The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-30 00:00:00

_ ASCOT —ROYAL ASCOT,-- CALLAGHAN'S RACE GLASSES, 23A, New 11oud-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole Agent to Voigtliinder, Vienna. LONDON awl N ORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—IMPROVED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WATFORD, LOCAL STATIONS, and the CITY (BROAD-STELET). Commencing on the Ist June, new Trains will leave "Watford for the City (Broad-street), den at o W 7.50 ill a.m. and 6.50 par., calling at Interme diate Stations, ts new Train will also le ave Broad-street for Watford at 5.10 The Fares for Return Tickets between all Stations on the LonLlon and North.Westeru Line will be revised. By order, W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, May, 1867. (1111.',ATItE ROYAL I) KU -L E. 1 Sole Lee and Matvt4vr, Kr. I'. It. Ch:itterton. I.VIOING. THAT ItAS'AI. JACK. ii.t:srs. J. R•tose, J. C. W.,..-ner; Mer,danies it. Altyne, C. To c0nc1.14,. with T rime lI.EAT CITY. PV Mes re. C. Warne - , F. Morton. J Fitzjs. C. Ilamturt, F i J. C. Cow; er, olntyrc, .J. Itou.e, J. I J ; Mesdames .11.. t oberttion, IL G. Le Tdere. C. ThAnpson. Continence at Soren: THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstme. 'IRIS EVENING, DEAF AS A rosr. Mr. Compton. To be followed by A WILD GOOSE. Me.Frs. Sothern, Buckstone, Rogers. Gordon, White, Vincent, Weathersby, dye, ; Ilesdame3 Burke, 11111, Chippendale, Laws, Sidney, ,to. To conclude with I'ERFECTI',N. Mr. Kendal and Miss Burke. Commence at Seven. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management .Sole Lessee, Mr. D. Webster ; Manager, Mr. U. IN igan. VHS EVESING, TITS uEsr WAY. Messrs. Claytm And 11. Wigan ; Mrs. St. Henry. After which, TILE LIA r. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. E6llowed by PAT r.. 1: VhItSLIS Cl.tT r E ft. Mr. Chas Mathews. To conclude with OLYMPIC GAME 3. Messrs. 11. .1. Xontavue, G. Vincent. D. Murray ; Meslames E. an sarren. Moore, Sheridan, Barris , N. Harris, St. Henry, d ' Roselle. .I.)Jors open at halt-past Six; commence at Seven. IJOLBOR.N THEATRE ROYAL, bele Proprietor ant Manager. Mr. ::/ef ton Parry. 1111:4 EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr, Belmore. Miaa Foot , . ills,/ Lennox. ~her which, lloncicault's drama of FLYING SCUD, Alessi's. Nevi Lie, I;clinort:, Make. .irdcn, Voltaire, Mesdarne.4 F. Josephs, C. 6aunderiS, B. Foote, Raymond. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lesace and Manazereas. bird. Swanborf.u:4ll. TIIIS EVENING, WAITING . - Fitt , rtii USDEIt- GROUND. fullowcd by TILE LITTLE. SAVAGE. Aitcr w hi c h, pyGm A 1,102.1 or, The Statue Fair. 31rears Thorne, D. dame , , and teCittoll ; )1 esda men A. Swan borouzli, Kaynham. Harland, Newton, and Holt. To conclude with TIIE FIZENCH Ex misiTION. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. sole Lemare and Manav,er. TILES EVENING, at 8 o'clock, ANTONY AND CLEO rATR.A.. ICI Antony. Mr. Loraine; Eno') tru s, X. Verner ; iarmtta, Mrs rAge ; and Cleopatr b a, Miss Glyn. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and 3laniv.zer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, anew Musical Drama. GA.KIBALDI IN SICILY. 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MOSES AND SON, Rowdy-made and Bespoke Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfittors. LONDON Horns, 154, 155, 156. 157, Minories ; 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, F's, 89 . Aldgate; 508, 507, 598, Now Oxford - street ; 1. 2,3, Hart street ; 137, 138, Tottcnbara-court - road; 283, Easton -rood, _ _ CouNts,x BRANcu. Bradford, Yorkshire. HIGH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE. flits DAY. —horning, 10h. 56m.--Afternoon, 11b. 30m. ro-Monuow.-Morning, b. m.—Afternoon, 12h. Om_, 44 : - - *- (41111 t LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 30,1867. It is well known that there are difficulties in the way of all new schemes, and that if the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, concerning the arrange- merit of morning sittings, met with a check on its fir-it trial. The " count out" was last night 1 made the subject of some discussion, but no par ticular conclusion was arrived at respecting it, ex- ' cept that the transaction had been a very unneces sary one. Certainly if this plan is to answer at' all, it will not do for such summary proceeding% to be adopted. Col. FRENCH called attention to the subject, and stated that he did not complain of the conduct of the Government, because its members were all ready in their places ; but the count out was due to a private member, who, at the very commencement of the proceedings, rose and moved that the House be counted, and he asked the Home Secretary if the Government were inclined to provide against the recurrence of such a thing. Mr. G. HARDY replied that the Government only acted in the spirit of the resolution of the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, and they did their best to get a house together. The right hon. gentleman said that he could not account for the matter by saying that it was an accident such as might occur in the best regulated family,because it was no acciden t at all,since there were plenty of mem')ers to make a house who were outside. 111, ad led that the Government never intended that private members should lose their opportunities, and he felt " sure that no such oc currence as that of the count would take place again." We hope that this prediction will be verified, because it was a most unfortunate thing for all parties coneernel in the aff ,ir, and mad.: that ar rangement appear a failure which was in reality admirably adapted to the state of things it referred to. We expect that Mr. HAADY's definition of the affair was the correct one, when he said that the probability of the count out which they heard of upon their arrival at this House, that it would be counted out did not depend so much upon those who were outside as upon those who were visible. Colonel KNox's explanation of the steps he had taken in the matter was not a satisfactory one, although it acquitted him of any intention to in terfere deliberately with the Government scheme, which he indeed opposed as being one likely to further the interests of private members, and also to procure advantages to the House. The reason he gave for moving that the House be counted was that he wished to prevent the com mittee on the Ecclesiastical Thla 13.11 from being nominated, because, in his opinion, it was not