The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-20 00:00:00

• SON'S MOSES AN D -IR-4 • Establishments are closed every i Friday evening _ _ a t su nset until Sat ur d ay even i ng a t su nset, w hen business s re sumed until II o'clock. All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. returned Any article not app roved of will be exchange d , o r the money List of Prices Card, and our new Fas hio n with Rules for Self-measurement, i Pamphlet, " The Philosophy of Dress, " I gratis and post free. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1865. The brief answer returned by Lord PALMERSTON to the question put by Mr. GRIFFITH last evening is not likely to give much satisfaction out of doors. Public indignation has been very strongly excited by President JOHNSON'S Proclamation, and the mean attempt to fasten the stigma upon a high-minded and unfortunate antagonist. This feeling has not been called forth in England alone, but in France it has been strongly manifested, and those most opposed to active intervention felt that a joint pro test by the two Great Powers was no more than might reasonably be expected. The best friends of the Northern States must, indeed, be the most inclined to regret this grave political mis take, and must be doubly anxious that JEFFERSON DAVIS may succeed in eluding the vigilance of his pursuers, and so save the Federal cause the indelible disgrace of his judicial murder. In New York itself astonishment and disgust have been the prevailing sentiments, and Messrs. JOHNSON and STANTON will not find such ready credence for their " evidence" as they may perhaps expect. The Americans themselves would certainly not feel any surprise, nor would the better class feel any annoyance, at such a protest as this outrageous proclamation seems loudly to call for. But, not withstanding all this, Lord PALMERSTON returns the stereotyped answer that it is not the intention of the Government " to attempt an intervention in the internal affairs of the United States." The only " intervention" which Mr GRIFFITH had referred to was a representation to the Government of the 'United States with respect to the treatment of the Scuthern leaders ; but even such an effort demanded too much courage on the part of the English Ministry. They would probably see Mr. JEFFERSON Davis and half his colleagues in the Confederate Government hung without a word of remonstrance, and appear to have adopted the comfortable theory that if they do not take any part in a transaction they are quite irresponsible as to the results, forgetting that there is a responsibi lity ,of omission as well as of commission. If we see a strong man standing idly by, the spectator of a murde; or a high way robbery, we do not acquit him of complicity in the crime, however much he may plead the duty of " non-intervention." England, as one of the strongest and most independent coun tries in the world, is gaining something of this reputation under the new RUSSELL foreign policy. But, in point of fact, when one party is of treble size and strength to the other the non-intervention becomes something more than [mere negative assistance. It did not need much political foresight to see the result of a struggle between Austria and Prussia on the one hand, and Denmark unaided on the other. In America, however, we have not been satisfied with inaction—our left-handed neutrality has been all on one side ; and, under cover of an anxious desire to avoid embroiling ourselves with either party, we have refused to receive the Southern delegates, we have refused there permission to order ships, while we have allowed the North to enlist as many men as they please, to have arms and ammunition in any quantity, and have permitted their spies to exercise their laudable vocation in our places of business, while we have received the imperative directions of Mr. ADAMS with praise worthy docility. In fact, the fear of irritating or offending the Government of the United States has grown into a positive mania, and every other conside ration seems to be second to it, as we generally find, when parents spoil their children, offence is con tinually taken when least intended. The Americans have been very like spoiled children, and their long course of unbroken prosperity, their great talents and wonderful energy have fostered in them that feeling of self-satisfaction, and possibly of arrogance in which they are not naturally deficient. What ever tone they may assume towards this country, the wise and enlightened among them cannot respect us the more for our timorous concessions. In private life we often see a hesitating, uncertain person give far more offence by his vacillation than the most out spoken and straightforward man of decision, and it is much the same with nations as with individuals. The Americans are now pursuing a shadow. They are dreaming of the reconstruction of one great Repub lic, when the only marvel was that the incongruous elements held together so long. Its very size was weakness. No great country has ever succeeded in maintaining a Republican power of Government. The experiment has been often enough tried, and insufficient diveriity of race, country, and circum stance, to make it worth even an American's while to learn from the experience of the Old World. Greece, Rome, Italy, France, all have tried and failed. Why then should America hope to succeed when the immense extent of her terri tories, the absence of any one strong, uniting feeling, and the discordant elements at work within her are all sources of disunion. A country like Switzerland, retired and insignificant, may, perhaps, find in such a system peace and security, but for the American States, any one of which might serve for a European kingdom, the attempt to maintain such a slender tie is like the effort to bind the strong man with the green withes. Even in the German Confederation, of which we hear so much, we see what it comes to, the dominance of the strong over the weak, the virtual supremacy of Austria and Prussia, a supremacy possibly tending to a rupture, and a consequent struggle. With the form of the American Government we have, how ever, nothing to do, but as regards our own deal ings with them we have much to answer for. There is no doubt that the policy of the English Cabinet of late years has greatly tended to weaken our prestige across the Atlantic. It would not be difficult to persuade the American people that we would tamely submit to the appropriation of Canadian soil, but, on the other hand, our own population is becoming irritated at the manner in which they are represented by their IMPERIAL OTTOMAN SIX PER CENT. LOAN of 1862. for t 8.000,00. 