The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-13 00:00:00

Tiiiscelianeous Foreign News. (From Correspondents of the Auglo-American-Times.) PARIS, May 8. Now that the Luxembourg ouestion may be said to have entered fairly into the " domain of diplo- macy," confidence is felt that it will be settled in a way to preserve the peace of Europe, and at the same time satisfy the amour propre of the Powers most interested. The much-talked-of Conference is to be assembled in London to-day, and as the stipulations which have determined this disinte- rested arbitration on the part of England, Austria, and Russia are well understood beforehand, it is confidently believed that peace will continue as the result of the deliberation. How to regulate the neutralisation of the Grand Duchy, after the depar ture of the Prussian garrison, will be the only real important question to be resolved, as the legitimacy and necessity of its evacuation, tacitly acknow ledged by Prussia, and unanimously settled upon 1-y the arbitrating Powers, will not be required to undergo fuetrer discussion. The King of Holland, who in vited the Conference for the security of his king dom, probably cares but little what disposition may be made of Luxembourg, provided the settlement does not embarrass his Government, and whether it be confirmed to him, annexed to Belgium, or estab lished as a separate State, with an independent prince, it does not matter much, so that the ques tion is amicably arranged. France will have gained her point in effecting the evacuation of the fortress, and Prussia may calm her tender susceptibilities by the certainty that France has acquired no additional foot of territory; both may bury the hatchet for awhile, and smoke the pipe of peace over a die mantled fortress, rendered useless to either from the fact of its being neutral ground. The only possi bility of the negotiations failing to result in a peace ful solution arises from the circumstance that neither France nor Prussia formally admitted, although they have well understood, the bases of the pro posed arrangement, and one or both may not feel disposed to accept all the conditions required. In such a case the Conference will fail to attain the object in view, and its arbitra tion will amount to nothing more than a mockery, leaving the good faith of the powers ac cepting the peaceful invitation doubtful, since by such an acceptance, and well knowing the terms to be submitted, they virtually committed themselves to the decision of the arbitrators. France evidently means and expects peace. She willingly accepted the offered mediation, and not wishing to embar rass the action of the three Courts by directly inter vening in the debate, she has resolved to leave them free to discuss with Prussia a question which, in her eyes, is one of public right and general interests. That no pretext may be furnished public opinions for undue agitation, the Emperor's Government has ordered that all extraordinary military measures be discon tinued, and has assembled the Legislative Cham bers in extra session to acquaint them with the flat tering propects for peace. It was not my intention to discuss political ques tions at such length, as I have done in several recent letters, but I could not forego the temptation to review complications which have well-nigh in volved Europe in the bloodiest of wars. For the future I shall endeavour to deal in more pleasing subjects, at least for those who care little for Euro pean politics. An interesting suit, in which two sons-in-law are prosecuting a party for defaming the memory of their defunct father-in-law, is shortly to be defi nitely decided beiore the French high court of ap peals in this city. The question of defamation of the dead, up to this time neglected by the code, will be adjudged as an,amcnable offence over which the civil courts have jurisdiction, or pronounced in admissable, inasmuch as no special provision has been made for it by the laws of the land. Every one admits the importance of enforcing a certain respect for the memory of the dead, but if the supreme tribunals sustain an action for slander in such a case, it is feared that a precedent would be established which would encourage serious abuse hereafter. Indeed the moment it became impossible to appreciate the conduct of a deceased person without exposing oneself to prosecution, fines, and imprisonment, the historian will find himself em barrassed, and criticism will degenerate into contemptible and worthless panegyric. Per haps no court would be able to determine clearly the line of demarcation between his tory and defamation, and any attempt to do so would resolve itself into syllogisms so ab struse as to admit of endless argumentspro and con without ever resulting in a satisfactory or reliable conclusion. The lives of public men are presumed to be open to criticism, and the historian assumes the responsibility of impartially judging them after - death. Whether that judgment be construed into a defamation or not, it must be apparent to all that the law cannot intervene without rendering ere long all modern histories unsound and unreliable. The French Academy has elected Messrs. Gratry and Favre to the chairs made vacant by the deaths of De Barante and Cousin. Gratry is a priest of considerable celebrity as an orator and writer ; he has been professor of biblical literature for several years in the College of the Sorbonne, and has pub lished a considerable number of theological works. Jules Favre is one of the most distinguished jurists and politicians of France. In his most vehement declamation at the bar or on the rostrum he pre serves a literary style remarkable for its force and elegance. lie is the champion of many a forlorn case, and his wonderful success as a pleader brings him in high demand whenever an important and seemingly desperate cause is at issue. The day he was named by the Academy to fill the chair of the lamented Cousin, he was prosecuting his arduous duties at Libourne, where he had been called to de fend the baliker Pailhas in new suits, after having previously obtained his acquittance by a jury in the Gironde. His election has been welcomed by the bar of Paris, who feel proud of the honour conferred upon him. Yesterday a grand mass, commemorative of the death of Napoleon 1., was celebrated in the chapel of the Tuileries, in the presence of the Emperor, Empress, prince and princesses of the Imperial family, the Ministers, the Governdr of the Palace, maids of honour, and the chief dignitaries of State. At the same hour a solemn mass was performed in the Hotel des Invalides at the foot of the tomb of the great Emperor. A guard of honour, composed of disabled officers, was stationed around the tomb, while au absolution was pronounced by the bishop. I remarked as participants in the ceremony a depu tion of the soldiers of the Old Guard, the veterans of the Invaliles, and a number of other faithful servants of the ancient glory of France. A more impressive scene I never before witnessed, and I dare say sympathetic tears were found stealing down other cheeks as well as my own, in realising the religious devotion and respect paid to the memory of the mighty dead, who " sleeps his last sleep" in the marble sarcophagus around which we were assembled on that solemn occasion. A project conceived by Napoleon I. for decorat ing the avenues leading to the Hotel des Invalides with statues of illustrious officers will soon be put into execution. Napoleon, in a visit which he made to the Invalides, found in going out that those grand avenues had a cheerless appearance, and it occurred to him to have statues placed there, but political events prevented the accomplishment of his idea. The weather for the past week has been superb. Old Sol in all his glory has gladdened our hearts and blessed us with a whole week of golden sun shiny days. All Paris seers to have put on its