The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

,naval and Military Intelligence. Admieal Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, K.C.8., Port Admiral and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Ports mouth, embarked on board the Paddle yacht Fire Queen, Staff-Commander Paul, on Saturday, and proceeded to Osborne on an official visit to her Ma- jesty. The , iron frigate Warrior, ordered for commission at Portsmouth, was undocked at that port ou Satur day to make room for the iron frigate Minotaur, Capt. G. Y. Goodenough, flagship of the Com mander-in-Chief of the Channel Squadron, Rear- Admiral F. Warden, C.B. The Minotaur will be docked to have her four-bladed screw and hull below the water inc examined, previous to making her final speed trials at seagoing draught of water over the measured mile in Stokes Bay. The new screw steam sloop Dryad, 4, at Devon port, is ordered to be put into commission, with a complement of 130 officers and men, for service in South America. It has not yet been decided to remove the engines and machinery from the Royal Albert, prior to her taking the plAce of the Cambridge gunnery ship in Hamoaz:. Her Majesty's iron steam storeship Supply, Staff Commander Chas. Bawden, from Rio Janeiro and Ascension (already reported in the Thames), arrived at Woolwich on Friday morning, at half-past 4, and ;Bade fast off the Hebe coal hulk at the dockyard. During the morning she was inspected and the crew mustered by Commodore Edmonstone, attended by Assistant-Secretary C. W. Cole. The Supply bas been absent from Woolwich over six months, con siderably beyond her usual time, which is accounted for by the foul state of her bottom and the defec tive condition of her engines and boilers. In order to remedy the defects, she was hove over and scraped by the mechanical means at hand at Ascen sion, but considerable delay was sustained in delivering her cargo in consequence of a large num ber of the ship's company being on the sick list, and a large number of ships there awaiting their turn for discharge of cargoes, the reference being given to chartered vessels on aecount of the high rate of demurrage. She was also obliged to call in at Lisbon to coal. After discharging Lr cargo of stores at Woolwich she will be docked to make good defects. The Chanticleer, unarmoured screw sloop, 950 ton; 200-horse power, Commander W. S. Bridges, sailed from Spithead on Saturday for the Pacific, and would call in at Plymouth Sound on her way down Channel. The detachments of Royal Marines recently serv ing on board the Coastguard ships Trafalgar, at Leith, the Revenge, at Pembroke, the Lion, at Greenock, the Pembroke, at Harwich, the Daunt less, at Hull, the Donegal, at Liverpool, and the irresistible, at Southampton, have arrived at head quarters, Woolwich, corresponding detachments having been despatched to take their place. The latter were all equipped with the converted rifles and the improved Boxer ammunition. The supply of the new rifles has not become general at Wool wich, only five companies, out of 28 companies com prising the Woolwich division as yet having been armed with them. During the late practice firing of the Royal Marines, in the Woolwich-marsh, Lieut. Lecky, the Rifle Instructor, in his official report, states that his detachment of 75 men fired 90 rounds per man with the new rifle, and not one miss-tire was brought under his notice. He adds that from what he witnessed it is his opinion that the new equipment is not to be surpassed, nor even equalled, and that no result could be more satisfac tory. On Saturday afternoon the 2d Life Guards, com manded by Col. Marshall, left the Windsor Cavalry Barracks about a quarter past one o'clock, and marched by road to London. The regiment was about 400 strong, and ready for active service. The regiment on its arrival in the metropolis was to be quartered at the Knightsbridge and Regent's Park Barracks, and the officers and men were to hold themselves in readiness in case any disturbance should arise out of the Reform meeting hi Ilyde Park this evening. . Mr. Farnflehl, the vestry clerk at Woolwich, was in frequent communication by telegraph on Satur day with Mr. Walpole, the Home Secretary, who urged the necessity of enrolling as large a number of men as may be found av,ailable, to act as special constables under the existing emergency. Mr. Traill, one of the local magistrates, sat during the early part of the day, and was to continue the swearing in of applicants for that purpose until this morning at 12 o'clock. The reserve stores at the Royal Arsenal and Dockyard were examined throughout, in order to ascertain what amount of police staves were at hand for arming the special constables ; and carpenters were immediately set to work in the dockyard, under orders to continue the manufacture of those weapons, uninterruptedly, night and day, until 10 o'clock this morning. No orders had been given up to yesterday in the garrison for the dis posal of the troops, but it was generally expected that as on the former occasion no men would be allowed to absent themselves from barracks during the day, and that the whole of the troops not en gaged in th. 3 necessary garrison duties would be held in readiness if required. On Friday a general court-martial assembled at Chatham garrison, by order of Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge, under the presidency of Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., director of the Royal Engineer establishment, Brompton, for the trial of private James Colton, of the 50th Queen's Own Regiment, for insubordinate conduct. Capt. D. Reid, Ist depot Battalion, prosecuted, and Col. J. IL Laye, Deputy-Judge Advocate, conducted the case. The prisoner, who is a returned convict, has been in the service about two years, and has been twice tried by court-martial. A few weeks since he was sentenced to receive 50 lashes, and to un dergo a two yearn' imprisonment for having, while on the p trade-ground with the other troops, at Chatham barracks, taken off part of his accoutre ments, which, together with his rifle, he threw on the ground, stating that he would never do any more duty as a soldier. On that occasion he was walking away from the parade ground, and on being called back he took up his bayonet, and drawing it from its sheath made a thrust at the sergeant of the company, the point of the bayonet passing between the sergeant's arm and his body. On being released from the triangles, after receiving corporal punish ment, the prisoner, in the presence of the whole of the troops, shouted out that he would murder Sergeant-Mijor Watts before he left the garrison, at the same time time making use of other threats and violent language, for which offence he was yesterday tried. The prisoner during his trial be haved in a most defiant manner to the Court, and had to be kept handcuffed the whole time. The Court found him guilty, but the sentence will not be promulgated until it has been submitted to her Majesty for approval. 'The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : —Lieut. Gordon C. Young, to the Carneleon ; Lieut. Robert T. B. Bruce, to the Phoebe ; Lieut. Henry H. Boys, to the Boscawen ; Lieut. James S. Tonkin, to the Impregnable ; Sub- Lieut. Charles E. Napier, to the Prince Consort; and William H. Bowen, assistant-paymaster to the Minotaur, as secretary's clerk. Commander W. C. Forsyth and Commander R. 11. Harington to be inspecting commanders in the Coast Guard ; Com mander T. 11. B. Fellowes, to the Dryad ; C:aud S. Fuller, midshipman, to the Minotaur ; J. llood, chief engineer, to the Phcebe ; Robert Hodge, ch ief engineer, to th e C ame l eon ; F. W. Brown, chief engineer, to the Dryad ' • James Ilindley and John Blight, engineers to the Phoebe ; F. T. Pendleton, engineer, to the Dryad • W. G. Warren ' engineer, to the Caineleon ; W. engineer, to the It e venge ; J. Rowe, first-class assist. engineer, to the Phoebe ; Richard John G reen,firat-class assist. engineer, to the Camel eon ; to theDrya. P d ' ; aWndillHiaemnsr'y Lfiarsutg-hclrains: s assist. engineer, second class assist. engineer, to the Phoebe. The New York papers announce the death of Mr. Cyrus Field's father, the Rev. David D. Field, D.D., for many years pastor of the Congregational Church at Stock bridge, 31assachusetts, which took place suddenly at his resideuca on the 16th inst. Tho rer. gentle - man was eighty-six years of age. