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HIGH, WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT.—Morning, 2h. 28m.—Afternoon, 2h. 44m, To-Mounow.-Morning, 3h. 3m.—Afternoon, 3h. 20m. •S **P .4 git e l &Akl flitt -7/ (HE LAST EDITION OF ,4 TIIE SUN," Containing the Latest SruitTlNG INT ELLIGEL , C r. lan. be had Every Evening of G. IL GLEN IF., NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE ATR E-ROY AL, DRURY-LANE, 1 Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the performance will commence with RING LEAR. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Walter Lay, H enr y y Marston, E. Phelps, Barrett , A. Rayner ; M Vezin, &c. • which, on a scale of great splendour, Milton's Mask of C After OMUS : Messrs. Walter Lacy, Wilbye Cooper, Renzi Drayton, Miss Poole, Miss Augusta Thomson, and Mrs. H. Vezin. ____---------- THEATRE -It OPAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Mr. Chip pendale; Miss N. Moore, Miss Snowdon, COUSIN. Miss F. Wright Messrs. , &c. Alter which, OUR AMERICAN Bothern, BuckstorLe. 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ALEXANDER (late BIIOOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as non as Published. containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLM ENCE, by H. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackiriars-road , London, S. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1863. The arrival of the Belgian informs us of the final surrender of the chief Confederate force remaining in the field. It seems from the official account that after the disavowal of SHERMAN'S authority, GRANT offered JOHNSTON the same terms as those which LEE surrendered upon. JoHNSTON at first stipulated that DAVIS and the other leaders of the Confederacy should have permission to leave the country, but appears finally to have been compelled to abandon this condition, and to have surrendered upon exactly the same terms as his more renowned leader. It is not surprising that upon the receipt of this in telligence Mr. STANTON should have ordered an immediate curtailment of the military expenses, since there is at last a prospect of the conclu sion of the war, but much will depend upon the spirit in which the Federal leaders will improve the opportunity. We must hope, though their con duct since their accession to power gives little grounds for confidence, that they will be sensible of the greatness of their responsibility and the importance of the occasion. It is a juncture which especially calls for moderation and mag nanimity —two qualities for which American states men are unhappily n ot genera lly remar k a ble. In the triumphs of their arms the Federals must not forget that though temporarily victorious they have not subdued the people—that there is still a strong feeling extant in the Confederacy against Federal dominion —that the old clashing of interests and struggle for supremacy will be enhanced tenfold by the bitter memories of the war. All these con siderations should make them act warily, and should induce them to be liberal and courteous in their dealings with the South. Unhappily as yet the principal speakers and actors in the North, with the exception of the two military leaders, have endeavoured rather to inflame the a ngry passions of the multitude, and to increase the irritation felt in the South than to soothe away animosity and party rancour. GRANT and SHER MAN have acted in accordance with their reputation as soldiers, and with the feeling of brave men Who offer to a brave and honourable foe the same terms which in his position they could accept them selves. By so doing they have consolidated the Federal triumphs, and have temporarily arrested the effusion of blood. It remains to be seen whether the civil leaders will have the good sense and right feeling to imitate their moderation, a moderation which has raised their reputation in Europe more than all their victories. The JOHNSON Cabinet must treat the Cabinet of Davis and his associates with the same magnanimity that GRANT and SHER MAN have treated the Confederate Generals if they hope to secure their power. There is enough strength yet left in the Confe deracy to make it next to impossible for a country exhausted in men and money as the North is to maintain a hostile dominion. Yet the refusal to agree to the departure of DAVIS, the threats about confiscation, and the perpetual harping of the new PRESIDENT on the enormity of treason, are not en couraging indications of the future policy at Wash ington. It is not by such means as these that the United States can secure peace and prosperity at home or respect abroad. Meanwhile Englishmen cannot but look with some mortification at the results of a struggle in which their country has played so poor a part. Discretion may sometimes be the better part of valour, but the excessive discretion of England in this case may yet bear bitter fruits. After four years of unparalleled and exhausting warfare, we may well ask ourselves how far our selfish inaction has contributed to the slaughter and desolation which have so completely changed the face of America. We have yet to see the extinction of slavery, which it is more than probable will lift its head again, but we do see an amount of suffer ing, of slaughter, and of destitution for which it is difficult to find a precedent. Had England come forward with firmness and promptitude she might have save saved a million of lives, a thousand mil lions of property, and be now rejoicing over the final destruction of that " domestic institution" which has been the curse of America. The first act of the drama is played out, but the prospect is not such as to relieve the anxiety of the sincere well wishers of the States. The inauguration of the Dublin Exhibition was in every way a most interesting ceremony; and it is gratifying to find that it passed off with perfect success, its brilliancy scarcely dimmed even by those " weeping skies" to which a popular Irish poet assures us are due many of the national beauties of the country. The great aim and end of all the Exhibitions, of which the Crystal Palace of 1851 was the precursor and prototype, is to encourage indus trial arts, to develope the resources of a country, and to exhibit the marvels which the skill of modern days, joined to the wonders of commercial enter prise, have rendered common. Nowhere are such objects more desirable than in the sister country, where the ingenuity and industry of the people alike need a stimulus which is seldom given to them. The abilities of Irishmen are undoubted ; and even Irishwomen are almost unequalled in the beauty and delicacy of their fairy-like work. The country is rich in natural products, yet, thanks to the caprice of the despot Fashion, all these advantages are comparatively profitless. Ireland, though form ing an anxious problem for English statesmen, has never been brought sufficiently forward to develope its capacities, and since it is admitted