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MS, (044' .'...V.e.))*:44 LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1863. Again Mr. GLADSTONE has thought better of it. He is unconvinced , of course—he always is—that he can in any way be guilty of error. The prin ciple of taxing Clubs he still maintains to be the right principle—just exactly as he says precisely the very same thing in regard to the principle of taxing Charities. Yet, again, in regard to Clubs, he does (last night) precisely what he did (a night or two previous) in regard to Charities. The House, in each instance, will have notice of it— that is of Mr. GLADSTONE'S new fiscal crotchet. And so—very w isel y , very discreetly, very judi ciously, but still to the last, we repeat, obstinately unconvinced that he CAN, by any possibility, be in error—Mr. GLADSTONE drops it. He a'id the rest of his colleagues have such an extremely wholesome fear of the division lists—they are getting sick and tired of eternally seeing it handed over to the tellers of the Opposition. The thing with them is becoming at length quite tedious, quite mono tonous. Hence it is that we are witnessing even Mr. GLADSTONE, s growing cap, city— coolly, under the observation of the whole House — for swallowing—his own proposition ! It is not that he chews his leek slowly and deliberately from the white root to the green stalk—he just simply, as one might say, bolts it whole ! Wi t h a wry look askance --when nobody happens to be w a t c h. ing him—at that pitiless, remorseless FLUELLEN sitting opposite ! The effect becomes all the mare ludicrous in each instance precisely because the Chancellor of the Exchequer still continues to hold so obdurately by his own opinions —the very opinions he is abandoning or acknowltdging, at least, to be powerless. Altog?ther the present Ministry is surely the most exhilirating Ministry the country has had the amusement of being governed by, for a long while. Say since the later months of the last MEL. EGURNE Administration ! Then, as now, the Prime Minis'er was the pleasantest, the liveli the most beloved and admired of careless joke-masters. Then, as now, his colleagues were perpetually doing nothing except making ineffectual attempts to guide and influence the Legislature : getting again and again defeated, carrying no reforms whatever, and yet still pertinaciously olinging to office. Nevertheless we have, in regard to the pre sent Cabinet, at least the satisfaction of being ex hilarated not only by the speeches of the Laughing Philosopher who is at its head, but even by his and his colleagues' failures. Time after time there was proof of this—only as recently as last evening. Mr. HENLEY, in bringing up the report of the Committee as to the proposed extinction of the City Police Force, virtually pronounces the extinction of Sir GEORGE GREY'S pet project. Whereat there is " laughter" and " cheers" in the House of Commons. Sir ROBERT PEEL another while announces that the intention of the Govern ment as to the Registration of Assurances (Ireland) Bill cannot be declared then by him as Secretary for Ireland, but will be de cided upon and duly announced a little later on. Again " Laughter" from the House of Commons ! While Mr. GLADSTONE'S earlier announcement last evening that his proposal for the taxing of Clubs will (as had been done previously with regard ►o the proposal of the taxing of Charities) be with drawn was greeted—as Lord PALMERSTON'S speeches are greeted—with "laughter" mingled with cheering ! It is now, in fact, a perpe tually recurring alternative of Ministers—either to avoid a division and be laughed at, or to risk a division and be defeated. Latterly their choice has been for the former. They seem to prefer, just now at least—leaning upon that one of " the two horns of the dilemma" in which they have contrived for some time past to place themselves. Last night the subject of Poland was discussed in .the House of Lords. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the merchants of the City of London. The noble lord spoke at considerable length, and with great eloquence on the question. He commented on the apparently inscrutable mystery that attended the connection be tween Russia and Prussia. Judging from all that was known, however, he feared that the working of it was as dark and atrocious as such schemes generally were. Even in the case of the Poles , a ho were arrested in Prussia and handed over to the Russian Government, Lord SHAFTES BURY truly said that, if not already put to death, he feared they were undergoing a worse fate than death itself. Further on the noble lord referred to the despatches recently received, and forcibly declared that in them there was no hope for Poland, and then cited this striking instance :—" In October, 1862, the Emperor ALEXANDER said to a gentleman of high station, whom he had summoned to St. Peters burg for the purpose of communicating to him the information he desired to give, and then sentenced him to perpetual exile, I see now that the only way of governing Poland is by terror.' The next day the same gentleman having been referred by the EMPEROR to Prince GORTSCHAXOFF, heard from him the same words, with this addition—' I tell you that, if the Poles force us to it, we will make Poland a heap of t.shes and of corpses.' " No wonder after such an exemplification that the noble lord exclaimed that such men were not fit to govern the destinies of so many millions of the human race. It was said that ALEX ANDER 11. was humane and kind, but if so his language truly concealed his thoughts. The true rule by which to judge of men's actions was this— "By their fruits shall ye know them." The noble lord concluded his admirable speech by declaring that her MAJESTY'S Government might remind the Emperor of RUSSIA of the state in which his empire was at the present moment, and of the disorderly state of the army and many other signs of internal deeay. Also he reminded them of the cold calculating manner in which this country had treated the Poles on a for mer occasion of trial, and thus wound up his remarks—" The Poles, happen what may, will always have all our hearts and all our sympathies. I do hope, and it is the prayer of every man within these