The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. S I.?sce and Mania !a r, Mr. le. B. Chatterton. THI3 t..VENING, THAT _RASCAL JACK. Miasrs. J. R , ot-e, J. Neville, C. Warr all' ; Mesdames R. Aleyne, C. Thompson. To conclude with T II F. OR EAT CITY. Messrs. C. Warner, F. Morton, J Fitzjames, C I Harcourt, F VI hers, J. C. Cow; er. W. ii•ln tyre, .J. Rou w, J. Irving', J. H. Johnstone ; Mesdames 1.1. Robertson, R. G.,. Le Tniere, C. Thompson. Commenai at Seven. • ItHEATRE ROY-&.1., HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Ma lager, Mr. Buckstao. TN ES EVENING, Mi . —VP AS A PUS r. 3ressrs Comp ton and rarren ; Mrs. Fitzwi lltam, Atter which, A WILD G( /SE. Messrs. Sothern, Buck stone, Ito. , ,ers. Gordon, White, Vincent, Weathersby, Arc.; Mesdames Burke, MIL Chippi•ndale, Lawa, Sidney, ,tc. To conclude with FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton. Cornmenct , at Seven. I)OYAL 01 4e Y , MPIC t. THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W cost r ; Manwer, Mr. H. 15 Igan. TAIS EVENING, THE I:EST WAY. Messrs. Claytt n and 11. ; Mrs. St. henry. Alter which, 'l'll E LIAR. 51r. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. Followed by I'ATTs.R. VERSUS CLAT ['ER. 31r. Chss. Mathews. To conclude with OLY3IVIC GAMES. Messrs. H. J. Montavue, G. Vincent. D. Murray; $1 esiutites E. Marren, U. Moore, Sheridan, Li arris, N. Harris, t. licury, and Roselle. Doors open az, half-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. rechter. THIS EVENING, at 7, BAMBOOZLING. --- Atter which. at 8, TILE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Fechter ; Me sr* Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, Fitzpatrick. Evans, Dalton, Newbound, Anderson, Reynolds. Vivian, Bennett; Misses lienrade, E 1 worthy, Grattan, and Carlotta Leclercq. R OYA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE. So!e Lensee and Manager. Slr. Vining'. THIS EVENING. at 8 o'clock, ANTONY AND CLEO PATRA. Attire Antony, Mr. H. Loraine; Enobarbus, Mr. C. Verner ; Charmiau, Mies Page ; and Cleopatra, M.las Glyn. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, GARIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss IL)den, Miss E Messrs. IL Philliis, J. G. Taylor, and Ashley. Ater which, 1114:SKY DUNBAR. Messrs. H. Neville, It. Phillips, Ashley, J. G. Stepheneon, C. J. Smith, It. Romer ; Miss Kate Terry, ihas E. Pitt, and Miss A Seaman. To conclude with A B6NNIE FISHWIFE. Mr. J. Clarke, shley, Stephens , " and Miss Furtado. ROYAL STRAND 'THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. Swanborough. TMS EVENING, WAITING FOR TUE UNDER GROUND. Followed by THE LITTLE SAVAGE. After which, PYG3I %LION ; or, The Statue Fair. Messrs 'Thorne. D. .lame-, and Fenton; Mesdames A. Swan borough, itaynhain, Harland. Newton, and Holt. To conclude wi:h THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at Seven. TTOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. . Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, kilos Lennox. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire; Mesdames Josephs, C. 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Although the passing of thff Balk is now certain there will still arise many opportunities for thous. who are willing to make new proposals, and to in ta-pose vexatious hindrances ; and last night was a care in point, for a great deal of time was wasted in frivolous discussions, and in attempts to alter and amend what might have been just as well left alone. Mr. lIODGKINsoN's amendment, so far from mpeding the course of affairs, in reality serves the Government ; and, as the Chancellor of the Ex chequer admitted last night, there was no reason why they should not adopt it. We think that the Ministers have shown incontrovertible proof of their desire to get this question settled, by their readiness to agree to the plans of those members who intro duce changes and innovations. We hold it impossible for Mr. GLADSTONE to have taken Mr. DISRAELI'S place this year, for he would have worked himself up into a furious or a frenzied state by this time, under the visit ition of conflicting opinions and the pressure of responsibilities at the same time. It would " seem as if the compound householder," who has been for weeks past alternately the object of wonder and the subject of controversy, is to melt away like the baseless fabric of a vision. Mr. lIODGKINSON has taken every one by surprise by his speedy and successful accomplishment of this amazing fact ; but so it it is, and he may well be proud of his achievement. The change introduced last night will allow a good opportunity for noticing whether there was any sin cerity in the representations of those who were so eager in their condemnation of the recent scheme. None expected much of Mr. GLADSTONE after the way he has conducted himself of late, and his speech last night was quite characteristic, for he blew hot and cold, and said, at the same time, that he would accept the amendment, though he regretted having to do so. The right hon. gentleman is a most unsatisfactory leader of a party, or general politician either, for he cannot be decided ; and there is always something that had better have been done, and some arriere pensee that occurs to mar the satisfaction which he would otherwise have ex perienced. His discourse last night was no excep tion to the rule, and after being tolerably quiet he concluded with an intimation to the Government, that if they did not take care, the work would be taken from. their hands and transferred to the deci sion of those beyond the walls of Parliament. He said it caused him " great apprehension to think that thousands . of people were meeting to protest against the doings of Parliament." The Chancellor of the Exchequer treated this harangue about " popular agitation " in a very fitting manner, and his remarks were received with loud cheers from both sides .of the House. Referring to the " dark allusions" they had heard, the right hon. gentleman said that more monstrous exaggeration was never indulged in. We think that a better definition could not have been given of the state of things as regards this would-be agitation than is found in this passage—" I have no doubt that these indi viduals who having long continued with what I may call blundering hands