The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-02 00:00:00

THEATRY,'-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. sir. J. B. Backetene. THIS EVEN iN(3, the perfortaanms will Commence with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. After which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, (tc.; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC by Mr. C. Mathews. And THE GALICIAN FETE, Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manazer, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new comic drama, entitled A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder Shore, and bliss M. Harris. After which, KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Phelps. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (Id time) MR. GORILLA. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E, Thorne. After which (221st time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boncicault, D. teisher, Killington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. Doors open at half past 6—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 at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. • • -- --- The Comic Department comprises the follovring• favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth ; the NERVES, lry Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. . . T " 0 X F 0 It D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, e legance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus) from "Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by Miss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), W. H. Wieland, E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Admission, sixpense ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. Bd. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, Bh. 54m.—Afternoon,: 9h. 26m. To-mousow.-Morning, 9h. 5 8m.—Afternoon, 10h. 30m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICI, JULY 2, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE BH/DB. 75—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BiItOMETER-30.0 ; falling again.' WlND—West- North - Westerly ; fresh, with cloudy weather. .... ~,,T:T .414 t. % Le 1,. u , tl 7 4. ,ta ... 2,: .' - ~0!' f , r. , 4. 'lty .1".%.,...... ._74 -( ,:te ,. , s , , .v :51,;, zk , , , ,, 1 1' ~ . , )1.., 1 i I, u *"'"4-C"‘ t. - .....,.. THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1861. Is the "sick man" about to rally ? It were early yet to predict anything like convalescence, but the symptoms are at least favourable, Our readers probably noticed yesterday the sweeping reforms which the new SULTAN had at once introduced or determined en for his civil list; and civil list reform was the great reform needed in Turkey. A BDUL MEDJID was at the mercy of the ambas sadors in everything else, religious toleration not excepted ; but no ambassador, nor all of them together, could bend his will on the matter of his Harem with its incidentals, and Palace building. He was respectfully warned by all the Powers interested in the stability of his Kingdom that his financial system must be rectified, and they indi cated the enormous expenditure on the Civil List as the first to he reduced. The feeble debauchee, superannuated at thirty•eight, seemed to assent; the promise of reduction was even published, but it never took effect. He had a will as strong as that of his vigorous father MAHMOUD on the one subject of spending what he pleased on his Harem and on palaces ; and he spent on still, no Chan cellor of the Exchequer nor House of Commons existing to remind him that he was not absolute master of his own treasury. The army might go unpaid and in rags, the navy might be in the same condition, but ABDUL MEDJID would spend in the style of an Oriental despot, let who would in terfere. ABDUL Aziz seems, however, to bo a different stamp of man to his deceased brother. A Harem at fifteen years of age does not appear to have per verted his tastes and enfeebled his powers. He is the husband of one wife ; comes to the throne at thirty years of age; has had an opportunity to learn from the weaknesses of his brother ; is a staunch Mahometan ; and if there is reason to fear an undue proportion of the bigotry of his creed, he yet has character enough to do something. One of his first acts has been to set his brother's large and expensive Harem in order ; while it will cost him, we suppose, nothing for a new one. The three hundred wives, or with a few exceptions, married nuns, maintained by the late SULTAN, are all to be disposed of in real matrimony, perhaps to purchasers at ft high price, while the few who have had children are to be pro perly provided for. Here will be an immense saving at once. It seems the public has also to bear the cost of supporting three hundred widows of the father of the two Sultans, but as we hear nothing of arrangements for them, it must be pre sumed they are beyond the marketable age. What ever difficulty the authors of the Belgraveian Lament may find, in this country, in marrying their damsels, ABDUL Aziz foresees no difficulty in marrying those of whom he will have the dis posal ; he will probably find it as good a thing for himself as for them, They, we presume, will not sigh over the change. reign. countless reasons to give why the vacant seat should be yielded to the sister island. The Scotch members had equally cogent arguments to adduce why the blank (that everyone was struggling for as a prize) should be sent north of the Tweed for the honour and glory of the hitherto slighted alma mater of the Modern Athens. Independent members, particularly those sitting " below the salt"—otherwise below the gangway—had no lack of places to particularise, places that ought to take precedence of all others in claiming for themselves the privilege of Government, owningthis asmtilolnghypsoothmetaicnayl representative. claimants, all so eager, all so c l am orous—got fairly bewildered. Sir GEORGE ',vim, as the author of the Bill, had not a word t o an for himself in regard to the selection to be made among these disputants. The Government aban doned the vacant seat to tfie Commons generally__ for a scramble ! Her MAJESTY'S advisers—(evi dently ill-advised themselves !) —abdicated their functions once again, as they had already done upon so many previous occasions during this present session of Parliament, ignominiously abdicated their functions to the Opposition. And here again—as had so often occurred previously • in similar emergencies —the Opposition hesitated not to accept the proffered responsibility. The right hon. gentleman the Leader of the Opposition —who may be said now fairly to divide the con duct of the affairs of the Commons with the noble viscount at the head of her MAJESTY'S Go- The reduction accordingly which he proposes for his civil list is enormous—one-sixth or seventh of what his brother required will, he says, suffice him. He will cut it down from £3,000,000 to less than half a million, to £480,000! And all this at' once, without any JOHN BRIGHT to move a resolution on the " profligate