The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-07 00:00:00

aE EXHIBITION of ALUMINIUM and ALUMINIUM BRONZE. 2,000 SPECIMENS, illustrating the appli ca tion (Ornament and Useful) of these in- teresting Metals, al ARE NOW ON VIEW at DUBBIN BROTHERS' ST NREET.EW ROOMS, 222, REGENT Admission by Card. THEATRE -R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April 7, for the 348th time in London, PEEP O'DAY. Mews. Henry Lorraine, Walter Lacy, C. Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, O.;dr. Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &c. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buokstone. THIs EVENING, at 7, will be performed MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Hero, Miss Ellen Terry; Beatrice, Miss Louisa Angel. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela (her 2d appearance), Miss Maria Harris. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. T lIIS EVENING, at 7, to commence Ivith an s. Sh Origiore,nal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messr Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Romantic Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Prams, in Three Acts, and Pr3locrue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vinincr, J. Brougham, H. W combe, W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Barnett ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE • Lugets. Mess s. Lindus and Vining. THIS EVENT W- the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. It. Roxby, U. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which,--KILLING.- TIME. Mr. Gee. Vining, Mr. C Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conciude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDER ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen d'rsrn, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz- Imes, Moreland, and Cockerill. NEW THRATRE-R0 YAL, ADELP HI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (17th time) AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billing - ton ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billiugton, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. After which, THE TRIAL OF TOMPKINS. Messrs. J. L. Toole. Paul Bedford, Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. rrifiE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," J containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every E ve ning of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. NOTICE. VIE WEDDING SUN Is still Publishing. The Weather—Sun Office, April 7, 1863. THERMOMETER. • Highest since Noon yesteretity. . .. 5 3 Lowest during the night This day at Noon 5O Wind—S -West; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuns*D.sy.—ll or nhig, 3h. 59m.—Afternoon, 4h. 20m To-,lons.avt.-Moraing, 4h. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. 59m, Tc• 1 I'i~J ~~~ ~~~ `~ LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1863. It is rather an odd coincidence that whenever Mr GLADSTONE is going to bring on some more than unusually important Budget, he is sure to be found labouring under some most inopportune little bodily ailment. Once, not so long ago— don't we all very well recollect it P—the Great Rhetorician was announced to be suffering under such a loss of voice that the Budget, for which the night had been duly fixed, had to be pos4oned for a week or so, in order that the larynx, the uvula or some other part of the Orator's throat might become snfficieatly strengthened. It was like some great tenor—a MARIO, a TA3IBERLIK, or a SIMS REEVES—pre paring for some very great performance. The even ing came on at last, the interesting invalid duly ap- I peered at foot lights—vee should have said , at th e table of the House of Commons. The immemorial orange sucked in the interval of any lengthened speech is the House of Commons, was inadequate for once in that notable emergency. Mr. GLAD STONE appealed visibly to the sympathy of his audience, by pulling out a wonderful little bottle containing some mysterious lubricant for the right hon. gentleman's swallow, to be sipped occasionally at intervals during his discourse. It was very generally understood, moreover, that the phy sician. who had for several days been in attendance upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer was there, within easy reach of him, under the Speaker's gal lery if we recollect rightly, hard by the swinging glass doors, immediately fronting the chair—that the physician was there in attendance upon Mr. GLADSTONE to the last. What this physician could ppssibly have done for Mr. GLADSTONE under the circumstances we don't know—supposing, that is to say, that during the course of the Budget speech there s h ou ld have appeared to be any reason at all for ap pealing to the M.D. for his instant assistance. Whether the right hon.gentleman's throat would have had to be touched up ed in any way ec tant house in the presewe can nce of a breat hlessly interest and exp not now even conjecture. There was thepossibility however —and there was understood also p to be the physician. The result, a crowded House witnessed (it will be remembered) at the time with a good deal of surprize, and also it should be said with a good deal of admiration. Mr. GLADSTONE, the valitu dinarian Chancellor of the Exchequer, who affected to be so squeamishly solicitous about his voice, spoke, as the Yankees would say, four hours "on end," as SAM SLICK might have phrased it, " one streak, of talk," with the same musical, ringing , vibrating, reverberant, sonorous voice as the one for which he has, among other great natural gifts, been so long remarkable. As well might a boatswain, wh il e audibly hailing the maintop in a gale of wind , have prete nded to a pp eal to our sympathies in re gard to some doubt as to the state of his voice! And now—with another eagerly looked for B u dget fast coming on—with Ministers well known to be in a small minority--with the Opposition well known to "mean mischief," if they can only find the opportunity —our personal sympathies are appealed to, in Mr. GLADSTONE'S behalf, by a pathetic announcement that the right hon. gentle men has recently received a slight scratch or bruise upon his face, "somewhere," as the gobemouche who pens the touching paragraph in the Great Government Organ (among other papers delicately expresses it, " somewhere in the region of the nose." These odd little coin cidences almost give one the otion—we don't say t h a t they do , but we vulturne to hint that they almost do—give one the notion of preconcerted and elaborately arranged attempts to get up a sort of Sensation Budget display on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. GLAD STONE, under these arrangements—under the influence of these coincidences, that is to say —comes forward to deliver his Budget Speech under so very interesting an aspect personally ! Out sympathies are appealed to, surely not in vain ? Our favourable consideration is most opportunely pro pitiated. Mr. GLADSTONE comes down to the House for, his IV%) hours' annual display—now with his phial and his physician, now with his slipper and his diacolon plaister. Our hearts are not stone. We have sensibilities of feeling that cannot idly be trifled with thus. It is as if the Elder PITT were again hurling his ora torical thunderbolts with an arm swathed in flannel, his bandaged foot on a leg-rest, his counten ance expressive of past and almost of present suffer ing. In Mr. GLADSTONE'S instance we should not be tempted to allude to the circumstance here com mented upon, but for the coincidence of time coupled with the announcement in the very mention of the accident by the great Government organ (not " Jupi ter junior," as the Saturday Review facetiously dubs one of its c ontemporaries but Jupiter Opt. Max.)