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More particularly, also, ought the Cabinet Ministers participating in any such division as that which took place on Saturday morning to have been " allowed for " in the Parliamentary calculations in the precise way we have described, seeing that the gross aggregate of the Ayes would still have left intact among the number of those swelling the vote of confidence in the Government, all the subordinate members of that Government having seats in the House of Commons ! The Under-Secretaries and all the rest of them 1 Mr. FOP,STEII, Mr. LNYARD, Sir RouN DELL PALMER, Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE, Lord CLARENCE PAGET, in fact the whole mass of those holding offices of any kind under the administration. Not satisfied with counting votes like these, as it is only fair, of course, that they should count them, Ministers have counted also, as we have seen, seven of their own members, actually seven members of the Cabinet itself, as qualified to settle the alterna tive of Confidence or No-confidence in themselves ! Hence —to put the matter quite plainly—their seven noble and right honourable selves have decided that they shall, though nominally only in a majority of Five—though actually, as we ha're shown, in a minority of Two—their Seven Noble and Right Honourable Selves have decided that they shall still continue to hold office, that they shall still continue to be a Government The last news concerning Prussia is not so reas suring. 'We learn from Berlin yesterday that the proposals of Austria concerning the Duchies are declared to be inadmissible by Prussia. It is said that no " immediate rupture" is apprehended, but Austria will submit her proposals to the Federal Diet, by whom they will be referred to the special committee on the affairs of the Duchies. This is not likely to lead to much ; but still it shows the determination of Austria on this point. Of course the present position of things is very critical, be cause the armaments of the two Powers are still maintained, and at any time some mischance may occur to fan the smouldering embers into a flame. So far, from the numerous despatches on the subject of demobilisation of troops having come to any definite end, we are now told that the arma ments of Prussia will be increased in a short time. The last Note of Herr BISMARCK to Baron Von WERTHER at Vienna is by no means satisfactory, and indeed we may almost call it indicative of a collision between the two Powers. It states that Prussia cannot agree to the proposal of the Vienna iCabinet relative to the Duchies, and that there is a great community of interests between Prussia and Italy, which is . quite aßa answer as mw,ekrn C i K s n contradictionmustoglisuppose Herr new dodge. Austrianod ge . proposals s e a v ls asi f v o e r disarmament, which seems very inconsistent after after the fuss made so lately by the Berlin Govern meatThe fact is, that all the on the question. parade about disarmament was a contrivance to gain time on the part of Prussia, while she carried given try some termst o the 3 but we on her game in Italy. The Presse of yesterday in Vienna states that the negotiations between the Prussian Cabinet and a " special agent" o f t h e Italian Government are still being continued. Very d anger ous game is being carried on b y Italy, and we are alike surprised and disappoi n t e d at it. It must be most complete infatuation that leads the Italian Government to believe that an y losing gain can accrue from r elationship with the Cabinet of Berlin. They are only that sympathy and respect which they had p reviously gained by allyi ng th emse lves so closely with a p o wer like that of Prussia. Of course the object of the latter count - plain enough, but it is remar kable that —. l / 4 i s the Italians should have been so taken in. From Berlin last night, at a late hour, we hear that it is prob a bl e the Prussian armaments will soon b e increased, the questio n of and that P russ i a w ill no d o ubt submit account to th e Diet, aavtin Schleswig-Holstein on her own bring it bef ore the Diethg Frankfort.specially declined to In Paris it is said that war • is almost inevitable, which looks very ominous. It certainly seems strange that the arrangements made the other day, which were so nearly completed, s hould have come to nothing. But we do not see how the most cre dulous can now believe that the continuance of peace rests on anything like certainty. I t seems a if Bow, it may he asked, is this in any way demon strable ? Again, we assert, very readily. And the demonstration is as follows, according to a few very simple and perfectly obvious arithmetical calculations. According to Alinisters themselves the Question before the House, the Question upon which the House divided, was (the assertion, remember, was Mr. GLADSTONE'S own) a Question of Con fidence or No Confidence. The Noes upon the Division—those who were against the Second Reading and for the Amend ment—declared their want of confidence in Her MAJESTY'S Ministers. The Ayes, on the contrary —namely, those who were for the Second Reading and against the Am endment --declared their con fidence in her MAJESTY'S Ministers. But it is simply preposterous to regard the result of the actual division as a satisfactory settlement of such an alternative as that, when, in order to transform an actual minority into a factitious ma jority, SEVEN OF HER MAJESTY'S MINIS TERS d eclared confidence in themselves ! There were there, in fact, in the Nominal Alajo rity—swelling the aggregate number of the Ayes told off into the lobby from 311 to 318—these— SEVEN CABINET MINISTERS. lair. GLADSTONE Chancel lor of the Exchequer. Sir GEORGE GREY Home Secretary. l‘ ' h.CAllb wELL Colonial Secre tar y . Lord litu rriNca Mr. M ILNER, GioN War Secretary. BsoN Board of Trade. Mr. Go scuEN Mr. VILLIE RS ''''''''' Duchy of Lancaster. So that Olaly '' ''''''e - p °°r-Law Board. preposterous circumstanc e of these Seven Cabinet 11. naisters declaring confidence in themselves, wa s th e l lu o r t el t Y nominal, ostensible, supposititious aggregate to 318 by the Government TheellAerysels, numbered up decide b Deducting those_seveu votes- and not the Ministers, t o the House, then g issue, namely, as that Question at Questio n Iv a , was put t o the House by Ministers, as a Question involving withi n it the alternative of Confidence or No C on f ideuee the Division paper would (in that case) have been handed at half-pastthTee o'clock on Saturday morn_ ing by the Clerk of the House to either E arl GROSVENOR or Lord STANLEY—the numbers upon it standing thus : N0e5................................. 