on all'hands that if trade and commerce could be brought to flourish there they would be the best cure for the poverty and disaffection of the people, it is the more to be regretted that efforts like the present should not have been earlier made. " Better late than never," however, is a good old motto ; and we are glad that the Exhibition should have been opened by no less a personage than the Heir Ap parent. We. trust the fervent loyalty of his reception will induce the Prince to repeat this visit at an early opportunity, accompanied by that charming and popular Princess, whose absence was the only drawback to the general en joyment. The PRINCE may, if he will, do Ireland good service by setting the example of an occasional residence there, and by giving that impetus to trade which the presence of Royalty is sure to be stow. The Exhibition itself is worth a visit, and the throngs which were present at the inauguration ceremony, at the ball, and at the review, in spite of the rain, gave sufficient evi dence how highly the loyal Hibernians esteemed the honour done to them by the royal visit. We trust the success of this first trip across the Irish Chan nel will induce his Royal Highness to repeat the experiment at an early date with equal satisfaction to himself and to Ireland. The anniversary festival of the Royal Literary Fund .is always one that attracts attention amid the hosts of meetings of a similar character. As society progresses the claims of those who contri bute to its highest pleasures and most refined amuse ments become more and more recognised; and in the present day it would be as strange and unusual to hear literature despised, and to see those engaged in it treated with scorn, as a generation or two back it would have been remarkable to find the profession appreciated, and its members high placed in hall as welcome guests. Last year the Prince of WALES presided at this festival, and it is satisfactory to know that the presence of his Royal Highness was of material benefit to the Institution, and hence many deserving cases have been attended to. The Archbishop of YORK presided last night, and the most reverend Primate was eminently successful in his efforts to further the cause for whose interests they met. The most reverend Chairman made an appropriate speech in proposing the toast of the evening, and he began by saying that he wished it to be understood that he eschewed anything like patronising literature. He then went on, in earnest and eloquent terms, to give an account of the man ner in which literature now worked for the good of the community and the greatness of the land. "It preached to us, taught us, and made laws for us, or at all events suggested them ; it worked great social reforms, and it delighted us with the contemplation of fictitious characters ; and in that way almost pushed the actor who used to monopolise that function off the stage." The position of literature at present is indeed one to be rejoiced at, but as its power and privileges are so great, so also should its responsibilities be duly considered. As the Archbishop said, it is most important that the literature of this country should be sound, honest, and pure. The influence of literature is now everywhere felt, and it is impos sible to overrate its effects on the community at large. The consequences of this spread of general intelligence and cultivation are clearly manifested in the most favourable manner, and it is surely not requiring too much to expect that the public, which derives such benefits from the result, should do its utmost to assist those who toil for its benefit. Such aid and assist ance as this society can offer to the worn-out and practically incapacitated man of letters should be regarded not in the light of a charitable donation, or as a testimonial of pity, but rather as an offering and a tribute from those whose lives he has amused and instructed, whose ideas he has elevated, and whose darkest lives he has cheered. The Archbishop truly said teat there was no occupation more hon ut e r r a a b r l y e b than a t n h d a t t hoof p t l h ea e sur ho e n i e n st be a i nd ng independentthin that you can count on the sympathy of thousands of readers " so that your utterance would become part of the world's heritage, and last, in the common sense of mankind, from generation to generation." Yet the Chairman wisely tmmed from the glowing side of the picture to contemplate the flaid - ~l side, which THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1865. was the largest that has ever been seen in this coun try. The van, consisting of some 30 regiments of cavalry and infantry, was followed by the funeral car, which was 14ft. in length—a miniature temple of Liberty surmounting the black canopy festooned upwards from columns rising from the platform holding the coffin. The car was drawn by 16 grey horses, appropriately caparisoned in black and silver bullion, and each led by a coloured groom in deep mourning. Following the hearse came carriages containing Governor Fenton, Major Gunther, the Foreign Consuls, wearing their full insignia of rank, Governors of several States, Trea sury and Post-office officials, members of Congress, and members of the various municipal departments. Masonic and other secret societies and numerous trade unions followed. The rear of the line was composed of negroes, to the number of about one thousand. The whole procession is said to have had in line over eighty thousand souls. Along the entire route the most admirable decorum was maintained. A. subdued spirit appropriate to the occasion seemed to prevail, and the affair was of the most solemnly impressive character. Later in the afternoon, and after the processional ceremonies were concluded, a meeting was held in Union-square, where an oration was delivered by Bancroft, the historian, and reli gious services conducted by Rev. Drs. Tyng, Osgood, Thompson, and others, including the Jewish Rabbi Isaacs. This concluded the day's obsequies. A dreadful accident occurred on the evening of the 27th on the Mississippi river near Cairo. The steamer Sultana, having on board some two thou sand Federal soldiers, exploded her boiler, and taking fire was soon burned to the water's edge, and not over six hundred of the soldiers were saved, the remaining 1,400 having perished. At Danville, Virginia, on the 12th inst., the news of Lee's surrender having just been received, a crowd of citizens and some soldiers broke into the Commissary buildings and began plundering the contents. In one of the stores was a large quantity of gunpowder, which accidentally being ignited ex- ploded with terrible force, the building, its contents, and over 50 persons of both sexes were blown to atoms. Another dreadful accident occurred on the Poto mac river near Blackstone, the Massachusetts collided with a small propeller, sinking the latter, and so badly damaging the Massachusetts that she could with difficulty be kept afloat. In the excite ment a number of soldiers on the Massachusetts, rearing an explosion, became panic-stricken and leaped overboard, 50 of them being drowned. Governor R. E. Fenton, of New York State, lately appointed Good Friday as a day of thanks riving for Federal victories. The blunder was sub sequently corrected, and the day changed to the 21st, which was afterwards observed as a day of humiliation and fasting in consequence of the Pre sident's death. Soon afterwards President Johnson set apart as a day of national humiliation the 25th of May, which is the festival of the ascension of Christ to heaven. In consideration of petitions from several religious bodies this blunder has also been corrected, and the humiliation day postponed until the Ist of June. SPAIN. MADRID, MAT 10. The Queen has received the Peruvian Minister. Advices received here from Lisbon state that the Ministerial party commands very few votes in the Congress. It is. stated that a dissolution of the Chamber or the resignation of the Ministry is im minent. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 10.—Since the opening this morn ing the markets for the various Securities have con tinued to maintain the exceptionally firm position they assumed yesterday, and there is little change to notice in quotations. Threes, for the Account, are done at 67fr. 77c., Mobilier at 832 fr. 50c., and Ita lian Five 3 65fr. 75c. The buoyancy of the market has somewhat declined, and the shares of the Credit Mobilier have receded 22fr. 50c., the closing price being 810 fr. The last quotations were as follows: 41 per Cents 95 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 55 Do. end month 67 70 Italian Loan 65 60 Do. end month 65 75 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Credit Mobilier ... 820 Do. end month ... 810 Austrian Bank Shares 3780 Spanish Threes ... Credit Fonder 1292 50 Roman 7O Home Debt Deferred - RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lO7O ... 1065 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO ... 900 Southern 6OO ... 602 50 Western 532 50 ... 530 Eastern Sardinian 305 ... 305 Austrian Lombard 542 50 ... 545 North of Spain '275 277 50 Saragossa 360 362 50 Ditto to Barcelona 145 LITERATURE. THE BRITISH ARMY REVIEW.—Capt. Boulby has concluded " Sir John Moore's Last Campaign," and melancholy was the fate of his retreat. Deceived by the Spaniards and pressed by the French, he struggled on in spite of terribly bad weather, and died like a soldier superior to adversity. "Too Late" is an episode of the siege of Sebastopol, smartly written and most affecting. It is highly descriptive of the dangerous work in the trenches where two engineer officers were wounded, one mortally by the loss of a leg, and the other losing an arm, and both by the same shell bursting at their feet. "Our Treatment of Savages' ) refers to our wars in New Zealand and Bhootan, in which our policy is censured as being too lenient end indecisive. An invasion is termed by the natives as unjust and intolerable, and never to be forgiven— never, never, never, as they emphatically avow. It is, therefore, considered best to tame tho wild tiger by sub duing him, and then to treat him kindly after convincing him of our might. " The Practice of Duelling" is next commented on. In the duel the aggressor meets the aggrieved ; in war the opposed masses have no personal grievance between them, but they fight to kill or be killed, because their duty orders them to fight— " As only men can fight, Who know no reason why." The practice of duelling is condemned, and war, too. " Celebrated Trials" is continued, and Colonel Despard figures in the present number. His " trial" presents coin cidences with that of Governor Wall. Both Wall and Despard were men of family, and both came from nearly the same part of Ireland, Tipperary. Both by their own merits rose to bo colonels and governors of colonies, and both were eventually hanged in London—one in 1802, and the other in 1803. " Frederick the Great and Napoleon " presents a sort of contrast betwen conquerors who were similar in tactics, discipline, and daring. Napoleon himself said of Frederick that the battle of Leuthen alone would alone suffice to immortalise him and rank him among the greatest generals. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—The Editor's story of " The House of Seven Chimneys" proceeds with animation and interest. Charles Stuart and Buck ingham have now reached Madrid, and all the en tanglements of court plots and diplomatic intrigues has commenced. A new and less ambitious story, " The Blank in the Lottery," is begun in this number, and pro mises attraction of a domestic character. " Malmaison" is a very interesting paper, recounting the impressions of one of the oldest and most faithful of Napoleon's friends and associates on revisiting a spot endeared by so many recollections. Wo have besides another " cue from Shaks pears," by Francis Jams, a tale from the Swedish, a Ger man's account of a visit to a London printing-office, and a sketch of Life on the Bosphorus, besides several miscel laneous papers, so that the list of contents is more than usually varied. _ _ THE VICTORIA MAGAZINE.—We are glad to see this evidence of female industry and enterprise still keeping its place among the serials of the day. The dissertations are by no moans confined to the worktable or the fashion book ; in fact, it does not coondescend to such trifling, preferring rather to discuss "Our Convicts," "Strikes and Lock Outs," and the " llistoiro de C6sar."' These subjects, as may be guessed, aro not treated exclu sively by feminino scribes, and the articles are, on the whole, well written and sensible. Two tales are continued from number to number—one a modern story, the other a medicoval romance. The questions of social science which affect the position or education of woman are also discussed at length, with, of course, a strong leaning to the ladies' side of the argument. THE DAY OF REST.—This publication will find favour with the serious class of readers, and, indeed, it contains plenty of matter to attract and interest the general student. One very good feature of its contents is that portion called " Tho Whispering Gallery," which is an excellent name for it, since it also affords a summary of the most notable events of tho week. Some of the verses here met with are above the average, and writ ten in a flowing strain that is pleasing and graceful. In one of the sections of " The Whispering Gallery" which appear in this volume there is an affecting allusion to the death of Richard Cobden, which is sure to attract interest and win regard. A great variety is met with in the con tents of this periodical ; and with the stories, anecdotes, descriptions, and reflections no one can complain that there is not presented to notice ample materials for reason and fancy to dwell upon in such serious or lighter hours. THE ENGLISHMAN'S MAGAZINE.