The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-22 00:00:00

HE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, :L Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.' THIS EVENING, a New Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. After which, hakspere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Messrs. Walter Montgomery. Walter Lacy, H. Marston, G. Belmore ; and Miss Helen Faucit. Concluding with the Opening of the Pantomime, HOP 0' MY THUMB AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS; or, the Ogre of the Seven-League Boots; terminating with the Grand Transformation Scene ; Miss Lydia Thompson, &u. THEATR E-R YA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THREE WEEKS AFTER MAR RIAGE. Mr. Chippen ale, Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Nelly Moore, Miss Snowdon, &e. _ _ After which, a New Sensation, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE: essrs. So:hern, Compton, Howe, Warren, Braid, White, Weathersby, Butler, &a Mesdames Stuart, Lovell, Buckstone, And EASY SHAVING. 3liss Louise Keeley, Miss F. ; 3les.rs. Clark, Gordon, Rogers, &c. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— ,10 truuridt,r an U Manager, Air. is. *Deter. THIS EVENING th- performance willincommence with TR P STEEL C tiASE ; or, In the Pigsk Mest.rs.J L. Tools, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly. Atter which, THE LOVE CHASE. Wildrake (his origi nal character), Mr. B. Webster. Messrs. Billington, Ashley, Stephenson. Widow Green Bth time), Mrs. Stirling; Con stance (Btti time), Miss Henrietta Simms ; Lydia (her eighth appearance), Miss Sophie Young. To conclude with THE AR EA BELLE. Messrs. J. I. Toole, Paul Bedford, and Mrs. A. at 7 Mellon. Commence . OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE ROADSIDE INN. Ecbert caire, Mr. Emery , Bertrand, r. H. Widdicomb ; Messrs. C. , Garden, Raymond, Collett ; Herman, Fitzpatrick, Moreland Miss E. Lavenu and alias Elaworthy. To be followed by THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Ryder; Mrs. Haller, Mdlle. Beatrice; Messrs. Widdi comb, U. florsman, Fitzpatrick, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond ; Miss M. ilenrade, E. Lavenn, and Mrs. C. liorsman. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Eleven till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Alter which, AlCliiEf --- NA.POGOiTMesirs. Dion Bouci can't, J. Brougham, H. Vandenhoil. D. Fisher, D. Murray Mrs, Boucicault and Miss al. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. TUB EVENING, at 7, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Messrs. Belford and J. Thorne ; Misses Carson and Hughes. After which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Miss Swanborough. To conclude w,th MAZEPPA. Messrs. Fenton, James ; Mesdames liaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &c. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " sulied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, a, Old Cavendish- street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as .Foon as Published containing all the LA ['EST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Nev‘spaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road, London, S. "A SUN PORTRAIT." The Photographic Curiosity announced by us, some time since, as in active preparation, is at length, we are rejoiced to say, completed, and completed, we will add, most successfully. The difficult task of its production—by means of an entirely new application of the wonderful art of photography—has 'been delayed until now solely by the unpropitious state of the weather, that is to say, by the unusually lengthened continuance of a murky and misty condition of the atmosphere. One bright day, however, has at length put an end to the difficulty—the result aimed at being now completely and triumphantly accomplished. An all but microscopic facsimile of the front page of The Sun newspaper of MONDAY, the 2d of January, 1865, has—in other words—been pro duced by this hitherto undreamt-of application of the photographic art. It is hereby announced in fact as ready for publication, on Monday, the 3d of April, upon which day a copy of this Miniature Photograph, entitled "A Sun Portrait," will be presented gratuitously to every purchaser of The sttn of that evening—the Photograph being accom. panied by a Supplement reproducing the front page of our Journal of Monday, the 2d of January. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT. — Morning, Bh. 50m.—Afternoon, To - Monnow.-Morning, 10h. 18m.—Afternoon, 11h. 4m, , -0 , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1863 The *House of Commons has passed an important resolution, which, whatever its ultimate effect upon our impracticable Chancellor of the Exchequer, serves to declare in unmistakable terms its opinion upon one of the most oppressive and ill-placed of our taxes. The duty on Fire Insurance is, as has been often said, a tax on prudence. Those who have a due regard for the protection of - their pro perty have, in fact, to pay on behalf of those who take no thought for the morrow. All the arguments on the subject have been brought forward over and over again. We have been told that of £80,000,000 of insurable property in and around London only 80 per cent. is insured ; that a very large proportion of the mercantile property that is thus protected is insured in Hamburg owing to . the absence of duty there, and conse quently so much money annually goes out of the country, which, by rights, should go into the coffers of English insurance offices. But, like many another grievance, the insurance duty has been borne so long, that our administrative authorities seemed to think it must be borne for ever, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was virtually indig nant at any murmurs against a respectable old established imposition. Patience and perseverance, however, make their way at last, even in legislative reforms, and those who return constantly to the charge, in spite of all discouragement, at length have the satisfaction of seeing their efforts crowned with success. Such was the case of Mr. VILLIERS and the repeal of the Corn Laws ; such, we trust, may yet be the fate of Mr. BERKELEY with the ballot, and those who thus persevere in the face of "ridicule, and with little prospect of victory, deserve the thanks of the community for fighting the battle of the public interests against desperate odds. The reform with which Mr. SHERIDAN'S name is asso ciated is, it is true, far less important than either the ballot or free trade, yet it must not be alto gether despised, since it affects a very large number of the community, and indirectly causes serious loss and damage. The first question when we hear of an extensive fire is naturally whether the property was insured. If the building destroyed has been a mercantile establishment it is probable that we shall be answered in the affirmative, but if it is a private residence it is more than likely that we shall learn fiat the loss has been total. In answer to the re