holiday attire; the Boulevards, Bois do Boulogne, Umgchamp, the Exhibition, Champs Elysees, are teeming with thousands of promenaders and equip iges of every kind and nation. Apparently no one has left the city, and the inhabitants and strangers are indiscriminately mixed in this vast hive of circulating myriads, On Sunday the races at the Bois attracted a❑ immense crowd in that quarter, and the return therefrom was particularly brilliant and animating all along the Avenue de l'lmperatriee and the Champs Elysees. The charm ing soirees at the Champs de Mars are now fully inaugurated, and retain thousands of visitors within the enclosure of the park until late hours of the night. Nearly all the restaurants, cafes, and buffets are kept open and brilliantly lighted every night. The Chinese theatre and Parisian café concerts are particularly favoured with public patronage. In the Turkish section of the Exhibition building wines from Palestine are exposed, and the exhibitor announces to the passer that hewill send gratuitously to every person who will give him an order for twelve bottles of wine, one bottle of water from the Jordan—for baptism ! After long deliberation, the Committee of the Universal Exhibition has adjudged the prize for the Hymn dedicated to Peace to two poets, who share equally the honour. This Hymn, with the Cantata, will be sung on the 15th of August, on the occasion of the Emperor's fete and the great Exhibition cere monies which come off at that time. Visitors to the Exhibition are even more nume rous than was expected ; it is estimated that an average of fifty thousand per day ! will be maintained throughout the whole period of the show. If this should be the case, the establishment will prove a paying concern to the Government. The Society of Construction guaranteed to the Imperial Com mission 8 millions of francs, which sum is consi dered necessary to indemnify the State for its out lay. The Exhibition will last, from beginning to end, 210 days ; multiply this by 50,000, and we have a total of 10f millions of francs. Can any one persist in asserting that the enterprise is not a success after these figures ? Carlotta Patti, the sister of Adelina, is creating quite a furore with her performances in conjunction with the celebrated violinist, Vienxtemps, at the Synique. These representations have been filling up the intermissions of Romeo and Juliet, and have not been less successful. Miss Carlotta Patti is well known in America, having made * her first appear ance before the public of New York in 1861, with such success as to insure her engagement at the Academy of Music, where she displayed to appre ciative audiences her wonderful gift of song. From that time her renown became established, and has gone on progressively until she has attained the en viable rank in the musical world which she enjoys to-day. Leaving America on account of the civil war she went to London, where her reputation had preceded her, and insured ari immediate engagement at the Covent Garden Opera, in which she was paid $3,200 per month. In 1861 she signed another engagement at the same place for $3,600 per month, and another, in 1865, for $4,000 per month. Her voice is rich and melodious, scarcely less limpid and pure than her sister's, and with, perhaps, equal volume. The marvellous adaptation to sudden starts and elevations, as well as the highest or owest notes, is considered by many even to be supe rior to her sister's. Unfortunately an infirmity, which causes her to limp, forbids gracefuY move ment on the stage, and she remains stationary. Since my last letter 1. learn that Paris is to be favoured soon with the visits of a large number of the crowned heads of Europe. The King of Greece and Prince Oscar of Sweden are already here. In a few days the King and Queen of the Belgians and King and Queen of Portugal will arrive, as probably also the Prince of Wales and Prince and Princess of Prussia ; in addition, the visits of the Emperor of Russia, with two of his sons, Emperor and Empress of Austria, and the King of Prussia are announced. Victor Emmanuel, the King and Queen of Spain, and the Viceroy of Egypt, are to arrive in the next four or six weeks. Such an assemblage of sovereigns has not been seen in the capital of France for the last century. While it has become a question of serious debate in London whether it be advisable or not to take a walk in Hyde Park, that famous place for public exhibitions of every description, the French, unlike the English nation in this respect, do not quite hesitate sufficiently ere they set out for the Champ de Mars. There is a medium between that scrupu lous anxiety which a British paterfamilias must entertain as to the consequences of a constitutional within the gates of the Park, and the opposite reck less rush into difficulties, illustrated by Parisians every Sunday morning. They do not consider that to leave home when the sun is shining is one thing and to return to it another, when moonlight casts a saddening influence over their weary path. The fact is never clear that they can go home at all until it is too late to be wise, and exhausted limbs have been kept in motion between the Porte Rapp, the Porte Suffren, and vice versa in search of an empty vehicle. . No pour boire, however fabulous, can tempt a porter to run for a fiacre ; running is out of the question ; happy those who can crawl home, and doubly wretched they whose earthly treasures are located at the furthest end of the metropolis.. Let all future visitors be advised never to seek a fiacre at the Porte Rapp, which is reserved for private carriages. No Porte is yet reserved for hired conveyances, but the wailing of a great nation are going to be heard, and a bill has been moved for a stand at the Porte Suffren. It is but a stand-still at present however. Omnibuses there are, and as no one knows where, it is as well to mention that they set down and take up passengers at the oppo site end of the Pont de Jena. Why omnibuses cannot come across the bridge and pick up the languid is one of those questions which will eter nally as much perplex humanity al that doubt about "to be and not to be." Omnibuses are con tent to stop where they are, and of the two I think that in a case of emergency it is infinitely shorter to go to Mahomet if Mahomet will not come, than deform nature by walking one's legs off, losing one's temper, and backbiting 'the Exposition unjustly. Then there are those steamers called the "'Mouches," which run all down the Seine, from the Champ de Mars, and stop ; indeed they are very remarkable for stopping at all sorts of bridges, and steps, and places both right and left of the river. These halting places are called stations, and as there are so many it is natural to suppose they must be convenient. Truly we have but six of these mouclies, and fifty would not be sufficient, but the Exposition is only beginning; by the time it is over everything will be ready. The papers are full of things that have got to be finished. The other mode of conveyance is the railway ; is very convenient, only the trains start but once every hour, and 1,500 travellers are delayed at the St. Lazare station in Paris by the return train, which lets 40 out at the intermediate stations. There is evidently a vice in the system, a vice which dis figures one of the grandest, best, noblest Exhibi tions ever heard of in the whole world. The Ex position is an immense success, independently of all these little mistakes. One, however, I must allude to, which is the exaction of those who have bought " sole privileges." There is a privilege which of all others ought not to be have been sold, that of sit ting down. The purchaser of the right of making people stand on their legs, if the business transac tion appears clearer in this light, exacts five sons for a chair in any part of the building, and every one who has paid his five sous should, I