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Re ports were.read from the inspector and assistant-in spector of lifeboats of the institution on their recent visits to the different lifeboat stations of the Society on the coast. The proceedings then terminated. Liverpool Theatre Royal. (From the Liverpool Daily Courier) The reception that Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean met with at the Theatre Royal is a good earnest of the substantial popularity they enjoy. The theatre t he their r return has been has not for many a d ay presente d such a spectacle roundretu the of animatio n an d p l easure as was - witnessed at the first ap pearance of these artists after their three whichyears' tour world, welcomedand the e s g e a r n g e o s s n d wit in dicationh of the vacuum • which their approaching retirement from prof • • professional life will occasion on the English stage. The public are asking who- will take their places when Mr. and Mrs. Kean retire, and in the apprehension that their ' like is not again to be met with for some ti me, playgoers are natu rally anxious to see as much of the old favourites as conveniently may , be. This feeling, coupled no doubt with the personal merits of the performers, was probably the secret. of the large and inte rested audience of last night. Every seat in the house had its occupant, the place being crowded from floor to ceiling, and the dress circle wa s thronged by the beauty and fashion of the town. The play was " The Merchant of Venice," of course with Mr. Kean as Shylock and Mrs. Kean as Por tia, parts with which their names are already asso ciated in the highest fame. When they came upon the stage each received a generous welconie—not a mere formal recognition of talent, but a hearty greet ing as of friends returned after long absence. Mr. and Mrs. Kean divided the honours, each being applauded with equal cordiality, and of course each acknowledging the kindness of the audience with evident fervour. Surely it is not needful at this time to say anything either in commendation or de scription of the acting which for more than thirty years has maintained an uninterrupted and in creasing popularity, and we shall therefore not attempt to perform this unprofitable task. We may say, however, that increasing years bring about no apparent diminution of their histrionic powers, and after their long and arduous tour both return to England with all their former artistic polish and elo cutionary ability, and with unimpaired physical strength. Indeed, in watching the performance of last night, with its vigour, force, and precision, it was almost inconceivable that one was listening to the same voices, and watching the same acting, as took the public favour by storm in Covent garden in 1833, and subsequently in Mr. Charles Kean's first grand provincial tour. Passing years have only added refinement and experience to the natural endowments of both, and these popular favourites, who are now about to enter upon the last scene of their professional life, still retain all the powers which first won them fame. Mr. Kean's consummate skill was soondisplayed last night, and in the first interview with Bassanio, and still more conspicuously when -he recapitulates to Antonio the reproaches heaped upon him, he showed that he has lost none of his former carefulness in acting, effec tiveness in delivery, and extraordinaryfacial powers. Never perhaps was the depth of passion and despair more terribly rendered than when the usurer disco vers the loss of his money and his daughter ; and the gleam of malignant satisfaction assumed in the fourth act, when Portia decrees the judgment of the bond, is a magnificent dramatic contrast to the blank amazement and horror which seize him when thwarted in his vengeful purpose. These are, of course, mere salient points in a well-drawn stage picture, full of beauties and adroit passes of skill, and all itadiverse parts, combining to form one complete and effective whole. So also with regard to Portia, the actingwas everything that good taste, happy disposition, and great talent could secure. Mrs. Kean was blithesome and genial as she always is, vivacious and animated without being giddy or indecorous, and giving a perfect realisation in tone and bearing to Shakspere's conception of his heroine. All her speeches, and they are neither few nor unimportant, were de livered by Mrs. Kean with the force of an accom plished elocutionist, and the author's beautitul description of the quality of mercy was spoken in a way that earned the loudest applause of the audi ence. In addition to the cheers which greeted them while the curtain was up, Mr. and Mrs. Kean were several times called to the front between the acts to receive the congratulations of the company. The reception altogether was a flattering one, and is at once a high complement to the artists and to the appreciative tastes of the audience. The other characters were generally well filled, Bassanio and Nerissa being deserving of special commendation, and the stage accessories were also creditabl y managed. To-night the chief item in the programme will be " Louis X 1.," in which Mr. and Mrs. Kean will take their old parts of Louis and Martha respectively. To-morrow they take their benefit, when they will appear in two pieces, " Henry VIII." and the " Jealous Wife." • We need not tell the public to go—they are sure to do that ; but those who wish to get in should go early, else they will