The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-28 00:00:00

LONDON AND I' .iORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. NcE IS dEREBY GIVEN, that the next ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET DIG of the London and North Western Railway Company will beheld at the F i'aston Station, Euston-square, London, or, WrDNESDAY, e 12th day of August next, at 12 o'clock at noon, for thri transaction of the general business of the Com parry : Awl further, notice is hereby given, that so soon as such 'ousiness in disposed of or adjourned, a SPE • C lA.L GEN BRAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the sarn , 3 place for the purpose of creating new Capital (not exce , ,ding £2,480,166), in pursuance of the Powers cont o.inv,d in the Acts of Parliament, relating to the Com pan, And also for the purpose of considering, and if d teemed expedient, resolving to attach to such ca pital , or some portion thereof, or to the Capital al read y created but not issued, or some portion thereof, a fixed and preferential Dividend upon such ternc,s and conditions as may, be then determined : And also for the purpose of creating jointly with the Great Western Railway Company, £474,178 10s- Od, of capital, for the purposes of the Birkenhead Rail lvay, in pursuance of " The Birkenhead Rail way (Vesting) Act, 1861." And also to authorise agretiments with the Conway and Llanrwst, Knighton, South Leicestershire, Hampstead Junction, and Cannock Chase Railway Companies : And for sanctioning the exercilie of the Powers authorising a Subscription by the Comp any of £25,000 towards the construction of the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway,under the provisibns of the " Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Itailwoy Act, 1863," and £30,000 towards the con struction of the Knighton Railway : And also for the purpose of considering, and, if approved of authorising the conversion of a further portion of the borrowed Capital of the Company into perpetual Deben ture Stock, in conformity with the Acts of Parliament authorising such conversion. Dated kuston Station, London, this 25th day of July, 1863. RICHARD MOON, Chairman. J. P. BROWN- WESTHEAD, Deputy-Chairman, CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. H E DUKE'S MOTTO. THE HUNDREf' AND SIXTY-FOURTH NIGHT and Last Week but One of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.— Under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. Last Week but One of the present Season. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Ori , inal sketch. entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H Widdicomb, Mlss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Mama, in Three Acts, and Pr3lo'4lle, entitled THE LUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, nut:ported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. s‘ iddbombe, P. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Te rr y , E. Lavenne, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, HAMLET : Hamlet, Mr. Walter Montgomery ; King, Mr. C. Verner; Laertes, Mr. G. Murray; Horatio, Mr. Warde ; Pel•nius, Mr. Fitzjames ; Ghost. Mr. 11. Marston ; First Gravedigger, Mr. G. Belmore ; Queen, Miss Murray ; Ophelia, Miss M. Jones. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEIV THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI,- Sole Pronriator and Manae - er, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN ; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Sefton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED TRO VATO RE. Mf ssrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. Td-SIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselie, Vollatre, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, 3landerB, and E. Bufton. Followed by (10th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with LOVE IN LIVERY. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 28, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning. This day at Two o'clock 76 r : l:: r" 7.:,', ',' ; Barometer-30.07. , Wind—S.-Easterly; light, with fine but cloudy weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. CHIS DAY.—Morning, 11h. 50m.—Afternoon, h. m. To-if 0 M orning, 1211. 24m.—Afternoon, 12h. 55m. tit SAUT,) LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1863. This afternoon has terminated the most idle and urnimportant session of Parliament within our re mombrance. Scarcely any one thing done that was at all worth the doing. Scarcely any one thing said that was at all really worth the listenig to. The fu't'ure historical investigator of that mausoleum of de bates, "Hansard," will, in all human likelihood, lortg years hence, should he come by chance upon the) volume dedicated to the records (such as they are) of 1863, turn the leaves lightly 'twixt finger and thumb with an air of the most supreme and imperturbable indifference. As appropriately in au gurative of this session, the Speech from the Throne, delivered just below it, upon the regal dais, by Royal Commission, gave carte blanche both to the Ministers and the Houses. It presented, for once, no programme, whatever, for anything at all worthy of the name of legislative proceedings. For once, the sweets of office carried with them all, through the seesion, something of the dolce far dente. And sympathetically in every way with the careless idle ness of the Government in so far as relates to origi nating, or even to indirectly furthering, the rational arid moderate interests of the great cause of progress or of general improvement—has been the profound quietude, almost we might call it magnanimity, of the Opposition. Almost—certainly not entirely. For the l eaders of her Majesty ' s Oppos i t i on have, in point of fact, merely held their hands, all through the weary session which has this day tranquilly expired, wh o ll y and solely for the one sufficient reason that they lacked, from first to last, the requi site opportunity. A passing word of commendation, howeve r ,th ey do neverthelessdeserve,even from their confronting antagonists, for inasmuch as they have, more the n ° nee) though occasionally under very considerable temptation so to do—they have never once duri ng thesefive dawdling months last past, striven in any way to precipitate matters by making for themselves an opportunity. The Conservative the memorabl e never yet sinc e period e py f a party disruption by t h e conversion of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL t o c a deliberate a nd conscientious belief i n t h e truth, and wisd om , and ben yet since eence of th e F ree " Winter 0 Trade Principles —never w inter of 1845-6, th e that momentous C on servatism—neve r s i nce then until di 8 e t o h n i t s e a p t re for , r sent y ee.r, has the Conservative party been S O Powerful, so serried in its array, so Completely and so thoroughly organised. Yet —for once— f rom the commencement of this session of 1863, d own to the very close of it, this afternoon, vse have heard no whisper even of the merest hint at, what used to be dinned into our ears in times past unceasingly and vociferously, the machinations of a factious Opposition. Not merely our good-buruoured Premier, but fur very decency's sake, we should imagine even our saturnine Chancellor of the Excht quer, tr.u3t per