The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-02 00:00:00

OUSES.—Messrs. TOVIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished 'I OWN, 'uburban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL. Particulars upon application forwarded for two stamps, upon stating requirements and rentiL Offices, 2, Conduit street, Regent-greet, and South Kensington, lacing the Museum. QOUTH KENSINGTON, HYDE -PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort gardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe Squares, Bolton% &c. Messrs TOPLIS and ROUE KTS have RESIDENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and Bo h nsington, facing the Museum. ROYAL LYCEUM T Under the sole Management a Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENING, TUE ILLUSTR:OUS STRANGER Mr. li. Widdicomb. Atter which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD. Mr. Ftehter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomo, Vezin, J. H. Fitzpatriox, D. Evans ; esdlmeslernau, Elsworthy, Lavenu, and Leclereq. Box Office open daily from EL ven till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Bucastone. THIS EVENING, A. ROMANTIC A V : Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Ada Cavend.sh. Atter which, TtrE FAVOU KITE OF FOR kIiNE : Mr. SO hero, Buckitone, Chippendale., Rogers, Sze. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Saville, Moore, Fitzwilliam, Hilt, Lindley, dm. Concluding with SIIOCEINL+ x.VENTS : Ur. Chippen dale, Mr. Compton, sea. Commence at Seven. N EW THEATRE -ROYAL DELPHI. So l e Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVNING. THKOUGH FIRE AND WATER Messrs J. L. Toole, R Phillips, Billington ; Woolgar and Miss H. Simms. After which, THE WRECK ASHORE : Messrs. J. L. Toole. P. Reword. s.uatt, Billingtcr, Ashley; Miss Woolgar and Miss H. t...laarns. To conclude with ,SEHIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips. Eburne. C. J. Smith ; Miss A. seaman, sac. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Tanager, mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. After which, at a quarter to Eight, THE S I ItEETS OF LOA DON. Messrs. Vining, T. Mead, u. Murray. shore, Viltiers ; Mrs. H, Marson, bliss E. Barnett, and Miss K. Rodgers. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs zwanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'cluck, PER E TION. After which will be pioduced a grand Eas.er Burlesque, PARIS or, Vive Lempiere : Mes-rs. Stoyle, ► horne,Jame. : Mesdames A. Swanborougb, Raynham, Simpson. Johnstone, Rauoe. and dolt. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Mr. Belford. AA STLEY' S.—GREAT ATTRACTIONS.— THIS DAY (EASTER-MONDAY), April 2, 1866, and during the week, will be produced C. M. von Weber's grand romantic Opera, entitled DER FREISCHUTZ ; or, The Seven Charmed Bullets. The Libretto re-written by John Oa enford, Esq. The new and romantic Scenery of the Opera by Messrs. Charles and William Brew. The Band and Chorus under the direction of Mr. J. H. Tully. The Dances arranged by M. Milano. The characteristic Costumes by M. Laurey and Miss Yates. Machinery by Mr. Lanham. Properties by Mr. Adams. The Gas appointments by Mr. Pepper. The Stage ar rangements by Mr. T. H. F r i en d . All the remarkable effects and supernatural Illusions in the grand Incantation Scene invented, arra nged, and produced by Professor Pepper, ‘f the Royal Polytechnic Institute. Dramatis Personae—Prince Ottocar, Mr. Charles Lyall ; Kuno (the Ranger), Mr. Corri ; R o dolph and Caspar (Huntsmen of the Ranger), Mr. Henry Haigh ,Mr . Aynsley Cooke ; Kili a n ( a Villager), Mr. George Honey ; Zamiel ; Agnes (the Demon of the Forest), Mr'Basil Potter Rodoiph), (Daughter of the Ranger, and betrothed Miss Leffler to Madame Haigh-Dyer ; Ann ( her Cousin), (Mrs. H. Harper). Ba nd and Chorus of 100 Artistes. Conductor, Mr. J. H. T LILLY. After the Opera, will be produced an entirely new and original Burlesque 0. Burnand, Esq. Extravaganza, by F. founded upon the Moorish Legend of " The Two Sisters," entitled BOABDIL EL CHICO ; or, The Moor the Mer rier. Mr. J. H. Tully. Scenery by Messrs. Brew. Dramatis Personae.—Moors—Boabdil El Chico (i. e. Boabdil the Cheeky, the last Moorish King in Spain, after whom there wasn't any Moor; in loVe with everybody), Miss M. Willmott ; Al Kali (his physician, one Moor), Mr. E. Garden ' • El Bobbi (a little Moor : chief of the Moorish police, and head of the private inquiry officers and court detectives), Miss Rachel Sanger; Captain of the Body Guard, Miss Maniata ; Ist Light of the Harem, Miss Annie Payne; 2d Light of the Harem, Miss M. Stanley; 3d Light of the Harem, Miss Julia Brandon •, several other little Lights of the Harem ; Zorah, the bighted Light of the Harem, being the Light of other Days somewhat faded ; considered by the other Lights as the Heavy of the Harem, Mr. George Honey.• No Moors, or Spanish. Don Ferdi nand the Fearless - (who loves his love with an N because she's Nina), Miss Caroline ; Don Tito the Timorous (who loves his love with an I because she's Isabella, Miss Nelly Nesbitt; Don Pedro (the father of Nina and Isa bella), Mr. W. Templeton; Nina the Nimble (betrothed to Don Ferdinand), Miss Marian ; Isabella the Indolent (her younger sister), Miss Louise Laidlaw ; Kintinka (an Er-moor, not a pony, but waiting-maid to the two sisters. She is in love with El Bobbi), Miss Minnie Sidney ; Juanita, Inez, and Perea (Young Spanish maidens, com panions of the two sisters, Juanita, secretly attached to an influential Moor, to whom ultimately she gives her hand), Miss Clifton, Miss Kate Blandford, and Miss Velasquez. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. FRIEND. ADLER'S WELLS 'THEA'IRE.- Under the sole Management of Mr. %V. H. C. Nation.— Will RE-OPEN tor the Summer season on EASTER. MONDAY, April 2, 1816, with a p meriul r'ompany, selected from the principal London and Provincial Theatres. During the recess the Th. atre has been renovated and decorates; entirely new Orchestra Stalls, with a Fe . arate entranc added ; the Dress Cirde and Pit S ars recovered, and no expense spared to render thisTheatre one of the most elegant and comior able in London. on EASTER-MONDAY, April 2, and during the week, will be presented the great Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, of BEL rHEGoIt Mews. T. Swinbourne, Barrett, G. Bei more ; Misses Ada Dya., Hudspeth, and Mrs Poynter. Alter which (first time at this Theatre), ,the Ever-green Burlesque, by F. C. Burndnd, Esq , of IXIO-N : Misses Lizzie Wilim ore, Fanny Gwynne, Ada id arland, Betty Tracey; Messrs F. Bar. by and G. Belmore. To conclude with (first time for many years), David Gar rick's Farce of A MISS IN HEE TE r.;N : Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Fanny Gwynne. Box-office open daily from Eleven till Three. No charge for booking or programmes. Bonnets ar e no t a d m it te d in the Dress Circle or Stalls. Doors open at halt-past Six, commence at Seven. Entirely new Orchestra Stalls, with spring stuffed seats and backs, and equal to those of the West-end Theatres, 4e. ; Dress Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 28. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 61. ; Private Boxes, £1 Is., £1 les. 6d., and £2 econd price at Nine. Acting Manager, Mr. NYE CHART. THE ~S ITN" NEWSPAPER. — G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace, Edgware-road, is spa, laity appointed ii.GrlN i: to deliver the EDITIi./N 01 "THE SUN" at the earlie,4t prosible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 9 o'cloJk. T"E "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. It. GLENIE delivers V.e LATE EDITION at Chases, 7.40; Kilbu• n, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30 Uabriige, 4.20; Walfc: d, 8.15. 