The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-03 00:00:00

HE PARSON AND THE PAUPER. T LOOKS INTO LAW COURTS. THE CONFERENCE. In this Week's "FUN:L_____ Established 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by.Speeial Act of Parliament, 4 Viet. cap. 9. Every description of LifeAN Assurance business transacted. D REW FRANCIS, Secretary. BONNE:1"S SILKS A LYON. --Every Article of commerce takes its title either from productionr or 'manufacturer, and the more perfect the the greater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identiaca lon in England ; but the tallacy of such an assertion is ex .. os dby*the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following' interwoven mark may be seen at the end of each piece :--'. Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon c a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covet , t-„; arden. From this time until the end of the season thne will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, 'Thursday, and aturday. This Evening Tuesday), May 3, will be performed Verdi's opera, UN 1-sALLO IN MASCHERA.. Amelia, Mdlle. Emilia ; 3ldlle. Gituseppini Tali ; Oscar, Mdtle. Marie Battu ; Renato. Signor Graziani ; Armando, Signor Tagliafico; Angri, Signor Capponi ; Silvano, Signor Fallar ; 11 uiudice, Signor Rossi ; and 11 Duca, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement wi 1 be s u pp orted by Mdlle. s a lvicni and M. Desplaces. Commence at half past Eight. Fit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre btaqs, 10s. ed., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 28. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico= t the thealre, was' is open from ten to five, and at the pncipal musicsellers' and li brarians'. T HEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a Ecene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Atter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakepere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those eminent Irtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montg - omery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addison Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. 11 Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. U. Beimore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M.ss Ruse Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Be more. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Warren and Miss M Harris. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weatheriby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. dames Me s Keeley, Snuwden, elly rower, Hill, Wright icogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. After which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLA.YING WITH FIRE. Messrs. J. Brouv,ham, Emery, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Ilenrade, bliss P. Leclercq ; Mrs. Winstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. Messrs. Vining, Hermann Vezin, iv elson, D. Fisher, Scc.; Mesdames Hermann Vezin, C. Carson, &c Alter which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. rv - Li , W ThEA ritE-E.O Y Al„ ADELPI - 11. sole Proorhator and Manager, M. B. Webster. T.HIS:EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S ROUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biiiington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms mid Mrs. Biilington. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE : 3lessrs. J. L. Too:e, p. Bedford, ct. 'tomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS A EVENl . Ntan 'l d ' E E V MA E ity N L, , I N E 4 1 G.— , :11iss . Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma.den until further notice. In order ,o give due effect to tuts most remarkable success of the season, eatire,y new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and sons, and. Thompson. New dr, sses and appo ntm,,nts have be, n prepares for its productior..—N. ti. In consequence of the .Iressing and numerous applications at the !sox-otfpe, ar magementa have cow been made by which Seats may be ob tained a Fortnight in Advant.e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. •J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr, Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mies ILrbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mtss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miso Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7. a Farce, with a new sensation, called hIIAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and miss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Bucklugharn, Esq., entitled TUE It..VER Ihr. ..harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles :%iathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with USD i•;R THE ROSE. Commence at 7. On SATURDAY, 3lay 7, a new Comely, by Dion Bouci cattlr, Esq., in which Mr. ani Mrs. Charles Mathews wil: appear. ROY AL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Si,vanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Atter which (6th time) ➢IAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. Followed by TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. COALS.—rac LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 2Bs. per ton. I Double.. 2le. per ton. Top 255. „ Nuts. . . lye. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf , Paddington, W. Best Cokes 15s per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent TME THIRD EDITION 0F 4‘ THE 6UN,' Containing* the Latest SPORTING - INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening of G. Et. GLENIE, NEWS AGt:IT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 3, 1864. --o THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 51 Barorneter-30.1.5. Wind—N.lV.; moderato breezy, and showery. LaIGH - W4TEB. AT LONDON BRIDGE. rNIES DAY.—Morning, 56m.—Afternoon, la. m. f 0-ito 8.2.0w.-Moraing, 12h. 23m.—Afternoon, 12h. 50m. •=4:- ibmpi„ . t f4A: „ Stilt LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1864. This afternoon, according to announcement, the Conference reassembled in Downing-street. Does anyone, however, believe that the slightest possible good can come of it ? Anyone that is out of Bed lam. It is eel tainly hard to think so—particularly after the point blank refusal of the preliminary proposition o f the armistice. And still more is it difficult to conceive the possibility of any really good and practical result coming from what is re garded by the belligerents themselves with such supreme and ineffabl e indifference, The sittings of the Conference, in Point of fact, exercise no influence whatever either upon the course of events at the actual seat of war, or upon t h e c ouncils of Europe as these latter are evide nce d t hrough the policies of the respective continental Governments. So far as any influence could come o f i t, indee d , the plerli' potentiaries again collected together to discuss the Schleswig-Holstein difficulty over a table in one of the official apartments of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street, might just as well have been discussing a good dinner and (after the cloth was removed) the rival merits of STIAKSPERZ and the musical gla:. , Aes. It is th e hobby of our Foreign Secretary, however : and — no , that that bobby has OLC3 been mounted—it must