to settle this question may be exceedingly annoyed that those who have been their rivals in this enterprise have been more successful, but that the great body of the nation is now brooding in sullen and dangerous discontent aver the labours of the House of Commons who are doing all in their power to bring this question to the solution so long desired. That is a statement which cannot be established." Indeed, this idea is altogether so preposterous, and sounds so strongly of the bragga docio line of argument, that it was quite unworthy of one in Mr. GLADSTONE'S position to adopt. The right hon. gentleman had better take care what he is about with his new-born zeal for clamour and out of-doors agitation. It is an unwise course which he is pursuing, and he does not fully estimate what the consequences may be to his reputation and influence. At any rate the Chancellor of the Exchequer was pet fectly justified in taking up the matter in the way he did, and in distinctly declaring that he put no faith in the prophecies put before him in so sinister a style, and in assuring the House that her MAJESTY'S Government were not influenced in their course by " the terrors which had been depicted, and the agitation with which they had been threatened." It would be a very good thing for the progress of the bill if for the future hon. members would abstain from these absurd arguments, and rest content with doing their best ; they may be assured that such a course will be the one most calculated to win the confidence and respect of the people and insure the satisfactory settlement of this long and vexed ques tion. Mr. DISRAELI followed the wisest course he could last night in the view he took of Mr. IIonG KINSON'S amendment. He said that the principle upon which their franchise was founded was a true one, and the House had shown thus by over whelming majorities. The amendment in question came from the other house, and had the support of Mr. GLADSTONE, both which facts proved the genuineness of the scheme of the Government,since its opponents were compelled to come round to it. There was nothing to impede the real course of the bill in the debate of last night, and we may fairly conclude that in a short time all remaining obstacles will be removed, and:the desires of its well-wishers be secured in a satisfactory manner. It seems that the fears which have been enter tained respecting the safety of the Atlantic cables were not altogether without foundation, although, as is common in such cases, rumour had greatly exaggerated the state of the case. The telegraphic communication between the hemispheres is uninter rupted, and the chairman of the company reports that in course of yesterday 91 messages passed along the wonder-working lines. The fact is, that the cable of 1865, the long-lost line, is in perfect order, and thus the communications are unbroken, but the cable of 1866 has suffered from the vicinity of an iceberg, though it is believed that the damage done will be very easily rep4ired. The advantage of having two lines is thus forcibly demonstrated ; and we have little doubt that the means of communication will be hereafter increased, since the vast traffic between this country and America is likely to increase rather than diminish in its requirements. The news which the line transmits to us from New York yesterday is not of much import ance. The negroes at New Orleans and Mobile are still disorderly, but no serious mischief seems to be apprehended. The intelligence brought by the Cuba steamship from Halifax and Boston is also of a comparatively tranquil character. When the chief item in the news is the strike of the workmen it is a favourable sign of the general tranquillity of political affairs. Nevertheless, the great strike at Chicago is especially significant, and may teach our trades-unionists a useful le son. America is always represented as the paradise of labour, and every agitator points the motal of his eloquence with the example of the free and independent working man across the Atlantic. Notwithstanding man hood suffrage, paid members of Parliament, and all the rest of it, the disputes between capital and labour appear to go on much the same on the other side of the Atlantic. The great strike at Chicago has been of serious extent, andehas resulted in riots. The differences have been finally adjusted by the men who resumed work on the old ten hours' system, receiving the regular wages, while those who only work eight hours are reduced 20 per cent. This is a very fair end- ietteonable mode of &Wing the dif ficulty ; and we apprehend, if the English Unionists were allowed to measure their wages by their work, we should hear less of all this reauction of hours. Eight hours is a very short day's labour. What is to be done with the remaining sixteen, especially if men may not work over-time ? The world must go round a little slower than it has been doing of late years, and business of all kinds, on both sides of the Atlantic, must be less energetically pro secuted. The title " working man" will soon be a complete misnomer when applied to the artisan, since they will not be able to compete with the pro fessional man or the member of Parliament in the severity of their application or the length of their hours of labour. Instead of each man trying to excel and to push himself forward by industry and energy, this mischief making system discourages all enterprise, and reduces the sober, hardworking man to the level of the thriftless and idle. The Ameri cans, we should imagine, are too sharp witted and practical a people to allow such theories to gain ground among them. At any rate the employers seem to have been " cute" enough to find a very practical way of moderating the fervour of trades-unions. If they have succeeded in appor tioning the wages paid to the amount of labour done they have achieved the first and most im portant step towards breaking up a mischievous monopoly. JEFFERSON DAVIS, so we learn by telegram, dated two days since, has • arrived at New York on his way to Canada, a fact which almost all classes must regard with satisfaction. The condition of the South is very wretched, the distress of the planters being increased by the late floods, which have in many parts destroyed the crops, and the people are reduced to starvation. The