The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-29 00:00:00

CIVIL SERVICE of INDIA.—CANDIDATES intending to present themselves at the OPEN COM PETITION, commen ing on March 19, are rem nded that certificates of birth health, and character should be sent to the Office of the Civil Service Commissioners on or before the Ist of February. HO USES.—Messrs. TOPLIS a nd ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, Eutiarban, aad Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL. Particulars upon application forwarded for two stamps, upon stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Conduit - street, Regent-.ireet, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. QOUTII KENSIN GTON, lIYD E-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Minces and Beanie:l Gardens, Elvasten-place, Cromwell-road, On slow and T iiurloe Squares, Roltnns. SELL essrs TO PL IS and RO EI; TS lihve - I OEN CES to and LET in these and surroundnag localities. Otlicts, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South li,nsington, facing the Museum. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. --Daring the storms of the past year the National i ifeb,tt Institution, by its Litef,oats and oiler means, contributed to the savin of :07 persons from 14itlerent reeks on out coasts. The insti tution also expended .C2l, l:4 In the same period on its life boat ef tablishme.its, in addition to grautieg £4,950 fur le wards for saving life and exerzising the lifeboats. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat stations. Contributions are received by the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (MONDAY). Mr. Charles Dt ffelli's new opera, in one act, CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame F. Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Alfre I Mellon. After which, at 8, the grand comic, nectacular, and ope ratic Chris' mas Pan . onaime, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace. (See other advertisements). Commence at 7 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUR,Y-LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Hermar n Vezin. &c. Atter which, the Pantomime. LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; or, harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore. 11. liraytoo, G. Weston. Master Percy noselli ; Misses Ilazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Boleno, C. Lauri, Cormaeir, Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Maneg.fr, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTIIEIt SAM : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames .Nelly Moore, Snowden, Ace. To be followed by ORPHEUS IN TIIE HAYMARKET Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weal hereby, &c ; Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, NYoolgar, Iloward, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prev<it, &c. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TREATItE.- Under the sole Management bt Mr. Pechter. THIS EVF.NING, THE iLLUSTRiOUS STRANGER. 31Ir. H. Widdicomb. Alter khich, THE MASTER. OF RAV}NSWOOD. Mr Et-chter; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin, J. 11. Fitzpatrie., 1). Evans ; Alesd.mes Ternan, E,sworthy, Lavenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPIII, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at ..7 , even, a new farce called PIPKIN'S RUSTIC RETREAT, Messrs J. L. Toole midi?. Benord, After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 126th appearance), Mr... Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Killington, P. Bedford, R Phillips, Felix Rog..rs, Ashley, Itburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, To conclude with LEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. seaman, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. After whi h, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. characters by Mc ssrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaern, F. Vilifiers, J. G. Shore, U. Murray, B. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Miss L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, sa, Mrs twanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven (never acted), LENDING A HAND. Mess s. Belford and Turner ; Misses Simpson and Hughes. After which will be produced a new Opera flurlesque, L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of he Cannib 11 Islan :s. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanboruugh, Raynham. Johnstone, Ac. To conclude with THE ARTFUL DODGE. irtHE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," Uuntainiti the Latest SVOICTING 1N I'ELLIGEACE, :11n be had Every Evening of (I. it. GLEN NEWS AGENT, No. 4. 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After the many gross calumnies that have been circulated respecting the conduct of the authorities in Jamaica, it is a great satisfaction to have some of Governor EvßE's own remarks on the subject at last before us. Among other intelligence brought by the American, it is reported that the magistracy, clergy, and other inhabitants of the parish of Tre lawny, presented an address to the Governor, in which they sympathised with him in his heavy re sponsibilities, and expressed the great pleasure they had in stating that his Excellency " discharged them with so much wisdom, energy, promptitude, and decision of purpose, from no selfish considera tion, but under a deep sense, we feel assured, of your Excellency's duty to our beloved Sovereign, to the loyal inhabitants of this island, and all its best interests." To this comprehensive and decided tribute to the value of his services, and the high estimation in which they held them, the Governor re turned an admirable answer, in which he set forth the difficulties which beset him, and in most em phatic language protested against the course pur sued by a certain sect in England. He declared that this address was doubly welcome to him at that juncture, when the acts referred to, undertaken from a deep sense of his duty to his Sovereign, and to the colonists in the island, and with a full and conscious appreciation of his painful responsibility, had " been so maliciously misrepresented, and so unjustly maligned by a portion of the English press, and by parties at home who have no sympathies with their fellow -countrymen suffering under the atrocious barbarities inflicted by savages, because those savages have a black skin, though they do not hesitate to call the just retribution which overtook the ruthless rebels of St. Thomas-in-the-East by the names of ' murder' and ' massacre." How true a definition is this of the state of affairs in this country, and how aptly does it represent the mis taken and mischievous course pursued by the members of the faction and their abettors. How contemp tible must their condtict appear to those who really know the facts and appreciate the dangersthat existed i n Jamaica, and how absurd must it seem to a man like Governor E 1 RE, who, from knowledge and experience, is alike enabled to comprehend the full force and deep significance of the movement at Morant Bay. Nothing could possibly be more con elusive than the manner in which the Governor de scribes the view taken of the