The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

'FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in :the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class vonds .it second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Ciergrmen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select Irma, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. article warranted. t:I;ERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and arc 'publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm•-able engravings of every description of Furniture and keasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised Cale A Six -roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiring househ)ld furniture, , carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, 'Wells. Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, 31srgate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Gacat COB BETT and CO.. General House - furnishers. Deptford bridge, London, S.E. QTEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK, The British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned S,plendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for ew York:— Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2 5OO 51;0 Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER 2,500 ..... 500 Capt. Coven. DUBLIN 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. FROUD. NEW YORK 2,500 ...• • 500 ... ('apt. HARRIS. These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete with every comfort. The Line will commence at an early date ; the exact day to be fixed in a latter announce ment. To load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Co., 8, Leadenhall-street. THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. Office, Horseferry-road, Westminster, 14th May, 1864. I DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, Th a t t h e AL following Proprietors, viz.— Jonah Smith Wells, Esq., Wil iam Chippenda e, Esq., Directors, William Bevan, Esq., have severally given me notice in writing of their intention to offer themselves for re-election as Directors at the Elec tion, which will take place at this Office, on FRIDAY, the 27th day of May instant, at 12 o'cli - J ek precisely. By orde, - 4 JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS, Secretary. LIE CREDIT M BILI E R (Limited), 80, Lombard -street, E.C. Capital. £1,001),000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right lion. James Stuart Wort'ey. The Hon. T. C. Haliburton, I John Westmorland, Efq. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P. Alexander Dunbar, Esq. Chance Ellis, Esq. Ado phe Hakim, Esq James Levick, Esq. Charles E. Newbon, Esq. Henry Pownall, Esq. MANAGE — A. Albert Grant, Esq. BA:iX.ERS. Mee re. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co., London. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London. This Company is pr , ,pared to negotiate Government and lifunicipal Loans, siva to aid in carrying out Concessions. To make advanee.s on approved securities. To effect the rarchase and sale of Shares, Stocks, &c., and to transact finaracial business generally. Also to reee'..ve money on dep os i t, for periods and terms to be agreed np on. Conamun'Acations to be made to the Manager. THOMAS SHORT, Secretary. Temporary O ffi ces, 80, Lombard -street, London. E.C. THE CREDIT FONCIER (Limited), 80, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,000, in 20,0.0 Shares of £5O each. subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. Deputy Chairman—James Levick, Esq. The lion. T. C. Haliburton, Alexander Dunbar, Esq. M.P. I John Westmorland, Esq. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. Charles Ellie, Esq. Ildward Warner, Esq., M.P. 1 Charles E. Newbon, Esq, Henry Pownall, Esq., J.P. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS Messrs. Masterman, Peters Mildred, and Co. Bank of Landon. This Company advances rioney on the deposit of Title Deeds of approved Freehol-,,-, or Leasehold Property in Great Britain, with or without regular Mortgage. Guarantees Titles or Securities, and, as Agent, negotiates Loan on Mortgage, tor l ong or short periods ; also, Receives Money on Deposit for fixed periods only, at rates to be agreed upo .n . CommuniCa:cions to be addressed to the Manager. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. Tempe racy Office, SO, Lombard-street, E.C. eOTTISII AND UNIVERSAL FINANCE BANK. To be incorporated under the Limited Liability Act. Capital, £1,000,000, witirpower to increase to £5,000,000. 24,000 shares of £5O each. Fi rs t issue, 10,000 shares. lon , application, £4 on all o t men t, an d £5 in three months. It is not intended to call up more than £26 per share. In the event of no allotment of shares being male, the deposit money will be returned in full. If more shares are applied for than are allotted ; the surplus of the deposit money will be applied to the 'payment due on allotment. P rospectuses and for ms o f a ppli ca ti on f or s h ares may b e 110 mbt ‘inel of tile brokers, and a t th e o ffi ces o f th e company. tee, foreign, and colonial contracts. Head Offices, London and Glasgow, with branches in Tarim and New York. More than half the capital being already subscribed for, the list will remain open only a few days ; and, by a reso lution of the board, the whole of the remaining shares will ba allotted in strict order of application pro rata. By the constitution of the association, the directors are hot to be paid for their services until the shareholders shall have received 7 per cent, dividend out of the profits, thus pledging their own remuneration on the success of the company. DIRECTORS. William Crosskill, Esq. (William Crosskill and Sons, agricultural implement manufacturers.) -Henry Frederick Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Sons, bankers and army agents.) George Grant, Esq., late Sub-Treasurer to the Bombay Government. C yrus Legg, Esq., Director of Mercantile Union Insurance torap any . Rosselli, Esq. (Messrs. Rosselli Brothers), merchant, Rood -lane. Angelo - Niglio Esq., merchant, Great Tower-street. Cha rles Wells, ' Esq., shipowner, Director of London and _ Provinci a l M ar i ne I nsurance Company. Chalmers Izett Paton, Esq. (Hugh Paton, 9, Princes street, Edinburgh), (With power to add to their number.) BANXERS. The Imperial Bank (Limted), Lothbury, London, Li:Weill/IA. Crow yle - reRORERS. Messrs 3 , C pthall Chambers, London J. „, . p a ,• 111 acullw :a and Sid, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Birmingham.ey SOICITO. 14es !will I!) l ayhew, 26, C a rey-str ßS eet, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. AUDITORS. I Ckb.ttliOS Smith and Sons, New Broad-street, E.C. Temporary Offices-61, Cornhill. PROSPECTUS. 