The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-20 00:00:00

T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Duckett:die. THIS EVENING, the Perimmaw" will &mum with A DUKE IN DIFFICULTMS. Mrs. Stirling, Miss F. Haydon, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr. Backstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, (to. • After which, will be revived, with entirely new seenery by and e ff ects, and all the original mnsio the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodram a of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. T H EATEE -ROYAL LYCEUM. Bois Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. Last Night of the Season. For Madame Celeste's Benefit. THIS EVENING, LOVERS' QUARRELS. Followed by the new drama, THE HOUSE ON THE BRIDGE OF NOTRE DAME. Principal characters by Mr. G. Vining, Mr. J. J o h ns t one, M r. Villi ers, M r. Clifford, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Morris ; Miss M.Ternan, Miss K. Saville, Miss L. Thompson, and Madame Celeste. To conclude with THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Patrick O'Brien, Mr. John Drew. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. rum EVENING, THE HUNCHBACK. Messrs. Ryder, Hermann Vezin, Shore, Meadows, &c. ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq, To conclude with THE RENT DAY. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, the new drama, MAGLIORE, THE PRESTIDIGITATOR. Messrs. R Webster, J. L. Toole, D. Fisher, drc.; Miss K. Kelly, Miss EL Simms, &C. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Eburne, Romer , C. J. Smith ; Miss sate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. After which, THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. P au l Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Julia Daly. Doors open at half past C--Commence at 7. CANTERBURWYe-HA LL ad. CONCERTS!! stminster-ro Proprietor........C. Morton. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, IL CORSARO, (This opera has never been produced in this or any other country, except at these Concerts), having met with that de cided success which charactise3 the most popular works of this great Master, will be p er f orme d EVERY EVENING ; together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI mmTO, by Donizetti, Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A. B. Hollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and the Brothers Conrad. John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the Establishment. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, 9h. 14m.—Afternoon, 9h. 58m. To-moßnow.-Morning, 10h. 39m.—Afternoen, 11h. 14m. TRH WEATHER.—Surr Orricz, APRIL 20, 1561. THERMAMETER, IN THE SHADE. ' 50—highest mince noon yesterday. 36 —lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. _ _ _ BABAMETER-30.25. WlND—North-Easterly—fresh; with fine cold weather. . • 1 i, .4-( q T , 4 - . ' ' F4.....‘,._ bri, I' ,7 'ie-,_ • '''"' - ~ ' ' Po" ~ _... 'e• - - .'-', ,:a...e. • __ , I t .-----.... THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1881. The House of Lords has again spoken on Italian affairs, and this time with an unanimity and pre cision which leave little to be desired. On the main point, taking things as they now stand, all are agreed—that Rome ought to be the capital of Italy. On the point next in importance—that sound policy calls on Austria to surrender Venetia —there seems also to be no difference of opinion. On one point only their lordships appear to be as wrong as they well can be ; in their hostility to Hungary regaining its full legal rights—the rights which the present Emperor (rather his German advisers, for he was but a boy at the time) trampled under foot by Russian arms, and sub verted by lawless and sanguinary revolution. It is truly astonishi 3. that English Conserva tives can defend for a moment the violent abolition of the independent constitution and Government of the large kingdom of Hungary by nothing better than Imperial Chartism. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH might perhaps justify on Conserva tive principles his objection to Italians aiding Hungary to regain her liberties; his Lordship would doubtless, in 1688, have objected to as sistance furnished by the Prince of ORANGE to The Liberal party in England. But the cheers which greeted his cars, on making such observa tions, from their usual unimpassioned Lordships, were really in favour of the Emperor of AUSTRIA against a legal King of Hungary ; for the cheers of the Lords were renewed when he declared that "Austria, in In r integrity and her strength, is absolutely necessary to the safety of every State in Europe !" and again, that it would be impos sible to preserve the balance of power if her inte grity were aPsailta By the integrity of Austria, Lord ELLENBOROUGH meant the integrity created by NICHOLAS, by HAYNAU, by the murder of Count LOUIS BATTIIYANI, and of the patriots who, were hung at Arad. The integrity of fraud, violence, and wrong. In no way can Austria be one empire, in the sense which our Lords had the folly to cheer, but by the voluntary assent of Hungary to an union of Government and Administration, similar to the assent obtained from Ireland and Scotland to con stitute Great Britain one empire. Or, would noble Lords really be prepared to say that, to preserve the balance of power in Earope, it would have been justifiable to amalgamate England, Scotland, and Ireland by foreign arms and bloodshed ? On the question of Italy, however, they were more enlightened. Lord DERBY, indeed, like Lord JOHN RUSSELL, cast a longing, lingering look on his project of a Northern and Southern Italian Kingdom, with a little wedge of the Popedom between to keop all tight ; but even he felt com pelled to accept the actual situation of things, and to ask what is best to be done, seeing that with the exceptions of Roma and Venetia, Italy is one. Lord ELLENBOROUGH in his very eloquent speech put the fact in the clearest light. " When I see a man, with no advantage but his sword and that which he derived from his own character and an extraordinary power of leading men to victory, landing with 1,000 men on the extreme coast of Sicily and marching froni victory to victory, any one of which would have made the reputation of an ordinary General, till he was at last carried almost alone on the shoulders of the people of Naples into the King's palace, while the city of Naples was still occupied by the Royal troops—when I see, further, the shortcomings, the mistakes, and the errors of that man, so fall of natural greatness, no bility, and generosity; when I see the inva sion of Umbria and the Marches, the sieges of Gaeta and Messina, and the completion of the Italian kingdom ; when I see elements so discordant and things so contradictory all brought to bear on the accomplishment of one great purpose, I cannot attribute the result to mere chance, or to the ordi• nary operations of the work of man. I see in it the hand of Providence, and I accept it." This is straightforward and honourable in such a thorough Tory as Lord ELLENBOROUGH, and from this position his argument is necessarily the same as that of the Italian Parliament. Italy, great as i t has becom e ~ , still wants a capital,"—and with out a capital the keystone of the arch is still wanting." A hi s lordship admirably expressed it, cc There is no other city in Italy worthy of that honour and which would effect the objects to be der i ve d from its occupation, as a capital. Borne i s as necessary to Italy as London is to ncl and Eng .Paris to France. Neith er Florence nor any other city can ever possess that prestige vcr the minds of or that power 0 raen which for the 2,000 years Rome has possessed as the are of the most illustrious deed s. In any other city Parlia ment sitting wou ld be c onsidered by other pubs • n Parliament and not of Italy as almost a foreign identified with the interests of the nation. The jea lousies of others cities which have been the residence of Sovereigns would naturally be roused, and no con fidence would be placed in the Government ; but once in Rome those jealousies would be extin guished. One general feeling would then unite the whole people of Italy, and they would indeed become a nation." And what hinders ?