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The news from Mexic — o is, as usual, contradic tory. The Emperor's treasury is said to be ex hausted. Yellow fever had appeared at Vera Cruz. It was rumoured in New York on the 27th ultimo that the Imperial forces had re-captured Puebla. A steamer and two schooners had been fitted out to blockade Vera Cruz. The State of Coahuala has rebelled against the authority of Juarez. The Re publican accounts state that the Emperor Maximi lian attempted to break the siege of Queretaro, but was defeated. Juarez had just given orders that the Emperor, if eaptured, should be treated as a prisoner of war, with the consideration due to un successful valour. A swift messenger bad been despatched to Juarez with Mr. Seward's Message, recommending that this course should be adopted not only as regards the Emperor, but also to include his foreign followers. Mr. Seward has given it as his opinion that the Mexican difficulty will be over in 60 days. By the latest intelligence received, as we write, Queretaro has been captured by the Liberals, and Miramon is said to he dead. The Mexican Minister at Washington had communi cated this from advices which had reached him. During the past month there sailed from the Mersey under the Government regulations—to the United States, 33 ships, with 12,205 passengers, of whom 5,661 were Irish; for Canada, two ships, with 798 passengers ; to Victoria, one ship, with 140 passengers ; to South America, one ship, with 30 passengers, and 17 short ships to various parts, with 555 passengers—making a total emigration for the month of 13,246. Mr. Hepworth Dixon's literary services in Ame rica have extended beyond the interesting volumes he has published. Lord Romilly handsomely acknow ledges this in a letter to the 7 imes. It appears that, last autumn, Mr. Dixon visited the public library of Philadelphia, where he found four volumes of original State papers bearing the royal sign manual of James 1., and the sig natures of the Lords of his Privy Cuuucil addressed to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, together with the original MS. of the M Lrquis of Clanricarde's Memoirs, from October 23d, 1641, to August 30th, 1643, mentioned in Mr. Hardy's valuable report on the Carte and Carew Papers, and ..... which had been considered to have been lost. The State Papers had been-taken away by the Chancel lor of James If., and were sold at his death to the founder of the Philadelphia Library, by whom they were presented to that institution. This Library, with the greatest liberality, forwarded these papers to the Master of the Rolls, and the MS., which had passed into the possession of Mr. Dixon, was restored by th;t gentleman to the series to which he found it belonged. Thus this valu- able link in the State records of the country, so long missing, has been supplied through the discernment and judicious course of Mr. Dixon, and the generosity and kindly feeling of the city of Philadelphia. The Lords of the Treasury have presented to the Phila delphia Library Company a complete set of all the works published under the direction of the Master of the Rolls, as a mark of their sense of the liberal act performed by the directors of that com pany. Roonan, another Fenian prisoner, who was being escorted by Sergeant Savage, of the Metropolitan Police, and Constable Gunning, of the Irish con stabulary, has escaped. He was on the way from London to Dublin in the mail train, and was near ing Tamworth station when he made a bound to the carriage window and went through before they could stop him. After the train had arrived at the station an engine returned to look for the fugitive, but no trace could be found. The informer Massey served in the Crimea under the name of Pat Condon in the Land Transport Corps. He appears to have deserted to America, and entered the Confederate army. He states he was a colonel under General Gervave Smith— which Burke, in his speech, indignantly denied— but if so he lost his commission, as he lost his dis charge from the British army. After the war he became a commercial traveller, and in New Orleans took up the Fenian cause . . On leaving New York he received £550 from Colonel Kelly to carry on the rebellion. In Dublin he met twenty centres, and arranged for the general rising on the sth of March. Ile visited various districts on an organising tour. The Fenian strength in Dublin he gave as 14,000 men, and 3,000 stand of arms ; in Cork 20,000, with 1,500 weapons. The forces were to meet at Limerick Junction, to which he had proceeded when arrested. He showed how little fitted he was for the conduct of such an enterprise by swooning when grasped by the police. In giving his evidence he declared he wished he had not re covered. Corydon was employed in England, and was present at a meeting of American officers in Liverpool when the attack on Chester Castle was arranged. It was he who gave the information by which the authorities of Chester frustrated the plan. The leaders, suspecting treachery, counter manded the enterprise, but were too late to prevent a portion of their force from mustering at the scene of action. The most audacious enterprise planned by the Fenians was this attack on Chester. It was Corydon who betrayed Massey, and Massey attempted to justify his course by the declaration that he had himself been betrayed. M'Cafferty, who is now being tried, was born in the State of Ohio in 1838, and is, therefore, but twenty-nine years of age. The British North American delegates to England who have returned have met a very flattering recep tion in different parts of the country. Public meet ings and public dinners have been given to them, and not only Canada, but Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, appear to be well satisfied with the manner in which these gentlemen have exercised the important trust reposed in them. The New York Commercial Advertiser thus writes of the British American Confederation: —"lt was a grand stroke of British statesmanship to unite all the local go vernments of this vast country into a single empire. Mr. Seward foresaw this result some years ago when he predicted the British American provinces would not be annexed to the States, but would be united in a single Government. If our neighbours escape or can guard against the tendencies of centralisa tion, there is no reason why they shonld not do well. The Conference of the European Powers will meet in London, on Tuesday, to discuss the Luxem bourg question. It is supposed that the necessary formalities will occupy some days, and that the deliberations will not commence before the 11th. In the match between the Paris Cricket Club and I Zingari, the latter won in one innings. The Borsen Zeitung says a project exists to estab lish, in the event of the evacuation of Luxembourg, a Prussian fortified camp at Trier on a large r scale o, than the French camp at Chalons. Spain again appears to be drifting into trouble. Great agitation prevails throughout Catalonia. Hostile manifestations have been made against the Captain-General in Barcelona at the bullfights. Troops have been hastily despatched into the pro vince of Tarragona, and the mountains of Figueras, where armed bands are stated to be in the field. The watchword of the insurgents is said to be " Prim and the Republic for ever ! Down with the Queen ! Down with Narvaez !" The Marquis de Miraflores, President of the Senate, has resigned. General Sickles has issued an order, setting forth that the general destitution prevalent in his district renders extraordinary measures for relief necessary; he therefore orders that no person shall be impri soned, or property seized for debt incurred during the war. Saks of property for debt incurred within the year previous to the war, are to be postponed for one year, and implements of husbandry and household