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For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system, vide " Lancet." _ Daily attendance at 13, Whitefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield; 4, East-paraue, Leeds; and 14, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro'. *** No connection with any one of the same nsme. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau DAY.—Morning, 2h. 40m.—Afternoon, 3h. Om. To-Mottitow.-Morning, 3h. 16m.—Afternoon, 3h. 38m. - Zig t . )0...t, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1865. Sudden and unexpected success is proverbially try ing, and there are not so many persons who are capable of showing moderation in prosperity as for titude in adversity. Still, when we have to deal with nations, and not with individuals, we have a right to expect that the wisdom and magnanimity of the few will temper the violence and malignity of the many ; that the voices of justice and mercy will be heard above the tumult, and that the calmness and dignity befitting a whole people will not be en tirely forgotten, even amidst the intoxication of MICCCSS. This expectation has as yet been miserably disappointed in the conduct of the American people in their moment of sudden power. There is no doubt that the transition was sufficiently ab ruPt and startling to allow for much extra- :g an ce of word and action during the first excitement, and especially under the tempest o f indignation created by the murder of Mr. LINCOLN, which designing schemers were not wanting to direct towards the South. But when all due allowance has been made for the passions of the hour, and when not only the first days but the first weeks have passed over, we have a right to expect, in these days of civilisation and moral progress, that a nation which claims so high a rank, which boasts so loudly of the freedom, the intelligence, and the edu cation of its people, will show some little regard to the prompting of humanity and Christian civilisa tion. To maltreat the fallen, to persecute the help less, to oppress those when weak whom we respected when strong, are qualities which are supposed only to belong to the uncultured savage, or to the repre sentative of that heathen civilisation which is but barbarism in disguise. Yet these qualities, so justly contemned by most men of the present day, have been shown with painful distinctness in the treat ment of the Southern leaders by the Washington Government. It is true that the credit, or rather discredit, (g such acts may be justly awarded to ,the violent and vindictive faction, whom an unhappy accident has raised to supreme power, but we should be glad to learn that the more re spectable portion of the people, the educated and intelligent classes at least, had entered some pro test, had made some effort to influence, if not control, the action of their Govern ment, and to free them from the dis grace which must inevitably attach to their na tion from such an abuse of strength and success. The Cuba brings intelligence of the surrender of General KIRBY SMITH, with all the military and naval forces and war material in the trans-Missis sippi department, and on the receipt of this news President JOHNSON ordered the imme diate release of all prisoners who had been sentenced by military tribunals to imprisonment during the war, and an amnesty was expected to follow immediately. It made its appearance the next day, and its provisions are now before us, with such a list of conditions and exceptions that the puzzled reader is fain to ask, who is to profit by it? President JOHNSON issues a proclamation of amnesty and restoration of property, except in slaves, an exception that no Englishman, at least, will quarrel with. First, we have the conditions, and these are sufficiently embarrassing, seeing that the favoured ones must take the oath to support the Constitution, the Union, and all emancipation laws and proclamations ; and when we remember that it is the Constitution according to Mr. JOHN SON'S reading of it, the subscription is not a very pleasant one. But next come the exceptions, and these occupy 14 clauses. All civil, diplomatic, judicial, and state officers; soldiers above the rank of colonel, sailors above lieutenant, war prisoners, and political prisoners, raiders from foreign territories, members of the Federal Congress of '6l who have aided rebellion, those implicated in the ill-treatment of Federal prisoners, and above all, any person owning property to the value of $20,000 who have aided the rebellion. What is this but a wholesale system of confiscation ? It will be noticed that some of the definitions are most conveniently elastic, and afford ample room and verge enough to take in any person whose rank, wealth, or influence may be objection able to the authorities. But, like a lady's letter, the real meaning comes out at the close, and the property, so carefully rated, is probably the next offence which will never be forgiven. Who is protected by this amnesty but the most insignificant and powerless classes, those, in fact, who wanted no amnesty at all ? The charge of aiding the rebellion may be brought against almost every family in the Southern States, and if only the inferior officers of both services are to be included in the amnesty, then every large land owner, every influential politician, every man in fact who has in any way distinguished himself from his fellows, is to be carefully shut out. How, ab surd, too, is it to refuse an amnesty to prisoners of war, who might naturally expect release on the con clusion of hostilities. But it is inconsistent to apply the titles of prisoners of war to those who are in other places denounced as rebels and traitors. What can be more extravagant than the terms in which the indictment against Mr. DAVIS speaks of the gallant Southern armies as " false traitors whose names are unknown." False traitors ! We have heard of honour among thieves, but truth among traitors is something newer. But when we come to consider the treat ment of Mr. Davis himself, we reach the darkest point in the story which, as fellow-kinsmen with the Americans, Englishmen may well blush to read. This gentleman, whose social position, no less than his political abilities and high moral character, qua lified him to be the unanimously chosen leader of five or six millions of his countrymen, whose only offence is that, in a time of difficulty and peril, he accepted the arduous task of government, is being unheard, as we in England would shrink from treating the worst of our condemned felons. It can be with no other object than to heap insult and degradation on the man who was