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despair. He is retreating more and more into the TA IFEBOAT SERVICES.--Daring the storms i of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifebaatinterior of his own country, SO that the Northern pur institution have saved 432 persons from differenton £19,531 14s. wrecks sd. suers will have the disadvantage of fighting him on our coasts. The Institution also expended in the same period on lifeboat establishments , inaddition to his own ground, they granting .£1,569 as rewards for savingthemselves being in the sons by its lifeboats, and other means. 693 shipwrecked per- The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to enemy's States. The grand attack and defeat of the public for ASSISTANCE to enable themto meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution' s 110 lifeboat which SO much is made by SHERIDAN and establishments. GRANT mayossibl when we learn the C o nt r ibutions are received by Messrs. Willis and Co., , py, 'Terries and Co., Cou tts and Co., and by all the London and whole truth, reso l ve it se lf i n t o a reso l u te stand country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Le wis , Esq ., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. made by the rear-guard to cover the retreat of the main body. The New York Times may rejoice over the supposed conversion of the great Confe derate army into " a rabble rout," and may kindly and judiciously assure him that a wholesale sur render is the only course left to him ; but the fact appears to be "that the evacuation of Richmond was resolytd upon long before, and that the work has be - en gradually going on for some time previous to the fight at Petersburg. The New York Times, summing up the recent events in a manner peculiar to itself, says of LEE that, "he was disastrously defeated on Sunday, abandoned Richmond on Mon day, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in flight, was routed on Thursday, was at his wits' end what to do on Friday, which difficulty he can solve by surren dering to-day." General LEE, as events have often proved, is not quite so readily driven to " his wits' end," and it is likely enough that he will give his Federal friends a good deal more trouble before he is reduced to that extremity. His present object is very probably to effect a junction with JOHNSTONE, whose army, however overlooked or sneered at by the North, has, we know, been sufficiently strong to arrest the victorious progress of SHER3IAN, .of whom, by these last few mails, we hear nothing. The mere 'transfer of the nominal capital can hardly prove so disastrous to the Confederacy as the Northern leaders would fain believe, and we must always remember that as yet we have no word from the South. The Confederates would very likely rather allow appearances to go entirely against them at first than reveal their plans to the enemy. LEE is now freer to act than he has ever been before, pro vided only that he has men enough to carry out his purposes. Had the slaveholders been less dila tory and unwilling in sacrificing their supposed private good for public ends he would at present have many more troops under his command. But until LEE has actually abandoned the struggle, his sympathisers in Europe need not do so for him. The, courage of despair has often proved more powerful than the courage of success. 'Those who have all to gain and nothing to lose may well fight with a desperation unknown to those who imperil their wealth, their position, their ties of home and of kindred. Mobile still holds out, the Federal attack upon it having as yet proved unsuccessful so that the Federal arms are not yet wholly invinc ible. THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE FAG 'nu, te.rol.l.ting with the fall of Wolsey. Alissra. Phelps, W alter Lacy ; Miss Atk'nson. _ . After which. on a scale of greAt splendour, trilton's Mask of COMUS : Messrs. Walter Lacy, Witbye Cowy , r, lien i Drayton, Miss roole, Miss Augusta Th*nison, and Mrs. 11. Vezio, THEATR E-R YA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S NIOTHER. Mr. Chip pendale ; Miss N. Moore, Miss .!nowdon, Miss F. Wright, &c. Alter which, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE. Messts. Sothern, Compton, Howe, Farreu, Braid, Ake ; Mesdames Stuart, Lovell, Buckstone, Followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. And EASY SHAVING. Miss Louise Keeley, Miss F. Wright; Messrs. Clark, Gordon, Rogers, &o. To commence at 7. 'JEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— sole Proprietor and Manager. far. B. Webster. TO-NIGHT, THE LOVE CHASE. Wildrake (Ist time), Mr. Billington ; Waller (Ist time), Mr. Jordan ; Messrs. Ash ley, Stephenson. Widow Breen (24th time), Mrs. Stirling I Constance (24th time), Miss Henrietta Simms ; Lydia, Miss Sophia Young. After which, Bth time, a new Extravaganza, entitled PAN; or, The Loves of Echo and Narcissus. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, 0. J. Smith, R. homer, Miss Woolgar, Alias K. Kelly, Miss Lillian Bruce, and Miss A. Seam n. To conclude with THE STEEPLECUASE ; or, In the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Dlr. echter. THIS EVENING, SIMPSON AND CO. Messrs. Sam. Emery, C. Horsman, Collett; Mesdames Elsworthy, eu rado, E. Boyce, and Mrs. C. Horsman. After which, at halt-past Eight, THE MOUNTEBANK. Belphegor (the 31,untebank). Mr. Pechter; Paul (his s n l , Mater Fechter ; supported by Messrs. Widdicumb, Ryder, S. Emery, FAzpatrick, E. Garden, C. Horsman, Raymond, Moreland; Miss C. Leclercq, Mdlle. Beatrice, and Mrs. C. horsman. Doors open at Half-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr, David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. After which, ARRA!' NA FOGUE : blcs , rs. Dion Bowl cault, J. Brougham, 11. Vandenheff, D. Fisher, 1). Murray; Mrs. Boucicault and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and .Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. VHS ItIVENING, at 7, CROSS PURPOSES: Mr. Par selle ; Miss Palmer. After which, at 8, ONE TREE HILL. Alessi's. Craven, Stoyle, Jame 3, Belford ; Miss A. Swanborough and Miss Al. Palmer. To conclude with PATIENr PENELOPE. Miss Simp son. GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. 