The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-01 00:00:00

THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLIsNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 1, 1863. THE SETTLING DAY — Adam B lack, Es q ., M.P.—Ho-Too at Court, do. &c..—in FUN, This Week. One Penny. " ATURDAY NIGHT JOURNAL." 1. Every Week. One Fenny. Forensic Reminiscences. The Thames Embankment and its Approaches. America and the Giants; Jec. 80, Fleet-street. ri.EATEE-R0 Al,. HA Y MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which,l4th time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. thrkstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigaa, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of % ales in the East. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOT TO. THE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN rH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, -1 Under the Sole Management of M r . FECH aI TER.etch, THIS EVENING, to commence with an Orien Sk entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic THE Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr )lo=ne, entitled DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. DUKE'S The principal character will be sustained by am, . Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore , G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. iddbbe om, F. Charles, Garden, Rajmond, Dawson; Misses Carlotta Leclercq. sate Terry, is avenue, and - 1. Eb3worthy. Doors open at 7 , commence at halt-past. Acting -Manag er, Mr. H. Barnett. R"AT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining THI ; EVENING, will be presented (sth time), COURT AND CAMP : Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. Marston, G. Belmore, G. Murray. Warde; :Vies Amy Sedgwick, Miss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia. Thompson. To be preceded by PERFECTION. And tollowed by A CHARMING PAIR. NF.w THE NTRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.- solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARTE FRANCAIS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, and Miss K. Kelly. After which (17th time), a new Drama, in one act, entitled THE WOODEN SPOON MAKER. Messrs. B. Webster, Stuart, Stephenson, Sett ,n ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Ba lington. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent'tled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Mc ssrs. Toole, P. Bedtord, R Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sart, and Miss K. Kelly. To conclude with HOW TO PAY THE RENT. Mr. C. Stephenson, Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 7O Barometer-30.19. Wind—East; light breeze and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ting DAL—Morning, Ih. 3m.—Afternoon. Ih. 29m. To-iimmow.-Morning, 11;. 53w.—Afternoon, 2h. 18m. g,,.,. !i s * , , `i. j I N' i to". ^*«,..,/,-,„4.' • LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1863. As startling a contrast in its way es that very recently presented to view in America by the simul taneous publication of the Orders of the Day signed respectively by Generals LEE and HOOKER, the Federal and Confederate Commanders-in-Chief, has just now been submitted to the wondering con templation, not only of our good friends the Pari sians but of the adult male population of all France. si F. DE PERSIGNY" is the name affixed to one of those documents. "CH. DE MONTALEMBERT" is the signature to the other. M. DE PERSIGNY, in the one instance, addresses himself to all the Pre fects indiscriminately, in his capacity as Minister of the Interior. M. DE MONTALEMBERT, on the contrary, addresses himself to the electors of the Doubs exclusively, in his capacity as a can didate for their suffrages, that is to say as one of the foremost of the candidates of the Opposition. The Minister's circular blazons itself far and wii:e upon the walls of the French metroplis. The Count's address, on the other hand, will hardly be allowed to appear, wa should conjecture, even in the most rashly outspoken of our Paris, or of our French provincial, contemporaries. Such as they are, however, we present them elsewhere this evening in extenso to our readers, commending each of these remarkable documents to their very attentive contemplation. As inspiriting a trumpet-call—the very reveilles, as it seems to us, of the more rational aspirations of Frenchmen for a return to Parliamentary free dom—as any yet sounded for a dozen years past within the boundaries of France, is breathed forth in noble and reverberating accents through the Address penned to (we will venture to call them at once) his constituents at Doubs, by the Count DE MONTALEMBERT. Simple though the medium is, through which this illustrious Champion of Let ters, of Liberty, and of Religion, addresses himself (through the Electors of the Doubs) to the whole mass of his compatriots, placed at his lips we may say as truly as WORDSWORTH said of the Sonnet when placed at the lips of MILTON— "The Thing became a Trumpet." Not one alone, but all, of the French Constituencies will take well to heart, more or less eagerly of course in proportion to the fervour or the coolness of their political predilections, the burning words breathed forth with a simple yet most impresive eloquence by this beneficent but formidable advo cate of Constitutional Government. Accused of a desire to paralyse the energies of France, to im peril her security at home no less than her legiti mate influence abroad, to jeopardise the stability of her institutions in a word, to imperil the Empire, by preparing the way for new Revolutions—the Count DE NIONTALEMBERT condescends at the very outset of this the latest of his addresses to the con stituency he aspires to represent in the Imperial Legislature—the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, we Y. condescends to repel those charges categorically, to re • twa, P t udutte, for once and for all, the notion that he ~,,,,,v4741 any concei va bl e p o i n t of view, be regarded sr:lllico . rder and revolution. With a noble e ou a t: 11 / 41 'itY, he exclaims, "My whole never:,ha __ contradiction to th o uv „ ntnent 7 l . It alts y• e calumny. I spi ney, never I had to i overthrow any by any revoluti on; an y and in any con :, A. revolt, neve r very qu i etly An . profited t t tr t cloPoo adds, less, scathes in % a "Iltente all driven to declare thatof ~itneverthev ants and panegyrists of th e among Qthi not many who can say es reu TP' r e, there are whole purport of the eh Sum mar: re °fa cial to the covert insinuations or t o t h e boi : eurn euti, and blushing imputations cast against himself b y ch he is here, in this manly address, repi,i ng i words that may comprehend, the Count then says any says to his good tritnida the El2cturs of the Doubs and through them we repeat to all France " The whole of what they [namely the officials] tell yo u amounts to this :—You must name deputies docile and resolved to do everytl: lug the EMPEROR tells them. If this be so," he observes with a calm but cutting irony, "the shortest way is to suppress the Legislative Corps altogether. For if it be composed only of salaried approvers it is but a costly and useless piece of machinery. Its snppressioP will simplify matters and reduce the amount of the Budget. The EMPEROR will be very well able to go oa alone. He has no need of Crow d of advisers all