goods to the value of 500 dollars are to be reserved to each family exempt from legal seizure. The carrying of deadly weapons, except by the military, is strictly prohibited. A reception was given to Mr. George Peabody at Danvers, in Massachusetts, his birthplace. Twelve hundred scholars from the various schools of the town were formed in procession, and marched through various streets of the place about noon, headed by a band of music, and received Mr. Pea body at the Universalist Church, which was crammed to overflowing. Closing a brief address to the children, Mr. Peabody said :—" I have but little advice to give you. Your parents and teachers are much better qualified to judge of your media a thil kind ; but it is safe to say—endeavour constantly to practise the virtues of truth, honesty, punctuality, and fidelity in the discharge of duty. Be kind to all, especially to your schoolmates. Beware of the vices of envy and jealousy, and remember that there is room enough in the world for every one to per form well his part and gain distinction without dis paraging others. Cherish the habit of looking at the merits rather than the faults of your compa- nions, and cultivate the Christian virtues of for- bearance and forgiveness. Do all this, and you will find your reward, even in this world, and a still greater, in that which is to come. Farewell." The San Francisco advices state that continuous shipments of grain were taking place to England and elsewhere. According to a telegram of the 9th inst. the ship Chieftain, for:Cork, sailed on that day with 38,500 sacks of wheat, together with the Alice Ball, for Liverpool, with 31,000 sacks. At the same time 5,700 barrels of flour were cleared for Rio de Janeiro. The New York: Tribune writes as follows of Henry IVard Beecher, who has been nominated as delegate !rom Brooklyn to the Constitutional Convention : —" He has three good men for colleagues ; but the general public will care mom for Mr. Beecher's election than for that of them all. A positive, eager, impulsive man, he is by no means infallible ; but few men in the State can contribute more fresh, original suggestions toward the reform of our Con stitution. He has thought of declining, but that must not be allowed. He is needed to run, and he must not be beaten." In re-constituting the judiciary committee ap pointed by Congress to collect and investigate evi dence upon which to impeach Mr. Johnson, Messrs. Marshall and Eldridge have been nominated by the Speaker, Mr. Collar. Both are Democrats. Mr. Churchill, of New York, a Conservative Republi can, has been named by the Speaker to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Cook, of Illinois. Thus three members opposed to the mea sure will take the places of those who favoured it. However severely the American press may criti cise the news of European affairs forwarded by their London agent through the Atlantic Telegraph they have a vast advantage over us, who seldom get any news whatever from America through this expedi tious medium. Gold has again fallen as rapidly as it rose, being quoted on Wednesday evening at 135 i. Five-Twenties maintain their value in Wall-street, the last quotation being 1071 ex the coupon. The gold market was merely excited by the prospect of a drain to Europe in the face of a great war. Re assuring telegrams at once sent it back to its old quotation. The London dailies of Monday last contain two telegrams from New York, one of Friday evening, April 26, the other of Saturday evening, April 27. The former quotes gold at 1431, the latter at 1361. The quotation received yes terday evening from New York of the 2d inst. was 135 i. A report comes through the cable, and is confirmed, that gold has been discovered in lowa. There is news from Rio de Janeiro to April 8. The mission of the United States Minister to the Camp of General Lofey and Marshal Caxias, to promote peace between the belligerents, had failed. No fresh operations have taken place at the seat of war. The Emperor of Brazil, in orderto reinforce his army on the River Paraguay, had called the Na tional Guard of the Empire into active service. This measure had caused much discontent among the people, and provoked some opposition to the continuance of the war with Paraguay. Lopez appears to maintain his position with indomitable courage, and seems well able to stand his ground. The Springfield Republican states that a singu lar fatality has attended the amusement estab lishments in New York that "do not advertise in the Herald." All these, in succession, have been destroyed by fire since they joined in the fight against Bennett, Barnum's Museum, " 414" Broad way, Academy' of Music, New Bowery Theatre, and Winter Garden. The hoax of the Pall Mall Gazette, on the dis covery of a suppressed passage of Dean Swift, deceived other critics than those of the London Review. The Nation confesses to having been hoaxed "by the unprincipled young man who wrote for the Pall Mall Gazette what pur ported to be a suppressed passage of Swift's Gulliver's Travels.' Wo read with unstisr•cting, credulous haste, and were imposed upon by the cleverness of the forgery and the fact of its appearance in the Gazette. However, wo freely forgive both editor and writer for the sake of the irresistible impudence with which the secret is made known— impudence beyond the efforts of one man, we suppose, for the explanation is the joint work of the pair of them." The Round Table, however, viewed the papers with some suspicion, as is seen by the following extract : —" In St. Patrick's Library, Dublin, have been unearthed numerous papers believed to be in the handwriting of Dean Swift. The library was one of the spots frequented by the satirist, and the most important fragment is de scribed as bearing tokens of his peculiarities in thought and style. The Pall Mall Gazette quotes what it holds to be one of the Iloughnhnm chapters elided from Gulliver from prudential motives, both Bolingbroke and Gay, Swift's friends, being open to the strictures against the turf of which it consists. The papers, otherwise, are of little importance." 'We are sorry to see that at the same time the Round Table expresses esteem for us--an opinion we highly prize—it comments adversely on the articles of our correspondent, the Rev. John S. C. Abbott. The American press has severely criticized some letters by the historian from Paris, published by the Journal of New Haven. Mr. Abbott was naturally elated by the distinc tion with which he was received at the Tuileries. Perhaps vanity is the foible of literary men, and Mr. Abbott may have circulated too freely, accounts of the flattering attentions accorded. The following is the extract: "The Rev. John S. C. Abbott—as we regret to see, since we have no small esteem for The Anglo-American Times as a staunch friend of this country—is contributing to that journal a series of papers on ' The Reconstruction of Europe, as viewed from the other [this] side of the Atlantic.' The first number is adequately described by the stock statement that it is written in Mr. Abbott's usual vein.' The gentleman, by the way, is about to return to this country, having crowned his Napoleonic triumphs by obtaining ' an autograph letter from the Emperor giving him permission to present to the Prince Imperial a magnificent work in three volumes on the American Indians." The Rev. Charles B. Boynton, D.D., has pre pared, and the Messrs. Appleton aro to publish, a very elaborate "History of the Navy during the Rebellion." Mr. O. P. Baldwin is delivering a lecture, in Virginia, on "The Three Perils of Man"— the love of politics, the love of money, and the love of talk. Professor Chadbourne has terminated his official connection with Williams College, and has entered npon his duties as President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, at Amherst. A new evening paper has been published called the Little Times under the editorship of Captain Mayne Reid. Edmond Kirke, author of " Among the Pines," publisher of the late Knickerbocker, Continental, and North ern Lights magazines, and the man who, during the rebel is es rebel lion, paid a visit to