The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-13 00:00:00

QTR, SAMUEL MORTON PETO, Bart., M.P.- An Imperial Juggle—Wigrams Wiggins, Sce- Sze.. in FUN THIS WEEK. One Penny. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION BUILDING, SOUTH KENSINGTON. A GRAND MILITARY CONCERT, in AID of H.R.H. the PRINCESS MARY'S FUND for Providing Nurses for the Inmates of the CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM, will beg ven in tte INTERNATWNAL EXHIITION BUILDING, South Kensington (by special permission), THIS DAY (SATURDAY), the 13 h of JUNE. Doors open at Two, the Concert to commence at Three precisely. Under the Immediate Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and Her Royal Highness Princess MARY A )ELAIDE. The BANDS of the hOUSEHOLD BRIGADE, consisting of— The First Life Guards, The S. cond Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards ( ,tlue), The Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, and The Scots Fusilier t .uards, wll perform on this occasion. Ea" See the full Programme, now ready. Admission, 55. ; reserved seats, 7s. 6d. ; stalls, numbered and strictly reserved, 10s. 6d.—Tickets to be obtainel at Mr. Sams' Royal Library, 1, St. James's street, S.W. ; Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Westerton's Library, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge ; Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., 48, Cheapside ; and at Mr. Austin's Ticket-office, St. James's Hall, 28, Piccadilly ; and Tickets of admission may be had at the Building. The Entrance will be from Cromwell-road and the Exhi bition-road. T HEATRE-R6llki„ HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 24th time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter -Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. Followed by (3d time), a new Farce, EASY SHAVING • Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. THE DUKE'S MOTTO. 111_,.:NDRED AIND TWENTY-SIXTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden. H. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3loc.fue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, eunported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G Jordan, J. Brougham, H. %'t iddhombe, F. Charles, Garden, Rarmond, Dawson ; Misses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, lti. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS Mr 'S G THEATRE, Sole Lossee and Manager, . . Vining THIS EVENING, will be presented (16th time), COURT AND CAMP : Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. M ars t on, G. Belmore, G. vim vcarde ; Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mi ss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydiai Thompson. To be preceded by (6th time) a new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. NEW TE EATRE-RO f AL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WILLOW COPSE. Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Stephenson; Miss Woolgar, and Miss H. Simms Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TRO VATORE. Mr ssrs. Toole, P. Bedford, R Phillips, kbnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sari, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing. the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 13, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-29.72. Wind—N.-W. ; fresh, with occasional showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rIIIS DAY.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. Om. To-moußow.-Morning, 12h. 35m.—Afternoon, lh. Om. ' s74. L t . 41444 LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1863. Occasionally some event of second-rate import anee, some incident occurring in the bye•ways of history, possesses au interest not always excited by matters of far greater significance. Such an inci dent took place on Thursday in the marriage of the Duc DE CHARTRES with the daughter of the Prince DE JOINVILLE. It was a marriage possessing no political influence whatever—the marriage of two cousins, grand-children of a deposed sovereign and heirs of a nominal royalty—a marriage of affection, differing widely from those unions of political expediency so cunningly contrived and so remorse lessly carried out by Louis PHILIPPE. The private virtues and the domestic affections of the ORLEANS family have long endeared them deservedly to all, and an event so associated with the hopes and happiness of many individuals of that family possesses on that account some claim upon our sympathy. The great interest of the day, however' was due to the presence of the ex-Queen MARIE A3IELIE. It was her voice, faint and feeble with years and sorrows, that gave at the banquet the health of the yoang Bride and Bridegroom. It was her veuerab.e hand trembling with emotion that raised the first glass " a la sauté du Duc et de la Duehesse de CHARTRES." Round the table were assembled her children and her grand children and with these the English Princes and Ptincesses, together with members of many other Royal houses collected to do honour to private worth and public misfortunes. To one and. all the aged lady, sacred by her sufferings, and sanctified by her virtues, was an object of supreme and especial veneration. Only one opinion, either in this couutry or in that where she once reigned as a Sovereign, has been invariably entertained of MARIE AMELIE. Like our own QUEEN, she has exhibited in a most conspicuous manner how rank may be exalted and even Royalty ennobled by in dividual excellence and domestic virtue. " Honour and shame from no conaition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies." So sung the poet-philosopher, and s o attests the experience of all ages. For eighteen years the consort of Louis PHILIPPE shared the dignities and dangers of his vacillating throne. For eighteen years the diadem and the purple, the sceptre and the ermine, were her appanage, and a crowd of courtiers her obedient servitors. But even then — even in the plenitude of her power, she ranked higher as alAramah re ga rd nthan as a Q uee n. P u bli c opi nion differed viit . to Lou ts P HILIPPE . A t times his astuteness gamed applause, and again his dissimulation excited opinion never but with regard to his Queen, never wavered. One unanimous tribute of respectful homage va s unceasingly awarded to her. Now for fifteen years she h as lived iu exile, and the crown and the th rone have passed away. Her hair is now white with ag e , and but still the sam e h omage and her steps are feeble , admiration —to the credit of human nature be it said—the same homage and respct that surrounded ha- at the 'nineties have followed her ever since. They are, as they have always been, elicited, not by her position, but by herself—the tribute not to her royal rank, but to her Christian virtues. Well might the Bishop of SOUTHWARK, in his im pressive address to the bridal pair, exhort them to emulate the example of their venerable relative—thrice venerable in age, in sorrow, and in virtue. The women of the present age are happy in their instructors. We do not allude to those loud-tongued champions of female rights who some few years back were turning the heads of our fair countrywomen. Queen VICTORIA on her Throne, and Queen MARIE AMELIE in her exile, have taught a better lesson, and the hearts of the people hive responded to it. No despotic Sovereign of olden days was eve: the object of such tender sym pathy and such loyal emotion, as was our widowed QUEEN, when she stood by her husband's statue at Kfnsington; or, again, as Queen MARIE AMELIE, when in the midst of her exiled family she raised her voice to invoke blessings on her newly-married grandchildren. Regarded with these sentiments, suggesting these reflections, the Royal ceremony at Kingston and the breakfast banquet at Claremont —that abode of tender memories and blighted aspirations—is invested with a particular interest, and will be regarded with very general sympathy. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE aas shown his usual good sense in deciding upon the necessity of investigation in the case of Sergeant-Major LILLEY. Lord PAL MERSTON last night stated to the House that " his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief had ar rived at the conclusion that there were circumstances connected with the arrest of Sergeant-Major LILLEY which would render it justifiable, and which re quired that the course taken by Colonel CRAWLEY in the transaction should be submitted to a court martial." Lord PALMERSTON therefore requested that Mr. CONINGHAM Would not pursue his original intention of calling the attention of the House to the af f air, and especially to the memorandum of the Commander-in-Chief. This was a reasonable request enough on the part of the noble lord, since nothing that ensued from the discussion of the question in detail would further the ends of justice so much as the proper military tribunal taking cognisance of the affair. If half what has been reported to have taken place in this affair is proved true, or any of the motives alleged to have been the mainspring of Colonel CRAWLEY'S conduct have actuated him, and can be proved to have done so, it is scarcely possible to credit that any court-martial will stultify itself by pronouncing such a man innocent. Putting aside the notion that the members of the court wish for justice to be done, the pressure of public opinion will enforce attentio❑ and respect. It is to be regretted that Mr. CONING HAM, like many wiser men before him, spoiled a good cause by his precipitancy and undue warmth. It is all very right to take up the cause of the op pressed, and to vindicate the character of those de parted, who have been ill-treated and maligned, but no important services can ever be rendered to others until we can exercise a perfect self-control over ourselves. Mr. CONIN GUAM created great con fusion by his remarks, which were vehement in the extreme, and as ill-timed as they were uncalled for. He said that the Commander-in- Chief of the British army was deeply and gravely implicated, as well as were many other officers. The fact is, Mr. CONINGHAM did not rest satis fied with the intelligence that the original culprit was to be brought to trial. He thought that there was a grand opportunity for a dis play in satirizing the conduct and condemning the decisions of all engaged in this painful transaction. Like all persons who act under excitement, he wan dered from his original purpose. He set out pro fessedly with the intention of bringing Colonel CRAWLEY to justice, but he would not allow the subject to drop when he found that there was a chance of his wish being fulfilled. Of course no result was obtained by this angry d iscussion. Lord PALMERSTON again made a few remarks, in which he very properly animadverted upon the atrange language of the hon. member for Brighton. The noble lord stated that Mr. CONINGHAM stood up for justice, but that "he himself had been guilty of the grossest injus tice in launching out into abuse and condemnation of the Commander-in-Chief without the slightest ground or reason." The noble lord concluded his remarks by stating that the "Duke of CAMBRIDGE stands too high in the estimation of the country and of the army for the admirable attention which he has paid io the interests of the service, and the justice with which he has acted in all that concerns the conduct of the army, to have his character or reputation in the 'east degree affected by the cen sures of my hon. friend the member for Brighton; but I felt that I should not have performed my duty if I had not animadverted upon the course which my hon. friend has thought fit to take. I can assure him that I regret very much that expressions have fallen from him which will do no discredit to his royal highness, against whom they are directed, but will not do much credit to him in the opinion of a discerning and just public." The Marquis of HARTINGTON explained to Mr. CONINGHAM that he had no right to blame his Royal Highness concern ing Paymaster SMALES, since that matter was never brought under the consideration of head-quarters at home; ;it rested solely with the Commander-in- Chief in India. It is very satisfactory to find that some decisive course is to be adopted in regard to Colonel CRAWLEY, and the public generally who have read of his conduct with horror and indigna tion will not coincide with the views of Mr. CONINGHAM, who appealed to Lord PALMERSTON not to make him a scapegoat. It is a misapplica tion of the word to apply it to a man so circum stanced; and if, as Mr.CONINGHAM added,others acted discreditably, it was because they tried to screen and shelter the Colonel. If he is brought to justice, disgrace will attach itself to them without all the violent measures being adopted that alone satisfies some enthusiasts for reform in high places. It is not for a moment to be tolerated that conduct such as Colonel CRAWLEY'S has been, should be allowed to be slurred over. The character of the British army would not suffer it, and the honour of the country would be compromised if injustice and oppression were condoned by silence. It is not surprising that the Indian mail should bring us intelligence of the favourable reception universally accorded to Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN'S Government. A wise and liberal administration can do so much in India, and our administrators, with a few happy exceptions, have hitherto done so little, that it must be with almost as much surprise as gratification that the new financial system is re garded there. Yet Sir CHARLES TREYELYAN, with a modesty which contrasts somewhat curiously with the presumptuous self-complacency of less able men, denies that the credit is due to his labours alone. He is merely completing the work begun before him, and feels honoured by being permitted to carry out the reforms projected by Mr. WILSON and Mr. LAING. His countrymen, while readily conceding to these gentlemen the honour due to their public services, will not the less accord their approbation to the financier who is so ably fulfilling such arduous duties. The enlightened and liberal spirit with which Sir CHARLES is dealinc , with the gmreeraitt iquestion financial i ai public ad m i n w i s o t r r k a :Luis.. a : u p r o stripingm i n ent contrast to the con tracted and sho r t- s i g h te d po li cy which ha s f or so lon g ent er aced every impe di ment i n the way T of private YELYAN look CHARLES to thes and as hi s pr i nc i pal il aprog ress . rule and capital, Si r That money agents in the work o f reform he