The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-02 00:00:00

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. After which (sth time) MAZO [TRH A. Metisrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, simpson, &c. Followed by TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LIL LE COA Direct from their SMALL COMPANY'S 7 own Collieries. M — arquis'. 26s. per ton. Double .. 2 _ls. per ton. Top 259. ~ Nuts... .... ..... ig ii. „ Deep Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. 111FLE THIRD EDITION OF •• THE SUN," j_ Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, flan be had Every Evening of G. It. GLMNIE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 2, 1864. -.•- THERMOMETER.. This day at Two o'clock 5l Barometer-30.15. Wind—W.; moderate breeze, and cloudy. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT.—Moraing, 104. 50ca.—Afternoon, 114. 2Goa. ro-moulloW.-Moming, Ilh. 56m.—Afternoon, h. in. . ' e 14 4 4 t` (l SU to.„ LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1364. One of the most delightful among the annual ban- qnets familiar now to London society for the best part of a century—the Royal Academy dinner— was on Saturday evening more than usually de lightful. And it was so, r, erbaps, from tho simple fact that a greater variety of noticeable men in dif-, ferent ways, happened on Saturday evening to have been brought together. It is true, no doubt, that several among the most eminent of our contempo raries were conspicuous by their absence from that goodly company. By reason of a severe attack of the gout the veteran Prime Minister was prevented ma king his appearance. Among the eminent lawyers there assembled many looked in vain for one o f the greatest of them all , as a lawyer, t he greatest we should be tempted to say but that the venerable Lord ST. LEONARDS Still re mains pre-eminent, as such, among the Lord Chan cellor's legal contemporaries. Great authors, again, were there present on Saturday, but the Representa. tive Man-of-letters amongst the great authors of our generation—the Novelist, Poet, Dramatist, all in one—was not present. Absent, too, from amongst the Royal Academicians themselves, swept away but very recently by death from that noble roil of forty, were artists as distin guised as MunitEADY, and DYCE, and COCKER ELL. 12.-;.evertheless, in spite of omissions as those but just now particularized remarkable , —though a glance round the board failed to recogni z e of Mark as Viscount PALERSTON and Sir lj - 'ER W U LYTTON and Lord ESTBMRY—ther esu ch Men were gathered together at the Banquet table of the Royal Academy on Saturday, men, so various in their parts, and some amongst them so illustrious by their ael3ieve- meats, that the Dinner of Saturday was i n many ways exceptional, even amongst the Acad c ruy Dinners. In order to illustrate this very readily, one need only run the eye down the list of the guests there assembled. But, apart from that, it might be sufficient as affording an instant notion el the especial interest attaching to the Academy Dinner of Saturday, to refer to a single one amongst the various speeches deliTe:ed by the different professional men whose names were coupled with the toast, each of them, of his own peculiar and especial profession. It will be enough, in truth, to this end, if we direct attention to the speech of Mr. JOIIN FORSTER in returning thanks for the toast of" The Interests of Literature." Than which speech of Mr. FORSTER'S, by the way, nothing surely in its manner could have been more charming, certainly none cculd have been more feltottou.4. Instance this, for example, tho opening passages of it—where, after referring to the dis advantage he felt himself labcuriug under by interposing thus before men with higher claims to represent literature, he remarked—" I see in this room the acknowledged representatives of some of its highest departments. I see la'story appropriated by the Academy herself, who, in Lord STANHOPE, Dean MmataN, and Mr. GROTE, possesses the lay element so dear to Lord ELcHo — in a form which I do not grudge it to her, but to which, for my part, I should be well content to find that she continued to restrict herself. I see poetry in some pleasant forms known unto you all, and especially in that of Mr. BROWNING, one of the most original thinkers, as well as one of the first poets of his time. In fiction, I see not only the great Master of Character and Humour (Mr. DICKENS), who has held sway over both for now more than a quarter of a century, and this very day starts after new laurels with as much vigour and freshness as when he first began the race ; but also others whoss laurels are of later growth, such as he who built for us Barchester Towers,' and the Small House at Allington ; ' and that son of a former member of this academy, who, claiming to be remembered for 'No Name,' has here a special title to remembrance in right of two of the greatest names familiar to these walls—names dear and honoured wherever English art is known, and which may borrow from the art of Mr. WILKIE COLLINS—new claims to the admiration of their countrymen." Than all which, we take no tributary words of a discriminative admiration for some among his contemporary authors far beyond the level of mere compliment— than all which, we say, nothing surely could be more eminently happy or more completely delight ful. Another incident of the evening should not bo allowed to pass unnoticed in this year of the tercentenary, namely, the interpolation for once among the customary toasts given by the President of the Academy, of the exceptional Toast of the Year, " The Immortal M!mory of Shakspere." Neverthe less, even here, gracefully and befittingly though the teast was introduced by the few spoken words of the President, it was strangely of a piece with the whole series of failures hence'orth to be associated with the recollection„:of this great attempted (merely attempted) Tercentenary Celebration —it is entirely of a piece with it all, that the Immortal Memory of SHAKSPERE was welcomed, even by that congenial audience with a cool, or rather, it should be said, refri gerating " Hear, hear !" As who should say—" Lord FREDERICK VERISOPIIT was right, after all, when lisping (as a sort of anticipation of Lord DUNDREARY)—` SHAKSPERE was a cley-ver man !'" Reverting, however, for a moment, before we close these remarks of ours upon the Academy dinner of last Saturday—reverting for yet another moment to the speech which we must still regard as among them all the speech of the evening—that of Mr. FORSTER in acknowledging the toast in reference to literature—it is particularly worthy of attention, we conceive, how, in what terms, towards the con clusion of his remarks he makes allusion to two of the greatest painters of the present age—to DANIEL MACLISE and JOHN HERBERT, artists conspicuous even among the eminent throng of Academicians. " I have spoken," said Mr. FORSTER, " of the painters who are present on these walls; but there are two great painters conspicuous by their absence from them, and having lately seen the extraordinary works with