The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-01 00:00:00

*lt ;1: 4 s e4i k l / 4 6 4 elekigT 4 -*V' HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ring DAY.—Morning, sh. 36m.—Afternoon, sh. 58m To-Monnow.-Morning, Gh. 20m.—Afternoon, 6h. 47m, LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the storms. of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. In the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 691 shipwrecked per sons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co.. Ile:ries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. THEATR E—R OY AL, DRURY—LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a New Farce, GOING TO THE DOGS. After which, Tom Taylor's Play of THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. H. Sinclair, A. Rayner, E. Phelps, G. F. Neville, Miss Atainson, and Airs. Herwann Vezin. To conclqcle with the Farce of A YOUNG LAD FROII THE CO NT N.Y. Mr. U. Belmore and aliss 11. Howard. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. Mr. Chippen ale, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Gorelna, &c. ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss Hill, Miss Lovell, tiro. After which, a New Sensation, THE WOMAN IN MAUVE : Messrs. Eo:hern, Compton, Howe, Farren, Braid, White, Weathersby, Butler, dm. Mesdames Stuart, Lovell, Buckstone, azo. - --• And EASY SHAVING. Miss Louise Keeley, Miss F. Weight; es:rs. Clark, Gordon, Rogers, Leo. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— 6ole Yroprietor and Manager, B. ewer. THIS EVENING, THE IRIS EI TIGER. Mess s. C. II Stephenson and Eburne; Miss li. Kelly. Al er which, THE HUNCHBACK. Julia (15th time), 3 1158 Bateman, supported by Messre. George J. rdan, Swinbourne, Bihington, Stuart, Ashley, Eburne, J. L. Toole ; and ,Hiss H. Simms. To conclude with THE STEEPLF.CHASE ; or, In the Meshrs. J. L. Toole, Paul &Mord ; Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. leechter. THIS EVENING, THE ROADSIDE•; INN. Robert Ma caire, Mr. Emery, Bertrand, air. IL Widdieomb ; Messrs. C. llorsman, k itzpatrick, Mordiand, Garden, Raymond, Collett; Miss E. Lavenu and Hiss ElfiwOrthy. To be followe•i by THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Ryder; Mrs. Haller, Mdlle Beatrice; Messrs. Widdi c c. Horsman.FitzpatricX, APlntyre, Garden, Raymond ; Miss M. hears le, E. Lavenu, and Mrs. C. Horbman. Doors open at Hall-past Six. The Box-office open daily from Elev. n till Five. LYCEUM THEATIE.-MR. FECHTER'S reappe trance wit take place on Easter Monday, on 'which occasion he will perform, for Ih3 first time at this theatre, a new character. ) CY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. _Kit, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining - . THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, eLtit:ed HEAKT-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Alter which, ARE RAH NA I °GUN; : Mcs:rs. Dion Bondi omit, J. Brougham, 11. Vandenht ff. D. Fisher, D. Murray; Mrs. Boucicauit and Miss M. Oliver. 'To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mans:fens& Mrs. SwanborouLfti. THIS hVENING, at 7, CROSS PURPOSES: Mr. Par selle ; Miss Palmer. . Atter which, the great Comic Drama, MILKY WHITE. eesrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Aims Swarborough. To conclude wth MAZEPPA. Messrs. Fenton, James ; Mesdames Laynhara, Stull son, Johnstone, &c. G RATIS AND POST FREE. E. MOSES and SONS' New Pamphlet, THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRESS. 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Price of the paper (with Supplement and Photo graph), 4d. ; stamped, by post, sd. *** Non-Purchasers of the Newspaper can obtain Card copies of THE SUN PHOTOGRAH ready for framing either at THE SUN Office, 112, Strand, or at any Photographic Publishers in the United Kingdom. Price 6d. by post, 7d. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1865. - 40 -- Affairs in the South are still in a transition state, and very conflicting elements are at work, pro ducing turbulence and uncertainty. There can be no doubt that LEE and DAVIS have been very much hampered in their designs and movements by the vis inertia of self-interest and prejudice. It would seem at first sight that a country possessing at the same time a civil leader of sound administrative ability, and a military leader of undoubted genius, would be certain of speedy success, but the history of the last six or eight months tells a different story. It shows how the best laid plans may be defeated, and the most skilfully designed combinations frus trated by opponents inferior alike in ability, saga city, and patriotism to their leaders. Mr. DAVIS has throughout the whole of the struggle acted with so much regard to constitutional law, and has shown so little inclination to assume despotic autho rity that his words should carry weight when he assures his people that the moment for active and vigorous measures has come. There has been for some time a want of unity and self-devotion in the councils of the South which has delayed the passing of those painful but salutary measures which would strengthen their arms in the field. There has been, of course, no less dissension and division in the North, but there LuccoLN, restrained by no scruple, has put down all opposition with a strong hand, and the unhappy critics of his administrative ability have usually repented their blunder in Fort Lafayette. DAVIS has always shrunk from any arbitrary exercise of his authority. He has allowed open 1 abuse of him to appear in the columns of some of the journals, he has permittgd covert depreciation and angry criti cism in other quarters, and has endeavoured in every way possible to show his respect for the Con stitution. He has, therefore, a right to the confi dence of his people, and when he asks for the alte ration of the Militia Loan or the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, he deserves to be met in a frank and patriotic spirit. It is likely, however, that neither of these measures would prove so un welcome as the proposed impressment of the,negroes. This it is which renders the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act so obnoxious, and from which the selfishness of the large plantation owners shrink. The slaveholders forget that by this selfish line of policy they incur the probable loss, instead of surrender, of their negroes. The Confederate Government would give them full com pensation, whereas the Northern generals will take good care to appropriate their property without any payment. But, in spite of all their opposition, the days of the " domestic institution" are numbered. Slavery is doomed, and the feeble opposition of a few interested parties will only lead to their own ruin ; it will never succeed in retarding the in evitable event. Slavery has for long years been the source of the weakness of the South, and those who have the most sympathised with the Cohfederates in their gallant struggle will be the most eager to see the great drawback to moral and social progress removed from their midst. The Confederate Congress adjourned sine die on the 18th, after the President's recommendation to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act had been ap proved by the House of Representatives but rejected by the Senate. We fear that Senator FOOTE is not the only member of the Upper House who prefers self-interest to his country's good. It seems, however, that the writ of