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

ON TUESDAY next. " THE SEASIDE ; OR , Mns. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN." By Mr, JuHN PARRY. ROYAL EX CHANGE ASSURANC OFFICE. Royal Exchange, London, 21th May, 1864. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the CORPORATION oi the ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do horeby live notice, that their Transfer Books will be SHUT from Tues day, the 14th of June next, to Tuesday. the sth of Jul following and th+t a GENERAL COURT of the said Cor poration will be holden at their Office at the Royal Exchange, on WEDN ESDAY, the 22d of June, at Twelve o'clock at noon, to consider of a Divide id. ROBERT P. SITELE, Secretary. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Coven t-zarden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. Friday, and ztaturday. Special Extra Night. 31dlie. Adelina Patti, Mdlle. Fr col ; 31. Faure, Signor Ciampi, Signor lioncuni, Herr Schmid, and Signor Tamberlik. THIS EVENH\ G (FRIDA June 10, will be performed 11c,za t's opera, DON GIOVANNI. With the lolhw ng p,.werful caat :—Donna Anna, 31dfle. Fricci ; Zerlina, Mdlle. Adeiina P ft!; Ely ra, Madame Ructrlidorff; Dun Giovanni, M. Faure; Leporello, Signor Ciampi ; Masetto, Signor Ronconi ; 11 Commendatore, Herr Schmid ; and Don Ottavio, Llignor lamberlik. The minuet will be danced by Mdlle. Salvioni and .f. l`espiaces. Commence at half past Eight. Int tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 10s. 6d., 78., and ss. ; amphitheatre.:2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is spen from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and THEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.- Sole Leseee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, IVeathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe : Ste. ; Mes- dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, kle 11111, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform lIA3ILEr THIS EVENING (FRIDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden heff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedi=er, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. 14'. Charles ; Messrs. W 3l'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, 3foreand, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry; Actress, iiss M Benrade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half -past 7, and Hamlet com mences at S. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ro. W THEATRE-11.0 YAL, ADELPHI.--. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. W e b s t er . ,•11 Last Two Nights of :he Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAH. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S .110 USE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH: Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billing,ton, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; mrs. Biilington. To aluelucle with THE AREA BELLE: Messrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, It. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATEMAN a s LEAH.—LAST TWO EIGHTS of the Great Tragediecne in her original chAracter of the Jewish Maiden, in which she has appeared b.fore crowded, fashionable, and delighted audiences every evening for the past e ght months. The great attractiveness of th's closing series of representations render it necessary to secure seats at once, as the box book is being rapidly fi led. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Ccmcdy, by Dion Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening. Re-engagement of those ce ebraYed and popular artistes, Mr. an i Mrs. Charles Math6we. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular - ,rnes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. P4ul Iledtord, Mr. P. .iobinson. Nr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, lUrbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss H. :Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirlinir. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and orisinal Comedy, In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cbam,er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At to, OUT OF bratrr OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank 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 TIIE MAID OF 'LONGER. Miss Ada Swanborough. After whiz!), MAZOURKA. 3lessrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with 11310T11.1. - TO TUE P.ESCITE. Mr. X. Thorny. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT.— RACE GLASSES (the best), at CALLAGITAN'. 23A, New Bond-street. IV., corner of Conduit-street. N.8.--zole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. PARIS BONNE US for JUNE.—MIPsars. JAY'S 31anaur has h s day return(' I from Paris with an fssortment of th • most elegant and talt.onah.e bummer Bonnets, selected from the migusius ct the first houses in that city. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217,219, and 251, Regent-street. June 1,1864. .I_NOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS..— French fashion has produced Bonnets for this month of a light go darner texture, which accJmmodate the present style of wearing ant displayLig 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.ially imported from Paris for J AY'S, The London General 11 ourning: Warehouse, 217, 249, and 2;1, Regent -street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 24s. per ton. I Double .. °Os. per t on . Top ^3s. „ 11 uts... iss. Dap 2ls. 17 Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOIN SCOTT, Sole Agent 1111 IE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," au b,9 contain li ing the. Latest SPORTING INTELLIGEN 6E, had very Evenin;.r 431 U. R. GLXXIE, NEWS AGENT, O. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. The weather—Sim Office, June 10, 1864. THERMOMET ER. . . . This day at Two 0'c10ck......... Barometer-29.80. ''''''''''' 66 WIND—S.W. ; fine. HIGH WATEH. AT LONDON BRIDGit. r... AT.—Mornlnf!, sh. 43,D.--Afternoon, sb. 58 ci . ro-ag Low.-Dierning, 65. "Om.—Afternoon. 6 5. 4111,. / RI • fr" , Li. 11 11 - ) ' 44-44L1 LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1864. Vine la Bagatelle ! might, certainly, be taken as about the aptest motto for the Government, To do as little as possible—to postpone e veryt hi ng as hag 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 author of the "Night Thoughts," id the security for the retention yet longer of place, power, and per quisites in the hands of the second PALMERSTON Administration. Altogether it is a very clever con trivance. It is paltry, no doubt, but it is clever : and its cleverness is plainly enough demonstrated by its brilliant success. It has enabled an incon gruously constructed Coalition Cabinet to hold together wonderfully well for full five years con- Full - . . s i rc l 7 . And this, with the smallest possible majority to begin with--a smlll th a t ata makyrity the very outset it was Only just in its teens. Daring the last three years, it has witnessed even that small majority dwindle down, one by one, until it has become no majority at all, the b a l ance in fact latterly turning over on the side of the Opposition. That it has been thus, however, is really matter for no serious consideration, for two reasons. First of all, they have had in aid of them, these in. gennous Reforming Administrators who slipped into power by the dodge of a sot of abstract re solutions, designed, so far as we can judge by the result, simp!y for the p'u'rpose of effectually ehelvieg reform altogether--. Fret of all the Cabinet have had in !aid of them their happily 1 1 discomred system of continual procrastinations: ' Last evening the House of Commons was called upon to fulfil a graceful yet melaecholy act of public duty. The claims of a statesman end diplo matist of no common order were laid before them by the Prime Minister; and in recognition of the many and varied services which Lord ELGIN has rendered to his country, they were called upon to give a loyal and hearty assent to the Royal Mes sage, recommending that 4 pension of £l,OOO a-year should be bestowed upon his widow. A further token of the high estimatio❑ in which the late lamented nobleman was held in our Eastern pos sessions was given in the unanimous resolve of the Indian Council to settle an equal amount upon that lady from the revenues of India. The claim of Lord ELGIN to grateful remembrance by all Anglo.ln diens is not only based upon his wise and temperate judgment during the few months which be 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 achieviug honourable dis. Unction 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 aclenowledged 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 i❑ India alone, although that country is now so closely asso ciated with his name, that Englishmen hate to bear witness to Lord ELGIN'S services. The outline of his career was briefly but graphically sketched by Lord PALAIERSTON, 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 men 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 drawing on towards its conclusion, with not only nothing done, but nothing even explained. It is a capital contrivance this systemlof procrastinations, A capital contrivauce—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 good intentions, and is impressed with:the necessity of doing something to aid the cause he has 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 prom . ediog 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 not go in pursuit of their hobbies, and to what extra vagant 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 mai 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 reuew 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 each a mea• sure. It is impossible to draw a line that can ensure the prohibition of malpractices, while human nature retains its leading features, if an evil is put out of the way, men will go forth in search of wrong deal t oo in some o th er f as hi on. B es i des, it is going a great harm far to say th a t th e p u bli c h ouse d oes so much i and when the hon. member, in the support of his arg ument, declared that eminent judges had given it as their opi n i on 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 quotin g what is said in extreme cases. There are always o ome members of a com munity who are prone to evil, and who persist in wrong-doing. Such peopl e w i ll not be restrained arbitraryake them regulati ons , and the s imple and forcible enactment endeavour of to m harm less