The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-15 00:00:00

THEATRE_ROYAL, /lAYMARKET . , Le t me, Mr. J. B. Backstone. TFIIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new and original Comedy, entitled BLACK SHEEP. Mr. Ituckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, cto. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Lovell, &c. Alter which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. I Commence at 7. she can not only avouch her neutrality in no am biguous terms, but, while doing so, can warn her own children in the most solemn accents from any participation whatsoever in the strife that is now desolating the North American continent. As spectators merely of that conflict upon the op posite shores of the Atlantic, we have already to endure a sufficiently bitter afflic tion. The belligerent forces there are so re cently and so closely of our own kith and kin, that they are still to us as our own fellow-country. men. It is in the vivid appreciation of this that Her Britannic MAJESTY and her Government have found the incentive to the utterance of that earnest and impressive adjuration (so to speak) with which the Royal Proclamation, published . in last night's Gazette, closes so very emph a ti ca ll y. Our Sovereign Lady therein, in three concluding para graphs of her Proclamation solemnly warns "all her loving subjects,"and "all persons whatever entitled to her protection"_against doing anything deroga tory of their dutyas subjects of a neutral Sovereign. It is a prohibition, this warning, against entering into the military or maritime service of either of the contending parties—here, in last night's Pro clamation happily, and most adroitly, distinguished from each other as "the Government of the United States of America,"and certain Southern States styl ing themselves" the. Confederate States of America." It is a prohibition against maritime service espe cially of any kind whatever—that is against any subjects of the QUEEN serving as officers, sailors or marines on board any ship or vessel of war or tran sport in the service of either of the contending par ties, or even on any privateer bearing letters of marque, of or from either the American United States, or the American Confederate States, Govern ment. After enumerating a great variety of other acts of complicity with the belligerents, or of direct participation in their struggles, acts, each and all, each separately and all collectively, hereby de clared to be illegal through this neutral trumpet call of the Royal Proclamation—the document ends with this explicit declaration—" And we do hereby declare that all our subjects and persons entitled to our protection, who may misconduct themselves . in the premises, will do so at their peril and of their own wrong, and that they will in no wise obtain any protection from us against any liabilities or penal consequences, but will on the contrary incur our high displeasure by such misconduct." Such is the suitable echo ringing from the " White Lodge" here in England, in answer to the war blast recently sounded frOm the " White House" in America. For our brethren across the Atlantic we can but breathe the old prayerful ejaculation, "May God defend the Right !" For ourselves we can hardly do better while closing these remarks, than reite rate that loyal cry of " God Save the Queen !" with which, according to ancient custom (in ap pearance so egotistically), these Royal Proclama tions all terminate. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THRICE MARRIED. Messrs., Shore, Meadows, Garden, and Miss C. Leclercq. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Pechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, &O. ; Misses Heath, Eleworthy, and R. Leclercq. NEW THRATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adefpid "Census" every Evening. THIS EVENING, 15th time of a new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. After which (180th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, D. t ei s h er , Bmington, Falconer, Stephe nson, 'C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boueleault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. th Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at half past s —Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA , (First produced in England at this Establishment), With a Chorus of Forty Voices. Also, Verdi's IL CORSARO, never performed at any other Concerts. Solos on the Cornet-a-i iston, by Mr. Levy. • The Comic Department comprises the Brothers Conrad (in their new and inimitable entertainments), Mr. Wood and his talented little Son, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Hol lings*orth, and Miss Rose Howard. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHNANS. T " 0 XFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Mr. LEVY, undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Cornet-a-Piston—Grand Selections (on the most complete scale) from Dinorah, Martha, Stradella, &0., and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst, Messrs. Charles Greville, Fornarl. Kimber ley, Bernard, Beaumont, Bervon, Hulab, Signor Tivoli, an d 31r. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. —The followi n g , Comic talent, Messr s . W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. H. Wie land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Harvey, and French, and the Brothers Conrad in their latest and best entertainment, every evening. Admission, Hall, sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nue PAY.-Morning, sh. 6m.—Afternoon,' sh. 24m. To-moanow.-Morning, sh. 48m.—Afternoon, sh. 14m. TM& WEATHER.—SUN OFFICZ, MAY 15, 1 61. THERMOMETZR, TN THE MAIM 65—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and daring the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.46. WlND—North-Westerly —light; with fine weather. . . _ 4 417 ; r , ~;', .. , ,, , , -4 ! 1 ,7Z ktti ' _.,_, i,t ,41 .1 ti .. .) , ,..g.. „... , , ~,,, 4 ~ „,,,...,, ~ 4 ,- , -,,, ••• ' . 5 .! ', ,;;(; I '".3t 1 ,37a ' ~ g 7 i, 1 ,, , , 0 ~ "(1, l , i ir r c. t, ... b/F:( - , : 4 r•YtoS I ---- I S--- *- : , '' ''''' '. 4 -61 , t.... ~ ..v .„... ',... bimir'-' .. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1861. _Ao..—__.,. The dreadful fact of a sanguinary Civil War having broken out between the Northern and Southern States of the Great American Republic has now been formally notified to Her Britannic MATESTT'S subjects by a Royal Proclamation. This On Monday a debate began in the Oldest Con important document we yesterday transferred im- stitutionally governed country in Europe, which mediately to our own columns from those of the may be pregnant with the gravest consequences. Zondon Gazette of last evening. Our readers have The Diet, indeed, which is now assembled has been consequently enjoyed the opportunity of weighing in abeyance for some dozen years, while Austrian well the purport of every notable sentence in this tyranny has run riot in the land, but, though the proclamation since the date of its first appearance. summons which now convenes it may be of ques- The circumstance that the Proclamation here refer- tionable authority, those members who think so, ring, in the first place, to the reality of these most yet regard it as an opportunity of reassembling, and lamentable Hostilities in America, and, in the next they have met, and are