The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-18 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1863. The debate on the Harbours of Refuge last night is well worthy of attention. Sir F. SMITH moved " that so much of the report of the Commissioners on Harbours of Refuge as applies to Waterford, Wick, and Padstow be carried icto effect." The hon. gentleman made an effective speech, and con cluded by stating that it was incumbent on the Government to construct harbours at those places. He proposed £125,000 for Wick, there was not an harbour of refuge between the Orkneys and the Frith of Forth, " Suppose this country were in yolved in a war with a northern Power, where could the cruisers of this country find refuge in these seas;" Padstow Harbour had been examined with great Cafe, and it would be most useful for coasting 'vessels, and for that he asked 140,000. For Ire land he only asked for one harbour, Waterford, and that could be done easily for £50,000. Mr. SMITH observed that anyone who had witnessed a Shipwreck could never forget the scene, and would never cease to use his best efforts to prevent its recurrence. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE strongly urged the necessity of constructing a harbour at Peter head. He said the advantages that would accrue to the merchant shipping would be considerable. The hon. member at the end of his address wisely urged the noble lord at the head of the Govern ment to consider this subject, for it was not a light thing for a committee to sit two sessions, and to be followed by a commission whose report should remain a dead letter, while we were carrying on at other places works of more than questionable utility. After several hon. mem bers had urged the claims of various localities, Mr. GIBSON made a most unsatisfactory speech. He said that it would never do to let people think that the Government were to take the responsibility of providing for such works. After doing his best to damp the energy and discourage the efforts of all those speakers who bad preceded him, M. GIBSON seemed to insinuate that, by acceding to these suggestions, it would be i ndlitating against private enterprise. It is true that such a course of action is like all the rest of the Ministerial policy at present. The Government will undertake no duties that it is possible for them to decline, and they will shirk all responsibi lity that can at any cost be put o ff. Mr. BENTINCK truly stated that he thought the time had come when action ought to emanate from the Government of the day. For his part, he thought that, without giving money, the authorities might contribute greatly by giving gt c onvict labour for such works." Fur many years this term had been a farce only. He firmly believed that by the adoption of this plan ranch goad might be effected, and he hoped that the Government would take it up in a manner befitting a subject , o f such great national importance. Sir JOHN FAKINGTON made a very sensible speech, whi c h sees characterised by that energy and clear-sighted ness that always distinguish his remarks on naval questions. He said that he thought the tone of the s peech of the President of the Board of Trade was not creditable to the Government nor satisfactory to the House. The right hon. gentleman seemed to forget that this question had originated with th e former Government of the noble Viscount; an d the late Mr. WILSON, as a member of that Government had always advocated it. He had pre sided over the committee that had sat two sessions ors the subject; and when Lord DERBY came into power, Mr. WILSON had urged on him (Sir J. PAK INGTON not to neglect the report of that committee. "Nothing could be stronger than these repoits con cerning the construction of these harbours for the protection of our commerce, our shipping, and our seamen." He felt bound to appeal from the evasive address of the right hon. gentleman and to ask the noble lord at the head of the Govern uwat whether they were to go on year after year with a matte: of so much importance unattended to. The motion of Sir F . SMITH was then negatived. This supineness and i n action on the part of Govern ment suggest to those who look on that they are acting a very inconsistent course, and that all the outcry about expenditure is simply an excuse I for the non-performance of their promises. While they refuse to contribute the sums for neces sary harbours of refuge, they are wasting money at Alderney and other useless places. Again, another argument might be employed, that if the Government will not expend money, it might at least exert its influence in other ways. Har bours of refuge are most desirable, but a well found ship is independent of them, and three fourths of the vessels that are lost on our coasts are sacrificed because they are provided with defective ground-tackle or cables. The owners of vessels should be compelled to look to this, They may risk their own property if they like, but they have no right to jeopardise the lives of their crews by their faulty arrangements and careless supervision. It is to be hoped that this subject will not be allowed to drop, but that those able and willing to interfere will insist on its receiving proper attention when it again comes before the House. The curtain has just fallen over the mortal career of another of our military heroes. Death has been busy among our celebrities in the brief months that have already flitted by in the present year. It is but a few weeks since we were called upon to la ment the close of the long life of honour which ended in the demise of Sir JAMES OUTRAM, This very day has witnessed the last obsequies of one of our foremost statesmen, and now another name is to be added to the list. It ie true that we cannot call Lord SEATON'S death premature. He had reached an age which is allotted to few, and his public career, whether military or political, had ended many years since. He will not be missed from the busy scenes of social life and politics, for many to whom the name of COLBORNE was once familiar have long classed it among the memories of the past. But its sound still calls up the recollection of the long struggle in the Peninsula, the retreat which closed in the victory of Cornnna, the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, the hill at Orthes, and the last charge at Waterloo. Such associations would in vest with interest a less honoured name and less gallant memory. As has been often the case with England's worthies, though less often in the mili tary than in any other profession, the late Field Marshal was not specially favoured by the gifts of fortune. He was the son of a country gentleman, whose means were impoverished by unfortunate speculations, and who died leaving his family very scantily provided for. It was not until his mother's second marriage with a dignitary of IN inchester that he obtained his education at that school. When once he entered the army, how ever, his promotion was rapid. The vacancies in those days were too fast and frequent to keep subalterns long in expectation. Young COLBORNE took an active part in the busy scenes of the time. In Egypt, in Sicily, in Sweden, and the Peninsula, he shared the honours and perils of the war, and in some of the