The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-08 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1865. --.---••••••.--. Yesterday the grave closed over one whose memory will long live in the hearts of Englishmen. The impressive ceremony was attended by a nume rous assemblage, and thus, although the funeral was private according was virtually a to the letter of the term , it public one, and in some respects, indeed, it was better, for all who came were spon taneous visitors, who were eager to offer their tribute of respect to the memory of the departed. The friends of Mr. Coil DEll may be well satisfied at the numbers which flocked to his obsequies. No public man could have been more regretted, or left a better testimony behind him of the respect with which - his name was associated ; this is a gratifying circumstance to dwell up on now, and will hereafter prove the most honourable and enduring attribute of his fame. It is an affecting occurrence to take place at any time, that of the funeral of a distinguished man, but perhaps it could never occur more impressively than as it did yesterday, when so many of the spectators had just come from the haunts of crowded cities, and fresh from the pursuits of com merce, the strife of politics, and the turmoil of life's busiest and brightest scenes, repaired to the quiet churchyard far away in the stillness of nature's repose, there to assist at the most awful ceremony which human nature can behold. The House of Commons was represented in strong force, and Cabinet Ministers mingled with the throng who assembled there. A special train was despatched from the Waterloo station, by means of which hun dreds were enabled to proceed to the spot in time for the ceremony. The local deputations were numerous and testified to the high esteem in which the de parted was held throughout the COuntry. Altogether It is not surprising that before the dispersion of Parliament several members should be anxious to learn some of the facts cnncerning our very un satisfactory relations with Bhootan. Nor is it at all surprising, but rather in accordance with all previ ous experience of official answers to such queries, that under the marvellous light which Sir CHARLES WOOD threw on the affair every thing became co leur de rose. The gentleman selected as Ehvoy, so far from having been irascible or imprudent, had acted with singular discretion ; the force sent to ob tain redress from the Bhootanese had been corn-. posed of the best possible elements, and was sent just at the right moment. Demangiri had been evacuated voluntarily, and the missing gun had not been lost, but left behind. The officers had not been wanting in skill nor the men in courage ; the deaths had been few, and those few principally owing to the explosion of a mortar, so that the mists raised by hon. members were speedily blown away. But, unfortunately, however true may be the official ver sion of the case, affairs in Bhootan are not altoge ther satisfactory. By following a timid and inde cisive plan of action, we have failed to assert our authority, or to put an effectual check on the inso lence or aggression of other native courts. There is always so much delay before we get in motion, and generally so much uncertainty as to the manner of carrying out our objects, that we have in the long run to put forth much more power than neces sary to subdue a petty Eastern province. It was not necessary or advisable to annex Bhootan, but it would have been wiser to have pushed boldly on, and by some decisive stroke have asserted our in jured dignity in the face of all Bhootan. Sir C. WOOD says that a temporary occupation of Bhootan would have been unwise, became we must have had the support of one party against the other, and have got mixed up in the intenial dissensions of the country. But surely we are strong enough to hold Bhootan without any assistance from either faction ! If, however, it was thought best to occupy the Dooars, and by cutting off the supplies from the outer world to subdue the people, though this was a less effectual and summary method of bringing the assailants to reason, it should have been done P r omptly and decisively. More Europeans should have been employed, and certainly if the want of water drove the troops from their position at De mangiri that important matter should have been seen to before they occupied the place. If the offi cer under whose direction the place was evacuated left two guns hehind as a parting 'gift to the enemy, it wa s , t o say the least of it, an extraordi nary proceedi ng . T he guns were no, t lost, says Sir C. Woos—only, like the Irishman's tin kettle, they • are not available at present. The feeling of the House was clearly that there had been mismanage ment at the outset, and Mr. SEYMOUR'S remarks as to the probable indiscretion of Mr. EDEN were evi dently concurred in by the majority. Whatever the origin of the dispute, having begun it should be firmly and quickly carried out. Our troops should push on into the - country and enfo:ce submission THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the Farce of A YOUNG LAD FROII THE COUNTRY. Mr. G. Belmore and Miss H. Howard. After which, Shakspere's Tragedy of JULIUS C.IESAR. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. James Anderson, Walter hlontgomerY, G. F. Neville, Rayner S inclair ; Miss Atkinson, and Mrs. liermann Vezin. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS _EVENING the performance will commence with THREE WEEK'S AFTER MARRIAGE. Mr. Chippen- Cale, Mr. W. 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After which, at halt-past Eight, THE MOUNTEBANK. Belpheg,or (th,l M untet.ank), Mr. Fecht. r ; Paul this s n), 31a •ter Fechter ; eupportt. d by Messrs. Widdicomb, Ryder, S. Emery, F.tzpatricx, E. Garden, C. Horsman, R aymond, More,ana ; Miss C. Leclercq, Mdlle. Beatrice, and Mrs. C. ilorsman. Doors open at Half -past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEARS-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Alter which, ARItAil NA I OGUE : 3lcs irs. Dion Bonet eault, J. lii ougham, 11. Vandenht D. Fisher, D. Murray ; MN. Boucicauit and Miss A. Oliver. . 'To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, CROSS PURPOSES: Mr. Par- Belle; Misa Palmer. Atter which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE. e:.srs. Craven, Stoyle, Jame 4; Miss Swanborough. To conclude .w , th THE GRIA BUSHES. 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With a copy of tr he Sun PRICE 4D. ; STAMPED, SD. ; is presented GRATIS (with a Supplement) A MINIATURE PHOTOGRAPHED FAC SIMILE of the FRONT PAGE of THE SUN of MONDAY, the 2d January, 1865. _ . * * For the convenience of Subscribers wishing to preserve the Photograph, a suitable frame is pro vided, and may be had at The Sun Office, price ls. The Photograph, ON CARD, 6d. ; or mounted in frame, ls. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 36 m. —Afternoon, Ih. Om. fro-Moßnow.