The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-29 00:00:00

HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY will I a fitting manner. The atmosphere of these crowded .1 now be prepared to give the to lowing Benefits :- Ist. In order to enable the Insured to receive the benefits of the Reduction of Duty at the earliest possible moment, it will at once grant Annual Policies, charg.ng the present rate of duty to Midsummer only (as r• quired by Government), and for the year from that date at the reduced rate of ls. Bd. per cent. 2d. It will grant Policies without ch rge for stamps, no matter how small the amount insured. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. Royal Insurance -buildings, Lombard-street, E.,C., April 23, 1865. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers. Messr s. K Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. TH ES EVENING, Shakespere's Play of HENRY THE FAN 111 11, to misatin; with the. fall of %Veiny. Mcssrs. rheli s, vv alter Lacy ; Miss Aik nson. - After which. on a scale of gre ,t splendour, Milton's Mask of Co slUs : MessrA. Walter Lacy, ',bye Cover, h en. i Drayton, Miss toule, Miss Augusta Th,thson, and Mrs. 11. Vezii. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lebsee. Mr. Buckstoue. THIS EVENING the performance will commence with THREE W EEK'S A ler ER MA !t RIAG E. Mr. Cliippen r ale, 3lr. W. Farren, Mr. Gordon, &c ; Mesdames Fi nowdon, &c. Alter which, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE. Meseta, Fo:hern, Compton, Howe, larren, Braid, SLo ; Mesdames Stuart, Lovell, Buckstone, Followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. And FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton, do. To commence at 7. N EV THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL— ,3aIe rrohr...tor Attn.:L.l.r. ate. 13. .t truer.. , .- THIS EVE VING (by d sire), MASKS AND FACES ; or, Before and Behind the Curtain. Mr. Benjamin Webster, Messrs. Pam Beulord, Billington, Ashley, Stuart, C. Smith, Mrs. Stirling, Miss H. Simms. and Mrs. Billington. Atter wuich, 17th time, a new Extravaganza, entitled PAN; or, The Loves of Echo and Narcissus. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, j. J. Smith, It. homer, Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Lillian Bruce. and Miss A. Seam it. To conclude with THE STEEPLECtIASE ; or, In the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Under the Sole Management of Mr. I. echter. TiII3 EVENING, A DAY AP I'EU. THE WEDDING, Messrs. C. Horsman, Collett, M'lnlyre, ; Mesdames C. Borman and G. Leigh. After which, at halt-past Eight, THE ➢IOUNTEBANK. Belphegor the 31 unte:,ank). Mr. Fechtrr; Paul this s xO, 31a , ter Fechter ; supported by Messrs. Widdicumb, Ryder, B. Emery, Fitzpatrick, E. Garden, C. Horsman, Raymond, More.and ; Miss C. Leclercq, Mdlle. Beatrice, and Mrs. C. horsman. To conclude with THE LOST CHILD. Mr. Widdicomb. Doors open at Hall-past Six. . The Box-office open daily from Elm n till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and alauager, Air. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by ,Hr. David Fisher, cnlitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. After which, AR BALI NA. VOGUE : Messrs. Dion Bouci Gault, J. Brougham, 11. Vandenhoff, D. Fisher, D. Murray Mrs. Boucicault and Miss M. Oliver. o conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanag - eress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Thorne. Mesdames Johnston, Heaton, and Hughes. After which, at 8, ONE TREE HILL. Iresera. Craven, Stoyle, Jame,, Belford ; Miss A. Swanborough and Liss M. l'aaner. To conclude w'th PATIENT PENELOPE. Miss Simp son. GRATIS AND POST FREE E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. MOSES AND S ON E• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE P CLOTHING. The newest faorics are combined with the latest and most fashionable resigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are such as must satisfy the most Economical. 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E• MOSES AND SON'S • LONDON HOUSES, 154, 155, 15R. 157, Minories ; 83, 81, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 , Ald ga t e 506507, 508, New Oxford--street; 1,2, 3, Hart-street ; 137, 138, lottenham-court-road ; 288, Ea.,ton-road Also, Bradford, Yorkshire. MOSES AND SON'S • Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset until Saturday evening at sunset, when business is re sumed until 1i o'clock. All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. Any article not appr,ved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion Card, and our new pamphlet, •' The Philosophy of Dress," gratis and post free. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavenoisn- itreet, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published. containing all the LA rEsT NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENTE, by H. W. HARRIB , Newspaper Agent, 4, Blackirlars-road, London, S. irtHE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the .Latest SPOUTING INTELLIGEzi aan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLEN IE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, llyde-park. courts is so oppressive that many find it diffi cult to remain in them long ; and those who are compelled to do so feel the effects more delete rious, and are often prevented thereby from giving proper attention to the case before them. The scattered condition of these courts is also the cause of great loss of time to those who can ill spare to waste their hours, and the access in many instances is so bad that another impediment obtrudes itself. Unless there were very great objec tions in the way of the proposed scheme, all minor considerations should be put aside in order to further the object in view and to forward the pur pose of those who are essaying to effect a work of great national importance and social convenience. The idea of having concentrated in one part all the various courts and offices now scattered far and wide, and of presenting ample accommodation to the numerous persons assembled there, is a very ad mirable one, and yet one that is not incompatible with the requirements of a community like ours. The fact is, that instead of setting forth the diffi culties that lie in the way of accomplishing this scheme, we should be too glad to find it proposed and only too eager to accelerate its progress. It is now forty years since it hasbeen admitted on all sides that the plan of concentration was desirable, but not until now has any attempt been decidedly made by the Legislature to carry resolutions into effect and put designs into execution. The site now pro posed is admirably adapted to the purpose—in the centre of the metropolis—and the legal locality par excellence. Another advantage in the choice of this spot is, that it is now crowded with wretched tene ments, the removal of which will be an advantage to the metropolis in many respects, and especially in regard to sanitary