The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-30 00:00:00

EXETER HALL. —TO - MORROW. The TICKET OFFICES at No. 2 , Exeter Hall, for the ISSUE of ATHALII ADM ISSION TICKETS, Reserved Stalls, and Season Tickets will be Open TO-MORROW, from lUne till Twelve o'clock ; alter that time the Tickets will be on sale at the Crystal Palace. NOTE.—To prevent delay at the Doors Tickets should be purchased beforehand. T HE EXHIBITION of ALUMINIUM and ALUMINIUM BRONZE. 2,000 SPECIMENS, illustrating the appli cation (Ornamental and Useful) of these in teresting Metals, ARE NOW ON VIEW at mAppo' BROTHERS' NEW ROOMS, 222, REGENT STREET. Admission by Card. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- THIS EVENING (Thursday), April 30 (Subscription - Z. ight), Verdi's favourite Opera, IL TROVATORE. Principal Characters by Signori Giuglini, Santley, Bassi, Soldi, and Casaboni ; Madame Terese Ellinger (her third apt pearance), Madame Corsi, and Mdlle. Titiens. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. To conclude with LA FARFALL ET rA, supported by M. Alessandro Paul, M. Frail, M. Prospero Diani ; supported Pieroni, and Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. Saturday next, May 2, first time this season, UN B ALLO IN 3IASCHERA. In the Bail-room Scene a Grand Ballet. --- ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK. Tuesday next, May 5, Debut of Mdlle. Trebelll, Signor Zucchini, and Signor Bettini. IL BARBIERE. New Ballet. Thursday next, S u b scr iption Night.—First Night of Signor Schira's new Opera, NICOLO DE LAPI ; or, he Siege of Florence. New Scenery, Dresses, and Appointments. Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence 3t Eight o'clock precisely. Prices :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Reserved Box Seats, Half - a . Guinea ; Pit Tickets, Ss. 6d. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 2s. Bd. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Circle, to admit three persons, 21s. Notice. It will be necessary for those parties who intend visiting the Reserved Box Seats (at Its. tid. each), to attend 3n Evening Costume. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Box-office of the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the Haymarket), which is open daily, under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent, from six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music- Ten till sellers. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen dale, and Miss Louisa Angel. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Msss. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logne, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feral and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, F. Charles, Garden, H. vS'iddllom be, R a Dawson; ym Misses Carlotta Leclercq , Kate Terry , E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Lindns and Vining. THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Ainy Sedgwick. Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. kc. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Gee. Vining, Mr. C sey;on, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEE ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. „Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen derson, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz james, Moreland, and Cookerill. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Stephenson, Stuart, Eburne, Sefton, C. J. Smith, Romer; Miss ATOllift Jones, Miss A. Seaman, and Mrs. Stoker. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss A. Seaman. and Miss Stoker. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING DITELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather---S tzn Office, April 30, 1863. THERMGMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday Lowest during the night This day at N00n..... Wind—North-Easterly ; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 11h. 49m.—Afternoon, h. m. To-mons.ow...Morning, 12h. 14m.—Afternoon, 12h. 34m. . 4 4 , 44 . tj jr tc,:.*1T411,047. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1863. The Wednesday afternoons during the last few Sessions are attaining—increasingly—a high degree of importance and celebrity. They are the favourite field-days of Party. Theirs are the chosen sittings at which the Dissenters and the members of the Established Church love to contend. These are the select occasionsupon which the Whig-Tory-Radical- Conservative Coalition now ruling the destinies of England—(that is, nominally ruling it, for the Conservative Opposition, now for a long while past, have been notoriously pulling the strings)— these are the occasions upon which this heterogeni ous Coalition may scatter, ad libitum, to the right, or to the left hand of Mr. SPEAKER, flocking, some with the ayes into one lobby, some with the noes into the other. And not only this—hut it is upon these fast becoming more and more memorable Wednesdays, that Ministers of the Crown in the Coalition have been allowed the pri vilege not alone of gratifying their own political and religious whimsies at pleasure, but actually— it must be remembered distinctly that this has oc curred again and yet again in very flagrant in stances--actually of speaking hot and voting cold, or vice versa ! Supporting a motion and immediately afterwards voting dead against it; or it may be doing the very like by some notable amendment. Lovingly as the wolf and the lamb may, according to wont, lie down together in the pastoral haunts of Downing-street, while that debonnair young CORYDON, the Premier for once with a primrose in his buttonhole instead of a straw in his mouth, pipes to them deliciously— lovingly as the kid may ordinarily sport with the basilisk, in the sylvan shades of Whitehall—upon these same sessional Wednesdays, they are latterly in the habit of returning each to the indulgence of its own natural instincts, and of betraying each its own particular preference. The Tory Solicitor- General, Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, then, for once, cannot, for the life of him, find it in his heart to troop into the same lobby, say, with an accustomed col league like that thorough-going Liberal the Right Hon. MILNER GIBSON, the President of the Board of Trade, and M.P. for Ashton•under-Lyne. Or again, still less can he go meekly forth through the same porch of the House of Commons, at the heels of a new colleague like th e j unior Lord of the Ad miralty, the ultra-Radical, Mr. STANSFE LD , M.P. for the borough of Halifax. Instead of sauntering once into the lobby with these—forth again into the lobby, as of old, with his old friends the Tories, goes Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, rubbing elbows with Mr. NEWDEGATE, and with Mr. G.SW. P. BEN TINCK, with Mr. DIsRAELI and Sir J. PAKINGTON. Even the Right Hon. member for the University of Oxford can for once, forsake the haunts of his more recently found friends, Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. COBDEN ; and, not without feeling strange enough under the old-new companionship, hie once more with his quondum acquaintance of the Carlton—numbered, as he was, only as recently as yesterday by the members for Bridgnorth and Bedfordshire, with true blue representa tives like Sir J. TROLLOPE and Lord R. CECIL. Among all the Wednesdays of the session, however, the