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

ASCOT —ROYAL ASCOT— CALLAGHAN'S RACE GLASSES, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole Agent to Voigtliinder, Vienna. ONDON and N ORTII-WESTERN ji RAILWAY.—IMPROVED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WATFORD, LOCAL STATIONS, and the CITY (BROAD-STREET). Commencing on the Ist Juno, new Trains will leave 'N:Afford for the City (Broad -stn-et, at 7.30 a.m. and 6.50 p.m., calling at Intermediate Stations, to Willisden and a new Train will also leave B road-street for Watford at 5 411 p.rn. The Fares for Return Tickets between all Stations on the London a nd Norh.Western Line will be revised. By order, W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Enston Station, May, 1867. 'THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LAN E. JL Sole L:tasee and Manager, Mr. le. B. Chatterton. Tiffs kV's:NISH. THAT ItAVAL JACK. Mt ears. J. Rous.c, J. C. IY.i..uer ; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. Thon:pson. To CO,:nludis with T iIEGR EAT CITY. Messrs. C. Warne - , F. Morton, J Fitzjamea. C. liarc.turt, F Vi liers, J. C. Com er, . 'I ntyr e, J. 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Dust-proof and Water proof 8:3.03 Coats of every doseription. E. MOS ES AND SON I-Iqadv-mule and Mspoke Tailors, Habit 'Makers WoollenDr3 per:4, [fattens, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Ilanufaeturers, and General Outti:ters. I,ODON HOUSES. 154, 155, 153, 157, Miuories ; 83, 81, 85, BG. 87, FB, 8:. Aldsate ; :5(1;, 507, OxfoAl-stniet, 12, 3, Ilan: Street ; 137, 138, Tottenham-court-road; 283, Euston -road. COUNTRY Bralford, Yorkshire, 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 ment of morning sittings, met with a check on its first trial. The " count out" was last night 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 proceedings to be adopted. Col. FRENCU called attention to the subject, and state I 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. HARDT 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 accid.ent at all,s:nce there were plenty of members to make a house who were outside. He added 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 unbrtunate thing for all parties concerned in the affair, and made that ar rangement appear a failure which was in reality admirably adapted to the state of things it referred to. We expect that Mr. HAlnv'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 wishel to prevent the com mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill from Wing nominated, because, in his opinion, it was not pro perly constituted. We think that this was most extraordinary conduct on the part of the bon. and gallant member, and Mr. DEN3IAN'S remarks ou 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 be no repetition of such proceedings, which can serve no purpose but that of retarding public business, and it is manifestly unfair that all arrangements shoull be stopped be cause one unp')pular thing, in th opini Ai of some, is to be movei for. AcJordiug to this theory a count out might take place any night if some eager spirit were oa 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 elided from the secretaries and managers of the Trades Unions themselves. We say elicitel advisedly, for there was a manifest reluctance on the 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 m irked. The former are not only ready bat 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 som: cases where circulars requesting information have been sent to the Unions no answer has been vouessafel. There is a wish to preserve a degree 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 .L 1 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 evi dently will not do for the workshop. The accounts of every-day life in this old-fashioned, straight forward England of ours in this nineteenth .entury asssimilate more closely to the do ings of the Inquisition or the Secret Tribunal in the middle ages than to anything nearer at hand. The incessant vigilance which is exercised over the proceedings 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 th e C omm i ss ion. Among th e c l erks of some master house-painters at Blackpool, whoee 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 measure I were worn out, and lie therefore took a little paint and marked the feet and inches afresh on the rods. Upon this the committee of the • Blackpool Operative llouse