The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-01 00:00:00

• \UM Mr, ,/11! OUSES.—blessrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnishes and unturnished 1 OWN, 'uourban, and Cou ntr y RESIDENCES to LET or SEL t.. Paraculare upon app lication forwarded for two stamps, u p o n stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit street, Regent- , treet, and South Kensington, lacing the Museum. QOUTH KENSLNGTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters barn Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort Sardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe fiquares, Bolton,. &L Messrs TOPLIS and ROBERTS have EE , IOEINCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the 31useum. TEETIL—Mr. DAY (for many years principal I assistant to Mr. EAell. surgeon-dent :et, of 8, Gros venor-street, W.) may be cocsuled on all cases of Dental de fect or deficiency. Ile has made arrangements for the use 01 31r. Eskelrs Patents, by which means exquisitely enameued ARTIFICIAL TELT Li of the utmost durability are constructed (in ` a few hours when necessary), and are worn upon tender gums or roots of teeth or by nervoui persons for any length of time, without. pain, un,leasantness, or discomto. t. he iavention applied to ttetla , of ordinary or inferior construction . PAINFUL TEETH Ott DISEASED STUMPS EXTRACTED WI I! IIoUT FAN. No chloroform ! and perfectly safe. OSTEO-PLASTIC ENAMEL, the exact colour of the natural teeth, used in all cases of stopping. piscoloured teeth restored, loose teeth fastened, and all operation s on the most approved principles. erms strictly moderate. Consultations free. 291, RECENT-STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and 3lansger, Mr. Buckstone. TIIIS EVENING, A ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT: Mr. W. Farren ; 31iss Ada Cavendish. After which. T LAE FAVOUKITE OF FOR ruNE : Messrs. fo hem, BuckA'one, Chippendale, Rogers, &c.; Mesdames Chippendale, Saville, Moore, Fitz willlam, Hill, Lindley, dzc. Concluding with TURNING THE TABLES: Mr. Comp ton, Mr. Howe; Miss Lindley, &c. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Mr. Emery ; Miss Elsworthy. Atter which. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. yr. Fechter ; Messrs. Jordan, imary, Vezin, widdicomb, Fitz • patrick, florsman, t.vans, Moreland, ; Miss Lav,uu, Mrs. Ternan. Mrs. Horstnan, Miss Hatch, Miss Duverney, a n d Miss llenrade. Box Of ace open daily from Eleven till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. itl!S EVENING, A LUCKY lIIT. Messrs. J. G. Ehore, 11. Mellon. and Miss K. Rodgers. Alter which, at Eight, BESET' VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean; Queen Katherine, Mrs. Charles Kean. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7 precisely (24t i time), anew Drame- Comedy, in Four Acts, entitled THE FAS': FAMILY : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, H Phillips, Ashley. Eburne ; Mrs. A fired Mellon (Miss Woolgar!, Miss H. Simms, Miss Furtado, Miss Smith (h.r 24th appearance), Miss Sea man, Miss Godsall, and Mrs H. Lewis. To conclude with CRYING JENNY AN D LAUGHING JOHNNY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, W. H. Eburne ; Mrs. A. Mellon and Miss Furtado. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, AE EXIICA ; or, True unto Death. Messrs. Parcelle, Thorne, Plisses bwan borough and Simpson. Atter which will be produced a grand Easter Burlesque, PARIS ; or, Vive Le mpiere : Mes,rs. Stoyle, horne, James : Mesdames A. Swanborougb, Raynham, Simpson. Johnstone, Ranoe, and Holt. To conclude with JACK'S DELIGHT. ADLER'S WEL LS THEATRE.- Q• Under the Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. 11th Night of THE POOR STROLLEES.—Last Night of MON. THIS EVENING, will commence with Watts Phillips' power lul Adelphi Drama of THE POOR STROLLERS. Alessrs. T. Swinbourne, Belmore, Barrett, 31`Intyre, (3. Warner, and Miss Ada Dyas. To conclude with the 511 Night of Mr. F. C. Burnand's ever-green Burlesque of INION. Misses L. Withnore, Ada Harland, Fanny Gwyune, Hudspeth ; Messrs. Belmore and Barsby. Commence at Seven. Acting Manager, Mr. NYE CHART. T" "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace,_ Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGiCN 1' to deliver the LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at the earlie4t possible moment after leaving the cress. He Is able to deliver copies in Town. the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same tvening, say 40 miles by 9 o'clock. E ~S UN" NEWSPAPER.- 11 R. GLENIE delivers V-e LATE EDITION at Chtlsea, 7.40; Kilburn, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 9.20 ; Watford, 8.45. 11HE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the public generally, that he supplies the LATEST EDITIuN of •`TILE SUN" as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead rnad. N.W. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published. containing all the LA CEST NEWS and SI.'OItTING INTELLIGENCE, by 11. W. HARRIS, NeAspaper Agent, 4, Blaelariars-road, London, S. 5 1 PORTING.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the 1, v izot nt " r P: SUN" as soon as pub its €(l.-4, Bath-street, City-roan, D.C. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Eveninfr, by V. ALEXANDER, (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish-street. Oxford-street. THE NEW DERBY RACE GLASS, price 503 w:th sling case complete. Will show distinctly the entire race from " ihe start" to the "coming in." Guaranteed the cheapest and best glass (a new model) ever offered to the public Sent carriage iree to any part of the kinguom. Post otike orders payable to W.LLIAM CALLAGHAN, Optic'an, 23A, New Bond-street, W. (corner of Conduit-street). Bole Agent for the celebrated Opera, Race, and Field Glas es made by Voivainder, Vienna. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. T:IT8 DAY.—Morning, 3h. 45m.—Afternoon, 4h. Om. Ta-Mointow.-Morning, 4h. 16m.—Afternoon, 4h. 3Gm THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1866 LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1866. -49.. --- 'The debate on the Reform Bill was continued last night without any remarkable incident, save that the leaders of the two sides came to an under standing that the discussion should not be pro longed beyond Monday evening. The hopes of the Government must by this time be somewhat damped, for the passage of their bill through the several stages is a tedious and disheartening process; and there is yet the committee to come, and the final debate, to say nothing of the opposition which it may reason a bly b e expec t e d t o encoun t er i n t h e tipper House. A t a ll events t h ey preserve a bold front, and profess to believe in the perfection of their bill and the full approval of the country. The principal speeches last night were those of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON and Mr. GOLDSMID, and the Great Speech of the Night, the speech of Mr. LOWE —none of these, as may be supposed, very f avoura b le to the Government. Sir JOHN PNKINGTON, of course, belongs to the front rank of their opponents, though he is honest and independent enough to support measure which he really approves. Mr. GOLD SMID'S political fate is connected with that of the condemned borough of floniton—condemned at least to share ,his Parliamentary honours with its neighbours. Naturally enoagb, therefore, he is not inclined to look at the measure, particularly at the re-distribution part of it, with very favourable eyes ; and in opening the debate last night he was very le4 ' l 7' with criticism and censure on its deficiencies . The manne r of grouping some of the boroughs he showed to be arbitrary and inconsistent. But the principal point which Mr. GOLDSMID censured in the Ministerial arrangement was the limit of 8,000, within which their changes were restricted. He argued, justly enough, that it would be better and more reasonable to rai se the number to 10,000. 