matters. It is proposed to carry out, this bill without touching the public money ; and the Lord Chancellor stated that the necessary sum would be derived from three sources. In the first place, there is a sum of £200,000 which the Government will advance as the price of the buildings and grounds, which the Government would have received when these Courts have been erected. The sums received from these sources will in all probability greatly exceed this specified sum of £200,000. The piece of land now occupied by the Courts of Justice to the west of Westminster Hall has been valued at £86,000 if sold for building purposes. Another source from which the money is to come is the Suitors' Fund in Chancery. The profit which has grown out of the dividends result ing from the investments of the suitors' money belongs to the State, and it is this sum which it is proposed to apply to this great work. Lord . ST. LEONARDS strongly disapproved this part of the scheme, but the noble lord's objections were not very tenable ; and, indeed, it may be argued against him that most of the suitors whose claims he advo cated were now dead. The Duke of ARGYLL very truly said that his noble and learned friend enter tained extreme opinions upon this point. The noble Duke declared that Lord ST. LEONARDS had not drawn a proper distinction between two parts of the subject, namely, between " objections taken to the system under which this fund had arisen, and objections to taking possession of the fund now it existed and was at the disposal of the House." These objections are merely technical, and it was clearly shown by the Lord Chancellor and the noble Duke that this sum in question had always been considered as belonging to the State, as the Duke of ARGYLL said " How could suitors in the Court of Chancery be defined as a class ?" It is not now necessary to determine whether the money should have been taken from the suitors under a system which dates back from the early part of the last century, but the noble Duke expressed his conviction that Lord ST. LEONARDS was right in condemning the course alluded to. The third source from which the money is to be derived is by the imposition of a small tax on suitors in the courts of law, and on those who prove wills and take out letters of ad ministration in the Probate Court. The trifling sum of ls. 6d. on every writ issued in action, and 2s. 6d. on every grant of probate or administration, will be sufficient to produce more than the sum of £16,000 a year. The Lord Chancellor effectively concluded his speech by expressing a hope that no lasting opposition would be made to this Bill, which was " full of the greatest promise, calculated to effect the greatest amount of benefit, and with re gard to which no sincere and true Reformer would desire to see his name in opposition." It is, of course, impossible for any scheme to be proposed which is not open to objections on some score or other, and some captious critics and particular indi viduals will aways discover some flaw in the affair; but it may fairly be said that the Government have come forward in this matter of the Courts of Justice Building Bill with unwonted energy and determi nation ; and it rests with Parliament to afford them that support and assistance which they require and certainly deserve to expect. A grievance affecting a considerable body of public servants was last evening brought before the House by Mr. HENNESSY. No practical result came of it, for though, when the motion for a select com mittee was pressed to a division, the Chancellor of the Exchequer only secured a small majority, yet it was sufficient to postpone at least inquiry into the cir cumstances. Mr. HENNESSY has, however, done good service in bringing the question forward, and we hope it will not be suffered to be entirely overlooked in more pressing questi mis. The motion of Mr. HENNESSY was for the appointment of a committee of inquiry into the grievances complained of in " the petition of the mayor, merchants, shipowners, and commercial trades of Liverpool with respect to the out-door officers of Customs," but the number of 'members representing different parts of the kingdom who supported the motion, and had already interested themselves in the subject, proved that it was no trifling or fanciful grievance. It appears from the statement of Mr. HENNESSY, sup ported by numerous petitions, and even by the Commissioners of Customs themselves, that these gentlemen have really hardships to complain of. Their work has considerably increased of late years, while their pay has not been raised, and their chance of promotion is taken from them. Formerly they had the hope of rising from their small income of £9O per annum to £l3O ; but owing to certain changes in the departments they have no longer that prospect. There are several minor points o which they complain, more especially the competi- tive examination for men who have been for some years in the service. On this head Mr. GLADSTONE observed that he admitted as a general rule that the test of competitive examinations should only be applied to those entering the service ; but that when a man was transferred from one department to another it was necessary to ascertain whether he was fitted for the higher branch. This is true enough, but in such cases the examination might be a little different. It should be more practical in its nature, and refer rather to the actual busi ness in hand than to those obsolete and intricate pieces of information required to be furnished by the examination papers. It is most likely that a first-class schoolboy could distance i considerable 'proportion of our merchants and men of business in the dates and names, the bar, facts or rote The sitting member for this borough, Sir John :ay, has issued an address to the electors announc ng his intention of again soliciting their suffrages at the close of the present Parliament. He states that it was not his intention to have alluded to the coming election until the date of the dissolution had been definitively fixed, and that he is averse to agi tating the borough by a canvass until the legitimate time for its commencement ; but the efforts which he says are being made by the so-called Liberal party to obtain a candidate, and to prejudice the Conservative cause by asserting that it is his inten tion to withdraw from the representation of the borough, render it incumbent on him to speak. Sir John then goes on to say that during the four years he has represented Wakefield he has assisted in maintaining that just union between Church and State which, in his opinion, was of advantage to the interests of Religion and good government, for warded as far as possible the cause of education, and every measure which seemed to him likely to advance the moral and material interests of the poorer classes of the community, endeavoured vainly, as yet, however, to adjust the incidence of taxation more evenly, and constantly laboured to advance the cause of administrative reform in our great public departments, a reform which he firmly believed would make our army and navy more efficient and less costly to the country. In all matters relating to the well-being of Wakefield he had, too, striven assiduously to fulfil his duty to the town, and without distinction of party had given his services, as in duty bound, to - all who required them. Sir John trusts, under these circumstances, the majority of electors will feel that he has fulfilled every pledge he has made to them, and that some of his political opponents will continue that cour teous forbearance and kind encouragement which he has hitherto experienced from all classes of the community. The Liberals, it is understood, are seeking to obtain the consent of Mr. W. H. Leatham, of Hemsworth-hall, who had several times contested the borough, to come forward in their interest. RAFFAEL'S CARTOONS.