The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-29 00:00:00

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.- C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller ands ilversmith to the Quern, Bruton-street. Bond-street, ing been selected by the (33.nmittee to make the "BADGE" to be worn by the 3i C u lly of the "National Rifle Association," begs respectfully to inform them that it may be procured at his Establishment, in SILVER, price 7s. 6d., and in GOLD ENAMELLED price Three Guineas. i - i EA TB. ItUYAL, HAYMA.RKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnokstone. THE TTTIff APP lEST D S Y.VF,ITINO, AY OF the reriornaances MY LIFE oommenee with After which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. M a thews, Buckstoue, E. Villiers, Rogers, lc.; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC by Mr. C. Mathews. And THE GALICIAN FETE. uommence at 7. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.-- Lessee and Manager, ran A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden; Mi.s C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris. Followed by box CAESAR DE BAZAN. Mr. Fechter. After which, a new comic drama, called A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder, Shore, and miss M. Harris. JEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.- 1 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Eeprodtvtion of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi "Census" every Evenin r. THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. After which (19th time), THE COLLEEN BA WN. Mr. D. Boucicault. 117 4.4lsher, Billintrton, Falconer, Stephenson, 'C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Killington, 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. Phorne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at halt past 6.L-Commence at 7. CANTERBURY - H ALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. ♦ EVERY EVENING, Two Grand Selections from celebrated (lverse. including Verdi's new Opera, THE B XI. M ASQUE ifirst produced fn England at this Establishment). with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. 31198 Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, gr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos on the Cornet -1-r iston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double r ope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites' —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth ; the NERVES, by Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGH3IANS. T H E 0 X Folt D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Ever , ' Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Select' nvis (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. JOng, , hmallS. 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. Ad io missn, Hall, sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. &I. RIGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T'ns DAY. —Morning, 6h. 20m.—Afternoon, 611. To-mointow.-Morning, 7h. Bm.—Afternoon.: 7h. 30m. TRH WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, JUNE 29, 1 61. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE, 74—highest since noon yesterday. 60 —lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAuomp.TEn-29.79. WlND—North-Westerly ; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. Some rain in the night. 4 to: 1: 1 P . F. I q y _yr ~ 4 04 - • 4 r t• - 4-: 74 ? V.1;;;^, THE S U N. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1881. _~.. An interesting letter, which we have reprinted from a contemporary, gives a view of American affairs very similar in many respects to that which we have presented to our readers, and we, of course, can but assent to his views. The South has nothing to complain of. The North has done everything it could ask in behalf of its hated institution ; indeed, we should say, done far too much. The South has been in fact petted, and has seceded because it was once crossed. Nor can it justify its course by any political reason ; for Mr. T. L. MOTLEY has proved, conclusively, that in the constitution, the reverse of secession is its entire basis. Its whole object was an indissoluble union, to prevent the wretched consequences of a number of separate sovereignties, by welding the whole into one nation. According to " Americus," also, the South had a majority in Congress. In the Senate it certainly had at the time of the break-up ; and in the Lower House Mr. LINCOLN would have had but a waver ing majority. Indeed., we fear, had the South used its Congressional power discreetly it might have held Mr. LINCOLN in great embarrassment. It would have left him, of course, a good deal of administrative power ; but even in all his higher appointments the Senate had a concurrent voice. The South had in their hands an opposition just like that-which faces Lord PALMERSTON—amajority in the Upper House, and nearly balancing the majority in the Lower House. There is probably truth in his description of the effect of Northern arms predominating in the border States. Ali the facts favour the antecedent probability, that States in which the slaves were but few must have a majority in favour of the Union, and as soon as it felt itself freed from the domination of the half frantic slaveholders, it would be sure to accept the Union. Maryland, Missouri, and a large part of have already shown that such is their feeling. The notion of natural boundaries must pass for what it is worth—some may think it is kindred with that cf " manifest destiny." The mili tary position is that which we have repeatedly de scribed to our readers. Whether our Man chester friends will put much faith in the idea of humane vengeance ascribed to the negroes, we cannot t e ll. We hope it is true that they will not be provoked to rise on their masters, little pity as they deserve at their hands; but we also hope it is false, that they w ill have the folly to burn the cotton crop, as they could gain nothing by it. The flax story is an old one. We know here that flax cannot be made to do duty for cotton. Whatever the issue be, we chiefly are interested in the effects of the struggle on Slavery. We have no fear that Manchester will soon find cotton for itself by free labour when it becomes hopeless to rely on Slavery. Nothing could well be more reasonable, more temperate, or, for that matter, more perfectly justi fiable than the manner in which Lord PALMERSTON deprecated last evening the waste of time (quite un • necessarily and quite uselessly) by private members, to the great detriment of the national, and to the really grievous retarding of public, business. The noble lord prefaced his remarks upon this matter of vital interest, both to the House of Commons itself and to the entire community, by calling attention to the fact that while we are now at the close cf lune there are still actually somewhere about 200 votes Of supply yet remaining to be disposed of ! A na —said Lord PALMERSTON, drily enough—" I would reeak d the house that the last two votes of supply which were obtained from the house, each of them I think occupied the greater part of one evening, and if it should be deemed necessary to give the same discussion to those 200 votes, it is ob vious that a considerable time will be required.' Whereat—of course there was " laughtei ." But then followed—close upon the heels of the laugh- PREMIER'S suggestion. " The only conclusion," he says, " that I should wish to draw from that statement is, that on the motionfor y . oiar leaving the chai r , s i r, to go ter—t I - - 4 , ? 