4‘ Were there not," he asked, " n omination boroughs there above 8,00 0 ?" In point of facttarein e lv v i e l o r osa whose const it uenc ies with a much larger pepiiia m embers virtually represent the opinio ns of two throe influential men, but these would be difficult to deal with. Mr. GdealinglD'S plan o f dealing with the union boroughs is simple and practical enough. Ile proposes that no borough below 8,000 in Popu lation shall enjoy a separate represe n tation, but shall be grouped w i t h others ; next , that boroughs between th e li m it s of 8,000 and 10,000, of which there are nine, sending to Parliament 1.1 Liberals and four Conservatives, should in future return one member each instead of two ; and, thirdly, that boroughs with more than 10,000 inhabitants should have two members. This plan, Mr. GOLDSMID urged, would not affect the general scheme of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ; but the hon. gentleman, in his very straightforward 411 d - public-spirited address, overlooked one objection. He readily admitted that his own borough was over represented, and that he was prepared to vote for a change which should deprive it of part of its privi leges; but, not being actuated by personal or party considerations himself, he forgot to make due allowance for Ministerial embarrassments. The reason for stopping at the limit of 8,000 instead of 10,000 may easily be found in the relative pro portions of Liberals and Conservatives among the 18 re presentatives of the intervening boroughs. It is no great wonder that the Ministers shrink from thinning their failing ranks, or from provoking the vehement opposition to be reasonably expected from the 14 Liberals whose seats are thus threatened with confiscation. It is these little party perplexities and considerations which so much impede the course of public business, and mix themselves up in the con sideration of every national question. Sir J. PAK INGTON, whose speech drew down thunders of ap plause, called upon the Government to take this great question entirely out of the regions of party or faction. "I declare," he exclaimed emphatically, and with an earnestness which carried the house with him, " that if there is one thing which it is more desirable to remove from the category of party measures, it is this question of reforming the representation of the people." For himself, Sir JOHN showed his sincerity by making a suggestion that the whole subject should be in quired into by a Royal Commission, to be composed, i not of Ministerialists or leaders of the Opposition, nor even of a fair combination of both, but a com mission impartially constituted of competent men. The duty of this commission would be to make a comprehensive analysis of the question in all its bearings, to verify the official statistics which Mr. BRIGHT refuses to believe, and to make a report in a full, broad, and impartial spirit, which shall enable the house to form an accurate and statesmanlike judgment. All these suggestions point one way, and seem to show how little Parliament is satisfied with the Bill or the Government. Mr. LAYARD in the House last night admitted that the Chilian Minister had delivered a letter of recall ; but the hon. member added that they had reason to believe our relations with the Chiller' Government are on the most friendly footing. It is a great disgrace to our Government that this Chilian affair should have taken place at all, and it will remain a lasting stain on the Government of Earl RUSSELL, as the Danish war will on the last Premiership of Lord PALMERSTON. People may well ask what we have a fleet in the Pacific at all for, if our vessels are to steam out of the harbours whenever requested to the sea, at the solicitation of those who outrage good taste and good feeling by their barbarous mode of making and carrying on war. The fact is that the new mode of procedure that has been in favour with the Foreign-office of late is a great failure. It fails to secure us the respect of foreign nations, it fails to protect our interests abroad, or to satisfy the requirements of our people at home. It is mean and cowardly, it holds out every possible encouragement to the bully and the tyrant, while it sanctions the ruin and destruction of the weak and unprotected. If proper instructions had been given to the Admiral, he must have com ported himself in a different manner. How far otherwise was the course advocated by the American commander ; he acted more in accordance with the old English style and spirit, and advocated a policy that belonged to the days of old, when the name of England was respected in every land and on every sea. We wonder to what lengths our Government will proceed in their prosecution of these pusillani mous plans. But they may go too far, and raise the feeling of the country against them until it finds ex pression in a manner that they cannot misunder stand or discredit. For want of a little timely ex hibition of firmess valuable property has been sacri ficed to a very considerable extent ; but far worse than this loss is the precedent established, and the fatal principle of inaction laid down. The arrangements for the Conference have now proceeded so far that it is expected the first sitting will take place by the end of next week, or before that date. All the Powers, in signifying their ac ceptance of the invitation, have notified that they will take measures to prevent the occurrence of any " act of hostility until a definite decision" has been come to by the Conference. Prussia, it is said, has accepted the Conference without conditions. If so, it shows that a change has, indeed, come over the dream of llerr BISMARCK, since he was ready to move heaven and earth to interpose propositions of his own. In this reply the Berlin Government declare that the Schleswig-Holstein question did not cause the "imminence of war," for that Prussia never had the intention to go to war on that account, but that the threatening armaments of Austria and Saxony were the reason of its approach. The Presse goes so far as to say that the Emperor NAPOLEON will preside at the Conference, and that M. DROUYN DE LITUYS will be merely the second " Plenipotentiary," but this is scarcely probable, because the Emperor