paid to be always of iris opinion." The force of sarcastic logic could ro further go. But here it is that M.DE MONTALEM BERT reminds his compatriots of what the more obsequious imperialists would, latterly, seem really to have lost sight of, namely, that it was the EMPEROR himself who, one day (and not so very long ago !) said that his Government needed " control and pub- Hefty." A noble utterance, and one that France is now about to respond to ! " The country"—as M. DE MONTALEMBERT plainly puts it—" has taken the EMPEROR at his word." It is, as he expresses it, "at this moment shaking off its sleep." And among the potent, and once familiar voices, becoming, at length, yet again audible in France, after so long a silence, the heart of France is beginning to stir within her breast, on hearing not only those of men, whom the Count DE MONTALEMBERT declares he is proud and honoured to be called the friend of —THEIRS, DUFAURE, BERRYER, ODILLON BARROT —but the voice also of M. the Count DE MONTALEMBERT himself. Together they alrzady demand, these gifted Candidates of the Opposi tion, individually, he, the purest and noblest amongst them, tells the electors of Doubs, tells France, tells all Europe, " I demand"— What ? Note well the stirring antithesis— " Less of taxation and more of liberty, fewer con scripts and greater control, less of arbitrary rule and more of responsibility, less police and more discussion." And, as if even this were not sufE- ciently sententious and epigrammatic, he says in conclusion, my programme is comprised in th ree words : I want three things as necessary for the country as they are advantageous to the Government—viz., Peace, Economy, Liberty !" Those are the trumpet notes, that is the trumpet-call sounded over France by the pure and eloquent lips of CHARLES Count de MONTALEM BERT. And we have confidence that those words are prophetic of benefits instead of disaster for France. For we believe the Emperor to be more liberal and enlightened than his Ministers. The arrangements that were thought to be so happily in train between the governors of St. Thomas's Hospital and of Bethlehem seem at fault. It was considered by all parties to be a most desir able plan when first proposed, and therefore these vexations hindrances are the more annoying. Everything seemed to point out that the proposition was wise and desirable. Bethlehem was not suited for its object, and it would be much better for the unhappy patients to be taken into the country. It appeared almost providential that such an oppor tunity offered itself as this idea of transferring St, Thomas's Hospital to the site. The governors on both sides appeared quiescent, but the strange thing is that nothing is done, although a considerable time has now elapsed since the idea was mentioned. It would seem from the accounts that the fault of the delay rests with the governors of Bethlehem. Their committee refused to allow the architect to meet the architect of St. Thomas's, which was in itself a very questionable act of discourtesy. This is a very strange course of proceeding on the part of these gentlemen; they should either have de. clined the proposition in toto, or have afforded every possible means that lay in their power to facilitate the desired end, or at least to give it a chance of reaching a speedy solution. The proposals of the Grand Committee of St. Thomas's appear most judicious ones. The Governors of St. Thomas's were prepared " either to build for the Governors of Bethlehem a now hospital in conformity with the plans and estimates prepared by Mr. CURREY, the surveyor of this (St. Thomas's) Hospital, at a cost not exceeding £150,000, including the site ; or to pay for the site and buildings of Bethlehem the sum of £150,000, subject to the approval of the Court of Chancery, and the sanction of Parliament and this court." Surely nothing could be fairer than this proposal, and, indeed, it is so liberal that it proves an actual intention on the part of the sug gestors to do everything that lay in their power for the furtherance of the object under discassion. This scheme, however, did not satisfy the Governors of Bethlehem. They had previously made an arrange. ment, or come to an ultimatum, which was at the same time most unwise and most grasping in its demands, They laid down as an infallible dogma this specified condition :—" That no proposal for the exchange of sites can be entertained which is not based on an agreement that the whole of the cost of the removal of Bethlehem Hospital is to be borne by the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital." Could anything be more preposterous, and could they reasonably hope, or on:a calm reflection believe, that the other party in the conference could agree. The sum was fixed upon, and therefore the com mittee of St. Thomas's would have been most faulty had they agreed, especially as they had communi cated the unsatisfactory intelligence that the sum they should require would most likely be much more than the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital would like to give, " or which would be permitted by the Court of Chancery, or by Parliament, to be given for a site for a new St. Thomas's Hospital." Such a statement is a con tradiction to their previous assent to entertaining the proposition at all, for how could the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital be induced to take into consideration a scheme that was to overwhelm them with expense, while after all they would not be paying for their own property, and would not even have the gratification of knowing that the handsome and commodious structure was for themselves. It is impossible to overrate the folly and shortsighted ness of such conduct. These wise men are defeating their own Ends by such unaccommodating views and such fallacious proposals. It would seem as if they gloried in the opportunity that is afforded to them of throwing obstacles in the way, and of abusing the power that has been delegated to them for nobler and higher purposes. It is unworthy of any body or com pany to comport themselves after this fashion; but for the trustees of a charity and the guardians of the afflicted to cast aside all the notions that should influence, if not absolutely actuate, their conduct, is most reprehensible. It is lamentable to think that the patients, who are now, it is said, "cooped up like poultry" in the insufficient space allotted to them in the crowded confines of Bethle hem, will be the greatest suf f erers in this stormy e r o e ut i r . oversy. The faults of the strong t oo often ta 14h:1:fit. on the weak and helpless. This apparent r e la the more impartial and re disheartening, as it appears to voil ltl i zassion ate observers that a mutual a thi publi a been the result. There is to be au bi oot, meetin g and t° - night in Southwark on Set th e 0 , it i s t o G "ernere ef hoped that even fluen cea by the Bethlehem will bo in ' they still continue 4,1 , 1) ""i°a of loss in the e n d, for i l t "" ibl e theirs will If I SIC; go od be the Y to t and too late see the lon a 1 , 44 ,: e 1 t 1 ii a which they, are now ae eY is have modpaenlloedfletroacoltlochastewvihil.l be regret their lost opportu e n w it site tilaY w~tl bitterly error of their ways in tryin g of a chance that, tak en at a litt th le ak ac e t" much out gain to them. It will b e a pity, foBrrlilfice. was a if these negotiations are so