The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-06 00:00:00

BRITON IO MEDICAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSOCIATN. Chief Offices—No. 429, Strand, London, W.C. TRUSTEES. George H. Barlow, M.D. r Richard Partridge, Esq., Sir James Duke, Bart. Ald., F.R.S. M.P. 1 John Propert, Esq. Sir Charles Hastings , M.D., 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. Bv the peculiarly equitable manner of dividing the profits, the Policies issued by this A sscdation 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. Application; for Agencies are invited. —_ ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — Mr. MAPLESON has the honour to announce to the n, bility and gentry, his subscribers, and the public, that the Opera Season of 1863 will commence on SATUI(DA.I next, April 11. On which oCctigion will be performed Verdi's favourite Opera, IL TROVA.TORE, With the following unparalleled cast Manrico, Signor Ginglini ; 11 Conte di Luna, Mr. Santley ; 1 Ferrando, Signor Bassi ; 'Ruiz, Signor Sold' ; II Zingaro, Signor Casaboni ; Azucena. Madame Alboni (her first ap pearance then- two years); Inez, Madame TaCeani ; anfi. Leonora, Mlle. Thiene. Dirc3tor of the Music and Conductor, Signor ARDITI. After which, a New Serenata, dedicated by special per mission to their Uoyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Music composed expressly for the occasion by Mr. Cueing. The Words by John Oxentord. In the course of the evening the National Anthem, "God save the Queen," will be sung by the entire strength of the Company. Doors open at half-past Seven. T h e Opera will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Pit Tickets, Ss. 6d. ; Gallery Prices . and 7s. ; Golery, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes , in the Stall fl, 5s :Upper Circle, to admit three persons, 21s. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had, as also the .Pros peetus of the seaset, with tull particulars, obtained at the 13ox-oflice of the The (under the Colonnade in the Hay market', which Is open dailyomder the superintendence of Mr. Nugent, from Ten. till Six; and at all the principal Libraries and Viusicsellers. ._._.___ OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVE NT- R.GAltrki,;N.—Mr. dye has the honour to anno unce that the OPERA SEASON of 189 will commence on TUESDAY, Apr il 7. The Prospectus with full particulars may be ob tained at the Box-Office, and at the principal rausicsellers and librarians. TREAT RE-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.--- LeStlee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April 6, Henryfor the 347th time ilter n Lo Lacyndon, C. PEEP O'DAY. Messrs. Lorraine, Wa Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, ; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &C. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Mizis Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. BEAT RE-ROY AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. BUCketolle. THIS EVENING, at 7, will be performed MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Hero , M iss Ellen Terry; Beatrice, Miss Louisa Angel. After w hich, an apro pos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the T our of the Prince of W ales in the East.- To h e r first conclude wit nce), Misßs h BORWING A HUSBA ND arris . Pamela appearaOMaria H. --- THEATRE -ROYAL ent L of Mr. YCEUPECHTER M OPEN, under the Sole Managem. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Rketdh, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Was Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE RUSE MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, ort suned by Messrs. G. Vining:, J. Brougham, H. AN com p W. M'lntyre, F. Charles, Garden, R Kate ao Terrynd, H E. B u tler, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclerc% ym, y, and Elsworthy. Stage-Manager, Mr. G. Vining. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barlett. ---------- ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Loos e, s, Mess s. Lintlnk and Vining THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Mizs Amy Sedgvrick. Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson Messrs. Roxby, Melville, G. Beirnore, C. Scyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. Mr. Geo. Vining , Mr. C. After which, ICILLII'M TIME. Seyton, and miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza the tit le d BEAUTIFUL or The Sea Nymph and Boyers. Misses M. Oliver,i Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen derson, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz james, Moreland, and Cockerill. ___________ NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPIII.--.• Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. . THIS EVENING (16th time) AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Ben j . W e bster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phil li psPli Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, M Smith. After which, THE TRIAL OF TOMPKINS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss A. Seaman. _ Commence at 7. HE THIRD EDITI ON OF ', THE SUN," Tcontaining the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEws AGENT, No. 4, Connaught -terrace, Hyde -park. NOTICE. THE WEDDING SUN Is still Publishing The Weather—Sun Office, April 5, 1863. THI3II3IOI4IET ER. g h es t since Noon ye sterda y . ..........•••' 53 Lowest during the night ........... 37 This day at Noon .................... 5l. Wind—S. -West ; light, with fine weather. APRIL 6. THERMOMETER. i li g h e st since Noon yes terda y ............... 55 Lowest during t he ni g ht...... 3B This day at Noon Wind—South ; light and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ting DA.Y;MOr2II/Ig, 3h. 21m.—Afternoon, 3h. 42m, To-monß.ow.-N or ning, 3h. 59m. —Afternoon, 411. 20m, Mit'44l"7-, 1111 LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1863. Accounts from the American seat of war by this mail are rather confused. It is difficult, from the conflicting statements brought over together by the Australasian, to conjecture precisely what it is that has actually' occurred on the Mississippi. The only fact that appears to be beyond any doubt at all in tha t direction, is on e to the effect that—more lite rally than when we talk of a Londoner set tins the Th ame s on fire — the Federals this time sissippi on Fire Only—it h ave set the M is Mississi i s h ou ld be prem ised at once, that the pp set on fire, is the war -ship recently afloat upon the river of that name, and not the river itself. Whether that river had been crossed at al l l by the Federals, almost appears still to be matter of doubt. At the least it is very dubious—if crossed at all—in what strength. Several day s since, in fact about a week ago, a statement confidently put forth through the c)lumns of a Richmond journal, intimated quite positively that the Federal attempt to cross the Mississippi had been signally defeated by the Con federates. This repulse of the Northerns, however, t a king place, according to the Richmond paper, in front of the batteries of Port Hudson. Subsequently, howeve r, the Federal accounts tel l a ver y differ ent story indeed: or rather, we should say, a succession 1 n e very different stories : of precisely that same transaction, the attempted crossing of the Missis sippi at Port Hudson. The enterprise, it appears, was