The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-03 00:00:00

THE ASCOT. RACE GLASSES (the best), at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. There will, both in this week and in next week, be five opera nights, viz., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Special Extra, Night Mdlle. Lagrua, Mdlle, Adelina_ Patti 31. Faure, Herr Schmid, Signori Ronconi, Ciampi, and Tamberlik. TFIIB EVENING (FRIDAY', June 3, will be performed Moza..t's opera, DON GIOVANINL With the follow.ng un precedented cart :—Donna Anna, Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua, her tir t appearance in that character in England; Zerlina, 31 dile. Adelina. Patti; Elvira, Madame Rudersdorff; Don 111. Faure ; Leporello, Signor Ciampi ; Masetto, Signor Ronconi ; 11 Commendatore, Ilerr Schmid:; and Don Ottavio, signor fambetlik. The minuet will be danced by Mdlle. Salvioni and M. .bespiaCe,J. Commence at half past Eight. tickets, 75.; amphitheatre (-to. Is, 10s. fgt., 72., and sa. ; amphitheatre. 2s. tld. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic • under the portico of the thealre, which is apen from teu to live, and at. the principal musicsellers' and li brartans'. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Mana,zer, Mr, Buckatone. THIS EVENING, THE BA LANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, IV eathersby, &o.; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farrell, Coe. &c. ; M es dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, N elly P o w e r, Hill, Wright, itozers, To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTF.R. will perform HAMLEP THIS EVENING (FRIDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G..lordan Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigg,er, Mr. IL Widdiccnib ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W. M'lntyre, a F. Morton, Raymond, MorclaT , d, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, _hiss It Benz ade ; and Gertrule, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Il am l A corn- taences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining , . THIS EVENING will be performed THE OLD STORY Mr. D. Murray. Alter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louie and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walier Lacy. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy 0' liafferi y, lir. Dominick Murray. EW THEATRE—RO YAL, ADELPHI. Solo Proprietor and Manager, M-. B. Webster. Last Week but One of the great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAb. THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S _HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, atephenson. Af er which, at 8, LE,I,H : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling ' R. Phillips, Bitlington, Stu ar t, Eb urne, Stephenson ; airs, Billington. mo eauclude with Ti-TE AREA BELLE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedtord, e. Romer, Miss Wooigar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. TVLISS BAEMAN.—L E A H.—Hlo T T EVENING and EVERY EVENING —Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den ir.til further notice In order o give due effect to t.‘is most remarkable sue3es of the seJson, eatirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. I)ansDn and sons, 2_lo Thomps_n. New dr. ss.s and appontments have been prepare.i for its production.—N. is. In consequence of the pressing and numerous ~.pplications at the Isox-office, ar rangements have Low been made by which Seats m,y be ob tained a week in Advsn , e. R OYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE. uader the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new comedy, by Dien Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. - Re engagement of those ce ebrated and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles Mathjnyzi Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular B mes or Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. .i. Clarke, Mr. Psul iledtord, Mr. F. ecobinson. Mr. Ashley; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss ILrbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss 11. Simms, )hiss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Weutwortu, and Mrs. Scir.ing. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WE uDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before S, an entirely new and original Comeiy. in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicauit, entitled THE FOX CHACE Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. .1. Clarke, Alr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Chain ,er laine ; Airs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Sim►ns (her first appeararce here). At te, OCT OF SILAIT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews und Mr. Frank .viatthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Comm Lee at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. NV. H. Srranborough. THIS EVENING. THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborotw,h. Alter wht.h, MAZOITRK A. Messrs. Honey, James, Feuton, Turner, &c. ; Aliases Marie Wilton, binifison, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO TILE RESCUE. Mr. I'. Thorne. Commence nt 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S CO_!. Tz. Direct from their own f.iolliories. Marquis'. ..... 24s. per ton. I Double "Os. per ton. 'Fop Pia. „ Nut 5........ iSs. „ Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De- Pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, addington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke • lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TiHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. GLENIE, NEWS ACENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 3, 1361. TITERIIOIIETER. This day at Two o'clock 5B Barometer-29.72. Wind—North-East ; fresh breeze, with rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY.—Morting, 12h. 55m.—Afternoon, lh. 21m. r o-stoantr.v.-31orning, lh. 44m.—Afternoon, 2h. 10m. 1 , 2/ „ It, ro. R 34. 4- I - LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1864. Midway between the Federal Capital of Wash ington and the Confederate Capital of Richmond, produced by th e A mer i can the greatest Soldier Civil War, the one Great Captain born of that War, Goneral ROBERT LEE, Commander.in•Chief of the Confederate Army, has assumed, according to our last advices from Virginia, the position not of the assailed, but of the Assailant! It is a terrible drop down, this acknowledgment of the fact by the Northern press, the pres 3 of New York and of Washington, that LEE, after all, was assuming the off3nsive against GRANT, north of the Confederate lines at Spottsylvania— a terrible and deplorable drop•drown, after all their vauatings about GRANT'S triumphant succas, and LEE'S almost (not quite bat almost) ignominous defeat, if not flight, before the conq uer i ng army o f the Federals—then (not so very many days before these, last accounts came to hand, so recently cor recting all this same wonderful intelligence) —then full -upon their march, we were assured, to the occu pation of R:chmond. Sim) this miserable civil war in North America commenced, some four sanguinary years tgo, we BuPpotie that General LEE has been defeated (in print), about as often, let us say, as his holiness, Pope Pius IX., has expired ( 5 1 80 in priet)— thuliEF, in regard to LEE'S (reporter?) defeats, to the lively imaginations