The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-10 00:00:00

(AN TUESDAY next. " THE SEASIDE ; OR, Sias. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN." By Mr. JOHN YARRY. ROY AL EX CHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Royal Exchange, London, 2ith May, 1864. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the CORPORATION of the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give notice, that their Transfer Books will be SHUT from Tues day, the 14th of June next, to Tuesday. the sth of July following and that a GENERAL COURT of the said Cor poration will be holden at their Office at the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d of June, at Twelve o'clock at noon, to consider of a Divide , id. ROBERT P. S rEELE, Secretary. R oyAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Thzre will in this week he five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesrialr, Thursday. Flidav, anu ~a4 relay. special Extra Night. • Mdlle. Adelina Patti, - 51d1le. Fr cci ; 14. Faure, Siznor Signor Roneuni, Herr Schmid, and Si g nor Tamberlik. THIS EVENIG (FRIDAY', June 10, will be performed lloza t's opera, DON GIOVANNI. With the loll3wng riwerful ea:it :—Donna Anna, Fricci ; Zerlina, Adeli: a P tti ; Elvira, Madame Rudersdorff; Don Giovanni, N. Faure ; Leporello, Minor Ciampi; Masetto, Signor Ronconi; 11 Commendatore, Herr Schmid ; and Don Ottavio, Signor lamberlik. The minuet will be danced by Mdlle. Salvioni and M. Desplaces. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 103. 6d., 75., and ss. ; sraphitheatre.7.2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic , under the portico of the theatre, whioh is 9pcn from ten to five, and at the principal mnsicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL HA YMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. &then, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &C. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. ; 31es_ dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nellyk'ower, Bill, Wright, Ro.;ers, &c. To coneude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole _Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLET THIS EVENING (FRIDAY). Claudius, Mr. 4t‘nery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. Joraan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden -11,-ff ; Horatio, Mr..l. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Wirldicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W 31•Intyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss M 11w:trade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half -past 7, and Hamlet com cences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. risTEti THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. ;_si sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Last Two Nights of :he mat Tragediene, MEW Bateman in the character of i,EAti. THIS EVENING,an apropcs Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEA II : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson; Mrs. Bi!lington. To eDiaclude with TfiE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, K. Itomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. IL Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN es LEAH.—LAST TWO NIGHTS of the Great Tragedienne in her original character of the Jewish Maiden, in which she has appeared bzfore crowded, fashionable, and delighted audiences every evening for the past e ght months. The great attractiveness of this closing series of representations render it necessary to secure seats at once, as th-.i box book is being rapidly filed. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Di , n Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re•engagement of those ce ebrared and popular artistes, Mr. an t Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular nemes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. P.ul _Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before S, an entirely new and orldnal Comedy, In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Chamoer laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank M atthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborough. After which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. r. Thorn. Cornmenoo at 7. THE ASCOT.— RACE GLASSES (she best) at CA LLAGITAS'.‘". 2.14, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. \.8.--ziole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. PARIS BONNETS for JUNE.—ltlPssrs. JAY'S Manager has Ii s day returne.l from Paris with an assortment of th most elegant and fashionable Summer Bonnets, selected from the magasins et the first houses in that city. _ JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217,219, and 2M, Regent-street. June 1, 1861. NOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS..— French fashion has produced Bonnets for this month of a light go earner texture, which accJmmodato the present style of wearing and displayiug the lady's h ir. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black. white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. Spe tally imported from Paris for J AY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 247, A 9, and 231, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL s. Direet from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 24s. per ton. 1 Double . 20s. per ton. Top 235. „ Nut 5........ igs, Deep ...215. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., aad 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W.. and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TIRE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," R. Containing' the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Con naught-terrace, Hyde-park. -The Weather—Sun Office, dune 10, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock .................... 66 Barometer-29.86. w iND ; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT.—Morning, 43m.—Afternoon, sh. oS tn . rO•WORROw.-Morning, 6h. 20m,—Afternoon, 6h. 44m. 4 4 " "E IE.OI v "' CV ... it.- 4 LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1864. Viva la Bagatelle ! might, certainly, be taken as about the aptest motto for the Government. To do as little as possible—to postpone ev eryt hi ng as long as possible--are the two golden keys to the mystery of the hitherto eminently successful no policy of the present Cabinet. Procrastination, epigrammatically called the thief of Time by the autho r of the "Night Thoughts," is the security for the retention yet longer of place, power, and per quisites i n the hands of the second PALMERSTON Administration. Altogether it is a very clever con trivance. It is paltry, n o d ou b t , b ut i t i s c l ever : and its cleverness is plainly enough demonstrated by its brilliant success. It has enabled an incon gruously constructed -Coalition Cabinet to held together wonderfully well for full five years con -4,Ecti.i„ls-, And this, with the smallest possible msjority to begin with—a maj or i ty so small that at to very outset it was only just in it s t eens. Daring the last three years, it has witnessed even that small majority dwindle down, one b y one, until it has becom e n o GlajJritY at all, th e b alance in Let latterly turning over on the side of t h e Opposition. That it has been thus, however, is really matter for no serious