ridden on, as patiently as may be, at the same dull, hopeless jog -trot, even to the end. Besides— ener all—it is serving its purpose. It is whilin g away the difficult time of the session. It is post poning the otherwise inevitable discussion of the foreign policy of Her MAJESTY'S Government, particularly in this matter of Denmark : a discussion of a very alarming character, in deed, for her MAJESTY'S Government. The delay of the blue-book was the first dodge of the kind, hit upon ; and that, we all know, during the first weeks of the oession, succeeded to ndrniration. It was very irritating no doubt—but it succeeded. And its success as an excuse for putting cif the evil day (of discussion) both in the Lords and in the Commons, but more particularly of course in the Commons, was such that the Cabinet contrived very cleverly, we repeat, to tide over the whole of the first bw weeks of this session, up to the time of the Easter Holidays, under cover simply and solely of those delayed despatches. After the holidays— upon Parliament reassembling again—the new dodge of the Conferenee was resorted to, And that, in its turn, is proving equally and, therefore, of course it may be said, eminently successful. The opposition are hushed into silence—because of the Conference. Just as they were previously hushed , into silence—because of the delayed despatches. The argument in each case is equally cogent. " Wait," said Lord PALMERSTON, again and in the earlier part of the session, vet again, while the Lords and the Commons were waiting in eager but long-tantalized expectancy—" Wait," said the Veteran Premier, " until you have the despatches laid upon the table. We are getting them ready as rapidly as possible. You will have them in good time ; be sure of that. All we ask of you, therefore, is that you will only wait for them until we are able to put them in your hands, and then—when you have read them—you can pronounce an opinion upon them, and upon our diplomatic proceedings generally." Wells Parliament heard this and waited. All dis cussion in regard to Denmark was postponed. The Opposition—naturally enough, fretting under its almost compulsory silence—growled an objection from time to time, but waited. Bit by bit the de spatches were doled out. They were not published simultaneously as a Blue-book. They appeared without any blue cover at all, almost sheet by sheet, almost page by page. And, by the time the last instalment was making its tardy appearance, Easter had come upon us, and with Easter the prospect of this inestimable Conference. Then, of course, there was that new and still more powerful reason fur a postponement yet longer of this perillous discussion aboat the Dano-Germaa, or rather, no-policy of her MAJESTY'S Government. And so the time speeds on—vastly to the satisfac tion, no doubt, of a bungling Minister of the Crown, like our Marplot Foreign Secretary, But—to anybody else's ? Well, really we should hardly suppose so. We should scarcely deem it possible, for example, that it can be in any way to the satisfaction of the country at large that half the session of 1864 should have been dawdled through already, without anyone being, as yet, one iota the wiser as to what are the probabilities, even, of a satisfactory settlement of difficulties ! Difficulties long urgent, at last immi nent, and latterly, and, for that matter, still becoming every day, every hour, more and more sanguinarily complicated. Systematic delays like these on the part of a Ministry, are nothing less than insulting to the House of Commons. The only excuse now remaining for their continuance is, as we all know, the sitting of the Conference. And yet, white the fact is so, we all know equally well, that the proba bilities are that nothing good, that is to say in other words, nothing practical in the way of clearing up of existing difficulties can reasonably be expected to come out of this Conference. It would seem as if the Government had resolved o make their tenure of office as celebrated as pos- Bible for want of justice, consideration and courtesy, One of the latest feats of the administratio❑ in this contrary line of action has been their conduct with respect to Mr. BEWICK E. Not only did they refuse to render justice themselves, but they opposed with might and main all attempts on the part of others to do so. Such conduct is most unaccountable, and must cast a discredit en the CAbinet that adopts it, hrough the length and breadth of the land. It is contemptible to see those dressed in a little brief authority thus wantonly ignoring the claims of the oppressed, and leaving things to take their course to suit their own plans and purp)ses, and to satisfy their prejudices to the uttermost. Mr. BERKELEY deserves great credit for the zeal which he displayed in bringing the matter forward, and the spirit he evinced in the struggle which he had to encounter, opposed as he was by the Treasury benches with might and main,. There is no doubt a most glaring defect in the law as it has been enforced against Mr. BEWICKE, but what are Ministers but servants of ho State, appointed to rectify the abuses and sup• ply the deficiencies of the law. When it is seen that any particular statute is deleterious in its workings, when any enactment presses heavily on a particular individual, it is the bounden duty of Government to come down to the House, and to suggest a remedy for the grievance in the way of altering or expunging the faulty regulation. In stead of this, when it is a well-mown fact that a man has been grossly injured and very grievously wronged, the Ministers use all their efforts to keep up the evil practice, and continue the course of oppression which so militates against the welfare and curtails the liberties of the subjects of this realm. Can anything be more dishonest and dishonourable than to persist in making a man suffer the same penalty whether he is innocent or guilty. When he has been greatly injured, and the most fearful miseries have been inflicted upon him, the only thing that is done is to grant a pardon. The very notion of " pardoning" a man who has been wrongly convicted, falsely imprisoned, and unrighteously despoiled of his property and possessions is a monstrous thing, and consti tutes an anomaly of the worst description, and whose results are lamentable beyond compare. Thus a man is doomed to undergo the evils of being a felon, when the sentence which constituted him was a wrong one, and supposed to be revoked in its nature ,and effects. It is not often, happily fur the interests of society and the peace of the community, that a case like that of Mr. BEWICKE occurs among us, but that it should be possible for such a thing to happen at all is a great shame and a scandal on the taunted freedom of the country. Allowing for the sake of argument that mistakes and confusions had arisen to complicate the affair and mislead the judgment, no single earthly reason can be adduced which can be accepted as valid that justifies Ministers in the course they adopted of wilful aggression and subtle devices, By such a determined opposition to a just request they idens tified themselves with the men who had carried on the persecution, they sanctioned the cruel and vindictive course that has called forth most unmitigated ;scorn from all who have studied its bearings or traced its