actually adventured upon during the night of the 14th ult. And if we were to have believed the record of it flashed first of all through the telegraphs to Washington, Commodore FARRAGUT, the head of the Federal armament, had success fully engaged, and, in the end, had triumphantly passed the Port Hudson batteries had in fact 4;rossed over the Mississippi with "the whole" of his f quadron—saving and excepting the burnt and abandoned Mississippi. After that first exultant te!egrani, howe ver, had set all t he loiterers, liquor ing in at the hotel bars of the North, true Yankee eocko, la. op, or in other words , crowing with the intonation to the cockerico of the human chanticleers on the other side of the Atlantic in those particular latitudes —a disappointing piece of supplementary information comes dropping in, via Cairo (DICKENS'S Eden, to wit vide Mar tin Chuzzlewit), informing the North that, not the whole squadron, but, at the most, seven gunboats had crossed the Mississippi at Rudson Fort. Even hide their diminished heads; and it is a well-known maxim in any general commotion or disorderly assemblage, if a good laugh can be raised the danger of a riot is over. The moralists who declaim against the drama are too forgetful of this important fact. Very probably they may be by nature men of studious habit and serious thought, but the wide and varied range of human nature includes the clown and harlequin, as well as the tragedian and melo-dramatist. Such preachers and philosophers are usually deficient in one great and necessary in gredient in the dramatist's success—a versatile sym pathy. The power of throwing oneself vividly into the thoughts and feelings of another, of realising his position, his sentiments, and his requirements, does not belong alike to all ; but there are, unfortu nately, good and wise men who, instead of opening their eyes to this want in themselves, would transfer the deficiency to others, and censure them for not re cognising the infallible virtues of their particular system. Such men in declaiming on the extrava gance, the improvidence, the irregularities of an actor's life are too often forgetful of the substantial merits under that shifting surface. We eaniot do better than quote the words of Mr. CHARLES DICKENS on this point, when, after speaking of the toils and labours incidental to the profession, he added—" In defiance of all these heavy blows and great discouragements in the actor's life, I fearlessly add these words—if there be any creature here, knowing a theatre well,who knows any kind of place, no matter what, cathedral, church, chapel, tabernacle, high cross, market, change, where there is a more sacred bond of charitable brotherhood, where there is a more certain reliance to be placed on sym pathy with affliction, where there is a greater generosity in ready giving, where there is a higher and more sacred respect for family ties, where there is habitually a more cheerful voluntary bearing of burdens on already heavily-burdened backs, then let him take his money to that place, to me un known, and not produce it here." The object of this fund, which is in a measure seltsupporting, is the granting of annuities to such members as may be disqualified by age, sickness, or infirmity from pursuing their profession, for extend ing aid to the sick, and, in some instances, to the bereaved survivors of the dead. The members con tribute, according to a carefully computed scale, out of their fluctuating earnings, with a "patience, a steadiness, and a perseverance" which the Chair man, as one of the trustees, declared to be worthy of all admiration. This fact should be weighed in opposition to the commonly received notion of the improvidence of actors, and it affords a powerful claim on the public sympathy, since we should surely help those who are so anxious to help themselves. The great chiefs of dramatic literature, and of the theatrical profession, proffer their willing aid, showing that ready kindness often displayed by true genius to those in need of assistance or counsel, A very inte resting instance of this was given by Mr.BUCKSTONE, who told his audience that at the age of seventeen he had written a tragedy, which he sent to EDMUND KEAN. The great tragedian, while objecting to the specimen, probably recognised in it some indi cations of that dramatic talent which has since been shown through a long and brilliant career as author, actor, and manager. He bore the young aspirant in kindly remembrance, and soon after, while staying at Hastings, he found that his benefit was to be held in a neighbouring barn. The great tragedian accordingly called at the " theatre," and, taking two box tickets from the youthful player, gave him two guineas for them—a high price for barn accommodation, though no more than any of us would be willing to give now to see Mr. BUCKSTONE in " Asa Treachard." We must hope the arguments and example of the gifted men, who assisted by their words and presence at the festival of Saturday evening will have due influence with the public, who should remember the many times that the drama has lightened gloom or distracted care, and aid in their turn to solace the sorrows of those whose lives are spent in toiling for the pleasure of their fellows. The great Volunteer Review of to-day has now become an established custom, and it presents ob- jects of interest quite apart from any ordinary affairs of the kind. The immense body of men who are collected on the Brighton Downs form a sight that is at once the pride of our own country, ani the source of terror to all invaders. The foreigners who used to delight in calling us a " nation of shop keepers" may now change their opinion. They have seen that Englishmen can come forward from every rank, and voluntary assume the most irksome duties, and expcse themselves to trouble, loss of time, and various other annoyances. The charge of being too domestic to attend to such martial exercises as the foreigners delight in, has proved unfounded ; with the presence of danger has arisen the spirit to meet it, and of each member of the bands enrolled in the volunteer service of their country may be said— " No joys for him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field," It is probable that now that the first excitement is over, some over-wise folks may say that it is un necessary to make such a fuss about the volunteers. This is a great mistake. Had they been in existence a few years ago we should never have heard any thing of that panic of invasion which" frighted our isle from its propriety." Such a state of things must not occur again. It is incompatible with the dignity of our country that any change in the fancies of despots, or any new line of policy adopted by foreign Governments should have the power to disturb the equanimity of our people. Forewarned is forearmed, and we should always be ready in times of peace to meet any of those exigencies that continually occur. The numbers expected to assemble at Brighton to-day are not so considerable as on the last occasion of this kind, but this must be owing to some minor points in the arrarigemenotsn, a o n ll d s n i o d t es to n t o h w e d tn ec e re v a o se . of ardour in the cause. innteers are recogn ised the public service. It is a s t o a n b be c h k o n p o e w d l that e dg e dthe bodysears f yesterday entertained of the weather will not at Br proviegh t t r o n n