of the:Federal journalists, — thanks, in regard to the POPE'S (reprted) motto] illnetises, to the no less lively imaginations of the corr aspondents of some among our contemporaries. To iy not hi ng whp.teve r of Course, either in regard to the Federal Journalists, or in regard to par tica!,ar Correspondents just no w a l luded ' to—to say nothEng whatever in regard to either, or in regard to IYoth, about " the wish being father to the thnt. ,, ht, as SIIAKSPERE happily phras es it. As it has chanced to happen, however, througliont the whole of this American war, General LEE has, somehow or an. other, in spite of all his reported defeats, contrived, strange to tell, to hold his own—of course, purely by a coincidence ! While he himself has, from first to last, been the one solitary, un supqrseded Co:nmander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army—he has witnessed a whole series of Federal Commanders in-Chief (confronting him turn and turn. about) " come like shadows"—and—"so depart !" Hera is the last of the series of these wonderful Federal Commanders-in-Chief, meaning Gen. GE.ANT—almost even now, so far as his aggres. sive capabilities are concerned as " catawampously thawed up," to write for a moment in the expres sive Yankee vernacular, almost as " catawampously chewed up" as ever before him was Fighting lOE, or the Young NAPOLEON, or any other of those sack ing Tamerlanes who were to have subdued the whole of the insurgent States, as it were, offhand, and were to have brought the Southerners into a wholesome state of subjugation in the first preliminary taste, as one may say, of a single campaign ! Campaign, however, has (since the first virginal boast of Federalism was uttered) succeeded cam paign, in dreary and most destructive successioa— the Conquering North being even now still at it as desperately and, to all appearance, quite as hope lessly as ever. It was only the other day that the Confederates under LEE were stated to have been compelled to beat a hasty retreat before their formid able assailants, their then all but conquerors, the Federals. Instead of which being really and truly the case—the fact turns out to be exactly reverse ! LEE, so far from beating a retreat, is, on the con trary, beating—the Federals. His signal manner of repelling their last attack upon him is thus recounted by the Federals themselves—" After a desperate conflict, lasting throughout the forenoon, the Federals were forced to retreat, with the loss of 1,200 in killed and wounded." Subse quently he even turns the tables—becomes him self the assailant ! And finally, we learn from the seat of war, according to one of the very last of these telegrams —" On Thursday (the 19th) EWELL gained GRANT'S rear, and attempted the capture of the Federal supply trains. The result is unknown ; but after an hour's hard fighting, in which the Federals lost upwards of 1,000 men, the Confederates returned to their entrenchments." Altogether, a wonderful anti-climax ! There is no surer way of meeting with imperti nence than to let overbearing nations know that you are afraid of them, and to yield to the demands of encroaching avarice. Our Ministers have given rise to the most hurtful suggestions, and caused the most impertinent remarks to be made concerning us by the German writers. The language which it pleases these good people to adopt is quite extraor dinary, and must surprise even tho . se who are well versed in their tactics and manceavres, and are aware of their irritation when opposed in their plane. It is perhaps as well that this sort of poetical justice should exist, for other wise an encouragement might be given to succeeding states men to follow in the footsteps of our present advisers. After all that tboy have con ceded and yielded to Germany, it certainly is too bed that insults should be heaped upon them, and indignity be attached to their politics. No seruples of consistency nor motives of propriety and decorum seem to influence or restrain them in their headlong course, and we find the Gotha Gazttte has been amusing its readers and the public generally with the summary of all the disagreeable things that have been said and written against England. The title to this combined jumble of precious relics is of a character with all the rest of this transac tion. I; was styled " a straw in her neighbour's eye, and a beam in her own, or the irritation of vir tuous Britain against wicked Germany." The con ductors of this journal cannot really entertain a solid idea of respect, or they wouid never so grossly insult a nation from whence comes their future King. The Sovereign of their State will be a son of that people they are holding up to scorn and de rision, and it would ba as well for many reasons if they feigned a virtue, though they had it not. It must be evident, however, by this time to the dullest capacity that it is quite id:e to expect any consideration from German States, great or small, and that we have entered upon a course which will lead us blindfold to the sacrifice, the immolation of our proudest hopes and most cherished memories, the feeling of being free to hold oat the right hand of fellowship to any people we are inclined to serve, and the consciousness that our influence is immense whether we speak in the words of thunder, by land and sea, or essay the persuasive but potent agency of conciliatory councils and redeeming mediations. One sows that another may reap, has been verified in this instance to a striking extent, for our Govern ment have brought upon us the most deplorable of all injuries that can befall a State touching its dignity, the annoyance of being ridiculed, with the conviction that the sarcasm cannot be repudi ated. The insolence of uncultivated persons, the withering contempt of jealous rivals, and the preju diced notions of more important personages, may be withstood, but it defies patience and outwits mode ration to think that but for the grossest mismanage ment not a syllable of all this tirade of flummery would have found its way into the publicatiOns of the several States; or, if by chance, any attempt was made so to do, it would speedily be arrested, and die a natural death. It is impossible at'all times to fathom people's motives, and ,it really seems almost beyond our discernment to account for the object that these detractors could have, in thus decrying the character of the very country that has so firmly, and fatally for herself, stood up for them through thick and thin. It is to be presumed that there lurks somewhere a reason, but what it can be may puzzle the most astute politician and the shrewdest casuist. Per haps even the hardened feelings and selfish machi nations of the Germans have not quite deadened them, or made them indifferent to the growing sew. timent of reason and the indignant expressions that ever and anon are manifested in this country tonchs ing their proceedings. They think that they will take time by the forelock, and disarm criticism by beginning a vindication of their conduct before it is asked for, and engaging the most proficient per sons to defend them before they are put on their trial, 'When that day Comes, it will be vain f or them to resort to that abuse which is not argument, and unlike many counterfeits, cannot take its pace for a moment. such subterfuges will no more avail than more potent weapons of contention. Tho good opinion of an honest and independent nation can not be forfeited