monstrances sometimes made on their imprudence, such householders will tell you that they do not ob ject to paying a moderate rate to the insurance office ; but they object to paying to the Government, from which they will get no return, a s um l arger by one-third than the amount of the insurance. A man insuring for £3OO has to pay nine shilling s duty for six shillings insurance, and it is not won derful, consequently, that so large a proportion of valuable property in and about London remains uninsured. Mr. SHERIDAN, however, did not ad dress himself so much to the merits of the question as to its present position in the House. The reduc tion extorted with some difficulty from the Financial Minister last year only coneemedAtock in trade, thus result, and therefore his friends strongly recom mended him to persevere with his motion. Mr. MALINS very truly said that the reduction of fire insurance duties was not a favourite measure with our Finance Minister, and therefore it cannot be trusted in his hands. A tax of 200 per cent. on prudence and forethought is, as Mr. MALINS justly observed, a tax for which no one can say a word. The opponents of the motion last night did not pre tend to defend its principle, but they argued against its reduction with a curious inconsistency. Happily the common sense of the House was too strong for administrative self-sufficiency or in difference to the public wishes. Possibly the coming election may have exercised a beneficial result on the division list. At any rate, after a brief debate, Mr. GLADSTONE'S virtuous indignation left him in a minority of 72, and Mr. SHERIDAN rejoicing over a triumph so decisive that it must certainly exercise a beneficial effect upon our financial policy. Those who regard the topic in a right spirit and with the moderation which such subjects require, will be satisfied with the result of the discussion on Mr. MoNsELL's motion. It is true that we should discard the prejudices and absurd forms of less en- lightened days and periods when less liberal opinions prevailed, and the hon. gentleman succeeded in making out his case in a very creditable manner. The hon. member showed the unsuitable nature of the restrictions imposed alike upon Protestants and Catholics when he alluded to the words which the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had to use the other day, which were calculated to excite jealousy and inflame discord to a great degree. Confidence is the only sure way to meet with success in arranging such important matters as those of Parliamentary conduct and the combination of those who must act in concord if they are to effect any desirable object as the result of their joint labours. Nothing can be said inimical to the end desired if, by imposing vexatious restrictions, and insisting upon the maintenance of antiquated customs, we irritate and annoy a large portion of our fellow subjects, and thus pervert the purposes for which Emancipation Acts are passed, and hailed as the symbol of advanced intelligence and the triumph of civil and religious liberty. Mr. MONSELL declared he only asked the House "to have confidence in the Roman Catholic members, and to believe that they did not desire in any way to injure the institutions of the country, but were anxious to act in perfect harmony with the other members of the House." This is certainly fair and reasonable, and it is satisfactory that Sir G. GREY should have met the proposition of the hon. member in the right spirit, and consented to the introduction of the Bill. This is the only wise method of dealing with the matter, and reflects credit upon the decision of the Government. , The same credit cannot be given to Mr. WIIALLEY, who went out of his way to exhibit as much intolerance as he possibly could, and to give utterance to the -most extreme opinions. He thatscorn h e e d W th o e ul i ci dea no o " lm tf discussca discussion," the n an a d t d a e u cl , ar b e u d t vote against the measure whenever it was proposed. He also informed the Government that they had failed in their duty in consenting to the bill being introduced, and assured them he should take every opportunity of telling them so. It is of no use to expect that the most moderate and necessary re forms can ever be proposed without exciting the ire of some and arousing the indignation of others ; but if the principles of reli g i ous liberty be persistently upheld, they must in the end triumph over every opponent. It is not acting i n accordance with the sentiments which should actuate a Christian country to impose such forms and ob servances as militate against the feeling of confi dence and goodwill that should be allowed every scope for their display and exercise. So far, then, we may rest satisfied with this introduction of Mr. MONSELL'S measure ; and there is good reason to hope that the sense and discretion of the House will allow it to pass through the successive stages until it is consummated, and thus add another proof to the many now existing, that the laws of England do not rest upon arbitrary form, but appeal to right and reason, and seek their strength and supremacy by Winning the confidence and gaining the sym pathy of those who observe them. The Marquis TOWNSHEND took up a point of some interest when he asked concerning the prac tice adopted in the workhouses of turning out the poor at early hours in the morning, which, in the present inclement season, is very unsuitable. It leaving all other descriptions of insurable property certainly seems as if the managers of these places still burdened with the tax at its old rate. Tired of went out of their way to render them as obnoxious bringing in bills on the subject, Mr. SHERIDAN possible to the unhappy creatures who are forced to decided to proceed this year by a resolution of the resort there. As the Marquis truly observed, it is house, which in brief terms would serve, he said, as not to be wondered at that, under these circum a reminder to the Government that the reduction of stances, so large a proportion of the population duty effected last year ought to be extended to all should turn their attention to crime, and that our descriptions of insurable property. The Govern- streets should be infested by beggars. Lord GRAN ment, he thought, had done wrong in proposing a VILLE'S answer was as unsatisfactory as possible, reduction only on a special item, instead of carrying for the noble lord went back to the old story into full effect the manifest wishes of the house, and of the necessity that existed for not increas he thought if the resolution which he proposed were ing the vagrant poor of the metropolis. carried it would stand as a standing instruction to It is not among the class who resort to the Government, in case of the inability of the workhouses that the regular vagrants are Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry it into effect found, for these are too sharp to waste their time this year, that the duty should at the earliest where they can get so little. The full severity of the opportunity be considered and