Northern States go on their way seemingly contented, but the loss is felt heavily all through the country. The Radicals have made their tenure of power as expen sive as possible to the country, for by their ill-advised legislation they have effectually pre vented the restoration of tranquillity and the con sequent revivial of trade. The capital and credit of the South were alike exhausted in the war, and so far from endeavouring to restore confidence and to induce Northern money and enterprise to find its way southwards, the Radicals have contrived to keep a state of uncertainty and insecurity which would have been fatal to a flourishing and prosperous country. Sach a policy has been most injurious in its effects throughout the whole community, because the pro ducts of the South were of great and increasing value to the North, and it was no secret that one powerful incentive,for the preservation of the Union was the profit derived by the export of Southern raw material through Northern ports. Having seem ingly secured all they had been fighting for, the North, in obedience to the Radicals, forthwith re fused to profit by the hard-won victory. Instead of taking advantage of the quiet and depressed state of feeling in the South, and endeavouring to build up as quickly as might be the social fabric of peace able and industrial occupation, the Northerners have left the planters and their families to starve, and the negroes to live in idleness, to their own detriment and to the injury of others. It is more than time these wounds of the South were healed, and that some efforts were made to resuscitate those great and profitable industries which benefit all parties alike, and will afford the best security against discontent and disaffection, by restoring hope and confidence to the people. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. M. Bogier, the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday communicated to the Bel gian Senate the circumstances connected with the signature of the Treaty by the London Conference. He said, " The independence and neutrality of Bel gium not having been at all in question, our Pleni potentiary had special instructions to assist with all his power and influence in any pacific solution in conformity with our rights and interests. The Grand Duchy remains under the Sovereignty of the House of Orange Nassau. It is declared to be a neutral State, and its neutrality is placed under the sanction of the collective guarantee of the Powers who signed the Treaty. Belgium, in its quality of neutral State, does not come within the stipulation." After some further explanations on points already known, the Minister concluded by saying—" This Treaty removes great difficulties which had unex pectedly arisen between two powerful neighbours, and thus augments the security of Belgium. It is not without interest for our country, as the Senate will understand, that it has for the first time been re presented at a political Congress, and that it has had the good fortune to preserve to Europe the benefits of peace, that:greatest of all advantages for nations." A despatch from Gibraltar announces the arrival at that port of the Italian corvette Le Comte de Cavour, having on board Vice-Admiral Anguisola, on his way to La Plata. The American turret monitor Miantonomah, escorted by the corvette Augusta, had also just anchored at Gibraltar. The Paris papers continue their appreciations of the Treaty, but their remarks begin to be somewhat " stale, flat, and unprofitable." The satisfaction is great that Prussia consents to evacuate the for tressaaahlgrsalo veweie in the in tahh Luxembourg, netdy hraeadlwtiefdifficulty eec hadu elrt but tsyht t aarttotoeo some apporsfrisusGepsse Germany, spontaneously. about ought auannt eytoh,u influential essnh lejournals agree t. aoctuouguahrthnati have ve n, ls to The Journal des Debats weeu compatible France and withPu r the s s soled question in a mannerbetgives its opinion that the • of hiearhofhnrasoonutribeaerne. been dignity of France and the security A woman of 30, named Viteline Legraud, has been tried before the Court of Assize of La Seine, for having through jealousy killed her lover, a man named Maguoy, a workman, " without having the intention of killing him." The two lovers had been on very intimate terms, but the deceased having heard that the fair one was of immoral habits re f used to perform his promise of marrying her. She in vited him to come to her lodging and take tea with her. She then formally asked him if he intended to make her his wife, and on his reply in the negative she threw the contents of a bottle of sulphuric acid in his face. He was taken to the hospital Beaujou, but the injury was so severe that he died in two or jury convicted her, and she was sentenced to eight The Prince of Wales, ac com p anied b y the Duke The years' imprisonment. and Duchess of Manchester, went on Tuesday performed was the " Grande Duchesse de evening to .the Theatre des Varietes. Th e piece Gerol stein." It is said that the Emperor and Err.press were to give a grand fete to-morrow evening at the palace of the Elysee to the sovereigns and princes now in Paris. Count Rostopchen, son of the celebrated Governor of Moscow, who gave orders to set fire to that city on the invasion of the French in 1812, has just ar rived in Parii. _ . Pope Pius the Ninth on Monday last entered his 76th year. He was born on the 13th of May, 1792. On the 16th June he will have occupied the Pontifical throne for 21 years. A German paper gives a programme of some splendid fetes which are to take place at Pesth ou the occasion of the coronation of the Emperor of . Austria as King of Hungary. The Emperor and Empress will make their solemn entry into Pesth on the 30th of May, and various ceremonies will take place in the following days. The coronation is appointed for the 3d of June. The opening of the Reichsrath will take place previous to the coronation. The Emperor will open the Session in person, with a Speech from the Throne. The chignon has been applied to A purpose which THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1867. few ladies probably contemplated when they first adopted that ornament for the head. A young girl of 16, named Sidonie V., went to a dress-maker in