habeas corpus has been suspended apparently without waiting for the per mission of the impracticable senators. Possibly the PRESIDENT and his advisers thought that in such a crisis the assent of the popular representatives was sufficient. The Secretary-of-War at Richmond has also authorised the raising of companies of coloured soldiers for immediate action, but we are sorry to find that he does not favour emancipation. Without this half the advantage of the measure will be lost, as the moral gain will be forfeited and the slaves themselves, who, whatever their owners may think, are not machines, but human beings, will not care to fight as slaves without any hope of freedom. The military news is still conflicting and uncer tain, but we shall hear something decisive before long. One point, which is of some importance, is the statement that General LEE has himself assumed the command in North Carolina, sending JOHNSTON and BEAUREGARD to Richmond and Petersburg. This is wise strategy. LEE is undoubtedly the pro per person to confront SHERMAN, and we hope that at last some decided resistance will be offered to the invader. LEE'S headquarters are said to be at Raleigh, so that he intends to hold that city, if possible. The evacuation of Richmond is possible enough, but in the present position of affairs the surrender will not be a vital loss to the Southern cause. SHERIDAN has reached White House, and boasts largely, as usual, but the Rich mond papers declare that he has failed in his pri mary objects, which were to capture Lynchburg, destroy the railways, and unite with GRANT. The Sentinel records that a division of SHERMAN'S army had attacked HARDEE, and had been repulsed with great loss, which is very likely. It was rumoured in the North that SCHOFIELD had joined SHERMAN, and that together they had occupied Goldsborough, but there is no confirmation of the report, which is probably without foundation. Altogether the mili tary news is favourable to the Confederates, espe cially since the presence of LEE in Carolina will give•fresh vigour and spirit to the troops, and pro bably reverse the order of SHERMAN'S march. The news concerning the Lock-out is not at all satisfactory, and it would seem as if the struggle would not be over until much suffering and loss have resulted. Lord LICHFIELD has taken great pains to adjust the affair, and it is most lamentable that his efforts have not been more successful. The men in the last consultations that have taken place have been very gretly to blame, and any further trouble that ensues will unquestionably' be their fault. Lord LICHFIELD made a written proposal to the masters of North Staffordshire, " unconditional arbitration," which was accepted and signed by them, but when he proposed the same to the men, it was unanimously rejected. Such conduct defies criticism rightly to pronounce upon its character, and the opinion of the public will assuredly go against them. They will lose greatly in sympathy by this obstinate demeanour. Lord LICHFIELD very truly declared that his proposal was a reasonable one, and he further warned the men that by their persistent refusal, they would damage their cause with the public, who would give their verdict against them ; his lordship also expressed his great disappointment at the failure of his negotiations with the men when he met the masters again. The meeting with the men at Hanley lasted for five hours, but no arguments could shake their determination or alter their course, and the unanimity of their refusal testified to their minds being made up on the sub ject. A fairer proposal could not have been made than this one of Lord LICHFIELD'S. The men were to resume w o r k and draw their wages upon account until the disputed points of the question at issue between the contending parties should have been settled by " arbitration. " In thus holding back from this wise and comprehensive scheme the operatives have put themselves and their cause at a disadvantage, and 4 displayed a false principle, and a wrong f ee li ng that will not readily be forgotten by those who witness its effects upon themselves and others. It is satis factory to notice that from Newcastle the intelli gence is more cheering, and the lock-out has been brought to a close. The various works are being re-opened, and thus the sad position of affairs in that locality has been so far terminated. This oppor tune resumption of work in the North, however, only proves still more how faulty is the course that has been adopted in Staffordshire, and testifies THE bUIV, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1865. strongly to the triumph of prejudice in that quarter. We may now realise to its full extent. the mischief that is wrought by the agency of delegates, and the active doings of those who go about from place to place stirring up dissensions, and putting ideas into peoples' head that had not entered there without their intervention, and their illusory declarations of peace where there is no peace, but strife and dissen sion. One striking proof of the effect of all this stop page to trade may be witnessed in the fact that the Journal de Liege states that great activity has been produced among the manufacturers of Belgium through the strike of the iron-puddlers in England. " Numerous orders for iron have been received. from Holland and England." This is one of the worst features of these altercations, that they do not stop their evil effects with the cessation of the immediate cause. No doubt, long after the dispute has been settled, the trade of this country will still suffer seriously from the consequences of these ill advised outbreak's. " The hand that kindled cannot quench the flame," may be truly said of all these disputes, and so far has this one extended that the consequences must be serious. Austria has adopted a wise course with respect to Hungary, and, doubtless, the good effects of the new regime will soon be apparent. Herr VON SCHMERLING announced in the Reichsrath that the Government intended to maintain the principle of " strictly carrying out in Hungary the general con stitution of the whole empire." Such a resolve can not prove otherwise than satisfactory in its results, and it is to be trusted that they will be enabled to carry out their purpose in its entirety and full in tegrity. Of course these and similar undertakings are certain to meet with opposition, and, accord ingly, it is no matter of surprise that Herr VON SCIIMERLING should have stated that the Govern ment was prepared to come to an understanding with the Liberal party in Hungary, but they met with obstacles from the so-called Conservative party. Prussia will certainly be taken aback by these new tactics of the Austrian Government, and draw from them unfavourable auguries as to her chance of success with her favourite schemes. Altogether, the aspect of affairs has altered considerably for the worse as regards the policy of Herr BIS3IARK, and the attitude Austria has lately assumed prog nosticates a steady ;Ind determined opposition. Affairs in Berlin itself arc also going very much against the authorities. The military committee of the Chamber of Deputies has rejected the navy estimates, as well as all the amendments, and there fore the whole of the military and the naval pro posals of the Government have been thrown out. If all went smoothly last year for the Court and Cabinet of King WILLIAM, it does not seem as if the future would be so prosperous, and