painters' Asseeiation ad Ireesed a remonstrance to the employers, because " their book-keeper had been ruing &Jule writing or painting, he not being a dain'cr." :A [any other elts2s were cite,l , illtutrating the one 111330 fl) 1.1 az;r3 - ssive sDitit, c anner in whiA the Unionists t tke advauta.!e c pressure of ,work to threaten the masters to say the I;.ist of it, mean. O ne f ru i tful of their ioar,:e of dispute is the employment owu rehtions by the masters whni th ey are not Union men. Mr. TANNER, a maser slater, arid plasterer of Liverpool, has two sons • work ng at the trade. He received an intimation from the men working wiAi them that if they did not subscribe to the union the same as those who were the shop they uould strike against them. Air. rANNER ultimately gave the required amount rather than disturb the worl-. More. ierem k tory and un- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. riffs DAY.—Morning, 10h. Z6m.—Afternoon, 11b. 30m. r d -Mcnutow.-Morning, b. m.—Afternoon, 12h. Om. W: 1 11 it , w T. cinp: fliE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN 51, MAY 30, 1807. just WI t 3 a similar demand made to Mr. DIXON, a plaster en, of Bradford, on Saturday, March 30th, intimntit ig that unless Mr. DIXON'S brothers joined the uni )n that day the men would strike on the Monday • morning. It is fair to add that the request had be V. previously made to Mr. DIXON, but the opportunity for intimidation was seized when he had man - 4 • contracts on hand and was pressed for time. lit t, therefore, sent back a note intimating that his lh lathers would join as required. Embol dened by :their success, the men sent back the mes senger to gay that the note was not satisfactory, and unless the entrance fee of half a guinea each was at once paid the strike woul I take place. So far is this syster I carried that when an employer who had been brow, ght up to the trade, and being short of hands and pressed for time, went to work himself, he was ,struck against by the labourers. The case of Mr. HOWROYD, referred to in the evidence of the secretaries of the Unions ap pears to bare been incorrectly stated. It said that Mr. HOWROTD, on receiving the demand hat his sons should join the union, locked out his The fact was that he refused to c, mpel his sons to. join, and the men'therefore struck on the Monday as threatened. The other masters made common cause with Mr. Hownovo, and locked out their shops until the strike was withdrawn from Mr. HOWIWYD'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. Hownorn to fight the So ciety alone, which he did. He got other men but they have been continually interfered with and annoyed, if not intimidated, as they went about the streets, and consequently Mr. IloWnoyD has had to carry on his work under great disadvantages. Mr. Ilownovn, it seems, is quite willing to come forward and give evidence 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 fur an increase of wages when a large contract is on hand that the contractors, u..kss 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 cf 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. MAULT declared that the masters had to give evidence b oth for themselves and the non-unionists. " The fact is, th a the men themselves are in many cases too frightened to give evidence, and 1 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 in these cases the masters have said, We do not wish to make martyrs of ourselves, we do not want our names mentioned, and you must not say anythingaboat 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 selfishness of the masters ! :11 CU . We are 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 oairse o► action of the, Leage should be. After what had occurred ,in the house the night before it 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 sail not a word himself in "favour' of the bill now before Parliament, although he was obliged to admit that all their friends in the 'louse had agreed as to its merits in its present amended form. We think that this is disingenuous oa 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 gone, 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 iu 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 could 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 its 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 love for the cause they profess to have so much at heart by frankly acknowledging the services rendered to it by the Government, and case from their labours. SMELLYUNGUS AT TIIE DERBY.