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LON D 0 TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1865. The Greenwich Hospital Bill has been read a second time, and it is to be hoped that the promises held out as to its receiving alterations in committee will be kept, for there are many grave objections to it as it now stands. Many unsatisfactory changes have hem made from time to time in the conduct and management of this noble hospital, but it can not lie ;aid that this last ewli•avnur on the part of the Admiralty to amend matterz has done enough. In some respects the sweeping changes have gone too far, as where it is proposed that the numbers admitted shall be reduced from the one thousand four hundred, which is the rule at present, to six hundred; but, as Sir JOHN FAKING TON truly observed, they will find it very difficult to attain this object in a hurry. The right hon. baronet, although he did not oppose the second reading of the bill, took occasion to point out some of its deficiencies and inconsistencies; and it is to be hoped that attention will be paid to his suggestions, since his knowledge and experience render him well qualified to give advice upon so very important a topic, and one that is so intimately associated with the honour and interests of the country. In the first place, a great error is made in the Admiralty not allowing a sufficient sum to those whom they wish to receive out-pensions, in stead of remaining inmates of the Hospital. This, as the right hon. baronet truly observed, was quite a mistake. The out-pensions are to range from five pence to ninepence a day, while at present the weekly allowance amounts to a sum of from three to five shillings, " in addition to all the comforts of the -I establishment." It may fairly be asked, what is to be done with the enormous sums that will be saved if these charges are made ? and also, it may well be said, that they should not be made. The money is essentially for the benefit of these disabled defenders of their country, and it is quite out of charac ter that they should be denuded of their rights for whatever purpose the unwise deduction is made. Th e loa ralty have not at all succeeded in showing the great advantages of this scheme of out-pensions ; and if they had done so, it is a matter of imperative neces sity that the sums thus paid should be quite equivalent in value to the advantages received by the seamen when inmates of the establishment. The framers of this bill may depend upon it that their arrangements will be hardly practicable, and cer tainly w i ll never become popular if they are not moreliberal in their arrangements. Because a great ems, since recent experience has part of the funds of this hospital have been wasted how little Lords PALMERSTON and upon over salaries to officials, it is no excuse for be trusted to speak and act for this their grinding down the sums paid to those for dealings with Washington. whom the charity was first established. However skilfully the plans are devised it will always be con sidered as a dubious scheme to place " this magnifi-, cent establishment on the footing of Haslar or Netley, and convert it into a mere hospital in the ordinary sense of the term." The public justly look with some suspicion on any material change that is introduced by Government into those great insti tutions which are of national importance and in terest. It is to be trusted that those members who are competent to give an opinion will be on the alert when the Bill gets into committee, and that there may be no cause to regret hereafter that from inattention and inadvertency any serious errors have crept in with this attempt at amendment in the government of Greenwich Hospital. Sir J. PAKINGTON summed up some of the evils of the present scheme when he alluded to the vague idea which is given of what is to be done with the large sums that are not accounted for. He said it was too much the principle of the old saying, " Open your mouth and shut your eyes, and see what the Admiralty will do for you." No one is more competent than the right hon. baronet to judge of the opportunities which the Admiralty have of performing new tasks ; and, as he put his veto upon this novel assumption of duty on their part, we may fairly conclude that it is an unwise and will prove an unsatisfactory proceeding. He said that either the property will be " administered by an irrespon sible officer, or else the whole management will be thrown into the hands of the Board of Admiralty, which was already overwhelmed with work." The independent commission which the right hon. baronet recommended would no doubt be the best thing, and there is reason to doubt that this soi-disant reform of the Admiralty will be at all worthy of the name, unless the Admiralty turn over a new leaf in their ability and assiduity. Mr. AYRTON made some suitable suggestions in reference to this measure, and his remedy relative to the claims of merchant seamen is worthy of notice. The hon. member said that it was now proposed to bring back the hospital to its original purpose, and make it available for those disabled in body and mind, and not remain "an asylum where people were to live under a kind of semi-naval discipline." Under these circumstances, Mr. AYRTON advised the Admiralty to inquire into some of the original purposes for which the hospital was founded, one of which was that any seaman who had served in any ship belonging to any subject of her MAJESTY should contribute sixpence a month for the better support of the hospital, and to augment its revenues. Certainly this carries out the motion of the hon. member that this hospital was established for the benefit of seamen serving in the mercantile marine as well as in the Royal Navy. There is sense and good feeling in the proposol of the hon. member, that the unoccupied part of the hospital shall be appropriated to the benefit of distressed seamen of the mercantile navy. Mr. AYRTON very pro perly reminded the Government that they had shown themselves very sensitive in respect to the officers, whose " chief claim had been that they have for many years mismanaged the affairs of the hospital," and, therefore, they should now attend to the claims of the seamen. Mr. LID DEL very truly said that a princely revenue had been wasted on establishment charges, and he desired to see the revenue extended and applied for the benefit of the sailor. One of the chief things to be looked to in the Committee, is that the pensions granted to men are of sufficient value