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0 USES.—Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN 'uburban, ald Country RioSIDENCES to LET or SELL. rartiCtlla3 Upan opplicatlon forwarded tor two stamps, upon stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2. Conduit- Regent...treet, and South Kensington, facing the street. Museum. (WTI{ KENSO GTON, HYDE-PARK, SQueen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, Princes and Beaufort daardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-road, Onslow and Thurloe squares, Boltnns, &c. Messrs TOPLIS and _ROBERTS have LE -;IDENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Of fi ces, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, lacing the Museum. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and ManEger, Mr. Buckstone. Ting EVENING, A ROMANTIC ArrAcmIENT: )I r . Compton, Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Ada Cavendish. Atter, whch. THE FA VOU KITE OR. rONE : Messrs. So: herr, Buckit one, Chippendale, Rogers , esd arneB Chippendale, tiaville, Moore, Fitzwilliam, lab, Lindley, &C. Concluding with A DAUniIITEI: CO MAURY : Mr. W. Barren and Mias LtehnCom Iluwari. Commence at Seven. OYAL LYCEU M T EIEATRE.- PUnder the sole Management et Mr. Fechter. The Last Five Night's ap ave pearance maned f Mr. Fechter as Edgar Itnsvvoo THIS EVIVSING, SIMI'SON AND CO. Masan. S. Emery, C. ovsma n ; Alesdames Elaworthy, Henrade, Hors man, and B. Boyce. Alte r -which. THE MASTER OF RATINSWOOD. Yeehter ; lessrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin J.ll. Fitzpatriez, D. Evans ; Mesdames Ternan, Esworthy , J..avenu, and C. Leclercq. Box Office open daily from Elcven till Five. N'ENV THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, Philips; Mesdames Kate Kelly, eaman, and Godsall. After which, first time, a new Op era Pouffe, entitled CRYING JENNY AND LAUGH ING JOHNNY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Eburne, Vi.fs Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon. ude with THE WRECK ASHO RE : Mess rs J. L To concl . Toole. P. Bedford. Stuart, Billingtcr , , Atchl ey ; Miss Woolg,ar and Kiss IL Simms ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. GPO. Vining. THIS EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. After whkh, at a quarter to Eight, TUE REETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining. T. - Mead, V. Murray, Shore, Villiers ; Mrs. H. Marson, Miss E. Barnett, and Miss K. Rodgers. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. JOU Sole Lessee and 31anagerces, Alrs.Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, PERFE TION. After which will be produced a grand Easter Burlesque, PARIS ; or, Vive Lesapiere : Messrs. Stoyle, horne, Jame- : Alesdames A. Swanborough, Eaynham , Simpson, Johnstone, lt a noe, and Lion. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Mr. Belford. g SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. THIS EVENING, F. C. Burnand's pathetic drama, THE DEAL BOATMAN. Mr. Be:more and Miss F. Gwynne. 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THIS DAY.—lierning, 2h. l'hn.—Afternoon, 2h. 55m7 1%)-Afounow.-Morning, 3h. 16m.—Afternoon, 3h. 38m, c t i r - UAL LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1866 Affairs continue to be very serious respecting the German Powers, and it seems more than ever pro- bable, according to the last accounts, that war will be the end of all this altercation. From Vienna we learn that all the intelligence that is received is warlike, and despatches hare been received at the Court from Berlin. Several generals are expected in Prague, and preparations are being made for the formation of volunteer corps in many places. Prussia is likely to be treated with great disregard, notwithstanding all her protestations concerning nationality ; and it is stated that Austria, Bavaria, and Saxony have settled to carry out a Reform of the Federal Constitution, irrespective of the scheme proposed by Prussia. That designing Power is hard at work striving to effect the realisation of some of her cherished schemes, and, in accord. ante with the policy she is now carrying out, seve ral Governments of Northern Germany have been sounded in order to ascertain whether they would agree to a separate military convention. The absurdity of some of the statements made is nearly incredible, and shows to what an extent the pro pounders of Berlin policy can go in the prosecu- tion of their schemes. The semi-official Nord Deutsche Zeitung contradicts the statement that has been made respecting the convocation of the Ger man Parliament for the first of September being proposed by Prussia it also declares that the schemes now set forward at Berlin are not merely diplomatic movements, but that they are the result and u n d er th e proposals a "irresistible necessity," to be carried out " the ruin of Germany is inevitable, as the question of the Duchies has shown." The ruin of Germany is far more likely to be effectual if the plans of Prussia are agreed to than if they are carried out ; and at any rate it is very idle to talk and write after this fashion. Among the many con tradictions that appear we find that some German papers decry the authenticity of the rumour that an understanding had been come to between Prussia and R"aria, and that concerning t he p ro p osals for a re form of the - Federal Constitution. It is declared that the Bavari an Government is quite ignorant of the nature of su c h proposals, but will be quite willing to consider th em When it has received an intimation of their meaning. It i s rep G over nment is s ee ki ng to orted that the Bavaria n prevent the present posi tion of Austria and p rusala from ser ious, but, with the be s t intent' becoming more intentions, to effect much in this direction. s, it is not likely Matters have a ssumed so dangerous an aspect, and con flicting interests are involved, that the manoeuvres many of any one State will be of no avail to prevent th e catastrophe that is most likely impendin g . No thing could possibly be instrumental in changing t hi n gs for the bett er but the abatement of th; de mands of Prussia, and of that there seems little or no chance. Indeed we may safely predicate th a t there will be war unless Count BISMARK resigns. A rumour to that effect was circulated at Ham burgh on Saturday, and it had a favourable influ ence on the Bourse, which is not to be wondered at, but unfortunately little credence is given to the re. port by well-informed persons. That mischievous statesman has done more than any other man living to injure the prospects of Prussia, and indeed to militate against the interests of o Germany collectively ; and he has m uch t answer for. His aim has been to mono ipolieall power to the Berlin Government, and to sequestrate, as much as possible, the rights and privileges of the Prussian people. In this matter of the Duchies he ha s at l as t overreached himself, for Austria has had her eye upon that much-coveted prize for some time past, and will not willingly re linquish her expectation, or forfeit her claims, be they just or unjust. No item of intelligence is more extraordinary con cerning this German affair than the Treaty be tween 'Prussia, and Italy. If the Italians hold to this they will