The Sun. — London, England, 1863-05-28 00:00:00

u:iholds the views of his last message. Nothing could be more ill-judged than the tone adopted by the KING throughout. He assumes, in the most arrogant manner, that he is to be the sole judge of all that is meet and right for the country. Really, after reading this passage, one may ask, where is the good of having a Chamber of Representatives at all, since it is their function to do nothing but follow the lead of their Sovereign, and submit im plicitly to the dictates of his Ministers, " The position of the country is known to the KING. The Chamber by its Address has cut away all hope of community of action. The attitude of the House in foreign questions has grieved the KING deeply. Prussia is not more isolated owing to her foreign policy than other Powers. Some members of the House have threatened to refuse the supplies in the contingency of a war ; but the KING will seriously oppose such unjustifiable endeavours to enlarge the constitutional rights of the Chamber. The KING will maintain the power of the Crown undiminished, and will not allow the foundation upon which it rests to be removed." If these assertions are true, what is the Chamber to do ? They are not to pronounce an opinion upon foreign subjects, nor express their wishes in home concerns, neither are they to interfere in any way with the finances. As if this was not enough, the KING adds, " the Ministers possess my confi • dente, and their actions have my assent.' Surely nothing can more determinedly express the resolu- tion to carry out the pre. determined views of abso lutism than this sentence. It leaves no room for hope, but gives ample hope for fear as to the result. Count EULENBEEG read the reply of the KING, and also gave notice that the Parliamentary session would be closed in the afternoon. Herr VON Bis- MARK read a speech from the Throne afterwards, in which the most indignant terms are employed to express censure on the conduct of the deputies. It is stated that the Chamber by ics address to the KING has placed itself in direct opposition to the Government, and throws upon them all the onus arid opprobrium of the misunderstanding, by stating that they are adverse to any understanding. It is a universally acknowledged fact that to effect anything like a reconciliation both sides must con sent to forego something, and meet half way on the road of concession. In this case, however, there can be no mistake; the deputies are told their duties, which are, to yield in everything to the Will of their masters, and to acknowledge not alone the divine right of the KING, but also to confess the in fallibility of the Ministers of the Crown. It is not very surprising that the representatives of a free people should not be slow to learn so hard a lesson or take some time in the solution of so mysterious a problem. It would appear to a stranger reading this speech that Herr VON BISMARK was ad dressing some rebels, instead of a mighty power in the state. In his excitement and indig nation he tells us pretty plainly what are his real opinions, and discloses his arbitrary designs most fully and complete:y. As regards Poland, for in stance, we find that a great crime has been com mitted by the Deputies. "By its debates upon foreign politics the Chamber has endeavoured to paralyse the influence of the Government, and has thereby increased the excitement prevalent in the provinces bordering upon Poland." Such lan guage as this surely emanates from St. Peters burg, and we may naturally expect as an addenda that the guilty parties are to be subjected to for feiture or exile. If anything could be wanting to excuse or explain the resistance of the Chambers to the Ministerial measures, it is amply afforded in this reply of the KING and this speech at the close of the Chambers. More mistaken conduct could not have been imagined. The King of PRUSSIA and his too subservient Ministers are now exemplifying LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1863. The Norwegian has just brought us two or three deeply-interesting particulars in reference to the death of the heroic and renowned " Stonewall" JACKSON. One of his dying requests appears to have been that General EWELL should be appointed his successor. His funeral at Richmond, on the 12th, is described as having been marked by extra ordinary demonstrations of popular grief and vene ration. According to a local journal, regarded by many as the principal organ of that Southern me tropolis :—" Since the death of WASHINGTON no similar event has so profoundly and sorrowfully Impressed the people of Virginia." Immediately on receiving intellgence of the serious wound from which the Lieutenant-General was suffering after the great battle at Fredericksburg, the Confederate Commander-in- Chief, it seems, spontaneously has tened to address to h:s illustrious Lieutenant a letter, in which he (General LEE) thus emphatically expressed his grief at the intelligence :—" I can not," he said, " express my grief at the occurrence. If I could have thrected events:l should have chosen, jor the good of the country, to have been disabled in you, stead." Adding to this extraordinary evi dence of his full appreciation of General " Stone wall" JACKSON—" I congratulate you upon the victory, which is due to your skill and energy." When the direful event, then but little, if at all, anticipated, actually came to pass—within, alas ! how few hours afterwards—General LEE, the Commander-in.-Chief of the victorious army of the Confederates thus, upon the 11th inst., announced the bitter tidings to that army in a General Order, of which the subjoined are the most important para graphs—" With deep grief," says this noble and affecting Order, " the Commanding General an nounces to the army the death of Lieut.-General JACKSON, who expired on the 9th, at 3.15 p.m. The daring, skill, and energy of this great and good soldier, by a decree of an all-wise Providence, are now lost to us. But while we mourn his death we feel that his spirit lives, and will inspire the whole army with his indomitable courage and un • shaken confidence in GOD as our hope and strength." And then—in identically then same spirit in which Sir WILLIAM HOSTE signalled to his fleet on going into action, at the Battle of Lima, " Remember NELSON !''