--The Derby of 1867 will be for ever 'numerable, says a dyspeptic and snarling contributor to the Stturday Review —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 'ush to the railway station, a rush from the train to a fly, a rush from the fly to the Stand, front 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 wtdged in for hours in a dense crowd, to be deafened with the din of countless voices, to fight with arms and 1-gs to maintain a footing, in order, at last, after long weary wait ing, to got one glimpse over tem 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 Um first twelve. It is curious what trouble and fatigue p.epie will undergo, espe cially about matters cf which they are entirely ignorant. Out of es - ory humlryl pars xis w!lo go to the ..),Tby it is pre:ty cc t pia that nint.ty-nine know nothing and care nothing tb.,tit racing ; th , y go from a dui! .to custom, they get very much in the way, they block up all the thoreughfarc , a, they run Perpetually up and down stairs without aim or objact, and they eat and drink a great deal more than is good for them. Tkere are thousands no doubt who call this pleasure ; but lovers of racing, in the prospect of such delights, may be excused for regretting that tho Derby is not run somewhere else than at Epsom. In committee on the Repre.;entation of the People (Scotland) Bill, Mr. Dalglish will move that the LTuiversi ,ies of St. Andrew's, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aly2rdeen shall return one member; Mr. Baxter—That the counties of &Mt k and Peebles be united and return one member. That the counties of Ross and Crotnarty and Sutherland be united and return one rry , 7n , y.‘r ; and 3.1 r. Itob3rtbon w:cl:shige.)•- That thj possetision of a residence within the county shall form a necessary part of the county franchise. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, 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 Ilungary 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 dissolved 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 of the majority of the members of the Diet has broughtto light pretensions which render the realisa tion of a constitutional 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 St rtes forming part of the Zollverein, 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 number of Jews. It is added that upon the representations of France, in which the Austrian Government had joined, those measures had been immediately withdrawn. It is stated that King Victor Emmanuel wilt 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 citizet:s in uncertainty, who wish every day to consult upon their interests, and the journalists in suspense, 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 CTeneral 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 wider the direction of M. Prex-Paris, the Mayor of Montauban. The fête of the Rogations was celebrated by th • 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 vt'rting any calamity supposed to be imminent. General opinion attributes the institution of these public prayers to Saint Matnert; 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, t 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 the Ascension. Under this reform of Mariam% 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 a t the h ead of a procession leaves the church to the sound of the bells, to bless th e productsof the to th earth, square of the vill age so , grand that they may .ttl h a ve their share i n th e b enediction. The thunder storm of Monday afternoo n was o f short duration, and it was not violent, but accounts e e rt afid th e peasants con d uct their e, have been received of considerable damage done by e it in several localities. the lightning struck the northern tower of the church of St. Sulpice, and s...veral masses o f . stene were precipitated to the happily without mjurin ground, any one. The lower ceiling of the tower was much d amage d . The electric wire by which messages may be conveyed to the church of St. Germain des Pres, situated at a distance of about half a mile, was broken, and in falling It struck th, face of a passer by. To day the heat has been very oppressive and another thunder storm seems imminent. The soldiers in Paris having made a request to be allowed to visit the Exhibition, the request has been complied with in a rather curious but effective manner. A military post hae been established within the building. It is composed of an entire battalion of infantry. 