expenditure of the Government"--or any Mr. GLADSTONE to re echo in other words the same charge in the House of Commons it is really all ex mero matt. We are told, too, that the civil and military employees are to be dealt with in the ulnae spirit of Retrenchment. The useless ones are to be pensioned off, no doubt, on very econo mical t erms, and the mi!itary servants to have appointments in the army ; work for wages is to be the rule. E venth the late SULTAN'S own sons appear to see the necessity of earning their living. and at their own, wish will enter the Military College. It would appear also that the diplomatic corps is to be conducted on a more eco nomical scale, and ambassadors required to do duty at two neighbouring courts when one does not find them with work enough. If the sp i r i t of all these reforms pervade the administration of the Empire it will effect a great chang e i ndeed. Turkey is well known to have abundant resources vernment—Mr. DISRAELI came in benignantly to the rescue of the bewildered Administration, told the noble lords and the right hon. gentlemen sit- ;ing opposite to him what they ought to do in ,heir then dilemma, what it was the most advisable for them to do, under those peculiarly anxious and difficult circumstances, And they hays done it—they are doing it—meekly—accordingly ! The West Riding of Yorkshire is to be divided, according to the suggestion, according to the dicta- to fill her exchequer amply, to place her credit NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. high, and to enable her to C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmith to l the Queen, 33, Bruton-street, Bond-street, having been promote the trade, agri by the CKrunittee to make the "BADGE to be worn by culture and commerce of her splendid territory till the Members of the " National Rifle Association," begs y respectfully to inform them that it maybeprocured at his s h e becomes, relatively, one of the richest countries Wimbledon, Establishment, or on the gr ounds at price 7s. td., and in GOLD ENAMELLED, price Three in Europe. Time only can tell whether this is to Guineas. be the object, steadily pursued, of the new SULTAN'S One thing must not be forgotten—AßDUL AZIZ is on all hands said to be a firm Mahommedan. How will this affect his readiness to harmonize his Government and administration, as far as pos sible with the notions of civilised Europe. Finance is a thing which must be essentially the same under any Government, Mahommedan or Christian, but will he be as disposed, as ABDUL MEDTID appears to have been, to accept the notions of civilized Europe in regard to the treatment of the Christian population in his dominions ? Equally important is the question, what will the fanatical populations of the remoter provinces do, when they learn that the occupant of the Throne is no longer a Giaour reformer, but one who will be disposed to give to Mahommedans the position in the empire which they think their own. Though he must know better than to encourage risings upon the Christian populations, and savage slaughters of them, yet it is quite possible that the rude, ignorant fanatics of distant provinces may imagine they may now attempt with impu nity what the late SULTAN , they knew, would not tolerate. If even under his reign they could not be entirely restrained, it is not unlikely that, under a new and more orthodox head of the faithful, we may hear of scenes like those which have recently occurred in Arabia, and still more recently in the Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS. I Lebanon. A satisfactory understanding has at length been arrived at in regard to the settlement of the nume rous vexatee quattiones involved in the Appropria tion of Seats (Sudbury and St. Albans) Bill. The bone of contention, after being ignominiously cast upon the floor of the House by the Home Secretary, has been "scrambled " for, has been picked clean, has been cracked—and they are now (with a relish) picking the very marrow of it. The result of this final arrangement can really be regarded as nothing less than a triumph (in one sense) for the Opposition, and a signal discomfiture (upon one clause) for the Government. Recollect how it was proposed to redistribute the four seats left vacant during so many years by the miserable bribery and corruption brought home to the St. Albans and Sudbury constituencies. Sir GEORGE LEWIS as Home Secretary introduced the Bill— now before the Commons in a wonderfully modified form—as a very ingeniously and elaborately pre pared compromise. The four seats "going a-beg ging" the right hon. baronet proposed should be thus redistributed :--One to Birkenhead—One to Chelsea and Kensington—One to the West Riding of Yorkshire—one to South Lancashire. As the noble lord the Foreign Secretary well argued how ever last evening, the failure of the plan proposed by his right hon. colleague is after all but a very partial failure indeed. Three of the clauses in this bill have been accepted by the House in Committee. The Commons in Committee have consented to the award of three out of the four seats, precisely as suggested by the Home Secretary in the name of the Government. Kensington and Chelsea, it is true, are not to have awarded to them the honour :of Parliamentary representation. Ken sington and Chelsea are not each of them to have half a member of Parliament, as originally pro posed by the author of the Bill now under the con sideration of the Legislature. Otherwise the Bill is there before the Commons—at this parti cular stage in its development—pretty well intact. Birkenhead is to have a member— as proposed by the Home Secretary, South Lancashire is to have another member also as proposed by the Home Secretary. The 'West Riding of Yorkshire, too—it is by no means intended by the House of Commons, shall be de prived of the additional representative set apart for it by Sir GEORGE LEwis in the portentous Little Reform Bill brought forward this session in the name and on behalf of the Great Reforming Coali tion Government. So far this last assertion is un doubtedly the truth—but then it is only half the truth. The West Riding is not only to have exe new member as proposed by the Go vernment—but it is to be divided in twain, and when so divided, it is to have two new members as insisted upon by the Opposi tion. It is in this modification of the bill that we recognise, that we are constrained to recognise, this new success of the Strong Opposition and this new failure of the Weak Government. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was quite right, of course, to plume himself and his colleagues upon the fact that three out of the four propositions embodied in the measure before the House have -been accepted by the House—in Committee ! Aye —but my lord, but Sir GEORGE, but " most grave and reverend signiors"—how about that other, how about the fourth seat, how about the manner of its award to a constituency " There's the rub !" Kensington and Chelsea struck out of the bill as originally framed—place after place was suggested for filling up the hiatus caused by the unlooked for erasure. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had a great deal to say about the bestowal of the " odd man" upon the University of London. The Irish members had tion of the Opposition. It is to have a northern divi sion and a southern division. There are to be two members (instead of one new member) for the West Riding—so that when that Riding has been divided, each division will have two representatives ! Mr. ROUNDABOUT and his brothers (if he has any) ought certainly to aspire by right, at the next general election, to fill the four seats of the Siamese West Riding—seats the occupants of which must necessarily require such very round about designations ! There will be, let us say, on the one hand, the two hon. or right hon. gentle men the members for the Northern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire ! And on the other hand, the two hon. or right hon. gentlemen the members for the Southern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire ! Rather long-winded desig nations, it must be allowed, for articulation in the heat and hurry of debate. Designations, in fact, so disagreeably circumlocutory in their way, that they are pretty safe to necessitate something in the way of a facetious abbreviation or two. Suppos:ng we offer a hint to this end for the con venience of the more rapid debaters in the Com mons House of Parliament. Supposing we suggest that the new members for the north shall be fami liarly known as the " Nor' Westers"—and that the new members from the south shall be equally well known at the " Sou' Westers"— regular " Sou' Westers." Does the House want to raise a breeze upon the subject of Parliamentary reform—Does any one of the Ministry, particu larly the Financial Minister, lei us say, want to raise the wind with a ♦iew to the realisation of what is called political capital—there is surely the eligible opportunity ! The absurdity of all this compromise, apart however—that is, if the appro priation of Seats (Sudbury and St. Albans) Bill can be considered apart from the compromise, to the necessity of yielding to which Sir G. LEWIS and his colleagues have complacently conformed —lt is satisfactory, at any rate, to know that the bill itself (as at one time really seemed to be threatened) is not to be shelved or cushioned indefinitely. The bill is to be recommitted once more for certain essential verbal emendations, and then this wonderful little Ministerial Reform Bill, as licked into shape by the Opposition, will have a tolerably fair prospect before it of winning its way to its, at one time almost despaired of, haven of rest as a perfected enactment. Austria and Hungary are at last brought fairly face to face. The Diet has sent up its address, and the EMPEROR has refused to accept it. The result of several consultations of Ministers has been that the President of the Hungarian Chamber of Depu ties has been sent back with it to Pesth, and that a royal rescript has informed the Diet that the address is "disloyal, hostile to the rights of the Crown, and as such could not be accepted by the EMPEROR." Moreover the Diet is schooled in its duty ; it is told to alter both the form and the con tents of the address, and that in case of refusal it will be dissolved. We shall now, therefore, have a battle of endurance on one side and probably of vio- lence on the other. Force will endeavour to over• ride the clearest legality. Possibly respecting the form, the Diet may con cede a little. It was only by three votes that M. DEAK'S phraseology, which acknowledged the de facto sovereignty of the present usurper, was rejected. Whether the conduct of the Vienna ministry will irritate the Diet and increase the number of dissentients from M. DEAK'S view, or dispose opponcnts, for peace sake to give way, remains to be seen. It certainly seems, as M. DEAR remarked, impossible to deny the fact that the Emperor of AUSTRIA does exercise Sovereign powers in Hungary ; nor is it apparent that any form of address which merely acknowledged this, would compromise the legal position so strongly taken by the Hungarians. They could still require him to comply with the conditions requisite to legal sovereignty, which indeed the address itself sufficiently indicated. By far the more important point is, the contents of the address. These, as our readers will remem ber, are nothing more than a well stated argument on the actual position of things, the legal rights of Hungary, and a demand for them. There is no thing revolutionary in them. Nothing is asked but the fulfilment of the stipulations of the Pragmatic Sanction, and the subsequent treaties in virtue of which alone the EMPEROR has even the shadow of a title to be KING of Hungary. But these condi tions are historically and documentarily clear on the point that Hungary is no part of Austria ; that her KING may be EMPEROR of Austria, but that the union of the two countries can be per sonal only, and that, therefore, Hungary and its annexed parts must have a separate ministry, a separate army, and a Diet through which the kingdom is governed. It cannot be required, at the bidding of usurped authority, to merge its na tionality in that of the German provinces, to send representatives to a Vienna Diet, as a mere pro vince of the Empire, and to surrender the right of voting the taxes, and the number of men in the army. These are the main points. We hope most earnestly that Hungary will be immoveable. A few years of harassing military persecutions she may have to endure, but she has set a noble example before all Europe of asserting the majesty of right and law against the base, selfish, conceited and ambitious projects of the odious Germans of Vienna. They can have no earthly title to gratify their vanity by swamping a noble and free kingdom in their universal slavery. Germans are born slaves ; Hungarians are born freemen ; and it is for the latter to teach the former that political liberty is a blessing worth suffering for, and worth, when the hour comes, fighting for too. So has liberty been won and retained in the few free countries in Europe, and so it must be maintained in Hun gary. Nothing, of course, is to be hoped for from Austria but through her necessities. Just now she seems to enjoy a moment's repose, because Italy is quiet, and Venetia not yet in danger of immediate attack. But if the Hungarians wait awhile, Austria may yet have her work to do in Italy. GARIBALDI and Colonel TURR are not yet tO assassinated, KOSSUTH is printing notes for the use of a f ree H ungar i an nat i on w h ere no despot loving courts ilo ofni el andlaw to F s o t r r e a i i g n n Secretarie s their p o w e could rs a against a suggest inst the noblest o f patriots •, and, before another year pass away, A us t r i a may find it ex p e di en t t o go on h er knees to H ungary and to ask permission to wear her Crown. EeraGtiltonEAaTndPi,miLplErovHemOeuntitEhla s 11,c.:11, 7 ' t able W o e u r ' t l d - e ) : GARDENS.