Jeff. Davis, in company with Mr. Jacques, for a position in the New York Cus tom-house, s wh k e i r n e g ßichard Grant White, Charles F. Briggs, B. Stoddard,H. Barry Gray, and some other literary lights earn their daily bread. Mr. Peabody, it is said, purposes depositing Queen Victoria's portrait, which she presented to him, in the Marshall Institution, near Boston, and has built a new room there to receive it, which has cost him $40,000. General Thomas Francis Meagher is still in Mon tana Territory, no longer as Secretary and acting Gover nor, but as a private citizen, largely interested in dovelop ing the mineral resources of that country. NATHANIEL FULLERTON, President of the Na tional Bank, at Bellows, Now Hampshire, is ninety-two years old. He has hold the office for thirty years; is said to be the oldest Freemason in the country, and retains the vigour of his faculties. The nomination by the New York Herald of Generals Grant and Lee for President and Vice-President in the next general election is believed by many in the United States to indicate the ticket on which the Demo crats will stand. Brigadier A. Ames, of the United States army, was presented at the levee, on Wednesday, by the United States Minister to II.R. 11. the Prince of Wales. N.R. Fowler, RN., will preside at the annual meetings of the South American Missionary Society, at the London Tavern, on the Bth of May, and of the Ragged Church and Chapel Union, at Exeter Hall, on the 13th of May. • The Hon. D'Arcy M'Gee, who has been suffering from a severe illness in Par is for several weeks past, is now in a fair way to speedy recovery. A meeting will be held in the Guildhall on Mon day, May 20—the first of a series in honour of General Neal Dow, and in furtherance of the alliance agitation for a Permissive Prohibitory Liquor Bill. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weak' Circular.) Ogr littett adyicoo from New York by the Tana are to THE SUN,""LONLON, MONIM Y EVENING, MAY 6, 1867. the 16th ult. The Money Market was decidedly easier, and loans on Government security were readily obtained at six per cent., while first-class bills were currently taken at 7 per cent. In the public funds the tendency was to increased firmness, and a small advance was estab lished. Railroad shares had been firmer, but relapsed, and generally show a decline from the previous week. The bill authorising the New York Central to increase its rate of charges had been vetoed by the governor of the State, but without having any material effect on quota tions, the prevailing impression being that the subject will be again brought forward, and an act in some modi fied form passed. Railroad Mortgages and State Stock, were slightly lower, while the market for miscellaneous shares was considerably depressed. The funding of the 7.30 Treasury Notes was proceed ing rapidly, the official returns reporting from one to tw. millions per day. ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY. The following notice has been issued by the Erie Rail road Company : Office of the Erie Railway Company, No. 187, West-street, New York, Arril 1, 1867. Notice is hereby given of the in tention of this compan.) to extend its first Mortg a g e Bonds, duo July I st, 1 8; 7 , f,, thirty years, at seven p er cent. p er a nnum. These bond: a , and mortgage 0 f83,000,000 on th e ent i re property of r° th a e firsto np y the power to extend th em is giveL by a statute of the St ate of New Y ork, which provide , company, that the company may extend any or all its Mortgage Bonds, in the order of their respective prioritiea. Proposals will be received up to the 15th of May next, at the general office of the company in the City of New York, for extending any portion of the issue, and parties, whether present holders or others, bidding the highest premium therefore will bo entitled to extend said bonds pro rata, on the amount of their bid, as the bonds are pre sented by the holders. On and after the Ist of July the company will be pre pared to extend, on the above terms, all such bonds as the holders thereof may present for that purpose, at the office of the company in the city of New York, and now sheets of coupons for thirty years, with an endorsement thereon of a mutual agreement of such extension, will be issued land attached, with interes t p a yable s 3 mi-annually ashore tofore. Vv Persons whose bids may be accepted will hare the option of extending bonds to London, Frankfort, or Germany, on due notice to this company, in manner to be hereafter de tormined, of the numbers of the bonds to be extended iu each place. (Signed) ROBERT H. BENDELL, President. There is a marked change in the tone of the London market for American securities since our last, the deci dedly more reassuring aspect of European politics having induced large purchases of United States securities, to cover sales which had previously been made on the fear of war between France and Prussia. 5-20 Bonds are last quoted 711 to after having touched 72f, ex coupon, which is equivalent to the highest figure that they have ever reached in this country. Illinois Central Shares have been steadily supported, and leave off 75 , 1 to 76-1, or $3 above the price of this day week. In Eries there has been a very large business, anti the quotation has advanced nearly $6 per share, viz., to 421- to 421, the rise being partly attributable to purchases on New York account, and partly to cover " bear sales" on this side. Atlantic and Great Western Securities are firmer, but without any material alteration in value. (From Bowles, Brevet, and Co.'s Circular, May 2 .) Since our last circ u l ar we h ave h a d a general recovery in all values occas i one d b y hopes o f peace , in which the conferences to be held in London (now officially announced) occasion much confidence. The effect of this news upon prices has been marked especially, arriving as it has at the moment of settlement and upon a strongly declining market. All European exchanges have sympathised, and Ame ricans have fully shared in the upward movement attending all securities. Touching 77 per cent. on the 25th April, they had advanced on the succeeding day to 77i on purchases for London and Frankfort. On Saturday, the 27th April (the day of the great ad vance in Rente, 68), the Dollars opened at 78k, advancing later to 80 ; after receding to 79; upon receipt of the New York gold quotations of 144. On the 29th April, extremely large orders from London and Frankfort have again advanced rates to 79} 801. closing at 80. On the 30th the market ruled at 801 70 13-16, 79 15-16 ; on the Ist May, 80 19-16 ; and on the 2d May 801 5-16, transactions having been very numerous. The settlement for " dollars" occurred on the 2nd, and engagements for carrying over have beenboefffoercttehde mo ment ease at 3-16, speculators not appearing to winch interested, The Rentes closed at 68.10, the Italian at 48.35 ; Ex change ou London, 25.14. The Position of Editors. An interesting and full-freighted article on the " Leading Political Editors of Washington affords 7 he National I ntelligencer an opportunity to contrast the eatimation placed upon editors in past and present times by other prominent public ists. " Such men," says The Intelligencer, " at, James Buchanan, Robert J. Walker, William L. Marcy, and George Bancroft, leading members o the great Cabinet of Mr. Polk, unlike some of our present political functionaries, read newspapers and esteemed the editorial fraternity." We cannot help thinking that in the main the esteem in which editors are held, either in Washington or out of it, depends upon themselves and not upon people, however eminent, who are exterior to the profes sion. The editorial calling is second in importance trading a t politician. Whe n our b re th ren and dignity to n o other p ractised i n this country , and a respectab le editor is surel y an y d ay the supe riorwill once, and in com bi nat i on, awaken u e st sense of the el evat i on, t h e in responsibility of th e i r f unct i ons ; fl ue in fluence, o c f e a to apressd of hhj influential, when th s andceas eintaokteriutnhcketshleee men interest rfee lest