Wednesday of Wednesdays—what the Derby Wednesday is in the sporting world—the " bright particular" Wednesday annually sacred to the de molition of Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S Bill for the Abo lition of Church Rates, is beyond any doubt of it. Year af ter year of late it has been really and truly nothing Opposition (half less important to the Conservative in a political, half in a rel ig ion s , i altogether in a distinctly p arty point of view) than 1 r I the winning of . the Blue Ribbon, so to speak , of Tory Orthodoxy. A couple of sessions back it will be remembered that the race run on that famous Wednesday resulted at the moment in a dead heat. Contrary to what is the course pursued under a similar emergency in the sporting world, the Umpire in the Chair (of the House of Commons) settles the matter at issue as he rather whimsically, not to say Quixotically, settled it: then by giving his own casting vote—that was in 1861—dead against his own convictions. Doing so purely out of an over-refined sense of honour and a wholly exa ggerated view of the magnamity requ i re d at his hands as Speaker. Yesterday, as it happened, the SPEAKER was put to no such possibility of a threatened fix. Last year, earlier than this year by nearly a month, last session, that is to say,onWednesday the 14th of May, instead of, as n ow, onWednesday the 29th April, the Speaker had not the fix of 1861, but he certainly again had the threatening of it! A great deal too much is said by the parliamentary reporters in some of our morning contemporaries, to-day, about the multitude of members thronging into the House for yesterday's division. The total number voting yes terday, as the simple fact shows, being fully 1 " thirteen " less than the aggregate voting in 1862. Last year the division paper showed all but a tie—all over again ! There were 286 for and 287 against the Abolition Bill of Sir JOHN TRELAWNY. So that then the Bill was thrown out again by a single vote, only that here the single vote in excess against it, did not happen to be the casting vote of the Speaker. This year, that is yesterday, the numbers showed a difference between the opposing ranks not of one but of ten —27 5 voting with and 285 against the very badly used, the rejected and re-rejected Bill of the hon. and learned baronet the member for Tavistock. Showing, es we have said, fully thirteen less in this division list as compared with that of last year. As cir cumstances would have it, the noble viscount the the First Lord of the Treasury was prevented solely from voting, as he did last year, among the the supporters of Sir JOHN TRELAWSEY by a sudden summons from Her MAJESTY to attend upon Her MAJESTY at Windsor Castle. Otherwise, of course, by the Premier's vote (if recorded) the majority of ten would have dwindled to one of nine : even under those circumstances, however, a very considerable enhancement of advantage in this matter to the Opposition. If not the result—as it certainly is not the result—of any in• crease in the number of opponents to the measure on their side of the House (their aggregate being less by two, as we have seen, than it was last ses sion)—the division of yesterday shows, at least, on the side of the Minority, a notable falling off (a fall ing off to the number of eleven) among the sup porters of the favourite reform of the Member for Tavistock, Notwithstanding the grand flourish of trumpets indulged in by Mr. WHITESIDE yesterday, when exultingly quoting the recorded opinion of Mr. STANSFELD that there could never be any possibi lity of a compromise —as suggested again and again before now, by one or another—we still hold firmly to the opinion that the hon. member for Birmingham, hit long since upon the one " possible" compromise, namely, that of doing away with the power to levy a compulsory rate, though interfering no otherwise with the general arrangements for the carrying on of the Church Establishment. It is not surprising that i.. Mr. GLADSTONE'S proposal to tax Charities should have created great dismay, and given rise to considerable discontent among those connected with these important insti tions. A meeting was held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, at which nearly all the London hospitals were represented, and several of the charitable in stitutions. At this meeting the following resolution was passed : " That the meeting considers the proposal of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to deprive the charities of the ex emption from income-tax, which they have always hitherto enjoyed, to be most impolitic, unjust, and inconsistent. " That such a measure would be productive of the most serious consequences to the poor persons who are the objects of charities; and this meeting, therefore, feels called upon to take the moat prompt and energetic measures to prevent the imposition of such a tax, and to invite the other chari ties throughout the country to co-operate, by immediately presenting petitions to the House of Commons against the proposed taxation, and by communicating with members of P arliament." There is great force in what is here stated, and all impartial persons will fully coincide with the opinions herein expressed. It is most impolitic of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to call down upon his Government such opprobrium as will inevitably fall upon them should this measure be adopted. It is manifestly unjust to take away from the poor and afflicted what has been presented to them for their exclusive use and especial benefit. It is also highly inconsistent to propose such a plan. If it is to be taken for granted that large sums are annually to be extracted from these resources for the destitute, it stands to reason that a far greater number of in firm and sickly persons will be cast back on the State to support. The plan suggested at this meeting for the various charities throughout the country to co operate and present petitions against the innovation is an admirable one, and it is to be trusted that this invitation will be cordially responded to, and that no local prejudices or class jealousies will intervene to interfere with the carrying out of so laudable an endeavour and wise an undertaking. Union is strength is a well-known adage, and in this case it is to be trusted that the most complete cor diality will reign among those associated in a cause so worthy of zeal and devotion, and that con tains so many incentives for honest exertion and inducements to perseverance in its maintenance and defence. Sir STAFFORD NoETIICOTE has given notice that he will move an amendment on this clause in committee of supply. This is a Trost satisfactory announcement, and reflects great credit on the hon. member. He could take up no better principle to defend than the interests of those who are powerless to help themselves, but who appeal to the charity, the good-will, and the Christian feeling of their happier and richer brethren. So much has hitherto been conceded to Mr. GLADSTONE—partIy because he is so over-rated and over-estimated in his vocation, and partly because he has great in fluence in the House—that those who are likely to be the victims of his schemes and the sufferers by his crotchets may be excused if they give way to despair and count the battle lost before it is fought in their vindication. Yet, notwithstanding these doubts and