consideration, for two reasons. First of all, they have hid in aid of them, these in. genuous Reforming Administrators who slipped into power by the dodge of a set of abstract re solutions, designed, so far as we can judge by the result, simply foe the purpose of effectually shelving reform altogether—firet of all the Cabinet have had in aid of them their happily discovered system of continual procrastinations' Secondly, ,they have had all along, and still have apparently quite as strongly, in aid of them no less, the seeming apathy or be wilderment or however else it may be the most ac curately expressed of their political Opponents l Of that expanded and strengthened Opposition, loyally and constitutionally called, whether it happens to be strong or weak, formidable or insignificant, her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Powerful by reason of the immense personal popularity of the Prime Minister, powerful by the mere prestige of comprising among its members statesmen of such European reputations and of such unquestionably large capacity, as Earl RUSSELL and Mr. GLADSTONE—powerful by reason of the very hesitation and apparent bewilderment of their otherwise intrinsically formidable antagonists, the serried ranks of an Opposition la - ger in numbers, and more vigourous in organiza tion than any Opposition that has for years con fronted the holders of office in the British House of Commons—the Cabinet has contrived, during the last five years, with delightful ease, to hold its own against all comers l The Prime Minister laughing off all serious opposition with a good-humoured carelessness sufficient in its way, one might have thought, to have maddened the more hot-blooded of the Conservatives confronting him, to what Mr. HENLEY would have called "an ugly rush" from the left-hand side to the right -hand side of the Speaker. Such was not to be, however. Even with Lard ROBERT CECIL, there, often speaking daggers, and Mr. C. BENTINCK looking there occasionally, from the Opposition Benches, Ministers have, during five do-nothing years, been fated to dawdle on in office with an air, for the most part, positively of undisguised indif ference. Lord PALMERSTON has had only to crack his amiable;little jokes ad libitum. Earl RUSSELL has had only to go on writing despatches ad nauseam. Mr. GLADSTONE has had only, now and then, upon any seeming emergency, as, for example, but the other day in that matter relating to the franchise, to argue, with his splendid gifts of rhetoric, ad captandum. Mr. LAYARD hashed only to snarl away any tendency to over-inquisitiveness, putting awkward queries aside haughtily ad referendum. And the five years of no reform at home, and of ultimate meddling and muddling abroad, have been eked out admirably wel Talk of the Pear being ripe for the Conservatives It seems to have tattled sleepy ! Talk of its being simply ripe! It threatens to be rotten ! Delay upon delay is all that Ministers need trouble themselves about. Their one successful system is that of a per petual put off. Wait and you will see. Don't ask premature questions. Negotiations have commenced. A Conference is about to assemble. The Conference has assembled—is sitting. Several of the pleni- potentiaries have Written home for further in. structioas. Arrangements are on foot with a view to a pacific settlement. First of ail, there is no armistice, but there is a hope of one. Then that long-delayed hope is at last realised. There is an armistice for a month. The month is just draw• ing to a close, and at the last gasp of it, there is a supplementary armistice arranged for another opportune fortnight. And so—by a sue , • cession of wondelfully clever] but painfully trans parent shifts or dodges, the evil day of open discus sion in the House of Commons is put off, week by week, month by month, until the session is drawing on towards its conclusion, with not only nothing done, but nothing even explained. It is a capital contrivance this system:of procrastinations. A capital contrivance—for retaining office ! But— for governing a great country ? Better than any attempt to answer that very natural inquiry— better, far better for Ministers still to cry Vice la Bagatelle ! Mr LAWSON is, doubtless, animated by very Igood intentions, and is impressed with:the necessity of doing something to aid the cause he his at heart, and promote the order and sobriety of the people, but at the same time it must be borne in mind that there is such a thing as doing too much for the furtherance of a desirable end. There is no greater mistake than to interfere to a great extent with the privileges, and encroach on the liberties, of the sub ject. Such a course of proceeding awakes suspicion, engenders ill-feeling, and creates a general state of dissatisfaction, which is highly prejudicial. The proposal made by Mr. LAWSON could never come into effect, but at the same time it was well to pro test against the notion of its introduction. There is no saying to what extreme lengths men will net go in pursuit of their hobbies, and to what extra vegant plans they may not devote their time and thoughts. The idea of any petty tyranny or local arbitration would naturally incense the community, and in the end provoke the increase of the evils sought to be remedied. We cannot make people all that they should be, and, bon gre rnal gre, contrive that they shall conform strictly to our tenets and follow the bent of our inclination, no matter how contrary its direction points from the aim of their own desires. Mr. LAWSON'S remedy against drunkenness is to empower the ratepayers of a parish to assume the authority to put down publichouses eventually, by refusing to grant or renew licenses for their continuance. This is really a very extraordinary suggestion, and it seems, at first sight, hardly credible that a man at all ac quainted with the world could propose such a mea sure. It is impossible to draw a line that can ensure the prohibition of mal-practices, while human nature retains its leading features, if an evil is put out of the way, men will go forth in search of wrong in some ot h er fashion. Besides, it is going a great deal too far to say that the pnblichouse does so much harm ; and when the hon. member, in the support of his argument, deelared th a t eminent j udges had given it as their opinion that "the large majority of crimes originated at the publiehouse, and that if there were no drink there would be no criminals to try," he may be quoti ng what is said in extreme alway s roevil, a n d so me members of a eom munitycases. who o re aarerepne to who persist in wrong-doin g. Such people w il l not be restrained by the enactment of arbitrary reg u l at i ons, and the forcible endeavour to make them simple and harm less citiz ens . The publichouse is an eff ec t, not a cause. It is natural that the inhabitants o f a particue lar district should occasionally meet and talk over the events of th e d ay an d the chief objects of inte rest that concern their immediate locality. If they did got assemble at one place, they would at an other, and the re f ore, unless M r. L AWSON can pro . hibit the sale of liquors altogether, he will not have obtained his object or be nearer his end. Some very sensible speeches were made on this subject. Captain JERTIS stated that he had spent five months in the Maine liquor-law States of America, and hed " been