The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-07 00:00:00

t- r - w •t' 4.1"1111 : 0;; 411111111111110 Nit Utt, BONNErS SILKS A LYON. --Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identilica ion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex os dby the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manutacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., k Lyon e a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. THE DERBY.-RACE GLASSES (the , at CALLAGHAN'S', 21A, New Bcnd-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and satarday. Mdlle. Adelina Patti ; Signor II nconi ; Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (SATURD . 3 .1'), May 7, will be per formea, for the first time this season. Rossini's Opera, IL BIERE DI SI V.P3LIA. Rosins, Mdile. Adelina Patti, her fir:t appearance,this season ; Be tha,Madame Tag o iafico ; Figaro, signor Ronconi, h a first appearance this season; Bartolo, Signor Ciampi, hi. , first appearance this season ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafico ; F.orello, Signor Luccheq ; ear gente, Signor Rossi ; and Alrnaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at ha'f past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 103. 6d., 75., and 55.; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offs 3 under the portico of the timaire, which is open from ten to five, and ac the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DBU B. Y-L AN E. Managers, 3fessrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a Scene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakspere's ChrJnicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those eminent trtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addison, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoir, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Itx se Leclercq, ~nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Farren and Miss m Barris. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, aVeathersby, ; 3lesdames Snowden, lkielly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &e. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, N elly Power, Bill, Wright, jtOgers, &c. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATE E. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. In consequence of the Rehearsals necessary for the com plete production of HAMLET, and the immense prepara tions requisite for the New Scenery, painted by Mr. W. 'Telbin, it is deemed necessary that the 'theatre should be CLOSED until SATURDAY, May 14th, when will be pre sented Shakespeare's HAMLET. Hamlet, Prince of Den mark, Mr. Fechter. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR. AND ATTICS. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIE T . Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; lrurse, Mrs. 11. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. VEW THE NritE-ItO YAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS:EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biiiington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss E. Simms and Mrs. Biilington. To conclude with T liE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Too!e, P. Bedford, it. homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATE MA N. - L EA EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish maden until further notice. In order o give due effect to t..is most remarkable suczes4 of the season, eu ire y new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and moons, aita Thompson. New dr, sacs and appo ntments have be, n prepares for its production.—N. ts. In consequence of the *Teasing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar tngementa have Low been made by which Seats in , y be ob tained a Fortnight in Advan,e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening*. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular n imes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Psul Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson. Mr, Asnley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, a Farce, with a new sensation, called SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINT VG mr. t_harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mrs. Frank gatthews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Commerce at 7. In a few days a new Come iy, by Dion Boncicault, Esq., in which Mr. ani Mrs. Charles Mathews will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. After which (10th time) MAZO U A. Messrs. Honey, Turner, ac. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &e. Followed by TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLES HAL L COMPANY'S COAL?. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 24s. per ton. Double.. 2os. per ton. Top 23i. „ Nut 5........ lB3. „ Deep ....215. „ 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 TIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pa be had Every Evening of U: ft. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 7, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5B Barometer-29.75. Wind—N.W.; moderato breeze, and fine. HIGH WA.TEB. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 46m.—After con, 3h. 7m. fo-ifoanow.-Morning, 3a. 28;n.—Afternoon, 3a. 46 n. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1864. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1864. GARIBA,LDI himself appears to have a little more common sense than his ultra-enthusiastic admirers in this country ; including amongst them, by the wa y, the eged Prime Minister of England. For, it will be observed that, with a proper respect for his own dignity, and with some show of care, on big part at least, for what aro conventionally called the proprieties, the famous Condottiere declines to receive the pecuniary testimonial rec en tly ge tti ng up for him here in London. This extraordinary and incomprehensible tribute in the shape of money, it will be remembered, was set on foot at a meeting of the General's over-zealous friends at Stafford House. That meeting was convened during GARI• BALDI'S stay in London. It took place imme diately after h e had removed from the Duke of SUTHERLAND'S princely mansion to Mr. SEELEY'S residence out at It is incon- Kensington-Gore. ceivable how those who took part in it should have set a movement like this afloat for the raising of sub. scriptions to create a fuud eventually to be handed aver to the Great Italian Adventurer, without having previously ascertained whether any suc h testimonial would be acceptable by hi m . The event would, however, appear to indicate quite distinctly that such was really the case. That, in fact, the Duke, Mr. SEELEY, and the rest of them actually put their heads together to make a puree for GARIBALDI', without having had the civility, first of all, to learn from GARIBALDI hit:welt whether the proffering of such a purse, wh en filled, would be loosed upon by him in the light of an insult, or of an act of homage. The upshot of it all comes like a bit of an anti-climax. The tsubsoriptions paid in will have to be handed back .again to the several contributors. Lord PALMER STON will receive his xino sterling. The Poet Thnreate, Mr. TENNYSON, wiil pocket again his .E 1 one shilling. And so forth. Nct much, after all, had boon collected together to swell the funds of this curious testimonial. About as much, perhaps, as had been scraped together with exceeds ing difficulty, by the National Shakspero Corn mittee—to the esd of raising, at last, if possible, a fitting monument to the Great National Poet and Diaamatist, the Greatest Poet the world haa ever seen, here, in this wealthy metropolis S It would be difficult to say which of the two move ments has proved the more ridiculous failure, the more flagrant fiasco! The abortive attempt to collect anything approaching to the amount talked of— the sum of L 30,000 for the SHAKSPERE monument! Or the equally abortive attempt to get up in Eng. land (why in Eng!and ?) a grand subscription list for GARIBALDI, the Italian Adventurer. In each instance the sums contributed have been collectively very far short of the mark originally proposed. GARIBALDI, being happily for him in the land of the living, is enabled to say—Much obliged to you; I thank you very much, but I'd really rather not; and therefore pray take back your gifts ! You, Mr. TENNYSON', your munificnt offering to me of a guinea! You, Lord PALM ERSTON, the £lOO put down by you as the Prime Minister of Eng land, to me, the Red Shirt of Melezzo and Ca latafima—nay, for that matter, the Red Shirt no less of the Heights of Aspromonte !