e, t he o a n nd u s o s ea b s j t e c a t gloom over the whole affair. Th e most active preparations have been made, and the most eager anxiety appears to prevail, visitors are pouring in by every train, and it is evident that the en thusiasm and excitement :could not be greater, although this is not the first time that the occur ence has taken.' place. It is very desirable that the practice be continued. A great public de monstration of this kind becomes an event that it is of national importance, and it should be constantly . borne in mind by those in authority that too much honour cannot be paid to this native army, or too much stress laid upon the advantage of their appearing prominently before their countrymen— if it were only to stay the absurd remarks, and check the exaggerated statements we were always hearing or reading of, that steam had bridged the Channel, that the French could land when they pleased, and that the spirit of other days was dead in our hearts, so that the country would eventually be conquered. One-sided as were these opinions it is a great gratification to answer them at once and for ever by pointing to the tens of thou sands who are now trained to warfare, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1868 i these " seven" dwindled down to " one" only, in another account of this redoubtable maritime " brush" with the Confederate gunners. It looks for all the world like FALSTAFF'S men-in buckram story reversed. Fort Hudson be ing the Gad's Hill of the Federals. Every thing considered, it seems most probable that if the North gained anything at all in the way of success at Port Hudson, it was of comparative in significance. Commodore FARRAGIIT—the FAL - STAFF of the occasion—it is even said by one of the latest Federal narratives of the occurrence, had alone succeeded in crossing the Mississippi —pass ing Port Hudson in solitary state in the Hartford. In any case the Mississippi was burnt. In any case the Northern gunboats—most of them, if not all—were repulsed with considerable damage. Nevertheless, if we are to suppose that the Hartford even alone has made good her way—the position she would thereby have assumed, the Confederates in those parts would find to be one in its influence and in its evil consequences probably very formidable indeed; in any case very unsatisfactory. The Hartford being a steam frigate of great power and capabilities generally, would be enabled, even if afloat there unaided, beyond Port Hudson, to cut off the supplies anxiously awaited, by the garrison at Vicksburg, fr3m Texas and Louisiana. Yet there are ships of war, too, in the Southern navy that, if opportunely directed in concert against the isolated Hartford, would bring even the flagship of Commodore FARRAGUT to grief It is a reminder of the enterprise of the Confede rates of late, that not so very long ago, and there were no batteries of any kind at Port Hudson : the Mississippi being commanded uninterruptedly by a Federal squadron at Cairo aforesaid, and by another Federal squadron at New Orleans—commanded altogether, in point of fact, right and left, saving only at Vicksburg. Now, on the contrary, before Vicksburg could be got at, there are or were those Port Hudson batteries to be passed, and passed with no little difficulty (even if they have yet been passed), by the Hartford, under the flag of the Fede ral Commodore. Supposing we repeat that the Hartford should really turn out to have passed them, about the utmost advantage thereby gained to the Northern cause by the move ment, would be the interruption of the supplies brought to Vicksburg down the Red River. Vicks burg all the while remaining untouched as yet as the point of importance upon those banks, almost we might call them those shores, of the mighty Mississippi. By ingeniously circamv enting the garrison and reducing them thereby to a more than ever perilous, because a more than ever complete, isolation, the Federals may, it is thoughts be jeopardising Vicksburg in the rear—by conveying gunboats thither along the channels of the daring canals cut in that direction at all hazards. Whether this really is or is not as stated, a very little time now must demonstrate. Possibly the next mail will clear up all doubts upon the matter, and will reveal to us the actual position of affairs in regard to Vicksburg. THE LATE MR. EGG, R.A. The annual meeting of the Royal General Thea. ,rical Fund is always interesting. The 'ready and animation natural to the members of the dramatio profession, added to that genial kindliness and quick sympathy for the unfortunate EO common among their class, generally invest the speeches on this occasion with an attraction for superior to the ord nary discourses at anniversary festivals. The eighteenth of these reunions took place on Saturday evening, in the Freemasons' Hall, under the able presidency of Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, who kindly supplied the place of Mr. WILKIE COLLINS, un avoidably absent through illness. It happened to be the third time that Mr. DICKENS had filled the chair on these occasions, and his brilliant and sen- Bible speech showed that his feeling for the cause was as warm as ever. His testimony to the public benefits conferred by the drama—to its softening and humanising influence—was as true as it was cordial. Often had it been his pleasure, said the Chairman, to take his seat nest some grim and sour looking person, and watch the gradual thaw- ing of his frozen visage under the mellowing power of truth and nature. It is a right good thing, as Mr: DICKENS quaintly put it, for the vast and varied life of London through all the varying de grees of stalls, boxes, pit, and gallery to meet on one common ground of sympathy, instruction, and interest. " You may depend upon it," said the humorous moralist, " You may depend that the very best among us are very often bad com pany for ourselves. I know I am very often, and that in bringing us out of that, and that in keeping his company, and that in showing us ourselves in a thousand changing forms of fancy, the actor—all the solemn humbugs on the earth to the contrary notwithstanding renders a high and an inesti mable service to the community every night of his life. I say, the feeling peculiar to a theatre is—as is well known to everybody here as it is to me— of having for an hour or two quite forgotten the real world, and of coming out into the street with a kind of wonder that it should be wet, and dark, and cold, and full of nothing but irreconcilable cabs." The value of the theatre as a great agent of public refinement and instruction is gradually be coming more widely acknowledged. The thoughtful and reflective man who looks on life not as a misan thrope or a cynic, still less as a rigid theorist, sees in it an enlarged application of that great princip e which makes us teach children through pictures rather than through words ; by the medium of illustration and anecdote in preference to inculcat ing bare facts and systems. It is, in short, another application of the old adage which tells us thnt example is more powerful than precept, and there is no question that the stage—duly regulated and refined—might be a powerful engine for good. The very persons to whom the theatre possesses the irresistible fascinations—the young and excitable and the unreflecting lower :classes—are the most susceptible of its influences, and the