The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-07 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1865. After the lengthened debate on the question of the Canadian defences, the other evening, in which the opinion of the majority was so unmistakeably expressed, it is almost a pity that the subject should have been reopened. Lord ELCIIO had undoubtedly some ground for his motion in the reported dissatis faction of the Canadians with the amount of the vote proposed by the Home Government ; but, under the circumstances, it would have been as well if the noble lord had accepted Mr. HALIBURTON'S suggestion, and deferred his motion. It was brought forward, it was true, rather with the view of elicit ing the opinion of the Government than with any vexatious object, since, at the conclusion of the dis cussion, Lord ELCHO withdrew his motion. At the same time there are some gentlemen who hold such extraordinary opinions on this and similar questions that it is not desirable at the present crisis to give them any unnecessary opportunity of ventilating them. The Canadians do not want to be told that their country is indefensible, and assuredly the Americans do not need any such expressions of English feeling. Though the general good sense of the House always predominates when the question is raised, but the discussion of last night served little purpose. We have before remarked that it was very much to be regretted that the Government did not take the whole vote of £300,000 at once. It would have been an earnest to the Canadians of the spirit in which the mother country is ready to come to her assistance, and would have been readily agreed to by the House. In fact, more than one of the speakers in the debate expressed surprise and regret that the vote taken should be so small. All the arguments by which the Government support the principle of the vote point to a very much larger sum. £50,000 laid out on national defences can go but a very little way, and as this is a case above all others in which the old motto, Bis dat qui cito dot,. is applicable, it would have been much wiser and more gracious to have taken the whole vote, and to have laid out as much as possible this very season. We all know how much may done by the employ ment of extra hands and a little extra pressure on the contractors, so that it is difficult to believe that it would not have been possible even with only a few months' summer to have laid out treble the vote of the Commons. The penny-wise -and-pound- foolish policy of the Whigs, who are anxious to appear before the taxpayers as rigid economists, has been very unwise in this instance ; still as the Cana dians cannot be under any doubt of the real feeling of the mother country, it would have been well to have avoided the further debate. This would have been the more desirable, as the anticipated arrival of the Canadian Delegates in this country will afford a ready opportunity of effecting an amicable arrange ment between the two Governments on all matters of detail, and will enable the Canadians to report to their own countrymen on their return the hearty interest which Englishmen take in the wel fare of the British America n provinces, and their resolution to assist them to the utmost of their power if need be. Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON complained, with Some justice, of the conduct of the Government in having so long delayed the discussion of this question, and in having proposed so small a vote when they came to it. " If Government had taken a wise course they would have seen the possibilities hanging over us, and during the last four years would have, in concert with Canada, gradually prepared us for events, and have placed us in a position in -which, if the worst should happen, we should have been better prepared than we are to face the exigencies of war." As for the opinion so confidently ex pressed by some military men, as to the indefen sibility of Canada, we need not be under much uneasiness, since these gentlemen ap pear to forget that Canada has been held against an opposing force in the long-ago war between England and America. Tf we are to ac cept the dictum of these gentlemen, how are we to account for the fact that we retained possession of the colonies certainly against the wishes and en deavours of these overwhelming antagonists, who are now to sweep all before them ? We are alter nately told that it is hopeless to oppose the Ame ricans, and that it is quite certain they mean no harm. We may hope, if we will, that our Federal friends may hesitate before plunging into another war'; but after the Southern experience we shall scarcely do well to trust to the moderation or humanity of Federal armies. We do not wish Quebec to be another Columbia, or Mon treal a fresh New Orleans ; and if there are still Englishmen to be found who are willing to expose their kinsfolk to such risks, they are in a decided minority. Mr. SMITH propounded the theory that it was " utterly impossible" for Eng land to compete with America for the possession of Canada, and that affairs were totally changed since she had done so successfully years ago. But the hon. member appears to forget that if America has increased in strength since then, England has not exactly stood still, and that we need not anticipate the doubling of our national debt, or the wholesale flight of our troops in case of a trial of strength. Rightly did Alderman ROSE say that if we had been in the habit of calculating possible results with such nervous nicety we should never have triumphed in the great European struggles of former days in the Indian mutiny of our own time. Impossibility and failure used to be words inadmissible in the British military code ; but we have changed all that of late. Mr. FORTESCUE, in a very sensible speech, said he did not know what the opponents of the vote wanted. They said at the same time that it was impossible to defend Canada, and that we ought to tell the Canadians to defend themselves. Were we, he asked, to exhort them to organise their militia, increase their volun teers, and vote large sums at the moment that we told them that the task of defence was hopeless ? But the rules of common sense which had been so much talked of were, added the hon. gentleman, the same on both sides of the Atlantic ; and until we found weak States in Europe seeking their safety in disarmament, we could not recommend such a course to Canada. Such is undoubtedly a fair statement of the matter, and there is no doubt that it ex presses the general feeling of the public. The Federal Diet has gone against Prussia in its decisions as yet, and hence we may expect new complications to arise in this already con fused affair. So far as any satisfactory settlement can be made in the vexatious arrangements it may be said that the resolution adopted by the Diet is a good one—namely, that Austria and Prussia should cede Holstein to the Duke of Augustenberg, and to communicate to the Diet their intentions concerning Lauenberg. If this were done some improvement would certainly take place in the pos ture of affairs, for it must be better