forfeit the respect and sympathy they have so largely gained, and show that they are animated by inimical feelings towards Austria, or not inspired by real love of liberty, or a desire that justice should be done. Of course such a compact is just what we might have expectedfrom Prussia, but from Italy we had hoped to expect better things. If Austria be well advised at this critical juncture she will carry out the scheme before suggested, and sell Venetia. Such a plan would be a substantial g a i n to her in her financial difficulties that environ her, and also remove one of the handles which Prussia may use again st her. more liberal policy carried out in Hungary would likewise be most advantageous at this time, and sure to rally round the EMPEROR some peaceful allies. It is much to be regretted that the tactics of the Vienna Cabinet should have been so imper fect of late years, because the timid policy abroad and arbitrary domestic course pursued have wrought great evils As for the silence of the German Parliament. that may be regarded as a " dodge" on the part o Count BISMARCK to divert attention from his war like preparations, and is likely to be carried out, at any rate just at present. The impo rtant q uestion of the settlement of the Duchies of Schleswig Hol stein is sure to take precedence of all others, and whatever may b 9 said to the contrary that is the - point to which all atten tion is directed. It is not surprising, however, that the subject having been mooted it should have been taken up in various directions, and that re marks are constantly being made upon the disturb ances that have arisen between Austria and Prussia. Baron de BEUST has sent a despatch to the Saxon Minister at:Berlin relative to the Prussian Circular of the 24th ult., and the disputes that have arisen between Austria and Prussia. Not much is said in it of a definite nature, but it seems that very little sympathy is felt for Prussia. The Baron, however, goes so far as to declare that, in case Prussia should be attacked by Austria, and thinks fit to apply to the Diet, the " Saxon Go vernment will vote in conformity with the Federal laws in favour of the Prussian demand; and will act in consequence in order to oppose the aggressor." It is not likely that this promise will be put to the proof, because Austria does not seem likely to be the first to commence hostilities. No very great reliance can be placed upon Barn De BEUST in consequence of his conduct during theDano-German war ; but, as he is a man of influence, it is so far satisfactory that he should be unwilling to accede to the demands of Prussia. Count BISMARK, some time since, gave great offence to Saxony, and it is not likely that, in his present perplexity, he will find that kingdom very instru mental to aid him and further his policy. A very proper retort is made in this despatch of Baron de BEUST'S concerning the manner in which the lesser States of Germany were treated by the overbearing Government of Berlin, when he de clues that as to the differences arising between Austria and Prussia respecting the Gastein Con vention, " as neither the Diet nor the Confederate Governments individually, with the exception of the two high contending parties, took part in the arrangement, he would willingly pass over that subject." No doubt, by this time, both of the 44 high contending" parties regret their exclusive , ness, and have cause to envy their selfish policy. We are very glad to find that the cause of the sick poor is likely at last to receive some of the attention it deserves. The difficulties attending the care of our sick paupers are undoubtedly very great. On the one hand, there are the fear of encouraging pauperism and the dislike at paying heavy rates ; on the other, the natural humanity which desires to relieve suffering and the sense of duty which makes us responsible for the proper and efficient treatment of so helpless ,a class of sufferers. There are two points, however, which are quite certain ; and these are, Ist, that no one _would or could feign serious illness for the pleasure of getting into a workhouse sick ward ; and 2d, that the management of those wards is altogether faulty and inefficient. The terri- ble revelations made in the case of TIMOTHY DALY and RICHARD GIBSON created so strong and generd a feeling of indignation thas it was hardly likely the matter would be allowed to drop. For several years the Workhouse Visiting Society have been endeavouring to call public attention to the fact that by far the larger portion of the inmates of our metropolitan unions are sick, aged, and infirm, and that a very small proportion are really able-bodied. When we deduct the epileptic, the blind, the para. lysed, the deaf and dumb, the actually sick, the bed ridden, and merely infirm who are self incapable of any prolonged or severe exertion, we shall find that the numbers of those who throw thremselve unnecessarily upon public charity is reduced within a very small limit. The reckless, improvident, and worthies classes are for the most part represented by the casual paupers, and the fact has long been familiar to all acquainted with the interior of our workhouses. The testimony of the masters and medical officers of all the Unions is unanimous on this point, while the simple fact that, of all the deaths in the metropolis, one in every twelve takes place in a workhouse, speaks strongly to the same effect. On this subject Dr. ANSTIE, Fellow of the College of Physicians, writes as follows* :—" What may be called the regular London voluntary hos pitals contain about 4,000 beds, the majority of which are filled by patients suffering from severe disease. But in the 39 London Workhouses, out of a total population fluctuating between 28,000 and 32,000, we find that there are some 6,000 acute cases, 1,400 lunatics, and a number, variously esti mated at from 12,000 to 15,000, of patients, w h o regularly require occasional medical attendance, sufferers from chronic disease in fact." Dr. ArisTa does not fail to remind us that the pauper sick are precisely those to whom we most owe care and kindness. Th e p au p er himself has often paid poor rates for many years until some great misfor tune or the visitation of severe illness breaks them down. In the case of women, more especially, whose hours of labour are always long and ex hausting, and always wretchedly p aid when they pass middle life, if they have only themselves to look to the chances are ten to one against them. Younger and stronger rivals push them from the field, and the ise dthe needlewoman, the servant, the shop woman,fpooroce h r d, w w idow, and even sometimes the governess, eh e pressure,t. he a lth a to od creeps trengtht iinto ot h give way under long- cont i nued e sick ward of a workhouse, to be dependent on the care of an ignorant rough, and, perhaps, drunken pauper, and to trust her chance of cure from t a o , an occasional visit of a minute or two * "Workhouse Infirmary Reform." ty F. E. Anstie ,D, dlcumillan'a ,Idagazinc for April, 13.6. TBE SON, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1866. a. wb.o has to inspect three or four hundred HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. Titiens in "Der Freischutz." On Saturday night Mademoiselle Titiens returned to the scene of all