The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-05 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1865. The arrival of the Asia brings us intelligence up to May 25. The news from Texas is still stormy, for KIRBY SMITH refuses to surrender ; and meet ings have been held in Lousiana, at which Governor ALLEN of that State, and some other leaders, ex horted the people of the Trans-Mississippi Depart ment to continue the struggle, assuring them that the cause of independence was not hopeless. Whether any practical response will be made to these appeals is as yet uncertain, but the Federals have thought it advisable to send the head of the Shenandoah to the rescue, and accordingly General SHERIDAN has been appointed to the command of all the Federal forces west of the Mississippi. It is said that he has been instructed to demand the immediate surrender of KIRBY SMITH and his troops, and that if the demand be not complied with he will carry fire and sword throughout the province after his fashion to the east. The Northern rulers are determined that there shall be no doubt of their supremacy, and wherever there is any manifestation of opposition or reluctance extreme measures are to be at once resorted to. President JOHNSON • has issued a pro clamation declaring all ports in the United States, with the exception of Galveston, Brownsville, and a few others in Texas, to be open to foreign commerce from the Ist of July, and he adds that the Federal Government will no longer allow to persons attempt ing to traffic with any portion of the States in violation of the laws thereof any of the rights or privileges of belligerents, but that all such offen ders shall be seized and treated as pirates. This is somewhat arbitrary conduct. It is too soot to issue such an order after so prolonged a struggle, and the v i o l ent repress i on o f contra b an d t ra d e i s n ot likely to conciliate the people. Meanwhile, the trial which occupies so much of public attention is pro ceeding in a somewhat unsatisfactory manner. Two important witnesses have been, it is said, examined, but their testimony has been withheld. The case for the prosecution is closed without any substantial evidence being made public which could affect the Southern leaders. The cipher messages intercepted between Canada and Richmond make no allusion to the assassination of Mr. LINCOLN. The letter addressed to DAVIS, offering t o rid the South of some of her deadliest enemies, has been produced in court, but this would be valueless, unless some particulars were it possible to style Lnicoui given, even supposing and SEWARD " the deadliest enemies of the South," while JOIINSON, STANTON, and BUTLER are living. It DAVIS'S trial is to be bond fide, let it be held by a-civil tribunal, not before a military commission, who can have no pretext whatever for jurisdiction over political offenders. The United States Go vernment will do well to remember that they have given all prudent and moderate men good reason to doubt their justice, and that, in En ;land at least, the proceeding of the trial of the Southern krekii- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, llh. 20m.—Afternoon, llh. 48m To-Monnow.-Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 15m. THE NEW DERBY RACE GLASS, price 5Gs., with Sling Case complete. Will show distinctly the entire race from "the start ' to the "coming in." Guaranteed the cheapest and best glass (a new model) ever offered to the public. Sent carriage tree to any part of the Kingdom. Post-office orders payable to WILLIAM. CALLAGHAN, Optician, 23 A , New Bond-street, W. corner of Conduit-street). ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. • PATRONESS. Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN, PATRON. H.R.H. the PRINCE of WALES, K.G. PRESIDENT. The DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, K.G , Commander-in -Chief. INAUGURATION of the COLLEGE and CENTRAL HALL by 11.E.11. the PIaINCE 0 WALES on MONDAI, June sth, 1865. Atter the Inauguration, a CONCERT by the following distinguished artiste., who have most kindly given their valuable services :—Madame Grisi, Miss Lowsa Pyne, Madame Arabella. Goddard, and Ur. W. Harrison. Condu:- tor. Mr. F. Kingsbury. His royal Highness will be receive 1 by a guard of honour of the Hon. Artillery Company, atrendel by their regimental band. under the dir4 Ct on of r. Hied ; also a detachment of the 24th Surrey Rifle Volunteers. with their Band. The B a nd of the Duke of York's school (by ermission of Col. Yorke , C. 13.), under the c,mduct tit Mr. John Wilson, will attend. Special trains and ordinary trains will be duly announced. Ti.licets admitting to the grounds, and reserved seats num bered for the Ce remony' and Concert in the hall, One Guinea. Admission to the grounds, ss. J. W. ANSON, Secretary ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.- INAUGURATION of the COLLEGE and CENTRAL BALL.= WHIT-MONDAY, June 5 —His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, after dcclarint?.• the Hall and College to be opened, will graciously receive Purses from Ladies in Aid'of the Funds of the Institution. Avery lady presenting a I.urse of five guineas will be entitled to one vote at all elec tions for ten years. A sum of ten guineas will entitle the donor to all the privileges of a life governor. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.- THIS DAY.—INAUGURATION by his Royal High ness the Prince of WALES.—WHIT-310NDAY. June 5. - Tickets to the Hall and Concert, One Guinea each; to the Grounds only ss. each ; to be had at the Wilco of the In stitution, 20, Tavistock-Areet, Covent-garden, up to One Pm, and at the College. Maybury, during the whole day. Refreshments on the Grounds. Special Trains to the Tem porary Royal Platform at 11.5 and 1.45, and from this Sta tion to London at 8 p.m. Ordinary trains to and flomWok log Station as usual. T HEATRE -R OYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER. Messrs. Cooper, Whiffen, Braid, Clark, &o. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, F. Wright, Am After which, BROTHER SAM. Messrs. Sothern, Back stone. Compton, ,tc. ; Mesdames :.-.nowdon, Moore, &c. To conclude with GREEN-EYED MONSTER. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Farren, Compton, and Miss Louise Keeley, &a To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, A.DELPHI.— ols Yroprietur and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess's. C. II Stephenson and Eburne; bliss K. Kelly. After which, at 8, LEAH . . Leah. Miss Bat , man, sup ported by Messrs. Swinboure, Jordan, Stuart, Ashley, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Miss H. Simms, Mrs. E. Lewis, Mrs. Stoker, Miss A. Seaman. To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, In the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. 