The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-18 00:00:00

YAL ITALIAN OPERA," COVENT GARDEN. PROSPECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS. In consequence of the very great attraction of the present Wpertoire there will, from this time until the end of the season, be FOUR OPRA IGHTS in every Week, viz., on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Madame Grisi's Farewell. rIIIS EVENING, Saturday, May 18, will be performed, for the first time this season, Bellini's Opera, NO RMA. Norma, Madame Grisi (being her first appearance this sea son, and most positively her last appearance but 7 on the stage in England) ; Adalgisa, Madame lfiberini (who kindly sing the part on this occasion); Clotilde, Madame Tagliafico; Oroveso, M. Zelger ; Flavio, Signor Rossi ; Polio, Signor Tamberlik. Conductor, Mr. Costa. After which, the Ballet Divertissement, entitled LES AMOURS DE DIANE, in , hich Mademoiselles Salvioni, Esper, Billon, Mr. W. H. Payne, and M. Desplaces will appear. EXTRA NIGHT, on MONDAY next, May 20, will be per formed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LE PROPHETE. Principal characters by Mdlle. Csillag, Madame Enders dorff, Signori Tagliafico, Zelger, Neri Baraldi, Polonini, Lucchesi, and Tamberlik. On TUESDAY next, May 21, for the second time this sea son, Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANNI. At the conclusion of the performance this Evenin,g, Tues day, May 21, the Floral Hall will be Illuminated, and a Pri vate View take place of the arrangements for the NEW FLOWER MARKET. To this private view subscribers to the Opera and visitors to the boxes, pit stalls, and pit will have the exclusive entrée. Special Performance. Subscription Night. Mademoiselle Adelina Patti. On WEDNESDAY next, May '2 (in lieu of the last Satur day but one of the season) Bellini's Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Amine, Mdlle. Adelina Patti (her second appearance in England); Elvino, Signor Tibirini (his second appearance in England in that character in England). After which, a Ballet Divertissement. EXTRA NIGHT, on THURSDAY next, May 23, will be performed, for the sixth time, Rossini's Grand Opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. EXTRA NIGHT, on MONDAY, May 27, first time this season, Donizetti's Opera, LUc REZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Grist (being. her second appear ance this season, an d most positively her last appearance but six on the stage in England); Alfonso, Signor Ronconi ; Gennaro, Signor Tiberini (his first appearance in that cha racter in England). With other Entertainments. FLORAL HALL.—NOTICE.—The FLOWER MARKET will be OPENED to the public on WED NESDAY MORNING next, May 22. On the previous evening, viz., Tuesday, May 21, the Floral Rail will be illuminated, and there will be a Private View of the Floral Arrangements, to which the subscribers and visitors to the boxes, pit stalls, and pit, will be (exclusively) admitted. HAYMAIiKET. 'FIIEA TR YAL, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baekstone. THIS EVENING, the performs/met, von oommenaP with a new and original Comedy, entitled BLACK SHEEP. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, etc ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Lovell, tea. After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the on music by the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lespee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, RUY BLAS. Mr. Pechter. After which, a new comedietta, TRUTH AND FICTION. Messrs. F. Matthews, Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss It. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Beprodurtion of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi "Census" every Evenin'. THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TL RICESTI BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. Atter which (IR3d time), THE COLLEEN SAWN. Mr. D. Honcicauit. U. fisher, Rillington, Falconer, Stephenson. 'C. J. Smith Romer, Howard. Ward ; Mrs. Boncicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, TAE. CENSUS. Messrs. J. t.. Toole, Ebnrne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. fhorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY - HAL L CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, (First produced in England at this Establishment), With a Chorus of Forty Voices. Also, Verdi's IL CORSARO, never performed at any her Concerts. Solos on the Cornet-a-riston, by Mr. Levy. The Comic Department comprises the Brothers Conrad (in their new and inimitable entertainments), Mr. Wood and his talented little Son, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Hol lingsworth, and Miss Rose Howard. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANS. T " F 0 It D, 8, OXFORD-STREET. Mr. LEVY, undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Cornet-a-Piston—Grand Selections (on the moat complete Beale) from l)inorah, Martha, Stradella, &a, and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst, Messrs. Charles Greville, Fornari, Kimber ley, Bernard, Beaumont, Bervon, Huish, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.—The following Comic talent, Messrs. W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. H. Wie land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Harvey. and French. and the Brothers Conrad in their latest and best entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tare DAY.—Morning, 7h. 38m.—Afternoon, Bh. 16m. To-moaßow.-Morning, Bh. 50m.—Afternoon. 9h. 27m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 18, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE MIMI. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BA.ItOmETER-30.28. WlND—Northerly—light; with fine weather, but cool .(A.„4.61-- i.-- , :•,-, •.,-... ~ w 7 . d . : •,,r i , <A, -•(,,,•:,i',,i'. 7 '-'5, - kr - A - 7 ,- ',- - 2i '. ' ; ;? 1:,1c L.-..i.k.17,, , ,,, -43 ---4, ,, ,g, , , • \-, ~ • - -4, -,-.,- -.- t•:. -- ----(,--4-:,,t , ...)%'', Ze - '.----'- ___ LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1881. The divisions of the United States are far more numerous and embarrassing than the simple one of Slave States and Free States; nor does the addi tion of Border States exhaust them. The subdivi sions we refer to are indeed all found in the Slave States. Since the insult to the national flag at Fort Sumter, all the Northern States are united to a man; Mr. DOUGLAS is as decided as President LINCOLN, and proclaims that the best thing now is the most energetic action possible; in the Legislature of Illinois, he said that " so long as there was a hope of peace he had prayed and implored for compro mise ; but now when the rebel leaders threatened that their flag should float qn the Capitol at Wash ington and on the Hall of Independence —now that they had begun a war of aggression on the best Go vernment on earth, now that all propositions of peace had failed, there was but one course left to the patriot, and that was to rally under the flag and around the institutions of WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, HAMILTON, and their compeers. "The shortest way to :peace now," said Mr. DOUGLAS, "is the most stupendous and unanimous preparation for war. The more prompt and energetic the movement, and the more important the numbers, the shorter will be the struggle." His remarks were greeted with vehement applause by the Legislature and specta tors. When the opponent of Mr. LINCOLN thus speaks, we may be sure that the union and enthu siasm of the North is not superficial