for any one to have possession of the Duchies than the grasping nation which so longs to clutch them. The replies of the chief Powers of Germany to the resolution were very characteristic, more especially that of Prussia. Austria declared through her represen tative that she was prepared to surrender her title to the possession of Holstein to the Duke, provided that Prussia would do the same ; but if not, she would maintain her title to the Duchies until a solution was come to. This is eminently charac teristic of Vienna tactics, not averse or unwilling to enter into the views of others, or to coincide with fair proposals, but especially jealous of all connected with Berlin politics. There can be no blame at tached to the Austrian authorities for the course they have pursued in this matter, for there can be no doubt that there is every reason to dread the manoeuvres of the crafty BIS3IARK, aided by his willing coadjutors. As for the reply of Prussia, it was about as inscrutable in tone and style as could be expected, and therefore it was certainly an ap propriate one. Prussia virtually refused the proposals while pretending her readiness to acquiesce in the arrangements. The plea put forth was that an understanding must be come to, and an investigation made of the claims of the Duchies, and " especially of her own !" This is the most important part of the affair, and all who know much of the matter will see that in reality we are as far as ever from a settlement of this vexed question. It comes to this—Will the other parties acquiesce, or will they not, in the arrangement that Prussia takes the Duchies ? This is the real question at issue and the true ground of the dispute. The demands of Prussia are imprudent in the extreme, and more than justify the worst of the expectations that were formed by those who censured Prussia's policy last year. It is really intolerable that before the assem bly of the various Germanic States this arrogant nation should be so grasping and so forgetful of the promises made last year in the presence of the other Powers of Europe. Nothing but the whole will satisfy Prussian desires ; and it seems now to be tacitly understood that the result will depend upon which is the strongest to hold out, and which can make the most of their opportunities. As the re presentative went on with his remarks he gradually unfolded the extent of the demands made, and the more sanguine among his listeners must have given up all expectation of a satisfactory solution being come to when they heard them. It would, indeed, almost seem as if it were the intention of Prussia to intimate, to the full extent, her unwillingness to accede to the propositions made, so that there might be no mistake made hereafter. It was asserted that Prussia would keep her right of pos session until a conclusion had been arrived at, in accordance with her own convictions. This is encouraging, certainly, for those who know pretty well by this time what the convictions of Prussia are upon this point. The last passage in the reply was the most important, which signified that Prussia could not hold out any hope that the expectations would be realised which were set forth in the resolution of the Diet. It is quite im possible that an amicable= arrangement can be come to after all this; and even if the assisting parties in the deliberation separate upon outwardly friendly terms, the seeds will be sown of future dissension and serious differences. Whatever ex pectations may have been entertained concerning a successful settlement at the eleventh hour are now quite illusory, and it is idle to expect that an understanding will be arrived at. Prussia will stop short at nothing which does not suit her desires, and we may now appreciate, to the full extent, the mischief that was done by the supine ncss of our legislators last year. Had they taken a decided stand upon the question of right, they would have rendered an important service to Prussia in the end. Just as people were beginning to think that the horrors of the inclement winter were over they are threatened with the advent of a worse evil. The Russian epidemic is marching on with giant strides, and spreading universal consternation around. The news from Berlin seems to confirm the worst fears of some, and the ravages of the pestilence at St. Petersburg are at all events unabated. There are ten thousand cases altogether, and two thousand deaths. A" hundred cases occur in a day. Forty physicians are dead, rreeautionari measures are being adopted at Moscow, and the police are using every endeavour to counteract the spread of the &B order by inspecting the rood and dwellings of the labouring classes. In the House of Commons last last night Sir JOHN PAKINGTON very properly called attention to the subject, which just now may be regarded as one of the chief topics of interest. The right hon. baronet asked whether the Government had directed their attention to this matter, and what steps they had taken to " ascer tain the true nature of the disease and to avert its introduction into the country." Sir G. GREY said that the Ministers had taken pains to find out the particulars of a statement that they had seen con cerning this case, and had immediately sent instruc tions to Sir A. BUCHANAN, at St. Petersburg, to make the fullest inquiries, and to report to them from time to time what he learned. A medical officer has been sent to St. Petersburg, for the pur pose of investigating the nature of the disease, and the officers of Customs have been ordered to use the greatest care in examining vessels that come from the Baltic. So far, it would seem, that every precaution had been adopted by our authorities at home, and though in this they have performed a most important duty, yet still it is satisfactory to find that time has not been lost as too often occurs in such affairs. It will be gratify ing to the community at large to find from the perusal of Sir G. GREY'S speech that so many useful steps have been taken of a provisionary and precau tionary nature, and the intimation of the right hon. gentleman concerning the accounts he has received from Russia is also of a cheering character. How ever, forewarned is forearmed, and all who have the power and opportunity to act had better bear this in mind, and not be too ready to thihk that danger is over, when, perhaps, its worst form has not yet been assumed. THEATRE -R YA L, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the Farce of A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUNTRY. Mr. G. Delmore and Miss H. Howard. After which, khakspere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET.. Messrs. Walter Montgomery. Wal ter Lacy, H. Marston, G Delmore; and Miss Helen Faucit. To conclude with the Farce, GOING TO TGE DOGS. THEATR E-R OYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performance will commence with THREE WEEK'S AFTER MARRIAGE. Mr. Chippen dale, Mr. W. Farrel 3, MISS Nelly Moore, Miss Snowdon, Arc. After which, a New Sensation, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE : Messrs. Sothern, Compton, Howe, Farren, Braid, White, Weathersby, Butler, &c. Mesdames Stuart, Lovell, Buckstone, And EASY SHAVING. Miss Louise Keeley, Miss F. Wiight ; aleszrs. Clark, Gordon, Rogers, &c. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-110YAL, ri0,,r141, ,utU _tiaaag.o. B. taftEiter. VMS EVENING, ICI ON PAP.LE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Tool?, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Billington, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Bill.ngtou. After which, THE LOVE CHASE. Wildrake (his origi nal character), Air. B. Webster. Messrs. Billington, Ashley, Stephenson. Widow Green (15th timeMMrs. Stirling; Con stance (l ,tn time), Miss Henrietta Simms; Lydia (her 15th appearance), Miss Sophie Young. To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, In the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Tools, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. LYCEUM THEATRE. -EASTER MONDAY, April 17, will be produced a Drama. entitled THE UNTEBANK, in which Mr. Fecht, r will perform the principal cnaracter. Box-office open daily from Eleven till Five. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 'THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEAUT-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Alter which, AR RAH NA POGUE : Messrs. Dion Bonet. vault, J. Brougham, H. Vandenheff, D. Fisher, 1). Murray; Mrs. Boucicault and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and sianaferess. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, CROSS PURPOSES: Mr. Par selle ; Miss Palmer. After which, the great Comic Drama. MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Miss Swap borough. To conclude with THE GEM BUSHES. Mesdames Baynham, Simpson, Johnetone,i&c. --- /rHE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPOitTI24(I INTELLWEA tau be had Every Evening of G. R. 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Om, 04, 4; * 4 4 .41m. rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY . EVENING, APRIL 7,186 a Mr. Cobden's Funeral. The remains of Mr. Cobden were buried to-day at West Lavington, Sussex, by the side of his only son. The cortge started at 12 o'clock, special arrangements having been made for the accommoda tion of mourners and others from a distance. A special train left London this morning, conveying a large number of the members of the two Houses of Parliament and the admirers of the deceased states man. In Manchester, where Mr. Cobden had many personal friends, the usual demonstrations of respect were paid to his memory, and that, as in the case of the late Prince Consort, these signs of regret extended not only to warehouses and shops, but to private houses. We understand that the shops in Market-street were closed (though busi ness was not entirely suspended) from ten to two o'clock, and that many of the leading firms closed their places of business after Exchange hours— two o'clock. BANKOF FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 6. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. April 6. March 30. fr. c. fr. ' c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,042,671 62 7,040,807 97 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation - 764,783,125 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at 'sight 6,951,784 46 7,336,716 08 Treasury account cur- • rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 138,726,379 38 131,918,748 57 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 1,291,402 75 1,402;642 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 2,789,444 05 2,789,444 05 Sundries Total CREDITOR. April 6. March 30. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 250,619,532 20 261,992,308 07 Do. branch banks 269,779,046 271,209,942 Advances on deposit of bullion 19,160,598 35 19,378,796 35 Do. branch banks 3,370,195 3,091,332 Do. on French Public Securities 14,802,700 14,220,100 Do. by branch banks 8,739,100 8,934200 Do. on railway shares and debentures D. branch banks 17,930,350 17,574,250 Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re-- serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Inunobalisdes (Law, June 2, 1867) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches 8,471,280 8,452,399 Expenses of manage ment 1,031,897 86 974,287 65 Sundries • Total 1,299,098,846 51 1,309,279,294 36 (Signed) The Senator Governor of the Bank of France, ROULAND. REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.--Several can didates are spoken of as likely to come forward in connection with the vacancy that will shortly be caused in the representation of this borough, in consequence of the determination of Mr. Angerstein to contest the election on the Liberal interest for West Kent. A meeting of the Liberal electors of Woolwich, Charlton, and Plumstead, has been privately convened to consider the present state of the representation, and it is believed that a requisition will be presented to Mr. John Penn, the present engineer, requesting him to become a candidate. THE REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH.—Our city Whigs are already busy in view of tho approaching general election. Mr. Black is to retire, so goes tho rumour, and Sir William Gibson-Craig is to bo asked to stand in his place, with the Lord Advocate—so goes the fact. A re quisition is at pre sent being hawked about in favour of Sir William, with what success time will tell.—Caledonian Mercury. THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA.—A letter from Catania of the 25th of March contains the follow ing :—" We approached the craters as near as possible, and while sketching had to dodge the falling stones. It took us four hours' riding and about as many walking over snow more or less frozen. The streams which flowed east ward are at present stationary, and the lava in that direc tion is accumulating upon itself. There are several streams, however, running north towards Linguaglossa, and these are doing great damage to the pine woods. As yet the cultivated region has escaped, but must be overrun before long, if the eruption continues any length on its present scale." Another letter says :—" The mountain is still sending out lava, and threatens Linguaglossa. There are three streams all running in that direction, one or more devastating a fine pine forest belonging to the commune of that place." EARTHQUAKE AND DESTRUCTION OF A VILLAGE. —lt is reported from Malta that shocks of earthquake have been lately felt at Corfu. It is said that a mountain near Arta has thrown out smoke and flame. It is also reported that a village in the neighbourhood has been destroyed, with two or three hundred of its inhabitants. FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND.—The allotment of the Sandown estate, Isle of Wight, of the Roe hampton Park property adjoining Richmond-hill, and the Seven Sisters' Road estate, Tottenham, on the 6th inst., at the offices of the Conservative Land Society, was of un usual interest, for the prize plot was the Isle of Wight pro perty, a villa with a piece of land having a frontage to the sea, with the privilege to the purchaser of erecting a hotel or eight houses thereon. There was considerable competi tion, but the right of choice, No. 27 on the register, sold at a good premium, gained the coveted plot. The sale of land ' on the three estates was very largo. THE ENGLISH PRISONERS IN A.BYSSINIA..