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Twohundredwitnesses will, it been erected, and several more are in the course of is said, be called for the defence of the prisoners on erection." No fewer than three hundred thousand the conspiracy, and their advocate, Mr. REVE RDY people drink daily at the fountains, which suffi- JOHNSON, intends denying the jurisdiction of the ciently proves of how much service they are. Mr. Court. This is the same gentleman who was so GURNEY very properly states that by this means rudely treated by the President of the Court, who they are relieved from the horrors of thirst, and denounced him as belonging to the " humbug also induced to avoid the gin-palaces and public chivalry of the South." Certainly no one can houses, which in the absence of these fountains would trouble themselves to apply such a term to the be in possession of a monopoly for thirsty folk in the North under any qualifications or conditions. streets of London. Anotherboonthus conferred upon As a sign of the result of the Northern triumph, the exhausted wayfarer is that they partake freely of we observe that the Tribune, one of the most re- the welcome beverage thus afforded to them, and spectable of Northern journals, declares that only thus the penniless mendicant, and those whose des two culprits deserve death for their share in the titution renders every farthing a thing of conse rebellion, and those two are Slavery and State quence, are enable to slake their thirst in peace and _ comfort. Medical men concur in offering their Rights. The first of these Englishmen will re joice to see perish, but if the last is to be destroyed, testimony in favour of this society, and thus they what becomes of the boasted Union ? It is, or who contribute to the association will have the satis faction of knowing that they are promoti ng san it ar y was, a Union of Free States, and if these are to be abandoned, what is the distinction between objects as well as fulfilling benevolent inte n tio n s. In many of the most crowded parishes of London the Great Republic of the West and the Old World Monarchies ? The very foundation of American the poor suffer considerably from th e wan t o f a supply of water, and th e y h ave a l so no very independence is gone, and the people will awake too proper _ convenient means of storing a wa y an y very l arge late to the conviction that, in destroying the inde pendence of their countrymen, they have sacrificed those very principles of their national liberty which their forefathers so strongly asserted. quantity of this necessary of life. In all respects, then, it may fairly be said that these drinking foun tains are admirable things, and it is earnestly to be trusted that this urgent appeal of the Chairman will meet with the support it desires and deserves. Those who have the means ought not to be wanting in the will, and if some few show themselves false to the interests of society it is to be trusted that the many will join in support ing and encouraging so admirable and excel lent an association ; one that is connected with the best feelings of humanity, and whose claims cannot be gainsaid and set at nought with impunity. It is not very often that the outer world gets a peep behind the veil which usually shrouds the joys and sorrows of royalty, and whenever any such insight is obtained it always excites a degree of in terest proportionate to its rarity. Kings and Queens, Emperors and Princes, are we know made of the same stuff as the humbler men and women around them, and, consequently, whatever their dignity they are liable to the same griefs and affected by the same feelings. But the stately etiquette of a court generally precludes any open confession of care or sorrow, and very often it is incumbent on the weary monarch to conceal his greatest burden. When, however, as in the case of our own QUEEN, a Royal grief is one with which all can openly sympathise the sympathy is freely and and promptly expressed, and the sense that no grandeur of position or plenitude of power can serve to avert the inherent troubles of mortality, or serve to quicken the public feeling. An unusual degree of interest has been felt in this country re specting the sorrows of another crowned head who has lately suffered a heavy bereavement. The loss of a son just as he is reaching manhood, and is able to fulfil his.father's hopes, is a grief with which every parent can sympathise, and the death of the young heir of All the Russias excited additional regret from the fact of his fate having been linked to the beau tiful young sister of our own Princes of WALES. When the fair young bridesmaid formed part of the glad procession that escorted the Danish KING'S daughter through our streets none foresaw the grandeur and the grief before her, but it is satisfactory to know that she was permitted to cheer the last hours of her betrothed, and that she has received a substantial token of the affection with which she is regarded by his family. The Emperor ALEXANDER has bestowed upon her the Order of St. Anne, with a yearly dotation of 40,000 roubles, ' as a proof, no doubt, of his sense of her kind atten tion to his son, and of the regard with which he cherishes one so dear to him. We must hope that the future has yet some brighter days in store for one so beautiful and so beloved, who is yet but in the springtime of life. Crystal Palace• - ---11.-- The fourth grand Italian concert was given on Saturday, when the following singers from her Majesty's Theatre appeared :—Mdlle. lima de Murska, Mdlle. Moya, Mdlle. Rosalie Goldhamer, Mdlle. Grossi, M. Joulain, Herr Wollrath, Signors Foli and Scalese. Mdlle. de Murska, who, no doubt, was the especial attraction of the concert, was nevertheless received with marked coldness by the audience, who evidently, not having heard be fore, were determined to be influenced by nothing they had received through hearing or reading. Mdlle. de Murska, on her side, perceiving how things stood, coolly shrugged her shoulders, smiled sarcastically, and doubtless said to herself, " Misbelievers that you are, you shall applaud." She has made up her mind to take the best revenge in her power, and so sang the cavatina from "La Sonnambula," " Come per me sereno," with such wonderful brilliancy that the hearers applauded furiously at the end, and not satisfied with such a demonstration, when she appeared to sing a second time, received her with thunders of applause. Mdlle. de Murska's second piece was not Proch's Air and Variations, for which she was set down in the programme, but a valse, op. 201, by the same composer, which the Hunga rian prima donna—nightingale, let us call her— warbled with such thrilling and exquisite voice as fairly to bewitch and bewilder the audience, who cheered her to the echo, and recalled her tumultu ously. The success of Mdlle. de Murska was im mense, and she may rest assured she will never again be received coldly at the Crystal Palace under any circumstances. Mdlle. de Murska, in addition to her two solos, sang the soprana part in the quartet, '• E sherzo od e follia," from the " Ballo in Maschera," with Mdlle. Grossi, Signors Foli and Scalese (where was the tenor, the princi pal part ?), which was encored. The name of Goldhamer is new to us, and, if we remember rightly, was not included in Mr. Mapleson's pros pectus. Unknown as Male. Goldhamer is, or may be, she is, however, worthy to be known. She has a charming soprano voice, and sings with undeniable dramatic feeling, as was abundantly exemplified in the air from " Robert le Diable," " Robert toi que j'aime," which she sang with great effect. Herr Wollrath, a basso profundo, somewhat in the man ner of Formes, showed a splendid voice and a good style of singing in the great air from the " Zau berflote," "In diesen Heil'gen Hallen." Signor Foli, a baritone in the florid school of Tamburini, gave indications of a well-trained and well-toned voice in the great air, " Sorgete," from " Maomette Secondo, and in the duet, "Bella immago" of Arsace and Assur, from " Semiramide," sung with Mdlle. Grossi, Signor Foli, we understand, is shortly to make his debut as Assur in " Semiramide," with Mddle. Titiens and Mdlle. Grossi. We shall then be better enabled to judge of his pretensions as a first-class florid baritone. A curious case has just come under the notice of the Rochdale Guardians which forcibly illustrates the necessity that exists for immediately doing something to ameliorate the