—an army of 20,000 French men. And what hinders their withdrawal? The fear that the POPE would be insulted, and that Catholic Powers would hold France responsible for such a result, But there can be no difficulty in making arrangements with the Government of the King of ITALY for the independence of the POPE, and for his most generous and liberal treatment. The Italians are Catholics. They would be proud of their Bishop but for the unhappy consequences flowing from his temporal rule; and they would willingly concede him all that the Catholics of Europe and of the world could ask, if he would spontaneously resign a kind of power which eccle siastics ought never to possess. It is the Prince, not the POPE, they hate, and released'from his tem poral yoke, they would instinctively bow the knee for his spiritual benediction. England, however, cannot easily interfere, not, at least, in arrange ments for the POPE'S spiritual position. That is no concern of ours. Our Government has remonstrated respecting the continued intervention at Rome, in face of the EMPEROR'S spontaneous avowal of non intervention doctrines, and we cannot easily do niore. Unlike Mr. ROEBUCK, Lord ELLENBOROUGH regarded the fortresses of Venetia as of less strate gical value than ever ; but even that was a subordi nate consideration. He held that it was for the interest of Austria herself, in regard to any danger from France, that Italy should be strong ; so strong as to act independently of France, which she never can do while Austria keeps her present position in Venetia. Italian policy must now aim to retain the aid of France. " But once in possession of the Italian peninsula, Italy will no longer have any object to gratify. It is impossible she can de sire to occupy a foot of ground beyond the Italian soil. Her policy, in conjunction with Switzerland, with which she will then be most intimately allied, will be to preserve an armed permanent neutrality, to protect the ba lance of power in Europe, and to forbid any State, German or French, from passing the Rhine, both banks of which will then be in the possession and under the command of the Italian army. If Italy be constituted so that it will be able to do this, its true line of policy, observe the advantage which it will prove to Austria. Her left flank will be entirely protected in any operations which she may hereafter be required to conduct against France, and united with Germany she would at all times be enabled to protect her dominions. My lords, these are the views which I entertain with respect to the Venetian question. I do earnestly hope a time will come when Austria will take a more cor rect view of her own real ultimate interests than perhaps she can be induced to do at present." We commend these observations to the attention of the hon. member for Sheffield. From the Tory point of view nothing could be better than the light in which Lord ELLENBOROUGri placed the Venetian question. From the treaty of Vienna up to the present time, he could easily praise the conduct of Austria and justify her posi tion ; her political position, we mean, for we pre sume, that even he would not attempt to justify the brutalities and oppression of her Italian admi nistration. But having said the best for the past, " I must venture," he said, "to offer an opinion which may not be acceptable to her. I think it is necessary to the safety of Austria that she should reconcile herself to the Italian people. I recollect hearing at the time of the Congress of Vienna, that l i Austria said, "Italy is our budget, and we must cling to her." It is now, however, her deficit, and the main source of her financial difficulties." On the whole, we may hope that this debate will have its influence on the continent. The difficulties of the Emperor of the FRENCH were no doubt much exaggerated by Lord DERBY—for a boldly honest policy is a self-sustaining one ; still he will see that the English House of Lords affirms the necessity of Rome to Italy, and expects of him, having got into a false position, to find his way out of it. They bear witness to his adroitness in past difficulties, they expect him to show the same adriotness in regard to Rome. Mr. GLADSTONE'S answer last evening to Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE'S inquiries in respect to the vote for the China war, gives us another plea sant glimpse of—the way the money goes ! The vote of credit referred to is a vote of £3,800,000 altogether. And Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, in respect to this particular vote of credit, was on Thursday evening not unnaturally desirous of elicit ing from the Chancellor of the Exchequer two or three little scraps of information. In the first place, he wanted to know precisely if the "proportion of the vote of credit taken for the expense of the Chinese war had been actually expended and paid out of the Exchequer ?" In answer to which inquiry, Mr. GLADSTONE contented himself with regard to this interrogation, by referring to what had just been placed on the table of the house, viz., the balance-sheet of income and expenditure. Secondly, Sir STA'''. FORD NORTHCOTE was desirous of learning " What proportion is estimated to be still payable out of the balances in the Exchequer in respect of expen diture chargeable to that vote ? " The answer here too, to begin with, but only to begin with, Promises to be quite as curt as the one already par ticularised. " The whole remaining portion of that vote," said Mr. GLADSTONE, "is still payable out of the balances in the Exchequer." But the Chan cellor of the same immediately goes on to add, , 4 There might have arisen here a very nice legal question. The language used by the Legislature in respect to votes of credit has not been uniform. In the acts relating to votes of credit for the Russian ( war the language was obviously larg e enough to carry on any vote of credit once given by the house from year to year until the whole 'sum had been ex hensted, and quite irrespective as to what particular I charge might have been incurred. Under the act of last year there may perhaps be a doubt as to the effect of the language, but I think the vote of credit that was given by the house last year was not ap plicable in respect of any charge except a charge incurred during the last year. However, the dis tinction is immaterial, but there can be no doubt whatever that the charge incurred during the last year, although not a charge payable out of the Ex chequer during the last year, will run even some what beyond the total amount of the vote of credit taken last year ; therefore no legal point arises, and I have no hesitation in answering that the entire balance of the vote of credit is not exhausted, while that payable out of the Ex chequer, in respect of the Exchequer, is strictly chargeable to that vote, The next part of the question, I think, falls to the ground, because that could only assume a particular character in case it