The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-18 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, I lAYM ARKE'r.- Sol:, Lessee and Mansg,er, Mr. Bueltstone. THIS EVENING, TILE BA LANCE OF COMFOR T: Messrs. Ilt wt , Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, dr!. ; Mesdames Cavend•sii, Wight Lovell, Ace. A tter which. T ti E FAVOURITE OF FOR ruNE $o hern, I:uck,f one, Chipptniialo, Rogers, etc. ; Alesdamea Chippend de, Saville, Moore, Fiinsilliam, Hill, Lindley, C. Concluding with SHOCKING EVENTS: Mr. Chipien dale, Mr. Compton ; Miss Lovell, ttc. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Gco. Vining. THIS EVENING. QUIET LODGINGS. Atter which, at a quart er to R. HAMLET. Hamlet, mr. Charles Kean ; Gertrude, Mrs. Charles Kean. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the eole Management of Mr. Fechter. _ TIIIS EVENING, a new petite Comedy, entitled DOCTOR DAVEY. Garrick (the Actor, Mr. H. Vezio ; Messrs. Evans, Stanley, ttc ; Mrs. Ho sman and Miss Henrade. After which, T LIE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. Fe. liter; Messrs. 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Bedford, BiLington, and (lids Kate Kelly. 11 OYAL STRAND THEATRE. ..101., Sole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. tlwanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. After which will ba produced a grand Easter Burlesque. PA It IS' ; or, Vive Le mpiere : 31es-re. Stoyle, t horne, Janie-, Fenton : Mesdames A. Swanbcrough, Raynham, Simpson. Johnstone, Ranoe, and Holt. To conclude with JACK'S DELIGH SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.- Under the Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. TIIIS lilonday, June 16, and during the ;meek, an enti.ely new dr anatic ada; tation of Charles Dicken's latest work "Our Mutual Friend," entitled THE GOLDEN D UST3IA N. Messrs. Swinbourne, Barrett, Belmore, Barsby, C. Warner, N'lntyre, Courtley, Holland ; Misses A. Dyas. F. Gwynne. Ada Harland ; Dh s. Poynter and Mrs. Bishop. To conclude with the 14th. 15th, 16th, 17th, 18111. and oth Nit2hts of W. Brough's brilliant Burlesque of PAPILLO- N ETTA. 311s.cs L. Wiilmore, Ada Harlan!, F. Gwynne, flu .speth ; Mr. Belmore. Commence at Seven. 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In spite of the unscrupulous and barbarous manner in which her commanders have been instructed to carry on the war, in spite of the bombardment of a defencless city, the destruction of neutral property, and the arrogant assumption wiih rendered it impossible for Chili to come to terms without abject humiliation—in spite of all this Spain has been forced to abandon the contest in which at first sight the advantages appeared so greatly on her side. Iro extort from the thriving little Republics the means of recruiting the exhausted exchequer of Madrid has evidently been for some time past a favourite scheme with Spanish politicians. Their first attempt with Peru and the Chincha Islands was so far successful that it encouraged them to make an attack upon the liberties and independence of Chili. The excuses which the Spaniards brought forward for the quarrel were so slight and frivolous that it was evident, from the very first, that their purpose was to pick a quarrel with Chili, with the object of obtaining some material advantages from her enforced submis sion. Happily the gallantry and determination of the Chilians has been the means of defeating them. Though they had no reason to expect any assistance from the Great Powers, though they had learned by the painful experience of other countries that a small state may be seized upon and dismem bered without any active interference on the pa r t of bystanders, yet the Chilians promptly and unani mously resolved that they would defend the honour and independence of their nation to the very last. The Government was firm and resolute, and it was fully supported by the populace. Be fore long Peru allied herself to her neighbour, and both together resolved not only to defend I th emselves aga i ns t th e present attack, but never t o lay down arms until they had obtained some security that Spain would in future respect the in dependence of the Republics. How far they have succeeded in th , La purpose we have yet to see, but at any rat e w e have the intelligence from Madrid that the Minister of Marine on Friday declared in the Senate that the Pacific expedition I was at an end. The bombardment of Valparaiso I has brought them no permanent advantan., . i n fact what they gained in Chili they lost '' in Peru, and their discomfiture at Callao more than compensated for their temporary triumph at Val paraiso. Since the matter was so nearly a t an end how much it is to be regretted that the English an d American commanders should not have refused to permit the destruction of the city. The matter was virtually in their bands, for the Spanish com mander would never have dared to embroil his Government with England and America without instructions. hey need not have fired a shot if they had resolutely remained in the harbour and defended the town by their px:esence. As it is we have given the world another proof of our timidity and hesitation, we have suffered great in- jury to be inflicted on British merchants, and have allowed serious damage to be done to a gallant and independent little State. Englishmen of all ranks will learn with great satisfaction that Spain has re tired from the struggle, but they will feel less grati fication at the part which their own country has played in it, and will ask how long it is neces sary to keep up the farce of a costly fleet at a foreign station, which for all practical purposes is about as useful as " A painted ship upon a painted ocean." It is to be hoped that Spain, always too much given to aggression and tyranny, may learn a little wisdom and moderation from this chapter of her experience. She has not only gained nothing, but lost much. She has wasted her money in an expedition which has brought her neither credit nor profit. She has lowered herself not only in Europe, but in America, where the interest felt in the Southern Republics is naturally greater. She has plaeed herself out of the pale of civilised nations by the manner in which she has conducted the war, and her Minister has finally been forced to declare the expedition at an end without achieving its ob ject. There is a useful lesson for the future here if Spanish dignity will profit by it. It is to be regretted that the Austrian Govern ment is not using greater despatch, so as to coun teract the effect of the Prussian celerity. It is always a pity for an opposing Power to allow another to get the advantage at the outset by taking up positions of importance ; and it is difficult