workings. It is to be very much regretted that Mr. BERKELEY'S motion was not carried in its integrity. It rem a ins for the House, however, to carry on the good work ho has begun, and so remedy in some measure the cruel evils that have arisen from the workin gs of the nefarious scheme concocted against Mr. 13 EVTICKE. To enable the undertaking to reach a suc cess f ul issue, it will be necessary to exercise care, caution, and firmness. The juggles of authorities are proverbial, many specious delays and important suggestio ns w ill intervene to check the progress of inquiry, and to stultify the deci sion of the House. Th erefore it behoves all who care for the right settlement of the affair to be on the alert. Let them be decided, or the victory will not be theirs aft er a ll, It might be asked with great sho w of reason, what reason the Minis ters have for keeping this unfortunate L oma out of all restitltion, and preventing him THE SUN, LO receiving the compensation to which he is emi nently entitled. It would really seem as if they were determined to show that they can do what they like ; and no matter how unpopular may be their decisions, or how unfair their treatment of im portant claims, they must nevertheless still keep their places, and enjoy the glories of office. This game may be tried once too often. Lord PAL MEItSTON had to retire ignominiously from power when he was far stronger in position than he is at present. Sometimes, when all seems secure, a slight circumstance arises that nullifies the effect of pre vious advantages, and carries destrg.ction to the course of the prosperous and powerful. Let it once he bruited abroad that the rights of the subject ere not safe in the hands of the present Administra tion, and no foreign difficulties, no home necessities will retain them in office. It is true that Mr. BEWICEE acted injudiciously at the outset of the affair, but that does not exculpate those who con cocted a conspiracy against him. Every one who was concerned in the affair has been to blame for their haste and infatuation. The only way to get out of the affair with anything like decency will be to institute an inquiry and settle the demands of the injured party as speedily and as liberally as possible. If this is not done other efforts must be made, for it will never do to let such a tyranny be exercised as that advocated by the Home Secretary the other night. Now that the House has so strongly endorsed the opinion of Mr. BERKELEY that something should be done, it will not be becoming to daily with the subject. It must be settled in a satisfactory style, or more will be heard of it than may suit the wishes of high powers. If the proper means are employed, the committee will have ample time to meet and settle the matter before the close of the session. It will be a satisfactory thing to reflect upon that, in some measure, a great wrong has been redressed, but all improvements can be but partial that do not strike at the root of the evil. The laws that apply to such cases must be rectified, or else we cannot declare, with a shadow of truth, that our civil rights are in accordance with the spirit of the age or the advancement of intel ligence. It is disappointing to find measures of real prac- tical utility encountering unreasonable and deter mined opposition, yet such is unfortunately only ;oo often the case even in a time when the intoler- ance of ignorance and the rancour of prejudioe are supposed to have lost much of their power. "We may indeed always anticipate the antagonism of a formidable pha'anx when great principles are in- vowed in any change for the better, or when old interests have to be attacked or striking improve- meets introduced into the working of our social and political systems, The most sanguine riformcr or the most enthusiastic inventor could hardly imagine that his theories would fall in with every one's humour, and in a free outspoken country like our own, he is pretty sure to hear a good many un complimentary criticisms, and to receive a good many sharp homethrusts before his visions pass into reality. But coming down from great organic changes and notable discoveries to mere matters of detail and local management, it is somewhat curious to find a piece litigation impending respecting a practical improvement in the manner of supplying London with gas and water, just proposed to be carried out by the Metropolitan Board of Works. It seems that some years ago the Board consulted some of our most eminent engineers on the matter, and the result of this consultation was, that they resolved upon constructing large well-ventilated sub-ways for the reception of the gas and water pipes, as well as for the telegraph wires and the pneumatic despatch tubes of more recent date. We might suppose that a scheme supported by STE- MUNSON, BRUNELL, CUBITT, and other engineers of high calibre,would possess some practical mexite, and indeed the advantages of the plan are at once apparent even to the uninitiated. The continual stoppage of our large highways for the repairs of pipes, and countless similar reasons, would by its means be done away with, so that great expense would be spared the companies ; and a constant inspection of the pipes could be easily kept up; so that efficiency, economy, and freedom from annoyance are among its recommendations. We all know that one of the foremost among a Londoner's share of " les petites rniseres de la vie humaine," is losing a train from a blocked up thoroughfare, so that it will remove a good deal of daily vexation if we are henceforth to have no unnecessary meddlings with the substratum of the QUEEN'S highway. There is, too, no valid reason to urge against the plan. We are all grow ing familiar with the idea of works geing on under ground. " Skitzland" has become a fact instead of a theory since Mr. AIORLET wrote his witty sketch of life in mid-earth. It is surely less remark able and less extravagant for gas and water pipes to have regular organised subways, than for one locomotive to dip under another after the fashion proposed in the neighbourhood of the Euston-road. But, whatever the reason, there ate very decided obstacles being put in the way of the scheme, although the subways have been actually constructed in the new streets from St. Martin's-lane and in Southwark. The companies decline to use them and accordingly a Bill has been brought before Parliament, in order to compel their use and to arrange the terms of payment on the part of the companies. This Bill, having been read a second time, has been referred to a select committee, and now the tug of war is to begin in earnest. The water companies are to oppose it by means of four solicitors, who are, it is said, to instruct no less tha❑ twelve counsel. This is a sufficiently alarming number, but we must remember that the gas com• panies still remain to be represented, so that there will be more RICEIMONDS in the field, and if we add the legal functionaries employed by the Board of Works, we shall see very little of a speedy settles ment of the question. Remembering what we have recently heard about the expenEes of a select com mittee of this kind, we may conclude that this battle of the subways will be a tolerably expensive business. There is so much money needel for really useful and practical purposes of public interest, that