was found that the whole of the vote of last year was applicable under the terms of the 1 ,r Iv . Satisfactory—isn't it ? The meaning of all that enormous amount of circumlocution being, that the entire amount of balance of the vote of credit referred to, the vote of credit in the matter of the late Chinese war—a vote of credit (don't let this be forgotten) amounting in all to £3,Boo,ooo—is not yet exhausted, but admits of being exhausted, and will most positively in the fullness of time, prove to be —not enough ! Naively does Mr. GLADSTONE, later on in his explanation on Thurs day evening, charmingly, delightfully does Mr. GLADSTONE vouchsafe to Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE the acknowledgment—" Having said thus much I must not sit down without reminding the house that all votes of credit are from their nature most elastic—that is to say, of a most uncertain charao• ter ; and it is on the practical judgment of your officers that you can really rely in presenting any figures to the House with respect to them. lam bound to say that I have such confidence in the practical judgment of your officers that I think the vote of credit of last year, and the vote of credit this year, will probably prove to be within some short limit, well adapted for the purposes for which they were given ; but they must not be taken as if they were estimates of an ordinary kind, being on the contrary, according to the first intention of them, votes taken with a margin, under extra ordinary circumstances, and therefore not capable of being estimated before hand with the same degree of precision." To condense all which into one brief sentence, it is as though Mr, GLADSTONE had said, in reference to the vote of credit in the matter of the late Chinese war to the tune of £3,800,000—" I think it will prove in the end to be quite enough, but then bear especially in mind that in all human probability, judging from past ex perience in these matters—it won't !'' Already, indeed, Mr. GLADSTONE during the course of his remarks on Thursday evening's sitting, in answer to the sufficiently pertinent question of " Why a further vote of credit to the amount of £1,000,000 is likely to be required, when there is an unex. pended surplus, approaching £BOO,OOO, on the vote taken last year r—already, let it not be forgotten, Mr. GLADSTONE had said, among other things during the course of his explanation in answer to this on Thursday, " The view in which I think it most desirable that the House should consider the million of money which, so to speak, I have charged in the financial statement against the revenue of the year, is this, that it is—as nearly as can be judged at the Treasury—about the amount which is likely to'be required out of the revenue of the year. I may also say that that same million of money, together with the three-quarters of a million, in round numbers, still remaining available out of the vote of last year, are likely, as far as we can form what I may call a conjecture rather than a judgment, about to cover the whole liability of the country in respect to what may be called the China War, together with future liability that is indirectly incidental to the China War, and that is, I am sorry to say, very heavy, an extraor dinary charge that arises from the necessity of pro viding for the Indian pay and allowance to th e British forces in the occupation of China." Note well that , incidental " I am sorry to say VERY HEAVY," as applied to certain " future liabilities" arising out of " what may be called the China War," in the shape of what is called doubtless also with quite as literal accuracy ",an extraordinary charge." The phrase is dreadfully ominous, dropping from the lips of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, " I am sorry to say ♦ery heavy." Not a doubt of it. We have made our bed, and we must lie upon it, be it ever so thorny or uncomfortable. But whatever else we may do, let us at any rate, as people of com mon sense, be quite certain of this, that we have not heard the last of the China War vote of credit. A SID SCENE AT BURNHAM MARKET We have just received intelligence from Burn ham Market of an extraordinary proceeding, yes terday (Thursday) afternoon, at the burial—or what should have been the burial —of a deceased parishioner. The deceased, it seems, was a Primi tive Methodist. His family objected to the Church Burial Service, but at last, under advice, submitted to it, having performed their own service elsewhere. The rector met the body at the churchyard-gate, and began reading the service, walking towards the church. The relations declined to follow into the church, and proceeded with the body to the grave and set it down. Not one word was said by them—not even a hymn was sung —and the family returned to their home. The minister ordered the grave to be filled up, leaving the body on the ground by the side of the grave—and there it remains now. The minister, we presume, justifies this proceed ing by the refusal of the family to follow him into the church ; or, possibly, there may be other cir cumstances of excuse. We will not pre-judge. We shall make our own independent inquiries, and fully report the ascertained facts next week. This case, any way viewed, illustrates the neces sity for legislation, and will furnish Sir M. Peto with another fact in support of his bill.—Norfolk News. The Earl of Derby has returned to town from Newmarket. Colonel the Hon. W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot have left the noble earl's mansion in St. James's • square for their new residence in Cromwell road. Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly this evening at Cambridge House, and on Saturday, the 27th inst. A marriage is stated to be arranged between Viscount Milton, eldest son of the Earl Fitzwilliam, and Miss Chichester, daughter of Lord Edward Chichester, and niece of the Marquis of Donegal!. Lord Ravensworth and the Hon. Miss Liddell have arrived at Percy Cross, Fulham, from Ravensworth Castle, Durham. Lady Brougham has returned to town from a visit to Lady Moore at Cobham. His Serene Highness the Duke de Montpensier, wh• married a sister of her Majesty the Queen of Spain, and who, with a portion of his family, embarked at Cadiz on the 14th inst., is expected hourly either at Falmouth, Plymouth, or Southampton. On landing the Duke will roceed immediately either to Claremont or London. MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will entertain the Earl of Derby and the rest of the leading members of the Conservative party, with Many other persons of distinction, at a state banquet on the evening of Wednesday next, in the Egyptian -hall of the Mansion-house. Invitations have also been issued to the Earl of Elgin and a distinguished company to a similar banquet on Wednesday evening, the Bth of May. THE FRENCH NAVY.