The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-09 00:00:00

INTEANATIONAL EXHIBITION BUILDING, SOUTH I%ENSINGTON. A GRAND MILITARY CONCERT, in AID of H.R.H. the PRI NCESS DIARY'S FUND for Providinz Nunes for the Inn kates of the CASI 13 EtIDGI4I ASYI UN, will be g 'Fen in tt e INTERN AT ItiNAL EX HI,ITION BULLDOG, South Kensington (by spec al permission), On SATURDAY next, the 13 h of JUNE. Doors open at Two, the Concert to commence at Three precisely, 'Ender the Immediate Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and Her Royal Highness Pr ncess MA RY A .ELAIDE. The B-A.NDS of the IiOIIbEHuLD BRIGADE, consisting of— The First Life Guards, The Sr cond Life Guards, Royal Horse I;uar 's ( The Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, and The cots Fusilier ,uards, iv II prrform on this occasion. 13W" See the full P ogramme, now ready. Admission, ss. ; reserved seats. 7s 6d.; stalls, numbered and strict y reserved, lOs. 6d.—Tickets to be obtaine ' at Mr. Sams' Royal Library, 1, St. James's street, S.W. ; Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Oil Bond-street ; Mr. Westerton's Library, St Georote's-place. Knightsbridge ; Messrs. Keith, Drowse, and Co., 48, Cheaps de ; and at Mr. Austin's Ticket-office, St. James's Hall, 2•3, Piccaddly, T r , EAT E-RO Y A HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MO RT AL. After which,2oth time. a new and riginal comedy. entitled FINESSE; or, Spy and Counter -Spy Mr. Bu kstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. ('hippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Ange. FoLowed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND NIGHT ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.— Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Viriddicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prplogue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. iddi.;ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, E. Lavenne, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting:Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Leasee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, will be presented (12th time), COURT AND CAMP : Messrs. G. Vining. C. Verner, H. Marston, G. G. Murray. Warde: Mss Amy Sedgwiek, Mi ss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by (2d time) a new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. NF V THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI . ' Sole Pronristor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. THE WILLOW COPSE. Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, and Miss H. Simma _ _ Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'lled ILL-TREATED IL TRO vATORE ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sari, and Bias K. Kelly. Commence at 7. rfl4E THTRD EDITION OF " THE STJN." Containing the L test SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 9, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 7O Barometer-29.77. Wind—S.W. ; moderate breeze, and showery. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA7,—Morning, 7h. 50m.—Afternoon, Bh. 22m. To-44oTtRow.-Morning, Bh. 55m.—Afternoon, 9a. 30m, ZI Stilt LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1863. Save in regard to one or two points open to our decided objection, we cannot but regard the speech delivered last night in the House of Lords by the noble earl the leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition as entitled to the highest commendation. To say this in regard to its mere oratorical excellence would, we are perfectly conscious of that, be hardly less than ridiculous. The Earl of DERBY stands in the very front rank, at the very head of that front rank, as the foremost among the Parliamentary orators of his age. He has long enjoyed what ho a long while since nobly secured to himself, and has ever since then admirably well sustained his high and distinctive reputation as the first debater of his time. His rhetorical capacities (gifts and acquirements, combined by practice) are second to those of not even the most famous among his younger contemporaries ; such men, let us say, as the member for Birmingham or the member for the University of Oxford. To refer to any speech of Lord DERBY'S, then, as a speech in the highest degree commendable, could be hardly supposed to have reference (as the remark certainly has not here) to its mere oratorical excellence. If it had that inference simply (we would italicise the word and say very simply, indeed), it would, we repeat, be scarcely any thing less then a purely ludicrous observation. Cela to sans dire. Our allusion, therefore, is not by any means so much directed to the Earl of DERBY'S speech as a speech, attractive though it is another among his lesser Parliamen tary services--as it is intended to convey our senora of its merits, as, for the most part, a generous and magnanimous argument in behalf of the great principle of religious liberty. The argument put before the House of Lords last evening by the earl of DERBY was most cogently and convincingly put throughout. It was in many parts who!ely unanswerab!e. The result of the dis cussion is visible at a glance, in the widely contrasting balance of numbers upon the division the second reading being carried by neariy two to one, 35 voting for and 65 against the amendment. The Prison Ministers' Bill there fore may be regarded as already, to all intents and purposes, assured of its ultimate triumph. At the third reading of the bill in the House of Commons—in which house it will be remembered it was introduced—the numbers (which were greater) are far more equally balanced : that third reading being there carried on the 18th ult. by 196 for as opposed to 167 against. Henceforth, that into is whe n t h e fast mellowing bill has fairly ripened an enactment, the Catholic priest will have un disputed access to his penitents in all the Criminal Prisons of England, right of access as assured and undisputed as that already tant Chaplain and Deputy eeChaplainseesed certainly bythe Protes tant attached to each of those establi s h ments. I does appear to us wonderful that any persons should actually be found nowadays ready to m a i nta i n for one single in s tant the reasonableness of with standing a claim this character. Happily, in spite of much bitter oppo sition, it has proved to be a claim that has not been vainly a d vance d. Among those who have the meat generously and magnanimously, because in every point of view the most dispassionatel y , indicated the reasonableness of this claim, the Eirl of DERBY, desirous TO be especially r emembered as the on e standing forth ie.,' the most consistently and the most conspicuously. Lord STANLEY'3 remarks are always to the point, and it is, therefore, very satisfactory to find him discoursiag on so important a topic as the "Dwellings of the Working Classes." On Satur chy he met a numhei• of gentlemen a t the 3,fanQinn house, who interest themselves in the domestic accommodation of the working classes. The object of the mdetia4 was a very desirable one, to farm art association of twenty or thirty gentlemen, protected 11 , y the Limited Liability Act, and having a capital , nf from £25,000 to £30,000, to be invested in the erection of a number of improved dwellings. Lord STANLEY took the chair, and said that the fact was 1 well known that there was a great want of decent accommodation in the