The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-08 00:00:00

NATION.AL PROVINCIAL BANK 3F ENGLAND, 112, Bishopzgate-street. London, 7th June, 1864. The DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of t NGLAND HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND. at the rate of Eight per Cent. per annum, and a HALF-YEARLY BONUS of :,,even per Cent., w 11 be payable on the Company's Stock on ~n d after the Sth July next, when the Dividend and Bonus War rants will be obtained at the Company's Office, 112, Bishops gate-street, or at the different Branches. The TRANSI' ER BOOKS will be CLOSED on and after THURSDAY, the 9th June, until the Dividend and Bonus become payab'e. By Order of the Court of Directors. A. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. ROYAL ITALIAN OPER:A, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. 3londay, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and aatsrday. Extra Night. Mlle. Adelina Patti ; Signori Ronconi, Ciampi, and Mario. To-MORROW EVENING (Thursday), June 9, Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI S.VtUI.IA. .nosina, Adelina Patti; Bei ilia, Madame Tagil:dice. ; Figaro, Signor Roneoni ; Bartolo, Signor Ciampi ; Basilio, Signor Tag:Halloo; F orello, Signor l'olonini ; sargente, Signor Rosa! ; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 103. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre,;2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic_! under the portico of the thea , re, which is open from ten to five, mid at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First Appearance this season of Mdlle. Volpini. Volpini, Bettelheim, Santley, Giuglini. TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday!, June 9, Flotow's admired Opera, MARTA. Signori Ginzlini, Mazzetti, Santley, Casaboni ; Mdlles. Betteiheim and Volpini (first appearance this season). Conductor, Signor ARDITI. To conclude with the New Ballet Divertissement, by 31. Magri, LA FESTA DI BALLO. Catarina Ber tta, Padlte. Rosa Guiraud, and Signor Anunaturo, supported by the Corps de Ballet. Saturday Next, June llth.—First time this season of ROBERT LE DIABLE. Gardoni, Bettini (first appear ance this season), Marcell." Junca, Gassier, Bossi ; Catarina Beretta, Ltebhart, Harriers Weppern (first appearance in England). Tuesday, June 14th.—FAUST. Wednesd ,y, June 15th.—Extra Night —ROBERT LE DIABLE. Commence at Half-past Eight o'clock, except oa Saturday next, when the Op( ra commences at Eight. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats, 10s. 6d.;.Amphi theatre Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the Upper Lircle, 21s. Box Office of the Theatre open daily, from 10 till 6, where places may be secured; also at Mitchell's, Bubb's, Lacon and Oilier's, Bond -street ; Leader's, Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. James's -street ; Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammond's, Itegent-street ; Keith, Browse, and Co.'s, Cheapside ; and at Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HA YMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. Alter which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, 'Neathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly Power, 11111, Wright, I:o2,ers, &c. To conc:ude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLET THIS EVENING (Wednesday). Claudius, Mr. Emer; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden heff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W. M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M Heurade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half -past 7, and Hamlet com riences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING will be performed a new and original Drama, by R. Slous, Esq., entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. Mr. D. Murray, D. Fisher, J. W. Ray, J. :Nelson, &o. ; Miss ttafford and yils9 Caroline Carson. Atter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louie and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. NEW THEATRE-RO SCAL, ADELPHI.- Mole Proprietor raid Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Last Four Nights of the Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman in the character of 'LEAH. THIS EVENLNG,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, It. Phillips, Biilington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Mrs. Biilington. To conclude with TIIE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, it. Butner, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. NIISS BATENIAN as LEAH.—LAST FOUR NIGNTS of the Great Tragedie , no in her original character of the Jewish Maiden, in which she has appeared b fore crowded, tashionab:e, and delighted audiences every evening for the past e ght months. '1 he great attractiveness of this closing series of represent .tions render it necessary to secure seats at once, as the box book is being rapidly ft led. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, u3der the Management of M - r. B. WEBSTER. rowdcd with rank and fashion.—The highly successful new Comtdy, by Dien Boudcault , Esq., every Evening. Re-engagement of those ce ebrs eel and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles Slathi:w.:,, Amongst the artists engaged will he found the popular slimes or Mr. Beujamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr..,. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. liobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Thrbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss H. bimms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss \Ventwortn, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and ori2inal Comely, in 5 :eta, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews Mr. J. Clarke, Sir. P. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham,er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first apf-earar:ce here). At 10, OUT OF SltillT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank M atthews. To conclude with SHA E HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborou.gh. For the Benefit of Mr. G. Honey. THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Followed by THE MORNING CALL. After which, MAZOLTEKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, ,tc. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT.— RACE GLASSES (the best), at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.8.--z;cle agent to Voigtlander, Vienna, NOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS._ French fash'on has produced Bonnets for this month of a light go Rainer texture, which accimmodate the present style of wearing anq displaybig the lady's h .ir. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. Spe.ially imported from Paris for J 's, The London General. Mourning Warehouse, 247, 240, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL F,. Direct from their own C ollieries . Marquis'. 24s. per ton. I Double 20s. p er t on. TOP 235. „ Nuts... lBs. li De*. p 2ll. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their D e . pots, Westbourne lark-road, W.. and 17, south Wharf, Paddington, W., and 3laiden-lane, N. Best Coke ..... 