the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs, by whom she had formerly been employed, to ask if she would again take her into her service. The lady received the girl very courteously, and invited her to stop to dinner. Over the lady's mantelpiece was her watch and chain, which, during her absence for a few minutes, the girl removed and dexterously con cealed it in her chignon. The girl was as com posed and tranquil as if nothing had happened, and remained two hours longer, chatting with per fect ease, and eating her dinner with first rate appetite, as if she had nothing upon her conscience. Soon after the girl's departure the lady missed her watch, and knowing the address of the girl's mother she paid her a visit next morning, but the watch was not found. Feeling convinced that the girl had taken it, the lady gave her into custody, and went soon after to the station to take her something to eat. She then told the girl that if she would restore the watch nothing more should be done. Upon this promise the girl put her hands to the chignon and took out the watch and chain. The lady was disposed to keep her promise, and forgive the girl, but the police insisted upon detaining her. A man has been condemned by the Court of Assize of the Indre to ten years hard labour, for a new mode of infanticide. He admitted that his the dead. gar Suspicion , arose, wife gave birth to a girl on the 16th of December last, and that he took it away without opposition on " like a bit of h w e o r o part d believinga nd buried it in he gard en, wood," to be and the surgeons who had the child disinterred gave their opinion that the child was born alive, and that it was buried while living. I gave a brief notice of a work, the " Histoire d'Apelles," by M. Henry Houssaye, which has at tracted great attention in Paris for several reasons, in consequence of which it has been necessary to print a second edition. The author is a youth of only 19, and is the son of the celebrated writer Ars6ne Houssaye. The leading writers of the Paris papers, Theophile Gautier, Sainte Bauve, W. Burger, Theodore de Bauville, Nestor Roqueplan, and others, have all spoken of the work in unusual terms of eulogy. Tle remarkable feature of the work is the great display of erudition on the part of so young an author. He seems to have dived into Cicero, Pausanius, lierodotus, Pliny, Homer, and, indeed, into every author of antiquity, in order to form a just appreciation of the character, habits, and productions of Apelles, respecting whom so little is known, but of whom, nevertheless, so many contradictory anecdotes have been circulated. The result is that here isa book as exciting as a romance, and yet highly interesting, from its historical date, respecting the great painter. M. Houssaye has something to say about all the paintings of Apelles, particularly the " Neighing Horse," and the famous " Ligne d'Apelles." Of the neighing horse a curious and characteristic anecdote is told. Apelles had painted th e ce l e b rate d h ors e Bucephalus for Alexander. The Ki ng was not pleased with the production, and said th e an i m al was not like his horse. Apelles asked the King to have his horse placed near the painting, in order that a comparison might be made. The moment Bucephalus saw the " counterfeit presentment" of himself the animal began to neigh vehemently ; upon which Apelles said, " Oh, King, the horse is a better judge of art than you are." On another occasion a prize was offered for the best painting of a horse. Apelles, fearing partiality on the part of the judges, said he would appeal from the judgment of man to that of the horse. The pictures were exhibited, and a horse was paraded past them all. The animal took no notice until he came to the horse painted by Apelles, when he immediately began to neigh. The jury, it is said, deferred to the judgment of the horse by giving the prize to Apelles. The book is stored with historical facts peculiarly interesting to artists. On Wednesday evening a grand dinner of 80 covers was given at the Tuileries by the Emperor in honour of his illustrious guests, the Prince of Wales, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Queen of Portugal, Prince Oscar of Sweden, and the Duke de Leuchtenburg. The Prince and Princess of Prussia are expetcd in Paris next week, and the Shah of Persia will come to the Exhibition in July. IRELAND. DUBLIN, May 17. The most alarming circumstances connected with the Fenian conspiracy was its success in corrupting so many of the military. It was the only thing which could give the conspirators the least glimmer of hope that they could succeed for a week in their wild enterprise. They were deluded into the belief that the barrack-doors would have been opened to them by red-coated traitors, that the military stores would have been at their command, and that the troops would have to a large extent joined the in surgents and fired upon their own officers. To the work of seducing t he soldi ers the leaders devoted a long time, a n d th e relied was th e l ove o f , t , h d e r ffi in s tem p tatione k l . v , ,es Severalao dl't'lh°iti s cs o hi l Y d f e ho r er s y were examined yester day, and it appeared plainly from their evidence that it was by this means the majority of those who had been induced to give their adhesion to the cause of the Irish Republ ic were perverted. But though they had thus com mitted them selves, the conspira tors who relied upon them wer e leaning on a broken reed. In answer to a j uror heard a w or d o f thi s yesterdayand shortly s t a ted that " drink" was supplied gratis to the sol diers a a tall soldier, the Fenianwho ortly so a ld ft ier after another ev id en ce, stated, on cross - examination by M r . B u tt, had meetings;not that most of the soldiers who attended those meet ings were not Fenians at all, had no notion of fight ing against the Queen, and were as loyal as the counsel himself. And so it turned out. The soldiers were only humbugging those who were so liberally supplied with money to treat them 3 but their loyalty to their Sovereign and their habit of obedience to their officers remained in all their force, and when the opportunity came they were ready to turn upon their tempters, many of them having regularly re ported what occurred in the beershops to their com manding officers. This