say, carry his chair along with him, for as surely as he leaves it he will be pounced down upon for another five sous. This is probably a very enviable right of sale, and briags in a large sum ; another one there is of a decidedly unenviable nature, though it may bring in a great deal more. I faintly allude to some other establishments. They are in every sense, and in all circumstances, to be avoided, especially since ladies preside at the counter, and admittance has risen iu unheard-of proportions. I advise that no statement, no con versation, should take place between the customers and proprietors on leaving the premises, for if the visitor has washed his hands in a basin of water another five sons will be charged ; if he has wiped his hands after washing he will p ly for the use of the towel ; and, in one word, if he does render up a detailed account, he will get so confused that the lady at the counter will think he is ashamed of him self, and wonder why he should be so. If the writer of this correspondence had been en , trusted with the Exhibition Note Department, she would doubtless have acquitted herself of the inter esting task to the best of her abilities, but she would have been compelled to follow some method, or ex pose herself to criticism. As she has not been asked to write on the Champ de Mars she feels anxious to do so, hoping she will be treated as amateurs generally are when they attempt what they are not fitted for, and no worse. What if she will one day disapp.Ar under the stalactites of Mr. Guerard's salt water aquarium, the next appear in Mr. Thiry's Dutch hot-house all among the ugliest cactuses, bearing the lovelist flowers. What does it matter if she discUss botany one day, mineralogy or hides another ? The in dustrious bee finds her honey where she lists, and it is none the less sweet for having been collected from the stately city at morn and wildest field-flower at sunset. Meanwhile, a great deal that is far fetched and curious is displayed in every direction, and a great deal that is really useful is not sufficiently appreciated. Thus crowds are daily assembled round what I should style drawing-room machinery; for instance the bonbon apparatus, which goes through the process of manufacturing sweet dragees,. while spinning and weaving machines are called horrid dins. One invention is very curious : it is a pen on a table put in motion by a weather cock on the top of a roof. It turns N.S.E. and W. according as the wind blows, and actually writes on a sheet of paper which way the weathercock is turning. Those politicians who are in such trouble about the Luxemburg should try this pen ; they would find it convenient, and turn the way the wind is fairest. There ought henceforth to be one in every Cabinet Council. Eager lookers-on stand 'or hours before revolvers and cannons calculat- ing how many men could be shot down in a second. One sweeps everything in a circle before it, and, is lam told, "a love of a thing !" The paintings which please most are battle-fields covered with the dead and dying. Many a lady who could not save a fly from drowning declares that the agony of the wounded in such and such a painting is " magnificent, taken to life!" Few visit the group containing products, both raw and manufactured, those appertaining to mining, forestry, &c., and yet the timber must be felled before it is carved, and the aching brow can not be soothed without pharmaceutical products. ROME, April 29, 1867. The grand display of fireworks took place accord ing to custom last Monday night. The Piazza del Popolo was filled with an expectant but not enthu siastic crowd, for the programme has been too often repeated to produce any general excitement. For one, I had never imagined that such magnificent pyrotechnic effects could be produced. To those who have not witnessed them no description could convey an adequate idea. Those who have cannot well forget the sharp deafening cannonade with which the performance opens, those volleys of rockets, 4,500 of which are sent up in one shower as if poured forth from the crater of a volcano, the soft showers of brilliant, many-hued rain, which float downward from the exploding shell, the quaint little balloons which whizz and whirl their way upward and descend with a timid, uncertain motion, the changing lights which give such a new beauty to every arch and tree of the Pincian, and even to the plain buildings of the square, the fierce fusillade which occupies the intervals as if armies were battling under cover of the darkness and the clouds of smoke ; and finally, that adventurous rocket which is let loose toward the square in a way to make inexperienced spectators wince, and which, striking the obelisk, appears to penetrate it from side to side, sending off satellites to light up brilliant lampS all around the open space, revealing the faces of the spectators, and the machinery of wood and wire by which all this magnificence is operated. In the dearth of incidents here at present a few notes from the studios of American artists may be of interest. To present them is, indeed, a hazard ous undertaking, and, to guard as far as may be against its dangers,-I wish at once to disavow all claim to professional criticism. I have, as already said, but a few notes to give —the notes of a tra veller who can render something more than a tra ditional admiration to the great works of antiquity, and who is not wholly insensible to the expression of thought and character in the living face, or the artist's representation, and who admires beauty without first asking whether it is the highest pos sible, or what good it will do. The resident artists of Rome, while.gaining au advantage for their own studies from the immedi ate vicinity - of the mlster-pieces of other days, cannot fail to lose from the same cause in the im mediate effect of their works. A statue, which at home we should admire for its own grace and power, is here unconsciously compared with the Apidlo Belvidere, the Venus of the Capitol, or the Cupid of Praxiteles, and it is not wonderful if, in such companionship, its real merit is but half appre ciated. The question between ancient and modern art is one on which little difference of opinion ex ists. 'Yet, while, we all agree to award the palm to the old masters, we are unjust to the living if we deem their works therefore worthless. We perhaps too often forget the vast multitude of statues and paintings produced in former times, as illustrated by the oft-quoted say , . ing that " there were more gods than men in Athens" in the days of its power, and proved by the countless remains, which have escaped all the casualties of time and war. We have no right to suppose that all these numerous productions were beyond censure, became some, which are left, seem almost faultless ; and we have the power to dis prove such a theory, if it were advanced, by point ing to the very many still preserved, whose sole in terest is found in the fact . of their antiquity. If lnek e e; dl b otherwise,es some conqueror were to carry aw a y a comparatively small uom e ntuomb studye o f the superior remainder? works, who or i v f ; would ldcomepainter to f our day were to ori g i na t e some o f t h ose starc h e d figures and insipid f aces w hi c h may be many mediaeval altar-pieces, w h a t a s torm con temptuous abuse he would d raw d own on seeno fhis u o n works th ey fm w m o d ul admirers ha a v n e d b p e u e r o - pur chasers; ytr all executed tecooornmotpoprraersieers of Praxiteles The Praxiteles and Rafael were pleased with many a work which their genius would have disdained. Many a square and garden, and many a stately hall displayed sculptures and paintings of merely ordinary merit. It was this universal patronage of art to which the world is indebted for its masterpieces. As no prescience can divine before the trial who is qualified for the highest achievements, the very achievements