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BRITON MEIDCAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices—No. 429, Strand, London, W.C. TRESTEES. George H. Barlow, M.D. I 1 Richard Partridge, Esq., Sir Tames Duke, Bart. Ald., F.R.S. M.P. John Propart, Esq. Sir Charles Hastings, M.D., I W. Tyler Smith, M.D. D.C.L. Francis Webb, Esq. DIRECTORS. Chairman of the Board—George H. Barlow, M.D. Deputy-Chairman—Francis Webb, Esq. By the peculiarly equitable manner of dividing the profits, the Policies issued by this Association become payable during the lifetime of the person assured without extra premium. After having been in force a period of five years, all Policies are absolutely Indefeasible and Indisputable. Annuities granted, and every description of Life Assurance transacted ; terms for which, with detailed Prospectuses and every information, may be had on application to JOHN MESSENT, F.S.S., Secretary. Applications for Agencies are invited. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT- G ARD E N.—Mr. Gye has the honour to announce that the OPERA SEASON of 18:3 will commence on TUESDAY, Aoril 7. The Prospectus with full particulars may be ob tained at the Box-office, and at the principal musicsellers and librarians. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- - Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. On EASTER MONDAY, for the 347th time in London, PEEP O'DAY. Messrs. Henry Lorraine, Walter Lacy C . Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &cc. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson Commenoe at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Leasce, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. On EASTER MONDAY, will be performed MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Hero, Miss Ellen Terry ; Beatrice, Miss Louisa Angel. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela her first appearance), Miss Maria llarris. THEATRE -ROYAL "LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. On EASTER MONDAY, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdkorob, Mlss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in MOTTO, by and Pr3logne, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feral and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. G. Vining, J. Brougham, H. Widdi zotnbe, M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, H. Butter, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq , Kate Terry, E. I.avenue , and Elsworthy. stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Slane tt. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindns. On Easter Monday the drama of AURORA FLOYD. DiDa Amy Sedgwick , Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Bekmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Collett. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDE ii ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. NEW THEATRE -ROY AL, ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor And Mansaer. Mr. B. Webster. To-morrow Evening' (15th time) AURORA FLOYD. Miss AlO-ilia Jones, Miss a Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj Webster. Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billiagtpu, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. Alter whieb, A VALENTINE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Eediord, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. ripaE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," JIL Containing the Evenin Latest SPORTLNG DTTELLIGENCE, r an be had Every g* of G. R. GLENIE. NEWS AGENT, No, 4 — , - Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. NOTICE. THE WEDDING SUN Is still Publishing• The Weather—Sun Office, April 3, 1863. THERMOMETER. Hi g h es t since Noon y esterda y . L owe st during the night .. 32 49 This day at Noon 'Wind---N.-V7esterly ; light, with fine but cloudy weather. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tai9 DA.Y.—Morning, lh. 36m.—Afternoon, lh. 55m. To-gonnow.-Morning, 2h. 14m.—Afternoon, 2h. 30m. T 4 4- A y • :. , •100- 4) s un ; LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1863. The American news which we have lately pub lished does not tell us of any striking event or de cisive encounter. Its tone, however, only confirms the opinion which has for some time been gaining ground in this country, that the subjugation of the South is hopeless, and that the Northern Govern ment will soon be compelled, by the exhaustion of its finances and the growing discontent of its people, to abandon the fruitless and cruel war which it has persisted in waging in defiance of reason and re monstrance. Signs of the increasing desire for the cessation of the The strNewuggle Jersey are beginni Legi n slature has g to show t h em selves. passe d peace resolutions, protesting against war being waged for partisan purposes; against the domination of military law in States not in rebellion ; against the arbitrary arrests and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ; against the division of existing States; against the emancipation proclamation and the expenditure of public money. On most of these points they will have the sympathy of Europe with them. The present war is waged only with the view of the subjugation of the or Southern States without regard to the cost consequence. There are doubtless many fanatics amo ng the Northerners who would rather reign over a desert laid waste by fire and sword than suffer the fertile provinces of the South to flourish as au independent State. The tyranny of military law has been suffered long enough in districts where it was totally uncalled for, while the results of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act has filled Englishmen with indignation. We need scarcely remind the reader of the numerous instances in which the so-called free Government of the Northern States has exercised a degree of unconst it u ti o nal authority, which would be bold in a despotic s overeign in these days. In the w ords of one of the v i c tims of authorized opprea sion the history of whose wron h gs as been recen tly laid before the people of this country,* " The unlawful and oppressive acts of Mr. LINCOLN, his advisers and subordinates, during the war be tween his Government and that of the Confederate States, herea f ter constitute no insignificart portion of the history of these times." The following brief summary of the state of affairs in Maryland, even early in the struggle, from the same authority, shows plainly enough that the protest of the New Jersey Legislature is not uncalled for. Mr. HoVrAilD, the writer in question, tells us that Northern troops having been placed in the city of Baltimore and throughout the State, numerous points were forti fied, and the President proceeded to put hie p l an , in execution. "The Commissioners and Marshal of Police were arrested in Baltimore, and the police force was disbanded. Many of the most prominent members of the Legislature, on the eve of the meet ing of that body, the Mayor of Baltimore, and one of the members of Congress for that city, were ar rested at midnight and dragged off to prison. Edi tore and other private citizens were also among the proscribed. Newspapers were suppressed, and the functions of the State and municipal authorities usurped or suspended by agents of the Administra tion." No wonder, after such proceedings, that a protest is issued against the domination of martial law ! Another point of the New Jersey remon strance is, we are glad to find, directed against that proclamation which, under the profession of virtue and religion masks but faintly an exhor tation to the horrors of a servile war. Further more, the