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

LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1864. Midway between the Federal Capital of Wash iolton and the Confederate Capital of Richmond, the greatest Soldier produced by the American Civil War, the one Great Captain born of that War, G4neral ROBERT LEE, Commander.in-Chief of the Confederate Army, has assumed, according to our last advices from Virginia, the position not of the assailed, but of the Assailant ! it is a terrible drop down, this acknowledgment of the fact by the Northern press, the press of New York and of Washington, that LEE, after all, was assuming the cffensive against GRANT, ncrth of the Confederate lines at SpottSylvania— a terrible and deplorable drop drown, after all their vauntings about GRANT'S triumphant success, and LEE'S almost (not quite but almost) ignominous defeat, if not flight, before the conquering army of the Federals—then (not s o ver y many days b e f ore these last accounts came to hand, so r ecently cor recting all this same wonderful intelligence) —then full upon their march, we were assured, to the occu pation of Rchmond. Since this miserable civil war in North America Commenced, some four sanguinary years ago, we EmPpose that General LEE has been defeated (in print), about as often, let us say, as his Holiness, Pope Pits IX., has expired (also in print) — thanks, in regard to LEE'S (reported) defeats, to the lively imagination s of the:Federal journalists, — thanks, in regard to the POPE'S (reported) mortal illnesses' to the no le " lively imaginations of the correspondents of some among our contemporaries. To say nothing whatever of course, tither in regard to the Federal Journel:sts, or in regard to par ticular Correspondents Just now allud e d to — to say nothing whatever in reF,arl to either, or i n regar d to both, about " the wish being father to the thought,'' as SEIAKSPERE happily phrases it. As it has chanced to happen, however, throughout the whole of this American war, General LEE has, sowehow Lir an other, in spite of all his reported defeats, contrived, strange to tell, to hold his own—of course, purely by a coincidence I While he himself bas, from first to last, been the one solitary, un• superseded Commander-in -Chief of the Confederate ..Vciny—he has w itnesscd a whole series of Federal Commanders in-Chief (confronting him turn and turn about) " come like shadows"—and—"so depart t" liere is the last of the series of these wonderful Federal Commanders-in-Chief, meaning Gen. GRANT—almost even now, so far as his aggres. sive capabilities are concerned as " catawampously chewed up," to write for a moment in the expres sive Yankee vernacular, almost as " catawampously thawed up" as ever before him was Fighting JOE, or the Young NAPOLEON, or any other of those suck ing Tamerlanes who were to have subdued the whole of the insurgent States, as it were, off hand, and were to have brought the Southerners into a wholesome state of subjugation in the first preliminary taste, as one may say, of a single campaign ! Campaign, however, has (since the first virginal boast of Federalism was uttered) succeeded cam paign, in dreary and most destructive successioa— the Conquering North being even now still at it as desperately and, to all appearance, quite as hope lessly as ever. It was only the other day that the Confederates under LEE were stated to have been compelled to beat a hasty retreat before their formid able assailants, their then all but conquerors, the Federate. Instead of which being really and truly the case—the fact turns out to be exactly reverse ! LEE, so far from beating a retreat, is, on the con trary, beating —the Federate. Hie signal manner of repelling their last attack upon him is thus recounted by the Federals themselves—" After a desperate conflict, lasting throughout the forenoon, the Federals were forced to retreat, with the loss of 1,200 in kilted and wounded." Subse quently he even turns the tables—becomes him self the assailant! And finally, we learn from the seat of war, according to'one of the very last of these telegrams —" On Thursday (the 19th) EWELL gained GRANT'S rear, and attempted the capture of the Federal supply trains. The result is unknown ; but after an hour's hard fighting, in which the Federals lost upwards of 1,000 men, the Confederates returned to their entrenchments." Altogether, a wonderful anti-climax There is no surer way of meeting with imperti nence than to let overbearing nations know that you are afraid of them, and to yield to the demands of encroaching avarice. Our Ministers have given rise to the most hurtful suggestions, and caused the most impertinent remarks to be made concerning us by the German writers. The language which it pleases these good people to adopt is quite extraor dinary, and must surprise even those who are well versed in their tactics and mar ecurres, and are aware of their irritation when opposed in their plans. It is perhaps as well that this sort of poetical justice should exist, for otherwise an encouragement might be given to succeedin e s . states men to follow in the footsteps of our present advisers. After all that they have con ceded and yielded to Germany, it certainly is too bad that insults should be heaped upon them, and indignity be attached to their politics. No seruples of consistency nor motives of propriety and decorum seem to influence or restrain them in their headlong course, and we find the Gotha Gazette has been amusing its readers and the public generally with the summary of all the disagreeable things that have been said and written against England. The title to this combined jumble of precious relics is of a character with all the rest of this transac tion. L. was styled " a straw in her neighbour's eye, and a beam in her own, or the irritation of vir tuous Britain against wicked Germany." The con ductors of this journal cannot really entertain a solid idea of respect, or they would never so grossly insult a nation from whence comes their future King. The Sovereign of their State will be a son of that people they are holding up to scorn and de rision, and it would be as well for many reasons it they feigned a virtue, though they had it not. It must be evident, however, by this time to the dullest capacity that it is quite id.e to expect any consideration from German States, great or small, and that we have entered upon a course which will lead us blindfold to the sacrifice, the immolation of our proudest hopes and most cherished memories, the feeling of being free to hold out the right hand of fellowship to any people we are inclined to serve, and the consciousness that our influence is immense whether we speak in the words of thunder, by lard and sea, or essay the persuasive but potent agency of conciliatory MUCUS and redeeming mediations. One sows that another may reap, has been verified in this instance to a striking extent, for our Govern ment have brought upon us the moat deplorable of all injuries that can befall a State touching its dignity, the annoyance of being ridiculed, with the conviction that the sarcasm cannot be repudi ated. The insolence of uncultivated persons, the withering contempt of jealous rivals, and the preju diced notions of more important personages, may be