The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-01 00:00:00

JU E 20t h. -S T. ES'S HALL. Under the Immediate Patronage of Ris Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES, and Her Royal Highness the PRINCESS of WALES. Mr. ENE DICT begs t announce his ANNUAL GRAND MORNING CONc.rErtrf, to commence at hell-past 1 o'clock. Mesdames Carlotta Patti, Volpini, Louisa Liebhardt, 13,tte.heim, Meyer Dustin:eon, En. quiet, Sainton-Dolby, Weiss, G-, orgi, C Georgi, Louisa Vr.nning, Emily r_;•.'oiclene, Lines artorelle, Parepa, Signori Gardoni, Bettini, Delle Sedie, Messrs. Sims Reeves, Weiss, Santley, Herr Fricke (from the Royal Opera, Berlin), the Vocal Associ.tion— two hundred voices, Herren Joachim and Wieniawbki, Piatti, Miss E. Ward. Mast.r F. H. Cowan, and Mad ,me Arab, Goddard will appear. Concuctors Arditi, Be edict, and Alfred Mellon. At the Piano —Messrs. Lindsay Sloper, IV. Ganz, Frank Mori, A. Randegger, F. Brener, Harold Thomas, C. Harg - itt. and Geort - .:e Lake. Mr. Benedict's cantata, " Richard Ccour de Lien," and a selec tion from his t.4eretta, "The Bride of Song," will be per formed on this occasion. Owing to the arrangements not being - completed, the full pro-zramme cannot be published until IV. dnesday. June Sth. Early applizaHon is solicited for the few remaining stabs. .lieserveu Seats, 10s. tid.; Un reserved Seats in Area or Balcony. ss. ; Gallery, 3s. Tickets can be I btained at all th Libraries and Musicsellers ; ; , t Austin's Ticket Office, 2Q, Piccadilly ; an.: at Mr. Benedict's, 2, Manchester. square, W. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will, both in this week and in ,next week, be five opera nights, viz., Monday, uesdal7. Thursday, Friday, and batarday. Extra Night. Mille. Adelina Patti ; M. Faure ; Signor Nandin. TO-MORROW P.VENING (Thurpdar, June 2, will be performed BedinPs Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, 3ldlle Adelina Patti; Lisa, Madame Tagliafieo ; Tereea, 3ldlle. Anese ; Rodolfo, 31. Faure ; Alessio, ignor Polonmi ; NOtan, Signor RO9Bl ; and Eivino,Signor lei audio. Conductor, Mr. Costa. After which, the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Despla- Des, entitled L'ile Enchantee. Supported by .lldlle. Salvioni, Carmine, Mille. Navarre, Md,le. Assunta, -)esPla" ces, and Mr. W. H. Payne. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre ata ls, 10s. 6d ~ 7g., and amphitheatre, 2s. Bd. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic,.! under the portico ot the tnealre, which is open from ten to five, and at tile 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, Rovers, Clark, IV eathersby, ; Chi ppen dale, Buckstone , Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which. the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Win. Farren, Coe, Szc.; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. IN ell)* wer, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conc:ude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HA3ILEr THIS EVENING (Wednesday). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, 31r. G. Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. V'. Charles ; Messrs. W 3Plntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M lienrade ; and Gertrule, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half-past 7, and Hamlet corn mences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. Alter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining ; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walser Lacy. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. NEW Sole Proomitor and rdanaaor, M. B. Webster. Last Week but One of the Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAb. THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S 1101.; SE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, 13iilingt,m, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; mrs. To conclude with T HE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, et. liornet, Miss Woolgrar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN.—L E A H.—THlo EVENING and EVE ItY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish mnden until further notice. In order o give due effect to this most remarkable sums' of the se,son, entirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. itanson and Eons, and Thompson. New dr, ss;:s and appo ntments have be. n prepares for its production.—N. V. In consequence of the pressing and numerous Applications at the Box-offf te, ar rangements have EOW been made by which Seats m y bo ob tained a week in Advan.e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. nader the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Diun Boueicault .Esq., every Evening. Be-engagement of those ce ebrceii . aud popular artistes, Mr, an Mrs. Charles Mathi.:w-s. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the ropular names of Mr. Betjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr..'. Clarke, Mr. P,iul Bedford, Mr. F. ,sobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mips Harbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. ;:iimms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, ➢Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, and Mrs. Stirdng. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. _ . At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and orkinal Come iy in 5 acts, by Dion Boucteaulr, entitled Tkiii; 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, anti Miss henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At io, OUT OF SIAIT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank Pi ritthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanhorouzh. THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Ewanboroug,h. Alter which, 3IAZOITEKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. 1 1 . Thorne. Commence at 7. COALS.---r he LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL S. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 24s. per ton. Double.. 201. per ton. Top 23g . 9 1 IN uts... ... lB3. „ Deep 2lB. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent 11HE THiRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing: the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, imu es had Every Evening* of G. tt GWIE, NEWS AGE7.ZT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, llyde-park. The Weather--Sun Office, June 1, 1864. --+ - THERMOMETER. • TMs day at Two o ' c l ock Barometer-29.68. Wind—East ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS D A L—Moraing, 11h. 26m.—Afterzoott, Ilh. 58m. 12 . m. — Aftatmoon, 1211. 