moral con veyed through the clever representation of an effec tiveplay will be impressed on the mind with a force and vivacity that few homilies could produce. Mr. BIICKSTONE, in his animated and interesting address last evening, related an anecdote which, though it excited the laughter of the company, had yet a touch of pathos. He said that many years ago, when acting at Dumfries, he had been much struck with the apparent enjoyment of the denizens of the dress circle, whose attention never flagged, and whose applause and laughter responded to the li s s e c t l e r ', P I e r n i e t e a m a y n b c e e g e very point in praisingthe play. e t the dress c ircle' had been almo st entirely occupied by insane per sonsae on t i m o a the in e manager, l when negr, he learned that whose doctor w as g iving them ahetrreea, andt .The influence of the stage reached even its brains.ivid l e i s n s c o a n p s a could eu ofd be gr a l e s a p r i ti n the doctrines of books e by the poor distracted g d or teachers. In truth, in this too serious world of ours, good honest laughter is beneficial for us all, We are growing somewhat morbid in our sentiment, and overwrought in our expectations of universal reform and education. We must take human nature as it is if we would improve and elevate it, and one of the means ready made to the hand of the social reformer is the cultivation of a frank and open-hearted spirit of cheerfulness. Under its ounshide, discontent, envy, and malice and may take for their motto the significant LATEST INTELLIGENCE one of " semper paratus." Long may these volun teer reviews be continued to prove to timorous coca" (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) patriots and insolent foreigners that there is no fear of invasion, and that even if we should have the misfortune to offend the prejudice or arouse the jealousy of ether nations, still they cannot " exter minate" us. The next generation will have nothing to thank their predecessors for, so much as the con stitution of this gallant force. They are a tower strength in times of peace, and cne of the chief strongholds and securities for the continuance of that peace; while, if war is to come, we know that they will be equal to the emergency, " And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle." The success of the Volunteers is also a proof of what may be achieved by perseverance. It was by slow degrees, by difficult attempts through hosts of discouragements that they fought their way; and the English people, whose homes they have laboured to protect, should feel a lasting debt of gratitude to be due to these countrymen of theirs who have pre ' pared themselves for their high office by so much sacrifice, and at the cost of so much exertion. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, APRIL 5. A conflict took place this morning at Sz3ce, near he frontier. The Russians, although doable the number of ,heir opponents, were defeated. ROME. ROME, APRIL 5. The Pope officiated to day at high mass, and gave the benediction urbi et orbi. The French and Pon. tifical armies were present on the occasion. The weather was magnificent, an.l the concourse of people immense, including a large number of foreigners. His Holiness was cheered. BRAZIL MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 6. The royal mail steamer Parana has arrived here with the above mails, 168 passengers, £5,950 in specie, 10 packages of diamonds, and 650 packages of cargo. The high rate of exchange at Buenos Ayres had caused comparative stagnation in business. In Saladero the prices of produce were giving way, and considerable operations had been effected. Sales since the commencement of the slaughter, 140,000 hides. Salted ox were quoted 37 to 40 reale ; cow, 33 reals. Wool market unchanged. Exchange on England, 70s. to 715.; France, 884 to 89. The death of this eminent painter in the prime of life, while in the full vigour of his talents, and so soon after attaining the honours of the Academy, will be felt as a great loss to art, and long regretted throughout a wide circle of friends. Although for the last three years Mr. Egg had been a sufferer from attacks of asthma, it Was not considered that his life was endangered by that disease ; indeed, he returned last summer from his first visit to Algiers so much benefited that it was hoped he would be able to resume his painting with all his natural earnestness, and once more take his place in the exhibition of the Academy, which had then been twice vacant, and now is left so for ever. For some time past he had been working at a picture of an oriental subject, suggested by his residence at Algiers; this was advancing successfully when about three weeks before the 25th ult., the day of his death, the oppression of the breath began to be very painful; and, though he was attended by two skilful physicians, it appeared that he had not the stamina to bear up against the attack. The beet consolation his friends in England can receive is the assurance that while he lived at Algiers he was surrounded by friends as warm and hearty in their regard as those at home, and that to the last he was nursed by the tenderest care of an affectionate and devoted wife. It is inte resting to know also that the deepest sympathy was shown on the occasion of the funeral, when all the principal English residents, with the British consul, Mr. Elmore, the brother of our dis tinguished academician, followed in the procession to the New Cemetery, where, on the summit of a noble bill, that rises above a wide and beautiful vale, a spot had been chosen for the artist's tomb. The Rev. Mr. Percival, the Englishinan resident at Algiers, officiated. Augustus Leopold Egg was the son of the Egg who was famous as a rifle maker long before that weapon was thought of for the soldier. He was born in Piccadilly in 1816, and after showing some early signs of his love for art, entered the academy school in 1836, when he must have been, to some extent, a painter, for we find him exhibiting at the Suffolk-street Gallery in the same year, and again at the British Institution. The pictures-he exhibited then, however, were imaginary Italian subjects, for he had not been in Italy until many years later,when his talents, as well as his most genial disposition, having made him the friend of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, he went with them as a companion. His first pictures in the Academy were exhibited in 1838, only one of which—" Sir Percy Shafton"— we remember. Leslie being then Professor of Painting, it was natural that Egg, who was always an admirer of the high finish and the conversation style of the Dutch school, should follow his teach ing. Thus we find h i m c hoosin g sub j ects from I " Gil Blas" and "Don Quixote." One of the best of his early works, called "The Victim," a capital bit of humour taken from the Diable boiteux, and representing a dandy adventurer of the time, who after having treated two fine ladies to a supper, finds no money i n hi s purse to pay for the luxurie s, will be remember e d in the Vernon collection at South Kensingt on , with Camilla," and gel he Blas exchanging the rings Wooing of Katherine," were two pictures painted from 1544 to 1847 ; and in 1848, the young painter made a sensation at the Academy with his admirable work, " Queen Eliza beth discove r i ng th a t s he is no longer young , " wh ich