The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-09 00:00:00

T HE EXHIBITION of ALUMINIUM and ALUMINIUM BRONZE.' 000 - SPECkMENS, illustrating the appli .4v•, (Ornamental and Useful) of these In teresting Metals, ARE NOW ON VIEW 31APPII• BROTHERS' NEW ROOMS, 222, REGENT STREET. Admission by Card. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- Mr. MAPLESON has the honour to announce to the nobility and gentry, his subscribers, and the public, that the Opera Season of 1863 will commence on SATURDAY next, Aril 11. On which occasion will be performed Verdi's favourite Opera, IL TROVATORE, With the following unpozalleled cast :: Manrico, Signor Gity.srlini ; Il Conte di Luna, Mr. Santley ; Ferrando, Signor liossi ; Ruiz, Signor Sold! ; Un Zingaro, Signor Casaboni ; Azacena. Madame Alboui (her first ap pearance tiles two years); Inez, Madame Taman' ; and Leonora, Millie. Titiens. Director of the Music and Conductor, Signor ARDITI. After which, a New Serenata, dedicated by special per mission to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Music composed expressly for the occasion by Mr. Cusins. The Words by John Oxenford. In the course of the evening the National Anthem, "God save the Queen," will be sung by the full strength of the Company. Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Prices :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Reserved Box Seats, Half-a -e d 78. to ; fluinea ; Pit Tickets, Bs. 6d. ; Gallery Fts , Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the GallerstCainrcle, admit three persons, 21s. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had, as also the Pros pectus of the season, with full particulars, at the Box office of the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the Hay mar et', which is open daily, under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent, from Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Musicsellers. THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.-- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April 9, for the 35e th time in L ondon , PEEP O'DAY. M essrs. Henry Lorraine, Walter Lacy, C . Verner, Addison, J. Gr aham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, de. ; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &c. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson Commence at 7. TEIE AT RE-ROYAL, HAY MARKET, Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. Tins EVENING, TETE BELLE'S STRATAGEM : Doricourt, Mr. Howe; Letitia Hardy, Miss Louisa Angel ; Lady Frances Touchwood, Miss Ellen Terry. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducinTa panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. - To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela Bliss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. j' TEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECTITE R. T FITS EVENING, at 7. to commence with an Or! ?Anal 'ketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, B. Widdieomb, Mass Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. Alter whiclf, at a ruarter to Eig ht, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining:, J. Brougham, H. Widdi combe, W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessees, M essis. Lindu: and Vining. THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Sedgwick. Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. it. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Gee. Vining, Mr. , Seyton. and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDE ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Fien d rsc n, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fits jamos, Moreland, and Cockerill. NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.- Pole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (19th time) AURORA. FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billingtou ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billing - ton, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Seftcn, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. After which, THE TRIAL OF TOMPKINS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. MIRE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. NOTICE. THE WEDDING SUN Is still Publishing. The Weather—Sun Office, April 9, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday. Lowest during the night This day at Noon 52 Wind—S.-West; hazy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TITI3 DAY. —Morning, sh. 20m.—Afternoon, sh. 49a TO-11011ROW.-Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, 6h. 36m, Wig' • • k i k >UAL LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1863. Further news from New York, down to the 28th ult , has been brought to our shores simultaneously by the Inman steamer Edinburgh, and the Canadian steamer Norwegian. Scanning it as usual with eager solicitude, we fail again to detect in any scrap of intelligence thus conveyed to us, the faintest glimmering of an indication of anything decided having been accomplished at the seat of war. We can in no instance discover the prospect even of a break in the clouds overshadowing that afflicted country. The belligerents are apparently no nearer to an arrangement of their differences, pacifically, than they were a twelvemonth ago. Within that lamentable year last past all that will have to be recorded in the annals of this most mistaken con flict will be the shedding of more blood, the destrnc tion of more li v e 4 lbe infliction of more suffering, the squandering of more treasure, and the embitter iogt more and more, of those feelings of animosity which had previously arrayed against each other in deadly strife the confronting armies of the Federals and Confederates —and all Wet° no earthly purpose,to no end whatever, all, absolutely, as yet, in Tait' ! If only the French EMPEROR'S benevolent waione could .have i been carried out ! If only t h os e fratricidaiS e liigerents, from the North and South of what Were once the United States of Ame riets:.—if 'only t h e y could in any way have been brotighr to reason ! The thing, however, was clearly not to be done, neither at the time of theEmPEßoß's first, nor yet again at the period of his second sug gestion for negotiations being commenced in the interests of the long hoped for, but hitherto almost despaired of, pacification. Rerpu.blicans, by their persiste nce How far the Am erican in this furious and d e atructiv® conflict, are drivi ng th emselves b ac k in Belong c ivili sa tion, who shall say I. as the war con tinues, their mercantile enterprise is interrupted; t h e interests of national education amongst th em are marred to the very uttermost; manufactures in the North, agriculture in the S mth, are merely con fusedly carried on, even where they are carried on at all ; the moral and intellectual advance of the people is interrupted ; there is an appreciable pause in the share taken by the American race in the general development of the arts, of the sciences, and of lite rature. The only prose the American nation has given forth of any literary worth whatever, since t h e war commenced, has been discoverable in the lettere penned by " Manhattan." The only verse from America that any one has cared to listen to, teat anyone has had an opportunity of listen ing to, has been the verse making up the whimsical doggrel fun of the well known Biglow Papers. "The oracles"—such as they were—" are dumb" on the other side of the Atlantic. It" cannot be added, however, in the words of MILTON that thence comes "no sound or hideous hem"—because they do, both of them ! The whole War is, in one