated by the troops, who had carried away everything they could with them. " This morning the Chancellor of the French Consulate found Garibaldi sitting on the steps of a marble fountain in the centre of the town. Gari baldi had a map on his knees, or rather a plan of Palermo, which he was studying to combine his attacks. Ho sent word to the Neapolitan authori ties that if the bombardment did not cease, and that if the shedding of blood, now of no avaii, was not put a stop to, he should feel obliged to make re prisals; that he had 200 Neapolitan prisoners, and that he should order one to be shot for every shell fired into the town. The bombardment, happily, was stopped. " We had scarcely time, before the bombardment commenced, to find a refuge on board the French squadron. Thank God here we are in safety. " The attack on the fortress is about to com mence. A Neapolitan steamer made its appearance at 10 o'clock this morning before Palermo, and having ascertained the state of affairs steamed off again immediately." A letter from Paris, dated June 5, says :—" Pau mours of the capitulation at Palermo being broken off, and of the renewal of the bombardment of that devoted city, have been rife. These rumours are, perhaps, well founded ; but so many fabrications have already been circulated as truths on official authority that one is slow of belief unless supported by undoubted authority. These accounts attribute the breaking off of the negotiations between the belligerents to the demand of Garibaldi that the Neapolitan troops arrayed against him should lay, A letter from Naples, dated May 29, says : " On Saturday evening the Saetta came in, and during the whole of Sunday the Neapolitans were in a state of the greatest depression, caused by re ports of the defeat of Garibaldi. In the course of the day a supplement to Saturday night's Gazette was published, confirming the brilliant victory' over the insurgents and Garibaldi at Parco, and adding that Gen. Colonna and Col. von Michel had driven them from that important position. On the 25th the second intrencied position of the rebels, defended by five pieces of cannon, was taken by assault, together with one piece of cannon. The insurgents and Garibaldi's bands fled to the Piano dei Greci. Attacked there again by Colonel von Michel and the 9th battalion of Chasseurs, commanded by Major Bosco, they fled in great disorder, traversing the district of Corleone. These bands continue to fly in great discouragement at finding themselves deceived ever since they landed, and at the great losses they have met with. As to the Sicilians who were led away by gold and pro mises, they are dispersed, and are returning to their respective communes," &e. I omit a vast quantity of verbiage about valour, enthusiasm, and loyalty, and send you only the substance of the Government report. Of course I wait for other despatches to check it, as our Government has the same fear of truth as the Devil has of holy water. " And other reports have come at length which prove that Garibaldi's voluntary retreat—not flight —was a ruse to draw off the troops from the capi tal, and give an opportunity for the execution of those feats which I now proceed to describe. While dispatches have described the retreat of Gari baldi to some 20 miles from Palermo, they have at the same time spoken of strong armed bands as being close to the capital—facts which I felt a diffi culty in reconciling. From the very- scanty intelli gence, however, as yet before us—for only the Amalfi Government steamer has arrived, and England and France are still kept in profound ignorance of what is going on—the design of Garibaldi was to call off and occupy a great portion of the Neapolitan army, and give an opportunity to the armed bands to enter Palermo. The ruse succeeded, and on Satur day night last, or early on Sunday morning, the insurgents broke in through one of the gates, de feating the guard which had been stationed there. Meantime the people, who were in expectation of such an attempt, threw up barricades, and during the dark ness of the night the work of murder went on. I should infer from what followed that the troops had taken refuge in the Castle, for at 8 o'clock it began to bombard the city, and continued to do so until 2 o'clock, when the Amalfi left. 1,200 men of the Foreign Legion—those Austrians again, the curse of Italy—landed at Palermo on Sunday, and took part in the fray. Colonel von Michel, a native of Basle, who is some miles out of Palermo, having been drawn off by Garibaldi, has with him 1,500 more foreigners, 300 of whom are Swiss, and it is this foreign element which will occasion the great est embarrassment to the patriots. I may state that the bombardment of Palermo took place in opposition to diplomatic protests, even of Austria. The action must have been bloody, and a great number of houses are said to have been burnt. The bombardment was effected by the Castle and two vessels of war, the Partenope and the Amalfi. A great number of beds, many surgeons, a large quantity of lint, and 15 Sisters of Charity were sent off in great haste yesterday to Palermo. Bombs, provisions, and coal are being sent off con tinually ." A Turin letter of June 2d says :—" Garibaldi is at this moment the most popular man in Italy, and the sympathies he inspires are every day proved by fresh acts of devotedness. Besides the numerous volunteers who are now preparing to join him, eight young men who have just terminated their medical studies have applied for permission to join him in Sicily as army surgeons, and 700,000 fr., the pro duce of subscriptions, were yesterday remitted to a house at Marseilles to be placed at Garibaldi's disposal. In accordance with the order of the day read to the Savoy brigade, announcing its early disbanding, the officers met to deliberate yesterday. Thirty only