'V A MOSES AND S 0 N • respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON bve particular attention to this important branch of th e i r usiness, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are such as must satisfy the most economical. Tnis depart ment is in a distinct part of the premises, which will be found a gre vt convenience for ladies and children, The Montreal raiders are still exciting attention, and our Canadian legal functionaries are playing strange tricks with them. They have been again released, and again re-arrested and sent to Toronto, under the charge of misdemeanour. The Federal Government has very wisely withdrawn its claim for their surrender, so that their ultimate fate will rest exclusively to the colonial authorities. The general character of the military news we ' may believe to be very much exaggerated, and to partake of the prevailing excitement and enthu siasm in New York; and it is also well to remember that stockjobbers on both sides of the Atlantic are interested in making " the worse appear the better MOSES AND SON • respectfully invite public attention to their large and well-assorted cause." The sewage commission has just issued its third report, which very briefly sums up the present state of the question. The commissioners appear to have gained one step at least. They are thoroughly con vinced of the soundness of the principle of applying sewage to agricultural purposes. Their last report bore date August, 1861, and since then they have steadily continued their experiments at Rugby, be sides examining into the results of all kindred in quiries and experiments. The result of all these examinations is that they submit the conclusions at which they have arrived to theLordsCommissioners with considerable confidence. The substance of these conclusions is as follows :—The right way to dispose of town sewage is to apply it to the land, and only by such means can the purity of rivers be preserved. The financial results of such application will necessarily be different on different soils and with varying circumstances, but where the remune ration is not sufficient to cover the attendant ex pense, a trifling rate in aid might with advantage be raised. The commission, therefore, proposed two theories as a basis for legislation. Ist, That where rivers are polluted by the discharge of town sewage, the towns may reasonably be required to desist from causing that public nuisance. 2dly, That where town populations are injured in health by the sewage, they may reason ably be required to provide a system of sewers for its removal. Upon these two points a legislative enactment may very properly be based, and the great importance of the question demands that should be immediately attended to. The preserva tion of the rivers means also a good supply of water and an abundance of fish ; the one a positive necessity for health, the other a cheap and whole some source of food for the people. The sewage which poisons the water benefits the land in reverse proportion, and the experiments of the Commission support their arguments by the ultimate effect of the application of sewage to the soil, upon the grasses, the cattle, the quality and quantity of the meat, and milk. Very instructive facts may be gathered from their report, which goes far to solve the many problems which have hitherto attended this subject. We hope our legislators will lose no time in doing their part, and will deal with the matter promptly and efficiently. There is nothing at all surprising in the circum stance of a meeting being held in Manchester for the purpose of consulting upon the erection of - a monument to the late Mr. COBDEN. It is, indeed, only an appropriate occurrence, and one that might have been expected to have taken place. From the tone that pervaded the meeting it was evident that the greatest unanimity prevailed, and that those who assembled were actuated by the desire of offering a tribute to the departed statesman. Mr. ASHWORTH moved a resolution to the effect that, "in the opi nion of the meeting, a statue of the late RICHARD COBDEN would constitute a suitable memorial of his eminent services to the country generally, and to this locality in particular." In the course of the speech in which he proposed this, Mr. ASHWORTH remarked that the leading particulars of the life of him whom they were met to commemorate were familiar to every one. He briefly reviewed the chief arts of 'Mr. COBDEN'S career, and pointed out the services which he had rendered to the country by his assiduous efforts. In furtherance of this he gave some estimates, which certainly spake for themselves in force and expression. In 1864 the 47 millions of exports of 1842 had grown to 160 millions, and £ 1 2,800,000 of cotton manufactures had become 54 millions. The consequences of cheaper food also were apparent in many ways, for the people had more to spare for their clothing and other things. Education had become more diffused, and travelling had also greatly increased, for hither to such a thing had been rare among the working classes. Also there were evident tokens of improve ment among the middle classes in consequence of SPRING STOCK. MOSES AND SON'S E•"SANDRINGHAM" and "DANISH" WRAPPER introduced by them) is the newest and most fashionib:e style of Overcoats for the season. EMOSES AND SON'S • READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOTHING for all classes and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S ~• CELEBRATED "INDISPENSABLE" SUIT, from 30s, MOSES AND ~• lIOSIERY and DILIPERY, !or all classes and all ages. S 0 N'S El MOSES AND SON'S • BATS AND CAPS, fur all c asses and all ages. EMOSES AND SON'S • BOOTS and SHOES, for all classes and all ages. MOSES AND SON'S E• OUTFITS, for atl classes, all ages, and all climates. E• MOSES AND SON'S LONDON HOUSES, 154, 155, 156, 157, Minories; 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, Aldgate 506, 507, 508, New Oxford —street ; 1,2, 3, Hart-street 137, 138, Tottenham-court-road ; 288, Euston-road Also, Bradford, Yorkshire. MOSES AND SON'S • Establishments are closed every Friday evening, at Auuset until Saturday evening at sunset, when business is re sumed until 11 o'clock. All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. Any article nut approved of will he exchanged, or the money returned. 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A PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY, With a copy of The Ann PRICE 4D. ; STAMPED, SD. ; is presented GRATIS (with a Supplement) A MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPHED FAC SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUN of MONDAY, the 2d January, 1865. * * For the convenience of Subscribers wishing to preserve the Photograph, a suitable frame is pro vided, and may be had at The Sun Office, price ls. The Photograph, ON CARD, 6d. ; or mounted in frame, is. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, Bh. 30m.—Afternoon, 9h. 15m. To - Moußow.-Morning, 9h. 54m.—Afternoon, 10h. 33m. 3 . 0 11 t0 -T r 44 -4 54.4 i, Wr. - 0 4 • 4, ,S,k , Wit dr-N LOND ON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1865. The Northern States are still in the full tumult of excitement, which the official despatches take care to keep up. Th e , Federal generals have pressed hardly upon the retreating forces of the South, and, according to the latest intelligence, still, however, received exclusively from Northern sources, SHERI DAN had provoked LEE to a combat at Farmville, on the Lynchburg Railway, in which he captured General EWELL and a large number of prisoners. The capitulation of LEE is confidently looked for in so me quarters, and was even reported to have taken —a rerort which, however, was very soon proved to be without foundation. LINCOLN has been strongly urged by all parties to offer a compre hensive amnesty, on condition of the immediate submission of the Southern people, and altogether the Northern accounts convey a most flattering picture of their own fortunes. But there are two or three considerations which might very well serve to moderate their triumphant security, if they would give heed to them. The Confederates, so far from resigning all hope of nationality, are already talking of a new capital at Augusta, in Georgia, a strong and central position. LEE himself has not been cap tured, nor does he show any signs of exhaustion or p lace - ME SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1865.