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s mamsw. THE ATR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April 20, for the 3.59 th time in Landon,Lon PEEP O'DAY. Mesrs. Henry Lorraine, Walter Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Sp encer, T. Nevi ll e, &c.; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston , M. Hudson, &c. To conclude 'ith MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson Commence at 7. TtIEAT RE-ROY AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buokatone. I:HIS EVENING, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Chippen dale, and Miss Louisa Ange , . After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela Miss rdaria [lards. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Wes Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and PrStools, entitled THE MIKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feral and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham , H. ;Viddi,lombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessees, Messrs. Lindu4 and Vining,,. THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Mips Amy_ Sedgwick, iss endersou, and Mrs. Simpson' Messrs. Ft R. oxbY, G. Melville, G. Beimore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which. KILLING TIME. Dlr. Gcc+. Vining , Mr. C . Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HA IDE ;or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen derson, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz james, Moreland, and Cockerill. NEW TfiI?ATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL— souI Proprietor and MRTIAZOT. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Kate Kelly, Miss A. Seaman. and Miss Stok After which, a t Eight o'clock, AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, Slr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. rriffE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," J. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 19, 1863. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday 57 Lowest during the night ...... This day at Noon ......................... 55 Wind—South •Westerly ; light, with fine weather. APRIL 20. THERMOMETER. Highest since Noon yesterday..... 6O Lowest during the night This day at Noon Wind—S. -Westerly ; light, fine but dull HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA:T.—Morning, 3h. 21m.—Afternoon, 3h. 40m. To-moußow.-Morning, 3h. 59m.—Afternoon, 4h. 16m. 74 3 -, 4 l , ll7rttpf 1 / 4 1 '• et* i) 43. `'` LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1863. tion of her kingdom, and the character of her people. She has long cast envious glances at the harbour of Kiel, and the Federal connection with Holstein has encouraged her to hope for its eventual possession. The amalgamation of provinces into the acquisition of which we had better rot look too curiously, makes her continually uneasy. She would gladly strengthen her position in the North, and compen sate beforehand for possible interference with the Rhenish provinces. This question will yet come up to disturb Europe, unless a wiser ruler will re model the Kingdom of Prussia, accepting com pensation for the surrender of untenable possessions, and, by putting himself at the head of German Liberalism, place Prussia in a higher rank among European Powers than she has ever yet occupied. As it is, the affairs of Poland have aroused the alarm of her despotic Government. The interests of Rus sia and of Prussia are alike concerned in the suppres sion of Polish independence,and are both against the establishment of a strong Northern Power. Russia knows that Finland may justly be claimed iby Sweden should hostilities once begin ; while Sweden and Denmark both feel that they have to protect not mere questions of privilege and unim portant possessions, but their independence and life Happily both nations are possessed of able constitu tional Sovereigns who have won the confidence of the people. Their views and interests are as iden tical as those of the two despotic rulers who, whether as autocrat or constitutional king, sway the destinies of the opposing nations at St. Petersburgh and Berlin. The wishes of Eng land must all be on the side of the free countries. The resuscitation of Poland, the esta blishment of a strong Scandinavian nation by the addition of Finland to Sweden ; and the presence of an independent Power in the Baltic would remove those dangers always threatening us from Russian ambition, and would secure us potent allies in the North, Our dynastic entanglements with Prussia may pos sibly hamper the action of our Government, but the English people will scarcely tolerate any Cabinet that suffers itself to be involved in the retrogressive and arbitrary policy of Berlin. One thing is certain, the peace of Europe will never be secured until the independence of Denmark is ac complished, and the freedom of Poland is won. As we anticipated, the Danish proclamation, wit regard to Schleswig-Holstein, fair and temperate as it was, has failed to satisfy the exorbitant demands of Prussia. In the Chamber of Deputies on Fri i.ay the question was brought forward by HERR voN TWESTEN, who called upon the Government to declare the engagements entered into with Den mark in 1851 and 1852 to be null and void, espe cially that part of them which related to the succes sion to the Danish Crown entered into by the protocol of London. This was certainly bad enough, since to interfere with the settled succes sion to the throne would be an evil of no small magnitude, and the jealousy with which the Danes guard the prospects of the youthful heirs to the kingdom is proved by their reluctance to allow Prince WILLIAM to accept the Crown of Greece, although he is not the only brother of the young heir presumptive. HERR VON TWESTEN, at least, qualified his proposal by admitting that a verbal opposition was all that he proposed at present, since the internal dissensions of the country ren dered war impossible. The house itself, he added, amid the vehement plaudits of the assembled de puties, would oppose the employment of hostilities. This decided language gays HERR VON BISMARS an The condition of Greenwich Hospital is not at all satisfactory. After Committees and Commis sions have been appointed to inquire into arrange ments, a Bill was introduced into both Houses in 1861, but for some trivial reason withdrawn. So that after the Admiralty had passed resolutions to "amend the extremely defective Government of Greenwich Hospital," nothing whatever was done. It is a matter of serious regret that such faulty management should prevail in an important place of this kind. It is at all times unsatisfactory to learn that sums provided for necessary undertakings are perverted from their original ends; but to know ,hat those whom we most desire to serve are being defrauded of their just dues, is enough to raise the strongest indignation, and make one ask what is the use of all this paraphernalia of official routine. In the first place, there is bad management in the plans adapted for those who receive the "on pension of Greenwich Hospital." They are only in receipt of £l7 yearly, which of course is insufficient for their individual support, with _ _ out taking at all into account what would be required for their wives and families. The printed reports contain lists of those seamen who were receiving relief in the unions and parishes l of England and Wales. Among