so as to answer the ends in view, and permit the recipients to enjoy those comforts of which they stand in need, and which they urgently require. Unless this desideratum is attained there will be nothing for the Admiralty to plume themselves upon in the changes that have been made. Indeed it would have been better to have left things altogether alone than to have in troduced new difficulties with the already compli cated case. A grave responsibility will rest with the House in this matter of Greenwich Hospital, and it is to be hoped that the opportunity will not be allowed to pass away unimproved. The answer of Lord PALMERSTON to the question put by Sir JOHN WALSH on Friday evening was, to say the least of it, unsatisfactory and evasive. One would think that there need not be much considera tion on the part of the Government in respect to such a preposterous and insulting demand as the claim for compensation from England for the damage inflicted on the Federal shipping by Con federate cruisers built in our ports. The request has so little foundation in right or reason, is so contrary to the general law of nations, and in such marked opposition to the conduct of the United States themselves, that we can hardly regard it as serious. It must rather be looked upon like the complaints made by the wolf against the lamb in the good old fable, only wanted as pretexts for active antagonism. If we have not done one thing we have done another, or if no sins of commission can be proved against us, there is a long list of sins of omission to be laid to our charge. The South, if it had yet a Govern ment, might with a. good deal more reason. demand co/1 11 0 , 11, 46m fdw the injuries inflicted on land by means of Euglizli arms and ammunition shipped without let or hindrance from English ports, and for the injuries inflicted upon her cause by the wholesale enlistment of English subjects. But Mr. ADAMS is, perhaps, not so inconsistent in putting forward this claim as may appear at first sight. He has all along accepted the neu trality of this country as an obligation which we are under to the Federal cause, and Lord RUSSELL having meekly agreed to all he says, has naturally tended to confirm him in that opinion. But the accession of the violent and intemperate faction which at present rules at Washington has been followed with startling rapidity by the reitera tion of this demand. We have during the last few years been at intervals reminded of this rod held in terrorem over us by the terrible Americans, who only wait till more pressing business is con cluded to punish the Britishers. At first the idea was laughed at in this country, it being scarcely thought possible that American states men could lend themselves to such a preposterous claim, but after a time it was actually put forward officially, meeting, as it deserved to do, with a prompt and uncompromising refusal, on the autho rity of the law officers of the Crown. Why, then, should Lord PALMERSTON hesitate, and evade a direct and explicit account of the policy of the Go vernment ? There is no great mystery about the communication ; there are no complicated diplo matic arrangements to be effected. A question has been put, demanding an answer, yes or no ; and surely the House of Commons might be favoured with the information which monofsyllable has been selected. The matter looks at present very much as if our Cabinet has grown even more timid since the Northern armies are disengaged, and will be very reluctant to give a decided answer to the late em phatic demand. We should advise those members of the Commons who have some regard for the honour and interests of their country to insist upon obtaining an answer to this questio r before the re- painfully shown RUSSELL are to country in their (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) It is not often that an Irish Bill is discussed in the Rouse of Commons without some asperity, and accordingly it was only to be expected that the Constabulary Force Amendment Act should encounter some opposition. Still, its general scope and object must commend it to the public at large, although naturally the representatives of Irish boroughs and counties were disposed to dis pute the details. The riots at Belfast were felt to be disgraceful to our civilsation by men of all parties. They seemed to indicate that our social system was ill-organised, and that while we had all prided ourselves on being able to preserve the height of order by purely civil authority, riots of the most serious character might break out at any moment which all the local force would be powerless to quell. In a country of such strong religious and political partisanship as Ireland it is naturally a matter of great difficulty to appoint any officials who will allow their local feeling to be subordinate to their public duty ; but certainly when out of 165 policemen only two are Catholics, such a division is likely to be most unfavourable to the preservation of the public peace. The natural consequence is that any outbreak on the part of the Orangemen is passed over so lightly as to encourage a party always too ready for violent demonstrations, and to sow the seeds of future riots. There can be no question that in the disgraceful disturbances of last year it was clearly shown that the present constabulary arrangements are most inefficient, and therefore the Government has acted wisely in pushing on this measure. Its object is to embody as far as possible the resolutions of the late committee. It is proposed that to the Belfast quota of 130 men the Govern ment shall add 320, to be paid out of the Consoli dated Fund, so as to raise the constabulary to 450. It is also proposed to constitute Belfast a county by itself, having a separate force of its own to act within its own radius, as in the case of Limerick, Galway, and Londonderry. Tho hon. member for the latter county appeared to feel aggrieved at the unequal distribution of the force. Londonderry, he observed, with a population of 184,209, was allowed only 120 men, while seven other counties, each having a population of less than 100,000, had forces varying from 140 to 220 men. But Mr. DAWSON seemed to forget that what he himself said on behalf of the county was a sufficient reason for this ap parent slight. Londonderry, it appears, is the only county in the three kingdoms which has not had an execution in it during :the last 120 years—the last having taken place in 1745. If a county or a borough is sufficiently orderly and well-managed to preserve