peremptorily brok en a co n cerned, as some imagine they mast inevit a bl y b e, after w hat has taken place. Before the day of grace is pate-, ye trust that some arrangement will be entered into that will compromise the af f air, 4 nd allow a THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1863. work that is vital to the interests of many to be settled in a laudable spirit of:fair play and mutual concessions. The defenders of Ludgate-bill have not yet aban doned hope, and until the ground required is fairly in the possession of the company, and the dreaded viaduct is actually above their heads, they will not seemingly relax their efforts. At the last meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works, a deputation attended from the committee for the preservation of Ludgate-hill, with the object of obtaining the assistance of the surveyor of the Board of Works. They stated they had already obtained the opinion of several competent engineers on the matter, who thought that a tunnel would be far better than a viaduct for the passage of the railway across Ludgate-hill, as they would then have the platform in Farringdon.street on the ground instead of on stilts. This would be a sensible advantage to the railway company themselves, and should induce them to look with some favour on the proposal. The deputation, therefore, desired to have the opinion of the Board of Works surveyor upon the two plane, and in the event of its coinciding with their wishes they hoped the Board would act upon it. It was then moved by one of the members present that the memorial should be referred to the Thames Embankment Committee for conside ration and report, and it was suggested that the Embankment Committee should be requested to report upon it immediately in order that the Board might lose no time in endeavouring to come to an arrangement with the Company on the matter. We sincerely hope that by some means or other the affair will be satisfactorily settled by the adoption of the proposed alteration. There can surely be no wish on the part of the rail way company to disfigure one of our leading thoroughfares by an unsightly structure, which would block up still further the view of that noble pile, already too much shut in by the accident of its situation. Neither can the difficulty of the task be a consideration. The marvellous course of the Underground Railway forbids English engineers to talk of difficulty. The Company have already obtained the neces sary powers, " and nothing," said a speaker, at the meeting referred to, " can stop their proceedings but the intervention of Parliament." We should hope, however, that some compromise may be come to without such extreme measures. The Company will certainly hear reason, and have, probably, no desire to oppose the wishes of the general public. If it can be shown to them that the tunnel has equal, or even superior advantages to the viaduct, they will scarcely refuse to relinquish their rights in favour of the desired substitution. London possesses already but few claims to architectural beauty, and we should be careful how, in our eagerness for rapid locomotion and business convenience, we disfigure it needlessly. Of course, where the interests of the public are really at stake, questions of art and taste must stand aside in a vast commercial community like our own, but where there is happily a very feasible alternative, it should surely have the preference. We trust, if the report of the surveyor be favourable to the wishes of the committee, the Board of 'Works will at once take up the affair, and endeavour to come to an arrangement with the railway company, who on their part will do well to consult the general feeling of the public on a public matter. We see that the Volunteers are organising an active opposition to the new Bill, or rather to those clauses of it which threaten the independence and liberty of members. The Bill itself is received with favour, but the clauses 21 and 24, which are cer tainly highly objectionable, are exciting the greatest indignation. A committee has been formed by some members of the various metropolitan corps for the purpose of obtaining some alteration in these sections of the measure, while petitions are bein g got up for signature by officers and men, who a re alike concerned in the invidious clause 21, which places the power of summary dismissal from th e regiment in the hands of the commanding officer. The Bill will come on before the House to-night for consideration in committee, when we should certainly anticipate a strong opposition on these points. Several notices of amendments are down, and we should hope that the framers of the measure, who can certainly have no wish to disgust th e Volunteers with their self•chosen duties, would be glad to take the opportunity of introducing som e modifications. It is perfectly incomprehensibl e how such clauses should ever have been inserted, investing the commanding officer of a Volunteer Corps with arbitrary powers never bestowed on officers of the regular army. We shall expect to see these offensive clauses, which, in the opinion of the Committee, threaten the very existence of the Volunteer Movement, entirely altered or else re. moved from the measure. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN CAMBRIDGE SHIRE.--Rain is again very much required, an d husbandmen generally are looking for it roost anxiously. The wheats, with their long fibrous roots, obtain moisture and are looking w e ll, w ith every indication of a splendid crop, but barley, clover, grass, mangolds, &c„ are sufferi ng immensely, and of hay it is feared there will be Il ene, although a copious rain would no doubt produce effects th e most beneficial. The cold frosty nights have been very pre judicial to the apple crop, and of that useful fruit there will be a short crop ; pears are rather more abundant. The little green caterpillars have not made such havoc with the gooseberry trees this years as they did in the last and former years, and there is a pretty good crop, and also of cherries and apricots ; but currants, plums, and damsons appear to be thin upon the trees. Lawns are parched for want of moisture, and the ground is as hard and as hot as the sunny aide of Fleet-street.—Cambridge independent. ANCIENT PICTURE OF THE B. VIRGIN AND CHILD.—A curious old picture, alleged to have been painted by St. Luke, is now on view at 230, Regent street, the proceeds of its exhibition being devoted to the funds for the relief of the sick and wounded Poles, With out expressing any opinion as to the extreme antiquity claimed by M. Szerelemy for his picture, or as to the indi vidual by whom it is alleged to be painted, there is still sufficient of interest in the picture to repay an examination. That it is a very old work there does not appear much doubt, and it is contended that the inscriptions upon the front, as well as upon the back, afford evidence for testing its authen ticity. The statement that St. Luke, although a physician, had a knowledge of and practised painting, is founded upon a passage in St. Metaph to the effect that, in addition to his medical labours, St. Luke had acquired uncommon pro ficiency in the art of painting. Evidence of the antiquity of the picture, and of its existence at a time coeval with the Evangelist, is sought to be established from the existence that : f t latter, u e skr features t Sophia, with of the inscription round the head of female figure— " Jeaus Maria Hodegedria, give strength to thy se rvan t Luke to proclaim thy name." This inscription is said t o b e in the ancient Chaldaic character, of which only a few spe cimens are now extant, and those in some bowls discovered by Mr. Layard at Nineveh. The owner also relies upon the writings of Nicophorus ( 61 , ix., Derebus Livra)—the history of the cathedral of St. Sophia — tho former stating t o painted a picture, the Jesus Maria Hodegedria; the that such Furthera picture evidence was is sought n h thet the cathe dral a fact that t o h f e dtheesßeripVtiiorgning,ivaesn of show th n em in b th y is N p ic ic e t p u h r o e . , correspond r'l s tlie opinionT au h t e hentic iauthenticity of the of Cardinal picture.Nf e z z of a Othern t i iscitedauthorities in surpepl relied of upon are-1 Historian Ecclesiastics Scriptures Eusebius Panaphilius, Socrates (scolasticus), Hermias Someenus Theodoritus (Episcop. Cyri). 