The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-31 00:00:00

TN what eo HappT Lana" can I see ynn 4fter the Opera ? 1 only know of One HAPPY LAND, COVIIINT-k4ARDEN, my de it. fellow ! IVNAHAN'S LL WHISKY V. COGNAC, BRANDY. „This celebrated Old IRI3II WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesom e. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd, at the Retail Houses in London ; b y the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. .21? serve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork b randed inahan's LL Whisky." TO THE BONDHOLDERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND 'GREAT WESTERN . RAILWAY. ISSUE OF SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS. PAYABLE IN LONDON. . 86,0 Z0 dollars rxiso,oor» New York Division — Due in I S BI. . 1,00 0,000 dollars (.£225 030) Pennsylvania Division—Due in Secured by P ' t d)1 to•acre cons'itutino . a lien on a veIZIS ere .. or , ... , . . tlie, income and all coroorate rights. privileges, ands, tran eipi,es, plant and pror,erty of the Pennsylvania and New Yo rk divisions of the Railway. The Bonds are redeemable in New York or in London at " 8 . s d. per dollar, and are transferable without stamp or en dorsement, ; 4 per cent. of the gross amount will he drawn 1 , - “r 1, Yin July, commencing in 1855, to be pa'd off at par in ondon ; Interest Coupons are attached to the:Bonds, ply able semi-annually, at the Consolidated rank in London, at the fixed ra+e of 4s. to the dollar. The Bonds will be issued at 70. viz.:— Bonds of 100 dola. at XII 155., with interest from April, 1, 1854. " 503 „ £73 155., ~ II If „Z• I,OVO „ £157 lOs The CoupDrvi represent £ l4" " per''annum on each bond of 1 ,00 0 dollars (£225), or nearly 9 per cent. The privilege of subscribing will remain open until the 6 lt of April for the'p resent bondholders, either directly or t hrou g h t heir brokers. _The terms of issue arc as follows : ° 10 Per cent. on application, being Zil 5 0 per Bond of 1,000 dol. 15 " al otment „ 2 2 ' 0 0 ~ ~ x, II 2(1 May /I 33 15 0 „ 20 ~ 15th May „ 45 0 0 II 11 /1 Ist June ~ 45 0 0 ~ ill £157 10 0 Subscribers have the option of paying the instalments in Mvart(e, and will be allowed a discount of 6 per cent. p er an " 1 11 on such pre-payments. After allotment Scrip Certifi 'ates will be issued to "bearer." 'hese Certificltes will be exchanged for Bonds to " bearer" " Payment of the final instalment, The early completion of the works of this great Railway Justifies the Company in making this additional issue of Bonds, following the financial policy adopted at the outset, of issuing securities to the public only after the actua e l pro gress of the Railway ha 4 secured the necessary income for providing the interest. There will remain only the Second TM/age of the Ohio division, to be disposed of hereafter, Ivnen the total of the Bonded Debt will be only £6,000 per Bbrnq of appreation may be obtained of the Bankers ; or at the Offices of the Company. 41Ques. . - oad-tiPme; ,o'ndon, T.G. March 23, la• • . • • ff E At-Tt to N BANK (Limited). Capital £1,(00,e00, in 20,000 shares of £5O each. „ First issue, 10 000 shares. per snare on ap plication, and £4 per share on allotment. It is not intended to call up more than £l5 per r t ahate: -No ealrwill life made .for three months after allot ment. Three months' interval at least will elapse between two calls, and fah call will ex....eed £5 per. share. , Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1 8 6 2 , 'ltwhereby each 'shareholder's 'liability is limited to the anlount of his shares. . • • DiRtCTORS. MIAS Cave,' Nei., Sheriff of London and Midd'esex. • al. Pritchett, Esq. (firm of 4. T. Pritchett and Sons), 131, PdnehutehLstreet. ' V- garters, Esq. ; (firm of P. F. Masters and Sons), .• ewate-inarket. 44 eniamin Baugh,..Esg.,, Bradford-street, and Baisall-heath, ' Birmingham. r •chOtaas ARts, .ESq.' (firm of Thomas Aggs and Co.), 155, ~,Penchurch.street, E.C. Jl. P. Potter, Esq. (firm of It. F. Potter and Co.), 25, Newgate street. The With power to add to their number. -e nrovisior al arrangement for merging the old-established private bank of Messrs. Challis and Son with ;he Albion Bank (Limited) has been confirmed, end the active partner 'Will be the general manager of the Bank. GENERAL MANAGER Thomas M. Challis, Esq. BANKERS. • .."Itesmrs. Challis and,Son, 16, West Smithfield. ,I x iank of London,-Threadneedle- street. The" London and Northern Bank, 2, Bank-buildings, London ; • NelyeaStle,,Leed§, and Huddersfield. BROKER. jambs Shepherd,yaq., Auction Mar'. • SOLICITOR. (3, NV. D i nning Dean, Esq., 27, New Broad-street. AUDITORS. TiVilliam Cooper, Esq, Fublio Accountant, 13, George-street, - ..„Mansion House ( " • •Andrews, Esq,, Manag,er United Kingdom Electric Tele , glaP1:1 Company. • ''SECRETARY, PRO TElf. Mr. EL' L. Price. Tempu'ary dffices=l, Bank-buildings. , AR.112(3 , Ap PROSPECTUS. ibiNtheigh the system of joint-stock banking has b een este t "Qued to meet the rtquirernents most departments of 'l. 4 tade, it has not been introduced for,the business of the agri- Tl,,l_tural and cattle market's• of' the 'metropolis ; and though Population has doubled within the last 25 years, and, con .t 'e - i, e ,g l LAtlY, the necessary quantity of supplies, yet the.whole 4,7 'less; a mounting to 15 to 29 'millions per annum, is left in • lue4tanda of a few private firms. Tue Albion Bank is introduced to proci 5 e increased facili tes for this tradeby: establishinz an office in the City, as well 4 1 at Smithfield and the Metropolitan Cattle Market ; and .1 b ae'llientfY;'shduld if be found d esrabl e, by opening branches n th eAßricultural districts. . • • . u The Metropolitan Meat or Poultry Market i n in Smithfield, '4 win cfnitsdof erection; is destined, by the terms of the Act of Parliament, to combine and supersede a ll other mar kets fo r M eat in the metropolis. To this market will be con centrated all transactions for the supply of butchers' meat, and other produce to the inhabitants of the metro , -Polls and a circle of 14 miles round it. Should no allotment take place, the deposits will be re 'Rimed in full. Should a less number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made available to 'wards the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the a. pliesmt. Application for shares may be addressed to the bankers. brokers, or directors of ,the Company, and to the secretary at the offices ot'the Compeer:--- THE ALBION BANK (Limited). The Directors have to announce that the PROVI SI, )NAL AGREEMENT for the PUR O IIASE of the Old estab,lahed BANKING- BUSINESS of Messrs. CHALLIS and SON, to , ether with their B , nk Premises, No. 16, West tmithfield, snd Bank Buildinzs, Metropolitan Cattle M , rket, has been CONFIRMED; and that Mr. Thomas M. Challis, the active partner in the firm, will be the General Manager of the Albion Bank (Limited). T H E ALBION BANK ( Limited) tht NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS for SHARES In s Bank will .be RECEIVED after 'rUESDAY, the sth April. SPECTACLES. —The Patent Newly-invented Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the m a j nrit y of the Nobility, includinc.r., Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra f2rdinary relief to weak, din, and detective vision.—S. and B 1 31,0.11.0N5, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. THE ORIGINAL 'ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCM , Fish for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies , Stews , St eaks, Sou p s, Game dm. il, Prepared 'm by the proprietors, Mos. BUCK and Co., 10 , at n-pliee, Daiston, London, N.E. IP THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any ~ one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Tndizestion, or ..„111 C O r usnesa, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS.. Of alll le.world-wideici vendors celebrity t proves them ,n 24 . oL .. sterlingo or free r m ee e merit. post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist ___.Llocoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. exec u t e COMMISSIONS on all races th r o u g hout the . Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and estminster Bank. Post-effi.:e Orders payable at Camber well-park. Address—BoTT and JA.oxsox, "Man of the World" Wine bores, George-street. Camberwell -park, London. THE NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL BUST. BY FELIX M. MILLER, Professor of Sculpture, Govern ment School of Art, published under the special sanction of the National Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon Tercente nary Committees, by HOWELL, JAMES, and CO. copies will be issued, in the order of registration, to sub scribers only, and are executed in— Wedgwood Ceramic Statuary, 12 in. high, price One G uinea. w'rench 'terra Cotta 15 ,t 11 One Guinea. Bronze 8 14 If Three Guineas Subscribers' names received by the agents in London and Chia provincial towns (where copies of the Bust may be seen), or by the publishers, HOWELL, JAMES, and Co., Goldsmiths, &c., By avpointment to the Queen and Prince and Princess of wales, 5,7, and 9, REaENT-STREET, LONDON. Photographs and prospectuses forwarded post free on ap plication. • PRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlerk To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17?0.) The ,Tuvors' Report On Wax and Church Candles, in 18 02 . testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' Manufacture. A. distinguished. Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Fr ancis Tucker and Co.. on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, - - says I have found them fully equal to the recommendation ._"tell you gave them, and can s incerely, in my tutu, _I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality Ordinary 8 with I° laded Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. quality .• .. '2 s . Od per lb. . VEGETABLE CL.NDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Genf quality .. is. sd. per lb. Third quality ls. 3d. per lb. qualify ls per lb. •• •• •• •• •• •• • id. Ca rriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., %, South 3folton-street. Grosvenor-square. Manufactory — Kensington (Established 1730). the largest EAsblishment in England for the Manufacture Wa: (curdles for the uRe of the Altar. L9llOll. it BED .ROOM CANDL ES. RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop crease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold i byes 5. and 3s. each, .n P '1 are recommended as the best farriers. " E XTRA. HART 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," ( )1(1 in box, s 2s. each. Th; :_lcer candles intended for those Who Will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED : I ' I C /lITS : 4 in for use Packets of 36 candles for one shilling, inte.''` e `-` N Z l _ l l e i re cheapness is a great object, will be found an ii..-Tr"e r_ t on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. reducing candle ticks to fit thin candles, 18. and 2s. 6d. each ; candlesticks, 2d. each. lacing sockets, making them fit any TOILET SOLPS.' Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap,. with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, for tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOLE haarrice's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and rem st.i oves ea, Mom any Chemist, in grease and other ns. 1..„;aul led bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot- V • e's at from ed. ties, ed. and is. each. hy t n_rdli• Impure Glycerine _f been sold on the state igietespat it is "equal to \ Nita 1 Retail through any Grocer. DY Price's Patent Candle comptuly (Limited), THE SUN, LONDON, f.HU -DAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1864. N°. 22.391 PERSONS SEEKING LANDED EtTi ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER iIES G'rNE LULL Y To DE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "Fund PROPERTY REGISTER," containing, a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OwNERS OP PROPERTIES WiShillZ to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Rec2ifo er *fiords, by sending the particu'ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 07, Chane,ry-lane. London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chara^ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon vent en ces. TnEun IS NO CITAROF, incurred, unless a tenant or pur cnaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. MR. MAC DONALD'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ADELA CAT HCAR T. By GEORGE MAC DONALD, M.A., Author of " David Elgiubrod," Hurst and Black - at, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TO THE ELECTORS. OF THE BOROUGH OF FINSBURY. Ministerial Indiscretions, GENTLEMEN, When you did me the honour to elect me as your Repre sentative I pleded myself that, if I found the task more than my health and strength were ( qual to. I would resign. I feel it due to you to say that,after the most anxious delibera tion and consultation with my physician, I have determined. at tue close of the present Parliament, not to present myself for re-election. I need hardly assure you that I have arrived at this determination with great reluctance. My relations with the borough have bee a fromthe first so perfectly cordial and satisfactory, that it is impossible to think of leaving it without sincere regret. I have one reason—and one on,y— for resigning Finsbury. The duties connected with the Re presentatiJn of a Metropolitan Borough are not only of en extremely numerous, but of a very pressing and responsible kind. Hardly a measure comes before Parliament, which does not Ore t some section of the Electors. This naturally leads to a very extended correspondence ; and I find this, in addition to my own affairs, more than I can continue to per form with satisfaction to myself, and that due regard to my health which my duty to my family requires. If I again re-enter Parliament, it must be to represent some Constituency where attention only to national ques tions is required at my hands, and where I should be compa ratively free for political work. Be assured I shall ever cherish a warm recollection of your kindne's and friendship. You have throughout given me your confidence, and I have endeavoured to repay that co-' dence by devoting, myself to you, service. Amid the diversity of political scntinv -JAB prevailing in so very large a constAttleucy, I r - - . 43 1;110; expect my course in Par- Bement to liiiVe saitsned all the Electors; but I venture to hope that, in the main, I have f aithfullyrepresented your political convictions and your social interests, 1 am, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully. S. MORTON PETO. Kensington Palace Gardens, Mach 31, 1864, Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., PECULIAR. 'A TALE OF THE GREAT TRANSITION. Edited by WILLIAM HOWITT. "This tale contains a livin, interest and positive value. But it is rather in artistic treatment, in the delineation of character, in the development of the clot, and in the liveli ness of the narrative, that the real merit consists. All the characters are admirably described."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION of BARBARA'S HISTORY. By AMELIA B. EDWARDS. From the Times, March 28. —" It is not often that we light upon a new novel of so much merit and interest as' Barbara's History.' It is a work conspicuous beyond the average for taste and literary culture, and felicitous in its delineation of some very delicate and refined shades of character. It is a very graceful and charming book, with a well manac2 ed story, clearly cut characters, and sentiments exprestwd with an ex. quisiti! elocution. The dialogues especialy spa kle with re partee. It is a book which the world will like, and which those who commence it will care to finish. This is high praise of a work of art, and so we intend it." Herat and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 17IIRNT TURF, CARPETS, 13 EDDING, and 1 ELOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or dieance, First. class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Shovvrcoms occupying as acre of ground. Every article warranted CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm -able engravings of every description of Furniture and I:ecisteads, with prices att ached. A copy sent gi atis and po,t-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised Now ready at all Libraries, ih 4 vols., THE DANES, SKETCHED BY THEM SELVES. A Series of popular Stories by the best Danish Novelists. rale : A Six..tconied Parsonage An Eight-*4.omed ditto . T en - roo med gitto A Twelve -roomed ett.o 191 11 0 Together with a ?rice List of puriked Bedding, and a mass of valnable inform;itionto all requiring, hoz:sell )1d furniture, ^grpet - P. or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cleroy men and gentlemen in nt near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury. Ely, PrOM?ll.Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford. Brighton, Gaingil9rough, St aines, irgate. Dorking, ICidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Catiitiridge, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterk.Grolh, St. David's, vvrqx . ..b.am, and Above 500 other placesi 04rt6 of Great Brit^ COBBETT and CO., General House Furnisher:4, 'Dept:lord bridge, London, S.E, Translated by Mrs. 13IISHBY. Richard Bentley. New Burlington-sireat. The Supposed Foundering of the Re Galant uomo. This day is published, in one large volume octavo, pp. 676, price 215., The New York papers to hand contain accounts of the supposed loss of the ;le Galantuomo. The 4 4 1 Star of the West had arrive 'at New York from Liverpool, and in. .14,gr_ , 2 - Are,,thajollowilag iirtiriiTZ ' ' ' • N On March 7, latitude 40;40, loigitude 64.20, at 4 p.m., saw a large man-of-war with maintopmast gone, and colours at the masthead, as if she wished to speak with us. , INDEX GEOGRAPHICUS: being a List, alphabetically arranged, of the principal Pisces on the (4 lobe, with the countries and subdivisions of the countries in which they are situated, and their latitudes and longitudes. Compile specially with re-term:toe to lixit4l 7 Palmagn'sigosl* Atlas, - Vglippildable Will modern atlise2 and maps. William Blackwood and SOncs, Edinburgh and London. THE POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW.— No. XI. April, 1864, price '2s. 6d., contains :—On Printing" 'fe egraphy, by R. S. Colley, with page illustration —Herring Fisherieo, by the Editor—Microscopic Fungi, by M. C. Cooke. with two coloured illustrations —Proper C othing, hg Dr. Lankester, F.R.S.—Absorption and Radiation of Heat, by Pro essor Debus, F.R.S., with 2-page illustration— Botanical Exerclseti, by the Rev. G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S.— Pre-historic Dwellings, by G. E. Roberts, F.A.S.L., with Page illustration —Reviews of rooks—Summary of Agricul ture, Astronomy, 13otany, Chemistry, Geol, Medical Scienc-s, Metallurgy, Photography, hysics, Zoology,' and Comparative Anatomy. illustrated by the best 'Artists.— Quarterly, 2s. 6d.; Annual, 10s. London; Robert Rardwicte, 192, Piccadilly.. SC IND E RAILWAY (INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA, PUNJA.UB, and DELHI RAILWAYS) COMPANY. At the NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the aboye Cempany. held at the London Tavern. Bishopsgete street, in the City of London. on "WEDNEDAY, the 30th march, 1854—W. P. ANDREW, Esq.. Chairman of the Com pany, presiding—the fol owing Resolutions were carried unanimously : 1. That this meeting receive and adopt the report and ac counts of the Directors. 2. That W. P. Andrew, Esq., be re-elected a Director of this Company. 3. That Colonel Sir Frederick L. Arthur, Bart., be re elected a Director of this Company. 4. That Georre Gordon M tcpherson, Esq., be re-elected Auditor of this Company. 5. That the cordial thanks of this meeting are tendered to W. P. Andrew, Esq., for his courteous conduct in the chair this day. . . At sp.m. tacked, steering south-west by the wind, until 6 p.m., the man-of-war firing guns—hove to about'4 miles to the leeward of her. At half-past 6,p.m. she tried tp speak' us, but could not be heard—filled the ship and tacked. At 7 p.m. passed close under her stern and asked what she wanted, and the reply was that she was an Italian man-of war, and in a sinking condition, wished us to lie by her all night, and accompany hereto the nearest land. Asked how many people there were ott board. Reply —over 400. We promised tO ' remain by her through the night ; shortened sails . to lower topsails: . and foretopmast stay. sail, and kept by ,the: 'wind, `At eight p.m. fired a rocket, which was answered by another from the man of war. S , wards her and hove to about two miles to . teered to.. windward. At 9 p.m. fired abluelight, which was answered by bne-from tha.vesisel, - the two ships being in about the same position. At•qp-p.m..fired . a rocket; no reply. At 11 p.m: fired a recke,t ,snd,bluelight ; no reply. Wore ship and ran to the' eastward aboht three miles ; hove to on the other tack, en& lay 'until daylight. At 5 a.m. made sail and ran to the eastward, a lookant at the masthead, but could see nothing ; at 6 a.m. hauled,iy the wind, supposing she had kept away before the wind. Shortly after 9,p 4 m,-streine breeze sprang up from west ward; weather, ntederately clear.: Saw several vessels steering net during the day. March . ll, lat 40, long 68, passed Austrikt'.blig Methento, hound to Boston; 13th inst., Id 40 Along 70, passed ship Anewan, froth Callao. . The New Y t ork,Herald says : The Italian frigate Re Galantuomo sailed from New York on the 34 inst.,' and"the Re d'ltalia on the 9th. From the date of the ,supposed disaster therefore it is surmised that the vessel in diatressnmst have been the Re Galantuomo, though it is not generally supposed here that she hadcauch a large nuntbei of passengers on board. - ' When the news reached'New YOrk the 'first s inaPresion was that the'Re d!ltalia had; suffered another accident; but it is unnecessary to state tho such .cannel hive been the case, as she did not /eave tite;lsTarrows until the 9tkinst., two days after the iupposed:tiisaster. ' - ' - If any disaster has occurreit to : an'italitinlrirgate it must have been the,Re GalantuortM, which: left on the 3d inst. The above statenient of.Captitin Pesti; is, htivayer, by no Xneana incOmpatible with the safety of the frigate: She may have gone in a different dlr:ection from that iicirsued by the Stitrof the Weat on the morning of the Bth. The Italian Consul General:4. Anfora di LiCignano, in company with 13. W. Peveock; Esq.,' and Signor Secchi di Cassali, editor of the Eco d' Balla, visited the ship Star of the West, Captain Pert y commanding, yesterday afternoon ~,t, in order to ascertain the fullest and st reliable particulars relative to . the supposed Joss ol,,the t alian man-of-war, which vessel had beenaptAyeacof Jig ! , , , . :'FJIe following facts were eliciteli..: . .?' - \ ~ , -- -- ;1 „.... ,, ; 4 , Whet* latitudeit 40,, M j_.,::;1/v . i i .21:--ibilliir-A. 4 p.m. on the afternoon of arc .' , 4 ". look-mit on the Star of the West saw a large man-of-war. She had her colours at the masthead and maintopmast gone. These facts proved hat they wished to speak, and those on board the Star of he West made the necessary movement to comply with the THE AUTO GRAPHIC MIRROR, Na 4, price is., by post is. id. To be Published TO MORROW, Ist April. Contents —Fac-simile ot Instructions given by James I. for the Examination of Guy Fawkes—A etter from Sir A. Sinclair, our Envoy at Copenhagen in 16'0—Letters from Wil lam Pitt and C. J. Fox; from Gene ral Garibaldi on the British Volunteers; from Sir Walter Scott, Professor Wilson (Christopher No, th), James Aird (the Poet), ,Humbolt, Varnhagen, Von Ease, Liebig, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Edwin Landsee , , Mdlle. Rosa Bonheur, Bleyerbetr, Belle. and two Sketches of the ate Mr. Thacl,e ray.—The ne \ t Number, to be published on the 15th April, will be devoted to Shakspere W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. S. H. R. PARRY, /, ding, Secretary. Gresham House. March Old 1864. Broad-street, London, 30, BISHOP of LONDON'S FUND. — In order to give some idea of the spiritual destitution in London, and also of the nature of the information which has been obtained rep ardin v. almost every parish in the diocese, ,it has been thought desirable to publish the following details respecting four parishes, chosen out of four different postal dis . ricts : ,-Parish A.