26m. r TAO RR OWe IV ()ming, :TT : t'4141 v 5 ..1* ", SUIT 4 Nr )k LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1884. The marriage of the exiled heir of the House of Orleans with his fair cousin, one of the Princesses of Spain,which took place onMonday last at Kingston upon-Thames, excited very natur a ll y pro f oun d sentiments of interest and sympathy. It is an event in the present day of no political importance whatever. So little does the Imperial party ap prehend at the hands of the House of Orleans that some little time back, when the approaching marriage of the heir of the fallen house was first announced, the Emperor NAPOLEON volunteered the offer of his congratulations. It was an event, therefore, of no political importance, but it was nevertheles s an incident of deep historic interest that was Witnessed on Monday in that little English ehalel. To the mind of the politician it might not unnaturally recall the very different scenes of the two marriages of the Raze - its of the bride and bridegroom, the elde s t and the youngest of the 8013 S of LOUIS PHILIPPE. The marriage of the Due D' ORLEANS was an event of natior al interest and hope. The city of Paris presented magnificent gifts to the young bride, who was then reasonably enon,gh regarded as the future Queen of the FRENCH. A double misfortune put an end to these anticipations. The bereaved Duchess of ORLEANS had to deplore the loss of her husband, and then of her son's inheritanoo. The regal splendours of those nuptials were full ROOO indeed overcast with disappointment. The ether wedding, that of the Duo D 3 NI ON TP EN sI E R, was too much matter of notoriety to be eisiiy forgotten. It was the culmination of the crafty ambition of Louls PHILIPPE, end also the " catastrophe" of his " sinister career." That marriage was intended to render the O:lears influeccs paramount in Spain as well a s in France and once more, as in the days of Louis XIV . , to annii!ate the Pyrenees. "11 n'y a plus de Pyrenees" —was the exclamation of Louis XIV. on a similar union between the royal families of France and Spain. And so in the pride of his heart thought King Louis PuiLirrE. And now—alas! for human hope and human ambition I—the daughter of that Spanish Princess is united to the exiled heir of his own fallen house. Such lessons are almost of too common occurrence to excite much remark. The vanity of human ambition has long been proverbial, and the lesson is also equally vain. A more pleasant subject for contemplation is presented by th© other side of the picture. If the ambition of the kingly head of the house has proved utterly futile, very different has been the result of the higher ambi tion of the royal mother. Queen MARIE AMELIE had chosen for her family inheritance "that better part," which is not dependant upon the passing breath of popular applause, even under must ad verse circumstances. The domestic virtues of the Orleans family have been proverbial ; and those virtues which adorned them, amid the splendours of a court surrounding them, still in exile and misfortune, have been happily rewarded by the full enjoyment of teat— " Only plant of paradise that has survived the fall." The wedding at Kingston was rendered especially interesting by the presence of the venerable lady who is less remarkable for her royal rank than for her great misfortunes and her greater virtues. She has seen her children "rise up and call her blessed," and the best prayer that can be offered for the young bride and bridegroom is that they may follow in her revered footsteps. Public expectation is to a certain extent satisfied. The long pending question of the rams is Mai. Lively settled. Those black sheep which, if the threats and remonstrances of Mr. ADAMS, and the big words and truckling actions of Earl RUSSELL have any significance, were to involve this country in a war with the 'United States, have been peace fully folded with the flocks of Great Britain. This is a third instance in which the Government have been defeated, for if, as in the present instance, the case be settled by compromise, the contest ends in a drawn battle, the aggressor must of necessity be considered to have failed in his attack. So it has been with each and every attempt made by the law officers of the Crown to show that there was just cause to detain vessels building in our private yards for foreign nations. In the case of the Alexandra, after " fighting back in fierce delay" from court to court, the House of Lords decided against the Government; but, after all, this victory was to a certain extent gained upon technical grounds rather than upon the real merits of the case, although borne out by the original verdict of a jury. In the case of the Pampero, which was tried in Scotland, a compromise was come to, the prosecution not being strong enough to ensure conviction ; and now in the cue of the notorious Birkenhead rams, at the eleventh hour, her Majesty's Government are fain to purchase those very ships which were seized with so much ostentation last year, and to render which seizure certain the anxiety of the Admiralty jeo pardised the safety of a fine frigate and her ship's company. The Attorney-General admitted in the House of Commons that, although the law officers of the Crown relied upon the goodness cf their case, they were by no means confident of obtaining a verdict, and that they therefore considered dis cretion to be the better part of valour, and bought up their opponents. This was perhaps the wisest course for both parties to pursue, for although it is more than probable that M. BAAVARY, who is now admitted to have been the bona fide owner of the rams, no matter to whom he was afterwards to transfer them, would have ulti mately carried his case; the tedious and expensive delays to which the law officers of the Crown could have subjected them would most probably have virtually frustrated the purpose for which the vessels were built. A favourable verdict by an impartial jury in such cases is of no immediate benefit, for , the Crown prosecutors, like GOLDSMITH'S school- master,— "Even when beaten, can argue still " The Frenchman, no doubt, having learned to his cost what influence Mr. ADAMS exercised over Earl RUSSELL, reluctantly relinquished the contest, and disposed of the two splendid ships which were all but completed for him by Messrs. LAIRD, and in all probability gave orders for similar craft to be built in the yard of one of his countrymen, who, if he possessed not all the appliances and resources of the great Mersey firm, could at least trust to the protection of his Government, which, however exacting it might be in its own requirements, was not to be intimidated by any foreign Power. It M. BRAVARY was, as is generally supposed, com missioned by the Confederate Government to cause these vessels to be constructed, and has followed the course which we have suggested, and have every reason to believe to be the fact, he has acted wisely. President LINCOLN and Mr. SEWARD are too wise in their generation to use the language to the French EMPEROR which they know they can employ with impunity and also with advantage to the English Government. There was great bluster and talk both in Washington and New York about the New Mexican Empire, but it all ended in smoke. The Americans, with all their bounce, are quicksighted and intelligent people, and they know full well that the reply of LOUIS NAPO LEON to an insolent message would have been the immediate raising of the blockade of the Southern Ports, and the closing of those of New York and Boston. This would not suit their views, and al• though it was safe enough to talk