—lt is really nothing less than a ludicrous anti-climax in either instance—in the instance of GARIBALDI, the great Adventurer, and in the instance of SHAKSPERE, the great Poet and Dramatist. The latter, if he were still alive, we may be equally well assured, would de cline the proffered tribute of the N. S. T, C. quite as peremptorily as GARIBALDI has declined that offi ciously suggested a week or two back at Stafford House. Pity he can't For—unless something should happily arise to prevent it—we are threat. ened with having erected to the memory of SHAKS PERE, here in London, if any monument at all, one —judging at least from the smallness of the sum yet collected together—wholly unworthy either of London or of SHAKSPERE, either of the Wealthiest City of the World or of the Greatest Poet. The quarterly report which the Registrar-Gene ral has just issued is in some respects of unusual interest. In it we learn the actual effects of these bitter weeks which mowed down age and weakness with so unsparing a hand. From it we may also gather some indications of the returning prosperity now happily perceptible in our northern districts. It is worth noticing, since the number of marriages is usually taken as a test of the condition of trade, that the marriages in the year 1863 were the most numerous ever recorded, although, having regard to the increase of population, they did not attain the highest rate. In the last quarter of the year more especially their number was unusually large more so than it has ever been since the registration began. The most satisfactory part of this intelli gence is, that their increase was very largely due to the seats of the cotton and woollen manufacture, and also to the coal andiron districts, thus affording the most convincing testimony that the clouds which have so long hung over our manufacturing industry are rapidly breaking, and that hope and courage are rising in the hearts of the people. Coming to the current year, of which, of course, we have only one quarter's returns, the figures seem determined to keep up the high rate of the marriage returns of the last twelvemonth. The birth-rate, instead of the average 3.605 per cent. per annum, is 3.740, and the increase is everywhere perceptible, ex cepting in London and the south-west. But the other item which exceeds the average at once ar rests the attention. We have all known that the deaths during the early months of the present year were unusually frequent, and we were prepared to find an excess of the average in the quarterly re turns, seeing that the severest visits of King Frost were all paid us after the year had turned. The revelations of the Registrar are, however, absolutely startling. There has seldom, we kno w, been a more fatal winter; indeel, the only winters that can compare to it during a long space of time were the two winters succeeding the failure of the potato crop, and the winter of the Crimean war. Such remarkable ex ceptions to the ordinary routine would certainly be auite out of place in a comparison with, any ordi nary season, but we may with truth, look upon the early months of this year as something unusual. Upon an average 1,572 persons died every day in England and Wales, the total number of deaths for the quarter being 143,030, that is to say, 14,69$ in excess of the average ! Those who talk so much about bracing air, good seasonable 'weather, and so on, may learn for their future guidance that when the thermometer falls to freezing point the morta lity rises all over the country, and that one bitter night when the mercury fell 17 degrees below freez ing point cost 877 lives, In this excessive morta lity London suffered most severely, owing partially from the sensitiveness of its inhabitants to cold, partially to the large number of its inhabitants always floating on the verge of starvation, and par tially to the absenoe of that kindly aid which is more likely to reach the destitute in less populous places, The latter fact is proved by the mortality of Lancashire and Cheshire not increasing in the same proportion as that of the metropolis, notwith standing the partial continuance of the distress. The manner in which the public health has been preserved through so long continued and severe a trial affords ample evidence of how much may be done towards checking excessive mortality by an efficient and organised system of re lief. Could we by any. possibility apply to the distressed districts of the east of London some of the social machinery which has worked so hap pily in Lancashire during the last two years, we should hear less of those melancholy cases of deaths from cold and want which have, during the past few months, become only too common. Another thing that tends to increase the number of deaths is the high price of fuel. Fire, as the Registrar- General justly observes, is a necessary of life in this climate, and he expresses his conviction that any thing which tends to cheapen coal, such as the abolie tion of duties or the laying down of railways, will preserve many lives in severe seasons. In support of this view he tells us to compare the rise in the rate of mortality in the south-eastern districts with that in the north, where coal is cheap. In the former it was 18 per cent. higher than in the twn preceding quarters, in the latter it was only 4 per cent. This startling difference must certainly have some cause, since it is evident that the cold would be, if anything, intenser in the northern counties. Before good drainage were so universal, end while many important sanitary measures were yet unto garded, the summer months were the most fatal. Thanks to the energetic labours of late years we have diminished those dangers, but the peril now meets us from another quarter, and it would be well, before the Frost King is among us again, s iously to reflect upon the best means of meeting ee it. We have also to consider how far the public health is to be regarded as in a satisfactory state, when so large a portion of the populace is in so low a condition as to succumb to the first no kindly influence. At the present juncture it is inter: sling to notice the article in the Danish newspaper the Dafiblatlet, touching the Conference at London, and how far it affects the prospects of Denmark. In this case, as in many similar ones, there is always a great deal to be heard on all sides, and everyone can give an opinion very glibely, but those most intimately con cerned are apt to be passed over in the hurry of the lookers'.oo, to declare their views and enunciate their policy. It is wise, then, to turn aside for a moment from the more exciting topic 3 of debate, and the prominent points of discussion, to mark and learn what is thought of these momentous themes at a distance from the spot where they are being entertained by the various Powers. The opinions expressed in this article seem most straightforward ; and painful as the picture before us is to contem plate, none can deny its truth or doubt its