stand a poor chance of seeing even the doors. THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1866. HORTICULTURAL IN TERNATIONA. Tickets may be obtained of and at— Austin's, St. James's Hall. Letts and Son's, Royal Ex lhappell New Bond-street. chance. Cock, Add son, and Co.'s, Mitchell's, Bond-street. Itegent-rtreet. Oltivier's, New Bond-street. Keith and Prowse's, Cheap- Sam s, St. James's-street. side. Werterton's, St. George's- Lacon and Oilier's, New place. Bond-st-ect. d the principal Nurserymen, W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN and UP INT TEI AIR, an entirely New Entertain ment. EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross Luxurious sofa rails, 3s ; balcony stalls, 35.; area, 25.; amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five. ITODARE'S 420TH REPRESENTATION.- Tti EATRE OF MYSTERY.—EGYPTIAN HALL.— STODARE', celebrated MARVELS of MAGIC and VEN- T RIL , , QUIS d, P performed by him, by command, at Wind sor Castle, before her Majesty the Queen, Nov. 21, 1865 ; and twice before .R.H. the Prince of Wales, June 6. 1865, and March 10, 1866.—The New Sensation, the MARVEL of ISIECCA, the SPHINX, and Stodare's celebrated INDIAN BASK ET PEAT, EVERY EVENING at 8. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3. Stalls may be secured in advance at the Box-office, Egyptian Hall, open daily from 10 till 6; and at Mitchell's, Ole amd street.—Admission, Is., 25.; stalls, 38. •° Almost miraculous.' —Vide the Times. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, ST. JAMES'S HALL. ------- - - EVERT EVENING at Eight. WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight,—The orig. nal and veri tably legimate MLNSTRELS. First Season in London the.e five years. The only company in existence which possesses a legal claim to the title, from the fact of its being the only one which retains all the marked specialities and distinguished favourites who originally gained the re putation of the company first in the United States, and sub sequently in this country, in 1857. No other company as suming the title of Christy Minstrels possesses a single in dividual member of the least distinction who belonged to the original troupe. The Christys (after an absence of five years) return to London with their band strengthened and im proved in every respect, their entertainment being unani mously pronounced bi the metropolitan press to be the most sparkling in London. Prices of Admission—New and luxurious fauteuils, sa. ; stalls, 3s. ' • area. 2s. ; gallery, ls. ; juveniles, under twelve, half price to stalls and area only. Fauteuils and stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street ; or at Mr. Austin's, 23, Piccadilly. - Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. T " OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (1 fruited', IF I WERE KING, Comic Opera, by AD°LIME ADAM, havin_ been enthusiastically received, will be performed, together with IL TROVATORE and MASANIELLO, by the whole of the talented Operatic Company h VERY EVENING in addition to the other novelties of the estab hshment, including the ce ebrated HUNGARIANS in their new entertainment, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. RANDALL, ned Messrs. PERSIVANI and D'RHONDE. Notice.—The last Two Nights of the Hungarians' appear ance in England. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, le ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Doors open at hall-past 7. Commence at 8. 'MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, It BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAYS. 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IADVERTISEMENT.I --Hollowa y 's Ointment and Pills.— Ready to Hand. —Every good and generous person feels a natural sympathy in the presence of suffering, but how much more graceful would that compassion be if it could supply the means of relief. Professor Holloway offers to every one the never failing power of thus rendering the malady of the interior most essential service to a fflic ted humanity. His noble remedies e of the surface, and thus extricate it if th a t b e p oss ibl e . Plainly printed instruct ions for the guidance of invalids envelope every package of these restoratives, the reputa systemrea or ch h t id h d e e s n ea t t n ot the e every darker oi whether it be on y recesses th reputa tion of which is not only European, but extends through out the globo. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES—We lately had the painful duty of calling attention to the fact that the highest place on the Irish Common Law Bench is occupied by a Judge 90 years of age. Chief Justice Lefroy was once a I man of learning and eloquence, of a powerful and penetrating mind. If he had been advanced to his present office in the full strength of his intellect, he would have fulfilled all his duties with success, and might have left a name honoured in the annals of the law. But, unfortunately, the unworthy close of his career is likely to obliterate the recollection of his former merits. He will be remembered, not as the keen lawyer of the past generation, but as the feeble and decrepit magistrate of the present, clinging to a dignity the duties of which he cannot perform, and exhausting the patience of too forbear ing and indulgent people. We have refrained from entering into individual cases in which the senility of the Chief Justice has worked a denial of right to suitors ; but the matter which was the