politicians, otfh acto determine to speak truth they howevercan rurtohp with outt oa ; whennot fear el tn r hter o yo r l rfteahsvoeol pressuu te r about system, whether in common councils, state assem blies, or national legislatures ; then, and not till then, will the profession of the journalist rLse to its true level, and command the respect to which it is intrinsically entitled. The press of this country has a magnificent future before it. No other power can accomplish its work or fill its n i c h e. There have been some circumstances and some men, unfortu nately, whose tendency and personal character have lowered the position and impaired the influence of rv p o oe ds r . u t a c n i u c Ag e American newspapers. News, indeed, has been thought too much of, and the editorial comment which accompanies it has been regarded too little. The public has learned nantreocreanoto totf ac w h i tr iltti analysis,; itelgem_siempl to the editorial expression of opinion because the editors have fallen into the habit of attach much to the prejudice of m and whose I i ha c n r re u g tci d ue e tc : te ° ll se a n wc d littlenmi hasty elnh own im : l very importance a e single aim is to subserve a party interest—has thus the highest purpose and truest interest of the sus journals themselves. The • picion, too, that newspapers are managed with a view to the political advancement of individuals, rather than for the edification of the publi c , inevitably weakens influence, and ultimat e l y brings contempt. Self respect is as potenti a l with newspapers as it is with consequence to commanding individuals in ninaltnudriengofththeisrecsopuecattr and in keeping it when • got. It is of unspeakable professed journalists should be men of country that othersi pure life, of Wide attainments,of • . • unequivocal patriotism. The congressional standards, and, indeed, those of popular representation altogether, are falling lower and lower year by if take a higher standthan it has done, we know not to what the people are to look for criticism of things bad, encouragement of things good, or for the germs of regeneration.— The Round Table. Artemus Ward's bust is being made from a posthumous cast by AIL Edward Goflowski. The severest b attle yet f oug ht between the friends and enem i es of legislation to en f orce t o t a l abstinence fr om i ntoxicating l i quors , or , t o put it briefly, b e t ween Maine-law men and anti-Maine law men, h as just come to an end in Massachusetts. If, as some think, it resulted in defeat for the pro hibilionists, th e f act does not as ye t a ppear ; it may have bee n a G ettysburg, but it was not a W a t er l oo , and the d e f eated party will cont i nue cam p a i gn i ng . The Legi s l a ti ve Committee, it is said, will make a majority re p ort i n favour of a l i cense s y s t em , an d if they do, we suppose it will be the effect of a change brought a b out in the m i n ds of the commit tee by the argument of Mr. An d rew and the testi mony of many witnesses; fora majority of the committee must have been friends of the " Maine Law." But whatever the report is, the Legisla ture, it is expected, will give the law another year of trial. The next Legislature may do the same thing, and it may not. For the temperance ques tion will be likely to have some effect on the elec tions in Congressional districts as well as in the State at large,--2he Nation. The Debate on Army Reform. The mistake people make in discussing the Pur chase System of the British Army is in separating that system, from a complete Army Reform. The purchase system in itself is scarcely worth discus sion. Totally indefensible in theory, it is found in practice to work fairly, and if the British Army is to remain constituted of the two extreme classes of society, there are several reasons why it is advis tble to leave the purchase system as it stands. In he first place it is fair.. When an officer enters he knows what to expect, and, if he has no money, he ao more looks for quick promotion than to drive 'bout Hy-de-Park in a carriage of his own, with powder-headed footmen. What he loses by delay iie gains in funds when his own time to retire comes. [f checked at the head of a grade, while his wealthier comrades are puchasing over him, the inoment the non-purchase step goes, and he is transferred from the head of the lower to the foot of the higher grade, his run up the list of his new rank is accelerated by the money of those very comrades who passed over him and who continue to give the inducements to the seniors to retire. It is a well known fact among officers, that a poor man's chance of promotion in a rich regiment is better than his chance in a poor regiment. The weight falls on wealthy men, who willingly bear it, and the country gains not only by obtaining a class that can afford to serve for the smallest remunera tion of any profession, but also by the induce ment which the rich men of the service give to those who have served long enough to retire, to do so without any charge to the country. Thus the nation secures all the best years of many an officer's life, spent in such climates as India, the West Indies, and China, with no payment for pen lion. The officers are content with the system, and the nation has every right to be content with it too, so far as it affects the officers only. But all this omits the very essence of the argument. There is little difficulty about the officers, who can be cb tained in any number ; it is in manning the army that the shoe pinches ; and it is not by patching a bit to the soldier's wardrobe, and adding a slice to his daily allowance of meat, that recruits can be obtained. The system requires a total re-organi sation ; and one of the main features of that reform must be the opening of the grade of officers, not in the exceptional manner that now obtains, but, as a general rule, to the ambition of the young men who make arms, their calling. No doubt there are great difficulties in the way of such a change, and Par liament is right in refusing to entertain such motions as that introduced by Mr. TREVELYAN. Captain STANLEY, as an officer who has himself but lately left the army, showed an appreciation of the change we advocate. Although he spoke with great cau tion, as became a legislator dealing with a very difficult subject, yet his opinion was distinctly given to open the commissioned grades to the ambition of young men who entered the ranks, with the view of attracting a better class. He held that the change should be settled in time of peace, before we were encumbered with a break-down in the presence of a foe. The Minister at War, in reply to the speeches, made Sir C. TREVELYAN'S pamphlet the text of his arguments. It is probable that Sir CHARLES'S ob ject is attained, in forcing the subject prominently on the attention of the nation, and familiarising the people with the idea of the change. It will require a good manydebates, before the House will be qua lified fully to deal with a subject embracing such large interests, so great an outlay of money by the nation, independent of its importance as involving the question of the national defence. The son of the writer of this pamphlet, who introduced the question, observed that " a man should be young who led the forlorn hope in an attack on an abuse which had existed for so many years, or he might never live to see his efforts crowned with success." The hon. gentleman went on to say—" To enable the nation to feel sure of its security the standing army must be maintained in a state of the highest efficiency, seeing that whatever might be our re serves it must form our first line of battle." This is only part of the truth. Not only must it form our first line of battle, but the neucleus also on which every after battle must be fought. The tend ency of events is bringing us back, with some im portant modifications, to the early periods when the nation depended for its defence, on the service of every able-bodied man. What is mainly required are skilled leaders, those who thoroughly understand what men want on active service, and how they are to be most effectively controlled and handled. The