have declared their in tention to remain in the Sardinian service. In yesterday's sitting of the Deputies, Count Cavour, as Minister of Marine, laid before the Chamber a statement of the naval force of the kingdom, and alluded to the necessity for new credits to construct iron-plated vessels like those recently built in France and England." A correspondent writes as follows from Naples, 30th ult. :—" The greatest anxiety prevails at the Palace, and the King is almost beside himself from the disastrous intelligence which has been received from Sicily. His Majesty was seen just now in the Toledo, with his face pale and contracted, and his whole bearing denoting the utmost distress of mind. We learn here that the insurgents so com pletely surround Palermo, that they intercept all provisions. As, consequently, nothing can be re• ceived by land, vessels are being despatched from this place every morning and evening. This day 200 bullocks were sent off, and shortly after three steamers arrived here with a crowd of people who were half-starved, and a number of wounded men. When the news came in of the fall of Palermo, the excitement was immense, and already three demonstrations in favour of Victor Emmanuel have taken place, headed by the very set of lazzarone who were said to be the most devoted supporters of the throne. The captain of an Austrian vessel which has just come in states that not only General Salzano, but all his staff, and the pack of artillery which he commanded, had fallen into the hands of CaribAldi. lie adds that the shells have caused dreadful ravages. The force under the orders of Garibaldi is now said to amount to .about 29,000 men, well- armed." 505 f to 500 f. The following are the last quota tions : 41 per Cents. .... 96 j Credit Foncier 885 Do. end month ~ 96 25 Belgian 411 — 3 per Cents 69 95\Piedmontese (5) .. 84 Do. end month..., 69 85 i Roman B2 Bank shares 2820 —I, Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 667 50 I Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 665 I Home Debt 46i RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans •11,003423040.46,..ac•. 1332 50 ... 1330 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean . 875 .. 872 50 Geneva 405 .. 407 50 Southern Western 571 25 .. 570 Eastern .._ ... Sardinian 412 50 412 50 Austrian Lombard ... - - - 500 ••• --- •• 500 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 2.5 f. 120. ; three months, paper, 24f. 90c. ; money, 24f 871 c. TILE FRENCH COMMERCIAL TREATY. LITERATURE. The Th . ld Sports of _lndia. By Capt. H. Shake- spear. Smith and Elder. The object of the author in writing this book is, as he states in the preface, to induce young officers going out to India to take to hunting, whereby habits of hardihood will be acquired. They will become used to looking danger in the face, and be come fimiliarised with the use of their weapons, and avoid the temptations of gambling and drink ing induced by an inactive and dull out-station duty. He observes truly : " It is not too much to say that in many cases, young and gallant gentlemen descended from the chivalry of Eng land have fallen helpless and almost unresisting victims, who, had they been acquainted with the use of their weapons and accustomed to handle them, as well as manage their horses at speed, mieat have escaped, or at least have sold their lives dearly and died in arms. " Courage without skill will not avail in the time of dan ger; and men of great natural courage will, from being unaccustomed to scenes of peril, lose their presence of mind at such moments." Capt. Shakespear is an enthusiastic sportsman, and in spite of his assurance that he is more used to the rifle than the pen, he has furnished the public with a very interesting book, and the would be Indian hunter with most useful information. He has taken great pains to explain what guns to use, and the best method of attacking different kinds of game, and the most vital parts to aim at and he observes with great truth : " I have thought it of much consequence to point out the most deadly spots to shoot at, both out of mercy to the animal ar d for the satisfaction of the hunter. I know how long it was before I myself discovered all these things ; and we have no authority to be cruel even to a tiger, for he but follows his own nature when he kills." The description of hog hunting, and the narrow escapes of the author while pursuing man-eaters or tigers, which make the human race their particular food, are well written and exciting; as are also his adventures with the bear, panther, leopard, buf falo, bison, and wild elephant : " There is but one leopard in India, properly called the Cheetah. It is tamed, and used for coursing the antelope, and its speed is so great that it outstrides and catches it, though it is considered the fastest deer in the. world. The Cheetah is taken to the ground with his hood on, in an open cart. When within a short distance of the antelope, say a hundred yards, or nearer, his hood is taken off, and he sees the deer; in the space of another two or three hundred yards—farther than that the leopard scarcely ever runs—he has tripped up his quarry, and his fangs are in his throat. The leopard stands sonic thirty-two inches high, and is of the genus canis not having the retractile cla ws o f th e ca t . " , Capt. Shakespear has had some narrow escapes, and lost many good shots from the timidity of the natives, and he remarks p ar ti cu l ar l y on the advan tages Of having a good shikaree or native hunter as gun carrier, it being necessary in a country like India, where the game is large and savage, to have heavy rifles, one for the hunter and the other for his shikarec to carry and hand to him when his first gun is discharged. He considers a Moh.am medan should be preferred above other sects - when equally good as a hunter, because