centre and eastern parts of London for the whole body of mechanics, as well as for the labouring classes, as they were fitly so called. He remembered many different societies that had endeavoured to meet this want, since a meeting that took place some years ago in the City; but he was sorry to say that they hal not sue ceened altogether in their moat desirable object, of being self-supporting. They had met there that day to make one more effort to overcome this diffi culty. He hoped they had a better chance than their predecessors, since they would profit by the experience that they had bought so dearly. In two things he wished them to differ frcm previous arrangements of this class; first, to look rather to the accommodation of families than of single men, and not to the highest amount of rent which the better class of persons among the labouring classes could afford to pay, but to what was necessary to make the undertaking remunerative to those who did it. After these preliminary observations on the general style of their proceedings, his lordship entered into particular details, and cited the expe rience of Mr. WATERLOW, which he had obtained through erecting a block of buildings in the most crowded part of Finsbury. Mr. WATERLOW said that for a sum of £25,000, including all preliminary expenses, and also the dividends for one year on the capital during the period of construction, they would be able to put up blocks of buildings for the accommodation of 200 families. The gross esti mate was £25,000, and assuming that each house on a moderate estimate would let for about £l5, that would give a gross return of £3,000 a year, or 12 per cent. on the gross outlay. From that, if they deducted, in respect of ground rents, coat of supervision, the occasional loss on rooms unoccupied, and other incidental expenses, 50 per cent. on the returns, a net return of 6 per cent, would still be left after the payment of all expenses, both present and prospective, and that they thought ought to be sufficient to induce capitalists to embark their money. Lord STANLEY concluded by saying that though he had spoken cf the undertaking in the sense of its being a remunerative one, he would add that it was not as a matter of profit that he and his hearers had undertaken it, bat the fact was, that the only way to ensure the success they aimed at was to show the capitalists of the country that their in vestments would have a reasonable prospect of a fair return. This was the bright view to take of the matter, and Lord STANLEY'S practical sugges tions were so good that it is to be hoped the members of the society will be guided and influenced by them is their future deliberations on this ex , cellent scheme. Too much care and thought cannot possibly be devoted to the attainment of so desirable an end as improving the social welfare of that large class whose homes are generally so wretched. The mistakes that generally prove fatal to similar laud able purposes is that the managers are too visionary in their plans. No lasting good can be done, and no permanent benefit effected, unless the arrange ments are ail carefully entered upon, and the foun dations of the institution rest on secure and solid ground. In answer to a suggestion that was made, Lord STANLEY wisely remarked that he did not think it was at all desirable to invest any of the PEABODY funds in this undertaking. Mr. PEA BODY'S fund was devoted to charitable ends, and it would therefore impair their example if it was said they . had assistance from it, A loan on lower terms than they could get money in the market would be a gift in disguise. This was strictly true, and ine vitable confusion would ensue from mixing up one fund with another. At the end of the meeting several large sums were subscribed, amounting in all to upwards of £141,000. Previous to the conference £13,000 had been sub scribed, so that the commencement has been made under favourable auspices. Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY made a few pertinent observations. He said he thought their end would not be gained by compa nies ; but what they wanted was to stimulate private individuals to invest sums, they (the meet ing) acting as pioneers. Many commencements of this sort seem propitious, but the flattering promise is not fulfilled. In this instance, however, there are reasonable grounds to augur a more favourable result, for the managers of the scheme appear to be most painstaking, and, avoiding all excitement, to weigh well their actions and study minutely the effects of their various plans. The only drawback in this scheme is, that it will not be practicable to have a lower rent than five shillings a week; but if the present arrangements prove satisfactory, it is to be trusted that, at some future time, something may be done for the unhappy class who cannot possibly afford to pay so much. If so, a most desirable thing will be done, fcr there is great suffering existing among those who have to pay large sums in pro portion for the accommodation they get. This meeting is a step in the right direction, and great credit is due to all who have come forward so zeal ously to take up the cause of those on whose well lazing and comfort so much depends as regards the welfare of the community and the best interests of the State. The busy thoroughfares of the busiest part of our great city presented last evening an interesting and unwonted sight. All ordinary traffic was suspended at an early hour, although throngs of persons were there to witness tae coming sight. It was the grand occasion which had been occupying the thoughts and plans of the good citizens of London for many a long day of anxious preparation—the occasion which was to exemplify in a striking manner some peculiarities in the national character ; the combi nation of ardent loyalty with the jealous preserva tion of civil and municipal rights ; the eagerness to do honour to the heir to the Throne, with the watchful regard for the ancient privileges. I n that great Hall, which has for the last four centu.. ries been the centre of English civic justice, the future KING was called upon to read the customary declaration that he would be a good subject and true citizen before he received the casket of exquisite workmanship which contained his admission to the freedom of the City of Landon. It is curious to notice that, in the declaration referred to, the Prince undertakes to maintain the franchises and customs of the city, a d uty h e w ill pro b a bly n ot be un mindful of, should any occasion arice wherein the ancient rights of the citizens should be endangered. It is also an interesting feature in the ceremonial of yesterday that the Prince was requested to take upon himself th e f reedom of the City, which he had inherited by patrimony, Prince e g the e w. first instance, it is thought, i n which a p that right as b orn after his father,B AL a E d s na p is o s s i s o e n ese t d o citizenship. This inthciedyenotunmgupsatiNhcazveamade it doubly interesting to ing the high estimation i n wh i ch his I.eatshreer:wrils held, and. it was probabiy m ore gratifying t to be greeted as the son of the beloved and honoured " Prince," than as the successor of the man. ; illuait and world-tamed names air. ,dy on the roll of honorary citizenship. It did not I lessen the evidence at :Loyalty and attachment which everywhere greeted the young mince that the and civic honour which