it is a matter of regret to see such large sums com pletely thrown away in foolish and purposeless litigation. • The gradually increasing prosperity becoming perceptible in our distressed cotton districts is a matter for very earnest and heartfelt thankfulness. The worst of this storm has passed away, and streaks of light through the breaking clouds give hope that brighter days may soon be looked for. Compared with the immediate past Lancashire is wonderfully improved, although sho may be still far enough removed from her former flourishing condition. If the changed aspect of affairs is a subject of congratulation among those far removed from the pressure of the distress, what must it bo to those struggling thousands who have borne so bravely and so patiently the full weight of the trial ? It has been feared by some that the long continued receipt of eleemosynary aid woula impair that self respect and independence which are among the most precious possessions of the poor, and that when cotton was again forthcoming working men and women might think idleness more pleasant than in dustry. The relief committees have always borne in mind the danger of encouraging dependence, and DON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1864. of pauperising the people by long continued alms, but the event has happily proved that such antici. pations were groundless. It was necessary, no doubt, to bear such a possibility in mind, but those who feared that any largo proportion of the working classes would voluntarily prefer dependence or charitable relief to the earnings of honest industry, did not appreciate the sturdy independence of Eng land's sons and daughters, A very touching scene took place the other day in the neighbourhood of Preston, on the occasion of the reopening of some mills which were about to resume work after a stop page of a year and a half. The arrival of the cotton was anxiously looked for, and when at last two goodly waggons made their appearance by rail, the popular delight was manifested in unmistakeable terms. Flags and emblems of rejoicings floated from the village windows, and the whole place bore the aspect of a festival. A party of women, pre ceded by music, went to the railway aiding, and pushed the waggons off the incline into the factory yard, when the assembled crowd, numbering some hundreds, gave appropriate expression to their feel ings on their deliverance from so great and pro longed a trial by singing the Doxology to the tune of the grand Old Hundredth Psalm. Tears rolled down the cheeks of many of these honest labourers, and some couid not find voice to lift aloud. It was a scene for a poet or a painter, pourtraying as it did most vividly the national characteristics which have made England what she is. The cheers of the concourse were heard far away, and were sym pathised in doubtless by all who heard them ; for few indeed could be found throughout the length and breadth of the land who would not share in the honourable satisfaction of these industrious hands in once more earning their own bread. HAYMARKET THEATRE, DAVID GARRICK. The production of the new three act play, " David Garrick," so long underlined in the bills of the Haymarket Theatre, has at length taken place. It is, alas, but an adaptation from the French, by Mr, WT, T. Robertson, founded on an incident "said to have occurred to Garrick, but which has no pretensions to biographical accuracy." The anecdote alluded to is, that a young lady, the daughter of a very wealthy citizen, on seeing David Garrick perform the part of ILmlet, at once fell desperately and hopelessly in love with the actor, and he, curiously enough was smitten by the same lady, whom he had detected pay ing the utmost attention to the performance, whilst the majprity of the audience were to a great degree unmoved Garrick takes active steps to discover who the lady fair is he has thus interested, but for a time fails until the father of the lady, who has by accident discovered his daughter's attachment, invites the actor to his housato inform him of the mad passim of his child, and also to prevail upon him to relinquish the stage and leave England, as he has already selected a husband for his daughter in the person of her cousin Dick, whose prospects of a peerage are by no means unfavourable. Garrick listens to the father's story, and is so much moved by it, that he, without seeing the lady, promises on his word of honour to do his utmost to cure the lady of her romantic attachment—hi s plan being to make himself so revolting that the lady shall become disgusted with him. The play opens in the house of Mr. Ingot, where we discover his daughter Ada, a young and bloom ing girl of 18, reading passages from her " dear Shakspere." The father gently chides the girl reading " such stuff," but the fascinating creature has her loving parent completely in her power, and can wind him rsund her finger like a piece of silk. Ingot tells his daughter he fears he shall become jealous of Mr. Shak- epere, to which she archly replies there need be no fear (a that, because he and Shakspere are two such different kind of people. He afterwards tells her ha has invited some of his old friends to dinner, and Ada, taking no interest in the matter, decides upon not changing her simple morning dress, but immediately the hears the name of Mr. David Garrick announced as one of the guests, she rushes to her boudoir to don her evening attire. Garrick is introduced by Mr. Ingot to his city friends, all of whom are the most homely business set of people imaginable, and lastly to his daughter Ada, wart now appears a perfect Venus. Garrick instantly recognises in Ada Ingot the object of his soul's adoration, but the discovery comes too late, his word is pledged as a man of honour to act in such a manner as will render all attachment between them impossible. At dinner tiarrick simulates unbridled indulgence in wine, a love of gambling, riotous uproarious vulgarity, insulting be. havisur towards the guests, .and finally his presence be cornea so unbearable that Ads is compelled to ring the bell, and give directions to the servants to call Mr Gar rick's coach. Daring this episode Ada has some misgivings as to the reality of Garrick's conduct, but these are set at rest by fresh acts of coarseness, and in despair she gives her promise to her father to marry her cousin Richard the next morning. Garrick has accomplished his task, but at the expence of his own peace and happiness, and is con veyed, overpowered and nearly heartbroken, to his home, from whence he betakes himself to a tavern, and there the whole affair is related, the names of the parties only being withheld. Cousin Richard Chivey, a sort of Toney Lumpkin, happens to be present, and he, not know ing that the scene has taken place at the house of his prospective father-in-law, hastens there in a state of real intoxication, and relates the whole affair, the listeners being Ada and her father. In vain the old man tries to stop the relation of the story, but as Dick has had more than his fair share of wine, he goes on with the tale to the end, addine that in consequence of one in the company, to whom Garrick related,the story, o p cak ing in disrespectful terms of the lady and her father, he, Clearrick, had challenged him to a duel. Ada hears all this, and, to prevent