led to his b e i ng e l ec t e d an associate in that yea r. In the followi ng y ear be was commissioned by the late Mr. Bru ne l t o p a int a picture far his Shakspe rian gallery,wh en h e chose a scene from " Two Gen tlemen of V erona ." This work, though not so fine, perhaps, in co l our as some of his later pictures, was remarkable for d r amatic expres si o n . It w as recentl y sold at the di s p ers i on of Mr. Brunel's collection, and fetched the lar ge p r ice o f 630 guineas. In 1850 be painted "P e t er th e Great meeting Cath erine, the future Empress, f o r the first time, " a p icture which must be named amo nst his chefs d'ceuvre, and which has long been in the gallery of Mr. Miller, of Pres ton. About this time dr. Egg seems to have been influenced to some extent by the new school of sen timental painters who sta rted u p as sensationists in the art. H e painted ab out this time " The Life and Death of B uc kingham , " the life and death of the libertine being contra sted i n two compart ments ; a picture which w ill be r emembered in the Internati ona l E x hibition. "Emmett parting a nd then came his picture from Mr. Th ac keray's from his mist ress in prison" was another work somewhat in this style; Esmond " and in 1858 mother striking attempt to represent in a picture of three compartments some terrible catastrophe of real life. This was also in the International Exhibition. His picture of Cromwell praying in his tent the night before the battle of Naseby, ex hibited in 1859, was a work full of feeling. The next year he returned to one of his favourite sub jects, in "The Taming of the Shrew," from which he had some years before painted "The Music Les son—Bianca," when she says, "Fiddler, forbear, you're much too forward, sir"—b )th admirable for character, humour, and fine technical qualities. In the November of this year (1860) he was elected an academician, and, sad to say, had not contributed another work to the Exhibition. The customary diploma picture he intended to paint was never com• pleted, though a work was, we believe, deposited as a /natter of form. Many o th er excellent pictures of minor importance might be named, such as the Madame de Maintenon and Scarron," " Hermione" " Unpleasant News," &c. ; but we have referred to the principal works. Of his style it may be said that, though derived from Leslie, it was more finished in drawing and richer in the sentiment of colour, with a similar humour, but greater faculty for expression. 'r. Egg was essentially dramatic as a painter, as indeed could hardly be otherwise, for such was his dramatic instinct that he was really a first-rate actor himself. He filled a good part in Mr. Dick ' -n ' Guild party when they played " Not so bad a s we Seem,'' and his John Want in Mr. Wilkie Col lins's "Frozen Deep," will never be forgotten, for the sardonic humour he threw into the part ; it would have made the fortune of a regular professorof the art. Mr. Egg was esteemed by all who knew him for the best and most generous qualities of the heart as well as for his real good sense, and his frank, manly, upright character. At Rio Janeiro the coffee market was exceedingly firm. All attempts of buyers to obtain an abate ment in prices were unsuccessful. The arrivals amounted to 3,000 bags per diem ; stock, 100,000 bags. Exchange, 27fr to 27k. The bills negotiated on London for the present mail reached £380,000, and on Paris, 600,000 f. The rate of discount con tinued at 10 per cent. _ _ At Pernambuco the weather was fine- Produce arrived at market freely. Sugar suited for the French market was quoted 1.900 reis per arroba ; for the Channel, browns, 1.700. The demand for salted hides was limited, and prices have declined to 163 reis per lb. In Exchange, £55,000 had been negotiated on London at 27.1 to 28i. Freight for the Channel, 40s. to 453. At Bahia, sugar continued in brisk demand, at former quotations. Cocoa, small supply. Hides, stocks small. No sales of tobacco; stocks large and increasing; quotations nominal. Coffee was quiet, costing 645. to 655. per cwt., freight excluded. Exchange transactions were limited at 272- to 28. Captain Robertson, of the 4th Dragoon Guards, wilose court-martial will not be forptten, has (says the Army and Navy Gazette) sent in an application to retire from the service. We have received information of the circumstances under which the application was sent in, which, without saying more at present, we venture to think would render desirable an inquiry whether the act was purely voluntary or not, or whether there were any circum stances which really called for the resignation, in the inte rests of the service. We do not for a moment believe that Colonel Shute would be guilty o f any act unbecom i ng hi s pos ition, but we know enough of the staff under whose superintendence the regiment ii placed to make us think some inquiry advisable when another case of intimidation is even hinted at. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 4.—The market was firm at the opening of business, but sales for realisation have since caused a slight retrograde movement, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 60c. Italian Loan firm at 71f. 80c. Mobilier are rather lower. Rsilway Share Market without much animation The market closed as follows : it per Cents .. 96 Do: end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 65 Nes , 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 137 0 Do. end m0nth...,1370 Bank Shares 3375 -- Credit oncier l5lO Italian Loan 7l 80 Do. end month 7l 80 Russian • Austrian • Spanieh Threes 62 50 Home Debt .. 49 75 WAYS. -- . Accont. Or l eans 1 Cash 100 .. 107 ,1 50 Northern .... New ditto - . 1015 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1222 50 .. 1220 Geneva.. Southern W es t ern Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lon'bard North of Spain Saragossa 746 25 .. 745 -- Ditto to Barcelona The Seizure of British Vessels by the Federals. A few days since the owners of the Peterhoff, Springbok, and Magician steamers, which it will be remembered were captured by the Federal crui sers while proceeding to the Mexican port of Mata moros, addressed Earl Russell, her Majesty's Secre tary of State for the Foreign Department, upon the illegal character of their seizure. Yesterday the following reply was received by the owner of the Springbok : "Foreign-office, April 3, 1863. " Sir,—l am now directed by Earl Russell to make you acquainted with the conclusion at which, having considered the communication with the law officers of the Crown, your letter of the 26th of March, requesting to be informed in regard to the right of British vessels to trade with Meta mores, her Majesty's Government have arrived. The Government of the United States has olaerly no right to seize British vessels bona fide bound from this country, or from any other British possession, to the ports of Vera Cruz and Matamoras, or either of them, or vice versa, unless such vessels attempt to touch at, or having an intermediate or contingent destination to, some blockaded port or place, or are carriers of contraband of war destined for the Con federate States; and in any admitted case of such unlawful capture, her Majesty's Government would feel it their duty promptly to interfere, with a view to obtain the immediate restitution of the ship and cargo, with full compensation, and without the de lay of