—The budget of the French Marine department for 1862 amounts to 126,165,419 f. being 1,577,000 f. more than in 1861. In this increase 782,000 f. are set down for four new rear-admirals, 75 additional lieutenants, 7 new chaplains, and for the augmentation of the maritime gendarmerie, the corps of engine-men, the medical officers, &c. ; and a sum of 400,000 f. is awarded for encouraging the breeding of fish on the coasts. In the grand total 2,001,000 f. are put down for hospitals, 12 , 2 37,000 f. for provisions, 4,400,000 f. for coal, 16,340,000 f. for wages to workmen, and 36,000,000 f. for stores for the fleet. The total number of vessels in the fleet is to be 152, with Jut counting three iron-plated frigat9s, 90 vessels in reserve, and three engaged in special services. The total number of men is to be 45,184, of whom 23,511 are to be sailors afloat, 4,160 sailors on land, 12,689 marines, the rest artillerymen, gendarmes, &c. The printer of the pastoral letter of the Bishop of Poitiers, a person of the name of Oudin, of that city, was, the day before yesterday, tried by the tribunal of Correc tional Police of Poitiers on the charge of having published the said pastoral without making the deposit of it required by law. It was proved that, on the 25th February, he an nounced at the Prefecture of Vienna that he had printed 1,200 copies of the pastoral, and that on the same day ho had sent through the post 781 copies of it addressed to the clergy of the diocese, and to the Bishops of France ; but that, though it treated of political matters, he had not, 24 hours before making the said distribution, deposited copies in the office of the Procureur Imperial, as ho ought to have done, un•ler Art. 7of the law of 27th July, 1849. The Tribunal fined him 500 f, and to pay the costs, LATEST NE WS. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, APRIL 20. The iloniteur of to-day says :—" Prince Napo leon wrote to the Emperor, requesting him not to order proceedings to be instituted in the affair of the pamphlet entitled ' A Letter on the History of France.' " It did not, however, appear possible to accede to the wishes of the Prince, and to interrupt the course of justice." TURIN, FRIDAY EVENING. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Liborio Romano defended the conduct of the Neapolitan army. General Bixio declared that as the Chamber favourably received the speech which he pro nounced yesterday in reference to the Southern Army the Garibaldian officers of superior rank and those who were deputies resigned their mili tary titles. General Bixio proposed an order of the day insist ing upon the forts being armed, even if they should be occupied by the National Guard, He said— " The army should speedily number 300,000 men, and the Parliament should vote all the necessary supplies." He concluded as follows :—" When we have ob tained such an army we shall be able to resist the whole world." Garibaldi proposed another order of the day, drawn up in the following manner :—" The Cham ber expresses its gratitude to the Garibaldian officers who were appointed by decree of the Dictator, and although it leaves the Ministry at liberty to organise volunteer corps and to call them out at opportune times, requests the Ministry to recon struct and maintain the Southern Army." Signor Cugia supported the decree ordering the formation of three divisions of volunteers, and op posed the proposition of Garibaldi. On quitting the hall with the deputies Count Cavour was cheered by an immense concourse of people. A similar demonstration was afterwards made in honour of Garibaldi. These manifestations were expressive of the desire of the people for a re conciliation between Garibaldi and Cavour. TURIN, APRIL 20. The Opinione of to-day states that Portugal has recognised the new Kingdom of Italy. TURIN, APRIL 19. The rumours of the resignation of Count Cavour are without any foundation. The result of yesterday's debate and the attitude of the Chamber of Deputies are, on the whole, con sidered favourable to the Government. All parties applaud the words of concord which were expressed by Count Cavour and General Bixio. Garibaldi has declared himself satisfied. The excitement has abated. The official Gazette of to-day, in its summary of news, states that brigandage exists in the Neapoli tan provinces, but is everywhere being suppressed. It expresses a hope that order will soon be esta blished everywhere. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, during the reading of the report of the prevous sitting, Garibaldi entered the hall, and was received with loud applause from the galleries, notwith standing the President's bell ordering silence. A discussion took place on the organization of the Ministry of War. The tranquillity of the city has not been dis turbed by any demonstrations. NAPLES, APRIL 17. The town of Venom, in the province of Basili cata, has been delivered from the Bourbonists, who had proclaimed the Government of Francis 11. Troops have been sent to dispossess them of the town of Meleni. APRIL 18. An attempt at reaction has broken out in Cala bria, - whither troops have been despatched. SPECIE FOR THE EAST. _ SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 20. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, sailing hence to-day, takes out 854 boxes specie, consisting of bar silver, £190,350; dollars, 15,900 ; gold co i n , £8,235 i t3 s o,oB . ;a 2 ;sovereigns, and d jewellery , £6,873. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1861." AMERICA. ~~~~_ LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steamship Com pany's steamer City of Baltimore, which touched at Queenstown yesterday, and the Canadian Mail steamship North American, which touched at Lon donderry, have arrived. The increased activity in the military and naval departments, the collection of bodies of troops, the fitting out of several Federal war vessels, and the chartering of several large merchant steamers for the conveyance of stores, had created much sensa tion, and an impression prevailed that the Admi nistration was about to take active measures to enforce the Federal laws. The unusual mystery which prevailed in the Government departments tended to exaggerate public rumour. The desti nation of the vessels was variously conjectured, Fort Pickens, St. Domingo, Brazos, and the Mis sissippi being considered the most likely. A block ade of the Mississippi has been anticipated for some time, and merchants have already taken precautions against losses likely to arise in such a contingency. The reinforcement of Fort Sump ter does not appear to be thought of. The New York journals appear quite alive to the fact that any attempt at supporting the collection of revenue in the South must lead to privateering on an extensive scale. The naval and military force in the neighbourhood of New York ready for em barkation was estimated, including the Horse Ar tillery, at 2,658 men. The President, it is asserted in some of the New York papers, cannot order a blockade, er attempt to collect the revenue on ship b6ard without the authority of Congress. The Northern Light had arrived at New York with 996,445 dols. in California gold. The advices from the Southern Confederation are rather meagre. It is reported that the supplies of Fort Sumpter had been at length cut off. A schooner from New Jersey, loaded with ice, had been shot at and hit while entering the harbour. She was im mediately put about, and went off to sea again. The excuse for firing into her was that she carried no colours. Major Anderson immediately despatched a messenger to Governor Pickens for an explana tion, but the result of the interview was not known. The South Carolina State Convention had, by a vote of 149 to 29, ratified the Constitution of the Confederate States. The Treasury notes of the Confederate States were issued on the 4th, under the law authorising a million issue. The first bonds issued by the Con federacy were for 1,000 dls, and sold at 20 per cent. premium. It was reported from Norfolk, Virginia, that a disturbance had occurred among the work men at Fortress Monroe, that a Palmetto flag was raised under the walls outside the Fort, and that the soldiers were dared to interfere with it. Advices from Texas tend to show that the treason of Twiggs demoralised to an alarming degree the entire military force of the United States in Texas. For this reason