2. Excerpta Ecclesiast . icre Histories Theodosi Lectoris ; auctor, Nicephoro .Carlisto Azaleat,Qa : theatiPe si n E i t o c i c I fi e l s i i ° a ' s t tomeic i ; a u ii c i t ' Or, P C . m s s o a 9 ; i e ß x oro li ro br e ° o, P e r :17 1' 7 383 : o f it : 3111 1). 512. 4. The History of the Decline and Fall dup. i x. 4 Empire, by Edward Gibbon ; London, 1781; Ma Biat..,. i. P .,2 81 .- Theodosius 11., Emperor of the East ; PaPow. 31e8zhi-albeited:Z:::.ibs W n_ ife Eudocia, AD. 421-460, carded ra by an n y et PeY its antiquarian interest . . . which ownereneyotent object for which it is [ i li nd o u tn ce ing 2)9 t B h e e . : P r t f a t : t i f a i l o a n t i ea n a e zoi:t:eioo.la peculiar c o i u ct . b liu t i ra b er e veneration,— 8 hil l 1 it l fi cr ha C t i e i io n s 1 a t r. . . . . e t .0 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 1. The Essex, with 147,000 in gold, was reported yes terday. Eighteen of her passengers landed here this morning. On Sunday the Start Point bore From the Eases N.N.E. half E. distant 12 mike. THE BRAZIL MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 1. The Royal Mail steamer Oneida, with the above mails, arrived off the Needles at 8.55 a.m. She has since arrived at Southampton with the above mails, 169 passengers, £1,500 in specie, five packages of diamonds and 1,536 packages of cargo. The Confederate steamer Alabama was at anchor off Bahia on the 12th May. Some of the Oneida's passengers visited her and were politely received on board. The Alabama had ple n t y o f coal. Her objectin putting tti w n hg into Bahia w as t') land 80 pri soners, Shanghae, who was a pas senger on board the Dorca Prince. Within f our days previous u to arriving at Bahia the Alabama had burnt the Dorca Prince, the Union Jack, the Sealark and the Nye. Th e captains and crews were on board the Alabama. The officers of the Alabama stated that they had burnt 74 ships since they had been out with Captain Semmes, who had in his cabin about that number of chronometers. Captain Semmes stated that he expected to be joined by the Florida, which was'o'n the coast. On the Oneidas reaching Pernambuco she found that the Florida had just left, having been there four days refitting, taking stores, &c. She had destroyed several ves sels, and landed the prisoners. The Federal war steamer Molucar had sailed from St. Vincent for the Brazils. GREECE. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 1. The Berlingske Tidende of to-day, in a semi official article, announces that at a sitting of the Council of State, held on Saturday evening, the last difficulties i n t h e way of the acceptance of the Greek Throne by P r i nce William were removed. The D ag b/ adet, adds—" I t i s not yet decided when the formal an in an article on th e same su bj ect, ceptance of the Crown from the hands of the depu tation will take place. PORTUGAL. LISBON, MAY 28. The feeling gaining gr ound in the north of Portugal. against the Ministry a p pears to b e The discussion of the Budget has terminated, but the chief c l auses having been referred to the com mittees must again undergo discussion. The resi gnat i on of his seat by Senhor Coelho has not satisfi e d his friends. The proceeding has strengthened the Oppcsition. The bills augmenting the tax on property and rendering it compulsary for officers and soldiers to go on foreign service have been passed. The King has given a grand dinner party in the Cintra Palace, in celebration of the birthday of her Majesty Queen Victoria. The corvette Goa has been sent to cruise in the waters of the Azores to look after the American vessels of war. The rains have ceased and the weather is h 6 and dry. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Rentes are quoted 481 to 481, and Coupons 48 Exchange on London, 90 days' sight, M. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 30.—The market has been firm, although business continues limited. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at yesterday's prices, 69f, 45c. The Railway Share Market is quiet, but prices are pretty well maintained. The mar ket declined towards the close, and left cff as fol lows: It per Cents ..97 25 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do, end month 69 30 Credit Mobilier 1420 -- Do. end month...MlS 75 Bank Shares 3475 -- Credit Fonder Italian Loan 72 65 Do. end month 72 60 New ditto Do. end month 73 50 Russian Austrian .. B5 25 §panish Threes 64 Home Debt .. 6l 60 RAILWAYS. Orleans Cash. Account. Northern .... ......... 1 005 .. 1001 25 1 035 .. 1032 50 New, ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1042 50 .. 1043 75 Gnnav a ... 430 Southern ........ 765 .. 430 .. 762 50 Western Sardinian .......... 421 25 .. 415 Austrian ........ 473 75 .. 471 25 T.orphard ... 565 .. 567 50 North of Spain ... 670 —.. 567 50 Saragossa .............. 720 .. 720 -- Ditto to Barcelona .... 388 75 .. 385 The Emperor, after paying Et VlSit to the eleetro recital manufactory at Auteuil, announced to M. Oudry that he did him the honour of creating him a Knight of the Legio n of H onour . His Majesty also left 500 francs for the fund used for the benefit of the workmen when sickness prevents them working. - - - A visit from the Emperor to the camp at Chalons is talked of. The Imperial tent is being put in order, which certainly seems as if he was expected. The Empress recently went out on horseback to the Bois de Boulogne, accompanied by Mesdames de Lour rael and de Riynard, and the Marquis de Cana. The Em press, who has thoroughly recovered from her indisposi tion,looksdelicate, and as if she had been very seriously ill. The Prince Imperial now goes cut for his daily drive in the Champs Elysees and Bois de Boulogne, escorted by the native Arab troops, who have just arrived in Paris to do garrison duty. These wild, extraordinary men appear very proud of their charge, as it seems a com- Pith:tent to their raco that the Emperor should confide the Ileir "APparent to their keeping. One day last week the escort asked General Rolin whether they might be permit tad to offer the Imp er i a l P r i nce a di nner o f th e i r own cook g.as The r equest w was granted. At 6 o ' clock the b anquet s erved in th e Salle do Di ane i n th e T u il er i es . Th e young Prince invit ed five little boys of his own age to join him. The se were the sons of General Fleury, the Sons of Dr. Con neau, General Espinasse, and Baron Bourgoigne. A she e p roasted whole and " couseoussou" in various forms, with African vegetables Emperor 'knives and fruits, composed th e menu. Th e plates g and forks were all of wood. feast. and E mpres s , looked on at this singular second week o f J Prince N apoleon is to arrive at Cherbourg in the will visit Smvi —na and C on stantinople, and touch at Lisbon ; consequentl y , b " the state m ent that he would pay Greece a visit is an error. em T. line. O n his return from Egypt the Prince M. Baroche hug been ordered by his medical me n to go int o th e countr and remain perfectly free from any kind of bu s i ness journey. MA DAME —AMARTINE.