—The total population of this parish is nearly 2 , ,000. About two-thirds are of the labouring classes, and one-third are shopkeepers, mercantile clerks, warehousemen, lac. There is only one church, with accommodation for 2.001, and no mission-rrom or other place for Divine service. There are six Dissenting chapels, accommodating about 2,803. There are three clergymen, two Scripture readers. and one City. Missionary ; three Church schools, which accommodate three Dissenting schcols. with accommodatio for 1,500'; one ragged school for 200. It appears that for this population of 25,000 the Church and Dissenters together pro vide 4,0'0 sitting s, which would not be sufficient for a popu lation of I°,ooo persons. There are, therefore, nearly, 15,000 in this parish for whom no provision is made in any place of religious worship. Again, for these 25,e01 peop'e there are only three clergymen of the Church of England. With re spect to the ministers of other religious communitie it mast be borne in mind that, hornier active they may be in visiting the members of their own congregations, theycannot be con sidered as responsible for any more extended or sy tematic visitation. Supposing. then, that their chapels in this parish were all full, the congregations would number less than 3,000, and would probably represent a population less than B,eoo. There would still remain 17,000 people for who/3e pastoral care the Church of England is responsible, and for whom only three clergymen are prov'ded. But these wou'd be fully emnloved in ministering to 6,00 1 , that is, 2.000 to each. There will still, therefore, remain more than 10;00 people in this one parish for the personal visitation of whom by ministers of religion no provision is made, either by the Church of England or by Dissenters. Parish B.—Population (in 18011 21,0 1 0, increased even since then by 4.0e0 more, making 28,000, Ground is also laid out for building Immediately 1,700 houses, and ultimately 2/00 more, rcpresentirg together an expected increase cf 22.000 to the pres nt ponulation. A large portion are mechanics, and the remainder day labourers. costerriongers, &c. There is one parish church. with accommodation for 8 , 0, a school church, containing 600 or 700; and a small chapel of ens., con taining abou` 100. There are fou r Dissentin g chapels. all small, containing probably altogether about 1,200. The total rccommodation of all kinds is 2,800. There are three three parochial clergy, two. Scripture readers, and one City Missionary. There are five Church schools, accommodating a -to g ether i.obt; yot/cZeen f One Dissent sch 001; with less than 200 children. In this c ice there would alarm* to be at this moment nearly 20.000 neor le more than can be reached by the ministration s of the clergy, and about the same num _ ber who are wi . bout any provision for public worship. This is an instance of the rapid growth of a suburban parish. the population having increased from 6,600 in 1841, to 24,000 in 1861 ; and if any considerable part of the building proiect now proposed be carried out, the population will, before 1871, be upwards of 50,000. Parish C —The total population of this parish is 30,000. Of these about 20 , 000 are the laboutin , r classes and poor. A large proportion of the remainder are small tradesmen, clerks. and persons with life incomes, while very few are in easy circumstances, The parish church and a proprietary chapel together cant , in acnmmodation for about 3,700 There is also an iron school church used for Divine service w hich will contain 20 0 . There is no parsonage. There is One small Dissenting chapel. There are six clergymen of the Church of Unglatal, one of whom is a missionary curate; no Fcrinture r ader, and five City missionaries. There are five Church schools, accommodating 900 children. In this parish there appears to be 20,000 people who have no accommodation at all for public worship, and 18,010 beyond the number who can be efficiently ministered to by the present paroch i al clergy. Parish D.—Populati n 34,000 of thewr.rking classes, mostly vry poor, with a few shopkeepers. There is one church. with 2,000 sittings, and two mission rooms, one containing 2 0 and the other 71. There are nine Dissenting chapels, accommodatine probably about 5,000. There are five paro chial clergy, three of them being missionary curates, one Scripture reader, and four City missionaries; There are three CliiirCh schools, wi h accommodation for 600; and nine Dis senting schools, accommodating probably about 1,000; one ragg. d school for about 30. There appear in this parish to , ay nous 'eft unprovided with pastoral supervision, and about 11,010 who have no provision for attending public worship. These four cases, taken from diff rent districts of London, are given because they present a view of the spiritual cond'- tion of the ropuulation in a great number of parishes in the metropolis, end not with the intention of mak'ng any spe cial appeal on their behalf. It is evident that in parishes like these there is needed a large increase not only of c'erg. - ,y.. but of lay ^gents of various kinds, and also of schools and mission rooms in which they may carry on their work. In the case of 'moutons parishes, where the existing churches are not filled, the necessity of an increase of 1 ving agents is all the more urgent, in order to awaken the ma Oa of the people to a greater sense of their duty and value of public worship. Office, 79, Pall-mall. Office-110, Strand, W.C. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING 1 DINNER, consisting* of Soup, Fish, Made Dish, Joint, Sweet, Arc., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m', and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager, The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. Nllti W. S. W 0 () D'I , N ' S ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY and , . ' BACHELOR'S 80., an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street; Charing-cross,' EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday) ;' Saturday Mornings at three. — Stalls, and box stale, 3s. ~, area, 25. , ; , amphitheatre, is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five; . , , Next llornlng Performance, Saturday, April 2, at three. ~ . H T 0' "X" F 0 R. , '- E D , 6'," OXFORTY'STREET,,W. VHS EVENING, will be performed th 9 new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAITiT, embracing the entire company of this establishment, • with augmentect^ band and chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry. Tyrrell,,VV almsley ; 51esers. Morley, Tivoli; Green, t. 0." Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. UNSWORTIT and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. - - Comedy, by Mr. T. Maelazan, W. Randall, G. llutehenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Powor (the juvenile comedienne), &e., Will shortly be produce I, THE MERRY WIVES .OF WINDSOR, by Otto Islicolali, and THE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. Adrnission--Area, 6d. ; stalls and bale,ny, Is. ;privnte b3xer4 10s. 6c1... CANTERBURY HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the Od of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (knqwn as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all been duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of "The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when "Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Crystal Waters, form a coup d'o3il of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. request. At 7 p.m. passed under her stern and spoke her. Captain Perry did not speak through a trumpet, as they had none on board the Star of the West. The question was then asked— " What do you want P" "We are an Italian m a n - of - war, and in a sinking condi tion. We wish you to lie near us all night and accompany us to the nearest land." " How many have you got on board ?" " Over four hundred." The Star of the West then steered a short way from the sinking vessel and fired signals up to 9 o'clock, which were all responded to. There was a rocket fired at 10 o'clock, bat no reply, and at 11 o'clock a rocket and blue light were sent up; but, as before, no response was received. Thus matters remained until 5 o'clock on the morning of the Bth, the Star of the West still holding fast about three miles from where the Italian vessel lay. It being daylight at this time every eye was turned in the direction where the distressed vessel was last seen —but no trace of her could be dis covered. At the time of these occurrences both vessels were equi-distant between Bermuda and Sable Islands, about 700 miles from New York. No person could see the name on the stern of the Italian vessel, as it was quite dark when the Star of the West rounded her. The person who hailed from the decks of the Italian vessel spoke excellent English. Captain