diminished, rigorous measures of our Poor-law guardians presses The diminution which was made in respect upon the wretched classes who are too weak or de to stock in trade, and which it is now proposed to pressed to enter upon the crafty pursuit of vagrancy, extend to all kinds of property, amounted to one- and hence the utter want of feeling exhibited in the half of the tax, bringing it down to eighteenpence arrangements is the more to be deplored. Lord per £lOO, instead of three shillings. To this end GRANVILLE said that he believed many of these Mr. SHERIDAN addressed himself, but his ultimate poor people started in the morning of their own object is to reduce the tax to all equal duty of one accord, but this is not likely to be the case in many shilling on every sort of insurable property, and instances. No doubt the Poor-law Board may not this point we hope he will very shortly reach. Mr. be aware of the fact of this early clearance system, GLADSTONE tried his powers of argument, expostu- but it is their duty to acquaint themselves with the lation, and ridicule in vain against the overwhelm- particulars of the case, and to sift the conduct of , ing evidence against him. His dignity was evidently those officials who persist in dealing out such scant hurt at the unwarrantable interference with his accommodation, and insufficient assistance to those department, and he gave the house and the public whom the law has decreed shall receive it during cer to understand that it was his prerogative to tain months of the year. What with one excuse and, impose and remit taxes, and that the rest of another, it is really extremely difficult to come to a the world had nothing to do but to pay definite conclusion as to what is or is not done in them. There were, he said, material objet- Unions. The startling fact remains, however, that tions to resolutions which picked out particular it is always the reiteration of wrongs that we hear taxes for remission ; they were hostile to the prin- " the sad rehearsal of the past," informing us that ciple which gave the initiative to the Government, here the casual poor are turned out, and there the and contrary to that custom which demanded that sick inmate neglected. Then follows the old ex the entire financial condition of the country should cuses and the worn-out reasons, and the matter be placed annually before the House, "so that the fades away from public recollection for a time. But House, with that financial condition before it, may this is not what it should be, and the sooner some make a selection as it thinks fit between the different alteration takes place .the better for the reputation interests:of the country claiming relief." This is a of all concerned. Lord HOUGHTON'S view of the somewhat novel version of the Budget, and our matter is doubtless that of a large number, and present Chancellor, at least, does not take hints so therefore it is well to consider some of his state willingly as to justify its accuracy. With regard ments. In the first place, instead of its being a to motions made prior to a Budget, says the right proof that the new workhouse wards are not re hon. gentleman, no good ever comes of them, and quired for the reception of the casual poor, be in strong terms he denounced the imprudence of cause they are not full, it is rather an evidence acceding to such a measure. His eloquence so far that the poor are not rightly attended to, and, impressed some hon. members that they appealed above all, received in such a churlish spirit that to Mr. SHERIDAN not to press his motion, any other place is preferable, or even the streets are but others more clear-sighted reminded the chosen rather than the receptacles provided by law. House that when they declared their opinion before As for the Refuges being full, that is because those the Budget it was premature ; after the Budget it institutions are provided with more consideration, was too late. Last year Mr. SHERIDAN had been and their managers do not go out of their way to advised to trust to the tender mercies of the Chan- insult misery by a supercilious treatment. Lord HOUGHTON, and those who thi n k like hi m , nee d no cellor of the Exchequer with a very unsatisfactory be afraid that wholesome arrangements are likely to prove so attractive as to draw people from the country to share its comforts. It will be very long, and a change must come over the spirit of the dream of poor-law officials, from the highest to the lowest, before there be any chance of such an inconvenient practice obtaining. The suggestion of the noble lord's concerning the propriety of having some one in the House of Lords who would represent the Poor-law Board, was a very wise one, and might be adopted with considerable advantage to those con cerned in the discussion of those important matters. LITERATURE. Charles Dickens's New Serial Story. Our Mutual Friend. By Charles Dickens. No. Chapman and Hall. This opening instalment of the second volume of " Our Mutual Friend" is in many ways remarkable. It is remarkable for its variety—at once in scene, in incident, and in character. The localities into which we are here successively introduced are as diversified, for example, as—Fledgeby's chambers at the Albany—the interior of Miss Abbey Potter son's Fellowship Porters—the Foggy streets and the Foggy river —and, to crown all, the homely habitat of Rumpty Wilfer and his intolerable wife (the lady with the gloves and the face-ache) on the day commemorative of their nuptials ! " Lodgers in Queer Street" include, amongst the throng of them, a very conspicuous representative indeed, selected from 1, from A 1 we had almost said, in that very questionable locality ; an arch-representative, recognisable as such, in the person of Alfred Lammle of the evil eye and the gingerous whiskers. Between that said Laramie —and Riah, the gentle-hearted old Jew—and the flinty-hearted young (soi disant) Christian, to wit, Fledgeby, the unfledged, as he may surely be called, in consideration of his no-whiskers-at-all, or at any rate to speak of—between these three, as they con verse together, or in pairs, there is a maze of by play, of cross-purposes, of equivoque, of what not—so life-like, so real, so touched with the ineffable touch of genius to the vivid semblance of truth, that they read far more like actual than like what they are of course, purely imagi nary conversations. Lammle's " little game" in regard to Miss Podsnap, it may be observed, en passant, is, by this time, completely blown, and there fore dropped. He, himself, meanwhile, is fairly meshed in the trammels of Pubsey and Co.