— in the great 1 plants t o s l and the treesvmede in the ar- Ap r A a ai n n li T i g n a t il e -h l m s t et e o n pv t ae; o row f sth,hiecs7hrear.ryeen(fdtoherleesigpt this n riin p s magnificent house unique. some of which are sixty feet high, are now planted the open ground ; so that the visitor m ay walk among in grove of these beautiful and useful exotics, on a level with their lofty trunks, and obtain such an idea of their magui _ ticense and beauty as has no parallel in Europe. Indeed, in the tropics even it would be difficult to see such an as. semblage of the palms as are now brought together at Kew. Strangers are invited to ascend the spiral stairs and pass round the entire gallery, surrounded by foliage, buds, blot soms, and fruit, festooning and garlanding the walls and roof:of this splendid palace of flowers and crystal arboretum; the view frcm many points being very fine, but romantic and sublime in particular in looking over the Pinetum and down.the entire length of the grand avenue, across the Thames to Zion liouse and Twickenham, THEj SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 2. 1861. rig . ; E \'\~~~ ~. TURIN, JULY 2. The Chamber of Doputies, in its sitting of yes terday, refused to recognize the urgency for taking into consideration a petition, signed by some thou sands of citizens, for the recall of Mazzini into Italy. The urgency of the petition was demanded by Signor Brofferio. The discussion on the National Loan Bill was then resumed. Baron Ricasoli, after having spoken of the inten tion of the Government relative to the administra tion of the Interior, said : " We arm not only for the defence of the na tional territory such as it actually is, but also to complete it—to restore it to its natural and legiti mate boundaries," (Cheers.) The Minister then said : "The Government has the happiness to announce to Parliament that, with the exception of Austria, its friendly relations with the principal Powers of Europe are of the most satisfactory kind. The Italian cause enlists general sympathy, and can still count upon having allies. (Bravo.) The recog nition of the kingdom of Italy by England and France and other Powers is a solemn proof of the confidence which we inspire in our friends, and we have reason to believe that it will not be long before these examples are followed by Europe generally. Thanks to the principle of non-intervention, our nationality will very soon be universally and solemnly acknowledged, as well as our incontes table right to complete our independence. (Sensa tion.) I have heard some mention of a project of cession. Permit me, who represent by word and thought the Government of the King, to repel with disdain such an idea. I say, once for ever, that I do not know of a foot of Italian soil which has to be ceded, that I should not wish to cede it, and absolutely will not cede it. (Loud cheers,) The King's Government sees a national territory to defend and to recover. It sees Rome and Venice, and addresses them in words expressing the grief, wishes, hopes, and intentions of the nation. The Government is sensible of the great task expected of it, has decided upon ful filling it, and, God be thanked, will fulfill it. The opportunity which time is preparing will open the way to Venice ; meanwhile let us think of Rome. We wish to go to Rome. Rome, politically separated from the rest of Italy, will continue to be the centre of intrigues and conspiracies, and a permanent menace to public order. For Italians, therefore, it is not only a right but an inexorable necessity. But we do not wish to go to Rome aided by rash and inopportune insurrectionary movements, which might compromise the national work. We wish to go to Rome in accord with France, not destroy ing but building up, and at the same time open ing to the Church a way of reform by giving her that liberty and independence Ni hich will invite her to regeneration —a task to be accomplished by the purity of religious sentiment and simplicity of manners—by that severity of discipline which in the primitive ages rendered her glorious and vene rated, and, by the frank and loyal abandonment of that power which is opposed to the great idea of her institution. The Government does not believe this to be an easy path to tread, but draws courage and faith from the very greatness of the work and the strength of public opinion. The Italian revo lution is great because it founds a new era. I hope that the justice of oar cause, our prudence, our firmness, our perseverance, and our boldness at the right moment will enable us to attain our end." (Unanimous and frequent cheering.) Signori Cordova, Crispi, and Mordini also spoke on the subject. The National Loan Bill was then passed by 242 against 14 votes. The elections resulting from the change of Minis try have taken place here. Baron Ricasoli, President of the Council, was elected in the first, and Signor Minghetti, Minister of the Interior, in the second electoral assembly. PARIS, JULY 2. A telegram has been received here, dated Con stantinople, July 1, announcing that an Imperial Hatti, conceived in a very liberal spirit, was read on that day, which confirms in their posts the Grand Viziers and all other Ministers and public func tionaries, with the exception of Riza Pasha, and invites them to faithfully discharge their duties. It confirms all existing laws, and guarantees the equality of all subjects before the law without dis tinction. It further recommends the Ministry to introduce order and economy in the administration of the finances. The Sultan had received the Ambassadors in solemn audience. PESTI', JULY 1, EVENING. On the Imperial rescript being laid sealed on the table of the Lower llouse today, cries were raised of " Return it unopened." After some remonstrances, however on the part of the President, the rescript was quietly read. The rescript was read in the Upper House with out disturbance. MADRID, JULY 2. The Republican insurgents are being actively pursued. It is asserted that they are surrounded at Lorca. No doubts are entertained of their speedy exter- mination. PARIS, JULY 1. The Patric of this morning says :—" There is no foundation for the report that M. Thouvenel had received a deputation from Rome." The same journal also says :—" The Pope again officiated publicly at mass on the 20th ult. his Holiness was to receive the diplomatic corps on the Ist July." The Patterson family case was decided to-day. The appeal was dismissed, and the first judgment has been confirmed by the tribunal. VIENNA, JULY 1. The Oesterreichische Zeitung of to-day says : " The Ministry will very shortly make a statement in the Council of the Empire respecting the steps which have been taken with regard to the question of Hungary and their results. A royal rescript has been sent to the Hungarian Diet, in which the address is stigmatized as disloyal, hostile to the rights of the Crown, and such as could not be accepted by the Emperor. The Diet is requested to alter the form and contents of the address. In case of refusal, it will be dissolved." MADRID, JULY 1. The official Gazette of to-day publishes a despatch announcing that a band of 300 republicans, headed by Alberta Arloja, had risen in insurrection in the environs of Lorca. They Were being vigorously pursued by the royal troops. BERNE, JULY 1. The National Council and the Council of the States were opened to day. Mr. Rainer, member for s Berne, was elected President of the National Council ; and Mr. Escher, member for Zurich, Vice-President. Mr. Hermann, member for Urn, was elected President of the Council of the States ; and Mr. Vignicr, member for Solothurn, Vice-President. CASSEL, JULY 1. In to-day's sitting of the Second Chamber the proposals of the committee in reference to the con stitution were unanimously adopted. The Commissioner immediately read a decree dissolving the Diet. OUTWARD INDIA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. JULY 2. The Pera, from Southampton June 20, reached Malta on the 29th, at 1 a.m., and left at 8 p.m. for Alexandria. The Vectis, from Marseilles the 28th ult., arrived at Malta on the 30th, at 6 a.m.; sailed at 10 p.m. for Alexandria. FRANCE. BOURSE, July I.