—One of the most attractive papers in this number is the second part of the essay on the Valcanoes of Auvergne, which has now reached the period of the volcanoes, and conveys a good deal of information. "I and Myself" is an original and suggestive paper, showing we deceive and argue with ourselves, while the " selves" have generally the right on Leir side. " The Madonna of St. Roche" is a leaf from the blood-stained history of the Reign of Terror. A chapter of Talmudic Legends is very well worth reading, and takes us into tho literature of another world. THE BOY'S OWN MAGAZINE. THE BOY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Beeton.—These publications are of great excellence, and furnish useful and at tractive subjects for the class for which they aro designed nowadays, and literature abounds with every variety that can please or profit the young, and it may fairly be said that these magazines for boys aro not behind their contemporaries in style or subject; they aro deserv ing of support from all those who are directly or indirectly concerned in the mattar. NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES is, as its title-page informs us, " a record of the progress of invention as applied to the arts, and presents us with an endless series of inventions, and is in fact a perfect chronicle of progress. Of course this periodical is designed for a particular class of readers, but to these-it will prove invaluable, and its past claims to fame have not received any diminution from its present course, which well entitles it to support. GOOD WORDS.—This well-written and well edited serial keeps up its character and interest. It has two stories proceeding from month to month in regular course, both of them by authors of some note Charles Kingsley and Alexander Smith. Sir John Her schel contributes an essay on Light, and Mr. Kaye con:- dillies his series of lives of our Indian Heroes. There are also poems by David Wingate and Isa Craig, and articles by the editor and by the author of " The Eclipse of Faith.' THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Edited by Dr. Guthrie.—This magazine is more directly religious in tone and sentiment than " Good Words," and contains less matter of general interest. It is very excel lent in principle, and has several touching and instructive papers among them, the pathetic history of a poor idiot boy. . . _ _ THE ECLECTIC.—" The Eclectic" is this month more than usually attractive. It opens with an article on the memoirs of the quaint but able and conscientious Abernethy, followed by a discourse on Earl Russell's essay on the Constitution. We have, besides, a criticism on Cornelius O'Dowd, and a memoir of Richard Cobden. CARDINAL WISEMAN'S SUCCESSOR. (From the Times of this day.) We are informed that both Dr. Grant and Dr. Clifford, whose names were returned by the Roman Catholic Chapter to fill the office vacated by the death of Cardinal Wiseman, sent to Rome such a sincere and strong nolo episcopari, or rather nolo archiepiscopari, that neither of them could be ap pointed. Thus there remained but one name, that of Dr. Errington, and so the Pope was deprived of any power of selection. Therefore all three were set aside, and Dr. Manning was choSen as being one of the most accomplished and distinguished men among the Roman Catholic clergy. We are informed that this is the true reason why Dr. Grant and Dr. Clifford were passed over. Our contemporary had the following in its im pression of yesterday under the heading— " ARCHBISHOP MANNING."-It is announced that the Titular Archbishopric of Westminster, rendered vacant by the death of Cardinal Wiseman, has been conferred upon the Rev. Dr. Henry Edward Man ning, the Pope having passed over the name of Dr. Clifford, Bishop of Clifton, Dr. Grant, Bishop of Southwark, and Dr. Errington, late coad jutor to Cardinal Wiseman, who were returned according to custom by the Chapter of the dio cese. The new Archbishop is a son of the late Air. William Manning, M.P. He was born in 1809, and was educated at Harrow and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1830, taking a first class in classics. Among those who took a first-class at the same time were Mr. H. W. Wilberforce, formerly a clergyman of the Church of England, now a Roman Catholic layman, and Mr. W. K. Hamilton, now Bishop of Salisbury. Dr. Manning was subsequently elected Fellow of Merton College, and in 1834 was presented by Mr. Wilberforce, now Bishop of Oxford, to the vicarage of Graffham, Sussex. In 1840 he was nominated to the arch deaconry of Chichester. These preferments he held up to 1851, when he resigned them with a view to join the communion of the Church of Rome. After wards he became a priest of that Church, and is now the head of a religious order settled at Bayswater, called " the Oblates of St. Charles Borromeo," con sisting chiefly of clerical secessionists from the Church of England. The nomination of Dr. Man ning (the l intes of yesterday went on to remark) has caused much surprise among the Roman Catholics of London, who were universally of opinion that Dr. Clifford, on account of his connexions and great learning, would be chosen by the Pope as Cardinal Wiseman's successor. It is observed, however, in the Daily News of this morning as follows :—" The name of Dr. Manning, who has been appointed by the Pope to succeed Cardinal Wiseman as Archbishop of Westminster, stood, we are informed, at the head of the list sent to Rome by the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in England, when they assembled at Birmingham, after the cardinal's death. The names then agreed upon were--Ist, Dr. Manning ; 2d, Dr. Clifford, Bishop of Clifton ; and 3d, Dr. Grant, Bishop of Southwark. The clergy of the late cardinal's diocese sent in the names of-Ist, Dr. Clifford; 2d, Dr. Grant; and 3d, Dr. Ulla thorne, Bishop of Birmingham. It is the custom of the Roman Catholic Church, when a metropolitan bishop or archbishop dies, that the suffragan bishops should send in the names of the three ecclesiastics they consider most fit to rule over them, and also that the clergy of the diocese should declare who is the individual they consider most fit. It is said that what has decided the Pope in the selection of Dr. Manning is a private letter which the late Car dinal wrote to the Holy Father when upon his death bed, in which he said that he considered Dr. Man ning the most fit man in England to be his suc cessor. Dr. Manning is not to be created a car dinal ; the " hat" vacant by Cardinal Wiseman's death is to be conferred upon the Hon. and Right Rev. George Talbot, who resides at Rome, and has for some years been one of the domestic chaplains of the Pope, a brother of Lord Talbot de Malahide, and for many years a beneficed clergyman of the English Church. Dr. Manning, not being yet a bishop, will have to be consecrated as well as to re ceive the pallium of an archbishop. It is supposed the ceremony will take place at Moorfields Chapel on Thursday, the 