The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-23 00:00:00

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Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers Clark, White, Coe , &c. ; Mesdames .-.nowdon, Stuart, Bill, Harris, Wright, &C. Concluding with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. To commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— tole rrovrietor Ann Manatfer. Air. B. roomer. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Stephenson ; Mrs. A. Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Miss K. Kelly. After which (by desire), ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Pen Holder, Mr. Benjamin Webster; Constance, Miss 11. Simms. To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE; or, In the Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFrER THE WEDDING. Messrs. C. Horsman, Collett, M'lntyre, dco. ; Mesdames C. Horsman and G. Leigh. After which, at Fight, DON CESAR DE BAZ A.N. Don Caesar, Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. 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(HE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPOUTING INTELLIG.EA's C Dan be had Every Evening of G. Et. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendiso- street, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing all the LAfEST .NEWS ant SPORTING NELLIGENCE, by El. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agen l , 4 T , Blackiriars-road, London, S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 18m.—Afternoon, 12h. 44m. To-Monnow.-Morning, lh. 10m.—Afternoon, lh. 46m. t • 'VI - 1 4 .. it . 4 ‘,,.. __ _ ' ~....: g 014:ka),Wpo tilt 14.---„A,,,,,,---4,* S 0 N'S LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1865. It is not often that an anniversary festival pre sents such interesting features as the dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund on Saturday evening. Whether we regard the object of the institution itself, which appeals more extensively to general sympathies than a particular hospital or asylum, the interest attaching to the name . and early associa tion of president, or the eloquent manner in which the claims of the society were urged, we must at once admit that Saturday's banquet passes out of the general category of annual dinners, and that the formal toasts, the tedious addresses, and the inevitable " report," were superseded in this in stance by " the feast of reason and the flow of soul." It would have been difficult, if not impossible, to select a more able and appropriate President than the gentleman who kindly took the chir on the occasion. With a literary reputation as extended as the agency of that press whose claims he urged so strongly, it might be supposed that his sympathies, as one of the foremost authors of the age, would be rather with his own particular brethren of the pen than with the mo re busy but less distinguished members of that ancient profession which he followed before the names of "Box" and DICKENS were household Words. But not the least interesting portion of the eloquent add ress of the evening was the remi niscences of those early days of hard work and o b s curity, which showed how fresh and vivid were the great author's recollections of those humble days when, in gallopin g postchaises, i n pelting rain, in the old back TOWS of the galleries Of the old H ouses of Parliament, he took rapiadra lessa f a i t hf u l notes of the utte rances of s peakers far gifted and eloquent than himself. I am not he re , , , said Mr. DICKENS, " advocating the case of a mer e ordinary client of whom I have little or no know ledge. I hold a brief to-night for my brothers;'' and in vivid and picturesque language he went on to describe the circumstances under which he fol lowed their calling, and the difficulties against which in those days the reporter had to contend. Whether reporting Lord RUSSELL'S electioneering aeclaraations under shelter of a friendly pocket handkerchief as a state canopy, or Writing 014 11i8 knees in the gallery of the old House of Commons, or returning hurriedly from provincial meetings to the waiting press in London, and being consequently upset in every description of vehicle on the road, Mr. DICKENS was always sensible of the importance and the fascination of his calling. Even amid the laurels he has long since gathered in a more honour able field he recals those trivial incidents as evi dence that his interest in it has never quite died out, and that consequently he does not urge the claims of this laborious profession as a mere advocate to order, but as one who is deeply sensible of the toils , and troubles, the requirements and the necessities of those with whom he once associated. Their claims were urged by Mr. DICKENS in a spirit worthy of the dignity of the, profession. In the first place, this institution is by no means of an eleemosynary character, being based upon those economic self-supporting principles that the most rigid theorists approve. It is gratifying to know that even during the past year of the society's regu lar existence in its present form more than one third of the money collected in aid of the society came exclusively from the Press. It would be quite inconsistent with the position so worthily occupied by the press of this country to appeal for alms, but it is not held derogatory to any profession to provide some resource for its infirm, unfortunate or superannuated members. Such a provision is held to be an honour to those who are in full enjoyment of their health and faculties, and for whom the fickle goddess has reserved her continuous smiles, to give a thought to those who have been less persevering or less successful. Art and literature and the drama have successively acknowledged the claims of these weaker members, and if the general public is anxious to seize the opportunity to express its sense of obligation to the stewards of thought, and taste, and intelligence, it would surely be niggardly and churlish to deny it a share. " The whole circle of the arts," said Mr. DICKENS, " is pervaded by insti tutions between which and this I can descry no difference. The painter's art has four or five such institutions. The musician's art has likewise several such institutions. In my own art there is one, in the dramatic art there are four, and I have never heard any objection to their principle." We may indeed carry this further, for if we pass the limits of the arts we find the other professions—the legal, the medical, the clerical—all adopt the same principle, which is even extended in lower ranks to a clerks' fund and a decayed farmers' association. Yet the principle which is so manifestly based on wise and enlight ened principles, which is