withstood, but it defies patience and outwits mode ration to think that but for the grossest mismanage ment not a syllable of all this tirade of flummery would have found its way into the publications of the several States; or, if by chance, any attempt was made so to do, it would speedily be arrested, and die a natural death. It is impossible at all times to fathom people's motives, and it really seems almost beyond our discernment to account for the object that these detractors could have, in thus decrying the character of the very country that has so firmly, and fatally for herself, stood up for them through thick and thin. It is to be presumed that there larks somewhere a reason, but what it can be may puzzle the most astute politician and the shrewdest casuist. Per haps even the hardened feelings and selfish machi nations of the Germans have not quite deadened them, or made them indifferent to the growing sen timent of reason and the indignant expressions that ever and anon are manifested in this country touchs lag their proceedings. They think that they will take time by the forelock, and disarm criticism by beginning a vindieation of their conduct before it is asked for, and engaging the most proficient per sons to defend them before they are put on their trial, When that day comes, it will be vain for them to resort to that abuse which is not argument, and unlike many cou n terfeits, cann o t t a k e i ts place for a moment. Such subterfuges will no mo re ava il than more potent weapons of cont ent i on. The good opinion of an honest and independent nation can not be forfeited easily ; but, once lost, it i s a ques tion if it can ever be restored, and certainly it never will be in its pristine integrity and endurance. It is worthy of remark that the errors of our Ministers are constantly bringing insults upon us. The Ame rican press teems with slanders, and its writers have vied with each other as to which shall succeed in heaping the grosse s t a b use , an d casting th e fiercest reproaches upon us. It results from these impertinects know;ng that the chief men in autho rity w ill not resent the insults that are co gra tuitouslyuneffmding n a ti on , Had put upon an we been consistent throughout, and treated unwarrantable demands with the stern denial that they deserved, such an occurrence could not hare taken place. It is by chilly-shallying that so much harm is done, and a timorous vacillating policy always results in the most ignominious manner. When a Government yields one thing after another to arrogant requests and insolent expectations, the men who have resorted to these unjustifiable courses begin to wish for something more ; and whether it i s practicable to accede to their new desires or not, of course it is expected that they should do so with out fait. We heard no more of the French colonel's to exte r mi na t e th e ardent entreaties to be led on assassins in their den, when the reins of power were firmly grasped, and foreigners found that our first consideration was the protection of our own rights and the vindication of our national honcur. Our present Government has made itself despicab o by its abandonment of the weak; contemptible by its subserviency to the strong; and utterly unstatesman like, through the exhibition of prejudices and the strong partiality that marks their conduct. Every where alike do we trace the evil influences, and deplore the fatal consequences of such an unwise and dangerous course; and it will be so lamented, in after days, when the busy generation around us have pissed away and given place to another, who will turn with shame from this unworthy episode that darkens and disgraces the glcrious annals of English history. One of the least disputed branches of modern science is that sanitary knowledge in which our generation has made such surprising advances. Happily since the questions to whose solution it addresses itself are of such incalculable importance to the well-being of the human race, there is very little doubt or uncertainty about what we know. The laws of health are by no means entirely within our ken. We wonder if physiology have not as yet fully unfolded themselves to the most searching or the most intelligent student, but enough has been acquired to enable us, in many cases, to substitute health for disease, ease for pain, and prosperity for wretchedness, by a careful end faithful observance of nature's immutable laws, Fortunately, too, the main principles which now regulate our sanitary legislation do not come within the range of those vexed questions whereon "doctors disagree." We do not find one man of science telling us that fresh air is absolutely indispensable to the possession of health, and another asserting it to be injurious; we are not told by one chemist that pure water is a necessary of life, while his rival informs us that it is more wholesome when deteriorated; neither is there in any dispute as to the beneficial effect of exercise and temperance ; of rest for the feeble and labour for the strong. The importance of drainage, too, occupies a prominent place in all saditory dis cussions and regulations, and certainly no theorist or philosopher could be found bold enough or eccen tric enough to contradict the commonly received notion on this point. But while all sides are thus agreed upon the laws which should as far as possible regulate all matters connected with the public health, Englishmen are ruling over a country where they are not only totally disregarded, but where ever y ag gravation of such neglect which can be occasioned by dirty habits, pestilential customs, and a tropical climate help to increase the evil. The result is a melancholy but convincing proof of the wisdom of the men of science, and a startling evi dence of the consequence of such an outrage on nature's laws in a pestilence that decimates the population. A great part of Lower Bengal has been, we were told, for years afflicted with a mystes rious pestilence. Mysterious it may be in its character and its symptoms, in the choice of its victims or the course of its progress, but mysterious in its origin it cannot certainly be called. When we read of a mud hut surrounded with jungle through which the fresh air never circulates, with a hole scraped near to contain all refuse matter; with a tank in the vicinity in whose slimy and stagnant waters people bathe, wash their clothes, and drink, we need not call any pestilence myste rious except as to the form it may assume. When we add that the ryot who spends his life in the manner described, is buried, when his time comes, in a surface hole near one of these tanks, to be most probably disinterred by wild beasts, we need not wonder, though we may shudder, at the statistics of the mortality caused by the plague. According to the cfficial report, the graves which are made by the 3lahomedans, " are seldom made sufficiently deep to insure the people against poisonous exhala tions from the interred bodies. The bodies lie so near the surface that sometimes, as is well known, they are disinterred by jackals and dogs." The Hindoos, as is well known, court pestilence in an other manner by throwing their dead into the sacred river, to be washed up and down with the tide, an appalling spectacle. After all these