The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-26 00:00:00

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.- C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Queen, 39, Bruton-street, Bond-street, having been selected by the Committee 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 E s t a blishment, in SILVER, price 7s. 6d., and in GOLD ENAMELLED, price Three Guineas. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baokstone. THIS EVENING. the performances will commence with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF 3IY LIFE. After which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, &c. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. Followed by PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S 11) THEATRE.--. .1 Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. _ THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclereq, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, dm ; Misses Beath, Elsworthy, and R. Leclereq. NEW THRATRE-ROYAL, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. lieprodaztion of "The Colleen Rawn. " The Adelphi "Census" every Evenin:!. THIS EVENING, the succesatal new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. Alter which (216th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicauit, D. trisher, Billing - ton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Ebnrne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, MISS E. rhorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENINO, Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas. including, Verdi's new Opera, THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled - at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos . on the Cornet- a -pi s t on, by Hr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the followinz favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth; the NERVES, by Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. T H E 0 XFORD, 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 includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus) from " Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day--The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch Duets by the :Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by Miss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), W. H. Wieland, E. Marshall , and W. Randall. Admission, Hall, sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls , one shilling. Pri va t e Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnia DAY.—Morning, 4h. 24 m. —Afternoon, 4h. 44m. To-monnow.-Morning, sh. s m. —Afternoon, sh. 26m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 26, 1561. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday.: 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.70. WlND—South-Westerly ; rather fresh, with heavy rain in the night and some this morning; now fine, with heavy white clouds. , ; .1. , i f 4 t 1 , ... 42, , e, . 0 1 - 44;r) . Jx , , ' .-z 1 ~ , ,- .0. ,,,,., ,p. ~ 5.,-.....,,t, 7, \ ~it t( c h . ^' . . 4 '. L.,..'''* 'K' "':§,. ,i • ,1„ ----,, . „, _ _, 4 , 4 4 , .• ' ..._...„ ,,, • , 4 5.,,,e,, , , , ,--o-ly .'. z.,,,,,,,,,„ b 71, l• , 1 41^,L ...1,,-.- - ~.,etvi,,...............4. - 47 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1861. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1881. The Thirty-first Sovereign of the Osman Dynasty —his Majesty the Sultan-Caliph Abdul-Medjid breathed his last on the morning of yesterday. Assassination was once wittily said to be the natural death of a Russian Autocrat. Premature decay may be said with equal accuracy to be the natural death of a Ruler of Turkey. And it has been well remarked in the instance we are here referring to as of such recent occurrence, that the Prince who has but just now expired at Constan tinople, died yesterday of old age at thirty-eight ! The existence of a potentate who makes a start in life at fourteen as the possessor of a Seraglio is necessarily and to speak plainly, an existence of precocious and legalized debauchery. The precocity, in fact, of a career thus inaugu rated in boyhood is, by necessity, at once degrading and enervating. A potentate lapped thus in luxury from his childhood upwards has but infinitessimal opportunities for escape into any higher or purer atmosphere. It has consequently fallen out thus deplorably with the Sultan ABDUL-MEDJID. At thirty-eight he has passed from the world—dying a death of abso lute exhaustion. The "sick man" symbolised, not inaptly in himself, as the ruler of Turkey—the "sick man," so long trembling between life and death, has at length, in real earnest, gathered the diplomatists of Europe about an actual death-bed. It is just possible that the " SULTAN" may now very ra pidly be followed by the " State" of which he was the Sovereign, that Turkish power may expire as actually as ABDUL•MEDJID himself has expired. And that then the Osmanlis may have to re-cross the waters of the Bosphorus. During now upwards of four centuries the Turkish power in Christendom has been nothing less than a flagrant anomaly. The Christian races of Europe have long felt it to be so. They have recognised the position of the Mahe metan empire north of the Bosphorus as an anomaly at once political, religious, and geographical. Their jealousy of each other has thus precluded them from the opportunity—which must otherwise have been of perpetual recurrence —the often wished for op portunity of driving the Turks back into Asia Minor. England and Austria, France and Russia have alike been desirous all along of witnessing or, if possibly, even of aiding in the expulsion of the followers of MAIIOMET from the soil —a s it was felt even, because of their presence on it —the dese crated soil of Christendom. But—expelled the Turks—what Christian Prince could, without jeo • pardising the equipoise of the Balance of Power in Europe, ascend the vacated throne at Constan tinople. A Muscovite ? All Western Europe rushed to arms but seven or eight years ago to prevent it ! Hence the Crimean War—hence the deadly and prolonged bombardment of Sebastopol —hence the loss of 100,000 men and the expendi ture of £100,000,000 sterling ! All that—simply to render impossible the triumphal advance of the Russian Autocrat, whether by force of arms or by an union of diplomatic adroitness and audacity, upon that coveted 7roo MO of every poli tical ARCHIMEDES in Christendom, the City of the Golden Horn, the City once of the Cross, now of the Crescent, once Byzantine, now Constantinople. No—the difficulty of selecting a Christian potentate to preside over a newly-constituted Turkish king dom has alone prevented the monarchs of Europe from putting an end long since to the anomalous position occupied by a Mahomedan State situated ' upon the south-eastern borders of Christendom. The disappearance of the late Sultan may again revive among the Powers of Europe the hope at last of the long wished-for opportunity. Imme diately, of course, there is no sign of its coming. The result of this death, which took place as recently as yesterday, appears upon the instant to be merely a courtly transference of allegiance, like that which marked the close of a royal life under the old French monarchy —when the herald appeared at a window of the Palace of Tuileries crying out to the populace b eneath, " Le Roi est mort, Vice le Rol. " It is thus apparently at this moment in Constantinople. The Sultan, ABDUL MEDJID, is dead—Live the Sultan ABDUL-Aiiz ! The latter:Prince being the youngest brother of the former, his predecessor. " All is quiet," says the telegram announcing this event. Yes, it is credible —" All is quiet"—at Constantinople! But in the Councils of the various European States ?