29th of June, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Dr. Biown, Roman Catholic bishop of Newport and senior Roman:Catholic bishop in England, being the consecrating bishop." Mr, Walter Macfarren's Pianoforte Recital, On Saturday afternoon a select and fashionable audience attended at Hanover-square Rooms to listen to a concert given by this gifted and accom plished artist. Even among the numerous pianists of the present day Mr. Macfarren holds an undis puted rank, and the selection of the programme on Saturday proved that he possesses a sound and classical taste. Of late years the works of the great masters have been studied with so much assiduity in this country that it is no longer the marvel which it would once have been to hear a concert composed exclusively of classical chef d'ceuvres. To the real lover of music there is perhaps no greater treat than to hear such works fittingly interpreted, and the success which invariably attends a really good performer is sufficient to show how widely a taste for the highest kind of music is diffused throughout this country. Mr. Macfarren was accom panied in a duet for two pianos by one of his pupils, who did ample justice to his teaching; and the concert, which consisted of pieces belonging to a selected and exclusive kind of music, was an unques tionable success. It has been proposed in America to raze Ford's Theatre (where President Lincoln was murdered) to the ground, and build a monument to the memory of the mar tyred President. indeed was the one which was appropriate for the LATEST INTELLIGENCE. occasion before them. A man's faculties may not (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) last, or he may be summoned away before he has made a due provision for his family. It is in these cases that this fund comes in appropriately and works with good effect. The Archbishop very properly denounced the theory that he had heard the other day that all charity was either " useless or mischievous." All right-minded persons will agree with the truth of this remark, that the indoor relief of the workhouse was not " the proper and only resource of the widows and children of those who had instructed us, amused our leisure, and im proved our lives." It is also very true what the most reverend Chairman afterwards said, that in bodily labour a man must desist if he was incapaci tated, but in mental labour it was otherwise. The Dean of Westminster made a very intefesting speech on English Literature, and the evening was altogether a very pleasant and profitable one. Up wards of a thousand pounds were subscribed to the fund in the course of the evening, which is satisfac tory. It is certain that no institution exists more worthy of support and sympathy, no recipients of relief can require the aid afforded to them more than the overtasked labourers of literature stand in need of occasional and timely assistance, and it should be considered that to smooth the rugged road and lighten the heavy burden of some of these benefactors of their race is an honourable task and a praiseworthy endeavour. It is a scandal and a reproach,to a civilised country if those who are the mainstay of its intelligence and the promoters of its refinements pine in silence and languish in loneli ness, or if they fall and perish by the wayside weary of the march of life, and leave their families to starve. The Royal Literary Fund is a Society that represents the claims of the highest kind of labour, and an enterprising community will be unworthy of their privileges if it fail to acknowledge its title to support and encouragement. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE GERMANIA. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 11. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Germania, from New York on the 29th ult., has arrived with 310 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 82 bags of mails, $7,600 for England, $34,500 for France, and $11,500 for Hamburg. On the 4th inst. she spoke a steamer, supposed to be the City of Manchester or the Glasgow ; on the 6th, the British steamer St. Lawrence ; and on the 7th, the steamers Saxonia and City of Boston. Lord GRANVILLE, as Chancellor of the University of London, presided yesterday at a meeting held at Burlington House for the purpose of admitting to degrees those who passed the various examinations, and of awarding certificates and medals to those undergraduates who had passed with honours. His lordship's discourse on the occasion was a very happy one, and he seized upon all the salient points which called for attention. The University of Lon don represents the spirit of toleration, and it recog nises the largest amount of religious liberty. This University has also set the example of viva voce examinations and of local ones. In short, as the noble President said, it might declare that the sun did not set upon its " educational improvements," for these examinations were now increasing in every direction. Lord GRANVILLE made an amusing allusion to a remark that some one had made the other day, to the effect that he and Lord PALMERSTON did not like hard work. Now, said the noble lord, he would not question the justice of the charge personally, although he had always found that if he was successful it was owing to hard work ; but with regard to Lord PAL3IERSTON the statement was quite erroneous. "He was the hardest -working man ever known, and had been so from his youth upwards, and he would venture to say that none of the young men around him had, from the age of 16 to 24, worked as hard as Lord PALMERSTON did now in his eightieth year for the benefit and wel fare of his country." All must concur in the truth of these remarks from the noble lord, and also in his after observation, that it was owing to the effects of hard work that Lord PALMERSTON had gained the respect and confidence of all " political opinions, and of all classes in the coun try." It is a great incentive to those entering on their career to be encouraged to proceed and in cited to exertions by those who are distinguished among their countrymen, and Lord GRANVILLE'S speech was in every respect worthy of the occasion. NEW Yong, April 30 (Noon). The following despatch first announced the cap ture of Booth and Harrold, and the death of the former : " War Department, April 27, 9 a.m. " Major-General Dix.