—At the moment of her death Lam dea the Y moment he is able to undertake the arti ne himself was so seriously ill that, though only in the n ext room, he was incapable of being moved to receive the l ast farewell of his wife. Verdi h as recently been in Paris, superintending the rep ro d uction of 4, At a bull once more w a l king, with the slow step of age, on the Boule vards. The Ea r l o f Shrewsbury is to occupy the chair. Les Vepres." Rossini may be seen fight at Madrid, on the 18 th , the celebrated t oreador, known as El Tato, received a severe wound in th e b reast from the horns of one of the animals. The Government has for some time past been printin g th e corres pondence of Napoleon I. at the rate of three volume s i n the year. The 12th volume, lately issued, contains many curious and interesting letters. Gold h as b een found in the streams and quartz formation o f the C uyun i, i n B r iti s h Guiana, in suf ficient quantiti es to remunerate the searchers. It is curious that this i s th e region which Raleigh believed was an El Dorado. Sh a k espeare =tikes Falstaff speak of " a region in Guiana all gold and beauty." In the De 'Mites peerage case before the Com mittee of Privileges, tie other day, the will of Richard I. mas produced in evidence, and it was stated to contain the eatliest known autograph of any of the Kings of England. The Royal signature vas a cress, followed by the words ‘.‘ Le Roy," se CI 11 rt .611 A I/ : /for --- ki" --- : to- tlrtultat - HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, May 29. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Duchess of Athole, went out driv ing yesterday. May 30. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Duchess of Athole, drove on Thurs day to Mar Lodge. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, and attended by Lady A. Bruce, drove out yester• day. • Princess Helena rode in the morning. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam bridge visited her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales on Saturday at Marlborough House. The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees dale, rode on horseback. In the afternoon the Prince and Princess of Wales took a drive in an open carriage. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured Viscount and Viscountess Syd ney with their company at dinner on Saturday evening, at the residence of the noble viscount and viscountess, in Cleveland-square, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses (who were attended by the Countess of Macclesfield and Major Teesdale) arrived at a few minutes after eight o'clock. The party invited to meet the Prince and Prin cess of Wales comprised The Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl and Countess of Bessborougb, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, Lady Cowley, and the Hon. George Cadogan. A small party had the honour to meet their Royal Highnesses after dinner. Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (at tended by the Hon. James Macdonald) and his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange were also present. Mr. John Parry had the honour to attend to give an illustration of his clever performances in " La Lezione di Canto," or Masterand Pupil. The second part of his entertainment was his diverting sketch 1 of " Mrs. Roseleaf's Little Evening Party." The Prince and Princess of Wales took leave of their noble host and hostess at a few minutes past twelve o'clock. Yesterday the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The communion service was read by the Sub-Dean, the Rev. C. F. Tarver, and the Rev. John Antrobus. The sermon was preached by the Rev. C. F. Tarver. The anthem was " I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day."—Blow. The Prince and Princess of Wales were attended by the Countess of Maccles field and Major Teesdale. The Archbishops of York and Armagh, the Marquis of Normanby, the E ar l of St. Germans, and Vitcount Sydney were also present at the service. VISIT OF THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES TO OXFORD. A delegacy has been appointed by the university to make arrangements to receive the Prince and Princess of Wales at the Commemoration, consist ing of the President of Magdalen ; Rev. E. Evans, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke ; Rev. H. Wall, M.A., Fellow of Balliol ; Rev. S. W. Wayte, B.D , Fellow of Trinity College ; Rev. W. Duck worth, M.A., Trinity College (honorary secre tary) ; Rev. J. R. T. Eaton, Fellow of Mer ton, &c. The committee have held numerous meetings, and it is expected that the arrange ' wants will be somewhat as follows :—Their Royal Highnesses will leave London on Tuesday, the 16th inst., at about 10.30 a.m., and will alight at Cul ham Station, whence they will drive through Nune ham-park to Oxford, entering the city by Mag dalen-bridge, where they will be received by the authorities of the university, and then proceed up High -street to the deanery. After receiving the city address they will distribute the prizes to the volunteers in the great quadrangle of Christ Church. After luncheon his royal Lighness will proceed to the theatre and receive the degree of D.C.L. by diploma. Their royal highnesses are then expected to visit the bazaar in aid of the Radcliffe Infirmary. In the evening a grand banquet will be given to the Prince and Princess in the hall.of Christ Church, and afterwards they will attend the ball to be given by the Freemasons in the Corn Exchange. On Wednes day they will be present at the Encmnia in the theatre and afterwards at a grand collation given by thb university in the library of All Souls' College. In the latter part of the afternoon a procession or boat race will take place on the river, which their Royal Highnesses will view from the university barge, which has been placed at the disposal of the royal party, and a large tent, capable of holding 1,000 persons, will be erected on the Berkshire side of the river immediately opposite the barge. It is expected that their Royal Highnesses will be conveyed in a boat from Folly-bridge to the university barge, and an order has been given to Messrs. Salter to build a handsome craft expressly for the purpose. In the evening they will be entertained at dinner in the Hall of Exeter College by the Vice-Chancel lor, and will afterwards honour the Christ Church ball with their presence. On Thursday forenoon they will return to London. According to the present arrangements the Queen will arrive at Windsor Castle on Saturday next, where her Majesty will reside one month, and then proceed to Osborne. Her Majesty will return to Windsor on Wednesday, the 29th of July, and on the following Saturday take her departure for Germany. Her Majesty's stay in Germany will extend to one month, when, after again visiting Osborne for a short period, the Queen will take up her abode at Windsor for the winter.