would not like to be so prominently mixed up in the matter. Count BISMARCK is expected to arrive in Paris soon, and it will be a great pity if he goes to the Confer ence to represent Prussia, for he is so in fatuated that he is most likely to cause con fusion and disturbance. In fact his presence on such a memorable occasion would be most unpro pitious, and if the King of PRUSSIA has any dis cernment he will not suffer him to go there. It is believed that the plan adopted by Austria in Paris will be to state that Venetia has been given to her by European treaties, and that the right of posses sion has been confirmed by the Treaty of Zurich. She has respected this treaty, although others have violated it, and therefore she claims Venetia on the same principle that the cession of Lombardy has been respected. It will be much regretted if Austria pursues this course, and she will be letting slip an opportunity that may not occur again in suhurry. Just now, in consequence of recent affairs, the general sympathy of Europe is on her side, but she will cast that to the winds, if she persist in adhering to old worn out treaties in this head-strong fashion. It is added that the Austrian representative at the Conference will probably assert, that if the i n t erests of Europe require the cession of Venetia, Austria must be compensated, and that the compensation must come from Prussian territory, because Prussia has raised the late turmoil for the purpose of depriving her of Venetia. The Con ference will be held in the Salon du Congres at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is so called because the Congress of Paris was held in it. All due re spect has been paid to the affair by the EMPEROR atnhodstehwosheo takewh who settle things in Paris ; and it is to be hoped that their example will be followed by may be a Conferencepart in in the discussions, asiscu well a ssions,a s n in d thatnam name, t , con the better which distract momenta and d d u c n u g e s t Ln s o v e better s e ttl emen t o f th e ex politics of Eu rope at this m.m A v P e e r y r I)larduouse x the task is before them, and they wi • ll need all their energies and abilities to get out of the dilemma with anything like success. In the A • nstrian hint as to coopentatioa frQui Prussian tarit, Q • • TM) and i s the , Prussian declaration that the menaces of Austria have induced the war now threatening, we find some indication of the bitter state of feeling that prevails in those kingdoms. Austria will have a great advantage over Prussia in the event of a war, on account of the general support she will meet with. The Municipality of Pesth has forwarded an address to the EMPEROR, in which it declares that Hungary is ready to de vote all her forces and treasures to repulse any attacks that are made against the nationality. It is so far fortunate that the Prussian people have been so much against the war, because it may in duce Herr BISMARCK to come to better terms at the Conference than could possibly have been expected of him were he sure of support at home whatever befell. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRO3I OUP. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The whole of the news of which we are in pos session to-day leads to the hope that affairs have assumed a pacific phase. My information of the consent to the Conference by the different powers is confirmed, and it is said officially that it will begin its labours without delay, either at the Palace of the Elysee or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, probably at the latter locality. The France says that the adhesions of the Powers are without re serve, and that M. Bismarck will be present at the Conference. The questions to be discussed will turn necessarily on the Duchies of the Elbe, Federal Reform, and the " Italian differences." The Moniteur does not communicate any addi tional facts, but it says that the steps taken by France, England, and Russia for the meeting of a Congress have excited great satisfaction throughout Europe. The English papers, it adds, are unani mous in their approval, and several of the Russian journals speak in terms full of wisdom. The Ger man population generally look upon war with little favour, and the Italians themselves, in spite of the excitement prevalent on the other side of the Alps, do homage to this amicable interposition of the great neutral Powers. On the other hand the Constitutionnel says— " Although agreeing to the Conference, the Powers engaged in the dispute have not, up to the present time, as has been wrongly stated, suspended either their movements or their military preparations. The proof of this is the departure of Marshal Benedek for the headquarters at Olmutz, the statement of the Gazette de l' Allenzagne du Nord that the concentra tion of the Prussian troops will be proceeded with, and the raising of additional volunteers in Italy. The number of battalions of Infantry to be raised there will now be forty-two. There has been a terrible and disastrous occur rence in the Rue de Belleville, near La Villetta, au explosion at the manufactory of M. Aubin, who makes fireworks for the Emperor. The accounts are somewhat confused at present, but the number of victims is at least 20. There were about 1,2001 b. of gunpowder on the premises. Most of the persons employed were women. One account says that the remains of 21 persons were found, so mutilated that it was impossible to recognise either age or sex. One woman gave birth to a child at the moment of the explosion. They were preparing fireworks of a peculiar kind which explode on coming into contact with the air. Thirty persons at least have been more or less seriously injured. The locality presents an aspect really terrible. It looks as if there had been an earthquake. The walls areblown away. The gas lamps are broken to pieces. The municipal authorities and the firemen, aided by the inhabi tants, were upon the spot without delay, but they could only be spectators of the scene of death and desolation. There is to be a solemn interment of the victims to-morrow. Another account says that 17 dead bodies were extricated almost carbonized. The force of the explosion may be judged of from the fact that window frames have been shattered and projectiles found at a distance of 300 yards. It was horrible to see men and women rush from the flames, their clothes on fire, and their hands, faces, and other parts of the body shockingly burnt. There has not been such a dreadful occurrence in Paris since the accident on the Versailles Railway in 1842. Limbs and other portions of bodies were precipitated to a considerable distance from the manufactory. All the remains have been collected and transported to the cemetery. The Emperor, on hearing of the calamity, imme diately proceeded without delay to the spot and ex pressed the utmost sympathy for the sufferers. His Majesty also expressed his intention and desire to do anything in his power to mitigate the effects of the terrible event. The assembled thousands re ceived his Majesty with even more than the usual display of popular regard and affection. Among