had just been con ferred on him vtafi his by right as well as by in vitation; it rather served to heighten the interest of the occasion, and to unite closer the representatives of constitutional monarchy and civic freedom. The preparations made by the Corporation for the royal visit were all that could have been ex pected. Taste, elegance, and the lavish hospitality which has always distinguished the citizens, were combined with the most striking success. It is a source of general gratification, too, that the ex ternal arrangements were so perfect as entirely to prevent any recurrence of those dangerous and fatal accidents which threw so sad a shade over the night of tha illuminations. By the exercise of wise pre cautionary measures, and the absence of the spirit of misplaced independence which would accept no auxiliaries, the strictest order was maintained in the streets of the City, which must have presented a pleasing contrast to the PRINCESS to the confusion attendant on her first arrival. The internal deco rations and arrangements for the reception and convenience of the guests had also been the subject of anxious care and pro fuse expenditure, and the result must have satisfied the most hypercritical. A little incident at the close of the evening served to show the PRINCESS the kindly feeling with which she is re garded in the busy centre of the commercial activity of the world. Before returning to the ball-room after supper the Royal visitors were conducted through the Court cf Aldermen, where, in a deep recess on one side of the court was a large picture, representing the birthplace of the Princess—Prince CHRISTIAN'S Palace of Bernstorff. In the fore ground was a portrait of the Princess herself, and the picture, being lighted from behind, had the effect of a beautiful moonlight view of the young bride's early home. This graceful compliment was warmly appreciated by the Princess, and must have afforded her more personal gratification than the gorgeous festival in which she played SO prominent a part. No accident or misadventure seems to have marred the success of this brilliant reception, and we may hope it will be a type of the union be tween prince and citizen—a sample of that combi nation of the fervent loyalty due to a worthy monarch, with the Inquest:clued exercise of fran chises "confirmed but not originated at the Norman Conquest." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1861 PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Last evening a new farce, entitled "Cousin Tom,' was produced here, and successfully answered the purpose for which it was produced, viz., to bfford a good hearty laugh previous to the comnaencineut of the new drama " Court and Camp," which is rapidly increasing in attraciun, and will no doubt become the sensation drama of the metropolis---d title it richly deserves. The tun of the new farce con>ists of the difficulties in which a certain adven turous lover, who to secure the hand of his lady love assumes the name of another person, and thus to secure the obj:ct of his affection he has to submit to all kinds of laughable dilemmas. in the end he obtains his coveted prize, and of coarse the farce terminates with a marriage. Mr. Belford and Miss Oliver sustained the principal parts with great spirit, and the curtain descended amidst very loud and general applause. The house waa crowded. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last night the celebrat(d. drama " The Willow Copse" was revived here, Mr. Webster and Miss Woolgar resuming their original parts. Mr. Web ster's Farmer Fielding is one of his finest persona tions, and Mis. Wonlgar's Meg, the devoted, kind hearted, true, country wench, is a most artistic representation. Miss Henrietta Sims was charming as the unhappy Rose, and Mr. Toole (Augustus de Rosherville), and Paul Bedford (Staggers), were as humorous as ever. The drama is certainly one of the very beat of its class, and should attract crowded houses. STRAND THEATRE. This pretty little theatre re-opened last evening with several of the o!cl favourites, and some new candidates for public favour. No novelties were produced, but certain favourite dramas were re vived. In the extremely popular burlesque of " Aiaddin, or the Wonderful Scamp," a Miss Jenny White, from Birmingham, made her first appear ance. She is _petite in person, but has a pleasing confidence, and a certain enjoyment of her own, which go far to gain the sympathy and admiration of the audience. Miss Thorne, also a new impor tation into the company, as the genius of the lamp, showed a good person off to advantage. Mr. George Honey, vice Mr. Rogers, was well received as the Widow Twankay ; and the already aeknow ledged favourites, Miss Bufton and Miss Funny Josephs, were, of courso, cordially received, and acted with their wonted scirit. A new ourle..,que, a new drama, and s. new farce are announced. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE,—Mr. Lumley has the honour to acknowledge the liberal manner in which the patrons of the ot.era, his friends and the public generally, responded to his appeal on the occasion of his benefit performances, and to announce that the noble pro prietor of Her Majesty's Theatre not having explained the reasons why he prohibited the übe of that theatre, Mr. Lumley feels it a duty to submit to public appreciation an account of the relations which has existed between the Earl of Dudley and himself. The statement will be published in the course of a few days, and may be had of all the prin cipal booksellers. THE MELANCHOLY DEATH OF MR. BELFOUIt. —The body of this lamented gentleman, who was Vice President of the La, don Rowing Club, was found on Saturday on the Chiswick side of the railway bridge, after continuous search ever since the accident took place on Thursday morning. The spot where the body was found is nearly two miles from where the boat was upset. The deceased gentleman, when found, hAd not got his flannel trousers on, and it is most probable that having unbuckled them before starting to row they became entangled about his legs in the endeavours he made to save himself, as the man who saw the boat upset observed an unusual splashing in the attempt the deceased made to swim. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—During the week ending the 6th June the visitors have been as fol low :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days, open from 10 a,m. to 10 p.m ), 6,723 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (students' days, admission to the public, 6d., open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.), 1,314; total, 8,037, From the opening of the Museum, 4,089,187. Museum of Patents.—Number of visitors for the week end ing June 6, 1,185; total number since the opening of the Museum, free daily (12th May, 1858), 727,270. THE NEW BISHOP OF GIBRALTAR.—The Duke of Newcastle has appointed the Rev, Dr. Tower, formerly Bishop of Glasgow, to the vacant see of Gibraltar, upon the recommendation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Trower is of the University of Oxford, where he took a second class in classics and a first class in mathematics, and was elected Fellow of Oriel. ANOTHER VICTIM TO CRINOLINE.