--These invaluable works were removed yesterday morning from Hampton Court to the South Kensington Museum. A special carriage, drawn by six horses, and an enormous case were prepared. The removal was personally superintended by Captain Fowke, R.E., and Captain Fasting, R.E., with a detachment of Sappers, and the operation was carried out with entire success. COMPOUNDED PENSIONS.—A statement was laid before Parliament yesterday by the Marquis of Hartington, showing the sums which have been paid, during the year 1864-5, to the relatives of deceased officers of her Majesty's army, in lieu of pensions, &c. The total sum disbursed for this service was £2,566 17s. The payments were made on account of four officers, two of whom were killed in action, and two died of wounds received in New Zealand. In each instance the money was paid to the father of the deceased officers. A PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITY With a copy of Zhe snu PRICE 4D. ; STAMPED, SD. ; is presented GRATIS (with a Supplement) A MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPHED FAC SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUN of MONDAY, the 2d January, 1865. * For the convenience of Subscribers wishing to preserve the Photograph, a suitable frame is pro vided, and may be had at The Sun Office, price The Photograph, ON CARD, 6d.; or mounted in frame, is. 6d. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 30m.—Afternoon, 4h. Mm, To-3108R0w.-Morning, sh. 16m.—Afternoon, sh. 34m, tI i 4' 147.% PP . . 'ilit ~.• ..7,, , LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1865. The Courts of Justice Building Rill was read a second time last night in the House of Lords. The Lo r d Chancellor, in proposing the second reading, observed that there had seldom been a measure of legal reform of greater importance before the House. There was great truth in his lordship's strictures on the indifference that has been mani fested in this country as to the condition of the Courts of Law, which has for so long been a stand ing disgrace to the metropolis. No one who is intimate with them can f a il to acknowledge th e justice of these remarks :—" If the construction and locality of our Law Courts and pg lces had been wantonly designed on purpose to impede and render difficult the administration of j ust i ce, it is impossible to imagine a state of thi ngs more calculated to promote that view. This exhibits most certainly the necessity that exists for a change being introduced, and it is to be hoped that no obstacle will be put in the way of the speedy execution of this scheme. The inconveniences that are experienced at present are most numerous, and it seems really extraordinary that, long before this, something decisive was not done. The Lord Chan cellor briefly enumerated some of the difficulties that now impeded the administration of justice in THE SUN, LONDO: N, SATURDAY 14.NELNING, APRIL 29, 186 a, knowledge which is requisite for successful com petition ; but that is no proof that when put to the practical business of life he will show him self really able ; and it by no means follows that the young clerk who may eclipse his senior who has forgotten his book learning will be as good a public servant as a man who has learnt more by his years and experience than books will ever teach him. Mr. GLADSTONE further promised that if on receiving the Customs' Report the Govern ment found that the out-door officers had really lost by the changes of 1860 they would admit their right to compensation. At the same time the right honourable gentleman •as usual resented the interference of the House, assured hon. members that they were establishing a most dan gerous precedent, that if they once began altering the emoluments of the public servants, they would have to reconsider all salaries and perquisites, civil, naval, and military that the results of their officiousness would be to disorganise the public service at large, and lower the character of the House of Commons. Truly " great events from little causes spring" if all this is to follow from the appointment of a select committee of in quiry. As for the interference of the House in monetary matters we have had a notable instance this very session, and we have to thank that interfer ence for the reduction of the fire insurance duty. If the functions of the House are to be limited to a mere acquiescence in all the Government chooses to do, what is to become of us if the Chancellor of the Exchequer does not right upon the particular point required ? If he cannot take a hint or listen to a suggestion, then one of the great supports of con stitutional Government is seriously weakened, ' since the command of the national purse strings is one of the all-important duties of the Commons. But Mr. GLADSTONE refuses to permit a committee of inquiry, which surely could do no harm, and would at least satisfy the complainants that their grievances would be fully and fairly inquired into. Nothing rankles so bitterly as a sense of injus tice, and it is always a great pity for a Govern ment to give any occasion for such a feel ing among a body of public servants. Its exist ence should never be disregarded, since, if well founded, the cause should be removed, and if causeless, the grumblers should be shown their error. The merchants of Liverpool, Shoreham, and other ports complain, with reason, that it is very unfair to the public to place these men in positions of great temptation, and that with their small in come, and, perhaps, with families to provide for, they are constantly entrusted with large quantities of valuable property. Such a system is extremely unfair since, while a Government has a right to de mand scrupulous honesty from its agents, it should at least secure them from harassing anxiety. The scantypay of the Post-office employes was, we know, at one time a grievous temptation to dishonesty, _ . but, even without such an argiimpnt, it is too bad, when our merchandise is the chief wealth of our kingdom, that these officers should be paid at so shabby and scanty a rate. The difference of £2O or £3O per annum