The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-10 00:00:00

oN TUESDAY next. " THE SEASIDE ; _ MRS. ROSELEAF OTTT OP TOWN' 1:2•. ar Secondly, ,they have had all along, and still have apparently quite as strongly, in aid of them no less, the seeming apathy or be wilderment or however else it may be the most ac curately expressed of their political Opponents ! Of that expanded and strengthened Opposition, loyally and constitutionally called, whether it happens to be strong or weak, formidable or insignificant, her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Powerful by reason of the immense personal popularity of the Prime Minister, powerful by the mere prestige of comprising among its members statesmen of such European reputations and of such unquestionably large capacity, as Earl RUSSELL and Mr. GLADSTONE—powerful by reason of the very hesitation and apparent bewilderment of their otherwise intrinsically formidable antagonists, the serried ranks of an Opposition lai-ger in numbers, and more vigourous in organize. tion than any Opposition that has for years con fronted the holders of office in the British House of Commons—the Cabinet has contrived, during the last five years, with delightful ease, to hold its own against all corners ! The Prime Minister laughing off all serious opposition with a good-humoured carelessness sufficient in its way, one might have thought, to have maddened the more hot-blooded of the Conservatives confronting him, to what Mr. HENLEY would have called "an ugly rush" from the left-hand side to the right•hand side of the Speaker. Such was not to be, however. Even with Lird ROBERT CECIL, there, often speaking daggers, and Mr. C. BENTINCK looking there occasionally, from the Opposition Benches, Ministers have, during five do-nothing years, been fated to dawdle on in office with an air, for the most part, positively of undisguised indif ference. Lord PALMEBSTON has had only to crack his amiable:little jokes ad libitum. Earl RUSSELL has had only to go on writing,despatehes ad nauseam. Mr. GLADSTONE has bad only, now and then, upon any seeming emergency, as, for example, but the other day in that matter relating to the franchise, to argue, with his splendid gifts of rhetoric, ad captandunz. Mr. LAYARD has had only to snarl away tiny tendency to over-inquisitiveness, putting awkward queries aside haughtily ad referendum. And the five years of no reform at home, and of ultimate meddling and muddling abroad, have been eked out admirably well. Talk of the Pear being ripe for the Conservatives ! It seems to have turned sleepy ! Talk of its being simply ripe ! It threatens to be rotten ! Delay upon delay is all that Ministers need trouble themselves about. Their one successful system is that of a per petual put off. Wait and you will see. Don't ask premature questions. Negotiations have commenced. A Conference is about to assemble. The Conference has assembled—is sitting. Several of the pleni potentiaries have written home for further in structions. Arrangements are on foot with a view to a pacific settlement. First of all, there is no armistice, but there is a hope of one. Then that long-delayed hope is at last realised. There is an armistice for a month. The month is just draw ing to a close, and at the last gasp of it, there is a supplementary armistice arranged for another opportune fortnight. And so—by a sue. cession of wonderfully cleverj but painfully trans. perentAifts or dodges, the evil day of open discus sion in the House of Commons is put off, week by week, month by month, until the session is drawing on towards its conclusion, with not only nothing done, but nothing even explained. It is a capital contrivance this system:of procrastinations. A capital contrivance—for retaining °Mee ! But— for governing a great country ? Better than any attempt to answer that very natural inquiry-- better, far better for Ministers still to cry Vire la Bagatelle - i•kßii - i . : R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Royal Exchange, London, 21th May, 1864. The CnURT of DIRECTORS of the COITTORATION of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do horeby give notice, that their Transfer rooks will be SHUT from Tues day, the 14th of June next, to Tuesday. the sth of Ju y followtrg and th .t a GENERAL COURT of the said Cor poration will be holden at their Moe at the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d of June, at 'Twelve o'cloct at noon, to consider of a Divide :d. ROBERT P. SPEELE, Secretary. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Thane will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday. Thursday. Friday, and zaturday. Special Extra Night. Mdlle. Aclelina Patti, 31dlle. Fr cci ; M. Faure, SignorCiampi, Signor RoncOni, Herr chmid, and Signor Tamberlik. THIS EVENING (FIIIDA I', June 10, will be performed lloza is opera, DON GIOVANNI. 1i ith the tollim ng pswerful caAt :—Donna Anna, 2.llcille. Price' ; Zerlina, Mdlle. Adelir , a P tti ; Elv i ra, Madame Rudersdorff; Dun Glovanui, M. Faure; Leporeilo, ignor Ciampi ; Masetto, Signor Itoticoni; 11 Commendatore, Herr Schmid; and Don Ottayio, signor lamberlik. The minuet will be danced by Mdlle. Salvioni and Despiace2. Commence at half past Eight. 'Fit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 10s. 6d., 78., and 58. ; amphitheatre.:2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to live, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. iiIHEATRE ROYAL HAYM ARKET.— .x Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. AngeL After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwillism. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, Sze. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly rower, Hill, Wright, Ro:;ers, To conclude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Commence at 7. jitoymi LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLET THIS EVENING (FRIDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden -11, if ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore; First Gravedigger, liar. H. Widdi b com ; Osr mond, ic, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W. M'lnty re, F. Morton. Ray Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss st Henrade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet com tences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. EW THEATRE-RD YAK,, ADELPIII.-- 801 e PreDriltor and Matazer, Mr. B. Webster. Last Two Nights of 'he Groat Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAN. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch. SHAKESPEARE'S HOL SE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson; Mrs. Billington. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE : Hessrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, it. Itomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN as LEAH.-LAST TWO NIGHTS of the Great Tragedienne in her original character of the Jewish Maiden, in which she has appeared btifore crowded, fashionable, and delighted audiences every evening for the past e.ght months. The great attractiveness of this closing series of representAions render it necessary to secure seats at once, as th, box book Is being rapidly filed. OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Kr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Ccmtdy, by DLn Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re-engagement of those ce ebra'ced and popular artistes Mr. an Mrs. Charles Math ews . , Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Bekiamin Webster, Mr. Charle, Mathews. Mr. Yrank. Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, .Mr. .1. Clarke, Mr. Poll Bedford, Mr. F. iobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, 311 ms H. rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss H. 6imms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miso Wentworth, and Mrs. Stiriing-. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE SVECDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and ori2inal Comely, in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Sir. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OCT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank .*latthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manacrer, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF' HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborough. After MAZOURK A. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, .&. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &e. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. T. Thornla. being shut up in a cupboard to regale him• self on the sly with prohibited luxuries, is not exactly attractive to the tastes and habits of the inhabitants of this country. All laws that tend to promote the growth of deceit and foster the devices and contrivances of cunning are very much to be reprehended. This plan is open also to the objec tion of giving rise to jealous feelings between classes, which of all others is an evil to be dreaded. The poor man shut out from his miniature world will naturally compare his isolated state with that of the wealthier classes who were free to partake of everything that fancy might suggest, or money could procure. The real and right thing to trust to for the formation of temperance and the decrease of excess, is the improvement of the great body of the people. This can only be done by time and patience, and na vehement changes and violent measures will ever accomplish the much desired end. Captain JERVIS said that " drunkenness was dying out of the country not owing to penal enact ment, but owing to the spread of education, the labours of the clergy and ministers of all denomi. nations, and the example of the other classes," Mr. ROEBUCK denounced the bill in his forcible style. He said he had never seen a more mischievous measure introduced in the whole course of his experience in Parliament. The hon. and learned gentleman carried oat his remarks in his usual facetious manner, and put a case to Mr. LAWSON for his consideration. If the ratepayers of West minster decided to put an end to all places where intoxicating liquors were sold, he asked if that prohibition would extend to the refreshment-room of the House of Commons. Mr. BRIGHT was also strongly against the proposal. He said that sobriety was greatly increased of late years, and the middle classes were now very different to what they were some time past. The hon. member very truly remarked that the permanent remedy against excess was the improvement and instruction of the people, and " this, it was evident, must in any case be their sheet -anchor." This is, indeed, the only reliable means of attaining the desired end, and it would be well if the enthusiasts and Utopians of the present day would have more patience and exercise more hope. Mr. BRIGHT explained the very great confusion which would be occasioned by the introduction of this bill—how it would affect the trade and interfere with the property of the country in a new and mischievous manner. The immense majority which decided the fate cf the measure is an unmistakeable proof of the feeling with which it was regarded; and it is to be trusted that this signal failure will be a warning to others who entertain such extreme views and move the adoption of such one•sided measures. Without the maintenance of discipline and order, the public peace could not be preserved, but at the same time it would never do for us to tolerate in the smallest degree any infringement of those rights or inter ference with that liberty which have made this country so justly ctlebrated throughout the world. Arbitrary regulations and tyrannous devices are quite out of date at present, and it is quite as idle to attempt to put them into practice as it would be to endeavour to promote the observance of early hours by the revival of the curfew bell. that time of moat critical importance. After the delay occasioned by the Indian mutiny, he pro ceeded to his destination, and negotiated the Treaty of Tiee-tsin. Coming to his own country he was occupying a public office of great utility, though not of great distinction, when the refusal of the Chinese EMPEROR to ratify the treaty recalled him to that country. Many and serious obstacles were in b:8 way, great and perplexing were the difficulties with which be had to contend, but befora he returned to England the treaty was ratified and our Minister established at Pekin. Subsequently his dealings with the Japanese opened that valuable commercial channel to our commerce, and it is remarkable that the fearless and straight forward Scotchman should be the one to succeed in negotiations with these treacherous and untruthful nations. The last link i n the long chain was his appointment as Govern or -G eneral of India, an office for w hi c h, i n t h e op i n i on of most public men, he As might h ave b een antici pated, pined in g i v i ng the i r cordial sup port to Lord PALuefitted. RsToN's propo sa l, L or d STAN LEY giving graceful e xpress i on to the unanimity of feeling on his side of the House with regard to the recognition due to services rendered not to a party but to the State. No narrow system of policy, no petty motives of self-interest, fettered Lord ELGIN'S actions, and it is fitting that his countrymen should us testimony t o t h e mer i ts o public t spirit w as no l ess consp ca u state s mano render u s than e i his whose us nabi li ty , a unanimous BANE OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, June 10. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly debtor and 2 redit Jr account of the Bank or France. The corrrespouding figures of last month are added : DR JUNE. . t. Capital of the Bank ...... 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9 1857) 4,938,380 42 4,709,955 63 Reserve in tho Bank and its branches 12,930,750 14 12,980,750 14 Now Reserve 9,125,000 9,125,000 Reserve in landed Property 4,1100,000 4,000003 Notes in circulatio n. 725,381,925 767443 , 475 Bank notes to ord er 5,109 609 53 , 4,448 , , i3l 83 Receipts payabl e at sight 1,519,7E1 1415,591 Treasury sc... cur. cre d itor 6 2. 8 44,441 72 56, , 641,313 58 Current accounts—Paris 130,565,550 13 143,14 283 79 Do. branch-banks Dividends pay s bl. ...... 556,723 75 687,948 7.5 Commission on deposits 3,200,998 93 5,038,022 45 Discounts and sundry interests... .....• ... 21,708,976 84 19,052 Re - discounts of th e last ,775 98 six m0nth5...,........ 3,078, 97 61 3,078,997 61 Sundries ................ 11,880,937 95 1 1,700,022 04 M AY. 182,500,000 1,205,641,762 05 1 , 2 61,316,288 70 CR. Cash in hand.. Do. branch-banks 201,589,187 1 55,689,913 Commercial bills ov,-rdue 547,957 63 €05,732 64 Commercial bills discounted not yet due ....... 305.907,852 60 372,102,289 27 Do. b ranch-banks 271,39d,67L 31 1,223,228 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. branch. banks.... 