The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-19 00:00:00

'~~ ti ROYAL PRINCESS'S TErEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza Kum. ON EASTER MONDAY A RONDERFUT, WOIIAN. After which, FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. EMMA STANLEY'S " SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Commencement of the Second Season on EASTER MONDAY. This Lyric Entertainment has been crowned by the unanimous approbation of ALL THE LONDON JOURNALS As the greatest artistical triumph of the day. It constitutes an Opera, Comedy, and Vaudeville. With a host of characters in Correct Cos tumes ; and Songs in SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES! Never attempted by any other artiste. Evening performances on Mondays, Taesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8. _ _ 3loining performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays at half-pas' two, precisely. Admission—Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S lIA.LL, Long-acre. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. I—Evening 20 min. aft. 1 To-Moßßow—Morn. 39 min. aft. I—Evening 56 min. aft. 1 THE WEA.TFLER—SuN OFFICE, MARCH 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 5 —highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 83. WIND, S.W.—Light, and fine weather. el' -z- P LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1856. Well, the murder will soon be out ! The terms of the discreditable and injudicious peace about to be patched up will shortly be announced. We are told that it has been already virtually concluded, and that a sub-committee has actually been appointed to settle the draught of the Treaty; nay, more, the names are actually stated. Lord CLARENDON is not of the number, the in terests of England in this very important matter being confided to the hands of Lord COWLNY ! It is useless to declaim on the vast importance of this part of the transaction, where not only every sentence and expression, but even the mere punc tuation, may be used to alter the real meaning of the contracting parties. We have already had but too many illustrations of the " forty petti fogging power" of quibbling, of which Russia is capable ; and the simple, straightforward language in which Englishmen are accustomed to represent their, meaning can be easily twisted and distorted by so astute and unconscientious an opponent ! Nor are the German diplomatists much behind the Muscovites in this respect. The unfortunate Vienna Note may be received as the latest case in point ; and the serious consequences arising from that grave mistake should have induced extraordinary vigilance and caution on the present occasion, and made the services of the best man that England could put forward, indispensable. Why, then, did Lord CLARENDON shirk thi. arduous duty ? Why should he delegate his task to a Nobleman in whom the English nation do not repose as much confidence as in himself ? We do net mean any disrespect to Lord COWLEY in saying that the case is analogous to that of an action is which the leading counsel, who had ree:ived enormous special fees, submit the case to arbitration, and leave the matter in the hands of their juniors. The renowned PICKWICK would not have been pleased if abandoned by Serjeant SNUBBIN, and consigned to the tender care of Mr. FLUNKEY. There is but one solution to/the enigma, which it requires no (Epirus to discover, viz., that the Foreign Secretary was heartily ashamed of the result, and desirous of shifting every possible portion of responsibility to other shoulders. The presence of the Prussian Pleni potentiary will add inauspicious omens to those already witnessed.. It is also stated, apparently ex cathedra, that the proceedings are to remain strictly private, and that nothing but the results will be communicated to the world. This may be very convenient for some of the parties, to avert the odium that might otherwise attach to their " sayings and doings." But it will not be satisfactory to the peoples of France and England, who detest mystery on such occasions, and will certainly not in the present instance be inclined to confound the unknown with the magnificent. It is useless to deny the fact that there is a general impression abroad that the French Go vernment has not supported that of E❑gland as strongly as might have been anticipated. Any attempted concealment of the facts will strongly tend to confirm that untoward feeling. The truth, however unpleasant it may be, will be far better than the " doubts and fears" that must otherwise be entertained, more especially if, as there is but too much reason to believe, the final arrangement be very different from what had been expected, and what the Allies might reasonably have demanded, and could easily have enforced, and that without extra ordinary efforts or expenses in addition to those already made and provided for. The rumours above alluded to possess a Irani siudlitude that renders even the most sceptical unable to take refuge in total incredulity. Would that we could do so, or hold out any reasonable expectation to our deceived and betrayed country men ! That, however, seems now almost beyond hope. The birth of the Prince, " born in the midst of the hopes of peace" (!), the admission of Prussia to the Conferences, the contemplated ma trimonial alliance between the presumptive heir of the throne of Prussia and our own " fifteen year old Princess Royal," contracted with such unseemly haste, the presence of the Belgian bird of ill omen, awl a variety of minor incidents, all supplying a dditional evidence in favour of the infelicitous re'Ault, leave but little ground for consolation. All that we have gained by our sacrifices of men and money, by the weighty fiscal burdens we have endured, and the lives of our gallant brethren, is the unpleasing knowledge that England has been made a laughing-stock for every petty German potentate who rules a domain scarcely more valuable than the estate of au English country gentleman, and who is enabled to supply beer and " Sauer kraut" to his vassals, and to gratify his own vanity by the lavish sub sidies and innumerable decorations bestowed by Russia. Possibly we may, under peculiarly favour able circumstances, hope to obtain a few of the members of the scrubby lot as husbands for Prin cesses who would be thought too good for the most eligible members of the high-minded and wealthy nobility of England. Verily England " pays dearly for her whistle." And we suppose that for the time being we must be contented "to swallow our leek" with becoming resignation. It is not in the spirit of ancient PISTOL, however, that we add— "We eat, but eke we swear." The apparently insuperable obstacles to national agreement on national education can be removed only by candid discussion. Certain collateral ob jects are probably more dear to each of the parties than they are aware of, and each of them striving more or less consciously to realise its pet object by the nation's aid, finds itself no nearer to co-opera tion with the other parties after the fullest debate. Each has been advocating its own view with ar- , •%t • Ai guments, drawn not from its inspiring motive, but from sources likely to be satisfactory to the public. Like Mr. BRIGHT arguing for peace when his Quaker principles were the unconscious motive, but commerce and humanity CC the pinions which impelled the steel." The High-Church party did not avow its intense concern that the Church Catechism and baptismal regeneration should be the keystone of any educational system. The Protestant Dissenters did not put forward their invincible repugnance to such early indoctrination with views which they denounce as