would be very great to those hard-worked clerks, but, as in all public affairs, those who do the most work often get the least pay. We hope, in spite of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's opposition that the subject will not be wholly for gotten. A. meeting was held yesterday at the Mansion House, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, with a very useful and interesting object. A new society is being formed, with the view of providing an asylum for merchant seamen, something on the principle of Greenwich Hospital. It is proposed to select for its site the mansion of the late Sir CULLING EARDLEY, which is situated near Erith, and is in every way a most appropriate and advan tageous position. It is further proposed to increase the utility of the plan that the merchant seamen should themselves be enabled to contribute to the asylum, which will serve the double purpose of encouraging them in provident habits, and of in creasing the revenues of the establishment. Our merchant navy is so large, that if only a portion of the men contributed regularly to the institution it would derive a handsome income from that source alone ; but there is no doubt that so popular and sensible an object will receive a cordial support from the public generally. The sailor, in old age and infirmity, has an especial need for a home, and the years which he spends in public service render his claim well founded, not only on charity, but on right. No class is more popular among us than seamen, and we have no doubt that this new plan for their benefit will meet with hearty encourage meat. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. WAKEFIELD. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELIGRAMS.) AMERICA. AlI cic il, military, and naval officers have been ordered. to wear mourning for Mr. Lincoln for six months. The I Foreign Ministers have sent a deputation to convey to Nr. Lincoln's family expression of their sympathy. The Governor of New York has ordered the 20th inst., which had previously been appointed as a day of thanksgiving, to be dedicated to the services ap propriate to a season of national bereavement. The British and French residents in New York have held a meeting, when resolutions expressive of deep Byrn pathy were passed. The greatest order continues throughout the Northern States. A universal feeling of sympathy prevails through out the British provinces. The Governor of Nova Scotia announced on Saturday that in consequence of Mr. Lincoln's assassination he would postpone his intended visit, and recommended the adjournment of the Legisla ture as a mark of sympathy. General D ent has permanently superseded Weitzel in command at Richmond, and the latter commands at Petersburgh. The order permitting the Virginia Legislature to assemble at Richmond has been rescinded by Gen. Ord, and delegates who had arrived were directed to leave within 12 hours. General Grant reached Washington on Saturday and held a conference with Johnston and the Cabi net. Immediately afterwards the arrests of Judge Campbell and ex-Mayor Mayo of Richmond were ordered. General Lee has arrived at Richmond, where he was enthusiastically received both by the Unionists and Confederates. Lee's farewell order says that after four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage, the army had been compelled to yield to over whelming numbers and resources, and had sur rendered to avoid useless sacrifice of life. It is reported that Kilpatrick's cavalry had cap tured the Governor of North Carolina, while bear ing an offer from Johnston to deliver up the State to Sherman. Johnston was subsequently visited by Davis, under whose direction the proposition was countermanded. President Davis was reported to have reached Macon, Georgia, on the 10th. Butler, who is now in Washington, was reported on Thursday to have resigned ; he has since with drawn his resignation, and it is supposed that Johnson will give him a command. The Confederates have destroyed their navy yard at Halifax, North Carolina. General Anderson formally replaced the United States flag on Fort Sumter on Friday (14th), when the Rev. Ward Beecher and others delivered pat- THE ROYAL ACADEMY, The Private View—Yesterday. Great though the expectations excited by rumour in regard to the Exhibition this season at the Royal Academy, those expectations have not, upon the whole, been disappointed. They have not, at any rate, been disappointed in our own view. And we hardly think it likely they will be in regard to the general public. One or two radiant expecta tions, it is true, have not been realised, but these are, it should be said at once, purely exceptional. Mr. Maclise, for example, abstains after all from placing on view on the walls of the Academy Gallery the replica of his great water glass painting just now completed at the Houses of Parliament. That distinguished artist, as it is generally understood, having refrained from exhibiting the work mainly by reason of his picture being so large in its dimen sions, that he most generously shrank from occupy ing so much space, upon a superficial area for ex hibition in itself necessarily restricted. Most of the other Academicians, however, it is grati fying to know, are among the band of actual exhibitors. The three most pro minent names among the list of absentees being —two of our greatest living Sculptors, John Gibson and John Foley, and one of the most accom plished among our living Painters, the President himself. Of Sir Charles, however, it should be borne in mind that he has of late years accustomed us overmuch to his being in this way an annual de faulter. Six R.A.'s contribute a single painting each to the present collection—Cooke, Elmore, Goodall, Herbert, Charles Landseer, and the two Pickersgills. Seven contribute two respectively M'Dowell, Calder Marshall, Philip, Poole, Stan field, Webster, Ward, and Weekes. From three we have three a-piece—Creswick, Frith, and Jones. From seven of them four each—Boxall, Cooper, Cope, Grant, Sir Edwin Landseer, Lee, and Red grave. Three of them contribute as many as five each—namely, Hart, the Academy's Librarian; Hook, the sea-painter, and Knight, the Academy's Secretary. Turning to the smaller band of Asso ciates, we find that two alone among those abstain from exhibiting—namely, Calderon and Baron Maro chetti. From three we have one a-piece—Frost, Faed, and Stephens. Three have two works of art each in the collection—Horsley, Lewis, and Le Jenne. Four have three each—Cooper, O'Neil, Ansdell and Barry. One has four—W. C. T. Dob son. Two have five—Thorburn and Leighton. The distinctive characteristic of the whole exhibition, however, is this--that it yields so much of •fair, bright, exhilirating promise in regard to artists hitherto unknown or unnoticed. Hardly one of the famous artists already particularised, whether Asso ciates or Academicians, comes up to the full height of his reputation. Exceptions there are, of course, to that—but, upon the whole, they can really hardly with justice be said to have done so. With several of the young exhibitors, however, it is quite otherwise. One or two of them have, at a single bound, sprung forward into the very front rank among the most rarely-gifted of the exhibitors. One of them has done so, in fact, so very conspicuously that we may at once mention his name and particularise his achievement without running the slightest hazard, as it appears to us, of being invidious to any one else among the numerous throng of new exhibitors. Around a picture that will be found in the Middle Room, numbered 304, and entitled in the catalogue " Bravo, Toro !"