The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-31 00:00:00

ALION'S WELCOME to a LlON—Dorset Divinity—Our Own Correspondent at the 'Volunteer FUN, This Week. One Penny. • BONNET'S SILKS a LYON. —Every Article of commerce takes Its title either from the inventor or Manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the greater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex posed by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon e a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, 3lessrs. E d at m teond Falconer and F. B. Chrton. THIS EVENING, will be prodiiced a Grand Stac.r,e Revival of Shak+pere's Chrjnicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. No pains or expense will be spared to render this Dresen tation of our National Author's most popular, and it may be said, most rep-t.sentative English Drama, a becom ng Corn me noratfon, in example, at the National Theatr. , , of the grandeur and comprehensive char:et er of his genius. The cast will include impersonations by those eminent Artists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addison, Mr. Ryder, Mr. Robert Roxby. Mr. Barrett, Mr. E. Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Rose Leclercq, end Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. The new and characteristic scenery will be entirely de • signed and painted by Mr. William Beverley. The costumes, armour, ,tc , will be fashioned from designs by R. W. Keene, Esq , taken from illustrated MSS. of the period, and other authorities. Preceded by a Transatlantic Extravaglnza. by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled THE AL ABANIA., in which Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Lydia Thompson will appear. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, March 31, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone , Chippendale, Rrs, Clark, Gordon, Braid, dm ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Hill oge , Harris, Snowden, &c After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly rower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with, 4th time, a new Farce, by .T. M. Morton, Esq., entitled DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER T LIE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. Alter which, at Eioilt o'clock, the 119th Night of BEL DEIIONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux. Characters by Messrs. Jordan, Chart: s, J. Brougham, Emery, Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, Hiss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge Is glade to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and taat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THE SHEFFIELD DISASTER. Mr. FECHTER, having thoroughly recovered from his late accident, will positively APPEAR on SATURDAY next, April 2, in BEL DENIONIO, when the whole of the profits of that evening will be given in Aid of the Funds for the Sufferers by the late Calamity. EW T HEATRE-R0 AL, ADELPIII.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. A-N THIS EVENING (by desire) a popular Faro'. After which, THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry (his original character), Mr. B. Webster. Commence at 7. ISS BATEMAN.-L E A H.-THIS EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish maiden until further notice. In order to give due effect to Vile most remarkable suv.esq of the season, entirely new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and Sons, and Thompson. New dresses and appo ntments have ben prepared for its production.—N. B. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications at the Box-office, ar rangements have now been made by which Seats m,y be ob tainel a Fortnight in Advance. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with Rank and Fashion.—The greatly successful new Comedy every Eveninz—Re-eng,agement of those cele brated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. —Amongst the artists enraged are Mr. Benj.Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson ; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. Every Evening, at 7, the favourite Pane of FORTY AND FIFTY: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINISO Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and bliss A. Cottrell. Commerce at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, a new Comedietta, A lIUNT FOR A HUSBAND. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPITEU3 AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. ill FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," IL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ban be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHAL [4 CO IPA` Y'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ......265. per ton. I Double.. 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nuts. . .. l9s. „ Deep 225. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. The Weather--Sun Office, March 31, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.31. Wind—South-West; moderate breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DAY..—Morning, 7h. 12m.—Afternoon, 7h. 46m. To-moßnow.-111orning, 811. 20m.—Afternoon, Ta. 10m. Z.eiT jt SUU, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1864. A remarkable argument against centralisation has just now been put forth by M. le Courts DE FALLOUX, in the pages of the newly published number* of Le Correspondant. It appears there, in that brilliant organ of one of the most refined and intellectual classes in France, as an incidental portion of a very discursive contribution, in no par ticular way it R ould seem, at the first superficial glance, to be suggestive of the subject upon which M. DE Fannoux takes occasion thus casually, and almost it would seem apropos des bottes, to descant. It is the earliest among the ten contributions snaking up the present livraison. It affects to be in its very title nothing more than an " Introduction" to a Religious Correspondence. Yet, when the political argument, or, rather, link in the chain arguments here referred to, comes to be more carefully and more deliberately scrutinised, it will be found that the thesis thus maintained by this gifted thinker, and writer, and orator, in direct antagonism to the fearfully repressive influences o f what is understood by us all as meant by that one comprehensive wor d Centralisat i on, is a neces sary ;end an integral portion—is an all-essential in what we link—have, with reason, termed the chain of arguments sug ges t e d by the original subject here submitted b y him to public considera now to any o th er port i on tion. Without referrin g of that same notable chain of arguments—each glowing division of which it may, however figura - tiiely, be remarked has been conscientiously welded into shape by M. DE FALLOUX upon the anvil of reason—we cannot refrain from directing particular attention to the one link already particularized as relating in an especial manner to the deadening and overwhelming system of centralization. And in doing so we shall endeavour as much as possible to let M. DE FALLOTYX speak for himself—with this difference only that it must be iu our own