—lt is expressly intimated that it is a casualty in no way of a serious character. In other words, it is a trivial circumstance in itself. But, if so, why make any mention of it at all ? Why ?—Why, the Budget night is coming on ! And there lies the coincidence. There can be but one opinion on the affair of Count WIELOPOLSKI. It must be a source of great annoyance to the Poles themselves that a country- man of theirs should so comport himself. The letter o Prince NAPOLEON is a mixture of absurdity and affectation. He begins by stating that he considers that in the speech in the Senate Prince NAPOLEON expressed himself concerning his father in an out rageous manner; as a son he now demands from his Royal Highness, in consequence of that unpardon able offence, the satisfaction which a man of honour never refuses. After this preamble the Count seeks by insult to provoke that accord to his request, which he evi- dently doubts his power to obtain by quieter language. He says, however, alter your antece- dente, I have not much chance of your granting my demand. There are some whose courage soon fails them, and such individuals when called upon to give an account for their remarks, take refuge in a cowardly style by asserting the inviolability of their privileged condition. Perhaps your Royal Highness will take refuge behind the chiefs of the assassins in their haunts at Warsaw. Surely this is most unworthy language to come from a son of Poland. If he could not, or would not, lend his aid to the cause of liberty, at least he should be precluded by every sentiment of honour and every impulse of right feeling from writing or talking in this manner. The next passage in this epistle is still more extravagant, wherein he refers to the con duct of his father, of whom he had better have bad the decency to be silent, he also endeavours to fix the odium of any failure that may occur in the efforts of that nobleman in carry • ing out the good cause inaugurated by ALEXANDER 11. whom he calls with excellent good taste our king, on Prince NAPOLEON. He says that it will be due to the soi disant friends, of the cause such as the Prince and his revolutionary com panions. This is about as unreasonable as possible. How can persons holding such diverse opinions be engaged in a joint cause, and what affinity appears even to exist between Prince NAPOLEON, the insurgents, and such a set as the Count WIELOPOLSKI, his father, and heir friends. The Count concludes this absurd letter by announcing his intention to wait fill the 2d of April for the reply of the Prince, and the nomination of his second. What a pity that he did not name a day earlier, and select the Ist of the month for the answer to such a composition. It is quite irritating to the mind to notice such triviali ties made so much of at a time when vital interests are at stake, and the existence of a nation is trem bling in the balance. There is no class of men who are so repugnant to the general feelings of huma nity as the renegade. In ancient times the man who lifted his hand against his country was always etigmati3ed, and the various changes that time has wrought in the constitution of States and the cus toms of nationalities has not effected any alteration in this particular. Still do men love to applaud the patriot, whether he is hailed as a conquering hero, or buried in a martyr's grave, and still do they blush to own as a fellow creature the traitor who seeks to destroy the soil that gave him birth, and join with the hordes of the despot in trampling down the ranks of his struggling countrymen. If the Marquis WIELO - have any friends who are truer to his in terests than he has been to the sacred claims of his country, they would advise him to keep himself as retired as possible from public observation, and not to court censure by intruding his affairs on the notice of those who, if they desired to be of service to him, could only leave him without notice or mention. Reticence of speech, and moderation in action, are some of the most useful acquirements that mortals can at tain, but very rarely are they practised. If ever they were needed at one time more than another, it surely must be in a case analogous:to the pre sent, when the civilised nations of the world are anxiously awaiting the issue of a struggle which engages their best wishes, and will not tamely brook the intrusion of the unfounded claims that may be urged by the degenerate sons of a country that is now yielding up her bravest and best who are pouring out their lifeblood at the sacrificial altar of liberty, happy if their lives can purchase freedom for their beloved land, and con tent even to die in the sacred cause ; that hereafter their example may encourage others with like ardour and lead them on to a happier result, and— " So may their death hour leave a track Of glory permanent and bright, To which the brave of after times The suffering brave shall long look back." SCISSORS. —There is an old story of a newly married couple, who after the due performance of the ceremony which made them man and wife, went to spend the rest of the day on the water. Their conversation un luckily turned upon an acquaintance who had cut something —it is immaterial what—whether a bit of string or a friend's throat. The bridegroorti asserted that the operation was performed with a knife. The bride contradicted her hus band, and maintained it was done with a pair of scissors. The argument continued, until at length the bridegroom lest his temper, and struck his wife such a blow presently rose above the surface, spurting out in a loud voice ce " Scissors;" again he hit her , and again she went u —then emerging, ejaculated " Sciss-ah I" He repeated d i the f process, and a thi r d time she bob bed, but unable to e had speak thelast word, s h e ex t e nded two of h er fin g ers, open ing and useful article 7 whose agency, in the sectato r y o p eration under As she did this , she sank once more beneath the waves, which closed for ev er over her head. THE INGENUOUS AND REVERENTIAL MR. KING - LAKE.—" Eotben "is indeed a delightful book ! I fell asleep over it last night, and dreamt that, mounted on an ostrich, I was careering over the boundless sands of Arabia with the author by my side What a fascinating being he must be I—simple, earnest, full of reverential feel ing and mild enthusiasm I he has taken complete posses sion of my imagination. I know by instinct what his per. sonal appearance must be : dark,—with the rich bronze of travel on his manly cheek,—wild masses of raven hair, and flashing eyes of jet I Something Manfredy and Corsairish in expression, perhaps, but mellowed and softened, no doubt, by the gentle influences of a more ornate civilization. I wonder—dues he still wander on those distant shores ? or, like the honey-bee laden with exotic sweets, has he returned to garnish his perfumed memories in his native land—and another volume ? If in England—where ? I gather from the book that he is still unmarried—if so--.why ? Ah, Frolic Fancy I whither wouldst thou stray? The answer from Sir Merlin just ar rived 1 "The author of ' Eothen 'is not dark, and ho is married."—Lispings from Low Latituies, THE STALEYBRIDGE RIOTERS.—CHESTER, Satur lay,—Up to two o'clock to-day 19 rioters have been tried, of whom 16 were found guilty, and sentenced to periods of from one to four mouths' imprisonment. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1863 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 7. The following are the principal passages of the address to the Emperor, voted unanimously at the meeting of the nobility of the Government of St. Petersburg. The address says :—" The pretensions to the patrimony of Russia arising from the troubles in Poland excite our grief and indignation. The era of reforms inaugurated by your Majesty will not be favourable for the projects formed against the integrity of the empire. The nobility, united with all the other classes of society, will not shrink be fore any effort or sacrifice to defend the territory of the empire." BRUSSELS, APRIL 6. The King drove out to-day in public, taking part n the promenade of Longchamps. His Majesty drove along the Boulevards several times, and appeared to enjoy good health. VIENNA, APRIL 6. The Vienna papers publish intelligence, stating that the day before yesterday a band of insurgents attacked a Cossack frontier post near Szlany. The attacking party were yesterday, in their turn, as sailed by Russian infantry and dispersed. CRACOW, APRIL 6. The Czas of to-day stated that an engagement has ,aken place near Olkusz, in which a Cossack de tachment was entirely destroyed. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 5. A great number of soldiers on furlough have been called in. The Journal de St. Petersburg publishes an Im perial decree, transferring to General Berg the civil administration of Poland in the event of the Grand Duke Constantine being prevented from discharg ing the duties connected therewith. ROME. The ceremonies of the Holy Week commenced on the 29th, Palm Sunday, his Holiness taking part in the function at St. Peter's. The crowds of foreign spectators were so great that the usual seats erected for ladies were far from sufficient to ac commodate all who presented themselves with tickets ; it was a case of first come first served, and some enthusiastic fair ones secured the best places by presenting themselves at the door of the Basilica at six o'clock in the morning. In the midst of the ceremony there arrived her Royal Highness Donna Isabella Maria, Infante of Portugal, who had just come by rail from Civita Vecchia, and was con veyed with her suite from the station, in the Mar shal Duke of Saldanba's carriages, direct to St. Peter's in time to witness a good part of the service. Pio Nono, who was immediately informsd of the arrival of her royal highness, politely welcomed the Infante by sending her a magnificently plaited palm-branch. What battles. will ensue between ardent sight seers on Thursday•to get a near view of his Holi ness washing the . Apostles' feet ! • What straining to determine the exact quality of the viands sub sequently offered by the Pontiff to the Typical Thirteen ! What faintitigiaiif the limited space of the Sixtine Chapel previous to and during the soft strains of the soprani of the Papal choir in Baini's ~ Miserere !" We may reckon that there are about 5,000 British subjects in Rome at this moment, and at least as many more continental visitors to the Eternal City. Nearly all make a point of seeing the Easter ceremonies : fancy what a squeeze ! SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 6. It is asserted that Senor Castro intends directing the attention of the Senate to the financial condi tion of the country, and the deficit of 550 millions of Reals left by Senor Salaverria. The Correspondencia of Madrid of the 3d says : —" We have received letters from Puerto Rico, telling how the revolutionary party has attempted to disturb public order. On the 26th February, 650 armed men under the command of Lucas de la Penn presented themselves before Guayabin, where there was a detachment consisting of 24 men only. This small force was consequently obliged to capitulate, and withdrew, leaving the town in the power of the insurgents, who also took possession of Savaneta, where the Government had no troops. As soon as the superi , r anthoritit s heard of these facts, Ley collected all the disposable troops, and sent to Puerto Rico for succour, whence they soon received a battalion and 100,000 piastres in money. The timely arrival of this rein forcement, and the skilful measures taken, re sulted in the defeat of the insurgents at Sa vanete, after which the troops went L.. Guayabin and drove the rebels across the Haytian frontier." The same journal says that the men employed in making cuttings for the railway from Cordova to Malaga, have recently felled, about half a league from the former place, a great number of columns and capitals of very superior execution. Antiqua rians who visited the spot suppose them to be the remains of one of the Moorish palaces which for t merly existed in the neighbourhood of Cordova. FRANCE, RECALL OF ADMIRAL JURIEN DE LA GRAVIERE. PARIS, APRIL 7. Admiral Jurien de la Graviere has been recalled from Mexico. The reason officially assigned for his recall is that the importance of the French naval forces in the Mexican waters is no longer such as to warrant the presence of an officer of that rank. Speaking of the mnoh•lamented death of M. Eggot Algiers, Le Siecle of to-day notifies the fact that it was the deceased academician who origi nated the great Art Exhibition at Manchester. We learn from Le Constitutionnel of this morn ing that in the afternoon of to-day the Emperor was to pass a review at Longchamps, the regiments of cavalry now set apart immediately to quit the gar risons of Paris and Versailles. It takes one back at a bound over 15 years,to read the very able review of the fourth and fifth volume of M. Gamier Page's " History of the Revolution of 1848" contained in the last number of L'Optnion Yationale just come to hand. La France of this evening asserts that, according to news received from Mexico, General Bazaine had occupied Chollula on the 3d ult., in order to inter cept the retreat of the Mexican army from Pueblo. The siege of Puebla was to commence upon the 16th alt. The Patne says :—" It is reported that the gene ral election to the Corps Legislatiff will take place in the first fortnight in Jnne." The organisation of the camp of Chalons, under the command of Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, has t e h n e e rasltadffe staff; Generals a u n il d r ß ic o h n , a s m al y , b ar e e en at co t m he p h le e t a e d d. of G and Jannin are the commanders of the infantry divisions, and General de Forton of the cavalry. A young man named Colbeau, aged 23, residing with his mother at Eaux-Ouies (Oise), was mur dered three evenings back by being shot while an d in gat the door of the house. He was of a mild dis position, and not likely to have given any cause for enmity. His father was dead, and his mother mar ried a second time but separated from her husband. A man has been arrested on suspicion. The Alchbar of Algiers publishes a letter from Batna, written by M. Bumbonnel, the lion-hunter. He says :—" In the night of the 24th ult. the moon was obscured by clouds. I had concealed myself in a small copse close to the haunts of the lions, that peat being assigned me by my friend Chassaing, who had himself taken another position. About seven in the evening 1. began to hear the roar of a lion, and soon after an enormous animal sprang at my horse, which was standing about eight or ten paces from me. I took good aim, and the ball which was steel-pointed, knocked the lion over. I was reloading when the animal rose and made slowly towards me, roaring frightfully. I laid aside my gun, and, taking a large horse pistol, was about to dis charge it at his head, when another large lion ap peared not far off. As this second one was fresh and unwounded, I considered it more dangerous than the other, and again taking up the gun, I finished loading, and then fired at the new corner and killed it on the spot. At the report, the first lion rose and disappeared in the wood. All the rest of the night passed off quietly. Chassaing, who had 1 heard the reports, came to me at day-break, and we went together in search of the first lion, which we tracked by his footmarks and his blood during the whole day, but without being able at last to dis cover his haunt. What a pity ! after having watched for 13 nights." BOURSE, April G.