is not mistaken in so g is proved by the t a rapid effects of European management and 1 in the limited districts whe re it has been a llowed free scope. The valley of Cach et . is now, it is said, owned almost entirely by English settlers under Lord CANNING'S waste land regulations. The native population of the district, who were heretofore engaged in san guinary wars, are now transformed into thriving labourers--their interests centred ;n their new employment, and thus a district which before the mutiny was utterly profitless in point of revenue, and a people who were worse than useless to the State, are happily transformed into a smiling valley of peace and plenty. It is strange that, with such facts before their eyes, men are still found to uphold the old method of dealing with the land, which throws endless obstacles in the very road which it is the interest of the State to make as smooth and attractive as possible. The result is that, in Madras, four-fifths of the land is wild, thanks to the restrictions which virtually prohibit its sale. The returns of public works are no less satisfactory, although from the absence of distinct and separate returns, the large profits made by some of them are not immediately perceptible. The Godavery irrigation canals have brought in large and rapid profits in addition to the incalculable blessing they have proved to the neighbourhood. There is reason to hope that the important work of irrigation, hitherto so grievously neglected, will henceforth receive fitting attention. Sir ARTHUR COTTON, the able engineer who has done good service by his hydraulic works in the Presidency of Madras, has recently delivered a lecture at the Bengal Chamber of Commerce on Indian Works of Irrigation, prior to his return to this country. He accuses the Government of marring the effect of great national undertakings by a false and misplaced economy, bat is nevertheless sanguine as to what may be done by means of hydraulic works in India. He is partially engaged in an extensive scheme which will probably change the whole face of the district in which it is carried out. The original idea belongs to Major DICKENS, but Sir A. COTTON has assisted in the development of the project which is to extend a canal for 170 miles from the waters of the Soane to Allahabad. By another part of the scheme he would undertake to irrigate 2,260,000 acres, as well as send an ample supply of good water to Calcutta, thus giving the City of Palaces a commodity of which it stands greatly in need. The water would be raised to a pressure of 100 feet, by which means the highest houses would be supplied. Another scheme undertakes to water the whole area from Rohilcund to the Ganges, which would be also the means of bringing to the great centres of trade and commerce the produce of remote though fertile dis tricts. The contract for the first scheme we have mentioned, "the Behar project," between Govern ment and the company, has been modified and ap proved of by the Secretary of State, and is now in the hands of the Governor-General. Thus by the introduction of some of that marvellous spirit of enterprise and adaptation, which is so conspicuous a feature of our race, the waste and barren districts of India are likely to be transformed into fertile and profitable lands, while the natural resources of that magnificent country are to be made available to supply its own deficiencies. The outlying districts of our vast empire will thus be brought into communication with each other, While an extended system of irrigation fertilises the parched and neglected soil, the open ing of railways and canals will connect in one un broken chain the most distant and outlying cities and provinces with the chief seats of native and European industry. The easy and inexpensive means of transmitting goods, whether raw material or manufactured commodities, which is offered by an extended canal system, will be as beneficial to the internal trade of India, as the rapid communication facilitated by railways will be advantageous to her social development. Had such works been under taken ten or fifteen years ago the mutiny would scarcely have been possible, or, having broken out, it would have been repressed with comparative ease and rapidity. In the various indications of improv ing trade and brightening commercial prospects we see the dawn of a better day for India, a dawn slow in its appearance and tardy in its progress, thanks partially to ourselves. The great secret of success is to put the right men at the head of Indian affairs—men with enough experience of the past to comprehend thoroughly the peculiarities and difficulties of the situation, and enough perception of the future to shake off the fetters cf old routine, and boldly inaugurate a legislative system adapted to the requirements of the age and to the develop ment of the yet uncalculated resources of India and her people. CARDIGAN v. CALTHORPE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have read with admiration your noble article in The Sun of )ast night on the above trial. A member of the Army and Navy Club, of which the Hon. Colonel Calthorpe is a mem ber, has shown me an extract from the 4th clause of the rules which govern that club, which sets forth as follows :—" If the conduct of an 3 member, in or out of the club, shall be considered, in the opinion of any 56 members, to be unbe coming the character of a nobleman and a gentle man, he shall be called upon to resign." Allow me to ask, through the columns of your inestimable journal, do the members of that noble club intend to allow any man pronounced by the Chief Justice of England of having been guilty of publishing an unfounded libel, impugning the honour and character, as well as the courage, of an officer of high standing, to remain an hour longer a mem ber of their society ? For the honour of the profes sion, let us hope not.—Yours, &c., AN OBSERVER. London, June 11, 1863. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK.—Mon day —Asiatic, at 3d. Architects, at 8. Tuesday—Ethnological, at 8. Statistical, at 8, " Dietaries of Przsoners," Dr. Guy. Wednesday—Horti- cultural, at 1, Great Exhibition. Meterological, at 7, Meteorology of Years 1855 t 0,1862," Mr. Glaisher; "Hurri cane of May, 1862," Mr. E. J. Lowe; " Theory of Vapour," Mr. J. C. Bloxam. Geological, at 8, " Sand- tones of Cro marty and Reptilian Footprints," Dr. Gordon and Rev. J. M. Joass ; "1 ertiary Shells, Jamaica," Mr. Moore; "New Fossil Thecidiuta," Mr. Macdonald; "Sandstones and Shales of Oolites of Scarborough," Mr. Lekenby ; "Am monites of Cambridge Greensaad," Mr. Seeley; " Geology and Mineralogy, Borreo," M. Groot. Thursday—Numis matic, at 7, annual. Chemical, at 8, '• Electrol) tic Action," Mr. Abel; " lodide of lodammonium," Dr. Guthrie. Lin nean, at 8, "Relations of Tanalia," &c., Mr. Blanford ; " British Fungi," Mr. Currey ; "Botanical Collections of Dr. Lyall ;" " Auisostichium, new Genus of Musci," Mr. Mitten. Antiquaries, at half past 8, "Recent Discovery of Human Remains at Pompeii," M. Goldschraidt; " Cranoge, near Baillieborongh, county Cavan," Profes sor Harkness. Royal, at half-past 8. Friday—Philo. logical, at 8, Keltic Races of England," Rev. J.Davies, Saturday—Horticultural, promenade. Society of Arts, at 8, annual dinner —Atheneum. THE OXFORD Music HALL.