the public peace with a small force it has certainly no reason to complain that it is not burdened with a large one. As to the question of distribution, the Irish repre sentatives forget that it was not a matter to be settled by a mere reference to numbers, and that if, as was stated, large and populous counties are lightly taxed while poor ones are made to pay heavily for police rates, the reason is not to be found in the lesser numbers, but in the greater turbulence of the population. The city of Belfast has recently favoured us with an example of riot and bloodshed, of defiance of the law and of social convulsion, which is happily very rare in these islands. For years past; as Sir R. PEEL observed, the state of things had been a disgrace to the borough of Belfast, and last year it had resulted in the death of 13 or 14 and the maiming of nearly 100 persons. When riots are allowed to prevail during 18 days it is quite evident that the existing force wants either the will or the power to maintain order, and accordingly the passing of this measure is a very wise and timely act, which, it is to be hoped, may prevent the repetition of such disgraceful proceedings. tinuif,;,; 'ale war. Amnesty to Saxon Political Refugees. King John of Saxony has addressed the following letter to Dr. von Behr, the Saxon Minister of Jus tice : " Dear Minister von Behr,—When the bounty of the Most High blesses us with benefits, man feels himself doubly bound to do good to his fellows to the extent of his ability, and to exercise clemency towards them. This feeling determines me to celebrate the great boon God has recently conferred upon me, my house, and country, by an extensive act of mercy. Although I have already granted forgiveness in many individual cases to persons involved in the insurrectionary movements of May, 1849, I will yet now further extend this pardon to all therein concerned, and will permit the return, without punishment, of all still living as refugees in foreign parts, and reinstate in their civil rights those persons who have forfeited them on account of penalties to which they have been subjected or proceedings that may still be pending. I request you, therefore, in conjunction with the Minister of the Interior, to have the requisite documents prepared to be laid before me for approbation, and to bring this let ter to the public knowledge.—Your well affected " Dresden, May 27, 1865." "JOHN." In accordance with this letter the official Dresdner Journal publishes the following : " Orderrespecting a general amnesty for all political offences committed in the month of May of the year 1849. "In consequence of the resolution of his Majesty the King, it is hereby ordered-1. No further prosecutions shall take place within the kingdom of Saxony on account of all political offences committed in the month of May of the year 1849, punishable according to the existing crimi nal laws. 2. Punishments already adjudged for such offences, but not yet fully expiated, shall be no further carried out. co-ts of every kind alread3- adjudged but not vet paid 4e ll 1a remitted, and respe..tively discharged by tb, TreaNury. 3. All persons who have forfeited their civil rights fur participation in the abovenamed oc currence shall be reinstated therein. " FREIHERR VON BEUST, Minister of the Interior. " DR. TON BEHR, Minister of Justice. "Dresden, May 27, 1865." Stranding of the Nemesis Mail Steamer• A telegraph message from Lloyd's agent at Calcutta, dated from that port, 10.10 a.m., 27th inst. (last Saturday), was received yesterday at Lloyd's, reporting the stranding of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail steamer Nemesis, and that she was in great peril. The following is a copy of the telegram :—" The Nemesis, Capt. Castles, from Calcutta to Suez, went ashore at Eugpallas Strand, on the 25th inst. (May), and up to tho 26th remained in great peril. She was homeward bound." The spot where the steamer is reported ashore is near the Hooghly (the Calcutta river). The Nemesis' departure from Calcutta took place, it is believed, on the previous day, the 24th. She is one of the company's fleet trading between Suez and Calcutta, and is described as 2,018 tons register and engines of 600 horse power. Her commander, Captain Castles, stands in a high posi tion in the company's service as a most experienced sailor. His courageous conduct on the occasion of the burning of the Sarah Sands, steamship, with GOO troops on board, in safely taking the ship into the Mauritius after the after part of the vessel had been blown away by fire and explo sion, elicited not only the commendation of the Board of Trade, but was brought before the House of Commons as a case deserving of the highest praise. ABOLITION OF SURREY TURNPIKES.—A legisla tive measure has recently been obtained whereby the turnpikes in the districts south of the Thames will be abolished on the 12th of November next, in like manner as those in the districts north of the river wore removed some months since. The gates at Kennington, Wandsworth, Walworth, and all between Reigate and London and Dart ford (New•cross) will come down. On the occasion of the Derby next year the road will be free at the points named, and the long vexatious stoppages to which the procession of carriages has been subject will be experienced for the last time on a Derby day to-morrow. ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN. By George Mac- Donald, M.A., author of " David Elginbrod," &c.—" Mr. George Mac Donald looks in his stories more to the souls of men and women than to their social outside. He reads life and nature like a true poet. His pages are therefore alive with subtle thought, to which he gives felicitous ex pression. Throughout his story one feels to be not spend ing one's time in the shop of a confectioner of novels, but abroad under sunny heavens in a poet's company, observ ing nature and the souls of men. The book is full of good thought and good writing."—Examiner. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIAN. (Via Greencastle.) The following are the heads of the news brought by the Hibernian : NEW YORK, MAY 20 (Evening). Messrs. Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens, and others have arrived as prisoners at Fort Monroe, and are confined in the casemates of the fort. No positive evidence implicatiu Davis has yet been brought forward in the conspiracy trial. Mr. Stanton has announced that persons found in arms eazt of the Mississippi will be treated as gaerillas and punished with death. Maru , :ler has announced his intention of con- The emigration excitement has subsided. The rain Stonewall remained at Havannah on the 13th inst. Gold, 1301. NEW YORK, MAY 19 (Evening.) Mr. Jefferson Davis arrived at Macon on Mon day, and was sent to Augusta under a strong guard en route for Fort Monroe via Savannah. Governor Brown, of Georgia, has been confined in the old Capitol Prison. It is understood that the Government will use him as a witness to prove the complicity of Mr. Davis in Mr. Lincoln's assassination. Halleck has offered $25,000 for the arrest of Governor Smith, of Virginia. Cavalry are pursuing Governor Magrath in South Carolina, Further evidence was pr i pduced at the conspiracy trial on Wednesday and Thursday, implicating the prisoner. The Rev. Mr. Ryder testified that he had found in the Capitol at Richmond, since the Federal occupation, a letter addressed to Davis, signed Old Ham, dated February, 1865, informing him the Northern shipping towns were 'overcome. The letter was endorsed :—" Secretary of State will see General Harris, and learn his plan for overcoming difficulties heretofore experienced.— J. D., February 17, 1865." Witnesses familiar with Davis recognised the handwriting as his. The New York Tribune says the amnesty procla mation will proffer the oath of allegiance to all who served in the rebel army up to a certain grade, this oath when accepted to constitute a full exchange and pardon. The New York Herald states that the amnesty will extend to all below the rank of lieutenant general. Mr. Stanton has issued an order stating that all the enemy's troops east of the Mississippi river having surrendered, persons found in arms in any portion of that district on the Ist of June will be regarded as guerillas, and punished with death. The Secretary of War has also announced that a review of the armies round Washington will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next. Grant's troops will be reviewed on Tuesday, and Sherman's on Wednesday. Sherman has established his head quarters at Alexandria, and will not visit "Wash ington. Magruder made a speech at Houston, Texas, on the 25th ult., in which he expressed his determina tion to continue the war. They had a neighbour at hand, he said, and might receive aid from an unex pected source at any time. Washington despatches assert that the Emperor Maximilian and Kirby Smith had been recently seen in negotiation. It is no longer expected that tho South will surrender without fighting. Guerillas and paroled soldiers from Lee's and Johnston's armies are plundering East Tennessee. President Johnson has commuted the sentence upon Horsey, condemned to be hung in Indians, to imprisonment for life. lie has also respited Bowles and Milligan until the 2d June. A reconstruction meeting has been held at Raleigh, North Carolina. Union speeches were made in which the Confederate leaders were denounced The negroes in North Carolina have sent a petition to President Johnson asking for the right of suffrage. The emigration excitement is subsiding. The promoters are said to have no considerable amount of funds, and propose to negotiate a loan. The formation of emigrant companies still continues. Mr. M'Culloch has rescinded the order requiring Treasury permits for the shipment of goods to Southern ports east of the Mississippi, coastwise or inland. Since the Ist May 52 vessels, exclusive of Government transports, have cleared from New York for Southern ports. The Confederate ram Stonewall arrived at Ha vannah on the 11th, and was still there on the 13th. It was rumoured that she was receiving men and ammunition from the steamer Owl and other blockade runners. Moffat would command her. Several Spanish officials had visited her. It was reported that the American Consul had requested the Captain-General to surrender her as a pirate. The Captain-General had refused to comply with the Consul's request. Several gunboats had arrived at Havannah from Key West to watch her. The British brig Kate Carlton, ostensibly from Matamoras for New York. with t iu i bales of cotton and, it is also stated, $300,000 in specie, has been captured. Dr. Blackburn, who is stated to have shipped in fected clothing from Bermuda, has been arrested for a breach of the neutrality laws. Thu Herald announces that the Government of Columbia has renewed the charter of the Panama Railroad Company. The charter grants to the United States Government in perpetuity the exclu sive privilege of transporting military and naval stores over the road. The Federal Government guarantees the sovereignty of the Columbian Go vernment over the isthmus and the security for transit over the route against foreign Powers. The steamer Sacramento left San Francisco on the 18th with $1,300,000, of which half a million is for New York. NEW YORK, MAY 20 (Morning.) General Thomas has reported that Davis paid the troops nearly all the specie before they parted company. Breckenridge and Benjamin were at Vienna Valley, Savannah River, on the 9th inst. It is supposed the latter has reached the west bank of the Mississippi. No further evidence has been given at the con spiracy trial implicating Davis. A witness has identified Payne as the person having attempted Mr. Seward's life. It is rumoured that letters were found on Booth implicating Davis: The Tribune states that the Government is de termined to arraign and try Davis before a civil tri bunal, probably before a Baltimore jury, Mr. Chase presiding. Mr. Seward visited the State Department yester day. The Governor of Mississippi has convened the Legislation to deliberate upon measures of recon struction. Senor Arroys, the commissioner from the Em- THE NEW DERBY RACE GLASS, price 605., with Sling Case complete. Will show distinctly the entire race from the start " to the "coming in." Guaranteed the cheapest and best glass (a new model) ever offered to the public. Sent carriage tree to any part of the Kingdom. Post-office orders payable to WILLIAM CALLAGHAN, Optician, 23A, New Bond-street, W. (corner of Conduit-street). TH E DE R B Y.—CALLAGHAN'S NEW DERBY RACE GLASS, price 505., with Sling Case complete. 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Mr. Davis and his wife, his son, and two daugh ters, with Alexander Stephens, C. C. Clay, General Wheeler, and 16 others, arrived at Fort Monroe yesterday. The prisoners were conveyed in the steamer Clyde, escorted by the gunboat Tuscarora. Mr. Davis was landed secretly under a guard, and confined in the casemates of the Fort. Every precaution was taken to prevent his escape. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Money abundant. Gold, 1301. Exchange on London, 143 ; do. on Paris, 191 k BOMBAY AFD MAURITIUS MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, MAY 28. The Delta and Pera, with the above mails, left here at 10 a.m. to-day, The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 3d, and the latter at Southampton about the 10th June. OUTWARD MAIL. The Orissa left Suez, for Bombay, on the 27th inst. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 29.—There is no feature of im portance to notice in monetary transactions to-day —the markets continuing to maintain the improved tone manifested towards the end of the past week. Threes, for the Account, are quoted at 67f. 40c., Italian Loan 66f. 10c., and Mobilier Shares at 773 f. 75c. Notwithstanding the somewhat grave intelli gence concerning the disturbed state of affairs in Mexico the holders of Mexican Stock have exhibited no symptoms of apprehension, and the rates current on Saturday have been generally well maintained— the Old Loan having been done at 471, and the New do., at 329 f. The market closed as follows: Ditto Threes — New Mexican Do. New Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Roman 76 25 44 per Cents 95 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 30 Do. end month 67 30 Credit Mobilier 767 50 Do. end month Bank Shares 3520 Credit Foncier 1290 Italian Loan 66 10 Do. end month 66 10 RAIL' PAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern 1072 50 ... 1068 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 897 50 ... 895 Southern 595 ... 596 25 Western 527 50 ... 527 50 Eastern 506 25 ... 505 Sardinian 305 ... 305 Austrian Lombard 5Ol 25 ... 501 25 North of Spain 236 25 ... 237 50 Saragossa 325 ... 327 50 Ditto to Barcelona 155 ... 150 The Disgrace of Prince Napoleon, The Inde'pendance Beige writes in the following terms of this event. After giving the substance of the Emperor's letter to the Prince, it says : " It is a disavowal as complete in spirit and as clear and precise in form as could be desired by the most ardent adversaries of the ideas of the Vice- President of the Privy Council, those who, in the Government, the Senate, and the Press, have been excited by his words as though by an ultra-dema gogical and revolutionary manifesto. The Chief of the State takes the opportunity of recalling the severe discipline established by Napoleon I. in his family in order to prevent divergence of will and action, and - of declaring that henceforth he himself does not intend to deviate from the rule of conduct adopted in this respect by the founder of his dynasty. It is easy to understand the impression that must have been made on the Prince by the terms of the Imperial missive the warning it terminates with, and the official publicity given to it. He at once replied in a letter of a few lines, announcing, in the simplest and most laconic terms, his resignation as President of the Privy Council and as President of the Com mission of the Universal Exhibition of 1867. This incident is the event of the day, and we need not say it has caused an immense sensation in Paris. No trace of this should, however, be looked for in the French journals, which prudently abstain from all reflections upon such a delicate matter. Without wishing to occupy ourselves more than they do with certain aspects of this fresh misunderstanding be tween the Emperor and his cousin, we cannot refrain from expressing, from a general point of view, our regret that a political programme which limits itself to praise the liberty of the press and the right of public meeting should be repudiated by the Sove reign of France, and regarded by him as serving only the enemies of his Government. On Saturday, at the sitting of the Corps Legislatif, where, natu rally enough, the incident which has just taken place in the highest regions of power was the one subject thought of, several deputies among those who are always ready to parade their zeal talked of making a demonstration, either collectively or individually, to the Empress, in order to show their approval of the condemnation of Prince Napoleon. But the majority thought it would be a most misplaced in terference, and no proposal was made." The Nord takes a very different view of the matter. It says :—" After the almost universally unfavourable emotion produced both in France and abroad by the speech at Ajaccio, the Emperor Na poleon's letter is sure beforehand to be everywhere welcomed with the utmost satisfaction." The Paris papers are very chary of their comments. The Union says that " the letter of the chief of the state appears to be one of the most important signs of the present political situation." The Avenir National says : We might vainly seek, even in the history of the first empire, such an admonition addressed to a personage of such elevated rank in the state as Prince Napoleon. Never has a master spoken in louder tones or More authoritatively made a subject return to the path of duty and hierarchical subordination. evertheless it must he admitted that though the letter is severe it is just, and in strict conformity with the logic of the imperial regime. In that re'ginte there is only one will and one action,' that of the Emperor ; by the side of that will every other will is inadmissible ; 'by the side of that action all other action is unconstitutional. Prince Napoleon forgot when he spoke the Napoleonic tradition. That tradition the Emperor knows, understands, and practises better than the Prince ; he recalls it to him, he leads him back to it, and intimates to him that henceforth he will not deviate from it. Before the letter of the Emperor, Prince Napoleon placed between his clearly defined duty and his very vague aspirations had a strange bearing, an inexplicable language, a false position. The letter of the Em peror simplifies everything ; the moral position of Prince Napoleon is changed ; his attitude and his language will also change. By signifying that there are in his family and government but one will and one action the Emperor traces out for all their rule of conduct, and as first prince of the empire, Prince Napoleon has to give to all the example of submis sion. In this he certainly will not fail." (From the Paris Correspondent of the Times.) It cannot be denied that the Emperor's letter to Prince Napoleon, severe as it may be, on the Ajaccio speech has given general satisfaction. It had been for some time whispered, and more than whispered, that a