—The wife of Mr. T. M. Phillips, the coroner f)r the Wolver hampton.district of South Staffordshire, who is also a soli citor, and resides at the Lloyds, Penn, near Wolverhamp- I ton, has become a sacrifice to the prevailing fashion in dress amongst ladies, to which they cling often, as in this case, with fatal tenacity, Th e d eceased lady was 55 years of age,' and has had seven children, who have grown up to man hood and womanhood. The eldest son is a solicitor in Partnership with his father, and is the deputy coroner for the Wolverhampton district. During Friday afternoon the deceased lady was in one of the kitchens of her residence, where was an open grate, giving instructions about the dinner, and was standing with her back to the fire. Sud denly the bottom part of the skirt of her dress became ignited, and she was immediately enveloped in flames, for the dress which she wore was of muslin fabric. After irn_ ploring the servant to put out the flames she ran in her terror to and fro into the hall, and so fanned the tire that in an incredible short space of time nearly every fragment lc , of her attire was consumed. The butler, the coachman, and Mr. Phillips reached the hall whist the flames were yet about the unhappy lady, and the first na med. tried to ex tinguish the m b y . .h row i ng a grea tcoat around his mistress. the as s i stanee I t m oafnn the she a died n oft the s o'clock deceased on lady Satui is d u a n s d ' gt h o t tAt havet the o rnPd;c,al skill of the town av a il to save her life—all that cooulms. he done was slightly however, came too late. Nor could all the to alleviaie her intense suffe r been we4llll • g that descriptio nskeleton, of crinoline known as a steel enris LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. ITALIAN UNITY. NAPLES, JUNE 9. The inauguration of the railway from Naples to Eboli has been celebrated by a banquet. Signor Tecchio, the representative of the railway company, drank the health of the King, and ex pressed his hope that Rome and Venice would soon be included within the Italian Kingdom. The speech was received with enthusiastic ap plause, and cheers for the unity of Italy. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JUNE 9. Private letters received here from St. Petersburg state that the Municipal Council of Moscow had resolved upon the formation of a civic militia, and that thousands of citizens enrolled themselves in the first two days. It was thought that the example would be followed in other towns. The chief magistrate Gf Moscw, Prince Schtebr batow, is at present in St. Petersburg, it is said for the purpose of obtaining permission for the forma tion of the militia and the sanction of its regula tions. POLAND. CRACOW, JUNE 8. The Polish leader Kononowicz has been captured by a stratagem, and is about to be shot. His band remains undiminished. Five thousand of the Iroperia. Gutrd have been desp%tched from S. Petersburg to Lithuania. A frightful accident happened to a train convey ing a portion of the troops, caused by the railway giving way. Three hundred soldiers were killed. FRANCE. BOURSE, June B.—The market opened with rather a downward tendency, but afterwards re covered, Threes, for the Account, being now unvaried at 69fr. 40c. Railway Share Market without animation. Mobilier show a slight im provement. The market closed as follows: it per Cents. 97 05 Italian Loan 73 25 Do end month.... Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 69 35 Do, end month — Credit Mobilier.... 1285 Russian Credit 1 )0. end month... 1267 50 Austrian .. Bank Shares — Spanish Threes.... 53 25 1 , oncier Home Debt ...... RAILWAYS. essb. Account. Orleans lOOO 50 .. 997 50 Northern New clit , o ...... : 7 .. ...... ___ Lyons and Mediterranean 1040 .. 1050 Geneva .. - Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .... 380 .. 385 DENMARK AND GERMANY. The Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs has sent a despatch, in reply to the last Danish note, in which he says—" It the Danish Government means to imply that it hss been compelled to resort to the last measures it has thought fit to take in consequence of the resolutions of the German Diet and of the resistance of the Holstein Estates—a resistance fomented by the sympathies of the Ger man Governments—such an a3sartion is not justified by anything, and I feel myself bound energetically to contradict the indirect reproach which it implies. AMERICAN STATE CONVENTION. The State Convention of delegates from Loyal National Leagues met at Utica on the 26th, under the presidency of General John Cochrane. A State Central Committee of sixteen was appointed. The committee on resolutions re ported a series, which were adopted. They denounce party organisations, and recommend the establishment of loyal leagues, to support the Government; characterise the re bellion as aimed at the overthrow of republican institu tions, and pledging the people to peace as soon as the au thority of the National Government is restored ; recognising the existence of pom era in the Government incidental to a state of war, to be exercised when necessary for the preser vation of the national existence, but asserting that whenever the exigencies of the country compel tho abridgment of freedom of speech or press, or suspension of the habeas corpus, the greatest care should be exercised against estab lishing dangerous precedents. The reso ution embodying the sentiments with regard to the powers of the Govern ment gave rise to considerable debate. The general tone of the spec , •hes was that of earnest support of the Govern ment action in Mr, Vallandigham's case. the resolutions were recommitted, and the convention took a recess until seven o'clock. At the evening session a resolution was propcsed in place of the resolution with regard to the powers of the Government proposed in the afterneon, approving of the utmost enf rcement of the law against those in the North aid ng the enemies of the country; that leading traitors in the North should be promptly arrested, promptly tried, and promptly punished; and that no outcry, however in solent, should be allowed to deter any cfficer, civil or mili tary, from taking measures essential to the safety of the country ; expressing, as a conviction of the majority of loyal people, that when necessity compelled the suspension of the habeas corpus great care should be exercised lest an example be set which may induce in future the violation of our rights, After two hours' debate this resolution was tabled, toge• thor with the resolution which stated that the fact disclosed by Lord Lyons, that he had been approached by political leaders, faithless to the honour of the republic, to arrange for British intervention, exhibited a depth of degradation unknown in American politics since the day of Arnold. The Americans repudiate with scorn those soliciting the intervention of the British aristocracy to assist them in their conspiracy with Southern traitors for an ignominious peace or a dismembered nationality. Two other resolutions relative to the building of /irate and in support of the blonrce doctrine, vessels in England; were also tabled. A resolution, pledging an earnest and unwavering sup port to the Government in the suppression of the rebel lion, and thanking the army and navy for their gallantry, was unanimously parsed. An address to the people was then read and adopted. It urges the foiruation of loyal leagues throughout the country, without any political prejudices, but with the purpose of national unity. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s ; clovet do., £4 Os to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 15s per load. Trade less active. CUMBERLAND.