-- A letter received from Abyssinia states that while Capt. Cameron, Messrs. Stern Rosenthal, Kearns, Kelly, and Makner are still detained as prisoners, they are allowed a greater amount of liberty and have much better treatment than they had some time ago. Messrs. Steiger and Brandies, missionaries in connection with the Church of Scotland, had been sent to Gaffat by order of the King, and were commanded to remain there pending the solution of the political qUestion between the native Government and that of England. Messrs. Steiger and Brandies have been allowed to carry on their Mktg= work in Qaffat, and five Jews hive Dee4DaPtind• LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) NEW ZEALAND. We have received the following official commu nication from the War-office :-- " From G. F. Stanley, Esq., H.B.M. Consul at Alexandria, to the Secretary of State for War and Quartermaster-General. " The following telegram has been received from General Cameron : " ' Hostilities commenced in the Whangaura dis trict on the 24th January. Lieut.-General Cameron advanced with a force of 800 men towards the Whaitolara River. On the same day a skirmish took place with the rebels, in posting a picket at Nukumtrar, near which village the troops had en camped. On the 25th the rebels attacked the camp in force, and were repulsed with a loss of 70 killed ; number of their wounded unknown. Our loss in the two days was Lieutenant Johnson, 40th Regi ment, DeputyAssistant-Adjutant-General, mortally wounded (since dead) ; Lieutenant Wilson, 50th Regiment, severely ; and Ensign Grant, 50th Re giment, dangerously wounded ; 15 men killed, and 30 wounded. On the sth of January we crossed the river, and encamped on the left bank. D. A. CAMERON, Lieut.-General.'" PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7. The barque Wigtownshire, of Newcastle, from the Tyne, to Genoa, with a general cargo, was towed in here this morning by the steamship Corea, from Greenock, for China. The Corea found the Wigtownshire in lat. 47 North, long.. 9 West, abandoned, and with four feet of water in her hold. THE RUSSIAN PESTILENCE. BERLIN, April 6. The plague continues at St. Petersburg. The total of cases is 10,000, of deaths 2,000, There are a hundred cases a day. Forty physicians are dead. The Ismailoff barrack is converted into an hospital, Precautionary measures are taken at Moscow, where the food and lodgings of the labouring classes are inspected by the police. It is not cholera, but plague, with dilated pupils, carbuncles, and pestilential bubo. SPAIN. MADRID, April 2. A Royal decree has been issued, according to which the only duty payable upon flours imported into the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, after the Ist July, 1865, will be, for each barrel of 92 kilo grammes (nearly equivalent to 2001bs. Castille) as follows :—National flours from Spanish ports under Spanish flag, two crowns ; national flours from Spanish ports under foreign flag, four crowns ; foreign flours under Spanish flag, seven crowns ; foreign flours under foreign flag, 10 crowns. All the regulations now in force relating to the import of flours from the Island of Cuba and Porto Rico are cancelled from this date. THE FEDERAL DIET, FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, April 6. The Federal Diet adopted to-day the resolution proposed by Saxony and Bavaria that Austria and Prussia should be requested to cede Holstein to the Duke of Augustenburg, and to communicate to the Diet their mutual arrangements in reference to Lauenburg. Nine votes were given in favour of the resolution. Luxemburg not voting. The representatives of Austria and Trussia there upon presented separate declarations. The principal points of the declaration of Austria were that she is prepared to surrender to the Prince of Augustenburg her title to the possession of Hol stein should Prussia agree to adopt a similar course. Otherwise, Austria would maintain her title to the Duchies until a solution was arrived at in conso nance with the interests of Germany. Prussia announced her willingness to come to an understanding on the subject, but such an under standing must indispensably depend upon a pre vious investigation of claims to the Duchies, and especially of her own. She would maintain her right of possession until a solution had been arriN ed at in accordance with her own convictions and satis factory to the other parties interested in the Duchies. In conclusion, the Prussian representative said that Prussia could at once declare herself unable to hold out any prospect of realising the expectations ex-: pressed in the resolution which had just been adopted by the Diet. His Holiness the Pope. The Moniteur du Soir publishes the following article :—" The foreign press has of late been much occupied with the question of what arrangements the Holy See would adopt relative to the Conven tion of the 15th September; and pretended friends of the Papacy have endeavoured to propagate the rumour that the Holy Father, far from thinking of any measure to place his Government in a state to suffice for itself, intended to quit Rome before the departure of the French troops, or immedi ately after. The persons who indulge in such con jectures are, we are inclined to think, very inexactly informed as to the real sentiments of Pius IX. No thing in the attitude of the Court of Rome leads to the supposition that it is not disposed to profit by the advantages offered in the arrangements concluded be tween France and Italy. Those stipulations guarantee the frontiers of the Roman State, relieve its treasury from the burden of a considerable debt, and thus insure to it security from abroad as well as the resources necessary for organising its means of de fence at home. To renounce beforehand every effort for remaining on such conditions would be to make an avowal of impuissance at which the enemies of the Church alone could rejoice. We have reasons for believing that the Pontifical Government is seriously occupied with the organisation of its gen darmery, the corps best calculated for the service to be looked for from an army destined above all for the maintenance of internal order." FRANCE. PARIS, April 6. The Constitutionnel of to-day contains an article, by M. Paul Limayrac, the object of which is to dissipate the fears entertained by certain journals (the Union among the rest) with regard to the state of the Lebanon. It runs as follows : " When, after the cruel events which led to our intervention in Syria, we were compelled to establish an administration there firm as well as conciliatory in its tendencies, the Imperial Government was careful to admit only such an arrangement as would insure a favourable reception on the part of the Christian population and of the clergy. " And it was under these conditions that the actual administration was installed, with Daoud- Pacha at its head. The recent circumstances