2,9 9,500 Advsnces on French public securities ............ 16,970,Z00 Do. branch-banks.... 10,178,510 Advances on rsii• shares and debentures 30,754,700 32 32,275,700 Do branch-banks.... 20,125,341 21,309,900 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 354,400 Do. branch-banks 417,000 Advances to the State (Convert. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 6 0,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Lauded property, branches 5,177,688 5 ,-99,828 -- Expenses of management 1,857,268 1,464,t.82 81 Sundries . . 11,688,736 37 9 ,867,890 59 1 8,193,800 2,186,300 1 7,441,109 11,939,9:0 381,100 353,100 10 0,000,000 Last evening the House of Commons was called upon to fulfil a graceful yet melancholy act 431 public duty. The claims of a statesman and diplo matist of no common order were laid before them by the Prime Minister; and in recognition of the many and varied services which Lord ELGIN has rendered to his country, they were called upon to give a loyal and hearty assent to the Royal Mes sage, recommending that a pension of £l,OOO a-year should be bestowed upon his widow. A further token of the high estimation in which the late lamented nobleman was held in our Eastern pos sessions was given in the unanimous resolve of the Indian Council to settle an equal amount upon that lady from the revenues of India. The claim of Lord ELGIN to grateful remembrance by all Anglo,lu diens is not only based upon his wise and temperate judgment during the few months which he was permitted to direct the public affairs of that dependency, but upon the promptness, the judg ment with which he hastened to render assistance at Calcutta in the terrible year 1837, It will be remembered that Lord ELGIN was on his route to China, in charge of a high diplomatic mission, with every prospect of achieving honourable die tinction by carrying it to a successful issue, He was accompanied bytroops, and therefore, on hearing of the outbreak in India, he at once returned to Calcutta sacrificing all personal considerations in his desire to lend Lord CANNING the benefit of hie aid and the State the service of his troops. It was one of those occasions which test the character of a Statesman, since it required prompt and cool jadg. went, great decision of parpose, and rapid action. It was assuming a responsibility from which men of feebler mind would have shrunk, and it was break• mg through those fetters of routine which so often hamper the actions of really able men. The value of the assistance which he thus gave to the Indian Government in the hour of peril and distress is readily acknowledged by its members when the danger has passed away, and their authority re. established. As Sir C. WOOD observed—" Lord ELGIN rendered distinguished services to India at the time of her greatest need, and had thereby established an undeniable claim to the resources at the disposal of the Council." Bat it is not in India alone, although that country is now so closely asso ciated with his name, that Englishmen hay e to bear witness to Lord ELGIN'S services. The outline of his career was briefly but graphically sketched by Lord PALMERSTON, who remarked that—" It has seldom fallen to the lot of any public man to per form services more varied with regard to the scene of their action, more important with regard to their results, or attended with greater personal exertion and exposure than were performed by the late Lord ELGIN." The noble Premier might have added, that it has fallen to the lot of few men to be so sig nally and so consistently successful. Like the hero of old, whose magic touch turned everything to the most precious of metals, Lord ELGIN converted the most unpromising and even hopeless of ceases into a success. He was one of the rare exceptions who can boast of having made no failure, of having to record no catastrophe, during a most eventful career. His happy combination of cool and clear judgment, with prompt and vigorous action, was doubtless the principal cause of this nnvaried success; but it needed the union of many gifts and qualities to enable him to accomplish the objects of his diplo matic missions to such people as the inhabitants of China and Japan. His first official position was as Governor of Jamaica, which post he held for four years, and in that comparatively brief period he had given so forcible an impression of his capacity by h w i a s s ad tr m anlnfiZe t d i° t a fio of a m ff a a r i e r s importantin t hat island o.c e t e h —h at t he e Governor-Generalship of Canada. His labours during the eight years in which he remained there produced most satisfactory results, and for the first t i me his diplomatic abilities came into play, since, by hi s missioa to Washington, he concluded th e treaty of reciprocity between the Government of the United States and the British North American colonies. In 1857, as we have said, Lord ELGIN xas seleoted as Ambassador-to Chins, an cage at 1,205,541,762 05 1 , 2 61,316,235 70 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD. VUITRY YEAR'S WORK OF A CORONER.--The Social Science Review publishes a sketch by Dr. Lankester of his work as coroner for the central district of Middlesex in the year ending July 31. 1863. The population of the district is stated at 805,975 (meaning probably at the census of April, 1861), and he held 1,080 inquests (203 of them at hospitals, prisons, or asylums), one for every 746 persons. The proportion is very much higher in St. Giles's ; yet the medical officer of that parish has to state that in 1862 45 bodies were Interred without an inquiry when there ought to have been one. "It is intolerable in a civilized country," he says, "that persons dying in this way should be Interred without inquiry; in at least two cases there was priina facie ground for suspecting poison." Dr. Lankester blasts that "the registration of death and the burial of the body without any medical certificate is of very common occur rence in London." Very unsatisfactory medical certificates are alsi) accepted by some registrars ; sometimes the medi. cal man never saw the deceased either alive or dead, Irre gular certificates ought always to be referred to the coroner. In the course of the year there were 63 deaths of new -horn children with verdicts of wilful murder or neglect, very often on the part of some person unknown ; there were besides 8 deaths of new• born children from "unknown causes, and 8 "accidental deaths," making 69 inquests on new-born children. It is, says the coroner, a fearful picture of the moral condition of the district. The crime of infan ticide is very much more fr(quent in some parts of central Middlesex than in others, and the subject seems one that demands investigation. The crime appears to be most fre quent among women in domestic service. Sixteen children were picked up in the streets that had never breathed. The absence of any registration of stillborn children is undoubt edly a source of crime. Children are often brought to the undertaker for burial as stillborn without any guarantee for that fact, and where women can find accomplices this pre. cents a very ready method of getting quit of children without any inquiry as to the cause of their death. As many as 90 children were suffocated in bed, some of them first-born children of young mothers ignorant of the necessity of fresh air for sae life of the offspring, others the children of parents who had gone to bed not sober and caused their child's death by culpable neglect. With regard to inquests on adults, the coroner reports that 70 of the 1,080 deaths were suicides. The largest number of the suicides was by poison, and this is effected of en by articles extensively used in various branches of industry, and therefore easily pro cured for an improper purpose. The year's inquests imply that the tendency to commit suicide is more than twice as great among men as among women, and that men prefer hanging or the knife, women poisoning or drowning. In a large proportion of these cases habits of intoxication had preceded the act of suicide. ALLEGED LUNACY OF A LANDED PEGERIETOR.