considerable divergence existed between certain great dignitaries of the Crown, and that ideas of independence were sometimes hazarded incompatible with the existing system and the conditions on which the said dignitaries are admitted to the confidence of the Sovereign. The speech of Prince Napoleon and M. de Per signy's self-imposed mission to Rome, with his letter, to the President of the Senate, are given as evi dence of the fact. When the Emperor employs the words " anarchy," in reference to those diffe rences, he merely echoes what Senators and Depu ties have been freely saying for weeks past. The public has observed with surprise, and not without uneasiness, this unusual movement in the upper re gions of a Government whose symbol has been that which the Emperor himself is now compelled to pro claim—unity of action and unity of thought. That high official personages should hold views of their own, or contemplate solutions of pending questions of importance, much less give public expression to them, is inconceivable. The Emperor has been hardly a month absent, and here we have members of the Privy Council—really the highest dignitaries of the State—fancying they are independent! The letter of his Majesty will doubtless bring the refractory to a proper sense of their situation, and intimidate any who may have been tempted to imitate them. They are once again reminded that this independence is visionary, and that it is incompatible with a regime which, as the Emperor says, " admits but of one thought and one action"--that of the Head of the State, who alone is responsible for the acts of his Government, and consequently for the words of every one exercising functions under him ; and that he will not tolerate the exposition of any " political programme" whatever which is not in complete harmony with his absolute will. As I hinted yesterday, there was but one course open to Prince Napoleon after the severe rebuke publicly administered by his august cousin. He has done what, in fact, most people expected he would do—resigned his post as Vice-President of the Privy Council. He has done more, for he has also thrown up his Presidency of the Commission of the Universal Exhibition for 1847. To the offices which the Prince has resigned no salary is attached, but he would probably have done the same in respect of his senatorial duties, which are not gratuitously performed, were it not for the conviction that a man once a senator is alwayfl a senator, and that he could not divest himself of them on such grounds any more than of his rank of Prince of the Blood, which is also magnificently endowed. A feeling of patriotism, which must be stronger than any irritation proceeding from wounded self-love, would also prevent him from throwing up his commission as General of Division on full pay ; and the army would not willingly be deprived of his services. Nothing can be more laconic than his answer to the Emperor : "Sire,—ln consequence of your Majesty's letter of the 23d of May, and its publication in the Moniteur of this morning, I give in my resignation as Vice-President of the Privy Council and President of the Commission of the Universal Exhibition of 1867. " Be pleased, Sire, to accept the homage of the profound and respectful attachment with which I am, your Majesty's very devoted cousin. "NAPOLEON (JEROME). " Palais Royal, May 27." The public has been struck, not by the fact of the Prince's resignation, but .by the manner in which it is conveyed. The word " subject" does not occur in the concluding part of it, and the letter, which in ordinary courtesy should reach its destination before its publication in the news paper, may be first seen by his Majesty in the columns of La Presse. This departure from the rules usually observed even in private intercourse will not produce a better feeling between the Im perial cousins. Rumour says that the Prince con templates another visit to the United States, or to some other distant country, and will remain away long enough for this cloud to blow over. But, whether he goes or stays, he must now, at least, be con vinced that Napoleon 111. will no more than the subject of his late panegyric allow members of his family or his Government to entertain views on public affairs which do not completely coincide with his own. I have just heard that the Empress Regent has declined accepting the Prince's resignation as Vice- President of the Privy Council, on the ground that she has no authority to do so, and that the Emperor only can decide. Her Majesty had also entreated his Imperial Highness not to publish the Ajaccio speech as a pamphlet. He replied that the Govern ment might prosecute him if they thought proper, bat that publish it he would. Accordingly it hasbeen published. Captain Maillop's Cofferdam. -+ Yesterday afternoon a great number of gentlemen inte rested in shipbuilding and the management of vessels when afloat witnessed a public trial of Captain M'Killop's portable cofferdam in the East India Docks. Amongst those pre sent were Vice-Admiral Sir John Kingcome, K.C.8., late commander-in-Chief in the Pacific; Captain the Hon. A. C. Hobart, R.N. ; Major-General M'Killop, Mr. C. H. Wigram, Mr. C. M'Killop, Mr. Martin, master shipwright at Sheer ness Dockyard ; Mr. Rumble, late inspector of machinery at Sheerness ; Captain Symonds, R.N., chairman of the London Engineering and Shipbuilding Company : Cap tain Bowen, H. M. S. 'Wellesley, &c. It had been in tended that the trial should be made on the Great Victoria, one of the fleet belonging to the Black Ball line of packets ; but, although an attempt was made to demonstrate the advantages of the invention by apply ing it to the vessel named, it was found that there was not sufficient space between the vessel and the dock wall ; but the Queen of the Colonies, also a "Black Ball" vessel, was kindly lent, and the cofferdam was soon applied to it by the dock labourers. The appa ratus, as is well known, consists of a large sheet of water proof canvas, at either end of which is a tubular bag, which is filled with air on the canvas being hauled taut under a vessel's side, when the whole is made air and water tight by the pressure on the outer surface. The volume of water contained in the interior of the canvas is then soon pumped out, and the canvas being distended by a framework of iron a dry space is kept clear to allow of men repairing any damage the ship mayhave sustained, or stopping a leak. In places where no dock accommodation exists—and they are plentiful enough in our colonies and