other acts of devotion was that of a priest who prayed over the remains as they were extracted from the ruins. Seldom have more lamentable scenes and incidents been witnessed. Parents, and hus bands, and wives rushed to the spot, and when bodies were extricated they were so burned, dis figured, and mutilated that persons nearly and dearly related to each other could not identify the remains. The Emperor has begun to manifest his sympathy and regret by sending 5,000 f. to be distributed among the sufferers. To-morrow I shall be able to send a more exact account of the loss of life and mischief. In the meantime it is known that of the 45 workmen usually employed only three were ab sent at the time of the disaster. The last account up to the time I write is that the number of dead is 22. It may be as well again to allude to the extraor dinary statements about the Conference and the war. Although, as will be seen above, the official announcement gives reason to suppose that it will assemble immediately, yet the Journal des Debats says " The meeting of the Conference will pro bably be delayed for some days, the Diet having decided to make known the con tents of the " identical Notes" to the German Governments. This, no doubt, is only a formality, but whatever haste may be employed to fulfil the task, it will take time. Besides, it is not probable that, under present circumstances, German diplo macy will think it expedient to depart from the tra ditional customs of delay, which it considers a matter of dignity. These inevitable delays lead to the belief that the Conference will not meet until the latter portion of June. In the meantime, there is no cessation in the military preparations. This statement relative to the Conference is in direct contradiction to that of the Patrie, which says it will assemble in the course of next week. The Pays gives a .curious illustration of igno rance, as well as the manufacture of news, to which I have alluded. It says that some of the provincial French papers have correspondence from Paris, in which the writer speaks of the cordial reception of Mr. Layard by the Emperor. He adds that, when Mr. Layard was about to leave, the Emperor said to him, with emotion, " Tell Lord Russell and Lord Palmerston that I hope soon to see one or both of them in Paris." M. Vital Dubray, the sculptor, is engaged upon a statue of the Empress Josephine. It is in white Italian marble, and will be placed in the Avenue de l'lmperatrice Josephine, near the Triumphal Arch in the Champs Elys6es. The amount paid for admissions to the race course and the grand stand, on the day when the Great Prize was run for, amounted to little short of £5,000 sterling. The Duke of Beaufort is said to have won two millions of francs Are not sports men going a-head in France? THE COURT OF AFPEAL.—SIIOUId any vacancy occur in the office of Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal, it has been arranged by her Majesty in Council that ono of those important judgeships shall be held by the Master of the Rolls for the time being, and a now Vice- Chancellor be created. The Master of the Rolls, by virtue of his office, keeps the records of the kingdom, and is also a judge in Chancery ; but at present his decisions aro sub ject to appeal before the Lords Justices or the Lord Chancellor. :WILVS YOUR DOC . = ?-SWRIZON'tS Pte' LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAIT S.) THE WAR CRISIS. VENICE, MAY 31. The official Gazette of Venice confirms the intel ligence that Austria has positively refused to enter tain any project for the cession of Venetia; that she proposes the solution of the Schleswig-Holstein question to be brought about by the convocation of the estates of those Duchies, and maintains the in competence of the Conference to discuss the affairs of the Germanic Confederation. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JUNE 1. Colonel Kiss of the French army arrived here at the beginning of the week. He had an interview with the French Ambassador and several high per sonages, and returned to Paris after one day's stay. A certain importance is attached to his journey. BERLIN, MAY 29. Prince Albert the elder is to have an important cavalry ccmmand. Major-G enera l von Bl umenthal has been appointed chief of the staff to the Crown Prince. According to present arrangements, the various army corps will not be kept together entire, but single regiments from different corps support those first engaged in active service. The whole Prus sian formation has undergone a complete change in consequence of the determination not to assume the offensive. The Crown Prince and Prince Frederick Charles have been appointed to command divisions. The King will certainly command in chief, and his Ma jesty's field equipment is already completed. The King's head-quarters will not be settled until the commencement of hostilities is close at hand. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JUNE 1. The Vienna papers of to-day confirm the news that Count Mensdorff will be the Austrian Plenipo tentiary at the Paris Conference. SPAIN AND CHILI. FLORENCE, JUNE 1. Letters received here from Peru, to the 28th April, announce that the Italian Minister, Signor Migliorati, had interposed his good offices between Admiral Nunez and the Peruvian Gouernment. On the departure of the mail, on the 28th April, a favourable result was expected from the negotia tions. The Nazione of to-day believes that the Govern ment, in its Note accepting the Conference, has avoided touching upon questions liable to create discussion, in order not to delay the opening of the Conference. TURKEY. CONSTANTIN OPLE, MAY 30. It has been definitively arranged that the annual tribute paid to Turkey by the Viceroy of Egypt is to be increased by £350,000. It is said that should an European Congress meet Fuad Pacha will represent the Sublime Porte. THE CALCUTTA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 165 passengers, £3,230 in specie, plate value 250 pounds, 1,997 chests of tea, 1,000 packages of sundries, and 468 bales of raw silk, value £40,000 sterling. The Pera experienced strong south-westerly winds and a heavy sea across the Bay of Biscay and up Channel. On the 28th she spoke the British ship Mersey, and on the 30th ultimo the steamers Massilia and Bernice. Her Majesty's ships Victoria, Royal Oak, Re sistance, Wizard, Cockatrice, Hibernia, and Psyche were at Malta. The Spanish frigate Gerona had returned from Madeira to Cadiz. GIBRALTAR, MAY 27. The British steamers Grecian, Adalia, and Luxor from Liverpool, the Meteor from Swansea, and the Spartan from Glasgow, have arrived. Exchange on London, 49i ; on Paris, 5.25 ; Marseilles, 5.16 ; Madrid, 2 dis. ; Cadiz, 5 dis. ; Seville, Ito dis ; Malaga, 1 dis. ; yremium on 5 franc pieces, 1} per cent. other place. In foreign bottoms the duty is also 100 f. for the same weight. The Moniteur de la Meurthe relates a 'lament able accident which has happened to M. Deisch, secretary to M. Chevandrier ds Valdrome, Deputy. The unfortunate gentleman, while travelling by the mail train, happened to put his head out of the carriage window