witness to the total absurdity of such a sys tem.'' The fact was, that the law was evaded in Maine, and persons contrived to get the forbidden articles by stealth and take them in secret. Such a mode of proceeding would not suit the straight forwardness of Englishmen, but neither would the restrictive nature of the proposal put forward in Mr. LAWSON'S bill. Captain JERVIS very properly denounced it as "contrary to the whole of our constitutional system, and one Which would not work to anv advantage in practice." The gallant member gave a ludicrous account of the straits to which they . were reduced in Maine, Ihe pietu; aof a guest TIM SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1864. measure is an unmistakeable proof of the feeling with which it was regarded; and it is to be trusted that this signal failure will be a warning to others who entertain such extreme views and move the adoption of such one-sided measures. Without the maintenance of discipline and order, the public peace could not be preserved, but at the same time it would never do for us to tolerate in the smallest degree any infringement of those rights or inter- ference with that liberty which have made this country so justly celebrated throughout the world. Arbitrary regulations and tyrannous devices are quite out of date at present, and it is quite as idle to attempt to put them into practice as it would be to endeavour to promote the observance of early hours by the revival of the curfew bell. Last evening the House of Commons was called upon to fulfil a graceful yet melancholy act of public duty. The claims of a statesman and diplo matist of no s common order were laid before them by the Prime Minister; and in recognition of the many and varied services which Lord ELGIN Las rendered to his country, they were called upon to give a loyal and hearty assent to the Royal Mes sage, recommending that a pension or £l,OOO a year should be bestowed upon his widow. A further token of the high estimation in which the late lamented nobleman was held in our Eastern pos sessions was given iu the unanimous resolve of the Indian Council to settle an equal amount upon that lady irom the revenues of India. The claim of Lord ELGIN to grateful remembrance by all Anslo.ln diens is not only based upon his wise and temperate judgment during the few months which he was permitted to direct the public affairs of that dependency, but upon the promptness, the judg ment with which he hastened to render assistance at Calcutta in the terrible year 1857, It will be remembered that Lord ELGIN was on his route to China, in charge of a high diplomatic mission, with every prospect of achieving honourable dis tinction by carrying it to a successful issue. He was accompanied by troops, and therefore, on hearing of the outbreak in India, he at once returned to Calcutta sacrificing all personal considerations in his desire to lend Lord CANNING the benefit of his aid and the State the service of his troops. It was one of those occasions which test the character of a Statesman, since it required prompt and cool judg ment, great decision of purpose, and rapid action. It was assuming a responsibility from which men of feebler mind would have shrunk, and it was break• ing through those fetters of routine which so often hamper the actions of really able men. The value of the assistance which he thus gave to the Indian Government in the hour of peril and distress is readily acknowledged by its members when the danger has passed away, and their authority re. established. As Sir C. WOOD observed—" Lord ELGIN rendered distinguished services to India at the time of her greatest need, and had thereby established an undeniable claim to the resources at the disposal of the Council." Bat it is not in India alone, although that country is now so closely asso ciated with his name, that Englishmen hay e to bear witness to Lord ELGIN'S services. The outline of his career was briefly but graphically sketched by Lord PALMERSTON, who remarked that—" It has seldom fallen to the lot of any public man to per form services more varied with regard to the scene of their action, more important with regard to their results, or attended with greater personal exertion and exposure than were performed by the late Lord ELGIN." The noble Premier might have added, that it has fallen to the lot of few man to be so sig nally and so consistently successful. Like the hero of old, whose magic touch turned everything to the most precious of metals, Lord ELGIN converted the most unpromising and even hopeless of canoes into a success. He was one of the rare exceptions who can boast of having made no failure, of having to record no catastrophe, during a most eventful career. His happy combination of cool and char judgment, with prompt and vigorous action, was doubtless the Principal cause of this unvaried success; bat it needed the union of many gifts and qualities to enable him to accomplish the objects of his diplo matic missions to such people as the inhabitants of China and Japan. His first official position was as Governor of Jamaica, which post he held for four years, and in that comparatively brief period he had biven so forcibl e an impression of his capacity by his adm'instration of affairs in that island that he was transferred to a more important office—the Governor-Generalship o f C anada. His labours during th e t eight s years i n w hi ch he remained there produced satisfactory results,- and for the fi rst m time his diplomatic abilities came into play, since, by his mission to 'Washington, he concluded the treaty of reciprocity between the Government of the United States and the British North American _ . colonies. In 1857, es we have said, Lad ELGIN was selected as Ambassador to China, an offin at being shut up in a cupboard to regale him. self on the sly with prohibited luxuries, is not exact!y attractive to the tastes and habits of the inhabitants of this country. All laws that tend to promote the growth of deceit and foster the devices and contrivances of cunning are very much to be reprehended. This plan is open also to the objec tion of giving rise to jealous feelings between classes, which of all others is an evil to be dreaded. The poor man shut out from his miniature world will naturally compare his isolated state with that of the wealthier classes who were free to partake of everything that fancy might suggest, or money could procure. The real and right thing to trust to for the formation of temperance and the decrease of excess, is the improvement of the great body of the pe)ple. This can only be done by time and patience, and na vehement changes and violent measures will ever accomplish the much desired end. Captain lERvis said that " drunkenness was dying out of the country not owing to penal enact ment, but owing to the spread of education, the labours of the clergy and ministers of all denomi nations, and the example of the other classes," Mr. ROEBUCK denounced the bill in his forcible style. He said he had never seen a more mischievous measure introduced in the whole course of his experience in Parliament. The hon. and learned gentleman carried out his remarks in his usual facetious manner, and put a case to Mr. LAW SON for his consideration. If the ratepayers of West minster decided to put an end to all places where intoxicating liquors were sold, he asked if that