it had become a military necessity to withdraw from that section all the troops now there, even though their place should be promptly supplied by new companies of picked and tried men. General Houston still claimed to be Governor of Texas, and had sent a message to the Legislature asserting his authority. In the Virginia Convention the report of the Committee on Federal Relations had been under discussion. The third resolution, opposing the formation of geographical or sectional parties in Federal politics, was adopted. The fourth resolution, declaring the Territories to be a trust, to be administered for the common benefit of the people of all the States, was adopted by a ma jority of two. The fifth resolution was amended by striking out that part which assigned as one of the uses of the Government forts "to aid in suppressing domestic insurrection," and, as thus amended, was adopted. A motion of Mr. Harvie to substitute for the sixth resolution an ordinance of secession, pro viding for its submission to the people at the election in May, was rejected by a vote of 89 to 45. The sixth resolution was amended verbally—the Con vention refusing by a vote of 94 to 64, to declare that Virginia ought not to accept a form of adjust ment that would not prove acceptable to the seceded States. The resolution as adopted expresses an earnest desire for the re-establishment of the Union in its former integrity, and peace. prosperity, and fraternal feeling. From Pensacola we learn that great preparations were making for an attack on Fort Pickens by the Confederate army. Troops and munitions of war were daily arriving, and the officers found it difficult to restrain the ardour of their men from an immediate attack upon the fort. On board the United States fleet at Fort Pickens there were 800 troops, including marines, all of whom could be landed at any moment. The vessels were short of provisions, and the men, on account of the apparent neglect of the authorities at Wash ington, were somewhat disheartened. A coloured man and his wife and two children had been seized at Chicago—one slaveholder from Missouri claiming to own the man, and another to own his wife and children. The arrest was secretly managed, and the alleged fugitives taken to Spring field for examination with little disturbance. They were subsequently surrendered to the claimants. Considerable excitement prevailed, and shots were fired at the train which was supposed to carry the parties away. From Honduras we learn that President Guar diola had been named Captain-General of the Re public, and given full powers to settle the question between the civil and ecclesiastical authorities. Colonel Rudler, who was arrested with the late General Walker, and who had been held as a pri soner ever since by the authorities of Honduras, had been released by President Guardiola. THE CASE OF MR: FE.RNANDEZ, OF WAKEFIELD. In the Court of Exchequer, yesterday, Mr. Bovill applied for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of Mr. J. Fernandez from York Castle, to be discharged out of custody, on the ground that the warrant of commitment and the caption was bad on the face of it, inasmuch as it did not sot out the nature of the offence and the ground of commit ment ; also that the court from which the warrant issued had no power to issue a general warrant of commitment, of fine, and imprisonment. The circumstance out of which the application arose was one of very considerable importance as to the law and . power of judges and commissioners of assize to issue warrants for contempt, with fine and imprisonment. The defendant had been one of the witnesses under the Wake field Election Commission Inquiry, and by a reso lution of the House of Commons claimed to be pro • tested from giving the same evidence in a court •f law as he did before the Commissioners ; and, in a case tried before Mr. Justice Hill, at York, under the corrupt Practices at Election Act, for bribery, the defendant was called as a witness, and on his refusing to answer the. questions put to him, the learned Judge committed the defendant for contempt, and sentenced him to pay a fine of £5OO, with six months' imprisonment, and imprisonment until the fine was paid, and issued a warrant which was merely signed by Mr. Bell, the associate of assize, and did not on the face of it set forth the nature of the contempt and the question that the defendant refused to answer. The learned counsel, in support of his application, entered at great length into the constitu tion and powers of judges, and contended that the warrant, to be good, and justify the imprison ment of the subject, must set forth the grounds upon which the commitment was made, so as to enable the Court to judge whether the nature of the offence was such as to authorise the punishment imposed ; and in the present case it was absolutely necessary that the Court should know whether the question put, and which the defendant refused to answer, was one which he was hound to answer, or was re lieved from doing so, as tending to criminate him self. The learned counsel concluded his argument by demanding and claiming for the defendant the writ of habeas corpus, that he might be brought up to that Court and discharged out of custody, when the case, from its vast importance, might be solemnly argued. The Court took time to consider whether the writ should issue or not. THE LATE MISS JENNY MARSTON.—We regret ;o hear that Mrs. Major Graham, better known to the public as Miss Jenny Marston, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marston, of Sadler's Wells Theatre, and who will be remembered as an agreeable actress at the Olympic and Princess's Theatres, died on Sunday (the 7th inst.) of a rapid decline. The deceased, who was universally esteemed for her amiability and goodness of heart, retired from the profession about two years ago, having been hap pily married to an officer in the army, who is now left to mourn the loss of one o f th e mos t a ff ec ti ona t e o f wives. Her age, we believe, was only twenty-four.—Era. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.—FURTHER ARRIVALS Or FOREIGN WORKMEN.—Yesterday at noon another party of foreign operatives in the building trades, about 35 in number, and consisting chiefly of masons and bricklayers, reached London from France by the South -Eastern Rail. way, for the purpose of joining their fellow. countrymen who had preceded them on Saturday last, and who had readily found employment at the principal building. yards of the metropolis. The new arrivals state that they defrayed their own expenses of transit, having in prospect a lucrative and permanent engagement with the contractors for the works for the now Exhibition building. THE END OF THE NEW RIVER. —The demolition of this beautiful clear stream, which has so long enlivened and added a picturesque appearance to those parts of town through which it pissed, has now begun, and in a very short space of time that portion of it from Colobrooke-row, close to the cottage once the residence of Lamb the port, down to the New River Head, will be filled in. The water will for the future be conveyed through iron pipes about five feet in diameter, and sunk about three feet below the level of the present river's bank. To effect this cuttings are now being made along the side of the river, into which the pipes, in lengths of twelve feet, are sunk. Each of these will be joined by a band round the exterior of the joint, and tightened with screws. The distance of piping thus completed, th 3 course of the stream will be diverted into it, and the old river filled in. OTTOMAN (SMYRNA TO AIDIN) COMPANY.