sense, a hideous hum—and the sounds that come to us, mail by mail, from the noble land desolated by it, are in every sense most of icting. The confused condition of things there according to the ; last advicee arriving—here at Greencastle by the Norwegian, here at Queenstown by the Edinburgh—may be the most readily indicated perhaps by a rapid enumeration of some of the particulars contained in these two batches of intelligence. A British steamer, Georgians by name, run ashore at Charleston to prevent capture, and waterlogged to screen her cargo from the grasp of the _Federals—but eventually burnt by them, it was rumoured I Another British steamer, Nicholas by name, not threatened with capture, but captured, while trying to run the blockade at Wilmington ! Flying reports, appro priately brought in by refugees from Richmond state that that city would probably before long be evacuated! Doubts still entertained es to Commo dore FARRAGUT having passed the Hudson batte ries,Mississippi ! Rumours from the side ofth o h e n te Confederates, again, that the Northerners were in full retreat upon Yazoo Pass, having met with a signal discomfiture at Fort Pemberton. say, later accounts state that the retreating party of Federals having reached Yazco Pass had there met with QUIMBY'S reinforcements. Further accounts, too, state that Commodore FARRAGUT, having arrived on the 16th off Natchez with his flagship, the Hartford, had threatened that, in the event of any hostile demonstration being made against him from the batteries of that place, he would at once bombard it. General LEE'S army is said to be falling back from the Rappahannock. A Confederate invasion of Kentucky is still talked of. News from Barbadoes to the 15th, comes to the effect that the redoubtable Admiral WILKES had been courteously proffered hospitality by the British Governor of that colony, but that the fire-eating Admiral (now of the Vanderbilt) had, instead of being in any way mollified by the attention, indignantly declined to accept it. His indignation arising avowedly from the circumstance that Captain MAFFITT of the Confederate steamer Florida had been already recently banquetted by his cosmo politan Excellency of Barbadoes. Nothing new about Vicksburg ! Nothing of any importance from the Mississippi And so, we learn, mail by mail, that the war potters on with dreary monotony— little accomplished in any way upon either side, but blood and gold all the while most lavishly squandered. The public has of late years been frequently startled by the revelation of gigantic frauds, Some time ago there seemed to be a kind of moral epi demic when the wholesale plunder of SADLEIR, REDPATH, Sir JoliN DEAN PAUL, and many of their illustrious contemporaries, was brought to light, and the confidence which had been so long reposed in England's commercial men was rudely shaken. The busy course of our active commercial life affords a thousand opportunities to the reckless adventurer, and the facilities are natu rally increased tenfold if the culprits have secured a recognised position,and are possessed of some ready money. The merchants of London are too often the victims of unprincipled schemers, and it is the bounden duty of the executive Govern ment to afford them every protection in its power. One of the most frequent sources of imposition is the effecting of frau dulent insurances by means of which, insti tutions whose object every one must approve, and which every wise and prudent man will support, are made a vehicle for enriching swindlers. It is a fair sample of the risks and hazards inseparable from commercial life, that the system of insurance so commendable in its principle and so useful in its practice, should in every one of its branches offer inducements to crime. A heavy fire insurance has too;often been the instigation to the crime of arson. The memorable career of the poisoner PALMER affords a proof of the temptations offered by sums depending on the death of a fellow-creature, while the plan of insuranoe which has been so wisely devised to indemnify losses at sea has unfortunately been traded on to a large extent for the most unworthy objects. There have long been suspicions that many of the heavy losses at sea were not altogether due to misfortune. In many cases there have been good grounds for believing that the owners of vessels themselves were the parties least grieved at the loss. There have been other instances in which the owners of the ship have been victimised by the in. flammable nature of the cargo. It is to be feared that, in some cases, the lives of officers and crew have been sacrificed to the greed for gold. A short time since an incident was mentioned in the public journals which, perhaps, throws light on some of the mysterious losses at sea. The crew of a large vessel were alarmed, when on the high seas, by the appearance of smoke issuing from the hold. The fire was, with some difficulty, extinguished, and among the articles partly consumed was a large package of closely packed oilcloth—an article which would have been refused had its real nature been known, but which, on referring to his papers, the captain discovered to be entered as something totally:different, and marked as of great value. On further search among the cargo, more packages containing goods of an inflammable nature were found, all being addressed to a firm which it is needless to say was found not to be in existence on the artival of the ship in port. The captain was much alarmed at the risk he had run, and with cause, for in a subsequent voyage the same ship was lost, it was supposed with all hands, since she never reached her destination, having most probably fallen a victim to a repetition of the same atrocious device. Where the risks are so considerable, and the facilities for fraud are so great, the eye of the law should be incessantly watchful, and its strong arm ever prompt to punish. A very remarkable case of fraud has just been brought under public notice, which has unfortu nately been the occasion of much distress. The Peruvian barque Maria, from Bahia for London, was scuttled and abandoned en her journey under most suspicious circumstances. She was owned by her master, Capt. ALBERS, a German, who had been for many years engaged in trading on the coast of Peru. He had taken the ship to Rio, where he obisined a classified certificate of her seaworthiness, and thence made a voyage to Hamburg and back to Bahia, when :the ship was chartered for a voyage to London, by a well-known firm at Bahia, Messrs. SOUZA and REIZ ENB ERGER. At the same time that this contract was made it would seem that another arrangement was entered into, the nature of which is only too evident to the sufferers by the fraud. The firm in question informed several merchants in London, Paris, Bre men, and Hamburg, of the ship's departure, con signing the cargo to them, forwarding the bills of lading, and stating that they had drawn bills upon them to a large amount. Among other articles they represented the cargo to consist of 3,222 bags of coffee, and a large amount of diamonds. We may notice in passing that in the Bahia Custom-house bill of entry the value was somewhat different. A figure was dropped in the list of coffee bags, which were I thereby diminished to 222, the copper referred to by Messrs. SouzA and Co., and valued at £4OO, did I not appear, the diamonds were not mentioned, and there were other awkward discrepancies. This was subsequently accounted for by the charterers, by the assertion that the goods in question had been smuggled on board to save the high export duty. Whether this excuse will avail