—in pre cisely the same spirit General LEE adds, in this mournful but inspiriting Order to his troops, in reference to the glorious Soldier just departed. " Let his name be a watchword for his corps, wh o lave followed him to victory on so many fields. let officers and soldiers imitate his invincible de termination to do everything in the defence of our beloved country." And the mere utterance of the name of " Stonewall" JACKSON, throughout the rest of this dreadful war, we may rest assured, will be as infuriating almost against their Northern antagonists, to the Confederate troopers on going intiabattle, as the beating of the pas de charge upon Zrrexe s drum could ever have been to the follo wers o f Z ITZKA ! Th e g reatness of the loss experienced by the South through this (as it seem s to us mortals) premature death of at stonewall" JACKSON has hardly yet been in any way, or to any moderate extent, adequately realised. It will be a consolation to all those who sympathise with the Southerners to find, now, in this latest news just brought to us across the ocean by the Norwegian, that the next best name in the list of Confederate Lieutenant-General s , the next best cone to JACKSON'S upon that gallant roll of the ralladins of LEE, the name of BEAUREGARD crops up again opportunely in the very midst of the bitter grief felt at the sudden disappearance from the scene of STONEWALL JACKSON—the ablest of them all ! For some time past General BEAUREGARD has in a manner disappeared from view--.l3oW— as we have said, most opportunely to reappear at the very l - unc ture when his advent would be the most heartil y welcomed. " Rumours," says the telegram, flashed from New York on the evening of the 16th inst., to catch the Norwegian, then upon the eve of taking her departure eastwards, " rumours are cur rent that General BEAUREGARD has arrived in Richmond with reinforcements." the adage of antiquity, 7uen Deus vuit perdere prius dementat. When the KING says that "he will maintain the power of the Crown undiminished, and will not allow the foundation upon which it rests to be removed," he is taking upon himself a responsibility that is beyond human power. No man can ensure to himself an undisturbed inheri tance, or be certain that his throne will last his life. He can take the wisest precautions to gain the de sired end, but the Sovereign of PRUSSIA is not adopting such a course. He is determined to rule in terror, or to crush down all who stand in his way. He is nearly related to the Royal family of this country by the new ties that have been formed. The eldest daughter of England has found her home in his dominions; can no friend or adviser exhort him to seek here for a model of a strong Government, and a well-established monarchy ? The witnesses of its security are many; he may learn that it has stood the test of revolutions and disturbances unmoved and unshaken ; and why ? Because it has its foun dations in the trust and goodwill of the people. Until foreign nations can learn this lesson, there will be no stable forms of Government, and the Monarch who rules with tyrannic sway to-day, exulting over his superiority in judgment, and re velling in the plenitude of his power, may to- morrow find that power crumble beneath his touch, because it had no strength in its pride and glory. All well wishers of Prussia, on whichever side they may be ranged, will deeply deplore this untoward state of things, and earnestly trust that ere long some be. nigner influences may intervene, and these unhappy Deputies and the Ministers be terminated once and for ever. It is certain that this last transaction has made the effort of an adjustment of differences more perplexing, but it is not yet too late to avert the mischief and misery that will inevitably ensue if such counsels are to be the law of the land. The Deputies have shown a spirit worthy of their country, and their patriot zeal has been exercised under most trying circumstances. They have done what they could, and no future evil that results 'rorn thibi fracas can rest with them. White they had the opportunity they upheid the rights of their position, and those who have watched the progress of this discussion can only look back on their career with regret to think that theirs was not the success they so richly deserved ; but their merit is the same, victorious or vanquished, and we must regard them henceforth as representatives who have provad worthy of their trust, and as champions of consti tutional privileges, whom their country should be proud to rank among her sons. and the descanting on the evils of overcrowding, It is strange that while people are contin uall y dangers to public health of the close atmosphere of our pent-up c i t i es, the few open spots w hi c h yet linger in the vicinity of the metropolis are with such difficulty preserved from encroachment. It is almost impossible to overestimate the advan tages conferred on large masses of people—men, women, and, ab ove all, children —by our parks and commons. Th e par k s have been called, not inaptly, "the lungs of London," and the c ommons, though not so close at hand, ate c f cqual value. They show the fresh sights of country life to the wearied eyes of the toiling thousands who spend day after day in the monotonous routine of their trades, and who, from press of business, or lack of means, can seldom escape from its busy whirl to a greater distance. Indeed there are thousands who are never likely to take a pleasure trip of any kind. How melancholy it is to learn from a full town-bred child that it has never seen the country, and can with The news from Prussia is most unsatisfactory. The Chambers have been closed, and hence matters are pushed to an extremity. It is said that the ICING refused to reeeive the deputation appointed by the House to deliver the address, therefore it Was g ‘ven by the Ministers. The answer of the BIND LATEST INTELLIGENCR difficulty form any idea at green gr ass, fields, trees, • and hedges. Yet if this be too c ommon now among (REUTER'S TELEG RAMS. ) the families of our struggling poor, how much more frequent will such ignorance be if the invaders of popular rights succeed in their designs on the heaths and commons round London It is difficult gentlemen. Surely there is goanci enough to understand. th e motive that actuates these and to spare in the stiburbs of the metropolis for building purposes. Why should they not avail themselves of some of the waste spaces to be found in most of the outskirts of London, and busy them selves in extending still further some of those new half-finished localities which offer employment to the energies and capital of a whole tribe of such active "improvers." With regard to their territo rial rights, it is difficult to see what induced them to purchase property in the neighbourhood of a heath or a common if they dislike the sight of it. If they wish to see the hedges cut down, the turf taken up, the gorse uprooted, and the blue sky shut out by bricks and mortar, it is some what perplexing to know "a gulls allaient faire dans cette galore." Why do they not take up their abode in the Poultry or some adjacent part? Why should they thrust themselves into the pleasures of their fellows of different tastes from themselves, and endeavour to prevent others from enjoying a breath of fresh air, that common blessing so sadly uncommon in close city streets and lanes? The latest offender in this respect is Mr. THOMPSON, who, unhappily for the metropolis at large, if he succeed in his object, has recently purchased some property in the vicinity of Tooting-common, and who pro poses to exercise his manorial rights by enclosing a considerable portion of one of our most extensive commons. The attractions of this part are well known from the throngs who visit it in these sum mer days. Though within seven miles from St. Paul's it is as rural and as pretty as many genuine country scenes. Pleasant walks abound, and the view is enriched by the woods of the neighbour ing domains, one of which once belonged to the THRALES, famous from their associations with SAMUEL JOHNSON. We can fancy what