force acquit Lord DEIZBY and Mr. I)ISRAELI, toga ther with their associates and followers, there in the Lords, here in the Commons, of anything whatever Approximating in the faintest degree to factiousness. Yet in many particulars we hesitate not to assert— scanning the two sides intermediately and quite dispassionately—that never has a Government been more flagrantly open to attack than the Govern ment of Lord PALMERSTON. Alike in regard to what they did and in regard to what they did not. Their smuggling out of view, yet once more, all that they had, by affecting to champion, taken office for, now more than four years ego! Their emugglin; out of view we say yet once more all their old Taunted enterprises of Reform ! Their doing this, mo reover, not, as hitherto, partially and hesitatingly, but on the contrary, deliberately and wholesale ! Their doing this (as one might express it) with a quiet laugh of derision at their dupes (meaning the nation) a manifestation of scorn visible and audible at every turn in the whole bearing of our sprightly veteran the First Lord of the Treasury—all this, if there were anything ever deserving of this particu lar reprobation, has been and is, 'to the very last extremity, unprincipled on the part of a great body of administrators. So much, in a gene ralised way, in regard to what Ministers have not done, have avoided doing, have, to put the matter in yet plainer terms, deliberately shirked, in the shape of responsibilities, ostentatiously assumed, in the first instance, only in the end to be coolly set aside altogether While, as to the manner in which they have repeatedly laid themselves open to attack in respect to things said and done, whenever Ministers have really ventured to say or do any thing—it is in relation to these, that the numerous censors confronting them, have shown, if they have shewn anywhere, a semblance, at least, of magnanimity. Lord RUSSELL'S escapade as a diplomatist, by his perverse reversal, forawhile,of all England's policy in respect to the Schleswig- Holstein difficulty. Sir GEORGE GREY's bungling and ill-advised onslaught upon some of the most inoffensive, and, at the same time, some of the most cherished r i g hts and privileges appertaining to the ancient municipality of the City of London. Mr. GLADSTONE'S abortive attempt to impose a license duty on Clubs, and, yet more perversely, as a fiscal experimentalist to inflict a petty and galling tax upon Charities. The whole Cabinet's complicity in the endeavour to commit the nation to the purchase, at a monstrous overcharge, of the hideous Exhibition Building at South Kensington, an endeavour all the more repre hensible seeing that it obviously springs from some wretched feeling of Court subserviency ! These, together with a variety of other stumbles and blunders, too tedious or too trivial for re capitulation at this moment, have tempted the foes of the Government to deal with it pitilessly and un compromisingly, in regard to the one conspicuous incident last mentioned, that relating to what is called FOWKES'S Folly, and certainly also to a most mistaken sense of loyalty on the part of a small minority of the British House of Commans, it must nevertheless be acknowledged, somewhat in mitiga tion of the conduct pursued by Ministers, that there were associated with them in that minority, one or two of the leaders, among them the Leader, of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Otherwise than in that one exceptional instance, the Government and the Opposition have, as usual, marched into opposite lobbies. Yet, though re peatedly defeating her MAJESTY'S Ministers, de feating them again and yet again upon a singular variety of subjects, during the five months of this session now dead and gone, the Conservative party have simply contented themselves with sweeping the Ministerial blunders aside one after another. They have never degenerated, we repeat, in ally one instance, into an unfair, much less—be this said once more to the credit of the Tories—with a fac• tious Opposition. Mr. LAIRD has just published some letters which concern the late debate in the house. In the first place he refers to Mr. GIDEON WELLES' assertion that " he has an indistinct remembrance that his department was importuned by more than one per son on behalf of Mr. LAIRD." This he denies, but states that it gives room for supposing that the de partment over which Mr.WELLEs presides does ad mit of foreign proposals to build ships for the Federal Government. Next, reference is made to the assertion of Mr.WELLEs that it. is not true that gry person approached the firm of Mr. LAIRD with the object of getting ships built for the Federal Government. In allusion to this Mr. LAIRD states that he then believed, what he does now, that his correspondent had the authority of Government for writing the letters, and he enchised copies of them. Before deciding to publish these documents Mr. LAIRD has taken the opinion of both sides of the House, and the result is that he is to be at liberty to publish any document required for his own vin dication, but not to make known the name of his correspondent. The letter is given, and appears quite authentic. It is dated " Washington," and refers to the building of an iron-plated ship, and the fullest directions are given in regard to its manufact are, and it is stated in confidence that the object is to take repossession of the forts in one specific Southern port. There s an important memorandum annexed to this letter which refers to a floating battery that is required. This is to be " planned with the specific object of going into ports guarded with batteries, and forts which are within from 300 yards to half a mile from the channel, the floating battery or iron plated ship to be so constructed as to be able to pass the forts comparatively unharmed by the fire of the batteries, both horizontal and plunging. She is wanted for.no other purpose." No one who reads these details but will give implicit credence to their vraisentblance, and acquit Mr. LAIRD of making any egregious error in putting faith in their vera city. There is another letter which states that the writer has been very long absent with General FREMONT'S army in the far West, but that on re turn to Washington he had laid the answers to his inquiries before the Secretary of the Admiralty, and that disappointment was experienced at not receiv ing a direct statement relative to the construction of the battery. In confidence it is mentioned that it was " intended to force an entrance into Charles ton harbour, defended by Forte Sumter and Moul trie." There is a letter written by Mr. LAIRD also published. The date of this is last April, and he refers to the debate in the House of Commons with regard to the Alabama case, and his own speech thereupon, in which he states that his firm had had an application from the Secretary of the Navy of the Federal Government, through a friend of his, to build vessels of war. Mr. LAIRD goes on to say that he will not publish the correspondence unless he fees compelled to do so through the Federa . . Government denying his statement, in which event he will be compelled, in self-defence, to take a step which he will otherwise regret. Mr. LAIRD truly states, that t o d eny the truth of this assert i on w ill be most unfair to him, and also that