—at Paris ? —at Vienna ?—at Berlin ?—at St. James's ?—at St. Petersburg ? That is a different affair alto gether—there the changes of policy caused by the disappearance of ABDUL-MEDJID from the list of the European Sovereigns while they may be more profound, are tolerably certain to be more slow in manifesting themselves. Meanwhile there are some particulars in regard to the Life and Reign of the SULTAN just deceased, which are cer tainly not unworthy of particular recollection. His Life—beginning on the 23d of April, 1823, and ending on the 25th of June, 1861—exceeded by just two months and two days a space of thirty eight years ; he having been, es we have intimated, at the close of those thirty-eight years in a state of premature decrepitude. His Reign—beginning on the 2d of July, 1839, and ending with his death on 25th of June, 1861 —was but one week and two days short of exactly twenty-two years altogether. A reign long enough to have enabled a monarch, gifted with even ordinary powers, for earning tohim self a lofty and even enviable reputation. Especially one who had the eminent advantage possessed by ABDUL-MEDJID of succeeding to the throne of his ancestors, upon the demise of a father Great among the greatest of the SULTANS of Turkey. ABDUL MEDJID'S father, the gifted, enlightened, and, in some respects, the glorious Sultan MAHMOUD 11., had prepared the way for his successor by the inauguration of many great political reforms, had actually prepared the way for his assuming his place among the ranks of the Constitutional Sovereigns. In the early part of the young SULTAN'S reign there seemed every rea sonable probability of his availing himself of the opportunity opened up to him by his illustrious predecessor, MAHMOUD the SECOND. The Tanzi mat, or Code of Reform, issued by his Government opened up a magnificent future to his sove reignty. It proved, however, in the end, as illusory as a mirage. Its golden promise melted away as so much fairy treasure. The failure of the reforms of ABDUL-MEDJID may be attributed entirely to the lack of energy and reso lution in an otherwise noble and elevated nature. That the late SULTAN'S temperament was intrinsi cally chivalrous, notwithstanding his physical enervation, and his political vacillation—the his tory of his twenty-two years reign attests, by more than one touching an d exquisitely beautiful incident. Witness this his magnanimous determination at the close of the Hungarian war, when the JEgis of the SULTAN'S authority was thrown over KOSSUTH and his heroic compatriots, then threatened by the united terrors of the Austrian and Russian Autocracies. Witness this the SULTAN'S spon taneous munificence in aiding with his con tribution the funds raised for the relief of the Irish multitude when stricken down by famine and pestilence. Witness this, moreover, the SULTAN'S splendid generosity in awarding an estate as a tribute of admiration to the genius and the valour of the poet-statesman LAMARTINE! " ABDUL MEDJID is described," says KNIGHT'S " Encyclo paedia," "as somewhat above the middle height ; slender in early manhood, but now inclining to corpulence ; slightly marked with the smallpox, pale, with black beard and moustache, and large black eyes. In manner he is said to be calm and mild, with an appearance of settled melancholy." The present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of CARLISLE in his " Diary in Turkish and Greek Waters," p. 62, while describing an interview with him in 1853, writes :—" The impression his aspect conveys is of a man gentle, unassuming, feeble, unstrung, doomed ; no energy of; purpose gleamed in that passive glance ; no augury of victory sat on that still brow." This gentle-hearted Turk (the words sound oddly enough together) having now passed away, apparently in his prime, really and truly in his decrepitude, the whole Eastern Question there appears to be again opening up at Constantinople. Under a truly magnificent designation—" The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India"—her 'Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN has just " in stituted, erected, constituted, created"—(they are her own words in her Royal notification of the r fact)—a new Order of Knighthood. The Gazette of yesterday contained the announcement: And the establishment of this new Order of Knighthood for the advantage of Hindostan is of itself an event of so much importance that we cannot do better than here repeat the exact words of the preamble of the Royal notification giving the announcement. Under date the " India Office, June 25, 1861," it is said in the London Gazette of last evening, that " The Queen, being desirous of affording to the Princes, chiefs, and people of the Indian Empire, a public and signal testimony of her regard, by the institution of an Order of Knighthood, whereby her resolution to take upon herself the Government of the territories in India may be comemorated, and by which her Majesty may be able to reward conspicuous merit and loyalty, has been graciously pleased, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, to institute, erect, constitute, and create an Order of Knighthood, to be known by, and have for ever hereafter, the name, style, and designation of 2he Most Exalted Order of the Star of India." It is added—" And to ordain, direct, and appoint, that the said Order shall consist of the Sovereign, a Grand Master, and twenty-five Knights, together with such extra and honorary Knights as her MAJESTY, her heirs and successors, shall from time to time appoint." Other , rules and regulations of the Order being further given, the new Knights of the Order are then for mally enumerated, nominated, and appointed. The reigning Sovereign of the British Empire being as a matter of course, ipso facto Sovereign of the said Most Exalted Order. The Sovereign's Viceroy in his turn, ipso fac to at Calcutta being, moreover, Grand Master of the said Order, as well as the First and Principal Knight. Earl CANNING at once assumes his post by right at the head of the stately list,among the number of his brother knights being :Lord GOUGH, Lord C LYDE, Lord HARRIS, Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, Sir JAMES OUTRAM, Sir HUGH ROSE, Sir GEORGE CLERK, together with his High ness the Maharajah DULEEP SINGH, and among other Maharajahs those of Gwalior, of Cashmere, of Indore, &c., and