morning, at 11 o'clock, Mr. Chatles Kelly, Q.C., and Mr. Charles Shaw, Q.C., Government Commissioners, sat in the C our t-h ouse, D ungannon , to inquire into certain co mp l a i nts made b y M r . Justice Keogh, at the last assizes for the county of Tyrone, against some of the magistrates of the county with reference to alleged partiality in deal ing with cases of r i ot and unlawful assem bl y w hi c h had come befor e th em in their magister i a l capac it y. Considerable int erest appeared to be man if es t e d i n the proceedings. Mr. Co rr y Lowry, barrister-at law, instructed b y M r. Dickie, appeare d f or some o f the magistrate s i nterested, who had so li c i te d th e in quiry ; Mr. Davidson and Mr. Carleton, solicitors, appeared for th e P rotestant party ; and Messrs. Cochrane and Reardon f or the Roman Catholic party. Henry C orr, Petty Sess i ons c le r k, was examined at great l ength. Su b- cons tables Neill and Mackaherry were also examined. Mrs. Whelan, wife of Joseph Whelan, publican, Marlborough - street, who is at present awaiting his trial on a cha rge o f high treason, was brought be fore the magistrate at Capel-street Police-cour t yesterday, charged with being disorderly in Green street Court-house, and with having asked from an acting sergeant on duty in the gallery the loan of his revolver to shoot the witness Corydon. Mr. Fitz gerald appe are d f or the prisoner, an d stated that at the time sh e comm i tted the offence s he was scarcely accountable fo r h er acts. Th e m agistrate discharged her with a c aut i on, and expresse d hi s hope that she would not be p erm i tte d to en t er the court again. DUBLIN, Friday Night. The trial of Floood, D uffy, and Cody was resumed this morning. After some additional evidence for the Crown, Mr. Butt addressed the jury for the prisoners in a powerful speech. The Solicitor-Ge neneral replied. Baron Deasy then delivered a clear and most impressive charge to the jury. At 7 o'clock, after an hour's consultation, they brought in a verdict of guilty on both counts of the indict ment. Sentence was deferred till Monday. To-morrow the Court of Criminal Appeal wil give judgment on the reserved points. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME. ROME, May 17. Fifty brigands have voluntarily given themselves up as prisoners to the Roman authorities. Two were shot. Numerous troops have been sent to destroy the band who infest the whole of the ter ritory of Corn eto, and energetic measures are being taken against them. A secret consistory was held this morning, in which the Pope preconised four new bishops, but without pronouncing any allocution. ITALY. FLORENCE, May 18. The Church Property Bill meets with some diffi culties in committee, but an early settlement favour able to the Government is expected. HUNGARY. PESTII, May 18. The Emperor left here for Vienna yesterday, to open the Reichsrath in that capital. The bills brought in yesterday were referred to the committees for consideration. SPAIN. MADRID, May 17. The Senate has authorised the Government to increase the naval forces of the country if circum stances should require. DALMATIA. FIUME, May 16. A party of Pandour Servians entered the town of Fiume and pulled down the Imperial and Hunga rian flag from the public buildings. The mayor of the town, Herr Matcovich, preserved the rioters from the fury of the people. A public inquiry has been instituted. AMERICA. CROOKHAVEN, May 18, 5 a.m. The Inman steamer City of Cork, from New York, is now passing Browhead Signal Station. THE CAPE MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, May IA The Union Steam Shipping Company's mail steamer Cambrian, Captain Smart, with mails from the Cape of Good Hope, &c., has arrived here. She left Cape Town on the 10th April, with 158 pas sengers, including 80 time-expired soldiers belong ing to various regiments. _ _ The Cape Parliament was to meet for business on the 13th ult. It was expected to be an impor tant session. Besides the primary question of re trenchment, to make the income cover the expen diture, the subject of Parliamentary Reform, on the propriety of substituting one Flouse for two, the introduction of a system of responsible Government, with the abolition of grants for religious and educa tional purposes were expected to come under dis cussion. The state of affairs in the Free State were still undecided ; the probabilities seem in favour of war. The Basutos appear determined not to give up any portion of the country beyond Caledon River with out a struggle. The renewal of war was excessively popular in the Free State. The frontier press insisted that if the proposal to withdraw the Imperial troops from the colony be carried out, there should be no Imperial interference with the management of native affairs. The Military Defence Association has enrolled great numbers of men. Petitions to the Queen and both Houses of the Imperial Parliament against the withdrawal of the troops were in course of signature in Cape Town. Trade was reviving at Port Elizabeth. The Customs' duties for March were £21,000, being the largest amount ever received in one month. Wool was arriving in large quantities for shipment. Locusts had appeared in the district of Cradock. OUTWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. The Ripon, from Southampton, 4th inst., arrived at midnight on the 13th, and left at 4 a.m. for Alexandria. The Nyanza, from Marseilles, 12th inst., arrived on the 15th at 6 a.m., and left at 11 a.m., for Alexandria. NEW YORK, May 17. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer England arrived here to-day. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, May 17. The Candia, from Calcutta, April 23, arrived at noon to-day. She brings also the Bombay extra mail of the 4th May. BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, May 17. The Delta left at 4 p.m. to-day, and the Massilia leaves at 6 a.m. to-morrow. The former may be e xpeaed at Marseilles on the 20th, and the latter at Southampton about the 27th inst. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 17, Two o'clock.—The market continues in a state of inactivity, and prices exhibit but little variation. Three per Cents. are doing at an advance of 15c., viz., at 69f. 45c. ; whilst Italian Fives have receded 10c., to 51f. 55c. Credit Mobilier shares are quoted 365 f., or 2f. 59c. higher than yesterday; and Credit Foncier at 1,457 f. 50c., or 3f. 75c. lower. Railway shares are firm at yes terday's closing rates. Three o'clock.