---MeadOW hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clove do., £4 Os to £5 15s; and straw, £1 10a to £1 15s per load. A lair demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 ; clover do , £4 ds to £5 lOs ; and straw, £l 103 to £1 15s per load. Trade tolerably firm. COLONIAL. TEA.—The pudic sales of China have beon brought to a conclusion without any material alteration in pr ces. SUGAR.—There has been very little animation, owing to the large quantity announced for public sale during the next few days. Prices. however, have remained steady. In the nfined market a fair amount of business has been done in dried goods at late rates COFFEE.—OnIy a limited business has been transacted, Full rates, however, are current for good and fine qualities of plantation Ceylon. RICE —The operations have been chiefly for home con sumption, and no material alteration can be reported in prices. TALLOW.—Business has been very dull, particularly for present delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 435; and last three months, 46s to 46s 3d per cwt. A BRITISH STEAMER CHASED BY A FEDERAL CRUIZ ER —LIVERPOOL, Monday.—Thescrew steam ship Miriam, Captain Pittman, arrived hero to-day from Nassau, with 765 bales of cotton. The Miriam left Nassau on ship'sthe7 papers,thllay May, and called at Bermuda on the 14th. On the 18th May, when 120 miles N.E. of Bermuda, she was overhauled by the United States gunboat Tioga. The latter vessel sent an officer on hoard the Miriam, who examined theaantd having then left, tod eTheta detain t Federal he 3it r o t officer r aeuxd pressed his r egret Capt. Pittman says that the officer was most courteous, and on leaving the ship bade them all " Good bye," and hoped they would have a safe passage. The Tioga had her wheel honie lull of cotton, The Miriam brings dates from Rich mud direct to the 26th April We understanl that she has on board a gentleman from that city, who is the bearer cf most important despatches from the Confederate GJTern moat to its representative in tide =taw. \,‘irfiew T our t umlar HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 8. The Queen, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, L;eut.-Gen. Knoylls, and Lieut.-Col. Keppel, left Frogmore for Marlborough-house this morning. ThelPrincess of Wales returned to London in the afternoon, attended by the Countess de Grey, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, and Lieut.-Col. the Hon. D. de Ros. Her Royal Highness previously visited her Majesty at the Castle, and remained to luncheon. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, went to London. Her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms had a full-dress dinner at their mess-room in St. James' Palace on Satur day, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. LEVEE AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. By command of the Queen, a levee was held yes terday afternoon in St. James's Palace, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty. Presentations to his Royal Highness at this Court are considered by the Queen's p easure as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. The Prince of Wales, attended by his Gentlemen in Waiting, arrived from Marlborough House about two o'clock, and was received by the great officers of State of the Queen's Household. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred (attended by Major Cowell), his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended by Col. Tyrwhiti), his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saze Weimar, his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Reuss. Scbleiz (attended by Deut.-Col. du Plat and Capt. Hilidorff), his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein, and Count Gleichen, were present at the levee. The Royal Body Guard of her Mojesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty in the state saloons, under the command of the Lieutenant. Captain Philips, the sub-officer, was on duty with the corps. The Yemen of the Guard were commanded by Capt. Parker Rickford, the Ruin in Waiting. The Prince of Wales entered the Throne Room accompanied by Prince Alfred. the Duke of Cam bridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Hereditary Prince of Reuss•Schleiz, Prince Frede rick of Holstein, and Count Gleichen. His Royal Highness was attended by the Earl of St. Ger mans, G.C.8., Lord Steward; Viscount Sydney, G.C.B , Lord Chamberlain ; Marquis of Ailesbury, Master of the Horse; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Household; Viscount Castlerosse, Vice-Cham berlain; Lord Methuen, the Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (in wait ing), and Lord Alfred Hervey, Lords of the Bed chamber to his Royal Highness; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, K.C.8., Keeper of her Majesty Privy Purse ; Lieut.-General Knollys, Comptroller and Treasurer of his Royal Highness; Captain Sir William Hoste, Royal Navy, Groom in Waiting to the Queen; Han. Robert H. Meade, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Lord Charles Fitz• roy, Equerry to the Queen ; Lieut.-ColonelKep pel, in waiting ; Major Teesdale and Captain Grey, Grenadier Guards, Equerries to his Royal High. ness ; and Messrs. Lyttelton and Jocelyn, Pages of Honour in Waiting. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were introduced, when the following presentations to the Prince of Wales on the part of the Queen took place in the diplomatic circle ; By the Turkish Ambassador—Major Said Effendi, of the Imperial Admiralty. By the Austrian Am bassador—Count Mansfeldt, First Lieutenant in the Austrian army. By the Russian Ambassador—Le Comte do Nesselrode, Maitre de la Cour Imperial de Russie; Baron B. de Vietinghoff Scheel, attache to the Russian embassy, London. By the French Ambassador—M. le Viscomte de Contades, Second Secretary of the Embassy ; M. le Viscomte de Beaumont, Third Secretary of the Embassy. By the Hanoverian Envoy—Baron Werner von Arnsvaldt, from Hanover. By the Italian Envoy —M. le Comte de St. Daminno, de Turin. By the Spanish Envoy—Don Manuel Alvartz, Attache a Is Legation Espagnole; Don Manuel de Zulueta, Gentilhomme de la Chambre de S. M. Catholique. Monsieur Antonio Pradille, was presented by Earl Russell, Foreign Secretary of State, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of Columbia, at her Majesty's Court. The diplomatic and general circles were nume rously attended. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood was prevented attending the levee, and the gentlemen who were to have been presented by the Secretary of State for India were presented by Earl de Grey and Ripon, one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. Colonel Bingham was prevented by indisposition from attending the Levee, and the officers of the Royal Artillery who were to have been present.. d by him were presented by Col. C. Wodehouse, C.B. THE NEW KING OF GREECE.