must be a wide condition of such competition aegoaim c t o r n i sdt competition, on possibility and o of a safe mediocrity. Here and h t ere may be found one hardy 'enough to enga ge in an undertak ing, where a life-time is lost, unless immortality be won. But to bring a great number into any field it must be understood, that a partial success is still success. This would. be true, if for no other reason, because the majority must think of subsistence as well as of distinction; and among those thus dis trustful of their own powers, and thus dependent upon their talent for the means of developing that talent, may often be found those possessing the highest gifts. That such may be sustained in the wearisome but inevitable apprenticeship, and in the first years of doubtful endeavour, they must know their profession to, be one by which they can live, even if by it they cannot win renown. A general patronage of art is thus necessary to the highest development of art. A value must be set upon that which is good, even if it is neither faultless nor un surpassed. If the Greeks would neither have praised nor paid any one but a Praxiteles, or the Italians any but a Rafael, neither would probably have executed a work or left a name ; and if we are deter mined to despise every achievement less than theirs we may resign all hope of ever seeing their equals. Another consideration there is which affects more directly the patrons of art. Not many can afford to purchase a du! d'ceuvre, even if it is produced ready to their hand. But the number is very large of those who can deck their houses with graceful figures, beautiful scenes and faces, which will be to all who see them sources of genuine, healthful plea sure, and keep in exercise the fine feelings of our nature, even if they are not adapted to excite the wonder of future ages. While the modern studio offers us so much, let us remember it gratefully, both for its sake, and for our own. We shall secure a certain present advantage, and may hope that when we offer to art a position relatively as high as that of former times, artists will produce for us works which we need not fear to compare with the best of theirs. America, as a youthful nation, possessing a territory so wide and so slightly developed, must necessarily be occupied with the study of homely, practical utilities, but has of late years made a THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1867. great advance in the appreciation and encourage ment of the fine arts, and our artists hold a rank among their contemporaries, which their fellow citizens may well acknowledge with a generous enthusiasm. Mr. Rinehardt, who has won so much reputation for the admirable busts he executes, dis plays a number of most pleasing ideal figures. His Hero watching by the sea-shore very beauti ful. The outward reading attitude of the reclining figure, and the expressive face, full of watchful ex pectation, the backward blown flame of the signal lamp, and the curl of the surf just indicated along the base of the rock, tells the story instantly and well. Near by, i s " t h e s il ver -f ooted Thet i s, " a graceful, slightly-draped figure stepping downward to the sea. Between the two is a representation of the " Woman of Samaria at the Well." The face is full of anxious, self-accusing, wondering thought as the words of the Great Teacher take possession of the mind, and the form conveys the same impression. The water-jar is re tained on the knee rather by the weight than the grasp of the hand, and the whole attitude is that of abstracted musing. A fine chimney-piece recently executed for a gentleman in Ireland, with bas-reliefs of an Italian vintage, and on each side life-size portraits of the purchaser's two children, who are worthy of the marble, and in the ,same room a:charming little pair of sleeping children also attract and repay the visitor's attention. Still in the clay, is the model for a "Faith," a subject of which our best ideal is so much in shadow that we scarcely know all we would have represented, while it is yet an ideal so high that we scarcely hope ever to find it realised in marble —one of those subjects which invites the study of many varying minds, each, it may be, gaining a success of its own. We have great reason to thank the artist if he helps us to see more clearly the form and features of this fair guest of the soul. Miscellaneous American News. It is suggested in the United States that Great Britain should cede to the Government at Washing ton her strip of the Pacific coast, in satisfaction of the Alabama claims. By this means the United States would obtain an uninterrupted right of way to its new territory in the Arctic regions, and Great Britain, at a small cost, would finally get rid of an ugly claim, which may yet be a fruit ful source of disaster. The territory is worth less to England, and worth little more to the United States, but Uncle Sam has bought his moun tain of ice at the North Pole, and wants a carriage drive to his Winter Palace. He is in a mood to pay for a bauble and to appreciate a concession, and we can see no reason why he should not be gratified. The President is about to pay a visit to Raleigh in North Carolina, and he has been invited to extend his journey to South Carolina. He will be accom panied by Mr. Seward. All classes of the country combine in hoping that the President will not repeat the incidents of last summer's celebrated tour. The Nation suggests that " the speeches made on the road should be chiefly devoted to the history of fo reign countries and questions of political economy, as these subjects are not exciting ; and Mr. John son can acquit himself very fairly upon them. In the discussions of questions V home politics he is neither so clear nor so able. Mr. Seward must be aware that some of the oratorical efforts of the tour of last summer were wanting in perspicuity, although not in force ; and perspicuity is the first requisite in a popular oration." It is rumoured that a combined military and naval expedition will shortly be despatched by the United States to Russian America for the purpose of taking formal possession of the various settle ments, and also acquiring accurate information re lative to the topography, climate, and resources of that country. The extension of limits to the western extremity of the continent gives the United States four hours and thirty-nine m inutes more sunlight than it had before. On the 233 ultimo the election of delegate's to t Constitutional Convention of New York passed off quietly. The proceedings do not appear to have excited much interest s and the votes were light. The elections for the cities of New York and Brooklyn went in favour of Democratic delegates, while the Republicans succeeded in nearly all the other parts of the State. Henry Ward Beecher was defeated in Brooklyn. The delegates returned appear to have g iven•satisfaction, and seem, on the whole, to.be an able and honest body. The Senate adjourned on the 20th April, leaving among a few other vacancies the Austrian mission to be filled. It is now said that General Roscrans will be nominated, though it was hoped that Mr. Motley would be left undisturbed, if he elected to remain. With respect to Mr. Raymond's appoint ment, the Springfield Republican remarks as follows : ......" Mr. Raymond intimates that he does not want and will not take the Austrian mission, even if the Senate confirm the nomination. If there should be any doubt of his declination, we hope the Senate will reject his n ame. It is of ver y litt le consequence who is banished to Austria; but it is of consequence to the profession of journalism, and to his own re putation, that Mr. Raymond shall stay at home and conduct the New York Times. That paper's dis tinguished improvement since Mr. Raymond left have Congress, its r a p id advancement t o the very first rank in the art o f j ournalism, p rov