easily; but, once lost, it is a ques tion if it can ever be restored, and certainly it never will be in its pristine integrity and endurance. It is worthy of remark that the errors of our Ministers are constantly bringing insults upon us. The Anae. rican press teem s with slanders, and its writers have vied with each other as to which shall succeed in heaping the groeseSt abuse, and casting the fiercest reproaches upon us. It results from these imp_rtinents hnow;ng that the chief men in autho- rity will not resent tho insults that ore so gra tuitously put upon an um, ffending nation. Had , and treated we been consistent throughout unwarrantable demands with the stern denial that they deserved, such an occurrence i cou t l h dn e ot m hev h e taken pl ace . I t i s b y shilly h harm is done, and a timorous vacillating policy alway s resu l ts i n the most i gnom inious manner. When a Government yields one thing after another to arrogant requests and insolent expectations, the men who have resorted to these unjustifiable courses begin to wish for something more ; and whether it is practicable to accede to their new desires or not, o f course it is expected that they should do so with out fail. We heard no more of the French colonel's ardent entreaties to be led on to exterminate the' THE, SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1864. assassins in their den, when the reins of power were firmly grasped, and foreigners found that our first consideration was the protection of our own rights and the vindication of our national honour. Our present GoNernment has made itself despicab'o by its abandonment of the weak; contemptible by its subserviency to the strong; and utterly unstatesman like, through the exhibition of prejudices and the strong partiality that marks their conduct. Every. where alike do we trace the evil influences, and deplore the fatal consequences of such an unwise and dangerous course; and it will be sn lamented; in after days, when the busy generation around us have passed away and given place to another, who will turn with shame from this unworthy episode that darkens and disgraces the glcrious annals of English history. One of the least disputed branches of modern I science is that 'military knowledge in which our generation has made such surprising advances. Happily since the questions to whose solution it addresses itself are of such incalculable importance to the well-being of the human race, there is very little doubt or uncertainty about what we know. The laws of health are by no means entirely within our ken. We wonder if physiology have not as yet fully unfolded themselves to the most searching or the most intelligent student, but enough has been acquired to enable us, in many cases, to substitute health for disease, ease for pain, and prosperity for wretchedness, by a careful and faithful observance of nature's immutable laws. Fortunately, too, the main principles which now regulate our sanitary legislation do not come within the range of those vexed questions whereon " doctors disagree." We do not find one man of science telling us that fresh air is absolutely indispensable to the possession of health, and another asserting it to be injurious; we are not told by one chemist that pure water is a necessary of life, while his rival informs us that it is more wholesome when deteriorated; neither Is there in any dispute as to the beneficial effect of exercise and temperance ; of rest for the feeble and labour for the strong. The importance of drainage, too, occupies a prominent place in all saditory dis cussions and regulations, and certainly no theorist or philosopher could be found bold enough or eccen tric enough to contradict the commonly received notion on this point. But while all sides are thus agreed upon the laws which should as far as possible regulate all matters connected with the public health, Englishmen are ruling overa country where they are not only totally disregarded, but where ever y ag gravation of such neglect which can be occasioned by dirty habits, pestilential customs, and a tropical climate help to increase the evil. The result is a melancholy but convincing proof of the wisdom of the men of science, and a startling evi dence of the consequence of such an outrage on nature's laws in a pestilence that decimates the population. A great part of Lower Bengal has been, we were told, for years afflicted with a myste rious pestilence. Mysterious it may be in its character and its symptoms, in the choice of its victims or the course of its progress, but mysterious in its origin it cannot certainly be called. When we read of a mud hut surrounded with jungle through which the fresh air never circulates, with a hole scraped near to contain all refuse matter; with a tank in the vicinity in whose slimy and stagnant waters people bathe, wash their clothes, and drink, we need not call any pestilence myste rious except as to the form it may assume. When we add that the ryot who spends his life in the manner described, is buried, when his time comes, in a surface hole near one of these tanks, to be most probably disinterred by wild beasts, we need not wonder, though we may shudder, at thy statistics of the mortality caused by the plague. According to the official report, the graves which are made by the a Mahomedans, "are seldom made sufficiently deep to insure the people against poisonous exhala- Lions from the interred bodies. The bodies lie so near the surface that sometimes, as is well known, they are disinterred by jackals and dogs." The Hindoos, as is well known, court pestilence in an- other manner by throwing their dead into the sacred river, to be washed up and down with the tide, an appalling spectacle. After all these authen ticated details, need we marvel that a disease has broken out of so deadly a character that medical skill is perplexed, and the resources of science baffled; that it has gone on increasing in intensity and in extent, until it is calculated that 36 per cent. of the dwellers in the infected part have fat• len from it. Within six years, in one locality, 12,000 inhabitants perished out of a population of 18,000. Llrge villages, which previously reckoned their thousands, can now scarcely number hundreds; whole streets are deserted, and places where 30 or 40 persons resided are left perhaps with one solitary dweller. The disease is sudden in ita attack, and clings to its victim with fatal pertinacity. But the form or manner of its attack is of comparatively little con- sequence. What concerns us to know is how far it lies in our power to stop its ravages by altering the state of things which gave rice to it. It may be true that India presents terrible obstacles to sani tary reform, from the prejudice and indolence of the people ; but how comes it that we have ruled with unquestioned sway for so many years without more progress having been made in these important respects. Indians have learned our language, our sciences; have studied our abstruse speculations, and entered with interest into intricate controver sin, How is it, then, that they have not acquired a further insight into the laws of health ? We fear the culpable indifference of Englishmen to all matters concerning the interest of Indians alone has much to do with this unhappy ignorance, and yet the condition of public health can never be really a matter of no conezrn to any part of the popula tion. The fever or the pestilence bred in a Bengal village