they have en tered very fully into the class of vessels required. Finally, Mr. LAIRD declares that he has never men tioned these applications until he was compelled to do House. He has kept silent, so by the repeated attack s of their friends in the himself and his Sons h tent, notwithstanding that and En e been repeatedly assailed in the American bh press, and also at longer silent Would ; l a bs say that to have been to admit the public meetings. T made a l a v ' e -ru L y d g oe kept any jusgtifiledtiakingknown him, and there truth of the charges fore he considered himself his case. Imparti a ll y considerin ill a ff a i r it must to acknowledge appear that there i s every reasogn the justice of Mr. LAIRD' S remarks, and to give g credit for taking a fair no ti on of the state of things, Why should the emissari e s o f t h e Federal Govern. mont take such pains to co n t ra di ct what is most probably a mere minor circumstance end an acknow ledged fact to many. It is quite absurd to go on in this manner, and no one will believe that nQ each applications were made. As Mr, LARD says, there is no doubt that the name of his correspondent is very familiar to Mr. GIDEON IN ELLES. This latter gentleman, doubtless, finds it very couvenient to make use of envoys and emissaries, and whe❑ their work is done, or when their mission is over for the time, he gives them up altogether, and even some times denies their collusion with him. So it is doubtless in this affair that has lately engaged so ranch attention, and there is every cause to congra tulate Mr. LAIRD on the bold stand he has made in this dilemma. He has no reason to be ashamed or afraid of the part he has taken, and as an English man he stands bound to explain his conduct, and to testify to the actions of those who are nut so inde pendent as ho is. In a letter to our leading contemporary yester day Lord MALMESBURY gives an explanation of a passage in his recent speech on Poland, which has given rise to some misunderstanding. The noble earl, after censuring the manner in which her MA JESTY'S Government have interfered in the Polish question, proceeded to express his conviction that milder measures, more consistently carried out, would have been more effective. He reminded the Ministry of the arguments which they had them selves brought forward in defence of the course they had adopted with regard to America—a course generally approved by politicians of both sides. Those feelings of interest, of compassion, and of in dignation at the cruelties practised, which render the affairs of Poland so deeply exciting, were, as Lord MALMESBURY reminded us, equally called forth by the American war. The desolation spread over the fertile lands, mostly inhabited by men of our own race and kindred, the bloodshed, the suffer ing, the barbarous acts which have disgraced its annals, the hopelessness and the profitlessness of the struggle, are considerations which must force themselves upon the most indifferent and tinthink ing. The damage done to English interests, directly and indirectly, might have served to stimulate our feelings, but Ministers have resolutely maintained the attitude they first adopted. In the face of these facts, Lord MALMESBURY felt called upon to pro test against our Polish policy, when another debate on the prospects of that unhappy country brought the question of English intervention once more before the House of Lords. What is the position, asked Lord MALMESBURY, that we are now occupy ing ? "First of all we gave advice, and then we made positive propositions. These have been re fused, and what follows ? The controversy will be continued by angry arguments, which will gradually drift into reciprocal recrimination, and possibly end in a war, that is what we have to apprehend.' There is certainly some possibility of such an issue, though the English Ministers have generally a accompanied r o e ied their Parliamenth that strongest no such result de s patch was e . s with a contem plated. t eI. assur ances plated. It was impossible, however, to remain inae tiie in the face of such barbarous proceedings, al though the apathy with which our ancestors looked on the dismemberment of Poland, and the indifference with which the English Governments of 1831 and 1846 witnessed proceedings which should at least have called forth strong protests, considerably weaken any representations founded on the rights of the Treaty of 1815. Above all, the conduct of England in hastily concluding peace with Russia after the Crimean War, without securing some gua rantee for the future treatment of Poland, is open to the severest censure. It may be said that treaties and verbal promises had been proved to be fruitless, but if the representative of England had expressed the honest convictions of her people at the Confer ences of Paris, Russia, with the recollections of the Atma and Inkerman fresh in her memory, would scarcely have turned a deaf ear. It might have impressed the youthful AUTOCRAT with a sense that the Western Powers were watching his treatment of his Polish subjects ; it might have altered his opinion of the " illusiocs " of Polish patriots, and it might have saved him from the cardinal error of his otherwise enlightened and merciful reign. Europe has more causes thin one to regret the hasty con clusion of peace, which, like the Treaty of Villa franca, left the tale half told, and after the blood shed, outlay, and disturbance of a European war, failed to secure even one generation from a renewal of hostilities. From these and other circumstances, the Ministry have undoubtedly been placed in a difficult and delicate position with regard to Poland. On the one hand, there is the natural sympathy for a wronged and oppressed people, whose cause has always been popular with the people of this coun try. On the other hand, is the hesitation to embark in a war which would probably include our Prussian ally, and the doubt with which French interests in the matter are regarded. Lord MALMESBURY suggested that the Ministry might have acted with prudence and dignity by withdrawing their Ambassador, after friendly re innc e i s n d h i a g d n a b n e t e l y n d assertingi sr e g ard e thatd. - v m i o L n L s E t , ra would have been ten times stronger than any which had been taken, misunderstood the noble earl's meaning, which he very clearly explains in his letter of yesterday. He did not advise that our Ambassa dor should now be recalled, after what has taken place, which would certainly be equivalent to a declaration of war, but he said that we might at first have expressed our honourable indignation by withdrawing our representative at St. Petersburg, where our friendly remonstrances had been disre garded. "We should thus," said Lord MALMES BURY, " have shown that we would no longer hold relations with a Power so uncivilised, so uncertain in its faith, and whose acts so revolted the feelings of this country." Such a course was followed with regard to the late King of NAPLES, without involv ing us in hostilities, and if adopted at the outset, would certainly have been the strongest protest we could have made. If our Government have deter mined that no consideration shall induce them to defend the rights of Poland with the sword, it would have keen a wise and dignified course to have fol lowed the policy re'erred to by Lord MALMESBURY. Such a reproof coming from a Power like England would have more effect than folios of despatches and countless diplomatic protests. It would show that the statesmen of the foremost country in the world regarded the haughty and insolent Russian autho rities as unworthy to be ranked within the pale of that civilisation which they disgrace by the atro cities which they sanction, and the want of faith which seems to form part of their politioel code. THE CAFE MAlLS.