the essence of Popery ; nor the Secular Educationists their pre dominant wish, first to exclude the dominancy of priests of all denominations; and next, and chiefly, to secure for the populace an education in secular knowledge which should give our operatives, and their masters too, a fair chance beside those of America and France. We are not now sitting in judgment on the value of these unavowed, but, to the parties, favourite objects. We only note that all would do well to speak out more frankly, and to discuss how much of their aims were com mon to all—for that must be the ground of un ion. The Secularists appear, at least from this point of view, to have the advantage. Churchmen and Dissenters, Roman Catholics and Infidels, extremes as they are, all coincide in wanting at least the secular elements of education. With writing, reading, and arithmetic no one ever pretended to dispense ; grammar, such as COBBETT would teach, horresco roferens—his politics, however, might be elided—seems a next necessity ; and geography might be kept clear enough of theological contro versies. Thus far there is unanimity. History, however, may in the opinion -of the three great religious parties be made to bias fatally the youth ful mind—LINGARD, or Hume, Or MACAULA Y being viewed by the sects respectively as so many broad roads to perdition. Going, therefore, as far as all will go together, and stopping where parties begin to diverge, secular educa tion seems a reasonable point of union. None can do without it. The arrangements of each must give it the chief place in point of time and attention. No party, except on purely commer cial principles, objects to a rate or a grant for teaching such knowledge to the poor. Why, then, raise such a cry against local rates or national grants for objects which all agree to be of primary importance ? All of us would give something considerable for every child in the nation to be able to read, write, spell, and reckon well enough to pass in these matters an examina tion for the civil service. A nation so far edu cated would be in a better position to advance materially, socially and religiously. It would be better material for honest, religious teachers to work with. But hero we are met with the charge of ex cluding religion from education. We only ask those who make it to be fair. Became some ob scure sect of infidels has taken the name of " Secularists," it is not surely intended to con found us with them. If not, we no more exclude religion than a large proportion of day schools. We merely insist that State instruction should be confined to those matters in which all who are compelled to pay for it agree. We trust none can have the conviction more deeply than ourselves that religion ought to he the mainspring and the guide of life. Who of us, indeed, would trust a person who disowned his responsibility to his MAKER? and who would not trust him in propor tion as that responsibility was known to be felt ? Custom, habit, sense of honour, even cultivated sentiment, are but feeble reliances to pilot any of us amid the graver dangers of life. We hold religious principle to be the noblest quality in man ; as indispensable to his well-being here as to his salvation hereafter. We demur, however, to two virtual assump tions ; to that which charges us with wishing to banish religion from the instruction of youth, when we only object to its being paid for by pub lic taxes or local rates, and confidently leave it to some twenty thousand Church clergymen, to as many Dissenting clergy, to a whole army of Sunday-school teachers, and to the homes where mothers teach their young ones the first lessons of infant devotion. Next, and specially, we demur to that narrow view of religion which is the ground of all the contentions. The Church of England, as the Church of the nation, ought to be the most liberal ; It is to be feared, however, that her pertinacity for the inculcation of her peculiar formulae in school teaching is the mainspring of the dissensions on this subject. The result is, that all sects practically act on the principles of the Austrian concordat; and while anathematising the Jesuits, each one aims to make the schoolmaster a recruit ing serjeant for his church. Love of ecclesiasti cal power, from the Bishop of ROME to the presi dent of a Methodist conference, may have much to do with this, but power could not be sought in this way, were not the community divided into sections, each deeming their distinctive opinions of more consequence than those they hold in common. If we would but sea it, it is, in truth, bigotry, not religion, that prevents a reasonable measure of religious instruction in state schools. It is only an overweening estimate of the importance of our own peculiar opinions, not our deep sense of the value of the common and diviner element, which we misname concern for religion. The misfortune is, that the misconcep tion renders all common action in behalf of real religion impossible. The attempt to generate religions moderation among the sects may seem almost hopeless ; still nothing perfect or approaching perfection will be achieved till this is done. We are not a little surprised, however, to find Archdeacon G. A. DENISON, of Taunton, avowing firmly the opinion that "Secular education" is the only system com patible with a School Rate. If this common sense conviction spread it may become the basis of universal education. It seems so obvious, and is so guiltless , of offence to the specialities of any sect, that it may ante-date by half-a century, or a whole one, the Era of Religious Moderation. Another gigantic - paper-pellet—a, world-in-little —a microcosm—is just beginning to roll forth from the creative hands of Mr. HENRY MAYHEW, some time contributor of facetious ideas to 66 Punch, or the London Charivari !" It is entitled, not vaguely like its predecessor "London Labour and the London Poor"—(a mere pkase of the " universe of things" making up the life and whirl of our metro polis)—but at once explicitly anti comprekensively THE GREAT WORLD OF LONDON It undertakes in the most astonishing prospectus imaginable, a prospectus the most daring and the most elabo rate, to paint London as it actually is, London as it is seen under every conceivable and inconceivabe aspect—Street London and Shop London—Serv ing Lonaion and Working London—FastLondon and Poor London—London Legal, Medical, Religious, Commercial, Literary, Theatrical, Fashionable, Po litical, Genteel, Military, Nautical, Criminal, Sub urban, Musical, Artistic, and Locomotive ! Fancy that !—and more—London, as it is in regard to its Eating and Drinking, in regard to its Anti quity, in regard to its Exhibitions. " Every thing by turns and"--eyerythiug apparentll• • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1856. the Ticket-of-Leavers ! Remembering all which, we would fain offer one wholesome morsel of ad vice to Mr. MA.Tuuw with reference to any further investigations of this kind upon which he may here afteradventure—namely, not on any account, as he is a conscientious searcher after truth, to be over credulous of the statements put forth or of the statistics advanced by men whose oath upon the gospel would not necessarily, and as a matter of course, command anything like universal accept ance. ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. The King of the Belgians arrived in London at noon yesterday, and immediately afterwards proceeded to Windsor, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen. The King, who was accompanied by Colonel Moer• kerke, Captain Prisse, and Dr. Ricker, arrived at Dover from Ostend, about half-past eleven o'clock on Monday night, and proceeded to the Lord Warden Hotel, where apartments were provided for his Majesty. His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, Belgian Minister, received his Majesty on his arrival. Lord Camoys and Captai❑ De Ros were also in attendance, by command of the Queen. Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning- the Swiss Legion, stationed at Dover, marched down to the hotel, under the command of Colonel Streatfield. The men went through their evolutions before his Majesty, who entered into conversation with the officers. At ten minutes p ist ten the King and his suite left the Lord Warden, and proceeded to the railway station, where his Majesty was received by the Hon. James Byng, chairman of the company • Mr. W. Gordon Thompson, deputy-chairman ; M r . Anderson, Mr. Cross, Mr. Beattie, and Mr. Teuton, directors, who were joined by Lord Alfred Paget, the Hon. Mr. Curzon, and other gentlemen. All the necessary arrangements having been made, under the direction of Mr. Eborall, the manager of the line, the royal train, which was driven by Mr. Cud• worth, locomotive superintendent, left the station at a quarter past 10 o'clock, and proceeded, without slack ing speed, to Tunbridge, where it stopped a few minutes for the purpose of taking in water. It then started for London, and reached the Bricklayers' Arms station in the Old Kent road, at 25 minutes past 12 o'clock, the exact minute indicated in the special time-table which had been drawn oat for the regulation of the rop.l train. His Majesty expressed to the directors of the South- Eastern Railway the gratification he felt at the manner in which the journey hati been performed. Two royal carriages were in waiting at the station, which conveyed his Majesty and suite to the Qeeen's private station on the South• Western Railway, at Nine Elms. Thence his Majesty proceeded, at a few minutes before ono o'clock, to 'Windsor. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. His Majesty the King of Vie Belgians arrived at Windsor at 25 minutes before one o'clock, in the royal saloon carriage of the South-Western Railway. His Majesty and suite were accompanied by Lord Camoys, Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and the Hon. Dudley de Ros, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal High ness Prince Albert. Tho secretary of the railway company, Mr. Crombie, and Mr. Scott, manager, attended his Majesty. The King expressed himself highly Eatisfiel with the arrange ments of the journey. Kis Majesty's visit being of a private character, the guard of honour was dispensed_ with, and his Majesty pr)ceeded to the Castle by the private drive through the Slopes. On Monday next the King will take his departure, proceeding by the Great Nester❑ line cm ‘.-outc to Dover, whence he will embark for Brussels. On the same clay Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the royal family will leave the Castle for the Isle of Wiht, travelling by the South-Western Railway to Southampton. BIRTHDAY OF THE PRINCESS LOlllSA..—Yestnrday being the anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highness Princess Louisa. Caroline, born in 1848, the flags of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty was hoisted at the Admiralty, Somers;;t•house, and the various dock yards. Viscount Palmerston leaves town to-day, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord and Lady Carrington and family are passing the recess at Wycombe Ahboy. The Lady Elizabeth Romilly gave birth to a son on Saturday last, and, with the infant, is progressing favourably. The Hon. Sir Montague Stopford, Port Admiral of Malta, has been very ill with the gout, and confined to his room ; but the duties have been most efficiently carried out by Sir Houston Stewart. The Countess Danner, morganatic wife of the Ring of Denmark, is dangerously ill. Lord Edward Thynne has arrived in town from Long boat, Wilts. The Pope has conforrad the Prefecture of the Congre gation of Discipline upon Cardinal Della Genga. Sir John and Lady Thorold are entertaining a sport ing party at their magnificent seat near Grantham, called Syston Park. Many of the neighbours have arrived, and heating will be the amusement, with the Belvoir hounds, under the direction of Lord Forester. Tan CRIMEAN CO3IMIBSION. —The new commission of inquiry will assemble at Chelsea Hospital on Tuesday next, the 25th inst. Its opening has been delayed by the indisposition of Lord Seaton, who is now convales cent, and will preside over the inquiry. The French Minister of War has just transmitted to the civil and military authorities orders for calling into active service the 140,000 young soldiers of the class of 1853. These young men must be cm route to juin their different corps between the 31st instant and the sth April. DEATH OF MR. WM. DENISON.—This gentleman, so well known in the cricketing world, died on Sunday last, at Lee, near Blackheath, of bronchitis, aged 55. He was for upwards of 25 years connected with the press. I❑ the county of Surrey he was well known as a slow bowler, and some years back as a rower on the Thames. Mr. M'Dowell, one of the junior fellows of Trinity College, has been nominated to the office of official manager of the Tipperary Bank. Mr. Meldo❑ is to he the solicitor under him, and Mr. Gibson to be the soli citor having the carriage of the proceedings. Mr. M'Dowell, who owes his appointment to the strong recommendation of Mr. Longfield, one of the Commis. sioners of Encumbered Estates, was proposed in behalf of the Messrs. Scully, as representing 330 shares in the Tipperary Bank. PROFESSOR TAYLOR'S ANALYSIS IN THE FLOUR ADUL TERATION CASE AT WAKEFIELD.-At the Wakefield Petty Sessions, on Monday, the result of Professor Taylor's analysis was read from the bench. The professor said he had made a most careful analysis, and found no thing in the flour beyond what was to be found in flour the simple producs of grain ; and, in the next place, the quality of the flour was of a perfectly wholesome nature, and quite fit for human food. This has, therefore, settled the case in favour of Mr. Jackson.—Manchester Examiner. NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITIITION.—We are glad to learn that the funds of this excellent institution have just received a seasonable addition of up wards of 301. from the proceeds of a benefit at Drury-lane Theatre, freely granted by Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee, who also presented the committee withithe liberal dona tion of 201. AGRIOULTURAL PROSPECTS.—For agricultural opera tions, and, indeed, for the period of the year, nothing could be more seasonable than the weather during the last week or two, and on every side has field-work been carried on with great activity. The rain has now come most opportunely, especially for the light thin soils, whore the young wheats in some instances were begin ning to give evidence of the effect of the frost. On the whole, the reports which roach us as to the state of the young erops are of the most encouraging character.— Sussex Advertiser. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—It is confidently stated that the lovers of the Italian opera are about to be gra tified by the re-opening of this house, and that upwards of 150 workmen are now busily employed in decorating the theatre, so as to make it worthy of that distinguished support which it formerly enjoyed. It is expected that the house will open in about three weeks from this time, and that Mr. Ballo will will resume the baton which he formerly so efficiently wielded. CRYSTAL PALACE.—GOOD FRIDAY.—The directors have announced their intention of opening the Palace and grounds •n the afternoon of Good Friday, an ar rangement by which many whose only holydays are Good Friday and Christmas-day will be able to visit them. THE CENT GARDES.