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

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,' Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week , viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and batsrday. Extra Night.. THIS EVENING (MONDAY), May 2, w:11 be performed Rocsinrs grand opera, GUG LIEL3IO TELL. Matilde, lidite. Marie Battu ; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani ; Jemmy, Madame Rudersdorff ; MeLthil, Signor Polonini ; Walter. Herr Schmid ; Gesler, Signor Tagliafico ; 110 Pe ca- Signor Neri- tiaraldi ; and Arnoldo, Signor Wachtel. La Tyrolienne w.ll be danced by Mdlle. Satviosi, Mdile. Carmine, and Mollie. Navarre. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta Is, I Os. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a scene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Aster which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of ShalcJpere's Chr,nicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those emincAt Xrtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addison, Mr. Ryder, Mr. hobert iloxby. Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner , Mr. H. Vandenho, Mr. ff Belmore, Mr. }Merton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville; MiS B Edith Wynne, M ss it , se Leclercq , ,nd Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-laae Com pany To • conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HAN M. AIIKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Farren and Miss M. Harris. After which, DAVID GAR,RICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Wealhersby, &c.; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Win. Farren, Coe, Src. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly rower, MR, Wright, Elopers, &c. Commence at 7. ROY Al, LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence With TUE DAY AFTER 'r HE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combo, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. Atter which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Messrs. J. Brougham, Emery, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Leclereq, Miss Ilenrade, tubs P. Leclercq ; Mrs. Winstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Tills EVENING, DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. After which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson; Mercutio, Mr. Vining; Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. NEW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL soIe Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS :EVENING,an apropos Sketch. SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, H. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, H. Phillips, Biiiingtun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with T LIE AIIEA BELLE : Sl essrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, tt. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7 MISS BATEMAN.—L EA 11.—T111 EVENING and EVERY EVENING.-3liss Bateman will ap;ear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den initil further notice. In order to give due effect to t..is most remarkable sums; of the se..son, ealire.y new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. I)anson and i,ons, Thonaps;:n. New dr. ss_s and appo ntnunits have ben piepare t ior its production.—N. is. In consequence of the 'tressing and numerous applications a: the Box-oax, ar ingements have Low been na.de by which Seats na , y ba ob tained a Fortnight in Adv.:me. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Ccrm.dy every Evening,. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular nsmes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. a. Clarke, Mr. P tut Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson. Mr, Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss IL rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirring. EVERY EVENING, at 7, a Farce, with a new sensation, called SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINIMI : Mr. t harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with UNDat THE ROSE. Commence at 7. On SATURDAY, May 7, a new Comedy, by Dion Bonci- Caulr, Esq , in which Mr. an I Mrs. Charles Mathews will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Alter which ('th time) MAZOIIRKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, .tc. ; Marie Wiicon, Simpson, &c. Followed by TuRN nin (XT. Commence at'. COALS.—The LILLESHi I LL CONIPAN iJ COAL Direct from their own Conier;es. Marquis' ...... .263. per ton. Double.. 21s. per ton. Top '2 s s- Nut 5........ i9B. „ Deep „ Well screened an , l delivered within flee miles of their flo p:As, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOAN SCOTT, Sole Agent. ryIHE THIRD .F,DrrioN OF " THE SUN," _ll. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pan be had Every Evening of G. EL GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, May 2, 1884. T 11E1111024 ETEA. This day at Two o'clock 5l Barometer-30.15. Wind—W.; moderate breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 10h. 5001.—Afternoon, 11h. 26m, IG.I/011.110W.-Morning, 11h. 560:I.—Afternoon, h. m. Ziji Z LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1864. One of the moat delightful among the annual ban quets familiar now to London society for the best part of a century—the Royal Academy dinner — was on Saturday evening more than usually de lightful. Aid it was so, perhaps, from the simple fact that a greater variety of noticeable men in dif• ferent ways, happened on Saturday evening to have been brought together. It is true, no doubt, that several among the most eminent of our contempo raries were conspicuous by their absence from that goodly company. By reason of a severe attack of the gout the veteran Prime Minister was prevented making his appearance. • Among the eminent lawyers there assembled many looked in vain for one of the greatest of them all, as a lawyer, the greatest we should be tempted to say but that the venerable Lord ST. LEON ARDS still re mains pre-eminent, as such, among the Lord Chan cellor's legal contemporaries. Great authors, again, were there present on Saturday, but the Representa. five Man-ef.letters amongst the great authors of our generation—the Novelist, Poet, Dramatist, all in one —was n ot present. Absent, too, from amongst the Royal Academicians themselves, swept away but very recen tly by death from t hat noble roll of f orty, guised as MULREAD were artists as distin lr' an d I)ycE, and COCKERELL. ?..Tr,vertheless, in spit e of omissions as remarkable us those but just now Particularized — th ou g h a glance round the board faile d t to recognize such Men of Mark as Viscount PALMER SION and, Sir .LITTON and Lord WESTBURY t- h Ng/ere together at the Banque..., table of the ee Bu gathered L rEt Royal Academy on Saturday, men, so various in their part s , a nd so me amongst them so illustrious by their achieve ments, that the Dinner of Saturday was in many ways exceptional, even amongst the Academy Dinners. In order to illustrate this very readily, one need