subject of conversation in the House of Commons yesterday evening shows in so strong a light this great scandal that we must call particular attention to it. It will be remembered that last year a young officer named Clutterbuck was murdered by a man whom he had hired as a guide on a shooting excursion. This man was tried before Chief Justice Lefroy, and the At torney-General for Ireland prosecuted. What oc curred will be best understood from the debate of last evening. Mr. Bryan, the member for the county of Kilkenny, asked the Attorney-General whether his attention had been drawn to a statement pub licly made, to the effect that the Lord Chief Jus tice, 'then passing sentence of death on a prisoner at Tullamore, was unable to read the sentence, although written for him in large handwriting, and that his lordship required and had the assistance of some other person in the performance of that duty ; and whether that statement was substantially cor rect. To this question the Attorney-General con tented himself with replying that the statement " was substantially correct." Up then rose Mr. Lefroy, the son of the Chief Justice. This gentle man, who is himself 66 years old, hastened to vindi cate his father from the charge of failing energies. He entered into an explanation which, so far as we can see, explains nothing at all, and informed the house, on the authority of "an eminent Queen's Counsel," that a mistake had been made by the in formant of the member for Kilkenny. But Mr. Lefroy was probably little prepared for what fol lowed. The Attorney-General rose and declared that he knew the statement to be strictly true, in asmuch as it was he himself who had dictated the sentence to the Chief Justice. " The day on which the execution was to be carried out," said the Attorney-General, " had been arranged beforehand, and the officer of the court wrote out the sentence in large characters for the Lord Chief Justice, who however, was totally unable to pronounce that sen tence in the legal form, and omitted a material clause, which would have rendered it void in point of law. As conducting the prosecution for the Crown, it became my duty to call the Chief Jus tice's attention to the omission, and I was obliged I to stand near him on the bench, and dictate the sentence to him over again in legal form. These are the facts, which can be substantiated in any l way if necessary." Such is the declaration of the First Law Officer of the Crown in Ireland with respect to a matter in which he played a principal part, and on which he cannot be mistaken. If anything can add to the scandal of such a proceed ing, it is that men should be found in the House of Commons to defend the Chief Justice, and to encourage him in the retention of his office by pretending that he is still in possession of all his power. Mr. Whiteside begins roundly that " the complaint was the most miserable cavil ever submitted to a body of intelligent and reasonalse men." This is the confident nisi prius style, and may have its effect upon twelve Irish jurymen, but is not likely to persuade the House of Commons, particularly when followed by a lame attempt to show that the Chief Justice merely hesitated as to the day of the execution, and by a deprecation of any reference to an event which took place at such a remote epoch as eight months ago. It is quite evident that the Attorney-General would never have made so public and confident a state ment if he were not sure both that the facts were undeniable and it was necessary for the public ser vice that they should be known. On this last point we entirely agree with him. The incident at Tul lamore is only an instance of what is said frequently to occur, and we have no hesitation in declaring that if what is reported be correct, the time has come for some action in the matter. if the Chief Justice will not take the advice of those whose counsels, though more unpalatable than those of his intimate friends, are more wholesome, there will be nothing left but to resort to that extreme course which the Constitution provides for the removal of , an unsuitable Judge. The public is, we think, very ill used in this matter of judicial appointments. No country pays its Judges so well, none gives them such splendid allowances on retiring. After a term of service, which is not long to any man who comes to it in the prime of life, a Judge may retire with a pension equal to the major part of his salary. If he be overtaken by permanent illness or infirmity, he is provided for during life. We ought, then, never to have a physically incapable Judge. If it were understood that men were to be selected as Judges in the full strength and energy of life, and were to retire as soon as they became unequal to the perfect discharge of their duties, the public would only have the advantages which are justly its due. But this is not the case. Men are not placed on the Bench until an advanced age, and until they have spent all the best years of their lives in building up their private fortunes. They then feel themselves at li berty to keep their appointments as long as they are bodily able to take their seat in Court. The cause of their persistence is not difficult to find. They are often unconscious of their failing powers, and perceive no distinction between their present and former treatment of a case. As long as they are capable of rousing themselves occasionally— and sometimes they succeed thus far in a wonderful manner—they imagine