New Jersey Legislature supports that project of a meeting between representatives of the rival parties which was originally proposed by the estate ruler of the French. It is believed that if the rumoured successes of French arms in Mexico are correct, NAPoLiort 111. will be encouraged in the. * Fourteen Months in American Bastiles. London : H. F. Mackintosh. prosecution of his designs of amicable intervention. From whatever quarter it comes, any interference which brings to a close this disastrous struggle must be a subject of gratification to every lover of his kind. The barbarous spirit in which the North have throughout oarried on the war has excited the indignation of the civilised world, and has naturally provoked the South to acts of retali ation which, however natural, are not the less censurable. The boasted refinement and civilisation of America has indeed fallen sadly short of the demands of common humanity. The last exploit of the Federals, mortified by the failure of their canal scheme, has been to submerge a vast tract of fertile country beneath the waters of the Mississippi. The Southerners in return have with more reason cut the levees, thereby compelling a great part of Gen. GRANT'S forces to re-embark, and very probably deciding the question of the assault on Vicksburg. If, as is rumoured, the attempt is finally abandoned, the secession of the North-West provinces may be fully expected, and the end of the war brought nearer. The most de voted adherents of the North could hardly, we should imagine, do otherwise than confess that the disgrace and mortification of abandoning the boasted attack on Vicksburg has been richly deserved by their inhuman conduct. Vicksburg and Charleston have long been considered the two decisive points of the contest; and if the North be compelled to abandon both without a struggle, what then, Presi dent LINCOLN ? The proclamation of the King of DENMARK to his unruly subjects the Holsteiners, which will be found in another part of our impression, is one of considerable importance. The vexed question of Schleswig-Holstein has long been a standing diffi culty, and of late its settlement has become impera tively necessary. The continual interference of the German Powers in the affairs of a portion of the Danish Kingdom could be productive of nothing but mischief, while it was felt both by Danes and Englishmen that an excuse for further intervention would not be wanting if required. According to Earl RUSSELL'S defence of his own extraordinary proceedings, a resort to arms was in contemplation, and he would have us believe that he only succeeded in arresting an invasion of Danish soil by the promise to endeavour to effect some settlement — a promise which he faithfully kept in a manner more satisfactory to the Germans than to his own countrymen. This ill-timed and ill-directed inter ference greatly complicated the affairs of Denmark. Had our Foreign Secretary remained silent, the prospect of the approaching English alliance would have strengthened the position of the Danes, but when the potent ally, from whom so much was expected or hoped, deliberately ranged himself on the side of the adversary, it was most discouraging. Germany, embol dened by so powerful an ally, where she might reasonably have anticipated opposition, pressed her claims more strongly, and at length the KING has been forced to abandon the struggle by granting Holstein a separate constitution and dissevering it from the rest of the monarchy. The recent meet ing at Copenhagen expressed decisively the views of the Danish people, and their monarch has em bodied them in his proclamation. The object is by granting the Holsteiners more than they have a right to claim to secure the amalgamation of Schles wig with the Danish kingdom. It is more than ten years since the KIN& proclaimed his intention of combining the several parts of his kingdom into one single state by a constitution common to all. This intention he has never been able to carry out owing to the immediate and unwarrantable interference of the Federal Diet, of which the KING, es Duke of HOLSTEIN, is a member. His resistance to the attempt of the German Powers to exercise jurisdic tion in any part of his dominions was, however, en tirely consistent with his obligations as a member of the Diet. It was felt both by him and by his subjects that similar demands on Schleswig would be put forward as soon as the affairs of Holstein were settled, and the trifling fact of its never hav ing joined the Germanic Confederation was not likely to stand in the way. The long continuance of this dispute was, however, most injurious to the interest of the monarchy. In the words of the re cent proclamation—" Such a state of internal dis cord, by which the development of the king dom has been paralysed for the last ten years, cannot longer continue." The last assembly of the Holstein Diet gave no grounds for anticipating a settlement, and accord ingly the KING has resolved to define clearly and decisively the position of this litigious State, re garding alike the interests of his kingdom and his Federal obligations ; or, in other words, the pres sure exercised upon him by the German Powers. It is impossible, of dourse, to decide with exactitude upon every possible contingency, and, therefore, " the most urgent part of the task" is all that is attempted. By the proclamation before us Hol stein is permitted to have an independent army. It will be expected to share with the rest of the monarchy in the national expenses, but the Estates of Holstein are to have a voice in the affair, and in details referring to their own share in such mat ters they will have the right of decision. It would seem at first sight that, judging from the previous obstinacy of the Holsteiners, and the German in fluence affecting them, a difference between the Estates and the Rigsraad, or Council of the Empire, may be certainly anticipated. The KIN* himself has apparently a suspicion of the extreme probability of such opposition, for he reserves further separation where no agreement be tween the representative assemblies is found to be attainable. It is also ordered that the Ministry shall submit to the Estates Bills esta blishing a new constitution. The heads which are given in the proclamation, together with the inde pendent army, and the popular representation already accorded, ought to satisfy the most exact- We the 1 i n g Holsteiner. ed f ear, nohowever, are a Englishmentinthe w that du il cl watch l f H o l s tein, and we t rust that o parties to be s atisfi narrowly the proceeding s at the Danish Court, in which they have now so war m an interest, and that i country t o b e aga i n used in sun ° they will not suffer the name and a rt ut o h f o s r u i e ty f he h o un t war ir . rantable and extortionate demands. The speech of the Duke of ARGYLL, at the Edin burgh banquet, on W e d nes d ay, is we ll w orth read ing. The n o bl e d u k e had the honour of return ing thanks for the toast in honcur of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, and on that congenial subject, under the influence of his native country, he expressed him self with more force and simplicity than oommon. In looking back on the last ten years he recalled those eventful struggles which have made the name of war no uncommon sound in the ears of those who grew up when Europe was hushed in the tran quillity of the forty years' peace. He refused to subscribe to the modern dogma, that would have us believe the war with Russia a mistake. He deprecated the supposition that, by the new lights around us, the affairs of that day could be better understood than at the time of action. "I am