only run the eye down the list of the guests there assembled. But, apart from that, it might be sufficient as affording an instant notion of the especial interest attaching to the Academy Dinner of Saturday, to refer to a single one amongst the various Epeec s delivered by the different professional men whose names were coupled with the toast, each of them, of his own peculiar and especial profession. It will be enough, in truth to this end, if we direct attention to the speech of Mr. JOIIN FORSTEiI in returning thanks for the toast of " The Interests of Literature." Than which speech of Mr. FORSTER'S, by the way, nothing surely in its manner could have been more charming, certainly none could have been more felicitous. Instance this, for example, tho opening TILE SUN, L01ND01 4 .4,"' MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Arrival of the Georgia at Liverpool, LIVERPOOL, MAY 2. The Confederate war steamer Georgia, last from Bordeaux, arrived here this morni©. She carries six guns. THE POPE ON POLAND, ROME, APRIL 27 (via MARSEILLES). An aliccution was delivered by the Pope in the Consistory recently held at the Vatican. His Holiness spoke of the grievances of the Chu ro,h and its trials in the great Northern Empire. He brought forward accusations against the Em peror of Russia, who, he said, after having driven his subjects to insurrection, now endeavours, under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion, to extir pate the Roman Catholic religion, and transports whole populations into frozen countries, exiles bishops, and deprives them of their functions. His Holiness thus continued : "Nobody will venture to say that I wish to main tain revolution by these necessary protests. I pro test in order to satisfy my conscience, and that I may not one day hear the Sovereign Judge ask, " Why didst thou remain silent?'" The allocution of the Pope has made a great im pression in Rome. ROHE. ROME, MAY 1. The Congregation of the Index has condemned 12 works, among which are the life of Jesu3, by N. Peyrat, and the defence of the Lyons liturgy. SPAIN, MADRID, APRIL 30. The usual monthly auction for the sinking fund of the Passive debt took place to-day. The prices fixed by the Government were for the first class internal 52, second class 31.50, foreign 30, No offers were made for either description. GREECE. THE NEW GREEK MINISTRY. ATHENS, APRIL 28. The Ministry formed by M. lialbi is composed ss UllOwA President and Minister of _ Finance ......... M, Balbi. Minister of the Interior M. Angerino. Minister of Justice and Public Worship Minister of War... Minister of Marine Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Caligas. The question of the lonian electioni has been settled satisfactorily by the assembly. The budget has been adopted. THE BRAZIL MAIL, LISBON, MAY 1 The Royal 'Mail steamer Magdalena with the above mail leaves for Southampton this morning with 123 passengers, £12,200 in specie, 781 bales of cotton, 688 bags of coffee, and 341 packages oe sundries. MONTE VIDEO, MARCH 29. (By Telegraph from Li.bon.) Exchange, 52 521. Os hides firm. Small sales have taken place at 6.10. Dry American scarce -5 to 5.10. Dry German, 5.70, active and advancing. Wool small sales. Tallow 1.80. Number of beasts slaughtered in Moat: Video, 133,500; Uddguay, 61,000 Imports unaltered. BUENOS AYRES, MAitca 27. Exchange, 49. Ounces, 29.30. Wet salted ox hides, 40. Dry American 38 to 41, good demand. Wool unchanged. The stock consists chiefly of defective qualities. Tallow, 14 7-9, Lumber, 29 to 34. Flour firm. Refined sugar, 18. No im provement has taken place in imports or freights. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with tho heavy portion of the above mails arrived off the Needles at 10,40 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, May The Memorial Diplontatique of to-day says: — "Among the rumours current during the las\ few days which have attained a certain degree of consistence, we feel bound to notice one which asserts that the London Conference would decide upon prolonging its deliberations under the form of a Congress. " At present, however, the full powers with which the representatives of the signitaries of the London Treaty are furnished only authorise them to take part in the Conference for the settlement of the Dano-German conflict. The convocation of a Con gress must form the subject of special negotiations between the Governments, and could in no case emanate from the Conference, which, as we have just said, is confined to the settlement of the Dano- German difficulty. " Thus, those suppositions are entirely gratuitous which attribute to the London Conference the faculty of enlarging at will its sphere of action, and including in its programme either the question of a general disarming, or the affairs of Italy, Poland, or-Roumania." The France of this evening says :—" We have reason to believe that at the next elections of the third of the members of the General Councils the Government will not maintain absolutely the prin ciple of official candidates. The prefeots will, it is stated, be invited to remain neutral when the con test is between men equally honourable and devoted to the principle of which the Empire is the expres- sion." The Moniteur in its edition of this evening says : —" No official confirmation has been received of the despatch of a French squadron to the Baltic. In any case this measure, shonlii it be taken, could have no other character than that of a demonstration des tined to support the requEst made to the bellige rents for a suspension of hostilities." The Moniteur also contains the following : _ . " The Government of the Emperor has received from that of the United States satisfactory explanations relative to the sense and bearing of the resolution passed by the House of Representatives at Wash ington with regard to Mexico. It is known that the Washington Senate has indefinitely adjourne the examination of the resolution, which, in and case, has not been sanctioned by the Executive powor." BOURSE, April 30.—The reponse de primes (option) has been made at 66i, 75e. The market has been firm, but quiet. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. '7se. Mobilier have improved to 1,225. Railway Shares heavy, and some of the lines rather lower. The market closed as follows : Italian Loan GS 70 Do. end month 6B 7 0 New ditto ...... Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5l 75 Home Debt Deferred rAYS, Cash. Account. Orleans BB5 25 .. 885 Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 938 75 .. 940 New ditto BB2 60 .. Southern Western - Eastern SarJ ni an Austrian - 14)E bard North of Spaiu Saragossa.. 563 75 .. 