Perry did not think it possible that the vessel could have foundered without their knowledge. There were no vestiges of a wreck or anything else on the surface of the water next morning, and Captain Perry gives it as his opinion that no vessel of so large a size as the Italian, with such a number of souls on board, could possibly have foundered within three miles of assist ance without some evidence of their terrible end appearing on the morning after the calamity, Captain Perry was then asked to give a written opinion, which he did as follows : "On board ship Star of the West, March 15. a Having answered all the inquiries of the Italian Con sul-General respecting my observations of the Italian line d- battle ship I saw in distress in Maroh 7, as per my report, I hereby certify that in my opinion it would be expedient at once to send a steamer, with such means as would aid her, to the place from whence I last saw her continuing her course, for the search in the Western Islands. After wait • 7SiUILTON PERRY, Master. ing two hours, and neither seeing her nor any portions of P to that time, remained minutely to describe the dis- P t e h r e ry Particulars which he did give darkness of the night it is the sa f, n.l"Witness—B. wreck, oio cie e_ f n e Be e 0 1 s oi e. the r m e u ey s xc t to, have , en a km7e, I ptltifatrtierne doubt in the minds of the Italian wads,iarailiaar,gwe h f i ri ch gat u e t , first was impossible ttrbee srsee dese for etle; Captain Consul and his friends that the vessel in question is none other than the Italian frigate Re Galantuomo, which sailed from this port on March 3. They also feel sanguine of her safety. It is understood that a steamer will be at once sent to her succour, should she need any, and W il l sail in the direction of Bermuda Island. of much gr T ea h te e r supposed to be the vessel which had suffered a disaster. She was formerly a sailing vessel, and was constructed at Rs size e G t a b l a a n n tu t o b m e o s the Royal Navy Yard, near Naples, A few years ago she was converted into a steam vessel by the introduction of an additional engine, which, under ordinary circumstances, could propel her at the rate of about nine knots an hour. At the time of the improvement no change was made in the hull of the vessel, as i s usual; for generally whe n sa ili ng ships are altered into steamers they are lengthened. Con sequently this ship had a chunky appearance quite in con y was to bring out treat with the beautiful m odels of the Russian ship s which were at anchor in our har bour a short time a go. theTohffie b left this port on the 3 d of March, homeward b ound. Very little is known here resp ecting the Re Gal antuomo, but from the fact that she did n ot bring out to t his country her c o er j s ec a t n o d f a h e e r rew visit of t 3 o 50 this me c u ou fo n r tr t be Re d , ltalia, She full complement of guns, in order to ease her and fit her better for so long a voyage, it is considered that she was not a first-class vessel, though one of considerable size. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. The fate of the Italian iron-clad frigate Re Galantuomo grows more hopeless by every arrival from New York, The Cunard steamer Sidon, w hi c h arrived here to-day, reports that on the 18th March, when in lat. 40 45, lon. 64 52, she was boarded by H.M.S. Styx, then in search of the missing frigate, The captain of the Sidon was asked if he had fallen in with the Re Galantuomo, but on replying in the negative, the boarding crew left. ROYAL ALHAM BRA.— TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS of the NEW CIRQUE, acknowiedved to be the best produced in England. Grand MORNING PERVORMANCE THIS PAY, and Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Two. Evening at Hall-past Seven o'clock. By order of the Committee. BISHOP of LONDON'S FUND.-- The Committee of this Fund, having obtained detailed statistical information as to the means of Divine worship and of religious instruction supplied by the Chur h of Eng land and by other Christian communities throughout the me tropolis, are anxious to to enabled to apply immedi remedies to the most pressing wants which their inqtf ries have diardosed. With the funds already placed at their disposal they have supplied the necessary mainten ince for 28 missionary clergy and curates, 21 Scripture readers, and four mission women. They have granted £2OO towards the purchase or ereAion of six mission stations or , school churches, and £7,0!5 in aid of the4ompletion of 13 permanent churches in poor districts, quartete of which endowments have been obtained from other s. Msny p-essing applications for similar objects are under consideration. For the amount of work which they have already been enabl dto assist and Fet in action they are indebted to those who have promptly and liberally responded to the appeal made by the Bishop of this Diocese ; but, in order to prose cute effe:tually the great work which lies befot e them, they mast rely on the general co-operation of the great body of proprietors, inhabitants, and vi itors of this vast and wealthy metropolis. The sma 1 offerings of the poor will be not less thankfully received than the munificent donations of the rich. Of the mi lion for which t h e Bishop asks, M 1 4, has been premised. But this amount, it must be remembered, is dis tributed over the next ten years. Large as are the donations which have been given by the 70) subscribers who have already contributed to the Fund, it is hoped that the r e - e will be a response from th e general public adequate o gency. Office, 79, Pall-mal, March 21,1864. BISHOP of LONDON'S FUND. — STATISTICS as to the RELIGIOUS CONDITION of LONDON, ascertained by Inquiries in connexion with this Fund, are published by Messrs. Itivingtons, Waterloo-plfce, price 2d., and may be had of all Bookse lers. — O ffice, 79, Pall BISHOP of LONDON'S FUND.' Subscriptions to the Fund may be paid to Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co , No. 16, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Barnett and Co., 62, Lombard-street ; Messrs.!Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Hoare and Co., 37, Fleet-street ; Sir Samuel Scott and co., 1. Cavendish-square; the Bank 01 Eng' and ; or at the Office, 79, Pall-mall. HENRY HOARE, Jun., EDWARD 'THORNTON, Hon. Secretaries. WILL IAM TOL LEMACIIE, THOMAS BODLEY, Secretary. N 0.70, Pall-mall, March 21, 1864. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing what can be legally done, and the exact cost. To be had gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, MoorgaU.- street, Bank. N.B.—Debts recovered on commission, without law ex -*lives to clients. -- ---- . ::,'. 4 _PUSS - MLR—The greatest an d 1 IVOTH ING m ost useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL'and CO., 3, King-court, street, London, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly m arvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter a oft what age. The Agu a Amarella has none of the properti es dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is mice restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colo. Testimonials one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. from artistes of the l i highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respects ty, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and co. have been appointed rerftwaera 0 her Ittltil /110 4 " UM tile 111140 11 91 Walco. Garibaldi during his stay in England, it is re ported, will probably pay a visit to Bristol, with a view to have the benefit c the ealubriewi air 0 Clifton* ~_~ '~!% ~P-~ . 104 • • • • • r-•-•*. de Q. • 151'1. • . .k 2kki I f 4 ., i '! ; , tigss +. t -4, V-`r , N sN C 72 - VL . r ~4 ..) SL 'y mot' A7'3 , .1' 4 tattr" -- ; -' :r v ' '.„ 1 , 6. DRorr. 