15s per elvildron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," IL Containing' the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening of - G. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-parX The Weather—Sun Office, June 8, 1864. -4 - THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 7O Barometer-29.90. WIND —S. ; cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIII DAY.—Morning, 4h, 26 , n.—Afternoon, 46. 45m. ro-m oituow.-Ilorning, sh. sal.—Afternoon, sn. 22m. "'Naito) issi g , Ant LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 18'34. It is amusing to note the extraordinary out burst of excitement among our gallant neighbours on the other side of the Channel, because of Vermouth, the winner of the Grand Prix de Paris, so winning that great race as actually to beat Blair Athol, th e win. ia , 2r of the Thrbr. That the lovers of Spo rt in France should be greatly delighted et this double victory is only natural, and what might in reason have been exp ec t e d. O ar one surprise, and not cnly our surprise but regret, is this—that they should leave shown temper in giving utterance to their exultation. Hitherto we have always had the highest possible opinion of the good taste, not only of a Frenchman, but of a great throng of Frenchmen. Th:Ar politeness has heretofore bin such that we saonld hardly have been disposed to dub any crowd of them a mob. Within the last few days, however, we have had reason to revise this long cherished opinion of our neighbours. And to revise it very much indeed to our regret. The fact being simply that the excited multitude who hailed the triumph of Vermouth the other day with so very blatant an enthusiasm, did so in a manner characterised by the very worst taste imaginable. Not satisfied with cheering the victor, they must needs revile the vanquished. And this not simply by sarcastic or sardonic looks, cr by ironical implication. Nothing of that kind—no: but—wonderful to tell of a French crowd, for once we must say of a French mob, admirably well dressed, and talking that politest of lan guages with the best possible Parisian accent— wonderful to tell, we say, in regard to such a throng of well•equtpped and well-educated Frenchmen their excitement was manifested by a display of the vilest and vulgarist possible bad taste. Cheering Vermouth and his rider, of course, was all well and good, was all perfectly en regle with the usages of civilised society upon a racecourse. But hissing with a storm of hisses Blair Athol and his jockey CIIAL LONER! Well, really one would hardly have looked for worse taste than that at a donkey race got up some where upon a bit of waste ground at Hockley.in -the- Hole at a gathering of costermongers. Cheer as loudly (luau like, 0 polite Frenchmen! But—hiss the stranger who comes amongstyou as your guest,either to triumph or to be vanquished, according to the chances of the turf—well, in honest troth, we should never have given you credit for it ! That the win ning of a great prize like this one of 100,000 francs, and winning it, too, over the Derby Winner, should have roused the unsophisticated sportsmen of France to a singular pitch of enthusiasm, is only what might have been looked for. Nay the patriotic significance of that enthuSiasm of theirs, even in their pastimes, we frankly and heartily sympathise with. Insomuch that we read, if not with a sense of complacency, with a feeling of very sincere satisfaction, what is thus remarked upon this point by our able Parisian con temporary the Constitutionnel • where we find it said—" Popular enthusiasm is always a touching spectacle, and a fact worthy of attention. The great topic of conversation at present is the indescribable scene which took place on Sunday on the racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne. In deed, not to be struck at BO marked a demon stration would be impossible. Above all was re marked the spontaneous expression of the na tional feeling, exalted by one of those successes to which patriotism is never indifferent, and to which it was still more sensible on Sunday. The cry of ' Vive l'Empereur!' was raised by every voice, and it was to the Imperial stand that the unanimous acclamations of an immense popula tion were directed. The more sudden and spon- taneous the demonstration, the more was it a :ouching homage to the Sovereign whose name is `or the people the natural formula of every op, as it is the symbol of all greatness, Bat—the turning of this into an anti-English manifestation again we say it —is the wore' possible taste—is the vilest, vulgarest act we, maginable. The Ministers may find that they are not let off so easily as they imagine after all about the Con ference. On Monday they were in a very awkward position, and not all the &mar fairs of the noble lord at the head of the Government could extricate him from his difficulty. Times are sadly changed from the good old days when the Premier's speeches were always received with cheers and enlivened by laughter. Now we meet with ominous expressions of dissent, and frequently the very decisive remark of " oh, oh," is beard in the full flow of his elo quence. Aspiring statesman and ambitious novices may learn a useful lesson from this peculiarstate of things, and discover that the most popular Minis ter may presume too far cn the forbearance, kind ness, and partiality of his immediate adherents and of the public generally. Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the tone in which the noble lord replied to all the inquiries put to him on a subject of vital interest to so many. First of all, he did not know, or would not tell if he did know, the leading points on which information was desired. It seems more than probab'e that. the armistice will not con tinue much longer, and then all this delay and hindrance in the prosecution of the business of the Conference will have answered its purpose and gained the wished-for delay. Indeed, it seems doubtful if the plenipotentiaries will again assemble before the expiration of the term fixed upon for the continuance of the armistice. It is too much to expect the members of the Legislature tamely to submit to all this subterfuge and not to take heed to the ways of those who seem to hold out delusive expectations to all within their reach, arid then to fulfil no fair sounding promise, but to allow it to wither and droop for want of realisation. Mr. DISRAELI'S speech was an entire success from beginning to end. It was one of his happiest efforts, when he showed forth in striking colours the shuffling policy and unequal conduct of the Government, and exhibted the wrong system on which all their plans were founded. First of all he explained the importance of the House maintaining its reserve upon the question of peace or war when the Government have that weighty matter to discuss among themselves. This rule, however, may be carried too far, and as there are limits to all things, so the extreme reticence that has hitherto marked the House on both sides must be considered, in order to take cognizance of matters which are of most grave importance, and intimately connected with the honour of England, the well-being of