jealous," said the noble duke, "of these attempts to deprive the great transactions of the world of the lemons they are.icapable_of Winding. I am jealous of these attempts to reduce the great events of history to a level with the gossip of the clubs. Depend upon it," he continued, " that war was what to you at the time it appeared to be. It was a war ren dered necessary by the ambition and the obstinacy of one Sovereign." How far the ambition and obstinacy of that Sovereign were encouraged by his "friend of forty years" we need not now stop to ask; how far secret influence, unworthy jealou sies, and favouritism hindered the action of our army, we will not inquire either. Those events are with the past, and like the great Italian struggle to which the noble duke subsequently re ferred, the public opinion and sympathies were rightly directed, and the results of the struggle were in the main satisfactory and beneficial. Further on the speaker came to that other conflict, of which the issue is, unhappily, still pending. On this subject he spoke with the moderation and kindly feeling towards the combatants due from one in his position. The horrors of civil war he deprecated, but he refused to censure the Americans themselves. " Gentlemen, who are we that we should speak of civil war as under no circumstances possible or ad missible ? Do we not remember that our own liber ties have been secured through every form and variety of civil contest and of civil war? How much blood has been shed in the streets of this ancient capital of Edinburgh ?—how many grim heads have been nailed up to its ancient battle ments! How many victims of civil war crowd our churchyards in every part of the country ! How many lie upon our mountains with nothing to mark them but the heather and the cairn! What do we say of those men ? Do we count their course to have been an evil course ? Do not we rather turn back those pages of history as with the loving chisel of OLD MORTALITY, and keep fresh in our memory the recollection of their immortal names ? Yes, gentlemen, if it be true, and it is true, that the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church, it is equally true that the blood of patriots has been the foundation of the liberties of our country. Let us extend to our Ame rican brethren the liberal interpretation which we seek to be given to our former annals. I for one have not learned to be ashamed of that an cient combination of the Bible and the sword. Let it be enough for us to pray and hope that that contest, whenever it may be brought to an end, shall bring with it that great blessing of the white race which shall consist in the final freedom of the black." It is true that the annals of our civil war were never stained with the crimes which have darkened the records of the American struggle. Still let us hope however stormy the passage the end may bring freedom to white and black alike; that the black may be released from that thraldom which is the execration of the civilised world, and that the white may be set free from that tyranny of mob law and the tyranny of numbers, which Democratic America has so long endured. German art has just sustained a heavy loss. Henry de Hese, the famous battle painter, died last week at Munich, aged 65, He was for many years director of the Royal Museums. M. Bravais, successor to Admiral Roussin in the section of geography of the Academy of Sciences, died at Versailles three days back, after a very long illness. M. Jules Janin has addressed a letter to the French Academy, announcing himself as a candidate for the seat vacated by the death of Duke Pasquier. The elec. tion of the successors of M. Pasquier and M. Biot is to take place on the 23d inst. Intelligence from 'Warsaw announces, the Presse states, that the Russians are executing very con siderable works of fortification in that city, and particu larly in the suburb of Wola. They have raised a redoubt, which is to be armed with. 36 pieces of cannon; and similar works have been commenced in other large towns. Intelligence from Havto state that Captain Du Buisson, aid-de-camp to Prince Napoleon, has arrived at that port, and given orders that the Jerome Napoleon yacht is to hold herself in readiness to proceed to sea. According to general report at Havre. the Prince intends shortly to •mnbark_ and proceed to Egypt. BUTLER.—A refugee from New Orleans fur nishes the following incident. It should not be permitted to pass into oblivion, as the future historian of this contest might find it useful in illustrating a character already infamous beyond precedent in modern times. "Escaping from New Orleans, I reached a plantation upon the Mississippi, in the vicinity of Baton Rouge. The parish priest of Baton Rouge came in while I was there; he had been to New Orleans (before Butler was superseded) for the purpose of procuring food for the poor of Baton Rouge, but Butler peremptorily refused a permit, saying, ' They are our enemies,' The priest urged that these poor people were necessarily, from their extremely destitute con dition, precluded from taking any part in our national troubles, and therefore could not properly be considered enemies. Sir,' said Butler in reply, those that are not for us are against us, and' if they were our friends they would be in the Union army.' But, General,' continued the priest, ' a large portion of these poor people are women and children—poor innocent children.' The monster hissed between his teeth, "Does he who kills the serpent preserve the eggs? I tell you, sir, my purpose is extermination. " —Charleston Mercury. A STRANGE INVENTION .—There was an exhibi tion of agricultural implements a few days since at Lyons, and among them were remarked several instruments for the destruction of animals who feed upon vegetables to the injury of the farmer. One of these instruments is worthy of examination, being to those previously in use what the rifled cannon is to the smooth bore. It is in fact a very unexpected application of artillery, being composed of small pistols, of which the lock is set in motion by a lever turned back on the barrel, and extending two or three cen timetres beyond the mouth. When a gardener wishes to destroy a mole, for example, he places the instrument charged with gunpowder on the path of the animal, taking care to fix the point of the lever of the lock across the hole, so that the animal cannot pass without raising the lever with its back. The pistol is thus discharged, and the ani • i mal is shot point blank. If a charge of powder is not suffi cient, a few grains of shot may be added. A STAGE SCENE IN AMERICA.