---The market has closed as fol lows : ti per Cents 9B 25 Do. end month — -- 3 per Cents. 69 45 Do. end month 69 45 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1469 Bank Shares 3500 Italian Loan 5l 70 Do. end month 5l 60 Mexican Loan 2O Do. Bonds 142 50 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Altlb. For Account. Orleans Northern 1195 Lyons and Mediterranean 896 25 Southern 567 50 Western 560 Eastern Sardinian — Austrian ,•• 426 25 Lombard 385 North of Spain — SaragosEa — Ditto to Barcelona — Roman . .. PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—Photo-• graphic Albums, a choice of 3.000 ; despatch-boxes, writ ing-cases, dressing-cases, travelling-bags, envelope-cases, blotting-books, ink-stands, desks, book-slides, work-boxes, tea-caddies, hand-bags and reticules, card-cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent-bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, ttc. ; cigar-cases, card-baskets, pocket-books, eke tro-gilt and elegantly-rvouuted articles. Bibles, Prayer books, and Church Services, in every type. Parkins and Gotto, 25, Oxford-street. The public supplied at wholesale prices from the largest stock in London. REPRESENTATION OF SUTHERLANDSIIIRE.—Lord Ronald Gower, brother of the Duke of Sutherland, is on a ♦isit to Sutherlaudshire, soliciting the support of the con stituency as a candidate for the representation of the county in the room of Sir David Dundas, who has resigned. The noble lord, in an 'address he has issued, states that if re turned to Parliament he will give a steady support to the cause of progress and improvement, promoting to the best of his power every measare calculated to advance the liberty and happiness of the people. Adviees from Constantinople state that Lord Lyons, the English Ambassador to the Porte, will replace Earl Vwley at Paris upon thQ otiromout of the latter. THE SPANISH BUDGET. A letter in the Moniteur of yesterday, dated Madrid, May 14, states that : "The Cabinet has just presented to the Cortes the Budget for 1867-8, and this document is preceded by a lengthy statement, in which Senor Barzanal- Lana, with honourable frankness, sets forth the diffi culties of the Treasury, and boldly points to retrench ment and reform. The minister, observing that the effect of the law of August 1, 1851, relative to the public debt has been to exclude Spanish stocks from the various European Exchanges, insists upon the necessity of giving s Ltisfaction to certain categories of public creditors in order to reopen the principal markets and re-establish Spanish credit abroad. The completion of the great railway lines has not only arestedthe influx of money from abroad, but has led to a considerable drain outwards, on account of the payment of dividends. The general crisis of 1866 lid not fail to aggravate the difficulties of the situa tion, for which it has become imperative to afford a remedy. Instead of ordinary, extraordinary, and supplemental Budgets, the Minister submits a single Budget to the Chambers, setting forth the antici pated receipts at 128,439,085 piastres, and the expenditure as 131,973,388 piastres—nearly 605,000,000 f. The Budget, therefore, exhibits a deficit of 3,534,303 piastres. For a nation of 16 millions of inhabitants, possessing a soil of such varied fertility, a Budget of little more than 600 millions of francs is not very exaggerated, and the charges which it imposes would seem to be quite within the productivepowers of the country to meet. It must, however, be remembered that 10 years since the Budget involved an amount of only 1,500 millions of reals, instead of 2,640,000,000, and, not withstanding reductions to the extent of 110,000,000 in the present Budget, further savings might be effected in various departments which it would be easy to discover. We hear, indeed of the suppres sion of the Royal printing-office, of several con sular offices, of three legations, of four universities, and of some branches of the appeal courts. But these are only partial measures, and in the interest of the Treasury it iwould be preferable to adopt a general system. Every one admits that without in jury to the suitors the number of tribunals, Royal courts, Captaincies-General, . Prefectures and Sub- Prefectures, and even bishoprics, might be dimi nished, due regard being paid in respect of the latter offices to existing rights, and an arrangement being effected with the Holy. See. The Minister has not overlooked the fact that the extraordinary resources derived from the surrender by the Queen of up wards of 100,000,000 f. of her patrimony, and from the sale of ecclesiastical property, are not inexhaus tible, and he has sought at the same time to satisfy arrears, to meet the deficit, and to provide for the future by the imposition of new charges. Thus he proposes a deduction of 5 per cent. upon all sa laries, rentes, and dividends, and other Royal, provincial, or municipal payments, upon bond shares and bonds or State securities, also a new . mortgage duty, a sumptuary charge upon horses and carriages, and finally the addition of a tenth to direct taxes. It is to be hoped that the vote of the Parliament will enable the Ministry to carry out its financial projects. The peace of Europe, assured by the wisdom of the great Powers, will enable Spain to devote exclusive attention to internal im provements. The special Budget of the War De partment has undergone considerable reduction. With respect to the Navy Estimates, an eventual or supplemental reserve, amounting to 8,000,000 f., has been made to meet possible demands which may arise in case of the persistence of the South Ameri can Republics in rejecting the generous mediation offered by the great maritime Powers. The Cortes will proceed at once to consider the Budget, and there is little doubt that this important duty will put an end to the apparently interminable discus sion in the Senate concerning the Bill of Indemnity which was passed by the Chamber of Deputies a month ago. The protracted debate, after having l i caused the retirement of the venerable Marquis de Miraflores, who was succeeded