667 50 Ditto to Barcelona „ „ 270 't par Cents. e3 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 65 Credit Mobilier 1205 Do. end month 1206 25 Bank Shares 3350 Credit k meter l2BO Roman EL IL tco which comes to us with the practical recom mendation of successful experience. Sir GEORGE GREY, who fully endorced all that the hon. and learned member had said, informed the House that the attention of the Government had been for some time directed to the Report on the subject, and that the Earl of SHAFTESBURY was preparing a Bill on the subject. We mry safely leave the matter in such hands trusting that something may speedily be done to remove the disgrace from our country, and that henceforth, while our legislators are de claiming about tyranny and cruelty abroad, we may not hear that a mile or two from St. Stephen's itself they are encouraging a tr: ffic wellnigh as cruel and nertainly as illegal as slave trading itself. AddreEs of the Copenhagen Municipality to the Danish Army. COPENHAGEN, April 26. The municipality have forwarded the following address to the army : " We have followed your heroic and persevering , struggle against a far superior enemy with admi ration, and we feel the necessity of expressing, in the name of your Copenhagen fellow citizens, the deep thankfulness which at this moment inspires every Danish heart, " Attacked by a superior force, exposed to an un interrupted bombardment of unexampled power in the history of war, without food and rest, you con tinued to maintain your position calm and undis mayed, until opposition became impossible, and not until then did you withdraw overcome. Many have sealed their fidelity to King and country in this contest by their death ; peace be with their graves honoured be their memories. _ _ _ " You have accomplished an exploit by your heroic defence of Dybbol which will not fail to bear fruit, and which will be held in thankful remem brance. You have given your comrades a brilliant and encouraging example, and strengthened the determination of your fellow-citizens to endure even the severest sacrifices for the salvation of the country. You have shown Europe how great a power of resistance still lives in a small nation fighting for its life. " Receive, therefore, the warm-st and most heart felt thanks of your fellow-citizens, " We know not what trials the future may still have i❑ store for us, but we do know that we fight for a holy and righteous cause, for the right of our King, fcr the freedom and independence of our country, and we will not falter in this fight. We place our hopes in Him who guides the fate of nations, and we retain the hope that He will make the end of the trial such as we may be able to bear. " God protect King and country I " God keep His hand over the faithful and valiant sons of Denmark 1" THE REVOLT IN ALGERIA, of being in the wrong. Cela va sans dire, that this is always the case when foreign policy is discussed at present. Instead of trying to put aside the attacks of his adversary, he generally endorses his accu sations with unnecessary force, and eagerly admits all that in its enunciation has told against him. Lord DERBY very properly contrasted the conduct of the Messrs. LAIRD with that of the Foreign Secretary, and alluded to the unwarrantable manner in which the Government had acted le;arding the production of the papers. This refusal or hesita tion alone stamps the conduct of the authorities as subt:e and delusive. The whole transaction is in deed marked with the greatest duplicity, and the affair very much resembles those underhand dealings and covert attacks which the generation of the good old times would have called un-English, but which must now, alas, be considered as the definition of our tactics and the ruling spirit of our councils. Lord DERBY also made 'reference to the manner in which our Government had been imposed upon by a report, which had turned out to be a forgery, con cerning the Confederate States. He eagerly advo. cated the claims of British subjects, and contended that injustice had been done to them by the conduct of the noble lord. Earl RUSSELL'S reply to these strictures was given in his hardest and most imprac tic ble stsle• All he had done was right from t he 2s beginniccr, and no inconvenience to those whom he h!.d interfered with gave him the slightest uneasi ness, or caused him any regret. This was the sub stance of his discourse, and when one reads his irritating speech, full of the most unworthy senti ments, we cannot but rejoice that the manly utter ances and striking expressions of L ord DERBY have gone forth to the wor l d aide b y s ide with the maun dering arguments and waspish remarks of the noble lord who tells us to rest and be thankful in a state of affairs unparalleled in the memory of the present generation for danger ant: difficulty. Lord RUSSELL'S speeches is al waT same. Ho The text ofa the entertained great fears lest the course o f 1 events the conduct of individuals should off, d the F and ede rals, and give the United States a just ground for hostilities. Is this the tone which should actuate nn English Minister in descanting upon subjects out, and more is the pity, for our national diversions are not too numerous ; it is true that the village maypole has long been replaced by Jack-in-the green, and May Queens are only to be found in glees and cantata. Still something of poetry clings to the ancient festival, although the May sunbeams may find us still plodding on our usual routine existence amid the hum and bustle of cities instead of " hastening to the woods away." There are other associations too, less romantic but not less pleasing connected with the first of May. The pre sent generation chiefly think of the Mayday belie day as it affected the tribes of little chimney sweeps to whom the kindness of a benevolent lady long rendered it an especial festival. That one day of happiness did much no doubt to enliven the weary year of these little ill-used urchins, both in prospect and retrospect. Kindness and good cheer were theirs at least one day of the 365, and we may be sure that no fair village maiden, longing to wear her mimic crown " beneath the hawthorn on the green" looktd forwra to the memorable day with more eager animation than did these poor children to their yearly treat. 'The old custom has now fallen into desuetude, owing it was thought to the suppression of the trade. Wise and good men have succeeded, after much labour, in getting an act passed rendering any one who employsboys of tens der age to sweep chimneys liable to punishment. Much good has no doubt been done, but some re mains to do, and we trust the public will help the good cause by their warm and constant support. It appears from the facts brought forward by Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR on Friday evening, that in many places the act against employing boys in chimney sweeping is a dead letter. In Birmingham the practice is reported increasing, while in Manchester it is even carried so far that girls of tender age are employed in the dangerous and miserable task. When such is the state of things in the great centres of our commercial activity, it is not, per haps, surprising that affairs shduld be even worse in more rural districts. At Ashton and Staley bridge, it appears from evidence that no less than 73 chimneys were swept in the course of three days by boys employed by only one master, and as there is no reason to suppose that his competitors were innocent of the offence, we must conclude that the number of victims to this cruel practice is very great in those places alone. At Buckingham, most of the inhabitants, in defiance of the Act, prefer to have boys, and prominent among them is one of the legislators themselves, who has apparently no more respect for law than for humanity. Other locali ties are equally culpable—in one, the fine of the parish church being swept by a boy head down wards; in another, two inquests having been lately held on boys killed in the act. Accord ing to the evidence of a Leicester magistrate, there is a regular system of hire and sale of these unfortunate children carried on, and for many years people believed that the practice was entirely abandoned ! It is needless to recapitulate the horrors of the trade—the dreadful apprentice.