her former triumphs, here in England, we are almost tempted to sav, in finer voice than ever, certainly in the very fullness of her superb powers as prima donna. The double attraction of Madlle. Titiens' returning to the stage for the first night this season on Saturday, and of her thus returning amongst us, moreover, in no less attractive a character than that of the heroine in Weber's always-attractive opera, Der Freischatz, otherwise in its Italianised form, II Franco Arciero— filled the magnificent area of ller Majesty's—boxes, stalls, pit, slips, gallery, to overflowing. And, be yond all doubt of it, with one or two comparatively trifling drawbacks, the audience were, from the opening to the close of the performance, rewarded for their attendance. As a whole, the opera, as a work of art, has seldom been witnessed to greater a_dvantage. One serious deficiency there was, how ever, which, once or twice during the night became rather disappointingly apparent, namely the hoarseness constraining the young tenor Signor Stagno, to skip the subtler beauties of the music set down for Rodolpho—nevertheless, passages fami liar, and many of them exquisite passages, that we were eagerly prepared rather to have thus missed than to run the hazard of having murdered., Signor Mongini, by the way, was origi nally announced in the prospectus, as the Rodolpho this season, yet again, as last year, the part has been awarded to Signor Stagno—the Man.: rico on the opening night, of 1866 at her Majesty's in Verdi's Trovatore. But for his unlucky huski ness on Saturday, we should have had no reason whatever of any kind for regret in regard to the entire of that evening's performance of Der Freischiits, The cast, in point of fact, was, with one single exception (which was, as it happened, a very noticeable ireproveiiient), identically the same as the cast of last year. The solitary change of parts referred to, being the selection of Signor Gassier for the impersonation of Kilian during the absence of Signor Mongini. A substitution that in the opening scenes proved to be most satisfactory—more particularly in the merry consequential solo of the peasant marksman, Guarda a me qual vincitore? with the - choral taunt Eh, eh, eh, eh ! to the vanquished huntsman of the chief Ranger. As for the three - other principal characters in Der Freischiitz—as that weird and haunting masterpiece of poor Carl Maria Von Weber is now put upon the stage at Her Majesty's— nothing; absolutely nothing, assuredly could be re garded as in any way wanting to ensure the fullest justice being done to all the labyrinthine intricacies of " linked sweetness," constituting the glory of the score of Der Frieschiitz. A more triumphant_suc cess than that achieved by Madlle Titiuns as the Ranger Kuno's Daughter Agatha, who could wish to see or hearken to? Above all, in the grand scena of act two inaugurated by the tender reci tative Come una volta un sonno, followed by her dulciphulous warbling (with clasped hands at the balcony) Piano, pianO, canto pio, followed— after her eager delivery of the Tutto in mote a it sangue mia—crowned, perfected we should say far rather, by her impassioned interview with Rodolpho, whom she vainly strives to dissuade from carrying out his design of fulfilling his promise to meet Caspar by moonlight in the Wolf's Glen, there to participate with him in the devillish incantations. Most beautiful of all, however, was Mdlle. Titiens' rendering of Agatha's lovely romance in E flat at the very commencement of the final act of this lyric drama of Der Freischiitz " E se la nube anco it nas conde"—the last cadence of which was rewarded by a shower of bouquets (and one overlooked garland) —as the grand scena in its turn, earlier in the even ng had been followed at its close by a storm , of bouquets so plentifully scattered u p on the stage at the feet of the songstress that one might have fancied for the momentthat the season was not that of Easter hut that of Midsummer. As the cast of " Der Freischiitz" at her Majesty's is thus manil festly strong in the Agatha of Titiens, it is, we may go so 'far as to add, just perfected by the Annetta of Madlle. Sinico, and by the Caspar of Mr. Santley. The vivacity, the esprit, the espiglerie, the charming grace and pretty _sprightliness of Madlle. Sinico's Annetta leave nothing to be wished—either in the second act, in the " Vien un giovin di bol taglie, Con i ricci biondi oneri ?" or in the last act when she sings her dream-song— " Nonna mia sognb una, sera Cho l'uscio apiivasi da se." A piece of vocalisation so charming that it was only not redem waded at the close of prolonged applause out of consideration for the late ness of the hour. As for Mr. Santley's Caspar, it was pronounced by all who heard it last season as beyond all doubt the very finest Caspar anywhere discoverable—an estimate confirmed in that densely crowded house on Saturday—by acclamation ! Never has this accomplished singer poured forth the magnificent resources at once of his art and of his organ, of his noble voice and of his skill in manag ing it—never has he accomplished this with more verve, passion, enthusiasm, than he did on Saturday —now, more especially, in the drinking song, the irresistible drinking-dancing song— " Quaggiu in questa val di peno Non sariavi un solo bone Sonza Bacco it suo liquor :" now, in the impassioned aria at the close of that very same scene and act, " Taci taci, onde niuno t'avveta ! " ending with the clarion like cry of exultation " Oh! trios fo vendetta otterro si !" soaring above the harmonious tumult of the accompaniment. As the phrase is, it brought the house down, as the act drop descended. Every thing that could be accomplished by the most lavish regard being paid at every turn to all' the various stage appliances in putting this wonderful opera of Weber's once more upon the boards at her Majesty's has been done, as everyone will remember, who witnessed it dur ing the summer of last season. Insomuch is this the case, that the old-fashioned stage directions still retained in the libretto in act the third, the whole scene of which is that goblin, ghastly, ghostly, grimly scene of the speetral illusions wit nessed, nay, for that matter, invoked by Caspar and Rudolpho in the Wolf's Glen at midnight, by moonlight, and, at the close, alternately in utter darkness and blood-red flashes of as lurid light as if from hell—reads now-a-days very much indeed like an anachronism ! Added to the birds of night, the demons, the phantom horsemen, and the ghostly apparitions, then come swarming upon the stage gigantic serpents, skeleton's, and devils, green-limbed, and scarlet-eyed, and in every con ceivable respect detestable to look upon, abhor rent to the very imagination when remembered—such as Weber in his wildest musings over the score of this his last and greatest opera, never by any chance we may be certain could have ever dreamt of ! The Overture—before the rising of the cur tain could be tolerated by the audience—was encored with a burst of enthusiasm. Not so— rather to our surprise—the famous hunting chorus, in the fourth scene of the fourth act, where Prince Ottocar for the first time makes his appearance. Both Chorus and Orchestra, under the skilled conduct of Signor Arditi's baton of magic, it should be said, a