most important engage ments he took a prominent part. At Bidassoa he carried an important point, At Orthes he led the attack on SOULT'S position, and to him has been attributed the origin of that forward movement at Waterloo which carried the fortunes of the day. That day left no more European laurels to be gathered by the bravest, and soldiers were forced to turn their swords into the batons of civil autho rity, not always with success. We all know how ill the stern discipline and despotic authority of the Commander-in-Chief suited the free will and out spoken independence of the English people. Strange to say, the complaint brought by some against Lord SEATON'S civil government is his too great laxity in conceding the wishes of the restless lonians. He bore the unenviable dignity of Lord High Commissioner of the Islands for some years, during part of which time he had to deal with the disaffection created by the events of 1848, " the year of revolutions.", Before filling that office, however, he had held a colonial appointment of still higher importance as Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief in Canada. The esteem' and affection which he gathered even in the midst of the Canadian revolt was strongly tes tified by the large number of addresses presented to him by the inhabitants of Canada, who, whatever their nation or colour, united in tes tifying their regret at his departure. On his re turn to England in 1838 he was raised to the peerage, but he seldom took part in the debates of the Upper House. It is but a few years, however, since he was raised to the dignity he had so hardly earned, and received the baton of Field Marshal. His long life has closed in peace and honour after the hairbreadth 'stapes and snares through which the young soldier had to pass. He has outlived most of his contemporaries, but their names will still be classed together in the record of that tremendous struggle, which reversed thrones and resuscitated dynasties, and formed the modern map of Europe. The report which the Registrar-General has just presented to the Homo Secretary contains some curious particulars. Much may be learned from these documents, and by their means we are enabled tai mark the progress of education, the development of sanitary laws, and to test the commercial pro sperity of the people. The year, whose statistics are just brought under our notice, is the year before last, and thus we are unable as yet to trace the effect produced by the Lancashire crisis in the deaths and marriages. The general character of these returns, independently of any casual fluctuations, is highly satisfactory, the population increasing at the rate of a million in every five years. In 1836-40 the population of England and Wales was rising through its sixteenth million ; in the middle of 1861 it is computed to have risen to 20,119,496 ; thus showing an increase of more than five millions in the 25 years. The English registration, says the Report, now exceeds the population registered in 1837 by the number cf the present population of the Metropolis and the three Yorkshire Ridi ngs . The advance in the n umbers of births, d ea th s, and marriages is of course a lso 1 large, B4oo t o h . e th b e ir d th e s at i h n s 1861 exceeding those of 184 1 by , by 91,000, and the marriages by 82,000. The aggregate number of names entered on the register during the twelve months of 1861 reaches the aston ishing amount of 1,458,932. The year on the whole was healthy, as proved by the lowness of the death rate. Trade was somewhat depressed, which pro bably produced some Effect in slightly decreasing the number of marriages, while a more visible con eqtzen ce is found in the emigration of 30,000 persons. The marriages afford us some curious statistics. It appears that five marriages are performed by banns to one by license, while only sixteen in the course of the year reached the dignity of a special license. The popular theory of the dangerous fascinations of widows seems, like many other theories, to have no foundation on fact, for the num ' ber of widowers who re-married was nearly double the number of widows ; and while there were more than twice as many marriages between widowers and spinsters as between bachelors and widows, for one widower who marries a widow there are nearly two who marry spinsters. It is not, perhaps, surprising:to find that, of persons who marry under age, three to one are females; but in many districts --- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- THIS EVENING (Saturday), April IS, Verdi's favourite Opera, IL TRO VATO RE. Titiens, Alboni, Corsi ; Santley, Boss!, Soldi, Casaboni, and G luglini. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. To be followed (second time) by the highly successful new and origin it Ballet, LA FAR.FALL ET rA, supported by AL Alessandro Paul, M. Frani, M. Prospero Diani ; Mdlle. Pleroni, and Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK. - - - ---------- Tuesday, Aprll 21.— LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. New Ballet. Thursday, April 23.—Titlens, Giuglini. Debut of Madame Therese Effinger. New Ballet. Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Prices :—Stalls, One Guinea ; Reserved Box Seats, Half-a ainea ; Pit Tickets, Bs. ed. ; Gallery Stalls, sa. and 7s. ; G.ilery, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, in the Gallery Circle, to admit three persons, 21s. Notice. -- It will be necessary for thoss parties who Intend visiting the Reserved 13.,x Seats (at 10s. 6d. each), to attend in Evening Costume. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Box-office of the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the Haymarket', which is open daily, unde r th e super i n t en d ence o f Mr. Nugent, from Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music sellers. THEATRE -R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. -- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, April 18, for the 357th time in London, PEEP O'DAY. Messrs. Henry Lorraine, Walter Lacy, C. Verner, Addison, J. Ciraham. G. Spencer, T. Neville, sc.; Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, Svc. To conclude with MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. T HEATRE -ROY AL, HAN MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CINQuER. Tony, Mr. Buckstone ; Mies Hardcastle, Miss Louisa Angel ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Wilkins. After which, an apropos Dramatic Sketch, introducing' a Panorama of the Tour of the Prince of Wales in the East. To conclude with BORROWING A HUSBAND. Pamela Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM OPEN, under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with an Original Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H. WiddlCOMb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter to Eight, a New Romantic Drama, i n Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. Th e principal character will be sustained by Mr. Pechter, su pported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, 11. w iddhombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. _ Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Lessees, Messrs. Linda' and Vining. THIS EVENING the drama of AURORA FLOYD. Mi4s Amy Sedgwick, Miss Henderson, and Mrs. Simpson ; Messrs. K. Roxby, G. Melville, G. Belmore, C. Seyton, Wallace, and Cathcart. After which, KILLING TIME. Mr. Geo. Vining, Mr. C Seyton, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. To conclude with a new whimsical Extravaganza, entitled BEAUTIFUL HAIDEE ; or The Sea Nymph and the Sallee Rovers. Misses M. Oliver, Helen Howard, Hudspeth, Hen derscn, and Murray ; Messrs. C. Seyton, G. Belmore, Fitz- James, Moreland, and Ccckerill. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL soIe proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE TRIAL OF TOMPKINS. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, Sefton, Miss Kate Kelly, and Miss A. Seaman. . _ _ -- .Atter which, at Eight o'clock, AURORA FLOYD. Miss Avonia Jones, Miss H. Simms, Mrs. Billington ; Mr. Benj. Webster, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. Billington, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Sefton, Mr. Romer, Mr. C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. rr HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," A. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, • No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weatho—Sun Office, April 18, 1863. THERMOMETER.. Highest since Noon yesterday • • 58 Lowest during the night This day at Noon . Wind—Northerly ; light, with fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DA.T.—Morning, 2h. 10m.—Afternoon, 2h. 28m. To.mosßow.-Morning, 2h. 49m.—Afternoon, 3h. sm. j• THE SUN, LONDON, SA TURDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1863. the number of women marrying under twenty-one are more than a fourth of the whole number of brides. In London, early marriages are very rare, owing, it is thought, to the expense of house-rent. Another potent influence among the middle classes is the rage for gentility and love of ostentation which makes young people look with scorn on the simple manner in which their fathers and mothers began life. The bride and bridegroom must start on the same scale that their parents reached after twenty or thirty years of prudence and moderation ; and as it is easier in this busy and overcrowded metropolis to spend money than to gain it, it is no great wonder that the difference in the number of early marriages in town and country is so great. The educational test supplied by the register is tolerably satisfactory. The number who signed with marks in 1861 showed, it is true, no consider able diminution from 1841, but, if we allow for the rapid increase of population, we shall find that this apparent standing still is in reality progress. Tested by proportion, the amount of signatures by mark fall in the twenty years in question 11 per cent. It is not surprising that London holds the foremost place in the educational comparison—the numbers of those who can write being respectively 89 and 82 per 100. The rules which regulate the degrees of provincinal education are not, however, easy to define. It is found that, generally speak ing, the men in the Northern counties have received more education than those in the Southern, which, perhaps, is owing to the higher degree of intelli gence cultivated by mechanical employment; but this does not apply to the women, for the females in Lancashire are not more advanced in knowledge than those in North Wales. Ocher statistics, fruitful in suggestions to the social philosopher and reformer, may be found in this report, which has been compiled with a degree of care and assi duity that reflects credit on the Registrar. It affords us also a subject for national gratification and thankfulness when we see such a practical testimony to the health and prosperity of our nation, and the gradual but sure advance of knowledge and culti vation. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG. FAILURE OF THE YAZOO AND TNLLA HATCHIE EXPEDITION. CAPTURE OF THE CONFEDERATE GUN BOAT VICKSBURG. NEW YORK, APRIL 5, EVENING. A severe gale and snow storm prevailed on the Rappahanock yesterday. There is nothing new transpiring there, Generals Hampton and Fitzhugh Lee, are said to be at Culpepper with a Confederate force of 2,500 men. The news from Vicksburg is rot encouraging. The movement on Haine's Bluff proved a failure, and the Federal fleet and transports had returned to Young's point. General Grant had succeeded in placing a bat tery of 84-pounder Parrott's beyond the levee, in a position to easily reach Vicksburg, and was about to open the bombardment on the 27th when it was postponed in consequence of a storm. The attack on Fort Pemberton recommenced on the 27th by the gunboats Baron Dekalib and Chil licothe. The result is not known. It dications point to the abandonment of the Yazoo Pass expedition. A fleet of 12 transports, just out of the Pass, were ordered to return empty. There are 300 boats now at Young's Point. A despatch from Cairo, of the 4tb, says the water still continues to pour the " Cut" at Lake Provi dence, nearly all the town is submerged. The troops have been compiled to move their encampments further up the river. The health of the troops is good, but the " buffalo gnats" are said to be killing large numbers of the Government horses. It is now believed that all the expeditions, in cluding the one down the Yazoo Pass, have returned to Young's Point. The bulletin says that the Federal battery oppo site Vicksburg has silenced a rebel battery on the opposite shore. A St. Louis despatch says that the rebels have withdrawn a large nart of their force from the front to the rear of Vicksburg, anticipating that the Fe • derals will attack them via Yazoo Pass, or Haines Bluff. Yazoo City and Greenwood have been strengthened by the rebels, who have moved their guns from the river front to the rear of Vicksburg. During the high wind the rebel gunboat Vicks burg broke from her moorings, floated down the stream, and was captured by Farragut's vessel. Despatches from General Curtis, St. Louis, state that a band of rebel guerillas captured the boats Murdock and Sam Gutty, and that Colonel King pursued the enemy, and, after two engagements, completely ro►uted them. The Federal forces succe e ded in breaking up a rebel camp, with 600 men , n ear IVoodburg, on the Ist inst. The rebels were dispersed and fled over the hills. A number were killed and wounded, 30 were captured, together with 50 horses, a numberof mules, 4 waggons, and the rebel camp. The enemy are gathering in large force on the Tennessee River above Florence, and are building floats to cross the river, with a view probably to reinforce the enemy at Vicksburg. It is understood that no further efforts will be made to raise negro regiments in the free States. A mass convention of the Union Leagues of New Jersey will be held in Trenton on the 16th iost. No business of importance was transacted in either branch of the Legislature yesterday. Both houses adjourned early in the day. Gold was not very active yesterday, but was firmer, selling up to 155 a, and closing at 155 bid. Stocks were generally better, with some irregularity in the movement. Exchange was about 170 at the close. Money was extremely easy-5 to 6 per cent. for call loans. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 18. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Saxonia, Captain Ehere, has arrived off Cowes on her way to Hamburg. She left New York at 6 a.m. on the morning of the 6th inst. She brings 12 passengers for Southampton, 28 for Havre, and 103 for Hamburg. On freight she has specie -114,000 dole. for England, 13,000 dole. for France, and 4,655 dole. for Havre. She encountered severe weather the first three days of her passage, and in lat. 43.39 N., long. 48.18 W,, saw several large icebergs, SPAIN. THE MINISTERIAL PROGRAMME. MADRID, APRIL 17 (Evening). In to-lay's sitting of the Congress the debate upon the Ministerial programme was resumed. General Concha stated that the Ministry de• clined to submit to tutelage from any quarter, but will accept the suppoit of all parties. The Ministry has resolved to submit the Budget to the discussion of the Chambers. THE RUSSIAN AMNESTY. WARSAW, APRIL 16. The text of the Imperial decree, granting an amnesty, has been officially published here. It is not in conformity with the text given by the St. Petersburg journals. The amnesty is to be extended to those only who have been drawn into the movement, so that the leaders are excluded. DEPARTURE OF THE SULTAN FROM ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 17, Evening. The Sultan left here to day at 3 p.m. o❑ his re turn to Constantinople. Ismail Pacha remained on board the Imperial yacht till the last morning, and the parting was most cordial. relation to Pohi,nd Imd been submitted to the repre sen!alive of the Czir, Prince Gortschakoff, by his Excellency the Duke de Montebello, in the name of Napoleon III; And it is added that the like was being done by their respective Ambassadors on behalf of the British and Austrian sovereigns. BOURSE, April 17.—The market continues heavy, and the business done to-day has been at a decline on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f. 75c. Railway Share Market inanimate. Th , - .3market closed as follows : it per Cents .. 97 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. eud mouth 69 80 Credit Mobilier 1452 50 Do, end month 1453 75 Bank Shares 3:90 Credit Fonder 1500 - EA IL, Italian Loan 72 10 Do. end month 72 15 New ditto Do, end month, 73 25 Ituscian Austrian Spanish Threes 52 50 Home Debt .. 5O 75 rAYS. Cash. Account. ..... . 108 75 .. 1026 Northern .......0...... 1045 1047 50 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1186 25 .. 1185 Geneva 445 Southern 775 778 75 Western ...... Eastern ... ..... 537 50 .. 537 50 Sardinian 465 .. 466 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragocsa 755 760 - Ditto to Barcelona 380 .. 375 HAYMARKET THEATRE. Goldsmith's play " She Stoops to Conquer " has been revived here with the greatest success, and certainly at no other theatre in London could a more satisfactory performance be witnessed. Mr. Buck stone, as Toney Lumpliin, played the part with such amazing spirit and drollery, that in his hand it be comes the pre-eminent character in the comedy, although the author intended it to occupy a secon dary position. It is one of Mr. Buckstone's happiest impersenati• - ns, and s►ill preserves all its fresh ness, vigour, and vivacity. Mr. Chippendale's Hard castle is a capital performance, and Mr. Howe and Mr. Gordon, as Marlow and Hastings, support their respective parts in a satisfactory manner. Miss Angel represents the part of Kate Hardcastle with sprightliness and intelligence, the characters being better suited to her than some she has represented. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan commence a short engagement here on Monday next. SADLER' S WELLS. The " Lady of Lyons," with Mrs, Charles Young as Pauline, and Mr. H. Vezin as Claude, has at racted during the week very numerous audiences to this theatre. The lady's representation of the proud beauty of Lyons was a most finished and beautiful creation, and the Claude Melnotte of Mr. Vezin deserves the highest commendation. The audience seemed greatly to relish the perform ance, and were most liberal in their applause. At the :termination of the third and fourth acts, and also at the close of the play, both artists had to appear before the curtain. The manager, Mr. Charles Dudley, must be gra tified with the result of his speculation, as he has entered into fresh engagements with Mrs. Young and 31r. Vezin for another series of performanees. POLYGRAPHIC HALL TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I wish to correct a report, which is daily becoming more widely circulated, to wit, that the entertainment I am giving nightly at the Poly graphic Hall, entitled "Federals and Confederates," originated with the Confederate Government, and that I am in the pay of its agents in this country. Such is not the fact ; and, in justice to that Govern ment, I am free to say it has never had, and I am sure never will, have occasion to resort to any such means to further its legitimate political aim. The idea of both the title and subject of my en tertainment is my own ; and in applying to it such abilities as the Presd of London have been so kind to award me, I have done so for the amusement of the public and my own personal benefit. If you will kindly give this explanation a place in the columns of your valuable journal, you will, I think, do an act of justice towards the Government of the Southern States and confer an additional favour on, Your already greatly obliged, HENRI DRAYTON'. King Ti? illiam-street, Strand. THE SUNDAY BANDS IN THE PARKS. On Thursday a numerous deputation from the Sunday Band Association waited upon the Hon. Mr. Cowper, President of the Board of Works, at his office in Whitehall-place, upon th 3 subject of the recent threat of legal proceedings on the part of the opponents of the Sunday bands in the parks against the Government, in order to put a stop to the same. Mr. R. Moore said it was the intention of the com mittee to convene the Sunday bands in the Regent's park and Victoria-park on the first Sunday in May, and they had viewed with great satisfaction the steps which the Chief Commissioner had taken to remove the old and erect a new platform and orchestra upon the most improved principles, so as to aid in the production instead of the absorption of sound. It had, however, come to their knowledge that some legal proceedings were about being taken to prevent the continuance of the bands, and although the new platform was not being pulled down, still the old one was again being put up, and they were therefore most apprehensive that the Honourable Chief Commissioner was about to yield to the opponents of the Sunday bands. The Hon. Mr. Cowper said he had ordered the erection of the new platform and orchestra, not only for the convenience of the bands playing there on the Sun day and week days, but for the public also, as afford ing shelter in case of rain. Upon this being done certain a ddeclared inhabitants that the f the n a ereetio terraces had t b een to him, andbuildings was an iul the cotenants of their leases,a i n r: d i: e t n h e e w y called upon h platform. He had (M. refusedr .0 ow p on e r)t the eo ground remove that the I if the platform could be considered a building then the lodges, fountains, and all other erections in the park must come within the catietgh