The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-05 00:00:00

THE SUN,I:ILONDON,' TRIDAY ~'EVENING ; APRIL 5, 1861. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lemee, Mr. J. B. Bnokstone. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with A DUKE IN DIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss F. Baydon, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr. Suckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, &a. After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original MILLERy the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of THE AND HIS MEN. -Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Soie*Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. Two New Dramas.—Reappearance of Mr. John Drew, and sth appearance of Miss Matilda Heron. THIS EVENING, THE TWO GREGORIES. After which, a new original comic drama, written by Saml. Lover, Esq., entitled MAC CARTHY MORE ; or, Possession Nine Points of the Law. -John Drew, J. Johnston, Forrester, 3. Rouse, Medlin; Misses Rawlings, Hudspeth, azc. To conclude with a new drama, NEW YEAR'S EVE ; or, The Belle of the Season. Messrs. H. Neville, Villiers, Jag. Johnstone, J. Roue : Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Matilda Heron, Kiss Willard, &c. itOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Shore, Meadows, Garden, and Miss C. Lecleroq. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Feohter. Sup ported by Messrs. Ryder, Hermann Vezin, Graham, Shore , Meadows, Ac. ; Misses Heath, R. Leclercq, and Elsworthy. NEW' THEATRE-ROYAL, ADEL PHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Great Attraction for the Eater Holidays.- s th appearance this season of Mr. B. Webster and Miss Julia Daly. THIS EVENING, a new drama (2d time) MAGLIORE, PRESTIDIGITA2 OR. Messrs. B. Webster J. L. Toole, D. Fisher, dm.; Miss K. Kelly, Miss H. SiMMR, , jr.c. Atter which, OUR GAL. Miss Julia Daly, Mr. Romer, Mr. Eburne, and Mr. Warde. Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at T. CANTERBURY -tmiHnster-rALL CONCERTS!! Wesoad. Proprietor........ C. Morton. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, IL CORSARO, This opera has never been produced is this or any other country, except at these Concerts), having met with that de cided success which charactissi the most popular works of this great Muter, will be performed EVERY EVENING ; together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI mENTO, by Donizetti, Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and C. W. Bernard. Director, F. Jonghmans. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A. B. Hollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and the Brothers Conrad. John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the Establishment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIS DAY.—Morning, 10h. 40m.—Afternoon, 11h. 19ra To-monnow.-Morning, 11h. 56m.—Afternoon, —h. —m THE WEATHER.—SUN OPPICE, APRIL 5, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest 'Since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BaßostzTEß-29.95. WlND—North-Westerly—light; with dull weather, but dry. However much we may be opposed to the views entertained by Mr. ROEBUCK in regard to the position in which Austria stands relatively to Italy through Venetia, that is to say, to Italy One and Indivisible—there is no doubt at all that the hon. and learned gentleman not only hit the right nail on the head, but hit it moreover a good down right sledge-hammer blow when he remarked the other day at Sheffield that NAPOLEON wanted his own relatives established there in the Roman Peninsula. That is indubitably the arriere pensee of the Italian Policy of that idol of Europe, the self-styled Moderator of Revolutions. And that arriere pensee furnishes us with a clue through all the windings and doublings of that more than Cretan labyrinth guarded by the grim imperial Minotaur. Was - it not • manifest at the very:outset of the War of Liberation ? The Prince NAPOLEON, for example —was he not, for this express purpose and to this distinct end, united to the daughter of VICTOR EMMANUEL, in order to render him, at once, an Italian Prince by marriage ? Was he not sent round by Leghorn manifestly in order that he might be in readiness, at the first opportunity, to slip into the vacated shoes, and ascend the vacant throne of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY ? What was the avowed design of the EMPEROR'S General when marching upon Milan and meditating in the saddle his famous Proclamation ?—that illusory Procla mation promising, in express terms, the liberation of Italy from the Alps to the Adriatic, and then almost immediately afterwards dashing down to dust the high hopes raised by that superb promise, dashing them down to the very dust by the miser able compromise of Villafranca ? W hat was the EMPEROR's project, even then, in his better mo ments, in regard to the future of the Roman Peninsula ? What but the now almost forgotten scheme of an Italian Confederation ! And the meaning of this was clearly enough manifest. It would have been readily comprehensible in the simple remembrance that the proposition emanated from a BONAPARTE. It was as visible and glaring as the noonday sun when viewed in the light of the then situation all through that peninsula ! With 20,000 of his MAJESTY'S troops still then (as now) firmly established in the very midst of Italy, at Rome, on the vantage ground of the seven hills ! With Prince NAPOLEON at the head of his division of the " Grand Army"—in Tuscany ! His Imperial High ness having been opportunely allied just before to the Royal House of Savoy (house of Savoy now no longer), having taken to wife the young Princess CLOTILDE, daughter of King VICTOR EMMANUEL Above all, with his MAJESTY himself yonder in the north of Italy, upon the plains of Lombardy, as Commander-in-Chief of a force of 200,000 men, hav ing there martialled under his banners the soldiers not only of France but of Piedmont ! Southwards-- everything then to hope for, in the interests of MURAT, through the paralysis fallen upon the BOUR BON rule, and through the consequent certainty that there too would be empty shoes for another Imperial Highness, there too would be a vacant throne for another dear cousin to ascend as Sovereign. Why in the glare of the light of that the then situation of affairs in Italy, the real meaning of the Italian Confederation talked of by NAPOLEON 111. was perfectly obvious. It meant a snug family party at the council board of that proposed Confedei ation —under the nominal Presidency (just to keep up appearances and to hoodwink the -Ultra moutanists) under the nominal Presidency of the POPE, but under the real presidency of ihe Head of the Family, his disinterested Majesty NAPO LUM 111. That magnificent Liberator of Italy who had gone forth to accomplish the work of her Liberation, affecting all the chivalrous mag nallil%Pf Dort QUIXOTE but who returned from the labou r of its only partial achievement with the purloined fealty of Savoy and Nice slipped into his pocket With an adroitness worthy of " One of Mr. FAGIN'S lade," CHARLEY BATES, or the Artful Dolger. The ignominious di s , . the PPointrnent of MAJESTY'S hopes aboutall his Confederation, the futility of all his indirect Italiant (Princ e to establish one of his Lupo-jai Cousins another AroLEoN) Two sieir(Prinee on the throne of Tuscany, and MURAT) on the throne of the ori Zt i b i e -wonderful simplification