and transi tory. How different in the South. There w e find State separating itself from State, most being for action, but some for neutrality. But not only that, the counties in some of the States are dividing against the counties of the same State. Western Virginia has openly seceded from the Eastern por tion of the State ; the " Blue Mountains" a ppear to form a kind of nat ura l di v i s i on between the s l ave and the free counties; and a convention from these counties is actually summoned to meet at Wheeling, The West seems to tend to freedom, the emigrants from the side of the States nearer the sea naturally preferring free soil ; thus we find Kentucky, which, as a State, is neutral, anti-slavery in its Western parts, and notwithstanding that the Legislature has decided on neutrality, hundreds have crossed the Ohio and offered their services to Mr. LINCOLN. The Kentuckians generally are opposed to seces sion ; but if it comes to a war, it is ex pected that half will go with the PRESI DENT and : half with the rebels. Maryland is notoriously in " a fix." The Senate of her Legis lature has passed an ordinance fer forming a com mittee of safety with supreme powers, and thd majority of the Legislature favours secession—se does the mob of Baltimore ; but the Unionist, though unarmed, are said to outnumber the Seces- ' hionists largely, some accounts say even by seven out of every ten ; being, however, ullatved, they in I under a reign of terror, and look for deliverance to the federal troops. They are not likely to want Their support long. A body of them are 'iready placed in a fort which commands the city of Balti more, and as there are large iron foundries there, it will be essential that the PRESIDENT should pre vent the casting of guns for the South: But there is every reason to believe in a strong nucleus against secession in the seceded states them selves. In most of them there was a minority against it, sometimes a considerable one; and we may be quite certain that under the excitement and the intimi dation of the bold conspirators the real minority is much larger than it appears to be. Several of them were afraid to appeal to that terror of tyrants and terrorists, a free ballot. From what we have noticed, we strongly suspect that even now Presi dent DAvis would stand but a questionable chance of retaining his position if he appealed to such a test. It is quite certain that the greater part of the steadier and better disposed citizens of the South itself are averse to the schemes of the politicians, with whom office, power, and the social importance they would acquire, were the ruling motives in setting up a Southern Congress. And there are the fears of a still worse division— of an insurrection. It is difficult to get trustworthy accounts from the South, but travellers do arrive from it who are, as they think, fugitives for their lives. It is difficult to estimate the amount of reason and truth there may be in the fears and statements of the alarmed, but of the alarm and the flight there can be no doubt. In some cities, indeed the Southerns take precautions to prevent the flight of the timid. "In the interior of South Carolina," says the Evening Post, " fears of slave insurrections are exciting much alarm. Men sleep with guns at their bedsides; women refuse to be left alone on the plantations. In one neighbour hood, 40 miles from Charleston, it is certain that an attempt at insurrection was put down, ten days ago, and seven negroes were hung." In 'many of the up-River parishes in Louisiana the people are slow in sending the quota of troops, and The New Orleans Picayune says—" A gentleman who has just a returned from a journey through Louisiana informs us that this hesitation does not arise so much from any preponderance of the Union senti ment as from the general fear entertained by the planters and ether whites of a rising of the slaves. Almost every plantation is doubly guarded, and everywhere the slaves are watched with the utmost vigilance. Planters refuse to let any of their white employes enlist, but arm them and keep them as a private guard. One planter, the owner of 300 negroes, expressing his fears to our informant, said, " D—n the niggers, they know more about politics than most of the white men. They know every thing that happens." From Mississippi, again, the information brought by a person who passed, to be sure, rather hastily through the State, is that " the same fears prevail, and to the same extent. Planters dare not leave their homes, and no one thinks of staying away a night from his family. The drafting of so many thousands of white residents into the rebel army fills those who remain with dread of the slaves." Much of all this may be due to the fears of the reporters, yet it cannot be denied that it is in itself probable enough. In our own slave island of Jamaica, the rumour got spread among the negroes that " The King of ENGLAND had sent them out free papers, but that the planters kept them back." A bloody insurrection was the consequence. It is not easy to see how the rumour of the North being in arms for their freedom should not be a natural rumour now among the slaves. Even if direct intelligence could be entirely excluded, if no fugitive be brought back from the North, nor a black from the border states sold " down South," yet the very conversation of the planters and their families must be overheard by the subject race, and will do none the less harm for being misunderstood. The execration of the North by the masters over every family table, and at every place of public entertainment (where slaves, each having two ears as well as their lords, are waiters) must furnish subject matter for the gossip of the negro cabin. It seems indeed incre dible that the slaves should not learn that the North is warring on slavery with the South. In deed, the probable resource of the masters is to alarm the slaves with the report that the Yankees hate them as the cause of the trouble, and want to murder them, trusting to their utter ignorance for credit for their story. Again intimations that France is about to absorb within the boundaries of her empire the magnifi cent Island of Sardinia! It is stated now—not as a rumour—simply as a matter of fact, as un fait accompli. The Emperor NAPOLEON 111. has demanded (on dit) that the King of .; TALY, his Majesty VICTOR EMMANUEL, shall cede to France that long-coveted Island of Sardinia. For a consideration—of course, for a consideration ! And that ? Well, it is tempting enough in its way. Upon the understanding that France shall enable Italy in her turn to tear Tessin from Swit zerland ! That is the proposition—the formal sub mission of which to the Councils of the Italian monarch at Turin has already, has very recently, we are given to understand, taken place. The temptation has, at length, we are confidently informed, been held out to the Royal Italian Government by the Imperial French Government. Rumour goes on to add that the proposition has been acceded to, and that this other little snug compact may be looked upon as virtually accom plished. For ourselves, we can hardly believe so very badly as this of Count CAVOUR—even with yet vividly in our recollection the circumstances of his nefarious proceedings in connection with the ceding to France of Nice and Savoy, with the live stock on them in the shape of 2,000,000 Nizzards and Savoyards. It is not, however, we must confess at once, that we recognise any security against the bartering of Sar dinia to the French Government by the Government at Turin, it is not that we