—The Moniteur contains an Im perial decree which modifies the organisation of the Cent Gardes. From the contents of this decree we learn the following facts :—"The squadron of the Cent Gardes is inst"tuted to guard the person of the Emperor, the Empress, and the infants of France ; and is charged with the gnarl in the interior of the Imperial palaces. It is composed of 10 officers and 133 privates, non-com missioned officers, and trumpeters. The men are selected from amongst the non-commissioned officers of the cavalry who have served three years, and who have at least three years more service to perform. The mini mum height 1 metre 780 millimetres (5 feet 10 inches English). The Cent Garde' are entitled to take the right hand of all the other corps in the army. The pay of the officers and men when on service is this :—Major, B,ooof. per annum ; senior captain, 5,500 f. ; second captain, 5,000 f. ; lieutenant and doctor, 4,000 f. ; snb lieutenant and veterinary surgeon, 3,500 f. The non• commis4ened officers are paid in proportion to their rank from 1,5001. to 1,900 f. Privates 1,200 f., and trumpeters I,loof. The officers have to provide for their own maintenance, their uniforms, and arms ; but in the event of a campaign they will receive an indem nity in proportion to their rank, and also rations. The non-commissioned officers ar.d privates will receive on their admission a sum of 100 f., and their dress and un dress uniforms, but they will have to provide for their own maintenance. The fencing -master will receive an annual allowance of 2,000 f. ; 100 men are selected from volunteers from the cavalry to be charged with the ser vice of the stables of the Cent Gardes. These men will receive a daily pay of If., besides the regimental pay and bread to which they are entitled. They will be charged, not only with the service of the stables, but will also have to attend to the furbishing of the arms and horse furniture of the Cent Gardes.° with extraordinary minuteness and elaboration. Judging the work, that is to say, from its first in stalment* as an extended and encyclopdiac periodical. A preliminary glimpse of " The Great World of London"—revealing it to us, for example (just to begin with), as seen once upon a time by Mr. MAYHEW from the ear of a balloon ! "Londres n'est plus une ville c'est une province converte de maisons." It is the opinion put forth epigrammatically by M. HORACE SAY, the great French eco nomist. Mr. MAYHEW thinks it a very inadequate tribute, indeed, to the great capital, considered solely in reference to its superficial magnitude. Instead of likening it to a "shire" or a " department" he would prefer talking of it rather as a kingdom, or, better still, according to the suggestion of the very title he has selected for it, as—a great world ! Our vast metropolis, covering —he takes particular care to mention at the out set—an area of no less than 122 square ,wiles, or, in other terms, 78,029 statute tcres, containing 327,391 houses, and number ing as many as 2,362,236 souls within its enormous boundaries ! A capital comprising up• wards of 10,500 different thoroughfares, some of them (as Oxford-street, for example) measuring upwards of a mile in length—the mere paved roadways costing as much as 14,000,000/. in the aggregate, and requiring an annual ex penditure for repairs alone of over 1,800,0001.! A. city the inhabitants of which, if drawn up in marching order, two and two, would extend over a distance of 670 miles, and who, if moving at the rate of three miles an hour, it is calculated would require more than nine days and nights (a veritable nine days' wonder) to pass by in awful procession ! The literary showman of this huge marvel Mr. HENRY MAYHEW introduc es "the Great World of London" to observation from all sorts of directions. He brings his reader into it " By Rail"—and then whisks him out again and carries him into it through the " Port of London "—and then whew ! presto ! whirls him up on the broomstick of Mother SHIP TON'or onthe crutch of ASMODEUS, after tho fashion A* one DON °DEC/I'IIAS PERAN DE ZAMBULO, until be perches him in nubibus hard by the Golden Cross in the Golden gallery of Sir CHRISTOPHER— ihowing him " The Great World of London," framed by the dim horizon and mapped out mi nutely far below as seen from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral. Nothing seems too enormous a- too paltry as a subject for his skill in delinea tion. After describing the vast city as it lay stretched out beneath the soaring silk and gas of the Great Nassau, ho descends to such minutia) as the record of the amount of food consumed in one year by the voracious Londoners— butchers' meat, for instance, " to the tune" of from 7,000,0001. to 8,000,0001. strictly— including calves, to the number of 30,000, pigs to that of 34,000, bullocks to that of 277,000, and sheep to that of 1,480,000 ! Besides !'ruit in such quantities, as (taking one item as in itself sufficiently illustrative) 1,527,500 potties of strawberries ! Washing all these solids down with 65,000 pipes of wino, and 2,000,000 gal !ons of spirits, and 43,200,000 gallons of malt liquor, and (some small consolation to the Teetotallers !) water to such an inconceivable aggregate of gallons as-19,215,000,000 ! Tell ing us, moreover, that for the simple purposes of heating and lighting alone, not less than 3,000,000 tons of ooals are annually consumed by the Londoners ! As if to enliven the pages stored with these statistics, Mr. MAYHEW condescends to distinguish between the various raodez of speech peculiar to different classes of the in habitants of the metropolis the London vulgarian who talks of his " Hetalhn Willer"— the Loudon exquisite who lisps about his " after noon's wide—aw—in Wotton the London gent declaring of the crib where ho hangs out that " it isn't the Stilton"—the L3ll - cadger's cant, and coster-slang, aid the other varieties of Metropolitan language. Beyond all which, it should be observed, that Mr. MAYHEW has provided himself with his own skilled photographer—who adorns his initial chapters, just by way of a pleasant foretaste, with a life-like sketch of those very amiable gentlemen —the Ticket of Lavers ! Gentlemen who remind us at once of another and a very remarkable evi dence of the amplitude of Mr. MA.YIIEW'S preli liminary investigatiens, with a view to securing for his work the merits of authenticity and exac titude. Allusion is here made, of course, to the curious system indicated by the very remarkable meeting convened an Wednesday evening, the 12th inst., by the author of " The Great World of London," tke meeting at which some fifty Ticket-of-Leave Men assembled together in answer to Mr. MAYHEW'S invitation. Conspicuous among the speakers upon the occasion appears to have been a certain little costermonger(name unknown) who stated his case somewhat plausibly—a ticket of •leaver and a dealer in hare and rabbit skins. Hear him ! " While passing through Tothill-street, West minster, one day, two policemen came up to him and wanted to search his sack, which was full of skins, because they said he was a ticket-of-leave man, and suspected.that he had something not come honestly by. Rather than allow them to look into his sack he went to tlao police court in their custody, and insisted on seeing the magistrate. Before ho could say a word to his worshipaboutthe treatment he had received, the inspector spoke first, called him a " ticket-of-leave," and stated that he had been very violent and saucy. Instead of listening, under such circumstances, to what he had to say for himself, the