most efficient levies ever brought into the field in India, were raised, trained, and led, on the spur of the moment, by one or two thoroughly good offi cers. It may be said that the tribes from whom these levies were taken were of a military class with an aptitude for war. It will be found that such material abounds in England. and would be forth coming on the inducement being offered. Our pre sent system, which degrades the soldier in the social scale, excludes this class, and we will never have an opportunity of forming such an army as CROMWELL led until we can get the same men as that comman der was enabled to enlist. The douse of Commons, debate, and the Press discuss the subject mainly in the interest of the upper classes, and talk as if the army was composed of officers, while it is essen tially a question which should be debated in the interest of the lower classes ; that is, in the interest of those of whom our army must be mainly com posed. Let those who will, and are physically qua lified make the service their career, and give them a fair field when they enter it. Limit the number engaged, to the sum the nation can afford to expend on the army, but direct every effort so to popularise the calling that the applications for admission will be in excess of the vacancies, and men of bad habits can be at once discharged. These are the weighty points to bear in mind in reforming the army, and any discussion which goes wide of them is but time thrown a way. —Anglo-American Times. RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE. The tunnel through Mont Cenis continues to progress much more rapidly now that the quartz rock has been passed through and a softer material encountered. The whole distance as yet penetrated is, on the south 4,119 metres, and• on the north 2,528 metres ; total, 6,647 metres, which, as the entire length is 12,220 metres, leaves yet to be exe cuted 5,573 metres. RAILWAY TRAVEL IN EUROPE.-The followinc , statement of prices on the railroads of Europe, per one hundred miles, in first, second, and third class carriages, and on express trains, may be inte resting to Americans who visit Europe, or to those who wou ld contrast the expense of travel ling :-Russia-First class, 14s. sd. ; second class, 10s. 10d. ; third class, 3s. Prussia-First class, 12s. 6d. ; second class, 10s. ; third class, 3 s. 2 d. Express train-Fi rs t class, 14s. ; second class, 12s. Me Rhine -First class, Ils. 10d. •, second class,Bs. ; third class, 3s. 10d. Norway-First class, 13s. ; second class, 95.; third class, 4s. 6d. Sweden-First class, lls. ; second class, 7s. 6d.; third class, 4s. 9d. Express trains-First class, 135.; second class, 10s. Bavaria -First class, 10s. ; second class, 7s. ; third class, 48. 10d. Belgium-First class, 10s. 3d. ; second class, 7s. 6d. ; third class, 50. Wnrtem burg-First class, 10s. 3d. ; second class, 6s Bd. ; third cla ss , ss. ld. Denmark-First class, 12s. ; second class, 9s. ; third class, 6s. Spain - First class, 14 s . 7d . ; second class, 10s. sd. ; third class, 63 . 3 d. Austria -First class, 13s. ; second class, 103. 3d. ; third class, Gs. 6d. Saxony-First class, 11 s. ; second class, Bs. 3d. ; third class, 6s. Bd. Switzerland-First class, 12s. ; second class, 9s. ; third, 6s. Bd. Italy-First class, Ms. ; second class, 10s. 6d. ; third class, 7s. Express trains- First class, 16s. ; second class, 12s. Portugal- First class, 13s. 3d. ; second class, 10s. ; third class, 7 s . Holland-First class, 14s. ; second class, 103. ; third class, 7s. France-First class, 14s. ; second class, 11s. ; third class, 7s. 6d. Great Britain awl Ireland-First class, 18s. 6d ; second class, 13s. 4d. ; third class, Bs. Express trains-First class, 21s. ; second class, 168. Bd. From thi s t a bl e it will be seen that on the express trains on European roads there are no third-class carriages. It will also be seen that Russia and Prussia accommodate the working classes at the cheapest rate, while the tariff of Great Britain and Ireland is the highest of all for first, second, and third-class carriages and express trains. It must, however, be borne in mind that in those foreign countries where the railways do not belong to the State, the shareholders receive considerable Govern ment assistance in consideration of their being obliged to adopt a low tariff. The rates per mile on these roads, reduced to onr currency, will not bring travel to as low a standard as in this country, upleee we take their third-dabs carriagee. On their first-class and express trains the average is from four cents per mile to six and a half cents per mile; on the second and third from two and a quarter to three and three-quarters per mile.—lcon Age. The British Consul at Panama states in his last report, that the fare by the Panama Railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the line being about 47 miles in length, is $25 ; children under 12 years of age half price, and under six years, quarter price. In 1865, 34,193 passengers travelled along the line. Passengers' baggage is charged sc. per lb. after the first 100 ft., allowed free. Cattle, at owners' risks, $25 each by steamer trains. Horses, by steamer trains, $4O each, at owners' risks. Coal, $5 per ton of 2,2401 b. Gold one quarter per cent. on the value, silver three-eighths to one-half per cent. In 1865 more than $32,000,000 of gold, and nearly $15,000,000 of silver, were carried. Express freight by steamer trains $1 80c. per cubic foot. No pack age, however small, is transported for less than a dollar. Treasure amounting to more than £5,000,000 intended for England was conveyed along this line from Panama to Colon in 1865, and the Consul states that it has been found cheaper to send it from Colon to New York by American steamer, and thence to England by British steamer, than to send direct from Colon to England by British packet. BURKE AND MASSEY. -- The Fenian informers, MASSEY and CORYDON, have earned an unenviable notoriety. They are contemptible to all the world, but loathsome to the party they have betrayed. Although the object is accomplished by a fearful sacrifice to these indivi duals, neither MASSEY nor CORYDON, by a long life devoted to the most unselfish objects, could possibly have worked more good than they have achieved in the base criminality of their conduct. MASSEY is simply a contemptible coward ; but CORYDON, on the other hand, is a character worth a little study. This man held, that the organisation " was not worth shedding one drop of blood for." If it sup plied him with a living, it was of as much use as could be expected ; and, as he saw that it was not likely to last long, he thought it advisable to make hay while the sun shone. While, then, getting all the good he could from the organisation, he got all he could from the Government, for betraying its secrets. He argued thus, we presume :—" These Fenians are useful to me, and it is advisable that they should be kept going. They are my frater nity, and I should be sorry they came to harm. I owe a duty to the QUEEN, and by performing this duty I will be acting in the kindest man ner towards my brethren the Fenians, by pre venting them from going too far, and getting into an inextricable mess. I will thus perform my duty, benefit my friends, and obtain the largest possible gain for myself." It is a pity that the force of this excellent reasoning is not appreciated in Ire ' land. It is more than probable that unless safely guarded by police, he would be left little time to enjoy the fruits of his treachery. Although in formers are hated with an intense and universal hatred in Ireland, that country has always produced as large a crop of informers as of conspirators. There is something picturesque in the strong con trast of character presented by the leaders of the movement. On the one side stand these miserable and debased betrayers ; on the other, in the dock under sentence of death, is BURKE, speaking in im pressive language, and in a clear, firm, powerful voice. He denounces with withering scorn and contempt the apostate MASSEY—a traitor and per- . jurer ; and then turns, as a p ttriot, to speak of his own doom in