outbreak by the faction in England; and all who consider the matter dispas sionately must admire his discernment and applaud his spirit in so denouncing it. Because the perpe trators of the fell outrages were " black" all their crimes were condoned ; but it was far otherwise when these DANIELS came to judgment had to pro nounce sentence upon those who put down the rebellion. How different then was the tone taken, and how strangely inconsistent was their language. While the most wanton outrages were excused and even defended 911 the one hand, the zneafaire4 re- sorted to for..their suppression were d enounced in the strongest terms and with the bitterest, re- proaches. The conclusion of the Governor's reply is also very impressive, when he states that it wa s quite " trying enough" to have to encounter the task of putting down the rebellion, but it was "very hard" and " quite unexpected" to have to "rebut _accusa tions founded upon exaggeration, misrepresent, ation, and untruth." No wonder that the Governor should feel surprise and indignation at the manner in which his extraordinary exertion and dauntless courage have been treated by a certain party in England. It is, indeed, almost unaccountable, and quite unprecedented, that a servant of the Crown should be so basely maligned in his arduous attempt to protect the subjects of the QUEEN and to preserve order and tranquillity in the island committed to his charge. That passage in the address is very im pressive in which Governor EYRE declares that he will have much pleasure in transmitting the address to her MAJESTY'S Government " as a proof that, in the island, where the actual circumstances ought to be best known, and where the magnitude and immi nency of the danger to the entire colony can be best appreciated, that the ' foul aspersions' disseminated by a portion of the English press are unjust and undeserved." Certainly this address adds another to the many proofs already furnished of the high sense entertained in Jamaica of the services ren dered by Governor EYRE, and the Colonial-office has no lack of evidence which not only exone rates him from the charge made, but shows him to have been a true and faithful guardian of his trust. If anything could heighten the enormity of the conduct of these traducers of the Governor and op ponents of his policy, it would be the fact that from the outset of the affair all the intelligence that has reached us confirms the statements made at first concerning the unanimous verdict of approval given by th© colonists respecting the conduct of Governor EYRE. Surely all must admit that those on the spot were the best qualified to judge ; but no, there are men so perverted in their notions, politicians so narrow in their views, as to declare that these unfortunate persons who have passed through such trials only speak under the influence of fear, that they are in a " panic," and that they must not be regarded as fair judges. Can anything be more insulting to common sense, and more inimical to the interests of justice than such assertions as these ? And the sooner they meet with the public scorn and contempt which they deserve the better. At any rate, it is a great satisfaction to meet with this record of the opinions entertained by the Governor. He has spoken out in a bold and fearless manner ; he has proved himself to be worthy of the occasion and equal to the emergency. It is most unfortunate that such charges should have been made, and such calumnies propagated concern ing a man who has so signally distinguished himself in a great emergency, but we have at least the con solation of knowing that he will not be intimidated by fanatical bigots, nnr silenced by overbearing demagogues. Governor EYRE has a harder contest to go through, and a more desperate battle to fight than he had with the rebels ; but the best wishes of all independent men in this country, and in Jamaica, will go with him to this trial, which he should never have been called to encounter, and it only re mains to hope that when he has safely passed through the ordeal his opponents may be covered with the shame and confusion which will be their , right portion for so basely assailing one who de- served nothing but their thanks and admiration. Among the many varied schemes by which our politicians are endeavouring to meet the difficulties of the Reform question, the careful and laborious treatise of Sir JOIIN EARDLEY AVILmoT* deserves especial notice. It has been before the public for the last few months, but on the eve of-the Parlia mentary session it calls for something more than a passing notice. Sir EARDLEY LmoT's views in cline strongly, as his title indicates, to the Conser vative side of the question, even while he frankly admits that the rapid progress made during the last thirty years, both in population and in the mental and moral training of the people, imperatively demands an enlargement and improvement of our representative system. His suggestions command attention and deserve respect, because they are not merely the speculative theories of a ready writer, who can easily dispose of the most difficult questions by a few strokes of the pen, since he does not trouble himself to recognise the practical obstacles to be surmounted ; but they are the result of careful and assiduous study, of a painstaking examination into the actual state of things, and a comparison of the numbers to be dealt with to-day with those for whom the Reformers of 1832 legislated and laboured. The array of figures which Sir J. E.WIL MOT marshals in his pages is somewhat alarming at the first glance, but their object is so clear and simple, and they are so readily summed up, that even the mere dilettante politician need not be dis couraged from the perusal of these " Letters." Sir J. E. WILmoT has on more than one occasion brought forward a scheme of this kind, and his familiarity with the working of the electoral system, partly due to seven years' experience as a revising barrister, renders him no mean authority on the matter of Reform. He must certainly be in cluded in the ranks of the Reformers, though less from a desire to redress the grievances of any par ticular class than from a conviction that our pre sent representative system ja by no means commen surate with the condition of our national popula tion, wealth, and intelligence. The two letters treat of separate branches of the subject, the first dealing exclusively with the extension of the fran chise ; the second, with the enlargement of the Parliamentary representation. The former occu pies so conspicuous a place in every Reform Bill, whether real or ideal, that when people talk of Reform they often refer exclusively to it, and there are even hints that the forthcoming measure willget no further than the extension of the franchise, leaving the distribution of seats, the duration of Parliaments, and the manner of voting to be dis posed of at some future day. Our author commences by taking a survey of the rapid progress made in the wealth and prosperity of the country since 1832, as shown by the immense increase in the number of depositors in savings banks, in the amount of deposits, in the number of inhabited houses, in the population itself, in the value