founded on a happy mix ture of prudence and charity, is objected to when applied to the members of a most laborious pro fession. To no other is the public so deeply in debted, and certainly its members cannot com plain that their services are undervalued, though their full benefit cannot perhaps be rea:ised. It is only by looking back to the past, and comparing it with the present, that the services rendered to a country by a free and inde pendent press can be rightly estimated. Mr. WAL POLE, in touching upon this point, observed that when the history of the last 65 years was written, it would show that more progress had been made, more advances attained in literature, in science, in art, and, in fact, in everthing of importance, than in any three centuries before, and this he believed was, in a great measure, owing to the action of the public press. The political effects of such an institution are not less marvellous than the social ; and SHERIDAN'S famous peroration has long been accepted as conveying a simple fact. But if the action of men in power has been restricted and con trolled by the general diffusion of knowledge, the politicians themselves owe a deep debt to those gen tlemen whose active pencils convey to a whole world the sentences uttered at some remote provin cial hustings, at some obscure assembly-room, or to the empty benches of St. Stephen's. Bearing in view the presence of those ever-vigilant recorders, the speaker may forget the inattention or indifference of his immediate hearers, because he feels that he is addressing a wider audience, and that the deep thought, the keen sarcasm, the earnest exhortation which pass unheeded at the moment may be read to morrow in a thousand homes, may reappear a day or two later in the cafes of continental cities, may penetrate within a few weeks to the dolce far niente of Eastern leisure, and the busy stirring life of the great Western Continent. In one of his finest works, a great author of the present day depicts one of his heroes a statesman of considerable reputation thus lifted beyond the mere temporary annoyance of a contested election in a country town by catching sight of the listening reporters. The insinuation that an institution like the present would interfere with the accuracy of the public reports was felt to be too unworthy, too en tirely opposed to ,the whole scope and character of a free press to weigh for a moment in the balance. Against all such abuses of the trust reposed in our journalists, publicity and competition are the best safeguards, and unless some much sounder argument can be urged against the claims of this society the ayes will certainly, have it. But however conscientious and indefatigable men may be in the discharge of their duty, they can possibly insure themselves and their families against illness, accident, or misfortune. No man can guarantee the success of his own work, the stability of the establishment of which he forms a part, still less the endurance of that health and strength which are indispensable to the pursuit of an exacting and exhausting profession. Our papers appear with such unfailing regularity that the public are apt to forget that they are not produced exclu sively by machinery. There are human machines at work, and if after long and faithful public service the busy brain grows weary, the cunning hand loses its skill, are they to be bidden to stand aside without further thought or care. There is no fear but that the richer and more fortunate members of the profession will be ready to do their part, and as the benefits of the institution become more widely known those humbler members who are more likely to need its aid will probably contribute their share. It only remains for the public to weigh well the claims of some of their most useful servants, advocated as they are by men whom rank, fortune, and reputa tion have not succeeded in elevating beyond sym pathy with their kind. The perversity of the Prussians in refusing to recognise plain truths is really almost incomprehen sible, and one's patience is pretty well exhausted by witnessing their repeated attempts to glorify them selves and make a display before foreign nations. Surely this is not the time to parade their power when they are in such imminent danger of losing the prize they have so long coveted. However, when people aro infatuated it is useless to expect moderation in any respect, and, accordingly, the fiftieth anniversary of the embodiment of the Rhine provinces with Prussia was celebrated the other KING day with great pomp and ceremony. The and QUEEN appeared to do honour to the affair, and speeches, addresses, and banquets were the order of the day at Aix la Chapelle It 18 noti cea bl e, however, that t a i n ie d fe C st o iv lo a gn ies e. were not celebrated in an unanimous spirit, and the affair was not congenial to all. At Aix la Chapelle some of those invite .l returned the cards to a considerable 'lumber, aw l at cologula only a few were invited because the Town Council ' had determined to ignore the matter of the festi vities. The Berlin Parliament made no mention of the grand day except what was worse than nothing, for an unscrupulous member, in making those com plaints against the Administration which are now regular occurrences, took occasion to point the moral of the anniversary in no very flattering manner. Side by side with the rejoicings thus per sisted in, whether willingly or not, we meet with very unsatisfactory accounts from the Duchies, which may well be regarded as the theatre of disputes and the centre of interest in Germany at present. It is here that the crisis will take place towards which all eyes have so long been anxiously turned, and to which all the various changes that have taken place in German affairs have tended for some time. Austria is evidently getting weary of the long delays which intervene in this entangled affair, while the Berlin schemers seem to have re vived their hopes and renewed their efforts with fresh vigour and increased spirit. It is now posi tively asserted that Prussia will go on to the end, and that no hesitation or unwillingness on the part of the inhabitants of Schleswig-Holstein will stay the progress of affairs. Herr ABELSEN made a bold declaration to this effect the other day when the Special Naval Committee was sitting ; but here, again, was another proof afforded of the indifference with which the Royal and Ministerial plans are received by the House. The rental loan was rejected unanimously, and again the Government had to put up with an ignominious discomfiture, and a mortifying defeat. The greatest danger that at the present moment threatens to dis turb the security of Prussia, and to undermine the . tactics of her rulers, is