would be the pithy expression of the Doctor's indignation if he had foreseen such an attack on his favourite neighbourhood. It is fortunate for the public that the inhabitants of the district have taken up the cause in a firm and temperate manner, showing all due deference to the rights of Mr. THOMPSON, yet manifesting no inclination to surrender those in tangible rights of the public which that gentleman is so slow to recognise. It is el, ident that he does not in the least understand what an act of cruelty he is contemplating. He considers the com mon in its present state to be " a nuisance instead of a benefit," and on being pressed for an explanation of the object of the proposed enclosure, his lawyer made the startling reply that it was " To render the land productive by levelling the hillocks, and filling in the swamps, and possibly for building purposes." After con siderable discussion the matter was adjourned for a month ; and, as Mr. THOMPSON declares, he is will ing to meet his opponents in a friendly spirit, and they, on their part, are ready to subscribe any reasonable sum he may require for the surrender of his rights, there are good grounds for anticipating a satisfactory settlement of the matter. If the same plan were followed with all our open spaces, the rights of proprietors brought oat, and the ground declared to be public property for ever, a grand boon would be conferred, not only on our own generation, but on all future generations of our busy and crowded London. The lines of streets and squares have surely room enough to extend ; the moat practical and enterprising will admit that some spaces can be spared. Let the workers in the busy hive have the benefit of them, that when they "leave their weary wailing," they may be able to lose sight for a while of workshops, a n d courts, and alleys, and rejoice for a while in the pre sence of that nature which leads the most callous insensibility to Nature's GOD THE BRAZIL MAIL, RIO JANIERO, MAT 9, (Per the Oneida by Telegraph from Lisbon.) Exchange on London, 271 to 27j. Coffee, good first, 7,100 0 ipme4to since the de parture steamer, s :B,Boo bags, includi ng t t h to 7 last,3o O rei s 9,405 for the Channel. Stock, 70,000 bags. Freight to the Channel, 40s. to 475. 6d, Exchange on London at Bahia, 271. PERNAMBUCO, MAY 17. Exchange on London, 27i. Sugar, 1,600 to 1,650. Cotton, 19,000 reis. The Guienne arrivcd here on the 11th instant. LISBON, MAY 28. the Royal Mail Steampacket Company's ship Oneida, from the Brazils,arrived here this morning, and will leave for Southampton at 3 p.m., with 115 passengers, £1,498 in specie, 985 packages of tobacco, 181 packages of coffee, and 250 packages of sundries. THE CAPE MAILS. PLYMOUTH, MAY 28, The Union Company's steamer Cambrian, with the above mail, arrived here this morning. Her dates are—Table Bay, April 20; Helena, 29; and Ascension, May 3. She brings 60 passengers, about £1,900 in specie, and a cargo consisting of 446 bales of wool, 400 bags of copper, and 150 casks of wine. The Cape Parliament was opened on April 16. The state of the Colonial finances was the prin cipal topic of the Governor's speech on the occasion. He proposed additional revenue to the extent of £150,000 per annum to be raised by me i as of stamp and succession duties, increased transfer and auction dues and land tax. The policy of annexation and the union of the colonies in South Africa was still strongly urged by the Government, but any measures on the subject would be postponed for another year. The Gover nor announced that the Port Elizabeth and Graham's Town Railway, and the Mallesburg branch, and the Worcester extension of the Cape Town Railway bills would be reintroduced with additional clauses for the preparation of surveys, plans, and estimates by the Government surveyors, and to authorise contracts for the construction of the lines on account of the Government. His Excellency also recommended that before the adoption of new arrangements for the western lines, endeavours should be made to effect a transfer of the Cape Town line as soon as completed, with the view of its being worked for the benefit of the colony. He declined to recommend the extension of the guarantee of the colonial revenues to the works undertaken by the Irrigation and Investment Company, but he i romised to introduce a bill t o empower the Government to grant assistance t o landowners wishing to improve th e i r f arms b y irrigation ; the sums to be then advanced would be raised by colonial debentures. Abundant rain had fallen during the month, and agricultural prospects were good. Trade was im proving. Bishop Tosez and party were to embark for Zambezi on the 20th April in the Orestes, which would convey to Dr. Livingstone the intelligence of the recall of his expedition. The screw steamer Albatross, and the Dutch barque William de Zwyger, had been wrecked on the coast, The relations 'with the natives continued peace able. A portion of the armed mounted police had been withdrawn from Transkeian territory. THE INTERNATIONAL DOG SHOW.—Yesterday was the third day of exhibition and first shilling day of tilt, dog show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, and it is stated chat up to 7 o'clock last evening upwards of 20,000 persons had passed through the turnstiles. _ _ - EXETER HALL.—To-morrow (Friday) evening the Sacred Harmonic Society will perform Haydn's "Creation." The Straits (Singapore) Times says that the island is more infested with tigers than ever, and that large numbers of Chinese wood-cutters, who work in the jungle, are killed by those beasts. Although tha island is only 15 miles square, and 100,00 persons live on it, it is not cleared of jungle. 100 dollars is paid for every tiger killed. The tigers swim over to Singapore from the Malay Peninsula, which is only a quarter of a mile distant. THE COCKCHAFERS.—The Unzon Bretonne has the following :—" The municipal council of Coulans (Sarth) lately voted the sum of 600 f. for the encouragement of the destruction of cockchafers. The amount to be paid is five centimes the pound, and as the cockchafers weigh on an average about 500 to the pound, the 600 f, voted will serve for the destruction of 6,000,000 of those insects. Within a few days from the voting of the measure 1,8561 b. weight of cockchafers were brought in." ARMY LIST OF 1642.—Very shortly there will be published by Mr. Rotten, of Piccadilly, " The Army Lists of the Roundheads and Cavaliers," containing the names of the officers in the Royal and Parliamentary Armies of 1642, reprinted from the comparatively unknown originals, and edited, with notes, by Mr. Edward Peacock. A WORD ON TREASURE TROVE.—It is difficult to make the peasantry comprehend manorial rights. A man who finds a treasure on his own ground, and that treasure one which can have no living owner, naturally looks on himself as its rightful possess( r. He has pro bably never heard of King Edward's law of treasure trove, and a natural sense of justice does not guide hint rightly in the matter. If a liberal reward were given —nearly the metal value of the trouvaille—it is quite possible that we might have become possessed of many precious relics which are now broken up and consigned to the melting pot.