pro perly constituted. We think that this was most extraordinary conduct on the part of the hon. and gallant member, and Mr. DESMAN . S remarks on the subject were much to the point when he said that he considered it a gross abuse of the spirit of the laws of Parliament. Because there happened to be on the paper a proposition which appeared ob noxious to him, that was no justification for him to interfere with the business of Parliament by a factious proceeding. . _ _ We hope that there may b no repetition of such proceedings, which cto serve no purpose but that of retarding public business, and it is manifestly unfair that all arrangements should be stopped be cause one unpopular thing, in the opini,n of some, is to be znoved for. According to this theory a count out might take place any nignc it some eag , :i spirit were on the watch to prevent business being carried on, so that the principle must be a false one which dictates - such proceedings. The evidence being given before the royal com mission on Trades Unions is in the highest degree important and interesting. During its earlier sit tings much valuable information was elictel from the secretaries and managers of the Trades Unions themselves. We say elicitel adviselly, for there was a manifest reluctance on Via part of these wit nesses to say more than could be helped. The con - trast between the evidence of the employer and the employed is very marked. The former are not only ready but anxious to give full infor mation, and so far from measuring their words or weighing their answers, they often volunteer statements, and give practical illustrations of their answers. The witnesses on behalf of the Unions, on the contrary, for the most part speak with a certain reserve, and the interrogatories have often to be put in two or three different forms before a direct answer can be obtained. In some cases where circulars requesting information have been sent to the Unions no answer has been vouchsafed. There is a wish to preserve a clgree of mystery about their proceedings, which may be attributable either to a wish to enhance their dignity, or to a fear of losing ground in public estimation. Certainly so far as revelations have as yet gone, they have confirmed the prevailing impression of the tyranny of the system. Indeed the perpetual domination and inter ference that goes on with both masters and men appears to lookers on simply intolerable. The rights of labour, the independence of the workman, and all other fine and liberal theories may sound very well on the platform or the hustings, but they cvi lently will not do for the workshop. The accounts of every-day life in this old-fashibnei, straight forward England of ours in this nineteenth century ass.similate more closely to the do ings of the Inquisition or the Secret Tribunal in the middle ages than to anything nearer at hand. I:he incessant vigilance which is exercised over the procee hugs of non-unionists is something wonder ful, and the sense of being so persistently watched and spied must be of itself irritating and depress ing to either man or master. Here is an instance cited before the Commission. Among the clerks of some master house-painters at Blackpool, whose names were given, was a non-union man, who had been brought up as painter and writer. One day when he was measuring some work he found that the rods with which he usually measured were worn out, and he therefore took a little paint and marked the feet and inches afresh on the rods. Upon this the committee of the Blackpool Operative House painters' Association addressed a remonstrance to the employers, because " their book-keeper had been Icing some writing or painting, he not being a uainter." Many other cases were cited, ill us t rat i ng the s ame medilesome and aggressive s pi t it, and the manner in which the Unionists take advantage of ti pressure of work to threaten the masters is, to say the least of it, mean. One fruitful source of dispute is the employment of their own relations by the masters when th"y are not Union men. Mr. TANNER, a master slater, and plasterer of Liverpool, has two sons work :ng at the trade. He received an intimation from the men working with them that if they did not subscribe to the union the same as those who were in the shop they would strike against them. Mr. CANNER ultimately g we the required amount rather than disturb the work, more peremptory and un- rim SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN just wa►s a similar demand made to Mr. DIXON, a plastenT, of Bradford, on Saturday, March 30th, intimating that unless Mr. DixoN's brothers joined 41e union that day the men would strike on the :Monday morning. It is fair to add that the request :had been previously made to ➢lr. DIXON, but -the opportunity for intimidation was seized when he had many contracts on hand and was pressed for time. Ile, therefore, sent back a note intimating -that his brothers would join as required. Embol ,dened by their success, the men sent back the mes- Avnger to say that the note was not satisfactory, and - unless the entrance fee of half a guinea each was at once paid the strike would take place. So far is this system carried that when an employer who bad been brought up to the trade, and being short of bands and pressed for time, went to work himself, lie was struck against by the labourers. The case of Mr. IlownovD, referred to in the evidence of the secretaries of the Unions ap pears to have been incorrectly stated. It said that Mr. HOWROYD, on receiving the demand that his sons should join the union, locked out his men. The fact was that he refused to compel his sons to join, and the men therefore struck on the Monday as threatened. The other masters made common cause with Mr. HownoYD, and locked out their shops until the strike was withdrawn from Mr. Hownovn's. However, they did not hold to gether so well as the men. They gave in at the end of five weeks, and left Mr. HownoTD to fight the So ciety alone, which he did. He got other men but they have been continually interfered with andannoyed, if not intimidated, as they went about the streets, and consequently Mr. Hownovn has had to carry on his work under great disadvantages. Mr. HOWROYD, it seems, is quite willing to come forward and give evilimce himself, and we could not do better than ' call him. So serious a height have these unions grown to that builders are seriously embarassed, and many large employers will not tender for work unless protected by a strike clause. The workmen are so