313 Aye 5................................. 311 Majority against Ministers 2 ! As Seven of the Cabinet Ministers, however, had confidence in themselves, the Majority of Two against them was transformed into a Majority of Five in their -own Favour. Seeing, however, that under no circum stances, according to the rules of Parliament, could the Cabinet Mi n i s t ers h ave be en precluded from takin gh part, i n di v id ua ll y , i n any di v i s i on , nor oxtter W the interpretation attached to that di , ti4ical by themselves, or by any one else—the obvious Prussia were sedulously endeavouring to thwart all course the fairest, clearest, most straight-forward the wishes and disappoint the expectations of Austria. course for them to have pursued would have been In everything it is the same, whether it be disar th. To have made a deduc tion from whatever mament or the settlement of the Duchy question— might, upon the taking of this divis ion, have been there is always something in reserve, some arriere , told off on the side of the Government —To have pensee, which spoils everything just as affairs seem in made a deduction (from the aggregate number) of train. It is said that hostilities will probablybreak out the actual number of Cabinet Ministers in- in Saxony in the first instance, and this suggestion is eluded in it I Supposing, in other words, that ; carried out by the fact of a very unfavourable reply the clear majority set down upon the paper, having been sent by Baron Von BEITST to the when that paper was on Saturday morning Prussian Minister ;it was presented to the Count handed to the Government Teller, had turned out Von BlsxAncK yesterday. If this be the case it to be not Five (as it was) but Eight—then Her MA- will be a very proper retribution to Prussia for the JESTY'S Ministers, after deducting those seven of policy she has pursued towards the lesser States of their own body (above enumerated), those seven Germany. Of course, they had no real right to any members of the very Cabinet in which the I part of the spoils of war, but they had as much as Commons (according to the Cabinet's own view the aggressive Powers, and at any rate they ought to of the question) were asked to avow confidence have been treated with common respect and cour or no confidence—then, we say, her MAJESTY'S test'. In vain now does the confused and perplexed Ministers ought to have deducted seven of them- BISMARCK seek to set himself right with these selves, as officially disqualified from pronouncing States. One day he upbraids them, and the next upon such an alternative, in order to have ren- he tries flattery, but all to no purpose, because they dered the result at any rate so far satisfactory have grown weary of so much deceit and treachery, that it gave a clear, distinct, and positive ma- and feel justly indignant at the ignominious treat jority of ONE to the Government ! That is, we ment they have received. repeat, supposing the nominal majority had The Opinione of Florence states that England turned out to be not (as it was) FIVE but EIGHT. and Bavaria have sent communications to the That clear (nominal) majority of Eight, deducting Austrian Government, urging upon them the " de from it the Seven Ministers, would still have left them sirability of abstaining from further armaments, One ! As it is, the nominal majority of Five having since the Italian Government maintains a only been arrived at by the 318 Ayes including pacific attitude." The respective ambassadors among them, as we h ave shown, Seven of at the Court of Vienna have taken diplo— the Cabinet Ministers, the actual result as a matic steps relative to such representa settlement o f th e Q uest i on o f Confidence or No tion. We do not see, however, that much Confidence leaves the Cabinet distinctly before the responsibility rests with Austria; the chief manage country in a m i nor ity of Two in the largest division ment of the affair is in the hands of Prussia and ever known to have been taken in the House of Italy. So long as they combine, directly or indi rectly, covertly or openly, it cannot be that a dis- Commons. A deduction of those Seven from the nominal ma- turbed state of policy must prevail. In fact, until jority—as affording a fair test to all parties as to the all the armaments recently increased are put down, lowest limits of any majority enabling the Govern- we can place no reliance on the promises of any ment to stay in with a due regard to their own self- Power, nor confide in their declarations of peaceful respect, is clearly obvious upon the very face of it intentions. They are there as signs and tokens of Whatever the number of the Cabinet Ministers imminent peril, and no subterfuge can con voting upon a division involving within it, accord- teal their meaning, or casuistry pervert ing to their own view of the Question then their intentions. The storm has been brewing before the House, a Question of confidence or no for some time in Germany, and far-seeing observers confidence—whatever the number of the Cabinet and those politicians well versed in the affairs of Ministers voting upon such a division, that the Continent have opined that sooner or later it number ought manifestly to have been exceeded would burst. Now that the catastrophe seems ap by at least one in any clear majority, so as to enable preaching many affect surprise, and some actu the Cabinet still to hold office without a loss of self- ally feel it no doubt, but who that has studied the respect, without a loss of dignity to themselves aspect of affairs for the last two years can wonder in the estimation both of the House and of the at the crisis now at hand in Germany? It was not Country. Seeing that there were numbered in possible that Prussia should be allowed to have it this particular division, no less than Seven Cabinet all her own way, and her arrogance and assumption Ministers, the only clear majority that would have have been indeed enough to provoke the tamest, enabled them (one might have supposed), without while it was most dangerous to concede to all her derogating from their dignity, without a loss of their demands. own self-respect, still to hold on, would have been a clear majority, as we have already put it, of, at the very least, Eight ! A clear majority that— after deducting their Seven Noble and Right Hon. Selves, would still even then have left another In the House of Lords, yesterday, a bill of con siderable public importance was introduced by the Lord Chancellor. The question of Capital Punish ment has long been regarded as a difficult and re- sponsible one. We have happily left far behind us those days when human life was taken almost with Indifference for