of the whole complex problem of Italian Liberation by the merging of all the various vacat e d States Lombardy, Parma, Modena, Tus vany, the Legations, the Two Sicilics—into one Sovereignty under the chieftainship of the Be Galantuomo : events, results, world-famous occur rences like these account quite simply and compre hensibly for the sullen silence and apparent impas sibility with which that enigmatic EMPEROR at the Tuileries has been looking on all this while at the progress of affairs in Italy—in point of fact, ever since his interview with the young Kaiser at Villafranca. Hence GARIBALDI was left absolutely to shift for himself when he went across with his little phalanx from Genoa to Marsala! The very Sovereign for whose advan tage that heroic adventurer was imperilling his life, and far more than his life in his own estima tion, the hopes that had so long gladdened it— VICTOR EMMANUEL himself, for the extension of whose dominions GARIBALDI was thus audaciously daring Fortune and tempting his Destiny—the King of SARDINIA, King of LOMBARDY, King of ITALY, as he teas to be in the hereafter, was withheld by the same Napoleonian in fluences until success was achieved, from any overt complicity in GARIBALDI'S matchless enterprize. GARIBALDI, at any rate, thereby winning for himself the additional and supreme glory of being able to say with CORIOLANUS, " Alone I did it !" Hence, likewise, in subjection to the same influences, the Siege of Gaeta was prolonged, and prolonged far beyond the period to which there was any need for its being extended. NAPOLEON 111., dis appointed in his original designs, disgusted at the manifest impracticability of inducting his relations into Italy, there to settle them down com fortably into a Prenchified Italian Confederation all this while past—would—and yet would not ! His MAJESTY'S emotions, by the way, must have been rather peculiar we should imagine all this while—during those marvellous deeds of daring done by GARIBALDI and during the consequent expansion of VICTOR EMMANUEL'S dominion, down wards from the southern borders of his new province of Lombardy, through Tuscany, through Parma, through Modena, down to the extremest tip of the toe of that more than Seven Leagued Boot of Italy. Since Mr: ROEBUCK blurted out that remark the; other day down at Sheffield, his argument has been rather ludicrously corroborated ludicrously, we say, because we cannot induce our selves to look upon what we here refer to, seriously —namely, by the publication of that preposterous letter from the Prince LUCIEN MURAT to "Dear Duke" Somebody trying to coax the Nea politans over to himself by a grand Muratist Counter-Revolution ! This wonderful little, by the-way-Manifesto has, we are quite aware, since its appearance, been formally repu diated by the French Imperial Government. Of course, we all know what that meant ! It had fallen a dead letter—or rather in the midst of an explosion of laughter—and therefore it has been repudiated. But—supposing it had succeeded ! had given evidence, sooner or later, of succeeding, of firing the train and producing eventually the grand and triumphant explosion of a Muratist counter revolution ! Ah !—then we should have had a quiet reference to " the inexorable logic of events." What a pity it is that—in the Napoleonian sense— events are sometimes so illogical and inconsequent. The American newspapers and correspondence, if they do not materially differ from the telegrams, give some rather curious views of the working of things in the two Confederations. Mr. LINCOLN'S difficulties appear to be increased by the danger of division among his own party. There is on the one hand the large majority of honest Free-Boilers, who will hear of no compromise or half measures. They elected Mr. LINCOLN to fight to the last the battle with the Slaveholders, and any sign 01 weakness or hesitation on the part of their leader will quite cool their zeal, and induce them, at the elections for Congress, to vote for representatives who would not support anything like a trimming poliey. New Hampshire has just held her election of members for Congress, the Governor and other officials; and though the Republicans had a ma jority of 3,500, yet this was a reduction from one of 9,000 at the last election. This was due, it seems, almost entirely to the rumour that the Government would probably withdraw its troops from Fort Sumter; the news had not spread abroad much, or it is even thought that the Republicans would have been beaten. If feeling was so strong in this quiet old-fashioned little State, we may expect that it will be difficult indeed to deal with in the newer, and to use their own phrase, more " go-a-head" Northern States. It is not, however, easy to see how Mr. LINCOLN can retain Fort Sumter. The seventy defenders must soon be starved out, if supplies be not sent them ; and the Carolinians have erected, it appears, such powerful well-armed batteries on the shores of the harbour which surround the Island, that the Fort, strong as it is, could not long hold out against a general attack ; neither could any hostile force, without heavy loss, march upon the batteries in order to relieve the Fort. It seems to be quite certain that if all the army of the United States were to attack the shore batteries, as must now be done to accomplish anything effectual, it would be not half large enough for the purpose. Mr. LINCOLN'S most Republican supporters will there fore be unreasonable indeed if they quarrel with him. The BUCHANAN conspiracy, going on for a long time while he was a mere powerless President elect, has placed him in his present situation ; and, mortifying as it must be to see the brave Major ANDERSON and his brave little band so deserted, the blame rests with BUCHANAN and his Cabinet, wholely and solely. Even on this side the water we can be sure of that ; and, cordially sympa thising with the position of the brave men in Fort Sumter, we can hardly wish Mr. LINCOLN to be guilty of what must be useless bloodshed in a vain attempt to relieve it. To feed, however, the discontent of the ardent Republicans, there appear to be also a host, numbered by thou sands, of disappointed aspirants to office. The well-known and corrupt system of the States being to turn all the servants of the State, down to the village post-master, out of office, when a new President has been elected by the party opposed to that which gave them their appoint ments, Mr. LINCOLN, has, it is therefore to be feared, much difficulty before him in keeping hi s own party together. He will have difficulty also, in all probability, of a serious character, in regard to finances, Hitherto, with the exception of land-sales, almost the entire revenue of the Federal Government has been raised by Customs. These must, it would seem, produce but little as things now stand. The unsettled state of politics alone acts as a dis couragement to trade. Our own exports to the States were in consequence very much reduced last year. This year it is likely they will be still smaller. The new protective tariff of the North can hardly fail to diminish the importations to a far greater extent than the advance in duties will compensate. Besides, in all probability New Orleans chiefly, and the other Southern ports in their measure, will attract by their lowered tariff the consignments which might otherwise have been made to New York or Boston. Even•the tributaries Of the Mississippi may be made subservient to the object in to of carrying