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The Revenue Tables for the quarter are now-be fore us, and a re on the whole tolerably fa vourable, though, as was naturally t o b e expected, there has been a considerable falling o ff under some heads. The principal deficiency i s of course in the income tax, owing to the reduction from Ca. to 4d. in the list year's Budget—a welcome " to the most struggling, toiling classes of the community,n those that come under sched u l e D. Another considerable loss was to be expect e d f rom t h e tca duties, though owing to increased co nsum pti on, i t has been far b eI low what was anticipated. It was calculated at something under £200,000 a month, whereas it has not nearly reached that amount ; so that, although the Customs show a decrease of £1,296,000 on the preceding year, they exhibit an increase of £396,000 on the estimate. The Excise duties, which are con sidered as the test of home consumption, have been remarkably productive. The estimated receipts for the year were £19,030,000, whereas the receipts were no less than £19,788,000, being £5,481,000 in the March quarter alone, or an increase on the corresponding quarter of '65 of 1139,000. Under the head of taxes and Post-office we find no variation from the estimate ; but the Post-office, it must be remarked, shows the con tinuation of that steady increase which has now become a matte of regular calculation. With THE SUN, LONDOIN, MON DAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1866. regard to the loss on the income tax, we must of Saturday res petting this affair. It actually goes notice that a great proportion of the total loss on so far as to declare that Austria has ordered arma the year occurs in the quarter just ended, owing, meats without any provocation having bepn received it is said, to arrears in the collection. Altogether from Pruss is ; and that these are of such aiin&that the returns of the quarter show an increase of there is no reserve left the Berlin Government bht £349,814 against a decrease of £1,734,000, to arm also in self-defence. It is now rendered there being only three 'heads on which an necessary for Prussia to find guarantees, and, there increase is recorded, excise, crown lands, and mis- fore, to effect this desideratum a reform must take cellaneous, while there are four items of decrease, place in the Federal Constitution. The assurance including thesomewhatstartling figure of £1,213,000 of some people is really annoying, and we should, on property t ax alone. Still the buoyancy with indeed , be grea tl y puzzled to state what claim which every reduction of a tax or duty is s p ee dily Prussia has in those minor States that they should r epaid to the Exchequer is most encouraging to our alter their laws and change their Constitutions to financiers. "It is plain that we shall look in vain suit her plans and further her ambitious projects. for any considerable reduction this year, but there is no reason whatever to regret the steps already taken towards lightening the public burdens. The tea duties, indeed, are in a fair way to atone for the sixpence taken off by the increased consumption of the article, and we shall find the same compensating principle at work in other quarters. Thus the estimated receipts from stamps were £9,290,000, £290,000 having been allowed for the reduction of the fire' insurance duty, whereas the stamps have brought in £9,560,000, this being £270,000 in excess of the estimate, or more than repaying the whole fire insurance reduction by £lO,OOO ! It will be always the same in matters of this kind, where heavy burdens not only depress the energies of the people, but hinder enterprise and cramp their industry. The principles of free trade freely applied are directly profitable to the financier who has courage to resort to them, as they are conducive to the comfort and stimulating to the progress of the people. The Government Reform Bill has at length found some decided partisans. Stroud has long bar e the reputation of a Liberal borough, and its citizens appear to be resolved to maintain its cha racter. It prides itself on returning a Liberal mem ber, although at the meeting last Thursday the con duct of their representative was very severely criticised. Mr. HousMAN'S Parliamentary career has been, it must be confessed, not altogether satis factory. Possessed of striking talents, a brilliant and vigorous speaker, he is uncertain and incon sistent. Ile abuses the Liberal party, . and his trenchant satire is often doubly severe, be cause it is based on truth, as was the case in his recent speech on Mr. CLAY'S educational franchise, but he seems to find it much easier and pleasanter to destroy than to construct. He satirises the Liberal party—well and good—but then he lays himself open to satire and reproach in his turn. The Stroud electors complain bitterly that he has failed to represent their principles, and a very stringent resolution was carried, With only two dis sentients, declaring that the Right Hon. EDWARD Ho RMAN no longer possessed their confidence. What will come of this movement remains to be seen ; but there are a good many more professing Liberals who have failed to represent their con stituencies, or to show any real heartiness in the cause of Reform. Granted that the Cabinet are not over zealons on the matter, it would require very little fervour on their part to come up to the temperature of the great body of their supporters. They have done little enough, it is true ; but in doing that little, they have not been met half way. The whole question is in an unsatisfactory condition, and at the root of the indifference in Parliament lies the discordance be tween the reforming constituencies and their repre- Men who can speak as well as Mr. Her MAJESTY has sent an autograph letter to Mr. PEABODY, which will afford great satisfaction to the Public in general, and more especially to those who have had time and oppor tunity to judge of the ex cellencyof that gentleman's works. QueenVicToniA is always very happy in her selection of the favoured few who are honoured by those communications ; • but we venture to assert that seldom if ever has she fixed upon one more deserving of the honour of princes and the homage of the great than Mr. PEA BODY. Her MAJESTY expresses her wish that Mr. PEABODY should not leave England without being 'assured " how deeply she appreciates the noble act Of more than princely munificence by which he has sought to relieve the wants of the lower classes of her subjects residing in London." Very truly does her MAJESTY declare that it is an act wholly without parallel, and also one which " will carry its best reward in the consciousness of having contri- buted so largely to the assistance of those who can little help themselves." Still it is always of conse quence that those who are placed in responsible positions should show by their approval that they recognise and appreciate the works of those who exert themselves in the high and holy effort to im prove. the social condition of their brethren. It may well be said that the harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few, and all honour to those who join the faithful few. It may be said that only a limited number can have means at their command to effect great objects, but how seldom do we find the dis position to give largely among those who are the most largely endowed with this world's goods. We trust the example set by Mr. PEABODY will be fol lowed hereafter, if even only in a small degree and to a lesser extent, for benefits cannot fail thus to accrue to the classes who so greatly need assistance. In every respect we are glad to find this passage in the QUEEN'S letter :—" The QUEEN