411 the troops, of the garri son of Paris and the environs will in their turn form this post. The battalion arrives at 10 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 bor.- 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 modest looking building, is to be changed into sumptuou s di vans, w h ich w illb e fitted up with Oriental luxury and magnificence. It is said that the Chinese theatre will be cer tait.ly opened on Saturday next. . swallows great A wonderful conjuror, Ling-L oo t , will aston ish the natives. number slle of eggs without brea k ing them, and pit s a Sword n i ne-ten th s of a yard long down his thro a t. T he renowne d Chinese juggler Alexandrini will appear on t h e same day. Such is the number of English visitors to the Ex hibition that it i s o f ten necessa ry for the railway company to put on extra trains from Ca l a i s to Paris. O ne frequently sees more English than French at th e Palace. Nearly 80,000 pe rs ons paid for admission on Monday. I n sp i te of some cap ti o us cavilling, the simple fact i s th at every d ay th er e is an increased desire to wit ness and apprec i ate it s marvels. .National between s France and The Opinion lt would seem that cloud s are again Prussia." One of the Paris papers reports that an a u t og r aph 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 ..Eihibition. This would be another good c.ird for it. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A youth named Ed wards, iu. the, cmplqyment .of Mr. Lowe, gunsmith, Chester, was killed under the followiug circumstances. It apriirs that ho was engaged in compressing air for the purpuf.e of charging an air gun. belonging to one of his master's customer; whoa the globe employed in the pro cess burst. The upper half struck Edwards on the chest :ujd j•w ba,la :,,fee that t;io hreastbaie was Lroken-and the lower part of. ate jawbone was tort: away. The unfortunate youth died ip about half an hour. LATEST INTELLIGESOF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA IN BERLIN. BERLIN, May 30. The Czar has arrived here. hlis Majesty was received at the Frankfort Railway Station by the King of Prussia and the Princes, and the illustrious party continued the journey together to Potsdam. ITALY. • FLORENCE, May 29. The Chamber of Deputies has adopted the postal convention with Spain. M. de Sartiges arrived here to-day from Rome, and left immedi ttely fur France. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 30. The Committee for the c3ntrol of the public debt have published to-day a report from which it appears that the t )tal amount of the public debt of Austria, at the cud 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 the Budget. Senor Polo spoke against the proposals of the committee appointed to consider the Badg:t. FRANCE. During the thunder-storm which broke over Paris on Monday afternoon, the electric fluid fell on the left tower of thz,fasadc 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 comr.tunicating 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 - it higher quotations. Threes have risen 171 e., to 69f. 95c. ; Italian Fives 30c., to 521. 60c. Credit Hobilier shares have risen 71. 50c., to 402 f. 50c. ; Spanish Mobilier Bf. 75c., to 266 f. 25c.; Credit Foncier 10f., to 1,470 f. ; and Compoir d'Escompte 71. 50c., to 772 f. 50c. An improvement has also taken plac.3 in railways, Orleans having advanced 71. 50e., to 892 f. 50f. ; Northern, 81.75 f., to 1,213 f. 75c. ; and Lyons 5f., to 907 f. 50c. Three o'clock.—A slight relapse has taken place in quotations, but the market nevertheless elous firm. 1/ per Cents 99 Bank Shares 3500 Do. end month — Italian Loan 52 75 3 per Cents. 69 95 Do end month 52 65 Do. end - month 69 92i Mexican Loan Credit Mobilier 400 Do. Bonds Do. end month ... 402 50 Spanish Throes Credit Foncier — Homo Debt Do.. end month 1470 Deferred For AcconnL lULILW SYS. Orleans Northern 1212 .50 Lyons and Aleditorra,noan 902 50 Southern 572 50 Western 556 23 Eastern Sardinian — Austrian ....... _ 453 75 Lombard 390 North of Spain — 100 Saragosfa Ditto to Barcelona Roman. 75 - PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—M. I" 29. ItgIFJRMITY ACT AMENDAIEN r BILL. Order for second reading read; motion niltle, and question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time." 