magistrate also burst out, " 011, you are an insolent fellow and a disgrace to society —if the Secretary of State knew of your doings he would banish you ; and, as hie worship also mutter ed something about sending him to quod' for con tempt of Court, he thought it best to 'hook it." Well, really, this seems to us a very prepos terous case indeed—and one altogether charac terised by a pretty considerable amount of hum bug ! Fancy a ticket-of-leave raaa—who had (three and a half years before) been justly sen tenced to seven years' transportation for thieving —so exquisitely sensitive as to the indignity of a couple of " Bobbies" prying into his imma culate sack of hare and rabbit skins that ho keeps it sacred from their eyes, and insists upon being carried forthwith to a police -court to have the matter at once submitted to the judgment of the sitting magistrate ! Whereupon the inhuman " beak" burst out, instanter, with—" You are an insolent fellow," and so forth, mutt ering something about sending my gentleman to " quocl" until he (the ticket-of-leave) deems it prudent to follow the advice tendered to poor Jo by Mr. BUCKET, Viz., to "hook it !" After a consideration of all which facts we shrewdly suspect that the sack would have been found on investigation to have contained something else besides the skins of hares or rabbits ! Conjecturing, mean while, that the magistrate was altogether by no means so much "out" in his opinion, and that the two policemen were anything but acting so much amiss when they kept a vigi lant eye upon the doings of this exceedingly tetchy little costermonger—Ex uno disce ontnes. And so with the rest of the high-Lnind2cl wit- nesses self-elected as champions of the cause of * The Great World of London. Ey Henry Mayhew. Part I. David Bogue, 86, Fleet•etreet. Bvo., pp, 86. 1856. LATEST NEWS HEALTH OF THE EMPRESS EUGENIE The following bulletin has been received fr©m Paris this morning : PALACE OF THE TUILERIES, 'WEDNESDAY, Half-past Eleven o'clock. Her Majesty is going on as favourably as can be wished. (Signed) DR. H. CONNEAU, BARON PAUL DUBOIS, BAYER, JOBEE.T DE LAMBALLE, P. DARRALDE, MARSEILLES, TUESDAY. The Languedoc has arrived with advices from Constantinople of the 10th, and from the Crimea of the Bth inst. General Lerchey i 3 about to return to France Omer Pacha has arrived at Constantinople. The Russians taken prisoners by the French have been sent to Odessa, and exchanged for Turkish prisoners. General Kokonowitch, 58 officers, and 1,800 soldiers taken prisoners at Kinbourn, have been embarked on board the Christophe Colomb and the Montezuma, to be conveyed to Anapa. The weather in the Crimea continues cold, but the health of the army is satisfactory. The Russians are still working actively at the fortifications of Nicolaieff. VIENNA, MARCH 17. The money market here has been exceedingly animated ; all kinds of securities having risen in consequence of the news of the birth of the Prince Imperial of France. That event has produced a great sensation here. MADRID, MARCH 17. Eipartero went in person to congratu late the ambassador of Franca on the delivery of the Empress Eugenie, The Cortes commenced to-day the discussion of the budget of receipts. The Government will have the advantage in this question. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 18. The Emperor received this day, at the Tuileries, the felicitationsof the Senate, the Legislative Corps, the Council of State, the magistracy, the Institute, the clergy of every denomination in France, the Municipal Corps, and the Deputations of the Na. ional Guard and of the Army and Navy. The reception took place in the Throne-room, when the high func tionaries of the Crown and the deputations just mentioned were successively admitted. The Sena tors, Deputies, Councillors of States, magistrates, and General Officers were all in full costume. The Emperor, who, as usual on such occasions, wore the uniform of General of Division, with the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour, remained during the ceremony standing in front of the Throne. At his right stood Prince Napoleon. The next place of honour belonged to Prince Louis Lucien, but his Highness is still confined to his apartment, and was unable to be present at the ceremony. The Emperor replied to the addresses of the presidents of the various corps in a few words, which were to the purpose, and were, of course, loudly applauded. Count de Morny, President of the Legislative Corps, addressed his Majesty in the following words : " Sire,—Heaves has blessed your union. At the dawn of a holy anniversary the Empress has given a son to your affection, and to France a future Easperor. This event has caused universal joy. It is not only be cause the country in its gratitude and attachment to you shares in your happiness, but also because it hails that child as a pledge of future security. " On former occasions sipnilar hopes were entertained, and not realised. Why should the hopes we now indulge in with so much effusion inspire us with such confidence? It is because the two dangers which overturned thrones —revolution at home and coalition abroad—have been conjured by your Majesty. You have conquered revo lution by force, diverted it 'by labour, and soothed it by clemency. You have reconciled foreigners with France, because, if your armies covered themselves with glory, it was for the maintenance of justice and right, and that you have exalted France without humbling Europe. Therefore, when every Frenchman is indebted to you for the secu rity of his family, the futurity of his children, and, above all, for the right of being proud of his nationality, you will conceive, Sire, his anxiety to give a hearty welcome to that young Prince, and that he should rest such san guine hopes on the life of a child. " I come then, Sire, in the name of the Legislative Body, to congratulate your Majesty, and to pray you to lay at the feet of the Empress our congratulations, our wishes for her speedy recovery, and, finally, to renew over that cradle the oath of allegiance and devotedness we have already taken, and which we will keep for ever." The Emperor replied with emotion to that speech, reminding the Deputies that the Napo leoniaa dynasty had sprung from the people, that it had been tried by 40 years' adversity, and that the Imperial Prince was born amid the hopes of peace. The various bodies were then successively intro duced into the apartments of the Pavillon Fiore, when they returned to those occupied on the ground floor by the Prince. The Imperial infant was sleeping in its cradle, and by it stood the Princess d'Essling, with the governesses and sub governesses. The child is, to all appearance, in a robust state of health. The cortege soon after retired. The Emperor presided at a council of ministers held yesterday at the Tuileries. The following bulletin was issued to-day at the Tuileries : " 18th, half-past eleven a.m.—The health of the Em press continues to be exceedingly favourable. " The state of the Prince Imperial remains excellent." (Signed as usual.) The following bulletin of the health of Prince Jerome was issued this morning : " 9 o'clock a.m.