- ship of hardening the tender young flesh by means of brine rubbed in before a hot fire, the sores, the deformity, the " sooty cancer" which adds to the terrors of their fate. As Mr. SEYMOUR very justly observed in statement of their case, the horrors of negro slavery are exceeded by the daily miseries undergone by the chimney-sweepers' miserable assistants. How is it, then, that Englishmen must bear such a reproach to their humanity as the sufferance or even the encourage ment of such a trade ? How is it that any question of trivial advantage of conveniences is suffered to weigh against the tortures inflicted on these poor little children ? How is it that open infraction of the law is constantly practised, and that magistrates so far from rooting out the evil by every means in their power, and visiting the offenders with the severest penalties allowed them actually hesitate to enforce the law and shrink from the ireposition of fines ? Such apathy is marvellous. It was assuredly never intended at the time of pass ing the Act that it should be a dead letter. Have we then gone backwards in our social progress, has our humanity grown cooler and more calculating, our sense of justice less acute, that so far from taking fresh steps for the protection of the weak and help less, we do not even usa the weapons provided for us in their behalf. It is quite time that this was looked too, and Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR deserves the thanks of all humane persons, as he will assuredly obtain those of his poor oppressed little clients, for bringing the matter forward. The learned gentle man reminded the House of the fact that in Soo t ined the practice was unknown, owing to the police being empowered to interfere, and to master sweeps requiring a licence which of course is forfeited by m i s conduct, Here then is a very serious evil, one PROCLAMATION OF VII DUKE DE MALAKOFF ALGIERS, April 21. The following proclamation has been issued by Marshal Pelissier, Duke de Malakoff, Governor- General of Algeria, to the Arab and Kabyl tribes ; " Troubles have broken out in the south of the division of Oran, and Si Seliman, the bachsaga, of the ()tiled Sidi-Cheikb, departing from the course honourably pursued. "Si Hamsa, his father, and Si-bou Beker, his brother, have become the chiefs of the movement. " The commandant of the circle of Tiaret, who repaired to Ain-bou-Beker, with a detachment of infantry and some gonms, was surprised by the insurgents. A portion of the goums abandoned him, and this Superior officer was cut off with the few men who remained. .... " Si Seliman was killed at the commencement of the engagement, but his young brother, who suc ceeded him, has also incited the populations to revolt. " Many tribEs of the south have replied to his appeal, and chiefs who have long followed the flag of Fran•:.e have placed themselves at their head. "Troops are now on the march, and the insurrec tio❑ will soon be suppressed. No one can entertain the idea that France does not chastise treason, that she does not maintain her authority where she has established it, and where she exercises it with justice and benevolence. " These events, however, and the corammts to which they give rise, may throw disquietude into the minds of the chiefs and the populations. "There are people who incessantly declare that the Arab nation has ceaml to exist, and that the time is at hand when back-aghas, caids, cheiks, cad his, and others, will completely disappear. " These words are without aim ; they are not the expression of the idea of the French Government. " Let the native chiefs be reassured, and the tribes remain calm. "Is this a time, when the abundant harvest of last par, and the hope of a more magnificent re turn in the present, give to all the hope of comfort and pio!perity, to recommence disorders, wars, and insurrections, with the inevitable misfortunes fol lowing in their track'! " If the populations, forgetful of the past, have no confidence in the present, let them reperuse the letter addressed to me by the Emperor on the 6th February, 1863. " They will there see how benevolent are the in tentions of the Government towards them. They will find a sure guarantee for the future in his Ma jesty's words—. I am as well the Emperor o f the Arabs as the Emperor of the French.' " The Governor General of Algeria, "Marshal PELISSTER, Duc de Malaloff.'' GARIBALDI, Tho Lord Mayor, on Saturday, and on two or three pre vious days, received several telegrams from different places in Italy, having reference to General Garibaldi and the re ception accorded to him in this country. One of these telegrams is from the Administrative Assembly of the City of Marsala, and was signed by Signor Brunini, the Prin cipal of that Assembly, by several of the members, and also by the secretary. It was in the following terms : " The Administrative Assembly of the City of Marsala offer a wreath of gratitude to the English nation, for the welcome they so generously accorded to General Garibaldi, the hero of Italian independence." A similar telegram was al so rece i ve d from the Liberal Association of Formia, and another from Trenio. Tele grams of similar import, and all of them couched in warm terms of gratitude, have also been received from several other places. In addition to these telegrams, a letter has also been received from a gentleman, named Greco Raffaelle, dated from the Island of Marmano, in the province of Calabria, in which the writer states that he was a companion in arms to the general on b oar d an aime d It a lian vessel; and, after speaking of his br avery i n t h e mos t eulogistic terms, the write: expresses hi s grat i tude to t h e English people for the reception they afforded Gene ra l Garibald i, u p on his visit to and ho begs this country. The writer goes on to say that he has sent two small busts o f G enera l Gar ibaldi, formed o f rock salt collected on the i s l an d , an d a l so some dried fruits as speci mens of the p ro d uce of the ne i g hbourhood, the Lord Mayo r t o accept of them as a little t ribute of gratitude, and in remem b ra nce of the occasion, The articles referred to duly arrived at the Mansion House, and the busts, which are an excellent likeness of the general, have been placed M one of the State rooms of the building. CALLS TO TILE BAR. INNER TEMPLE.