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Hyde-park. rip HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " 1., supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford- street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published. containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by EL W. HARRIS, Ne spaper Agent, 4, Blackiriara-road, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 9h. 26m.—Afternoon, 10h. sm, To-Morutow.-Morning, 10h. 40m.—Afternoon, 11h. 16m, tt : tern. Lord PALMERSTON had better take warning by the experience of the past. Once before, in deference to a foreign Power, he attempted to go directly in opposition to the English feeling. An adverse majority of a hundred or so soon taught him his mistake. The English people do not desire war with or for America. If forced upon them they will not shrink from it, but they are certainly inclined to treat the Americans with all due courtesy and forbearance. But they are not blind. They cannot help com paring Lord RUSSELL'S circular with Lord PALMER STON'S reply ; they feel that when such an affront is put upon justice and humanity as to put the price of a felon on the head of an able, high-minded, and enlightended statesman, that if their voice is not raised against it they will share the disgrace: The nation spoke out strongly and unanimously to the people of the Northern States on the murder of their President. Lord PALMERSTON may rest as sured there will be a no less vigorous and sponta neous expression 'of feeling respecting the treatment of JEFFERSON DAVIS. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES yester day afternoon opened the International Reformatory Exhibition. His Royal Highness has always shown great willingness to preside on these occca,sions, and to inaugurate exhibitions, pc., that tend to pro mote the culture and further the interests of the community. A brilliant assemblage appeared to welcome the Prince and to do honour to the affair, and the ceremony may be said to have been com pleted in the most satisfactory manner. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, as President of the Refuge Union, read an eloquent address to the Prince, in which was set forth the objects of the Exhibition. A more interesting theme could scarcely be found to descant upon than the proofs thus afforded of the happy influence that is wrought by the efforts of those who have undertaken the task of setting these Refuges and Reformatories into action; As the noble President stated yesterday, the prOducts were not put forward as a brilliant display, but " vividly 'represented the vast and potent effort of Christian 'energy to shelter and cheer the friendless and young, to reclaim the fallen, and to help, instruct, and elevate the weak, ignorant, and poor." It is well known that it is only lately that such efforts have been made and approved of by the generality. Industrial training is one of the surest preventives to vice ; and, no doubt, had these attempts been made at an earlier period, the present generation would be both wiser and happier. The Prince of WALES made an ap propriate reply, in which he stated that he very gladly took part in the proceedings, and cordially concurred with the objects in view, to give " moral and religious training" to those who had claims on the consideration of society. The presence of foreigners was also alluded to by the Prince as a satisfactory event, and as " promoting the growth of those Christian and kind feelings towards each other which we ought to pray should animate the whole of the nations of the world." From almost every part of Europe, and from Africa and America, representatives came to take part in the affair, and express their sympathy in the common cause. The presence of the Prince of Wales was doubly appropriate, because he is the patron of the Society, which is the centre of three hundred British Institutions, and, therefore, it fitting that he should have appeared. More than a hundred schools have contributed works to this collection, and altogether the opening of this Exhibition may be ranked as a complete success. It is not deficient in interest to any of those which have taken place of late ; and it pos sesses an additional attraction, inasmuch as it bears promise for the future that these young beings who have been providentially snatched from the haunts of vice and the temptations of idleness may grow up in the favour of GOD and man to be useful members of society, and thus afford the best and wisest proof that the labours of their friends have not been thrown away. Mr. DENMAN last night moved that the annual duty payable upon certificates taken out by attor neys, solicitors, and proctors in England and Ire land, and by writers to the signet, solicitors, agents, attorneys, and procurators in Scotland, should be abolished. The hon. member explaindd that it was a war tax imposed by Mr. PITT as far back as 1785, and he declared that it was unjust, anomalous, and arbitrary. These were rather strong terms to em ploy for the occasion ; and although the motion was right in the abstract, it certainly does not assume the importance that the hon. member at taches to it. There are many taxes far more heavy to bear which press .upon classes far less able to endure them. Attorneys are very well able to take care of themselves ; and if the Exchequer can spare ninety thousand pounds we can point out several other things of more con sequence, and several taxes which could be remitted with great advantage. Mr. GLADSTONE spoke very fairly on the subject, and stated truly that the pro per time to have brought this question under the notice of the House was when the resolutions of the Budget were introduced. The right hon. gentleman, confuting the arguments of Mr. DENMAN, declared his conviction that this annual duty paid by attor neys was not heavier