the Nort h -west States ,of the Union the goods which have entered at New Orleans by the lower tariff of the South. Indeed any policy more suicidal on the part of the North, than sending over to Europe and England a hostile and most intricate and perplexing tariff, at the very same time as the Southern States send us one of the greatest simplicity, and constructed for Revenue purposes only, can hardly be conceived. It remains to be seen what chance the Government has of negotiating its new loan of twenty-four million dollars, on the faith of such a foolish, selfish, protectionist tariff. On the other hand, all is not quite bright for the South. It has not been ascertained that any part of their loans hitherto authorised have been taken up. Even Southerners themselves, if they have money to spare, a rather rare case, do not like lending it to a Government composed half of repudiation States, and headed by a President trained in that School. Their revenues, too, are yet to be collected, their trade to be almost created, and money does not like to trust itself on such chances. It turns out also that there is an anti- Secessionist party in the South, so strong that the leaders of the movement have not ventured to appeal yet to the people except indirectly. They appropriated about £lOO,OOO belonging to the Federal Government in Louisiana, and are busying themselves in raising and equipping soldiers, but between their party divisions and want of money, they, though acting with more decision, may soon become as much embarrassed as Mr. LINCOLN and the Republicans in the North. In such a complication of circumstances, predic tion is useless. The high probability of the seces sion becoming a permanent one, increases, but no one can foresee the effect of the inconveniences which both parties will soon feel. England can have but one wish,—that civil war should be avoided, and that the slave trade should not be re-opened. The last, indeed, ought to be a sane qua non of our acknowledging the new Confederation. At present the South is playing a thoroughly hypocritical and politic part on that subject. The Gulf States would like to re-open the trade, but they want to purchase the Border States, by offering them the profitable trade of breeding negroes for their plantations ! Should the latter join the North, the South will resort to Africa, if England permits it. PONTIUS PILATE 11. has proceeded to judgment. The Bishop of POICTIERS is now at his mercy. A decree has issued which, "considering" one cir cumstance and law after another, thus concludes— " And, whereas, according to the terms of the Declaration of 1682, it is a fundamental maxim in the French law That the Chief of the Church, and the Church itself, have only received power over spiritual things, and not over civil temporalmatters;' that, consequently, the pastoral letters which bishops may address to the faithful of their diocese must only have for object to instruct them in their religious duties ; " Whereas, the Bishop of POICTIERS, by his pastoral letter of Feb. 22 last, took on himself to censure the policy and to criticise the acts of our Government ; " Considering that the said pastoral letter also contains an offence against our person, and makes remarks calculated to alarm the religious belief of our Catholic subjects; " Considering that these facts constitute an excess of power, a contravention of the laws of the empire, and a proceeding which might arbitrarily disturb the conscience of citizens ; " Our Council of State having been heard, "We have decreed and do hereby decree as follows : " Art. 1. There is an abuse in the pastoral letter of the Bishop of POICTIERS of Feb. 22, 1861.' " The said pastoral letter is and remains sup pressed." At first sight the reader would think the con clusion of this solemn document rather a feeble one —a ridicules mus from the mons parturzens. What can the Bishop of POICTIERS care for the suppression of the pastoral after it has done all the mischief he meant it to do ? And as to the legal offence of an " abuse," he must, we may suppose, laugh heartily at the verdict ; he meant that the pastoral should be an abuse of his spiritual position to a secular purpose; and the decree seems, there fore, only to proclaim his triumph. But we must not conclude too hastily. The actual punishment is light enough, but the laws cited are the sting of the degree. The " offence against the person," which may be supposed to be that of rebaptising the Emperor with the name of the Roman Governor, may be punished by a fine of from 500 to 10,000 francs, with imprisonment from six months to Ave years ! The publishing of a pastoral, in which shall be inserted any censure or criticism on the Government, subjects the offender to banish ment. The decree therefore pretty plainly, by referring explicitly to these paragraphs of the penal code, tells the Bishop that he is liable to all these serious consequences, if the Government sees fit to bring them down on his head. The Bishop is told that he lies at the mercy of the man whom he has reviled. What is the most remarkable of all to English men is, that the law under which the pastoral is pronounced an abuse, was one made during the time when democracy had even abolished the Chris tian era! It is dated 18th Germinal An 10! and, amongst other vague offences, was specified that of " arbitrarily disturbing the conscience of the citizens." Under such a law religious liberty is obviously impossible. Who shall say what is an arbitrary attempt to disturb conscience, and what a reasonable one ? Every Religious Reformer must have but a poor chance indeed, if he belonged to the higher order of ecclesiastics against whom the law is directed. Our Puseyites on the one hand, and Essayists and Reviewers on the other, would be rather hard put to it to show that they had not needlessly caused the good people some little perturbation. However, we manage these things better in England, and hope we ever shall. Rude abuse of the Sovereign, under the garb of religion, would in England need no legal punish ment. We are glad to learn (says the Cheltenham Examiner) that his Grace the Duke of Beaufort is now in a fair way of recovery from his recent severe affliction. His grace is now able to take carriage airing, and it is confidently hoped that he will soon be equal to horse exercise, to which he is well known to be so devotedly attached. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have passed through town from South Wales, where they have been on a visit to Lord and Lady Tredegar, for Wim pole, Cambridgeshire. The Duke de Modena is about to leave Vienna for Venetia. General Cabrera, Count de Morera, has ar rived in the Austrian capital from Modena. of next o u xsth week. d LORDnobleman 10 r E d L wE a li i lg I na . It is e iwins travelling probableEnglEngland nd ian: that thi i ihis m th i i d ß s d d E l i e T st:i ß leisure from Trieste, and is expected in Paris on Saturday next, where BherAeLLLaodT so Lady Elgin will weeklyllgoTtomeet him. T meeting of . the executive committee was held on Tuesday, at the offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers—The Rev. W. H. Bonner in the chair. Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Bontems, Mr. S. Nodes, Mr. Man, Mr. EH) &C., were present. The following subscrip tions were announced, amongst others : —A. IV. Daulton, ; J. C unn i ng h am , Brentford, 2s. ;W. F. Delarue; ls. ; Sir W. Atherton, M.P., 10s. ; C. Cooke, Newport, Isle of Wight, ; Mr. Sergeant Parry, £3 3s. ; Rev. W. H. Bonner, 53.; James Wrigley, Bury, £2; T. Wrigley, Bury, £2 2s. ; T. 13azley, M.P., £3 3s. (additional) ; 20 workmen in the employ cf Mr. Ephraim Helium, Stock port, Xi. J. W. Probyn, Esq., London, was elected a mem ber of the council. Reports relating to movements in the ballot in the several constituencies of Cat lisle, Oxford, Abingdon, and Lewis, were received, and directions giyea, to aid the local friends in their movements, LAT urr, NE -1.v‘,1 TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. TURIN, APRIL 4. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the discussion on the affairs of Naples was con tinued. Signor Ferrari spoke in favour of the autonomy of Naples. (Marks of disapprobation.) He eulo gised Garibaldi, and proposed that he should be ap pointed Governor of the Southern Provinces. Signor Scialoja refuted the arguments of Signor Ferrari. The Marquis Pepoli said, that Murat was the first to proclaim in 1815 the independence,and unity of Italy. The discussion will be continued to-morrow. Garibaldi is still indisposed, and has not yet been present at the sittings of the Chamber. VIENNA, FRIDAY. On the occasion of the opening of the Austrian Diet to-morrow the members will proceed to the Cathedral of St. Stephen, where a religious cere mony will be performed, after which the formal opening will take place in the Hall of Assembly. The last sitting of the present Council of Munici pality was held yesterday. The sitting was a public one. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Paris papers publish a telegram, dated Con stantinople, 4th April, stating that the Porte had addressed a memorandum to the Representatives of the Powers, announcing the blockade of the Adriatic coast on the side of Montenegro. The Report of the proceedings of the Interna tional Commission at Beyrout had been received at Constantinople. The Report indicates dissension among the members. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 4. The official Departonents Tidende publishes the report of the. President of the Council to the King in reference to the affair of the budget, giving a historical outline of that question. The following is a summary of the report : On the Ist March the great Powers insisted that the budget should be submitted to the Estates of Holstein. The Danish Government replied on March 4 that Article 13 of the provisional constitution of Holstein contained the budget. On the 15th and 19th March the Government sent instructions to the royal commissioner at the Diet of Itzehoe, ordering him to explain clearly to the Estates the bearing of Article 13 on the ques tion of the budget. On the 24th March the Government gave in structions to the commissioner to declare to the Estates that Article 13 of the provisional constitu tion gives to the Estates the opportunity of voting on, accepting, rejecting, or amending the budget, even if they should reject all the other articles of the provisorium. On the 25th March the Government forwarded fresh instructions to the commissioner to declare to the Estates that by Article 13 of the provisorium the Diet was rendered , quite as competent on that question as if the budget itself were submitted to it. Notwithstanding these instructions, however, the royal commissioner declared his inability to give a distinct , reply to the interpellation o n th a t question. On the 27th March Lord Wodehouse declared to the Danish ambassador at London that he understood and approved the views of the Danish Government, according to which Article 13 of the provisorium sufficiently provided for the communication of the budget to the Estates. Lord Wodehouse also declared that reply to the interpellation of Lord Ellenborough was to the same effect. ITZEHOE, APRIL 4. In to-day's sitting of the Estates the Govern ment commissioner declared that documents relat ing to the finances would be submitted to the Estates by Government. He said the Estates never had the right of giving a definitive vote on the budget either of Holstein or ,the whole monarchy. The committee will make a report on this communica. tion to-morrow. RALISCII, APRIL 3 (Evening.) The disturbances continue. Crowds are assembling at the frontier station for the purpose of making an insulting demonstration (Katzenmusik) against M. Szcypiorni, the director. The windows of his house were smashed by the people. It is said that orders have arrived to sup press tie disorders by military force if necessary.: WARSAW, APRIL 4. Great agitation has been produced here in con• sequence of a manifesto published by the governor, and a speech recently made by him. The citizens agreed to wear the deepest mourning. The persons intrusted with the duty of main taining public order returned their cards of office as constables to the authorities. A great number of the members of the delegation of citizens declare themselves willing to tender their resignation. Count Wielopoiski having made urgent represen tations to the Prince Governor on the critical state of things, Prince Gortschakoff published a second address, which had the effect of trantquilising the public mind. As, however, the agitation has much increased within the last 24 hours, the governor has taken the necessary measures to meet all eventualities. PESTH, APRIL 4. The Emperor has decided that the Diet is to be opened at Buda, whence it will be immediately transferred to Pesth. Count Apponyi has been appointoil to open the Diet. BERNE, APRIL 4. The majority of th e Piedmontese commission charged t o exam i ne t h e pro j ect o f a railway through the Alps which separate Italy from Switzerland have voted in favour of cutting the tumnel through the Luckmanier. The minority were for cutting it through the Splugen. In consequence of this de cision the Bundner Oberland has votool 1,000,000 fr. towards the construction of a line of raiLtway through the Luckrnanier. BOMBAY, :MARCH 12. The Bishop of Madras died at Madras on the 4th inst. Sir Robert Napier has met with a serious acci dent by the fall of his horse. There is no news of importance. more buoyancy, although the amount of business still continues very limited. For the Account, Threes are now at 67f 65c. Railways quiet, but firm. The following were the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 94 95 Credit Foncier Do. end month.... 93 Belgian 4f lO O4 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 651 Roman Bank Shares 2892 501 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 643 7.5 _Spanish Threes 47 75 Do. Account 645 —; Home Debt LITERATURE. Ten "ear's iVanderinps among the Ethioinans. By Thomas T. Hutchinson, F.R.G,S. Hurst and Blackett. • It is an old saying that you cannot wash the Ethiopian white, and Mr. Hul - thicson's ten years experiences among cur sable brethren show that in spite of Exeter Hall enthusiasm and negro worship, the inhabitants of Western Africa may be consi dered almost as a connecting link between the human race and the Gorillas and Ourang Oatang. We do not deny that they are human or that they are capable of civilisation, but it will be a work of time, and centuries must elapse before the man eating savage of fiery Africa can take his stand as a respectable neighbour to the rest of the world The author of ?be-e pages not draw his concluious from the accounts of others, but states what he has himself seen, and those who peruse his experiences among the savages will be able to understand what are the trials to