—Court Tow nal. On Saturday next the Queen will return to Windsor from Balmoral, and the Prince and Princess of Wales will remove from Frogmore to the Castle, and remain on a visit to her Majesty till the Monday following, when it is expected their Royal Highnesses will return to Marl borough House for the remainder of the season. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will leave town to-morrow for Frogmore, where they will reside during the remainder of the week. It is the intention, we believe, of the Prince and Princess to visit Ascot on two days of the races—Thursday, the Cup day, of coursa, being one. The health of the King of the Belgians is pro gressing. His Majesty was very ill last week. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary, attended by Colonel Home, Purves and Lady Geraldine Somerset, honoured Lord and Lady Ebury by their company at dinner on Friday at their house in Upper Grosvenor •street. A distinguished party met the royal guests. Prince Alexander Dolgorouki and Count George de St. Priest have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. The Duke of Newcastle arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday from his seat, Clumber Park, Notts. The Marquis of Anglesey has let Bean-desert for a term to the Marquis of Abercorn. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury are ex pected to arrive in Stratford-place to-day from Heron Court, near Christchurch, Hants. The Earl of Wilton, accompanied by Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton and Lady Alice Egerton will leave town to-day for Queen's Hill, Ascot, where the noble earl will entertain company during the race week. The Earl and Countess of Zetland have arrived in Arlington-street from Paris. The Countess of Morton leaves town to-morrow for Homburg, for the benefit of her health. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived in town on Saturday from their seat, Brockett Hall, Herte The noble viscount and viscountess are in good health. - Viscount Combermere has left London tor Worth ing, where he will remain a week, in order to recover from his recent attack of gout. Lord and Lady Pelham and two of their servants were in the train on Friday when the accident occurred at Streatham. The servants were both severely bruised, bat Lord and Lady Pelham escaped without any injury. Louie Countess of Seafield and Master Lennox Massey have arrived at the Queen's Hotcl, Upper Nor wood, from Ireland. The widow of the Right Hon, George Bunke's, late Judge Advocate-GnEral, is about to marry Yr. Buller, brother of Lord Churston, and late M.P. for Devonehiri - • The Prince of Orange it is said, lost 'about 43,000 on the Derby, THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. The following is the answer by the CJunt do Montale-‘ - ,bert to the public proclamation as well as to the ¶rivate circular of the Prefect of the Doubs "Electors,—Official and other documents charge the Catholio and Liberal candidate with wishing to ' paralyse the energies of France, to imperil her security at home as well as her legitimate influence abroad, to give up the coun • try to hazard, to pave the way for fresh revolutions, to dis turb and endanger the Empire.' In a word, he who during 10 years represented you is, according to these documents, a man of disorder and revolution. My whole life is one long contradiction to the calumny. I never attempted to overthrow any Government; 1 never had a hand in any conspiracy, never figured in any adventure, never ap plauded any revolt, and never profited by any revolution. I am driven to declare that among the servants and the panegyrists of the Empire there aro not many who can say as much. The whole of what they tell you amounts to this :—You must name deputies docile and resolved to do everything the Emperor tells them. If this be so, the shortest way is to suppress the Legislative Corps altogether; for if it be composed only of salaried approvers it is but a costly and useless piece of machinery; its sup pression will simplify matters and reduce t he amount of the Budget. The Emperor will be very well to go on alone. He has no need of a crowd of advisers all paid to be always of his opinion. Bnt the Emperor himself one day said that ' his Government needed control and publicity,' and the country has taken him at his word. The whole of France is at this moment shaking off its sleep. In all direc tions she is calling back to public life men of whom I feel [ride and honour to be the friend— Thiers, Dufaure, Ber ryer, Odillon Barrot. These are men who have given proofs of independence and patriotism in the most stormy times, and therefore the more competent to exercise salutary con. trol in times of calm. They have all responded to the call and come forward as candidates. Not one of them has put forth pretensions incompatible with the maintenance of the Empire, though all have demanded the restitution of the rights which France long possessed, and which sooner or later ahe will obtain from those who have the honour to govern her. Like them, and with them, I demand—less of taxation and more of liberty, fewer conscripts and greater control, less of arbitrary rule and more of responsibility, less police and more discussion. My programme is comprised in three words. I want three things as Lecesary for the country as they are advantageous to the Government—viz., peace, economy, and liberty I " Cu. DE MONTALEMBERT," Count de Persigny, Minister of the Interior, has addressed the following circular to the prefects : " Paris, 28th May. "Monsieur le Prefet,—For the first time since tie esta blishment of the empire, the parties hostile to the Institu tion which France has given herself, dare to attactr them in the face of universal suffrage. Men of 1815, of 1830, and of 1848, coalesced in a common effort, endeavour on several points to surprise the good faith of the country, in order to turn against the Emperor the very liberties which he has recently given, and all, as if obeying a common watchword, have recourse to the same manceuvm. "Not being able to deny the grand things vhich have been accomplished during the last ten years—fin every one has them before his eyes —they attack the moans which have served for their accomplishment—that is to say, the finances of the State, because, as few persons are conver sant with questions of that kind, they hope to to able with greater impunity to disseminate falsehood and error. "Their calculation is very simple. If they could suc ceed in disturbing public opinion as to the state of our finances, they would at the same time weaken the faith of the country in our institutions, and that is tie secret of their attempts. "The country, however, Monsieur le Prefer, will not bo the dupe of lying assertions. If the Emperor has been able in 10 years to raise France to so high a degree of prospe rity, it is because he had known how to adminibly employ our resources for public prosperity, and a good management of the finances are not able to go on one without the other. " In order to satisfy the great interests of the country abroad and at home, the debt has been increased by 87 mil lions of rente, but as the increase of the pubic revenue amounts to 3JO millions, without any addition nade to the