so long not only his powerful rival, but so greatly his superior in authority and position, that ANDREW JOHNSON resorts to such extremities. In his violence and malignity he does not perceive that the disgrace which he hopes to attach to his victim he is really heaping on his own head, and that while thus outraging every honourable and mag nanireous feeling he is really breaking the law as well as insulting the fallen. To talk of trying such a man as JEFFERSON DAVIS for treason is so pre posterous that it does not serve as an excuse for petty malignity of which no honourable man would be guilty, but the effect upon the future is likely to be even more deplorable than the actual state of things at present. The ex - PRESI DENT may but too probably fall a vic tim to the abuse of power, but he is not likely to be the last sacrifice. When once the cry of treason and traitor to the State is raised by un scrupulous authority no man's head is safe on his shoulders. We have seen but too well how easily public duty in such a case can be made to cover envy, malignity, or covetousness. Death and con fiscation are dealt out so easily and quickly that no one need remain poor if he can only select a victim. It was to this point that the Reign of Terror brought as great a nation as the United Statei ; it is to this point that we fear the States are tending. In the interests of freedom and unanimity of political and popular liberty we bid them pause, for the great destinies 'committed to their charge are in fearful peril. England is not blameless for her inaction ; but there are surely yet enough wise, and good, and earnest men who will not suffer cruelty, murder, and spoliation to assume uncontradicted the guise of freedom, justice, and constitutional Government. Mr. ROEBUCK'S speeches are always worth listen ing to, for the hon. and learned member has some thing striking to say on most subjects, and the very bitterness of his observations invests them with a piquancy that attracts universal interest and admiration. Sheffield is proud of him as its repre sentative, and he is not likely to be turned out of it until he ceases to seek its suffrages. Yesterday Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. HADFIELD addressed their con stituents at an open-air meeting. The former made a long speech, which was received with great ap plause, and the cross-questioning that afterwards took place afforded great excitement and amuse ment. At the present juncture in American affairs Mr. ROEBUCK may well point with satisfaction to his previous remarks on America. He said on a former occasion that the South ought to be recog nised, and now says that if it had-been " great good would have been done.?' To those who offered dissentient observations to this statement he truly declared that they had not yet seen the play out. There is no doubt that if the great Republic of America had been split in two great advantage's would have accrued to the great nations of the world. Had the decision of the House of Com mons been in accordance with Mr. ROEBUCK'S opinion, the honour of this country would not have been tarnished as it now is by the unfair course which our Government has pursued towards the Confederate States. Mr. ROEBUCK'S speech was full of home truths. lle dwelt upon the acci dent that had turned out the Derby Ministry, and showed very plainly the mischievous conse quences that had been brought abo It by the selfish At this season of the year when almost every one is thinking of travelling in some direction or other, it is sad to contemplate the numerous fatal railway accidents that are continually taking place. During the last week two most serious occurrences have taken place, and it adds greatly to the horror of such calamities to think that carelessness was the cause of them. It seems an extraordinary thing that nothing can guard against the recurrence of such mischances, and that the frequency of these sad events does not induce the railway officials to use more care and caution. When the lives of thousands are at stake, it is too bad that we should witness such lamentable oversight. If one train more than another could excite a greater degree of interest, it would be the one to which this fatal accident occurred yesterday. It was the tidal train which left Folkstone on the arrival of passengers from Boulogne. One hundred and ten passengers were in it, and it proceeded on its way until it reached Staplehurst, when the fearful accident occurred. At this part the railway crosses a stream, and on the bridge a plate was loosened by the platelayers, and the engine which run over this was thrown off the rails. In consequence the train broke into two parts, and many of the carriages plunged into the stream, which caused a fall of several feet. The scene which followed was a frightful one, and the carriages were so twisted and shattered that it was difficult to decide what fate their occupants had met with, whether they were killed by the shock or suffocated in the water and mud. All that could be done by the other passengers and those on the spot was done, but 10 lives were lost, and at least 20 persons were injured. Upon receipt of intelligence concerning the accident in London, several of the officials went down to the scene of the disaster, with as many medical gentlemen as they could collect in a short time. It is satisfactory to know that after this casualty all was done in the most prompt and effi cient manner possible, and the sufferers who were in a condition to travel were brought up to London during the course of the evening. Many will be interested to learn that Mr. CHARLES DICKENS sustained no injuries, but he had a very narrow escape, as he was in the train. It is supposed that the accident would have been even more serious had not there been an unusual amount of break power. This was a very fortunate occurrence, and it will be well if this practice of incorporating patent breaks be, and were, generally adopted on other lines. It is satisfactory, for the cause of in vestigation, that none of the company's servants have been seriously injured, so that there will not be the drawback that so often presents itself, of the chief witness or witnesses being killed, and unfitted to appear by serious injuries. The peculiar nature of this tidal train will excite public interest to a great extent, and nothing but the most searching inquiries will satisfy the community. The particulars of the inquest will be eagerly scanned, and all that concerns, nearly or remotely, the sad affair will receive unusual attention. It is surely not too much to expect that these two fearful accidents, following on each other with such startling rapidity, will prove a salutary warning, and that this calamity of yesterday may be the last that will shock the public for some time. It is quite impossible to form anything like an adequate notion of the alarm and distress which the dissemination of the sad intelligence will cause throughout the length and breadth of the land, and the only reflec tion that can mitigate the distress is that in all pro bability such measures will be adopted as will for the future prevent the recurrence of similar cala mities, so that it will doubtless be safer to travel by rail than it has been for some time past. THE LATE SIR JOSEPH PAXTON AND THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.