the great want of unity that exists between the Government and the represen tatives. This weakens their position a hundredfold, and must most certainly militate considerably against the furtherance of the dearly cherished schemes of annexation. A house divided against itself cannot stand, and it is not likely that the nation so dis tracted by internal dissensions and discussions can long continue to enjoy its present prosperity and power—a prosperity that has been signally unde served, and a power that has been sinfully abused and misapplied. It seems a judgment upon the un scrupulous mode pursued by Prussian rulers that the thwarting of their schemes should be thus threatened by home enemies rather than foreign ones. But however, and whenever, it come, the day of retribution must arrive, for it is contrary to all experience, and against all reason to expect that such a series of manoeuvres and course of deception can long succeed, having for objects both the ruin of popular liberties at home and the aggrandisement of territory abroad, without regard or reference to justice. It always gives an unsatisfactory aspect to an affair when an inquiry is refused or an investigation put off, no matter how expedient may he the terms employed, or how much the rejection of the demand may be in accordance with pru dence. In is indeed a species of management totally opposed to the spirit of fair play, which is the chief characteristic of the English character, and justly regarded as a sentiment to be proud of. Last night, in the House of Commons, attention was called by Mr. D. GRIEFITII to the case of Lieut.- Colonel DAWKINS. This affair has engaged consi derable notice in military circles, and it cannot appear, upon consideration, that the hon. member overstepped the limits of propriety and violated any Parliamentary rules in thus bringing the subject before Parliament. Mr. BRIGHT very properly summed up the matter when he said that the House of Commons was a court of appeal in all cases of grievance in the public service. This is the only right way of looking at the matter, and it is quite inconsistent for such answers to be given as were so plentifully furnished by the Government members last night. Whether or not the produc tion of the papers relative to the affair be incon venient or not does not affect the rights of the matter ; and as some very inconvenient mode has been adopted of settling this affair, it is not too much to ask or to expect that inquiries shall be made into it, now that the chief sufferer has made a complaint. Mr. WALPOLE very properly sug gested that the Government should agree to the case being fully inquired into ; but no heed was paid to the advice. Lord PALMERSTON did not show his usual discernment in the view he took of the mat ter, and his arguments were most inconclusive. He said that it was an ex parte statement which had been made ; but whose fault is it that it was so ? Certainly that of the authorities, who refuse to allow the inquiry which has been demanded. It gives a bad impression when secrecy is employed and affairs hushed up, and if those who do so are actuated by good motives they are most mis taken and ill-advised in the course they pursue. What is to be done if wrong is done to an officer by the military authorities ? Lord PAL3IERSTON says the House is not a proper tribunal. This is strictly in contradiction to the terms of our Constitution. The representatives of the House of Commons are precisely the ones who should decide upon a matter of this sort, or at least exhort the Government to do so. It is to be hoped that even yet those concerned in the matter will reconsider their decision, and allow the public mind to be satisfied, which it certainly is not, and will not be, by this unseemly shrinking from scrutiny. Military discipline is a necessary part of the ser vice, but justice is the essential element in all Government, and it must appear that they have failed in this the one thing needful who persist in refusing the request of an inquiry ; and the verdict of the world at large is always against those whose arbitrary proceedings are supposed to shun the light of day. THE COLLISION ON THE BLYTH AND TYNE RAlL WAY.—Further inquiries which have been made into the cause of the collision on the North Seaton branch of the Blyth and Tyne Railway on Saturday show that it originated in gross carelessness. The passenger train had been coming from the North Seaton, not the Bedlington end of the line. It left there at half-past Bin the morning the line, as already stated, being a single one. An engine man with empty coal waggons for North Seaton Colliery, though he knew a train was due from North Seaton, in the most reckless, manner, about the same time proceeded with his train down the same rails from Bedlington. After he had got on the line he appears to have seen the passenger train coming, but instead of endeavouring to get back he had put steam on to run to the siding of the Barrington Colliery. When he reached that, however, he found there was no one at the siding to shunt his train, and a collision being inevitable, he then turned the steam off his engine. The engine-driver in charge of the passenger train, who had hoped that the coal train would have got on the Bar rington branch, also turned off his steam, but it was too late. When the two trains came together the shock was tremendous. The engine-drivers and stokers saved their lives by leaping off before the trains came together, but the unfortunate passengers had no sueh good fortune. The most severe sufferer was a lady named Thompson, who had both her legs broken. Miss Plews, a sister of Mrs. Thompson, was also badly hurt. Mrs. English, a farmer's wife, living at the Morr-house, was also much injured, and a schoolmaster belonging to the fishing village of New Biggen was also much bruised. Mrs. Thompson is reported to be in a very precarious state. The Bulletin des Lois gives a list of new patents taken out, some of which are curious. Two inhabitants of Lyons have found a method of lining the envelopes of letters with silk, forming veritable billets doux. Thera is a patent for a cane which may be carried in the pocket and transformed into a seat ; for an instrument for discovering beds of metal and subterraneous waters ; for a vessel rising in the air and being there steered ; for the application of steam to small boats used in toys for children ; and for making cigarettes without paper. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1865. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. QUEENSTO WN, MAY 23. The extra Inman steamer Glasgow, from New York on the 10th inst., arrived here at 2.30 a.m. to-day with 151 passengers. She landed nineteen passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 2.40 a.m. The Glasgow brought no specie. FRANCE, PARIS, MAY 23. The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes an article signed by M. Paulin Limayrac, which reverts to the pacific declarations of the Federal Govern ment, and points to facts showing that the uneasi ness occasioned by affairs in America has no foun dation. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 22. In the Senate notice has been given of a question to be addressed to the Government relative to the cause of the prolongation of the monetary and com mercial crisis in Spain• THE DUKE OF AUGUSTENBURG. FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, May 21. The following motion is preparing to be brought in at the Diet by some of the Middle States. It is possible, however, it may yet be subjected to some modifications before being definitively submitted to that Assembly. A more precise definition, for in stance, is thought to be wished with reference to an " ambassador of the Duke of Augustenburg." It is not yet known whether Austria approves the mo tion : " That, as the Federal Assembly, by the stipula tions of the Federal act, is constituted of the repre sentatives of the collective members of the Con federation ; as, in accordance with its high mission, the Federal Assembly, for the preservation of the true sense of the Federal act, is called upon to ex plain the stipulations therein contained concerning whose interpretation doubt should arise, in ac cordance with the purpose of the Confederation, and in all cases to secure their correct appli cation to the prescriptions of that document ; and as, further, no reason continues to exist for the maintenance in force of the Fede ral resolution of Nov. 28, 1863, regarding the suspension of the Holstein vote, that it may there fore please the Federal Assembly to resolve that an ambassador for Holstein and Laueuburg shall again be admitted to the Diet, and to express its expec tation to the Governments of Austria and Prussia that they will very shortly communicate to the Diet what agreement in this respect has been arrived at between them in order to satisfy the objects of the Confederation." As the Federal Diet has also to see that the sti pulations of Art. XVIII., respecting the constitu tion of the provincial Estates, do not remain un fulfilled in any Federal State, it at the same time requests the Governments of Austria and Prussia to acquaint it as early as possible what arrangements have recently been agreed upon between them for the immediate convocation of the Holstein Estates. SOUTH AMERICA. BUENOS AYRES, April 12. The Standard of to-day says :—" The native and foreign public received a great shock yesterday morning, on reading in the official and semi-official journals that war was declared by Paraguay against the Argentine 'Republic. The money market was at once seized with a panic, and people began to dis cuss the various manner, the prospects, and issue of the impending war." The other papers discuss the probabilities of war or peace, but nothing conclusive can be drawn from the speculations. The Standard, in its packet edition for Europe, publishes the following :—" Owing to the impend ing struggle between Paraguay and Brazil, Buenos Ayres is at present full of all sorts of rumours and apprehensions. The last mail from Corrientes (which is the Argentine province nearest to Para guay), although destitute of any official or positive information, has caused a general conviction that the Paraguayan army will be marched across the Argentine territory into Brazil, and that the viola tion of our territory must necessarily lead to a war with Paraguay. We, however, are far from parti cipating in this conviction, and feel confident that the blessings of neutrality are too vividly before the eyes of President Mitre to fear that he will now, no matter under what pretext, depart from a policy which has already gained him such laurels. But matters appear at last approaching a crisis. The Brazilian squadron has left Buenos Ayres for the Paraguayan waters, the land forces of Brazil are still in Monte Video, where, it is said, the most gigantic preparations are being made, and at this moment a large park of artillery is crossing through the in terior of Brazil to the Paraguayan frontier. Mean while the Paraguayans are not losing time, and have so long fortified llumayta and staked the mouth of the Paraguayan River that all attempts to force a passage up by the Brazilian squadron will prove futile. President Lopez, believing his defences impregnable, is now at the head of the main army, numbering over 30,000 men ; and we learn on good authority that tho Paraguayan general in chief purposes imitating Sherman in America, and intends marching right into the enemy's country. " The new Government of Flores is giving uni versal satisfaction, and more than realising the good wishes of its most sanguine supporters. " In one of our most distant provinces, Jujuy, very valuable petroleum springs have been dis covered." Fearful Thunderstorm. PRESTON, Monday, 6 30 p.m. One of the most alarming storms of thunder, lightning, rain, and hail ever recollected in this locality occurred here this afternoon. About 3 o'clock the sky grew dark, fearful flashes of lightning, and loud peals of thunder followed; about a quarter past 3 o'clock rain literally fell in torrents nearly every street in the town was flooded, houses, cellars, &c., were inundated, and in some localities shopkeepers had quantities of goods destroyed. In the principal square of the town several houses were flooded, and pumping engines had to bo got to clear the water from them. Immediately after the rain there was an unparalleled fall of hail. People were actually afraid of their housa and shop windows being broken by it. Hailstones half an inch long were picked up by many parties. The railway station was nearly "drowned out," for some time while the rain was falling the rails wore completely out of sight, the water reached up to the fireboxes of the engines, and ran through the station in one general torrent. Btween 4 and 6 o'clock the thunder and lightning returned with fearful force and vividness. Up to the time of the despatch of this message no cases of personal injury had been reported. MAL T ON. During the whole of Sunday night indications of a coming storm were observable, sheet lightning playing in the south and west for hours. The weather up to noon yesterday had been unusually hot for the season. The storm came from the Wolds, and travelled in a northerly direction. At noon the darkness was so intense that gas had to be lit in business places. For a quarter of an hour there were continuous flashes of forked lightning, with