difficulties, this is a case which, in some respects, may be regarded as an exception. Cold and calculating as he prides himself on being in such matters, Mr. GLADSTONE now will surely pause before he in sists on making this affair a sine qua non in his arrangements. The members of the Legislature will also be called upon to reflect that before the claims of party etiquette, and the rigour of Ministerial adherency, they have a higher duty to perform, to follow the dictates of their consciences, and not violate the principles and trample down the interests that are arrayed against this proposition. Lord PALMERSTON may yet come to the rescue as he has often done before, and with his great tact and ad- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING}, APRIL 30, 1863. mirable discretion perceive the right moment when opposition should be withdrawn and concession substituted. There is more to be expected from his good sense and keen appreciation of the claims of others than from all the elaborate evolutions and skilled sophistries of his Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Last night there was laid before Parliament the correspondence of the English Government with the European powers relating to the Polish in surrection. One of the chief of these despatches is that of Earl RUSSELL on the subject of Russia fulfilling her treaty obligations. His lordship says he feels that her Majesty's Government have a peculiar right to make its opinions known to his Imperial Majesty from Great Britain having been a party, in common with many other European nations, to the Treaty of Vienna. Farther on he distinctly states the grievance of the case by de claring that by treaty the Grand Duchy of Warsaw was erected into a kingdom of Poland " to be inse perably attached to the empire of Russia under certain conditions specified in that article, and her Majesty's Government are concerned to have to say that although the anion of the kingdom to the empire has been strictly maintained, the conditions on which the union was distinctly made to depend have not been fulfilled by the the Russian Government." Again, afterwards, Earl RUSSELL forcibly protests against the assertion of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF, that the revolts have cancelled all the engagements of Russia in the treaty of Vienna; but, argues his Lordship, her Majesty's Govern ment cannot acquiesce in a doctrine " which they deem so contrary to good faith, so destructive of the obligation of treaties, and so fatal to all the international ties which bind together the com munity of European States and Powers." His Lordship could hardly have spoken more strongly, and he still farther adds that, if the Emperor of RUSSIA held Poland as part of his original domi nions, or had acquired it by the unassisted success of his arms, he might have refused to listen to the dictates of generosity and justice, and in conse quence of the revolt of a portion of the Poles, have visited his displeasure upon them and their descen dants for ever, by depriving them of their privilege■ and confiscating their liberties. But the position of Poland is entirely different, for Russia had made a solemn stipulation with the European Powers, by virtue of which treaty she held Poland, and no re volt of the Poles could annul the engagement or obliterate the signatures, Finally, Lord RUSSELL adverts to the issue of the struggle, and states that whether quelled speedily or at a more prolonged period, it cannot be done without great sacrifice; and her Majesty's Government, therefore, would submit to the Imperial Government that Russia has duties to fulfil, as a member of the community of European nations, besides the obligations that treaties may impose. This is all that can be desired, and it is most errnestly to be trusted that it may have some weight with the Imperial Government. Earl RUSSELL is always great in his despatches ; they often exhibit such force and decision that they appear worthy to be models for statesmen to study. The misfortune is, that it is by this time pretty well acknow ledged as a fact that no results ever ensue from these admirable communications with Foreign Powers. Lord RUSSELL'S remarks on the amnesty are also most excellent, and he plainly states his conviction that the terms pro posed to the Poles are not such as they are likely to agree to, and are not uttered in the right spirit of conciliation. Certainly these despatches are worthy of proceeding from the Government of Great Britain, and exhibit a force and display a straightforwardness that are worthy of the occasion. All that is wanting to complete the satisfaction that is occasioned by their perusal is the fear that they be deemed conclusive on both sides, that Lord RUSSELL will think he has done enough, and that the Emperor of RUSSIA will not expect that more will be done to follow up this remonstrance. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) POLAND. WARSAW, APRIL 25, EVENING. A recent arbitrary act has excited public indig nation anew against the name of Wielopolski. Since the time when Prince Gortschakoff replaced Pasz kiewicz as Viceroy nothing so flagrantly unjust in administrative matters has been perpetrated here. The cause of complaint is briefly thus :—For some time past it has been intended to improve the health of the city, unhappily notorious for an extraordi nary high rate of mortality, by amended water supply and drainage. The town council lately in office had been very zealous in the matter, and we now learn from official quarters that Count Sigis nsund Wielopolski, the President of the town, has of his own accord placed this undertaking, which will entail upon the citizens an expense of two million florins, in the hands of an Englishman, upon terms which double the estimate of the engineers engaged by the town council to prepare the scheme. The financial management of the enterprise is en trusted to the banker, Laski, a very intimate friend of the Wielopolski family, and report whispers that the President himself is not without some interest in the affair. Suspicions of this description find general belief in a land of universal corruption when officials venture on such arbitrary proceedings, and tend to increase the stock of inflammable materials already largely present among the populeion. Nor does the Government aid in decreasing the elements of danger by orders like that of yesterday, forbid ding religious processions in the streets. These solemnities take place every year at the end of April or the beginning of May. The clergy walk in procession from one church to another, in order corresponding with the rank in the hierarchy of the patron saint to whom the church is dedicated. Until recently they met with little public interest. In 1861, however, when the discontented party, failing or ganised and defined concentration, were glad to avail themselves of ecclesiastical means of agitation, the processions were made the vehicles of political demonstrations by the people, who attended them singing patriotic hymns in their progress through the streets. Last year Archbishop Felinski, then friendly to the Government, forbade the processions on account of the state of siege. Whence the chief ecclesiastical dignitary in the country has been in spired this year with precisely opposite sentiments I am unable to divine; it is sufficient to chronicle that upon