every few shillings' worth of pro perty stolen, still more for every forgery or serious :rand. Too often the convictions were based en :irely on circumstantial evidence or testimony of a doubtful character, and accordingly it happened, with painful frequency, when we consider the vita] interests at stake, that the victim was proved, too late, to have been wholly or partially innocent of the crimes laid to his charge. There was one particular case of this kind in which a young woman suffered the extreme penalty of the law, and was afterwards found to have been unjustly condemned. Her youth, her terror of the scaffold, and her innocence deeply impressed the public mind, and no doubt assisted the movement which was afterwards set on foot for bringing about a more humane system. It has always been found ;hat crimes and offences increase in number and in degree in proportion to the excessive severity of the penal code. Life is held so cheap that men get reckless, and knowing they may suffer death as a punishment for minor offences, they have no induce ment to refrain from committing the greater. 0. late years we have gone perhaps a little to the other extreme, and many excellent and humane persons in their pity for the murderer, forget the sufferings of his victim and the necessity of preserving the majesty of justice, while not forgetting the preroga tive of mercy. No sooner has man or woman been condemned to death during the last few years than a party is immediately formed to endeavour to pro cure a mitigation of the sentence, and their efforts have so often been successful that a degree of un certainty now attends the capital sentence, which is unfair alike to the public and to the criminal. The only plea which can be urged on behalf of capital punishment is its deterrent effect, and this is undoubtedly a very powerful one, but to have this effect the punishment must be certain. Every criminal will hope that he may be fortunate enough to get off if there is a loophole left, and what with the plea of insanity and other excuses there are now only too many such chances. No doubt the public generally would be glad if so terrible an alternative as punishment by death could be dispensed with, but we must consider the ques tion in all its aspects, and there is nothing to justify us in concluding that we could safely dispense with it as a protection to human life. Certainly murders have not decreased during the last few years, when the remissions of the capital sentence have been so frequent, and there is nothing to en courage us in venturing on so decided a change. A minority of the Commissioners appointed to in quire into the subject were, as the Lord Chancellor last night, in favour of an entire abolition of capital punishment, but the majority approved of its reten tion for murder. In this view the Commissioners were supported by the majority of the speakers last evening, who approved of the main features of the bill. It appears to be a moderate and sens ible measure, just and humane in its provi sions, and making due distinction between wilful and premeditated murders and those committed under less heinous circumstances, such as under extreme provocation and without premeditation, which are not to be placed under the same category. For the former class alone the punishment of death is reserved. It is manifest that under such a law the cases of VICTOR TOWNLEY and pfc have ooorni been ndttiuleicntbi u the gt e t x e exactly public 1 1, h r et e xeh v eee e cx r uae s WRIGHT, which excited so much indignation, would regard to another rc ! i at on t the ee ils m e ds a se n c n i d e e r d public,olyf and alt although one warning n o g r two eff ec o t, bj t e h c e te g d en , to e r :1; is g 0 a o s d dimi nishingsens and good feeling of the House was strongly in its favour. When we remember the character of the crowds that assemble on such occasi , ons, the feverish excitement produced by their taking their places teleittdolet:riaso,tlntiVsoh n i t : h over night or very early in the mo rning, and the drinking that inevitably ensues from idleness and restlessness, we shall certainly not be inclined to think the circumstances favourable to serious reflece - s generally d deg it would be a very gr eat g ain if more real ree, and solemnity b . e d The conduct recklessc ondu c t a o n f d such in de c c o r r o o l u v crowds s t o i a h could attend so terrible a s cene. The Wist. of murders lately been so long that it is qu ite time t 9 Wake some change. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVii,Ntl%, MAY 2, 1866 . CORRESPO (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The ltloniteur does not contain any political news of importance to-day, official or unofficial. It copies from the Invalide Russe some further par ticulars relative to the attempt to assassinate the Emperor of Russia. The Commission of Inquiry have ascertained that, in spite of the obstinate denials of the assassin, he was born in the Govern ment of Saratow, and that his real name is Dimitri Vladimirow Karakozow. (What's in a name ?) His father had a little property in the district of Serdobsk. The assassin, who followed a course of study at the University of Moscow, was always of a melancholy and hypochondriacal disposition, and had been * under medical treatment. He wrote a letter to a fellow-student, asking him to procure some opium, as he wanted to put an end to his sufferings. Karakozow has made two visits to St. Petersburg this year, once in February and at Easter. He is an advanced Socialist. The Com mission are pursuing their inquiries with a view to ascertain if he has any accomplices among the Socialists, which is believed to be very probable. The Emperor and Empress are about to leave Paris for some time on a tour in the provinces, to their usual sojourn at Fontainebleau. Their Ma jesties will leave Paris on Sunday next, and are going in the first instance to Auxerre. I believe that the Imperial Prince will remain at home for the present, but this point is not yet decided, so at least says my Court informant. in regard to the ic summary The Siecle, whose opinions carry great weight in p P o a li ri t s, ahl oson a p st i h ti efo : ll24in h g e French press is completely divided, whilst the greater portion of our journals accepts the facts as they are so lucidly illustrated by General de la Marmora, all the habitual supporters of the right divine, of Legitimacy, and of Ultra montane ideas make, in imitation of the Gazette de Vienne, a formal accusation against Italy. From her, they argue, comes all the evil ; she it is who, by her intemperate armaments, has compelled un fortunate Austria to fortify herself in