- 03 Monday and Tuesday a Court was held by the Sheriff of Midlothian, with a jury, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr Alexander Christie, of 13aberton, a landed proprietor, residing in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. The proceeding was at the instance of Mr Braithwaite Christie, his brother, for whom Mr Gordon and Mr Fraser appeared, the Solicitors General and Mr. Macdonald ap pearing for the defence, Mr Fraser stated that Mr A. Christie was a man of about 40 years of age, and in 1861 succeeded to the estate of Baberton, worth about £l,OOO a year. He was originally a man of defective intellect, but during the last twelve years his mind had been further impaired by a course of gross intemperance, and he had taken up with associates of the lowest class. He had lived at Juniper -green for above twenty years with John Barr, a man with whom his father had boarded him as a measure of restraint, but his intemperate habits had gained upon him, and scarcely a day passed without his going into Edinburgh and getting drunk. The circumstance which had led his friends to interfere was that in April last a butcher named M'Donald and a mason named Law had in duced him io sign a promise of marriage to Agnes Mossman, an old 'woman and a pauper, whom he had been in the habit of visiting. They went through a pretended form Of marriage, and presented a petition to the Sheriff-Substitute for having it recorded, but the Sheriff was so much struck by Christie's appearance that he declined to grant the petition, thinking laira not i n a fit state of mind to give a valid consent. The woman's friends then gave in the names for proclamation in order to marriage by the parish clergy. man, but a representation being made to the Kirk session by Mr. Christie's relatives as to his con tition proclamation was refused. Since that time Mr. Christie had been kept concealed, and his relatives were unable to get access t 3 him. The relatives now asked to have Mr. Christie cog nesced, and declared to be in a fatuous state, Mr. M`Donald asked the jury to observe that they were Hiked to find, not simply that Mr. Christie was unfit to manage his affairs, for since his father's time these had been in charge of a curator, but that he was fatuous, or, in other words, had no mind at all, It was quite true that Mr. Chlistio had impaired his constitution by drinking, but he had been quite neglected by his family until this marriage was pro posed, when the brother, who otherwise would be heir to the mate, stepped forward in his own interest to prevent it. Mr Christie had lived with the woman Mossman for 16 years, but his fri en d s never thoug ht o f int e rf er i ng unt i l he proposed to merry h er . Al t h oug h unable to m anage his affairs, and althou g h 12 years ago h e had voluntarily inter dicted himself from alienati,n of his property, he was not insane or bereft of mind ; and ho had not been a spend thrift, for since his accession to the estate he had not, spent above a fourth part of the income. A great deal rf evid ence was adduced, showing the eccentricities and the low and depraved habits of Mr Christie, but it failed to come up to a case of insanity, and on Wednesday morning the " brisve" was withdrawn, ag the jury were discharged without a verdict, LIM 6UA, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, jIJNE 10, 1864. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] LATEST INTELLIGENCE. TRIP TRIAL OF THE NEW BALLOON, The first ascent of Mr. Cexwell'e new billoon, and the five hundred and seventh ascent of Mr. Coxwell himself, took place yesterday evening st the Crystal Palace. Of making big balloons there is no end. The Nassau was a wonder in its day, but the Nassau had to hide its diminished head before the, Mammoth, and now the Mammoth itself must yield the pride of place to the Britannia. Exclud ing M. Nadar's machine, which was intended to go to China, but which broke down on tho German frontier, Mr. Cox well's new venture is the largest on record; and certainly no ship of the air was ever built more quickly. Her "lines," so to speak, were only laid down on the day when. G aibaldi entered London, so that no time has been lost in getting her ready. She is a comely craft, and does credit to her builder's skill ; capable of holding 100,00 cubic feet of gas, she will probably enable our aeronauts to reach a still higher elevation than that which was attained in Mr. Glaisher's memorable ascent from Wolverhampton ; and so far as her trial trip enables us to judge, she may safely be classed A 1 for any number of years in an aerial Lloyd's Register, and be pronounced airworthy and in good condition. A peculiarity in her construction is the introduction of some india-robber cloth, whose powers of expansion wiel, no doubn be tested in her high ascent. The little cruiss of yesterday was merely a trial trip ; but, viewed in this light, it left nothing to be desired. The passengers enjoyed it thoroughly; it was full of interest and variety ; and the "skipper" never showed to better advantage. For the last three days the Britannia has been exhi bited in the Crystal Palace; yesterday she was taken oat into the grounds and inflated. The day was somewhat overcast and cloudy, and a couple of pilot balloons, which were sent up a few minutes before starting, showed that rather a brisk south-Westerly breeze was blowing. At five minutes before seven—Fa little earlier than the time appointed —the Britannia rose swiftly into the air, amidst the cheers of the crowd. She carried a pleasant corn r any of eight, all told, the majority of whom had frequently ventured the risks and enjoyed the pleasures of aerial navigation. In two minutes and a half she was half a mile from the ground, and then, rising more slowly, reached the mile in about eight minutes. The travellers looked out on one of the loveliest landscapes in England; and althought the pleasant blossoming-time was over, and the purple and golden glory of lilac and laburnam had laded away, there was plenty ot colour in the dark green woods, on the broad heath, and away over the Thames, which at times glittered brightly iu the evening sunshine. The sky was so broken that, even when the balloon had passed above the bulk of the cumuli, the earth was still in view through rifts and open spaces ; and strange indeed was the contrast between the houses and fields, ell dwindled down until they seemed but toy-models ot the famili r reality, and the grand and solemn waste of level cloud. A vast whine table-land seemed to stretch away fur miles ; as the breeze cropped, there was scarcely a change upon the surface of this grand expanse, end in the distance —but sharp and distinct in that clear air—stood up clone