other nations, and the general character that we have to uphold before the nations of world, as to our will or efficiency to protect an a lly from a dangerous and destroying enemy. The day o f grace is past, so f ar as relates to the secrecy that eternally pervades this Conference. There can be no reason why all sho u ld be enveloped in t s o uch i m C p i r m ea m a theerian darkness. I t i s not at all the way foreign p leni potentiaries with a notion of our vast consequence and immense in• fluence if they find that the English Ministers dare not allow the public to hear what they are talking about, and that all must be done of any conse quence before a whisper transpires w hi ch might arouse and excite the public attention, and Wake the slumbering wrath of the community. Those who planned the delightful surprise for na may th e m, and th e i r find a change is also awaiting matceuvres may fail after all, nor bear the garish light of day when at last it falls upo n their re condite structure. Mr. DISRAELI'S speech may well serve for an analysis of the whole affair of this Conference, and if anything was wanting to complete its triumph, it was the very indignant manner in which Lord PAIZIERSTON replied to the strictures of his political Opponent. The most important point in this mat ter is, that the House is not aware of the principles upon which the Government are now acting. Mr. DISRAELI remarked that they had frequently been told that it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to maintain the Treaty_of 1852 ; they went into the Conference to maintain it inviolate, but now there was every reason to fear that the very men who were ready to go to war some months ck for the furtherance of this o ea were now sacrificing this principle, and giving up the integ rity and independence of Danmark. The right hon. gentleman delivered some warnings to the Treasury Benches, which it is to be hoped that they will heed, if not, the day will come when the country will call upon them to deliver up a strict and solemn account. Whether their mischievous policy be checked or not, in time to avert the worst consequences from Denmark, they will not escape with impunity for their unworthy course of action, If they are not conducting the momentous affairs at this critical juncture after the fashion they de clared it was their intention to do, they are deceiving the country and trifling with Parliament. Honour demands that they should keep all their promises to a foreign State who has trusted to their honour and relied on their goodwill, but they have also duties to perform to their own people. The House of Commons, which is the tribanal that judges of their actions, is the last place where mystery and reserve should reign paramount. The best way to judge of the merits of a particular course of pro ceeding is to consider its effects. Suppose the direful reports we hear on all sides are correct; suppose the rumours that reach us from neighbouring lands not so restricted for information as we are, are proved to be genuine, what will be the result ? Denmark will be ruined, and chiefly through the instrumentality of England. Meanwhile there is nut a public meeting that takes place, there is no affair of moment that occurs, where some tribute is not paid to the courage and constancy of the Danes, and the most striking testimony afforded of the earnest and heartfelt sympathy which the peopleof England feel towards the oppressed and injured country of Denmark. All this goodwill is to be useless, all this kind sentiment is to be thrown away, because the Government are resolved to carry out their own peculiar notions. If they are put in office to represent the wishes of the people and carry out the policy of the House of Commons, they are bound to let it be known what is their policy and what not. Mr. DISRAELI truly stated that if her MAJESTY'S Government " were themselves partici- pating in the partition of Denmark, which only five months ago they were stirring up an European war to prevent, then it was a mockery of the House of Commoes if, under such circumstances, Lord PALMERSTON remained silent. The noble lord might raise laughs from his own supporters, who appear to think life or death, the prosperity or adversity of nations are alike the legitimate subjects of ridicule, but he will find himself grievously mistaken in the long run. Mr. OSBORNE, who is always a sharp observer of events, and can chronicle them in a smart style, has foretold the doom of the Ministers in his laughable simile of the monks of La Trappe. He said the noble lard and his friends were emulating them in silence, and he did not know if they were also digging their own graves. If so, they will not have the satisfaction of saying, with the French monarch—" All is lost but our honour." Metropolitan improvements are the order of the day, and the relief of our crowded thoroughfares is a matter that is continually before the public in some form or another. The lines that are running to and fro and frightening London from its pro priety, are all projected, professedly, for the public convenience. They turn people out of doors and bring their houses about their ears entirely to save them the trouble of going an extra mile when they want to travel. They were so anxious to consult the convenience of the City, more especially, that they were quite prepared to swallow up one-eighth of its whole surface for the good of the remaining seven parts. Citizens, however, took objection to this very wholesale way of doing business, and were as lothe to be dispossessed of their grim offices and dusky marts as any landed proprietor of his old estates or belongings. Westwards, however, the state of things is different. There the complaint is mot of over interference, but of too little. The aristocratic denizens of the localities where Temple Bar is out of sight and hearing, are beginning to discover that their part of the metropolis has had no share in the changes of recent days. They are unwilling that affairs should so be left, and that the busy rival worlds of North and South-west should have no means of general communication between Bond-street and Kensington. This grievance has long been greatly felt by those residing in these localities, and it was brought prominently forward by Lord LUCAN the other night in the Upper House. The noble earl, not content to complain of an evil, without at the same time suggesting a remedy, proposed that Hamilton-place, now looking on with stately indifference on the bustle and con fusion of Park-lane, should be opened as a thorough• fare for carriages and cabs, which, in those aristo cratic quarters, are the principal means of convey ance. This would certainly relieve the crowd and the pressure on one particular street, although it does not tend much to shorten the distance at pre sent existing between the two nearest available highroads. Nobody proposes to send the stream of business vehicles pouring through Hyde Park, where, indeed, they are as likely to come to a dead lock on a gay afternoon in the season as they are in Park-hue itself. As, then, the park must be left altogether out of the calculation, it would be wise to secure