—A writer, who Ihas travelled extensively, s;ys that he witnessed rather a strange scene in Shakespeare's beautiful tragedy of " Romeo and Juliet." It was at one of the Western theatres. The piece had passed off well without interrup tion until the last scene. The character of Romeo was excellently enacted and lordly applauded. The very model of the lover was before the tomb of the Capulets, Basing upon the motionless form of her who had so attracted his soul, and meditating upon committing an act which would send his spirit to that undiscovered country where he sup • poses Juliet's had gone. Just as ho exclaimed, " Here's to love 1 " and at the same time raising the vial which contained the poison to his lips, a stalwart young countryman jumped upon the stage, seized him, dashed the vial from his hand, crushing it into atoms, and yelling : " Yer stupid fool, she ain't dead I Only been takin' a little sleepin' medicine. Didn't yer get the parson's letter ?" " Sirrah 1" growled out the enraged tragedian, while the house fairly shook with laughter. " Why, yer girl ain't dead, I tell yet.. The way it was, they wanted to make Julie marry that chap thar," pointing at Paris, " whose business you have just settled; but I tell you Julie war pluck—she got her back right up, and vowed she wouldn't do it, even if she war lying in the vault and the ghost of the other feller whom you kilt should dash her brains out with the bones of some of her dead cousins. Wal, her pluck war up, and she took the stuff the parson fixed; so she could play 'possum till you got hum. That's the way it war," added the countryman, giving the desperate lover a poke in the ribs with his elbow, and at the same time losing his hold. " Curse on the fellow I" muttered the raging trage dian, as he stalked behind the scenes. " Wal, now," said i t e h e e t 1 feruoenstilngevetrhedidausedei,enlcheo, hope i t f o t b h e at sw a o in w 't ed a . That's all the thanks I git for stopping him from pizenin c e o t un he tr m y e m a a n n e;t inter fere again when a feller wants to murder himself , " he con k to his hi m self. Hope to be tarnl y swashed if ever Igo to tinued, as he clam bered back seat, just in time to ., t prevent his upper story from e c t ith the 4 ican Scrap Book. w curtain as it descended.—.—tnr oming in BOOKSELLERS AND AITTHORS.—The following ,on ac 1 Balzac :—.A. bookseller who had hea rd of Balzac as a young 1 anecdote is r e l a ted of the late dist in g uished writer iwriter of great promise resolved to offer him 3,000 f. for a novel, but on being told that he lived in an obscure street in the old part of Paris he observed that he must be a plebian, and that he would offer him but 2,000 f. On arriv ing at the house he was told that Balzac lived on the fourth floor. " Oh, in that case," said the bookseller, " 1 will offer him but 1,500 f." B u t when he enteree l a poorly furnished room and saw a y oung man steeping a penny rol l in a glass of water, he offered b u t 300 f,, and for thi s sum received the manuscript of what w as a ft erwards cons id e red a chef-crouvre, the .Dernicre Zee. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SUPPRESSION OF THE INSURRECTION IN SAN DOMINGO. PARIS, APRIL 3. Official intelligence has been received here from San Domingo to the 9th ult., relative to the insur rectionary movements which had taken place there. A state of siege was proclaimed, and troops were despatched into the disaffected districts, where, after some fighting, tranquillity was completely re-established. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, APRIL 3. Langiewicz, accompanied by two police-officers, left this city last night for Vienna. It is said that he will be taken to Gratz, where he will remain on larole. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, FEB. 28. (Per Parana via Lisbon.) Exchange, 70s. to 71s. Ounces, 434. Wet salted ox hides, 373. Dry hides (American), 33 to 36. Wool declined 3to 4. Tallow, 131. Lumber unchanged. Flour, 17 to 173. Refined sugar dull, and unchanged. MONTE VIDEO. Exchange, 55 to 54 ; wet salted hides, 5.60 ; dry American, 4.50 to 4.90 ; dry German, 5.30 to 5.50 Wool slightly declined. Tallow, 1.65. CHINA AND JAPAN. SHANGHAI, FEB. 23. The late General Ward's and the imperial forces have suffered a severe defeat in the storming of Tailsin. The casualties among the united forces amounted to 500. The expedition to Fooshe.n has failed. Advices here received from Japan announce that the British Legation at Jeddo had been destroyed by gunpowder by the Japanese. No fatal acci dent, however, resulted. The country was unsettled. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, FEB. 23. Dissatisfaction prevails in the Council at the pro posal of England to renew the transportation sys tem. The total amount of gold shipped since the de parture of the last mail amounts to 99,375 oz. Intelligence received here from New Zealand announces the total wreck of her Majesty's ship Orpheus on Manakan Bar. Commodore Burnett and Commodore Burton, together with 188 men, officers, and crew, were drowned. FRANCE. PARIS, April 2. Le Constitutionnel observes this morning in con- tinuation of its remarks of yesterday in reference to the retirement of M, Magne from the Cabinet, that the diMrenee of opinion existing between that "Minister without Portfolio" and M. Feuld, the Minister of Finance, has been for some time past no secret to anyone. The remark, simple though it is in itself, has about it a very obvious sicoificance. It is a reminder that the continuance of MM. Fould and Magne in the same Cabinet was an anomaly, the further toleration of which by the Emperor was impracticable. Le Siecle announces that yet another Asteroid, the '7Bth of the group, has just been discovered by M. Robert Luther at the observatory of Biik, near Dusseldorf, and that it has received the name of Diana. " The Ministers," says L' Opinion Nationale, " assembled in council yesterday, at the palace of the Tuileries, under the Presidency of the Emperor." This is the first Cabinet Council held since the accep tance by his Majesty of M. Magne's resignation. Ls Pays remarks to-day upon the fact of the new imperial ambassador from Frtnce to the Court of St. James's, having been received, for the second time, on Tuesday last, by her Britannic Majesty. It is officially stated that the last reports received from Mexico announce that Gen. Forey had sum moned a council of all the generals and chiefs of the service for February 28, in order to arrange the de tails of the movement on Pueblo, and give them their final instructions. The parks of artillery, the war material, and a great depot of stores were con centrated at Quecholecf to which place all the mu nitions necessary for the first operations had been conveyed. The sanitary condition of the army was very satisfact or y. The Constit u ti onne l of to-day, -day, in an arti c le signed by M. Limayrac, says :—" In the maintenance of M. Fould i n th e Mi n istry, the country will see with pleasure a fr es h pl e dge of good order in the finances and of reducti on i n the public expenses." _ BOURSE, A pr il 2.--The market has been very buoyant, and f rom the opening the business done has been at a steadily improving advance in quota tions. Thr ees , f or the Account, are at this moment firm at 69f. 80c. The Railway Share Market has been weak, and many of the lines are rather lower. The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3360 -- li per Cent 5....... 96 " _, Credit I. oncier l4BO Do. end month 3 per Cents ' '" 69 50 Italian Loan 7l 60 . end month.... 80 Do. end . month 7l 75 Do. end month.... 69 ..„ -- Itussin New 3 per Cents .. Austrian r e -- .-- Spankh Threes 52 26 Cdit M0bi1ier....137 5 Do. end m0nth....1377 491 50 Home Debt .. 0 ILWAYB. Cash. Account. 1106 25 .. llls -- 1040 .. 1043 75 Orleans ..............• Northern .............. New. ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1215 .. 1210 Geneva ............ 435 .. 435 Southern Western .........•••.. 546 25 .. 551 25 Eastern .... ....... .. 537 50 537 50 Sardinian ...... 437 50 .. 415 Austrian ............ 502 50 .. 505 Lon bard ...... 595 598 75 North of Spain ........ 577 60 .. 682 50 Saragossa .........••••• 747 50 .. 