recognise any reliable security against the completion of such an arrange ment eithe r in the solemn promises of Count CAVOUR or in his nice sense of honour as a patriotic states man. Promises he, as well as others, made in the sight and hearing of all Europe that neither Savoy nor yet Nice should pass from under the sceptre of VICTOR EMMANUEL to that of the French EMPEROR. Those promises were made, and they were afterwards coolly broken, directly the break - ing of them became matter of convenience. There fore—with the recollection of that in our mind— we calculate not at all upon the fact of Count CAVOUR having made new promises since then, promises renewed again and yet again, that not one other inch of Italian soil shall be yielded up to NAPOLEON M. or to any other potentate whom soeVer-- for any consideration ! Besides, in case anythin g rendered it apparently matter of conve nience to cede Sardinia to the French Goverment, we are conscious that the letter of that promise might be ke pt—Sardinia being, as an island, no part of what might strictly be called the " Italian soil," that is, a portion of the Roman peninsula. Therefore—all things considered—we put no value whatever upon the mere circumstance of Count Cavovi haTillg Promised Boud-so.. Neither, for. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINCI, MAY 18, 1861. I that matter, do we rate very highly his nice sense of honour as a patriotic statesman. His conscience as such the world has seen to be particularly elastic, fie protested, in answer to the impetuous and im passioned taunts of General GARIBALDI, that inasmuch as he (CATotrit) felt constrained to yield up Nice and Savoy, he suffered in the doing of it very poignantly. Yet, suffer however much he may • have done upon the occasion referred to—he did the thing he grieves at nevertheless! Another occasion might arise--common sense tells us that— . when Count CAVOUR might feel himself constrained (suffering poignantly the while) to cede Sardinia to France as he has already ceded Savoy and Nice to her. He has an immense capacity for endurance. He has shown that he can bear a great deal for the sake of Italy, even the dishonour of her name, even the selling (for so much and so much) of her fair soil, of her ancient territory. Therefore, again, we calculate not at all upon Count CAVOUR'S nice sense of honour as a patriotic statesman, any more than we count upon his solemn promises, upon his formal and reiterated : engagements. It is rather upon his prudence that we count for the rejection of the advances made by the French EMPEROR, for the bartering, in return for the canton of Tessin, of the fertile and spacious island of Sardinia. Count CAVOUR may be quite certain of this, VICTOR EMMANUEL may lay the same truth well to heart—that so surely as the ► island of Sardinia follows suit with the provinces of Nice and Savoy, so surely will GARIBALDI and his patriot followers break from their Machiavellian Government. There has already been something too much of this concession to the territorial greed of the disinterested Liberator of Lombardy—and Tolerator, we suppose we must call him, of the ....* political emancipation of the more southern parts of the Roman Peninsula. England gained nothing in her prestige when she stood by, impassively looking on, while France absorbed into her domi nions the provinces of Nice and Savoy to the detri ment of the fame and fortune of VICTOR EMMA NUEL, and, we must even add, to the eternal infamy of his unprincipled Government. It would be impossible for that same impassibility to be main tained by England even with our Foreign Secretary unchanged, supposing the attempt to be made, however insiduously for the acquisition by France of the Island of Sardinia. England must then perforce interpose—she must then at length through her Minister cry aloud, " I forbid the bands !" Then would break away at last from the Government of Turin the hero GARIBALDI, who would inevitably choose by preference to make com mon cause with the hitherto disdained Mazzinians. It is beyond mere vague conjecture—Anything like an attempt to deliver over the island of Sardinia to the greed of the French EMPEROR must result in kindling anew and most disastrously the flame of civil war in the Roman Peninsula. It is in our recog nition of this, it is in our conviction that Count CAVOUR and his sovereign must recognize all this quite as clearly, as an unavoidable peril, certain, absolutely certain to arise upon the instant, out of any such proceeding, that we behold the true secu rity for Italy that her cause will be spared, at least, this lamentable peril and this still more lamentable ignominy, The Popery of Protestantism is even more annoy ing to us than the Popery of Rome. With the latter we have no other concern than to defend its perfect freedom of action in this country, and to do what we can to moderate its intolerance in other countries. But when English clergymen and English bishops assume infallibility and treat Roman Catholics with intolerance, we feel bound, for the credit of our national faith, to pro test, and to protest firmly, Mr. HENNESSY had fair grounds last night for calling attention to a piece of what seems like Episcopal intolerance in the case of the Bishop of RIPON. We would not speak too strongly, merely because we have not yet seen the Bishop's reply, which, we presume, will soo❑ be given us either through the daily press, or in "another place," though we cannot well conceive that any reply can alter the main fact. The Bishop it appears ordered the removal, from a graveyard, of a tombstone which contained the request, so com mon in Roman Catholic cemeteries, for a prayer on behalf of the departed. The family who placed it there, of course believed that the prayers of such of their own faith as might read the inscription would be offered and be effectual on behalf of their deceased relative. Now, why deprive them of this consolation. If we must believe it to be a groundless superstition, yet why deprive those who thought it a reality, and derived from it such consolation at such a time. We have had occasion before to observe on the strange insensibility of priests, when matters of creed are involved, to those sentiments of human nature which our Maker gave us long before any church constructed its creeds, and which are at least as divine and as holy as they. The sentiment of sorrow for the dead is at least as sacred as the article against purgatory. Nor can we excuse the priest who, on the pretext of his creed, shocks in the least these sacred sorrows. His practical religion must in such a case be wrong, however orthodox his creed may be. Yet, to wards Dissenters and Roman Catholics, there are not wanting priests and bishops —we are happy to say their number is small who do not hesitate to do violence to their feelings on funeral occasions. Sir ROBERT PEEL was quite right in his advertence to Spain, and we are pleased to learn from Lord PALMERSTON, that the Govern ment there is so much more tolerant than the laws the clergy, and the ignorant multitude who do their bidding ; but we hope, for the sake of Protestants in Spain, Protestant bishops here will not encourage funereal intolerance by their example. In the freedom and light enjoyed by England, to tear a gravestone from the grave is, proportionately, as great intole rance as to refuse burial to a Protestant in Spain. EXETER HALL.