large on American soil, it was deemed prudent for their representative to be civil in the French capital. If Southern re• ports are to be credited, and although all American reports must be taken cum grano salis, the South erners are less given to mendacity than the North■ erners, they will be furnished this summer with some twenty steamers from Europe. We hope that this is no exaggeration, but we regret that the pusillanimity of .. our Government has deprived our shipbuilders of the undoubted right to sell their wares to any customer not at war with this country. The Foreign Enlistment Act is a dead letter as regards the interests of the Northern States, it i s strained to the utmost against the Confederate,. Let England be again involved in a European w ee and we shall soon see how the Americans wil l repay our truckling policy. We have earued their contempt, and they will then laugh at all laws of neutrality, and shape their course as it best suits their own interests. With regard to the purchase of the rams by the Government, it is in one respec. highly satisfactory. These vessels are pronounced by competent authorities to be models of naval architecture. No Government surveyor or ad miralty constructor has bad a hand in drawing their lines, and as they have been built in one oi he first yards in the kingdom, and are in tot. Advanced a stage to be spoiled by official inter ference, there can be little doubt that they wil, realise all that is expected of them. Here, then we shall have two fast well armed turret ships tt compare with the Prince Albert recently launched from the yard of Messrs SAMUDA, and the Boys' Sovereign being converted at Chatham. Tht Prince Albert is said to be a very handsom, s lip, with fine lines, hut if report be true her en giro power will nut enable he: to a►ttaiu a greater speed than nine or ten knots. This is, of course, no fault of the builders, but rather a crotchet of the Admiralty. Mr. REED, the Constructor of the Navy, exercises great influence, and although he is undoubtedly s man of considerable talent he seems entirely to forget the interests of the Navy in car rying out his own pet projects. He has certainly succeeded in constructing ships of only one thousand tons, capable of carrying four•and-a-half-inch armour plates, and drawing only some fifteen feet of water—namely, the Enterprise and the Research ; but in so doing he hes limited their speed to under ten knots. These vessels carry 400-pounders, and would be, no doubt, formidable antagonists, pro vided the enemy would consent to give them battle on their own terms, but they could neither overtake a flying foe, nor avoid an action with La Gloire or any other large and swift cruiser. This is a great mistake, and we trust that the trials of El Monas sin and El Toussin, or whatever their Christian names may be, will prove that it is possible to com bine strength, speed, and light draught of water; and if this desideratum be once established, public opinion will compel Admiralty prejudice and inte rests to give place to common sense and activity. Reformers will be disappointed at the prefatory apology which Mr. GLADSTONE has thought fit to prefix to the issue of his famous speech on Mr. BAINES'S motion. They thought they had gained an important auxiliary—one whose eloquence in the Senate and whose influence in the Cabinet would prove of material assistance in smoothing away those unaccountable obstacles that always seems to intervene between Whig promises and performances. The conversion of so distinguished a member of those haltandehalf Liberals, of which we have only too many among our public men, was hailed with acclaim by genuine Reformers, and as much importance was attached to the unexpected adhesion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Liberal side on the debate and division respecting Mr. BAINES'S measure for the Extension of the Franchise, as if some part of the scheme had actually become law. Bat, alas, for these sanguine antici pations and confident rejoicings ! The valiant leader, who was to rout the forces of the enemy, seems very much inclined to retract the steps he has already taken, to surrender the point which he has gained. Instead of bringing up an unexpected reserve on another occasion, he is much more likely to appear on the opposing side, or at best to hover mid- way between the combatants, while he exhausts all the resourcesof his subtle logic in showing to the bystanders the pros and cons belonging to each party. Our quick-witted friend Punch was apparently very near the truth with his formidable pencil. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has made a false start and come back again to the starting place, but we very much question whether by his return he has improved his chance in the race. Is it that he really thinks it is, as his pictorial mentor tells him, too soon for a profession of democratic principles, or is it that he was unprepared for the importance attached to his words, and, consequently, dis inclined to support them unqualified ? It is cer tainly strange to find a man like Mr. GLADSTONE attributing to the heat of the debate the expres sion of his views on a question like the franchise. The particular passage in his speech which Mr. GLADSTONE thinks it necessary to qualify appears to be a very just and moderate one. In it he maintains that exclusion from the franchise should only be based on two grounds—the unfit ness of the non-elector, personally, and the possible political danger arising from his admission. These two reasons comprise all the arguments upon which objections are based, and it is difficult to see what other grounds can be stated for the most wholesale exclusion of classes- Personal unfitness is the objection of the prudent Liberal ; constitutional disturbance and consequent political danger is the argument of the Tories. The manner in which Mr. GLADSTONE endeavours to qualify his state ment, to prune away its dangerous Liberalism, and to retain his position among the quasi supporters of Reform on the Government benches is more in genious than satisfactory. A proposition of eeeme ingly wide scope is often, he tells us, reduced by large exceptions to narrow limits ; and he evEently wishes us to infer that his proposition belongs to this class. It is as well, perhaps, that he says inci dentally, that these " large" exceptions are also " scarcely definable," since even his subtle skill might be puzzled to define them. Of what nature are these exceptions ? Are we to exclude from the franchise on account of particular trade, or profes sion, or even creed ? Are we to restrict the exer cise of the right of voting to those classes who have hitherto taken part in the representation. But if, on such grounds, we might reverse many of the most enlightened measures of modern times, and oven in these cases personal unfitness or political danger must be the real objections. If we are to accept an educaticnel test, or a warrant of character, as security, it is personal unfitness that must ex clude the unsuccessful applicants. If we make pro perty or rental the rule of