The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-02 00:00:00

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.— C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmi been th selected to the Queen, 33, Bruton-street, Bon d- s treet, having by the C)mmittee to make the "BADGE" to be worn by the Members of the " National Rifle ASSOCiatiOn," begs respectfully to inform them that it may be procured at his Establishment, or on the grounds at Wimbledon, in SILVER, price 7s. ed., and in GOLD ENAMELLED, price Three Guineas. ..................4 trITEATItg-ROYAL, HAYM.6.II.KET. L6B4ee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rila EVENING, the . ppriorrnanoes will oommcnoe with TliE SAPPIEST DAIL OF MY LIFE. After which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Bnckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, ac. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC by Mr. C. Mathews. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commenoe at 7. ROYAL PRINCES S'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new comic drama, entitled A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder Shore, and Miss M. Harris. After which, KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Phelps. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (2d time) MR. GORILLA. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne. After which (221st time), TIIE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boudeault, D. eisher, 13111ington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, MISS Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with the susful new Be Be entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L cce . s Toole. Mr. P. dford. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. CONCERTS EVERY EVENING. Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas. including Verdi's new Opera, THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England at this Estlishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale ab unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by air. Levy (the first performer of the day) ; the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double r ope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites: —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth; the NERVES, by Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. T H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includesa Selections (by a full company of principals , po werful band, nd chorus) from "Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Maschera." both opera Duets s by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowne d LEVY—Scotch by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Condu ctor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by Miss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), W. R. Wieland, E. Marshall. and W. Randall. Admission, sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. privat e Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA.T.—Morning, Bh. 54m.—Afternoon,: 9h. 26m. To-moußow.-Morning, 9h. 58m.—Afternoon, 10h. 30m. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JULY 2, 1561. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADY. 75—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morniag and during the night. 69—this day at ROOll. BA.RolrrEn.-30.0 ; falling again.' Wrana—West- North - Westerly ; fresh, with cloudy weather. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1861. Is the "sick man" about to rally ? It were early yet to predict anything like convalescence, but the symptoms are at least favourable, Our readers probably noticed yesterday the sweeping reforms which the new SULTAN had at once introduced or determined on for his civil list; and civil list reform was the great reform needed in Turkey, ABDUL MEDJID was at the mercy of the ambas sadors in everything else, religious toleration not excepted ; but no ambassador, nor all of them together, could bend his will on the matter of his Harem with its incidentals, and Palace building. He was respectfully warned by all the Powers interested in the stability of his Kingdom that his financial system must be rectified, and they indi cated the enormous expenditure on the Civil List as the first to be reduced. The feeble debauchee, superannuated at thirty•eight, seemed to assent ; the promise of reduction was even published, but it never took effect. He had a will as strong as that of his vigorous father MAHMOUD on the one subject of spending what he pleased on his Harem and on palaces ; and he spent on still, no Chan cellor of the Exchequer nor House of Commons existing to remind him that he was not absolute master of his own treasury. The army might go unpaid and in rags, the navy might be in the same condition, but ABDUL MEDJID would spend in the style of an Oriental despot, let who would in terfere. ABDUL Aziz seems, however, to bo a different stamp of man to his deceased brother. A Hamm at fifteen years of ago does not appear to have per• verted his tastes and enfeebled his powers. He is the husband of one wife ; comes to the throne at thirty years of age; has had an opportunity to learn from the weaknesses of his brother; is a staunch Mahometan ; and if there is reason to fear an undue proportion of the bigotry of his creed, he yet has character enough to do something. One of his first acts has been to set his brother's large and expensive Harem in order ; while it will cost him, we suppose, nothing for a new one. The three hundred wives, or with a few exceptions, married nuns, maintained by the late SULTAN, are all to be disposed of in real matrimony, perhaps to purchasers at a high price, while the few who have had children are to be pro perly provided for. Here will be an immense saving at once. It seems the public has also to bear the cost of supporting three hundred w id ows of the father of the two Sultans, but as we hear nothing of arrangements for them, it must be pr e . sumed they are beyond the marketable age. What ever difficulty the authors of the Belgraveian Lament may find, in this country, in marrying their damsels, ABDUL Aziz foresees no difficulty in marrying those of whom he will have the dis posal ; he will probably find it as good a thing for himself as for them. They, we presume, will not sigh over the change. The reduction accordingly which he proposes for his civil list is enormous—one-sixth or seventh of what his brother required will, he says, suffice him. He will cut it down from £3,000,000 to less than half a million, to £480,000! And all this at once, without any JOHN BRIGHT to move a resolution on the " profligate expenditure of the Government"—or any Mr. GLADSTONE to re echo in other words the same charge in the House of Commons it is really all ex mero motu. We are told, too, that the civil and military employees are to be dealt with in the alrae spirit of Retrenchment. The useless ones are to be pensioned off, no doubt, on very econo mical terms, and the military servants to have appointments in the army ; work for wages is tobe the rule. Even the late SULTAN'S own sons appear to see the necessity of earning their