—Mdlle Titiens, it is announced, will make her first appearance in the " Creation," in the above hall, under the auspices of the " National Choral Society," on Wednesday evening, the 22d inst. It is ex • petted her performance will prove a greater success, and create higher interest with the musical world on this occa sion than at the Crystal Palace, where she enlisted the enthusiasm of an audience of 13,000 persons. She will be supported by artists of known celebrity, and the fine chorus of this society of nearly 700 performers will be conducted by Mr. G. W. Martin. MDLLE. ADELINA PATTI.—It has been generally understood that Mdlle. Adelina Patti was originally en gaged by Mr. Smith for her Majesty's Theatre. We are requested ;by the friends of the lady to say that this is in correct. Mdlle. Patti came to London with the object of singing at the Royal Italian Opera, having been in nego tion with Mr. Gye more than twelve months since. It is said that the members of the United Service Club, Pall-mall, intend to give a dinner to Lieut.-General Sir James Hope Grant, early in June. M. Mires has been removed from Mazas to an infirmary (maison de Sante) on a certificate given by the prison physicians. M. Proudhon has not yet been able to find a publisher willing to run the risk of bringing out his new book. A deputation of concert-hall proprietors trans acted business at the home office yesterday. The deputa tion consisted of Messrs. Sanders, Wilton, Villiers, Wil liams, G r imes, Stanley, Winder, and Hobson, secretary to the provincial concert-hall and gardens Proprietors: ' The deputation was accompanied by Xtr. T. S. Duncombe, and NJ. C. Snitiger. ASAP. 1 N L E ?..vr N e PARIS, MAY 18. The llioniteur of to-day announces that the inte rest on Treasury Bills has been reduced to 3, 31, and 4 per cent., according to the date of their fall ing due. A notice published by M. de Germiny announces that the subscriptions to the bonds of the railway companies will be opened at the Bank of France on the 21st May, and will remain open until the 28th instant. MADRID, MAY 18. A denial has been given to the statement of the Commercio of Cadiz that warlike preparations are being made at Tangiers. THORN, MAY 17. The Archbishop of Warsaw having been sum moned to the Palace of the Governor, he was re quested to prohibit the singing of the National Hymn by the clergymen. The Archbishop decidedly refused to aceede to this demand, and said that he would not deprive the people of that which alone afforded them con solation in their grief. COPENHAGEN, MAY 17. To-day an address, signed by 71,000 electors, was presented to the President of the Council of Ministers. The President, in his reply, dwelt chiefly on the necessity for granting to Holstein an , independent prsition in the Monarchy, and expressed a hope that the desire for peace might be realised. CADIZ, MAY 17. The Conzercio of yesterday says :—" The bat teries of Tangier are being armed, and the town supplied with provisions. " The new Governor has arrived at Tangier. He has great influence at the Court of Morocco. " The English Consul at Tangier and the Gover nor of Gibraltar are in active correspondence." CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 16. The International Commissioners have arrived here from Beyrout, and immediately commence negotiations for the Government of Syria. Omar Pacha has left for Bosnia, with orders to act energetically against the Montenegrins. PESTH, MAY 17. The discussion on the address proposed by M. Deak was continued to-day in the Lower House. The principal speaker was Baron Eotvos, who pronounced a conciliatory speech. He declared, however, that the execution of the diploma of February last, granting constitutions to Austria and Hungary, was impracticable. LISBON, MAY 17. The proposal of the Council of State with refer ence to the creation of 15 new peers has been ap proved of by the King. Amongst the future peers are MM. Avila, Her culano, Frangini, Costa, Lobo, Pasos, Manoel, Foscoa, Brancamp, and Luz. PARIS, MAY 17. The Paris papers publish the following tele gram, dated Constantinople, May 16 : " Omar Pacha left to-day for Kustendje, bearer of a conciliatory proclamation promising a reduc tion of the taxes and a remission of all arrears. "It further grants the right of free election of municipal councillors. " The Christians are to be allowed to have bells on their churches. ~ The International Commissioners arrived here yesterday." THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY MORNING. The Massilia, with the above mail, arrived at Marseilles at 7 a.m. this day. The mail leaves for London at 10 a.m. mainder of the Royal Family, including his niece the Queen, inhabit the Quirinal. "It would be difficult to tell to what extent the King, his brothers, and his uncle are engaged in the reactionary at tempts which are being made in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. A French detachment lately seized two waggons at Valmontona, which were laden with copper money for the Abruzzi. A report of the capture was made to General de Goyon, who had a conference cn the subject with Fran cis 11. and Cardinal Antonelli. The General discovered that during the siege of Gaeta the King had sent copper money to Rome to pay the troops. The l'apal Government say that the copper money was so disbursed, and that they know no more about the matter. " The collection of the Peter's pence has assumed in Italy a curious form. Chests of valuable ornaments, such as watches, gold chains, earrings, brooches, silver drinking cups, snuffboxes, and necklaces are sent to the Holy Father. There is a room in the Vatican which is filled with such ornaments—gold, silver, silver-gilt, diamonds, pearls, eme ralds, and rubies. These gifts are accompanied with letters filled with professions of devotedness to the Holy Father, to which are annexed texts of scripture, alluding to the ap proaching destruction of his enemies." LITERATURE. La Beata. By Adolphus Trollope, author of " A Decade of Italian Women," &c. Two Vols. Chapman and Hall. This sketch of Italian life is a very able one, and its melancholy east may attract some readers. La Beata is a gentle, timid young creature, who is totally unfit to cope with the hard fate that befalls her. Filippo Lonari is a selfish man, for whom one feels nothing but indignation and contempt. His conduct towards this helpless young girl, who trusted in him, was most despicable, and it is with satisfaction that we learn his after life was embit tered by the recollection of his ingratitude and deceit. There is something very touching in the mild resignation with which " Tina," as she was called, aequiceed in the solitude to which she was consigned by her reckless and rothleoa guardian, and the description of her days, after she had re turned to the old home, is a solemn account of hopes blighted, and asad instance of a broken heart, adding another to the countless hosts of victims who have been immolated at the shrine of selfishness. The details given of the gradual change that took place in the views of Filippo are very natural, and may serve as an evidence of the deterioration of charac ter that is often engendered by prosperity. Wrong as the connection was that existed between the young painter and the ignorant girl, there were allowances to be made, on account of the state of society in which he lived, and the extreme simplicity of her views of life. But for the cold-blooded cruelty and the heartless calculations that devised the scheme, that consigned the young creature to a:deserted life, there was no excuse to be offered by the most considerate of well-wishers, and no palliation to be found in the tenets of any law human or divine. When the plan had been