which Mr. MACLISE and Mr. HERBERT are now adorning the walls of the Palace at West minster, I desire, however feebly, to repeat the praise I hear on every side, that what has so been done, not merely re fleets an honour on this academy, but sheds a glory on the country." And he added, " Such works are national in the highest sense; and the men who can produce them—who can Bo cele brate our history, and give visible embodiment to the grandest and most sacred traditions of our race —the men, I say, who SO can execute a national work, are entitled to no niggardly reward." Surely ; they are entitled to it—and they are certain of re ceiving it. Lord RUSSELL need not plume himself upon the result of the debate on Friday touching the steam rams appertaining to the Messrs. LAIRD. Vox et preterea nihil cannot be app:ied to this affair, for the effects of the earnest and eloquent words of the noble earl, the leader of the Opposition, will not pass away; and he has so skilfully brought out facts, and commented on occurrences, that a new light seems to be thrown upon the subject, and the un fairness of Lord RUSSELL'S conduct appears in stronger colours than ever. The affair must have been a very annoying one to the noble lord, for it was no chance query, and no indignant remons trance from a nobody that he had to listen to ; nor, still more, did the demand assume the convenient form of au inquiry in the other House, where Under-Secretaries could snub the impertinent querist, or if be was dangerous, the noble lord at the head of the Government could get up a laugh agaiest him, or rise into the sublime attitude of patriotism, which he can so well do, and which takes in so many. Earl RUSSELL is very bad at a reply. He always get irritated, and that never does when one has to contend against the disadvantage of being in the wrong. Cela va sans dire, that this is always the case when foreign policy is discussed at present. Instead of trying to put aside the attacks of his adversary, he generally endorses his accu sations with unnecessary force, and eagerly admits all that in its enunciation has told against him. Lord DERBY very properly contrasted the conduct of the Messrs. LAIRD with that of the Foreign Secretary, and alluded to the unwarrantable manner in which the Government had acted regarding the production of the papers. This refusal or hesita tion alone stamps the conduct of the aethorilies as subt:e and delusive. The whole transaction is in deed marked with the greatest duplicity, and the affair very much resembles those underhand dealings and covert attacks which the generation of the good old times would have called un-English, but which must now, alas, be considered as the definition of our tactics and the ruling spirit of our councils. Lord DERBY also made reference to the manner in which our Government had been imposed upon by a report, which had turned out to be a forgery, con cerning the Confederate States. He eagerly tidy°. cated the claims of British subjects, and contended that injustice had been done to them by the conduct of the noble lord. Earl RUSSELL'S reply to these strictur es was given in his hardest and most inaprac• ticable style. All he had done was right from the beginning, and no inconvenience to those whom he had interfered with gave him the slightest uneasi ness, or caused him any regret. This was the sub stance of his discourse, and when one reads his irritating s p eec h , full of the most unwor thy senti ments, we cannot but rejoice that the manly utter ances and striking expressions of Lord DERBY have gone forth to the wor ld s i de by side with the maun dring arguments and waspish remarks of the noble of aff a i rs unpara ll eled in the memor lord who tell s us t o rest and be thankful hi a state generation for dange r an d diffi cult y- Y o The text of Lord IiUS SELL ' S speeches is always the conduct of i n di v id ua l s should fr ~ 0. the Fede rale, and give the U n i te d S tates a just ground f or hostilities. Is thi s th e t one which should actuate an English Ministe r in descant' the course 0 t h e o f r the Betivme p ne . r t e s sa Heenn d entertained g rea t f ears lest t lug upon subjects connected with the vital interests of our country men ? Let him deprecate undue interference, cen sure a violation of the rights of nations, denounce any offence—open or covert—against our allies, or against the belligerents with whose quarrels we have no concern. All this may be tolerated, but it has come to a pretty pass if the chief reason our representative with foreign nations can give for his actions is that he is afraid. The only fear that he ought to recognise is the dread of wrong doing, lest any act of his should compromise the character of the country he represents, but all things seem changed in these degenerate times, and it is the fashion to acknowledge openly in some quarters the great horror that is felt lest such a one should be offended, or this or that country entertain a doubt as to our intentions. This may be a convenient mode of policy, and gain great eclat from the unini tiatcd, but Earl RUSSELL may learn one day to his cost that this was not the manner in which our greatness was achieved or our renown spread abroad. The empire on which the sun never sets was not won by timorous statesmen, nor was the influence of England consolidated by tyrannising over her sub jects at home to suit the purposes and satisfy the arbitrary demands of insolent and overbearing foreigners. The effrontery of the Foreign Secretary amounts to impertinence. He has good grounds for his belief that the vessels are what he has repre sented them to be. After the many rebuffs he has met with in the case of the Alexandra, some persons might have imagined that he would have acquired a little moderation, or, at all events, have affected the virtue if he had it not. It appears, however, that persistence in these aggressive actions has rendered the noble lord quite impervious to the rebukers of indignant and independent lookers-on, and totally oblivious to the outrage on public opinion and the offence against national honour. Some day the infatuated individuals who helped to put these Ministers in office will count up the cost it has been to their country in civil rights and foreign reputation. It is always a source of great satisfaction to think, that those who are at the helm of public affairs will so conduct themselves that the spirit of the country may be represented in its " integrity and independence." This cannot be said now, and the more we survey the state of things at home and abroad, the more we can appreciate he truth of Mr. DisRAELfs memorable remark, hat " England does not love Coalitions." The opening of the " Merry Month of May" has [ong been invested with a sort of traditionary im- portance. It is true that the old holiday has died out, and more is the pity, for our national diversions are not too numerous ; it is true that the village maypole has long been replaced by Jack•in-the green, and May Queens are only to be found in glees and cantata. Still something of roAry clings to the ancient festival, although the May sunbeams may find us still plodding on our usual routine existence amid the hum and bustle of cities instead of " hastening to the woods away." There are other associations too, less romantic but not less pleasing connected with the first of May. The pre sent generation chiefly think of the Mayday holi3 day as it affected the tribes of little chimney sweeps to whom, the kindness of a benevolent lady long rendered it an especial festival. That one day of ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. from this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and satsrday. Extra Night.. THIS EVENDTG (MONDAY), May 2, w;11 be performed Rossini's grand opera, GtiGLIELMO TELL. Matilde, 31dile. Marie Battu ; Guglielmo Tell, SigSgnor Graziani Jemmy, Madame Rudersdorff ; MeLthal, gnor Poloni ; 'Walter. Herr Schmid; Ge:sler, Signor Tagliafico ; tin Pesca tore, Signor Ned- tsaraldi ; and Arno do, Signor Wachtel. La Tyrolienne will be d anced by Mdlle. Mdlle. Carmine, and Mdlie. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. it tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 103. 6d., 75., and 53. ; amp hitheatre. 23. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at th.' box-office under the portico of the tneaire, which is open f l om ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarian s'• Ta EAIRE ROYAL DRUB Y-L AN E. Mans gers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENI3.IG, a Ecene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Atter which, Will be produced the Grand Staze Reviva.l of Shak , pere's Chr_micle or Historical nay, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emintit trusts, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. \Yalta' Montgomery, Mr. Waiter Lacy. Mr. Addison, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoif, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Rcse Leclercq, end Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. 3lr. G. Delmore. THEATRE ROYAL HA.Y:VIA.RKET.— ,sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Far ren and Miss M Barris. After which, DAVID GARRICR. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weatheraby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Yitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeiey, Snowden. Nelly Power, Hill, Wright, itogers, &c. Commence at 7. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY Arr Ell THE FAIR,: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. Ater which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Messrs. J. Brougham, Emery, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Lcclercq, Miss Henrade, jth s s P. Lectercq birs. IVinstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining*. THIS EVENING, DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR. AND ATTICS. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercutio, Yining ; Nurse, Mrs. 11. Itt,rston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. IN-Ew THE A PRE-ItO YAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. T HIS:EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAII : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billingtun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and 2/Irs. Dining - ton. To conclude with TILE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, a. Burner, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. IL Lewis. Commence at 7. 111 l E S VE S NIN P G A an i e; EI EVE EVERY I\ E ' ';'EN T IN E G. A 3lls; Bateman l'lb will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den until further notice. In order ,o give due effect to t is most remarkable success of the setson, ea,irety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and sons, sun Thortipst.n. New dr. sses and appo ntments have betn prepareit ior its productioe.—N. b. In consequence of the stressing and numerous applications a.'; the Box-0f:11.x., ar tngeMent.t have now been nade by which Seats m y be ob tained a Fortnight in A.dvan e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, wader the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and s fashio eve n. ry Even greatly successful new Comdy ng. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular filmes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. ~. Clarke, Mr. P-iul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson. Mr, Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss H, rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miso Wentwortn, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7. a Farce, with a new sensation, called sIIAKE HANDS Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled 'nil: SILVER LINIAIi Mr. (..harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Commence at 7. On SATURDAY, May 7, a new Comedy, by Dion Bouci cault, Esq., in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews wil appear. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1864. happiness did much no doubt to enliwn the weary year of these little ill-used urchins, both in prospect and retrospect. Kindness and good cheer were theirs at least one day of the 365, and we may be sure that no fair village maiden, longing to wear her mimic crown " beneath the hawthorn on the green" lookcd forwErl to the memorable day with more eager animation than did these poor children to their yearly treat. The old custom has now fallen into desuetude, owing it was thought to the suppression of the trade, - Wise and good men have succeeded, after much labour, in getting an act passed rendering any one who employsboys of tens der age to sweep chimneys liable to punishment. Much good has no doubt been done, but some re mains to do, and we trust the public will help the good cause by their warm and constant support. It appears from the facts brought forward by Mr. DIGBY SETMOITR on Friday evening, that in many places the act against employing boys in chimney sweeping is a dead letter. In Birmingham the practice is reported increasing, while in Manchester it is even carried so far that girls of tender age are employed in the dangerous and miserable task. When such is the state of things in the great centres of our commercial activity, it is not, per haps, surprising that affairs should be even worse in more rural districts. At Ashton and Staley bridge, it appears from evidence that no less than 73 chimneys were swept in the course of three days by boys employed by only one master, and as there is no reason to suppose that his competitors were innocent of the offence, we must conclude that the number of victims to this cruel practice is very great in those places alone. At Buckingham, most of the inhabitants, in defiance of the Act, prefer to have boys, and prominent among them is one of the legislators themselves, who has apparently no more respect for law than for humanity. Other locali ties are equally culpable—in one, the flue of tt e parish church being swept by a boy Iteve. d own . taving been wards; in another, two inquests lately held on boys killed in tte act. Accord ing to the evidence of a Leicester magistrate, there is a regular System of hire and sale of t'aese