citizens. The publichouse is an eff ect , not a cause. It is na t ur al that the inhabitant s of Et p art i cu . lar di s t r i ct s h ou ld occas i ona lly meet an d talk over the events o f th e d ay an d the chief objects of inte- most unpromising and even hopeless of causes iato 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 clear judgment, with prompt and vigorous action, was doubtless the principal cause of this unvaried success; but 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 given so forcible an impression of his capacity by ' L a s adm'nistration of affairs in that island that he was transferred to a more important office—the Governor-Generalship of Canada. His labours during the eight years in Which he remained there produced most satisfactory results, and for the first 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 . _ rest that concern their immediate locality. If they did xot assemble at ore place, they would at an. other, and therefore, unless Mr. LAWSON can pro. hibit the sale of liquors altogether, he will not have obtained his objcet or be nearer his end. Some very seusib!e speeches were made on this subject Captain JER cis stated that he had spent fire months in the Maine liquor•law Sate of America, and had " been witness to the total absurdity of such a sys tem,'' The fact was, that the law was evaded in Maine, and pessons 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 propozal put forward in Mr. LAWSON'S bill. elptain jERTIs very properly denounced it as "contrary to the whole of our constitutional system, and one which would not work to any advantage in practice.' The gallant member gave a ludicrous account of the straits to which they , r,Tere reduced in /iaine. 'he pictu e of a guest , colonies. In 1857, es we have said, Lvrd ELGIN Was selected As AllabdBo4dOr to China, on office of Secondly, they have had all along, and 1 being shut up in a cupboard to regale hima still have apparently quite as strongly, in I self on the sly with prohibited luxuries, is not aid of them no less, the seeming apathy or be- I exactly attractive to the ta s t es an d h a bi ts of the wildeement or h owever e l se i t may b e the most ac- 1 inhabitants of this country. All laws that tend to curately expressed of their palitical Opponents ! Of promote the growth of deceit and foster the devices that expanded and strengthened Opposition, loyally and contrivances of cunning ere very much to be and constitutionally called, whether it happens to reprehended. This plan is open also to the objec be strong or weak, formidable or insignificant, her ti on of giving rise to jealous feelings between MAJESTY'S Opposition. Powerful by reason of the classes, which of all others is an e 4 to be dreaded. immense personal popularity o f th e Prime mi n i s t er , The poor man shut out from his miniature world powerful by the mere prestige of comprising among will naturally compare his isolated state with that its members statesmen of such European reputations of the wealthier classes who were free to partake and of such unquestionably large capacity, as Earl of everything that fancy might suggest, or money RUSSELL and Mr- GLADSTONE—powerful by reason could procure. The real and right thing to trust of the very hesitation and apparent bewilderment to for the formation of temperance and the decrease of their otherwise intrinsically formidable of excess, is the improvement of the great body of antagonists, the serried ranks of an Opposition the peeple. This can only be done by time and lee-ger in numbers, and more vigourous in organizes patience, and no vehement changes and violent tion than any Opposition that has for years con- measures will ever accomplish the much desired I fronted the holders of office in the British House end. Captain JERVIS said that " drunkenness was of Commons—the Cabinet has contrived, during the dying out of the country not owing to penal enact last five years, with delightful ease, to hold its own ment, but owing to the spread of education, the against all corners 1 The Prime Minister laughing labours of the clergy and ministers of all denomi off all serious opposition with a good-humoured nations, and the example of the other classes," carelessness sufficient in its way, one might have Mr. ROEBUCK denounced the bill in his forcible thought, to have maddened the more hot-blooded of style. He said he had never seen a more mischievous the Conservatives confronting him, to what Mr. measure introduced in the whole course of his HENLEY would have called "an ugly rush" from th e experience in Parliament. The hon. and learned left-hand side to the right 'hand side of the Speaker. gentleman carried out his remarks in his usual Such was not to be, however. Even with Lard facetious manner, and put a case to Mr. LAWSON ROBERT CECIL, there, often speaking daggers, for his consideration. If the ratepayers of West and Mr. C. B ENTINCK l oo k ing there minster decided to put an en d t o a ll p l aces where occasionally, from the Opposition Benches, intoxicating liquors were sold, he asked if that prohibition would ex t en d t o t h e refreshment-room Ministers have, d ur i ng fi ve d o - noth i ng years, Mr. . M beau fated to dawdle o n i n o ffi ce w i th an air, of the Hou se o f C ommons BRIGHT was also for the