accuracy. What vast meaning there is in the assertion that the " vital question" of Denmark is taken from their hands and transferred to the Conference now sitting in London. Great stress is laid on the im portance of an armistice, and too truly have events that have recently occurred proved the justice of the remark that this essential requisite should have been obtained before the commencement of the Confer ence. It does indeed appear amazing that ench an idea was not carried out, and the very lukewarm manner in which this vital question was taken up seems to preclude the notion that our Government was really in earnest in the cause, or that they en tertained any more hope of their soi disant expecta tions being fulfilled' It was virtually letting the case go by default, thus to give up an important point at the outset, and no one can wonder that the unhappy sufferers by this negligence feel irritated and indignant when they reflect upon the manner in which they have been treated. Who can fail to coincide with the strictures passed upon our dilatory and delusive Cabinet for the course they have adopted, speaking so fair, and acting so coldly to the brave little nation in distress. They who sum up after events will ratify the judgment here given of their actuating spirit which was love of pace, not reverence for justice. " The English Govern ment thought of nothing else but keeping power in its own hands" is truly declared, and all consciena tions observers must lament the circumstance. Had the Conference met earlier the calamity of Dybbol might have been avoided, but delay followed delay, and one put off was succeeded by another until, as it is here impressively narrated," the heart's-blood of Denmark flowed in stream's upon the soil of Schleswig," When all these sad euggestions are dwelt upon it is almost impossible to avoid fearing that the dark side of the picture here presented to notice may prove the correct one after all, and nothing really be gained for the interests of Den mark in the workings of this tardy Conference in their protracted deliberations, and few and far be tween meetings. It is all very well for cold and cautious critics to dilate upon the topic, and to de clare that, of course, these ideas are exaggerated, and these opinions in the extreme. The fact is, the language of those who feel differs widely from that of those who only think, and they who are concerned heart and soul in a cause which relates to their existence can more readily express themselves with energy and excitement than those who look at the issues of life and death, the struggle for freedom or oppression, with the cynical regard of prejudice or the callous glance of indifference. !f any part of this protest be true, it is a bitter reflection for us, for the great country that has suffered the small and weak ore to fall into the grasp of ruthless invaders —for the mighty people who have been bamboozled by Conferences, treaties, despatches, and missions, while the brave little population of a gallant nation have been confused by intimations, misled by pro mises, and finally left to cope single-handed with enemies whose demands increase with their pro gress, and the relinquishment of spoils seems only to whet their desire and enhance their greed for more. This article in the Dagbladet puts the chief circumstances of the ca ae before u s i n a i!.alates the leading fea striking manner, and recap tura of a case which 8 assumed so painful an in terest to all who respect the rights of nationality and the privileges of freemen. Pulpit Oratory in the Church of England, A CLERGYMAN'S OPINION OF IT, The Rev. A. J. D. D'Orsey, the emieent elocutionist of Cambridge, took occasion at th e e Church Congress at Man • chester to make the folloeang rather telling remarks in ie gard to the educatigeial shortcomings of hi s f e ll ow c l ergy in the establistreent. He said that in working out church extension, they must have competent men; but that they had 'not competent men in number and quality; that they nad not an adequate supply, and that those they had were not always up to the mark. His business was, therefore, briefly to represent what he conceived to be the feelings of the laity and also of the clergy upon this question. It was that the education at present gives to canoidates preparing fcr orders in the Church was not the best suited for the mil they had to perform. (Hear, hear.) An ancient king was asked what education was; and he said that educa tion was "learning to do that when young which a man would have to do when old." It they applied this test—and it was a very good one—they would find that the education accorded was admirable as far as the pre liminary discipline went; but it was a failure in regard to professional training. (Cheers.) Let them not—he ap pealed to his clerical brethren especially—for a moment misunderstand him. He valued as much as any man lite rary and scientific attainments; but highly as he valued these he valued still more highly that business work which prepared men for the great duty of shepherds, under the Great Shepherd of all, in the work of saving souls. (Cheers.) Again, he said, he did not undervalue scholarship; seven years passed at a public school and three years at a univer sity was a foundation of granite ; but when they found that a pretty straw shed was erected, they were not proportion ing the means to the end, nor balancing the education of the future clergyman aright. (Cheers.) What was a clergyman's business? It was not to write Greek verses, or to solve difficult problems in mathematics. All this was valuable and important as a preliminary, and he would have it not a whit less than at present. But he would build upon that preparation a distinct professional education. (Cheers.) Much had been said about the duty of the laity to the clergy. They would, perhaps, permit him, though a clergyman, to speak of the duty of the clergy to the laity. Englishmen were always willing to pay a good price for a good article ; but they did not like paying a good price, or any price, for an article they did not want, or for a bad article. It was of no use telling the laity, " Your clergyman was the senior wrangler or the first classic of his year." The educated layman would say, "I grant that is a high honour; but my senior wrangler can not read the service fit to be heard—(cheers and laughter)— and my senior classic"—he begged the indulgence of his clerical brethren, but no one would hise excepting those whom the shoe pinched—(laughter)—" my senior classic may possibly contract with S. P. 0. of Blooms bury for a weekly supply of beautifully lithographrd sermons, and read them as his own." (Laughter.) And why did he do this ? Because at the university he was never directly taught to write a word of English. (Cheers.) Again, the deli - eery of a sermon, supposing it to have been written by the clergyman himself, was often so sleepy, monole,nous, dull, and inaudible, that it was quite enough to empty the church. (Cheers and interruption.) He thought he heard a few hisses, but it was well known whence they came. (Oh, oh, and laughter.) Why was it with the agricultural classes that dissent was so popular? It was not that those classes were lovers of dissent, as dis sent. (Cheers,) But it was because they could not hear the old rector, and could not follow the young curate. (Applause.) It was not because they disliked to go to church, but because they could not understand its ser vices. They, therefore, emptied the parish church and filled the Salem or the Bethel next door to it. (Laughter.) The laity had the right to demand an article that was really use ful. When they went to physicians they went to men if skill and experience --to men of five years' training as phy sicians. They went to them not because they were Latin or Greek scholars or mathematicians, but because they were good physicians. (Cheers.) He wanted this argument applied here. He did not want the three years' university course to be diminished a day. (Hear, hear.) lie did not want this, which was most valuable and important, at all interfered with by any modification. But he asked fur a supplementary year or two fur the thorough training of men in reading the service, composition and delivery of germane, and in everything in which they were not at present CONDUCT OF THE PRUSSIANS IN JUTLVND.