now in vigorous discussion place, to the "vexed question" not unnaturally aria- on the best mode of asserting their undoubted ing out of them, in regard to the Probabilities of rights. Foreign Enlistment—the circumstance that this The opportunity is that of a reply to the Im- Royal Proclamation addressed to all her MAJESTY'S perial Speech delivered by the Representative of the subjects, in the name of our beloved SOVEREIGN, is SOVEREIGN. The Moderate party, headed by a essentially a Proclamation of Neutrality—comes very able man, the Minister of Justice in 1848, M. before the world, we cannot but think, as a happy DEAR, proposes the usual form of an " address "in pendant, and even, we might say, as a direct and reply. The Advanced Liberals, of whom the late logical corollary to the policy of non-intervention, CountTELmir was the head, propose a memorial. In latterly adopted in regard to the nations of Europe the statements and demands tobe embodied in either, by the British Government. As a Proclamation the two parties entirely agree. The debate turns of Neutrality—it is a document almost, but not on the form. put then this form involves the grave quite, unprecedented in the annals of our own question of acknowledging, or the contrary, that ,empire—an empire peopled by one of the most FRANCIS JOSEPH is King of Hungary. One party warlike and conquering of all the races of Christen- allege that the abdication of FERDINAND V. does n ot dom. It is a Proclamation of Neutrality, in point include the Hungarian Crown ; an argument with of fact, between the contending Northern and which the stolen KOSSUTH note has rendered our Southern States of the American Republic-- readers familiar, it having been one made promi kindred in its tone, bearing, and charm- rent in the pleadings before Vide-Chancellor ter to that other proclamation of neutrality for- STUART. M. DEAN, on the other hand, contends merly issued by this country between Greece that the throne of Hungary is de facto vacant, and Turkey, and that more recent, and in some and that FRANCIS JOSEPN is the claimant under respects, more memorable proclamation of neutrality the Pragmatic Sanction. To us there would seem in obedience to the sentiments enunciated in which to be a good deal to be said on either side ; most we held aloof while the legions of France and of certainly the Emperor of AUSTRIA has not fulfilled Austria were contending for the mastery upon the the legal conditions requisite to his claim to be re plains of Lombardy. These documents, in truth, garded as the King of Hungary. He has neither are in themselves amongst the most signal evi- secured the explicit abdication of the throne by the deuces the world has afforded to it of the beneficent two prior claimants, nor proffered himself to be growth of civilisation. They are indications of a crowned in the legal form at the right time. On course taken by us, directly contrary to that pur- the other hand, in the midst of so much informality, sued in more barbarous times by our remote pro- if he can be accepted as King de facto, awaiting his genitors. Of old the mere noise of battle acted coronation, M. DEAK may be right in thinking that upon the impetuous souls of men as the the Hungarians will stand on equally good ground sound of the trumpet is described in " Job" in dealing with him. He must then be crowned, to have acted upon the thews and sinews of must take the oaths, which are full and precise, the war horse. It is still the same to and which guarantee the fundamental liberties of I this day among all the savage races ; the mere fact the nation. of a conflict drags those who are not already The vital struggle would seem to us, at a dis engaged in it, by an apparently irresistible impulse, tance, to be on the contents of the address. Here into an active participation in the struggle. One there:is no difference of opinion among all deserving side or the ether is chosen, upon the spur of the the name of Hungarians. M. DEAR is an eminent moment,with passionate impulsiveness. The clash of swords jurist and a moderat e man , b u t, i n common with all meeting —cau ses every other blade to his countrymen, he stands on the legal rights of spring from its scabbard. It has ever been thus in Hungary, and no one is more competent to state the elder and ruder days of chivalry —it is even and maintain them. He affirms that the union thus still to this time among the yet surviving between Hungary and Austria is a purely personal Huinanity is races of barbarians. the visible and one; that not a trace can be found of a " real" appreciable gainer in this matter in proportion to union. He remarks that had it been a real the wider and wider diffusion of th e b enignant whole union, Hungary would never have been allowed to retain her constitution; the proofs and rational principles animating th e We of M. DEAR'S proposition are ample and con complex framework of modern civilisation. have gr a d ua lly come to recogn ise the simple truth elusive. It will be utterly impossible for the:ExtrE that, Because any other Powers may be contending Ron and his Germans to meet the Hungarians in ar amongst themselves to the life and to the death, it gutnent,especially if the latter are disposed to make does not, therefore follow by an inevitable news- the best of a worthless prince. M. PEAK'S party with which the following city that we, ourselves, must thereupon perforce are so. The demands speech concludes may buckle on our armour, for the pure love of fighting, quotation from M. which and join, upon one side or the other, in the bloody be unpalateable enough, but the - • position :_ s_c , naeth ing to the conciliatory in strife of the belligerents. zio.p_ Even we, the great troduction ought to be w orth fighting race of the An Neither power ''x° lll s we who have Germans in their false carried our conquering arms to the uttermost ends nor greatness (said M. DEAR) is the obje of the Earth, into remote regions the obj ec t that the an c i en t G overnme nt. Power is only ct of a means ; Romans, the lords in their day of the then Known is the happiness of the people. If the prince, who World, never dreamt of—even we the Warlike once considered the absolute system as the safest deaoendants of the Briton and the Viking have come to recognise the reasonableness, and not only t h e , instrument to secure that happiness, convi nce d , by an experience of twelve years, that by that reasonableness but the dignity and honour, of hold- system the goal cannot' be reached, and, acting in aloof strictly and scrupulously aloof, from san- under this conviction, has determined to adopt the guinary struggles i n W h ich we are in no way, in Constitutional system, and without flinching to which we need neve r i n „y way, be directly or in- persevere in that course—if the prince wishes that directly implicated. Dictated though the , policy of the withered roots of confidence and trust shall non-intervention or neutrality undoubtedly is alike show signs of life and throw out new shoots, then by reason and re li g i on , b y common sense and Chris- he will treat ou r representations with the utmost tianity—it is nevertheless in the history of the respect. Only by the act of coronation does the a compa• King of Hungary become legally the King of Hun nations of the earth, as a r ecogn i sed fact, ratively recent innovation. gary. But the coronation has conditions