-Morning, lh. 20 m. —Afternoon, Ih. 36m. T t t , 7la d lf WOPJ AC,?.4S SUIT it need hardly be said that this funeral ceremony, which is the last connecting link between the living and the dead, was worthy of the occasion, and that, could Mr. COBDEN have known what would take place, he would have desired no better interment, nor one that was otherwise arranged. " The greatest political character that the pure middle class of this country has yet produced" has passed away from us for ever; but, even in our finite judgment, it cannot be said that his work was incomplete, or his mission unfulfilled. He rests from his labours now, after a life spent in the service of his country, and a career of more than ordinary toil and anxiety. It cannot be said of Mr. COBDEN that his high talents were unappreciated and his peculiar gifts thrown away, for he was placed in circumstances which called them forth in full perfection, and no public man of our generation has received more popular applause, or been permitted to witness the success of his efforts in a greater degree. Yet, beyond and above the worldly acclaim that he met with, his private character may be said to have reflected upon him the greatest honour and the most enduring lustre. We are told that " The sweet remembrance of the just Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust ;" and of him who was yesterday placed in his last long home it is now the most satisfactory reflection that he was steadfast and true in his dealings, honest and straightforward in his public career, and always acted in accordance with the convictions of his own principles of right. This has been proved by his often choosing to take up views that were quite distinct from those that were entertained by the community. It may well be said that yesterday was a day of general mourning over England, and in many a home where the name of RICHARD COBDEN had been a household word in years for ever memorable in the annals of our history, the sad ceremony was the theme uppermost in the minds of those who were present in spirit, if not in body, at his funeral. It is a proud thing to win fame; but to gain the respect of one's fellow-countrymen, and to receive tributes of regard from those of diffe rent politics and diverse shades of opinion, is a higher and more honourable trophy ; and such offerings were heaped on the graveinLavington Churchyard. The Bishop of OXFORD has written a letter, in which he expresses his regret at being unable to attend the funeral on account of ill-health, but laments the great " national loss" which has occurred, and espe cially alludes to the personal qualities of the de parted. In many of the principal cities in the kingdom the respect entertained for Mr. COBDEN was shown in various ways. No more striking in stance of the manner in which individual character may assert itself in England can be adduced than the career of RICHARD COBDEN. He was yesterday interred near to the spot where he was born ; but his life was passed in far different pursuits than those connected with the quiet locality of Dunford. He won his position entirely by his own exertions. He was self-made, and the country whose constitu tion permits such a man to flourish needs no change worthy of the name in its social mechanism. It is also a proof of what intellect and industry can achieve, that the man who was told in his boyhood by his master not to read, should pass in the matu rity of fame, if not of years, to his honoured grave, the nation intent on his obsequies, the members of Parliament envy his manners, and a twelfth part of the House of Commons to mingle with the repre sentatives of the chief cities of England to do honour to his memory. The retrospect of such a career is suggestive and significant, and when the evanescent excitement of the day is over, and the incidents that rank so high in the estimation of many now are passed away, there will remain much in Mr. COBDEN'S life that the hand of time will spare, and the touch of death cannot efface. Finally, we may say, that all prejudice and party feeling have been buried with his earthly remains, and that respect and admiration for his talents and virtues survive, to form an endearing wreath to his memory, the better part of his labours which shall not be taken away. The end crowns the work, is a true saying, and the death and burial of RICHARD COBDEN have been surrounded with attributes of regard, which take from them the sting and victory, while we rejoice to think that the faithful steward of many talents has entered into his MASTER'S presence with joy. THE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1F65. from the natives, not hang about in useless places dying of fever and malaria, and possibly only ex citing the ridicule instead of the awe of the same number of votes ; M. Jules Janin, 11, M. Prevost-Paradol, 14, M. Autran, 2, Marmier, 2, Geruzez, 1, Chasles, 1. Second ballot : AI. Jules Janin, 14, M. Prdvost-Paradol, 14, Autran, and others, 1 each. Third ballot : M. Jules Janin, 14, M. Prdvost-Paradol, 16, blank 1. In consequence, M. Camille Doucet and M. Prdvost Paradol were declared to be elected. The Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works has just appointed M. Carron, for merly Consul-General at Edinburgh, to be Com missioner at Dublin, to watch over the interests of the French subjects who have sent articles to the Exhibition there. The five academies of the Institute held a quar terly sitting the day before yesterday, under the presidency of M. Ambroise Thomes, of the Beaux- Arts, assisted by MM. IVolowski, Villemain; Egger, and Decaisne, delegates from the other academies. In this sitting the president laid before the assembly the first volume of the " Histoire de Jules Cesar," presented to the Institute by the Emperor Napo leon 111. The Emperor and Empress arrived the afternoon before yesterday in a private carriage at the St. Lazare terminus, and proceeded to St. Germain by rail to visit the works now going on for the restora tion of the palace. Their Majesties were recognised at St. Germain and saluted with acclamations by the people assembled on the Place du Chateau. After having examined those portions of the build ing now restored to their original style of the period of Francis 1., the Imperial visitors returned by train to the Tuileries for dinner. The Aloniteur du Soir publishes the following note :—" Several journals have disseminated the rumour that the Empress was about to publish a Life of Marie-Antoinette.' That assertion is de void of all foundation." M. Baroche, Minister of Justice, two days back gave a grand dinner, at which 'were present the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Ambassadors of Austria, Turkey, and Piussia, the Ministers of Bavaria, Saxony, Portugal, Belgium, and Mexico, and many other members of diplomatic corps, the Duke de Bassano, Marshal Magnan, the Duke d'Albufera, and the Prefect of Police, together with several senators, deputies, members of the Council of State and of the Court of Cassation. In the evening there was a brilliant reception. The annual sitting of the Society of the Prince Imperial for Granting Loans to Working Men was held yesterday at half-past one, at the Tuileries, in the. Salles des Mar6chaux, the Empress presiding, and the young Prince by her side. The Archbishop of Paris and several other distinguished personages were present. M. Fremy, Vice-President of the Superior Council, read the report of the year's pro ceedings, after which her Majesty spoke a few kind words in reply, and the meeting separated with cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" " Vive l'lmperatrice !" " Viva le Prince Imperial !" During the three years that the society has been in existence, it has advanced in Paris and the departments nearly 5,000 loans, amounting to a total of 1,300,000 f. A communication from Toulon has the following : —" The - Admiral commanding the experimental squadron has received instructions from Paris to hasten the repairs of the vessels under his orders, and to hold himself ready to put to sea about the 20th. BOURSE, April 7.