the line of communication nearest to it. At least we should have fewer complaints of the perils of Park-lane, through whose winding and narrow entrance now pour the omnibuses coming from the Great Western and Victoria Stations, be sides the cabs that are bound on the same journey, and a myriad of other vehicles on variona errands. To add to the general confusion there is a corn chandler's establishment in the narrow part of the lane, with carts perpetually loading and unloading; and two public-houses, before which Lord LUCAN declares he never passes without seeing a gentle man's carriage standing blocking the road; and this declaration is very easy of belief. For a dis tance of one hundred and fifty yards from Piccadilly the width from kerbstone to kerbstone, of this disputed passage i s according to the noble earl's statistics, only 18 feet 6 inches. This, as will be at once apparent to the most uninformed, is a width totally disproportionate to the demands of the traffic. The Duke of CAM BRIDGE observed that since he had lived where he does this traffic had enormously increased, owing chiefly to the Victoria Station. Formerly there were no omnibuses passing up and down Park-lane, whereas now there is a regular service of them, and, as may be easily imagined, the communication be tween the two western stations is constant and extensive. Railways, while they relieve traffic in one way, greatly increase it in another, and when the only means of communication between two such busy and important stations as these two western ones is restricted virtually to one street, and that one with an entrance two narrow and crowded to be convenient for the purposes of ordinary traffic, t h e confusion and annoyance that results may be co ny imagined. At the time of the first Exhibition Park-lane presented a curious spectacle. So great was the commotion and so intricate the stoppages and deadlocks which the vehicles arrived at, that it was found necessary to station no less than three policemen at the part where it joins Picca dilly. The plan of opening the top of H am il ton . place could trouble, an ou t j be effected d i t wouldw itho u at t once on: relieve th e h expense, delay o prenute goy giving another entrance, It wo u ld no t ir TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1864. nflict so much inconvenience on the owners of the houses in Hamilton-place, as might appear at first sight, since the front of those houses is towards the park, and consequently only the back rooms look out on Hamilton-place. Besides, as it is only proposed to allow cabs and carriages to go through it, and it is ridiculous to suppose that any one who is so fastidious as to quiet and seclusion would fix their dwelling in the close vicinity of so gay and busy a highway as Piccadilly, Lord LUCAN declared his belief that if a satisfactory arrangement could be come to between t he local authorities and the lessees the necessary improvements in Hamilton-place would not exceed five or six thousand pounde. Therefore they could be effected wit :out the aid of an Act of Parliament, since no Act is necessary where the alteration does not exceed £50,000. But allowing that the expenses would be greater and the difficulties more formidable than the noble Earl seems to suppose, neither a question of a few thou sands, nor the opposition of private parties, should be suffered to defeat a scheme whose object is so entirely for the public good. We shall hope to hear this matter discussed and considered at another opportunity. The Attitude of Spain Towards Peru, The Madrid Gazette, tithe 3d of June, contains the following report of the explanations given on the 2d June in the Congress, by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply to a quest i on of Signor Lassla : "The Queen's Government, though resolved to await fresh despatches from Signor Salazar upon the recent events in Peru, deemed it necessary that its policy should be thoroughly understood ; and, having no views that it cannot avow in the face of the world, it has hastened to address to its repro s l t a a r t a i v t o in s I London, and Washington a d wh l i a c r h is it considers necessary, in order that the intentions of Spain should not be doubted. It is as follows : " THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " Aranjuez, May 24, 1864. When the present Ministry were honoured by becoming the counsellors of her Majesty, your Ex cellency knows that the resident minister in Peru, Signor Eusebius Salazar y Mazarredo, had already proceeded to Peru, with the mission of urging com plaints concerning the sad events of Talambo. One of my first cares was to study this affair, and after wards to write confidentially to Sig. Salazar, recom mending him to use the utmost pradence in the accomplishment of his mission. It did not enter into the views of the Queca'a Government to pro voke or to accept questions in those countries or in any other which were not perfectly justified, or to reject the reasonable satisfaction which might be given to it in any case in which the honour and the interests of the nation necessitated persistence. The last mail from America brought the despatches of Signor Salazar, indicating the utifortunate turn taken by this affair, but they do not clearly indi cate what Signor Salazar proposed to do. Com pelled to await other despatches which will doubt less give us some explanations, I have felt bound to address to your excellency the present despatch, reiterating to you the assurance, in order that it may always serve as the rule of your conduct and in your interviews with the Government to which you are accredited, and the Spanish Government does not deny the independence of any American State, and it has no territorial pretension upon that part of the world. The differences that it has had, or that it may have, with the republics of the New World will not make it abandon the prudent line of moderation which it has followed, and which it will continue to follow; on the contrary, it will always regard them as misfortunes, and will try to terminate them as quickly as possible without de manding anything more than is claimed by its honour and its well understood interests. God protect your Excellency.'" "The chambercan judge of the frankness and good faith with which the Queen's Government has pro ceedsd. In its differences with the American States the Spanish Government, which has no craving for American territory, will cot as all civilised nations act, protecting merely its interests and its dignity. After this declaration, which dates from May 24th, the Government adds that it has received no fresh despatch from Signor Salazar. It knows, as mem bers know, what the newspapers say of this affair. They deplore these sad events. It naturally awaits the despatches of Signor Salazar. It cannot be ex- pected to come to a conclusion before hearing the representatives of Spain in Peru, and in the present state of the question it cannot present any docu. menta whatever. Let the chamber take note of the formal declaration that I here make, namely, that the Queen's Government does not wish in any way to attack the independence of American nations, that