admission, we are desirous of preserving the preponderance of power in the hands of the wealthier classes and of avoiding political disturbance. Mr. GLADSTONE says, truly enough, in defence of those wholesale that theesalestat ements which he is now inclined to qualify, oppo nents of Mr. BAINES'S measure assumed in their arguments against it, that the present limitations of the franchise required no defence but were to be accepted without in quiry. Such is certainly not the opinion out of doors, and judging by the faint and feeble manner in which Parliament represents the popular feeling about Denmark and Prussia, there is need of a con siderable alteration in the number or the character of our constituencies. Perhaps the least satis factory passage in Mr. GLADSTONE'S preface is that in which he declares that he spoke chiefly in respect to the past, and that neither time nor reason per mitted him " to attempt the solution of problems of real intricacy, which belong wholly to the future, and which are little likely to become practical except for another generation. Certainly our re forms are likely to be only theoretical as long as we have a Whig Cabinet at the helm ! But these questions do not belong exclusively to the future; they are pressing for a solution, and, Sphinx-like, will be the ruin of the Statesman who cannot, or will not, answer them. It would have been better for Mr. GLADSTONE'S reputation had he boldly stood by the principles he upheld in that eloquent address which reflected so faithfully the sentiments of a large body of the public. By his flinching from his colours he will not regain the confidence of those whom he has startled by his outspoken t s h pe e ct pe w p h ul ic a h r m se i n g timents, but he will advocac y forfeit the l) !e he boldly maintai ne d his groundht ahnevdeybieelednedhitsohtande claimsfter b ofe ceded to h rightandjutste xen justice, that of political :expediency. must here after expediency. THE MONTMORENCIES AND THE TALLEYRANDS. —An Imper;al decree has conferred the title of Duke de Niontmorency on young Prince de Talleyrand. The Mont morency family and their collateral branches—the Roche. foucalts, the Beauffremonts, and the Rohan-Chabits—have lost nu time in applying to the competent tribunal for what we woald call a rule nisi, calling on the Prince to show cause why he should not be prohibited from assuming a name to which he has no claim, and which, not being in abeyance, it is net in the Emperor's power to give. MM. Dafaure, Berryer, and Andral ; are to support the rule. There is also a rumour of a duel between the head of the L1Q142.0 of Montmorency and the Prince de Talleyrancl. THE SUN, LONDOY, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1864. LITERAT I 3IIE. Charles Dickens's New Story, Our Mutual Friend, No, 2. Chapman and Hall. Another delghtful number here introduces us to several new characters. Every one of them—no less by name than by nature—intensely Bee-like. Three chapters are here—entitled, respectively, " Boffin's Bower," " Cut Adrift," and " Mr. Wegg looks after himself." This last-mentioned person, Silas 'Wegg to wit, being that very conspicuous wooden-legged Greenwicti - peneioner.looking man, seated at a little table, Ai the talreadylfamiliar green cover, studiously reading a book, with the aid of a bottle and a steaming glass of grog. Mr. Wegg in in effect is a stall keeper—crippled by accident—a " literary man with a wo.cidt.in kg," who vends fruit and gingerbread to the infantile lieges of the Gown, by way of eking out for himself a precarious subsist ence. The hardest little stall of all the sterile stalls in London, his is said to be thus humorously—" It gave you the face-ache to look et his apples, the stornaoh-ache to look at his oranges, the tooth ache to look at his nuts !" The idiosyncracy of the man is wonderfully imagined and described. His identification of himself with the establishment of " Our House" as part and parcel of it—his con ceiving to himself all the ins and outs of it—his subtle adaptation of various salutes to the passers by—his apportioning of distinctive names to the different inmates of " Our House"—his habit of " taking a powerful sight of notice," as he says of himself—all these minute traits, whims, oddities, characteristics of the man, are touched in with the inimitable hand of the Master Humorist. The very corner of the street in which he passes the chief part of his existence—don't we know it ? "A howling corner in the winter time, a dusty corner in the summer time, an undesirable corner at the best of times. Shelterless fragments of straw and paper got-up revolving storms there when the street was at peace ; and the water cart, as if it were, drunk or shortsighted, came blundering and jolting round it, making it muddy when all else was clean." The introduction to each other here—in this bleak desolate howling wilderness of a corner— of Silas %Yagg, the stall.keeper aforesaid, and of that rhinoceros-like passer-by, who turns out to be the inheritor of much of the countless wealth of Old Harmon, the DustmanDustman millionaire (this thick set man of wealth and sigeur being entitled—so like a Buz character—Noddy Ruffin the introduction to each other, at the Street corner, of Silas We g g and Noddy Boffin, is most laughably recounted throughout. Wegg becomes reader to Boffin, at the rate of a crown a-week—reader to Boffin, of " Gib bon's "Decline and Fail." Hence the smock-frocksd clownish fellow on the green cover, who is gazing evidently in wonder at the classic frieze with the basso-relievo illustration of what the wooden legged-man is reading. Above, in the right corner of the green cover, is Mrs. Boffin, a highflyer at Fashion, it appears, who robes herself habitually in a low evening drews of black satin s with a sable velvet turban and plumes. The menage of the Bower by the dust-hills is the oddest thing itna gineble—" Buffin's Bower" that is ! la arriving at which place of destination Mr. Wegg has consider. able dAnculty. Thanks to which seeming inaeces. sibility on the part of the Bower, we are told of the old stall-keeper's wonderfully ludicrous encounter (as follows) with— EDDARD AND THE COSTERMONGER I The Bower was as difficult to find, as Fair Rosamond's without the clue. Mr. Wegg, having reached the quarter indicated, inquired for the Bower half a dozen times with out the least success, until he remembered to ask fur Har mony Jail. This occasioned a quick change in the spirits of a hoarse gentleman and a donkey, whom be had much perplexed. "Why, yer mean Old Harman's, do yer ?" said the hoarse gentleman, who was driving his donkey in a truck, with a carrot for a whip. " Why did'nt yer niver say so ? Eddard and me is a goin' by him I Jump in." Mr. Wegg complied, and the hoarse gentleman invited his attention to the third person in company, thus "Now, you look at Lidard's ears. What was it as you named, agin ? Whisper." Mr. W4,gg whispered, "Boffin's Bower." " Eddaro I (keep yer hi on his ears) cut away to B an's Bower I" Edward, wii h his ears lying back, remained immoveable, " Eddard I (keep yer hi on his care) cut