—We perceive the announcement that " the celebrated Miss Ellison will re-appear at the Oxford Music-hall on Monday next in Auber's comic opera of "La Circassienne." Miss Ellison (better known professionally as Miss Ernst), has already sung for one night at the Oxford since her temporary secession from that establishment ; and her rentree will be hailed with satisfaction by the lovers of pure vocalisation. Miss Ernst excels in florid singing—one of her most legiti mate triumphs at the Oxford having been her facile and artistio rendering of the " Shadow Song" in the admirable selection from " Dinorah." She is not less successful in the light and sparkling music of " La Circassienne." THE SERPENTS OF THE ATMEIDAN.—The Journal de Constantinople states that Dr. Dethier has sent serpents, to the National Exhibition there a model for the restoration of the famous serpentine column standing in the Atmeidan, 3daiwggotuf gonfoeuttofcilte Pala tine Lisinwsekrie in the Turkish capital. In 1453 Mahomet 11., to show his dthexeterity with the sabre, struck off the lower jaw of one of the leaving the other uninjured, but in 1696 all chopped off by the attendants of Count the Allies :wide eex eca:ea:itiezotc , the Polish Aulbassador. In 1848 the upper the Museu m i n so ifror Willing, and deposited by him in sw p wash i f e o h uil la d id .b b y ar A e L th F e ma ins t c i ri w pt h io n n e ethi?r's model is a skilful During the war of the Crimea recorded by Plutar c h. re production of the colu mis its on form, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA AND AMERICA. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 13. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day pub lishes a despatch, dated June 4, addressed by Prince Gortschakoff to Mr. Clay, expressing the Emperor's satisfaction at the reply of Mr. Seward to the proposal of France to join the diplomatic intervention in favour of Poland. The despatch concludes as follows :—" Such facts draw closer the bonds of sympathy between Russia Emperor knows how to oa and America. ppreciatetheflr T m nesshe with which Mr. Seward maintains the principle of non-intervention. VENEZUELA. CARACCAS, MAY 23. The definitive articles of agreement between the Government of President Paez and the Liberal party were signed here yesterday. The modifi cations proposed by General Falcon were accepted without difficulty, and he joins the Government. The peace is received with the greatest satis faction. The above is official. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1863. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 12.—The market opened at an advance on yesterday's quotations, but in a short time after receded, and now show a slight decline, Threes, for the Account, being at 69f. 30c. Mobi lier shares have also declined, The Railway Share Market has not been very animated, but prices have been in general, up to the present time, pretty well maintained, The market rallied before the close, and left off as follows: 41 per Cents .. 97 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 69 45 Credit Mobilier 1225 no, end month 12 21 25 Bank Shares 3450 Credit F oncier ..., 1420 - B.AIII Italian Loan 73 15 Do. end month — New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. — Spanieh Threes Home Debt 'AYB. Cash. Account. Orleans 996 25 .. 1000 Northern . ... 1035 .. 1035 New ditt0...... Lyons and Mediterranean 1040 .. 1041 25 Geneva 450 .. Southern - Western Eastern .... Sardinian .. Austrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa .. 717 50 .. 717 50 Ditto to Barcelona .... 382 50 .. 380 . • . 1N1N8.... PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter, of the Bth, has the following : " We are credibly informed that Count de Bismark does not intend to submit the ordinance of June Ist for the approbation of the Chambers, That and all the other exceptional measures will be abrogated just before the meeting of the Chambers. The ses sion will be made as brief as possible, and after its close the exceptional ordinances will be re-issued. Stich is the pain the Government intends to follow, if no unforeseen incidents occur to render it im practicable ?" THE CAPTURE OF PUEBLA. " The news of the capture," says the Moniteur, "having arrived by an extraordinary channel, the official reports of General Forey cannot reach France till about the 2d July, on the arrival of an English steamer. The regular steamer due at St. N'zaire about the 15th inst. most probably left Vera Cruz on the 15th and 16th, before the fall of Puebla could be known there. According to the private de spatches, the garrison of Puebla capitulated on the 17th, and on the 18th a division of the French army began its march on Mexico." It would appear that the capture of the Fort of Guadaloupe was the immediate cause of the reddi , tion, as the inhabitants were then placed between two attacks, From the 141 May the fire had very nearly ceased. The town began to be in want of provisions, and the inhabitants, who had from the very commencement requested General Forey to spare the public buildings, strongly urged General Ortega to surrender. Negotiations were entered on that same day, and on the third morning follow ing the capitulation was signed. All the Mexican troops were immediately disarmed, and are to be sent, it is said, to Martinique and Guadaloupe until he entire conclusion of peace. The packet which brought the news of the sur render to New York took only nine days to make the passage, as, leaving Vera Cruz on the 22d May, it arrived at New York on the 31st. The North American had left the day before for Liverpool, but passing on June let Cape Race, Newfoundland, she found there the despatch published by the Moni teur, and which had been transmitted from New York by the submarine telegraph. The works before Pueblacomrnenced on the 21st March, and the first fire was opened on the 27th of the same month. In 50 days, therefore, the city, bristling as it did with formidable fortifications, has been reduced. The despatch announcing the fall of Puebla ar rived at Fontainebleau on Wednesday evening about half-past eight, when the Emperor and Em press were still at table. At ten o'clock the town was illuminated, and Bengal fires were displayed in the park. At Paris, last night, the public offices, theatres, and a number of private houses were brilliantly lit up. The capture of Puebla is the great theme of corn ment for the Paris journals of every shade of opinion, all expressing a very justifiable exultation at the successful termination of that very difficult under taking. The Constitutionnel expresses itself in these terms : " Nothing in the Mexican expedition has been able to shake the firmness of the Imperial Govern ment, in the same way that nothing has been able to tire out the heroic constancy of our soldiers and their chiefs. Once more the French army will have proved that to its traditional qualities which have never been more brilliant—enthusiasm and impe tuosity of courage—it knows how to unite patience in long trials and force to resist all the rigours of climates and seasons— it knows how to prepare and wait for victory. We never were for a moment discouraged by the male volent inventions of a certain foreign press, and the