—little dreaming, the purblind wight, that the said Pubsey and Co. are no other than Fledgeby the fatuous, as repre sented by the benign but seemingly ruthless Riah. In the subsequent chapter, we accompany the latter, as he wends his way, hand in hand with the Doll's Dressmaker, through the city to the river side hostelry kept by Miss Abbey, to wit, the wedge-shaped Fellowship Porters. Thither the drenched, drowned body of Rogue Riderhood—run down by a steamer in the fog, but fished up sometime afterwards from the depths of the Thames, —is borne in, as a ghastly, dripping burden, upon a stretcher, to be subjected to the wise process now in vogue, with a view to the restoration of life among those, to all appearance, drowned past all recovery! Chapter Three relates, with extraordinary vividness, the application of this benign system to the insensible body of Rogue Riderhood. Al together, a very wonderful description it is— as real, as true, as pathetic, as ludicrous as anything Mr. Dickens has penned for years. The breathless continuance—for a long while quite ineffectually— of the manipulation of the dead body, as it appears to be, rivets the reader's attention in an enthralling way. The neighbouring doctor, who has been called in, upon this emergency, has as his assistants in this manipulation certain waterside folks, hight respectively Bob Glamour, William Williams, and Jonathan, "family name of the latter, if any, Unknown to mankind !" Their tender, even tearful care for the drowned man, when his recovery is matter of profound uncer tainty—their grasping each other's hand fraternally, the doctor's hand inclusively, when the patient has at length struggled back to life—it is impossible to read, of as the incident is here related, without a sense of exquisitely humanising emotion. Then, however—with the return of consciousness to the recently deceased, as the wretched creature has seemed to be —comes the inevitable reaction in regard to the momentary sympathy the doctor and his rough assistant have been evidencing to wards the vagabond. As he grows warm, we are told, so do they in proportion grow cool towards him —" as his lineaments soften with life, their faces and their hearts harden to him"—the " low, bad, unimpressible" nature of the rascal emerging to view as his drowned senses indicate their reawakening. Out of the disgust, however, with which we needs must regard the surly rogue on his resumption of his old brutalities of manner, there peeps forth under the hands of the great humourist penning this description—a touch or two the most ex quisitely ridiculous. Riderhood, for example, mut tering, as he repels the kindly recommendations of the doctor, that he " Don't want no Poll-Parroting" —drawing the borrowed shirt on over his head " ex- actly as if he had just had a fight"—stoppirig twice or thrice, while he is dressing, to examine . _. his arms and hands, as if to see what punishment he has received in the encounter—underthe impres sion that his nose is bleeding, several times draw- ing the back of his hand across it and looking for the result in a distinctly pugilistic manner—asking after his fur cap, and when told of its being lost in the river, growling out, " Warn't there no honest man to pick it up ? 0' course there was though, and to cut off with it arterwards. You are a rare lot, all on you !"—and so, with a lurch on his unsteady legs and a savage " Hold still, can't you ?" to his daughter, upon whom he is heavily leaning at the moment, " What ! You must be a stag gering next, must you ?" taking his depar ture " out of the ring in which he has had that little turn-up with Death." In every minute touch, we repeat, a wonderful description ! A description, now and then, almost in the self-same breath, intensely affecting andexquisitely ridiculous. As a relief to this more sombre chapter, we have, as the last in this exceptionally good instalment of "Our Mutual Friend," a most exhilaratingly droll ac count of " A Happy Return'of the Day" among the Wilfers. The Day referred to being the anniversary of the nuptials of Pa and Ma, otherwise R. W. and the gloved lady with the toothache. Lavvy's indignant avowal under her breath to Bella, "I do not believe there ever was any human creature who could keep so bolt upright as Ma, or put such an amount of aggravation into one back !"—gives the key, as one may say, to the whole fun of the Wilfer household, Lavvy having, to our fancy, just the best of it all through —as evidenced in her very mode of laying the cloth for the festive dinner, "performing that office in a startling series of whisks and bumps laying the tablecloth itself as if she were raising the wind, putting down the glasses and salt cellars as if she were knocking at the door, and clashing the knives and forks in a skirmishing manner, sugges- tive of hand-to-hand. conflict !" Out of the Con fidences between Pa and Bella, at the close of this chapter, there are glimmering hints of the sequel —very pointed hints, some of them, we are pretty sure of that—yet hints, every one of them, to this present moment, utterly inscrutable to us! Espe cially the one in which Bella declares quite posi tively (what we don't believe, nevertheless, for one single instant) that Noddy Boffin is being "spoilt by prosperity." The illustrations are, this month, we regret to observe, as bad again as ever—just worse to our thinking than no illustrations at all. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1865. Hootins from the Owl. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer the Order of the Garter on the Duke of Cleveland. We believe it is likely that her Majesty will confer the dignity of a peerage on the Lord Chief Justice. We can assure our readers that Parliament will be dissolved in July. TEE GALE. DUNDALK, IRELAND, March 19.—About eight o'clock this morning, in a heavy gale from E.S.E., the schooner Delila, of Nantes, bound from Marans to Belfast, with a cargo of wheat, went ashore on Blackrock Strand. The lifeboat of the National Institution stationed here was at once manned and launched, and rescued the schooner's crew of seven men, who had taken to their own boat. WEXFORD, IRELAND, March 20.—The schooner Teaser, of Goole, bound from Dunkirk to Barrow, with flour, has gone ashore at Curracloe in a heavy gale of wind. The National Institution's lifeboat was launched, and took off one man from the schooner. The remainder of the crew and two women were unfortunately drowned before the arrival of the lifeboat. The vessel is likely to become a total wreck. THE FLAG OF THE DUCIIIES.—A brief correspon dence has been presented to Parliament respecting the provisional recognition of the flag of the Duchies accorded to them by Austria and Prussia. Communications to Earl Russell on Feb. 21 by the Austrian and Prussian Ministers in England notify the concession of the flag to the Duchies, and requesting that it be recognised provisionally, and that the ships of the Duchies enjoy all the privileges they had before their separation from Denmark, under the treaties of navigation with that kingdom. Earl Russell writes, March 8, to Lord Napier and Mr. Bonar, directing them to inti mate to the Austrian and Prussian Governments that her Majesty's Government are "prepared to recognise the flag provisionally, saving the rights of the State of Holstein and Schleswig and of the German Confederation, and only till the definitive constitution of the Duchies concerned." A FINE PORPOISE CAUGHT AT MARGATE.