—The Liverpool Post says that it is to Sir Joseph Paxton that the inhabitants of Birkenhead are mainly indebted for the possession of the most beautiful park in the kingdom, if not in the world ; and it occurs to us to mention also in this place an incident illustrative of the relations subsisting between him and the late Duke of Devonshire. Shortly before the failure of the Strachan, Paul, and Co.'s bank, Sir Joseph Paxton wont to his friend the duke and asked him for the loan of some £70,000, with out stating the object for which he required it. The duke at once granted him the apparent favour, and was over joyed to find, two or three days afterwards, when the bank failed, and he for the moment dreaded that the balance he had there was lost, that Sir Joseph Paxton had resorted to this means of shielding his noble friend from the calamity. On the morning of the failure Sir Joseph called upon him with the £70,000 in bank notes untouched. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday, Sir J. Thwaites in the chair. The cash statement showed a total balance in the bands of the treasurer amounting to £341,697 6s. Bd. The following tenders were received for the covering and diverting of the Falcon-brook sewer : Beeston, £39,400 ; Moxon, £35,400 ; Hill and Kettle, £37,850 ; Dethick, £39,430 ; Wainwright, £36,000 ; and Rixon, £36,857. The tenders having been opened, the board considered them with closed doors. Upon the re admission of the public, the clerk announced that the tender of Mr. Moxon for £35,400 was accepted. The Falcon-brook sewer runs along Falcon-lane, Battersea, near the London and South-Western Railway. In refer ence to the late accidents on the Thames embankment, the chairman stated that, although the works were the con tractors, they really belonged to the board, and he was surprised that they had no notice of the melancholy acci dents that luNl occurred. The matter was referred to the Main Drainage Committee for report, &c. It was agreed, upon the motion of Mr. Brookes, that, the Main Drainage works being reported virtually completed, he would move that the whole subj let, in reference to the reduction of the staff employed on tl:ose works, be referred to the Main Drainage Committee 1 . 9 r consideration and nport. The Park-lane Improvement Question was referred to a com mittee for consideration. WIIY ?-111r. Henne.;sy has elicited some humi liating admissions from. the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the case of Lord Amberley. It appears that the young nobleman wt:a travelling abroad for his own pleasure, and that he took two passages on board British men-of-war—one from Col inth to Ancona, and the other from the Pireaus to KallimaAi. For the extra expense thus occasioned to the captains of the ships by his lordship the public were called upon on Thursday night to pay £42105. Mr. Layard had no defence t<► make of this petty imposi tion ; he could not explain wh.v Lord Amberley did not pay his own travelling expenses, oi why his noble father did not pay them for him ; all he cc mld say was that there had been no attempt on the part of ti to Foreign-office to conceal the fact that Lord Amberley's travelling expenses hadbeen charged to the public. The matter is very small, but it is also very shabby. We wish the noble house of Russell would take a lesson in disinterastedness from the plebeian house of Cobden.—Pall-null @ma -- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN opposition that had been made to the Reform Bill of 1859. Mr- ROEBUCK quoted his own words to the present Government when they were on the other side of the house. He said, " You cannot carry a Reform Bill ; the others can ; they offer us some thing, it will be wise to take it." They did not take it, and the result has been what Mr. ROEBUCK pre dicted—that there has been no Reform Bill at all. Now, as the hon. and learned member informed his constituents, the members of the Government are all coming round and advocating the principles of Lord DERBY'S Reform Bill. Mr. LOWE, Mr. OSBORNE, and Sir G. GREY have all recently spoken in that style; they wish the franchise to be extended, but not lowered. Mr. ROEBUCK also spoke very sensibly on the Permissive Bill, his opposition to which had caused great disapprobation to some of his constituents. He said very truly that it was an unequal measure, and that the rich man can have his seller stored with wine, and also that it would have gown turmoil broadcast through the country. In every parish there would have been a fight between the teetotal men and the rest of the parish. Taking into account the general tenour of Mr. ROEBUCK'S speech, the vote of confidence which was finally carried by at least ten to one was satisfactory, and in the present posture of affairs the House of Com mons can ill spare such a man from its debates, for he will speak the truth in defiance of conven tionalities and in spite of red-tapists. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 9. The Syria and Massilia left here with the above mails at 5 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 15th, and the latter at Southampton about the 22d inst. The Delhi will leave here at 4 p.m. to-day for Southampton, where she may be expected about the 22d inst. FRANCE, PARIS, JUNE 10. General Mellinet has been elected Grand Master of the Grand Orient Freemason Lodges of France, by 142 votes against 36 given to M. Massol. BOURSE, June 9.—Considerable heaviness con tinues to be the ruling feature in monetary transac tions to-day, and some difficulty has been experi enced in maintaining the somewhat reduced rates current yesterday. Threes, for the Account, have fluctuated between 67f. 42c. and 67f. 45c., and Mobilier Shares are done at 766 f. 25c. Italian Five per Cents show no change, while the Stock of the Mexican (Old) Loan has receded to 461. Not a little consternation was caused during the early hours of business among parties interested in the affairs of the General Discount Company, rumours having been assiduously circulated of losses in Bombay to the extent of 10 or 12 millions of francs. The only change to call for notice has been a recovery in the shares of the Credit Mobilier. The last quotations were as follows :- 4 per Cents O6 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 47-} Do. end month 67 45 Credit Mobilier ... 