realms, that we may yet live to see the time when this down-trodden and long-oppressed people shall enter again on their ancient rights, and, after so much experience and bitter sorrow and ingratitude, inaugurate a noble career of civil and religious liberty, of humanity, and of justice.', It has been truly said that— " His blessing is sure Who fights the good fight of the feeble and poor ;" and no man living has a better elaim to that benefit than Lord SHAFTESBURY. For many years he has devoted himself to the sacred cause of defending the oppressed, aiding the distressed, and fighting for the persecuted. The real appreciation of such conduct is from above, but his fellow-men should be mindful of his zeal and labours on their be half. Lord RUSSELL made an impressive harangue, and expressed himself warmly concerning the wrongs of that afflicted country they were then discussing. He deprecated, however, any proposal of dismemberment, as it would lead to confusion, and create worse evils if granted. He said that, as in the battle-field the birds of prey surround the carrion, so in any political disturbance the moral vultures of Europe flock together to take their part. Finally, Lord RUSSELL earnestly de clared his conviction that now there could not be the same wrongs perpetrated as heretofore. " First, he asked them to rely on her MAJESTY'S Government for doing their utmost, and, in the next place, upon that public opinion of Europe, which you may depend upon it the Emperor of RUSSIA, autocrat as he is, will not neglect. I ask yon to rely, finally, on the general sense of justice which pervades the people of this and other coun tries. Above all, I ask you to rely upon that Heaven which will not allow oppression to page unpunished, and which will not allow these sufferings much longer to endure." This is a plausible argument enough, but whether this plea or that project fails, it Is a gratify ing fact that the House of Lords, the first assembly in the world, has eagerly entered into the discus sion, and welcomed with loud cheers the eloquent speeches of the two noble lords, which are creditable to themselves and honourable to their country. The events of the present day certainly tend to reverse all our ancient opinions and dispel the illusions of our credulous youth. From time imme morial the Turkish SULTAN has always been consi dered the:representative of a gloomy and despotic state, of crouching slaves, whose lives were not worth a moment's purchase if they infringed in the slightest degree on the commands of their imperi ous lord. Our poets have helped to foster this no tion; and the dark stories hidden by the waters of the Bosphorus have lost none of their terrors in verse or fiction. Bat when we outlived the age of romance, our opinions of the Sultanship did not im prove. Professing a faith which of itself offers almost insuperable barriers to real prcgress, living under a system of government which affords every facility for all kinds of peculation and favouritism ; intole rant, until lately, to a degree that would have been dangerous but for his weakness, the Turk is cer tainly out of place in modern Europe. That favourite dogma of modern statesmen—balance of power— forbids his expulsion ; but the incongruity of his position is self-evident, and the jealous distrust with which the Turk looks on the outer world is fully repaid by the dislike, if not oontempt, of the European. But suddenly all is changed. The Turk has woke to life. The SULTAN, who is supposed to alternate between ' stately inaction and E. , rocions despotism, has come frankly forward, visited his dominions, mixed with his people, and!encouraged modern improvements. A Turkish ruler anxiously encouraging the con struction of railroads, courteously receiving foreigners in their private capacity, stimulating the growth of cotton, and visiting an English horse race, is certainly a startling subversion of our ancient ideas. Yet all these wonder ful events have been witnessed during ABDUL AZIZ'S recent visit to the pleasant city of Smyrna. That city is, as we all know, thronged with Christian residents. No fewer than 5,000 English and French are computed to reside by the shores of the bay, while the total number of Chris tians is said to be 100,000—a number exceeding that of the Turks by one-fifth. The fact of the SULTAN visiting such a city is in itself worthy of note. It is the scene of modern thought, enterprise, and action, and as such must impress the mini of the Royal guest with a sense of the vast difference between Oriental and Western life. That ABDUL Azia is capable of appreciating the aspect of the political horizon is shown by his ready encouragement of the cotton cultivation, and his evident c:esire to maintain friendly relations with England. He lodged in the villa of an Englishman, he visited their races, and showed marked attention to the chief residents of the British community. His first railway, too, was taken under English auspices, and his satisfaction augurs well for the future of British engineering science in the East. We trust that the dawn of a better day may now be breaking for the Turks under the guidance of a wise and en lightened Sovereign, who has the ability to appre ciate the progressive movement of the times, and the character to resolve that his people shall take part in it. THE SUN, LONDON , SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 9. 1863. LITERATURE. Lady Audley's Secret. By M. E. Braddon. Ninth Eclition. One vol., pp. 476. Tinsley Brothers. " Another and another still succeeds"—might be said with a fall double significance in reference to this long-continued and rapid issue of edition after edition of Miss Braddon's masterpiece. As such we cannot but still regard the earlier of her two popular romances. This, be it said, in spite of the pre-eminence of popularity enjoyed by the later of the two, that is by "Aurora Floyd," at least in its dramatic form. Opening again this really en thralling narrative of the life and fortunes of Lucy, Lady Audley, of Audley Court, in the county of Essex—reading yet again the preliminary pages of the work, those charming descriptive pages consti tuting the first chapter of the story—we don't wonder in the least that already a ninth edition should have made its appearance ! We don't wonder, even, when we find slipped into this ninth edition the following significant little flyleaf tag of a " Notice.