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

rrIIEATRY,-12,0 VAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bctekstene. T I 3 E the Dertormances commenet with the Comedy of THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Euekstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, ‘te.; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. Followed by THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. Commence at 7. RO YAL PRINCE S S'S TAssee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. inns EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris. • Followed by THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Messrs. Phelps, Vnin, Widdicombe, EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi "Census" every Evenimr. TITIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. After which (199th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Pone:kaliit, D. e'isher, Billiiwton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolzar, Mrs. Bill i n.7,ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. :,. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorny, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at halt psst 13—Commenoe at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- .11- THIS EVENING, Production of the Grand Spectacle of M AZEPPA, with new Fcenery, dresses, &c., supported by Mr. James Holloway and a most powerful Company. To be . followed by SCEN ES in the CIRCLE—The Rocky Mountain Wonders. Concluding with a Comic Ballet. Reduced prices. Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING. Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas, including Verdi's new Opera. THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England and only to beheard at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty. Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; the popular Solos on the Cornet-a piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely new and original entertain ment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere) ; con tinued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following, favourites —Mr. Marshall, Mr. 1'01:mg - sworn), Mr. Blanchard, and numerous other artistes. Re-appearance at these Concerts of Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGIIMANS. T HE O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Mr. Lim', undoubtedly the best performer of the day on the Cornet-a-Piston—Grand Select' - ms (on the most complete scale) from Dinorah, Martha, Stradella, &c., and other vocal and instrumental music, by Miss Russell, the Misses Stuart, and Miss Ernst, Messrs. Charles Greville, Fornari. Kimber ley, Bernard, Beaumont, Bervon, finish, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Henry Herbert, with full band and powerful and selected chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonglimans.—The following . Comic talent, Messrs. W. Randall, J. Blanchard, W. H. Wie land, Hollingsworth, E. Marshall, Itarvey, 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. Tres DAY. —Morning, 12h. 20m.—Afternoon, 12h. 42m. TO-1a0X2.017.-Morning, lh. sm. —Afternoon, lh. 28m. THE WEATHER...-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 6, ISGI. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.08. WIND - North •Easterly ; fresh and cold, with dull weather. There were thunderstkirms yesterday afternoon all around, but not much rain. -f_ -- , , , ,! - 1,4 N, ,rs t ~_ ,9e r .-. ) : 6 - :,F7i. • . ~,,,- ~ , ..__•• ~.g. ,: -.1 . .. ,-, 4 ,, -;v L ---''',':::-,, :,:-_ ;. -4 4 , ....:-' , ! , :,:-:,t - sci -;'? - 1 •; - -t':::ir:,.,_ 7 -, ,,,`-!i . iiii.l-.5-, .',...!--. - ,- . "2 : , .', THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1861. DEATH OF COUNT CAVOUR. Terrible News comes to us immediately before our going to press—news flashed to England through the submarine telegraph—Death at seven o'clock this morning, the 6th of June, 1861, of the Count CAVoUR, Italy's first and foremost Statesman! Count CAvoun had been ill during the last few days we all knew—he had been prostrated recently by typhus fever : and we had heard from day to day with a feeling of dismay that he was being bled again and again according to the old idiotic system of an almost obsolete school of physicians— that he had been bled once, twice, thrice—actually as many as six times altogether!---even more, Count CAVOUR., we are grievously afraid, owes a great deal to Doctor SANGRADO. And the tidings of his death, while it is about the worst news possible for tht cause of Italian Unity, will, if merely through sympathy for that cause, carry profound dismay and anxiety to all the various countries of Christendom. Here was a man who might have untied the Gordian knot of the Italian Difficulty. Now that he is gone that knot will have to be cut by the sword. And who shall say—looking to the black ness of the inscrutable future—whether, in the severing of that Gordian knot, VICTOR EMMA NUEL, or FRANCIS JOSEPH or NAPOLEON, iS to enact the part of the new ALEXANDER? GOD knows ! The destinies of Italy are now trembling in the Balance. Connt CAvoun. has died, having been bled six times. How many times will Italy herself have to .bleed now in consequence of this one man's disappearance? His vigorous hand alone kept well together the reins of' the KING'S Government. his astute mind alone discovered the way through numberless difficulties for the King's Government. Careless though CANOUP. was in principle, flexible and elastic though his conscience—it must be remembered of him (in spite of Savoy and Nice, and other dark blots on his political escutcheon) it must in justice to his memory be born in mind in his regard that only under his Premiership was it proved at length to be possible that the life-long dream of CHARLES ALBERT could be actually realised by VICTOR EMMANUEL. CAVOUR dies when his work is but partially done. But already he had lived to falsify the haughty sneer of Prince METTERNICH—he died not, until he had shown to all Europe that Italy was something more than a geographical expression. The accounts brought to us by Mr. REUTER'S Telegram—the brief but exquisitely touching accounts flashed to us under the waters of the Channel—telling of the emotion of the vast crowds assembled round the Great Minister's hotel where he lay dying, of the agitation ex cited among that crowd when the procession Passed through its midst, bearing the sacraments of the Chnrchto the bedside of the expiring statesman —recall to mind the scenes witnessed a few years since down at Whitehall when our own Sir ROBERT PEEL lay in anguish slowly breathing his last after his fatal accident. The critical position of the affairs of Italy remind us, directly afterwards, however, that a more exact resemblance would be found rather in the signs of general dismay which accompanied the death of MIRABEAU in one of the greatest among the many great crises of the French Revolution. Sir JoHN MELANIN Y avowedly took on himself the responsibility of giving Mr. SOTTIERON EST COURT and his friends an opportunity of corn pleting a Church Rate Compromise Bill. The active promoters of simple abolition have, however, deemed it necessary to state to their supporters that they do not believe a co mpromise possible. The fact seems to be that, though Sir 7oliv TRBLAWN Y and his more energetic supporters differed z,.