737 60 Ditto to Barcelona •• • • 355 360 -- SPAIN. The ceremony of decorating the Prince of the Asturias with the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour took place on the 29th ult., at the Palace at Madrid. Her Majeaty had near her the King her husband, and the great officers of the Royal Household. The young Prince, in the uniform of a corporal of ChaQseurs, was placed between his august parents. The French Ambassador, in pre senting the insignia to her Majesty, said:— " Madam,—l place in your Majesty's hands the insignia of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour which the Emperor, my august Sovereign, has conferred on the Prince of the Asturias, in order that your Majesty may have th pleasure of decorating the Prince yourself. I shall not allow myself to add anything to the tenour of the letter addressed to your Majesty by the Emperor. Let your Ma jesty only deign to permit me to congratulate myself on having been chosen to perform this honourable mission, and t, manifest to you the hope that one day, when the Prince shall have become aman, he will consider the insignia which the two young Princes of Spain and France will have worn, for the first time as it were simultaneously on the same day, as a bond of sympathy and affection which will always unite them as are now united the two Governments and the two countries of which both of them are the love and the hope." The Queen replied as follows : "Mousier l'Ambassadeur—Be kind enough to make known to the Emperor, your august Sovereign, the satis faction which I feel at this fresh proof of his cordiality to wards Spain, and towards my family. The investiture of the honourable Order, with the insignia of which I am about to decorate my young son, will doubtless be a perms; nent reminiscence of the friendly relations existing between France and Spain, and the honourable exception made by the Emperor as regards the age of the Prince of the Asturias will be an additional proof of the interest which his Impe rial Majesty has on more than one occasion manifested towards my family. lam delighted, Monsieur l'Ambassa deur that you, whom I esteem, should be the faithful inter preter of these sentiments and the medium between his Imperial Majesty and myself on this so pleasing an occa sion." ['he Queen then placed the insignia on the breast of the Prince. Their Majesties afterwards addressed some friendly remarks to the Ambassador and the members of the Embassy, and the proceedings ter minated. AMERICA (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) SOUTHAMP CON, APRIL 3. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Teutonia, from New York on the 21st ult., has arrived off Cowes en route for Hamburg. She brings 82 passengers, 77,000 dole, in specie for England, and 41,900 for France. She spoke, on the 21st ult., the British steamer Plantagenet, off New York, and the Edinburgh, off Sandy Hook; on the 26th the Bremen bark Stella; on the 2d inst. the Hamburg bark Washington, off the Scully Islands ; and the Oldenburg bark Fanny Kirchner, off the Lizard. Mr. Glaisher's Ninth Balloon Ascent for Scientific Purposes. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—One of the principal subjects of research in the bal loon experiments of last year was the determination of the law of decrease of temperature wi'h increase of elevation. It is a subject to which very great interest is attached, and to the determination of which a great deal of labour and re search has been devoted, resulting in the adoption of the theory of a uniform rate of decrease of 1 deg of Fahrenheit's scale for every increase of 300 feet. The results from my several ascents last season were that, when the sky was clear, a decline of 1 deg took place within 100 feet of the earth, while at the height of 30,000 feet a space of fully 1,000 feet had to be pas* ed for a change of 1 deg of tem perature; and that between these limits a gradually in creasing space was required for a change of temperature to the same amount, plainly indicating that the theory of a decline of 1 deg of temperature for every 300 feet of eleva tion must be abandoned. The previous eight balloon ascents were made in the months of July, August, and September. It became of the highest importance to have similar experiments in the other months of the year ; and the British Associa tion, at its meeting in Cambridge, voted £2OO for further experiments to be begun in the spring, and some of these, if possible, during the prevalence of the east wind. The first of these ascents took place with Mr. Coxwell's large balloon on Tuesday last, March 31, from the grounds of the Crystal Palace, by the kind permission of the direc tors. The gas was prepared by Mr. Ohren, the engineer of the Crystal Palace Gas Works, and the several instruments were prepared by Mr. Negretti and Mr. Zambra, the former gentleman being present to adjust them before starting. The balloon left the earth at 4h 16m p.m., the tempera ture of the air being 50 deg. At 4h 25m we wore one mile high, with a temperature of 334 deg ; the second mile was reached at 4h 35m, with a temperature of 26 deg; the third mile at 4h 44m, when the temperature was 14 deg; and at 31 miles high the temperature was 8 deg. A warm current of air was met with, and the temperature rose to 12 deg at 4h 58m ; at 5h 2m we passed out of this current, and when 41 miles high the temperature was just zero of Fahrenheit's scale. . _ In descending, the temperature increased to 11 deg, at about three miles high, at 5h 38m ; then a cold current was met with, and it decreased to 7 deg. We soon passed through it, ar d the temperature increased to 18i deg at two miles high, to 251 deg at one mile, and to 42 deg on he ground, which was reached at 6h 30m. The air was dry before leaving the earth ; it became very dry at heights exceeding two miles, and at heights exceed ing four miles the temperature of the dew point was fully minus 40 deg. The course of the b noon on leaving the earth was from the east, and continued so till about 4h 3m, when it changed, and at about 4h 45m the Crystal Palace appeared under us ; its course again changed, and we met with several different currents of air. When one mile high the deep roar of London was heard distinctly, and its murmuring noise was heard at greater elevations. At the heights of three and four miles the view was indeed wonderful—the plan-like appearance of London and suburbs, the map-like appearance of the coun try generally; then, running the eye down the winding Thames, the white cliffs at Margate, and on to Dover. Brighton was seen and the sea beyond, and all the coast line wait clear pto Yarmouth—. The north was obscured by clouds, Looking under us, and to the south, there were many detached cumuli clouds resting apparently on the earth, like patches of shining woo], and in some places a solitary cloud, thus apparently resting on the earth, sur rounded by a clear space for many miles. Looking towards NV indoor, the Thames was like bur ni.hed gold, and the surrounding water ike bright silver. Looking towards Putney, the rippling of the water along the banks of the river was distinctly seen. Railway trains were the only moving objects visible, and they looked like some creeping thing, caterpillar-like, ants the steam was like a narrow line of serpentine mist. Taking a grand view over the whole visible plain beneath. I was struck with its regularity. The view did not seem natural ; it was too even, apparently artificial. The effect of Ole river scenery was very remarkable in this respect; all the ships looked very diminutive, but were visible beyond the Medway. _ _ . At 6h we could plainly distinguish Greenwich Park as a small garden, and the Royal Observatory as a gray speck The Green Man Hotel, Blackheath, was quite distinct ; all the docks were mapped out, and every object of moderate size was seen clearly with the naked eye. At the height of three miles and a-half Mr. Coxwell said my face was a glowing purple, and afterwards both our faces were very blue. At heights exceeding three miles the feet and tips of the fingers were very cold. The sky was a 'Jeep prussian blue. When three miles high, on descend ing, Mr. Coxwell, forgetful of the fact of the grapnel having been exposed to a temperature of zero, incautiously took hold of it with his naked hands, and cried out, as in pain, that he was scalded, and he called on me to assist him to drop it. The sensation was exactly that of scalding water. The blackness creeping over the land at sunset was very remarkable, while the sun was still shining upon us. The general results of this ascent confirm in a very remarkable degree those obtained from the preceding experiments, and indicate that very few more extreme high ascents will be necessary for this purpose. I cannot close this account without again expressing my sense of the great skill and judgment of Mr. Caswell. The circumstances of this ascent were peculiar. Leaving the earth early in the season, with a cold east wind, to pass high up into colder regions, he never for an instant, from leaving the earth to returning to it, took his eye off the balloon, ex. cept when otherwise engaged in its management ; indeed, he was so completely occupied that he was unable to make a single note. The balloon descended at Barking Side, near Stratford, at half-past 6 o'clock.