prohibition would extend to the refreshment-room of the House of Commons. Mr. BRIGHT was also strongly against the proposal. He said that sobriety was greatly increased of late years, and the middle classes were now very different to what they were some time past. The hon. member very truly remarked that the permanent remedy against excess was the improvement and instruction of the people, and " this, it was evident, must in any case be their sheet-anchor." This is, indeed, the only reliable - means of attaining the desired end, and it would be well if the eathusiasts and Utopians of the present day would have more patience and exercise more hope. Mr. BRIGHT explained the very great confusion which would be occasioned by the introduction of this bill—how it would affect the trade and interfere with the property of the country in a new and mischievous manner. The immense majority which decided the fate of BANK OP FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) MAY, 182,500,000 1,205,641,762 05 1 ,261,316,288 70 93,303,708 40 87,1 3 4,696 34 CR. Cash in h an d . . Do. branch -banks 201,589,i87 15 5,689,913 Commercial bills overdue 547,)57 63 605,732 64 Commercial bills discounted not yet duo •. .305,907,852 60 372,102,289 2 Do. branch- banks .... 271,399,672 311,223,228 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. branch. banks 2,929,500 Advances on French p u bli c securities Do, branch-banks 10,178,510 Advances on rail• shares and debentures.....,,, 30,754,700 32 32,275,700 Do. branch-banks 20,125,341 21,309,900 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 354.400 Do. branch-banks 417,000 Advances to the State (Conven. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 12,980,750 14 12,980,760 14 Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 1 00,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Landed property, branches 5,177,688 6,299,828 Expenses of management 1,857,268 1,464,082 81 Sundries 18,193,800 2,186,300 1 7,441,100 11,939,9:0 381,100 353,100 1,205,541,762 05 1,261,316,288 70 Certified by the Honorary Vice-Preeident of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD. VUITRY. YEAR'S WORK OF A CORONER.—T he Social Science _Review publishes a sketch by Dr. Lankester of his work as coroner for the central district of Middlesex in the year ending July 3i, 1863. The population of the district is stated at 805,975 (meaning probably at the census of April, 1861), and he held 1,080 inquests (203 of them at hospitals, prisons, or asylums), one for every 746 persons. The proportion is very much higher in St. Giles's ; yet the medical officer of that parish has to state that in 1862 45 bodies were interred without an inquiry when there ought to have been one. "It is intolerable in a civilized country," he says, " that persons dying in this way should be interred without inquiry ; in at least two cases there was prima facie ground for suspecting poison." Dr. Lankester states that "the registration of death and the burial of the body without any medical certificate is of very common occur rence in London." Very unsatisfactory medical certificates are also accepted by some registrars ; sometimes the niedi cal man never saw the deceased either alive or dead, Irre gular certificates ought always to be referred to the coroner. In the course of the year there were 53 deaths of new-horn children with verdicts of wilful murder or neglect, very often on the part of some person unknown ; there were besides 8 deaths of new- born children from "unknown causes, and 8 " accidental deaths," making 69 inquests on new-born children. It is, says the coroner, a fearful picture of the moral condition of the district. The crime of infan ticide is very much more frequent in some parts of central Middlesex than in others, and the subject seems one that demands investigation. The crime appears to be most fre quent among women in domestic service. Sixteen children were picked up in the streets that had never breathed. The absence of any registration of stillborn children is undoubt edly a source of crime. Children are often brought to the undertaker for burial as stillborn without any guarantee for that fact, and where women can find accomplices this pre• Bents a very ready method of getting quit of children without any inquiry as to the cause of their death. As many as 90 children were suffocated in bed, some of than first-born children of young mothers ignorant of the necessity of fresh air for the life of the offspring, others the children of parents who had gone to b e d not sober and cause d their child's death by culpable neglect. With regard to inquests on adults, the coroner reports that 70 of the 1,080 deaths were suicides. The largest number of the suicides was by poison, and this is effected often by articles extensively used in various branches of industry, and therefore easily . pro cured for an improper purp o s e . Th e year ' s i nques ts imply that the tendency to commit suicide is more than twice _as great among men as am ong women, an d th a t men pr_ a prefer hanging or the knife, wom en p o i son i ng or d r owning. In large proportion of thes e cases h a bi ts o f i n toxication had preceded the act of suicide. ALLEGED LUNACY OF A LANDED PR OPRIETOR. — Oa Monday and Tuesday a Court was held by the Sheriff of Midlothian, with a jury, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr Alexander Christie, of Baberton, a landed proprietor, residing in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. The proceeding was at the install:7s of Mr Braithwaite Christie, his brother, for whom Mr Gordon and Mr Fraser appeared, the Solicitor-General and Mr. Macdonald ap. pearing for the defence, Mr Fraser stated that Mr A. been further p Christie was a man o f a b ou t 40 years of age, and in 1 861 i d m uri a n i g red the by lasta coursetwelve succeeded to the es t a t e o f B a b erton , worth about £ l , O OO a year. He was orinally a man of defectiv e intellect, but taken up with assoc i a t es o f t h e lowest class. He had lived at J uniper- green f or a b ove twenty years with John Barr, a man with w h om hi s f a ther had boarded him as a measure of restrai n t, b u t hi s i n t em perate habits had gained of y g ea r r o s ss sin his te mind mpara h n a c d e, and he had upon him, and scarcely a day passed without his going into Edinburgh and getting drunk. The circumstance which had led his friends to interfere was that in April hst a butcher named M'Donald and a mason named Law had in duced him to sign a promise of marriage to Agnes Mossman, an old woman and a pauper, w h o m he had been in the habit of visiting. They went through a pretended form of marriage, and presented a petition to the Sheriff-Substitute for having it recorded, but the Sheriff wan so much struck by Christie's appearance that he declined to grant the petition, thinking him not in a fit state of mind to give a valid consent. The woman's friends then gave in the names for proclamation in order to marriage by the parish clergy. man, but a repres en t a ti on being 13:tad° to the Kirk session by Mr. Christie's relatives as to his condition proclamation was refused. Since that time Mr. Christie had been kept concealed, and his relatives were unable to get access to him. The relatives now asked to have Mr. Christie cog nosced, and declared to be in a fatuous state, Mr. M‘Donald asked