780 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Do. Bonds 330 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Do. end month 770 Bank Shares 3675 Credit Foncier 1245 Deferred Roman 73 75 Italian Loan 66 75 Do. end month 66 85 RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lO7O ... 1068 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 847 50 ... 847 50 Southern 590 ... 590 Western 527 50 ... 525 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 495 ... 495 North of Spain 2ll 50 ... 208 75 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 157 50 ... PRUSSIA• BERLIN, June 7. Several Conservative Associations in this capital have forwarded the following address to the Chamber of Deputies : " The undersigned association has followed the proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies this year with deep regret, and considers itself in duty bound towards its country and its fellow-citizens to state plainly that such has been the case. "After the favourable results, surpassing expec tation, which the present policy of our Government has achieved at home as well as abroad since the close of last year's session ; after the affability with which the King's Majesty opened Parliament this yea, considering the number and importance of the salutary bills to be brought forward, and actually introduced by the Government ; and even after the more conciliatory and milder spirit evident among the majority during the early sittings of the House, we were encouraged to hope that this present session would be fraught with very beneficial results. " We were encouraged to surrender ourselves to the expectation that by its admirable management of the finances during the time we have been with out a budget, by its firm and courageous attitude at home and abroad, the Ministry must have van quished the antipathy plainly shown towards it in earlier years by the majority of the Chamber of Deputies. " God's blessing evidently rested upon every step taken by the King's Government, notwithstanding the absence of a budget, trade and manufactures, art, industry, and prosperity increased throughout the country ; nay, it was even possible to begin and bring to an end a glorious war without any new loan or new taxation. " The reorganisation of the army originated by the King in person, and, carried into execution by the present Ministry, has been brilliantly displayed during the Danish war in a manner surpassing all expectation. " The fathers of families under other circumstances called under arms at a mobilisation were, in by far the great proportion, and notwithstanding the actual continuance of war, preserved to their relatives, their occupation, and to the country. Under the guidance of our heroic Prince Frederick Charles the army, notwithstanding a fifty years' peace, proved itself the worthy descendant of its ancestors. A long subjected brother race was withdrawn almost in a moment from the pressure of a foreign yoke, and the spirit, the strength, the good sense developed by Prussia infused so high a respect into the rest of the world, that the opposition of the remaining great powers at first very vehement to Prussia's proceed ings ceased, and Prussia was no longer regarded as the most inconsiderable among them. An astonish ingly rapid peace crowned the glorious work. " The alliance effected by Prussia with Austria afforded the first step towards the so ardently desired but never achieved concord and union in Germany, and, with this, the true foundation of the position and security of the great common fatherland. " During the storms of the war the Ministry had prepared a number of salutary measures to be laid before the representatives of the country. This was done with a candour, perspicacity, and objective ness probably impossible to be found in a greater degree. we "aAr are a d t n t o h w e when, end of the on, according sessi to all appearances, what is the result of the negotiations of the Government with the representatives of the country ? " The great conflict between the Government and part of the representatives upon the question of the budget, and the reorganisation of the army is un solved. It does not exist between the Government and the country or its entire representatives, for the Government is at one with the Upper House, and with a certainly important portion of the represen tatives, but strife continues between the Govern ment and the major portion of the members—nay, has now broken out more vehemently than ever. "By far the great majority of the population of the country takes no part in this conflict, as is shown by the want of partisanship and indifference of at least 60 per cent. of the first electors at elec tions in the provinces and even in the large towns. This great and apparently indifferent portion of the inhabitants knows its welfare best secured under its King by the Grace of God, and cares so little about the constitutional representation of the people that it feels careless who may be elected, and what may be resolved by the gentlemen who meet upon the Donhofsplatz. "The conflict still continues and obstructs the quiet but firm progress the Government would so willingly pursue to truly promote the welfare of the fatherland. " The most sagacious bills have been thrown out for no other reason than on account of this dispute. We need only cite the military law and the new bank bill--the former of which has already been found most efficacious in practice, while the latter would have afforded an increase in moral strength and influence to Prussia over the whole of Germany, and have promoted greater community of all Ger man interests. " These and other opportune bills have been re jected, not because the House did not consider them adequate, but, as has been openly stated in the House itself, for the sake of opposition to the Ministry. Even upon the question whether the Government should be discharged of responsibility, in accordance with the report of the Accountant- General, one of the grounds brought forward by the reporter for voting against the discharge was, that by such refusal the Government might be put to the greatest inco nven i ence . It is hardly credible, Whoever may be the author of this book, in his Preface he affects to be Somebody. We