—According to the new C ape of Good Hope mail contract the Cape mails are to be conveyed by the Union Steam-ship Company between Plymouth and Table Bay in 38 days, exclusive of stopp ages, and vice versa. The mail packets are to call at St. Helena and Ascension on the return voyage. The penalty for de lay during the voyage is £5O per day, and for not providing a packet to start on the prescribed day £OO per day, Th e contract is for seven years, The subsidy, which is £25,000 for the first year, is to be gradually reduced to £15,000 per annum. The Postmaster-General has the power to extend the service to Algoa Bay. Tho mail packets are to leave Plymouth on the 6th or ith, and Table Bay on the 20th or 21st of the month. The course of post to the Cape will be 83 days. EARWIGS.—A popular prejudice prevails against these i nsects, founded on an erroneous belief that t hey get i nto the human ear, and thence intow the brain, aho the 'atiphilosophica notion, as, were it n o t f o r the bar ter the wa x contai ne d i n the ear would form to the Cu tho ranee of any living creature, there is no passage through drum o f that organ which could admit of the passage of t : 4O Most tnizute creature is existence, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENENC4, „JULY 28, 18(A LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. CONTINUATION OF THE RIOTS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, JULY 17. (Per the Hibernian.) Everything is reported quiet in the city this morning, a strong military force having arrived. The riots continued with great fury yesterday and the previous day. Several encounters took Place between the military and the mob, a great ❑umber being killed on both sides. It is stated that probably the last fight of any consequence between the military and the rioters occurred near Ninth -street. A military force had been sent to drive away the rioters, who were plun dering houses to such an extent that nearly every house for three or four blocks on each side of the street were filled with them. The mob fired bullets, missiles, upon t h e so l d i ers, stones, w h o hadandto other withdraw. deadly 700 regular troops were sent np as a reinforce ment, when a terrible battle ensued. 11 rioters were killed, 18 wounded, and 35 taken prisoners. Fifteen men of the sth Company of the 7th Regi ment were reported killed by brickbats. One of the leaders of the rioters, named Andrews, has bees arrested. 5,000 cavalry sabres and 100 muskets have been seized by the police in a house in Stanton street. Placards were yesterday postea about the city from Archbishop Hughes, requesting the rioters to assemble in front of his residence to-day at two o'clock, for the purpose of hearing an address urging them to retur❑ to their lass ful avocations. They are promised protection while listening to the address. The Evening Post rays that early this morning the rioters on Staten Island burned the depot and water station. They afterwards attacked and burned the nevo shanties, killirg 100 negroes. Miny persons have left thc , island, including pro minent citizens who have been threatened. All is quiet in Boston this morning. Four or five persor s were killed last night, and probably a dozen wounded—some of them seriously. the most daring act of the rioters was an attack on the Armoury, in Cooper-street, where a force of military was stationed to protect it. WI n the mob had broken down the doors they were fired npon by a six-pounder loaded with canister. This effectually scattered the mob at that point. One rioter was con -, pletely riddled with shot, and fell dead at the door of the Armoury. Three young women, and three or four small boys were wounded, but not seriously. They were not participators in the riots. The rioters then attacked the gun shops in Dock s t reet, stealing an d d estroy i ng f rom 40,000 t o 50 , 0 00 dollars' worth o f property . Th ey were speedily revolvers o f t h e police. dispersed by a volley from ' the General Gilman reports officially the capture of MorriA Island except bout a mile on the north end, which includes Fort \Vagnor and a battery on Cummins Point, mounting 14 or 15 guns in the aggregate. He estimated his loss at 150 killed and wounded. Eleven pieces of ordnance and a large quantity of camp equipage were captured. General Lee is reported to be pushing rapidly to Culpepper. The army of the Potomac is at Berlin, Maryland. There is no other war news of interest. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JUNE 17, Evening. Stocks rather easier. Money uncharged at 6to 7 Per cent. Sterling exchange dull and drooping. Gold 26 prem. Flour dull and in favour of buyers. Wheat less active at lc. lower. Barley dull and nominal provisions quiet. GREENCASTLE, JULY 28. The Canadian steamer Hibernian , from Quebec on the 18th inst., arrived here at 9 a.m. to-day. She brings 2,200 dollars in specie. AUSTRIA. LEMBERG, JULY 28. Fresh arrests and domiciliary visits took place here yesterday and the previous day. Deputy Gimialkowski, Count Stephen ZAmoyski, and M. Sierakowski have been arrested. FRANCE. where he will rema i n , ' or several at minceuvres o f t h e The Emperor is exp ect ed at the Camp of Chalon s be eg eneral revie w . troops re b ov o oe u pr about l the l and days,h 2 0 h 1 tod Aa Prince Napoleon Charles Bonapa r t e two days back visited the experimental silk-gr ow i ng estab lishment organised by. M. Guerin-Meneville on the I Farm of V.ncennes, near J o i nv ill e -l e - PP r ince went over th e p l antat i ons of Imperial ria Thel oaks and muiberry - t rees, and especially noticed the fine cocoons of the olk silkworm, and the different stages from the eggs to the w orms p l aced in the hedges, and making t heir cocoons in the open air. On leaving his highness congratulated M. Guerin Meneville on the success of his eAperiments, which promise most advantageous results for the silk in- dustry. M. Kern, Envoy Extraordinary and lqinister Plenipotentiary of the Helvetic Confederation, left Paris las', evening for Switzerland. It has already been stated that the conferences on the Franco- Swiss Treaty of Commerce are suspended till October. Rear-Admiral Daboville has been appointed to the command-in-chief of the naval division in tht- Levant, in place of Rear -Admiral Touchard, whose term has expired. The Marquis de Gallifet, on his return from Vichy last week, proceeded at once to St. Cloud to deliver to the Prince Imperial the small cannon offered to the French army in Mexico. This piece of minia.ture artillery is of America❑ manufacture, having been presenteci by a President of the United States to the Mexican Government. The young Prince appeared delighted with the present, and had it placed, with the thirty rounds of ammunition which accompanied it, under cover in the Palace • garden. The wounded officer was received by the Empress with great distinction. THE BOURSE, July 27.