'lo* f • e • , , The season for Ministerial indiscretions bas . set in rather early this year. It usually comes a little later, with the nightingales and the 'green peas. What is the cause of the unusual forwardness of this interesting crop is a question upon which a variety of hypotheses may be sustained. If Mr. Gladstone only were concerned, we might suppose that he felt it his duty to bow to the order of the ecclesiastical year. He would no doubt instinctively. feel, as a dutiful son of the Church, that as all the other fes tivals were falling early, it was his busintss to take care that the feast of personal feast observed with much .vo ion by the House of Commons—should expl an ations—a Stans feld cannot 1 — ~e accused of any ecclesiastical lean ings-, inn . hypothesis must be laid aside. Still early, too. But as Mr. it must not be forgotten that there is a wide dis tinction between the two performers who have ad ministered so much aid and comfort to the Oppo sition during the last fortnight. Mr. Gladstone was a deliberate jelo de se of his reputation ; Mr. Stansfeld only presented a singularly awkward and blundering case of accidental death. His suicide is only comparable to that of a deaf old woman who is suddenly aroused from her meditations by shouts from an approaching 'bus, and in her agonised efforts to save herself runs shrieking straight under the wheels ; while Mr. Gladstone resembles more the scientific suicide who lays down his neck before the advancing train exactly on the place where the flange of the engine-wheel will cut it off. Both Ministers - fth( Cr O f iViraireFtlii dna:: their way into the mud. ;Mr. Stansfeld stepped into it backwards, while he was medita- ting, not over the regeneration of Italy, but only over the regeneration of the dockyards ; and it was only in consequence of his clumsy efforts to pull himself out he ultimately gat soused all over. Mr. Gladstone, on the other hand, finding himself on fine dry ground, with no dirt anywhere near, deliberately dug a pit before his own footsteps, carted a vast quantity of mud from a distance to put into it, and then, having made these preparations, calmly executed a plunge into the middle. Another view which may be plausibly maintained is that exhibitions of this kind are a species of homage which the various members of the Adminis tration, taking the duty by turns, pay to their distin guished chief ; and that they hurried the observance of this ceremony forward on :this occasion, because from the appearance of the s politieal horizon, there Were obvious reasons for doubting whether he would be in a position to receive it at a later period. This view is unquestionably borne out by the fact that, during the course of Lord Paltnerston's tenure of office, the duty of tumbling into the mire in order that he might have the credit of picking them out again has been shared very equally by the various members of the Government. Few of them have appeared twice upon the stage. Lord Clarence Paget and his runaway Admiral have exhibited but once for the public amusement. Mi. William Cowper has never been discovered a second time clandestinely egging on influential writers to bully a Committee of which he was chairman. Neither Mr. Gladstone nor Mr. Stansfeld have taken a pro minent part in a personal explanation, since they held their present offices, till a fortnight ago. Their duty is done when they have once given their nhief the op portunity of coming forward to help them out, and of uttering that mysterious assurance that " he is ready to take all responsibility upon himself"— which, as it means nothing in particular, has a marvellous virtue in tranquillising the House of Commons. The only exception to this rule appears to be Mr. Lowe, who has been in a mess ever since he has been in office. But then he must be looked upon as a devotee in this kind of culte —a sort of St. Simeon Stylites, who is willing to live a life of perpetual mortification in order that Palmerston may bo glorified. _ It can hardly be said, however, that the indiscre tions of the present year, like those of former years, have contributed much to the credit of the Prime Minister, or have tended to increase the stability of his Government. They did not show him off to advantage. In helping Mr. Gladstone out, he dis played, at least by the help of such a foil, some thing of his ancient tact ; but his speech in defence of Mr. Stansfeld was one of the worst he ever made. It was the wild hitting of a man who knew that he was expected to do something effective, but did not feel in himself the force to do it, The effect of the two indiscretions in themselves has also been very different. Mr. Gladstone's error has simply re sulted in making him one deadly enemy the more; 'Jut that will hardly be an appreciable addition to a band which already is sufficiently large. He has also given occasion to every one to repeat once more the trite remark that " Mr. Gladstone can never "lead the House of Commons." Bui. that observa tion has been made so frequently that it fails to produce any impression on those who hear it. Already his incapacity for leading is becoming so commonplace a topic that it is beginning to provoke the resistance of that considerable class of men who are born dissenters—who cannot hear of anything that is generally received without racking their brains to detect a flaw in it. The people, on the other hand, are coming to acquiesce so completely in the fact of Mr Gladstone's want of tact, that if by accident he diverges into courtesy, or on any occa sion contrives to avoid giving offence where it was possible for him to do so, it is looked upon as a mar vellous exhibition of good-humour and self-control. It is always a great advantage to a man to have got to the bottom of his character. Mr. Gladstone's repu tation for the power of leading a party has sunk so low that it cannot possibly sink lower, and therefore, as nothing ever remains stationary, it must of neces sity mend. The other indiscretion has been a good deal more serious in its results. It has brought out very strongly the fact that the chasm which separates the Whigs from the Radicals is no accident or pre judice, and cannot be bridged over by a judicious division of offices. The admission of Mr. Stansfeld to the Treasury Bench was, as it were, the seal and symbol of their supposed perfect union. He is the only thorough and sincere Radical that sits upon that bench. The very first difficult question that has arisen shows, in his person, the flimsiness of the bond that ties the two together. The Radicals sympathised heartily with Mr. Stansfeld. They saw nothing strange in his position, and could not comprehend the necessity of an apology. The proofs that were advanced to show that Mazzini at no distant period believed in the lawfulness of tyrannicide fell without effect on them. They could not understand why a statesman should hesitate to associate with a re fugee, or to become an instrument for helping in the execution of his plots, because that refugee had incited others to commit political assassinations. It is very probable that this want of sympathy with the current morality of his age disabled Mr. Stans feld himself from seein g the drift of the questions that were addressed to him, and caused him to make answers that to other minds seemed not very unlike intentional prevarications. The Whig members, on the other hand, as represented by Lord Harry Vane, felt as most educated Englishmen feel upon the subject. They looked upon Maz zini and his plots with unfeigned horror, and thought that for a servant of the Crown to undertake blindly to transmit the correspondence that might pass between Mazzini and the band of desperadoes he employs was derogatory to the honour of the nation. The difference which sepa rates the two sets of opinions has shown itself in this, the first serious matter that has arisen, to be far too deep to be permanently concealed by any fictitious community of political appellations. Re volutionary and moderate opinions can no more be m ingled than water can be mixed with oil ; and no amount of external pressure will effect a genuine onabillAtiOn• - ••t s att4ragy aßetletvi .g / # / 2- PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE WAR IN DENMARK. (Rom t) limes Spccial Corrcsponclegt :cith . the Daniah Army.) DANISH HEADQUARTELS, ►i'.OI\DLSBCnG, March 25. The Prussians fired about 1,000 shots and shells against the Dybbol position on Wcdneaday, when the Danes had cctually not ono single casualty to deplore. Yesterday the fire began at a later hour than usual, after 11 o'clock, and was over by 1 ; but it displayed while it lasted a somewhat more than ordinary briskness. The efforts of the enemy had hitherto mainly, if not exclusively, been directed against Bastion No. 2, which seems to be the point most exposed to their cannon on their only line of attack from the shore of Broagerland. Yesterday, however, their fire ranged freely over the whole ex tent of the Danish batteries, from No. 1 to No. 10, and evinced a particular inclination to flirt with No. 6, where a few men ware wounded. Last night they kept us awake by the occasional roar of their thun der, with what result I have not as yet taken the trouble to ascertain. At this present moment, 8 a.m., all is quiet. Altogether, after eight days' attack, the Dybbol position remains absolutely as safe and intact as it was. As soon as a cannonade and bombardment cease to strike terror, they afford an inexhaustible fund of amusement. Not only has Sonderborg recovered the panic into which the first shower of shells had thrown it, but it has learned to slumber sweetly to the music of the Prussian guns, f _A few of the smaller fishing, craft have come back to their moorings, and I saw on Wednesday a steamer making straight for the harbour, with her Dannebrog waiving defiance to the batteries, which could, have sunk her in a few seconds from the shore of the Wemmind bond. e.