the jury to observe that they were asked to End, not simply that Mr, Christie was unfit to manage his affairs, for since his father's time these had been in charge of a curator, but that he was fatuous, or, in other words, had no mind at all. It was quite true that Mr. Christie had impaired his constitution by drinking, but he had been quite neglected by hi, family until this marriage was pro posed, when the brother, who otherwise would be heir to the estate, stepped forward in hie own interest to prevent it. Mr Christie had lived with the woman Mosaman for 16 years, but his friends never thought of interfering until he proposed to marry her. Although unable to manage his affairs, and although 12 years ago he had voluntarily inter dieted himself from alienation of his property, he was not insane or bereft of mind ; and he had not been a spend thrift, for since his accession to the estate he had not spent above a fourth part of the income. A great deal et evidence was adduoed, showing the eccentricities and tbo low and depraved habits of Mr Christie, but it failed to come up to a case of insanity, and on Wednesday morning the " brieve" was withdrawn, and the jury were discharged without a verdict, that time of most critical importance. After the delay occasioned by the Indian mutiny, be pro ceeded to his destination, and negotiated the Treaty of Tientsin. Coming to his own country he was occupying a public officio of great utility, though not of great distinction, when the refusal of the Chinese EMPEROR to ratify the treaty recalled him to that country. Many and serious obstacles w e r e in his way, great and perplexing were the difficulties with which he had to contend, but befora he returned to England the treaty was ratified and our Minister established at Pekin. Subsequently his dealings with the Japanese opened that valuable commercial channel to our commerce, and it is remarkable that the fearless and straight forward Scatchman should be the one to succeed in negotiations with these treacherous and untruthful nations. The last link in the long chain was his appointment as Governor-General of India, an office for which, in the oplulcu of most public men, he was might have been antici pated,iving their cordial sup peculiarlyl i d nes fitted.jned in A s g port to Lord PALMERSTON's proposal, Lord STAN LEY giving graceful expression to the unanimity of feeling on his side of the House with regard to the recognition due to services rendered not to a party but to the State. No narrow system of policy, no petty motives of self-interest, fettered Lord ELGIN'S actions, and it is fitting that his countrymen should render their unanimous testimony to th e mer i ts o f a statesman whose public spirit was no less conspi cuous than his ability. PARIS, June 10. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly debtor and credit ir account of the Bank of France. The corrresponding figures of last month are added : JUNE. DR. f. c. Capital of the Bank ...... 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9 1857) 4,938,380 42 4,709,955 63 Reserve in tho Bank and its branches .......... 12,930,730 14 12,980,750 14 New Re5erve............ 9,125,0)0 9,125,000 Reserve in landed property 4,600,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ...... 725,38 1 , 9 25 76 7, 443 , 4 75 Bank notes to 0rder...... 5,109.609 53 4,418,131 83 Receipts payable at sight 1,519,761 '.,415,591 Treasury ace. cur. creditor 62,844,411 72 66,641,313 58 Current accounts—Paris.. 130,565,560 13 143074.283 79 Do. branch-banks 26,119,665 31,860 , 02 1 Dividends payablo ...... 556,723 75 637,918 75 Commission on deposits .. 3,200,998 96 5 ,038,022 45 Discounts and sundry intere5t5............. 21,708,976 84 19 ,052,775 98 Re-discounts of the last sia monala ............ 3,078,9)7 61 3 ,078,997 61 Sundries ................ 11,880,987 95 11,780,022 04 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Arrival of the Emperor and Empress of Russia, at Potsdam, BERLIN, JUNE 10. The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived yesterday evening at Potsdam. They were received at the railway station by the King of Prussia. Their Majesties were welcomed at the Castle of Potsdani by the members of the Royal family, and the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg. A grand review was held this morning in the Tempelhof field. This evening a dinner will be given in the Oran gery House to the Imperial guests. Their Alajesties will leave for Darmstadt tomor row morning at nine o'clock. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 10. " The North German Lloyd steamship Hansa, Captain von Santen, sailing this morning with the German, French, and Euglish mailes, takes out 143 saloon passengers and a full cargo of general mer chandise, including a large quantity of French silks and jewellery from Havre, value 182,000 francs. The Hansa was advertised to sail on Wednesday, but was detained in the Weser by fog. TRIP TRIAL OF THE NEW BALLOON. The first ascent of Mr. Coxwell's new balloon, and the five hundred and seventh ascent of Mr. Coxwell himself, took place y es t er d ay even i ng at the Crystal Palace. Of making big balloons there is no end. The Nassau was a wonder in its day, but the Nassau had to hide its diminished head before the Mammoth, and now the Mammoth itself must yield the pride of place to the Britannia. Exclud ing M. Nadar's machine, which was intended to go to China, but which broke down on tho German frontier, Mr. Cox well's new venture is the largest on record ; and certainly no ship of the air was ever built more quickly. Her " lines," so to speak, were only laid down on the day when G iribaldi entered London, so that no time has been lost in getting tier ready. She is a comely craft, and does credit to her builder's skill ; capable of holding 100,000 cubic feet of gas, she will probably enable our aeronauts to reach a still higher elevation than that which was attained in Mr. Glaisher's memorable ascent from Wolverhampton; aid so far as her trial trip enables us to judge, she may safely be classed A 1 for any number of years in an aerial Lloyd's Register, and be pronounced airworthy and in good condition. A peculiarity in her construction is the introduction of some india-rubber cloth, whose powers of expansion will, no doubt, be tested in her high ascent. The little cruise of yesterday was merely a trial trip ; but, viewed in this light, it left nothing to be desired. The passengers enjoyed it thoroughly; it was full of icterest and variety ; and the "skipper" never showed to better advantage. For the last three days the Britannia has been exhi bited in the Crystal Palace; yesterday she was taken out into the grounds and inflated. The day was somewhat overcast and cloudy, and a couple of pilot balloons, which were sent up a few minutes before starting, showed that rather a brisk south-westerly breeze was blowing. At five minutes before seven a little earlier than the time appointed—the Britannia rose swiftly into the air, amidst the cheers of the crowd. She carried a pleasant com pany of eight, all told, the majority of whom had frequently ventured the risks and enjoyed the pleasures of aerial navigation. In two minutes and a half she was half a mile from the ground, and then, rising more slowly, reached the mile in about eight minutes. The travellers looked out on one of the loveliest