„0 tactics, and as to the time for the third reading, they entirely agree on the main point that aboli tion is now the only choice open to Parliament. Sir LOHN postponed the third reading of his bill for the fortnight Mr. ESTCOURT required, under the full conviction that the efforts of the latter gentleimn would only convince the House yet more strongly that compromise is impracticable. Had he declined t o concede the fortnight to Mr. ESTCOURT, he thinks many members might have complained of his want of Parliamentary courtesy; and that, if they had not voted against him, they might have lessened his majority by absence. This may have been the case ; and it may be that Sir JOHN has really been a good general. We must not forget also that, unless he could have forced a very early division, the attractions of opening the new Horticultural Gardens at Kensington would have given him a very impatient house, and, probably, one disposed to pair very freely with each other, that they might pair immediately after with fairer companions in the more agreeable place. While, from all we have heard, we should have preferred to have had the battle fought at once, we are by no means pugnacious for fighting. One thing gives some rather strong confirmation to Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S chief reason for postponement. What calls itself the Church Institution, in which noted stiff Churchmen, such as Mr. BERESFORD HOPE, Mr. HUBBARD, M.P., Lord INGESTRE, M.P., Lord ROBERT MONTAGU, M.P., and other notables of this class assembled—held a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. CLABON moved the first resolution, " That it would be desirable to have the question of church rates settled on the basis of leaving out, as objects of the rate, such expenses as are connected with the per , formance of Divine worship, the repair of the fabric of the church and churchyard being left as the objects of the rate, and of obtaining in return more effectual powers for making and recovering the rate." He then enumerated the only four courses he knew of :-1. For the Church to remain in the state in which she now was ; 2. That some bill should be passed increasing her powers; 3. Some scheme of exemption of persons, as proposed by Mr. HUBBARD ; 4. Exemption of objects, as pro posed in the resolution he now submitted. Of course, concluding with showing that his own plan was best, though he did not seem to be quite free from some misgiving that it might lead Dissenters ultimately to claim, as they do in some other coun tries, the alternate use of the buildings they con tributed to repair. A very reasonable claim cer- tainly. Mr. BERESFORD HOPE, who, before he dropped between the two parliamentary stools of Maidstone and Cambridge, was a leader in the House of Com mons against Sir J. TRELAWNY, moved an amend ment on Mr. CLABON'S resolution, which was in fact a negative--" That whatever settlement of the Church-rate question be adopted, it should be one which should not establish any distinction between the fabric rate and the worship rate." Dire, in deed, were the consequences which he predicted from a fabric rate. "If this fabric rate were car ried they would have Sir JOHN TRELAWNY, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. STANSFELD, and other leaders of the movement, asking for the admission of Dissenters into the churches ; and by this the Church of Eng land would receive a more fatal blow than she could sustain by the abolition of Church-rates. The mainstay of the Church of England was that she had never parted with her freehold property in the Church. That was the foundation of her ecclesi astical legislature. That was the reason why she had been able to keep the purity of her worship, and to avoid those compromises witb Noncon formists which would so terribly hamper her. If this compromise were accepted, the freehold of the Church would go, and all the rest would soon follow." Sir EDWARD CUST followed Mr. HOPE, leaning, however, to taxing proprietors. Sir THOMAS PHILIPS differed from Sir EDWARD—he would con sent to no compromise, but would graciously tole rate a concession. Another thought the proposed concession " would not be an advantage either to religious or political Dissenters, while it would surrender the nationality of the worship of the Church of England." Others followed, each ter rified at the probable working of the "concession" or " compromise" proposed by another, till Mr. HUBBARD came forward and, from his point of view, made some rather moderate and practical re marks—" No doubt the subject was full of diffi culties, and principally because they were approach ing it from a great constitutional position, namely, the nationality of the Church of England, and, on the other hand, from a concession to Dissenters on principles of civil and religious liberty. While gentlemen looked at the question from either view alone, they would never come to an agree ment. He did not like the word compromise, because it implied an abandonment of principle, but he thought they ought not, as a matter of policy, to refuse to make a concession. In a great portion of the country concession was now made to Dissenters on church rates in large towns, and it could not be prevented while Dissenters were allowed to vote on church rates. He did not think the resolution which had been proposed would leave the question in a satisfactory or cre ditable position, and he thought they ought either to eliminate from the general question that which was adverse to it or to accept that which he de clined—total abolition—which was attempted to be forced upon them. If they wished to know the real principles which were at the bottom of the opposition, it was the existence of the Esta blished Church with certain privileges and pre rogatives. If Churchmen preserved their charac ter and independence individually, he should be disposed to meet the Dissenters with liberality. He did not think that the state of affairs in the House of Commons p rom i se d a se t t l ement t hi s session, and Churchmen ought not therefore hastily up their m i n d s, b ut to consider some plan make lanof adjustment which would enable the Le gislature to get out of its present difficulties." Lord MONTAGU wished for time to consult these sagacious ecclesiastical efacials, the Rural Deans —but to be brief, Mr. CLABON was beaten, Mr. HOPE triumphed ; and all agreed to appeal to their reverences—the Rural Deans And so ended the last meeting for - settling what conces sion or what compromise should be offered to Abolitionists. Sir JOHN TRELAWNY is, we sup _ pose, to wait now for what will be proffered, in their wisdom, by the Rural Deans. The Federal Government now hold in force the southern bank of the Potomac east and south Washington. Fort Monroe is strongly occupied at the entrance of the Bay of Chesapeake, which forms the estuary of the Potomac and several other rivers, and the movements, of which we had rumours be- I fore, we now hear, by the Great Eastern, haxe become facts. Arlington Heights, which overlook Washington from the Virginian side of the river, and which are essential to its defence, have been occupied without resistance; and also Alex andria, which though within sight of the I capital had the audacity to hoist the Secessionist flag. In hauling down that flag, in deed, the only casualty in connection with thet 14'edcrl occupation occurred. The Secessionist troops 500 in ,ilumber, humanely or chivalrously walked off without giving uSbießb trouble. But an innkeeper, over whose house the rebellious flag waved, shot a valuable officer, Col. ELSWORTHY, as he descended the stairs of the hotel, after pulling it down. One of Col. ELSWORTHY'S