condition of our work houses in respect to the nurses. Whole hosts of arguments may be exhausted, and the subject again and again renewed, without so much impression being made as by one circumstance that actually comes under notice. The master of the Wardle north Workhotle was placed in a very awkward position in consequence of the panic that prevailed among the nurses through the spread of fever. In the fever wards the nurses deserted their posts, thus causing an immense amount of con fusion and distress. After great difficulty, Mr. HOLDEN, the master, contrived to en list the services of some out-door recipients of relief, and thus the emergency was temporarily met. It must appear evident upon reflection, however, that this is not a state of things that should be allowed to continue, for it is against the interests of the community at large, and does not at all come up to our notions of the requirements of paupers in their hours of need. The money that would be re 'quired to carry out the provisions of those who seek to provide unions and workhouses with efficient nurses, trained for their tasks, and not likely to ne glect them, would be no extravagance, and the most niggardly of political economists would not be grudge it, because it is always a waste when disease is suffered to spread its ravages, and when no check is put upon its devastating course. This year has been indeed most prolific in furnish ing cases which point a moral in respect to the treatment of our sick paupers ; and although no in dividual instance of hardship is here recorded, the general principle is faulty in the extreme. Surely the common sense of the country will come to the rescue, and urge upon our Government and Legis lature the importance of a change being made for the better in this vital matter. Those who can once realise to themselves the wretched condition of the sick poor when suffering from neglect, will need no other plea to be urged in support of a claim which reason enforces, justice sanctions, and the best and kindest feelings of humanity induce them to further and forward. Herr Alfred Jaell, the well-known pianist, was the solo instrumentalist. He played Liszt's " March from Tannhauser," and his own fantasia on " Home, sweet home," and was loudly applauded in both. The band, under the direction of Mr. Augustus Manns, played the overture to "Fidelio," admirably we suppose, but the details were lost in the wilder ness of the centre transept. Mr. Manns is supreme in conducting symphonies and the larger orchestral pieces. We think, nevertheless, he might learn something from experienced conductors of vocal music. The accompaniments of the band in some of the songs was any thing but perfect. We may presume that Mdlle. de Murska had no rehearsal of her pieces, for more than once she was very nearly put out by the scramble of the accompanyists. By the way, why does not Signor Arditi conduct his own singers at the Crystal Palace ? The concert was brought to a termination by Gounod's chorus, " Trumpet blow," from the " Reine de Saba," sung by the Crystal Palace choir. Upwards of ten thousand were present. A. P. 3113 gyric on Milton from a Roman Catholic Judge• The Right lion. Mr. Justice Keogh has delivered a lec ture on Milton's Prose, at the Museum of Irish Industry, before the Lord Chancellor, Chief Justice Monahan, Mr. Justice O'Hagan, the Attorney-General, and a numerous and fashionable audience. The Times reminds the public that Mr. Justice Keogh was formerly member for the borough of Athlone, Solicitor-General under Lord Aber deen, and afterwards Attorney-General. And the Times adds : 1 Mr. SAMUEL GURNEY, as the Chairman of the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountains Association, has written a letter which comes very appropriate at the present season. In pleading the cause of this excellent association he is rendering a good service to the community which they should not be slow to acknowledge or appreciate. Mr. GURNEY states that last year, owing to the support which the society met with, an amount was raised which enabled it to erect several new fountains, and also to keep them fully supplied with water, and in good repair, besides looking after many " private struc tures" that were dry and dilapidated in consequence of the necessary care not being bestowed upon them. However, by this time, through the extensive tasks undertaken, these funds have all been exhausted, and the annual subscriptions do not, with their small amount, nearly suffice to meet the necessary demands and requirements of the society. Under these circumstances, then, there is nothing left for the committee but to apply to those who are able to assist them in their wise endeavours, and to enable them to meet the demands of those who are con stantly applying to them " for more of those public free supplies of water for man and beast in the crowded and dusty thoroughfares of the metro polis." Mr. GURNEY truly states his case when he affirms that the operations of the society are of great magnitude, and extended over a very large area. Those who are ignorant of the facts of the case bad better peruse this letter, in which they will meet with most comprehensive informatir)n respecting The following extracts from the lecture will be read with more interest from the fact that the learned and elo quent Judge is a Catholic, and that other Catholic Judges were among his audience. In the introduction he said : " Could words of mine prevail to induce you to devote some small portion of your leisure hours, stolen though it may be from the pleasant paths of sensational or periodical literature, to which those great productions of John Mil ton, in which the stanchest friend of freedom and of truth that ever lived has made the most successful war against tyranny and falsehood—in which he has proclaimed, in tones not unworthy of the Apostle of the Gentiles, that education really free is the only genuine source of political and individual liberty, the only true safeguard of States and bulwark of their renown—in which he has for ever " justified the ways of God to man" by assorting the right of all men to exercise unrestrained their intellectual facul ties upon all the gifts of God, to determine for themselves what is truth and what is falsehood, to circulate their thoughts from one to another, from land to land, from tribe to tribe, from nation to nation, free as " the winds that from four quarters blow"—to raise their thoughts and to pour forth their words above the level of vulgar super stition—unrestricted by any illiberal or illiterate licenser —then you will find that ho has risen, as mortal man never did before, to the height of greatest argument, and proclaimed, in language, which is affecting the fate of millions, even at this hour on the banks of the Mississippi, and in the remote forests of the far West, that He who has made of " one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth," willeth not that man shall any longer hold in bondage as a property the bodies or the souls of men, but that all alike shall have, unobstructed by any ordinance, a free book, a free press, a free con science. If any words of mine shall tempt you to approach these considerations, to ponder upon them as they are to be found in the tractates of Milton, in a tranquil, in a large and comprehensive spirit, and when you have done so to make their fit application not only at home but abroad, :not only abroad but at home, then we shall not hays met 41 IftiA in this ABOOMDIY.' " LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, MAY 26, 6 a.m. The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia have found a true bill of indictment for treason against Jefferson Davis. He will be tried as soon as the witnesses for the prosecution are procured. Governor Letcher, James A. Seddon, and Judge Campbell have been arrested, and confined on board a gunboat. It is reported that Lee will also be immediately arrested. . THE PRINCIPALITIES. BELGRADE, JUNE 4 (Evening). The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Servian insurrection of 1815 was commenced last night by the illumination of Belgrade. To-day a grand religious service was performed, and after wards Prince Michael made a speech, which was received with great enthusiasm. The Prince then reviewed the national troops and distributed some decorations. Public festivities will continue the whole day, and this evening a brilliant display of fireworks will take place. To-morrow a grand banquet will be given at the Palace of the Prince, preceded by equestrian races. Perfect order prevails. House and in the Chamber of Deputies for and against the treaty, it had been his intention not to offer any remarks upon the question, but as objec tions had been made to the measure, he considered himself bound to say a few words. The speaker then proceeded to combat the various dissentient views, and to enumerate the advantages of the treaty. The complaints that had been raised would, he thought, surprise nobody, for similar occurrences had been found in all countries where progress was made by customs' legislation and liberation of com merce. The same experience had been made in England, when Sir Robert Peel brought in the bill for the repeal of the corn-laws A simiar manifesta tion had taken place in France when that country concluded a commercial treaty with England, and also iu Germany, upon occasion of the customs' treaty ; yet the increasing value of landed pro perty, the growth of commerce and manufactures, dated from those periods. Count Rechberg did not think that, in case this treaty were rejected, Austria would be able to obtain more favourable terms from Prussia, and directed attention in this respect to the debates upon the subject to the Prus sian Chamber. In fact, he entertained the thorough conviction that it would be impossible to carry through a treaty, even approximately, so advanta geous as the present. Alluding to smuggling, he stated that of his own knowledge there had been merchants in Frankfort, at the time when France kept up her high foreign duties, who undertook to deliver goods, for every customer who purchased of them, at any given address in Paris, or any other French town, duty free, in return for the mere payment of smuggling fees, although it was well known upon how excellent a system the French customs' arrangements were organised. Assurance companies were then also in existence, which insured all goods smuggled into France. If the treaty were not accepted, Austria would be placed in a condition of Commer cial isolation. He believed, however, that no country was powerful and great enough to bear the lamentable consequences of isolation in the long run. Ruin, not only of trade and manufactures, but also the agriculture and finance, would be the necessary result. He could, therefore, only beg the house from the bottom of his heart to take these arguments into consideration and accept the treaty." At the conclusion of the debate the treaty passed the third reading almost unanimously, four members only voting against its adoption. ITALY. TURIN, JUNE 5. A meeting was held yesterday in this city, pre sided over by the Senator Sporza. A resolution was passed condemning all negocia.tions between Italy and Rome, which were not on the bases of the cessation of the temporal power of the Pope. It was also resolved that Italy belongs to the Italians, and that all Italian towns should be invited to pass a similar resolution. The meeting appointed a com mittee to constitute a permanent electoral assembly, and to send to Garibaldi a commemorative medal to be struck for the purpose. The half-yearly report of the Panama, New Zea land, and Australian Royal Mail Company shows a total to the credit of profit and loss account of £17,655, and the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent., free of income tax, on the old, and on the amount called up on the new shares. The report of the directors of the Ebbw Vale Company shows a gross profit of £142,216, from which, after payment of expenses and interest to vendors, the directors recommend the payment of a dividend amounting to 8s per share, free of income tax less the interim dividend already paid), being at the rate of fully 101 per cent. per annum ; also that the whole of the preliminary expenses, amounting td £9,614, be written off ; that £24,000 be placed to a reserve fund, £3,194 be held in reserve as a rail guarantee fund, and that the balance, £18,369, be carried forward. THE " QUEEN" ON PRINCE NAPOLEON'S DISGRACE. —Even before the Emperor's reprimand had made its appearance, it was said the Empress-Regent was full of resentment and indignation both at the nature of the Prince's speech, at its total omission of any mention of herself and the Imperial heir, as well as at the time chosen for delivering it, viz., during the Emperor's absence. Whether these feelings and influences were brought to bear upon the Emperor's course of action or not, it is im possible for any but those initiated in the drawing-room gossip of the Tuileries to pronounce upon. But almost every one regrets the eclat of this bouille de/amine, and is inclined to look upon the measure as hasty and injudicious. There has never existed any cordiality, it is well-known, between the dwellers of the Palabi Royal and of the Tuileries. The Prince himself the Empress has always had a great aversion to, and the relations between herself and his princely wife have ever been marked with a degree of coolness, arising however, quite as much from distaste on Princess Clotilde's part to join the Court circle, as on any particular feeling on the side of the Empress Eugenie. Perhaps the highly-born Princess of Savoy looked down with a somewhat haughty air on the free and easy manners of the parvenu circle which surrounded her Imperial cousin, while the pretty and elegant Eugenie may naturally have resented such conduct. Appearances were, however, kept up until this luckless speech at Ajaccio made a total breach, which in all probability will turn the cousin and dema gogue into an open enemy ! ARCHBISHOP MANNING'S arrival in Rome is most anxiously looked for, says the Tablet, which adds :—" The feeling of satisfaction at his appointment in France, and among all Continental Catholics, is as great as that of the great mojority of Englishmen. Even the Italie approves the choice, and cannot find an exception to take to the Pope's line of action in this case, which I need not say is a very rare occurrence for that most Revolutionary journal. POPE Pits IX.—French papers point "out that Pio Nono, when he shall have entered the twentieth year of his pontificate, on the 17th inst., will be only the ninth of a line of 259 Popes who have attained so long an occupation of the Papal Chair. In a recent letter from Romo, in the Tablet, we read that his Holiness had recently visited St. Peter's, with the whole of the Sacred College and noble Anticamera, and prayed before the altar erected for the ceremony, receiving the usual offering of the life and picture of the Beata, as well as a portion of the relics and a bouquet of flowers. His Holiness was looking re marktibly well, and seems to me far stronger and younger looking than he has been for the last three years. His departure for Castelgandolfo has been put off till after Pentecost. JEFFERSON DAMS.