—The market has been quiet but firm, and at the present time prices show a slight improvement—Threes, for the Account, being at 69f. 75c. Tile Railway Share Market has been well maintained, and many of the lines are rather higher. The market closed as follows: ft per Cents .. 96 10 Do. end month.... --- 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 85 New 3 per Cents .. Do. end month.... Credit M0bi1ier....1392 60 Do, end month.... __, GAIL Bank Shares 3575 - Credit Foncier 1530 Italian Loan 72 Do. end month 7l 90 Russian Austrian .. B4 75 Spanish Threes 62 75 Home Debt .. — Cash. /lemma. 1025 1035 1045 1047 50 0 rlear g ? orthern New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1217 50 .. 12 . 20 Genera 437 50 .. 440 Southern 772 50 778 75 Western ilastena Sardinian 550 .. 457 50 Austrian T.orphard North of Spain Saragossa 755 .. 762 50 Ditto to Barcelona NAPLES. T►ie subjoined is taken from a Naples letter of the Ist ;—" General de la Marmora has left on a tour of inspection. The news respecting brigandage is not unfavourable. Precautions having been taken this year in time, great diaasters will be avoided. The latest advices announce nothing but captures and the voluntary submissions of brigands. Pilone has decidedly taken refuge, as stated, in the Pon tifical States with the remnant of his band. Some Italian soldiers who were pursuing them, were, it Is said, stopped at the frontier by the French troops, the latter undertaking to arrest the famous robber themselves, and give him up to the military autho rities of Terre de Labour. But instead of allowing himself to be taken by the French, he surrendered himself to five Papal gendarmes, who would not give him up, alleging that he was a political pri soner, and the surrender is said to have been refused by the Roman Government on the same pretext. Turning to incidents of another character, I feel proud to say that there is at Naples one of the best Italian poets, M. Dall'Ongaro, who is giving a course of lectures on Dante, which are largely attended. I have heard of a project which may perhaps be executed. M. Dall'Ongaro not long since wrote a Roman tragedy, which Mme. Ristori lately played at St. Petersburg. The proposal is to give a perfor mance of it in the theatre at Pompeii. At a small outlay those ruins could be restored to their former appearance and to life." The .Roma of Naples states that the ex-King of the Two Sicilies has disposed of all his jewels to a Florentine house for about 80,000 Roman south (400,000 fr). EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria, dated March 26, says " On Ismael's Pasha's accession he reported to Con stantinople the position in which he found the ques tion of. the Suez canal, requesting full instructions. The Porte having made no reply he will continue to supply the accustomed number of labourers until orders to the contrary are sent. Tue water for thF fresh water canal has hitherto been drawn from the Canal de Moise, at Zagzig, and was quite insufficient, besides injuring the natives, who required the water for the irrigation of their fields. It has, therefore, been decided to return to the original plan of exca vating a new canal fr-tm the Nile, near Cairo, thut• obtaining at once a higher level, an ample suppi) of water, and not interfering with native rights The Viceroy h as d eterm ined to execut e th e work at his ownexpense from Cairo to El Wady, the pro perty of the Su ez C ana l Company, in order to avoiC roublesome territorial questions which might ensu in consequence of the concession granted by the late Viceroy of land on either side of every canal made by the company. Ismael Pasha, I understand. desires to develope the trade between Egypt and the Soudan, which is susceptible of great extension ; the main obstacle is the difficulty of communication end transport. He is seri ous l y cons id er i n g the formation of a rail way from A ssonan to B er ber, connected with Cairo by a line of s t eamers f or p assengers, goods, and an express post. The passenger steamers in winter are to be fitted up with every convenience tor Eu ropean travellers. It is intend e d, su b seque ntly, to complete the line between C a i ro an d A ssona n, but as it is a great and expensive work, it can only be accomplished by de grees without pressing too heavily on the finances, which already have to bear the load of debt left by the late Viceroy, For the first time for some years the Bairam has been celebrated at the Citadel with due pomp and ceremony bz Ismael Pasha ; it has been a cause of rejoicing to the Caireens, as the great influx of high dignitaries, accompanied by shoals of subordinates, the foreig❑ representatives, and the inhabitants of Alexandria, who come up to offer their congratula tions to His Highness, has given a great impulse to trade of all sorts. The Viceroy showed his usua' courtesy and affability towards all who approached him. The native population enjoy the feast in their usual orderly and tranquil manner—no noise, the greatest goodnature, peaceable towards one another and unoffending towards strangers. Rose who accuse the Arabs of fanaticism and hostility towards Christians allow themselves to be governed by strange fancies and unreasoning timidity. Nowhere in the world is there a more docile people, or one so quietly and easily pleased with its amusements. MARKETS —This Day. HAY MAItRETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 OA Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 10s; and straw, £1 108 to £1 18s per load. A slow demand. CUMBEItLAND.--Mealow hay, £2 Os to £ 4 Os; clove ' do,, £3 10s to £5 lO s ; an d straw, £1 10, to £1 18s per load. Buth hay an: straw sold heavily, at our quo' ations. unEeHAPEL.-11Ietmou hay, £2 Os to LI Os; duvet do., £3 104 to £5 lO s ; an d straw, €1 lOs to £1 18s per load. Trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA. —The operations have been of the most limited de scription, and prices remain without material variation. • SuciAn, —The public sal es h ays been pos tponed, owing to the Easter holidays, a n d on l y a limited b us i n ess has been done in the private ma r k e t , pr i ces genera lly having shown a slight downward tend ency. COFFEE.—Business h as b een exceeding l y inactive, but late rates are well m a i nta i ned for good an d s up e rior de seri otions. RICE.—More enquiry has been experienced for East India, chiefly for exportation, and prices are generally well main tained. TALLOW, - -The market has remained quiet, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 43s 6d, and for last three months de livery, 46s 3d per cwt. through three editions i n G ermany, Darwin's " Origin of S pec i es " h a s already passed in the translation of Dr. Bronn, of Stuttgart. Electro-plating is-a remarkable instance of utilised mag netic power, so also is Herring's magnetic brush. Dr. Habsall remarks, "I regard them as the most perfect brushes hittu rto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their magnetleal action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. N.B.