—a picture by one J. B. Burgess (a name wholly strange to us) there will surely be gathered during tthe course of the season that is now about to commence on Monday next, the May Day of 1865, as numerous a throng of observers (or we are very much mistaken) as will be collected together round any other picture in the Gallery. Even, let us say, though that other be Mr. Frith's magnificent Court painting of the " Royal Marriage !" Yet the sub ject selected by Mr. Burgess for delineation is simple enough in itself—the theme being nothing more remarkable in its way than a cluster of spec tators at a Spanish Bullfight. The Bullfight itself you, the spectator of the picture don't see ! But you do see those who are supposed to be looking at it. And you can recognize at once that the fight—that must be going on (unseen by you) down below in the amphitheatre —must h ave reached a point marked almost; poignantly, may we not say it, by a very climax of excitement. Look at those faces ! Look at that motley cluster of human beings visible within the four lines of the framework of the picture ! Veritable effigies of real flesh and blood human beings—look at them ! Creatures about each of whom you might write a life's history —every one of them having their vivid shadowing forth of an in dividuality, of an idiocyncrasy, at once, instanta neously, and perfectly distinguishable ! For its ex pression of character, we have seen no such realistic picture as this for a very long time. It is as true, in its way for what it purports to be, as the laughing audience, or the singing chorestkrs of Hogarth. The excited fellow who has just snatched his cigarette from his lips to clap his other hand to the side of his mouth, bawling out at the utmost pitch of his lungs the words giving the title to the painting, Bravo, Toro! What a creation that one head alone is in itself Then the old man in the background to whose dull hearing the girl is screaming hurriedly an account of what 's going on in the arena below —the girl herself looking askance out of the corners of her eyes at the progress of the incident while she is describing it ! And the child above her, who is turning away from the sight in evident alarm, an alarm that her mother endeavours to dissipate by her caresses--at the very moment that the middle-aged Spaniard above them, looking down at them on the broad grin, showing all his teeth, is luxuriating in some sly joke of his own at their expence ! And the three ladies in the box above, each with her distinctive character, one with her kid-gloved hand raised and her deli cate nostrils distendedin an eager exercitation, that almost partakes of the anguish of sus pense ! And the insouciante blase air of the lavender gloved fop lounging in the slips, yet higher up in the grouping of the picture, carelessly permitting his gaze to fall, through his half-closed eyelids, on what is going forward, as though really for once, in a way, there seemed to be a something within the range of his vision worth looking at perhaps for the vestige of a moment ! Altogether it is the production of a veritable student of human nature, as well as of an artist quite safe and certain, if he will but go on as he has here commenced, of winning for himself a high and honourable reputation. So well do we think of the work he has here done, of the gifts of art and powers of observation he has here evi denced, ,that in regard to his future career we have now at once formed the very highest expectations. In the North Room, again, there is noticeable a pro duction contributed to the walls of the Academy by another artist whose name is as yet unfamiliar to the public, the painter of No. 603, " Hamlet and Ophelia," namely, one W. L. Orchardson. In a homelier way, too, upon the opposite side of the same apartment, there is no ticeable a picture of which similarly kind and equally truthful words might be spoken, No. 514, painted by E. Nichol, and entitled, simply, " A Departure." A production, this last, evidently the work of a skilled humourist. As for the productions of the more famous artists who exhibit on these walls, while the majority of them are hardly, as we have already remarked, quite up to the height of the re putations those artists have long since won for themselves, there are many of them that are works of singular beauty and excellence—works reflecting the highest honour—some few among them —upon the name, even, here and there, of an illustrious aca demician. Sir Edwin Landseer, it is true, appears to us this season to have frittered away his great powers upon four pictorial jeux d'esprit, as we might term his contributions this year to the Gallery, instead of applying those powers of his, by pre ference, rather, to the production of one solitary painting of genuine importance. Mr. Herbert has contented himself with a single Scripture piece delineative of ancient customs and oriental scenery, but it is one—(46) " The Sower of Good Seed"— worthy, if only by reason of its astonishing truthfulness, of one of the most gifted among the great artists of our generation. Else where in the Exhibition there are evidences of riotic addresses. General Dix, commanding at New York, has received information that an organised band of 150 men were in Carolton county, Canada, prepared for a raid upon Rochester and Ogdensburg. The New York Herald, in its correspondence from the city of Mexico, states that rumours were cur- rent that a large number of Confederates propose shortly to cross the Rio Grande, and march to the assistance of Juarez. It is reported that a Federal force has crossed the Rio Grande near Pelo Alto, Resaca, and Depalma, and has destroyed 4,000 bales of cotton, which were stored on Mexican soil. The Kangaroo, Germania, Baltimore, Belgian and Persia have arrived out, NEW YORK, APRIL 19, 11 A.M. Stanton reports that Canby captured Mobile on the 12th. No particulars of the capture had been received. Sherman entered Raleigh on Thursday, meeting with slight opposition. It has been decided that Mr. Lincoln shall be in terred in Illinois. His remains will be carried through and laid in state in Philadelphia, New York, and all the principal cities on the route They will reach New York on the 25th. Secretary Seward and Mr. Frederick Seward are better, and it is now thought that both will re- cover. A man, named Suratt, who suddenly disappeared from