The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-30 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,' Covent -garden. From now until the end of the season there will be four nights in each week ; his week there will be five nights, viz., Monday, Thtaday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Extra Night. Mdlle. Fried, Mdlle. Adelina Patti ; M. Faure, Signor Seale6e, Signor itoneuni, Herr Schmid, and signor Tam berlik. THIS EVENING (Monday', 11, y 10, will be performed, for the first time this se son, Moza t's opera, DON GIOVANI. ith the follow ng powerful ca3t:—Donna Anna, Mdlle. Antonietta ; Zerlina, yldlie. Adeli a P tti ; Elv ra, Madame nuetersdorff; D.n Giovan:ii, M. Faure; Leporello, Sithior Scaiese, hi second appearance in England; Masetto, Signor ftonooni; It Commn.datore, ILrr Schmid, his first appearance in that character; and Don Ottavio, signor I am berlik, his firat appearance this season. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The minuet will be danced by Mdlle. Salvioni and M. Desp laces. Commence at half past Eight. Pit, tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre i.ta Is, 103. ed., 75., and ss. ; atu phitheatre. 2s. Od. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic under the portico of the thew re. which is te pen from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and l'ibrarians'. I-lEATRE ROYAL HAY M ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Euckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, ‘l , eathersby, &c. Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VEND-3 AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, C oe . &c.; ?les dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. Nellykower, Hill, Wright, Ro2;ers, &c. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HANLE f THIS EVENING (310NDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; POIOIIIIIB, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G..lorda Firstaertes, Mr. C. Vanden h,ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; Gravedigger. Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. t'. Charles ; Messrs. W M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, kiss M. Beni ade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open athalf-past 7, and Hamlet com mences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. R OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining,. THIS EVENING, TEIE CONIEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. .. - To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'ltaffer.y, Mr. Dominick Murray. EIV THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— kA sole Proariotor and Manazor, B. ‘Wenster. Last Week but One of Ihe Gr"at Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAti THIS EV ENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, L EAII : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biliington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson; rs. 131;lington. To n , nclude with TILE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedtord, tc, Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7, yr ISS BATEMA N. — L E A H. —THio _IL EVENING arid EVERT EVENING.—Miss Bateman will ap , ear in her great Impersonation of the Jewish ma thn i.tfl further notice In urder o give due effect to t.ds most remarkable success of the se son, e.,ireiy new scenery by the celebrat , t artists Messrs. Kansan and t•ons, Thomps_n. New dr , se. s and appo utnt,.ts have be. n prepare , for its productio . —N. In consequence of the pressing and numerous ,pplications a, the Box-ofli e, ar rangement+ have A , been made by which Seats m y ob tained a week in Auvsn e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Di .n Boucicault ,lt sq., every Evening. Re-engagement of those ce ebra ced and popular artistes, Mr an Mrs. Charles Mathi:Airl. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the copular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle, Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. tobinson. Mr. Asnley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss II rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss 11. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josepus, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stining. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WE Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comely In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham,er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIIiHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank oatthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs, Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada S wanborough. Alter which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, we. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. T. Thorne. Commence at 7. FOALS.--The LILLESHALL CO NIPANY'S COAL , . Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 249. per ton. I Double.. 204. per ton. Top 235. „ Nuts. . . iB3. „ Deep 2ls. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, IVestbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W.. and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. 11HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest srouTING INTELLIGENCE, assn be had Every Evening of G. R. GLICSIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 30, 1864. -~ - THERMOMETER. Ttia day at Two o'clock .. 57 Barometer-29.92. Wind—S.W.; moderate breeze, and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rum DAY.—Morning, 9h. 12m.—Afternoon, 911. 503 a. ro-moktitow.-Morning, 10h. 25 n.—Afternoon. 10a. 55m. /%0, elgt4/0-N „Nto.: LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1864. A discussion of a somewhat unusual character took place in the House of Commons on Friday evening, which was not without interest. It treated, it is true, of what might be almost styled a per 'Anal matter, but it involved a question of great importance to a large number of her Majesty's sub jects. The discussion arese upon the right of the Liw Life Assurance Company to the tenure of some extensive estates is Connemera which, it was con tended, they held contrary to the stipulations of the law, and which they managed with extreme harshness. These accusations were indignantly re.. pelled on the part of the company, and the matter remains in dispute, since, after a prolonged debate, the subject was allowed to drop. Mr. LONGFIELD, who introduced it, was anxious to compel toe Com pany to sell the estates, and moved an address to the c rown with that view, but it was scarcely pro bable that the House would proceed to extremities without further and more precise evidence than any then brought forward. Perhaps, indeed, it was not intended that they should go to such lengths, and the gentlemen who brought the matter forward were satisfied with having attracted the attention of the House and the public. It is not easy for a tribunal to judge unless the whole facts are before them, and the members who spoke on the subject dealt principally in esiertion on both sides. Mr. GREGORY indeed cited a return which he had ob tained from tha Clerk of the Peace of Galway which showed that, since the, Law Life Society had ad ministered the affairs of this estate, there had been 3 . 