to understand why the Austrians, who have been so long preparing, are now so dilatory. It is to be expected, at any rate, that they will now bestir themselves and make up for lost time. It is quite evident that the Prussians made their plans long ago, and while they were debating this point in diplomatic controversy, and laying down that rule in the Federal Diet, they were merely gaining time to ma ture their schemes and complete their programme. The KING and Count BISMARCK have started to join the Army, and by this means, no doubt, hope to stir up the flagging interest, and increase the confidence of the country. The entry of the Prussians into Saxony was preceded by a declaration of war. It is officially stated that Baron von BEUST justified the mobilization of the Saxon troops in rejecting the ultimatum of Prussia; and it is further said that the entry of the Austrians into ' Saxony is hourly expected, the Saxon army is to effect a junction with the Austrian forces, and indeed it is rumoured that it has already done so. If so, it will be for tunate, for it is high time to check the advance of the Prussians. The troops entered- the capital of Hanover yesterday morning. In its bulletin yesterday the Moniteur confirms the news of the Prussian entry into Hanover and Saxony, and it is believed that they enter Dresden this evening. The Austrians ought most certainly to have prevented this, for it will be a great advan tage gained on one side, and a point of importance lost on the other. An official statement of recent events has been sent by the Prussian Government to foreign Courts, which is, of course, a very one-sided statement. It certainly goes so far as to declare that the law of " self-preservation compelled Prussia to secure herself against the action of neighbouring States." Saxony, Hanover, and Eleztoral Hesse were re quested to make a conditional alliance, and upon their refusal the Prussian forces have marched across the frontiers of the three countries, in order to prevent themselves being cut off in the rear. The official Staats .Anzeiger lays great stress upon the adhesion of the Duke of SAXE-COBURG GOTIIA to the Prussian cause, and certainly it has not so many allies that it eau afford to take little or no heed fife Duize,"We do not linomf - Ot 'any influential per: son who has sided with the Government of Berlin, which no doubt will soon begin to feel its isolated position when the war has advanced a little more. This journal also alludes to the destruction by Hanover and Hesse-Cassel of their railway and telegraph line's, and declares that this proceeding testifies to the importance of Prussia adopting decided measures, because she could not have such dangerous neutrals in her rear. It would really seem as if the Prussians were already ashamed of what they had done, so many are the explanations offered in various directions for the deeds of violence committed, and the hostile spirit so rapidly developed in the midst of negotiations and the professions of desire for peace. A Royal proclamation has been prepared for the Prussians to distribute in the places through which they pass ; it is, of course, the old story over again of the wrongs of Prussia, and the necessity for immediate cognition with her in order to pre serve the sole remnant of the Confederation, " the vital unity of the German nation." The Prussian troops do not come as the foes of these popula tions, but merely because in the present state of things Prussia cannot tolerate either enemies or doubtful friends on her frontiers. It is said that Prince GORTSCHAKOFF has sent a Circular to the Prussian representatives abroad, to the effect that Russia will abandon her present neutral at titude if France departs from her peaceful attitude in the least degree. No doubt we shall soon hear of very stirring events in all directions when once the several armies have developed their resources, and meanwhile there will be great anxiety for fur ther details from the Continent. The result of the experiment made at Spithead on 1 Friday seems to be in one important respect de -1 cisive. In spite of the tremendous force of the shot directed against the turret of the Royal Sove reign, its working machinery was uninjured, and after sustaining three shots the turret itself revolved with ease and readiness. It must be remembered that these shots were not ordinary shots fired from any ordinary. gun. The Bellerophon was anchored at 200 yards from the Royal Sovereign. The gun which was directed against the turret weighed 121 tons ; the shot which it fired I was steel, and w e i g h e d 2501 b. ; the charge of powder was 431 b. The first shot passed through I iron and timber alike, and destroyed the wooden gun left inside, and then fell upon the flooring of the turret. The second shot also went through all defences, and started several of the iron plates of the turret armour. The third glanced al ong the face the e w o i f n e t h l e l e s w t . e u r r e r e m t, an n b e u d t deck after every e d r y s t c l o i a r cl,d when the ien the turret revolved with perfect readiness. a a in s te b d ein on g the turret and the deck on spots s These shots, too, were fired at marks selected most likely to be vital ; but the result, as w seen, proved that the turntable and ictedp tsgea e hav e seen, were e absolutely independent. Long ago, when the failure of some of the American monitors was urged against the turret system, Captain COLES declared that his turret would not be similarly ineffective. The trial at Spithead confirms his estimate of iris design, and the experiment was not made before a packed jury or a few prejudiced judges, but in face of a large and experienced assembly of competent critics. Their verdict was unanimous, :although the ordeal to which the Royal Sovereign 'vas subjected was a very severe one. She was not jorig,inally built by Capt. CoLts, but Converted into TilE SUN, LON a turret-ship some years ago, when the science of defensive armour was many stages in excess. We can hardly expect in an ordinary action that shots of such unusual character should repeatedly strike the most dangerous points, neither would any ship remain passive before au enemy. But the experi ment so far has been altogether in Captain Co LES'S favour, and leaves us only to regret that the trial was not made long ago, as common .sense and fair play would have suggested. Here have we been spending hundreds of thousands on ships and guns, without deciding which method of ship-building and arming is the most effective. Here has an enterprising man given his country the benefit of his invention, only to re ceive slights, neglect, and disparagement, while other nations are following out similar ideas with success and profit. If there is, as has been said, an art how not to do it, our Admiralty Board are cer tainly proficients. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has issued a manifesto, which appears to be forcible and full of meaning, and really to present us with a very fair exposition of the actual state of things. He states that two allied enemies of Austria have arranged their armies with a view of shaking her position as a European Power, and yet that. no cause has been given by Austria for the provocation of that war. This is quite true, for the only real reason has been that Prussia desired to take possession of the Elbe Duchies. "In the eyes of that Power a favour able opportunity is sufficient cause for war," is the comment here passed upon the tactics of Berlin, and a very true one it is. The acts of violence that have been committed by Prussia are here enumerated, beginning with the entry of the troops into Holstein. The concluding portion of the manifesto is very much to the point ; it states emphatically that the most " fatal of wars, a war of Germans against Germans, has become un avoidable, and for all the misery which it will entail upon families, districts, and countries, I make those who have provoked it answerable before the tribunal of posterity and of the Almighty and Eternal GOD." There is no denying the truth of the remark here made, that Austria has been forced to take up arms, for it was quite impossible for the EMPEROR to continue any longer a course of subserviency to the Prussian powers. During all the transactions of war and the negocia tions of peace, no care or consideration was shown by Prussia for any interests, but her own self aggrandisement was the beginning and end of her manuoevres ; and she overstepped the bounds of propriety to such an extent that there was no possi bility of enduring her overbearing annoyance. The EMPEROR alludes to the unanimity which pre vails among his people in all directions, and which affords him such assurances of support in this trying emergency. In this respect he possesses a great advantage over his adversary, for considerable dis content pervades the people of Prussia, which cannot in the end fail to influence the cause of events. CORRESPONDENCE FROYI PARIS. (FROM DUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Moniteur, in its non-official part, states that the Emperor, being desirous to develope popular credit, and the spirit of association among the work ing classes, invited se reral persons having that ob ject at heart to found a counting-house for co operative associations. In reply to this generous invitation, a society has been formed, composed of Deputies, members of the municipal council of the Seine, merchants, and other gentlemen. his Ma jesty, after making himself acquainted with their proposed regulations, wishing to aid in the develop ment of this new Institution, bas subscribed a sum of 500,000 f. (£20,000). The administrative coun cil is thus composed :—President, Baron Jerome sident of the Tribunal of Council of Paris ; and M. C. Varrin, member of the Municipal Council of the Seine. Among the members are three Deputies, Messrs. Petit, Terme, and the Marquis de Tou lougeon. A letter from Como, dated June 12, states that the reception of Garibaldi in that city was enthusiastic in the extreme. Men, women, and children par took of the enthusiasm. Garibaldi did not lose a moment. He inspected the volunteers, and per formed various duties appertaining to war. Viva Garibaldi resounded everywhere. The crowd wanted him to make a speech, but he only said, "This is not the time for words, but for deeds. We will effect deeds." The Messager de Provence states that an English Government messenger, charged with important political despatches, was robbed of them at the moment when he was about to leave Marseilles for London. They were taken out of the train during a momentary absence. None of his lug gage was touched. The only object of the thieves seems to have been to obtain his despatches. La Liberte of last evening says that, according to a private despatch, the Prussians had commenced battle with the Saxons near Leipsic. Business was not animated at the Bourse on Satur day. The Rente closed at a decline of 15c. from the opening price. Paris has laughed very much at a little vaudeville, " The Lady with the Beard." The real lady with the beard has got into trouble. She haR just made her appearance at the Correctional Police-office to answer the complaint of M. Fourat, a barber at Asnieres, whose grievance was not only that she had not paid him for his professional labours, but that she had also robbed and swindled him. " The de fendant was one of my customers," said the com plainant. " She used to come to my shop every two or three days." "What," said the President, "does a cook want her hair dressed so often as that?" " Oh, dear, no," replied the barber. " She came to be shaved. She has a beard like a man." As the lady has the peculiarity of a beard, it may be well to describe her general characteristics. She is " fair, fat, and forty." A few months ago she lived with a bouillager, but it is to be presumed that the connection was not a happy one, for on the 21st of February last he hanged himself, leaving a paper on which was written, " My brothers, avenge me. This is the cause of my death. It was the woman with whom I lived at Asnieres. She calls herself the widow Lecler, but the name, like herself, is false." The complainant proceeded to detail his wrongs. The defendant used to go over all his house. At one time she took away a ring belonging to his wife, and had the impudence to wear it on her finger. By the false pretence that her master had sent her to borrow 94f. to pay an urgent bill, he had given her that sum on her saying that her master would return it the next evening. The unkindest cut of house President —Try all was that she owed him I}f. for three months shaving, and when he asked her for the money, she abused him, and said she would get shaved else whel re. The Nievanh T te_i e, n she h.,. Presi d ent—S h e e r t Ceoasoinikdldeetrni. assume srpuSi ring, t he n Defendant—You was another alone at your tm l aodesyruepwevnirtrehassztehhd: her anger thanbaneagprerbdroevafboenidrdtealdagi ate the e m aitit u dt nol t sl i tt t ie : l7 i a ld c e ed r l e :: f i be o ot en , uo oid i n a l taig el n in i t i ft i re ' , C ompl a in a nt r T aa N e s S cn ' e hi a t r dds e s : of swindling were it was also shown that she had made use of a false certificate to character. Records of her condemna= tion to three months' imprisonment for robbery, for a year for abuse of confidence, to 18 months for another robbery, and to 5 years' imprisonment for forgery were put in. The President told her that she must go to prison again for another year. During the discussion in the Legislative Body relative to the bombardment of Valparaiso some Observations were made by M. Gamier Pages, which deserve attention. Ile remarked upon the watch vfuelrnyessi e x d t is d p a la y y t e h d a b t y th E e n n g e l a w n s d arrived upon t i e n subject. Eng l a n d T h h ee )ON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1P66. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR CRISIS. said the House of Commons devoted a whole sitting to this matter. The House of Commons had re proached the English Admiral for not acting with the American Admiral, who wished to prevent the bombardment. There was something which con cerned France in the reply of the English Minister. He had accused the Spanish Government of not acting with good faith. France ought, therefore, to act in accord with England in demanding redress. The lesson to be drawn from the melancholy facts was that the maritime code and maritime right required reform. M. Rouher, Minister of State, said that the bombardment of Valparaiso had caused real emotion and deep sorrow to the Government. France had no military force in the port, and only one war transport, the Egerie. There were two questions, one of humanity and one of right. France would not have bombarded a city under such circumstances ; but the question of right was a very delicate one, and to enter into it with out diplomatic examination was a task which he hoped the Chamber would not impose upon him. (Very good.) Two young fellows have victimised a poor coach man by the drugging dodge, or hocussing, some times practised in London. He was driving home along the Rue de Rivoli, late at night, when one of the swindlers called to him and told him to drive them to a well-known cafe at the Porte Maillot, near the Champs Elysees. One of them, who was elegantly dressed, and was very polite and amiable, got on to the seat by the coachman's side, engaged him in conversation, and offered him a cigar. This cigar, it appears, had been prepared with some narcotic, for, after having smoked it only a few minutes, he felt an irresistible desire to sleep. The thieves drove the poor fellow to a solitary part of the park de Neuilly and there left him. When he awoke, between three and four in the morning, he missed his purse, which contained nearly a thousand francs. The poor fellow immediately made known his loss to the Commissary of Police of Neuilly, but the polite gentlemen have not yet turned up. M. Didiot, Bishop of Bayeu and Lisieux died yesterday morning. He was born in 1797, and had been Bishop of Liseux since 1856. In the commune of Hotfot-les-Bagues, in the de partment of Calvados, a widow lady named Dones nel has just died, who was 101 years and four months old. Rather a considerable robbery has taken place at the Northern Railway. In one of the trains from Boulogne was a sealed box, containing money to the amount of about £l,OOO sterling. The thieves almost in a second wrested off the padlock, and broke the leaden seal of the box. Within a very few months several women of ques tionable'reputation have been murdered in Paris. Some of these women are known to possess a good deal of money and valuables. Recently I gave you an account of the murder of a woman of this class named Fanny Haag, who lived in stylish apart ments with her own furniture in the Rue Taitbout. On Friday night another woman was murdered in the Rue Neuve Coquenard. Not appearing the next morning, her room was broken open, and the body was found bathed in blood. She had been mortally stabbed in the throat, and had been cut on the hands and face. There was blood about her dress, and her pockets had been rifled. There was blood on some of the furniture. As some jewels were not touched, it is supposed that the murderer was dis turbed, and had not time to break open the drawers. The concierge of the house states that he saw the woman leave the house about 11 o'clock accom panied by a young man. In passing she said to the concierge, " I am very much delighted ; I have just had a present of a very beautiful bouquet." The murderer washed his hands in a basin and wiped them on an article of dress, which had blood on it. Marshal Regnauld de St. Jean d'Angely has assumed the command in chief of the troops of the Imperial Guard at the camp of Chalons, and the camp operations have commenced. There is another extraordinary change of weather. There has been a violent wind—cold as the March wind—all day. Royal Polytechnic Institution. The attraction, if we may judge from the crowded audiences daily visiting this establishment, must be very &eat ; but we have Some difficulty in saying eattifa - dc; diversified we hardly know which of its varied entertainments to allude to first. Taking them, however, in rotation, we enter the large theatre, where Mr. W. Stokes is labouring in a. very pleasant and successful manner to cultivate on the minds of young and old his system of artificial memory. Mr. Stokes' work on the subject has al ready been noticed in the columns of The Sun, and in addition to what we then said we can only in recapitulation add that his lectures are sufficiently popular to insure not only large but appreciative audiences. Our attention is next called to Mr. Jester's exhibition of ventriloquial powers, of which his talking hand and headless men are wonderful illustrations. The extraordinary doll which recites " The little busy bee," with a mind running on visionary sixpences, excites roars of laughter from every one. On our part we were sorry when Mr. Jester concluded. We are now transported into " The land of the mountain and flood," and con ducted by those deservedly popular artists, Mr. and Mrs. Henri Drayton, through the most beautiful passages in the "Lady of the Lake." This is no weary journey; the dulcet strains of Mr. Drayton's voice, the ample justice rendered to the author by Mr. Drayton's exquisite reading, renders this per formance delightful. Mrs. Drayton, in Sir Walter - Scott's song of " Rest, warrior, rest, thy warfare's o'er," is fully equal to anything we have ever heard. We now reach the scientific attraction of tile evening in Mr. Pepper's popular optical illusion of Shakspere and his friends, the Delphic Oracle, and, perhaps the most beautiful of all, that of the cherubs floating in the air. Our readers must spare us the task of description ; the illusion is so per fect and so beautiful that we advise them to satisfy themselves rather than we should fail in describing what the pen can hardly, at all events satisfactorily, accomplish. Amongst the stalls where articles of beauty and utility combined are to be found we notice that where Mr. Cox, the patentee of the " Patent Ceramic Pentalocaust" prepares