would not, however, have been satisfied without giving Mr. PEABODY some public mark of her sense of his munificence. She would gladly have conferred upon him either a Baronetcy or the Grand Cross of the Ordar of the:Bath, but that she under stands Mr. PEABOBY to feel himself debarred from accepting such distinctions." Her MAJESTY feels naturally, under these circumstances, that nothing remains for her but to give Mr. PEABODY an assurance of her personal feeling in the matter, and she seeks to mark this by asking bim to accept a " miniature portrait of herself, which she will desire to have painted for him, and which, when finished, can either be sent to him in America, or given to him on his return, which, she rejoices to hear, he meditates to the country that owes him so much." This graceful letter does honour to the gracious lady who has written it, and also to the generous recipient of it. Since her acces sion to the throne the QUEEN has distinguished her self for nothing more than the deep interest she has always` taken in the welfare of her poorer subjects, and thus she can of course enter fully into the meri is of one who, like Mr. PEABODY, has done so much in their cause. After many contradictions have appeared respect ing the various rumours of war between the two great German Powers, we find ourselves again face to fate with assertions which seem to reiterate the likelihood of the occurrence. At Vienna, yesterday, the journals declared war to be inevitable, and one sign of the times may be seen in the fact that ex tensive contracts for the supply of corn have been entered with the Credit Austadt, which institution may probably become a Government Establishment. In Paris the state of things in Germany is the chief topic of conversation, and the Constitutionel declares that in any case France is safe, thanks to the wise policy which has been adopted. La France mentions that all is being prepared for the emergencies of war, and that commanders-in-chief are already appointed Certainly this looks as if things had proceeded to extremities, and as if diplomacy was put aside for a military solution of the problem which has per plexed for so long a period the two nations. As for Prussia, with her various manceuvrcs, she does not seem very likely to prosper. It is stated that Herr BISMARCK'S attempt to get the assistance of the middle States of Germany has been a complete failure. If so, it is an ominous commencement, and as a failure at the outset is always a very bad thing, we may auger ill for his future tactics. In reply to the Prussian Minister the several Governments have stated that the Federal laws would be " contravened" if they were to espouse either side in the dispute that is now so imminent. It is also mentioned in some private communication'from Berlin that the Austrian Am bassador at Berlin, in an interview which he held the other day with Count BISMARK, asked, in very explanation concerning the earnest language, for an , military preparations of Prussia. All these items of intelligence may well confirm the i dea already so prevalent of disturbances tak ing Place, anal, indeed, we can hard l y see now how peace i s in the f ace of expecting the' commencement to be preserved, for one thing f or com back and to make concessions ne ither Power is likely to d raw many lookers-o n who are eagerly • can be imparted to the , of hostilities. It is promises to be made, and for charges to t a k e place, when all i s covere d by the veil of diplom ac y, and a convenient air of mystery but quite another thing for Governments to retract • their assertions and forego their demands when • preparations have been made to let slipthe dogs of war, and all Europe is ringing with the exciting intelligence. It •is axnus itg to notice the tone taken by the N..tional Z • ettung LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) -4,- - TEE EASTER BENEDICTION. ROME, APRIL 1 (Evening). The Pope gave to-day the benediction Urbi et Orbi. The crowd on the occasion was enormous, and his holiness was received with cheers. The ex-King of Naples and his family, the Prince and Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Count of Flanders, and the Diplomatic Corps were present. BOMB AY MAILS. MALTA, APRIL 1. The China leaves at 9 p.m. to-day for Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 4th inst. BRA BOURSE, March 31, Ti closed at the following qi 41 per Cents 96 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 50 Do. end month 67 40 Credit Mobilier 630 Do. end month - U 12113 - - N C B. [me o'clock.—The market Lotations : Bank Shares 3560 Italian Loan 57 90 Do. end month 57 60 Mexican Loan 46 75 Do. Bonds 301 25 Spanish Threes ... 40 75 Home Debt Deferred Do. end month — RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman ... 87 50 Acct. 860 - - 1110 - - 870 - 548 75 - 560 - ... 535 - - ... 105 - - - ... 377 50 - - ... 388 75 - - ... 160 - - - ... 202 50 MAGAZINE-DAY. BLACKWOOD.—" Sir Brook Fosbrooke " is con firmed, and it is quite a relief to find that Trafford is about again after his accident. The various cha racters in the story are ably described, and the inci dents striking. It is quite a piece of poetical justice when Colonel Sewell hears some of his own doings n India described by somo young officers who had for gotten the name of the miscreant referred to. " Shrewsbury School, Past and Present " is a paper that will please some readers, and, indeed, the more a general knowledge of our public seminaries is diffused the better. It is truly said that "standing on the border-land of England and Wales few places have been of more account in British history than the pleasant town of Shrewsbury," Mwythig, as the Welshmen call it to this day. It is satisfactory that this interesting account here given winds up by the remark that Shrewsbury stands high for the renown of her scholars, and that the Royal Commissioners term the series of emi nent names belonging to the school a " magnificent list.' The Porson Prize for Greek verse at Cambridge has been almost monopolised by the school, "Shrewsbury scholars having won it eighteen times in the last twenty six years." "Memoirs of the Confederate War for Inde pendence" are continued, and are as interesting and ani mated as heretofore. "Miss Marjoribanks" in this instal ment is very exciting and eventful. The election results in the return of Lucilla's candidate, and altogether some crisis is about to take place in her life. A curious episode is the reappearance of Barbara Luke at a most inopportune juncture, and Mr. Cavendish's sins in days gono by were visited on him, for she was a regular Macploy, and by flaunting in and out from " kirk to market," as it were, she became the topic of conversation, and covered her quon dam admirer with confusion. " Cornelius O'Dowd" takes up the Fenian pest this month, and declares that he finds considerable resemblance between the two plagues now in- fasting us, " Fenianism and the Binderpest." The new " House" also engages the notico of this universal critic, and he truly declares that no thing distinguishes the English House of Commons from all foreign assemblies so much as tho fact that great ability alone does not impress there. Intellectual supe riority will not sway it alone ; but a man must possess those traits of character and temper which are popular in society. "Demonology at Home and Abroad" is a curious paper that will be entertaining to some. " The Condition of the Government" does not hold out a very fair prospect of success for the Ministry, and with merciless precision we find sketched out before us all the mishaps and misad ventures which the members of the Administration have fallen into since the commencement of the session. It is not an enviable catalogue, beginning with the significant debate on the cattle plague, and ending with the confusion of the new Reform Bill. The description given of the state of the Government is almost ludicrous in its inten sity of wretchedness. Yet, who can say that it is only because a political opponent looks into the state of their fall that the agony of their position is so piled up. " The condition of her Majesty's Ministers is at this moment as pitiable as their worst enemies could desire it to be. They have contrived in the course of four or five months to render themselves contemptible in the eyes of the whole nation. No man of any note in Parliament, be his political opinions what they may, has the smallest confidence in them —their internal divisions, barely concealed at the outset, are become common topics of conversation at all the clubs, and the course into which their legislation—or, to speak more correctly, their attempts at legislation—has fallen, points to one issue, and only one, which cannot now be far distant." FRASER.