158 jectments ; and Mr, LONGFIELD, in the course of his speech, stoutly maintained that the misman egement of the society had been the means of driving a large number of the former tenants on the estate to c r i agration, forty•thres families haring lefi the co-entry in ten days. Bath these gentlemen declared that they had evidence in support of their asserlions, and we can hardly suppose that they - would make such statements lightly, although pos sibly the Company may have it in their power to exonerate themselves from all such charges. It i s only fair to state that Mr. MURRAY, one of their honorary directors, decidedly and somewhat angrily denied the accusations, and the cause of the society was more temperately supported by the noble lord the member for Mayo. Still au impression remains that without any intention of acting un• fairly, a body of lawyers have proved more acute than liberal in their dealings with their tenantry, while the holding of such large estates by a corpo• rate body necessitates the coutinuanc - in that part of the county of one of Ireland's greatest curses — absenteeism. In this aspect of the difficulty lay the chief interest of the debate ; but it is confessedly a most awkward and perplexing matter for the Le gislature to deal with. It is not plssible, as Lord JOHN BRoWNE observed, to say in this free country that a man must live in a particular place, and no amount of legislation will cure the inevitable evils of a delegated government. Instead of either party serving as a fence or a protection to the other, the unpopularity of a landlord is visited on his agent, while the unpopular agent makes his landlord also disliked. Much harsher things can be done through a third party; but it is not so much the actual evictions that are unjust as the whole system that. is bad. The estate is regarded as a mere piece of pro perty o f which the annual retu r n is the matter of , chief importance ; no interest is taken in improve ments, and no encouragement given to enterprising tenants. The landlord receives his money as if it came from soma investment with whose administra tion he had no concern, and with no recollection of the fact that property has its duties as well as its rights. In every respect the results of absenteeism are most disastrous, injurious to trade, and ruinous to the social welfare of the country. A great civilising and refining agent is lost to a nation whose keen susceptibilities and mercurial tempera ments make them especially sensitive to external influences, and education, the importance of which is consequently not sufficiently appreciated by the lower classes, receives a powerful check. All friends of Ireland are unanimous upon this point, however much they may differ upon questions of religion or of politics. This is a s )cial matter, and as such exercises an influence whose widely extending powers are like the spreading circles which follow the plunge of a pebble into the waters. We can never hope to see great improvements, important reforms, and sub stantial changes for the better carried out in Ireland, while the great body of the owners of the soil have so little in common with their fellow-countrymen. We can never hope to see trade prosper, commerce extend, industry flourish, and prejudice die away, while the class which should give stimulus to busi ness and elevate the tone of thought and feeling around them, are scarcely known by sight to the Idwellers on their estates. It is an evil of long stand- ing ; one, too, which is extremely difficult for Parlia• ment to deal with, one which is a serious barrier be tween the two countries. It must be owned, however, that the fault does not all lay with the proprietors. The frightful system of intimidation and outrage which has bec'ome a byeword and a reproach to Ireland, has cost the countrysome of its best proprie• tors, and it is certainly idle to expect a landowner to show a kindly interest i❑ his tenants, when all the gratitude or recognition he can expect is a bullet through his head at the first opportunity. In this, as in so many other instances, the innocet.t have to scffer for the guilty, and the wild disorderly characters, perhaps, deprive a district of the super vision of a humane and liberal landlord. We trust that the discussion on Friday night may be the means of doing some good, by calling p iblic atten tion to the great need that exists of some reform, with respect to the delegated authority now exist ing in so many parts of Ireland, and that conse quently some means may be found of dealing with the crimes and redressing the wrongs of the sister kingdom. There is nothing of more consequence in the ad ministration of justice than to Lake care that there should not be any undue severity exercised. Of course it is imperative that due caution be take❑ to prevent the escape of offenders, and to provide that ❑o opportunity should occur for the criminal elud ing the due means of his actions. Judex damnatur cum nocens absoleitur is a very true adage, but, like many more such wise maxims, it may be car ried too far, and be cited too frequently. There is no mistake calculated to prove more fatal in its effects on the minds of those who should be influ enced . by the infliction of penal sentences than the unnecessary harshness that at times intervenes to mar the course of the law, and injure the operation of its workings. The other day, at the Middlesex Sessions, a case occurred which is rather out of the common, and certainly does not redound to the credit of any concerned in it. In the first place, tbc'whole case rested on the evidence of one man, a police-constable, who did not give a very definite account of the affair. When a sentence of such severity is issued, the greatest care should be taken to procure concise statements, and to be quite certain as to a e facts of all the attendant circum stances. There were several discrepancies in this affair. The constable admitted, on cross-examina tion, that he did not make known the circumstance of the prisoner touching his goods till next day, also the charge entered at the time was for stealing a roll of " linsey," which the shopman said was not at the dcor that evening, and did not resemble cloth. These mistakes may not be of real conse quence, but some attention might have been paid to them. The *rap did not go off with the roll of goods, and it was possible that he might have been looking at it. If every one who is discovered touching the wares exhibited at doors is charged with robbery, the consequences may be very serious. It must be considered by all who have noticed the frequency of such cases in the Courts, that it is a very dangerous eustom for ehopmen to persist in exposing their goods in the streets. There is plenty of opportunity in the windows, for all desirable ex hibition,and it is quite inexcusable to put temptation in the way of misguided fellow-creatures. At all events, whether this man WHITE was guilty of this charge or n o t, t h e sentence i n fli cte d upon hi m was most extraordinary. For this small offence he was adjudged to receive 10 years' penal servitude. This is not the course to adopt in order to impress the public with a favourable opinion of the manner in which the enactments of the law are carried out. It is seldom that such a peculiar case as this meets the eye, bat too much care cannot be taken to pre vent the recurrence of the like incongruities. more serious When we constder the m any, far charges that are brought under the notice of the Courts, it seems almost incomprehensible that so much more severe a punishment should be awarded to this mi nor o ff e nce. It is not the way t o d eter evil.disposed persons from the com mission of serious errors, if they thi n k that after all they may not fare so badly as some who are far less culpable. It is to be trusted that it will be long before a similar instance of undue severity be again witnessLd, for it is certain that it is det►imental to the interests of the coturnunity, and subversive of the principles which shculd actuate all authority, to notice the prngress of It is always in!cresti n g the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. There is no more excellent institution in its way, and, notwithstanding the absurd attempts made by some to decry its purpose, or to sneer at its proceed ings, it is gratifying to mark its continuance, and to observe the