—Counterfeits are Deing made. OffiCes , a !, Bfolugh4ll-Street, 1,011011. rv, A „,. ! A , , tlritular. fifflitt HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 6. The Queen, accompanied by her Ruyal Highness Princess Louisp,walked in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, went to London. THE PRINCESS LOUIS OF HESSE. The following bulletin of the health of the Prin cess Louis of Hesse was issued this day : " WINDSOR CASTLE, April 6, 1863. " Her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse has passed an excellent night, and continues well. The infant princess is also well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ARTHUR FARRE, M.D." THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. — We understand that the Queen's birthday will be kept on the 6th of June, but there will not be a drawing-room, and the usual parade of the Guards will be dispensed with. On Saturday next, the 11th inst. their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will return from Sandringham to NV indsor. Their Royal High nesses will not take up their abode at Mar.borough House so soon as was expected, as the Prince has said he will not occupy it until the necessary preparations are in every way completed.—Court Journal. ACCIDENT TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE Ex- CHEQUER.—The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone M.P., has been confined to his house in Carlton House: terrace, from injuries received by an accident on Saturday. On Saturday evening between six and seven, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was riding, was thrown from his horse in Rotten-row. The horse took fright, and the right hon. gentleman lost all control over the animal. He re ceived a severe cut on the forehead, and a slight cut on the nose, and is severely bruised about the head. The right hon. gentleman had no groom with hm at :the time, and was much shaken. On Sunday h. was obliged to keep his bed. Yesterday he was able to descend to his library ; and on inquiry last evening we were glad to learn that the right hon. gentlemen wrs going on well.—Morning Paper SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. —During the week ending April 4 the visitors have been es fol lows:--On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from 10 a m. to 10 p.m., 8,287 ; on Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday, students' days (Arniesion to th , public 6d) open from 10 a.m till 5 p rn., 963; total, 9,250. From the opening of the museum, 3,748,283.'Mu5eum of Patents, South Kensington—Number of visitors for toe week ending April 4, 1,553. Total number since the opening of the Museum, free daily (May 12, 1858), 702,686: THE REPRESENTATION OF DEVONPORT.—With respect to the report of the intended , retirement of Sir, A. W. Buller, we find the party papers are pursuing the same course as they did with respect to the report about Sir Michael Seymour. Six months before the event, and again and agaia during the interim, wo stated that Admiral Sir M Seymour would retire from the House of Commons, and probably take the command-in-chief at Portsmouth. The party papers repeatedly denied our statements, but Sir Michael did vacate the seat for Devon• port, and is the naval commander-in -chief at Portsmouth. We have printed a rumour as to the probability of Sir A. W. Buller having his promised seat at the India Council Board, in time to make it necessary he should vacate hie seat as M.P. for Devonport. This some of the party.papers affect to disbelieve, but since we made .reference to it, cir. cumstances have occurred tending to establish its pro%,a bility. Mr. J. R. Jeffery, of Liverpool, who has a laudable ambition to enter Parliament, has again been in the borough, and has had interviews with some of the leading Liberals, and it was stated in Devonport yesterday that a canvass on Mr. Jeffery's behalf would be begun in good earnest immediately after the Easter holidays. The Con servatives also evidently expect a vacancy, and assert they are fully prepared for the emergency.— Western literning News of yesterday. THE GOVERNMENT TROOP-SHIP BONTES.—This fine steam-ship, which has just been built and fitted on , by Messrs. Laird, of Birkenhead, for the Government transport service, left the Mersey on Saturday last under steam for Devonport. The Bontes is the largest vessel ever constructed on the Mersey—she is 800 feet in length over all, 44 feet 7 inches in extreme breadth, 32 feet depth of hold, and her register tonnage 2,811 tons; her engines are 500 horse power, and she has accommodation for about 1,100 to 1,200 men. 4 lt TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF GAS.—On Thursday - - night a most terrific explosion of gas occurred at gonkwearmouth, Sunderland, which it has subsequently been discovered caused the death of three children. It occurred in a large new steam flour-mill, occupied by Mr. D. Ryder, near to the railway station. At the time of the explosion seven little boys were playing in front of the mill. Four of them escaped, but the other three poor little children were overwhelmed by the falling mill and killed. Their names were William and Robert Garwood, 14 and 11 years of age respectively, sons of a potter, and George Geoffrey, an orphan boy, who was living with his brother I'he mill is a complete wreck, and the damage is estimated at. between £2,000 and £3,000. It is partially covered by insurance. HE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—The final money deposit (£200) in connexion with this race will be made on Thursday next, at Barnes, and the race will tage place, according to previous a.rangement, next Tues day. The present champion (Chambers) is in training at Wandsworth ; and Everson, his antagonist, at Barnes. FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER. —Yesterday a man about 20 years old, 5f c. Ow. high, was brought to the London Hospital at 10 o'clock in the morning with marks of violence on his head, face, and body, and in a dying state. He expired half an hour afterwards. Two men who brought the deceased to the hospital said they did not know his name and address, and that he had been fighting that morning with another man in a field in Bow. ['he prisoner was insensible on the termination of the fight, and his antagonist absconded. The deceased was dressed in a snuff-coloured coat, black cloth trousers, white shirt, and white stockings. AN EXPENSIVE .TOKE —At the Liverpool Assizes yesterday, a rather curious action teasw tried, the plaintiffs and defendant being cotton a ea Mr. Walton, the manager for the plaintiffs, while at an hotel in Bolton, met the defendant, and the conversation turned upon cotton. The defendant said he had 105 bales of Egyptian cotton lying at Liverpool, which he would sell for £l,BOO below the invoice price. Mr. 'Walton and Mr. Yates, who was also present, agreed to buy the cotton on these terms, and paid a deposit, partly in cash and an "I 0 U, ,, the defer dant giving a sale note. On going down to Liverpool, the plaintiffs found that the defendant had no cotton in that town or anywhere else, and they th ere fore brought the action to recover damages. For the defence it was contended th at the affair was a joke, aul the contract made in a mere spiri t of " bounce." The learned Judge (Mr. Baron Martin) said there was no getting ever the sale note, and if people foolishly made such contracts, they must abide the consequences. The jury found a ver dict for the plaintiffs —damages £330. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. —By a passing train on Saturday morn ing it was discovered that a most horrble accident had taken place at the Stansted station, near Bishop Stortford, as the remains of a human body were perceived to lad scat tered about the line in all directions, and to collect which it became absolutely necessary to use a broom. Upon inqui ries being instituted, the unfortunate creature was di,co vered to be the night signalman at the Stansted station, named Clark, who was about 40 years of age, and who is supposed to have met with his untimely death by the up. mail train, although there is not the slightest clue as to how it did recur. The poor fellow was a particularly behaved and steady man, and a native of Bishop Stortford, and we regret to add that he leaves a wife and a large family of young children, The coroner for Essex will hold an in quest on the body this day (Tuesday). GItEIT FIRE ON THE YORKSHIRE WOLDS.—At noon, on Sunday, the town of Mal:on was alarmed by the tolling of the fire bells. The fire brigade were soon together. and engines and four horses were despatched to Leavening, on the \Voids, nine miles distan', where a de structive fire was raging • n the farmste.d of Mrs M. Simpson. The fire was caused by a spark from a flue, which was blown by the high wind—almost a gale—into the ad joining building, and fanned into a furious flame. Build ings, corn, and other property were totally tuna, but a severance was made in order to save the house, and the wind was fortunately right for blowing the fire away from the stacks. The place is on a wold summit, without water; therefore the fire was very difficult to subdue, and the damage is heavy, but covered by insurance in the Couuty offico. THE ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN.—A larg; number of workmen were employed during the whole of Sunday in removing the wreck occasioned by the accident at Little Bytham on the Great Northern Railway, reported in The Sun of yesterday. The two wounded passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, were progressing favourabiy. It has been ascertained that the enginedriver, Charles Clarke, had two of his ribs fractured. The speed of the train at the time of the accident is alleged to ha v e been nearly 60 mites an pas. occurrence hrur, so that it appears perfec tl y miraculous how the senger should have escaped. This frightful was not without its ludicrous incident. One of the ss wa s extricated from a shattered carriage without having sustained the slightest personal injury; but, a lth oug h he had just escaped from the very jaws of death, he could not be pacified because the railway officials could not find his pipe among the ruins, LITERATURE Lectures on the History of Eng'and 13 am L tegman. Lecture IV. The .Reign of Edward L, 1272-1307. Longman, Green, end Co. Another of these exhaustive hctaies on our national history enables us, in lea than a hundrad pages octavo, to survey, not superficially, but searchingly and comprehensively, the whole of the memorable epoch embraced within the reign of our First Edward. That reign extended over an inter val of time exactly equivalent to the period set down, in the calculations of actuaries and statis ticians, as the lifetime of a generation. Beginning in 1272 and ending in 1307, Edward's reign was lengthened out, in other words, to a period of exactly thirty-five years. It was a reign that left its stamp upon our annals. It was a reign, the record of which is eminently worthy of being again and yet again related. As it is here related by Mr. Longman, it stands out to view distinctly, com pletely, and as a whole. We obtain a knowledge of the epoch in its entirety—and yet, while we are obtaining it, we examine it, almost one might say, bit by bit, in detail, as though it were slowly pass ing under the lens of a microscope. Mr. Longman, reversing the ordinary system, begins his historical survey of a reign where others usually terminate it. Before uttering one syllable, for example, before penning one sentence upon the reign of Ed ward 1., he gives his hearers originally, his readers now, a rapid summary of the character of that monarch. Contrasting Edward I. with his father Henry 111., he says :—" The one was weak and yielding ; a man to be loved, although deceitful; of elegant tastes and habits ; and, of a decidedly pious frame of mind. The other was strong and stern ; of quick feelings and powerful intel lect ; bold and active ; fond of field sports ; some what of a tyrant, and sometimes faithless, it must be owned ; but yet, in the main, noble and just. He was a conqueror, whose con quests, not only gave greater strength to Eng land, but bettered the conquered ; and lastly, he was a King, is whose reign law and justice made forward strides.' Describing the persona) appearance of King Edward L, Mr. Longman a .,y-s; • very graphically—" In person, he was ta il and broad-chested ; his hair was flaxen in his youth, bec-ne brown in his manhood, and grizzly gray in his old age. In one thing, he was much like his father. His left eyelid drooped, and almost covered the eye; yet his face, and his whole bearing, b( spoke him a• -man of wisdom and of courage." While, of the simplicity of the, great King's personal habits, meaning in regard to his very costume, the lecturer goes on to remark the"' Edward I. "so much despised all outward pomp, that from the day of his coronation he never again wore his crown ; and, except on great occasions, he never used purple, scarlet, or rich fur in his garments ; but generally appeared in a plain coat, lined in winter with some common fur." In this particular —not • very unlike other still greater men than bin self, before and since. Napo l' on the Great being conspicuously amongst the number—distinguishable, as be was, in the midst of his gorgeous staff and escort, in his little unplumed hat, - , his grey greatcoat, and his jackboots—with the glint of a star just visible under his half but toned green uniform undercoat as a colonel of chassears, and the plain cross of the. Legion of. Honour twinkling at his button-hole as he rode. Remembering that in Edward I.'s reign occurred the conquest of Wales and the most famous of the wars with Scotland, the wars in which William Wallace shone forth as the kingly Hero and Robert Bruce as the heroic King of the Sects—the tale here, told again so very succinctly and pic turesquely is worth the telling : more particularly when the reader finds in the narrator, as Mr. Long man's reader unquestionably does (even the most captious will readily acknowledge this), a writer of admirable perspicacity, As exemplars of his manner as a narrator, or rather as an epitomiser of great events, we will give his tersely written record of th e Rise, and again immediately afterwards of the Fall, of Wallace : At length, when the country was left to its fate by the greater nobles, there arose, from among the lesser barons, a man who long struggled successfully against the Engl sh dominion, and who, had he not been thwarted by the quar rels among his own countrymen, would doubtless have driven the English out of Scotland. This was William Wallace of Eldert.lie. In th' se days, bodily strength and courage were of the greatest importance, and Wallace had an iron frame, and a statute which was a most gigantic, A quarrel with some English officers drove him to revolt; he was insulted in the town of Lanark, and would have been killed in the streets, had he not been sheltered in the house of his sweetheart, until he was able to escape to the