legalory,anpdrobeeeepduinllgesd, down. They threatened him with and he did not think that any court would put the same construction on the clause in their leases which they did. They had, however, commenced proceed to compel the removal of the new p i l g at s fo in C rm, h a a n n d cey h r e had therefore directed that the old one should be brought back and in readiness to be put up, should the Court of Chancery, which he did not anticipate, order the new one to be pulled down. This was how the matter stood. It was his inten tion also to have a new orchestra placed in Victoria Park. Scientific Balloon Ascent. Coxwell's balloon started with Mr. Glaisher and his assistant from the Crystal Palace grounds at a quarter past one o'clock this day (Saturday), the direction taken being south by east. The balloon immediately attained a great altitude, when its direction seemed then to change. POLAND• A letter from Cracow, in the Cologne Gazette, speeks of the efforts made by Russia to stir up the Polish peasantry, against the landed proprietors, and gives the following as the text of a proclama tion now in course of extensive circulation in the kingdom of Poland by the hands o f p olice a g ents, soldiers, and the lower class o f Government func tionaries : "To the Country People and the Artisans. —The great lords have seized the pieces of land which onco belonged to your fathers. Yourselves they treat liko slaves and beasts have already introduced Lutheran they seek to w i e t x h te a r y m i i e n w a o t ut e oe of burden, and, because yru wish. to preserve, your rights, from foreign gentlemen, and divide their ro pe w rtY rku'en Arise then, and lend not yourselves to your own destruction. It is decided that themselves, tered ; an d t t h h e e n we shall burn down sit the houses and farms of those high be content and CV, ry among us. They shall scoundrels rea e e a r n e d i p , ty a • rianu the ts, land, shall allth the King slaugh tered; l auNgvhi will P b u shall be paternally cared for," This insidious and sanguinary proclamation does uot,however, acemding to the best accounts here received,. produce the desired effect, and in Lithu ania, where the prospect of release from payment of rent has bsen repeatedly held out to the peasants by ukase, that class is described as decidedly hoetile to the Russians. you. Into ruin. Arise several districts they FRANCE. Le Pays announces, as the latest news from St. Petersburg, that _ o ffi c i a l co mmunications in THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE, NEW YORK, April 3.—The Prize Court has con demned the steamer Anne and her cargo, the brig Minna, and the schooner Annie. The schooner Mary Jane, of Nassau, has been captured off Wil mington. HAVANNAU, March 28.—The sloop Mary C. Harris has arrived from St. Mark's, and the Ata lanta from Mobile, with cotton. The schooners Emma and Alabama had also arrived with cotton. BERMUDA, March 25.—The steamer Cornubia, from St. George's, with 314 bales of cotton, has arrived. The Cornubia narrowly esceped capture when running for 1 % ilmington. She was completely surrounded by Federal blockaders, but managed to escape and run into port. The steamer General Beauregard, in four days from Charleston, South Carolina, with 1,000 bales of cotton, arrived at St. George's on Monday evening. She left Charleston Thursday night, and steamed directly through the blockading squadron, not, however, without having a number of shots fired at her, one of which struck her. It is said that the General Beauregard can steam 17 miles per hour. The steamer Gertrude arrived at Charleston from Nassau with an assorted cargo. The steamer Britannia has arrived at Wil mington, North Carolina, from Nassau. Captain Warn, of the schooner Laura Ann, arrived yester day, reports that on Saturday week he was boarded by the Confederate steamer Florida, Captain Maffitt, who requested Captain Warn to take on board 27 prisoners captured from the prize ship Star of Peace, of Boston, for Calcutta, laden with saltpetre, which vessel was destroyed. O❑ the day the Florida spoke the Laura Ann she took the schooner Aldebaran, of Rockhaven, and, having put a prize crew on board, she went in charge of a large American ship than i❑ sight. The Florida reports having been chased, after leaving Barbadces, by the Vanderbilt, and, night coming on, she tacked ship and stood for the Vanderbilt, all her lights having been extinguished and her steam stopped. The Vanderbilt approached, and hailed to know if a steamer had passed. The reply was, '• Yes, and going at great speed right astern." The Vanderbilt kept on after the Will• o'- the-Wisp, and the Florida soon after captured the ship Star of Peace. The cargo of the Star of Peace consisted of 9,098 bags saltpetre, 446 bags linseed, 6,750 buffalo hides, 22,500 cowhides, 189 eases lac dye, 65,500 goatskins. She was a fine vessel of 1,523 tons. THE LOSS OF THE ORPHEUS. The following despatch, addressed to the Duke of Newcastle, has been received from Sir G. Grey, Go vernor of New Zealand : New Zealand.—No. 10. " Government•house, Auckland, Feb. 9, 1863. My Lord Duke,—l have the honour to report to your grace the total loss of her Majesty's ship Orpheus on the bar of the harbour of Manukau, on the west co)st of the North Lland, nearly opposite to the harbour of Auckland, which is on the east coast, 2. Eight officers and 61 men have been saved from the wreck. The names of the officers who have been saved are given in the enclosure of this despatch. Twenty-three offi cers and 158 men, it is believed, have perished, as the vessel has entirely gone to pieces, and nothing has been seen of them. The names of the missing officers are also given in the list transmitted herewith. 3, It is positively known that many of these officers and men have perished, as they were killed in the presence of the survivors by spars and ropes. There is but slight hope that any of them can be alive; they can only have escaped by having been first washel out to sea on some spar, and then washed up on some other part of the island. 4. The ship, as far as I can collect, was rather to the southward of the port, and was, about half-past 1 o'clock in the day, with beautiful weather and a fair wind, making the harbour under steam and sail, going about 12 knots. Runnin g thus from the southward, she was intending to make the passage across the bar as laid down in the chart of 1853. Since that time the bar has shifted about three-quarters of a mile to the northward. She was thus rather more than that distance too far to the southward, and touched first on a small shoal off the middle banks, and in a few minutes ran directly on to them, where there is always a very heavy sea, and where her position (about four miles out at sea) was hopeless. 