unfortunate children carried on, and for many years people believed that the practice was entirely abandoned ! It is needless to recapitulate the horrors of the trade—the dreadful apprentice. ship of hardening the tender young flesh by means of brine rubbed in before a hot fire, the cores, the deformity, the " sooty cancer" which adds to the terrors of their fate. As Mr. SEYMOUR very justly observed in statement of their case, the horrors of negro slavery are exceeded by the daily miseries undergone by the chimney -sweepers' miserable assistants. How is it, then, that Englishmen must bear arch a reproach to their humanity as the sufferance or even the encourage ment of such a trade ? How is it that any question of trivial advantage of conveniencee is suffered to weigh against the tortures inflicted on these poor little children ? How is it that open infraction of the law is constantly practised, and that magistrates so far from rooting out the evil by every means in their power, and visiting the offenders with the severest penalties allowed them actually hesitate to enforce the law and shrink from the imposit,o n of fines ? Such apathy is marvellous. It was assuredly never intended at the time of pass. ins the Act that it should be a dead letter. Have we then go ,re backwards in our social progress, has our human ity grown cooler and more calculating, our sense c d justice less acute, that so far from taking fresh step a for the protection of the weak and help less, we fit) not even use the weapons provided for us in thei r behalf. It is quite time that this was looked tc o, and Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR deserves the thanks :iof all humane persons, as he will assurvaly obtain those of his poor oppressed little clients, for bring it ig the metter forward. The learned gentle man r 3minded the House of the fact that in Sept ic practice was unknown, owing to the police rb l n ee v s ; ,n d u t r , empowered to interfere, anti to master sweeps ig a lie: c° which of course is forfeited by re.tsc 9 n i i unt, Here then is Et very serious evil, one tco which comes to us with the practical recom mendation of successful experience. Sir GEORGE GREY, who fully endorced all that the hon. and learned member had said, informed the House that the attention of the Government had been for some time directed to the Report on the subject, and that the Earl of SHAFTESBURY was preparing a Bill on the subject. We mry safely leave the matter in such hands trusting that something may speedily be done to remove the disgrace from our country, and that henceforth, while our legislators are de claiming about tyranny and cruelty abroad, we may not hear that a mile or two from St_ Stephen's itself they are encouraging a tr,flic wellnigh as cruel and certainly as illegal as slave trading itself. Address of the Copenhagen Municipality to the Danish Army. ..'OPENHAGEN, April 26. The municiptlity have forwarded the following address to the army : " We have followed your heroic and persevering struggle against a far superior enemy with admi ration, and we feel the necessity of expressing, in the name of your Copenhagen fellow citizens, the deep thankfulness which at this moment inspires every Danish heart, " Attacked by a superior force, exposed to an un interrupted bombardment of unexampled power in the history of war, without food and rest, you con tinued to maintain your position calm and undis mayed, until opposition became impossible, and not until then did you withdraw overcome. Many have sealed their fidelity to King and country in this contest by their death ; peace be with their graves honoured be their memories. " You have accomplished an exploit by your heroic defence of Dybbol which will not fail to bear fruit, and which will be held in thankful remem brance. You have given your comrades a brilliant and encouraging example, and strengthened the determination of your fellow-citizens to endure even the severest sacrifices for the salvation of the country. You have shown Europe how great a power of resistance still lives in a small nation fighting for its life. " Receive, therefore, the warmest and most heart felt thanks of your fellow-citizens, We know not what trials the future may still have in store for us, but we do know that we fight for a holy and righteous cause, for the right of our King, fcr the frceiom and independence of our country, and we will nut falter in this fight. We place our hopes in Him who guides the fate of nations, and we retain the hope that He will make the end of the trial such as we may be able to bear. " God protect King and country I " God keep His hand over the faithful and valiant sons of Denmark i" THE REVOLT IN ALGERIA, PROCLAMATION OF THE DUKE DE MALAKOFF, ALGIERS, April 21. The folio wing proclamation has been issued by Marshal Pelissier, Duke do Malakoff, Governor- General of Algeria, to the Arab and Kabyl tribes;— "Troubles have broken out in the south of the division of Oran, and Si Selirnan, the bach.aga of the Ouled Sidi-Cheikb, departing from the course honourably pursued. "Si Hamsa, his father, and Si-ben Ticker, his brother, have become the chiefs of the movement. " The commandant of the circle of Tiaret, who repaired to Ain-bou-Beker, with a detachment of infantry and some goums, was surprised by the insurgents. A portion of the goums abandoned him, and this superior officer was cut off with the few men who remained. " Si Seliman was killed at the commencement of the engagement, but his young brother, who suc ceeded him, has also incited the populations to revolt. " Many tribes of the south have replied to his appeal, and chiefs who have long followed the flag of France have placed themselves at their head. "Troops are now on the march, and the insurrec tion will soon be suppressed. No one can entertain the idea that Franc, do's not chastise treason, that she does not maintain her authority where she has established it, and where she exercises it with justice and benevolence. " These events, however, and the comments to which they give rise, may throw disquietude into the minds of the chiefs and the populations. " There are people who incessantly declare that the Arab nation has ceme I to exist, and that the time is at hand when back-1101as, caids, cheiks, cad his, and others, will completely disappear. " These words are without aim ; they are not the expression of the idea of the French Government. " Let the native chiefs be reassured, and the tribes remain calm. "Is this a time, when the abundant harvest of last year, and the hope of a more magnificent re turn in the present, give to all the hope of comfort and prosperity, to recommence disorders, wars, and insurrections, with the inevitable misfortunes fol lowing in their track 11 " If the populations, forgetful of the past, have no confidence in the presetli, let them reperuse the letter ectiredsed to me by the Emperor on the 6th February, 1863. " They will there see how benevolent are the in tentions of the Government towards them. They will find a sure guarantee for the future in his Ma jesty's words —% I am as well the Emperor of the Arabs