those obtaining indoor relief were some who had a right to be ad mitted into the hospital at Greenwich. It appears, from these items of information, that the arrange ments are such that this noble institution has far from realised its mission, and that instead of an entrance into it being sought after, it is objected to. It is high time that some stringent inquiry should be made into the causes that make our seamen regard as distasteful the spot selected for a home for their declining years, where a grate• opportunity of enunciating another of his peculiar theories of constitutional government. We should recommend this statesman to embody his doctrines in a volume for the instruction of succeeding poli ticians. He might style it "The Minister" in ifritation of MAcHiavELLl's "The Prince" and in it he might lay down the limits of Ministerial authority And representative submission ; that is to say, if he thinks the qualities in question should have any limit at all. His views are certainly too original and striking to be lost, and the "divine right " of Prussian kings is fully matched by the pretensionsof the Cabinet of Berlin. The last dogma is that " If the Government felt disposed to em• bark in war, it would do so without the assent of the house." So then the Prussians rejoice in a constituent assembly which is neither to control the expenditure, nor to be asked to give its assent to peace or war. We should like to know in what department of the State the in terference of the Legislature will be tolerated: We have yet to learn how iar the advancing Liberal ism of Prussia will submit to this dictum. The unpopularity of the Minister has already assumed an aspect which threatens him with personal dan ger, but the general feeling in Germany will un fortunately be less opposed to an attack on the liberties of Denmark than to any interference with their own constitutional privileges. country would be proud to contribute eufeicien sums to make their existence within its precincts not only endurable but enjoyable. As usual, in all places where official routine is the order of the day, all possible hindrances are put in the way of can- didates obtaining admission. The restrictions are not severe, but due care is not taken by the autho rities to make them generally known or easy of attainment to the sailors. It is incumbent on claimants to present themselves before the Admiralty, and this arbitrary regulation is in itself a great barrier to their ingress. It is the more absurd, as for Chelsea Hospital they examine claims through- Meanwhile Herr VON BISMARK has assumed an attitude decidedly hostile to the Danes. The Go vernment, he said, would concert with its Federal allies, especially with Austria, the steps to be take❑ with regard to the Danish proclamation ; Prussia and Austria having already, according to his statement s forwarded separate protests. The Government of the XING are, he said, mindful of the action due to the national honour. This language seems to torbode storms, while the secret treaty with Russia, so obstinately withheld from the Chamb,r -very pro bably contains a clause stipulating for Russian as sistance in case of need. On the other hand the Scandinavian Powers are preparing for possible action. According to La France of Saturday the Swedish government is hastening on the works for out the kingdom, and the French adopt this excel lent means for the Hotel des Invalides. It appears also from the report of the Royal Commission that all ranks are confounded, and the " men who have attained the rank of petty, and even of warrant officer, are practically disrated and mingled indiscriminately with the ordinary seamen, and the refuse of the naval service. Distinguished sea men of many years' standing who have been wounded, maimed in action, or other .vise disabled on duty, are confounded with others who have never known active service at all, and who are rather to be regarded as labourers or as domestic servants than as seamen." Sir CHARLES NAFIER has spoken very much to the point on this question. He says that " Men who have attained the rank of the reorganisation of the fleet, and for maritime de fences. It is rumoured that the fortification of Carlscona, the chief maritime fort of the country is being actively carried on, and that the harbour Gill be rendered capable of sheltering not only the Swedish fleet but the squadrons of other nations. Orders have also been given for the immediate iron plating of four vessels of war and three frigates. All these preparations are not made without cause. Sweden's dangerous and aggressive neighbour has taken offence at the bold and inde pendent part assumed by S weden in the Polish ques tion. It is rumoured that a body of men has been moved into Finland, and that the Russian Ambas sador at Stockholm has received instructions to de mand explanations. However far these rumours are to be trusted, the aspect of affairs in the North ot Europe are certainly anything but peaceful. On the one hand we have Russia bent on crushing down a noble people, either with the swords of her -ruthless end infuriated soldiery, or by the aid of promises made to be.broken ; eager, too, to carry out the l egac y of her great Czar by extending her ter. Titories in every direction, and grasping at the Outlying Posses sions of her weaker neighbours. On the same aide is Prussia, inflated with the vain desire to becom e a naval Power, a post for which he is in every way unfitted, alike by the constitu- M. Boucher de Perthes has recently discovered n the flint implement bearing beds of Abbeville a human jaw, indicating a race of small stature, as the coeval inhabitants of Europe with the mammoth and extinct great beasts. This discovery has been narrated by M. Boucher de Perthes himself in a French local newspaper, the account stating that in a deposit known as the Moulin Quignonlez Abbeville was a flint implement, accompanied by a human jaw, both of the same colour, and; as he believes, undoubt edly fossil. The objects were deposited about 13 feet below the surface, and close to the chalk rock which underlies the tertiary deposits at Abbeville, INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. — On Friday the Princesses Helena and Louise, attended by Lady Barrington, Miss Hildeyard, and Capt. Sir W. Hoste, R.N., honoured the Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 53, Pall-Mall, with their presence to inspect the collection previously to the Exhibition being opened to the public, - MAJOR-GENERAL LINDSAY, M.P.—On Saturday a dinner was given at Willie's Rooms by the mem bers of the United Service Institution to Major-Gon. the Hon. James Lindsay, M.P. for Oxfordshire, previous to his departure for Canada, where he is about to take the com mand of a brigade of the Guards. General Lindsay has for a long time held the position of President of the Council of that institution, and been mainly instrumental in resusci tating it and extending its usefulness. Sir John Pakington, M.P„ occupied the chair, and was supported by Lieut.