amongistill other Oriental potentates the Guicowar of Baroda, and the Nizam of Hydra bad. Long may the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India shine propitiously over the British Empire in Hindostan ! For what reason Lord PALMERSTON refrained from stating, as one of the reasons for sending the 3,000 troops to North America, that Newfoundland was in such a disturbed state, we are at a loss to conceive. It could hardly fail to be a reason, if not the chief reason, and the facts must soon transpire in England, since wo now have them from )lonial papers. The politics of Newfoundland are, of course, known to but very few in England, and unless they become a cause of local disturbance, and of expense to us, are likely to remain so ; and this disturbance appears to have been purely poli tical. Religious differences are bitter in the colony, a large proportion of the inhabitants being Irish Catholic emigrants, but on this occasion the Catho lics, and their most hostile antagonists the Metho dists, appear to be united in their anger against the Government, and the Governor. There had been a defeat of the Government, a dissolution, and charges of gross unfairness in arranging the time for the elections when a large part of the voters, 15,000, it is said, were absent on the seal fishery, and the rioters thus, practically, disfranchised. The disturbances at the re-assembling of the House were so great that troops had to be tele graphed for to Halifax. The mob, being armed, prevented the first who arrived from landing ; but a larger number arrived and restored order, if not contentment. The Governor appears to be a very unpopular and really incompetent man ; but of course the Duke of NEWCASTLE must see, as the first thing, to the assertion of legal authority. With the ample means which Newfoundland, as well as every other colony, now has of appeal to the British Parliament, and the ease and certainty of obtaining all they could reasonably desire, riotous triumphs over the local Government are intolerable. Our present maxims of Colonial Government assure to each colony all the liberty it wishes. We dislike inter fering in their concerns, and have no other wish, now, than that each of our dependencies should be independent in the management of its local matters. Some of the United States papers, however, point to the state of Newfoundland, as a sort of " Secession Movement ;" and tell us that New foundland is essentially an Irish Catholic colony, that its people have long desired annexation to the United States, and that it may be well for Presi dent LINCOLN to notice the fact that England was about to strengthen her defences in North America. A Newfoundland colonial paper thus comments on the movements of the troops already in America : " This movement, we suppose, is in consequence of the war in the United States; and we suppose the majority of the troops thus thrown into the colonies will be concentrated upon the frontier, not only as a protective force against the Yankees,but also against those erratic adventurous Britishers along the lines who sympathise with the Northern States, and are anxious to join in with their Yankee neighbours to 'seek the bubble reputation at the cannon's mouth.' Newfoundland, we suppose, will not be overlooked in this arrangement, it being the actual key to the Northern continent as Cnba is to the Southern ; and, in the event of any unforeseen diffi culty with the States, would no doubt be taken by Brother JONATHAN in a twinkling. It would be a formidable stronghold for him, and most valuable acquisition ; and with Newfoundland in its posses sion, the Northern Republic might sweep the ocean and defy the world." With such facts before the Government, and such opinions in circulation, it is reasonable enough to take the precautions which Lord PALMERSTON vindicated the other night. Only we cannot conceive why his Lordship did not tell us the whole truth. It is gratifying to see that the wanton charge of wantonness against a.baronet of high standing, the details of which we yesterday deemed wholly un fit for publication, has utterly broken down. In our judgment not only propriety forbade the need less exhibition of such filthy imaginations, but we did not, even on the ex parte case, believe a word of them. We felt satisfied they must be either the creations of some prurient fancy, or of a wicked conspiracy, or of both. It seemed to us, whatever any person might swear to ever so hardly, utterly impossible that any one but an actual madman, un conscious of his doings, could have been guilty of what certain women swore they witnessed. We disbelieve the possibility of such acts in the sight of a street full of people; we should not have credited them of a half-drunken porter; but to imagine a gentleman, a man of education, of high position:in the House of Commons, guilty of them, did surpass all the credulity there may be in Our decided judgment is that such charges, unless the probability of their truth glaringly sur passes that of their falsehood, ought never to be published in their disgusting fulness; if possible, all advertence to them were better suppressed, at least till the defence had been heard. This is due to individuals as well as to public decency. Any man may have such charges trumped up against him, if persons can but be found willing to swear hard enough ; and we think the press is bound to protect individuals against the possible machinations of malice, or th inventions of corrupt minds. We hardly need to say that we congratulate the hon. member on the complete break down of the ease, for it broke down by its own extravagance, as reported yesterday by our contemporaries, in our opinion. We then thought, as the magistrate has since stated, "that a man must have been mad, when the police, soldiers, and the public were thickly about, to commit such an offence as alleged, and he did not believe it." To-day the evidence, some of it volunteered, puts the truth of the magistrate's first view, and of our own, beyond doubt. COMPTON v. COMPTON AND BARING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Permit me to endorse Mr. Benjamin Webster's assurance that, in the principal London theatres, where the English Drama is represented, it is not the custom to admit " gentlemen" behind the scenes; but there exists no objection to allow any number to occupy the stalls, boxes, or any other part of the theatre in front of the curtain, in a legitimate way. Also grant me this opportunity, and at the re quest of Mr. Henry Compton of this establishment, to state that he is not the petitioner in the case, nor is he in any way connected with .the above parties.—l am, &c., _ _ _ JOHN B. BUCKSTONE. Theatre Royal, Haymarket, June 25. THE NEW LORD CHANCELLOR. The title selected by the new Lord Chancellor is that of Baron Westbury, of Westbury, in the county of Wilts. Sir Richard Bethell was this morning sworn in a member of the Privy Council, and received the Great Seal from the hands of her Majesty. THE POET CLOSE.