in the Presi dency by Senor Seijas Lozano, has induced the Ministry to propose a bill modifying the inter ' u‘d regulations of the assemblies. By this bill the President will be invested with more extensive power; the Bureaux will nominate commissions; speeches must not exceed two hours' duration ; in terpellations must be furnished in writing before hand to enable the Ministers to reply to them with exactness the presence of the Ministers will not be compulsory, and they may appoint commissaries to represent them ; bills drawn up by members must be approved by five Bureaux out of seven; two amendments only will be allowed to be discussed ; and, finally, the reply to a message from the Crown will only allow of one amendment and a single speech. What is now occurring in the Senate shows how necessary it is that the session should be exclu sively devoted to considering the affairs of the country. Among the recent acts of the Govern ment tending to the encouragement of commerce and our international relations may be mentioned the reduction in the tariff for telegraphic despatches, the conclusion of the treaty with Japan, and that for a postal convention with Italy. The extension of our intercourse with other other countries is shown by the statistics of the Customs' department for 1864. In that year our exports amounted to nearly 2,000,000,000 reals, while our exports exceeded 1,412,000,000, showing an increase in our general commerce of 220 per cent, as compared with 1849. England holds the first rank and France the second upon the records of our commerce. In round num bers we have supplied the latter nation with our products to the value of 100,000,000 f., and we have received 1 2 5,000,000 f. of theirs. The figures in relation to Great Britain are about one-fourth greater." CARLYLF., AND THE ROUGHS. Mr. Ruskin has been making a strange statement with reference to Mr. Carlyle in a letter to an ar tisan correspondent in the North. He says that Mr. Carlyle cannot walk about the streets of Lon don without being insulted—chiefly because he is old, and because he is cleanly dressed. Such a state ment is incredible. Mr. Carlyle is not the only old man in the world, nor the only gentleman who pre sents a cleanly appearance in the streets. Either Mr. Ruskin must have been misinformed, or the reason for the fact must be different. Has Mr. Carlyle's savagely-expressed sympathy with Mr. Eyre, and with a high-handed treatment of " mobs" generally, anything to do with it ? This would, of course, be no excuse for what in any case would be disgraceful, but it might be an explanation. It is now stated in one or two places that the reason why the Chelsea riff-raff insult Mr. Carlyle as he rides or walks about the streets, according to the rather startling relation of Mr. Ruskin, to which we alluded last week, is that he adopts a sin gular costume, and in particular that he wears a huge felt hat of peculiar shape, which renders him an object of remark and a butt for ridicule. Un doubtedly it is a very shameful thing for the Chelsea rapscallions to revile a philosopher on the score of his clothes ; but it may also be a question whether it is not a foolish thing on the part of Mr. Carlyle to affect singularity in a matter which, after all, is an affair of no moment. If we are not mistaken, it is in his admirable essay on Jean Paul Richter that Mr. Carlyle remarks that, in proportion as a man feels himself compelled to oppose society on serious grounds, he should avoid giving it offence in trivial concerns. And he makes this remark with reference to some affected oddity of costume in which his hero for a time indulged. It is true that the Chelsea roughs can hardly be ac cepted as "society ;" still, it is perhaps a mistake to provoke their foolish intolerance for the very small pleasure of wearing a grotesque hat.--London Review. THE REPRESENTATION OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. —A Convocation ie appointed to be held on Monday next at 10 o'clock for the purpose of electing one burgess to repre sent the University in Parliament, in the place of the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, who has vacated his seat by accept ing the office of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. No opposition is likely to be offered to Mr. Hardy's re-election. knistori has performed 168 nights in America, and the gross receipts have been about $50,000. Ristori's share of this is about $470,040, of which $200,000 is pro bably clear profit after deducting all expenses, 17P N ii;Pit Tuuri 1, 61 . y „ tio Tk_:,/pw• HER MAJESTY, do. OSBORNE, May 17. The Queen and Princes Louise drove out yester day afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, and her Majesty and her Royal Highness rode on ponies in the grounds this morning, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice walked out. The Queen held a Council at Osborne at one o'clock to-day, at which were present the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, and the Right lion. Gathorne Hardy. Previous to the Council the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, had an audience of the Queen, and delivered up to her Majesty the seals of his office, which her Majesty conferred upon the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy at the Council. The Duchess of Cleveland gave her first, dancing party this season last night at the ducal residence in St James's-square. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at In verary Castle on Tuesday last for a short stay. His grace had been suffering from severe influenza, but is now better. The Earl and Countess of Seafield have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Cullen House, Banffshire. Viscount and Viscountess Asbbrook have arrived at the South Kensington Hotel, Queen's-gate-terra ce ' South Kensington: WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (F)om the Illustrated London News.) The will of Sir Robt. Smirke was proved in the London Court on the 7th inst., and the personalty sworn under £90,000. The executors and trustees appointed are his brothers, Edward Smirke and Syd ney Smirko, Esqs. Sir Robert was for many Year s architect to the Board of Public Works and Build ings. He attained the age of 87, and died at his re sidence, Suffolk-square, Cheltenham, on the 18th April last, having executed his will in 1861. 