- General P. S. Stanhope, Col. North, M.P,, Col. Dunne, M.P., Admiral Sir G. Back, Colonel the Hon. C. H. Lind say, and Col. Sir Thomas Trowbridge. The rest of the com pany, which was very numerous, consisted almost entirely of members of the naval and military profession. After the customary loyal and constitutional toasts, the chairman, in proposing " The Health of the Guest of the Evening," said, the members of the institution could not allow Gen. Lind- say to proceed on his honourable mission to a distant land without giving him some further assurance of their respect and goodwill, and expressing a hope that health and good fortune might await him there. He then referred to the invaluable services he had rendered to the institution, and concluded by asking the company to drink the toast in a bumper. General Lindsay replied in an appropriate speech, in the course of which he said his object had been to render ha institution practically useful to the army and navy, and to convert its museum into an entirely professional one. Other toasts followed, including "The Chairman," and " The Institution," and the company separated at a rather late hour. The band of the Guards, under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, played in the vestibule during the evening. BRITISH MUSEUM.—The number of visitors to the British Museum in 1862 amounted to 895,077, an increase of 253,191 over the number in 1861. But in 1851, the first Exhibition year, there were above 2,500,000. The number of persons attending the reading room was not quite so large in 1862 as in 1851. It averaged 419 a day, and each reader consulted on an average ten volumes in the day. The total number of articles received for the library in 1862, including broadsides and ballads, was 73,929. The acquisitions in all departments of the museum were numer ous and important, The department of antiquities re ceived, besides many other things, some valuable objects discovered in the excavations at Camirus, in the island of Rhodes. 1,858 coins and medals were procured in the course of the year. Rare and acceptable additions have accrued to all the departments of natural history through the International Exhibition ; the total number of speci mens acquired in the year was 28,873; but the cry for more space continues. About 13,000 specimens were added to the zoological collection. The sum of £22,536 was ex pended on purchase and acquisitions, but every department was also enriched by gifts. _ _ A ROYAL SIAMESE NOTICE OF DEATH.—The fol. lowing circular has been prepared azd addressed by the King of Siam to his friends, on the bereavement ex perienced by tho royal family of Siam through the death of Prince Brom Mu'n Visnunath':—" The sad and mourn- ful circular from His Gracious Majesty Somdetch Phra Paramendr Maha Mongkut, the reigning supreme King of Siam, intimating the death of His Majesty's most affec tionate, well-beloved, and lamented royal second son, His Royal Highness Prince Krom Mu'n Visnunarth', whose loss is now mournfully sustained by His Majesty and the royal family, and the principal members of the govern ment of Siam. * This Prince Supratith, the head of the household and treasurer of his royal father, for his goodness, honesty, and faithfulness in the ful filment of his duties, &c. because more affectionate and well beloved to his royal father, and the royal family; and for his courtesy, circumspection, &c., he was pleased and be loved by every member of the Siamese Government and people in general, both native and foreign, so in the year 1856 he was required unanimously by council of govern ment to be appointed superintendent of the great govern ment treasury entitled with the dignified title of his Royal Highness Prince Krom Mu'n Visnunarth Nibhadhorn, He, with funds being his own property, entered into some.: trading business, and being much represented by merch ants in general, both native and foreign, almost every one of the farmers of the government duties in various things and the collectors of revenue, have made over some private portions to him more than to other princes of Siam, consequently he became fortunately the richest prince in Siam, and the most prosperous. * * Whilst he was on board his steamer anchored on the lake or inundation before the city of Lavo, on the night of the 3d November, he was attacked with strong bodily affliction, which com. penal him to return home before his royal father, who, after hearing of the sickness of his son, followed him to Bangkok the next day. During the month of Nevem• her the Prince was very ill and daily growing worse. The Prince, knowing of his approaching and inevitable death, called a writer to make out his last will, assigning certain portions of his property to be distributed among his eleven children and wives, and one of the nephews, being his elder brother's son, who had been long under his care, and a certain portion to be consecrated to the rnonas t ry belonging to himself, now remaining in progress of building for the Buddhist religious service, and the remain der, being the greatest part of his property, was offered and delivered to his esteemed royal father, the supreme King of Siam, as he trusted that the King would attend well to his funeral setvice, and subsequently favour his family and kindred. The Prince then requested his father to sit at the side of his head, and his elder brother at the left side, and talked with them distinctly and intelligibly until the last minutes of his life, saying that he was not sorry, because he knew that this path must be fol lowed by every human being, and that his life was ren dered short from the sickness to which his body had been subject since his youth, &c. ; and solicited pardon from his father and elder brother for his certain mistake during his life, and took leave of his father, brothers, and sisters, and his own family, in respectful and regardful tone until his last word. At eight o'clock p.m. en Thursday, December 4, 1862, his eyes became turned up, his speech was gone, and only a slight breathing continued. Eight or ten minutes me ni Ic a Aye f t, te opv r r heaionh e em i dneg present days ioeaguyhlr o se ' gtfcphtel priest moat Prince's rsr iotpont mournful the Prince expired, elder ownd.ePr r family, brother,sSrsusi rr a nemamf and remains and si sister, rel his era mk and eefpnattt lamenting. g r i as ,. royal urn at his residence, according to the Siamese royal custom, w l a l waitinge placethe preparations foonr month funerals ofApi il c o e r r e A m ia o ny o; which the ensuing year, * * His M a j esty trusts that ythis ne ws will produce great emotion in the breasts of those who are under good religious feelings, teaching them that there is an eternal life, as they may see that death comes to every e t r h y a that age, region , friend w or il I pl b a e ce gl a a n d d tote of His Majesty's true friendship one of mankind i,pnarnoeodsf swt ir w A tvh a eo c r It c h ; epte exception, 113 T kf t j o o oo o s nr . " THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. —On Thursday night the passengers by the last train from York to Scarborough were very greatly alarmed by a succession of heavy thumps given by the train when at full speed near Killington. It seems the men in tilt service of Mr. George Tindall, a farmer at Marr-house, were driving several horses across the line after dark, three of which broke away and took down the line for a long dis tance. The night was thick, and the driver did not see these hors esthem werei l l u oko p fmni o to, hnhicekest horses l opdo e at m orsdsse . e wsnlokngAoiell,rlleas clearthe of horsesthe rails,w e and killed, th e t two ird was cut in pieces. Fortunately d,noa,taht t she h ae e o, ,tt t ,rha r a a leiu i rn ll as did nr not egbv or brought hunter,tuehave the r b i a e s i o l w s O m r t o One h re f . r were