living, and at their own wish will enter the Military College. It would appear also that the diplomatic corps is to be conducted on a more eco nomical scale, and ambassadors required to do duty at two neighbouring courts when one does not find them with work enough. If t h e Spir i t of all these reforms pervade the administration of the Empire it will effect a groat change indeed. Turkey is well known to have abundant resources to fill her exchequer amply, to place her credit high, and to enable her to promote the trade, agri culture and commerce of her splendid territory till she becomes, relatively, one of the richest countries in Europe. Time only can tell whether this is to be the object, steadily pursued, of the nen SULTAN'S reign. One thing must not be forgotten—AßDUL Aztz is on all hands said to be a firm Mahommedan. How will this affect his readiness to harmonize his Government and administration, as far as pos sible with the notions of civilised Europe. Finance is a thing which must be essentially the same under any Government, Mahommedan or Christian, but will he be as disposed, as ABDUL MEDJID appears to have been, to accept the notions of civilized Europe in regard to the treatment of the Christian population in his dominions ? Equally important is the question, what will the fanatical populations of the remoter provinces de, when they learn that the occupant of the Throne is no longer a Giaour reformer, but one who will be disposed to give to Mahommedans the position in the empire which they think their own. Though he must know better than to encourage risings upon the Christian populations, and savage slaughters of them, yet it is quite possible that the rude, ignorant fanatics of distant provinces may imagine they ma y now attempt with impu nity what the late SULTAN, they knew, would not tolerate. If even under his reign they could not be entirely res t ra ined, it is not unlikely that, under a new and more orthodox head of the faithful, we may hear of scenes like those which have recently occurred in Arabia, and still more recently in the Lebanon. A satisfactory understanding has at length been arrived at in regard to the settlement of the nume rous vexatee questiones involved in the Appropria tion of Seats (Sudbury and St. Albans) Bill. The bone of contention, after being ignominiously cast upon the floor of the House by the Home Secretary, has been " scrambled " for, has been picked clean, has been cracked—and they are now (with a relish) picking the very marrow of it. The result of this final arrangement can really be regarded as nothing less than a triumph (in one sense) for the Opposition, and a signal discomfiture (upon one clause) for the Government. Recollect how it was proposed to redistribute the four seats left vacant during so many years by the miserable bribery and corruption brought home to the St. Albans and Sudbury constituencies. Sir GEORGE LEWIS as Home Secretary introduced the Bill— now before the Commons in a wonderfully modified form—as a very ingeniously and elaborately pre pared compromise. The four seats "going a-beg ging" the right hon. baronet proposed shoald be thus redistributed :--One to Birkenhead—One to Chelsea and Kensington—One to the West Riding of Yorkshire—one to south Lancashire. As the noble lord the Foreign Secretary well argued how ever last evening, the failure of the plan proposed by his right hon. colleague is after all but a very partial failure indeed. Three of the clauses in this bill have been accepted by the House in Committee. The Commons in Committee have consented to the award of three out of the four seats, precisely as suggested by the Home Secretary in the name of the Government. Kensington and Chelsea, it is true, are not to have awarded to them the honour :of Parliamentary representation. Ken sington and Chelsea are not each of them to have half a member of Parliament, as originally pro posed by the author of the Bill now under the con sideration of the Legislature. Otherwise the Bill is there before the Commons—at this parti cular stage in its development—pretty well intact. Birkenhead is to have a member— as proposed by the Home Secretary. South Lancashire is to have another member also as proposed by the Home Secretary. The West Riding of Yorkshire, too—it is by no means intended by the House of Commons, shall be de prived of the additional representative set apart for it by Sir GEORGE LEWIS in the portentous Little Reform Bill brought forward this session in the name and on behalf of the Great Reforming Coali tion Government. So far this last assertion is un doubtedly the truth—but then it is only half the truth. The West Riding is not only to have one new member as proposed by the Go vernment—but it is to be divided in twain, and when so divided, it is to have two new members as insisted upon by the Opposi tion. It is in this modification of the bill that we recognise, that we are constrained to recognise, this new success of the Strong Opposition and this new failure of the Weak Government. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was quite right, of course, to plume himself and his colleagues upon the fact that three out of the four propositions embodied in the measure before the House have been accepted by the House—in Committee ! Aye —but my lord, but Sir GEORGE, but " most grave and reverend signiors"—how about that other, how about the fourth seat, how about the manner of its award to a constituency ? " There's the rub !" Kensington and Chelsea struck out of the bill as originally framed—place after place was suggested for filling up the hiatus caused by the unlooked for erasure. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had a great deal to say about the bestowal of the " odd man" upon the University of London. The Irish members had countless reasons to give why the vacant seat should be yielded to the sister island. The Scotch members had equally cogent arguments to adduce why the blank (that everyone was struggling for as a prize) should be sent north of the Tweed for the honour and glory of the hitherto slighted alma mater of the Modern Athens. Independent members, particularly those sitting " below the salt"—otherwise below the gangway—had no lack of places t o part i cularise, places that ought to take preceden ce o f all others in claiming for themselves the privilege of ownin g this still hypothetical representative. Government, among so many claimants, all so . eager, all so clamorous—got fairly bewildered. Sir GEORGE LEW'. Ss as the author of the Bill, had not a Word to say for himself in regard to the selection to be made among these disputants. The Government aban doned the vacant seat to the Commons generally-- for a scramble ! Her MAJESTY'S advisers—(evi dently ill-advised themselves !) —abdicated their functions once again, as they had already done upon so many previous occasions • during this present session of Parliament, ignominiously abdicated their functions to the Opposition. And here again—as had so often occurred previously in similar emergencies—the Opposition hesitated not to accept the proffered responsibility. The right hon. gentleman the Leader of the Opposition —who may be said now fairly to divide the con duct of the affairs of the Commons with the noble viscount at the head of her MAJESTY'S Go vernment—Mr. DISRAELI came in benignantly to the rescue of the bewildered Administration, told the noble lords and the right hon. gentlemen sit ting opposite to him what they ought to do in their then dilemma, what it was the most advisable for them to do, under those peculiarly anxious and difficult circumstances. And they have done it—they are doing it—meekly—accordingly ! The West Riding of Yorkshire is to be divided, according to the suggestion, according to the dicta tion of the Opposition. It is to have a northern divi sion and a southern division. There are to be two members (instead of one new member) for the West Riding—so that when that Riding has been divided, each division will have two representatives ! Mr. ROUNDABOUT and his brothers (if he has any) ought certainly to aspire by right, at the next general election, to fill the four seats of the Siamese West Riding—scats the occupants of which must necessarily require such very round about designations! There will be, let us say, on the one hand, the two hon. or right hon. gentle men the members for the Northern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire ! And on the other hand, the two hon. or right hon. gentlemen the members for the Southern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire ! Rather long-winded desig nations, it must be allowed, for articulation in the heat and hurry of debate. Designations, in fact, so disagreeably circumlocutory in their way, that they are pretty safe to necessitate something in the way of a facetious abbreviation or two. Supposing we offer a hint to this end for the con venience of the more rapid debaters in the Com mons House of Parliament. Supposing we suggest that the new members for the north shall be fami liarly known as the " Nor' Westers"—and that the new members from the south shall be equally well known at the " Sou' Western" — regular " Sou' Westers." Does the House want to raise a breeze upon the subject of Parliamentary reform—Does any one of the Ministry, particu larly the Financial Minister, let us say, want to raise the wind with a ♦iew to the realisation of what is called political capital—there is surely the eligible opportunity ! The absurdity of all this compromise, apart however—that is, if the appro priation of Seats (Sudbury and St. Albans) Bill can be considered apart from the compromise, to the necessity of yielding to which Sir G. LEWIS and his colleagues have complacently conformed —lt is satisfactory, at any rate, to know that the bill itself (as at one time really seemed to be threatened) is not to be shelved or cushioned indefinitely. The bill is to be recommitted once more for certain essential verbal emendations, and then this wonderful little Ministerial Reform Bill, as licked into shape by the Opposition, will have a tolerably fair prospect before it of winning its way to its, at one time almost despaired of, haven of rest as a perfected enactment. Austria and Hungary are at last brought fairly face to face. The Diet has sent up its address, and the EMPEROR has refused to accept it. The result of several consultations of Ministers has been that the President of the Hungarian Chamber of Depu ties has been sent back with it to Pesth, and that a royal rescript has informed the Diet that the address is " disloyal, hostile to the rights of the Crown, and as such could not be accepted by the EMPEROR." Moreover the Diet is schooled in its duty ; it is told to alter both the forin and the con tents of the address, and that in case of refusal it will be dissolved. We shall now, therefore, have a battle of endurance on one side and probably of vio lence on the other. Force will endeavour to over ride the clearest legality. Possibly respecting the form, the Diet may con cede a little, It was only by three votes that M. BEAK'S phraseology, which acknowledged the de facto sovereignty of the present usurper, was rejected. Whether the conduct of the Vienna ministry will irritate the Diet and increase the number of dissentients from M. BEAK'S view, or dispose opponents, for peace sake to give war remains to be seen. It certainly seems, as M. BEAK remarked, impossible to deny the fact that the Emperor of AVSTRIA does exercise Sovereign powers in Hungary ; nor is it apparent that any form of address which merely acknowledged this, would compromise the legal position so strongly taken by the Hungarians. They could still require him to comply with the conditions requisite to legal sovereignty, which indeed the address itself sufficiently indicated. By far the more important point is, the contents of the address. These, as our readers will remem ber, are nothing more than a well stated argument on the actual position of things, the legal rights of Hungary, and a demand for them. There is no thing revolutionary in them. Nothing is asked but the fulfilment of the stipulations of the Pragmatic Sanction, and the subsequent treaties in virtue of which alone the EMPEROR has even the shadow of a title to be KING of Hungary. But those condi tions are historically and documentarily clear on the point that Hungary is no part of Austria ; that her KING may be EMPEROR of Austria, but that the union of the two countries can be per sonal only, and that, therefore, Hungary and its annexed parts must have a separate ministry, a separate army, and a Diet through which the kingdom is governed. It cannot be required, at the bidding of usurped authority, to merge its na tionality in that of the German provinces, to send representatives to a Vienna Diet, as a mere pro vince of the Empire, and to surrender the right of voting the taxes, and the number of men in the army. These are the main points. We hope most earnestly that Hungary will be immoveable. A few years of harassing military persecutions she may have to endure, but she has set a noble example before all Europe of asserting the majesty of right and law against the base, selfish, conceited and ambitious projects of the odious Germans of Vienna. They can have no earthly title to gratify their vanity by swamping a noble and free kingdom in their universal slavery. Germans are born slaves ; Hungarians are born freemen ; and it is for the latter to teach the former that political liberty is a blessing worth suffering for, and worth, when the hour comes, fighting for too. So has liberty been won and retained in the few free countries in Europe, and so it must be maintained in Hun gary. Nothing, of course, is to be hoped for from Austria but through her necessities. Just now she seems to enjoy a moment's repose, because Italy is quiet, and Venetia not yet in danger of immediate attack. But if the Hungarians wait awhile, Austria may yet have her work to do in Italy. GARIBALDI and Colonel TURR are not yet assassinated. KOSSUTH is printing notes for the use of a free Hungarian nation where no despot loving Hom e an d F ore i gn S ecre t ar i es cou ld suggest to courts o f l aw to stra i n t h e i r powers aga i ns t th e noblest of patriots ; and, before another year pass away, Aust r i a may f i nd it expedient to go on her knees to Hu ngary and to ask permission to wear her Crown. THE GREAT PALM HOUSE IN KEW r ar rangement of the rare foreign plant s and t GARDENS.