landscapes in England; and elthought the pleasant blossoming-time was over, and the purple and golden glory of lilac and laburnam had faded away, there was plenty of colour in the dark green woods, on the broad heath, and away over the Thames, which at times glittered brightly iu the evening sunshine. The sky was so broken that, even when the balloon had passed above the bulk of the cumuli, the earth was still in view through rifts and open spaces; and strange indeed was the contrast between the houses aad field; all dwindled down until they seemed but toy-models of the famili r reality, and the grand and solemn waste of level cloud. A vast white table-land seemed to stretch away for miles ; as the breeze dropped, there was scarcely a change upon the surface of this grand expanse, and in the distance—but sharp and distinct in that clear air—stood up cloud castles, upon whore almost immovable battlements the sunlight quivered and played. At times we heard the b qking of a dog; now and then, dim and faint rose the strains of a band ; and there were shouts from cricketers at play or from rustics in the fields. London itself was hidden in the haze, through which, when it lifted, momentary glimpses could be caught of St. Paul's; but as the balloon moved towards Greenwich, the wide Kentish land scape was singularly clear. Past the Observatory, and affording the travellers a peep at Mr. Glaisher's house on Blackheath went the Britannia. The Hos pital seemed strangely small ; and the Dreadnought little more than dchild's plaything. It was now half-past seven, and there was a somewhat angry look about the clouds, which to Mr. Cox well ap peered to indicate wind ; so he determined to dip down to terra-firma and see whether the descent was likely to be easy. The balloon bed travelled over the Kidbrook fields and was now following the line of the Dover-road, past Woolwich-common, the new barracks and the Severndroog Castle, cu Shootet'e-hil This steady pt. gressioa on a line nearly parallel with that of the 'Thanes was no doubt one of the reasons which induced Mr. Cox well, who has a wholesome objection to Sea Reach, to descend. Leaving the strange solitude and more than Sabbath stillness of the sky, the balloon rapidly descended, the captain showing all his old skill in manceavring. The grapnel caught in a tree in West Wood, tore a branch or two away, then held; in a minute a crowd collected, the balloon touched the ground almost imperceptibly, and a hundred willing hands were eager to hold her down. Three minutes before we had been alone in the air; and it was almost grotesque to see, after that sudden fall, how red-shirted navvies and blue-coated gunners pressed in around the car. For a thew, Mr. Coxwell indubitably blocked up that old ant; respectable Queen's highway, the Dover-road; bat no one was particularly inconvenienced, and the only signs of dissatisfaction—they were very sligist— were given by a lively pony. A brief council of war was held; on the one hand, a re -ascent might very possibly mean a night in the Essex marshes; on the other, sanguine observers urged that the wind had fallen, and that the sunset was about " due." The skipper inclined his ear to the "party of action," and it was determined to pay another visit to cloud-land. And a very awkward visit might that same have been. The crowd had be hayed well hitherto; but when the word was given to let go, a fellow, who had probably been drink ing, clung obstinately to a rope, and could not be induced to relax his hold. On the left of the road were a few houses; the balloon rose with a leap, dragging the stupid lout into the air; and Mr Coxwell, trying to check the ascent in order that the man's life might be saved, could scarcely see for a moment that the car was driving right on to a chimney. For. tunately the fellow let go in time; instantly ballast was thrown out, and the balloon, darting upwards, just cleared the chimney about a couple of yards. It was sharp work, steadily done, but in thirty seconds more there would have been an awkward smash. And now, swiftly rising, the balloon passcd again into the upper air. A mile, a mile and a half, two miles, were successively attained, and the cold soon gave warning that the ascent was rapid. The change from simmer heat to a temperature of 41 deg., only nine degrees above freezing-point, was scarcely agreeable; but the thermometer might have fallen those nine degrees more without much disturbing the intense enjoyment of that glorious scene. Brighter and more various combinations of colour have often been witnessed, but no aerial voyager ever gazed upon a grander wilder ness of cloud. Like an Arctic desert, the white cumuli lay spread out for miles—save when, here and there, their sombre monotony of snowy surface was broken by aerial streams of blue; and far to the westward, each bar of burnished red glaring angrily, the great sun sank slowly down. Men talked but little; the sight was not to be idly criti cised ; and it would have seemed almost a profanity to babble adjectives of admir.tion as we travelled through this wondrous wilderness, under the great dome of pure and perfect azure. It was only when weagain neared the earth that people cared to spook, and then, indeed, en American traveller, who had seen all Iceland, and a Cambridge man, who had but lately journeyed amidst African deserts, were ready enough to admit that they had never wit nessed a solitude so magnificent. Still following the river line, the baliooa went slowly on ; coon after half-past eight it crossed the Thames to the Essex shore, and by this time the light grew dim and the shadows darkened. A faint halloo came now and then from the sailors on the river—the red lustre of the sunset died away, and there was a sombre loneliness about the long broad waste of marsh land, where the mists were already gathering low and thick. The grapnel was lowered, it took the ground at once, and the balloon slowly descended in the Eighteen-acre Marsh near Rain ham. And assuredly a more peculiar greeting than the travellers m e t w ith cou ld scarce ly be conceived ; for, f r i s ki ng t h e i r ta il s, an d caper ing with a ma r . vellous agility, cows of many colours of many kinds executed a kind of comic vaccine war dance round the Britannia. They smelt the grapnel, and gale it FRANCE. From the recently published " Memoires du Car dinal Goasalvi," we take the following letter, written by the father of Napoleon III.: To Cardinal Gonsalvi : Eminence,—Following the advice of the Very Holy Father and of your Eminence, I have seen Monsignor Ber netti, who is especially charged with the affair, and, with his accustomed frankness, he has explained to me what it is with which the foreign Powers appear to reproach the family of the Emperor Napoleon, The complaint of the great Powers, and especially of England, is, that we are always conspiring. They accuse 113 of being implicitly or explicitly concerned in every riot which is hatched. Nay, we are even accused of abusing the Pope's hospitality in order io excite in the States of the Church difference with I and hatred against the person of our august Sovereign, I have been happy enough to convince the cardinal of the contrary—as he will tell you. if the family of the Emperor, which owes so much to the Pope and to your Eminence, had conceived the detestable project of dis turbing Europe, and if it