the Quadrila teral and to concentrate 200,000 men in Venetia. There is no longer question of Schleswig nor of Hol stein, nor of the opposite pretensions of the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin. If Austria should take up arms, it would Le because she is urged to extremi ties by the provocation of King Victor Emmanuel and M. de la Alarmora, his accomplice." An illustrious foreigner has just arrived at the hulks of Toulon, a real Chinese, born at Canton, who has been condemned to hard labour for a seri ous offence committed in one of the French posses sions in Cochin China. As this is the first instance of a Chinese coming to take up his residence at the hulks, his arrival (so says the quaint account) has produced a certain sensation among his companions in chains. The Prussian papers state that on Sunday last while the troops were defiling before the King at the Palais Royal, Berlin, a madman threw his .stick at his Majesty, - which was weighted with lead like a life preserver. The miscreant is a man named, Slaw. Happily, his Majesty was not touched by this dangerous weapon. The Paris papers seem pleased at the idea of tell ing their readers almost daily that there is an unusual abundance of clever English pickpockets in the capital at the present time, and that they were very active at the races on Sunday, a great deal of property having illegitimately changed hands. One instance is mentioned as the unkindest cut of all, an unfeeling English pickpocket having robbed a police officer (sergeant de ville) of his watch and purse. The stormy weather continues at Paris. It has been rather cold and very rainy to-day, and the accounts from the ports mention heavy weather at sea. It was so boisterous in the Channel yesterday that the usual morning mail did not arrive in Paris last night. The Paris papers are singularly indifferent about the fate of the Reform Bill. They published the result of the division on Sunday morning, and with the exception of one remark, that the majority of five was " rather a small one," I have not met with any comment worth mentioning. _ _ . A man who attained rather a bad eminence in 1830, M. G ucrnon 3e Ranville, has just died at his chateau of Banville, in the department of Calvados, at the age of 80. Ile was then one of the Ministers of Charles the Tenth, and his signature was attached to those fatal ordonnances against the Press which led to the Revolution, and drove that monarch ignominiously from the throne. In a few days the election will take place of a member to fill the seat at the Academy of the Fine Arts, vacant by the death of the musician Cla pisson, of whom I sent you a short memoir at the time. It was in 1795, the time of the forma tion of the five classes of the Academy of the Fine Arts, thatthe seat of Clapisson was for the first time occupied by Mehul, the author of " Joseph." From 1817, the period of the death of that great composer, till 1834, the chair was occupied by Boieldieu, the com poser of the beautiful opera of the " Dame Blanche.' From thence until 1854 Halevy occupied it. The section of music is formed of 14 members—Auber, admitted in 1829 ; Cavafa, 1837 ; Ambroise Thomas, 1851; H. Reber, 1853 ; H. Berlioz, 1856. Although the section of classics is composed of but six mem bers, that of painting includes 14, and those of sculpture and architecture, 8 each. The exhibition of paintings of living artists was opened to-day, and, considering the unfavourable weather, was well attended. I shall take an early opportunity of giving a notice of it. The Emperor went to the private view yesterday and made a choice of several articles. His Majesty expressed to Count Nieurweske, the superintendent of the fine arts, his extreme satisfaction at the exhibition. LIGHT DINES.--In 1865 the quantity of wine entered for home consumption was 12,061,000 gallons, of which about 9,310,000 were strong wines, and only 2,750,000 light; and if the customs duties upon the latter were reduced to 6d. the gallon (one penny the bottle) instead of ls.—decided upon by the Govern ment—the loss to the revenue would be only £68,750 per annum, and this inappreciable amount would every month become less until the revenue had not only re covered itself but showed an increase. The wino is frequently obliged to be imported in bottlo ; it is either too weak or the flavour too delicate to bear the journey in cask ; and one penny is the highest amount the light cheap wines can pay, in consequence of the expense of transport, which from the wine districts in the interior of France to domicile in London cannot be considered less than 6d. the bottle, the original cost of the wine, which is thus necessarily, without the duty, doubled in value. From Paris alone to the Regent's-park the author paid for the transport of a case of 12 dozen of wino sd. per bottle ; for another case of eight dozen, nd. and for a third case of four dozen, 4d. the bottle. In the reign of James I. one farthing per dozen bottles was considered a sufficient duty, and wheat then averaged 325. the quarter.—Mr. IV. Ray Smee on French Wines. Fourth Edition. RAINE'S MARRIAGE PORTION OF £lO0 —Yesterday being the Ist of May, the parish of St. George's-in the-East, Wapping, was in a state of great liveliness—the cause being the marriage of one of the "Hundred pound girls," as the successful candidates are called, who was brought up, educated, and trained in the asylum founded by Mr. Henry Raine, an eminent brewer in that locality, in the year 1719, and the celebration of other ceremonies in connection therewith, in accordance with the will of the donor. The fortunate young woman was Elizabeth Ann Beddington, and the happy man Charles Daniels. The ceremony was performed in an impressive manner by the rector in the great room of the asylum, Charles-street, Old Gravel-lane. A YOUNG WOMAN BURNED TO PEATII.—Y ester day an inquest was held on the body of Maria Alston, aged 19 years. On Friday last the family were alarmed by loud shrieks, and the deceased was found with the bedding burning around her, and the bed clothes on fire. Tho flames were promptly extinguished, but the injuries sus tained by the deceased wero most exte nsive, terminating fatally on Sunday. The jury returned a verdict of acci dental death. TILE CINQUE PORTS.