— ce m s a of the vegeatr unique. l An alteration and improvement has been made in the ar gnifi2e:huas in the gre a t All pa l m r - h s e t o pv alms,., 1 , m w s h , i c s: h n r . , e n(d the e rs this p ri n some of which are sixty feet hi g h, are now plante e d world)' out the open ground ; so t hat the visitor ma y walk am ong a in grove of these beautiful an d useful exotics, on a level with their lofty trunks, and o btain such an idea of their man-ai_ ficense and beauty as has no p arallel in Euro p e. Inde ed , in the tropics even it would ba difficult to see such an as semblage of the palms as are now brought together at Kew. Strangers are invited to ascend the spiral stairs and pass round the entire gallery, surrounded by foliage, buds, bloF soms, and fruit, festooning and garlanding the walls and roof:of this splendid palace of flowers and crystal arboretum; the view from many points being very fine, but romantic and sublime in particular in looking over the Pinetum and down:the entire length of the grand avenue, across the Thames V? ZiCll House and Twickenham, „ •' • S s t:isz - Lcymt . , 7 4,',7 1 40 I E THE SUN. T}lEj SUN, LONDON,' TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 2. 1861. A rfl rrt t riy IIL. ...- 4.,- TURIN, JULY 2. The Chamber of Deputies, in its sitting of yes terday, refused to recognize the urgency for taking into consideration a petition, signed by some thou sands of citizens, for the recall of Mazzini into Italy. The urgency of the petition was demanded by Signor Brofferio. The discussion on thst National Loan Bill was hen resumed. Baron Ricasoli, after having spoken of the inten tion of the Government relative to the administra tion of the Interior, said : "We arm not only for the defence of the na tional territory such as it actually is, but also to complete it—to restore it to its natural and legiti mate boundaries," (Cheers.) The Minister then said : " The Government has the happiness to announce to Parliament that, with the exception of Austria, its friendly relations with the principal Powers of Europe are of the most satisfactory kind. The Italian cause enlists general sympathy, and can still count upon having allies. (Bravo.) The recog nition of the kingdom of Italy by England and France and other Powers is a solemn proof of the confidence which we inspire in our friends, and we have reason to believe that it will not be long before these examples are followed by Europe generally. Thanks to the principle of non-intervention, our nationality will very soon be universally and solemnly acknowledged, as well as our incontes table right to complete our independence. (Sensa tion.) I have heard some mention of a project of cession. Permit me, who represent by word and thought the Government of the King, to repel with disdain such an idea. I say, once for ever, that I do not know of a foot of Italian soil which has to be ceded, that I should not wish to cede it, and absolutely will not cede it. (Loud cheers.) The King's Government sees a national territory to defend and to recover. It sees Rome and Venice, and addresses them in words expressing the grief, wishes, hopes, and intentions of the nation. The Government is sensible of the great task expected of it, has decided upon ful filling it, and, God be thanked, will fulfill it. The opportunity which time is preparing will open the way to Venice ; meanwhile let us think of Rome. We wish to go to Rome. Rome, politically separated from the rest of Italy, will continue to be the centre of intrigues and conspiracies, and a permanent menace to public order. For Italians, therefore, it is not only a right but an inexorable necessity. But we do not wish to go to Rome aided by rash and inopportune insurrectionary movements, which might compromise the national work. We wish to go to Rome in accord with France, not destroy ing but building up, and at the same time open ing to the Church a way of reform by giving her that liberty and independence vt hich will invite her to regeneration —a task to be accomplished by the purity of religious sentiment and simplicity of manners—by that severity of discipline which in the primitive ages rendered her glorious and vene rated, and, by the frank and loyal abandonment of that power which is opposed to the great idea of her institution. The Government does not believe this to be an easy path to tread, but draws courage and faith from the very greatness of the work and the strength of public opinion. The Italian revo lution is great because it founds a new era. I hope that the justice of our cause, our prudence, our firmness, our perseverance, and our boldness at the right moment will enable us to attain our end.'' (Unanimous and frequent cheering.) Signori Cordova, Crispi, and Mordini also spoke on the subject. The National Loan Bill was then passed by 242 against 14 votes. The elections resulting from the change of Minis try have taken place here. Baron Ricasoli,President of the Council, was elected in the first, and Signor Minghetti, Minister of the Interior, in the second electoral assembly. PARIS, JULY 2. A telegram has been received here, dated Con stantinople, July 1, announcing that an Imperial Hatti, conceived in a very liberal spirit, was read on that day, which confirms in their posts the Grand Viziers and all other Ministers and public func tionaries, with the exception of Riza Pasha, and invites them to faithfully discharge their duties. It confirms all existing laws, and guarantees the equality of all subjects before the law without dis tinction. It further recommends the Ministry to introduce order and economy in the administration of the finances. The Sultan had received the Ambassadors in solemn audience. PESTH, JULY 1, EVENING. On the Imperial rescript being laid sealed on the table of the Lower House today, cries were raised of " Return it unopened." After some remonstrances, however on the part of the President, the rescript was quietly read. The rescript was read in the Upper House with out disturbance. MADRID, JULY 2. The Republican insurgents are being actively pursued. It is asserted that they are surrounded at Lorca. No doubts are entertained of their speedy exter mination. PARIS, JULY 1. The Patric of this morning says :—" There is no foundation for the report that M. Thouvenel had received a deputation from Rome." The same journal also says :—" The Pope again officiated publicly at mass on the 20th ult. His Holiness was to receive the diplomatic corps on the Ist July." The Patterson family case was decided to-day. The appeal was dismissed, and the first judgment has been confirmed by the tribunal. VIENNA, JULY 1. The Oesterreichische Zeitung of to-day says :-- "The Ministry will very shortly make a statement in the Council of the Empire respecting the steps which have been taken with regard to the question of Hungary and their results. A royal rescript has been sent to the Hungarian Diet, in which the address is stigmatized as disloyal, hostile to the rights of the