had the means of so doing, the gratitude which we all feel towards the Holy See would arrest us in our career. My mother, brothers, sisters, and my uncle, owe too deep a debt of respectful gratitude to the Sovereign Pontiff, and to your eminence, to bring down further misery on this city, where we, exiles of entire Eu rope, have been received with a paternal kindness which re cent injustice only renders more touching. We do not con spire against anyone, much less against the representative of God on earth. In Rome we enjoy all the rights of citizens, and when my mother learned the Christian manner in which the Pope and yourself avenged the prison of Fon tainebleau, and the exile of Rheims, she could only bless you, in the name of her great and unhappy lost one, while shedding painless tears for the first time since the misfor tunes of 1814. To conspire against our august and only benefactor would be to disgrace our name. The family of Bonaparte will never have to reproach itself with that. I bave convinced Monsignor Bernetti of the truth of this, and he has promised to convince your eminence of the fact. Continue to us, then, the protection of the Holy Father.— Accept, dcc., Loves DE ST. LEU. Rome, Sept. 30, 1821. BOURSE, June 9.—There has been rather more business doing, but without any material change in prices, Threes, for the Account, having only im proved to 67f. 10c. Mobilier are now unvaried at 1,138 f. 75g. Railway Market firm, with a slight advance on some of the lines. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 30 Uo. end 3 per Cents Do. end paonth 67 05 Credit Mobilier 1132 50 Do. end month 1136 25 Bank Shares 3375 Credit k oxieier 1250 Roman HA IL WAYS. Cash. APconnt. Orleans >... 875 .. 875 Northern ...: 992 60 4 .' 995 Lyons and 1 - leclitrrancan 873 75 .. 875 -- New ditto BJutl.wrn Western Eastern Sardinian 370 .. 370 Austrian Lombard North of Spain 8 a ra.wesa 577 55 .. 580 Ditto to Barcelona Italian Loan 7O 20 Do. end month 7O 40 ' Ditto Threes 42 50 New Mexican ttuesian Austrian Spanieh Threes [tome Debt . . — Deferred The Last of the Shaksperes, In a letter addressed to the Times, a Mr. Coleman writes as follows : It is generally understood that there is no living descendant of our great poet's family. Will you permit me, through the medium of your columns, to call attention to the fact that there is now living at No. 6, Great Berry-street, Wolver hampton, George Shakapere, of Henley-on-Arden, the eldest male descendant in the direct line from Gilbert, William Shakspere's brother,—that very Gilbert who lived until after the Restoration, and who was said to have been the actor who told Oldys that he had seen his brother William act Adam in " As You Like It ?" ' Poor Mr. George Shakspere's indigent circum stances have until recently prevented him from taking the necessary steps to trace his pedigree (an L operation surrounded with difficulties) ; and it is • only through the kiudness of a gentleman living in Wolverhampton that he has been enabled to com plete the record, which, by the way, may be seen by any one who will take the trouble to call upon Mr. Shakspere. So far back as eight years ago I first met my client while I was fulfilling an engagement at the theatre in Wolverhampton. At that period he lacked one connecting link to enable him to trace his descent to Gilbert Shakspere. Fur my part, I needed no other testimony than that his face afforded, Heaven had written his pedigree in the plainest characters upon his brow; he was the living image of our poet, notwithstanding which I advised him not to publish his relationship until he had completed every link of the chain. The work of years is at last accomplished, and now I venture to suggest that those who have been endeavouring to do honour to our dead poet should do something for his living descendant. I am sure poor Shakspere's condition has only to be known to be mended. He has a difficulty in obtaining by hard labour the daily bread for hiy wife and family. Here is an excellent opportunity for the wealthy to dispose of a little of their superfluity. The ma nagers of the London theatres will, I feel assured, readily get up a benefit or two, and if you, sir, would deign to use your powerful pen, perhaps one of Shakspere's blood might be appointed curator to Shakspere's house. Whereupon (adds the 7 imes)—Wonderful, if true. 7HE JOHNSON aus.—This club, the club of Johnson and Reynolds, celebrated its centenary (it was founded in 1761) at the Clarendon on Tuesday last. It was the club not only [of Johnson and Reynolds, but of Burke, Fox, Sheridan, Windham, Canning, Gibbon, Adam Smith, &e., not to mention later distianiehed names. There were present—ln the chair, the Dean of St. Paul's ; his Excellency M. van de Weyer, Earls Clarendon and Stanhope, the Bishops of London and Oxford; Lord Brougham, Stanley, Cranworth, Kingsdown, and Harry Vane; the Right Hon. Sir Edmund Head, Spencer Wal pole, and Robert Lowe ; Sir Henry Holland, Sir C. East lake, Sir Roderick Murchison, Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood, the Master of Trinity, Professor Owen, Mr G. Grote, Mr C. Austen, Mr H. Reeve, and Mr G. Rich mond. Among the few members prevented from attend ing were —The Duke of Argyle (in Scotland), the Earl of Carlisle (in Ireland), Earl Russell, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Overatone (at Oxford), Lord Glenels (abroad), and Mr W. Stirling, from indisposition. THE AL kEELIA.—Again has the Alabama changed her scene of operations, and has once more appeared off the Brazil coast, The ship Kent, which arrived at Ply mouth on Wednesday, from Melbourne, spoke her on the 24th of April in rat. 15 S, and long. 32 W., or in the parallel of Bahia. Previous to the Kent speaking her she had de stroyed the American ship Rockingham, which left Callao on the 22d February with a full cargo of guano for Cork for orders. Th e R ockingham was a large ship of 97f; tons, built and owned in Portsmouth, U.S., and was for many years trading between Liverpool and 'Tew Orleans, up as a mystery; they smelt the rope, and abandoned it es one of those things which no cow could ever understand ; they almost pushed their horns into the car, and only retired when discordant noises, proceeding from lungs new invigorated and re freshed, warned them off. At length this strange assembly, which was absurdly christened the "Posse Cowmitatus of Essex" by a traveller who ought to have known better, dispersed; the animals, of which there had been ccnsiderably more than 40 staring like one, withdrew ; and the balloon, which, %viler' ever it may descend in the open fields, is as sure to attract a crowd from unknown places as a London fire at 3 morning, was surroun4ed by nearly 100 civil and well-behaved bike, who willingly rendered whatever aid was required. Thu©, at a quarter to 9, ended the trial trip of the Britannia. More Tidbits from " Manhattan," ^IP A YANKEE GENERAL IN A FUNK A brigadier general from this State, named John Henry Hob:+rt Ward (he is a grandson of the late Bishop Hobart) was arrested by his commander, After a late battle, for cowardice in the face of the enemy. The facts appear to be, that during the battle Ward was riding about so scared that he could hardly sit on his horse. General Binney, his commander, in pity, said, " Old top, you ale es shaky as a high wind, you had better get under cover." General