precedent , Here, once more, in our own annals, through required by the laws, whose previous complete fulfil the conspicuous medium of a Royal Proclamation, me& is absolutely essential. Unless our constitutional the world at large has signal testimony afforded indepen denceis re-established unimpaired, the ter_ to it that England is so strong and so just, ritorial and political integrity of the law secured ; in other words is so rational and so civilised, that unless our Landtag is made complete tby THE SUN, LONDON, - WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 18616 the summoning of the representatives of the I annexed provinces], our fundamental laws recog nised, our Parliamentary Government and respon sible Ministry replaced, and all the remaining off shoots of the absolute system lopped off ; unless all these preliminary conditions are fulfilled, all fruit ful deliberation, all reconciliation, is impossible." It is obvious that with these views firmly held by the most moderate men in Hungary, Austria must either enter on the path of legality or on that of violence. The Unity of Hungary with the Archduchy—of the Great Kingdom of nearly fif teen millions of inhabitants (if we include Tran sylvania) with the petty Archduchy of about two millions, and including the kingdom of Bohemia, and numerous other small provinces and nation alities, of not more than about eighteen million s —is a mere theoretical figment, a paper scheme of Ger- man Bureaucrats, utterly without foundation in historical fact or legal right. Will the EmrEnoß and the Imperialists follow the Warsaw example, amd try what bullets and sabres can do ? Will they meet the demands of the Diet, as legitimate as those of our parliaments under the STUARTS, by force ? A temporary triumph is possible enough ; The Russian and German tyrants are strong. The vile soldiery of one nationality in a composite Empire like that of Austria, can always be made to shed the blood ,of another nation ality, and the Hungarians are unarmed. BENEDEK is traitor enough to his native land to lead Italian and Tyrolese conscripts against her, and wide-spread horrors might be the result—the first result. A second might be that bitterly hated by so large a kingdom, the weakened empire would ill support a second shock which might soon be given her from the South and West. Her alternatives are to be the weakest of empires with_ the largest of armies, or to humble herself to the acknowledgment that Hungary- is rightfully an independent and powerful kingdom. A question was asked last night in the House of Lords which assuredly would never have been heard there but for the present weakness of the United States Government—whether the cession of St. Domingo to Spain had received the sanction of the French and English Governments, and if so whe ther due precautions had been taken that slavery should not be introduced into the Island. Lord BROUGHAM, was, of course, the veteran in the Anti- Slave-Trade cause who put the question. In doing so he took occasion to say a word of pity for the master of the slave, who he said deserved it next to the slave himself, because the inheritor by no fault of his own of a vicious and criminal system, He had some fear that injury might even now be done by speaking too hardly of American slave holders. We might ourselves be disposed to share his lordship's commiseration for those whose inheri tance from their ancestors was a few dollars, much nearly worthless land, and a large stock of human cattle—did these unfortunates but feel their mis fortune. The fact, however, is that they glory in slaveholding; that civilians hold it to be political perfection, and that clergymen proclaim it to be a Divine blessing to both master and slave. For such impenitence in shame and crime we must confess that pity seems to us entirely mis-directed. However, the great Slave Republic is now so weakened by its slave-holding aristocracy, that it is compelled to look on while Spain, which was to have been bought out of Cuba—and if it would not sell, to be driven out—re-appropriates its old share of St. Domingo. Mr. LINCOLN cannot help it, and certainly Mr. JEFFERSON Davis cannot— will England object ? Lord WonnuousE held that it was entirely the province of tho Spanish Government to decide whether it would accept the cession. We gather from his remarks that the Spanish Government professes a kind of Savoy and Nice modesty on the sub ject ; that she will accept the cession if the inhabitants of the island generally desire it. With three thousand Spanish troops there as the Returning Officers, an appeal may be made to universal suffrage and the ballot, in which case the result can be little doubtful. But, why are these troops wanted if the consent of the inhabitants is to be asked ?—the answer is that the Dominicans have already loudly complained that their Gover nors are traitors ; that they do not wish for annex ation ; and there have even been disturbances, which, of course, the Spaniards, who want to give the same kind of liberty as the French bestow at Rome, suppress, in the interest of—" Order." The Spanish Government has, however, assured our Government that slavery shall not be intro duced into St. Domingo. A fact of which Lord WommusE was " glad" to be able to assure their lordships. We should have shared his pleasure did not another fact occur to our recollection— that Spain had taken half a million of our money under an engagement to put down tho slave trade in her dominions, while Cuba remains the great mart of that hellish traffic, baffling all the exer tions of our cruisers, and patting us to a heavy annual expense. Lord BROUGHAM thought it would be a favourable time to call for the re payment of our money—would it not be better to notify Spain that we will not recognise, nay, that we would resist at all costs, her assuming the government, or protectorate even, of St. Domingo, unless she first puts a stop to the slave trade. Let her understand that her word is worthless, and let her bear the consequence. Lord WODEHOUSE thought it would be difficult for her to maintain slavery in one part of the island while the other part was free. But how long, under the annexa tion policy, would it be free ? The French part would soon follow the fate of the other part, and we should soon have but another Cuba. Our Government ougnt to have securities as well as promises. The Countess Amherst had an assembly last evening at the family residence in Grosvenor-square. ALBERT-GATE HOUSE.—We are enabled to an nounce that this splendid residence and its contents have passed permanently into the possession of the French Government. The first object for which its doors are to be thrown open will be a charitable one, viz., a grand fancy bazaar for the benefit of the Societe Frangaise de Secours having been fixed to take place thereat on the 6th and 7th of June. YOUTHS' CLUB AND INSTITUTE.