5. At between 4 and 5 o'clock a small coasting steamer the Wonga Wonga, which was going out of the harbour, seeing her peril, went to her assistance, but, from the heavy sea and breakers, was unable to get very near her; but the boats of the Orpheus, and those of the men who were saved under the shelter of the steamer, managed from time to time to pick up others. They were aided in the most gal lant and determined manner by three Maories from the pilot-station, who steered the boats. "6. The condact of Commodore Burnett, his officers, and men, was perfectly heroic. I have never heard instances of greater courage, carelessness of self, and efforts to save the ship and others than have been detailed to me, At about 9 at night the mainmast went overboard ; the other two masts went in less than 20 minutes afterwards. Those of the crew (and they were a great number) who had not yet been washed overboard or killed by spars and ropes were on the masts and rigging, and the poor fellows, as these went, gave three parting cheered and then perished. lam told that not a murmur or cry was heard from the wounded and dying, and yet the manner of some of their deaths was terrible, Altogether it is one of the most affecting events that I have ever heard of, and yet one that excites admira tion from the courage, self-devotion, and energetic resigna tion both of the many who perished and the few who were saved. " I have, Sec,, "G. GREY. "His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G." CHEAP DINING Rooms FOR THE 'WORKING CLASSES.—It is with great satMuction we he - ar that the arrangements for carrying out the objects of the Asso • ciation for the Establishment of Dining and Refreshment Rooms for the Working Classes are progressing very satis factory. The executive committee have invited proposals for premises in Lambeth, Westminster, Marylebone, Fins • bury, Tower Hamlets, and Southwark, so that on completion of the necessary alterations the working men will be enabled every day to enjoy the luxury of a good, wholesome, and substantial dinner for .11d. The possibility of doing so was most indisputably proved on the occasion a short time ago, when an experimental dinner was given at the Work ing Mens' Club, St. Clements Danes; and as the movement is purely a philanthropic one, it is to be hoped that all who have the means will help on the good work, Mr. Warriner, the instructor of cookery in the army, Dr. Letheby, and others, have lent their assistance, and the fullest informa tion can be obtained of Mr. Carpenter, the honorary secre tary, at his residence, 6, Brunswick• square. SUICIDE IN THE THAMES. Yesterday, Mr. Longhorn, the deputy coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at St. Martin's Vestry-room, Charing-cross, touching the death of Rose Jano Pratt, aged 21 years, whose body was found in the Thames on Tuesday evening last. James Pratt of 2, Phillips cottages,• Hammeramith, said deceased was his niece. t•he was a servant, but was out of place. She resided with him. He last saw her alive on Thursday, three weeks, when she went out but did not say where she was going. On the following morning a policeman brought her bonnet, shawl, and brooch to him, which he said had been found on Westminster-bridge on the previous evening. Th re was a card pinned inside the bonnet, by which means deceased's residence was found out. He knew of nothing particularly preying upon her mind, excepting that she had been crossed in love about twelve months since. She had once gone to the Serpentine with the intention of destroying herself, but seeing some one standing by, she ran away, and purchased some poison, but she did not take it, She was very much depressed at times, She was not without money, and she had a situation to go to on the following Monday. The jury returned a verdict that "Deceased destroyed her own life by drowning whilst in a state of temporary insanity," anal Tirmlar. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 17. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Pz:ncess Beatrice and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lady in Waiting, end Baronessvon Schenck, drove out yesterday afternoon. Major-General Seymour, Equerry i❑ Waiting, attended on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington and Captain Sir W. Hoste, went to London and remained for the night at Buckingham Palace. Hia Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, and Prince .Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain Westeiweller, also went to London and were present in the House of Commons to hear the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Her Majesty the Queen, attended by the Mar chioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Bruce, and the Mas ter of the Household, went to Buckingham Palace this morning, and returr.ed to Windsor at two o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington and Sir W. Hoste, returned with the Queen. Departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales for Windsor (This Day). SANDRINGHAM, Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the members of the Prince's house hold, took their departure this morning at 10 o'clock from Sandringham Haa for Windsor. The Royal party reached Wolverton ktation of the Great Eastern Railway at about 10 o'clock, when a special train was in waiting, and, on alighting from their carriages, Mr Love, the chairman of the company, and several of the direc tors, conducted their Royal Highnesses to the saloon-car riage, and immediately the train started on its journey, Mr. Robertson, the superintendent of the line, and Mr. Kitson, of the locomotive, department having charge of the engine. The route taken by the royal train was by Wisbeach, where great preparations had been made by the corporation and inhabitants to give their Royal h ighnesses a hearty reception, the mayor presenting a loyal address on the ocea sion. From Wisbeach the train proceeded on to March and Ely, and thence to Cambridge and London. It was arranged that the royal train should arrive at Stratford about 20 minutes past two o'clock, where the offi cials of the Great Eastern Railway will deliver it over to the care of the safe custody of the representatives of the North London Railway Company, namely, Mr. Mansell, the manager; Mr. Adams, the locomotive superintendent; and Mr. Hitch, the superintendent. A North London engine then takes the train across the marches to Hackney Wick junction, and, reaching Camden Town station, leaves the main line and proceeds along the Hampstead Junction for Acton and Kew, where the officials of the Soutb-Western Railway take charge of the train till its arrival at Windsor, which it is expected to reach about four o'clock this after noon. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Pi incet.s of Wales leave Sandringham today for town. They will return via Wisbeach, where for more than ten days past active prepa rations have been made to give them a suitable welcome. The Mayor (Mr. R. Young) went down to Sandringham on Wednesday, and it is now understood to have been posi tively determined that to-day (Saturday) the Wi , beachians shall have an opportunity of displaying their loyalty and devotion to the Royal pair. From Wisbeach the train con veying the Prince and Princess will proceed to town via March. Wisbeach has not been visited by any member of the Royal family since 1836, when her Majesty, then Prin cess Victoria, passed through the town in returning from a visit to the Marquis of Exeter, at Burghley. The Prince and Princess have passed the three weeks which they have spent at Sandringham in almost complete retirement. The county press bas respected the privacy which their Royal Highnesses sought, but one or two morning papers have persisted, as far as possible, in dogging their footsteps. It is not expected that they will again visit Sandringham till the commencement of the shooting season, but during the autumn and winter they will probably pass some time in Norfolk. Preparations for extending and improving the Hall are to be commenced next week. We are authorised to state that his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales will receive addresses of congra tulation from corierations and other public bodies on Wed nesday, the 29th inst., at Marlborough House. Regulations will shortly be published in the Gazette. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary will honour the Duchess of Inver ness with their company at dinner this evening at Kensing on Palace. There is a select party invited to meet their _Royal Highnesses. The Duke end Duchess of Argyll and their youthful family arrived at their house at Carnpden Hill, Kensington, on Wednesday, from Roseneath Castle, Dum bartonshire. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have arrived at Northumberland House, from Alnwiek Castle, for the season. The Duke of Leinster has arrived at Kilkee Castle, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of KU. dare, from Carlton House, near Maynooth. The Earl Cathcart has returned to Maurigy's Hotel, from Thornton-le-Street, near Thirsk, Yorkshire. . _ The Earl of Essex has arrived in town, from Cashiobury Pa k, Herts. The Earl and Countess Grey have returned to town from visiting Lord and Lady Lovaine at Albury Park near Guildford. The Earl and Countess of Durham have arrived in town from their seat, Larobton Castle, Durham. His lordship has taken a residence in Upper Grosvenor-street for the season. Lord Llanover has arrived at his residence :n Great St: nhope-street from his seat in Wales. Lady Llan over is not expected until the middle of Alsy. Lord and Lady Rendlesham have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Paris. Lord and Lady Blantyre and family have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-place, from Erskine House, Renfrewshire. Lord Broughton has returned to town from passing the parliamentary recess at Tidworth Park, Wilts. The Right Hon. H. Hamilton Nisbet came to town on Tuesday, from Paris, and has since gone to Blox holm Hail, near Sleaford. Lady Mary and Miss H. Nisbet are still in Paris. Lady Farquhar has left Brighton for Petworth, on a visit to Lord and Lady Leaconfield. L'dy Caroline Lane Fox has arrived at her house in Chesham-place. Sir Charles Grey has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Tunbridge Wells. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR TIIE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Asiatic, at 3; Archi tects, at 8. Tuesday—Statistical Society, at 8—" Direct Imperial Expenditure, Colonies," Mr. Purdy ; Engineers, at 8—" Scindo Railway," Mr. Brunton ; " St. German's Sluice of the Middle Level Drainage, Dr. Hawkshaw; Royal Institution, at 3—" Animal Mechanics," Mr. Mar shall; Zoological, at 9—" Pheasants" Dr. Sclater ; " Birds, East Africa," Dr. Hautlaub. Wednesday—Geological, at 8—" Gneiss and other Azoic Rocks, Bavaria and Bohe mia," Sir I. Murchison; "Section at Mocktree, near Lud low," Mr. Lightbody ; Society of Arts, at 8—" Construe. tion of Twin Screw Steamships," Captain Symonds ; Archmological Association, at Bi—" Roman Villa, Beiks," Dr. Palmer; "Roman Antiquities, Corinium," Professor Buckman; "Peaked Hats," Mr. Cumming. Thursday-- Antiquaries, at 2—Auniversary ; Royal, at Gi ; Royal In stitution, at 3—" Geology," Professor Ansted. Friday Horticultural, at 2—Election of Fellows ; Royal Institu tion, at 8—" Luminous Meteors," Mr. Herschel. Saturday —Royal Institution, at 3—" Language," Professor Max Muller.—Athenaum. THE BABRAHAM HERD.--The first sale of short horns from the herd of the late Mr. Jonas W e bb took place on Wednesday, when 82 animals realised £55 15s, a piece, or £1,571 14s. i n a ll, Six families were named in . our notice of the herd l as t Saturday, descendants respec tively of cows named Celia, Dodona, Sylph, Beauty, Bodice , and Gwynne. Thi r t y - n i ne irons the first of them fetched £2,019 33,, or £5l 16s. 6d. each; 15 from Dodona realised £5O ss. 2d. eac h ; 11 from Sylph made £55 78. 3d. a piece; seven" Beauties" averaged no less than £lO2 188., :even from Bodice fetched £44 ss. a piece; and three Gwynues tirade £53 4s. each. Among the more noteworthy paces were 100 guineas frr Beauty, the mother of one of the above families, now a 10 -year old cow, bought by Mr. Hales, of North Frith ; 160 guineas given by Mr. Betts f or her dau g ht e r, Red Rose, and no less than 225 for Drawing room Rose, another daughter, just 11 months old, given by Mr. Irving, of Sydney. In several instances 100 guineas and upwards were given for cows of the Celia, the Dodona, and Sylph families ; and the average price of the whole sale is very high, coy sidering the number disposed of. A good many of these cattle were bought to go into Ger many; several will be despatched to Australia; others are bought for Scotland, Ireland, and distant counties, and many remain near home in the eastern counties, where im2roved stock is much needed. The second and final sale takes place on the 24th of June, the day having been altered from the 15th of July, for which it was originally announced, because that falls in the week of the Inter• national Agricultural Exhibition at Hamburg. Death of Lord Seaton. Anothe): of those worthies has departed, the be ginning of whose life Stretches so far b4ek that in recalling the dates we seem as if reverting to fabu lous times. Lord Seaton was one of the old Penin sular heroes who were engaged in the transaction of history before the present century commenced• As we look back to those times the fame of Wel , lington more and more dwarfs the reputation of all who served under him, but his subordinates also attained to greatness, and would bat for his gigan tic proportions stand out before our eyes in bold relief. John Colborne, Lord Seaton, was an officer worthy of his chief, whom he resembled in angle points of character, but most of all in true mo-::esty and hatred of pretence. His manner, like that of most men accustomed to authority, gave one the idea of a stern man, but a kinder heart than his never beat. There were in his character certain elements which acquired for him the esteem of all who could obtain a near view of him. Thus, though he had to do with the Canadians in revolt, and with the lonian islanders in a state of furious discontent, and long commanded the army in Ireland, he was never unpopular, and his singular charm of manner may be said to have covered any deficiency which he exhibited QS a politician. He was born in 1777, the son of a Hampshire gentleman (Mr. Samuel Colborne of Lyndhurst), who, having made some unfortunate speculations, died, leaving a widow and two children in very nar row circumstances. Young John Colborne went for a time to Christ's Hospital, but on his mother mar rying the Rev. Dr. Bargus, a dignitary of Winches ter, he was removed to the foundation of Winchester College, where he got his education. He entered the army in 1794, became a lieutenant in the following year, and served in Holland