authen ticated details, need we marvel that a disease has broken out of so deadly a character that medical skill is perplexed, and the resources of science baffled; that it has gone on increasing in intensity and in extent, until it is calculated that 36 per cent. of the dwellers in the infected part have fal. len from it. Within six years, in one locality, 12,000 inhabitants perished out of a population of 18,000. Large villages, which previously reckoned their thousands, can nowscarcely number hundreds; whole streets are deserted, and places where 30 or 40 persons resided are left perhaps with one solitary dweller. The disease is sudden in its attack, and clings to its victim with fatal pertinacity. But the form or manner of its attack is of comparatively little con sequence. What concerns us to know is how far it lies in our power to stop its ravages by altering the state of things which gave rise to it. It may be true that India presents terrible obstacles to sani tary reform, from the prejudice and indolence of the people ; but how comes it that we have ruled with unquestioned sway for so many years without more progress having been made in these important respects. Indians have learned our language, our sciences ; have studied our abstruse speculations, and entered with interest into intricate controver sies. How is it, then, that they have not acquired a further insight into the laws of health ? We fear the culpable indifference of Englishmen to all matters concerning the interest of Indians alone has much to do with this unhappy ignorance, and yet the condition of public health can never be really a matter of no concern to any part of the popula tion. The fever or the pestilence bred in a Bengal village may darken the City of Palaces; the malaria produced by neglected drainage and accumulations of decaying matter may suit the wealthy Anglo. Indian, as well as the humble Hindoo. It will, no doubt, be a work of time and caut ion to uproot those customs connected with native religious pre judice; but something can surely be done at (nee. Tue religion of neither Hiadoo nor Mahomedan forbids cleanliness ; let us see, then, whether something cannot be done by the erection of public baths and washhouses adapted to the country. If it be objected that there would not be a sufficient water supply for such an undertaking, then there is at once a work for the Government to undertake with which national prejudice and native reli gious have nothing to do. It will be time e nough to say the Hindoo is incorrigible when we have given him the means of clean liness. Then, with regard to the disposal of the dead, nlgetfuors do whatthedeareerau be donelightof a t C o tn hri i s t t ig ia a n te ci t v h i e - We are not reduced to a choice betw een pestilence and revol u ti on unless we choose to makem it so. Those whose reli g i on allows them to bury their wl i t. r iao d int e j' ad should be ass i sted or instruectedtedri; the graves of a proper depth, and to defend th em againstt e la s e attack of wild b easts. Public officers might be appointed to supervise this department. The Hindoos, who must choose between burning the bodies or throwing them in the Ganges present a greater difficulty, but it has been already sug gested that by the erection of places for inerema tion at a safe distance from bumaa habitation the THE ASCOT.—RACE GLASSES (the best). New Bond-street, W., at CALLAGHAN',s 23 A , corner of Conduit-street. N.l3.—bole aunt to Voigtlander, Vienna. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will, both in this week and in next week, be five opera nights, viz., Monday, 1 uesday. Thursday, Friday and 6 aturday Special Extra Night. Mdlle. Lagrua, Mdlle. Adelina Patti ; M. Faure, Herr Schmid, Signori Roneuni, Ciampi, and Tamberlik. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY , ' June 3, will be performed Mozart's opera, DON GIOVANNI. With the following un precedented carat :—Donna Anna, Mdlle. Emilia Lagrua, her fir t appearance in that chancter in England; Zerlina, Mdlle. Adelina Patti; Elvira, Madame Ruderadorff; Dun Giovanni, M. Faure ; Leporello, Signor Ciampi ; 3lasetto, Signor Honconi ; 11 Commeudatore, Herr Schmid;; and Don Ottavio,z;igncr ramberlik. The minuet will be danced by hidlle. Salvioni and M. Despiaces. Commence at half past Eight. ?It tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 10s. Rd., 75., atd ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offie , under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &c. Ilesdd.mes Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Win. Farren, Coe, &c. Wright, Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly l'ower, lull, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECFIT ER will perform HAMLE r THIS EVENING (FRIDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, .)Ir. G. Jordan i. Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h ff; Hoiatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedizg,er, sir. 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 Henrade ; and Gertrufe, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open athalf.past 7, and Hamlet com laences at S. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. pip OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. WT HIS EVENING will be performed THE OLD STORY. Mr. D. Murray. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. NEW THE AT.RE-RO I" AL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manazer, M. B. Webster. Last Week but One of the Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAH. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S BOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; To conclude with TETE AREA BELLE : gessrs..T. L. Too!e, P. Bedford, it. Eemer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. Ai iEsvEsNINBGAaL P i .. N EV . EN L 'IN I G '' . A Mise Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den until further notice In order to give due effect to tuts most remarkable success of the seAson, entirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. hanson and tons, aed Thomps,;n. New drc isscs and appo'ntmerits have bet n preparers for its production.—N. U. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications at the Box-ofil:e, ar rangements have cow been made by which Seats in:y be ob tamed a week in Advani.e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dien Boueicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re-engagementof those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr, an Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular lalmes or Mr. Beojamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Piul Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Harbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny .Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. 3liss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and ori2inal Comely. in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash,ey, Mr. W. Cham 'er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank Matthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. H. Swanborowzh. THIS EVENING. THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanboroup.;ll. After whi.:ll, MAZOLTRKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, Ike. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. r. Thorne. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL& Direct from their own ( JoMerles. Marquis'. 24s. per ton. Double 2 0 s. per ton. T0p239. „ Nut 5........ „ Decp 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbonrne Park-road, W., and i 7, south Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. 711 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENZE, pia be had Every Evening of G. R. GLI:NIE, NEWS AGE:qT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, llyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 3, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock SS Barometer-29.72. Wind—North-East ; fresh breeze, with rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA7.—Morning, 12h. 55m.—Afternoon, lh. 21m. ro-moß.Row.-Morning, lh. 44m.—Afternoon, 2a. 10m. df7f, 'CZ* *Wit THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1864. worst evils would be avoided. Let our Indian Government push boldly forward all public works, especially those relating to a supply of pure water, and to an efficient system of drainage, and with the help of proper precautions as regards the disposal of the dead we shall heir less of decimating pes tilences. FINE ARTS. John Gilbert and J, E, Millais , R,A, Elect, Visitors this season to those apartments in the National Gallery in which the Royal Academy, according to custom, hold their annual exhibitions — s h ou ld ma k e a point of looking in—either on going to, or returning from, that greatest of all the art displays of the year —at tho Messrs. Agnews' Gallery in Waterloo-place, at the Gallery, that is, of the Messrs. Thomas Agnew and Sons, of London and Manchester. They may be always certain of finding, there, something pre-emieently well worth looking at. But, just now, we can pro mise them—if they will but look in and judge for themselves—two especial attractions, an examina tion of either one of which will far more than merely compensate them for the trouble of attendance. In the first place, there is that darling little glory of another season of the Royal Academy, that sweet little lassie of Mt. Millais, (then himself foremost among the Associates, now youngest among the Academicians)—th e little bright-eyed girl in the scarlet cloak, seated in the old green baize pew, listening with her whole face (the prettiest little chubby child-face imaginable) to her "First Sermon!'' Now that, to the amusement even of his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the little lady has dropped asleep at her " Second Sermon,'' according to the companion -picture of her, numbered 13 in this year's catalogue of the Royal Academy, it is delightful to have the opportunity of looking back at her, as she was when first revealed to us at Church, before the soporific influence of the droning preacher's voice had obtained a mastery over her senses by the mere force of repetition. Among the most charming pro ductions of Mr. Millais' wonderful brush, this "First Sermon" is worth studying again and again —is worth studying in all its details, even to the very texture of the rusty old green•baize lining of the pew ! And there—in this very same apart ment, at the Messrs. Agnews' Gallery, there is hung, in sequence, along the walls an exquisite Series of water-colour drawings—filled to repletion with beauties that defy any accurate enumeration of them, Writing ab ou t them now, as we do, of course, merely fro m th e reme mbrance. A truly ex quisite series of water-colour drawings, this is, from the wizard pencil and inexhaustible fancy of John Gilbert ! The series, hero (one admirably well thought of, by the way), being illustrative, stanza after stanza, cf that glorious na tional ballad, ditty, chorus (what shall we call it the most aptly ?), that fine old song about the Fine (.1(1 English Gentleman ! The original of this grind old homely cnaunt of ours, dates back to the days of Jamie the Sixth of Scotland, of James the First of England, and has reference in the very refrain of it to the gallant gentlemen attendant in the later years of her reign at the Court of Queen Elizabeth. The original chorus running in fact thus—" Like an o.d Courtier of the Queen, Like the Queen's Old Courtier." Happily changed long ago to the words as they are trolled out, now, first by the Singer, afterwards in fuller volume by the echoing Chorus—" Like a Fine Old English Gentleman, one of the olden time." And here he is, in all his various and well known aspects, in the midst of all his familiar stir. roundings and associations—as brought out to view, incident by incident, thanks to the radiant colour ing of Gilbert. From the "old buttery hatch," where he is, himself, seeing after the relief of the poor at his gate, down to the mournful funeral pro cession bearing his honoured remains to their last resting-place:through the old churchyard—the His tory of the Fine o,d English Gentleman is rendered visible to us at last through th© agency of John Gilbert's genius. The banquetting scene, where his worship is warming his copper nose with a goodly tankard of unary, in which liquor he pledges the comp any assembled at his hospitable board, is full of picturesque effects of all kinds, among others of expression, of costume, of architecture. The Christ mas revelries in the old hall bring out—to the sound of the footsteps of the dancers, and to the rapid tones of the rebeck, and the droning blasts of the sackbut, and to the mingled harmonies of other ancient im plements of ministrelsie—a long processional per- spective of country dancers as that perspective has hardly ever been brought out before by pencil of artist. For the hilarious influence of the scene here depicted there is only one other scene we can compare it to—written this one, how ever, not painted—to wit Mr. Dickens's inimitable description of that wonderful Christmas-eve dance at old Fezziwig's ! Passing over the other pictures in this brilliant series of John G•lbert's, we are almost tempted to single oat as our favourite amongst them all, the Death Bed Scene, where there are heads hardly unworthy in their way of having been touched into the semblance of life by the hand of Vandyck or of Velasquez. While it is agreeable to note that Mr. Millais' famous picture about the " First Sermon" is in process of being engraved, it is matter of regret to us that nothing seems likely to be done with a view to the popu larising of John Gilbert's series of Drawings about the Fine Old English Gentleman through the mar vellous agency of chromo.lithograhy. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 2. EDUCATION (ENDOWED SCHOOLS). Motion made, and question put, "That this House, having considered the Minute of Council of the 11th day of March, 1864, on Endowed Schools, is of opinion that it does not meet the objections made to the Minute of the 19th day of May, 1563." The House divided —Ayes, 111 ; Noes, 119. ALES—III. Anstruther, Sir H. Greenwood, J. Mundy, W. Aytoun. H. S. Grey deWilton,Lord N cwdegatc, C. Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, Lord C. Baillig, 11. J. Haliburton, T. C. Newport, Visct. Northcote, Sir S. H. Bathurst, Co!. H. Hamilton, M 'or aJ Packe, C. W. Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, J. Pakington, Sir J. Beresford, W. Hartopp, E. B. Palk, Sir L. Bramley-Moore, J. Hay, sir J. Papillon, P. 0. ButlerJohnstone,ll. Hennessy, J. I'. Cave, S. Henniker, Lord Peak, 11. Chapman, J. Ileygate, sir F. -Pee', J. Pevensey, Viscount Clifton, Sir It. Heygate, W. 1-1.- Phillips, G. L. Cochrane, A. D. B. Hodgson, It. Noei, G. J. Cole, H. Hornby, W. H. r°well, F. S. ichard, Cole, J. L. liorsiali, T. B. salt, T. J. Collins, T. Howes. E. Cox, W. Hunmerstone, P. S. Smith, S. G. Smyth, Col. Cubitt, G. Hume W. W E• , • Somes, J. Curzon, Viscount Jermyn, Earl Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Davie, Sir H. H. F. Jones, D. Start, H. G. Dawson, It. P. Kekewich, S. T. sturt, Lt. -Col. - 01. N. Disraeli, B. King, J. K. Surtees, li. E. Duff, M. E. , Sykes, Col. W. H. Dunne, Col. Lawn, n S , ir W E ..i a Edwards, Col. Laagton, W. i ,- " , ' ' Trefusis, C. H. P. Egerton, E. C. Leiroy, A. Taylor, Col. Turner, C. Fane, Col. Legh, W. J. -.-.- n Vandeleur, Col. Farquhar, Sir M. Lennox, Lord 1-1-• G. Vyse, COP. Fitzgerald, W. S. Leslie, W. Waterhouse, S. 1 , loyer J. Watlinolon J. Forester, Gen. Galway, ‘'N. I . j Gallwey, Sir W. P. Malcolm, J. W. Whiteside, l,‘y,nnew. Jl s . v. E. Whitmore, H. Gard, H. S. Manners, Lord • , Gilpin, Colonel Manners, Lord G. TELLERS. ~. ono, Hon. E. Gore, J. It. 0. Miles, Sir W. Graham, Lord W. Mitlord, W. T. h A i d ar d d e y rl . e c y i , , C. B. Ureenall, G. Mowbray, J. IL NOES-119. Adam,W. P. Fortescue, C. S. Norris, J. T. Agnew, Sir A. eibson, T. M. North, F. Ayrton, A. S. Gilpin, C. O'llagan, T. Bagwell, J. Gladstone, W. IL O'Logulen, Sir C. Baines, E. Glyn, G. C. Paget, C. Paget, Lord C. Baring, Sir F. Goschen, G. J• Baring, 'l'. G. Gower, F. L. Palmerlr, Sir H. Baxter, W. E. Gower, G. W. L. Peel, F. Bazley, T. Greene, J. Potter, E. Beamish, F. B. Grenfell, H. R. Powell, J. J. Bellew, H. M. Grey, Sir G. Price, It. G. Black, A. Gurdon, B. Pryse, E. L. Bouverie, E. P. Hadfield, G. Proby, Lord Pugh, D. Bright, J. Millbury, R. Brown, J. Hartington,Marquis Robertson, D. Bruce, H. A. Headlam, T. E. Itobertson, H. Bury, Viscount Herbert, H. A. St. Auhyn, J. G Butler, C. S. Hodgkinson, A. Seymour, Danby Seymour, Dirty Buxton, C. 11 odgson, E. Sir J. V. Caird, J. Howard, C. 'VV. G. Shelley, Cardwell, E. Hutt, W. Sidney, T. Childers, H. C. E. King, I% J. L. Smith, Augustus Clay, J. Kinglake, A. W. Staniland, M. Cobbett, J. M. King - lake, Serf. J. Stausteld, J. Cobden, It. Kingscote, Col. Talbot, C. K. AL Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kinuaird, A. r. Tollemache, P. ,L Collier, Sir R. P. Knatchbull-Ilugess Tracy, C. R. D. Cowper, IV. F. Layard, A. H. Turner, J. A. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lawson, W. Verney, Sir IL Crossley, Sir E. Leatham, E. A. Villiers, C. P. Davie, Col. F. Lefevre, U. J. . Vyner, It A. Duman. G. Lee, W. V eguelin, T. Ar. Dering, Sir E. Lindsay, W. S. White, J. Dodson, J. G, Lowe, R. White, L. Douglas, Sir C. Mackie, J. Williams, W, Dundas, Sir D. Martin, P. W. Wood, Sir C. Enfield, Viscount Martin, J. Wyvill, M. Evans, T. W. Massey, W. N. Ewing, H. E. C. Moncreiff, J. Fitzroy, Lord F. Morris, D. F9 l en H. W. 119rrisp, W. TELLERS. Brand, 11. PunlAr, Sir w. LATEST INTELLIGENCE LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. PARIS, SuNE 3. An Imperial decree has been issued today, according to which rice in grain and in straw may henceforward be imported into France from all countries and under any flag free of duty. Another decree establishes the tariff upon un manufactured gold and platina imported into France at 3 francs per kilogramme, upon gold and platina beaten into leaves at 25fr. Upon unma nufactured silver the duty is fixed at 6c. per kilo gramme, and on silver in leaf at 20fr. On gold smiths' work, gold and silver jewellery, and articles of silver gilt and platina the duty will be Ur. per kilogramme. It is also announced that on and after the Ist July next the price of a telegraphic despatch between France and Bavaria will be 3fr. The Moniteur gives the following account of the Emperor and Empress's visit to Evreux --" Their Majesties, on alighting from the train, were re ceived by M. Janvier, Prefect of the Eure, the pre fects of the other departments represented at the show, and by the Mayor and other authorities at Evreux. Three open caleches with postilions were in waiting to convey the Imperial party to the Exhibition. After listening to a short address from M. Janvier, the Emperor and Empress and Gen. Fleury entered the first carriage, the second received M. Behic, Minister of Agriculture, and M. Boudet, Minister of the Interior; General Mollard, aide-de• camp to the Emperor, and M. Fremy, manager of the ::relit Foncier, and the third the ladies in attendance on her Majesty. An immense crowd had assembled in the streets, and received their Majesties with the loudest acclamations. The Em peror and Empress visited some of the antiquities of the town, and then proceeded to the cattle show and agricultural exhibition, every part of which their Majesties examined with the greatest interest. Their Majesties, after passing upwards of an hour and a half on the ground, re-entered their car riages, and proceeded to the Prefecture, where they partook of lunch, after which the Emperor pro moted the Marquis d'Albufera, Deputy for the Eure, and M. Ave, Captain of the National Guard of Evreux, to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour, and gave the Cross of Knight to M. Le couteux, a breeder of the Calvados, and to two officers of the gendarmery. Their Majesties left for the railway station at about five o'clock, the crowd collected being so dense that the horses could only go at a foot pace. The shouts of "Ave l'Empereur !' Vive l'lmporatrice !' Viva le Prince Imperial!' were most enthusiastic. Before departing their Majesties expressed to the Prefect their satisfaction at all they had seen, and complimented him on the admirable manner in which everything had been arranged under his directions. After their Majes• ties' departure the Prefect proceeded to the Place du Theatre and distributed the prizes which had been awarded to the different exhibitors. In the evening there was a grand banquet of 1,500 covers given by the authorities, and at night the town was illuminated." The Emperor and Empress returned to Pazis in time for dinner. The session of the Senate was brought to a close yesterday, having lasted since Nov. 5, 1863. M. Troplong occupied the chair at the final sitting. After a report from the Marquis d'Audiffret, the Budget for 1865 and the other bills connected with that measure were approved of unanimously by 99 votes. Some petitions were brought forward, but without presenting any particular interest. Baron de Lacrosse, the Secretary, then rose and said:— "In the course of the Session of 1864 the Senate has had to decide on 919 petitions, ad. dressed to its President or transmitted to him by the President of the Legislative Body, to whom they had been sent by persons ignorant of the regulations on the subject, which do not seem to be sufficdently known to the public. Up to the present time reports have been presented on 757 of those 949 petitions, respecting which you have des cided as follows :-131 have been referred to the different Ministries; 