remains to be seen. The merchants, who were to be the victims of this fraud, on the receipt of the consign ments in question, immediately effected insurances upon the goods, and we presume, honoured the drafts of the Bahia firm. There was one exception, however, for the merchants to whom the diamonds were consigned felt some surprise at the deviation from the ordinary routine of sending such cargo. Fortunately for them they refused to honour the drafts made on them by Messrs. SOUZA and Co., although they effected an insurance on the expected cargo. It is not surprising under:these cireumsfances that news was received in London of the loss of the barque Maria, off the Azores. Oa its becoming known that the captain and crew had saved, not only their lives, but all their effects, some inquiry was made, and the whole of this extraordinary fraud has by de grees been brought to light. The captain, in step ping into the boat, contrived to drop a parcel, and immediately called upon all the men to witness that he had done so. This parcel he de clares to have contained the diamonds. The very leisurely way in which the ship was abandoned would be almost amusing were it not for the heavy loss brought upon honourable men. The distress occasioned in the city of Bahia is said• to be beyond description. We re fer the reader for full particulars of the case to the lengthened reports which are being made public. One point, however, strikes us as singular. When Captain ALBERS applied at his agent's in London for the amount of an insurance effected in his name on part of the fictitious cargo, he expressed great surprise et having his claim disputed. He was introduced to Mr. HARPER, of Lloyd's Salvage Association, when a lengthened con versation took place. He left, promising to produce some of his papers, but of course did not return. He was however closely watched, and a prosecution was proposed at the Mansion House for attempted fraud. Most strange to relate, however, the court ruled that no offence had been committed against English laws. so no proceedings could be taken. Surely if there is no cognisance of such offences in English laws, the sooner a change is made the better. Fortu nately the Hamburg authorities are not so scrupu lous, and on his claiming another insurance effected in that city he was immediately taken into cus tody. The crew then in London were telegraphed for, and their evidence, together with the false bills of lading, has secured his committal for trial. Surely there is something wrong in the administration of the law, both here and at Bahia, since, at the lat ter place the- chief culprit has been allowed to decamp, while among us his colleague, though de tected, might have escaped with impunity from the just indignation of the commercial world, The report to the Manchester Central Committee is anything but satisfactory, and it is a most dis couraging state of things altogether. It is true, that in some cases the number of those employed is greater, but that temporary alleviation is not enough to stem the tide of desolation that has threatened so long to sweep over the unfortunate population of the manufacturing districts. It has been calcu lated that the sum in the possession of the com mittee will last till the approach of winter, but it is evident that then there will be a still greater need of assistance than at present, and also that the same supply cannot be expected to flow from the same sources as heretofore. Private oharity has been wellnigh exhausted, and indeed the immense sums that have been supplied to this pressing necessity have caused great distress among the other sufferers in the kingdom from so many charities not having received their customary donations during the past year. It seems, therefore, expedient that before the close of this session Parliament should take up the consideration of this question,and provide some means for the remedy of this serious evil. Too much credit cannot be awarded to the Central Committee of Manchester, for many months have its members' patiently and assiduously discharged their laborious duties, but still however influential, and however benevolent they may be, they will not have the same means next winter as last, and the demands upon them may be greater. On Tues3ay a meeting was held in the Town-hall, Manchester, for the pur pose of conferring on the distress and collecting statistics on the subject. The Mayor of Rochdale, Mr. ASHWORTH, said that it was a matter of regret that" the crisis under which they were now suffering was increasing in severity." He proposed a resolution which had for its purport ascertaining particulars in each of the unions affected by the present paralysis of the cotton manufacture for the information of Parliament, and for aiding to obtain satisfactory legislation. Mr. ASHWORTH made a very sensible speech, which contained many useful sug gestions, and was well calculated to aid the object in view. He said that "he thought the Boards of Guardians of the neighbourhood had a dnty to perform not only to their constituents, but to the country at large, in taking care that every possible information should be circulated, so that the real truth might be known. They did not ask for assistance from the Government, or the country, without showing that they had a fair and legiti mate claim to help; and that their circumstances were of an exceptional, a peculiar, and an unprece dented character." This is strictly true ; as, if ever men had a claim for help, it is those whose cause was here considered. By almost unparalleled privation, aid by an unprecedented calamity, wh:ch have been nobly borne, by long months of weary waiting, tortured by cruel doubts, and only occasionally enlivened by a gleam of better prospects, the operatives of the north have gained a hold on the respect and sym pathy of the world. It -would be difficult to say how their calamity could have been greater, and it would be difficult to say also how their conduct could have been better. Mr. ASHWORTH gave some instances to show how those not now seeking relief would soon have to do so. He said that these were types of a large class who, "in spite of the most energetic perseverance, must succumb at last, and hus aggravate that which was at present suffi ciently appalling to shake the strongest heart." Mr. PLATT moved that, in any measure introduced into Parliament, clauses be inserted to empower the Public Works Loan Commissioners to lend to boards of guardians such moneys as the Poor Law Board shall authorise to be borrowed, at the rate of three per cent., with provisions for satisfac- tory security and repayment within twenty years. He said that the rates could not be increased with out pauperising those who were at present only just them. He concluded by observing that Exchequer, as n the case of the Irish famine, but they am ely had a Government would able let did o not pay ask for a grant from the i claim to a loan, for wh ich the have the Power to make their own security." This resolution seems well worthy of attention, and, when the subject comes before the Legislature, it is to be trusted that due regard will be paid to it. Ainy plan that is at all practicable in itself, and that promises to supply in some measure the great de mand for labour, should be welcomed by those in I authority. Unfortunately prejudices too often interfere to prevent the carrying out of measures proposed by private individuals; this is often a source of regret to those who look on and see useful hints thrown away, and timely advice neglected. In a case like THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1363, the