certainly the present is rife with portentous events and unfavourable omens. Each day's intelligence tends to confirm the belief already entertained of the reticence of Austria re specting the proposals of Prussia. People may go too far in carrying on their wily games, and thus it has proved with Herr BISMARK. Ile may now find out his mistake too late, and have to contend against internal strife and external opposi tion. He will not find any sympathy in his diffi-• culties, for the oppressor is always told of his crimes when it is seen or supposed that the world is going against him. The Stonewall and the Federal Fi igates. (From the Correspondent of the Herald.) FERROL (Spain) March 26. Since writing my last there has been no news of the Stonewall. I therefore think she must have made either for Lisbon or Santander to re-coal. The weather is calm and fine ; there is therefore no fear for her safety. The enthusiasm and admiration of the people here is not to be described in words; nothing else is talked of ; one hears the same subject in the streets, clubs, or private houses. The officers here have arranged t o give a splendid banquet to the officers and crew of the Stonewall, should she re turn ; they will be carried through the streets in triumph. At Corunna also the excitement is very great ; all, even to the ladies, are loud in their praise of the handful of men on board the Confederate. It is intended there also to give dinners and balls to her crew, should she put in. None of the Federals dared venture on shore after their public disgrace ; they would most cer tainly have been mobbed. Even as it was boats were rowing near the Niagara and Sacramento, hooting at their officers and calling them cowards and cochinos (pigs). There were, I believe, some 8,000 persons as sembled near Corunna to witness the fight, had it taken place, and among them the Governor General, who publicly said that should any of the Federals come on shore and enter any of the cafe's or clubs, all Spaniards should get up and leave the room in stantly. The American Vice-Consul in C orunn a, Mr. Fuentes, has been hooted and whistled at in the public streets. There is also a Mr. Palmer, an American by birth, but at present chief engineer of the Spanish frigate Tetuan, who has got himself into bad repute by his activity in acting as spy for the Federals since they came here. He is hissed at and mobbed by the women and children of the town, and called the Federal spy, and is a disgrace to the Spanish navy, having used his position and uniform as a cloak to his real character, he having gone on board the ram when she first came and taken ob servations for the use of the Federals, and since then been contmually watching and telegraphing the movements of the Stonewall. All day yesterday the Federal ships had steam up in Corunna Harbour as usual, and men at the mast heads looking out. I think they wished to leave, but were afraid the ram might make her appearance from behind some point or creek and surprise them. I believe they sailed last night, taking advantage of the darkness to make their escape, and also to avoid the hooting of the people. The contempt of all here is much increased at the fact of the brag and bom bast the Yankees indulged in before the Stonewall came out, they saying that she would hardly make a good breakfast for them. They also said that after the fight they intended giving a ball, &c., to the leading people of Corunna. I fear I have but given a very imperfect idea of this affair, but hope the facts I have stated may be of some service. It is impossible to praise too highly the daring and courage of the Stonewall and her handful of men in defying two ships of 23 guns and 800 men to come out and fight them, mounting but three guns and 80 men. We only hope they may return here to receive the praise and admira tion they so well merit ; a braver crew never trod a deck. LETTS'S MONTHLY POSTAL ALMANACK—onIy this very day commenced--what though it is a little fly-leaf publication of merely four pages is the result of, in its way, one of the happiest thoughts imaginable. It will prove month after month the greatest comfort in every mercantile house in the land, as well as in mul titudes of private dwellings. On the first of the four pages there is given a calendar of the month—No. I. being, of course, this present month of April, 1865. In a column running down the page to the left hand of the days of the week are specified at their right dates the days when the different mails are made up in London. In a column running down the page to the right hand of the days of the week are notified the mails to bo expected. In land Offices and Despatch occupy the second page. Foreign and Colonial Despatch occupy the third, which also enu merates the ships advertised to sail during the present month, naming the parts they sail from and the place of destination arrived at. The last page comprises in it a mass of valuable general information. A fly-leaf really worth its weight in gold—in its way a positive boon or benefaction. _ _ THE RAPHAEL CARTOONS.—Her Majesty has been pleased to allow the seven Raphael cartoons, now at Hamp ton-court Palace, to be brought to London. Thoy will bo placed in the South Kensington Museum, as part of the Loan. Collection..----4thenwum. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE NIAGARA AND SACRAMENTO. LISBON, MARCH 31. The American Minister has demanded satisfaction for the firing upon the Niagara and Sacramento by the Portuguese forts. He also requests the dis missal of the Governor of Fort Belem, and a salute of 21 guns to the American flag. Nothing has yet been decided in the matter. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, MARCII 31, 5.17 P.M. The King has relieved M. Heltzen, Minister of Justice, of his functions. M. Heltzen represented the affiance between the reactionary and extreme democratic parties. It is supposed that all the members of the late Cabinet will return to their posts. ZHE DANISH MINISTRY. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 31. In consequence of the dismissal of M. Heltzen, the Minister of Justice, all the other ministers ten dered their resignation, which, however, was not accepted by the King. All the Ministers, therefore, remain in office, with the exception of M. Heltzen. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 31. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Riechsrath Herr von Schmerling stated that the Government maintained the principle of strictly carrying out in Hungary the general Constitution of the whole Empire. The Government was pre pared to come to an understanding with the Liberal party in Hungary, but the so-called old Conserva tive party were its most persistent adversaries. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MALTA, MAucH 31. The Euxine left here at seven p.m. to-day, and the Delta will leave at one a.m. to-morrow. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 3d, and the latter at Southampton about the 10th April. The Ceylon, from Southampton on the 20th inst., reached Malta on the 29th at six a.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 1. M. Roudet has been appointed Secretary of the Senate. In yesterday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif the amendment relative to the supervision of the press was rejected by 187 against 63 votes. BOURSE, March 31.—The reponse des primes (option) was declared at 67f. 50c. The aspect of the market was firm, with but little variation in prices. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 60c. Mobilier are unvaried at 847 f. 50c. Railway Shares are very firm, the prices of yesterday being for the most part well sustained. After the reponse des pvimes was made, prices of all Securities ruled lower. The following are the last quotations : 44 per Cents Italian Loan 65 20 end month — 3 per Cents. 67 45 Do. end month 67 45 Credit Mobilier Do. end month 830 Bank Shares 3520 Cr!dit Foncier - 1290 Do. end month 65 05 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Acct. 927 50 ... 927 50 Orlettne . Northern 1043 75 ... 1045 Lyons and Mediterranean 970 ... 970 Southern 5BB 75 ... 588 75 Western 551 25 ... 550 Eastern Sardinian 302 50 ... 300 Austrian Lombard 543 75 ... 545 North of Spain 3OO ... 297 50 Saragossa 377 50 ••• 375 Ditto' to Barcelona 172 50 REVENUE RETURNS, I.—The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen tioned periods, ended March 31, 1865, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : Customs . . Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post-ofh c Crown Lands Miscellaneous Tota's. Q arters ended June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, liar 11 31, 1861 1861 18(34 1865 £ £ £ £ 5,416,003 5,624,000 5,912,000 5,5 0,000 4,..64000 4,352,000 5,000,000 5312,000 2,539,000 2,?61,000 2,293,000 2,10 ,00 1,43:,000 1623,000 1,294,000 39 ,000 2,16e,000 78 ,000 1,58 1 ,000 3, • 2'4000 560,001 1,0;5,000 1,090,000 1,005,000 69,000 69,000 8 ,000 81, 00 495,200 4.5,4 9 81::,',0J 1, 50, 51 !18,274.200 1 14,792,489 18,069,506 19, 07,151 Quarters ended June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, 1863 1863 1863 1861 --- -- £ £ £ £ Customs 5,857,0( 0 5,572,000 5,97e,000 5,' 33,000 Ex he 4,405,000 3,922,000 4,753,000 5, 27,000 Stamps Taxes Prow y Tax Yost-o e Crown Lauds Miscellaneo a , Totals 118,490,204 1 14,411,50 k Castom3 Excise Stamps Taxa Property Tax Post-Ofti e Crown Land , hits e I,neone Total 18,31.,160 1 Year ended 1865 22,f.72,000 19,558,000 9,530,000 3,222,000 7,958,0( 0 4,10( 0 ,000 310,000 2,983,136 70,313,436 1 18,99,089 March 31, 1661 2',2 '2,000 18,207,000 9,317,000 3,218,000 9,084,000 3,8 . 0,000 305,000 3,03 ,463 70,208,963 IL—lncrease and Decrease in the periods ended March 31, 1865, as compared with corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarter ended Mar. Year ended March 31, 1865. 31, 1865. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease X £ £ £ Customs Xxcise Stamps 62,010 . . 51'1,000 .. Taxes Property Tax Post-Office . .. Crown Lands Miscellaneous Tota's Net Decrease.... £18F,621 Net Decrease.. £104,4 3 111. —An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended March 31, 1865, the appli cation of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or deficiency upon such charge : Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con solidated Fund, for the Quarter ended . eo 34, 1864, viz. : Great Britain Ireland Z 995,4( 6 Income received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1865, as shown in Account I. Amount raises per Act 26-27 Vict., cap. 80, oa _ account of Fortifications, &o. Amount raised by the issue of Excheqner Bonds, per Act 27-28 V.ct., cap. 71 Amount received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1865, in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c, i:o,000 £21,097,257 Balance, being the Deficiency on March 31,1865, upon the cliargo of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to June 1b6.5. and for which Exchequer liitla (Dtfic'ency) will be 'issued in that Quarter 298,714 £?. ,393,670 Amount applied out of the Income for th Quar ter endea March, 31, 18 5, in red , mp , ion of Exchequer Deficiency Bills for Quarter ended 1) c. 31, 1864 .. 1,911,480 Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser • vices, in the Quarter ended March 31. 1865.. 10,545,78 i Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended March 31, 1865, viz.:— Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,636,874 Terminable Debt Principal of Exchequer Bills 39,009 Interest of Exchequer Bills 91,509 Interest of Deficiency Bills The Civil List 101,287 Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund 471,414 Advances for Public Works,&c. 4 6,379 /Sinking Fund . .. 8,26.3,770 Surplus Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the cuarter ended March 31, :860. 421,896,970 THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD.—" Miss Marjoribanks" is continued at some length, and this instalment is a very event ful one, for the heroine takes her stand in society, at Carlingford, and assumes the position she so ardently longed for. The description of her " evenings" is very entertaining, and the manner in which Barbara Lake puts herself forward, and turns from the demure out cast to the self-possessed flirt, is cleverly depicted. The author has not lost the powers of detail and description whtch rendered the preceding Chronicles of Carlingford so interesting, and it is a change to have a lady appear on the scene after the long list of heroes whose merits and demerits rendered them conspicuous in the little town. Cornelius O'Dowd again appears with his array of criti cism, in which we find good, bad, and indifferent things put pell-mell before us. " Changing House" refers to Florence, now undergoing a strange metamorphosis. " The Rope Trick" takes off some remarkable individuals very smartly. An amusing episode is that on " Immoral Considerations," referring to a man leaving his money on condition that the heir never read a newspaper. On this topic the writer becomes eloquent, and declares:that such a study is necessary to the present age, that " a whole corps of college professors would be less effective in dispelling error or asserting truth than people trained in all the dialectics of the daily press." " Dress" is a very good article, that deserves perusal, and presents that hackneyed theme before us in a manner at once effective and enter taining. It is well defined by the writer of this essay that the love of dress may be regarded as a taste or a passion ; in the former case it is a " moral guide," but in the latter it leads to mischief, and conduces to wrong-doing and folly. The importance and interest of the subject will not be over-estimated by those who rightly comprehend its in fluence on society. " The Iliad," translated by Lord Derby, is the title of a brilliant article, and the writer evi dently enters into the spirit of his subject, and pursues his labour con amore. The classical reader will delight in this sketch, and the more superficial will also derive advantage from a paper that puts the subject before them in its might and magnificence, and shows the chief points of interest. It is said in conclusion that Lord Derby has rendered a service to the English public by presenting them with a work the like of which they have never had before. "An English Iliad, alike satisfactory to the scholar by its ac curacy, to the tasteful lover of ancient literature by its wonderful reproduction of Homer's characteristic epithets and picturesque expressions, and to all readers by its vigour and transparent clearness of style, and by the easy flow of its grand and harmonious verse." " The Laws of Short Whist" is a lively little sketch of that favourite game, and it is aptly remarked that whist closely resembles real life in the element of chance. "John Leech" is a subject that