of exports and imports, and in the amount of the property and income tax. Under all these heads, as might be expected, Sir J. E. WthmoT finds a wonderful advance, and he draws from them the conclusive inference that the Representative system of the country cannot be expected to remain as it did in 1832. The two bills of Lord DERBY and L or d R USSELL b oth, he considers, failed to satisfy the country, but it is not objectionable part of Lord D w E h ß a n t a little singular that Conservatism but its Liberalism , o n s i o n t t t i h o t its which he complains being the reduction of the county franchise from £5O to £lO. He considers tYh'sehßechililetefirsinv * A Safe and Constitutional Plan of Parliamentary Reform; in Two Letters to a Member of the Conservative p ar ty. By John Eardley Wilmot, Bart., liecroder of witxprick." that £2O would be a safer limit, being the point at which the house tax commences, and at which the jurors are summoned. His objection to the £lO county franchise is founded on a belief that it would subvert its character as the representation of pro perty by giving it principally to the unrepresented towns. But we cannot believe that so temporising a movement would be acceptable either in town or country. The CIIANDOS clause did not form so popular a portion of the first Reform Bill that it should be allowed to influence the new measure. Lord RUSSELL'S £6 Borough Franchise does not meet with any more favour from Sir EARDLEY WILMOT, who would stop at £B. His argument against the lower franchise is based on the :Parliamentary returns giving the number of elec tors who would be added to the constituencies by such a measure, and he is alarmed at their number. "It appears," he says, " that taking the gross esti mated rental there would have been hdmissable to the Register under a £6 franchise the immense number of 288,889, of which the male occupiers at the rent of £6 and under £8 amounted to 189,323. The addition under an £8 franchise would have been 99,566, a very considerable accession of numbers, but within a few thousand less than half of the ad dition under a franchise at £6." There is a point which must at once strike the impartial observer, and that is the immense number of householders who are now excluded from the Electoral Register. It is quite clear that some decided movement is called for in the way of extension, and the public feeling will not be satisfied with any such half hearted and temporising measures as a £2O and a £lO franchise. Let the Government come forward , boldly and show that confidence in the people which they well deserve, and they will have no cause to repent :t. There seems to be a vague impression in the minds of many politicians that there aie great divi sions in opinion measured by classes, and that when we get below a certain rank we shall find totally distinct politics. The fact really is that in all classes of intelligent English life there are many conflicting views, and Quot honzines tot sententix may be as readily accepted as indicative of the £6 or £8 householders, or indeed of the non-householders, as of the highest ranks among us. If there were really, as some would seem to believe, a strong and united phalanx of small householders whose politics were totally opposed to those above them, our social life would be something very different from what Setting aside those Chartists and de magogues, and their immediate followers, who form at any time a very inconsiderable section of our population, the instincts, as well as the convictions, of the English working men are all on the side of loyalty and order. Even the strikes and combinations, which are often cited in disparage ment of the artisan and mechanic class, are carried on with some show of order and regularity. The days of violence and forcible destruction of what displeased them have gone past, even among the most uneducated ; and it is among the higher mem bers of the class, not the lower and least trained, that it is proposed to admit. Sir EARDLEY WiLmoT's views are sensible and plausible enough, but he puts the test a little too exclu sively upon property. He objects to a lodger franchise because lodgers are migratory, and some times uncertain in their payments, forgetting that there must be a test of continued residence, and that the limit of a lodger's rental might be fixed much higher than that of a householder's. The wages franchise he does not approve of on account of the fluctuating nature of the payment. The Savings Bank test he thinks also unsatisfactory, because it may depend on the number of a man's family, while the nature of it is inquisitorial. The educational franchise would, he considers,be trouble some in application, and the principle it contains would be best amplified by giving additional repre sentatives to the seats of learning. Ile prefers the qualification proposed by Lord J. RUSSELL in 1854, the payment of Government and parochial taxes to the amount of 405., to which he would add the payment of income tax to any amount. " Such a qualification," he says, " is in unity and consistent with constitutional rights, which presume that every person paying taxes ought to have a voice in their administration." In addition to these classes, the £8 occupiers in boroughs and the £2O in counties, he would admit in the counties freeholders as at present, copyholders of the annual value of 405., and £lO leaseholders for terms of seven years. it is. As we have said, he accompanies all his argu ments with carefully prepared statistics, so that his suggestions cannot be set aside as hastily and ill considered schemes, but deserve deliberate atten tion. They are a little too much inclined to the exclusion of those very classes who are beginning to complain of being kept out of their rights. In speaking of swamping existing voters by the whole sale admission of a fresh class, critics often forget that if the franchise were properly extended, so many new voters would be admitted from the pro fessional and trading ranks that they would of themselves furnish a counterpoise if one were needed. In his second letter Sir E. WILMOT deals with the redistribution of seats, and he makes an ingenious proposal for getting over the difficulty attending the disfranchisement of boroughs. He suggests that our House of Commons, instead of being restricted to 658 members, should consist of 700. There is certainly no reason why the number of members should remain stationary when the number of constituents has so greatly increased, even under the existing regulations, and when any comprehensive measure of reform must so largely add to it. But on this ground there is no reason for stopping at 700. We may as well have 715 or 725, which would still further assist the Minister. But the Government will do wisely to let this awk ward and invidious part of the business alone at present. If they attempt to redistribute the seats they are certain to provoke the opposition of every member who thinks his own seat in jeopardy, and of every town or borough whose interests might be affected by the loss of the elec toral privilege. No doubt there are great anoma lies at present, but they can afford to wait until the more important and pressing question of the I franchise is settled. It is better that a few boroughs I should return two members when they would be fairly represented by one, and that some should be represented who have no real claim to such im portance, than that a number of intelligent men, who are reckoned by hundreds of thousands, should be totally excluded from the old constitutional right. If Lord RUSSELL will frankly and honestly deal with the question of the suffrage he will do quite enough for 1866 ; and when we have got our new constituencies in good working order it will be time enough to consider the redistribution of seats. THE CIVIL SERVICE.