—According to a correspondent of La France, King George of Greece will remain for another year in Denmark to complete his stu dies. At the end of next May his marriage will be cele brated with the third daughter of Queen Victoria, and on the Ist of June, 1864, he will set out for the country he is to govern. Un.il his arrival there the affairs of the nation will be entrusted to a regency council. The Earl Grosvenor, M.P., leaves town to-day to do duty with his regiment, the Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, ordered to assemble at Chester, The Countess Dowager of Jersey received a dis tinguished circle at dinner last evening, at her residence in Berkeley-square. Viscount and Viscountess Mount-Garrett received a select party at dinner last evening, at their residence in South Audley-street, and later in the evening her ladyship gave a concert, which was numerously attended. _ Mr. and Lady Elizabeth St. Aubyn entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence in South Audley-street, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Lord and Lady Vivian and the Hon. Misses Vivian, Lady Rolle and the Hon. Misses Trefusis, Mr. Beaumont, AI P., and Lady Margaret Beaumont, Hon. F. Leveson Gower, Hon. Mr. Ashley, Mrs. Lane Fox, &c. Lady Frankland Lewis received a select party at dinner last evening at her residence in Grafton•street. The remains of the late Captain the Hon. L. Liddell were interred yesterday in the family vault at Ravensworth Castle, Durham. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR JOHN HANBURY, K.C.H.—We have to record the death of General Sir John Hanbury, K.C.H., Colonel of the 99th Regi ment of Foot, who expired on Sunday night, at his house in Charles. street, Berkeley-square, after a protract ed ill ness, in the 81st year of his age. The venerable officer entered the army in 1799, and had in his early career seen much active .ervice. DEATH OF LADY SOPHIA HOARE. —The above lady died on the 4th inst. Lady Sophia Hoare was the eldest daughter of Charles, second Earl of R omney, by his first marriage with Sophia, daughter of Sir Wm. Murton Pitt, of Kingston, county Dorset, and was born July 13, 1807. She married, April 17, 1837, Mr. Peter Richard Hoare, of Clayton Hall, Lancashire. DEATH OF LADY LOUISA PAKENHAM.—We regret to announce the premature demise of Lady Louisa Paken ham, youngest daughter of Thomas, second Earl of Long ford and the countess dowager, who died at the family resi dence in Bruton-street, yesterday morning, from consump• Lion. The deceased lady was born in February, 1830. She was sister of the present Earl of Longford, Lady Burghley, and Lady Katharine Evans Freke. Mr. John Henry Parker, the well•known pub lisher, has just retired from businessin favour of his son. Mr. Parket has for some time past been the editor, or one of the editors, of the Gentleman's .Magazine. AMATEUR DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE —An ama teur dramatic performance, which is likely to prove exceedingly attractive, is to come off on the 15th inst., at the Queen's Concert•room, Haymarket. This performance is given for the Ladies' Polish Relief Committee, to aid the fund which is being raised for the sick and wounded Poles. Among the distinguished amateurs who take part are Lady Ann Sherson, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Lord Raynham, Miss Barker, Mrs. Palgrave Simpson, Mrs. Fraser BaddesleY, and Sir Charles Young. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Mon day, June S.—Admission on payment, 2,257 ; do. by season tickets, 651; total visitors, 2,908. LITERATURE. London Scenes and London People. By Aleph. 1 vol. pp. 362. Cotlingridge. City Press. A very delightful series of gossipping papers, full of anecdote and information, with which Aleph has from time to time favoured the good citizens of London, have here been collected in a goodly volume, and placed within reach of the general public on either side of Temple Bar. This is one of those pleasant books which may be taken up at any moment and opened at any page. The sketches are short, the subjects various, ant the sty le and manner of the narration very easy and delightful. Many curious facts and incidents, but little known to the generality of persons, are ex plained and commented on, as they are suggested in our wanderings round the city. Here, for instance, is a glimpse of LLOYDS' UNDERWRITERS. The chief room now is exceedingly commodious, well lighted by several skylights, nobly set among very fine mouldings, while the walls are as pure-looking as paint can make them. The space, perhaps 80 feet by 70, is set out in ranges of double-seated boxes, with centre tables, the whole having a wide avenue in the middle. These tables are fully occupied, during business hours, by the members, either expecting calls to, or actually engaged in, profes sional duties. Of course, the rates of assurance on ship ping and cargo vary. Is the vessel sound, new, Al, or old and in doubtful repair? Is it about to track a winter or a summer sea ? Then, what is your commodity—brim stone or flour, wine or sulphuric acid ? On such, or similar accounts the per centage required varies from fifteen t, forty, and, in extremely hazardous cases, to fifty, or even more. Nor must you expect a single underwriter to take the whole risk. You wish to insure, say £1,500 against risks at sea. Well, Mr. A. will take £lOO, Mr. B. £1.50, Mr. C. 300, and so on, till your venture is safe—a plan ob viously wise, and satisfactory to all parties; for thus, while the risk diminishes en one side, the security increases on the other. Losses from the inefficiency of underwriters are exceedingly rare, nor are there many actions at law on such subjects—much fewer, indeed, than the vast interests represented would make probable, Wonderful London I .11ustrious merchant princes I who thus make commerce safe when it seems most dangerous, and interpose the im penetrable eagis oi credit between the perils of the great deep,' and the costly freights embarked upon it." And here, by way of contrast, is a delightful peep into a far more " comfortable" region— GLRRAAVAT'S COFFEE HOUSE. Most persons believe that the best time to ask a favour of a millionaire is at his dessert, when the generous food and the good wine have made him, perhaps, a little somnolent, by opening all the flood-gates of his benevolence reality ac cessible to every kindly emotion. Some wine merchant of the olden times, considering this well-ascertained fact, and having rich cargoes to dispose of, thought within himself, Why should a sale be such a dry affair? A pleasant bowl of punch, a glass of old wine, or even coffee and muffins, would make any auction far more popular. A sale by inch of candle—good, for it gives time, but not too much time, for the buyers to deliberate; but why not a sale with friendly nods of recognition, whispered health-drinking, and queries as to children and womankind ?" The thought was a happy oue, and it soon became a fact at Garra way's. Sales of wood—especially of hard wood, such as mahogany, Spanish and Honduras—were, at the period I refer to, the staple there; and it was really a cheerful sight, entering the coffee-room from the fog and cold of a Novem ber afternoon, to find all so genial; a capital sea-coal fire, red and blazing (in really cold weather there is nothit g pleasanter to the outward man than a bright conglomerate of gasy coals) ; a curious arrangement of dwarf spits, or rather poly form forks, all armed with muffins, twirling round and round most temptingly, and implying, with dumb eloquence, "Come eat us ;" guests imbibing wine, sipping coffee, or munching toast, and casting at intervals a satisfied look over the catalogues of the sales just due. The warmth and the good cheer have smoothed the wrinkle from every man's face. These