as the Emperor of the French.' " The Gover4Dr General of Algeria, "Marshal PELISSIER, Due de Molokai." GARIBALDI, -' Tb 9 Lord Mayor, on Saturday, and on two or three pre vi,,us days, received several telegrams from different places in Italy, having reference to General Garibaldi and the re ception accorded to him in this country. One of these telegrams is from the Administrative Assembly of the City of Marsala, and was signed by Signor Brunini, the Prin cipal of that Assembly, by several of the members, and also by l'ne secretary. It was in the following terms :-- 1 ‘ The Administrative Assembly of the City of Marsala offer a wreath o f gra tit u d e to t h e English nation, f or th e welcome they so gen erous l y accorded to General G a ribaldi, the hero of Italian independence," Association of F orm i a , an d another from Tren i o• A similar teleg ram was a l so received from th e Liberal fele grams of similar import, and all of them couched in warm terms of gratitude, have also been received from several other places. received from a gentl eman, named Greco R u ff 4 elle ' In addition to thes e t e l egrams, a letter has also been datel from the Island o f M armano, in the province o f Calabria, in which the writer states that he was a companion in arms to the general on board an aimed Italian vessel; and, after speaking of his bravery in the most eulogistic terms, the write: expresses his gratitude to the English people for the reception they afforded General Garibaldi, upon his visit to this country. Th e wr i ter goes on to say that he has sent two small busts o f G eneral Garibaldi, f or med of rock salt collected on the isl an d , and also some dried fruits as speci mons of the prod uce of the neighbour h oo d, and he begs the Lord Mayor t o accept of them as a little tribute of gratitude, and i n remembrance of t h e occasion. The articles referred t o d u l y arrived at the M a nsion House, and the busts, which are an excellent likeness of the general, have been placed in one of the State rooms of the building. CALLS TO VIE BAR" INNER TEMPLE.—The undermentioned gentlemen were on Saturday called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple :—Ernest Alexander Glendining Schalch (holder of the studentship awar d e d Hilary Term, 1864 ) Lazarus Threlfall Baines, LL.M., C a mbridge—Joseph B, T Jacques, Oxford--Ashl e y C arr Glyn, B A., Oxford—Jas. William Handley, B A ., Cambriclg,c—Thornas C. Tatham, LLB., Cambrid ge —Phili p C a ll an —horuas William Gorst, 8.A., Cambridge—a n d Peter W illiaros• LINCOLN' 5-- INN.—The undermentioned gentlemen were on Saturday called to the degree of barrister•at-law by the Hon, Society of Lincoln's-inn, : —Frederick Eden, Ox• ford—Robert Thomas Boult, LL.B-, Cambridge—William Edmeades, M.A., Oxford —Albert Osliff Rutson, 11. A., Oxford—James Johnstone, jun., 8.A., Oxford—Henry J. Bird, LL.B., Cambridge —Sir George Young, Bart., M.A., Csinbtidge—John Jermyn Cowell, 8.A., Cambridge— William Payne, jun.—Arthur Charles Humphreys, 8.A,, Cambridge—Charles Bowyer, M.A., Oxford —Alexander Robert Pratt Barlow, B A., Oxford— John Armstrong, Oxford—Alleck Moodie, M.A„ Cambridge—John Cyprian Thompson, 8.A., Cambridge—and Robert Wilkinson, 8.A., Cambridge. GRAY'S-INN.—At a pension of the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn, holden on Saturday, Robert Edward Francil • lon, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, LL.B., the eldest son of Mr. James Francillon, of Cheltenham, a barrister of Gray's inn, and judge of the County Court of Gloucestershire, was called to the degree of barrister-at-law, LATEST INTELLIGEIiCE.I Naval and Military Intelligence LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Arrival of the Georgia at Liverpool, LIVERPOOL, MAY 2. The Confederate war steamer Georgia, last from Bordeaux, arrived here this morning. She carries six guns. THE NAVY. In consequence of the order for the Channel Squadron to go to the Downs, officers on leave of absence at Plymouth and elsewhere have been requested by telegram to join their ships with as little delay as possible. The Warrior, 40, iron screw frigate, Capt. Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C,8., arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Portland, and, after filling up with coals and provisions, &c., and taking on board stores and provisions for the other ships of the squadron, sailed again to rejoin the Channel Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir C. Dacres, C,8., on their way from Portland to the Downs. The French fleet were expected to join in the Downs, and the probable destination of the combined fleets is ,reported to be the Baltic. Port-Admiral Sir C. H. Fremantle, K.C.8., inspected the paddlewheel steamsloop Gladiator, 6, Capt, Francis H. Shortt, in Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning. By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a number of Capt. Rodger's indented small-palmed anchors and kedges, manufactured by the North Field Iron and Steel Works Company, at Rotherham, in Yorkshire, and tested for service on Saturday by means of the hydraulic machinery in Woolwich dockyard. The proceedings were under the superintendence and agency of Commodore Dun lop, C.B.;;Mr. Turner, master shipwright; Capt. Lyeaght' commanding the flagship ; Capt. Luke, naval steam reserve; Mr Wilcox, master smith, and the officials of the yard generally, The anchors varied in weight and denomi nation, from those capable of holding a ship of 600 tons to the simple pickaxe kedge weighing scw t. 201 b,, used for boat se: vice. The testing commenced at 10 a.m., and was QAtinued throughout the day. The first applica tion of the proof was with an anchor weighing 21cwt. 261 b, and the machinery was worked up to a ten sile strain of 21 13-16 tons, which produced a deflection of 3-16ths of an inch, On removing the strain the anchor recovered its original form, without in jury. This constituted the complete test required by the Admiralty regulations. Capt. Roger, R.N., who was pre sent, accompanied by some officers of experience, being de sirous of demonstrating its powers of resistance to an extraordinary degree, suggested that the strain should be increased. It was then tried at a strain of 34 tons, and gave a 5-16 deflection; at 36 tons, g; and at 37i, 3-16. This was exceedingly satisfactory, and elicited marks of commenda tion from the commodore and officers present. On loosening the strain, after each test, a measurement of the anchor was made, by which it was proved that the form was totally un changed. It wes then turned over, and the other arm was subjected to a precisely similar test with equal success. The other anchors underwent the ordinary proof, which was considered ample and satisfactory. These anchors are re cently made upon an improved principle as regards the crown, the arms, and the palms. The additional strength is obtained partly by making the arms shorter than is usual in proportion to the length cf the shank, and partly by their section form. The increased holding power given by the peculiar form of the arm is evinced when the anchor is dragged, as it then forces the ground out laterally without disturbing it in front in the slightest degree. The stream and kedge anchors are on the same principle as the bower anchors, but as they do not require equal strength, they are considerably longer, and for the convenience of carrying them out in boats they are made without palms, and are designated " pickaxe anchors." His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Gefle, 8 guns, 300 horse power, Capt. Adelborg, arrived at Spithead yester day from New York. Soon after the ship's arrival Capt. Adelborg landed, and was officially introduced to the military and naval authorities of the port and garrison by the Chevalier L. A. Van Der Bergh, the Swedish Con sul at Portsmouth. 