-0 wing to the great de mand for 'Lady Audley's Secret,' the publishers have been compelled to omit the photograph of the Lime Tree Walk,' as it has been found impossible to print it in numbers sufficient to keep pace with the sale of the book." And we will add at once that :he simple reason for our not wondering, as we say, in the least at these unmistakeable evidences of a signally sustained and a really quite exceptional popularity enjoyed by Lady Audley's Secret is this —that the mere style in which Miss Braddon has written it, has about it a charm, for ourselves at least, of scarcely resistible fascination. It is so easy and yet so finished. It is so ♦ividly picturesque—we are talking here, remember, of the mere style of the writing, of the mere manner, colour, and grace of the composition. As to the other capacities of the authoress they are many of them very remarkable. She has a peculiar felicity and power in the delineation of character. Her ingenuity in the construction of the plot and in the weaving together of the inci dents, none of those who have read her—no matter how carelessly or supezficially —but must have un conciously noted at the time : as they will acknow ledge now that they come to look back at the story they have skimmed through—we care not whether the story may chance to have been "Aurora Floyu" or " Lady Audiey's Secret." What we would espe cially here take note of in explanation of the rapidity and, so far, at least, we will say also, the continuance of the rise and extension of Miss Braddon's popularity as a novelist, is the exceeding charm resulting from the easy vigour and sparkle of tier style—a style bearing about it, we will repeat, a truly delightful fascination. Perfectly well do we remember our first succumbing to this fascination. It was when reading for the first time the two earliest chapters—chapters I. and II.—" Lucy," and " On Board the Argus," in the first number of the beautifully got up but entirely unsuccessful periodical, started only two or three years ago by Dr. Charles Mackay, under the name (the periodi cal and not the Doctor) of Robin Goodfellow. There it was, in that first and only number of Robin Goodfellow, that Lacy Audley's Secret first made its appearance, or rather first began to make its ap pearance, for with the issue of the initial number of the intended weekly serial the speculation com menced and ended. Its first number was its last. We read then with delight chapter I. and chapter 11. of Lady Audley's Secret, and were left longing for more. For a long time those who, like ourselves, had read it, were left longing in vain. At last the story made its appearance, otherwise than through the agency of that still-born sprite Robin Good fellow. And when it did so appear—we know well enough what was the consequence. Miss Braddon's fame as a novelist sprang up as rapidly and brightly, to use a very hackneyed metaphor, as a skyrocket. It has not yet come down, as some have threatened that it would, like a stick. It merely fluctuates, as oue might say, in the hue of its sparkles—break ing, rocket-wise, into fresh corruscations. These fresh corruscations shining in the empyrean of the lighter periodical literature of the day as " Aurora Floyd or "Eleanor's Venge ance,"—or what not ! Other offshoots (to carry on the fantastic imagery) of this still soaring reputation being every now and then (as in the instance before us)some new aspect assumed by the earliest evidence of its apparition at all—Lady Audley's Secret ! Here in effect is the ninth. And a very beautiful edition it is, in its getting up, altogether—this one volumed issue of a work originally published in its complete form in 3 vols. Bvo. A beautiful edition in spite of its cheapness. If the moral tone of the story (which it unhappily, but notoriously is not) were only equal in excellence to the charm of the style in which the story is written, we could rejoice over these reiterated evidences of its wider and wider popularisation. Such unfortunately being very far, indeed, from the fact, we can only regret that a young lady so gifted with the graces of authorcraft, as Miss Braddon unquestionably is, should so very often, as she does no less unquestion ably, write like a very gay, very knowing, exceed ingly wide-awake, horse-racing, billiard-playing, cigar smoking, heater-skelter, last young gentle man! Skirmishing. By the Author of " Cousin Stella." Ono vol. pp. 313. Smith and Elder. " Never repent of a kind action, however it turns out for yourself," si.iya dear good Mrs. Lescrimiere, one of the characters of the story, and this saying of hers is selected as a motto for the title-page. Mrs. Lescrimiere is the good grandmother in the rectory house at Eden, the home of the Greatorexes —a very delightful family. Mr. Greatorex himself is the most genial and benevolent of men, over flowing with the milk of human kindness, but, nevertheless, capable, when necessary, of adminis tering "admonition due," and maintaining that "discipline" so strongly rec',ma mended by Mr. Bog nel. When the rector addresses his wife as " my dear," and when he calls his son Cnarlie " Charles," both wife and sonEkoow that the husband and father must be obeyed. Mrs. Greatorex is the daughter of Mrs. Lescrimiere, and is so unlike her good astonishment, motheras to cause ~H ow odd y tha t goo d lady should d y t o e be exclaim, m, m i y n daughter !" Mrs. Greatorex is good and proper herself, and expects every one else to be the same ; she can make no allowance for human inferiority, „2 believes there is always a "fault” in every “ m i, fo . :tune.' Mrs. Lescrimiere, on the other hand, is heart and sympathy. To her the child and the atrial:l 6 -er, the doubting and the disappointed, alike turn to intainde their sorrows, and find comfort and counsel. So Universal is her partisanship for ail who require it, that she says she inclines to the the Irishman's way of thinking, who exclaimed, 3 What's the use of standing up for a man when he's in the right—it's when he's wrong he needs you !" Maud, the rector's pretty daughter, just nineteen, is a charming sketch, true to nature. She is engaged to Walter Escott, the curate, a man of exquisite sensibility but reserved exterior, who hates " a scene" and shrinks from all demonstra tions of feeling. The chapter entitled "a word before is worth two after," is admirable, because it is so simple and so natural. Escott tells his betrothed how he has just refused the gift of a living that would have enabled them to marry at once, because he did not consider it to be good enough for them ; and Maud, at first listening with bashful pleaNure to the good news of the offer, suddenly finds her bright vision dispelled, and dis appointment and doubt of her lover's affection die turb the serenity of her heart. Her hopes, and fears, and hesitations, and the wounded pride and demeanour which those unjust suspicions produce in the sensitive Escott, are most naturally and forcibly pourtrayed. "If I only knea; how to make him love me very, very much," says poor Maud, in a heart-broken appeal to her good grandmother. " Child ! child !" remonstrates that wise lady, "make him happy by always showing him a placid, loving face ; comfort him with cheerfulness and serenity, and he would not be able to live without you, though he does not fall at your feet to tell you so every day." There is so much practical sense and homely truth conveyed in the pages of this story, as to make it a profitable, as well as a pleasant book to place in the hands of the young. The sen timental novel reader and the lovers of sensation may be attracted by the episode of Mrs. Brown and " Dodge"—an episode we should have rather dis • pensed with, but " Skirmishing" has higher claims to the approbation of its readers, and for such we very heartily commend it. A Dark Night's Work. By Mrs. Gaskell. 1 vol pp. 299. Smith, Elder, and Co. Between Wilkie Collins' No Name and Charles Reade's Very Hard Cash—there appeared for a few weeks a strangely imagined, and at times a quite horribly attractive little story, by Mrs. Gaskell, called " A Dark Night's Work." Upon the reason for its having that weird title, the whole of 'he interest of the narrative hangs. The "Dark Night's Work," being the perpetration by the father of the heroine of the tale, of that half-accidental or partially-intended kind of murder, that the jury empanne led to try the person accused of it, so often softens down into " Manslaughter." The Dark Night's Work is more thin the commission of that crime by Mr. Wilkins, the attorney. It is still more if possib!e its after concealment—by a faithful old attendant of the murderer, or at any rate manslayer, by his groom, that is, popr old honest Dixon. But still more is the Dark Night's Work, the partici pation with these two, with Dixon and Mr Wilkins in its concealment—of Mr. Wilkins's laughter, the gentle and beautiful Ettinor 1 he❑ actually betrothed to, but afterwards (in conse quence of the gloomy mystery of a something gone wrong surrounding her) estranged from Mr. Corbet, a pupil of the parish clergyman, Mr. Ness. One Danster, the chief clerk, and afterwards the junior partner of Mr. Wilkins—is the victim, the man murdered or at any rate slain. His body, after many ineffectual attempts to discover in it some signs of returning animation, is hid away, buried, in fact, under cover of a very dark, starless, moon less night, in the shrubbery attached to the dwell ing-house of the murderer. Ellinor and Dixon, out of pity for the wretched father of the one and master of the other, helping him (Wilkins) to put the corpse of Punster effectually— as they do, in fact—out of sight. Hence, all the misery slowly growing up and ac cumulating throughout the rest of the narra tive. Mrs. Gaskell appears to be partial to the writing of homely or domestic romances, the principal interest of which should hang upon the perpetration and the concealment of a mut der by one of the prominent characters appearing upon the scene of the story. It was thus precisely, it will be remembered, in regard to her earliest fiction—in some respects still perhaps to regarded as her best —" Mary Barton." It is so, as we have shown, in this the latest of her works of ima gination. The Sixteen Chapters of "A Dark Night's Work" will be perused by all who open the first and read on for a page or two—it will be perused down to the end with unflagging interest, for the tale is written by one who has lived to become a mistress of her art. Yet, for all t hat, it will add but very slightly, if at all, to Mrs. Gaskell's reputation. After breath ing the morbid, un wholesome atmosphere that hangs, with a" sense of gloom and oppression, over one dur ing the perusal of " A Dark Night's Work"—one turns with a feeling of positive relief to the mere remembrance of the same writer's sparkling, humorous, vivacious sketches of" Cranford." LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Geographical, at 81, "Arrival of Expedition at Khartum, from Zanzibar," " Landborough's Traverse of Australia," and "Madagas car," Lieut. Oli , er. Tuesday--Actuaries, at 7—Syro- Egyptian, at 74, "Coffin Lid of Men-ka-ra, Mycerinus of loyal Institution, at 3, the Greeks," Mr. Marsden— Engineers, at 8, "American Iron" S o "Sound," Professor r.c 0 1; Tyndall-Engineers, n o r d n a , l l a •— n d " Communication between London and Dublin." Mr. Watson—Zoological, at 9, "Derbyan Eland, "Western Africa," and " Equatorial Elephant and Gorilla," Mr. Reade, and "Mammals and Birds, Madagascar," Dr. Sclater. Wednesday—Arcbooo - Association, at 4, annual general—Graphic, at 8— Society of Arts, at 8, "Excrementitious Matter," Dr. Thudichurn, and "System of Earth Sewage," Rev. H. Moule—Microscopical, at 8. Thursday—Antiquaries, at B—Royal Institution, at 3, "Geology," Professor nsted Friday— Philological, at 8, Anniversary, "Umbrian Words," Professor Newman—Royal Institution, at 8, " Molecule of Water," Dr. Odling. Saturday—Horticul tural, at 4, Promenade —Royal Institution, at 3, " Lan guage," Professor Max Muller.—Atheneum. THE LAST MADNESS OF COMTE (the author of Positivism)—is thus recounted in the Reader " The French philosopher, Auguste Comte, was led, towards the end of his life, into an extraordinary modifica • tion or development of his so-called system of " Positive Philosophy," consisting of nothing less than the proclama tion to the world of a new form of religion, with a priest hood, rites of wee ship, &c. The veteran philosopher, hav ing fallen in love with a certain young lady named Clotilde —as he himself relates with the most astounding naviele— found, in the access of fervour and of new light on all sub• jecta which this love-experience brought him, that his pre vious philosophy, as expounded on his great six. volume work on Positivism, erred by defect in the emotional or sentimental element, and required to be supplemented by a vast addition that should do justice to that element. Man, in short, must have a religion ; and the positive philosophy would not to the all-in-all it professed to be unless it could carry a religion, and even a ritual, in its forefront. It was not, however, necessary to go back upcn the positive philosophy, and upset any of its prior conclusions. It was all right so far; and a perfectly consistent religion might be stuck on to it, or developed logically out of it. This religion, as Comte at last pro claimed it, was to consist in the Culte systematique de liumanitd ; and much of his time in his last years was spent in organizing this g‘ Systematic Worship of Humanity," and arranging, as its first high-priest, some of its ceremonies. We believe he used to officiate at the marriages and funerals of some of the small gather ing of followers he nad in Paris. At all events, he published a calendar of the year adapted to the new worship—each of the 365 days being consecrated to the worship of some particular great man of the past, while each week was apportioned to some very great man, and each of the twelve months was associated with the name and memory of some colossally great man. There were also four days in th e y ear set apar t for the execration of the memory of the f our men whom Comte regarded as the greatest ruffians, or worst retrograde men of the universal past— Julian th e apostate b e i ng o ne, and the first Napoleon another. But poor Comte died, complaining grievousl), that this religion of his was very little taken up even by those who had taken most eagerly to his positive philosophy. In Britain, whet° his ideas and his reputation were spread, even in his lifetime, far more widely than in Frsnce, he saw no one likely to hold up, after his death, the banner of his religion of positivism, RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIA MENT.—Yesterday the Duke of Devonshire's committee, after hearing evidence on behalf of Lord Lonsdale and the Sisters of Charity occupying the convent at Hammersmith, the bill for the c ons t ruct i on o f t h e proposed Barnes, Ham.- meramith, Kensington Railway WAS thrown out. LATESTINTELLIGENCE. the French were several times repti;sed in skirmishes before Puebla between the 24th and 29th March, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) but on the latter date they captured Fort San Jarvier. The Havannah papers contain news from Vera Cruz to the sth April, confirming the statement that Comonfort, whilst en route to reinforce Gene ral Ortega, was defeated by General Berthier, and that General Forey had refused the offer of Ortega to capitulate at Puebla. WRECK OF THE ANGLO-SAXON, WITH FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE. NEW YORK, APRIL 30 (Evening). The steamer Anglo-Saxon, for Quebec, was wrecked four miles east of Cape Race, at noon of the 27th, during a dense fog. The deck broke up one hour after the vessel struck. The crew and passen gers numbered 444 persons, of whom 187 are known to have been saved. Two of the steamer's boats and a raft which left the vessel have not been heard of, but search is being made for them. The Captain is supposed to be drowned. The following are the names of the cabin pas sengers saved : Tee Hon. John Young and family. Females—Hope, Betram, Inglis, Keerwood, Stod dard, Chretien, Wright, James, Jackson and child. Males—Caldwell, Raton, Kirkwood, Chretien, Towers, Kirkness, Fraser, Martin, Sealy, Whites, Captain heed, Hiles, Cassidy, Lieut. Simpson. 33 cabin, 103 steerage passengers, and 21 of the crew were saved. The captain, part of the crew, and a great many passengers were on deck when the vessel sunk in deep water, and were all lost. AMERICA. (Per Arabia.) NEW YORK, APRIL 28 (Morning). A dvices from New Orleans to the 19th inst. state that General Banks's expedition up the River Teche proved very unsuccessful. He had three engagements with the Confederates—one at Vermillion Bayou, another near Franklin, and a third at Bethel Place—in each of which he is reported to have repulsed the enemy, and captured 1,500 prisoners along the route, and compelled the Confederates to destroy several transports in order to escape capture. General Banks has arrived within a short distt,nce of Opelousas. Reports from Memphis represent that General Banks had reached Point Coupe, on the west bank of the Mississippi, eleven miles higher up than Port Hudson. If this report were true, General Banks would be in a position to co-operate with the Federal fleet in an attack on Port Hudson from above, but the news requires confirmation. General Grant continues to make numerous com plicated strategical movements below Vicksburg, with a view to flanking and capturing that posi tion. Twelve more transports are reported to have passed the Coat derate batteries, and to have joined General Grant below Vicksburg. The second Federal expedition to Yazoo Pass is reported to have returned unsuccessful. There is continued fighting on the Coldwater River, the result of which do not appear very clear. The Confederate forces invading Missouri are under General Price. Their strength is supposed not to exceed 10,000 men. A portion of them, sup posed to be 3,000 strong, with six pieces of artil lery, under General Marmaduke, attacked the Fe derals at Cape Girardean, on the Mississippi, on the 26th inst., but are reported to have been repulsed. The Federal commander hed started in pursuit of them. During their retreat the Confederates are reported to have been attacked, and repulsed by another Federal force, which was sent to cut them off. In St. Louis 20 armed Confederates seized during the night the fastest steamer at the Levee, and escaped with her. The steamers between St. Louis and Cairo are convoyed by gunboats. The gun shops in St. Louis are placed under guard, and all Confederate prisoners have been removed to Alton, Illinois. CHINA. (By Telegraph from Suez). The Confederate investment of Washington, North Carolina, is said to have been a feint, which enabLd the Confederates during the siege to carry off immense quanties of grain from Hyde County, with which they escaped. No material change in the situation in Tennessee SHANGHAI, MARCH 25. The new organization of the Ward force has caused dissatisfaction among the troops compoo- ing it. The banditti who menaced Tientsin have been repulsed by the Chinese troops. The rebels have evacuated Shaeu Shing. No news has been received here from Admiral Kuper's fleet. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CANTON, APRIL 1. Tea firm; total export to date, 106,125,000,1a5. Exchange on London, 6s. 4d. Freights, 755. COCHIN CHINA. POINT DE GALLE, APRIL 13. News from Saigon states that maters in the in terior of Cochin China appear to be in PO far satis factory, as no complaints are made by Chinese traders in the rice districts. After April 5 all paments of the Treasury and Commissariat, for either contract or freight were to be made in francs at the rate of 51. 37c. per Alexi can dollar, is not otherwise stipulated. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. WARSAW, MAY 7. has taken pl.ce. The Federals have captured the Confederate camp and 100 prisoners near Franklin. Rumours were current at Nashville that General Bragg was shot by General Breckenridge during an altercation. Six hundred insurgents, who had come from Gallicia, have been defeated near Slawko ; 31 of their number being taken prisoners, among whom were 14 Frenchmen and Italians. On the sth inst. the insurgent chief Bonitza, with 800 men, attacked the Russian infantry tear Milzyrz€cz, but was defeated and taken prisoner. CRACOW, MAY 8. The Federal pickets have been driven in, and skir mishing has recommenced upon the Nanse Mond On the 6th inst. Miniewski suffered a defeat, with considerable loss, at Krzejkawka. General Nulle was killed. Yesterday the insurgents were defeated and dispersed near Scyce and Wilko winne. A portion of them fought their way into the interior, and 141 others have been conveyed to this city. river. PRUSSIA. Fifteen adventurers from Mobile have proceeded to the mouth of the Mississippi, and captured a Federal tug-boat, which they ran through the blockading fleet into Mobile. Thirty-seven Federal regiments will be mustered out of service between May and June, their enlist ment time having expired. By order of the Prize Court, the cargo of the Peterhoff is being landed and examined, to ascer tain if there is contraband of war on board. BERLIN, MAY 9. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Justice, on the demand of the Pro curator-General of :Posen, asked the house to be authorised to commence legal proceedings against Count John Dzialynski for high treasov. The motion Was referred to the Committee of Justice. FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 9. Count de Persigny has addressed a circular to the Prefects dated May 8, explaining the principles which should guide the Prefects in the approaching elections. The Minister says : " The Prefects will not forget that the Empire is the expression of the wants, feelings, and interests of the masses, as it has united all the forces and wishes of the nation. It was in the cottages of the people that the Empire was brought forth." M. de Persigny then recalls the degree of wealth and prosperity which the nation has acquired since the origin of the Empire, and continues ; "The Emperor therefore confidently asks of the country a Legislative Assembly as devoted to him as preceding Assemblies, and having no other care than the welfare of the Empire. If in France, as in England, parties differed upon the conduct of public affairs, but were all attached to the funda mental institutions of the country, the Government might confine itself to watching the struggle. Bat in France this manoeuvring of patties would be of a nature to prolong the revolution by compromising liberty; because in our country there are parties who yet remain political fractions, seek ing to attack the very heart of our institutions in order to vitiate their principle, and who invoke liberty in order to turn it against the State. " The duties of the Prefects are, therefore, plainly marked out. Penetrated with the democratic and liberal spirit of our institutions, they will allow all candidates to present themselves freely, and to publish and distribute their political programmes and voting tickets according to the prescriptions of the law." Mr. Seward, accompanied by the Prussian and Swedish Ministers, have visited the army of the Potomac. In conclusion, M. de Persigny urges the Prefects to proclaim as publicly as possible the candidates po3sessing the confidence of the Government. BOURSE, May B.—The market continues heavy, but without any further decline in prices. Threes, for Account, are now at 69f. 6.5 c. Railway Shares quiet, and but little change in quotations. The market closed as follows: It is reported that munitions of war were found concealed on board the steamer Tubal Cain, which cleared from New York for Matamoras, but was seized by the New York revenue officers when about to leave. The steamers Flora and Pet arrived at Wilming ton on the 16th inst. it per Cents 96 80 Italian Loan 72 25 Do. end month.... Do. end month 72 30 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 69 55 Do. end month — Credit Mobilier.... 