it does not desire to make any conquest, or to augment its territory in thoserregiono, but that it energetically sustain in this question, as in every other, what the 'dignity and interests of Spain demand." Signor Lasala in reply expressed his satisfaction with this official declaration, and said that until fresh despatches arrived judgment must necessarily be suspended upon the subject. Letter of the Hon, Mrs, Yelverton, The following is a p or ti on o f t h at l etter o f M r s. Yelverton's, which, in the House of Lords yester• day, the Lord Chancellor characterised as one of the most beautiful he bad ever read : MISS LONG WORTH TO MAJOR YELVERTON. MOIS DE MARIE, Nay 6. Caro Carlo Mio,—You can only write at night. Is that the reason you w r it e so se ld om ? I can write to you any hour of the day or night, and do not require either the silent night or the muse of darkness to place me en rapport with you. It is my only pleasure now, and I labour under the delusion peut-etre that it is one to you. Oh! I want you so much to come. All nature is so lovely that it is a n sin not to rejoice with h er i n h er s miling bright dress. The hill s are w hi te w ith daisy and the valleys green with fresh moss—the trees are all loaded with varied blossoms, and the air is heavy with delicious odours—there is a south wind breathing warmth and telling m e o f y o u —all the little birds are chorusing in joy ous me l o dy. Existence is perfect bliss to them. Two of them are lovingly contem plating constructing a little settlement near my window, and there they are chattering and con sulting about it all day long. Doubtless they have no uncle to pr o hibi t th e i r f utu re visions of happiness in their little m u d wa ll. I wish I were a bird to be able to choose another bird, and then sit in a tree and be sung to. The sea is as clear and bright as a mirror, or on e ' s fi rs t d ream of love; and the por poises are spla s hi ng an d ro lling about in the very height of enjoyment. Th e y all go swimming toge ther, and do not condemn one to live solitary eren in the loveliest sea grotto. The very insects go dancing and spa r kli ng i n the sunshine. They se em in a perfect ec s t ac y o f d e light, and never know when to stop; th e i r sma ll humming makes an as. companiment to the rest of nature's music. Beau. tiful little flowers are c li ng i n g to and fraternisin g with grim old st o n es; clear rippling water i s whispering the sweetest things to loving, listening mossy banks. All things have found a sympathiser but I alone; so y ou must come; and " we'll a-may. ing go." Why s h ou ld ma n alone be discordant ? Why should he not enjoy the lovely things of the earth like all other created creatures ? Why should the fruit ? The Fateslae f r h e e v a e r r d toil m y a l n a d m e n n e t v e o r n reap my solitude, and sent me a sympathiser. THE CASE .OF A STOLEN WILL.—Sev ter ce was given yesterday in the Court of Probate by Sir J. P. Wilde in the cause of Quick v. Quick. It will be remembered that a convict at Portland, named Charles Kenable, stated that he had destroyed the will of the testator, an attorney in Ely-place, while he was robbing his house, 7, Lawn. road, Ilacerstock-hill. The learned judge said he had no doubt that a will had been made as alleged, but he could find no reason, either from principle or authority, to justify the re ception of evidence respecting the deceased's declaration as to what his will contained. W hat he had stated about it was mere hearsay, and could not be admitted. There was there fore nothing of which the Court could grant probaie. Flo bate was refused with costs, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. ] RECALL OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTER FROM ROME, ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 7. Baron de Mayendorff, the Russian Chargé d'Affaires at Rome, has been instructed to deliver to Cardinal Antonelli M. de Kisseieff's letters of recall, by which the mission of the latter, as Russian Minister at Rome, will be terminated. The Russian Government has sanctioned the free transit of goods through the Caucasus to Persia, RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 8, An Imperial decree has been issued abolishing the duty upon goods exported from Russia and Poland for purposes of European commerce. The following articles are excepted :—Wood, potash, mats, leeches, rags, silk worms' eggs, and all kinds of bones, except burnt and ground ones. ITALY. CELEBRATION OF THE FETE OF THE CONSTITUrION. TURIN, JUNE 8, Morning, The Turin papers of to-day say :—" Ad vices received here from Venetia and the Roman provinces state that popular demonstrations celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of the Constitution have taken place there. The Austrian and Pontifical police were unable to prevent them. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 7. The Peruvian Consul has written to the Epoca stating that he can prove by documents that Senor Mazavedo, the resident Spanish Minister in Peru, did not send an ultimatum to the Peruvian Govern ment before acting. AUSTRALIA. DARTMOUTH, JUNE 8• The Wave of Life, from Melbourne, on the 6th March, arrived off this port last night. She rounded Cape Horn on the 4th April, and crossed the Equator on the 9th May. She brings 25 passengers, a cargo of 2,700 bales of wool, and 5,5000z5. of gold. On the 24th May she spoke the Middlesex, from Calcutta, for Portsmouth, with troops. FRANCE. The dome of the church of Val.de-Grace, which was in a ruinous state, has just been taken down piece by piece in order to be reconstructed. On the condemned murderer La Pommerais being informed that his appeal was rejected, he said, with. out manifesting the least emotion, "I expected so." He then asked whether, his fate being decided, he would now be allowed to see his wife and father. He was informed by the director that their visits would henceforth be permitted. La Pommerais is said to have remarked to his advocate, '• Do what you can, but I prefer the scaffold to the bagne ! A letter from the cure of Olivet, countersigned by Mgr. Dupanloup of Orleans, is said to have been delivered to the Empress. BOURSE, June 7.—The market has been heavy, sad the little business done shows lower quotations. Threee, for the Account, are now at 66f. 95c. Mo biller have receded to 1,135 f. Railway Market dull, with a slight decline on some of the lines, The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. .. 93 40 Italian Loan 69 90 Do. end month.... Do. end month 7O 30 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 New Mexican .... 69 Credit Mobilier 1130 Russian Do. end m0nth....1183 7.5 Austrian Bank Shares 3355 Spanish Threes.... Credit I oncier 1240 Rome Debt — Roman RAIL WAYS. Cash. Acc ount, Orleans „ ~.. 865 872 50 Northern 992 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 870 .. 872 50 New ditto Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian 370 .. 371 25 Austrian Lon.hard North of Spain Saragossa 5BO .. 