privates imme• diately shot and bayoneted the murderer of his commander. But well qualified officers are not numerous in the United States, and the murdered colonel was not only much esteemed, but a personal friend of the PRESIDENT. Hitherto, it is singular that all the reported loss of life has been due to bitter rancorous feeling; unless we include a few of the mob shot in self-defence at Baltimore and St. Louis by the troops who were attacked. The Federalists are every day gaining strength. Maryland they had already neutralised and occu pied. And General BUTLER, who commanded there, is now moved lower down the Bay of Chesapeake; he being the General who commands the strong force at Fort Monroe. On the other side of Wash ington the advance does not seem yet to have been made on the important position of Harper's Ferry. A body of the Confederate troops, 6,000 strong, is said to be posted there ; and as it is hardly likely they will retire without a blow, it would seem not unlikely that the first serious battle may be fought there. Richmond, though the capital of Virginia, would not appear to be a place of such strategic importance as Harpers' Ferry, the latter being an arsenal and a strong military position ; it seems also to be very important as connecting the line of the Federal advance south of the Potomac with Western Vir ginia, which is strongly for the Union, and with the free State of Ohio. Harper's Ferry is moreover a point of honour for the North, the Federal troops having been compelled to leave it, after destroying its stores and manufactories. Both at that place and at Richmond, which is comparatively far South, and not very far from General BUTLER'S division, Southern troops are said to be constantly arriving. Further West the Federal Government has thus far the advantage—the large free States there which lie on the upper course of the Mississippi and its branches, not only hate slavery with the aversion of free hard-working emigrants, but the great river is their main road to the sea. They will never join the Slave Confederation, and they will fight to the last rather than leave the States of Louisiana and Mississippi masters of its mouth. Already, too, the strong Union feeling in that di rection has compelled theßorder States—Kentucky and Missouri, to make terms with the PRESIDENT. The sum of the position therefore is that the PRE SIDENTiS safe along the whole frontier, indeed could act, if he needed, beyond the frontier, from the westward up to Harper's Ferry. From that place eastward till we arrive at Washington he has not yet crossed the Potomac. But thence, following the whole course of that river and the Bay of Chesapeake southwards, to Fort Monroe, his forces are mas ters of Virginian soil ; the capital of which, Richmond, lies between General SCOTT at Washing ton, on the North, and General BUTLER at Fort Monroe, on the South—eighty or ninety miles from each. Is it intended to place the rebel force in Richmond between two fires P Notwithstanding, however, the warm language of the American press in regard to England, language which must soon cool down, it is useless to disguise the fact that the quarrel is, in the first instance, one of pure political pride. The overthrow of slavery will, we hope, we can hardly say expect, be a result—but only an accidental one, if it be one at all. The South resents the defeat of its political supremacy; the North resents the non-acceptance by the South of its political defeat, and its deter mination to be supreme over half, if it cannot be over the whole, of the States. Each party believes that, without Congressional interference with State rights, slavery will wane, be discouraged, and ultimately die, under the political dominancy of the North ; but the North is almost as little in favour of abolition as the South. We believe, in deed, that it esteems it to be one of its claims on the South that it is quite ready to employ the servants of the Federal Government as slave-hunters and to allow the Free States still t) be hunting-grounds for the slaveholders. The North will adhere to the interpretation of the Constitution which recognises property in man—which treats a fellow-creature as a chattel ;—it will do this rather than part company with the accursed system. We cannot wish for the triumph of the proud negro•driving aristocracy of America ; but the North must excuse us for want of entire sympathy with their cause. Let the Northern States understand that there is not any of our colonies, not our Indian Empire itself, which every Englishman would not at once part with, if the condition were that our Free country should ever become a hunting-ground for slaves ! Free America, on the contrary, says to slave-holding America, only return to us, and you shall hunt your fugitives for freedom—hunt them to death if you like—from Pennsylvania and Ohio to the borders of Canada ! It is this moral heart lessness which really checks the flow of English sympathy. If the watchword were " Emancipa tion " it would be almost impossible to restrain the fervour of the old country. ILord Llanover has arrived iri town from South Wales. Col. Tennant has arrived at Fenton's Hotel from the East. Mr. William Jackson, M.P , and Mrs. and Miss Jackson, have arrived at Fenton's Hotel from the Manor House, Birkenhead. Their Excellencies the Hon. George G. Fogg (United States Minister to Switzerland), and the Hon. James E. Harvey (United States Minister to Portugal), have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. The Countess Frances Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., entertained at dinner last evening, at their mansion in Carlton-gardens, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl and Countess of Warwick, the Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, the Earl of Abingdon, Viscount and "Viscountess Sydney, Viscount Chelsea, Dowager Lady Truro, Lord and Lady Egerton, Colonel and Lady Catherine Harcourt, Mr. Sneyd, and Mr. Fortescue. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The banks of rhododendrons, azaleas, and other American plants, are now in full per fection. This day M. Blondin will make his second aseen t. The mining companies, principally for working Utah and Esmeralda mines, that have been started in California since April 29th, 1861, now number 60, and their aggregate capital is 46,990,000 dols.—The London American. 1%1 THE oT TB. _Theraprapid CONSERVATIVE progre s sL of A N t D h iE 0 busy C townY IN of Newark, S so well k nown in the malt and lime trade, and the demands for increased b u il ding, have induced the Conservative Land S°T Society to make th e i r f orty-third land purchase in that Ol . T T I place, being their second in the county of Nottingham. The estate is but a short distance from the railway station, ex tending on the road from Newark to Sleaford to that fi oast the Great Northern Railway to Beacon-hill, and is well adapted to the wants of the locality in the erection of new houses. with VESSEL FROM TIIE CONFEDERATE c —The first vessel that has arrived in ne Clyd e from the Confederate States is the Islontexurna' olfeaLrly!.nce Liver pool, N.S., Captain Sufis , wh i ch reached the river a coperl of days ago from Savannah w ith a Car g o of timber. l e : clearance is datel "at Savannah, the 22d day o f April, in the year of our Lord 18G1, and the first year of the ieed t , Pendence of the Confederate States of America." T he form of clearance is that of the Federal Government, the words " United States of America," being carefully de leted, and those in italics substilutd instead.