2 , lha success attained by the Credit Mobilier of Paris has , ec „ently led to the establishment of somewhat similar insti t,"Qua in London, their introduction meetine. with marked ah eel 'm as is evidenced by the large dividends' paid to their b e e he ' lders,and increased value of the shares, such increase t i l ?g from 10 to 200 pe cent, on the amount aid. atxh_e facet hat Scotland, r notwithstanding thF p m . agnitude ki `"' : ) rapid increase of her commerce, has no institution of the „.. C ontemplated, has suggested to the projectors of the 24 esent company the formation of an institution founded on Zlnitlar principles to the Credit Mobilier of Paris but em raF•i , ng a larger field for its operations. The progress of Scotland has been greater during late Years tha n th a t atta i ned b y any other country in the world. Ntaistics of shipbuilding on the Clyde alone, during the Year 1863, show that 171 vessels, with an aggregate ton tag° of 124,000 tons, were launched, while 3,148 sailing ships, with an aggregate tonnage of 350,956 tons entered the river in the same year; but this number has been ex ceeded by the steamers, which reached the large number of 10,5.55, having an aggregate tonnage of not less than 1,035,982 tons. One of the neat advantages of this establishment will be that Scotch houses ' can negotiate their foreign bills through the medium of this establishment, this department being one of the most profitable in banking business. The directors have succeeded in completing arrange ments for the purchase of the well-known, established, and profitable business of Messrs. D. Nathan and CO., of Coruhill, London, bullion and exchange bankers (who take a large responsibility in the company), upon such ter ms and conditions 118 will be satisfactory to the shareholders, the paymentof the purchase money being tirade entirely in shares of the company. Arrangements have also been made for the transfer, upon equally favour able terms, of the business of N. Monteaux et Fils, Palais Itoyal, Paris, bullion and exchange bankers, long known as the oldest and most extensive establishment of the kind in Prance, and now carried on by Victor Monteaux, their successor, who will retain a considerable share interest in the company. The contracts for the transfers of the above list lie at the ogee of the solicitors for inspection. These arrangements will constitute a nucleus, and enable the directors at once to commence operations, as they enter upon a valuable connection of many years' standing, and einbracing a very large number of foreign correspondents. The objects proposed to be effected by the company are 1. To receive money at call or on deposit for fixed terms, and the ordinary business of bankers. 2. T o grant temporary or permanent loans on approved public securities or private undertakings of undoubted merit and known solidity. 3. To make advances on merchandise and dock and other w arrants, on title deeds of property in possession or rever sion for any temporary purpose, on contracts for carrying out or the finishing of works, or any other securities where their sa f ety i s unquestionable and the benefit to the com- Pany sufficiently advantageous. 4. The purchase and sale of the precious metals in all their forms. The company will be enabled by its facilities and connexions, to import and export bullion, and to deal in foreign coins and bank notes on an extensive scale. 5. By means of the Paris branch it is proposed to un dertake the shipment of silver to the East via Marseilles, ‘vhich can be done at a considerable saving of expense and i me. 6, The business transacted by the issue of small bills and letters of credit for the convenience of travellers and emi grants is incredible. Remittances from America to Ireland alme amount to several millions sterling per rainum. By affording`the same facilities to the English, German, and French population of America it is confidently anticipated that most profitable business can be done. 7- To negotiate approved foreign or inland bills, to trans mit funds in specie and in bills or otherwise, to any foreign State, and t o arrange purchases or sales of any British or foreign securities at home or abroad. 8. To cash coupons ' and to realise or undertake the 11 "nagement of the dividends on loan or other securities. Application for shar e s to be made to the secretary, at the temporary offices of the company or the brokers, / -- 7 "~ N°. 22,431. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1864. To ?ERSONS SEEKING LANDED LE A APES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER rim GENERALLY— TO BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chara ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. VICTOR HUGO'S NEW WORE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 1 vol. Bvo., IN what " Happy Land" can I see you after th e "Opera?" 1 only know of One HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT- Ci ARDEN, my dear fellow ! cipal characters, which were sustained by Mr. Jas. Ander son, Mr. Jas. Fernandez, and Miss G. Pauncefort, were well sustained ; and whilst mention is made of those who took the most prominent and attractive characters, the acting of Mr. Green as the honest and faithful Scotch retainer (David Leslie) of the Duchess of Nairne, and the vivacious and humorous performance of Miss Eliza beth Webster (Clemente), in the little part she had to sustain, deserve a word of praise. The piece was very well put upon the stage ; the scenery and decorations were good, and the dresses strictly in character with the period to which the incidents of the piece referred. Mr. Anderson, Mr. Fernandez, and Miss G. Pauncefort, who appear, and deservelly so, to be the greatest favourites. were repeatedly applauded in the course of the piece, and at the fall of the curtain were honoured with a call. The performances terminated with " Black Eyed Susan," the principal cha racters in which were sustained by Mr. Shepherd, Miss G . Pauncefort and Miss Elizabeth Webster. These artistes are now so fully recognised by their supporters, and their performances so highly appreciated by their admirers, that nothing further is needed from us than to gay that they were received as old favourites and friends, and were also honoured with a call before the curtain. WI L LIAM S HAKES PEARE, By VICTOR Huco. Authorised English Transiatioi. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. K INAHAN'S LL "WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ij Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ",Kinahan's LL Whisky." THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced thromrh Messrs. Lumley's Agency, sad then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane; London. //- \ •. . 4 . • . • ."-• i . 1 g, - ; - :, 01. ,.. Y.-sa; .,. . ... ". . ..;.1 .,,, , ,; ) :•t.. ))' 7 4 4 ;4:Hr ~,,, " : •"3" '" . ;4 4 1ti 1: . " 7(7 ' . '' ....1 . Sig; • .:.., '7' . .::! , , , , \:115).# ••,- .. - ....,, i, ~iin \ A ; • ' i 1 . # ~ dik p, • , . -,:_, , ~, • ',‘ ; L ±' 4 °: ',,,,e , , IV 4 ..