—The market is not very active, and prices are somewhat variable. Threes, for the Account, are now at 671. 90c. Italian Loan 65f. 85c. Mobilier has been done at 832 f. 50c. In Railway Shares there is no material change to note. The following are the last quotations:— 41 per Cents 95 40 Italian Loan 65 80 Do. end month — Do. end month 65 95 3 per Cents. 67 60 Ditto Threes — Do. end month ' 67 95 New Mexican Credit Mobilier ... 830 ' Russian Do. end month ... 826 25 ' Austrian Bank Shares 3560 Spanish Threes ... 46 50 Credit Fonder, — Home Debt — Roman — Deferred AYS. • Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 1057 50 1066 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 9BO 982 50 Southern 6lO 612 50 Western 538 75 537 50 Eastern Sardinian — RAIL' Austrian Lombard.. North of Spain.. Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 438 75 ... 441 25 551 25 ... 555 - 302 50 306 25 390 - ... 392 50 LITERATUR.E, On Guard. A Novel. By Annie Thomas, author of " Denis Donne." 3 vols. Chapman and Hall. The brilliant author of " Sir Victor's Choice" is rapidly attaining a prominent rank among the ' favourite novelists of the day, and we are glad to notice a steady improvement in her latest efforts. Since the successful issue of " Sir Victor's Choice," about a year back, the reading public have been startled by the continuous and occasionally the simultaneous publication of various three-volume novels, and other works of fiction, from the same hand ; the most striking of which, "Denis Donne,' , we had the pleasure of noticing last summer. We had remarked with regret that some of the later works recently issued by the same writer had not equalled the ability of the two above specified pub lications, but now the cause of this difference, and also the secret of this wonderful and almost in credible fertility of composition is revealed to us. In the preface to one of her latest issued works, " A Dangerous Secret"—itself a very interesting and. enthralling narrative—the fair authoress tells us that many of her earlier works, which happened to be in the hands of others, have been, since the success of " Sir Victor's Choice," hastily given to the public. Hence the amazing rapidity with which " Sir Victor's Choice," and "Denis Donne," and " Bertie Bray," and " Bryan O'Byrne," and "A Dangerous Secret," and others which we forget, and, lastly, " On Guard," have succeeded each other in the short space of a year 1 Before the mystery was revealed to us we had recognised the superior merit of " Denis Donne " to the other (and, as it now appears, earlier) works of the same writer simultaneously issued from the press, and that steady development of her abilities we are glad yet more fully to recog nise in her new work, " On Guard," which is, in many respects, one of the best productions of that industrious hand. With some of the same faults that were prominent in its pre decessors, with a little too much of an inclination to the " fast" school, as evidenced by an occasional oath, hardly suited to the pen of a lady writer, and an occasional introduction to questionable company, with such drawbacks—and we the more willingly draw attention to them on account of the writer's manifest abilities—" On Guard" is a very able and a most enthralling novel. Bella Vane, the Beauty and the Coquette, is as fascinating, but not as heart less as the brilliant heroine of "Denis Donne." The authoress, who evidently inclines to these sparkling, treacherous types of womanhood, had not the heart to render Bella heartless. She frankly tells us, " I like the girl whom I have created, or rather, I the prototype from whom I have drawn her, so well, that I feel there will be pain in telling how little worthy she was," &c. The other heroine Florry Villars, the good, gentle, loving Florry, is represented as so weak and easily led that she suffers her nearest and dearest to have cause to doubt in her affection:: - Throughout the book, as one of the chief characters sums up at the conclusion, every one is " on guard". against the wrong thing. Most vigilant of these most mistaken, self-constituted, guardians is young Lady , Villars, the sister-in-law of poor amiable Florence and of Stanley Villars, the unhappy hero of the tale. Her husband, Sir Gerald, lives in a wholesome dread of " Carrie" being " upset" about anything. With a heart in clined to his falling brother, he suffers his wife to over rule his best desires. Perhaps, the happiest specimen we can give of the lively style and animated interest which characterise this story, is the following scene when Lady Villars stands so faithfully and cleverly— ON GUARD. She had done no more than humanity had a right to ex pect from her. She had found a man in dark despair, in penury, in ill health ; and the certain conviction was hers that she had been the cause of his fall into these things. However weak and erring he had been—however blindly perverse, and wickedly wasteful of the good gifts God had given him, which no woman could destroy—she could but feel herself to have been the first cause of the weakness and error, of the blind perversity and reckless wasteful ness. What amends she could it was her bounden duty to make. This she knew. She also knew that she had set about making it in the wrong way. " Why didn't I write and tell Claude about it yesterday, before it grew?" she thought, as she found herself walking alone into Lady Villars' room, having thought it well that Marian should wait in the carriage till the ice was broken. There were three of Lady Villars' sisters in the room when Bella entered. She saw at once that they were sisters, and shrewdly guessed that they had come up for the wedding. " I think Florence is taking off her habit," Lady Villars said, "or else she's trying on some dresses ; would you hear ?" addressing one of her sisters ; " she'd so like to see Mrs. Walsingham." "And I want to see her very much," Bella commenced in an agitated tone. "The fact is—l hope you won't think "' She broke down, and Lady Villars began to smile, and continued the same till her little short nose was almost lost in the plumpness of her cheeks. " Think