22 deposited at the Bureau des Renseignements ; 19 sot aside by the previous question ; 585 by the order of the day ; 13 with drawn by the petitioners; and 12 sent back to the Secretary's Office as not presenting the character of petitions; 935 letters giving notice of the deci sions of the Senate have been addressed to the , petitioners. The Senate has recently heard the very judicious remarks of the President on the subject of pretended petitions addressed to him with doubtful signatures or without the peti tioner's address. All inquiry as to their genuine ness being impossible, no attention can be paid to that category of petitions. Several letters announcing your decisions have been returned by the Post-office, because the persons to whom they were addressed could not be found. This fact proves the existence of the most reprehensible practice of troubling the Senate with the pretended grievances of imaginary petitioners. I have remarked with regret that, during the present session, certain real petitioners have been so ill-advised as to criticise in disrespectful language the reports recommending the previous question or the order of the day. Whoever appeals to the authority of th'6 Senate is bound to accept its decisions, to respect the mem bers who present reports, and to put at' end to the accusations directed against the functionaries inconsiderately or maliciously incriminated in the petitions which called for the severity of the Senate. The service of petitions, which every year assumes greater importance, continues to be performed with scrupulous attention. Of the peti tions inscribed on the general list since the com mencement of the session of 1864, 810 have been registered, bearing 21,015 signatures; 608 were in dividual, 202 collective, 532 were of general interest, 278 concerned private interests only. Reports have been presented on 640 of these 810 petitions ; ,111 were referred to different ministries, 20 deposited in the Bureau des Renseignements, 15 set aside by the question, 494 by the order of the day,' 13 with drawn by the petitioners, 12 sent back to the secre tary's office as not presenting the character of peti tions, and 63 remain over for consideration." M. Rouher, Minister of State, then read an Imperial decree declaring the session to be at an end. The senators then withdrew with loud cries of Vice l'Empereur ! BOURSE, June 2.—Tbe market has not shown much animation, but prices have been well main tained. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 95e., and Mobilier at 1,140 f. Railway Market quiet, but B.rin. The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents .. 93 50 Italian Loan 69 85 Do. end month.... Do. end month 69 90 3 per Cents - Do. end month.... 67 New Mexican Credit A10bi1i0r...,1145 Russian Do, end m0nth....1142 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3375 Spanish Threes.... Credit lioncier 1235 home Debt Roman RAILWAYS• Cash. Account. 865 .. 875 990 .. 990 872 60 .. 872 50 Orleans , 444 . * SOO Worthen .... Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Loa. le, rd North of Spain Saragossa .. 570 .. 571 25 Ditto to Barcelona EOM E. A latter from Rome of the 28th ult., published by the Union, says : " Thu magnificent procession of the Corpus Christi took place the day before yesterday with the splen dour which places it in the first rank of the mar vellous festivals seen only at Rome. The mass of the day was celebrated in the Sistine Chapel by Cardinal Mattei, dean of the Sacred College, and the procession immediately commenced, composed of all the religious orders in Rome, the parochial and collegiate clergy, headed by the bishops, archbishops, and cardinals, all wearing the insignia o their re. spective dignitim After these came the Sovereign Pontiff, borne on the talanzo, and holding the Holy Sacrament in his hands. Behind the; Pope's cortege followed the generals of orders, the Guard, thc Gen. falonier of the Church, with his standard, the Pope's chamberlains, and lastly, the generals of the French and Pontifical troops, accorepanied by the officers of their staffs. After passing the piazza of St. Peter under the splendid colonnade, the proses• sion entered the basilica of the Prince of the Apostles and where the Holy Father gave his triple solemn benediction. The crowd was im• mense, entirely filling the church and the piazza. The ex. King of the Two Sicilies, the Queen Dow ager, the Princes and Princesses of the Royal family of Naples, and Donna Maria Isabella, In fanta of Portugal, were present at this ceramony, with the diplomatic body, and a large number of distinguished Roman and foreign persons. The bad weather, which had prevailed at Rome for some days previously, seemed to have ceased expressly for the procession, for it was no sooner over than the rain came down in torrents, so as to keep every body within doors for the rest of the day. There was another heavy fall yesterday in Rome and its environs, which has caused the Tiber to overflow its banks. The river drifted great numbers of trees, which had been torn up by the roots, and during the day an enormous wooden scaffolding was seen to pass, supposed to have belonged to the works for constructing a bridge for the railway higher up the stream." The Giornale di Roma publishes the subjoined article " Among the calumnies which the partisans of the Revolution are constantly disseminating against the Pontifical Government, we must mention one to the effect that convicts have been released from the bagne of CiviraVecchia, on condition that they would go and recommence their brigandage in the usurped provinces. This falsehood contains its own refuta tion; the Pontifical Government has at heart the wel. fare of the provinces of which it has been deprived as well as of those which it retains; it has released none but men whose term of punishment had expired or whose sentences had been cancelled by the exercise of their Sovereign's clemency. The Piedmontese Government does not understand how justice can be tempered with mercy; and it has already condemned, in the usurped provinces, more than seven hundred persons to the galleys for life or for very long terms, whilst, on the other hand, it has lately released in our provinces forty convicts, who, previously to the usurpation, were condemned for atrocious crimes, seven of them having been sentenced to the galleys for life. The Piedmontese Government has been guilty of the very acts of which it accuses the Pontifical Government, without knowing how, like the latter, to blend impartiality with the duties of justice." The Brazil and River Plate Mails. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Night. The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship Oneida, Captain T. Bevis, arrived at 10 30 p.m., with mails in charge of Commander J. G. Harrison, R.N., naval mail agent, of the following dates : Buenos Ayres, April 26 ; Montevideo, 29 ; Rio de Janeiro, May 10; Bahia, 13; Pernambuco, 15; St. Vincent (Cape Verdes), 23; Lisbo❑, 30. She brings 178 passengers, £5,493 is specie, 6 packages of diamonds, 568 bales of cotton, 1,622 rolls of tobacco, 147 cases of onions, 309 baskets of potatoes, and 52 chests of oranges. Her Majesty's gunboat Sheldrake was at Buenos Ayres on the 26th April. The Spider arrived at Montevideo on the 29:1 from The Forte sailed on the 29th for Maldonado, and the Curlew for Rio de Janeiro. The Triton, Alecto, Dotterel, Satellite, and Stromboli were at Montevideo on the 29th. The Egmont was at Rio. On the outward voyage the Oneida spoke the Julia cif Rio, steering to the eastward. Oa the 29th of May, at 7.30 p.m., in lat. 27.20 N., long. 10.20 Nir,, the Oneida passed the French mail steamer steering S.W.; and off the Burlings, on the 30th, at 5 p.m., the Peninsular and Oriental steamship Ellora, steering south. Advices from Buenos Ayres report that complete tranquillity prevailed in the provinces. Congress was to meet on May 1, but it was doubtful if the re quisite number of members would be assembled in time. The National Government had negotiated a temporary loan of 1,500,000 silver do's. to meet imme diate wants, and a considerable remittance has been made by this mail. The elections for the Provincial Legislature had been discussed by the respective houses, when disgraceful riots and even loss of life cook place; those for the Senate being declared illegal, while those of the Lower House, effected at the same time and under identical circumstances, were confirmed. It was not known what course the Provincial Government would adopt in consequence, bat it was believed that there would be no further disturbances, and that one of the first measures to be considered by the Legislature would be a foreign loan, in order to abolish the paper currency. Exchange on England, .501-,d. per 100 dollars; exchange on France, sf. 28e. to sf. 30c. Hard dol lars, 28.90 currency each. There is no particular news from Monte Video, The civil war continued without any prospect of its termination. Exchange 675. In the Rio coffee market little business was done during the interval from the departure of the Mag dalene on the Bth April to the arrival of the Extre madura on the 18th. In exchange, business for the Oneida, amounting in all to £450,000, including 1;50,000 taken by the National Bank at 274 d., was transacted at 27Zd., 274 d., 271 d., the greater part of which was done at 27td., with conditions of payment, making it almost equal to 271. The market closed very firm. On Paris only 400,000 f. had been reported, and on Hamburgh 13, M. 15,000 at Rs. 660. Discounts re mained unaltered. Freights—England, nominal ; English Channel, 525. 6d. to 555.; Antwerp, nomi nal ; Hamburg, nominal ; Mediterranean, nominal ; United States, 325. 6d. to 405.; Havre de Grace, 50f. 10 per cent. When the Oneida left Lisbon her Majesty's steam frigate Racoon was in port, having arrived, on the 20th inst., from Gibraltar, with Prince Alfred on board. Exchange on London, 90 days, 5311; on Paris, 100 days, 533; on Harcburgh, three months, 472-; ou Amsterdam, three months, 42-1; on Genoa, three months, 528. Address to King Christian. A deputation from Kolciing (Jutland) had audi ence of the King on the 24th ultimo, to present an address to his Majesty, signed by 1,600 persons 01 that town and neighbourhood, designated in the address as "having felt the burdens of the war more severely than any other." The following is the text of the address:— Most Gracious Kiag,—We approach your Ma jesty's throne at a serious moment—at a time when every breast ie filled with apprehension for the future of our beloved fatherland. A suspension of arma has been concluded, and the bloodshed which has already carried mourning into so many families, and made so many hearts heavy with grief, has temporarily ceased. May your Majesty succeed in replacing the armistice by peace ! Most Gracious King I —Although we are all anxious to enjoy once more the blessings of peace under your Majesty's paternal rule, we attach higher importance to the future of the country and independence of your Majesty as a Danish King than to liberation from the pressure of the moment. In the unequal contest which Denmark is carrying on, your Majesty has appealed to the endurance of the people, and this royal word has found an echo in our hearts. We come from a district which hat felt the burdens of the war more severely than any other; but we do not come to complain. Although we wish for peace, we pray to Almighty God for endurance and strength to support the sacrifices which our just cause may further entail. We con clude with perfect reliance upon your Majesty, your house, and your responsible advisers, convinced that your Majesty's government will know how to protect our internal freedom, so deeply rooted in the existence of the people, as well as our good right and our natural independence. May Gcd protect your Ainjesty End our beloved oountry. effnrt ‘-‘ tirmTat HER MAJESTY; BALMORAL, May 31. The Queen went out in the morning with the Princess Louise, and in the afternoon drove with the Princess LeiningEn. The Prince a nd Princess of Wales, The Prince and Princess of Wales, atten&d by the Countess of Morton, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, and Mr. Fisher, left Marlborough Home soon after 11 o'clock yesterd,y morning on a visit to Cambridge. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse took a carriage drive yesterday afternoon. In the evening their royal highnesses went to the Lyceum Theatre, accompanied by Prince Hermann, of Solms-Lich, and Count Schcenburg, and attended by Mdlle. de Gruney and Captain von Westerweller. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are expected to leave Northumberland House to morrow, for Sion House, Isleworth. It is understood that during their stay in the South the noble Duke and Duchess will reside during the greater part of tho time at Sion. 'The Duke of Argyll is expected to arrive in town on the 10th inst., from, as a member of the Cabinet, attending on her Majesty in Scotland. The Duchess of Cleveland had a " small and early" party last night, at the family residence in Curzon.- street, Mayfair. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in Charles-street, St. James's. The name of Lord Mount-Edgcumba was erro neously included in the list of attendances at the Queen's Levee on Wednesday last. Lord Mouut-Edgcumbe was not present at the Levee, The Earl and Countess of Beesborough received the Earl and Countess de Grey, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, and a small party yesterday at dinner at their residence in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. The Countess of Ashburnham's afternoon party this day is unavoidably postponed. The Count and Countess D'Hausscuville have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. Lord and Lady Abercromby entertained at dinner last evening, at Claridge's Hotel, the Earl and Countess Manvel 6 Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady Sondes and. Miss Mulles, Lady and Miss Egerton, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Russell, his Excellency Baron Bentinck, Viscount Duncan, Lady Mulesworth, Sir Henry Cotterell, and Culonel Bourke. THE CONFERENCE.