present, however, toy intrusion of private feel ings or payty spirit will be highly censurable, and it is earnestly' to be trusted that when the question comes before the House in June or July it will meet with a reception and be treated in a spirit commensurate with its importance and analogous to its interest. The mighty issue at stake concerns the welfare of so many, and with the best endea vours so little can be done, that it is highly essential that those who have the power should do their utmost as speedily as pos sible. Those who convened this meeting and those who obeyed the summons appear to have done their utmost, by careful analysis of the com plicated subject before them, by diligent research and by praiseworthy zeal to bring the case before the public in its most important bearings. If their advice is taken and their energetic efforts are at all responded to in the spirit in which they were made, the result cannot be otherwise than satisfactory. In the meanwhile they may await the issue of their undertaking with the consolatory reflection that , they have done their best in a cause that cannot be too earnest:y supported. Napoleon lIL and the Parisians. From the Pays of yesterday we take the follow ing :—The Avenue de Vincennes, the Place du Trope, the Boulevard du Prince Eugene, and all the line of the old Boulevards, presented to view on Monday a spectacle as interesting as it was pic turesque. All this long perspective was lined upon both sides with a dense throng of spectators —some seated, some standing—a multitude who were patiently awaiting the passing by of the Emperor and the Empress on their return from the races at Vincennes. Upon the approach of the carriages containing their MQjesties and suite, a burst of acclamations and vivats resounded spontaneously from the bosom of the crowd, and in several places along the route (this being particularly noticeable upon the Place du Tame and the Boulevard du Prince Eugene) the roadway was so blocked up by the pressure of the throng that the Imperial cortege had to move on at a loot pace. A similar display of popular enthusiasm had been witnessed on the previous day, that is upon Easter Sunday, towards the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial when passing amongst the elegant promenaders on the Champs Elysees. And if during these two days strangers had witnessed these veritable ovations, they would certainly have understood at last how the Imperial dynasty pos sesses the most earnest and cordial sympathies in the heart of the population. We commend the foregoing incident to the con sideration of Mr. Kinglake, et hoc genus omnes ! MR. WOODTIT AT EDINBURGH: (From the Caledonian Nereury.) Last Monday night Mr. W. S . Woodin commenced bis admirable entertainment in the Waterloo Rooms. Since his last appearance in Edinburgh Mr. NV oodin has altogether changed, not so much the nature of his entertainment as the line of characters he represents. His clever imitation of the varied personages to be met with in a railway train has given place to a description of the social habits of the community during the four seasons of the year ; and ihere is a freshness about the whole entertainment which cannot fail to be attractive. The numerous characters which Mr. Woodin represents to his audience are hit off to the life; and the rapidity with which the changes are made is truly marvellous. Perhaps Mr. Woodin's greatest success is his personation of Lord Dundreary ; and those who have not seen Mr. Sothern in this great piece could find no better impersonator of the character than Mr. Woodin. We can warmly recommend this entertainment to the Edinburgh public ; and from the reception which ➢lr. Woodin met with last night from a crowded audience, there is no doubt that his cabinet of curiosities will be largely patronised during his stay in this city. (From the Courant.) However delusive the title of Mr. Woodin's entertain ment is, everybody knows that he is the " Cabinet," and himself is (or are, as the reader may choose) the "Curi osities." One might say of him literally, as we observe of many good fellows figuratively, that he is "a host in him self." Or to use another well-tubbed quotation, he is "a man so various" that if not in reality " mankind's epitome," he is to us the whole circle of London life. We carry away from Mr. Woodin's entertainment a perfect crowd of recol lections, many more, our readers will not doubt, than we have time or space to recount. Somebody writes of " People we have met "—here we have them all in one procession —not perhaps the plain respectable friends of our social and domestic circle, but all the "charac ters," the kind of persons we in passing make men tal notes of. Mr. Woodin's entertainment is divided into the four seasons, and, like the panoramas which take us to China and Japan and back in one sitting, so Mr. Woodin goes through the business of a twelvemonth in two hours. As he is "everything by turns," he is vastly en tertaining; and as he is "nothing long," he has not time to be wearisome. Spring and its ramblers, summer and its excursionists, autumn and its tourists, and winter and its entertainers, are all in succession depicted and personified. The celerity of th e c h ang es of character is only less re markable th an th e versatil i t y w ith which so m an y different individuals aro rep rese nted and distinguished. There is, no do u bt , t h e same general likeness through out, as we expect to find in Leitch's carica tures, or in illustrations by Millais—the artist's style being always recognisable. But the change of costume is but the auxiliary to that change of voice, manner, and guesture which stamps a specific char acter upon the costume. Mr. Woodin not only exhibits a long series of different personages illustrating all ranks and classes, and both sexes, but he makes the bold attempt to represent three p eo pl e a t o nce. A coffeeroom box is fitted up, within w hi c h the actor i s s eated on a pivot. He wears a duplicate wig and dressing, and represents a dark and domi nearing gentleman on one side, and t he very opposite kind of person on the other. The welter does not appear in persona, but a very mirthful - Vox of the Widdicombe style does duty for him. Out of the coffee-boa, which presents wall, the two gentlemen peep out alternately—one would sometimes imagine both at once—address, and at last quarrel with each other, while the interjected sentences of the waiter keep up the semblance of a triple colloquy. A special feature of the entertainment is Mr. Woodin's celebrated imitation of Mr. Sothern as Lord Dundreary. In point of costume he is the complere Me simile of the original, and in regard to acting he very nearly approaches him. The reception of Brother Sam's letter is the point selected by the mimic, who certainly gives a most faithful copy of the actor's voice and manner. The performance (which we should mention, in passing, takes place in the Waterloo Rooms), concludes with a most spirited nigger delineation in Mackney's style by Mr. Woodin, who makes everybody laugh with the humour of his singing, and likewise calls forth general ad miration by the agility and grace. of his dancing. We hope our readers will go to see Mr. Woodin; we feel sure they will be both delighted by his clever delineations and sur prised by his magical changes. The relations between the Italian Government and the Court of Rome, although still cool and dis tant, have not prevented the Italian Cabinet from proposing Mgr. Losana, Bishop of Bielle, for the Archiepiscopal see of Turin, vacant by th e d eath of M gr. Franzoni. The Pontifical Court, it is e xpected, will accept the proposition. A QUIET SCENE.