--Mr. Arthur Brookland Mason has been appointed a Ceylon writer, on the result of a competition of 11 candidates for six situations. Mr. John Cowie has been appointed an assistant of excise. MUNIFICENT DONATION.—At the ordinary meet ing of the weekly board of the Royal Free Hospital, Dr. Marsden handed in a check for 100 guineas from Mr. Wm. Crawshay, Caversham-park. Mr. Crawshay has already contributed two similar donations, besides being a liberal animal contributor to the institution. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The insurrection in Spain is dismissed from the I consideration of the Paris papers for the present. A Madrid paper, the Epoca, however, gives some interesting details respecting the progress of Gen. Prim to Badonal on the 20th inst. He was received in the public square with cries of " Long live Gen. Prim. Long live Liberty. Down with the Excise." Prim made a speech to the inhabitants, in the course of which he said, " You receive me with acclama tions, but you don't come to me with arms in your hands to defend the cause of liberty." As the General proceeded on his way, a man who was dig ging in a field came up to him, spade in hand, and asked the General what he wanted. " Liberty, the happiness of the people, the reduction of taxes, the suppression of the Excise duties," replied the General. M. Gisquet, who obtained some celebrity in ' former days as Prefect of Police, has just died in his 74th year. He was Prefect of Police from 1831 to 1836, and in that capacity originated and carried into effect many regulations subversive of individual and general liberty. Under his authority domiciliary visits and seizures of private papers were by no means rare. M. Gisquet saw danger sometimes in very harmless verses, or dialogues at the theatre. He was shocked in 1832 at a couplet sung at the Varieties by the actor Lherie, and the manager, M. Dartois, was directed to pay a visit to the Minister of the Interior, M. D'Argout, who intimated to him that he should order the theatre to be closed unless the verses were omitted. Of course the order was obeyed. The Government was, indeed, arbitrary and despotic at that time. Let the small remnant of persons disposed sometimes to cavil at the policy of Napoleon the Third contrast it with the despotic and unconstitutional measures adopted in M. Gis quet's time, and they must be convinced that much more real liberty of the subject exists at present than at the former period. Already preparations are being made for the pro cession of the bccufs Bras on Shrove Tuesday. The prizes were awarded on Friday, at the market of Poissy, to the breeders of the animals. The prizes were for five of them, viz., the first and second prizes to Messrs. Dejardins and Bardot, of Trem blay (Nievre) ; the third to M. Mesnaze, of Appe ville (Manche); the fourth and fifth to M. Adeline. The oxen, for which the first and second prizes were awarded; weighed, the first, 1,360 kilogrammes (a kilogramme is about 21bs.) ; the second, 1,330 kilogrammes ; the third oxen weighed 1,310 kilo grammes ; the fourth and fifth weighed, the former 1,350 kilogrammes the latter, 1,210 kilogrammes. The prize animals exhibit an enormous cubic extent of solid flesh or fat. It is stated that the Emperor will not only inau gurate the Great Exhibition in person, but he will also be an exhibitor. The article to be sent by his Majesty will appear in class 93 (10th group.) It will consist of a model of residences for the work ing classes, combining economy, comfort, and the best regulations for health. Some houses combin ing these features will be erected in the park of the Exhibition. It would be a mistake to suppose that the blue book presented to the Chambers forms only a dry record of diplomacy and politics. On the contrary it gives much curious and interesting information in regard to the march of literature, art, and science in the past year. It appears that during that period many valuable pictures were purchased by the Government. Many purchases of sculpture were also made. A gallery of paintings, by living artists, was formed in the Palace of the Senate, similar to that of the Legislative Body. A great many churches were repaired and orna mented. Great improvements were made in the galleries of the Louvre ; many works of sculpture were added, and changes effected in order to place the pictures in a better light. The new Opera House is nearly ready to receive the roof, and the construction of the stage is about to be commenced. As to Literature, the blue book tells us that there will be many volumes of the correspondence of Napoleon the First. The publication would have proceeded more rapidly had it not been necessary to make researches in the official archives of Eng land, Germany, Spain, and Italy. Great improve ments are in progress at the Imperial printing office in regard to French and foreign type. Under the head of Sciences various names are mentioned of learned men who have proceeded to distant countries in search of scientific disco veries. M. de Sauley and Viscount de Rou,gey ex plored Egypt and Palestine, and have published some curious and interesting details respecting the Holy Land. Manuscripts have been discovered, valuable for bringing to light new facts, and the rectification of errors to be found in ancient mytho logical history. A Roman camp was discovered in Moldo-Wallachia. Other explorations have been made by experienced travellers in portions of the East, iu Eastern Persia (heretofore almost unex- plored), in Herat, and Affghanistan, and these dis coveries will no doubt prove advantageous for archaeology and history. The disruption of Mount Etna has been carefully studied by an eminent chemist, M. Fousque, whose account discloses some highly interesting phenomena connected with volcanic eruptions. Interesting geological discoveries have been made in Denmark, Sweden, a part of Germany, and Great Britain. Works are being written which will throw fresh light upon various disputed points of science. Do cuments have also been found of great interest connected with the literary history of France in the middle age, and with the diplomacy of the 16th and 17th centuries. Errors have been corrected which have been made by eminent historians of ancient times. Among various statistics I find some respecting she Post-office. Great improvements were made Last year ; 113 new offices for the distribution of letters were opened, and 167 additional letter-carriers engaged ; 250,000 f. were devoted to the increase of their salaries. In 1865 the number of postage stamps consumed was 397 millions, whilst in 1864 the number used was only 382 millions. The general receipts exceeded those of the preceding year by more than three millions. The weather is again beautiful. There has been uo lack of sunshine, and the temperature partakes of the " ethereal mildness" of spring. CRYSTAL PALACE.