—A melancholy interest attaches to the first paper which meets us in this number —an article on Grote's "Plato" by the late Dr. \Vhewell. It contains the last words, as the editor reminds us, which the world will ever have from his pen, and was prepared for the press just before the fatal accident which so suddenly terminated an honoured and valuable career. Of Dr. Whewell, in the brief preliminary notice, it is remarked that " Few men of his generation have been, during the course of a long life, so constantly and prominently before the public; and fewer still have had a more steady allowance of fame and success in so many different walks of literature." in illustration of the variety of his acquirements, it is observed that the occupa tion of the two professional chairs which he held in suc cession required a wide range of intellectual power, being totally distinct from one another—mineralogy and casuis try, and there was scarcely any branch of literature or science to which he turned his attention that he did not thoroughly master. The essay upon Mr. Grote's "Plato" can therefore scarcely fail to attract the first attention of the reader. Dr. Whewell's remarks on the Dialogues will remind the student of some of the earlier sections in the first volume of his " llistory of the Inductive Sciences.' In speaking of the drama of Charmides, he asks what good can come of playing against each other the different mean ings of Sophrosyne ? " Plato's proceeding in this and the like dialogues is not a search of truth, but school-boy exer cises on the meaning and application of words," and he thinks Mr. Grote to have been misled, like many pre ceding critics of Plato, by the belief of a profound meaning, and a systematic philosophy existing in Plato's mind, when there was in fact, at the time when he wrote, no such thing." Leaving this interesting essay, to which circumstances have given a double value, we come to a story or sketch called " The Passion of Martin Holdfast," written with vigour and even eloquence, but somewhat unsatisfactory nevertheless. " Thoreau" is a memorial of a gifted American, whose works and powers aro less known among us than they deserve to be. An article on the native army in India recommends its total abolition, and in its place the strengthening and improvement of the police and of the civil establishments; and, above all, the government of the people in accordance with their established customs and principles, and not in compliance'with artificial Eng lish theories. " The Reform Bill and the Government" discusses the much-vexed question in 'every aspect which can support Earl Russell's Ministry, but we should be glad to know what the Jamaica question has to do with the ex tension of the franchise that certain politicians so deter minedly unite the two to the detriment of a fair examina tion of both. "From London to Rio de Janeiro" is the continuation of an entertaining paper, and amongthe other articles are an account of the native tribes on the Zambesi, and a further instalment of " The Beauclercs." COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE.—The United Ser• vice opens with a notice of Baron Ambert on tlik battle of Austerlitz, contrasting it with the inde. cisive but bloody battle of Frederick the Great at Zorudorf, but we think very needlessly, for who ever hears nowadays of Zorudorf or even of Frederick himself, unless indeed we think of the hero that was, and laugh with derision at the hero that would be, urged on to his destiny by his evil genius, the " bold, bad man," Bis marck, whose restless rapacity is hurrying on a kindred spir4 to his destiny. Let us hope, for the benefit of hu manity and the vengeance of the Dane, that it may be speedy and soon." As to Frederick and Zorudorf, with his vinegar flask to sweeten or qualify sour Prussian water, they are not worth altogether one pinch of the im mortal Nap's snuff, while gazing on, amidst his devoted Marshals, at the fatal descent of the allied enemy down the hill, of dismay to the one and of hope to the other. "Let them go down quietly," said Napoleon to Marshal Soult, "how long will it take :you to go up ?" " About twenty minutes," said the rapture-gazing Marshal; and off he galloped, with his gallant heart burning with emulation, to be first on the hill, when forth burst the sun of Austerlitz, as they waved the banner of victory on the summit. Them were deeds worthy to be chronicled to all future time, for "their like bath not been nor will ever be more." There is an article on turret ships, very much in favour of the Admiralty, and their very late conviction that the time has come fur trying if they can build a seagoing turret ship. After all the world has been fairly disgusted at their mean jealousy in not permitting the gallant inventor commencement of the season, has just cled after a very short illness. Your readers will probably re- collect my account of the sensation she produced at the ball of the Minister of Marine by her personi fication of America in the splendid precession of the Nations: Another death announced is that of M. Victor Parizot, aged 50, the well-known com- voser of various songs and ballads. M. Perizot was a native of Bordeaux, and his remains will be interred in that city. The preparatory evidence respecting Philippe, the alleged murderer of a lady in the Rae de la Ville l'Eveque which created so much consternation in Paris a few months ago, is concluded, and he will be tried at the Paris Assizes in May. The evidence in this one case is thought to be sufficient for Philippe's conviction, but he is supposed to have been guilty of no less than seventeen murders, some evidence respecting which was disclosed at the pre sent inquiry. He has twice attempted suicide while in prison. Philippe is described as being of ordi- nary stature, but of very ferocious aspect, and blood sometimes issues'from his hollow eyes. A woman named Jeanne• Marie Farza has been !ound guilty by the Court of Assize of Tarn-et- Garonne of the murder of her father-in-law, M. Martin, an old man of 80. It was proved that she had imbibed an extraordinary aversion to the de ceasjd, the motive for which was not known, and that on the night of the 20th January last she mur dered him in his bed by strangling him with a wire which she drew so tightly round his throat as to force blood from his eyes. She attempted to destroy the wire, and placed a chopper near his bed stained with blood. She also broke open L.., , drawer to give the idea that robbery was the object of the murder. She then went out of the house by a side door, with the view of sustaining an alibi by her absence, and on her return herself raised the cry of alarm. The jury found her guilty " with extenuating circum