- 5. , -,37) V ) . ', ' „- . , ra'. .ft , ftr . ',.:.;.!;. '.''....'..4116; ": .4. : 4-1 ::;)1:1 4111 t - oil ,1,-40.4 , :. . '-' --. • -.4' • ...ki'l l :'`.lt - - -. . , : . • .: ... ...„.. D „,_ , ow , 3.,... / , . ~,,.,, .., 4 ~,,,„,... 4 ,4 1 , 1 „, .... .... ....; • , .: ~, t-e t r) ' -417-74 --- jtt; ' . i n - Z:%,,L-77,-, . 7 '7 ' a .............- 411.0, ,. . NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND. The INAUGURAL FESTIVAL of this Institution will be held at FREE NIASON'S HALL, Great Queen-street, at Six o'clock, on SATURDAY, May 21st, i 8 4. The Right Hon. Lord HOUGUTON, D.C.L., President, in the Chair. VICE-TItEsIDENTs. The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, K.G., F.R.S. His Gra - e the Xrchbishop . of Dublin. The Most Hon. the Marquis of Clanricirde, K.G.K.P. The Most Hon. the Marquis of Townshend. The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. The Right Hon. Earl Russell. K.G. The Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G. The Right Hon. the Earl of Fowls. The Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., G.C.B. The Right Hon. the Earl of Yarborough. The Lord Bishop of Oxford, F.R.S., The Right Hon. Lord Ebury. The Right Hon. Lord Re& sdale. The Right Hon. Lord Teignmouth, F.R.S., M.R.A.S. The Right Hon. Lord Wensleydale. Viscount Ranelagh. The Right Hon. air Edward E. Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P. The Right Hon. William Cowper, M.P. The Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P. The Right Hon Lord J. Manners, M.A., M.P. The Attorney-General. The Queen's Advocate-General. Viscount Enfield, M.P. Viscount Ingestre, M.P. Rear-Admiral Sir A. W. Clifford, Bart, M.P. Sir Archibald Alison, Bart , D.C.L., F.R.S.E. Sir C. Wentworth Dillte, Bart. Sir William Heathcote, Bart.,:M.P. Sir William G. Armstrong, C. 8., F.R.S. Sir J. Curnard Burke, Ulster King of Arms. Sir Hugh M. Cairns, Q C. Sir Charles L. Eastlake, K. 8., P.R.A. Sir John Gray. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. Sir Cusack P. Roney, B.A. Sir J. Emmerson Tennant, LL.D., K.C.S. Michael T. Bass, Esq., M.P. Robert Bell, Esq. William Bovill, Esq., ALP., Q.C., M.R.S.L. Shirley Brooks, Esq. B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.R.G.S. Robert Chambers, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S.E. John D. Coleridge, Esq., Q C. Ven. Archdeacon Denison. Charles Dickens, Esq. Colonel Edwards, M.P. W. Ewart, Esq , M.P. W. E. Fonter, Esq., M.P. R. N. Fowler, Esq., F.R.G.S. John Anthony Fronde, E.q. The Rev. G. It. Gleig, Chaplain-General of ILIA. Forces. George God win, Esq., F.R.S. G. Goschen, Esq., M. P. The Hon. Justice Haliburton, M.P. A. J. B. Beresford Hope, Esq., F.S.A., F.G.S. Thomas Hughes, Esq. CoL Brownlow Knox, M.P. Mark Lemon, Esq. John F. Maguire, Esq., M.P. Theodore Martin, Esq. Col. Augustus Meyrick. Rev. G. W. Mortimer, D.D. Charles N. Newdegate, Esq., M.P. Col. Sydney North, M.P., D.C.L. John Joseph Powell, Esq., Q.C., M. P. Charles Reade, Esq. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., F.H.S., F.R.G.S. Captain Stacpoole, M.P. Tom Taylor, Esq. William J. Thorns, Esq., F.S.A. William Tite. Esq, M P., F.R.S. Anthony Trollope, Esq, Martin Tupper, Esq., D.C.L., F.R S. T. M. Weguelin, Esq., M.P. Thomas Wright, Esq., A.M., F.S.A. TRUSTEES. Charles L. Grunelsen, Esq., F.R.G.S. James Johnstone, Esq. Wm. Howard Russell, Esq , LL.D. E. G. Salisbury, Esq., late aI.P, for Chester. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. -• • - (The business of the Society is conducted by a Committee of Twelve, annually elected by the Members and Sub scribers.) TREASURER. David C. Macrae, Lq. HONORARY SOLICITORS. Messrs. Norris and Sons. STEWARDS FOR THE INAUGURAL DINNER. Geo. W. Hunt, Esq., M.P. Blanthard Je told, Esq. Sir Willoughby James. David Keane, Esq., Q.C. John King, Esq. Hon.ArthurF.Kinnaird, M.P. Alex. Kintrea, Esq. Valentine Knight, Esq. Frederic Ledger, Esq. E. F. Leeks, .Esq. Lord Henry G. Lennox, M.P. J. Harvey Lewis, 1• sq., M. P. John Locke, Esq , Q.C., M.P. James Lowe, ft% E. Macdermott, Esq. Charles Manby, Esq., P.R.S. Wykeham Martin, Esq., M.P. Horace Mayhew, Esq. Richard Middleton, Esq. James Mould, Esq. Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby Anthony Norris, Esq. Frederick North, Esq., M P. Hon. W. H. B. Portman, M.P. P. P. Ralli, Esq. Sir John W. Ramsden, Bart., M.P. Capt. Charles Ratcliff, R.S.A., Sir Cusack P. Roney. John Pender, Esq., M.P. W. R. Sams, Esq. Wiliam Saunders, Esq. Charles H. Scott, Esq. Charles Seeley, Esq., ALP. Henry D. Seymour,Esq., M.P. Martin R. Sharp. Esq. Charles Shaw, Esq. H. B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P. Wm. Smalley, Esq. Montague Smith, Esq., Q.C., M.P. Captain W. Stacpoole, M.P. James Stansfeld, Esq., M.P. Right Hon. Lord Stanley Col. W. H. Sykes, M.P. Anthony Trollope, Esq. John Trotman, Esq. Geo. Tuxtord, Esq. Col. C. J. Kemys-Tynte,M.P. Geo. H. Whalley, Esq., M.P. Forbes Winslow, Esq., M.D. Right Hon. Sir Chas. Wood, Bart., M P. Alderman Waterlow. Alderman S. Wilson. Charles Wyman, Esq. Right Hon. the Earl of Yar borough. Alderman Abbiss. Wolverley Attwood, Esq. W. S. Austin, Esq. Acton S. Ayrton, Esq., M.P. Charles Baldwin, Esq. Edward Barrow, Esq. Joseph Bee, Esq. Adam Black, Esq., M P. W. D. Bridgman, Esq., D.C.L. Decimus Burton, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. J. Butterworth, Esq., F.S.A. Charles Buxton, Esq., M.P. W. Cargill, Esq., M.P. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. H. C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P. T. D. Chipchase, E• q. J. G. Churchward, Esq. Hyde Clark, Esq, D.C.L. Sir R. J. Clifton, Bart., M.P. A. B. Cochrane, Esq., M.P. C. W. Cole, Esq. W. H. Collingridge, Esq. C. J. Collins, Esq. C. A. Cooper, Esq. Samuel Coppock, Esq. William Cox, Esq., M.P. T. F. Croker, Esq., F.S.A. Newton Crosland, Esq. E. S. Dallas, Esq. Hon. G. Denman, M.P., Q.C. J. Dickinson, Esq. Jun. G. D. W. Digby, Esq. J. H. Doyle, Esq. Right Hon. Lord Ebury. William Edsall, Esq. Pierce Egan, Esq. J. W. Ellisdon, Esq. D. Moder Evans, Esq. Wm. Ewart, Esq., M.P. Lord Fermoy, M.P. Wm. B. Ferrand, Esq., M.P. G. A. Fleming, Esq. H. Ramsay Forster, Esq. Mat. Forster, Esq., F.H.S., F.Z.S. W. E. Forster, Esq., M.P. J. A. Fronde, Esq. S. W. Fullom, Esq. Sir F. H. Goldsmid, Bart., M.P. C. L. Grunelsen, Esq. S. C. hall, Esq., F.S.A. Robert Hanbury, Esq., M.P. F. B. Hawkins, Esq., M.D. Thomas Heaply, Esq. Jonas B. Hewitt, Esq. Rev. W. H. Hoare, M.A. George Hodder, Esq. J. Holmes. Esq., F.G.S. C. Wren Hoskyns, Esq. The following distinguished Artistes have most kindly volunteered their valuable services:— SOPRANI —Madame Parepa, adame Weiss, Miss Poole, Miss Romer, and Aladlle. Enequist (the Swedish Vocalist). CONTRALTO—Madame Sainton-Dolby and Miss Barrow. TENORI—Mr. Sims Reeves (who will sing "The Death of Nelson"), Mr, Wilbye Cooper, Mr. T. Young, and