spoken of by the Union have shown that the Maronite clergy is still as capable of under standing the situation now as it was then ; because, as the Moniteur truly observes, they very speedily resumed their healthy appreciation of the state of affairs, and the Patriarch and bishops, in reply to the conciliatory appeal made to them by Daoud Pacha, readily acknowledged the necessity of affording him their support. Joseph Karam him self, as has just been seen, after resisting the steps taken on his account by the Maronite clergy, has at length wisely decided upon the act of submission which was demanded of him, so that the fears ex pressed by the Union are henceforth ungrounded. " In short, the actual state of affairs in Lebanon is the result of the understanding between the Powers. All that has been done is according to mutual agreement. _ " The object sought for, viz., the conciliation of all the legitimate interests has been obtained, and the Christians in Syria are, moreover, aware how fully they can always count upon the protection of France. It is, however, to say the least of it, only consistent that, when France given such disinterested assistance, she should be entitled to offer her advice on the subject. The Augsburg Gazette states that notice has been received at Coblentz of the approaching departure of 15,000 Prussian troops, as a reinforcement for Holstein. That probably is the Prussian mode of replying to the Bavarian proposition to the Diet. Gen. Meri de la Canorgue, commanding the mi litary subdivision of the Vienne, has just died at Poitiers. The Transatlantic Company's new steamer Europe arrived yesterday at Havre from Greenock, where she was constructed. She is a sister ship to the Lafayette and Washington. The numerous friends of Count Walewski will be glad to learn that his late indisposition is not likely to be attended with any serious consequences. " It is announced," says the France, " that M. de Saint-Paul, Prefect of the Meurthe, is appointed Secretary-General to the Minister of the Interior. He occupied the post of Director of the Minister's private cabinet under the administration of M. Bil lault. Having left that important post shortly after the nomination of M. de Persigny as Minister, he was nominated Prefect to the department just men tioned of the first class." General Mehemet Ali Khan, Charge d'Affaires for Persia at London, has arrived in Paris to stay a few days. The Moniteur publishes a report from the Mi nister of Marine to the Emperor, proposing that a revision of the Pilote Francais, or charts of the coast of France in the Channel and Atlantic, should be effected ; those now in use, executed by Beau temps-Beaupre, between 1816 and 1838, being no longer a correct representation of the shore and the soundings, in consequence of the new light houses erected or old ones suppressed, and the incessant action of the sea, which, by the depositing of alluvium, has produced new shoals and filled up former channels, and at the same time created others. The document bears the signature of his Majesty, approving of the project. Madame Pasta, the celebrated singer, has just died at her residence on the Lake of Como. The Belgian Moniteur states that there are 558 persons acting as veterinary surgeons in the country. Of that number 213 are in the pay of the Govern ment, 171 have passed regular examinations, and 174 are farriers. The Moniteur gives a list of 43 persons on whom medals have been conferred by the Minister of Marine for acts of devotedness in saving life from drowing during the month of January. "We have mentioned," says the Moniteur, " the organisation Of the telegraphic service between Con stantinople, Bagdad, and Teheran. The following fact will show the rapidity of communications exist ing at present between Central Asia and Western Europe. Hassan-Ali-Khan, ambassador of Persia at Paris, has arrived at Teheran after a stay in Russia and Georgia. A telegraphic despatch, dated Teheran the 31st of March at midnight, arrived at the Persian Legation in Paris on the Ist April, at half-past 11 in the morning. By post a letter is generally 31 days in coming from the Persian capi tal to Marseilles." General Khair-Eddin, Minister to the Bey of Tunis, with a numerous suite, has arrived in Paris from Marseilles. The banns of marriage were published on Sunday at Toulouse between Count Duhesme, Captain in the 6th Regiment of Mounted Chasseurs, and Mlle. Louise Niel, daughter of the Marshal of that name. Further information has been received relative to the disasters at Bucharest owing to the overflow ing of the Dimberitz. Not fewer than 2,000 homes, inhabited by 30,000 persons, have been flooded, and those poor people were left almost entirely without an asylum. Prince Alexander-Jean for five days did not cease to preside personally', on horseback, and often knee-deep in water, over the efforts which were made to afford protection and relief. The Legislative Body immediately voted funds for the purpose of assistance, and entered on the consideration of measures to prevent a re currence of such a calamity. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric state of Europe yester day :—" This morning the barometer is high in the north of Spain France, Italy, and the Centre of Germany. Calm weather is experienced over all those regions. The sky is generally clear in the south of Europe, but cloudy over the Channel. In the Gulf of Lyons the wind, which was strong yes terday evening at Toulon and Marseilles, is mode rate this morning. Since yesterday the barometer has fallen 10 millimetres in the north of Norway and Sweden. Those countries will be visited by another violent squall."—Yesterday, in Paris, the weather was again exceedingly fine and spring -like. The thermometer continues to rise, marking at three yesterday 17i deg. above zero Cent. (63 2-5 Fahr.) A singular instance of mental precocity has just been given at Montpellier. M. Emmanuel de Ricard, only 16 years of age, has been admitted a member of the bar of that town. The first president of the Court, in administering the oath, introduced the young barrister to his future confreres by a flattering address, in which he referred to the brilliant studies that M. de Ricard had gone through. At 12 he had, by a dispensation of age, been received bachelor of let ters, and a few months later had obtained the same degree in science. He was then, after a most severe examination, received into the Naval School of Brest ; but, in place of entering the navy, he accomplished his law studies at the Ecole de Droit of Toulouse with great éclat, and had now been duly received as avocat. A letter from Cavaillon (Vaucluse), in the Mes sager de Province, states that M. Gilles, treasurer of the savings bank in that town, committed suicide by blowing out his brains with a pistol. The deto nation attracted persons immediately to his room, who found him with scarcely any signs of life, still holding a pistol in each hand. He had_ burnt the registers which showed his indebtedness to the bank, and all the account books. A letter, signed by him, explains that having spent large sums of the money entrusted to him, he preferred to die. BOURSE, April 6.