Crown, and such as could not be accepted by the Emperor. The Diet is requested to alter the form and contents of the address. In case of refuaal, it will be dissolved." MADRID, JULY 1. The official Gazette of to-day publishes a despatch announcing that a band or 300 republicans, headed by Alberta Arloja, had risen in insurrection in the environs of Lorca. They were being vigorously pursued by the royal troops. BERNE, JULY 1. , The National Council and the Council of the States were opened to day. Mr. Rainer, member for Berne, was elected President of the National Council ; and Mr. Escher, member for Zurich, Vice-President. Mr. Hermann, member for Urn, was elected President of the Council of the States ; and Mr. Vignier, member for Solothurn, Vice•-President. CASSEL, JULY 1. In to-day's sitting of the Second Chamber the proposals of the committee in reference to the con stitution were unanimously adopted. The Commissioner immediately read a decree dissolving the Diet. OUTWARD INDIA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. JULY 2. The Pera, from Southampton June 20, reached Malta on the 29th, at 1 t.m., and left at 8 p.m. for Alexandria. The Vectis, from Marseilles the 28th ult., arrived at Malta on the 30th, at 6 a.m. ; sailed at 10 p.m. for Alexandria. FRANCE. BOURSE, Slily I,—The business of the settlement is going on without difficulty, the rates for carry ing over being moderate. The transactions effected have not been very considerable, but they have been done at a slight improvement on the closing rates of Saturday. Threes are now at 67f 65c. Rail ways quiet, but firm. The following were the last quotations :- 4i per per Cents ... 97 ( Credit Fonder 1025 Do. end month.... 97 05: Belgian 4}.. — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 70 1 Roman Bank Shares 2855 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 690 Spanish Threes 49 25 Do. Account 692 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1362 50 .. 1363 75 Northern New ditto 895 Lyons and Mediterranean 947 50 .. 950 Geneva 390 388 75 Southern .. 572 50 .. 573 75 Western Eastern Sardinian 367 50 .. 370 Austrian Lombard 490 .. 491 25 ROME. The following is the news from Rome, published by La Patrie:— " A despatch from Rome informs us that the Holy Father officiated pontifically on the 29th ult., en the occasion of the Festival of St. Peter and St. Paul. His health is completely re-established. He was to receive on the Ist July, on the occasion, the homage of the Diplomatic Body. " Our Ambassador, M. le Due de Gramont, was to leave Rome on the 2d July, en conge for Paris. During his absence, the Duc de Cadore, First Secre tary, will manage the affairs of the French Embassy at Rome." AUSTRIA. Baron de Krauss, ex-Austrian Minister of Justice, Vice-President of the Chamber of Nobles, was, three days ago, found on the road from Schoenbrunn to Hetzendorf, by Field-Marshal Count de Grunn, and brought by him in a state of insensibility to the chateau. He had been struck by apoplexy, and ex pired in the course of the day. The Emperor went to see him, and has expressed to the family of the baron the regret he feels at his loss. Baron Koller, Secretary of State at the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and formerly Austrian Minister at the Court of Berlin, has resigned his situation in consequence of some differences of opinion between him and his chief, Count de Rech berg. LADY JUNE. (From Eliza Cook's Poems.) [By some inadvertence the printer omitted this rich and gorgeous description of the month of roses for the song that follows. We now give both complete, as a happy farewell to June :—En. SUN.] Here she comes with broider'd kirtle ; hero she is—the Lady June, Singing, like a ballad minstrel, many a gay and laughing tune. Let us see what she is dress'd in—let us learn the "mode', she brings— For maiden never look'd so lovely, though she wear but simple things. See, her robe is richly woven of the greenest forest leaves, With full bows of honeysuckle looping up the flowing sleeves. See, the fragrant marsh-flag plaited forms her yellow tassell'd sash, With the diamond studs upon it, flung there by the river splash, See her flounces—widely swelling, as the Zephyr's wings go past. Made of roses, with the woodbine's perfumed thread to stitch them fast. See the foxglove's bell of crimson and the poppy's scarlet bud 'Mid her tresses, bright and vivid as the sunset's ruby scud. See the flesh and luscious bouquet that she scatters in her way, It is nothing but a handful she has snatch'd of new-mown hay. See, her garments have bean fashion'd by a free and simple hand, But toll me, have you seen a lady look more beautiful and grand ? Yon old man has quite furgotten what his errand was I ween ; As he stares with listless pleasure on her garment-folds of green. Busy dealers pauEe a moment in their hurry after gain; Thinking there is something joyous in her trolling carol strain. Youths and maidens track her closely, till their footsteps blithely mingle, In the field and by the streamlet, up the hill and through the dingle, Children fondly gather round her, prying into leaf and blossom, Pilfering, with tiny fingers, jewels from her very bosom. Here she comes with fairy footsteps, chanting ever as she runs, Ditty words that soothe the mournful, and enchant the happy ones; Here she comes with broider'd kittle, and we'll list what Lady June May be telling ont so sweetly, in that merry dancing tune. THE SONG OF JUNE. Oh 1 come with me, whoever ye be, Come from the palace, and come from the cot ; The strong and the hale—the poor and the pale— Ah I sad is the spirit that follows me not. Old December lighted his pyre, And beckon'd ye in to the altar blaze; He hung up his mistletoe over the fire, And press'd soft lips upon Christmas days. Ye welcomed him with his eyes so dim, But I know ye have more love for me, When I wander about, and whistle ye out With my blackbird pipers in every tree. Oh I come from the town, and let us go down To the rivulet's mossy and osier'd brink ; 'Tis pleasant to note the lily queen float; The gadfly skim, and the dappled kine drink. Ohl let us away where the ringdoves play, By the skirts of the wood in the peaceful shade ; And there we can count the squirrels that mount, And the flocks that browse on the distant glade. And if we should stay till the farewell of day, Its parting shall be with such lingering smile, That the western light, as it greeteth the night, Will be caught by the eastern ray peeping the while: Little ones come with your chattering hum, And the bee and the bird will be jealous full F oon ; For no music is heard like the echoing word Of a child, as it treads 'mid the flowers of June. Ye who are born to be weary and worn With labour or sorrow, with passion or pain, Come out for an hcur, there's balm in my bower, To lighten and burnish your tear rusted chain. Oh I come with me, wherever you be, And beauty and love on your spirits shall fall; The rich and the hale, the poor and the pale, For Lady June scatters her joys for all. THE LONDON FREIGHT MARKET.