Herr Reichardt. BAssi—Mr. Weiss and Mr. Lewis Thomas. SOLO INSTRUMENTALISTS—Madame Arabella Goddard (Pianoforte), and Herr Lauterback (Violinist), Chapel Master to the King of Saxony. CONDUCTOR—Mr. Jules Benedict. Messrs. Broadwoo,i and Sons have kindly given the use of one of their finest Concert Pianofortes for the occasion. It is proposed, in consequence of the great array of Vocal and Instrumental Talent, to divide the Musical Entertain ment into two parts, the first of which will be before the Toast of the Evening, and the second after the President's Address on behalf of the Institution. The object of the Newspaper Press Fund is to secure, by subscriptions from members, and by voluntary donations and bequests, benevolent provision for members incapacitated through bodily or mental infirmity, and for the widows and children of deceased members. The Committee refer with pride to the patronage which the Fund has already received from noblemen and gentlemen, conspicuous aline in Church and State, in Art, Science, and Literature. Office-6, Beautort-buildings, Strand, W.C. Donations and subscriptions may be paid to the credit of the Newspaper Press Fund at the City Bank, Threadneedle street ; au the West-end Branch, Bond-street ; or to the Honorary Secretary, at the Office, where attendance is given every Wednesday and Saturday, from 12 to 4 o'clock, where tickets for the Dinner, One Guinea each, may be obtained, as also of the Stewards. Ladies' Tickets to the Gallery, ss. each. HENRY GEORGE WARREN, Hon. Sec. OL DR ID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA stands unrivalled as a toilet requisite. It has been established 40 years, and is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whiskers, or Moustaches, and pre venting them turning gray or falling off.—Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d , 6s , and its. by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling - - ton-street, Strand, W.C. ; and all chemists and perfumers. For Children's and Ladies' Hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled. THE NIZAM of the DECCAN'S Magnificent CRYSTAL CANDELABRA for INDIA, being one of five recently manufactured (154 lights, 22 feet high, and 12 feet in diameter, is now on show, together with a great variety of rare and exquisite specimens of workman sl,ip in glass, amongst which are designs in engravings taken from the famous Elgin marbles ; also a variety of the most delicat,t table glass, with elaborately engraved ornamenta tions resembling the finest lace work. The altarpiece, in crystll, has now been added. T. DEFRIES and SONS, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hall. CHANDELIERS in BRONZE, ORM.oLU, and SILVER, of the finest designs for Dining-room and Library. Moderator Lamps in Bronze, Ormolu, China, and Glass. _ J. DEITIES and SONS, West -end Show R ooms , C rys t a l Gallery, Egyptian hall , Piccadilly. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' POOR MAN'S FRIE ND is confidently rccommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds chilblains, scorbutic eruptions , sore and inflam ed eyes, ke , . Sold in pots. ls. lid. 2s. lid., I s., and 225. each. Also hi s PILULZE ANTISCROPIIIIL/E, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They forma mild and superior Family Aperient, ,md2 2 t s h . at ea m ch a . y be taken at all time s w it hout confine ment or cha ng e of diet. 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Lona Whitsuntide Amusements, Whitsuntide has indeed come in with the•" sun," which its " tide" fortols, albeit its occurrence, depending upon Easter, is this year especially early, The country is in its fullest of May beauty, and London was indeed tempted " out of town." If the numerous lines of rail have dimi nished the passenger traffic of down-the-river steamboats, by supplying a readier, a cheaper, and & more rapid means of transit, they have widened the area of country available to holiday• makers, and increased the excursionists to an extent that the limited modes of egress of former times would have rendered utterly incredible. The travellers yesterday who availed themselves of all the great lines out of London, may be counted by myriads ; and the great rural attractions at Kew, Richmond, Kensington, Cremorne, Chiswick, Sydenham, Rosherville, Woolwich, &c., were crowded with pleasure-seekers, in holiday attire and with pleasant faces, which bespoke the prosperity and happi ness of the millions, despite the too. numerous cases of destitution and suffering which are ever-recurring in the columns of the daily press. Yesterday was eminently a people's festival, therefore quitting the pleasant fields, we will return to the populous city, and briefly note what there attracted the many. At Drury-lane the splendid revival of " Henry the Fourth," with Phelps's Falstaff, was repeated. The Haymarket found no necessity for checking the career of Mr. Sothein's latest assumption " David Garrick," supplemented by the classical extravaganza, entitled " Venus and Adonis." The Lyceum is closed until Saturday next, when Mr. Fechter will produce " Hamlet," with something sensa tional in ghost effects, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. l‘ir Dom made ick hisNt atierartaya, appearance at atwethibs re eltiheevaettfrom Australia, last night in the part of Mr. W aver l e y Brown in Mr, 11. F. in Byron's petite drama, " The Old Story." Brown, it will be recollected, anxious to enjoy rural retirement takes a cottage ornee in the village of Tattleton, and no sooner is he become located than he is beset by tuft-hunters for his niece, and old maids, widows, and blue for himself and his nice little property. Both, however, are rescued from the clutches of the schemers by the real lover of Miss Lucy Brown, who, to test the sincerity of the hangers-on, gets up a report of the irretrievable ruin of her uncle. No sooner is this heard than all fall away from the " dear delightful Mr. Brown,' and he is left to meet his fate as best he may. All however come to rights at last, and Thompson receives the hand of Lucy as a reward for his services. Mr. Murray as Waverley Brown, a timid, good natured, silly old man, acted with care and judgment, and if we cannot compliment him upon being a first-rate artist, at least, we can say, ho is a very judicious one. lie gave us some nice little "bits" of acting now and then, which makes us feel anxious to see him in. a character of greater importance than Waverley Brown. ASTLEY'S. "The Spy of the Republic ,, was the novelty produced at this theatre last evening by the enterprising lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Mr. Edward Stirling has turned to good account the materials furnished to him by the French Re volution, and converted them into a three- ac t p i ece of very considerable merit. The drama is of the m os t exc i t i ng character, and turns ripen the villany