castles, upon whose almost immovable battlements the sunlight quivered and played. At times we heard the b aking of a dog ; now and then, dim and faint rose the strains of a band : and there were shouts from cricketers at play or from rustics in the fields. London itself was hidden in the baz , through which, when it lifted, momentary glimpses could be caught Of St. Paul's; but es the' balloon moved towards Greenwich, the wide Kentish land shape was singularly clear. Past the Observatory, and affording the travellers a peep at Mr. Giaisher'e house on Blackheath went the Britannia. The Has pital seemed strangely small ; and the Dreadnought little more than a child's plaything. It was now half-past seven, and there was a somewhat angry look about the clouds, which to Mr. Coxwell ep peered to indicate wind; so he - determined to dip down to terra.firreta and S 6) whetter the descent was likely to be easy. The balloon had travelled over the Ktdbrook fields and was now following the line of the Dover-road, past Woolwich 'common, the new barracks and the Severndroog Castle, on Shooter's-hill. This steady pr , gresbion on a line nearly parallel with that of the Thames was no doubt one of the reasons which induced Mr. Cox well, who has a wholesome objection to Sea Reach, to descend. Leaving the strange solitude end more than Sabbath stillness of the sky, the balloon rapidly descended, the captain showing all his old skill in mar ecavring. The grapnel caught in a tree in West Wood, tore a branch or two away, then held; in a minute a crowd collected, the balloon touched the ground almost imperceptibly, and a hundred willing hands were eager to hold her down. Three minutes bet he) we had been alone in the air; and it was almost grotesque to see, after that sudden fall, how red-shirred navvies and blue -coated gunners pressed in around the car. FA. a time, Mr. Coxwet indubitably blocked up that old and respectable Queen's highway, the Dover.road; but no on was particularly inconvenienced, and the onl signs of dissatisfaction—they were very slight— were given by a lively potty. A brief council o war was held ; on the one hand, a re-Lscput migh very possibly mean a night in the Esse::: marshes on the other, sanguine observers urged that the wind had fallen, and that the sunset was drew due." The skipper inclined his ear to tbe "pert:, of action," and it was determined to pay another visit to cloud-land. And a very awkward visit might that same have been. The crowd had be hayed well hitherto; but when the word was given to let go, a fellow, who had probably been drink ing, clung obstinately to a rope, and could not be induced to relax his hold. On the left cf the road were a few houses; the balloon rose with a leap, dragging the stupid lout into the air; and Mr Coxwell, trying to check the ascent in order that the man's life might be saved, could scarcely see for a moment that the car was driving right on to a chimney. For. tunately the fellow let go in time; instantly ballast was thrown out, and the balloon, darting upwards, just cleared the chimney about a couple of yards. It was sharp work, eteadity done, but in thirty seconds more there would have been an awkward smash. And now, swiftly rising, the balloon passed again into the upper air. A mile, a mile and a half, two miles, were successively attained, and the cold soon gave warning t hat the ascent was rapid. The change from summer heat to a temperature of 41 deg., only nine degrees above freezing-point, was scarcely agreeable; but the thermometer might have fallen those nine degrees more without much disturbing the intense enjoyment of that glorious scene. Brighter and more various combinations of colour have often been witnessed, but no aerial voyager ever gazed upon a grander wilder ness of cloud. Like an Arctic desert, the white cumuli lay spread out for miles—gave when, here and there, their sombre monotony of snowy surface was broken by aerial streams of blue; and far 'to the westward, each bar of burnished red glaring angrily, the great sun sank slowly down. Men talked but little; the sight was not to be idly criti cised; and it would have seemed almost a profanity to babble adjectives of admire tion as we travelled through this wondrous wilderness, under the great dome of pure and perfect azure. It was only when wesgain neared the earth that people cared to speak, and then, indeed, an American traveller, who had seen all Iceland, and a Cambridge man, who had but lately journeyed amidst African deserts, were ready enough to admit that they had never wit nessed a solitude so magnilcent. Still f o ll ow i ng the river line, the balloon went slowly on; soon after half past eight it crossed the Thames to the Essex shore, and by this time the light grew dim and the shadows darkened. A faint halloo came now and then from the sailors on the river—the red lustre of the sunset died away, and there was a sombre loneliness about the long broad waste of marsh land, where the mists were already gathering low and thick, The grapnel was lowered, it took the ground at once, and the balloon slowly descended in the Eighteen acre Marsh near Rain ham. And assuredly a more peculiar greeting than the travellers met with could scarcely b 9 conceived ; for, frisking their tails, and capering with a mar vellous agility, cows of many colours of many kinds executed a kind of comic vaccine war dunce rented the Britannia. They smelt the gravid, and gave it Arrival of the Emperor and Empress of Russia, at Potsdam, BERLIN, JUNE 10. The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived yesterday evening a: Potsdam. They were received at the railway station by the Ring of Prussia. Their Majesties were welcomed at the Castle of Potsdam( by the members of the Royal family, and ;he Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg. A grand review was held this morning in the Tempelhof field. This evening a dinner will be given in the Oran gery House to the Imperial guests. Their Majesties will leave for Darmstadt to-mor row morning at nine o'clock. tie : Up as a mystery; they s'nelt the rope, and abandon it as one of those things which r;o cow col ever understand ; they almost pushed their bog into the car, and only . retired when discordant nOiE proceeding from lungs new invigorated and I freshed, warned them off. At length thig strs o assembly, which was absurdly christened the 'Poi Cowmitotus of Essex" by a traveller who ought hive known better, dispersed; the animals, of whi' there had been c , niiderably more than 40 stain like one, withdrew ; and the balloon, which, wbE ever it may descend in the open fields, is as sure attract a crowd from unknown places as a Lond( fire at 3 morning, was surrounded by nearly 1 ( civil and well-behaved folks, who willing rendered whatever aid Was required. Thus, at quarter to 9, ended the trial trip of the Britannia, More Tidbits from " Manhattan." A YANKEE GENERAL IN A FUNK! A brigadier general from this State, named Job' Henry Hoh.rt Ward (he is a grandson of the lei Bishop Hobart) was arrested by his commander after a late battle, for cowardice in the face of enemy. The facts appear to be, that during tia l battle Ward was riding about so scared that b' could hardly sit on his horse. General Binney , bi t commander, in pity, said, " Old top, Yen ale !: shaky as a hi g h w i n d, you had b etter ge t LID"' cover." General Ward then escaped in an an: ll3v lance, and his valuable