cquitting themselves throughout the ni g ht to ad admiration. Among the noble and distinguished persons, honouring Her Majesty's Theatre with their pre sence during the past week were the following : Their Grace's the Duke and D uchess of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle, and Lady Susan Vane, the Duchess of Cleveland, his Excel lency the French Ambassador, tulle Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Baron de Bande, the Marchioness of Downshire, the Earl and Countess Dudley, Maria Countess of Har rington,the Baroness Ferdinand De Rothschild , the M ar quis of Sligo, the'Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess Mountcharles, the Earl of Caithness, the Earl and Countess De Grey, the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl and Countess Cowper, the Earl of Clonmel, the Earl Bective, the Viscount and Viscountess Exmouth, the Viscount Parker, the Viscount and Viscountess Amberley, the YifiCOULltess Dilloll, the Yißount Newport, the Hon. George Barrington, the Coun tess of Sefton, and the Ladies of Sefton, the Hon. Spencer Ponsonby and Mrs. Ponsonby, the Honourable Otway Toler, Lady Willoughby de Broke, Lord Arthur Hill, Lady Charlotte Schruber, Lady Townsend, Lady Johnson, Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, Bart., and Lady Guest, Lady Gore Langton, General Sir George Bowles, K. C.B . , the Hon. Mrs. Gore Langton, Lady Smith, Mr. Alderman - Salomons, the Baroness Hambro, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., Lady Howard and party, Lady Annesley, Lady Hervey, Lady Sarah Lindsay, Lord Hillsborough, Sir Frederick Rowe, Mrs. Holford, Colonel Marshall, Mr. Montague Guest, Mr. Forbes Campbell, Lady Stracey, Mr. T. Urelli, Mr. L. Brooke, Mr. C. Caiendish, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Waring, Mr. Baring, Mr. F. Cooper, the Hon. Mr. Dudley Ward, Mr. A. Montgomery, Captain Brereton Trelawney, Mr. B. Trelawney, Mr. and Mrs. Currie, Captain Bligh, Colonel Fraser, Captain Keith Fraser, Mrs. Ricardo, Mrs. Gardner, the Viscount Exmouth, the Hon. T. Calthorpe, Mr. Petrie, Colonel Tyrrwhitt, Major Lyon, Mr. Watte, &c., &c. dodo: patients three or four hours and afterwards make up their medicines as best he can. Unfortunately there is no room for believing such statements to be eve n exaggerated. The testimony of indepen dent medical witnesses, who are certainly not gene- rally deficient in shrewdness or perception, is i n dig handy unanimous. Dr. ANSTIE was one of the commissioners appointed by the proprietors of the lancet to examine into the state of all the motropolitan impurities. Dr. ANSTIE sonfesses that he bad no strong impressions on the matter when he undertook the duty, and though, in common with others, he believed that there was some over crowding and insufficient nursing and attendance, his opinion of such wards as he had seen was on the whole favourable. The honest indignation which breathes all through DR. ANsTIE's statement suffi ciently shows how completely his views have been changed, and the facts he refers to are certainly enough, as he says, " to rouse andpainfullyshockthe national conscience." ' • At Lambeth a Single medical officer has under his care 700 persons invalided. One-half this number are seriously ill, and 70 arc lunatics. He is non resident, and there is no one at hand to attend to any emergency. What would be thought of an hospital so peopled without a resident house sur geon? At St. Pancras there are 250 acutely sick, there are more than 100 lunatics, many of them very troublesome, and the infirm and chronic cases make up the total requiring medical attendance to more than 1,000. To attend to this vast army of sufferers there are two resident medical officers who receive respectively £l6O and £B5, and who have to make up all medicines required between the hours of 4 p.m. and 9.30 'a.m. In another work house the surgeon has 250 acutely sick under his care, and has also to dispense all the medicines ; for which duties he is paid at the rate of less than half-a-crown a day. He confessed that the per formance of his duties was merely nominal, that he never used the stethoscope for fear of losing time ; that the medicine he gave was regulated more with regard to the facility of dispensing it than to the cure of the patients. At Shoreditch, again, the surgeon has to attend to 400 sick, infirm, and insane, and to dispense all their drugs. He gives three hours a day to visiting these 400 (a very simple calculation will show the num ber of minutes to each), and then repairs to his dispensary to make up their drugs from memory ! Yet, what can he do ? He must attend to his pri- vate practice or starve on his salary. " There is not a single London infirmary, " says Dr. ANSTIE, " in which the medical attendance" is not utterly insufficient. But this is not the worst. " The unfortunate sick paupers are entirely in the hands of pauper nurses, always ignorant find clumsy, often drunken and cruel." The Guardians are yearly elected in the poorer parishes from a lower and a lower class, " whose existence is passed in a fierce struggle to sq ueeze a profit oat of their artisan tenants which may neu tralise the burden of the constantly increasing rates." No wonder that they should lose all feel ing for the terrible sufferings which sickness and accident entail on the labouring poor. " Their education is too low to enable them to see the truly economic value of a judicious liberality in such mat ters as the treatment of a temporarily disabled bread-winner or mother of a family." All these great evils, Dr. ANSTIE thinks, must be treated on a uniform plan, and the necessity of dealing with them promptly and efficiently was strongly impressed upon the head of the Poor-law Board by a large and influential deputation on Saturday after noon. It will be remembered that a numerous meeting was held at Willis's Rooms a few weeks ago, and the terms of one of the resolutions were repeated to Mr. VILLIERS by Lord CARNARVON. After reading the facts quoted above, few, we think, will be disposed to dispute the truth of the assertion, " That the present management of the sick poor in the metropolitan workhouses is highly unsatisfac tory; that the buildings are inadequate and un healthy, the medical attendance insufficient, the nursing merely nominal, and the gene ral administration radically defective." These statements were fully borne out by several gentlemen present —among them Br. ROGERS, ten years medical officer of one of our largest unions. They were enforced by a number of influential per sons, and were received by Mr. VILLIERS with every mark of attention. The cure proposed for these monster evils is the total separation of the sick poor from the able-bodied. It is recommended that six consolidated infirmaries should be erected under proper regulations ; that paid nurses should be appointed, one day nurse, one night nurse, and one assistant to every fifty patients. That there should be one resident medical officer for every two hundred and fifty patients. That the patients should be classified, and 1,000 cubic feet of air allowed for each. That the doctors should have no interest in the medicines, nor should they dispense them. Mr. VILLIERS received these suggestions very favourably, and said he hoped the House of Commons would be prevailed upon to have a general rate for the sick poor instead of the present system. We can hardly doubt that some such reform will promptly be set on foot, for our Parliament will surely not be induced to give its sanction, directly or indirectly, to so cruel, extravagant, and disastrous a system as the present. 