of a certain M. Charles Danville, who, to obtain the absence of his mother and wife, and afterwards marry the daughter of a wealthy republican, denounces them to the Re publican Tribunal, which of course decrees them to suffer death. A f a i thful friend, however, turns up in the person of Loinagi l e—the spy of the Republic—who defeats the schemes of Danville, and saves both mother and wife from the death to which he had consigned them, and retribution follows on the would be matricide. The drama was well received. Mr. Stirling, Mr. Edgar, and Miss Fiddes were called before the curtain and warmly applauded. (g The Three Black Seals" fol lowed, and the performances altogether gave groat satisfac tion to a well and fashionably attended house, SURREY. The entertainments provided at this favourite transpontine place of amusement were, first, "a most powerful domestic drama of thrilling interest,"entitled "Cloud and Sunshine," performed here for the first time ; and Douglas Jerrold's celebrated nautical drama of "Black Eyed Susan," which from the continued applause with which it has been nightly received for so long a time, would lead to the inference that it has found a permanent habitation here. The fi ne weather, so favourable to out-of• door amusements and ex cursions into the country districts around London, in all probability had a material effect in thinning the number pre• sent last evening ; and, although the house was n o t so densely crowded as we have known it on former occasions, yet there were more than sufficient present to render the atmosphere agreeable with the present state of the ventila tion. But as this defect must be as palpable to the proprie tors as it is to the public, and knowing their desire to do everything which will contribute to the comfort of those who so liberally patronise them, there can bo no doubt that every effort will be used on their part, before the hot weather has really set in, to make the house as comfortable as pos sible. The new piece of " Cloud and Sunshine" is one well adapted both to the audience and the performers, and from the manner in which it was received will no doubt become as greet a favourite as many of its predecessors. The prin- STRAND THEATRE. Out of somewhat meagre, and in more than ene respect rather improbable materials, Mr. J. P. Wooler has con structed an amusing and pleasingly written comedietta, entitled " The Maid of Honour," which was produced last night for the first time, and met with unequivocal success. This Whitsuntide novelty is one of those piquant and agreeable little five-and-twenty-minute pieces which prove BO attractive to Strand audiences, and scent so well adapted for the Strand atmosphere. With the aid of charming scenery, faultless stage accessories, and admirable acting on the part of Misa Ada Swaaborough and Miss Kate Carson, who sustained the leading characters, the come dietta went off without the slightest hitch, the interest of the audience being well sustained throughout, and when the curtain fell the actors and the author were loudly ap plauded. Nothing could have been more charming than Miss Ada Swanborough's portraiture of the gay, careless, and somewhat mischievous maid of honour, Countess d'Estrella ; and the Duchess of Canara, in Miss Kate Carson's hands, was interpreted with consum mate ability. Mr. D. James performed, not very satisfac torily, Count Leoni, presumed to be an envoy from Prince Louis of Savoy in search for his Royal master of the Duchess of Canara, but he ultimately proves to be the Prince him self, and it is to his alternate wooing of the Countess and the Duchess, and the feeling of jealousy engendered in the mind of the Duchess towards her own youthful cousin and maid of honour, that the plot derives its main interest. THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY MUSIC HALLS. Notices of Whitsuntide amusements would be incomplete without a reference to the Oxford and Canterbury, If Whitsuntide had come a little earlier, the attractions of the "Tercentenary" would have beguiled the audience of the Oxford last night ; they remain in full force at the Canter bury Hall, and we will shortly allude to them. At the Oxford, however, is to be heard, after the brief interval of the celebration week, those admirably performed selections which are the distinguishing features of the great West end music hall. "Faust" remains in the programme, to the delight of all, whether of the admirers of the music itself or of the thoroughly artistic manner in which it is presented in the selection. This selection is the chef d'oeuvre of this establishment, famed as it has been for the produc • tion of selections from some of the masterpieces of the musical art. Principals and chorus acquit themselves most successfully; and no better evidence of the progress which is making in this country could be furnished than the un flagging interest manifested in these productions of operatic selections. At the Canterbury Hall, the " Tercentenary; or, a Night with Shakspere," remains a great source of attraction. Like the brilliant "Prince Blossom; or, the Fairies of the Magic Fountains," the piece is well designed to display those dazzling optical illusions which go under the name of " Ghost Effects." It serves also as a vehicle for the trotting out of a variety of Shakspere's characters, which crop up in the most agreeable confusion, and receive embodiment before the magic mirror. The bard himself makes his appearance, and his corporeal presence, in the well known attitude at the pedestal, is suggested by a "player," whose most ambitious assumption is assuredly that of the mighty Shakspere. Many of the characters are sustained with effect. Mr. W. H. Morton and his brother, Mr. T. Morton, appear in several characters with a success which must not be less surprising to themselves than to the audience. Mr. T. Mortou's make up as Lear, and his de livery of one of the well known denunciations, left nothing to be desired, although the performance was that of an amateur; and Mr. W. H. Morton. in a semi-serious ora tion in vindication of the bard, gave indications of histrionic talent which frequently flash upon us out of the beaten track of the purely professional walk in the drama. The two spectacular pieces were performed last night at the Canterbury Hall with the customary success, as was shown by the frequent and hearty applause which greeted all con cerned. ALIIAMBRA. The performances at this establishment have been entirely changed ; M. Loisset's circus company have departed to Cremorne-gardens ; the circus has been cleared away, and this noble building is once more opened as a theatre of varieties. The musical arrangements are under the charge of Mr Schallen, assisted by M. Kaloziy, the Hungarian composer, and the band, chorus, and comic and sentimental singers seem to be well chosen, The leading attraction is Mdlle. Nathalie—the