his home in Washington has been suspected of being the assassin of Mr. Seward. The female members of his family were arrested on Monday night. While the officers were in his house, a man, disguised. and covered with mud, entered, and was also seized. Upon being confronted by Major Seward and the domestics he was at once recognised by them as the one who made the assault. Many other arrests have been made in Washing ton ; among them a number of the employe's of Ford's Theatre. Therehave also been arrests at Baltimore and Fo rtress Monroe—one of whom confessed that he was privy to a plot to kidnap, but not to murder, the President, and convey him to the South as a hostage. It is reported that it has been discovered that the plOt for the assassination of Friday night included the Vice-President, General Grant, and every member of the Cabinet. The Washington Republican states that ex-Mayor Mayo, Judge Campbell, and all the Confederate officers on parole in Richmond have been arrested, and will be held prisoners pending the investigation of the circumstances of the murder of the President. No confirmation of the reported surrender of Johnston. President Johnson, in a speech to a delegation from Illinois yesterday, reiterated the sentiment that treason is the greatest of all crimes, and must be punished as such. SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 28, Evening. To-day in the Congress Senor Reos Rosas ex plained his motion for a Parliamentary inquiry into the events of the 10th inst. He said the Ministry could neither dissolve Parliament nor govern with it. Senor Gowzalez Bravo stated that he considered the motion as a censure Lpon the conduct of the Government, and called upon the majority to re ject it. The proposal was subsequently rejected by 154 against 104 votes. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 29. Prince Murat left yesterday for Nice in order to present the condolences of the Emperor and Empress to the Czar on account of the death of the Czare witch. REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.—A requisition is now in course of signature to Sir Charles Bright, the well-known telegraph electrician, requesting him to become a candidate for this borough in lieu of Mr. Angerstein, who has decided to contest West Kent in the Liberal interest at the next election. Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and formerly Commo dore Superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, is also spoken of as a , probable candidate. other spoils from the East won, so to speak, at his elbow, during the course of his recent Oriental wan derings by a student of art inheriting from him more than merely an honoured name in that same art of his—ex. gr. No. 495, " Sundown," with its purpling violet clouds, as sketched in the desert, by 'W. V. Herbert, junior. The briny blue-green seawater pictures —coast views all of them—by J. L. Hook, still win for themselves the admiration of the dis cerning. Thomas Webster has in No. 77, " Village Gossips," a notable group that looks for all the world like a scene from the " /dill on the Floss." So true it is to provincial women and their small-talk—and in No. 87 "My Back Kitchen" opens up to view a cool delightful homely perspective of an interior through an interior. Frost's, No. 107, " Death of Adonis" only recalls unsatisfactorily/to mind the days when his graceful pencil depicted upon a scale and in a manner worthier of himself, the sylvan revelries of the old poetical mythology. Between ?oole's con tributions to the Academy Exhibition this season, commend us far rather to the lovely moonlit scene of farewell, No. 263, "The Parting Moment," with that clinging kiss of the sundering and saddened lovers on the shingly-shore, than to the ghastly represen tation of (No. 162) " A Suburb of the Roman City of Pompeii," a picture that by its distortion and general extravagance can hardly be deemed worthy of the painter of Solomon Eagle in the Plague of London. Ward's No. 258, " The Night of Rizzio's Murder," Philip's No. 156, " The Early Career of Murillo," Faed's No. 150, " The Last of his Clan"— the first of the three haunting us long afterwards with its glittering eyes, the last with the world of anguish visible in the old man's face, and in the bent head of the daughter by his side, are among the most remarkable pictures in this year's collec tion. So likewise, most assuredly, is Goodall's No. 8, "The Rising of the Nile," with its vicious looking camel's head getting soundly switched into obedience. Enough, however, has here been said in regard to what we have deemed to be the .more salient points in this unusually brilliant collection of more than a thousand works of art, in sculpture and in painting, works so very variously of the latter kind—scriptural, historica genre, portrait, landscape. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the illustrated London News.) Probate of the will of ,the Right Hon. George William Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, K.G., P.C., of Castle Howard, Yorkshire; Naworth Gastle, Cumberland; and Grosvenor-place, Lon don, was granted by her Majesty's Court of Pro bate to the Duke of Devonshire and Richard Du Cane, Esq., of Gray's Inn, the joint acting execu tors. The personalty was sworn under £140,000. The will bears date 'August 23, 1864, and his lord ship died on the sth of December, at the age of sixty-two, unmarried. Many liberal annuities are left by his lordship to his brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, and other relatives and personal friends. To each of his executors, £3OO ; to each of his agents, £lOO ; to three of his servants, £lOO each ; and legacies to his other servants, free of duty. Provi sion is made for the support of the schools founded by his lordship. He directs that his brother, Ad miral the Hon. Edward Granville George Howard, and his wife, may select any object which might not improperly be alienated from the family estate, as memorials of affection. Books, in sets and perfect volumes, are also to be given and selected by friends who are enumerated by his lordship in his will. The best horse in his stables is to be given to Lieu tenant-Colonel Frederick Marshall, 2d Life Guards, with right of selection. There are other specific bequests. All the furniture and effects, sculpture, paintings, books, plate, articles of virtu, &c., at Castle Howard, Naworth Castle, Grosvenor-place, and elsewhere, are to be held in trust as heirlooms for the person inheriting the title and estates. His successor thereto is his next brother, the Hon. and Rev. William Howard, now Earl of Carlisle. The will of Lady Ashburnham, relict of Sir William Ashburnham, Bart., of Broomham, Sussex, was proved in London, on the 28th ult., by the surviving executors and trustees, Charles James Palmer, Esq., of Bedford-row, and Miss Anna Nouaille, her cousin. The personalty was sworn under £lB,OOO The will is dated 1860, and a codicil 1862. Her ladyship died on Feb. 22 last, at