—Greenock Advertiser. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday, in various parts of the metropolis, many bakers reduced_ the price of bread ld. per quartern loaf. This was a course which has been for some days expected, seeing that for the last two or three weeks there has been a steady decline in the price of wheat and flour in all the markets throughout the country, A further fall is expected, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1861 L 'I EST NE IV S. DEATH OF COUNT CAVOUR. We have received official communication of the death of Count Cavour, which took place at Turin at 7 o'clock this morning, the 6th inst. TURIN, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The following bulletin respecting the state of Count Cavour was published at 6 o'clock this evening : "The fever continues, but no noticeable change has taken place." At 7 p.m. a great crowd blocked up the avenues leading to Count Cavour's hotel. Great emotion was manifested by the people when the procession bearing the sacraments of the church went into the hotel. At 8.30 p.m. the physicians declared that they entertained hopes that their patient would pass a more quiet night. An immense crowd surrounds the hotel. Signor Minghetti has been entrusted ad interim with the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, and General Fanti with the provisional administration of the Marine. PARTS, WEDNESDAY, Jane 5, 11 40 a.m. In consequence of Count Cavour's illness the in tended ceremony at the tunnel of Mont Cenis is postponed. BERLIN, JUNE 5. The Prussian Chambers were closed to-day. The King in his spfech said : " The session now ending has had important re sults, which tend to confirm the Government in the line of policy which it has hitherto followed. These results will also augment the influence of Prussia in Germany and Europe." The King then enumerated the treaties with foreign Governments which have been sanctioned, and the laws voted by the Chambers, and pointed out the advantages which were to be expected from them. His Majesty then thanked the Cham bers for the grants for the organisation of the army, and said : " As regards the form in which those grants have been voted, it may be passed over without remark, as not affecting any vital principle." The King continued as follows : " The military organisation affords Prussia strength to stand armed for her own protection as well as for that of the whole German Fatherland. The miliaiy organisation of Prussia is also the more necessary for the security of the German frontiers, as the attempt to revise the military organisation of the German Confederation has not succeeded. " The Danish GovernMent has not entirely yielded to the demands of the German Federal Diet. The proposals which have been made by Denmark do not afford a certain prospect of a solu tion of the pending questions, but the nature of the relations between Prussia and the great Powers offers guarantees that they will not be affected by the energetic measures which may become necessary within the frontiers of the German Federal territory. If the representatives of the country respect limits, which to overstep would only serve the interests of the revolutionary party, then I do confidently ex pect a blessed continuation of my reign. " My motto for Prussia is, ' Kingdom by the grace of God, maintenance of the laws and the con stitution, the fidelity of her people and of her brave army, justice, truth, confidence, and fear of God.' If you adopt this motto, then I expect a future rich in hope." PESTH, JUNE 5. Th© address to the Emperor, proposed by M. Deak, was to-day adopted in the Lower House by a majority of three—the Toting being 155 for, and 152 against the address. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 6. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Magdalena, with the Brazils and River Plate mails, arrived off the Needles at 11 a.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, June s,—The market was firm at the opening, but afterwards gave way in consequence of sales for realisation, and prices receded. Threes, for the Account, which commenced at 69f. 35c., are now at 691. 25c. Railway shares have also slightly declined. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents 96 3.5 Credit Fonder 9OO Do end month.— . 96 40 ; Belgian 41 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 20 Roman Bank Shares . 2892 — 1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 691 25 Spanish Threes 5O 25 Do. Account 692 50 , Home Debt .. 49a RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1352 50 .. 1355 Northern New ditto BBB 75 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 92.5 .. 927 50 Geneva I 4OB 75 .. 410 Southern 571 25 .. 572 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 492 50 .. 493 75 THE CHALGES AGAINST M, MIRES. The Mires affair is at last to come on before the public tribunals. The following are said to be, in substance, the charges 'formally brought against him:— " AIM. Jules Isaac Mires, 51 years of age, banker, detained at Mazas, and Felix Solar, 50 years, ex banker, having resided Rue Saint Lazare, 71, but now in flight, are accused : " 1. Of having in April and May, 1859, by em ploying fraudulent manceuvres, in order to give rise to the fear of a chimerical event, obtained sums of money from a certain number of customers of the Caisse-Generale des Chemins de Fer, and in parti cular 6,567 f, from Ducros, 9,826 f. from Darner, 4,883 f. from Martin, 7,089 f. from Pinaud, and 2,879 f. from Tersouly ; also for obtaining quittances, discharges, and settlements of accounts from Viscomte d'Aurs, Courtois,Widow Desprez, Delhaye, Petitjean, and others, and having thereby swindled all or part of the fortune of others. "2. Of having at the same epoch, under the same circumstances, and by means of the same frau dulent measures destined to give rise to the fear of a chimerical event, attempted to obtain fund 3, quit tances, or discharges from MM. Beauvais, Dreyfus, Dzbra3,-, Lefort, Dethierry, and others, and of hav ing thereby attempted to swindle all or part of the fortune of others. " 3. Of having dissipated and embezzled in 1857 and 1858, to the prejudice of the Caisse-Generale des Chemins de Fers, and of a certain number of customers of that company, shares of the said casse which had only been confided to them as depots, and on the condition of restoring them, or of mak ing a specified use or employment of them. "4. Of having in 1860 embezzled, to the pre judice of the shareholders of the company of the Saragossa to Pampeluna Railway, a sum of 9,151,750 f., which had only been confided to them as a deposit, and on the condition of making a spa cified use and employment of it. " 5. Of having at the same epoch embezzled and dissipated funds which had been confided to them on the condition of making a specified employment of them, and of restoring and representing them; and of doing that to the prejudice of the subscribers of bonds of the Pampeluna Railway, especially of persons named Courtier, Flamerant, Blanchet, Lewis, Gromard, Rozier, Legendre, Judet, and Heryieux. " 6. Of having, within less than three years, em bezzled and dissipated shares and bonds, and other securities, which were only confided to them as deposits, and on the condition of restoring and re presenting them ; and of doing that to the prejudice of a certain number of customers of the Caisse- Generale des Chemins de Fer, especially Made