language, What is here said has a particular application, as it appears to us, at this present moment, a very particu lar and impressive application to what is toW going Le Corresponciant. No. CIL Tom. XXV., Pi 473-712, Ch. Dotutiol, Paris, 1564. on in the North of Europe. The Count DE FALLOUX' argument, it will be seen, points to the possible advent of the time, to the inevitable advent of the time, if events that have transpired, and that are now again transpiring, are allowed to develops themselves uninterruptedly, when the minor States of Christendom shall cease to be absorbed into the very few larger ones, when three or four mighty potentates shall share among them the domination of the whole continent. Poland, we know but too well in what execrable manner, has long since been disintegrated and par titioned among its destroyers. Denmark, though M. DE FALLOUT'S argument, it should bo said, in no way refers to it either directly or indirectly, is now being threatened with a similar subversion. The considerations here advanced by M. DE FALLOUX—considerations that seem to ourselves so peculiarly worthy of examination, as applicable, in their logical force, to the perilous position now occupied by the Danish Monarchy and the Danish Nationality as assailed by two of the Five Great Powers of Europe, our philosophic and strictly logical thinker lays before his reader in the newly published lioraison of Le Correspondant thus rhetorically. Those who are more and more for the advancement of this scheme of centralization which his soul abhors—he asks, point blank, Have they realised to themselves what would have become of human dignity and liberty if the country of WILLIAM TELL had never had the capacity to call itself Switzerland, if the cradle of the DE "%Vim and the land of the Count DE MERODE had never enjoyed the opportunity of being distinguished respectively as Holland and as Belgium, if a King of BAVARIA had never enjoyed the power of creating an Athens in the very heart of Germany, if a Duke DE WEDIAR had never had the right to open his Court to GOETHE or to Madame de STAEL ? What propitious days ! he exclaims, at once for peace and for liberty, when Europe shall count n o more than three or four potentates of equal force, and conse quently of equal ambition, dominating from the summit of their vast and irresponsible authority over gigantic populations, having under their hands, here the railways ever ready to transport their colossal armies hither and thither according to their whim or pleasure, here the electric threads of communication as rapid as their caprices, as imperious as their orders ! These considerations surely are suggestive. And while we are musing over them as they are here contributed by M. DE FALLOUX in the pages of Le Correspondant, our thoughts naturally, instinctively, inevitably revert to Poland in the Past and also in the Pre sent, to Denmark in the Present and also in the possible Future. The argument thus advanced by M. DE FALLOtX is as a seed sown by the way : and in the mind, in the heart, of every philosophic thinker it will surely germinate. A letter to the Times of yesterday, from the Mayor of Sheffield, is full of interest, and will doubtless afford great satisfaction to many. It is long since such a sudden and severe calamity took place, and a corresponding excitement has been aroused to meet the exigencies of the case, and to provide for the emergencies that have arisen. Of course in this instance, as in many similar ones, there is found to exist some doubt and difficulty as to the best means to adopt. Mr. JESSOP'S letter is therefore most opportune, and his clear statement of these matters and forcible way of putting his arguments leave nothing further to desire or de mand on the part of those who stood in need of the requisite information and advice. In the first place. he calls attention to the impossibility that exists as to replying to the numerous inquiries that are con stantly being made regarding the sufferers. Doubt. less these individuals are actuated by the best motives in making their requests; but, at the same time, all who have ever had any experience in cases of distress, must know the insuperable obstacles that sometimes interpose to prevent compliance at the period when the information is sought for. In this letter we find a courteous, yet, at the same time, a decided intimation that it is quite impossible for the committee to attend as yet to the queries which seek to know the most minute particulars concern ing the sufferers by this late dreadful disaster. It is well that a distinct notion of this sort should gain ground, as otherwise that large class called busy bodies might do harm by scattering the suggestion that there is a want of care prevailing in the man. agement of affairs at headquarters; Mr. JESSOP goes on to detail what are the objects of the com mittee, what their first care was, and how great was the labour devolving upon them. All these details are interesting and important, and those who have no local connection with the spot must yet feel as if they had some claim on the attention of those who minister to the wants and wait upon the neces sities of the hapless sufferers; for now that this great effiiction has befallen them, we remember only that they are our common countrymen in distress, and seek to do our duty in bearing their burden and alleviating, so far as secondary means can effect, their cruel calamities. The General Committee had ample employment in providing for the security of the funds received from all parts, and also to afford shelter and support to those who were in immediate want throughout the inundated districts. Also, there were other concomitant duties to fulfil, which very likely the ignorant, inexperienced, or unini tiated would never dream of, but which were, nevertheless, of paramount importance as regarded the welfare of the parties concerned, and which, moreover, entailed a vast amount of exertion, and consumed a considerable deal of time. It was a heavy task to restore all the places in the vicinity of the visitation into a proper state again; hut this has now been effected, and the Sanitary Committee have given in a favourable report as to the probabi lity of the health of the town being affected by these disturbing influences. The carcases of drowned animals had to be:buried with despatch, to prevent the spread of fever, the mud and refuse removed from the dwellings, and many other steps taken to arrest the fatal course of infection and impurity. The committee found one considerable object for their labours in discovering the class who w ere in capacitated from continuing their employments through the loss of their implements in th e f l oo d. In order to supply the demands of this distressing need, it has been wisely settled to appoint a branch committee for this special purpose, and it is satis factory to know that already they have spent a thousand pounds in the outlay occasioned by this desirable undertaking. There is no better charity than that which provides people with the means of employment, and it is still better to supply the loss sustained by those who have hitherto maintained themselves by their zeal and industry, but have been arrested in the course of their honest exertions, and paralysed i n their useful and energetic course by th e pressure of a sudden and supreme calamity , which comes like a thief in the night upon them to blight their hopes and cloud their ways. As for the relief of those who euffer from loss of property, this involves a more serious consideration, and it is necessary to wait and see how fur the sums apportioned to meet the distress will enable them t bestow the desired relief. Mr. JESSOP very traly observes that although these suf. ferers may possibly obtain a legal remedy eventually, TEE SUN, LOINDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1864. 