this occasion, spite of the state of siege, the archbishop insisted that the processions should take place. It was in vain that the Minister of Public Worship and the Chief of the Police negotiated with the high dignitary even as late as yesterday. No arguments they could adduce were able to move him from his purpose. If the Government had a better memory they would surely have remembered in what an unpleasant predicament they were placed by the temporary Archbishop Bialobrzeski closing the churches, and that it was only through the compliance of Rome they could obtain a suc cessor, who made his debut by reopening the sacred edifices. To bring this extraordinarily delicate subject once more into prominent notice at this cri tical period, and to go to loggerheads with the clergy, worst of all with Archbishop Felinski, whom they had hitherto used as a tool,was a step to which, one would think, the Government could only have been advised by their most virulent enemies. The appointed processsion, from Liszno to the Elector's -street, came off, therefore, to-day with due formality and perfect quiet, the Governmental pro hibition being violated unpunished by the people. But after the termination of the ceremony all the clergy who had participated, among whom was canon Wyszynski,who only returned a few months ago from Siberia, were arrested, and carried off to the citadel. The party of agitation is, of course, overjoyed at this blunder of the Government, which must lead to further collisions. But I grieve to say that I perceive in the matter the commence ment of a rising in Warsaw, which the Govern- , went will have the dismal merit of having brought about. Had they not issued the prohibition, the present leaders of the revolution would not have dreamt of using the processions for their own pur poses, as they have already seen, in the case of Felinski himself, how perilous to freedom is an alliance with the superior clergy. But through this ill judged prohibition the processions are now stamped as political demonstrations, from holding which neither the people nor the clergy will allow themselves to be restrained; and, therefore, I repeat it is to be feared that melancholy eights will soon be seen in Warsaw. A story of an act of revolutionary vengeance is current here. In the middle of last week a post chaise arrived at a small town not far from Wloc lawek. The occupant of the vehicle, a well-dressed person, sought out a police official suspected of being a Russian spy, and begged his assistance to follow up the traces of two horses which he stated had been stolen from him. The policeman obtained per mission from his superior to accompany the stranger. The two got into the postchaise, and drove out of the town, where their vehicle was seen to be fol lowed by another. To the side of the high road, outside the town, is situated a small wood, into which, by the wheel-tracks, both carriages must have passed. Here the policeman was afterwards discovered, hanged, with a sign upon the tree be side the corpse, designating the execution as en act of political vengeance. While Fate overtakes a spy, Fortune bestows her favours upon the bold. One of the prizes in the recent Prussian Lottery, amounting to 50,01:0 thalers, fell to the lot of a resident in Kempen. When he received the news of his good fortune he had joined one of the corps of insurgents, and had the money forwarded to him in camp. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. Messrs. T. and W. Smith's ship St. Lawrence, 1,200 tons, Capt, Joseph Tay nbee, has passed up Channel. From Calcutta, Jan. 22, and Table Bay, March 6. She brings a general Calcutta cargo, with a large quantity of indigo and shell lac. Her passengers are—From Calcutta —Col. A. K. Ather ley, 92d Highlanders, Mrs. Atherley, and 4 chil dren ; Mrs. Col. Maxwell and 3 children, Col. and Mrs. J. W. Carter and 2 children, Col. and Mrs. T. C. Blagrave, Mrs. Col. Cox and 5 children, Major J. S. Dunbar (Bengal Stuff Corps), Capt. and Mrs. Ramsay, Madras army, Capt. and Mrs. Baggs, Capt. Miller, 52d N. 1., Capt. C. Bailey, 17th N. 1., Dr. C. M. Henderson, Dr. Reid, 2011 Hussars, Lieuts G. Stainforth, 4th Sikh infantry, M. Rind, 107th Regiment, F. Brind, 44th NJ., Richards, 94th Regiment, B. Arbuckle, R.A., Mrs. Chevers and 3 children, M rs . simpson, Mrs. Taylor and 3 children, Mrs. Hannah and 4 children, Mrs. Duncan and 4 children, Mrs. Wood and 3 children, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Mayes and child, Mrs. Ander son and 2 children, Miss Newton, Miss Maxwell, Messrs. H. H. Brakspear and Chiappini. From the Cape of Good Hope—Mrs. Fellowes and Mr. Finlay. The St. Lawrence spoke Feb. 13, in 22 S. 67 E. the Dutch barque Hendiana ; Feb. 27, in 34 S. 25 E., the ship - Annott Lyle, from Bombay for Liverpool, 44 days out; March 25, near the Equator, in W„ French ship Montisquier, from Bordeaux, for Monte Video, and H arvest Home, from London, 35 days out ; March 2'9, in 3 N. 24 W., the Eliza Ann, from Colombo for London, 85 days out; April 18, in 42 N. 28 W., boarded the Wooloo mooloo, from Sydney - for London, 93 days out, April 26, in 49 N. 9 W., the ship Windsor Castle, 96 days, from Bombay for London ; and the barque Highland Brigade, standing to the westward. The above news only arrived in London at 11.30 a.m., to-day (Thursday), although despatched by train from Plymouth yesterday afternoon. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING. Brookfield-house, B instead, near Ryde, the marine seat of Lord Burghley, has been destroyed by fire, Furniture and effects saved. No lives lost, ANOTHER RUMOUR OF CARDINAL ANTONELLI'S RESIGNATION. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TURIN, APRIL 27, 3 35 P.M. Yesterday a German priest left Civita Vecchia, for Genoa, by the steamer Prince Napoleon. He is supposed to be the bearer of despatches to Car dinal De Angelis announcing the resignation of Cardinal Antonelli, and calling De Angelis to be the head of the Pontifical Government: Some time since we had occasion, it may be re membered, to give a formal and positive contradic tion to a precisely similar rumour. Cardinal Ante nelli was then quite as confidently stated to have tendered his resignation—his eminence really and truly, ae we then remarked in this jour nal, never having done anything of the kind. Now that the rumour is again cropping up in the form of the above very roundabout little telegram, we may be permitted at least to doubt its accuracy, until such time as it may come to us from some more reliable direction then Turin. It will be seen from the wording of the telegram that the mysteriously anonymous "German priest" (why German ?) left Civita Vecchia for Genoa, in order to summonC3rdi sal De Angelis at once to Rome, there to assume Cardinal Antonelli's vacated (?) post at the head of the Pontifical Government. A voyage across from Civita Vecchia to Genoa, being rather a circuitous route, by the bye, for any one to have selected, on his way to Fermo, of which city in the Marshes Cardinal De Angelis is Archbishop. If in " durance" further to th© north like so many other of the Italian dignitaries, Cardinal DE ANGELIS is hardly likely to be the one selected by the POPE to replace ANTONELLl—sup posing (which we don't) that ANTONELLI has really resigned. Yet supposing this summons actually to have been issued—what are those words of SHAKESPEARE ? " You