by his patent the most beautiful specimens of natural printed glass, china, and porcelain, where such natural objects as flowers, seaweeds, ferns, butter flies, and moths are transferred in life-like reality on the objects before us, and we were informed, al though in their truthfulness to nature, their bril liancy and durability, that they - are cheaper than those produced by hand painting. Space prevents our mentioning many other objects worthy of note. But we must not conclude our remarks without a word of praise to the unceasing exertions of Pro fessor Pepper, who is indefatigable in his efforts to please the public taste ; nor on Mr. Thomas, secre tary to the institution, on whom much responsibility rests. In fact, a word of praise is due to everyone employed in th e i ns tit u ti on f or th e uniform civility and courtesy they show towards the comfort and requirements of the visitors. Stokes' Pictorial Multiplication Table. London : Houlston and Wright. Since the above remarks, we have received that which, if applicable, will gladden the heart of many youths of both sexes, inasmuch as the difficulties of the vexatious table can be mastered in the incredible space of half an hour; which, if a fact, and we have no reason to doubt the verac ity o f Mr. Stokes, he will deserve more laudatory comments than our limits permit us to bestow. ARMY OFFICERS' COMMISSIONS.—A War-office return shows that in tha courso of the years 1861 and 1865 127 officers in the army died while on full pay. The sums which they had paid for their commissions amounted together to £llO,OlO. THE GREAT PIGEON FLYING MATCH FROM ANTWERP TO LONDON.—On Friday 37 p i ge ons were thrown up at Antwerp, to con t est i n a fl y h om e to London, but to the surprise o f th e owners not one arr i ve d a t its des tination till Saturday, alth oug h in tra i n i ng seve ral of the birds came h a lf th e di s t ance from London to A n t wer p in lh. 45m. It is supposed the weather drifted the pigeons out of their track. The distance from Antwerp to London has been flown by pigeons in less than four hours. Another and more satisfactory trial is anticipated. FLORENCE, June 18. Garibaldi left Como:yesterday morning for Lecco, and was followed at noon by some troops. As soon as the volunteers are completely equipped they will proCeed to Bergamo and Brescia. PESTH, June 17 (Evening). The Croatian deputation will return to-morrow to Agram. The negotiations for union with Hun gary have not yet been brought to a successful con clusion. The fraction of the Opposition, under the leader ship of M. Gliyezy, has separated itself from the fraction which, under the leadership of M. Deak, is now pursuing a policy favourable to the Govern ment. KIEL, June 18. The President of the Holstein Government has addressed a circular to the authorities ordering them to discontinue the use of the word " Ducal' in public documents issued from their offices. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL, SOUTHAMPTON, June 17. The Avoca, from Southampton on the 12th inst., arrived to-day at 6 a.m., and leaves at 10 a.m. for Alexandria, all well. Quarantine reduced to three days. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 16.—Two o'Clock.—The list of " discounts " to-day comprises 226,500 f. Three per Cents., 102,500 f. Italian Fives, 2,175 Credit Mobilier Shares, 625 Comptoir d'Escompte, &c. English Consols are telegraphed with an advance of but the market here is much depressed, and quotations show a general decline. Threes, for the Account, are at 62f. 65c., a fall of 35c., taking into account the quarterly coupon bearing 75c. interest, which is detached to-day. Italian Fives are above one per cent. lower, viz., at 37f. 50c. Credit Mobilier Shares lose 11f. 25c. at 477 f. 50c., and Credit Fon cier 15f., at I,loof. Comptoir d'Escompte Shares have declined Bf. 75c., to 670 f. A similar move ment is taking place in the Railway Department, Northern Shares having declined Bf. 75c., to 1,053 f 75c. ; Lyons Shares 5f., to 782 f. 50c. ; Austrian 5f., to 285 f. ; and Lombard 6f. 25c., to 265 f. The downward current continues on Mexican Bonds, which have fallen to-day to 142 f. 50c., whilst the old Loan has declined to 18. Three o'clock --The market left off at the fol lowing quotations:- 4i per Cents 92 30 Do. end month Bank Shares 3440 Italian Loan 3B 70 Do. end month 37 55 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds 142 50 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred -AYS. 3 per Cents. 62 85 D. end month 62 50 Credit Mobilier ... 485 Do. end month ... 476 25 Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1105 For Account, Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 7Bl 25 Southern 512 50 Western — Eastern 4BB 75 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman 283 75 266 25 80 - 110 - How Stephens Escaped. In one of his late speeches in the United States, Stephens, in answer to the charge of being a British spy, gave the following account of his escape from the Dublin gaol. He said that while in Richmond Prison he had time to reflect, and it struck him that he had better escape. After turning the matter over in his mind, he concluded that he should gain more pristige by escaping than by remaining in quod. So he commenced laying his plans. On the following day one of the very men he had intended to make an agent in effecting his escape came to him and said his escape had been planned men who had the matter in hand, he determined on letting them carry it out. Some days passed, when he finally heard that he was to leave the prison on the morning of the 24th of November. His friends outsidd had keys made to open the six or seven doors between his cell and the prison wall, which was twenty-feet high. On the evening of the 23d he went to bed at the usual hour—eight o'clock. He was very drowsy, and it required all his efforts to keep awake. About midnight he arose and dressed himself very quietly. He then turned up the bedclothes and lay down on the outside of the bed in his clothes to await the arrival of his friend. Shortly after the clock struck two he heard a slight noise at a con siderable distance, which he at once knew to be the sound produced by opening the first gate. Soon afterwards he heard a similar noise, and so until the key turned in his cell door. This grated so noisily that it had to be drawn open with the utmost caution. The night was similar to the one on which Oliver Cromwell died, when the dreadful and de structive storm which swept over England caused the Cavaliers to say that all the devils in hell had broken loose to carry his soul to his last home. The high wind, heavy ,rain, and intense darkness of the night were air favourable for his escape. His friend