4 yet that they cannot afford to wait for the advent of so tardy a succour, as to many " delays will be utter ruin." The concluding paragraph of this commu nication is a very important one, and it is to be trusted that it will meet with due attention. It refers to the requisite amount of subscriptions, and states that so far as it is practicable to form an opinion, the sums already forwarded will not suffice to afford relief to all who cannot afford to wait for it. Instead, therefore, of propounding fruitless inquiries respecting minutim which those who aro engaged in distributing succour have no time to attend to, it will be wiser for all who are willing and able to assist to do so to the utmost of their powers. There can be no cause to despond, for when once the need is folly and fairly stated, it is never found that a suitable response is not made for the assistance of those stricken thus by a great national calamity. It is very gratifying to meet with this communication from one so well fitted to impart the requisite and desired details, and nothing now remains but to wish the committee God-speed in their efforts, and trust that a bountiful supply of funds will flow in to replenish the stores for which so many look with eager and expectant eyes. The eagerness with which the arrival of American news has been watched for since the outbreak of the most disastrous civil war of modern times, has rendered it a matter of some interest and impor tance that the vessels bearing the mails should lose no time in the transit. A gain of a day or two in the passage has been reckoned an enviable dis tinction, and the gratification always felt at the prompt and satisfactory conclusion of a voyage is in such instances anxiously looked for. With such feelings, we may suppose, the crew and pas sengers of the good ship City of New York lay down to rust on the last night of their voyage. The perils of the journey were wellnigh over, the waves of the Atlantic lay behind them, and the shores of the Irish coast were drawing nearer and nearer. A splendid passage, during which the steamer's average rate of speed had been 300 miles a day, was concluding in congenial fashion. The weather was remarkably clear and the moon shining brightly, so that as the ship sighted the harbour of Queenstown, all betokened a safe and speedy termination to a remarkably favourable voyage. But a sudden and startling change was to come over the prosperous picture, and the vessel, steaming into the harbour at the rate of 14 miles an hour, with a cargo and sleeping passengers, was all at once transformed into a helpless wreck—the scene of the wildest confusion and distress. Daunt's Rock, whose name is well known as a word of terror to mariners in those parts, lay right in their way. On its terrible ridge the ship was firmly fixed, while the water rushing into her compart ments, the half-dressed and half-awake passengers startled from sleep, and but half understanding their danger, the signal guns and rockets fired off in the hope of attracting assistance, all combined to produce a scene of the greatest bewilderment and confusion. Happily, confusion, fright, and loss of property were the worst features in the case, no lives being lost. This is itself a very great cause for thank fulness, but it behoves us none the less to inquire stringently into the origin of so lamentable an accident. Daunt's Rock, which lies to the south west of Queenstown Harbour, has long been known to offer dangerous obstacles to navigation. It has a succession of ledges, over which the City of New York happily passed, becoming firmly embedded on the centre ridge. Had she rested on one of the outer ledges there is reason to believe that the disaster would have been far more serious, as the loss of 11e would most likely have been considerable. So formidable was this rock known to be that last year the Mayor of Cork took occasion to call the attention of the Board of Trade to the subject, pointing out the great danger to which ships and their crews were ex posed in entering Queenstown Harbour, and sug gesting that sours steps should immediately be taken with a view to preventing catastrophes. Ho proposed that a lighthouse should be built upon it ; or, better still, that some efforts should bo made to remove it altogether from so invidious a position. Governments, however, have not got much further since the days of SYDNEY SMITH, when, as we all know, it required the holocaust of a bishop to obtain any necessary reform. So now the circumlocution office, or the economising office, or some:other malign influence, hesitates, and doubts, and demurs over urgently needed im provements until some great crash, some whole sale catastrophe sweeps away hundreds of lives and millions of property, to the late regret and tardy commiseration of those who might have altogether averted the evil. Why, when the dangers of this rock were so clearly pointed out by a gentleman whose local office, as well es his Parliamentary position, rendered his words of weight, was not official attention im mediately directed to the subject, and practical steps at once taken to provide a remedy. For the sake of a foolish temporary saving, a valuable ship has become a total wreck, hundreds of lives have been jeopardised, a cargo of the most precious of all merchandise just now is lost and damaged, and all this anxiety, distress, [led waste has been in curred in face of the plainest warnings. On the appearance of Mr. MAGUIRE'S letter, we called attention to it, strongly supporting his views. There were two courses open to the Board of Trade—either to erect a lighthouse or to destroy the rock—but neither of these were followed. The awkward question and the costly experiment were staved off to a more convenient opportunity, and we can only rejoice that the lesson has been learned at the expense of S.; s. d. rather than of human life ! Surely such a thing as this comes directly within the scope of our Board of Trade, and it is certainly strange and hard if our well•paid officials cannot or will not see to such claims of paramount force. It has been a mere question of delay ; for assuredly the public will not be satisfied to leave the matter where it is, or to suffer Daunt's Rock to remain barring the passage into Queenstown harbour, and strewing the very first and last miles of the Atlantic voyage with great and needless dangers. THEATRE RO7AL, LYCEtI3I.