con summated the machinator was utterly wretched, and the voice of accusing conscience was continually soundinc , in his ears. His last years were spent in a spot where he had ample leisure to dwell on the enormities of his conduct. After his last interview with La Beata on her, ourney to the hospital, which had proved her journey to the grave, he had vanished from Florence, and we hear again of him in a very different sphere. "High up among the beech and pine forests that still clothe that part of the Apennines which looks on and encloses toe Dante-Sung valley of the Casentino is the cele brated monastery of Camaldoli." In that retired spot, in that remote locality do we again encounter the recreant fugitive. Here, when his victim slept peacefully, did he survive to feel the sting of re morse, and to mourn over his guilty course. "He still saw those white arms stretching out towards him from the black misere cordia' bier under the moonlight in the Piazza at Florence. There had been no hour of his life since that night in which he had not seen them. In the chapel, even as prostrate before the altar he bent his fore. head against the marble of the pavement ; in the midnight sleepless hours of his cell, while the wind among the pine forests wailed its weird and fitting accompaniment to his imaginings, in the feverish dreaming of his short and fitful sleep the image which that instant had burned in upon his brain was never absent from him." It was the best tribute to the influence exercised by the simplest natures, if they are only stedfast and true, that La Beata was cherished by the few who had known her, and that Filippo was despised by the many who had seen and appreciated his talents and predicted his future fame and coming fortune. What is true always impresses, and what is false ever irritates the mind of the be holder. Her faults were hidden by Ler sufferings and she lived on in the memory of her people as a gentle victim, and a confiding maiden, never so truly to be called by her appellation of "La Beata," as when she folded her hands meekly and passed away from this painful world where she had been more sinned against than sinning, to mingle in the land of spirits with the saints whose earthly semblance she had borne in her tranquil mien and her peaceful features. He on the contrary was regarded as an alien from the brethren of arts, and an outcast from the com munity of citizens. As a sketch of Italian life this little volume may be studied with attention and many will admire the vivacity with which some of the scenes are described. Certainly sin brought its own purishment in the sorrows of Tina in her lonely dwelling, and the sufferings of Filippo in his Apennine solitude. "La Beata" is not an unworthy successor to the many dis tinguished and successful works of this author, and some of its interesting passages, eloquent descriptions, and sparkling sketches may gain for it approval from discriminating readers. The _English, at Home. By Alphonse Esquiros. Translated and Edited by Lascelles Wraxall. Two vols. Chapman and Hall. It is always interesting, though often unsatis tory, to survey ourselves from a foreigner's point of view, although, generally speaking, we are more amused at the extravagance of the caricature than impressed by the fidelity of the likeness. The work before us, however, is a refreshing excep tion to the general rule. It is fair and candid in its tone, shows an intimate acquaintance with England and its people, and manifests throughout a spirit of cordial and independent admiration for our country and its institutions. The essays, of which it is composed, appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes, the organ of the Constitutional party in France, and immediately secured public attention and approval. The editor considers that they exercised a beneficial influence in their own country, where the impressions of England are too frequently drawn from unfair and depreciating accounts. It must indeed have required some literary courage for M. Esquiros to have published so favourable a notice of the English, and more especially of the Volunteers, during the late period of mutual suspicion and distrust. As he says him self, in testimony of the independence of his opinions :—" A proud and free nation would not desire a homage that was not independent. When I wrote these essays I had not the slightest idea that they would be ever translated into English. I was addressing France, and the best way of court ing her favour in the present day is not exactly by opening her eyes to the grand events that take place across the Channel." The essays are disconnected, and pass suddenly from one subject to the other. This is, of course, accounted for by the fact of their having been contributed to a journal, and usually taking up the subject that was the topic of the day. The first few chapters, strange to say, are on the geology of Great Britain, and will interest the scientific. The writer considers the natural formation of the country to have influenced its prosperity, since "the excellent geological products make excellent workmen." Passing from the country he comes to the race, and traces the influence of the successive arrivals of Saxons, Danes, and Normans. The result, he says, is the imposing spectacle of variety in unity. The English is a composite nation, and hence its strength. One feature, which particularly impressed him, in the national character, was its peculiarity. "In Belgium and Holland I felt I had one foot still on the moral soil of France, which extends far beyond the frontiers. Here there is nothing of the sort; on the contrary, you feel yourself carried away by a civilisation gifted, like planets, with a peculiar movement of its own. From this island Continental life appears like the French Coast from Dover hill ; it is a point scarce visible to the eye in the immensity of the mist." The British masses, he says, think that every foreigner is a Frenchman, and he therefore concludes that they only recognise the right of existence to themselves and the French. The English possess, also, an unlimited idea of their own greatness, and have little sympathy with foreigners. He makes, however, an honourable exception, saying , that in a court of law the feelings of the judges and the public are always inclined to prctect the man whom his native soil does not pro' tect. The subjects which M. Esquiros selects in illustration of the national character are somewhat singular, and certainly not those usually me t with in books of thi s c l ass. The gipsies, the puppet showmen, country 'races the costermongers, the mudlarks, the shoeblacks, the chimneysweeps, are all included. English beer occupies a prominent position in pages which leave unnoticed our Legis lature, our law courts, our places of public resort, and our _social and domestic system. From the busy gathering at the hop-picking 'to the malt houses, the breweries, and the public-houses, our author trace* the progress of thia national *cage, EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ;, h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s,, snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 17. M. de Montalembert has addressed the following letter to the Arid de la Religion : " Sir,—Mr. Gladstone has done me the honour to write, remonstrating against the expression which I attributed to him in my late letter to M. de Cavour, which referred to a speech of his on the 4th of August, 1849, in which he was reported as applying the words sanguinary mendicant' (mendicant sangzenaire) to