51r Robert has left the bulk of his property to his 013 1 9 daughter, Laura, wife of Capt. Lambert, with power of disposition by her in favour of her issue. Ile be queaths to the two sisters of his late wife an annuity of £lOO, with the enjoyment of a residence at Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, whilst unmarried. He bequeaths to his ward, Elizabeth Hale, who re sided with him, the interest of £15,000. He be queaths to his brother Thomas a legacy of £2OO ; to his brothers Edward and Sydney, his executors, each £5OO ; and to each of the children of his late sister Sarah £lOO ; all legacies to be paid free of duty ; and appoints his daughter Laura :residual legatee, leaving to her his residence at Cheltenhanh and the furniture and effects there and at his hous e at Stanmore. The will of Neville Loftus Bland, Esq., Q.C., for merly M.P. for King's County, was proved in Lon' don on the 11th ult. by his brother-in-law, the sur viving executors and trustees—Chas. Clarke, ESCI . ' of Granceue Park, Tipperary, and Chas. C. Man sergh, Esq., of Moreton House, Wexford. The other executor was James Brady, Esq., solicitor, of Loll' don, since deceased. The personalty was swor n under £30,000. `the testator was twice married, and died in March last at his residence, Saville-rovts Bath, a widower, at the age of 62. His will is dated so far back as 1840. He leaves the whole of his property, real and personal, between his two sisters —Sarah, the wife of his executor, Chas. Clarke, and Elizabeth, the wife of his executor, Charles Carden Mansergh. The will of Peter Dickson, Esq., of Upper Brook' street, Middlesex, and Adelaide-crescent, Brighton , was proved in London on the Ist inst., and the per' sonalty was sworn under £lBO,OOO. The surviv ing executors and trustees are his two nephew s ' Robert Dickson, Esq., of Gottenburg, and Janice Dickson Park, Esq., of Moorgate-street, Londo n ' The will is dated July 11, 1861; and the testator died March 23, 1867, at Brighton, aced eighty. a testator was a partner in the firm of Dickson an Co., Gottenburg. Ile has directed that his proper t y at Matforss and Swartwick Harbour, including farms, lands, :shipbuilding yards, sawmills, timber: iron, &c., in Sweden, be sold. He has left libera l bequests to his nephews and nieces, and also to his servants. He has left to the trustees of his niec e ' Caroline Countess de Rosin, £lO,OOO. He leave s to his nephew and executor, James Dickson, £5, 000 ' besides other bequests ; and to his nephew and e%e" cutor, Robert Dickson, he leaves the residue of his property. The late Henry Fox, Esq., who died possessed es! £45,000 personalty, has left reversionary legacies nr £2,000 to each of the following institutions :--Th e Royal Lifeboat Institution, the Society for the Pro' tection of Life from Fire, and the. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The late Richard Trist, Esq., who has left £6,9 0° personalty, has bequeathed the residue of his pro perty to charitable institutions in Great Britain, IA sums not to exceed nineteen guineas each. MEIROPOLIIAN BOARD OF WORKS• The ordinary weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at the offices , Spring-gardens—Sir John Thwaites in the chair' There was a numerous attendance of the members' The cash statement of the Finance Committee Nvn 6 presented, and showed that there were in the han d° of the treasurer the following balances :—At th , e London and Westminster Bank, general accou nt ' , £59,455 10s. 10d.; Covent-garden approach, £45 1 Os. 5d.; Southwark and Westminster communief g tion, £283 7s. 2d.; Victoria-park approach, 1 2.: '" 6s. Id.; Finsbury-park, £835 19s. 11d.; main drain' age rate collection, £1,564 4s. Bd.; Southwark-0 13 ' £15,425 55.; fire brigade, £19,920 6s. 3d.; W r i lit4- chapel improvement, £41,377 3s. 9d.; Holborn in provement, £40,594 9s. 10d.; Kensington improve' ment, £50,000; total, £230,149 13s. lid. ; and ict the Bank of England--Metropolitan main drainage; £43,272 Is.; Thames embankment, north, £153,414 16s. Bd.; southern embankment, £47,541 10s. 9 d' Mansion-house street, £76,068 19s. 11d., making grand total of £550,507 2s. 3d. The Aoard p ro ' ceeded to consider tenders for the reconstruction °f sewers in Bermondsey-street, Tooley-street, Ne i " ington-causeway, &c. There were eight tenders' and the Board resolved themselves into a committee to consider them. On the readmis s ion of the pub t. ' the Chief Clerk (Mr. J. Pollard) announced t u ai at the Board had accepted the tender of Mr. 1: 11°I t, - IVainwright, which was for the such of £5 4 1 4 ; Mr. Shaw, pursuant to notice, moved that the I ° ll vacancies among the district surveyors be filled p from among the district surveyors now in the etii r , ployment of the Metropolitan Board, and that ape °r3; wards the vacancies thus created be filled from ata it . the candidates applying for employment. g r : e d Taylor seconded the motion, which was Liegat il ' re by a large majority. The following gentlemen e o f elected district surveyors :—Newington and 'Ar t rt Lambeth, Mr. Long ; Central Lambeth an d p ea of Battersea, Mr. Jennings; and Northern Batter is. Mr. Hansom. The resignation of Mr. Hakeviill? trict surveyor of the northern division of St. G eorg . Hanover-square, was accepted, and Mr. Bel l eleelre. in his stead. The successful candidates severally turned thanks to the board for the appointmenter,.„ retired. Mr. Legg moved " That the solicitor be strutted to take steps, when the Metropolis use provement Hate Bill is in committee of the citing of Commons, for the insertion of a clause a the taxing powers of the Board under t he hill to Y °. sum not exceeding 2d. in the pound in an y one,:abie on the annual rateable value of the property n rci o f to the rate, and that the resolution of the B°3„ May 25, 1866 (No. 11)., limiting the amount of rate to be levied under the bill at 4d. in the polindnla:ci annum, be variedaccordingly." Mr. E va ns see° Dir. the motion. Au amendment wasp roposed y o " . 1: a y : Shaw that the sum should be one p enn y n Upon division both the amendment an d origina- re . ss were lost by a large majority. The other which was of a routine charac ter, was (lisp and the Doi i trci Adjourned. bousseini°ol;