--1-,_i ~~~_ PE fir ~ !., .;7;, ,r i sion. lam especially fond of coming ddW4 .., '44a et:, - ' 4 _4 , 'a parsons. It has become as natural fgrtiivrs: , „,i g-Aa it;! ° , rend gentlemen to see me step uponkiVeirAiilgff Att;f4 - 1 VS ) hold and sit down at their tables 1 - ... s if 4.tiletnEei -- *0ik,,, ,, ,ii ,4,? inmate of their house for years. Nor i;*iliti ' ;'l . -? ‘ "'"` - " . --, - 1 pitable welcome limited to my person alone, bii't my" " English friends, whom I often bring with me, are received with the same cordial benevolence as if they really came on any plausible errand, or had any other business there besides the gratification of an idle curiosity. Not a shade of surprise is ever ex hibited at any number of visitors, at any unseason ableness of the hour; no inquisitiveness as to the possible object of the call. To come ail the way from Pall -mail cr Cornhili to lunch with a Danish " Prediger" seems to the spreader of the feast the most natural thing in the world. There is a splendid fellow of that cloth, the clergyman of a thriving vil lage about an English mile to the north-east of this place, upon whom I popped about a month ago,with the free and easy manner of a knight-errant mistak ing an inn for a castle, or a castle for an inn, and with whom I have been on terms of the must hearty friend ship ever since. Gracious ! what a load of earthly blessings has Providence heaped upon that worthy Minister of thcGospel! What a suit of snug, wart~:, comfortably-furnished, and elegantly decorated apartments hide behind that long row of small and low, but cheerfully sunny windows under that high and heavy thatched roof ! What a nice choice of well bound books, what a complete litter of newspapers, what a luxury of crackling fire, what a genial, pure, fragrant atmosphere in that delight. ful library ! What a maze of shady walks in that park, what a wilderness of flowers in those beds, what a glorious look-out from that summer-house upon the mirror-like surface of the Nugustenburg Fiord ! What a larder and kitchen, what melodious lowing from that steaming cow house, what neatness and freshness in that dairy, what superb colts trotted out for my edification out of that well filled stable I What earthly paradise is ttere to be compared to a Danish Prestegaard? What wealth of soil can compete with the glebe of the worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard ? At the same time what man, be he either clerk or lay man, better deserves Heaven's favours than this same excellent Pastor Mayer? Wealthy as he is now, men recall the time when he was far richer, and brought himself to the brink of ruin by his deeds of charity and hospitality performed in the service of men and officers at the time when the Danish army was quartered in this same district of Dybbol and Aise confronting the forces of the Germans during the Schleswig-Holstein war of 1849. The parsons throughout North and Middle Schleswig have at all times shown themselves loyal and patriotic even to heroism, and have been roughly handled by the anti-Danish party accordingly. However heavily Herr Mayer may have suffered at that juncture, he seems not a bit the worse for it at the present mo ment. He may be 50 or any number of years old, but there is no trace of decline in that massive square face, in that sturdy frame, in that loud joyous humour, in that deep stentorian voice. He may have to dine alone with his wife and sister—the whole of his household ; but he always sits at a table large enough and always laid out for a score of guests. Come 10 or 20 strangers at the very pinch of a minute, and they are as readily cared for as if they been expected for The parson brings forth no choice WII3OE, no costly viands—all is plain with him— frugal, yet plentiful. If you do not disdain his hotife7 - cured " speck," his peasoup, and "ape pudding, you can nowhere fare better than here ; luxury or ostentation you must seek elsewhere ; and if what you look for in a fellow-being is sterling worth, you will depart after a few hours spent at the Ulkebol Parsonage in better humour with yourself and with the whole of your species. Nor will you be less delighted if you try your luck with any of his parishioners, whether your chance brings you fo the comforts and refinement of Farmer Rosen's grange at Ronhave, or to the mere hut of Bauer Hansen at Kizer Westermark. Fear of any lack of communication by the means of a common language need hardly deter you. By hook or by crook, every Dane seems always to have picked up some scrap of foreign tongue to be used for your benefit. After Hansen has put on a blank look at all the German you endeavour to flourish in his face, he surprises you by stammering. out a few words of very uncouth but unmistakable French. His wife and children may not be equally ready with their tongue, but they are pleased to see you, and smile their welcome. The only bane of their otherwise too happy life is loneliness. Break through it, and you stand before them in the light of a benefactor. Your appearance is an event, and your look, your dress, and address, the words they un derstand and those they do not,will be food for their mind and a topic for their talk for weeks. Drop them your card, or write your name in their books, and your pasteboard or handwriting will be a relic for the house so long as it stands. Benevolence to the whole human race seems to be the instinct of these unsophisticated people. No one seems capable of doing or receiving harm. I have not seen a weapon in any of the hundred houses I have entered, not a rusty old firelock hanging as a trophy on the chimneypiece, not a sporting gun even in any of the kitchen corners. The dog tied on the straw is the stable-yard is no less a friend than his master. Tramps and beggars he never sees, and knows not how to bark. He rolls and writhes, whining in his litter, wagging his tail, and inviting your caress by every unmistakeable expression of his dumb lan guage. It is upon such a people that about 18,000 of their country's soldiers are now billeted; it is upon them that, unless God help Denmark, as many or more foreign invaders may at no distant time be quartered. Heaven save them ! A number of English amateurs are daily flocking upon us, all of them bent upon evineing their sove reign contempt of what are called the perils of war. Sentries are posted at the end of the bridges on the Sonderborg side to prevent civilians crossing over to Dybbol unless provided with a pass from head. quarters. The officers of the Staff are, however, liberal to a fault, and they hardly ever dream of refusing a card to any person, especially to an Eng lishman, applying for it. Armed with that talis man, our fun-loving tourists walk up to the wind mill, rummage about from fort to fort, jump upon parapets, crouch under block-houses, stand on the glacis, seeking the most advantageous position to view the exchange of iron projectiles—as eager for the sport as if it were a game of cricket or football. The recklessness of their daring and the oddity of their travelling costume puzzle the officers,and afford unspeakable amusement to the men. One of these strangers, a youth of noble blood and mein, fresh from Oxford, clad in a sort of buff leather cap-&- pie, has been nicknamed Robinson Crusoe, and his indivisible companion, a stalwart fellow, "up to anything," goes, of course, by the name of his man Friday. The officers %I, headquarters, men of sterling bravery, though too ready to oblige Eng land and the English to chny these gentlemen the gratification of getting themselves knocked on the head, if they are so minded, are at a loss to under stand the foolhardiness which makes the sons of Albion court danger merely for danger's sake. They never themselves (the Danes) shrink from any trial of their mettle when it comes to them in the way of business; but when not on duty they find no pecu liar delight in watching and dodging 241 b.