—OR Friday as Robert Holness and William Jenkins, mariners of that town, were standing on the pier, watch ing a ship at sea, they perceived a fine porpoise struggling amidst the breakers at the back of the pier: Holness im mediately ran off the pier into the water and caught it by the tail, but the fish, being a powerful one, nearly dragged him out to sea, and had it not been for Jenkins coming to his assistance, he must have left go his hold. The por poise was ultimately secured and placed in a box, and a telegram despatched to the authorities at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's -park, and the next day they seat down a man to fetch it away, in the hope that they might be able to keep it alive, rewarding Holness and Jenkins with £3 for their trouble. This is the only fish of that description in the society's possession. THE COLDSTREAM MURDER CASE.—It is now de finitely fixed that the trial of Alexander Thomson, china merchant and fishing-tackle make; Coldstream, for the murder of his wife, is to take place at the Jedburgh Circuit, which will be held on 2d May next. The pri soner, who is well connected, is to have his defence con ducted by able counsel already retained for the purpose. It is understood that the defence to be put in for him will be a plea of insanity, The prisoner has since the murder been confined in Greenlaw Gaol. For a short time after his committal he was watched night and day, as he had intimated an intention of committing suicide. The watch ing, however, was shortly after dispensed with, and no.. thing particular in the prisoner's behaviour has been no ticed.--Edinbur.94 Courant. OCEAN CURRENTS.--A number of empty bottles have been thrown into the sea on the west coast of Africa, and have been picked up on the Irish coast. One from near the Canaries was found at Nova Scotia ; and three or four have floated from Davis Straits to tho north-west coast of Ireland ; and one from the South Atlantic to Jersey. One has been found after 16 years, another after 14, and a third after 10 years. One was thrown into the Caribbean sea, and after five days was picked up 210 miles distant. A bottle was thrown in at Behring's Straits, and 200 days afterwards was found on the Honduras coast, having travelled 3,500 miles. A WEDDING TRIP.—A Troy alderman got mar ried the other day, and had rather a thrilling time on his wedding tour. He was two days in getting to Buffalo, on account of the snow ; was in the American Hotel, in that city, when it burned down ; and on his way to Chicago was thrown over an embankment 20 feet high, by a railroad accident, badly bruising him and his new wife. The couple are now in Chicago, recovering from their injuries and getting courage to try the return trip.—New York Sun. DEATH OF THE HON. AND REV. JOHN SANDI LANDS.—We have to announce the demise of the Hon. and Rev. John Sandilands, M.A., who expired on Saturday last at Edinburgh. The deceased gentleman was the second son of James, tenth Lord Torphichen, and was born Nov. 11, 1813 ; he married, July 24, 1845, Ellen, second surviv ing daughter of the late Mr. James Hope, by whom he has a youthful family. The rev. gentleman, who was rector of Coston, Lincolnshire, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, March 22.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; blowing a strong breeze and fine weather, but very cold. . . PLYMOUTJI, March 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrived - iliginia, from Cuba. Sailed--Tier Majesty's ship Niger, for the West Indies. HOLYHEAD, March 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Earl of Mar, from Manilla. PENZANCE, March 21.—Wind S.E—Arrived—Adven ture, from Demerara for London. _ _ _ FALMOUTH, March 21.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Monte zuma, for Philadelphia; the Three Sitters, for St. John's, Newfoundland. CLYDE, March 21.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Glen withy, from Iquique. Bailed•--William Conual, steamer, for Bordeaux. SIIIE14)8, March 21.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Caucasus, for Colombo. Cows, March 21.—Wind, N.F.—Sailed—Ernestine, for St. Jago de Cuba. Pua, March 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrived.—Armigo, from Tarragona. CAnxtlivoN, March 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—iluclders field, from Iquique for the Clyde. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mile pm., And the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 43 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold Is at about the same price in London and Paris. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE MORAVIAN. (Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, MARCH 11 (Morning, Refugees from Newbern report that Sherman oc cupied Fayetteville last week, and was within 40 miles of Raleigh. The Confederates were deserting by companies and going home. The people were not heeding the Governor's call, and in many cases were welcoming Sherman. A panic prevailed among the negroes since the announcement that they were to be conscripted into the Confederate army. The Conservative slave- owners were arming their slaves. The result of the conscription was that numbers of slaves were flocking to Sherman's army with the assistance of their masters, promising to return to work for wages as soon as safe. The Federals from Newbern have arrived near Kinston. The Confederates are reported to have abandoned the country between Newbern and Goldsboro', evacuating Kinston on the 3d. Beauregard is reported to be at Raleigh. Golds boro' is being fortified. The Confederates are said to have fallen back from their position on the Wilmington and Golds- boro' railroad, 15 miles north-east of Wilmington The Governor of North Carolina has announced that for a few months Lee's army must rely for subsistence upon Virginia and North Carolina alone. President Lincoln has offered a pardon to all deserters returning to their posts within 60 days. The New York Times says President Lincoln does not propose at present to make any diplomatic appointment to France. It is reported that the Government will imme diately ship the cotton captured at Savannah, to England. NEW YORK, MARCH 11, 10 p.m. The following are the heads of the news brough by the Moravian : The reports have been reiterated of Sherman having occupied Fayetteville. General Sheridan's victory is confirmed. Early was not captured. Mr. M'Culloch, the Secretary of the Treasury, has announced that he will make an effort to resume early specie payments. The Canadian Parliament has adopted the Code. deration scheme. Mr. Scarlett, the British Envoy to Mexico, has arrived at the capital of that country, and delivered an autograph letter from her Majesty Queen Victoria recognising the Emperor Maximilian. Richmond papers of the 9th inst. report the news from the Carolinas highly encouraging, though still suppressed. They intimate that Sherman is retreating. NEW YORK, MARCH 11 (Evening). The Washington Republican of yesterday says General Thomas has telegraphed to the Govern ment that scouts had arrived with information of Sherman having intercepted and crushed Cheat ham's corps, which was moving from Alabama to reinforce Hardee. Hardee was not up in time, and did not give battle. Johnstone is supposed to have attacked Sherman in front, but is said to have been defeated. The locality of the battle is not given. It is reported to be probably in the north of South Carolina. Scouts arrived at Wilmington announce Sher man's occupation of Cheran. Up to that time nothing but skirmishing had occurred. Sherman's advance into South Carolina was a certainty. It is rumoured at Washington that General Scho field has had an engagement in North Carolina. Grant is reported to have discovered coloured troops confronting his pickets, showing that the Confederates had adopted the policy of arming the slaves. The Confederate Senate has passed the Negro Enlistment Bill, and it is supposed the House will ratify it. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MARCH 11, Evening. Money easy. Gold, 191/. Exchange on Lon don, 2031 ; do. Paris ; 2.771. Stocks slightly firmer ; New York Central, 105 ; Illinois, 115 ; Erie, 64 ; 5.20 United States Bonds, 111 k. Cotton very dull. Middling Upland, 73c. Flour, wheat,. and corn, dull. Provisions slightly firmer. Coffee dull. Sugar quiet. Molasses dull. Petro leum heavy. Crude, 40c. Refined, ac. NEW YORK, MARCH 12, 1 a.m. The Federal Senate has adjourned without trans acting any important business. The only diplomatic appointment sent in is that of John P. Hall, as Minister to Spain. The accounts from Sherman continue conflicting. Reports from Charleston to the 7th announces Sherman's arrival at Charlotteville. Beauregard was hovering round his front. Rumours through Southern sources state that Sherman had deserted Cheran, retiring towards Charleston. Other accounts represent the fight at Cheran as a cavalry engagement—Hampton de feating Kilpatrick. General Potter has advanced from Charleston to the Sanled River without opposition. The fortifications of Augusta are being strength ened. The Southern journals now express more confi dence of Sherman's failure, and say his retreat would not surprise them. General Terry is thirteen miles from Wilmington, on the north-west branch of the Cape Fear River, confronted by Hoke. Charleston is quiet and business reviving. The arrival of detachments at Winchester with prisoners confirm Sheridan's success. Details received state that Custer's division at tacked and defeated Early's forces near Waynes boro, capturing 87 officers, Early's staff, 1,100 men, and 7 cannon, 100 waggons, and also a train of artillery stores prepared for transportation. General Sheridan occupied Waynesboro. Custer was last reported within 10 miles of Charlotteville. Rosser attacked a detachment returning from Winchester, but was repulsed. Prisoners report that a heavy Federal force was advancing from East Tennessee towards Lynch burg. Unconfirmed rumours report the capture of Lynchburg. General Grant is reported to be awaiting fine weather for another attack on the south side rail road. Lee is strongly fortifying his position on the Roanoke River, to secure the possible retreat of Johnstone to Roanoke. The Danville Register says that Lee intends never to surrender Richmond until it is impossible to hold it. A meeting has been held at Danville for subscrip tions to support Lee's army. The Governor of North Carolina has strongly ap pealed for provisions for Lee's army. General Early has left New Orleans for Mobile. Mr. M'Culloch, the new Secretary of the Trea sury, upon assuming office made a speech, stating that his chief aim was to prcvide an early means to discharging the claims upon the Treasury, and gradually restoring a specie basis, the departure from which was a temporary necessity, damaging and demoralizing to the people and expensive to the Governments. The Secretary of the Interior has resigned, and has been succeeded by Senator Horton. The papers continue to stigmatize Andrew Johnston's condut on the day of his inauguration. Some recommended him to resign. President Lincoln has been officially informed of England's approval of the recent Canadian legisla tion regarding Southern refugees. Mr. Seward has rescinded the Canadian passpor order. It has also been agreed not to increase the nava: force on the Lakes. The draft commences in New York on the 15th of March. The steamer Ruby has been captured. The British ship Margaret Kerr has been totally wrecked at Key West. The crew were saved. The Richmond Enquirer says that a plan existed to force President Davis to resign in favour of Hunter. It hopes the plan has miscarried. " Lee, it says, with the consent of the army and people, will grasp the sceptre, if wrenched from Davis. The Congress is a failure, and the power should be intrusted to Davis and Lee alone." The Belgian has arrived out. MEXICO. NEW YORK, MARCH 11. Advices from Mexico state that General Mejia, in accordance with instructions from the Emperor Maximilian, ordered the American Consul at Mata moras to close the Consulate on the 9th, and sent him passports on the 10th, It is believed that the non-recognition of the Empire was the cause of this proceeding. Mr. Scarlett had had an audience of the Empe ror Maximilian, at which he presented an autogiaph letter of her Majesty Queen Victoria. The Em peror tendered Mr. Scarlett a cordial reception, and said he should be always happy to see the strengthening of good relations between the two countries. The Queen's letter, dated 9th November, desires to give the Emperor Maximilian immediate proof of her sincere friendship and lively wishes to maintain the most friendly relations with Mexico. Her Majesty accredits Mr. Scarlett Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Mexican Court. In a letter to the Empress, Queen Victoria ex presses her unchangeable consideration and affec. tion. Her Majesty addressed the Emperor as my brother, and the Empress as my sister and dear cousin. The victories of the French at Oajaca and Tacat. Lan have been confirmed. General Porfirio Diaz had arrived at the city o Mexico as a prisoner. It is reported that the French have suffered two reverses. The particulars are unknown. A large number of American emigrants have arrived at Vera Cruz. CANADA. ADOPTION OF THE CONFEDERATION SCHEME. QUEBEC, MARCH 11. The Canadian Parliament has adopted the Con !ederation scheme by 91 against 33 votes. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 21.--The market is weak and undecided. The subscription opened for the Tunisian Loan has not been favourably received. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 17c. The Italian Loan 64f. 60e. Credit Mobilier have been done at 863 f. 75c. Railway Shares are inactive, without any upward tendency in prices. The mar ket closed somewhat firmer. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per Cents 95 20 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 20 Do. end month 67 20 Credit Mobilier 870 Do. end month Bank Shares 3500 Credit Foncier 1290 Roman 74 50 I Italian Loan 64 55 • Do. end month 64 60 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian 9O Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred - MAYS. RAIL' Cash. A cc t . Northern Orleans 1 925 ... 