than that paid by pawnbrokers and auctioneers. The tax on hawkers may also be abolished, and with more justice, for, as Mr. GLAD STONE said, they are a class not one in a hundred of whom is worth a hundred pounds a year. An " invidious selection" of one class cannot but offend and irritate others, and to choose the most wealthy or powerful profession would certainly be anomalous and unjust. It must be admitted that Mr. GLAD STONE spoke with more reason than he often does when he resists the abolition of any taxes, when he said that at the present time it was inexpedient to make this change, and he hoped that the House, " warned by past experience, would refuse to entangle itself with one of those abstract declara tions which were worthless for the present, and which would only be embarrassing for the future." The House, however, did not take this advice, and a majority of three decided in favour of the resolu tion. It is always an unwise proceeding to enter into agreements as regards future taxation, and there can be no good done by this move of Mr. DEN MAN'S to pledge the House to an abstract resolu tion without any definite object or immediate likelihood of its taking effect. Doubtless the majo rity of last night would not have been gained if the elections were not so near, and it had not been deemed advisable to propitiate constituents in cer tain quarters. It is to be regretted that a sort of precedent has been established for dealing with what should be general subjects in a particular manner, and it cannot be said that any cogent reason was given for the repeal of this duty; and at the worst it must be borne in mind that any grievances which this particular class may have to complain of does not deserve mention in comparison with the hardships endured by many who are not possessed of the power to make known their wrongs, and cannot find advocates to bring forward their cause from want of interest and influence. MR. VINCENT WALLACE'S RELAPSE.—We deeply regret to state that Mr. Vincent Wallace, who was in a very fair way towards convalescence, has had a relapse of the singular malady which so long baffled medical skill, and that he now lies seriously ill at Rtuigi-Pasy.---The Orchestra. LITERATURE. The New Periodical. The Fortnightly Review. No. I. Edited by George Henry Lewes. Chapman and Hall. A more brilliant first appearance we do not re member ever to have witnessed than the one which has now so auspiciously inaugurated the career of our English double of the Revue des Deux Mondes— THE FORTNIGHTLY. Prospectus and Initial Instal ment alike do honour to the good taste and the sound judgment of the skilled man-of-letters by whom this new periodical has been undertaken. They evidence in a remarkable degree his aptitude for the delicate and responsible duties devolving upon one who aspires thus directly, frequently, and persistently to influence and, if possible, to guide the opinions of the more thoughtful among his contemporaries. Mr. Lewes took occasion at once to intimate, frankly enough, through the very first sentence of his compact yet sufficiently explanatory Prospectus, that the readers whom he designed to instruct were essentially the thoughtful and the cultivated. The contents of No. I.—the very names of the contributors—attest upon the instant the per fect sincerity of this announcement. Associating with himself, among other distinguished contributors to this the initial instalment of the Fortnightly Review the philosopher Sir John Herschel ; the humorist George Eliot ; the critic, the Hon. Leicester Warren; and the novelist, Anthony Trollope—Mr. Lewes has here compacted together a number worthy of inaugurating a great literary and scientific periodical. By his own individual contributions to this first number of the Fortnightly Review, he has made good his own duplex claim to consideration, on the one hand as a man of letters, on the other as a man of science—here, as evidenced the most signally by his biography of Goethe, to our think ing, his undoubted master-piece—there by his ex quisitely lucid and succinct exposition of the marvels of Physiology—an exposition undertaken simply with a view to the popularising of that most vi tally important among the Natural Sciences. " The Heart and the Brain," a paper written by the Editor, reads, in truth, like a chapter excerpted from that famous treatise of his upon Physiology. His disquisition upon the " Principles of Success in Literature" being yet worthier of consideration than his ingenious commentary upon the intimate associa tion of Head and Heart in the animal organisation. And it is so, for the simple reason that (as we feel quite sure) it lays bare many of the innermost thoughts and feelings of the writer upon the actual condition of his high calling nowadays. It is the justest estimate we have, for a very long while pa st, anywhere, encountere illustrative of the perishableness for the most part of the majority of literary reputations. The mere fact that it is thus with this majority of so-called reputations, affords us, in truth, a clue out of a very labyrinth of bewilderment. For, otherwise, judging from the swarms, the shoals, the myriads of books, big and little, books of more or less pretensions, light and ponderous, that are perpetually pouring from the printing-presses of this country—it must very soon have become matter for despair with even the most voracious and systematic of readers to keep pace with the flow of current litera ture.. The estimate formed of this flood of books and, more than that, boldly avowed in regard to it by Mr. Lewes, yields us in this matter a sense at once of dismay and of con solation—dismay at the futile efforts of so many, and consolation at the new-born conviction that it is after all quite possible to keep pace with the flow of what is really worthy of designation as literature. The voluminous libraries annually teeming from the press—Mr. Lewes has a very effectual means of causing to dwindle down in bulk to an easily appreciable compass. Clouds of books, the names of which are for him as so much mere chaff upon the granary floor, he winnows away in a very twinkling with the inexorable win now of his judgment, as—books worthless because imperfect and insincere. What multitudes of others