—The Conference met yester day at one o'clock and sat till five, all the members being present. We understand that the German plenipo tentiaries demand the cession of Flensburg and Duppeit while the neutral Powers adhere to the line of the Schley and the Dannewerke as the Danish frontier. It is st a ted that the representatives of Denmark desire that the Ger man Powers and the neutrals should come to an agreement on the subject before asking Denmark to give her answer. A proposal was also made and accepted ad referendum for the prolongation of the armistice 15 days, on the condition that no further extension should take place unless the basis of a peace were agreed to. The Conference will meet again on Monday. CARDINAL WISEMAN IN YORK .—S t. new Roman Catholic church, which has been erected under the " shadow" of York Minster, was opened by Cardinal Wiseman yesterday. It is a beautiful edifice; has cost about £12;000, and has been built on the site of a chapel which had been used for many years by the Catholics. The new church will afford accommodation for about 700 persons, and it is so near the Minster, that Cardinal Wise man some months ago spoke of it as a fresh shoot from the old roots of the parent tree—the Cathedral. The architect of the building is Mr. George Goldie, of 34, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, a native of York. At the opening, yesterday, in addition tv the Cardinal, there were present several bishops and a considerable num ber of priests. There was Pontifical High Mass, the mug° being Haydn's Mass No. 4. The choir was assisted by Mr. lakersall, of Leeds, and Mr. Hinchcliffe, of Halifax. Car dinal Wiseman preached the sermon. After the service ti dijefoter was served in the Concert-room. About 300 per sons, including the Cardinal, bishops, priests, and Jail were present; Lord Herries presided. The chairman, in proposing the health of the Pope, alluded to what he termed the recent visit of a revolutionist,stating it would have been better if the members of Government and others who had taken part in the triumph of that revolutionist bad shown more respect for the feelings of five or six millions of Catholics. There was service in the evening, when Or. Manning presided. TnE BISHOP OF EXETER, who is 78 years of age, conducted the diocesan ordination on Trinity Sunday. The venerable prelate, assisted by the Bishop of Jamaica and the dignitaries of the cathedral, celebrated the Holy Cote' munion. CHORAL WEDDING IN WES➢MINSTER Yesterday Mr. Waterfield, of the Bengal Civil Service, and Miss Louisa Benthall Gay, daughter of the late Mr. James Gay, of Highgate, were married in West' minster Abbey, the ceremony being performed with a ful l choral service. The chants were chosen from those of Beethoven, and a chorale was specially composed for the occasion by Mr. Turk, organist of Westminster Abbey , the words being by the Rev. S. Flood Jones. The bridal procession was headed by the choristers and the officiating ministers. At the conclusion of the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. S. Flood Jones, N .A., Mina Canon, and the Rev. Canon Jennings, the " Wedding Maich" was played, and a peal rang on the Abbey bel ls ' Mr. Waterfield is an old Queen's scholar. BiItFFIELD AND ITS CUTLERY.—It has often been remarked that had the bite on which Sheffield stands been purposely chosen for the cutlery manufactur e s it would scarcely have been possible to have made a bette r selection. Coal abounds on the south and east of the town: . and iron was found and worked i n th e n e i g hb our hood " the time of the Romans. This latter fact does not, perhaP i l stand for much, seeing that wherever the legionaries went they always found good means to forge and sharpen their blades. And the iron of this district has for more than 11 century past been exhausted, or else neglected as valueless compared with that of Furness or Sweden. Coal has also been obtained with greater facility in other localities. I s what, then, is tha special advantage of the locality P It i° to the river system of the aistrict that S.3.effield owes the early and distinct celebrity of its manufactures. The " Sheifielde Thwittol," spok e n o f by Ch aucer , was a ePec'; men of hand-made cutlery. Similar thwittols" soon have been produced elsewhere, had. not the forger' and cutlers of Hallamshire availed them selves of the ru e ' ehanicai power so readily gained from th a rapidly descend' ing streams whose courses we have described.—Oisce IVeek. THE WHIG MOVEMENTS.—We stated last moot that Lord Clarendon had joined the Minis try simply w ith a view to succeed to the Premiership, Since then the stve re , illness of Lord Palmerston has precipitated matters, and , ...; was arranged that as soon as the session was over 14°' Palmerston should resign the Premiership, and thereafter occupy a position in public affairs similar to that whic h Lord Lansdowne so long held. Lord Clarendon was t° b the new Premier. Hence the mutiny of Mr, Gladstone ' He is now aware that the Whigs will not have him at tjle , price which he in his exorbitant selt-conr.ieit has named °' the equivalent for his adherence. His is. another nolo' choly instance of the fate which sooner or later must otterl take every man who abandons principle for the o bjects ° ,l his own ambition. Restless and intriguing., he has forfeits the right to be trusted by any political party which retailF even the semblance of self-respect ; and the ugh his services ma y still be worth the purchasing—as in the middle 06; it was a common thing to hire a mercenary champion th e never can expect to be a leader in that hi g h sense of t t term which the English in s ti nc t r e c ogn i ses a s the nob les position to which a subject c a n legitimat e ly aspire- 014. .- wood. of WORKS OF ART IN THE ONYX MARBL O f ALGERIA.—A large and richly-varied collectio n these exquisite and very interesting specimons, mOl l O tared from one of Nature's most interesting. produeti is now being exhibited in London at the celebrated es t. i lishment of Messrs. Howell and James, in Regent- 00° ,0 The discovery of onyx marble is of recent date, and it Ity ll ' o be remembered was first introdv e Bs ced to English notiee °l.s. of the French courts in the El:hibition of 1851. Di qu i Howell and James at once saw the value of t hi s bealtt o t' iti i and translucent marble, and the tuart:,v purposes o f ° and decorative art to which it might be applied. Th e e t signers and artists of their establishmet it were at oac ° ,_ to work, end have now produced 311 eAtensive vartey,e gem works of art which cannot be equalled in Europe. objects that have been executed comprehend every ir°l o l 3 able work, both for ornamentation and for us e to it:aus'zia, marble is applicable, and range in size from a large J 0131,,, some 4 feet in diameter (the largest specimen of the toilet marble ever found) to the smallest requisite for th e table. The natural beauty of this rare material to I f 4c , much heightened, in the working of it, by the arusazde7 a to have judiciously mingled it with gold, and hence its richness and beauty ; and while the purest _ ti ed, given form to the hundreds of articles which are to r ta!F ri ,..,,, the work has also been executed with more than o 7 . : 0 skill. The exhibitions of M.essrs. Howell and Jamesrel7a always most interesting, but this one possesses. mo i Art usual atiraciions to the admirers of the beituuta and Nature. From the virginal beauty of the 0 :1 00 , itself, and elaborate nature of the gold ornamentati on, manufactures are epecially intended 41 wedditig 111/