—After the literary pension to the Poet• Laureate to the King of Grand Bonny had been withdrawn, the "poet" wrote a long letter to Lord Palmerston erston and a no th er t o th e E ar l o f C ar lisle, wh o have addressed the following replies to his communica tions "Downing -street Juno 3, 1861. cc am desired by Lord Palmerston to inform you in reply to your letter of the 30th of May, that if you can show that you have incurred liabilities in consequence of the announcement that a pension was to be granted to you, Lord Parmerston will take into consideration any claim you may put forward for a donation from the Royal Bounty, but he can see no reason to alter his decision, and h© must observe that Lord Carlisle's letter, of which you send a copy, pdeno e sio sn n.—l not pro a v m e , that Carlisle rec ommended you f " Vice Regal Lodge, June 4,1801. " Sir,—l am &sired by the Lord• Lieutenant of Ireland to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ult. and in reply to inform you his Excellency thought this prospectus referred to the publication of your books or to a private subscription. His Excellency never had thd least idea that it referred to a pension from the Crown. Of course, his Excellency's letter must speak for itself, and have the honour, &c." Lord Palmerston has since granted Mr. Close a donation of.£loo from the Royal Bounty. LATEST NEWS. DEATH OF THE SULTAN. CONSTANTINOPLE, TUESDAY, 5.35r,m. The Sultan died yesterday. His brother, Abdul Aziz, has succeeded hin. All is quiet. Sultan Abdul Meejid Khan, the 31st Scvereign of the family of Osman, and the 28th fom the taking of Constantinople, was born on the 23d April, 1823, and succeeded his father, Sultan Mahm Koudhan 11., on the 2d July, 1839. ROME, JU 1% . E 24. It is asserted that the Duke de Gramnont, the French Ambassador, will leave for France on the 30th inst. The Pope has sufficiently reccvered to give audiences ; but he is unable to go out On the anniversary of his elevation to thi Papacy his Holiness showed himself at the balcony of the palace. BUCHAREST, JUNE 24. Yesterday the inhabitants, to the Lumber of 40,000, assembled in the " Champ Philarete," and celebrated the anniversary of the natimal move of 1848. All the persons present signed a petition demand ing a union of the Principalities, that Prince Couza should remain at the head of the State, and that a new electoral law on the broadest balls should be proclaimed. The most perfect order prevailed. The whole country is disposed to sign the petition. CASSEL, JUNE 25. The committee for the examination of the con stitution has unanimously resolved to send the following declaration to the Diet :—" The Chamber declares itself incompetent to carry on parliamen tary business, and is of opinion that a requisition should be mule to the Elector demanding the re establishment of the constitution of 1831." Tignano, which are said to have been stormed by the royal troops, twenty of the inhabitants put to death, and the towns afterwards burned. There is no :foundation for this story. We have journals and letters from Naples of four days later date, up to which time there was not even any disturbance in those districts. It is a malignant invention of the enemies of Italy, but not their first, nor will it be the last. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 25. The royal mail steamer Cambrian with the above mail arrived here this afternoon. Trade generally had not been brisk in the eastern districts. The averages were pretty well main tallied in the west. A temporary decline had taken place in exports, and imports were very considerable. The exports of wine had fallen from £35,000 to £15,000. Horse sickness and lung disease were prevalent among the stock. The Cape Parliament was opened on the 26th April. The Governor in his speech on the occasion expressed confidence in the maintenance of peace and progress on the frontier and in the general prosperity of the country. The estimates of the revenue submitted to Parliament were far below the expenditure. A bill for separating the pro vinces had been introduced, but it was considered likely to be thrown out. The Home War-office had asked for £30,000 towards the expenditure on account of the military force in the colony. It was not likely to be granted this session. The Narcissus arrived at the Cape on the 23d April. The Forte, with Admiral Keppel on board, left on the 3d May for Alseension, whom Fa) had ar rived and gone on to Rio Janiero. The Emerald arrived afterwards, and followed the Forte. The Archer was at Ascension on the 4th inst. No intelligence had been received from the Zam besi river. The capture of an English vessel by the Portu guese authorities, reported by the last mail, had been satisfactorily explained. The vessel was liberated. The steamer Norman arrived out on the 14th May. SAVOY AND SWITZERLAND. The following note has been addressed by the English Minister at Berne to the Federal Coun cil : BERNE, JUNE 13. Monsieur le President,—ln the officially pub lished report of the Political Department, to be submitted to the Federal Councillors, who will arrive in Berne on the Ist July next, I have read, not without some surprise, the following passage in reference to the question of Savoy : "In conclusion, we believe that, is giving an un prejudiced representation of affairs, we cannot omit to mention the fact that, on the part of France, it has been repeatedly maintained that it was the ob stinate opposition of England to any annexation which had principally compelled France to retract the promises given by her in February, 1860, with reference to the cession of Northern Savoy to Switzerland." I have carefully re-perused the voluminous cor respondence published on this question, but do not find such a motive anywhere mentioned as having determined France to secede from her promise. On the contrary, I find it repeatedly stated that the sole motive for this proceeding on the part of France originated in the disinclination of the people of Savoy for any dismemberment of the country. This was plainly brought forward in M. Thou venel's despatch of March 13, 1860, to M. Tillos, French Charge d'Affaires at Berne, wherein the Minister communicates the details of an interview, remarkable for the sincerity and unreservedness prevailing in it, which he had with M. Kern at Paris. At the interviews between MM, Thouvenel and Kern on the sth and 15th March, and in that be tween the Emperor of the French and General Dufour, which are mentioned in the said corre spondence, the same statement was again adduced as the only obstacle to the promised cession of Chablais and Faucigny to Switzerland. Not a word is there said of the opposition of England. It is indeed impossible to understand how the conduct of her Majesty's Government could have had the least influence on the French Government as far as it concerns the fulfilment of its promises towards Switzerland. In 'this matter her Majesty's Government has constantly maintained the same attitude, and I can hardly make this appear more clearly than by drawing attention to the contents of a despatch addressed, on