in other parts of the world—the invention will prove of considerable value, and will save many a tall ship from being con demned. The practical men who witnessed the applica tion of the invention yesterday were well satisfied of its utility, and it was stated that Mr. Mackay, of the Black Ball line, had ordered a set of the apparatus to be sent out to Brisbane, in Australia. After several very satisfactory trials had been made, by which it was shown that any part of a vessel, from her keel to her water line, could be thoroughly examined and repaired, the company present were invited to proceed on board the Great Victoria, in the state saloon of which vessel a luncheon had been provided. After the customary loyal toasts had been drunk, Admiral Sir John Kingcome pro posed the health of Captain M'Killop, and success to his invention, which he warmly praised, and at the same time bore testimony to the courage and humanity displayed by the gallant captain when in China. Ho also stated that if ever he required a man to carry out an order which re quired bravery and cool courage he always selected Capt. M'Killop. A few more experiments were afterwards tried, with increased success, as a more powerful engine had been procured to pump the water out of the interior of the cof ferdam. When the utility of the invention becomes more generally appreciated, probably no large vessel will put to sea without one, as the cost is trifling compared with the great benefits to be obtained, and the total weight of the apparatus is under a ton. The Iron Ship Coating Company, of which Capt. M'Killop is managing director, is about to forward the apparatus used yesterday to Gibraltar, in which port it will probably be of immense service. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 7s 6d ; clove; £5 5s to £6 7s 6d ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 Cs to £1 12s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 7s 6d; clover, £5 5s to £6 7s 6d ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 108 per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEL—Business has been very inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. SUGAR.—The market has remained dull, although superior descriptions fully maintain former prices. In the refined market goods aro scarce, and quotations remain firm. COFFEE.—The demand for colonial has been steady, and prices, generally, are well maintained. RICE.—A moderate amount of business has been done, and soft• grain descriptions realise fully previous values. TALLOW.—The market has remained very quiet, and quotations for both present and forward delivery exhibit no material variation. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 40s Gd, and last three months' delivery 41s Gd to 41s 9d per cwt. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. _ s. d. s. d. Kelloe South Kelloe Tunstall Cowpen Hartley Hartlepool Heugh Hail l7 0 Wylam l6 0 Stewart's 18 0 Eden Main Caradoc l7 6 Ships at market, 46; sold, 44. THREE BOYS DROWNED.—On Saturday afternoon three boys, named Frederick Drensfield, Joseph Seddon, and Walter Bartlett, were drowned in a clayhole or delph, near the Edge-hill and Bootle Railway, near Tue Brook. The boys Drensfield and Seddon had ventured on a raft in the water. The raft divided and they were preci pitated into the water. Bartlett rushed in to save them, but in the effort to do so he sank with them, and all were drowned. The bodies were conveyed to-the Tue Brook Hotel, where an inquest will be held to-day.—Liverpool Albion. - (AN ' - 4 . "';„..t , , ‘,,, . 6 -: 0 , T ~. icrur t t, ~..1 4, tr . 4 1142 1 il l i 1 4 . ~5, .. .‘. -----1 - 17- - The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords yesterday. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive at tended by the Countess of Morton. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Brabant honoured the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with their company at dinner at Stafford House. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton, went to a ball at Stafford House in the evening. Royal :Entertainment at Stafford House. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland gave an entertainment at Stafford House, St. James's, last night, to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. His Royal Highness (attended by-Lieut.-Colonel Keppel) and the Duke of Brabant (attended by Baron de Wykerslooth), dined with the noble Duke and Duchess previously to the evening party. A select circle were invited to meet their Royal High nesses. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, at tended by the Countess of Morton, arrived from Marlborough House shortly after 10 o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale were among the early arrivals ; and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary came to town from Kew expressly to honour the Duke and Duchess by their presence on the occasion. Their Royal Highnesses dined with the Duke of Cambridge at Gloucester House pre viously. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and upwards of 400 of the ate of society, including most of the Foreign Mini sters, were present to meet the illustrious guests. After dinner the principal company were conducted to the grand suite of rooms,where the Duchess wel comed the guests. A magnificent picture gallery was prepared for dancing, a special part of the gallery being supplied with seats exclusively appropriated for the royal personages who honoured the duke and duchess by their presence. Coote and Tinney's band was engaged for the dance, and, as usual, gave great satisfaction. Among the choice music " L'Africaine" Quadrille was the most popular, and was repeated during the evening. Shortly before one'clock a sumptuous supper was served up in the banqueting-room facing the s table yard of St. James's. After supper dancing was re sumed. The Marquis Conyngham arrived at his residence in Hamilton-place, Piccadilly, on Saturday, from Slane Castle, his seat in Ireland. The Earl of Gosford has left town for Gosford Castle, Ireland. The Countess Cowper's first ball will take place this evening at her ladyship's residence in St. James's square. The Earl and Countess of Coventry have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Crome Court. The Countess Amherst will have an assembly to night at the mansion in Grosvenor-square. Lady Ward arrived at Dudley House, Park-lane, yesterday, from Himley Hall, Staffordshire, Lord Llanover has left town for Lianover, South Wales. Lady Churchill has arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner last evening their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van do Weyer, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis of Hartington, M.P., Louisa Marchioness of Waterford, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Viscoun t and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord and LadY Stanley of Alderley, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord Hough ton, Lord and Lady Dufferin, Sir Rainald Knightley, end Sir Anthony de Rothschild. Sir William and Lady Scott received at dinner last night, at their residence in Eaton-place, the Duchess of Roxbarghe, the Earl and Countess of Galloway and the Lady Jane Stewart, Mr. and Lady Catherine Freke, Sir Henry Hoare and Miss Hoare, Mr. and Miss Campbell (of Islay), Lord Llanover, Mr. Thesiger, Mr. H. Scott and Major Scott. THE LATE COUNTESS OF ZETLAND.