—On Monday evening the Bishop of London presided at the distribution of prizes to youths connected with the excellent club for boys which has been established in the Adelaide Gallery by the Rev. Henry White, chaplain of the Savoy. More than 203 lads, engaged in work during the day, have availed them selves of the advantages of the institute in the past year. Classes for writing, arithmetic, drawing, singing, English grammar, and Scripture history have been established, and chess, draughts, and other games are provided in the read ing. room. Yesterday evening Dr. Jelf, the Principal of King's College, granted the use of King's College Hall for the annual ceremony, and a very large number of gentle men and ladies were present, as well as the boys and their friends. On th e p l att rm were the Bishop of London (who presided) and Mrs. Tait, the Rev. Dr. Jelf, the Rev. Pro fessor.. Plumptr e , Si r Walter James, Bai t , Revs. J. E. hemp°, C. M. Robins, F. J. Aldrich, 11. White, T. Wocle house, Mr. Thomas Hughes, &c. Mr. White, who was much cheered, gave an interekting account of the institute, its progress and it s prospects, and then the Bishop of Lon don distributed the e prizes with a few wor d s o f ki n dness to each of the recipients. Hi s l ordship gave an impressive address to the boys in his happi est style, and warmly eulo gised Mr. White (calling forth a p er f ect storm of app l ause by his well-deserved eulogism). His lordship was followed by Dr. Jell (who mentioned that Mr. White had been one of the most industrious of the King's College students), Professor Plumptre, Sir Walter James, Bart., and other gentlemen. The evening passed most pleasantly. The band of the 19th Middlesex, composed of many members of the institute, played the bishop int) the hall, LATEST NEWS. TOULON, MAT 15. The whole squadron stationed here has received orders to sail on the 20th inst., with all the steam transports. MILAN, MAY 15 The Petseveranza of to-day announces that a priest in the service of the reactionary party, and a bearer of compromising papers, has been arrested at the Roman frontier. TURIN, MAY 15. The Italia of to-day denies the reports of an ap preaching modification of the Ministry. VIENNA, MAY 15, The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day says : "If the inhabitants of those communes of Hun gary whose taxes are in arrears should still refuse to pay them, notwithstanding the requisition of the Special Commissioners, the communes will be militarily occupied until two-thirds of the arrears due be paid." MALTA, MAY 13, 7.15 P.M. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with the Empress of Austria on board, arrived here at 5 o'clock this afternoon, and was afterwards followed by the Osborne. The health of her Majesty is much improved. It is doubtful whether she will land. The yachts leave to-morrow for Trieste. VIENNA, MAY 14. The Emperor received to-day the members of the Lower House of the Reichsrath, who presented to his Majesty tLe Address in reply to the speech from the throne. The Emperor, in his reply, said that it was his intention to retain not only the unity of the Empire, but alsoas much as possible the autonomy of the provinces. Letters received in Paris front Turin give a denial to the news publ.shed by the Patric that the king dom of the Two Sicilies was about to be militarily occupied, and state that the military forces in Naples will merdy be increased. QUEBEC, MAY 4. In th© Canadim Parliament a division on an amendment to tle supply estimates resulted in favour of the Government by a majority of ten votes. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 14. In to-day's siting of the Senate the petition in favour of the oeetpation of Syria was discussed. The Marquis larechejaquelein, Cardinal Donna, MM. Chapuys Montlaville, Baron Dupin, General Castelbai ao , an d C oun t S egur d'A guesseau opposed, and M. Saulcy supported, the proposals of the committer to reject the petition by passing to the order of tte day. At the request of M. Billault the discussion was adjourned till tomorrow. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 14.—The market has reacquired some little buoymcy, and stock in fair demand. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 69f 40c, are now at 69f 56c. Railway Shares also asked for, and prices generally improved. The following were the last quotations:— ft per per Cents 96 25\ Credit Foneter 992 50 Do end month.... 96 25i Belgian 41 9B 75 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 60 . Roman • 731 Bank Shares ....., 2880 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 712 50 . Spanish Threes 5O —, Do. Account 715 —/Hotne Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 937 50 .. 938 75 Geneva 420 .. 420 Southern 582 50 .. 53; 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 505 .. 506 25 PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the oth says :_es The accused of for deplorable police affair gives rise eve r y d ay to new incidents. The latest is, that Patzke, c hi e f of the g ex er o y cut a i n v d e had taken to the custody of o y m i o n st sensation is, f I gh t , has a o r ° r fff e eß s n t e c c r d el : a :1 ; a Y nwa s h t :I i t i n Sw e d en , who gi is n il d o a w r n b i e e i s n . g that notwithstanding an order of th e C r i m i nal Butbrought m.h a t t o thi s causesei t Tribunal to M. Zedlitz, the President of Police, to place Patzke under surveillance, that functionary accorded him leave of absence from th e 4th to t h e i 6th, and he took advantage of tto abscond. The fact of the leave having been gi ves is proved by documents which the Tribunal has had published in the official journal. It is stated that Greif, Lieutenant of Police, who provided Patzke with a passport, has been arrested." COUNT TELEK.I. A letter from Pesth of the 10th says :—" The funeral of Count Teleki has just taken place in pre sence of an immense concourse of persons. It might indeed be said that all the inhabitants of the city were present. Three quarters of an hour were occupied to get the cortege clear of the Museum Square, from whence the procession started. From three o'clock in the afternoon all the .shops were closed, and almost every house displayed a black flag. The two Chambers and the Municipality were present in a body. Everything passed off in the greatest order and without the slightest acci dent." TURKEY. The arrival of the Commissioners from Beyrout, at Constantinople, is announced. They are to furnish to tho representatives of the Great Powers alr the explanations which the latter may desire ou the elaborate work of the Commis sioners during , their stay at Beyrout, which is to serve as the starting point and basis of the adminis trative reforms intended to be enforced immediately after the departure of the French troops. A letter from Munich of the 10th in the Augs burg Gazette says :—"At a family dinner which took place yesterday at the Wittelsback Palace, in honour of the Count de Trani, King Louis rose and proposed a toast to the health of the heroes .of Gaeta, and afterwards to that of Count de Trani. To-day the Prince gave private audiences to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Apostolic Nuncio, and several high personages of the Royal family. The Prince is frequently seen in plain clothes walk ing in the streets." WIMBLEDON PRIZE MEETING. (OFFICIAL.) Officets commanding Volunteer Rifie Corps are earnestly requested to reply, without delay, to the circular of the 13th of March, to enable the asso ciation to make the necessary preparations for the Wimbledon prize meeting, 1,280 circulars have been issued, to which only 187 replies have been received. The number of intending competitors should be made known immediately ; their names will not be required until the 25th of June. PRESIDENCY OF THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. —A