922 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 968 75 ... 970 Southern 582 50 ... 582 50 Western 542 50 ... 545 Eastern Sardinian 305 Austrian Lombard 550 ... 548 75 North of Spain 3Ol 25 ... 301 25 Saragossa 375 375 Ditto to Barcelona l7O STATE OF TRADE. • MANCHESTER, March 21.—We have had a quiet market to-day for yarns, and to make sales lower prices would have to be taken. The large stock of cotton is attracting a good deal of attention among spinnners, who appear to think it the safer policy to buy only what they require for immediate require ments, expecting prices still further to decline. In the same spirit buyers of yarn, and especially such of them as are shippers, are disposed to hold aloof, and have done exceedingly little business. All the improvement obtained last week has entirely disap peared, and the prices of yarn, as of cotton, are drooping. In home-trade yarns we have had a very flat market ; previous quotations have gene rally been asked by spinners, but spinners in most nstances are willing to make a slight concession to nduce business. In cloth there has been a gradual decline of prices since the middle of last week, and there is an evident disposition among merchants to keep aloof and favour this depression as much as possible. Sales have only been effected at declining rates from day to day. To-day manufacturers seem to follow a good deal in the track of the Liverpool Cotton-market, and there has been a further de crease in prices. . The market closes, after an ex ceedingly limited business, with prices somewhat below last Tuesday's rates, and with great irregu larity prevailing for all classes of goods. LEEDS, 21st.—There is no perceptible improve ment in the woollen trade here, and the markets in both cloth-halls this morning have been devoid of animation. The attendance of buyers was small, and many of those presentappeared rather as lookers on than actual purchasers. The selections made were miscellaneous, and included about the same propor tions of ordinary broadcloths as of light goods for spring and summer. The chief cause of the present dul ness is generally admitted to be protracted winterly weather, but something is also due to the continu ance of the internecine war of America, and the un certainty as to what may at any moment be the change in the cotton-market consequent upon some event in that great conflict. Any considerable fall in the price of cotton would be felt in the woollen trade, for in many kinds of woollen goods there is a large admixture of cotton. Though the woollen is quiet and manufacturers are rather contracting their productive powers prices keep very steady, and the remark applies to both goods and wool. The flax trade is not so active as we lately had to report it, but it is not less so than it was a week ago. Prices of the raw material and those of threads and yarn are nominally unchanged. ROCHDALE, 20th.—Business is still dull. Some few and rather good shipping orders have, however, come to hand. In that department, however, there is still a considerable deficiency, as compared with what is the usual standard of demand from abroad at the close of the first quarter of the year. To day's market was scarcely attended. Notwithstand ing that things are flat, prices remain firm ; and the same may be said with regard to Yorkshire goods of all descriptions, for which there is no better in quiry than as last reported. Wool is very dear in consequence of the quotations at the current wool sales, and manufacturers buy none, except when compelled for the purpose of completing orders in hand. • - L dilYlll3 &talbr, HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 21. His Royal High ness P r i nce Alf red returne d to the Castle last evening from London. Lady Cha r l o tt e L oc k er and the Hon. Si r Fred. Bruce arrived at the Castle, and had the honour.; of dining with th e Q ueen and the Royal faoe'' yesterday. Sir Frederick Bruce kissed hands and took ka le ' on his appointment as her Majesty's Minister t° Washington. Professor Hoffman had the honour of giving the first of a serie s o f l ec t ures on chemistry b e f o re h e e, Majesty and th e i r R oya l Hi g h nesses Pr i nce Alfred , Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Pr ince Leopold. The Queen drove out this morning in a carriage and four, attend e d by L a d y A ugusta S tan ley an d the Hon. Florence Seymour. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise also took 3 carriage drive. a The Earl of Lucan had an audience to-day, a n ia kissed hands on rec e i v i ng f rom h er M a j esty the G°' Stick as Colonel of the Ist Life Guards. The Prince of W a l es was present i n t h e Horse of Lords last night. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yes terday. - - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge will give a grand dinner party on Monday next, at her re sidence at St. James's Palace, to celebrate the birthday the Duke of Cambridge. The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gwendtdine St. Maur ret urne d t o t h e First Lord's official residenc e st the Admiralty yesterday, from Bulstrode Park, Bucks. A The Marquis and M arc hi oness o f Abercorn an Lady Georgians Hamilton are not expected to return 11°/ne from the Continent till the week after Easter. The Marquis of Bowmont has left the Clarendon Hotel for Floors. - - --- The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda °X ° shortly expected to arrive in town from Ireland for tbe season. The Earl and Countess Grey are expected 1 01 . : from their tour in It a l y a b out t h e 20th of the eusivil' month. The Earl Granville had a dinner party on 3. 01/ day evening at his residence in Bruton-street. The Earl and Countess Spencer returned to to ll : yesterday, after a few days' stay at Althorp Hall, 1C°11,.. amptonshire. The n o bl e ear l an d countess w ill en ,„ " Min a large p ar t y a t Al t h orp during the race meeting 8 t Northampton. • e The Earl and C oun t ess o f Bessborough Neelyd „ a select party a t di nner yesterday evening, at their 1011- in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. The Earl and Countess of Minto have left rance's Hotel for their town residence in Eaton-scluare. A Ball at Washington, On the night of the 6th instant, the Loyal Leagu e g11 ;, S i ll a grand ball at Washington, in honour of President 11 coin. The company appears to have been a rather re i t one. The New York Herald says :—" At half-past ten t h '" presidential party was annonnced, and as they entere d t e j a bands struck up 'Hail to the Chief,' ana the company f °rra ti in lines, leading to the presidential platform. When t i e s were seated dancing was resumed. Immediately an irant%ti crowd of curious people gathered in front of the Pla t ' °. , and tried to stare the presidential party out of counten 3ll o - ; This crowd was constantly reinforced, until it was almost impossible to get past the middle of the room. The