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 House divided—ayes, 200; •noes, 156. AYES-2O Acland, T. D. Forteseue, D. F. Murphy, N. D. Adam, W. t'. French, Col. Neate, C. Agnew, Sir A. Ga-=etee, S. Nicol, J. D. Ail,in, W. S Gasket), J. 31. Norwo id, C. Amberley, 1 is. Glyn, G. G. O'Beirne, J. Anstruthe r, Sir R. Goldsmid, Sir F. O'Brien, Sir P. Armstrong, R. • Goldsmid, J. Oliphant, L. Ayrton, A. S. Goszhen, G. J. Ousloi.v, G. Aytoun, It. S. Gower, F. L. Otway, A. Bagwell, J. Graham, W. Owen, Sir 11. Baines, E. Gray, Sir J. Padmore, it. Barclay. A. C. Grey, Sir G. EA ni, T. Barnes, T Gridley, 11. Pease, J. I:arr./ll i sir IL W. t4rosvenor.Capt.R Peel, A. W. Bass, A. Hadfield, G. ' Philip+, it. N. Baxter, W. E. liamilton, E. W. T .I.'latt, J. Bazley, T. • Hankey, T. PollardUrquhart,W Brady, Dr. Hardcastle, J. A. Pott.sr, E. Browne, Lord J. T. Hartington,Marquis Potter, T. B. Bruce, H. A. Hartley, J. I'ower, Sir J. Brian G. L. Hay, Lori J Pritchard, J. __ Butler, t.: S. Hay. Lord W. Itawlitis.m. Sir 11. Calcratt. J Ilayter, Capt.A.D. Rebow, J. G. Calthorpe, F. H. Ileadlam, T. E. Robartes, T. J. A. Candlish, J. Henderson, J. Rot lischild, Baron AI Cardwell, E. It. Heoca...e. Edward Rothschild, BaronN Carnegie, C. Henley, Lord Russell, A. Cavendish, Lord N. Herbert, IL A. ltus cif, 11. Cavendish, Lord I. Ilibbert. .1. 'l'. Russell, Sir W. Clieethain, J. ' Hodgkinson, G. Salomons.Aiderman Childers, 11. C. E. Holland, E. Samuda, J. Clement. W. J. Howard, C. W. G. Samuelson, B. Clinton. Lord R. P. Hughes, W. B. Seely, C. Clive. G. Hutt, sir W. Sheridan, R. B. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Ingham, 11. Sheriff, A. Co erid.e, .1; Jackson, W. Simeon, sir J. - Collier, Sir IL P. Jervoise, Sir J. Smith, .ici Iroise Cot; hurst, Sir G. Kennedy, I'. Smith, J. A. Colvlle, C. R. King, .1. L. Smith, .1. B. Corbally. Al. E. Kinglake, J. A. Stacpoolc, W. Cowen, J Knatchbull-Elugess Stanley, W. Craururd, E. 11. J. I abauincro, Henry Stirling-AL, Sir IV Crawford, R. W. Lain;, S. Stork, O. Cremorne, i erd Lamont. J. Stuart, Col. C. Dawson, U. I'. Lawrene., W. Sykes, C. De L t I'ocr, E. Leatham, IV. Talbot, C. R. M. Denman, G. Leeman, G. Taylor, P A. Dent, J. D. Letevre, G. J. S. Tite, W. Dilke, Sly W. Locke, J. Torrens, W. T. M. Dillwyn, L. L. Lowe, it. Tracy, C. IL D. Doulton, F. Lusk, A. Treve.rin, G. Duff, Al. E. 3lacEvoy, E. Villiers, C. l'. Eliot. Lord Mackie, J. Vivian, 11. 11. Ellice, E. 3iackinnon (Rye) Vivian, J. Enfield, Viscount Mackinnon, Lym.) Western, Sir T. filsmonde. J. Al'L.igan, f'. Whatman,J Evans. T. if. BPLarea, D. Whitbread, S. E wart, IV. Maguire, J. F. White, J. N:ykyn, R. Martin, C. W. Wickham, 11. W. Fawce t, H. Martin, P. W. IVinnington, Sir T. Elides, J. Merry, J. Woods, 11. ' Finlay, A. S. Millbank, F. Wyld, J. Fitz Gerald, Lord 0. Mill, J. S. Wynne, W. It. M. Voljanibe, F. J. S. Miller, W. Young R. • Fordyce, IV. lilitchell, A. . Forster, C. • Mitchell, T. A. TELLERS. • Foster, W. 0. Munk, C. Bsuverie, E. P. Forteseae, C. P. Moore. C. Morrison. AY. co P:S —156. - --- - Adderley, C. 13. Galway, Viscount Montagu, Lord R. Akroyd, E. Gladstone, W. E. Montgomery, Sir G Annesley, Col. 11. Goddard, A. L. Morgan, 0. Archdall, Capt Goldncy, G. Mowbray, J. R. Arkwright, R. Goodson, J. Neeld, Str J. Bazge, W. Gore, J. It. O. Newdegate, C. !Salley, Sir J. - Graves, S. It. - Noel, G. J. (Saline, 11. J. t;reenall, G. North, Col. Barring:o 1, Vis. Greene, M. Northcote, Sir S. H. Bateson, Sir T. 'Gray, Lt-Col. O'Neil ,E. Bathurst, A. A. Grey, T Packe, C. W. Beach, Sir M. Griffith, C. D. Parker, Major W. 13ective, Earl of Guinu,ss. B. L. l'atten, Colonel IN' Beecroll, G. S. Gwyn, 11 Peel, Gen. lientinek, G. C. Hamilton, Lord C. Pennant, Col. Benson, It. Hardy, G. I'ercy..K , .rl Bingham, Lord Hardy, J. Powell, F. S. Booth, Sir R. G. Hervey, Lord A. Read, C.,S. Brett, W. B. Hay, Sir J Repton, G. W. J. Bridges, Sir B. W. hieathcote, G. IL Ri dle y , Sir 31. W. Bromley, W. D. . Heathlicote, Sir W. Robertson, I'. F. Bruce, Major C. Henley, J. W. Rolt, J. liruen, H. Henniker, J. 51. Royston, Viset. Burrell, Sir P. II esketh, Sir T. Schreiber, C. Cat per, c. Hey g ate. Sir F. Sclater-Booth, G, Cartwright,"Ca ' 1I iloyard. 'l' S e y mour, G. IL Cave, S. - - lloltord, R. S. Smith, A. Cecil, Lord E. Holrnesdale, Vis. Smith, U Olive, Capt. G. W. llood 'Sir A. , Stanley, F. Cole, lion. 11. Hope, A .1. Stronge, Sir J. M. Corry, 11. L. II ornby, W. IL Stuart, Lt.-Col. W Cooper, E. 11. 110,siali, I'. 11. Surtees, 11. E. ('ox, W. II tham. Lord Taylor, Col. Cranborne, Vist. Howes. E. Tottenham,lt.