conteAt for the presidency of the Royal Institute of Architects is being carried on, the candidates being Mr. Tite, 31. P., who represents what is called the classic school of architecture, and Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope, who repre sents the Gothic or ruediy4l school, 7HE EXPEDITION UP 7HE G-TSE KIANG. We have been favoured with the following account of the expedition into the interior of China " COLTER, AT KEWKIANG, MARCH 8. "We stayed a week in Nankin, called by the present occupants Tienking, or Heavenly Capital. We occupied the Palace that is being got up for Chungwang, who commanded the forces at Soochow last summer. The rebel chiefs put themselves to a great deal of trouble to make us as com fortable as they could, and showed great anxiety to cultivate our friendship. Fortunately for us, Muirhead, hearing a steamer had arrived, returned, and remained with us,—an arrangement which tended greatly to our comfort with the rebels, and enabled us to obtain much more information than we could have done as strangers. He had inter views with several of the Wangs. We spent a week in Nankin before the Admiral returned with the ships; and I will now give you as short as I can my general conclusions respecting the Taiping rebellicn, leaving details to another opportunity. "They don't in any way encourage trade, except ing in fire-arms and gunpowder. These, as well as steamers, they are anxious to buy. They pre • tended a 'willingness to facilitate trade, and even transit from Imperial territory through their own, , but I am persuaded these soft speeches were merely to gain our goodwill. I tried to prove to them the folly of burning and destroying towns and villages, and stopping trade at its fountain-head, as without trade they never could prosper. They assented, but said it was difficult, and that their whole attention was now devoted to subduing the " hills and rivers," as they call it. After peace was established they would then look after trade, as well as schools and other peaceful institutions. The fact is they live on loot, and so long as they can loot they will neither work nor trade. "I found the interiful condition of the rebels much better than I expected. They are extremely well dressed and well fed. The population of Nan kin, entirely official, no shops or anything uncon nected with the army or a d m i n i strat i on being ad mitted within the gates, I estimate at under 20,000. Of this number very few are soldiers; the greater part are captives and slaves from all parts of the country. These are the hewers of wood and drawers of water, and able-bodied men are looked to as valuable prizes. They are either pressed into the army or kept as Coolies in Nankin. They get no pay at all ; only their food. There is a wonder ful number of good-looking young women in the place, all exceedingly well-dressed in Soochow silks. These are also captives of war from Soo chow and other places ; and amusing advertise ments are met with on the subject of stray women. The city of Nankin, as well as the suburbs, the fine old tombs of tho Ming Emperors, and the famous porcelain Pagoda are utterly destroyed. The walls are very high, 21 miles in circuit, bat the once wide and well-paved streets are now mere l y roads leading through heaps of bricks. The palaces of the Wangs stand conspicuous among the ruins ; these are new, the old yamuns and temples and the whole Tartar city having been destroyed. A few houses line the road s h ere an d there, but not in my opinion supplying accommodation for more than 20,000 people. " The Tienwang has a large palace. His atten dants are females, 300 in number, besides 68 wives allowed to his rank. He never is seen by any but the Kings, and his person is held sacred. He is by no means, however, a puppet, for it is he alone who keeps the movement together. There are 10 or 11 Kings in all, but only two or three in Nankin. Kanwang and Sewang are leading troops into Anwhuy. Chungwang is about Soochow, and there is one, they say, in Sechuen. The discipline is as good as that of the Imperialists, perhaps better, and the juniors have a dashing, rollicking manner that is rather taking. The Wangs that I have seen, on the contrary, have a drowsy, dissipated appearance, while their mountebank yellow dresses and tinsel crowns, with their theatrical efforts at dignity of de portment, render them quite ridiculous. Not one of these Kings can speak the Mandarin dialect, and none of them have bad education above that of a Coolie, excepting Tienwang, who was two months with old Roberts, and Kanwang, who was under Dr. Legge, in Hongkong, for a time. They have linguists attached to them, who read and write for them. "Their armament is of the most contemptible kind, and the fact of their dominating over the Im perial troops merely demonstrates the utter and hopeless prostration of the Government. The rebels hold all the country round Nankin, It is scoured by their foraging parties. No Imperialist force comes above Kwachow. Nankin could be taken as easily as possible if the Imperialists had an atom of pluck. Nganking is also held by the rebels ; but they are so beleaguered by the besiegers that they are in great straits for food. We passed close under the walls of Nganking. The outer defences and the wall itself are in first-rate order. Fortunately they did not molest us. The wall was crowded with people as we passed. It must be more populous than Nankin ; and no women were to be seen. In fighting men it must be far stronger. The Impe rialists are also in great force. They arc strongly intrenched in a semicircle round-the city at an ave rage distance of at least two miles. The rebels have no fleet, while a well-armed Imperial fleet blockades the river about three miles below the city and another the same distance above it. The im perialists also hold two fortified positions on the opposite side of the river. The rebels are therefore completely invested, and must either be starved out soon or make a sally as they did at Nankin last year. Meantime a large rebel army is advancing for the relief of the garrison, and the Imperialists are also advancing reinforcements to 'Anwhuy. A pitched battle is expected soon , th e resu lt o f which will be interesting. " I have no hope of any good ever coming of this rebel movement. No decent Chinaman will have anything to do with it. They do nothing but burn, murder, and destroy; they hardly profess anything beyond that. They are detested by all the country people, and even those in the city who , are not of " the brethren," hate them. They have held Nankin eight years, and there is not a symptom of rebuilding it. Trado and industry are prohibited; their land taxes arc three times heavier than those of the Imperialists ; they adopt no measures to soothe and conciliate the people, nor do they act in any way as if they had a permanent interest in the soil. They don't care about the ordi nary slow and sure sources of revenue. They look to plunder, and plunder alone, for a subsistence ; and I must say I cannot sec any elements of stabi lity about them, nor anything which can claim our sympathy. "The Admiral arrived with the fleet at Nankin on the 28th. Parkes made an arrangement with the rebels that our ships should pass up and down, also that native boats with foreigners on board, duly authorised, should pass. This was suggested to Parkes, as it seemed likely that