at the moment of passing a bridge, with which his head came in contact, and his skull was smashed in. Medical assistance was promptly procured, but M. Deisch expired in a few hours. A statue to the dramatic writer Collin d'Harle ville was inaugurated two days back at Maintenon (Eure-et-Loir), his birth-place. The Independance Beige, in speaking of the resig nation of the Spanish Minister of Finance, M. Alonzo Martinez, observes :--" This is a great loss to the Government, as M. Martinez is a liberal minded man, who had set to work seriously to restore order to the finances of Spain. There is reason to presume that the motive for his retirement is less the state of his health than the difficulties he had met with in the accomplishment of his task, and the attacks made on him in the Cortes." The Moniteur says :—" Advices received from Alexandria and Djeddah represent the sanitary state of the lledjaz as very satisfactory. The num ber of pilgrims who have arrived at Mecca is far less than in previous years, and especially than in 1865." Letters from Venice announce that the Jesuits are evacuating their houses in that city in order to remove to the north of the Empire. Madame Poujade, nee Princess Ghika, wife of the French Consul-General at Turin, has just died, aged only twenty-five years. BOURSE, May 31, Two o'clock.—The reponse des primes is taking place to-day at the following rates: —French Rente, 64f. 95c.; Italian Fives, 41f. 80c. ; and Credit Mobilier Shares, 535 f. The market opened on yesterday's closing quotation, but has gradually dropped, and lower prices are now sub mitted to. Threes are now at 65f. 5c., or 30c. lower. Italian Fives are quoted 41f. 85c., a de cline of 20c. The loss on Credit Mobilier Shares is 5f., viz., 540 f., and on Credit Foncier Shares 12f. 50c.—viz., 1,170 f. Railway Shares are likewise dealt in at lower quotations. Lyons have declined sf.—to 805 f. ; Lombard, if. 25c.—to 307 f. 50f. ; and Austrian, sL—to 315 f. English Consols have been been telegraphed without variation. Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations : 41 per Cents — Do. end month — 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 65 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1167 50 BALL Bank Shares — Italian Loan — Do. end month 4l 50 Mexican Loan 3l 50 Do. Bonds 250 Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred 'AYS. For Account. Orleans Northern lOB5 Lyons and Mediterranean BO5 Southern Western 527 50 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 307 50 North of Spain ll7 50 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona — Roman — THE BOMBAY MAILS. MALTA, MAY 31. The Syria and Poonah will leave here at 8 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 3d, and the latter at Southampton on the 3th June. The China, from Southampton May 20th, reached Malta on the 28th at 9 a.m., and left at 9 p.m. for Alexandria. The Nyanza, from Marseilles May 28, arrived on the 30th at 8 p.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria. SUEZ, MAY 31, 5 p.m. The Simla arrived here this afternoon. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 31. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday at the Tuileries, the Emperor presiding. The Empress was present. The Emperor and Empress the day before yes terday again went to inspect the works in progress at the Trocadero. Their Majesties walked about for nearly an hour re - garding the various operations. Prince Charles Bonaparte arrived the day before yesterday at Marseilles from Algiers. "Public opinion throughout Europe," observes the Moniteur du Soir, "has received with the greatest favour the efforts of the three neutral Courts. The English press appl au d s it una nimously. Several Russian journ a l s on t hi s su bj ec t emp l o y a lan guage marked by good sense. 'The German popu lations, generally little favourable to a war, and the Italians themselves, despite the excitement which reigns on the other side of the Alps, render homage to this amicable interposition of good offices. As for the several Cabinets interested, what is at pre sent known of their dispositions does not permit a doubt of their assent, and the various Ministers of Foreign Affairs are expected to come to Paris to take part in the deliberations." The journals of Rome contain accounts of a fear ful accident in that city. More than 100 persons were assembled at a sale in an apartment on the fourth storey of a house, when the flooring gave way, and the mass of persons falling on to that be neath, broke through that and the others below in succession. Three persons were killed, and about 30 others more or less seriously hurt. M. M. Larrainzar, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Mexico to the Court of Russia, was received last week by the Czar, to whom he presented his creden tials. He was afterwards introduced to the Em press, to whom he presented the Grand Cross of St. Charles sent by the Empress of Mexico, and handed to the hereditary Grand Duke the Grand Cross of the Mexican Eagle sent by the Emperor Maximi lian. The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree, dated 30th May, fixing the castoms on tea at 40f. per 100 kilos. when imported from the country of pro duction in French bottoms, and at 14QI, from any Revolvers Superseded. While Europe stands in arms waiting for the word to engage in a mad conflict an amount of attention greater than usual is necessarily given to the science of killing. The chances of success in war do not depend solely on the personal bravery of the troops of the respective combatants. Place any general at the head of 1,000 of the most devoted and heroic youth of Italy, armed with the old flint muskets, and pit them against 500 Croats, without education, honour, ambition, love of country, or any of the incite ments to heroism which move soldiers on the day of battle, but armed with the needle breech-loading rifle, and the thousand would fail, unless some miraculous intervention took place in their favour. There are certain natural laws which in the science of war maintain their superiority over all combinations and courage. Take the case of two riflemen skirmishing. Both, let us suppose, have got good positions, with a rea sonable amount of protection in their front in the shape of rock and gorse. We will assume them to bo equally well adjusted weapons for long-range shooting. It is clear that if ono of these soldiers can throw ten balls for one of his adversary the chances of victory aro all in his favour. Moreover, if the same combatant can load his rifle without altering his position, while his opponent has to make no end of awkward movements every time he has ,o load, the chances aro still more on the sido of the former. What is true of two individuals is true of any number of individuals in a mass. A battalion which can throw 10,000 balls for 1,000 has an immeasurable advan tage, which neither courage nor skill on the other side can equalise. Nay, a hundred men with firearms able to dis charge 100 shots a minute are more than a match for a battalion of 1,000 men, if their arms aro only able