—Mr. Fechter, who has been unable to appear in "Bel Domonio" for the last fortnight, in coAsequence of an accident which he met with during the pJrformanco, will resume his original character on Saturday night next, when the whole of the profits will be devoted to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the inundation near Sheffi ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—The annual per formance in aid of the funds of the Royal Dramatic College will take place at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane on Wednesday morning, the 13th April next, at two o'clock. The comedy represented will be " The School for Scandal," supported by Mr Phelps, Mr Sims Reeves, Mr Addison, Mr Creswick, Mr Charles Mathews, Mr Buckstone, Mr Comp`ion, Mr Toole, Mr B. Webster, Mr Frank Matthews, Mrs Charles Mathews, Mrs Billington, Mrs Marston, Miss H. Simms, &c. The amateur orchestra, known as the Wandering Minstrels, have consented to perform the music on the occasion. GREAT SALE OF WORKS OF ART.—A private view of the valuable and choice collection of pictures (ancient and modern), coins, medals, gem; and various other objects of art and virtu, formed by the late Mr. John Wat kins Brett, of Hanover-square, 'will take place to-day at the rooms of Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, where tho sale of this important collection will commence on Tuesday next, and will continue for eleven days. There are upwards of 2,000 lots enumerated in the catalogue, and the sale will no doubt be attended by amateurs and others from all parts of the cotuttry. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREIITER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE HOLSTEIN ESTATES. ALTONA, MARCEE 31. The deputies of the Holstein Estates will meet at Kiel on Tuesday next. They have been convened by Professor Behn, Count Rantzan, Herr Reineke, Pastors Veremann end Schrader. THE ENGLISH NOTES TO THE GERMANIC DIET, FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, MARCH 30. The following is the exact text of the English Note communicated to Thiron Kubeck, the Presi dent of the Federal Diet, by Sir Alexander Malet, the English Minister, an analyses of which was forwarded yesterday : " MARcu 23. " The undersigned, he: Britannic Majesty's En voy extraordinary, 8:3., has the honour to lay the following communication, in the name of his Go vernment, before his Excellency Baron von Kubeck, &e., the President of the high Federal Diet, with the request that he will submit it to the Assembly over which he presides. "Her Majesty has seen the outbreak of hostilities in the North of Europe with great regret. " While taking a deep interest in the welfare of the inhabitants of the Duchies of Holstein, Lauen burg, and Schleswig, her Majesty deplores the con tinuation of a contest calculated to threaten the in dependence of a State forming a component part of the general European system, and contributing to the balance of power. " Her Majesty would equally regret, upon the score of humanity, the sacrifice of human life which the prolongation of the war would entail. "Her Majesty has, therefore, requested the Courts of Austria, Prussia, and Denmark to empower re presentatives, who should meet at a Conference, to b 3 held in London, the object of which is the deli beration upon the means to be adopted for the re. establishment of the blessings of peace. " The Governments of Austria and Prussia have signified their readiness to send representatives to such a Conference. " The Government of Denmark has also signified its assent to a Conference, provided such meeting should be authorised to deliberate upon the basis of the treaties of 1851-52. "These treaties having been concluded under the auspices of Austria and Prussia, and the arrange ments effected with Denmark having received the approval of the Germanic Diet, her Majesty's Go 4 vernment would have been quite disposed to accept these treaties and arrangements as the point of departure for the deliberations of the Conference of 1864. " As, however, it is desirable to avoid all mis understanding, and the delay which might be ap prehended therefrom, her Majesty proposes to lay down simply the following as the basis of the Con ference:—To find a means for restoring to the North of Europa the blessings of peace.—The undersigned takes this oppnrkunity, &e., (Signed) "A. MALET." The second Note, containing the formal invitation to the Diet to take part in the Conference, was for warded on the 26th inst. The text is as follows : " MARcu 26. "In reference to his Note of the 23d inst., the undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty, has the honour to iuturm hitt Excellency the President of the Federal Diet that it is the wish of her Majesty's Government the proposed Conferences should be opened in London upon the 12th April nest. While conveying to the high FederelDiet the invitation of her Majesty's Government to participate in this effort to restore the biessings of peace to the North of Europe by instructing a representative to take part in the Conference, the undersigned is desired to inquire whether the period appointed by her Majesty's Government would be convenient to the high assembly presided over by his Excellency. " The undersigned, &e., (Signed) ,4 A. MALET," SPAIN. MADRID, Mancrt, 30. The Epoca of to-day advocates the recognition of the Kingdom of Italy by Spain. Banquets continue to be given in honour of the chiefs of the Progressist party, Senor Olczaga and General Prim. The latest have taken place at Sarragossa, Valencia, and Alicante. The subjoined is from a Madrid letter :—" Some English journals have attributed the last Ministerial crisis to the influence of M. de S latnanca, and of a sum of money which that wealthy banker is said to have given at the palace. This is not precisely true. My information on that subject is authentic, and will, I believe, be read with interest. A short time back the funds of the royal patrimony were exhausted, and the Court was in urgent need of a sum of 12,000,000 reale. The General Adminis trator, M. Goicoerrotea, at the desire of the Queen, endeavoured to ne got i a t e a l oan , an d, for that put . _ pose, applied to a S pan i s h b an k er , a grandee of Spain. The latt er , h owever, requ i re d a n interest of a ppeared 14 per cent. That ra t e , h owever , so exor bitant that the negotiations were broken off. M. Goicoerrotea then applied to Al. de Salamanca, who at once placed the sum at the disposal of her Ma jesty. When the question of interest was men tioned the banker declared that Lis entire fortune was at the disposal of the Queen without any in_ terest whatever, and it was only on the refusal of her Majesty to accept the loan on such terms that he consented t o rece i ve th e rats paid on sums depo sited in the C a i sse d es D epo ts. Such is the truth respecting the loan o f mon ey a t the palace made by M. de Salama nca ." Th e wr iter then proceeds to assign the real reasons for the change. The letter says:—" Th e Q ueen - mot h er has a great desire to return to Sp a i n ; s h e has already made re peated attempt s t o o b ta i n the consent Isabella, he r d aug h ter. Th e King-consort ener getically opp ose d to the retu rn Queen but will not appear i n t h e eyesof Queen Christina, is of of Spain and of Europe to for m an o b s t ac l e to it. I formerly men tioned that on a similar request b ein g made b y the Queen-moth er, M arsha l O'Donnell, who was then President o f t h e C ounc il o f Ministers, being con sultedueen Isabella, replied, lam not opposed to the retu rn o f the Queen-m other to Spain, only I must decla re t o your M a jesty that on the day on which that re t urn s h a ll t a ke place, I withdraw from among the councillors of the Crown.' The King had thus found a responsible representative, and from that day became the most powerful supporter at the palace of the Vicalvarists. 