you late in your congratulations ? Oh, dear, no ! It's a very recently arranged affair—a brilliant match for the dear girl—if she were my own sister I could't have desired a better. "I suppose not," Bella replied, looking at the aforesaid sisters. She did not mean to look sarcastic or anything else antagonistic to the "Carrie" interest just now ; but she could not help feeling and showing that she felt that Lady Villars' fraternal toleration would not have been very severely taxed. The marriage that was pronounced fitting for Miss Villars, might surely have been held suit able for one who owed all of social consideration that she enjoyed to the Villars alliance. "I suppose not. No, it was not congratulations I came to offer." Then she rose from the seat she had taken on, first entering the room, and said hurriedly, " I had better not ge round the subject. Stanley is dying—and his wife has comp here with me (she's in my carriage) to tell you so." Lady Villars shook her well-arranged little head reso lutely. " I'm sorry you've permitted yourself to bo made a tool_ of," said she. Then she turned her head slightly over hdr shoulder, :fixed an obedient sister with her cool blue eyes, and whispered in atone that was - not intended to reach, and that did 'not reach ear—" Stop Florry from coming." " A tool of !" Bella repeated the words warmly. She had anticipated its being such easy work, as far as- the Villarses were concerned. The sole difficulties she had foreseen had been with Stanley and her husband. "A tool of ! you don't understand—" Lady Villars stopped her with an ejaculation. Good gracious ; i how cruelly have you been imposed on !" she cried. " We know all about it—the whole story." "And you're leaving him to live if he can, and die if he must ?" Bella asked it with a biting scorn, that made Lady Villars tingle. " You can't know the whole story ; your brother has struggled till ho can struggle no longer; don't stay to think whether he has been to blame or not, but help him up again." "I am sure you mean well," Lady Villars replied, in the tone evil-disposed people use to little children when wrath is in possession of the latter ; "but you are so dreadfully mistaken. It's shameful of Stanley—it's the worst thing I have heard of him yet—to have let you mix yourself up with the matter !" "Won't you see his wife ?" • His wife, Mrs. Walsingham !" " Won't you send his brother to him 2—there's his ad dress ;" she forced a card, on which she had written down the name and number of the street in which Stanley lived, into Lady Villars' unwilling hand. " Sir Gerald will please himself about going," Lady Villars replied, adjusting her fair plump face and insignifi cant features as severely as she could ; " but as a married man, I should hope he'd have the good taste to keep clear of a den of profligacy! "You do not believe what you are saying, Lady Villars! Yen are trying to harden your own heart with phrases." " I am striving to save myself from being influenced by unhealthy sham emotions," Lady Villars replided spite fully. "Let me see Florence !" Bella urged, not heeding the insinuation. The third sister, who had remained quiescent during the interview, now rose, and said she would "ge and look for Florry." Presently she came back. "Florence is not come home," she said. Bella gave vent to an impatient exclamation. " She is out, you tell me, now ; but will you tell her what I came about when she comes home ?" Lady Villars paused for an instant or two before she answered ; then she said— " You can hardly be serious Mrs. Walsingham, in wish ing to bring Miss Villars into communication with her brother's mistress ; if you choose to risk your own reputa tion so recklessly, I must ask you to consider Miss Villars'." " No woman's reputation will be endangered by inter course with the poor young girl Stanley has married, to their mutual cost—" " Married !" Lady Villars struck in scoffingly. "Really, Mrs. Walsingham, if you persist in showing yourself all over London with her I must beg that you will not again subject me to th e i nsu lt of having that creature seen at my door. I wonder Major Walsingham permits it—if he knows anything about it !" She added this last clause suddenly, on seeing Bella wince when surprise at her husband's " permitting it" was expressed. It was a very telling volley. It routed the already nearly exhausted enemy. "My husband will judge for himself, Lady Villars." "And I will judge for myself in this matter," Lady Villars replied. She was very much afraid that Florence might perhaps escape from her guileless detainers, and come down and find Bella, when the whole thing would explode in an explanation. Bella Vane and Florence Villars, Claude Walsing ham and Stanley, are the centres of a brilliant throng of minor heroes and heroines, all more or less skilfully depicted. The readers of "On Guard" will agree with us that the fair writer has in this work fully justified the most favourable promises of her earlier productions. We would advise her, however, not to be too eager to reap the laurels of popularity. In these volumes, in her very vivid description of the sufferings of the overworked author, she betrays a fatal familiarity with tho con sequences of over-brain work, and, in fact, exclaims, after enumerating " the singing in his ears, the pain at the back of his head, &c.,"--" All you who can write can comprehend his sensations." If, as appears probable, the fair authoress speaks from personal experience, we would certainly exhort her, who exhorts others, to be "on guard" herself. We whisper this caution while we congratulate her upon the successful issue of her last literary undertaking. enemy. The Navy Estimates of this year seem likely to give rise to a good deal of discussion. Last even ing, on the vote for the artificers' wages, Sir F. SMITH asked for an investigation into the question, wild asserted that there was a good deal of dissatis faction among the workmen employed in the public dockyards. It would seem, however, from Mr. LAIRD'S statements that these complaints are not altogether well-founded.. The hon. member for Birkenhead, who must certainly be allowed to know something of the matter, observed that the average wages in Birkenhead and Liverpool were not more than 255. per week, on account of the irregularity of the employment,'Whereas the Government pay was 275. Some time since certain employment for 12 months was offered at Birkenhead at 365. per week, but no Government employe applied for it. In other respects, he thought the men employed in the public establishments had advantages. Alder man SALOMONS thought that the system of measure ment in the Government yards was defective, and gave rise to discontent among the men, but the general impression seemed to be that there was little need for interference, since the men, on the whole, were treated fairly., and had superannuation allow ances, besides half-pay in case of accident or sick ness. This is a very important proviso, and would of itself decide many men with families on remain ing in the Government employ. A fair day's wages for a fair day's work is what every man has a right to claim, and certainly those in the public service should form no exception to the rule, but men working under Government have no more right to make frivolous complaints or to indulge in unreasonable expectations than any others, and because the wages are paid out of public and not private money there is no reason that they should be raised above the fair average. We are glad to learn from Mr. CIIILDERS that special care is taken for the instruction of the children of those employed in the dockyards, which is no inconsi derable part of the benefits which the employe's derive from their position. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (t:EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 7. Privy Councillor Brastrup, who was entrusted last year with a mission to Athens, and subsequently with one to Berlin, has been appointed Minister of Justice and Public Worship. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL S. The Journal de St. Petersburg says :—" No noti fication has been received here of Russian ships being subjected to quarantine on their arrival at Dunkirk. Such a measure would be entirely uncalled for." THE EPIDEMIC IN RUSSIA. PARIS, APRIL 8. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The Government have instituted inquiries into the sani tary condition of St. Petersburg, and has received telegrams dated the 3rd and Gth inst., according to which the state of the city was deplorable. Some weeks ago there was no epidemic beyond the disease common in S. Petersburg at this season of the year." PORTUGAL. LISBON, APRIL 7. The - ..11 - inister of Public 'Works has resigned. The Cortes have adjourned till the 24th of April. This is considered a measure of the Duke de Loule to gain time. It is said that he wishes not to resign office to the Opposition, but to the Duke de Saldanha, on the arrival of the latter in Lisbon. FRANCE, PARIS, APRIL 8. The Constitutionnel of this morning states that, according to the last intelligence received, both by the French Government and the Turkish Ambassa dor in Paris, the relations between the Porte and the Marquis de Moustier are of the most satisfactory character possible. The telegraphic congress assembled at Paris, having occupied itself in fixing the tariffs for the transmission of despatches conformably with the uniform tax adopted in a preceding sitting, has, it appears, determined on the following rates :—A single despatch of 20 words, coming from whatever quarter, will be for Prussia, 3fr. ; for Austria, sfr. , Spain, 4fr. ; Switzerland, 3fr.; Italy, 4fr. ; Russia, llfr. ; Turkey, 1 lfr. ; the Scandinavian countries, 3fr. 50c. and 4fr. The two hotels of Humieres and Bentheim, at the western extremity of the Rue de Lille, have been pulled down to make room for the Boulevard St. Germain, which is to end at that point, thus connecting the Quai d'Orsay in a straight line with the intersection of the Rues St. Dominique and Bellechasse. From this latter point the boulevard will deviate from the straight line in order to meet another section leading to the Rue de Bac.. In its progress from this point to the other section east of .the Rue Hautefeuille, it will absorb part of the Rue St. Dominique and the Rue Taranne, as also the Impasse du Paon and the Rue Larrey. A partial eclipse of the moon, visible in France, will occur on the night of Monday, the 10th, be ginning two hours and 11 minutes after midnight, and attaining its maximum at 48 minutes past four in the morning. At 24 minutes past seven the last vestige of the earth's shadow will have disappeared from the disk of the moon. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric state of Europe yes terday :—" The north of Spain, France, and Italy, continue to be under the influence of strong baro metrical pressures. Over all these points there is a perfect calm, and the sky is cloudless. The barometer is falling, and it rains in the Baltic. The violent squall of wind, which had its centre yester day in the north of Sweden, is going towards the east. The barometer is again falling in Ireland and the north of England. The sky remains cloudy in the south of the British Isles ; it seems probable that a fresh squall will traverse the north of Scotland and the coasts of Norway." In Paris yesterday the wea ther was that of a fine summer's day, with a bright sun and cloudless sky. The thermometer continues to ascend, and marked at three in the afternoon 19} above zero Gent. (67 Fahr). A Calais letter mentions that the works in that port are being pushed forward with great activity. The entrance to the dock is being deepened, in order to admit vessels of a larger tonnage ; this improve ment will be probably- terminated by the time when the timber ships arrive from the North. A project for the enlargement of the dock has also been ap proved of by the Minister of Public Works, and the town of Calais has been authorised to raise a loan of 1,500,000 fr. to execute the work within three years. Surveys are also being made for a railway from the present terminus to the quay, the con struction of which will accelerate the communica tions between France and England. -- The French Academy yesterday proceeded to the election of two members to fill the chairs left vacant b f former, Mrmel'Alfred ond 16 as the lfred fir d st e V ha ig u n e y t, a w n i d th Ammvpeetrees. and the the required majority, M. Autran obtained 13, M. Camille Doucet, 15, and M. Jules Janin, 3. On the second ballot, M. Autran, 14, and M. Camille Doucet, 17. For M. Ampere's chair, fiat ballot, MARKETS—Mis Day COVENT GARDEN. Our market is seasonably well supplied with fruit, and the show of vegetables has increased. A fair business is doing, as follows : TR Ul T. 6. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Foreign do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 10 0 to 16 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 1 Melons . 0 0 to 0 0 1 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 apples, per hf-sv. 2. 6 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberrieslif ave.) 0 to 0 t Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 d. s d Milberrles,pr pt 0 oto 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. t oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 1 6to 2 0 Cobnuta, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 0 Currants, per 12. av 0 oto 0 u Plums, per do. 00to 0 0 Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 5 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 630 2 6 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 0 lied ditto 2 oto 4 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 1 , Savoy do., pr dz. 1 6to 2 6 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 1 3 Beet, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli 1 2 to 1 4 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 oto 50 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pnt 1 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 1 oto 1 3 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes•, each 0 oto 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cus lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas,n.