very heavy rains. Crops of all kinds will be immensely benefited. So far no acci dent is reported. LIVERPOOL. On Sunday, about 5 p.m., a heavy storm of lightning, thunder, and rain visited Liverpool. It lasted only a short time, but its violence and the noise and force of the explo sions at Hoylake, near Liverpool, were such as no one there recollects occurring before. There was ono fearful flash ; the explosion and flash were simultaneous, and it would appear took effect in the yard of the Royal Hotel. The elec tricity either entered the roof or the window of a low stable and killed a valuable horse, the property of one of the visitors, split a large rug which hung against the wall, and set fire to it and the hay and straw around it. There were six or seven men sitting in an open shed opposite the stable, and they, perceiving smoke issuing from the stable, applied water and extinguished the flames. These men had a most providential escape, as the explosion must have occurred within ten feet of where they were grouped together. Yes terday afternoon another, but milder, storm visited the same locality. . ':~. __~ BUENOS AYRE S RIO DE JANEIRO, April 24. The Saintonge brought dates from Buenos Ayres to the 13th, and from Montevideo to the 15th inst. General Flores continues to use every effort to reorganise the Oriental Republic. The new Bra zilian envoy extraordinary, Senhor Octaviano de Almeida Rosa, was officially received on the 4th, and, on presenting his credentials, said :—" Large enough already for her future destinies and for her present activity, Brazil looks not with long ing eyes upon the territory of the neighbouring Republic ; neither does she aspire to a political supremacy which could enfeeble their sovereignty and liberty. A constant and disinterested friend to all the South American nationalities, she sincerely wishes that they may prosper and cherish a senti ment of dignity which will protect them from des potism of every kind. " A people who have been enslaved offer no guarantee of peace to their neighbours. They are immediately converted into instruments of insane governments who dream of absolute impunity and venture to violate international law." This declaration seems to put an end to the alleged projects of Brazilian conquest, and introduc tion of slavery into the Plata, which has been so much talked of. The declaration of war by Paraguay against the Argentine Confederation was hourly expected at Buenos Ayres. The Argentine steamer Salto, running between that city and Assumption, was overdue,and fears are entertained that Lopez would detain it in the same manner as he did the Brazilian packet Marquez de Olinda. Rumours were current of the invasion of the province of Corrientes by 12,000 Paraguayan troops, and the Argentine Go vernment were reinforcing that frontier. Two divi sions of the Brazilian squadron had left Buenos Ayres and steamed up the river to operate against Paraguay. The blockade of that country had been declared, on the 10th, 20 days being allowed for foreign vessels to leave with their cargoes. The 3d division of the squadron, with Admiral Viscount Tamandare, was to follow immediately. From Mato Grosso we have dates overland to 2d March. Letters from the capital give the most dis mal accounts of the state of that now almost inac cessible province. The river Cuiaba had overflowed, and destroyed a large portion of the capital, which bears the same name as the river. The unheard-of atrocity and cruelty of the Paraguayan invaders can only be compared to those practised by the natives during the Indian rebellion. The following is an abstract of a letter published in the Jornal do Commercio of the 20th. It is from Colonel Porto carreiro, who so heroically defended Fort Coimbra. lle writes : " At Sara they (the Paraguayan) took a canoe with Capt. Conrado, 2nd Lieutenant Barboza, and Ist Lieutenant Bueno ; the first two they cruelly be headed ; the third, being an old man, they spared, and contented themselves with kicking him down the hold of the vessel. At Mangabal they acted still worse. After surrounding the village and making prisoners of upwards of 400 of the inhabi tants (of whom more than 100 were women and girls) they sent them all under two strong escorts, to the port, five leagues distant. The women were obliged to walk half naked through the rain, and on the way not one of the females escaped dishonour, men and officers alike participating in these re volting acts in the sight of husbands and others unable to protect them." The Minister of War, addressing the President of the province of Goyaz instructing them to send to Mato Grosso all the troops in that province, ex presses himself thus : " Government is well aware of the value of the colonies, but think it its duty first to defend the invaded territory, for when a large portion of FO important a province as Mato Grosso is occupied by such enemies as the Paraguayans, it is not then the time to divert a portion of the army from the war, in order that it may protect the colonies from the attacks of the savages, undoubtedly much less terrible than the external enemy. In fact, where ever the Paraguayans pass, they burn, sack, plunder, murder, and, to crown all, ravish females of all ages." The volunteer movement all over Brazil continues unabated, and the contingents from the provinces are daily coming in. Amongst these corps the pro vince of Bahia furnishes one exclusively composed of black citizens, officers as well as men, called the Bahia Zouaves. A part of this corps is already here, under the command of a lieutenant who wears a badge of one of the Brazilian orders and a campaign medal. Shortly after the arrival of the corps, this officer convened a meeting of the Brazilian citizens of his colour, which was numerously attended, and conducted in the most orderly manner. Several patriotic speeches were made, and in conclusion many of those present en listed in the corps. All this will appear strange to Europeans who never visited Brazil, and believe that coloured men are here treated as they are in North America, whereas in this country colour is no obstacle to a man attaining the highest position. In the Senate, and in the Chamber of Deputies, there are several men of colour. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM. Mr. Samuel Morley has just issued an address to the electors. Mr. G. A. Martin will address the Conservative electors at the Assembly-rooms on Monday evening. Sir Robert Clifton intended to come forward ; and Mr. Paget will be the fourth candidate. Sir Robert will receive the support of the Conservative party, as also that of many of the extreme Liberals. Mr. Morley, in his address says : " If it is your pleasure to elect me I shall enter the House of Commons untrammelled by any per sonal ties, but anxious to support the present Liberal Government, and especially that section of it which appears to be thoroughly in earnest in the advocacy of the old principles of peace, retrenchment, and reform.' The reform cr the representation is the fore most question of the present time, and it is due to the honour of any Liberal Government that a com prehensive and well-considered measure should, in redemption of past pledges, be introduced into the new Parliament. A professedly Liberal Administra tion will show itself unworthy of support unless it is prepared to stand or fall by the adoption or rejection of such a measure. A very substantial addition to the present number of electors—a readjustment, in many instances, of representatives in proportion to population and property, by the withdrawal of mem bers from small and decaying boroughs and the con ferring of them upon unrepresented towns and dis tricts—together with the protection of the ballot, are changes which follow naturally in the wake of the great Reform Bill of 1832. It is unjust and unsafe that, in a nation which boasts of its freedom, electoral privileges should continue restricted to so small a class. I avow myself in favour of extending and strengthening popular influence in the Government of the country. I believe that the time has come when all compulsory payments for the support of all religion should absolutely cease, and that the disen tanglement of religious communities from the thral -1 dom and support of the State is being brought about by the progress of enlightened public opinion, and , will be attended by the most beneficial results." Mr. Paget has also just issued an address, in which lie " regrets that Parliament has not legislated on the subject of Reform, but trusts that the delay which has taken place will be turned to good account by the adoption of a full and well-considered mea sure in the next Parliament. Church rates remain unrepealed. Injudicious friends of the Church per sisted in maintaining peculiar privileges which, in stead of being bulwarks, were sources of her weakness. Should he be returned he would support efficient mea sures of Parliamentary reform and financial retrench ment, and all other such measures as would promote the prosperity and security of this great nation." LIVERPOOL. The Conservatives of Liverpool appear to be re solved to bring two candidates into the field at the coming election, and it is understood that Mr. Robert Ilutchison, ex-Mayor, has been selected to stand in, conjunction with Mr. J. B. 'Jordan. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, May 9. With the most sincere and kindly disposition to support President Johnson in the discharge of the delicate and arduous duties so suddenly and unhap pily thrust upon him, there is an evident feeling of uneasiness among all cautious and reflective men lest his administration should, in American phrase, " breed trouble." His proclamation, in which he broadly accuses Mr. Jefferson Davis of the diabolical crime of subornation of murder, is too astounding to be accepted by the mass of the people as justified by the known or presumable facts of the case. The inclusion of the names of Messrs. Clay, Thompson, Sanders, Tucker, and Cleary, men not very wisp, perhaps, and certainly not very pru dent, but men whose defects rather leant to the virtuous side of conviviality and good fellow ship than to the vicious side of hate, malice, and conspiracy, strengthens the conviction that the President has listened to passion rather than to reason in attempting to fix upon Mr. Davis the horrible guilt of taking the life of Mr. Lincoln. The South gained, and could gain, nothing by the murder. The North gained nothing by it—unless it were the substitution of an untried man for a tried one in the chief magistracy ; which, under the cir cumstances, can scarcely be deemed an advantage. No party or sect profited by it. In fact nobody gained anything but Johnson, who, by the unerring aim of the assassin's pistol, was taken out of the obscurity of the Vice-Presidential station, and con verted into the equal of the most powerful Sove reigns of the earth. The new President should have remembered before giving the credence to the confessions of the miserable creature Harrold, or the other disreputablerowdies who have been arrested for a real) or supposed complicity in the crime of Booth, that the man who would give himself up as Harrold did, to gain a few additional hours of life, would tell the most diabolical lies for the same ob ject, and that such a creature if asked to incrimi nate the Khan of Tartary, or the Emperor of China, would do it as readily and glibly as he would incri minate Mr. Davis or Mr. Beverly Tucker; and that being an assassin of the most cowardly sort, he must be held to be a liar and a perjurer, unless every statement he makes shall be corroborated by the subtle links of circumstantial evidence, or by the corresponding testimony of honest and unsuspected men. The proclamation has produced a very bad effect. There is not one man in a thousand who believes that Mr. Jefferson Davis,. or any of the gentlemen named in it, had anything whatever to do with the crime, or who does not think that Mr. Johnson has been too hasty in affixing his name to so dreadful a document. Another circumstance which creates an unpleasan feeling in the minds of moderate men, who consci entiously believe that the constitution and the laws of the United States are fully sufficient to meet all the requirements of public liberty and safety, is that the Administration has decided that the conspirators shall be tried by a military commission, and not by the ordinary tribunals. There can be no pretence for asserting that any jury of Americans which could be impannelled in Washington, New York, or any other city of the Union, would err on the side of leniency to criminals such as these, or that any but a fair, full, impartial, and dispassionate inquiry into their guilt or innocence would be countenanced by the bench, the bar, the jury, or the public. There is, however, a misgiving that a military commission will neither be so just nor so patient, and that The mis in uniform and shoulder-straps is not the Themis for the trial of any offence that has not been com mitted in the camp or the battle-field. The awful accusation made against President Davis and the five unhappy Southern gentlemen who for the last 12 months have made Canada their home, renders it if possible more than usually imperative that the trial of the conspirators should be open and full, that the evidence should be thoroughly sifted, not simply as regards their own individual guilt or innocence, but as