neigh bouring woods. Here, by degrees, he collected together those who had refused submission to Edward, and they chose him for thei' chief. He, and his brave little band, began by attacking straggli , g parties of the English, and in these attacks he was generally successful. The paths across the mountains, and the ways from one part of the country to another, thus became well known to him; ano the knowledge thus acquired, was of great use to him in his contests with the English troops. His countrymen be gan to trust him more and more, and he was roes at the head of a large body of Scottish exiles. Sir William Douglas was the first noble who came with his vassals to Wallace's support ; with their united forces they gained greater suc cesses, and by degrees some of the most powerful of the Scottish nobles were not ashamed to fight under the banner of Wallace. There remained only one man, who still defied the power of Edward, who still eluded hie vengeanc-. This was Wallace. Soon he too came within the conqueror's grasp; betrayed .by his fickle, faithless, jealous countrymen. He was tried for treason, and condemned to suffer death, by a cruel and ignominous process; which was put in execution on August 23, A.D. 1305. It is sad that a monarch, who, for nearly his whole life, kept and deserved a character for wisdom and for justice, should thus, at its close, wipe out, with a bloody hand, the almost unqualified praise which would otherwise has e been his due. Wallace was not guilty of treason ; for although Edward claimed to be King of Scotland, he was never recognised as such by the Scot tish nobles. Edward was master of Scotland, and might have made himself ifs King ; but his right was only that of conquest, and the right of resistance remained to the con quered, so long as there was any hope of success. Wallace, it is true, was guilty of savage cruelty, and his brutality to those whom he over came, on many occasions, cannot, I fear, be 'doubted. But the acts of Edward himself might have made him look at the deeds of Wallace with less severity ; he was powerful, and might have pardoned. Vain, however, was this savage punishment; the mangled remains of the dead hero appealed to his countrymen more eloquently than his persevering courage when alive, and within six months of the death of Wallace, Scotland was once more free. As a truly valuable digest of the history of a great reign, these abbreviated annals of the thirty-five years during which the first Edward held the sceptre of England in his warrior-grasp, are not unworthy—and this is high praise we know —these foreshortened annals are not unworthy of one of the eminent firm of publishers distin guished among other things as the publishers of Lord Macaulay. The Fifth Lecture, announced we observe as very shortly tc be published, will complete the first volume by giving a narrative of the Reign of Edward the Second, embellished with a map of Scotland in the 13th century, and a plan of the Battle of Bannockburn—the whole being crowned by that most welcome and useful of all additions to a historical work, a copious alpha betical index. CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN'S CHEAP AND POPULAR PUBLICATIONS. Another batch of these very instructive, and some of them very amusing, petiouicals has come to hand too late for notice anicng the magazines for April. We are nevertheless not disposed to pass them by a.together in siltnee. They show too much enter prise on the part of the firm from whose establish ment they are being i- sue d f rom m onth to mon th ro admit of our either ov e rlooking thutn altogether, or treating them, when seen, with inoifference. Cassell's publication , , side by side with the publi cations of the Messrs. Chambers, of Edinburgh, share in the self-education of the People. While legislation is inquiring about " National Educa tion," these, and ()the: publications of a kindren ambition, are acting in the good cause—and they are doing this good cause yeoman's service systematically and energetically. Here we have again sqaandered before us, in a chtap snd wholesome form, abundant proof that itia se. A twenty-eighth fivepsnny part of " Casselt's Illus trated History of England : " a sixteenth seven penny part of a new illustrated edition of "Cassell's Popular Educator:" a eixty-fourth fivepeuny part of I Pap( ; sixuunny uninbtr o• liiustrattd D c'n;nary,' tote;her with one or two other ikric.di. cols of a similar kind, not necessary here to be enu merated. It is like good seed sown broadcast over the land :some at lest of which good seed we may feel tolerably certain will priug up and yield fruit a hundredfold. Mr. Disraeli on the Royal Marriage. A county meeting of the gentry and inhabitants of Buck inghamshire, convened by the High Sheriff, Mr. P. C. Love t, was held yesterday in the County-hall, Aylesbury. The High Sheriff presided, and was supported by the Lord Lieutenant (Lord Carington), Hon. Wm. Cavendish, M.P., Sir Harry Verney, M.P , Mr. Bernard, M.P., Rev. Sir H. Faults, Sir T. F. Fremantle, and a large number of the magistrates of the county. The HIGH SHERIFF having briefly stated the object of the meeting, which was to adopt addresses of congratulation to the Queen and the Prince of Wales, on the occasion of the marriage of his royal highness, Lord CARINGTON (the Lord-Lieutenant) moved the adoption of addressee to her Majesty and the Prince, ex pressive of loyalty to the royal family, and congratulations on the auspicious event. Mr. DISRAELI, M.P., in seconding the proposition, said— ' I have great pleasure, however unexpectedly, in seconding the motion made by the Lord-Lieutenant. The relations between the royal family of this country and the people are not relations of form—they are relations of feeling ; and . that feeling, which is deep and universal, has been occa sioned by a conviction—now prevalent for many years in this country—that to the temperate wisdom with which the high functions of the throne have been administered in England we owe much of the happiness and much of the prosperity we enjoy. Under any circumstances, any public incident tending to the happiness of her Majesty would be, lam sure, interesting to her subjects. But that event which has called us together to-day is one which, while it must engage her feelings more than almost anything we can imagine that could now occur, is almost equally interesting to the whole of this nation. The marriage of the heir to the throne is an event which must exercise a great influence on the fortunes of this country, and it is a matter for congratulation that we know enough of the Princ- of Wales to inspire confidence in his character and conduct. That confidence is based on two circum - stances—first, his natut al aisposition, and secondly, his edu cation. What we know of his natural disposition, as truly and eloquently described by the Lord-Lieuteuant, gives us every confidence that he will not disappoint the just expec tations of the country. He has given evidence of an amiable and engaging character, while at the same time hie education has been worthy of his position. It was devised and planned by one of the wisest and best men that ever fhiuri.hed in England. Although young, his experience has not been slight. He has seen much of many countries, of various classes of society, and, by his natural intelligence he has acquired valuable experience. Under these circumstances, thus born and thus bred, dea -1 tined to the highest responsibilities, he has early in life clAcided on the event which is the most important in the life of every man, Generally speaking, when