may call spirits (for Spirits here read Angelis) from the vasty deep, but will they come ?" THE BRAZILS. LISBON, APRIL 30. The royal mail steamer MJgdalena, from the Brazils, arrived here yesterday, and will leave for Southampton at 7 a,m. to-day, with 123 passengers, 1,300 bags of coffee, 862 bales of tobacco, 30 bales of cotton, and 216 packages of sundries. MEXICO. PARIS, APRIL 30. The Government has received despatches from General Forey confirming the investiture of Puebla by the French forces. The French headquarters are established on the Cerro San Juan. The town is completely invested. The convents have been fortified, and earthworks are erected in the open country. The garrison of the place is estimated to number 18,000. The telegraph line between Puebla and Mexico has been destroyed. The whole population round Puebla is favourable to the French intervention. The sanitary condition of the French troops is excellent, and the army is full of ardour. The offi cial report says, in conclusion ;—" We have cut the aqueduct and command all the roads." FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 30. BOURSE, April 29.—The market has been more buoyant, and the business has been at an advance on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now firm at. 69f. 25c. Mobilier Shares have also improved. The Railway Share Market is firm, with a rise on some of the blies. The market closed as follows:- 11 per Cent 5....... 96 60 Italian Loan 7l 90 Do end month.... Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 40 Do, end month — Credit Mobilier.... 1415 Russian no, end m0nth....1416 25 Austrian Bank Shares 3%75 Spani,h Threes.... 521 Credit koncier 1470 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOl5 .. 1015 Northern ... NOW ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1157 50 .. 1158 75 Geneva.... Southern 770 .. 770 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 747 50 .. 347 50 Ditto to Barcelona DEATH OF LORD MASSAREENE.--A telegram from Dublin conveys the melancholy intelligence of the death of Lord Massareene, which occurred shortly before eleven o'clock on Tuesday night. DEATH OF LADY SEATON.—The family of Lord Seaton has just sustained a most Billeting bereave ment in the sudden death of Lady Seaton. This sad event, following closely upon the death of Field Marshal Lord Seaton, will occasion universal sympathy for the family. On the 17th of the present month the gallant old soldier, Lord Seaton, peacefully breathed his last at Valetta House, Torquay, His lordship's eldest son, with his wife, was staying at the same residence. Within a few hours after her father-in-law's death the Hon. Mrs. Colborne, who had just become Lady Seaton, gave birth to twins. Not withstanding the natural distress arising from the decease of Lord Seaton her ladyship progressed as favourably as circumstances gave a right to expect. On Saturday, how ever, a sudden change for the worse took place, and her ladyship expired the same night, to the infinite grief of her husband and friends. Lady Seaton was only 37 years of age. She was born in 1b26, and at the age of 25 married the present Lord Seaton—Major the Hon. James Colborne. Her ladyship was the youngest daughter of the second Lord Dowries. EGYPTIAN HALL.—Among those who have re cently accepted Mr. Edmund Yates's " Invitations" to the Egyptian Hall are the following distinguished visi tors :—The Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Vis count Mandeville, the Earl of Essex, the Marquis of Clan ricarde, Lord Dunkellin, M.P , Viscount Chelsea, Lady Egerton, of Tatton, and the Hon Misses Egerton, Lady Cornwallis, Lady Camoys, Lady Howard, Lady Morto n Peto, Sir Charles Young, Lady Edwin Landseer, Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Chas. Dickens, Mr. Frith, R.A., Mr. Sheriff Jones, &c. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The offices at Exeter Hall will be open till 7 o'clock this evening for the sale of tickets for the great musical performance of " Athalie," ezo., at the Crystal Palace to-morrow, which will commence at three o'clock, and is expected to terminate about six. THE NEW TEA DUTlES.—Upwards of 21.000 entries for tea were passed in the London Custom House on the 25th inst., when the reduced duty of ls. per pound took effect. These en ries released 31 million pounds from the various metropolitan bonded warehouses, and yielded £175,000 to the customs revenue. FRENCH MAN. OF-WAR IN BURNTISLAND ROADS. Early on Monday morning the Dan, 6, a French screw steam frigate of 30 guns and 360 men, Commandant Choyou, came up the Firth and anchored in Enrntisland roads. Her object in visiting this quarter is, we under stand, to coal and water previous to proceeding to the north to protect the fisheries. She lies about a quarter of a mile off Burntisland harbour, opposite the railway pier, where she will remain for the next five or six days.—Scotsmax. THE PUBLIC OFFICES. —The annual return of the increase or diminution in the salaries and expenses of the retiring allowances of the public offices or departments shows a decrease of £7,953 in the year 1862. In the Post office there was an increase of £20,6' 8, and at the Admiralty of £7,330. In the Customs there was a diminution of £17,781, and in the Inland Revenue Department of £26,116. D Ery L 0111 4 1 01111117 • HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 29. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, Sir W. Haste, and Major Cowell, returned to Windsor Castle to-day from Buckingham Palace. The Queen 11ario Amelie, accompanied by the Count of Paris and the Duke of Chartres, visited the Queen. His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Alexander of Hesse and his Grand Ducal Highness Prince Henry of Hesse and suite have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Windsor Castle. The Duke de Colenze has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Naples. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland re ceived at dinner last evening Lord and Lady Lovaine, Lord and Lady Colchester, Sir Frederic and Lady Smith, Gen. Sabine, Professor Owen, Captain Denham, R.N., Mr. Cheney, Mr. F. B uckland, Dr. Bence Jones, and a select party at Northumberland House. The Earl and Countess of Yarborcugh have arrived in Arlington -street from Brocklesby Park. Lord Palmersto❑ was summoned to the Queen at Windsor, and was therefore unable to vote in favour of Sir John Trelawny's bill for abo'ishing church rates. The Earl Russell, in compliance with the Queen's command, left town last evening for Windsor Cas le, on a visit to her Majesty. The, Countes, of Listowel and the Ladies Adela and Helena Hare have arrived at 34, Belgrave-square, from Brocklesby Park, Lincoln, for the season. The Etrl and Ccuritess C.thcarr have arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from Thornton-le-Street, near Thirsk, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Fingal have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Countess Cowywr received a small party of visitors last night at the family residence in St. James's. square. The Lord Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait have issued invitations for a large reception at London House, St. James's-square, this evening. The marriage of Col. R. Taylor, C. 8., and Lidy Jane Hay, daughter of the Marquis of Twee-ddale, and sit.ter of the Duchess of Wellington and Lady Ewily Peel, will take place in June. Lady de Rothschild had a dancing party last night at her ladyship's residence, Grosvenor-place-houses. Admiral Sir Frederick Grey has quite r. covered from his recent illness, and has resumed his official duties at the Admiralty. The Right Hon. James and the Hon. Mrs. Stuart-Wortley have experienced a severeless by the death of a son, aged 10 years, who expired yesterday of scarlet fever at East Sheen, Surrey. WEDDING PRESENTS TO THE PRINCESS OF WALES.