commonly in the habit of striking for an increase of wages whoa a large contract is on hand that the contractors, unless they have a strike clause in the contract, giving them time in case of a strike among their hands, are often very heavy losers. It is satisfactory to learn, from the evi dence of Mr. MAULT, master builder, and Secre tary of the General Builders' Association, that the number of non•unionists is really very large—far larger than the unionists ; but the reign. of terror which these have established prevents the truth from being known. Mr. MAI'LT declared that the masters had to give evidence both for themselves and the non-unionists. " The fact is, that the men tiv:lnselves are in many cases too frightened to give evidence, and I am sorry to say that the same is the case with the masters. I have received, viva voce, I should think, a hundred times as much evidence as I have received in a form that I could bring before this commission ; and I have received many letters also, but lo in these cases wi.4ltomake martyrs it rty m r a so e f rs have said, ' ourselves, we do do not noto want our names mentioned, and you must not say anything abort this before the royal commission." In one case certain men offered to come forward and give evidence if they were enabled to emigrate after doing so. Really we had better not hear much more of the tyranny of the aristocracy and the selfishnes3 of the masters ! We arc not surprised that Mr. BEALES finds him self in a position of some difficulty, so much so that he has had to confess it. Last night at the carnival of the Reform League he said that they had met with a view of considering what the future course of actioa of the Leage should be. After oo.aurrod in the lluuao tho u; s l.4 was, he said, difficult to know what to do, for " really all their friends on the Liberal side were doing nothing but complimenting the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and saying they were perfectly satisfied with the bill, which was as much as to say that the Reform League might be shut up." This was the unkindest cut of all, and evidently revealed the truth of the matter in a great measure. lie must bear in mind that Mr. BEALES said not a word himself in "favour'' of the bill now before Parliament, although he was obliged to admit that all their friends in the House had agreed as to its merits in its present amended form. We think that this is disingenuous on the part of the League, because right is right in all places, and if they had been told at the com mencement of the session that they would have even half what has been conceded, they would have been surprised. Mr. BEALES will not argue that OTHELLO'S occupation is goae, how ever, and though some may believe that the agita tion for Reform is at an end he thinks otherwise ; the League has a great deal to do yet, and he for one is not prepared to lower the banner of man hood suffrage. This is a great mistake in every point of view. Manhood Suffrage is quite incom patible with the state of things in this country, and will never answer. As for the intimation made that the League cauld be useful in many other matters, Mr. BEALES' best friends should ad vise him not to attempt too much. What answers for one purpose seldom if ever answers for another ; and, allowing that the League had done all that ins members profess, it would be a suicidal act on their part to keep up the affair, with a view to carrying other measures. They would best illustrate their real lore for the cause they profess to have so much at heart by frankly acknowledging the services rendered to it by the Government, and c:ase from their labours. SMELLFUNGUS AT THE DERBY.—The Derby of 18G7 will be for ever memorable, says a dyspeptic and snarling contributor to the Saturday Reriew = first, because it was snowing hard half an hour before the flag fell ; secondly, because it was won by a horse who had been long regarded as good as dead, and who, it was believed only came to the post in order to save numerous bets that depended on his starting. There is perhaps nothing, even under the most favourable circumstances, so wholly and utterly uncomfortable and unenjoyable as the Derby-day. From the beginning to the end it is one continuous struggle to move, to breathe, to see. A succession of rushes requiring the greatest muscular exertion—a rush to the railway station, a rush from the train to a fiy, a rush from the fly to the Stand, from the Stand to the Paddock, from the Paddock to the Ring—this is the character of the great holiday of the year. It is a strange sort of pleasure to be wedged in for how/ in a dense crowd, to be deafened with the din of countless voices, to fight with arms and legs to maintain a footing, in order, at last, after long weary wait ing, to get one glimpse over ten thousand heads of a blue and a red and a yellow jacket flashing by, and to see exhi-' bited on the telegraph the number of a horse whom for weeks past you have proved to all your friends, with the greatest critical and analytical sagacity, to be incapable of finishing among the first twelve. It is curious what trouble - and fatigue people will undergo, espe cially about matters cf which they are entirely ignorant. Out of every hundred persons who go to the Derby it is pretty certain that ninety-nine know nothing and rare nothing about racing; they go from a dull obe dience to custom, they get very much in the way, they block up all the thoroughfares, they run perpetually tip and down stairs without aim or object, and they eat and drink a great deal more than is good for them. There are thousands no doubt who call this pleasure ; but lovers of racing, in the prospect of such delights, may be excused for regretting that the Derby is not run somewhere else than at Epsom. In committee on the Repr es entation of the People (Scotland) Bill, Mr. Dalglish will move that the Universi ties of St. Andrew's, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Abordeon shall return one member • Mr. Dater—That tho counties of Selkirk and Peebles be united and return ono member. That thu counties Of Ross and Orowarty and Sutherland be united and return one metulxbr ; and Mr. Robertson (Ber wickshire) —That the possession of a residence wit Lin the county nkolliorat a necessary part of the county franchiAe. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARTS, Wednesday Evening. The official journal of Austria, the Abendpost, states from a certain source that the coronation of the Emperor of Austria as King of Hungary will take place 'on the Bth of June, unless any unfore- seen event should prevent it. The Moniteur states that by a rescript of the Em peror of Austria the Diet of Croatia is dii,solved with the reserve that there shall be .a new and speedy convocation of it. The rescript mentions as the reason for the dissolution, that the retirement •f the majority of the members of the Diet has brought to light pretensions which render the realisa tion of a coustitational arrangement impossible. The rescript adds that the desire of the Emperor is not longer to adjourn the ceremony of the coro nation. It is stated from Berlin that a Conference of the Plenipotentiaries of the States forming part of the Zoliverein, and which do not belong to the Confe deration of Northern Germany, will meet in the course of the month of July in that city with a view to deliberate upon the modifications of the existing treaties rendered necessary by the new Constitution of Northern Germany. The Turin Gazette announces that the definitive signature of the financial condition between the Italian Government and several large banking establishments, represented by the house of Erlanger and Co., took place on Monday last. Private telegrams from Bucharest and Vienna allude to excessive measures which had been adopted by the Ministry of the united Principalities against a certain nutnberof Jews. It is added that upon the representations of France, in which the Austrian Government bad joined, those measures had been immediately withdrawn. • It is stated that King. Victor Emmanuel will come to Paris about the 10th June, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess d'Aoste, Princess Clotilde, and the Queen of Portugal. The illustrious visitors will embark at Genoa for Marseilles, escorted by a squadron now almost ready for sea. Several Arabian Caids have disembarked at Marseilles, on their way to Paris to visit the exhibition. A report has prevailed that there is an intention to close the Session of the Chambers without pro ceeding with the important projects of law respect ing the press and the right of public meeting. I believe there is no foundation for the report, and that the Government is desirous to pass a law which would relieve the press from restriction, as far as is compatible with circumstances and the temper of the times. Upon this subject the Siecle says :—" We never thought, for our part, that it would be possible to postpone two questions of such importance, and to leave the citizens in uncertainty, who wish every day to consult upon their interests, and the journalists iu suspens, between the admin istrative regime and the jurisdiction of the Tribu nals." The France gives a positive contradiction to the report, but seems to think it necessary to suspend the deliberations of the Chamber temporarily. "In that case, however, there would only be a short prorogation, and they would meet again imme diately after the session of the General Councils." The Memorial Diplomatique says that " the evacuation of the fortress of Luxemburg by the Prussian troops has commenced, and that on Satur day morning the greater portion of the artillery in garrison in that fortress had left for Troves. The remainder of the troops would leave the fortress between the Bth and 15th of next month. As to the war materiel, of which there was a large accumulation in the fortress, that it can only be taken away gradually, but there will not be much delay." _ _ _ A subscription has been opened at Montauban the native town of Ingres, to raise a statue to the memory of that eminent painter. The committee is under the direction of N. Prex-Paris, the Mayor of Montauban. The fête of the Rogations was celebrated by th. 2 Church of Paris, on Monday, in a pious and solemn manner. The Rogations consist of fervent suppli cations made by the ancients with the hope of ad verting any calamity supposed to be imminent, clic Ina tit u Ciuu of Clicae public prayers to Saint Mulled, a bishop who lived about the middle of the fifth century, but some writers say that these prayers were made in the East before the time of St. Basile, a century or two previously. At that period, however, the prayers were vague and indefinite, and were only offered up on occasions of pressing danger. Saint Mamert made them a regular and periodical institution, and fixed the time for the three days p rece di ng t h e Ascension. Under this reform of Mamert, the Rogations were adopted throughout the whole Christian world. In several of the ancient pro vinces of France —Brittany and Languedoc, for in stance, the Rogations are celebrated with much rustic pomp. The curate at the head of a procession leaves the church to the sound of the bells, to bless the products of the earth, and the peasants conduct their cattle to the grand square of the vill age so that they may have their share in th e b enediction. T h e d . thunder storm of Monday a ft ernoon was of short iiration, and it was not viole n t, b ut accounts have been received of considerable damage done by it in several localities. The lightning struck the northern tower of the church of St. Sulpice, and several masses of stone were p rec i p i tated to the lowerground ' without injuri ng any one. The ceilinghappily was much d amage d. Th e electric wire by which messages m ay b e conveyed to the church of St. Ger mai n des Pres, situated at a distance of about half a mile, was broken, and in of the tower falling it struck th..: face of a passer by. To day the heat has been very oppressive and another thunder storm seems imminent. M The soldiers M Paris having made a request to be allowed to visit the Exhibition, the request has been complied with in a rather curious but effective is composed of an entire ItA All the tr oo p s o f the manner. - A military post has b een esta b l i s h e d battalionwithigarri sonn th eo of b i u n i f l a d n i n t r g y .. form this post. The battalion arrives at to o'clock in the morning, deposit their arms and accoutre ments under the railway gallery, and the soldiers may then walk freely about the Palace and park. At 5 o'clock the battalion is again formed in order, and leaves the Champ de Mars by the gate of hoc our. Great preparations are in progress in the Otto man section of the park to give appropriate recep tion to the Sultan Abdul 'Azis. The pavilion, now a very modtst looking Wilding, is to be changed into sumptuous divans, which will be fitted up with Oriental luxury and magnificence. It is said that the Chinese theatre will be cer taicly opened