—The following appears in the France :—" Ou the 27th ult., g,OOO Prussians entered Viborg. Accounts from Horsens state that the troops which have arrived there are quite young soldiers, well dressed anti newly come from Silesia, but their arrogance and effrontery know no bounds. They enter the shops in parties of ten or a dozen, and lay hold of anything that strikes their fancy without thinking of paying. Sometimes they even add raillery to their pillage, telling the poor shopkeepers that the King of Denmark will pay for what is taken.' If by chance they find a door shut against them they break it open, and in some houses they have even assaulted the inhabitants, when the latter have not immediately given them what they ask for." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. PARIS, MAY 7. Advises received here from Tunis state that the French, English, and Italian squadrons have arrived there. They have detached a) pa to guard the coast. Tunis is quiet. The tribes are becoming satisfied with the concessions they have obtained, and are beginning to give in their submission, The New Glaris Journal recounts an aff a i r w hi c h hasabduction cau s e d oaf five certain children sensation ldren i nn in co Switzerland—th e s e queue of reli gious prejudices. Antoine Lauber, the father of a family, living in a small town in the canton of Lucerne, hid his house lately invaded by au armed force and his five children taken away by order of the authorities. The father's crime consisted in not having his last child baptised by an eccl es i as ti c o f the place. The Swiss journal do es not state what religious creed is in question, but that point does not signify, as the wrong consists in the intrusion of authority. Lauber has appealed to the Council. The Mgacher states that the Governor-General of Algeria has just ordered the establishment of five Arab-French schools at Ammi-Moussa, Zem morab, Frenda, Saida, and Nedroma, i n t h e pro vince of Oran. The Arabs, who begin to appreciate benefits of instruction, will thus have an oppor tunity of getting their children taught the elements of the French language without leaving home, and those who wish for a more complete education can afterwards go to the Arab French college, which will s; on be opened at Oran. The Memorial de la Loire relates the follow ing :—" Two or three days ago a respectably dressed man of about 50 called on a well-known medical man at St. Etienne and said, lam a builder by trade, and in making my contracts am sometimes obliged to drink rather too freely. Finding myself lately indisposed in consequence of those exceeoes, I was advised to apply to M. X-- of Caux, who had, I was told, a secret of sovereign efficacy in such cases. I followed the recommen dation and took the remedy, which consisted of a white powder done up in small packets, but instead of being cured I find I am poisoned, and was told that the remedy is arsenic. Yes, air,' continued the speaker with great violence, am poisoned, and already to-day I have had one violent attack While speaking his countenance changed, his bieathing became heavy, and throwing himself back in a chair he exclaimed, I am going to have another—l am dying—help ! help!' The doctor went towards him and found that he was dead. The body was conveyed to the Hotel Dieu, where a post-mortem examination proved that the man died from paralysis of the pectoral muscles, brought on by violent emotion produced by a diseased imagina tion. No trace of poison existed. The white pow der was analysed and turned out to be, not arsenic, but simply sugar of milk, a completely harmless substance." BOURSE, May 6.—The announcement of the Bank of France having raised its rats of discount to 7per cent, has had an unfavourable effect on the market, and the business dons shows lower prices. Threes for the Account are now at 661. 40c. Mobilier have receded to 1,127 f. 50 c . Railway Market qu i e t, but with price s p retty well maintained up to the present time. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents .. 93 50 Italian Loan 6B 30 Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 45 Do. end month.... Credit Alobilier 1130 Russian Do, end m0nth....1132 50 Austrian .. Bl Bank Shares 335.5 Spanish Threes.... 51 Credit Fancier 1230 Elome Debt Roman 14),ILWAYS, Cash. Account. Orleans * )41111: Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 935 935 New ditto BBO • • Southern 640 640 Western - .. Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lorpbard North of Spain Saragossa 555 -- 5 5 2 5 0 Ditto to Barcolona 245 universities do not possess the Faculty of Theology); 319, Historico-Philological Faculties; 1,318, Physico •Mathematical Faculties ; 1,997 Juridical, and 1,140, Medical Faculties; lastly, 36, Faculty of Oriental Languages. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service, (From the Cad Service Gazette.) COLONIAL Orr•lcE.—Mr William Alexander Hamilton has been appointed to a clerkship. WAR OFFICE,—Mr Thomas Garnant Cawker has been appointed a temporary clerk in the Accountant-General's Department, Pall-mall. HOUSE or COMMONS.—Mr Charles Forster has been ap pointed to a clerkship in the Committee-office. PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE.—Mr Wm. A. Andoe has been appointed to a clerkship. STATIONERY- OFFICE.—A vacancy in the fourth class has occurred, in consequence of the death of Mr H. Barnes, third class clerk. The following promotions have taken place,in consequence of the superannuation of Mr Joseph Blades, a first-class clerk—Mr George Neech, from the second to the first-class —3 , lr W. H. Gardner, from the third to the second-class— Mr Herbert Taylor, from the fourth to the third class. BOARD OF THADE,—MT William T. James has been ap pointed a temporary clerk. Mr John Mayne Curtis has been appointed a temporary clerk in the Seamen's Registry Office. COURT OF PROBATE•-Mr Amyatt Edmund ' s Ray has been appointed a searcher. _ _ ADMIRALTY.—The following promotions have taken place in the Hydrographic Depaz tment, Whitehall—Mr T. Walker, Ist class draughtsman, has been promoted to be chief draughtsman. Mr E. J. Powell, 2d class draughts man, has been promoted to be Ist class draughtsman, vice T. Walker, promoted. Mr R. C. Carrington, 3d class draughtsman, has been promoted to be 2d class draughts man, vice E. J. Powell. PosT•oFFICE.—Mr Christopher E. Pribble has been ap pointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr Ludovic Walter Campbell has been appointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr Thomas Barrows has been appointed a temporary clerk, London. Mr Frederick W. Cooper has been appointed a clerk at Manchester. CUSTOHS,—Mr Henry G. Batley has been appointed clerk in the tea department, London, Mr. W. Cheetham has been appointed a clerk in the Receiver-General's Office, London. Mr William Harrald has been appointed a clerk in the Warehousing Department, London. Mr A. Lorraine has been appointed a clerk in the East and West India Docks, London. Mr. D. Minter has boon promoted from 2d to 3d class of clerks, London Docks. Mr A. C. Bray has been promoted from 3d to 2d class of clerks, London Docks. Mr P. Bergin has been promoted from 4th to 3d class of clerks, London Docks- Mr G. Saunders has been promoted from sth to 4th class of clerks, London Docks. INLAND REVENUE.