stances," and she was condemned to hard labour for 20 years. The dissection of the body of a young officer who died at the military hospital at Tournay has disclosed a very extraordinary anatomical construction, some of the vital organs not being in their usual place. The heart was on the right side, instead of the left, and the liver, spleen, and other organs also dis- placed. The deceased bad always been in good health, and had never spoken of his peculiar con formation. Probably he was unaware of it himself. It had nothing to do with the cause of death, which was typhus fever. These facts are confirmed by the statements of several surgeons of the town, whose attention was called to the phenomena presented at the dissection. A letter from Naples states that for a few days there has been no water in the wells and cisterns of the city. Geologists attribute the circumstance to the displacement of matter, thus causing a vacancy, which scientific men say " Nature abhors," and it is considered to presage an approaching eruption of Mount Vesuvius. M. Legourd has read his drama, the "Deux Reines," at the Sorbonne, before about 1,500 persons. For more than two years there has been a veto against its representation at any theatre by the Censorship,.,and therefore this new mode of obtain ing publicity is considered as a very singular circum stance, particularly. as it is, said that M. Legoure intends to give another reading of his drama in the Rue Scribe, the profits of which are to be devoted to elementary instruction. The exhibition of paintings and sculpture by French artists will take place this month. It is said that the collection of historical paintings will be but small, and that landscapes will form the chief feature. Among the paintings are '• A Morning View on the Banks of the Oise," by M. Daubigny ;" , 4 An Evening in the East," by M. Fromentin ;" ,‘ A Curious Antique Dance," by M. Corot ;" two landscapes by M. Busson, two paintings by M. Flahault. M. Bou- langar has sent a remarkable picture, " Catherine the First discussing with Mehemet-Baltadji, the Treaty of the Pruth, 1711. M. Protais, " A Bivouac of Soldiers, and a Dying Soldier ;" M. Tabar, " The Battle of Solferino ;" Moreau sends two pictures—" The Horses of Diomede," and "A Young Girl finding the head and the lyre of Orpheus." Our Easter Sunday in Paris has been favoured by charming weather, as warm as it is sometimes iu summer, genial and inspiring. All Paris has been in the streets or gardens or " out of town." The Moniteur has a long article upon the forth coming Exhibition at Paris. It states that the universal Exhibition in London in 1851 was eon fened chiefly with the view to material progress. The projected Exhibition of 1867 will be really uni versal, because it will not only be attended by the representatives of all countries, but because its pro gramme, without emerging from the domain of wisdom, will comprise in some sort the universality of labour and human interests. M. Delannay, of the Institute, is about to develope a very interesting scientific discovery. A division into 24 parts has been made of the time required for the notation of the earth round its axis, and we have hitherto obtained the hour which has been considered unchangeable. But the hour was shorter formerly than it is now, and it will gradually become shorter in ages to come. This new scientific law is about to be fully explained by M. Delannay. The Sun has copied from the Times an article about the bad taste and'confusion in the names of London streets. In Paris there has long been the same subject of complaint. In some cases about a dozen streets had the same name, but they are changing the names in all directions, only the remedy, until the names shall be better known, seems worse than the disease. It has been facetiously said that a man may go out to an even ing party, and when he returns he is compelled to sleep out of doors, as he cannot find his street, the name having been changed during the interval. The names of residence undergo the same mutation. The prison for debtors in the Rue de Clichy is now called Clichy House. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. (From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have nearly finished a pro fessional tour round the world. They started eastward from England more than two years ago, and have since then acted on opposite sides of the globe. Their perform ances have been attended with marked success throughout the whole tour. In Australia, in California, in the West Indies, and in our Atlantic States it has been everywhere the same ; they have in all cases added to their fame and to their fortune. This is a tribute to superior talents which carries its lessons for both actors and managers. When the Keans were in this city last fall they fulfilled an en gagement at the Academy of Music, and that spacious house, which requires such a vast number of people to fill it, and in which the finished actor goes through his part at such great disadvantage, was thronged every night by delighted audiences. No one who then saw " Henry VIII.," "Louis X 1.," "The Merchant of Venice," and the "Jealous Wife," but was anxious to see them again. This is due entirely to the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Kean are great actors—made so by their natural talents and by devo tion to their art. Their superiority is the fruit of careful and diligent study, constant and assiduous practice, and a lofty ambition to excel in their profession. Such qualities when applied to natural aptitude for art are always sure to achieve great excellence, and, what is more to the point for both actor and manager, they achieve a paying success. This is observable in their present engagement in this city, as it was in the last. The Walnut-street Theatre is filled every night in every part of the house. We do not go into any criticism or analysis of their acting, for it is no longer necessary to do that. To-night they appear in the Gamester—Mr. Beverly, by ;Mr. Kean; Mrs. Beverly, by Mrs. Kean. i' l 'o - morrow night is their farewell night, when they present " Th e S tranger " an d " The Wonder." The New York Tribune says that the ques tion of the recognition of the State Governments in tbo lately rebellious States will shortly be brought to a practical test. Measures have been taken by prominent loyalists in the South, and are now being perfected under the advice of leading men in Congress, to bring this ques tion to an early decision. The plan is as follows :—Loyal men, and they only, buth black and white, in the States of Arkansas, North Carolina, Louisiana, and elsewhere have taken steps toward the formation of new State Governments. These loyal men, without respect to colour, will shortly issue calls in their respective States for state Conventions, and elect delegates thereto ; the Conven tions so formed will frame State Constitution; embodying the principles of loyalty, freedom, and equal rights ; will pledge themselves to the payment of the National debt, the Repudiation of the Rebel debt, and the disfranchise ment of the Rebels. This being done, they will then pro ceed to elect Governors, State officers, Representatives and Senators; the latter of whom will at once demand admis sion into congress, sentatives. HORSMAN does are pretty sure to carry their audi• ence with them for the time, though the theories 01 the hustings affects very little the practice of St Stephens. " Colours seen by candle-light Will not look the same by day." Sings the poet, and so the diEcomfited constituents of a professing Reformer very often find it when they have to exchange listening to the eloquent periods of the candidate to reading the speeches of the M.P., or looking for his name in the ayes when all the while it is in the noes ! We hope Mr. HORSMAN and a goad many other Liberal members will profit by the lesson given at the Stroud meet ing, while the very just and temperate tone adopted by the speakers throughout added double weight to their observations on the whole question of Reform Bills and Reform. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (nom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Memorial Diplomatioe, which is supposed to be the official organ of the Austrian Government, denies the truth of the many statements recently made in regard to supposed military preparations on the part of Austria. "Austria," it says, " has not made the addition of one single man to her army. It is very false that Austria has formed a camp on the Austro-Prussian frontier between Terchen and Bielitz, that the fortifications of Cracow have been . _ repaired, or that a million of florins have been se apart for their repair. It is entirely false that 40,000 Austrian troops have been concentrated at Theresienstadt, a short distance from the frontiers of Saxony and Prussia. The systematic insulators of warlike news at Paris are the agents of certain bankers at Breslau, from -whom emanate those alarming despatches." A drama has been produced at the Theatre de la Gait 6, with the title of Bas-de-Cuir, which will no doubt have a tremendous run, for the decorations, • scenery, and effects are very n o ve l and splendid. The seven tableaux are each of a mystical or mar vellous character. The scene is laid in the wilds of America, and various incidents are dramatised of savage.life about a century ago. There is a con stant success of intrigues or massacres between the llurons and the Dewadas, in which a prominent part is taken by the Chief Serpent de Fen, of the Huron tribe. The Europeans fortunately find a great friend in a sort of naturalised chief,_but who is a real Parisian. He dresses in skins like the natives, and all his riches are hiazarbine, which he calls the deer-killer, his beautiful horse Bull, and Inca, a devoted savage, whose life he once saved. One of the tableaux creates frantic delight. A great human sacrifice is to be made to the idol, and there is a strange procession of savages with discordant music. The Idol, how ever, has been undermined by the friends of the in tended victims, and just before the sacrifice an explosion takes place, and it is scattered into pieces. The Indians are terrified, and take flight in disorder. The crowning scene of all is the tableaux of the cataracts of the Hudson, represented by real water. The costumes and hydraulic effects are really curious and dazzling. The extraordinary incidents of this drama are aided by spectacle--a babel of Ottowas and a dance of the Sikidis. The actors are Dumaine, Deshayes, and Charles Lemaitre. The actresses who play the chief characters are Madame Clarence, Madame Desmonts, and Madame Le merle. It is now finally arranged that the Emperor, ac• companied by the young Prince, is in the course o: the season to make a tour in various departments o: France. The festivities at Court and in high life are about to commence. The concert at the Tuileries, which was postponed in consequence of the illness of the Imperial Prince, will take place to-morrow week, April 9. The promenade, or rather ride, to Longchamp, which for several years was rather on the decline, has gone off this time with greater effect perhaps than was ever known. The toilettes of the ladies were equally novel and magnificent. For months past the preparation has given constant employment to the modistes and work girls. During the late Religious season Rossini's "Stabat Mater " has been the chief musical com position in vogue. To say the whole truth, the musical mass of Listz does not hold half the sway over the connoisseurs of Paris. The following cir cumstances are related in reference to the composi tion of the " Stabat Mater." In 1832 Rossini was in Spain in company with M. Aguado, the celebrated hanker, and the Marquis de Las Marismas. " Dear friend," said the Marquis one day to Rossini, "I wish to ask you a favour. Senor de Varela, a very rich and powerful ecclesiastic of Madrid, whom I love and esteem very much, is enthusiastically fond of your compositions." " I thank him very much," answered Rossini." "You would thank him much better and more," replied the Marquis, " if you would announce to him your intention to dedicate to him one of your musical compositions." " I will think of it," said Rossini. Two months after this conversation the "Stabat Mater" was in the hands of Senor Varela, who, by way of acknowledging the diamonds. favour,snu snuff-box, b n o t x w to al . thr i ol t Miss Carter, the young A merican lad y who was withvaluable M Aguado did the delight of the f u hionables at the fetes at the enriched°ss to have the honour of doing justice to himself and good service to his vexed country. But that is always the offi cial way in which "my Lords" snub a patriot for his good intentions, while their underlings, ever jealous of merit in others, contrive to appropriate the invention to themselves —and all under the patronage of the Board. But there's a day of dead reckoning near at hand, when " landlubbers '' will be brought to book. " United States Artillery and our Own" discusses the question of the guns in akindred spirit, but the best gun is not yet. " The Cat Curtailed," comes comes very appropriately after a paper on " Military Ex penditure," and we are glad to learn that the Admiralty, having a due regard to their own shortcomings, are dis posed to deal more leniently to naughty boys, by ordering that no more punishment be given to rising BCaltlell With the cat, but only with the birch—and that in a modified degree. The hardened "old salt" is only to have a taste of the cat—reduced from four dozen to two. This is all in the right direction, and we give it our cordial praise ; but why still harass good men with that "black list," when a kind word would whitewash many a mistake, and keep the ship's company in a cheerful spirit, "ready, aye, ready" to do a smart thing with a will. This was exemplified the other day by the crew of the Hector on the north-west coast of Ireland, Captain Preedy commanding. On Satur day night, 1;u, February, the engines were all to pieces, and everything was everywhere—all abroad—when a telegram came from the Admiralty for the ship to pioceed at once, swiftly, to garrison the fort of Greencastle, for tI e Fenians were up ! "All hands unmoor ship," was the order passed 11.30 just midnight. Though the crows were all loose, and everything was being overhauled, no sooner was the call to duty passed along than every man was at his post — engineers and all. The fires were lit, the crew helping the engineers as best they could. The two massive chain cables, 80 fathoms each, were hove in ; the two lower anchors run up to the cut heads, while the launch and other boats were hoisted in and the sails bent ; and though the night was dark and the passage intricate, the gallant ship was off within twelve hours of receiving the telegram. Captain Preedy manned the post and set the Fenians at defiance. " Our troopers are in marching taught The quickest step to tread; But we go faster when we have brought Up steam • to steam ahead And a steaming we should go !' " A second Admiralty telegram, " Well done, Hector," would have been gratifying to the gallant hearts that made this rapid dash where glory calls and honour leads—but no ! The Admiralty slumbered. They had no soul of sympathy for the stirring excitement that roused the Hector's happy crew. When one has done a good deed praise becomes doubly grateful because it is felt to be deserved, and it is appreciated ever after. We remember when the squadron of evolution was lying at Gibraltar one of the ships was suddenly ordered to the Mediterranean. She happened to be the " crack ship" of the fleet, and when she was round ing Europa Point, in beautiful style, Sir Charles Napier, with true sailor spirit, signalled to her "Farewell ; keep up your character for smartness." This remark not only electrified all on board that ship but the rest of the fleet, who envied the well-merited compliment to a clever rival. But we must close with a " Visit to Chamouny," whither all London will soon be going after the Brighton trip to see soldiering in earnest from the heights of Mout Blanc, while the Austrian and Prussian Powers, friends in iniquity, but now sworn foes in reality, are about to bathe their wrath in blood to - proYe the worse to be the better cause. But we may look on, for " Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow." TEMPLE BAR.