the 20th March, 1860, by Lord John Russell to the English Ambassadors at Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburg, printed in the blue book (which is, I believe, in the possession of the Federal Council) vol. 6, page 19. The first paragraph of this despatch runs thus : —" The question of Savoy must be considered from two different points of view, one of which is that it involves an augmentation of the territory of France; the other, that it endangers that security *which Switzerland derives from the dispositions of the treaties of 1815 in regard to certain districts of Savoy." His lordship afterwards says " And therefore a Prince of the House of Savoy should be appointed regent of the neutral territory. Should not this be possible, it should be insisted upon that the said territory, so far as specified in the treaties of 1815, should be incorporated with the Swiss Confederation." It evidently results, therefore, that her Majesty's Government, far from having opposed such an arrangement, has, on the contrary, warmly sup ported it. As, also, the vote of the people of Savoy only took place on the 22d April, and as M. Thouvenel had notified that the cession of the above-mentioned provinces to Switzerland should not take place dEfinitively until after the conclusion of the treaty with the Court of Turin, and after the popular vote had been taken, there evidently remained sufficient time for France to perform the promise which she made to Switzerland in the preceding February. The importance of what has been just men tioned cannot escape the observation of the Federal Council ; and as, in my opinion, it is desirable that neither the Federal Assembly nor the people of Switzerland should be misled by that portion of the official report quoted above, I considered myself under the necessity of addressing the present note to your Excellency. The proof that her Majesty's Government has not been influenced by mere jealousy of France, or by a wish to disturb the friendly relations between the said districts and Switzerland—the proof of this (if proof be really necessary) is to be found in the friendly sympathy with Switzerland w hi c h I was ordered to express on the occasion of the late re clamations of France on account of the pretended ill-treatment which French subjects had been sub jected to. Her Majesty's Government has, before every thing, been inspired by the desire to maintain the equilibrium which is so necessary for the peace and welfare of Europe, and to guarantee in good faith the neutrality and independence of a free country, to which England has been bound for centuries by the ties of friendship and kind feeling.—l have the honour, &c., &c., (Signed) E. A. F. HARRIS. It is stated that the liabilities of Messrs. John Duncan and Co., flax spinners of Dundee, who stopped payment on Wednesday last, are large, and that the liqui dation is not expected to be favourable. The firm was in timately connected with Smith, Sinclair, and Co., who stopped some time ago, and the embarrassments from that event have been aggravated by the state of business in America. About £BO,OOO has been sunk in the purchase and building of mills. DUBLIN, Tuesday morning.—A vast quantity of rain has fallen here since Friday last. The weather is at the same time intensely warm, and if the rain does not con tinue too long we shall have an abundant harvest. FRANCE. BOURSE, rune 25,—The arrival of the English funds with lower quotations has caused a little heaviness, but without exercising any material in fluence on prices, which remain within a shade of those of yesterday, Threes being now at 67f. 60c. Railway Share Market without animation. The following are the last quotations:- 4i per per Cents... 96 70; Credit Fonder 1025 Do end nonth.... 96 75 Belgian 41 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 60 , Roman Bank Sbares 2910 — 1 Austrian Credit Atobilier.... 692 50 Spanith Threes 49 Do. Account 693 751 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1360 1360 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 945 946 25 Geneva 4OO .. 401 25 Southern 576 25 .. 576 25 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard PRUSSIA. Advices from CoVentz state that the Prussian Government is occupied with putting the defences of the principal fortresses of the Rhine, such as Mentz, Cologne, &c., more in accord with the im provements lately made in heavy artillery. An inspection is to take place by the most distinguished officers of the special branches of the service. The inhabitants of the above places hope that the towns will be extended beyond the present ramparts which press them in too much. ITALY. TURIN, JUNE 25. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Baron Ricasoli, President of the Council of Minis ters, made the following statement : The Government is happy to announce to the Chamber an event which will be received with great satisfaction by the Italivn people. The Em peror of the French has recogni s ed Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy. The right of our nationality, which until now has only been graven in the con science of the people of Italy, will soon become a right recognised by all Europe. The recognition of the kingdom of Italy by ":i'rance and England definitively determines our position in Europe. Italy is now placed among theother sisterly nations, and occupies the place which has long since been denied her. The recognition of the Italian king dom is the fulfilment and the seal of the memorable words pronounced by the Emperor of the French in July, 1859, in replying to the congratulations of the constitutional bodies of State, shortly after his return from the glorious campaign in Italy. He said—" The future will show the results of this peace for the happiness of Italy, the greatness of France, and the peace of Earope." The Chamber will certainly acknowledge, as a fresh proof of the Emperor's goodwill, the moment itself which he has chosen for making this solemn manifesta tion. It is certainly his intention to render less painful to Italy the great nisfortune by which she has been overtaken. Italy will see in this fresh cause for being grateful to the generous nation whose genius and noble instincts the Imperial Government so worthily represents. Ido not con sider that I am lowering the dignity of Italy in declaring that she ought to be thankful to France. (Cheers.) Do not fear ttat our gratitude towards France can demand of 115 the least sacrifice of our rights or of our interests. (Cheers.) Between France and Italy there cannot be any conflict of interests. Liberty, progress, and humanity will henceforth be the sole common aims of civilised peoples. Italy and France will go hand in hand to this noble result. Such is the new basis of the policy of the Emperor of the French inaugurated by the war in Italy, a policy which will form the best title of his glory, and which will give to the 'world that which it is most in need of, namely, peace founded on justice. (Cheers.) Let us rejoice at this new success, but do not let us forget