suspect, however, that he is, in point of fact, next to Nobody. Its contents are amusing, but they are a mere rechauffe'e. They are purely fragmentary. Anecdotes for the most part— myths many of them—the majority of very dubi ous authenticity. Remembering what is the subject of the work and who is the hero of.it, the volume could hardly by possibility have been rendered tedi ous, could scarcely have been otherwise than interest ing. But the purport of it, at first doubtful, proves, when the reader has got well into the book, to be singularly insidious. It is as discreditable a com pilation as a certain notorious chapter in Mr. King lake's so-called " History of the Crimean War." It is, in other words, a stab in the dark, a stab in the back, a stab aimed deliberately with malice prepense and afterthought against an eminent reputation. Beginning with a cluster of pretty little apocryphal prattling tales about Napoleon lU.'s Childhood— the writer only very gradually (at first almost im perceptibly) reveals his sinister design, which, in point of fact is nothing less than that of blackening the character of the public man he has undertaken to delineate. And to blacken it, moreover, with a malignity so cruel and dastardly in its way, that this record, such as it is, of " Napoleon 111. and his Court" may be said to be writen less with the point of a pen than with the point of a stilletto. Insinuations the most infamous are jumbled up among the grace fullest little courtly compliments imaginable. It is for all the world like a mixture of poison and pre serves, of oil of vitriol and honey. Its memorabilia are jotted down alternately in the spirit of an adulator and of a traducer. The Retired Diplo matist bears a resemblance in his way to Thackeray's description of Sterne : he tumbles in the dust before us one minute as the sycophantic eulogist of Na poleon 111., and the next instant comes sneaking up to us to whisper a dirty story against the Emn peror, on the sly, behind the back of his hand, the writer's malicious identity concealed all the while be hind the mask of the anonymous. He licks the hand of the imperial hero of his book as it were, but he does so as with the slavering of a cobra capella. But, besides all this preposterous inconsistency on the part of the book and of its writer, the anecdotes here related are many of them so utterly incredible in their way, that they are in a manner defiant of all belief by reason of their flagrant and un adulterated extravagance. It is not generally known—says the author in one place—that Prince Louis Napoleon, on meeting Sir Hudson Lowe, soundly horsewhipped him. "It is not generally known"—when, if it had occurred, could it have been otherwise than generally known, this delightful incident—an incident, alas ! only too good to be true. Why, if such a horsewhipping as that had ever been administered, the world would have known it full well by this' time—and we should certainly have looked upon Napoleon 111. as a much finer fellow than he appears to us even now. Horsewhipped Sir Hudson Lowe ! Why it would have taken rank among the noblest of his achievements ! It is just a case in point, however—as illustrative of the imperturbable impertinence with which this anonymous anecdote-monger issues to the world—there is really no other phrase for it— crammer after crammer, now in the way of gross and slobbering adulation, at other times, and much more frequently, in the way of most mean and despicable slandering. The real aim and object of the writer is evidently to say ditto to M. Victor Hugo, and to Mr. Alexander Kinglake. Only he lacks the boldness of either. Instead of plumping his hatred right out, he insinuates it. He not only " hints a fault and hesitates dislike"—but he sneers the covert suggestion of a crime, and, like the practised adept that he evidently is, in the wielding of the moral dagger, he introduces an underhand thrust of his poisoned steel into the heel of the Gallic Achilles while in the very act of licking the dust off the impe rial sandal. Occasionally a really good thing is hit upon nevertheless in the midst of all this spiteful ma lignity, as where some one's witty saying about Louis Napoleon is quoted, " Quand it parle it ment, quand it tait it conspire." Well-winnowed and well-sifted —all the chaff blown off and all the dead weight of untruth dropped through—the contents of the whole volume might be judiciously dwindled down to about a tithe of its present bulk, and that tithe might, then, after due revision and elision, be ren dered acceptable as another contribution to the already ample stores of Napoleoniana. As it is—like a sheaf of ill-grown wheat, gathered anyhow, just as the sickle chanced to go in, tares, and corn, and poppies, and bluets, all together—the book as a book makes a goodly appearance enough, arrayed in the true Napoleon livery of green and gold, bearing upon its head and front a most attractive title, and stamped with the effigy of that Imperial Bee that has long since gathered to itself all the honey out of the old Bourbon Lily. Wild Times; a Tale of the Days of Queen Elizabeth. 3 vols. Murray and Co. It was a felicitous idea that suggested itself to the author of this work when he selected as a fitting theme for a romance, in these days of religious toleration and literary sensation, the " wild" and happily extinct " times" of religious persecution. " Persecution on religious grounds," he remarks in the introduction, "is now so absolutely repudiated by all parties and opinions, that while the Catholic has no difficulty in condemning the fires of Smith field, the Protestant may well afford, for similar reasons, to sympathise with the Papistical sufferers in the reign of Elizabeth." "So rich," he observes, later on, " is the private history of the Catholic families of England in all the materials for a " sensation novel"—in hair breadth escapes—in daring rescues—in life-long imprisonments and heroic deaths, that it is wonder ful it should have so long escaped the prying eyes of the novelist." Such is the theme of the tale before us, and very happily has the author availed himself of his interesting materials. The most praiseworthy feature in the book is, perhaps, the entire absence of any spirit of controversy. Catholics and Protes tants are pretty nearly equally numerous among the Gr, UNE 10, 1505. though true, that the majority of the House acceded persons of the drama, and the two noblest heroes to the refusal of the discharge. are Sir Hugh Glenthorne, a Catholic gentleman, and " The opposition of the majority in the Chamber Guy de Mortemar, the Protestant sheriff, both men of Deputies—their refusal of the means