on Saturday next: A wonderful conjuror, Ling-Cool will astonish the natives. He swallows great num b ers o f egg s without breaking them, and put s a sword n i ne - ten tbs of a yard long down his throat. The renowned Chinese juggler Alexandrini will appear on the same day. Such is the number of English visitors to the Ex hibition that it i s o f ten necess ary for the railway company to p u t on extra tra i n s from Calais to One frequently Paris. sees mo re English than French at the Palace. Nearly 80,000 persons paid for admission on Monday. spite of some captious cavilling, the simple fact is that every day there is an increased desire to witness and appreciate its marvels. The Opinion Nationale says—" It would seem that clouds are again arising between France and Prussia." One of the Paris papers reports that an autograph letter of invitation from the Emperor has been sent to the Emperor of China, and that his Celestial Majesty is likely to accept it, and show himself at the Exhibition. This wo}ild be another good card for it. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A youth named Ed wards, in the employment of lir. Lowe, gunsmith, Chester, was killed under the following circumstances. It appears that he was engaged in compressing air for the purpoze of charging an air gun belonging to one of his master's customers, when the globe employed in the pre cess burst. The upper half struck Edwards on the chest and the jaw with such force that the breastb)no was Lroken and the lower part of the jawbone was torn away. The Unfortunate youth died it about hall an hour. Na, MAY 30, 1867. LATEST INTELLIGENCF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA IN BERLIN. BERLIN, May 30. The Czar has arrived here. His 3fajesty was received at the Frankfort Railway Station by the King of Prussia and the Princes, and the iilustrious party continued the journey together to Potsdam. ITALY. FLORENCE, lt,ty 29. The Chamber of Deputies has adopted the postal convention with Spain. M. de Sartiges arrived here to-day from Rome, and left immediAtcly for France. AUSTRIA. VIF.NNA, May 30. The Committee for the control of the public debt have published to-day a report from which it appears that the total amount of the public debt of Austria, at the end of 1866, was 2,919,717,689 florins. SPAIN. MADRID, May 29 (Evening). The debate on substitutes for military service was continued in the Senate to-day. The Chamber of Deputies commenced the. general discussion on th'e Budget. Senor Polo spoke against the proposals of the committee appointed to consider. the Budget. FRANCE. During the thunder-storm which broke over Paris on Monday afternoon, the electric fluid fell on the left tower of the facade of the church of St. Sulpice, and tore away a sort of shutter used to close one of the openings, together with the telegraphic wire communicating with the Senate. The American plaster quarries at La Villette are well known as a haunt for vagabonds and persons desirous of escaping the hands of justice, and are often visited by the police. Twenty-two individu als were arrested two nights back. They avowed that they had no fixed place of residence, and were conducted to the Prefecture. _ _ BOURSE, May 29, Two o'clock.--English Consols again coming to-day by the first telegram with an advance of no less than has given a strong im pulse to stocks and shares here, which are all doing at higher quotations. Threes have risen 171 c., to 69f. 95c. ; Italian Fives 30c., to 52f. 60c. Credit Mobilier shares have risen 7f. 50c., to 402 f. 50c. ; Spanish Mobilier Bf. 75c., to 266 f. 25c.; Credit Foncier 10f., to 1,470 f. ; anl CJinpoir XEscompte 7f. 50c., to 772 f. 50c. An improvement has also taken place iu railways, Orleans having advanced 7f. 50c., to 892 f. 50f. ; Northern, Bf. 751., to 1,213 f. 75e. ; and Lyons 5f., to 907 f. 50c. Tkree o'clock.—A. slight relapse has taken place in quotations, but the market nevertheless closes firm. 41 per Cents 99 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 95 De. end month 69 92 Credit Mobilior 400 Do. end month 402 50 Bank Shares 3500 Italian Loan 52 75 Do. end month 52 65 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish 'Threes Home Debt Deferred Credit Foneier ...... Do. end m0nth...... 1470 RAIL' For Account. Orleans Northern 1212 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 902 50 Southern 572 50 Western 556 25 Eastern 538 75 Sardinian ...... ___ 453 75 Austrian Lombard North of Spain — 100 . SaragosFa Ditto to Barcelona — 73 Roman . . PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MAY 29. iT\IFAMITY ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Order for second reading road ; motion mad.., and question proposed. " That filo Bill be now read a serond timA" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months." Question put, "That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The Home O'N - idea—ayes, 200; noes, 156. AYES-20t, Acland, T. D. Fortescue, D. F. Murphy, N. D. Adam, W.P. French, Col. Neate, C. Agnew, Sir A. Ga-elce, S. Nicol,J. D. Allen, W. S. Gaskell, J. 31. Norwood, C. Ambcrley, Vis. Glyn, G. G. O'Beirne, J. Anstruthcr, Sir R. Goldsmid, Sir F. O'Brien, Sir P. Armstrong, ii. Goldsinid, J. Oliphant, L. Ayrton, A. S. Goschen, G. J. Onslow, G. Aytoun. R. S. Gower, F. L. Otway, A. Bagwell, J. Graham, W. Owen, Sir . IL Baines, E. Gray, Sir J. Padinore, It. Barclay. A. C. Grey, Sir G. Parry, T. Barnes, T Gridley, 11. Pease, J. Barren, Sir H. W. Grosvenor. Capt.R Peel, A. W. Bass, A. Hadfield, G. Philips, R. N. Baxter, W. E. Hamilton, E. W. T .Platt, J. Bazley, T. Hankey, T. PollardUrquhart,W Brady, Dr. Hardcastle, J. A. Potter, E. Browne, Lord J. T. Hartington,Marquis Potter, T. B. Bruce, 11. A. Hartley, J. Power, Sir J. Bryan 0. L. 11 ay, Lord J Pritchard, J. Butler, C S. Hay, Lord W. Rawlinson, Sir 11. Calcraft, J Haytcr, Capt.A.D. Rebow, J. G. 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Akroyd, E. Gladstone, if. E. Montgomery, Sir G Annesley, Col. 11. Goddard, A. L. Morgan. 0. Archdall, Capt Gotdncy, G. Mowbray, .1. R. Arkwright, It. Goodson, J. Neal, Sir J. Bare, V. Gore, J. It. O. Newdegate,C. Bailey, Sir J. - Graves. S. it. Noel, G. J. Ilaillie, 11. J. Greenall, G. N orth, Col. Barringtoi, Via. Greene, E. Northeote. Sir S.H. Itateson, Sir T. Gray, Lt-Col. O'Neil!, E. Bathurst, A. A. Grey, T Facke, C. AV. Beach, Sir M. Griffith, C. D. Parker, Major if. Bective, Earl of Guinness, B. L. Patten, Colonel W.' Beeeroft, G. S. Gwyn, II Peel, Gen. lientinek, G. C. Hamilton, Lord C. Pennant, Col. Benyon, it. hardy, G. Percy, E-r 1 Bingham, Lord Hardy, J. Powell, F. S. booth, Sir R. G. Hervey, Lord A. Read, C.:S. Brett, W. 11, Hay, Sir J Repton, G. W. J. Bridges, Sir B. W. Heathcote, G. H. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bromle W. D. Heathhcote, Sir IV. Robertson, P. F. Bruce,Major C. Henley, J. W. Rolt, J. Bruen, H. Henniker, J. M. Royston, Vint. Burrell, Sir P. Itesketh, Sir T. Schreiber, C. Cai per.. C. Heygate. Sir F. hclater-liooth, G, Cartwright,toz. Ilildyard, T Se y mour, U. H. Cave, S. • Holtord, 11. S. Smith, A. Cecil, Lord E. Holmesdale, Vie. Smith, G Clive, Capt. G. W. Hood, Sir A. Stanley, F. Cole, Hon. 11. Hope, A J. btronge, S,r J. M. Corry, H, L . Ilornby, W. II Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Cover, E. 11. n ors ,,,h, T, B. Surtees, N. E. Cox, if. II thaw. Lord TAylor, Col. Crauborne, Vial. Howes. E. Tottenham, Lt.-Col Cubitt, G. Huddlestone, J. Trecby, J. W. Curzon, Viscount Hunt, G. W. Trevor, Lord A. Dalkeith, Earl of Jones, 1). Turner, C. Diml tale, R. Karslake, SIrJ. B. Vance, J. Disraeli, B. K , vana4h, A, Verner, Sir W. Du Cane, C. Kekewich, S.. f. Vernon, H. F. Duncombe, A. Kendall, N. Walcott, Admiral Du t're, C. G. King, J. K. Walker, Major U. Edwards, Sir 11. Kin:l, J. G. Walsh, Sir J. lig , erton, Sir P. knight, F. AVaieiliouse, S. Egerton, A. F. Knightley, -ir It. Whitmore, H. Egerton, E. C. Lacon, Sir E. Wise, H. t.gerton, W. Laird, J. Woorld, it. T. Fang', Col. Langton, TV. G. Wyndham, if. Fennell, J. Lefroy, A. Wynn, Sir W. Fellowes, E. 31alcolm, J. W. J. Wynn, C. W. W. Fergusson, Sir J. Manners, Lord TELLERS. Floyer, J. Manners, Lord G. Selwyn, C. J. Gallwey, Sir AV. P. Metier, AV. Gorst, J. A grand evening concert will be given on Friday evening next at St. Goorge's Hall, Langham-place, in aid of the Funds for Rescuing the Homeless Boys of London from a life of crime. The special object is to raise funds for the purpose of increasing the accommodation of the training-ship Chichester, in which 75 boys are at present being trained for naval service, but funds aro greatly heeded to extend the accommodation, and enable them to receive the full ship's wyoplement of 125 boys. ,Studies from the Antique and Sketches from Nature. By Charles Mackay. Second Edition. Virtue and Co. A manly and—to all but the " amiable cynics and weekly snarlers," alluded to in the course of it—de lightful Preface of four pages, introduces to us this Second Edition of what we are still almost disposed to regard as Charles Mackay's masterpiece. " Studies from the Antique and Sketches from Na ture" we examined in detail and commented upon as we deemed it to d !se,rve, three years ago, nam •Iy, at the date of its original publication. Were we now to speak of the book once more, as it most certainly, to our thinking, alone merits to be spoken of, we should have simply to say ditto to ourselves. For, upon a re examination of these charming pages, we only find our former opinion of their worth con firmed and in a measure underlined. Sup. posing, therefore, that we were to reprint what we said of the original edition, we should feel half disposed —to italicize. Contenting him self with the elimination of the Meander from the poem in celebration of " Marsyas," and with the substitution of one lyric not included in the first issue of the work for another, we presume deemed by its author unsuitable as an integral portion of a book otherwise intensely poetic alike in its character and in its treatment—Dr. Mackay gives his book to the world once more, as a true pout should, in its integrity. Meaning no disparagement whatever to either " Egeria" or " Salamandrine," any more than to " A Man's Heart" or " Under Green Leaves"—certainly implying none at all to either " Voices from the Crowd,"or "Voices from the Moun tain," to " Town Lyrics," or " The Lump of Gold" —we cannot but recognise Charles Mackay at his best, often at his very best, in several of these Studies and Sketches—" Studies from the Antique and Sketches from Nature." In the former imagin inga he has certainly caught the true spirit of classic antiquity. In the latter he has embalmed many of those tender . human sympathies with which he observes the breathing life around him. " Flowers and Children" might be adduced as a typical exemplar of the more gentle among these lovely and loving sympathies of his as a true-born lyrist— a poem beginning : . " Oh, the flow'rets, the bonnie wee flow'rets, Glinting and smiling and peeping through the grass ; And oh, the children, the bcnnie little children, I see them and loyo them wad bless them as I pass." Sauntering down the green lanes in the green countryside he has an eye for all the glories of the hedgerow—harebell and daisy, buttercup and celandine, pimpernel and dandelion, honey suckle and forget-me-not. Strolling down the city streets after nightfall, he has equally an eye and a heart of pity for even such a faded blossom " soiled beneath the common tread" —as Coleridge sang of precisely such another—as "Louise on the Doorstep." There are fragments of " Ileartsore i❑ Babylon," as fine in their way, as purely and intensely poetic, as the noblest among the more classic " Studies from the Antique"—as " Proteus" let us say, or as " The Eumenides." Closing this welcome reprint of his last book, we cannot but give expression to an earnest hope that Charles Mackay will shortly col lect together into a singlevolume the choicest among all his many charming and some of them we are almost tempted to say perfect lyrics—lyrics by right of which he will always hold his place upon the roll of our National Poets, Nature and Art ?" wrote Thomas flood, once, in a letter—" What a fine edition of Nature and Art is Stanfield !" Gene ! And many and many a dea r old day gone with him ! Bat their memories re main. And his memory will not soon fade out, for he has set his mark upon the restless waters, and his fame will long be sounded in the roar of the sen. - ":" From the current number of Dickens's " All the Year Round." -7 0 Tura .** HER AWES IT'S LEVEE. By command of the Queen a levee was held yes - , terday at St. James's Palace, by his Royal high ness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her MajestP Presentations to his Royal llighness, at this Court, are, by the Queen's pleasure, considered as cquivaa lent to presentations to her Majesty. 