intending buyers are no longer in a hard-bargaining mood. Oh, no 1 H the ma hogany suits theta, why should they fidget so much as to price? The punch is undenzably excellent, and they cannot fail to realise a large profit on their ventures. Sir Thomas Gresham, the Mayor of Garrett, the Vicar of Bray, and other notabilities are introduced to na in these pages. The pauper grave of Chatterton is very impressively described. London Stone,Newgate (" the filth chief entrance in the city wall, so called, being !atelier built than the rest") Lombard-street, Moor fields, with its array of old upholsterers' stores, each in its turn, with many others, affords matter of interesting comment. When we come to Barber- Surgeon's Hall, we are reminded that "the pole, which even now, in country places, projects over the shaver's shop door, indicated at first that per sons might be bled there, as the patient, when phle botomy was performed, grasped a tall rod, to keep the arm steady." We take leave of the volume, heartily responding to the hope expressed in the introduction by the publisher that Aieph may long coctione to instruct and amuse the citizens of Lon don with his vivid sketches of their Scenes and People. Sir Aberdour ; or, the Sceptic. By Walter Purcell. Cantos 111. and IV. Pp. 137. Pickering. Mr. Purcell's muse appears to us rather too stately a dame for that light, delicate, ornate skiff of the Spencerian stanza. In herself she seems to bring too much ballast on board, sinking the craft so low that the level of the current is almost up to the boat's edge—sailing heavily in consequence, and making but little headway. The tw o cantos of the poem here published present us with but a fragmentary portion of the writer's imaginings. Few though the pages are, however, they contain, nevertheless, several passages of more or less merit. Here is one thoughtful stanza, worthy, if only in the moral of it, of quotation : " there is a God who immaterial is; If immaterial why should there exist Nought else than bodies ? None can answer this, All Lodies have extent, so must consist The substance Thought of the materialist. Extent is indispensable to thought ? Not so, God is. True, no anatomist Has ever found a soul ; but who has sought And found a grief or joy ? or a reflection caught ?" In the same reverential strain the author of " Sir Aberdour" continues : "He who created can, if He so will, Annihilate ; but why should cease to be, Ere yet its destiny it could fulfil, My soul, when from its prison-house set free ? I feel within that which assures to me A life hereafter; whence arises this? Am I deceived by a just Deity ? Am I deluded by self-artifice ? God guides and not misleads, and I shall cross th' abyss." Here, again, is a rather fine antithetical illustration of the accuracy of a metaphor—a twofold illustra tion in reference, now to the blindness of Milton, now to the deafness of Beethoven : " The eyes are but our prison -windows, closed Were Milton's, still it was for him to view The awful splendours that o'er Heaven reposed, The beauties mild which on the poor earth grew. Beethoven had no ears to hear, yet who Could sounds of harmony arrange so well ? Oh, what could not the soul of genius do, It 'twere encased in a less earthly shell Than this debasing form, wherein • tis doomed to dwell Our citations will—(we are perteccly satisfied of this) —while effirdieg excellent proof of the quality of Mr. Purcell's muse, tend to justify completely what we have said as to the weight the lady carries. Strange Thzngs Among Us. By H. Spicer. 1 vol., pp. 233. Chapman and Hill. A book to thrill the marrow of one's bones, and make " each particular hair to stand on end !" Let no nervous, sensitive, highly imaginative reader venture a glance upon ts pages. No one in a lonely house, or in the glo om o f tw ili ght, or th i n ki ng o f absent friends, should dare to open it. It is a book to produce ghosts ! It is not only a chronicle of the various appearances of "spirits" from the " vasty deep" of the unknown, but a work of magic some• what akin to that ponderous volume of the " mighty wizard," Michael Scott, fraught with danger to un skilled eyes. The author's object, he tells 114, is " to inquire, not dogmatise; to suggest, rather than demonstrate"—" the book is, in fact, but a sketch— a study—a ballon perdu flung up experimentally among the currents which have of late set some what: steadily in a direction of much promise." Beginning with a short ghost-story--" Perhaps the very shortest ghost - story on r ecord, communicated to the writer by a friend now occupying a dis• tinguished post in the Federal army of America-- 'My brother George, who w as residing n England, tooked into tey tent one n i g ht in India,' said Colonel J., to tell me he was dead' "—the death having, of course, taken place simultaneously with the apparition ! Beginning with this brief narrative, we pursue an " inexhaustible subject"—mesmerism, table-turning, spirit-writings, omens, appearances, warnings, Lord Lyttleton's ghost, the passing bell, visions, incantations, dreams and presentments, until we shudder at the creaking of a door or turn pale at the flickering of a shadow ! Mr. Spicer is, however, no credulous believer in all the incredible mysteries of which he treats, and we gladly tran scribe the following very truthful reflections from the chapter relating to the spiritual manifestations at the seances of the Mediums ; " Supposing that these presumed intelligencers were in deed, as they profess, the souls of friends departed, what con ceivable element of rational comfort could be deduced from such a renewal of intercourse ? To believe that the desire of our eyes,' taken from our tender love and care, should be summonable from its hallowed rest to put half-a-crown into a showman's pocket; to receive and answer questions fil tered through coarse and vulgar minds, perhaps (if the result be not satisfactory) to be dismissed with scorn and ridicule. is an insult to the Deity, and revolting to huma nity. Far better than the trite phrase and dubious answer familiar to spirit-seekers, is the comfort of believing that the departed, having, indeed, no longer a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun, are forbidden to witness the struggle and the strife—the folly and the guilt —the temptation and the snare—the warring passions—th e disappointment—the despair of this bitter, bitter world. Let us rather bless from our inmost hearts the God of peace, who, in breathing into the parting spirit the life divine, hath released it, for eternity, from the troubled dream of this." With which beautiful sentiment, in which we very heartily concur, we take leave of the " Strange Things" which Mr. Spicer has presented to us. The Nullity of Metaphysics set forth in Six Dia logues. Pp. 104. Longman and Co. No author's name appears upon the title.page to this little volume. The Dialogues are there tempt ingly spoken of as Brief. Metaphysics are there mentioned, moreover, as considered by the inter locutors throughout as " A Science among the Sciences." Though our doing so may be only too suggestive of the presentation to view by the " Skolastikos" of Heriocies of the specimen brick of the house that said Skolastikos announced as " on sale"—we are tempted, nevertheless, to give here, as a sampie of the whimsical voluthe before at leas: one little fragmentary excerpt, ex. gr " When a speech