—It appears that after a careful examination of various docu ment, and a correspondence between the committee of the S tock-Exchange and the directors of the company, the committee yesterday reinstated the Ottoman Railway Com pany ill the official list of the Stock-gzchauge. sirA KS PERIAN CELEBRATION. A banquet, •riginated by a number of Warwickshire men, and other admirers of the greatest of English poets, is to take place in London, on Tuesday, the 23d inst., (Shakspere's day), at which Mr. G. Linnosus Banks will preside. William Scholefield, Esq,, M.P., George Cruikshank, Esq., George Augustus Sala, Esq., and other gentlemen of mark, are expected to be preseat,—Xra. FRANCE. PARIS, _APRIL 19. B° u n sE bya , uo April y 9. The market, whi c h was ratherheavy at the commencement of business, as the d ay a d vance d , an d a f a i r amount of business was t ransacted. For the Ac count, Threes, which op ene d a t 67f . 8 0c., are now acquired at 68f. 10c. Railway shares are also firma The following were the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 20 , Credit Foncie r 925 Do. end month.... 95 25 Belgian 4k.. _ _ 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 25/Roman Bank Shares 2880 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 668 75 Spanish Threes 4B I Do. Account 670 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1340 —. .. 1341 25 Northern New ditto ..... ...... 890 . . 890 Lyons and Mediterranean 950 .. 952 50 Geneva ................ 395 .. Southern .............. 5 47 50 .. 546 25 Western .............. 522 50 .. 523 75 Eastern Sardinian .............. 373 75 .. 372 50 Austrian Lombard 463 75 .. 463 75 TILE LATE STRIKE. So completely is the strike at an end, and so sa tisfied are the men with the new arrangement made by Messrs. Kelk and Messrs. Lucas of hour payment and a Saturday half-holiday gratis, that more are anxious to participate in its benefits than they can find room for. Thus Messrs. Lucas have not only all their hands, but nearly a hundred ad ditional, and they are daily obliged to refuse appli cations for work. It is almost the same with Messrs. Kelk. In other establishments, also, a wish has been expressed that the hour system of payment and half-holiday should be adopted. This demand is natural enough, and was expected by the em ployers. Yesterday, therefore, in order to put an end to the question and take all cause of grievance from the men, a meeting of all the leading metro politan builders was held, at which it was deter mined, by so large a majority that it might almost be said to be unanimous, that it was expedient that the :system of payment by the hour should be adopted forthwith by all employers, and that each employer should leave it to his men whether to take the half-holiday or not. In a few days, there fore, the new system will be introduced throughout all London. It is not improbable that, as this de cision, when carried out, will strike the power for ever from the hands of Messrs. Potter & Co., a last effort may be made-by the trades' unions to regain their old despotic influence. But in the face of the recent display of common sense on the part of the men in putting an end to the late strike, and their open defiance of the trades' unions in insisting on taking the terms offered them, there is but a small prospect of success for the agitators. We earnestly hope and believe, therefore, that we have done with builders' strikes for good and all. This gratifying result is almost entirely due to the good sense, mo deration, and liberality displayed by Messrs. Lucas and Messrs. Kelk.—Times. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will, with codicils ' of the Right Hon. J o h n Frederick Ca m pb e ll, Earl Cawdor, Viscount Emlyn, Baron Cawdor, D.C.L., F.R.S., of Stackpole Court, Pembroke, South Wales, was proved in London on the 10th of this month. The executors appointed were the Countess Cawdor, the relict, the Duke of Buccleuch, the late Duke of Sutherland, and the testator's son, the present Earl Cawdor. The personalty in the United Kingdom was sworn under £120,000. The will bears date so far back as the 17th of July, 1838, and the codicils in 1854 and 1858. To the countess, his relict, beyo n d the property in he r own right, he leaves a legacy of £5,000 and a certain portion of the furniture. He devises to his eldest son (heretofore Viscount Emlyn, now the Right Hon. John Fred. Vaughan Campbell, Earl Cawdor) all his landed and free hold estates in England and Wales, and further appoints him residuary legatee. To his two sons, the Hon. and Rev. Archibald George Campbell, and the Hon. Henry Walter Campbell, he be queaths all money invested by him in Exchequer Bills and Indian Loan Debentures, and a further bequest of £5,000 to his youngest son, the Hon. Henry.' The testator married, in 1816, Lady Eliza beth Thynne, daughter of the second Marquis of Bath, by whom he had a large family. The Earl was a trustee of the British Museum, and repre sents a branch of the ducal house of Argyll. Their descendant, Sir Alexander Campbell, of Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire, married the sister and heiress of Sir Gilbert Lort, Bart. ' of Stackpole Court, by which alliance the family acquired ,the estates in the county of Pembroke. The will of Robert Allies, Esq., of Hill House, Worcester, was proved in the London Court by his relict, together with Daniel Clerk, of Milner-square, Islington, and W. J. Grane, Esq., solicitor, Bed ford-row, the joint executors. The personalty was sworn under £12,000. Mr. Allies has left his relict the principal part of his property, a portion abso lutely, with an immediate legacy of £5OO, and after the payment of certain bequests to relatives and friends, she takes a life interest in the remainder ; and upon her decease the eight following institutions will receive each the handsome legacy of £5OO, namely : The Worcester Dispensary and Worcester Infir• mary, the School of St. Peter's, Worcester, and the Poor of the Parish, the Society for Church Mis sions to Africa and the East, and to the East Indies, the British and Foreign Bible Society, and the Church Pastoral Aid Society. The will of Stafford Price, Esq., of Hendon House, Middlesex, and of Talbot-square, Sussex gardens, Hyde Park, was proved in the principal registry on the Bth inst. The executors nominated are Richard Urwick, Esq., Samuel Sampson, Esq. (the testator's nephew), and Philip Palmer, Esq., all of London. The personalty was sworn under £60,000. The will bears date August 12, 1846, with two codicils executed in 1860. To his eldest son, Daniel Price, Esq., a Mexican merchant, he has devised his freehold estates in Kent and North Wales, and has also left him one-fifth of the residue of his personal property ; and to his younger son, Lewis Richard Price, Esq., he be queaths two-fifths of the residue ' • and a like bequest of two-fifths to his daughter Margaret, his married daughters being well provided for.—lllus trated London News. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. ~...,M iles Opened. 1 Receipts. Railways. ___....-___.!,.......__-...--...„ 1861. 1860. i 1851. 1863. ----- £ £ Ballymena and Port Rush - - - - Belfast and N. Counties 100 100 1,775 1,878 Belfast and County Down 39 39 - - Birkd., Lane., &Ches. Jtuac - - - - Blyth and Tyne., 22 22 2,063 1,636 Bristol and Exeter 125 125 6,643 6,760 Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington 84 84 161 238 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 303 350 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6 1 206 22.3 Cork and Youghal . 