good effects of its workings. The report of the Secretary showed the great services which have been rendered to the cause of humanity by this Institution, and the best proof of the efforts of the Society resting on solid conviction, and not a fancy or an exaggerated estimate of things; is that during the last year they have prosecuted one thousand cases to conviotion, and out of these had sustained only seven dismissals. One plan has re cently been devised which is a very good one. It is to offer a premium of fifty pounds for an essay on " Vivisection " in English, and another of a thou sand francs for a simiiar undertaking in French. Too much cannot be done to extend the know ledge of this subject, and it is impossible to dilate too strongly upon its horrors, which are alike out rages on good sense and good feeling, and a viola tion of the fun lamental principles of humanity. Much evil is done by the want of agitating the subject at the right time, in the proper manner; therefore, it is so much gained that the efforts so strenuously made last year be kept up and thus some fruition may reward the labours made in so worthy a cause. Tire chairman properly put the case by stating that when necessity did not enfo"ce any one to operate upon a living animal, it was a crime so to do. fhe sooner this opinion is more uni versally adopted the better it will be for the character of the community among whom it attains favour. Earl HARROWBY very truly remarked that this society did good, not alone to animals, but to mankind, " for nothing so degraded men as the indulgence in the habit of treating animals with cruelty." Nothing can be more correct than this, for it is quite contrary to the principles inculcated by the doctrines of Christianity, as well as adverse t( the notions of all justly-disposed persons, for men to arrogate to themselves the right to torture or destroy the creatures that have their mission to perform as well as they have, and were certainly bestowed upon us for our use, but never for our abuse of the privilege. It is greatly to be desired that the funds of this society may meet with the replenishment that they require and most especially deserve, for it is hardly to be calculated what a vast amount of gcod is effected by the vigilance and promptitude of its officers. The check that the knowledge of this surveillance must exercise upon all evil-disposed persons, and the prevention of mal-practices thus ensured, is a great satisfaction— it is a gain in a good cause, and a service to the interests of humanity. The prosperity of such an institution will be a tribute offered up to the cause of mercy, and no kindly-disposed person, able to give any assistance, will hesitate to do his part for the furtherance of an effort as the suppres sion of cruelty. It will be a national benefit to put down all such disgraceful practices, for no thing so lowers a people as the familiarity in such barbarous habits; and, on the other hand, nothing more refines the mind, elevates the thoughts, and softens the heart, as the prevalence of kindly feelings and benevolent intentions; all such most conduce to the better observance of the golden rule, "Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto You. FETE CHAMPETRE AT ORLEANS HOUSE, TWICK ENHAm.—His Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale, as patron and honorary president o! the French Benevolent Society (Socie!.e Frangaise de Bienfaisance), has been gra ciously pleased to give a fete champetre at Orleans House on Wednesday and Thursday next in aid of the funds of this excellent institution. Her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Aumale has personally superintended the arrangements, and will preside at one of the stalls of the fancy fair, likewise to be held on each of these days, together with H.R.H. the Duchess de Chartres, the Duchess of St. Albans, the Mar chioness of Ely, the Countess of Tankerville, the Countess Waldegrave, the Lady Proby. Vast preparations have been made for this fete during the last two months ; all the tents and decorations have been supplied from Paris, and Jullien's band has been engaged, as well as the band of the Grena dier Guards, under the direction of Mr Godfrey, who will ass st in the performance of a new composition of M. Jul. lien's entitled" Souvenirs d'Alger," which will be performed on this occasion for the first time. In consequence of the marriage of their Royal Highnesses the Count de Paris and the Princess Isabella d'Orleans, which takes place this morning, a very large number of royal personages and dis tinguished foreigners are now on a visit to the royal family of France at Claremont and at Twickenham, and they have all expressed their intention of supporting these fetes and honou.'ing them with their presence. Their Royal High nesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg• Strelitz, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge have likewise h b .noured the society with their patronage, and it is believed that if their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales's engagements permit they will also be present at the fete of N7ednesday. FIRES.—On Saturday n. ; s l it a fire broke out in a timber building containing 100 tone of coal belong ing to Messrs. Walton and Gowland, coal merchants, Broad street, Ratciiff-cross. Several steam any manual fire engines were soon on the spot, and floating engii:es were also brought to bear on the fire from the river. A good supply of water was obtained, but the fire spread to the spars and sails of a brig named the J. Croggin, of Hartlepool, and wa.7 not extinguished until the building containing the coals had been burnt to the ground and considerable damage had been done to the brig and to the sheds in the dry dock belonging to Messrs Ewing and Winshur. A fire also occurred on Saturday in the premises of Mr John Fopwell, a bedstead maker, 10, King's road, St. Pancras. A inan named Powell, aged 70, who lived in the room from which the flames appear to have proceeded, was suffocated by the smoke. When the fire had been extinguished his body was found by the fire men, and it has been removed to the St. Pancras Workhouse, where it awaits an inquest. GRANITE FOR THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.— The contracts for the gigantic and costly un. er taking of embanking the north side of the Thames are at present in the course of being let. The stone to be princi- , pally employed is granite, and we are glad to learn that the contract for the supply of granite for the first section has been secured, under the government contractor, Mr. Furness, by the lessees of the granite quarries of Kirkconnell and of Old Lands, on the Urr, belonging respectively to Mr. Witham of Kirkconnell, and Mr. Maxwell of Munches. The first section of the embankment extends from West minster to Waterloo-bridge, and the quantity of stone will be very great. There is thus every prospect that our local quarries will be wrought with the utmost vigour for some time to come, and give abundance of employment, thus proving highly advantageous to the whole district. Among others who are likely to benefit by the full development of the resources of the Kirkconnell quarry are the Nith Commissioners of Tonnage, as the whole of the stone taken trom Kirkconnell must be forwarded to London by sea. — Dumfries Courier. THE STEAM RA➢is.