life was spared to his ea" try, Will you believe it, that after all this a mea l• ing was got up at the Astor House yesterday to endorse General Ward. Th ere was p l en ty of rod free, and of course a large meeting, and very eli tile c i siastic. He w as en d orsed b y these reso l ut i o ns,Bl l , letters provin g th at W ar d was a hero wer e Tau from Generals Scott, Hooker, Kearney, Gr an t ' Meade, Lee, Pop e , an d S tant o n ( furnishe d by TV6ru ) This bears anything that has lately occurred. committee of nine was appointed, and I should not be surprised if it resulted in bringing forward W ir t as a prominent military candidate f r President e the United Sts: es, in place of Alititellad t sc bc)iS going to Europe, and exp e c ts t o get a reception is e London that w ill th row i nto the shade t h e crowd for Garibaldi. BARNUM " BOUGIIT" AND "SOLD!" „ Bonner made t h e f ortune o f a weekly by ndle;10 rising that h e h a d hi re d a s i ster of N. P. Willi s T — t write for him at the rate of 100 dols. a column. '- was an unusual price. Miss Fanny Fern was known, and hundreds of thousands bJught the Pripet toy discover the mystery. A ri va l paper , called t u " Mercury, is trying to do the same dodge °P ill ; foe proprietor h as hi re d B arnum, and has agre e to pay him 1000 dols. a column. Barnum is to wr it ; a chapter every w ee k a b out t h e humbug Pers aes 6 : Europe. He als o wr i tes w i tty articles. Here 15 THE PRINCE 0P HUMBUGS SOLD.—' He is the hig hest man in the world,' said Barnum recently to Saiggies' who was at the ti me a d m i r i ng the proportions of the •Rizes'-„i giant at the Amer ican M useum. ' Bet you ten d o w.rs can, in less than twenty unnutes, produce one .11Yer , ' swered the hero of a thousand practical jokes.. _Voile,' fiats s Phineas. Sniggles w ent out to where he had a law before lett the conqueror of Yankee Sullivan, and I ;:eton ° leading the vet eran T om b y the hand. Allow Barnum, kaid he, 'to ,introduee to you Mr Thema 'T r : , Barnum 'saw the point,' and forked over the greenlu cA6 ' OLD ABE'S LAST LITTLE Joliti! ee Mr. Lincoln will h ave hi s li ttle j oke, eve n if was shelling the White House. His iliiDOla friends feel that th e y h ave a r i ght to lecture him up on t he conduct of the war, and t o t e ll hi m w h en he blu e r tiers. " What th e d ev il di d you maze Balk s t general. for ? Why th e d euce d on ' t you O." cu t General Butl e r, h e h as nearly defeated Grain'- plans ? Finally old Abe broke out end said "Illinois hosses,—Suppose all the property You : 7- o f worth was in gold, and you had put it in the handsid Blondin to cal ry ac ross ,he Niagara river on a ror, you shake th e ca bl e or k eep shouting nut to him, , sand up a little straighter; Blc,ndin, stoop a little wo re " - go a little faster—lean a little more to the North —least little more to the South ?' No; yon would hold your breath as well as your tongue, and keep your hands off until he was safe over. The G)vernment are carrying an inimo ss weight ; unt o ld t reasures are i n t h e i r h ands ; they are doing the very best they can ; don't badger them. Keep sileri ce i and we'll get you safe across." GOVERNMENT EXPENSES ALL GOING U.P.! When Pierce was President in 1856, and wile° Edward Everitt was anxious to get Fremont elected plr. Fremont always stops at his house in Boston), and Edward expected to be Minister to France, be published a statement of the awful expenses Of Frank Pierce in Blrnum'6 Leader, "LIBERAL EXPENDITURES.—The expenses of the Go vernment ut the United States, uncitir the present acniuis" tition, are as toPows : Dols. 75,686,400 a year I 6,307,200 a month!! 1,452,920 a week 1 I I 207,560 a day 111 I 8,600 an hour II!!! 144 a minute Ill!!! 2.49 a second 11:111 k ? "Two doll ars an d f orty cents at every tick o f chat will do t or Young America P But where d oes money g o ? what is it applied P 'Under .A.lr Pul a administr at i on , d ur i ng the Mexican war, when we 111 _ d d nundred thous an d men under arms, anti large armies, 1" n ,e 3 numerous garri s on s i n M ex i co, the annual exp enses 011 ' 4 governmen t were a li ttle over forty-lour mill i ons a year. Our expt rises are now over 2,000,C00,000 dots. a year. 166,666 666 d o l s , a mon th. 41,666 666 d ots. a wee k. G,OO ,u 1 dols, a day. the cloc he I erim Of course this sum d oes nut i nciu d e claim P nd stony that will amodnt to probat. , ls , ten th °aBki There is but one consolation /0 our in„ creased ea/nem:its. it does no t n i a k e a bit cf or -ace whether th ey are twenty millions a day W ort. only one. The greenbacks will ail bcconw rt h ess, there are so m an y o f t h em, except. to 0 w° seven cents a pound to be retuads up into g " white paper. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT.-- RACE GLASSES (th e b eat ) , at CALLAGITAN's. 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Ck.ndult-street. N.B.—tole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. PARIS BONNETS for JUNE.—Messrs. JAY'S Manazer has h s day returned from Paris with an assortment of tha most elep;,int and fashionable Summer Bonnets, selected from the migasins of the first houses in that city. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. June 1, 1861. NOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS..— French fash i on has produced Bonnets for this month of a light go earner texture. which accJrnmodate the present style of wearing and displaying the lady's h ir. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black, white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. Spe, ially imported from Paris for JAY'S, The London General aiourninz Warehouse, 247, 249, and 231, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 24s. per ton. Double 2os. per ton. Top 235. „ Nut 5......., Deep ....215. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Wcstbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent VETE THIRD EDITION OF " T HE SUN ," R. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENTE, an be had Every Evening of GLIsNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weatherun Office, June 10, 1864. lIERMODIETE It . This day at Two OelGek 66 Barometer --29,80. WIND --S.W. ; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, sh. 43m,—Afternoon, sh. ss m . ro-YozEow.-31oraing, 6b.. 20m.—Afternoon, 6h. 41" - - - - --- , ~, _______________ _ .P.k till g .AZ.113:. "V z 21,111 ~ , o ~. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1864. Vine la Bagatelle ! might, certainly, be taken as about the aptest motto for the Government, To do as little as possible—to postpone everything as tong as pessible--are the two golden keys to the mystery of the hitherto eminently successful no policy of the present Cabinet. Procrastination, epigrammatically called the thief of Time by the author of the "Ni g ht Th oug ht s ," is the se cur i ty for the retention yet longer of place, power, and per quisites in the hands of the second PALAIERSTON Administration. Altogether it is a very clever con trivance. It is paltry, no doubt, but it is clever : and its cleverness is plainly enough demonstrated by its brilliant success. It has enabled an incon gruously constructed Coalition Cabinet to hold together wonderfully well for fell five years con. EE Cll'll.l'l7 And this, with the smallest possible msiority to begin with --a majority so small that at the very outset it was only just in its teens. During the last three years, it hue witnessed even that small majority dwin dle down, one b y one, until it has become no majority at all, the balance in fact latterly turning over on the side of the Opposition. That it acs been thus, however, is really scatter for no serious ceasideration, for two reasons. First of all, they have had in aid of them, these ins genuons Reforming Administrators who slipped into power by the dodge of a set of abstract re solutions, designed, so far as we can judge by the result, simply for the purpose of effectually eheiricg reform altogether—first of all the Cabinet have had in aid of them their happily disecssared stem of continual procnitinatioas Mr LAWSON is, doubtless, animated by very good intentions, and is impressed with:the necessity of thing something to aid the cause he has at heart and promote the order and sobriety of the people, but at the same time it must be borne in mind that there is such a thing as doing too much for the furtherance of a desirable end. There is no greater mistake than to interfere to a great extent with the privileges, and encroach on the liberties, of the sub ject. Such a course of proceeding awakes suspicion, engenders ill-feeling, and creates a general state of dissatisfaction, which is highly prejudicial. The proposal made by Mr. LAWSON could never come into effect, but at the same time it was well to pro test against the notion of its introduction. 'There is no saying to what extreme lengths men will not go in pursuit of their hobbies, and to what extra vagant plans they may not devote their time and thoughts. The idea of any petty tyranny or local arbitration would naturally incense the community, and in the end provoke the increase of the evils sought to be remedied. We cannot make people all that they should be, and, bon gre mal gre, contrive that they shall conform strictly to cur tenets and follow the bent of our inclination, no matter how contrary its direction points from the aim of their own desires. Mr. LAWSON'S remedy against drunkenness is to empower the ratepayers of a parish to assume the authority to put down publichouses eventually, by refusing to grant or renew licenses for their continuance. This is really a very extraordinary suggestion, and it seems, at first sight, hardly credible that a man at all ac quainted with the world could propose such a mea sure. It is impossible to draw a line that can ensure the prohibition of mal-practices, while human nature retains its leading features, if an evil is put out of the way, men will go forth in search of wrong in some other fashion. Besides, it is going a great deal too far to say that the publichouse does so much harm ; and when the hon. member, in the support of his argument, deelared that eminent judges had given it as their opinion that " the large majority of crimes originated at the publichouse, and that it there were aa drink there would be no criminals to try," he may be quoting what is said in extreme cases . There are always some membera of a eom munity who are p rone to evil, and who persist in enSttiocfh People arbitr ary regulations, an d th e will not be restr a i ne d b w y r g e - e d n o a i en thrm. forcible endeavour to make them sim pl e and harm less citizens. The publichouse is an effect, not cause. It is natural that the inhabitants of a particu lar district should occasionally m eet and talk over the events of the day and the chief object, of inte rest that concern their immediate locality. If they did not assemble at ore place, they would at an other, and therefore, unless Mr. Lawsoar can pro hibit the sale of liquors altogether, he will not have obtained his object or be nearer his end. S ame very sensible speeches were made on this subject. Captain JERrIS stated that he had spent five months is the Maine liquor-law States of America, and had " been witness to the total absurdity of sach a sys tem." The fact was, that the law was evaded in Maine, and persons contrived to get the forbidden articles by stealth and take them in secret. Such a mode of proceeding would not suit the straight forwardness of Englishmen, but neither would the restrictive nature of the proposal put forward in Mr. LAWSON'S bill. Captain JERVIS very pror erly denounced it as "contrary to the whole of our constitutional sTstem, and one which would not work to any advant age in practice." The gallant member gaud a ludicrous account of the straits to which they 'Vele reducedin Medne. the pieta eof a guest AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 10. " The North German Lloyd steamship Hansa, Captain von Santen, sailing this morning with the German, French, and English mailes, takes out 143 saloon passengers and a full cargo of general mer chandise, including a large quantity of French silks and jewellery from Havre, value 182,000 francs. The Hansa was advertised to sail on Wednesday, but was detained in the Weser by fog. FRANCE. 41 per Cents .. 93 30 end 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 (15 Jredit 1t10bi1ier....1132 50 Do. end month 1136 25 Bank shares 3375 Credit koneier 1250 Ronyin In a letter addressed to the Times, a Mr. Coleman writes es follows It is generally understood that there is no living descendant of our great poet's family. Will you permit me, through the medium of your columns, to call attention to the fact that there is now living at No. 6, Great Berry•street, Woiver. tiatnplon, George Shakepere, of Henley-on-Arden, the eldest male descendant in the direct line from Gilbert, William Shakspere's brother,—that very Gilbert who lived until after the Restoration, Lino who was said to have been the actor who told Oidys that be had seen his brother William act Achill in " As You Like It ?" Poor Mr. George Shakspere's indigent circum stances have until recently prevented him from taking the necessary steps to trace his pedigree (u n it s operation surrou n d e d with difficulties) and i only throu g h th e ki n d ness of a gentleman living in Wolverhampton that he has been enabled to com plete the record, which, by the way, may be seen by any one who will take the trouble to call upon Mr. Shakspere. So far back as eight years ago I first met my client white I waa fulfilling an engagement at the theatre in Wolverhampton. At that period he lacked one connecting link to enab;e him to trace his descent to Gilbert Shakspere. For any part, I needed no other testimony than that his face afforded, Heaven had written his pedigree in the plainest characters upon his brow ; he was the living image of our poet, notwithstanding which I advised him not to publish his relationship until he had completed every link of the chain. • The work of years is at last accomplished, and now I venture to suggest that those who have been endeavouring to do honour to our dead poet should do something for his living descendant. I am sure poor Shakspere's condition has only to be known to be mended. He has a difficulty in obtaining by hard labour the daily bread for his wife and family. Here is an excellent opportunity for the wealthy to dispose of a little of their superfluity. The ma nagers of the London theatres will, I feel assured, readily get up a benefit or two, and if you, air, would deign to use your powerful pen, perhaps one of Shaksefre's blood might be appointed curator to Shakspere's house. Whereupon (adds the T imes)—Wonierful, if :rue. Th OIINSON CLUB. —This club, the club of Johnson and Reynolds, celebrated its centenary (it was founded in 1764) at the Clarendon on Tuesday last. It was the club not only of Johnson and Reynolds, but of Burke, Fox, Sheridan, Windham, Canning, Gibbon, Adam Smith, &c., not to mention later distinguished names. There were present—ln the chair, the Dean of St, Paul's ; his Excellency M. van de Weyer, Earls Clarendon and Stanhope, the Bishops of London and Oxford; Lord Brougham, Stanley, Cranworth, Kingsdown, and Harry Vane; the Right Hon. Sir Edmund Head, Spencer Wal pole, and Robert Lowe; Sir Henry Holland, Sir C. East lake, Sir Roderick Murchison, Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood, the Master of Trinity, Professor Owen, Mr G. Grote, Mr C. Austen, Mr H. Reeve, and Mr G. Rich.