-' No doubt Mr. SI3ION'S Annual Report on Public Health will receive more than usual attention this year. It is always of consequence, but just now its significance must be apparent to all. The most important item is that of the sanitary regulations that are now receiving so large a share of public notice. The dreadful effects of over-crowding are commented on, and all who peruse them must be struck by the sad pictures put before them. Many will be astonished to find that in the country there is often as much inconvenience and misery arising from this as in the towns. Dr. J. HUNTER, who has made an investigation into this matter, under the superintendence of Mr. SimoN, has furnished particu lars which may startle many. It must surprise many doubtless to find this out, but it is adduced on sure evidence, and carried out by personal obser vation. A few of the facts here recounted speak volumes as to the necessity that exists for some change taking place. When only one cottage out of fourteen possessed two bedrooms, and when six persons with four children sleep in one bed room, it needs very little to be said to show the injurious system prevailing. The accommodation of these places is on a par with their small dimen sions and over-supply of occupants. They seem, indeed, hotbeds for plague and pestilence to flourish in, admirably calculated to render the lives of those who dwell therein as wretched as possible, and also most inimical to all morality and decency. The Report of the Sanitary Committee of Cork also discloses some sad details, and adduces striking instances of the faulty condition of things. A practice has been current among some of the poor to underlet portions of their rooms to nightly lodgers. The want of drainage is very deplorable, and the atmosphere surrounding the dwellings is rendered thereby most offensive. The sanitary arrangement of these places is also of the worst possible description, and reflects great dis credit upon all who have to do with them. In several of these tracks six, eight, and ten families reside, thus:there are eight, and sometimes more, human beings in one apartment, which they use for everything. It need hardly be said that with this accumulated evidence there will be no excuse for the members of the Legislature if they neglect to do something decisive this session in the way of ameliorating this sad condition of things. It is evident that health is at a discount in all places where such a system prevails as is disclosed by the reports of commissioners, and it is incumbent upon the authorities to take up the matter in right earnest, and so to arrange their plans that the enactments of the law may rigorously enforce the discontinuance of all these objectionable customs which are becom ing a national nuisance. ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY JOHN LEECH.—The inte rest which attached to the name and works of the late John Leech during his lifetime, and still more so after his death, will now be revived and strengthened by the sale of a large collection of his original designs, which is about to take place at the rooms of Messrs. Christie, Man son, and Woods, King-street, St. James's.. The exhibition was open to private view yesterday, and drew together a numerous assemblage of persons, many of whom are dis tinguished either for high social position or fora cultivated knowledge of the fine arts. The collection comprises, ac cording to the catalogue, the original designs for the poli cal cartoons and pictures of life and character which have appeared in Punch duaing the last 20 years, and also the designs for the comic histories, '• Ingoldsby Legends," " Jorrocks's Hunt," "Ask Mamma," "Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds," and other sporting novels, (to. The lots number in all 659 ; but it must be understood that, in a great many instances, there are several separate sketches—sometimes not less than 9or 10—in one frame, and all are so mounted as to produce an effect at once striking and artistic. In deed the conservers of these sketches have shown much taste and judgment by the manner in which they have placed kindred subjects together in one selection, so that no incongruities shall occur to weaken the result which the artist himself would have desired to produce. The collection is certainly a most interesting one, affording as it does to the student in art an opportunity of observing how John Leech first thought out his humorous conceptions, and also the rapid progress he made in that art which he so long and so conspicuously adorned. A large majority of the subjects here represented are perfectly familiar to the readers of Punch and other publications illustrated by Leech ; and it is not a little amusing to notice the effect produced upon a spectator when he discovers an old and valued friend whom ho has never seen fresh from tho artist's pencil, ,but only under that guise which it has derived from the handicraft of the engraver. Some are so sufficiently finished to con vey the idea that Leech intended to preserve them, whilst others are nothing more than the barest outlines, apparently dashed off as mere memoranda for future guidance ; but whatever may have been the desire of the artist, and how ever much the designs may vary in point of intrinsic worth, all are admirable and inimitable in their way, presenting, on the whole, a combination which may be called a monu ment to the skill and patient industry of an original thinker and conscientious worker. In addition to the pencil sketches just alluded to, there are several pictures in oil by Mr. Leech, many of which are now seen for the first time, whilst others were formerly exhibited at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. These productions in oil are, of course, objects of great attraction ; but it may be , questioned whether they are so well calculated to awaken general at tention alPthe more sketchy and far less elaborate emana tions from the artist's pencil. The sale promises to be ono of much interest not only to the connoisseur but to the general public, and there can be no doubt that the proceeds will reach a considerable amount. SHEEP WORRYING IN ENGLAND.—Last week four sheep and twelve lambs were found to heve been worried in a field at Wingfield, Derbyshire. From the statement of the owner's servant it appears that there had been. two dogs at them, as there were two dogs lying down in the field, apparently having been exhausted by their work of destruction, but they ran away when the servant made his appearance. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.