—A l ow, one - s toried house standing opposite a hospital, built on a hilly street, with a great white port-coehere closed and barred, and then a garden wall : nine or ten windows only a foot from the ground, all blinded and shuttered in a row ; a brass plate on the door, with Stephen ourneur engraved thereon, and grass and chickweed growing between the stones and against the white walls of the house. Passing under the archway, you come into a grass- grown courtyard ; through an iron grating you see a little desolate garden with wall flowers and stocks, and tall yellow weeds all fl Avering to gether, and fruit trees running wild against the wall. On one side there are some empty stables, with chickens pecketting in the sun. The house is built in two long low wings ; it has a dreary moatecl-granga sort of look; amid see, standi ng a t one of the upper w i n d ows , i s not that Elizabeth l oo ki ng out ? An ol d woman i n a blue gown and a w hi te coif is pump i ng wa t e r at the pump, some mi sera bl e canaries are p iping shrilly out 01 green cages, the old woman clacks away w ith h er sa bots echoing over the s t ones, the canaries cease th e i r pipin g , and then nobody el se Comes, There are two or t hree tall poplar trees growin g a ' ong the wal l , w hi c h s hiver plain tively; a few cloud s d r i ft by, and a very distant faint sound of military music comes borne on the wind. " Ah, how dull is it to be here! ab, how I hate it, how I hate thFm all I" Elizabeth is saying to herself ; " there is some music, all the Champs Ely-sees are crowded with people, the sol diers are marching along with glistening bayonets and flags flying. Not one of th em thinks that i n a di sma l house not very far away there i s anybody so un h ap py as I am. This day year—it breaks my heart to think of it — l was nine teen; to-day lam twenty, and I feel a hundred, Oh, what,a sin and shame it is to condemn me to this hateful life I Oh, what wicked people these good people are I Oh, how dull, oh, how stupid, oh, how prosy, oh, how I wish I was dead, and they were dead, and it was all over 1" ' JAN Ibackeray's &pry of ,Eitizaifth, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE VISIT OF THE SULTAN TO EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 8. The Sultan, on his arrival, declared that he wished to bo considered and treated only as a guest of the Viceroy. The Sultan has received the foreign Consuls, who were presented to him by the Viceroy. Yesterday morning he drove through the streets of the city in order to witness the illuminations DENMARK AND THE THRONE OF GREECE. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 8, EVENING. It is stated on reliable authority that the condi tions imposed by Prince Christian for the accept.• ance by Prince William of the crown of Greece, are-Is3t. The formal abdication of King Otho. 2d. That a suitable allowance should be made to the prince. The King of Denmark will only give his consent to the arrangement, upon condition that England should guarantee the present order of succession to the Danish provinces. The Danish Government will further on no account agree to a Regency of Duke Earnest, of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, during the minority of Prince William. SPAIN. MADRID, AERIL 9, The health of General Concha is re-established, and he has resumed his post. In a meeting held to-day by the members of the former parliamentary majority it was resolved not to engage beforehand to support the ministry. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 8. Monseigneur Darboy, the newly - appointed Archbishop of Paris, according to Le Pays, has been recently detained at Nancy by the marriage of one of his nieces, but will arrive in Paris on Saturday. Le Constitutionnel gives a brilliant account of the Emperor's recent review of the troops at Lang champs, and of the enthusiasm of his Majesty's reception by the soldiers. Le S ecle, we observe, contains to-day nearly four columns of a closely- printed subscription list in behalf of Poland. A rumour is spoken of by L' Opinion Nationale as having just reached it from Marseilles, to the effect that Pope Pius IX. has addressed a letter to the Emperor of Austria in favour of the reconstitu• tion of the Kingdom of Poland. BOURSE, April B.—The market has been again firm, and a far amount of business done at an improvement. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at 69f. 85c. Mobilier continues its upward move ment, and has been done at 1,445 f. The Railway Share Market also firm. The market continued firm to the close, and left off as follows:- 4 per Cents 96 75 Bank Shares 3375 Do. end month — Credit Fonder 1525 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 95 Do. end month 72 50 New 3 per Cents Russian Do. end month.... Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 1447 50 Spanish Threes 52 50 Do. end m0nth....1440 —, Home Debt BA ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .. New, ditto .. .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1207 50 .. 1210 Geneva .. Southern .. 775 .. 775 Western .. Eastern .... Sardinian 465 .. 468 75 Austrian 11durbard , North of Spain Saragossa .. 770 .. 777 50 Ditto to Barcelona .... 380 .. 380 . POLAND. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CRACOW, APRIL 4, Letters received here from Lithuania spEak of a formidable insurrection which broke out in Samo gita, in the northern part of that province, on the 25th March. All classes of the population have taken part in it, and in their encounters with the Russian troops they appear to have hitherto been victorious. Their leaders exhibit a considerable amount of skill in the military art, frequently pro ducing discomfiture in the troops opposed to them merely by their able manoeuvres and their quick ness to take advantage of any opportunities afforded to them by the nature of their position. Thus Major Narbutt, one of the most distinguished among them, who is the son of a wealthy Sarno gitian nobleman, and has for some years fought in the Caucasus, drew the Russians into an ambuscade by a very skilfully contrived stratagem. Having collected a body of insurgents at Rudika, near \Vilna, he sent one of them to that city to spread the news among the military there. The result was as he had expected and hoped, the immediate trans port by railway of 500 Russian soldiers to the scene of the insurrection. Meanwhile Narbutt's men had concealed themselves in the woods, a'id sent a few shots at the Russians to stimulate them to pursue their invisible enemies. The expedient was suc cessful; the Russians penetrated the wood, and fol lowed the Poles, who contrived to retreat into its depths, still firing. At length the Russians found themselves hopelessly floundering in a marsh ; the Poles now rushed out upon them, and 250 of the Russians were killed, the rest either escaping or being taken prisoners. Another severe blow to the Russian troops in this district is the destruction of the garrison of Uscine, the whole of which, number ing 500 men, was cut to pieces after a fight in which the Polish insurgents. did prodigies of bravery. Several other towns have also been captured. In general the insurgents appear to be well equipped, and the wealthy nobles of Lithuania do not let them want for anything. The peasants, accom panied by the clergy, who for the nonce have buckled on the sword, are leaving their villages in swarms to join the insurrection. One of the first districts to rise was that of Bialowiez. About 150 ouths invited an