Pope Pius IX. "The Chancelbr of the Exchequer states that there is no bfficial report of Parliamentary debates in England, and that the speech from which I took the quotation is not quite correct. The wend ' sanguinary' never passed his lips, and in using the EngLh word mendicant' be only meant to describe the solicitations of the Pope to procure foreign soldiers in order to reduce his people to submission. He adds that in the same speech he spoke of the Pope as a per sonage worthy of all respect, both on account of his personal qualities and as the head of a great body of Christians. Finally, he affirms that he never meant to wound the filial piety of the members of the Roman Church. "I did not recognise the illustrious statesman, whose friendship was dear to me, in the words which re*olted me. I again find him, vith satisfaction, in the honourable sus ceptibility which claracterises his remonstrances. " As you have published the portion of my letter contain ing the passage in question, you will be so good as to insert this rectification. It will, I hope, be copied by the pro vincial journals, and the foreign ones which inserted the extract. "Receive, Sir, &c., "OH. DE MONTALEMBERT. " Paris, May 15." BOURSE, May 17.—The market has been rather heavy, and stock offered, and prices have conse quently receded. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 69f 50c, are now at 69f 35c. Railway Shares are also heavy, but without any material chan4e in quotations. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 96 15, Credit Fonder 990 Do end month.... —1 Belgian 4} 291 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 401 Roman Bank Shares 2897 50 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 708 75 Spanish Threes 5O Do. Account 712 501 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1355 1357 50 Northern 985 .. 987 50 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 933 75 .. 936 25 Geneva 441 25 .. 442 50 Southern 577 50 .. 577 50 Western ... 527 50 .. 530 Eastern .. Sardinian..., 377 50 .. 380 Austrian Lombard THE PAPAL STATES. The following letter has been received from Rome, dated the 11th inst. : " The Paris papers were inaccurate when they announced that Francis 11. and his family had quitted Rome for the villa Feoli, at Albano. They are still here, and may be seen almost every afternoon at the Theatre of Apollo. They are received by the higher classes coldly but civilly. The Royal family attended Divine service at the church of St. Jean Lateran on Thursday last, the festival of the Ascension. The Pope officiated, and seats were prepared for them near the altar. The ceremony of benediction, which was to have been performed by the Pope outside the church, was pre vented by torrents of rain. A part of the French troops were drawn up on the esplanade outside the church, but the rain was so violent that even before the conclusion of the mass Gen. de Goyon gave orders that they should return to their barracks, "The ex-King of Naples and his family will not go to Albano till the beginning of June. Count Trapani, the. 'King's uncle, has not left Rome, as the telegraph errone ously announce& I saw him yesterday. He inhabits a palsy. saa the Cwoo, oppclito st. Chula, while the te• which has been said to have influenced the fate of Waterloo, By far the most important chapters in the volumes are those on the British army and the volunteers, which are written in a spirit entirely contrary to the general sentiments of foreigners. M. Esquiros enters on the subject with the follow ing observations : The notion has been too lightly spread that Great Britain was not a military nation. The movement which has taken place during the last year in the United King dom sufficiently contradicts that opinion, which at a given moment may become dangerous to the other European States. On what do people rely, moreover, when they re cognise in England only a mar iti me power o f the first class ? Have not English soldiers, though few in numbers, sufficed for all the great eventualities of history ? Has not for ages the weight of their arms been felt when the destinies of the Continent were placed in the scale ? Every time when victory was needed have they not conquered ? I will not evoke irritating reminiscences ; I will not write down the name of a great battle so painful to the self-esteem of the French—suffice it for me to remind them that recently England re-captured India with a handful of men." He enters very fully into the system pursued in the English army, the mode of education followed in Woolwich, Sandhurst, and Addiscombe, and remarks in reference to the recent adoption of the competitive examinations, that in France it required a revolution to make the upper grades of the army accessible to the middle classes; but that in England the institutions are endowed with an elasticity which enables them to yield to the movement of public opinion without disaster. Ile manufacture of the means of warfare ❑ext engages his attention, and he gives a full account of the recent improvements in ammunition. With regard to the Volunteer movement, he speaks with all the satisfaction of an ardent lover of our liberties who is relieved to find them secure. To conquer England, he says, the English must be exterminated, and even then behind England would remain the rude children of Scotland, sup ported by their citadels of granite. He styles the Volunteers an army of guerillas, waiting for a foe whom all trust may never come. Such a goog on to say, testifies the strength alike of the Government and the the ruling powers dare confidently rest on the sup port of the nation, who have no temptation to misuse their arms. " The armaments and military reforms of the United Kingdom are of a nature to inspire Europe with serious reflections. Any continental nation, no matter which, that wished to come into collision with Great Britain, ought to think twice of it. Before all, she will find before her the old wooden walls of England, which has hitherto covered the coast with an impenetrable bulwark ; behind the ships, the soldiers—improving daily in numbers and organisation, and behind the soldiers a country in arms." It is to be hoped that this sound and honest advice will have weight with continental readers, given as it is by one of themselves, who has had better op portunities of judging than previous French writers, having " taken root in the civilisation through which they passed on the wings of steam." But with all his hearty admiration of England and her institutions, he retains the feelings of a French man, and as such is no servile flatterer but a friendly critic. His work will be cordially received on this side of the Channel, and will be welcomed by all impartial and enlightened minds who see in the better mutual understanding of the two great peoples—in their more enlarged comprehension of the peculiarities incidental to race, climate, and cus tom, as well as of each other's national virtues and character—in the quickened sympathies which such knowledge must bring in its train—a stronger se curity for the preservation of European peace, than armies and armaments on one hand, or treaties of commerce on the other. THE WEATHER METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, • etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. Nairn 3 0 .32 48 44 E.N.E. 3 6 c. 4 Aberdeen Leith Berwick 30'30 61 46 I N.E. 1 9 0. 1 Ardrossan lll 53 50 S.W. 2 4 c. 2 Portrz sh Shields 3012 46 42 N. N. E. 3 2 c. 2 Galway 3O 23 65 62 N. W. 1 1 b. 1 Scarborough 3Oll 47 44 N.E. 2 8 o. 3 Liverpool Valentia Queenstown 3Oll 62 61 S. 2 6 0. 