may darken the City of Palaces ; the malaria produced by neglected drainage and accumulations of decaying matter may suit the wealthy Anglo= Indian, as well as the humble Hindoo. It will, no doubt, be a work of time and cant ion to uproot those customs connected with native religious pre judice; but something can surely be done at once. The religion of neither Hindoo nor Mahomedan forbids cleanliness ; let us see, then, whether something cannot be done by the erection of public baths and washhouses adapted to the country. If it be objected that there would not be a sufficient water supply for such an undertaking, then there is at once a work for the Government to undertake with which national prujudice and native reli- gious have nothing to do. It will be time enough to say the Ilindoo is incorrigible w hen we have given him the means of clean liness. Then, with regard to the disposal of the dead, in waiting for the dearer light of a Christian civi lisation, let us do what can be done to mitigate the evil. We are not reduced to a choice between pestilence and revolution unless we choose to make it so. Those whose religion allows them to bury their dead should be assisted or instructed to dig the graves of a proper depth, and to defend them against the attack of wild beasts. Public officers might bo appointed to sup erv i se this department. The Hindoos, who must choose between burning the bodies or throwing them in the Ganges present a greater difficulty, but it has been already sug gested that by the erection of places for increma tion at a pale distance from huplaa habitation the worst evils would be avoided. Let our Indian Government push boldly forward all public works, especially those relating to a supply of pure water, and to an efficient system of drainage, and with the help of proper precautions as regards the disposal of the dead we shall Lear less of decimating pes tilences. FINE ARTS, John Gilbert and J, E. Millais, R, A, Elect, Visitors this season to those apartments in the National Gallery in which the Royal Academy, according to custom, hold their annual exhibitions —should make a point of looking in—either on going to, or returning from, that greatest of all the art displays of the Sear—at the Messrs. Agnews' Gallery in Waterloo place, at the Gallery, that is, of the Messrs. Thomas Agnew and Sons, of London and Manchester. They may be always certain of finding, there, something pre-einieently well worth looking at. But, just now, we can pro mise them—if they will but look in and judge for themselves—two especial attractions, an examinee tion of either one of which will far more than merely compensate them for the trouble of attendance. In the first place, there is that darling little glory of another season of the Royal Academy, that sweet little lassie of Mr. Mill a i s, (then himself foremost among the Associates, now youngest incilcoiaakn,s)—tseated in the old lao little bright-eyed g am iri on in g tthhee scarlet green baize pew, listening with her whole faco (the prettiest little chubby child -face imaginable) to her "First Sermon!" Now that, to the amusement even of his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the little lady has dropped asleep at her " Second Sermon,'' according to the companion -picture of her, numbered 13 in this year's catalogue of the Royal Academy, it is delightful to have the opportunity of looking back at her, as she was when first revealed to us at Church, before the soporific influence of the droning preacher's voice had obtained a mastery over her Senses by the mere force of repetition. Among the most charming pro ductions of Mr. Millais' wonderful brush, this "First Sermon" is worth studying again and again —is worth studying in all its details, even to the very texture of the rusty old green-baize lining of the pew ! And there--in this very same apart ment, at the Messrs. Agnews' Gallery, there is hung, in sequence, along the walls an exquisite Series of watercolour drawings—filled to repletion with beauties that defy any accurate enumeration of them, writing about them now, as we do, of course, merely from the remembrance. A truly ex quisite series of water-colour drawings, this is, from the wizard pencil and inexhaustible fancy of John ulilbert ! The series, h er e (one admirably well thought of, by th e wa y), being illustrative, stanza after starz 1, of that glorious na tional ballad, ditty, chorus (what shall we call it the most aptly ?), that fine old song about the Fine Cld English Gentleman ! The original of this grand old homely chaunt of ours, dates back to the days of Jamie the Sixth of Scotland, of James the First of England, and has reference in the very refrain of it to the gallant gentlemen attendant in the later years of her reign at the Court of Queen Elizabeth. The original chorus running in fact thus—" Like an o.d Courtier of the Quen, Like the Queen's Old Courtier." Happily changed long ago to the words as they are trolled out, now, first by the Singer, afterwards in faller volume by the echoing Chorus—" Like a Fine Old English Gentleman, one of the olden time." And here he is, in all his various and well known aspects, in the midst of all his familiar sure roundings and associations—as brought out to view, incident by incident, thanks to the radiant colour. ing of Gilbert. From the " old buttery hatch," where he is, himself, seeing after the relief of the poor at his gate, down to the mournful f uneral,pro cession bearing his honoured remains to their last resting-place:through the old churchyard —the His- tory of the Fine o.d English Gentleman is rendered visible to us at lest through the agency of John Gilbert's genius. The banquetting scene, where his worship is warming his copper nose with a goodly tankard of ciliary, in which liquor he pledges the company assembled at his hospitable board, is full of picturesque effects of all kinds, among others of expression, of costume, of architecture. The Christ mas revelries in the old hall bring out—to the sound of the footsteps of the dancers, and to the rapid tones of the rebeck, and the droning blasts of the sackbut, and to the mingled harmonies of other ancient im plements of ministrelsie—a long processional per. spective of country dancers as that perspective has hardly ever been brought out before by pencil of artist. For the hilarious influence of the scene hero depicted there is only one other scene we can compare it to--written this one, how ever, not painted—to wit Mr. Dickens's inimitable description of that wonderful Christmas-eve dance at old Fezziwig'a! Passing over the other pictures in this brilliant series of John Gilbert's, we are almost tempted to single out as our favourite amongst them all, the Death Bed Scene; where there are heads hardly unworthy in their way of having been touched into the semblance of life by the.hand of Vandyck or of Velasquez. While it is agreeable to note that Mr. Millais' famous picture about the "First Sermon" is in process of being engraved, it is matter of regret to us that nothing seems likely to be done with a view to the popu larising of John Gilbert's series of Drawings abon the Fine Old English Gentleman through the mar , vellous agency of chromoelithograhy. LATEST INTELLIGENCE IREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 3. An Imperial decree has been issued today, according to which rice in grain and in straw may henceforward be imported into France from all countries