old Polish officer to drill them in a large space of marshy ground in this district, to which they had retired. Their only arms were eight rusty firelocks and about a dozen scythes, and they were so scantily provided with provisions that they were half starved before a week was out. They now began to look about for supplies. For tunately a band of 50 Cossacks happened to be passing, escorting some waggons full of ammunition and provisions. The Poles at once attacked them. rile eight firelocks first emptied eight saddles ; then, with loud shouts, the scythemen rushed upon the bewildered Cossacks, who immediately fled panic stricken at the sight of these haggard men fiercely waving the terrible weapon, which is the dread of every Russiar, and left their waggons in the hands of the Poles. The power of Russia in Poland seems to be com pletely paralysed. Everywhere we hear of victories over the Russian troops, who are evidently quite incapable of coping - with the valiant guerillas opposed to them. Even in the South, where the bulk of the troops is now stationed, the numerous insurgent bands carry off treasuries, destroy bridges and capture towns and villages. From the Baltic to the Bug, from Courland to Galicia, the power of Russia is a mere name. In her blindness she thinks to strike terror into the hearts of the Poles by burn ing their villages and massacreing their peaceful inhabitants; but the only result of this short-sighted policy has been to increase the numberof insurgents. She has now, however, committed herself, and the war she has waged against Poland is, on ber side, a vicar of extermination. All the prisoners taken by the Russians in this war have been ruthlessly mur dered in cold blood ; and when some Cossacks brought Polish prisoners to the citadel of Medlin, the commandant swore at them for troubling him with Polish prisoners, instead of killing them them selves. The Poles, on tile oth er h and, invariably set free their . Russian prison ers . B ut the conduct ofeit her side in this respect will have b u t l itt l e e ff ec t on the progress of the insurrection. Poland has plenty of men to spare, able and willing to liberate their country ; and the destruction of the 150,000 men at most Russia can spare for Poland is, judging by the progress made hitherto, bat a matter of time. 'krurt v wittinat 24 HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, April 8. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Prince Alfred, Princess Louise, and Prince Louis of Hesse, walked in the grounds yes terday afternoon. The health of her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse, and of the infant princess, is re ported this morning as most satisfactory. Sir Charles Eastlake, president, and Mr. Knight, secretary, of the Royal Academy, had the honour of an audience with her Majesty to submit the pro ceedings of the past year. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold went to London yesterday, attended by Major E'phinstone. The Duchess of Athole has succeeded the Dowager Countess of Mount Edgcumbe as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. It is thought probab'e that the Prince and Prin cess of Wales may visit Oxford th's season. In the formation of the household of the Prince of Wales, it is said the Queen counselled his Royal High ness as to the most eligible persons to hold such distin guished posts, and her Majesty's advice was strictly and deferentially followed in this matter. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan have enter tained a large circle during the past fortnight, incluling Lord and Lady Brudenell Bruce, Admiral the Hon. Mr. F. Curzon, the Hon. George Fitzwilliara, Captain and Mrs. Algernon De Horsey, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Cecil Boothby, &c. Viscountess Bury gave birth to a son on Tuesday last at 48, Rutland .gate. Sir Henry Hoare has left Thomas's Hotel, Berke'ey-square, to join Lady and Miss Hoare in Paris for a short time. Gen. Sir W. Gomm, whose illness we announced yesterday, is suffering from neuralgia, arising from a cold. The gallant general, who is 80 years of age, is progressing favourably. Captain Comte M. G. de Wezele has left Eaton square for Dorset. The second show of spring flowers at the Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society will take place on Saturday next. AMENDMENT BY MR. HUBBARD.—That hence forth the Income Tax paid by Authors shall be called the Pen-and-income Tax.—Puneh. THE LATE EMPEROR OF RusslA.---Alexander died, and Constantine, to the astonishment of the world, declined the throne in favour of his younger brother, Nicholas—•a brother who, totally devoid of moral qualities, and but very meagrely endowed with intellectual ones, was destined by mere force of will so to impose on the world, that his monstrous egotism should pass for genius, his brutal recklessness for power. The Old Man of the Sea, who so long crushed down in awful reverence some of the proudest crowns of Europe, was then scarce 30 years of age, and quite unknown to his own empire or to Europe. His real character was shown after Pestal's conspiracy in 1825, by the wholesale hanging and torturing of those concerned in it, and condemning them in scores and hundreds to the minestof Siberia.—Once a Week. According to a Vienna letter of the 4th Mdlle. Poustowoitoff, who had acted as aide-de-camp to Langiewiz , z, was informed, immediately after the ex-Dicta tor's departure from Cracow, that on giving her parole to abstain from further revolutionary practices she might her self make choice of her future place of residence. She ac cordingly expressed a wish to be sent to Prague, which re quest was granted, as well as another, to be allowed to take with her an old attendant, who had accompanied Langie wicz throughout the campaign. THE OXFORD STaoKE.—A feat in rowing has been performed by Mr. Hoare, the stroke of the Oxford crew, and captain of the 0.U.8.C., which stands quite by itself in the annals of the river— this is the third year he has rowed stroke of the Oxford boat, and on each occasion he has won and won easily—most easily in this his third year. Not only has this feat never been performed before, but we venture to prophesy that it will not be per formed again in our time, and no man who knows what a combination of qualities it takes to make a really first-rate stroke will be likely to dispute our vaticination. The old theory was, and there is a good deal of truth in it, that most University strokes fall off more or less, at any rate after their second year. Running through all the best men we remember—and our memory ranges over nearly a quarter of a century—we can only name two men who seemed to ue, as strokes, to be as good as ever in their third year. These two were Fletcher Menzies at Oxford, and Jack Hall (we Lust he will pardon the familiarit3, should he happen upon this article) at Cambridge; and Menzies, though be made and trained his crew, was dis abled by illness from pulling in his third year, both at Henley and in London; and Hall, though to our mind his stroke had not fallen off, was beaten in his third year. Any man who bas pluck, strength, and a sound cheat, can make himself a good oar if he will persevere ; but not one man in a hundred will turn out a really great stroke, let him work ever so hard. It is worth while, then, to look well at such a men as Mr. Hoare, when you come across him, and to consider wherein his supreme ex cellence lies. To our mind, his coolness and judgment are his strongest points, and in these he has never been sur • passed in the Universities. His quiet start gives his crew a steadiness in their rowing which is invaluable when the first spurt is over, and the superb way in which he gradually c-lls on them, quickening almost imperceptibly from 37 to 12 strokes in the minute, is beyond all praise. Then he has accepted the old Oxford tradition of the long stroke, which approves itself more ana more to our minds every year ; as the true method of perfect rowing. It, in twelve seconds, you can take something like the same water in nine strokes which your adversaries take in ten, you will do it with pro portionally less fatigue, and must win in a long race, When you have a stroke of real genius, like Mr. Hoare—great strokes being as scarce as great poets--the odds are that he will bring his boat first past the post.