deer shot by the hunter is made eatable by all parties when a Mus selman has hullal-kurd, or cut the throats of them with the necessary prayer. " None but low caste men will eat the flesh of animals unless they have had their throats thus cut by a Mussul man. The Mohammeden is generally a courageous man, but then he is not likely to be so cunning in wood craft as one of the inhabitants of the forest, who are almost always low caste men. The Bheels of Candeish are considered the best trackers in India, but they will not take service out of their own country." REMOVAL OF CITY CHURCHES. A report of Messrs. Grainger and Holland, in spectors of burial-grounds, which has been made to Sir G Lewis, the Home Secretary, by his order, on the proposal to remove some of the city churches, throws additional light upon the subject. The Home Secretary instructed them to make a careful examination, in its sanitary bearings, of the propo sal, with the view of determining, if the plan could be carried out, what precautionary measures would be necessary. They state that the proposal in ques tion, which has been made by the Rev. Charles Hume, is not to disturb any of the burial-grounds, but simply to take down such of the least used of the churches as may be determined upon for the purpose of building warehouses, offices, parsonages, and parochial schools upon their sites, and to de vote the large funds expected to be thus derived to the building and endowment of new churches, with parsonage-houses and schools, in such parts of the metropolitan districts as are most in want of church accommodation. Mr. Hume believes that, if his plan be fully carried out, a fund may be raised suffi cient to provide for the religious instruction of many thousand people and for the maintenance of, perhaps, 30 new schools, and urges that the failure of a plan which would be of such infinite value, from any less cause than palpable danger to the public health, would be most deeply to be re gretted. Messrs. Grainger and Holland are of opinion, if it be proposed to take down any church, and build warehouses, dwellings, or schools upon its site, that the most satisfactory plan would be to remove the human remains beneath the churches to be taken down entirely, and re-inter them in some appropriate place of sepulture. This course, they say, is not free from objection, and great care and expense would be needed to prevent danger and annoyance to the public and just cause of complaint to the friends of the dead. But with very careful management and the observance of such precau tionary arrangements as they can recommend as soon as any individual case is submitted for approval, such as the proper use of disinfectants, the enclosing previous to removal from the vaults of any damaged or defective coffins in airtight shells, and especially by the vigilant supervision of the medical officer of health of the district and of the church authorities, they believe that it would be possible to guard against violation of propriety, and to obviate all just cause for for apprehension. Partial removals, they add, of the kind contemplated have been frequently effected. Mr. Holland has inquired, and has been 'informed that generally there is very little attendant difficulty. The servants of the London Necropolis Company have removed about 50 coffins from vari ous church-vaults to Woking; in very few of these instances has there been any difficulty, and in the cases where the coffins were damaged the difficulty was easily overcome by using shells lined with pitch and partially filled with charcoal, which absorbed and destroyed the smell of any liquid escaping from the coffins. Mr. Latchford, churchwarden of St. Martin's, also told Mr. Holland that the difficulties attending removal of coffins from vaults were easily , they f ee l no d ou bt ay being effected ofovercome.w thteutpossibilityr e aAlthough,danger, of thett h h e e r s k of ex c iti ng apprehen sion removalss l is so great that they do not think it would be prudent for them to recommend that any general approval of such removals as cannot be recalled should now be given, and submit that the most expedient course would be to have a legislative provision re quiring that in each case individually the previous sanction of the Secretary of State should be obtained, and the precautionary regulations he directs for the protection of the public health and maintenance of the public decency observed. There would thus, they say, be retained the power of adopting in any future case such additional precautions as experience might show to be aecessary, or even of prohibiting further prosecution of the plan if, on trial, the dif culties should, contrary to their expectation, prove insurmountable. m TIE WESTERN FISHERIES.—The boats at St. I've's, Mount's Bay, and other places on the Cornish coast, have taken quantities of rnackarel lately, which have sold at from 12s. to £1 Is. per 100. THE GARIBALDI FUND.—A correspondent at Glasgow writes :—The committee forwarded on Wednes day the handsome sum of £3OO, being the second remittance from Glasgow. This sum comprises remittances from Lanark, Ayr, Dundee, and other towns, also the first in stalment of the " Volunteer Shilling Subscription for Garibaldi," per Ensign Mactear, of the Southern Corps; and £B5 from the Working Men's Committee, per their treasurer, Mr. James Smith, sen., which includes £2O from Dunfermline, collected by Mr. Thomas N. Brown, and also the proceeds of the concert on Saturday evening. The committee intend remitting every Wednesday, and as several handsome subscriptions have been sent in to the treasurer, including £25 from Sir Andrew Orr, it is seen that Glas gow in this, as in the Patriotic Fund, the volunteer move ment, and other good causes, has come nobly forward, and occupies a proud pre-eminence over even London itself.