and under any flag free of duty. Another decree establishes the tariff upon un manufactured gold and platina imported into France at 3 francs per kilogramme, upon gold and platina beaten into leaves at 25fr. Upon unma. nufactured silver the duty is fixed at 6c. per kilo gramme, and on silver in leaf at 20fr. On gold smiths' work, gold and silver jewellery, and articles of silver gilt and platina the duty will ba sfr, per kilogramme, It is also announced that on and after the Ist July next the price of a telegraphic despatch between France and Bavaria will be 3fr. The lioniteur gives the following account of the Emperor and Empress's visit to Evreux --" Their Majesties, on alighting from the train, were re ceived by M. Janvier, Prefect of the Eure, the pre fects of the other departments represented at the show, and by the Mayor and other authorities at Evreux. Three open caleches with postilions were in waiting to convey the Imperial party to the Exhibition. After listening to a short address from M. Janvier, the Emperor and Empress and Ger. Fleury entered the first carriage, the second received M. Behic, Minister of Agriculture, and M. Boudet, Minister of the Interior; General Mollard, aide-de• camp to the Emperor, and M. Fremy, manager of the Credit Foncier, and the third the ladies in attendance on her Majesty. •An immense crowd had assembled in the streets, and received their Majesties with the loudest acclamations. The Em•- peror and Empress visited some of the antiquities of the town, and then proceeded to the cattle show and agricultural exhibition, every part of which their Majesties examined with the greatest interest. Their Majesties, after passing upwards of an hoar and a half on the ground, re-entered their car riages, and proceeded to the Prefecture, where they partook of lunch, after which the Emperor pro moted the Marquis d'Albufera, Deputy for the Eure, and M. Avril, Captain of the National Guard of Evreux, to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour, and gave the Cross of Knight to M. Le couteux, a breeder of the Calvados, and to two officers of the gendarmery. Their Majesties left for the railway station at about five o'clock, the crowd collected being so dense that the horses could only go at a foot pace. The shouts of ' Vive l'Eaipereur !' Viva l'lmperatrice !" Viva le Prince Imperial!' were most enthusiastic. Before departing their Majesties expressed to the Prefect their satisfaction at all they had seen, and complimented him on the admirable manner in which everything had bee❑ arranged under his directions. After their Majes• ties' departure the Prefect proceeded to the Place du Theatre and distributed the prizes which had been awarded to the different exhibitors. In the Evening there was a grand banquet of 1,500 covers given by the authorities, Fled at night the town was illuminated." The Emperor and Emprees returned to Paris in time for dinner. The session of the Senate was brought to a close yesterday, having lasted since Nov. 5, 1863, M. Troplong occupied the c'eair at the final sitting. After a report from the Marquis d'Audiffret, the Budget for 1865 and the other bills connected with that measure were approved of unanimously by 99 votes. Some petitions were brought forward, but without presenting any particular interest. Baron de Lacrosse, the Secretary, then rose and said:— "In the emirs() of the Session of 1864 the Senate has had to decide on 919 petitions, ed. dressed to its President or transmitted to him by the President of the Legislative Body, to whom they had been sent by persons ignorant of the regulations on tLe subject, which do not seem to be sufficiently known to the public. Up to the present time reports have been presented on 757 of those 949 petitions, respecting which you have de cided as follows :-131 have been referred to the different Ministries; 22 deposited at the Bureau des RenEeigneruents ; 19 set aside by the previous question ; 585 by the order of the day ; 13 with drawn by the petitioners ; and 12 sent back to the Secretary's Office as not presenting the character of petitions; 935 letters giving notice of the deci sions of the Senate have been addressed to the petitioners. The Senate has recently heard the very judicious remarks of the President on the subject of pretended petitions addressed to him with doubtful signatures or without the peti tioner's address. All inquiry as to their genuine ness being impossible, no attention can be paid to that category of petitions. Several letters announcing your decisions have been returned by the Post-office, because the persons to whom they were addressed could not be found. This fact proves the existence of the most reprehensible practice of troubling the Senate with the pretended grievances of imaginary petitioners. I have remarked with regret that, during the present session, certain real petitioners have been so ill-advised as to criticise in disrespectful language the reports recommending the previous question or the order of the day. Whoever appeals to the authority of the Senate is bound to accept its decisions, to respect the mem bers who present reports, and to put an end to the accusations directed against the functionaries inconsiderately or maliciously incriminated in the petitions which called for the severity of the Senate. The service of petitions, which every year assumes greater importance, continues to be performed with scrupulous attention. Of the peti tions inscribed on the general list since the com mencement of the session of 1864, 810 have been registered, bearing 21,015 signatures; 608 were in dividual, 202 collective, 532 were of general interest, 278 concerned private interests only. Reports have been presented on 640 of these 810 petitions; 111 were referred to different ministries, 20 deposited in the Bureau des Itenseignements, 15 set aside by the question, 494 by the order of the day, 13 with drawn by the petitioners, 12 sent back to the secre tary's office as not presenting the character of peti tions, and 63 remain over for consideration." M. Rouher, Minister of State, then read an Imperial decree declaring the session to be at an end. The senators then withdrew with loud cries of Vice l'Empereur ! BOURSE, Jane 2.—The market has not shown much animation, but prices have been well main tained. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 95c., and Mobilier at 1,140 f. Railway Market quiet, but'Srm. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent 5....... 93 50 Italian L0an...... 69 85 D o . end month.... Do. end month.... 69 90 3 per Cents ...... 66 65 Ditto Threes...... -- Do. end mouth.... 67 New Me Credit Mailiar.... 1145 Do. end month.... 1142 50 Bank Shares ...... 3375 Credit Fancier ....1235 Roman .......... 77 exicaa 591 Russian Austrian Spanieh Threes — El orne Debt Deterred 114 IL WAIN. Cash. Account. 865 875 -- 990 .. 990 872 50 .. 872 50 Orlaans Northern .... Lyons and neditcrranean New ditto Southern 645 647 50 We3tern Eastern Sardinian ...... Austrian - Lomba r d North of Spain Sarap,-ossa 570 571 25 Ditto to Barcelona PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION, HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 2. EDUCATION (ENDOWED SCHOOLS). Motion made, and question put, " That this House, having considered the Minute of Council of the 11th day of March, 1864, on Endowed School s , i s o f opinion that it does not meet the objections made to the Minute of the 19th day of May, 1863." The House divided — Ayes , 111; Noes, 119. AYES I ll . Anstruther, Slr R. Greenwood, J. Mundy, W. Aytoun, It S. Grey deWilton,Lord Newdegate, C. Bairns, H. J. Ilaliburton, T. C. Newport, Visa- Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, Lord C. Noel, G• •-i• Bathurst, Col. H. Hamilton, Major Nortl i cote, Sir S. H. Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, J. Packe, C. W. Beresford, W. Hartopp, E. B. rakington, Sir J. Bramley-Moore, J. Bay, sir J ra m, sir L. ButlerJohnstonedg. Hennessy, J. P. Pa pillon, I'. G. Cave, S. Henniker, Lord Chapman, J. Heygate, Sir F. yeel, J. . pevensey, Viscount Clifton, Sir R. Ileygate, W. U. Phillips, G. L. Cochrane, A. D. B. Hodgson, R. Cole, 11. Hornby, W. H. Powell, F. S. I'ritchard, J. Cole, J. L. Ilorsiall, T. B. • Salt, P. Collins, T. Bowes. E. g smith S. G. Cox, W. Hunioerstone, r• - - ' , Smyth, Col. Cubitt, G. Ilume, W. W. F. Sonic's, J. Curzon, Viscount Jermyn, Earl Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Jones, D. Tease, 11. Sturt, H. G. Dawson, R. P. Disraeli, B. Kekewich, S. T. King, J. K. Sturt, Lt.-Col. N. Duff, M. E. Lacon, Sir E. Surtees, H. E. Langton, W. IL G. sykes, Col. W. H. Dunne, Col. Langton, W. G. Taylor, Col. Edwards, Col. Legh, W. J. Egerton, E. C. Lefroy, A. Trefusis, C. H. R. Turner, C. Fane, Col. V F andeleur, Col. arquhar, Sir M. Lennox, Lord 1 .• ''' Vyse, Col. -,-, a Fitzgerald, W. S. Leslie, W. 'w aterhouse, S. Floy er. J. Macaulay, K. Wa tli ng t on, J . Forester, Gen. M'Cormick, IT''. Galway, , v S i i s r co l u V n . t r. 3MI a a i l i c i o i s l T' R. W. Wynne, W. W. B. .... Whiteside, J. Whitmore, H. Gard, It. S. Manners, Lord J• Yorke, Hon. E. Gilpin, Colonel Manners, Lord G. TELLEKS Graham, Lord W. Mitford, W. T. W. . Gore, J. R. 0. Mile s , Si r Adderley, C. B. Hardy, G. Greenall, G. Mowbray, J. B. NOES—II 9. Adam,W. P. Fortescue, C. S. Norris, J. T. Agnew, Sir A. Gibson, T. DI. North, F. Ayrton, A. S. Gilpin, C. O'llagan, T. Bagwell, J. Gladstone, IV. B. O'Logiilen, Sir C. Barnes, K Glyn, G. C. Paget, C. Baring, si r F. Goschen, G. J. Paget, Lord C. Baring, T. G. Gower, F. 1.. Palmer, Sir R. Peel, F. , Baxter, W. K Gowei, G. W. L. Bazley, T. Greene, J. Potter, E. P o well, J. J. Beamish, F. B. Grenfell, IL It. Bellew, It. M. Grey, Sir G. Price, it. G. I'ryse, K L. Black, A. Gurdon, B. Proby, Lord Bouverie, E. P. 1 ladlie:n, G. P ug h, 1). Bright, J. Ilaubury, it. u ls Robertson, D. Brown, J. Hartington,flarq Bruce, H. A. I leadlam, P. E. Robertson, 11. Bury, Viscount Herbert, 11. A. Seymour Aubn, j. Butler, C. S. Hodgkinson, G. S, Danby Seymour, Digby Buxton, C. 1 - 1 odgson, K. Shelley, Sir J. Y. Caird, J. Howard, C. IV. G. Sidney, T. Cardwell, E. Hutt, W. Childers, H. C. E. king, 1 . , J. L. Smith, Augustus Stauiland, AL Clay, J. Kinglake, A. Vir. Cobbett, J. M. Kinglake, Serf. J. Stansteld, J. Cobden, It. Kingscote, Col. Talbot, C. 11, M. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kinuaird, A. F. Talbot, P. J. Collier, Sir R. P. Knatchbull-Hug ess Tracy, C. It. D. Cowper, W. r. Layard, A. 11. Turner, J. A. Craufurd, E. 11. J. Lawson, W. Verne y , Sir 11. Crossley, Sir F. Leatham, E. A. Villiers, C. P. Davie, Col. F. Lefevre, G. J. S. Vyner, It A. Denman, G. Lee, W. Weguelin, P. M. Dering, Sir E. Lindsay, W. S. White, J. Dodson, J. G. Lowe, it. White, L. Douglas, Sir C. Mackie, J. Williams, W, Dundas, Sir D. Martin, P. W. Wood, Sir C. Enfield, Viscount Martin,J. Wyvill, M, Evans, T. W. Massey, W. N. Ewing, H. E. C. Moncreiff, J. Fitzroy, Lord F. Morris, D. .F9lcy, 11,. W. *mina, W. TELLERS. Brand, H. DituPir, §ir W. ROME. A letter from Rome of the 28th ult., published by the Union, says : " The magnificent procession of the Corpus Christi took place the day before yesterday with the splen dour which places it in the first rank of the mar vellous festivals seen only at Rome. The mass of the day was celebrated in the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Mattei, dean of the Sacred College, and the procession immediately commenced, composed of all the religious orders in Rome, the parochial and collegiate clergy, headed by the bishops, archbishops, and cardinals, all wearing the insignia of their re soective dignities. After these came the Sovereign Pontiff, borne on the talanio, and holding the Holy Sacrament in his hands. Behind the Pope's cortege followed the generals of orders, the Guard, the Gon falonier of the Church, with his standard, the Pope's chamberlains, and lastly, the generals of the French and Pontifical troops, accompanied by the officers of their staffs. After passing the piazza of St. Peter under the splendid colonnade, the proces sion entered the basilica of the Prince of the Apostles and where the Holy Father gave his triple solemn benediction. The crowd was im mense, entirely filling the church and the piazza. The ex-King of the Two Sicilice', the Queen Dow ager, the Princes and Princesses of the Royal family of Naples, and Donna Maria Isabella, In fanta of Portugal, were present at this ceremony, with the diplomatic body, and a large number of distinguished Roman and foreign persons. The bad weather, which had prevailed.at Rome for some days previously, seemed to have ceased expressly for the procession, for it was no sooner over than The rain came down in torrents, so as to keep every body within doors for the rest of the day. There was another heavy fall yesterday in Rome and its environs, which has caused the Tiber to overflow its banks. The river drifted great numbers of trees, which had been torn up by the roots, and during the day an enormous wooden scaffolding was seen to pass, supposed to have belonged to the works for constructing a bridge for the re ilway higher up the stream." The Giornale cli Roma publishes the subjoined article " Among the calumnies which the partisans of the Revolution are constantly disseminating against the Pontifical Government, we must mention one to the effect that convicts have been released from the bagneof CivitaVecchia,on condition that they would go and recommence their brigandage in the usurped provinces. This falsehood contains its own refuta tiou ; the Pontifical Government has at heart the wel• fare of the provinces of which it has been deprived as well as of those which it retains; it has released none but men whose term of punishment had expired or whose sentences had been cancelled by the exercise of their Sovereign's clemency. The Piedmontese Government does not understand how justice can be tempered with mercy ; and it has already condemned, in the usurped provinces, more than seven hundred persons to the galleys for life or for very long terms, whilst, on the other hand, it has lately released in our provinces forty convicts, who, previously to the usurpation, were condemned for atrocious crimes, seven of them having been sentenced to the galleys for life. The Piedmontese Government has been guilty of the very acts of which it accuses the Pontifical Government, without knowing how, like the latter, to blend impartiality with the duties of justice." The Brazil and River Plate Mails, SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Night. The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship Oneida, Captain T. Bevis, arrived at 10 30 p.m., with mails in charge of Commander J. G. Harrison, R.N., naval mail agent, of the following dates : Buenos Ayres, April 26 ; Montevideo, 29 ; Rio de Janei:o, May 10; Bahia, 13; Pernambuco, 15; St. Vincent (Cape Verdes), 23; Lisbon, 30. She brings 178 passengers, £5,493 is specie, 6 packages of diamonds, 563 bales of cotton, 1,622 rolls of tobacco, 147 cases of onions, 309 baskets of potatoes, and 52 chests of oranges. Her Majesty's gunboat Sheldrake was at Buenos Ayres on the 26th April. The Spider arrived at Montevideo on the 29,h from Colo:tia. The Forte sailed on the 29th for Maldonado, and the Curlew for Rio de Janeiro. The Triton, Alecto, Dotterel, Satellite, and Stromboli were at Montevideo on the 29th. The Egmont was at Rio. On the outward voyage the Oneida spoke the Julia off Rio, steering to the eastward. On the 29th of May, at 7.30 p.m., in let. 27.20 N., long. 10.20 W., the Oneida passed the French mail steamer steering S.W. ; and off the Burlings, on the 30th, at 5 p,m., the Peninsular and Oriental steamship Elora, steering south. Advices from Buenos Ayres report that complete tranquillity prevailed in the provinces. Congress was to meet on May 1, but it was doubtful if the re quisite number of members Would be assembled in me. The National Government had negotiated a temporary loan of 1,500,000 silver dole. to meet imme diate wants, and a considerable remittance has been made by this mail. The elections for the Provincial Legislature had been discussed by the respective houses, when disgraceful riots and even loss of life ook place; those for the Senate being declared illegal, while those of the Lower House, effec:ed at the same time and under identical circumstances, were confirmed. It was not known what course the Provincial Government would adopt in consequence, but it was believed that there would be no further disturbances, and that one of the first measures to be considered by the Legislature would be a foreign loan, in order to abolish the paper currency. Exchange on England, 501 d. per 100 dollars ; exchange on France, of. 28c. to sf. 30c. Hard dol lars, 28.90 currency each. Ther© is no particular nova from Monte Video. The civil war continued without any prospect of its termination, Exchange 675. In the Rio coffee market little business was done during the interval iron the departure of the Mag dalene on the Bth April to the arrival of the Estre. madura on the 18th, In exchange, business for the Oneida, amounting in all to £450,000, including £50,000 taken by the National Bank at 271 d., was transacted at 277,d., 2711, 27,3 d., the greater part of which was done at 27td., with conditions of payment, making it almost equal to 271. The market closed very firm. On Paris only 400,000 f. had been reported, and on Hamburgh B,M. 15,000 at Rs. 660. Discounts re mained unaltered. Freights—England, nominal ; English Channel, 525. 6d. to 555.; Antwerp, nomi nal ; Hamburg, nominal ; Mediterranean, nominal ; United States, 325. 6d. to 405.; Havre de Grace, 50f. 10 per cent. When the Oneida left Lisbon her Majesty's steam frigate Racoon was in port, having arrived, on the 20th inst., from Gibraltar, with Prince Alfred on board. Exchange on London, 90 days, 5311 ; on Paris, 100 days, 533; on Hawburgh, three months, 4%; on Amsterdam, three months, 42i; on Genoa, three months, 628. Address to King Christian. A deputation from Kolaing (Jutland) had audi ence of the King on the 24th ultimo, to present an address to his Majesty, signed by 1,600 persons of that town and neighbourhood, designated in the address as "having felt the burdens of the war more severely than any other." The following is the text of the address:— Most Gracious King,—We approach your Ma- Ijesty's throne at a serious moment—at a time when every breast is filled with apprehension for the future of our beloved fatherland. A suspension of arms has been concluded, and the bloodshed which has already carried mourning into so many families, and made so many hearts heavy with grief, has temporarily ceased. May your Majesty succeed in replacing the armistice by peace! Most Gracious King !—Although we arc all anxious to enjoy once more the blessings of peace under your M'jesty's paternal rule, we attach higher importance to the future of the country and independence of your Majesty as a Danish King than to liberation from the pressure of the moment. In the unequal contest which Denmark is carrying on, your Majesty has appealed to the endurance of the people, and this royal word has found an echo in our hearts. We come frcm a district which has felt the burdens of the war more severely than any other; but we do not come to complain. Although we wish for peace, we pray to Almighty God for endurance end strength to support the sacrifices which our just CaUSP may further entail. We "n" elude with perfect reliance upon your Majesty, your house, and your responsible advisers, convinced that your Majesty's government will know how to protect our internal freedom, so deeply rooted in the exietence of the people, as well as our good right and our natural independence. May God protect your Majesty and our beloved country. -(ilti-jet2;l tAr 6 !'h / , Tar trin k t ±1117140-.. HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, May 31. The Queen went out in the morning with the Princess Louise, and in the afternoon drove with the Princess Leiningcn. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in Charles-street, St. James's. The name of Lord Mouut-Edgcumb© was erro neously included in the list of attendances at the Queen's Levee on Wednesday last. Lord Mount-Edgeumbe was not present at the Levee. The Ear! and Countess of Bessborough received the Earl and Countess de Grey, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, and a small party yesterday at dinner at their residence in Charles-street, Berkeley -square. The Countess of Ashburnhana's afternoon party this day is unavoidably postponed. The Count and Countess D'Hausscnville hava arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. Lord and Lad 3 Aberoromby entertained at dinner last evening, at Claridge's Hotel, the Earl and Countess Manvers, Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady Sondes and. Miss Mulles, Lady and Miss Egerton, Air. and Lady Charlotte Russell, his Excellency Baron Bentinck, Viscount Duncan, Lady Molesworth, Sir Henry Cotteroll, and Colonel Bourke. THE CONFERENCE.—The Conference met yester day at one o'clock and sat till five, all the members being present. We understand that the German plenipo tentiaries demand the cession of Flensburg and Duppel, while the neutral Powers adhere to tho line of the Schlei and the Dannewerke as the Danish frontier. It is stated that the representatives of Denmark desire that the Ger man Powers and the neutrals should come to an agreement on the subj,ct before asking Denmark to give her answer. A proposal was also made and accepted ad referendum for the prolongation of the armistice 15 days, on the condition that no further extension should take place unless the basis of a peace were agreed to. The Conference will meet again on Monday. CARDINAL WISEMAN IN YORK.