they possess all that they ever possessed, and would resent criticism if they ever heard it. It is the rarest thing, however, that anybody criticises except in a whisper. The Bar submits sullenly; the unfortunate suitors suffer in silence ; the Government leaves things alone ; a somewhat odious subject is left to the press. But this indulgent silence cannot be always preserved. The country requires as judges men in the vigour of mind and body. To speak of the isolated speeches of Lord Lyndhurst at an advanced a g e as proof that a man can fulfill the duties of a chief justice at 90 is an absurdity. There can be no comparison be tween making an occasional speech and sitting in Court from morning till evening, day after day, with the mind continually taxed, to say nothing of the labour of noting down voluminous evidence. The bench and the bar would not, we conceive, have any ground of complaint if an age were fixed for the retirement of all persons holding judicial and legal appointments, and if no one were alkowed to remain in office beyond it. Our own opinion is, that few men are capable of fulfilling the functions of a judge after they have attained their three-score years and ten. Who would commit any important business to a man 75 or 80 years of age ? If men of that age remain members of a firm of merchants or lawyers, the business is always really done by younger men. How, then, should the most im portant of all functions be fitly performed by per sons of such advanced years ? The subject is one of much importance, and we trust it will not be allowed to pass out of remembrance. HERALD.—It is much to be regretted that the rumour, which on Wednesday evening caused a sudden rise of securities in the Paris Exchange, to wit, that France, England, and Russia had agreed to mediate or intervene in the interests of peace be tween Austria and Prussia, has derived no sort of corroboration from the news which has since reached us. That such a combination might do something more than advise, that it might speak authorita tively to the opposed Powers, whose bickerings have now arrived at such a point that they threaten an immediate disturbance of the peace of the world, can hardly be a matter of doubt to any reasonable man. We may go further than this. The co-ope ration of the great neutral Powers is not only the most likely means of extrication from this great dilemma, it affords us the only chance of escaping from an embroilment, the disastrous consequences of which it would be impossible to exaggerate. United these Great Powers would be strong, indi vidually they are powerless. The advantages of a common action, which would cost them so little, are so great and so obvious, that it seems almost super fluous to insist on them. 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George Cruia shank was amusing the public. Is there no way in which the country could acknowledge the long servicea and brave cireer of such a friend and benefactor ?" TIIACITRA.Y. The public in general Is invited to co-operate in this move ment. Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the under signed as honorary secretary, CHARLES A. HOWELL. 3, York-villas, Brixton, S. PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Br eakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the cls3stitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the ights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. .At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they aro homeless and starving. The Manager, &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, and have to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the - work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required. - Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it pror,,,,sed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur- VOW will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and ftecomplieh what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really fterving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, a. ti d, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be, ,offered in your behalf. EPUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly, requested, and will be •grateNfully received by the Rev. D. CULBERT D.D., Q. 22, PiaeNry-circus E.O. RUPTURES.—BY RoYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 7862, is allowed by upwards of two Hundred Me 'foal Gentlemen to be the mo••t r ffective invention in the. curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here avoided—a soft bandage tieing worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lev,r, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, 4nd 2119 truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post. on the circum •erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, les., 215., , 6s 6d., and Ills. 6d Postage, Is. A Double Truss, Ms. 6d., 42s , and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage. Is. 1 d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ILASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose V e i ns an d a ll cases u f , ive, and are drawn on Legs ex lo en , &c. They arc like an ordinary stocking. Price 4 s. 6d., 78. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. p W o e rou ak e n , e l s i s gl a i n t dinStweexltluinreg, of andthien Naval and Military Intelligence. the se John of The Duke of Somerset , as First Lord Ad miralty, will hold levee s for the reception of officers of the Royal Navy and Marines on the followin g Thursdays, at half-past 2—May the 10th and 17th. Th e Liverpool, scr ew frigate, Captain combe, was leaving Portsmouth harbour morn i n g for Spithead , under steam, yesterday on a trial of her m achinery, when a part of it b di sa bled, and an anchor was let ecame suddenly just outside_the harbour's mouth.go in the Channel, a fterwards took her in tow A couple of tugs , and into the h ar b o ur again. The Ist and 2d batteries of the 7th Brigade Royal Artillery ha ve b een inspected at Pembroke by Col. Lennox, the Co mmandant of Artillery far the South Wales di str i ct. Various evo l u ti ons were gon e through, and th e i nspecting officer expressed him self highly pleased with the efficiency of the men. Additional troops have arrived at Pembroke Dock, and the new battalion now numbers more than 400 men. The Orontes, screw troopship, Capt. H. W. Hire, arrived at Spithead last evening from China, with a large number of supernumerary officers, seamen, and marines on board, recently belonging to the gunboat squadron, and superseded by reliefs from England. A large number of invalided and time expired seamen and marines, and military and naval passengers, have also arrived home in the Orontes. The Orontes sailed from Shanghai on February 3 ; Hongkong, February 17 ; Singapore, February 25 ; Mauritius, March 15 ; Cape of Good Hope, March 30 ; St. Helena, April 6 ; St. Vincent, April 19 ; and Brest, May 2. 4 PRICE.... 4d. STAMPED sd. Powers, war between Austria and Italy, would be absolutely impossible. Whose fault is it, then, that the word is not spoken ' • whom are we to blame for the l amen t a bl e f ac t that the nations of central Europe, without hindrance or remon strance from without, are about to cut each other's throats in a foolish quarrel which results from their own wrongdoing ? Russia is on such close terms of alliance with Prussia and Aus tria, her prosperity and her very career are so in volved in . and interlaced with the fortunes of her quondam friends of the Holy Alliance, that we can not believe that she has been backward in proposing mediation. Dynastically linked with one Power, sympathetically with the other , interested tradition ally in th e well-being of , gGermany, England has before her the praspeemL Lord a r I t of wr. a great commercial loss from which i must h e e r ns cases ue we remember th at he is an Eungssllie' d. him Englishman , i p a an e a a v d n e his wa and do not unpatriotic. W e cannot suppose so blind both to interest and d u t y as not to this country mostlt is ear not t o n es t . to strangle this co n fli ct in its be supposed for a mo ment that tchr alone the risk of war by intervesntei u n n ry n G c o e u r l m d a r n u y n . Our ardour for peace would not lead us to such lengths as that. But, in combining w • in h France and rance it and Russia in putting a veto upon war, on a reference to a European congress of the insisting mootedblo question which it is proposed to d ec id e by a bloody arbitrament, doing her y arbitrament, England would be si mp l y duty as a great Power in the world. We may take it for granted that neither England nor Russia would object to such combined mediation. We may even presume that both have urged it. While this mediation seemed still possible there was an alter - 'On the onifampA, peace might have been restored, armaments reduced ; Austria, Prussia, and Italy might have shaken hands across their frontiers; all pending questions might have been settled without shedding a drop of blood ; everything finally arranged without an appeal to arms. On the other hand, there would be a colli sion compared to which railway accidents, earth quakes, volcanoes—all possible commotions, convul sions, catastrophes, and slaughters, are but fleabites. A shock of two armies, each of half -a-million of living, thinking, intelligent, and fighting beings, against another army of three-quarters of a million of the same trenches and battlefields heaped with wounded and slain, the plains of Saxony, Silesia, and Venetia manured with human carcasses, the whole green centre of Europe running with blood, nations deci , mated, empires and kingdoms dismembered, old landmarks obliterated, and the map of the world re modelled ; what once was orderly involved in inex tricable chaos, the active power of a generation emasculated and unproductive, and traditions of hatred and honou r bequeathed to posterity. Whose fault is it that the Powers who have the issue of all this practically in their hands have not chosen the better part, but consented to suffer all this mischief to brew undisturbed ? We should be sorry to say that it was altogether the fault, of France, but we must nevertheless draw attention to the exposition of French policy by the Minister of the Interior in the Corps Legislatif yesterday. The speech of M. Rouher certainly goes far to justify the imputations which have been cast on this policy, which has been accused of inclining to this absolute neutrality, of which such boast is made, simply because France is not averse to war in Germany, but expects to reap some positive benefit out of the wreck which it will make. M. Rouher deprecated a discussion on the German question, and objected to the criticisms made on the conduct of Prussia by M. Thiers and M. Jules Favre as likely to cause inconvenience and embarrassment in the present position of affairs. We are not informed in the telegraphic summary what efforts