for Govern- of the true heroic mould. Blanche and Amy, again, mental measures, recognised as salutary by them- the heroines, are of different faiths, and are two selves, as with regard to the costs of the Danish charming, but very distinct characters. The pas war, and the plan for developing the fleet —the sionate despair of the impetuous Blanche when perpetual pressure for the dismissal of a ministry her betrothed is condemned to die is very vividly in which the King places confidence, and to which portrayed. The character we admire the least is the country pays thanks and honour, while the Gipsy-queen Ulrique, of the banded brow. all the rest of the world gives it high re- This is a melodramatic creation, such as Madame cognition, for the attitude it has hitherto Celeste so effectively portrays. The breathless in preserved, the manner in which opposition to the terest of some of the " situations" may be readily Ministry is carried on, which meets with the bit- surmised when the severity of the law is remem terest censure in even the most liberal papers of bered. The tale is especially one of hope and fear, England and France—culminating speeches, such and very happily are these two emotions epitomised as those uttered against the Prussian judges, and in in the following passage. One of the characters, especial against the Chief Court, without any call herself the victim of despair, tells another that she to order—all these things must evoke dejection and still hopes, because she weeps ; " and tears," says discontent in the country itself, must destroy the this unhappy one, " come from no other source scarcely won concord with Austria, and withdraw than hope or fear, and hope is fear and fear from us the fruits of the Danish war. is hope, and once these two passions, so dis- " This is manifestly opposed to the interests of the cowry, and must also overthrow the last re mainder of the belief among the people that the constitution under whichwe live is a benefit and not rather a curse. similar and yet so alike, have passed be yond the circle of our lives, then' the heart grows hard as marble." There are, how ever, other tears, those shed by the bereaved, which partake neither of hope nor fear, and this gentler " We consider ourselves, therefore, in duty bound to declare that the Chamber of Deputies in its pre sorrow is beautifully described in Sir llugh's part ng exhortation to his betrothed. In these more sent majority in no way represents our views, our wishes, and therefore also our rights and those peaceful and happier days, we may read with profit a record of bygone " Wild Times." of the great majority of the Prussian people, and that we and the large number of those who think with us would consider our rights entirely unsecured if we did not know they were faithfully guarded and held holy by the King's Majesty, by the faithful councillors of his throne, and by the if small yet highly estimable number of Deputies who will still adhere to our Royal rule by God's grace, and to the old Prussian motto—' With God for King and country.' " Berlin, May 30, 1865." The Fortnightly Review. Edited by George Henry Lewes. No 11. Chapman and Hall. A second instalment of Mr. Lewes's new periodi cal only confirms the impression pronounced by us immediately upon the appearance of the first num ber, that in The Fortnightly there has been inaugu rated, by one of the most gifted and accomplished men of letters of our times, one of the very ablest of our first-class publications. It is literature that is here represented and not simply smart writing. Judging of the general character of the work from its two opening numbers; we may accept it as a thoroughly well considered, and, for the most part, an admirably well written organ of public opinion— bi-monthly in its issue—pledged to the furtherance of the influence of no clique or party—bold, out spoken, and above all, thoroughly independent. A large-hearted tribute to the poetic genius of Henry Taylor, as chiefly manifested, of course, in his " Philip van Artevelde," leads off this second number of The Fortnightly, and is from the hand of Anthony Trollope, the most facile of our popular novelists. From the Emperor Napoleon HI. it may be said that Professor Beesly has taken his cue in the vindication of " Cataline as a Party Leader." The editor pursues, as we hope he will continue to do for some time yet, his thoughtful and instructive argument upon the " Principles of Success in Literature." The continuation of An thony Trollope's serial story, " The Belton Estate," is a wonderful improvement upon its commence ment, which was dull with the dullness of Peter Bell—" dull, beyond all expression dull !" Will Belton's character by the way gives promise of be ing endeared to us by traits the most delightful. Altogether he is a marvellous improvement upon the run—particularly of late— of Mr. Trollope's heroes. " Martin's Puzzle," by George Meredith, is another and a very remarkable evidence, not only of the intense originality of the writer, but of the vigorous objectivity of his genius. It is not the author of the lines who is speaking to us in the name of the old cobbler, it is the old cobbler himself. And although Martin has so far disdained the advice of the threadbare proverb, by himself going sufficiently beyond his last, we suspect, to dip (and pretty deeply, too, or we are much mistaken) into the muddy theological quagmires of Tom Paine, et hoc genus omne, the old fellow has a glimmering of light at last, through all the mephitic darkness of his doubts—vide the prayerful close of his all but blasphemous self-communings. LITERATURE. Napoleon M. and Ills Court. By a Retired Diplo matist. One Vol., pp. 348. John Maxwell and Co. Can you Forgive Her? By Anthony Trollope. Part XVIII. Chapman and Hall. 'u!W'A~ _ ... ._ _ .v'~r.._.._. ~ i era.. _ Another number, the customary double number, containing preface, title-page, and frontispiece, will bring to a conclusion this story about Alice Vavasor. Not a pleasant story by any means. In effect a story thus entitled could hardly be so for that matter. The heroine's character, or perhaps we ought rather to say, her conduct being so ex ceedingly questionable throughout. From this eighteenth number of the tale we learn with disgust rather than simply with indignation that poetical justice, as it is called, is not to be satisfied in regard to that double-dyed brute, bully, blackleg, black guard, we had almost said— George Vavasor. He disappears from the scene without breaking his neck, without even having a horsewhip broken across his shoulders. And so disappearing from our view scatheless andunpunished, George Vavasor can only be thought of by the reader of the story with an intensity of displeasure, amounting, as we have said, to positive disgust. Of course, Alice is to be married after all to that " tame rabbit boiled to rags" (as Lord Jeffrey dubbed Wilfred), John Grey of Nethercoats—and therefore, we presume, that we shall be expected by the author in the end to accord to his heroine our forgiveness ! MARKETS—This bay. COVENT GARDEN. Our market is well supplied with fruit and vegetables, and the trade rules slow, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Mu'berries,pr pt 0 oto 0 6 Foreign do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 6to 1 0 Grapes,per lb 5 oto 12 0 Foreign ditto, 13sun0 oto 0 0 Foreign do 1 6to 2 6 I Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 0 0 slelons . 