—At a meeting of the Cor poration of Dover yesterday a communication was read from Earl Granville, intimating that in consequence of the death of his brother-in-law and sister, Lord and Lady Rivers, it would be exceedingly painful for him to receive at present so gre a t an honour as the c eremon y of his installation as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and suggesting the postponement of the inauguration, which was to take place on th e 22d i ns t. It was resolved that the Town Council sy mpa thi ses w i t h his Lordship under the painful circumstan ces w hi c h ca ll e d for the postponement, in which they willi ng l y acqu i esce d, but desired that the Lord Wara,4ll 4421134 fa a CPllyouient opportunity for the LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. VIENNA, MAY 1 (Evening). The Archduke Heinrich will, it is announced, shortly proceed to Verona to take command of the Division of the Army in Venetia. Prince Alexander of Hesse will also receive a command. The jour nals of this city continue to publish intelligence of Italian armaments. The .1 resse asserts that in the Prussian despatch summoning Saxony to disarm, Count Bismarck demands explanations respecting the Saxon arma ments, and threatens to take measures against Saxony in case she should return an unsatisfactory reply or refuse to disarm. The inhabitants of the fortified towns in Bohemia have recieved notice some time back to lay in pro visions for a considerable period in consequence of the imminence of war. It is stated that the Prussian reply delivered here yesterday to the Austrian note of the 26th ult. de clares the Austrian proposals for disarmament to be completely nullified by the military measures she has taken against Italy. The Vorsdadt Zeitung says that Austria addressed a second note to Prussia on the 26th ult., in which she repeated her proposal that the Duke of Augus tenburg, having the best title to the Schleswig-Hol stein throne, should be installed Duke of those Duchies. It is rumoured that a courier has arrived with an autograph letter from the Emperor Napoleon to the Emperor of Austria. According to the Fremdenblatt, the intention of holding an universal exhibition in this city has been relinquished, on account of the threatening appear ance of public , affairs. The Vienna Chamber of Commerce proposes sending a deputation to the Emperor to beg him shortly to convoke the Reichsrath. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 2. On the 27th ult. the Prussian Government .ad dressed a circular note to the German Governments declaring that the essence of the Prussian proposal for reform, made on the 9th April, was that a period should be fixed for the assembling of a German Parliament before the different Governments en tered upon a discussion of the reform propositions. Prussia will consider the rejection of this point by the different Governments of Germany as a virtual refusal seriously to entertain the question of reforming the Federal Constitution. The Saxon despatch, in reply to the Prussian note requesting the disarmament of Saxony, which was delivered here yesterday, explains that the armaments in question were made in preparation for the event of Saxony being called upon by the Federal Diet to furnish her contingant. The de spatch further states that the Saxon Minister of the Interior is preparing the division of the electoral districts for the return of deputies to the German Parliament. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 1 (Evening). The Patria of this evening says :—" It is in vain that the Bank of Spain claims the maintenance of its monopoly. We begin to understand that the principles of free trade in banking can alone save the embarassed finances and the trade of the country." PRINCE ALFRED. BRUSSELS, MAY 2. Prince Alfred arrived here yesterday from Coburg. A court carriage, in waiting at the station, con veyed his Royal Highness to the Palace. THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Oneida has arrived here this morning with the above mail, 138 passengers, £52,651 in specie, four packages of diamonds—value not stated—and 3,217 packages of cargo, chiefly coffee and cotton. On the 16th ult. she spoke the English barque Governor ; on the 21st, the steamers Kepler and Thales, and•thc ship Montrose ; and on the 25th, the ships Robert Pul ford and Wallace, and the barque Birch Grove. The English, squadron was at Montevideo. DM PARIS, DREADFUL STORM AT BUENOS AYRES. BUENOS AYRES, MARCH 27. This city was visited by an awful storm on the 19th hist:, which has not been equalled in violence since that of 1805. A hurricane of dust was suc ceeded by total darkness, and the city seemed threatened with total destruction. A complete panic reigned among the population. Mothers sought their children in vain, and the scenes in the coffee-houses and clubs baffled description. The hotels were crowded, but no lights could be ob tained, and the confusion and alarm were thus increased. Several houses were blown down and every building in the town shaken to its founda tion. The loss in the river was very severe and many persons were drowned. The railway stations were destroyed and - great damage was done to private property. _ The money crisis in Buenos Ayres has subsided, and gold has fallen considerably. Discount is also lower on the Bolsa. The Saladarislas are working slowly. Much attention is being paid to the curing of beef for the English market. Business is brisk. Exchange on London, 5 to 52. RIO DE JANEIRO, APRIL 9 The holiday season has interfered with business. In the Assembly nothing important had been done. A decree had been signed opening the coasting trade of Brazil to foreign vessels. There is no news of importance from the seat of war. The fleet entered the Upper Parana on the 21st ult. The Paraguyans have fortified a narrow position, and planted there 90 cannon for the pur pose of deprivi. the Allies of the use of their fleet. It is reported from the Rio Grande that a force of Paraguayans had crossed the Parana at -Cande laria, and driven back the Allied vanguard, and were advancing to give battle to the Brazilian army under Baron Alegre. Coffee had advanced 100 reis. Money abundant at 7 to 9 per cent. The American ship Young Mechanic was burnt at sea on the 10th of April and was totally lost. [he crew and passengers were saved by the French barque Eugenie, and landed at Pernambuco. The Bahia sugar market was dull. The new coffee was arriving at market. Freight to Channel, 475. to 51s. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, APRIL 21. General Meade has arrived at Eastport. He has announced that he will preserve neutrality, and has taken precautionary measures for that purpose. The steamer Virginia has arrived out. Several fatal Cases of cholera had occurred on board. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. li&W YOU, April 21 (Morning.)