consists of grammatical parts, the im mediate parts out of which logic derives meaning can never be more than two—as ' Stop, Thomas,' or ' Stop directly.' If the speech is made up of more than two parts, then one or both of the parts must also be mt.de up of parts—so ' Stop-directly, fearful-Thomas:' here stop• directly is one part of speech, and fearful• 1 lamas is another. But the former of these is a constructed verb, and the latter ts constructed noun, and out of these two as premises the one sense of the whole construction immediately flows as the conclusion." What the author precisely proposes to his reader c.n alone be learnt by that reader upon an atten' five and consecutive perusal of his six dialogues• But—whether they are likely to be worth the trouble of the reading thus from first to last- - anyone who cons the foregoing extract, brief though it is, may very readily conjecture. A Popular Treatise on Photography. Translated from the French of D. Van Monckhoven by W. H. Thornthwai:e, Pp. 137. Virtue Brother and Co. Beyond any question the little eighteen-penny pamphlet here presented to notice, is far and away the best popular treatise upon the art of photography that we have anywhere yet seen published. It illustrated throughout, almost we had said profusely' certainly copiously, with apropos engravings oil wood, wonderfully useful' several of them, for inoe' much as• they render comprehensible upon the instant some of the more complex de scriptions in the letterpress. The original work, as penned by that manifestly Dutch-French man (that Frenchman, that is to say, of Dutch extraction), has long been well known among con tinental photographers as the " Traite Populaire de Photographie our Collodion." It has been, here , very faithfully rendered into English by that other skilled student in the art of photography, Mr. Thornthwaite. We doubt not but that among the masters of the craft, but more especially among the beginners who are now aspiring to become masters of it, the little book will be m ore than merely acceptable, that it will, indeed, be very heartily welcomed. "It is not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempro nious," says Addison's Roman redivivus [and with him apparently the conscientious translator of this little treatise on Photography], " we'll deserve it r Besides the treatise itself, making up the balk 0f the volume, there will be found in these w ell 7: 1 ; picted pages an excellent description of, "le with inciden( al remarks upon, the Stereosco• e and Photographic Optics, and other varied mattersPOt undeserving of consideration by the practical, ot ' even, we would say, the mere theoretical, Plo w grapher. Winkworth's Chorale. Containing 200 Tunes . Gold- Edited by Sterndale Bennett and Otto schmidt. Longman and Co. A beautiful little volume is the one here jointly edited by Jenny Lind's accomplished husband ena by the gifted Professor of Music to the University of Cambridge—the latter being, as everyone knows by this time who knows anything at all about the progress of the divine art here in this couLtry, one of the very first of living En g' lish composers. As a musical collection the work is not unworthy of the combined labours of the two eminent musicians whose names are thus intimately associated upon its title-page. CaBsell's Publications. Among a whole bundle of wonderfully cheap illustrated periodicals, issued, as usual, this month from the establishment of Messrs. Cassell, Fetter, and thdpin, we would here particularise, as especi ally deserving commendatiun—the thirtieth sixpenny part of the " Illustrated History of England," the eighteenth of the illustrated new edition of the " Popular Educator," published at eightpence halfpenny, and the latest instalment of "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper," a decorous and there fore a most deserving rival of very many among the less carefully conducted cheap periodicals. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL AND THE SURREY GARDENS.—A new scandal has arisen in regard to the " Grand Committee," in whom the recommendatio n (for the future ch o i ce of the Governors) of the site of tha Hospital building is vested. Mr. T. B. Simpson, the pro prietor of the Surrey Gardens,where the hospital has found* during the past year, a refuge in its self-created emergency' and a lease of which the committee have secured for fiv e years in addition, charges the report of the grand CO'r' mittee with overstating, by £lO,OOO, the price fixed for these gardens; and not only with omitting any mention that the amount had been fixed inclusive of all other interests 0 ,114 charges, but also stating that there was cause for apprehe' sion "of great delay and considerable ex?enses, occasioned by reason of the number of persons whose interest would have to be purchased " when, in fact, an agreement be twten Mr. Simpson and Mr. Baggalley (on the part of the hospital) clamed, on the 19th March last, all arrangement and interests, and a guarantee had been provided, at the Treasurer's solicitation, on the 2d of June, to be placed be' tore the committe4preparatory to their report on the 4th inst. There are, therefore, is is asserted, no legal diffintll - there is no room for apprehensions, and there need b e no delay. No Act of Parliament and no compulsory pow ers being required, the architect of the hospital may corameu e° operations in the Surrey Gardens to-morrow m orning". should the governors so resolve. Concealment and want el candour are chargeable against this rerort, not in this 10 ' stance only, as, accoi ding to Mr Simpson, in mentioning the other sites the report omits all reference to the expen se of levelling, laying out, draining, &c , works of no trilling character, the many thousands already expended on wbi cil in the Surrey Gardens are included in the purchase mon e y ; The disparaging allusion in the report, as to the level °'' the Surrey Gardens in comparison with that of Betheleor has already received its answer in the report of the architect of the hospital (to which, inadvertently, of course, ne re .' ference is made, although the report of th e committee t° s upposed to be founded upon it)—viz , that the soil is n aocl and gravel, the level being practically the same as 111 . ° sites of Beth,ehem, of Buckingham Palace, the barracks 111 Birdcage-walk, and nearly, it not quite, the whole of Bel gravia. That there have been fewer patients brought to the Surrey Gardens than t o St. Th omas ' s h as b een due to De care having been used to spread sufficiently wide, by the ordinary channels of p u bli c i r y, a k now l e d ge o f the cha n g e in the hospit a l' s l oca li ty. H ow we ll a d apte d th a t locality .1. to the requi remen t s o f s h e S out h L on d on districts i 8 t r i deuced by the fact, as stated by Mr. Pigeon at the meeting! that in the month of February 1,300 more out-patients had _ been attended to in the Surrey Gardens than during same month in the previous year at the old hospital, and this increase is progressing. But no mention of this W n: made in the speech of the treasurer or th e re p ort of the corn mittee, though it must in fairness be statedtha h t it os doe ita s t mention a fact which proves very s trongly tha2ls that Lei' is well situated where it stands —v ' z '' that places south, the the and 9° dents brought there, 118 werefromp la from places north of the Surrey G ar d e ns,