—At a large meeting of the Governors of this institution, held yesterday, Mr. Samuel Solly, F.R.S., of Smile-row, was re-elected senior surgeon to the hospital. the increased export trade. " Free lilgaries, public parks, and means of recreation for the people were all attributable to the effect of that wise policy this meeting desired to memorialise." There was more weight in the observations of Mr. AsnwoßTH in their practical tendency than there might have been in a more discursive and eloquent oration, for he exaggerated nothing, and did not trust to the flight of fancy, but derived his force from reason and judgment. Hence his speech may fairly be con sidered as a very fitting enunciation of the subject before the meeting, and as a correct summary of the career of Mr. COBDEN in its most striking fea tures and noticeable details. Mr. HEYWOOD, who seconded the resolution, said, very appropriately, that there was a custom with an ancient nation to to gather a sheaf of early corn at Easter, and to wave aloft this symbol among the people as a token of thankfulness for the abundance of the land. It was not fanciful, he went on to say, to declare that no more fitting action could be done than to bring a " sheaf of corn and wave it among the people, for if to any one, to whom more than to Mr. COBDEN did they owe it that the beneficent gifts of Provi dence had been brought in to contribute to the strength, and wealth, and welfare of our nation." Mr. WATKINS, one of the members for Stockport, also delivered a suitable address. He said that there was one peculiarity in Mr. COBDEN'S character which distinguished it from the politicians of demo cratic countries, and that was " an intensity of mo desty and personal diffidence." The meeting sepa rated after having unanimously agreed to the reso lution. An amusing incident was mentioned by Mr. BASS, President of the Chamber of Commerce, respecting the difficulties with which Mr. COBDEN had to contend in carrying out the French Treaty. He was one day occupied for many hours in dis cussing some trifling matters, and exclaimed with mortification—" Really I had more power as a com mercial traveller than I feel I have to-day as Pleni potentiary." This remark was eminently charac teristic of Mr. COBDEN, in his simplicity and straightforwardness LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ILLNESS OF THE CZAREWITCH. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 20. Dr. Zdeckaner, physician of the Emperor, arrived at Nice on Tuesday last. He found the Czarewitch suffering from inflammation of the spinal marrow and of the brain. The inflammatory symptoms have since decreased, but the fever and debility still continued. Early yesterday morning, after a sleep less night, the fever increased, but the symptoms of cerebral inflammation were less. The patient can still move his limbs. Fears are entertained for his life. ROME. ROME, APRIL 20. The anniversary of the return of the Pope from Gaeta in 1849 was celebrated here yesterday. Brilliant illuminations took place in front of the Pantheon. An illuminated transparency was dis played, representing the Pope publishing the Ency clical and the Syllabus. General de Montebello has given a grand soiree in honour of M. de Persigny. HUNGARY. PESTFI, APRIL 20. The Hungarian authorities have been notified that the increased powers and jurisdiction of the courts-martial will cease on and after the Ist of May next. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSETTJ,ES, APRIL 20. The Poonah, with the Bombay mail, reached Marseilles at 6 15 a.m. to-day. The mail leaves for London at 11 30 a.m. MARSEILLES, APRIL 19. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Mceris left here this afternoon with 74 passengers and £34,480 for Alexandria, and 56 passengers, and £34,760 for India and China. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 19.—The aspect of the market is somewhat improved. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 55c. Italian Loan, 65f. 65c. Mobilier have been done at 787 f. 50c. Railway Shares are weak. The market closed as follows: 41 per Cents 96 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 55 Do. end month 67 65 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3580 Crsdit Foncier 1280 Roman 74 Italian Loan 65 95 Do. end month 65 60 Ditto Threes 4O 75 New Mexican Russian Austrian Threes H Sp o a m n e is p h ebt42 —l Deferred VAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 1052 50 ... 1050 Lyons and Mediterranean..., 957 50 ... 960 Southern 6OO ... 602 50 Western 527 50 ... Eastern Sardinian 306 25 ... 302 50 Austrian Lombard 548 75 ... 548 75 North of Spain 2BB 75 ... 290 Saragossa 3:O ... 377 50 Ditto to Barcelona — ... Sir Robert and Lady Peel have arrived at the Hotel Bristol from Geneva, on their way to London. The Academy of Sciences at its last sitting nomi nated M. Hofmeister, of Heidelberg, one of its cor respondents for the botanical section, in the place of the late M. Treviranus. Numismatic societies have long existed in London, Brussels, and St. Petersburg, while France has been hitherto without one. This want has just been supplied, the principal numismatists of Paris having laid the basis of a " Socidte Fraricaise de Numismatique et d'Archeologie." The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric state of Europe yester day :—" The sky is cloudy and threatens rain over the west of Europe. It rains at Dunkirk, Boulogne, Limoges, Bordeaux, Montauban, and Cette. The sea is calm in the Channel and on the coasts of the Atlantic. A violent squall has concentrated itself in the neighbourhood of the coasts of Provence, towards Toulon and Antibes, where brisk winds are blowing from between east and north-east, while at Cette and Leghorn the wind is scarcely felt. The Baltic is calm. The Black Sea is at present affected by the action of the squalls which came from the North across Russia." A new main sewer has been commenced in Paris. It will start from the Pont de l'Alma, pass under Chaillot at a great depth, and then fall into the Seine above Neuilly. It will receive the waters of the sewer which ran into the Seine below the en gine -house at Chaillot, and by means of a pipe pass ing under the river, also those of the left bank and the Bievre. A society for the abolition of slavery in the Spanish Antilles has just been established at Madrid, and will shortly hold its first public sitting under the presidency of M. Olozaga ; among the vice-presi dents and members of the committee are MM. de Albaida, Firmin Caballero, Luis Pastor, Felix de Bona, and Emilio Castelar. . Several of the Spanish journals have taken the initiative in opening a public subscription in behalf of the families of those who Were killed and wounded' at Madrid in the late disturbance. Most of them have subscribed 500 reals each. The Italian journals announce the death, at Genoa, of the Marquise de Brignole-Sales, mother of the Duchess de Galliera and the Duchess Melzi, and wife of a former Neapolitan ambassador at Paris. The Spanish journals state that the communal physician of Estaba (Navarre) was last week mur deed by a blow with a stick while going to visit his patients at Lerga. He was found dead on the road ; the assassin is unknown. A most extraordinary take of fish was made three days back near Marseilles. The fishermen, who since the beginning of the year had met with but little success, took on this occasion at one haul about 700 tunny-fish, the smallest weighing upwards o. 301bs. Notwithstanding all the contrary denials, the Cologne Gazette again affirms that Count Karolyi had twice demanded-- and the last time in a more emphatic form—explanations from the Prussian Cabinet on the subject of the port of Kiel, without, however, presenting a direct protest. The competition opened for the erection of a monument at Nice to the memory of Marshal Massena, Prince d'Essling, has been adjudicated. Twenty-six designs had been sent in, of which the committee has placed in the first rank, for the definitive execution of the monument, that of M. Carrier-Belleuse, sculptor, and in the second rank, for the