26 - 191 - Cornwall Deeside l7 17 327 290 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,391 1,286 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,625 1,988 Dub. tlz Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 401 40} 1,832 1,886 Dundalk and Enniskillen, l3O 122 f 1,825 1,640 Dundee and Arbroath l7} 171 682 711 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,101 1,139 East Anglian 674 674 977 801 E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 26,235 25,685 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,587 3,435 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western 183 t 1831 7,827 7,361 Great Northern 283 283 25,741 23,340 Great North of Scotland I 58 58 1,833 1,650 qt.Southn. & Westu.(lrind ), 329 2494 8,792 8,077 Great Western I 583} 578 f 40,920 38,980 Inverness & Aberdeen Junc 1 55 55 711 690 Irish South-Eastern 2s} 251 294 290 Lancashire & Yorkshire 395} 3951 36,382 34,850 Leominster and Kington Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foyues 2 261 I 141 146 Llanelly 4 461 I 540 498 r ~,,„1,,,, I. rk-‘~tu_Atrngtorn London and Blackwall 5l I 0 1 ! 1,020 1.612 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 224 2234 17,577 18,903 London, Chatham, & Dover 5 194 1,061 317 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 42 40 '1,328 1 , 373 M an.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh 173. i• 17 3 4 11,513 11,107 e Manch. S.Jun.& Altrinchami 9 9 1,161 1,065 Maryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6144 6144 38,443 38,031 Midland G tWe stn. of Irind 177 177 5,454 4,247 Monkland 56 56 - _ Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,422 2,495 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,605 3,431 North British (incl. Selkirk and Galashiels) North Devon 35 35 484 460 N-Eastern(Bedale,SzLeybrn) 764 764 37,345 36,226 North London 9 9 2,514 2,603 North Staffordshire ' 246 233 7,463 8,144 Oswestry and Newton 2O - 382 - Rhymn St. Helen' ey s Canal &Railway 30 4 30 194 2,234 2,115 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,643 3,550 Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - - - Shrewsbury and Chester - - Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 29} 291 1,075 1,1.65 South Devon South-Eastern 306 302 19,617 21,000 South Wales l7ll 1714 7,420 6,933 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 3,392 2,691 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 5l I 54 5,105 4,254 Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath - 35 35 2,0 /8 1,5',3 Waterford and Kilkenny 31 31 208 161 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,176 1,264 West Cornwall 274 274 805 673 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 39 3 4,418 4,026 West Midland W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 363 371 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 772 638 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 693 594 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 936 1,009 Austrian B2B 673 35,335 32,413 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 264 273 297 Buffalo and Lake Huron Demerara (fortnight) - - - - Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 2,479 , 2,878 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France 1032 1006 50,516 43,513 Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 18,163 15,885 Great Indian Peninsula 3501 277 5,312 4,660 Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada. 1 345 345 10,450 9,631 Lyons and Geneva 1 142 142 5,030 4,272 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 13,740 14,831 1 Northern of Canada . Northern of France Norwegian Trunk 44 44 820 560 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 840 84,970 73,161 Paris and Orleans 922 922 55,169 4;,819 Paris and Strasburg - • .- - - Royal Danish I 69 69 690 448 Sambre and Meuse I 68 68 1,328 1,256 South Austrian Southern of France ..1 777 773 23,015 19,497 Welland - - - West Flanders lle, 75 75 992 946 W. and N.W. of France.... 742 730 40,331 34,339 THE REFORMATORY AND REFUGE UNION. The fifth industrial exhibition of the work of reformatorie s and refuges was opened on Tuesday at Willis's Rooms. In the evening, at half-past seven o'clock, a conversazietie in connection with the industrial exhibition was held at the same place, when the Bishop of London occupied the chair. The rooms were crowded almost to suffocation. The Rev. Dr. GUTHRIE, shortly after rine o'clock, Pro ceeded to deliver an address in favour of the schools, observing that he would endeavour to suit his speech to th e ears of a standing, not a sitting audience, by compressing his remarks into as small a space as possible. He had spoken often and much upon the subject of industrial and ragged schools, but he did not know that he could find a better argument for them than was exhibited in the work of t he children themselves trained and educated in those establish ments. He considered ragged and industrial schools to be almost the most important institutions in the country' because they went to the root of most of the evils tha t affected society. His name had been much mixed I . I P with the subject, and he might tell them that he had at one time left a country parish in Scotland, where every one 0f his thousand parishioners attended public worship, and every child could re a d, t o un d ertake one of the Vl.' parishes in Edinburgh, where not five in the hundred of the inhabitants attended public worship, and wh ere the children were totally uneducated. Ho had gone from house to house, and had seen the miserable hung, / mothers, with th e i r s k e l eton babes w h o had de voured the bread he sent them like famished beasts, And he had witnessed scenes th at h ad made his heart ache, ell' had almost made him regret having left his sweet, smiling . ' pure, and loving gauntry parish for such scenes of horror' However, he had said to himself something must be done to turn the desert into a flourishing garden, and he though t the best way was to begin with the children, and provid e not only spiritual but bodily food for the young scholars' He had asked the m t o come to church, and they sail they had no clothes ; the labours of the City missionarisat although most praiseworthy, had been unable to chang e the character of the di s t r i c t, an d h e found that t h e only way he could effectually work was by offering the little ones a dinner. They were told they would render all the people paupers if they did so ; but that was quite a 11;1e take, as even then they could scarcely get the childr en to come to the school, as their parents would s en d then out to earn, beg, or steal money to supply the ir own brutal desires. He thought the commission of in' quiry into the state of education had done very great WO' tice in their report when they said they had not done, an d could not do, any permanent good, as what they acquir e `` during the three or four hours' education a week was O . tirely obliterated from their minds during the rest of the week. But, on the other hand, her Majesty's conrelie soners should not forget the noble example of J° 111:1 Powndes, the benevolent cobbler of Portsmouth, W ll _, ° / ,' beginning in his small room, 16 f ee t b y 8 , h a d a t length taught unaided upwards of 500 b o y s , w h o h a d t h us bee c, rescued from certain misery ; an d h e h a d reason to kl2°;' that a large proporti on o f th em t urne d out respe ctable members of society. Thi s was a proo f th at ragge d s eh° were of infinite service in saving the boys who must oth er ' wise inevitably become thieves from falling into (ohne' He thought that the glory of the