Presidentto occupied his chair b u t a moment, gallantly relinqu ishing:fp Mrs. Senator Harris, and falling back against the wall wit'i; rest of the gentlemen on the platform. He was dressed in evening costume, but with a black necktie, an d I°o lo° boyishly delighted at the c h arm i ng scene b e f ore him. 31r5 c 1 Lincoln remained seat e d i n queen l y state. Sh e wa s dress% in white satin, ri c hly em b ro id ered, and wore a po int la e r shawl. Her ne c kl ace an d earr i ngs were of d i amon ds. 11° hair was arranged w ith a f a ll o f cur l s an d w i t h s ilverol ments and white artifi c i a l fl owers. H er rounded arms dimpled shoulders w ere di sp l aye d , an d h er f ace b o re an e pression which assure d a ll o b servers that she was the ; of the President. Th ere were numerous outrageous ccir; tumes to be seen. The faded wall flo wers ' wer e in vet strong force. There was one l a d y who wore the dres s f „ her grandm o th er , an o l d fashioned brocade with big knots of yellow ribbon, without any crinoline ; a mum' ber of ladies in plain black silks, others in muslin ue laines ; one with a brown merino dress, with a black cloth cloak and black h a t ; one w i t h a f a d e d ca lico, el l : dently from Tennessee ; another with a carriage cloak. it; least a dozen l a di es wore b onnets more or l e ss inappropria te to the festive scene. Several gentlemen elbowed their way through the crowd with stove pipe hats in hand , and wear ; ing their winte r overcoats, as th oug h they expected snowstorm in the Arctic reg i ons . Th e re were gentle ell with all mann er o f scar f s, b r i ght an d f ancy co lours, as we ," 1 , as dingy black, di sp l ay i ng g li tter i ng p i ns o f a ll manne r devices. And John son ' s p l e b e i ans ou t num b er ed the aristo cratso, at least twenty t o one. Th ey t h rew s h o ddy and Pe tr o leum completely int o th e s h a d e. Th e d anc ing of tb e d people was mar ve ll ous . Th e men t h rew t h e i r l e gs aro un d like the spokes of a w h ee l ; th e women h oppe d , skipped' 5,h jumped about in a manner w hi c h wou ld h ave ma de a Fo n t. ; dancing master commit suicide. They introduced the fin of a quadrille i n t o th e lancers, and a breakdown quadrille. They appeared to think that every other a7 llO was a waltz, and acted accordingly. The gall ° P', wa schottische, and va rsov i enne, t h e Danish and t h e redo were all Greek to the m . Th ey un d erstoo d no thing b unk plain waltz and a pl a i n qua d r ill e, and appeare d to t t yl iley that they were exhibiti ng th e greatest sc i ence when who were kicking up the most dust. Those of the plebeian s r .. did not dance gathered around the doors of the s li t the rooms, and remained th ere f rom n i ne o'clock lin' . a time that the supper-room was opened. This g ies acl pretty accurate id ea o f th e i r cal ib re. The Pres ident o ' re . Mrs. Lincoln did not dance, nor did the grav e se t set, taries trip the light fantastic.' The r e w as a co ur t B` however. Vice Ad m i ra l F arragut, M ajor General of Congressman Arnold, and an attache: of °ll- 3fias the legations, danced the lancers together. t he Buchanan, daughter of C ommo d ore Buchanan, o ', ie Boston Navy Yard, a n d Mi ss Wi lson ' , of Chicago l v ' an d this set. An admi r i ng crow d surrounded the party' they danced with a grace and spirit unequalled by d, s others of the lar ge company. A s Andy Johnson Pa s ' t rt a e gentleman remarked to a R a di ca l sena t or that th e ' art y President, in hi s i naugura l speec h , had disgraced 1:101 and the country. " Well," said the senator, " Ive . dee el• regret it, for he has no chance now for the Pr es ; tbs t He has killed himself off." Another gentleman add s day, "Andy Johnson was not inebriated on inaugura ti f ee ang but had rehearsed hi s s p eec h t o a l ot o f Tenne[the the night before." It was genera ll y no ti ce d tl iat w ere President did not recognise Andy Johnson, n or t the they seen together. I n sp it e o f t h e rep orts 41 000 contrary, not one negro was a gues t a t th e b a ll. teen of them were on hand as waiters, however, an o f the on view in the outsid e h a ll s . Th e ret i r i ng - r oans re es presidential party were exclusively attended by 12e5 5tist This was the only concession to the African race. before 12 o'clock the President was notified that sue order ready. The presidenti a l p ar t y th en re ti re d i n the san le il , o o. as they entered, and a rush was made to folio f o et Policemen kept back the crowd and th e p ar ty got 83 ; by a of the ballroom, and were ushered in the supper - r ° w th e private entrance. Th en th e d oors were th row n °Pe n 1 00 guests, who dashed in pell-mell in dreadful confusi on ' inting being crushed against th e wa ll s , or d ragge d 1 1511 fa ° rad through the crush. M en t r i e d t o t ear d own the tel and doorway. The table w as c l eare d a l mos t i n a nun ot hing after the first 10 minutes the waiters could bring 11 br ing' except for a fee. In an h our th ere was no thing le ft to f the The President's party feasted a t th e u pper en d 131 hall, and, having finished, attempted to Pliss.,,,o,llgee and Andy Johnson's plebeians were savage with 11"—,, es would not make way for anybody. The Presiden"_ases of were thus forced to enter an alcove between th e f ' boo ed models, climb up stairs, and emerge upon a sort above the heads of the crowd, where they could 1 7 fo llow upon the struggle for viands. Nobody cared !n_ p oti them now. The President and others of tnlitwoin spoke in severe terms of the disorder. M rs 7„,S s iden t said it was a scramble.' Well,' said this sans 'it appears like a very systematic scramble.'_ TAfters that he his only little joke during the evening. Au rille grew serious, and wanted to go home. ttn oth,u" crowded along the narrow balcony, descended foci! , stairs, and passed out quietly, without being notic ed' othe r d' 1 , 4 0 Johnson's plebeians paid no more attention to the did to t tinguished people after supper time than they _ u _ oe hen' S presidential party. Most of the aristocrats baci,q•_u_. and only the commoners remained in force. . o " A • do ira l + stood solitary for a quarter of an hour. The Vice- d s °°l : his smiles gone, roamed about discontentedlY:l7 o'ut stole away. The ball did not close, it fizzl e ,„10 W e A poor piece of fireworks. After two o'clock the P"fo're, 10 11 " drin k still e i a n t a in f g rom off eapclhateotshew es hi c c u h ps h ., d been use d be sent a magnificletn°tß cha O l F ice Til in E F ol E d E t N o ..... 1.1 ha le THE EMPEROR tO small church of Hoboken, near g his gales New York, where • lived as a ri Atit eric ° ' A p vate gentleman during his stay in _,,i e la . l Canadian journal states, on information "svP r o f ith.sreason to believe is correct, that the nenlbe.,„,y Canadians who have enlisted in the 'United States sii;er since the • • beginning of the war is 43,000. Of this 011111 of- FRENCH priest his the owl 1 4,00 0 35,000 were French Canadians, no less than whom have died on the battlefield.