will possess a mournful interest for all readers, and the brief sketch here given is a very appropriate one. It is stated with considerable accuracy that John Leech's works might be selected as the fittest objects to display to a foreigner a correct idea of English scenery. Some remarks are made on the assiduous toil which this great artist un derwent, which was increased by his want of professional education. " The fertility of the soil was apparent to every one, but the laborious husbandry which enabled it to yield so rich a crop was known to but few." " Etoniana— Ancient and Modern"—brings the account of this time honoured institution to a conclusion. This description is a very good one, and will recall to many the memoirs of the long past days they spent by the distant spires and antique towers. " Piccadilly " is the continuation of a very curious sketch, but it is smartly written. " Earl Russell" is an article that considers the Introduction lately written by the noble lord to his re-published work on the "History of the English Government and Constitution." It is distinguished for its clever strictures and sharp criticism ; but there is considerable truth in the manner in which the writer directs attention to Earl Russell's pe culiarity of ascribing all the benefits of the ago to the blessings of "Whig " influence, a fact which many will coincide with the writer of these "pages in disputing as to its validity. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—" Who is the Heir ?" is a brilliant serial story that must prove very attractive and agreeable to the readers of this periodical by its lively caricatures and animated sketches of society. Guy Luttrell is a finished por traiture of a man of the world and an accomplished gentle man, and other articles are also sketched in their way with equal accuracy. The dangerous widow in the background of the tale is becoming an inconvenient adjunct, and her plots are overstealing all the party. " Guy Deverell" con tinues his mysterious adventures, and in this number we meet with some significant events. It is one good point in the tale the manner in which Mr. Varbarriere betrays himself by his face while he is making great professions by his conversation. "A Shamrock from the Irish Shore" is the title of some charming verses by D. Florence Mac- Carthy, whose name is well known to the readers of this magazine. They are full of spirit and pathos, and are sure to be generally attractive from their flowing style. "David Garrick in Paris"' is the subject of an interesting article. It is always desirable to possess an intimate knowledge of the peculiarities of the departed ones of fame, and the series of instructive sketches that have appeared concerning this histrionic star must have familiarised the readers of this periodical to a degree that they would not otherwise have attained to. Garrick's career in the sunny capital of France was a decided success, and its chronicles here pre sented to notice record a perfect ovation rendered to this gifted man ; and it is said of his French visit that Garrick might well look lack to his stay abroad, to the love of friendship he had formed, to the brilliant impressions he had left of himself, as a delightful memory and as hon ourable to his character as to the profession of which he was the ornament. "China Two Hundred Years Ago" is an interesting shetch of the oldest empire ever in existence. It is truly said that the improvement is not so great as might be between the China of 1656 and 1865, but there are still some remarkable changes. " Slides of Fancy's Lan tern" reproduces some celestial characters of antiquity be fore us in appropriate style, and with eloquent descriptions. " Early Vestiges of the Gael" will be a suitable subject for antiquarian readers to comment upon and digest at their leisure. This number is very classical, for we find an essay on the " Myth of Prometheus Solved," which con tains interesting subject for contemplation for a particular class of students. For the general reader there is a lengthy article on the " Irish Question in 1865," which is a sugges tive style of paper. The writer is more indulgent than some of his contemporaneous countrymen, for he admits that "it should not be matter for surprise that the Eng lish public are found unwilling to fix their minds upon what is called the Irish difficulty." It is here stated that the training of the middle classes in Ireland is very defi cient, and it is truly added that from these bustling ranks " enterprise should obtain its recruits." The reform herein suggested seems an admirable one, and it is to be hoped that the time will come when we shall witness the inaugu ration of "a system of sound English commercial school ing with just a spice of classical instruction to elevate it if required." _ _ FRASER.—Fraser is this month scarcely so enter tcrtaining as usual, although there is always some thing worth reading to be found under the sober drab cover. An article headed " A Visit to General Butler and the Army of the James," will probably attract a good many readers. We have only the first part of it here, but that gives an animated account of the writer's impressions. He repays General Butler's courtesy to his guest by an amiable but not altogether suc cessful endeavour to prove that the hero has been cruelly misrepresented, and that we English folks have all along done him injustice in our estimate of him. It is probable enough that Butler appeared a very different man in his own tent, dispensing hospitalities, from his portrait as sketched in print by some Southern correspondent, but when the darker sides of his character were called out the likeness might have been more accurate. It is not easy to believe that bad the Federal General been guilty of no ex ceptional and unnecessary harshness at New Orleans, he would have been regarded throughout the South with such bitter and personal hatred. The writer was fortunate enough to have a glimpse of General Grant, of whom, however, he does not give a very flattering description. In point of appearance General Grant sadly disappoints expectation. He probably does not exceed five feet six inches in height; nor does his figure or demeanour compensate for this defect. It may have been that the repulse of Meade and Warren before Petersburg had made him especially gloomy on this occasion, but whatever the reason, no sign of animation was visible upon his face. Though I watched him covertly but intently for more than an hour,l could not dis cern the least change in the expression of his countenace ; but he maintained a dogged and stolid look of abstraction, which accorded with the characteristic features of his face. His eyes are of a chilling blue grey, his lips thin and com pressed and drawn tightly over the teeth. His head is small, his ears large and projecting." Of Butler he speaks more favou- ably, though he is forced to admit some serious defects in his outward appearance. The English reader will perhaps be surprised to learn that our traveller con siders that " In manner he is courteous and refined; hi address easy, but dignified." Another military paper, though of a different style, being theoretical rather than descriptive. It is entitled "Regulars and Volunteers," and examines into the extent and probable efficiency of our military force. After considering the groat advantages of a volunteer reserve in a country like our own, whose scattered possessions may at