Broomham. By her will she has devised certain estates, farms, and woodland in Guestling and Ick lesham, Sussex, in trust for her nephew, Sir An chitel Ashburnham, Bart., and his issue male ; she also bequeaths to him the family jewels, plate, pic tures, books, and furniture absolutely. Her lady ship has devised other estates, houses, and land to Lawrence Ashburnam, Esq., another nephew of her late husband. Several legacies are left to nephews, nieces, and others. To her executrix a legacy of £6OO and other gifts ; to her bailiff, £5OO ; to a maid-servant, £lOO ; and legacies to her other ser vants. To the poor of the parish of Guestling and Seal legacies of £5O to each parish. The will of Ebenezer Trotman, Esq., of Park Cottages, Regent's -park, formerly of Furnival's Inn, architect, was proved in the London Court, under £12,000 personalty. The executors therein appointed are William Bennett, of New Park-road, Clapham-park, and William Perkins, of Canonbury park, architect and surveyor. The testator died Jan. 1, 1865, a bachelor, having executed his will June 19, 1852. To his sister, Anne Trotman, he has left a life interest in the whole of his property, real and personal, and, should she not leave any lawful issue, the whole of the property at her de- cease is to be divided amongst the three following institutions :—The Magdalen Hospital, the Scottish Episcopal Fund, and the Incorporated National Society, and to each of them he has left a legacy of £lOO, free of legacy duty. The Attack on Mobile. We take the following account of the Federal attack upon Mobile from the New York papers : New Orleans papers of the 6th inst. have been received. at New York. The New Orleans Times contains corres pondence from the Federal forces in front of Spanish Fort, Alabama, to the 30th ult., and from Lakeport to the 4th inst. Siege guns and mortars are mounted near Spanish Fort, so as to almost, if not quite, cut off all rebel commu nication by land or water. A rebel transport and hospital beat have been destroyed. The Union tin-clad No. 48 was sunk by a torpedo and one man killed. The True Delta has a report of the loss of the United States tin-Clad Rodolph, by the explosion of atorpedo, while participating in the attack upon Spanish Fort. The corre spondent states that two others (names not given) were blown up in a similar manner. Four persons were killed upon the Rodolph and 15 wounded. The grand attack on the rebel works was to have commenced on the 3d inst. Another correspondent, from the same lOcality, under date of the first inst., writes : " The military situation is very encouraging, although it has assumed the proportions of a regular siege. By private advices, not yet confirmed, the rebel loes inside Spanish Fort is 550 killed and wounded out of 4,000. Our total loss (an estimate of two corps) is probably the same. Proportion of killed small. Brigadier -General Mythe (a new man) is in commandat the fort.. Therebel communication with Mobile is entirely suspended. Steele (7th corps) is investing Fort Blakeley, six miles above Spanish Fort. Thomas, with the 4th corps and 35,000 cavalry, is expected in the rear of Mobile. Nothing definite has been received from him for several days." New Orleans, April 8, via Cairo, April 13. A despatch to the New Orleans Times from Spanish Fort, dated April 5, says : " A furious fire was opened on the rebel forts last night from our entire line. During the bombardment a small ma gazine in Spanish Fortexploded. The damage is unknown. Quiet prevailed on the sth. Deserters report from 18,000 to 20,000 troops in and about Mobile, including all the State reserves, and about 2000 in Spanish Fort. The loss outside Spanish Fort up to the 4th inst. amounted to about 500 killed and wounded. Adjutant-General Thomas arrived at New Orleans on the morning of the 7th. Mobile papers of the 4th inst. announce the capture of Selma, Alabama, with 23 pieces of artillery and a large amount of Government property." MUSIC AT ASTLEY'S.—We understand that the prospective engagements made by Mr. E. T. Smith include Mr. W. Harrison, who will appear at Astley's in the drama of " Rob Roy."—The Orchestra. MR. JOHN CAULFIELD died on Monday last, aged 56. He was for some years ago well known at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, and was afterwards Chairman at Weston's Music Hall. For some time he fulfilled the same duties at the Oxford. He was buried on Thursday at Brompton Cemetery, when many professionals, espe cially from the Oxford, were present, and his father, now aged 93, was one of the mourners,—Era. HER MAJESTY. ,00'" The Duke of Devon s hi re an d Lady - T 1 Cavendish have arr i ve d a t D evonsh i re House f or the D ,,s° from Lismore Castle, Ireland. d yed Duke and D uc h ess o f G ra ft on h a ve in Paris from Nice on their way ione home. . 1 ., v The Marchioness of Norman'i hag arrived at Paris from Florence. The Earl and Cou n t ess D e l awarr com e t° town the week after next from Buckhurst Park, Sussex. . e d The Earl and C oun t ess o f D ur h am h a ve 001 at Paris from Nice, on their way home to England 0 0 1- Viscount and Vi scoun t ess P a l merston left v 11 bridge Hous e on Th ursday afternoon for Broc k e tt i,`" Herts. The marriage of Vi scount Ch e l sea and Lid Beatrice Craven, deferred on account of the death of L ur( Uffington, will t a k e p l ace privately at Coombe Abbey ea the 16th of May. Viscount Canterbury has arrived in town fr °lll Paris. Civil Service Athletic Sports, ber s Yesterday the seco n d annua l meet i ng of mein tbe of her Majesty's civil service who inci f ij ld at practice of athl e ti c sports an d pastimes asathteeqedg Beaufort House, Walham-g reen , a nd was by a great number of ladies and gentlemen h° 1(1111 h , high positions in the vario us d epartmen ts of civil service, and by others who were attracted by the reputation gained for themselves last year by competitors in the various contests. The stews'''. were Mr. E. L. Bateman, of the Ecclesiastical G o ' ll- . mission ; Mr. R. E. Lambert, of the Post-office: Mr. C. Cuy Py m , M r. W . G. Her b ert, o f the 13r office ; and Mr. F. G ossett. The prizes--a cOV tll assemblage of silver and silver-plated cups 3 0 , goblets and oth er ar ti c l es — were ex hibit e d in orderly-room o f th e S out h Middl esex Rifle I r ° l3a, teers, on who se groun d th e contests too k Pla o, Eight events, conp r isi n g fl a t races, hi g h juraPs7 pu t, ting the shot, throwing the hammer, a nd a wa l ' t' ",s match, were decided ; a n d th e compet i tors , 01' 313 be by the cheers of their male friends, and it may ere by the presence of ma n y l a di es to w h om they I s '. not unknown, struggled manfully to gain the priz tte for which they co n t en d e d . Th e even ts and winners were as follow :- 100 Yards Flat Race, in Heats (39 CoraPe titor.a-t Brewtey, Master of the Horse's Department, ;D. War-office, 2; W. Hignett, Court of Probate, Liverpool, Time, 10 seconds. High Jump, Runni ng —Fi rs t pr i ze, a s il ve r cuP ; s- c c re r a pewter pot—H. Murray, Treasury (sft. Bin.), 1; well, Post-office (sft.), 2. If. High Jump, Standin g —P r i ze , a s il ver -pl a ted Or Creswell, Post-office (4ft. Bin.), 1; R. Norton, 2. jiv er Quarter Mile Race, Trial Heats—Fi rs t p r i z e, 11 ' 6 ve t goblet ; second, a silver-plated salver ; thi r d, a pewteriro -C. G. Pym, War-office, 1; W. Hignett, Court of bate, Liverpool, 2. eniito, Putting the Shot (211b.)