—The business of the settlement is going on without difficulty, the rates for carry ing over being moderate. The transactions effected have not been very considerable, but they have been done at a slight improvement on the closing rates of Saturday. Threes are now at 67f 65c. Rail ways quiet, but firm. The following were the last quotations :- 4f per per Cents ... 97 —I Credit Fonder 1025 , Do end month.... 97 05. Belgian 4f.. — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 70 Roman Bank Shares 2855 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 690 Spanish Threes 49 25 Do. Account 692 50 I Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1362 50 .. 1363 75 Northern New ditto 895 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 947 50 .. 950 Geneva 390 .. 388 75 Southern 572 50 .. 573 75 Western Eastern Sardinian 367 50 .. 370 Austrian Lombard 490 .. 491 25 ROME. Tke following is the news from Rome, published by la Patrie:— " A despatch from Rome informs us that the Holy Father officiated pontifically on the 29th ult., en the occasion of the Festival of St. Peter and St. Paul. His health is completely re-established. He was to receive on the Ist July, on the occasion, the homage of the Diplomatic Body. " Our Ambassador, M. le Duc de Gramont, was to leave Rome on the 2d July, en conge for Paris. During his absence, the Due de Cadore, First Secre tary, will manage the affairs of the French Embassy at Rome." AUSTRIA. Baron de Krauss, ex-Austrian Minister of Justice, Vice-President of the Chamber of Nobles, was, three days ago, found on the road from Schoenbrunn to Hetzendorf, by Field-Marshal Count de Grunn, and brought by him in a state of insensibility to the chateau. He had been struck by apoplexy, and ex pired in the course of the day. The Emperor went to see him, and has expressed to the family of the baron the regret he feels at his loss. Baron Koller, Secretary of State at the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and formerly Austrian Minister at the Court of Berlin, has resigned his situation in consequence of some differences of opinion between him and his chief, Count de Rech berg. LADY JUNE. (From Eliza Cook's Poems.) [By some inadvertence the printer omitted this rich and gorgeous description of the month of roses for the song that follows. We now give both complete, as a happy farewell to June :—ED. SUN.] Here she comes with broidcr'd kirtle; here she is—the Lady June, Singing, like a ballad minstrel, many a gay and laughing tune. Let us see what she is dress'd in—let us learn the "mode's she brings— For maiden never look'd so lovely, though she wear but simple things. See, her robe is richly woven of the greenest forest leaves, With full bows of honeysuckle looping up the flowing sleeves. See, the fragrant marsh-flag plaited forms her yellow tassell'd sash, With the diamond studs upon it, flung there by the river splash, See her flounces—widely swelling, as the Zephyr's wings go past. Made of roses, with the woodbine's perfumed thread to stitch them fast. See the foxglove's bell of crimson and the poppy's scarlet bud 'Mid her tresses, bright and vivid as thesunset's ruby scud. See the fresh and luscious bouquet that she scatters in her way, It is nothing but a handful she has snatch'd of new-mown hay. See, her garments have been faahion'd by a free and simple hand, But tell me, have you seen a lady look more beautiful and grand ? Yon old man has quite forgotten what his errand was I ween ; As he stares with listless pleasure on her garment-folds of green. Busy dealers pause a moment in their hurry after gain; Thinking there is something joyous in her trolling caro, strain. Youths and maidens track her closely, till their footsteps blithely mingle, :n the field and by the streamlet, up the hill and through the dingle, Children fondly gather round her, prying into leaf and blossom, Pilfering, with tiny fingers, jewels from her very bosom. Here sho comes with fairy footsteps, chanting ever as she runs, Ditty words that soothe the mournful, and enchant the happy ones; Here she comes with broider'd kirtle, and we'll list what Lady June May be telling out so sweetly, in that merry dancing tune. THE SONG OF JUNE. Oh I come with me, whoever ye be, Come from the palace, and come from the cot ; The strong and the hale—the poor and the pale— Ah ! sad is the spirit that follows me not. Old December lighted his pyre, And beckon'd ye in to the altar blaze; He hung up his mistletoe over the fire, And press'd soft lips upon Christmas days. Ye welcomed him with his eyes so dim, But I know ye have more love for me, When I wander about, and whistle ye out With my blackbird pipers in every tree. Oh ! come from the town, and let us go down To the rivulet's mossy and osier'd brink ; 'Tim pleasant to note the lily queen float; The gadfly skim, and the dappled kine drink. Oh! let us away where the ringdoves play, By the skirts of the wood in the peaceful shade ; And there we can count the squirrels that mount, And the flocks that browse on the distant glade. And if we should stay till the farewell of day, Its parting shall be with such lingering smile, That the western light, as it greeteth the night, Will be caught by the eastern ray peeping the while. Little ones come with your chattering hum, And the bee and the bird will be jealous full soon; For no music is heard like the echoing word Of a child, as it treads 'mid the flowers, of June. Ye who are born to be weary and worn With labour or sorrow, with passion or pain, Come out for an hour, there's balm in my bower, To lighten and burnish your tear-rusted chain. Oh I come with me, wherever you be, And beauty and love on your spirits shall fall; The rich and the hale, the poor and the pale, For Lady June scatters her joys for all. THE LONDON FREIGHT MARKET.