away to Old Harmon's." Edward instantly pricked up his ears to their utmost, and rattled off at such a paco that Mr. Wegg's conversation was jolted out of him in a mast dislocated state. " Was-it-Ev-verajail ?" asked Mr. Wegg, holdiog on, "Not a proper jail, woc you and me would get committed to," returned his escort ; they giv' it the name, on accounts of Old Harmon living solitary there," "And-why-did-they-caliitharm-Ony ?" asked Wegg. "Oa accounts of his never agreeing with nobody. Like a speeches of chaff. Harmon's Jail; Harmony Jail. Work• ing it round like." "Doyouknow-Mist-Erboff-in ?" naked Wegg. " I should think so 1 Everybody do about here. Eddard knows him, (Keep yer hi on his ears.) Noddy Boffin, Eddard 1" The effect of the name was so very alarming, in respect of causing a temporary disappearance of Edward's head, casting his hind hoofs in the air, greatly accelerating the pace and increasing the jol:ing, that Mr. Wegg was fain to devote his attention exclusively to holding on, and to relin quish his desire of ascertaining 'fa hethee this homage to Boffin was to b 3 considered complimentary or the reverse. Presently, Edward stopped at a gateway, and Wegg dis creetly lost no time in slipping out at the back of the truck• The moment he was landed, his late driver with a wave of the carrot, said " Supper, Eddard I" and he, the hind hoofs, the truck, and Edward, all seemed to fly into the air toge ther, in a kind of apotheosis. In the next chapter called " Cut Adrift," we learn more about the Hexams, particularly about Lizzie and Charley, the latter of whom it is that is " Cut Adrift." There is an exquisite little scene at page 55, where the boy is described as leaving hia wretched home for ever—a scene that no one but Charles Dickens could ever have dreamt of, or, dreaming of, could so have written. We read it through a mist that often makes the letterpress hardly decipherable. Here, too, in this chapter we get at the interior of the Fellowship-Porters' road side public house, kept by one Miss Potterson — an old lady—(what though landlady of a public house) — a worthy old lady that we are already prepared to fail in love with. In the next chapter, where "Mr. Wegg looks after himself," we are admitted to yet another interior, one stranger than the cozy bar of the Fellowship-Porters—stranger even than the Bower of Nicodemus Boffin—meaning the inside of the shop and habitat of Mr. Venus, the melan choly love-lorn Articulator of Skeletons. Com . mend us, for a hearty laugh, to his contention with the small boy who comes in for the stuffed canary—the squabble wound up by Mr. Venus with "You'v e no id ea how small you'd cone out if I had the aracul a i ng of you r Altogether a capital instalment, as f u ll of good things as a Christmas plum-pudding. Mr. Venus, surrounded by the trophies of his art, and Miss Patterson in the snug little bar of the Fellowship Porters, with that squinting vagabond Riderhood (llixam'd late part ner) leaning, pot in hand, over the halt-door to talk to the old landlady, are the subjects here selected byMarcus Stone for illustration. " Can You Forgive /ler ?" By ANTHONY TROLLOP& NO. VI. This story, as a story, is here, throughout number six, almost, as one may say, at a standstill. The people talk, and that is all. Nothing happens. Bu they talk—though for the most pirt the smallest ot small talk—delightfully. We skim over the page. amused, often smiling, never laughing, that is, neve, laughing right oat. Indeed, we hardly recollect ever doing so whila reading even the best and happiest of Mr. Trollope's thoroughly &mus ic g and widely-popular fictions. Though it would be difficult, and probably unfair to pronounce any opinion in that way as yet decisively—" Can You Forgive Her" hardly seems to us to give promise of taking rank with this rapid writer's cleverer imaginings. " His Framley Parsonage," let us say, or his "Small House at Allington." Nevertheless, we take it that it would be almost impossible for Anthony Trollope to write a whole dull page, cer tainly not a whole chapter. Hence the marvel of his popularity. He is not the least bit in the world of a bore. He always entertains us. We read him with the greatest ease, and most frequently with the greatest satisfaction. But while this is so, we never yet to this day—and we have read delightedly almost everything he has ever written (with his name to i•)—w" once to this day met, in any onu of his bidalts, with a. single descriptive passage that we should be tempted to quote as a specimen of brilliant writing. His forte lies almost exclusively in the record of imagi nary conversations. Of this fact, the new number of his current serial story affords in itself the amplest kvidence. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE, Yesterday afternoon the annual general meeting of life governors, annual subscribers, and ordinary subscribers to this fund was held at the New Adelphi Theatre, to receive the annual report, and to elect two male and three female pensioners. Mr. BF.IeJ,IMIN WEBSTER, who presided, said he was happy to inform them that they progressed so favourably in the formation of the institution— they had pr gressed so far that they might say that they were treading on velvet, at all events they were treading on very good Kidderminster. If fortune favoured them in the future as it had in the past, they would be able to fill the whole of the residences in the next year, and also to increase the allowance to the inmates; There were 20 resi dences, and all the furniture was paid for, which was a great thing in any institution. The inmates received 10s. a week, which was as much as the present resources of the college would admit. The inmates had coals, candles, and all medical assistance that was necessary. In this respect they were in advance of many institutions of much longer standing. They had a noble building, with pictures, and the nucleus of a very good library. Still this had been attacked, like many other beneficial insti tutions. Some unblushing person had circulated a rumour that the promoters of the college had re ceived £35,000, whereas the sum received had been less than £17,500, and more than half of that had been received from the fancy fair. As there would be another fair in July, he trusted that the college might again be fortunate. (Hear, hear.) Miss Brad don had given a house, while another had offered to complete the residences of the governor and governesses. They had started a fund for a school, and the Provost of Eaton had consented to servo on the committee. (Hear, hear.) All around the college the clergy had exhibited the greatest interest in Referring to the death of Mr. T. P. Cooke, the chairman read the terms of his bequest, which provided, inter alia, for an annual entertainment on the 231 of April, which was Shakspere's birthday and his own. Mr. ANSON, the secretary, then read the report, of which the following are the prinnipal portions : " Since the last annual meeting the college has lost the services of its warm-hearted friend, the late Mr. T. P. Cooke. That gentleman for some time occupied the office