which the missionaries are subjected among the heathens in Africa. Cannibalism seems to be pre valent to an extent which it is impossible to con ceive throughout the entire slave district. Mr. Hutchinson states that he has seen dried human flesh exposed for sale in the markets, and that it is the custom to eat prisoners taken in battle ; likewise, that when any individual is executed, whether for crime committed or for any religious ceremony, the head of the victim is the perquisite of the execu tioner, and the body is divided among the poor. (This is at least economy.) The author was an eye witness to the execution of a prisoner, being concealed in a shed adjoining the place of exe cution. We give his own words to describe the transaction : As the juju butcher stepped back and measured his dis tance to make an effectual swoop at his victim's neck the man moved not a muscle, but stood as if he were uncon scious—till— • Chop ! the first blow felled him to the ground. The noise of a chopper falling on meat is familiar to most people. No other sound was here—none from the man, not a whis per nor a murmur from those who were seated about ! I was nearly crying out in mental agony, and the sound of that first stroke will haunt my ears to my dying day. How I wished some one to talk or scream, to destroy the impres sion of that fearful hough, and the still more awful silence that followed it. Again the weapon was raised to continue the decapitation—another blow as the man lay prostrate, and then a sound broke the silence! But, oh, Father of Mercy of what kind was that noise—a gurgle and gasp accompanying the dying spasm of the struck-down man. Once more the weapon was lifted—l saw the blood flow in gory horror down the blade to the butcher's hands, and there it was visible in God's bright sunshine to the whole host of heaven. Not a word had yet been uttered by the crowd. More chopping and cleav ing, and the head, severed from the body, was put, by the ju-ju executioner, into a calabash, which was carried off by one of his women to be cooked. He then repeated another cabalistic word, or perhaps the same as at first, and directly all who were seated rose up, whilst he walked away. A yell, such as reminded me of a com pany of tigers, arose from the multitude—cutlasses were flourished as they crowded round the body of the dead man—sounds of cutting and chopping arose amidst the clamour of the voices, and I began to question myself whether if I were on the other side of the river Styx, I should see what I was looking at here through the little slit in the wall of my hiding-place ? A crowd of human vultures gloating over the headless corse of a murdered trother negro—boys and girls walking away from the crowd, holding pieces of bleeding flesh in their hands, while the dripping life fluid marked their road as they went a10 , ,g ; and one woman snapping from the hands of another —both of them raising their voices in clamour—a part of the body of that poor man, in whom the breath of life was vigorous net a quarter of an hour ago The whole of the body was at last divided, and nothing left behind but the blood. The intestines were taken away to be given to an iguana —the Bonnyman's tutelary guar dian. Throughout the entire work Mr. Hutchinson carries the reader along with him, his writing is so earnest and truthful that even in the most revolting reve lations of barbaric cruelty we feel that the thing is described as it happened, however how hor rible, and feel convinced that truth is stranger than fiction. Mr. Hutchinson's wanderings took him through various states, the peculiarities of the inhabitants of which he describes, but on the whole he considers the negro race, in spite of what is maintained by the " Nigger Worshippers," as an inferior class of humanity ; and strongly as we condemn slavery in all its forms we cannot but admit that, of all classes of the human species, the negroes are the only ones who would submit to become marketable articles. The Australian savage is set down by ethnologists as the lowest caste of humanity, but against his will work he will not. He may he tortured to death, but, like the American Indian, he maintains his right to conduct his own actions, and to be ruled by no man. Not so the negro ; and say what philosophers may, for the present at least, the mark of Cain is indelibly imprinted on the race. Mr. Hutchinson gives some amusing pictures of African life, and throughout the narra tive the interest never flags. Lectures. By William Longman. Bvo. pp. 248. Longman and Company. _ _ _ Already these remarkable contributions to our national history have attained the magnitude of a goodly volume—a volume evidencing considerable research and persevering industry on the part of their Author-Lecturer. Mr. Longman has now brought down his narrative of the earlier annals of England to the close of the reign of the Third Henry. His third lecture comprises within it. in fact, a comprehensive -el Lulu Vl Liia wiwle of the Tienry 111. from Anno Domini 1216 to Anno Domini 1272—fifty-six years altogether. As with its predecessors the present lecture is an expansion of what was originally delivered (26th October 1860) before Chorleywood Association. The letterpress is embellished with a map of France, showing the possessions conquered to Eng land in that country, and is farther interspersed with a variety of curious woodcut illustrations. As an admirable example of the lucidity of the style in which Mr. Longman lectures to the Chor leywood Association, we give the following sum may of Henry the Third's character : 51U ' sk, THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1881. FRANCE. The Petri e of this evening says' the English• naval division stationed at Malta has been de pat ched to the lonian lands, where the agitation is increasing. The same journal publishes new from Vienna, stating that the Hungarian democra . cit • main tains its demand f or t h e a b so l ute se p ara tion of the administration o f party Hungary from tb at of Austria- BoußsE, April I.—The market ly is shown rather RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1397 50 .. 1400 Northern New ditto BB5 .. 885 Lyons and Mediterranean 946 25 .. 947 50 Geneva 3BO .. Southern 636 25 .. 537 50 "Western ~ . , ... .. Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lozrbard CANADA. On the 16th ult. the Governor-General opened the session of the chamber of the Legislative Coun cil at Quebec. His Excellency spoke as follows : Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly—l congra tulate you on the abundance of the harvest with which Providence has blessed us, and I think I may express the hope that the commercial prosperity of Canada is rapidly reviving. In the year 1860 we have had the honour of welcoming to our shores his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Our gracious sovereign has acknowledged the loyalty which greeted her son in this province, and I feel confident that the grateful remembrance of his visit will live long, in the hearts of our people. Much has lately been effected by legislation, and I hope that the circumstances of the province are such as to require few important measures to be laid be , fore you in this the last session of the present par liament. It is a satisfaction to me to see that the consolidated statutes, both of Upper and Lower Canada, have been promulgated in an authentic form; but I must remind you that something yet remains to be done, and I desire your assistance