—Messrs. Sey mour Peacock, and Co., in their circular, dated July 1, state that outward freights continue very low and =re munerative, rates having declined. Homeward freights, however, are rapidly improving. For a cargo of cotton from Bombay to Liverpool 85s. have been paid, and larger shipments and very high rates are expected for some time to come. From the Pacific, the Brazils, and the West Indies rates are better ; but the Baltic and Mediterranean trades are exceptions to the general improvement. THE ORDERS OF THE BATH AND OF TEE 2BISTLE. (From the Court Circular.) Her Majesty the Queen held yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, Investitures of the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle and of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. The Earl of Zetland and Lord Belhaven were invested with the Order by her Majesty with the usual ceremony. There was afterwards an assemblage of the Noble Order of the Bath. The Queen, the Sovereign of the Bath, accompanied ty his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Great Master of the Order, was conducted to a Chair of State in the Blue Drawing Room. Lieutenant-General Sir James Hope Grant and Major- General Sir Patrick Grant had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him with the Sword of State by the Queen, and were afterwards invested by her Majesty, assisted by his Royal Highness the Great Master, with the Riband and Badge, and also with the Star of the Military Division of the First Class of the Bath (Knights Grand Cross). General Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton, General Sir James Archibald Hope, General Sir Thomas William Brotherton, General Sir Thomas Willshire, and Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, were severally introduced, and were invested by the Sove reign, assisted by the Great Master, with the Riband and Badge, and with the Star of the Military Division of the First Class of the Order. Lieut.-General Sir Harry David Jones was introduced, received from the Queen the honour of Knighthood, with the Sword of State, and was afterwards invested with the Riband and Badge, and also the Star of the Military Divi sion of the First Class of the Bath. The following Knights Commanders of the Bath were severally introduced, had the honour of Knighthood con ferred upon them by the Queen, and were afterwards in vested by her Majesty with the insignia of their respective divisions in the second class of the order, viz., Rear-Admi ral Robert Lambert Baynes, Lord Dufferiu and Claneboye (civil), Major-General George Hall M'Gregor, late Bengal Artillery (civil), Vice admiral Henry William Bruce, Major-General William Brereton, and Colonel the Earl of Longford. The following Companions of the Bath were severally in troduced, and received from the Queen their respective de corations in the Military and Civil Divisions of the Third Class of the Order, viz., Military—Major-General Robert Farquhar, late Bombay Infantry ; Captain George Sumnet Hand, R.N. Civil.—Lieut.-Colonel George Walter Wil liams, Bengal Infantry, lately commanding Meerut Volun teers ; Lieutenant John William Willoughby Osborne, Madras Infantry, lately Political Agent at Rewah ; Mr. Charles Pressly, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue. Military.—Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Alison, unat tached; Lieutenant-Colonel William Kier Stuart, 86th Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel John Ross, Rifle Brigade; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Macleod Sutherland, late 92d Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Grasme Alexander Lock hart, 78th Regiment; Colonel Alfred Shepheard, Bombay Infantry; Colonel Wm. Riddell, Bengal Infantry; Colonel Robert Romer Younghusband, Bombay Infantry ; Colonel William Henry Miller, Madras Army; Lieutenant Colonel John Hall Smyth, Bengal Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel James Metcalfe, Bengal Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel George Sackville Cotter, Madras Artillery; Brigadier- General William Sutton, late 31st Regiment ; Colonel George Marraaduke Reeves, 99th Regiment; Major- General Stanhope William Jephson, late 2d Regiment; Colonel Edward Walter Crofton, Royal Artillery; Colonel Thomas Pattle, Ist Dragoon Guards ; Colonel Francis Gregor Urquhart, let Regiment; Colonel Charles Pyn dar Beauchamp Walker, 2d Dragoon Guards; Colo nel John Hawkins Gascoigne, Royal Marines; Lieutenant- Colonel Andrew Browne, 44th Regiment; Lieutenant. Col. Thomas Addison, 2nd Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel George James Ambrose, 3rd Regiment"; Lieutenant-Col. William Wigram Barry, Royal Artillery ; Lieutenant- Colonel Joseph Oates Travers, Royal Marines; Lieuten ant-Colonel Arthur-a-Court Fisher, Royal Engineers ; Inspector-General of Hospitals William Mure Muir, M.D. Mr. Henry Brougham Loch, Private Secretary to the Earl of Elgin while Her Majesty's Ambassador in China (Civil). PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS-JuLY 1. APPROPRIATION OF SEATS (SUDBURY AND ST. ALBANS) BILL. Order for consideration, as amended, read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now taken into consideration. Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day three months." Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 204; Noes, 2,8. AYE s-201. Acton, Sir J. Graham, Lord Wm. Noel, G. J. Adam,W. P. Greenall, G. North, F. Agnew, Sir A. Gregory, W. H. Northcote, Sir S. H. Alcock, T. Gregson, S. Ogilvy, Sir J. Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Grey Rt. Hn. Sir G. O'Hara, C. W. Ashley, Lord Gridth, C D. Padmore, R. Baillie, H. J. Gurdon, B. Paget, C. Baines, E. Hadfield, Geo. Palk, L. Baring, H. B. Hamilton, T.ord 0. Patton, J. W. Barrow, W. H. Hanmer, Sir J. Peacocke, G. N. Baxter, W. E. Hardcastle, Jos. A. Peel, Gen. Beaumont, W. B. Hardy, Gathorne Peel, F. Beaumont,Somerset Hardy, J. Portman, W. H. B Beecroft, G. S. Hayter, Sir Wm. Potts, George Black, Adam Headlam, Thos. E Repton, G. W. J. Blackburn, P. Henley, Lord Ricardo, 0. Blencowe, J. G. Herbert, H. A. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bond, J. W. Heygate, W. U Robertson, D. Bonham-Carter, J. Holtord, R. S. Roebuck, J. A. Booth, Sir R. G. Holmesdale, Lord Rowley, Hon. R. T. Botfield, Beriah Hope, G. W. Russell, Lord J. Bristow, A. for stall T. B. Russell, A. J. E. Brooks, R. Hotham, Gen. Lord Scholefie,d, W. Browne, Lord J. T. Humberstone, P. S. Sclater-Booth, G. Bruce, C. L. C. Jackson, W. Scott, Sir W. Buchanan, W. Jervis, Captain Seymer, H. K Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Johnson, Captain Sheridan, R. B. Butler, C. S. Kekewich, S. Slaney, R. A. Butt, Isaac Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B. Buxton, C. Kinglake, A. W. Smith, M. T. Caird, James Kinglake, Serj. J. Smith, Augustus Carnegie, Hon. C. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Somes, Joseph Cartwright, Col. H. Knatchbull-Hugess Spooner, R. Cave, S. Knightley, R. Stansfeld, J. Childers, H. C. E. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Stirling, Wm. Churchill, Lord A. Knox, Major W. S. Steuart, A. Clive, H. G. W. Lacon, Sir E. Stracey, Sir H. Close, M. C. Langton, H. G. Sykes, Col. W. H. Cole, J. L. Leader, N. Taylor, Colonel Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lefroy, A. Thornhill, W. P. Collins, T., jun. Lennox, Lord G. G. Tollemache, J. 11. Conolly, Thomas Lennox, Lord H. G. Torrent, R. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Leslie, W. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Crawford, R. W. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Upton, Genei al Cubitt, George Liddell, Hon. H. G. Verner, Sir:Wm. Davey, R. Lindsay, Colonel Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Dent, John Dent Lockhart, A. E. Vivian, H. H. Disraeli, Benjamin Long, W. Vyner, Reginald Dodson, John G. Long - field, Robert Walcott, Adm. J. E. Duncombe, A. M'Cormick, W. Waldron, L. Duncombe, W. E. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) Walker, James It Dundas, Frederick Malcolm, W. J Walpole, S. H. Dundas, Sir David Malins, R., Warner, Edward Manners, Lord J. Watling - ton, J. W. Dunlop, A. East, Sir J. B. 3larjoribanks, D. C. Welby, W. E. Edwards, Major H. Marsh, M. H. Wemyss, J. Ellice, E., jun. Matheson, Sir J. Whitesidellt Hn J. El P hinetkne ' Sir J Mellor, John Whitmore, H. Finlay, A. S. Mild may, H. Willcox, B. M. Forster, Charles Miller, William Winnington, Sir T. Wood, It Hn. Sir C. • Woodd, B. T. Foster, W. H o on. D. 3 31 1 1 1 11 . 5 e , 5 A , K . . M. Monsell, Rt. Hn. W. Wrightson, W. B. Montgomery, Sir G. Wyndham, Hon. H. Morris, D. Wyndham, Hon. P. Murray, David Murray, William TELLERS. GGGlG'iriaalbesrpsekdiolne, anil:ni' C. ci.Tj:S. Gladstone,. 11. W. M. . 7 E . E. Naas, Rt. Hn. Lord Glyn, G. C. Newdegate, C. N. Brand, H. B. Graham, Sir J. R. G. Nicol, William Dunbar, Sir Wm. NOES, 28, Adair, IT. E. Douglas, Sir C. Locke, John Ayrton, A. S. Enfield, Viscount Monson, W. J. Beale, Samuel Ewing, H. E. C. O'Connell, D. Beamish, F. B. Fermoy, Lord Salomonq,Alderman Cobden, R. Gavin, Major Smollett, P. Cogan. W. H. Hanbury, It, jun. Tite, Wm. Coningham, Wm. Hankey, Thomson Craufurd, E. H. J Hennessy, J. P. Dalglish, Robert Lawson, W. Davie, SirH. R. F. Lewis, J. Harvey Duncombe, T. S. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Lindsay, W. S. Scully, V. Another clause (courts and polling plaoes) brought up, and read a first and second time. Amendment proposed, in line 3, to leave out the word " Pontefract," and insert the word " Sheffield," instead thereof. Question put, " That the word 'Pontefract' stand part of the clause :" —The house divided; ayes 97, noes 67. AYES-97. Antrobus, E. Galway, Vis. Morris, David Ayrton, A. S. Gavin, Major Newdcgate, C. N. Baines, Edward Gibson, T. M. Owen, Sir H. Baring, T. G. Gilpin, Charles Paget, Lord C. Bass, M. T. Gladstone, W. Palmerston, Vis. Baxter, W. E. Glyn, G. C. Pease, Henry Black, Adam Goldsmid, Sir F. Peel, Frederick Botfield, Berlah Gower, F. L. Pigott, Sergeant Bouverie, P. P. Graham, Sir James Proby, Lord Bramston, T. W. Greenwood, John Puller, C. Butt, Isaac Gregson, Samuel Robarts, T.'J. Caird, J. Grey, Sir G. Robertson, David Cardwell, Edward Hanmer, Sir John Rothschild, BaronL. Carnegie, Charles Headlam, T. Rothschild, Bar. M. Castlerosse, Vis. Henley, Lord Russell, Lord J. Childers, H. C. E. Holford, R. S. Russell. Hastings Clive, George Hutt, W. Russell, A. Cowper, W. F. Jervoise, Sir J. Russell, Sir W. — Cranford, E. 11. J. Kinglake, J. A. Scholefield. W. Davey, Richard linatclibull-Hugess Smith, J. B. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Langton, W. li. Spooner, R. Davie, Colonel - Lawson, Wilfrid Stanle y , Lord Dodson, J. G. Layard, A. H. Steuart, Andrew Duff, E. G. Lewis, Sir G. Villiers, C. P. Ewart, Wm. Locke, John Vyner, R. A. Ewart, J. C. Lowe, Robert Warner, Edward Ewing, H. E. C. Mackie, James Watkins, Col. L. Matins, Richard Whitbread, S. Fermoy, Lord Finlay, A. S. Mellor, John Wood, Sir C. Foley, EL W. Milnes, M. Foljambe, F. J. S. Mitchell, T. A. TELLERS. Foster, W. 0. Moffatt, G. Fortescue, C. S. Moncreiff, James Brand, Henry Freeland, H. W. Monson, W. J. Dunbar, Sir W. NOES-67. Arbuthnott, Gen. Garnett, W. J. Payton, Sir J. Ball, Edward Gaskell, J. M. Roebuck, J. A. Barttelot, Major Gordon, C. W. Rowley, Richard Bazley, Thomas Gere, J. R. 0. Selwyn, Charles Beale, S. Greenall, Gilbert Seymer, H. K. Beamish, F. B. Grey de Wilton,Vis Smith, A. Beaumont, W. B. Hardy, Gathorne Smyth, Col. Beaumont, S. A. Hope, G. W. Somes, Joseph Beecroft, G. S. Hotham, Lord Stacpoole, W. Blackburn, Peter liumbertson, I'. S. Stnhope, Lord Brooks, R. Kekewich, S. T. Stirling, Willi am Bruce, Major Kerrison, Sir E. Taylor, Colonel Clay, James Knox, Colonel Thompson, H. S Conolly, Thomas Langston, J. H. Tollema c h 3, JS. Duncombe, T. Leatham , Edwar d Torrens, Robert . Duncombe, A . Lefroy, Anthony Trollop e , Si r John Duncombe W. E. Lindsay, W. Whitemore, r East, Sir James B. Lindsay , General Williams, yr Henry Edwards, Major Lygon , Frederick Woodd, B. T. Monsell, William Egerton, E. G. Egerton, W. Montagu, Lord R. Fellowes, Ed wa rd Newport, ViSCOUnt Gallwey, Sir W. P. Onslow, G. Hadfield, G. Gard, R. S. Paull, Henry Collins, Thomas TELLERS. TELLERS. THE PRINCE OF WALES IN DUBLIN His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at Kingstown on Saturday evening, at half-past five. An immense and fashionable assemblage thronged every place from which a view of his landing could be obtained. When the Connaught, which had been specially fitted up for the journey, came alongside the pier, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and suite went on board and warmly welcomed his royal highness. The Ajax, man-of war, then gave a royal salute simultaneously with the Pigeon-house Fort, near Dublin. The people also cheered vehemently ; and the reception gener ally was most enthusiastic. The Kingstown com missioners and the railway directors were introduced to the prince in the saloon, where Mr. Chambers, justice of the peace and chairman of the commis sioners, read an address, to which his royal high ness read the following reply :—" Gentlemen,--I most heartily thank you for the gratifying terms in which on your own behalf, and that of the inha bitants of Kingstown, you greet me on my arrival, at your port, after a voyage performed with such ease and expedition in the admirable vessel con siderate:y placed at my disposal by its enterprising proprietors ; nor shall I fail to convey to the Queen your assurances of loyal attachment to her person and government, and your emphatic acknow ledgment of the blessings enjoyed under her rule. During former visits to Ireland, and particularly in the course of a tour made some years since through the country, I had considerable opportunities of witnessing the beauty of her scenery and of experiencing the warm hearted kindness of her people, and these agreeable recollections tend greatly to enhance the pleasure with which I look forward to a more prolonged sojourn among you on the present occasion." His Royal Highness did not seem at all the worse for the voyage, though the wind was contrary and the sea rough. He remained on deck nearly the whole time, partook of a hearty lunch in the ladies cabin in company with Major-General Bruce and Colonel Keppel, and enjoyed himself very much on the passage, expressing to Captain Wil liams his entire satisfaction with all the arrange ments on board. Without any delay the Prince, accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant and their respective suites, entered the special train that awaited them, and, proceeded to Dublin, where crowds lined the vari ous streets through which the cortege had to pass. In every place the people manifested the same loyal feelings ; cheer after cheer arose along the route, and numbers ran after the carriages to secure a good look at his Royal Highness, who gracefully acknowledged the fervour of his reception. On Sunday morning the Prince attended the Chapel Royal, where the Dean of Down preached. Yesterday the corporation were to present his Royal Highness with an address in St. Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle, and at 5 o'clock p.m. he was to visit the Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, where an address would be presented from a depu tation of the Exhibition Committee and the Royal Dublin Society. A STEAMER DESCENDING NIAGARA RIVER. A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier writes from Niagara Falls, under date of June 7 :—" The monotony of life at Niagara Falls was broken to day by an episode. It was rumoured that the little steamer Maid of the Mist was about to attempt an exploit. Report said that Mr. Buchanan had sold her to parties on Lake Ontario, to be delivered on that tranquil sheet of water, and that at least one individual in your city had a lien on her which would be seriously invalidated in case the Maid should succeed in finding anchorage at a British dock. It was said, moreover, that said individual was making quick time hitherward to prevent the absquatulation of her property ; but the idea that anything made of wood could outlive a voyage down these terrific rapids was regarded as absurd. The prospect of its being tried, however, drew at least 300 or 400 people to the banks of the river. All day there had been a bustle of mysterious prepara tion on board the steamer. Hatches were being nailed down and every thing made taut but, no satis faction could be had by inquiring minds. A little past three she cut loose from her moorings about a quarter of a mile above the bridge, and steamed gallantly up towards the Falls. A murmur of disappointed expectation ran through the crowd, when suddenly, as she reached a point about half way up to the Falls, she turned with a graceful curve and headed downwards. There were on board her engineer, Robinson, famed for deeds of daring in these parts, and, I believe, three others. The Maid came down with the current, and hung, quivering, but otherwise motionless, just opposite her dock. It seemed as if the daughter of the spray were undecided. The moments were long before she made up her mind. In an instant, before a spectator could wink, the die was cast, and she puffed a farewell to her home under the cliffs. Another second, and she swung in the sinewy grasp of the mighty river, speeding like an arrow down the stream. There was a rush of ex cited beholders for the bridge, and looking up thence it was a brave and thrilling sight to see her coming down and dipping like a water-fowl under the spray. Your readers know how Niagara looks just under and just below the bridge. The giant off spring of four lakes writhes there like a chained monster. The water, where it is not a mass of angry foam, seems as hard as iron, and wears a hue of sickly green, ominous, voracious, deadly. There is the force of an angry ocean pent between these narrow prison walls, as the water, tortured into foam, dashes down the staircase of rocks. No one thought she could live through it, but after the first moment of hesitation she leaped into the gorge as though Niagara had been her father. As she passed under the bridge the crowd rushed to the other side and trembled for the safety of the daring crew, for the critical point was yet to be reached. Again and again she shot overhead in foam, and again and again, as she all but disap peared, it was thought that the river had claimed its own. But the Maid was native to the cataract and bore a charmed life. With one blow of a seething breaker her smoke stack was levelled with the deck, and then everybody gave her up. At last she had run the terrible gauntlet, and emerged dripping and quivering upon the calm water of the whirlpool. That Charybdis was easy after the Scylla she had weathered. A wide sweep with the current, and she was lost to sight. She belongs to Ontario now, and her creditors may follow, if they dare. The Maid of the Mist was built, almost in the spray of the cataract, about six years ago. The thousands who have stood with her under the sheet of Niagara will be pleased to hear of her elopement." TILE ROY AL MILITARY COLLEGE, SAN DHURST. The following is the official list of successful candidates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, June, 1861:- Order of Merit. Total Marks. 1. Charles Bowling .. 6,731 2. Paul H. C. Bettridge .• 6,294 3. Vincent R. Woodland .. 6,187 4. Gerald de C. Morton .. 5,733 5. Henry E. Gaulter .. • . 6,299 6. Thomas J. R. Mallock .. 4,830 7. John R. M. Clunes .. 4,579 8. John A. Mac Vicar .. 4,297 9. James G. Westaway .. 4,290 10. Arthur J. Law .. 4,284 11. Herbert E. Beecher 4,214 12. Walter J. Kennedy .. 4,119 13. Charles J. Myers 4,103 14. William Wood .. 4,045 15. Lloyd Fenton .. • • ~3 9 ,7 7, 2 16. Daniel J. Keane .. • • °•,"'" 19. Henry C. J. Freeman 1 1 R 8 7. Le o g b h er n t 0. Wallace R. Battye..n 3 3 ;:5 7 582 16 02 20. William 0. Thompson .. 3,405 21. Charles Erskine .. 3,400 22. Robert Brereton .. 3,395 23. Doraville M. Taylor .. 3,366 24. Alfred Gaselee .. • • 3,347 25. Reginald W. Peckett .. 3,213 26. Stanley N. Roberts .• 3,110 29. p s 2,9 2 3: 33 2 3 3 84307 George F. J. L. Russell l I P ▪ C H iv h h ne ee i n n a ni srrrr y l ii Andrew Ry . 1. . NI 7 . c s . Lm . . G a H U i rnt Robertse e hg n ew i Underwood, 2. :trwsell Macphersonoo d 222 2 78 9 0: 83 9 7 9598 910 275353 37. y e 3365. . NCTVhhiaollrnilalea m ssE T C,o . Bw M :v ` l L lil a l uo. :*. hli n 2 2 2:7 6 6 6 775 0 1 44 3 3 810, Thomas hhel • Alexander ag l e ane s sd leNovr.. I. A,l . ‘3 , 3.l u ar A ti o n :: 2,5102,595 r ß to . n Lueas 2 2 4 4 6 7 2 8 42. Henry W. Phillips . 2,450 43. Alfred J. Bolton .. 2,430 44. George Poignand .. 2,410 45. Robert G. Pigott .. 2,383 46. John C. S. Irving.. .. 2,382 47. Robert J. Holmes.. .. 2,370 48. Th omas W. B es t 2,340 49. Alexander J. Meiklejohn.. 2,284 50. Charles Horrocks 2,260 51. Frederick B. Lane .. 2,151 52. Thomas Hood .. 2,120 53. George Robinson .. 2 , 095 54. Frederic Clowes .. • • 2 1 , 8 0 2 8 0 0 55. William H. Bourne • . 56. William Newbigging 1,809 57. William Leir .. • • 1,720 58. Frederick B. P. White .. 1,665 6 5 0 q RLivingchardstone. Cla rke ler. 1,610 1:335 61. Oliver Graham .. 1,2.55 62. John Briscoe Watts .. 1,220 The following gentlemen are also qualified for admission as Queen's Cadets :- John Boughey .. 4,415 John Spence .. 4,041 Edward J . , Luand ~ 3,005