—.The TENIPLE.--The underraentioned gentlemen were on Saturday called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple :—Ernest Alexander Glendining Schalch (holder of the studentship awar d e d Hilary Term, 1861) Lazarus Thr e lf a ll B a i nes, LL .M., Cambridge—Joseph B, Jacques, Oxford—A s h ley C a rr Glyn, 8.A. , O x f ord— Jas. William Handl e y, B A 8.8., Cambridge—Philip, Cambri d g e —Thomas C. Tatham, Cambridge—Phili p Callan —Thomas William Gust, 8.A., Cambridge— an d P e t e r Williams. Liscorzr's-INN.—The undermentioned gentlemen were on Saturday called to the degree of barrister•at-law by the Hon. Society of Lincol n ' s -inn, viz. : — Fre derick Eden, Ox • ford—Robert Tho mas B ou lt, LL.B., Cambridge—William Edmeades, M.A., Oxford — Albert Osliff Rutson, M.A., Oxford—James Johnstone, jan•9 8.A., Oxford—Henry J. Bird, LL.B., Cambridge—Sir George Young, Bart., M.A., Cambridge—John Jermyn Cowell, 8.A., Cambridge— William Payne, jun.—Arthur Charles Humphreys, B.A„ Cambridge—Charles Bowyer, M.A., Oxford—Alexander Robert Pratt Barlow, B A,. Oxford— John Armstrong, Oxford—Alleck Moodie, isi.A.,, Cambridge—John Cyprian Thompson, 8.A,, Cambridge—and Itobert "Wilkinson, 8.A., Cambridge. • GRAY . S.INL—At a pension of the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn, holden on Saturday, Robert Edward Francil • lon, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, LL.B., the eldest son of Mr. James Francillon, of Cheltenham, a barrister of Gray's inn, and judge of the County Court of Gloucestershire, was called to the degree of barrister-at-law. passages of it—where, after referring to the die advantage he felt himself lab, uring under by interposing thus before men with higher claims to represent literature, he remarked—`` I see in this room the acknowledged representatives of some of its highest departments. I see history appropriated by the Academy herself, who, in Lord STANHOPE, Dean MILMAN, and Mr. GROTE, possesses the lay element so dear to Lord ELCHO—in a form which I • do not grudge it to her, but to which, for my part, I should be well content to find that she continued to restrict herself. I see poetry in some pleasant forms known unto you all, and especially in that of Mr. BROWNING, one of the most original thinkers, as well Eke one of the first poets of his time. In fiction, I see not only the great Master of Character and Humour (Mr. DICKENS), who has held sway over both for now more than a quarter of a century, and this very day starts after new laurels with as much vigour and freshness as when he first began the race ; but also others whoss laurels are of later growth, such as he who built for us Barchester Towers,' and the Small House at Allington ; and that son of a former member of this academy, who, claiming to be remembered for 'No Name,' has here a special title to remembrance in right of two of the greatest names familiar to these walls—names dear and honoured wherever English art is known, and which may borrow from the art of Mr. WILKIE COLLINS—new claims to the admiration of their countrymen." Than all which, we take it - , no tributary words of a discriminative admiration for some among his contemporary authors far beyond the level of mere compliment — than all which, we say, nothing surely could be more eminently happy or more completely delight ful. _ _ Another incident of the evening should not be allowed to pass unnoticed in this year of the tercentenary, namely, the interpolation for once among the customary toasts given by the President of the Academy, of the exceptional Toast of the Year, " The Immortal Memory of Shakspere." Neverthe less, even here, gracefully and befittingly though the teast was introduced by the few spoken words of the President, it was strangely of a piece with the whole series of failures henceforth to be associated with the recollection:ld this great attempted (merely attempted) Tercentenary Celebration —it is entirely of a piece with it all, that the Immortal Memory of SHARSPERE was welcomed, even by that congenial audience with a cool, or rather, it should be said, refri gerating " Hear, hear !" As who should say—" Lord FREDERICK VERISOPHT was right, after all, when lisping (as a sort of anticipation of Lord DIINDREARY)—` SHAKSPERE was a clerver man !'" Reverting, however, for a moment, before we close these remarks of ours upon the Academy dinner of last Saturday—reverting for yet another moment to the speech which we must still regard as among them all the speech of the evening—that of Mr. FORSTER in acknowledging the toast in reference to literature—it is particularly worthy of attention, we conceive, how, in what terms, towards the con clusion of his remarks he makes allusion to two of the greatest painters of the present age—to DANIEL MACLISE and JOHN HERBERT, artists conspicuous even among the eminent throng of Academicians. "I have spoken," said Mr. FORSTER, " of the painters who are present on these walls; but there are two great painters conspicuous by their absence from them, and having lately seen the extraordinary works with which Mr. MACLISE and Mr. HERBERT are now adorning the walls of the Palace at West minster, I desize, however feebly, to repeat the praise I hear on every side, that what has so been . done, not merely reflects an honour on this academy, but sheds a glory on the country." And he added, " Such wurka dic national in the big-hest scoot,; and the men who can produce them—who can so cele brate our history, and give visible embodiment to the grandest and most sacred traditions of our race —the men, I say, who so can execute a national work, are entitled to no niggardly reward." Surely they are entitled to it—and they are certain of re ceiving it. Lord RUSSELL need not plume himself upon the result of the debate on Friday touching the steam rams appertaining to the Messrs. LAIRD. Vox et preterea nail cannot be applied to this affair, for the effects of the earnest and eloquent words of the noble earl, the leader of the Opposition, will not pass away; and he has so skilfully brought out facts, and commented on occurrences, that a new light seems to be thrown upon the subject, and the un fairness of Lord RUSSELL'S conduct appears in stronger colours than ever. The affair must have been a very annoying one to the noble lord, for it was no chance query, and no indignant remons trance from a nobody that he had to listen to ; nor, still more, did, the demand assume the convenient form of an inquiry in the other House, where Under-Secretaries could snub the impertinent querist, or if he was dangerous, the noble lord at the head of the Government could get up a laugh against him, or rise into the sublime attitude of patriotism, which he can so well do, and which takes in so many. Earl RUSSELL is very bad at a reply. He always get irritated, and that never does when one has to contend against the disadvantage connected with the vital interests of our country men ? Let him deprecate undue interference, cen sure a violation of the rights of nations, denounce