to dis charge five or six per minute. In the one case 10,000 balls would bo thrown, in the other 6,000, within the same space of time. By the processes of rifling and sighting we have perhaps arrived at as much accuracy in hitting as can be expected. What is now aimed at by all inventors, and what is desired by all Governments, is speed in loading, se that the greatest number of balls can be scientifically thrown to their destination in the briefest possible time. Prussia believes she has accomplished much in this direction by her needle breech loader, and no doubt she has. It was the witnessing her performances in the Danish war that induced our own Government to call in the assistance of Mr. Jacob Snider to convert the Enfield rifle into a breech-loader. We cannot say we are enamoured of the scheme, not because we have any doubt of Mr. Snider's being the best possible mode of doing the work, but be cause it seems to us to be throwing away money to con vert into an indifferent breech-loader a rifle of the descrip tion of the Enfield. The Americans have got a stage beyond breech-loading. They have a revolver rifle upon the same principle as Colt's pistols, the advantage on the side of such a weapon being, that by one process you can adjust for immediate use several bullets instead of one, and, after having got the range, do not require to be constantly tak ing the rifle from the shoulder and thus losing the aim. Wo have recently seen an invention which, we believe, will go far to revolutionise the whole system of modern firearms. The inventor is Mr. James Gale, whose system of rendering powder non-explosive has lately been before the country, and has, we may say, been accepted by the Government as a most valuable invention. Mr. Gale in blind, but he handles his models with almost the same ease as if he had his sight, and as he tokes an aim with the weapon which we are about to describe, he seems to be as conscious of an object before him as if his eyes were per fect. Ile is the founder and a chief supporter of the Ply mouth school for the blind. Like Professor Fawcett ho is almost able to convince us that blindness is not a heavy calamity, such hopeful and loving natures enable them ti turn into a blessing what, to men with loss clearness of intellect and goodness of heart, must be a perfect cloud of heaviness and sorrow. We do not propose to enter into its merits minutely or technically; but, speaking generally, the weapon may be described as. a skeleton firearm. The barrel, stock, and hammer are all in their places; but where the ordinary revolver has its circular breech for the reception of cart ridges, Mr. Gale's weapon contains a blank space for the reception of an horizontal slide enclosing the cartridges. These are entirely distinct from the weapon, and may be carried in one pocket while the pistol is in the other. Tho slides may be made to contain any convenient number of shots. Mr. Gale prefers them capable of holding ten cart ridges each. By passing the slide into the aperture left for it in the skeleton, the weapon is at once completed, and as fast as the trigger can be drawn the cartridges may be fired, the slide of itself passing gradually through as each cartridge is discharged. So soon as all have been fired, another slide may be slipped in, and the firing re peated as long as there is ammunition to reload the slides left. We aro within the mark when we say that 100 shots a minute may be thus fired. The process of reload ing the slides is one of great simplicity, which might be performed by any non-combatant with perfect safety, as without being inserted in the skeleton weapon the car tridges cannot explode. The principle is applicable, not only to pistols, but to rifles and cannon ; and it is not im probable that in this invention may be found the means of solving that hard problem of big guns. Given a thick armour plate, it requires a heavy gun to cope with it ; but the thicker the armour and the heavier the gun, the more unwieldy the vessel. Mr. Gale brings another principle into play. Even where one blow with a big bolt might produce effect upon an adversary, there is at present great difficulty in insuring the chance of hitting, from the unwieldy nature of the guns. Mr. Gale believes in guns less heavy, throwing a multitude of shot with such rapidity as to strike about the same spot when the range has been once obtained ; and he believes ho has devised means for moving even heavy guns with momentary cele rity for the purpose of sighting and elevation. lie con tends that repeated blows with a hundred-pounder bolt would be more calculated to produce an impression than one stroke from a six hundred-pounder, and thus the immense calibre of the new class of guns might be reduced. The principle is one which may possibly lead to a great reduction in our heavy military expenditure. Ono soldier armed with a weapon on Gale's principle would be equal to ten provided with the Enfield, and it is cheaper for us to lay out money on perfect weapons than to maintain huge battalim.—Zl4t'lll/292,4,Per, CONCERTS. May and June are now joining hands ; the musical season is therefore at its climax, and pro grammes of the most tempting description are fly ing about, thick as leaves in Vallambrosa. The pre sent week has been a busy one, both at the Queen's Concert Room and at its more imposing but not more agreeable neighbour in Regent -street. Among the performances at theformer we have but space to notice two. First in order was Madame Puzzi's on Monday afternoon, when a crowded anti fashionable audience testified to the esteem in which this lady is held, as well as to the excel lent entertainment she had put before them. Among the lady artistes were the Misses Pyne, who sang Auber's duet, " In the deep ravine," with the most delicate accuracy, Mdlle. Enequist, Madame Parepa, and the well known favourite of other days, Grisi. Our readers can imagine the mingled feelings with which the great songstress's appearance was looked for, and we were glad to see how enthusiastic was her reception. " She sang " Qui la voce" ("I Puritani"), and the " Minstrel Boy," besides taking part in a terzetto from " Norma"—the Irish ballad being, perhaps, the least effective of the three. We must not omit to notice also the new singer, A.ldlle. Mela, who be sides a " Romanza" solo, took an effective part in the " Pappatucci" trio of Rossini. This singer has been called the new lady tenor, and, really, on hearing her, we were disposed at times to think the description a correct one. Speaking of this, however, leads us to mention that the real " new tenor," Mr. Tom 'hiller, made his appear ance, first in a romanza of Donizetti's, and then in a duet of the same composer's (" Da quel di"), with Madlle. Parepa. Mr. Ilohler's figure and looks are greatly in his favour, and, with musical excellence to correspond, we may fairly say, in this case, that there is not only the " handsome is," but also the " handsome does." Among the other gentlemen who took part in the concert were Signori Ferranti, Fortuna, and Ciabatta, whose admirable perform ance of a " Terzetto Buffo" of