--Money:abuz dant. Gold, 127. Exchange on London, 1361; do. Paris, 4 13: 1 1. Stocks steady. New York Cen trals, 921 ; Illinois, 1141 ; Erie, 73 ; 5 20 Bonds, log. Cotton dull. Middling Upland r 37. Flour quiet. Wheat dull. Corn steady. Provisions slightly firmer. Coffee dull. Sugar and molasses steady. Petroleum slightly firmer; crude, 25f ; refined, 39. Week's receipts of cotton at New York, 11,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, April 20.—Cotton slightly firmer. Low middling, 36 to 37. Week's sales, 11,000 bales. Week's receipts, 18,000 bales. INDIA. (By direct Overland Telegraph.) BOMBAY, APRIL 24, 4.20 P.M 71b. shirtings, 7r. Ba. Cotton very dull. Ex change on London, 2s. lid. The latest London date is the 21st April. CALCUTTA, APRIL 23. 71b. shirtings, 7r. 12a. Exchange on London, 2s. 2d. Government securities : 4 per cents., 861 ; 5 per cents., 1.014 ; 51 per cents., 1071. MALTA, MAY 1. Sir Win. Denison, the late Governor of Madras, arrived here this morning by the rera. He intends staying a week at Malta and Gibraltar., BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MALTA, MAY 1. The Pera left at 10 a.m. and the Geelong at 2 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles about the evening of the 3rd, and the latter at South ampton about the 10th inst. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Poonah from Southampton, on the 20th April, arrived on the 30th at 6 a.m., and left al noon for Alexandria. The Ripon from Marseilles on the 25th April ar rived to-day at 11. a.m:, and leaves at 4 p.m. for Alexandria. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 1, Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations :- 41 per Cents 95 75 Bank Shares 3520 Do. end month ltalian Loan 44 75 3 per Cents. 65 b 0 Do. end month 44 10 Do, end month 65 45 Mexican Loan 4O Credit Mobilier ... 560 .- Do. Bonds 266 25 Do: end month ... 560 -- Spanish Throes -.— Unis — Home Debt — Do. end month — Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern - - ... 815 - - - ... 1083 75 - - 845 - ... 540 - - ... 525 - Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - ... 320 - - - 347 50 - ... 137 50 - - ... 182 50 65 - THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. " Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence " are continued at some length, and are written in the usual interesting manner. They have now reached to the battle of Chancellorsville. " Gipsies" is a readable sketch, that is well calculated to attract notice. It is truly stated, that though we live in an age of investigation and discovery there are still puzzles in the midst of us and problems we cannot solve. Who are :the gipsies ? is a question easier to ask than to 'answer. This article notices a work lately published, "A History of the Gipsies," by W. Simson, edited by James Simson. Among other matters mentioned by the editor as conducing to a more favourable intercourse with this race, one is mentioned of great im . portance, that wo shall- always in writing or printing begin the word gipsy with a capital G, " most people having hitherto written of them as if they were describing rats and mice." " The Negro and the Negrophilists" is an article very appropriate at this junc ture. It is truly said that the " now foremost nations in the world are suffering at this moment from a moral .• malady, which • the Americans, with more force than elegance, call nigger on the brain." Very forcible are tha remarks made upon the absurdity of the course pursued by the pseudo-philanthropists at home, who are now making themselves so conspicuous in the wrong direction, living in a country where it is truly said a full-blooded Ethiopian is as rare as a black man, and where a mulatto is seldom seen. These men have " for the last three months been beside themselves with an excess of what they may themselves call Christian charity, but which, to other eyes, look marvellously like unchristian malevolence and theological rancour." A good deal of truth may be found in this comprehensive article on the negro race, and while it is admitted that slavery has re ceived its death-blow, it is observed that the sudden aboli tion of slavery is no advantage to the slave, but causes a state of things that is fraught with evil consequences to all concerned, particularly the unhappy negro. " Sir Brook Fossbrooke" is getting more interesting as it pro ceeds, and this month we are taken to Italy, which is a relief after all we have heard of Colonel Sewell and his be longings. The story of "Miss Marjoribanks" is concluded, and it will be with a kind of regret that the reader takes leave of her. This tale has been carried on through ten years of Lucilla's life, which is rather a dangerous ex periment, but in this instance it has been successful. As Lucille marries her cousin she still keeps her name un changed, and "as she was in the ftrst freshness of her youthful daring when she rose like the sun upon the chaos of society in Carlingford, so she is now as she goes forth into the country to carry light and progress there." This series of " Chronicles of Carlingford" has been a very en tertaining one. The Reform. Bill is discussed in a long article, which enters fully into the speeches delivered in the last debate, with the exception of the last ones. That of Sir E. Bulwer Lytton is especially praised, and it is truly said that the right hon. baronet greatly distinguished him self. The writer of this article condemns the course of those who persist in supporting the policy of a Minister whose measures they are opposed to, and even desire to see defeated. FRASER'S.—The opening paper in Fraser treats of the efficacy or propriety of public prayer in con nection with public calamities. The writer discusses the subject with suitable reverence and moderation, although the conclusion at which he arrives may not be the general one. We have two military articles, a somewhat unusual feature in Fraser, the one being on " The English Troops in the East," the other in answer to the question, "How are European Armies Officered?" The first paper especially deserves very serious attention, for it shows how terribly the lives of our soldiers are wasted through needless exposure in unhealthy situations, or by neglect of sanitary laws. This is denounced by thr writer as the "customary neglect of-advantages offered by nature for the preservation of European constitutions in the East." Even in Ceylon the mountains, healthy and shel tered from the monsoon, and abundantly supplied with water, are almost entirely neglected as military stations, and the troops are located in the low countries, where fever and dysentery abound. `• Ids nation," exclaims the writer, in just indignation, "worthy the name of a first class Power, can be content to see a great army perish from causes over most of which it has perfect control." A very entertaining paper is on the famous old French Salons, whose ease and sociality did not prevent their possessing an important influence in their time. They offered in their social aspects a strange contrast to those stiff and ceremo nious entertainments which are alike a burden and a tax to giver and receiver. The article is founded partly on two French works, and gives copious anecdotes of some of the brilliant coteries. We are glad to find the important question of " Our Commons and Open Spaces" discussed at some length, for if it is suffered to remain unnoticed much longer it will settle itself. The writer, however, considers that any effort made for their preservation should include the open spaces round all our large towns, not only in the vicinity of the metropolis. There is a simple story of troubled true love, entiiled "Forest Life," as well as the usual instalment of "The Beauclercs." COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE.—The expected or apprehended return of the cholera seems to have seized on the contributors to this magazine, for we have no less than three articles on the health of the navy and army. But though they do not treat of that dreaded scourge, which like its unscrupulous attendant spares neither sex nor circumstance be it lord, lady, or " lower order," as the Parliamentary discussions delight in calling those who work for their bread, yet it ditells in a very sanitary spirit on the general diseases to which flesh is heir. Certain it is that the remedial mea sures introduced of late have manifestly contri buted to preserve the health and invigorate the tone of our gallant defenders both on sea and land, not only on our home stations but in those far and diversified climates where sickness seems too much "at home" with European constitutions. Cleanliness and sobriety ferm the Very bases of health, and the periodical d returnsfully bear witness to that better condition in th morale of both army and navy. Let us hope that the Go vernment will persevere in following up their present soli citude for the welfare of both services, for the may de pend on it that every man whose life they preserve in the army is worth that of two raw recruits, w hile in the navy it is an old maxim that one volunteer is better than two " Presssed" men. Besides, when people feel that their condition is well cared for, they work with a will and become more attached to the service. Th ere is a sensible article on "The Advantages' of Naval Retire ment," a plan which ought to have been instituted manY:, years before. The " United States Artillery and our own discusses the recent improvements made and still making in those terrible engines of war; but the Yankees seem to go faster ahead, as usual, than our more practical, but less adventurous, inventors. Jonathan must have " a smasher to settle the business. "A few Notes on the History of British Army Costumes" deals with a very general but varied subject. It commences with the Highland dress, whi ch was worn at the beginning of the present centurk twelve regiments. The tartan adopted by each depended on the clan of the officer who raised the regiment, or locality to which the men belonged. The number of the regiments who wore the mountain garb has been m uch re duced, but several retain the Highland regimental s still-- a dress, of all others, the most picturesque and m artial to the eye. Certainly no sight looks grander or m ore in spiriting than army in full parade, with their varied dress and glittering steel dazzling the eye, while the ear ig charmed and the rout cheered by the strains of raartiaill music. Much as the red line delights the looker on, still the his eye turns and rests with renewed delight on the High land soldier— "In the garb of old Gaul, with the fire of old Rome, ~ From the heath-covered mountains of Scotia they con e ! ! and gallantly they carry the banner of victory alof t, while their bonnets and their tartans flutter proudly in the breeze. - "Mr. C. F. Reed on Negative Ship" is a philosophical dis quisition on the incongruity between the real speed of the ship and her computed performance, which he attribute© to the elasticity of the water. We think he is r i g ht. Th°, use of balloons in war is a subject of great int erest, ay.' will be found still more so if the warlike spirit new ripe on the Continent really bursts into reality, a ma tter very likely to happen from all appearances. The use of balloons has been tried before now in Europe, and re cently by our desperate cousins over the Atlantic. There is no question that it affords great advantages to the COnr mending general to know the movements going on wh ich he cannot see, and so enable him to guard certain points threatened, and to form combinations to thwart an eneml and take up a position in his turn which may d ecide the fate of the day before his antagonist dreams of the chang e ' CORNIIILL.—" The Claverings" is continued, and the various adventures are continued. Poor Lady Oregar has the " Prince in her hand," but she doe ° not find it very pleasant or profitable. Her taking; possession of her estate was a very sorry affair, an she is a striking instance of the" folly of driving bargains of this kind. As for Harry, his engagement is n ot very promising; in his affairs too many had the manage^ ment, as we shall doubtless see before long. " The Sleep t ing Beauty in the Wood" is a very amusing sketch, the forms a variety in the contents. " Armadale" is approecil ing its completion, and is becoming intensely exciting, a° it nears the culminating point. Miss Gwilt's trials ar e nearly over, and she will doubtless soon be in safe keepieg somewhere. " Thought and Language" is a well-writtca paper, and is worthy of notice. " Old Houses " is a charm ing sketch that it is quite delightful to meet with in these ere ,- days of new-fangled notions and spick and span new tions. It is here said:—" The houses I love to look hn eE on, and the houses I want to describe, have had too lolsg a past to hope for a future." The description given of semi such old place as this is very interesting, and the glories its "beech avenue" are ably pictured. "In Captivity 1° the title of some verses that are sure to attract attention! as they have been sent by Captain Cameron, so lag 16 prisoner in Abyssinia, and some notes appended to th 3 afford varied information touching the slave trade. d Strange Story" is certainly a verification of Ha name? 16/1 _ is especially adapted to the taste of the sensation al reads' " The Old Poets on the Deadly Sins" is a curious pel'er' that nevertheless will repay perusal, and may re fresh th e e memory of the leader concerning the nature of th e card-' sins of humanity. The third part of "The Study of Celt Literature," by Matthew Arnold, is here met with, all furnishes us with a good deal of interesting inforrnati°ll; The writer observes, in conclusion, that "it is in (Al poetry that the Celtic part in us has left its trace clearest! and in all poetry I must follow it before I have done." LONDON SOCIETY.