most part, positively of undisguised indif- strongly against the proposal. He said that sobriety was g rea tly i ncreased of late years, and ference. Lord PALMERSTON h as h a d on l y to crac k the middle classes were now very different to what his amiable:little jokes ad libitum. Ea r l R USSELL h as had only to go on writing despatches ad nauseam. they were some time past. The hon. member very Mr. GLADSTONE h as h a d on l y , now an d then, upon truly remarked that th e permanent remedy against any seeming emergency, as , f or examp l e, b ut t h e other excess was the imp rovement an d i nstruction of the day in that matter relati ng t o th e f ranch i se, to argue, people, and " thi s , it was ev i dent, must in any case with his splendid gifts of rhetoric, ad captandum. be their sheet-anchor." This is, indeed, the only Mr. LAYARD has had only t o snar l away tiny tendency reliable mean s o f a tt a i n i ng the desired end, and it w to over-inquisitiveness, p u tti ng aw k ward queries would be well if th e es t h as i asts and Utopians of aside haughtily ad ref eren d um. A n d the five years the present day wou ld h ave more patience and of no reform at ho me , an d o f u l t i mate meddling and exercise more hope. M r . B RIGHT explained the muddling abroad, have been eked out admirably well, very great confusion which would be occasioned Talk of the Pear being ripe for the Conservatives ! by the introduction of this bill—how it would affect the trade an d i nter f ere with the property of It seems to hove t urne d s l eepy ! Talk of its being simply ripe ! It threatens to be rotten I Delay upon the country in a now and mischievous manner. The delay is all that Ministers need trouble themselves immense majority which decided the fate of the about. Their one successful system is that of a per- measure is an unmistakeable proof of the feeling pet ual put off. Wait and you will see. Don't ask with which it was regarded; and it is to be trusted premature questions. Negotiations have commenced. that this signal failure will be a warning to others A Conference is about to assemble. The Conference who entertain such extreme views and move the has assembled—is sitting. Several of the pleni- adoption of each one-sided measures. Without the potentiaries have written home for further in- maintenance of discipline and order, the public erections. Arrangements are on foot with a view Peace could not be preserved, but at the same time to a pacific settlement. First of all, there is no it would never do for us to tolerate in the smallest armistice, but there is a hope of one. Then that degree any infringement of those rights or inter long-delayed hope is at last realised. There is an ferecce with that liberty which have made this country so justly ce l e b rate d throughout the world. armistice for a mon th. Th e month i s j ust draw. lug to a close, an d a t t h e l ast gasp of Arbitrary r egu l at i ons and tyrannous devices are it, ther e i s a supp l ementary armistice arranged for quit e ou t o f d ate at present, and it is quite as idle to attempt to p u t th em i nto practice as it would be another oppo r t une f or t n i g h t . A n d so —b y a suc cession of wonderfully clever', but painfully trans- to endeavour to promote the observance of early parent:shifts or dodges, the evil day of open discus- hours by the revival of the curfew bell. sion is the House of Commons is put off, week by week, month by month, until the session is THL SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENI. BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) MAY, 182,500,000 1,205,541,762 05 1,261,316,288-70 CR. Cash in hand....,,,...„ 93,303,108 40 87,134,695 34 Do. branch-banks ..... 201,589,187 1.15,689,913 Commerc,ial bills owrdue 547,957 63 E 05,732 64 Commercial bills discounted not yet due ....305.907,852 60 372,102,289 27 Do. branch-bank5....271,39d,672 311,223,228 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. branch- banks 2,929,500 Advances on French public securities .. Do, branch-banks 10,178,510 Advances on rail• shares and debentures 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 (Convtn. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 12,18(1,7.50 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable ..... 36,866,987 91 3 6,866,937 9 Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) ....... 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture o f the Bank Landed property, branches 5,177,688 5,499,828 Expenses of management 1,857,268 1,464,082 Si Sundries 18,1.93,800 2,186,300 17,441,100 14939,9:0 331,100 353,100 10 0,000,000 1,205,541,762 05 1,261,316,288 70 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD. V L'ITRY YEAR'S WORK OF A CORONER,—The Social Science Review publishes a sketch by Dr. Lan kester of his work as coroner for the central district of Middlesex in the year ending July 31, 1563, The population of the district is stated at 805,970 (meaning probably at the census of April, 1861), and he held 1,080 inquests (203 or them at hospitals, prison:4, 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 is 1862 40 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 medi. 