moiselle Grandjean, Mademoiselle Delalage, Widow Bertrand, and M. Baffler. " 7. Of having within less than three years, being gerants of the company en conmanclite by shares bearing the name of Mires and Co., and known under the designation of Caisse-Generale des Chemins de Fer, effected, by means of fraudulent inventories, a division among the shareholders of dividends not really acquired to the said company. " Count Simeon, senator, residing Quai d'Orsay, 23, Count de Poret, Rue d'Anjou St. Honore, :4; Baron de Pontalba, Rue St. Georges, 38 ; and Count de Chassepot, Hotel Choiseul, Rue St. Honore, are cited as civilly responsible for having, being mem bers of the Council of Surveillance of the Company of the Caisse-Generale des Chemins de Fer, know ingly consented to the distribution of dividends not justified by sincere and regular inventories ; and as having knowingly allowed to be committed in the inventories grave inexactitudes prejudicial to the company or to third parties." The Droit has stated that the trial of MM. Mires and Solar is to take place on Thursday, the 6th; but this is scarcely possible. The judicial investi gation, though commenced in the month of Febru ary, was only terminated on the Ist, and the report of M. Mon ginot, the accountant charged to examine the books, was only deposited the day before ; more over, yesterday (Monday) M. Mathieu, advocate of M. Mires, had not been able to obtain communica tion of the papers relative to the affair, nor have the members of the Council of Surveillance had time to prepare evidence in reply to the charges against them. A postponement therefore is con sidered invitable. OPENIVG OF THE ROvIIL HORTICUL IVRAL SOCIETY'S NEW GARDENS. The inaugural fete of the Royal Horticultural Society yesterday, at their new grounds, was assisted by nearly ten thousand of the elite of Lon don society. By mid-day many visitors were pro menading the arcades and Conservatory, where there was one of the most magnificent displays of growing and cut fruits, heaths, ferns, greenhouse and stove plants, orchids, azaleas, &c., that have ever been congregated in a horticultural exhibition. The Prince Consort and the Royal Family ar rived at the gardens at a quarter to five, and the coup d'ceil as they advanced up the main avenue was most picturesque. The Prince, having formally declared the gardens opened, the procession resumed its way , to the eastern arcade, the distinguished visitors ex pressing admiration of the flowers on their passage. After making a circuit of the conserva tory, they passed out at the central doors into the verandah, and thence to a railed-in space where stood a fine specimen of the Wellingtonia Gigantea, presented by Messrs. Veitch and Son. The ground here was kept by the Royal Engineers. The tree is a remarkable one : a seedling of the gigantic species of Californian growth, the bark of one member of which is exhibiting in the Crystal Palace. Snould this native of Mariposa prosper, it will prove an enduring memorial of the day and of the hand that planted it, more lasting than brass and marble, speaking silently the perpetual growth of nature and the perpetual decay of the skill of man's handi craft. On the departure of the Royal party, a splendidly illuminated volume was presented to the Royal visitors. Prince Albert, the Princess Louisa, the Princess Helena, and Prince Arthur inscribed their names on a page bordered with pansies; the Prince of Wales on another page ; the Princess Mary of Cambridge on another. The Dowager Duchess did not sign ; indeed, we believe she had retited, The Royal party having departed, the majority of the Court fashionables followed, but not a few lovers of flowers for their own sakes lingered about the stands until the closing light of a clouded day veiled their beauties ; many, we believe, determining on a future inspection. The following are the recipients of the principal prizes : FLOWERS. Class 1-Ist prize, W. May, J. Spode, Esq., Rugeley, £2O-2d, B. Peed, J. Tredwell, Esq., Lower Norwood, £l5. Class 2-Ist prize, J. and J. Fraser, Lea-bridge-road, £l2-2d, Wm. Cutbush, jun., Barnet, £9. Class 3-Ist prize, H. Chilman, Mrs. Smith, Ashatead, £lO-2d, J. Green, Lower Cheam, £B. Class 4-Ist prize, T. Page, W. Leaf, Esq., Streatham, £6-2d, J. Tegg, Baron Hambro, Roehampton, £5. Class 5-Ist prize, J. Veitch and Son, Exeter an d Ch e l. sea, £lO-2d, B. S. Williams, Holloway, £7. Class 6-Ist prize, H. Hamilton, T. P. Butt, Chelten ham, £lO-2d, A. H. Gunner, W. F. Wooley, Esq., Kens ington, £7. Class 7-Ist prize, J. Veitch and Son, £3-2d, J. and C. Lee, Hammersmith, £2. Class 8-Ist prize, Stone, Tottenham, £2O-2d, B. Peed, J. Tredwell, Esq., £l5. , Class 9—lst prize, J. Veitch and Son, £l5-2d, S. Wooley, Cheshunt, £ lO. Class 10-Ist prize , G. Baker, A. Basset, Esq., Stam ford-hill, £lO-2d, F. Lovell, H. E. Gurney, Esq., .Nut field, £7. Class 11-Ist prize, R. Warner, Broomfield, £3-2d, B. S. Williams, Holloway, £2. Class 12-Ist prize, T. Page, W. Leaf, Esq., £l2-2d, S. N. Carson, Cheam, Class 13-Ist prize, C. Turner, Slough, £9 —2d, J. and J. Fraser, Lea-bridge-road, £7. Class 18-Ist prize, 11. Laue and Son, £l5-2d, Mr. W. Paul, Waltham-cross, £lO. Class 19—lst prize, Thomas Terry, C. Fuller, Esq., Youngsbury, £lO-2d, A. Rowland, Lewisham, Kent, V. Class 23-Ist prize, W. Nya, E. Foster, Esq., Cl ewer , £B-2d, T. Bailey, Amersharn, £6. THE CROPS IN EAST SOMERSET.—The genial showers of the present week have supplied the much-needed moisture, and, followed as they have been by bright, warm sunshine, the crops have thrived wonderfully. Agricultural prospects are certainly better than they have been for some time past. The grass crop, which is very abundant, will be ready for the scythe in about a fortnight. Potatoes are rather backward, though looking strong and healthy. Only a few have as yet been brought to market, and have been sold at from 3d. to 4d. per lb. The grain crops are promis ing, and altogether there seems to be every probability of a year of plenty. COUNTY COURTS.—A bill for consolidating and amendin g ; the procedure of the county courts is now before ' Parliament, brought in by Mr. M'Mahon and Mr. Sergeant Pigott. The most important alteration in the law which it proposes to introduce is to enable those courts to deal with equitable defences in the same way as the superior courts may now do:under the Common Law Procedure Acts. It incorporates the provisions of the Bills of Exchange Act, 1855, enables defendants in actions to interplead, provides that by consent of the pal ties a special case may be stated for the opinion of a superior court, by which means the more dilatory and expensive process of appeal may be avoided; and by the extension of various clauses of the County Court Acts to the London Sheriffs' Court, which it proposes shall be henceforth styled the County Court of London, tends to assimilate the jurisdiction of that court to the jurisdiction of the metropolitan county courts, and make it an integral part of the county court oyster. AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter in the Cologne Gazette says : "The Austrian Government is in negotiation with certain bankers of Southern Germany for a loan, which, according to some authorities, is to be for 8,000,0000 florins, and according to others of 12,000,000 florins. But the bankers demand the guarantee of the Reichsrath, and up to the present moment no result has been arrived at. The money is needed to enable the Government to pay the interest on the national loan, which becomes due in July. On the Bourse here a good impression was produced by the news that the army of Italy was to be reduced. The intelligence is true, but it has not all the importance attached to it, for the regiments considered likely to be taken away are simply placed on the reserve." Another Vienna letter, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" Mention is made in diplomatic circles of a circular note of Count Cavour which is to be shortly published, and in which the late events at Milan are discussed in detail. Report states that it will contain proofs, supported by authentic do cuments, that it is the Roman Government and the Neapolitan Camarilla which produced those events in order to excite mistrust and impede as much as possible the unity of Italy. The note concludes by saying that the only means of pre venting a recurrence of such scenes is to solve the Roman quGstion in the sense of unity." THE FRENCH TREATY.