Ricci, amused the audience greatly ; adding just that spice of the comic element which pleasantly sets off the graver fea tures of a programme. The same purpose was also well served by the " Coro finale," Martini's famous " Vadasi via di qua," which was joined in by nearly the whole body of singers. Madame Puzzi could not but congratulate herself on the entire success of the concert. Madlle. Stabbach's concert followed on Wednes day, with an equally varied selection of music, and an equally well selected corps of artistes. To the usual features of a miscellaneous concert was added the attraction of the Orpheus Glee Union, always a most agreeable feature in a programme. We have watched the career of these gentlemen from the beginning, and we know no body of singers who have better preserved their reputation, or have done more justice to the particular class of music chosen as their specialty. We hear, of course, unaccom panied music done to perfection by Air. Leslie's choir ; but that is for the most part choral music for a large body of voices. The " Orpheus" gentlemen, on the other hand, per form those delicate pieces of harmony which only admit of being done to perfection by single voices ; and we perceive that their repertoire now comprises a very varied and extensive collection both of na tive and foreign compositions ; specimens of each kind being given on the present occasion. In all solo passages Mr. Fielding is of course a tower of strength. Madlle. Stabbach herself contributed se veral pieces to the concert, and considering the ad mirable style in which they were given, we are sure the audience did not find them one too many. Mr. Ganz and Mr. Hargitt were the conductors. Photography. --- rs - M. de la Blanchiere has published a method for casting the colours of polarized light on photographs. By polarization of light natural philosophers under stand the decomposition of a ray into two, each of which has the property of becoming invisible when reflected at a certain angle ; and this decomposition is easily effected by refraction through Iceland spar. If a plate of this mineral be placed between two plates of tourmaline, the most beautiful colours will be seen on looking through at the clouds. Accord ing to the relative positions of the axes of these plates, we may obtain vivid circular or elliptical concentric rings of colours, intersected by dark crosses, or interrupted by white light, &c. It is these chromatic phenomena the author of the pro cess momentarily produces on a photograph, by fixing upon it bits of mica of proper thicknesses, and cut out according to the shape of the figure. When the photograph thus prepared is looked at through an analyzer that is made to turn round in the tube into which it is fitted the various tints appear and disappear, to be ultimately replaced by complementary colours. And thus one may pass from the colours naturally belonging to the original to other colours caricaturing it. Mr. Henry Cooper recommends the following process for executing photographs on silk. Take 6•sogms. of chloride of ammonium and 4gms of Iceland moss ; pour 600gms. of boiling water upon these substances and let the infusion stand till it is barely lukewarm ; then dip the silk in and let it remain for a quarter of an hour. It must then be sensitized with 1 - 30 gins. of nitrate in 30 cubic centimetres of water, an operation requiring sixteen minutes. When dry, the silk is exposed to the light under the negative, so as to obtain a strong impression, after which it must be thoroughly rinsed and toned with the fol lowing solution :—Water, GOOgnis. ; acetate of soda, 3.50 do. ; chloride of gold, 0.25 do., and a little chalk to neutralise acids. The print should now be fixed with a solution of 120 gins, of hypo phosphite in 500 gms. of water. Hun t's chro matype process consists in coating the paper with bichromate of potash and sulphate of copper, then printing, and afterwards treating with a solu tion of nitrate of silver and nitrate of mercury. Now, as chromic acid brought into contact with salts of aniline is transformed into blue, green, or black tints, and as Hunt's process, after insolation, sets chromic acid free in certain places and oxide in those places which have been reduced to light, Mr. Willis has come to the conclusion that if a chroma type print be dipped into a solution of salt of ani line, the parts containing chromic acid will become black and the other will undergo no change. Ex perience has shown the correctness of this view, and Mr. Willis, by sensitizing with bichromate of potash or ammonia strengthened with a little sulphuric acid, then printing and exposing the print to the action of an atmosphere of vapour and aniline, and, lastly, rinsing with acidulated water, obtains excellent photographs. Explanation. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIII,—As an act of justice to ourselves, will you allow us to state that the gentleman referred to in the morning papers of yesterday (a filthy case, not reported in The Sun) as having been charged before Mr. Mansfield (and, as we believe, unjustly) with an assault in a railway carriage, is not in any way professionally connected with us in business, nor is he a member of our firm.—Yours obediently, LEWIN & SIMEON MOSELY & SONS, Dentists. 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, May 31. THE ONLY LIKENESS OF PRINCE CHRISTIAN worthy of the name is an authorised portrait now immediately about to be published by Mr. Mitchell, of the Royal Library, Old Bond-street—a copy of which portrait has just been submitted to our con sideration. The original drawing pencilled by George Thomas—has been delicately copied upon the lithographic stone by J. A. Vinter, the printing of it having been confided to the Messrs. Day and Son, Limited. The result is so satisfactory in every way that we cannot but re gard all the other likenesses we have yet seen of his Serene Highness, the future husband of H.R.11. the Princess Helena, as nothing less than odious cari catures. Contrasted with any one of them, Mr. Mitchell's authorised Portrait of Prince Christian is delightful to look at. The Italian Government, letters from Milan state, gives if. a day to each volunteer, the money being paid each =ruing. ermlar HER MAJESTY. (2LIVEDEN, May 31. Her Majesty went out yesterday morning, attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena, and attended by the Duchess of Athole, drove out. Princess Helena drove out in the morning. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, May 3 1 . The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the ea' responding figures of the previous account DEBTOR. May 31. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 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 919,879,775 879,688, 520 Banknotes to order and m a y 24. 182,500,000 -- 7,044,776 02 receipts payable at sight 16,714,614 85 15,619,662 03 Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 332,534,087 39 290,127, 726 96 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 602,771 75 635, 819 dj Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months SurPlus of receipts not distributed — --- Sundries Total - 7 -7 7-- - 35 29 1,662,958,37 e 75 1,082,3 i 6,3 CREDITOR. May 31. M a y 24. c. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. Branch banks Commercial bills over due i7 O Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 416,639,600 81 377,475, 302 --‘ Do. branch banks 315,815,310 334,258, 571 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 13,167,340 13,622,0 40 Do. on French Public Securities 13,974,500 13599,60° --. Do. by branch banks 7,313,500 7 , 300,30 0 ' Do. on railway shares g. 2 34 1;7 3 1 1 6 5 ;8 7 0 0 0 0 _— and debentures 1). branch banks Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- 60, 000, 000 6 23 0 23 , :59 0 1 0 501 0 924 7 ' : 0 242 0 : 1 :0 " 7 -1- serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,7 a, 0 Do. disposable - -4 Rentes Immobalisdes (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000, 000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 1,883,109 09 1,537, 83 3 62 „ Sundries Total 1,662,958,377 75 4582,376,330 " Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of Franc e ' (Signed) RotTLAND. New Lifeboats. The National Lifeboat Institution sent on Wed nesday two new lifeboats to the coast. Each 13 ° 5 ss is 32 feet long, rowing 10 oars. The boats poss es the powers of self-righting, self-ejecting the wat er ' and the other essential qualities to be found in fi ret class lifeboats. One of the boats is to be stationed at Wexford, and is named the Civil Service, its cost being the handsome gift to the institution of g eu, tlemen connected with the civil service of the CroiTof the fund having been mainly collected through t il a indefatigable exertions of James A. Dow, Esq c r s n he Malcolm Goldsmith, Esq., of the Admiralty. .. 1. ) 1 institution has another lifeboat at Wexford, wh le o is named the St. Patrick. The second lifeboat is td be stationed at St. Ives, on the Cornish coast, a n named the Moses, at the re q u es t o f a b en evoler l " , lady residing in the county of Durham, w ho bas given the institution the cost of this and three other lifeboats. Her boats have already saved a large number of shipwrecked persons, an d h er former Vist at St. Ives, which this new one r eplaces, perform ed , last winter some of the nobl es t serv i ce s ever ace°' plished by a lifeboat. O ne vesse l wa s a Fren cll schooner, which was wreck e d d ur i ng a fearful st orm ; on llayne Bar. Alth oug h t h e lif e b oa t was ty le upset, and the cre w th rown i nto t h e sea , yet tibev. twice regained the b oa t, an d no bl y persevered 10 . 1 their efforts until a ll b u t one o f t h e F re nch er e,o were in their b oa t, th a t one h av i ng per i s hed in 3t, 13 tempting to reach the lifeboat. The G r eat - W .o ° r e ; and other r a il way compan i es, rea dil y ga ve a the conveyance over their lines to these boats, t°' n , coast ; and C ommo d ore T ar l eton, R.N.C.8., C on " troller-Gene ra l t o th e C oastguar d , ki n dl y pertnitl ra the Wexfo r d lif e b oa t t o b e towe d f rom N e w Mi lf° o to its stati on b y a revenue cru i ser. We In3Y that the National Lifeboat Institution has 11 011 ` 6 e lifeboats under its charge. Of these boats 1 8 a stationed on the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, 3/1 28 on the Irish coast. Select Committee on Theatrical Licence° and Regulations. • The following suggestions have been handed i f ll t ; this committee by Mr. Pownall, the chairman o Middlesex Magistrates, for their consideration :"-to 1. A total repeal of the present act, so far as relates licences. 2. Not only all theatres, and other places for scenic re ; presentations, but also all places at which any st dancing, whether " ballet d'action" or " ballet diV er 7 o r e d ment," takes place, to be licensed solely by the Ch 3. amberlain. er The justices to be empowered to grant licences e'"ins for music only, or for music, and dancing, but such to be that of the public and not of performers. l ade . /4 4. No place to bo licensed for dancing (except 11- 0 1 0 special temporary licence) unless rated at not les s £2OO a-year. 5. N lace lire it - AndiiyuSie _.o place licensed either for music, or I , " tt e' dancing, to be open for any purpose between midnight 6 a.m., or on Sundays, &c. rad 6. Justices to be empowered to grant special tenlP°.,g, licence to any place, either for music, or music and ( 10c , 0 - in the same manner as now provided as to a teroP°' licence for the sale of exciseable liquors. 7. Places licensed for music, or for music and dene le to be subject to like visitation and inspection of rile° alla All houses licensed for sale of exciseable liquors, itioS offences to be dealt with in like manner, but the should be more heavy. No penalties by qui fain act i°9 ,; 8. Licences to be granted to the holder of the P:t entertainment, and not for the user of the place with° regard to the holder. to 9. Any licence for music, or for music and &lic i t of be transferred at the Petty S ess i ons , a s in the en licences for sale of exciseable liquors. „ n AO 10. A fee of 10s. to be paid on the grant of a lic e ' -e. a fee of ss. on a transfer. We are authorised to state that there is n o , --f° d 111 :1; dation whatever for the p aragra ph which was coPe t -that our impression of yesterday f rom the Owl, to the effe.aoll the late Dowager Lady Truro has bequeathed to h er Ole of Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge the Wl4° her fortune and the house in Eaton-square.— Vine s ' tho YacwrlNG.---Captain his Royal Ilighnes3ooo. m of o N d v j o , r ic e h o a f l t .c h a e Duke of Edinburgh, R.N., has accepted the oft/c° of gr teta t ß s or a l h A se lb a e: p - t o Y rt a s c o h io t o C th lu . , t h h is e ug h a ltb° l3o 4 not yet established quite 18 months, has already a t club'tAz ot y'4 a s most enviable position. It is named, by her b as n he th s e c y o the permission, after the late Prince Consort; it n° ber g a n c d h s t o in n g of the Queen at its head ; its list of raetailoto i comprises 150 names, many beine• among the most f3- „. 0 of world, and the gross aggrega te t°32l°b its yachts verging closely upon 3,000. ble t° THE WEATHER IN CANADA.--We are Un3 say whether we aro in summer or winter.—sliontreed Ts script, May 18. 11 iq ea DI SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM.—A notice, 5 -... sta tic the chief cons t a bl e , has been posted in Liverpool, 6 l , la his belief that certain warehouse fires in Liverpool roowarj have been the work of incendiaries, an d offering a a, effec t. of £lOO to any one who should give groof to th . ' bo o On Wednesday night, at half-past 10, a fire suddenlY It out in a cotton warehouse in Fultou-stree t, er burnt with great rapidity, but by the efforts otrilt ol d brigades it was confined to the upper stories effort` e .a an ginated. A largo quantity of cotton was destro): b ed t he injured. The circumstances of this fire strengtbi' i tt ef t wit belief in inceudiarism, and there is a g rowing b e _ it h th e the labourers out on striko have some connection mischief. iy ( eu~ C~ Cot C ut La, F t 0 CO ~so Do,