-balls. Life has sufficient charm for them without en hancing its zest by unnecessarily staking it on the mere cast of a die. Indeed, did they hold it at its full value, they would deem it a less worthy sacrifice to be laid down whenever duty to their flag and love of their country demanded it. The pleasure derivable from the chances of breaking one's neck in a steeplechase or iu the ascent of a snow peak is peculiarly English. Foreign nations may envy, and can easily understand it ; for the display of strength and ski [l-in horasorernstiip,lfid uervii.ilia tili LI urtsuce in mountain climbing, has something in it to flatter the conscious pride of the possessor of similar gifts ; but the mere ducking under a shell for the satis faction of being able to say that one has been under fire, or perhaps of exhibiting the skirt of one's coat or the knee of one's nether garment which a fragment of one of such missiles has bespattered with mud baffles these noble Danes' comprehension, and gives them no very exalted idea of English sense, whatever estimate they may form of English heroism. There was a mere boy of 17 the other day who had perched himself on the very top of the Dybbol windmill to "see the fun," and no entreaty or expostulation could induce him to alight from his elevated station, the sight was so exciting. Next to the joy of encountering danger must be man's innate desire to have a hand in, or at least a peep at, the work of destruction. I was awakened yesterday at daybreak by the noise of the house next to the one I live in being pulled down to the ground. The Engineer Corps have decreed the downfall of about a score of tenements lying in the way of the new transversal street which is to open to a broad avenue from the main street of the town, near the Raadhuus or Town-hall, down to the sea in the im mediate neighbourhood of the bridges. The neces sity of providing every means for the movements of the troops in the event of a rapid advance or retreat no doubt justified this measure, and Sonder borg, like Paris, will at some future day have reason to thank the absolute will which comes to throw daylight through the maze of its narrow, crooked, poky thoroughfares. The breaking up of homes, however homely, is always a melancholy sight, nevertheless, especially if the fiat of demolition comes suddenly upon those whose dwellings are doomed. The hustling together of dear, however mean, furniture ; the tottering steps of old people spirited away from those walls which had probably witnessed their birth, and in which they had reck oned to draw their last breath undisturbed ; the wandering forth of women and infants, uncertain where to lay their heads for the night ; the tearing open of the sanctum sanctorum of domestic privacy, the laying bare of the " skeleton closet" of the household, those crumbling walls, those tattered hangings, those riven chimneys and desecrated hearths—all that miserable wreck of gutted human habitations has something unnaturally painful and heartrending in it, tc which even the magnificent prospects of a Rue Rivoli or of a Boulevard Sebas topol cannot easily reconcile a feeling being. Yet for those not immediately concerned this work of demolition seems to have a savage pleasure of some sort. The Danish soldiers, the best-natured men in the world, when plying their crowbars and pickaxes under the direction of the Engineer Corps, go to work with a will, a glee, and an earnestness which they hardly ever exhibit in the making of those trenches which are to screen their breasts from the enemy's bullets, or even in the construction of those wooden huts which are to temper the rigour of their winter nights when camping out ; and the popula. tion of the neighbourhood, happy to see the havoc which strikes down their neighbours and spares themselves, gather round in crowds, the men smok ing their pipes in grim delight, the women gapin g and giggling, the urchins clapping their hands and hurrahing, as roof follows roof, and floor falls upon floor, occasionally commenting on the tawdry finery or the abject misery that the unsparin g baud of the spoiler brings to light. Whenever I choose to tear myself away from melancholy scenes of this nature, I have only to take a short walk or ride to find myself among people whose whale tenour of life is best calculated to afford the most thorough and immediate relief. Certainly the scourge of war never struck a popula tion more clearly and justly entitled to exemption from its horrors than when it came to afflict these good rural districts of Alsen and of the adjoin ing mainland. There is hardly a house from the loftiest mansion to the l ow li est ca bi n, t h e door of which is not hospitably open to the passerby, and there is hardly an open d oor i nto w hi c h I have a n y hesitation to enter with ou t the least fear of intru- March 25, Evening. We have been assured here that the Austrians have raised the siege of Fredericia, and left Jutland altogether, Death of Mr, J, H, E, Wemyss, M.P. We have to announce the demise of Mr. James Hay Erskine Wemyss, M.P. for Fifeshire. The hon. member expired on Tuesday last at his house at Buckingham-gate. The deceased gentleman, who was eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral James Erskine Wemyss and Lady Emma, sixth daughter of William, sixteenth Earl of Erroll, was born Aug. 27, 1829, so that he was only in his 35th year. He married 17th April, 1855, Millicent Anne Mary, posthumous daughter of the late Hon. John Ken nedy Erskine and Lady Augusta Fitzclarence (daughter of his late Majesty William IV.), subse quently remarried to Lord Frederick Gordon Hally burton. At the general election in 1859 he was first elected for Fifeshire, being opposed by his relative Lord Loughborough, the late member polling 1,087 votes, his cousin 850. During the few years he had been in Parliament he supported the Whig party, was favourable to a measure of Parliamen tary Reform similar in principle to Lord Russell's proposition. Oa national education in Scotland he took a more generous view than many Scottish members in the House of Commons, for he promised his support to any well-considered measure based upon liberal and " unsectarian" principles. The family of the late member possess great political influence in the county of Fife. As a collateral branch of the Earls of Wemyss, having descended from the Hon. James Wemyas, son of James, fifth Earl of Wemyss, the late member's family inherited large estates in the county, including Wernyss Castle and Torrie House. The deceased gentleman's father, Rear Admiral \Vemyss, represented the county in Parliament. from 1820 up to 1847, with the exception of a slight interval in 1831, but re gained his seat in the House of Commons at the general election in 1832. The hon. member, whose death in the prime of life we now record, was re cently appointed Lord Lieutenant of Fir eshire, in the room of the late Esrl of Elgin, and was Major Commandant of the Fife Artillery Volunteers. - -- MISS EMILY FAITHFULL is stated to hav6 h an d e d the publi s hi ng interests of the rictoria Maga, zinc over to the hands of Messrs. Ward and Lock aster the present month. MR. THACKERAT'S HOUSE was sold. within the last few days, we believe, to Mr. Muth , the Tic/ i City mer chant, whose intention is, according t o 1 'ePoJrt, to ad another story to the building, thereby of co de stroying its previous antique character, las e quite ROYAL A.LHAMBRA.- The greatest FEMALE RIDRR of the Age, Mdlle. LOUISE LOISSETT. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- Brilliant Equestrian Scene, by Three Young Ladies, " THE RIDE FOR THE RIBBON." ROYAL ALHAMBR ~ FRANCOIS LOISETT will exhibit his wonde rful steed A SALAMANDER, performing in a brilliant Db. play Fireworks. 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