—J. Wilkes Booth and Harrold were chased from the swamp in St. Mary's County, Maryland, to Garrett's Farm, near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock, by Colonel Baker's forces. The barn in which they took refuge was fired. Booth, in making his escape, was shot through the head and killed, lingering about three hours. Harrold was captured. Booth's body and Harold are now here. " EDWIN M. STANTON, See. of War." The following particulars of the affair are taken from the newspaper reports :—lt having been ascer tained positively that the assassins had crossed the Potomac, a force of cavalry at once started in pur suit, and, on the night of the 26th inst., the fugi tives were found to have secreted themselves in a barn near Bowling-green, in Carolina County, Virginia. A detachment of the 16th New York cavalry came up and surrounded the barn. Booth's flight had been impeded by a broken leg, he having his horse fall with him on the night of the assassi nation, thereby fracturing his ancle. This accident finally led to his discovery. The surgeon who reduced the fracture has been ar rested in Maryland, and the necessary information derived from him, and others in the same neigh bourhood. As soon as the barn was surrounded, Booth was called upon to surrender. The following colloquy is said to have taken place between Booth and Lieu tenant Baker of the cavalry : Baker—You must give up your arms and sur render. We will give you five minutes to consider, and then we will burn the barn. Booth—Who are you, and what do you want ? Baker--We want you and intend to take you. Booth—This is a hard case. lam a cripple with one leg; but give me a chance for my life. With draw your men 100 yards from the barn and I will come out and fight. Baker—We don't come here to fight, but to take you prisoner. You must give up your arms and surrender. Booth—l could pick off a dozen of you while you are talking ; but I (la not wish to kill anybody. I will never surrender though—never be taken alive. Baker—Then we will fire the barn. Booth—Well, my brave boys, prepare a stretcher for me. Harrold by this time having concluded to sur render, thrust his wrists through the door to be handcuffed, and was then dragged out, denounced as a coward by his desperate companion. All this took place in the dark, the night being cloudy. Colonel Conger in command of the cavalry, being satisfied that further parley was useless, set fire to the barn through the crevices of the barn, and the building was soon in flames. Through the cracks- between the boards Booth was seen in the middle of the floor leaning upon a crutch which he now threw aside, and, grasping a carbine, he limped towards the door. Sergeant Corbett, who had crept up to the barn, now fired through an aperture, the shot taking effect in the head of Booth, who fell to the floor. The soldiers then entered the barn and removed the body of the dying man to the porch of an adjoining house, and Col. Conger at once sent for a surgeon. Booth was at first insensible,. but finally revived a little, and said to Col. Conger in a feeble voice," " Tell mother I die for my country. I did what I thought was for the best." When an effort was made to revive him, by bathing his hands-and face with water, he uttered the words, " Useless, useless," and soon afterwards expired. He was shot at fifteen minutes past three a.m., and died about four hours afterwards. His body was convoyed to Washington, and is said to have been fully identified and secretly buried, being first merely sewed up in an army blanket. Harrold has so far been quite reticent and morose. His trial is to take place immediately. Lewis Payne, the man who attacked Secretary Seward, is now in gaol inWashington. He recently attempted to beat his brains out against the iron bars of his cell, but was prevented. He is securely bound and his head. encased in a wadded cap, in order to frustrate any similar attempt at self-de struction. Secretary Seward is rapidly regaining strength and has already been out riding. His son is out o: danger. It is said that a Cabinet meeting was held last night in order to provide against further danger from the conspiracy, which is reported to have ex tensive ramifications. Secretary Stanton has not yet furnished to the public any corroboration of his insinuation that the " President's murder was planned in Canada and approved at Richmond." Nor has the slightest evidence been produced in any quarter that the Confederate authorities were cog nisant of any such conspiracy. The surrender of General Johnston is officially announced as follows : War Department, April 28, 3 p.m. Major-General Di; A despatch just received from Gen. Grant, dated at Raleigh, 10 p.m., April 26, states that " Johnston surrendered the forces in his command, embracing all from here to the Chattahoochie to Gen. Sherman, on the basis agreed upon between Lee and myself for the army of Northern Virginia. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary-of-War. The following deSpatches were previously pro mulgated : War Department, April 27, 9.30 a.m. Major-General Dix, The department has received the following de spatch from Gen. Halleck, commanding the Military Division of the James : " Generals Canby anil Thomas were instructed some days ago that Sherman's arrangement with Johnston was disapproved by the President, and they were to disregard it and push the enemy in every direction. " E. M. STANTON, Secretary-of-War." RICIIMOND, VA., April 26, 9.30 p.m. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Generals Mead, Sheridan, and Wright are acting under orders to pay no regard to any truce or orders of General Sherman respecting hostilites on the ground that Sherman's agreement could bind his own command only, and no other. They arc directed to push forward regardless of orders from any one except General Grant, and cut off Johnston's re treat. Beauregard has telegraphed to Danville that a new arrangement has been made with Sherman, and that the advance of the 6th corps was to be sus pended until further orders. I have telegraphed back to obey no orders of Sherman's, but to push forward as rapidly as possible. The bankers here have information that Jeff. Davis's specie is moving south from Greensboro' in waggons as fast as pos sible. I suggest that orders be telegraphed through General Thomas that Wilson obey no orders from Sherman, and notifying him and Canby and all commanders on the Mississippi to take measures to intercept the rebel chiefs and their plunder. The specie taken with them is estimated here at from six to thirteen millions. H. W. HALLECK, Major-Gen. Commanding. On the afternoon of the 25th inst., the remains of Abraham Lincoln left this city for Albany, en route for Springfield, Illinois. It it estimated that nearly 100,000 person's gazed upon the fote of the departed President at the City Hall. The funeral procession PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MAY 11. CHURCH RATES COMPUTATION BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, "To leave out the word now,' and at the end of the question to add the words ' upon this day six months."' Question put,, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided —Ayes, 42 ; Noes, 126. AYES - 42. Bentinck, G. W. P. Du Pre, C. G. Scourfield, J. IL Bentinck, G. C. Fergusson, Sir J. Selwyn, C. J. Booth, Sir It. G. }'toyer J. Shirley, E. P. Bourne, CoL Forester, Gem Smith, Abel Bovill, W. French, Col. Somes, J. Bramley-Moore, J. Gard, it. S. Torrens, H. Bremridge, It. Grey deWilton,Lord Treherne, M. Brooks, It. Hardy, J. Vansittart, W. Bromley, W. D. Hodgson, H. Verner, Sir