the encounter, and fly from a marriage with her stupid, vulgar and unmannerly cousin, she calls at Garrick's house on her way to that of her aunt's. She fails to prevent the hostile meeting, and befo re she can leave the place her father enters and upbraids her with her conduct. Hearing Garrick returning, Ingot conceals him self behind the bookcase, and there he overhears Garrick address the daughter in such terms of filial tenderness, rather than those of an enraptured lover, that the old man instantly recognises in Garrick a man of whom any father. in law might be proud, and having discovered his nephew Dick is nor the sort of person he expected, he g ives his daughter to Gat rick, and thus terminates the play , The great event looked for with such peculiar interest was the assumption of the part of David Garrick by Mf• Sothern, end although it could not be otherwise than a gentlemanly performance, yet we regret to say it was no more. The most effective portion of the performance was the assumption of drunkenness, but there was no real art exem plified in the simulation, nor in the transition from it to deep emotions of love mil horror at the effect produced upon his beauteous Ada. Mr. Sothern seems to lack the power for such an effort, and the melodramatic bombast into which he breaks now and then is not in the slightest degree more artistic. The situation in the last act, viz., the interview between Garrick and Ada, although perhaps one of the guttural tong of finest ever imagined for th e di sp l ay of high ar t, produced no enthusiasm iu the audi ence, b ecause all h i s e xpressions of pathos and earnestness were uttered in a voice that positively grat e d on t h e ear. We ca nnot but say we were disappointed, bec ause i t seemed an impossibility that one who could hit off suc h a ruatchlees :performance as Lord Dundreary, should lack th e power to infuse the same life into another, and by no means a d iffi c ult part. At all events, one thing is very certain, M r.uttural Sothern lacks pathos, so that if he desires t o maintain his place on the metropo litan boards, he must:try his hand at something else—high comedy for instance—and let his first effort be Charles Surface. We have had Charles li-enable's version, and also that of Charles Mathews ; • ca n't we have another ? Mr. Chippendal e ' s Alderman Ingo t wag a thoroughly artistic performan ce; and our ever l i ve ly, ever entertaining and amusing ma nager, Mr. Buckstoiae , as Squire Chivey, had only to keep th e audience in a m erry mood, which it need hardly b e sa id he did from first to last. Mies Nelly Moore has achi eve d a great success by her embodiment of Ada Ingot, and we h eartily congratu late her on the circum stance, and trust s h e will continue her studies, because she is evidently de s ti ned to take a very high place in the pro fession. The minor parts were all very efficiently repre sented, and at the fall of the curtain last night the applause was enthusiastic and universal. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, honoured the theatre with his presence. ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, -•- A farce, I , whi --e— greatly reminded us of poor Strickland's Pcrierulauce in "Tula ',Teddy's Secret," was produced here last night, entitl e d , " Out of Si g ht Out of Mind," Charles Mathews sustai n i ng t h e princ i pa l part. The hero, one Mr. Gatherwool, is afflicted with defecti v e memor y , but to call to mind variou s engagements h e adopts the plan of tying knots in his handkerchief and other expedients, but all to no avail. lie invites friends to dinner, and gives good natured but also his treacherous memory defeats him, m t , o an ev d e l r a y n bdogd y hint in all sorts of trouble. It afforded scope for Mr. Charles Mathews to delight the fashionable audience nightly attracted to the St. James's Theatre for about 40 minutes, so it must be pronounced a success, especially as the laughter is incessant from the ris ing to the descent of the curtain. ----____ A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at Cam bridge House. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Stanley of Alderley. and the Right C, P. Villiers, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the Peruvian, via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, APRIL 22 (Evening). The Government has stopped the transmission of news from Virginia. It is supposed that Lee or Grant has commenced moving. Deserters report Longstreet to be moving down the Shenandoah Valley, and state that Lee's army has received ten days rations for a forward move• General Grant has left for the front, and Burn side has gone to Fort Monroe. Further Red River advises confirm the news of Banks's defeat, but state that the engagement was renewed the following day, when the Con federates were routed with heavy loss. The Con federate Generals Morton, Pearson, and Green were reported killed. Banks has countermanded the order to retreat to Alexandria. The Federal fleet, which had ad vanced to within 80 miles of Shreveport, has been ordered to return. While on its way down, the Confederates attacked the fleet, but were repulsed with heavy loss. The Confederates were repulsed on the 17th in the land attack upon Fort Gray, Plymouth, North Carolina. Advices to the 18th report that a Confederate ram had sunk three Federal gun boats at Plymouth. It was expected that the Federals would be:compelled to evacuate Plymouth, bat would be able to hold Newbern. Large num bers of Federal troops are returning from Port Royal to Fort Monroe. Some accounts state that General Forrest is moving into Mississippi, others that he is marchibg towards Memphis. Guerillas have burned the greater portion of Hickman, Kentucky. The Governors of Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana are in Washington, urging President Lin coln to call out 200,000 six months volunteers. The Governor of New York has tendered the ser vices of the State militia for the defence of the forts around New York and the frontier. The Australasian and Kangaroo have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 22 (Evening). (Per the Peruvian, via Greencastle.) Money continues tight, but the stringency of the market is gradually abating. Gold declined yesterday to 65, but has since ad vanced to 75 prem. under war rumours and on ac count of the Government broker ceasing to sell gold. Exchange—Bankers' bills, 193. A better feeling prevails in the stock market, and prices are firm and advancing. New York Cen trals, 1341 ; Illinois, 130; Erie, 114 ; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 1131, Cotton steady—Midland Upland, 80. Four, wheat, corn, and provisions advancing. Coffee quiet, Sugar slightly firmer, Molasses pod in quiry. Petroleum dull—Crude 40e, ; refined, 54e. NEW YORK, APRIL 23 (Morning). The Federals have evacuated Pilatka, Florida, Another Federal transport has been sunk by tor• pedoes in St. John's River, Florida. The Governor of New York has urged the Legis. lature to reconsider its resolution to pay the interest of the State debt in currency. NEW YORK, APRIL 23 (Afternoon). Advices from New Orleans to the 16th inst. con firm General Banks's defeat near Shreveport, but do not mention his reported victory on the following day. Further advices from Plymouth confirm the report of the sinking of three Federal gunboats. The Confederate ram has now posseesion of the river below Plymouth, cutting off communication with the garrison of that place. The garrison is well provisioned, and it is supposed can hold the position. Several gunboats have left Fort Monroe for Ply. mouth to assist the Fedora's. Money easier. Gold, 77 premium. Stocks ad vancing. New York Central, 137; Illinois, 134; Erie, 117; 6 per Cents. United States Bonds, 114; Petroleum, crude, 42 to 45 ; rEfined, 55 to 56. The Etna, sailing to-day for Europe, takes out 1,300,000 dole. in specie. The Virginia takes 500,000 dole. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. _ VIENNA, MAY 2 (Evening). The semi-official General Correspondent of to day says " The mission of the Austrian and Prussian re presentatives at the Conference is to obtain from Denmark a 'satisfactory indemnity for the damage done to German shipping and commerce, and like wise a full guarantee against any future recurrence of the same." It is stated that there is no intention to despatch the Austrian fleet to the Baltic, and that no reso lution to that effect has been adopted by the Cabinet Council. THE PRUSSIANS IN JUTLAND, COPENHAGEN, MAY 2, 5.11 p.m, An official announcement published to-day con tains the following : "Field-Marshal Wrangel has despatched eleven citizens to Prussia to be detained as hostages until the payment of the war contribution of 100,000 Prussian thalers. " This the inhabitants refuse to pay, preferring rather to be plundered." FLENSBURG, MAY 2. The division of Major-General Meunster has advanced to Syon Fiord. The whole of Jutland, except that part north of Syon Fiord is in the possession of the allies. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 2.—The market has been heavy, and prices have generally declined. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 66f. 60c., are now at 66f. 40c. Mobilier commenced at 1,192 f. 50c., and have since receded to 1,172 f. 50c. Little doing in Railway Shares, and some of the lines show lower quotations. The Lombard Company have fixed the dividend for the past year at 40f. Rente again improyad towards the close, and the market left off as WHOA'S :-- 41 per Cents Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 60 Credit Mobillor 1192 50 Do. end month 1192 50 Bank Shares 33.55 Credit Foneier 1270 Roman Italian Loan 6B 45 Do. end month 6B 50 New ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spani.th Threes 5l Rome Debt Deterred PAYE. Cash. Account. 885 890 RtsLL* Orleans Northern .. . 975 . , Lyons and I'4editcrranean 940 .. 942 50 New ditto BB3 75 .. S9uthern .. 645 —. .. 647 50 Western Eastern .... 475 .. 480 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 565 .. 562 50 Ditto to Barcelona A SCRAMBLE FOR A CORONET.—Lord Eglinton has put in a claim to tho Kilwinning Peerage, in competi tion with the rival claims of Alr, Bruce of Kennet, and Major Balfour of Berrie, men LITERATURE, Janita's Cross. By the Author of " St. Olave's." Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. The author of " St. Olave's," already well be loved by many readers, has given us a charming work in " Janita's Cross"—a work that will very greatly enhance her popularity. It is a pleasant, homely, domestic story, containing many delight ful and most natural characters. Janita herself is a very loveable heroine—friendless and home less, born at sea, and named after the vessel—the " Janita "—which is her cradle—she happily falls into good hands. First adopted by the kind family at the Manse of Inverallan, the dear playmate of Agnes and Willie Home, she grows up a wild and joyous Scottish lassie, free from thraldom and free from care. Then transplanted to the (at first) ungenial soil of Meadowtiaorpe, she is domi ciled with her mother's relations, gcol old Professor Ruthven and his strong - minded sister Hepzibah. This lady's portrait is delineated with some happy touches, very stern and strict is her guardianship of the young Janita, whose name she abbreviates to the more proper appellation of Jane. Miss Hepzibah believes herself to be endowed with three talents—one for cookery, one for house hold management, and one for conversation. Tao two latter gifts are matters of incredulity to her friends, but the first, the gift of cookery, no one dis putes with her. It is on the frequent occasions,when damson cheese, and orange marmalade demand the good lady's incessant care, that Janita is enabled to enjoy a little freedom. One of her greatest pleasures in her new and lonely life is the friendship of Miss Alwyne, an authoress, and also a very delightful and amiable personage. We can fancy that the writer of Janita's history has, in depicting Miss Alwyne, taken, perhaps uncon sciously, some traits from a portrait near home. It is by Miss Alwyne that Janita, when eager, with the impetuous longing of youth, for work to do, and good to accomplish, is reminded of the real lesson of life—a truth which her history afterwards admirably fulfils, and which gives its title to the book. "My child," said Miss Alwyne, in that grave sweet voice of hers, and one might be content with much pain to win the peace which made that voice so sweet. "My child, your work lies close at hand. See God's purpose for you in the simplest duties of your daily life. Fulfilling these with reverent care you are doing his will, surely the highest, noblest thing which can be done. And if that will should one day meet you as a cross,' heavy and hard to bear, carry it bravely, carry it patiently. It is but for a little while. And there is no cross so b)rne which he who gave it will not sooner or later exchange for an eternal crown." In time the cross comes to Janitu as it comes to all, and proves to her, as to all who bear it well, a bless ing in disguise. The development of Janita's cha racter is very naturally pourtrayed in the unfold ing of her history, and will be followed with inte rest and sympathy by all who make her acquaint ance. Very natural and very charming is the little sketch of Bessie Ashton, the parlour-maid, coquettish and wilful, like Dolly Varden and Mary Barton, and, like these lively lassies, she too nearly throws away the substantial happiness at hand in grasping after the shadow of admiration, Bessie naturally takes toJanita—as Elizabeth Hand took to Hilary Leaf in the "Mistress and Maid " of Miss Muloch, in preference to the grim head of the household, Mistress Hepzibah Ruttaven. Of this latter lady's peculiarities we have already spoken. A better idea of the mistress may, how ever, be obtained by a glimpse of the mansion. Here is a peep into THE SPARE ROOM AT MEADOWTHORPE. Janita rubbed her eyes ; they were rather stiff with cry ing so much the night before, and then she took a leisurely survey of the room. Things look so different when the sun is shining upon them. Nothing could ever make that prim, cell-like apart ment like her own little room in Inverallan Manse; still it was not so cheerless as she had thought it the night before. The paper, which, by candlelight, had seemed of such a dull dapple-grey colour, Janita found to be covered with blue flowers on a white ground, as if some one had taken baskets of convolvoluses, and thrown them upon the wall, leaving them to twine about as they liked. The bed was hung with white dimity, striped