young princes, the heirs to great thrones, are married, their marriages ire advised and planned by others, and often are influ enced by feelings which certainly do not spring from the affections. But in this case it is a subject for great Dingratulation that the marriage of his Royal Highness is one to which he has been prompted entirely by his own feelings, and we have every expectation that it is choice which.will secure his happiness, He has had early in life the wisdom to decide on possessing a happy home, and a happy home for a Prince is the best security for the happi neSs of his subjects. I have, therefore, great pleasure in supporting the address which has been moved by the Lord- Lieutenant, which, I think, properly expresses the tradi tional loyalty of this ancient county. (Cheers.) A vete of thanks to the High Sheriff, moved by Lord CARINGTON and seconded by Sir H. - V . II,NEY, closed the proceedings. A Paris letter, in the Nouveliiste of Rouen, says : —" I am informed that the Minister of State has authorised representations at the Theatre-Francais and the Theatre-Lyrique for the benefit of the wounded Poles. Nltue. Viardot, who is about to retire from the stage and take up her residence at Baden, will appear at the Theatre- Lyrique for the last time in one of those representations," several journals state that the new Pacha of Egypt has just fixed at 1,500,000 fr. per month the sum to be paid to the Isthmus of Suez company until 300 fr. per share on the 200,000 shares subscribed for by his predecessor shall have been up. In consequence of this arrangement the company, it is said, will be enabled to con tinue its works for two years without making a call on the shareholders. ROYAL INSTITUTION of GREAT BRITAIN. —At the general monthly meeting yesterday—the Rev. J. Bar low, M.A., F.R.S., vice-president, in the chair—Mr. Leve .on Francis Vernon Harcourt, 8.A., Mr. William Harvey, F R.C.S.L., Mr. Joseph Norman Lockyer, F.R.A.S,, Mr, Paul Julius Reuter, Mr. Octavius .turges, Mr. Frederick Thompon, and Mr. Robert Wigram, were elected mem bers; and Colonel Dickens, Mr. Abraham Pope, and John Russell, M.D., were admitted members of the Royal In- Aitution. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Sir Richard Airey, Colonel Bingham, and Colonel Jervoise, em barked from the Southampton Docks yesterday morning at 810 on board the Fire Queen steam yacht, Capt. Paul, to Inspect the works and fortifications about the coast. The Duke arrived at Southampton last night, and slept at the Dolphin Hotel. A tio 3 , al salute was fired by her Majesty's - ohip Dauntless as the yacht passed down the river. " The British inhabitants of Leghorn," . says a communication from that place, " were not less loyal than their neighbours on the occasion of the Prince of Wales's marriage, as there was a dinner in honour of the , ccasion at the Cafe Corradini, in the Piazza-Grande, at which, in the unavoidable absence of the Consul, Mr. Vice- Consul Macbean presided. The fine band of the Grena diers was in attendance." WHO ARE THOSE WHO GO CRAZY P—Some time ige I sxnmined the statistics of a lunatic asylum .n Massachusetts (says a writer in the 11 ew York I bse, ver), and- I was astonished to find that the largest number of vases come from the very last class of people to which one would have looked for the insane. The class was of young farmers' wives I And the report stated very distinctly the cause 3 of this remarkable fact young women take upon themselves the care of housekeeping, with the toils of farm life added, and those of a family too; unable to keep ►a "help," and ambitious to be smart, and keep up appear ances, they worry or fret themselves to death or insanity. there is a good lesson to be learned from this startling fact, Lay it to heart, young women, and especially young mo thers. And not only lay it to heart, but lay it up in your heads, too. The moral of it is : "Don't worry ; don't over work; don't try to do everything at once, and all alone, tuo; don't think that the world will some to an end, or that your folks will be ruined, if this little thing is not done to night; but take things quietly, patiently, hopefully; always be in haste, but never in a hurry , do one thing at a time, and do it well, and then, attempt the next, and take no thought for the morrow—' sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.'" Life is too precious to be wasted in idleness or destroyed by worrying. Activity, energy, industry, and perseverance are all virtues and graces to be cultivated as aidispensalle to success. But these graces are not incon sistent with a calm and equable frame of mind, that meets the sterner duties of life with faith and hope, bears adversity with resignation, and is not overcome with prosperity, and. has learned in whatever state the lot is cast, therewith to be content. I have known such people, and love to write their names with a gold pen among the Lord's blessed ones. They are not your easy, good-for nothing, care-for-nothing people, who have settled it in their minds that the world owes them a living, and they are not to trouble themselves about getting it. Such de serve little sympathy and never command respect, even if they receive kindness. But the people whose life is a per petual sunshine, and whose home is an earnest of another and still better rest, are they who pursue life's work with diligence and delight, always busy with something useful, and never obtruding their trials on others, but contentedly taking their lot, fulfilling their mission, making the home circle cheerful with their smiles, and never, never sadden ing even a child's heart with a harsh word or a frown; these are the blessed souls who have rest and peace and comfort, even in this vale of tears, -this world of care, and this time of war. They glow old gracefully l Ti me touches them tenderly I No frowns stereotype themselves prematurely into wrinkles on their brows, Their hearts are always young, and grey hairs, when they come, are a crown. During the performances of Crockett, the lion tamer, at the Cirque Napo!eon, three nights back, an accident occurred which caused some excitement among the spectators. Crockett, having made one of the largest lions lie down, had stepped on his back, but his foot slipped towards the neck. The lion, probably being hurt, gave a savage growl, and seized the foot with his teeth, all present expecting to sea the animal crush it between ita powerful jaws. Crockett, however, did not lose his pre sence 01 mind, but by a word and a blow with his whip mad- the lion loose his hold. He then went on with his performance as usual. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KINGS' -CROSS. — Number of patients for the week ending April 4, 1,021; of which 419 were new cases. According to the report just presented at the general meeting of shareholders of the Omnibus Company of l'aris, it appears that those carriages in 1862 conveyed 82,000,000 passengers. It would seem that the Turks are insensible to the charms of pantomone, for Deboreau, the famous clown, who went to Constantinople to establish a theatre there for that kind of perlortnance, has abandoned the design, and retut ned to Faris. We learn that a pamphlet of M. Anatole do La Forge, entitled "Lottre a Mgr. Dupanloup, sur les eveue .. PICIAB de Pologne," has been seized at the publisher's. ~.. pearai cclrn to First at 31 gener Abc B ink Bu Kirk rupte mai k, no mi At Itt-uto 691. Th inact The atten the fi faul Beale the Ann, a the 5 pel per Exci busi rise .rata Gre Suu Nor mat AID 10 i Doc 20; in E hax Afr to ' Eat 3 p E 3 pE Inc