W. Bruce, Sir H. Hunioerstone, P. S. Verner, E. W. Buxton, C. Knightley, sir It. Waldegrave-Leslie Cobbold, J. C. Langton, W. 11. G. Williams, F. M. Cole, H. Lopes, Sir M. TELLERS. Darner, S. D. Lowther, Captain Newdegate, C. Du Cane, C. Hose, W. A. Hamilton, Major NOES -125. Acton, Sir J. Forster, C. Morrison, W. Adam, W. I'. Foster, W. 0. North, F. Adderley, C. B. Gibson, T. M. Padmore, R. Agnew, Sir A. Gilpin, C. Paget, C. Antrobus, E. Golclsmid, Sir F. Pease, H. Aytoun. R. S. Gower, G. W. L. Potter, E. Bagwell, J. Greenwood, J. Potter, T. B. Barnes, E. Grenfell, H. IL Powell, J. J. Baring, T. G. Grey, Sir G. Price, R. G. Baxter, W. E. Gurney, S. Pryse, E. L. Bazley, T. Hadfield, G. Repton, G. W. J. Beach, W. W. Banbury, R. Ricardo, 0. Black, A. Handiey, J. Robertson, IL Blackburn, P, Hartopp, E. B. Scholefieid, W. Brand, H. Headlam, T. E. Seely, C. Briscoe, J. I. Henderson, J. Seymour, Digby Butler, C. S. Hennessy, J. P. Shelley, Sir J. V. Carneoie, C. Heygate, Sir F. Sheridan, H. B. Cl a y, 3. Hibbert, J. T. Smith, J. A. Clifford, Col. Humphery, W. Smith, J. B. Clifton, Sir R. Ingham, It. Stacpoole, W. Collins, T. Jackson, W. Stanley, 0. Colthurst, Sir G. Jervoise, Sir J. Steel, J. Courtney, Lord Kennedy, T. Talbot, C. R. M. Cox, W. Kinglake, A. W. Taylor, P. A. Craufurd, E. 11. J. Kinglake, Serj. J. Tomline, G. Daiglish, R. Knatchbull, W. Tracy, C. It D. Davey, It. Knatchbull-Hugess Villiers, C. P. Denman, G. Lacon Sir E. Vivian, H. 11. Dent, J. D. Lawson, W. Walter, J. Dering, Sir E. Leatham, E. A. Western, S. Dillwyn L. L. Lee, W. Whitbread , S. Dunlop, A. M. Lennox, Lord 11. G. White, J. Egerton, E. C. Lewis, 11. White, L. Enfield, Viscount Locke, J. Wickham, H. W. Evans, T. W. Mackie, J. Woods, H. Ewart, J. C. Mainwaring, T. lyyld, J. Ewing, 11. E. C. Manners, Lord J. Wynn, C. W. W. Fellowes, E. Marjoribanks, D. C. Wyvill, M. Fenwick, E. M. Martin,J. Y orke, J. R. Fenwick, 11. Matheson, A. TELLER& Finlay, A. S. Moore, C. Douglas, Sir C. Foljambe, F. J. S. Morris, W. Henley, Lord Hootings from the Owl. THE AMERICAN NERO. (Mr. Johnson's Speech in this Morning's American News., The President, his former trade reminding, Seeks to instil rebellious chiefs with feirs ; No other means but harshest sentence finding, Vows them one neck, and that beneath his shears. ADVICE TO CAPTAIN JERVIS AND TILE INDIAN OFFICERS, —Don't holloa till you're free of tho Wood. ' THE GREAT SEAL AND THE LITTLE CLERK. A JUST AWARD. - The Lords last night did rule That neither reward should lack; So the Chancellor keeps the wool, And Edmunds gets the sack. The Iron. Member for Caine was at Sydney a promoter of strong democratic measures. Is it the experience gained from the effects of his own acts that makes him so vio lently opposed to any Lowe-ring of our franchise ? There is truth, wo believe, in the report that Dr. Man ning has been appointed by the Pope Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, owing to Dr. Grant and Dr. Clifford having, both of them, declined the office. DANTE AND LONGFELLOW.—The accomplished philolo gist, Mr. Marsh, who represents the American Government at the Court of Italy, has just presented to the Florence commission for the sexcentenary festival of Dante the first volume (reproducing the " Inferno") of Mr. Longfellow's latest work, his translation of the " Divine Comedy," of Dante, offering it, in the translator's name, as a homage from America to the country which gavo birth to the dis coverer of the New World. • A VERY NOVEL DISCOVERY.-There has recently been deposited in the museum of the Shakspere-houso an original play, purporting to have been written by Shak sPeWt with marginal notes, additions, and corrections in his own handwriting. There is an abundance and variety of evidence to support its authority, which,•if once proved, would render this the most important literary discovery that has been made during the last 250 years. hurt Cirdat HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, May 10. The Hon. Mrs. Ponsonby arrived at Osborne on Monday, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. The Queen and Prince Louise drove out yester day. The Dowager Duchess of Athole has succeeded Lady Waterpark as Lady in Waiting. Mr. Jabez Hughes, photographer, of Ryde, has had the honour of taking photographs of her Majesty and her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice' The Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Deninark , took a carriage drive yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge will have a dinner party at Cambridge Cottage, K ew , to morrow. The Earl and Countess Grey have arrived at their mansion on Carlton House-terrace, from &protracted sojourn on tho Continent. The Earl and Countess Howe arrived at their residence in South Audley-street, a few days back, from Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire, for tho season. The Countess de Grey will have an evening party on Wednesday next at the family mansion in Carlton Gardens. Viscount Maynard is in a very weak state, and his medical attendants give his family but slight hopeo , his recovery. The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait had a dinner party yesterday evening at London House, S t ; James's-square. Among the guests were Viscount an Lady Mary Bandon, Lord and Lady Rollo,Lord Ebuil and Hon. Miss Grosvenor, Hon. William and Mrs. A5h1 0 9 . 7 Sir Chas. and Lady Anderson, General and Mrs. Malcolm, Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, the Rev. J. E. and Mrs. Serape/ Mrs. Davenport, Mr. Tait, Mr. J. Campbell Tait, Dir• Frederick Calvert, &c. Mrs'. Tait had a reception later in the evening. Sir David Davies, M.D., expired yesterday morn ing. The deceased, who received the honour of knigh t " hood shortly after her Majesty's accession to the thr one ' was for many years the domestic physician of his late Majesty Ring William IV. and his consort Queen Adelaide' MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —The marriage ° f Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry Marsham Havelock, Bart., s °rl L the late Sir Henry Hav e l oc k, K.C.8., with Lady Morton, was solemnised yesterday in the church of 0' George's, Hanover-square. Mr, Gladstone and Oxford, • re The following letter, in reference to the coral% University election at Oxford, has been address ed by the Right Hon. Sir John Coleridge to the' Guar' than newspaper ; and, out of consideration for th e honoured and learned writer of the letter, we here give it insertion in our columns : Sir,—You have been in the habit of admitting corresP °ll ; donee with reference to the expected election at Oxford. request you to give me room for a few observation s, al though I shall certainly not be led by them into any cor respondence on the subject. I have been very much struck with so much of a letter from Dr. Pusey to the editor of the Churchman as appe are d in the Times of the 28th of April ; and although