in the campaign of 1799. Attaining the rank of captain early in those days of rapid promotion, he went to Egypt in 1801, and in 1805 was with the British and Russian troops employed on the Neapolitan frontier. In the cam paign of 1806 he served in Sicily and Calabria, and he was present in the battle of Maida. During this last and the following sear he held the post of mili tary secretary to Gen, Fox, commander of the forces in Sicily and the Mediterranean ; after which, ris ing to the grade of major, he acted in a similar capacity under Sir John Moore in Sicily, Sweden, Portugal, and Spain, ending his service only with the battle of Corunna. Sir John Moore was colonel of a very celebrated regiment—the 52d Light In fantry, and it was in his conduct of this force that Colborne won his chief military renown. He joined Wellington's army at Jaracejo in 1809, and was sent to La Mancha to report on the operations of the Spanish armies. He was at the battle of °cans, and in the campaigns of 1810 and 1811 he conk mended a brigade in Sir Rowland Hill's division, and was detached in command of it to observe the movements of Gen. Reynier on the frontier of Por tugal. So also he commanded a brigade at Bustle° and at Badajoz, at Albuera and at Ciudad Rodrigo , where he was severely wounded. He commanded the 2d Brigade of the Light Division at the battles of the Nivelle and the Nive, and during the cam paign of the Basque Pyrenees. At Orthes and at. Toulouse he led the 52d. His chief military fest however, was performed at Waterloo, where he again commanded the 52d, as part of Adams's Bri gade. Of his own accord he led the movement which determine ; the fortunes of the day. When the column of the Imperial Guard was gaining the sum mit of the British position, and was forcing back ward one of the companies of the 95th, Colborne , seeing his left endangered, started the 52d on its. advance. The Duke saw the movement, and ill' stan4 sent to desire Colborne to continue. This fact of Colborne having orginated the decisive movement is abundantly confirmed. A French officer who accompanied Ney's column of the Int" perial Guard has stated that although the British troops in front of the Imperial column showed " tres-bonne contenance, noes fumes principalement repousses par une attaque de flanc tres-vive qui nous ecrasa." This was Colborne's attack at the head of the 52d, and it brought him great renown, After Waterloo a soldier seemed to have, as a sol dier, no more chances in the world ; and there ws° nothing left for Sir J. Colborne (now a K.C.8.) that the uncertain glories of a semi-civil life. Soon after the peace he was appointed Governor of Guernsear, where he was the means of reviving Elizabeth Col' loge, which had fallen into great decay. He we n afterwards appointed to the command of the forceg in Canada, which he held from 1830 to 1838. O n one occasion, being dissatisfied with the conduct of the civil powers in that colony, he resigned ht: command, and his luggage was actually on board: the trarsport on which he was to have embarked in three days' time, when an ain ograph letter from the King (William IV.) arrived, requesting him t° remain. He was honoured with the Grand Cross of the Bath, and he was created Governor-Genera l as well as Cornmanderein-Chief. Having auppressed the Canadian rebellion, he returned to England and was raised to the peerage ; but he took no part 01 politics, save once, when he spoke iu the debate oil the union of th e C ina d as. H e expressed himself averse from the Union, on the ground that it woul d eventually hamper the development of Canada, an d ; furthermore, prove a hindrance to the junction o ' . the North American Provinces into a Confedera tion. Though he took no part in the debates of the House of Lords, he was still to have another field for the exercise of whatever legislative gifts he might possess. He was appointed Lord Hig h Commissioner of the lonian Islands from 1843 t ° 1849, and there he had, during the revolutional mania of 1848, to deal with the demands of a peop le continually disaffected. He yielded too much. to their demands, and ga ve th em a constitution which has been the source of endless misery to succeeding Lord High Commissioners, and which at last ha s inspired the British Cabinet with a desire to cu t the knot by parting with the islands as soon 0 we may. Since then Lord Seaton has commanded t l3° , troops in Irel an d ; i n 1 854 he was appointed Colorlo of the 2d Life Guards ; and in 1860 ho was Pr o : moted to the rank of Field-Marshal. He died 9 ' Torquay, in the 86th year of his age. His life wa so prolonged, and laterly was so retired, that marl s persons when they first hear of hi s d ea th w ill 1 3 °, know who or what he was. H e was o f th e rac e °` heroes who fought in the mightiest wars of moda l / times; who through those wars made England glorious and maintained her independence; an d who have left us an example which is part of out heritage —part of cur life. lI T HE RAILWAY BRIDGES ACROSS THE THAMES." ' Very rapid progress has been made within the P . few days of fi ne wea th er i n th e wor k s o f t h e ra il way bridge.' in course of construction across the Thames. That : Hungerford for the Charing•cross railway is in a very o u : vanced state, and will soon be completed; and the v7 o4 ' on the Middlesex side of the river are progressing favol it. ably. At Blackfriars the piles fot the London, Chatl lo33 ' and Dover Railway are nearly all cb eve, the first of their :4 : mense iron cylinders has been sunk, an d th e works b e ncoj i the water are progressing rapidl y. T he mast; i ve abutment; ; on the Surrey side are abov e l ow water mark, and the COff° dam on the northern s h ore are completed, The prelirnipt'r', works for the construction of the bridge for the City el te h il ; sion of the Cha r i ng - cross ra l way are far advanc: d, an d t abutments will be commenced inne , ' ia' ely. THE MURDER OF ADAM GRIERSON.--As alrea d y g stated Ad am G r i erson di e d f rom the effects o f bl wounds on Mond a y l as t, at Derryveagh. An incpes t Wf'o held on the body next day before Charles H. Swiv e l; Esq., coron er o f t h e di str i ct, and a respectable jury . 1 proceedings were held i n th e open a i r some t i me , in eons .. sequence of deceased's h u t b e i ng t oo sma ll t o acc° w oo modate the jury and others assembled. The jail e t j j o to the following verdict :—" We find diet 00 0 ) 0 evening of Friday, the 10th of Aptil, 1 863, ,,, 0 said Adam Grierson rec e i ve d mortal woun ds by is shot from a pistol at M ag h erashangan, in the, :Rid county of Donegal, and, li nger i ng from the effects " "00 wounds, died at Magherasliangan, in said county, °D s bot 13:11 of April, 1863, of inflammation caused V 4 ,,, a ii. wounds; and we fi n d f rom the ev i dence b efore us tha.'icio shot was fired, and th e sa id woun d s i n fli c t e d, by 14,00 Bradley, the p r i soner b efore us. " Of the sixteen Pe r 0 'erining the j ury fi ve re f use d to s i gn t h e ver di c t, 11 111 ' 0 0 cuidAion that a clause should be inserted to the effe et te yeo it was pos s ibl e th a t th e d ecease d m i g h t h ave b ee n ini° l f o e as to the man, Bradley was committed to Lifford P' trial at the next aeaizao.