-Col Cubitt, G. 11(1(1db:stone, J. Treeil. J. V. Curzon, Viscount Hunt, G. W. Trevor, Lord A. Dalkeith, Earl of Jones, 1). Turner , C. Dini.,lale. It. Karstase, Sir J. B Vance, J. Disraeli, B. It (vana.4li, A, Verner, Sir W. Du Cane, C. kekewieli, S. I'. Vernon, EL F. I)uncombe, A. Kt n(t(to ~ N. Walcott, Admiral On l're. C. U. King, .1. K. Walker, Major G. Edwards, Sir 'I. Rin:, .1. tl. Walsh, Sir J. Egerton, Sir I'. knight, F. Waterhouse, S. Egerton, A. F. Kid.. litley , Ir It. Whittnore, 11. , Egerton, K C. !.aeon, Sir E. Wise, 11. Egerton, W. Laird, .1. 1Vou,1(1, B. T. Pane, Col. Lmigton. W. G. Wyndham, 11. Felluen, J. Lefroy, A. Wynn, Sir W. Eellowes, E. Malcolm, J. Ir. J. Wynn, C. W. if, Eergusson, Sir J. Manners, Lord TEI.LERi. Floyer, .1. Manners, Lord G. Selwyn, C. J. Galtwey, Sir W. I'. Metier, W. Gurat, J. A grand evening concert will be given on Friday evening next at St. George's Hall, Laugham-placo, ii aid of the Funds. for Rescuing the Homeless Boys 431 London from a life of crime. The special object is to mist funds for the purpose of increasing the accommodation of tip) training-ship Chichester, iu which 7 boys are a , preseut being trained for naval service, but funds art greatly needed to_,eitond the. accommodation, and eilablt them to receive the full ship's complement of 125 boys. LITERATURE. Mulles 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 deserve, three years ago, namely, 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 poet 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.irnagin ings 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 bonnie little children, I see them and love thorn sad bless thorn 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 " Heartsoro in 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. 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 acorn with which it is incidentally remarked by our great no velist—" It is superfluous to record that the painter of"--many noble historical paintings, the names of someamongwhich arethereupon enumerated by Mr. Dic in his seventy-f o u r th year, M r. St ti n fi en e l s -11-ln d ied was an Englishman."] Every artist, be he writer, painter, musician, or actor, must bear his private sorrows as he best can, and 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 th e w h o l e commun i ty. "Then he may, without individuality, step forth to lay his little wreath upon. that dear friend'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 His hand had given, associated with them, wonderful gifts into his keep ing ; he had used them well through threes :ore and fourteen 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. Ile was an Englishman. Those grand pictures will proclaim his powers ,vhile 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, " but not here," the thoughts of the latter turned, for the time, so little to his noble genius, and so much to his noble nature! He• was the soul of frankness, generosity, and simplicity. The most genial, the most affectionate, the most loving, and the most lovable of men. Success had never for an instant spoiled him. llis interest in the theatre as an institution, 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 he 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 lay after day, and night after night, there sere the same unquenchable freshness, • enthu siasts, and impressibility in him, though broken ,n 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 toady, or to do underserved horn ige to any one, was an absolute impossibility with him. And yet nis character was so nicely balanced that he was the last man in the world to be suspected of self-asser ion, and his modesty was one of his most special qualities. lie was a charitable, xsligious, ;aide, truly good man. A genuine man, inca dabla of pretence or concealment. Ile had been sailor once ; and all the best characteristics Jtat are popularly attributed to sailors, being ais, and being in him refined by the in duences of his art, fcrinel a whole not likely to be often seen. There is no smile that the writer can ;coal like his ; no • manner so naturally confiding and so cheerfully engaging. When the writer saw dm for the last time ou earth, the smile and the manner shone out once through the weakness, still the bright unchanging soul within the alterel face and form. No man was ever hold in higher respect his friends, and yet his intimate friends invariably iddressed him and spoke of him by a pet nuns. It may nee 1, perhaps, the writer's memory and issociations to find in this touching expression of ~is winning character, his playful smile, and plea eant ways. (c You know Mrs, Inohbald's story, ••••••••.. Nature and Art ?" wrote Thomas Hood, once, in letter—" What a fine edition of Nature and Art Stanfield !" Gone! And many and many A dear old day gone with him ! But their memories re• main. And his memory will not soon fade out, for he has set his mark upon the restless waters, and big fame will long be sounded in the roar of the sea. -- From the current number of Dickens's 6 ' All the Year Round." I.'