5 ,7 7A-A 47 . P"-lz into committee of supply—except on Fridays, I will not say anything about them, because Friday is devoted avowedly to other purposes—on the motion for going into committee of supply, honourable gentlemen should refrain from inter posing motions unless on matters really of urgent importance, or with regard to which there was a reasonable expectation of coming to some practical result." Adding, " Mere statements of opinion on general questions I think should be avoided." Now, really—than this—nothing, we repeat, could well be more reasonable under the circumstances. We would therefore most earnestly commend Lord PALMERSTON'S suggestion , for the Despatch of Business to the unselfish and patriotic considera tion of independent members generally. Apropos of the Turner Gallery, there was a little I glimmering of light thrown on Thursday evening, down at the House of Lords, on the long-delayed, long " vexed-question" of the National Gallery. This still problematic question of the National Gallery, it is true, was rather implied than even hinted at indirectly during the Discussion which took place in the Lords on Thursday in reference t• the Collection of Pictures by Mr. TURNER, and of the magnificent bequest of them to the Nation by that gifted and munificent Acade mician. We have to thank Lord ST. LEONARDS for bringing the subject again under the considera tion of the Legislature, and for extracting some ad ditional words of explanation, no matter how vague and unsatisfactory those words of explanation were in themselves, from the chief representative in the Upper House of the present Government. It should be particularly borne in mind for a moment, by the way, who those two noble lords are who spoke . •of TURNER'S Bequest —on the one hand, in behalf of the Nation, and on the other in the name of the Government. Lord ST. LEONARDS then was speaking upon this subject, on behalf of the Nation, in too distinct capacities, namely, as a lawyer and as a lover of art—as a hsver of art whose taste is recognised and appreciated— as a lawyer great amongst the greatest. Lord GRANVILLE, on the other hand, spoke upon the side of the Government, and we cannot but feel also of the Court, in his double capacities as first of all President of the Council, and secondly, President or Chairman of the Commissioners of the Great Inter national Exhibition. Now we all know perfectly well—how, with the funds left in the hands of those commissioners, after that world-famous display in Hyde-park ten years ago, a certain tract of land was purchased, land " eligible for building purposes," or for what not, land capable, it was sug gested, of being selected as the site for New Museums and Picture Galleries, or as the very place for the laying out of a grand Winter Garden for the 3,000,000 of her MAJESTY'S lieges peopling London and Westminster. It is an old story—how that land was purchased. How, in the direction of Kensington-Gore, there has gradually grown up a sort of pale-green ghost of the Crystal Palace, the future home, or favourite haunt of all the Metropolitan lovers of floriculture and horticulture. How, in the direction of Brompton there has slowly risen one of the ugliest assemblages of outhouses ever seen collected together, higgle piggedly, built, some of kith and plaster, soma of bricks and mortar, some of iron, some of wood—all of them partaking largely of that pecu liarly mixed Order (of no Merit), capitally ex pressed by JOE GARGERY, the Blacksmith, in Mr. DICKENS'S new tale, as of a style decidedly " architectoorallooral." The consequences of all this being in themselves so eminently ridiculous that the structure, or struc tures, have acquired several facetious designations of anything but a respectful character, being vari ously spoken of by the profane vulgar as " The Prince's Folly," or "The Brompton Boilers." There, indeed, we have all seen collected together — (these being facts, by the way, only too notorious) —one national Collection of Pictures after another. There, in truth, at this moment, are stowed away in those absurd Brompton Boilers— the Turner Gallery, the Vernon Gallery, the Sheep shanks Gallery ! The promoters of the " Prince's Folly," quite clearly and plainly all the while —nay, for that matter, at intervals avowedly— hankering after the transference of the National Gallery from Trafalgar-square to that same remote site in the Far West, in what has, at length, come to be called South Kensington. It is true that the Question as to this transference has been long ago argued in the House of Com mons, and definitively decided there decided, that is, for Trafalgar-square, and against South Kensington. Yet—persistently—the Brompton Boilers, like Friar BACON'S legendary Brazen Head, crave loudly and ravenously for " More !" Nothing will satisfy them but " More ! more !" They must have the National Gallery as well as the galleries of VERNON, of TURNER, and of SHEEPSHANKS. That it clearly is thus, as we have remarked—namely, that in spite of all that has been l said in and decided by the House of Commons to the contrary, the champions of the " Folly" and the "Boilers" still insatiably hunger for the possession of the National Gallery— may be now 'quite plainly seen, and quite clearly understood after Lord ST. LEONARDS' really remarkable statement—about the TURNER Bequest and its conditions—on Thursday. The noble and learned lord " In rising to ask the Pre sident of the Council whether any steps had been taken to provide a separate gallery for TURNER'S pictures in connection with the National Gallery, according to the conditions of his will under which the nation possessed his pictures, said that under Mr. TURNER'S will the Trustees of the National Gallery took 324 pictures, besides a vast quantity 1 of water colour drawings, and the Royal Academy £20,000 in Royal Academmyonbeeytivaenadthbeoythhetlhdennaattipornopaenrdtythase their own, not subject to any conditions. But,,, added the noble and learned lord, " he (Lord ST. LEONARDS—surely an authority upon these mat ters!) believed the whole of these pictures were held by the nation subject to certain Conditions. A mem ber of a former Government had promised that the intentions of Mr. TURNER should be carried into effect. He had asked the question publicly of the succeeding Government, whether it considered itself bound by the declaration of its predecessor, and the reply was in the affirmative. The noble and learned lord then read the codicils to the will of Mr. TUR NER, to prove that the pictures were left, in trust, to the National Gallery, on condition that a separate room should be built for them, to be called the Tun- NER Gallery. The Trustees of the National Gallery were to have no power over the pictures unless this condition were carried out. A third codicil made the bequest void unless the Trustees of the National Gallery complied with the condition within five years; but another codicil extended this period to 10 years. He had no hesitation in saying that the nation had received these pictures under a legal obligation." Now, in the presence of authoritative statements like these, the doggedly obstinate retention of the Turner Gallery down in those Brompton Boilers, can be alone regarded as in any way explicable, upon the understanding that the " powers that be" have made up their minds that the National Gallery —in spite of the House of Cow. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1861, TILE YORKSHIRE CIIO.RAL This association, which has existed for some time in Yorkshire, has been formed under the auspices of many persons of rank and influence belonging to and connected with that county, for the purpose of promoting the culti vation of a branch of music for which this dis rict of Eng land has long been pre-eminent. It is a combination of the choral societies of Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, Sheffield, and York ; its present president is Edward Akroyd, Esq., of Halifax; and its vice-presidents are Jas. Kilson, Esq., Mayor of Leeds; the Ven. Archdeacon, Musgrave, John Brooke, Esq., of Huddersfield; Wm. Holdsworth, Esq., of Holdsworth; and Charles Cammel, Esq., of Sheffield. The association has now, for the first time, paid a visit to London, and given two great choral performances, from which the amateurs of the metropolis have been enabled to form an idea of the state of chorus-singing in the north. The " Messiah" was performed at Exeter Hall on Thursday evening ; and last evening there was a miscellaneous con cert of secular choral music at St. James's Hall. In the " Messiah" the solo parts were sung by Mrs. Sunderland, the celebrated Yorksllire prima dona—a lady who, though she has chosen a provincial career, has the gifts and attain ments of a singer of the highest rank—by Miss Freeman and Mr. Inkersall, excellent provincial performers, and by Mr. Sims Reeves and Mr Santley. The whole per formance was excellent, the choruses especially, which have never been surpassed—if indeed, they have ever been equalled—in Exeter Hall. Though the voices did not ex ceed 300, not half the numerical strength to which the public are accustomed in Exeter-hall, there was no lack of real power, the strength of the Yorkshire choir lying in the full, rich quality of the voices, the body of pure musical sound, uncontaminated by noise, which they produce, and the thorough training, which enables them to give the most delicate nuances and gradations of effect and expression. It is by such means, and not by the congregation of unwieldy multitudes (the fashion of the day), that true choral power and grandeur are obtained. The performance of secular music last evening was equally admirable. A number of fine choral glees and part songs of Bishop, T. Cooke, Smart, Mendelssohn, and other composers, were sung with mar vellous refinement and purity of harmony. These were in termixed with favourite songs and duets, sung by Mrs. Sunderland, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Inkersall, and Mr. Santley; and to give further variety, two pianoforte pieces were played by Miss Arabella Goddard. The whole entertainment was delightful, and rapturously applauded. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Royal Family, with the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia and children, will leave London for Osborne on Thursday, the 4th of July. Tho Prince of Wales will leave for Dublin this (Saturday) morn ing, on his way to the Curragh of Kildare. Prince Louis of Hesse will return to the Continent on Monday, the Ist July. A state concert of sacred music took took place at Buck ingham Palace last evening by command of the Queen. The Prince Consort entered the ball mad concert room accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess of Prussia, the Princess Alice, no Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Louis of Hesse, and Prince Frederick of Holstein, conducted by the Lord Chamberlain and other Officers of State, and attend.d by the Gentlemen in Waitinz. _ . The band comprised her Majesty's private band, with numerous additions from the Philharmonic Society, the Royal Italian Opera, &c. The chorus were selected from the Italian Opera, and the amateurs of the Sacred Har monic Society, Exeter-hall. The entire orchestra comprised upwards of 200 performers. Conductor, Mr. Anderson, director of her Majesty's pri vate band. At the organ, Mr. W. G. Cusins, organist of her Majesty's private chapel. - - - The vocal performers were :—Mdlle. Titiens, Miss Las celles, Mdlle. Adelina Patti, Signor Gardoni, Mr. Santley, Mr. Patey, and Signor Giuglini. The number of invitations issued was large, but some of those invited were prevented, by domestic affliction and other unavoidable causes, from obeying her Majesty's con mands. On the occasion of the state concert which took place last evening at Buckingham Palace, the Queen passed the night in retirement at the White Lodge, Richmoni-park. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Princess Helena, and was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood. The Queen is expected to return to the Palace this (Saturday) morning. The steam floating battery, the Sagon, built by M. Arman, of Bordeaux, which was to have been launched on the morning of the 25th, could not be got off until the evening tide of that day, when the operation was effected with success. THE POPES HEALTH.—" The latest news of the Pope's health," writes our Paris correspondent, " is alarm ing. He has an abscess in the right leg which infects his whole body." The GRAVE OF COUNT CAVOUR.—A Turin letter says :—" Visits continue to be paid to the tomb of Count Cavour at Santena, a village not far from here. Yesterday the students of two colleges, to the number of 200, in mili tary uniform, and with flags in mourning, marched to the spot and laid two garlands on the grave." We are authorized to state that there is no foun datiuu fu, the zcport of the approaching marriage of the Due de Richelieu and Mademoiselle Duvernay, now Mrs. Lyne Stephens. _ _ We are authorized to state that no corps under the establishment of a battalion, unless it belongs to an ad ministrative brigade or battalion, will be allowed to take part in the Volunteer Field-day at Wimbledon on the 13th of July. The attendance of administrative brigades and battalions will not be sanction.d unless the field officer commanding in making his application certifies that his brigade or battalion will be represented by at least four companies. All applications from corps forming part of an administrative brigade or battalion are to be sent in to the field officer commanding. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—An ordinary general meeting of this society, for the election of Fellows, took place yesterday (Friday) in the Council-room, at the Gardens, South Kensington ; the Earl Ducie, vice-presi dent, in the chair, when 80 new Fellows were ballotted for, and duly elected, including the Alarchioness ofAilsa,Lieut.- Colonel James Bourne, the Baron de Brunnow, Sir Joseph Copley, Sir Hector Greig, K.C., Lady Heathcote, Lady Knatchbull, Sir John Kynast(3q, Col. Paget, Major E. L. Parry, Major Balcarras Ramsay, the Marchioness of Lon donderry, the Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, the Lady Jane Walsh, Sir James Tyler, and Lady Templemore. The Council have fixed Monday, July 8, for the next special general meeting for the election of Fellows, so as to be in time for the great rose show on the 10th. To-day the police bands make their public trial in the gardens of the society. THE FRENCH IN SYETA.