—l am, Sir, yours, &o JAMES GLAISHE it. THE COLOSSEUM AT ROME.— Within this magni ficent amphitheatre lies the Campagna of Rome, and nothing can be mare rich and varied, with every kind Of beauty, sometimes, as around Ostia, flat as an American prairie, with miles of Caltlii and reeds rustling in the wind, fields of exquisite feathery grasses waving to and fro, and forests of tall golden trunked stone pines poising their spread ing umbrellas of rich green high in the air, and weaving a murmurous roof against the sun ; sometimes drear, mys terious, and melancholy, as in the tit solate stretches be tween Civita Vecchia and Rome, with lonely hollows and hills without a single habitation, where sheep and oxen feed, and the wind roams over treeless and deserted slopes, and silence makes its home; sometimes rolling like an inland sea whose waves have been sucidenly checked and stiffened, green with grass, gulden with grain, and gra cious with myriads of wild flowers, where scarlet poppies blaze over acres and acres, and pink frilled daisies cover the meadows, and pendant vines shroud the picturesque ruins of antique villas, aqueducts, and tombs, or droop from medisaval towers and fortresses. Such is the aspect of the Agro Romano, or southern psrtion of the Campagna ex tending between Rome and Albano. It is a picture wherever you go. The land, which is of a deep rich loam that repays a hundred fold the least toil of the farmer, does not wait for the help of man, but bursts into spontaneous vegetation, and everywhere laughs into flowers. Here is pasturage for millions of cattle, and grain -fields for a continent, that now in wild untutored beauty bask in the Italian sun, crying shame on their neglectful owners. Over these long un fenced slopes one may gallop on horseback for miles, with out let or hindrance, through meadows of green smoothness on fire with scarlet poppies —over hills crowned with ruins that insist on being painted, so exquisite are they in form and colour, with their grand background of purple moun • tains— down valleys of pastoral quiet, where great tufa caves open into subterranean galleries leading beyond human ken; or one may linger in lovely secluded groves, of ilexes and pines, or track the course of swift streams overhung by dipping willows, and swerving here and there through broken arches of antique bridges, smothered in green ; or wander through hedges heaped and toppling over with rich luxuriant foliage twined together by wild vetches, honeysuckles, morning glories, and every species of flower ing vine ; or sit beneath the sun-looped shadows of ivy covered aqueducts, listening to the song of hundreds of larks far up in the air, and gazing through the lofty arches into wondrous deeps of violet-hued distances, or lazily watch ing flocks of white sheep its they crop the smooth slopes guarded by the faithful watch-dog. Everywhere are deep blown banks of pozzolano earth which make the strong Roman cement, and quarries of tufa and travertine with unexplored galleries and catacombs honeycombing for miles the whole Campagna. Dead generations lie under your feet wherever you tread. The place is haunted by ghosts that outnumber by myriads the living, and the air is filled with tender sentiments of sadness which makes the beauty of the world about you more touching.—Roba di Rome. OLD LONDON BRIDGE.—The stone upon whi c h the Woolwich steamer Sibyl struck at London-bridge on the 7th ult., and sunk, and which, it was feared, would prove a serious obstruction to the channel of the second arch, has been got up. It is about three feet square, and on the upper part a portion projects about a foot, it was no doubt one of the eteacii of 914 Aontleu-bridge, - - Cr ads — k Ortubt HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 2. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Lieut.• Gen. Hon. C. Grey, Equerry in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle last evening from the Ranger's Lodge, Green wick Park. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and Prince Louis of Hesse rode on horseback, attended by Capt. Wester. weller. Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge, C. 8., has succeeded Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros as Equerry in Waiting. -.- Earl Cowley, we understand, intends giving a State dinner and evening party on Wednesday next to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Wales, his lordship's absence in England when the ceremony took place having prevented his doing so at the time. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio left the Italian Legation yesterday fur the Easter recess, The Duke of Wellington left town yesterday for Strathfieldsaye. The Duche,s of Wellington will join his grace on Saturday. The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and Lady Edith Somerset returned to town on Wednesday from visiting the Duchess of Beaufort and family at Badminton. The Marchioness (Maria) of Ailesbury hasjoined the circle visiting the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Kimbelton Castle, near Huntingdon. Earl Cathcart has left Maurigy's Hotel for Thorn ton-le-Street, Thirsk. Viscount Palmerston and the Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., will leave Scotland to-morrow morning for London. Viscount and Viscountess Campden have left Portman-square, for the Continent, and contemplate a pro • tracted residence abroad. The funeral of Viscount Templetown is to take place to-morrow at Kensall. green Cemetery. The Baron and Baroness Walden bourg and family have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, from Baden- Baden. The Hon. Blanche Thellusson has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF GRAFTON.—The mortal remains of the late Duke of Grafton were in terred yesterday in the family vault at Euston Hall, Suf folk, the duke's body having been previously removed from Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire, where he died, to the family burial-place in Suffolk. The white and gold basket containing flowers which was presented to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, and graciously accepted, on her arrival at Sand ringham, was made especially f'or the occasion and im ported by Mrs. Ottignon, of the Soho Bazaar. THE INTENDED VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT Ox FORD.—The Secretary of State for War has given his sanc• tion to a review of volunteers taking place at Oxtord on Wednesday, the 24th of June next. MAUNDAY THURSDAY.