5 The Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth in Ormond-street. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SL'N. beg your indulgence to enable me to give an immediate answer to an article in the Weekly Register of last Saturday, regarding the Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, in Great Ormond street. — Many of your readers are aware. that the com mittee of that charity have asserted what they con sider to be their rights by closing the Hospital. I have strongly remonstrated against this cruel and mischievous measure, by letters published in the Register and Tablet. In the last number of the - Weekly Register there is an article containing two remarkable assertions. One is that there is no difference on the subject of the hospital between the views of Dr. Manning and those of Cardinal Wiseman ; and the other is that if the matter had been placed unreservedly in the hands of Archbishop Manning a way would have been found to compose the unfortunate differences which have led to the closing of the hospital. To the first of these assertions I give the most unqualified denial. It suffices to say that no one who is acquainted with the views of the Cardinal can possibly believe that he would have allowed the hospital to close, or that he would have permitted the committee to close it. Still less would he have allowed the committee to close the hospital for the purpose of excluding the sisters who for nine years have served it (after serving in the Crimea with Miss Nightingale), and so asserting their own undivided authority. As for the second assertion, which refers to me, I can only say that I did declare 11-Veil willing to place the matter unreservedly in the hands of the Archbishop, so far as I was myself concerned. But I was called upon to consent to the removal of the Crimean Sisters from the Convent - which I have built for them, and the transfer of the Convent to French Nuns. This I could not honourably consent to, because that removal would be an act of spolia tion:contrary to justice, and contrary to the law of the land. I beg you to publish this letter.—Your obedient servant, Temple, 15th April, 180, GEORGE BONIER. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. German affairs are in the ascendant to-day, or at all events take the lead in the minds of political observers. The Memorial Diplomatique states that nearly all the representatives of the Germanic Confederation arc already in the possession of in struction from their respective. Governments as to the course they are to adopt upon the proposal of Federal Reform presented by Prussia at the sitting of the Federal Diet on the 9th inst., the discussion on which was adjourned for a week. The substance of these instructions is to the effect that the Ger man Confederates without distinction acknowledge the desirability of a Federal Reform, but that they consider the mode proposed by the Plenipoten tiary of Prussia to be ill-calculated to effect the object in question. Another proposition, drawn up by the Secondary States, will be introduced with a view to carry into effect a more practical plan of Federal Reform. Several of the Paris papers have alarmist articles in .regard to the attitude and feelings of Austria. That Power, it is said, can only see in the project of M. Bismark an aim to destroy her influence in Germany, and as she will not expose herself to partition, while admitting the popular will as the proper motive for regulating the internal affairs of the Confederation. Austria is ready to pursue a policy of legitimate defence, and to take arms against a policy which places her existence in danger. Some of the Vienna papers take up this bellicose tone, and indeed urge the Austrian Government to pursue its hostile pro pensities. The Siecle draws from the articles in the London papers that the time has come when Austria must declare war unless she is disposed to allow herself to be annihilated. For some days past there have been reports o interviews between the Count Arese and the Prince de Metternich, the Austrian Ambassador at Paris, having for object to enlist Italy in favour of Aus trian projects. How this may be it is difficult to say. The Count has certainly been in Paris, but he has left for Florence. Of the fact of the inter views, however, there is no doubt, and it is possib e that the Emperor of Austria may not forget the title claimed in former days of Emperor of Germany and King of the Romans. Mr. Hudson, the Railway King, wanted to " make things pleasant" for railway shareholders ; but when his short reign was over he fell to rise no more. Not so with M. Mires, the great French financier and railway manager. He was prosecuted, impri soned, maligned, condemned and released, but he is likely to be more than re-established in his former position. He is said to have ruined hundreds of railway shareholders ; but at a great meeting of upwards of 3,000 of them, which has just taken place, all seemed forgotten and forgiven. He made various propositions, all of which were agreed to unanimously. He advised union and forgetfulness, and his advice was taken by all. A splendid ball has been given by his Excellency Sarfet Paella, Turkish Ambassador at Paris, who did the honours, it is said, with truly Oriental dig nity and courtesy. Nothing was wanting at this beautiful Eastern fete. All that was illustrious in the Senate or the diplomatic world, and all the beauty and rank of fashion was present. Marshal Canrobert, the Duke de Pers;gny, Baron Hausman, M. Michel Chevalier, and the Alessrs. Pereire were among the guests. Only one great personage, the Austrian Ambassador, was conspicuous by his absence. The Princess de Metternich, however, more than made up for it ; and, according to la somewhat malicious chronicler, explained as the reason for the Minister's non-attendance, " that he was ill of La Prusse," or, according to the English denomination of an illness, that he had got the Prussia. The word enlivened the saloons of the Turkish Embassy almost as much as the dancing. An old General gave his opinion that it was a disease which might require bleeding. The total amount of the payments made by the directors of the Paris theatres during the month of March, on account of the percentage levied for the relief of the poor, was no less than 1,931,326 fr. Inis do the French combine charity and amuse ment. M. Thiers has again favoured the Legislative Body with a long and rather remarkable oration, the subject being the mercantile navy. He said he looked upon the military marine, which rested upon the prosperity of the mercantile marine, as one of the forces of France, and indeed as one of its arms. M. Thiers professed to throw out of con sideration the subjects of the abandonment of protection and free trade, but, in truth, his speech as usual comprised various indirect attacks upon those principles. He denied that there was any proof of the advantage of removing protective