young French female acrobat, who excited so much interest here in 1862. Mdlle. Nathalie is about 12 years of age, and is the daughter of M. Foucart, the proprietor of one of the best and most highly patronised gymnastic schools in Paris. The graceful and extraordi nary feats performed by this young lady show what high training may do with a somewhat delicate frame, and illus trate the best kind of physical education as practised in France. The same teaching which has made Mdlle. Nathalie and her two younger sisters who accompany her, what they are, is brought to bear upon the Prince Imperial, and nearly all the children of the French upper classes. There is nothing " sensational " in the performance of these three children, and if it has a fault it is far too honest and legitimate for a theatre or a music-hall. MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENTERTAIN- MENT. Yesterday proved an exception to the rule which has now held good for a long course of years, of this entertainment being attended at holiday time by crowds of delighted visitors. Mr. and Mrs. German Reed and Mr. John Parry exerted themselves to the utmost to please their admiring friends, and they were rewarded with their continuous applause throughout. The subjects were entitled, "The Pyramid," "The Bard and his Birthday," and "Mrs. Roselears Little Evening Party." Mr. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINMENT. Mr.Woodin's powers of entertaining numerous audiences were again exerted last night under the most favourable circumstances. The Polygraphic Hall was crowded, and the popularity which Mr. Woodin has earned for himself among all classes of the community was never more con spicuously apparent. His " Elopement Extraordinary" and "Bachelor's Box" was warmly applauded, and kept the audience in constant laughter. CREMORNE GARDENS. Press of matter compels us to postpone an account of the first Whitsun Gala, The Gardens were crowded from a very early hour, and all the performances were fully attended. MADAME TUSSAUD'S. The sight-seers yesterday certainly did not forget to visit their old friends in the Baker-street Historical Gallery, and they were well rewarded for their pains. Nothing could be more attractive or better worth a visit. The rooms were crowded with visitors all day long. The recently added effigies of Edward the Second and his Queen, of Henry the Seventh and his Queen, and of Bishop Wickham. were objects much admired, from the correctness of their por traiture and the splendour of their costumes. The proprietor had also placed a very admirable figure of Shakepere, modelled from the Chandos portrait, which was peculiarly attractive. It is perhaps the best resemblance of the poet extant. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK,—The bright sky and genial weather of yes terday induced a very large number of visitors to spend their Whit-Monday holyday in the Zoological Society's Gardens. The gates opened to the public at 9 o'clock, and from that hour till late in the afternoon a continuous stream of holyday-makers passed through them. The lilacs and horsechesnut trees, now just in full blossom, varied by the vivid green of the recently-expanded foliage, not yet sullied by London smoke, presented a charming appearance, and together with the attractive series of living animals, some 1,700 in number, seemed to be fully appreciated by the sightseers. At the closing of the gates at sunset it was ascertained that the total number of visitors had been 31,107, the largest number ever recorded in one day since the gardens were opened to the public. It is only right to add that the conduct of the people was excellent, and that no cases of misb haviour nor of injury to the society's valuable collection of animals had occurred. A WELL-BALANCED LADY.—In the course of the sword poll at New York Fair a lady handed two dollars to the clerk, took the pen, and voted for General M'Clellan, and then recorded the other vote for General Grant. She retired amid the wonder of all present, a spectator saying softly, "How happy could he be la ith either 1"--11 r e1 11 York IVorle, PRICE .4d. STAMPED:....Sd. THE WAR IN DENMARK, (From the ASpecial Correspondent of the Morning Herald. ASSENS, ISLE OF FUNEN, May 10. Little more than one division of the army, or between four and five thousand men, is concen trated round Assens. Of these but a regiment occupies the town. The others extend their quar ters to the outlying villages in radii of about three miles from the centre. Amongst the regiments in the district I rccoguise some of my old friends of the 2(1. They are now indeed few, on!) , five or six officers remaining, end about 230 men out of the two battalions of 1600. Of course the remnant is not amongst the number of killed and wounded; hundreds of them, I am sorry to say, have gone as prisoners into Germany. But I believe the gallant Second, who had been previously much distin guished, did all that men could do in the terrible tight of the 18th. The more I hear of that sad affair the more I am convinced that the success of the Prussians was almost altogether due to a sar prize. Of course, a successful surprize is part of good military tactics, and reflects credit on the general who makes use of it with effect; and, doubtless, also, it shows want of military skill, or at least prudence, in the commanders of an army to suffer themselves to be taken unawares. I have no more doubt than I have of my existence that if the Danes had been aware of the intention of the enemy on the 18th, and could have made any tolerable guess as to the hour of the attack, the assaulting columns would have been hurled back with immense losses. The whole affair cannot in its misfortunes be attributed to the least deficiency of undaunted bravery on the part of the Danish soldiers. Slowness of apprehension, confidence that all things take their usual routine course, and, most probably, the slaughter of the officers in immediate command nearly at the same moment and early in the attack, caused a disaster which there is nothing new to retrieve. One of the 2d Regiment tells me a story which is difficult to credit, but which must be true from the authority on which it is given. In one of the forts a Danish officer was fighting desperately even when sur rounded by the enemy. A stout Prussian closed upon him behind, and held his arms pinioned, while another came in front, and, defenceless and at their mercy, really made a prisoner as the poor gentleman now was, the barbarous ruffian put the muzzle of his rifle to his forehead and blew his brains out. How sad it is in war that the most gallant men generally go down, and in the ardour and brutal excitement of a fight the very acts of bravery which should render them glorious for ever lead to the loss of their useful lives. I am told that in Alsen there is not a shot fired, and there seems to be there a well