any moment call away a large proportion of our regular army, the writer notices three strong objections which were made to the volunteer movement in its earlier days. Some complained that it was exclusively insular in its spirit, and would increase the separation between England and her children, a re proach strikingly contradicted by the heartiness with which the colonies have themselves adopted the movement. Others feared that it indicated a tendency towards an ag gressive and warlike temper—a prophecy also signally unfulfilled. A third section belonged to the regular army, and regarded the new force as hostile to the regular service —a prejudice which has happily proved altogether un founded. The story of " Gilbert Rugge" proceeds with interest. The storm bursts at last, and the revelation of Gilbert's parentage is made—made with all the most pain ful accidents of time and place for the ambitious and suc cessful young man, the fortunate lover of the proud ltss Harlixstowe. The evil-minded Captain Hunswood is the primary agent in the betrayal, but happily not without his treachery and malevolence becoming in some degree ap parent. The young man, so suddenly transported from the heights of success and fortune to the depths of disap pointment, comforts himself bravely under the shock, though how he will endure its subsequent consequences remains to be seen. The "Embankment of the Thames" is the subject of a sensible paper, and there is a pleasant discursive chapter by our friend the "Old Campaigner," as well as a discourse about fish, fisheries, and fishermen, and an essay on preaching. THE WATCH TOWER.—Number One of this new first-class shilling monthly magazine promises quite as well as Scrooge's first laugh on the memorable Christmas morning. " A Splendid Laugh," Scrooge's historian says of it while recording the notable fact of its having been indulged in—" the father of a long, long line of laughs," and so forth. And it is pre cisely thus with the first number of The Watch Tower! It is in many ways a really splendid inauguration, we may reasonably anticipate, of a protracted and brilliant career for this new venturer among the already numerous and fast multiplying throng of our monthly periodicals. Not but what we regard the selec tion of the very first paper as a mistake—its selection we mean as a first paper in a first number ! It is for all the world like putting the ballast—at the very moment of launching the now vessel—a-top! Towards the end of the number—in the middle of it—anywhere, in fact, but exactly where it is—the contribution referred to might have been suitable. But most certainly it appears to us out of place at the commencement. Be sides which, in itself, it is a sermon, and a sermon of a most serious, even, be it said, of an awful character— this impressive treatise, homily disquisition, or whatever else we ought to call it, entitled " Gethsemane," by the Rev. Capel Molyneux ! In other ways the number, it is true, is a little—only just a trifle—overweighted, as in the essays respectively headed " Bread upon the Waters" and "Things not Worthy." But, having said this, we have said pretty well all that can be said in the way of taking exceptions! For otherwise—at any rate, for the most part— the contents are singularly good. Especially, pre-eminently good they are in what may be desCribed as the piece de resistance—the charming, fresh, radiant com mencement of the serial story, entitled "Through the Furnace." So fresh, so charming, so radiant is it that the touch of a master hand is apparent throughout. Two illustrations adorn this number of the Watch lower, after • the fashion of the Cornhill these embellishments moreover, being not only gracefully drawn, but delicately tinted in the printing of them. One the sweetest sketch it is—illustrates some very beautiful and affecting, but also very painful, lines, entitled Charlie. From an excellent paper, descriptive of " The Influence of Gaol Chaplains," penned by one who has had experience in the matter, namely, the Rev. Charles Gibson, we extract the following:— "A great deal of infidelity prevails respecting convict reformation. An able writer in Blackwood's Magazine speaks of the reclamation of a regular thief as quite a hope less affair. We should say to this writer, as St. Paul said to Agrippa, "Why should it be thought a thing incre dible that God should raise the dead ?" We can point to one penitent thief, he who cried, "Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom." Thieves have heartS and consciences as well as other men. We regret the prevalence of an unbelief which is calculated to pai - alyse our moral and religious efforts for the reformation of this unhappy class. We cannot think so badly of even a thief's nature, as to believe its cure surpasses the power of Christianity." " Heaven our Home," another metrical contribution to the number„is chiefly noticeable for the fact that the writer has the oddest notion well imaginable;seemingly, in regard to rhyme—fancying, to all appearance that the resemblance is alone desirable in the vowels and not the least in the world in the consonants ! Hence, out of twelve stanzas, one of them alone has a rhyme to the opening verso of each— " Heaven our Home 1" namely, tho fourth, ending— " A Temple with a shining dome." Tho eleven others rhyming (!) horribly to Home with such words as—grown, moan, throne, stone, alone, &c. ! With a little more fastidious care in the selection and arrangement of the materials sent in, the building up of The Watch Tower will enable that same Watch Tower to take its stand securely and conspicuously among the throng of our periodicals. THE DAY OF REST, a kind of weekly penny corn panion. to The Watch Tower—a sort of attendant page or esquire to that knight in full panoply—is issued from the same press (so far as a weekly and monthly can be) simultaneously. The fast and second numbers, now come to hand, are each of them a right good pennyworth—each number being illustrated with a wood cut, fitted, by its excellence, for a much costlier publica tion. TEMPLE BAR.—" Sir Jasper's Tenant" is another of those exciting productions for which this writer has been so deservedly famous. The " Florid Widow" is the chief personage in this instalment, and she upsets the whole serenity of the Grange in a remarkable manner. George Pauncefort is also mixed up with her in some mysterious manner, so that Marian and her father, like many hermits who run away from the world, find the world come to them in its vanities and vexations. Mr. Sala again appears before us with his graphic sketches of the World's Streets. " New York, Clinton Place, into Broadway," is the theme here chosen for dissertation. America is just now so much the theme of thought and the topic of discussion that doubtless this sketch will be an attractive one. " Convicts at Swan River" is a very appropriate sketch at the present time, for it contains an account of the unsuccessful attempt made by an American convict to escape. To those who have been declaming so vehemently as to the danger of sending con victs to Western Australia because they can escapo across the country, it is remarked that when experienced settlers never think of .going into the interior without being ex tensively supplied with provisions, it is " sheer nonsense, to say that a poor wretch of a convict would ever at tempt to cross the pathless desert of the Australian conti nent, where the savages themselves often lie down and die before they reach water." "Land at Last" is the title of a new tale by the author of "Broken to Harness." "A Love less Story" is a curious sketch, in which some crafty cha racters overreach themselves and are deprived of their ill gotten booty, " Muscular Gents "is a satirical account of a certain class of heroes. "David Chantrey" is continued in its stirring style. "Ancient Dances" is a lively and enter taining account of terpsichorean performances. ST JAMES'S.