2 Yarmouth 3O/9 47 46 N.N.E. 4 6 o. 4 London 3OlO 49 44 2 7 c. I Pover 3026 49 46 N.E. 4 8 0. I 3 Portsmouth Portland Plymonth 30'25 j 54 51 E. 4 7 o. 4 I 'enzance 3028 55 53 E.S.E. 3 4 c. 4 Jersey DISP u S Ilk , THE BUILDIVG TRADE. There is very little news to report of this dispute beyond that the masters who have adopted the hour system of payment have nearly all their full com plement of men, and some who have their shops full are obliged to turn away numbers of good hands seeking for employment under the new re gulations. The opposition of the Trades' Unions to the movement gets worse and worse each day. At a recent meeting of the trades on strike against the hour system the men themselves proposed a sort of compromise, by which they said they were willing to return to work under the increased scale of wages if the payment was calculated by the day instead of by the hour, and if the masters would consent to let them leave off work on Satur days at twelve o'clock instead of at one. As a matter of course, these terms were at. once rejected, for the masters saw clearly that when the men had once secured their increased wages and reduced hours, six months would not elapse before the old agitation for the nine hours' movement would re commence with greater force than ever. The de pte ation was therefore informed that no proposi ti')n would be listened to which did not recognise the hour system of payment as best for both mas ters and men. As a proof of this fact, we may mention that some of the workmen in Messrs. Lucas's yard came the other day to the foreman, and asked that, as the evenings were long and the nights fine, they might be allowed to work 12 hours. To this Messrs. Lucas replied that they had adopted hour payment to enable the men to work eight, nine, or ten hours as they might choose, and that their yards should always be kept open ten hours, but not beyond that, unless the majority of their workmen wished. The men, however, proved to be unanimous in their desire to work twelve hours, and accordingly they now leave at five for tea, and return at six to work till eight, thus raising their weekly earnings from 335. to 395. Unfortunately, this step has only exasperated the Trades' Unions to the very utmost, as the p;clrc.t. cud union men show by increased demonstrations of hostility to the men employed by Messrs. Lucas as they enter and leave their works. Mr. Myer's yard is exactly opposite Mr. Lucas's, and the former gentleman unfortunately has in his employ all ultra Union men, who sometimes turn out to hoot and jeer at those of Messrs. Lucas as the latter go to work. Of course, Mr. Myers is power less to prevent this, and, in fact, there are few, if any, great contractors who have suffered more loss and inconvenience from the yoke of the Trades' Union than Mr. Myers himself. As, however, there is a larger body of men at work at Lucas's than at Mr. Myers s, nothing has ever been attempted in the way of violence till yesterday morning, when a mason of Mr. Lucas's, named Kitchen, who was a few minutes later than his comrades, and therefore alone, was set upon by some of the Union men,and so fearfully beaten and kicked as he lay upon the ground that he was obliged to be removed at once to King's College Hospital, when it was found:that, besides other slighter injuries, his ribs were badly fractured f rom th e ki c k s . The chief actors in this cowardly outrage were a mason in the employ of Mr. Myers, and another man, name yet unknown, who was supposed to be one of the Trades' Union pickets. The mason in Mr. Myers's employ wore a large beard and moustache, but, sheltered by his brother Unionists, he retreated to Mr. Myers's yard, when he cut off his beard and whiskers, and was then put over a back wall by his com rades just as the police were entering the yard. So far, therefore, he has managed to escape, but Messrs. Lucas are determined to spare no trouble or expense in their endeavour to apprehend and punish him. It is only surprising that such an outrage as this has not occurred before. The Union men and the paid pickets sent by the Trades' Union collect in such numbers round the works of Messrs. Lucas, and, indeed, all works from which the Union men are on strike, as quite to crowd and obstruct all the foot-ways. At Messrs. Lucas's they remain thus nearly all day, taunting the non-Union men as they enter and as they leave work, sometimes hooting at them, and using all sorts of taunts and insults. Now, when scarcely a month passes without some poor orange girl or miserable costermonger being taken up and fined for obstructing the footway in their attempts to g ain an honest living, it is not too much to expect that the police might also show their vigilance in the case of these pickets. In their case no conceal ment is attempted as to their object. They are sent by the Trades' Union, paid by the Trades' Union, and loiter and crowd the pathway all day round the entrance to the works openly with an attention to annoy or intimidate the worknen who do not belong to the union. This is, we think, a case where the rather ill-defined powers of the force as to making loiterers move on might with the utmost propriety be exercised. It is to be regretted, though we can hardly be surprised at the feeling, that Messrs. Lucas's men are so angry at the attack on their comrade, that a collision between them and the Union men is feared. No precautions should be neglected to prevent such a disastrous occurrence, which, if it did take place, would amount to a serious riot. 2111 S DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 18.—Wind this day at noon, N. ; moderate breeze and fine, but weather several degrees colder. PLYMOUTH, May 17,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Rangoon, screw steamer, from London, for Alexandria. SOUTHAMPTON, May 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Shannon, steamer, for the West Indies ; Alhambra, screw steamer, for Lisbon. BRISTOL, May 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Marianne, from Demerara; Tamerlane, from New York. CARDIFF, May 16.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Cambridge, from New York. Sailed—Flying Cloud, for Buenos Ayres; Emilie, for St. Thomas; Jane Herbert, for Gib raltar. CLYDE, May 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Alkmaan, from Surinam ; Blonde, from Trinidad ; Cauva, from Trinidad. HULL, May 16.—Sailed—Empress, for Rio Janeiro. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Santeima Gezina ' froni Groningen ' • from Alloa ; Queen Adelaide, from Pittenween ; Minerva, Ally, and Effort, from Sunderland ; Bertha, from New port ; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—La Poule, for Cherbourg. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 18—Ernestine, from Kiel ; Embla, from Colberg ; Jane McDonald, from Konigsberg ; Elizabeth and Mary Ann, and Galatia, from Gothenburg; Sultan, from Libau ; Halle, from Engelholm ; Lady Grey from Dantsic ; Semeria, from Norkyoping ; Anna Dreslin, from Landscrona ; Telegrafen, from Uddewalla ; Hebe, from Dantsic ; Mistettin, from Gothenburg ; Lady of the Lake, from Messina ; Hermod , from Cinbritham ; Yeneberne from Rostock ; Genlus, from Stockholm ; Ellen, from St. Michael's. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia ! Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) . • • • .. May 19. Do. (via Marseilles) May 13. Brazil and Cape Verds . June 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &so. .. • • Cuba and Mexico May 29 Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. May 15. Cape of Good Hope, ez e . June 1 China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) May 19. Do (via Marseilles) May 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. May 19. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) May 19. Do. (via Marseilles) May 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. May 26. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. May 20. Lisbon .• .. May 19. Meta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. May 21, Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. May 21. United States, California, &c. May 23. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. June 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. May 29. ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.—The Atlantic Royal Mail steamship Columbia arrived at Liver pool yesterday, for the purpose of having the floats of her paddles repaired, and to make good other damage sustained (during the last voyage from St. John's, Newfoundlane, to Galway) by coming into contact with an iceberg. The literary world (says the Post) has occasion to regret the loss of a liberal and discriminating patroness in the death of Miss Richardson Cuner. For more than fifty years she was engaged in the form ation of a library at Eshton, which at her death numbered some 27,000 volumes among them many rare editions of the Holy Scriptures, Magna Charta, the Hopkinson i M.S., &c., a nd said t o b e by far the best private collection n the kingdom. The catalogue, of which a few copie s were printed for privat e circulation, is a work of intrins ic value. TIIE CENSUS IN MARYLEBoNE.--Yesterday at a meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Marylebone, held in the board-room of the workhouse, Mr. Charles Beevor in the chair, Dr. Bachhoffner made an in teresting statement of the census returns as regards this parish, which he had obtained from the official sources. He asserted that the total population was 161,609. The male population amounted to 70,121, and the female to 91,488, showing an excess of females of upwards of 21,000. Pre vious to the year 1841 no statistical return could be pro perly depended upon, but at that time the total popu lation of the p ar i s h was 135,119. It wou ld seem a very curious fact that the increase of population from 1841 to 1851 was upwards of 22,500, whilst the increase from 1851 to 1861 was slightly under 4,000 only ; but Dr. Bach • hoffner partly accounted for this singularity by remarking that during the former ten years there was not such a fixed population in Marylebone as in the latter period. Then it would be recollected that a very great portion of that now densely populated fipopeulldas.ted part of the parish, St. John's Wood, was He was of opinion; from the immense mass of statistics that the publication of the blue book could not be reasonably expected for the next three years, al though a summary of the census would probably be issued ;eat month. PAPER MILLS. Yesterday morning the following return was issued of the number of paper mills at wink in England, Wales, Scot land, and Ireland respectively in each year from 1838 to 1860 : England Scotland. and Wales. 1838 .. 416 .. 49 • • Ireland. Total. 60 .. 525 55 .. 519 52 .. 462 50 .. 486 49 .. 472 50 .. 464 52 .. 461 50 .. 448 47 .. 452 45 .. 453 44 .. 447 41 .. 436 39 .. 415 37 .. 416 34 .. 394 30 .. 390 29 .. 405 29 .. 409 28 .. 393 28 .. 374 27 .. 386 25 .. 385 26 .. 384 1839 .. 414 50 .. 1840 .. 362 .. 1841.. 388 .. 1842 .. 375 .. 1843.. 369 .. 1844 .. 363 . 1845 .. 356 .. 1846 .. 359 .. 1847 .. 360 .. 1848 .. 354 .. 1849 .. 345 .. 1850 .. 328 .. 1851 .. 327 .. 1852 .. 312 .. 1853 .. 308 .. 1854 .. 325 .. 1855 .. 328 • • 1856 .. 314 .. 1857 .. 294 .. 1858 :: 307 1859 .. 308 1860 .. 306 52 . . 52 . . /52 . . Mr. Richard Cobden, M.P., has left the Hotel de la Grande Bretagne, Rue Caumartin, Paris, on his return to England. THE NEW CANADIAN MAIL STEAMSHIP HIRER NIAN.—This vessel, which is a new screw-steamer of great power, sailed on her first voyage from Liverpool to Quebec on Thursday last, but, we regret to learn, met with some accident when off Donaghadee yesterday morning, which caused her to return to Liverpool. This has occasioned much regret. The Hibernian is an entirely new vessel, with all the modern improvements, and is considered a very fine specimen of naval architecture. DEATH OF MRS. HERMANN VEZIN.—We regret to announce the decease of Mrs. Hermann Vezin, wife of the esteemed actor now at the Princess's Theatre, who died on Saturday afternoon after a long illness. Mrs. Hermann. Vezin, who enjoyed some celebrity as an actress in Ame rica and on the Continent, appeared at the Surrey Theatre two years ago, and made a very favourable impression. The deceatied, who was in her forty-second year, breathed her last in a state of unconsciousness, and was thus hap pily spared much pain.—Era. MR. BRIGHT ON THE on ThursdayßEFOß REFORM evening MOVE aMr BilstonT--A public meeting was held to establish a political union for that town. About 200 persons, chiefly operatives, were present. A letter from Mr. Bright was read, in which the following passage oc curs :—" What is wanted is a better organisation of the towns in favour of Reform, that the working men should express the opinions they hold on the subject of Reform. If this can be brought about during the coming autumn and winter, we may see a great change in the temper of the House of Commons during the next session. The towns in your part of the country might do something impc•rtant if they would enter into correspondence on this great subject. The attacks upon me do not affect me, but I feel deeply the slanders which are uttered in the House of Commons against the majcrity of my country men." OPEN-AIR SERVICE IN GIIEENWICH PARK.—By the kind permission of her Majesty's First Commissioner of Works the open-air service in Greenwich Park, under the auspices of the Lord Bishop of London, which last year proved so successful, will be recommenced on Trinity Sun day. The Rev. J. P. Courtenay, London diocesan home missionary, has been again appointed the preacher. It appears that the irregularities in the service of the Galway American Steam Company have resulted in the withdrawal by the Government of the•contract granted by Lord Derby's Cabinet to Mr. Lever, under which a subsidy of between £70,000 and £BO,OOO per annum was payable to that undertaking. After the warnings already given to the company the Chancellor of the Exchequer was bound to take this step. The directors allege that they are prepared to answer all the complaints of the Post -office ; but, although, notwithstanding the discreditable and reckless character of the original grant, no one desires to see them harshly treated, it is difficult to conceive that they can raise any complaint that due consideration has not been shown them. Mar c Anloinette's hair, during her imprisonment, became completely colourless. Such changes of colour may now be completely restored by Herring's magnetic brushes, ac., of which Dr. Hassall reports, " I regard them as the most per fect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanicalcon struction, and their magnetieal action." They are the re medy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. N.B.—Coun terfeits, are being made. Offices, V, Basiughall-street, Lffildoll. tram hnt prove ZOB. Ito ova No 44 don pot x. Cot alte Th almo area there Hate - Wale Nut Mail Ba n k Per t Per Indi a Diti Dit Dit Dit I) it COUG kteh, "Dit tin * , keZi( lie"? IJit a f e ,, &hits 4 4 Al