pressed himself against the door to prevent its creaking, and a revolver was instantly placed in his hand. They then passed in the same manner through all the doors of the prison until they reached the open air, when the outer wall obstructed their further progress. It must remain a mystery how he ascended that wall, but the manner in which he descended it was as follows :—He had been given to understand that he must leap from the top of the wall into a garden at the other side. Be fore doing so, however, he felt along the top of the wall, and his hand came in contact [ with a metal funnel or stove pipe, at which he pulled to see if it were firm enough to descend by. Finding it quite firm, lie let himself down by it for some eight or ten feet,when he found himself on the roof of a shed, down which he slid to a path which ran by its site. In that way no trace of his descent was left, and hence the mystification of the detec tives. Following the route laid down for him, he went along the walk to the end of the garden ; then turning at right angles he passed along to a point previously indicated, where he was to have thrown a stone over the outer wall as a signal for his friends to throw a rope over to him. The night was in tensely dark, and he was unable to find a stone, and therefore picked up a handful of gravel from the path, which he flung over the wall, and a rope was immediately thrown to him. He seized therope with some anxiety, asking himself, " Have they thought of putting knots on it ?" He found they had done so, and he began to draw himself up by it. The first help he received was by catching his feet against a protuberance, and at the second lift his feet lodged in a hole in the wall. The third brought him to the top. On looking down he saw his friends in a group below. They placed them selves against the wall, with bonded backs, and he dropped from the top of the wall, while one stal wart man held up his arms to break the fall. • No sooner was he down than he told his friends to dis perse immediately and go home. Two only remained with him. They proceeded about 300 yards, when one of the two remaining friends also left, and he then proceeded to the house at which he had deter mined to take refuge. Six different houses were ready to receive him that night, and every one of the six owners remained up all night anticipating his arrival. No one saw him enter the house in which he took refuge, and from his windows could be seen the prison in which he had been confined. FENIAN PRISONERS IN IRELAND.—A return dated in April states that since September last 583 persons have been arrested in Ireland upon ordinary informations on charges of Fenianism, and 631 persons been arrested or detained. by virtue of warrants of the Lord-Lieutenant issued under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. In many instances the same persons aro included in both numbers. On Saturday evening a very clever dramatic adaptation of Mr. Charles Dickens's tale, " Our Mutual Friend," entitled, " The Golden Dustman," was produced here with complete and deserved suc cess. It would be a needless waste of both time and space to give even a brief outline of the plot, be cause the original work itself is so very widely known and generally appreciated. It has been said we cannot have too much of a good thing, but in adaptation has proved to the contrary, because in his desire to embrace as much as possible of the original work he has made his play nearly a couple of hours too long, and thus the piece which would give incessant pleasure, if conveyed in a close and compact form, becomes wearing when it is spread over four hours and a half. However, the length of a play is a very easy fault to be remedied ; the adapter, doubtless, was present on Saturday evening, and with the experience he then gained, aided by the stage manager, a great deal of unnecessary dialogue, which only impedes the action, can be at once omitted, and the. " go" of the piece will be greatly improved. The " cast" was a very good one, and in most instances the performers thoroughly iden tified themselves with the wonderful creations of the Arch Enchanter, and the result was, as we have already stated, a great success. The part of John Harmon was confided to Mr. Swinbourne, and, although it did not present many opportunities for display, yet it was performed with a care and judgment that calls for the highest praise. Mr. Bar rett, as Mr. Boffins, also went in for honours, and came off most triumphantly. Mr. G. Belmore, as Wegg, the sneaking and treacherous friend of Old Boffins, gave another of those vivid representations of character which have secured for him so promi nent a position in the profession. Mr. M'lntyre earned very cordial praise for his powerfully delineated impersonation of Rogue Itiderhood. The part of Lizzie Hexbam was most charmingly sustained by Miss Ada Dyas ; there was a natural grace infused into the whole performance that ren dered it one of the great features of the piece. Miss Fanny Gwynne as Pelter Wilfer also achieved a great success ; and with a compliment to Miss Ada Harland for her impersonation of Larry Wilfer, we take leave of the performers. The scenery merits the highest praise, the Sailors' Home at Wapping and the Lock on the Thames more especially calling for special commendation. The dresses and appointments were quite up to the mark ; in fact, the piece was put upon the stage in the most perfect and complete manner, and we con gratulate the management on the success that has attended their labours. The Capital amishm3nt of Females. --C, When the Government bill on capital punishment comes down from the Upper to the Lower HOMO we understand that Mr. William Ewart will move the total abolition of the capital punishment of females, His motion is based upon the following yeasons :- 1. The peculiarly disgusting and revolting nature of the cold-blooded strangulation of females in a Christian age and country. 2. The special hindrances to the carrying out of the law (both as to verdict and execution) which have to be encountered in almost every instance where a woman is charged capitally. 3. The peculiar liability of women to influences of sudden, unexpected, or previously latent, violent in sanity arising from puerperal causes or other sexual and physiological conditions. 