vanish upon the instant into so much thin air upon his apt reminiscence of that pitiless axiom of the epigrammatic Frenchman " on pent etre honnete homme et faire mal des vers !" An utterance so very poignantly illustrative of the frequency of talents (such as they are) being only too often sorely misdirected ! And so—by means of an easy succession of fluent yet destructive sentences—our caustic reviewer, by way, we presume, of giving us a taste of his quality at the very outset of his career as Editor of the Fortnightly Review, sweeps out of all serious consideration one after another—a man variously accomplished yet a feeble poet—a real poet, yet a feeble dramatist—one with dramatic faculty, yet a feeble novelist—a good story-teller, yet a shallow thinker and a slipshod writer to boot ! Not a man of letters, is there, amongst the crowd, we feel perfectly assured of this, but would be materially benefited by a careful perusal of this admirable paper by Mr. Lewes. It is wholesome and corrective, a genuine tonic, in its influence. Could anything be more happily applied—in deprecation of the notion of any one writing for posterity—than that wise jack pudding's query in Faust, as to who is to amuse the present—" Wer machte denn der Alitwelt Spass ?" What is eulogised as brilliant writing, this analyst or definer of the principles of genuine success in literature, declares to be for the most part so much mere " literary tinsel." Again, solid acquirements he in like manner speaks of as signifying, after all, little more than an acquaint ance with the classics. Finally, Mr. Lewes groups under three heads what he regards as constitutirg the laws of literature—these three beads, being, as he intimates, simply three forms of one principle. They are founded, he argues, on our threefold nature—that is intellectual, moral, and aesthetic The Intellectual form—the Principle of Vision. The Moral form—the Principle of Sincerity. The lEsthetic form—the Principle of Beauty. To these expressions he undertakes in subsequent papers to give a very definite significance by means of explanations and illustrations ! Undertaking, in effect, thereby to demonstrate " that every work, no matter what its subject-matter, merely involves these three principles in varying degrees." And— " 7 hat its success is always strictly in accordance with its conformity to the guidance of these principles." We had almost, here, appended to this italicised sentence (extracted from p. 95 of the Fortnightly) the logical significance of the initials Q.E.D. As a tho roughly insular, or national, or imperial commence ment to this new organ of public opinion, we have the number led off with the first of a series of papers by Walter Bagehot on " The English Constitution," appropriately prefixed to which is that sound axiom of Mr. Mill, to the effect that "on all great sub jects much remains to be said." The first instal ment of this political series fittingly relates to "The Cabinet." Upon Mr. Anthony Trollope's new serial story, of which the two first chapters are here given, a tale entitled " The Belton Estate," we should be sorry indeed to pronounce a decided opinion as yet. For, without any question, it is the very dullest commencement of a fiction that we ever remember to have perused. George Eliot's essay upon " The Influence of Rationalism," comes to us simply as the reflections suggested to that thoughtful writer upon a casual examination of Mr. Lecky's history of the Spirit of Rationalism, and of its rise and diffusion over Europe. As for the dispassionate and unprejudiced chdracter of Moncure Conway's " Personal Recollections of President Lincoln," we may estimate the value of all that—upon taking the merest sidelong glance at the footnote of page 57, where the writer avers, when speaking of Wilkes Booth, that he (the writer) had not often seen, " a face into which more vile passions were distilled"—the notorious fact being that the face of that wretched young man was not so much strikingly handsome as exquisitely beautiful ! So much for the clear sightedness of a political malignant—leading him to recognise in the countenance of an Antinous the features of a Gorgon. Algernon Charles Swinburne's tragedy of " Atalanta in Calydon" elicits a most genial recognition of its merits from the Hon. Leicester Warren, whose auguries of future success for the young poet, we shall yet hope to see justified by works no less poetically fresh, and far less gtii3tiolly faulty, than " Atalanta in Calydon." Sir John Herschel contributes to the 'initial number of the Fortnightly a wonderfully suggestive, if not very profound, paper " On Atoms" —a paper in the form of a dialogue, in which Hermione and Homo genes are the interlocutors. There is subsequently noticeable among the contents an argument by F. Harrison upon " The Iron Masters' Trade Union," an argument so admirably well timed in its way that it will command no lack of readers. Finally, bringing this thoroughly well-digested first number of the new periodical to its conclusion, there is an excellently well condensed epitome of " Public Affairs" 'that have transpired within the last fort night prior to the date of its publication. A record of events followed by several terse, slashing, vigorous Notices of New Books—George Eliot, F. T. Palgrave, John Dennis, and the Editor himself, being the Reviewers. If only the excellence of this first number be sustained in its successors—The Fort nightly will hold its rank, by right, among the very ablest of its contemporaries—assuming a recog nised place among the very pick of the periodicals, daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly, side by side with the Times, the Saturday Review, Black wood's Magazine, the Edinburgh, and the Quarterly —yet while assuming this recognisable place among its contemporaries, holding a position so far excep tional and apart that its precise parallel among serial publications can alone be found in the world-famous Revue des Deux blondes, of which we have here, in truth, a very double in Lewes's FORTNIGHTLY. LATEST INTELLIGENOE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PRUSSIA AND DENMARK. BERLIN, MAY 20. M. de Aquaade, the new Danish Minister Pleni potentiary to the Court of Berlin has arrived here, and was received to-day by Herr von Bismarck. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20. The steamer Great Britain, from Melbourne, on the 15th March, arrived here this morning with £189,000 in specie. MARSEILLES, MAY 19. The Messageries lmperiales steamer Mceris left here this afternoon with 52 passengers, 1,903 packages, and £41,080 for Alexandria, and 62 pas sengers, 360 packages, and £29,160 for India and China. FRANCE. The .31oniteur du Soir explains in the following terms the general bearing of the principal points of the Budget of 1866, as just set forth in the report presented to the Legislative Body :—" The totality of the supplementary credits asked for by the Go vernment to meet the ordinary expenses of the year 1865 amounts to the sum of 7,165,780 fr., divided as follows among the Ministerial Departments : Foreign Affaires, 194,000 fr. ; Interior, 1,400,000 fr.; Finance, Public Debt, and Dotations, 1,299,410 fr. ; Excise and collection of revenue, 972,300 fr. ; War, 354,699 fr. ; Government of Algiers, 320,000 fr. ; Marine and Colonies, 2,320,371 fr. ; Public In struction, 150,000 fr. ; Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, 155,000 fr. To the extra ordinary Budget the augmentations, amounting in all to 76,353,833 fr., are the following : Interior, 1,200,000 fr. ; Finances, 7,150,000 fr. ; War, 35, 645,301 fr. ; Marine and Colonies, 26,937,531 fr. ; Public Instruction, 295,000 fr.; Agri culture, Commerce, and Public Works, 4,546,000 fr.; Emperor's Household and Fine Arts, 500,000 fr. The committee also proposes to the Chamber to increase by 600,000 fr. the credit carried to the ex traordinary budget of 1865, for aid in the rebuild ing of churches and the residences of parish priests. The sum of 194,000 fr. asked for by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is destined for the restoration of the Church of St. Anne at Jerusalem, and the consular residence at Alexandria. The credits demanded by the Minister of the Interior are to be applied prin cipally to increase the allowances to foreign refugees, to the cost of the electric telegraph cable between France and Algeria ; and lastly, to augment the chapter for aid to charitable instructions. The only two credits by which the ordinary expenses of the Ministry of the Interior are increased are applic able to the section of the public debt and the works for the improvement of the forests. Among the credits for extraordinary expenses is that relative to the rebuilding of the Post-office. After an attentive examination of the question, the committee has come to the definitive conclusion that the only combina tion to be adopted was that proposed by the Govern ment—to erect a new building in the square formed by the Rues de Rivoli, St. Honore, Mondevi, and Luxembourg. The expenses of the Ministry of War, for which credits are demanded, have been partly occasioned by the insurrection which has broken out in Algeria. The payment of the above mentioned credits will be met by means of receipts arising from different surpluses, by reimbursements made by the Mexican Government, and by sums due from railway companies." BOURSE, May 19.—Notwithstanding that little business has hitherto been done in various markets, a better tone has been manifested in the nature of the transactions, and some disposition shown of an early recovery from the depression which has pre vailed for the past two or three days. At this hour Thiee per Cents. are quoted at 67f. 50c. ; Mobi liers, 768 f. 25c. ; and Italian Loan (5 per Cents.), 65f. 80c. The Railway Share Market is firm, and the previous rates are well maintained. The mar ket closed as follows : 4i- per Cents 95 50 Do. end month — Italian Loan 65 75 Do. end month 65 75 Ditto Threes — New Mexican . Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes 43f Home Debt — Deferred rAYS. 3 Per Cents. 67 45 Do. end month 67 45 Credit Mobilier Do. end month ...... 762 50 Bank Shares 3675 Credit Foncier — Roman Cash. Acct. Orleans' B3l 25 832 50 Northern IQ67 50 ... 1065 Lyons and Mediterranean 897 50 ... 895 Southern 6OO ... 597 50 Western 530 50 ... 527 50 Eastern Sardinian 306 25 Austrian Lombard 521 25 ... 517 50 North of Spain '252 50 253 75 Saragossa 345 ... 347 50 Ditto to Barcelona — Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Inverness will entertain the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary of Cambridge at dinner on Friday next, at Kensing ton Palace. We understand that the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne intends to give a ball at Albert-gate House, on the Ist of June. The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have left St. George's Hotel. The Countess of Zetland was in such a precarious state last night that all hope of her recovery was aban doned. The Earl and Countess of Abergavenny and Lady Caroline Nevill and Lady Augusta Mostyn have arrived in Portland-place for the season. The Countess T. Gattesehi has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Italy. TIIE OPERA IN OLD TIMES. —Among recent necrology is to be inscribed the death of M. Arthur Seguin, one of the most celebrated managers in dramatic literature. In his way the deceased was quite a character, and lived through an eventful history. He was the first to introduce French plays into England, under the then exist ing restrictions, a part he performed conjointly with MM Cloup and Pellisier ; and he was afterwards associated with Laporte during all his trials at her Majesty's Theatre, for a period extending over fifty years. For fifteen years ho acted as " diplomatic adviser" of Mr. Mitchell, while French plays were the fashion at the St. James's Theatre and many a wound of pride and many an outbreak had he to heal between artiste and manager. He was the father of the late vocalists, Edward and William Seguin, the grandfather of Madame Parepa ; he had seen the outbreak of the great French Devolution, 1798, and he died at the ripo age of eighty-four, at the residence of his son-in-law Mr. Howell, the renowned double bass player. " Requies cat in pace." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER, A public meeting of the parishioners of St. Paul, Covent garden, and other electors of Westminster, was held last evening in St. Martin's Hall, to take into consideration the best means of securing the return of Mr. Mill at the forth coming election. There was a crowded attendance, in cluding the following :—Mr. Neate, M.P., Col. Clive, M.P., Professor Fawcett, Professor Cairns, Professor Beasly, mid Mr. Sergeant Parry. Mr. H. T. Ems presided, and said the present meeting was the first of a series which were intended to be held throughout the city,with the view of giving the inhabitants a knowledge of the pretensions of Mr Mill and his qualifica tions for the representation of so influential a constituency. He said it was unnecessary for him to enter into any ex planation of the political views entertained by the gentle man whom they sought for a representative. He was well and favourably known as a writer and politician, and the electors had no grounds for looking on him as one whose speeches on the hustings would be falsified in the senate. Letters having been read from Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., and Mr. Hughes (author of " Tom Brown's School Day s "), _ _ _ Mr. T. S. BEGGS moved the first resolution as follows : " That it is due to the position and reputation of the city and liberties of Westminster that it should be represented by men who have manifested a publicly recognised capacity to instruct and guide opinion on political questions ; and that Mr. John Stuart Mill, who, as a thinker and writer on political and economical questions, has acquired a high re putation, not only in this country but throughout the world, is pre-eminently qualified to serve in the House of Commons as a representative of this borough." Mr. J. STOW seconded the resolution. Mr. NEin, M.P., supported the resolution, and urged upon the electors the necessity of selecting men who would take a stop towards effecting an improvement in the con dition of the working man. Mr. W. S. HASTINGS also supported the resolution, which was carried. Mr. Dunuam, M.D., proposed the next resolution— " That the adoption of Mr. Mill as a candidate by the liberal committee be confirmed by this meeting." Mr. HORTON seconded the resolution, which was sup ported by Mr. Sergeant Parry and unanimously agreed to. Mr. CHRISTIE (late British Consul at Brazil) moved the third resolution—" That the practice of employing hired agents and canvassers in elections of members of Parlia ment is calculated to lower the character of the representa tion, and to give the mere money power advantage over the highest moral and intellectual qualifications, and that the determination to rely only upon the unpaid and voluntary efforts of the constituents renders him still more worthy"of the suffrages of the electors of this borough." He said Eng lish civilisation was involved in the contest at issue, and expressed a hope that they would not neglect the oppor tunity presented to them of selecting a man who was honoured and respected throughout Europe and America. Professor FAWCETT, in seconding the resolution, adverted to Mr. Mill's article on the American question;and expressed a regret that the warning given by him had not proceeded from him in the capacity of a member of the British senate. He said it was erroneously believed at the commencement of the struggle that the South were resisting an attack on their independence, when Mr. Stuart Mill, with the sagacity and wisdom which marked his career as a political thinker, hastened to elucidate the complications of the question, and urged upon the people of England the advisability of refrain ing from offering sympathy to a people who were impelled by no other desire than that horrible, base one of depriving man of one of the greatest of man's blessings—liberty. (Applause.) If they wished to have such a representative as Mr. Mill, they should set money and its influence aside, and return free of expense one who would not o n ly re fl ec t credit on his own constituency, but on the whole of Eng land. (Applause.) The resolution was agreed to, and a vote of thanks hav ing been passed to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday a meeting of the leading and influential mein bers of the liberal party usually taking a prominent position on occasions of political elections in the borough of Mary lebone took place, in accordance with a circular bearing the signatures of gentlemen resident in Marylebone, St. Pancrasapd Paddington, at the Apollo Tavern, Tottenham court-road, for the purpose of considering the present state of the representation of the borough in Parliament. Mr. J. R. Collins, of Haverstock-hill, was called to the chair, and amongst those present were Dr. Bachhoffner, Messrs. Peter Graham, J. A. Nicholay, Douglas, Captain Dickenson, Poland, Freeth, Furniss, Stockton, Tavener, Charles Carr, J. E. Lawford, Hallam, Filmer, Brooks, Borsley, Winter, Crane, Hart, Kelly, Watson, &c. The chairman said there was a general feeling that the representation of the borough of Marylebone was in a very unsatisfactory position. It was rumoured very strongly that Lord Fermoy did not in tend to offer himself for re-election. But even if his lord ship did come forward, a very hostile feeling had arisen towards him ihroughout St. Pancras, and it was desirable to know what the feeling was in Marylebone and Pad dington. The great dissatisfaction with Lord Fermoy was rather for sins of omission than commission—his general neglect of his parliamentary duties, of the local interests of the borough in particular, and his negligence in answering any correspondence of the local boards upon matters of vital interest to the wellbeing of the constituency. (Hear, hear.) That meeting had not been called in favour of any individual, but on the eve of a general election it was felt that the electors ought not to be left in a state of uncer tainty as to whether or not their senior member intended to offer himself for re-election. Mr. Peter Graham said it was perfectly true that he had written, some weeks back, to Lord Fermoy, asking his lordship to state his intentions, but he had received no reply to that communication. On the 12th instant he again wrote to his lordship, :telling him the rumours abroad as to his retirement, and he had now received the following letter :—" May 16th, 1865.