'The Prince of Wales, attended by his Gentlemen in waiting, and escorted by a detachment of La-f° Guards, arrived at the Palace from Marlboroug h House about two o'clock, and was received by the Great Officers of State of the Queen's Household. CLARKSON STANFIELD. [Charles Dickens, and no other than Charles Dickens, can by possibility have been the author of the following beautiful tribute to the memory, to the genius, and to the character of his dear friend de parted— Clarkson Stanfield. The eloquence of these earnest words is that born from the fullness of the heart. It is the tribute of a true and tender friend ship, and a touching evidence of the profound ap preciation of one great artist by another. Nothing —it may be observed—could be more calm, yet at the same time more scathing than the scorn v.,;ft. ineidentallv remarkpii b our great no velist—" It is superfluous to record that the painter of"—many noble historical paintings, the names of someatnon&hich arethereupon enumerated by Mr. Dickens—" died in his seventy-fourth year, Mr. Stanfield. —He was an Englishman."] Every artist, be he writer, painter, musician, or actor, must bear his private sorrows as he best can, a nd must separate them from the exercise of his public pursuit. But it sometimes happens, in com pensation, that his private loss of a dear friend re presents a loss on the part of the whole community. Th en he may, without individuality, step forth to lay his little wreath upon th a t d ear f r i en d' s grave. On Saturday, the eighteenth of this present month, Clarkson Stanfield died. On the afternoon of that day, England lost the great marinepainter of whom she will be boastful ages hence ; the National Historian of her speciality, the Sea ; the man famous in all countries for his marvellous rendering of the waves that break upon her shores, of her ships and seamen, of her coasts and skies, of her storms and sunshine, of the many marvels of the deep. Ile who holds the oceans in the hollow of llis hand had given, associated with them, wonderful gifts into his keep ing; he had used them well through threes ore and f our teen years ; and, on the afternoon of that spring day, relinquished them for ever. It is superfluous to record that the painter of ' The Battle of Tra falgar,' of the Victory being Towed into Gibraltar with the Body of Nelson on Board,' of 'The Morning After the Wreck,' of The Abandoned,' of fifty more such works, died in his seventy-fourth year, Mr.' Stanfield. He was au Englishman. Those grand pictures will proclaim his powers while paint and canvas last. But the writer of these words had been his friend for thirty years ; and when, a short week or two before his death, he laid that once so skilful hand upon the writer's breast, and told him they would meet again, "hut not here," the thoughts of the latter turned, for the time, so little to his noble genius, and so much to his noble nature ! Ile was the soul of frankness, generosity, and simplicity. The most genial, tho most affectionate, the most loving, and the most lovable of men. Success had never for an instant spoiled him. His interest in the theatre as an inditution, the best picturesqueness of which may be said to be wholly due to him—was faithful to the last. His belief in a play, his delight in one, the ease with which it moved him to tears or to laughter, were most re markable evidences of the heart ho must have put into his old theatrical work, and of the thorough purpose and sincerity with which it must have been done. The writer was very intimately as sociated with him in some amateur plays ; and day after day, and night after night, there were the same unquenchable freshness, enthu siasm, and impressibility in him, though broken in health even then. No artist can ever have stood by his art with a quieter dignity than he al ways did. Nothing would have induced him to lay it at the feet of any human creature. To fawn, or to toady, or to do underserved homage to any one, was an absolute impossibility with him. And yet his character was 81 nicely balanced that ho was the last man in the world to be suspected of self-ssser dun, and his modesty was one of his most special qualities. He was a charitable, religious, gentle, truly good man. A genuine man, inca pable of pretence or concealment. He had been a sailor once ; and all the best characteristics that are popularly attributed to sailors, being his, and being in him refined by the in fluences of his art, fcrmed a whole not likely to be often seen. There is no smile that the writer can recal like his ; no manner so naturally confiding and so cheerfully engaging. 'When the writer saw him for the last time on earth, the smile and the manner shone out once through the weakness, still the bright unchanging soul within the altered face and form. No man was ever held in higher respect by his friends, and yet his intimate friends invariably addressed him and spoke of him by a pet name. It may need, perhaps, the writer's memory and associations to find in this touching expression of his winning character, his playful smile, and plea sant ways, " You know Mrs. Inohbald's story, ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. At the first grand floral exhibition at the Boya Botanic Gardens yesterday, in spite of rather un favourable weather, a numerous and fashionable company thronged the grounds. The show of flowers was bright and brilliant beyond imagination, but fortunately in some places graceful ferns, varie gated leaved plants, roses, and other-tinted flowers were artistically grouped, and afforded jar mense relief to the overtaxed eyes. The exhibition was indeed very brilliant. This was caused by th e large number and extra size of the azaleas, pelar goniums an.l calceolarias. They were truly immens e and flowered to perfection ; such very magnificent Plants arc seldom seen. A few of the Pola r ; goniums appeared especially fine—they were name' ) Garibaldi, Lord Clyde, Madlle. Patti, Delicaturof and Empress Eugenie. . The collection of exotic orchids were also choice—these curious plants, Wit h their fine odour, were very attractive. The Ca t ' tleyas and Cypripediums were particularly , fin e ' while Lycaste skinnerii, Odontoglossum phatian°P . sis, Anguloa clowesii, iErides, &c., were esPe" cially pretty. The next great feature of attractiovo or perhaps the greatest, was the tine co llection , of magnificent roses, such as are seldom seen, well grown, well flowered, and altogether lovely. Ma°l of the blooms must have been full six inches across, and yet not ragged, loose flowers, but perfect compact roses. We noticed a pretty little fair ( ) ; sort of garden near the centre of the gr and marquee, provided by Messrs. Henderson and So n ' of Wellington Nursery, St. John's-wood—a bordeir of variegated feverfew, an inner border of variegate° meadow grass, looking like tufts of white feathers' the interior filled with a prettily arranged collection of variegated leaved plants, rare and bright plan ts in flower, and a graceful palm for the centre. The r , e were also very many curious plants. Mr. Watere r 4 American rhododendrons, &c., are now in full bloom, and form a very attractive feature to the gardens. The bands of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and 2d Life Guards were in attendance. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the gardens a t an early hour, and was received by the manag er ' Mr. Marnock, and by the under-secretary, Mr. 1 „.. Sowerby, who had the honour of conducting ile' royal highness round the marquees. FROM " THE OWL." It is arranged that his Imperial 111ajest9 " i Sultan is to visit this country in the month of JtilY"v His Majesty will bring the suite usually attached t° crowned heads. The report that an extraordiaari number of officials will accompany him is iIICOITCCE. It is the intention of his Imperial Highness the Czarewitch, with his bride, to visit London darills t h e month or J une. The King of Greece will also be in London at t he same time. The Government are, we understand, ag 3i/1 going to obtain statistics relative to agriculture, not only showing the amount of land under cultivv tion, but a'so giving the number of live stock. 0 Dr. Howson, at present the head of the Collei3,tn College at Liverpool, and examining chaplain to ti'" Bishop of Ely, has been appointed _Dean of Chester' to succeed the late Dean Anson. Some dissatisfaction having been expressed °6 the the new arrangement for the day sittings of House of Commons, a communication has, vi el/ , n ( ; derstand, been forwarded to the Chancellor of t" Exchequer, offering suggestions for facilitating the public business by setting some limits to the Y° 1 , t1 76 .. bility of hon. members. It seems that . „, 1 members have been appointed to serve on se'1"00 committees, of which 25 are now sitting, vib ilet committees on private bills absorb a further num ber t To enable this large body of members to be p re during the debates on the Reform Bill, it is stib t i; gested that at the expiration of the ensuing r' 3°l ' t the ordinary sittings should be resumed ; th . 3 speeches in committee should belimited to five 111.1 e; utes, and that no hon. member (with the exceptl°a of the mover of an amendment) should be 511°1" to speak more than twice. Gov' Experiments are being made by the French by eminent upon a system of construction for canne°' which the interior is made of steel and the exterior of bronze. This plated cannon is expected to P a the greatest amount of wear with the least risi‘' explosion. tl 3 ° Mutual concessions are likely to be made 4, i 0 Government and the representatives of Scotl anu o. respect of the provisions of the Scotch Reform ntv There are grounds fur believing that the Geer ineut will yield to the objection as to the re-°r °l ls ing of burghs—the Scotch members acceptingilect proposition as to the division of counties. One e bc r of this arrangement would be to reduce the nu ril of new members for Scotland from seven to oil' FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. E. It BAII I 3 o f —Yesterday morning there was another gatherig at, gentlemen connected with art, literature, and sciellee'velt Kensal-green Cemetery, who were anxious to pay mark of respect to the memory of the late Jr . l itg Bally, F.R.S. The funeral was private ""tai c3a h nt a dt r h a ie, c but n t o e t r itr , hnoi pseg o a f c ocoa Royalnc h s e i d s e .A r a cT b a lahee.em- servicei number ians , followed of ls, a sc perform a t g b e o 6 7: 4 . r v o l the Rev. Charles Stuart, of King's College, London . T v THE THREATENED DISFRANC HISEMENTSt---, of following petition has been presented to the 11 ,,. °11 t ; DI Commons by Mr. Wyld, M.P., oti behalf of the v ° , l . die Ballot Society :—" The humble petition of the o , ltec t - , committee of the Society for the Adoption of Y Ballot showeth—That your petitioners hear withe r '4lO that it has been proposed to disfranchise the I°,ose' of Yarmouth, Totnes, Lancaster, and Reigate it` , r : in' (pence of the notorious and flagrant acts of bribery 1 0 10 dividuals desirous of obtaining seats in your 110 the ° s atc l house, or influencing the votes of the elec tors for 010 boroughs. That your petitioners submit , as of their e . i$ knowledge and conviction, that this s tate of 01700 mainly or ontiraly dependent on the condition o law, which makes the returning officer as sistan t tc ; 01 6 public wrong by causing him to furnish to the bri be be en evidence that the dishonourable work which haswiers, paid for has been duly performed. That your pet itl a of therefore, pray your honourable house that in't,e3etioti. disfranchising the innocent with t he g uilty, the a ' e d for the said boroughs may herea fter be corvitefoK the way of ballot, and your pet itioners will ever By order of the committee, J. F. Boutems, 110 0 . Sli c itte" GIUSI AND MARIO.— A m ore domes r 6t ios woman than Giulia Grisi never live d. It is au in te :f ne t family tableau to see her watching the perforh"ln c ; :l of Sil o three daughters. Rita, the eldes t, a handsome g" tto tsvi teen, is seated at the pianoforte, accompanYirig,, si de ° on °ac t; W i6 younger, Clelia and Cecilia, who etanding their sister, sing duets admirably, theirs weet lit . idio otS , iu perfect tune blending charmingly together. e ver y „bolt! them with affectionate assiduity, while 3lario iug the piano, w listeningwith evident delig ht tothe sti"b , ; ii his childreu.—Once a Week. AN IMMENSE TROUT.—A fisherman at S int ° ll ll 6 7ti e ci e iu Switzerland, captured, a few days sinc e, l og, 613 4 Morat, an immense trout, more than three feee',uoooo3;.. weighing over 301bs. It is to be placed in th .. 2 ' . -t rus, , 6 t ` ,. Morat, which already contains an enormous st , t , tt _ e , wa ter . : which in Switzerland is only to be found in the , " ed 0 0 1 Y It was more than six feet in length, and weig ß 2001bs. an.%.. .......,...,........ 116 - : COBil .Atl antic retain StE 11°Ii elated The off 111Vi gatiOn mouth s eu ail d eh° th at wE XG2 per: Vhi c h ) 357 e qto n dii4herncu y k) mau ti ( o --en ar rn -44 Of th (% U ra and y, at 4 ( ea l) Coff t L. trod arunil tree e of 141 Yal t Tilav ally. Il e las ', 4 (1a tb;_ ."3