'Tho dissolution of the Chambers, consented to by the Queen, was of a nature to maintain the moderate party in power, indefinitely, and few months would have elapsed without Queen Christina being authorised to re turn to Spain. It was necessary to prevent that return, at any price, and from that fact arose the sudden change in the dispositions of Queen Isabella toward the Arrazala-Lersundi ministry. The Liberal Union is now a:one opposed to the return of the Queen-mother, for Moderatists and Pao gressists are in accord nn-,v, in edmitting that it no longer presents any dangers." ITALY. A letter dated Turin the 26th inst., says--" The Chambers are convoked for April 12. There is not at present any thing of importance to occupy the advisers of the Crown. O the eight Ministers four have left Turin. M, Minghetti giarted yesterday for Bologna, M. Peruzzi is in Tuscany, M. Visconti- Venosta is at Milan, and M. Cuglia has gone to Caliari. The first subject that will be discussed will be the Budget, and some lively debates are expected. The Ministry is as anxious to give some political explanations as the Chamber is to hear them. The Italian Government is also much occupied with the question of brigandage. " Count Vimercati has returned from Paris. The Marquis de Tagliacarne, who has left the Embassy at Stockholm, does so simply on the grounds of his health, which cannot stand so cold a climate. We are shortly to have a grand carousal here. It will represent the triumphant entrance of Mark-Antony Coloana into Rome atter the battle of Lepanto. Tie Turkish Minister is said to have protested against it as insulting to Turkey, but no notice has been taken of the protest. "The Prince of Cisterns, the last scion of one of the oldest families in Piedmont, died this morning. With him an illustrious line becomes extinct." THE POLISH INSURRECTION. The Official Journal of Warsaw states that Lieu tenant Domanski, formerly of the Russian army, but who resigned, and had since formed part of Taczanowski's band of insurgents, having been made prisoner, was recently triad by a military tribunal and condemned to death. The sentence was shortly after pr a t into execution. FRANCE. The Lyons journals give a long account of a grand cavalcade which took place in that city on Monday, and which, notwithstanding the cold and windy weather, attracted a vast number of spectators. The principal car in the procession carried a statue representing the Industry of Lyons, surrounded by a display of rich silks and velvets, and four statues of children each holding some instrument employed in their manufacture. Other ears represented the Army, Navy, and Agriculture, and Typography. On this last was a printing-press, with which work men struck offend sold to the crowd,for the benefit of the poor, a cantata in honour of Lyons, written for the occasion by a poetical compositor named Vingtrinier. The car of the Orpheons held flags bearing the names of the different societies, and in the midst of them were personages representing Apollo and Orpheus, who seemed to suffer terribly from this cold. The persons in historical costumes were well dressed, and so numerous that the proces sion was nearly an hour passing any given point. The amount of the collection for the benefit of the poor was nearly 30,000 f. BOURSE, March 30.—But little change has taken place in the tone of the market, and the near ap. preach of the settlement still acts as a bar to any fresh operation of consequence. Threes, for the Account, have up to the present time alternated be tween 65f. 80c. and 65f. 90. Mobilier shows a slight improvement, being now at 1,046 f. 25c. Little animation in the Railway Market, but with prices pretty well maintained. The market closed as fol lows : 41 per Cents, 93 10 Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 65 80 Credit M0bi1ier...,1042 50 Do. end month 1042 50 Bank Shares 3295 Credit I , oneier 1275 Roman RAIL' Italian Loan . 65 Do. end month.... 67 65 gew ditto ...... -- -- Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes., , 5l 50 Home Debt Deferred 'AYS. Cash. Account. 996 25 .. 998 75 980 .. 980 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New, ditto Southern Western Eastern Sarilinian Austrian Lombard North cf Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 950 - .. 950 - 900 - - - 658 75 .. 657 60 522 50 .. 525 - 477 50 .. 477 60 368 75 367 50 410 - 410 - 547 50 .. 547 50 483 75 .. 487 50 583 75 .. 585 - 276 50 - THE SHEFFIELD CALAMITY. The following important correspondence has passed between Sir G. Grey, the Secretary for Rome Affairs, and the directors of the Sheffield Water works : Whitehall, 28th March, 1864. Sir, —I am directed by Secretary Sir G, Grey to transmit to you a copy of a letter which he has this day received from Mr, Rawlinson, C.E.. and to remind you of the very serious t esponsibility which the Sheffield Waterworks Com pany will incur if, after the failure of the Bradfield reser voir, and with a knowledge of the opinion expressed by emi nent engineers, as well as by the coroner's jury, as to the errors committed in its construction, the company continue to construct the reservoir at the Agden embankment on the same plan, and without adopting proper measures for pre venting similar consequences to those which are alleged to have produced the catastrophe at the Bradfield reservoir, attended by such a fearful loss of life as will as destruction of property,—l am, sir, your obedient servant, IL WADDINGTON ' To the Chairman of the Sheffield Waterworks Company, Sheffield. (Copy•) , BRADFIELD RESERVOIR FAILURE, SHEFFIELD. London, 28th March 1864. To the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, Bart., M.P., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Sir,—On the 25th inst I visited and inspected the works in progress at the Agden embankment now in course of construction near to the site of Bradfield failure. All that is objectionable in subsoil, in design, in material, and in execution at Bradfield is equally objectionable at the Agden embankment, but notwithstanding.the verdict of the jury on the 24th, the works were being actively prosecuted on the 25th inst. I beg to recommend that the attention of the Sheffield Waterworks Company be officially directed to the opinion of the jury, viz —" That, in our opinion, there has not been that engineering skill and attention in the con struction of the works which their magnitude and import ance demanded." Cast-iron pipes are laid through and be neath the made portion of the embankment at its deepest part. These pipes ought to be removed and placed in a tunnel or culvert formed securely on one side of the reservoir in solid ground. The material now put into the embankment is largely mixed with rubble stone, so as to make the mass of the embankment porous. The stratified and open-jointed seams of rocks within the water area of the reservoir are being bared, and, in fact, everything ob jectionable at the Bradfield embankment, which has failed, is now in course of repetition at the Agden embankment. I beg to recommend that these facts and opinions be officially laid before the company and the local municipal authorities of Sheffield.