in assimilating, as far as possible, the law which prevails in either section of the province. A mea sure will be submitted to you having for its object the proper administration of bankrupt estates in Upper Canada. I would earnestly request your care ful consideration of so grave a subject. Some changes are required in our commercial law, and the further improvement of our prison discipline demands the establishment at particular places of certain well regulated gaols or local penitentiaries. The registra tion of j udgments in Upper Canada has been the cause of expense and delay,and I think you will find it expe dient to amend the laws which relate to this matter. The report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands will be laid before you. You will see that the receipts from the department have increased, and that the greatest efforts have been made to establish a sound system of immigration and promote the settlement of our waste lands. My attention has been directed to the fact that a writ, issued by the Court of Queen's Bench in England, has been served in this colony. I have been advised to represent to her Majesty's Government the expediency of pre venting by legislation in Great Britain any possible conflict of jurisdiction. I will also add that certain recent legal decisions appear to make it expedient for you to define by statutory enactment of your own the nature and extent of the laws and customs of Pardament as they shall exist in Canada. Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly—The accounts far the year which has just expired will be laid before you immediately, and I hope you will have no reason for being dissatisfied with the results which they present. You will see that the reception of the Prince of Wales, whilst it was, we hope, worthy of the province and of its illustrious guest, was conducted by the Commissioners of Public Works with a due regard to economy. I have again to ask at your hands the supplies which will be required for the service of her most Gracious Majesty in the current year. Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen,—l have now only to desire you to give your best considera tion to the various subjects on whieh I have touched, an ‘ d I offer an earnest prayer that God will aid your councils, and will bless our people with his choicest gifts. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. In the large nursery establishments in the neigh bourhood of London and elsewhere, many new and valuable plants are cultivated, and come into bloom during the months of March and !April, too ear l y i n a ie - seam.n f‘, p.--1-:1ati.,...- ....4. 4.1.. e triat-,, ry metropolitan flower shows. In order to supply an opportunity for displaying to advantage flowers of this description the managers of the Royal Botanic Society have instituted early spring fetes or flower shows. The present is the third of these exhibi tions, and has proved them to fulfil in a high de gree the purposes for which they were undertaken. One of :these fetes took place on Wednesday, and the day being fine a large and fashionable com pany was present. Not only have the prizes offered for these early flowers induced the gar deners to find out some method of coaxing plants , to flower early, even without any sunshine, but I they have stimulated them to raise new varieties. This was shown by the great variety of hyacinths exhibited, the distinct kinds now numbering some hundreds, instead of some dozens, as was the case a few years back. This result is fully borne out by the following list of pricee awarded. NEW PLANTS.—SmaII silver medal to Mr. F. Fodman, gardener to R. Hudson, Esq., Clapham common, for azalea—Flag of Truce. Bronze medal to Mr. W. Bull, nurseryman, Icing's-road, Chelsea, for eitherozylon nivium. Bronze medal to Messrs. Parker and Williams, nurserymen, Holloway, for statice propinquer. Certificate to Mr. W. Bull, nurseryman, for amaryllis vittata fol. striata. First-class certificate of merit to Mr. F. Fodman for azalea—Lord Elgin; 2d ditto to Mr. W. Bull, for primula sinensis fimbriata nivea plener; 3d ditto to Mr. W. Bull, for primula sines sis rubella plener. SIX STOVE , AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS.--Ist prize to Messrs. J. and J. Fraser, nurserymen, Ley ton, Essex; 2d ditto to Mr. W. Young, gardener to Capt. R. Barclay, West Hill House, Highgate. SIX FOLIAGE PLANTS.-ISt prize to Messrs. J. and J. Fraser, nurserymen; 2d to Messrs W. Cut hush and Son, nurserymen, Highgate; 3d to Mr. W. Young, gardener to Captain Barclay. TWELVE HYACINTHS.-Ist prize to Messrs W. Cutbush and Son ; 2d to Mr. W. Paul, nursery man, Waltham Cross; 3d to Mr. C. Turner, nur seryman, Slough, Bucks. SIX CINERARIAS —lst prize to Messrs. J. Dob son and Son, nurserymen, Isleworth. SIX AURICTJLAS.—ht prize to Mr. C. Turner, Slough ; 2d to Mr. J. James, gardener to F. Wat son, Esq., Isleworth. SIX ROSES.-Ist prize to Mr. Turner, Slough. MISCELLANEOUS.—SmaII silver medal to Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son, for 50 hyacinths; ditto to Mr. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for two boxes of roses ; ditto to Messrs Parker and Williams, for imatopbillium miniatum ; bronze medal to Mr. W. Paul, for collection of hyacinths ; ditto to Messrs. Paul and Son, nurserymen, Cheshuat, for one box of roses ; certificate to Mr. J. James, gardener, for six pansies in pots ; ditto to ditto, for 24 cut pan sies ; ditto to Mr. Davidson, gardener to G. Bishop, Esq , for six gloriniers. First-class certificate of merit to Mr. C. Turner, for cineraria prairie birch; ditto to ditto, for cineraria, James Andrews ; ditto to ditto, for auricula, Rifleman ; ditto to Messrs. F. and A. Smith, nurserymen, Dulwich, for cineraria, Queen of Spring. Second class certificate of merit to ditto for cineraria Antagonist ; ditto to ditto, for Louise; ditto to ditto, for Rosy Morn ; ditto to Mr. James, for cineraria, Duchess of Hamilton. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.—No definite arrange ment has yet been come to relative to the terms offered by Messrs. Kelk and Lucas. The feeling of a great number of the men is against accepting the proposition. INTERNATIONAL COURTESY. half invites France to take French leave of Rome.—Tunch. THE REVIEW ON EASTER MONDAY.—The 18th Middlesex, under the command of Captain Templar, joined at the Marble -arch at 10.30 a.m., and were battalionized with the Victorias in the Ist brigade under Major White head, taking part in all the proceedings at Wimbledon for the remainder of the day, and this corps marched on that dayfui:y 30 miles ; they fell in at half-past 8 o'clock, a.m., and were dismissed at half•pa•it 10 p.m., having been 14 hours on their legs. WELLS CATHEDRAL—The Wz 7ishire .Mirror says!--Only one marriage has been performed in the Cathedral for more than 100 years, in consequence of some ecclesiastical law making it illegal to perform the marriage ceremony in the Cathedral for this long p eriod. This dis ability hax been removed within the last few days, under the provisions of a recent Act of Parliament, which has extended to bishops the power to license places for the j cclebratiou or MArriays. SUMMARY OF THE CHARACTER OF HENRY THE THIRD. Thus ends the history of a king who left behina him no love for his virtues, nor hatred for his crimes. He was an amiable, religious, man; of elegant tastes; but weak, va cillating, and indolent. In order to be left to the quiet en joyment of his favourite tastes a n d occupat i ons, h e was only too willing to make promises, which were no sooner mane than he found re ason t o b rea k them. He had not sufficient strength of mind to rema i n fi rm to h is plighted word. His reign will, however, remain memorable, so long as our constitutional g overnment stands, as having been the time when its foundations were first securely laid. In narrating the events of this reign, I have been con stantly obliged to remark on the weak and blamable points in the king's character ; but it would be unjust to his memory, were I not also to paint out his redeeming good qualities. Unfortunately, however, these were more suited to the adornment of a private station, than to shed lustre on the character of a king. He was p ure i n hi s domestic life, and of strong religious feelings ; and be had a great love for, and was a great patron of, art. " Henry . did more to advance the progress of art than any English sovereign anterior to Edward the Third." He rebuilt Westminster Abbey from its foundation ; he decorated and ornamented Windsor Castle, which was said, by a contemporary writer, to be the most magnificent palace in Europe; and he "re paired, or rebuilt, most of the numerous manor-houses be longing to the crown; besides contributing largely to th e improvement of parish churches in all parts of the king dom." He brought to England many Italian artists ; and his taste for the fine arts must have been one of the sources of that profuse expenditure, which often involved ,him in difficulties. His social qualities were also great, and he displayed them, not only in his liberal entertainments to his great men at home, but in his splendid festivities abroad when he visited France. Here also is Mr. Longman's mention of the more remarkable persons who were the counterpoises of the same Sovereign : REMARKABLE PERSONS IN HENRY'S REIGN. In Henry's reign, the English language was still con fined to the daily intercourse of life, and was not adopted in written books. But there were several writers, who, although they used the Latin tongue, have shed a lustre on this reign. The name of Roger Bacon is the first that presents itself. His learning extended over almost every branch of human knowledge. He is called an astrologer and an alchemist ; but he was really a deep student of na.• ture, whose mysteries he skilfully unravelled. He not only understood the laws of light, but he conceived the idea of a telescope, and made some advances towards an explana tion of the phenomenon of the rainbow. He knew the effects and composition of gunpowder, and was well ac quainted with many branches of what is now called Natural Philosophy. The historians of the time next claim our notice, and the chief of these were monks. There was Matthew Paris a Benedictine monk of the monastery of St. Alban's, William Rishanger, another monk of the same abbey, and Roger of Wendover, s ho was originally a monk of St. Alban's. These are the principal writers whose names deserve mention; but there is another well known Englishman, to whom I have already referred, and without an account of whom the history of this reign would be very imperfect. I refer to Robin Hood. The peroration of the lecture is a general tribute to, we might almost venture to term it an earnest panegyric upon, England's darling Freebooter ! Mentioning Robin Hood, Mr. Longman does not forget to mention also jolly Friar Tuck, stalwart Little John, and little Much-the -Miller with his Lincoln-clad " merry mon all" of the greenwoods. Routledge's Illustrated Natural History. Parts - _ 25 and 26: Part 25 not having come to hand until the middle of last month we were unable to notice it with the other periodicals, but as it treats of some of the domestic favourites of many of our country readers, we give the following extract, showing the extra ordinary sagacity of the raven. That dogs have been known to hunt in company is familiar to all, but the partnership of do: - .; and bird, and also of cat, raven, and co., is something unusual. We hr,.ve not space to give all these anecdotes, bu'i, we quote one as a type of the rest : " One of these birds struck up a great fries 'or a to ri,r dog belonging to the landlord of an inn, wid outr e his friendship so far as to accompany his ally in lio le haat lug expeditious. In these affairs the two comrades us. kill an astonishing number of hares, rabbits, and other game, each taking his own share of th e work. As soon as they Came tc a covert, the raven would station binuelf I side, while the dog would enter the covert and drive out the `hares from their concealment, taking care to send them in the direction of the watchful bird. On his part the raven always posted himself close to one of the outlets, and as soon as any living• creature passed within reach, he would pounce upon it, and either destroy it at once or wait until the ) dog came to his assistance, when by their united efforts the prey was soon killed. Rat• hunting was a favourite sport of these strange allies, and it was said by those who wit nessed the proceedings, that the raven was even more useful than a ferret wouli have been. "Another and a very amusing anecdote of the Raven and its cunning, is related by Capt. M'Clure, the well known Arctic voyager. Speaking of the behaviour of various birds and beasts during the winter, he remarks that the raven is the hardiest of the feathered tribe, and even in the depths of winter, when wine freezes within a yard of the fire, the raven may be seen winging his way through the icy atmosphere and uttering his strange rough, croak ing cry, as unconcernedly as if the weather were soft and warm as an English spring. ' Two ravens,' he observes, ' once established themselves as friends of the family in Mercer Bay, living mainly by what little scraps the men might have thrown away after meal times. " The ship's dog, however, looked on them as his espe cial perquisites, and exhibited considerable energy in main' taining his rights against the ravens, who nevertheless out witted him in a way which amused every one. Observing that he appeared quite willing to make a mouthful of their own sable persons, they used to throw themselves inten tionally in his way just as the mess tins were being cleared out on the dust heap outside the ship. The dog would immediately run at them, and they would jul 4 fly a few yards; the dog then made another runt and again they would appear to escape him but by an inch, and so on until they had tempted and provoked him to the shore a considerable distance off. Then the ravens would make a direct flight for the ship, and had generally done good execution before the mortified-looking dog detected the imposition that had been practiced upon him, and rushed back again." Orley Farm. By Anthony Trollope. Part No. 1 introduced us to the dramaftsperson* Part No. 2, develops the working of the plot—how through the ill-will of a country attorney, the great Orley Farm case was revived, after smouldering though not extinguished for more than twenty years. Mr. Anthony Trollope is as clever as avid in depicting characters, and in Mrs. Mason he has depicted an individual existing, alas, in many families, but seldom selected by writers of fiction " I have already hinted that Mrs. Mason was not a de lightful woman. She had been a beauty, and still amagined that she had not lost all pretension to be so considered. She spent, therefore, a considerable portion of her day in , her dressing• room, spent a great deal