of deputy-master, from which he retired only because failing health de manded it. But though he ceased to be deputy master, he never ceased to attend the rat etings of the council, or to take part in the proceedings while his state of health permitted him to do so ; and when his medical attendants had expressed a desire that he should only be seen by the members of his family, he .requested the presence of Mr. %\rebster, the master of the college, that he might be informed of its progress, and that he might make known his bequest of £3,000, and the manner in which he wished it to be employed. In their last report the council expressed their regret that they had found it necessary to terminate their con nection with Mr. Wm. Webbe, who had been em ployed as architect. Though Mr Webbe, when sending in his certificates of amounts due to the builder, had always asked for and received his com mission, the council thought it advisable to enter into a careful investigation of the terms of his en gagement, to see whether anything remained due to him. All they imigined he could reasonably claim was tendered, and something more ; but nevertheless Mr Webbe sent in a claim of £2,629 6s lid, and intimated his intention to enforce it if not forthwith paid. Of course no such demand could be entertained, and at length the matter was submitted for the ver dict of a jury ; but the judge, thinking it a case for reference, the council reluctantly consented, and the result was an award of .£104175, in addition to £36 ls paid into court. It is one of ties misfortunes of English law that the costs are not apportioned in accordance with the supposed emote of the respec tive parties, and in consequence the council had to pay the taxed costs of Mr Webbe, as well as those of the defence ; therefore, though the arbitrator by his award declared Mr Webbe was in error to the extent of £2,524 9s lid, and the council only to £lO4 17s, he required payment from the college funds of £2lO 15s 4d as Mr Webbe's costs, and £lB7 6s Bd, the costs of the award. The fancy fete and fair at the Crystal Palace, the ball at Willis's Rooms, and the recent benefit at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, produced the usual profit, and the council have, in the names of those on whose behalf they labour, expressed their acknowledgments to all who have assisted them. As the buildings for the pensioners have been completed, and as it may reasonably be hoped that those who have laboured in the cause will continue to exert themselves, or that others not less useful will succeed them, the council are of opinion that five additional pensioners —viz., three females and two males—should be elected, thus making in the whole six female and six male pensioners. It will now be your duty to elect six gentlemen to become members of the coun cil for a period of four years. The following are those who retire from office, all of whom are re eligible, viz.:—Messrs. J. B. Buckstone, William Cullenford, Frank Matthews, Robert Bell, G. B. Childs, and W. R. Sams." Appended to the report was a balance sheet, which showed that the receipts for the year ending April 30, 1861, had been £2,632 43. lld. There was a balance at Messrs. Coutts' of £426 2s. 7d., and in the secretary's hands a balance of £94 2s. id. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the r• port• Mr. BILLINGS (the architect), in seconding it, thought that it was necessary when vacancies occurred that new blood should be infused into the committee. He thought that some of the resi dences at the college might be let until they were filled. He was almost tempted to make an offer himself, that he might be allowed to ba amongst such pleasant people. He had almost begun life as a theatrical himself; his first speculation being a theatrical one which turned out very successful. In Charles Kemble's time he had the run of every theatre in London, both before and behind the scenes, and he became so disgusted that he deter tet•mined never to go to a theatre again without paying. (Cheers and laughter.) The CHAIRMAN—And I think I have heard you say that you enjoyed it all the better. Mr. BILLINGS—Yes, sir, I have. (Laughter.) After some discussion on matters of account, the report was unanimously adopted, and the retiring wardens were re-elected. The meeting then proceeded to elect the pen• sinners. DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yestorday William Brown, about 55 years of ege, foreman to Messrs. Gordon and Son, wine merchants, 1, Argyle-place, Regent street, committed suicide under the following circumstances. It appears that the cellar not being opened as usual in the morning, it was supposed that the deceased might have for gotten the key, of which he had charge, and returned to his home to fetch it. As the day wore on, and deceased did not make his appearance, a messenger was sent to Cam berwell, whsre he had been residing, when his wife stated that he had left home as usual in the morning. On the messenger returning Messrs. Gordon ordered a sttict search of the cellar to be made, and, after some time, the deceased's body was Lund in a water-butt in the cellar, it having evi dently been there some hours. There is little doubt that the deceased had premeditated the rash act, for in his pocket was found a razor. The deceased had been in the employ of Messrs. Gordon for above twenty-five years, and of late it had been noticed that his mind showed symptoms of being affected. The body was removed to St. James's workhouse to await an inquest. HOROLOGICAL PRODUCTIONS.—" Ranged around the base of the clock were the watches which Mr. Benson ex hibited, and which have been universally admired for the beau y and elegance of the designs engraved upon them. The movem ,nts are of the fink st quality which the art of horology is at present capable of producing."—lllust rated London News, Nov. 8, 186.?. Chronometer, duplex, lever, norizonta', repeaters, centre seconds, keyless, split seconds, and every description of watch, ad , pted to all climates. Benson's illustrated pamphlet, free by post for two stamps, contains a short history of horology, with prices, an I enable these who live in any pare of the world to select a watch or clock. Prize medal and honourable mention, c:asses 33 and 15. .1. W. Benson, Ludgate-hill, watch and clo k maker by special warrant of appointment to 11.11.11. the Prince at W 41,3. Established 4749, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per extra steamer City of Cork, via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, MAY 18, 3 P.M. President Lincoln's alleged prcclarnation calling for 400,000 men has been officially declared a forgery. Mr. Stanton reports this morning that, according_ to the latest advices received from General Grant the roads are greatly improved. Large reinforce ments are reaching Grant, who designed moving against the enemy without delay. The S,cretary of the War Department also says that it is the intention of the G)vernment to maintain the national forces until the rebellion is overthrown, and to provide against inopportune reduction when the services of the 10) days' men expire. A draft to fill their places, and all other reductions, will be ordered on July 1. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold SU per cent. premium. Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 134 ; Illinois, 1338; Erie, 115 i 5.203; U. S. Bonds, 1061. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 1. The Sazonia, sailing to-day for New York, takes the English, French, and German mails, 600 pas sengers, a large cargo, and jewellery of the value of 6,000 f. from Havre. SP AI N. MADRID, MAY 31 (Evening). The usual monthly auction for the Sinking Fund of the Passive Debt took place to-day. The prices fixed by the Government were—for tho first class, internal, 51.50; second, 29; second foreign. 34.75. Tenders were sent in at from 47.48 to 50 90 for the first description, from 28 30 to 2925 for the second, and from 31 to 35 for the third. THE BRAZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) BUENOS AYRES, APRIL 27. Exchange, 501. Ounces, 2,885. Wet salted ox hides, 40, in demand; dry American, 39 to 42. Tal low, 15. Dumber, 32 to 37. Flour, 71 to 8. Re fined Sugar, 19k. Imports improved. MONTE VIDEO, APRIL 23. Exchange, 52 52k. Ox hides, 3 1 .'; ; dry Ame. rican, 5.20 5.30, firm; dry German, 5.40 5.80. Wool firm. Tallow, 1.80. Imports improving. THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MAL rA, MAY 31. • The Baroda leaves at 10 p.m. for Marseilles and the Masilia at midnight for Southampton. THE OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Ceylon, from Southampton, the 20th inst., arrived at Malta at 10 p.m. on the 30th, and left at 8 a.m. on the 31st for Alexandria. The Syria, from Marseilles, the 28th, reached Malta at 9 p.m. on the 30th, and sailed at 3 a.m. on the 31st for Alexandria. FRANCE. ,BOURSE, May 31.—The reponse tie primes (option) has been made at 66f. 60c. for the Three per Cents. The market has been heavy, but up to the present time quotations have varied but little. Railway Shares rather offered, but little doing. The market closed as follows :- 41 periCents. 93 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 65 Credit Mobilier 1135 Do. end month 1128 75 Sank Shares 3390 Credit Fancier 1242 50 Roman - Italian Loan 69 05 Do. end month 69 05 Ditto Threes New 111txicaa t. 9 I - 111881mi Austrian Spanish Threes.. bia Rome Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern 638 75 .. 641 25 Western Eastern ..... Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 665 565 Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 870 , . 867 50 985 .. 985 875 870 • • PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, RUNE 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam.. ship Valetta, Captain Leckie, arrived last night. She left Gibraltar on the 25th. The Valetta brings neither mails, passengers, or cargo, having come home for repairs. GIBRALTAR, MAY 25. Accounts from Barbary mention that as regards the removal of H. sh Hash, the Governor of Tetuan, the Sultan was satisfying the demands of the French Government, Three of the Sultan's officers have arrived at Tetuan, and Hash Hash is ordered to proceed with them to the Court. The French sub ject murdered at Tetuan was by birth a Sp.niard, bat had acquired the rights of a naturalised French subject from having lived some years in Algeria. Hash Hash, like the Moorish authorities in the cam of the Jews accused of murdering the Spanish col lector at Saffi, seems to have been more anxious to satisfy the demands of the European Power ag grieved than concerned about fixing upon the right men to execute. Two notorious robbers and cattle-lifters, belong ing to a tribe under the control of the Governor of Tangiers, seemed to Hash Hash the most likely men to have committed the murder; and, at all events, he thought, whether they committed it or not, the Sultan would be well rid of such rascally subj-cts, the French would be satisfied, and the crime would be set down to a tribe under a neigh bouring Bashaw, instead of to one under himself— three sufficient reasons Ihsh Hash might suppose for beheading the poor wretches, It happened, however, that the murdered man had a companion, and the French consular authorities, not being satisfied with rough and ready Moorish justice, looked into the case themselves. The Christian witness, who had a good opportunity of seeing the features of the murderers, declared that the sensed wero not the men, and that Hash Hash's little scheme was thus frustrated, and the prisoners set at liberty. The real murderers have not yet been discovered. The French say that had Hash Hash shown proper activity the culprits could not have escaped, and therefore they insist upon his removal. Thomas Jellovves Read, her Majesty's Consul at rangier, lass been appointed Consul in Cairo. The Spanish brig of war Graving, from Monte Video, arrived et Cidiz on the 21st. The American corvette St. Louis anchored in Tangier Bly on the 21st. 'r ho British steamer Danube, six days from Liver pool, arrived here on the 22d. The schooner Paella. seventeen days from New port, and the steamer Messina, eight days from Glasgow, arrived on the 23d. The representatives of the European Government in Morocco have extended to the Ist July next the term of their acquiescence in the Sultan's present system of limiting to the towns of the coast the commercial transactions df foreign merchants. After that time it is understood that European merchants buying or sail!) g in the interior of the Country will be protected in the exercise of a righ` laid down in the treaties between the several Christian Powers and Morocco. The change is looked to ac likely to stimulate the trade of Morocco, by, leading to the establishment in the interior of the country of agents of the foreign merchants who will then be able to give greater extent to their operations than when limited to the markets after coast towns. rt flr4 '4' HER MAJESTY. 4> BALMORAL, May 29. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Prlncest' Helena, Princess Louise, the Princess Leiningen, the Princes Arthur and Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen of the household, attended Divine ser• vice in the Castle. Dr. B. Lee, one of her Mtjeaty's chaplains, officiated. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena and her Royal Highness Princess Lv.iningen afterwards attended Divine service at the parish church of Crathie, where Dr. R. Lee officiated. The Duke of Argyll and Dr. R, Lee had the honour of dining with her Moje;ty anA the Royal The Prince and Princess of Walas. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and attended by the Countess of Morton, Madlie. de Graney, the Hon. R. H. Meade, Major Teesdale, and Captain von Westerweller, returned to Marlborough House yesterday afternoon from the White Lodge, Rich mond-park. Their royal hignesses had a dinner party in the evening. The company included their Royal High nesses Prince and Princas Louis of Hesse,his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the French Am bassador, the Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch, the Marquis of Normanby, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Countess of Morton, Earl and Conn. , tess Spencer, Lady Constance Grosvenor, Viscount Hinchingbroke, Lord and Lady Colville, Lord Brougham, Sir George and Lady Grey, the Hon. R. H. M. ade, Colonel the Hon. Arthur Hardinge, Mr. Fisher, Mr. C. L. Wood, Colonel Tyr whitt (Equerry in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge), Madlle. de Granny and Captain von Westerwelier (in attendance on Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse), Lieutenant-General Knoit;s, and Major Teesdale, The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Prince Adolphus of Mecklenburg-Strelitz visited the Royal Olympic Theatre last evening, and occupied the royal box. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess de Joinville gave a grand banquet last evening, st the Clarendon Hotel, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe. Coburg Gotha, Princes Philip and Augustus of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, the Duke de Montpensier, Prince Philip of Wurtemburg. the Count d'Eu, the Duke d'Alencon, the Count and Countess de Bondy, Viscount de Bondy, Viscount and Viscountess Vigier, M. and Madame Odier, M. Estancelin, Colonel Velarde (in attendance on the Duke de Montpensier), itc. _ . The Dake of Devonshire will, we understand, give a grand ball on the 24th inst. at Devonshire 110116 C, when their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will honour the noble duk e by their presence. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Among the visitors Who honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening were the following :—The Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis of Bath, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Hardwicke and the Lady Agrieta Yorke, Maria Countess of Harrington, the Earl of Strad broke, the Countess of Harrington, the Earl and Countess of Mountcharles and the Lady Susan Vane Tempest. Ner Majesty's box was occupied by the Countess of Defoe, Lord and Lady Edward Thynne and party, &c. Miss Kate Gordon's Concert, Miss Kate Gordon's first Matinee Musicale took place yesterday morning in Collard's Rooms, Gros 7enor-street. Miss Gordon gave her first coacert under very distinguished patronage, owing to which, added to the fact of her great talents as a pianist having preceded her debut, the room wag crowded by a very fashionable audience. The concert commenced with a pianoforte sole, 64 Where the bee sueks" (Benedict), by Miss Kate Gordon, who did full justice to this exquisite compo sition. It was not until the second part eommenoed that Miss Kate Gordon's skill and taste were really observable, when, with Mr. Otto Booth on the violin, was given that grand sonata No. 2, in C minor, op. 3, from Beethoven. Her ex quisite touch and taste were fully brought out, and elicited for her well-merited applause, giving her the assurance that the first matinee musicale may safely be followed by a second and a third. The Fantasia solo, violin, by Herr Otto Booth, was favourably received. Madams Weiss, Miss Mina Poole, and Mr. L. Walker sail their several songs with their usual skill, and were received as old favourites generally are. This first concert of Miss Gordon's may be pronounced a success, and we understand that a second is to take place in a . few weeks. M. BENEDICT'S ANNUAL CONCERT.—The greet concert of the season, that of M. Jules Benedict, is announced for Tuesday morning, the 20th of June, at St. James's Hall. The prog tamme, as usual, contains the names of nearly every singer of eminence, both native and foreign, all being alike anxious to &how their high estimalion of the ability of Mr. Benedict as a composer, as a conductor, and highest and best of all, as a friend. The English artistes will be headed by Sims Reeves, Santleft Weiss, and Saintcn•Dolby; the foreign by Patti, Signor Garth ni, and the instrumentalists bf Madame Arabella Goddard. A concert of the utmost brilliancy may be expected, and we cordiallf and heartily wish hill that which his high merit deserves, an overflowivo audience. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSLTY BOAT CLUB.—Between four and five years ago a Oubscriptiou was set ce , foot among the college boat clubs at Cambridge for the , purpose of raising £250, to be pros ented to the Royal Na' tional Lifeboat Institution for a lik e eboat. This has n om been completed, and the boat, which be named "Tho Tom Egan, after the originator of the ,:dea, who was for manly president of the University Boat Club, will be sent to replace the present one at Tramore, on th e south coast of Ireland, which has been found too small for t he locality. ' 0 is greatly to be hoped that this good example set by Cam' bridge may ere long be followed by the sister University' , and perhaps by some of the public schools tither dually or as a united body. At Rutherglen, on Saturday night, a young null named James Lovo, who is said to have suffered from weal' delusions, cut the throat of his brother Robert from ear to ear. Robert must have been asleep at the time, and the murderer went so cautiously about his work that he did; not awaken his father who was sleeping by the aide of the deceased. THE STATUS OF SERGEANTS IN THE COURTS C )11 LAW.—The Lord Chief Justice of the Quee n'° Bench, and the Lord Chief Baran of the Court of Excb e ; quer, have signified that hereaftk‘r sergeants-at•law Fb e l be entitlud to take their seats equa.ly with Queen's coon' s " . within the bar. Until Saturday last these seats were re served for Queen's counsel only ; anil except in the Co urt of Common Pleas, where the sergeants-at-law until the year 1346 had exclusive audience, sergeants and Larristoll were entitled to address the court from behind the b ar only, within which the sergeants are now admitted t o practise. The Board of Trade returns for the past month again show an extraordinary increase in the ' 36 : Glared value of our shipments, the difference on the pre seu " occasion compared with tho corresponding month of 1 863 being £1,327,862, or about Ili par cent., and compared with April, 1862, more than 35 per cent, This degree of act i c ; vity is merely a continuance of that which has prev aile e since the commencement of the y e ar, the figures fo r th t. tour months exhibiting an augmentation of 26 per ce u t. over the same four months of last year, and of 35 per eel' • over those of the preceding year. All branches of inawl facture appear to have participated in the mo yelper' although a large portion of the difference . in the 29 0 1 total is, of course, due to the high prices of cotton yarn th e deeds, the increase in the exportation of cotton ya rns for. , north being 24 per cent. in value, and only 3 i p er cent• ne quantity, and of cotton manufactutes 23 per cent. e i t. a d n 6 u f p a e c r t u c r e e n s t ; t i h n e q v u al a u n e ti o ty t . the o ,h fl i i p n m en cll ease more than 30 per cent. above that o f Ap ril, 16639. rho consignments of metals, including railr oad iron, 14 " also been large, • a t s ud h a a s l la ° e van°.:e d: