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authorising the employment of Volunteers in the INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT lON BUILDING, suppression of civil disorders was very wisely SOUTH KEN SIN GTON. , A GRAND MILITARY CONCERT, in AID of H.R.H. struck out. It would be far better, in cases of the PRINCESS MARY'S FUND for Providin;; Nurses for extreme urgency, to call in the assistance of the the Inmates of the CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM, mill be g yen in tte INTERNATIONAL EXHIATION B LILDING, South Kensington (by special permission) , militia or the regular soldiery than to engage On SATURDAY. the 13th of JUNE. the volunteers in such an ungracious office. In Doors open at Two, the Concert to commence: at Three the first place it is doubtful whether they would precisely, be as successful in restoring tranquillity as the ordinary civil force, who are used to deal with the disorderly classes. Constables are usually well acquainted with the best means of reducing a turbulent crowd to order, and are often able to disperse a riotous as semblage peacably, when the presence of soldiers of any kind would tend to further excitement. But supposing an occasion to arise, when military help was really necessary, the employment of the 'Volun teers against the people would bring upon them undeserved odium, and would greatly lessen the popular estimation in which they are now held. They would be looked upon as a force at the command of the Government, and not as the band of independent Englishmen who have enrolled themselves with no other aim or object than that of securing the immunity of their country from foreign invasion. We regret to find, however, that the house, after striking out clause 19, suffered clause 21 to remain part of the bill. This is the clause which empowers a commanding officer to dismiss any member of the corps on his own autho rity. Sir R. CLIFTON, in moving an amendment, said that his object was to provide that the com manding officer of a volunteer corps should not be constituted, as the clause proposed, the sole judge of the existence and sufficiency of the causes which would justify him in discharging a volunteer from his corps. " Members of a volunteer corps," eon. tinned the hon. gentleman, "ought, at all events, in his opinion, to be allowed at least the privileges of private soldiers, for it could not be shown that they were either more unruly or had less common sense." Mr. LEWIS, in seconding the amendment, which constituted a kind of court of five members of the regiment to judge the alleged causes, observed that the power given by the clause was a dangerous one to entrust to any officer, and was likely to destroy the general harmony hitherto existing between officers and men. Several other members while questioning the form of the amendment, spoke strongly against the adoption of the clause, and declared their conviction that it would have a very bad effect in tending to disgust men with the service. The answers to all the argu ments were by no means conclusive. It was insisted that commanding officers must have some means of enforcing discipline, and that without this clause they would be at the mercy of unruly or refractory members. But if a member's conduct was sufficiently irregular to warrant his dismissal it is not likely that five officers of various degrees in the corps se lected by the commanding officer himself would fail to ratify the sentence. Such a proceeding would be more in accordance with the spirit of English law and with the public sense of justice. The ob jections raised by the Marquis of HARTINGTON to the court of inquiry were not altogether well founded. As Colonel SYKES remarked, the Court of Lieutenancy in the City of London had expe rienced no difficulty from courts of inquiry, and there is no manifest reason why a similar arrange ment would not be satisfactory to the volunteeers. The power given by this clause, it was urged, was only the same as that given by the former Volunteer Act, and an appeal to the War-office was always possible. But who does not know the result of ap pealing to a public office ? Mr. CONINGRAM quietly reminded the House that this provision would not allay the suspicion with which Volun teers regarded this arbitrary power, for, in dealing with questions between commanding officers and other parties, the Horse-Guards always supported the officer. Notwithstanding the strong arguments brought forward against it, and the fact that seve ral cases of harsh treatment were cited, the clause was finally adopted by a majority of 87; a result which would scarcely have been the same, said Sir ROBERT CLIFTON significantly, Lad the Volunteer privates been represented in the House, as well as the officers. We regret that the clause was not, at least, modified in its passage through the Commit tee, but all that remains to be done is to hope that the commanding officers will be sufficiently anxious to maintain the number and efficiency of their corps to show discretion and temperance in the exercise of their arbitrary powers. Under the Immediate Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDG E:, and Her Royal Highness Princess MARY A ~ELJLEDE. The BANDS of the HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE, ,wnsisting 01— The First Life Guards, The Steond Life Guards. Royal Horse Guards (iilue), The Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, and The Scots Fusilier Guards, w,ll perform on this occasion. Sar The full Programme will be ready on Mon day next, June Bth. Admission. ss. ; reserved seats, 75. 6d.—Tickets to be ob tained at Mr. Sams' Royal Library, 1, St. James's street, S.W. ; Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond - st reet• Mr- Westerton's Library, St. George's-place, Kniglitsbridge Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., 48, Cheapstde ; and at Mr. Austin's Ticket-office, St. James's Hall, 28, Piccadilly. TREAT RE-RO Y Al,, HAY M ARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which,l7th time, a new and orig inal comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter -Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and - Mrs. Alfred Wigan and , Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince ot Wales in the East. Commence at 7. THE THE HUNDRED AND NINE TEENTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. the Romantic After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, Drama, i n Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, sunporte d by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, Widdlyombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, will be presented ( 9 th time), COURT AND CAMP Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, Marston ss , G. Belmore, G. Murray. Warde; :Wes Amy Sedgwick, Mi L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by PERFECTION. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. NFW TNENTRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHI.— ; o w Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS E v-ENTNo, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, and Miss K. Kelly. After which (21st time), a new Drama , in one act, en titl e d U T E WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. W e b s t er, Stuart, Stephenson, Seft , n ; Mss H. Simms, a n d M rs. Bil i lington. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROvATORE. Mt ssrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R Phillips, I;b n rpe, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sar and Miss K. Kelly. To conclude with now TO PAY THE RENT. Mr. C. Stephenson, Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. rr HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING DiTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 5, 1863. THERMOMETER.; This morning This day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-29.88. Wind—S.W. ; light, with rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 18m.—Afternoon, 4h. 40m. To-woßaow.-Morning, sh. 9m.—Afternoon, sh. 31m, ,W11:.:11;0% 4 LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1863. It is curious to note how the recent defeat of the Imperial Government at Paris is regarded just now by one especially among the Paris journals. Le Constituttonnel after commenting at some length to-day, and with a good deal of evident chagrin upon the circum stance, consoles itself immediately afterwards by publishing at considerable length—making the most of it, while it does so, by giving a single name to a line—a list of the principal candi dates ee. the Opposition who have " succumbed"' (that is the polite equivalent for "being defeated ") during the late Elections. Eighty-five names altogether are given in this ostentatiously paraded catalogue of defeated Opposition candidates. And these only are giver. as the principal amongst those same defeated candidates of the Opposition. There is no companion list of the thirty who have on the con trary triumphed—and whose names might very well have been put side by side with the eighty five notabilities who have—succumbed. As to the notability of the whole eighty-five, that would hardly be recognised in this country were we to repeat the string of names from the first to the eighty-fifth downwards. MM. ODILON BARROT, CASIMIR PERRIER, DE REMUS/a, DEFAURE, and DE MONTALEMBERT lead off, as they well may, as men who are indeed notabilities—and men, too, whose defeat we cannot but seriously regret, viewing their recent discomfiture even from this distance quite dis passionately. Lower down, among a crowd of obscure names we notice these certainly of MM. JULES DE LASTEYRIE, BARTLEMY SAINT HILARIE, PREVOST PARADOL, and a very few others eminent more or less, among our contemporaries. But the majority of the principal candidates of the Opposition, as here given by Le Constitutionnel, does certainly appear to us to be compounded for the most part of nobodies. Speaking of the success which has recently attended the Opposition in the capital, the Constitutionnel says, with an appearance of mak ing the best of it (the best of a bad job as we say), that for a moment people fancied they saw in this incident a manifestation having about it a certain gravity. No doubt they did—and do. " But," says the Constautionel, with a charming air of reassurance, " the inquietude [thus momentarily e tz eited] has not t a k en l ong in calming itself, and resection, aided by the striking success of the room "eTnraent th roug h out the Departments, h as „ non ap prehensions; &indeed, to dissipate these this one ira_ portent assuredly the event shows —that Paris.. stands s t e fact to be indisputable iso lated in declaring erc,;l:laipieuously and almost iso- I the Government. It is interestinge °PBitiGtno a b n ea d r " ;t a g a m in in st d : as affording en opportunity return else- s ew illustrious where possibly of one or other Yet i f o o e r t i e ll men who have been rejected by constituencies, that new elections erhil"i"evil,„inj place in eight department?, those eight ( l e i :: being the Aisne, Charente, Gi ronde, } l au l .. l e h n . ta , zere, Nord Rhone, and Seine-luferieure. These sa me reelections being fixed, we observe for the 14th and 15th instant. ee riAviN surely may plume bim4elf upon th at double triumph of his—here at Paris, there i n the Manche—which, throughout all France, is purely exceptional. It is a success unachieved even by M. THIERS—and that, moreover, with M. TITTERS' own celebrity, the prestige of his fame, his genius, and his antecedents enhanced and fur thered wondrously as they were by that most fatal and ill-advised circular of M. DE PERSIGNT, the EMPEROR'S bungling Minister of the Interior. Mr. GLADSTONE is particularly unfortunate in his manner of late years. He seems to think him self privileged to say what he likes at all times, and to be indifferent as to the opinions of those about whom he expresses himself so freely. Last night, however, he found himself in a very awk ward position. Mr. TOLLEMACHE and Colonel PEN NANT both signified their intention to withdraw from the Holyhead Harbour Committee if the Chancellor of the Exchequer persisted in the re marks he made last Friday. Mr. TOLLEAIACHE said he had been absent from the House on Friday, and was told that an observation then fell from Mr. GLADSTONE that was . not complimentary to the committee. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in fact, had implied " that the committee was not fairly constituted—indeed, that it was so un fairly constituted that its decision, whatever it be, ought to have, and therefore would have, no weight with the Government." After stating that he had no personal interest in the affair, Mr. TOL LEMACHE put the right hon. gentleman to a fair test as to the validity of his insinuations by pro posing " if not yet satisfied let him take the straightforward course and move that I be dis charged from the committee, and if he does so I promise him that I will second it." Colonel PENNANT also spoke strongly, and said that he disclaimed any interest at Holyhead ; he had been asked to serve on the committee because h• was acquainted with the locality ; he had been member for Carnarvon for 22 years, and was old enough to remember the struggle that took place between Holyhead and Carnarvon ; and, if any thing, "he took a greater interest on the side of Carnarvon than that of Holyhead." Mr.OLADSTONE was thus placed in a very difficult position, out of which he did not succeed in extricating himself with his customary dexterity. He said he meant nothing personal, and tried to turn off the awkward circumstance, but he was not allowed to escape so e asily from th e consequences of his hastiness. M r. Elverirr insisted that the right hon. gentleman com mittee, and sa g id ex th pression s word s ' w i th greater at re that h e must se gret. had used stro n g whenconcerning the com he h a d never l i stened to said he was oblig the ed to make the constitution of H h E on ß . BE g ß en T t a le d m d a e n d sequence o f th ose rema r k s i n con he entirely disagreed Nyi °ll ''' r th e committ ee, honourable memb ers of high th ilirai 11'111 " man 5 y rsitahndiag in th e h ouse have told me I was entire Mr. GLADSTONE went further ri g h t in t hat °pi:14422, intention this sp eech, and "entirely dis c l a i med the word painful to anybody" Yet he of , usi ng any still reiterated his offensive remark that the committee was not impartially constituted. Mr. DISRA.ELI took the matter up very properly by pointing ( ut the errors of the course that had been pursued by the Go vernment. He said—" But in vindication of the proper management of the business :,•i this house I The Volunteer Bill vpis considered :n Com mittee last evening, and as might have been ex pected, a somewhat animated discussion took Place upon several of the clauses. The clause THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1863. think it right to say that it is not the duty of a Government to consent to the appointment of a com mittee which they at the same time announce that they believe is not an impartially constituted corn- mittee. If that was the opinion of the Government they ought to have opposed the appointment of a committee so proposed." If this simple rule had been adopted much confusion would have been avoided, but Mr. GLADSTONE likes to have matter s arranged so that he may find a flaw in the proceed ings. Lord JOHN MANNERS very truly remarked that the proper thing to do if a member on a committee was disapproved of was to divide the house upon the subject by proposing the insertion of other names. Although Mr. GLADSTONE contrived to word his apology or explanation in the most ungracious way possible, still this episode was certainly a lesson to him that it is to be hoped he will not forget. Courtesy and consideration are of more consequence in the carrying on of public business than brilliant eloquence or sarcastic powers of debate. Mr. GLADSTONE appears to have purposely ignored the rules of the house in respect to Committees, in order that he may make some ambiguous remarks he cannot and will not explain, and then he takes refuge in saying he meant nothing. This is trifling with the question, because he knows that he is in too high a position for his words to be of no conse quence, and it is unworthy conduct for a Minister to make a sweeping condemnation and then to refuse all explanation concerning the data upon which he founds his remarks. The gentlemen who spoke out last night on the question of the Committee have certainly had the best of it, and there is no doubt that all the members present thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer had placed himself in a very strange position. This awkward incident will not be without some good effect, however, if it can possibly induce Mr. GLADSTONE to be a little more careful for the future in regard to the tone he adopts and the manner he employs in these personal discussions. If he do not take heed and accept this timely warning, he will find some day that he has overrated his influence in the House, great as it most unquestionably is. lion. members on both sides consider that he carries his overbearing demeanour to a limit quite out of character with the prescribed rules of courtesy which should govern all assemblies and discussions. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. INIADLLE. ART OT. After a second performance of the " Figlia," which abundantly confirmed the brilliant impres sion of the first—Madile. Artot, last evening, made her debut in serious opera, and achieved a triumph quite as decisive as that which marked her first appearance. The opera was the " Traviata," and her version of this unhappy heroine must be re garded in many respects as one of the most ori ginal it has yet received. It was not only one of the most pathetic—for which the cerivien partir of her Maria had saffici.latly prepared us— but with the sole exception of Madlle. Bosios' it was the most graceful and refined rendering which this character has enjoyed in London. Madlle. Artot stamped it with an elegance and even a dignity which did much to enlarge its interest, and which were not more unusual than they were welcome to the tastes of the patrons of this theatre. Her merits in other respects were quite on a level with those we have named. Her acting was marked throughout by the deepest t e nderness as well as taste, and rose in the last act t o a p oint of excellence which we have never seen exceeded. The dying struggles of the "Lost one" were traced by the powers of a true artist. - Whilst marked by all the traits required to ensure its due reality, this scene was so refined as to be divested of the hideousness so often considered essential to its effect, and thus, whilst founded upon truth, was harmonised with beauty. Madlle. Artot has too much genius to rely on the mere resource of force; she feels it may repel even more than excite, unless duly subjected to the graceful. Of her treatment of the music no praise can be too great. Every air obtained its expree. sion from the defiant and despairing gaiety of the " Sempre Libera" (preceded by a most exquisite rendering of the Preceding " Ah Fors Lui), to the touching pathos of the scene with Germont—the confession of her love for Alfred, " Non sapete qual affetto"—the duet " Bite ali Giovani," in which she resigns him to another, and, still more strik ingly, the delivery of the " Morro, la mix memoria," in which she foresees that his surrender must be at the coat of her own life. In none of these could the emoti9n have been more affectingly depicted. Of a like character was the renderi ng o f t h e ent i re mus ic of the last act, which—from th e t en d er p a tho s of the " Addio del Passato," in which she bids adieu to the dream of life and turns to heaven for forgiveness, to the pas sionate burst of the " Gran Dio morir si Giovani," in which, blest with the presence and love of Alfred, she implores heaven yet to spare her—was stamped with a truth as well as power that could not po sibly be exceeded. Madile. Artot excited the greatest enthusiasm by this performance, receiving the honour of a call at the close of the first two acts, and of a double sum mons at the end. Her acceptance, therefore, by the public is now triumphantly established, and her popularity will only be limited by the opportuni ties afforded her. She was admirably sustained on this occasion by Signor Giuglini in Alfredo, whose delivery of the " Do Miei Boilenti" and " Parigi 0 Cara," was as perfect as it could be, the latter win. ning the well merited distinction of an encore ; and by Mr. Santley in the Elder Germont, who sang all its music charmingly, and more especially the " Di Provenza," which was also redemanded. The band and chorus were excellent as usual, The house Was very full. The Electric Telegraph Eclipsed Although the dead heat between Buckatone and Tim Whiffler, for the Ascot Gold Cup, was not run off before twenty minutes to seven o'clock, two of our penny contemporaries, in their anxiety for early intelligence, pub lished the result of the dead heat about twenty minutes to six—being exactly one hour before tho race was de cided 1 R importance of being able thoroughly to iden tugh.e I leta willtur e t s e o r f e m H a m pste ad e t ee h dm e tobe dr this id a d ist: m i ae s taoti o mah f e nt was eta l sis. e t ani is believed tibe a t erh t haceatcvsooeenfd as ttby ye : q i u fY en n very fact of the death was disputed, and it was asserted; hat d t h e l e i n b ci o u d e y n t fo is u i n . p d o the Irish that he is still alive. Conditions, however, are always arising under which it is exceedingly difficult to identify a body in consequence of the progress which decom position has made. Such a case has just arisen. It will be remembered that a body was found floating in th e Thames, which the police suggested might be the body of the supposed murderer of the poor girl who was stabbed in George-street. It was of great conse quence, therefore, that the corpse should be identified. The features, however, from long immersion in the water, were so swollen and disfigured, as to be absolutely unrecognis able. At this juncture, however, Dr. Richardson suggested that science was able to restore the face of the corpse; and he succeeded in his efforts. Having reduced the face to its original size by the action of a principle known by the scientific term of " exosmosis" and " enoosmosts," and its blackened colour having been bleached by the action of as a hl t o o ri p n r e ov g e a s th , s a o t m i t ü b c e h l o o n f g t e h d e t face a o y f o u t h t h e d o e t a d t w w e a n s t y m — a a d e f o a u o t t quite sufficient to prove it was not that of the m urderer. Thus science once more ha. come to the aid of justice,-- Once a Week. THE SOUTHWARD 1 . ng on business as a aged 60, for many years carry' fitter, of 28, Borough-road, eabitiettnaker and publicans' yesterday for Combs Yes Southwark, was brought before. Mr. wilful murder of htrther ezaminatioil, charged with the Daniel Ledbitter, ' MURDER.—Thomas Ledbitter, I'vlartha Ledbitter, ,his wife, aged 59, and The ciurtirtvioan&; a r n at 4 h t e h r : u p e ris on o v u e e n r ie w n as tly al c lo r w ow ed de a d s d e n at rin in g his s coa, aged. 17, by cutting their throats with a razor. h oxa. remwned th,, whole time with his head clasped in his hands. Suveral witileases • their evi deuce brought out o 4 and the prisoner were examined, but a in. connection with the case, thetdock.. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JUNE 5, T, the Berli ner Allge meinc Zei tung , inj ournals, thes vpiezn. ersche Z e it ung, t h e National heß eitunn, the Vossisische Zeitung, the er z l Reform Zeituug, and the Yolks Zeitung have pub lished a joint declaration, reserving their rights in view of the Royal ordinance of the Ist inst. ___ ...... relative to the press. They say that the Govern ment has yet to furnish the nation with proofs of the legality of that measure. CHINA. from Suez), APRIL 22, (By Telegra6mHAfrlNo The reports received here are favourable. Koo shang has surrendered. The siege of Chiansn has been raised. Taelsom ?) has surrendered, and the ga rison has declared for the Imp er i a li sts. .............• AUSTRALIA. (By Telegraph f rom Suez.) MELB OURNE, APRIL 25. Parliament was opened y esterday. The first in tercotonial conference has finished oetds: horse-race,tisfactorily. to comAeusotffraalitavcihcatollreinagefsor 10 Englind INDIA. (Prirate Tek gram. ) C ALCUTTA, MAY 15. Freights dull and slightly lower. No quotations LITERATURE. Points of Contact between Science and Art. By his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman. Imperial Bvc. Pp. 93. Hurst and Blackett. At the Royal Institution, on the 30th of last Janu ary, Cardinal Wiseman delivered this lecture upon the mutual relationship of Science and Art—a lec ture heard at that time with " protracted attention" by a numerous audience. It is now published, with a few additions, for the benefit of the general public. The eminent lecturer, it is worthy of observation in in the first instance, prefaced his remarks with a very modest comparison. " There is an anecdote of Hannibal," he said, " with which I am sure every one here is well acquainted. When an exile at a foreign Court he was invited, as you have been this evening, to attend a lecture. He listened to it at tentively ; but when asked, at its close, by one of the admiring audience what he thought of the per formance, with characteristic bluntness, he replied, That it had been his lot in the course of his life to meet with many old dotards, but never with one who so fully deserved that title, as the man who had just dared to discourse upon the art of war in the presence of Hannibal !" The Cardinal's hearers, however, were not likely (now that the lecture is printed, we may add, they are not likely) —to join in any similar reproach. To the lovers of Art and Science he spoke as one of themselves, as one " glad to escape from more engrossing and more systematic pursuits, to spend an hour or two in the company of those two fasci nating sisters—Art and Science. The union," he here goes on to say,' which I have proposed to esta blish between the two is one so obvious that I have feared I may have selected a very commonplace subject in thus joining the two together—the Points of Contact between Science and Art. In familiar discourse we can hardly speak of the one without the other ; they seem to go necessarily hand in hand." "If 1 had to choose from ancient times," he says afterwards, " the 'representative man' of ' this union, it would be the great artist Leonardo da Vinci." Thereupon follows this very beautiful and well deserved tribute : CXRDINAL WISEMAN ON THE " PRINCE CONSORT." " But we need not go back so far as three centuries, to fix upon one in whom has been concentrated this twofold feeling, and that so equally and impartially in his blend ing affection, that we might say he never saw Art without Science, never looked at Science without seeing Art ; and who considered both as the peat moving powers by which civilisation and progress were to be advanced in this his adopted country. You will easily understand that I allude to that Prince so lately taken from us, who for many years studied to the utmost the means of prosperity for England, and became convinced that none was more important than to bring together, as far as possible, these two great mani festations of intellectual cultivation and of social refine ment." After alluding to the " great idea" of erecting as the Prince's Memorial, " a noble hall of combined Science and Art, in which the two can meet in friendship, and mutually support, assist and grace each other "--the Cardinal expresses his conviction that the proposal will meet with a universal response. He declares his own opinion, in fact, that "it would be impossible to erect a more fitting and splendid monument than has been proposed, to one whose history presents this rare, if not singular feature, that the reverence and affection for the memory of his many noble qualities and gracious gifts seem to become more and more vivid, in proportion as we recede from the sorrowful period at which they began to be only a memory." After these very in teresting preliminary remarks the Cardinal enters upon his Discourse, dividing it under three heads, Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Miny of the Cardinal's suggestions are well worthy of very general attention, and the anecdotes with which he enlivened his remarks, no doubt assisted materially in enchaining the attention of his hearers. These passages afford another evidence of the ease with which a really great mind can condescend, on due occasion, "to adorn a tale" with all the treasures of a well stored memory and a playful humour, as well as to " point a moral" in fitting season with the acute reasoning of a profound logician, or the brilliant eloquence of a master in the art of oratory. At the conclusion of the lecture the Cardinal very happily compares the mutual relationship of Science and Art to the two feet, "such as Creative Wisdom has given to every human creature "—" if one pretends to move on alone it will find it has no power of progress. Thus Art and Science" he adds "should go together, belonging to the same body, animated by the same spirit, obeying, in reality, the same principle of life and action." Having cited which graceful thought, thus felicitously expressed, we cannot possibly do better than close our brief notice of the Cardinal's Lecture with that meat happy similitude. The Noctes Ambrosianca. Cheap Edition. I11ns• trated with portraits. Part I. W. Blackwood and Sons. Several years ago some of the contributors to Punch issued from the press a little volume of fun and frolic, rattled off with pen and pencil—a comical little unpretending brochure, called by them for the " nonce," or more literally for the sheer " non sense" of the thing, and in reference to the publish ing price of it, " A Shilling's Worth of Nonsense." Here, in this wonderful little first of twelve monthly instalments of the famous Noctes Ambronane is, on the contrary, a shilling's worth of such wit, wisdom, eloquence, Poetry, cri tical acumen, boisterous hilarity, abou n di ng and varied vivaciousness as certainly we don't fall in with anywhere nowadays. Read these mar vellous pages as often as We may, they never by any possibility can tire upon U 3. Ephemeral though many of the men and things referred to in them undoubt edly are, there they indisputably are, so to speak, eternised—embalmed in the amber AntOrostiana; One may wonder, as Popehas it, " how the devil they ► got there," but being there, they are thenceforth ob i jects of perpetual interest to US. We have a very high appreciation of the really extraordinary merits ofithat big book, in a nobler sense we will call I it the magnum opus of " Walter Savage Lan dor—the well-known, but now little read, "Ima ginary Conversations." But, with all our admiration for many of those same Ima ginary Conversations, what amongst them all can possibly be brought into serious comparison with these far more remarkable imaginary conver sations, world-renowned as the Noctes Anzbrosiancet Did ever wit run riot more hilariously ? Was there ever a more irresistibly infectious burst of animal spirits ? Were there ever gathered together a set of interlocutors better worth listening to, we wonder, than Timothy Tickler, and Hogg the Ettrick Shepherd, and glorious old Christopher North himself, with his bright eye, and his "golden tongue," and his formidable crutch, and his preju dices, and his predilections P Thinking of Professor Wilson, the grand old times don't seem so far off after all—for verily we can say of even the last generatign (thinking of him ! having these Noctes Ambrosianae of his before us !), " there were giants in those days." And here these wonderful Noctes are corning forth anew, in another guise than any in which they have yet appeared, the happiest guise of all, as it seems to us, the happiest not only that has jet been thought of, but that could by any possibility be thought of—A Cheap Edition ! To be issued in twelve monthly instalments—illustrated with the best of all kinds of illustrations for a work of this character, " Portraits," engraved on steel from paintings taken from the life. Here as the embel lishment to Part I. is—that hero of Part I.—The Shepherd. And looking at the face as it good-humouredly glowers upon us, we might fancy that Hogg's voice had just done sound ieg out—let us say his wondrous little discourse upon poultry—'. Let the hens aye set theirsels ; and never offer to tak ony notice of zie cloekez s. They canna thole being looked at, when they come screeching out free their het eggs, a' in a fever, wi' their feetheee tapsy-towry, and howking holes in the girth, till the gravel gangs down-through and aff amang the plummage like dew drape, and now scourin' aff to some weel-trend corner for drink and victual." Was there ever such a realist ? One almost feels the hen-excitement on one while reed ing it ! . . . We regard this issue of the Nodes Anzbroszanot as nothing less than a boon to the reading public. As a re-issue of a popular modern classic, it deserres the success that, we doubt not, it will command. Bentley's Miscellany. Mr. Ainsworth's historical romance of Cardinal Pole proceeds with interest. The character of the Cardinal appears to great advantage in this number in contrast to some of his contemporaries. Con stance Tyrrell is rescued from her irksome confine. ment by his intercession, although the cause of Ashert Clinton's love still runs roughly. The king and Queen in this part pay a visit to the Cardinal, and have brought before them the prisoners Con stance Tyrrell and the fanatic Derrick Carver. A crisis appears to be approaching in the story. A paper on Heligoland gives an entertaining account of that little island, which it styles the smallest of the British possessions. It is described as " a rock of red sandstone and lime, about two hundred and twenty feet in height, which is so steep that only a single flight of steps forms the road from the upper land to the lower land, which lies within a width of a few hundred paces to the south-east of the cliffs. At every other spot the rock is quite perpendicular, and it is only possible at very low water to walk round it dryshod. The bathing on the coast of this singular spot is growing in favour, and the writer of this description recommends a summer excursion thither as a pleasant change trom our E ngi i s h water i ng - places. Mrs. Bushby gives an agreeable account of a recent visit to Den mark and Sweden. She describes the people of both countries as re mar k a bl e f or the i r k i ndness and hos pitality to strangers. The story of modern mar riages a la mode is brought to a most tragical con clusion, the fate of the greater part of the dramatis personae being certainly richly deserved. Monks hood contributes a paper on Sir Pertinax Macsyco phant and the numerous class who have followed his advice, and thriven in the world by " boowing down." Frederick Marshall, whose able articles on France and the French have often attracted our notice, has an article on French Horses which will interest all learned in such matters. New Monthly Magazine. " The Shadow of Ashlydyat" is nearly concluded, and the painful story is most naturally described. In this p ar t we h ave C ec il e ' s we dd ing , which is a very triests affair, and Maria is preparing herself for death, but the sting is to part from Meta. The writer, with her usual discernment, has drawn this scene exceedingly well—" Oh reader, reader, do you know what it is this parting between mother and child; to lay a child in the grave is little grief, but to leave it to the mercy of the world is —there is no thing like to it in human anguish." Thomas Godol• phin is also nearing his end. He was a good man, but too facile to deal with one like his brother George. With these sad scenes enacting at Priors Ash, it is repulsive alike to the taste and feelings to hear of gay George Godolphin amusing himself in Lon don, while his wife and brother are paying the penalty of his faults with their lives. An interest ing article is that on " Albert Durer." It is in itself a suggestive subject, and is made the most of in this comprehensive sketch. At the close of its attrac tive pages we find quoted, as follows, some of the beautiful lines of Longfellow on one who exercised such a beneficial influence on his age : In the valley of the Peguitz, where, amid broad meadow lands Rise the blue Franconian Mountains, Nuremberg the ancient stands. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables like the rooks that round them thr.ng. Memories of the Middle Ages, when tido emperors, rough and bold, Had their dwelling in thy castle, time defying, centuries old, Here, where art was still religion, with a simple reverent heart, Lived and laboured Albrecht Durer, the Evangelist of Art; Hence in silence and in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand. Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land. "Emigravit" is the inscription on the tombstone where ho lies, Dead he is not—but departed—for the artist never dies. Fairer seems the ancient city, and the sunshine seems more fair, That he once has trod its pavement, that he once has _ _ breathed its air " Granville de Vigne" finishes, in this number, rather more satisfactorily than might have been expected from its lugubrious course. In the Envoi we are told the purport of the story, which is to trace out the evils that resulted to two men from an early marriage, " the most fatal error that man cau make." " The Primeval Forests of the Amazons" is a readable paper. "The English Nobility" will please those who like to study such subjects. It is curious to note how rapidly changes ensue through mis alliances. "In 1639 a son of the great grandson of Margaret Plantagenet, daughter and heiress of the Duke of Clarence, was a soap boiler in Newport." Some other articles of interest complete this num ber. Liverpool Cotton Market----This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) The market has been influenced by the uncer tainty of American affairs. We have been very quiet all the week, but prices have generally main tained their ground. Good Surat being particu larly scarce and dear ; for other descriptions we reduce the quotations to A . Committee's quota tion for fair American, reduced Sales of the week 33,992 bales, including 10,340 on spec. and 6,520 for export; actual export, 7,962. Quotations of fair Orleans, 25; Moblile, 241 ; Upland, 24; estimated middling Orleans, 221; Upland, 214; fair Egyptian, 22; Surat, 8 to 20. Imports of the week, 80,769 bales; sto c k , 371,500 bales. Dull sales to-day, about 5,000 bales„: given. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 4.—The anticipation of a rise in the rate of discount by the Bank of England has given a check to the upward movement, and prices have again receded. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. Vic., and little business doin Share g. Rail wa y Market quiet, with but trifling variation in quotations. The market again improved towards the close, and left off as follows :- 4 1 per Cent 5....... 3 per. sad month nd month.... —•— Do. end month 73 25 Do, end month.... ...... 6 9 45 New ditto ...... 74 69 65 Do. end month 74 10 Credit M0bi1ier...,1425 Russian Do. end m0nth....1425 Austrian Bank Shares ...... 3450 . Spanish Threes 53 25 Credit koncier ....1440 110/310 Debt • lid IL' 'A/13. Cash. Ac coun t. NOrleans ................ 10 02 50 .. 1005 orthern ......... . ... 1040 .. 1035 25 Lyons and M e di t New ditto ............ :. ' . Geneva.. e rranean 1053 75 .. 1055 .............. 442 50 .. 445 Western Southern .............. 762 50 .. 762 50 pasternnustrian ..............525 .. 527 60 .... .......... 513 .. 510 Sardinian ............ 427 50 • • A on , hard ... 470 .. 471 25 North of S .... 430 .. L .................. 570 —.. 570 25 P. n ........ 577 50 .. 580 Saragossa ........ . 727 50 • • 730 ... Ditto to Barcelona .... 385 • • 387 60 INDIA. SIR CHARLES TREVELYAN'S BUDGET. By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have ad vices from Bombay to May 14, and from Calcutta to May 5. The financial statement of the Indian Chancellor of the Exchequer for 1863-64 was delivered by Sir Charles Trevelyan on the 30th April in the " Coun cil of the Go vernor-General for making taws and Regulations." According to the Minister the state ment was based on " an outside estimate of expen diture and an inside estimate of revenue." The fol lowing is a summary of this document : " The total gross revenue of 1862-3 is £45,105,700, which is £ 2 ,134,500 more than the budget estimate, and £1,276,288 more than the actual receipts of 1861-62. It is a favourable indication of the pro gress of India that the revenue is ).abitually under estimated. The growth is so rapid as to outstrip every calculation which it is considered safe to make. The total expenditure in India in 1862-3 is £37,228,900 against an estimated sum of £ 36 ,329,400, but to this last must be added £366,300 for loss by exchange, which was not p r ovided for, and th e real comparison, th ere f ore , stands as f ollows: Budget estimate ...................... £36,329,400 Add loss by exc h ange .................. 366,300 Regular estimate .................... 36,695,700 37,228,900 expenditure n 24 d s i ; Excess of expenditure over the budget estimate ....................... 