with little blue flowers like hose on the paper. There was a very stiff, old-fashioned, mantel-piece, at each end of which stood a white china-dog with a blue ribbon round its neck, and its nose pointing up to the ceiling. In the c.entre was a group, also of white china, representing a shepherd and shepherdess about to kiss each other, They looked so very near doing it, and 3bt it never got done, that Janita felt as if she should like to push their heads together, and finish the process for them. But Miss Hepzibah took this group away before next even ing, and replaced it by a figure of an old man with wings and an hour-glass. There was a deep recess on each side of the fireplace. In one of these recesses stood the drawers ; over them a framed piece of embroidery, setting forth the Prophet Elijah as an old man in ribbed stockings and a red coat, taking what appeared to be an uncooked beef-steak from a dark-coloured bird, whilst a second was careering forward with a penny loaf in its bill. To match this, on the other side, was a sum. pier containing the alphabet worked in six different patterns, the corners filled in with trees, houses, gooseberry-bushes, or anything that happened to be convenient. It bore date a long time back—a very long time back--when Miss Hepzibah was a little girl in pinafores. Oh, these samplers I How ill-naturedly they reveal dates and ages I N 9 wonder they aro thrust into back bed-rooms by the very fingers that were pricked so in bringing them to p er f ect i on. All these ,things Janita took note of as she lay in bed, rubbing her eyes. After a while she got up, d rew the blind, and leaning her elbows on the broad, low window seat, took a survey of external nature. Miss Hepzibah was in the garden. She looked some thing like a pickling cabbage herself, for her face was very red, she having been making damson jelly ever since seven o'clock, and it was now half-past eight. She was standing amongst the Vrench beans, with her dress pinned up, and a gingham hood, which was not at all becoming; tied over her black lace cap. But happening to look up she spied Janita at the long-room window, and raising her hands with a gesture of virtuous indignation, she set off down the walk as fast as a pair of wooden pattens would carry her. Miss liepzibah's care in the matter of the shep herdess is much to be commended ! As another evidence of the author's felicitous portrait-painting we may cite the motley group of figures in discus sion at the bridge-side,foremost amongst whom are these RIVAL PHILOSOPHERS. " Mr, Smith," and Larry Stead took his pipe out of his mouth, "it's laid upon my mind ever sin' I came to the Duke's yard, as it were a shame such like things was ever let to go on, antl him such a master, and givin' good wage reglar from year end to year end. Accordin' to my line o' thinkin', you might as well put your hand into a master's pocket and fetch up half-a-crown out on it, as be allers spy ing round to see how you can knock off ten minutes here and ten minutes there, and a bit more somewhere else, and then take your wage a brazen-faced as if you'd done nought but what was honest." " Well," said Destiny, " I don't see'as a man need harass hlsself wi' little things like them there ; mint an' anise an' cummin, as the Scripters says. I've allers broke off work a good five minutes afore t' bell rung this ten year past, an' it never laid uncomfortable upon my conscience, it didn't ; an' I could say the psalms and do the responses just as if I was the best man i' the parish. Bless us I I'd as soon wear a pair o' boots lined wi' thistlepricks as have a con science like yours, Larry, as is allers catchin' you up if you don't behave yourself like one of them painted saints i' the church windy." "My conscience never did me a bad turn yet, Mr. Smith, since God Almighty fettled it up for me and set it ageing proper. But what I say is this ; a man had ought to bring his religion, if he's got any, into the regular doins of his life, and not to be allers scrapin' and contrivin' how ho can make a bit o' planin' or hammerin' last longest. I should shame to take my wage if I'd addled it in that way." "Well, Larry, I lots folks do as they've a mind to, but I will say this, that there ibn't a man i' the Duke's yard does a better day's work, or a longer, than yourself. I reckon it's the ranters teached you ; they're alters shifting religion into t' week days. as if it warn't enough to do your praying of a Sunday, and then put it by. Laws I if you had to say three big pages o' psalms after clergyman twice a day, let alone givin' out hymns to the praise an' glory, and tewin' wi' them responses, as the clerk has to do 'em all i' this parish, cause the quality folk wont's fash themselves so much as whisper 'era, and the Sunday school children would make such a hash of 'em as never was, if I didn't shout up well and give a lead, I say, Larry, if you'd all that to do of a Sunday, you'd none be so keen of shiftin' over your religion into t' week days, and makin' it do double work in a manner." • " Whatever I had to do of a Sunday, Mr. Smith, prayers or no prayers, I should think was a poor sort o' religion as didn't run over into the week, and put a shine and beauty into everything as you'd gotten to do. I know many's the time I should clean break down if I hadn't a blessed sense of God's presence when I'm agate i' the Duke's yard. Sometimes I'se ready to set on and murmur bemuse I can't get more time for readin' and meditatin' ; it goes sort o' hard agen a man when he's been working ever hours while maybe ten at night to addle bit eZtri} for winter, and has to be up agen in the mornin' afore daylight, I soy it goes hard agen him to nibble a bit off his nat'ral rest for readin' and prayin' ; but I oft-times prays while I works, and God Almighty accepts it all the same as if I was down en my knees. He don't look at postures, He don't, when a man's heart's in the right place." " Well, that's over much for me, it is. I couldn't harass wi' a religion as alters kept me going like that. I'm com fortable as I is, and that's t' reason, Larry, I don't go to hear your ranter preachers; they make folks believe 'em whether they've a mind to or not, and I don't want to be sot askew, and I don't want to be meddled wi' about that five minutes afore t' bell rings. Things goes easy wi' me now, and I don't see no call to harass about them there spiritle matters." The new steward whose arrival has given rise to • the above discussion is destined to play a very con,. spicuous part in janita's history. His brilliant, treacherous sister Noelline, cleverly drawn, per haps a little overdrawn, and Mrs. Rivers, the mother of this ili-naatcheelnotLer and sister, is a very exaggerated portrait. With some minor blemishes " Janita's cross" is, as we have already said, a very charming story—delightful to read and deserving to be remembered. tiffllTt 411111.1111, HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, May 2. The Queen and royal family walked in the grounds to-day. Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Major-General Seymour as Equerry in Waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Major Teesdale. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales took a carriage drive in the afternoon, and visited the Duchess of Inverness at Kensington Palace. The Count de Paris visited the Prince of Wales at Marlborough }Luse. Mr. Vernon Heath, of Piccadilly, had the honour to be commanded to attend at Sandringham during the stay of the Prince of Wales there, for the purpose of taking a series of photographs for thsir royal highnesses. Her Majesty the Queen will hold a Council at Osborne on Wednesday, The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees dale, honoured the Royal Haymarket Theatre with his presence last night, to see the new play of "David Garrick," and the burlesque of "Venus and Adonis." The King and Queen of Prussia will visit Coblentz on the 9th of May, on the occasion of the open ing of the railway bridge across the Rhine, Now that Frederieia is in the hands of the allies, it is expected that the Crown Prince will return to Berlin within a few days. The health of the King of Wurtembarg has within the last few days undergone a sensible improvement. The departure of his daughter the Queen of Holland from Stuttgard for the Hague cn Sunday confirms the news of a more favourable change. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are ex pected in town to-morrow, from Scotland, for the season. Frances Ann, Marchioness of Londonderry, has left Holderness House for Paris, The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter have arrived at their mansion in Grosvenor-square, from Burghley House, near Stamford. The Countess of Derby's evening party for Wednesday next, the 4th of May, is unavoidably post poned, The Earl of Normanton has arrived in Seamore. place, from Somerley Park, Hants. Lord and Lady Aveland are abut to give a series of parties at the family residence in Belgrave- Rqut re. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Amongst the fashion able company during the past week were his Excellency the Ambassador of France, his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame` Van de Weyer, the Duke de Granada, the Duchess of Manchester, the Duchess of Montrose and Lady Violet Greville, the Marquis of Hartington, the Al archioness of Normanby, the Marquis of Hastings, the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl and Countess of Bective, Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right Hon. C. Fortescue, M.P., the Earl of Dartmouth, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, the Earl Cowper, the Earl of Listowel, the Countess of Listowel, and the Ladies Hare (2), the Countess Dowager of Harrington, the Countess of Mountcharles, the Earl of Dudley, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Countess Somers and Miss Fitzroy, the Earl and Countess of West moreland, Viscount Acheson, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Ranelagh, Lord and Lady Colville,.Lady Anne Duff, Lady Burrell, Lord and Lady Conyers, Lady Blantyre, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord and Lady Wodehoust, Baron and Baroness Biome and Baron Malotti, Lady Eger ton of Tatton and the Hon. Mr. and Miss Egerton, Lord and Lady Proby. Lord and Lady Londesborough, Lord and Lady Templeton, Lord Henry Paget, Lady Florence Paget, Baron Rothschild, Lady Garvagh, Lady Augusta Fitz clarence and the Hon. Misses Fitzclarence (2), Mr and Lady Jane Repton, Lady Filmer, Lady Emily Peel, Lady Gooch, Lady Augusta Wentworth and Miss Wentworth, Colonel and Lady Emily Kingseote and Hon. Miss Can ning, Lady Molesworth, Lady Edith Abney Hastings, Hon. Gerald and Maria Pon,onby, Lady Panmure, and 11Ir Power, Lady Filmer, Hon. Mrs Ives, flon. Mrs A. Dillon, Hon. Mrs Maberley, Hon. Henry Carington, Hon. Charles Barrington, Hon. Mrs Murray, Hon. F. S. Cal thorpe, Hon. R. H. Meade, Hon. Henry Eliot, Hon. H. A. Fans, lion. Otway Toler, Sir Henry Cotterell, Sir Coutts Lindsay, Sir J. Trelawny, M.P., Sir John Burgoyne, Sir Charles Phipps, Sir Graham and Lady Montgomery, Sir Ciaud Scott and Miss Set tt, Admiral Ryder Burton, Colonel Farquharson of Invercauld, Captain Bulkeley, Colonel Martyrs, Colonel Myddelton, Major Gage, Captain O'Connell, Captain Wigram, Colonel Meyrick, Colonel Brownlow Knox, &c. Garibaldi and the " Moniteur," The Moniteur, which never once condescended to notice Garibaldi's reception in England, except to contradict the rumours connected with the General's hurried departure, prints in large type in its im.• pression of yesterday, the following letter, dated Florence, April 28 :—" The meetings organisLd in Italy for the purpose of thanking the English people for the welcome given to Garibaldi have merely met with hostile indifference here among the great mass of the population. The public good sense has no difficulty in understanding that what is taking place in England can be of no utility to Italy or to its Government, from which it cannot be separated. People ask, in the name of what principle can English statesmen explain the wel come accorded to a personage who has the preten, sion to place himself above the laws cf his country and his Sovereign? Unfortunately, no illusions respecting Garibaldi are any lcn.ger possible after the discourse he has addressed to Mazzini. All who preserved some lingering interest in the General feared the understanding which has just been arrived at, the consequence of which should im pose renewed vigilance upon the Italian Govern ment." GENERAL GARIBALDI.—At a meeting of the Common Council yesterday; the town clerk read a letter he had received from the Duke of Sutherland, re questing him to convey to the Court his acknowledgment of the honour it had conferred upon him by passing a re solution of thanks to himself and the duchess for entertain ing General Garibaldi in so hospitable a manner during his short stay in England, The letter concluded by stat ing that it was unnecessary for the noble duke or the duchess to add that both felt Oa greatest satisfaction at entertaining a person so distinguished for his public and private virtues as the illustrious general. A similar letter was read from Mr. Seely, M.P., and both communications were ordered to be entered upon the journals of the Court. The Lord Mayor also received atothe Mansion -house yes terday two letters from Italy —one signed Luigi Savoraui, and dated from Modiglia, and the other signed Campiotto Giuseppe, dated from Varesse—the former containin g the thanks of the operatives and artisans of that city for the kindness shown by the English people to General Garibaldi, and the latter thanking the corporation for the presentation to Garibaldi of the freedom of the City of London, The Lord Mayor also received in the course of the day telegrams from Santa Maria Capua, signed by Scindaco Silvestro Capullo ; from Caltaniaetta, signed by Sindaco Luigi Calepti; and from CatanzalJ, signed Deriso, Sindaca, all expressing the grateful thanks of the inhabitants of trios() municipalities for the warm and generous reception with which Garibaldi was met by the English public. THE ROYAL SOCIETY.--Among the eminent physicians who will, it is understood, be reconr• mended by the Council of the Royal Society for the honour of a Fellowship, Dr. Jenner, it is believed, has the best chance of being elected. Dr. Jenner, says the Lancet, "has high claims mainly as a scientific physician, and the recognition of great eminence in the science of medicine as a just ground of election into the Royal Society may be re ceived mid) Stiefftction,"