—Spectator. " MANHATTAN."—The Dublin .Lvening Express has announced to its readers that " Manhattan" is not an American but an Irisnnian. We aro quite sure our contemporary would not seriously disseminate an erro neous statement, and we beg to assure him that " Man hattan" and Mr. Phillips Day are two distinct personages. "Manhattan" is an American, and has never crossed the Atlantic. Mr. Phillips Day was the Southern correspon dent of this paper for a few months after the breaking out of hostilities between North and South.—lfforning Herald, A GREAT GUN,—A gun nearly 18 feet long, and about 4 feet in diameter at the breech, is a most terrible. looking engine; and I have no doubt that, on the occasion of which I am treating, the discharge of this piece of artillery was looked for by many as the great event of the day. When the bugle sounded the note of preparation, and the men, who had been busy preparing this enormous cannon to do its work of destruction, began to run away from it in all directions, seeking safety in flight and conceal ment, and so the great monster was left alone and dominant over the other guns which stood about it, there was something almost awfulin itsaspect. Itwas not entirely deserted, though even yet, for one solitary individual was perched upon its breech, adjusting, it is to be supposed, the machinery connected with its firing, and making the final prepara tions. And small, indeed, the man looked, crawling about upon that perilous eminence; and dangerous enough his r,osition seemed, when one reflected what was inside the monster on which he was perched, and how fraught with destruction it was. But soon even this solitary personage dismounted from his position, and when he had found for himself some secure asylum, there was but a short pause before the signal was given, and in the midst of a roaring, rushing sound, a perfect hail of solid fragments filled the air, descending with a terrific clatter on the earth, and making us feel how wise was the precaution which had sent ns all under cover of a roof. At that same moment of its discharge, the cannon, with a furious recoil, threw up its muzzle to the sky. " Dixi, I have spoken," it seemed to say; and then it flung its mouth up to the heavens for air, —Dickens's " All the Year Bound." A FEROCIOUS RAT.— One day last week, as two men, named Edwards, of Herringfleet, Lowestoft, were passing a field, they saw a boy crying, and on inquiring the reason they were told there was a large rat in the field which had been chasing him about all the afternoon, and prevented his getting at his dinner, which was rolled up in his coat by the side of the hedge. The men went to the spot, and found the rat. Ueorgo Edwards took up a stick to strike it, when it commenced "scrubbing" the ground and pail no attention to him; he struck at it and missed it, when the rat at once flew at him, and he then hit it and killed it. The boy stated that whenever he went near his dinner the rat flew at him and chased him into the field. It had got at the boy's dinner and had partly devoured it. —Bury and Norwich Post. THE MURDER IN LEEDS.—We understand that the man Gair, who murdered his paramour 01 Saturday morning last, has written a statement of the affair, in which be alleges that the woman cut her own throat, and afterwards inflicted the injury or. him from which he is now suffering. He continues to progress as favourably as could be expected. The capital sentence passed on Levi Taylor, a young man of 18, at the Liverpool Assizes, for murder, has been commuted for penal servitude, in conse quence of the strong recommendations of the jury, founded on the peculiar circumstances of the case, and the great provocation received by the prisoner. The learned judge, in forwarding the recommendation of the jury to the Secre tary of State, intimated his opinion that it might not be necessary to carry out the extreme punishment of the law this Case, Mr, Disraeli on the Work of the Church of England. The parish church of Waddesdon, Bucks, which has been completely restored, at a cost of upwards of £1,600, was re opened on Tuesday last. The Bishop of Oxford preached an appropriate sermon from St. John, c. xx, v, 19-23, to a crowded congregation. . _ After the service a public luncheon was given, at which the Duke of Marlborough presided, supported by the Bishop of Oxford, the Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Disraeli, M.P., Sir Harry Verney, M.P,, Sir T. F. Fremantle, Mr. F. Cal vert, Q.C., Archdeacon Bickersteth, and a large number of the neighbouring clergy and gentry. After "The Health of the Queen and Royal Family" had been drunk, the Duke of MARLBOROUGH proposed " The Health of the Lord Bishop of the Diocess." The Bishop of OXFORD, after acknowledging the compli ment, said—l am perfectly &indolent that, constituted as we men are, body and soul mixed, the building in which wo meet for such a purpose as worship produces, little by little, yet, in the end, very great effects upon us. If it bears every mark of neglect that a building can bear, if the hangings are musty, if the baize with which, as the very cheapest possible material, its old pews are lined are fusty and musty, • if its windows are cracked and let in the wind at every single orifice, if the selfish man seeks to shelter his rheumatic shoulder by raising the family pew. so that he can shut out the draught from the corner where he reposes, but leaves the poor man, with shoulders equally susceptible of rheumatism, open to the selfsame draught, that is a very humbling, and I think a very shameful exhibition, and if every one is calcuting whether on this particular dayhe is to catch that severe cold which he must catch some day, he is in no condition to enter upon worship, and as for the man whose selfishness is sheltered in his comfortable pew, I am sure he can be in no mood for the service of God. But the great thing,when we have an old church like this restored, is that it is the possession of the whole parish. It is held, you know, by law, and the bishop is the curator of the whole interior, for the sake of the people of the whole parish. It is the common hall of the parish, and the common home of all their best feelings, the common anchor by which generation after generation holds on, as the waves of life pass over them, age after age. (Cheers.) In cenclusion, his lordship' proposed " The Health of the Duke of Marlborough." The Duke of MARLBOROUGH, in responding, proposed " The Health of the Duke of Buckingham," who, in turn, - proposed " The Health of Mr. Disraeli." Mr. DISRAELI, who was very warmly received, said—l had hoped that in coming into this county I was getting away from the House of Commons, but I should be insen sible if I did not feel grateful for being reminded that I have the great distinction of representing you in that as sembly. lam sure Sir Harry Verney will agree