calculated alarms of some French journals. During the last few days, even at the moment when sinister reports were being redoubled, we made it our duty to lay before our readers information that could be relied on, and explained all our reasons for counting on a speedy and decisive success. The can non has again resounded at the Invalides announc ing the feat of arms which will be a glorious date the more in the history of the Second Empire. The subjoined extract is from the France : " To the just pride of this great feat of arms is about to be added throughout the whole of France a profound admiration for our soldiers. When an army has only a frontier to pass—when it fights on the Rhine or on the Alps, its task is easy even amidst all the fatigues of war; it feels the heart of the coun try near it; it hears its voice and the sweet echo of its enthusiasm. Material resources are within reach, and supplies and reinforcements may in a few days prevent or repair checks. But at 4,000 leagues from France, a considerable army is isolated from all the moral forc es w hi c h suppor t soldiers ; it is sepa rated from all th e i mme di a t e s u ccours whi c h, at certain moments, may decide its fate. It struggles far away from those persons whose glance excites noble ambitions; it dies far from the sympathies and reminiscences which soften the agony of fields of battle, and a di s t ant l an d covers g lorious re mains which it will never restore. Under those painful conditions, the French army has displayed qualities which our military history perhaps never before had the opro minently forward. pp i o u rt o u th ni e t r y p o l f ac b es rin it gi h n a g d admiration for its dash, its intrepidity, and that contempt of danger which astonishes and daunts enemies even when they do not give way. But in socaused Mexico, the French army has more particularly distinguished itself by its patience and its firmness, which no fatigue and no disappointment have been able to discourage." The writer then refers to the heavy task that still lies before the French troops, and ex presses the opinion that the cost of the war ought to be paid by the Mexicans. He says : "We have now triumphed over the most serious obstacle of our enterprise. Henceforth the flag of France floats over the walls of Puebla. The sur render of Gen. Ortega with 18,000 men is the pre lude to the fall of Juarez. Puebla opens to us the road to Mexico. Shall we meet with fresh resist ance ? That is not impossible. Under any circum stances it is from the present moment rendered powerless. The sword of France, before which Puebla has just fallen, will be the instrument for emancipating Mexico. The work was immense. Our allies had abandoned us, and we remained alone in face of a responsibility on which weighed the rights of humanity and the interests of civilisa tion. The work is now near being accomplished, The Emperor, who has raised our national gran deur so high, has just elevated it another step. We think, however, that we are only responding to the public feeling in expressing the wish that it may not be sterile, since for so many sacrifices of men and money we have a right to compensation. Under another regime, it was said that France was rich enough to pay for her glory ; that was easy to be understood, for, as she had but little, she had not much to pay. At present the case is very different, and we should have too much to pay if we were to support the cost of our glory. Let us levy it there fore from those whose insolence is now undergoing the just chastisement inflicted by our victories.' The Nation employs the following language : " Have our armies ever been known to fail under the walls of any town, whether called Pampeluna, Sebastopol, Magenta, or Solferino ? Victory every where attends the three colours, and victory is ever rendered valuable by those progressive principles which exist in our character as in our national tra ditions. Those principles, which guided our gene rous policy in Italy, will open to Mexico a new era of prosperity and grandeur. The Mexican nation is not with Juarez; it endures his yoke, and trembles before his myrmidons ; but the day of de liverance is at hand; let Tampico, Sonora, Mexico, and Monterey learn the fall of Peubla, that rampart of a grasping despot, and the whole country will rise as one man to welcome our soldiers. The Roman legions, on their return from those distant expeditions in which their eagles marched to con quest and to the deliverance of nations, gave to the Scipios, Fabiusee, or Caesars, glorious surnames which history has handed down to later ages. Mexico, in her gratitude, reserves a like glory for the name of him who shall have delivered her; she will call him the Liberator." The Monde expresses the opinion that the success in Mexico will greatly argument the influence of France in South America generally. It says : " The Mexicans have defended themselves with courage, and everything shows that General Forey has acted with as much energy as ability. The result decides the whole question of the campaign. The Mexican army has lost its beat troops, and cannot henceforth offer any serious obsta cle to the French. Whether we go to Mexico, or whether we spare the Mexicans the annoyance of seeing their capi tal occupied, we are prepared to realise the plan which had been conceived when we sent an army to Mexico. If our victory has been attended with labour it leaves us in Mexico with a more imposing force. The malevolent reports wh , ch had been given by the English journals are thus contra dicted in the most striking manner. France will learn with legitimate pride this triumph of her arms in so distant an enterprise, and which has been represented by many per sons as surrounded with insurmountable difficulties. This glory compensates for painful sacrifices ; it secures to us in Mexico and in South America an influence from which we ought to derive an advantage for France and in the inte rest of the American equilibrium." _ _ Both the Siecle and the Opinion Nationale rejoice that the fall of Puebla has occurre a at this critical moment when the cause of Poland calls imperatively, they think, for more vigorous measures than mere negotiation. The former journal has the following : " To the legitimate pride which must be inspired by this fresh triumph of our arms, the country will unite a parti cular feeling of satisfaction in thinking that the capture of Paebla has ens the termination of an enterprise the object and bearing of which excited uneasiness in every mind. It is scarcely probable that Juarez will continue an impos sible struggle. In a short time we shall have signed at Mexico a peace glorious for our arms; our honour being avenged, our fellow countrymen indemnified, and their in t erects protected for the future ; our brave army will return, and repose in the bosom of the country from the fatigues and perils of a campaign, all the movements of which every Frenchman has followed with the most lively and constant interest. When relieved from the weight of the war of Mexico, our finances and commercial transactions will ac quire a fresh impetus. The situation moreover in Europe is grave ; France, when relieved from an expedition which threatened to absorb a part of her forces, may speak more loudly