—The accounts from Beyrout, which come down to the 16th inst., state that the evacuation of Syria by the French troops commenced on May 50, and was completed on the 10th inst. The troops forming the expeditionary army amounted to about 8,400 men, who were embarked on board 14 ships of war and transports, and the embarkation was effected in perfect order and created no excitement among the populace. General Beaufort and his Staff, who, after the embarkation of the troops had been completed, remained at Beyrout waiting for a frigate to convey them to France, were expected to sail on the 17th in the Moga tor, which had arrived shortly before. It is satisfactory to learn that down to the latest dates trap• quillity continued to prevai. in that part of Syria and in the Mountain. STAGE LIGIITING.—A new system of stage lighting has just been adopted at the Grand Opera, doing away with the old float or s awnpe, which had been found so injurious to the eyes as well as to the voices of the per formers. In the present arrangement the float is placed 80 centimetres (21 feet) below the boards of the stage, and the emanation from the burners are carried off through two pipes reaching to the top of the roof. The lumin , us rays collected by a double reflector in the shape of a sea-shell, are transmitted to the stage, through a sloping aperture, covered with a plate of dull glass which subdues the glare of the gas. By hie contrivance .011 dangor of the Rotroaaaa' dresses catching fire is obviated, and a source of hut tful emanations and disagreeable heat, as inconvenient to the spectators as it is to the actors, is removed. The air, being no longer disturbed by the vibrations caused by the heat, the propagation of the sonorous rays is much more regular, and even the light cast on the stage is stronger and better distributed. M. Lissajoux, professor of natural philosophy at the Lyc6e St. Louis, is the inventor of this system. THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—The renewed concession of the French Government to the Submarine Telegraph Comany having stipulated that a third cable should be laid for a more direct communication with Lyons, Bordeaux, Toulon, Genoa, and the Mediterranean, the Asia screw steamship took on board SI miles of cable for that purpose, and, with Mr. Henley, the contractor for laying it, proceeded to Dieppe on Saturday. The shore end having been successfully laid on Monday at Puy, a bathing village about a mile to the east of Dieppe, the Asia returned, steer ing a course N N.W. quarter W., to Beachy Head, making 581 miles, and the cable was carried ashore without acct . ; dent at Birling Gap, about a mile to the westward of Beachy Head, on Thursday, the tide not having served until that day. This cable constitutes an addition of 60 miles to the 806 already laid by this cimpiny. It consists of six con ducting wires in gutta percha, served round with a hempen strand, and protected by 12 iron wires, spirally woven round it, such being the manufacture and form of these cables which the Submarine Telegraph Company has found to be best adapted for working and most durable. THE SUEZ CANAL.—It is reported that the unfortunate workmen whom M. de Lesseps has snatched from their homes in Egypt to fill his Danaides tub at Suez has e.team l e e r f , t o T t o i u n l a o p n pr f o o p r ri ate Portly named, tot h o e b S ri h n a g rk t h ( e / have br o k en out in insurrect i on , an d th a t a F renc h war n), m e 1 o e t a b g '. eir senses. The probability is that this report is tree; it may be confidently expected that the Latrie and other semi (acial prints will contradict it, mons—shall go to South Kensington ! As matters are at present the TURNER Gallery—a gallery per fectly unique in itself, and the value of which is beyond the reach of all computation—is perversely subjected to two perils. Being lighted up at night by gas it is continually liable to destruction by fire. Being retained down at Bronapton—apart from the National Gallery, of which it was to have been an integral portion according to the legal significance of Mr. TURNER'S last will and testament—it is liable, at the close of the stipulated period, to be for feited by the Nation. And all this for the sake of that most preposterous Folly of the Boilers, Let the House of Commons look to it. Administration of charity, even when voluntary, is always surrounded with difficulties, and those difficu'lties are doubled when the charity is compul sory. The problem, which every day brings before us, of giving only to the deserving, and of detecting impostors, brings with it, in the case of legal charity, the other problem, how to find the fair contributories to the charitable fund, and how to make them pay to it in the just proportions. The first problem was the one attempted to be solved by the great Whig reform of the poor laws. The pauper poor had got the upper hand of the farmers, the magistracy, and of every one, and a stringent union and workhouse system was deemed necessary to cure the evil; and, not however without a great deal of unmerited suffering, it has done it to a large extent. The latter problem is the one whose solu tion is now most important. It is acknowledged on all hands that the distribution of the charge for the relief of the poor is anything but fair and equal. It is generally assumed that these who have had the benefit of a man's labours, when in health and vigour, ought to bear the cost of his necessary sup port in sickness and decrepitude. Mere co-residence in a locality gives a neighbourly claim, but to have had for long the benefit of a man's services gives a claim, the equity of which no man dares deny. The provision continually made for old servants in wills, sufficiently indicates the common moral sentiments on this point. Mr. VILLIERS' Bill is designed to assimilate as closely as possible the legal rating to the poor, and the place in which they can claim relief, to this universal sentiment. Such attempts have been made before. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Bill limited the power of parishes to send away a pauper to " his parish," by making five years' residence sufficient to give the man a claim for relief where his health or his work failed him. Previously there was no end of litiga tion between parishes respecting a poor pauper, and cruel expedients were resorted to, to prevent the man becoming chargeable to the parish. Manufacturing :owns when a time of pressure came, sent back to :he country parishes, by hundreds, the men who had done their unskilled work in better times, and even many of their skilled hands too. The five years' limitation was therefore a great step towards equity ; and is, we believe, acknowledged, now, to be fair even by those who at first opposed it. They will in a short time equally accommodate their opinions to three years, if, as we hope will be the case, Mr. VILLIERS carries this clause of his b But he has another clause which the country gentlemen, or some of them, do not seem to like so well. A clause which is substantially for Union Rating. But these gentlemen must take care. If they willingly accept clauses which enable them to relieve their estates in three years instead of five, from liability for a pauper's relief, but at the same time oppose a clause which assesses them to the poor rates in proportion to the labour they must employ, this will at least look very suspi cious. The present system favours a most un worthy class of landlords. It makes the liability of a parish to the rate for relief of the irremoveable poor, dependent on the average relief which has been given to the poor in that parish during three years. Now, it is notorious, indeed flagrant instances of it are within