—A supplement to the London Gazelle contains an intimation from the Committee of Privy Council for Trade that the Government have copies of the Moniteur containing Imperial decrees of the 27th and 29th of May laeA, promulgating a Treaty of Com merce concluded on the ht of May last between France and Belgium, and extending its provisions to the United King dom in execution of the sth Atticle cf the second Supple mentary Convention to the Treaty of Commerce between this country and France, of the 234 of January, 15C0 ; and also a decree of the 29th of May, fixing, in conformity with the provisions of such treaty between France and Belgium, the rates at which the duties which it establishes are appli cable to the several classes of articles comprised in the tariff annexed to it. ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN V. THE UNITED ALL E NGLAND ELEVEN.—Yesterday was the third day of this match, at Lord's ground. On the previous evening the Unitad left oft' with 37 runs to get to win, and three wickets to go down. At about one o'clock " play" was called, and for one hour the game caused considerable excitement. The total of the innings amounted to 160, leaving the All Eng lande winners by fi ve rens—the nearest, perhaps, they will ever play again. In thi s match the perfection of cricket was well illustrated by botb elevens. WHICH SETTLEMENT WILL ADVANCE LIBERTY? There are two inquiries which in the present condition of affairs in America force themselves forward, and must have influence according to the answers which they receive. The first is—What will be the effect on sla very if the entire Slave States were separated and formed a confederacy of their own ? The im pression here is strong that if left to themselves they would soon become embarrassed, and that slavery would the sooner die out. It is argued that this separation would release the North from all obligations to return fugitive slaves, and that great multitudes of slaves would escape from the Border States. We have no doubt that many most benevolently entertain this view, but we think there is no force in it. If such a separation is effected, a new power arises, having all the attributes of a nation. They will use all their strength, so as to secure and advance slavery, the one great object of their organisation. As new territory is essential to the spread, nay, the y maintenance of slavery, they will, by conquest, add new terri tory further South and West, and over that they will spread the institution. In order to supply themselves with the necessary labour for cultivation, they will open the slave trade. This will become to them a necessity, since the number who will escape from the Border States into liberty, will be so great that it will reduce mate rially the number to be sold ; or the Border States, in order to secure themselves from this method of depletion, will probably at once sell off to the South the great mass of their slaves, and thus, there being no steady supply from the slave-breeding States, they will feel compelled to open the slave trade. Thus situated the interest of the Border States will no longer be in conflict with the opening of the slave trade. To our mind the inevitable result of a separation will be the opening of the slave trade, the extension of slavery, and the carrying of that system far on into the future. The second question is, What will be the effect on Slavery if the rebellion is put down, and the Union remains entire? Will not the Seceders have the same guarantees of the Constitution extended to them ? Will they not be in the same position they occupied before they rebelled ? And will they not most certainly perpetuate slavery ? It is true that all that was theirs under the Constitution will be theirs still. But it must be borne in mind that they will come back humbled, having failed in their plans. They will not again threaten that if their demands are not met they will break up the Union—that will have lost all its influence on the North. They come back knowing that the fugitive slave law must be repealed, and that it is the will of the majority that no new Slave State shall be admitted. This will kill that thirst for conquest—for new territory for slave States —which has so long disturbed the nation. This will place a cordon around slavery, and hedge it in ;—being thus hedged in, and com pelled to live within its own limits, the tillage of the land must be entirely changed, which will so increase the expense as to render Slave labour less valuable. Besides, the all pervading providence of God is opening new sources for the supply of cotton, so that when a few years hence the demand for American cotton shall be far less urgent, its price must fall, and then the cry will be from all the South, how can we get rid of our slaves ? As the profitableness of slavery intensified the desire to maintain and extend it, so when it becomes no longer profitable, but a source of expense, the same selfishness will cry aloud for its abolition. God works wonderful changes by means of the selfish interests of men. In our judgment then it is best for humanity and liberty that the rebellion should be put down, and that the United States should remain entire under its present Constittftion.— _London American. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMT ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 55s scl; barley, 34s 3a ; oats, 25s 8d ; rye, 33s ld ; beans, 45s lld ; and peas, 40s 7d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 55s 2d ; barley, 36s Od ; oats, 25s Od ; rye, 33s 4d ; beans, 44s Od ; peas, 40s 6d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 63,268; barley, 5,530; oats, 5,531; rye, 31; beans, 4,008; peas, 136 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts on offer in to-day's market being very limited, the demand for all breeds ruled somewhat active at an advance in th 3 quotations, compared with Monday, of fully 2d per 81bs. The general top price was 5s 2d ; but, in some instances, very prime Scots realised 5s 4d per 81bs. The show of sheep was only moderate. Prime Downs and half-breds were in good request at full currencies ; otherwise, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. Lambs, generally, were very dull, and prices gave way 4d per Sibs. A few choice pens sold at 7s, but the general quotations ianged from 5s 8d to Gs 8d per Sibs. We had a dull inquiry for calves, at 2d per 81bs less money. Pigs were very dull; but milch cows were in fair request at late rates. Per @b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 8 3 10 , Primecrs-wool do. 4 4 4 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Pme.S'tb.downdo.s 0 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 10 Large crse. calves 3 10 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 2' Prime small do 4 6 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Large hogs 4 0 4 4 Second qualityclo. 