of money for clothes, and gave herself sundry airs. She was a little woman with large eyes, and regular eyelashes, with a straight nose, and thin lips and regular teeth. Her face was oval, and her hair was brown. It had at least once peen all trewn, and that which was now seen was brown also. But, neverthe— less, although she was possessed of all these charms, you might look at her for ten days together, and on the eleventh you would not know her if you met her in the streets. " But the appearance of Mrs. Mason was not her forte. She had been a beauty; but if it had been her lot to be known in history, it was not as a beauty that she would have been famous. Parsimony was her great virtue, and a power of saving her strong point. I have said that she spent much money in dress, and some people will perhaps think that the two points of character are not compatible. Such people know nothing of a true spirit of parsimony- It is from the backs and bellies of other people that savings are made with the greatest constancy and the most satis factory results. " The parsimony of a mistress of a household is best dis played on matters eatable—on matters eatable and drink able; for there is a fine scope for domestic savings in tea t beer, and milk. And in such matters chiefly did Mrs. Mason operate, going as far as she dared towards starving even her husband. But nevertheless she would feed her.. self in the middle of the day, having a roast fowl with bread sauce in her room. The miser who starves himself and dies without an ounce of flesh on his bones, while his skinny head lies on a bag of gold, is, after all, respectable. There has been a grand passion in his life, and that grandee work of man, self denial. You cannot altogether despise one who has clothed himself with rags and fed himself with bone-scrapings, while broadcloth and ortolans were within his easy reach. But there are women, wives and mothers; of lawilies, who would give the bone-scrapings to their husbands and the bones to their servants, while they hide the ortolans for themselves ; and would dress their children. in rags, while they cram chests, drawers, and boxes with silks and satins for their own backs. Such a woman one can thoroughly desp se, and even hate; and such a woman was Mrs. Mason of Groby Park," At this early stage it would be unwise to venture a surmise as to the plot of the story, but we have no fear in saying that Mr. Anthony Trollope's neW work will command a full share of public attention• GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. On Wednesday night Mr. and Mrs. German Reed and Mr. John Parry gave an entirely nog entertainment, called" Our Card Basket," written by Mr. Shirley Brooks, The combination of three performers, of course, results in giving the neW entertainment a dramatic character, Mr, Reed has provided himself with a Chamberlain's license, under cover of which he has no occasion to fear the disagreeable results which follow a too comprehensive construction of the well known " Act of George the Second." " Qur Card Basket" has a plot not very novel or complicated, it is true; but yet a plot enough to give greater force and applicability to the various assumptions of character. A married couple of the name of Candytuft, who have recently taken a villa at Rich mond, find they are not visited, and that a false impression is current as to their former social pow tion. To obviate this scandal, Mr. Candytuft sends for an old lawyer, Mr. Babbleton, to whom he gives instructions to prepare a will, bequeathing property to a fabulous amount—bcin a per ropey certain that old Babbleton will chatter of his nor client• wealth all over Richmond. Such is the case ; visitors begin to pour in, among them a Miss Clutchley, a beggar for charitable institutions ; Major Popley, a superannuated old buck; a Miss Absinthe, a passes prancer, a French girl with dog (an absurd character, utterly out of place) ; hunting gentleman ; and three sisters, the Misses Pry, all dressed alike, and creating great laughter by their actions. Between the parts Mr. John Parry, in his own person, and seated at the piano in his old fashion, sings a song in the style for which he was formal-1f so celebrated. The subject is the visit of a juvenile party to a pantomime, and, with appropriate in strumental accompaniments and clever imitations, the whole scene is presented in a most amusing form ; illustrated moreover with a portfolio of capital sketches. Altogether the new entertainment is calculated equally with those which have gone before to please the public, and to exhibit in the most advantageous manner the peculiar talents of Mr. and Mrs. Reed and Mr. Parry, whose excellences are so well knows as to render praise superfluous. THE B 8.171811 VOLUNTEER Iv ROW A letter, dated Rome, March 30, says ;—" Politics have been out of season during the past week in this Most Holy and Eternal City, and in lieu of them we have had a surfeit of the pomps and ceremonies of the Roman Church, blessing of people and palm branches, washing of feet and altars, baptising of Jews, misereres and stabat maters. A great many strangers have come to Rome for the pageant; hotels and lodging houses are crowded, and conveyances at a premium. No very extraordinary incidents have marked the pro gress of the ceremonies, at which, as usual, the English have composed an important se c ti on o f the spectators. The British Volunteer exhi bited himself in various fantastical uniforms, exciting much speculation among the French as to what branch of the service he co u ld pos sibly belong to. The conjectures of the Artillery' men at St. Angelo, as they l eane d over the parapet scanning the carriage load s th at crossed the bridge on their wap to the Vatican, we re amus i ng to l i ste n to. One gallant individual, in very tall boots, e scarlet coat, and a bl ac k leather helmet, was as especial puzzle to them —even the old Crimean° being at a l oss t o d ec i de upon his corps. I believe it was finally settled that he was either a Life Guardsman or a fireman. It is a very difficult thing to prevent an Englishman from wearing . ° uniform when he can establish any pretext for it; and particularly when it saves him the necessity 0 ,1 turning out in a bl ac k d ress su i t at 9 a.m., b ut I t h i ng the general feeling is that the British Volunteer° would do best to wear their Volunteer dress only in the British islands. This is a matter of taste, 9 0 ' none can deny their right to wear the clothes they themselves have paid for; but they must make 11 1' their minds to be looked upon as National Guard and to endure the searchi ng cr iti c i sm o f f or eign, military men. Of course, there w ere man y French at all the ceremonies, and a story is current of a slight collision which took plac e y es t er d a y in St. Peter's between an officer and one of the great dig nitaries of the Pope's household. An Italian; having pushed agai ns t th e l a t ter, l a id th e blew . upon some French:officers w h o , h e sa id, were push' ing him, and to whom th e M ons i gn ore ther6upcT addressed reproachful words, saying that French plcliers were not wanted there. The officer t. whom this remark was mo r e particularly directed the said h eepi epithet have e t,,1 apostrophised mbeciier, to the which M a ocnosliognneolre b who andstood the truthful rev remarkgen tT e that if l. by haed French added the were pungentnot here man would not he here either. 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