—Dear Graham,—Your letter of the 12th has followed me here. I cannot imagine on what ground the reports of my retirement are founded. I believe them to be simply a device of parties interested in getting up a contest. Pray contradict them should you hear them stated in your presence. Should the time ever arrive when I shall think of surrendering my trust I shall give an early intimation of it.—Yours, &c.,—FERMOY." Mr. Graham , said he had however written to his lordship, giving him a ' few hints as to the grounds of dissatisfaction, and he felt bound to say that Lord Fermoy had never by his votes violated any one of those great principles of civil and religious liberty upon which ho had been elected. If it was felt that he had not taken upon himself the fair share of the labour of the representation, it would be for the constituency to urge that he should do so for the future. Dr. Bachhoffner said he believed all classes of re formers in the borough were so satisfied with the zeal with which Mr. Lewis not only voted on great national ques tions but with regard to their local interests, that there would not be a single dissentient to the resolution he would now propose, namely, " That this meeting hereby resolve unanimously to give its cordial and hearty support to Mr. Harvey Lewis at the forthcoming election." Mr. Churchwarden Lawford seconded this motion. Mr. Stockton, as one of Mr. Lewis's opponents when he came forward for that borough, bore ample testimony that that gentleman was one of the most valuable representatives in Parliament. Captain Dickenson said a similar feeling in favour of Mr. Harvey Lewis prevailed in Paddington, and Mr. Hallam, Mr. Nicholay, and other gentlemen having also lauded Mr. Harvey Lewis as their member, the reso lution was put :ind carried nem. con. Capt. Dickenson said that with regard to Lord Fermoy, on the whole he consi dered his lordship had served the borough tolerably well. It might be that lately there had been some falling off in his attention, but taking him for all in all they might have a far worse man as their representative. That being the case he moved " that the meeting unanimously resolve to give its support to Lord Fermoy at the next election." Mr. Crane seconded the resolution. Mr. Freeth moved as an amendment, "That a deputation from the meeting wait upon Lord Fermoy to ascertain his lordship's views with regard to the future representation of the borough." Mr. Stockton seconded the amendment. Such a resolution as that proposed by Captain Dickenson would be a most dangerous one, more especially in St. Pancras, where they were not so much satisfied with his lordship as to pledge themselves again to support him, and allow him still further to misrepresent their interests. He (Mr. Stockton) ad mitted that with regard to the principle of Lord Fermoy's votes there was no fault to be found, but the dissatisfaction was that he was not in Parliament so often to vote as ho should be. Captain Dickenson was not aware of the par ticular local matters Lord Fermoy had neglected. Mr. Furness said this could be easily pointed out. There was that scandalous monopoly the Imperial Gas Bill, the various railway bills affecting them, &c., which he had left entirely to Mr. Harvey Lewis. But anything like benefit to the ratepayers was overwhelmed by the company influence in the House of Commons. After some discussion, Captain Dickenson, with the consent of his seconder and the meet ing, withdrew the original motion, and on Mr. Freeth's amendment becoming the substantive proposition, Mr. Watson moved and Mr. Winter seconded an amendment to to the effect that a letter be written to Lord Fermoy expres sive of the opinion of the meeting as to his past conduct, and the probability of his lordship's future attention to the local interests of the constituency." Dr. Bachhoffner, Mr. Peter Graham, and others expressed their conviction that it was an undignified course either to wait on Lord Fermoy by a deputation, or to send him a letter. There was no doubt his lordship would hear of these proceedings, and he might then be induced to arouse himself and afford his constituents some information. With that object both the motion and amendment were ultimately withdrawn, and the meeting adjourned for a week. APOTHECARIES'-HALL.--The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, May 18 :—John Hogan Quin, North-street, Leeds ; John Lowe Price, Cheltenham ; John King, Stratton, Cornwall ; John Oakley, Shrewsbury ; William Linely Shepard, Gray's-inn-road; Thomas Joseph Fawcitt, New castle-on-Tyne. Tho following gentleman also on the same day passed his first examination :—John Creraonini, General hospital, Birmingham. •-s as, 's l ilt ‘Ollll HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, May 19. The Queen, with their Royal _Highnesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, went out Walki n g yesterday afternoon, and drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highnes s Princess Helena. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise arrived at the Castle twenty-fiv e minutes before six o'clock last evening, from Buck ingham Palace, attended by Lady Caroline 1381.- rington, the Hon. Emma Lascelles, and the Hon• Mortimer West. The Prince of Wales visited the Queen to-daY, and remained to luncheon. His royal highness returned to London in the afternoon, attended by Major Teesdale. Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice' and Prince Leopold, left th e C as tl e thi s e vening at a quarter before seven o'clock for Balmoral. The suite in attendance consisted of the Dowage r Duchess of Athole, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Os ° Bowater, Lieutenant-General Hon. C. Grey, Co l. H. Ponsonby, Mr. Buff, and Mr. Sahl. The Duke of Argyll also was in attendance. Mr. Noble had the honour of submitting to her Majesty his model for the statue of her Majesty about to be erected in the Victoria Gardens, Bom bay, by his Highness Maharajah Khunderao Guic° - mar, Knight of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. • Her Majesty will reside at Balmoral until the 11th or 12th of next month, and then return to Windsor/ after which a trip will be made to Osborne. 1115 Royal Highness Prince Arthur will, it is expected: proceed to Scotland on Monday, and join the royal circle at Balmoral. Departure of Her Majesty for Scotland. 