our personal knowledge, that landlords have diminished the rates in their parishes by allowing cottages to go to decay, and even by pulling them down ; they have thus driven the labourers to reside in a neighbouring parish, a town, if one were near, and to travel backward and forward to their work further than they would allow their farm horses to do, that they might get the parish cultivated by labourers for whose support they should not be responsible in sickness or old age. The daily cruelty to the poor workmen, of adding a walk of six or eight miles to their daily toil, and the unfairness to other parishes, had no weight with landlords, whose only care was to free their own estates from Poor Rates. The plan of Union rating would almost anni hilate this far too common practice. Mr. VILLIERS proposes that the contribution of each parish shall be in proportion to the rateable value of its pro perty. Now, it is certain that, with most insig nificant exceptions, the amount of toil and labour of the workman in a parish is in proportion to its rated property. Deviation from this must be the exception ; and, happily, where it is the exception, the value of the property is proof that no hardship can be felt. It is certainly one of those exceptions which prove the rule. The objections which lie against county, and still more against national rating, do no not hold against Union Rating. In the former case it is but too certain that the administrato►s of a national fund would dip into it with too little care, perhaps might come in time to rival the dockyards themselves. Those who expend the rates need, doubtless, the check of liability to feel the consequences of their own extravagance. Of course this is felt most in proportion to the smallness of the area of manage ment. A parish feels the consequences of local extravagance more than a Union would, and a Union more than a county. The question is, will a Union feel it sufficiently to insure care ? We think it will. It seems to be just about the limit within which lavish poor-law expendi ture would be felt by the guardians, and beyond which the reaction of their own acts would tend to become a " vanishing quantity." As at present advised, therefore, we lean strongly to both the proposals of Mr. VILLIERS. We do not know that we much object, with Sir G. C. LEWIS, to abolish the law of settlement altogether, and expect it will come to that. It is the right theory at leait, for it creates perfect free-trade in labour. So again is national rating. The poor of the nation ba jftaei on ntliyothe could n h a an t to i o tt eb ' s eca c hr h a. a r g r g Ae esw, would uh u le t d the aisnnuescusht ap are ser at hmb le oe s not would be charitable enough at others' expense, so men who would be otherwise careful administrators would lose the inducement to be so if it made no difference to them, and if spendthrift colleagues would neutralise all the effects of their care. MISS MARY PROVOST.—Mr. Harris, the spirited lessee of the Princess's Theatre, ever on the alert to in troduce fresh talent to his patrons, has entered into an en • gagement with Miss Mary Provost, who will make her first appearance on Tuesday, July 9th, as Rosalind, in " As .You Like It," Mr. Phelps playing Jaques on the occasion, —Era. The serious charge of fraud preferred against Mr. Francis Atkin was tried at the Manchester city ses m- ons yesterday, and, after an investigation which occupied about Biz hours, the jury acquitted the prisoner. „ L A.:4 tI Ti • •,11. - FRANCE AND ITALY. The following is the text of M. Thouveners de" spatch to M. de Rayneval, respecting the recogni- - tion of the Kingdom of Italy : " PARIS, JUNE 15. " Sir,—King Victor Emmanuel has addressed a letter to the Emperor, asking his Majesty to recog nise him as King of Italy. The Emperor has re ceived that communication with those sentiments of goodwill which animate him towards Italy, and his Majesty is the more disposed to give another pledge thereof by acceding to the wish of the King, as our abstention, under actual cit cumstances, might give rise to erroneous conjectures, and be considered as the indication of a policy which is not that of the Imperial Government ; but if we do not wish to leave any doubts on our intentions in this matter, there are, nevertheless, necessities which we cannot lose sight of, and we must be careful that our recog nition shall not be wrongly interpreted in Italy and in Europe. " The Government of his Majesty has never under any circumstances, concealed its opinion upon the events which broke out in the Peninsula last year. The recognition of the state of things which has resulted therefrom could not, therefore, be their guarantee, in like manner as it could not imply a retrospective approval of a policy on the subject of which we have also maintained full liberty of ap preciation. " Still less would Italy be justified in finding therein encouragement for enterprises of a nature to compromise the general peace. Our opinion (maniere de voir) has not changed since the interview at Warsaw, when we had an opportunity of raking it known to Europe as well as to the Cabinet of Turin. By declaring then that we considered non-inter vention as a rule of conduct for all the Powers, WE added that an aggression upon the part of the Italians would not obtain, whatever might be its consequences, the approval of the Government of the Emperor. We still maintain the same senti ments, and we decline beforehand any responsibility (solidarite) in projects the dangers and consequences of which would entirely be at the risk of the Italian Government. "The Cabinet of Turin, on the other hand, will take into account the duties which our position entails upon us towards the Holy See, and I should think it superfluous to add that, in entering into official relations with the Italian Government, we do not inter d, in any man ner, to weaken the value of the protestations formulated by the Court of Rome against the invasion of various provinces of the Pontifical States. The Government of King Victor Emmanuel could not, no more than we could, contest the weight of the considerations of every nature which are connected with the Roman question, and which i naturally dominate our intentions; he will under stand that, by recognising him as King of Italy, we must continue to occupy Rome as long as suffi cient guarantees do not shield the interests which brought us there. " The Government of the Emperor has deemed it necessary at such a moment to enter into the most frank explanations with the Cabinet of Turin. We are convinced that it will appreciate their charac ter and object. "You will please, Sir, read this despatch to Baron Ricasoli, and leave him a copy of it. (Signed) " THOUVENEL. "To M. de Rayneval, &c." TURIN, JUNE 29. The Gazette di Torino says : " The Government have informed Garibaldi that attempts would be made on his life, and that mea sures have been taken for watching the entry to Caprera." NAPLES, JUNE 27. Two Bourbon Committees have been discovered, and several arrests have been made. TURIN, JUNE 28. The discussion on the bi:l relating to the national loan was continued today in the Chamber of Deputies. Among the members who epoke were Signori Guerazzi, Crispi, Cordova, and Patruelli. The Opinione of to-day says :—" Portugal has recognised the Kingdom of Ttaly_" PESTH, JUNE 28. It is believed that the Emperor will not accept the Address of the Hungarian Diet. Great uneasiness prevails among the deputies and the people. PARIS, FRIDAY. The case of " Paterson v. Bonaparte" was con tinued to-day. The Procurator General concluded his speech in favour of the confirmation of the judgment pro nounced by the Tribunal of First Instance. The Paris evening papers deny the report current here, that an insurrection had broken out at Con stantinople. The Arai de la Religion of this evening announces that an ordinance of the Juge d'lnstruction stops the legal proceedings instituted against the Duke de Broglie and the printer of his work entitled " Views on the Government of France." It also orders the restitution of the copies seized by the police. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 28,—The arrangements for the settlement have led to sales, which have caused a sligt.t downward tendency, but without the decline having been very material. For the account, Threes are now at 67f. 55c. Little doing in Rahway Shares. The following were the last quotations :- 4i per per Cents ... 9G 70 , Credit Fancier lO2O Do end month.... 96 75 , Belgian 4/ — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 55 , Roma Bank 75 Bank Shares 2855 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 692 50 Spanii,th Threes 491 Do. Account 693 751 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto Bqs Lyons and Mediterranean 946 25 .. 917 50 Geneva 4OO .. 401 25 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 490 .. 491 25 METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—A new section of the works, extending the entire length of Guildford-place, Clerkenwell, on the north gde of the House of Correction, has just been commenced by Messrs. Redding, the con tractors. The inclosure wall of the House of Correction and the houses on the opposite side have been strongly shored up. Several hundred men are engaged in the underground work, which, owing to the favourable weather, is rapidly progressing. MANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD FELLOWS.-.-The half-yearly meeting of the North London District was held at the George and Blue Boar, H alborn, on Monday, Prov. G. M. Harris in the chair. The auditors reported that claims had been made on account of deaths of 32 members and 28 wives, amounting to £550, which had been paid by the usual levy, and that the incidental expenidture was covered by a levy of 4d. per member. The financial returns from the Lodges for the past quinquennium having been been examined showed that there was received for entrance fees, £1,935115. 9d.; contributions of members, £37,152 16s. Pd. ; and interest, £6,692 9s. 2d. ; and the payments made to members in sickness had amounted to £19,739 lls. 6d. ; and for funeral levies, £6,152 3s. 7d ; the net in crease in the five years being £19,891 2s. 7d.; and the present capital of the district, £56,010 16s. 3d. ; with 8,139 members. Some difficulty having been experienced in ob taining returns from Lodges, the officers of the district were directed to demand the books for a thorough examination, and charge the expense to the Lodges. It was also arranged to hold an early meeting of secretaries for considering some uniform system of book-keeping. The meeting then con sidered ft negotiation with the Woking Necropolis Com pany for an allotment of ground, as the special burial place of the members, near that appropriated to the Royal Dramatic College, when it was resolved to act in conjunc tion, with the Pimlico District, and accept the company s i terms, taking - possession of the ground, if possible, n Sep tember next, AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 28. The Royal Mail steamship Australasian, from New York on the 19th inst., arrived here at 6 p.m., landed all mails except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at 6 15 p.m. ; all well. She brings 83 passengers, and precious stone, value 25,000 dols. for Havre. She has made the passage in nine days. (PER AUSTRALASIA, via QUEENSTOWN). NEW YORK, JUNE 18, EVENING. The commander of the Federal troops in Missouri has issued a proclamation declaring his intention to put down the rebellion of the State authorities. The New York Herald estimates the number of Federal troops at the seat of war at 97,000, and the Confederate forces at 140,000. The Herald urges an increase of the Federal force. A slave ship has arrived at New York from Monrovia in charge of a prize crew. When cap tured she had 1,000 negroes on board. His Riyal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Montreal on the 18th inst. The British steamer Gladiator has arrived at New York. LATEST. NEW YORK, JUNE 19, 1 P.M. An engagement has taken place at Boonville, between the Missouri State and Federal troops, in which, it is reported, 300 of the former were killed. The Governor of Missouri has fled. The St. Louis Telegraph calls upon the people to rise and kill the home guard who fired upon them in the streets. Several New York journals strongly advocate the hanging of the crew of the privateer lately captured. The general tone of the American press continues to be hostile to England. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 18, 6 P.M. Money abundant. Exchange steady. Bankers' bills, 1051 to 105-1. Stocks quiet. New York Cen tral, 78i ; Erie, 23; Illinois, 65t. Cotton steady. Middling upland, 14c. to 141 c. Flour slightly firmer. Wneat nrmer, and in moderate demand. Corn, good inquiry, Provisions quiet. Coffee steady. Sugar firm. Freights unchanged. JUNE 19, P.M. Stocks steady. New York Central, 741; Erie, 23 ; Illinois Ceti' ral, 661. Money and exchange unaltered. REPRESENTATION OF WOLVER- 11AIIPTON. The Lord Chancellor's farewell address to the electors of Wolverhampton has been published. His lordship says—" Her Majesty having been graci ously pleased to appoint me to the office of Lord High Chancellor, I restore to your hands the im portant trust which you have twice confided to me. My connexion with your borough will always be to me a source of the greatest satisfaction, and the per sonal kindness which I have constantly received at your hands will never fail to be recollected with pride and gratitude." On. Thursday night Mr. Weguelin addressed a meeting of the Liberal electors in the theatre of Wolverhampton. The building was thronged within and without by friends, and the leading Liberals of the borough gave a hearty support. During his speech Mr. Weguelin denied that he was a nominee of the Government, and then proceeded to eulogise very highly Lord Palmerston and Lord John Rus sell, the mention of whose names was well received by the audience. Was he to be called a nominee of the Government because he declared he would vote for them ? Why, he would tell them he had voted against the Government. He voted against the Government on the India Council question. He had a jealousy of 150 millions of people being go verned by one man, but the House of Commons could never be got to listen to a debate on the India question. The working of the India Council did not fulfil the condition expected of it, and it be hoved the Wolverhampton and other constituencies to watch the Indian question to see that Govern ment did their duty by it, and did not make it a stalking-horse. (Cheers.) It was resolved nem. con., and amidst consider able cheering, that Mr. Weguelin, on account of his commercial and other qualifications, was a fit and proper person to represent the borough. A cheer was then given for Lord Palmerston. Mr. Weguelin's election is regarded as certain. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln a prominent paragraph in this day's Times, under the heading of " Representation of Wolverhampton,"you say that Mr. Weguelin stated that " he lost Southampton because Mr. Digby Sey mour, after some unexplained transactions with thr- Tory party, obtained 600 Tory votes. The Tories expected that they had got a vote for Lord Derby, but on his entering the house Mr. Seymour spoke for Lord Derby, but voted against hirr." Your sense of justice will, I am sure, allow me to correct and explain this statement. At the last election for Southampton I polled 378 Conservative votes, while Messrs. Willcox and Weguelin polled 215 Conservative votes, 130 being given to Mr. Willcox, and 85 to Mr. Weguelin. At the close of the poll the numbers were 1,331 for Seymour, 1,204 for Willcox, and 1,012 for Weguelin. If you strike off the Conservative votes from both sides the result will show 953 Liberal votes for me, and 927 for Mr. Weguelin, so that I beat Mr. Weguelin by 26 Liberal votes. The " unexplained transactions with the Tory party" must remain unexplained, as I do not under stand the allusion ; but as to my apparent inconsis tency in " speaking for Lord Derby and voting against him," my explanation is short and simple. A written outline of the intended policy of Lord Derby was brought to me by a Liberal member of the House of Commons, to which were attached the signatures of several independent Liberal members, with an expression of their intention not to disturb a Government that proposed to introduce measures so enlightened and so popular. I signed my name to that document. lam no admirer of faction, and I saw at the time no particular good for the coun try in driving Lord Derby from power. I spoke in the House in the same spirit. About an hour after my speech I was informed by a Liberal memb er under whose name I had subscribed my own, th a t the document was repudiated, and that he and others who had signed it were determined to vote against Lord Derby's Government. I was, I confess, astonished at the news, but other facts confirmed it, and I therefore did what I believe even my Lord Derby cannot censure me for. I voted against his Government, because a t th e momen t I was under the impression that my signature to that document had been unfairly o bt a i ne d. L or d D er b y ' s speech at Liverpool, whe n h e re f erre d t o th e ex planations of Mr. Miller, M.P., at Leith, cleared the matter up, and entirely satisfied me that I could not in any way blame any member of his lordship's Government. It all came to this—that a well-inten tioned interference by a Liberal member of the House had unfortunately created a misunderstand ing which led me, and several others with me, to alter our minds and go into the lobby with Lord Palmerston. Mr. Weguelin's reference to my name renders this explanation not only excusable but imperative. I write this letter not to prejudice him, but to defend myself. If my wishes could aid his return for Wolverhampton, they are heartily with him ; but he should in future refer his loss of Southamp ton not to u.ny Intel feteueu uu illy part, ;still less to any shortcomings of his own, but to the determina tion of a large constituency not to have two repre sentatives who are identified with one particular local interest.--I have the honour to be, sir, your very faithful servant, WILLIAM DIGBY SEYMOUR. House of Commons, June 27. RAGS.—A return was made yesterday of the names of those countries in Europe which permit of the free export of rags ; and of those other countries that prohibit such expert, or is pose a duty thereon, with the amount per ton of such duty in each case. In Russia the export duty is, by the ports in the Baltic and White Seas, and by land, £6 4s. 7d. per ton ; by ports in the Black sea, &c., £2 Is. Bd. per ton ; in Sweden, £2 9s. 91 per ton ; in Norway, for rags (old), £3 163. 34. per ton; for cordage (old), D. ss. 51 per ton; in Denmark, £2 6s. 3d. per ton; in Hamburg, free; in Holland, for cotton or linen, £8 Bs. 4d. per ton ; for cordage (old), £2 10s. per ton. In Belgium the exportation is pro hibited, except into France, where it is allowed at the Fren, h rates. These French rates, which apply only to ex ports into the United Kingdom or Belgium, exportation to other countries being prohibited, are :—For all kinds, ex cept woollen, £4 17s. 2d. per ton; for pulp, for paper-mak ing, £4 17s. 2d. per ton; for old cordages, pitched or not, £1 9s. 4d. per ton. In Spain the export is prohibited; in Portugal the duty is £6 2s. 11 per ton; in Italy, £1 12 s. per ton ; in Austria, £7 ss. per ton. Rags exported from Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, and the military Croatian- Slavonian frontier, by the ports of Trieste and Fiume, with the permission of the Finance Minister, are liable only to half this rate of duty, In the Zolverein the duty is :—F or rags, £9 3s per ton; for cordage (old), £1 O s . LH . per ton. In Switz er l an d, £l. 12s. 96. per ton ; in the P apa l States, b y the Mediterranean, £2 17s. per ton ; by the Adriatic, £1 per ton; in Greece, is, per ton; and in, Teok eY) 8 per cent. Avakron. AUSIRIA AND THE POPE. The following reply has been returned by the Austrian Minister, Count de Rcchberg, to the de spatch of M. Thouvenel to the Courts of Vienna and Madrid relative to their proposal of intervention in the affair of Rome. The despatch is addressed to Prince Metternich, the representative of Austria at Paris : " Vienna, June 16. • " I have received with your report of the Bth of this month, No. 39, the note addressed to you on the 6th by I\l. Thouvenel in reply to the one you delivered to him on May 28. " We hasten first of all to express the satisfac tion with which we receive the assurance by M. Thouvenel that the Government of the Emperor of the French will not adhere to any combination in compatible with the respect it professes for the dig nity and independence of the Ho :y See, and which would be at variance with the object of the pre sence of the French troops at Rome. This assurance, together with the fact that the sentiments inspired in the Government of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria by the position of the Holy Father entirely harmonise with those which the French Government itself experiences, is of a nature calculated to calm the recent and lively apprehensions which the late manifestations of the Parliament of Turin had created in all Catholic countries. Austria and Spain made themselves the mouthpiece of those apprehensions ; full of confi dence in the intentions of France, we desired, nevertheless, to be strengthened in the conviction that the Holy Father would not find his sad posi tion become yet more painful, and that the Sove reign Pontiff would not be reduced to the cruel alternative of either quitting his capital or of sharing it with his spoliators. We wished, in short, to state once more that we were disposed to lend to France, when she desired it, our eager con currence in preserving the independence of the chief of the Church. Such was the object of our pro ceeding, and we believe that we can now congra tulate ourselves upon having undertaken it. In fact, as long as the protection of France is, as at present, possessed by the Holy Father, the adver saries of the Holy See are condemned to powerless ness, and the Sovereign Pontiff can, together with all the faithful, wait with calmness and confidence the moment of the definitive solution of one of the gravest questions which has ever agitated the world. 