that our work is not yet completed. We owe this success principally to wisdom, constancy, concord, mag nanimous emulation, efforts, and sacrifices. We still require these virtues—the effects of which cannot bo compensated by any friendship or foreign support. These virtues are the true motives of the past, and the most sure token of the future. (Pro longed cheering.) Signor Muronino, member of the Left, said—l find a deficiency it the communication of Baron ' Ricasoli in his silence with regard to Rome, our capital by right. He asked for explanations. Baron Ricasol replied—There is at present no Ambassador of Italy at Paris, nor any French Ambassador at Turin. This part of our relations has not 'been sottled, but will be so very shortly. As regards Raze, I can assure y ou that the Govern ment has no intention of allowing the question to rest. It 5s too important for the Govern ment not to imessantly occupy themselves with it. The Chamber will, however, understand the gravity of the question, the difficulties of which must be overcome solely by way of negotiations with Napo leon, which are continually going on. I flatter myself that in time, the period of which I certainly cannot fix, fie shall arrive at such a result as will meet the best wishes of the nation. In the mean time I can assure you that the recognition of the kingdom of Italy does not involve any condition nor any insult to our national rights. A letter dated Turin, Saturday, says—the Lon don papers of Wednesday morning publish, amongst t d h o eir ndr i ai n gte t h e ot l ,f li t g h e a n t ee, a despatch from the Marseilles agent of the Ifavas-Bullier correspondence, and originating some w h ere else n o d ou bt, w hi c h i s a unmixed, pretended and news w s from mischievous x a p le s being falsehood. The 1 1 as long ago as the 15th inst., it was rather careless, let least, to send it forth on the 19th in London, without the slightest confirmation. I refer to the alleged insurrection of the towns of San Marco and . .....G..~x~.%~:5_ --err. - THE P Y. It is stated that the iron-plated ship Defence, of 3,700 tons, now in course of construction by Messrs. Palmer Brothers and Co., of Newcastle, will leave the Tyne for Sheerness on the 12th of July, when it will be possible in the course of a month to fit her for service. The Anson, 91, screw steamship, was taken out of Sheerness harbour on Monday for the purpose of testing her speed and machinery at the measured mile cff Mapling Sands. The Anson is of 800 nominal horse-power, but on her trial the indicated horse-power was about 3,500. She first made six runs with all her boilers, when she attained a mean speed of 12.982 knots per hour; average revolutions, 59; draught of water forward, 17ft. Tin. ; aft., 20ft. 10in. She was then tried at the measurd mile, with only, half her boiler power, when she made 11 059 knots per hour ; revo lutions 71 ; ; steam being kept at 201 b. pressure, by means of the expansion valves. She was subse quently tried round the circle, which occupied five minutes and 30 seconds, and afterwards at 16 points; the time occupying three minutes and 24 seconds. During the trial, which lasted seven hours, the water was calm, and a gentle breeze was blowing from the S.W. The engines worked well and evenly, and with little vibration. The trial was altogether highly satisfactory. The line-of-battle sailing ship Superb, 80, attached to the ordinary at Chatham, is ordered by the Ad miralty to be converted into a hospital ship, and will be taken into dock to undergo the necessary altera tions to adapt her for that service. The Argu - s, 6, paddle steam sloop, 300-horse power, from Gibraltar, Commander Herbert F. W. Ingram, arrived at the Nore at 7 p.m. on Saturday. She was inspected on Monday by Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, commander-in-chief, and staff, when the crew were exercised at the target. After the vessel had discharged her powder she steamed into Sheerness harbour, to the coal•ship, previous to paying off and being entered in the third-class steam reserve. Yesterday the paddlewheel steamer Cuckoo was brought up the harbour and moored alongside the Daphne, Is, to be nit.d for Gib),ltar, where she is to be employed in harbour service instead or the paddlewheel steamer Redpole. The Dart, 5, and the Plover, 5, screw steam gun vessels, attached to the steam reserve at Chatham, are both to be immediately fitted for sea at that port, their destination being, it is understood, the coast of North America. The Plover has been brought down the harbour, and is stationed off the dockyard, where she is fitting. The portable steam cranes recently introduced into Chatham dockyard having been found to work satisfactorily, the Admiralty have entered into an arrangement with Messrs. Taylor, of the Britannia Ironworks, for the supply of several orders to that establishment, four Jf which will be employed ex clusively in moving the iron-plates and other por tions of the ironwork used in the construction of the Achilles, 50. In order to facilitate the removal of the steam cranes from one part of the dockyard to another, a line of rails is ordered to be laid down the whole length of the Anchor-wharf, on which the new cranes will be employed in loading and unloading the various transports as they arrive. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Frederick Howard, confirmed to the rank of master; Jacob E. Dyas, surgeon, to the Surprise ; L. H. J. Hayne, surgeon, to the Wanderer; N. D. Fry, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Dee; G. L. Thompson, first-class assistant engineer, to the Indus, for the Goldfinch ; William Smith, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Surprise ; J. Critchley, acting first-class assistant-engineer, to the Wanderer ; A. Smart, second-class assistant engineer, to the Pembroke; R. T. V. Forster, act ing second-class assistant-engineer, to the Cumber land, for the Phaeton ; J. Craig, acting second class assistant-engineer, to the Orlando; J. M'Gough, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Surprise ; H. Vatcher, acting second-class assistant engineer, to the Surprise ; A. J. Baxter and S. T. Sugden, second-class assistant-engineers, to the Wanderer ; R. J. Roberts, engineer, to the Cum berland, for the Cuckoo; William Owen, engineer, to the Surprise; Jonathan Gee, engineer, to the Wanderer; and Charles B, Willcock, assistant clerk, to the Impregnable, as supernumerary. THE ARMY. The usual half-yearly examination of the gentle men cadets and the distribution of prizes by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, in his capacity of President of the Council of Military Education,was held yesterday morning, at theßoyal Military Academy at Woolwich. The report of the council was read by General Knollys. It stated that the gentlemen cadets of the first class who have been under examination are all qualified for com missions • and that the third, fourth, and fifth classes had undergone very satisfactory examina tions. The following gentlemen had particularly distinguished