—Stamps and Tax Branch—Messrs Geoffrey Howard Young and Evelyn Freeth have been ap pointed junior clerks in the Legacy Office. Mr Henry Forbes Clarke has been appointed a junior clerk in the Accountant's Department. Mr Charles Loughton has been appointed a porter in the warehouse keeper's department. Messrs James Sugden and G. H. Bishop have been appointed to be assistant surveyors of taxes. EXCISE BRANCH.—Mr John Williams, officer, Wands worth, Ist division, Kingston collection, has been appointed an examiner. Mr Edmund Charles Sturgeon, officer, Wotton division, Gloucester collection, has been appointed an examiner. Mr George Brooks, officer, Evesham ride, Worcester collection, has been appointed to Bromley, Ist division, Middlesex collection. Mr Charles Hall Tanner, officer, Droitwich ride, Worcester collection, has been ap pointed to Evesham ride, Worcester collection. Mr George Rodgement, officer. Alloa, sth division, Stirling collection, has been appointed to Cheadle division, Stafford collection. Mr George Johnston Murray, officer, Sahara ride, Cam bridge collection, has been appointed to Alloa, sth division, Stifling collection. Mr James Slater, first-class assistant, Alloa, 6th division, Stirling collection, has been appointed officer of Sopham ride, Cambridge collection. Mr Charles Horne, 3d clerk, London, North collection, has been ap pointed officer of Eastbourne ride, Brighton collection. Mr Albert Western, officer, Dundalk, Ist division, Middle sex collection, Mr William Dean, Ist clerk, Londonderry collection, has been appointed officer of Dundalk, Ist divi sion, Drogheda collection. Mr John Lloyd, first-class assistant, Langholm division, Dumfries collection, has been appointed officer of Hinckley, 2d ride, Leicester collection. Mr John Hawkins, officer, Wellington ride, Shrewsbury collection, has bean appointed to Wandsworth, Ist divisicn, Kingston collection. Mr. Thomas Allen, officer, Carlisle, 2d ride, Carlisle collection, has been appointed to Welling.. ton ride, Shrewsbury collection. THE BOMBAY MAIL, By the arrival of the Bombay mail'we have files of papers trom Bombay to the 14th April, and from Calcutta to the sth April. is expected to leave from the Times of l l V n e ch t .a ak o e f t t h h e e I f 4 o l t l h o w A i p n r g i l s mary y is understo o d th a t he Ca ‘ l ' e ll ut i t s a E hn xc t e h ll e en l c s y th th in e s V t. ice l ro t has only been waiting for the production of the Bud get. kis natural that he should have wished, be fore leaving the seat of Government, t o b e i n f u ll possession of all information directly bearing on the state and condition of the country, on the relation of its revenue to its expenditure, and on the amount of its resources as compared with that revenue and that 'expenditure. His Excellency now pro ceeds direct to Delhi, where he is expected to arrive on the 18th instant. There will be no camp formed ; and after a brief stay at Delhi, his Excellency will proceed direct to Simla. He will shortly be joined there by the Commander in-Chief in I n di a , who at latest dates was in Cashmere, and who was expected to leave it for Simla, via Lahore, about the same time that the Viceroy would !cave Calcutta. 64 The subject of chief interest during the past fortnight has been the Indian Budget, read by Sir C. Treveiyan in tue L9gielative Council of the Governor-General on the 7th inst. This exposition of the financial state and prospects of the country is on the whole favourable. The actual revenue for the year 1863.64 was X 44,753,000. The actual expenditure was £44,722,000. Ther e NI , as a deficit on the entire Budget estimate of revenue in opium of £1,150,000. The d e fi c it on entire Budget estimate was £217,700, The estimated revenue for 1864-65 is £46,160,000. The estimated expenditure is £45,340,000. The promised surplus for 1864.65 is /823,000. "The estimated cost of the Sittaca expedition and camp of exercise was /200,000. The duty on tobacco is reduced from 20 per cent. to 10 per cent. The import duty on cotton piece goods i s raise d from 5 per cent. to 71 per cent., with a djustment of value to market rate of to-d a y, These aro t he prin cipal features of the Budget that have reached us. Economy 13 recommended in view of the Income-tax expiring in Ju1y,1865. Th ea dvancement of the tariff valuations on piece g oo d s an d yarns will certainly not commend itself to the approbation of commercial men. " The Financial Commissioners sent oat from England to ad v i se th e azcou nts of the Public Works Department h ave su b m i t t e d their report. The Government of India has approved in general of the reforms recommended. Colonel Chesney stands appointed as Accountant-General, and Mr Kellner as Deputy." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKETS. (From the Timm of India of 14th April.) Money—The demand for money is decidedly increasing, and should accounts from England for cotton continuo fa vourable, we shall undoubtedly see largo remittances going up country. .......,10 RUSSIA. Official returns published at St. Petersburg state that at the end of 1863 there were in the six Uni versities of Russia 4,901 students, without reckon ing the free auditors. The students were thus divided-672 at :St. P:,tersbilifg, 1,802 at Misenw, 647 at K'eff, 419 at Kasen, 703 at Charkoff, and 668 at Derpat. In dividing the butiget of each uni versity by the number of students frequenting it we find each pupil costs the State annually 208 roubles at St. Petersburg, 133 r. at Moscow, 211 r. at Kieff, 261 r. at Kasen, 2075. at Charkoff, and 231 r. at Derpat—(the rouble is 3fr. 75c.) These figures have much augmented of late, and since the reorganisa tion of the universities the expenses have nearly doubled. If we consider the number of inhabitants of each circumscription, we find that the University of Derpat is the most peopled. The students aro divided as follows among the different faculties :- 91 in the Faculty of Theology at Derpat (the other SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, May 7.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. POR,TSMOUTIT, May G.—Arrived—White Star, from Can terbury, N.Z. . - SWANSEA, May s,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ethelbena, from Caldera, PLYMOUTIT, May 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Athens, screw steamer, from Southampton for the Cape of Good Hope. FALmouu, May 6,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—F. A. Alme nagre, from Sagua la Grande, BiusTol,, May 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pallas, from Huelva. LEITII, Nay 6.---Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Bertha, for Singapore. 13T ➢IAGNETIC TELEGIIATIT. ORATESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, May 6—Lympha, from Christiana—Antelope, from Oothenberg—and Ylutos, and Soren Winkle, from Aalborg, DEAL, Saturday Morning, Anchored—Trio brig, from the north for Fayal, REFORMATION OF THE JERSEY COURT.—The petition of the British residents in Jersey to Parliament in favour of Mr Locke's bill for the reform of the Jersey Court, has received a large number of signatures. SERIOUS STEAMSHIP COLLISION OFF DEPTFORD— A SHIP SUNK.