1427 50 Russian no. end m0nth....1426 25 Austrian Bank Shares 3380 Spanish Threes.... Credit k onmer — Home Debt NEW YORK, APRIL 29 (Evening), Considerable excitement prevails in Western Virginia and Maryland, in consequence of the appearance of a large Confederate force in those States. They captured Morgantown, Virginia, near the Pennsylvanian States line, and attempted to break up the Baltimore and Onio railroad, but only destroyed one bridge, which has since been re piired. Fear was entertained for the safety of Wheeling and Pittsburg, but large Federal forma have been moved to all the points threatened, and the excitement has subsided. General Hooker commenced a forward movement on the 27th inst. Heavy masses of artillery and other troops crossed the Rappahannock at sunset. It is supposed that General Hooker's design is to make a flank movement upon Fredericksburg, which will probably bring on a general engagement. It is reported that the Federal Monitor fleet is again inside Charleston Bar prepared for another attack on that place. The Confederate steamer St. John, bound from Nassau for a Southern port, has been captured off Cape Roman. The crew escaped. The Arabia takes out 74 passengers, and 16,500 dols. in specie. NEW YORK, APRIL 29 (Evening). Money, abundant. Gold, NI. Exchange, 165 per cent. premium. Stocks, buoyant. New York Central, 116 i. Illinois, 94k. Erie, 84. Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1052-,. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 66 to 661. Flour dull. Wheat quiet. Corn declining. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar steady. Molasses very dull. Petro leum, 24. MEXICO. NEW YORK, APRIL 29. Official Mexican reports received here state that Tart IGN UIEfV Circular. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, May 8• The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday morning. Lady A. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat were in attendance. Prince and Princess Leiningen visited her MajestY• The Hon. H.S. Elliot arrived at Osborne yester &,y evening and left this morning. RA ILWAYS. Cash. Account. . 1013 75 820 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1056 25 .. 1065 Geneva 465 .. 465 Southern Western Eastern •••. 00000 513 75 .. 516 25 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa .. 760 • . 757 60 Ditto to Barcelona 387 60 .. 387 50 THE GENEROUS MISER !—Eiwes, who added to his own fortune another inherited from his uncle, both amounting to half a million sterling, would dine off a hard-boiled egg, or a piece of pancake which he had kept for two months in his pocket. But he would lose thou sands at play to men of fashion, pay his debts and never ask for his winnings, which he thought would be ungen tlemanly. He would not lay out a penny on the education of his two sons. He thought that " putting things into their heads was taking money out of their pockets." But when Lord Abingdon had made a match for seven th.usand pounds, Elwes, who knew he had not the money, offered to lend it to him. He would walk from one end of London to another in the rain to avoid paying a shilling for a coach—would eat his meat putrid rather than order a fresh joint; and sit in wet clothes rather than light a fire to dry them. He wore a cast-off wig which he had picked out of a ditch ; and having torn his only coat, took one from the family chest which had belonged to an ancestor, with slash sleeves made of green velvet. But to a merchant who conciliated him with a present of wine he lent seven hundred pounds—and a trifling present, or work done fur nothing, was tolerably sure to be followed by a loan of money. He would let a poor man starve before he would aid him; yet, in bonds to peers and others, and on some American property, he is said to have lost one hundred and fifty thousand pounds. There were occasional touches of humour in him. At a shooting party, a bad shot firing carelessly wounded him in the cheek, " I give you joy," he said, "of your improvement—l knew you would by and-by hit something," At another time, having cut both his legs deeply, he sfas with difficulty persuaded to employ a surgeon. But he would only incur this expense in favour of one leg. He would manage the other himself, and offered to bet that it would get well first ; and it did, The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Duke de Nemours and the Princess Mar guerite and the Count de Paris visited the Prince and Princess of Wales yesterday at Marlborougl i House, and partook of a dejeuner with their royal highnesses. The Prince and Princess de Joiuville also paid a visit to their royal highnesses. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, rode on horseback. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Counteso of Macclesfield, took a carriage drive. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex waited co the Prince of Wales yesterday at Marlboroug h House, and invited his royal highness and the Princess of Wales to an entertainment at Guildhall. The Prince of Wales was present in the Rou ge of Peers last night during the speech of the Ear l of Shaftesbury on the Polish question. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PflOCeS§ of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Teesdale, dined With his Royal Highnes o the Duke of Cambridge last evening, at his reel" deuce, Gloucester House, Park-line. GRAND BALL TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS O f WALES AT GUILDHALL.—The Prince and Prinees6 having expressed a desire that the entertaiument to he given upon the occasion of their visit next month to the City of London should be a ball, the Sheriffs of L OO O4 accompanied by the Town Clerk, had th e h onour o f being received by his Royal Highness ye s t er d a y (F r iday)' Marlborough House, to convey the invi t ati on of the O r. poration to their Royal Highnesses, wh e n it was graciouti l i accepted. His Royal Highness fixed Monday, the Bth June next, for the ball, and also signified his intention of 5C° cepting the+ freedom of the City. The ceremony of the PO' sentation will take place immediately upon the arrival of the • Royal party at Guildhall. The committee, under the Pre sidency of Mr. F. Wyatt Truscott, to whom the arrange' meats for carrying out the resolutions of the Court of Cora' mon Council have been entrusted, meet daily at Guildha ll ' The Duke o f B eautort w ill rece i ve a part! t friends at Badmint on on M on d ay next. H is grace ' s goes.. will leave on Thursday. The Earl Annesley is expected to arrive i° London to-morrow, after a lengthened sojourn at Nice' Tae Earl and Count ess F ortescue and ffinliil are expected to arrive in town the week after next from Malta. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln have left tll° St . George's Hotel. ed Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have isle, - invitations to a select circle to meet the Prince and Frivol; ~f Wales at a grand banquet on Thursday, the 21st WWI Interdependence of Plants and Aniraalli' As plants and animals are alike dependent on el ternal conditions, so both are, to a certain exten t: dependent on one a no th er . B ot h , for example, .r" dependent oa the atm os ph ere , yet the oxygen wilt the plant exhales is inhal e d b y th e an i mal, and t-a carbonic acid exhaled by the animal is absorbed i t assimilated by the plant. Th e pl ant, roote d in soil and casting abroad its leaves and branches in t ; atmosphere, though seemingly d er i v i ng the r tie ; elements of its growth from inorganic sourceet is , nevertheless stimulated into life a n d exu berance 'J o the presence of organic decay, an d ma ny of til l , lower fungus-growths are found only where e ee .„ decomposing matter is present. Herbiverous apt 0 mals, as is well known, subsist directly upon 0 1° 4 : while the carniverous prey upon the plant-feed e ', and are thus also ultimat e ly d e p en d en t o n the l ie g, e e table world for their subsistence. Wherever veg. f a table life is varied and luxuriant, th ere anima l . 11 120 is marked by a corresponding var i ety; henc e specific exuberance of the tropics compared with that of the colder latitudes. By the extirpet"" A of certain plants, certain mammals, birds, ee: insects may be removed from a distfici: while, on the introduction of some new exotic, 1 0 mals hither unknown in that locality usually i nto their appearance. The law of circulation and dependence is complete, and no p o rtion of the Circl e could could be removed without a corresponding c bs . or in the characters of the veget a bl e an d a nima I° e s dome. Again, thou g h mos t pl ants h ave the inb e , r o a power of disp e r s i ng th e i r own see d s , and ar e el de in this by winds and water-currents, yet nia l l a ir pend upon birds and mammals for their wide r i r persion and increase, just as many depend upono sects for the fertilisation of their dowers. 00 0 wider dispersion creates a new source of subs ists for the animals that feed upon them, and tb us e increased area of the one supplies a wider rang the other. Further, as some anim a l s are fit ted their organisation for an arboreal existenc e ' s o l for life on the grassy plain, and others 0r t o shrubby thicket, the destruction of the tr ee .' l ,oll planting of the plai n , or th e c l ear i ng o f the 0 100 would necessarily involve the destruction of i v " special or gan i sa ti ons . Still f urt h er , as solve c ti tures are speci a lly fitted to liv e on f r uits, o°o 0 0 0 0 leaves, and others on roots, the disappearance e` l d specific suppli es wou ld necessar ily b e follow e the annihilation of the consumers. It is i . 3 00 0# manner that plants and animals become W e t s ? dent portions of one great vital plan, and th e . o ol' graphers, aware of these relations, can mor e ! o p; ligibly depict the aspects of nature by 080 1 0 0 4 every fauna with its own appropriate and diet ie s itili flora. P age's " Introductory Text-Book, to FM Geography." UY THE ST. GILES'S MURDER.--The in qu est ; 0 04 the supposed St. Giles's murderer was 110° ,,: r e: this morning until a l a te h our thi s a f ternoo n, for t'" t or, pose of allowing some medical gentlemen to 009°,00i experiment for the purpose of restoring the natural c° o ooe 4 the body from it s p resen t bl ac k ene d appearance'Pro 0 . by decomposition, i n ord e r th a t th e f ea tures nmay h easily recognised. , r O a !: TRIAL TRIP OF A SCREW STEAMER. ----be ,sr raid, 35, screw, Capt. A. Cumming, made sl i t , ll , rimental trial with a four-bladed screw yesterdal t ' f .dbor; at Spithead. The trial was conducted by rapt. of the steam reserve, She made six runs, the resultl lC mean speed of about 12 knots. This trial was tn"" - ar pol tne same conditions as former trials of a like o a d only on former trials the screws have been en 'VA two-bladed. a°l3° MURDER IN LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday al ler : 0 1 shocking murder was perp e t ra t e d in Livia:P - 0 0 0 ? which a w o man wa s aga i n th e v i c tim- .A• ta li att' fl s athletic young man, a s a ilor, who lodged in Broo0;00 / 1 4 attacked the landlady of the boarding-house in nod, it°A feu ludg(d, strikingly her savagely with a billet o f sy tit al - repeating his blows until the object of hi s I f t d rail, r i l t s ceased to live. He also attacked and serious l Y other women who attempted to aid the laudit'o into ruffian was secured by the police, and on being tsi i car e custody it is said he was sober ; but, wheth er thAto ~,,, or not, he appears to have been very savage , s til jie his intention was to have killed all the three. 00 APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The f011oW:14 0,00; names of the gentlemen who passed their e d re oei l to i tion in the science and practice of medicine, ati,,.....5604,t. certificates to practice, on Thursday, Ait'Y I d o jeD ve r Woodman, Finchley-road, St. John's-w o o tt; Cnt ° „,o l gory, Birmingham; George Wyatt Sharp, Or ci e 7 930 1 " - ste r land-street ; Wm. Allin Thompson, o•74t.°r John eft Pilkirgton, Enfield, Accrington, Luucashire; as /yaw ner Ferris, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts; 1 : 11°111 o ral Halifax. __roe g eri 0 0 THE LISBURN ELECTION PETITION. 0 00 a l e eliction committee have reported that this ( I ) .. e d thA t od improperly withdrawn, and have renown:le ° an d ail ° petitioners be remitted to their origina l rights to prosecute the petition. A•reD 01113-1, SUICIDE OF MR. MARTIN RlCll'""eid at —Yesterday evening an inquest was lli cen bbitA 6 o4 mington on the body of Mr. Martin Richard. by 11°13 t d e : committed suicide early the same raorn,hg'sred tlot himself in a closet in his bed-room. I t ~,° P„ P r e t of l i ' ls ,,Tee ceased had been a judge a the Suprem e ‘ l ° - „ na seclt l o es' was compelled to retire in December last, 01 :_ b i e oD severe ill-health, Since then he • has been . t.L iales , 13 :_ t dict treme mental depression, so much so that,:tutrand vsotal considered of unsound mind,ilst m th i a il t d t , he deceased destroyed himself ll°