'ibis definitive solution—need I repeat it? —can only consist, according to us, in the integral maintenance of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope. The numerous despatches which we have addressed to you on this subject can leave no doubt in your mind as to our sentiments, and it would be superfluous to enter here upon a fresh discussion of the matter. " M. Thouvenel states there exists, in his opinion, a strict connection between the legalisation of the facts which have very considerably modified the situation of the Peninsula, and the solution to be given to the Roman question. I know not whether the word ' legalisation' can be interpreted in the only sense which we can consent to give it—viz., in the sense of a return to the basis of the Treaty of Zurich, the only legal point of departure, according to our view, for the legalisation of the situation of the Peninsula. With this reserve we willingly re cognise the connection of which M. Thouvenel speaks, and we shall be always ready to view, under this double aspect, the question at issue. If France does not admit to-day, as she did a year ago, the probability of an armedintervention, and if, conse quently, the only solution which can be definitive in our eyes must be yet further delayed, we consent to wait a more opportune moment, while deploring the misfortunes which the prolongation of the pre sent state of things entails; but our views and our principles are not in any way modified by such delay. " Let me be allowed to add here, since I have re ferred to the Treaty of Zurich, that Article 19 of that treaty seems to us sufficiently explicit to cause the difficulties inherent to the affairs of Rome to be not the only obstacle to the recognition by France of the soi-disant kingdom of Italy. " I do not desire, however, to be drawn into a deeper discussion of M. Thouvenel's note. As I told you at the commencement of this despatch, we feel sincere satisfaction in the tranquilising assurances given by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. Penetrated with this sentiment, we do not wish to scrutinise minutely the import of every expression. We strongly recognise, moreover, what a large part must be now left to unforeseen contingencies in all that relates to Italy, and what influence events may exercise as they develope themselves. This ad mitted, it would be difficult for Austria as well as for France to state with scrupulous exactness the course and the attitude to be maintained in refer ence to a situation which may become modified from one moment to another. "Let it suffice, then, for the present, to proclaim with M. Thouvenel, that the highest expediency concurs with the greatest social interests in requir ing that the chief of the Church should maintain himself upon the throne occupied by hit predeces— sors for so many centuries. We remit to France with confidence the care of making her opinion respected, and we are ready to second her with all our strength in securing the uncontested triumph, of a principle which we regard as the basis of all social order. Receive, &c., " DE RECIIBERG." TBE EASIER DUES AGITATION AT ACCRINGTON. The town of Accrington was in a state of intense excitement yesterday, consequent on the sale by auction of the goods seized under distraint from several of the inhabitants who refused to pay Easter dues to the Vicar of Whalley, the Rev. R. N. Whittaker, and the incumbent of Althorn. Eleven o'clock was the hour fixed for the sale, and at that time the Court House was surrounded by a vast crowd of persons who sympathised with the individuals who resisted the payment. Some dis turbance was apprehended, and about 60 police officers, under the command of Captain Elgee, the chief constable were present to preserve the peace. Precisely at the time fixed, Mr. Joseph Roebuck, the auctioneer, mounted a chair, and was received with a volley of gibes and groan ings which lasted for some time. The articles seized, and the persons from whom they were taken, are as follows :—From James Swain, 7 1 - i - yards of broad cloth were taken ; Enoch Bowker, 6 vols. " Tales from Blackwood ;" Hugh Nuttall, one looking-glass, and other articles; William Bradley, one clock and two looking-glasses ; Lawrence Rushworth, 4 pairs of boots; John Baron, 8 umbrellas ; Alark Noble, two silver watches and one looking-glass ; Richard Fish, one cornopeon; George Barnes, 5 pieces of leather ; Jas. Whalley, 41 yards broad cloth ; John Halstead, one piece of merino ; and James Bentley, three dozen knives and forks. As each lot was put up, it was rapidly knocked down, it having been arranged by the Committee of the Anti-Easter Dues As sociation that all the articles should be bought in. The sum of £1 was bid for each lot, except ing the cornopeon, which fetched £1 10s. The sale did not last more than a quarter of an hour, and at its conclusion the auctioneer re tired into the Court-house amid renewed execra tions. Air. T. Tattersall then mounted a chair and addressed the multitude. He said that the disgrace of that,day 's proceeding was such as could not be atoned for in the next twenty years' active exertion on the part of the Church, which was stained with acts of robbery and spoliation, and was weakening in influence every day. While Dissenters had to increase the size of their chapels, there weretwas hun dreds of pews to let in the parish church. I a disgrace that the Vicar of Whalleyshould to preach their next charity sermons. He enjoined have the desirability of preserving strict order. During the delivery of this s peec h, was loudly cheered, the articles been disposed of by auction had were placed in a large brewer's cart, which been fitted which which had up for the purpose, and was decorated with large placards on which were printed mottoes like the following Shall religion be enforced on the people by bum-bailiffs ?" "Down with eccle siastical tyranny "Does the Church seek the good or the goods of the people ?" I hate rob bery for burnt (or Easter) offerings;” "Let every man pay his own parson ;" "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours' goods." Headed by the Accring ton brass band, and followed by thousands of people, the cart was taken in procession through the principal streets of the town. No attempt was made to commit a breach of the peace, and the only indication of unruliness on the part of the populace was when the auctioneer was seen pass ing to the railway station, but by an adroit move ment on the part of those who marshalled the pro• cession the attention of the crowd was diverted, and he was allowed to proceed unmolested. THE ROAD MYSTERY.—A London detective visited Trowbridge a few days ago, and from what can be gleaned he is still diligently prosecuting this marvellous case. Mr. Alfred Hughes, chief of police at Bath, visited Road last week, but the precise object of his visit cannot be as=certained. Grave rumours are afloat respecting this mys terious murder, but at present it would not be prudent to give currency to them. The expenses incurred by Messrs. Slack and Simmons, solicitors, of Bath, in conducting their investigation for the magistrates, by the authority of Go vernment, amounted to nearly £l,OOO. Foon after the trans action, the bill was forwarded to the Government, but as yet no reply has been received. We understand that of this sum, Mr. Slack paid. £lOO out of his own pocket,—.Bath Chronicle,