—Yesterday morning,between 5 and 6 o'clock, a very serious collision happened on the river, off the works of the General Steam Navigation Company, at Deptford, which resulted in the sinking of a fine bark which had recently arrived in the river from the Mediterranean with a cargo of sulphur. The barque was lying at the re gular moorings off the lower part of Deptford, on the south side of mid-channel, when a large iron screw steamship, re ported to be the Beta, bound foreign, on her way down the river, struck the ship on the port quarter, close to the stern, The steamer came stem on, and such was the fearful charac ter of the blow that the bark was cut down several feet, and driven from her moorings nearer towards Greenwich. It was then found that the ship was fast filling. Fortunately the crew were enabled to take to the boats and preserve themselves before the ship went down. She now lies in the fairway of the navigation, but the Thames Conservancy harbour masters have taken the usual precautions to protect the shipping passing up and down the pool from sustaining damage or getting foul of the sunken ship. The vessel which was lying near to the bark also sustained some damage. The loss of the bark and her cargo will involve a consider • able amount. The Beta, after some delay, proceeded on her course down the river. The bark is reported to be insured. THE CONFEDERATE VESSEL PAMPERO.—On Thursday a final judgment was given in the case by Lord Ormidale at Edinburgh, in terms of a compromise agreed upon between the parties for a nominal conviction without penalty. Minutes were lodged by the builders, withdrawing from the suit, and by the owners, stating that they adhered to the statement that, so far as they were con cerned, the counts in the information were unfounded in fact, having ascertained that Mr G. T. Sinclair, one of the de fenders, did attempt and endeavour to furnish the vessel with the intent stated in the third count; and being advised that the said vessel might thereupon be legally liable to seizure, even though her owners had not themselves in fringed the statute, they had entered into the agreement set forth in the joint minute with the Crown. The joint minute for the crown and the owners set forth—first, that the de fenders, John Fleming and others, consent to a verdict being entered for the Crown, without the intervention of a jury, on the 37th count of the information, but this on the footing that no liability is incurred by the said defenders to her Majesty's Advocate or to any of the officers of the Crown acting in their capacity of informers ; and, second, that in the application of the said verdict no expenses shall be found due by either party in the suit. The Lord-Ordinary pro nounced interlocutors—first, allowing Messrs. Thomson, the builders, to withdraw from the case; second, allowing the minute for the defenders, Fleming and others; and, third, finding for the Crown on the 37th count in terms of the joint minute, the count in question being to the effect that the defenders attempted and endeavoured to furnish the said ship or vessel with intent and in order that such ship or vessel should be employed in the service of the Confe derate States, with intent to cruise and commit hostilities against a certain foreign State with which her Majesty was not then at war—to wit, the republic of the United States ; the third interlocutor further declaring that no penalty had been incurred by the defenders, and that no expenses were due by either party. A MANUSCRIPT WHICH HAD BELONGED TO THE TENIEES FAMILY has lately passed into the archives of the city of Antwerp, from which it appears that D ave l Terriers had a son of the same name, who was also a painter of some celebrity. LETTERS FOR CITITA VECCHIA AND NAPLES, BY FRENCH PACKET.—In consequence of some alterations which have been made in the arrangements of the French mail packet service in the Mediterranean, letters, &c., in tended to be sent to Civita Vecchia and Naples, by French packet, despatched from London by the day mail of every Wednesday, or the night mail of every SAturday, will, in the ordinary course, be in time to be forwarded by the packets leaving Marseilles on the following Thursday and Monday,-135 , command of the Postmaster-General, The Garibaldi Indignation Meeting on Primrose-hill. WERE THE POLICE JUSTIFIED IN SUPPRESSING IT ? The following rmarks thereuppia tiro from the the Law Times of to-day : The dispersion by the police of the indignation meetirift' held upon Primrose-hill, to protest against the sudden de parture of Garibaldi, is likely to be submitted to judicial decision. As for the meeting itself, it was harmless enough. There was not the slight est danger of a breach of the peace, and the only ground upon which the authorities can justify their interference is, that the parks are places for recreation, dedicated to the use of the whole public, and that meetings held there would be an obstruction of that free enjoy ment by t all. The newspapers have very generally as sumed that the act of the police was not only illegal, but undesirable, and they have treated the question as if the point at issue is the right to hold meetings in the open air. But that right will probably be admitted, or at least it will not be contested. The sole plea of the police autheritits will be that they have general orders from the Home Office not to permit of assemblages in the park that obstruct the full and free enjoyment of them by the whole public. The justification of the police is that they have acted in obedi ence to orders, and as those orders are not denied, the ques tion resolves itself into this-Ire such orders legal, and can meetings be lawfully held in the parks in defiance of those orders? The special character of the recent meet ing must not be permitted to influence the judgment. It must be steadily borne in mind, that if a meeting may be lawfully held in the parks to complain of the abrupt dismissal of Garibaldi by the Government, it will be equally lawful to hold any other meeting for any other purpose, and meetings of any mag nitude and in any number. If Mr. Beales, revising bar rister for Middlesex, may make the top of Primrose Hill impassable for three or four hours to-day, any other man who seeks notoriety may block up any other path in any other park at any time he pleases—or twenty such as Mr. Beales may take it into their heads, either for business or for mischief, to hold twenty meetings at the same hour, and so practically close all the parks to all but the mob ; in fact, the persons for whose erejdy ment they are designed would be deprived by those for whose use they were not intended. Establish the right contended for by the newspapers, and abundant advantage would be taken of it. They forget the origin of the order of which they complain. The Sunday meetings in Hyde Park had become a nuisance, and threat ened serious consequences. What did the newspapers then? They vehemently abused the authorities for not suppressing them—they urged the self-same argument that the parks were places for recreation, and not for public meeting, and it was in obedience to an almost unanimous call for official interference that the orders now so much complained of were issued. Such is the inconsistency of writers who are moved by excitement and not by rea son. They cannot, or will not, see that they must permit or refuse the use of the parks to all meet ings alike, but having procured the prohibition of meetings which they did not like, they are wrathful now at the sup pression of a meeting whose object they are pleased to ap prove. But the law knows no such distinction. It will give or deny the privilege to all equally. If it should be 'determined there is common law right to hold a public meeting in any public place, it - vill give that right to the preacher of sceptism as well as to the friends of Garibaldi; and if its judgment should be that there is no such right, both must submit to the same restriction. Thus much for the right to meet. Whether it would not have been more prudent for the police to have folded their arms and permitted the business to be concluded without interruption, is another question, W e think it would. There is no doubt whatever that Garibaldi's departure was hastened because Austria would not (and indeed could not) come to the Conference. The shouts were in her ears that greeted the declaration of her mortal enemy, that he would take Venetia from her. We should have refused to send an ambassador to a congress at Paris while the Parisians were welcoming with enthusiasm the declaration of some Irish patriot that he would not rest till he had torn Ireland from England. But reasons of state such as these are not likely to be intelligible to the multitude, and their indignation at the spiriting away of their idol is natural and laudable. It is only to be regretted that they should have been so ill advised as to choose one of the parks for giving expression to it. Garibaldi Permanent Income Fund. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. a meeting held this day at Stafford House, it was stated on satisfactory evidence that General Garibaldi would certainly decline the sub scription for the purchase of an estate to be made on his behalf. The meeting therefore resolved to desist from any further efforts. I am instructed to express the regret of the com mittee and of the contributors at this determina tion of the General, but they fully appreciate the high motives which have dictated such a refusal.— Your obedient servant, CHARLES SEELY. P.S.—The subscriptions already paid will be returned in full. T 0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The natural desire to present General Garibaldi with a substantial testimony ,of England's appreciation of his character and of his cause suggested the formation of a committee for that purpose before the general had touched our shores. If anything could add to that desire, it would be the un fortunate suddenness of his departure. It always appeared to the committee that the best, and indeed the only satisfactory, mode of dealing with the fund would be to place it absolutely and unreservedly at the general's disposal, entirely unfettered by conditions and re strictions, which they deemed unworthy alike of the Eng lish people and of the hero whom they desired to honour. The committee have therefore seen with great regret a separate fund set on toot, with the " purpose of securing a permanent income for General Garibaldi and his family after him," both because they consider the scheme inap propriate and even derogatory, and because, as every one knows, the existence of two funds and two committees in sures that both together shall not realise so much as either by itself, The excuse of doubt given to waverers is too tempting. Besides this, it is well understood by his friends that Garibaldi will not accept the gilt bestowed for the pecuniary well-being of himself and his children. It is within our knowledge that no official indications of this scheme has been made to the general, perhaps because it was known that he would refuse it. Our fund he does recognise, and has already sent in structions for the remittance of a portion of it ; but he does not, and we venture to say will not, recognise any other — at least, any other given with restrictions and conditions. We think it right therefore publicly to suggest to the committee formed for this purpose to throw overboard all limitations, and let the English people raise a testimonial worthy to be presented by a free nation to a free man. If not, upon them must rest the responsibility of the failure of the subscription, JOHN RICHARDSON, }Treasurers. I'. A. TAYLOR. P.S.—Although not distinctly authorisea to publish the following from Signor Guerzord, it seems to us so impor tant that we decide to do so on our own responsibility. Committee-room, London Tavern, May 5. [Emtract.] "In answer to your request, I think I can state that, although General Garibaldi did not express his mind, be cause no official communication has been made to him on the subject, it is his intention to not accept the estate for which a subscription has been raised. (Signed) G. Gunnzorir, Secretary to General Garibaldi. "London, April 29, 1864." Garibaldian Party in the Italian Parliament A correspondent of the Szecle, writing to that journal from Turin on the 2d inst., says :—" For the last few days Garibaldi has no longer been spoken of by his friends as the emissary of the Ita lian National Revolution, ready to embark in any enterprise at the head of his volunteers, but as the leader of a great constitutional party which accepts the struggle on the standpoint of the constitution and the existing laws. In a word, Garibaldi and his friends aspire to power; they openly declare they wish to be ministers, not for the purpose of falling asleep amid the sweets of power, but in order to remain there long enough to have at their dis posal the Italian army, and to direct it against Austria. Bear in mind that we are on the eve of the general elections, and that the attitude of Gari baldi and his friends is thus clearly defined only to influence thcae elections. In a word, Garibaldi becomes the leader of a parliamentary Left, hitherto divided and without a head. The new Garibaldian party has a year to do its work in. It hopes that that year will suffice to gain for it a Eufficient Tea jority in the country. The other parties are much distnrbed by this fresh declaration of policy. The Garibaldian party, sincerely anxious to keep within the limits of the constitution, and giving guarantees of patience to the democracy, may exert immense influence, for half of Italy is already with it. The ministry is at a loss how to act towards it. Ought it to treat this new party gently or boldly attack it? There is one minister among the members of the cabinet, a diplomatist and statesman, who is very nearly converted to Garibaldi. Under any circum stances, witethee Garibaldim be opposed or accepted by the majority, it will form a considerable and influential parliamentary body." alrr * clank HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, May 6. The Queen, Princess Louise, and Princess Bea., trice, drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrg, Bruce. Colonel the H. A. Harding© attended on horse. back. EArl Cowley arrived from London and had an audience of her Majesty. _ _ _ In the evening Lord Cowley had the honour of (Filing with her Majesty and the royal family. The Prince arid Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback in the forenoon yesterday, attended by Mjor Teesdale. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive in the afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords in the afternoon. Health of Lord Palmerston. In reply to inquiries at Cambridge House late this afternoon we were informed that his lordship was much better. We understand that the Prince of Wales will review the Volunteers of the metropolis and of the neigh bouring counties on Saturday, May 28. The review is to commence at six o'clock. THE QUEEN AND THE DANISH QUESTION.