—We call the attention of our readers to the report of the recent legal pro ceedings in this important case, and to the explanations given by the Attorney-General, There can be no doubt that the impression conveyed by the statement of the Solici tor-General, in the Court of Exchequer on Thursday, was that the owners and builders of the rams had virtually pleaded guilty. That statement is, perhaps, not to be won dered at considering the source from which it emanated, but it gives a thorougly erroneous version of the affair. The fact is, neither party admits anything. it is a drawn battle, end, had the Crown required any admission, the question would have been fought to the last by both owners and builders, who were perfectly confident about the result. But litigation might go.on for years, and in the mean time the ships would have been ruined ; and the builders especially had very little object in litigation, as they could gain nothing but the balance due to them on the completion of the contract. The Messrs. Laird are, by the present ar rangement, to complete the ships as originally designed, and deliver them to the Government, and we trust they may prove as useful to the country as most naval authorities expect them to be.—. Morning Set aid. VANCOUVER ISLAND —Captain Arthur E. Ken nedy, C. 8., landed at Victoria on Lady-day, and was very cordially welcomed by the people. On the following day he drove to the Government-house and took the oath of office as Governor of the colony of Vancouver Island and its dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, after which he received c ongratulatory addresses from the corporation and from various public bodies. — C T A h B e D ff e a n b " d E 1. 1 S v ' e S r T s R o I f K G E ! T in W ac E e A o ll rd lN an G e ß e A w D i G th ES a . resolution adopted at a meeting which they held on Tuesday a A s G g A W N evening, struck work en Thursday. Not a cab was to bt seen at any of the stands in the city, and the few that did appear on the streets seemed to be °riven by stablemen or o`her supernumeraries. The grievances which the cabman hava put forward as the ostensible cause of their strike is a reguleion contained in the new by-laws recently issued by the magistrates, to the effect that they shall wear brass badges on their outer garments. The wearing of such badges they declare to be entirely useless, unjust, and oppressive ; and they declare their determination not to return to their work till " such medals are wholly thrown a sid e."—Sco !awn. EMIGRATION OF MORMONS.—.A large number of the disciples 01 Ice Smith have left South Wales this week en route for the Salt Lake, or " the land of paradise," as they term it. An elder who has onca been an inhabitant of Utah accomparieii tkte erethtlous people on their long and dangerous journey. ME SUN, LOIN - 1)0N, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. DIEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. The Emperor and Empress were present yester day evening at the representation given at the Opera-Comique, on the occasion of the anniversary of Halevy's birthday. The perform ince consisted of the Eclair and a musical interlude. Their Majes ties remained to the close. The thirteen deputies who have voted against the Budget of 1865, were MM. Carnot, Darimon, Dorian, Jules Favre, Garnier-Pages, Glas.Bizoin, Henon, Magnin, Marie, Emile Olivier, Pelletan, Picard, and Jules Simon. Among the Opposition members who, although present, took no port in the vote, were MM. Berryer, Gueroult, and Havin. M. Thiers voted for. The works for the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame being nearly finished, the consecration of the building has been fixed for the 31st instant. It may appear singular that the venerable old build ing should have existed for so many centuries witbcut having witnessed this solemn uremony, Such is the fact, nevertheless, as will be seen by the following sketch of its history. In the time of the Emperor Tiberius, the site of the cathedral was occupied by a temple of Jupiter, on the ruins of which the first Christian church was raised s on after the conversion of the Gauls by St. Denis the Martyr. Several churches were successively erected on the same spot, and destroyed in the troublous centuries which followed, and in 1163 the first stone of the present building was laid, during the episcopate of Maurice de Sully, by Pope Alexander 111., ovho had then 'fled to France to escape the persecutions of the Emperor Frederick and Victor, the anti Pepe. Bishop Maurice died in 1196, Laving the cathe dral still unfinished, and the works were con tinned which by e a O r d° de Sllll Y 1 his successor, till 1208, i n yhe died.D e tiring the succeeding cen turies the building advanced but slowly, and much of what had been already completed was mutilated by injudicious changes. The western front was erected in the 13th century, and the two tran septs in the 15. h. During the next two centuries the church underwent many capricious alterations, but made little advance towards completion, when the great revolution came and menaced its total destruction. The injuries then inflicted had been bay partially repaired when a popular tumult in 1831 destroyed the archbishop's palace and seriously damaged tte cathedral. Little was done to remedy the damage till 1845, when the Government en trusted the direction of the works to MM. Lassus and Viollet•Leduc, and they have continued till now with occasional intermissions ; thus, after being in the hands of masons and artific:re for more than seven centuries, the old cathedral is at last in a fit state to t eceive its solemn consecration. BOURSE, May 28.—The market has not been very animated, bat previous prices well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 70c., and Mobilier at 1,147 f. 50e. Itailway Market also firm. The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents. 93 10 Loan 69 20 D o . end month 69 10 Ditto Threes .. Nc,v Mexican .... 59 75 A.ustrian .. — Threes., m no Dsbt .. Deferred r. AY, elad inontli, 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 66 7o Credit Mobilier 1150 Do. end month... 1145 Bank Shari% 3380 Credit P ono er 1240 Roman /vs tit. IL 'ash. Account. Orle•mis 875 .• Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 877 50 .. 877 50 • New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 363 75 ~ 363 Austrian Lombard North of Spain 5r? 5 552 Saragossa 5O Ditto to Barcelona ~ 260 THE CONFERENCE. The Constitzttionnel publishes at the head of its columns and with a great display of type one of those articles which it desires to be considered as semi-official. The subject is the probable course of action which the Conterence may decide on for the Duchies. The writer declares that there can be but two modes of' solving the difficulties which exist : " Either," he says, " the stipulations decided on in 1802 na ust be returned to, and France w hosigned those arrangements has no motive for opposing such a course, if it were admitted that they have still any practical value, or the causes which led to the war iu spite of those stipulations would appear to have such a character of gravity and permanency that the old order of things must be abandoned, and other combina tions sought for. In the latter case the principal object should have been, and has been to remedy the inconveniences which the arrangements of 1852 have produced, and to prevent the same causes from leading to similar difficulties for the future. It thalre be one point evident and beyond all discus sion, it is that the struggle has raised a question of nationality. Time, instead of bringing about a re conciliation between two races, has only caused the differences to be more strongly marked, and excite rival and long-standing pretensions. For that cause of disturbance there is, in the opinion of ail serious and disinterested meo, only one really cff,ctuel remedy—separation—that is to say, the union to Denmark of the Danish part of Schleswig and the formation of a German State out of Holstein and the German part of Schleswig. In the interest of the integrity of the Danish mo narchy, combined with German aspirations, an idea was at first entertained that the new State might be united to Denmark by a bond lees close and less immediate, and the expression