—The market waa very heavy at the opening, but a slight improvement has since taken place. Threes, for the Account are now at 681. 85c. Mobilier have been done at 1,0071.50 c., but are now doing at 1,022 f, 50c. Railway Shares are firmer. The market improved towards the end, and closed as follows :- 11 per Cents 95 75 Do, end month - 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 Credit Mobilier 1042 50 Om end wont u 1035 Bank Share' 3385 --- Credit oneier 1230 Italian Loan 7O 70 Do. end month 7O 75 Ne , ig ditto 70 90 f/o. end month 7l Russian .. 9l —. Austrian Spani,h Threes „„, Home Debt . . 50 50 RA ILWAY.I. Account. ... . 3 .1 9 a 0 0 8 h 1 .7 9 9 7 8 5 7 50 Northe rn New, ditto Lyons and DI edi tcrranos.r. 995 —99 b Geneva .. 4BB 75 .. 487 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian ..... Austrian ... Lorphlrd North of Spain 5arag055a.,......... 662 50 .. 662 50 Ditto to Barcelona .• • • 347 50 .. 360 POLAND. A Warsaw letter gives the following details re specting the retirement of the Marquis ►l'ielopo:aki and his correspondence with the Czar :—" On the evening of the 17th June the Marquis received a despatch in cipLer from Count de Bismatk he then proceeded to the council, where he had not ap peered during the preceding month. When the meeting, in which certain capital condemnations had been discussed, Was closed, the Marquis rose and said, ' It is thus that empires are lost !' He was about to leave the council chamber when Berg rushed forward and exclaimed, ' Excellency, I take that observation as an insult addressed to myself.' You would be wrong, General, the Marquis coldly replied, for you are not the rnly one who acts thus!' The generals inclined their heads, and the Marquis departed ; that was the last time that he appeared at the council. On the 23d the propositions of the Powers were communicated to the Grand Duke by telegraph, and by his Highness to the Marquis. On the following day the latter wrote to the Emperor in obedience to the wish ex pressed by his Majesty that he should give his views on the despatches of the Western Powers. He de clared that he was happy to find that the Powers were acting in so amicable and moderate a manner, and that, es his Majesty's Minister, ne could only give them his adhesion. On the 27th a tele graph despatch from St. Petersburg declared that the Emperor's council was not of that opinion, and that the reply adopted would demand certain modifications in the notes. The next day the Mar quis again wrote to the Emperor, concluding his letter in these words. The propositions of the Cabinets are so wise and moderate, and the honour of the Crown has been so scrupulously studied in the present circumstances, that I can imagine nothing more practical and more conformable to the real interests of the empire than the pure and simple acceptation of them without discussion. In the opposite case I shall have the regret of considering myself obliged to separate entirely from a policy which I can only look upon as hurtful and danger ous, and to renounce all hope that my presence can be useful to the welfare of the country and to the service of your Imperial Majesty." GREECE. A Copenhagen letter lately mentioned that the young king of Greece made his departure for Athens to depend on a mixed occupation of that capital by English and French troops. The Cour rier du Dimanche declares itself authorised to con tradict that report in the most formal manner. That journal also states that George I. will proceed to his kingdom between the Ist and 15th S,pt. Another Copenhagen letter contains the follow ing A rather curious accident which occurred a few days back at the Hamburg International Ex hibition is now forming the subject of conversation here. The young King George I. being there, found himself, while in one of the compartments of the division where the newly-invented agricultural machines were exhibited, close to King Otho. Everyone remarked the embarrassment with which the newly-erected Sovereign was seized on being unexpectedly placed in presence of the monarch be is about to succeed." LITERATURE. Cardinal Pole, or the days of Philip and Mary. An Historical Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth. Three vole. Chapman and Hall. Harrison Ainsworth is especially the Genius of Historical Romance. Proapero's wand did not ex ercise a more potent sway over the Calibans ann A nem of the enchanted island, than does Mr. Ains• worth's pen over the buried kings and heroes of our history. Not the kings and heroes only, but the men and manners of the times revive again at that puissant bidding, the material as well as the social world reappears before us. Again " Old London Bridge" spans the Thames, " Old St. Paul's" tolls its memorable bell, again " Windsor Forest"— " Neath whose trees the wild deer bounded Ages long e'er we were born, And our great-forefathers sounded Many a jovial hunting born," is restored to its pristine magnificence. We know no writer of the present age—an age peculiarly rich in imaginative literature—no writer who can more powerfully cast a spell over his reader and more vividly conjure betore him the scenes of which he tells. If he describes to us in rapid nervous sen tences the ride of Turpin toYork ; if he folioav with suspended breath the escape of Jack Sheppard from his prison ; if he takes us with the chivalrous Crich ton into the revels of the gay courtiers of Marguerite de Valois ; if he lures u& to the midnight horrors of Lancashire Witches, like the Wedding Guest, in "The Ancient Mariner," we cannot choose but follow at his call, and become a charmed and sympathising witness to the scene. In alluding to the vivid lights and shadows which flicker across his pages, and to the occasional gloom and horror which he delights to excite, we have before now spoken of Mr. Ains worth as the Salvator Rosa of the Pen. His later works, however, partake rather of the character of historical paintings, and, metaphorically speaking, they are not unworthy to be preserved as such, as truthful memorials of great events that have passed away. Of this class is the work now before us, "Cardinal Pole; a Romance of the Days of Philip and Mary." No royal photographer of that age, had such an artist then by possibility existed, could have transmitted to us more vivid and accurate por traits of the Queen end the Prince, and the great men of their day, than Mr. Ainsworth has given us in this glowingly coloured romance. Here is his portraiture of QUEEN MARY. Mary was small of stature, with beautiful hands and feet. Her person was well made but too thin, and her car riage, though majestic, was exceedingly stiff, and lacked the grace which ease alone can impart. In her younger days she had been accounted good-looking, but she could scarcely be considered so now. Her eyes were large and grey, and her glances keen and steady. Her face was round, her tresses inclining to red, if they did not even ac tually attain that hue, and the nose too flat and large. Her lips, too, were thin and compressed. Altogether, there was a hardness and severity about her face that destroyed" its pleasing character, while prema ture wrinkles about the eyes and brow gave her age. If Mary did not inherit the beauty either of her father or mother, she had many of the qualities by