—Miss Braddon's story of " Only a Clod" is the first thing to greet the reader. The story progresses rapidly in this part. Frank Fredethlyn discovers his long-lost cousin Susan, and the reader also makes a discovery by identifying her treacherous bridegroom with Harcourt Lowther's elder brother. It remains to be seen whether or no the marriage at the_ Registry-office was genuine, but the course of Mephistopheles does not run quite so smooth as it did Julia Desmond is as usual detestable, and Maude has not yet discovered her own imprudence, though Stuccoville has carefully registered all its details long since. An essay on Sir E. B. Lytton's recent volume of poetry newly revised if not newly written. The critic expresses some surprise that any one should have regarded it as the effort of its author in a fresh and untried walk of his art. Sir E. B. Lytton has already gathered bay-leaves from Mount Parnassus, if he has not climbed to its summit, and the writer of "King Arthur," " The New Timon," and " The Lady of Lyons," to say nothing of the charming lyrics scattered through his works, can scarcely be regarded as an inexperienced or presumptuous aspirant to poetical fame. "The Death Penalty" is the title of an article re commending the abolition of capital punishment. The author cites, in support of his views, the in stance of Tuscany, where the penalty was suspended or abolished for a long period. During the years of its suspension no increase whatever was perceptible in the number of assassinations. This is certainly a striking fact, and it is possible that a lengthened imprisonment under severe and painful restrictions might be equally deterrent eventually, still the change would be a risk which our legislators may well pause before they incur. We must remember, too, that there are others besides desperate and hardened ruffians who may be tempted to the commission of this great crime. A man who is wicked enough in in tention to be a murderer may fear to carry out his own evil wishes. We know the number of murders committed, but we do not know the number of murders prevented by the thought of the terrible gallows. While there is life there is hope, and even a severe and perpetual imprisonment leaves room for the angel Hope. No one can foresee what chance may turn up, what possibility of - escape may occur, what alteration of the laws may benefit the prisoner. There is no question that the uncertainty with which our present law is enforced has greatly diminished its terrors, and that consequently whatever deterrent effect it may have is pro portionately lessened. -" The Tom Glove" is an ingenious story, and we have articles on " The Language of Art," " Heraldry Past and Present," and other subjects. MACMILL AN.—Professor Goldwin Smith enters very carefully into our relations with America, and into the possibilities or probabilities of a war. He arrives at the conclusion, which we must hope will prove the true one, that the Americans have no wish or intention to provoke a contest with this country. The arguments upon which ho bases this theory are not, however, indisputable, and it must be ownedthat the Ame ricans have not always shown that their political sagacity could rise superior to the passions of the multitude or the exigencies of the moment. "Scenes in African Slave Preserve" show us slavery in its cradle, and in all its horrors. "Essays at Odd Times" aro worth reading, and Thomas Wright, F.S.A., contributes an amusing paper on the strong drinks of past generations, which they prettily disguised under the titles of ratafia, rosa solis, aqua mira bilis, and so on. The two fictions that have so long occu pied a prominent place in this magazine have both completed their courses together. " The Hillyars and the Burtons," a vigorous and effective, though disjointed and even extravagant story, terminat 0 somewhat abruptly, though the reader has been gradually prepared for the final catastrophe through the last two or throe numbers. The characters, though many of them are merely sketched in outline, are boldly and powerfully drawn, and certainly, whatever faults may be found with the work, those of insipidity and want of talent cannot be urged. "A Son of the Soil" presents a total contrast to Mr. Henry Kingsley's story. It deals with thought as much as the other with action, and endeavours to portray in some degree the turbulent and perplexed mental life of a talented and ambitious youth who scarcely knows his own wants or wishes. Those who have followed the hero through all his career will be somewhat disappointed to find that the woman in the clouds never reveals herself, but Colin is forced to content himself with gentle, matex of-fact little Alice in the place of his youthful ideal. LONDON SOCIETY.—This pleasant serial is as light and amusing as ever, and as graphically illustrated. It opens with a story bearing the impressive title of " The Ingenuous Wobbler," which conveys a useful moral to bachelors, on the continent especially. The artist in the Law Courts is as clever as usual and gives us sketches of " Tho deaf witness, the confident witness, the dull witness, the interesting witness, and others of the same category. " Cavendish," en authority on such matters, contributes a paper on cardplaying and its morality ; and the entertain ing series of papers on Politeness, Insular and Continental, is continued. Concerning the uniformity of English bills of fare the following laughable anecdote is told. " A German traveller well received in London went a round of dinner parties. For about the twentieth time he sat down to joints at top and ham at bottom. Mein Gott !' he exclaimed, ' cock and bacon again ! There is nothing to be had but cock and bacon,' and he forthwith entered in his note-book---' The English live principally on cock and bacon.' " Old Love-letters furnish matter for an interesting paper, and an account of the Queens of Comedy is adorned with a portrait of Madame Dorian. "The Lady in Muslin" proceeds with undiminished eccentricity. THE VICTORIA MAGAZINE.—" Mutability," by Cecil Blake, is a well written paper on a not very original theme, and the " Common Sense of Mar riage Settlements" is the title of a paper which addresses itself to apractical matter. Miss Edgar completes her interesting account of a training school for servants, founded by some benevolent ladies, and suggests the means of obviating the great domestic dilemma of our times. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW.—A very interesting paper on one of the most shining names in the world of art opens this number. It is remarked that in our own country the name of Michael Angelo is less familiar than the names of Dante or Raphael, but only because his mighty works require to be visited to be even faintly known. "Dante will come to us at any moment, and overawe our spirits with his shapes and works of terror ; nor is it very difficult to obtain a knowledge of Raphael's most charming forms, colours, and inimitable lines, but ho who has not seen the Sistine Chapel has not known Michael Angelo; he who has not seen what he himself spoke of as the 'Pantheon hung in the air '—St. Peter's, at Rome—has not known Michael Angelo ; and he who has not seen those last marvels in stone, the Moses, the Dawn and the Night, has not known Michael Angelo." There are other papers, partly sectarian and partly general in interest, one of the best being on " Haunted London." THE ALEXANDRA MAGAZINE.