understood trace. This is probably useful to both sides—to the Danes if they believe the place to be untenable, and intend to evacuate it should a real attempt to take it be made; to the Prussians, because they are completing their works, and leisurely making all necessary preparations to erect batteries in order to sweep the banks of the Sound. If the Danes, however, intend to defend the island I fear they are not playing a very wise game to leave the Prussian gentlemen at rest. But it is so entirely a national characteristic to resist obstinately, but to originate no attack, that one could not expect any other course to be pursued. lam here assured that the real intention is to resist vigorously the passing of the Alsen Sound by the enemy, and that there are many more troops on the island than I had believed possible. This intelligence I receive with reserve, but as a military friend promises to accompany me in a few days to the scene of our former campaign, I shall, as an eye-witness, be able to give you more precise information. At the same time you must not expect from me any intelligence which I consider calculated to do in jury by its publication to the Danish cause. Such would neither be grateful nor gentlemanlike. This once quiet town of .ilsens seems utterly surprised at the additional bustle which must necessarily arise at the seat of the head-quarters of an army. It is a pretty but very dull place, with an excel lent harbour sheltered from all winds by the islands which lie near it. The streets are very clean and wide and the houses well built, but the whole ground has an unsightly flatness about it, and there is only hill enough to pro vide a lodging and a breeze for three windmills instead of over a dozen which one generally sees surrounding most of the Danish second-rate towns. Assens has one advantage not usual in small towns in any country. It boasts of a very pretty little park, well planted and tastily loud out as a pleasure ground and promenade for the people of the place. At one extremity of the park is the public ceme tery, entirely removed from the town. In fact, Den mark is by no means behind the rest of the world in many of the improvements of modern civilisation. If she follows somewhat in the rear of our fast days, it is in retaining freshly some of the virtues of a purely agricultural people—love of truth, honesty in dealings, unshowy hospitality, and firmness of purpose when she thinks she has a just cause to de fend. If such be remnants of an antediluvian era and the pre-railway period, they will doubtless be sneered at by the money-getting men of more push ing countries; and yet I hope such virtues—let others call them follies—may linger a little longer amongst the simple Danes, who are the truest gen tlemen of nature that I have yet met. They may be " too good to live," as a cynical friend of mine said, but they possibly have a nobler boast—they are good enough to die. This is what many cannot say. The town here, though pretty enough and clean enough, is thought a miserable quar ter by the officers of the staff. This is quite natural on a sudden transition from all the excitement of a continued battle, as the defence of Dybbol may really be called for, for six weeks, to a little simmer bathing place. Some slight efforts have been made to retrieve the natural dul ness of the place. A theatre has been established, and a pompous playbill placed each morning on your table announces the able cast of the novelties specially got up for the great occasion. A military band, too, plays each evening at five before the win dows of the mess-room of the staff officers at the hotel. Again, at watch-setting, at nine o'clock, military music parades the streets, and loud brass instruments and national airs attract crowds of little boys, and, indeed, of more full-grown and of better dressed persons, who seem, so unusual is the thing, to look upon as " airs from heaven" what better educated ears are sometimes obliged unwillingly to acknowledge as more resembling " blasts from --." I need not complete the sentence, but you have sometimes beard our own English volunteer bands of music in the early stage of their existence. Do not understand me as throwing any general imputation on our music here. I have heard one or two very tolerable bands, but ears that have listened to the Austrian soldier music, and the Imperial Guards' band at Paris, and the Royal Artillery's sweet strains at Woolvelela , i will sometimes be a little more exacting than n reason is quite fair. One can now see something more of the Danish soldier than during the winter, when he was enve loped in enormous greatcoats, which seemed never removed from the body. The clothing of soldiers of tho line is a dark blue tunic, of substantial material, piped in red, and having a b roa d s houlder-strap, on which th e regiment is notified in brass numerals. The buttons, which are in two rows in front, are of white metal, plain and w ith ou t any nu mber or device whatever. The trousers are made long and full, i n co l our o f D a nish or light blue , having pockets at the sides w hi c h seem to have wonderful attractions for the wearer's hands. They are seldom removed from t h e m, and hence, probably, the rather stooping gait and rounded shoulders. The full-dress cap is one of those ugly transition hats which we have sometimes seem on soldiers' heads in England, and 7 ~~~~~ ~ /~.~ often in caricatures. The peak in front has got a. fellow in rear rather longer than itself, and es be article is seldom brushed or well polished leathers, it would make a Guy of the smartest *of.- dier. The boots are of the Wellington pattern, well made and sufficiently roomy, and of excellent ma. terial. The shape must not be taken as altogether inferior to that of English soldiers' ankle boots, and as involving an unnecessary redundancy of leather, because in Denmark the winters are long and sloppy, and the trousers can be worn inside the boots—the appearance of the men's lower limbs being much. better than that of British soldiers in their new gaiters. The knapsack is of calf-skin coveriog,and contains the usual requisites of what I believe you call the kit, two spare shirts, comb, brushes, spare trousers, knif-, fork, &c. The weight of this article seems greater than that of the knapsack borne by the British soldier. The firelock is too frr quently the old smooth-bore, in fact, Brown Bess with r percussion lock. But Belgian rifled muskets aro being fast substituted, and I only hope that thu soldiers are as quickly trained to the peculicritii.s of their use. The bayonet is rather short and not very handy. As to the mariner in which firelock and bayonet and other appointments are kept, the less said the better. There is a want of smartness and taste on the part of the men, and the officers seem altogether too few, so that it is quite impossible that they could see everything. :I