—l have, &c., (Signed) ROBERT RAWLINSON. Waterworks-office, Sheffield, 9th March, 1864. To tho Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Home Affairs. have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th inst., enclosing a copy of a report from Mr. Rawlinson, which I have laid before the board of directors of the Sheffield Waterworks. I have to inform you that the verdict of the coroner's jury on some of the sufferers from the late disaster at Sheffield was de livered on Thursday evening, the 24th inst. The following day, being Good Friday, the board did not meet. On Saturday, the 25th inst,, the board met, and their first business was to give instructions to stop the work at Agden to which your letter refers, and it will not be proceeded with until the directors have the best possible advice as to the future construction of the reservoir.---I have the honour to remain, sir, your most obedient servant, W. Sxrrn, Chairman of the Waterworks Company. " DON QUIXOTE," by Victorien Sardon, is ra - pidly preparing at the Gymnase. CooL,—A Danish officer has taken on himself the mission of studying the deviations, according to dis tance, of the rifles of the Pruslians. He goes every day to the advanced posts, provided with a glass, and makes a memorandum of his observations. The day before yester day a German rifleman perceived this officer on the look out at the distance of about GOO metres. The soldier, in stinctively obedient to military discipline, respectfully made a salute, and then proceeded to attempt to lodge a ball in the officer's body. Tho latter rejoiced at the opportunity of making a fresh observation, and whilst the soldier placed himself against a tree in order to take a steadier aim, the officer raised his glass to watch his movements. " That is all right," said he; ," the muzzle is just ou a line with my breast—we shall see." The trigger was pulled, and the Dane quietly wrote down, " At the distance of about GOO yards the deviation of a ball from a rifled musket is about one metre. "J THE NEW CLERK OF ASSIZE ON THE WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Mr. Thomas Eiward Chitty, of the Northern Circuit, has been appointed clerk of assize on the Western Circuit, in succession to Mr. Sidney Gurney (son of the late Baron Gurney, and brother of the Recorder of London), whose recent premature death at Dorchester when on circuit, is so generally regretted. Mr. Chitty is a graduate of Oriel College, Oxford, and is a brother of Mr. J. W. Chitty, who is well known as a cricketer at Eton and an oarsman at Oxford—the umpire for many years in the 04- turd and Cambridge boat-race. Royal Horticultural Society, Yesterday, we are happy to say, her Majesty de parted from the rule of strict seclusion which since her sad bereavement she has maintained, and paid a visit to the second flower-show of the season at the grounds of this society at Kensington. The visit, as far as the outward state of royalty is concerned, was private, but private in no other sense, for her intention of honouring the exhibition had been pre viously intimated, and most of the members of the society, with a large number of visitors, in all some 3,000 spectators, were present on this occasion. Outside the grounds, too, there was a considerable crowd near the entrance, which waited from an early hour in the hope of getting even a passing glimpse of her Majesty. The loyal patience of this crowd was severely tried, for the wind was high and keen, and the monotonous downpour of rein was only alternated with showers of sleet and snow. Even her Majesty's proverbial good fortune in weather is insufficient, it seems, to remove , the ban of inclemency under which the fetes of this society always suffer. As at Chiswick in bygone years, so at Kensington now, a flower show at the Horticultural always means rain, if it does not, as yesterday, mean snow as well. Her Majesty arrived at precisely the hour she had inti mated, 11 o'clock, and her appearance was wel comed with the most enthusiastic cheers by the crowd outside. Mr. Henry Cole, Mr. Wilson Saun ders, Sir Wentworth Dilke, and all the members of the Council of the Society were in waiting at the entrance to receive her Majesty, and ushered her at once to the entrance-hall, where part of the flower show was laid out. Her Majesty was attired in plain deep widow's weeds, and appeared in excel lent health. With her Majesty was her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, who was not in mourning, and in attendance were the Countess of Gainsborough, the Hon. Lucy Ker, General Grey, &c. The show, like all flower-shows at this season of the year, was very small, and not remarkable for any special excellence, if we leave out of sight the extreme difficulty of rearing flowers at all even in stove-houses at this period of the winter. Her Majesty and the Princess Helena, however, ex amined it in detail with considerable interest. Two collections of roses, sent by M. Turner, of Slough, and by Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, were much admired by her Majesty, who stayed some time examining the great size and splendid colour of the various specimens. Mr. Bull's collection of rare plants, some of which were very beautiful, were also honoured with a long inspection. There were some fine collections of tulips, lilies of the val ley, and hyacinths—the latter of remarkable size and beauty—to which the attention of her Majesty was directed. One flower of the latter class is named after the late Prince Consort, and is almost jet black in colour. Everywhere her Majesty passed she was received wish the most profound marks'of respect by the visitors, to all of which, with her usual kindly courtesy, the Queen made deep acknowledgments. After a short stay in the show, her Majesty, accompanied by the Council, and fol lowed at some distance by many of the visitors, went into the arcades and passed completely round the grounds to where her statue by Mr. Durham, which was to have occupied the summit of the Ex hibition memorial, has been placed on a temporary pedestal. After a few moments spent in examining this fine work the conservatory was entered. Here the band of the Guards was stationed, and, imme diately on the arrival of the Royal party, played the National Anthem—the only incident of the visit with which her Majesty did not seem to be entirely pleased. In the conservatory, which is now in the most exquisite order, and almost in the full bloom of its spring, her Majesty remained