1 Yesterday evening, her Majesty, with their Roya l Highnesses Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatric e ; and Prince Leopold, attend e d by th e Duchess Athole, the Hon. Mrs. R. Bruce, Miss Bowater: Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel Ponsonby, and Messrs. Buff, Sahl, Brown, s 4c ,:' left Windsor Castle sho r tly b e f ore seven o'cloext en route for Balmoral. The Great Western Terminus was prepared f °r the reception of the illustrious travellers, under the superintendence of Mr. Matthews, the station-raaat er * Among those present upon the platform to receiv e the Queen were Mr. J. Grierson, the gener w manager; Mr. Tyrrell, the superintendent of the line ; and Messrs. Bizant, Fraser, and Matthews/ of the Great Western Railway ; Mr. W. Cawkwe lL the general manager ; Mr. G. P. Neale and g r. Bore, of the London andNorth-Western line. Her Majesty and the various members of tev royal family seemed in excellent health, and T e l pleasantly returned the loyal salutes of the by, standers, who clustered round the waiting- O°W. The Queen, on leaving her carriage, at once P rrr e ceeded to the royal train, which was drawn up el °S to the arrival platform. an The special was provided by the London 3 North Western Railway Company, and consisted of an engine and 14 carriages, including the Bf°11; saloon, four double saloo ns , one s i ng le sa loon, first-class carriages, t wo vans , an d t wo carriaga trucks for the Queen's fourgons. H er Majesty al l the Princess Helena travelled in the royal saloon' In front of the Queen's saloon was a double one, occupied by Princess Louise and governess, single saloon next to it being appropriated to • the use of the Princess Beatrice, her governess, al lci maid. The train left Windsor at 6.55, and travelled over the usual route. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tea" dale, went to Windsor Castle yesterday morning t ° visit her Majesty. His Royal Highness afterwards went to the Agri cultural Hall, at Islingt9n, and opened the Interns' tional Reformatory Exhibition. Lord Alfred Herirel ' Lieut.-General Knollys, and Major Teesdale were in attendance. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback in the afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales took a e ar : • riage drive, attended by Mrs. E. Coke. nil Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Hera and Princess Marguerite of Orleans, with the Ce ti , - b d'Eu and the Countess (Princess Imperial of Brat visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at ga r borough House. • 0 0 The Prince and Princess of W a l e s had a dinner party in the evening. The company included ' l O Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the E ar ci of St. Germans, Earl and Countess de Grel 1' Ripon, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, the g ° Mrs. E. Coke, the Right Hon. Edward and 1 ‘ 11 : Cardwell, Sir Edmund and Lady Head, the W ei George Brown (President of the Executive C . ~.°1 111„ r of Canada), the Hon. A. T. G a lt (Fi na nce of Canada), the Hon. J. A. Macdonald (Attornerle; General of Canada West), the Hon. G. V• (Attorney-General of Lower Canada), Dr. Ani s Mr. Engleheart, and the E querr y i n W a iting ti ° Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The Road Murder. (From the Law Times of to-day.) An unseemly controversy is raging in the -- papers upon the guilt or innocence of Cone /a ll Kent. Some persons, having more sensibility t o sense, regret her confession, because of the Ine cli s k, through which it was conveyed. These verr ire l g minded enthusiasts, forget that the confessi on avowedly the act of guilty conscience, thi n e, thereby to make the best reparation for a e ri ti Opinions may reasonably diff er w h e ther confes s/- of of guilt is to any extent whatever a condonatioethe it, and if there be any duty incumbent upon off e r sinner to say, " I have broken the l a w, and () ; 0 0 myself for the punishment the law imposes lir t ho the offence." But it is impossible to doubtaise, truth of a confession made under such an iu'P h t it even though the impulse be an error. Say that ber was a mistaken sense of her duty that indu ce ' 0 3 to confess, it was still a desire to conciliate off ejl Heaven. Yet do the doubters argue that t ° Po ies o Heaven she tells a lie, and accuses herself f, ,. that she may find favour with an offended ..iOO. If she is not guilty, it is an insane de l ' o ct But, unhappily, there is nothing in , her c°ll coo l indicating insanity. On the contrary, she . - is as and collected to an astounding degree. Sh e , o re any person of strong mind would act, wh o P; o a solved upon a course of duty, real or suppo sed, goes through it regardless of consequences . gr. If she committed the crime, as she as serts , 00 , Kent must have known that she was the ga il y, tha t and this knowledge will sufficiently explain a d o po was equivocal in his conduct. If the deed Nv e° t f a ct with his razor, he could probably make ti t r oish clear ; but what father could be expected t 0 '• ell for evidence far the hanging of one of his chi ltl . l. ., the murder of another ? Nay, what father 1 0 " 00 of a terrible position would not conceal the P r terr ible guilt and shield even his guilty child from s ° ve d is a fate ? The family, at least, must have be lie ve s ect the guilt of Constance, or they would no t bathe in, her to a reformatory. A father conscious e f . f cric l nocence of a child would have shown te the his belief in it by keeping her with him, ins banishing her from his household. , on to Why has not Inspector Foley been callecie j dec co account for the destruction of that pie ce which would certainly have detected the er' P t a the bloody shift? Was it ever heard t—a had 811 r man making search for proofs of a mur der up on t ile pressed and destroyed a garment found nes coul premises stained with blood? The j aw ea t s e v e - mented upon this astounding fact with 6l,sed rity at the time of its occurrence, but it 1 33 '. s trs tes• ra n g i „, e r fe f rebuked and almost unnoticed by the to an B " Why is Foley not forthcoming 1 1 °W his unpardonable misconduct? THHJ bur, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1865.