any offence—open or covert—against our allies, or against the belligerents with whose quarrels we have no concern. All this may be tolerated, but it has come to a pretty pass if the chief reason our representative with foreign nations can give for his actions is that he is afraid. The only fear that he ought to recognise is the dread of wrong doing, lest any act of his should compromise the character of the country he represents, but all things seem changed in these degenerate times, and it is the fashion to acknowledge openly in some quarters the great horror that is felt lest such a one should be offended, or this or that country entertain a doubt as to our intentions. This may be a convenient mode of policy, and gain great eclat from the unini tiated, but Earl RUSSELL may learn one day to his cost that this was not the manner in which our greatness was achieved or our renown spread abroad. The empire on which the sun never sets was not won by timorous statesmen, nor was the influence of England consolidated by tyrannising over her sub jects at home to suit the purposes and satisfy the arbitrary demands of insolent and overbearing foreigners. The effrontery of the Foreign Secretary amounts to impertinence. He has good grounds for his belief that the vessels are what he has repre sented them to be. After the many rebuffs he has met with in the case of the Alexandra, some persons might have imagined that he would have acquired a little moderation, or, at all events, have affected .he virtue if he had it not. It appears, however, that persistence in these aggressive actions has rendered the noble lord quite impervious to the rebukers of indignant and independent lookers-on, and totally oblivious to the outrage on public opinion and the offence against national honour. Some day the infatuated individuals who helped to put these Ministers in office will count up the cost it has been to their country in civil rights and foreign reputation. It is always a source of great satisfaction to think, that those who are at the helm of public affsirs will so conduct themselves that the spirit of the country may be represented in its " integrity and independence." This cannot be said now, and the more we survey the state of things at home and abroad, the more we can appreciate the truth of Mr. DISRAELI'S memorable remark, that " England does not love Coalitions." The opening of the " Merry Month of May" hes long been invested with a sort of traditionary im portance. It is true that the old holiday has died Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. In consequence of the order for the Channel Squadron to go to the Downs, officers on leave of absence at Plymouth t.nd elsewhere have bean requested by telegram to join their ships with as little delay as possible. The Warrior, 40, iron screw frigate, Capt. Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C,8., arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Portland, and, after filling up with coals and provisions, &c., and taking on board stores and provisions for the other ships of the squadron, sailed again to rejoin the Channel Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir C. Dacres, C,8., on their way from Portland to the Downs. The French fleet were expected to join in the Downs, and the probable destination of the combined fleets is :reported to be the Ealac. Port-Admiral Sir C. H. Fremantle, K.C.8., inspected the paddlewheel steamsloop Gladiator, 6, Capt, Francis H. Shortt, in Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning. By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a number of Capt. Rodger's indented small-palmed anchors and kedges, manufactured by the North Field Iron and Steel Works Company, at Rotherham, in Yorkshire, and tested for service on Saturday by means of the hydraulic machinery in Woolwich dockyard. The proceedings were under the superintendence and agency of Commodore Dun lop, C. 8.; ,Mr. Turner, master shipwright ; Capt. Lyeaght' commanding the flagship ; Capt. Luke, naval steam reserve; Mr Wilcox, master smith, and the officials of the yard generally. The anchors varied in weight and denomi nation, from those capable of holding a ship of 600 tons to the simple pickaxe kedge weighing 6cwt. 201 b,, used for boat service. The testing commenced at 10 a.m., and was continued throughout the day. The first applica tion of the proof was with an anchor weighing 21cwt. 261 b, and the machinery was worked up to a ten sile strain of 21 13-16 tons, which produced a deflection of 3-16ths of an inch, On removing the strain the anchor recovered its original form, without in jury. This constituted the complete test required by the Admiralty regulations. Capt. Roger, R.N., who was pre sent, accompanied by some officers of experiet ce, being de sirous of demonstrating its powers of resistance to an extraordinary degree, suggested that the strain should be increased. It was then tried at a strain of 34 tons, and gave a 5-16 deflection ; at 36 lons, ; and at 37k, 3.16. This was exceedingly satisfactory, and elicited marks of commenda tion from the commodore and officers presenr. On loosening the strain, after each test, a measurement of the anchor was made, by which it was proved that the form was totally un changed. It was then turned over, and the other arm was subjected to a precisely similar test with equal success. The other anchors underwent the ordinary proof, which was considered ample and satisfactory. These anchors are re cently made upon an improved principle as regards the crown, the arms, and the palms. The additional strength is obtained partly by making the arms shorter than is usual in proportion to the length cf the shank, and partly by their section form. The increased holding power given by the peculiar form of the arm is evinced when the anchor is dragged, as it then forces the ground out laterally without disturbing it in front in the slightest degree. The stream and kedge anchors are on the same principle as the bower anchors, but as they do not require equal strength, they are considerably longer, and for the convenience a carrying them out in boats they are made without palms, and are designated " pickaxe anchors." His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Gefle, S guns, 300 horse power, Capt. Adelborg, arrived at Spithead yester day from New York. Soon after the ship's arrival Capt. Adelborg landed, and was officially introduced to the military and naval authorities of the port and garrison by the Chevalier L. A. Van Der Bergh, the Swedish Con sul at Portsmouth. The Citfle has received some damage to her rudder-head, to repair which she will go into Ports mouth harbour. She sailed from New York on the 7th of April, and on the 281 h, in the chops of the Channel, spoke the St. John's, of Liverpool, bound for St, John's. THE ARMY. The Alumbagb. sailing ship, Capt. Dale, R.N.R., be. longing to Messrs. Dunbar and Co,, of London, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from India, having on board Capt. Waters, 77th Regiment, and Mrs. Waters; Lieut. Bernard, 11th Brigade