3 10 4 0 Small porkers 4 6 5 0 Lambs, 5s Sd to 6s Bd. Suckling calves, 21s to 30s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to ;:Os. TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 8,660 Calves FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 220 Sheep Calves Pigs - Pigs 3OO MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEA.DFNHALL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade generally is firm, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 68 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 5. There was a fair supply of stock on offer in to-day's market, and trade ruled steady, as follows : Beef, 3s 6d to 5s Od , mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; lamb, 6s Od to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s 4cl to 4s 10d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, June s.—The trade generally is firm, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; 'mutton, 38 10d to 5s 4d ; lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 4 s Od to 4s 10d per Slbs ; suckling calves, 16 s to 19s; quarter old store pigs ' 21s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l5 O s to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—MeaIIow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; clove] do., £3 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 15s to £2 O s p er l oa d Trade dull, CUMBERLAND.- Meadow hay, 42 2s to S 5 Os j clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, 16s to £2 2s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL. - Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; clove', £3 lOs to £6 Os Od and straw, £1 15s to £2 OA per lead. A heavy demand. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—A meeting of this society was held on Tuesday evening, the 4th inst., Mr. J. Crawfurd, president of the society, in the chair. The fol- lowing gentlemen were announced as new Fellows•of the society :—Sir G. Bonham, K.C.8., the Hon. L. R. Reid, and Mr. W. Spottiswoode, M.A., F.R.S. Papers were read by Mr. G. Busk, F.R.S., F. 1.5., on " Observations on a Systematic; Mode of Craniometry," and by Mr. R. H. Major, F.S.A., on " Native Australian Traditions." After the reading of the papers, the chairman, Dr. Knox, Mr. Burke, Mr. Dunn, and others took part in the discussion. THE VOLUNTEER FIELD-DAY AT WIMBLEDON. —lt is understood that the Volunteer field•day at Wimble don will take place on the 13th July, and that the move ments will commence immediately after the distribution of the prizes for shooting. As there is reason to believe that some of the corps formed beyond the metropolitan district desire to take part in the field-day, it has been decided that such applications shall be taken into consideratio., provided these are received before the Bth of July, atter which date no permission will be given. i n order to avoid an undue pressure upon the offices or Lieutenancy by a strict adher ence to the ordinsrj form of application, we have authority to stsfo that, as on the former occasion of the review in llyde-park, applications from corps to attend the field-day at Wimbledon may be made direct to the War-office. SERIOUS CHARGE AT MANCHESTER. Yester day the Manchester papers announced the failure of Messrs. Frank Atkin and Co., merchants, with liabilities amount ing to £14,000, and offering ss. in the pound. In the after noon Mr. Francis Atkin, of Primrose-hill, Little Hulton, was apprehended at the Bankruptcy Court, in Manchester, under a warrant, on the charge of fraudulently obtaining 3,000 pieces of calico, value £1,106, the property of Messrs. Seville, 22 Mosley-street, Manchester, on the 17th of last month. A MAN KILLED BY LlGHTNlNG.—Yesterday morning a heavy thunder -storm passed over the metropo lis, and in the neighbourhood of Holloway it raged with particular violence for a short time. About half-past eleven two men, who were workng on the main drainage which is being carried through the neighbourhood, were struck by lightning in the Tuffnell Park-road. One of them, a carpenter, was killed on the spot. The face of the poor man presented a ghastly appearance. He was taken to the dead-house of Holloway Chapel of Ease. The other man, named Taylor, a ganger over the navvies, was seriously injured, appearing to be stunned. He was taken to the nearest hospital. RETURN OF ENGLISH EMIGRANTS FROM AMERICA. —Yesterday morning a party of returned English emigrants, 27 in number, passengers by the Great Eastern, arrived at 1 the Euston Station of the London and North-Western Rail way, from New York, via Liverpool. They belong chiefly to tlao agricultural districts of Norfolk and Suffolk. t I LITERATU.RE. Thinking and Acting : a Tale. By the Author of " Helen Lindsay " and " Our Homeless Poor." 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a very interesting story, that is more than a tale for the amusement of the hour, for it goes deeper into the mysteries of the human character, and affords an insight into the motives that urge men forward in th e i r sc h emes an d i nc i te them to ambitious p ro j ec t s . Th e h ero, Alb ert M oseley, !s; admirably described, and the various phases of his character are mos t t ru thf u l i n t h e i r represen tation. He was early embittered from the wretched state of his home and the cruelty of his father ; further on he was hardened by the sneers and taunts he met with at school from some who knew of his antecedents at home. He was a striking instance of the mistakes that are committed by those who seek to reprove the world in the stern austerity of judgment, and not to reform it by the softening influence of charity. It was the more unfortunate in Albert's case that he should have displayed such an unbending attitude, because in the neigh bourhood rife with the recollections of his father's enormities it followed as a matter of course that many were enraged at their small faults being visited so heavily by the son of their former master, in comparison with whose crimes their less venial errors seemed nothing. Sad. would have been all in that village of Codden had not a brighter influence intervened. Charles Liston was a college friend of Albert's, and it was with satisfaction that the isolated, cheerless man found himself enabled to benefit his early associate, and to bring a blessing on his distracted parish, by appointing Liston to the vacant rectory. All great changes in the dispositions of people and the tone of a place must take time. Liston, who knew men, was aware that it would be the labour of years and the result of strenuous endeavours if a happier and holier feeling pervaded the village, the charge of which had devolved on him. It is the most inte resting part of the work to mark the zealous man's efforts through the many obstacles, and perhaps the most difficult pointwas how rightly to influence the Lord of the Manor. It is often easier to impress the erring with a sense of their faults, than to make the over-righteous and the unbending mora list perceive they are to blame. Stern in their uncompromising rectitude of purpose they keep by the letter, not the spirit of the law, and as Liston earnestly assured his friend no such cold calculation and