—" Lady Adelaide's Oath" is a new tale by the author of East Lynne. It is written in the usual superior manner of the autho ress, and already we evidently have found some secret lurking in the story. " Archie Lovell" is continued, and the imprudent young girl gets into all sorts of trouble through her own imprudence. " Land at Last" is finished, and Geoffrey Ludlow settles down again into domestic life. " Literary Forgeries" contains an interesting account of Chatterton. It is said in con clusion that "ho requited the misery which the wodd in flicted by enriching it with treasures which will live as long as art is fostered or literature cultivated by mankind. In return for the slights of his countrymen, he left them works which will be a source of national pride to their latest posterity. Nor can he be said to have died without achieving his object, which was that of literary glory, for ho already stands out the most conspicuous instance of in tellectual precocity in the annals of European genius." " William Blake, Seer and Painter" is an interesting sketch. " Anecdotes from a Blue-book" present us with some remarkable descriptions of criminals, and an article by a " Real Casual on Refugees," is sure to meet with at tention. "An Intelligent Partner" is the title of some lively and spirited verses, which form a variety to the heavier portion of the contents. THE VICTORIA.—The translation of Professor Laboulaye's elaborate treatise on "The Civil and Political Status of the Female Sex," from the time of the Romans until the present day, continues to occupy a prominent position in this magazine. It is still in the Fourth Book, which treats of the Feudal Epoch, when many of the laws of inheritance and marriage were very peculiar. It is full of infor- !nation for the curious in matters of medimva interest. " How a Woman may Livo" is the title o: a paper on the "status" of women among ourselves in the present day. There is a great deal of honest truth in the writer's indignant denunciation of the pride which will bear dependence but will not demean itself to earn its own broad. But when we come to the practical advice given to those who are willing and able to work, we can not any longer coincide with the author's views. He, or rather she (for we should fancy it a woman's suggestion), proposes that single woman of respectable position should, when forced to earn a living, try a retail trade instead of the everlasting teaching. But there are many serious ob jections to such a course, independently of its novelty. Very few women not brought up to such a life would be at all competent to manage a shop; very few could make it a successful speculation. The pushing and active disposi tion required to drive a thriving retail trade would be rarely met with among educated gentlewomen, saddened by loneliness, and depressed by anxiety and sorrow. But a more practical obstacle meets us at the very outset. Some capital, however small, is necessary to stock a shop, and capital is one of the very last things which single women who have to earn their living are likely to possess. Teach ing, however laborious and unprofitable, demands nothing more than health and strength, and the exercise of her owu faculties, natural or acquired ; but stocking a shop and opening a trade is a very different thing. Those who wish to find useful work for woman had better direct their attention to securing for her now branches of industrial occupatiou, which do not demand a preliminary outlay, nor yet the exercise of those qualities which neither by nature nor education is she likely to possess. There aro other papers of various merits among them, being the first chapters of a new tale entitled "The Young Stilt Dancer." CORNIIILL.—" The Claverings " is continued at some length, and Henry Clavering seems likely to get into trouble with his various entanglements. The story is written in the usual easy and natural manner which distinguishes this writer, and is very pleasant reading. " Armadale" becomes much more exciting in this instalment than it usually is, if pos sible, and Miss Gwilt's wicked plans seem to be maturing only too speedily. This story seems to be written in a very fascinating style, but it is not at all a pleasant style of literature, for it deals almost entirely with horrors, and is, indeed, the sensation style par excellence. " Modern Geneva " is a sketch of that place, which it is said may ere long " become a sensitive point in European affairs. If we ask our readers to interest themselves in her affairs it is because they represent the furthest ad vance of Radicalism, and in her condition we can judge of some fruits of red government." " Superior Information" is an article that contains some true sayings on the mistakes made by people through ascribing to others that superior information which they do not really possess. " The Modern Doctrine of Culture" is a well-written, suggestive essay, which holds to the importance of proceeding with the practice as much as possible. " A Letter from a Convict in Australia to a Brother in England" maintains a good deal of descriptive information. TILE ACCIDENT TO LORD MILTON.—Lord Milton is believed to bo progressing favourably. The only injury his lordship has received by the accident, reported on Saturday, is a fracture of his left arm, and it is stated that his recovery is not likely to be long delayed. SUICIDE ON A RAILWAY.—An inquiry was held by Mr. Carter, coroner for Surrey, at the Arrow inn, Cheam, near Epsom, yesterday, relative to the suicide of Mr. Charles Maplesden, aged 27. The deceased was a grocer, and nine months ago he married the widow of a former master, who carried on business at Lenham, in Kent. Thirteen hundred pounds, which he got with his wife, he invested in a grocery business at Ewell. The speculation did not answer, and he said to his shopman that he felt certain he should be 'ruined. Last Thursday morning he drove over to Cheam with a friend. He then walked to the Air-bridge, over the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and waited until a train approached. The driver of the 11.30 a.m. train from London-bridge saw him jump from the abutment of the bridge as the train came near, and throw himself on the metals in front of the engine. His head and right arm were instantly cut off, and the head bounded down the lino for a distance of 30 or 40 yards. Mr. Smith, the station-master at Ewell, caused the unfortunate man's remains to be collected and removed to the local deadhouse. It having been proved that the de ceased had been very desponding latterly, the jury re turned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of unsound mind." Cara z 4414. HER MAJESTY• - WINDSOR CASTLE, Sunday. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Princess Beatrice, attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel. Autograph Letter of the Queen to Mr. Peabody. The following grcceful letter has been written by .he Queen to Mr. Peabody : " Windsor Castle, March 28, 1866. The Queen hears that Mr. Peabody intends shortly to return to America, and she would be sorry that he should leave England without being assured by herself how deeply she appreciates the noble act of more than princely munificence by which he has sought to relieve the wants of the poorer class of her subjects residing in London. " It is an act, as the Queen believes, wholly without parallel, and which will carry its best re ward in the consciousness of having contributed so largely to the assistance of those who can little help themselves. " The Queen would not, however, have been sa tisfied without giving Mr. Peabody some public mark of her sense of his munificence, and she would gladly have conferred upon him either a baronetcy or the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, but that she understands Mr. Peabody to feel himself debarred from accepting such distinctions. " It only remains, therefore, for the Queen to give Mr. Peabody this assurance of her personal feelings, which she would further wish to mark by asking him to accept a miniature portrait of herself, which she will desire to have painted for him, and which, when finished, can either be sent to him to America or given to him on the return which, she rejoices to hear, he meditates to the country that owes him so much." The late Queen Marie Amelie. All the arrangements connected with the funeral of this venerable lady have now been completed. As was stated in The Sun of Friday, the hearse, drawn by eight horses, and preceded by mounted mutes bearing wands, will leave Claremont Palace at a quarter past 11 to-morrow. All the mourners will follow to the park gates on foot. Only the Princes of the House of Orleans will wear cloaks, all others who are invited to take part in the ceremony will be in plain evening dress, without either cloaks or hatbands. Outside the park gates, and drawn up on the left to precede the hearse, will be two mourning coaches and four, one for Bishop Grant and the -clergy of his diocess who may assist, the other for the late Queen's private chaplains. Immediately following the hearse, three mourning coaches will convey the Princes of Orleans—namely, the Comte de Paris, the Due de Chartres, the Comte d'Artois, the Prince de Joinville, the Due d'Aumale, and other members of the family. The rest of the pro cession will be arranged in the following order, the diplomatic corps being in the carriages immediately following those of the Princes. First Carriage—The Austrian Ambassador, the Prussian Ambassador, the Belgian Minister, the Bavarian Minister. Second Carriage—The Italian Minister, the Por tuguese Minister, the Saxon Minister, and the Spa nish Minister. Third Carriage—The Brazilian Minister and the Mexican Minister. Fourth Carriage—General Count de Montesquiou, General Count de Houdetot, General Count Dumas, and General Count Chabannes. Fifth Carriage—The First Belgian officer, Gen. Baron Chabaud Latour, and Mr. Elion. Sixth Carriage—Count de Jarnac, Lieut.-Gen. Sird Edward Cust, the Second Belgian Officer, and Capt. Morlain. Seventh Carriage—MM. Guizot, Thiers, Ducha tel, and Remusat. Eighth Carriage—AlM.Dufaure, D Limon, Hebert, and General Changarnier. Ninth Carriage—M. Bocher, Count de Gronsfeld, and MM. Fortuuato and Trognon. Tenth Carriage—Dr. de Mussy, MM. Octave Barul de Bretzil, Brison, and Asselia. Eleventh Carriage—MM. Regnier, pore, Gauthier, Fauvel, and Langel. Twelfth Carriage—MM. Colleux and Allaire, Fleury, and A. de Latour. Thirteenth Carriage—MM. Jolly, Regnier, file, and Mesnierd. After the procession has started from the park gates the Princesses and the ladies of the household will leave the Palace and proceed to Weybridge by another and shorter route through Walton and Oatlands-park, so as to be in the chapel before the arrival of the hearse. This part of the cortege will consist of five carriages, conveying the following distinguished mourners : First Carriage—The Countess of Paris, the Duchess of Chartres, the Princess Marguerite, the Princess Joinville. Second Carriage—The Duchess d'Aumale, the Duchess of Wurtemburg, the Princess Salerne, the Countess Aueroper. Third Carriage—The Marchioness de Lastigne, the Baroness Finquerlui, the Countess de Chaban nes, the Marchioness de Beauvoir. Fourth Carriage—Mdlle. Maser, Mdlle. Boeris, Madame de Porquet, Marquis de Beauvoir. Fifth Carriage—Mdlle. Bernard, the Countess Barnels, the Baroness Wangenheim, and Mdlle. St. Aubin. From the steps of the Palace to the park gates, and from Weybridge-heath to the vault, the hearse will be . attended on each side by General Count Montesquiou, General Count Houdetot, General Count Dumas, and General Count Chabannes. The body, as we have stated, will not be taken into the little church, but direct through the . church yard to the external entrance to the vault in which the remains of Louis Philippe are laid. This little mausoleum is so narrow that it has had to be en larged to admit of Queen Marie Amelie's coffin being laid by the side of that of her husband. In the chapel itself their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge will meet the mourners, and remain during the funeral service . When this short ceremony is ended, the members of the Royal family will go down to the vault, and after they have left the members of the diplomatic corps will also pass round the coffin, and after these the members of the late Queen's household. Gene ral Count Dumas will stand at the head of the coffin till all have passed through the vault, and will re main to see it finally closed. DEATH SCENES OF REMARKABLE PERSONS. Mary, Scotland's great beauty, met the "gloomy king with a degree of resolution not to be expected from he r misfortunes, w so numerous were they—deserted by ol friend, except her faithful little dog. Sir Thomas gore remarked to the executioner, by whose hands he 10 6 1 about to perish, that the scaffold was extremely weak. " pray you see me up safe," said he ; " and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." Chaucer breathed his las t when composing a ballad. His last production is called " t Ballad made by Geoffrey Chaucer on his death-bed, lying 1,, great pain." " I could wish this tragic scene was over , said Quin, the actor; "but I hope to go through it wit h ' becoming dignity." Petrarch was found dead in his librari, leaning on a book. Rousseau, when dying, ordered his at tendants to „remove him, and place him before the windoW that he might look upon his garden, and gladden his er /s with the sight of nature. How ardent all admirer he I°6 o of nature is poetically told in Zitnrnerman's " Solitude. Pope tells us he found Godfrey Kneller (when he Ni9it ° 4 him a, few days prior to his end) sitting up f o rming the 0' 73 : for the erection of his own monument. His vanity 1111 ; conspicuous even in death. W a rr e n has observed t hg " Chesterfield's good breeding only left him with death _"Give Drysdale a chair," said he to his valet, when tb% person was announc e d. B a yl e , when dying, pointe d t o where his proof- s h ee t was d e posited. Clarendou's p u t dropped fr o m hi s h an d w h en s e ized with palsy, whichy" an end to his existence. Bede died in the act of dictating' Roscommon, when expiring, quoted from his own transib3o tion of the Dees Iro. Haller, feeling his pulse, sa id, " artery ceases to beat," and immediately died. When t priest whom Alfieri had been prevailed on to see naT i o he requested him to call to-morrow—" Death, I trust, tarry four-and-twenty hours." Nelson's last words Tell Collingwood to bring the fleet to an ancho r ' Illuminated aagaiant•