the elevated language of an orator placed in the most impressive position. He met the verdict, and would meet his fate with satisfaction ; the tree of liberty would grow all the more strongly in Ireland from having been nourished with the blood of martyrs, and freedom would yet dawn on his native land. He asked not the death of a martyr ; but if it be GOD'S will that his devotion to his cause should be tested on the scaffold, he would go forth defiantly, aye, proudly, to die. By birth an Irishman—an Atherican by adoption —a lover of freedom, an enemy to that power that holds in thraldom his native isle, he had given his life to the redemption of Ireland, to the adornment of American principles, to the defence of liberty. He felt consoled in remembering that his aged mother had sent him forth like the Spartans of old to return with, or upon his shield. While submitting to his fate his last prayer would be for forgiveness to his enemies, and that GOD would revive the fallen fortunes of his country. He spoke to a hushed audience, and tears were seen trickling down the cheeks of many, who loved not his cause.. There, in that Irish Court, stood those four leaders of the Fenian Rebellion ; two of them representing a de gradation that is permitted to few to reach ; two of them rising to an elevation which will leave their memories endeared to their countrymen, if the Go vernment vouchsafes to them the honour of martyr dom. While MASSEY cowered in that hall, he must have listened to the words of BURKE with a thrill of admiration, and perhaps not one present saw so plainly the wide gulf that now separated him from his former comrade. Yet it is a strange fact that BURKE'S gallant and noble bearing will work harm, while the infamy of the other, can but accomplish good. Neither the fate of BURKE nor of MASSEY can in itself be of the slightest import ance to the Government. Example and prevention are all that is wanted. BURKE would be turned to more use as a commissioned officer of her MAJESTY'S army than in being hanged, and MASSEY would do for a crossing, if that useful fraternity would admit so much infamy in its ranks. But her MAJESTY is compelled to act with a view to eventualities ; and though we cannot but admire the conduct of the Fenian leader as he now stands, we fear that the balance of public good will be found in the scale that consigns him to the gal lows. The crime is one of the most frightful of which a man can be guilty, and can only be justified by the action of an illegal, cruel, and op pressive Government. It has been persisted iu in a manner that compels the Government to a severe course. Pardons have been only given to enable the pardoned to conspire afresh with an enlarged ex perience. Canada and Ireland for months have been kept in a state of alarm and suspense ; blood has been shed, treasure lost ; and again the Go vernment holds in its hand the fate of the rebels. There are strong reasons for mitigating BURKE'S sentence; but there are, perhaps, stronger reasons against that course. Of one thing, however, the world may be assured, that the prisoners will be dealt with, with absolute fairness and justice. They are defended by the best counsel, the country de fraying the cost for those too poor to secure such aid for themselves ; and even the condemned will be compelled to acknowledge the strict impartiality and clemency with which the law has been admi nistered.---Anglo-American Times. The following letter from the superintendent of the coal pits gives some further particulars of the recent fearful coal-mine explosion in Virginia :—" Clover Hill Pits, April 4, 9 a.m. D. S. Worthatn—Dear Sir—When the pit bottom was reached yesterday it was ascertained that the lumber-house in the pits which contained some powder was on .fire. I endeavoured to get the men to put it out, which no doubt could have been done, but they feared the danger of another explosion and were unwilling to work. The pit has again been examined this morn ing, and the fire is so small that it could be managed if the workmen were willing to risk the dan ger. Under all circumstances, I have determined to save the pit by closing the shafts. We are now engaged in this work. All the men, about seventy in number, and all the mules that were down in the pit, are of course lost. The bodies cannot bo recovered until the fire is ex tinguished and the pits repaired. Yours, &c., NED H. Cox. P.S.—About twenty of the men were white and the rest coloured. Everybody in the pit at the time of the accident is supposed killed. The explosion was the result of neglect, and it is supposed drunkenness." NEW PARK AT LIVERPOOL.—The Liverpool Cor poration have purchased from the Earl of Sefton 360 acres of laud to form a new park. They invited landscapegar deners and others to send in designs, and the first premium of 300 guineas, fort he designs for the park, was awarded to Messrs. Andre and Horublower, of Paris and Liverpool; and the second, of 150 guineas, to Mr. Miller, of Sydonbam. lADVERTISESIENT.I—HoIIoway ' s Ointment and Pills.— Never Neglect a Cold.—lt is painful to hear of the many fatal cases which commenced with the ordinary symptoms of a common cold. Holloway's ointment rubbed Upon the back and cheat prevents all disastrous consequences ; it soothes the inflamed lining of both throat and chest. After rubbing iu the ointment for a few days the pectoral irri tation and the tightness of breathing diminish, the cough becomes loose and less frequent, and the phlegm is expec torated with less difficulty, till the lungs become free and respiration natural. All subject to take cold from slight exposure to varying temperatures will find Holloway's soothing ointment and purifying pills an effective safe guard against pleurisy, bronchitis, asthma, and con sumption. ..~ PARIS EXHIBITION. VISITS OF TEACHERS. The following minute has been recently passed by the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education : "I. In accordance with the practice of the Science and Art Department of the International Exhibi tions at Paris in 1865 and in London in 1862, mY Lords consider it desirable to offer encouragemen t to the masters teaching in Schools of Science and Art to visit the present International Exhibition at Paris, with the view of studying those objects whi?li may be likely to benefit the instruction given in such schools. " 11. Their Lordships therefore announce to the certificated masters now engaged in giving instruc tion in schools of science and art connected with the department that they will pay to each such master or mistress visiting the Paris Exhibition the sum of £5 in aid of their expenses, and to each an additional sum of £2 for any rep:rt or any useful sug gestions which any such teacher may make (in respect to his or her duties or teaching) derived from the study of the Exhibition, such report having first been published in any journal or otherwise, and after:. wards approved by their Lordships. " And, further, to each of the three best of such reports referring to instruction in science and to each of the three best reports referring to art my Lords will give respectively the following prizes in addi tion to the sum above named—namely, for science, for the best report, £2O ; for the second best report, £l5 ; and for the third best report, £lO ; and the same sums respectively to the three best reports for art." ARTISANS' VISITS TO THE PARIS EXHIBITION. -- With the view of assisting artisans visiting Paris to study French factories and the like, offices will be established both at the Exhibition and at 71, Champs Elyses ; and the Lord President of the Council has appointed Lieut.-Colonel Ewart, IRE•+ to take charge of the subject, who will be assisted by M. Houssoullier, who acted as interpreter in the treaty of commerce between France and England. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH-SATURDAY. We had a fair supply of wheat at our corn market to-day ; and the demand was tolerably brisk, at a further advance of is per qr. Little passing in barley, oats, beans, and peas; late rates were, however, maintained. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 70s to 74s ; old rod aitto, (weighing 631 b), 62s to 68s ; new red ditto (weighing 601 b to 631 b), 60s to 65s ; best malting barley (weighing 521 b to 531 b), 44s to 465 ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to 521 b), 40s to 44s ; distilling ditto (weighing 501 b to 521 b), 34s to 365 ; oats, 24s to 28s ; beans, '7e; to 39s ; peas (maple), 3 63 to 38s per qr. Flour, 46s Od per sack. NOT TINGHAM—SATURDAY. At our market to-day there was a slow demand, at the extreme rates of last week. Barley in limited supply; at last week's prices. Oats also in limited supply, and made higher rates. Beans sold at an advance of is per qr. on previous rates. There was not much alteration to notice in peas. Old white wheat, 70s to 745; old red, 65s to 70s; nev, white, 69s to 74s ; new red, 62s to 68s per 36 stone. Oats, old, 32s to 36s ; new, 26s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 45s to 48s ; new, 44s to 50s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 48s to 51s per sack. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. At this day's market there was an average fupplY of wheat, and prices were rather higher. Barley sold at about recent currencies. Oats maintained last w eeks prices. There was a tolerably good demand for beam, at prices in sellers' favour. New white wheat, 68s to 74s ; new red, 58s to 68s • old, white, 70s to 73s ; old red, 64s to 68s per 36 stone. 'Bar ley, for malting, 42s to 48s per qr.; grinding, 308 to 3 45 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 34s to 38s ; new, 28s to 34s per 2 4 stone. Beans, old, 52s to 56s ; new, 45s to 48s per 38 stoue• Fine flour, 59s ; seconds, 45s to 47s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a limited quantity of wheat at our market to-day, with a fair inquiry, and buyers had to pay a little more money. Barley a firm trade, and prices similar to those of the preceding week. New white wheat, 58s to 68s ; new red, 56s to 64s per 3 6 stone. Barley, for malting, 38s to 408 per qr. ; grinding , 34s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 26s to 30s per 24 stone. Beaus, new, 44s to 48s per 38 stone. Malt, 68s to 70s• Flour 47s to 50s per sack of 2801bs. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton 3lay 2) . Ditto, via Marseilles May i 4• Brazil and Cape Verds. by British pa0ket......... • May 5 ' Ditto, by French packet 'slay Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... May China. Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton.. May 3 Ditto, via Marseilles . . ratkland Islands Gibraltar, via 6outharnpton India, via South trapto May 3 • Ditto, via Marseil es .. u•ty 8. We notice the following in the Home Journal: -- " A gentleman, well-known in London literary c ircles, and who bears a ver y s t rong resemblance to the Pr i nce of Wales, often re ce i ves mar k e d attention, on account o f the likeness. He recently v i s it e d a secon d -rate L on d on The' atre, and, as he p asse d th roug h the door, he was s t ar ed et by the box-k ee p er , w h o l e f t hi m to rush off in quest o f the manager. H e h a d scarce l y purc h ase d hi s sea t ere en official, with a coup l e o f li g h te d can dl es, con d uc t e d him lo the only privat e b ox i n th e h ouse . Of cou rse, he was was much pleased with th e a tt e ntion ; but ono thing sur prised him excess i ve l y — ever y ti me th e cur t a in fell, the band would insist up on s t r iki ng up a very mild version o f God Bless the Prince of Wales.' It is understood that, upon the strength of this visit, the theatre has assumed the title of Royal." A MINIATURE VESSEL TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC WITHOUT EITHER SAILS OR STEAM.—YaIIkSO skill is per petually at work devising and perfecting ingenious con trivances, both useful and ornamental, at which the wog ( ' marvels and stands aghast with admiring awe ; and whe it is supposed that they have reached the acme of their sublime inventing power the entire universe is aga in startled with the announcement that the indomitab le Yankee has discovered something, a thousand-fold more won derful than was ever before dreamt of in man's philosoPhP The latest invention of this kind that it is our province to chronicle is of the nature of a piece of marine machinery, but which will obviate the necessity of steam, and will at th e same time do away with the masts, thus discarding the s ells proper, and yet receiving the motive power from four fan s or sails of canvas; in short, the invention is nothing mar • nor loss than a windmill ship, the machinery of which 15 very simple and easily kept in repair. An upright tower , sawn feet in height from the deck, composed of wood an d hollow in the middle, after the fashion of a puniP , contains an iron rod which is attached to a re volving head on the top of the tower, and, running through this pump or tower, to a cross-bar resting across the keilson, whore, by the means of two mitre wheel s ' working at right angles, a direct acting shaft is made to turn an ordinary propelling wheel. The rod is confined to its proper place in the centre of the'tower by means of journals. Capping the tower are two mitre wheels work ing on the revolving head, and through this head passes the counter shaft to which the wind mill is attached . These fans furnish the motive power, and are composed of four oak frames, in the form of a common whitlow frame , the space in the centre being occupied with canvas work ing an iron rod, which, by means of halyards leading t 0 the decks, can be reefed at will. A reversing motion 15 obtained from a double wheel on the propelling shaft an d worked by a clutch leading aft to the cock pit. An iron rod leading from the revolving head to the deck, and held there by a set screw and working on a segment of a circle on the deck, enables the navigator to lay her as close to the wind as any ordinary sailing vessel' The credit of this invention belongs to Captain Joh n Powell, a native of Brooklyn, wha is now en gaged 1 , 11 building a small vessel, about the siz e o f th e f amo us Re' White, and Blue, to be worked on this novel principle/ in which he proposes to taking passage for Europe about the middle of June next. The dimensions of his vessel wil l be as follows :—Length, twenty-six feet ; breadth of beam , seven feet; and depth o f h o ld, three feet. In the case °, storms he can easily reef or take in his sails and heave 111 : vessel to with a drag. Captain Powell feels confide nt that he can make between six and seven knots per hour in an ordinary breeze. —New York Ilerald. Births. --- BRADBURY On the 3d inst., at Westerfield House, Yard ley, the wife of Capt. E. Bradbury, of a son. LAxoTos—On the 3d inst., at 6, Russell-road, Kensingtout Mrs. Walter Langton, of a sell. SOTUEBT—On tho 4th inst., at 105, Park-street, Grosvettol: square, the wife of Capt. E. S. Sotheby, R.N., C. 8., of BOLL Marriages. GOSSETT—BEVAN— On the 2d inst., at All Saints', Kilig bt ti bridge, Wm. B. Gossett, Major Royal Engineers , el " , „"f sou of A. L. Gossett, Esq., Deputy Sergeant - at - A' s o f the House of Commons, to Alice Lee, eldest da u g hter etil ° Robert C. L. Bevan. Esq., and the late Lady Alts, Bevan, of Trent Park, Middlesex, and Fosbury, H UNT ER—GRAHAM—On the 2d inst., at St. Mary's Chr l , n Brighton, Rawdon Hunter, Esq., of East MoulseY, °,, sou of Rawdon Hunter, Esq., of Bitterne, to Ada J u- a/ V. only daughter of John Graham, Esq., of St. Andr place, Regent's-park, and Brighton. Deaths. PEARSON— Ou the 2d it., e, at 5, Montpelier-terrace, reek ham, Thus. Pearson, Esq., formerly of Cha ncery-lau aged 67. POWLE— On the 3d inst., at Peckham-rye, John revile, o the Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, aged 82. SNELL—On the 2d inst., Alice, the infant daughter of the Rev. Alfred Snell, of Peering Vicarage, Essex. TROUP —On the 24 inst., at Guildford-street, Russell -square' James Troup, Esq., of Hastings, aged 78. London: Printed and Published by WLLLIA.3I ANDROYS. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Surf Office, No. ° Strand, in the Precinct of the Sa.yoy, in the G oy t Y aiddletlex..7-Monday, May 6, 1867.