taxes, that charge is insignificant in comparison with the results obtained, and with France enlarged by thee depart ments. So much for the debt. " As for the budget, which is not two milliards, as is erroneously stated, as there must be deducted 550 millions of expenses which, according to our system of lueping ac counts, are only entered for the sake of order, there follows, in our day as in all times, the ascendant progrefs given to it by the development of social riches. But while the Government of July had successively increased it by 500 millions, the empire has only added to it 300 millions to effect the great things which you are so well aware of. Thus, on this noblyemployed budget, without reckoning innu merable public works, roads, churches, schccls, &c., the empire has found the means of devoting one milliard to our railways; and that milliard has produccd for the country, in our towns and in our rural districts, more than milliards of wealth. "The financial state of France is, therefore, as solidly established as ihe result of the operation of the empire is striking. This is the truth—this is what the French psople will in their good faith comprehend—and this is what his tory will relate to the glory of the empire. —Accept, &c., "F. DE PERSIGNY." The following is a correct list of all the candidates in the nine districts of the Seine—of the Govern ment as well as of the Opposition : GOVERNMENT CANDIDATES. District. Ist. M. Delessert, proprietor. 2d. M. Devinck, ex-deputy. 3d. M. Varin, merchant. 4th. General Perrot, ex-deputy. sth. M. Frederick Levy, mayor of the 11th district. 6th. M. Fouchd Lepelletier, ex-deputy. 7th. M. Constant Fay, merchant. Bth. M. Kcenigswarter, ex-deputy. 9th. M. Picard, ex-mayor of Ivry. OPPOSITION CANDIDATES, 1. Joseph Blanc, printer; M. Ravin, political editor of the the Steele, and Ferdinand de Lasteyrie, ex-deputy. 2 M. S. Didkr, workman, and M. Thiers, ex-minister. 3. M. Emile 011ivier, ex-deputy. 4. M. Ernest Picard, ex-deputy. 5. M, Coutant, printer, and M. Jules Favre, ex-deputy. 6. M. Cochin; M. Dupuis, barrister; M. Gueroult, chief editor of the Opinion Nationale; M. de Jouvenel; and M. Prevost Paradol, the editor of the Journale des De' bats. 7. M. Cantagrel, ex-deputy, formerly editor of the Democratie Pact:file; M. Darimon, ex-deputy ; 'M. Phillippe Dore, professor ; and Dr. Earnest Gregoire 8. M. Adolphe de Milly, manufacturer, and M. Jules Simon, member of the Institute. 9. M. Eugene Pelletan, journalist. The Constitutionnel (the Government organ) issues an address to the electors. It says, in its ;mpression of to.arty : "Ten millions of electors, having (to quote the words of the Minister of the Interior) to render an account only to God and their own conscienees, give their votes to-day and to-morrow (Sunday and Monday). We confidently await the popular verdict, and we have already pointed out what those millions A bulletins will signify which bear the names of the candidates recommended by the Government to elec tion by universal suffrage. Sympathy for the Imperial dynasty, gratitude for past favours, certainty for the future— that is what universal suffrage means in the coming ballot. Citia-ns who love the greatness of your county; electors who have any pretension to patriotism, and who conse quently render justice to the noble and successful efforts of a policy which gives order and prosperity at home, avd makes France be esteemed and respected abroad ; electors, who have a memory, and who, consequently, remember the abyss from which the Empire and the Emperor have saved France, proceed to the vote, consulting only your hearts and your reason. Let us repeat it ; we are full of confidence. Universal suffrage will not hesitate in its decision between the representatives of order, of progress, of the national greatness, and the spectres of anarchy. We are once more about to see what an imperceptible minority in the country are the enemies of the Imperial institutions." CRYSTAL PALACE.—The New Zealand Chiefs, ac companied by their interpreters and attendants,were present at the Crystal Palace on Saturday. The various contents of the palace appeared to excite their attention to a most extraordinary degree. What more particularly struck them was the varied collection of ferns in the tropi cal and other parts of the building, which they said was the strongest reminiscence of their own country they had yet seen. They have accepted an invitation to be present at the palace on Saturday next, that being the Queen's birth• day, and in commemoration of which the great foentains will be played (for the first time this season) at two o'clock prior to the concert. HALIFAX WOOL AND WORSTED MARKET, SATUR DAY.—The wool market has been firm at former quotations. The quantity of wool changing hands just now is by no means great, all parties waiting for the new clip; biquiries are, therefore, only for immediate wants, and the " matchings" thus sought up fetch last week's prices. In foils and brokos an average amount of business has been done. Spinners ask an advance on proviou, rato, Frames are fully employed. The piece trade continues comparatively quiet, heavy goods being little in request. SUICIDE BY PRUSSIC ACID.—On Saturday in formation was forwarded to Mr. W. Carter, coroner for Surrey, of the death of Joseph Medway, aged 22, a medical student, lately residing in Penton-street, Kenning_ ton, who committed suicide by swallowing a quart; ty of prussic acid. It appears that the deceased left home in his usual spirits on Friday and returned at half -past eight, and having procured a light he l roceeded to his bed-room, Not making his appearance the bed-room door was forced, when the lifeless body of the young man was found lying on the bed, LAW INTELLIGENCE ---This Day, COURT OF EXCII.EQUER. MILLS V. LEATiOI.7;... N :' to recover This was an action brought by the plaint Iff ' -^um- damages for injuries sustained under the following stances :—Tho plaintiff, in company with some other per sons, were being conveyed to the races in a vehicle belong ing to the defendant, and while on the road one of the wheels came off, the passengers were thrown out, and the plaintiff received a severe injury to his ancle, and it was to compensate himself for the loss ho had sustained that the present action was brought. The defendant denied his lia bility to make compensation, and contended that he was not hired to convey the party to the races, but was merely doing so in a friendly manner to some of the gentlemen ; he was therefore not liable within the meaning of the act. The jury, alter a long deliberation, found a verdict for defendant. Owing to the non-attendance of jurymen whilst the above jury were locked up, the next case, Watson v. Belasco, was not taken, the jury consisting f only three persons. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT A PAWNBROXEB.'S.—Patrick Rourke, a tall, stout man, was charged with stealing a silver watch of the value 01 £2 25., from the shop of Mr. George Gill, pawnbroker, of the Tottenham-court-road, George Mitcham, a young mat in the employ of Mr. Gill, deposed that the prisoner came into the stop that morning and asked to see a silver watch of about the value of £2 2s. He showed the prisoner one and he examined it, and said it would do, and then walked out of the shop with it in his possession. He went after the prisoner and brought him back, when he denied having the watch, and threatened to assassinate him if he detained him. A con stable was then sent for, and he found the watch in the prisoner's pocket. Westley Tobitt, 54 E, said he was called to Mr. Gill's shop, and the prisoner denied having the watch, but on searching him he found it in the pocket of the prisoner's trowsers. The prisoner, who cross-examined the witnesses in a very impudent manner, said that he never threatened to , assassinate the young man. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial. CAUTION TO CARRIERS AND OTHERS.—Joseph Fry, a carrier, of Rickmansworth, Hens, appeared to answer the complaint of Mr William Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of having caused a horse to be cruelly illtreated by being worked while in a totally unfit state. On a former occasion a man named Griffin in the de fendant's employ, was charged with a similar offence, and the matter was ordered to stand over that the defendant Fry might be proceeded against. Mr. Arthur Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, and Simeon Sell, one of the society's officers, having deposed to the state the horse was in at the time, the former stating that it had a long-standing disease of the postern joints, and both that it was totally unfit for use, Mr. Love stated that the horse since Griffin was brought to the court had been destroyed. The defendant Fry was notorious for the last 10 years for the bad state of his horses, and had been convicted at this and Guildhall court, and his men had been year after year convicted. Griffin wat , ordered to pay 10s., and Fry £3 and coats, the latter amounting to 12s. 6d. Fry did not pay his fine, and went to prison. THAMES. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE ON A YOUNG WOMAN.—Wil liam Mahoney, an Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with committing a violent assault on Alice Bowden, a respectable young woman dwelling at No. 6, Chapel-street, St. George •in-the-East. The complainant,with an air of great simplicity, said she had been to a place of amusement with her young man on Saturday night, and after leaving him she was making the best of her way home when she was met by the prisoner in Anthony-street, and he made many improp:r overtures to her, and offered her a shilling to accompany her to a house with him. She informed him that he was quite mistaken and that she was not the person 11 0 supposed, on which he struck her on the head. She was struck silly I,y the blow and staggered. When she recovered herself she attempted to run away from him, and he struck her agnin on the face and gave her two black eyes. The complainant raised her veil and established the bruises on her face. She went on to state that the prisoner seized her by the cloak, and tore it and also her dress. She was very nearly naked on the ground, and the body of her dress was completely torn off. Mr. Woolrych—What is the amount of the damage done to your clothes? Complainant—l will only say 10s., sir; it is much more than that, but I don't like to be too hard upon him. Charles Busson, 696 K, said he met the prisoner run ning on Sunday morning at one o'clock, and at the same moment heard cries of " Stop him 1" He did stop the prisoner, and said to him, ~Wha t are you running for ro The prisoner answered, " All right, governor." He said, " It's not all right ; you must come along with me," The prisoner resisted him, and they had a great tussle. He secured the prisoner, and took him back to the place where the complainant was. Her clothes were torn, and she seemed to be very badly treated. Mr. Woolrych investigated the case for a considerabl e time, and it appearing that the young woman was a dress and mantle maker, and very well behaved, and that the prisoner's defence, a most ridiculous one, was entirely de void of truth, the Magistrate said the prisoner had com mitted a cowardly and brutal assault. He sentenced Nina to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and to pal 20s. for the damage to the complainant's dress. THE VOLUNTEERS. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAPITATION GRANT. On Saturday the various commanding officers of volunteer rifle corps received the following official communication from the War-office as to the amount to be received in respect of the Government capitation grant, and the mode in which it is to be distributed : " FOR ARTILLERY CORPS. Head-quarters (orderly-room, drill-shed or ground, magazine or armoury) ; care and repair of arms, ranges, cloth ing, and accoutrements ; cost of conveying men and guns to or from brigade drill, field-days, or reviews, and gun or rifle practice; construction and expense of magazines, store - rooms, gun and drill sheds ; penses incidental to target practice; articles for red pository exercises ; repairs of platforms, &c. " FOR CORPS OF THE OTHER ARMS.—Head quarters (orderly-room, drill-shed or ground, Ina" gszine or armoury); care and repair of arms, ra n g es, c io co n u d tr r e il m i, e fi n e t i s d ; -d c a o y st s, of or co r n e v v e ie y sv al i t : to c a l n o d t h f i , n o g m , and b and a tt a a l rifle practice." LONDON RIFLE VOLUNTEER BRIGADE. Oa Saturdby evening the annual meeting of the members of this rifle brigade was held at the Whit tington Club, Arundel-street, Strand ; Warde, the commanding officer of the regiment, presided. reg A i l m r. en C ta le l ar c s o o m n, m t i he ttees,ecwrehtiacrhy, c o r m e a m d e t n h c e e d r e p b o y r t ex of . fo b r ri t g h a e d u e s t e o o t f h thee Corpora London o t h u e t p i r o e n s soi of the t h City h a o t k f ij s hall and other premises. During the year the £1 ls. entrance fee had been abolished, and the annual subscription of honorary members had been re duced from 42a. to 215., and the result had been that there was a great addition to the number of honorary members. Arrangements had been made with regard to the payment of subscriptions and the payment for the uniform, the result of which had been that there had been a large number of new members to the brigade. After referring to general topics, the report stated that the total number of members who had joined up to the 30th of April last was 1,910; from that was to be deducted 898, owing to deaths, resignations, &c.; the strength of the regiment, therefore, remained at 1,012. Of that number 993 had renewed their sub scripions to October, 1864, and but 843 to April 30, 1863. The committee had endeavoured to reduce the expenditure to the lowest, and steps had been taken which it was believed would effect that ohject. The present strength of the cadet corps was 138 youths, and the corps was self-supporting. The Chairman in a practical speech moved the adoption of the report, an d i n d o i ng so expressed his pleasure in finding the corps in such a flourish ing, healthy, and promising condition. The report was adopted, and the officers were elected for the year ensuing, with thanks for their past services. A cordial vote of thanks was given to Colonel Warde for his attehtion to the interests of the brigade, and the meeting separated with three cheers for their officers. BABY SLEEPS ! (A Lullaby.) The Baby wept ; The mother took it from the nurse's arms, And husht its fears, and soothed its vain alarms, And Baby slept. Again it weeps; And Uod deth take it from the mother's arms— From present griefs and future unknown harms, And Baby sleeps.