much alarmed, as the Whitby train was fol g lo haa w btid i u° n upt g ol, close behind and the night was foggy and dark, petty officers on board ship should have some rank analogous to the same rank reserved to them when admitted ; once being made a petty officer, he should be always a petty officer unless he should be tried by court-martial and broken. He ought not to be disrated by the circumstance of being in Greenwich Hospital, any more than a lieutenant should be disrated and made a midshipman. This system is rife with annoyance, and productive of the t f h a e r p a s e e r h e l g i a a r r ds feelingsm e eti n o g t most yi d e e w p a lo a ra n b d le g r r e a s t u if l y ts in s g o the the class for whose benefit the institution was designed. Th e men who are called bo a t swa i ns of the hospital, and w hose duty it is t o ma i ntain order, are selected because they can read a n d write and bear a good character, and not at all for their rank in the service. Sir J. GRAHAM, with his usual acumenand thein telli Bence, thus described the influence that various grades of distinction exercise over seamen "The naval profession is remarkable for the de ference shown even in civil and social life by junior officers to senior officers, and it is wil lingly paid by the junior officers, and I think it is almost exacted by the senior officers." It may wall be asked, then, why impose rules and regulations that are known to be in direct opposi tion to the innate ideas of all in the service, and the carrying out of which is sure to militate against the harmony and good feeling that should always reign paramount in such places. It would almost appear as if the ruling motive of all who have had any voice in the arrangements had been to deter as many as possible from entering into Greenwich Hospital and to retain as few pen sioners in doors as they can. Another crying evil is the increase in the salaries of the officers. W ithin the last hundred years the cost of the military and medical officers has risen threefold, while that of the pensioner has remained unchanged. The best satire on these proceedings is contained in this fact, that LATEST INTELLIGENCE, "between the years 1805 and 1859 the number of pensioners in the hospital fell from 2,410 to (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) 1,676, while the cost of the establishment was much more than doubled, relatively to the number of pensioners it was more than trebled during the above period. Let us trust that due attention will be paid to this question, and that no inertness on the part of the Government, and no indifference on the part of the Houses of Parliament, will prevent the most searching inquiries being made and the right of the matter being summarily established. It is too much to be endured that sums should be squandered on overpaid officials, while those whom the institution was founded to support are neglected, and their wives and children, to benefit whom was another object of its creation, are left totally unprovided for. It may be too late in many cases to repair the errors committed, but for the honour of our country, let there be no more, and let the defenders of our most sacred rights not be overlooked. These men have braved the perils of battles and storms ; they have endured hardships in every climate to protect our hearths and altars; and it is not the demand of charity but the voice of justice that calls aloud for the vindication of their rights and the due consideration of their claims. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, APRIL 18. The commercial treaty between Prussia and Bel gium was adopted to-day in the Chamber of De puties. Only two members of the Catholic party voted against it. The next sitting of the Chamber will take place on Wednesday next, when the discussion will com mence on the Ministerial Responsibility Bill. The Nord Deuteh Zeitung of to - day says:—°' As the Czar's amnesty doubtless applies also to the insurgents who have crossed over into Prussian territory, it may be expected that arrangements will be made for their release. THE BRAZIL MAILS. BORDEAUX, APRIL 19. The Messageries Imperilles steamer, with 'the Brazil mails has arrived here. ettr,'At," A r ) 44 4 st .p, EN it itriti g ar - HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 18. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Hslena and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Equerry in Waiting. _ _ Their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice took a carriage airing. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary visited her Majesty this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, and Capt. Grey, arrived at the Castle in the afternoon. The Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald have succeeded the Hon. Horatia Stop ford and the Hon. Harriet Phipps as Maids of Honour to the Queen. _ _ _ Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Princess of Wales and Princess Helena, drove out in a carriage and four in the afternoon, attended by Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge on horse back. His Serene Highness Prince Leiningen, the Arch bishop of York, the Right Hon. W. and Mrs. Glad stone, and Dr, Armstrong, R.N., arrived at the Castle. Mr, Gladstone had an audience of the Queen. April 19. The Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, Prince Louis of Hesse, Prince Leiningen, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Wait ing, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Archbishop of York preached the sermon. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS. To-Monnow —The Countess Apponyi's dance. WEDNESDAY.—Mrs. Gladstone's assembly; Levee by the Feld Marshal Commanding in Chief. THURsDAY.—Lady Chelmsford's assembly; Lady liar- Het Seymour's second assembly. FRIDAY.—The Narchioness Townshend's first dance. FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS. APRI 27.—Lady Harry Vane's first dancing party. APRIL 29.—Lady de Rothschild's dance. MAY I.—Lady Egerton of Tatton's ball. MAY 2.—The President of the Royal Society's conver sazione. MAY 4.—Lady Chelmsford's second assembly; Lady Harry Vane's second dancing party. MAY 11.—Mrs. Washington Hibbert's first ball, Dover street. MAY 13.—Levee by the Prince of Wales on behalf of the Queen. MAY 16.—Drawing-room by the Princess of Wales on behalf of the Queen. MAY 20.—The Derby day. MAY 22.—The Oaks day. JUNE 2.—Aecot races commence. JUNE 4.—The Cup day. JuxE 6.—Celebration of her Majesty's birthday. JUNE 22 —Mr. Benedict's annual grand morning con cert at St. James's Hall—to commence at two o'clock. It is currently reported in Court circles that the Prince and Princess of Wales will, ere long, re move from Marlborough House to Kensington Palace, and there can be no doubt that, with a judicious outlay of money, which might be carried on annually, Kensington could be made one of the finest Royal domains in the United Kingdom. It is quiet ; in a good air ; and, though it is a palace, no tragical history is connected with it—all of which considerations give it a sort of home l y -fireside character, which seem to represent the domestic side of Royalty itself, and thus render an interesting service to what is not always so well recommended by cost and splen dour.—Court Journal. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury by his com pany at dinner on Saturday last, at their mansion in Strat ford-place. Thare were present to meet the royal duke the Princess of Obrenovich of Servia, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness de Cadore, the Earl and Countess Vane, the Earl of Coventry, the Coun tess of Tankerville, Viscount and Viscountess Royston, General and Lady Alice Peel, Mr. and Mrs. H. B Baring, and Colonel Tyrwhitt (in attendance on the Duke of Cam bridge). His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com• manding in-Chief will hold a leveo at 1 o'clock on Wed nesday next. LITERATURE, Lzfe anzong Convicts. By Charles B. Gibson, M.R.1.A., Chaplain in the Convict Service. 2 vole. Hurst and Blackett. This work appears at a very opportune moment. The treatment of our convicts now occupies a large share of the public attention, and all concerned in that momentous question may peruse with interest and ponder over with benefit the very valuable in formation and the very useful suggestions laid before them by Mr. Gibson. Many will differ from the author's opinions. For that he is of course pre pared. The convict system is one of the " open questions" of the day, but all his readers, or we are very much mistaken, will be delighted with the book and with its author. Throughout we feel that we are listening to a philanthropist and to a gentle man, and when we differ from him we do so with respect. A store of information of most varied cha racter is collected in these two volumts, and this information is conveyed in the most pleasant and lucid manner possible, mingled with sketches, anec dotes, and descriptions of men and manners. For this style of narrative Mr. Gibson is happily quali fied. He is gifted with keen powers of perception and with a quiet appreciation of the humorous. In proof of which we may adduce the following de scription—a description which affords a brief sum mary of the peculiarities of the Irish system:— " Whose farm is that, sir " inquired a poor hind, as he looked on a number of convicts at work on Lusk Com mon. "That farm belongs to the Queen," was the reply. " Blood-a-nagers, de ye tell me so—though I thought it something uncommon. The men looked so well-dressed. I wonder is these their Sunday clothes ?" . 6 N o, they wear these clothes every day." "They must get good wages." "Board, lodging, and clothes, and half-a-crown a week for pocket money." " Very good, upon my conscience. Now would it be hard to get a week's work there ?" " Not without qualifying." " What's that ?" " Did you ever steal a sheep ?" " God forbid 1" " Nor a cow, nor a horse "Neither one nor the other." "Nor rob a gentleman's house at night ?" " Do you take me for a thief or robber ?" "For neither; but you must do something of that kind be`ore you can get emuloyment on that farm." "You are a quare gentleman," said the hind, scratching his head. " But lam in earnest, man. The well-dressed labourers you see on that common are thieves, housebreakers, and pickpockets " " Are you in earnest, sir ? Sure if that was known, they'd be put in prison." " That's a prison." "Is it the open common ? Ayeh, don't be making a fool of me." " I give you my honour that these men are prisoners— not yet discharged, though near it." " Then, be japers, there is sense in what you say about staling a sheep"—walking off with a new idea in his head. " Come back here, my good fellow." "Well, sir ?" " I told you you would have to qualify to get in there." The Marquis of Hastings has arrived at 25, St. James's-place, for the season, The Marquis of Bath has taken the Countess of Caledon's mansion on Carleton-house-terrace for the sea son. The noble marquis takes posPession on the Ist prox The Countess of Suffolk and Lady Isabella Howard have left Farrance's Hotel for Charlton Park, near Malmesbury. . The Earl and Countess of Erne and Lady Louisa Crichton have arrived in Town from their seat in Ireland. The DArl and Countess of Longford have arrived at Piercy's Hotel, 31, Dover-street. Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and the Misses Canning are expected to arrive in Grosve nor-square at the close of this or early in the ensuing month, from Nice. We learn that the health of the noble viscount is quite restored. Lord Stanley, 114. P., leaves town this morning for Knowsley-park, near Liverpool, to attend to his duties as chairman of the local sessions. _ _ . "Yes, be staling a sheep, or a cow, or a horse, or break ing into a gintleman's house." " Yes, but there is another qualification." " What's that ?'' "You must first b 3 confined in a solitary cell, for nine months, in a prison they call Mountjoy." Itlountjoy! Ayeh." "And then sent to Spike." " Spike ! What's that ?" " You would not like to be spiked. Eli ? " What is it, sir ?" " A desolate i-land, near Cork, where you will work under a truck like a jackass. So if you should ever think of steal ing, you must not say that 1 deceived you." " I'm obleged to you, sir," said the poor hind, touching his old caubeen, and walking off muttering, " Honesty is best after all." But he did not learn this lesson at Lusk, but from the bird's-eye view he got of the prisons of Mountjoy and Spike Island. When alluding to the comparative number of convicts in England and Ireland, Mr. Gibson re marks that "England is half a century before Ire land in the social development of many of the arts and sciences. My modesty, as an Irishman, induces me to concede her the palm in highway robbery, burglary, and even in the minor department of picking pockets." But then he ingenuously adds that " Ireland is a poor country, and does not pre sent to thieves and pickpockets the same scope for the exercise of their profession." In Eng land there are ten Convict Prisons, male and female, including the juvenile prison of Parkhurst. In Ireland there are four male Convict Prisons and one female. In both systems the prisoners begin with eight or nine months' cellular and separate confinement, in England, at Penton ville or Millbank ; in Ireland, at Mountjoy, on the Circular Road, Dublin. They are then sent to the Public Works' Prisons, at Chatham or Portland in England, or at Spike Island in Ireland. In Eng land, when the term of sentence has expired, or been diminished by a ticket of leave, the convict is set at liberty. In Ireland, he goes to the interme diate prison of Lusk. Here the prisoners work on the common, like agriculturists on a farm, as de scribed above, and are under police surveillance. This intermediate prison constitutes the main diffe rence between the English and Irish systems, and " is just now," says Mr. Gibson, " in high feather with the public." Although connected with the Irish system himself, the rev. gentleman does not approve of the intermediate prison. " We do not ad mire these appendages to the English system," he says; " we prefer the simpler machinery of Sir Joshua Jebb ; but as Sir Walter Crofton asserts he can produce a finer article by the operation of his intermediate prison and police surveillance, the public will judge of the merits of the systems by their results." To police surveillance Mr. Gibson objects that it is " un-English," and quotes from a writer in Blackwood, who exclaims, "Let the thing called police surveillance continue to be so strange to us that we use a foreign word when we speak of it." In discussing weighty matters of this kind, it does not do to be alarmed by epithets, however opprobrius. Do we not all of us live under the pro tecting influence c.f police surveillance ? Should we any