-ii--.---:y v 2, , ,, --.1 -, Tr, A z ,-.3- , t, .. _ HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. By command of the Queen a levee . was held Yes terday at St. James's Palace, by his Royal ness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Maie st). Presentations to his Royal Highness, at this Court, are, by the Queen's pleasure, considered as equiv a lent to presentations to her Majesty. The Prince of Wales, attended by his Gentlern.e,ll in waiting, and escorted by a detachment of Life Guards, arrived at the Palace from Marlboro u g h House about two o'clock, and was received by the Great Officers of State of the Queen's Household. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. At the first grand floral exhibition at the Ror Botanic Gardens yesterday, in spite of rather un favourable weather, a numerous and f a shionab le , company thronged the grounds. The show o` flowers was bright and brilliant beyond i m aginatio n ' but fortunately in some places graceful ferns, varie gated leaved plants, roe's, and other-tinted flowers were artistically grouped, and afforded 101 mense relief to the overtaxed eyes. The exhibition was indeed very brilliant. This was caused by t he large number and extra size of the azaleas, pelar goniums and calceolarias. They were truly imulen se and flowered to perfection ; such very magnificent plants are seldom seen. A few of the lati goniums appeared especially fine—they were nai l ' Garibaldi, Lord Clyde, Madlle. Patti, Delicatutalo and E.npress Eugenic. The collection of ow% orchids were also choice — these curious plants, With their fine odour, were very attractive. The e a '' t ' tleyas and Cypripediums were particularly fi ne ' while Lycaste skinnerii, Odontoglossum sis, Anguloa clowesii, iErides, &c., were esr cially pretty. The next great feature of attraction; or perhaps the greatest, was the fine collecti% of magnificent roses, such as are seldom seen, W e v grown, well dowered, and altogether lovely. Al a° , l of the blooms must have been full six i nc hes acr°l and yet not ragged, loose flowers, but Por feG compact roses. We noticed a pretty little fail sort of garden near the centre of the gr ali marquee, provided by Messrs. Henderson and Sr of Wellington Nursery, St. John's-wood—a bo nde of variegated feverfew, an inner border of varieg av '" i meadow grass, looking like tufts of whits feathe r° . the interior filled with a prettily ar ra nged collec t % of variegated leaved plants, rare and bright Edo 0 in flower, and a gr a ceful palm fo r th e centre. V ier , o were also very many curious plants. Mr. Water s er g American rhododendron; &c., are now ill 1 : 1 103 bloom, and form a very attractive feature t 0 " gardens. The bands of the Royal Horse Guards ( Blue) and 2d Life Guards were in attendance. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the garden s 3 . . t an early hour, and was received by the tonal' Mr. Marnock, and by the under-secretary - , Mr' Ler Sowerby, who had the honour of conducting a royal highness round the marquees. FROM " THE OWL." It is arranged that his Imperial Majesty th e Sultan is to visit this country in the month of Julft; His Majesty will bring the suite usually a ttache d ' crowned heads. The report that an extraor din3ly t. number of officials will accompany him is ine orree : It is the intention of his Imperial Highnes s tll g Czarewitch, with his bride, to visit London dun the month of June. The King of Greece will also be In London at tile same time. The Government are, we understand, going to obtain statistics relative to agrieulte'`: not only showing the amount of laud wider cultivA tion, but also giving the number of live stock. to Dr. Howson,. at•preseut the head of the Collegi3llo College at Liverpool, and examining chaplai n to ter, t Bishop of Ely, has been appointed Dean of C her to succeed the late Dean Anson. A at Some