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 wilt ul 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 fur that fact, and where women can find accomplices this pre • sents 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 them first-born children of young mothers ignorant of the necessity of fresh air for the life of the offspring, others dal children of parents who had gone to bed not sober and caused 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 of;en by articles extensively used in various branches of industry, and therefore easily pro cured fur an improper purpose. The year's inquests imply the tendency to com m it su i c i de is more t h an twice as great among men as among women, and that men prefer hanging or the knife, wom en po i soning or drowning.- In a large proportion of these cases habits of intoxication had preceded the act of suicide. ALLEGED LUNACY OF A L ANDE D OPRIETOR.— Oa Mond a y an d T ues d ay a Court was held by the Sheriff of Midlothian with a jury, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr Alexander Ch r i s tie, of Baberton, a landed proprietor, residing in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. The proceeding was at the instance of Mr Braithwaite Christie, his brother, for whom Mr Gordon and Mr Fraser appeared, the S.licitor-General and 11r. Macdonald ap pearing for the defence, Mr Fraser stated that Mr A. Christie was a man of about 40 years of age, and in 1861 succeeded to the estate of Baberton, worth about £l,OOO a year. He was originally a man of defective intellect, bat during the last twelve years his mind had been further impaired by a course of gross intemperance, and he had taken .up with associates of the lowest class. He had lived at Juniper -green for above twenty years with John Barr, a man with whom his father had boarded him as a measure of restraint, but his intemperate habits had gained 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 last a butcher named M‘Donald and a mason named Law bad in- pretended fo rm of duced him io si gn a prom i se of marr iage to Agnes Mossman, hanaboiltdowf v o i no si a ti n n a . nd T a h p e a y u w pe e r n , t rrooumghhoa had been i n th e marriage, and pre sente d a pet i t i ou to the Sheriff-Substitute for having it rec or d e d , b ut the Sh e riff war, so much st ruc k by Christie's app earance t h a t he declined to grant th e 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 representation being made to the Kirk session by Mr. Christie's relatives as to his con ;ition 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. W.Donald asked the jury to observe that they were coked to find, 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 qu i te true that Mr. Christie had impaired his constitution by drinking, but he had been quite neglected by his family until this marriage wee pro posed, when the brother, who otherwise would be heir to . . the estate, stepped forward in his own interest to prevent it. Mr Christie had lived with the woman Mossinan for 16 yea's, but his friends never thought of interfering until h; proposed to marry her. Akhough unable to manage his affairs, and although 12 years agu he had volui.tarily 'inter dicted 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 adduced, showing the eccentricities and tie 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 Puy were dis: - .,-har yeraict, ged without a 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 Tien-tsin. Coming to his own country he was occupying a public office 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 were in his way, great and perplexing were the difficulties with which ho 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 Stotchman 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 °prawn of most public men, he was peculiarly fitted. A 3 might have been antici pated,o all sides pA joined giving th e i r cor di a l sup port ERs in TON'S prop osa l, L or d STAN LEYtLord, 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 the merits of a statesman whose public spirit was no less conspi cuous than his ability. PARIS, June 10. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual montniy debtor ana Cry:4h ,r account of xho Bank or France. The corrresponding figures of last month are added : JUNE. DR. f. C. Capital of the 8ank....., 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9 1857) 4,938,380 42 4,709,955 53 Reserve in tho Bank and ins branches .......... 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 New Re5erve............ 9,125,000 9,125,000 Reserve in landed property 4,800,000 4.000,003 Notes in circulation ...... 725 ,3 8 1, 9 25 767,443475 Bank notes to order ...... 5,10 609 53 4,428, L3l 83 Receipts payable at sight 1,519,761 1,415.591 Treasury two. cur, creditor 62.844,441 72 66,641,313 58 Current accounts—Paris 130,565,550 13 143,,74,283 79 Do. branch-banks 26,119.655 34 , 860 ,021 Dividends payable ... 556,723 75 637,948 75 Commission on deposits 3,200,998 96 5,038,022 45 Discounts and sundry. interests... ........... 21,708,976 84 1 9,052,775 98 Re-discounts of the last six m0nth5............ 3,078,997 61 3 ,078,997 61 Sundries ................ 