indemnity of £1,000f., the design of MM. Amedee Doublemard, sculptor, and Guillaume, architect. The Moniteur de l'Algerie of the 13th of April says :—" The transport vessel Jura, of the Imperial navy, which left Algiers with troops for Bongia, has gone aground this morning on the sands to the west of Cape Corbelin. No accident of a serious nature has occurred, and the sea is calm. The Gor gone and the Clyde have been sent off to the assis tance of the Jura." Professor Gneist, the defender of the Poles in the late prosecution at Berlin, has received from the accused in the first trial a magnificent silver epergne, representing at its base Wisdom and Justice sup porting an escutcheon containing an inscription in Latin. Above rises a column bearing a statue of Poland holding in . itEt hand a flag, with some words in Polish. On the column are engraved the names of the 126 accused. A Stockholm letter says—" The submarine•elec tric cable between Helsingborg and Denmark has been broken by the ice. The navigation at Gotten- burg is again open, and four steamers have already arrived in that port." MEXICO. On the 2nd February arrived the 3rd column, comprising a battalion of the 62nd and a squadron of Chasseurs d'Afrique. Two companies have fo raged the country adjoining Mazatlan, but they returned without having fallen in with the enemy. It has been decided to occupy the interior of the state, and 600 men are at Noria. The inhabitants have already joined our troops, and they will soon clear the neighbourhood. A fresh expedition, composed of 400 men, assisted by 200 from Lozada, started for Concordia, to punish that district, which is the haunt of Corona's bands. It was there the Chasseurs a pied were dragged about and butchered. Part of the village of Presidio has been burnt, and San Sebastian and Jacobo have been completely razed to the ground. General Castagny's operations at Mazatlan have produced a most favourable reaction in the commerce of that city, which is the most important shipping port on the western coast of Mexico. It is said that Juarez and his partisans are again making efforts to rise. It is reported that consi derable supplies of arms and ammunition are for warded from California to the coast of Sinaloa under the American flag, and that 8,000 barrels of gun powder have already left San Francisco for the same destination. Troops are expected from France to replace those whose term of service has expired. The Emperor has granted important privileges to two American engineers, for the purpose of working several immense beds of petroleum dis covered in Tehuantepec and in other parts of Mexico. A railway going to Chales, within a short dis tance of the capital, is on the point of being opened. After decreeing a complete re-organisation in the Mexican army, also in the branches of justice, public instruction, public works, finance, and other civil departments, the Emperor has directed his at tention to foreign emigration, and the Journal de l'Empire has just published propositions for the sale of about 200 square leagues of freehold land in the district of Nieves, department of Zacatecas. This land is suitable for crops of all kinds, and is offered at a low rate. For land lying near a river the charge is only two dollars an acre. The water can be dammed off and reserved for irrigation of maize fields, tobacco plantations, and meadows ; besides which the soil is particularly adapted for the rear ing of cattle. Purchasers are required to pay one third in ready money, and the rest after a lapse of three, six, and nine years ; and during this period such ground is exempt from all taxes. What is wanting in the great Mexican empire is labouring men; respect for the authorities, and orderly and in dustrious habits ; which desiderata cannot fail to be obtained through time and a well-directed emigra tion from Europe. THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP PACIFIC.—The Pacific, a paddle steamer of 2,000 tons and 500- horse power, built by Randolph, Elder, and Co., of the Clyde, for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, sailed from the Mersey yesterday for mail service on the West Coast, touching on the passage at various ports. She has magnificent accommodation for 130 to 150 passengers, her cabins being arranged on the American plan, tier above tier, with a very spacious hurricane deck over all. The Pacific has all the modern steam improvements, and yes terday, by means of a steam winch, her anchor was run up in a very few minutes. LANCASHIRE SPINNERS AND LIVERPOOL COTTON BROKERS.—About a couple of months ago a para graph was published showing that a misunderstanding had taken place between the Lancashire spinners and the cotton brokers who purchased cotton for them at Liverpool, the latter treating the Spinners' Association in a somewhat cavalier and contemptuous spirit. Since that time, owing to overtures from the brokers, meetings and correspondence of a more respectful and conciliatory character have taken place, and on several points of difference between them a satisfactory understanding has been arrived at. One of these arrangements is that, instead of an annual stock tak ing of cotton at LiVerpool, there shall be a stock-taking every three months, the result of which shall be published. The other is that authorised telegrams shall be sent of prices and the state of the market daily from the Brokers' Associa tion to be posted on the Manchester Exchange. This last arrangement, we believe, was finally agreed upon yesterday. The want of such an arrangement has long been deplored by the frequenters of the Manchester Exchange. It has often happened that most important information from America affecting the Liverpool cotton-market has been known to merchants, through private telegrams, in Man chester, hours before it was known on the Exchange in the public telegrams, and this has been the source of serious annoyance to parties most interested." EXTRAORDINARY CRUELTY TO SHEEP.—At the Petty Sessions for the division of Tiverton, held at the Town-hall, on Tuesday, the 18th inst., Mr. Wm. Stoate, of Alleford, Somerset,was charged by the Secretary of the Royal Society for the Prev'ention of Cruelty to Animals with ill-treating and torturing certain sheep on his farm, the Upcotts, Clayhanger, Devon. The court was crowded to excess, and the most intense excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood, owing to the notoriety of the alleged offence, the number of animals said to have been tortured, and the position of the defendant in the county. It ap peared from the evidence of several witnesses that the defendant was an eccentric and wealthy barrister, and that at Midsummer laSt he sent a flock of 275 sheep, 13 bul locks, and live horses to the above named farm. In the course of the: autumn some of the bullocks and horses were taken away, and as the winter advanced and the food be came scant, the shepherd who had charge of the animals wrote to Mr. Stoate, " requesting him to provide food, as the sheep were starving," but he received only a supply of straw. The shepherd repeated several times his appli cation without better success, and he was ultimately dis charged by Mr. Stoate in February last. Another shep herd was engaged for a fortnight, but since that date the sheep had been altogether uncared for, and about 130 of such animals and an Exmoor pony had literally died of starvation. One of the sheep had its eye picked out by a bird before it was dead, as it lay in a prostrate condition. The defendant pleaded that he had been buying straw through the winter to sustain the sheep, and that the pre sent proceedings had been instituted from spite and malice, because there were many farmers in the neighbourhood who coveted his farm, and he would not let it to them. He conducted his own case, and his behaviour was very ec centric throughout the proceedings. The Bench, after a brief deliberation, sentenced the defendant to six weeks' imprisonment, with costs. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) NEW YORE, April 8. The following intelligence has been received here by the last mail from Mexico : The French have lost in a recent affair one of their best officers, M. Marechal, the commandant, who left Vera Cruz at the head of a column to attack a band of guerillas which had escaped from Oajaca, and purposed, it is supposed, to make an incursion upon the posts of Alvarado, Medellin and Cotaxtia. The commandant fell in with the enemy on Thurs day, the 2d March, at 8 a.m., near Tialiscoyan, about 20 miles from Medellin, and immediately gave chase to the guerillas, whose force, it is said, was much superior to his own. The enemy retired into the woods, and as they were there invisible, it was a difficult matter to dislodge them from their posi tion. The conflict became desperate, and the troops of the commandant displayed the greatest valour. At that moment a ball struck M. Marechal in the right side ; notwithstanding this he still kept his saddle, and continued urging his men forward ; but a second ball struck him in the chest, and, almost at the same instant, a third traversed his thigh. He then fell from his horse across a cannon, which was covered with his blood. In this affray the imperial troops lost 21 killed and 19 wounded. As soon as the Empress learnt this unfortunate intelligence, she hastened to convey to the widow of M. Marechal the assurance of the deep sympathy she felt for her loss ; and, not content with that, gave orders to present the widow with the sum of $25,000 from her private purse, as a dowry for her daughter. Apart from the expeditions which are continually hunting down the guerillas, the principal scene of the active operations is the western region bordering on the Pacific. The Juarists in this region carry on acts of such barbarity as to shock the moral laws of all countries. However, General Castagny is indefatigable in pur suing them, and will soon have swept the country of the barbarous hordes which now infest it. On the 18th January, Corona caused the prisoners he had taken at Veranos to be savagely massacred at Jacobo. Even at Veranos, he had all the wounded put to death before leaving the town. Those who were sufficiently strong to proceed on with his band were speared to death with lances, after having been made the sport of the soldiers. The prisoners, generally speaking, were promenaded in triumph through several villages, and the sur vivors, as above mentioned, were finished off at Jacobo with the guerillas' machetes. SOUTH AMERICA. (Per French steamer Navarre, via Bordeaux.) BUENOS AYRES, March n. The Standard of to-day, in its review for the French mail, says :--- " No event of any very great importance has oc curred since the sailing of the English packet. In the Banda Oriental the last opposers of the new Government have thrown down their arms, and ten dered their submission to the new regime. Presi dent Flores, who at present rules in Montevideo, is making use of his authority, and demonstrating more prudence in the Cabinet than courage in the field. The Brazilians are concentrating their forces in the River Plate, previous to ascending the river to attack Paraguay. The Argentine provinces are in unbroken peace, and the Government is occupied with domestic matters of slight importance to foreigners abroad. The•province of Buenos Ayres, which we have no hesitation in saying is the best in the whole Republic, is improving more rapidly than probably any other spot in South America ; the city no longer wears the Moorish appearance of most South American towns, but is being built up in European style and elegance. The province is so thickly populated that estancia lands command a higher value than even the splendid farm lands in the western States. The last year has been one of singular prosperity for the sheep farmers, and on a close estimate it is ascertained that the flocks have on an average increased 30 per cent. The condition of the wools also is so good that it will tend to gain a more favourable acceptation for River Plate wools in the European markets. We hail with unaffected pleasure these signs of real ad vancement, and regret sincerely that we are not in a position to speak so favourably of any of the other provinces. The Government railway is now open from this city to a large country town called Merl cedes, a distance of over 75 miles, and, owing to the strong decision of Governor Saavedra and his Minis ters, the works are being continued to Chivilcoy, a town about 21 miles further out. The railway is, in consequence of a recent law passed, about to be sold by the Government. The passenger traffic of the road is excellent, and probably under a more economical management the road might be able to pay a fair annual dividend ; but at present it only gives 3s per cent. on the capital ; the fares, how ever, are extremely low, being fully 25 per cent. under those of England, and the want of proper accommodation for wool-carts has caused it to lose the great carrying trade from the country. The Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway is employ ing more hands than all the other railways put toge ther. The works could not progress faster. " Business in Buenos Ayres is pretty brisk, owing to the saladeristas all being at work. Money rules both dear and tight, not so much from any want of confidence, as from the positive scarceness of the paper money, which is the only circulating medium we have in Buenos Ayres. " We have to announce that during the fortnight two foreign houses have failed ; their liabilities are, however, small, and the assets more than at first expected. In the river Uruguay, a saladero, be longing to Senor Mujica, has been completely de stroyed by fire. Luckily all the hides and tallow at the establishment were saved, but the premises, valued at 60,000 silver dollars, were . completely destroyed. " Emigration to the River Plate is, we are happy to say, slightly on the increase." The Eco. de Cordova states that on the 2d inst., at 2 p.m., the firing of a shot gave the alarm of a revolution. An attack was made upon the barracks, and the rebels failing in their attempt, the ex- Governor and D. Pedros Cires were killed at the entrance, and the revolt was thus suffocated. It appears that Major Pizarro sent four men under Lieutenant 'Vasquez, to arrest Posse, who was coming up with five men, while Cires advanced with ten men on the other side. Vasquez fired, and Posse fell, the former then pursuing the rioters. Another picket of troops then came up and despatched Posse while he lay bleeding on the ground. Cires was deserted by his men while ad vancing on the barracks, and shot. Major Ortiz, Felix Paz, and Servando Arguello were arrested as accomplices. The Rosario papers contradict the pretended revolution, and say that ex-Governor Posse was murdered by Vasquez near his own door out of revenge. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and the Late Mr. Cobden. A special meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, for the purpose of expressing the feeling of that body with respect to the death of Mr. Cobden. Mr. P. H. Rathbone, the president, occupied the chair. The following letters from the parliamentary representatives of Liverpool were read : Bellamour, near Rugeley, 17th April, 1865. Dear Sir s --I am this morning in receipt of your favour of Saturday. It is a matter of much regret to me to be unable to be present at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, and to join in the expression of sympathy to the family of the late Mr. Cobden, as well as to record my sense'of the value of his great services to the trade and commerce of the country. Nothing but an engagement of some importance should have prevented my being present. —Yours, dear sir, very faithfully, ' THOMAS B. HORSFALL. William Blood, Esq. New Brighton, Birkenhead, April 17. My dear sir,—l am very sorry that another engagement will prevent me attending the special council which you have summoned for to-morrow to express the deep regret which the country has suffered at the loss of Mr. Cobden. Indeed there is only one opinion among all parties as to the eminent services which he rendered. We have seen great military conquerors extolled for the bloody victories which they achieved, and splendid monuments erected to transmit their fame to posterity. But Richard Cobden had accomplished a great bloodless triumph, and the fruits of his peaceful victories will endure long after the greatest military generals will be almost forgotten. I had a per sonal acquaintance with Mr. Cobden, and every one who enjoyed that privilege must have been struck with the gentleness of his character. He always listened with great patience to those who differed with him, however inferior in abilities they might have been, and calmly endeavoured to prove how just and righteous was the cause in which he was engaged. To him we are mainly indebted for that good understanding which we now so happily enjoy with the French nation, the continu ance of which is so important to the mutual prosperity of the two countries, and ages yet unborn will feel the benefit of that commercial policy which he did so much to accom plish, and the effect of which will be to promote peace and good-will among the various nations of the world.—Be lieve me, truly yours, J. C. EWART. The President. The PRESIDENT moved the following resolution : " That the Council desires to express their profound regret at the premature death of Richard Cobden, Esq. M.P., and to offer to his family their sincerest sympa thy in their bereavement. The Council also desire to record their sense of the great loss which the country has sustained in the removal of a statesman whose liberal and comprehensive views with regard to trade and commerce, urged for many years upon the nation with great eloquence and ability, now constitute the guiding rule of our commercial legis lation, and whose constant efforts were still directed to induce other countries to adopt a policy which must be always the best guarantee for national prosperity and international good-will." He re ferred to the public services of Mr. Cobden, and said they were proud of the deceased statesman, because he had the manliness to stand forward and fight the battles, not only of free trade, but to fight other battles which he thought to be right. lie did that combined with all the gentleness which made him feel the pain of fighting a battle against the prejudice of his fellow-creatures, and, above all, he had that loftiness of character, that transparent purity and unaffected disinterestedness, which put him on a level with our greatest states men in that aspect in which we were most proud of our English statesmen—their moral elevation, the absence of selfish motives, and their disdain or all that savoured of political corruption of any kind. Mr. C. E. RAWLINS seconded the resolution, and, after some other members had spoken on the sub ject, it was resolved that the chairman should write to Mrs. Cobden, expressing the sentiments of the meeting, and enclosing a copy of the resolution which was adopted. The meeting then adjourned. y rt icH oen /fra titular. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 19. The Queen, with her Royal Highness Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Churlchill ; and walked and drove in the grounds of the Castle this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena also went out walking. Lady Theresa Lewis and Miss Lister will leave town to-day for the Grove, near Watford, Herts, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon. Lord and Lady Chelmsford will arrive in town to-day from Brighton. Lord and Lady Wharneliffe will leave town to day for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. Sir Erskine and Lady Percy have left town for Paris for the recess. Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hughes of Kinmel will arrive in town early next week from Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Granville Vernon have arrived in town from visiting his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, at New Lodge, Windsor. The mortal remains of the late Viscount Uffing ton will be removed from Charles-street to-morrow for in terment in the family vault at Combo Abbey, Warwick shire, on Saturday. The marriage of Lady Gwendolina Anson, youngest daughter of the late Earl of Lichfield, with Mr. O'Shee, of Garden Ross, county Waterford, took place yesterday at St. George's, Hanover-square. The ceremony was quite private, there only being present a few of the near relatives of her ladyship. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Mr. Loughton. The bride was given away by her brother-in-law, Loid Elcho. After the ser vice the bride and bridegroom left town for Leamington, to pass the honeymoon. University of Edinburgh. The half-yearly meeting of the General Council of the University of Edinburgh was held on Thursday—Sir D. Brewster, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, presiding. The Rev. K. M. Phin, minister of Galashiels, moved that the council petition Parliament and memorialise Government to grant additional endowments to this university. Ire stated that in the faculty of law many of the professors had nothing like the average income of a sheriff-substitute in a country town, and that several of them had not a third of the salary of the sheriff-substitutes in Edinburgh. They were talking of extended sessions, which would increase the work of the professors, and entrance examinations, the effect of which, by diminishing their classes, would reduce the class fees, and on both these grounds the endowments ought to be increased. They could not expect this to be done by private liberality, although private liberality was doing something for the university by establishing fellow ships. He never had been one of those who joined in the cry of justice to Scotland, not having much confidence iu the discretion of many of those who raised the cry, but here was decidedly a case of justice to Scotland. The Irish universities, which