e that his exclu sionbr ontfice opened a gain a .' t ' T hereafter from p ublic office is a thi ng great l y to be desired. L et all the readers of the New York Times v ote persistently against him, whenever h e forgets h The mines himself whichso much ' as to la run lately fo Guilford, Maine , a re said to be very rich, and assay in silver and lead $ 175 p er ton, or more than four times as much a s the avera g e yield of the great Comstock lead in W ashoe. been The Mississippi has sufficiently proved that great power, and, like all powerful forces in nature, is capable of working most destructive results. The embankments by which the river has been confined to its bed had never been restored from the decay into which they had fallen by neglect during the fierce war that ravaged the valley of the Mississippi. Great powers often work throu g h insignificant means, and produce mighty results. It appears that the levees have been honeycombed by a small animal which penetrates in su ch numbers into the bank as in •time to undermine the defence. The water has burst through, the inundations each year becoming more and more f • ornudable. It is now said 16,000,000 of the most fertile acres are inundated. The following extract • f rom a circular of the great commercial house of W C. W. `Watts and Co. brings home to trade the results,—the losses ramifying from the cotton and sugar fields submerged, to the counting houses of Liverpool, and the homes of those who never saw, and know nothing of, cotton plantations and sugar estates. tt Brown's-buildings, Liverpool, May 8.--Gentle men,—We regret to state that we have been in formed by telegram by Messrs. Watts, Crane, and Co., New York, that in consequence of a lock up of capital caused by the recent inundations of a large portion of the sugar and cotton lands of Louisiana and Mississippi, they, as also Messrs. Given, Watts, and Co of New Orleans, have been compelled to suspend payment." General Humphrey, of the U.S. Engineer Corps, has elaborated a full and ex tensive plan for dealing with this subject. This not only embraces larger and stronger embanktneuts, but fresh outlets to the lakes of the delta, and en- larged cha nne l s f or the river t o debouch into the gulf. The general Government is alone competent to deal with so extensive a plan ; but in tune the proprietors of the lauds rescued will be able to re imburse the Government. I lostilities have commenced in :Nebraska, and the Indian war has been inaugurated by the massacre of a sergeant and 12 men of the 2d Cavalry, who were killed and scalped on Taeslay, the 16th April, while escorting the mail frotn Fort Philip Kearney to Fort Lirainie. The place of carnage was 18 miles east of Fort Reno, and the plans of the Indians appear to have been so well laid, that none of the party escaped. It is feared that the Crows will join the hostile Siou x , i n w hi c h event Fort C. F. Smith will be in great danger. General Hancock must be on the scene of action, and the Sioux will find the war carried into their own villages and wigwams. When the two columns now in the field are brought to bear, the Indians will have something more to do than to waylay detached escorts and to scalp defenceless travellers. It will puzzle these savages to secure the safety of their own broods, and all the cunning of the warriors must be brought into play to counteract the operations of the United States troops now fairly on the war-path. For a lengthened period this war has hung over the Union, the Red Men each day working themselves into a more hostile attitude. They have fairly roused the country, and will now find they have undertaken no light task in thus banding the tribes to withstand the long threatened blow which their ferocious acts have provoked. Uncle Sam has been slow to strike in anger, but it is probable that when the blow is levelled it will be one remembered by the tribes for many a long year to come. The New York and Bremen Company's steamer Baltic, Captain A. G. Jones, from New York, '2oth April. arrived at Southampton last Saturday. The Royal Mail steams Lip Asia arrived at Queenstown on Sunday with 64 passengers. The North German Lloyd's steamer Deutschland arrived at Southampton with 191 passengers, having left New York on the 25th ult. She had on 1 oard $181,923 in specie for England, and $l,OOO in specie for Bremen. The City of Baltimore was at Queenstown on Tuesday, having left New York on the 27th ult.. She carried 106 passengers, and $309,500 in specie. The Ham burg and American Company's steamer Borussia arrived at Southampton yesterday. She brought 117 passengers for that port, Hamburg, and Havre, and $75,000 in specie for England. She left New York on the 27th ult. On Sunday the Union and the City of Paris reached New York. On Tuesday the City of Limerick arrived at New York, and the China at Halifax. The CanaJian steamer Nestorian was at Father Point on that day. The Cunard extra steamer Tarifa and the National Steam Naviga tion Co.'s steamer Denmark had arrived at New York on Monday. The Mississippi arrived at Fal mouth on Thursday evening, landed twelve passen gers, and proceeded at ten o'clock, with fifty passengers and full freight, for Havre. If the advices brought by the Imperatrice Eugenie, which arrived at St. Nazaire on Thursday, be true, General Marquez had left the city of Mexico with 6,000 imperial troops to retake Puebla. Vera Cruz was still besieged by the Liberals under Bena vides- This vessel brought the Prince Iturbide. But intelligence received from New York on Mexican affairs is reliable. Republican accounts always represent the Emperor at his last gasp, while Imperial accounts describe him as ruling in the capital, and able to maintain his own against his opponents. Mr. Seward's messenger had deli vered his despatches to Juarez. In a country of such sudden changes, our next news may be that the Emperor hascaptured Juarez and his despatches, and it might have been advisable to send a similar despatch to Maximilian pleading for the life of the Liberal leader. • • There is positively no news from America by. the Cable this week, except that the anticipated strike had occurred at Chicago, and that the Public Debt had been decreased in the month of April by 2i million dollars. The Virginia District Court has granted the Habeas Corpus to produce Mr. Davis on the 13th inst. News from Constantinople, April 28th, announces that the intention of establishing a Turkish legation at Washington has been abandoned. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, April 27. There has been a hot dispute between the Jews and the fire insurance offices of New York, which has extended over the country. The Hebrews have decided on placing a ban on a list of 31 companies, and have notified their resolution to all the tribes, which has, I imagine, much the same force as an order for a strike. Mr. James L. M'Lean and Mr. W. W. Henshaw have been elected Presi dent and Vice-President of the Board of New York Fire Insurance Companies. The investigation into the affairs of the Pacific Mail Ship Company has proved favourable, and the stock is again rising from the recent severe depres sion. The Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company are extending their operations, and will soon have another line running between Hamburg and Nevr Orleans. The company has declared a dividend of 20 per cent., and are likely to do still better this year. We have had great fluctuations in the price of gold. The cable despatches received in New York, have been warlike enough, but private reports have mag nified the rumours. Speculators eagerly seize o n such chances:of producing great fluctuations. Government Se curities maintain their quotations in the face of lower prices from Europe. Indeed, the effect of war news is almost con fined to gold. The general impression is, apart from bears and bulls, that a European war would