for a few minutes, graciously expressing to the Council the pleasure she had derived from her visit. The Royal party then left the grounds by the north entrance in the Kensington-road, after a visit of nearly an hour, During the remainder of the day the flower show was visited by what, in the face of tho weather, might almost be called large numbers—for, as every society knows, flower shows at this early season of the year do not draw. That at the Horticultural Society's grounds yesterday was only one of those rare exceptions which serve to prove a rule, and it is almost needless to state in this instance how much of the attendance of Visitors in the afternoon was due to the fact that her Majesty had honoured the display in the morning. The success of the show was unlocked for as regards the Society, though not undeserved, for the plants and flowers were far finer than could have been expected at this end of a long winter. The following prizes were awarded to the chief competitors : Six Camelias in Flower, distinct kinds (amateurs)-Ist prize, withheld; 2d, Mr W. Young, gardener to Mr R. Bar clay, Highgate. Four Rhododendrons, four kinds (amateurs)-Ist prize, Mr W. Young, gardener to Mr R. Barclay, Highgate. Six Roses in pots, distinct kinds (open)-Ist prize, Mr C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough ; 2d, Messrs Paul and Son, Old Nurseries, Cheshunt. Twenty-four Hyacinths, distinct kinds (nurserymen) Ist prize, Messrs W. Cutbush and Son, Highgate; 2d, Mr W. Paul, Waltham-cross. Twelve Hyacinths, distinct kinds (amateurs)-Ist prize, Mr W. Young, gardener to Mr It Barclay, Highgate; 2d, Mr A.. Carr, gardener to Mr B. Noakes, Highgate. Twelve pots of Tulips, four kinds (open)-Ist prize, Messrs W, Cutbush and Son, Highgate Nurseries, and Mr W. Paul, Waltham•erosg (equal); 2d, Mr W. Young, gar dener to Mr R. Barclay, Highgate. Collection of 18 Forced Flowers, various (open)-Ist prize, Mr W. H. Treen, Victoria Nursery, Rugby; 2d, Mr W• Young, gardener to Mr R. Barclay, Highgate. Six Geraniums, forced, distinct kinds (open)—let prize Mr C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough • Twelve Camelias, cut blooms (nurserymen) —lst prize, Mr W. H. Treen, Rugby. Six Camelias, cut blooms, distinct kinds (amateurs) — Mr T. Todman, gardener to Mr R. Hudson, Clapham- common. Six pots of Lilies of the Valley (open)-Ist prize, Mr W . Howard, the Gardens, Bedford hill, Balham ; 2d, Mr W • Bartlett, Shaftesbury-road, Hammersmith. Miscellaneous Collections—Plants in Flower (open)— Extra prizes, Mr Wm. Bull, for collection of new and rare plants ; Messrs Paul and Son, for collection of cut roses ; Mr Wm. Paul and Messrs W. Cutbush and Son, for collec tions of hyacinths; Mr Wm, Paul, for collection of cut roses; Mr. Wm. Bull, for collection of azaleas; and Messrs Paul and Son ; for collection of cut roses. DIARY OF THE JAPANESE AMBASSADORS.—The Japanese Ambassadors who visited this country last last year have published their diary through the bookseller Fou-Yah, at Yeddo. Among other things it is therein said that the people of the West are very little different from each other; the dresses are the same as well as the v. eapons, though one nation manages them better than another ; the French above all appear to excel therein. Ceremonies and honours are very easy, and the honours to be paid to a Sovereign are very nearly the same as to a person of infe rior rank—one takes his hat off, makes a small reverence, and therewith the thing is finished. At our audiences with the princes they were hot separated from us by a curtain ; even the princess was not veiled, and sits as high as the prince. The lords were very civil, even too civil, for they allowed us to eat and drink more than was in accordance with our ceremonies. The lower classes were less civil, and unequivocally d emonstrated that they found us ugly. Among the women there are many handsome ones—among others the Empress of the French. They run like a man. In order to appear taller they wear a high bonnet. Even fashion able women dance very much; they hang on the arm of the men, and one sees the men frequently run along the streets in the arms of women. We believe them to be their own wives. Women in general enjoy too ranch liberty, and the fashionable ones wear the same dresses as those of the lower class. The dress of the women, especially at night, is not always decent. Excepting the Dutch women, all other European women stand below the French. The men are stiff, rough, and a little proud; they wear no weapons, and very seldom the distinctions of their rank. It appears that everybody, and even the fashionable people, frequent the " cafes." High officers even fre quent the theatres. We were sorry we could not understand everything there. Almost everybody had a spying .glass, which, perhaps from distraction, was always directed at us. The merchants are proud, and the shop keepers do not like one to turn their articles too much about. It annoyed us very much to see raw meat exhibited in the towns. Eating meat is otten very healthy ; but why exhibit it to every one ? In Paris and London they run (walk) very fast, just as they do in our country when there is a fire. The houses are so high that they must be destroyed at the first earthquake, They appear, however, to stand against fire. It is stated that Mr. Thier3 is about to offer to the world the collection of magnificent engravings which he has been for SO many years accumulating, i gra a Vs, HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 30. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, went to London this morning. Her Majesty travelled by special train to the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway, and proceeded thence to South Kensington, and visited the Horticultural Gardens. Her Majesty afterwards honoured the Countess of Elgin wish a visit, and returned to Windsor Castle. In attendance were the Countees of Gainsborough, the Lady Augusta Stanley, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel H. Ponsonby, and Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the infant Prince Victor Albert, left the Castle this morning for Marlborough House, attended by the Hon. Mrs, Bruce, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel and Dr. Holzmann. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Eiphinstone, also left the Castle this morning for Greenwich-park. Lord Rivers and Colonel F. Seymour, C. 8., have suc ceeded Lord Talbot de Malahide and Colonel the Hon, A. Liddell as Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Majesty the King of the Belgians has minutely in spected Mr. Whitworth's one-pounder mountain gun and carriage, and also his large-bone rifle intended to fire the projectile with a wooden ping which he has lately invented. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to Marl borough House yesterday morning from a visit to th Queen at Windsor Castle. Their Royal. Highnesses were at tended by the Hon. Mrs, Bruce, Lieutenant• colonel Kep pel, and Dr. Holzniann, The Prince of Wales visited Prince Philip of Wurtem berg at the Clarendon Hotel. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. PRINCE ALFRED.