Royal Artillery; Lieut. Lloyd, 7th Fusiliers, Mrs. Lloyd, and two children; 12 sergeants and 119 rank and file belonging to various regiments serving in India, with 17 soldiers' wives and 31 children. Five deaths occurred at sea and two births. The Alumbagh sailed from Calcutta on the 6th of January, and frog, St. llelena on the 7th of March. The Queen of the South screw steamer, Capt. Stewart, It N.R., also arrived at Spithead on Saturday, from India, with the following officers and troops :—From Calcutta— Capt. G. A. Brown, Ist Bengal Native Infantry, and Mrs. Brown—Lieut. Trevon, 80th Regiment—Quartermaster Piper, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—Mrs. Piper and two children. From Madras—Capt. Dunbar, 102 d Foot—Lieut. Wale, Ist Dragoon Guards, Mrs. Wale, and ono child— Lieut. Skues, 6911 Regiment-289 invalided soldiers, five of whom are insane-23 soldiers' wives, and 51 children. The Queen of the South is last from Queenstown, where she put in, owing to a collision with another vessel. The sailing ship Renown, one of Messrs. Green's Black-' wall fleet, Capt. Hight, R.N R., with the head-quarters of the Bth Hussars, from Calcutta and Madras, also arrived on Saturday at Spithead, under the command of Lieut.• Col. E. Seager, as follows :—Lieut.-Col. E. Seeger, in military charge—Major WNaughten—Capt. Biddle, Mrs. Biddle, and infant—Surgeon Llewyllin, in medical charge—Lieuts. Stopfort, Whittock, and Keene—Adjt, Goldsworthy-192 men, 7 women, and 9 children. The Renown sailed from Calcutta on the 15th of January, and from Madras on the 27th. The troops on board appear to be a remarkably healthy and fine body of men; have suffered from no sick ness of any kind on board since their embarcation ; and officers and men speak in the highest terms of the ship and their treatment, and the accptnmodation afforded them on board. Light winds and calm weather was experienced during the voyage until reaching the chops of the Channel, when S.S.E. winds, varying in strength, wero met with. The invalided soldiers on board the Queen of the South and Alumbagh are ordered to be transferred from those ships at Spithead at 6 a.m. to-day to a Government steam tender, which will convey them to the Royal Victoria Mi litary Hospital at Netley. The Bth Hussars will disembark from the Renown alongside the dockyard at 2 p.m., and will be forwarded to Brighton, where they will join the left wing of the regiment at 2 p.m. The colonelcy of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot has become vacant by the death of Lieut.-Gen. John Geddes, K.H., who expired at 15, Salisbury-road, Newington, Edinburgh, on Thursday last. The deceased entered the army in August, 1804, and became Lieut. Oct. 25, 1805. He served with the 27th in Calabria in 1806, and obtained the rank of Capt. Dec. 1, 1808. He served subse quently in the Peninsula, and at Toulouse he received a severe wound, which broke his left thighbone. His corn missions bear date as Major Feb. 24, 1825, Lieut.-Col., Nov. 11, 1831; Col., Nov. 9, 1846 ; Major- Gen. June 20, 1851; Col. of the 27th Foot, April 24, 1860 ; and Lieut.- Gen., March 23, 1861. He had received the war medal with four clasps for his valuable services, The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War•office since the Ist of April :—Lieut.- Gen. R. C. Mansel, K. 11„ Col. of the 68th Light infantry, Major-Gens. H. Evans, T. P., Dwyer, and G. E. Hunt, Royal Marines; Cols, C. Bingham, Deputy Adjt-Gen. Royal Artillery ; J. Johnston ; C, 0. Hamley, Royal Marines ; R. Wallace, K. H., 3d Buffs, M. G. Dennis, C. 8., 60th Rifles; 0. H. Somerset, C. 8., 72d Highlanders; Lieut.- Col. W. G. Le Mesurier, C. 8., Royal Artillery, H. Clements 16th Regiment; E. D'Alton, Royal Newfoundland Com pany; G. Burer, and W. M'Kinnon, Royal Marines; R. Carruthers, C. 8., 2d Royals—J. B. Harrison, C. 8., 50th Queen's Own—and H. Halkett, C. 8., G.C.H., German Legion•---Major R. W. C.erk, 26th Cametonians (drowned at Fort Gem* J, Humby, and G. T. Welchman, Royal Marines—Capt. Sir A. Stockenstrom, Corsican Rangers— H. M. Barns, 24th Regiment—E. F. Twysden, 55th Regi ment—C. Ford, Royal Artillety—W, S. Dawes, Royal Marines—and K, C. Wulff, Roy al Artillery—Lieuts. R. B. Howson, Royal Artillery—G. W. Gifford, Royal Engineers (from the effects of a fall from his horse at Corfu)—C. P. Fitzgibbon, 10th Regiment—J. D. Knox, 16th Regiment —II. S. Jones, 84th Regiment—R. P. Jones, 91st High landers—T. M. Reynolds, 12th Regiment—H. Tudor, 37th Regiment—W. Cosby, sth West India Regiment•—R. Rouse, D. Ede, P. F. E. Daniel, 11. L, Harrison, and C. J. D. Napier, Royal Marines. Second-Lieuts. S. Lloyd, H. Gritton, J. Jenkins, A. M, Lyons, and H. P. B. Ross, Royal Marines. Ensigns C. D. Steer, 33d Regiment—E. B. Gardiner, 103 d Royal Bombay Fusileers ; and L. Tholon, York Light Infantry—Paymaster M. M'Leod, 25th King's Own Borderers—Quartermaster W. Garland, 17th Lancers —Sargeon R. Ayton, 34th Regiment—Assist.-Surge. J, C. Smith, 19th Regiment—R. W. Hooper, M.D.—and A. Bremner, 3d Buffs. Deputy-Assist.-Superintendents of Stores C. F. Marriott and P. Hunt, The examination of candidates for direct commissions in the army, under the regulations dated Horse Guards, Jan, 1, 1861, commenced this morning at Chelsea Hospital, be fore Major-General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., vice-president, ana the members of the Council of Education. AMERICA , 27 MAIL STEAMERS DIJE AT LIVER POOL TIIIS WEEK.—There are three American mail steamers due at Liverpool this week—vz., the Etna, Jura, and Asia. The Etna, with datca from New York to the 23d ult,, and the Jura, with similar dates from Portland, may be expected—the former at Queenstown on Wednes day, and the latter at Lond:lnderry on the same day. The National Steam Navigation Company's cargo steamer Vir ginia, also from New York on the 23d, will, no doubt, call eff Queenstown in the course of Wednesday. The Asia, from Boston on the 27th, and hialdax early on the morning of the 29th, may be looked for at Queenstown in the course of Saturday next. APOTHECARIES . -11ALL.—The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed the examina tion in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 28th of April :-- Thomas E. Blick, Islip, near Oxford ; and William Henry Sutcliffe, Manchester. The following gentleman also on the same day passed his first examination :—David Howell homas, St. Bartholomew's hospital, Fui't - • • in ',t TIER MAJESTY. OSBOPNE, April 30. The Queen, Princess Helena, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton and Lieut.- Colonel Du Plat, drove to Ryde yesterday. May 1. The Queen and Princess Helena drove out yester day. Lord Stanley of Alderley and M. Quaade arrived at Osborne. Lord Stanley of Alderley had an audience, and M. Quaade bad the honour of being received by her Majesty, M. Quaade and Lord Stanley of Alderley had the honour of joining her Majesty and the royal family after dinner. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived from Greenwich Park. This morning Divine service was performed at Osborne before her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. To-day is the anniversary of the birth of his Roy al Highness Prince Arthur. TEE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Tne magnificent representation of" Le Prophe at the Royal Italian Opera, on Saturday, demands, at our hands this evening, a passing mention of the fact, if only in notification of it as one of the events of the present brilliant season at Mr.. Gye's establishment. Sig. Wachtel's imper sonation of the Anabaptist hero will, in due time, we doubt not, ,demand more, how. ever, than a mere reference to it thus en passant. To-day wa content ourselves with simply record ing the fact that the new Tenor undertook that impersonation on Saturday when, physically speaking, ho was wholely unequal to it by reason of a severe cold and consequent hoursenem. No sort of estimate, therefore, of his Jean of Leyden can as yet be formed even proximately. ZV e must consequently wait as patiently as we me.y until some fitter opportunity. HAYMARKET THEATRE, The triumphant success of the new three act comedy of "David Garrick" at the Haymarket, on Saturday evening, may be here at once briefly men. tioned. Our criticism upon it, but more particularly upon Mr. Sothern's brilliant impersonation in it of the Great Actor who is the hero of the play, after whom indeed the piece is named, we are com. pelled to postpone until to•morrow's publication. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service, (From the Civil Service Gazette.) Foreign Office.—The consulship at Cadiz has become vacant by the death of Mr S. M. Bracken- bury. War Office.—Mr Edmund Gepp Pearson has been appointed a clerk in Chelsea Hospital. The Admiralty.—The office of master attendant, Devonport dockyard, has become vacant by the death of Commander James Brown, RN. Mr George Henry. Ward has been appointed a clerk in the dockyard, Bermuda. Mr Arthur Spratt has been appointed a temporary clerk in Somerset house. The Post Office.—Mr Chetwynd, Controller of Post Office Savings Banks, has been appointed to be Receiver and Accountant-General of the Post Office, in succession to Mr Scudamoro. Mr Alfred Milli. ken, principal book-keeper in the Receiver and Accountant-General's Office, has been appointed Controller of Post Office Savings Banks. Mr Wm. Court, tirst.class clerk, upper section, has been ap pointed to ba principal book-keeper in the Receiver and Accountant-General's Office, in succession to Mr Milliken. Mr Henry Loughnan has been up. pointed a temporary clerk at Dublin. Mr Patrick Hogan has been appointed a clerk at Mallow. Mr _ _ W. B. Carter has bee❑ appointed a clerk at Lincoln, Mr R. J. Wright has been appointed a clerk at Derby. Customs—Mr Isaac Walker, collector at Poole, has been promoted to be collector at Rochester. Nit. W. Argent, recently employed as first clerk at Cardiff, has been promoted to be collector at Poole. Mr W. H. Godfrey has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist clerkship, Cardiff. Mr F. M. Leonard has been promoted from the 4th to the 3d clerk ship, Cardiff. Mr W. Turner has been promoted from the sth to the 4th clerkship, Cardiff. Mr E. J. Stockdale has been promoted from the 6th to the sth clerkship, Cardiff. Mr William Ellett, outdoor officer, Ist class, Yarmouth, has been promoted to be assistant-examining officer at that port. Mr John W. Jamieson has been promoted from the 4th to the 3d class of out-door officers, London. Mr John Howard has been promoted from the sth to the 4th class of out-door officers, London. Inland Revenue—Stamps and Tax Branch—Mr H. G. Davies, surveyor of taxes, has been promoted from the Warrington to the Sheffield district. Mr T. S. Atkinson, surveyor of taxes, has been pro moted from the Kingston •on-lhames to the War rington district. Excise Branch—Mr William Harris Johnston, surveying general examiner, 3d class, has been appointed surveying general examiner, 2d class. Mr Laurence Counsel, surveying general ea• aminer, 3d class, has been appointed surveying gene ral examiner, 2d class. Mr Alexander Pringle, surveying general examiner, 3d class, has been ap pointed surveying general examiner, 2d class, Mr Thomas Stephen Betty, supervisor of Nuneaton dis trict, Coventry collection, has been appointed supervisor of Belturbet distriot,Drogheda collection. Mr Charles Goodacre, supervisor of Belturbet dis trict, Drogheda collection, has been appointed supervisor of Nuneaton district, Coventry collection. Mr William Chapman, officer, Bromley, lst division, Middlesex collection, has been appointed examiner. Mr James Anderson, officer, Bromley, Ist division, Middlesex collection, has been appointed examiner. Ireland—Promotion—Mr Charles Hurford has been promoted from a temporary clerkship in the Quartermaster - General's Department to a perma4 cent clerkship in the office of the Commander of the Forces, Tice Dag g, deceased. THE CONFERENCE.—The next meeting of the Conference is fixed for to-morrow at half-past 3 o'clock, in vitations having been sent out on Saturday evening to that effect. It is stated that Denmark consents - to the suspen sion of hostilities by sea as well as on land, but insists on the peaceable possession of the seas which she now holds. M. LEVASSOR will give his French entertainment in London, during the season, as of late years, in conjunc tion with Mdlle Teisseire. THE WEST-END OF LONDON, says the Court Journal, is now Eo full that it is difficult to obtain a houso in any first-rate locality. GARIBALDI'S PROVINCIAL ENGAGEMENTS.-- Sixty was the exact number of invitations that Garibaldi had accepted. TIIE DEVOTEES OF BRAG.--It is possible that many ropeetable persons may be unaware of the attriLutes and nature of the game of Brag; more popular though it be, as a moloa of making money to change hands, than any other invention under the sun, and count ing its devotees by thousands in the Old World and in the New. A gentleman, on board a United States river steam boat, once " bragged" at, this game no less than two millions of dollars, and upon his antagonists doubting whether he possessed the money, produced a little carpet-bag crammed with notes to a much greater amount than the stma named. It turned out that he was a Govern ment commissioner in charge of the money to pay the troops in Texas, and had thus taken advantage of his op portunity to back his cards for an amount that put all com petition out of the question. In America, this entrancing pursuit, under the alias of "Poker," fiances more specula tion than all Wall-street. In India, officers in her Ma jesty's service on sick-leave in the hills, play it unceasingly, with their hats cocked ovor their ( - yes to conceal the work ing of their intelligent countenances,—and even—as we are assured—with masks on; for a gentleman who possesses expressive features should not play " brag"—for reasons-- and there is even a theory that the vacant looks of the officers of the householl troops aro caused by their wish to become proficients at this extraordinary and important PastilllAtY---Chgrialfr Am - nal, New and Improved Series.