11,880,987 95 11,700,022 04 tom, JUNE 10, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRADIS.j 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 rail Nay station by the King of Prussia. Their Alajcsties were welcomed at the Castle of Potsdmi by the members of the Royal family, and the Grand Dake and Duchess of Mecklenburg. A grand review was held this morning in the Tempelhof field. This evening a dinner will be given in the OrE..n gery House to the Imperial guests. Their Majesties will leave for Darmstadt to-mor 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 English mailes, takes out 143 saloon passengers end a full cargo of general mer chandise, including a large quantity of French silks and jewellery from Havre, value 182,000 francs. Tne Hansa was advertised to sail on Wednesday, but was detained in the Weser by fog. TRIP TRIAL OF THE STEW BALLOON. The first ascent of Mr. Coxivelre row balloon, and the five hundred and seventh Went of Mr. Coxwell himself, took place yesterday evening at the Crystal Palace. Of Making big balloons there is no eud. 'The Nassau was a wonder in its day, but the Nassau had to hide its diminished head before the Mammoth, and now the Mammoth Iteelf must yield the pride of place to the Britannia. Exclede ing M. Nadar's machine, which was intended to go to China, but which broke down on tho German frontier, Mr. Cuxweli'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 Garibaldi entsred Lenders, so that no time has been lost in getting her 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 ; and 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 sae 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 ma. ta4 tea o opp‘>intß(l—ite Britannia rose swiftly into the air, amidst the cheers of the crowd. She eerried a pleasant corn rany 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 looker] out on one of the loveliest landscapes in Englanu ; and althought the pleasant blossoming-time was over, and the purple and golden glory of lilac and laburnam had faded away, there was plenty or 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 vies through rifts and open spaces; and strange indeed was the contrast between the houses aad fields, 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, end in the distance—but sharp and distinct in that clear air—stood up clone castles, span whore almost immovable battlements the sunlight quivered and played. At times we heard the barking 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; bat 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 a child's plaything. It was now half-past seven, and there was a somewhat angry look about the clouds, which to Mr. Coxwell ap peared to indicate wind; so he determined to dip down to terra-firma and see whether the descent was "likely to be easy. The balloon had travelled over the Kidbrook fields and was now following the line of the Dover-road, past Woolwich'common, the new barracks and the Severodroog Castle, on Shooter's-hill. This steady pr; gression en a line nearly parallel with that of the Thames 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 mat ceavring. 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 groteeqte to see, after that sudden f a ll, how red-sbi r t e d naVvies and blue -coated gunners pressed in around,the car. For a time, Mr. Cowell indubitably blocked up that old and respectable Queen's highway, the Dovereroad ; but no one was particularly inconvenienced, and the onl) signs of dissatisfaction—they were very slight— 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, eanguine observers urged that the wind had fallen, and that the sunset wes 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 fello N, 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 int) 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 bailee' 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 passed again into the upper air. A mile s a mile end 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 nice 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; end 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 speak, and then, indeed, an 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 bad never wit nessed a solitude so madniticent. Still following the river line, the balloon went slowly on ; soon after half past eight it crossed the Thames to the Essex shore, end 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 met with could scarcely be conceived ; for, frisking their tails, and capering with a mar. vellous ogility, cows of many colours of many kinds executed a kind of comic vaccine war dance round the Britannia. They smelt the grapnel, and ge. y - e it FRANCE. .13ouRsE, 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. 10e. Mobilier are now unvaried at 1,138 f. 75c. Railway M advance on some of the 1 as follows xrket firm, with a slight lies, The market closed 4t per Cents .. 93 30 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 05 Credit Mobiher 1132 50 Do. end month 1136 25 Bank Shares 3375 Credit k oncior 1250 Roman I Italian Loan 7O 20 Do. end month 7O 40 Ditto Threes .. 42 50 New Mexican .... 581 ttussian. Austrian Spanish Threes. - Elome Debt - Deferred iLwaYe. Cash. Account. Orleans 875 875 Northern Lyons. and Mediterranean 873 75 .. 875 -- New ditto )ather“ . est;r.rn Eastern ... , Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain saraeossa Ditto to Barcelona . 653 75 .. 653 75 501 2.5 - - 468 75 .. 465 - 370 370 - 403 75 , . 407 50 537 50 .. 541 25 448 75 .. 