533,200 The total expenditure in India in 1861.62 was u7sr:'inanldB6t2h-e6r3e, o s m t p h a e r r e e d tor w e it a h d th ec e reaseo preced ing year, of £16,856. These results are satisfac tory, inasmuch as they show improved accuracy in estimating the expenditure and the absence of any increase in it. The net expenditure in England is £5,292,397, which is lees than Mr. Laing's esti mate corrected by the additions which Sir C. Wood directed to be made (making a total sum of £5,491,432) by £199,035. This arises from reduced expenditure at home. The sum paid at home for guaranteed interest on railw a y capital, less net traffic receipts, is £1,647,478, against a budget esti 'nate of £1 , 5 00,00 0. Th e gross expenditure in India, added to the net expenditure in England, including railways, amounts to £44,168,775; and deducting this from £45,105,700, the gross revenue of India, there remains a net surplus of £936,925 of income over expenditure for the year 1862.63. This result is more favourable than that shown in the regular estimate, because, as has been already stated, information was subsequently received of reductions having been made in the home charges and guaranteed interest. The t otal amount of revenue estimated by me for ' 863-6 4 is £4 5, 306 , 200, w hi c h i s on l y £2 00,500 mo re than, according to t h e regular est i mate, will ESTIMATED REVENUE OF 1863-64. be actually realised in 1862-63, Indeed, when the increased receipts from opium, of which information has since been received, are taken into account, my estimate of the revenue of next year is less than the actual receipts of this year. In the absence of any extraordinary unexpected check before the end of April, 1864, there must be a progressive increase of the public revenue taken as a whole which will carry been taken. It the figure at which they have —e s!' reach reason there is to expect a 1, sustained pro g r ess Will b e se en from the followin g £36,060 788 ; 1859-60, statemeBsB 59nt of th e annual revenue since the mutiny: £39,705,822 ; 1860 61, £42 , 9 03,234; 18 'l-62, £42,829,472 ; re gular esti mate for 1862-63, £45 , 105 , 700 . From these it will b e seen 1. That the increase in 18 62.63 over 1858-59 is £9,044 912. 2. That the average revenue of the three last years exceeds that of the three first years by £4,382,520. 3. That the aggregate increase in four years upon the income of 1858-59 is £27,301,076; and 4, That there has been an ave rage annual increase in each succeeding year of £2,730,107. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE FOR 1863-64. the total estimated expenditure in India for 18b3 64 is 5.:17 -- .1' ,2 5,300, which is £296,400 more than the regular estimate for 1862-63, and £279,544 more than the actual expenditure for 1861-62. The estimate for 1863-64 exceeds the estimate for 1862- 63 by a larger amount, but the true comparison is, not with the expectation which the budget estimate of 1862-63 held out, but with the near approxima te actual fact afforded by the regular estimate of the same year. The increased expenditure in 1863-64 is caused by additional appropriations for public works, the greater part of which are of a nature of a highly reproductive investment. In other respects the expenditure has been kept below its previous l eve l. The net expenditure in England is estimated by the Secretary of State at £5,347,300, which is more than the expenditure of 1862-63 by £54,903. This is caused by increas e d payments for the Persian Gulf Telegraph, and for the site and construction of the indi"fice. is Rimated that the home mili tary charges will be £134,000 less in 1863-64 than in 18 62-63,including a diminished payment of 60,000 to the Imperial Government for her Majesty's troops serving in India. The guaranteed interest on rail way capital, less net traffic receipts, is estimated by the Secretary of State at £1,617,826, which is £117,825 more than the budget estimate of 1862.63, and £192,745 more than the actual charge for 1861- 62. The total expenditure which has to be pro vided for in 186364 is therefore £44,490,425 ; and as the total estimated revenue is £45,306,200, the estimated surplus is £815,775. Sir Charles Trevelyan disposes of part of his surplus by taking off the duty on iron, substituting for it a registration fee of one per cent. The duty on beer, " the most wholesome of stimulants, and the best suited to this climate," to quote the words of the budget, is reduced to one anna (lid.) per gallon; the duty on wine is reduced to one rupee (25.) per gallon; and the income tax is to be re duced to 3 per cent. the Ist of next August. These deductions made, the final surplus is estimated at £480,775. The Times of India maintains that the real sur plus ought to be stated at nearly £8.000,000, inas much as £7,000,000 of the expenditure is for public works. It says :—" We do not quarrel with Sir Charles Trevelyan's appropriation of the surplus, but we do quarrel with and protest against the practice of smuggling an immense expenditure upon public works through the accounts, as though we were ashamed of letting the world know that we had encountered it. Doea•Sir Charles Trevelysu think that it would injure our creait amongst Eng lish capitalists were he to tell them that so easy are the circumstances of the country, that after defray ing all the expenses of the State he is able gratui tously to devote seven millions sterling to works of public improvement ? Is it not certain that the avowal of such a surplus would indefinitely enhance Indian credit with the whole capitalist mass of Europe, and encourage them to invest their gold freely amongst us P Of course any man may get the facts out of these budget statements for himself. But the accounts ought not to be presented in a shape that rendore it necessary to seek for them. They should lie ready to every man's hand, and the annual Indian surplus of £7,000,000 should be a household word' upon every stock exchange in the world. Mr. Laing admitted the error that was being committed, when he told us that our ' large expenditure on public works is really a sinking fund admirably invested.' Of course it is ; and be cause it is a mere investment of surplus funds, the accounts should show the fact so plainly that he who runs may read it." 611114 - HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, June 3. The Queen drove out yesterday, accompanied by Princess Helena, and attended by Lady A. Bruce. Prince Arthur left the Castle, attended by Major Elphinstone, for Blackheath Park. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Ascot races yesterday in semi•state, the Royal cortege being preceded by the Master of the Buckhounds and outriders in lull dress. The departure of their Royal Highnesses from Frogmore was witnessed by a great number of spec tators assembled in the Long-walk, who gave the Prince and Princess a very cordial reception, which was renewed on the race-course in a very enthu siastic manner. The Prince of Wales and the Merchant Taylors' Company. The guild of Merchant Ta) iors, one of the most ancient and wealthy in the city of London, Are making splendid preparations for the reception of the Prince of Wales, whom they have invited to a banqnet on the evening of Thursday next, on which occasion they purpose presenting the freedom of the company to his Royal Highness. Their corporate hall in Threadneedle•street, the most stately, per haps, of those of all the civic companies, is being expressly decorated for the ceremony, and many distinguished persons have accepted invitations to meet the Prince, vi ho will be accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Frederick of Hol stein. The Master and Wardens, following in that respect the political traditions of the company, have selected most of their guests for the occasion from among the members of the Conservative party. The ' company, about 180 in number, will include the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Earl of Derby ; the Dukes of Richmond, Marlborough, Manchester, Buckingham, and Montrose; the Marquises of Salisbury, Abercorn, and Westminster; the Earls of Shrewsbury, Sandwich, Cardigan, Carvarvon, Malmesbury, Lucan, and Sheffield; Viscounts Hard inge and Eversley ; Lords Redesdale, Colchester, and. Feversham ; Lord Stanley and Lord John Manners; Sir John Lawrence, and the Bishops of London, Winchester, and Oxford. The Government will be chiefly represented on the occasion by the Duke of Somerset and the Duke of Newcastle. His Excel lency the Danish Minister has received an invita tion, in compliment to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, Six of the Judges have accepted invitations, as have also Mr. Disraeli, Mr. White side, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Henley, and Sir Edward Lytton among others. The Prince is expected to arrive at the hall at half-past 6 o'clock. Mr. Spence, the master of the company, and four of the wardens, with Mr. Fisher, the clerk, wiil receive his Royal Highness at the entrance in Threadneedle-street, and escort him to the picture gallery, at the western end of the build ing. There the freedom of the company will be presented to his Royal Highness, and at the con clusion of the ceremony the guests will repair to the banquetting hall. THE PRUSSIAN PRESS. The following is the order concerning the prohi bition of newspapers and perodicals on the let June, 1863 : " We, William, by the Grace of God King of Prussia, &c., on the report of our Ministers, and on the grounds of Art. 63 of the Constitution of the 31st Jan., 1850, decree what follows : " Art. 1. The governing authorities are em powered, temporarily or permanently, to prohibit the furtLer appearance of any journal or periodical on account of a persistent attitude (tone or ten dency) dangerous to the public welfare. Such en dangering of the public welfare is to be held to exist not only when individual articles have, by their con tents, given occasion for criminal prosecution, but also when the general tendency of the paper betrays the endeavour :—to undermine respect and fidelity to the King; to endanger public tranquillity by irri tating the subjects of the States against each other' to hold up to hatred or contempt the institutions (;)` the State, the public authorities and their ordi nances, by the distortion or invidious misrepresee . tation of facts, or by invectives and scoffing; t o excite to disobedience of the laws or of the orders of the authorities ; to undermine fear of God and good morals ; to insult the precepts, institutions, or usages of one of the Christian Churches, or of a re cognised religious society. " Art. 2. After two previous warnings of the publisher, prohibition ensues by the decision of the Government (in a plenum of the Council) in whose district the periodical appears. "Art. 3. When the Government-President (tli el ief authority of a Prussian Bezirk or district) is convinced that the tendency of a newspaper is that pointed out in Art. 1, he is to give the publisher a written warning, whi c h i s t o s tate the grounds on which it is g i ven . Sh ou ld thi s and a second warning proof ineffectual, proceedings for the pro hibition of the periodical may be commenced before the Government (local) within two months of the last Warning. If such proceedings be not com menced without that delay, another warning is necessary before they can be taken. " Art. 4. The President of the Government (dis trict) disposes concerning the introduction of the inquiry, and designates the functionary who shall act as public prosecutor. [This latter hands the act of accusation to the Government.] The accused (the publisher) is to have a copy of the same, and to be invited to a verbal procedure at a plenary sitting appointed by the President. In this procedure, which is not public, as well as in the decision of the affair, the proceedings shall be as prescribed in Arts. 35, 39, and 31 of the law of the 21st of July, 1852, respecting derelictions of duty on the part of non judicial functionaries. The decision, however, can be merely to the effect of rejection of the accusation, Or to that of temporary or permanent prohibition of the further appearance of the periodical. Art. 5. The Public Prosecutor or the publisher may appeal, within 10 days, to the Council of Minis. ters, against the decision of the local Government. In the former case the appeal of the prosecutor is to be communicated to the publisher, for him to prepare his reply to it within 10 days. The lodging of an appeal does not, however, delay the carrying out of a sentence of complete (permanent) prohibi tion pronounced by the .oval Government. " Art. 6. Whe❑ it becomes notorious that a pro hibited periodical is to be continued in some other manner or form, whether under the same or another name, the President of the district in question is empowered at once to forbid the under taking. "Art. 7. Persons exposing, selling, or distribut ing a newspaper or periodical published in contra vention of this ordinance, shall be punished for each. number so sold, exposed, or distributed, or by a fine of from 10 to to 100 thalers, or imprisonment for a term of from a week to a year. The application of other punishments incurred by the propagation of writings of a criminal nature is not precluded by the provisions of this article. " Art. 8. In the police district of Berlin and Churlottenburg, the functions assigned by this ordi nance to the Government Presidents will be exer cised by the Polio President of Berlin, and the proceedings (judicial) will take place before the Berlin Presidency of Police. " Art. 9. Foreign newspapers may be forbidden by the Council of Ministers by reason of a persis tent tendency dangerous to the welfare of the Prussian State. "Art. 10. The present ordinance comes into force this day. " Given under our hand and seal, &c., " WILLIAM. " VON BISMARK. VON MI:MILER. VON BODLLSCIIWINGH. GRAF ZUR LIFFE. VON ROON. VON SELCIIOW. GRAF VON ITZEMPLITZ. GRAF ZIT EIII.ENBURG. " berlin, Jane 1, 1863."