have a beneficial effect on our country. The demand for breadstuff's and the Mauritius we could supply would increase, immi gration would continue on an enlarged scale, and our securities would be enhanced when Europeans saw that we were the only great Power that could not be involved in the vortex. Money is very easy, varying from 4to 6 per cent. on call. Best business paper at 61 to 7. Busi ness is increasing as the season advances, but not on a sufficient scale to absorb the capital accumulating. • The following are yesterday's quotations : —Gold, 138 to 138 i. 5-20's 1862, 110 to 1101; 1861, 108 k to 1091 ; 1865 108} to 109. Tennessee 6's, 84 to 85; North Caro lina 6's, 63 to 65; Virginia 6's, 61 to 65; Missouri 6's, 931 to 94. New York Central, 971 to 97; Erie, 58l to 581 ; Philadelphia and Reading . , 1021 to 102; Illinois Central 1134 to 1131. (From Messrs. Bowles and Drevet's Circular.) We have witnessed but comparatively trifling variation iu values at our Bourse since date of cur last circular. The attitude of the market is undetermined and ex pectant, and in spite of the Conference now actually i❑ session in London, apprehensions of eventful war continue to influence many. The Route is higher, partly owing to the short interest and partly to discounts, the latter now reaching daily a sum of 7,000 to B,ooolr. of Rente, but the doubtful future combined with the rumour of an early now issue by the Governmont, prevents any large advance. Transactions in United States' Bends continue nume rous, and to a largo and increasing extent; purchases are being made for permanent investments. We quote changes in price during the week : m a y 3, 801 811 81; large purchasers for Germany. May 4, 811 801 81, though higher gold rates are reported from New York, purchases have been made for London. May 6, 80} 801 801. May 7, 801 801 801. May 8, 801 801 801. May 9, sok 811, closing very strong. The Rente closes at 68 70. The Italian closes at 50 70. The market closes active with a strong advancing tendency. Exchange on London, 25 14. (Front E. F. Siztterawaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular.) The advises from New York, per the Asia, are to the 23rd April. During the week that elapsed since our last, there had been increasing ease in the market for loans on first-rate collaterals, and money was freely offered at five per cent, on Government Stocks. For commercial paper, however, from 7 to 9 per cent. was demanded for first-rate names. The Banks' return showed considerable alteration in the deposits and the loans, the former exhibiting an in crease of $1,230,000, and the latter a decrease of $2,500,000. The public funds and Railroad Stocks were without any noticeable alteration, but State Stocks wore easier, with the exception of Louisiana, which had advanced teu per cent. Gold had advanced; and was last quoted at . 38 premium PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD COMPANY. The traffic of the Philadelphia and 'Reading Railroad for the month of March, 1866, compared with the same month of 1865, is as follows : 1867. 1866. Received from coal $480,605.01 ... $562,984.54 merchandise 129,588.68 ... 127,034.25 passengers„ &c 93,424.31 ... 89,179.48 Total receipts 6703,618.00 ... $779,/98.27 Transportation, rJadway, dum page, renew,tl fund, and all chargos Net: profit for the m0ntb...5179,272.17 5197,210.93 17 for twevious three months... 14.2,204.61 ... 677,879.63 Total net profit for four months 5321,476.81 ... $875,089.66. The above traffic return for March, shows an improve ment on the first three months of the fiscal year, but it still falls considerably short of former years. The startling decrease in the earnings of the company for the past few months induced us to inquire into the cause; the follow ing reply from our New York correspondent may be in teresting to such of our friends as are stockholders. " The falling off in the traffic of the Reading Railroad for January and February may be attributed to the very severe weather, closing our river and blocking up the lateral roads generally, also the absence of demand, in con sequence of the large stock of coal which had accumulated at the various depots for shipment and distribution ; such a winter we have not had for many years." The advance in American Securities on the London market, which we reported last week, has not been main tained, owing to the rise in the premium on gold in New York (3 per cent.), as advised by telegraph. United States 5.20's have ranged between 71 and 72, closing 711 to j. _ _ Illinois Central and Erie Shares have not maintained the recent rapid advance, the former being last quoted 741- to 751, or 1 per cent lower, and the latter 40i to 41k, nearly 3 per cent. under the price of last week. Atlantic and Great Western debentutes and Consoli dated Bonds are steady, but the Sectional Bonds have slightly given way. (From L.P. Morton and Co.'s Circular.) Now York, April 27. Since our last advices there has been a steady grow th of ease in monetary affairs. Funds from the interior show a tendency to accumulate at this centre; while there is a growing disposition to place money on loan rather than employ it in business enterprises—a natural result of the uncertainty and unprotitableness of commercial affairs. Demand loans range at 4"to 6 per cent. Prime paper is dis couuied at 6 to 8 per cent. Government securities are in active demand from home investors, partly in consequence of the purchases of short obligatiofis by the Treasury exceeding its issues of Conso lidated Five-Twenties, and partly from a disposition among the public to change their investments from stocks into United States bonds; and the prices of all the issues of Five-Twenties have steadily advanced. The speculative movement in Railroad shares has shown rather more activity ; but the tendency of prices has been downward, until within the last three days, during which an improvement of two to three per cent. has been estab lished. The market, however, lacks real strength, from the disinclination of the public to purchase stocks. The prospects of the crops begin to exert a favourable effect upon the tone of business generally. Reports from all sections of the country represent that an unusually large area has been placed under grain, and that the winter crops are looking healthy. The spring has been favourable for sowing and planting operations, and the possibility of war in Europe has induced the Western farmers to extend their crops. From the enlarged acreage placed under grain, and the promising aspect of the grow ing the crops, it is reasonable to conclude that, with average seasons, the supply of breadstuffs this year will exceed that of any former period. The cotton market has been depressed, in sympathy with the weakness of the Liverpool market and threatening aspect of European politics, notwithstanding the rapid exhaustion of the Southern supply. The most carefully drawn estimates give only about 150,000 bales of the crop remaining for future export, against 350,000 bales for the corresponding period of last year. Counts of the supply at this port, made within the past fortnight, show that the stock has been over estimated about 50,000 bales. The consumption by domestic manufacturers has been largely increased this year, the amount taken from September Ist to date being 440,000 bales, or an average of 15,000 per week; at which rate the home consumption would considerably exceed 700,000 bales per annum, an increase of one-third upon last year. The total receipts for the last four weeks amount to 120,000 bales, including 25,000 bales for last week, making the total since Sept. Ist 1,630,000 bales. The exports for the week are about 40,000 bales, including 27,000 bales to Great Britain, and 12,000 to the Continent. The stock at all ports is estimated at 410,000 bales. The advance in the market within the last 24 hours has been very marked, being fully 