—This periodical as usual P re- Bents its readers with a variety of amusing and they nearly all of them are completed in °T3e O telling, so that there is no great stretch of Pa ti .! n f o required. " Patty's Revenge," _which has been divided into three parts, is now concluded in a very satisfactory manner. Patty improves as the story' p r° ,.. ceeds, and shows great sense and spirit in the last trYiees scenes. " Second Thoughts" is a peculiar story that d 0 ,S not preach the merit of constancy. "Mrs. Beaucha mp Little Plans" are ingeniously described, and her failure 11- talegt last is quite a relief after her absurdities and affectatioeS' " Waiting for the Waggon" is a clever sketch of some d erjc scenes in life's page, and is told in an impressive ina llu°. H ew Kate Discovered America" is a puny illuatratioe of geographical wonders. "Up and Down the Lou d° „ a Streets" carries us back to old days of sport and pastio?"t and presents us with many varied scenes and as,` sketches. " The Merchant Princes of England" has' t. this time, an account of the commerce of t he p reSeu a , "Sulkeries" is a sketch of some addition that might Il visedly be made to domestic architecture, and thus ° duce to the comfort and order of the establishment. "T„)i,: London Opera Directors" contains some in ters of sketches, and we meet with an allusion to the cou ling the "Swedish Nightingale," of whom it is truly s al, "' , 5 0 did come and created such an excitement that, altb 7it nearly twenty years have elaps e d s ince the April v.e, when her first notes were heard, the scene is viv idil ,,bo membered by those who had share in it, and theset':,a simply know by hearing of the terrors of a "Joe ll Y it - o g i o" crush." Speaking of the Jenny Lind excitement. while ther, it is said that "it will not be forgotten live' a memory of Her Majesty' s Th ea tre endures." old DIAcmILLAN's.—Mrs. Norton's story of ba t Sir Douglas" proceeds with interest certaitt l Y' te r. interest of a somewhat unsatisfactory cb arac h ieli The young bride is installed in her new abode, W - ryl - es at first appears a Paradise, but presently 053—ter$ a more earthly and ordinary aspect. The ch arac ,1 introduced are by no means favourable speo lulen n s a ria humanity, with the exception of the immedia te he two heroine, and as it is easy to foresee a whole 1"-eoreP:c4:c if; of misunderstandings and disaappointments the _.,„°13:);v5 by no means a cheerful one. The other tale now ,1100 on from month to month, " Cradock Nowell, o od several important strides in this number. There is e vi ' b ich deal of exaggeration and affectation in the style , ~;dept interferes with the effect, but it is not deficien t in ale or animation. We are not only told the secret ° ,O as murderer, but of the murder ; the motive for the "el; Nbo well as the actual culprit. Meanwhile, poo r Credec`3o3, is has been packed off to the southern seas for his hriflo out left behind on a desert island, apparently to get , L' - v , O an of the way until the real truth is made clear. W e Sit' account of the "Education of Englishwomen in t-,- 01 the teenth Century," which gives a very impressive lis 0 000 atatinments of our early English maidens. The sndfora which attended Sir Thomas More's experiments solid strong encouragement to the advocates of a olerLrjoll education for our girls. A letter from Lady Doff"'Toiee will be welcome to those who are familiar w ith her sant volume, even though it is tinged with the mela/3,oficeS which generally accompanies ill-health. The grieN li d 0 of the poor people round her are as great as ever , li `Fill unjust. " The Camp in Canada" is an article "ivh ic w bca be read with some interest at the present time' 0 I colonial affairs are exciting so much attention. - anllll'- M.P.'S AND VOLUNTEERING.—At the v" - iat ioo/ meeting of the Edinburgh and Midlothian Riflel l - 55( :,, i c- cata t. ' held on Tuesday, the hon. secretary, Mr. Govi, fo rth , ing the donations and prizes he had received fo r the 0,031 coming meeting in June, read letters from the eitl i ; to bers (the Lord-Advocate and Mr. M‘Laren), rel 3,: e ea' h er' t ' request that they should contribute to a city ra" prize. From the Lord-Advocate the answer recciirdocitv. that he would be happy to meet the wishes oft l-- ut (*"., ' tion on being informed in what shape it was thalocA sirable the prizes should be given. From 3-t r. 6 , 1 1 M‘Laren the following was the reply r eceived 1 c 0 " leave to state, in answer to your request, that wb e so , the honour to be elected there was no other pr°111.0110," pressed or implied, exacted from me tha n that .03erai attend to my duties in Parliament to promote 0.7 . as " interests of the community to the best of nay l/111 1 3 j; v iPs t this promise I have endeavoured to perform, n e ' le r 6t been absent, except one day, since Parliament .011 j, ° and that absence was to attend the funera l of a f 11 1 ,011) er il entirely disapprove of constituents a.sking, s giving, subscriptions for local objects in the t°l Wil.,- they represent, in their character of members, nl3 . . 11 P i ' t it has had a most prejudicial effect in many tO land, as evinced by recent investigations in Li ; to With these feelings, my present intention is lloreter o f Ci t .' scribe one shilling for any purpose in my eb 3rac e spe ctill ! member, but to do my duty as a private citizen rcu all subscriptions, as I have hitherto done, ja o to, and manner as I may voluntarily thin k right,; vrofettit 31 your very obedient servant, D. , LaTtE )I • oo vec it :bo Christison, captain of the University compon of t na L e e e l t e in tt g e . rs Tbehpeucbhlaisinnhedanas(spiarrtj.oof atrhdeinetrraillsiale.dt)lo°:tittiurifile,s: in the proposal. He said he should be sorrY o,s on a bi b i o to infringe on the strict integrity of 31 1 % 31‘1 ' character, and make him fancy t hat any o u to Il tela be be i made to this association should act as a hrib°6rwis fall to support him at the next election, which tb d. il otv too might not be inclined to do; as they 11 . 3 1, DO iop back on his benevolence as a private inilividifobscil?to sorry to say that hitherto they bad sou 1:;,7; 3 1, it I s,; e pt from that source. (A laugh.) lie did not lf s i very unconstitutional thing to ask rnembeZeuor) to help a public ihntitutieu of thin Mud.