which hith were characterised. She had the courage, firmness, and obsti nacy of Henry VIII., and she had all the virues belonging to the unfortunate Katherine of Arragon. Her conduct, under the trials to which she was exposed, was most exem• plary, and even her enemies could find no fault with it. Firmly attached to the principles of the Catholic religion, in which she had been brought up, she never wavered for a moment in her adherence to her faith, but would have suf fered martyrdom rather than renounce it. When commanded by the council under Edward VI. to desist from the per formance (Amass, she still continued to celebrate it in private. Mary spoke well in public, and possessed a voice so sonorous that she could be distinctly heard by a large assemblage. Her stirring address to the citizens at Guildhall gave the coup de grace to Wyat's formidable rebellion. She arose at daybreak, performed her religious duties, heard mass, and thenceforward devoted herself to public business, being easy of access to all who desired to approach her. Bigoted Mary was intolerant and severe towards those who differed with her on points of faith; but she had many re deeming qualities, which should have saved her from the obloquy to which she has been subjected. And here is a lifelike sketch of PHILIP OF SPAIN. Philip's face was a periect oval, and all the features good e xcept the mouth, the lowez lip of which was too full, and projected beyond the upper--a defect inherited by the prince from his father, who was considerably under-jawed. Philip's complexion was fair, of almost feminine delicacy and clearness, his eyes large and blue, and shaded by thick brows meeting over the nose. His hair, worn short, ac cording to the Spanish mode, was of a golden yellow, and his pointed beard of the same hue. His forehead was lofty aad white as marble, and his nose long, straight, and perfectly proportioned. In regard to his attire, he was ex tremely particular, affecting dark colours, as they best suited him ; and he had the good taste to dispense with embroidery and ornament. Black velvet haut-de•chausses, black taffetas hose, velvet buskins, doublet of black satin, all fitting to perfection, constituted his habiliments. Over all be wore a short black damask mantle furred with sable. His neck was encircled by the collar of the Golden Fleece, and on his head sat a black velvet cap, having a small chain of gold as its sole ornament. The most carefully drawn character in the whole work is, however, that of him frcm whom it takes its name. Cardinal Pole is truthfully depicted as a most benign and loveable impersonation of Chris• tiancharity and devotion, in an ago when, alas! the terms were not synonymous, when zeal had robbed religion of its fairest attributes, and, as Mr. Ains worth truly remarks, " Neither side, when in PQWer,. bhowed mual pity for its opponents." A singular contrast to au uncharitable age is repre sented to us in— CARDINAL POLE. Me man of his time possessed higher and nobler qualities than the illustrious Reginald Pole. Sanctity of manners, erudition, wisdom, eloquence,. combined to render h: m one of the most shining lights of the age. Devout without bigotry, tolerant, strictly conscientious, and pure-minded, he was utterly free from debasing passions. Guile and hypocrisy formed no part of his character. Self-denying, abstinent, and laborious, ho was ever generous and charitable. Leaving the gallery of portraits, from which we might select many brilliant specimens, Nvo will transcribe the very animated scene which occurs on Philip's first arrival in the English waters, when the high national spirit of the English, shrinking from "dependence upon foreigners," on the one timid, and the haughty pride of the imperious Spaniards on the other, were dangerously mani felted. " By this time the fleet had passed the Solent Sea and was off Cowes. The extreme beauty of the Isle of Wight, as seen from this point, might have excited Philip's admire. tion, had not his attention been drawn to the h nglish and Flemish fleets, which could now be seen advancing to meet him. On c.me the two armaments, proudly and defiantly, as if about to give him battle, or oppose his progress. When they got within a mile of the Prince, the English ships were ordered to heave to, and soon became stationary; but the Flemish squadron continued to advance until it met the Spaniards, when it wore round and came on with them. "As yet, no salute had been fired by the Lord High Admiral. " Ido not understand such matters,' said the Dake of Alva, approaching the Prince ; ' but it seems to me that the English Admiral gives your highness but a cold reception.' " Philip made no reply, but, after a moment, observed, ' Those are fine ships.' " ' They are so,' replied Alva ; but their commander should be taught to show due respect to his sovereign.' " Just then an incident occurred which caused the ut most astonishment, not unmixed with indignation, through out the Spanish fleet. A shot was flied by the Lord High A'lmiral across the bows of the Spai,ish ship nearer.. him. Philip was made instantly aware of the oceurrence, and for a moment exhibited unwonted emotion. His pale cheek flushed, and he sprang from his seat, seeming abo t to give an angry order, but he presently became calmer. Not so the grandees around him. They were furious; and the Duke of Alva counselled the Prince immediately to fire upon the insolent offender. " I am as eager to resent the affront as the Duke,' said Count D'Egmont; 'but first let an explanation be de manded.' " Make the inquiry with our cannon,' said Alva, fiercely; adding, with a scornful look at D'Egu_ont, Timid counsels smack of treason.' Regarding tbo Duke with a glance as disdainful as his own, D'Egmont said, ' My loyalty to the Emperor has been often approved. His Highness will be better served by prudence than by rashness. There must be some mistake.' " There can be no mistake, and no explanation ought to be accepted,' cried Alva, yet more fiercely. ' The affront is a stain upon the honour of our country, and can only be avenged by the destruction of that insolent fleet. Count D'Egmont is not a Spaniard, and therefore does not feel it.' "' I should regard the matter differently, if I could be lie%e that insult was intended,' rejoined D'Egmont. But I cannot think so.' " ' Here comes the explanation,' said Philip, as the Ad miral of Castile approached. How now, my lord he added to him. ' W hat means this interruption ? For what reason was that shot fired ?' " Because our topsails were not lowered in deference to the English navy in these narrow seas,' replied the Admiral It is the custom to exact this homage to the flag, and Lord Clinton will not abate a jot of his demands. lam come to ascertain your highness's pleasure.' " Pour a broadside into the insolent fellow,' said Alva. That is the only answer to return consistent with your highness's dignity.' " It is not for me to offer counsel,' said D'Egmont ; but it is better, methinks, to submit to this affront, which, after all, may not be intended as such, than to hazard the loss of a prize that is no nearly gained.' " Philip looked thoughtful fur a moment, and then said, in an authoritarive tone, Let the topsails be lowered—in this ship—and throughout the fleet. Since the demand is warranted, we ought to comply with it.' " The