—Yesterday afternoon the Prince of Waies sent to the South Kensington Museum, to be exhibited with the other presents until the 4th of May, a case of gold ornaments, consisting of a tiara in the form of bay leaves, with a necklace, &c., manufactured in Rome after ancient Etruscan models. The present was made by 49 British subjects residing at Rome, at the period of his royal high ness's marriage. Senor Julian Areas' Matinee Musicale. A very agreeable and recherche entertainment was given yesterday afternoon in Collard's Concert Rooms, Grosve nor-street. Senor Areas is the most accomplished per former on what may almost be called the Spanish national instrument that we ever listened to. The varieties of tone and expression which he drew from the few simple strings of the guitar were really marvellous, and called forth the warm applause of a select audience. In variations of the famous " Carnival de Venise," in fantasias of his own com position, in Spanish romances and boleros, and more espe cially in a selection of airs from " Trovatore," he displayed his singular skill. His performance of the celebrated "Miserere" brought at once before the mind the well. known scene by the lonely tower, the agitated search of Leonora, and the exquisite melody heard from the unseen prisoner. Senor Areas was ably assisted by Miss Saunders and Miss Bennett, the former lady a vocalist of some power, the latter a pianiste of considerable skill. Miss Bennett, who has not hitherto been much before the pub lic, is likely to become a valuable addition to our concert rooms. We may add that the concert giver avoided the common error of too great length, which frequently renders the best musical entertainment somewhat tedious. THE ST. GILES'S MURDER P—SUSPICIOUS DISAP PEARANCE.—On Thursday evining, a man was found lying on the roadside, between Coatbridge and the village of Coatdyke, in a state of unconsciousness, and ap parently dying, He was brought to the office ty the police, and properly attended to. On being able to speak he stated that his name was Louis Smith, and he belonged to Man chester. He seemed to be a foreigner by his speech and broken English, and, as soot as he had recovered so far as to be able to walk, he was taken to the Old Monkland Poor house, where a suit of clothes, the property of the institu tion, was provided him, and he was otherwise well attended to. This sort of confinement did not appear to please his fancy, for on Friday night he scaled the wall which sur rounds the grounds and made off. This anxiety to depart aroused certain suspicions that may yet turn out to be well founded—v'z., that his description tallies in almost every respect to that given of the murderer of the girl lately in a house of ill fame in London, and for whose apprehension a reward of £lOO is offered by the authorities. The same man was at Hamilton on Monday last, and was taken care of by the police under circumstances somewhat similar.—Glaa gow Herald. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Wed nesday, April 29.—Admissions on payment, 1,229; ditto by season tickets, 788; total, 2,017. MODERN LOVE.—A correspondent of a contem porary says :—" It is my duty to impress upon you the certain fact that one-half of our young people lose their senses when they lose their hearts. One of our party has already written five letters to his ladye-love, and he goes about groaning and fighing in the moat pitiable manner. Ho has no appetite and sleeps up at the top of the house, close to the moon. He cannot stand by one of the columns of the piazza without putting his arms round its waist; and I caught him kissing an apple to-day, because it had red cheeks." —Amer scan Paper. ABRAHAM. —While I was contemplating this in teresting scene I saw the President suddenly emerge from his private room and walk excitedly into another apartment. Never was Iso astonished in the man. Three years ago I knew him to be tall, straight, and well-propor tioned. Now he burst through the door a careworn old man —his body went forward. his face pallid, and, in place of the stately appearance he might be supposed to make, he shaded along, swinging his arms backward and forward Oh, what a change was there ! Stopping short at his door: as he was returning, ho seemed greatly perplexed, and, turning about, he exclaimed, " I said I would see no more gentlemen to-day," and closed the door with some noise.— Buffalo Courier. RIvAL IRON SAFE MANUFACTURERS. —The one was a Yankee, the other wasn't. He that wasn't told his story. A game cock had been shut up in one of his safes, and then it was exposed for three days to the most intense heat. When the door was opened the cock stalked out, flapped his wings, and crowed loudly, as if nothing had happened I It was now the Yankee's turn. A cock had frozen eauln dead, e t a n d e , m faotmco t l e dd d also been shut np in one of his safes, with a pound of fresh butter, and the safe was subjected to a most tremendous heat el for more than one week. The legs of the safe were door an itself th e b u lle r s s so o far solid fused s t to open it. When it was opened. the cock was knocked off a piece of it • with a hammer had his eye put out by a frozen butter splinter e h d at as a tA3 ma re n q w ui h r o e 2 LITERATURE. For Ever ! Cr the Final State of the Redeemed Considered. Shaw and Co. This very beautiful and consolatory volume will be read with pleasure and interest by many. Very happy is the quotation on the title-page from Mrs. Norton's " Child of the Island ": " Oh, there is need for permanent belief In the all-equal world of joy to come, Need for such solace to the restless grief, And heavy troubles of our earthly home." We have glanced over the pages of " Fur Ever" with considerable interest, although we have not coin cided with all the author's opinions. We very sin cerely appreciate, throughout the volume, the very reverent spirit in which the awful topics of the work are treated. So reverently are these all-important themes discussed, and so tenderly are the sublime teachings of revelation dwelt upon, that even those who do not agree with the writer's deductions as to particulars, may peruse with very great plea sure and meditate over with, we doubt not, very considerable profit, these anticipated glimpses of the world beyond the grave. As an instance of the writer's peculiarly felicitous power of decript ion, let us transcribe from the commencement of the volume the picture of man in " his primeval nnocence :" " There we see him made after the likeness of the Infi nite, created 'an image of God's own eternity,' standing with his helpmeet alone in the freshness of the new earth's beauty; that earth filled with things innumerable, all in tended to minister to his wants, or gratity his sen es—a mind at peace with God and with itself, a disposition at tuned only to adoration and to love—and power given him to