2. The now practically and recognised precedent of the Home Office that no execution of a - woman shall be carried into effect if, between her sentence and the timed fixed for its execution, she be found to be pregnant, as in the case of Charlotte Harris, sentenced to death at the Somerset assizes, in 1849. but subsequently found pregnant, and respited on that accopt. After the birth of the child their ap peared some probability of her execution being car ried into effect, whereupon nearly forty thousand women appealed to the Queen in a memorial for mercy. Eventually the fatal sentence was commuted, and since that period there have been other commu tations in similar cases. But it is an anomaly in the administraticr. taidts WlllibU women capitally condemned are thus commuted if found pregnant after sentence, yet that if found pregnant before sentence they may be detained from trial till after childbirth and then hanged. As a case in point we may cite that of Alice Holt, who, in June, 1863, was com mitted for trial to Chester for murder. Being found pregnant, her trial was postponed till the winter assizes. In the interval she was lelivered of a child. She was then tried, sentenced, and finally hanged, notwithstanding earnest local peti tions to the contrary. In Mr. Dymond's " Law on its Trial" it is recorded of this execution : "The scene upon the scaffold was more than usually distressing. The wretched woman, weak and faint, was kept several minutes waiting for the drop to fall, owing to some difficulty with the bolt. Meantime her cries to the hangman to ' Make haste' excited the pity and sympathy of the crowd who had come to witness the revolting spectacle." 5. There arises from the capital punishment of females a certain degree of danger of sacrificing in nocent life with the guilty, through the execution of women who may be really pregnant, though de clared not to be so. This horrible occurrence is not very likely to happen, but there is a reasonable pos sibility of it, as the following tolerably recent in stances prove :—At the Norwich Spring Assizes, March, 1833, Mary Wright, the daughter of an insane mother, was tried for murder, and, in spite of strong evidence of her own insanity, was sen tenced to death. Through the vigilance of Mr. Sydney Taylor, a plea of pregnancy was immedi ately adduced, whereupon a jury of 12 matrons was empanelled who, after more than:an hour's absence, returned a verdict in the usual form—that they " did not find the prisoner pregnant of a quick child." At the earnest solicitation of Mr. Taylor a further examination of the prisoner by three medi cal gentlemen took place, and, in consequence of their representation, execution was stayed. Shortly before the next assizes Mary Wright was delivered of a daughter. Through the benevolent exertions of Mr. Joseph John Gurney and other gentlemen abundant proof of the prisoner's insanity, down to the very day of her crime, was obtained and for warded to the Home-office, and this led to a com mutation of the sentence. A more recent instance of a similar error was ad duced before the late Royal Commission on Capital Punishment by Mr. Sergeant Parry. In 1847 Mary Ann Hunt was convicted of murder at the Central Criminal Court. Pregnancy being alleged, she was examined by a jury of matrons, who declared her not pregnant. Subsequently medical men arrived at an opposite conclusion, which was eventually proved correct by the birth of a son. 6. The peculiar liability of females to temptation and crime through their circumstances of weakness and of frequently compelled submission to the violence of male ruffians. A striking instance is mentioned in the " Judicial Statistics " for 1863. In that year a commutation of the capital sentence was extended to one Elizabeth Benyon, condemned to death at Liverpool. Her age was only seventeen. She had murdered her child of one year old by drowning it in a canal. Her own father had com pelled her to horrible and unnatural immorality, and had afterwards turned her and her child into the streets. These illustrations of the peculiar and unavoid able evils connected with the capital punishment of females are in themselves sufficient to justify the prompt abolition of exhibitions so revolting as the judicial strangulation of women. PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1867.—A meeting of the Special Committee of her Majesty's Commissioners for the Paris Exhibition of 1867 on Navigation was held on Satur day afternoon, at half-past two-oclock, at the South Ken sington Museum. The Right Hon. Sir John Pakintlion, M.P., presided. There were present the Marquis of Drogheda, Lord Vane, Mr. John Fowler, Mr. I. D. A. Samuda, M.P., Rear-Admiral Ryder, Mr. J. White, Mr. Isaac Watts, Captain M. C. Close, of the Trinity-house, Mr. J. 11. Richio, and Mr. J. M'Giregor. Mr H. Cole, C. 8., the secretary of the Commission, attended. WHO 8 YOOIt DOCTOR 3410R150N . 6 MU. HER TrIAJL ST Y. BALMORAL, Saturday. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, drove out yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty went out, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole and Miss Macgregor. Princess Helena and Princess Louise drove ou t, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart. SacEer's Wells Theatre. Cour t ~_„ t/r t I I jiya: RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS• (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Sir Frederick Adair Roe, Bart., of Beach House, Worthing, and Piccadilly, was proved in London, on the Ist June, by the executors and trustees—namely, Lady Roe, his relict ; Matthe w I. F. Brickdale, Esq., barrister, Lincoln's-inn ; an d the Rev. Aithur Thomas, Vicar of Rottingdea o • The personalty was sworn under £120,000. S ir Frederick was a member of Lincoln's-inn, and dis tinguished himself as chief magistrate, having been actively engaged in his judicial capacity 17 year s ' His death was sudden, on the 20th April last, a t the age of 77, and he has left no issue. His will bears date June 17, 1864, with three codicils—Jane 23 ' 1864, and Jan. 19 and Sept. 22, 1865. Sir Fre derick bequeaths to his wife an annuity of £2,1 00 and a life interest over the principal part of b r ig property ; to his executors, £3OO each ; to Sir W • Thomas, £l,OOO ; to the Right Hon. Sir Davi d Dundas, £l,OOO ; and a few other legacies to friends. And, upon the decease of Lady Roe, he leaves to each of the children of David W. Gregorie £5O O to the Rev. Arthur Thomas, £5,000 ; and to his godson, Capt. Chas. F. Gregorie, £3,000 ; an d be queaths all his freehold and leasehold estates to Sir William Sydney Thomas. The snuffboxes Pre sented to Sir Frederick by their Majesties Nil ) " George IV. and King William IV. are to be care fully preserved. The will of Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, Bar t ' —formerly of Rossall Hall, and late of Fleetwood/ in the county palatine of Lancaster, and of Adelaide crescent, Brighton —was proved in the London court on the 6th inst., by his relict Lady Fleetwood! the executrix. The personalty was sworn unde r £20,000. The will is dated June 1, 1863, with three codicils, 1863-4-6, and Sir Peter