—Mr. Davis himself, to the best of our knowledge, never uttered the word "secession" before the election of leir. Lincoln, nor was he at all foremost among those who counselled extreme mea sures before that event was certain. He retained his seat in the United States Senate until his . State withdrew from the Union, and then, as in duty bound, resigned in a fare well speech of great dignity and moderation. He was not a member of the Provisional Congress which formed the first Confederate Constitution. Ho was by no means the only candidate spoken of in connection with the Presi dency, popular rumour generally assigning to him the post of commander-in-chief of the armies, on account of his mi litary reputation achieved in Mexico, and his distinction earned as Secretary at War in Mr. Pierce's Cabinet. The news of his election found him on his plantation in Missis sippi, temporarily retired from public life. A year later it was confirmed by the unanimous popular vote of all the States then composing the Confederacy. As President there is not a single stretch of power, not one arbitrary measure, not one cruel deed, to be laid to his charge. Per haps no ruler ever adhered, in times of danger and war, so scrupulously to the least minutia) of constitutional forms as he did, and in this he displayed an inflexible virtue which, under the circumstances, many have considered a fault. He strictly confined himself to the execution of the law, but this function he always tempered with mercy and forbearance. Andrew Johnson and Parson Brownlow wore in his power ; he let them escape, and this is perhaps the bitterest personal grievance the former has against him. He had no need of State prisons ; nor was a political cri minal ever tried for his life under his administration. He never interfered with the liberty of the press, which often degenerated into licence directed against himself. He never authorised an act of retaliation amounting to the shedding of blood, though the provocation given by the North sanctioned, nay rendered imperative, such a course in most men's opinions. When his armies invaded Northern territory, so exemplary was their discipline that the Penn sylvanians had no more serious complaint to make than the trampling of their crops by the movements of troops. Jefferson Davis's public life as President of the Confede rate States is before the world. Friends and foes have judged it, and the judgment of both has been a tribute to his high moral worth, his Christian humanity, his moderation as a statesman, his dignified modesty as a man. —index. THE CASE OF DR. PRITCHARD.—In giving an account of the serving of the indictment on Dr. Pritchard, the Glasgow Daily Mail says :—" The trial, it is stated, must conclude on July 10, or, according to the pro visions of the law, the prisoner goes free. The term of 60 days, during which he ran his letters,' expired, it would appear, yesterday ; and the Crown can only claim an addi tional 40 days during which to detain him. These 40 days expirb on July 10; and the trial being fixed to begin on the 3d of the same month leaves thus but a week to the con clusion of the period of detention. The Crown authorities are, of course, aware of this, and should the defence evince a determination to drag out the proceedings the Court will sit all night as well as all day in order to finish it" The Morning Journal says :—" It is said that the number of witnesses for the defence is only 12, but we would think that it should or will yet be larger. We believe, however, that amongst them are one or two eminent toxicologists. The prisoner will remain confined in the North Prison, Duke-street, till within a day or two of the trial. We un derstand that the representatives of the newspapers, not only of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dundee, but also of Lon don and the other towns in the north of England, will be in great force at the trial. The great difficulty will be how they will all be accommodated, for the Justiciary Court at Edinburgh is small and incynyenient." REGENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS• (From, the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Hon. Edwin Lascelles, D.C.L., formerly of Belgrave-square, but late of Upper Eccleston-street, was proved in the London Court under £120,000 personalty, the sole executor and trustee being his brother, the Hon. Arthur Lascelles. The testator was the fourth son of the second Earl of Harowood ; was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1826 ; was M.P. for Ripon, 1846-57 ; and a Deputy Lieutenant for Yorkshire ; and died at Wighill park, Yorkshire, April 25 last at the age of sixty-six, hav ing executed his will in 1851, and two codicils 1856 and 1858. He has bequeathed a legacy of £5OO, free of duty, to the Wardens and Fellows of All Souls College, bequeaths the sum of £lO,OOO to the Eight Hon. Louisa Dowager Countess of Harewood, the relict of his late brother Henry, Earl of Harewood ; a like sum of £lO,OOO to his sister Harriett, wife of the Right Hon. George Augustus Frede rick, Earl of Sheffield; a like sum of £lO,OOO to his sister Lady Louisa, wife of Lord George Henry Cavendish, M.P. He leaves his residence and -furniture to his said brother Arthur, to whom ho also leaves a moiety of the residue, bequeathing the other moiety to Lady Lascelles, widow of his late brother, the Right Hon. William Sebright Lascelles. The will of Sir George Nicholls, K.C.8., of Hyde Park street, was proved in London by the Rev. Henry. G. Nicholls, his son ; Georgiana Elizabeth Nichols, his daughter ; and William W. Willink, Esq., his son-in-law, the executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under £BO,OOO. Sir George was formerly in the navy of the Hon. East India Company, afterwards a commissioner of the Poor Law in England and Ireland, and latterly secre tary of the Poor Law Board. He died 24th March last, at the age of 84. Sir George executed his will in 1858, and a codicil in 1862, and has made certain specific bequests in favour of his son Henry, and his daughter Georgiana, leaving to his wife, Lady Nicholls, a life interest in the residue of his property, and after her decease, he bequeaths to his son-in-law, the said W. W. Willink, also to the children of his deceased daughter, Jane Owry, and to his daughter, Charlotte Wingfield, certain portions of his pro perty, appointing his son Henry, and his daughter Georgi ana, residuary legatees. The will of Wm. Hollins, Esq., of Over-Wallops, Hants was proved in London, on May 10, by W. J. Brownjohn, of Bath, and C. P. Titt, of Old-jewry Chambers, the joint acting executors. The will is dated 1849, and there are ten codicils, the last dated March 28, 1865. He died on the 2d of April. The personalty was sworn under £50,000. He has bequeathed the bulk of his property to charitable in stitutions, of which we are able to give only the most pro minent : £2,000 to Winchester Hospital, £2OOO to Salisbury Infirmary ; these two institutions will also take any sur plus residue. £l,OOO to each of the 13 following institu tions :—Brompton Hospital, Bethlehem, St. Luke's, West minster, Ophthalmic Hospital, Refuge for the Destitute at Dalston, London National Benevolent Institution, Deaf and Dumb Children's Asylum, Infant Orphan, Church Mis sionary, Bible Society, Strangers' Friend Society, Accident Relief Society, and Indigent Blind Visiting Society. £7OO to the Royal Free Hospital. £5OO to each of the following —The London Hospital, Middlesex Hospital, Seamen's Hospital (Dreadnought), Irish Society of London, King's College Hospital, Queen Adelaide's