'I he Gefle has received some damage to her rudder-head, to repair which she will go into Ports mouth harbour. She sailed from New York on the 7th of April, and on the 28th, in the chops of the Channel, spoke the St. John's, of Liverpool, bound for St. John's. THE ARMY. The Alumbagh sailing ship, Capt. Dale, R.N.R., be longing to Messrs. Dunbar and Co,, of London, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from India, having on board Capt. Waters, 77th Regiment, and Mrs. Waters; Lieut. Bernard, 11th Brigade Royal Artillery; Lieut. Lloyd, 7th Fusiliers, Mrs. Lloyd, and two children; 12 sergeants and 119 rank and file belonging to various regiments serving in India, with 17 soldiers' wives and 31 children. Five deaths occurred at sea and two births, The Alumbagh sailed from Calcutta on the 6th of January, and from St. Helena on the 7th of March. The Queen of the South screw steamer, Capt. Stewart, R.N.R., also arrived at Spithead on Saturday, from India, with the following officers and troops :—From Calcutta— Capt. G. A. Brown, Ist Bengal Native Infantry, and Mrs. Brown—Lieut. Trevon, 80th Regiment—Quartermaster Piper, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—Mrs. Piper and two children. From Madras—Capt. Dunbar, 102 d Foot—Lieut. Wale, Ist Dragoon Guards, Mrs. Wale, and one child— Lieut. Skues, 6903. Regiment-289 invalided soldiers, five of whom are insane-23 soldiers' wives, and 51 children. The Queen of the South is last from Queenstown, where she put in, owing to a collision with another vessel. The sailing ship Renown, one of Messrs. Green's Black wall fleet, Capt, Hight, R.N.R., with the head-quarters of the Bth Hussars, from Calcutta and Madras, also arrived on Saturday at Spithead, under the command of Lieut.- E. Seager, as follows :—Lieut.- Col. E. Seeger, in military charge—Major M‘Naughten—Capt. Biddle, Mrs. Biddle, and infant—Surgeon Llewyllin, in medical charge—Lieuts. Stopfort, Whittock, and Keene—Adjt, Goldsworthy-192 men, 7 women, and 9 children. The Renown sailed from Calcutta on the 15th of January, and from Madras on the 27th. The troops on board appear to be a remarkably healthy and fine body of men; have suffered from no sick ness of any kind on board since their embarcation ; and officers and men speak in the highest terms of the ship and their treatment, and the accommodation afforded them on board. Light winds and calm weather was experienced during the voyage until reaching the chops of the Channel, when S.S.E. winds, varying in strength, were met with. The invalided soldiers on board the Queen of the South and Alumbagh are ordered to be transferred from those ships at Spithead at 6 a.m. to-day to a Government steam tender, which will convey them to the Royal Victoria Mi litary Hospital at Netley. The Bth Hussars will disembark from the Renown alongside the dockyard at 2 p.m., and will be forwarded to Brighton, where they will join the left wing of the regiment at 2 p.m. The colonelcy of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot has become vacant by the death of Lieut.-Gen. John Geddes, K.H., who expired at 15, Salisbury-road, Newington, Edinburgh, on Thursday last. The deceased entered the army in August, 1804, and became Lieut. Oct. 25, 1805. He served with the 27th in Calabria in 1806, and obtained the rank of Capt. Dec. 1, 1808. Ho served subse quently in the Peninsula, and at Toulouse he received a severe wound, which broke his left thighbone. His com missions bear date as Major Feb. 24, 1825, Lieut.-Col., Nov. 11, 1831; Col., Nov. 9, 1846 ; Major- Gen. June 20, 1854; Col. of the 27th Foot, April 24, 1860; and Lieut.- Gen., March 23, 1861. He had received the war medal with four clasps for his valuable services. The deaths of the following officers havo been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of April :—Lieut.- Gen. R. C. Memel, K.H., Col. of the 68th Light infantry, Major-Gens. H. Evans, T. P„ Dwyer, and G. E. Hunt, Royal Marines; Cols, C. Bingham, Deputy Adjt-Gen. Royal Artillery ; J. Johnston ; C, 0. Hamley, Royal Marines ; R. Wallet°, K.H., 3d Buffs, M. G. Dennis, C. 8., 60th Rifles; 0. H. Somerset, C. 8., 72d Highlanders; Lieut.- Col. W. G. Le Mesurier, C. 8., Royal Artillery, H. Clements 16th Regiment; E. D'Alton, Royal Newfoundland Com pany; G. Barer, and W. MtKinnon, Royal Marines; R. Carruthers, C. 8.. 2d Royals--J. B. Harrison, C. 8., 50th Queen's Own—and H. Halkett, C. 8., G.C,H., German Legion—Major R. W. Clerk, 26th Cametonians (drowned at Fort Gomer), J. Humby, and G. T. Welchman, Royal Marines—Capt. Sir A. Stockenstrom, Corsican Rangers— H. M. Burns, 24th Regiment—E. F. Twysden, 55th Regi ment—C. Ford, Royal Artillery—W. S. Dawes, Royal Marines—and K, C. Wulff, Rol al Artillery—Lieuts. It B. Hewson, Royal Artillery—G. W. Gifford, Royal Engineers (from the effects of a fall from his horse at Corfu)—C. P. Fitzgibbon, 10th Regiment—J. D. Knox, 16th Regiment —H. S. Jones, 84th Regiment—R. P. Jones, 91st High landers—T. M. Re; nolds, 12th Regiment—H. Tudor, 37th Regiment—W. Cosby, sth West India Regiment•—R. Rouse, D. Ede, P. F. E. Daniel, 11. L. Harrison, and C. J. D. Napier, Royal Marines. Second-Lieuts. S. Lloyd, H. Gritton, J. Jenkins, A. M, Lyons, and H. P. B. Ross, Royal Marines. Ensigns C. D. Steer, 33d Regiment—E. B. Gardiner, 103 d Royal Bombay Fusileers ; and L. Tholcn, York Light Infantry—Paymaster M. M'Leod, 25th King's Own Borderers—Quartermaster W. Garland, 17th Lancers —Surgeon R. Ayton, 34th Regiment—Assist.-Surgs. J. U. Smith, 19th Regiment—R. W. Hooper, M.D.—and A. Bremner, 3d Buffs. Deputy-Assist.•Superintendents of Stores C. F. Marriott and P. Hunt. Tho examination of candidates for direct commissions in the army, under the regulations dated Horse Guards, Jan. 1, 1861, commenced this morning at Chelsea Hospital, be- fore Majer•General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., vice-president., and the members of the Council of Education. AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVER POOL THIS WEEK.—There are three American mail Steamers due at Liverpool this week—viz,, the Etna, Jura, and Asia. The Etna, with dates from New York to the 23d ult., and the Jura, with similar dates from Portland, may be expected—the former at Queenstown on Wednes day, and the latter at Londinderry on the same day. The National Steam Navigation Company's cargo steamer Vir ginia, also from New York on the 23d, will, no doubt, call off Queenstown in the course. of Wednesday. The Asia, from Boston on the 27th, and Halifax early on the morning of the 29th, may be looked for at Queenstown in the course of Saturday next. APOTHECARIES'-lIALL.