forgot to mention that the undress cap is of dark blue cloth with a small leather peak. It is a sensible, useful, and becoming head dress for campaigning. The officers' dress is the same as that of the men, but of course of different and finer quality of material. Their buttons, like those of the men, are of white polished metal without device. They have nothing to wear indicative of their respective regiments, as their shoulder-straps are narrow and without numbers. The marks on these shoulder-straps point out the rank. It is the sole outward grade of infantry officers. The sub-lieutenant wears upon his shoulder a plain narrow double cord, while the lieutenant has upon his cord two small wafer-like buttons. The captains rejoice in a third button, and often very aged gentlemen wear them, as pro motion, in common with a few other things in Denmark, is frightfully slow; For field officers the shoulder-straps are made more wide, of plaited gold lace, plain for the major, with two buttons for the lieutenant-colonel, while the gen tlemen well stricken in years, who has attained the rank of full colonel, has his three small buttons. These are the shoulder-knots worn in war and on active service. In peace, for court and dress recep tion, epaulettes, showing in their distinctive deco rations also the rank of the wearers, form the com pletion of the uniform. Officers' swords have steel. scabbards. They are large, heavy weapons, as if made for use, and hang from the good stout waists of the wearers—we never squeeze our waists in Denmark to the waspish proportions of the mid• body of French military men—suspended by black patent or polished leather. such are the Danish officers and Danish soldiers in their uniforms and appointments. Scenes in the French Legislative Corps, PARIS, Sunday Evening. In the Corps Legislatif yesterday, M. Stievenart Bethune (a new opposition member, who was elected. for a northern department against M. Boitelle, brother of the Prefect of Police) moved to suppress the funds applicable to the pay of the rural police, on the ground that that institution was worse than useless. He desired to do cheerful homage to the utility of the police in Paris and other large cities, but he had the best reasons for knowing that the rural police, a very modern creation, and one which happily did not exist in all the departments, served no good purpose, and was mainly nothing else than a scandalous instrument of electoral tyranny. The members of this body were illiterate, ill-mannered, and having no legitimate employment naturally sought occasions to meddle with citizens, and curry favour with power. This was their normal condi tion in what he would call times of pence. But in tine of war, that was to say, during elections, these men transgressed all hounds of decency. Then thu rural commissary of police became an undisguised electioneering agent, he spoke everywhere in the voice of authority, and treated his district like a conquered country. His mouth continually vomited threats, and no idle threats either, for they were constantly followed by the penal visitations of the local magistrates. M. Peiletan followed with a demand for the repeal of the law of public safety, and he based his arguments mainly upon this consideration, that the present government had, in its own point of view at least, less need than any other of laws of public safety, because it kept liberty in a state of suspense. Liberty of the press, liberty of association, liberty of public meeting, commercial liberty, parliamen tary initiative, ministerial responsibility, all the in• stitutions, all the guarantees of 'B9 were promised only in perspective, but immolated for the present by reason of the necessities of public order. Well, it was not unreasonable to argue that all that the Government had deducted from liberty it must be taken to have gained in security. Whence, there fore, the necessity for exceptional laws of public safety. (Applause on several benches.) M. Pelletan then went through the list of various repressive laws passed by the Government in the course of the last 12 years, and showed that in practice they had all, been found unnecessary. The Government every now and then got frightened, and asked for harsh laws, which after all it did not want. The law against keeping up " intelligence abroad," which bad been called for on the pretext that it was a necessary protection against the scum of society, had been put in operation against just three persons, viz., a judge, the Marquis do Flers, M. Shearer, and M. Taule, a medical student. M. Sheurer, a most respectable inhabitant of Alsace, had been pulled out of his bed, and taken to a cell in Mazes. Ho was prosecuted, and sentenced to three months' im prisonment. He had paid the penalty which the law awarded, but he was liable to-morrow, upon, perhaps, an angry man's denunciation, to be trans. ported. When he thought of such things he could scarcely believe the statue of Mirabeau was yet standing in the building within which he spoke. Here a long altercation ensued between the Duke de Morny and M. Pelletan, the president laying down that a deputy had no right to dispute thelaw, and M. Pelletan replying with unanswerable force that it was the especial province of the Legislative Body to criticise bad laws. After this a battle royal ensued between the Duke de Morny and M. Picard. They wrangled in almost Billinsgate style. The Duke de Moray told M. Picard that the Gee vernnment were not afraid of him or of anybody else. Picard inquired Is that a threat ?" Morny rejoined,to which de „ i t is n o threat to say that the you. Government is not a fraid of If the Govern mentto threaten, were inclined perhaps the lan guage we hear w ould not be addressed to (Tu multuous applause on the benches of the majority.) Picard attempted to explain, but could not get a hearing, and M. Jules Favre exclaimed "This is vioe lence." At this juncture M. Thiers said—" When the interests of the country are in question no one will frighten us, not even the Government." M. Rouher said -M. Thiers had only just come into the house, and did not know what had passed, but the latter said he had heard it all, and persisted in his observation. M. Gamier Pages brought forward the subject of the violation of his domicile, and the interference with his electoral meetings. MM. Rouland and Rouher replied on behalf of the G - vernment that the law justified what had been done —or, at any rate they thought so—and it was for a court of law to pronounce. The Government had tolerated electoral meetings, but they had reason to think that N. Gamier Pages was at the bend oi an unlawful society, which sought to carry the elec• tions throughout France. SIR EDWARD BIILWER LYTTON'S "Last Days of Pompeii" is now :n opera by Pabol. ig. TRIERS is said to be Writing the history of French finance. 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