were not educating anything like the same number of students, were receiving a large sum from the public purse, and why should not they insist on a cor ' responding grant being made to the University of Edit burgh ? If they were only put on an equality with Ireland in that respect it would be all they could desire. Mr. Phin proposed that the petition should be placed in the hands of Lord EMI() for presentation, Mr. Campbell Swinton se conded the motion, and in the course of his speech remarked that if ever there was a period when they ought to approach Parliament with a sanguine prospect of success, it was when ono of the principal offices in the Treasury was filled by their Lord Rector (Mr. Gladstone), who lately in his place in Parliament had emphatically dwelt on the fix - Ilan share of public money that came back to Scotland com pared to what Scotland contributed to the national re venue. (Hear, and cheers.) Professor Simpson said that there were doubtless few hands better than Lord Elcho's to which they could intrust their petition ; but seeing they had a great office-bearer in this university who was also a member of the House of Commons, ought they not to put the petition into the hands of the Lord Rector him self ? (A laugh.) He could quite confirm what had been said as to the small emoluments belonging to some of the chairs. It was not a creditable thing that their principal, who represented the intellect of Scotland, and whose name was known over the whole world, should not have a salary equal to that of the Towh Clerk of Edinburgh, and which was not half that of the Procurator-Fiscal of this county. Mr. Phin said he would be most happy to accept the pro posal of Professor Simpson, but the difficulty was that the distinguished Lord Rector held another office, to which it was possible he might attach quite as much importance as to his office in this University—(a laugh)—and, as Chan cellor of the Exchequer, he was naturally unwilling to open the purse-strings. Dr. Alex. Wood said it would be in the recollection of those who had paid attention to the cause of University Reform that when the measure of 1858 was under discussion in the House of Commons their distinguished Lord Rector brought under the consideration of the house and procured the insertion of clauses in the bill to enable the Colleges of Scotland to form one common University for conferring degrees. He believed that if some such pro posal were :now to be adopted it would have the cordial concurrence of the Lord Rector and his support in the giving of funds for such an institution. The motion was then unanimously agreed to, and the memorial and petition were approved, the latter to be given to Lord Elcho for presentation, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer being asked "to give it his support. The Rev. Thomas Smith, Edinburgh, moved—" That it is the opinion of this council that it be submitted to the University Court that all stu dents before entering the University should be subjected to an examination in Latin, Greek, and arithmetic ; and that no student should be admitted to an examination for a degree in arts who does not produce a certificate of his having'passed such an examination before his admission to the classes, on the ground of his attendance on which he claims to be examined for the degree." After some dis cussion, it was remitted to a committee to prepare a report. The other business was unimportant. THE LLEWELLYN MEMORIAL. —The memorial to the memory of David Herbert Llewellyn, late surgeon of the Alabama, was last week erected in the parish church, Easton, Wilts. It may be remembered that this gallant man refused to imperil the safety of the wounded when the Alabama was sinking by taking a seat in the boat with them, and went down with the ship amid the ball; of the Kearsarge. The east window, of Gothic architecture, in the perpendicular style, is filled with stained glass, the centre compartment representing the birth of Christ and the Crucifixion, and the Ascension in the quatrefoil. The side lights have figure :subjects ; the Good Samaritan, Christ walking on the water to save the sinking Apostla Peter, Christ healing the sick, the Apostles at the beau _ ;iful gate of the Temple, and Faith, Hope, and Charity is he tracery. The monument consists of a handsome black marble slab of pyramidal form, upon which is placed Latin cross in white marble, of prominent size ; at the foot rests a naval anchor and cable, with shot of varying sizes. Leaning against the side of the cross is the wand of Esculapius, and beneath an entablature with the inscriP tion.— Wiltshire Indepemdent. NEW LIFEBOATS.—The National Lifeboat Insti tution has just sent three lifeboats to various parts of the coast. One of them, which is 33ft. long, is on its way to Sunderland. The cost (X 400) of this lifeboat and its transporting carriage has been collected in the town and county of Derby, through the zealous exertions o f jar. Thomas Roe, mayor of that town, Mr. W. Peat, and other friends. On Saturday the lifeboat will be publicly exhibited in the streets of Derby, when the volunteer corps and various public bodies will take part in the procession. The boat will afterwards leave for Sunderland, where it is to be permanently stationed. Another lifeboat, of similar dimen sions, has just been sent to Dunbar. It is the gift of Lad Cuningham Fairlie, and is named by her " The Wallace.'' And a third lifeboat, 32ft. long, will this day be forwarded to Newquay, in Cornwall, to replase a previous boat there, which had become unfit for further service. The lady who is the donor of this last-named lifeboat left at the National Institution, some time since, the cost of four lifeboats. Two of them are stationed in Cornwall, one in Dundrum Bay, Ireland, and the fourth at Buckie, in Scotland. The insti tution has now 145 lifeboats under its management. MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE AT D AWLISH. —On Monday evening a woman having the appearan - ce of a lady went to the York Hotel, Dawlish, and engaged a bed for the night. She stated she was an American, from Nor York, and that she was travelling for her health. She bad come that day from Paddington, and her object in visiting Dawlish was for the sea bathing. Her luggage was, sh e said, left at the railway station. She professed to be muc h fatigued, and retired at once to her bedroom, to which 5 110 desired a glass of brandy and water and a biscuit might be sent. This was done, and nothing was heard of the visitor until midday on Tuesday, when the inmates of the hotel, becoming alarmed at the failure of their efforts to obtain all answer to their repeated inquiries, and being unable t° open the bedroom door, obtained a ladder, and a man en tered the room by the window. The woman was discovere d dead in bed. By the bedside was the glass that had con tained the brandy and water, and alongside it several empty paper packets marked " vermin poison." On examining the deceased's clothes, the only money that could be found was 21d. She had, however, two watches in her possession , one gold and the other silver. She wore three rings e n her fingers, one of which was a wedding ring. No clue . could be obtained to her identity, the m ar k s i n her pock et handkerchief having been cut o u t. 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