use all things for his pleasure. Such was the b.iss of man with respent to this material world only; but his hap piness did not end here. He possis-ed within him a prin ciple of life, and as yet death did not struggle for the mas tery. His life was an unclouded ray, an emanation of the life of the Eternal; God was his companion and his friend. In that garden which was planted by infinite skill, the Creator condescended to converse with the creature of his power and love, and man was permitted to hold such com munion with Jehovah as a child with the parent he re veres, It is not fanciful, then, to contemplate him for a moment in our mind's eye, with angels his familiar friends, the heavenly hosts his constant visitants; to suppose him elevated by such intercourse into a fitness for that high estate,' and to conclude that the presence of the ' High and Holy One' had so made Paradise a heaven, and sanctified the garden into a holy place, that our first parent could scarcely have needed a change into the heavens above to increa-e his blessedness, for he had the company of heaven, and the 'very God' Himself present to constitute his earth a heaven. To see Him as He is,' to converse face to face with the Triune Eternal, we are taught to believe the highest point of bliss to which created beings can attain, as involving all others; and yet this was the portion of the fiat man—of unsinning Adam I" One great object of the book, as the author very happily explains to us, is " to show what is revealed rather than to analyse that revelation ; to point out what is our hope, not to intrude into the still hidden mystery of how that hope can be realised. We have simply to inquire " What," God will arrange the " How." And in that assurance poor Human Nature may rest satisfied. I%lan's anxieties and aspirations perplex him in vain—" there," let them "Alike, in trembling hope repos,, The bosom of his Father and his God." We differ from the writer of these very eloquent pages in the stress laid upon the equality of the future state. Many illustrations are brought forward from the prophecies of the Old Testament, and from the parables of the New, to prove the equality of happiness enjoyed by all who have once passed the golden gate. These columns are not the fittin g place for the discussion of religious subjects, and we will therefor e content ourselves with acknowledging the logical clearness with which the writer's views are expounded and the very free and impartial spirit with which those views are enforced. We feel assured that upon further consideration one so true hearted in the pursuit of truth, and so submissive and reverent iu its acceptation when recognised, will come to a conclusion more in accordance with the general teaching of the Christian world. "No Cross, no Crown," is a familiar adage to us all —according to the manner in which the Cross is borne in this word will be proportioned the glory of the Crown in the hereafter. Apart from the opinions in which the reader may d ffer from the writer of this very e.rnest volume, there is much in its pages that will appeal to the heart of every Christian. The beautiful truths of revelation, so contoling to all who love and suffer, but who also hope and believe, are here set forth most tenderly and earnest's : " There, in the soft and beautiful Belief, Flows the true Leihe for the lips of Grief; There, Penury, Hunger, Misery, cast their eyes, How soon the bright Republic of the Skies!" GEOGRAPHICAL FEAT.—Sir Roderick Murchison writes to the limes, intimating that he has "just received from Mr. Layard, M P., Under-Secretary for Fo reign Affairs, the intelligence, so highly gr a tifyi ng to al l geographers, that Captains Speke and a ant have com pleted their arduous j,urney across Eastern and Cenral Africa ' from Zanzibar to Khar by the Whit e N i l e, where they arrived in safety. As the news has only reached the Foreign.oMce in a telegram from Alexandria, the exact line followed ip not known,' Briton Medical and General Life Association. ANNUAL ME E ITING-TO-DAY. The ninth ordinary annual meeting of the shareholder of this association was held to-day, at the chief office, 42: Strand, for the purpose of receiving the directors' repo) for the past year, for electing directors and auditors, th declaration of a dividend, and transacting the ordinal', business of the association. Dr. G. H. Barlow, the chairman of the board of director! presided. The directors' annual report, read by the Secretary (MI Messent, Esq.), was as follows " The directors experience unqualified satisfaction it meeting the shareholders and members of the association and laying before them the following statement respectiul its progress and position : "In the past year the directors have received 2,81 1 proposals for assuring £663,238. Of these 174 for assurini £49,048, have been declined, 563 proposals for assuring £9 ,735 have not been carried out, while 197 were uncle , consideration at the close of the year. The remainder havl been completed, and 2,023 policies issued, assuring the sum of £459,640, and producing in annual premiums the sun of £15,275 13s. 6d. ; being an increase of over 50 per cent on the returns of the previous twelve months. "Nine annuities have been granted, for which the ass°. ciation has received £1,177 98. " The following table exhibits the progress of the ass°. ciation during the last five years : No. of Amount No. of Amount A n nual proposals. proposed, policies, assured. premiume e 1858..1,976 £395,815 1,342 £262,815 .. £8,328 14 11l 1859.. 2, 370 .. 430,265 .. 1,751 .. 314,240 .. 9 , 751 16 7 1860..2,405 .. 466,788 .. 1,805 .. 346,160 .. 10,023 12 6 1861..2,512 .. 482,960 .. 1,839 .. 349,990 .. 10,084 15 3 1862..2,810 .. 653,238 .. 2 ,023 .. 459,A0 15,275 13 6 " The claims have been 97 in number, and amount (lees £5OO reassured) to £26,373 Ils. 7d., which sum includes 12 claims for £2,375, admitted but not due at the close of the accounts. " The balance sheet and cash account, which are sub mitted herewith, show the total income for the year to have been £90,780 13s. After the payment of claims, annuities, dividends, re-assurances, and all other outgoings, the balance on the year's transactions in favour of the associa tion is £40,469 10s. 4d. This sum has been duly carried to the Assurance Reserve Fund, which now amounts to £146,520 2s. Ild, " A dividend at the rate of £6 per cent, per annum, free of income-tax, is recommended. " The directors who retire by rotation, in accordance wit' ) the deeds of settlement, are Dr. G. H. Barlow, Mr. George Chapman, and Mr. Wilson Ancell, who being eligible, offer themselves for re-election, " During the past year the amalgamation between the "New Equitable" and the "Briton" has been finally 'com pleted, and the united companies, with the special perdii s " eion of the Board of Trade, have adopted as a title the " Briton Medical and General Life Association ;" th ii° name representing tee two interests upon which the bud' ness of the institution mainly depends. " Tha directors have also entered into arran gements whereby they h ave acqu i red the assets and life business of the Unity General A ssurance Association. From the large additional connection thu s secured much advantage is au " ticipated. This arrange men t h av i ng been made late in the year, there has not b een ti me to show the entire results o f the trans ac ti on i u