-It has been observed that both Lords Russell and. Palmerston have, in Parliament, in speaking of the aggres sions of Germany, used language amounting to threats, which threats have not been carried out. This is not the habit of English statesmen, least of all of statesmen of such larga experience and ripe years. It has been observed, also, that the journal which is in such matters understood to be inspired by the Premier himself, has consistently advocated a policy of action such as would make good these threats. It has been observed, too, that Lord Derby, after fora cer tain time supporting a policy of action, has suddenly comp to the rescue of Government from defeat on such an issue. From these facts the public draws the inference that the actual policy which has been adopted has been moved, not by the convictions of the Ministry, but by the deference which both they and the heads of the Opposition are dis posed to pay to the personal wishes of the Sovereign in the matter in which the Constitution makes her despotic, and in which her own practice has made her arbiter. If the public is wrong in this, it will gladly be corrected ; but such correction has been vainly asked for in Parliament, and we ourselves, some weeks ago, invited it in vain. Therefore, till con ected, this explanation of our foreign policy is naturally assumed and believed to be true. If it should be so, we need scarcely point out how greatly the fact is to be deprecated. The nation, jealous always for its honour and duty, has ever felt bound to remonstrate against being pledged, by a single will, to a course of which it dis approved. It were surely an anomaly too strange to be witnessed in this century, if the thirty millions of English men and Englishwomen, if the statesmen who have spent their lives in the service of the country, should be forced, in deference to the personal feelings of one exalted Lady, most admirable as she is in all the private relations of life, to yield up their belief of what honour, public faith, thn welfare of the State, and the interests of Europe in all time to come, demand now at their hauds.—London Review. A Nzw CRIME.—On Tuesday morning seven gipsies were charged, before the Rev. Uriah Tonkin, at Hayle, Cornwall, with sleeping under tents, and were each committed to 21 days' imprisonment in tho county gaol, with hard labour. The party consisted of mother and six children, aged 20, 16, 15, 13, 10, and 8 years. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S GRAVE !—Mr. Coleman, of the Stock Exchange, has purchased Sir Edwin Land seer's magnificent picture of "The Polar Bears" far £3,soo.—The Reader. THE Curs IN FRANCE.—" The vast :plains of Dalphine," says the Salut Public of Lyons, " present at this moment an admirable appearance of verdure. Since the late rains, the wheat, clover, and vines have acquired an extraordinary degree of vigour, and lead to sanguine hopes of abundant crops. The rye is in the ear ; the pota toes are well above ground; the cherries are forward, and the mulberry trees in leaf. For the natural meadows more rain is wanted. The temperature has become colder." 'THE BOHEMIAN.—Tha divers at work on the wreck report that the remains of the hull of the ship and the rocks close by are covered by a tangled mass of woollen, cotton, and silk goods, resembling the piles that were cast ashore in the storm. Even at that depth (30 feet) there is considerable motion in the water, especially after a storm. Many unbroken bales and boxes ate found at quite a distance from the ship. A schooner, which cast anchor near by, found, in weighing the anchor, that it was encased in an immense mass of tangled goods, which it was difficult to remove from the flukes. The wind storm of last week broke up much that remained of j the stranded huil.—.Tort land Telegraph. THE W kATIIER IN YORK6IIIRE.—The whole of the present week has been more or less rainy, to the great improvement of pastures, which are thus early full of grass. Farmers were much in want of rain, which has at times come down heavily. On Thursday the northern and eastern parts of the county were visited by a succession of thunderstorms, attended by very heavy rains, No parti cular accident is reported from the lightning. The warmth and rains have suddenly placed us in the midst of the spring foliage. _ MONSEIGNEUR THE BISHOP OF NIMES, at whose magnificent church of St. Paul's the lately deceased painter Flandrin had executed some splendid paintings, has, by a pastoral circular letter, enjoined the priests of his parish to pray for, or rather to think of, this great painter, once at least, before the altar, " with deep fervour." His. letter contains at the same time a sort of critique of the works of the master, by which the learned prelate shows himself to be one of the most competent and liberal judges of art. AMERICAN STEAMBOAT DISASTER.-0 wing to a defective vein of iron, the port boiler of the Federal gunboat Chonango burst on the 15th ult. Nineteen men. were killed on the instant, or died on the way to the hospital, and four more died soon alter they reached the hospital ; it was feared that several more would not recover. Some of these poor men were literally flayed alive. In several the flesh was laid bare from head to foot, The calamity ex cited great sympathy in New York, and deputations from the English, French, and Russian navies attended At the Naval Hospital to express their condolence. SUICIDE BY JUMPING FROM A WlNDGW.—Yes terday evening Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the Royal Free Hospital touching the death of Mary Fowle s aged 40, a widow, who committed suicide at No. 16, Princes street, Red Lion-square, where she was residing, by throw ing herself from the attic window, a height of about 30 feet. The evidence showed that the deceased had been for some time past in a low and melancholy state of mind. On the previous forenoon a heavy moan was heard proceeding from the yard at the back of the house, when, on a lodger going there, he found the deceased lying on the pavement, bleed ing profusely from some wounds about the head. She was immediately placed in a cab and removed to the above insti tution, when life was pronounced to be t atinct. Verdict—a " Temporary Insanity." DISCOVERY OF UOLD AT WORTHING.--A few days since some men were diggi,ag in a garden occupied by Mr Chapman, florist, at Worthing, when they struck upon a vein of gold. They were searching for gravel, and had dug down through layers of gtcrdon loam and brick earth, and as they carelessly threw up .the sand from a depth of 10 feet, their employer, who was watching them, observed a quantity of glittering particles at the bottom of the pit on a bed of blue clay, Unfortunately, the discovery was not made until much of the precious dust was scattered beycnd recovery. A large piece of quarts was also found o,n the same spot, weighing lllb 12oz. The metal has been testco with chymical preparaticns, and proved to be un doubtot9y gold.—Brighton Examiner. Several of the continental journals state that the visit to Cop,enliagen of the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, eldest s e en of the Emperor Alexander, is generally considered in Denmark as connected with a project of marriage between tht. prince and the Princess Dagmar, oua of the daughters of Christian 11. STRIKES IN HULL,--On Monday the whole of the bricklayers connected with thy society at Hull struck for an advt;nce of Gd. pbr day. During last week circulars were sent to the various builders demanding an advance, and also threatening that the rae.a would not work unless the demand was acceded to. In one or two instances the advance was paid. Several hundreds of bricklayers aro now out. Their wages wore 4s. Gd. per day. The brick layers' labourers, who had 18s. per week, have also struck for 21s„ and they, where work is pressing, have got the advance demanded. The building trade in Hull is very brisk at the present time, several public buildings and a large number of first-class houses and manufactories being in course of erection. The bricklayers are to receive 12s per week from the club during the time they are on strike, On Saturday the labourers in the employ of Messrs. C. and W. Earle, iron shipbuilders, also struck for an advance of 6d. per day. Some of these men have aleeedy got them selves into trouble, having gone on Sunday to the house of ono man who had expressed his determin.ation to go to work on Monday, and used threats towards him in case he resumed work, Summonses were taken out against' ten of them to appear before the stipendiary magistrate to answer a charge of intimidation. The complainant had however, been further threatened, so that he was afraid to appear against the defendants, and none of them answered the sumnyAses. Warrants were, therefore, issued for their apprehension. IA