proceedings in a prize coart. Her Majesty's Government, however, cannot, without violating the rules of international law, claim for British ves sels navigating between Great Britain and these places any general exemption from the belligerent right of visitation by the cruisers of the United States, nor can they proceed upon any general as sumption that such vessels may not so act as to ren der their capture lawful and justifiable. Nothing is more common than for those who contemplate a breach of blockade, or the carriage of contraband, to disguise their purpose by a simulated destination and by deceptive papers ; and the situation of the ports on the coast of Mexico with reference to the Confederate States is such as to make it not only possible, but in many cases probable, that an osten sible Mexican destination would be resorted to as a cover for objects which would really justify capture. It has already happened in many cases that British vessels have been seized while engaged in voyages apparently lawful, which vessels have afterwards been proved in the prize courts to have been really guilty of endeavouring to break the blockade, or of carrying contraband to the Confederates. It is the right of the belligerent to capture all vessels rea sonably suspected of either of these transgressions of international law, and whenever any such case of capture is alleged the case cannot be withdrawn from the consideration of the prize court of the captor. After the case has undergone investigation, it is the duty of the prize court to restore any such prizes unlawfully made, with costs and damages, and the proper time for the interference of her Majesty's Government is, in general, when the prize courts have refused redress for a capture which the evidence shows to have been unjusti filhle. Her Majesty's Government cannot upon ex parte statements deny the belligerents in this war the exercise of those rights which in all wars in which Great Britain has been concerned, she had claimed herself to exercise.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, " E, HAMMOND." Respecting the seizure of the Peterhoff, his lord ship has intimated that Lord Lyons has been directed to watch the proceedings now pending, and to report to her Majesty's Government. Mr. Charles Dickens will take the chair at the dinner of the Printer's Pension Society. Mr. Wilkie Collins was to have presided, but he is abroad, and in ill health. rani HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 4. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by Colouei Hon. A. Hardinge. April G. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess ouise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Prince Louis of Hesse, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated, and administered the Sacrament of the Holly Communion. Viscount Sydney and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived at the Castle last night. Accouchement of the Princess Alice, WINDSOR CASTLE, Sunday. Her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse (Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland) gave birth to a Princess at a quarter before five o'clock this morning. Her Majesty the Queen was with the Princess constantly during the night. In the room with the Princess at the birth of the child were her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, Sir Charles Lo cock, Dr. Farre, and the nurses; and in the next room Sir J. Clark. In the adjoining, apartment were Viscount Syd ney, Lord Chamberlain ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; and Baron de Ricou, Head of the Household of his Royal High ness Prince Charles of Hesse. Intelligence of the happy event was immediately transmitted by telegraph to the Grand Dime and Court of Hesse-Darmstadt, and to the various mem bers of the Royal Family. The following was the bulletin issued "'WINDSOR CASTLE, April 5. 1863. " Her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse (Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland) was safely delivered of a daughter this morning, at a quarter before five o'clock. " Her Royal Highness and the infant Princess are going on perfectly well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D " CHARLES LOCOCK, M D. 6 ` ARTHUR FARRE, M.D." APPROACHING DRAWING ROOMS AND LEVEES.- We are authorised to announce that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will hold a levee, on behalf of the Queen, at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the llth of May, and that her ktoyal Highness the Princess of Wales will hold a drawing-room, likewise in her Majesty's behalf, on Satu - day, the 16th of May. There will also be a drawing-room and a levee, on her Majesty's behalf, in the course of the month of June. Presentations will be made at both drawing-rooms. TFHS PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.— Their R iyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales continue in the enjoyment of privacy at Sandring • ham. Excursions in the surrounding country have been made almost daily, and on Good Friday and yesterday their royal highnesses attended divine service at the parish church. Lieut.-General Knollys has infurmed the High Sheriff and the other county subscribers that the Prince will be happy to receive the deputation entrusted with the presentation of the " Norwich Gates" at Sandringham, to morrow (Tuesday). Their royal highnesses are expected to leave Sandringham for town at the close of the present week. The presentation of the " Norwich Gates" to morrow "will doubtless attract a large and influential attend ance, and will be in fact the event of the week at Sandring ham. The Earl and Countess of Leicester, Lord and Lady Sondes, Mr. Bentinck, M.P., Mr. Howes, M.P., Lieut.- Colonel Coke, M.P., Mr. R., J. H. Harvey, and nearly all the county aristocracy, are among the subscribers. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—His R)yal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, Commander of the Forces, having completed his duties, left Plymouth this morning, under a royal salute from the citadel, by the South Devon and South-Western Railways fer Portsmouth, in continua tion of his tour of inspection. The Duke of Beaufort has arrived at Poictiers, accompanied by several French noblemen and members of the Paris Jockey Club. His grace proposes to commence wolf .hunting in the Department of Vienne during the pre sent week. The Earl of Fife returned to town on Saturday evening from Edinburgh, where his lordship attended the dinner given to Viscount Palmerston. The Countess of Fife has been detained in town by severe indisposition. Ei.e. Grosvenor and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived at Brighton. His lordship will be in command of his regiment, the Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Volun teers, to .day. Viscount Palmerston arrived at his residence in Piccadilly, on Saturday night, from Edinburgh. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey returned tc, town yesterday from Windsor Castle. Sir George Grey, Mr. Cardwell, and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer remain in or near town during the Easter holidays. Earl Russell is also on duty in the me tropolis ; tut the Foreign Secretary is understood to be Premier pro tem. in London during the absence of ord Palmerston in Seotl , nd, All the rest of the Cabinet have taken the advantage of the Easter recess to skedaddle into the country. Mr. Milner Gibson left town on Thursday.