I ain 11° ' vain enough to suppose that anything I can say ought to t have the authority which belongs to w h a t h a has said, Y e as a very old lay member of Conv o cati on , I hope I I 'l without impertinence or i m p ro p r i e ty, ven t ure to addl . % through you a few remark s t o th e e l ec t ors o f O x ford as matter touching so nearly the interests and reputation of our common mother. I am proud as an Oxford man of our present represen t "; tives. No member on his own side of the house is De ll : - with more respect and even affectionate attention than I William Heatcote,—no one's character out of it can s tall f higher as a Christian gentleman. In the house and out ° it equally, his talents for the transaction of business are r e ; markable. I speak from long acquaintance, ripene tl, ,,, thankfully say, into intimate friendship, when I des ert his courtesy, his ability, his integrity as admirable ; tb soundness and sincerity of his religious principles as ui ; - ; questionable. So much I may say of him : I wish I coal properly say of him all that I feel. Perhaps it was lt necessary to say so much, because I understand that on 3 " hands it is agreed that he is to be re-elected. In Mr. Gladstone we are represented by a statesman, tl. originality of whose views, and the simple earnestness , '" call it, if you please, impetuosity,—of whose manner, ha -f _ d ° provoked many, from whom in his political career he inw, differed, but whose integrity or sincerity not the bitt ereoy of his opponents has ventured to question. We hal e 11 scholar worthy of his University ; we h a ve an en, lightened statesman—the most successful and sci e° ; tific financier of the age—and an orator whom I I do not over-praise when I call him the greatest win ) ::, this century has produced. If any one thinks I exagge r° L let him consider on how many and on what different sub' jects and occasions he has spoken, and as to tho man ne } the lucidity of his arrangement, the clearness and fora° ot his language ; as to the matter, the astonishing an w , ll : 3 o and variety of knowledge, the force and subtlety of argumentation. Why is he not to be ro-elected ? Not because any thg 4 I have just said is denied to be true, but becaus© 103 1; men, sincero Churchmen I doubt not, differ from li t°l _, somo Church matters. They do not question, 1 belief 'r, lam sure they ought not to question—that he is as s ince to a Churchman as they are, or that ho has applied his n e . li ti o r mind to them with as much sincerity and industry a s t ' - n f have bestowed on them. But they differ, and bocallSe this difference they will have none of him. Now, I venture to submit to them that this is a I/ I° l principle in regard to such an election ; it is wrong to V° a on a principle of partial agreement or disagreement, an not on a fair consideration of the merits of the wholo 01 `, 0 , Do they expect ever to be represented by a mall ssl P it whom they agree in every particular ?—will they s ul) , themselves in nothing to a difference of opinion with whom they send to Parliament ? a tea .. In respect to an Oxford election, the conduct 1. and now avowed towards Mr. Gladstone has been , T s, venture to say, without a precedent. The case of Su Peel is often appealed to ; it is entirely distinguishable' j may speak without delicacy of that personally, beca ti l disagreed with my dearest friends upon it, and althong-t was then strongly opposed to the Emancipation, 1 We it i to Oxford and supported Sir Robert Peel. But laell°-0 and I say, the case was different—the question then issue was deemed vital to the Church. Sir Rober t, " Wil h e y; he changed his line of conduct in regard to it, hono uvt ,: , r esigned, and offered himself for re-election. In (1°,4 he challenged the University to pronounce on the ster had taken ; she could not have re-elected him without e'rg pmssly approving his new opinions, and pronounet°o against her own old and unchanged ones : the poll Wa s . „ determine not so much whether Sir Robert was to be ul d elected, as whether Oxford was at once, and as it i have seemed without conviction but at the beck of Diner nister, to support Emancipation. I regretted at the t but I cannot now condemn the resolution she adopte"' I sincerely respect and regard Mr. Hardy. I think l itin i t excellent member of Parliament. I hope ho will find it , e a s . 6 there, but I trust that he will not be offended if OP,t.big my regret that he has been induced to lend his name to miserable travestie of what then took place. As th e [ 4 g o jority then voted not so much to elect Sir Robert ing,%-st) to exclude Sir Robert Peel, so now we shall have ( I tr„o- t °1 a minority voting not so much out of a well-merited r5cD• for Mr. Hardy, as out of a bitter, all but personal, oPP°I3O tion to Mr. Gladstone. My confidence in Mr. Gladst°r 1 is as Dr. Pusey's, perfect, and it is unshaken ; m oreolre oto also confide in the principles which I b e li e ve to a ct t ue him ; and as I yield to no man in my attachmen t t°,/v j ClAurch of England, or in respect to the clergy a nd a loe' desire to add one word of affectionate and earnest a"'lley The clergy will, I am sure, commit a fatal mistak e, if t band themselves together, under whatever leaders , t° pose all progress—all change ;if they confound tho u ig portance of externals and ilAternals, of that vil itc , i tal• accessory, and may be temporary, with that which is uiD d They must be blind indeed who cannot read the mea t of the history of the last half-century; they 1 0° ,,," i r it strangely minded who can doubt the force of the s r .01 which has been and is at work—it is easy to call it of au spirit—but though not all good, nor all-w:se, it is n ot evil : wise men will not deal with it blindly, or wiv.ildg temperat-e. and inconsiderate opposition, but witll.3o ,or went, temper, candour, and charity. It has not Y et ' tio / opinion, lessened in a single fibre the vital strengtli etcareD Church; nor will it do so. I firmly believe, i f the °„t oa be true to herself,—if Churchmen will bo le ss intes-oor defending even her unquestionable rights, than e lt , o Dea l ing her from decay or injury within; if they labour yet differences that distract her energies in a spirit noti'looto charitable ; to purify her from all abuses which ro h elp to crept into her practice, and to present her by God'!„ scrir friend and foe as the most tolerant, charita ble, an tural branch of the great Chu Heaths Court, May 1, 1865.rch of Join: T Christ. . CoL-El'lP°7,o CAPE MAILS.—The Union Comp fro royal ;01 royal mail steamship Cambrian, Captain W. 1-43(nt10- Southampton on Monday, arrived at Plymouth Laos day, when having embarked mails for Ascension,_rioo, and St. Helena, under the superintende nce of 31-r• postmaster, Devonport, she left yesterday roorniug '" nd destination. She takes out also about 70 passeng°l g tte roi full general cargo. Her mails consist of 10 woks 17 sacks books, and 88 sacks nowsparem