died April 12, 3$ the age of 65. His wife, Dame Virginie Marie, is the daughter of the late Signor Pedro Garcia. Sir Peter assumed, in 1831, the additioncl surname of Fleetwood, being a descendant, maternally, frel the ancient house of that name. Sir Peter expend et upwards of £lOO,OOO in the construction of the tow°, and harbour of Fleetwood. He was created a baron et in 1838. He has charged his extensive and valuab le estates in Lancashire with an annuity of £ 1 , 500 during the life of Lady Fleetwood, and leaves he r ladyship his residence at Brighton and all his for: niture and household effects. Bequeaths to two, his old and confidential servants legacies of £ 26 each. The residue of his estates, real and persona l subject to the annuity, will devolve to his only s° o ' Sir Peter was Deputy-Lieutenant for Lancashire' and M.P. for Preston from 1832 to 1847. The will of the Rev. John Keble, M.A., Vicar °f - o 4 Hursley, Hants, was proved in London on the 28t ... ult., the executors and trustees being the Rev. 51 ' George Prevost, Bart, M.A., hon. Canon of Gl° ll- tester, Rural Dean and Incumbent of Stinchconlhf and the Rev. John Frewen Moor, M.A., of Aor field, Hants. The personalty was sworn un de r e £lB,OOO. Mr. Keble was the author of "t he Christian Year" and many other popular theologies works. He died on March 29 at the age of seventy' three, having executed his will in 1862. He leave: . to each of his executors £lOO, and to the Thomas Keble, 8.D., Vicar of Bisley a leaseho ld tenement and land at Fairford. He bequeaths t° his wife the residue of bis real and personal estate,.; but directs that, at her decease, she leave to the Rev. Peter Young, 8.A., and his wife, the suns of £4,000, with benefit of survivorship. The will of John Lee, Esq , LL.D., Q.C., iiartwell House, Bucks, 1 "" proved in London, on the 30th ult, by the executorS and trustees, H. W. Buxton, Esq., barrister ; Rutter, Esq., solicitor; Thomas Chapman, ES'' Robert Wilkinson, Esq., Totteridge Park ; and th e Rev. C. Lowndes, M.A., Rector of Hartwell. The personalty was sworn under £7,000. This learned. and wealthy ge n tl eman was very ecc entric; h ° seldom pleaded, yet regularly attended the court 1 ° his professional attire, and applied himself ill take e ing notes. H e occup i e d f or a l ong period ti: , chambers adjoining the court and hall in Doctors.% commons which had belonged to Lord Sto ve -11 Dr. Lee att a i ne d t h e age o f e i g h ty-t h r ee, 311 a 11. made his will i n 1864 , an d a dd e d two co di c ils, Fe d 3 and 24, 1866. It contains many legacies an annuities of small amount. To his secretary I\ll. ' Longville, he leaves £2O a year ; to Mr. Hort° s ' his secretary and astronomer, a legacy of £lOO t : each of his executors, £lOO ; to each of his ne1 313 r , 4 and nieces, £5O ; t o t h e clerks in Stone and M ar tin Bank, £5O, a n d t o eac h a present of the value f £2. Bequest s are a l so made to each of his tenan tts not in arrear. He bequeaths to the Numisoi sti : Society, B r iti s h M e t ereo l og i ca l S oc i ety, SYrc Egyptio Society, Chronologi ca l I ns tit ut i on, and t-i 5 Anglo-Biblical Society, each £lOO, the interest O be applied by the counc il to the widows or or phans i of those members who have died rich in intellect° acquirements but poor in pecuniary income. legacies to be paid free of duty. He directs th :a none of his lette rs , p a p ers , or d ocumen t s b e destroy ed till a lapse of 20 y ears , an d s h ou ld any b e published it may be at the e x p ense o f hi s res id uary estate. 0, furniture, books, pictures, medals, antiquities, o,stre, nomical and other instruments, MSS., and eo ll Ar e a tions of all kinds, he leaves to his nephew, Ed 11 4 0 Dyke Lee, Esq. He devises his estates ill ' t o counties of Beds, Herts, Middlesex, and Bo e l,ia his nephew, John W. Ede, and his issue. A cor '.‘at portion of his personal estate he divides into parts, leaving to his wife two-eighths, and t° ,e , cousin, Jane Fiott, an d hi s fi ve execu t ors , each °n eighth. The ultimate residue of his property r divides between his wife, who t a k es one moiety h° her life, and the other moiety and reversion ,1 leaves to his neph ew , Ed war d D y k e L ee , Esq., 313 his heir. 31 1 OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Charles T. 51 111 0 has been appointed Vice-Consul at Guayaquil ; 14 ' r , Magnus has been appointed Consul-General at Berlin ; Lewis Joel has been appointed Vice-Consul at O illci ; c 1, Bolivar ; Mr., Chas. S. Scot; Third Secretary at A ftw. f. has been appointed Third Secretary at Berne; 311. ; b. Maitland Sartoris has been appointed Attach 6 at 311111-G —Observer. - - HEAVY COMPENSATION CLAIM.—On Sattircl3l 0 5 , compensation claim, " Meeking v. the Corporation of Iftio don," which was commenced on Friday, was resume d as Westminster Palace Hotel, before Mr. Clifton , architee"for arbitrator. Mr. Lloyd andM. C. Pontifex coues el o. the claimant. Mr. Charles Meeking, linendraper OG1;4, mercer on Holborn-hill, Mr. Hawkins, Q.O and the P OO Mr. Thesiger appeared for the city of London. The the part of Mr. Meeking was concluded on Saturday 0 claim as presented byMr. Lloyd was about .£100,009. of was proposed that Mr. Meeking should have a P ert '© ° O O property between Bartlett's-buildings and Fetter-10'000 which new business premises could be built. In ndd tic l t i li; to the premises on Holborn-hill he had other la nd il spot mentioned, which was required for the Holborn -v.` 0,0 improvements. The principal point in the case w as 0 0 compensation to be given for the loss of the husi ness ictl Holborn-hill, which had been considerable, and 00 b e or , a largo profit had been made. Th e s t o ck was worth betwcea £30,000 and £lO,OOO, and a loss of £14,000 on e °l o s sale Nvas estimated. E ven t ua lly th e further heari.eg appointed for the 4th of July, when Mr. Hawkins commence , his case on the part of the corporation. clop JOINT-STOCK BANKS.—Mr. William 1 111 1 t hat has written a letter to a contemporary suggesting ots these banks should bylaw b e divided into two dePertg Toicl —the one to be absolutely free and to consist of de of banking business ; the other to be exclusively ler`oved posits of money at interest, for which securities nP I IOI 4 to by the authorities of the Bank of England must b e vo nt, pay such deposits when required. This arrerk' via Mr. Smeo thinks, would prevent the money fre ni fro tef withdrawn when not wanted from panic, and e s e o us ra : .: b itre o e t t l i b o l: sums to be deposited ; and, although giving and expense, it would enlarge commerce, be a Pl . ': to thousands of families who cannot obtain c aret , ' io to mation to protect themselves, and enable the lA n make additional profits.