—Oa Tuesday evening the Right Hon. the Lord Advocate entertained his Royal High ness Prince Alfred to dinner at his house in Great Stuart street, Edinburgh. After dinner an evening party was held. His royal highness will visit Wishaw House to-morrow, for the purpose of spending a few days as the guest of Lord and Lady Belhaven. The prince is expected to go to Ha milton Palace, Cadzow, and other places of interest around Hamilton on Saturday, His Royal HighNess the Duke of Cambridge and suite arrived at the Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, last night from Chatham. His ro3 al highness reviewed the troops of the garrison to-day, and will leave Dover to-morrow to pursue his official tour of inspection. His Grace the Archbishop of York (Dr. Thomson) has taken 10, Belgrave-scinare, for the season. His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Wurtem. berg has returned to the Clarendon Hotel from Windsor Castle. The Prince of Wales called on his royal highness yesterday afternoon. The Duke of Newcastle is so far recovered from his recent illness that it is expected the noble duke will remove from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, tomorrow, to the Countess of Caledon's mansion on Carlton House. terrace, which his grace has taken for the season. The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort has left town for Grimston Park, near Tadcaster, on a visit to Lord and Lady Londesborough, The Earl de Grey is expected to arrive in town to-morrow night, or early the following morning, from Studey Park, near Ripon. The countess and the young Viscount Goderich will probably return to town on Monday. The Countess of Dalkeith gave birth to a son yesterday, at the family town house in Hamilton-place, Pic cadilly. Her ladyship and infant are progressing favourably. The Rid and Countess of Arran and family have left London for Brighton. The Countess of Kinnoul is, we learn, greatly improved in health. He: ladyship has been very ill. Viscount and Lady Blanche Dupplin left town yesterday for Dupplin Castle, near Perth, N.B. Vicomte Freilhard, First Secretary to the French Legation at Washington, with the Vicomtesse de Freilhard and family, have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. GEN. FLEURY AND COUNT BACCIOCIII are, it i$ said, about to be made senators. THE SUCCESS OF M. JULES JANIN as a mai date for the Academy appears to be tolerably certain. Lord Broughton, who has quite recovered from his indisposition, is expected to arrive in town on Monday next from Tiiworth Park, Wilts. Captain and Lady Jane Walsh left town yester day to spend a few days with Lord and Lady Londss• borough at Grimston Park, Yozkshire. Sir Watkiu W. Wynn, Bart., and Captain Bulkeley have left Tirynnstay for Brighton. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grosvenor•gate for Hughenden Manor. THE ACCIDENT AT THE REVIEW AT GUILD. FORD.—We regret to announce the death of the Rev. Cuthbert Earle, who was accidental:y shot in the groin b} a ramrod during the volunteer review, which took place at Guildford on Monday. Immediately on the acci dent occurring Mr. Earle was conveyed to the hospital tent on the ground, where he was attended by Mr. F. D. Ross and Mr. T, Butler, the surgeons of the day. He was sub sequently removed to his residence at Albury, about seven miles from Guildford, but, in spite of every attention, he gradually sank, and died yesterday morning. The rev. gentleman, who was about 60 years of age, was one of the ministers of the Catholic Apostolic Church erected by the late Mr. Drummond. KILLED BY ETTQUETTE.—In 1778 they (George 111. and his Queen) stood to the infant daughter of the last Duke and Duchess of Chandos. Cornwallis, Arch bishop of Canterbury (the Sunday drums of whose wife at Lambeth Palace scandalised the religious world), officiated. The baby, overwhelmed by whole mountains of lace, lay in a dead faint. Her mother was so tender on the point of etiquette, that she would not let the little incident trouble a ceremony at which a king and queen were about to endow her child with the names of Georgina Charlotte I As Corn wallis gave back the infant to her nurse, he remarked that it was the quietest baby he had ever held. Poor victim of ceremony 1 It was not quite dead, but dying; in a few un conscious hours, it calmly slept away into an immortal waking,—Cornhill Magazine for April, ENTRAPPING IRISH EMIGRANTS.—A correspondent writes :—The articles of the Irish Amerti• can and Boston Courier on the "Entrapping Irish Emi grants" for the army under the name of " Railway Contracts," ought to open the eyes of the Government to the Federal Enlistment Law. O'Connell boasted of driving a coach and four through any Act of Parliament, and Messrs, Seward and Adams can laugh in their sleeves at the infringement of our laws under an Act of Congress that supplies the funds. If Earl Russell took the same trouble to discover recruiting in Ireland as the Yankees did in Canada when they expelled Sir John Crampton and Mr. Barclay, there would be more ample and strong reasons fa handing Mr. Adams his passports. BON "R— VOYAGE I" OF VICTOR EMANUEL'S GOVERNMENT TO GENERAL GARIBALDI !—The fol lowing is a letter addressed to the Turin paper 1 .1 Diritto, of the 27th inst., by Signor Adriano Lemmi• the treasurer of the " Garibaldi Committee for the Unity of Italy" in that town, and agent for the general in his private affairs :—" Turin, March 26.—Dear sir,—Allow me to publish in your columns that this morning, at 12 o'clock, the Public Prosecutor (Procuratore del Rey), the examining judge (giudice d' istruzione), and many officials of the Go' vernment, entered my house, and sequestrated the sum of 2,625 f., consisting of a check of 100 f. from Victor Hugo to General Garibaldi, and of 2,525 f. belonging to my current account with the general. They also sequestrated my cash book (allowing me to take out of it all the pages which ha d no reference to the accounts of General Garibaldi, five copies of a circular of January 14, 1864, and a letter from the 11 ° ° ' Cadolini (a member of Parliament), expressing regret at not having seen the name of the printer attached to those circulars. I must add that the sequestration was conducted with much courtesy.— Yours, &e., ADRIANO LE)DAI." DIE CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IN MA N : CIIESTER.—Ann Leslie was brought up on remai n . at the City Police Court yesterday charged with shooting' a a gentleman, whose name, though known to th e p olice, bas s r not publicly transpired. Inspector Godby sai d the pris°l3.e_ was charged with attempting to shoot a gentl eman near tn. Victoria Railway Station on the evening of the 22d instants She had been remanded from the 23d inst. for the produc; tion of witnesses; but there were priv ate reasons' n_ case which made it desirable to ask for a further adjour her ment to Friday. In reply to the usual question whet she i h 3r a i d so a n n e );th an in s g sve t o r say why hi she d o s t hou n ld tnoostabye. r eTtchaen pease s d at: was then adjourned to Fn day, The prisoner, wbo s 0 most determined-looking, wo man, seemed utter l y carel. et her position.