--The Prince has had but little sleep, but the respiratory organs continue to improve." Addresses of congratulation to the Emperor on the birth of the Prince Imperial are being pre pared in all the principal towns in France. The following is from the Imperial Court of Rouen : "Sire,—Direct order in the [mperial dynasty is now secured. At the first news of the happy event which gives to the present a guarantee for the future, all French hearts thrilled with joy. Your Imperial Court of Ronan, after having offered up to God a cry of gratitude and joy, hastens to lay at the foot of the throne its re spectful gratulations. We are with respect, Sire, &c." (Signatures follow.) The Imperial Court of Orleans has sent the fol !owing : "Sire,—Your Imperial Court of Orleans learns with happiness of the birth of the Prince Imperial, destined to continue your glorious dynasty. It appears that Providence wished that this happy event should precede the signature of peace, in order to teach attentive Europe that the best guarantee of that peace is the consolidation on the throne of the family of him whom France has placed on it. May the august mother of the Prince Imperial and your Majesty see in the expression of our joy a fresh pledge of our love." The Imperial Court of Amiens has thus expressed itself " Sire—The Imperial Court of Amiens hastens ft° offer you its congratulations on the happy event which fills with joy the heart of your Majesty. The prosperity of your faintly is that of France ; united in your hopes, ehe takes part in your happiness. She, moreover, sees in the birth of your son the consolidation of the institutions which have guaranteed the repose and the grandeur of the country, raised its glory to so high a degree, and secured to her influence a just preponderance in the councils of Europe. Before proceeding to the sanctuary to thank Divine Providence ter this fresh blessing, we beg your Majesty to lay at the feet of the Empress the homage of our wishes and of our respectful sentiments." Similar addresses have been already received from a number of towns in the neighbourhood of Paris. On the occasion of the happy delivery of the Em press, the Emperor has granted numerous pardons to military prisoners. In the establishments where the punishment of hard labour and the boulet are inflicted, 609 soldiers have received total remission of the punishment, and 86 have had partial remis sion. Pardons have also been granted to 20 con demned by court-martials for breaches of discipline. In addition the Emperor, on the recommendation of the Minister of Marine, has granted a full or par tial remission to 50 sailors for different offences. Full and entire remission is likewise granted for all con demnations for infractions in the service of the Na tional Guard throughout the whole of the Empire which have been already put into execution, and also for all those infractions which have not yet been decided Q. Lill pecuniary AIM And ilaprif4o/21110Iltli incurred for offences against the customs re gulations, indirect taxes, or the forest, fishery, and sporting laws are remitted. Likewise, 803 pardons granted to persons confined at the Bagnes, and in the prisons of the Empire, condemned for crimes or common misdemeanours, and who have made themselves remarked by their repentance and good conduct. Numerous fines have also been remitted . to necessitous delinq uen t s . A n d , l ast l y, f u ll re mission has been accorded for all offences against the police regulations connected with public roads. On the occasion of the birth of the Prince Im pekial, the Emperor, on the proposition of the Minister of the Interior and the recommendation of the Superior Commissi on o f th e M utua l B ene fit Societies, has decided that a sum of 500,000 f. shall be taken from the revenue of the dotation of those societies to constitute pensions in favour of their oldest members. The Minister of the Interior has charged the commission to make the division of this sum among the societies approved of, accord ing to the decree of the 26th March, 1852. The women of the markets, or, as they are called, Les Dames de la Halle, went .yesterday to the Tuileries to congratulate the Emperor on the birth of the Prince-Imperial. A deputation of them, carrying magnificent bouquets, were admitted to the Emperor, and his Majesty received them with marked kindness. After conv9rs;ng a few minutes with them, the Emperor led them himself to the apartments of the Prince, and presented the in fant to them. All the corporations of workmen of the capital also manifested a desire to be allowed to present their congratulations to his Majesty, but the Emperor, from regard fur the health of the Empress, and also on account of the bad weather, charged the Prefect of Police to tell them that he regretted not being able to receive them, but that he would accept their visit at the moment of bap tism. The Minister has granted three additional holi days at Easter to the pupils of the various colleges and schools on the occasion of the birth of the Prince Imperial. "Immediately after the happy delivery of the Empress," says the Constitutionnel, " the Empe ror despatched the intelligence by telegraph to the Queen of England, the King of Sardinia, the Queen of Sweden, and to the Pope. By eight the same morning his Majesty had received the congratula tions of these august personages." Count Orloff was one of the first to congratulate the Emperor on the birth of the Prince Imperial. The Minister of the Interior has addressed the following circular, dated the lith, to the Pre fects " Monsieur le Prcifet—Previdence gives to our coun try a fresh pledge for the future of security and gran deur ; it hai just granted to the glorious and popuiar dynasty of Napoleon that scion which France bas called for in her prayers, and for which eight millions of votes have re-established in advance the Imperial inheritance. On Sunday next in all our churche3 we will offer up a solemn thanksgiving to God, who holds in his hands the destinies of empires. You will arrange with the reli gious, civil, and. military authorities for this pious mani festation of joy and national gratitude. —Accept, &c., BILLAIMT." The Minister of Public Instruction has addressed the following circular, dated 16th, to the Bishops of France : "Monseigneur—God has granted the prayers of France by giving a son to the Emperor. The Empress, whose greatest happiness was in alleviating the suffer ings of all who were mothers, will henceforward share in their joys. The nation hails with its acclamations a fresh pledge of its future security and of the destinies of that dynasty to which it owes its grandeur, and, at the same time, its repose. Th e Emperor harges me to announce to you the birth of the Prince-Imperial, whom your prayers have called fur. I only respond to the feelings of gratitude with which you are in spired, 'by requesting you to a-sembla the people at the foot of the altars, and to have celebrated on Sun day next in all the churches of your diocese a so lemn Te Deurn, and thanksgiving to Providence for the blessings which it is pleased to shower down on their Imperial Majesties and on the country.—Accept, " H. FORTOUL." The Minister of Public Instruction has also re quested the presidents of the consistories of the recognised non• Catholic sects to offer up prayers and thanksgivings in their different churches, on the occasion of the birth of the Prince Imperial. By an imperial decree, dated the 16th, Dr. Cowman, first physician to the Emperor, has been promoted to the rank of Commander in the order of the Legion of Honour. The Toulonnais of the 14th contains the fol• lowing :—" We are assured 'that all the vessels of the State, now in this port, have received orders to be ready for sea. The Mediterranean squadron, under Vice-Admiral Trehouart, is immediately to quit our port." BOURSE, March 18.—The following were the last ,quotations Cash. fr. e. End of Month. li per Cents. 9l —f. —e. 3 per Cents 72 5) 72 85 New Loan 73 Bank Shares 3,150 Roman Credit Mobili9r 1,570 Austrian Belgian Fives ~ Spanish Threes...... Piedmontese(s) 93 25 Rome Debt RAILWA Y 8 -ZOE CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Or!cans 1,300 Western. B9O Northern Lyons ... 