-sy. 0 oto u 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 N'rench beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 01 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. h.s. 1 9to 2 01 Capsicums, per do 0 oto t) 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0; Rhubarb, per bun 0 9to 1 6 Spinach 0 oto u 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 6 Brussels sprouts 2 oto 2 6; Seakale, per bun. 1 oto 2 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, Os Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 8s Od to 10s 6d ; ducks,. Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 4s Od. to 7s Od ; rabbits, 1s Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., is to is 4d ; pigeons, Os 8d to Os 11d each ; Surrey fowls, 12s Od to 14s 6d ; chickens,9s Od to lOs Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan, is 3d to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od; woodcocks, 48 Od to Os Od; snipes, is Od to Is 6d ; teal, Os'Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, is Od to Is 6d each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, Is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Gd to 8s 6d ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od tcr2s - 6d ; trout, Os Od to Os Od; eels, Os 10d to is Od ; prawns.; Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, Gd per lb ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s Od ; cod, 2s Od to 8s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 10s Od ; doreys, 2s Od to 8s Od ; mul lets, is Od to 2s Od ; lobsters, is Od to 4s Od ; crabs, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Os 4d to Os Od each ; soles; Os 6d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 12s Od to 60s Od; natives, 84s Od to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 5s Od to 10s Od ; haddocks, 4s Od to 20s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od to 8s Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, as 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to Lis 4d ; mutton, as 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 441 to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from sid to 7d, of household do., 5d to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS, Market hides, 561 b to 641 b 2 1 Ld to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31(1; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to aid ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d tct4id ; 961 b to 1011 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od to 10s Od ; calf-skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 6s Gd to Os Od ; polled sheep, —8 Od to s Od ; half-breds, lOs 0(1 to 10s 6(1; Downs, 7s Od to 8s 6d; shearlings, is 7d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMMIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 8s Od ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A firm demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay £4 lOs to £ 5 10s ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs ; and s t raw , £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Supply limited. WHITECITAPEL.----Mertdow hay, £4 lOs to £5 8s ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 10s • and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load , A moderate supply. DEATH OF GENERAL FANTL—We read in the Avenir Natkarm/ of yesterday :—" We have received the melancholy new of the death of Gen. Fanti. Italy loses in him one of herixost resolute soldiers. Often put to the proof, the patriot' of Gen. Fanti has never failed. It will be remembered that he shared with Gen. Cialdini the honour of havingundertaken the campaign of the Pontifical States, the results of which were so decisive in the conso lidation of Italian unity." " The Mayor of Sunderland," says the Pays, " has arrived in Paris for the purpose of asking the Minister of Marine to allow the French Channel squadron, if it should make evolutions in the North Sea, to visit the port of Sun derland. He affirms that the French squadron would be received there in the most cordial manner by the British navy and the inhabitants." Miscellaneous Periodicals. Can You Forgive Her ? By Anthony Trollope. No. XVI. Chapman and Hall.—Three or four numbers more will enable us to decide definitively whether we Can or Can-not Forgive Her—that is, Alice Vavasor, in her extraordinary fitfulness in play ing fast and loose between her two lovers, that horrid George, her cousin, and that only too good and excellent Mr. John Grey, of Nethercoats. If she decides at length in favour of the latter, we almost fancy that we can, of ter all, accord her our forgiveness —our very magnanimous forgiveness, as readers of her history. John Grey, excellent gentleman as he is, visits John Vavasor, Alice's father, in the Signing Office, Chancery-lane —pays into Drummond's Bank the two thousand pounds necessary to meet the bills to that amount given by Alice to George, her disreputable cousin—dines with Alice and her father in Queen Anne-street, Alice contriving there and then to carry herself with some dignity when she first meets her discarded lover in the drawing room. Preparations are made in this number for the going abroad, in the very midst of the season, of Mr. Palliser and Lady Glencora—Alice having con sented to accompany them upon the Continent. The novelist shows sldllin striking fire out of the flinty temperament—in drawing blood out of the stony-heart of this seemingly cold, passionless, love less, unloveable aspirant (until now) to the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer ! There is actually a prospect of emotional tenderness in the future career of the heir to the title and estates of the Duke of Omnium—surely a miracle in its way on the part of our author bearing in mind the inci dent of Mr. Palliser's lawless billing and cooing (in very cold blood) with Lady Dumbello in that earlier record of " Framley Parsonage !" Before the flitting towards Switzerland of Mr. Palliser, Lady Glencora, and Alice Vivian (if they really are to go there)—the latter pays a visit of a few days to her cousin Kate (that horrible George's sister) down at the old Hall in Westmoreland, where some most amusing scenes occur in reference to the loves, and in the end the bethrothal even of Mrs. Greenow and Captain Bellfield. At the very close of the present number, just at the very moment when Captain Bellfield is pleading with the widow, that she should ratify her acceptance of him with a kiss out upon the country high road—the middle-aged lovers were interrupted in their full-blow coquetries by the sudden driving up to them of a carriage— containing, we shrewdly suspect, no other than " Poor Cheesy," as the widow calls him, Mr. Cheeseacre of Oilymead. If so—that is, if our con jecture here turns out to have been correct--we may look at the opening of the next number for a grand scena between