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 1 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 u Apples, per hf-tiv. 2 oto 3 61 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..5 oto 12 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100 5 oto 8 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hf sve2 6to 4 0 Plums, per db. 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 1 oto 2 0 Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 0 •:,o 1 6 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 1?4c1 ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 6to 2 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 2 oto 3 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 55 oto 20 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 9 New ditto, pr lb. 0 2to 0 6 Mushrooms. p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 6 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 10 to 1 6 Cucumbers 0 3 tot 6 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 6orrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Turnip Radishes 0 6to 0 8 Green peas, n.-sy. 0 oto o 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. h.s. 2 oto 2 6 ) Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 9to 1 31 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 9 Spinach 0 oto 0 01 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6 to 5 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0; Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od; geese, 58 Od to 7s Od each; goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od ; ducks, 3s Od to 5s Od. ; ducklings, 3s Od to 5s Od ; rabbits ' 1s 3d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 9d to is 3d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 8d each ; Surrey fowls, 12s Od. to 17s Od ; chickens, 8s to lls Od ; barn door fowls, 5s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes, Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 7s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is ld ; English, is 1d to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s 6d to 8s Od ; French do., Gs Od to 6s 6d per 100 ; leverets,, 2s 6d to 5s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os Od ; eels, Os 8d to 1s Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, Od per lb ; turbots, 2s 6d to 21s Od ; cod, 2s Od to 5s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 8s Od ; doreys, 2s 6d to 10s Od ; mul lets, Os 6d to 2s Od ; lobsters, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, Os 6d to 2s *d ; plaice and gurnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles, Os 6d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, 12s Od to 60s Od; natives, 84s Od to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 6s Od ; haddocks, Gs Od to 12s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, —s Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od to Os Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od tops Od per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from Be 4d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 4s 4d to be 8d ; lamb, 6s Od to Gs 8d ; veal, 4s Od to bs Od ; and pork, 3s Gd to 4s 10c1 per 81bs, by the carcase. WHIT ECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 8d ; lamb, Gs Od to 6s 8d; veal, 4s 01 to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Cid to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, nd to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 32d; 801 b to 881b,31{1 to 3/d; 881 b to 961 b, 314 to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1011 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs Gd ; calf-skins, light, 2s Od to 40 Od ; full, 6s Gd to Os Od ; polled sheep, —s Od to •sOd ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, 1s 7d to Os Od ; lambs, 2s 9d to 4s Od. HAY MARKETS SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 18s to £5 lOs Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 Cs to £1 lOs per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 15s; clover, £5 lOs to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 N to £1 14s per load- A active demand. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart., styled the Hon. the Queen's Champion, late of Scrivelsby Court, Lincolnshire, was proved in her Majesty Court of Probate, on the 19th ult.—the executors appointed being Lady Dymoke, the relict, and th e Rev. Walter Blunt, M.A., of Wallop, Hants. I.ll° personalty was sworn under £25,000. The testator was the hereditary champion o f th e Sovereigns f England, an office attached to the feudal manor a" Scrivelsby, inherited from the Lords Marmien' whose barony Lewis Dymoke, Esq., Sir Henrys grandfather, unsuccessfully claimed before tb e House of Lords, Dymoke Welles, Esq., of GrehlV, Hall, Lincolnshire, father of the present Edmu na Lionel Welles,Esq., being then acknowledged by th e House heir general of the family of Dymoke. late baronet discharged the duty of Champion, 38 deputy for his father (incapacitated as a clergym an)/ at the coronation of George IV. He was PeP ut Y Lieutenant and a magistrate for Lincoln, a nd was appointed Vice-Lieutenant for that coun t) ; in 1857. Sir Henry was the eldest son °' the Rev. John Dymoke, Prebendary of Lincoln, by his wife, Amelia Jane Alice, daughter of c a ptain Elphinstone, R.N., Admiral of the Russian flee t ' The heir to the estate is his brother, the Rev. Joh° Dymoke, rector of Scrivelsby and Boughton, WII O has an only son, Henry Lionel. Sir Henry died o . the 28th of April, at the age of 64, having execu ted his will on the 21st of August, 1861. By virtue °f certain powers, he has charged the manor and es tates (except the barony and manor of Scrivelsby and the mansion-house and park) with the paPl en of an annuity amounting in the whole to £l, OOO P er _ annum, during the