and extend her arm farther." The subjoined is from the Opinione Nationale:— " We rejoice at thisimpatiently expected success, although we have always disapproved of the Mexican expedition. We rejoice at it, because, when once war was undertaken, France could only return victorious from those distant shores ; because the capture of Puebla allows us to hope for a solution which will terminate the expenses of this hazard ous war, and lastly, because France requires at present more than ever to have in Europe complete freedom of action and of movement. The Polish affair, in fact, which is, of all other foreign question•, that in which our moral and material interests are most deeply involved, appears ready to quit the diplomatic phase, in order to enter on a period of the most energetic coercive means." THE POLISH REVOLUTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Polish Fund Committee, Sussex Chambers, 10, Duke -street, St, James's, June 12, SIR,—I am directed by the Polish Fund Com mittee to forward to you the enclosed copy of a communication which they have received from the Polish Committee in Paris, and to request that you will have the kindness to give it publicity in the columns of your journai.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES SZULCZEWSEI, Secretary. POLISH COMMITTEE IN PARIS. MY LORD.—The national Government of Poland, with the view of rendering more useful and efficient the generous assistance lent to her cause by the numerous societies established in different countries of Europe, has just named a committee in Paris whose duty it will be to correspond with those societies, and who will alone be authorised by the National Government to receive all the funds that may be subscribed. In conformity with a special decree the committee is composed of Prince Ladislas Czartoryski, Messrs. Severin Galezowski, President of the Polish National School at Batignolles ; Joseph Ordega, ancient delegate of the Na tional Governme.nt ; A. Guttry, deputy of the Grand Duchy of Posen; and Achilles Bonoldi, delegate of Lithua nia, who will act with the concurrence of M. L. Wolowski, member of the French Central Committee for the cause of Poland, and Count Xavier Branicki, President of the An cient Polish Relief Committee. Tho National Government, whilst expressing its grati tude for the active sympathy of the French, English, Bel gian, Swiss, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Italian, and other committees, as well as for that of the piiblic journals, who have kindly offered to receive subscriptions, requests the continuance of this work so nobly commenced. It further begs of them to place themselves in communi cation with the Polish Committee at Paris, and to forward the monies collected to the secretary, Mr. Joseph Ordega, 8, Rue des Petites-Ecuries. In virtue of the same decree of the National Government, all other committees formed by the Poles abroad shall cease their operations from the present date. Henceforth no Pole shall be allowed to collect funds destined for Poland, unless provided with a special authority from the Polish Committee in Paris, unaer the national seal. The undersigned members of the committee hasten to acquaint you with this organisation. ACHILLES BONOLDI, ALEXANDRE GLITTRY, XAVIER BRANICKI, JOSEPH ORDEGA, L. CZARTORYSKI, L. WOLOWSKI, S. GALEZOWSKI, To the M , ,st Honourable the Marquis Townshend, President of the Polish Fund Committee. PARIS ; May 28, 1863, No. 8, Rue des Petites Ecuries. PRINCE ALFRED.—Lieutenant his Royal High• ness Prince Alfred joined her Majesty's screw cor vette Racoon, 20 guns, Captain Count Gleichen at Ports mouth yesterday, as her junior lieutenant. His Royal Highness paid a visit to Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Sey mour, G.C.13., Port Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, Rear •Admiral G. Elliott, superintendent of the dockyard, and to the Royal Naval College. His Royal Highness afterwards returned to town on short leave. About the 20th inst. the Racoon will sail for a three months' cruise on the coast of Scotland, at the close of which Prince Alfred will commence his course of study at the Royal Palace of Holyrood. HER MAJESTY. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO THE EXHIBITION. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 12. The Queen paid a second visit this day to South Kensington. Her Majesty left Windsor at half-past nine in a special train by the Great Western Railway, and drove from the Paddington terminus to the western entrance in the Exhibition building, 5.n Prince Albert-road. Her Majesty was here received by the Royal Commissioners of 1851 ; by Mr. Bow ring, secretary to the Commissioners ; Captain Fowke, who designed, and Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, who erected the building. Her Majestyspent a considerable time in visiting the different parts of the building, and hearing ex planations as to the mode in which, if purchased by the Government, it was proposed to appropriate it, in which her Majesty was deeply interested. Her Majesty then passed again through the Hor ticultural Gardens, and by the Prince's statue to the conservatory, and left by the entrance in Kensing ton-road. Having paid a visit to Baron Marochetti's studio, where her Majesty remained some time, her Ma jesty left London soon after twelve, and arrived at Windsor at 25 minutes before one. However trying these visits may be to the Queen, her Majesty will be deterred by no fear of personal pain or fatigue from seizing every opportunity of marking the warm interest she takes in works to which the Prince Consort devoted so much time and labour, and of joining as she may in whatever tends to do honour to kis memory. Her Majesty was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Princess Louise, and attended by the Marchioness of Ety, Lady A. Bruce, Lieutenant-General Hon. C. Grey, and Major-General Hon. A. Hood. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, left the Castle this morning for Portsmouth. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales honoured Mr. Heath with a sitting for his photograph yesterday morning, at his rooms in Piccadilly. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess De Grey and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, went to Twickenham to visit the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and partook of a dejeuner with their Royal Highnesses. The Prince and Princess of Wales dined in the evening with the Duke and Duchess of Northum berland at Northumberland House. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Coantess De Grey, Lieut. General Knollys, and Lieut.