personal union ' was mentioned. Bat, in addition to the complications with which such an arrangement would saddle the future, it would not remove any of the embarrass ments of the present, since there would still be the union, and from the forced union it is that the war resulted. That combination was therefore soon abandoned, and the effective separation only seri ously remained under consideration. What we must now ask is, what will the new German State be, and what will it become ? Danish Schleswig is and remains Danish ; that is well understood But how will the fate of the new State be regulated and who will be its Sovereign ? Oa that subject, the political principles of Imperial France are well known. She dos not admit that a Sovereign should be given to a country, or a nation to a Sovereign, independently of the will of the people. The French Government has therefore put forward the principle most in conformity wlth the ideas of modern civilisation, and has demanded that the nation interested should be called on to decide its own fate. The fate of that suggestion has been what frequently happens from the most just and the truest propositions. It at first excited astonish ment ; but afterwards by degrees that feeling was followed by adhesions, which increased to such a de gree that we feel no hesitation in believing in the T be h t e h p e r g e r s o s u end speaks o n success of the French proposition, and that such will journa.s . to Eng which stronglyc° against the pretension, attributed by some of the French tilation will be effected." land, of wishing to inaerdict the formation of a Federal port at Kiel. Tne writer says ;—" The question is nothing less than to bung forward in ;he Conference, and perhaps at the next sitting, the pretension of prohibiting Germany from making Kiel a Federal port. If, on the one hand, there be understood all the interest which England, and she alone, wcule have in Germany being forever deprived of a naval force, every one w ill, on the . other hand, admit that such a pretension is quite inadmissible. Supposing that Holstein and a part or Schleswig should form, as an independent State, part of the Germanic Confederation and that point being ad mitted by England herself, the question as to whe ther the Confederation will establish a Federal port and the point where she will do so within her own territory comes exclusively u nder the com petency of the Germa nic Body, and in no w a y under that of the Conference of London. Eng land, in spite of this elementary principle, cer tainly entertains the project we speak of, but we consider it difficult for her to reasonably submit it to the Conference. We feel on this subject a hope and a certainty--tine hope is that the prudence of the other Governments will prevent England from offering such a g ratuitous insult to Oorroany the ee,-tainty is that the IwtorUlll , l A.eeive it by an explosion of national feeling, which would ap pear dangerous to us at a moment when the wishes of every one in favour of peace are so near the point of being reaihei." THE NOMENCLATURE Or RACING. Not once alone or twice, haye we borne our testimony and uplifted our voice, in season and out of season, on be half of a proper and compulsory system of naming. Until this is done, nothing that can be urged in the way of shame or reason will prevent a perpetual recurrence of from fifty to sixty mares appearing consecutively in the "Stud Book" with the year of their birth as the only obvious distinc tion ; we say obvious, for no man, who has not passed a first-class examination in the differential calculus or "Brad shaw's Guide," can be expected to detect the minute dis tinc ions which exist between the several mares of the Sledmere stud, their daughters and granddaughters. For instance, "Dam by Cereals out of m. by Walton (1810), out of m. by Hampton, out of Brother to Blunderbuss's dam," starts the unwilling mind at once upon a sea of speculation, which is only stemmed by shutting the useful pages up at once; and into the interminable genealogy of the Playsalis tribe no mortal living, who has not learnt the Second Book of Chronicles by heart, could possibly venture I It is, there fore, our earnest hope that the powers that be will put forth their hands to compel a little ingenuity and promptness in the affixing of names, But while meditating on this topic, and making the neces sary researches, a curious and amusing question arises ; on what principle do men sive their horses the rite of baptism ? Much, they say, depends upon doing it properly. A horse with a bad name never won the Derby, at any rate ; and a friend of ours professes to be able to shift chaff from wheat at, once, by simply reading over the list in Weatherby's Ca lendar. Dundee, he says, for example, was a winning name; so is Blair Athol; but how should Dormouse win, or Flap doodle earn to himself undying fame in the Epsom annals? For handicaps, indeed, and such small deer, Catch 'em Alive may show himself sufficient ; even the St. Leger has been won (but then it was a very long time ago) by Allabaculia; but for the Derby, the blue riband of the Turf, nothing but a gentlemanly sounding name has ever pulled through. The great Mr. Shandy himself felt and recognised this axiom in its fullest acceptance, and wo can cordially sympathise with his efflict ion, when by rho mingled inaccuracy of Susannah and the hasty assumption of knowledge on the part of the curate, the noble and mouth-filling Trismegistus was shorn and mutilated into Tristram. What, however, that learned and ingenious theorist would have said if he could have looked through a modern Derby list, one can very well con ceive. Unmitigated disgust, terminating in an unphiloso phical determination to go and lay against the whole lot of 'em, is the least that would have ensued. There are three methods, or rather proposed ends, in name making. There is the topic-of-the-day plan, which names a queer-looking filly Princess Dagmar, and the roughest of colts Abe Lincoln, There is the referential, which we take to be the highest walk in the science, wherein you endeavour to commemorate the sire or dam, if possible both, in the same name ; and this may be done either jocosely and punningly, or secondly by a serious and respectable allusion. The third method, and the one which seems to us the more generally followed, is the nohow-at-all plan, which simply requires a classical dictisnary, or an audacious intention, like that of Mr. Campbell with his greyhounds, Canaradzo, Calabo roono, and Co. The first of these is obvious, and very frequently amus ing. That Lord Palmerston has broken down, or Glad stone turned a roarer, demagogic or otherwise, is frequent news ; although speaking of the Princess Euyal as a " regu lar duffer," or Louis Napoleon as " an infernal rip," is cer tainly not to be encouraged. When, however, cotemporary history's lower pages are ransacked, and murderers or forgers, ladies from St. John's-wood or St. Giles's, are in discriminately afforded this species of exaltation, one is induced to think that good taste is somewhat outraged. Of the second class, the punning variety finds much and deserved favour. Blubber, by Whale out of Vexation, and ' Old Clos, by Burgundy out of Jewess, are two of the happiest we remember ; although, among the multifarious specimens of allusion successfully male to both parents, Lor•t Derby's Bowstring, by Aniurath out of Miss Bowe, Mr. Cookson's Double Shuffle, by Fandango out of Fan- clang°, and the happy suggestion (wade, as it understood, by a fair lad!) of Laughing Sock, by Stockwell out of Gaiety, may be honourably mentioned. No small ingenuity, and a considerable amount of general information, is re- quired for this task; and that there should be so many tavoura specimens reflects credit upon those turfites who have endeavoured to carry