—The ancient and Royal charities associated with Mlunday Thursday were distributed yesterday, to 44 aged men and 44 aged women, in Whitehall Chapel, with the customary ceremonial. The number of each sex corresponds with the age of her most gracious Majesty the Qusea. The Corriere dell' Emilia of Bologna announces that the Emperor of the French has subscribed 2,000 f to the fund for the relief of the sufferers from brigandage in Italy. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—The number of houses to be taken uncle' the powers of this com pany's bill for the construction of works and acquisition of additional lands in St. Giles's Without, Cripplegate, and St. Sepulchers, is 45, situate in King's Arms-yard, Star court, Milton. court, Harp-alley, Philiip's-ccart, New court, Round-court, Sharp's-alley, and Greenhill-rents, the number of persons that will bc thereby displaced being 420. METROPOLITAN (TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD EXTENSION) RAILWAY.---By this company's bill it is proposed to take 145 houses, in Glocester-place, Islip t reet, P terrace,Georgiana -street, P ratt- street,King'i-- road, Ossulston-street, Charlton and Wilsted-streets, an Southampton-mews, the total number of persons to be cis placed being 1,100; but most of the houses will be rebuilt when the railway works are finished. Zheproposedcapital of the company is £500,000. The line is to commence near the Gower-street station of the Metropolitan Railway, tra verse northwards, on the low level, without altering a single thoroughfare, to a junction with the Tottenham and Hamp stead Junction Railway at the foot of Highg tte• hill. By this means the Great Eastern Railway will be brought into communication with the Metropolitan Railway and its in tended station near Finsbury-circus. NEW Yomi, March 21.—The Emily Fisher, of Eastport, which was captured on the 19,h of Feb ruary, off Castle Island, Bahamas, by the Confederate schooner Retribution, was run ashore on Acklyn Islands, and 236 hhds, of sugar taken out of her and landed there ; she was then released on bond and arrived here yesterday, Greenock, April 2.—The Runnymede which arrived here from Pernambuco, has on board the crews of the two Ame 'jean vessels the Star of Peace and the Aldebaran, which have been burnt at sea by the Confederate steamer Florida. London, April 2.—The Hotspur, which arrived off Portland from Calcutta, reports that on the 24th of March, in lat. 38 N., long, 34 W., she was chased for three hours by an American steamer, which tacked and stood to the south ward when the British ensign was hoisted by the Hotspur. A REMINDER.—The following is the concluding paragraph of the address presented to Lord Pal merston at the Working Men's soiree at Glasgow, on Tues day evening :—" We devoutly pray that your lordship may be blessed with uninterrupted health for years yet to come, and that you may be spared to see our country still progressing, the people becoming better educated, more enlightened, and possessing that increased share in the representation of the country which has been so repeatedly promised from the Throne, and so confidently expected and waited for." ACCIDENT AT A STEEPLECHASE.—At the steeple chase of the Irish Brigade, of General Hooker's army, a serious accident occurred. Dr. Faxon, surgeon of the 9th Massachusetts, and the quartermaster of the same regiment,while riding at the top of their speed towards each other, in attempting to pass, turned in the same direction, and a collision ensued, by which both horses were instan taneously killed, and both the officers were thrown 3011. in the air, and seriously, and probably fatally injured.—L eio York Times. CUSTOM HOUSE CAPTURE.—PLYMOUTH, Thurs day.—Yesterday there was placed in the revenue stcres at this port 12 bales of smuggled tcbacco stalks, each weighing upwards of 100 lb. It appears that Mr. Rae, the tide surveyor, having received some previous intimation, procet ded with much skill and caution to Coffiett Mills, in the parish of Brixton, about eight miles distant, and quietly secured his prize, where it was concealed under a rick of straw, near the premises of Mr. Kendal, the miller. It is very unusual for smuggled tobacco to be packed in such large and unhandy bales ; and, from circumstances which transpired at the time, it is now thought that the venture was landed beverai weeks since in Catwater, an important creek in this port, the resort of merchant ships of all classes, and that it came directly across the channel from the islands of Jersey or Guernsey. No smuggled tobacco equal in quan tity has been taken in this port during the last 10 years, CON-TEMPORARY OR CO TEMPORARY.- - Bentley, in his " Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris," justly remarks that " cotemporary is a downright barba ri,m, for the Latins never use co for con, except before a vowel—as "co-equal," " co-eternal," but before a conso nant they either retain the n—as •` contemporary," " COL • stitution," or melt it into another letter—as " collection," " comprehension." So that the Exanzinei's COTEMPORARY is a word of his own composition, for which the learned world will cogratulate ," in Notes and Queries. A DRUNKEN OUTRAGE.—An extraordinary and fatal outrage was perpetrated at Mount Sorrel stone quarries, Leicestershire, on Wednesday afternoon, by a man named Joseph Webster, manufacturer, and keeper of the Royal Oak publichouse, Querdon. It appears that on the afternoon of Wednesday Webster, who was is a state of intoxication—and when so is a perfect maniac— drove over to the top of the cliff of Mount Sorrel quarry, which is worked by Mr. J. Martin, the high sheriff, and after unharnessing his horse and turning it out upon the hills, laid hild of the shafts of the spring cart and backed it over'the precipice (90ft. high) upon the men below, when a great many were at work. Some of the men underneath appear to have observed the descent of the trip, for a cry of warning was raised, and many were enabled to get out of the way; but one poor man, named Henry Pidcock, was not so fortunate, for the cart fell upon him. and he re ceived such serious injuries to his spine that he died in the course of the evening. The vehicle, it is hardly necessary to say, was smashed to splinters. Considering the great number of men (about 630) at work in the quarry, it is quite surprising that more mischief was not done. Web ster, after backing the cart over the precipice, ran away, but was apprehended the same evening by Police-sergeant B sworth, of Mount Sorrel, and convoyed to Loughborough police-station, An inquest on the body of the unfortunato man who we-13 killed was formally opened at the Exhibition public-house, Mount Sorrel, on Thursday afternoon, before Mr, utregory, coroner, and adjourned until Tuesday next, THE ALABAMA, Some further papers relating to the Alabama have been laid on the table of the House of Com mons, in pursuance of the motion of Mr. White. They show that, on July 22, the Commissioners of Customs wrote from London to the Collector of Cus toms at Liverpool, stating that their solicitor, after considering the evidence furnished by the United States Consul, advised that it was not sufficient to justify any steps ne.ng taken against the vessel, The Commissioners added, " The solicitor has, however, stated that if there should be sufficient evidence to satisfy a court, of enlistment of individuals, they would be liable to pecuniary penalties, for security of which, if recovered, this Department might de tain the ship until those penalties are satisfied, or good bail given, hut there is not sefficient evidence to require the Customs to prosecute ; it is, however, competent for the United