--St. Wilfrid's new Roman Catholic church, which has been I erected under the "shadow" of York Minster, was opened by Cardinal Wiseman yesterday. It is a beautiful edifice; has cost about £12,000, and has been built on the site of a chapel which had been used for many years by the Catholics. The new church will afford accommodation for about 700 persons, and it is so near the Minster, that Cardinal Wise man some months ago spoke of it as a fresh shoot from lb° old roots of the parent tree—the Cathedral. The architect of the building is Mr. George CToldie, of 34, Gloucester-place, Pot tman-equare, a native of York. At the opening, yesterday, in addition t, the Cardinal , there were present several bishops and a considerable num ber of priest s . Th ere was P ontif i cal High Mass, the music being Haydn's Mass No. 4. The choir was assisted by Mr. lakersall, of Leeds, and Mr. Hinchcliffe, of Halifax. Car diaal Wiseman preached the sermon. After the service a d(jei,ner was served in the Concert-room. About 300 per sons, including the Cardinal, bishops, priests, and hiltty were present; Lord Herries presided. The chairman, la proposing the health of the Pope, alluded to what he termed the recent visit of a revolutionist,stating it would have been better if the members of Government and others who had taken part in the triumph of that revolutionist had shown more respect for the feelings of five or six millions of Catholics. There was service in the evening, when Dr. Meaning presided. 'IDE BISHOP OF EXETER, who is 78 years of age, conducted the diocesan ordinati,n on Trinity Sunday. The venerable prelate, assisted by the Bishop of Jamaica and the dignitaries of the cathedral, celebrated the Holy Cora munion. CHORAL WEDDING TN WESMINSTER Yesterday Mr. Watcrfield, of the Bengal Civil Service, and Miss Louisa Benthall Gay, daughter of the late Mr. James Gay, of Highgate, were married in West minster Abbey, the ceremony being performed with a full choral service. The chants were chosen from those of Beethoven, and a chorale was specially composed for the occasion by Mr. Turk, organist of Westminster Abbey, the words being by the Rev. S. Flood Jones. The bridal procession was headed by the choristers and the officiating ministers. At the conclusion of the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. S. Flood Jones, Miner Canon, and the Rev. Canon Jennins, the "Wedding March" was played, and a peal rang on the Abbey bells. Mr. Waterfield is an old Queen's scholar. SHEFFIELD AND ITs CUTLERY.—It has often been remarked that had the site on which Sheffield stands been purposely chosen for the cutlery manufacture , it would scarcely have been possible to have made a better selection. Coal abounds on the south and east of the town, and iron was found and worked in the neighbourhood ( 3 the time of the Romans. This latter fact does not, perhaps' stand for much, seeing that wherever the legionaries went they always found good means to forge and sharpen their blades. And the iron of this district has for more than It century past been exhausted, or else neglected as valueless compared with that of Furness or Sweden. Coal has also been obtained with greater facility in other localities. In what, then, is the special advantage of the locality ? It i ° to the river system of the district that Sheffield owes the early and distinct celebrity of its manufactures. 1.1 ? " Sheffield° Thwittol," spoken of by Chaucer, was a speci men of hand-made cutlery. Similar " thwittols" might soon have been produced elsewhere, had not the forgers and cutlers of Hallamshire availed themselves of the me chanical power so readily gained from the rapidly descend ing streams whose courses we have described.—Once Week. THE WHIG MOVEMENTS.- - W c stated last month that Lord Clarendon had joined the Ministry simply with a view to succeed to the Premiership. Since then the se vere illness of Lord Palmerston has precipitated matters, and it was arranged that as soon as the sessicia was over Lord Palmerston should resign the Premiership, and thereafter occupy a position in public affairs similar to that which Lord Lansdowne so long held. Lord Clarendon was to b the new Premier. Hence the mutiny of Mr, Gladstone. He is now awaro that the Whigs will not have him at the price which he in his exorbitant self-conceit has named es the equivalent for his adherence. His is another melan choly instance of the fate which sooner or later must over take every man who abandons principle for the objects ° , f his own ambition. Restless and i n t r i gu i ng, he has forfe i t ed the right to bo trusted by any political party which retain° even the semblance of self-respect ; and though his service° may still be worth the purchasing —as in the middle age ° it was a common thing to hire a mercenary champion- -- b e never can expect to bo a leader in that high sense of th e term which the English instinct recognises as the nobles t position to which a subject can legitimately aspire.---81a44'. wood. E A L I G V :R R I K A S . —OAF la A rg ß e T an lN d r T i ll eh E is. (! v N a Y ri : d A c l o A ll i e l e S t L i:n o : f these exquisite and very interesting specimens, mantlh' e " tured from one of Nature's most interesting productions' is now heong exhibited in L on d on at t h e cele b rate d cots''' . lishment of Messrs. Howell and James, in Regent. street' The discovery of onyx mart e is of recent date, and it will be remembered was first introduced to English notice in one the Fri.nch courts in the Exhibition of 1851. Messr s : Howell and James at once saw the value of this beautiful and translucent marble, and the many purposes of usefu l and decorative art to which it might be applied. The de i signers and artists of th e i r es t a bli s h ment were a t on ce se t to work, and have no w pro d uce d an extens i ve var iety ° gem works of art which cannot be equalled in Europe. T . " objects that have been execute d comprehend every ilnaggr, able work, both for ornamentat i on and for use to whirls marble is applicable, and range in size from a large h izzt' ,' some 4 feet in diam e t er ( t h e l argest spec i men o f t he onP: marble ever found) to the smallest requisite for the toles table. The natural beauty of this rare material has b een much heightened, in the working of it, by the artists, 01 . ° have judiciously m i ng l e d it w ith go ld , an d h enc e added tu... its richness and b ea uty ; an d w hil e t h e pures t taste 11 ° $ given form to the hundreds of ar ti c l es w hi c h are exhibited' ihe work has also been executed with more than ordinary a skill. The exhibitions of Messrs. Rowell and James than always most interesting, but this one possesses more . . usual attractions to the admirers of the beautiful in 11 , a , and Nature. From the virginal beauty of the. material itself, and elaborate nature of the gold ornamentation, t manufactures are specially intended for wedding gifts. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton, Lieutenant-General Knoilys, Lieutenant• Colonel Keppd, and nlr• Fisher, left Marlborough House soon after 11 o'clock yesterday morning on a visit to Cambridge. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse took a carriage drive yesterday afternoon, In the evening their royal highnesses went to the/ Lyceum Theatre, accompanied by Prince Hermann, of Solms-Lich, and Count Schcenburg, and attended by 111111 e. de Gruney and Captain von Wester , weller, The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland arc expected to leave Northumberland House to morrow, for Sion House, Isleworth. It is understood that during their stay in the South the noble Duke and Duchess will reside during the greater part of the time at Sion. The Duke of Argyll is expected to arrive in town on the 10th inst., from, as a member of the Cabinet, attending on her Majesty in Scotland. The Duchess of Cleveland had a " small and early" party last night, at the family residence in Curzon street, Mayfair.