Fund, Colonial Church and School Society, St. Mark's Hospital, Royal Infirmary for Children, St. Mary's Hospital, London Fever Hospital, Small Pox Hospital, St. George's Hospital, London Ophthal mic Hospital, Religious Tract Society, Indigent Blind School, London City Mission, Sailors' Home, Great Northern Hospital, Westminster Hospital, University College Hospi tal, and a like sum of £5OO to the National Lifeboat Institu tion. He also bequeaths £5OO to rebuild the tower of Over- Wallop Church; and £l,OOO stock to the children of Ann Rogers, afterwards of Liversedge, of Nowcastle-on-Tyne, whose maiden name was Hollins. There are a few legacies to private individuals. The testator has made a liberal provision by way of annuity for his manservant, and leaves to the daughter of the latter his farm with the stock and growing crops. The legacies to be paid at the expiration of 12 calendar months. The will of William George Prescott, Esq., banker, Threadneedle-street, and of Clarence Lodge, Roehampton (of which some imperfect account has been published),was proved in the London Court, on May 17, by the executors and trustee's, Edward Parker Wolstenholme (his brother in-law, and the testator's partners, Charles Cave, Joseph Grote, and Charles Andrew Prescott, his cousin. The per sonalty was sworn under £250,000. The will and first codicil bear date March 30 last, and a second codicil April 20, and the testator died on the 29th of the latter month. Each document was attested by H. H. Barnes, solicitor, and another witness. He leaves to his wife Arabella (only daughter of the Hon. Arabella Catherine and Edward Wol stenholme, Esq., of Kildare) his estate and residence, Cla rence Lodge, with the furniture, plate, carriages, &c., and appoints her residuary legatee absolutely. He has settled the sum of £35,000 on his only son, Wm. Wolstenholme Prescott (born 1844), and his issue, and in default to the testator's only daughter. To his said daughter Arabella, wife of Capt. Ducie, he leaves a legacy of £5,000, and to her husband £3OO ; to testatoes sisters Harriette Maria,wife of the Rev. G Phillimore, M. A., and Amelia, wife of Sir Jacob Preston, Bart., each a legacy of £200; and a life bequest to his brothers the Rev. G. E. Prescott, M.A., and Colonel Arthur Prescott, and also to his brother-in-law Thomas Preston, and cousin and partner Warner Prescott, each£2oo; and to each of his executors £250. The testator was the eldest son of William Willoughby Prescott, Esq., of Hendon, and grandson of Sir George William Prescott, Bart. Mr. Prescott was the head of the well-known banking firm of Prescott, Grote, and Company, which has been handed down from father to son for four generations. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 3.—Although but little business has been transacted since the opening there is no material change to notice in the quotations of the principal securities. Threes, for the Account, maintain their ground at 67fr. 30c., while operations in Mobilier Shares and Mexican Stock have taken place at somewhat less satisfactory rates. Italian Loan, however, has not followed the general ten dency of the market, and has improved 30c., the present quotation being 66fr. 70c. The market closed as follows : 4-} per Cents 95 90 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 20 Do. end month 67 32i Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3675 Credit Fonder 1280 Italian Loan 66 50 Do. end month 66 75 BAIL' Ditto Threes 4l 25 New Mexican Do. Bonds 326 25 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Roman 'AYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern lO7O ... 1070 Lyons and,_ Mediterranean 847 50 ... 843 75 Southern 595 ... 595 Western 528 75 527 50 Eastern 503 75 ... 502 50 Sardinian , 3OB 75 Austrian Lombard 495 ... 498 75 North of Spain 233 75 ... 232 50 Saragossa 321 25 325 Ditto to Barcelona l6O PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JUNE 1. The ministerial Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of to-day publishes an article advocating the ex pediency of Prussia strengthening her position as a Great Power by acquiring colonial possessions. The following is a summary : " Statesmen, learned men, merchants, and manu facturers at home and abroad," says the writer, " have long since pointed out the value and neces sity of transmarine colonies to Germany. Horace Say, with sarcasm only too well founded, compares German emigration to the annual departure of a fully equipped army of 100,000 men, who disappear for ever immediately they have crossed the,frontier. . . . Wilhelm Roscher, the highest authority in colonial matters, warned us but a short time back : —" Germany must make haste or the most fitting localities will be snapped up before her eyes. by other more energetic nations." While this counsel is being given, years are passing away. Millions of Germans have bade farewell to their country for ever without Germany deriving any benefit, without the emigrants making their nationality re cognised among the nations, or without the unprac tical attempts at colonisation made with the help of German Governments on the Seychelles, the Mos quito coast, and in Texas having led to any result. The article dilates at length upon the causes which have hitherto prevented the principal German Go vernments from acquiring colonial empire, stating them broadly as the necessity of first strengthening themselves thoroughly at home, and their want, until recently, of sufficient fleets to protect their commerce. A few minor efforts in the 17th century are mentioned, and the articles conc l u d es as follows : It is certain, therefore, that the establishment of a naval and colonial power was impossible in the years immediately following Frederick the Great's decease. England, who jealously watches every movement upon the sea, who even in 1848 threatened to treat the German national emblem as a piratical flag, who acquired during the Napoleonic era that naval supremacy upon which she still trades, would least of all have suffered the establishment of a Prussian naval force. Exhausted Prussia, indeed, had first to recover under Frederick William 111. from the deep wounds at home inflicted upon her by the enemy. The construction of war-vessels and harbours could first be undertaken under Frederick William IV. Who does not remember the delight of the country at the launch of the corvette Amazon, built by the present Admiralty Councillor Elberts hagen, on the 24th June, 1843? _ All German patriots, headed by the Austrian Franz Schuselka, urgently implored the rulers of Prussia to carry out the colonial traditions of the great Elector. " Thus all the preliminary condition of colonisa tion have gradually come into Prussia's hand. In 1614 she obtained East Prussia, in 1648 nether Pomerania, in 1772 West Prussia, in 1814 New Pomerania, in 1854 the Bay of Jande, in 1864 Schleswig-Holstein. By this means we have ac quired coastal provinces, firm positions in the North Sea and Baltic, good harbours, and excellent sea men. To these must be added the constant increase of the population of the mercantile and war fleets, of manufacturing industry, of commerce and inter course with all the world—items which of themselves incite to transmarine enterprises. " Nor is our moral right to colonisation wanting. Independently of the blessing which every European settlement produces when not accompanied by im moral tendencies, such as slavery, Germany, and here again notably Prussia, has long since acquired the founded claim to colonial possessions in all quarters of the globe by her numerous, costly scientific expeditions, and the self-sacrificing devo tion of valiant explorers and enthusiastic mission aries. Humboldt, Reichardt, Schlagintwert, Over weg, Vogel, Barth, Gossner, Gutzlaff, &c., are names the greatest• maritime and colonial Powers envy us ; and we may therefore fairly call every undertaking directed towards German colonisation an act of piety towards our martyrs of science and religion resting on foreign sail. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 30. The debate upon the commercial treaty between Austria and the Zollverein was continued in the Upper House yesterday. In a speech advocating the adoption of the treaty, Count Rechberg said : « After the brilliant speechem made both in this Roman Catholicism in Kensington. The London Review gives the following account of the extent of Catholicism in Kensington : Formerly, for the accommodation of the whole of the Roman Catholics of this parish, there was but one small chapel near the High-street, which appeared amply suffi cient for the members of that creed. But ten or twelve years ago a Roman Catholic builder purchased, at an enormous price, a plot of ground about three acres in ex tent beside the church of the Holy Trinity, Brompton. For a time considerable mystery prevails as to the uses it was to be applied to ; but, shortly after the buildings were commenced, they were discovered to be the future resi dence and church of the Oratorian Fathers removed to it from their former dwelling; and the chapel, a small and commodious erection, was opened for divine service. At first the congregation was of the scantiest description ; even on Sundays at high mass, small as the chapel was, it was frequently only half filled, while, on week days, at many of the services it was no uncommon circumstance to find the attendance scarcely more numerous than the num ber of priests serving at the altar. By degrees the congre gation increased, till the chapel was found too small for their accommodation, and extensive alterations were made to it ; but these, again, were soon filled to overflowing, and further alterations had to be made, till at last the building was capable of holding without difficulty from 2,000 to 2,500 persons. It is now frequently so crowded at high mass that it is difficult for an individual entering it after the commencement of the service to find even standing room. In the mean time the monastery itself, if that is the proper term, was completed —a splendid appearance it presents— and we believe is fully occupied, The Roman Catholic population in the parish, or mission, under the spiritual direction of the Fathers of the Oratory, now comprises be tween 7,000 and 8,000 souls. The average attendance at mass on Sunday is about 5,000, and the average number of communicants for the last two years has been about 45,000 annually. But in addition to this church, Kensington has three others, St. Mary's, Upper Holland-street, St. Simon Stock, belonging to the Carmelite Friars, and the Church of St. Francis Assisi, in Notting-hill. Of monasteries, or religious communities of men, it has the Oratorians before mentioned, and the Discalced Carmelites, in Vicarage place. Of convents of ladies it has the Assumption in Ken sington-square, the Poor Clares Convent in Edmond-ter race, the Franciscan Convent in Portobello-road, and the Sisters of Jesus, 4, Holland-villas. Of schools, the Roman Catholics possess, in the parish of Kensington, the Orpha nage in the Fulham-road, the Industrial School of St. Vincent de Paul, as well as the large Industrial School for Girls in the Southern ward. All these schools are very numerously attended, the gross number of pupils amount ing to 1,200, those of the Oratory alone being 1,000. The kindness and consideration shown by the Roman Catholic teachers to the children of the poor is above all praise, not only in Kensington, but in all localities where they aro under their charge, and the love they receive from their pupils in return forms one of their most powerful engines in their system of proselytizing. Unfortunately in Ken sington, we are sorry to say, a considerable number of the pupils in the Roman Catholic schools are children of Pro testants, and they seem rather to increase than to decrease. It might be imagined from this account of the Roman Catholic institutions in Kensington that a general rush had been made upon that parish, and that the surrounding districts were comparatively free from Roman Catholics. Such, however, is very far from being the case. In the union of Fulham and Hammersmith we have the Roman Catholic church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, the church of the Holy Trinity, Brook-green, and the church of our Lady of Grace, Turnham-green. Of monasteries there are the St. Mary's Training College and the Brothers of Mercy, and for ladies there is the order of the Good Shepherd. Of charities and schools they have the Holy Trinity Alms houses on Brook-green, a Home for Aged Females, a Re fuge for Female Penitents, most admirably managed and producing a most beneficial effect, an excellent Reforma tory for Criminal Boys, the large Industrial Schools of St. Vincent de • Paul, and a Home, St. Joseph's, for Destitute Boys. In Bayswater there is the cathedral of St. Mary's of the Angels (of which the celebrated Dr. Manning is the superior), and the convent of Notre Dame de Sion. In Chelsea there is the church of St. Mary's, Cadogan-ter race, a convent for the Sisters of Mercy, another for the Third Order of Servites, as well as two well-conducted and numerously-attended schools. Such, according to the London Review, is the increase of the Roman Catholics in Kensington. NEVER SAY DYE !—A young lady being asked whether she would wear a wig when her hair turned grey, replied, with the greatest earnestness', " Oh, I'll dye are," „-- Court HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, June 2. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday morning ; and in the afternoon the Queen went out, accompanied by Prince Leopold, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Gordon. JUNE 3• The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, went out yesterday morning. In the afternoon the Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and Prince Arthur, and attended by the Duchess of Athole, drove out. -0--- The Prince of Wales. The Prince of Wales presided, on Saturday, at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, held at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham gate, St. James's-park. There were present the Lord Portman, Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney-General ; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, Receiver-General; and Lieut.-General Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his royal highness. Mr. Bateman, the secretary, attended as Clerk of the Council. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback in the afternoon, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel. The Prince of Wales attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The communion service was read by the Rev. the Sub-dean and the Rev. T. C. Haden. Anthem, " Come, Holy Ghost," Attwood—sung by Master Bristowe, Messrs. R. Barnby, Benson, and Lewis Thomas. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Ret. Dr. Jelf, sub-almoner, from Acts, c. vii., v. 37, 38, 39. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Donegan with his company at dinner on Saturday evening. The follow ing were invited to meet his royal highness—Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Earl of St. Germans , the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess of Westmorland, Lady Molesworth, Mr. and Lady Augusts Sturt, Sir Hugh Rose, and Dr. Quin. Colonel Tyrwhitt Was in waiting on his royal highness. _ _ His Highness Mustapha Pasha, attended by 3 numerous suite, has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Paris. The Countess Bernstorff will have a juvenile party at Prussia House on Saturday afternoon, the loth instant. The Marquis and Marchioness San German° , accompanied by the marquis's mother, arrived at their residence in Chapel-street, last night, from Turin. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminste r entertained a select family circle at dinner on Saturday a t Grosvenor House. Count and Countess de Villamarina have arrived at Love's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Turin. The Earl and Countess de Grey have left town to pass the Whitsuntide recess at Studley Park, their seat in Yorkshire. - ----- The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., have left town f or Chewton, Somerset, for the Whitsuntide holidays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left tow" on Saturday - for Brockett Hall, Herts. The Right Hon. Sir W. G-. Hylton Joliffe, Bart., M.P., entertained a select party at Merstham during th e Epsom week. Among the guests were the Earl of DerbY, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, the Earl of Saud wich and Lady Emily Molitagu, Sir Henry and Lady Sophia des Vceux, the Earl of Sefton, the Hon. Mrs. Li d :, dell, Lord and Lady de Blaquiere, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Birkbeck, Miss Carry, Mr. Cameron of Lochiel, Lord Gar" lies, &c. A marriage is arranged between Miss M. Blackett, youngest daughter of Sir Edward Blaekett, Bart., and gr• G. Egerton, eldest son of the late Rev. T. Egerton, and for merly of the Rifle Brigade. Lord Brougham arrived at his residence in Grafton-street on Friday evening, from Paris, in wilic b capital the noble lord made a brief stay on his way hero from Cannes. It will afford many of his friends some gratification to learn that the noble and learned ex-Chan cellor is in good health. _ _ Lord Hotham had a dinner party on Saturday at his residence in Lower Grosvenor-street. The Lord Chief Justice entertained at dinner, 01 Friday last, their Serene Highnesses the Prince sli d Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke and Duches s of Cleveland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricardei Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton, Lord and Lady Lyv; den, Lord George Lennox, Lord Houghton, Sir James anu Lady Matheson, Mr. and Miss Oswald, and Mr. Cockbury' lihrossarim The Hon. Thomas Edward Stonor• From the Catholic weekly paper, the Tablet, w° extract the following earnest tribute to the merac l , of the eldest son of Lord Camoys, so recently 1 ' prematurely deceased : It was a deep and painful shock to a very large 1) 0141 1 of the Catholic community when they heard their pray ers requested last Sunday in all the churches for the reP ose the soul of the Hon. Thomas Edward Stoner, wh o /36 4 died during the night after a short illness. We ace % with reverence the inscrutable decree of Divine Provideee which has summoned from our midst, in the fulness of life and the vigour of manhood, one whose continusne; amongst us had appeared so valuable, and whose past car e() ; had warranted such hopes of future usefulness that be W ! r looked on rather as having completed his preparations '°.; work to come than as having already nearly finished 1 ; i ; allotted task. There is no death which does not d ee p wound some hearts, and we have not to speak in. these lines of the private grief of those who have to mourn t 7; severance of the ties of friendship or of blood. But Thomas Edward Stonor the Catholic community has w 6,1;:: tamed a loss which it will long have reason to rereeriee i 0 Most were familiar with his name, his appearance, se dil for character ; but it is only the smaller circle of those NOI° or the last fifteen years have had his co-operation wherteiru-a tho service of the Catholic cause called for it, to wh ore t full extent of that loss can be known. in Had it pleased Almighty God to spare his life until the course of nature he would have been called to the honours and duties of the peerage, we not know hc)//:,,, exaggerate the services to the Catholic cause will-e l ' n - co believe he would have rendered by the sterling excel-ire-qt. of his character, his sound judgment, his manly steatb,,g ii, ness, his capacity for friendship, his nice sense o f and private honour, and his genuine devotion to the re gion of his forefathers. We should not feel entitled to speak here of the si°ol,°:; ° piety and goodness of his private life were it not fo r " ro combination with the exemplary discharge of h 91 public duties as a Catholic. In both respects he was an example to all ; but Ivi„ile there are many whose private virtues equal his , there e';' indeed, too few Catholics of his rank who mak ° lia attempt to discharge with equal zeal and fidelity the duties which belong to them. More shining abilities s t ° o f more varied acquirements fall to the share of ma n y' men whom we have known, none have possessed Two h u ig a h li e t r ies degree than Thomas Edward Stonor t hose lisp , qu alities which character—thei ch omakeveof the justice, strength and andsense gl oorfydouft duty e I l e I. ril be long missed and deeply regretted. May he rest i.' In P„," 013 . In the obituary of the same paper we obser ve the moo gentleman's death announced in these terms :-- - 9,, f , O Y ro sS charity pray for the repose of the soul of the Ira . - " -- died, Edward Stonor, eldest son of Lord Carney's , w i r 28t1i fortified by the Sacraments of the Church, on W e inst., aged 40 years. R. I. P. From the Morning Post we learn that unt il within cifets: hours of his demise the hon. gentleman wa s consider Dig t be going on favourably, and it was not t hou g ht ult. tbaoo complaint—small-pox—was like to have a fa tal res 24' deceased gentleman was born 29th October, 18. married 22d April, 1863, Catherine, eldest daughter ° f the late Mr. Coulthurst, of Gargrave Hall, Yorkshire' bir th afflicted wife of the deceased is likely shortly to giv e to a posthumous issue. 01%"' MR. BERKELEY'S MOTION FOR THE „j a i The following notice of motion stands for Tli e l vg ., week, June 13:—" That as a general election is iraPer eti o and it is notorious that our electoral system i s d ,,, e .0 1 ca and corrupt in practice, and as we have no law lifL . ;!, it put down the intimidation of voters nor prevent bril):0'.7;10 is therefore expedient that a trial should be give? l ,, an d vote by ballot. Nothing can be more appropreon.rtip practical than this resolution. The failure of thSayter Practices Prevention Acts is notorio us. Sir Nv. CT.ariably a very competent authority, admits tha t they are inv d elec cihsraergleasrdDed,ickeannsd,s t w he or c d o s n , st b it e ue s n h c o i rt e s ly w d i auriferous and malty shower." The friends of rea w ho Fv.Y his lion will anxiously scan the division list to s desi rous that vote in favour of the resolution is sincerely expre _ :00 of public opinion, or, to use a phrase of Mr. C . 1)( : w ill r ll en tla ch er e e c fo; e ithi te the coming general election shall bo a genuine° _ ou , s 7: , means of perverting and distorting public °pluton: _et tives tO or requisitions the support of their ropresenta a b s e well ifpopretrhse-infr”iefnodramo f r. freerald aon t d eet s e e d cu v r o e t i b r y g i ,7tt , e ' r , e s motion. D'7 Bus 1 10. DO elae„ A It 4 tli el b gia D oh Fr e °- Il] Io t b • ,m ittz Do. 0 0 , b o u . ' o. not Sal Ileci 10t1 Cell