— Court Circular. Our great Finance Minister has lately been seen hobbling about with the assistance of a stick, and sundry jokes were launched, all of them insinuating that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was suffering from an attack of gout, brought on by his drinking too much of the Gladstone 14s. claret. But the trath of the matter is that Mr. Gladstone sprained his ankle rather severely in dis mounting from his horse atter a ride; and we ate happy to say his constitution is as yet utterly guiltless of gout. If there were a trace of it, we might depend upon its being an article to be taxed in his next budget.—Court Journal. Letters from Barcelona describe the success of Signor Mario at the Italian Opera there to have surpassed expectation, and almost any success of his former cam paigns. Mr. Harrison and Miss Pyne sing at Dublin to night. Mr. Alfred Mellon accompanies them as leader of the orchestra. The next English opera season will, it is stated, be under Mr. Gye's management. The rumour is repeated that Verdi is at work upon a new opera called " Salammbo," to ba produced not later than 1865, and that M. Flaubert will be assisted by M. Theophile Gautier in the composition of the libretto. Mr. George Vining leaves the Lyceum and enters into partnership with Mr. Lindus, at the Princess's. Madame Arabella Goddard, who has been suffer ing from indisposition, is at present on a visit to Boulogne. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean will appear at the Prin cess's on the 4th of May, for eleven nights; on the 15th of July they will sail for Australia. . . Mrs, Fanny Kemble is again about to read Shakespere in London, commencing with "As You Like It," to-night, and cortinuing the entertainment on alter nate nights. _ _ The Trustees of the National Gallery have recently come into possession of Mr. Lewis's bequest of £lO,OOO. The will was a little singular. Mr. Lewis left a portrait of his father, '• Gentleman Lewis," the well-known comedian, a cronie of George 17., to the nation, and on condition of its acceptance by the Trustees, he bequeathed the £lO,OOO in money, to be applied in the first instance in taking due care of the picture, and afterwards as the autho rities shall agree. Tho money, we understand, has been funded, and the proceeds of it, about £3OO a year, will be applied generally for the good of the collection. SHAKSPERE'S FATHER.—" There is Mr. John Shakspere, in Henley-street—he is a glover, or a butcher, or a yeoman,' or wool-dealer I --what is he ? Can no one sum up all the supposed trades, or businesses, and say, in a word, that they most probably mean he was a wool-stapler ? Make him of any 6ne of the above trades actually and solely, and we cannot reconcile the above state ments. But, like the 1. ariorum readings of the same names and tbo same employments in Shakspere's days. if WO adopt the conclusion that ho was a merchant of the s aple, we shall easily be able to understand his being called both butcher and glover. Considering what a staple trade glov ing was in John Shakspere's time in his own county, if he were connected with the mcrcers in London no would of nectssify deal in gloves. The possessor et land and owner of cattle, it is the height of probability that he may have slaughtered his sheep in his own farmyard, in order to have the skins properly preserved. Butcher he might easily be called, and so might his son William ; and also be repre sented as apprenticed to a butcher, when he was, in reality, apprenticed to his father. -- Bellcw'sNew Place at Stratford on Avon. Burns's sentimental song, "Auld Lang Syne," contains the most abominable idea of fellowship that man ever conceived ; for of the two worthies there meeting, one does not order in the liquor to hallow the mo ment, but he ;lankly cries to th , other,— " Au' surely you'll be your pint stoup, An' surely fit be mine;" the shabby fellow not having the spirit to pay the NOM of Holstein. The following is the Royal Proclam,tion con cerning the constitutional position of the Duchy of Holstein, of which we published a Telegraphic Summary a day or two ago:— "We Frederick VII„ King of Denmark, &c., hereby make known : " When, in our Proclamation of January 28, 1852, wo declared our intention of uniting the different parts of our monarchy into a well orderea whole through a common constitution, we wore perfectly aware (as was also indicated with sufficient clearness in the preceding negotiations) that such a constitution was possible only under the condition, that our Sovereign power over our two German Duchies should not be further circumscribed or restrained than was the case by the existing laws of the German Confederation, which had been accepted by us, and also that the inhabi tants of these Duchies would sincerely accede to the new arrangement of the State. " These conditions have not been fulfilled. The German Federal Diet has interfered with the internal affairs of our r_ monarchy,and advanced demands which are neither founded in the Federal laws, nor compatible with the independence of our Crown, and the rights of those of our lands which do - not belong to the Confederation. The Provincial Estates of Holstein, also, have not only rejected all our propositions for an agreement, but have pronounced themselves in point of principle against any and every joint constitution based on a common representation. " This state of internal dissension, which already for a I space of 10 years has paralysed the development of our realm, ought now to cease. We must, therefore, in view of the un satisfactory results of the last session of the Holstein Estates, consider it our Sovereign duty to regulate the con stitutional position of the Duchy of Holstein in our monar chy in a manner corresponding, as far as possible, with the demands of the Germanic Confederation, In so doing we have confined ourselves to what is strictly necessary in D. irder to reserve the further development and final settlement to the free co-operation of our people and their constitu tional representatives. " We have, therefore, resolved, and hereby command as follows : " Art L—The conscripts levied in the Duchies of Hol stein and Lauenburg, excepting those who are to serve in the Life Guards, shall henceforth form a separate division of our army, under the supreme administration of our Minister of War. This corps d'armee shall be supplied with all the necessary material, and furnish our Federal contingent in conformity with the military laws of the German Confede- ration. " Atl expenses for the Holstein Lauenburg army division shall be paid by the special finances of the Duchy of Hol stein, which for this purpose shall receive a contribution out of the revenues derived from Lauenburg. " Art. II —The Duchy of Holstein shall continue to participate in the expenses common for the whole mo narchy, and specified, sub. 1-6 and 8-11, in the preliminary normal budget of Feb. 28, 1856, for a period of two finan cial years, as follows : (Here follows the items for the civil list, the appanages, Privy Council, aational debt, pensions,Foreign .office, navy, finance (and the common ministry for the interior), and sundries, as they are specified in the normal budget). " But the amount of 6,304,091 rixdallars, appropriated for the War Department by the normal budget, sub. No. 7, for two years, shall be reduced to 770,000 rixdollars, to be expended for the supreme administration of the army, our Lite Guards, and the central institutions for military edu cation, which remain in common. "No sum which in the course of a financial period may have been saved under one of those items should be applied to the covering of a larger expenditure under another item. Any supplementary contributions which might become ne cessary beyond the specifications et the normal budget above quoted shall, in so far as Holstein is concerned, be sub mitted to the grant of the Holstein Estates. The common expenses shall be defrayed out of the common revenues. If there be a surplus the pr, portionate quota belonging to Hol stein, in accordance with the number of its inha.bitan s, shall be credited the special finances of that Duchy with 21 . 