duties from the mercantile navy. The proof had not commenced in respect to various branches of indus try. It would only commence when America should enter the lists. M. Thiers remarked upon the dis tressed condition of the mercantile navy of Franco, and argued that it would be dangerous to follow the example of England in her relaxations of the Navigation Laws. The construction of French merchant ships was excellent, and it was not dearer than in England. The English mercantile navy flourished, but that of France declined. France could not, upon the present system, successfully rival England or America. M. Thiers descanted upon the " monstrous regulations" of the French mercantile navy, and contended that the proposed emancipation of charges and duties would not be sufficient alone to enable her to rival with foreign countries. General Garibaldi is a grandfather. Teresita Canzio Garibaldi, his son's wife, has given birth to a little girl, who has been christened Annita. There was a general fete at Caprera upon the occasion. A new piece was produced last night at the Theatre Beaumarhais, called the " Tourbiere du- Val d'Enfer." It is a drama in five acts, and is said to be mysterious and interesting. I shall give an account of it if it be worth description. A subscription has been opened at Rouen for the purchase of the ancient chateau of that town, where Joan of Arc was imprisoned. THE LIBRARY OF MR. GEORGE AUGUSTUS SAL 4, was sold on Thursday. It contained many curious books, with presentation volumes, and other interesting memorials of literary friendship. STRANGERS IN THE ETERNAL ClTY.—According to the Osservatore Romano, there were over 40,000 foreign visitors within the walls of the Eternal City during Easter week. JAMES THE FIRST OF ENGLAND, being nick-named Solomon, Henri Quatre remarked that he was well-named so, being the son of David ! " LlLLirtrc," although an imaginary country, is the name of a parish near Deal, and one probably well known to Swift. NAPOLEON 111. AND THE TRAPPIST FATHERS.— The Emperor of the French has granted a sum of 80,000 f. from his privy purse to aid the Trappist Fathers in the important works they have undertaken for draining the ponds of Les Donibes, in the Ain. THE CATTLE PLAGUE, according to the South London Chronicle, has appeared again in Newington, and a cowkeeper has lost his whole stock of 13 beasts by it. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PRUSSIA. POPULAR MEETING AT BERLIN. BERLIN, APRIL 16. A crowded meeting was held here yesterday, at which the following resolutions were unanimously voted : " 1. A war between Prussia and Austria would be a national misfortune. "2. A Liberal Prussian Ministry would alone command the general conference required for Federal reform. " 3. The inhabitants of Schleswig Holstein have an absolute right to dispose of their own future. Such a popular right forms the only moral and legal basis of any constitutional government." DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. ELECTION OF PRINCE CHARLES. BUCHAREST, APRIL 15 (Evening). The Plebiscite has terminated in nearly all the towns, and Prince Charles of Hohenzollern has been unanimously elected Hospodar. DISTURBANCES AT JASSY. JASSY, APRIL 15 (Evening). A band of 200 men, led by Mourouzi and Ros novano, attempted yesterday a separatist movement. They were dispersed by the police, who compelled Mourouzi to fly. In consequence of this attempt, the rioters, all said to be Russians, barricaded them selves in the house of Rosuovano;from whence they fired upon the troops, who replied. It is said that there were 14 killed and 16 wounded. The riot is now at an end. The people have not taken any part in the move The insurgents strove to place the Metropolitan at their head, and he received a slight wound. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY MORNING. The Royal mail steamer Norseman, from the Cape, and her Majesty's screw frigate Severn, from the East Indies, are coming into the Sound. PRA N C E. Lree o'clock.—The market rotations : Bank Shares 3450 Italian Loan 54 50 Do. end month 54 45 Mexican Loan 4l Do. Bonds 270 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred BOURSE, April 14, Tf, closed at the following q't 4i. per Cents 96 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 25 Do. end month 66 90 Credit Mobilier 610 Do. end month Unis — Do. end month — Acct. -- ... 825 - - ... 1005 - - ... 865 - ••• 555 - - - ... 535 - - - 532 50 - - 100 - - 375 - - - ... 385 - - - ... 145 - - -- ... 195 - -.--- ... 87 50 ... 75 - RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North'of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S HALF PAY.—For many years before his decease the late Duke of Northumberland had refrained from drawing his half-pay to which he was entitled by his rank as admiral in the _ _ . navy. v His executors, Earl Grosvenor, M.P., and Lord Redesdale have, however, applied for, and received from the Admiralty, about £7,400 under this head. The present Duke, considering with much generosity of feeling, that this sum could not legitimately be reckoned amongst the six or seven millions of property which he had inherited from his cousin, the late Duke, has \ decided upon appropriating it for thc; benofitof ous naval chanties. The Royal Naval Benevolent wi receive about £5,200, the Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital will have £2,000, and the National Lifeboat Association the remainder. It would have been difficult to select more deserving charities, but the disproportion is rather start ling. The merchant seamen for whom the Dreadnought is intended deserve well of their country, and considering that the Royal Naval Benevolent Fund is already a wealthy charity, it might have been thought that the two would have shared equally. The sum to be handed over to the National Lifeboat Institution is, however, even still more out of propor tion, especially when it is considered that the lifeboats which have been placed on the Northumberland coast have cost that sciety about £5,000, while the benefactors of the Duke to the funds of his Institution during his long life were limited to a single donation of a hundred guineas. The only ground of consolation is that the public is the best patron, and that in spite of the small donations of may of the great landed proprietors from whom much might be expected, the smaller subscriptions of a vast num ber of people have enabled the Institution to do a great amount of good.—Northern Daily Express. THE NEW ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—SHEERNESS , April 13.