—The market presents about the same aspect as yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 67f. 80c. Mobilier are not quoted. Italian Loan 67f. 75c. Railway Shares are still active, at improved quotations. The market closed firm. The following are the last quotations : 41 per Cents 95 40 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 75 Italian Loan 65 60 Do. end month 65 80 Ditto Threes — DO. end month 67 95 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3550 Credit Foncier 1295 50 Roman — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes 46 Home Debt Deferred rAYs. • Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 1065 ... 1072 50 Lyons and Mediterranean-- 977 50 ... 981 25 Southern 617 5U ... 617 50 Western - 537 50 ... 538 75 Eastern Sardinian 306 25 ... 306. 25 Austrian — ... 443 75 Lombard 550 ... 553 75 North of Spain 297 50 ... 310 Saragossa 395 ... 395 Ditto to Barcelona 162 50 ... THE CASE OF DR. PRITCHARD.—On Tuesday the fiscal resumed the examination of witnesses in the County Buildings, Glasgow. The only new precogni tion taken was that of Mr. Campbell, of the Glasgow Apo thecaries' Company's establishment in Sauchiehall-street, with which firm Dr. Pritchard was in the habit of trans acting business professionally, and in that way purchased quantities of drugs of different descriptions. Other par ties, however, who have already been precognosced, were re-examined. Among these were Mrs. M'Nab the washerwoman, Catherine Latimer, the old ser vant, and Mary Paterson and Mary M'Leod, the present servants in the house of the prisoner. No in formation has yet been received in Glasgow from Edin burgh as to the result of the analysis of the body of Mre. Taylor, but an interim report is daily expected. As has been already stated, Dr. Pritchard has resolved to " run his letters," as the Scotch law phrase has it. That expression means that the accused claims a trial within 60 days from the date of such action being taken. That claim is not al ways complied with, though it generally is so. The Crown authorities have the option, should they not be fully pre pared, of applying for and obtaining an additional period of two months. Dr. Pritchard may, therefore, be arraigned within two, but certainly within four, months. In the present case, however, it is not likely, we presume, that the alternative the Crown possesses will be taken advan tage of.--North British Mail. THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11. The articles of the peace convention, signed at Montevideo on the 20th ult., do not appear to give satisfaction to the Brazilian Government, for, al though ratifying them, they immediately dismissed Senor Paranhos, the Minister by whom they were signed. A semi-official note in the Journal of Commerce attributes his dismissal to the acceptance of the articles confirming the military rank of, and grant ing an amnesty to, the commanders of the Oriental forces which invaded Brazilian territory, to the offi cers made prisoners at Paysandu who broke their parole, and to those who insulted the Brazilian flag in the streets of Montevideo. Public opinion, however, ascribes the abrupt dis missal of the Minister to political motives whicl press heavily on a weak Cabinet. Gen. Flores has named D. J. Gomez, Minister of the Interior ; Col. D. L. Battel, Minister of War and Marine ; Dr. D. C. de Castro, Minister of Fo reign Affairs ; and D. F. A. Vidal, Governor. Ile also abolished the Oriental embassy at Paraguay, and Joanico's mission to Europe. The decree cancel.. ling the exequatur of the Brazilian consul, and the one that accompanied the auto-da-fl of the treaties with Brazil, have bothbeen annulled. The Brazilian flag was saluted by the Oriental fort of San Jose. From Paraguay there is no authentic news. It is reported that part of the Brazilian squadron at the River Plate was going up to blockade Paraguay at the mouth of the Parana. WINE.—The total quantity of wine imported in the two months ending February 28 was 1,678,914 gal., as compared with 2,085,686 gal. in 1864, and 1,749,012 gal. in 1863 (corresponding periods). Of these totals, 605,102 gal. were white wine this year, as compared with 652,875 gal. in 1864, and 709,478 gallons in 1863 corresponding periods). Of the total imports to February 28 this year, 16,647 gal lons came from the British possessions in South Africa against 1,884 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864 from other British possessions 19,759 gallons, against 981 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864; from Hamburg, 46,426 gallons, against 28,377 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864; from Holland, 17,600 gallons against 15,685 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864; from France, 158,903 gallons of red wine, against 166,607 gal lons in the corresponding period of 1864 ; and 95,324 gal lons of white wine, against 107,294 gallons in the corre sponding period of 1864; from Portugal, 347,824 gallons, against 340,339 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864 ; from Madeira, 5,465 gallons, against 7,613 gallons in the cor responding period of 1864; from Spain, 74,632 gallons of red wine, against 92,499 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864, and 771,948 gallons of white wine against 1,127,145 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864 ; from the Ca naries, 45 gallons against 1,307 gallons in the correspond ing period of 1864; from Italy (Naples and Sicily), 67,680 gallons, against 103,446 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864; and from other countries, 56,654 gallons, against 48,009 gallons in the corresponding period of 1864. The total quantity of wine entered for home consumption in the two months ending the 28th of February was 1,709,069 gallons, as compared with 1,713,468 gallons in 1864, and 1,603,929 gallons in 1863 (corresponding periods). To these totals, red wine contributed 662,714 gallons this year, against 160,524 gallons in 1864, and 651,153 gallons in 1863 (corresponding periods). The balance, was, of course, white wine. THE FIRST UNIVERSITY BOAT-RACE.