dissatisfaction having been express ed the the new arrangement for the day sittings n` • House of Commons, a communication has, Wethe derstand, been forwarded to the Chancello r of 1;0 Exchequer, offering suggestions for facilitating tilt, public business by setting some limits to the ' 1° , 0 6 bility of hon. members. It seems that .":t members have been appointed to serve on senile committees, of which 25 are now sitting, wh ile i , e r. committees on private bills absorb a further n ur '" To enable this large body of members to be preeileg, during the debates on the Reform Bill, i t i° sn-th gested that at the expiration of the ensuing 111°- bo t the ordinary sittings should be resumed, tie. speeches in committee should belimited to fiveintioo utes, and that no hon. member (with the exc e p t' ~1 of the mover of an amendment) should be alto° to speak more than twice. I , Gov' Experiments arc being made by the Fre ne " aliment upon a system of construction for 0 11 ° 11 6 0 c which the interior is made of steel and the Ote of bronze. This plated cannon is expected t° f, of the greatest amount of wear with the least explosion. bid the Mutual concessions are likely to be made if' Government and the representatives of respect of the provisions of the Scotch Reforms o - There are grounds for believing that the G °Y- ti p , meat will yield to the objection as to the re-g r° t he ing of burghs—the Scotch members acceptivggeot proposition as to the division of counties. Ol e e l b e t of this arrangement would be to reduce the oust' of new members for Scotland from seven to B pi FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. E. H. of —Yesterday morning there was another gat he n :, st gentlemen connected with art, literature, and c' 73 ":iao' 1111:1,tettilni. mark 1 0 - Rf g r .rA e e e s. npf respect Rt Cemetery,. os.the T i u i 0, memoryhof u w n e e r r e ,oilf anxious tNhvoa s ia; private v 0 31 7 : 1 , k l -- o ff td. ; in 4 character, but a considerable number of carriage,thill:aso of them those of Royal Academicians, followed and mourning coaches. The service was Pe rft°ll:;:j: the Rev. Charles Stuart, of King's College, L o ndon . ,00 'TIE THREATENED DISFRANCHISE MENTS• s of following petition has been presented to the 11,7%ut,5e Commons by Mr. Wyld, 31. P., on behalf of the 7 - u tiO Ballot Society :—" The humble petition of the eirete committee of the Society for the Adoption of P a ris e Ballot showeth—That your petitioners hear witli that it , has been proposed to disfranchise the b° r° , o o o ' of Yarmouth, Totnes, Lancaster, and Reigate in io' (pence of the notorious and flagrant acts of bribery "rot,lo dividuals desirous of obtaining seats in your fofi t , ll ,, house, or influencing the votes of the electors for t 7 7.; 0 0 boroughs. That your petitioners submit, as of th i, e l, s s 4 knowledge and conviction, that this state of t'" f 0 1° mainly or entirely dependent on the condition 0 4. tho law, which makes tho returning officer assistant ' O l , tl3 O public wrong by causing him to furnish to the br ibe D oeli evidence that the dishonourable work which paid for has beau duly performed. That your p ne eti t of therefore, pray your honourable lions.) that inar:tioo6 disfranchising the innocent wAh the guilty, ti ° S , t e ( 1 PI for the said boroughs may hereafter be CO u dd- n e r ty/ . JR., way of ballot, and your petitioners will eve r .., , By order of the committee, J. k'. Bontems, [ion. Seeticatea GRISI AND MARIO. dollleSer,sos woman than Giulia Crrisi never lived. It is / 13 „f tier family tableau to tee her watching the perforttine.r.:f t three daughters. Rita, the eldest, a g , tho 'v( ; teen, is seated at the pianoforte, accompan3 o si de younger, Clelia and Cecilia, who standing on voieo4 their sister, sing duets admirably , their sweet 1 , 4 . ti si dire ct! . in perfect tune blending charmingly together. t U them with affectionate assiduity, while Mario h°v~r inn of the piano, listening with evide nt delight to the 61 " his children.—Unee a Week. AN IMMENSE TROUT. —A fisherman at . 1 0 to J AI in Switzerland, captured, a few days since,et lout' a of t immense ~luse u f i s h weighing Morat, an ovo us sallr u ' te ra Mora, which already contains au enorrao 0 .„ 3 lbs. trout, ltis more wbe t p h i which in Switzerland is only to be found ill thes3.4 poril It was more Oulu -six feet in lentil, and ive)l 0" 2001bs, ethLe. poi 00hIll 4 171q e laS vU th;_ "14 cla) ar e de 1 65, Aro v'e , 72 72. teri ai