trade would be done in this way at first. It was also sugge s t e d t o hi m that one Europe an might suffice for a whole convoy, if provided with a proper port clearance, specifying the number of boats, &e. I have not spok en t o Parkes on this subject since, as I don't know exactly how he has arranged this, but the principle has been adopted. " Hukau is beautifully situated at the entrance to the Poyang lake. It is nothing but a military posi tion, however; there is no trade. The wall is quite new, and encloses a vacant space. An Imperial fleet is stationed here, and seems in very geed order. A few trading boats pass out and into the lake, but most of them are in Government employ. " Kewkiang, city and suburbs, is a mass of ruins. The rebels left it three years ago, but confidence has never been sufficiently restored to induce them to rebuild. There are, however, a number of good shops in the suburb, all quite new. One or two new yamuns have also been built. If the port is opened to foreigne r s trade will soon return. Ibe- Hey° green tea would be certain to come, notwith standing the influence of the rebels in I , yeliew. It will, however, take time to develope the resources of :the port trade, traders having been entirely driven away by the troubles of the last eight years. A market will be found hero for all our manufac- tures, as well as sugar and other Southern produce, and Japanese articles.. I saw samples of a good many things in the shops. I could give you a lot of quotations—so many cash per foot, but they would be useless, and more likely to mislead you than anything else. I saw American drills, gray and white shirtings, Turkey reds, white and co loured brocades, handkerchiefs, camlets, Spanish stripes, and long ells, and Japan seaweed. These things come by way of Shanghai through canals. There is only one local demand, and that of the most limited description. Rice is produced in this part of the country, as also very fine cotton. Coal is to be had at 8 dols. per ton. The mines are fur ther up the river, and we shall hear more about them hereafter. Wretched as this place is, it is the best we have yet seen on the river, and the only place where we have seen even a petty retail trade. i It is not decided whi c h port sto be opened. I have just been talking to Parkes about it. Hukan is, no doubt, in a good p os iti on, b ut t h ere i s no level J ground about it, not so much as at Foochow, and it has never been a place of importance for trade. Kewkiang will have to be resuscitated before it is of any use, and it would perhaps be as easy to establish ourselves at Huhau as at Kewkiang. But, still there must be something about Kew- Haw , not apparent to us that makes it a more desirable part, otherwise the native trade would not have centered there as it did. Parkes sug. Bested a third, filter — ri - 4 - tiye - , which I met ccaeiti never occurred to me—namely, the opening of some port iu the Poyang Lake. Hughes is to be left with a gunboat, and Swain is going in her to make a survey of the Poyang Lake while the expedition is at Ilankow. On our return Parkes will decide according to the information thus ac quired. The matter is very safe in Parkcs's hands. He astonishes me by his talent for gaining in formation in a wonderfully short period, and he is not a man to shirk trouble. He came on board the Couper late at night for the purpose of talking this matter over. " SATURDAY, MARCH 9. " I wrote some of the foregoing yesterday and some to-day. We left Kcwkiang this morning, and shall do eighty miles to-day; the best day's work we have done yet. We are now reduced to the Coromandel, the Couper, and the Snake, and a gunboat following as best she- can. To-morrow (Sunday) we stop, Monday we expect to be at Hankow. The Atalanta was left at Hukau. The overland party Ireve been turned over to us. The Couper will probably - go on beyond Hankow with them, and we shall to left on shore there. The Snake is to remain at Hankow. The Admiral is to proceed up the river. " The navigation of the river is remarkably easy. The charts have proved very correct. All difficulties are over when Kiangyin is reached ; in fact, the Langshan crossing may be said to termi nate the difficult navigation. There are six feet more water in the river now than when the last expedition was here, and a vessel drawing 20 feet of water could have accompanied us so far. Boats sail up against the stream in ali parts of the river; they cheat the tide by hugging the shore. The greatest strength of current we have experienced slue we got above tidal influence is two to two and a-half knots per hour. We have gone very slow until the last two - days—either towing gunboats or keeping company with vessels that did, and only travelling by daylight, and yet I shall have been just ten days under steam from Woosung to Han kow, and some of them broken days. That, there fore, I should consider the longest passage a steamer ought to make, barring stoppages. "We have seen more junks on the river to-day than all the time since we left. The rebel posses sions terminate at Nanking, and although evidences of former ravages of the rebels are everywhere visi ble, the aspect of the country perceptibly improves as you ascend. I close this, as the Yang-tse is expected to take letters, and she may pass us any moment on her return." DE.1211 OF THE DUKE 01 BED. .PO.ltD, X.G. The Duke of Bedford, who has for some months past been in declining health, expired yesterday afternoon at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, shortly after two o'clock. Lord John Russell, and Mr. F. H. Russell were summoned by telegraph at an early hour, and arrived at Woburn in time to be present at the Duke's death-bed. The late Right Hon. Francis, seventh Duke an d Earl of Bedford, Marquis of Tavistock, Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, and Baron Howland of Streatham, county of Surrey, in the peerage of England, was the eldest son of John, sixth Duke, by his first marriage with the Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng, second daughter of George, Vis count Torrington. He was born May 13, 1788, and married August 8, 1808, Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, eldest daughter of Charles, third and late Earl of Harrington, by whom, who died in July, 1857, his Grace leaves issue an only son, 'William Marquis of Tavistock, now Duke of Bedford. The deceased peer was educated at Westminster School, whence he removed to Trinity College, Cambridge, to complete his studies. Before he graduated. as M.A. in 1808 he had gone the tour of Europe, as customary in those days. On his return to Eng land he entered the House of Commons as M.P. for Bedfordshire, which county he represented in six consecutive Parliaments, until he was summoned, in December, 1832, to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Howland. The late Duke, during his public career in the Lower House, voted on all occasions with the Whig party, and, although an unfrequent speaker in the House of Peers, invariably supported the views and measures of the Whig Governments. On the death of his father, in October, 1839, ho succeeded to the dukedom. In 1852 he was appointed Special Deputy-NV arden or the btannanes, and on the death of the late Earl de Grey was made Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. In 1846 he was made a member of the Privy Council, and the