—The race was pulled as evening came on ; and, as the time for it drew near, the whole crowd of Oxford and Cambridge men swelled to the river side and on the bridge ; the Oxford men showing their blue favours, the Cambridge pink. I was fortunate enough to get a capital position for seeing the conclusion of the race, on the top of the little bridge-house at the Berkshire end of Henley Bridge. The start was out of sight. The odds, it will be remembered, were offered and taken against Oxford. A defeat was confi dently expected even by Oxford men; so that we who wore blue, on taking our stand as we could to see the end of the race, were not in the highest possible spirits. At last it was known that the boats were off. And here I will set down a story which was told at the time and generally believed. Our friendly antagonists, at starting, were said to have complained that their oars fouled in the weeds. In conse queue* of this complaint the start was decided not to have been a fair one, and a second was made. Then the Oxford coxswain steered his men through the same water of which the Cambridge crew had complained, and plea santly called out to them, " Weeds, weeds !" I have made it my business to inquire into this story, and am able to say, on the . best possible evidence—the evidence of some of the crew of the Oxford boat—that it is untrue. What really happened was this :—The Cambridge men, having won the toss for choice of side, chose the Berkshire shore. Then, at the Start, the Cambridge coxswain steered out into the stream. If the course so steered had been acquiesced in by the Oxford coxswain, the result would have been that the Oxford boat must have endured the serious dis advantage of standing over to the Oxfordshire shore. He therefore held on his own course, and the oars of the two boats fouled. This was a moment of great excitement. The umpires were called on to give directions ; and their decision was, that, there being plenty of water on the Berkshire side, both boats should be allowed to pull over it. Nevertheless, after the second start, the Oxford boat did not pass the Cambridge quite so quickly as after the first. Very soon—but then the time seemed very long— the boats showed themselves rounding the bend of the river. All doubts were over. The first corona navalis was to come to Oxford. I see that the Times, in describing the character of the races, has marked this as being won easily. I doubt whether those who pulled in it would use that word. Certainly it was very cleanly done. The Cambridge boat had no chance at any time after it was seen from Henley Bridge ; but I think scarcely sufficient justice is rendered to the skill and resolution of the Cambridge crew by the use of the word easily. However, the thing was settled; and in a few minutes the Oxford boat came up to an arch of Henley Bridge, well ahead, and shot under to the landing-place. Never shall I forget the shout that rose among the hills. Any one who has been on Henley Bridge will recollect how well the valley lies for reverberating sound. Men who loved Horace must have thought of his lines to Maecenas— " ut paterni Fluminis ripre, simul et jocosa Rodderet laudes tibi, Vaticani Montis imago." Certainly the echo, image of the Berkshire hills, made it self heard. It has never fallen to my lot to hear such a shout since. There was fierce applause at the installation of the Duke of Wellington a fer years after, and there has been applause under a hundred roofs since ; but applause that fills a valley is a different thing. I did not see the great pageant of the entry of the Princess Alexandra into London ; but I had the good fortune to see her embark with the Prince of Wales, at Southampton, on the evening of their marriage. The quays and the Southampton water gave back no such answer to our cheers as the Henley valley gave on the 10th of June, 1829.—London Society. CHILD MURDER BY DROWNING.—Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquiry yesterday, at the William the Fourth Tavern, Dorset-street, Lambeth, upon the body of a fine full-grown female child, the off spring of Frances Fanny Clarke, a servant in the employ ment of Mr. Little, who resides with his family in Acre lane, Brixton. Mary Anne Smith said that she was in the service of Mr. Little, as nursemaid. On Sunday forenoon shd had occasion to go from the nursery, when she found her fellow-servant in the kitchen. She appeared at the time very unwell, and witness asked her what was the matter, and offered to fetch a doctor. She said she did not require one. Mr. and Mrs. Little were from home at the time. Soon after this she saw Clarke, who con tinued to be ill. Witness again offered to send for medi cal assistance, but she said she would be better soon. Police-constable Shutter proved finding in a copper a pail, about three parts filled with water, and in it the body of a child, with its head downwards. Life was quite extinct. Mr. Catmore, M.R.C.S., said that he was called to the house, when he saw the girl Clarke, and upon examining her found that she had been recently delivered of a child, and he treated her medically. He had since made a post mortem examination of the body. He discovered no external marks of violence. Upon examining the lungs he found that they crepitated and filled the cavity of the chest. There was, however, dark fluid blood in both ventricles of the heart. From the examination he had made he had no doubt, in fact he was certain, that the child was born alive, and was alive when it was put into the water. The cause of death was asphyxia, conse quent upon drowning. The learned coroner summed up the evidence, and the jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Frances Fanny Clarke. GARIBALDI.—On the occasion of Garibaldi's visit to the Britannia Ironworks at Bedford last year the workmen employed there expressed to Messrs. Howard their desire to present the General ,with one of the principal implements manufactured by them— the Champion Plough. A letter conveying this wish was sent by post to Caprera, but, as it would appear, it never reached its destination. The Mayor of Bedford, Mr. James Howard, on his way to Egypt last month, addressed a letter to Garibaldi from Malta, and the following reply has just been received :—" Caprera, March 25, 1865.—My very dear friend, I should most assuredly have replied to your letters if I had received them, for I shall never forget the kind welcome that I received at your magnificent establishment and from your dear family. One of your ordinary ploughs I will accept with gratitude, but for a steam plough land would not be found suitable at Caprera. I therefore thank you and your fine work men with all my heart for your generous offer. I prefer to address my letter to you in England, and I beg you to present my most affectionate wishes to your amiable family.—l am for life yours devotedly, G. GARI BALDI.—James Howard, Esq., Britannia Ironworks, Bed fot d, England." (irtrutt e • reit HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 6. . _ The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise, drove out this morning and visited the Horticultural Gardens and the South Kensington Museum. Her Majesty afterwards honoured Mr. C. W. Cope with a.visit at his studio. In attendance were the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Florence Seymour, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, Major-General F. Seymour, and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat. 'Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise visited tha French Gallery in Pall mall, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat, honoured the performance at the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice ;went to the Haymarket Theatre, attended by Mdlle. Nomlle, Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Bentinck, and Mr. Buff. The Queen, with Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, left Buckingham Palace at 20 minutes before 6 in an open carriage and four for the Paddington station, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, and the Equerries in Waiting on horseback. Prince Alfred was at the station, and accompanied her Majesty to Windsor. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold also left Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle, attended by Mr. Buff. The Queen's Court, The Queen held a fourth Court at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Lord Alfred Hervey, Lieut.-General Knollys, Major Grey, and Mr. C. L. Wood, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palace from Marlborough House shortly before three o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam bridge was invited to her Majesty's reception, but was prevented by absence from town from being present. Her Majesty's body guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty at the Court, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Topham, the lieutenant. The following officers were also present with the corps :—Lieut.-Colonel William M'Call, the clerk of the cheque, and Adju tant and Captain N. G. Philips, the sub-officer. The Royal body guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty, under the command of Lieut.- Colonel J. A. Todd, the Exon in Waiting. Lieut.- Colonel Cooke, the Ensign, was also present with the corps. A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards was mounted in the court of the Palace. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise, entered the White Drawing Room soon after three o'clock. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday afternoon, attended by Major Grey. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at tended by the Countess de Grey. The Prince and Princess of Wales had a dinner party in the evening. The company included—Earl Cadogan, Earl of Clanwilliam, Earl and Countess of Bessborough, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Countess de Grey, Major-General Lord Henry Percy, Vicountess Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount Chelsea, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord and Lady Chelmsford, Lord Dufferin, Vice- Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, Hon. Fred. Byng, Lieut.-General Hon. Sir James Scarlett, Lieut.- General Knollys, and Major Grey. THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.—The Queen visited the Horticultural Gardens yesterday morning, and inspected the new Orchid House, with which her Majesty was much pleased, as well as with the general ap pearance of the Gardens. The South Court of the South Kensington Mugeum, the decoration of which is nearly complete, was afterwards inspected, and especially the mosaic of Mr. Leighton's picture of Niccolo Pisano, just executed by Dr. Salviati, and placed in one of the niches of the Court. Her Majesty expressed her satisfaction with what she had seen, and also with the gallery which is being prepared for the reception of the Itaffaelle cartoons. THE PRINCESS IMPERIAL OF BRAZIL.—This lady, her husband the Count d'Eu, the Count and Countess de Paris, the Baron and Baroness de Lages and Senhor Lisboa visited Liverpool yesterday, from Man chester, under the escort of Admiral Grenfell,the Brazilian Consul at Liverpool. They were met at tho station by the Mayor's carriage, and were received at the Town-hall by his Worship. They took a short trip on the river, had luncheon with Admiral Grenfell, inspected the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, and returned to Manchester in the evening. We understand that the Albert Smith's Room of the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, has been secured for a serieg of "Mysterious Performances," and that they will com mence on Easter Monday. OPENING OF MUSEUMS ON THE SUNDAY.—Yester day afternoon the delegates of the London trades' societies, appointed to promote the opening of the national museums and galleries on the Sunday afternoons, held $ conference with the metropolitan and other members of Parliament, in the tea-room of the House of Commons, ou the question of obtaining a select committee of inquiry into the desirability and practicability of the proposal. Dele gates were present from about 40 of the principal societies, with a deputation from the National Sunday League. The members of Parliament present were Messrs. Goschen, Ayrton, Locke, Cox, Roebuck, Gregory, Sir John Shelley, Sir John Trelawny, Sir R. Clifton, &c. Mr. R. M. Morrell, the secretary, having stated the strong desire of the dele gates present, and of those they represented, to obtain tit° opening of the museums and art exhibitions to the people on the Sunday after morning service. Mr. Mickisont hatter, Mr. M‘Pherson, bootmaker, and other delegates, spoke to the same effect. Several questions were asked of the delegates by Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Goschen, Mr. G r egory, and other members, most of whom expressed their sym" pathy with the object of the deputation. Mr. Gregory sug gested that, as the present session would only be of short duration and a new Parliament elected next year, it might be better to let the question stand over until next session, the delegates, in the meantime, organising a Strong pubhP feeling in favour of their views. After some discussion the suggestion of Mr. Gregory was adopted, and the conference terminated with a vote of thanks to the members for their attendance. A SWEDISH MONITOR. —The Norlikcepings of Stockholm states that the launch has just been safely' effected in that port of the John Erikson, the first Swedish monitor. She measures 205 feet long by 46 wide. The side plating is five inches thick, and around the tower , where the cannons are, it is 12 inches, as is also that which protects the rudder. The vessel will be provided with steam engines. A WHITE LEOPARD.—The Bills (of Mussoorie) has the following :—We had this morning the pleasure of seeing a very rare;and beautiful animal—the white leopar d of the snowy Himalayas. It was brought in by Mr. 1-1 ' Wilson, the well-known shikari, and we believe he tended to take it home as a present to the Zoological So' ciety. Circumstances, we hear, have prevented going? and we hardly know whether most to sympathise with him in his disappointment, or with the Zoological Society PO not getting the animal. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.—On ThIITS" day afternoon a boat containing five young men who Wer e out on a rowing excursion was proceeding down the river , when by some means the boat came athwart the piles of the railway bridge now building near Allhallows-pier, and was instantly upset, and her passengers immersed in th e water. Several boats put off to render assistance, and th e five persons were fortunately rescued and conveyed to a public-house on shore in a very exhausted condition. FATAL COLLISION.—SHIELDS, Thursday.- - fatal collision occurred off the Tyne last night. About 1 2 o'clock a laden brig, the Hedley Vicars, of Shoreham, an d bound to that place, was proceeding on her voyage when she was met upon by the bar by the Berwick, sereW steamer, which was coming in from sea. 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