States Consul, or any other person to do so at their own risk, if they see fit." The United States Consul, however, does not seem to have taken any such step, but continued to urge the English authorities to " take such steps as they might deem necessiry." It will be recollected that, on Saturday, the 26th, there was received at the Foreign-office from Mr. Adams further evidence, and a copy of an opinion, given by Mr. Collier, that the vessel ought to be detained; the papers thus furnished were immediately laid, by the Govern ment, before the law officers of the Crown, who gave their opinion in time to telegraph to stop the vessel on Tuesday, the 29th, but she had left the ' Mersey that morning. The United Stateb Consul, at Liverpool, wrote on the 30th to the Collector of Customs, stating that her steam-tug, the Hercules, had returned, and the master said that the Alabama had six guns on board, concealed be low, and was taking powder from another vessel, and that the Hercules, itself, was at that moment taking on board 40 or 50 men, beams evidently for gun carriages, and other things to convey to the gunboat, which on the previous night was cruising 50 miles off, and, he added, that a quantity of cut lasses were taken on board on the 25th. The Sur veyor to the Customs went on board the Hercules, and strictly examined her, and found no guns, no ammunition, and nothing of a suspicious character; and he says he has the fullest confidence that the Alabama left Liverpool without any part of her ar mament, without even a single gun or musket on board. The master of the Hercules deposes---" I tett the river on the 30th, and took with me from 25 to 30 men, who, I believe, were to be employed on board as part of the crew; they appeared to be all sailors or firemen. I found the vessel about 3 o'clock that afternoon in Beaumaris Bay. I put the men on board, and lay alongside till midnight. We were from three to four miles from the shore. Besides the men, I put on board an anchor-stock, a piece of wood about 15ft long, and two pieces of brass belonging to the machinery. I neither carried guns, powder, or ammunition of any kind to her, nor_ did I see anything of this description on board. There was no vessel of any description came near the vessel while I was by her. I have never seen the American Consul to my knowledge. I never told him or any one else they were taking powder on board the new vessel. I never was told what she was for, or what was her destination. The piece of wood which 1 have men• ioned was not in any way fit fora gun-carriage. I t tic ught it was intended to rest the ship's boat upon; it was planed and cut out for some purpose, if not to rest the boat upon. The papers show that the Government telegraphed to Beaumaris, Holyhead, and Cork, to seize the vessel, if she should enter either of those ports, but her captain was much too cautious to do so. He kept cruising about, meeting the tugboat in the afternoon of Wednesday the 30th, .and getting out to sea at 3 o'clock next morning. Royal National Lifeboat Institution,. A meeting of this institution was held yesterday at its house, John-street, Adelphi; Thos. Chapman, V.P., in the chair. There were also present Captain W. H. Hall, C. 8., Colonel Fitz. Roy Clayton, W. H. Harton, E; q, Captain A. P. Ryder, R.N., Alexander Boetefeur, Esq., Captain Ward, R N., inspector of lifeboats to the institution, and Richard Lewis, E q., secretary. A reward of £l4 was voted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat, at Padstow, for their gallant sarvices in rescuing during a heavy storm on the 18th ult. the crew, consisting of :3 men, from the brigantine Pandema, of Plymouth ; and schooner Betsy, of Brixham, which had stranded on the Doomed Bar Sand, off Padstow. The thanks of the institution were also voted to Mr. Daniel Shea, chief officer of the coastguard, for putting off in the lifeboat on both the above occasions. This lifeboat is called the Albert Edward, after the Prince of Wales. By a happy coincidence she was also instrumental in res cuing a shipwrecked crew on the very day that his Royal Highness arrived at his majority, on the 9th November last. Rewards amounting to £53 7s. were also voted to crews of the lifeboats of the institution at Rye, Winchilsea, Tynemoutb, Middlesborough, Fraser tn gh, Dundalk, Berwick, St. Ives, and St. Andrews, for putting off with the view of rendering assistance to vessels which had signals of distress flying, but which did not afterwards require the services of the lifeboats. Some of the services on these occasions were of a very laudable character, and were attended with considerable risk. The lifeboats of the insti tution are often called out during heavy gales of wind, in reply to signals of distress, especially in the night time, from vessels which do not ultimately require their help, the ships having succeeded in getting out of danger. It was reported that the institution had, during the past three months, voted £444 for rescuing, by its lifeboats and other means, 203 persons from different shipwrecks on our coast. During the past year it had expended £12,583 on its lifeboat establishments and lifeboat crews. I'he committee of the institution therefore earnestly appealed to the public for continued support to assist them to carry on its great and important work. A reward of 16 was granted to six fishermen for putting off and rescuing three out of seven coastguard men, who had been capsized from their boat, while proceeding to board a vessel during squally weather, off Greencastle, on the coast of Denegai. Four men unfortunately perished on the occasion, notwith standing the gallant and prompt endeavours that were made to save their lives. A revs and of £2 was also voted to two fishermen for saving six persons, whose boat had capsized in a heavy sea oft Faka, on the coast of Limerick. It was reported that the mayor of Liverpool and the lord lieutenant of Cardigan had, during the past month, convened public meetings for the pur pose of presenting some silver medals of the insti tution, which had been voted by the society to diffe rent persons for their gallant exertions in saving lives from shipwreck. The institution had, during the past month, sent a new lifeboat to Porthleven, on the Cornish coast. The boat was the gift of Mr. Agar Robartes, M.P., who had also previously given the cost of a lifeboat to the institution. The committee decided to send a new lifeboat and transporting carriage to Fishguard, on the Welsh coast, in lieu of those at present there. They also decided to call the boat the Sir Edward Perrott, sfter the honourable baronet of that name, in acknowledgment of his long and valuable services to the lifeboat cause as chairman of the preparatory committees of the institution. A letter was read from the Hamburgh Liteboat Society, requesting the co-operation of the National Lifeboat Institution in placing a 'Lifeboat at Heligo land. It was reported that Mr. F. It. Magenis had pre sented to the institution £262 10s. to assist it to place a new lifeboat on tht coast. A legacy of L 204 16s. had been received by the institution from the executors of the late Miss Gedge, of Yarmouth. It was also stated that Messrs. Hoare, the bankers, had given the society a donation of fifty guineas, and also that the principal L radon bankers had recently contributed to its funds. Admiral Sir George Sartorios handed to the in stitution £7l Bs. which ho had collected for it, tiny guineas of which amount was horn Mr. Henry Green, of Bl,ckwali. PAYments amounting to X 570 having been made to various lifeboL4 efitablishments, the proceedings terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1863 I