year following a Knight of the Order of the Garter. On the death of Lord Macaulay he became High Steward of Cambridge. By his death the extensive estates belonging to the house of Russell in Bedfordshire, Devonshire, Herts, Cambridgeshire, and Middlesex, as well as the titular honours, devolve upon his only son, 'William, born in 1809. The present duke was M.P. for Tavistock from 1832 to 1841. • TIIE GREAT SHIP COMPANY. The following circular from the Great Ship Company shows the critical state of the company's finances : The Great Ship Company (Limited), 90, Cannon-street, London, Mey 10. Sir,—By the desire of the directors 1 appealed to the principal proprietors by a circular, dated the 23d April last, to raise the sum of £35,000 on de bentures at 'six months date, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. I regret in con sequence of the response to that appeal having been so small, that I have again to address you. The directors now offer you an additional induce ment. The state of your affairs is critical. By immediate aid your property will be saved, with out it it will be sacrificed. The decision in the Court of Common Pleas in favour of Mr. Russell has thrown an additional liability on the company (including principal and costs) of about £21,000, to say nothing of the great loss sustained in pas sengers, owing to the uncertainty created in the minds of the public by the writ of execution. The directors have paid in cash £8,596 9s. 4d., and have given a mortgage to Mr. Russell for £11,340 (payable one month after the return of the ship to Liverpool), together with other mort gages and liens s amounting in the whole to X 35,000. If the money is not raised within the stipulated time the ship will bo sold by the mortgagees. By great exertions the directors overcame the difficul ties which occurred almost at the eleventh hour. The ship sailed on the promised day in perfect order and equipment. They have no doubt that the results of the voyage will increase the estima tion to which she is entitled, and that her value will thereby be augmented_ They ask you now to contribute towards releasing her from her difficul ties. The security is unquestionable ; the pecuniary inducement offered is large, and they feel confident you will respond to their appeal. The directors pro pose to raise the above sum of £35,000 on deben tures at 12 months (in any amounts of not less than £lO each) bearing ten per cent. interest. A first mortgage will be given to two trustees, with poli cies of insurance to cover the amount. There will be no other claim on the ship, and these debentures will stand prior to any future c l a i m . Th e di rectors beg your immediate reply, stating the amount of debentures you will be willing to take, and for which purpose a form of application is annexed. I should add that the directors are precluded from accepting any offer for th e em pl o y me nt of the ship in America or elsewhere until the present mort gagees are satisfied. - The directors have resolved upon calling a spec i a l genera l me eting of the pro prietors for Friday, the 31st inst. I enclose a copy of the advertisement convening the same ; but the directors think it due to the proprietors that they should have an opportunity of discussing affairs prior to th e d a t e when a meeting can be legally held. lam therefore desired to request the favour of your attendance at a preliminary meeting, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgato-street, on Friday next, the 17th inst., at one o'clock precisely:— I am, &o. J. 11. YATES, Secretary. REMOVAL OF A TOMBSTONE BY ORDER OF THE BISHOP OF BIPON.—A tombstone placed at the grave of the late W. Priestman, Esq., in the parish churchyard of Richmond has been forcibly removed. The stone consists of an ornament-t 1 cross, with a crown of thorns encircling the sacred monogram " L 11.5." The stem of the cross divides the front of the stone into two compartments, on the left side of which is the following inscription :—" Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of William Priestman, who departed this life September 6, 1860, aged 62 years. R. I. P. Eternal rest give to him, 0 Lord." Running down the stem of the cross are the following words—" Aliserere me Deus." We need scarcely remark that the interference has arisen in consequence of the pur gatorial doctrine implied in the inscription. After the stone had been up for about a week we are informed an order was received from the Bishop of Ripon, addressed to the meter or his represent itive, that it should be at once removed. This having been neffied to the family of Mr. Priestman, they declined to comply with bishop's orders, On the com munication of the refusal, the church authorities directed the immediate removal of the stone, which was carried out Qs §aturdaY ligto—Nion chanick, PERSECUTIONS IN SPAIN. -4> Last night a meeting was hold in the Philhar monic Hall, Liverpool, to consider the question of the persecutions in Spain. The room was crowded. In the absence of Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., through illness, Mr. Christopher Bushell, chairman of the Spanish Intolerance Committee, took the chair. Sir ROBERT PEEL, M.P., who was received with tumultuous applause, moved the first resolution, which was ; " That this meeting hopes that her Majesty will be gra ciously pleased to take such steps as her Majesty may deem most fitting, for bringing under the notice of the Queen of Spain the strong feeling pervading amongst a large num ber of her Majesty's subjects, in consequence of the mea sures now actively pursued in Spain against those who profess principles held by her Majesty, in common with millions of her Majesty's subjects." He said that about ten days ago he had the honour of addressing a meeting in London convened for this same purpose, at which were assembled more than 2,000 persons, and amongst them 25 or 30 members of Parliament. At that meeting, which was presided over by a man who stood conspicuous for the generous influence of his noble character, an expression of feeling was elicited which, he believed, had not been equalled in the metropolis. To the present meeting he attached even still more importance, because they had amongst them men who by their commercial enterprise had carried the name of England far over every sea; and these men, by their knowledge and experience of other lands, had learned to cling still closer to their native country, and to value and admire' still more highly the liberties it possessed. (Applause.) He was there that evening to plead for national rights and for liberty of conscience. He was there to plead, not the doctrines of a cold philosophy, but the great interests of society at large. He regretted very much to have read in a newspaper of that town that he, bigot as he was — (laughter)—had come to excite the bigotry of the people of Liverpool, against the Government of Spain. He dared the man who made use of that expression to come upon that platform, or any other platform, and repeat his statement. (Loud cheers.) He had been surprised, not only to see that statement made, but he had also been surprised to find it asserted, in the same paper, that we in this coun t r y h a d no religious liberty. Very possibly the gen tleman who made that assertion (Dr. Goss, Catholic bishop of Liverpool) remembered that he bore a title which he (Sir R. Peel) never had