—After an interval of several weeks devoted to the pastimes of the holiday season —during which all London was attracted to Sydenham to witness the wonderful performance of that prince of gymnasts, Signor Ethardo, the "spiral ascensionist," as he is fancifully denominated, and who made a brilliant ascent and descent by gaslight on Saturday afternoon—the %inter concerts wore resumed, when the twelfth of the current series was given. The pantomime and Signor Ethardo's performance will be continued from this day until Friday in the present week. MISS HARDINGE'S ORATIONS ON AMERICA.—The third and concluding series of orations on America took place on Saturday afternoon in St. James's-hall, which was again crowded to listen to this gifted lady. The sub ject was "Reconstruction." In treating the question she averred that her sentiments were not dictated by any poli tical or partisan feeling ; and contended, in eloquent terms, which frequently elicited hearty applause, that the war was as much created by the restless ambition of the manu facturing interests of the North as by the imperious bear ing of the landed aristocracy of the South. At the close of the lecture, Mr. Dove, who presided throughout the series, intimated that Miss Hardinge would deliver other orations in the metropolis on future occasions. We understand that Grisi and Mario are engaged for the approaching season at Her Majesty's Theatre. Some nineteeen years ago this distinguished couple were at the head of the body who deserted that theatre for the newly-established Royal Italian Opera, and now they return to the old house. Before the opening of Her Majesty's Theatre, a vocal and instrumen tal party, con sisting of Grisi, Mario, Madame de Merle Lablache, Signor Foli, and Mdlle. Emilia Arditi (the violinist), with Signor Arditi as conductor, are about to make a tour in the provinces ; and at the same time there will be another provincial tour, including Mdlle. Tietjens, Mdlle. Sinieo, Mdlle. Zandrina, Signor Stagno, and Signor Bossi. This party will have the further attraction of the great violon cellist, Signor Piatti. The provincial public have never before had such a profusion of the highest musical talent brought before them in any one season.—lllustrated News. It is understood that the Rey. C. Pritchard will succeed Mr. De La Rue as President of the Astronomical Society. PRUSSIA. THE PROSECUTION OF DR. MAY. BERLIN, JAN. 29. The Superior Criminal Court, on the appeal of the public prosecutor against the decision of the Lower Court acquitting Dr. May on the charge of having published articles in the Schleswig- Holstein Gazette of Altona insulting to the King'of Prussia has resolved that General Gablenz, Austrian Governor of Holstein, be requested to order the arrest of Dr. May, and have him transported to Berlin. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS , SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 29. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Shannon, with the above mails, passed the Needles at 12.50 p.m. today. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA 1 7 EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1866. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. AUSTRIA. DEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS FOR PESTI'. VIENNA, J. 29. The Emperor and Empress left this morning for Pesth. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Jan. 18. It is reported, via New Orleans, that the Mata moras Ranchero, of the sth, states that a filibuster ing force, estimated at 100 to 400 strong, composed partly of negroes, and commanded by the American General Reed, a staff officer of General Crawford, had crossed the Rio Grande from the Texas side, and captured Bagdad, on the, Mexican side, sur prising and taking prisoners the Imperial garrison. They afterwards plundered the city, sending the spoils to the Texas side. The Imperial gunboat, Antonio, was summoned to surrender, but replied with a broadside, scatter ing the filibusters. The following morning a French gunboat opened fire upon the filibusters, driving them into the upper part of the town. Here, accord ing to the last accounts, they held their position. In the conflict about thirty were killed on each side. General Crawford had left Brownsville for Bagdad. Thirteen hundred Imperialists had left Matamoros to attack the filibusters. Advices from the city of Mexico, via Havannah, to the 3d inst. say that Marshal Bazaine had in formed Jeannigros that reinforcements were en route for Monterey. Saltillo is reported to have resumed active opera tions in connection with General IVlejia, in order to secure the speedy pacification of the Rio Grande. Official intelligence has been received at Wash ington announcing that Juarez was at Chihuahua on December Bth, but that he would leave shortly in consequence of the Imperialists advancing on that city. Three thousand Imperialists from Mexico city were advancing on January sth upon Acapulco. They would attempt to defeat General Junius, and and would then occupy Chilpanz Inge. FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 27.—Two o'clock.—The market presents no feature of interest, and quotations ge nerally remain stationary. Immobiliere Shares have been inquired for, and have experienced an advance of 6f. 75c., the present price being 527 f. 50c. Threes are doing at 68f. 55c. Italian Fives have a fractional advance—at 62f. 35c. Credit Mobilier Shares have declined If. 25c., to 817 f. 50c. In the Railway Market there is likewise no change to call for notice. English Consols are telegraphed with an advance of Three o'clock—The last quotations are as follows:- 4i per Cents 9B 40 Roman Do. end month — Ottoman Fives — 3 per Cents. 6B 60 Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. end month 6B 55 Do. Bonds 328 75 Credit Alobilier ... 817 50 Russian Do. end month ... 817 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3680 Spanish Threes ... Credit Foncier 1315 Home Debt Italian Loan 62 40 Deferred Do. end month 62 321 Acct. - - ... 855 - ... 1113 75 - - ~. 857 50 - - ... 551 25 - - 01 25 - - 201 25 - - ... 412 50 - - ... 420 - - - 181 25 - - ... 225 - ... 150 - RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian. Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman It is stated that her Majesty has been pleased to grant an allowance of £3OO a year to Lady Eastlake. FOUNDERING OF THE LONDON.--Among those who went down with the ill-fated ship London, there is one gentleman whose name deserves to be rescued from the common oblivion which, as far as the public is concerned, is likely too soon to overtake the majo rity of the sufferers. Narrowly escapfng a few years ago a similar fate on board the Marco Polo, when she struck an iceberg in the middle of the night in the Southern Ocean, and displaying the utmost presence of mind on that terri ble occasion, Mr. Henry John Denis had since been very active as a colonial explorer, and had for many months been engaged in a hazardous hunting expedition in the wild regions, and among the savage tribes which lie at the back of Port Natal. Not on these accounts, however, would his name deserve to be brought into prominent public notice. The circumstance for which he is entitled to a place in our memories is, that he is understood to be the first., if not the only, Englishman who has actually grown cotton in the Southern States of the American Union by free negro labour. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND THE TEA DUTIES. —lt is rumoured that Mr. Gladstone is taking statistics with a view to making another reduc tion in the duties levied upon tea. The customs authori ties at Glasgow have been officially requested to canvass the trade as to the opinion held of the expediency of doing away with the present Custom -house routine, and collect ing the tea duties at the ship's side. It is said that the sav ing thereby effected would permit of a further reduction in the tea duties. The subject is exciting considerable atten tion at Glasgow, and many are strongly of opinion that some change will be introduced in the Chancellor's next Budget.—The Grocer. THE GALLERY GODS.—Feeling rather like Ixion in heaven, I proceeded to observe the gods more minutely, and, by what I knew of their attributes, to dis tinguish one from another. There was no difficulty in finding Vulcan—he was omnipresent. The grimy god was to be seen everywhere, with his coat off and his sleeves turned up, as if he had been forging thunderbolts up to the last minute. It was not easy, however, without making invidious distinctions, to say who should be considered the original Vulcan ; but I at last pitched upon a person who, besides being of superior foulness to his fellows, was en titled to the preference on the ground of his being seated near a very pretty girl—Venus, of course. Venus was the gem of the gallery, and, with her soft dove-like eyes and bright smile, would have passed for the goddess of love in very much better company than she was in at present. Close beside Venus, as might have been expected, was Mars, an immensely tall Lifeguardsman, between whom and his fair neight-our there seemed to exist a certain sym pathy, occasioned, perhaps, by the fact that while she was dove-eyed, he was pigeon-breasted ; or it may have been only the attraction that a pretty face invariably has for a red coat, and a red coat for a pretty face. As I was gazing carefully round, looking about vainly for Apollo, a voice from the farther side of the gallery called out—the gods have a habit of occasionally shouting* each other—" Bill, where's Ginger ?" To which was replied from my side of the house—" He's gone down." This threw some light upon the subject. Evidently, amongst the Immortals, the sun-god was known as "Ginger," on account of the warm and brilliant nature of his duties ; and the expression "gone down," with reference to him, needs no explanation. There was no chance of mistaking Bacchus; he was very near me, and, past all controversy, rather in nectar. Nep tune, in the disguise of a waterman to a cabstand, was lean ing with his head over the edge of the gallery, as if he were sea -sick. And as for the god, Pluto, a moment's thought reminded me that he could not be here ; he would be in the pit, of course. CHANG'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT. A novelty has been introduced at the giant's evening levees in the shape of a tea party, given by Mrs. Chang, who distributes with her own hands a cup of the pure stimulant with the true grace of a Celestial. The oddest part of the entertainment, however, consists in the sudden appearance of Chang at tired in European costume. " The Glimpse of Chinese Life" has undergone considerable alterations for the better, and the visitor to "His Highness's" levees will now be enabled, under the guidance of Mr. Marquis Chisholm, to spend a most pleasant and social ho JAMAICA. The West Indian steamer American, Captain Kidd, arrived in the Mersey yesterday morning, with advices from Kingston to the 15th, and Port au-Prince to the 9th inst. She brings a large cargo of indigo and cotton and $lO,OOO in specie. The Jamaica Guardian of the sth inst. says : " During the debate on the second Constitution Bill, Mr. Wellesley Bourke very bitterly criticised the language in which the measure of the Govern ment was couched. The bill,' he said, showed such a penury of intellect as a charity-boy of 10 years would be ashamed of.' The honourable gentle man also dealt very hard with the Council for what he termed 'the indecent haste' with which they passed the first bill. He said it was really just time to reserve the usual cry, and to say, Thank God, we have no Legislative Council.' They had acted, he said, like a pack of cravens.' . . . He was delighted at the idea of handing the country over to the British Government to legislate for it as they should think best, and expressed his desire to see a bill passed such as would secure that end. He wanted to have the pure English element, and none of your ' confounded colonial stuff;' and, therefore, he de sired that the language of the bill should be unmistakable to that effect. The greatest curse that had ever befallen the country was the establish ment of an Executive Committee, by means of which the honour of the country had ben dragged into the dust, and its prosperity jeopardised through their paltry struggles for £3OO a year. The hon. gentle man's views in this respect were coincided in by Messrs. Whitelocke, R.W. Smith, Henderson, S. C. Burke, and others, and as the general purport of the Government measure seemed to be to place the power in the hands of his Excellency the Governor to recommend to the British Government a form of Constitution, they were most earnest in their opposition to it, and by a close contest succeeded in passing the bill, as they thought, without any loophole for such a purpose. They all were of opinion that if it were left to the Governor to re commend a form of Constitution, the country would have foisted upon it a nominee council, such as was recommended by the first bill of the Government. . . It is said that when it was first proposed to change the Constitution, his Excellency's proposal was to have a Chamber in which the people should have a right of election of half the members, but the Executive Committee opposed the bill, and sug gested to his Excellency the idea of a nominal coun cil, which, according to Mr. Bourke, was to consist of the elite, the creme de la creme, purified from the seething surface of Jamaica society. This bill, it is almost supererogatory to say, met with considerable disfavour from the house—even from the official members. . . The bill went to the Council, and it was suggested to pass it in even hotter haste than they had done the former one, for it was proposed to suspend the rule and put it through all its stages at once, but, as some fault was found with its gram matical construction, it was postponed for another day, for the purpose of having the grammar mended. Next day the bill itself was amended in such a way that, according to some members, did not show any particular regard to grammatical