life of his wife, and leaves h e!, the furniture, plate, carriages, &c: ; and also leaves to her ladyship, for her life, all the rest of his PI; perty, and upon her decease bequeaths the same his daughter, Emma Jane, wife of Francis Houtal" Hartwell, Esq., eldest son of Sir Brodrick Hotlyell Bart. He further directs that the family picture:, : suits of armour, and coronation cups in his pesl3e,ir sion shall be annexed to the mansion of Scriv e-sw ! Court, as heirlooms to be enjoyed by his succe ssors, The will of the Hon. Charles Maynard, of She rn 0 , Hall, Walthamstow, Essex, was proved in the don Court, on May 25, by the Hon. Blanche As l 7 o , Maynard, the relict and sole executrix. The t es tor was the son and heir of the, Right Hon. the ; Viscount Maynard, and was late a captain e t Royal Horse Guards, also Colonel of the Essex Militia and Deputy Lieutenant for Ess e ceo was twice married, first, in 1840, to Lady Fr a t e a Julia, sister of the sixth Duke of Athole (she di n t in 1858). The testator died on Jan. 2 7 of Hill-street, Berkeley-square, at the ag e fifty-one. His will is dated 1861, a1 1 . ,, ge 0 codicil December, 1864 ; the attesting wi tr : o o• are Henry Fitzroy, of Sakey's Lodge, Northarce ee t, shire, and Herbert H. Walford, of Bolton_str Piccadilly, who are instructed to assist the ew ire s trix in the administration of the effects. ge le3 l, to his estates in possession, both real and pers onal ' his relict, and those in expectancy to young e ° 0 0 dren. The testator, having had permission tereio the will of his father, Viscount Maynard, re al his lordshiphas devised to him (the testator) his estates, with certain exceptions, and give n ' i dea power of appointment to charge the sane, 11 or will, with annuities of £4OO to each of h is ac ted dren, except the eldest, has, in accordance, heir thereon, trusting it will be carried out O r benefit. die d 11 The will of Captain J. M. Speke, a dis----a;oty'° explorer of the Nile, an officer in her I ‘ l - a i been Indian Army, Bengal Native Infantry, llas altl proved in the London Court. The persona aro sworn under £5,000. The executors aPP °inte +or Te , n his brothers, the Rev. Benjamin Speke, ' t (vilw Dowlish Wake and West Dowlish, Somers e ho re' alone 'is acting), and William Speke, w itor ion 4 I nounced the grant. This gallant and ra er i „ its biret officer died in September last, at Box, v a .' Ap riit having made his will, on a printed form, d 3 t e Gr oot , 1860, which was attested by Captain J. F. of the Indian Army, and Lieutenant ,110 Horsford, 46th Bengal Native InfantrPreerty, testator has bequeathed the whole of his t he n et of every description, to his said brother, t"'" Benjamin Speke, for his own absolute use. l a te The will of Gerard Blisson Wharton, nil s(1 10.(3: 4 , of The Albany, Piccadilly, and Lincoln's-1. _.., Clerk of the Peace for the county of Durn o ar .A. ' proved in the London court, on the 15th yis ee, by his nephew, Matthew Ford, the sol. e ue s legatee, and executor. The will, ot . short, is dated July 16, 1855. Th e person e r re e t sworn under £lBO,OOO. He died i n Kel3e p_ nitie tr Russell-square, on the 27th of Marc h, in til third year of his age. -------- DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT COVENT-GARDEN (.)"" the DAY).—Between 7 and 8 o'c lock this morning ot, premises of a potato mercha nt in Jonies-street, Cove lice garden, were discovered to b o on fire. When the P ° e t arrived they found a num ber of the inmates of the "Yd, portion of the house at the windows screaming Ne rof After considerable exertion the whole of these peePle btit rescued. A number of engines were soon on the el )°t ' d i l l despite their services the whole house was destreSe.,o,4 little more than hour. The damage is estiniated at - i tt £l,OOO. The upper portion of the house WaS lot off A. sure P to families, who are not likely to be r~iiYfr~r~i ICM 01EN , Tat HER MAJESTY. -6- BALMORAL, June 8. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, drove out yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty, with Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Mr s ' Gordon, drove to the Lynn of Quoich. The Princess of Wales. The following bulletin was issued yesterday : " Marlborough House, June 9, 9.30 a. a• " Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales and the infant prince continue to make most satis factory progress. " ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. " E. IL SIEVEKING, 31.1)•" The Prince of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yester day, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel. In the evening his royal highness honoured the Duchess of Wellington with his company at th e ball at Apsley House. THE NEWLY CONSECRATED ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER.—Archbishop Manning has left London for Paris. THE LATE CZAREWITCH.—A solemn service wa g performed yesterday morning at the Russian Chapel, Wel beck-street, for the late Czarewitch, at which his Excel lency the Russian Ambassador and Baroness 8111111106 together with the secretaries and attach6s and most of tho Russian residents in London, were present. The Archbishop of Armagh and Mrs. Beresford had a dinner party at their residence in Princes-gardens on Wednesday, including the Marquis and Marchioness O f Waterford, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Ennisidl len, Lord and Lady Farnham, Lord and Lady °remora° , Sir Lawrence and Lady Palk, Sir James and Lady Haan ton, Lady and Miss Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Milner. In the evening Mrs. Beresford received a select circle. The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex, will give his annual entertainment to the Mid dlesex magistrates and officers of the several regiments of Middlesex militia on Saturday, the 17th inst., at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire. The Marchioness of Queensberry has arrived at the Portland Hotel, Southsea, from London. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have re turned to town from passing the Whitsuntide holidays a t Deeno Park. The Earl and Countess of Coventry have lef t Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Norway. General Count Pianelli, commanding the division of the Italian army at Turin, has arrived with the Countess Pianelli (née Ludolf) at Cleveland-row, on a visit to S ir James and Lady Matheson. Viscount and Viscountess Hill have arrived at the Clarendozi Hotel from Hawkstone Park. Lord and Lady Talbot de Malahide and farallY have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS• Pre ) war *rot a ' 1 1 4 6 ,1 „ 1N„ A II( ko4' c„, 1),