hard terms would soften the heart and lead those who were suffering and often: wounded in spirit to the Throne of Grace. The incident of the fire that nearly destroyed Clave?ton Park is a very exciting one, and the momentous scene is ably described. It was the first time that their cold and forbidding landlord had appeared before his tenants as a man among his fellow creatures, tried with a calamity they could understand, and displaying a calmness and self-command they could alike a pp rec i a t e and admire. He gained more popularity on that night than had been his through the long years that had passed previously. There is another part of the narrative that is also attractive., where the scene is the family of the Bracys, the.; various members of which are drawn with skiti. Marian is a finished coquette, and unfortunately for Albert Moseley he was deceived by her clever acting into believing her what she prof esse d f or the moment to be. Piqued by his indifference to her, solely for the triumph of conqu es t, she exerted every art that her wit could devise or her dexterity execute to fascinate this distinguished in dividual who did not own her sway. Fortunately for Moseley, their engagement was put an end to by her eloping with one of the giddy set by whom she was surrounded, the week before their marriage was to have taken pl ace . A very different character . was her father's step-daughter. This young lady is the most pleasing of all those met with in the pages of this narrative. She is chiefly distin guished for her sincerity and her kindness. In her London home, among all the inducements of gaiety and the hindrances of a wor ldl y an d unsympathis ing family, she contrived to effect much service to the distressed, under the direction of Mr. Liston and his wife, whose acquaintances she was fortunate enough to make. After war d s s h e went to stay with the Listons in their new home, and in that divided parish she contributed greatly to the happy changes that took place. Her gentleness disarmed. suspicion, and her consistency gained for her uni versal respect. At the return of Mosely from the Continent, whither he had departed after the fire at the Park, he was united to Lilla, and the new era. opening before him seemed indeed an auspicious one. In summing up the changes that had occurred, his historian thus remarks :—" Mr. Moseley's cloudy season of life was passed during his youth. In the after sunshine of happiness, he yearly appreciated more and more those sweet affections that descend from above to strengthen and purify humanity. In all the various influences that had combined to effect s° marvellous a change in his nature, he recognised one principle a s th e i r essence, and henceforth in his walk through life he was ever ready to admit that he who would go forth in the world as a conqueror of vice, a winner of souls, a reformer of mankind, must, like the great Captain of our Salvation, as the best means of ensuring success, gather his fol lowers under one banner, and that banner must be Love ! " There is ampl e su bj ec t o f contemplation afforded by this story for those who wish for some thing beyond the outer sphere of society to be sketched for them. In the instances here recorded of differing characters the purpose of the tale is fully exemplified; and the reader may turn from the mistakes committed by Moseley in his plan of improving his neighbours, to learn of Liston and Lille, in their several vocations, how they laboured, and with what glorious results. The seeds they sowed in the midst of care, toil, and trouble were hidden for a time from the observa tion of men, but at last they had the happiness of beholding the harvest of their high endeavours, and those who had planted in tears could reap in joy. In the exercise of his holy ministry Liston could look beyond the present state, when, ever and anon, some disappointment checked his course and saddened his heart, to the sphere where his pro tracted work would gain its ultimate success, and. win its immortal goal. "Thinking and Acting" :s a novel that is sure to be appreciated by all who admire a deep purpose iu a work, and in this in stance there is the attraction of an interesting story to induce their further attention, while the style is, throughout, of a superior character. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. The Prince Consort presided last evening over the 24th weekly meeting of the session. of 1860-61 of the Society of Arts, at the society's rooms in the Adelphi. There was an unusu a ll y full attendance, the large room being crowded. The specialty of the evsnyng was a paper by Mr. W. Hawes on " The International Exhibition of 1862." Earl GRANVILLE congratulated the assembly on the visit of his Royal Highness. The PRINCE CONSORT, in reply, spoke as follows —After having heard the interesting observations which have fallen from the gentlemen who have addressed the meeting this evening, it is not my intention to trouble you with any lengthened remarks of my own. Lord Granville has referred to the fact of my p resence as a ff or ding an evidence of the interest that I feel in the success of the coming exhibition of 1862. I s hould be sorry t o leave you to draw, as it were by inference, the con clusion from my presence alone that I feel such interest, but I wish you to hear from my own mouth that I do take that inter es t. (Ch eer i ng. ) • With regard to wh at Sir Thomas Phillip s h as ki n dly said as to my having been able to start you in the right path, I may assure you that what I have been able to do I have done with great willingness. (Cheers.) It has been a real and a true privation to me to be preve n t e d b y t h e avocat i ons and duties of my position from giving the same amount of time and labour to this exhibition as it was my privi lege to give to that of 1851. Gentlemen, you will succeed. (Hear.) You are in earnest, and being in earnest you will succeed. (Cheers.) I can but congratulate you on the steps you have taken. You have an able body of managers, with all of whom I am well acquainted, and I know, from personal experience, that they are thoroughly conversant with. the work you have confided to their care. (Cheers.) You have an able architect, a young officer of engi neers, a gentleman who has shown by his works, which were opened in the Horticultural Gardens to day, that he is capable of vast designs and of novel contrivances, and that he is possessed of great taste. Lord Granville and Sir T. Phillips have both referred to foreign nations. I happen to know that foreign nations leak with favour on the com ' ing exhibition, and that they are ready to come and measure their strength with ours: (Hear.) I need not repeat the warning and encouragement which Lord Granville has thrown out to th e manufacturers and artist s o f thi s coun try to do their utmost in order to maintain the position svhich they so g l or i ous ly secured on the last occasion. (Hear, hear.) The duty which I have now to perfo rm is a short one and a pleasing one, that of proposing to you to join me in returning thanks to Mr. Haw es f or hi s a bl e an d valuable paper. (Cheering.) It contained a compre hensive review of all the poi n t s w hi e h are o f import ance to us to consider with regard to the greit uuder taking before us, and he has expressed his hopes for the success of that undertaking based upon what I believe to be a perfectly true picture, and what I may be allowed to say was a most gratifying picture of the progress of this nation. (Cheering.)