it out. The last class is but too numerous, and where the name is either tasteless or offensive, cannot receive too much re probation. At cne time, a set of soubriquets, now happily extinct, were in great vogue. Fashion reigns here as in other walks of life, and Lord George's compound names wore but too faithfully copied in 1-am-not-aware, and There-you-go with-your-eye out. Ono noble nominator hod, some time s'nce, a great fancy for selecting the longest and most unknown Greek names to be found in Dr. Smith or Lempriere, if the latter book still exist; and Onesander, GlaepideF, and Lacycles have hardly yet taded from our recollection ; while even now 'Males- siva graces the corning Derby with classical sweetness. Greek, indeed, seems to ba rather the fashion. Why, of I why ? Captain King, should you have called your colt aX7rtyKr7g? The allusion to Trumpeter might surely have been made in French or Latin, if you must travel into other climes for a name; and we may plead guilty to ono private reason of our own for disliking this set upon Scapule that these long patronymics bother our compositors, and take up such a vast deal of what correspondents always calf "our valuable space." One or two of the names in this week's card are amusing enough. We remember heating Kettledrum objected to, on the ground that a horse with such a name was Made to be beaten ; and " The Scheid" seems to have been so called in anticipation of his proving a title to the poet's epithet of " Lazy." Nebuchadnezzar's name, attached to that of a purely Russian owner, whose position in the Livre de Velours is unimpeachable, and the He(i)rsey filly, ominously suggestive of possible "corpses" from Woodyates, sound strange on the ear. "Dearest Tooi Tooi," again, may as well be forgotten; and space drives us to conclude with the hope that the Divorce Court will not often intrude its presence on the race-course, and that nevertheless we may afford a stimulus to god fathers of racing stock. Were it nut, indeed, for that proper spirit of anti•dicta'ion which characterises every true Bri ton, which we observe invariably prevents the owners from adopting any suggestions of ingenious November corre spondents, printed in our own and other journals, we would set up a christening. shop of our own. We know, however, that this is of no use, and seek to guide instead of drive. Give names, good if you can, but anyhow give names.— Sporting Gazette, THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.—In the recent actions the Federats lost in killed 6 generals, 16 colonels and lieu tenant-colonels, and a host of officers ; 11 generals wounded or taken; and 51 colonels and lieut.-colonels wounded. General Wadsworth will be remetnbe,ed by many English officers who visited the army of the Potomac for his hospi tality and courtesy, and Generals Price, Owens, Hayes, and Stephenson are much praised and regretted by the Federal press; but the fact of such a loss argues an immense slaughter and great depression in the ranks.—Army and Navy gazette, FEARFUL CALAMITY AT CARDIFF. CARDIFF Saturday, 8 p.m.—One of the most heartrending occurrences which has occurred for several years in this town took place this afternoon in the West Bute Dock, by which no fewer than seven lives have been sacrificed. For several weeks past, in consequence of the west dock being closed, a number of boys employ3d at the wire-works have been in the habit of amusing themselves at meal times on a raft of timber, which is kept in the west dock for the pur pose of unloading timber vessels. During the dinner hour some fourteen of these youths were amusing themselves upon this raft, and had managed by using their hands and pieces of wood to get into the centre of the dock. At this juncture the bell rang which summoned them to work, and in their anxiety to get on shore they all rushed to one side of the raft, to propel it the faster. By the sudden motion the timbers turned over, and capsized the whole of them into the water, The scene which ensued was most heartrending, for although there were plenty of persons on the quay wall they were unable to render any material aid, as there were no boats in the dock, A few of the lads were good swimmers, and managed to get out of the water with little difficulty, but the greater number were totally unable to keep themselves above water. A young man named Edward Williams acted in the most courageous manner. He sprang into the water and suc ceeded in bringing on shore two or three of the poor lads, but in the last attempt ho sunk from sheer ex baustion, and disappeared still clinging to the poor fellow he was endeavouring to save. Fortunately at this moment he had reached near the shore, and by means of a grappling iron, and the heroic conduct of a man named Merry, who jumped into the water and seized him, he was got out, although insenEible. By great exertion on the part of those present he gradually rallied, tut for more than an hour his life was despaired of. This sad calamity has spread quite a gloom over the town, and the greatest commiseration is felt for the parents end relatives. '1 he engineer of the wire works, Mr, Wm. Rigley, and two (idler men, named James Merry and Thomas Ball, exerted themselves most praise• worthily throughout this most painful event, and it is said endeavoured to dissuade the boys from indulging in the dangerous amusement. In a lawsuit, in which M. B. Ullman, the entre preneur of the Carlotta Patti concerts, is concerned, the vouchers of the moneys derived from these continental concerts have been called into court. From them we learn that, from the 7th of January to the 7ch of April, the pro ceede of the tour have been 221,3951. (about £9,000). To this total Brussels has produced 10,000 f. in three concerts —Belgium, altogether, 24,000f —Amsterdam, in nine con certs, 45,0601—Cologne, in one concert, 7,000?. —Aix-la- Chapelle, Ellerfield, and similar towns, about 4,0001 each. Mdlle. Patti's honorarium for the three months amounts to about 80,000f, The Grchestra. Inspection of the Third Xanchester Volunteers. On Saturday, the 3d Manchester (40th Lanca shire) regiment of rifle volunteers underwent their annual inspection at the Infantry Barracks, Salford. At three o'clock the men assembled in the Chatham College Yard, under the command of Lieut. Colonel the Hon. Algernon Egerton, and headed by an efficient band, were marched through some of the principal streets of the city to the parade ground. There was a strong muster in ale .the companies, and the following was the return made to the ie. spacing officer—Field officers present, 2; absent on leave, 1 ; Captains present, 8 ; absent on leave, 2. Subalterns present, 12 ; absent on leave, 3. Ser geants present, 48 ; absent on leave, 4. Band and buglers present, 4S, Privates present, 445; absent on leave, 201 ; absent without leave, 12. Strength of bettaiion : present, e' , 63 ; absent with leave, 211; absent without leave, 12 ; total, 786. In the absence of Lieutenant Colonel R. Bruce, the inspector of volunteers for L=.ncashire, who had been called away to attend the review ita Hyde Park, Lieu tenant CJlonel Cadwallder Adams, of the 49th Regiment, performed the duties of inspecting officer. The regiment was drawn up in line, and received Colonel Adams with a general salute. The men then marched past in open column, a movement specially adapted to show the relative steadiness and marching capabilities of the com panies severally. Viewed with a critical eye at the point of passing the saluting flag, there was a manifest superiority shown by some of the companies, especially in the rear and supernumary ranks; but considering that the number of recruits in the regiment is about 200, it is more gracious to avoid invidious comparisons, and to be able to say that on the whole the men moved with great regularity and precision. The