perspicuity. Mr. Whitelocke examined it, and at once discovered the cloven foot. The bill, as amended, would give power to the Governor for the time being to recommend a Constitution, and there would yet be another chance for the Barnacles and the corkdrawcrs.' The house was roused. . . That his Excellency understood the character of the measure as the House did seems clear from the following paragraph in his prorogation speech :—" The Session which is now about to terminate has been the most important that has ever taken place since Jamaica became a dependency of the British Crown lt is impossible to help regretting the necessity which has enforced the abandonment of institutions so deservedly dear to every British heart, and which, even in this colony, have remained unchanged for a period of 200 years ; but it is wiser and better, circumstanced as we are, to give up institutions which are valued rather for the associations which are connected with them than for any advantages which resulted to the colony from their existence in Jamaica, and to substitute in their place a perhaps less showy and less time-honoured form of Govern ment, but which is certainly more practicable and better suited to the altered circumstances of our position." The Guardian concludes with the following para graph : " We shrewedly suspect, in spite of struggles on the one hand and loud profession on the other, we are in a fair way of having an oligarchical Govern ment put upon us, unless, indeed, the British Go- vernment shall put aside the bill just passed, and instruct the expected commission to report upon matters of that kind as well." The Special Commission to try the political pri soners lately confined in Morant Bay is appointed by his Excellency the Governor, and will hold its sittings on 22d January next. It has not transpired whether it will sit in Kingston or Morant Bay. The magistrates, clergy, and other inhabitants of the parish of Trelawny have presented an address to Governor Eyre, sympathising with him in regard to his heavyresponsibilities, and expressing the greatest pleasure in stating that his Excellency " discharged them with so much wisdom, energy, promptitude, and decision of purpose—from no selfish considera tion, but under a deep sense, we feel assured, of your Excellency's duty to our beloved Sovereign, to the loyal inhabitants of this island, and all its best interests." To which his Excellency made the following re ply :—" Mr. Custos, Rev. Gentlemen, and Gentle men—lt would at all times afford me sincere plea sure to receive such a gratifying assurance of the good opinion and approval of the numerous and highly respectable and influential gentlemen of Tre lawny who have signed the address presented to me by your respected Custos; but it comes doubly welcome to me at a time when the acts to which you refer, undertaken from a deep sense of my duty to my Sovereign and to o the colonists of this island, and with a full and anxious appreciation of the painful responsibility of my position, have been so maliciously misrepresented and so unjustly maligned by a section of the Eng lish press, and by parties at home who have no sym . . . . . pathies with their fellow-countrymen suffering under the atrocious barbarities inflicted by savages, be- cause those savages have a black skin; that they do not hesitate to call the just retribution which over took the ruthless rebels of St. Thomas's-in-the-East by the names of ' murder' and " massacre.' It was trying enough, gentlemen, to have to encounter the harassing and anxious duty of putting down the rebellion and taking steps to preserve peace and tranquillity in the' other districts of the colony, but it is very hard and most unexpected to have to rebut accusations founded upon exaggeration, misrepre sentation, and untruth. I shall have much pleasure in transmitting your address to her Majesty's Go- vernment as a proof that in the island, where the • actual circumstances ought to be best known, and where the magnitude and imminency of the danger to the entire colony can best be appreciated, the foul aspersions disseminated by a portion of the English press are unjust and undeserved. I thank you, gentlemen, most gratefully for your loyal ad dress, and for the hearty expression of your willing ness to co-operate with me in any measure necessary for the protection of life and property and the peace and welfare of the island at large. On my part, I would assure you that I shall ever be ready to do my duty faithfully, and will never shrink from assuming any amount of responsibility which the public safety requires me to undertake. " E. EYRE." Patti appeared at Paris on Monday night week, for the first time this season, in " Linda." The house was crowded to excess, all the ladies were in full ball costume, and some were literally blazing with diamonds. The first act passed without any great mark of excitment, but at the close of the second " La Diva" ran considerable risk of being annihilated by the storm of bouquets, which were thrown from all parts of the house. At the close of the opera she was re-called ten times to receive the enthusiastic ovations of the house, which she acknowledged with her accustomed modest grace. Madame Rudersdoff has gone to Leipsic, where she is engaged to sing at two of the famous Gewandhaus concerts. .yr. , 61111 ----- Chula HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Saturday. Her Majesty and her Royal Highness Princess Helena went out yesterday morning, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald ; and in the afternoon her Majesty drove out in a carriage and four with Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, attended by Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Hermann of Hohenlohe and Prince Leiningen joined her Majesty's dinner party in the evening. Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Commander -in" Chief at Portsmouth, had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. SUNDAY• Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and his Serene Highn ess Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, attended Divine service at Whippingham Church this morning. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. We understand that, some time during the month of March, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will visit Belvoir Castle, the residence of the Duke of Rutland, where great preparations are to be made for his reception• LITERATURE. THE LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENTS OF FLOWERS-"" • published by the Messrs. Frederick Warne and Company—is the sweetest little jewel of a book devoted to the exposition of the eloquence of . the parterre and the wildwood, of the garden and • the hedgerow. Printed in Colours as the inns: trations to the volume are throughout, the boor is really (to the eye) as though it were " enamelled o'er with flowers" like the grass of ,a spring meadow or like garden-beds at Mid summer. Some of the bunches of blossoms thus presented to view we could almost " smell to," the,' bloom upon us so deliciously. Instance—the frontis piece, representing a bouquet made up of the corn; bottle, the convolvol us , d a i sy, v i o l et, an d po pPY Though there, it is true, the nose would have the per fume of the violet all to itself, the other constituent portions of the nosegay being in effect inodorous. Not so other bouquets comprising within them the may, the pink, and the honeysuckle !