—The preparations on board the Great Eastern for receiving the new Atlantic telegraph have at last been completed, and the important work of stowing away the cable in the tanks prepared for its reception com menced on Saturday last. The Iris, the hulk which was lent by the Government to the Telegraph Construc tion and Maintenance Company (Limited) for the purpose of bringing down the cable from the works at Mordan wharf, East Greenwich, arrived alongside the Great Eastern on Wednesday, with upwards of 200 miles of the new telegraph on board, and the work of winding it on board will continue without intermission till the whole is stowed away. At the end of June or the beginning of July, according to present arrangements, the Great Eastern will again commence her hazaadons enterprise of laying the cable, which every one connected with the work is sanguine will this time be accomplished. The ship has behaved herself remarkably well during her winter resi dence in Sheerness Harbour, and notwithstanding that her immense broadside has been exposed to some of the heaviest gales ever known, it has never been necessary to get up steam, as her anchorage has been quite sufficient for her security. CHARLES DICKENS'S DOCTOR MARIGOLD is thus spoken of by the Athenwum, which says :—" No Le Texier, Siddons, Kemble, or any of the accomplished leaders who have delighted 'the town' in times past or at present, over exceeded—we doubt if any equalled—the feat performed by Mr. Dickens on Tuesday night, before the audience that crammed St. lames's;liall, when he pro duced Dr. Marigold'—with a distinct character, an un flagging spirit, a breadth of humour, and a depth of pathos never to be forgotten by those who listened in silent at tention, :and wept, and laughed, and cheered a piece of representative art as difficult as was ever set before a public—' Dr. Marigold,' it may be remembered, being more of a monologue than the other condensed tales and sketches which have so delighted us. A greater success, under more difficult circumstances, was never achieved." Ano ther of our weekly contemporaries adding—" That in this wonderful monologue of Dr. Marigold,' Mr. Dickens acts rather than reads the humorous and pathetic character and story with a power equal to that of the late Mr. Robson." FALL OF THE CHELTENHAM GRAND STAID The accident at Cheltenham appears to have been more serious than was supposed. The stand was a tem porary erection, constructed chiefly of timber, and when the first race began, on Friday, was filled with about 400 people. Underneath it was a refreshment room. The acci dent seems to have been caused by the men rushing to the front to see the finish of the race. As all eyes were bout towards the horses a loud crash was heard; the centre gave way, and more than 300 people were precipitated to the ground. The excitement was such that it was difficult to keep the crowd lining the course from rushing across as the horses came up to the winning post. Assistance was rendered immediately, and those who wore not hurt much wore drawn out of the ruin. Several gentlemen were found to have their legs broken, and great numbort received injuries more or less serious. It seems almos marvellous that no one was killed on the spot. A VIGNETTE OF ALGIERS.—" It is all bonito, from the snowy mole glancing in the blue, blue waters of the port, to the great battered old Turkish fortress of the Kasba crowing the amphitheatre in the centre—Ca3sar's loge de face, so to speak, whence he can watch the games and receive the salutes of the gladiators. Beautiful as is the chromatic effect of the city from a distance—an effect that Stanfield, or Pyne, or Beverley, might revel in—l have heard a French landscape painter say that there are but four hues to make up the picture. Cobalt for the sea, zinc white for the houses, burnt umber glazed with raw sienna for the bills, and turquoise (with the texture of satin) for the sky. To this I may add a little Venetian red for the tiled roofs. These hues are all frank, outspoken, and trenchant, but they never jar between themselves or offend you."— G. A. Sala's Trip to Barbary. THE SULTAN ADD-UL-AZEZ AND TUE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.—A present of eight very beautiful Arab horses, of the famous Dioff breed, is about to be despatched by the Sultan to the Emperor Napoleon. They will leave by an early steamer 19r Alarseilles. went, a- ..-' 01:114 tit° wi,bl7, HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Sunday. The Queen walked in the grounds : yesterday morning, accompanied by Princess Helena and Princess Louise, and drove out in the afternoon, accompanied by Princess Helana, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold. TEE NORTHUMBERLAT D. To-day, at half-past two o'clock, another stupendous mechanical effort will bo made at Millwall to lift and force this great ship into the water. Our readers will be glad to hear that on this, the third attempt, there is every pro spect of complete success. The tide, it is calculated, will be of unusual height. It is almosi a matter of certainty that at the high flood there will be 24 feet of water under the ship's keel at the sternpost, and should the wind 'hold from its present quarter, and as it has held since Saturday, there is every chance of the 24 feet being increased to 26, and the depth at the bows from five feet to seven. When it is recollected that after the midship section is fairly im mersed in water every foot additional rise takes off a pres sure upon the launching ways of upwards of 500 tons, it is a matter of certainty that a 26-feet tide alone must lift her. But, though that is known by calculation, no amount - of calculation can say to what extent the tide will real flow. Enormous artificial powers of flotation have there fore been devised, so greatly in addition to all that has hitherto been tried that with their aid even a 20-feet tido will affect the Northumberland more than a 26-feet tido without them. In order to understand the operations of to-day, it is necessary to explain that the launching ways of the Northumberand, over which the cradle should glide with the vessel into the water, have been made on a rather less incline than usual. This was done to check the impetus which such a vast mass would acquire if launched rapidly into the river. The launching ways, therefore, are for the first 250 feet of their length only sloped at an incline of one foot in 25, and for the remaining 200 feet at the rate or about one in 13. When the first attempt was made to launch the ship she moved very sluggishly over the low gradient, and on the fore part of the cradel arriving at the point where it becomes steeper it appears to have "nipp ed,' and since then held her fast and immovable. The attempts to move her which have preceded the efforts to be made to-day have principally consisted, as our readers are aware, of endeavours to lift the stern by artificial floating power, and to force the bows over the hitch by means of hydraulic pressure. Some objections have been taken to these methods, on the ground that as the storm was floated the pressure upon the ways of the bows of the vessel, -which are not water borne, would be still further increased. There is, undoubtedly, a second mechanical reason for supposing this, but those who urge the objection seem quite to forget that the limited area of the slip on which the vessel is built precludes the officials from employing so much floating power under the bows as they would otherwise, no doubt, gladly avail themselves of. To -day , however, all that can be done in this will be tried 11 having empty hogsheads equal to floating up about 100 tons lashed under the bows. Since the failure of the 1 54 attempt the works necessary for the effort to be made this afternoon have been going on without intermission day and night, whenever the tide permitted. The first thing to be done wee to remove the huge bilge logs which fain the midship part of the cradle, and are connected with