—An article on "Mil liners and Dressmakers " finds an appropriate place in this magazine, and it will, we hope, prove useful. The revelations are very painful. Another on "Employers and Servants" suggests some improvements in housekeeping. An account of " Wood Engraving' tells an interesting tale respecting its origin ; and there are other papers well worth reading. MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS, Part IV. (Longman and Co.).—This very thin instalment completes here the People's Edition of the Miscel laneous Writings of our Essayist and Historian, the greatest of all our essayists, the most elo quent and picturesque, though, it must , also be said, the most partial and perverse and pre judiced of all our historians. Brief though this the last instalment of the serial is, it is remarkable as containing within it, besides title-page and index, the whole of the miscellaneous poems, the preface signed T. F. E., and the conclusion of the noble paper upon William Pitt. The publishers have now, indeed, completed their very admirable and most successful endeavour to popu larise the genius of Thomas, Lord Macaulay. LE FOLLET is this month unusually gay. The coloured plates, illustrating the fashions for the present season, are finely executed, and altogether the April num ber is an exceedingly good one. BEETON'S YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN, " Domestic Magazine," and " Boy's Monthly Magazine," each maintain their high reputation for entertaining and instructive articles. CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED DON QUIXOTE progresses most satisfactorily. The engravings by Gustave Dore are worthy the highest praise. " The Illustrated Shakspere, "Bunyan," Gulliver," and " Natural History" are each as attractive as the preceding numbers. CROWN DEBTORS.—A return has been made of the number of Crown debts and obligations registered within the last five years in the office established in the Court of Common Pleas for the registration of liens upon landed property. The numbers registered in a year have varied from 1,050 in 1860 to 374 in 1862 ; the total of the five years is 3,206. As many as 853 were for more than £5,000 ; but it is not said whether the sums stated are the amounts due. It is probable that in most cases two or three entries relate to the same obligation. SELWOOD FOREST.—This tract of land skirted the boundaries of Wiltshire and Somersetshire, occu pying the declivity of the high land, and descending into the vale. In the olden time it must have been very pic turesque, for even now it is a pretty bit of landscape, de spite modern improvements and high farming. The original extent of the forest was about twelve miles in length and five in breadth, but lands bordering on the old limits were afforested after the coronation of Henry However, we learn that in the twenty-sixth of Edward 1., in 1298, there was a perambulation to reduce the forest to its ancient and lawful bounds, made in 1225 and ratified by the great seal of England. Under Edward 1., then, the limits of the forest were once more arranged, commissioners being appointed by the king to meet those sent by the landowners. Malcolm de Harleigh and John do Wroteslighe on the part of his majesty me t Galfred do Wrokeshall and Hugh de Popham, knights of the county of Somerset, and in the presence of the ver derers they made oaths as to the bounds of the said forest. " All the bailiwick of Selewode was afforested of vert and venison." As time went on it appears that the neigh bouring landowners and cottagers obtained a prescriptive right to depasture their cows or geese on the outlying parts of the forest lands; and now we find the position of matters so far changed that the commonalty aro interested in the preservation of the royal forests and commons. Towards the close of the reign of Henry the Eighth the nobles began to slice off pieces of the outlying wastes and commons, enclosing them for their own pastures or parks. A belief in the rights of the soil is so inherent in human nature that it is not surprising that the people rose and resisted to the vary death this en croachment on their privileges. They were first despoiled of their lands by the king, and now that the forest laws had fallen into desuetude, they were robbed of their pas turage by the nobles. The (Nil had attained to such a height that in 1549, third of Edward the Sixth, a procla mation was issued to restrain certain nobles and gentry from enclosing the commons and converting them into their own pastures and parks, and commanded that all ground that had been thus enclosed should be thrown open by a certain day under heavy penalties. Once a Week. 1, DR. PRITCHARD'S CASE.-011 Thursday the body of Mrs. Taylor, the mother-in-law of Dr. Pritchard, who died suddenly at his house on the 25th of February last, and who was buried in Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh, was disinterred by the authorities. The me lancholy task of exhuming the body took place in presence of Mr. Tayler, the husband, and Dr. Taylor, of Penrith, the son of the deceased, who were called upon to identify the body. On its being removed to one of the vaults of the cemetery the stomach and other organs were taken out for chymical examination, it being suspected that Mrs. Taylor died of poisoning by antimony, like her unfortu nate daughter, Mrs. Pritchard. The deceased Mrs. Tay lor was 71 years of ago, and the inscription on the coffin showed that she had been buried on the 2d of March. The body, which showed very little trace of decomposition, was re-interred, the organs being carried away for the analysis, the result of which will probably not be known for some days. It will, as in the former, case, be intrusted to Professor Maclagan. THE QUEEN AND THE PROPOSED BRAEMAR RAIL WAY.—Some reports are afloat that if the railway extension to Braemar is finally decided on her Majesty the Queen and the other branches of the royal family will bid farewell to Deeside as a summer residence. These reports are said to have emanated from a quarter considered likely to know, but the people on Deeside (who are nearly all in favour of the scheme) are loth to believe that there is any truth in the rumours. When it is taken into considera tion that the railway would be of great benefit to the in habitants of the district through which it is intended to pass, the people in Ballater, Cratbie, and Braemar confi dently think that her Majesty is not one who would wish to keep back any benefit from her people. We may state however, that last week Mr. Milne, factor, Abone Castle, along with a photographic artist, was busily engaged taking views of the proposed route about Newon and Lochanalair to Balmoral Castle, and from the castle across the river where it is intended the line shall pass. These views have been taken for the purpose of showing her Majesty how much of the proposed line would be seen from the windows and grounds of Balmoral Castle.— Dundee Advertiser.