regards the individuals whom their confessions have inculpated. It cannot be for the credit of the American name that this conspiracy should prove to be the deliberate act of statesmen and politicians plotting with a crazy tragedian and the lowest ruf fians of the rum-shop and the hotel-corridor, to com mit a crime so abhorrent and useless. It would tend to remove a stigma from the national character if the crime should after all turn out to be—what most people believe—the individual act of Booth and the half -witted bravos who were fascinated by his man ners and fed upon his extravagance. Whatever may be the judgment pronounced by a purely military tribunal, unaided by a jury, it will be received with distrust if it include the condemnation of any persons not present or represented before it. Not alone for the sake of justice, and for the truth of history, but for the credit of the Administration, it is essential that no suspicion should attach either now or hereafter to the purity, the impartiality, and the jurisdiction of the tribunal before which six absent gentlemen are to be tried—not for their lives, perhaps, but for that which is more than life—their honour and their true place in the annals of this memorable but most deplorable war. The fact, too, that the chief criminal and arch-conspirator is be yond the reach of human law, and that his tongue can add nothing to the knowledge sought to be ac quired of the promptings and motives of his dread ful deed, ought to make President Johnson and his Government careful how by any appearance of un fairness in that trial they lay themselves open to the suspicion of caring less for absolute and impartial justice than for the chance to blacken with immortal infamy the character and names of their defeated political opponents. Mexico has, and always has had, a mysterious charm in the imagination of the North. It is be lieved to be the destined inheritance of the Anglo- American race. It is known to be naturally rich, and to be but imperfectly cultivated and developed. The youth of the great cities look upon it as the arena of great exploits, where every man with a strong right arm and an inflexible purpose can, in the event of a war between Mexico and the United States, carve for himself with his sword as splendid a possession as any Norman baron ever carved out of Saxon England in the days of William the Conqueror. The indications are many, even at this early hour, that the impulse of the Americans to wards Mexico will strengthen from day to day, and that the large class in both of the lately contending sections, who have become inured to the life of camps, and unfitted for the calmer pursuits which they abandoned to become soldiers, will need but little persuasion to try their fortune in the land of Montezuma. As the Federal Government has never recognised the Emperor Maximilian, but has never discontinued its official and friendly relations with President Juarez, whom it considers the legal and constitutional Chief Magistrate of the Mexican Republic, it is not likely to prevent recruiting for his army, and even were it desirous of avoiding a difficulty with the Emperor Maximilian, and conse quently with the Emperor Napoleon, who placed him where he is, and whose arms alone can main tain him on the throne, it is not likely that in this respect it could control the settled purpose and dar ling passion of the people. It might prevent Gen. Ortega from openly recruiting in New York and Washington, but could, with all its power and good will, no more prevent a large immigration of its disbanded soldiery in Mexican territory than the British Government could prevent the immense exodus of the Irish people into America. There is a venomous coterie in politics, and a larger section of the army, which talks about a Fenian raid into Canada as oue of the most necessary results of the conquest of the South ; but there is little likelihood that anything will come out of their evil animus but froth and " buncombe." The danger as regards Mexico is more real. RAILWAY COMPENSATION CASES.—A compensa tion case, " Wall and Robson v. the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company," for a house and land, 48, Lud gate-hill, was decided in the Lord Mayor's Court on Satur day. The claim put in was for £lO,OOO, and the jury awarded £7,500. Another case, heard yesterday, " Simon v. the Metropolitan Railway," was a claim for freehold pro perty in Little Moorfields. The claim was £4,000. A con ference took placo between counsel on both sides, which ended in an arrangement. It was announced that the co•npany would take the property at £1,900, and a verdict was entered for that sum. r',ll/ - ='..7 , • 1 1 '51 Lc, 1 1 ' Cirts' HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, May 20. The Queen, with Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, arrived at Aboyne station at half-past one o'clock, and drove from thence to Balmoral. The Duchess of Athole, the Hon. Mrs. H. Bruce, Miss Bowater, the Duke of Argyll, Lieutenant - General the Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel H. Pon sonby, Mr. Brown, Mr. Buff, and Mr. Sahl were in attendance on her Majesty. Major-General the Hon. A. and Mrs. Gordon arrived at Balmoral on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lora yesterday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough house and remained to luncheon. The Prince of Wales, attended by Lord Alfred Harvey, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Major Tees dale, went in the afternoon to the Sailors' Home , Well-street and Dock-street, near the London Docks, and opened the new wing recently added to that establishment. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Arthur and attended by Major Teesdale and Major Elphinstone, rode on horseback. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drivel attended by the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke. Prince Arthur arrived at Buckingham Palace yesterday from the Continent, attended by Major Elphinstone and the Rev. Mr. Jolley. His Royal Highness left the Palace for Balmoral in the evening. The daughter of Lord and Lady Alfred Paget was baptised yesterday morning, by the Queen's gracious permission, in her Majesty's Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace, by the Hon. and Very. Rev the Dean of Windsor, assisted by the Rev. F. Garden, Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland stood as sponsors on the occasion. The child received the name of " Alexandra Harriett." The Hon. Mrs. E. Coke and Major Teesdale were in attendance upon their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. There were present at the ceremony his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Sandwich and the Ladies Montague, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Lord Clarence Paget, the Earl of Listowell Lady Mary Capel, Lord and Lady Proby, Lord and Lady Suffield, Mrs. Henry Baring, &c. State Concert• By command of the Queen a State Concert wall given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to whie ll a party of about 700 was invited. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes% of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton, tho Hon. Mrs. E. Coke, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, Major Teesdale, and the Hon• R. Meade, arrived at the Garden entrance of the Palace about 10 o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cau l " bridge and Princess Mary arrived, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purvis. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar rived, attended by Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald. The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in the Palace, under the cora mand of Capt. Parker Rickford, the Exon in Wait ing. Lieut.-Colonel Cooke, the Ensign, was also present with the corps. A guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards was mounted in the Court of the Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Caw' bridge, Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge, conducted by Viscount Sydney (the Lord Chamber lain), and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, entered the Saloon shortly after 10 o'clock , when the concert immediately commenced. Ills Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wil l honour the officers of the 10th Royal Hussars with his company at dinner, the 3d of June, at Willis's Rooms. PRINCE ARTHUR.—Yesterday morning, at a gua r ' ter past 6 o'clock, his Royal Highness Prince Arthu r ! attended by Major E]phinstone and suite, embarked at Calais on board the Admiralty paddle-yacht Vivid, a nd steamed across the straits for Dover, where the prince ar rived at 8.15 a.m. His royal highness has, it will be re membered, for the last two or three months been engage', in visiting the various scenes of interest in the East, an has just completed his continental tour. His royal high c ; ness landed at the Admiralty-pier, where he was rec eive by Captain Bruce, the Admiralty superintendent ; tenant Morgan, the superintendent of the London, Chathan'' and Dover Railway Company's fleet; and Mr. Bishon the superintendent of the line ; and was conducted ° the saloon carriage which was attached to the 8. 1 9,, 1113 morning train, by which the prince travelled to the "6- toria Terminus, Pimlico, where he arrived at 10.35 a-r r. ' the journey throughout having been performed with t h i greatest ease and celerity. Yesterday evening his roY highness left town for Balmoral, travelling by the limit s mail on the North-Western Railway. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge I° , issued cards for a party on the 31st inst., at Glouool3t°- House, Piccadilly. Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess d'Eu (Crown Princess of Brazil) returned to the Claread°ll Hotel yesterday morning from Claremont. In the 60 0 1 their royal highnesses gave a grand banquet to their 1110 Highnesses the Count and Countess do Paris, the Duke, nf Chartres, the Duke de Nemours, the Princess Marg are ' Orleans, the Prince and Princess of Joinville, the D111 031 : 0 Duchess d'Aumale, the Count and Countess d'Aquilal Princess d'Aquila, the Baron and Baroness de Barra', their Reille, Madlle. Bernard, the gentlemen in waiting on t be Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess d'Aquila, ( 54c ' The Duke and Duchess of Sunderland will 1131 t a party at Stafford House, St. James's, on the 29th jus t ' The Earl of Fife has taken for a short tore3f 1 ,„ 0 from the end of the present season, No. 1, Grosvenor-P-tca Houses, late the residence of the Duke of Cleveland, ail his lordship's new mansion is ready for occupation. d Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Egerton have arr ive in Albemarle-street from Southsea. Sir Rowland Errington and the Misses Sta ff Erriugton have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Par is ; „t Sir Frederick and Lady Smythe have arriv ed " Brown's Hotel, Dover-street. Mrs. Gladstone will have an assembly to-nlorrovf; instead of this evening, as originally appointed, after Chancellor of the Exchequer's full dress dinner, in eelob r tion of the Queen's birthday. • d cre'S Colonel and Mrs. Oliphant have left Cl an Hotel for Halthrope Castle, Gloucestershire. all d Captain and Mrs. Henry Barnard Han des . Miss Webb have arrived at their residence in LoW il square from the Continent. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS [OF ZETLAIN,,•"-- • death of the Countess of Zetland took place on night in the family mansion in Arlington-street, Pic e3 ' titer The late Sophia Jane, Countess of Zetland, was chug r igid of the late Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart, and roa u©• the Earl of Zetland 6th Sept., 18 2 3 . There is no iss- We learn that the promoter of the Turkish blloiti', at Genera, Mr. David Urquhart, formerly 3 the ber of the English Parliament, after havi n g P3ss e ,,g oa winter at Geneva, has quitted us to establish Inn is ' , 41 0- Mount Prarion (near St. Gervais). Mr. Urquhart 1S b a th ing, 6,000 feet above the level of the sea, a Turk is ro d a le to try its efficacy for the cure of Crotinis m.Pu Geneve, May 6. Theib3 foll°l/7: G oo GARIBALDI ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS. -- lax ar • ing is a translation of a letter from General c. to the editor of Public Opinion Sir, —I alwa3:o_ol3 wa s dered from the beginning that the Americ an ques;el world, one which concerned all humanity and the Avil,(_:h Publi c and I was grieved to see that a part of the gre 3t . were opposed to the restoration of union in t e u uses ot republic—which arose, it is well known, Iron ; roor ica rancour which pre- existed between England a o eoPl e but it was a sad thing that the good sense of . r n the who first established the principle of emanciPat°, Nort h slaves did not manifest itself in applause t ntr_rooto Americans, who showed themselves to be the i r ay the se . of Providence in carrying out that sublime idea; e .o „ r esse cl , lords of the ocean agree then for the good h i ey 7 o , humanity ! Sons of the same mother, InaYoft the right `: their noble race is now-a-days the bulwark on _ bet wee .‘ nations, and that despotism foments dissenksino s o t hat them because it fears them, and because it _ , 01 . it to they were on good terms it would be impots. execute its designs, which are fatal to liber Yours, &c., G. GARIBALDI. Caprera, May, 146