575 Ditto to Barcelona The Duke of Augustenburg, A letter from Berlin says :—" Since the chances of the Duke of Augustenburg have increased in a manner so surprising, Prussian diplomacy on the one side, and that of Austria and the secondary States of Germany on the other, have displayed e singular activity in seeming in advance the sym pathies of the Duke of Schleswig-tiolstein-Lauen, burg. Upon this point there is neither truce nor pardon, and, though less apparent in the eyes of Europe than the war against Denmark, this internal and diplomatic war is not less pas. sionate." The following remarks of the Botschafter of Vienna seem to confirm, as far as Austria is con cerned at least, the assertions of the foregoing letter. The Botschafier says :—" We understand that the Duk e o f Augustenburg is e xpected at Vienna, The duke knows that Austria has taken the initiative in his favour, and the tact which he has displayed in circumstances of difficulty shows that he will pay as much regard for the conquerors of Oberselk and of Oversee, and for the comba tants of Heligoland, as for the vanquishers of Dappel. The duke's visit gives us much pleasure for another reason. It is a certain proof that the duke has not engaged in any military convention, or anything of the kind, with Prussia; for he knows that that would secure him a very cold re ception. As it is, the duke may be certain of the most distinguished welcome, and we congratulate ourselves that things have taken such a turn that official sympathies are now directed towards Vienna —the living symbol of the German cause." THE CHARMS OF STREET MUSIC.—If you are going to put down everything, and do away with everything in this way, I want to know what a gentleman of independent property like myself is to (to ? How am Ito he amused during the long hours of the day, when there is nothing doing in the Haymarket ? As I said before, you have left me nothing to beat ; you won't let me aid and abet a fight ; you forbid me to match my dog or my game cocks ; and now you are going to deprive me of my barrel organ—that sweet box of tuxes, which comes, as I lie on the sofa smoking my cigar, to soothe me with Il Balen, and The Young Man from the Country, and the Dark Girl dressed in Blue. Oh, how I love that dark girl dressed in blue I I have never seen her, but music has painted all her charms, and I know that she is a smart young girl, a tall young girl, a nice young girl, and a dark young girl. All this in a flowing blue skirt. What a picture I It ravishes my soul I I send out a shil ling to poor Giovanni, and bid him play over again and again. There are two lady patronesses of Giovanni's a few deors down on the other side of the way. Charming girls they are, with pink cheeks and frizzybeir, and nearly always siting out in the balcony in low dresses. I fancy they ate orphans, poor things, for I never see any one at the window who looks like a parent. They are passionately fond of music, and keep the organ-men playing to them for hours, and always pay them well; for I am happy to say that, though orphans, they appear to be well off, and go out in a brougham. There is another ardent lover of music at num ber one, an old gentleman who had a fortune left him on condition that he drove out every day in a coach and four. He has a organ to play to him at all his meals, and when the painter fellow, at number two, runs out with a maul stick in his hand to drive the musician away, the old gen tleman has him into the garden, and makes him play there. There is another cantankerous man near me, who is always rushing out at the poor fellows and setting the police upon them. I don't know who he is; but he sits at a window all day lon g wr i t i ng, and appears to work for his living. A pretty thing I if independent persons like myself, and the old gentleman, and the two pretty ladies, are to be deprived of our pleasure to suit the whims and fancies of mere work people. The conceit of the fellows who'," study," as they call ii., is perfectly ridiculous,—.Dickens's "All the Year Rouncl," LITERATURE, Douniol. and so well, the mouthpiece of the Conscience o Christendom ! It is like a light suddenly beheld in the darkness—a voice abruptly audible in the silence—a light whose radiance, a voice whose eloquence is known full well to us all ! Glancing through the rest of the contents of this West number of Le Correspondant and its immediate predecessor, we observe that Louis Joubert has just now brought to a close his nouvelle of "Li Jeunesse du Doyen"—that Victor Fournel has a graphic little disquisition upon " Les Monumens du Nouveau Paris" —that the ex-Deputy Keller analyses rather searchingly the three last Budgets of the Imperial Government--that Leon Lagrange has a tribute to the memory of Hippolyte Flandrin (of whom, by the way, the Count de Montalembert speaks incidentally and very touchingly towards the close of his, the Count's, paper about Poland as " the most Christian and the most deeply to be deplored among all contemporary artists")—and, finally, be it were remarked in regard to the contents of the April number of this able periodical, that P. Douhaire contributes to the last publisked instalmzut but one of Le Correspondant u criticism very interesting, indeed, as coming from the 'hand of a Frenchman upon the writing and genius of the late Mr. Tiaacke ray. Perhaps the moat attractive paper in the new livraison of Le Corropondant, after the inaugu rative paper of the number from the hand of the Count de Montalembert, is H. Biaz3 de Bury's memorial chapter upon the great composer of the "Huguenots" and "Le ProphOte," recently de ceased. People's Edition of Macaulay's Ilistory of England. Part VIII. Longman and Company. The third volume of this wonderfully cheap and admirably got-up popular edition of Macaulay's calossal fragment of our National History, regarded from a purely Whig point of view, is here, in this eighth shilling instalment, duly commenced. As a piece of magnificent writing it is beyond the reach of any exaggeration in the way of praise. As an example of herculean labour, in the way of research, it becomes more and more remarkable at every fresh examination of it. But es for its free dom from bias, from prejudice, from predilection— well, the less said about all that the better. It was little else than the statement of a fact, when somebody dubbed it, years ago, on its first cation, A Great Whig Pamphlet. The genius of Lord Macaulay, as Sir Archibald Alison well said of it, was more forensic than judicial. Solicitors' Benevolent Association, The fourth anniversary festival of this institution 'ormed for the relief of poor and necessitous attor neys, solicitors, and proctors in England and Wales, and their wives, widows, and families, was celebrated yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. In consequence of the unavoidable ab sence of the Lord Chief . Justice of England from illness, the chair was filled by Mr. T. Harrison, the deputy chairman of the associaticn. Before pro posing the first toast, the chairman read a letter from Sir Alexander Cockburn, to the effect that he had bee❑ compelled to absent himself from his court in consequence of severe indisposition, expressing his regret on that account, declaring that he would hold himself at the service of the society on any future occasion, and