Mr. Cheeseacre and Captain Bellfield, the fair widow's accepted and rejected suitors. Dr. Webster's Complete Dictionary of the English Language. Part IV. Bell and Daldy. A third of the new serial issue of this most com prehensive of English Dictionaries has already, in the publication of this present instalment, made its appearance. It extends—the present (April) in stalment, that is—from Epigraph (7rtypacsi) to Harp (tipm)). The three-columned letterpress is sown, as previously, with illustrative woodcuts. It is—given to the world in a piecemeal form—a very cyclopmdia in a single compilation. Le Corrispondant. No. 114. Charles Douniol. Paris. The variety of themes touched upon in the pre sent number of our distinguished contemporary the Correspondant is to our mind exceptionally remark able. It presents to view a diversity recognisable, we cannot but think, even at a superficial glance. The opening paper, penned by the Viscomte de Meaux, relates to what in France just now may be called, without exaggeration, the question of ques tions—the Religious Question, that is, in the Senate. M. Raudol thereupon descants upon that inexhaus tible theme for the student of the philosophy of history—Napoleon the Great painted by himself ! Immediately afterwards,. we have the commence ment of an authorised translation of Lady Georgiana Fullerton's charming novel of " Constance Sherwood," one of the most graceful effu sions of that good and gifted imaginative writer— still chiefly noticeable among her peers, to our thinking, as the authoress of " Grant ley Manor." As a conspicuous illustration of the progress of public works in Paris, " The Recon struction of the Tuileries" is commented upon by M. Gustave Nast. Again, Russia and Poland are taken up as a twin subject for disquisition. An other contributor selects as his theme—Tne Voyage to Parnassus of Cervantes—M. Cartier weighing in the balance of his judgment the aspect and value and general tendency of Christian art at Rome in the Nineteenth Century. Under the head of Scientific Review, Arthur Mangin contributes an interesting essay on " Spontaneous Generations." Eleven minor reviews by P. Bonham, appear under the collective title of Literary Criticism. Added to which there is the usual epitome of the Events of the Month, followed by the customary Biographical Bulletin. FIRE NEAR BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.----A fire broke out on Wednesday on the premises of Messrs. Burton, engineers, John's-place, Holland-street, Blackfriars-road. Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock in the various shops it was at one period feared that the entire plant would have fallen a prey to the flames. The fire was not extin guished until two of the workshops were destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. A fire also took place in Noble-street, near the General Post-office, but the damage done was not considerable. YANKEE AmENmEs.---The following is an extract from a letter written from Baltimore to an officer of the Rappahannock :—" Baltimore, March 6.—On Thursday last I received your very kind and thoughtful letter, an nouncing my brother's departure. I feel it is useless for me to thank you. Knowing as you do the circumstances con nected with my brother's long absence from home, you must know how anxious we all feel for his safety, and how gladly we hail any news of the truant boy. I feel sad, of course, when I think of the many perils that surround him, but I know his cause is just, and when I see our noble and brave soldiers, who have for two years been confined in Northern bastiles, famished and hungry, pass through our City of Plenty,' and insults heaped upon our ladies, be cause charity prompts us to give them a cup of cold water, I bless God that I have a brother who can and will avenge their wrongs and ours. You cannot describe the thraldom under which we are living. We are unwilling subjects, with a tyrant for a king. You would be surprised and shocked were I to enumerate one half the atrocities that are daily heaped upon us by these Yankee Vandals. One only I shall mention. I think it would be well if the Euro pean press would handle the matter a little ; it might shame them (the Yankees) back into the manhood they seem to have lost. I blush to think that such vile specimens of humanity fall heiri to the proud title of Americans. One day last week, while a lot of half sick, half starved, and: half clothed prisoners wore passing through our city, hu manity prompted the ladies to offer them some nourish ment ; when, to our utter astonishment, the guard made a brilliant bayonet charge on the women and children, wounding some 13 ladies. Their villany was only stopped by the shouts of the ambulance drivers crying "Here's the Clipper extra—another battle—nobody hurt on our side." Cr( Tat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 7. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, arrived at the Castle at a quarter before 7 o'clock last evening from Buckingham Palace, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Major-General Seyniour, and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold, went out in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, went out hunting. To-day is the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales hunted yesterday with her Majesty's staghounds at Bracknell, attended by Major Grey. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. The Prince of Wales visited Mr. Brierly's studio in Lidliugton-place on Thursday. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lord Alfred Hervey, Major Grey, and Mr. Holzmann, was pre sent at Dr. Hofmann's Lecture at the Royal Insti tution, Albemarle-street, last evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary have been the guests of the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle since Tuesday last. Colonel Purves and Lady Caroline Cust were in attendance on their royal highnesses during their visit at the ducal seat. The Earl and Countess of Scarborough, Sir R. and Lady Pigot, Lord and Lady John Manners, Mr. B. Cochrane, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Cochrane, the Marchioness of Exeter and Lady Victoria Cecil, the Rev. Mr. and Lady A. Norman, and a distinguished party have had the honour to meet their royal highnesses. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have left the Clarendon Hotel for Floors Castle, N.B. The Duke of Newcastle left town yesterday for a fishing excursion in Wales. The duchess and her youthful family remain in town till the duke's return. The Duchess (Eleanor) of Northumberland has arrived at Northumberland House from Aluwick Castle, Northumberland. Tht Marquis of Salisbury has left town to visit his estates in Lancashire. The marchioness and family leave town on Monday for Buckhurst Park, Sussex, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Delawarr. The Marquis Conyngham, after visiting Lord and Lady Londesborough at Grimston Park, Yorkshire, returned to Slane Castle, Ireland. The noble marquis removes to Dublin this week. The Earl and Countess of Mount Charles go to Windsor on the 20th inst., in order that the Earl may attend to his duties as colonel of the Ist Life Guards. The earl and countess have taken a residence at Egham for twelve months. The Earl and Countess of Yaiborough intend to remain at Brocklesby until after the Easter recess. The Earl and Countess of Zetland have had their town residence prepared for their reception. They are expected to arrive in London the week after Easter. The . Earl of. Sefton has returned to town from visiting the Earl and Countess Spencer at their seat in Northamptonshire. Lord and Lady Abercromby entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence in Upper Belgrave street, the Earl and Countess Amherst and Lady Constance Amherst, the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Right Hon. Frederick and Mrs. Peel, Lady Howard, Lady Molesworth, Earl Granville, the Countess of Caithness, the Earl of Jersey, Baron Bentinck, Sir Henry Cotterell, Mr. Butler Johnstone, and Major Scott. Lord and Lady Rokeby and Lady William Osborne have been placed in mourning by the death of the Hon. Catherine Goulburn, which took place on Thursday last. Mrs. Goulburn was second daughter of Matthew, fourth Lord Rokeby, and she married Mr. Sergeant Goul burn in 1831. Lord and Lady Belhaven have left Brown's Hotel for Scotland. Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald are expected to arrive at their residence on Carlton-house-terrace on Thursday next from Ireland. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli entertained at dinner yesterday evening at Grosvenor Gate the Ambassador of Austria, the Earl and Countess Percy, the Earl of Malmesbury, Earl Beauchamp, the Countess of Gifford, Lord Stanley, Lord Naas, Lord and Lady Robert Cecil, General and the Hon. Mrs. Forester, the Hon. Mrs. Duncombe, Baron Meyer de Rothschild, and Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Dudley Carleton. Later in the evening Mrs. Dibraeli had a reception. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. — Monday—Geographical, at 81 : " Climate of North Pole," Mr. Hickson ; " Best Route for North Polar Exploration," Mr. Markham. Tuesday; Actuaries, at 41: Council ; Syro-Egyptian, at 7 : Anni versary ; "Dr. Lee's Syriac MSS.," Mr. Cowper ; Engi neers, at 8 : " Festiniog Railway for Passengers, as a 2ft Gauge, &c.," Capt. H. W. Tyler ; Ethnological, at 8 : " Characteristics of African Negro," Mr. Crawfurd ; "Re mains from Drinton, Argyleshire," "Human Cranium at Pu Bodach, Bute," Professor Busk ; Zoological, at 81: " Anatomy of Bats of Genus Desmodus," Prof. Huxley ; " Deformity in Lower Jaw of Physalus," Dr. Murie ; " Eye in Vertebrates," Mr. Crisp. Wednesday—Graphic ; Liter ature, at 81: Prehistoric Kings of Britain," Dr. Latham ; Archaeological Association, at 81: " Supposed Sculptured Effigy of Agnes de Aula," Mr. Pettigrew ; " MS. Collec tions of the late Earl of Gosford," Mr. Rix.—Athenmum. METEOROLOGY.—In a paper addressed to the French Academy of Science, M. Ch. Sainte-Claire Deville examines " the influence which the appearance of asteroids may exercise over the temperature of the air." By asteroids aro here meant the swarms of falling stars which are principally perceived at two distinct 'periods of the year, viz., about the 10th of August and the 13th of November. In 1840 Professor Erman, of Berlin, in a letter to Arago, said "that the two swarms or currents of aste roids observable on the ecliptic at those periods, annually interpose themselves between the earth and, the sun ; the first between the sth and the 11th of February, and the second between the 10th and 13th of May ; and that each of these conjunctions annually causes at the later periods are markable extinction of the calorific rays of the sun, and consequently a diminution of temperature all over the globe." M. Petit, of Toulouse, some years later, showed that moreover two well-defined maxima of temperature were observable in the first days of August and November. On the other hand, M. Plantamour, of Geneva, and M. Quetelet, of Brussels, deny this influence of asteroids over the temperature of the atmosphere. To ascertain which of these conflicting opinions ought to be adopted, M. Devine first examines whether the months of February, May, August, and November really offer perturbations in their temperature ; and from the average variations ob served at Paris from 1806 to 1863, he concludes that they do. He next examines the nature of these perturba tions, and finds that they not only occur during the months above alluded to, but that every month slams successive tendencies to a rise and fall in the temperature. The third question he examines is whether these anomalies are really connected with the periodical returns of asteroids —and he finds that from the 10th to the 15th of February and May the general influence of a diminution of tempera ture is manifest. For November the matter is not so cer tain—while August certainly shows an increase. But M. Coulvier Gravier having shown that the fall of asteroids in November has had two maximums, one in 1833 and the other in 1848. M. Deville takes this circumstance into ac count, and finds that in February and May, the 12th always offers a minimum, which he therefore attributes, like M. Erman, to the passage of the earth through the region of the asteroids. He promises to continue his investigations in a subsequent paper. The Cologne Gazette finding its news frequently taken without acknowledgment by a German contemporary, determined recently to punish the offender in a somewhat original manner: Having received tele graphic information of Mr. Cobden's death, and of Mr. Bright having been present when the event took place, it announced in the " exchange " copy intended for its con temporary, and of course in that copy alone, that Mr. Bright had succumbed, and that Mr. Cobden had received the last adieux of his friend. The bait was swallowed whole. Not only did the newspaper thus hoaxed an nounce the death of the member for Birmingham, but it added a sketch of his career. The Cologne Gazette is, of course, in ecstasies. ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.-- The traffic on the Metropolitan Railway was for somo time suspended entirely yesterday afternoon, and at the cost of an amount of inconvenience to the public which may serve to exemplify how many arrangements depend upon the punctuality of these trains. A pilot-engine, de spatched from the Farringdon terminus at about 1 o'clock, on reaching a point near the Gower-street Station sud-' denly left the metals, and falling over, blocked tho line. It was proceeding.slowly at the time, and the steam was shut off. Thero was no injury to life. The trains both ways were stopped during two hours, and great numbers of people assembled at the several stations. At the end of that time the down line was cleared, and trains ran from Farringdon ; but it was not till past five o'clock that the traffic could be resumed on the other metals. 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