—Messrs. Sey mour Peacock, and Co., in their circular, dated July 1, state that outward freights continue very low and unre munerative, rates having declined. Homeward freights, however, are rapidly improving. For a cargo of cotton from Bombay to Liverpool 85s. have been paid, and larger shipments and very high rates are expected for some time to come. From the Pacific, the Brazils, and the West Indies rates are better; but the Baltic and Mediterranean trades are exceptions to the general improvement: TILE OBDEBS OF THE BATH AND OF THE THISTLE. (From the Court Circular.) Her Majesty the Queen held yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, Investitures of the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle and of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. The Earl of Zetland and Lord Belhaven were invested with the Order by her Majesty with the usual ceremony. There was afterwards an assemblage of the Noble Order of the Bath. The Queen, the Sovereign of the Bath, accompanied ty his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Great Master of the Order, was conducted to a Chair of State in the Blue Drawing Room. Lieutenant-General Sir James Hope Grant and Major- General Sir Patrick Grant had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him with the Sword of State by the Queen, and were afterwards invested by her Majesty, assisted by his Royal Highness the Great Master, with the Riband and Badge, and also with the Star of the Military Division of the First Class of the Bath (Knights Grand Cross). General Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton, General Sir James Archibald Hope, General Sir Thomas William Brotherton, General Sir Thomas Willshire, and Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, were severally introduced, and were invested by the Sove reign, assisted by the Great Master, with the Riband and Badge, and with the Star of the Military Division of the First Class of the Order. Lieut.-General Sir Harry David Jones was introduced, received from the Queen the honour of Knighthood, with the Sword of State, and was afterwards invested with the Riband and Badge, and also the Star of the Military Divi sion of the First Class of the Bath. The following Knights Commanders of the Bath were severally introduced, had the honour of Knighthood con ferred upon them by the Queen, and were afterwards in vested by her Majesty with the insignia of their respective divisions in the second class of the order, viz., Rear-Admi ral Robert Lambert Baynes, Lord Dafferin. and Claneboye (civil), Major-General George Hall M'Gregor, late Bengal Artillery (civil), Vice-Admiral Henry 'William Bruce, Major-General William Brereton, and Colonel the Earl of Longford. The following Companions of the Bath were severally in troduced, and received from the Queen their respective de corations in the Military and Civil Divisions of the Third Class of the Order, viz,, Military—Major-General Robert Farquhar, late Bombay Infantry ; Captain George Sumner Hand, R.N. Civil—Lieut.-Colonel George Walter Wil liams, Bengal Infantry, lately commanding Meerut Volun teers; Lieutenant John William Willoughby Osborne, Madras Infantry, lately Political Agent at Rewah ; Mr. Charles Pressly, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue. Military.—Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Alison, unat tached ; Lieutenant-Colonel William Kier Stuart, 86th Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel John Ross, Rifle Brigade ; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Macleod Sutherland, late 92d Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Gnome Alexander Lock hart, 78th Regiment; Colonel Alfred Shepheard, Bombay Infantry; Colonel Wm. Riddell, Bengal Infantry; Colonel Robert Romer Younghusband, Bombay Infantry; Colonel William Henry Miller, Madras Army ; Lieutenant Colonel John Hall Smyth, Bengal Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel James Metcalfe, Bengal Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel George Sackville Cotter, Madras Artillery ; Brigadier- General 'William Sutton, late 31st Regiment ; Colonel George Marnaaduke Reeves, 99th Regiment; Major- General Stanhope William Jephson, late 2d Regiment; Colonel Edward Walter Crofton, Royal Artillery; Colonel Thomas Pattle, Ist Dragoon Guards; Colonel Francis Gregor Urquhart, Ist Regiment; Colonel Charles Pyn dar Beauchamp Walker, 2d Dragoon Guards; Colo nel John Hawkins Gascoigne, Royal Marines; Lieutenant- Colonel Andrew Browne, 44th Regiment; Lieutenant.• Col. Thomas Addison, 2nd Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel George James Ambrose, 3rd Regiment"; Lieutenant-Col. William Wigram Barry, Royal Artillery ; Lieutenant- Colonel Joseph Oates Travers, Royal Marines; Lieuten ant-Colonel Arthur-a-Court Fisher, Royal Engineers ; Inspector-General of Hospitals William Mure Muir, M.D. Mr. Henry Brougham Loch, Private Secretary to the Earl of Elgin while Her Majesty's Ambassador in China (Civil). PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS-JULY 1. APPROPRIATION OF SEATS (SUDBURY AND ST. ALBANS) BILL. Order for consideration, as amended, read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now taken into consideration." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day three months." Question put, " That the word = now' stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 204; Noes, 'z,B. AYES-2G. Acton, Sir J. Graham, Lord Wm. Noel, G. J. Adam,W. P. Greenall, G. North, I'. Agnew, Sir A. Gregory, W. IL Northcote, Sir S. H. Alcock, T. Greg - son, S. Ogilvy, Sir J. Arbuthuott, Gen.ll. Grey, ltt. lin. Sir G. O'Hara, C. W. Ashley, Lord Griffith, C Q. Padmore, R. Banns, 11. J. Gurdon, B. Pa et, ii hub, an.. TT.,11i4‘1.1. (pro_ Baring, H. B. Hamilton, Lord C. Patten, J. W. Barrow, W. 11. Hanmer, Sir J. repcocke, G. M. Baxter, W. E. Ifardcastle, Jos. A. Peel, Gen. Beaumont, W. B. Hardy, Gathorne Peel, F. Beaumont,Somerset Hardy, J. Portman, W. H. B Beecroft, G. S. Hayter, Sir Wm. Potts, George Black, Adam Headlam, Thos. E Repton, G. W. J. Blackburn, P. Henley, Lord Ricardo, 0. Blencowe, J. G. Herbert, H. A. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bond, J. W. Heygate, W. U Robertson, D. Bonham-Carter, J. Holtord, R. S. Roebuck, J. A. Booth, Sir R. G. Holmesdale, Lord Rowley, Hon. R. T. Botfield, Beriah Hope, G. W. Russell, Lord J. Bristow, A. Holdall T. B. Russell, A. J. E. Brooks, R. Hotham, Gen. Lord Scholefieid, W. Browne, Lord J. T. Humberstone, P. S. Sclater-Booth, G. Bruce, C. L. C. Jackson, W. Scott, Sir W. Buchanan, W. Jervis, Captain Seymer, H. K Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Johnson, Captain Sheridan, R. B. Butler, C. S. Kekewich, S. Slaney, E. A. Butt, Isaac Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B. Buxton, C. Kiuglake, A. W. Smith, M. T. Caird, James Kinglake, Serj. J. Smith, Augustus Carnegie, Hon. C. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Somes, Joseph Cartwright, Col. H. Knatchbull-Hugess Spooner, R. Cave, S. Knightley, R. Stansfeld, J. Childers, H. C. E. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Stirling, Wm. Churchill, Lord A. Knox, Major W. S. Steuart, A. Clive, H. G. W. Lacon, Sir E. Stracey, Sir H. Close, M. C. Langton, H. G. Sykes, Col. W. H. Cole, J. L. Leader, N. Taylor, Colonel Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lefroy, A. Thornhill, W. P. Collins, T., jun. Lennox, Lord G. G. Tollemache, J. H. Conolly, Thomas Lennox, Lord H. G. Torrens, R. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Leslie, W. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Crawford, R. W. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Upton, (3-metal Cubitt, George Liddell, Hon. H. G. Verner, Sir' Win. Davey, R. Lindsay, Colonel Villiers, Itt. Hon. C. Dent, John Dent Lockhart, A. E. Vivian, H. H. Disraeli, Benjamin Long, W. Vyner, Reginald Dodson, John G. Longfield, Robert Walcott, Adm. J. E. Duncombe, A. M`Cormick, W. Waldron, L. Duncombe, W. E. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) WWalker, James R Dundas, Frederick Malcolm, W. J Waarlpnoelre,ESdrd . Dundas, Sir David Melina, R. , Dunlop, A. Manners , Lord J. Watlington, J. W. Edward East, Sir J. B. Marjoribanks, D. C. Welby, W. E. Edwards, Major H. Marsh, M. H. Wemyss, J. Ellice, E., jun.. Matheson, Sir J. Whiteside,Rt Hn J. Whitmore, H. Mildmay, H. Willcox, B. M. Finlay, A. e s ,.Sir J Mellor, John Forster,,rtescu eChHarolnes . D. Miller, A le s r,William Winnin,gton, Sir T. Io Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C. Monsell, Rt.li s n ir . W G.. . Nl W ry ri n g d h i t ia so m n , , H W n . n ß H . . Foster, W. 0. Milnes, R. M. Woodd, B. T. Montgomery, Gaskell, J. M. Morris, D. Wyndham, Hon. P. Gibson, T. M. Mure, David rf . TELLERS. B. Freeland,G ar d, l. SH. . W. Murray, William Gilpin, C. Gladstone, W. E. N ice a w as d , e lt ga t t . e l , l c n . . N I, .or d Bran Glyn, G. C. Graham, Sir J. R. G. Nicol, William Dunbar, Sir Win. NOES, 28. Adair, H. E. Douglas, Sir C. Locke, John Ayrton, A. S. Enfield, Viscount Monson, W. J. Beale, Samuel Ewing, H. E. C. O'Connell, D. Beamish, F. B. Fermoy, Lord Salomong,Alderman Cobden, R. Gavin, Major Smollett, P. Cogan. W. IL Banbury, R., jun. Tite, Wm. Coningham, Wm. Hankey, Thomson Craufurd, E. H. J Hennessy, J. P. TELLERS. Dalglish, Robert Lawson, W. Davie, SirH. R. F. Lewis, J. Harvey Duncombe, T. S. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Lindsay, W. S. Scully, V. Another clause (courts and polliog plaoes) brought up, and read a first and second time. Amendment proposed, in line 3, to leave out the word " Pontefract," and insert the word " Sheffield," instead thereof. Question put, "That the ward 'Pontefract' stand part of the clause :" —The house divided ; ayes 97, noes 67. AYES-97. Antrobus, E. Galway, Vis. Morris, David Ayrton, A. S. N ow ew en d , eg s a i t r e li C. N. Baines, Edward GGiabvsionn,,MTai. Major Baring, T. G. Gilpin, Charles Paget, Lord C. Bass, M. T. Gladstone, W. Palmerston, Vis. Baxter, W. E. Glyn, G. C. Pease, Henry Black, Adam Goldsmid, Sir F. Peel, Frederick Botfield, Beriah Gower, F. L. Pigott, Sergeant Bouverie, P. P. Graham, Sir James Proby, Lord Bramston, T. W. Greenwood, John Puller, C. Butt, Isaac Gregson, Samuel Robarts, T.'J. Caird, J. Grey, Sir G. Robertson, David Cardwell, Edward Hanmer, Sir John Rothschild,BaronL. Carnegie, Charles Headlam, T. Rothschild, Bar. M. Castlerosse, Vis. Henley, Lord Russell, Lord J. Childers, H. C. E. Holford, R. S. Russell, Hastings Clive, George Hutt, W. Russell, A. Cowper, W. F. Jervoise, Sir J. Russell, Sir W. Craufurd, E. H. J. King lake, J. A. Scholef ield , W. Davey, Richard Knatchbull- Hugess Smith, J. B. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Langton, W. U. Spooner, R. Davie, Colonel Lawson, Wilfrid Stanley, Lord Dodson, J. G. Layard, A. H. Steuart, Andrew Duff, E. G. Lewis, Sir G. Villiers, C. P. Ewart, Wm. Locke, John Vyner, R. A. Ewart, J. C. Lowe, Robert Warner, Edward Ewing, H. E. C. Mackie, James Watkins, Col. L. Fermoy, Lord Malins, Richard Whitbread, S. Finlay, A. S. Mellor, John Wood, Sir C. Foley, H. W. Milnes, M. Foljambe, F. J. S. Mitchell, T. A. TELLERS. Foster, W. 0. Moffatt, G. Fortescue, C. S. Moncreiff, James Brand, Henry Freeland, H. W. Monson, W. J. . Dunbar, Sir W. NOES-6". Arbuthnott, Gen. Garnett, W. J. Paxton, Sir J. Ball, Edward Gaskell, J. M. Roebuck, J. A. Barttelot, Major Gordon, C. W. Rowley, Richard Bazley, Thomas Gore, J. R. 0. Selwyn, Charles Beale, S. Greenall, Glibgrt . Smith, A. K. Beamish, F. B. Grey de Wilton,Vis Smith, A. Beaumont, W. B. Hardy, Gathorne Smyth, Col. Beaumont, S. A. Hope, G. W. Somes, Joseph Beecroft, G. S. Hotham, Lord Stacpoole, W. Blackburn, P e ter Hutabertson, P. S. Stanhope, Lord Brooks, R. Kekewich, S. T. Stirling, Willi am Bruce, Major Kerrison, Sir E. Taylor, Colonel Clay, James Knox, Colonel Thompson, H. S. Conolly, Thomas Langston , J. H. T ollemache, J . Duncombe, T. Leatbam , Edward T orrens, Robert Duncombe A. Lefroy , Anthon y Trollope, Sir John Duncombe . W. E. Lindsay, W. Whitemore, Y East, Sir Ames B. Lindsay -, General Williams W Henry Edwards, Major Lygon , Frederick Woodd, B. T. t Egerton, C. Monsell, William Egerton, W. Montagu, Lord R. Fellowes, Edward Newp ort, Viscount TELLERS. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Onslow, G. Hadfield, G. (lard, H. S. lUD, Henry Collins, TII9m" THE PRINCE OF WALES IN _DUBLIN His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at Kingstown on Saturday evening, at half-past five. An immense and fashionable assemblage thronged every place from which a view of his landing could be obtained. When the Connaught, which had been specially fitted up for the journey, came alongside the pier, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and suite went on board and warmly welcomed his royal highness. The Ajax, man-of war, then gave a royal salute simultaneously with the Pigeon-house Fort, near Dublin. The people also cheered vehemently; and the reception gener ally was most enthusiastic. The Kingstown com missioners and the railway directors were introduced to the prince in the saloon, where Mr. Chambers, justice of the peace and chairman of the commis sioners, read an address, to which his royal high ness read the following reply :—" Gentlemen,—l most heartily thank you for the gratifying terms in which on your own behalf, and that of the inha bitants of Kingstown, you greet me on my arrival at your port, after a voyage performed with such ease and expedition in the admirable vessel con siderately placed at my disposal by its enterprising proprietors ; nor shall I fail to convey to the Queen your assurances of loyal attachment to her person and government, and your emphatic acknow ' ledgment of the blessings enjoyed under her rule. During former visits to Ireland, and particularly in the course of a tour made some years since through the country, I. had considerable opportunities of witnessing the beauty of her scenery and of experiencing the warm hearted kindness of her people, and these agreeable recollections tend greatly to enhance the pleasure with which I look forward to a more prolonged sojourn among you on the present occasion." His Royal Highness did not seem at all the worse for the voyage, though the wind was contrary and the sea rough. He remained on deck nearly the whole time, partook of a hearty lunch in the ladies cabin in company with Major-General Bruce and Colonel Keppel, and enjoyed himself very much on the passage, expressing to Captain Wil liams his entire satisfaction with all the arrange ments on board. Without any delay the Prince, accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant and their respective suites, entered the special train that awaited them, and. proceeded to Dublin, where crowds lined the vari ous streets through which the cortege had to pass. In every place the people manifested the same loyal feelings; cheer after cheer arose along the route, and numbers ran after the carriages to secure a good look at his Royal Highness, who gracefully acknowledged the fervour of his reception. On Sunday morning the Prince attended the Chapel Royal, where the Dean of Down preached. Yesterday the corporation were to present his Royal Highness with an address in St. Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle, and at 5 o'clock p.m. he was to visit the Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, where an address would be presented from a depu tation of the Exhibition Committee and the Royal Dublin Society. A STEAMER DESCENDING NIAGARA RIVER. A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier writes from Niagara Falls, under date of June 7 :—" The monotony of life at Niagara Falls was broken to day by an episode. It was rumoured that the little steamer Maid of the Mist was about to attempt an exploit. Report said that Mr. Buchanan had sold her to parties on Lake Ontario, to be delivered on that tranquil sheet of water, and that at least one individual in your city had a lien on her which would be seriously invalidated in case the Maid should succeed in finding anchorage at a British dock. It was said, moreover, that said individual was making quick time hitherward to prevent the absquatulation of her property ; but the idea that anything made of wood could outlive a voyage down these terrific rapids was regarded as absurd. The prospect of its being tried, however, drew at least 300 or 400 people to the banks of the river. All day there had been a bustle of mysterious prepara tion on board the steamer. Hatches were being nailed down and everything made taut but, no satis faction could be had by inquiring minds. A little past three she cut loose from her moorings about a quarter of a mile above the bridge, and steamed gallantly up towards the Falls. A murmur of disappointed expectation ran through the crowd, when suddenly, as she reached a point about half way up to the Falls, she turned with a graceful curve and headed downwards. There were on board her engineer, Robinson, famed for deeds of daring in these parts, and, I believe, three others. The Maid came down with the current, and hung, quivering, but otherwise motionless, just opposite her dock. It seemed as if the daughter of the spray were undecided. The moments were long before she made up her mind. In an instant, before a spectator could wink, the die was cast,. and she puffed n farewell to her home under the cliffs. Another second, and she swung in the sinewy grasp of the mighty river, speeding like an arrow gown the stream. There was a rush of ex cited beholders for the bridge, and looking up thence it was a brave and thrilling sight to see her coming down and dipping like a water-fowl under the spray. Your readers know how Niagara looks just under and just below the bridge. The giant off spring of four lakes writhes there like a chained monster. The water, where it is not a mass of angry foam, seems as hard as iron, and wears a hue of sickly green, ominous, voracious, deadly. There is the force of an angry ocean pent between these narrow prison walls, as the water, tortured into foam, dashes down the staircase of rocks. No one thought she could live through it, but after the first moment of hesitation she leaped into the gorge as though Niagara had been her father. As she passed under the bridge the crowd rushed to the other side and trembled for the safety of the daring crew, for the critical point was yet to be reached. Again and again she shot overhead in foam, and again and again, as she all but disap peared, it was thought that the ri ver h a d claimed its own. But the Maid was native to th e cataract and bore a charmed life. With one blow of a seething breaker her smokestack was levelled with the deck, and then everybody gave her up. At last she had run the terrible gauntlet, and emerged. dripping and quivering upon the calm water of the whirlpool. That Charybdis was easy after the Scylla she had weathered. A wide sweep with the current, and sh e was l ost to s i ght. She belongs to Ontario now, and her creditors may follow, if they dare. The Maid of the Mist was built, almost in the spray of the cataract, about six years ago. The thousands who have stood with her under the sheet of Niagara will be pleased to hear of her elopement." THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST. The following is the official list of successful candidates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, June, 1861:- Order of Merit. Total Marks, 1. Charles Bowling .. „ 6,731 2. Paul H. C. Bett r id ge .. 6,294 3. Vincent R. Woodl an d .. 6,187 4. Gerald de C. Morton • • 5,733 5. Henry E. Gaulter 5,299 6. Thomas J. R. Mallock . 1,830 7. John R. M. Clunes .. 4,579 8. John A. Mac Vicar . 4,297 9. James G. Westaway .. 4,290 10. Arthur J. Law .. .. 4,284 11. Herbert - E. - Beecher 4;214 12. Walter J. Kennedy .. 4,119 13. Charles J. Myers .. .. 4,103 14. William Wood .. 4,046 15. Lloyd Fenton .. 3 ,77 9 16. Daniel J. Keane .. .. 3,745 17, Robert 0. Wallace .. 3,716 18. Legh R. Battye .. • • 3,682 19. Henry C. J. Freeman .. 3,520 20. William 0. Thompson .. 3,405 21. Charles Erskine „ „ 3,400 22. Robert Brereton .. 3,395 . 23. Domville M. Taylor . 3,366 24. Alfred Gaselee .. • • 3,2133347 25. Reginald W. Peckett • • 26. Stanley N. Roberta • 3 ,110 3,095 27. Philip H. Smith .. 28. Henry C. Roberts .. • • 3,053 29. George F. 3. L. Russell .. 2,998 e e 30. Henry W. Langley . • 2,993 31. Chas. F. W. Underwood.. 2,975 32. Andrew K. Macpherson .. 2,910 3343: 111-V •2,782 35. Thomas Cowell 2,775 36. Charles E. Bovill ..• • • 2,671 Henry Y iam it h. C. G Hr Green.. na.t. t .. 2,837 87. William T. MfL aughlin 2,660. 38. Charles N. M‘Murdo 2,595 39. George W. T. Martin 2,510 Lucas .. 40. Alexande r B, • • 2,478 41. Thomas Orton 2,462 42. Henry W. Phillips 2,450 43. Alfr e d J . B arton :• •. 2,430 44. thorge Poignand 2,410 45. Robert G. Pigott .. 2,383 '46. John C. S. Irving.. .. 2,382 47. Robert J. Holmes,. 2,370 48. Thom as W. B es t .. .. 2,340 49. Alexander J. Meiklejohn.. 2,281 50, Charles Horrocks 2,260 51. Frederick B. Lane .. 2,151 52. Thomas Hood .. 2,120 53. George Robinson .. • • 2,095 54. Frederic Clowes 2,080 55. William H. Bourne • • , 1 820 ' 56. William Newbigging 1,809 57. William Leir • • • • 1,720 58. Frederick B. P. White .. 1,665 54. Livingstone Clarke .. 1,610 60. Richard M. Miller., .. 1,335 61. Oliver Graham .. 1,2 55 62. John Briscoe Watts 1,220 The following gentlemen are also qualified for admission as Queen's Cadets : John Boughey 4,415 John Spence 4,044 Edward J, Lugard ~ 3,005 1 tic tal 16( rc i PD ad I . i .