themselves in mathematics—Messrs. English, Richardson, Heneage, Ramsay, Browne, and Clark; in fortification—Messrs. English, Mac diarmid, Fraser, Bell, and Burt; in French—W. Taylor, H. Stewart, and Hamilton ; and in German Messrs. Wighton, Anstey, and Hamilton. In prac tical geometry and plain drawing there has been an improvement, and in landscapie drawing, chemistry, artillery, and mechanics the results aro exceedingly satisfactory. The conduct of the pupils and their application to study was reported by the memo randum of the council as deserving of laudable comment. At the close of the reading the follow ing gentlemen cadets were recommended for com missions—viz. :—ln the Royal Engineers--Messrs. Begbie, Sale, Williams, Abney, Livesay, and Sir Arthur William Mackworth ; and for the Royal Artillery Messrs. Clayton, Loraine, Hemans, Townsend, Anderson, Irwin, Bradl e y, Kensington, MoleSworth, Stace, Rothwell, G as k e ll, C amp b e ll, Carlisle, Sogan, and Des Barres. His Royal High ness dispensed the prizes in the following order : To Mr. Townsend, 1 year and 3 months at the aca demy, a regulation sword, for exemplary conduct while at the institution, and for acquirements or great proficiency in study ; to Mr. Sale, 2 years and 3 months, a pocket sextant for artillery; to Mr. Anderson, 1 year and 3 months, a prismatic compass for surveying ; to Mr. Willans, 1 year and 3 months, a pocket compass, with scale and pen in case, for excelling in fieldworks ; Mr. W. Moles worth, 1 year and nine months, for chemistry, a microscope ; and the same to Mr. Willans and Mr. Livesay, 1 year and 3 months, for geology and phi losophy; to Mr. Hemans, 1 year and 3 months, a double telescope, for mathematics ; to Mr. F. Fire brace, 1 year and 9 months, a double telescope for mathematics ; and the same to Mr. Beauchamp, 3 months, for mathematics ; a double telescope to Mr. Bradley, 1 year and 3 months, for fortification ; to Mr. M'Cullah, 1 year and 9 months, an aneroid b arom eter, for fortification; to Mr. Bradley, 1 year and 3 months, for practical geometry, a prismatic compass ; to Mr. Brooke, 1 year and 3 months, also a prismatic compass, for practical geometry ; to Mr, Begbie, 1 year and 3 months, .Racine, for French ; to Mr. Clayton, Schiller's Sammtliche Werke, for German ; to Mr. Loraine, 1 year and 3 months, for plan drawing, an aneroid barometer ; to Mr. Wynne, 9 months, for landscape drawing, a double tele scope; to Mr. Burke, 9 months, a pocket compass with scale and pen in case, for landscape drawing ; and to Mr. Lawrie, 1 year and 9 months, for car bine practice, a double telescope. The Royal and Indian Engineers have completed the construction of three batteries on their field works attached to the Royal Engineer Establish ment at Chatham, each mounting four guns. The batteries aro formed on the plan recommended by the late General Sir C. Pasley, R.E., and consist of an elevated, sunken, and half-sunken battery, parallel with ea c h other. The sides and angles of the elevated battery are reveted with sandbags, and the other batteries with gabions and fascines. The Engineers have also commenced the construction of a two-gun earth battery, at a short distance from those already formed. Several hundreds of the Royal and Indian Engineers are daily employed in sapping and mining on the field works, and in the construction of flying and other bridges of various descriptions across St. Mary's-creek, and also in pontooning. Under the new regulations recently sanctioned by the Duke of Cambridge several of the most experienced and intelligent of the non commissioned officers of the Royal Engineers have been raised to the rank of assistant field work in structors, and also assistant instructors, under the various officers at the head of the several depart ments at the Chatham Engineer establishment. Capt. A. H. Hutchinson, of the Indian Artillery; Lieut. J. A. Kelso, Royal Artillery ; 10 non-com missioned officers and bombardiers, and 88 men of the Depot Brigade stationed at Sheerness, will pro ceed this morning to Shoeburyness, there to undergo a thorough course of instruction in working and managing the various descriptions of Armstrong guns. The present strength of the division stationed in the camp at Aldershot is 16,300. THE FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTII STAF FORD RAILWAY.—The inquiry into the cause of death of John Smith (driver), John Pains (fireman), and Robert Gardener (guard), who were killed on the Burt on and Tut bury branch of the North Stafford Railway on Friday even ing last (as detailed in Monday's Sun), was commenced on Monday morning at the Castle Inn, Tutbury, before Mr. Coroner Sale. It was ultimately adjourned until Saturday, in order that the Secretary of State might be communicated with in reference to a Government inspector having an opportunity of investigating the matter, LA TV INTELLIGENCE—(2hes Day). DIVORCE COURT. (Before Sir C. Cresswell.) POLLACK V. POLLACK, DEANE, AND MACNAMARA. This was a suit instituted by the husband, for a divorce,. on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respon dents who entered an appearance, but there was no appear ance on the part of the respondent. Macnamara pleaded denial of the adultery, condonation, and collusion, and also , that the petitioner and respondent were not married, and Deane enterA similar pleas on the record, with the excep tion of the denial. of the marriage. The husband in hits petition prayed for damages, which he laid at £2,000. From the evidence adduced at the trial, it appeared that the marriage was solemnised in the parish church of St. Pancras in 1852, and that the parties cohabited until 1859, when the petitioner alleged that he discovered his wife's infidelity. The acts of adultery were stated to have been committed at a house where the petitioner and his wife were staying, in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, the Great Western Hotel, and at Kew. Mr. Pollack was a sugar refiner in extensive business at Konigsberg, and had one of the most extensive establishments in Prussia. He had been divorced from his first wife, as ho stated, at his own instance, and had a son by that marriage, who was 18 years of age. Ono of the witnesses stated that she had intercourse with Mr. Macnamara, who had been seen to go into her bed room, and that he had pro mised to marry her if she could obtain a divorce. There was no evidence against Mr. Deane further than that be bad occupied the same house in which Mr. Pollack and his wife were residing, and the case against him was aban doned. The jury found that Mrs. Pollack had committed adultery, but that there was no evidence to criminate Mr. Macnamara. The case stood over for the learned judge to consider him decision. Sir C. Cresswell now pronounced the decree nisi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DOUBTFUL CASE OF FELONY.