humble cobbler f ar surpassed that of the hero Nelson, for although the let ter had done deeds o f f ame sung o f b y the poe t s , Yet the former had done works w hi c h h a d f ormed the theme fief angels' songs. The acts of Nelson we re wr itt en on the 001 of time, but those of the cobbl er h a d l e ft mar k s which would be remembered in the t em pl e o f G o d th rou ghou t eternity. He himself had taken more interest in viewing the small mean place of the cobbler, ennobled by Iris grey work of Christianising benevolence, than he had l e r c i l looking at the spot on board the Victory Poin t e l out as that whore our g r e a t nava l h ero f e ll . He he brought this point forward in contradiction of a state' ment made by the commissioner s i n th e i r repor t th a t ragge d schools had not diminished juvenile delinquency in ? I I mouth and other places. The syste m th e y a d o pt e d in Sco tt land was not to allow any dinner to those boys who did no attend, and the consequence was that the bigger boys might frequently be seen carrying their littl e b ro th ers t o seh° ° through the rain and sn ow i n or d er th a t th ey might get their daily food. They a l so p rov id e d a b ou t 7 0 or 8 0 beds for such children as were wholly destitute. The resul ts in Edinburgh were most satisfactory with regard to the d e ' crease in juvenile delinquency, inasmuch as, instead of th e per-centage of juveniles in prison amounting, as it did 1' merly, to 5 in the 100, it now only amounted to 1 in 2° !: (Hear, hear.) Surely it was bette r t o p reven t cr i me than cure it, and yet our Government did not appear to be of t he opinion, as, whilst they paid 7s. a w ee k f or th e support of criminal children, they only paid ss. a-year towards th: keep of children at ragged schools—being something lea than a farthing a-day, her Majesty not having had a CT sufficiently small struck for th e p ur p ose . H e a l w aye mired the wisdom of those persons at our public places ° recreation who stuck up in large letters "Dogs are not ad" witted," they fully expecting the dogs would read it, ela u " would avoid entering; but it was no less absurd to send s ' little child, whose parents had forced him to steal, before man with a big wig and a black gown, who sat in judgmen t upon the poor little creature, who did not know right front wrong, and who, instead of being marked with th e prison brand and ruined for life, ought to be pitied, fed, clothed' and taught. Was our prison system at all calculated to rata,. a child ? Why, look at the picture exhibited at Coldbath-field Prison, where 500 men were kept silent dor ing the day, as if keeping them silent would make them ea better. And what did they do in Scotland ? Why, they shu t up the poor little creature alone with his misery between four stone walls, and never let him see anybody but the g aoler' A fine method, certainly, to bring out the brighter parts of his mind. The proper way was to take the child before it had committed crime, whilst it was still young and irl l3 l‘ cent., and to form its little mind in such a way as, with God's blessing, it would become a useful and happy memb er of society. In referring to Government, he did not wish the matter taken out of the hands of private individuals 0 place it in those of hard-hearted paid officials. On the contrary, he thought the best thing any person of meal ° could do was to fix upon a little dirty ragged nrchin in t he street, and to make up his mind never to leave off hunting him until he was converted into a happy, educat e d littl e Christian. lie certainly approved of one recommendatio n of the commissioners, and that was with regard to comP 111 : sory education. He co ns id ere d i t to bo the duty of the State to see that all its subjects were properly educated, en' if the parent was t oo p oor t o pay for the teaching of his c hild the public must. If a man o bj ec t e d to having his 0111 A ; educated, and wished to bri ng hi m up a savage, w hy, 1: him go to Africa or som e o th er pl ace w h ere savage bees"' were permitted to exist, but don't allow him to remain to pollute a civilised country. In conclusion, he must entr eat his hearers not to consider they had done their duty by giving their money to general charities, but they must r e ; collect that true religion did not consist of mere giving, 1)1 ;r " to visit the widow and the fatherless in their affliction , and to make up their minds never to desist their Godly efforts until they succeeded in tu rn i ng th e b arren asset' into a blooming garden. (The rev. gentleman's a ddreel was listened to throughout w ith cons id era bl e attention, ai3 at the end he was loudly applauded.) 2HIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, April 20.—Wind this day at noon, Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine woather. DEAL, April 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Jane, fro the River, and sailed for Sierra Leone; Tar, from th River, and sailed for Berbice. PORTSMOUTH, April 19.—Wind S.E. Sailed—Jos e P b Weir, for St. John's, N.B. PLYMOUTH, April 19.—Wind E.—Arrived—Massen s ; screw steamer, from London for Belfast. Sailed — Jo, Majesty's ship Donegal, for a crui se; h er M ajesty ' s soup Hero, ditto. BRISTOL, April 19.—Wind E.—Arrived—Ann 11004 from Africa. PLYMOUTH, April 19.—Wind E.—Arrived—Westbla' from Launceston. CARDIFF, April 19.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Statesal 4PP for Alexandria. Llmmitreoc, April 18. Wind E.—Arrived—Ariel, fr o Barbadoes. GRIMSBY, April 19--Wind N.E.--Sailed. Eleanora9l4 Sophie, for Hayti. o 0 CLYDE, April 19.—Wind E.—A rr i ved—Lajeathe, fr -- Alexandria. WATERFORD, April 18.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Albert for Quebec. CROOKRATEN, April 18.—A rr i ve d—P olly, from fti° Grande; Aurora, from Philadelphia; Anna M. Bobs'"" from Philadelphia. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday MOrnia . r Arrived—Courier, steamer, from Jersey; Havre, steasol from Havre; Le Coq, from Cherbourg. Sailed—Maria, for London ; Sarah, for Hull ; DisPa steamer, for Jersey ; Charles Napier, for Cardiff; 5 01 , e t r ampton, steamer, for Havre; B rec hi n C ast l e, f or Midd , borough; Eleanor, for Sunderland. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday M or ning' a Arrived, April 19—Baines, f rom B or d eaux; Csosar , Randers • Queen of Avon, from Akyab ; Diana from pa r linenskyl; Faith, from Seville ; Dimant, from Hambu r g ; Arrived, April 20.—Castor and Salus, from Gottenburg Sophie, from Hoyer • Flora, from Sarpsburg ; Syre e p` o , and Justitia, from irederickstacit ; Blandino, from „ A `, l — a . dorff; Catharine, from Randers ; Nathalia, from wall ; Vounen, from Droback ; Aurora, from Emden- ap: rt Sailed, April 20.—A r ie s , f or Al goa Bay; James Tr for Mickerie ; City of Peterborough, for Baltimore. - DEAL, Saturday Morning:„, Anchored—Uncle Toby, from New Orleans, for Passed in tow—Conflict, from Calcutta, for London Wings of the Wind, from Bombay, for London. Passed—East Anglian, screw steamer, Clarence, from Calcutta; Pat r ici a , f rom Foo-obow-Foo _ all for London; A s t rea; Gl a di ator, for Quebec—bothW O ' London. f rom westward "r ELECTRO PLATING is a remarkable instance of utilised magnetic power, so also is Herring's Magneti c Brush. Dr. Hassan remarks—" I regard them as the mos t perfect blushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanic al construction, and their magnetical action" They are TAB remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, 8 0 . Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall etreet, C E 3 i