of us, even including the writer in .Blackwood, sleep more soundly in our beds if the surveillance of the police were abolished for a single hour? In like manner we have been told that the Ballot is un-English, to which we inquire, by way of reply, if corruption and bribery are English P Let it be asserted that police surveil lance is un-English, what then is garotting ? A French lady hearing au English friend lament that the word ennui did not occur in the national vocabulary, exclaimed, with a commiserating shrug —" What does that signity, as you have the thing!" " Puisque vous avez la chose !" The English or un-English signification of mere words is imma terial. We must look to facts, and only expo rience can enable us to arrive at a wise decision. The case is one of great difficulty. Mr. Gibson reminds us that intermediate prisons and the colo nial arrangement of police supervision have not answered. Ho recommends as the happiest solution tor the difficulty the emigration of the liberated convict. In a new world, With his former tempta tions removed, and free from the stigma which at home would for ever clieg to him, the chanc.ls are certainly in favour of the redemption of the crimina,. As a free emigrant, he is in a very different posi tion to that of a transported felon, and if it is " never 103 late to mend," in a new country he may become a new man again. If it be a risk, even there, what must it be in the old worlo P The interests of the individual criminal are of tittle importance, as compared to the interests of society, but in this ease those interests are iden tical—the reformation of the one and the pr e servation of the many may be thus simultaneously ensured. In alluding to the recent panic in the public mind in consequence of the garotters, Mr. Gibson wisely remarks—" It is not necessary, for the safety of the ship, to throw John Howard overboard ; and I venture to predict that the Bog tish nation will never do it." Among the miscel laneous matters of interest introduced in the course of these volumes is an account of the trial of Kirwan for the murder of his wife, and * a very interesting extract from the prison jour- The Dowager Lady Clinton arrived at her house in St. Jamee's-place on Saturday from Torquay, where hor ladyship has been passing the winter. The Marquis and Marchioness de Gibacon and family have taken their departure from the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris, on their way to Spain. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen. PARLIAMENTARY DINNER.—The Right Hon. B. Disraeli gave a parliamentary dinner on Saturday, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate. There were present--The Earl of Tankerville, the Earl Stanhope, the Earl of Hard wicke, Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lord Henry Thynne Lord Colville, the Hon. W. Addington, Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Major Edwards, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. W. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Kekewich, Mr. Perry Watlington, Mr. Mitford, and Mr. Powell, The Earl of Verulam was prevented from dining with the right lion, gentleman by a domestic affliction. The funeral of the Countess dowager of Vernlam takes place on Wednesday, when her body will be de posited in the family vault in St. Michael's Church, St. Alban's. FUNERAL OF SIR GEORGE CORNEIVALL LEWIS.— The remains of the lamented statesman were on Saturday consigned to their final resting-place among the tombs of his fathers at Old Radnor. The funeral was as unostentatious in character as was the public and private life of the deceased s atesman, and had this peculiarity, that all who attended appeared as mourners. Among them were the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Russell, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Right Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, Mr. Vernon Harcourt, Mr. Lister, Sir Velters Cornewall, Sir Gilbert Lewis, and Mr. Herbert Lewis. About 100 horsemen pre ceded the hearse containing the body of the deceased, fol lowed by his carriage and those of the distinguished moutners and the gentry of the neighbourhood. The coffin was of massive oak, enclosing a shell, and covered with black cloth, having a brass plate thereon with the follow ing inscription :—" The Right Hon, Sir George C. Lewis, Bart., died April 13, 1863, aged 57 years." The deceased baronet was, however, eight days under that age. The im menso concourse of people present testified by their de meanour that their regret for the loss of this estimable statesman was universal and sincere. No landlord was ever more liberal to his tenants than Sir George, and his benefactions to the neighbourhood were something fabulous, considering his means. Business was suspended in Here ford, Kington, Knighton, Presteign, Radnor, and other towns during the early part of Saturday. DEATH OF MR. APSLEY PELLATT.—Mr. Apsley Pellatt died at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Field, at Balham-hill, near Croydon, at a late hour on Friday night. The deceased was for several years the mem ber for the borough of Southwark in the House of Com mons as the colleague of the late Admiral Sir Chas. Napier. He was defeated by Mr. Locke, Q.C., the present member. During the period that Mr. Apsley Pellatt represented the borough he was a staunch supporter of the Liberal party. He was in his 72d year. THE THRONE OF GREECE.—A letter from the Piraeus of the 11th inst. states that the commission ers appointed to proceed to Copenhagen to offer the crown of Greece to the Danish Prince are—Admiral Canaria, De metrius Grivas, the hero of the insurrection at Nauplia, and Zainio, son of a celebrated statesman, President of the Pro visional Government in 1826, and possessing great influence in the Peloponessus. The commissioners left that day for Trieste. The writer adds that the entire produce of the customs, since the departure of the King, has been absorbed by the army, and that if the new King does not bring with him an auxiliary force of 2,500 men, he cannot depend on the existing army to obey him any more than they obeyed 020 Proyibional (ioyerurneut. nal of John Mitchell, the Irish rebel, describing his arrival at Bermuda and subsequent adventures. 7wo Months in the Confederate States. By an English Merchant. pp. 299. Richard Bentley. Another moat opportune peep into the Confede rate States is here afforded to all of us stay-at homes, through the keen eyes of this observant Englishman. The work, it will be seen by its very title, appears annnymously. Whoever the merchant may be, we know not. That he is a travel ler without prejudice the volume before us attests. When, however, we have said that he is throughout consistently and quite unmistakeably an English man, we have virtually hinted that his " pro clivities" trend towards the South, rather than towards the North ; that the Federals are akin to him in all except their antagonism to slavery ; and that even in regard to that reputed antagonism to slavery he can find nothing to awaken his sympathies in the manner of its manifestation. It would be hardly extravagant to assert, indeed, that if any one thing has tended, more directly than another, to alienate England from the Government at Washington, it has been the incident for ever painfully associated with the Ist of January: that namely by which Mr. Lincoln, almost one might say infamously, certainly