-Colonel KepFel. Banquet to the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland gave a magnificent fete last evening to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at Northumberland House. The band of the Coid• stream Guards, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, was stationed under a pavilion in the garden in the rear of the mansion, by which way it was arranged that the illustrious visitors were to arrive. The St. Martin's division of the Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Parsons, consisting of the 13th and 14th companies, was in attend ance to act as a guard of honour. Their Royal Highnesses arrived at a quarter past eight o'clock, and were received with all the hon ours due to their exalted rank. The Duchess of Northumberland received them as they alighted from the royal carriage. Their Royal Highnesses were conducted to the reception-room, the military band playing the National Anthem. At the banquet his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales sat o❑ the right of the Duchess of Northum berland; the Princess of Wales and Prince Alfred occupying seats on the opposite side of the table. In addition to the illustrious guests there were pre sent : The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of St. Albans, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Dukeof Rutland, the Duke and Duchess of Wel lington, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Westminster, the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield, the Earl and Countess of Warwick, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl De Grey, his Excellency M. de Bille, the Bishop of London, Lord Redesdale, Lord Harris, Lord and Lady Leigh, Lord and Lady Wenlock,Lord and Lady Chelmsford, Lord and Lady Lovaine, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Sir Watkyn and Lady Williams Wynn, Sir Michael and Lady Octavia Shaw Stewart, Hon. Charles Bertie and Mrs. Percy, Lieut.-General Knoliys, Lord Justice J. K Dien Bruce; the Countess de Grey and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, in attendance on the Prince and Princess of Wales, and Major Cowell, in attendance on Prince Alfred. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam• bridge and the Princess Mary, with the Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purvis, arrived shortly before half-past ten. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, with two gentle men-in-waiting, arrived at half-past ten, and was soon afterwards followed by his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Reus Schleiz, attended by Lieut.-Col. Du Platt and Capt. Hilldorff. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Col. Tyrwhitt, arrived later. The royal visitors alighting were conducted to the reception room. The Duchess of Northumberland, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Alfred; before proceeding to the saloon, which was prepared for dancing, assembled in the state dining room or reception room. The Prince and Princess, at half-past 10 o'clock, passed through the ante room to the grand staircase. Theit Royal Highnesses, accompanied by the noble hostess, entered the crimson drawing room, while the military band in the corridor played the cus tomary National Anthem. Seats, set apart for the members of the royal family, were provided on the north side of the room, and after some of the visitors had formed dancing commenced. In an adjoining mom ices, coffee, and the lighter refreshments, were furnished throughout the night. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Alfred, having thanked the Duchess of Northumber land for the Princely hospitality they had received, and expressing their regret at the absence of the noble duke, retired shortly before 1 o'clock. The St. Martin's division of the Queen's (West minster) Rifle Volunteers remained on sentry until the deyArture of the royal family. vs*.e" ( 0 • •**" CimlTar The King of the Belgians. e are rejoiced to learn that the King of the Belgians has been pronounced convalescent. MR Majesty has submitted to two operations by Mr Henry Thompson, of University College Hospital, which have resulted in the most perfect success. His Majesty has so far recovered that he now takes daily exercise, and may be expected ere long to be in better health than he has enjoyed for the past two years. His Royal Highness the Comte de Paris gave a grand banquet at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday evening in celebration of the marriage of his brother (his Royal Highness the Duke de Chartres) with her Royal Highness the Princess Francoise d'Orleans. His Royal Highness, who was sul.ported by his Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier, their Royal Highnesses the Princes Philip and Augustus of Saxe -Coburg, and his Royal High ness Prince Fhilip of Wurtemburg, entertained (among others) the following distinguished g uests :—Count Roger, Count de Flora. Viscount d e Bondy, Baron de Chaulin, Viscount Daru, Viscount de Segur, Count de la Redorte, Count de Beauvoir, Colonel Solis (in attendance on his Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier), Captain Mor hain (in attendance on his Royal Highness the Count de Paris), Dr. Gueneau de Mussy, MM. Aeseline, Lange!, Edouard, ecc, LITERATURE. La Soreiere ; the Witch of the Middle Ages. From; the French of J. Michelet. By L. J. Trotter. One vol, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. It would not be in any way extravagant to remark of the author of this book—not of the translator, observe, but of the original author of it—that his reputation stinks in the nostrils of Europe. It is a name that is nothing less than a brand upon a title page. His offence, like Hamlet's stepfather's, is rank and smells to heaven. The most notorious among all his writings—a miserable, tainted, loathsome work in itself and in its influences—the pitiable pro duction known under the title of " Priests, Women and Families," has now for a long while past rendered the name of Michelet in all parts of Chris tendom an object of abhorrence. That the man is clever, that he is a scholar, that he has erudition, that he has many of the more seductive gifts of a master rhetorician, there can unhappily be but little doubt. It is the fact that there are these pecu liarities about him that renders his influence so pernicious, wherever his influence extends. Never has there been a more odious perversion of intellec tual capacity, we believe, than has been witnessed throughout his literary career. He is the Evil Genius of French literature. His standish is the can dron from which he draws the hell broth of his incantations. His pen is the wand of malign power with which he exercises his only magical influence over the minds of his disciples, that wielded through the black magic of a profane and salacious imagination. Here, in this horrible work, entitled "La Sorciere," is the very latest ebullition of that unhappy fancy seething and boiling over the pages with a certain hot, lava-like eloquence, bat scathing and blasting and withering all around it as it flows. The notion of the work is from first to last extravagant. It throughout seems to be avowedly and flagrantly maiific. Instead of calling to his aid the good angels —the writer appears to be here bent upon summon ing to his assistance only swarms upon swarms of diahlerie. Chapter after chapter, as we read, the ground we traverse, is the reverse of the holy ground of fairyland. It resembles more exactly than any fairyful region we can recall to mind the " blasted heath" where those " dark and midnight hags," the three Witches, confronted. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, the Thane of Cawdor, the murderous King of the Hereafter. Only that, instead of three Witches, we have legions upon legions of them—till the ground is black with them, the air is filled with them, they swarm upon the scene, and pollute our imagi nation with the mere remembrance of them. It is for all the world as if the hellish revelries of the Jung frau, all those riotous abominations of the Walpurgis, that even the daring genius of Goethe veils over with the densest shadows of midnight, were recounted and minutely depicted in all their hideous abandon ment in the glare of noon-day by the brazen auda city of this horridly uncompromising Frenchman. How even a Michelet could pen the book, in the first instance, is scarcely comprehensible to us. Much more is it matter of amazement that he should with cool deliberation revise 'the original manuscript, carefully correct the proof-sheets, and phlegmatically commit the baneful volume, not, as he ought to have done, to the flames, but to the chance perusal of any one who lists to read it. We regret very much that the industry and skill devoted by Mr. Trotter to the task of its translation, should have been expended upon a work in itself so intrinsically worthless and so utterly perishable. As a literary production we cannot but look upon it, as we have before had occasion to do upon the rest of its author's compo sitions, as another apt illustration of that grizzly phantom floating by Coleridge's " Ancient Mariner" far away upon the rotting sea—to wit, " The Nightmare, Life in Death !" For if La Sor dere has not come into the world of letters still-born, it has opened its purblind eyes to the light in a condition (we cannot but exult to think) decidedly moribund. Not a hand need be raised against it, to destroy it. Exposure, simply exposure, will prove quite sufficient to be the death of it. SCOTCH MORALITY.—Two men, named Donald Maclean and Kenneth Urquhart—the former an elder of the Free Kirk—have been committed for trial at Dingwall, Rom3•shire, for exhuming the body of a begga r, named Ross. It is stated that Ross was afforded shelter in Maclean's house, and died there. The body was duly buried, but Maclean having heard a good deal of the large sums sometimes accumulated by beggars, made a compact with his neighbour to have his bDdy dug up and searched. DESECRATION OF MILTON'S REMAINS.--Ac cording to Todd, the remains of Milton were attended to the grave by all his learned and, great friends in London, not without a friendly concourse of the vulgar. He was bUried next his father, in the chancel of St. Giles, Cripplegate. In the month of August, 1790, the spot where his body had been deposited was opened, and s corpse, hastily supposed to be his, exposed to public view.. There was a tradition in the parish that his remains were laid under the spot where the clerk's desk had formerly stood in the chancel; and curiosity being excited on the subject, the vestry clerk, churchwardens, and others, opened the grave, in which they found a leaden coffin, lying over a wooden one, imagined to be that of Milton's father. The ground was immediately closed, but opened again the next morning, the overseers in the meantime having caroused over the dis covery, and resolved to turn it to account. Cutting open the leaden coffin, they found a body in its shroud, and believing it to be that of the poet, they extracted the, teeth, cut off the hair, which was six inches long, combe d' and tied together, and then left the scattered remains to the grave-diggers, who were permitted to exhibit them fo r money to the public. Mr. Neve, of Furnival's-inn, sv ii° published an account of the transaction, was satisfied that i the body was that of Milton, while others contended that t was a female corpse, relying in part as a proof of this on the long hair; yet we know that Milton always wore his hair long. Stevens particularly lamented the indignity sus: tained by the venerable relics, though he doubted their identity.—London Scenes and London People. M. DU CHAILLU'S GORILLAS.—The valuable col lection of objects illustrative of natural history, formed by M. du Chaillu during his travels in West Equa torial Africa, was sold yesterday by Mr. J. C. Stevens, at his auction rooms, in King-street, Covent-garden As the collection included the stuffed skins of several of those gorillas respecting which such a lively controversy was carried on a short time since, there is no wonder that the saleroom was crowded during the day, and that the event created great interest amongst students of natural history, curators of museums, and private collectors. Besides the gorillas there were sold some chimpanzees and other mon keys, and animals with their skeletons, and some beautiful and rare bird skins ; but many of these were not collected by M. du Chaillu. This gentleman's collection did not number more than 100 lots, the principal of which were the following, as described by the catalogue " Magnificent series of gorillas, male, female, and young, in fine condition, the two adults beautifully prepared by Mr. Wilson, the eminent taxidermist, skeleton of male nearly complete, skeleton of the female complete, and skeleton of young male complete." They were bought by a private gentleman for £IIG. Other lots sold as follow :—Skin and skeleton of female gorilla, adult, £2O ; skin and skeleton of young gorilla, £lO ; a complete adult skeleton of male gorilla, quite perfect, articulated, £32; a do. female, £18; a do., £lB ; a magnificent chimpanzee, the largest in Europe, with the skeleton, complete, £18; skin and complete skeleton, of baldheaded chimpanzee or ape, £10; do., young, Q ; Xel 10s. Many of the skeletons were bought for the Co l iege of Surgeons. In the second collection offered the , principal lot was a skin of the aye-aye, from Madagascar (Chiromys Madagascariensis), containing the skull, nearly perfect, and the bones of the limbs. This was described as the first specimen of this extremely rare and curious animal ever offered for public sale in this country. It realised £l2 10s. Some beautiful specimens of skins of Indian pheasants, used for adorning ladies' outdoor headdresses, were sold at good prices, some commanding £2 each. CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—Tbe final deposit of £5O a-side, making the £2OO a-side for the Championship of the Thames, between Robert Cham bers, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Champion of the Thames and Tyne, and Richard Green, of Port Jackson, Champion of Australia, was made good on Thursday evening at Henry Kelly's, the Bells, Putney, where Green is staying. Both men were present, as well as Kel.y, H. Clasper, Winship, Laidler, and many other celebrities. The resolution on the subject of Poland which Mr. Hennessy intends to move in the house of Com mons on Monday week is as follows :--" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, thanking her for the communication of the Correspondence on the Affairs of Poland,' expressing the regret of the house at learning from that correspondence that the Emperor of Russia has vio lated the treaty of Vienna, and set up a claim to so vereignty in Pola n d di rect l y a t var i ance w ith th a t t rea ty, and earnestly praying her Majesty, while refusing to recognise that claim, and solemnly protesting aglinst it, to adopt such measur?s, in concert with other power, as may combine the pres!i:va- , tion of the legitimate rights of Poland with the conditions of a durable peace."