—Louisa Morgan, a well dressed female, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to steal a gold watch, of the value of £lO, the rronertv of Mr. Edward Watson, plumber, of Great Ryder street. Mr. Watson said—At one o'clock this morning I was at the end of Jermyn-street, when the prisoner made a snatch at this watch, but the chain fortunately breaking the watch remained in my pocket. I lost about four inches of my chain, but detained the prisoner. Prisoner—l never saw the gentleman before, and never had his watch or chain in my possession. I had £2 in my pocket when I came out. My husband is employed at Pickford's. Edward Brown, police constable, said I found a sovereign on the prisoner, and she was tipsy. The prosecutor had also been drinking. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l don't think if she did it, she did it with. the intention of stealing the watch. Prisoner—l have been here once before, but it was for deserting my child, and my child died in prison. lam living with my husband at 47, Gloucester-street, Queen's square. I never did it. Constable—l have seen the prisoner and another woman often about. Prisoner—No, you have not. The inspector told me that the prosecutor said the other female had his piece of chain. Mr. Tyrwhitt —I will take your own recognisance to ap pear here on Saturday. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were limited. A few good samples were disposed of at Monday's decline in the quotations of 2s. per quarter, but all other kinds were quite neglected, and nominal in value. We were well supplied with foreign wheat ex granary, and sales progressed slowly in all descriptions at the late dcolin.e of is. to 2s. per quarter. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at Mon day's currency. Barley attracted very little attention, and, in some in stances, the quotations ruled in favour of buyers. Fine malt was held at previous rates ; but the value of other kinds had a drooping tendency. The demand for oats was in a sluggish state, yet prices were fairly supported. Beans and peas were in limited supply, and the trans actions in them were, for the most part, at previous rates. Flour was much neglected, yet, compared with Monday, very little change took place in the quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat, Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2601 1 740 1 530 2 Irish I -- Foreign 6,750 ,3,0 , 2,170 860 sacks 6,990 brls. BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantations report a slight inrp provement, and the duty is estimated at about £65,000. Tho market, generally, is inactive ; nevertheless, prices rule firm. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is only moderate, yet the trade is in a sluggish state, as follows : Beef from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, ?s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. CIVIL SERVICE. The following resolution was put to the house yesterday, and agreed to :—" That a sum, not exceeding £811,300, be granted to her Majesty, on account, for or towards defray ing the charge of the following Civil Services to the 31st day of March, 1862, viz.— CLASS 11. Treasury $lO,OOO Foreign Department .. .. .. .. .. 16,000 Board of Trade, &c. .. .. .. .• .. 16,000 Office of Works, &c. .. .. .. .. 5,000 Office of Wood .. • • • • • • • • 7,000 Mint .. .. .. . • • • • • .. 9,000 Inspectors of Factories, &c. • • • • • . 5,000 Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums, Ireland .. .. 1,600 Board of Public Works, Ireland .. • • • .. 3,000 Copyhold, Inclosure, &c., Commission .. .. 3,000 National Debt Office • • • • .. .. 4,000 Public Works Loan and West India Relief Corn- missions .. __ _ 1,000 Charity Commission 3 , 000 Landed Estates Record Offices .. 1,000 Printing and Stationery .. 50,000 CLASS 111. ENGLAND. Criminal Prosecutions, &c. 20,000 Registrar of High Court of Admiralty .. 3,000 Probate Court • 16,000 County Courts 20,000 Police Courts (Metropolis) .. 6,000 Metropolitan Police 30,000 SCOTLAND. Lord Advocate and Solicitor 1,000 Court of Session .• •• •• •• 3,500 Court of Justiciary .. .. • • • • 3,000 Procurators Fiscal .. .. • • • • • • 5,000 General Register House, Edinburgh .. • . 3,000 Commissary Clerk, Edinburgh .. 1,400 IRELAND. Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions .. .. 10,000 Court of Chancery .. . • . • .. 2,300 Re): istrars to the Judges, &c. • 2,000 Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency ▪ 2,000 Court of Probate) 2,000 Consolidated Office of Writs.. l,OOO Police Justices, and Metropolitan Police, Dublin.. 21,000 Constabulary .. 25,000 Prisons, &c., at Home 50,000 Maintenance of Prisoners, &c. 20,000 Convict Establishments in the Colonies 5,00 CLASS IV. Education, Great Britain .. • • .. .. 60,000 Science and Art Department.. .. 34,000 Education, Ireland .. 70,000 Queen's Colleges, Ireland .. 1,500 Belfast Theological Professors .. 1,000 British Museum .. . • 25,000 CLASS V. British Columbia •• .. •• .. 9,200 Western Coast of Africa •• •• •• • • 5,600 Falklands •• •• •• •• .. • • 1,000 Labuan .• •• .. •• • • • . 5,100 Fiji Islands Inquiry .. .. • • • • • • 1,100 Treasury Chest .. .. • • • • • • 15,000 Niger Expedition .. Slaves 'So. 1,500 Captured Negroes, Bounti e s on ) • • 28,600 • . • • Expenses 00 Consuls Abroad • • • • • • • • 40,000 I\i s l p i e n c i i s a t l er m sa is t s F io o n r s e , ig&C tfl . o . u ts r , ts ec , E o. straor . d . inar y EzPen 100 .. CLASS VI. a . 10,000 Superannuations, 1 ..... ' ' .. 40,000 • • .. .. 700 l l V lo c u s " .. 2 400 Fever Hospital • • , Cork-street • • .. .. 700 li osPi P ta it l a s i Dr. Steevens's Hospital .. 400 Relief of Distressed British Seamen • • • • 3,000 s ttn o o o f rel n an du d s L try otk li c Coneordatam Fund, Sce., Ireland .. : • • • 3,600 Non -conforming and other Ministers, Ireland .. 10,000 CLASS VII. Temporary Commissions .• •• •• •• 6 , 100 •• •• Oil •• C e nsus of the Pop u l a ti on 35,000 Total ..L811,30 0 LAUNCH AT THE PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD. —On Saturday evening the Aurora, 51-gun, first-class steam screw frigate, was launched. The ceremony of naming was performed by Mrs. Ford, wife of Lieut.-Col. Ford, resident commandant, Royal Engineers; soon after which the noble fabric glided into the placid waters of the haven amidst the vivas of an immense concourse of spec tators and the dulcet strains of the dockyard band. The following is a statement of her principal dimensions : Length between the perpendiculars, 227 feet; length of keel for tonnage, 195 feet 81 inches ; breadth extreme, 60 feet ; breadth for tonnage, 49 feet 6 inches ; breadth moulded, 48 feet 8 inches ; depth of hold, 16 feet 9 inches; burden in tons, 2,550 55-94; engines, 400 horse-power. THE LATE STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION AT BRISTOL. —1 he inquest on the body of John Merchant, engine driver of the Alarm te amboat, who lost his life in the recent explosion of that vessel, terminated yesterday in an open verdict—that the deceased was killed by the explo sion, but that there was no evidence to show how the accident originated. 2 Col $Ol, spE teg W E Pro th e: eha to Ear ape a De Ne vi Ind 141 0 Nev P ot 11u, TILT E, a