2 cents per lb. The market closes at 26i cents for Mid. Uplands, with a dispositition to hold for higher prices. The indications respecting the next crop are as yet too incomplete to admit of any estimate. Reports very uni formly represent that the area planted this year , is larger than last year. The planters are comparatively free from the difficulties connected with the scarcity and barrenness of seed, the utter disorganisation of labour, the lack of tools, gins, buildings, &c., and the neglected condition of their lands. Having to invest less in providing the ap- ?liances for planting and gathering the crop, they have ho more for use in hind and labour. These considerations :avour the probabilities of an enlarged crop. But there are also circumstances which, to some extent, counter- balance these facts. The factors are generally stipulat ing, as a condition of their advances, that the planter shall produce an ample supply of grain and pork for plantation consumption, which will cause a certain acreage to be placed under grain which otherwise would be planted with cotton. The result of the present crop has not been such as to leave in the hands of the small planters the means for planting actively this year ; and as they derive no assistance irom the factors, their production is likely to be less this year than in 1866. The danger to the crops of Louisiana and Mississippi, from the broken condition of the levees of the Mississippi River, is a serious drawback to the prospects of the crop in that section. Tho levees cannot be repaired this year, and the finest cotton district of the South must therefore be constantly liable to inundation. In some sec tions of the South it is apprehended that considera.ble in terruption of labour may arise from political excitement connected with the working out of the plan of Federal re construction. With so many new Contingencies affecting the crop, it would be quite premature to attempt at pre sent to forecast the probable yield; it may, however, be quite safely affirmed that the supply will largely excee I that of last year. Sterling Exchango closes at 1094 for 60 days bankers', and noi for sight ; bills on Paris are quoted 5.15 to 5.134 for 60 days, and 5.121 to 5.11; for sight. SPEECH ABOUT PRESIDENT JOHNSON. Hon. Edmund Cooper, late private secretary of President Johnson, and member of the last Con gress from Tennessee, proposes himself as a candi gate for re-election, and in a speech at. Shelbyville, Tennesse e, on the Ist inst., he propounded the re construction doctrine of the President. It varies but littla from the policy of the Executive as enun ciated in his various vet o messages. But as a matter of public intere s t we su bj o i n some of the allusions to the President, which the speaker seemed called upon to make to the people of his own State. Mr. Cooper said :- 4 , Now, we deny that the President has brought a ny disgrace on our beloved State. We deny that he has committed any official act which sustains the charge that he has shown any defection towards, or abandoned any of the great principles upon which he was elected. We deny that he has degenerated i n any manner from the high and elevated position which he occupied as a statesman and patriot before the country when he assumed the arduous and re sponsible duties of the Presidency. We deny, in a word, that he has committed any personal or political act justifying the illiberal and unjust charge that he is or ever has been unprincipled in any of his private or political dealings." The speaker concluded with the following allusions to the President : 's The President of the United States is charged with having committed great crimes and misde meanours,' and I avail myself of this opportunity once more to vindicate his character, and bear my humble testimony to the firmness with which he has, un dismayed, resisted all unconstitutional legislation, and as a bulwark protected the rights of the people. Nly friends, think of him in his earlier years, when he had been put to hard struggles for mere exist ence, and yet he found time for close and laborious study. This very study made him earnest and in tense. Simple in his tastes, masculine and untiring in his effort, he is of that mould in which, in earlier times, the successful men of action were cast. He acknowledges in life no such thing as failure, an whatever may be his future, he has never despaired. It was by those rare and romantic incidents which fiction cannot invent, and which I cull with diffi dence from the fields of his real life, that he ascended the social and political ladder until he has won palpable. and distinct reputation and rank. His very success provokes all the scarcasm of wit, all the wails of party, all the slanders of envy, and he is now a mark shot at by arrows steeped in the poison that is distilled in the crucible of baffled ambition and inor dinate hate. You cannot know his early struggles. Only those who know him best can fully appreciate them, and how many years he laboured for indepen deuce before it was won. My friends and countrymen is there nothing in such a life to shield and protect it? Thick of his unconquerable hope, as he struggled manfully against the obstacles in his pathway, caused by poverty and want. Think of a young heart aspiring, yet wrung, and chafed, and sorely tried—still unshaken and undismayed, always striving—until to-day he is the President ! Pic ture him as a boy, feeling with what energies he was gifted, controlled by the three great friends God has given to the poor — 'Faith, Energy, Time.' faith hi the divinity that was within him, energy to perfect its development, and time in which its great aims could be wrought out. These talismanic - words are indelibly stamped on him memory, and always cheered him through hardships and difficulties. Surely such a life, instead.of 'exciting in the hearts of the great and good; feeling s ,of,envy and jealousy, should only make them feel that through such a life, enjoyed as the energetic and robust enjoy it, God's great principle of success moves and breathes, and that thus are we taught how much of aid and solace the many derive, from thth everlasting genius of the few, The Vresident has, lludergone serious trials. His strong and self-reliant nature has never been wrapped in ease and luxury. They who never suffer pain or encounter opposition know nothing of the exquisite pleasure incident from the repose from toil. The duty of the noble on earth falls not amid the rosy garden of the Epicurean. We may envy the man who enjoys and rests, but the smile of Heaven settles rather on the brow of those who labour and aspire. Success engenders in the minds of the low and grovelling ' envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness.' They would de stroy, what they cannot rival or corrupt. They would undermine by ' stories oft repeated,' which have no existence except in the filth and slime of their own hearts. Kennels rank with corruption, where young dogs are fed, Tray, .Blanche, and Sweetheart To bark at his heels. "And such men dare to question the integrity, character, and political honesty of Andrew John- -SOll An eagle in his pride of plum© Hawed at by mousing owls." COUNTB,Y MARE.ETS. NORWICH-SATURDAY. - -- • • --- We had a tolerably good supply of wheat at our corn market to-day, and the demitnd was slow, at about the prices of last week. Little passing in barley, oats, beans , and peas. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 70s to 74s ; red aitto, (weighing 631 b), 628 to 68s per qr. Flour, 45s Od to 46s Od per sack. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. At our market to-day there was a slow demand, at last week's rates kir flue sorts ; inferior rather lower. Barley in limited supply, at last week's prices. Oats also iu limited supply, and made higher rates. Beans . sold at an Advance of is per qr. on previous rates. Peas quite as dear as last week. Old white wheat, 68? to 745; old red, 64s to 70s; Ds° white, —s to —s ; new red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Oats, old, 32s' to 353; now, 25s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 54s to 58s ; new, 44s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 47s to 50s per sack. LEICESTER —SATURDAY. At this day's market there was a seasonable supply of wheat, and prices were barely supported. Barley sold at lower rates. Oats and beans at a slight advance. NOW white wheat, 68s to 72s ; new red, 57s to 64s • old, white 70s to 73s ; old red, 64s to 68s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, 42s to • 48s per qr.; grinding, 30 s to 345 per 30 stone. ats, old, 34s to 37s ; new, 33s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to 49s ; new, 45s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 595; seconds, 45s to 47s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a limited quantity of wheat at our market to-day, with a firm inquiry, at about previous prices. In barley nothing doing. Oats - tit full prices. There was firm demand for beans, at prices in sellers' favour. New white wheat, 60s to 70s ; new red, 56s to 64s per 3 6 stone. Barley, for malting, 38s to 40s per qr. ; grinding , 34s to 365, per 30 stone. Oats, new, 26s to 30s per 24 s tone. Beans, new,,. 418 to 48s per 38 stone. Malt 68s to 70e. Flour 47s to 50s ner sack of 2801bs. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. - lustralia and New Zealand, via Southampton May 23 ' Ditto, via Marseilles • May i 4. Ditto, via Panama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video June 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde. by Brazil paoket June 4: Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena May China, Penang . . and Singapore, via Southampton May 20 Ditto, via alarstilles. May 14. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ....... M a y 14. India, via Southampton may 14. Ditto, via Marseil es Hay 23 . Malt, Egypt, &c May 1 1 . Ditto, Marseilles.. May li• Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton May 2 0 . Ditto, via Hared lea May it. Newfoundland •. May 22 * Portugal June 4. Ditto, by private ship to Oporto . Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &c., Ly British packet May ' O . Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York; Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet May 10. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerin Ju .e 3. Wert Indies and Pacific ,except Mexico and Baha mas) Cub • and +i axle() ...May 20. Balla .nas, via l'ew York Bermuda, via lialitax During the month of May so many Unit ed States Senators have taken berths for Eur o p e th a t, shoul d there be necessity for a special session in July, it i° probable that there would be no quorum of that body ill the country. Dr. Sears, general agent for the Peabody Educa tional Fund, announces by circular the principles which will govern him in distributing, money at the South. T" fundamental condition is, that the people there must take fhe initiative, must show schools already established end needing aid, or an intention and effort to found theta worthy of encouragement. Such we felt very sure would be the plan adopted, sinc3 it inspires no false hopes or dis astrous dependence in those to be benefited, but accord s plainly with the tenour of the political " situation" l a urging the South to exchange its rebelliousness and ri s inertia; for the active service of liberty, if it would obtain first sympathy and afterwards restoration to political autonomy. The business of the Springfield Post.office increasing very rapidly. During the last week in March the number of letters received for delivery reached the nu' precedented figure of 19,147, while during the entire quarter no less than 248,91.1 Were received. The tot al number received in the previous quarter was a little und er 200,000, and the largest number in any single week 16,000' The money order business is also growing. During tb ° last quarter 616 orders, amounting to $9,903, wore paid at the office in this city, the amount in the previous quarter being $8,447. In a case tried before the New York Suprer ae . Court, Judge Munn decided that the judgment rendered in a New Orleans court in 1862 was not invalidated by the fact that the judge making the decision had taken a n oail l to support the Southern Confederacy. There has been much anxiety in the South lest the rights of prope rty might be seriously disturbed after reconstruction by the setting aside of all judicial proceedings that o ccurre during the rebellion, but the legal authorities agree tag the judicial ani legislative action in that interva l step valid, with the single exception of that which "W it : treasonable in effect. Reconstruction, therefore, if half - dozen times repeated, cannot bring the predicted c haoe• , The Senate has refused to ratify the sale °A 800,000 acres of Cherokee lands in southern Kansa s and the Indian territory to General Fremont's railroad coal' pany for a million dollars on credit. These are the sole lands that Secretary Harlan sold to a Connecticut cony' pany for $BOO,OOO, but his successor, Secretary Browning' set the sale aside. The reason given for breaking the bee, gain in both cases is inadequate price, and it is a valid otie.; The lands are some of the finest in all the We st, and it. __„ l an outrage upon the rights of actual settlers t o sell the r . to a company of speculators for a small fraction of they real value. Why not give emigrants a chance to them at the Government price ? rADvErnsEmENT.I--Holloway's Ointment and Pills.u! Great Relief.—All gouty and rheumatic affections, we g ‘ ,4 ness and wasting of the limbs, stiff joints an d contractZ e sinews can be treated with the certainty of success by t'd diligent friction of this excellent ointment upon the affe9 t part after it has been patiently fomented with warm brilv Holloway's pills should be taken by the sufferer who tries this treatment, because they purify the blood, inv'"s, rate the stomach, regulate the liver, stimulate the kidtielbo act as a mild aperient on the bowels , and as tonics on itio, nerves. In skin diseases and glandular complaints 1 1( P, o f way's remedies are earnestly recommended on accotin"ro. their gentle yet effective action when a long train of 0° fulous evils surround its victim. • Births. de I- EvArts—On the 11th inst., at 3 , Tavistock-place, 10.16-1 square, the wife of Anthony Evans, Esq., of a son. i f. 0 PIPER— On the 10th inst., at Hensill, Hawkhurst, the of Edward Piper, Esq., of a son. U. SimPsols—On the 9th inst., at Hertford, the wife of Simpson, Esq., R.N., of a son. Marriages. • T ,, o'l STARK —WIIITEMAN —On the 10 th inst., at St. TA O Parish Church, West Holloway , Robert Stark, -r-iest Beacon-hill, Camden-road, to Elizabeth Hart , y U„,13 daughter of the late Walter W. Whiteman, Esq., o f Argyleshire. .001 WILLIAMS —WHEELOCK -On the 10th inst., at St. " Islington, Charles P. Williams , Esq ., of rutche, alL , of to Sophie, only daughter of Joseph Wh ee lock, `," St. Mary's-road, flig,libury. Deaths. BAILLIERE —On the 1 1 th inst., at 219 , Reg ent -stre e t, Hippolyte Bailliere. JOPLING —On the 10th inst., at Kensing ton, Joseph /0 Esq. nsloo', O ssLow—On the 10th inst., in London, Phipps v • a 7 6 - Esq., late of Alfrick, in the county o W o rcester, a g ° ii, RANKEN—On the 9th inst., Mr. Samuel Ranken, of 14°. Sloane-street, S.W. ~p.sceet ' STEVENSON-0 the Bth inst., at 4, "ffoodSioe-e-- Glasgow, Nathaniel Stevenson, Esq., aged 80. ca T UPMAN —On the 10th inst., at 20, Old Bond-street, Kw dilly, Mr. Edward Tupman, aged 46. • London: Printed and Published by WILLIA3I AN',, o. 112, of of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T ag S UN Office Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, i n the Count Middlesex.—Monday, May 13,1867.