—Once a IT eek. THE LAST DAYS OF A BEAUTY.—Of the early part of George the Third's reign there were not two beauties who painted, patched, and powdered more, or who needed it less, than Mrs. Hobart and Lady Coventry ; the former, all in gauze and spangles, "like a spangled pud ding," as a Rue gentleman remarked ; the latter, in a light blue dress, covered with round spots of silver, which made her look, according to George Selwyn, like "change for a guinea." Poor Lady Coventry 1 As long as paint could deceive her, she was slow to believe in consumption; but when the terrible truth forced itself upon her, she lay, all unpainted and unpowdered, gazing into a pocket-glass till she could bear no longer to contem plate the breaking-up of the wreck of herself. Nor would she offer that melancholy spectacle to the sympathy or in difference of others. She passed from couch and pocket mirror to bed and olPsed curtains; and with no other light than that of a spirit-lamp beneath a kettle in her room, she received visitors and the ministration of her servants, never doing more than passing her small hand between the cur tains which hid for ever the living pale face of the once supreme beauty.— Cornhill Magazine for June, just pub lished. SUICIDE GE MR, SWANBOROUGH, OF THE STRAND THEATRE.—A melancholy report was current yes terday to the effect that Mr. Swanborough, sen., the lessee a nd manager of the Strand Th eatre, had committed suicide. Since the marriage of his daughter, Mi ss Swanborough, the deceased hal been residing on Have rs t oe k-h ill, and although suffering suffering from indisposition has attended to the business of the theatre. Yesterday morning his wife went to the theatre, and had not been long absent when Miss Ada Swanborough had her attention drawn to her father's bed room, and upon entering it she found her father in a re cumbent position against the edge of the bedstead. u pon attempting to raise him she discovered that blood was ism. ing from a wound in the neck of the deceased. Dr. Christie s i c st a . lled in, but the t in _ f ( o w e t un were ate deceased gv e n to u soon r c s e t al d d ) to w ea: daughter of the famous French Admiral Jean Bart, a great gra/la dled in P ar i s a f ew d ays ago at a very advanced age. She Madame Tacheron de Ligny, was in th e en j oymet t of a pension from t h e Ministry of M arine, to whi c h t h e Emperor has latt_rly m ade many ad ditions f rom his private purse. This lady leaves a daughter _ (the wif e of M. Urban Devaus, son of a general of the . first empi re ), who is now the sole living representative of the most famoua sailor in the annals of French history, the man ith a l who, in 16 91, r an the English blockade of:Dun- a famine, irk, warge fleet lade n w ith grain, and thus relieved RAILIVAYI3. AMERICA. (Per the Norwe g i an .) NEW YORK, May 15, Mornin g . The truth of the reported engagement with Gen. Grant near Jackson is doubted. Alt last accounts General Grant was encamped near Block River, 18 miles from Grand Gulf, awaiting reinforcements, 1 The Government has forbidden the exportation of horses, mules, or war material. General M'Clelian denies that he has tendered his resignation. The correspondent of the New York World says: There are indications that General Lee's army is taking up a line of defence that shortens its rear and affords protection to both railroads running out of Richmond. The army is believed to be swinging round its left on the Gordonsville and Richmond road to Frederick's Hull station, with its right resting on the Fredericksburg and Richmond Ril road at Bowling Green, thus protecting the upper end of the angle formed by those two roads at Hanover Junction, 16 miles from Richmond. The position thus assumed places the Confederate army half-way between Fredericksburg and Richmond, and gives them two railroads from Richmond to their army. Tne two bridges of any length on the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad are across the North Anna and South Anna rivers, which form the Pamunky river, several miles south of the railroad. It was supposed General Stoneman had destroyed these bridges, bat this was not the case. A bridge 1 across the Pamunky was burned, but that was crossed by no railway. The bridges across the Anna rivers, on account of some mismanagement, were not destroyed. Trains are now running upon the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad with such facility as to bring the Richmond papers to Frede ricksburg on the day of their publication. General Lee, hearing of General " Stonewall" Jackson's wound, addressed him a letter, dated Chancellorsville, in which he says—" I cannot es press my regret at the occurrence. If I could have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your steal. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy." General Lee issued the following general order upon the 11th inst, :—" With deep grief the Com manding-General announces to the army the death of Lieutenant-General Jackson, who expired upon the 9th, at 3.15 p.m. The daring, skill, and energy of this gnat and good soldier, by a decree of an all wise Providence, are now lost to us. But while we mourn his death, we feel that his spirit lives and will inspire the whole army with his indomitable courage and unshaken confidence in God as our hope and strength. Let his name be a watchword for his corps, who have followed him to victory on so many fields. Let officers and soldiers imitate his invincible determination to do everything in the defence of our beloved country. (Signed) " R. E. LEE." General Thomas Francis Meagher has resigned the command of the Irish brigade. Ha says that the brigade no longer exists. The assault against Fredericksburg in December last reduced it to some- thing less than a minimum regiment of infantry. General Meagher states that he has in vain memo, rialised the War Department that the brigade should be temporarily relieved from duty to give it time and opportunity to renew itself. That memo rial was never acknowledged. General Meagher ammpanied his brigade through the late operations at Chancelloreville, though be felt it was to a sacri fice rather than to a victory that he was going. His command, which was a mere handful, did its duty. WO, ----------_ TFIE SETTLING DAY—Ad-am 131tclt. Esq., M.P.—Bo-Too at Court, &I AM—in FUN, This Week. Une Penny. "SATURDAY NIGHT JOURNAL." Every Week. One Penny. Forensic Reminiscences. The Thames Embankment and its Approaches. America and the Giants ; &c. &c. 80, Fleet-street. RUMBO.—Why so foolish ? Wedderburn is not worse than of old. T. E. D. is of a furgiving nature. Seek him at once. Or Sam can patch the affair. At every risk Warn—Herr. T riEATRE-R0 YA i„ HAY! ARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which,llth time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone , Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and .3lrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. Commence at 7. 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, Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, t h e Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr)logue, en titled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be susta ined by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. vi iddimmbe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq. Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elaworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. Barnett. P OVAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lassee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining THI; EVENING, will be presented (2d time), COURT AND CAMP Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, B. Marston, G. Belmore, G. Murray, VC . rarde; Mss Amy Sedgwick, Miss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by PERFECTION. And followed by A CHARMING PAM N' THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI : sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, a petite Drama, THE ANGEL OR DEVIL. Miss A. Jones, Mr. Took, and Mr. Billington. After which (11th time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Seft r ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. 13.1- linv,ton. Followed by a new Burlesque, entlfled ILL-TREATED IL TRO VATORE. Mt ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sar 1, and Miss K. Kelly. To conclude with HOW TO PAY THE RENT. Mr. C. Stephenson, Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. TV HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," 1 Containing - the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 28,4863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.28. Wind—West; light breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY.—Morning, 9h. 45m.—Afternoon, 10h. 16m. To-moßuovr.-Morning, 10h. 50m.—Afternoon, 11h. 20m. • I - • agg •-• THE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1 28, 1863. To remain in command of the remnant of the b; Bade would be a public deception, i❑ which the military reputation of a brave race would be volved. General Meagher, however, places his ser vices at the disposal cf the Government in any capacity they may appoint. It is reported from Newbern that the Confede rates refuse to receive disloyal citizens sent out of the Federal lines by General Porter, unless they can give security for their ability to take care of themselves. Southern papers say that the siege of Suffolk, which was kept up three or four weeks, enabled Generc.l Longstreet to gather up, besides large quantities of corn, over 1,500,0001b5, of bacon. A captain of a New York regiment has been dis missed the Federal service for violating the sovereignty of a friendly state in arresting a de serter and bringing him away from within the boundaries of Canada. The deserter has also been discharged from the Federal service. It is reported that the sailing line•of-battle ships of the Federal navy ara to be examined, and those which are found sound converted into steamers. The New York Tribune asserts that General Sigel has returned fom Washington, having been re fused a command by General Halleck. A call has been issued by the Fernando Wood adherents of the Mczart Democracy for a peace meeting to be held at New York in June. The efforts of the administration to restore union by 'orce of arms are declared to have failed. Union cannot be restored by mere brute force, therefore the vigorous prosecution of peace is now urged, and while no national dismemberment, or terms no ustified by every principle of honour, will be sub mitted to, yet the parties issuing the call will go very far in a spirit of conciliation and concession to restore " the Union as it was under the constitu on as it is." Great preparations are making for a meeting of all the Loyal Leagues in New York Sate, to be held at Utica on the 27th inst. This meeting will urge the vigorous prosecution of the war, and ar rangements have been made that all the soldiers returned from the war shall be present. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has decided that no slave can be arrested and re turned to a disloyal master. The property of the late Mayor of Washington, Charles Hailoch, has been confiscated ; and it is stated that the property of Mr. Corcoran, formerly a Washington banker, and now in France, will meet the same fate. The mayor and common council of Washington have arrived at New York, and presented a series of complimentary resolutions to Gm M'Clellan. The United States Circuit Court at Cincinnati has not yet decided whether it vtill grant Vallan digham an application for a writ of habeas corpus. General Burnside has sent a protest to the court saying it is his duty to stop license and intemperate discussions, which tend to weaken the authority of the government and the army_ These are his rea eons for arresting Vallandigham, and for issuing order No. 38. In enforcing this order he says he can be unanimously sustained by the people or opposed by factious, bad men. In the former event quietness will prevail; in the latter event the re sponsibility of retribution will attach to the men who resist the authority, and to the neighbourhoods that allow it. Mr. Vallandigham's counsel, in urging a grant of habeas corpus, declared General Burnside's pro test to be a political speech from a general carrying a sword and wearing epaulettes. He denied the authority of a military commission, and declared it to be the duty of the court to grant the writ. NEW YORK, May 15, Evening. General Hooker has visited Washington and re turned to the Rippahannock, where all is reported quiet. Mosby's Confederate cavalry have made a forag ing expedition in the Shenandoah Valley, and are moving towards Leesburg. All is quiet at Suffolk and W. Qt Point. General Grant is endeavouring to cut the railroad between Jackson and Vicksburg,. Ihe reports of that General having fought any batties were untrue. An unreliable rumour has reached Murfreesboro' that a battle had been fought between the Itnd and naval forces at Vicksburg, the result of which was unknown. Port Hudson is said to be garrisoned by a very small force, with heavy artillery. it is reported from Southern sources that General Kirby Smith, with 10,000 men, had defeated General Banks, and driven him from Washington, Louisiana. Tnis report is considered doubtful. Ten Federal negro regieaenta have been o:ganieed ------- --trrnritrplib, and ten More are in cou rse of organi sation. The Richmond papers state that the Federa;s were unusually active at Charleston. General Jackson's funeral took place at Rich mond on the 12th, with great demonstrations of sorrow and respect. The Richmond Whig says that since the death of Washington no similar event has se profoundly and sorrowfully impressed the people of Virginia as General Jackson's decease. The leading republican journals unite with the democratic organs in condemning General Burn side's action in Mr. Vallandigham's case. The City of Cork has arrived out. The Norwegian takes out 48,000 dols. in specie. Several steamers have arrived at Charleston from Nassau, and several due at that port are missing. The steamers Basha and Pet arrived at Wilming ton on the 13th inst. NEW YORK, May 16, Evening. The impression gains ground that General Lee intends to make an early offensive movement. Rumours are current that General Beauregard has arrived in Richmond with reinforcements. The Federals are throwing up entrenchments peross West Point from the Malapony to the Pamunky Rivers. Early important changes in the Federal cabinet and among the army commanders are expected. The court of Cincinnati has refused to issue a writ of habeas corpus in Mr. Vallandigham's case. Tort', Thu la HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, May 26. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, drove out yesterday. Prince Alfred rode to Invercauld and paid a visit to Mr. Farquharson. Dr. M'Leod left the Castle yesterday. FRANCE. PARIS, May 28. Their Majesties yesterday received a visit from be Duke of Brabant. BOURSE, May 27.—The market has been rather more buoyant, and prices are slightly higher, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 50c. Railway Share Market quiet, but generally firm. The mar ket again receded towards the close, and left cff as follows : Id o. p e e r ad Ce m nt o s ia _ 9 7 _— 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 45 Credit NI obilier 1430 Do. end month 1435 -- Bank Shares 3475 Credit / °lacier 1455 —.., Italian Loan 72 45 Do. end month 72 50 New ditto Do. end mouth 73 75 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 53 BO Rome Debt Cash. Account. Orleans lOO5 .. 1001 25 Northern .... New. ditt0............: — Lyons and Mediterranean 1055 .. 1055 Geneva ... 45.5 .. 458 75 Southern ......... 766 25 .. 768 75 Western ... 525 gastern Sardinian ........ 427 50 .. 430 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 722 50 721 25 Ditto to Barcelona 385 385 SPAIN. MADRID, May 27. The rumour that the Minister of Finance would ;ender his resignation is unfounded. AUSTRALIAN FLOOD.—The Clarence Examiner, describing the recent great flood, says :—" We be lieve the utmost point reached by the inundation may be stated at about 24ft. above high-water mark. We need hardly point out how immense a body of water is requisite to occasion a rise of 24ft in a river so large as the Clarence, which varies from about 600 yards to half a mile at Graf- ton, with a deep channel, and which hd.d to inundate so large a flat of country before attaining that height. Pro bably no single heavy rain would have done it, but the continued wet weather had filled up the creeks and swamps everywhere, and had saturated the earth so that when heavy rains did come at last no more could be taken up, and the whole rainfall found its way at once into the river, and Came down with such rapidity that at Tabulam and Yates , flats the great rise only preceded by a few hours the afpear ance of the same water at Grafton, a distance which former floods have taken about two days to travel. in Grafton itself the parties injured are principally the main store keepers in Princes-street, although there are few streets in which some loss has not been sustained. In Duke -street the mere tops of cottages peeped above the water. All the farmers on the Southgate Creek, and on the rivers near to it, were washed out of their houses and fled to Southgate Station, and to Mr. Boorman's, at which place sixty people were assembled at one time, At Copmanhurst. Smith's Flat, the water r, se very high, destroying a quantity of wheat; and is some parts the corn was 50 feet under water, a large portion of which is not yet visible. All along the river the destruction of farm produce and furniture is pitiful to see. Some of the ripe coin may recover, but the green crops cannot, and there are parts where all is cut away together by timber and ty the rush of water. Tabulam ap pears to have suffered most severely. By a messenger who arrived in Grafton on Friday we ascertain the melancholy loss of four men there. The water made a sudden ru , ll on Saturday, which carried away seven loaded drays with their teams, drowning the unfortunate men and destroying the property. Mr. D. M'Lean swam with Graham's boy on his back for half a mile. Tne post office at Tabulam and all the letters for the Clarence were carried away. Constable Foy had previously removed his wife and family and returned to the Courthouse. Young Jordan afterwards made an at tempt to assist him, but failed. Foy appears to have perfectly made up his mind to be last, and to have met his fate with much firmness. He stated that be cr uld not swim, and he knew nothing could save him. For half an hour before he was swept away he was seen on his knees as if pray ing,rthouse, constabl e ' s res id ence, en d l o ck-up a re destroyed. The shuaens hd b ea a dy n .a k w , a n y e v f r e a r m exchanged f h a i a w o house.r d wi t with h r h e and alth oug h w i t hi n spea king distance of those on I s bi e yv v e e ms r we a an l e p rse er as T s fa o h yr n eo e s dp b whole em. Court-ne was a odies of th e th ree d raymen ffather, son, and brother-in -1 w) were s een fl oat i ng near eac h ot h er pas t Y u l g ilbar on y w o h u o ng ha j d ° b rd ee a n ns 24 a h n o d ur Mr. s n i‘ g l in lj g ea to n tr s e w es a , m an t d o of the loss o f n i ne lives. Altogether, the d i str i ct h as suf ebsybt r h o e u m g h in t themto manner.places We haveafet y . a e S c e o v a n e r a t a l fered a heavy blow, and we trust that mutual forbearance and assistance will be the general rule of conduct, so as to allow parties time to recover," COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, May 15, Evening. Money abundant. Gold, 491 per cent. premium. Exchange on London, Bankers' bills, 165. The Stock market is much excited. Public speculation has been renewed, and large sales have taken place. New York Centrals, 1246 ;Illinois, 1098 ; Erie, 978 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 97; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 107 t. Cotton inactive; middling upland, 60c. F lour in limited demand, and 10c lower; wheat, 3c lower, and declining; corn dull, and 2c lower. Provisions in good de mand ; coffee and sugar quiet; molasses steady ; crude petroleum, 25c. NEW YORK, May 16, Evening. Money abundant. Gold, 5D per cent. premium. Exchange on London Bankers' bills, 165. Stocks advancing. New Y or k C entrals, 1261; Illinois, 1091; Erie, 99f. Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1071, Breadstuffs lower. The City of Washington takes out 460,000 dole. in specie. REPRESENTATION OP TEE CITY. Last night a public meeting of the electors of the City of London was held in the Waite Hart Hotel, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr. G. J. Goschen, the Liberal candi date for the representation of the City. The chair was filled by Mr. K. D. Hodgson, M.P., the Gover nor of the Bank of England, and the meeting Was very numerously attended, The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, alluded in feeling terms to the death of the late Mr. Wood, whose loss they mast deeply deplore, and he afterq ards introduced Mr, J. S. Goschen to the meeting as a candidate for the vacant seat in the representation of the City. Two objection s had been taken to his return. The first was that his name had a foreign sound, and the second that he was too young to be sent to Parliament. As to the first he (the chairman) would say that the father of Mr. Gosel; en was a naturalised Englishman, that Mr. Goschen was born and