very meanly pronounced in favour of Emancipation as to render that movement very like a direct signal for a servile war. The manner, the purport, the drift of that Proclamation of the President's upon New Year's Day, can never be remembered without a feeling very nearly akin to that of scorn, by all except those who are fairly infatuated in regard to the North and everything relating to the Nor thern Government. Mr. Bright, Mr. Thomas Hughes, and a few others who think with them, have stood all (along as they stand at this moment) isolated among the mass of their fellow-countrymen--the latter looking with disdain upon the anti-slavery policy, tardily revealed by the Cabinet at Washington, and with abhorrence upon the more conspicuous creatures put forth as the champions of that degraded cause since the out break of this dreadful civil war : men like General Butler and the Rev. Mr. Beecher, and persons of that ruthless and fanatical stamp. Setting forth upon his travels early in last October, the writer left Now York for New Orleans on board the Marion, and, in point of fact, his book will be found to consist chiefly of a record of his notes while sojourning at New Orleans during its ruthless and execrable domination under Gen. Butler aforesaid. Scarcely has the steam ship drawn alongside the Quay at New Orleans, when the English Merchant who is aboard of her, " taking notes," finds himself jostled in the crowd hurrying from shore along the gangway, by a Fede ral officer in undress. " This Federal officer," he adds, " I found, was no less a personage than General Butler himself, who had come from his office (where be was usually to be found as soon as day dawned, and often sooner) to meet his wife, Rho, it seemed, had been our fellow-passenger, though very few of us knew it. He seemed a spare man, of middle height, quick and nervous in his movements, and, at a glance, very much more like a lawyer than a soldier. His face is distinguished by nothing more unusual than what the boys called a 'cock' eye ; and with its thin compressed lips, livid complexion, almost, if not entire, absence of beard, moustache, or whisker, and thin grey hair thrown back over his ears, impressed me simply as the face of a restless, earnest, decided, and possibly abrupt man; but with no special bias towards, nor familiarity with, evil, rather than as that of the cruel, cunning, unprin cipled scoundrel which, by common consent, so many millions of people believe him to be. I could not help looking almost with pity on that one unarmed man, for whose blood a whole nation was thirsting; who is never spoken of by half his own countrymen but as ' the beast ;' who is pro bably hated more intensely than any other living man, and by more people; and against who dying quietly in his own bed there are so many toid chances." Later on, he says, very forcibly, and we believt, quite accurately, that he himself is perfectly well satisfied " that General Butler's conduct has by intensifying the feeling of the Confederates, been as good as 60,000 addi tional troops arrayed against the Union cause." When he has advanced as far as Richmond, in his travels southward, the writer, having occasion to speak of a very different personage indeed, to wit, President Jefferson Davis, opens his remarks upon that eminent personage in the manner fol lowing :—" Beyond any doubt," he says, "President Davis sways at this moment a more unquestioned and absolute power than any other ruler in the civilized world; and it is to his honour, that no publ;c act can thus far be pointed at, which has had any other than a national object, to be gained at the least possible cast of liberty, treasure, and blood. Whatever the enemies of the leaders Of this rebellion can say against their acts u p to the time when Secession occurred, it is unde niable that since that time their conduct has been disinterested, pure, and self-devoted." Other notabilities 3f the South are sketched in, with a ready and facile pencil, by the English Merchant out on his travels, note-book in hand—General Lee amongst the number, and, as a pure matter of course, almost we might say of necessity, General " Stonewall" Jackson, the religious-hearted and the beloved ! Glimpses alone though they are that W 3 have yet been enabled to obtain of the men and the doings, there, in the Confederate States of North America, there is one peculiarity among them all that clearly enough de' monstrates their general accuracy and truthfulness* They all harmonise the one with the other. The/ are all "in keeping," They are all perfectly consist ent. Insomuch that, perceiving them as we here dof and have done all along, only by fits and starts, a° it were, and at most uncertain intervals, we have nevertheless come already to be familiar wits the chief personages in that Southern drama' Who amongst us, is there, who has not already rev lined to himself quite clearly, and as if throagS a binocular stereoscope, the individuality of Men of Mark there amongst that throng of Confede rate Heroee—Men of Mark like Lee, and Davis, an d Jackson ? As helping us to a glance through a Y eV clearer lens than any furnished us by the NertS as a medium th roug h w hi c h t o exam i ne the! people, that is,the Chiefs of the,Federals—th& Eng iis P Merchant has done us all good service by penning and publishing his present lively and graphic re ; collections of what he saw and heard there in 0 3 more southwardly parts of the Seat of War. M truthful record of an honest man's observations 0 men and things as they are, or at any rats as Od e appeared to him to be, these pages are worthy being read, and read, too, confidingly. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austr i l is preparing for publication a description of his W eil ( journey to Brazil, undertaken chiefly for the studY ° natural history. A Life of the poet land, with numerous 0; published works and letters, is preparing for the press Dr. Fr. N otter, of Stuttgart. ABBATE JACOBO BE RNARDI, of Fl orence , is 9 bo 0$ giving to the world a number of unpublished lotted be" Alfieri, discovered in family archives. The work wil l o f dedicated to the city of Asti, in Piedmont, the b . thplacc rr the great poet, LEVIATHAN.—The Record once gravely vit l i; tamed that the desc r ipti on o f t h e L ev i at h a n in ";11, was a prophecy of ths Great Eastern. It might, with W il l ; • more plausibility, r e f er i t to t h e i ron - p l a t e d steam vest e " His sc a les are hi s pr id e, s h ut up toget h er as w ith a c• - , 8 0 seal —one is so near to a no th er th a t n u ai r can come 1)0 0° 4; them. When he ra i se th hi mse lf up th e m i g h ty are 0 11111 by reason of br ea ki ngs th e y pur ify t h emse l ves ; he estee l/3- 0 $ iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. The arrow C a p tCP make him flee; strong stones are turned with hi°' k l e tl)- stubble. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot, he 033 i 1 10 the sea like a pot o f oi n tme n t ; h e ma k et h a path to 6' alter him ; he maketh the deep to be nuary." the tIV SUDDEN DEATH.—Another instanc9 of t if certainty of life occured last evening to au el tle ibe man named Edwards, hackney carriage attendant ftt e er Horns, Kennington, who f i ll d own d ea d w hilst a le ; 13 4 formance of his duty. Th e d ecease d h a d b een in the 9- and the police force, and unfortunately leaves a w ife „:ant six children. He was a very steady and industrious t he THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT.--The body ° , f fp, I young m an Ab raham A b ra h ams was yester d a y foal" li ve ing in the river off Lambeth-pier. The deceased , it v41,00$ recollected, was one of the unfortunate persons in Ol e p ip% which was sunk by coming in contact last Sunday with the 'Victoria steamer off Hungerford-pier. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1863. FRANCE. Le Constztutionnel briefly notifies the fact that to day is the anniversary of the birth of his Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty having been born on the 30th of April, 1808, at the Palace of the Tuileries—the first Prince of the dynasty whose birth was announced with imperial honours (salvos of artillery, the crash of drums, and the blast of trumpets) to all parts of the then vast empire of Napoleon the Great, virtually, in 1808, the Lord Paramount of Continental Europe. Lord Elliot, says .Le Pays, while passing through Paris, whither he returned only yesterday morning on his way back from Greece, had a long interview in the afternoon with M. Drouyn de Lhuys, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday at the Tuileries, the Emperor presiding. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde pur pose leaving Paris on Monday for the intended ex cursion to Egypt. _ BOURSE, April 18.—The market is heavy, but the quotations of yesterday wero well maintained for some time after the opening. They have since slightly receded, Threes, for the Account, being now at 69f. 70c. Railway Share Market without animation. The market closed as follows : It per Cents .. 97 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 60 Italian Loan 72 Do. end month 7l 75 New ditto 73 Do. end month 72 85 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 52 75 Home Debt .. 5O 75 Credit Alobilier ...,- 1440 Do. end month.... Bank Shares 3390 _ _ Credit I , oncier ....1495 &Ys. Cash. Account. Orleans 1022 50 a . 1020 Northern 1045 .. 1045 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1177 50 .• 1178 75 Geneva.. 445 • • 780 Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian 452 500 25 50 .. 457 50 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 750 . .. 752 50 Ditto to Barcelona BA IL- ITALY• The Italian Senate, in its sitting of the 15th, commenced the debate on a bill concerning the old officers of the late army of the Bourbons: — By the Neapolitan law the pensions to be granted to officers were only calculated according to the pay enjoyed by an officer for a period of at least two years; but under the Bourbons the stringency of this law was generally relaxed by Ro y al favour. When the Neapolitan army was incorporated with that of Italy, there were many old officers unfit for service, and it was found necessary to pension them off, and the law as it stood was rigorously observed in their case. Gen. La Marmora's representations on the subject had induced the Minister of War to bring in the present bill with a view to grant such officers as had not enjoyed their higher pay for the two years required an increase of pension equal to what they would have been entitled to in the contrary case. The bill had been passed by the Chamber of Deputies, and was now before the Senate, whose commission proposed the rejection of the bill on the ground of economy. Gen. De Sonnaz and other eminent military men supported the bill, but after an animated debate the first article was rejected, upon which the Minister withdrew the measure. A Turin letter of the 15th says When about a month ago I spoke of the projects which the Mazzinian party had in contemplation, the same doubts might have been entertained of the truth of the fact, but at present the Turin journals speak of little else. This publicity is the work of the Government itself. The Minister of the Interior having been put on the trace of Mazzini's projects, and being in possession of his correspondence, thought that the best means of defeating his senseless pro jects was to denounce them to public opinion. There had been collected in the canton of Ticino, arms, ammunition, and a nucleus of determined men. The object was to bring on a war with Austria; by an aggression on the Tyrol, and to thus involve the Italian Government. That, according to Mazzini, was a good means of assisting Poland. Yesterday, NI. Peruzzi made a very energetic speech in the Chamber on the subject, taking as his text some remarks of M. Lazzero. He gave it to be under stood that the Government would not allow mal contents to place the destinies of Italy in danger. The words of the Minister have tranquillised the public mind, and the revolutionary attempt may be considered as defeated. The King is still at Florence, where' his presence produces the most favourable effect. Baron Ricasoli, who was at his chateau of Brolio, hastened to pay his respects to his Majesty. It was the first time that he had seen the King since h..; quitted the Ministry, and the interview was long and friendly. The Presi dent of the Council, who had accompanied his Ma jesty to Florence, has returned to Turin." HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS. This gallant pack met for the last time this season nt Knaphill on Friday last, a wild forest country, varied by enclosures of grass land, which was in first-rate order for galloping over. The first p art of the run was over the forest, passing I 3isle y into the Chobham meadows, then to Windleshain, and through Bi.:gshot Park towards Swinley, then to Southill Park and Bracknell, when the deer St. George was taken at the Station in an hour and a quarter, under a burning sun. Thus ended a first rate season, and, what is remarka ble, missin g onl y one day from frost, On Tuesday last the meet was a ssembled, and enjoyed a away over the at v ß er r y ay;w re i t c t k y : run a velvet fieldho hour, going Bray drainage to Heywood Park, and to the right, crossing the end of the thicket at a merry pace, and on to Cookham Dean, towards Marlow, and was taken between there and Cookhain. The heat was great, and a second deer was not required. Mr. Grath's foxhounds closed their season also on Friday, when the meet was at Virginia Water, and drew unsuccessfully the Belvidere Grounds, Round Copse, and Windsor Forest, but succeeded in finding in the grounds of Sir John Walsh, and, after a sharp and hot run, killed at Swinley, thus finishing a capital season. THE LATE CARDI NAL B ARB ERIN 1.- - T l,lB Cardinal , who was created b y P o p e Leo XII noble, was one of the oble princes of th e Ch urch. H e had resigned his share in the family p a t r i mony to his brot her, Prince Barberini, on condition of b e i ng maintained f or his life with the deco • . rum due to hi s ran k . But he reserve d to himself his piattt as cardinal of 4,000 scudi a year, his prelatura of 12,000 scudi, his deanery of St, John Lateran of about 2,000 scudi, his prefecture of the Congregation of Br iefs, worth about 3,000 scudi, at. d other sources of ecclesiastical income, amounting altogether to about 22,000 scudi a year, all of which be is now said to have been in the habit of giving in alms to poor but deserving persons, his own expenses being defrayed, i 8 mentioned above, by h is brother. His private memoranda, an d the fact o f his having left no per. sonal property wh a t ever, lead to the co nviction that for many (years his income wad entirely devoted to charitable purposes,