—The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed the examina tion in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 28th of April : -- Thomas E. Blick, Islip, near Oxford ; and William Her.ry Sutcliffe, Manchester. The following gentleman also on the same day passed his first examination :—David Howell homes, St. Bartholooaewta Hospital. THE POPE ON POLAND. ROME, APRIL 27 "(via MARSEILLES). An allocution was delivered by the Pope in the Consistory recently held at the Vatican. His Holiness spoke of the grievances of the Church and its trials in the great Northern Empire. He brought forward accusations against the Em peror of Russia, who, he said, after having driven his subjects to insurrection, now endeavours, under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion, to extir pate the Roman Catholic religion, and transports whole populations into frozen countries, exiles bishops, and deprives them of their functions. His Holiness thus continued : "Nobody will venture to say that I wish to main tain revolution by these necessary protests. I pro test in order to satisfy my conscience, and that I may not one day hear the Sovereign Judge ask, " Why didst thou remain silent ?'" The allocution of the Pope has made a great im pression in Rome. ROME. ROME, MAY 1. The Congregation of the Index has condemned 12 worke, among which are the life of Teem, by M. Peyrat, and the defence of the Lyons liturgy, SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 30. The usual monthly auction for the sinking fund of the Passive debt took place to-day. The prices fixed by the Government were for the first class internal 52, second class 31.50, foreign 36. No offers were made for either description, GREECE. THE NEW GREEK MINISTRY. ATHENS, APRIL 28. The Ministry formed by M. lialbi is composed as follows : President and Minister of Finance , M, Balbi. Minister of the Interior M. Angerino. Minister of Justice and Public Worship Minister of War Minister of Marine Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Caligas. The question of the lonian elections has been settled satisfactorily by the assembly. The budget haz been adopted. THE BRAZIL MAIL, LISBON, MAY 1. The Royal Mail steamer Magdalena with the above mail leaves for Southampton this morning with 123 passengers, £12,200 in specie, 781 bales of cotton, 688 bags of coffee, and 341 packages of sundries. MONTE VIDEO, MARCH 29. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Exchange, 52 52,t. Ox hides firm. Small sales have taken place at 6.10. Dry American scarce -5 to 5.10. Dry German, 5.70, active and advancing. Wool small sales. Tallow 1.80. Number of beasts slaughtered in Monte Video, 133,500; Uddgnay, 61,000 Imports unaltered. BUENOS AYRES, MARCEL 27. Exchange, 49i. Ounces, 29.30. Wet salted ox hides, 40. Dry American 38 to 41, good demand. Wool unchanged. The stock consists chiefly of defective qualities. Tallow, 14 7-9. Lumber, 29 to 34. Flour firm. Refined sugar, 18. No im provement has taken place in imports or freights. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails arrived off the Needles at 10,40 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, May 1. The Memorial Diplomatique of to-day says:— " Among the rumours current during the last few days which have attained a certain degree of consistence, we feel bound to notice one which asserts that the London Conference would decide upon prolonging its deliberations under the form of a Congress. " At present, however, the full powers with which the representatives of the signitaries of the London Treaty are furnished only authorise them to take part in the Conference for the settlement of the Dano-German conflict. The convocation of a Con gress must form the subject of special negotiations between the Governments, and could in no case emanate from the Conference, which, as we have just said, is confined to the settlement of the Dano- German difficulty. " Thus, those suppositions are entirely gratuitous which attribute to the London Conference the faculty of enlarging at will its sphere of action, and including in its programme either the question of a general disarming, or the affairs of Italy, Poland, or RoumaniA." _ The France of this evening says:—"We have reason to believe that at the next elections of the third of the members of the General Councils the Government will not maintain absolutely the prin• ciple of official candidates. The prefeots will, it is stated, be invited to remain neutral when the con test is between men equally honourable and devoted to the principle of which the Empire is the expres sion." The Moniteur in its edition of this evening says : No official confirmation has been received of the despatch of a French squadron to the Baltic. In any case this measure, shonli.l it be taken, could have no other character than that of a demonstration des tined to support the request made to the bellige rents for a suspension of hostilities." The Moniteur also contains the following : " The Government of the Emperor has received from that of the United States satisfactory explanations relative to the sense and bearing of the resolution passed by the House of Representatives at Wash ington with regard to Mexico. It is known that the Washington Senate has indefinitely adjonrne the examination of the resolution, which, in and case, has not been sanctioned by the Executive power." BOURSE, April ' 30.—The reponse de primes (option) has been made at 66f. 75c. The market has been firm, but quiet. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 75c. Mobilier have improved to 1,225. Railway Shares heavy, and some of the . _ 'lnes rather lower. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 94 50 Italian Loan 6B 70 Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 70 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 65 Do. end month.... Credit M0bi1ier....1205 Russian ___ Do. end month 1206 25 Bank Shares 3350 Credit koncier ..., 1280 Roman EA IL Austrian .. Bl Spanish Threes 51 75 Florae Debt . — Deferred - .. VAYB 0 Cash. Account. Orleans , Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 938 75 .. 910 , New ditto BB2 50 .. --- Southern Western eastern .... Sardinian 3CB 75 .. Austrian Lorr bard North of Spain Saragossa. Ditto to Bareelon& „ „ 270 .. , -- 61111' oil to Lt - HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, April 30. The Queen, Princess Helena, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton and Lieut.- Colonel Du Plat, drova to Ryde yesterday. May 1. The Queen and Princess Helena drove out yester day. Lord Stanley of Alderley and M. Quaade arrived at Osborne. Lord Stanley of Alderley had an audience, and M. Quaads bad the honour of being received by her - Majesty. M. Quaade and Lord Stanley of Alderley had the honour of joining her Miijesty and the royal family after dinner. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived from Greenwich Park. This morning Divine service was performed at Osborne before her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. To-day is the anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The magnificent represents' ion of" Le Prophe at the Royal Italian Opera, on Saturday, demands, at our hands this evening, a passing mention of the fact, if only in notification of it as one of the events of the present brilliant season at Mr. Gye's establishment. Sig. Wachtel's imper sonation of the Anabaptist hero will, in due time, we doubt not, :demand more, how. ever, than a mere reference to it thus en passant. To-day we content ourselves with simply record ing the fact that the new Tenor undertook that impersonation on Saturday when, physically speaking, he was wholely unequal to it by reason of a severe cold and consequent hoarseness. No sort of estimate, therefore, of his Jean of Leyden can as yet be formed even promimately. We must consequently wait as patiently as we may until some fitter opportunity. HAYMARKET THEATRE, The triumphant success of the new three act comedy of "David Garrick" at the Haymarket, on Saturday evening, may be here at once briefly men. tioned. Our criticism upon it, but more particulariy upon Mr. Sothern's brilliant impersonation in it of the Great Actor who is the hero of the play, after whom indeed the piece is named, we are coin. pelled to postpone until tomorrow's publication. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service, (From the Civil Service Gazette.) Foreign Office.—The consulship at Cadiz has become vacant by the death of Mr I. M. Bracken bury. War Offiee.—Mr Edmund Gepp Pearson has been appointed a clerk in Chelsea Hospital. The Admiralty.—The ()ale of master attendant, Devonport dockyard, has become vacant by the death of Commander James Brown, R.N. Mr George Henry Ward has been appointed a clerk in the dockyard, Bermuda. Mr Arthur Spratt has been appointed a temporary clerk in Somerset house. The Post Office.—Mr Chetwynd, Controller of Post Office Savings Banks, has been appointed to be Receiver and Accountant-General of the Post Office, in succession to Mr Scud amore. Mr Alfred Milli ken, principal book-keeper in the Receiver and Accountant-General's Office, has been appointed Controller of Post Office Savings Banks. Mr Wm. Court, first class clerk, upper section, has been ap pointed to be principal book-keeper in the Receiver and Accountant-General's Office, in succession to Mr Milliken. Mr Henry Loughnan has been ap. pointed a temporary clerk at Dublin. Mr Patrick Hogan has been appointed a clerk at Mallow. Mr W. B. Carter has been appointed a clerk at Lincoln. Mr R. J. Wright has been appointed a clerk at Derby. Customs-llr Isaac Walker, collector at Poole, has been promoted to be collector at Rochester. Nlr W. Argent, recently employed fie first clerk at Cardiff, has been promoted to be collector at Poole. Mr W. H. Godfrey has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist clerkship, Cardiff. Mr F. M. Leonard has been promol ecl from the 4th to the 3d clerk ship, Cardiff. Mr W. Turner has been promoted from the sth to the 4th clerkship, Cardiff. Mr E, J. Stockdale has been promoted from the 6th to the sth clerkship, Cardiff. Mr 'William Ellett, out-door officer, Ist class, Yarmouth, has been promoted to be assistant examining officer at that port. Mr John W. Jamieson has been promoted from the 4th to the 3d class of out-door officers, London. Mr John Howard has been promoted from the sth to the 4th class of out-door officers, London. Inland Revenue—Stamps and Tax Branch—Mr H. G. Davies, surveyor of taxes, has been promoted from the Warrington to the Sheffield district. Mr T. S. Atkinson, surveyor of taxes, has been pro moted from the Kingston•on-Thames to the War ringtoa district. Excise Branch—Mr William Harris Johnston, surveying general examiner, 3d class, has been appointed surveying general examiner, 2d class. Mr Laurence Counsel, surveying general ea• aminer, 3d class, has been appointed surveying gene ral examiner, 2d class. Mr Alexander Pringle, surveying general examiner, 3d class, has been ap pointed surveying general examiner, 2d class. Mr Thomas Stephen Betty, supervisor of Nuneaton dis trict, Coventry collection, has been appointed supervisor of Belturbet district,Drogheda collection. Mr Charles Goodacre, supervisor of Belturbet dis trict, Drogheda collection, has been appointed supervisor of Nuneaton district, Coventry collection. Mr William Chapman, officer, Bromley, lst division, Middlesex collection, has been appointed examiner. Mr James Anderson, officer, Bromley, let division, Middlesex collection, has been appointed examiner. Ireland—Promotion—Mr Charles Hurford has been promoted from a temporary clerkship in the Quartermaster-General's Department to a perma.. nent clerkship in the office of the Commander of the Forces, vice Dag g, deceased. THE CONFERENCE.—The next meeting of the Conference is fixed for to-morrow at half-past 3 O'clock, in vitations having been sent out on Saturday evening to that effect. It is stated that Denmark consents to the suspen sion of hostilities by sea as well as on land, but insists ou the peaceable possession of the seas which she now holds. M. LEVASSOR, will give his French entertainment in London, during the season, as of late years, in conjunc tion with Mdlle Teisseire. THE WEST-END OF LONDON, bays the Court Journal, is now so full that it is difficult to obtain a house in any first-rate locality. GARIBALDI'S PROVINCIAL ENGAGEDIENTs, Sixty was the exact number of invitations that Garibaldi had accepted. THE DEVOTEES OF I3RAG.—It is possible that many respect a bl e persons may b e unaware of the attributes and na t ure o f th e game o f Brag; more popular though it be, as a method of making money to change hands, than any other invention under the sun, and count ing its devotees by thousands in the Old World end in the New. A gentleman, on board a United States river steam boat, once " bragged" at thie game no less than two millions of dollars, and upon his antagonists doubting whether he possessed the money, produced a little carpet-bag crammed with notes to a much greater amount than the se.re named. It turned out that he was a Govern ment commissioner in charge of the money to pay th e troops in Texas, and had thus taken advantage of his op portunity to back his cards for an amount that put all com petition out of the question. In America, this entrancing pursuit, under the alias of "Poker," sauses more specula tion than all Wall-street. In India, officers in her Ma jesty's service on sick-leave in the hills, play it unceasingly, with their hats cocked over their eyes to conceal the work ing of their intelligent countenances,—and even —as we are assured—with masks on; for a gentleman who possesses expressive features should not play " brag"—for reasons-- and there is even a theory that the vacant looks of the officers of the househol I troops are caused by their wish to become prefleients at this extraordinary and important pastirae. , -, Chamber Journal, New and Improved Series.