—The mortal remains of the Countess of Zetland were brought to Upleatham Hall, Yorkshire, from London, on Friday morn" ing. Early in the forenoon of Saturday the funeral took place, and, in accordance with the wishes of the deceased countess, the proceedings were of an unpretending cha racter. The funeral procession from Upleatham Hall to Marsk consisted of i, hearse and two mourning coaches. The first contained the Earl of Zetland, Mr. W. Hamilton Williamson, and Mr. R: H. Williamson (brothers of the countess), and Miss Barclay (niece of the countess) ; th e second, the Hon. John Charles Dundas, Mr. Victor A. Williamson, Colonel Lane, and Mr. J. Bowe, M.D. °' arriving at Marsk Church, the burying-place of the faraql' the body was received by the rector, the Rev. E. A. Late' and the procession proceeded at once to the interior of the church. The funeral procession was met on its waY i° Marsk by many of the principal tenantry and gentry, w l ; ° wished to pay the last tribute of respect to the amial'A d e lady deceased. The church was crowded to excess, at, among the congregation the aged portion seemed to fe e ` deeply the loss of a kind and sympathising friend in th countess. Ultimately the coffin was deposited in the family vault under the chancel in Marsk Church, amid the audib le grief of many of the poor wh o were present. The fvhar ai arrangements were conducted by Messrs. R. Burr and Sots' of Park-street, Grosvenor-square. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—After a very long run Mr. John Parry's agreea bl e s k e t c h o f "M rs . Roseleal at the Seaside," is about to be withdrawn, though the sue' cess of the new entertainment, "A Peculiar Family," d ° l not warrant the introduction of novelty. " The Soldie r " Legacy," we hear, will be given for the last time on Sat ur ,, day evening, the 3d of June, when the " Opera di Came ra ' season closes, but will recommence in a fortnight or thre e weeks from that date with a new opera taken from t he French and adapted by Mr. German Reed. MR. RIGBY'S RIFLES.—In the competition of les t year which went on between Mr. Whitworth's and Mr. Rigby's rifles the council of the National Rifle Asso c ' r r tion reserved to themselves the right of instituting fur tbe t trials of both weapons, which, as far as the contest we e ' had shot in an almost equal figure of merit. To the° v further trials, however, which were ordered by the Associi' lion Mr. Whitworth declined to accede, and Mr. rifles were accordingly chosen by the Association as - weapons with which the second sta ge o f th e Q ue en's Pl"„f should be shot, instead of, as heretofore, with the rifle d ; Mr. Whitworth. To test the weapons thus supplied by ' ' Th ; Rigby of Dublin, a special trial has just be en ma de by t , - Council of the Association at the 1,000 yards range of Royal Factory at Enfield. A number of rifles were e l % plied which were examined by Lieutenant-Colonel Di%°' ; The bores were gauged for diameter, the lock and o ther parts tested, the rifle weighed, and a lead pattern of itehl terior, and the pitch of its rifling ascertained. All profit perfectly correct, 15 were selected for trial at the tarr io In the firing no mechanical loading rod was used, nor, 0 4 , gated in the official report to the National Rifle Ass ec lo tion, was any such assistance necessary, as there we e ,,,A fouling or any difficulty experienced in sending the the home from first to last; and the report further adds that 0% , Council " may safely congratulate themselves upon t he ea r cellent arm which has been selected by them for the l ore for the 60 best shots at Wimbledon." In all, 15 rifl es tried with 83 shots at 1,000 yards ; all, of course, fi v mechanical rest of Mr. Rigby's own make. The 1 1.1 1 . total deviation of all the shots fired were as low oe In some cases it was as low as I.ll,and the ation was only 2-15. Mr. Rigby had made the accept 0 of his rifle by the Council depend upon its nlair ing er it average figure of merit at least equal to the figure a w oo made by Mr. Whitworth's rifles at 1,000 yards hi.tb,e trials of 1862, 1863, and 1864. In 1862 Mr. Whi twej ear mean deviation was 2.36, in 1863 it was 1-77, and last J ere , it was as low as 1.83 ; the mean of the three trials, to the fore, being 1-98. As Mr. Rigby's mean for this year 1 to y lowest ratio of deviation that has over been attained by Brit greatest astice rifle at 1,000 yards, and well within the figure 13f , e Pre allowed by Mr. Whitworth, it follows that up to „re sent Mr. Rigby has gained the best of the contest, ali_"opi duced a rifle which has as yet shot more truly th an other known in this country at least. theweek SOUTH KENSINGTON M USEUM.—Darinb - _ ending May 27, the visitors have been as follow On On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sattun(of days) open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 1 1 , 006 ; ou and Friday, students' days (admission to the pu . .7' fo ul open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., 1,282 —tota l, 1 - 2,2°u 0 0 0.-' the opening of the Museum, 6, 294 , 031 . Paten:,A roll Number of visitors for the week May 27, 1,499; t°:4 3 , 1.11 ber since the opening of the Museum, free daily 1858), 923,074. vtral pioCrinagptainJo expeditionssephi in the e F n is o k rt ,: w h e o st l: COlo el f leading a signation in the service for the purpose o wee e waters of the Yellow-stone River country is rep oat ° of 20,000 settlers and miners to the rich region of . r tu ceiti l many recruits from officers and soldiers novf g° the service.—Missouri paper. ahsaslitaedndseered pis re" t ' )