- mond. Among the few members prevented hom attend ing were —The Duke of Argyle (in Scotland), the Earl of Carlisle (in Ireland), Earl Russell, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Overstone (at Oxford), Lord Glenels (abroad), and Mr W. Stirling, from indisposition. TEE ALABAMA.—Again has the Atabama changed her scene of operations, and has once more appeared off the Brazil coast, The ship Kent, which arrived at Ply mouth on Wednesday, from Melbourne, spoke her on the 24th of Apia in lat. 15 S, and long. 32 W., or in the parallel of Bahia. Previous to the Kent speaking her she had de stroyed the American ship Rockingham, which left Callao on the 22d February with a full cargo of guano for Cork for orders. The Rockingham was a large ship of 976 tons, built and owned in Portsmouth, U.S., and was for many years trading between Liverpool and New Orleaolt E fi Prom the recently published " Memoires du Car dinal Gonsalvi," we take the following letter, written by the father of Napoleon 111. :-- To Cardinal Gonsalvi : Eminence,—Following the advice of the Very Holy Father and of your Eminence, I have seen Monsignor Ber netti, who is especially charged with the affair, and, with his accustomed frankness, he has explained to me what it is with which the foreign Powers appear to reproach the family of the Emperor Napoleon, The complaint of the great Powers, and especially of England, is, that we are always conspiring. They accuse uc of being implicitly or explicitly concerned in every lint which is hatched. Nay, we are even accused of abusing the Pope's hospirality in order to excite in the States of the Church difference with and hatred against the person of our august Sovereign. I have been happy enough to convince the cardinal of the contrary—as he will tell you. if the family of the Emperor, which owes so much to the Pope and to your Eminence, had conceived the detestable project of dis turbing Europe, and it it had the means of so doing, the gratitude which we all feel towards the Holy See would arrest us in our career. My mother, lir others, sisters, and my uncle, owe too deep a debt of respectful gratitude to the Sovereign Pontiff, and to your eminence, to bring down farther misery on this city, where we, exiles of entire Eu rope, have been received with a paternal kindness which re cent injustice only lenders more touching. We do nut con• spire against anyone, much less against the representative of God on earth. In Rome we enjoy all the rights of citizens, and when my mother learned the Christian manner in which the Pope and yourself avenged the prison of Fon tlinebleau, and the exile of Rheims, she could only bless you, in the name of her great and unhappy lost one, while shedding painless tears for the first time since the misfor tunes of 1814. To conspire against our august and only benefactor would be to disgrace our name. The family of Bonaparte will never have to reproach itself with that. I have convinced Monsignor Bernetti of the truth of this, and he has promised to convince your eminence of the fact. Continue to us, then, the protection of the Holy Father._. Accept, &C., LOUIS DE ST. LEU. Rome, Sept. 30, 1821. BOURSE, June 9.—There has been rather more business doing, but without any material change in prices, Tnreee, for the Account, having only im proved to 67f. 10c. Mobilier are- now nnvaried at 1,138 f. The. Railway Market firm, with a slight advance on some of the lines, The market closed as follows : (Italian Loan 7O 20 Do. end month 7O 40 Ditto Threes 42 50 New Mexican ii.ussian A I.lStrian__ — Spani,h Threes Uome Debt Deferred al, IL WA Ycl. Cash. Account. Orleans 875 875 Northern 092 60 .. 995 Lyon, and Pledit crranean 873 75 .. 875 — Nen , ditto Southern Western Eastern ..„ 468 75 465 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Sp a i n 6 0 Sarturossa t, 7 7 53 680 Ditto to Barcelona 2.55 257 50 The Last of the Shaksperes, WILLS AND REQURSTS. The will of th e Right Hon. Margaret Lanrett"; Countess of Glengail, was proved in her Mej" t Y Court of Probate, on the 21st u:t., by C a pkin 0 ° 4 . , Daniel, the sole executor and true ee. The per 'clonally was sworn under 1:45,000. Her ladr l ' i9 was the daughter and coheir of William Mt liisl :: E,q„ of Wootiford, Eases, and the relict of the 14t " Earl of Glengail, who died without male issue' Her ladyship's will bears date J - An. 10, 1863, sad s : codicil Jan. 20, 1864, an d s h e di e d th e 2d o f Apr il last. There are several legacies to personal friers of co her own maid, Mary Ann Couch, a legacy dia 1700, and her ladyship' s war d ro b e (except.llthe 01. shawls, jewels, a n d lace). To her daughter: Hon. Lady Marga re t Charteris (wife of Lie ut. c e . the Hon Rich a rd Ch arter i s), her ladyship b an queathed the resid ue o f h er property, b o th real persona:. The will of William Bingham Lord Ash btirt° 9 l4 dated July 16, 1862, will. a codicil, dated •D eo. lB ' t 1863, was proved at Doctors' Commons 00 t he - 0. , 0 ° inst.,ind the personalty was sworn under 11, 80 r Ha bequeathed to his widow, Lady Asabort(3' £lO,OOO and his f urn i ture and personalty' tffirtsi except his coll ec ti on of : pictures and statues at House, which i s l e f t to the title upon certain e 1 L' tions. Hi s L on d on residence is lett to It'.dY,--tbe burton, with th e enjoyment for two yeao, pictures, which are afterwards to go with t:he t i tled His Devonshire and Cornwall estates 0 6 f3ei gis upon his only child, a daughter, and her issue. American personalty is settled in like 0 1813- v Melchet Park, in Ham shire, and his ra idua u C r.: real, and p ersona l estate ere given to D - Ludy-A s " h A b by ton. The princip a l l an d e d es t ates wer e sett lo4 to the first Lord - Ashburton on the title, en d e Francis, now Lord Ashburton, and his male Certain furniture end eff.cts seine of th e rt dances on the settled estates are bequeat hed to the title The will of the Right Bev. O-or e Davys , D. P " ate Lord Bishop o f Peterbet:Loug) g was provedrti; the Probate Registry t it Peterborough, on tfe 2vt— ult., by his lorthhip's sons, the Rev. Eorbund D4°3l3' vicar of Peterborough, and Owen Wiltiom DaVY5' M.A., rector of WheathamsteLd, the joint Belt executors. The person atty was sworn under .£Bov.; His lordship h as l e ft his personal estate amongst to roar children ; and has devised his real estate, cell; -/F•tin;.-r, of separate farms, to his eldest son, it '? 11e f ; Edmund El.l.vys, soti et to an annuity of 1:0 1) . 1:, t) Oy, codicil to a ths, ant relative. This vei,eru, prelate was in his 85111 year and had been prear 1 tor to her Mujesty ; w u s Dean. of Chester in 1831 and consecrated to the s i ee of Peterborough n