1,247 50 New Ditto B2O Nlediterranean 1,580 Grand Central 655 Lyons Geneva 792 50 'Pest° Cette THE PRINCIPALITIES. "We receive," says the Debats, " a letter from Jassy, which contains a summary of the measures decided on in the conferences of Constantinople for the re-organisation of Moldo-Wallachia. The prin cipal points are these : " A. Moldo•Wallachian commission shall be convoked at Constantinople to prepare a new system of legislation, identical for the two principalitieg, under the surveillance of the Porte. The same commission shall draw up a plan for the constitution of a Senate, composed of the first per sons of the country, the General Assembly being:Abolished. Immediately after the re-establishment of peace, the reigning princes shall be replaced by a caimacamy (or local government), named by the Porte, which shall administer the country in concert with a Turkish com missioner to the moment of their definitive organisation. The Senate shall be constituted under their surveillance. The same caimacamy shall also superintend the selection of three candidates for the principality effected amongst the great families of the country. The two princes shall be elected by the Porte amongst the above-mentioned candidates ; they shall be nominated for life, and shall only be liable to dismissal for high treason. Seeing that the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia form an integral part of the Ottoman empire, all measures of public utility, commerce, and manufactures, which shall be adopted for the other states of the Sultan, shall also apply to those provinces." Prince Ghika, on receiving communication of these measures, immediately sent to the conferences at Paris a protest against all that had been done at Constantinople, and a demand that the two Princi palities should be united. It is asserted also, that a protest has been drawn up and signed by the boyards, and that the prince will send it to Paris by a deputation selected from that body." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 7th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The arrival of the rem nants of the Black Sea fleet has given rise to nume rous ovations. It is confirmed that these men are destined to replace those who are about to receive their dismissal in the Baltic fleet. It will be seen by the arrival of the 13 crews from Sebastopol that the idea of re-establishing the Black Sea fleet has been abandoned. These men are directed. on Hel singfors, Cronstadt, and Revel, where they will be incorporated in the three divisions of the fleet." AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 13th, in Toss's Gazette, says—" It is positively asserted here that the question of the admission of Prussia to the Congress led to the mo s t ser i ous d e b a t es i n t h e previous sittings, Count Buol and C oun t O r l o ff having both received instructions from their re spective Courts to urge the necessity of her admis sion in the interests of Europe. Prussia's readiness to accept bad been previously ascertained ; and she had the more willingly consented that matters had assumed a most pacific turn since the third or fourth sitting. France had already declared on a previous occasion, both at Vienna and Berlin, that, far from opposing the admission of Prussia, she would view it with satisfaction. England was obliged to yield to the representations of Count Orloff and Count Buol." SPAIN. ! The Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. The Gazette states that the receipts of the Trea sury in January last amounted to 80,571,050 reals, and that they were more by 13,077,434 reals than in the corresponding month of last year. The democrats were quarrelling amongst themselves, and the three organs of their party were assailing each other. Attempt had been made to excite disturbances in the Basque province 3, on pretext of the execution of the law for the sale of the na tional and ecclesiastical property, and a vast num ber of incendiary proclamations had been prepared ; but the Government had seized the proclamations, and had taken measures for preserving order. It was reported that disturbances were likely to break out at Malaga, but a letter asserts that none were to be feared. An installation of knights of the Order of Isabella the Catholic had taken place iu the usual form iu the chapel of the Orders of Knighthood at Madrid ; and amongst the persons who received the dignity of commander was, as we have already stated, Ronconi, the singer. The Post Ampt Gazette contains a letter from Berlin which says :—" A pamphlet published by the librarian Chas. Nohring, entitled ' The Life, Actions, and Death of Chas. Louis Frederick de Hinckeldey,' has been seized by the police. A letter from Frankfort states that the Chamber of Commerce of that city, in order to diminish at the Bourse over-speculation in the number of in• dustrial associations which have been recently formed in Germany, has adopteil an important measure. It has decided on extending generally the regulations by which merchants transacting business at the Bourse are compelled to pay au annual tax of from 21 florins to 10 florins, in eV change for which they receive a card of admission without which they cannot enter the building. THE AFRICAN MAILS. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY. The steam-ship Gambia, Captain Rolt, arrived here this morning with the mails from the West Coast of Africa. She has brought 1,948 ounces of gold, a full cargo, and 20 passengers, among whole are eight distressed British seamen. She left Fer nando Po, February 7 ;Lagos, 11; Am, ' 13 ; Cape Coast, 14 • Liberia, 20 ; Sierra Leone, 25 ; Bathurst, 29 ; Gores, March 1 ; Teneriffe, and Madeira, 11. _ _ The coast was healthy and quiet prevailed, ex cept at Cape Coast, where a disturbance had occur' red between the natives, 30 of whom were killed and 70 wounded. The King was deposed, and bad taken refuge in the fort. The military did not suffer. The towns: people had been fined for the riot. Trade was dull at Lagos. Oil slow in coming forward, although large quantities were in the hands of traders. Ser Majesty's ship Hecate had grounded on Lagos bare The Bloodhound left Fernando Po, 2d Feb., to as; sist her. The steamer Puffin was totally wrecked in endeavouring to recover the Hecate's guns , Dissatisfaction prevailed at Lagos, and disturbance were expected in consequence of a resident having farmed for the King certain duties imposed on ex' ports. • Business was dull at Sierra Leone, and groun d nuts were scarce. The colonial engineer had died a week prior to the arrival of the Gambia. Geyer' to: Hill was still effecting sanitary improvements. From Bathurst we learn that Governor O'Connor was at Mearthy's Island. The Antelope left OW mace, en. route for England, January 31. The African mail-packet Niger left Teneriffe March 3, outward-bound. THE TRACE CO.NFE.RENCES. (From the Times Correspondent of this day.) The following is the letter of the Times' Paris correspondent, dated yesterday, 6 p.m.:— From all that can be learned in respectable qua:: ters there appears little doubt that peace is all but decided. There may, we are told, be certain point s Still to settle, certain formalities to fulfil, but the/ are not of a character to affect the certainty of the result, or hardly to retard it. The Russians ar e described as now presenting no serious difficult)" , whether as regards the " neutralisation" of the Black Sea, the transformation of Nicholaieff into purely commercial port, the neutrality of the Alen' Isles, the rectification of the Moldavian frontlet bested on the report of a commission, &c. There will be several matters to regulate