th e present balance sheet, but the dire' tors have every reason to be gratified with them so far as they have already been developed. "This being the period appointed by the deed of settle ment for the valuation of the assets and liabilities of the Association, with a view to the declaration of a bonus, the directors have instructed their consulting actuary, Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A., to make the necessary investige• tions. The extensive transactions of the company render this operation one of considerable magnitude and diffieuitY , and it has consequently been found impossible to conclude it in time to embody the results in this report. Tne diree" tors, however, confidently anticipate a moat favourable co' olusion to the labours of their actuary. " The directors feel great pleasure in welcoming th e shareholders and members to the new offices of the mewls' tion. The former premises were found too small to accour modate the staff required to carry on the extended °pers .. tions of the company ; and the directors, after due e sn eidr tion, deemed it advisable co embrace the opportunity whiel l offered of securing a long lease of the noble and comp's' dious building in which the business of the association it / now conducted. " The two great features of the Briton Medical sad General Life Association are, that it asserts more cote' pletely than any o th er o ffi ce the important principle °i doing justice to the medical profession, whose services to the cause of life assurance are pre-eminent; and that it intro: duced into the practice pf life assurance the n ovel 0 0 equitable plan of making ordinary life policies payab le during the life, tim e o f th e assure d . Wherever this plan h"- been known, it has been approved, and the directors be lieve it will be found p ecu li ar l y app li cable to the persoe m assurances of medical, and a ll o th er professional men, or °' , those whose incomes in any way depend upon the e xerOi° of their mental or physical powers. "In reviewing generally the progress of the assooiatio* the directors feel they may justly and fairly congratulate the proprietors on the position it has attained. " The present income of the association may be estimate d at over XllO,OOO per annum, " The funds in hand amount to £lBO,OOO, " The new business is progressing at the rate of nea rl y £16,000 per annum. " The association has over 2,000 active agents residing° the United Kingiona and abroad, who are daily contribut ing to its prosperity. " From the foregoing it will be seen that the future Prf p ects of th e assoc i ation are most encouraging, and that , success the dir durs anticipated has beau to a large ex te f r , achieved. The dire c t ors , h owever, invite the earnest 7, Operati on an d ass i stance of the numerous friends of the ciety still further to advance its interests, and more stead fastly to promote those great and j ust principles whiff was founded to establish." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption of the report, congratulated the meeting on the very gr i t succ ss that has att en d e d the operations of the Associa tion 34 during the past year. The revenue had largely incress curing that period, and one of the most gratifying features in the report, which they had just lie a il read, he con s id ere d to be the fact that, after paying claims, the directors had been enabled to add nearly bed their annual income to the reserve fund. (Hear, heat' s The annual p rem i ums had increased 50 per cent. comp with last y ear , an d he was sure they•would all feel set i s p with another announcement, namely, that the dir eet°ro were enabled to d ec l are a dividend at the rate 0f) 6 per cent, f ree of income tax. (Hear, Ilef'j; The large fund the association had is hand was the v and moat sub s t an ti a l guarantee to the public for its sa fety 0 ( and security, an d w ith con ti nue d exer ti on on the 04 their friends text, he felt he should live to co ng ratul . te them on an increase of their success. (Cheers.) The motion for the adoption of the report was carr ied unanimously. The retiring directors having been re-elected, vote thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. MAN CHESTER EMIGRANTS' AI D C O MMITTr , ' le° , A general meeting of the Emigrants' Aid C : fi llt mittee for the Cotton districts was held at the T o°lll-- ittee Manchester, yesterday, when the Executive CouP' ut to reported that since the last meeting 122 persona Bbo emigrate to New Zealand h a d b een ass i sted in Prcie,o their outfit, at a total cost of £l3O. The cororai ii tre n ett cided to accept a p roposa l ma d e b y Mr. J. G. P.- to al a Commissioner for Victori a , t o find assisted passage s t i colony of Victori a f or u p war d s o f 300 persona, rn o 0/$ whom have been already se l ec t e d . This will illve-i-E1 noon E outlay x aT b E y fiNr t se h i e Tt o c E o o m Fk i m pß i l t Ea t c e i e eN o L f A X lvi l, B lo: T a u t e y l e e a ti s t . fte r on t he premises b te e r lo d n al g ifi ltll t : Mr. W. W. Pettitt, dealer in china and glass, situa te fog rear of No. 13, Lambeth-walk, nearly facing 13ttle as p Ragged S c h oo l s. The disaster commenced from O°P-0:1 known cause, in a timber building 70 feet long, lis t o o or stores adjoining another range of wooden buildings, fe et leg to Mr. Lee, butcher, and which extended 6° t i l ot length, and with su c h f ur y did th e fi re prog ress ot tael g ' the course of a few m i nu t es th e fl ames comme nced r foa l° ing the stables belon g i ng t o M r . Bl a i r, a greengroce_iy same thoroughfare. The engines soon arrived, bat ' ti nt flagration was not extinguished until a serious ta 32° mischief was done. ss „ i • Csl l4 THE FRENCH IN STITUTE —Mr. Art.- - c hooe o Fe I low ot T r i ll i ty C ot l ege, C a m b ridge, has beer 0068; corresponding m em b er o f t h e I nst i tute o f F ra nce 03 tive, th pertinent of astrono m y. Th e name o f M . Otto St i b ut O h distinguished as' ron omer , was under considerations much Cayley's Cayley's cl a ims w ere d eeme d super i or, - a filet wh r VoY, I enhances the ,al ue o f th e h onour con f erre d . 104 was Senior Wrangler and Senior Smith's P , ize rna ; ce stig : l an is well known in the s , i en tifi c wor ld fromlli!, too lyti c tions in the hi g h er b ranc h es o f pure ana lysis Lula igb t astronomy. e GALE AT LIVERPOOL.—B e t w een - rt. u-sdai /3 „ a le of and yesterd a y morning there was a str obg .f o , wind at Liverpo o l an d its neighbourhood• The Leerily; Sarah Palmer, C a pt a i n R e id , fr o m Calcutta I° ' 0 00 t o went ashore yesterday morn i ng o ff Tuscan . T he 6 - 0 sai d r , ob v l e Rattler went to h er ass i stance. One b ea t's re e' s ico be missing. O n T ues d ay evening the Arrle o rir, dr s ° oo William Tapscatt, i n th e r i ver, b oun d for New y on Pluckington B an k an d rema i ns . She had ab P ct O r e : emigrants on board. i s 424 Pc • i from Hamburg the price of gold li te boo t and the short exchange on London is 13 : 4 il e , • l refu re, tandard gold at the English Mirt price is , _ l _ bu rg_ iiio AS 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Ham for n or! The course of exchange at New York onninue pr eeT ry ° fib 60 days' sight is 167 to 1684 per cent., a a tes th ere" gold is about 55i per cent. At these ra _ Olitho importation of gold trona the United Statew