next movement was to march past in quarter-distance column. In this more compact form they wheeled well together, and moved on in a united mass. In the same form they came a third time round, but now in double quick time, stepping briskly to the tune of " Pop goes the weasel." The regiment was next put through the manual and platoon exercises, by Major Brooks, and the bayonet exercise by the Adjutant, Captain Heaton. The advance in line, stretching the whole width of the barrack yard, the straight line being kept with mathematical accu racy, was much admired. Whilst on the move the several companies wheeled to the right, and formed square on the leading company, and in this form, with fixed baronets, they were moved en masse to the centre of the ground. This, the echelon advance, I and the rapid formation of company squares, were among the subsequent movements which did the regiment much credit. In the skirmishing, the men showed a want of ear for the music of the bugle calls, which had to be interpreted and supplemented by loud shouts from the non-commissioned efficers After minutely examining the arms and appoint ments of the men, Colonel Adems, who had dis mounted, took his stand between the centre com panies, tae remaining comprnes facing inwards. Addressing Col. Egerton and the regiment, he said that their parade had been very creditable indeed, and he felt well satisfied with the way in which they had gone through their various manceavres, Some of the movements had been performed very steadily. The great point which all volunteers should recollect was that, in order to preserve steadiness upon parade, there must be a regular attendance at company drill. Ho had heard both from their colonel and their adjutant that with the 31 Manchester Regiment this was generally the case, and that they were on the whole very atten tive to drill. They must continue to be so, and every year there would be a marked improvement in their performances. It was only by paying attention to such matters that they could possibly hope to be able to work in the field; and they all naturally felt, when they got into the field, that they sheuld like t be able to do as well as other men. He had remarked that some of the arms were not quite the thing. They could not possibly keep their arms in order unless they constantly looked after them, and if not kept in order they were o little or no use when wanted for prize shooting or for work in the field of any description. Those min who were in trade, or who as mechanics wer* accustomed to work with tools of any description made from iron or steel, knew well that when a little rust got upon them, it ruined them in a very short time. It was, in like manner, a matter of necesiry that their arms should be kept thoroughly clean and in proper order, or else when wanted the chances were they would be of no use at all. If they recol ected this advice they would find it, generally speaking, of great advantage. He should be happy to make a favourable report of what he had seen at the corps.--This terminated the proceedings, and the regiment immediately afterwards marched out of the barracks, and were dismissed on their E.rrival in St. Ann's-square. Tragic Incident of the Siege of Charleston, The Charleston Mercury tolls a touching story. Miss Anna Pickens, the daughter of Governor Pickens, while ministering to the wounded in the hospitals of Charles ton, came in contact with a wounded officer, Lieutenant Andrew De Rochelle. The young people fell in love, and after a short courtship it was arranged that they should be mauled on the 223 of last month. " Lieutenant De Rochelle was on duty at Fort Sumter in the morning, and it was determined that the marriage ceremony should take place at the residence of General Bonham in the evening. At the moment the Episcopal clergyman was asking the bride if she was ready a shell fell upon the roof of the building, penetrated to the room where the company assembled, burst, and wounded nine per sons, and among the rest Miss Pickens. We cannot describe the scene that followed. Order was re-estab lished, end the wounded were removed, all except the bride, who lay motionless upon the carpet. Her betrothed, kneeling and bending over her, was weeping bitterly, and trying to stamch the blood that welled from a ter rible wound under her left breast. A surgeon declared that Miss Pickens bad not longer than two hours to live. When the wounded girl recovered her consciousness, she asked to know her fate, and when they hesitated to tell her--' Andrew,' she said, I beg you to tell me the truth. It I must die, I can die worthy of yon.' The young sol dier's tears were his answer, and Miss Anna, summon ing all her strength, attempted to smile, Governor Pickens was almost without consciousness, and Mrs. Pickens looked upon her child with the dry and hag gard eye of one whose reason totters. Lieutenant Le Rochelle was the first to speak. ' Anna,' he cried, I will die soon, too; but I would have you die my wife; there is yet time to unite us.' The young girl did net reply, she was too weak. A slight flush rose for an in stant to her pale cheek; it could be seen that joy and pain were struggling in her spirit for the mastery. Lying upon a sofa, her bridal dress all stained with blood, her hair dishevelled, she had never been more beautiful. Helpless as she was, Lieut. De Rochelle took her hand, and requested the Itev. Mr Dickenson to proceed with the ceremony. When it was time for the dying girl to say yes, her lips parted several times, but she could not articu late. At last the word was spoken, and a slight foam rested upon her lips. The dying agony was near, The minister sobbed as he preceeded with the ceremony. An hour after wards all was over, and the bridal chamber was the cham• her of death, Lieutenant De Rochelle has sworn to perish in battle against the Yankees, and we are sure he will keep his oath," Some uneasiness is felt in Germany at the effect which the lung continued drought may have on the crops, M. de riotow, the brother of the eminent com poser, shot himself last week with a fowling piece, at his country house of Friedrichswaid, near Blankenberg. The deceased was in tho prime of life, and possessed a consider. able fortune, so that every one is lost in conjectures as to the cause of his suicide. Mr. John Oxenford is translating a new German play for Miss B .teman, written by Herr MczAath?.l, the author of "Doborab," or "Leah." It refers to a mediwyal period of Italian history. After Miss Batemat has finished her present engagement in "Leah" (her "last few weeks" are now announced) she will take a holiday, and the new play will probably not be produced before the autumn. The "Thad Heart" will most likely be revived to fill up the interval. Mr. OzAnford is also translating Casimir Delavigne's " Don John of Austria," for Millie. Stella Colas, and it will very shortly be produced at the Princess's.—London Review. The Charivari pub,ishes a woodcut representing a Prussian in full uniform s.tting down, and in the act extending himself over a piece of ground marked "Jutland." Near him is a French soldier who re monetrates, saying, " Take care what you are about ! If you stretch yourself out, I may resolve to do the same. Now ground cannot be taken unless all do the same ! Close by the soldier whL gives the warning are seen "the frontiers of the Rhine .~ J2 ' ,, ,_ : ''' ~..- 5, !;',1, . , s,..orrzr, ' -.0,41.3,,i ~.:,.:,,, ~.,..,.. ~„ *te , eic'sibir tlanot--- _ 11 .---,--_-, ,a, ) , .e__-,... il HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, May 2G. The Queen, with her Royal Highness the Prita' cess Beatrice, and attended by Lsdy Churchill, drove to the falls of Garwalt and throu,.gh Glen Beg. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold went to Invercauld to fish. May 27. The Queen, with her Royal Highness the Prin cess Leiningen, went out in the morning, and drove in the afternoon with their Royal Hiihnesses the Princess Leiningen and Prince Arthur. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louis of Hesse and attended by Lieutenant General. Knoilys, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Major Tees dale, Captain Grey, and Captain von WGaterweller , went on horseback to the review of volunteers which was held is Hyde Park on Saturday after noon. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hasse and Princess Mary of Cambridge, also went in an open carrhgo and four to the re• view in Hyde Park. The Countess of Morton and Middle. de Grancej► in waiting on their Royal Highnesses, attended is a second carriage. The royal party was escorted to the park by a detcehment of the Horse Guards. Tne Princess of Wales and the Princess Louis Of Hesse, attended by the Countess of Morton, Madlle• de Grancoy, and Captain von Westerweller, went to the Princess's Theatre in the evening. The Prince of Wales dined at the annual dinner of the cfficers of the 10th Hussars, at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, attended by Lieut.-General Knollys and Major Teesdale. The Prince and Princess of Wales attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, yesterday morning. The Countess of Morton, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Major Teesdale were 10 attendance. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse attended Divine service at the German Chapel,. St. James's. In the afternoon the Prince and Princess of accompanied by Princa and Princess Louis of Hesse, and at.anded by tue Countess of Morten, Madll e• do Grancey, the Hon. R. 11. Meade, Major Teesda'tzt and Captain von Westerweller, went to •the White Lodge, Richmond Park. Royal Visit to the Chapel Royal, Whitehall+ Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Princ'3 end Princess of Wales were present at the Cnapei hoyall Whitehall, at the 11 o'clock morning se rvicv• Prayers were read by the Rev. Charles Merivale , 13. D., rector of Lanford, Essex, and chaplain of the House of CDmmons. Within the communion rails were the Lord Bishop of London as dean o f bet Mejesty's Chapels Royal; the Very Rev. Arthur Peurhyn Stanley, D.D,, dean of Westminster; the Rev. F. Garden, M.A., sub-dean of her Mtdesty'j Chapels Royal; and the Rev. W. C. Lake, 3.11. A" the permanent Whitehall rreacher. The commonioa service was read by the Bisnop of London as dean of the Chai els Royal; the Dean of Westminste r read the Epistle, and the Sub-dean of the Cnapel 6 Royal the Gospel. The sermon, which was in aid of the Additiona l Carates Aid Society, was preached by the Dean of Westminster. The dean selected his test from the 6th chapter of Galatians, verses 9 and 10—" An d let us not be weary in well doing; for in due sea' son we shall reap if we faint not. As we bane therefore opportunities, let us do good unto all mai especially unto them who are of the household of faith." The Prince and Princess of Wales were attends by the Countess of Morton, General Knollyc, gpd Mjor Teesdale. Their royal highnesses were re' ceived at the outer entrance by Mr. J. HesLiardi private fe2retary to the Dean of the Chapels Royal, who had the honour of conducting them to the royal closet, and of afterwards reconducting them to their carriages. The Lord Chamberlain and a large number of the nobility occupied their pews at this service, and those portions of the chapel free to the public wer e densely crowded. It is estimated that there were over 1,000 persons present. The occasion was 103 , interesting n ne , th e d a y b e i ng th e ann i versa ry 0 1 the restoration of the royal family in 1660. The royal closet is a large massive structu re situate on the right-hand side in the centre of the chapel opposite the pulpit. It had been, we believilf, rearranged en the previous day by the Office (/` Works and Public Buildings for the accommoctati ee of the Prince and Princess and suite, but w ithoa t interfering with the state chairs of the Sovereigl i i l'he royal closet stands within a f e w f ee t o f the Sp° which was the scene of the execution of O% Charles I. The Dean of Westminster made a beautiful all sion in his sermon to the great o pp or t un i ty offere d and lost, on the Restoration of 1660, to the Croy . ; the English nobility, and the Church of Englar ldf and concluded by showing that to a great nati on fresh opportunities Were cons t ant l y occurring, 813 he trusted that n one w h o were present wou ld a l-- any of them to be lost. At the conclusion a handsome collection was r e° ceived for the Additional Curates Aid Society. We learn that the last occupants of the loya l Closet at Whitehall were his Majesty Kiog Liam IV. and Queen Adelaide. The King often t lt; tended this roy a l chap e l, an d we b e li eve it was V I his Majesty was last present at a public servicel about six weeks before his death. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Their Royal Hig h : nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princ eP Mary, accompanied by their Royal Highness-es the Go- a Duke and GraLel Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, " Prince Adolphus of M ec kl e nb urg -S tre l itz , h ono ured t P performances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presen t on Saturday evening. Their R o y a l Hi g h nesses occuP l6 s the Queen's box. Among the fashionable company Pr e ' e „i ll f in the theatre were—the Duchess of St. AlbanS and La'of Diana B,auclerk, the Duke of St. Albans, the Duke Gianada, the Marquis of Hastings and Lady Edith Abo e 4 Hastings and Captain Hastings, R.N. ; the Marquis O f Marchioness of Ailsa, the Marquis and Marchioness Waterford and Miss Leslie, the Marquis of Blandford, the Marquis of Hartington, the Countess of Craven and IA","1 Beatrice Craven and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, the P h ". and Countess of Home and Lady Elizabeth Home, 1 7 0 Countess of Kinnoull and Lady Frances Lloyd and CaP tfr t. Lloyd, the Earl and Countess of Cardig an , t h e Bari " 6 Dudley, the Countess Telaki and Lady Sandys end til e , Hon. Miss Sandys, Viscount and Vi scountess 33 0 Y .,0 35- i Viscount Hinchinbroke, Viscountess Milton, Viee" - 0 1 Sydney, Lord and Lady Norr e y s , L or d Cranston!), Late, John Hay, Lady Emily Kingscote and Colonel Lady Panmure and Mr. Power, Lady Louisa Idoner i ' &e , Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, fl 4 companied by their R o yal Highne s ses the Prince 613 130 " T o o Corsican Loui s H esse, h onoure d t h e performance of T e o Corsican Brothers," at the Royal Princess's Theatre, o f Saturday, by their presence, attended by the Counte ss Morton and Captain von Westerweller. 0 0 The Duke of Marlborough returned to WO Friday tvening off the coast of France. g C Louisa Mirehiouess of Waterford has arriv e 00 , at Farrance's lintel, from Ford Castle, near Colder ° N. 8., for this season. d• The Elrl and Countess of Z.;tland rec eic e io select party at dinner on Saturday, at their rawa si° Arlington-street, Piccadilly, occ a The Earl of Carlisle has considerably imP Ga io r in health during the last few days. 'rho Saturl.y's Dublin papers state that he has "nov, es recovered. of - • • , e parti The Elrl of Duilty entertained a large e friends on Saturday a ft ern oon at Duolein °-3 Park-lane, on the o c cas i on o f th e review of the ride swilred teers in Hyde-park. At least 300 noble personages se'ell',,° at Dudley House to witness the spectacle, and there lr- of , f The his lordship Count's hospitality. t' and Countess L, Bobrinsky anl33 fro ° have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Romp. Sfl a General Comte and Countess Sehe nsteine ee t, family have arr i ve d a t th e Brunswick Efotel,Jern3P-6tr from Paris, Jerniyn-stree.,