after the signing of the treaty, but, as I have said, an easi solution is anticipated. Such, at all events, is the general feeling. Some are of opinion that the treat/ will very soon be made public ; others that it Will yet be delayed. Whether the peace we are net promised will be durable or not is another question . It may be doubted if all the Plenipotentiaries at° as well satisfied with the results as people here are, or pretend to be. If one could guess what passes in the mind of M. Cavour, for instance, I hardlf, think that his delight is excessive. If Count Buel were to gPeak his thoughts I ant pretty sure that he is neither over-pleased nor over-flattered at the results. But if France and England At e , united and content, I suppose it is indifferen what anybody else likes or dislikes. That the oto ject which Russia at this moment scorns and hate, the most on earth is Austria I have no • donut whatever on my mind. When Count Esterhal last saw the Czar at St. Petersburg, his Ma jesty said, " It is Austria that has forced me to se; cept such hard conditions. Be assured, and tel your master what I say, I shall never forget the obligations I ewe him." This is apretty state 0 1 feeling for peacemakers ! In the meantime, so con' fident are people here of peace being virtually con: eluded, that at the War-office measures are discussed for the best and most convenient way of bringing back the troops from the Crimea. it is said that M. de Manteuftel, the Prussian Plenipotentiarif attended the Conferences to-day with M. Hatzfeld• METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—Not a thought has been given to the wretched state of our communications between the north and south, which call loudly foto p)rtion, at least, of the attention which the authoritie s nave to bestow on metropolitan improvements. The mos t urgent want of all, and at the same time the most easilf remedied and at the smallest cost, is a good line of street from the broad part of the Strand to Holborn through Lincoln's-inn-fields. It is, in fact, alreadl more than half made. Nothing more is required than the destruction of some worthless old houses in con' fined courts between the Strand and Carey-streets and the setting back of the few houses on one sid e of Great Turnstile, to complete the whole line as far a 5 . Holborn ; and the site of this new street would be 5; valuable for offices and chambers that the improved ground-rents would cover the interest of the outlay three times over ! The next thing I would urge is so per' fectly simple and easy of accomplishment, that it is 11 positive reproach to the commissioners who hale hitherto had the control o f p u bli c i mprovements that , has not been carried into effect long ago. I mean the setting back of some four or fire houses at the lower end of St. Martin's-lane to the line of the adjoining buildings. Large sums have been expended to wider' the upper end of St. Martin's-lane, and form a broad street, crossing Ho'born into Bedford-square, and thence in a direct line to the New.road and Euston-squnve, station ; but this well-designed plan is en ti re ly s p o iled a" present by leaving the street quite narrow at the Yell point where it oueht to be broadest, namely, where it approaches the National Gallery and the fine portico of St. Martin's Church. Another great improvement and at the same time involving but a very moderat e outlay, would be a short street from the top of Bedford' street to the corner of Long-acre and St. Martin's-lanes which would cut through a beggarly neighbourhood , and would amply repay its cost. This street would lead directly into Cranbourn-street, and would soon be' come the main thoroughfare from the Strand to Covent*" street and Piccadilly, instead of the narrow and intricat e passage by Hemming's-row and Green-street. There is one other plan, which I have suggested on a forma occasion, and which I am sure would be an immense ire: provement, not only as regards public convenience, but also architectural effect—Namely, a broad and banderol e street from Somenet House to the British Museunit falling into the line of Drury-lane just beyond the Wr' pie Theatre, with a branch eastward into the mouth-wes t corner of Lincoln's-inn-fields, and the same branch 43, tended westw ar d i n t o W e lli ng t on - s t ree t, connect i n g tt with Waterloo-bridge. This scheme, however, is of somewhat greater magnitude than the others I have pointed out, and is net so immediately pressing.—Col' respondent of the Builder. MILITARY EXECUTION AT BOULOGNE.—The soldier Ruchet, of the 6th Regiment of Artillery, condemned to death by court-martial for having, when in garrison at Neuf Brisach. murdered a serjeant-major named Rolla' lon, was executed on Tuesday morning, at Strasbourg . For a short time after his condemnation the man was very brutal in his language, and threatened several per" eons with death. One evening, when the gaoler entered his cell, he seized him violently by the head, and cried, "How dare you come to me at such ars hour ? What is to prevent me from killing you ? But no," he added, " I will net kill any one to-day— so go !" After a whiles however, the exhortations of the chaplain produced a strong effect on him, and ho became reconciled to re ligion and to the idea of death. He was on Tuesday conveyed under au escort to the Fieckmatt, where all the troops of the garrison were drawn up under arms. The man, on descending from the prison van, walked forward calmly to the place destined for him, and took off, without assistance, his stock, cap, and jacket. li e twice refused to allow his eyes to Le bandaged, and re' quested that the platoon who were to fire at him might he brought so close as to be sure to hit him. He kissed a crucifix, embraced the chaplain, and knelt down. The, judgment condemning him having been read, the signal to fire was given, and he fell struck by several balls but, as he moved after falling, a non-comenissione u officer discharged a pistol in his ear. The troo ps W ere made to march off before the dead body, which wa s afterwards removed to the hospital.— Gc6lignani. CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—A woman named Agne s Burns has been convicted at Down assizes for the mur; der of Margaret 'Withers, at Saintfielcl, on the 25th of February last. The facts of the appalling tragedy be found embodied in the following extract front th e Northern Whig " Margaret Withers was a poor olc!, woman who kept a small huxter ' s shop in the town 01 Saintfield. Within three doors of ber house lived two sisters, Agnes Burns and Mary West, who were in the habit of making purchases at the shop of their neig h bour, a relation of their own. On the evening ‘of t he 221 of last month the two sisters, having heard that n small suns of money had come into the old woman's Pe e ; session, took counsel together how they should kill ber and obtain the object of their diabolical avarice. Th e y determined on a plan, and they deliberately proceeded . to the old woman's shop, and there, while she was s ere ' ing them with some articles of her little stock, they fell on her and murdered her. All that they could find s! a few pounds of butter, and this they carried off stis the sole fruits of their bloody deed.' rib COl The I steadily were at can desc to lid. ; Islands, Share i prices we The co • report a firm at p business Money m offered a week en of the C and the parations Was expe Accom that a sei several tl the Bran Advice Rio Jane derabie r: of the die Quantity little for caused a 1 'vverp, and receipt of into the n Cent. per ceding we Java wer( ju first an Week was 1 1,000 Si sundries. 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