acknow ledged and never would acknowledge. (Applause.) Ile had now been in Parliament 11 years, and the first speech he had the honour to make in that assembly was against the assumption of ecclesiastical titles by Roman Catholics in this country. The Bishop of Liverpool—(" No, not Bishop," and hisses) —said he should never consider the Catholics free until they were allowed to carry the image of their crucified Redeemer through the streets without being branded for their religion. Now he (Sir Robert Peel) should like to know what law remained, since the passing of the Catholic Emancipation bill by his father—(cheers)—which " branded" any man for his religion. (Cheers.) The rev. gentle man went on to say that the Queen of this country had not the liberty. which was accorded to the humblest of her subjects, because she could not change her religion witho u t f or f e i ting her throne. Now he (Sir R. Peel) considered that this was an insult to the Majesty of England ; and if any per son had made that assertion in his presence it should not have gone unrefuted. (Applause.) The Pro testants in Spain were a very small section of the population ; but it must not therefore be supposed that they were unworthy of notice. In now bringing the cause of the Protestants of Spain before the pub lic they were strengthened by the fact that they united all shades of opinion. Ho thought he was right in saying he represented thousands, not only of Protestants, but also, he was happy to add, of Roman Catholics, who had read of these persecu tions with horror. (Applause.) Ho did not wish to say anything disrespectful of the Roman Catho lics, nor did he wish to say one single word against the individuals who now ruled the continent of Spain. It was the fundamental laws of that country which were most obnoxious. He considered that they had a right to speak in this country of civil and religious liberty. (Hear, hear.) They all kne w w h a t was meant by those words, and the name o f C romwe ll, the great founder of religious liberty in this country—(cheers)—Would ever be held in grateful remembrance. If Cromwell and William 111. were right in considering themselves called upon to pro tect their fellow-Protestants all over the world, ought not they, in the nineteenth century, to stand by their co-religionists in other lands ? How were other countries acting with respect to religious toleration ? The other day he was speaking to the Belgian minister on the subject, and he had in formed him that in Belgium they not only allowed to every :Protestant community the privilege of worshipping when and how they choose, but they endowed the ministers from the funds of the state. (Hear, hear.) In Austria also, religious toleration had been granted, though late ; and even the state of Monte Video, in South America, might serve as an example to Spain. According to the law of Spain, no person could be allowed to profess any other religion but that of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. He himself had been a witness to their intolerance. He was at Malaga when the cholera broke out, and amongst those who died was one of his own colleagues, the mem ber for Leicester. They were refused permission to follow him to the grave, and when they went to Rerform the last sad offices for him they found he had already been buried at the dead of night by order of the Spanish Government, without any service being read over the body. (Shame.) The hon. baronet read letters from D'Armale and other prisoners, now confined at Grenada, for reading the Bible; and showed from these letters that they were not, as alleged by the Spanish Government, political agents seeking to stir up the people to rebellion. He contended that there was no fear of our becoming involved in a war with Spain by taking the course suggested by the resoe lotion. It was the moral influence and prestige of England he desired to bring to bear upon the Spanish Government. He should rejoice if the echo of his voice could loosen one link of the pri soners' chains or alleviate one iota of their suffer ings. He believed that the expression of their opinion combined with that of London and other large towns, might excite the notice of the Spanish Government, and cause them to feel ashamed of the persecutions, which were an insult to the age in which we lived. He hoped that the report of their proceedings would not be confined to the town of Liverpool, important though that was, but would be spread far and wide; and that the mov emen t wou ld b e taken up in Sweden, in Germany, in France, and even in Spain itself. The right hon. gentleman, on resuming his seat, was loudly applauded. Theßev. HUGH STOWELL BROWN seconded the resolution. He disclaimed any hostile feeling towards the Rc,man Catholics as a body, and ex pressed regret that there were no members of that church amongst them that evening. The motion was carried unanimously. The Rev. Dr. LGWE proposed a resolution of welcome to Sir R. Peel, which was carried with, enthusiastic applause. Other speakers addressed the meeting, and the proceedings were closed about half-past ten o'clock. NATIONAL TEMPERANCE LEAGUE. Last evening the annual meeting of this society was held at Exeter-hall, Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P., in the chair. There were present in the hall some 200 members of the newly-formed Havelock Temperance Rifle Corps, with their band. The meeting having been opened with prayer by the itev. Mr. Acworth, Mr. W. Tweedie, one of the non. secretaries, read the annual report, of which the following is an abstract :—The committee were constantly receiving applications for help from new stations, and they had especial satis faction in rendering assiAance to over 70 -clergy men of the Church of England, who were now actively labouring to promote temperance in their parishes. The committee had in their employ ment six travelling agents, who had delivered 1,200 lectures and addresses during the year in different parts of England and Wales ; and they had also secured the gratuitous assistance of about 40 ministers and gentlemen, who had delivered 730 addresses, 550 of which had been given in London and neighbourhood. The committee had at present a missionary who devoted his entire time to the sailors of the post of London, and one was also labouring amongst the soldiers at Aldetshott. Special meetings had been held in London, ad dressed by Mr. Gough, Mr. Cruikshank, Rev. Newman Hall, and other well-known gentlemen ; and a number of ministers in different parts of the metropolis had signed the pledge. The committee had aided in the formation of a " Ladies National Association for the pro motion of Temperance," and a lady of high social position had held influential drawing-room meet ings of ladies in many of the princip a l t owns , which had proved highly successful. The expen diture for the year had been £2,654. The report concluded with an appeal for increased pecuniary. support. The Chairman having made a few obser vations, Mr. B. Scott, City Chamberlain, moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by the Rev. 14Ir. Aekworth, and carried. The Rev. me. Bucke, MesstE. Payne, Cruikshnnks, Bowley, and other gentlemen and clergymen, addressed the meeting, advocating the cause of total abstinence. ;he meeting, which throughout was very enthusi: ibtiC, concluded by a Tote of thanks to the chairmAn, k liE 'li as