containing a cheque for ten guineas. After the usual loyal toasts, Mr. Bristow, late M.P. for Kidderminster, proposed, " The Army, the Navy, and Volunteers," which was received; with the customary enthusiasm, Captai❑ Rose returning thanks on behalf of the Volunteers. The next toasts were, " The Lord Chancellor and her Mejesty's Judges," coupled with the name of Mr. Secondary Potter and tha Bar, which was responded to by Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C. The chairman, in proposing "The Solicitors' Benevolent Association,'' after expressing his regret at the absence of the founder of the association, Mr. James Anderton, said that, while in almost all other professions and calling there had long been a provision for cases of necessity, whether on the part of members themselves or of widows and orphans, there had, until recently, been no such provision in the case of that profession; yet there was, perhaps, no vocation which was more exposed to calamity. After an expensive education many a man left a widow and several orphans destitute, his own patrimony having been unavoidably expended whilst he was commencing an apparently success ful professional career; and there were various other causes which tended to produce distress among solicitors, such as the failure of clients and the loss of sums advanced on their account. In conclusion the chairman remarked that that asso ciation had no antagonism towards the Law Asso ciation, bat was labouring in the same cause as that excellent institution. Among the other toasts was that of "The Chairman,'' which was cordially responded to. The amount of subscriptions and donations announced in the course of the evening was upwards of £6OO. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. W. J. Fielding, who was assisted by Miss Rose Hersee, Mies Baden, Mr. W. Cummings, and Mr, W. Winn. Mr. Har ker was the toastmaster. Le Correspondant d'Avril et de Mai. Charles Several articles of unusual interest are comprised in these two numbers of Le Correspondant. Upon the article leading off the later of the two, the one but just now published, we have already commented in our leading columns. The argument therein put forth, it may be remembered, had relation to the affairs of Poland, and emanated from the hand cf no less illustrious a writer, publicist, statesman than the Count de Montalembert. We spoke of it at the time as one of the most impressive and re markable appeals to the nobler sympathiesof Europe that has ever been addressed to his contem poraries even by M. do Montalembert. Turning back to it again, hearkening once more to these eloquent and impassioned utterances, we are more than ever of that opinion. It is a cry of love, of pity, of homage, of sympathy for that most cruelly oppressed among all the European nationalities—a cry so piercing and persuasive that, but for the miserable record of these last seventy years of Rus sian cruelty and European apathy, we might almost hope for its penetrating to the conscience of the Czar and to the conscience also, we might say, of the rest of Christendom ! For, while the Czar himself is of course the chief offender in the perpetration of this hideous crime of oppression, the other Powers are guilty also with the blood-guiltiness of complicity or con. nivance. The accents of the Count de Montalembert as now heard through this noble effusion of his genius, at once as an orator, as a writer, as a states man, and as a great Christian philanthropist, must he grateful, we may be certain, to all such earnest sympathisers with the Polish population, no w living, as the hoh. member for King's County—might be grateful, one is almost tempted to say in pagan phrase, to the manes of such departed champions of the cause of Poland as the late gentle hearted, noble minded Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart. At the least if inoperative of good, by ressen of the obdu racy of those whom the Count de Mon talemieert is addressing, namely, all the right thinking men of Christendom of all tongues and of all countries—the Count may once more, at least, exclaim (and with how much reason !) as he has so often done before now upon no less momentous occasions, " Liberavi annum meant!" He has unburthened his soul by giving utterance to the thoughts, emotions, hopes, aspirations, imparting so fervid an eloquence to his argument throughout this remarkable paper,entitled, "Le Pape et la Pologne"—and, while unburthen ing his own soul in so writing, he has articulated the thoughts, emotions, hopes, aspirations, lying until now dumb and unuttered in the breasts, we believe, of many millions of his contemporaries, It is with a sense of personal obligation, therefore, that we read an argument such as this of the Count Ide Montalembert's. Ho says for us what we cannot express—what at least we could not thus have expressed—for ourselves. He is again, as he has been before now so ofte❑ 6 1 111 rt Cr‘ LIEN htiO I L HER MAJESTY, BALIVICEAL, JUNE The Qaeon and royal family, with the ladies gentlemen in waiting, Lttended Divine servic the, Castle. Mr. NPLeod, her lkLij?sty's chaplain officiate Their Royal Highnesses the Princess 1 1,2 and Princess Leiningen went to the parish ch . of Crathie, where Dr. M‘Leod performed the d The Duke of Argyll and Dr. .11PLeod bad honour of dining with the Queen and rue! fan Return of the Queen and Royal Paull: to Windsor. Her Majosty and the younger members of royal family arrived at Windsor about I o'clock this morning from Balmoral. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin of Wales, and Prince and Princess Louis of H and suites left the Queen's private station at I' Elms, shortly after twelve yesterday, by 8 1 3 e train on the South Western Railway, and arri at Ascot station at 1.15 p.m. The royal party the race returned in state by road to Frogg House and Windsor, their return in the even being witnessed by crowds of spectators. TI Royal Highnesses were accompanied by Pri Alfred, who arrived at Windsur about ele o'clock in the morning, by the great Western It way, from Siough, and who, accompanied by 1 1 ° Cowell and Mr. Haig, immediately drove over the course. At four o'clock the infant son of the Prince I Princess of Wales, and the youthful Princess tonic, daughter of the Prince and Princess Louis Hesse, Lccompanied by ti cir attendants, arrived Windsor by the Great Western Railway. A splendid suite of apartments has been preps' in the Lancaster Tower, which faces the L° Walk, for the use of their Royal Highnesses I Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, who duri their stay at the Castle will remain the g uests her Majesty. The Princess Victoria and attend° will occupy a nursery in Edward llL's Tower. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PAO of Wales, with their infant son, will reside at Fro more House during the races. They are expect to visit Ascot again cn Thursday. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended' the Countess of Morton, Lieut.-Gen. Knoflys, al Lieut.-Col. Eleppal, left Marlborough House noon yesterday for Frogmore. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, 11 tended. by the Baroness von Grapey and C3Pta i von Westerweller, left Marlborough House fc Windsor Castle. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Prim and Princess Louis of Hesse, honoured Messr' ll,ty and Son with a visit on Monday, at the Gel man Gallery, for the purpose of iEspecting tb picture of his Royal Highness's marriage by MI G. H. Thomas, and Mr. William ,imoson's water calour drawings of India, Thibet, and Cashmere• _ Her Majesty has just added 160 acres to the Pr ° , perty in which her ma r i ne res id ence at Cowes, i n the Is' of Wight, is situat;d, by the purchase of a couple of faro] for £5,400, His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Wrurtem burg has returned to the Clarendon Hotel from Claremont Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Dacha de Montpensier arrived yesterday at the Clarendon Hate from Claremont. In the evening their Royal liighnesse entertained at dinner the Duke de Chartres, th e Duke d Neinours, the Count d'Eu, th e D u k e d' A l enco n, the Prins de Joinvilie, th e D u k e d e P enth i evre, the Du k e d'Aumale, Prince Philip o f Wurtemburg, the Spanish Minister am Madame Com ) n, th e D u k e d e G ranada and t h e me mbers 0] the Spanish L ega ti on i n L on d on, Viscount an d Vi sco untess Vigier, M. and Madame Bocher, Col. Velarde and &not Cagigas (in attendance on the Duke de Montpensier), de Cola, in waiting to the Duchess de Montpensier, Col' Solis, M. Sauchiz, M. Lange), &3. After the banquet the royal party went to the Italian Opera to witness the performance of " Faust." The Duke of ltuzburghe has left the Clarendon Hotel for Norway. The Duke and Duehers de Morny and suite have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. The Baroness de 'Toren and suite have left Brook -street for Malvern Hall, Solihull, Warwickshire. Count Alexander Stroganoff has returned to the Clarendon Hotel from Paris. A marriage will shortly be solemnised between Lord. Henry Loftus, brother to the late and uncle to the present Marquis of Ely, and Louisa Countess of Seafield. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIF E ,—Th e marriage Of Lord Frederick. Cavendish, second son of the Duke of Devonshire, with the Hon. Lucy Caroline Lyttelton, second daughter of Lord Lyttelton, was solemnised yester day at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony was performa! with full choral service. The Earl Granville, the Earl Clarendon, L or d an d L a d y T aunton, the Marc hi o ness ° Exeter, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs Gladstone and a number of the nobi lity were present. The b r id egroom an d hi s b est - man arrived at the Abbey at half-past 12 o'clock, and shortly afterwards the bride arrived accompanied by Mrs Gladstone. A" quarter to 1 the bridal procession was formed, and enter ed from the Jerusalem Ch am b er i n t h e fo ll ow i ng order :---111° 12 bridesmaids followi ng th e b r id e, w h o resting on the o° l of her father proceed e d t o th e a l tar, the bridegroom being accompanied by Mr s Gl a d stone an d hi s b rother, L or d XI ward Cavendish, w h o acte d as b est man, The Hon . and Rev. W. Henry Lytt e lt on, canon of W orcester an d r ector of Hagley, and uncle of the b r id e , p er f orme d th e nuptia! rite, assi s t e d b y th e H on. an d R ev. Francis Grey, rec tor of Morpeth. At th e t erm i nat i on o f t h e solem i ty the we dding party proc ee d e d to t h e J erusalem Chamber for the r egie , : tration of th e marr i age. Th e h appy couple mid the i r f r iends then left th e Abb ey f or the Ri ght Hon. the Chance llor of the Exche quer an d M rs. G la d stone ' s residence on C ar lton' house - terrace, where a sumptuous dejeuner had been P re' pared for th e i n t erest i ng occasion. The Duke of D e vnu: shire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady E. Villiers, Lord Edward and Le d i Louisa Cavendi s h, L or d and Lady George Cavendish, Le r d and Lady Taunton, L or d and Lady Begot, and above 10" f , of the relatives of both parties were present. Later in th e afternoon the noble lord and his wife left town for the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland's villa at Chiswick. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS."' The annual dinner of the Royal Institute of British Architects took place on Monday evening, June 6, in the saloon of the Wellington, St. James's-street—Thomas m: Donaldson, Esq., Ph, D., President, in the chair. Besid e ' nearly 100 members of the profession, the following gues ts were present :—Sir Ch ar l es Eastlake, President of h Royal Academy ; General Sabine, President of the Rd Society; Mr J. P. Knight, R.A. ; M r Westmaeott, .101' Mr Rivid Roberts, R.A., ; Mr E. W. C oo k e , R.A. ; J. B. Berosford Hope, LL.D. ; Mr Bazalgette, C. 8.; C. Hutton Gregory, C.E ; Mr Cole, C.B. ; Capt. F o w k , e ; R.E,, &c. The d e b a t e on th e su bj ect of the Nationa l 0 1 " 0 lery in the House of Com mons , w hi c h took place o n same evening, prevented the attendance of several ot her guests—Lord Elcho, Mr Cowper, Mr Tile, &c. MADAME DE STAEL AND MR. WILBERFORC'''' In the early spring of 1814, Madame de Stael wee in London, with her son and daughter, where she ming le-- much in the highest society. Having expressed a P ar' ticular wish to become acquainted with Mr. Wilberforce, the Duke of Gloucester, in order to gratify her, made O t : select dinner p ar t y , t o w hi c h h e was specially invited. u afterwards made a great point of his dining with b et ' which he did, and, in addition to her son and daughter, tllB company included Lord and Lady Landsdowne, Lord g ar ' rowby, Sir James M ac ki n t os h, & c. One of t h e afterwards assured me that, without any effort on x r ; Wilberforce's part, the conversation was quickly ill h a hand, and that such was the brilliancy of his thoughts an o. remarks, that Madame do Steel h erse lf, after,thus meeting him, said, " I have always heard of Mr. Wilberforce 87 amongst the most benevolent of men : I shall now eve r , think of him as one of the wittiest and most agreeable._ Ho told me that he h a d a ft erwar d s sent h er his book CA , "Practical Christianity, f or w hi c h s h e h a d a lmost aske a f. 6100 f and her remark on it t o a mutual fr i en d was, l'aurore de l'imm or t a lite . " TIIE OFFICERS OF THE C ANDIA .—The Lords Uomtniesionere of the Admiralty have received a letter, signed by several of the passengers on board the Candia Peninsular and Oriental steamer, stronglY reconi mending to their lord s hip s ' no ti ce th e ver y excellent Wl' duct of 12 engi neer o ffi cers o f th e R oya l N av y, who w ere also pass engers i n t h e C an di a, on the 2 9 t h Ap r il last, w hen ' the steamer encountered a very severe cyclonic gale , during , which she was fcr some ti me i n grea t d a nger. These officer were on their way to j o i n th e E urya l us , on the Chi na eta' tt, Lion. Their name s are M essrs . Pi c kl es , Eckersleh Benne Pover, Trenh am , G reaves , P age , Ch as e, Pattison, L ewth : waite, M'ln tyre, an d B rown . Th e ir lordships have expressve: their satisfaction at receiving such an account, and l le . favourably noted the raineworthy conduct of On Ofgeer"