Admiral instantly gave the requisite orders to the officers near him, and ere another minute the topsails were lowered, amid the murmurs of the Spanish grandees, whose glowing cheeks and flashing eyes proclaimed their wrath. " I did not think this affront would have been endured,' cried Alva. " 'Nor I,' cried the Marquis de PescarP, and some abers. "Be patient, my lords—be patient,' observed Philip, significantly. Our turn will come anon.' " In another minute all the vessels in the Spanish fleet had followed the example of the Santissima Trinidada. " This was no sooner done than a loud salute was fired from all the guns in the English navy." Tnis stirring scene is a sort of foreshadowing of the fate of the Spanish Armada cf the hereafter. The secondary story, which runs parallel with the historical romance, relates to the very unsmooth course of the loves of Constance Tyrrell and Osbert Clinton. The end of this love story is a surprise and a disappointment. We are indeed disposed to re gard it as a mistake. We contrive to think, how ever, that Constance never entertained for the Eng- tish Osbert quite so warm an bffection as was be guiled from her by the impassioned protestations of the Spanish Philip! Be this as it may, the close of her story has disappointed us, as it will many of the readers of " Cardinal Pole." Our old friends Og, and Gog, and Magog, and the marvellous and me morable Xit appear again upon the scene, and with most momentous results, especially to the first men tioned—the giant Og! In taking leave of" Cardinal Pole" we cannot but congratulate Mr. Ainsworth on a brilliant addition to his historical romances— one quite worthy of taking rank with his best pro. ductions of that class. A Discovery Concerning Ghosts; With a Rap a the Spirit Rappers. By George Cruikehank Illustrated wit❑ cuts. Bvo., pp. 48. F. Arnold. At it again ! as comically and shrewdly as ever, wielding with as bold a hand, here pen, here pencil, comes to us now, again, as ever, in all kinds of odd and "questionable shapes" the inexhaustible spirit of fun, frolic, and sound good sense characteristic of the outpourings of the whimsical genius of George Cruikshank. If we are not mistaken, George is Captain of a corps of Volunteers. We don't anew what sort of a shot he may be at the rifle butt when handling his Enfield. But certainly with those familiar weapons but just mentioned, the pen and the pencil, with which this gifted and inexhaust ible humorist has been " shooting folly as it flies" any time these sixty years, he has never yet within our recollection made a miss. Here once more—as usual—it is not merely a hit, but a palpable hit, that has been made at one of the most flag rant of the flying follies of the hour by the good hand and true of that brave old marksman George Cruickshank. No matter what may be his feats of arms at the rifle butt—at all other "butts" he goes, at every shot, right to the very centre. His shafts of ridicule flying straight to the bull's-eye, and, by a sympathetic in fluence invariably, while so doing, tickling Old John Bull irresistibly in the mindriff I It is so here with this Rap, of George Cruickshank's, at the Spirit Rappers. All the Ghosts that were ever heard of, too, this doughty arch foe of Humbug, sweeps into nothingness—lays, and that's flat —with his ever-pointed pencil. Ha reminds us—of what all have overlooked hitherto when babbling about ghosts—that they are almost entirely made up of—Ghosts of old clothes and old armour ! A circumstance in itself demon grating the utter folly and absurdity of this nonsensical superstition. That, in brief, is the gist of this funny pamphlet. But those who love a laugh, should read it—and, as they read it, we warrant them, they will chuckle audibly, if they roar not outright, at George Cruikshank's most comical woodcuts of Hamlet's father's ghost, of the Shade of Napoleon, of the ghostly sweep, and the ghostly Greenwich pensioner ! CRUIKSHANKS CROWDS, it Las been well said, give one exactly the impression of reality. They show a certain monotony, from the common impulse or purpose of the mob, yet they are full of characteristic figures, no two exactly alike. There is also all the necessary sense of air, and motion, and fluctuation about them They are pene trable crowds, especially the Irish crowds, which he delights to draw—true mobiles ready to break out into new mis chief, or disperse before the onslaught of the Saxon. The library of the late Thomas Buckle, author of " The History of Civilisation in England," has recently been sold in the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson. Many of the books were enriched with manuscript notes and with referonces, showing Mr. Buckle's diligence in reading and noting facts likely to be of use for his publica tion. Mental shook or great anxiety changes the blackest hair white. This colour, however, is to be restored with certainty by Herring's magnetic bushes, &c. Dr. Hassan says, "I re gard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made, as resptcts their mechanical construction and their magnetical action." They are the remedy for gre y hair, neu ra l g i a , rheumatism, &c. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basiugliall-street, London, = &ant cm/Tar HER MAJESTY. - --~-- OSBORNE, July 27. The Queen held a council to-day, which was atteztded by Eirl Granville, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir George Grey. At the C , ouncil the Royal Speech for the proro g ation of Paal liament to mo rrow (T ues d ay ) waa ap proved by her ilLjesty. Mr. Helps, the i)lerk of the Council, attended. The Ministers relizrned to London in the after ❑oon. THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO GERMANY.—ltitelli gence from Coburg of the 22d inst. states that it has been definitely announced that her Majesty will arrive there on the 14th August. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Troubetzkoi, accompanied by their family and a numerous suite, have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for the Isle of Wight. The Duke of Newcastle has returned to the Clarendon Hotel frora Scotland. The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord, Vice- Admiral Sir Frederick Grey, Rear-Admiral C. Eden, C. 8., Captain the Hon. James R. Drummond, and other members of the board leave town to-day on a visit of inspection of the royal dockyard at Woolwich. The Duke of St. Albans has left the Clarendon Hotel, for Sussex. 'rite Marquis of Norman by is, we learn, detained in town by illness, and it is doubtful if his lordship will be able to take a change of air for some days. The Eirl of Zetland left town yesterday, to at tend the races at Goodwood. The Edrl and Couvtess of Erne and family have arrived at their seat in Ireland for the autumn. The Earl Granville will leave town as soon as his public duties will admit, to join the circle assembled at Slindon House, Sussex, for the Goodwood Races. Count Orloff Davidoff has left the Clarendon Hotel, for Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Campden and the Hon. Blanche Noel have arrived at the baths of Ischia. The health of the noble visc.9untess, though still delicate, has derived great benefit from the climate of Italy. l'he Dowager Lady Hantingfield has left Brown's Hotel, Dover street. Lord and Lady Aveland, vnd Hon. Misses Heath cote have left town for Normanton-park, Rutlandsh,rre. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bert., M.P., and Lady Emily Peel are expected to leave town shortly after the prorogation of Parliament for their villa at Geneva. A marriage is arranged between Mr. Eustace Wilson Patten, of the Ist Life Guards, son of Col. Wilson Patten, M P., and Miss Thynne, daughter of Lord and Lady John Thynne. Mr. Hugo Meynell Ingram is about to be married to Miss Wood, daughter of Sir Chal. and Lady Mary Wood. FESTIVITIES AT GOODWOoD HOUSE.--The Duke and Duchcss of Richmond win continue that hospi tality during the race week at Goodwood which was usually maintained by the noble duke's venerated father. The following distinguished company have been invited to be the house party, during the week :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by the Hon. Colonel James Macdonald, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Sari of Chesterfield, the Earl of Glasgow, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Strafford, the Earl of Winchilsea, the Earl Annes ley, the Earl of Westmoreland, Viscount and Viscountess Newport and Miss Anson, Viscount Hamilton, M.P,, and Lady Georgiana Hamilton, Viscount Cant, rbury, Lord Bingham, Lord Dunglass, Lord Henry Scott, Lord H. Gor don Lennox, M.P., Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox, M.P., Sir Robert Brownrigg, Mr. and Lady Augusta Sturt, Gene ral the Right Hon. J. Peel, General Newton, Colonel Townley, Colonel Tower, Colonel Greville, Capt. Saville, Mr. Charles Greville, and Mr. George Payne. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond will entertain a large circle at dinner every evening during the week in addition to the guests in the house. The majority of the company will remain with the noble duke and duchess until Saturday num. DEATH OF THE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—WO understand intelligence has reached London an nouncing the death of this respected nobleman, on Satur day last, on the Continent. The deceased was son of the fourth earl by his first wife, Miss Tylney Long, eldest daughter and co-heir of the late Sir James Tylney Long, Bart. His lordship was born at Wanstead House, in 1813, and succeeded to the family honours on the demise of his father in 1857. The late earl leaves an only sister, and the title devolves upon his cousin, the Duke of Wellington. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY FoLEY.—We regret to announce the demist, of the above lady, which took place at six o'clock yesterday morning, at her residence in Great Stanhope -street. Her ladyship had been in a weak state of health for some time past. The deceased Cecilia Olivia Geraldine was fifth daughter of the second Duke of Leinster, by the only daughter and heir of Lord St. George, whose title is now extinct. Her ladyship was born in 1786, and married, in 1806, the third Lord Foley, who died in 1833. CRYSTAL PALACE. On Sunday last the attractions of the palace at Syden ham were opened to "the shareholders and their friends," and never on any occasion has a more numerous or de lighted company assembled within the fairy domain of the Crystal Palace Company. Through the instrumentality of the National Sunday League, Crystal Palace Share Clubs have been formed, and thus the industrious working man is enabled to become the proprietor of one or more shares, entitling him to admission on all occasions not excepting Sundays. If anything were wanting to show that the working thousands of the metropolis can and do conduct themselves in the most orderly manner when collected together in immense numbers, the assembly of Sunday last settled the point moat satisfactorily, and it is only to be regretted that the privilege of visiting the Palace on that particular day is not given to them without the restrictions that now exist. The day has happily gone by when the public-house was the only attraction for the pent up artisan of the metropolis, But why he should be pre vented visiting the Crystal Palace on Sunday, unless he be a "shareholder," we have never been able to understand• We are amongst those who have for some time labours d for the opening of the British Museum and the National Gal lery, every day throughout the year, and we feel certain the time is not remote when such an arrangement will came into operation, because the great objection. that has been raised to such a step, viz., the injury that might arise to the valuable collection from an unguarded crowd, has been entirely disposed of. Great as that boon would be to the working classes, we candidly confess we think the facility of visiting the Crystal Palate on Sunday would certainly by a very great number be much perferred ; and why it should at present be withheld we cannot understand, especially as the privilege of visiting such. places as Cremorne Gardens and Weston's Retreat is al lowed by the purchase of a refreshment ticket. The law, in our opinion, that permits one and prevents the other is not only ridiculous, it is positively unfair and unjust. THE NETTERVILLE, WENTWORTH, AND KIL WINNING PEERAGES.—No decision has yet been given in the claims put forward to these peerages. They all stand adjourned sine die, AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF THE .LORDS DURTNG THE PARLIAMENTARY OESSION,—When the ordinary business of the Session is under consideration, says a weekly contemporary, eight or nine peers generally sacriffee their afternoon ride to the demands of the country. Af Lord Derby or Lord Ellenborough is expected to make an eloquent speech on some great question of foreign policy the audience numbers perhaps thirty or forty. When it is, hoped that a colonial job may occasion a damaging divi sion, fifty peers sit with exemplary patience until it is time to dress for Ginner. METROPOLITAN POLICE (GUILDHALL ENTER TAINMENT).—A parliamentary return has been made, upon the motion of Sir De Lacy Evans, of the num ber of the Metropolitan police employed within the City to assist the police of London in maintaining order on the recent occasion of the entertainment at the Guildhall to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Superintendents, 10 ; inspectors, 20 ; sergeants, 74 ; constables, 786 ; in plain clothes, 34; mounted, 56—total, 980. TIIE REVENUE OF IRELAND.—A parliamentary return or the revenue of Ireland for the year end ind the 31st December, 1862, exhibits an ordinary income to the revenue of £6,292,972 4s. 4d., which, with the addi tion of a few other items, and £1,181,510 6s. sd. remaining on hand at the beginning of the year, gives a total of £7,856,668 45. 4d. As against this the expenditure shows a tatat of £6,361,403 Os. Ild. The largest excise district collections, as may readily be imagined, come from Dublin, amounting to £688,841 Ss. 41d., the port of Dublin also coming in for the liun's share of £1,015,440, In the exports the predilection of the English for Irish spirits is shown from the fact that, while Ireland retains 3,977,024 gallons for her own consumption, she exports to Great Britain alone 1,037,734 gallons, or nearly a third of that quantity. MUSICAL LEGERDEMAIN.—in HeAcr Belioz'S requium there i a stauzi—the " Tuba mirum spargens sonum”—with an accompaniment of eighteen drums, tuned to alroost every note in the chromatic scale, I