447 50 577 53 .. 580 - 265 257 50 The Last of the Shaksperes, In a letter eddressed to the Times, a Mr, Coleman writes as follows : It is generally understood that there is no living descendant of our great poet's Will you permit me, through the medium of your calumns, to call attention to the fact that there is now living at No. 6, Great Berry•streot, Wolver hampton, George Shakspere, 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 bad seen his brother William act Adam in " As You I, , ke It ?" Poor Mr. George Shakspere's indigent circum stances have until recently prevented him from taking the necessary steps to trace his pedigree (an operation surrounded with difficulties) ; and it is only through the kindness.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 tike the trouble to call upon Mr. Shakspere. So far back as eight years ago I first met my client whi;c 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 Shalispere. For 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 cf 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 bard labour the daily bread for his 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 Times)—Wonderful, if ,rue. HE Ji OHNSON CLUB. —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, Adem Smith, &c., not to mention later distinsuished 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, Cranwortb, 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 Overtone (at Oxford), Lord Glenels (abroad), and Mr W. Stirling, from indisposition. THE ALABAMA.—..Again has the Alabama changed her scene of operations, and has once more appeared off the Brazil coas , The ship Kent, which arrived at Ply mouth on Wednesday, from Melbourne, spoke her on the 24th of April in lat. 15 S, and long. 32 NY., 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 s hi p of 975 ton s , built and owned iu Portsmouth, U.S., and was for many yews traclipg between Liverpool aud New Orleans' From the recently published " Memoires du Car dinal Gonsalvi," we take the following letter, written by the father of Napoleon III.: To t.,at alatn 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 12:s 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 IE3 of being implicitly or explicitly concerned in every plot which is hatched. Nay, we are even accused of abusing the Pope's hospitality in order Lo excite in the States of the Church difference with 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 c,n• 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 tlinebleau, 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 have 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, &C., LOUIS DE ST. LEU. Rome, Sept. 30, 1821. up as a mystery; they smelt the rope, and abandoned it as 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 cff. At length this strange assembly, which was absurdly christened the ''Posae Cowmitatus of Essex" by a traveller who ought to have known better, dispersed; the animals, of which there had hen ocusiderably more than 40 staring like one, withdrew; and the balloon, which, wher 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, ivas surrounded by near ly ICO civil and well-behaved fol ks, who willingly rendered whatever aid was requ i re d. Thus, et a quarter to 9, ended the trial t r ip of the Britannia- More Tidbits from " Manhattan," A YANKEE GENERAL IN A FUNK ! A brigadier general from this State, named JO IIII Henry Hobart Ward (he is a grandson of the lat e Bishop, Hobart) was arrested by his commander, after a late battle, for cowardice in the face of the enemy. The frets appear to be, that during th e battle Ward was riding about so scared that he could hardly sit on his horse. General Binney, hi e commander, in pity, said, " Old tcp, you are e s shaky as a high wind, you lied better get nu de cover." General and then escaped in an ambn lance, and his valuable life was spared to his cone' try, Will 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 largo meeting, and very e nthe° siastic. He was endorsed by these resolutions, and letters proving that Ward was a hero were recd from Generals Scott, Hooker, Kearney, Grant► Meade, Lee, Pope, and Stanton (furnished by Ward). This beats anything that has lately occurred. A committee of nine was appointed, and I should I] ° t be surprised if it resulted in bringing forward Ward as a prominent military cindidate P. r Piesident of the United States, i❑ place of M'Ciellan, who 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 wive" rising 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 ull" known, and hundreds of thousands bought the paper t,) disco. er the mystery. A rival paper, called the Mercury, is trying to do the same dodge agat e ; F o proprietor bas hired Barnum, and has agree" ro pay him 1000 dols, a column. Barnum is to wri te , a chapter every w e ek a b out t h e h um b ug person s of Europe. fie alea writes witty articles. Here one : " THE PRINCE OF HUMBUGS SOLD.--' He is the high est man in the world,' said Barnum recently to Sniggles, who 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 Hyer,' swered the hero of a thousand practical jokes. 