bred an Englishman, and that his mother had always been an English woman. (Laughter.) He could assure the elec tors that if they sent him to the House of Com mons they would find in him a thorough English Liberal member. (Cheers.) As to the second ob jection, he might state that Mr. Goschen was now 34 years of age, that he had been the favourite pupil of one of the greatest men of the day, and that his abilities in every point would do honour to any constituency that might choose to elect him. (Loud cheers.) Mr. GOSCHEN then addressed the meeting, and was most favourably received. He said that although it must be difficult under ordinary cir cumstances for a man to addrea an audience for the first time, yet it became especially difficult to do so when one had no reputation nor antecedents to fall back upon. I', however, anything could make his task an easy one, the language so kindly used towards him by the chairman would cer tainly produce that result. (Hear, hear.) He then asked the meeting to give him a pa tient and attentive hearing, and he would endeavour to tell them honestly and faithfully what his poli tical opinions were. These opinions had not been formed for to-day, but he believed that his opinions were in unison with those of the general body of th e e l ectors o f t h e Ci ty. (C heers.) He would not promise them that he would vote upon all occasions just as they wished, but this he would say, that at heart he was a Liberal in the true sense of the word. (Applause.) He himself did no hold the fashionable doctrine of Liberal Conser vatism—(hear)—for he believed that that doctrine had been a great injury to the Liberal cause. (Hear.) There were many men professed Liberals who voted for Liberal mea sures just because they could not avoid doing so, but this half-and-half voting was not in accordance with his own views. As to the foreign policy of the coun try they found that disagreements arose in conse quence of the division of opinion to which he had referred, and especially with respect to the question of Italian liberty the cloven foot had shown itself, the Conservatives having shown themselves adverse to the opinion shared in by the supporters of Lord Palmerston. He would tell the meeting that if he was returned as their representative his support would be given to Lord Palmerston's foreign policy, believing that it was founded upon Liberal senti ments. (Cheers.) Turning to the question of home policy, and especially to the question of reform, he would say, in the words of his address, that he be lieved the people of England could be trusted with some degree of confidence. (Cheers.) Therefore, he said, they ought to extend the franchise to those people who were entitled to it by the progress of education and self-control. (Cheers.) He did not shy that they should extend the franchise without consideration, but that they should give it to those who showed themselves capable of exercising it judiciously. The power of England was strengthened he more they took the people into their confidence. With respect to the question of church rates, he thought it was not right that those who differed with the Church should be called upon to support it; and therefore he was for the entire abolition of church rates, and the sooner the question was settled the better for all parties. (Cheers.) Mr. Goschen further expressed himself favourable to the adoption of the vote by ballot ; and with respect to muncipal self-government, he said that if he was returned to Parliament as the representative of the City, he should do all in his power to protect the municipal government of the City. (Applause.) H e should, if elected, feel the great responsibility of his position, but he should go to Parliament with out any timidity if he knew he had the support of the Liberal party, and that his views were shared in by a majority of the electors. (Loud applause.) Dr. ABRAHAM moved and Mr. IticuanDsoN seconded a resolution expressing entire approval in Mr. Go..,chen, and pledging the meeting to use every endeavour to secure his return as one of the repre sentatives of the City in Parliament, which was unanimously agreed to. The meeting closed with the customary vote of thanks to the chairman. SUMMARY OF AMERICAN NEWS.—The judicious Hooher has judiciously hooked ft.—Punch. A familiar legend is related by the Saturday Review, of the gownsman, whose sense of the ludi crous so far prevailed over his indignation at the loss of his tea that he determined to play the marauder (his laundress or bedmaker) a trick. He bought two half pounds of tea, and, locking up one, from which he helped himself, he left the other open, to which his bedmaker helped herself. 01 course she got through her share much the quicker of the two. Upon which, one fine morning, he pulled out the remains of his half-pound of tea, and with infinite good-humour, and in a tone of gent l e astonishment and reproach, he said :—" Now rea ll y , M rs. Brett, you are going much too fast. I h a v e on ly b egun my h alf - pound of tea, and you are nearly at the end of yours. Can't we manage, do you think, to pull at the same rate?" The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Teesdale, visited the Horticultural Gardens yesterday morn ing, and also paid a visit to the South Kensington Museum. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, attended by the Equerry in Waiting. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield, took $ drive in an open carriage. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had dinner party last evening at Marlborough House. The company consisted of the Hereditary Prince of Reuss Schleiz, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Macclesfield, the Earl and Countess of Hardwicket the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, Viscount Hinchingbroke, Viscount and Viscountess Bury, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel, Cob the Hon. Sir C. B. and Miss Phipps, the Hon. R- H. Meade, Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Lieut.-Col. Da Plat, Capt. Hilldorff (in attendance on the Heredi tary Prince of Reuss Schleiz), Major Teesdale, Mr. F. W. Gibbs, and Mr. Holzman. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne have arrived at Lansdowne House from Bowood. The noble marquis and marchioness are about to make a lengthened sejour on the Continent. Toe Earl and Countess of Malmesbury are passing the holidays at Heron Court. The Countess of Dunraven gave her first dancing party last evening at the family residence at Buckingham.' gate. Lady Ebury has issued cards for a dancing parts to-morrow evening at her residence in Park-street. Mr. and Lady Augusta Fitz william have arrived in Chesham-street for the season. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have returned to Grosvenor Gate from Hughenden Manor Bucks. The remains of the late Miss Georgine Johnstone will be removed from Grosvenor-square this evening to Heatless Hall, near Scarborough, for interment in the family vault. SIGNOR MARIO has recently been delighting hiS audiences, says the Reader, in the " Barbiere." If on one night, when his voice is weak and husky, he seems as if he could have but a few months more of vocal life, on another his tone is (comparatively) so clear and so rich as entirely to defy any such suggestion. Listening to hies the other evening, in his favourite part, one felt as if never could a male larynx have produced tones more enchanting. Here and there will be noticed a failure of power, seeming to indicate the wreck of a noble voice; but anon there will come some trait of perfect vocalization, some exquisite', refined cadence, which atones for a thousand shortcomings' The quantity of rags and paper imported into this country during recent years is as follows : Rags. Paper. 1856 .... 10,287 cwt 1857 12,206 „ 1 858 11,394 „ 1859 • 14,621 „ 1860 16,154 ~ 018 „ 1861 20,486 „ 1862 23,943 „ Our exports of paper during the last five years were-- - it t , 1858, 106,557 c w t ; i n 1859 , 126,454 cwt ; in 1860, 112,5 1 ' cwt; in 1861, 91,958 cwt; and in 1862, 129,440 cwt. A SUFFICIENT REASON !—ln to-day's Telegraill° will be found the following rather naive announcement " G,neral Thomas Francis Meagher has resigned the COW mend of the Irish Brigade. He says tkat the brigade 924 longer exists !" OLD ABE'S LAST.—During the last week a gentle man called on the President and solicited a pass for Rich" mond. " Well," said Old Abe, "I would be very happy t° oblige, if my passes wer e respected; but the fact is, sir, .r. have within the past two years given passes to 250,000 men to go to Richmond, and not one has got there yet."—Next/ York Herald, LADY NESDALE, the aristocratic profligate Who is never found out, as described by the Hon. 3l ; Norton, in her new nov e l " L os t an d S ave d . " Nev er loving, she h a d a l ways th e power to l ea d or to govern the men who became enamoured of her. In general, she 9 ceeded in evadi ng an y very ve hement cl a i ms on her re gards but where, as in the case of Trehe.ne, and one or two other'' a suitor resolved not to be trifled with,' she bought hid conquest with her s i n i ns t ea d of her coquetry, as she sc°ll' have given a hu n d re d gu i neas for a shawl she could aclt buy for thirty." Sh e kept no carriage, because it was 13°t convenient for assi gnat i on , " She went, as she herse lf : laughingly expressed it, ' hithering and thithering she ' rested in a shop,' she got into a cab,' a ll she managed matters so well that no one could pa re told what became of Milly from one day's end to an' other." She wrote little notes in cypher to her lovers and left them with milliners, or gilders in Wardour-street She went out shopping,' and passed in at one shop en trance and out at the other, Heaven knows where. She had `appointed to lunch with her cousin,' or 'sit with a sick friend,' and ready Aunt Myra took her away and set her down at those doors. She went to study art at picture' exhibitions; where she looked at one picture, and then vanished. She took her poor children out, and left them sitting tinier a shady tree with the little French bonne, `till mamma came back.' She went to country balls, and took rooms in the hotel because it was so far to drivel home ;' or she went quietly down into the country for a couple of days,' and then walked furth to contemplate tombs in a neighbouring churchyard, till the whistle of the rail' way engine told her that the need not wait many more minutes without seeing Montagu appear. She attended that political pretence, the Ladies Gallery in the House of Commons, and laughed through the grille at her grave husband as he sat dangling some local bill, before she wide(' her lace mantilla closer round her and skipped away w ith her lover." THE RETINA OF THE EYEBALL, according to 1 graphic paper on the subject in the current number of the Social Science Review, is virtually a photographic surface, and the eye, as an instrument, is the same to its owner as the camera is to the photographic artist. In health, when +he oxydation of all the organs of the body is perfect, the picture formed on the retina is absorbed, or perhaps it were better to say, is transmitted instantly to the brain, where we may almost regard it as photographed again. When, from any circumstance, the oxydation or nutrition, or, in other words, the molecular motion of the retina no impeded, then the image is not immediately transmitted, but is held, as it were, on the surface for a time—gradually fading away. A smoker once after long indulgence could retain a faint imageof any bright object on which he looked for so long a period as six minutes after the eyes were closed up° it. If, for instance he looked at the window in the dayligh t the pictur e o f th e w i n d ow was impressed on his retina 815: remained there in mi n i a t ure , th e panes of the window bet filled up with what s eeme d t o hi m red light, while the 101; were dark. I have observed the same phenomena in 039 own person, not only atter tobacco, but after experimen ts with nitrous oxide, a n d et h er. if a bright light, such a lamp or candle, be placed before the eye, the impressio n also is retained, but no image is retained that has no t certain size and luminosity; letters of books are lost, as sis" are the minutia) of objects which present many lines °I. figures. That the symptom here spoken of may arise e t ; elusively from smoki ng i s p rove d b y t h e fact, that it begin and is intensified during the act, and gradually dies o' s l as the cause is withd rawn . Wh enever i t appears, it jai...- good indication to the smoker that h e h as gone far enou gh' at leaat for that time. THE FIRST PRINTER AT WEBIIIINSTER.--/Ire will ask the reader to Imagine 14 years passed sir3o.,gc, Caxton first began working at Ws new art. It is not du% cult to picture the wooden structures in the Almonry ocalet pied by his sedate but busy workmen. We can look ,1 - 1 . yonder window and see the venerable master printer 1 1 ": 0 self " sittyng in his studye where as lay many and O uer ... r paunflettis and bookys." The great towers of Westuansly Abbey cast their shadow over the room, for he is an ear , 4 , riser, and already at work upon his translation of the n' ild French Romance called "Eneydos." The " faY re ornate terms" of his author give him "grete plasyrr" and h labours, almost without intermission, till the low sullrv' ing from the w es t ern windows, warns him of the day's do. cline. Agai n , we watch him passing with observant caneJ through the rooms where his servants are at work ; we o see the movements of the compositors, who, narrow windows, ply their rapid fingers; we can hear 11 to' thud-thud of the wooden presses as the workmen P 1 " and "send home" the bar, discussing, meanwhile,,.. who, latest news; and we sympathise with the binder looks i n hammering away at the volume between hisknees,teee and despair at the ever-increasing progeny of his u . 3 . 9 ; 3 8 ,, 0 , a nd close ar t i t J ae. Piles of books and printed " quayers" rise on aliitiL of many a wise head is ominously shaken at the foolishn ess urc.e supposing that so many books can over find p But Caxton pursues still his busy course, with tui l d a gt :"d i ing and instructing his workmen in that art_ ... "" p u en5e. ,,,.... body ever at work, preparing copy . for the press, and be had learned at Bruges, Blades' Ziff of Caxton! at “grete charge and Ws