with me that in all the labours of political life, whatever may be the excitement of the immediate object, whatever the feelings that may animate us at the moment, at the bottom of our hearts, on whatever side of the house we may sit, the pre dominant sentiment is anxiety that we may obtain the re gard and respect of those among whom we live. But, allow me to say, forgetting the House of Commons for a moment, this is not my first visit to Waddesdon. I cannot be in sensible to the great and striking change that has taken place in this parish and in this county. Twenty years ago I recollected a sorry village with a dilapidated church. But now I find all the signs and symbols of progress. houses rebuilt and greatly improved, gardens distinguished by their beauty and exuberance, and, above all, that divine building, under whose roof we have assembled to-day, par taking in the steady improvement that we see everywhere in this county. But, what is still more gratifying is to ob serve that the change which has taken place in this vPlage and this district is not merely a material change. Twenty years ago the village I venture to describe was inhabited by a lawless populace —a suffering, and, perhaps, because suf fering, a lawless populace. I find it to. day, from all I hear and from much that I can observe, animated by that sense of dut) which is the only foundation of prosperity. (Cheers.) I find in this comparatively Small district as great a change and for the better, has taken place as possibly can be noticed in any part of the country. I think lam justified in say ing that in this community, as in many others, we may principally attribute this great and beneficial change to the influence of the Church of this country. Much has been done, and it has been done by the Church in its largest and truest sense, by that union between clergy and laity with out which nothing can be done, and with which everything that is desirable can be accomplished. (Cheers,) Well, then, that is a state of affairs which may, I think, give us the greatest satisfaction, and we should recollect to whom we are indebted for this great amelioration. His grace has referred in befitting terms to the character and conduct of my right rev, friend the Bishop of Oxford. He is the soul of the diocese which he rules, and all England recognises the great and advantageous consequences of that supervi sion. But NI e must also remember how much we are in debted to the gentleman who is the incumbent of this parish. It is, I am sure, a complete reward to him that he finds how his great efforts are recognised by his neighbours. (Cheers.) lam sure what has happened to-day, while rewarding him for the past, will animate him to fresh exer tions for the ftnuie. But remember that in the hierarchy of the Church evory gradation has its specific duties, and without these specific duties being fulfilled, without that hearty co-operation which is so necessary, these desirable results will not be obtained. There are intermediate gra.. dations of ihe utmost importance, on whom devolve high . duties, on the complete understanding and fulfilment of which the great work of the Established Church of the country greatly depends. There are archdeacons—an office which has sometimes seemed insignificant in point of influ ence, though import ant as an office, for want of a due com prehension of its duties, or of zeal and energy in their per formance. In this country we have an archdeacon—l am proud to say it, even in his presence—who duly compre hends his duty, and is zealous and earnest in the perform ance of it. (Hear.) There is also another gradation of our ecclesiastical hierarchy on whom the good working of our ecclesiastical polity mainly depends, and I may say that in this country the benefloial effects of the institution of that office, and the due fulfilment of what is incumbent on the individual who holds it are seen to be of the highest im portance—l mean the rural deans. There is no office which, when filled by individuals who are conscious of the duties of the post they occupy, has contributed more to that signal revival of Church principles and of true Church sentiments which we see than that of the rural deans. Therefore, under these circumstances, having drunk the health of the Bishop of the diocese, and done honour to the admirable labours of the incumbent of the parish, allow me to propose " The Health of Archdeacon Bickersteth, and the Rural Deans of this District," (Cheers.) The toast was acknowledged by Archdeacon Bickersteth and the Rev. W. R. Fremantle (Rural Dean), and " The Health of the Vicar, the Rev. R. B. Burges," having been duly honoured, with several other local toasts, the assembly broke up, THE EDUCATION GRANT, The vote proposed to be taken this session for public education in Great Britain is £804,002, which is less by £38,117 than the vote of last session. The estimate for buiidiog grants is less by £35,000. On the other hand, in the estimate for administration there is a new charge of £5,000 for assistance in holding examinations under the Revised Code. In the absence of experience at present, the rate of aid per scholar under the Revised Code, article 40-54, is estimated at 105., the BUM which the Royal Com missioners think the average of schools should have a reasonable prospect of earning. It is estimated that, allowing for the greater number of schools set down for inspection in the first half (which does not contain the harvest) of each year, and for ar rears, one half of the annual grants falling in course of actual payment in the financial year 1863-64 will have to be made according to the code of 1860, leav ing half to be paid according to the Revisd Code ; and for these last the calculation is made on 457,492 scholars, estimated to be half the average number of children in attendance at schools inspected in the year ending the 31st of March, 1864, and on 20,000 night scholars. In the year 1862 her Majesty's in. specters visited elementary day schools in which they found present 1,057,426 children—an increase of 28,736 over the previous year; and if 33,835 children inspected in Poor Law schools and 2,818 in industrial schools be added, the total number was 1,094,079, and of schools 8,014. Additional school accom modation was provided in 1862 for 38,615 children. At the end of the year the number of certificated teachers in charge of schools, which was 8,698 in 1861, bad increased to 9,115; the number of pupil teachers, 16,277 in 1861, had decreased to 15,752; the number of students in training colleges was 2,972, and 2,779 had passed successfully in the course of the year, the number in 1861 being only 2,631. The capitation grants in 1862 (ta quiring 176 days' attendance) amounted to £82,527, being paid on 342,334 children, or 44.57 per cent. of the children attending 5,340 schools; in 1861 the grants were paid on only 316,226 children. The capitation grants of 1862 included 7,202 scholars above 12 years of age, who had attended on 50 nights night schools connected with day schools under inspec tion. Grants for industrial departments (land, kitchens, laundries, or workrooms) were made in , 1862 to 148 common elementary schools under Go vernment inspection ; the grants amounted to £1,820. Thirty.seven other schools in which labour forms a principal feature, schools for the reception of vagrants or other children of disrepatable cha racter, the schools already mentioned as having 2,818 scholar-, received grants amounting in the_ whose to £2,170. Since 1839 the s um of £6,710,862 has been expended from the public purse in education grants in Great Britain. I I