were specified by M. Rouher as having been made by his Government towards the main tenance of peace. They were probably limited to the writing of letters containing an abundance of good advice. Such as they were, they were " limited," says M. Rouher, " by a firm resolve not to contract any obligation, and to maintain liberty of action in questions which, after all, did not affect her honour, her dignity, and her interests." The country of Louisi XIV. and Napoleon must be sadly changed when it can protest that such a convention as that which is impending on its border concerns it so little. M. Rouher takes his stand, it seems, on an " honest neutrality," of which we can only say that we trust the event will justify the adjective applied to it. France, we are told, is de termined " to profit by her liberty of action," an expression which would have an ominous sound were it not qualified by the words which follow— only to maintain the power, security, and liberty of France against every attack." As no one con templates such an attack, the words which M. Rouber has uttered in so oracular a manner are altogether without meaning, and were probably meant to be so. No such declaration of disinte restedness and honesty has been made by either England or Russia. The French Government is at all events the first to avow that it has made, and will make, no earnest or decided effort to avert war in Europe. It is true it has hastened to assure Italy that it is " thoroughly determined to throw upon her all the perils and risks of any attack she may make upon Austria." France is adding to her army, and massing her legions in the south, but it is not to help Italy, only to provide against eventualities. The army of thd south is to protect " the power, security, and liberty of France." France will not help Italy, but Italy " is unfettered in her resolu tions," and may seek for further aggrandisement in another alliance. To the alarming news that now reaches us from every side—Prussia and Austria simultaneously refusing to disarm, a general war fever and a new loan in Italy—this manifesto of the French Government adds a fresh element of dis quietude. We could wish, in the interests of peace, that the language of M. Rouher had been less am biguous and less liable to misconstruction. ~~ NEWSPAPER f r.~ p~ :f. ~. --- Royal National Lifeboat Institution. A meeting of this institution was held yesterday at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; Earl Percy, P.C., in the chair. There were also present Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. ; Sir Edward Per rott, Bart., V.P. ; John Griffith, Esq. ; Admiral MeHardy ; W. H. Harton, Esq. ; Admiral Hall, C. 8., F.R.S. ; Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. ; Admiral Bullock ; Capt. Richards, R.N., Hydrographer of the Admiralty ; Capt. Walker, H.C.S., Board of Trade ; and Richard Lewis, Esq., Secretary of the Institution. The minutes of the previous meeting were read. £lB 15s. was ordered to be given to the crew of the Mundesley lifeboat, foigoing off on the 7th and Bth ultimo, during stormy weather, and saving the crew of 11 men of the barque Elizabeth and Mary, of Whitby, which had stranded on the beach be tween Mundesley and Bacton. The Birmingham lifeboat No. 1, stationed at Caister, had succeeded in bringing to port the steamer Corbon, of Newcastle, and her crew of 12 men. She had been disabled near the Cockle Sand during hazy and stormy weather on the 7th ultimo. A reward of £6 was likewise granted to the crew of the Rosslare life boat of the institution, for going off and sav ing the crew of six men of the smack Shamrock, of Wexford, which had become a total wreck on the north end of the Dogger Bank. Soon after the rescued crew were in the lifeboat, the smack completely disappeared. A reward of £6 was also given to the crew of the Henry Nixson lifeboat, at Maryport, for going off and assisting to save the lives of three men and the master's wife from the schooner Treaty, of Goole, which had gone ashore on Dub Mill Scar, 8 miles E.N.E., of Maryport. Rewards amounting to £55 were also given , for b valuable services rendered during the late g es undalk, the crews of the f o ll ow i ng lifeboats of the institution, viz. :—at G rea t Y armou th, Bude Haven, n Winterton, Palling, Courtown, and wee voted silver medal of the institution and £2 d, W ex ford. The and £l2 to Mr. John Bunt officer of co ast- g uard, to eight other coast-guardaien a t Sandown, Isle of during a very heavy gale. , Wight, for putting off of wind ands rescuing,undres at cons iderable risk of life, five of the e Fahli Bum, of night of the 24th of M arc h last. The Silverthe Medal of the crew of the Swedish bri g all, which was wrecked o ff Sandown on Society and £1 were likewise g ranted to Mr. Joh n Kerrnish, comm i ss ioned boatman of coast-guard at B owness, Cumberland, and £1 to two other men, in acknow ledgment of their intrepid conduct in rescuing, ledgmn at considerable risk of life, a man from a very perilous position off Drumburgh Marsh on the 16th ult. Various other rewards were also granted to the crews of shore-boats for saving life from different wrecks on our coasts. Payments amounting to upwards of £3,000 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. The thanks of the . ..."'" vibe' aor dutl pro ptho aCe s ' rs by Er w as ho pe the til t) s fter ,llor L re' vrits 1 0, a it the ' ce nt Pei l e g. 3 Pe r rice ° iver° , ra ta la te. oaf' 00' 0 14 ocl"