'Done,' said Phineas. Snigglcs went out to where he had a few m inutes before left the conqu eror o f Y an k ee Sullivan, and came tr ack leading the veteran Tom by the hand. Allow me, l‘ ir , Barnum, said he, 'to introduce to you Mr Thomas -Hi er :, Barnum 'saw the point,' and forked over the greenback s. OLD ABE'S LAST LITTLE JOKE! Mr. Lincoln will have his little joke, even if L ie was shelling the White House. His Illinois friends feel that they have a right to lecture him upon the conduct of the war, and to tell him when he blow' ders. "What the devil did you make Banks 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,—Suppose all the property you we! e worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands er Blondin to carry across the Niagara river on a rope, would you shake the cable or keep shouting nut to him, ' Blondiot stand up a little straighter; Blondin, stoop a little wore -- go a little faster--lean a little more to the 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 Government are carrying an immensg weight ; untold treasures are in their hands ; t hey are doing the very best they can ; don't badger them. Keep silence) and we'll get you safe across." GOVERNMENT EXPENSES ALL GOI NG U.P.! When Pierce was President in 1856, and when Ed ward E veritt was anxious io get Fremont elected (Mr. Fremont always atops at hie house in Boston), and Ed ward expected to be Minister to France, be published a statement of the awful expenses of Frank Pierce in Barnum's Loder, viz. : " LIBERAL EXPENDITURES.—The expenses of the Go' vernment of the United States, under the present adminis tration, are as follows: Dols. 75,686,400 a year I 6,307,200 a month! I 1,452,920 a week I I I 207,560 a day I I I I 8,600 an hour III!! 144 a minute !III!! 2.49 a second "Two dollars and forty cents at every tick of the clock ? That will do for Young America ? But where does the money go ? Fur what is it applied ? Under Mr Foll'' t3 administration, during the Mexican war, when we bid hundred thousand men under ar.'ns, and large armies an d numerous garrisons in Mexico, tb.,9 annual expenses of t he government were a little over forty tour millions a year. Our expenses are now over 2 ,000,000,000 dols. a year. 166,666 666 Idols. a month. 41,666,666 does. a week. 6,000,000 dols, a day. Of course this sum does not include sions that will amount to probably ten thousan d millions. There is but one consolation in our in` creased exposes. It does not make a bit of differ -nce whether they are twenty millions a d a y or only one. The greenbacks will ail become wart !ess, there ar e so many o f t h em, except to b e worth seven cents a p oun d to b e rema d e up i nto V °d white paper. WILLS AND BEQDIESTS, The will of the Right Hon. Margaret Laurette, Countess of Glengall, was proved in her MejestyS Court of Probate, on the 21st ult., by Captain Halo Daniel, the sole executor and trustee. The pe r " sonalty was sworn under £45,000. Her ledyshiP was the daughter and coheir of William Mellish, Et.q., of Wooaford, Essex, and the relict of the late Earl of Gleogall, who died without male issue* Her ladyship's will bears date Jan. 10, 1863, and ti codicil Jan. 20, 1864, and she died the 2d of April last. There arc several l ega ci es t o personal frien ds. To her own maid, M ar y A nn C ouc h, a legacy of £7OO, and her ladyship's wardr o b e (except; India shawls, jewels, and lace). To her daughter' Col. Hon. Lady Margaret Ch ar t er i s ( w if e o f Lieut. - u" the Hon Richard Charteris), her ladyship ha s bed queathed the residue of her property, both reel an persona:. The will of - William Bingham Lord Ashburton, dated Jury 10, 1862, wiih a codicil, dated Dec. 9 ' 1863, was proved at D o ct ors ' C ommons on the n'ne t inst.,and the personalty was sworn un d er llBo l °' Ha bequeathed to hia widow. Lady Ashbart"' £lO,OOO and hia f urn i ture and personalty effects, ex cep t his collection of pictures and statues at .°a ,, tti House, whi c h i s l e f t to the t i tle upon certa in caof tions. His L on d on res id ence i s left to Lady burton, with the enjoyment for two years of the pictures, which are afterwards t o go with the title. His Devon s hi r e an d C ornwa ll estates are W il tled is upon his only child, a d a u g ht er , an d her issue' r. American personalty is settl e d in like roan ne Melchet Park, in Hymn shire, and his r esiduary : real, and personal estat e are given to Lady Ashbrir_ ton. The principal landed est a t e s were settled 1)0Z the first Lord Astiburon on the title , and g o Francis, now Lord Ashburton, and his male issu , e i : Certain furniture and tfftcts in some of the deuces on the settled estates are bequeathed to the title. the Prolate Registry The will of the Ric;lit Rev. Gorge Davys, DJ?: late Lord Bishop ot ' Peterborough, was proved, -h ult., by his lorrlthip's sons, the Rev. Edmund DavY6' vicar N of Peterborough, and Owen William( I) 4 W' Peterbokough, on the 2ot, ILA., rector ot Wheathamstead, the joint acting executors. The personalty was sworn under X 8 0 •0 0 ?• ills lordship has left hie p ers onal estate atilongst his tour children ; and has devised his rea l Estate, ccu• -iF•ting of sepßrate farms, to his eldest eon, the Re- Edmund Davys, ct to en annuity o t veberb ble o° , by critlicil to a dis ant relative. This prelate WFS in his 85th sear, and had been Pr e "„T 1 for to her Majesty ; was Dean of Chester in t 39, And oonsteruted to the see of Peterborough / • -