Ward then escaped in an umbe" iance, and his valuable life was spared to his COUI 2 '' try, IVill you believe it, that after all this a meet ing was got up at the Astor House yesterday to endorse General Ward. There was plenty of tod free, and of course a large meeting, and very enthu siastic. He was endorsed by these resolutions, and letters proving that Ward was a hero were read from Generals Scott, Hooker, Kearney, Grant , Meade, Lee, Pope, and Stanton (furnished by Ward). This beats anythi ng th at h as l ately occurred. A committee of nine was app o i n t e d, an d I should not be surprised if it resulted i n b r i ng i ng f orward War d as a prominent milita r y c an did ate f er P res i dent o f the United States, in pla ce o f McCl e ll an, w h o is going to Europe, and expects to get a reception in London that will throw into the shade the late crowd for Garibaldi. BARNUM " BOUGHT " AND " SOLD!" Bonner made the fortune of a weekly by adver" tising that he had hired a sister of N. P. Willis to write for him at the rate of 100 dols. a column. It was an unusual price. Miss Fanny Fern was un" known, and hundreds of thousands bought the paper to discover the mystery. A rival paper, called the Mercury, is trying to do the same dodge agein. Tbe proprietor has hired Barnum, and has agre ed to pay him 1000 dols. a column. Barnum is to write a chapter every week about the humbug persons of Europe. He also writes witty articles. Here 15 one : « THE PRINCE or HUMBUGS SOLD.—' He is the highest man in the world,' said Barnum recently to Sniggles, wh o was at the time admiring the proportions of the Russian giant at the American Museum. Bet you ten dollars I can, in less than twenty minutes, produce one Myer,' an swered the hero of a thousand practical jokes. 'Dune,' said Phineas. Sniggles went out to where ho had a few minutes before left the conqueror of Yankee Sullivan, and came back leading the veteran Tom by the hand. Allow me, Ur; Barnum, said he, 'to introduce to you Mr Thomas 1-Iyer., Barnum 'saw the point,' and forked over the greenbacks: OLD ABE'S LAST LITTLE JOKE! Mr. Lincoln will have his little joke, even if Lee was shelling the White House. His Illinois friends feel that they have a right to lecture him upon th e conduct of the' war, and to tell him when he blun ders. " What the devil did you make Banks a general for ? Why the deuce don't you turn out General Butler, he has nearly defeated Grant's plans ? Finally old Abe broke out and said :-- "Illinois hosses,—S uppore a ll t h e property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blondin to cairy across the Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable or keep shouting nut to him, Blondin, stand up a little straighter; Blondin, steep a little ret:re -- go a little faster—lean a little more to :he North—lean a little more to the South ?' No; you would hold your breath as well as your tongue, and keep your hands off until he was safe over. The Givernment are carrying an inn:moss weight ; untold treasures are in their hands ; they are doing the very best they can ; don't badger them. Keep silence, and we'll get you safe across," GOVERNMENT EXPENSES ALL GOING U.P. Wneu Pierce was President is 1506, and when Edwrd Everitt was anxious io get Fremont elected (Hr. Fremont always stops at his house in Boston), and Edward expected to be Minister to France, he published a statement of the awful expenses of Frank Pierce in Barnum's Leader, viz, :-- "LIBERAL EXPENDITURES.—The expenses of the Go vernment of the United States. under the present adminis tration, are as fdl/ows : Dela. 75,686,400 a year 6,307,200 a month ! 1,452,920 a week I I I 207,560 a day !I I 8,600 an hcur 144 a minute ! 1I 1 2.49 a second !111 "Two dollars and forty cents at every tick of the clock ? That will do for Young America? But where does the money go ? For what is it applied ? Under Mr Polk's administration, during the Mexican war, when wo had a hundred thousand men under arms, and large armies end numerous garrisons in Mexico, the annual expenses of the government were a little over forty-four millions a year , Our expenses are now over 2 ,000,600,000 dole. a year. 166,666 666 dols, a month. 41,666,666 dole. a week. 6,000,000 dole. a day. Of course this sum does not include claim-Pe" sions that will amount to probably ten thousand millions. There is but one consolation in our in' creased expenses. It does not make a bit of differ ence whether they are twenty m i ll i ons a day or only one. The greenbacks will ail become worth less, there are so many of their, except to be worth seven cents a pound to be remade up into good white paper. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Margaret Laurette, Countess of Glengall, was proved in her Majesty'd Court of Probate, on the 21st nit., by Captain Hugh Daniel, the sole executor and trustee. The per. , sonalty was sworn under £45,000. Her ladyship was the daughter end coheir of William Mellish, Esq,, of Woonford, Essex, and the relict of the late Earl of' Glengall, who died without male issue. thr ladyship's will bears date Jan. 10, 1863, and h codicil Jan. 20, 1864, and she died tue 20 of April last. ¶1 .ere are several legacies to personal friends. To her owl; maid, Mary Ann Couch, a legacy of £7OO, and her ladyship's wardrobe (except India shawls, jewels, and lace). To her daughter, the Hon. Lady Margaret Charteris (wife of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Richard Charteris), her ladyship has be queathed the residue of her property, both real and persona:. The will of William Bingham Lord AshburtoO , dated July 16, 1862, with a codicil, dated Dec. 9 ? 1863, was proved at Doctors' Commons on the 1 5 t inst.,and the personalty was sworn under 1;180,000- i-1e bequeathed to his widow, Lady Ashburtorte £lO,OOO and his furniture and personalty e ffects, except his collection of pictures and statues at Bath House, which is left to the title upon certain condi' tions. His London residence is left to Lady Ash— burton, with the enjoyment for two years of th e pictures, which are afterwards to go with the title. His Devonshire and Cornwall estates are settled upon his only child, a daughter, and her issue. E iS American personalty is settled in like manner. Melchet Park, in Hampshire, and his residuary , real, and personal estate are given to Lady Ashbur ton. Tice principal landed estates were settled by the first Lcrd Ashburton on the title, and go to Francis, now Lord Ashburton, end his male male.- Certain furniture a n d e ff ects ;11 acme of the 'To" dences on the settled estates are bt queathed to the title. The will of the Right Rev. Gorge Davys, late Lord Bishop 'of Peterborough, was proved i ll the Prob a t e R eg i stry at Peterborough, on the 26th vuileta.,r of Peterboroughbyhislordslilp's s, and ons ow ,t he Reen l v.Eydiriinari D Di Lund a l v v y Y s s: M.A., rector of Wheatharnstead, the joint acting ex . ecu tors. The personalty was sworn under -£80,600.. His lordship hes left his personal estate amongst his tour childrea ; and has devised his real estate , con sisting of separate farms, to his eldest son, the ... Rev. Edmund DAvys, sulj(:ct to an annuity of 10 0 , left by codicil to a distant relative. This vemerbble relato WRS in his 85th year, and had been precep tor to her Majesty ; was Dean of Chester in 1831, auJI consecrated to the ace ct Fetertorough in 1842,1