31 per cent. If, on the contrary, the common expenses shall exceed the common revenues the Holstein financea shall contribute to make up the deficit, according to the same proportion. "Art. 111. If the expenses for the local administration of the Holstein domains and forests, as well as for the Hol stein custom-houses, and the telegraphs in Holstein, should exceed the sum specified in the normal budget for each of these items, bills for the necessary supplementary grants shall be submitted to the Holstein Estates for their assent, These expenses are to be paid in advance out of the corre sponding revenues, so that only the surplus be paid over to the common exchequer. "Art. IV. The administration of the special finances of the Duchy of Holstein shall be transferred to our Ministry for the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. "Art. V. The legislative power in all common affairs shall, as far as Holstein is concerned, be exercised by us and the Holstein Estates jointly. If a law in common affairs should be thus enacted by us for Holstein, with the consent of the Holstein Estates, and it should be impossible at the same time to enact an identical law in the other parts of the country, we will take the measures which thereby may become necessary, in case such a law has reference to a branch of government in which a diversity of legislation would be incompatible with the maintenance of the commu nity hitherto existing, "Art. VI. The stipulations contained in Art. V. shall take effect immediately ; the others only at:the end of the present financial term—viz., from. April 1, 1864. "Further regulations for the position of the Duchy of Holstein and its Representative Assembly,with regard to the common affairs of the.monarchy, shall be submitted to the Holstein Estates for their assent. " In the law project to be prepared on this subject, not only the wishes which now have been manifested for greater -ivil and religious liberty shall be taken into consideration, but it shall else contain the necessary stipulations for an extensi , rn of the franchise and the qaalifications of repre sentatives, as well as for granting to the Holstein Repro s-ntative Assembly a deliberative vote with regard to the common finances. " Palace of Ft edensborg, March 30." Wyld's Plan of the Volunteer Review at Brighton. As usual, true to time, the Royal geographer publishes " iu the very nick" a capital plan of the review ground at Brighton for this day, Easter Monday, showing wit h perfect distinctness the re lative position of the Volunteers. Cavalry and ar,iliery —the Firs' and Second Division of the little army—the Enemy" and their line of skir mishers, can all be recognised at a glance in the exact situations marked out for them on the Downs. Ovingdean, Woodendean, Bevendean, and the Road to Rottingdean—note the points from which the lines of demarcation are drawn, defining this familiar review ground of our Volunteers. M. Phillip will have in the Royal Academy a Spanish group of figures round the holy water fount at the going in of a church, painted with all his wonted power of colour and mastery of the Spanish character. The painter, on his latest excursion to Spain last year, brought back a new treasure of far advanced sketches and pictures to add to the mass he has already, He has work in these sketches (which are, indeed, pictures designed, and in great measure roughly put in, on the spot), to last him many years to come ; and by that time, if he lives, Phillip will have done for Spain what her own painters of this day should have done, recorded some of the pictureequest of her many picturesque features of race and manners. Mr. Phillip's principal work, however, this year, is not Spanish, but right English—no less than the House of Commons. It is painted for the Speaker, and represents that dignitary in his chair, with the clerks of the house before him at the table ; on either side, the Treasury bench, and the front bench of the Opposition, with the galleries behind the Speaker's chair. Lord Palmerston is in the act of speaking from the Treasury bench; Sir G. C. Lewis, on his right, is the foremost figure; on his left, sit Lord John, lying back in his seat, with folded arms, his favourite attitude; Sir George Grey; Sir Charles Wood, to whom Mr. Charles 'Villiers is stooping to speak ; and behind. stand Mr. Cardwell and Sir Rouadell Palmer. In the gallery behind are "Bear" Ellis, Sir H. Vane, and Sir F, Baring ; and under it are grouped Cobden and Bright. The front Opposition bench is occupied by Disraeli, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir E. L. E. Lytton; Lord John I t this t Manners leans against the gallery , near Sir J. Pakington ; Henley onve andghi e gallery moment, areare sin Sotheron Estcou rt and Wilson 1 atten. The likenesses whichb ench. a In h Crbend another,the front forget are, as a rule, admirable ; that of Palmerston, in particular, immeasurably the best y- t done of him. The picture is by far the best yet painted of such a subject, and is a series of triumphs over the difficulty of graceless and colourless cos— tume. It will be the centre point of attrbction at the Academy, if it be finished in time for exhibition, which is still uoubtful. DREADFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE AT LEEDS.-- A dreadful murder, as is thought, and f.uicidt, waS Collmiitte(i on Sit , urdily rooming in Hope suect, Ley►anus, Leeds. John Gair, a pensioner, had btu n for borne time living with a Northumbrian woman, called Alice, whose surname is not known. On Friday Alice had been dis covered by Gair sitting on a man's knee in a house which she frequented, and a quarrel ensued. This quarrel was continued in their lodgings at Thos. 1 1 .1‘Manus's, in Hope street, and it was 4 o'clock in the morning before ArNanus could induce them to go to bed. A little after six o'clock the "M`Manuses, who slept in the same room, heard a noise, as they described it, as of a ginger -beer bottle exploding, and on turning to the couch occupied by the ()airs, Mrs. Nl‘Manus saw a spurt of blood which besprinkled the wall. She aroused her husband, wh:, jumped out of bed and seized (*air, but not before the latter had dro tautly wuuoded himself by cutting his own throat. Alice died without a moan, for her head was nearly severed from her body, and Glair is not expected to recover, Denmark a: ►LI Rcu4 69f. Th slight Th , *with with .£s,t Th way were Th for tl At i\ zc'ec Chin B,ac seas( men been part of b 3 pei 3 pei Nev Indi