—P r i ze, a s il ver-p l a t e d Macnamara, Inland Revenue (29ft. lliin.). Mr. 13• b ut ran, of the Custom-house, tied with Mr. Mao:111010A' in throwing off lost. istea Throwing the Hammer (211b.)—Prize, a silver j. goblet—Mr. R. N orton, War-office (Gift. 2in.), 1 ; ` s-r. Macnamara (55ft.), 2. to p ot A 250 Yards' R ace (T r i a l H eats)—First prize, pot goblet ; second, a sil ver -pl a t e d sa l ver ; t hi r d , a B in —Five heats were run, the following gentlemen co n T o ttp first in the final trial :—Mr. C. G. Pym, 1 ; Mr. 14 . F.° 2 ; Mr. J. Brewtey, 3. Time, 29 seconds. r Three Miles' Walking R ace —Fi rst pr i ze, a save' cup second, a silver-plated tankard ; third, a pewter P °t ' o bf n This was a very exciti ng con t est, and i t was %I all Mr. A. Neighbour, of th e C us t oms, who kept the ' e o - f tbe through, and beat his only opponent, Mr. Chapma n ' Cur War-office, by fiv e yar d s. Mr. W. Bruton, of t'''3,l toms, was third, a n d M r. J. Weddell, of the I n land venue, fourth. Time, 28 minutes 40 seconds. p o st' The starter for a ll spor t s was M r. E. Page, o f the f a l e office. Mr. C. Westlake was umpire. The ban d 0 ; 0 0 1 South Middlesex Volunteers played during the aftert in the centre o f th e groun d . A second series of °lke will be decided to-day. F OR jv LITERARY AND SCIEN TIFIC M EETIN GS r ENSUING WEEK. Monday. Royal Institution meeting), at 2 ; Entomological, at 7 ; Architects ( ti w ;e, general meeting), at 8 ; Asiatic, at 8, Malagasy La" o t ; by Dr. Van der Tunk. Tuesday.—Royal Institution! o erst 'Organic Chemistry,' by Professor Frankland ; E n g l° o oli; at 8, Uniform Stress in Girder- wor k,' by Mr. C. - ' Anthropological, at 8, MissionaryMissionarySuccesses, (sL°.7' /1 si 0 )11 . Owen, and The Gallinas, a Tribe of Sierra Leon °,' by 51 Harris ; Photographi c , a t 8. Wednesck t y.—SocietY °1 04, at 8 ; Literature, at Bi. Thursday.—Royal Institution' J, a t t $ s t Organic Chemistry,' by Pr o f essor F ran kl an d ; 1 3 °Y s 3 81; Artists and Amateurs ( conversaz i one ) ; at 8-; Chemical, at 8 ; 'Phosphid e o f M agnes ium, b l s t 4; Blunt ; Antiquaries, at Bi. Friday.—Archa3ologic.7o. r i t i .A. ; Philological, at 8, Portuguese Language,' by h J. D'Orsay ; Royal Instit u ti on, at 8, ' Wea lth att o d ducers,' by Professor Fawcett. Saturday.---13°Yalvirol' fess °t tion, at 4, Physical Accompaniments of Mind,' by Bain.—Athenteuna. . it THE FRENCH NAVY.—F rom recen t r-- 111. LIS 0 ,, appears that France possesses at the present I ll° ~sea 491 ships aflo a t an d 18 i n course of construc ti o n, 01 ' 3 ' s 2 as follows : —l roncase d steamers—Ships o f the frigates, 11, and 3 building ; corvettes, 1, building c,, a ; be ing batteries, 13, an d 5 building ; batteries 10 101 o f ill° taken to pieces, 11. Screw v esse l s , not plated : sh i P s so d 3 line, 36; frigates, 23, and 1 b u ildi ng ; cor vettes, 11 , , ' B ov- - building ; despatch-boats, 43; smaller vesse ls, ; boats, 58, and 1 building; transports, 46, and 3 hula,„ fti special c o ns t ruc ti ons, 4 ; paddle-steamers , not P 18 ;! ° . jl-• gates, 26, desp a t c h b oa t s, 34 , gun d es p a tch boats , z' ettso 9, ing vessels; ships of the line 1, frigates 19, ° °rv ij aiog' brigs 12, sma ll er s hi ps 65 , t ranspor t s 29, and 1 8 g f' general total, 509, of which 39 are ships of the 14 ° ° . : .‘ boo tSt gates, 24 corvettes, 28 floating batteries, 77 desP:;portOr 104 smaller vessels, 12 brigs, 59 gunboats, 79 t g uo ol or and 4 special constructions. They carry i n all tie' and the united force of their engines is 103,292 Polo power. Independently of the ships of war abov° e of 0 0 rated, the French navy also possesses 245 old s b LP s os port S ' line, frigates, corvettes, brigs, bomb vessels , schooners, &c., converted into barracks, guard shlPf_rity (4_ store ships, towing vessels, and others. Tho tur,;oo them, which have been set aside since the const_ra cciPtioser, the new fleet, might, however, in a moment 01 render useful service. OSBORNE, April 28. The Queen walked and drove in the morning with Princess Louise, and drove out in the afternoon, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington. Princess Helena and Princess Louise rode on horseback. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDR IN GHAM, April 28. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales will te rm i na t e th e i r v i s i t to th e ir Norfo lk seat on Monday nex t, w h en t h ey w i ll return to tool by special train. The present v i s it t o N or f ol k appears t o have been undertaken a l mos t ent i rely for the qu i et an d seclu sion which Sandringham affords, and the evil-MI/5 of their royal hi g h nesses to the surroun di n g neig bourhood have been but few. w a les On Wednesday th e P r i nce and Pr i ncess of and Prince Alfred, with the gentlemen of their smite' e paid a visit to th e ce l e b rate d ru i ns o f the Cast l r and Priory at Castleacre, a distance of some 12 or 15 miles from th e roya l res id ence —th e Earl °f Leicester, who was on a visit to Sandring ham ', acting as guid e . Thi s was one o f the e arlies t British stations, and was afterwards incorpera t by the Roman s w ith th e i r own entrenchments. 3 the time of th e N orman C onquest i t b e l on ged t 0 wealthy Saxo n th ane . Th e C onqueror granted it to William Earl of War rene , w h o f oun ded here an immense castle an d a b eaut if u l pr i ory, t h e ruins °f which have great archaeological interest. It is no v a the property of th e E ar l o f L e i cester, w hose P r ' • decessor, it is said, entertained the idea of hui ldil : g here the mansion w hi c h was a f terwar d s built 0 Holkham. Their royal hi g h nesses i ns pected 7A- it 30 various ruins with grea t i n t erest. Th ere being sr°lo capital trout in the P r i ory r i ver, t h e P r i nce of 3 al engaged in fishing f or an h our or two. Their rf,Y highnesses returned to Sand r i ng h am in the 31 ` er.. noon. The principal diversion which their royal the nesses have met with h as b een h aw ki ng With to Duke of St. Alb ans ' h aw k s, wh i c h are still Sandringham. the Several distiriguished v i s it ors are s t a ying at hall. The Hon. Mrs. Edwa r d C o k e h as succeeded the Countess de Grey in attendance upon the Princ of Wales. 611 Cirallar reek D • f , D O. l vu atern Itabr°' 1 lan °o 1,1)0 Sc "'exi ca , 1)0, 1)0 6 1)0 If Alontev Moorish Now GI Do 2 D 0 D 0 :I° l e Do Jun ste a of Tu r . P as , sian been vari, kid] aa.d. ast Wick 'roil abot Price dealt Sout and G a per 44 8 t • 11 I ' 4 br a Do.