—the Dar cissus and the lily of the valley !—the primrose and the hayacinth !--to say nothing of i‘ lumps of flowers," such as roses of every form and hue , moss and cabbage, dogrose and tuberose, red,white, blush, damask, and yellow And then from out all those luscious blossoms—just as the bee gathers the virginal wax and the gold-dropping honey—th e compiler of the charming little volume under notice extracts the inner significance of each—the language and sentiment therein latent—ready to be drawn forth at pleasure (literally at pleasure) by the well; instructed. " Lo ve " f rom t h e R ose ! ' , Pur ity' from the Lily ! "Modesty" from the. Violet ! I desire a return of affection" from the Jonquil! "Generous and delicate affection" from th e Honeysuckle ! " Delicate pleasures " from the Sweet pea ! " Chastity" from the Orange' flowers ! " First emotions of love" from the Lilac! " Amiability" from the Jasmine! " Innocence" from the Daisy! " Childishness" from the Butter cup ! "Distrust" from Lavender " Thoughts" from the Pansy ! " Melancholy" from the Gera nium ! " I wound to heal" from the Sweetbriar! " Beautiful eyes" from the Tulip ! " Alas! for )337 poor heart" from the Carnation ! " Celibacy (mos t appropriately) frum Bachelors' Buttons! Blossoms -- blossoms—blossoms !--they are strewn around us in profusion as we turn these pages—Flowers of speech in the letterpress—Flowers of verse from the poets, from Milton's lament over Lycidas and Shak spere's warblings, in the voice now of Perdita, now of Ophelia, to Charles Dickens's Ivy Green, and Wordsworth's Little Celandine—from Careve B Primrose to Shelley's Sensitive Plant. In a word (or two)--a glance through this charming little book is as refreshing and exhilarating as a stroll along the garden walks in the flowery month of June. IVARNE'S BIJOU BOOKS—are the daintiest little (waistcoat)-pocket-companions well imaginable• Veritable bijoux—five of them in a cluster ! " Guide to the Ball-room" for one—leading the in experienced adventurer cleverly through all the con ventional labyrinths thridding the windings of the mazy dance ! " Etiquette—for Ladies ! " Eti quette"—for Gentlemen ! For the dull-witted " Fun, Forfeits, and Flirtation!" For the eccentric —" Ventriloquism made Easy, or How to become a Ventriloquist !" Surely choice enough of amuse' ments to admit of the gratification of all sorts of tastes —even those of a suckling Valentine V° or a youngling (Edipus, of a fribble or a flirt, of a Stodare of the playroom or a Joe Miller of the Lir sery. THE TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE has been purchased by Mr. Bentley, of New Burlington -street. The s lll3l stated by a weekly contemporary (viz., .£2,500) is incor rect ; it is a larger amount. NEWSVENDORS 7 BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT IN STITUTION.-Mr. Torrens, M.P., has consented to take the chair at the annual dinner of the above institution. 113 ,„ e banquet will be held at the F reemasons ' T avern on the 20th of March. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—TiI? Mayor of Gloucest er p res id e d on S a t ur d ay at a meet i n g °` his townsmen, held in the Corn Exchange, Gloucester, when a resolution was unanimously adopted providing for the collection in that city of a sum of money sufficient 0 , establish a lifeboat, whi c h s h ould be called the city of Gloucester. Mr. Richard Lewis, secretary of the R o 9 3 ' National Lifeboat Institution, was present. STOPPAGE OF THE " SUNDAY EVENINGS FOR TO PEOPLE."—The fourth of the series of the above evenings took place last night at St. Martin's Hall, and Wa s largely attended. The lecture, which was delivered by NV . ' B. Hodgson, Esq., LL.D., having been concluded, lld r ; Kenney, man ag i ng mem b er of the committee, r o se and said no doubt most of the friends present were aware of t he strong opposition that existed on the part of the Sabbatali° party to this movement, and this feeling had resulted in th e receipt of a lawyer's letter from the solicitor of the Lord Day Observance Society, to the lessees of St. Martin's 1 1411 ' warning them against letting the hall on Sunday evening s for the illegal object for which it was now being used. T he lessees of the hall had therefore instructed their solicitor_ to send a letter to th e comm itt ee, stat i ng that the ha ll w ould for the future be closed against them on the Sunday even ings. This, therefore, would be the last evening until the question was settled in a court of law. Mr. W. Sha er '' solicitor, said that on Friday last two members of the com mittee called upon him with a long letter the commit tee had received from the solicitor to the lessees of the hall, ° the effect that the h a ll wou ld i n f u t ure b e c l ose d spit °t them, legal proceedings h av i ng b een th rea t ene d aga i n st the lessees, under an act of Geo. 111., cap. 39, passed in 1 781 ' for keeping open a disorderly house on the Sunday even' ing for the di scuss i on o f t ex t s o f H o l y S cr i pture and trr performance of music by p ro f ess i ona l s i ngers, and 'l3 taking money at the doors, it being a house of entertain ment and amusement, and by which the lessees were liable to a penalty of £2OO per day. After consultation, it was resolved by the committee and several of the g entleme n who had interest e d th emse l ves i n t h e movement t o the question tried in the Court of Queen's Bench, as whether the " Sunday Evenings for the People" c gel d under the act referred to. A su b scr i p ti on l i st was o pen to defray the cost of the law p rocee di ngs. and £2 50 5u scribed in the room. MANSLAUGHTER IN THE STREET. An inque st was held on Saturday at the London Hospital , the body of Mary Ann Hvnes, aged 53, a shoebin dari whose death was s a id t o have been caused by violence' On the evening of Wednesday fortnight the deceased, widow, was returning home through Brick-lane, 11712ite i : chapel, after visiting a f r i en d, a ft er n i ne or ten o'cle °— Two persons were quarrellin g i n th e s t reet, an d s he Wen t b between them and received a wou n d i n th e b ac k, l ilite ds proved to be very deep. Arrived home, she told her frie ° r that she did not know the person s w h o h a d s t a bbed hen ° E , what instrument had been used. She was removed to th an hospital, where she died o n th e 23d i nst. D ecea sed W , given to habits of intemperance. The post-morte na mination showed that th e woun d penetrate d the d°rsii't vertebras. Half th e sp i na l column was comp l e telY n c ibe through, and death was consequently inevita ble. ' the coroner inquired whether anything was known °f aid parties who stabbed the deceased ? Inspector Osborne s e the police had not been told anything about the e ut d rg i ft.- until after the woman's death, consequently gr eat T• s s c ultie s wore thrown in th e way, but they Were itlictl inquiries everywhere in th e n e i g hb ou i r hood. "Manslaughter a some person or persons unlll2°'