the supports at either end which keep the vessel uprigh t ' The enormous friction of these logs passing over those of the launching has caused them almost to ignite, and burnt out the lubricating grease between them. It has bee n necessary, therefore, to replace this grease, though it in volved an operation of the utmost mechanical difficulty , and even hazard. So firmly were the logs pressed. down by the enormous weight of the ship that all ordinary attempts to remove them proved futile. Each log, therefore, had to be perforated all over with large holes, and the remains then cut our with adzes foot by foot. As each piece was removed the launch' ing ways under it have been carefully and anWl7 regreased, and new greased bilge logs forced into the places of the old beams. All the parts of the cradle, there fore, which have been "nippe]." on the ways have actually been removed from under the ship's side, and replaced b 7 newer and stronger materials. The foremost part of thecane cradle also, consisting of the uprights—technically the " poppets " has been dealt with in a similar manner; and, in addition to this, supplementary launching vie.) inside the original ones have been built fro m the bows t 0 a length of about 70 feet under the fore part of the vessel' Over these, also, the fore part of the cradle timbers 113° been extended, so as, for this length, to double the area of foundation on which this part of the timber structure is t ° slide. Any mechanic can sco at a glanoe how importtint are the gains made by these alterations. The employmen t of lighters and " lumps " lashed under the Northumbe r " Was stern will be entirely dispensed with to-day. Ti l° expense of their employment was very great ; there wa s , no uniformity in the amount of liftin g aid they renderoul and thus while some would be in danger of sinking fr° lll the efforts they made, others were doing nothing. Th ei .f pull was never a stro n g one, and most un q uestionably was never "a pull together." Their places, therefore, to; day will be better su pp lied b y four enorm ous " carnel3,ll or, more plainly sp eakin g , g i g an tic wood9n buoy's, whic have been made at Deptford dockyard. Each of these is, roughly speaking, 50ft. long, 25ft. deep, and 22ft. w.iodbe,t an d each has a power of flotation equal to raising a Nvel° of 300 tons-1,200 tons in all. They are constructed fro°. moulds of the ship's side, so as to fit " closely under b o ttom at the stern. All are, of course, both air and so Nv, e t tight, and all are fitted with large iron sluice doors, that the water may be let in and allow them to drop off f° v , the ship directly their se rv i ces are no longer nen esSars ; Two of these "camels" were at low tide onSatur day chained under the s hip i n d epen d en tly of each other', 0 two more, the largest and most important, as being furthest astern, were safely secured in their position Sve r:v"o,. terday afternoo n . Th e t en small " camels" w hich I used at the l as t a tt emp t w ill a l so b e employed aga'° linv° say. Their lifting power is about 300 ton;, and they their been shifted rath er nearer t o the bows, in order t hat For- may bo exerted to the best possible advantage• ward of these the barrels wo have Already mentioned"" be lashed, and their flotation will relieve a strai n, or rathe: pressure, of more than 100 tons upon the point wh ore i , 1 „0 most] needed. The :power, of the hydraulic raws been increased by more than a third. Th e one 0 of l ° 5 1,000 tons pressure remains under the bows, as bef l t o ° lift the ship upwards, but the efforts of the two of tons each which have been used to sta rt the cradle st now to be supplemented by two more of 400 t o ns e ach, 5 1 3 1 ; plied at both sides. From the river two powerful oto a capstans will haul on hawsers attache d to the sterii, 0.4 two land capstans will be fixed on th e o pp osite shore worked by hand from there , simultaneously With t't, efforts of those on the riv er. Boats are to be moorea f these cables to prevent t heir being affected by the set clO the tide, and thus exe rcisin g their strain upon the sbiP 1 any way but directly astern. tho - One of the most fo rmidable dan g ers connected with a tt e mpt to launch the ship is the possibility of the leso yelding very slowly to the gigantic forces which wi ll employed to move her. In such a case the risk of her sterll when floating being carried upwards by the tide, and " slowing" the vessel upon the ways, would be very gl.°. t of indeed, and it is not too much to say that in the ev ell e It such an unfortunate occurrence, if the tide fell befor, could be remedied, the Northumberland might becoa4 total wreck. Happily, there is very little possibility; such a disaster, though every poss ible p recaution has bean taken to avert it. No less t han three line-of-battle sh'i)„, chain cables have been fastene d to each side of the 014 g" ,, and moored so firmly in the g round as to be able, it is b li c ; lieved, to completely resist the action of the tide u p oll vessel, either up or, down the river. These chains, “1"' are so arranged that each only comes into direct action the vessel progresses down the ways. Once ou t into the stream, a number of powerful tugs aro to be in readinessiit: take charge of her and tow her to her moorings , wi le° t-- tS work of fitting her with engines and internal equiprae will be carried on. - -- THE LATE MR. KEBLE, according to a cOrruP pondent of the Guardian, while he had no common grottOc" of sympathy with Nonconformists, spoke " with 0n e . .., °11 ,:- trollable emotion" of Dr. Newman's "Apologia pro 11 " - i Soft." The writer whom we are quoting says he does 11° e think he is expressing himself too strongly in affiro lilj ,„,7 that he hailed it with rapture, and ho augured that fr - c , it would spring the beginning of a peace between the i ll i great Churches of the West, which, said he, ' thoo o shall not live to s ee it, y ou will recognise as God's Or derful mercy towards us.'" A BONAPARTE DESCENDED FROM SCOTT'S 64 () ,,, i ; 1) MORTALITY."---" Old Mortality" was one " Robert 13'; son ;" old Paterson, whom Scott saw reviving the i10 c " .. i ," 1 : tions on the tombs of the Covenanters, went to ii-t' o ' f and became the grandfather of a Paterson whose 11 ' 1 4 ' O, `married the Marquis Wellesley. The sisters of ti lat ,;:d. Paterson married the Duke of Leeds and Lord S tA—r aS The direct blood of Old Mortality went in another an d ter, remarkable a direction. His granddaugh ter, Miss 1:,..,%g0 son, was the first wife of Jerome Bonapar te. Then m i ra ge son, 'froal was never "legally" annulled, and a s on, who sp it, the great grandsontof Old Mortality , is now on o ff of his cousin, the Emperor of the French• a b" m ifIE LATE AIR. FAIRTIOLT has bequeath° voi large collection of books of pageants, including Yoti. volumes of a high degree of rarity, to the Society of . 00 c1 quaries. With this collection will be appropriately' P' til e the autograph manuscript of his unfinished wok S itt y . ... pageants of tingeMddl Ages. His volumes of r .sco o spearean draw and collections lie leaves to the 3 1 " ,vnie j, at Stratford -on-Avon, and a few books, opeciallY ii ` j o to to the British Museum. The residue of the library be sold for the benefit of the Literary Fund. t I